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VOL. Lilli-"NUMBER '42.
WHOLE NUMBER 1606.
. Touch It Not.
I ‘Touch the goblet n) more ;
It will make thy hca‘t sore
To its very core!
Its perfume is the breath
0f the Angel of Death, .
And the light that wit-bin it lies
Is the flash of his evil eyes.
, Beware ! O, beware!
For sickness, sorrow and care
All are there ! .
~Longfellmq‘s Golden Legend.
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Job Spinning’s Work.
Mrs. Job Spinningwas a round, rosy, com-
pact, hard-working little woman. Job Spin-
ning was a meagre, pale-faced, hard-work-
ing little man. Mrs. Job was pretty, but
quite good enough for this World. Job was
too good for it... “By heroic labor, that laid
out elsewhere: wouldthave made hima gen-
eral, ‘he'iea‘rned asalary so small that I won’t
disgrace these columns by telling it; and
Mrs. Job, who was a financial genius,
stretched it, and met the ends over the
year; and there were three little Spinnings
of that-abhorred class‘of' infants who are
perpetually taking every possible disease,
or being brought homegwith the-threathsand.
teeth knocked out of- them,.ori.-failing}?lin
these. fell back on hives and 'sore ears;
and Mrs.- Job doctcrod and precepted these
three little Spinnings, made their clothes,
made her own clothes, made Job’s, made
everything in fact, but flour, meat, coal and
groceries,'for which she hadn't the receipt,
all in the shortest conceivable time, run-
ning the household machine with prodigious '
dash, energy‘and friction. '
The consequence was a pain to Mrs. J ob's
back every night, and a twist in Mr. Job’s
temper.
Then, as Mrs. Job wasa heroic woman,
she suffered in silence, ‘making the tea as if
she were dying, and laying the cloth as with
her last gasp, harrowing J ob’s tenden'soul by
the piteous spectacle. .
There was also a family tradition that Mrs.
Job was in feeble health, and only prevented
from commencing a mysterious process call-
ed “running down," and sinking into an
early grave by unwinking watchfulness on
.lob's part. - ' .
Now Job came home from his work a tired
man; a sorely tired man; turning the corn-
er with a feeble step, and lingering heavily
in his own door ; but between the tradition
and the piteous spectacle he found no chance
to bring this tired man in and rest him, but
hung him up with his, coat on the hall peg,
and came in a fresh, cheery, sparkling Job,
to take the body, put the children to bed,
and oil the wheels generally. By nine
o’clock Mrs. Job’s back and temper were
apt to be comfortable, and Job a tired man.
One morning Job said, as he put on his
hat, “My dear, I see that you are running
down again. I shall be home very early this
afternoon." ‘
This was a formula, and signified :1 Spin-
ning spree; a familiar institution hugely
relished in the Spinning family, consisting
of a trip across the ferry—a finer thing,
properly done, that you imagine —and a
lunch of buttered crackers; therefore Mrs;
Spinning hurried what she called her “busy
cares” out of the way, scrubbed each little
Spinning within an inch of its life, and tied
her bonnet string in a fiutter,’ with the
hand of the clock at three,‘ for that was
Job’s hour on'carly afternoons, and Job had
never disappointed Mrs. Job since their wed-
ding day. ‘
There is a first time appointed, however,
for all that can be said and done, and on
this occasion Job did disappoint his wife.
He came home late and looking gloomy, and
found Mrs. Job pathetic. ' .
“I should not have cared for my own dis-
appointment,” she said. “I am used to that ;
but the children, poor-—.” _
“Disappointment 1” repeated Job absently.
“Oh yes!” and subsided again into his
gloomy thinking, and that was all the ex-
planation that Mr. Spinning: ever offered for.
keeping his wife waiting in bonnet and shawl
for two hours by the clock. He was in a
frightful humor, and answered Mrs. Job,
who had been teasing him lately to insure
his life, so like .an ogre—or not to be poeti-
cal, like other women’s husbands when of out
temper, that she dropped the subject aghast, -
and never dared to renew it. This was not
all. On the next night he came home late .
again—thing unprecedented in their marr
ried annals. On the next night he was later
yet! After that lie was regular only in being
late. ‘
Mrs. Job was a woman of energy, alsoa
woman of some sentiment“ When husbands
I change morally, for'the worse, she knew-
that good wives make themselves physicians
t'othe case, and, ‘in home reading at least,
always effect a cure. Mrs..Dr. Job resolv-‘
ed'fhat she would try to touch Mr, Spin--
ning’sb‘ctt‘er nature; and this is how she'
did it.
Job coming home, late as usual, found the .
'Mrs. Job, utterly‘bewildered. _ ‘ '
cloth‘laid,‘ the steak on the gridiron, the
little Spinning's trying to keep their eyes
open,‘ and worrying .abOut’ the, -room, ' and
Mrs. Jobresignedly sévVing. On. Job’s en-
trance she laid- aside iher work with a gulp,
indira'iVe of swallowing much ' indigested
sorrow, looked at. herhusband with red eyes
and nose and a watery smile, and set about
the supper as one doubly enfeebled by the
pangsof sorrow and hunger, but resolved
to bear all meekly without complaint.
In fact arousing from ‘his haggard stupor,
Job- did ask, with something of ..the old
interest, “Was anything the matter ‘1’” Mrs.
Job set- her lips. It. wonld‘mken week to
tell in order .all that the thought. was the
matter ; and then v’vith v'sébond'editionof the ,
watery smile, “NO nothing,” says the little‘ .
woman, signing, and with the luck of one
whbis telling anoble ‘fib: '.JOb rose abruptly
and-went into the adjoining bedroom.
_ “The brute!" she saidt’o herself; “but
I’ll show him whether I am to be trampled
on or not!” No talk now of appealing to
his better feelings. The natural woman was
in such a rage that she could not listen to
Mrs. Dr. Job, unless that eminent practit-
tioner should suggest some of the sterner
modes of‘treatment. Keep hissupper for
him indeed!‘ Coming» home on the follow:
ing evening Jobfound Mrs. Job grimly sew-
ing, and the‘ room wearing that, put-away.
for-the-IIight appearance so peculiarly aggri.
voting to hungry jand' tired felks.
“Isn‘t it late?" asked Job, glancing at the
clock, with some dismay. ‘
“We have had our supper, if that is what
you “mean," says Mrs. Job suddenly facing,
him, “hears ago? But there is bread in the -
pant'ry, ,if you want? it; still with her red
eyeson, him, and bristling for battle. But
Job did» not take up the gage,- but looked
at her, With-a tender, scrmwful,~ pitying gaze.
and sighing,went and found his crust and.
as it without a Word. . .
