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w>' '.<+ 1 ^ nfeVOTED I() LITERARY, COMMERC IAL, \( iKI( ULTURAL, GENERAL ' ' VOLIIJIE I. ' LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1854. _ ' ' NUMBER.6. ? Jf*' ^ *' ~ * ** jt ,-f .u,, ',,i h , t ' Urc ? * * * IJ ?| t j, " I I ' ? " TTTK I ? . LANCASTER LRDfiER 18 PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING. ^ 1. S^BAIUEY, Editor and proprietor. * TERMS: i. Tw?" Doll am per year, if paid in adlir Vanee; Two Dollars awl Fifty ^pents, if tpaid 1h six months; or Three i>ollars, if lpayment is delayed until the end of the ! J* 'year TNiese terms will be rigidly od\ licrefl to. ik Advertisements will be conspicuously . 4^ .* .#'tf' iL-i-s.-' - - mm ? iniyurc cents por square '?nes, for the first insertion, p " fourteen ?.-vj * half cents for each ' u ?d Ai^y-^en ati * insertion ] A aubseqwet faiMrtkn. ^ counted r One Dollar. Nothing will i/. less than a square. I Advertisers are requested to state, in writing on their advertisements, the number of times they wish them inserted; or ^ they will be^ continued in the paper until ,l From Arthur's Home Gazette. 0| iavi'i rant g, AND ec DONT BE IN A HURRY. C1IAPTKK IV. d< tx MR. HAVn't-TIMK IN 111* ART 0AUJMK8. tl We 'eft Mr. HavnVtime in the Art-Union Gallery, in which were then exhibited fome very choice works of art. Ho U] ww, as I have said, a lover of pictures, and luul, for mouths, located forward to the - ^V,y. pleasure w hich was now within his reach, ti Foolish man! He never had time to en- so joy the preeeht?was always hurrying foe-1 re ? 1 as.^vi /viminiy miml Tho i Li w?rv iv Pivni ovum vv.?..B B _? ? dayV own dulight was rejecwJ '2 th(< ea- tli % . #*??? with -which he looked for thai 2 Wkfch belonged to the morrow. j th Ami U hot this the caw with any of my j wl v* made* both young and old! Think,, is. / how often you have but ha* enjoyea ui? io. V present, which yon possessed, kecanse your wi thought was on tbe-feture which was not , wl yet your own and which you possibly th i could not enjoy until it became the pre- I sent. ' Who, like Mr. llavn't time in the | je. picture gafflhy, has not lost s long expect- h< ed enjoyment, presented st last for his so- j m ^ oeptance, and simply because there was U fpnething else to be enjoyed so soon as | di i* ? this pleasure was over! , U There was a picture in the gallery to ] *j ' which the newspapers had often referred, w and which Mr. Havn't time had greatly ai desired to^ee. It was One,of those pic- s? tures that do not strike the eye with a p broad oootrast of color*, or with strong n points in the composition; but, wonderfully true to nature, and exquisite in scnti- ti merit and detail, H required for its ftill sp- tJ predation l>oth good taste and a mind ?* thoughtful and in repose. Before this u 'picture stood, st length, Mr. llavn't time, tl K He Had 0m good taste neosssary for the p enjoyment of such a picture, and the mo- h . tnent his eyes reeled upon it, he peroeived g that it was indeed all that it had been pro- f Bounced by the art-critics. He had al- ? - ^ - . .f i i ready JMrod several times a: dm wucn? ad only afcw minut?* now remained of 1 the time mentally atottfd for hk ?Uy in ? ?the gallery. I ^ v? "A u Ah," said he to himself with a sud- f . ? jrV1 emotion of pleasure, u ho found him- 1 . _J%ja front of, and recognised, thk paint- 1 *1 here k Ike much talked of picture.*1 1 /JN hvnorodnt or two he gaatd upon it.? * f ^1?$autiAd?charming? exquisite,1' was ? "Shah ho drew forth hk watch; looked, ' f nod sighed. IrwanJjgtf-paat eleven o'^ wfcKflt. ' " \j "How unfortunate! What would I Wk* giro dor half an hour. But I can't utaf a moment longer here. .1 must visit 1 ihaDusaehlorf Gallery." I Awd Mr. fevu't tuna turned from the }" picture ha had so much deeired to see, with hut a vagMffeeneral idea of it iu hk flfcd,aad not a single one of its many I 'rare excellencies discovered and sppradai lad. |V . r*J[ ought to k?T? risited UxUuweiaow \. mm! b%ae he burned along \ a^Mk" hav? no lithe to ex* . A^!lM3**h,Wn,r " **"* ott#* 10 > *' ^ | \MH. Whjt'didnH I go there yeetert\ jSjp10*^ lwflto*d <* >wn!oS M. *VYm-P*T?