When a physician finds a patient getting
beyond his skill he calls 'in a brother practi.
tioner; and‘ Mrs. Dr. Job, thinking the moral
symptoms of herpatient more and more puz-
zling, laid the case before_Mary- Ellen. « -
Mary Ellen was Mrs. J ob‘svsister, lived'in
the lower half of. the house, and never had
believod‘inJOb Spinning. .
“Therein a woman in the case,” pronounc.
ed Mary Ellen po'rtentously.
Mrs. Job firéd.. "Mary Ellen, I don’t be.
licve it ! ‘Job Spinning isn’t that man 1"
Mary Ellen smiled superior.. .
“Men are men, and not women, Jane, and
facts are facts; and if 'Job don't spend his
gime here, he does somewhere else May be
Job is all right, and I don’t say he ain’t ; but
thc first question I always ask about hus-
bands is, what do they do with their ti
and their money i’ and then I judge accofi
Ing.
“There‘s different ways of putting facts,"
said Mrs. Job. much .w'rlted, but still vague-
ly convinced of the monstrosity of Mary
Ellen‘s conclusions when applied to Job;
“and we ‘all know you‘ always were jealous
about Job”— that s‘ipped off her tongue
without intending—“and I don‘t believe it,
Mary Ellen, say what you like.” . '
“None so blind as them that won’t see;
and for-jealous,” cried Mary Ellen, very
red, “I must first see something to be jealous
'of—not to say that you need’nt be mad at
me, June, as I ain‘t the woman he’s after
anyhow.” ' ,
“I call that low,” observed Mrs. Job hast-
ily picking up her work-basket and retiring
with much dignity. Not for worlds would
she. have cried before. Mary Ellen; but
sitting by her own fire-sadi‘oouid do what
she pleased—and then, her hysterical pas—
sion over, she still sat, watching the fire
gleam on the wall; and in the silence, brok-
en only by the falling of a coal, or the meas-
ured ticking of the clock, came back to her
a bright morning in their wedded lives when
Job had brought home that very clock and
set itup on the shelf, telling her it would
say, as long as it would tick, faithful for
ever; faithful for ever! and Mrs. Job said
to herself that the clock had ticked out
many an hour .that found her fretful, but
never one that did not find him patient;
and minutes enough in which she had been
selfish, but never one where he was not self
denying and what was the . use of his faith-
fulness. ' . ,
Mrs. Job started and gave a little scream——
Job, coming in softly, had touchedher on
the shoulder before she was aware—and
starting up she faced him, hesitating and
flushed. . ' .
“What, Crying It". asked Job in a troubled
way. - . ,
“N 0, not crying," returned Mrs. Job,glow-
lng between her recollections and Mary
Ellen’s spur and a new resolve; “or, if I
was, it was for myself, not because of you
Job ; for I believe you are right, Job, though
it all seems so strange, because it is you;
and I loveaou, Job, and. I am going to trust
you till you speak out of yourself and tell
me what it is between us!” crying heartily
as she talked and with her arms. about his
neck.‘ . ’
“Between us! over us!” muttered Job;
and then a sudden and awful paleness fell
upon him—you could not say he turned pale,
he was so pale already, And with the pity-
ing, tender, woeful look thatghe had seen
on his .face before; “Poor little woman!
poor Jane!” he said, stroking her hair that
was still soft and bright; “poor dear !’-’ and
that was all. His manner was very tender,
and from that night he softened into many of~
his old ways; but that was all.
The-days went on into months, and one
morning Job proposed a spinning spree. He
had not spoken lhe word before since that
day that had changed him in such mysteri-
ous fashion.
“We shall take the steam cars,” said Job.
At once the small Spinnings were clamor-
Cus, but'Mrs. Job was silent. Her heart
beat fast to the thought that today Job
would speak out. She never thought where
she was going only when would Job speak
out. The iron horse picked them up at
‘one depot, and trudged sturdly off with
them to another—a raw little station, where
Mrs- Job looked about her bewildered.
“I have a friend who has a house here,”
said Job, giving her his arm; and she no?
ticed that his breath came short and his steps
were uneven. ‘ '
- “He is going to speak,,I know,” she said
to herself. _ , .
The friend’s house was a charming house,
with a yard at the back and in the front, and
oddly enough, the key of the front door in
Job’s pocket, who entered without ceremony.
Mrs. Job entered, and, looking about her
grew red and pale by turns. ,
There are large rooms. above, aid Job,
watching her.
“It’s our house,” burst out Mrs. Job,
“that we’ve planned a hundred times; and
the carpet I was always coveting, Job
catching him by the arm, “whose house is
this!” — ~
“It belongs to a bad man," answered Job,
"who never told his wife that his salary was
raised six hundred and fifty dollars; and
when she had been pinched on fourteen dol-
lars a week made her do with eleven in-
stead.”
“JOb !” cried his wife.
“Deing so bad,” continued Job, "‘he took
to bad habits, too, and never came home till
nine and ten—” -
“Doing overwork,” bursts in ,_ Mrs. Job,
who isbeaming. ‘
The deeds are made out clear in your
name,” said Job.' . “You willfind them in
my coat. They can’t take it from you,
dear.” "
“My name—take it.~from me !" repeated
“I‘have had pleasure in every nail I drove
and plankI laid,” continued Job, “because it
will be my work over andaroupd you, and it
will keep me in your mind.”
“And you never told me,,”’ moaned his
wife, kneeling beside him with tears and
sobs. ‘ ‘ M . ~ .
“To break yoni- heart twiec,'dear," mur-
mured Job.-Phila. Weekly Item.
ADVICE T0 Tues: ’W'no OwE.—_—Mske"'a
full estimate 'of all you owe, and of all'that
is owing to you. Reduce thesa'metb a note.
As fast 'asyon collect pay over to those you_
owe. _If you cannot, renew your note every
year, and get the best security you can. . Go
to business diligently and be. industrious;
waste no idle moments; beveryeconomical
in all things ;. discard. all pride gym. faithful
in your duty‘to, God by regular and hearty
' prayer morning; and. night; attend column
and meeting; regularly every Sunday; and
do unto all .men'asyou ‘wOul‘dus‘theygshould.
do- unto you. ' If- you are too needy in cir-'
cumstances to give to thepoor, do whatever
else is in your power cheerfully, butifiyou
this course diligently and sincerely for seven
years, and if you are not happy, comforta-
ble and independent ih your circumstances
come to me and I will pay your debts '—Ben
Franklin. . ' . ~ .. - '
Lsraosr IN KunrnCr'zvé—An Adair. county
let.ter in the Lebanon (Ky) Standard says:
Many people will be somewhatsurprised
when they , are told that there” is ,living in
Adair county a whOle' family. afflicted with‘
leprosy. The name of this familyis'Slavey.
The disease takes the hair off of the head
entirely, not leaving even the npearauce that
there ever was a covering to the scalp The
skin of the head looks as slick as ‘a peeled
'onion. The skin of the entire body hasa
bright ’deep pink, or rather scarlet color, and
peelsoff in dry flakes about the size and
finger nails and toe nails become six or eight
times as thick as by nature theyishould be,
and the patient becomes a hideous sight to
behold for years before death relieves him of
a life that has long since become a burden.
Years of humiliation and suffering arevendnr-
ed by these afflicted people, defeated and
scorned almost by their fellow men,- while
they patiently, or probably impatiently,
wait that inevitable death that is their only
relief. -
“How nicely the cord ops,”'said a young
man to his sweetheart be ora'tha fire, “Yes,”
green.” -
can, help the poor and unfortunate. Pursue _-
shape of moderately large fish scales. The'
she reasonded; demurely, “10ng over being
Stranger than Fletiou.
There lives in Hagerstowrfilid , a wealthy
planter named Hewlett. He is imbued with
all the characteristics pride and chivalry of
the true Southerner. ,Like his class he re-
joiced in the possesion of extensive lands,
amongst which he lived in "royal splendor.
Blessed with a- tolerably'large family, mo‘st
of the members Of which were girls his con:
'tentment and peace were undisturbed until
the firstgun was fired. .Leaving all behind,
he emerged‘from his retirement and rang-
ed himself with the men with whom'were‘
his sympathies both by birth and education.
his homestead~ suffered like those of many
others, and to escape the peril of falling. into
the hands of the enemy, his-wife and child-
ren were transferred to Richmond.
tendant ' on the arrival and departure of
troops, Emma, the eldest of his daughters,
budded into womanhood. When but fifteen
years of age she formed the acquaintance of
a young ofiiéer named Richard Overton,
being thrown much into his company, ac.
quired for him a deep pd all absorbing pas-
sian, which sought no t ms of concealment.
The favored officer was a member of a good
family, and apparently returning with in-
terest the love of the fair young maiden,
no Obstacle was thrown in the way of their
happiness save that which prudence dic-
the South they intended to be united, and
until they were to see each other occasion-
ally, when hecould obtain leave of absence
from his regiment. . Months elapsed, and
correspondence, such as could be indulged
in, was kept up. Then came a period of
silence, followed by a .vaguc rumor, subse-1
quently confirmed, that the hero of her
hopes had proved faithless and espoused-
another.
Too proud to expose the wound which
rankled in hos heart, the young girl smother-
ed her sorrow, which: might bereft her of
reason and under the semblance of external
gayety hid her sufferings from tender‘eycs.
The. society which she once courted became
distasteful, and as an excuse for solitude
she devoted herself assiduously to the study
and cultivation of literature. Not Even the
close of the war, and the réstoratiou to her
now impoverished home weaned her from
her occupation in this respect, and'in the
altered circums'tances of the household she
only seemed imperturable‘.
Her active mind made sad work with the
intricate problems of divinity, and she flound-
Cred about, hopelessly and inextricably in-
volved in the complicated meshes of scholas-
fic disputation.
Years had passed since the first sad trial
of her'life, and she was now a sadly pervert-
ed woman, and fast'tending to an unbeliv-
ing and skeptical turn of mind. Gradually
she saw, through the false medium through
Which she looked, that there was no God,
no eternity, and, being creatures of blind
chance, mortals had nothing to hope or fear
in death. Weary of the turmoil of existence
and the security of Sublunary things, she
determined to cut the thread of life, and £6:
this purpose she swallowed a quantity of
poison, after which she placidly bid farewell
to her mother and friends. She was saved
from this death, however.
A short time after thisshe clandestinely left
her home one night, and her whereabouts
have never to the present day been ascer-
tained by any of the members of her family.
After'visiting different portions of the South
and West, she' finally 'made her way to this
city, where she entered upon a course of
dissipation, Beginning hcr career in a
shameful manner, she rapidly drifted down-
wards till at last she found herself a denizen
of Water street. A short timeago she was re-
moved to Bellevue Hospital under the name
of Minnie Banks, having assumed this upon
hgideparture from her home. An investi-
ga on disclosed the fact that she was suf-
fering from a number of complicated dis-
eases, her principal complaint being alco-
holism. She finally became worse and was.
unable to retain any nourishment, being
mainly kept'up by subcutaneous injections
of morphine.’ .
Thursday last, the body of Minnie Banks
lay upon a slabin the morgue, and any one
looking upon the cold distorted features of
the dead woman would fail to recognize a
shadow of resemblance to the once beautiful
Emma, Banks.
And so this gifted and extraordinary
woman has passed away from life, entirely
indifferent to the slur and odium which
might rest upon her family in consequence
of the circumstances under which she died.
Shortly before her death she gave the above
particulars of her life to one of the housp
surgeons of the hospital, but denied knowing
of the present whereabouts of any of her
family. '_ ‘ -
A French “Lady of Industry.”
The judges who preside at the courts of
correctional police, in Paris, would be al-
most justified in claiming an increase of pay
this year, so'large are the additions made to
their duties by. the influx of visitors, fashi
ionable and unfashionable; and by the con-
sequent increasc of petty offenses. Pocket-
picking and all sorts of stealing and cheat-
ing have become unusually prevalent within.
the past few months, and the ingenuity of
the nights of industry has developed itself
to an extent which could hardly have been
expected by the bittere'st cynic.
Another most intolerable device for ab-
stracting articles from the shop counter has
just-been divulged 'in the police court, and
deserves'to be ranked among the brightest
inventions of the exhibition era. The actres-
cs in the performance—for this time it was
not'a “knight,” but a “lady” of industry—
made use of a small child as a sort of stalk-
ing horse to cover her maneuvers, and bv this
means contrived to carry. .01! a considerable"
booty before she was detected. On coming
into-a shop, the childwas set down upon the
counter, in a sitting‘posture, close to some
piece of lace or other c'oveted article, while
the supposed mother asked to be shown some
thing else. 'Very soon afterwardsrshe man-
aged to. administer to the ill-fated infant a
severe pinch, which naturally caused it to
bowl loud, and upon this" the lady would
hurridly snatch up her pretended offspring.
and with many apologies for its misbehavior,
carry it off. together with the object which it
was desired to appropriate.