*WMtdwaking wy\ And M* few* tiwe, ?bo I* hunted jj-wasaKSsfc-r; Mr- ' [ mac would D? scarcely more satisfact | ry to the reader, than was the visit to M Havnt time. He staid just ten minute passing hurriedly from picture to piotur now looking at his watch and now at painting, and always having in his mia a mora perfect idea of the position of th hands on his gold lever, than of the di tinguishing points in the work of the ai he happened to be contemplating. Ten minutes, I have said, was all h could spare for the Duaseldorf Gallery. II during that brief period, Mr. Havn't tim bad composed himself?suppressed hi hurried feelings?and rightly improve* the limited opportunity his own will ha< given him, by studying a single one of th< many fine pictures by which he was sur rounded, he would have gained something ?have fixed in his memory certain beau tiful fonns and achievements of art, thai would afterwards have proved, in remem brnnce, a source of unalloyed pleasure. But, Mr. Iiavn't time was in too hurried 4 state of mind for so wise an act as this. ' come to see this celebrated coHecfe he attempted tosee on of painting*, > v* ctN| a ?in at, what almost might m. n<v le glance. Of coarse, be saw nett *? ting at all, and when, at the expiration f his ten minutes, he left the gallery, the tot ares he had looked upon formed in his find only an ever shifting kaleidoscope f brilliant forms and colors. lie had lined no new ideas in art; had examin1, appreciating])*, no single work. He iuM say that he had visited the Dussel>rf Gallery?but, beyond that, he would ) able to remember or communicate noiing. chapter IV. it. iiavn't time visits one or tiie reservoirs. With a hurried manner Mr. Iiavn'tlie jumped into the first stage that pasd, and was off for one of the Croton ervoirn. There are two of these?one town as the Receiving, and the other as ! e Distributing Reservoir. The former | the largest And most distant. It receives 8 witei* llw Croton acqueduct lich m over thirty ^ ftpflblc of folding many tuiiiiw1* ^ KM^" ia Vkvm na dimmwi ??. ? iter passes to the smaller one, from lence it is distributed, by moans of pipes, rough the city. Mr. Ilavn't time had no particular *.bct in view, beyond mere curiosity, when first propel ? *Wt to one of these oervoire; and, hot a? the d.*y proved to i, and limited as his time now was, it, d not once occur to him that more would s really gained in pleasure and profit by (ending the hour, or hour and a half, it ould take to ride out and back, in the rt-galleries. No. He had resolved to e a good deal of New York in a short eriod. A is time was limited, and he iust make the most of. How were the thoughts of Mr. Havn'tme occupied, as he went lumbering along le street in the heavy omnibus, that was ontinually stopping to let out our take p passengers f In recalling images of lie beautiful in art, and fixing them more ermanently in his mind; or, in preparing liraself for a right appreciation of the giantic work by which New York was supdied with pure water from a mountain tream ? Not by any means so profits ?y, i am compeneu to My. nn wougm v?s, for once, fixed on the present, and he ru fretting himself at the frequent stop>nges for the accommodation of passengers. Every little while he )>ulled out hi* ratch and looking at it, nothing, each hne, to a second, the place of the hands upon its dail. Once or twice he called wt, impatiently, to the driver? ** Hallo! Are you asleep up there!" u What's wanted f* growled down tlx Jriver, at the second interrogation madi by Mr. Havn't time. M Are you, er your hovaea asleep T w? returned ill-naturedly. Now, angry and insulting langung rarely, if ever does aay good. It certain ly did no good in this case; for, InsCeaof increasing the speed of his b asses, th driver lessened it very perceptibly; and a almost every erowa street slopped to wa for peasengers, holding up his haad lor cry mamwho seemed