This trick, simple as it was, seems to have
had a great success, owing no doubt to that
feeling of'sympathy with maternal love with
which theFrench nation is so amply gifted.
As long as the objects stolen were only of
moderate dimensions, everything went well.
The affectionate mother was easily able to
hurry away into a cab before the search after
he began. But from one species of theft she
unluckily proceeded to another. and at length
conceived the' mistaken, idea of carrying off a
huge piece of pork. The usual proceeding
had been adopted and safely carr‘ied out up
to the time of exit into the street. But the
booty had hardly been taken out of the shop
Then some voracious dog wandering in the
vicinity was lucky enough to catch scent of
it, and made an attack upon the party.
Whereupon astonishment of the bystanders,
inquiries, explanation, and at :last appear.
ances on the scene of the pork-butcher who
succeeded this time in recovering Lispl'op-
erty, and bringing the too audaciOus thief
to justice, ' ‘
w
A superior quality of rides has recently
been found upon the premises of Charles
Dunn of Stamford. A party of. miners are
getting it out.
Herc, amidst the bustle and excitement at-.
tated. When victory came to the arms of0
Blaine at Minneapolis.
__.__.
Extracts from his Speech at 47w State Fair.
Tun nusocncns or MINNESOTA.
In 1849 your territory contained but 46,-
000 inhabitants; today your State has 700,-
000; in 1849 you raised 1,400 bushels of
wheat; last year 'you raised 83,000,000
bushels. During all the depression of trade
and commerce and manufactures prevailing
for these past five years, you have steadily
progressed in comfort, independence and
wealth. While thousands elsewhere have
lacked employment, and many I'fear‘have
In the dissolution and ruin which followedvlacked bread. no able-bodied man in Minna:
sofa has been without remunerative labor,
and no one has gone to bed hungry.
.
THE ooxsxuvA'rrssr OF AGRICULTURE.
Agriculture, commerce and manufactures,
are the three pursuits that enrich a nation—
bnt the greatest of these is agriculture; for
without its products the spindle cannot turn
and the ship will not sail. Agriculture fur-
nishes the conservative element in society,
and in the end is'the guiding, restraining,
controlling force in government. Against
storms of popular filly; against frenzied
. madness that seeks collision with established
order; against iheorics of administration that
have drenched other lands in blood; .against
the spirit of anarchy that would sweep away
the landmarks and safeguards of Christian
society and republican government, the
farmers of the United States will stand as the
shield and the bulwarkéthemselvcs the
willing subjects of law, 'and therefore its
safest and strongest administrators.
VPATR‘IOTISM Ann UNION.
Many of you to day mingle with your love
for Minnesota, your earlier aerction for the
old heme and the old State far to the east,
where an honored ancestry lie buried, and
where the tenderest memories cluster around
the familiar scenes of days long past. It is
this kinship of blood, these ties of relation-
ship that make us indeed one people—uniting
the East and the West, the North and the
South, in thcindissoluble bonds of aco'mmon,.
and I trust always beneficent government.
run HISTORY or MINNESOTA.
Viewed historically,._that which now con:-
stitutes the State of Minnesota, has had as
many and as rapid changes in its sovereignty
as any disputed territory in Europe—fought
over by armed hosts, set in motion by this
ambition of kings or the jealousy of rivai'i
races of men. This fair land was under the
dominion of France during the reigns of
Louis XIV. and his great-grandson; had
Iberville who led the French colony to
Louisiana for its first governor, and Bicnville,
who founded New Orleans, for its second ;
was _ pawned by the Regent Orleans in his.
scheme with John Law for creating value out
of moonshine, and made, with other territory,
the basis of that vast swindle in paper
money projected by the Mississippi Company,
in which real estate in Minnesota, in the
undisputed possession of the savage and the
wild beast, became the shadowy foundation
in Paris a hundred and sixty years ago, of a
far greater monetary credit than it could
have today in the same financial market
with its improvements and its great intrinsic
value. . Again, under the dominion in part of
George III. of England, who was compelled
to yield his right to your soil by the treaty of
1783, and to withdraw the last red coat by
the treaty of 1795. Still further, for thirty-
seven years all on the west side of your
dividing river, was attached to the crown‘ of
Spain during ,tho‘ffrelgns‘ of the thirdand-
fourth Charles, and given up by the latter in
the year 1800 to France, when for a period
of three brief years, the larger half of Minne-
sota had Napoleon Bonaparte for its sovereign
ruler. The first Consul always did business
on a basis of hard cash, and he transferred
United States for fifteen millions of dollars.
Eighty years before that time, John Law and
his speculative partner, the Duke of Orleans,
had made the same possessions the basis of
an issue of paper money amounting to'nearly
three thousand million of,fraues.
surmise AND FINANCE.
Self-government among the owners of the
soil in America is an instinct, and where that
ownership is widely . distributed, good
government is the rule. 'Whatever disturb-
ances therefore 'may threaten the peace and
order of society,‘ whatever wild theories,
transplanted from other climes, may 'seek
foothold here, the Republic of the United
States rests securely on that basis of agricul-
ture where the farmers of the Revolution
and the framers of the Constitution placed it-
The man who possesses broad acres which he
has earned by the sweat of his own brow, is
not apt to fall in with the doctrine of the
communist, that no one has a right to owner-,
ship in the soil ; the man who‘has the product
of. his labor in wheat and in corn, in pork
and in beef, in hides and in wool ~command-
ing gold and silver as they always have and
always .will in the markets of the world—is
not to be led astray with theories of flat
paper and absolute money, but instinctively
consigns such wild vagaries to the appro—
priate domain ' of 'fiat folly and absolute
nonsense. The “resources of a great
country” do not afford a sound and secure
basis 'for an enlarged paper currency.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Detroit Free
Press tells how telephones- can be made at a
very trifling expenses as follows:—“When
the instrument is finished,” he says, “you
can converse at a distance of nearly five
hundred yards. Take two half-gallon (or
quart) tin fruit cans and take the bottoms
out of' them. Now take a couple 'of half
cigar; boxes tack downthe lids and cut a
hole through the bottom and lid of each, so
‘you can fit in your cans, first bringing the
ends level with the lid or bottom. Now
stretch wet rawhide, parchmentor bladder
over the other end and tie tight and let it
dry, and your speaking tubes are finished.