te he looking at ah even if he woven whole block distant. i length the patienee of Mr. Herat tisae h came entirely exhausted. He jcrimd fr check string, and when the ouu|fcus stoi ped, heeded ?p Me eixpeece, ediyif eCl dMeou^Id? Ubyooi Mlw vdk 1 Urti*mjo*g*r } iW pee.d%eff dffled d'Kf. Heva oredMdhkwMp o?4r hit Im^MR aad eo?? ewept Mr M *Vreoeeo# Ma^ The drafted** <rf Mr. MM *> o- added to the new exertion of walking, so< fh brought the prenpiration from every po a, -aifd thus discomfort of body was add< e, to disturbance of mind. He strode o a however, at a rapid pace, no little morl d fled, by the way, at seeing the stage i 10 which ho ought to have boon riding, soc ?- far ahead of him. rt The first reservoir wan at least mile distant. This ho learned on makin e on enquiry, after having tired and ovei \ heated himself by walking. Several on e nibusscs had passed him, all going to tli s poiill ho washed to roach ; but, havinj 1 abandoned one, his pride would not le 1 him take another. j * a Ah! How much do not people some - times sacrifice to a weak Qgj foolish pride j They do unreasonable UfKfp entailing up on themselves, in conseiptene1, trouble an< t inconvenience ; but, pride will not let then acknowledge, in act, that they have beci unreasonable, and so, they continue t< ! bear the evil arising from their own con , duct. No, Mr. Havn't time had left one om i n'bus because it went too slow for him, and, though others were passing him every few moments at a rapid rate compared '** the progress he was making, pride . 4 i,:m ""ail of their speed and would not lev _m convenience. He was yet, as hav been said, a m;ie from the reservoir. He was hot, tired, aud greatly fretted in his mind. Moreover, on consulting his watch, he discovered that it was not far from I o'clock. Now, Mr. llaven't-time was a man who, after making up his mind to do a thing, never liked to stop short of the accomplishment. This is a good trait of character, provided it be accompanied with forethought and sound j udgeiuuut. When we commence a work, we should not let ordinary bind Acie* prevent its completion. But if we discover that there is an error in our calculation, and that an ui <i?* -* - ? " - injury raiucr man a oenent win mult hIiouM wc persevere to the end, then it is wisdom to abandon the pursuit. ^ ell would it have been for Mr. IFavn'ttiiue had he acted thus widely. But no? he had started for the reservoir?and to tha reservoir he must go. It nearly one o'clock and it certainly be after two do*,.* aap ? House. ^ No niS.rh?r! He w?? boilnd to go. Then why not take oUC of the ut2.nJ omnibusso* that were rattling by ! The ready is already answered. lie was disgusted with these slow vehicles, and meant to walk the rest of the way. 80 on he hurried, with increasing speed, and soon got beyond the shaded sidewalks U? the open lot of the suburbs.? Here the sun's direct ray* were poured meltingly down upon hiin. But he still pressed forward, dripping at every pore, and half suflboatod with the dust that filled the sultry atmosphere. At Last, Mr. llavn't-tirao reached the lower reservoir?so excee^tely fatigued, that he could, with diflWRy, drag his tired limbs up the flight of stone steps that led to the top of the surrounding walls. But, the objects of his exertions being gained, all interest therein at once subsided. There was a vast amount of mason work, and a large collection of water, upon which the sun shown daxxlingly down. As to the picturesque beauty, it bore rib comparison whatever, to the Fairmount o! " Bah I" he taid. impatiently, after mo hi own city. I ..1 .1 r ,.t .1... 11 ? ving miuug iiitr pui jjh^ ui vu?3 w nu ivf n few rods?" And is it for thni that 1 have nearly made myself sick P And he turned himself about, walked back to the stone stair case, and descen ' ded to the street. 1 At no gjnnt distance was the stopping I place of a line of omnibusses, from whicl a stage started every few minutes. A stage had just come in, and another ** S just moving off, as Mr. Harn'trtime oom< i within hailing distance. " Hallo, ther.' St' ~ a moment f * shouted oar friend, throwing op his handi and making signs to the driver. '' liut, the driver neither seeing nor heai ' I ing him, Mr. Hm'Mans started ferwar M on the run," still shouting and siskin * motions with his hands. All of no ava it , , , however. The sUfp kept on tte way. II "You can't make him hear," said tk r* drirer of an omnilws which had just a n rived at the stand. "But I shall start i 11 two or three minntea." "Minutes I Hamph! Yu, I know vhi M an omnibus minute is," rsphsd Mr. Ham ^ ** ""*? *> P^bng, and cor uHHmd wiping the pe rspiration from k FzCekead# "The fbUow heard and ss ** I ?e; i ibk>? he <w r JwffitWMkl Urn, Mr. Haen'Mfc >Uv the wmibi that had Ml the ataa $|4M irhkh wee mom a few hundred yea Bin tbefcfe* Mof> fee a y wager. |BBd. heeled, ?kI eacited ae he wee, t xi I making new signs to the driver. He had re I not gone but a few paces, however, bexl i fore he trod upon a loose stone and fell n, to the ground with a badly sprained ani kh\ n 1 1 ' " ,n CHAPTER VI. MR. IIAVN'T-TIME RETURNS TO 1MIILADKLa PHTA WITH A SPRAINED AHKLK. g If any of our young readers have ever f. been so unfortunate as to sprain an an- 1 kle badly, they will be able to form | e a pretty clcai idea of Mr. Hvav't-times 1 ,, unhappy condition after his fall. The { pni ? of the Rebelled muscles was, for j some momenta. exeniri?tin?r on.i I I jr? *' I j. I groaned aloud for extreme suffering. So I noon as his first paroxysm of severe pain i _ subaided, Mr. HavnVtimo hobbled back i ] to the omnibus that still remained on the ! 1 stand. Silently, and with a subdned , manner, he entered the vehicle, and took , his seat, Scarcely had ho done so, ere ? the driver mounted liis box, and started on his route. He was not over three ' intnutes, at the most, behind his prede, cc??oi\ and likely to reach the Astor i . House quite as early. * 1 In his blind impatience to gnin these 1 i three minutes what had Mr. Havn't-tiinc 1 not lost? lie was iu a sad condition on reaching his hotel. Gradually, from the ( itue he cutcred tho omnibus, until, with 1 , ,. " "distance of a gentleman pass- < the kinu ..." , " , . . . , 'herefrom, the pain in enger, he decendeo ^ { his ankle had continued to mCT*", , t sa dreadfully severe was it when he en-" tered his room, tliat ho actually fainted away. * When the friend came at throe o'cl< -ck to drive him-over to Greenwood, he found ^ Mr. Havn't-time in a sad condition. The ' physician called in at the emergency, ? knowing the value of Arnica tincture in a case liko this, had applied it freely to the ^ suffering part, and there was a alight pro- ^ grcsaive abatement of the intense pain g which had returned so soon as the fainting fit was over; but still the )tdtient '( was in an agony. -y n 44 My dear, sir, what l as happened ?" eagerly enquired the friend, on seeing Mr. j ' llavnVtiiiies pale, suffering face. | "More of my usual ill-luck," was replied, j 11 ~u-18 ! tonce. ^ ^ ! "How in the world did that happen f" * j aslv'l the friend. 8 I * "It happened from the stupidity, if not r I wilfulness, of one of your miserable omui- 1 bus drivers. Oh, dear, dear, dear! How it does pain me ! It is worse than draw- v ing a tooth." "He didn't run over you, surely ?" "Oh no. He ran away from me, and, j ' trying, to overtake hint, I sprained my j ankle. He must have seen me. I # only w*h I'd had a rope around his neck. He wouldn't hnvo l>een three seconds in * stopping his horses." Yet, the truth was, the driver had not ' aeon llavn'l-time, or else he wonld have 1 waited for film. It was his business to { 1 get as many passengers as possible, and 1 lie never thought it any trot ble to stop * his horse* for that purpose, or even to 1 wait, for a slow walker, what the " insid- ' en" frequently thought an unreasonable* 1 ; length of time. No man was more im- ' r patient at such delays than Mr. Havn't. time himself, whenever he occnpied a place in an omnibus. i No, the fault wns not in the driver. It [ was in