Now take two-ply of shoe thread and wax
it well, making it us long as you wish it.
Punch 9. hole in the center of.the parbhment
head, poke the end of the string through
and put a knot on it: to_ keep it from pulling
back. hen 'I'put'~ on your strings like a
telegraph wire, but don’t let it touch wood.
Where you wish to support it or make a turn,
run it through a loop hole of same kind of
stsing it is, but don't put the supporting
Vloop closer together than is necessary to
keep it up and leave the string pretty loose
to allow for contraction when wet. Fasten
up your speaking tubes at each end of the
route and you are ready to gobble 'away.
You can. bore large holes in your window
sash to run the line through, keeping it from
touching the sash with a loop, as described.
'The signal call is to drum on your parch-
ment end of the can with your fingers, or,
better pick the string like a harp about a
fOot from the head. They are very useful
and interesting. . '
Mrs. Mary Ann Birth, of Newtown, died
on Monday, and was buried Wednesday, a
large concourse of friends and relatives at.
tended the funeral. She would have attain:
ed the remarkable old age of 102 years had
she- survived until November, and was prob-
ably the oldest person in the state at her
death. She was, in many respects beside
her. venerable years, a most remarkable
woman, and retained almost unimpaired her
faculties until comparatively a short time
ants in different generations.
————-——~.—¢.y_-—.——--—-n
The laying of the last cargo of steel rails
received by the; Housatonic railroad company
wrll be completed this week making an '-un-
broken steel track from ,
Eli 1Bridgeport, . a distance of thirty-four
es. . - '
the French possessions in America to the -
before her departure. She left 144 decendJ
New - Milford.
- From the Now Pork Sim.
' The Experience of an Inv'alld in
' N ew Yo k.
There recentlycame to this city a young
man by the name of Collins, who, suffering
from a dangerous tumor on his neck, sought
medical treatment. ’ _ He took lodging at
French’s hotel, and noticed that on '_thc even-
in the corridor eyed him sharply. The next
morning Collin’s arose intending to go to
Bellevue Hospital ; but when he‘came down
stairs he again saw the well-dressed man,
and again noticed his intent gaze. But now
the well-dressed man did more than look.
Arising,and approaching Collins, he said
with great politeness:
“Pardon me, sir; but your f ice is very fa-
miliar. Where have I. seen you? In the
west, somewhere, I think.” ' '
“In Chicago?” Collins suggested.
“Ah, yes. In Chicago. You worked for
Field, Leiter &. Co.” ’
“No," Collins said; “bntIknow the house
well,” Then he told who his employers
Were. The strangerknew them well. He,
too, was a Chicago man, representingC. H.
Fargo £95 00,, well khdwn boot and shoe
house, and he was cast buying‘a big billof»
goods. Solthe two weatern men fell into a
pleasantconversationsi ,. _ ,
“I’m not workingn' w,” Collins said, “I’ve
got all I can attend to ,with'this neck. And
he showedtis ailment to his new friend.
The latter, profuse with sympathy when
he' ascertained ,tltat Collins was in the city»
to seek medical "dish. gave him some good
advice: ' f _' / '
“Don’t,” he said, “don’t go near any of
these quack doctors. .They’ll get your mon-
ey and will not benefit you. Get the best
medical aid you can. Lhad a, friend who was
cured by a physician," in Fiftieth street. I
wish I could remember the number, for I
think he’d be the man "for you to go to.”
Collins, grateful for; these words of sym-
pathy, wished, too, that he knew where the
physician lived.
_ “If I only had time, the representative of
the Chicago shoe house said, “I'd take you
up there, I think I’d know the house. It’s
between Fifth and Sixth avenues." -
Then there was more conversation, and
finally the young man’s sympathy got the
better of his business hurry, and he said -.
“I 'will take you up there. I've got to
busy till 4 o’clock If you will meet me
‘hérc then, I’ll try and find time to go‘ with
you.” _ .
Collins thanked the modern good Samari-
tan, and waited until 4‘ o'clock, instead of
going to the hOspital. At that hour the
stranger hurried- into the hotel. He had just
got through, and they would go immediately
to Fifticth street He would have to stop On
the way up town to transact a last bit of bus-
iness,‘ and then they’d go right up. So they
took a Third'avcnue‘car. In the Bowery
the stranger said: '
“Here’s where I've got to stop.
be detained but a minute.”
As they reached the sidewalk a man came
out of a store, and the boot and shoe buyer
hurrying to him, asked. .
“Did you ship those goods 2’?"
“Yes, all but the kids and morocco.”
“Why in the world didn't you ship the
whole lot. I’ve gore check for $1,000 made
out for you, which would ‘cover .the whole
bill. Now you’ll have to wait until you ship
the rest,” " y- , .
The shipper looked crestfallen. He want-
.nL_
We won’t
.64 .the muney.for..tli's9 goodsme hadshipped
them. The bill was $500, and he had calcu-
lated on it to take up a note then due.
“Well takcthe fleck and pay the the dif-
ference,” the buyer said.
“The shipper couldn't .He hadn't the cash.
Then the buyer, turning to Collins, asked:
“Can you let me have $500.” ‘
Collins hesitated. “What security can I
have ?” he asked.
“Why take the check. 'You can get it
cashed and pay me the difference.”
Collins came to the city with a drafft for
$600 on the Park Bank. He had drawn the
money, and had: five new $100 bills in his
pocket. He handed them to his new friend
a
and took the check, which was drawn on the
Bank of North America.
seemed relieved. ' .
“Now let’s get a cigar,” he said “and then
go up to Fifthtieth street.”
Collins didn’t want to smoke.
“Well, come round the corner, and I’ll get
one,” the stranger said. “Oh, there comes a
car. Just stop it will you? I’ll be back by
the time it gets here.” '
He went around the corner. and Mr. Col-
lins saw him no more. He waited .for some
time, and then it occurred to him that he had
been swindled. As soon as possible he went
His new friend
.to the Bank of North America, and, of course
ascertained that his check was worthless.
He consulted the poliée, and of course, they
could do nothing. -The next dayhe started
for Chicago.
Stay on the I'Farm.
Stay on the farm. There, at least, you
have plenty to eat and wear. You can find
something to do there which will pay you
better than anything here, where for every
place vacant there are a hundred young- men
and women. In such circumstances it is a
manifestation 'of folly for people to crowd
into the city, there to scramble for the little
employment that is going on. Every charity
has more recipients than it can provide for,
ate. You can’t live by picking pockets, for
there is nothing in them, and burglary is dull.