Mr. Havn't-tinie himself! And now he was suffering the consequence of 1 his own blind impatience. To gain three j - minutes, that would have been of no real value to him, lie had lost several days, or, f it might be, weeks; lor, of all things, a i sprained ankle is one of tbe slowest to rei cover. s " Vou'il be better in a day or two, I e hope," said the friend, trying to offer some consolation. " MA day or two! O dear! If Tin a*, blc to leave here in a week, HI be thankful." r* "Not so bad as that. 1 shall be grcatd ly disappaMfedif you are not able to g leave for md(pTra in two or three days." il "For Niagara! Hump! No Niagara for n?c this year. That's all over." is Ami it was so. A week from*the dav r? Mr. flavn't-tirae left home, he returned to in Philadelphia, not able to walk, except by the aid of a crutch, at What had he aeen I What pleasure V bad ha taken! Much of intelligent gratiiv ficatkm he had promiaed himeetf?yet da had han received. Whf I Heed \w w?an?wer the reader! Were not Ida own impatient temper too co?tant ae thought of paeeing tame, the cauae t Un4, deubtedly they were. Thee#, fpr tea, ft marred everything. Bat, lOThf Mr. r Havn'trtiroe for the preeent, I will hetreh* duoe my readere more particularly, hi the m Mat chapter, to my other aeighbot, Mr. rd, Itettehetevrjr. 'fl * 7ftrt. ,. |,tJ L * A I From the OHve-Branch. SKLr-COWQUMT. M Well, Bridget, what do you think the bride ?" "Oli, she's a pretty young thing, but she had kuown as much a* you and I <j of her husband's mother, she never wou have come to live with her. She's a re ular old hyena, and if she don't bring tl tears into those blue eyes before the hone moon is over, my name isn't Bridg* Why, she's the most ouxlaciou# old thin] she orerhauld all her wardrobe yesterda before she could get here, and as I passe through the entry, I heard her mutterin to herself,?4silk stockings? humph?n flVxF undercloths! wonder if she thinl HI have 'em ironed hertl embroidered nig! _?11- * - - c?i?: mik urease*: distinction unci ruin r " " I'll tell you what, Bridget, there nevt was a house built yet, that was big enoug for two families to live in, and you'll fin< out that this won't be, I reckon." u What ! tears Eiynia ! tears !" said th young husband, as he returned from hi counting-room one dey, about a mont] iflcr their marriage, and with a look c inxiety ho drew her cloaer to his breast?' Tell me, you do not so snort repent you dioiec?" The little rose moutli w as hek ip temptingly for a kiss, and in those bliu iyes he read the answer heart was seeking ' What then 1" is y<?ur pet canary sick mn't you dress your hair to suit you ? 01 ire you in despaair because you can'! eciOb >n *kich of all your dresses you x>k prettiest j" " Don't bo ridicuiou3 Ha.Ty? 44 ' Imma, laughing and crying together; * >el nervous, that's all; Pm so glad you've ome home." Harry felt sure that w asn't all, but he wbore to question her any farther, for he ;lt very sure she would tell him all in ood time. The truth was, Harry's mother had been ?nd moping. I deaire to keep my ne out of the matrimonial boom? Shortly altar Urn, Emma's mother m her aotne little delicacy, mnnhotara 11 hermU; ofahlch ahe knew her daughl to be partiralary food. Mr*. Hall broug it into the mom and ant H down up the table, (aa if ahe were tearing t strength of rim dull,) and aatfd,441 wow if your mother's aMd you'll not ha enough to eat hare; cue would think 3 were a child at n heawdlngueheol P Em am eortralM torn* ky a *tec i eibrt, md amfe M mpty *f4mply Uk tta gtfc from tar tamfa, wfcfc * md ><f krmtan?k taty tay Wutata Home such prett^ annoyance, and her fiith- ] er-in-law who was old and childish, being quite as troublesome a* his wife : in these , respects it required all Emma** love for Harry, to carry luar "through, jf She still adhered to her determination, |0? However, to conceal her trouble*from her kl husband, ami though lie noticed she was g. less vivacious, perhaps thought the mantle |lrt of matronly dicrnitv becoming li?? O -rf ? y. wife, that he felt no disposition to find fault with it. In the irilantimo Mrs. Hall being confined to her room with a violent influy^ enza, the reins of government were very unwillingly resigned into Emma's hands; g the end'? i charge# she received about dusting and sweeping, and cooking, ending alw ways with this soliloquy, as the door closed ,t u]x>u Emma's retreating form, "I am a goose to tell her anything about it; she's ,r as ignorant as a Hottentot, it will all go h in one ear and out the other;" and the j old lady groaned in spirit as the nose of the tea-kettle poiuted the wrong way, or e the sauce-pan hung on the wrong nail . s flitted through her mind. Emma exerted ^ herself to the utmost to jj^asc her, but the ' gruel was always "not quite right," the pil>? lows not arranged easily behind her back, r or she expected to find "Bedlam let loose," j when she got down stairs, and various otli- j j er encouraging prognostications of the L same character. 1 " Emma," said Ham", "how should you r like living five miles outof the city! I have > seen a place that just Quts my fancy, and r i I think of hiring it on a trial." Emma hesitated; she withed to ask, I "doet your mother go with utF but she only said, "I could not tell, dear Hair}', c i how I shou!' like the place till I saw it; y I but I fear it would take vou two much from me. It seems so odtl to iiRVC five mile? b?-1 c tween us the whole day. Oh, I am very v tiire 1 shouldn't like it, Harry," and the ? charges of her mother-in-law clouded her sunny face, and in spite of herself a tear dropped on her husbands hand. o 44 Well, dear Emma, now I'm very sure you will like it; (and his large dark eyes " had a look she did not quite understand ? with all hci skill and practice in reading r them) and so 1 am going to drive you out a ' there this very afternoon, and we'll see," <] 1 Oh, what a little paradise, Harry! * ' Look at that duster of Prairie Roses! * I What splended old trees! See how the wind sweeps the drooping branches across the tall gnus! and that little low window, lattioed over with sweet briar, ^ I m j| and that pretty tarraced flower-garden? j oh, llarry !" ( 44 Well, let us go inside, Emma;" and ( applying n key he held in his hand, the !' door yielded to his touch, and they stood c , side by side in a little rustic pnrlor, fur- ? nished simply, yet to tatfefully / Tables, Stand, and mantel, covered with vases, j j sending forth fragrance from the sweetest 1 I j of wild-wood flowers; tho long white 1 y muslin curtains looped away from a win- 1 ? dow, whence could be seen wooded hill, ? and fertile valley, and silvery stream.? f then thev ascended into the old di.imW that was quite as unexceptionable in its aj partments. Emma looked about ia be- J . wildered wonder. Il? ] y 41 But who lives here note, Ilarry!" o " Nobody." ? Nobody i what a tease you are! To i if whom does all tliis furniture belong, and 1 f? who arranged every tiling with such ex6 quisite taste. I have been expecting evcV ry minute to see the mistress of tho raan * sion step out." . ' * "Well, there she is," said Harry, leading " her gaily up to tlie looking glass; I only hope you admire her half as much as ? ' I do! Do you think I've been blind and n deaf, because I've been dumb ! Do you ie think I've not seen my high spirited little 14 wife, struggling with trial, day by day? T suffering?enduring?gaining the victory 19 over ljer <rwrt spirit, silently and tmcomw plaining!)' ! Do you think I could see all /Ais, and not tliink she was the deareit B" little wife in iheworld /" and tears and M smiles struggled for mastery, as he pressed his Kpe to her forehead. "And now you "d will have nobody to please here, but me, h Emma; do you think the task will be ck difficult r The answer, though highly, uatUfactory to the husband, was not intended for you, dear reader, so please excuse, F/hy Faux. m ^ ? ... . WOIB* or UOLD la urn* a.?a minnn ary, wifcW Homo trtm CVlm, my ikat ior tf? CUbSSUm Uttte fir* aalMMaNNfal ft** " ?Un joekeU roM I? ~ yy a- ii?wp>?.. totMfrBTft ?a iNN^i ? ^. i ?