If you are a young man, stay where you are.
If a young woman,one peep into the employ-
ment Offices in this city, where day after day
young girls sit almost vainly waiting for a
chance for honest labor that will save them
and their honor, will cure you of any desire
to come to the city—Rochester Union.
—#
Don’t Fret.
. Some people are fretting from early morn-
ing to dewy eve. It does no good either to
themselves or others. Such persons simply
make themselves and {those around them
uncomfortable. There isa great‘deal in the
cultivation of an agreeable temper with
respect to trivial events. 'A certain degree
of indifference is essential to comfort. ~We
may safely say of many things, “Well, it
will not- make much difference after all,’
when, if we gave way to a natural feeling of
disappointment and ' irritation—perhaps of
indignation—they would keep us a. wake.
There are few things about which a sensible
reflecting person need be unhappy or over-
concerned. People make themselves un-
necessary uncomfortable, and their own
voluntary disbomfort extends to others.
, Eat Apples.
Apples, in addition to being a delicious
fruit, makes a pleasant medicine. Araw,
mellow apple is digested in 'an hour and a
half, while boiled cabbage requires five
hours. The most healthy dessert that can
be placed on a table 'is a baked apple. If
eaten frequently at breakfast, with coarse
bread and butter, without meat flesh of any
kind, it has an admirable effect on the gen-
eral system, often removing constipation,
correcting acidities, and cooling of! febrile
conditions‘ more effectually than the most
approved medicines. If families could be
induced to substitute apples, ripe and sound,
for pies, cakes-and sweatmeats, with which
their children are frequently stuffed, there
would be a diminution in the total sum of
doctor’s bills, ina single year. sufficient to
lay in a stock of this delicious fruit- for the
whole season’s use.
ing of his arrival a well-dressed man sitting '
Perfumerymatent Medicines, all kinds Minerdl
and more suffering than its funds can allevi-- '
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Teacher of
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_ Composition.
_ Box 819 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
EDWARD T. PRITCHARD,
(Late with A. C. Bell a 00., New York,) ‘
' Fashionable Tailor. & Draper.
Suits $18 to $25.
Corner Wall and Water‘Sts.,Norwalk, Conn. 24
a. 3. counter, M. n.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office and Residence, o... MAIN STREET 5...]
.UNION AVENUE; Ofilce hours 7 to 9 a. ml, 12
to 1, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptlyattcnded. m‘Zo
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NunwALK, CONN.
Office corner onhfain and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered. '
'C. B. COORLLIDG‘E,
-D E N—TfiI' S 'I'
Successor to b ‘ . .
Dr. Asa. leII,
‘3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain . ~
[he Norwalk Fire Insurance 60.,
‘ Has now completed its
. 18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
In still” BOMPAIY IISIIIIES AT Lows: BATES.
Was. 0.5mm“. Pres., s. E. OLMSTEAD, Treas.,
GEO. R. Cowr.Es,Sec’y. .
HA “LES S. LOCKW000,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
. AND \
GENTS' FURNISHING LMPORIUJ’I.
Main Street,Norwalk. Conn. '
ED‘VARD P . WEED,
D R 'U' G- G- I S '1'
Wall Street,opposite Normal/c Opera Home,
A large'anct well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Waters. 10ilet_and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief‘Extracss, Haerrushes,Combs,
slponges,Cham0IsSkins, Stationery. Ci ars, &c.,
and to constantly addingto his stock a] the new
and popularmedrcines ofthe day. -
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. ofIIAnTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, _ $0,716,893.77-
Insnresagainstloss and damagcby Fire,on terms
adoptedto thehazard andconsistent with the laws
otcompensation. COWLES & MERRILL,
, Sole Agentsfor Norwalk‘and vicinity.
GEORIE ll. RAYMOND,"
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 MAIN STREET; (Up Stairs.)
CB.S.BLASCER,
Alhis store in
MAI-LORY’. BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand,n general assortmento
Groceries, crockery, Glass, ,
Tin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
fly devotinghis constantpersonalattcntionto the
humans he hopes‘to merit public patronage
Dr. C. 11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are nowpre ur-
ed to r e c e v 0.
their patrons at
either Norwalk
_ Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
senior partner
has taken rooms
- o v c r Sell
Bookstore Nor-
walk, while the
j unio r retains
the old ofilcc. Lander’s Block. South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted Without pain. and all dental ope-
rations pcrformed ateltherofnce. -
C. H. KENDALL, M.D.,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P. 8. Dr. C. II.KendnllwIlldcvote Mondays to
Bidgefield. , . _ ‘
w. s. “salaries,
General -Flll‘lllil!lllil Undertaker,
OPPOSITE ‘HORSE R. B.DEPOT
FOrdei-sattended to day or night. Residcnc
Main Street,3 doors from Union Avenue.
now run roan wmn PIPES.
Wm. Glover 85 Son,
Are ready to put in year WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a. rate as
anyone. W ROUGHT AN D CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED, LEAD PIPES, &c., of every size and de-
scription . PLUMBING in all Its branches.
w. as. D. MITCH" ELL,
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Lac: :8
Suit: 5’5
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'3 m~m=wh
“Ema '5'“
'3 “QUE‘QB
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lasts 5.3.
D a $8
sllsizesandstyle rcsnbeuada ttha
Gazette 30!) Printing: Office.
Dress Suits, $25 to $35. Business ‘
W
Bfllhoads
J. M. POTTER,
, - DEALER IN
Pianos, Organs,
lifelodeons, Sheet Music, &c.,
wan srsrsrnon'wux, cons.
NEXT D0033 to SAVINGS BANK.
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand, '
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can have a Piano or Organ.
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED ‘
WEBER’S, STANLEY s: son 3, GROV-
ESTEEN a FULLER’S, HAINES
BROTHERS, VASE .c sores;
and will furnish at short notice.
see them.
' OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken .in Exchange for N ew-
Tuning & Repairing
- _ . Done at short notice.
The Weber rum 0.
A few extracts from the great number re.
ceived b the most eminent musicians in the
United fates may not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a. Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. Geo. F. Brz'etow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rahk amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pittman
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be sur-
passed. 4 . S. B. Mills.
I used the Weber Grand. Piano because I
consider it: the best in the world. '
_ Ham] Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everything that
can be wished for in aPiano. G. W. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
Call and
splendid. Pianos produced in this Country.
' ' Clara N. Brinkerhofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the \Veber Pianos are unapproachable. _
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
THE'ESTY COTTAGE BEGAN.
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose-
wood, combining more perfections than any
other-in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY ’ GOLD 'MEDALS ‘ AND
Ems'r PREMIUMS, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard. ~
Geo. W. Morgan.
It is weal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on any instrument.——Geo.B.
Segmr, Musical Critic, N. Y. Times.
They are the best reed instruments we have
rlnetlwith—C’. (1’: J. H. Odell, Organ Buildqrs
It is the ne plus ultra of reed instruments.
—Prof. E. L. Baker. '
. It contains sweetness and power in an un-
usual degree.—Rec. Bishop bimpson, M. E.
Churn/h .
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the-perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon.—- Wm. A. King.
The Esty Organs are without a superior.—
G'eo. Jardz’ne, Organ Builder, N. Y. '
. No tremulo has yet been invented that will
In any way compare with this for beauty of
effect.— Wm. A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied sue—Rec. II. Riggs.
President of Northern New York Marital
Association.
J. M. POTTER, ' Norwalk.
'Peter Guigue’a ' '
.BEAUTlFULBOUQUETS
for sale by
H. M. d? 0. s. Prowttt.‘
Superior Shoeing!
Sore-Footed, Interfering, and Il-
Conditioncd Horses
Perfectly Shed:
T is notorious that more than half of the ruined
_ and desirable horses are rendered so by the
l norance or carelessness of smiths in shoeing
he subscriber makes a specialty of
HORSE S'HOEING
and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all who
may entrust him With their work, whether the
animals’ boots are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse rsailway De ot. Norwalk
28tf CHARLES E. ILLER.
Notice
‘.' IS hereby given to the people 01
.. N orwalk and vicinity that slousn
SHOING will be done in first class
style by WM. MCCORMACK. None
but hand made Shoes used: Work done on most
reasonable terms.,and particular attention paid to
lnlerfcrin and Over-reaching Horses at the old
stand of t M. AIIERN.M:un Street, Norwalk.
Look and See
HERE you can get your work done. Any
thing in the line of
BLACKSMITHING
at short notice and as reasonable as any where in '
town. Horse and 0x Shoeinga specialty. Wheel
wrigiuing and Painting done by an experienced
wor man. At the old star! of Geo. Lloyd.
16 - GEO. W. IINAPP.
HOME AGAIN ! ‘-
TIIE undersigned having bought out J amps
Dougherty, at Capt. Lamb’s old stand, Main
Street, is prepared to continue the
BLACKSMITH Alli] REPAIRING
BUSINESS. '
All work warranted first-class. llorsc Shoeinga
specialty. 32 E. C. LLOYD. .
1'8-7‘8.
‘EvnuYTHING
Down To: HARD PAN.
EROGBBIES, '
VEGETABLES, .
FRESH FISH, - _
‘PRUITS, 850.,
AT THE
'Vcry LoWest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand, freshly re-
plenished every day, With
Ghoicest Fruits,Best Vegetables,
' - ' and Sea. Food.
Goods delivered in any part of town. Leave your
orders freely with
Demmon &' Newcomb,
53 Main Stree’t, Norwalk.
Humphrey’s Homeopathic Statics.
Particularattention-paid to Physicians Preserip-
Ions
'9']: A N‘ois,
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the.
mm REAL ESTATE.
R OMS T0 RENE on lst or 2d floor all just
Painted and Kalsormned. plenty of water
and good garden. Enquire of GEORGE II. RICEx
at his factory on Mechanic St.,or at Iloyt d5 Co’s.
Shoe Store. _
To Rent.-
ON EtlIALF of a. convenient Dwelling about 12
minutes walk from the bridge, on the West;
port Road, consisting of five rooms, up stairs.
tent88 per month. En uire of W. B. NEWCOMI‘Bi
\
at Dcmmon & Newcom ’s, Main Street.
To Rent.
ON Center Ave., up town, 7 la‘rgc leasant
rooms on first floor, and basement, at and
cold water very convenient. There is a large
Barn ,Garden and Fruit. Terms reasonable. Ap-
ply to J. STURGES RANDALL, ‘at the house,
or Box (‘3, Norwalk,Conn.
0
Farm for Sale.
.BOUT12 to 13 acres within A! miles of center
_ of Norwalk. _ Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
so choice Apple trees with other fruit, good ar;
den, ood well of water. and ti ne shade trees. ust
the p ace for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price $7,0t0. Enquire at this Office.
To Rent.
ALF of a House, four rooms, rightin thccehé
tcr of the Village. Enquire at this OFFICE.
«Tours To LET.’—No.5i Main Street. En-
guire of HARVEY I-‘I'I‘le,or E.l{. LOCK-
33
For Sale Cheap.
A. dry and Machine shop, for Marine and Sta-
tronary En no work or general Machinery. Sit-
natcd on W arf. Has also Rail Road connections.
'l‘crms reasonable. E. HILL, Trustee.
“7 South N orwalk. Conn.
OYSTER LOT
FOR SALE;
coon OYSTER PLANTATION, well locat-
ed, for sale cheap. Apply to ‘
L. DIBBLE, 1%., South Norwnlk.
3t“
To Rent.
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
kitchen, basement, etc Apply to
.R. L. ELLS.
- For Sale.
A~ cosy comfortable Cottage on one of thepleas-
> antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. P-ricc $6.000. ~En-
quire at this Office. -
A Desirshle- Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high round on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal , is ofi'ered for
sale. .The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
mandmgIfine vrewsot‘ Long Island Sound and the
snrrounumg' country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depotq House 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in With brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, With all. modern Im rovements, bath,
room, laundry, stauonaryfubs, 'eebee’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
heuse. ‘jl‘h‘e cellaris dry, having stationary fnrn
see, which heats the whole house. The attic Is
spacious, and root’ tinned. The house Is in excel-
lent order being comfortable for both a summer or
winter resrdcuce. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or-
walk, or to the subscriber, *
A. S. HAMERSLEY,
26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y;
., For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
House, Barn, good Mill-site and fifty acres
ofland well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Woodlund; also,twenty-two acres of wood-
land all sItnatcd at the head of the Borough
Reservoir in the town of New Cannon, for sale
at abargain. Inquire of Dimon Finch. George-r
town, Cm, James Mitchell or J. Belden Marga“,
Norwalk, Ct.
10th day of J unc 1378.
Norwalk,
FARJIIS FOR SALE.
Enquire of ’
cuss. COMSTOOK,
. . New Canaan,Conn.
To Let.
Two Nicely Furnished Houses. .
ONE 3 Cottage, neatly furnished. with Hot and
_ Cont-W ater, Bath, &c. The other richly inr-
nIshed, Will be rented to parties without children
onl . _Both centrally located,and will be rented
to estrable parties at a low rent. Enquire anthe
' GAZETTE OFFICE.
. For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
I)ne ofthe neatest,and easiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sellto a good tenant for little
[furl 8(1)g money down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F-
ll
O
Dcsrrable Property for sale.
A Vet ydesirable place on EastAvenue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
)sborn AvenueJorsale cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
mn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a. bar-
;ain. Enquire of
S. E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
“‘11 or to D.W.FITCH, West Avenue.
.For Sale.
H A House and Lot. in a health) location on
. i? Fair Stre,et,above Catharine. The Houseis
‘» nearly now. well butlt.convenientlyarrang-
2d, and will make a. comfortable and leasant
some for a. family of average size. The of runs
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Farewell.
The saddest tears that human eyes canweep
Arc Clustered round that frequent word,
Farewell! ’
0h tender‘heart ! may all thy memories keep
Our happy love untouched by time's sot.
spell! - .
Farewell! farewell! the heart may break
_ Sweet joy his lastingfiight may take,
And on each morrow grief will wake,
To sigh again, Farewell! ‘
The sunny fields our feet together trod
_No more will smile in beauty as'we pass:
_Our cherished daisy on its velvet sod
Will'd'roop, unhecded, on the fading grass.
Fare'vvell ! farewell ! the‘ heart may break.
’Sweet‘joy his lasting flight may take,
And on each 'morrow grief will Wake,
To sigh again, Farewell!
N o more we will' together watch the west
Glow with 'a ,heauiy as of heaven’s owu
fight i . ‘ ,.
But still, oh! let us dream of hearts-st rest.
Where sorrow fades forever with the night !
Farewell l farewell l the heart may break '
Sweet joy his lasting flight may take,
But on some marrow we will wake,
To sigh no more, Farewell!
A Little Word.
BY MARIE B. WILLIAMS. .
It was but a word, a small one, ‘
A “yes” when it should have been “no”—
But it opened the gate
To an evil fate
' Which swept me down in its flow.
So short a word to have blasted
The sun of a beautiful day,
And have driven my feet
From the meadows sweet
To a wild and turbulent way!
‘ Why, the word was a breath, a feather,
But it marshalled a terrible host. ' ,
And followed each sin,
As it' followed in,
Like a sad; reproacth ghost. '
Oh pitiful words of Weakness,
Ye are strong enough to kill,
_ Or to hide the goal
Of a seeking soul
Till it loses faith and will.
Noword too short for Life’s blessing,
' No word too short for its bane, '
And though “yea” or “ho”
.Our weal and woe
Will bring us joy or pain.
Small drops swell into a torrent
That hurriesus down the main,
And through storm and stress
In our sore distress
We may cry “God help!” in vain.
Then wait thou not for such hour,
But ery “God help”-—to choose
Each word and deed,
That in‘ sorest need
The soul no hope may lose.
And the smallest words are greatest,
For they hold the Fort of Life,
And open the gate
To the love or hate
Which will lead to peace or strife. .
—00mgregatz'onalfst.
My Darling Boy.
BY EMILY.
There was never hair so sunny and bright,
There were never eyes so blue;
They dance with mischief from mom to night
And ’neath the long lashes silky and brown,
Look at me tender and true. '
There were never hands so dimpled and fair,
Therewere never nails so white -,
Down in the water, dash little arms, bare!
0h, who could resist such a rogue as this,
This little sunbeam bright P
There were never such funny little feet,
There w'e never ten such toes.
With his cardinal stockings up to his knees
Fastened securely for comfort and ease,
Defying friends and foes.
There never was such shoes to get into mud,
There was never so good an excuse, -
For the “why's,” and the “where’s" and “I
dinna mean to” '
Are enough to bafile the wisest mamma,
{lu'faz't in infantile ruse.
But what care I for the mud and the plight,
If only the eyes of blue, .
That dance with mischief from morn to night,
Beneath the long lashes, silky and brown,
Look at me tender and true ?
Bryant upon Death,
FROM “WAITING AT Tun GATE."
Some come from every region, to enter side
by side, - f ,
The strong and faint of spirit, the meek and
men of pride. . - "
Steps of earth’s great and mighty between
those pillars gray,
And prints of little feet mark the dust along
the way. ‘
And some approdch the threshold whose
looks are black with fear,
And some whose temples brighten with joy
at drawing near. _ , .
As if they 'saw dear faces, andcaught the
graOious eye. - ~ .
0f Him, the Sinless Teacher, who came to
us to die. ' '
I mark the joy, the terror; yet these, within
my heart, -
Can neither wake the dread: nor the longing
to depart ;- . '
And, in the sunshine streaming‘on quiet
wood and lea, .
I stand and calmly wait till? the hinges turn
to me.
FROM “A nEvrnv.”
- or shalt the; years
Push me, with soft and inciféniive pace
'Into the sully-twilight of my age? p . .
Even now,while Iam glorying in mystrongt
Inpend around me ? 0n beyond that‘bourne,
In the vast cycle of being which begins
At the dread threshold, with what fairer
' forms ‘
I Shall the great law of change and prOgress
clothe .
Its workings? ' Gently so good men have
aught— . ~
Gently, and without grief, the old shall glide
Into the new; the eternal flow of things,
Like a bright river of the fields of heaven,
Shall journey onward in, perpetual peace.
' anon “Tan Tums: mu.” .
H )w shall I know thee in the sphere which
keeps _
The disembodied spirits of the dead,
When all of the: ‘that time could wither
sleeps
And perished among the dust we tread?
For I that! feel the sting of cemeless pain
Ifjtherc I meet thy gentle presence not,
Nor hear the voice I love, nor read again-
In thy serenest eyes the tender thought.
Yet though thou wear’st the glory ‘of the sky
Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name",
The same fair thoughtful brow and gentle
eye,
Lovelier is heaven’s sweet climate, yet the
same ?
Shalt thou not teach me in that calmly home
The wisdom that Ilearned'so well in this—-
The wisdom which is love, till I become
O AT ' -
II. M. 85 0. S. Prowltt’s
s, 1‘. WRITER Ex. 1 Thy fit companion in that land of bliss 2 - - .
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