* # * *%? jcturing lier daughter-in-law all the moring, upon lite degeneracy of the times ; oped she wouldn't think of putting on all lie fina things her friends had been so fooali as to rig her out in ! the times were ot now as they used to l>e! that if Harry ;uvo her pocket money she luwfftettcr give >r nonaense t that a young wife's place ras in her husband's house, and she hoped he would leave off that babyish trick oi unning home every day to see her moher and sisters. Emma listenud in silent amazement; site vas a warm-hearted, affectionate girl, but vas very high spirited. The color came ind went rapidly in her cheek, but she breed back the tears that were starting to ler eyes, for she had too much pride tc illow her to see them fall. After old Mrs. Hall h?d retired, she sai or a moment or two, recalling her word: ?M babyish," to love my own dear home vhere I was as merry as a cricket fron morning till night; where we all sang, anc played, and read in mother's dear ok room, and father and mother the happies >f us ?11?44 babyish !" 441 won't be die Lated to," said the young wife ;44 I'm mar ried if I nm only nineteen, and my owi mistress ; and the rebellious tones wouk come in spite of her determination; bu then sho thought oJUHarry ; dear Harr whom she had already learned to love ? well. Her first impulse was to tell him but she had a great deal of good sense i she was young, and she said to herael M no, that won't do; then he'll have to tak sides with one or the other, and either wa it will make trouble. It may wean Ki love from me, too; no, no, Til try to gi along without, hut I wish I had know more about her belore I came here to live. And ao she smiled aed chatted gail with Ilanry and hoped he had set it dow to the account of " nervousness." 8till tli hours passed slowly when he was abaci at his business, and she felt uneasy evei time she heard a step on the stain leatti old lady should subject her to some ne trial. wonder what hat .<omc over our El ma," said one of her sisters, Mie h grown so grave and matronly; I hi hated Harry when he carried her off, ai I nulla kiln htm nnw Cnr ika'l ?n Uvls "v TIMET 7' ill. Impntet Questions. . To ask an unmarried \mdj how old she k To ask a lawyer '.f he ever told a lie. To ask doctor how many persons he has ever killed. To ask a minister if he ever did anything ! wrongTo ask a merchant if ever cheated a customer. To ask an editor the name of his correspondent. It is said that a portion of the population of Maine have Ijeoome so strictly temperate that they are entirely destitute of ;?/<7-ular veins : hence it is supposed that temperance is a great preventive of suicide. A thousand and one stories are told of the extreme cheapness of living in the Far West, but es to the way in which it fe ionc, we were never aware uhtil the matter was explained by the late Dan Mart>le, ^ U V I ' ? uu Kwp warders here ma'm ?" said m individual addressing the landlady of a louse, upon the door of which he saw 1 cheap boarding" painted. ? "We do," was the response. " What do you charge a week f " For boarding without lodging, do you nean f" inquired the lady. "Yes ma'rtfc," " Fifty cents is our regular price." " Well." rejoined the inquirer, " that's heap enough at any rate. Do yotl ghe our boarders much of a variety ? " Yes, sir, something of a variety.- We rive them dried apples Ibr breakfast,Wftnu rfttcr for dinner, and let them swell M upper." Unpleasant Mistake.?It is-said the ommiwioner of Public Works for the ciY of Baltimore, when he read in a mornig paper the proposition made in the Legilature to fix his salary at #2,000, declaed it was not " sufficient remuneration,'1 a Mrs. Mo-Cawber says to warrant his [Uitting his presennt business. The reaieu ttio rAftuudAfffcaioriixflfe afintfy at - m wo kuwlrtd, and not two thousand <foffers.?Bait. tfewt. 4I understand,' said a deaoon to his neigbor, that you are becoming a luird drinker,' l is a mistake said he, for no man can rink easier., Au Irishman, seeing a vessel vary heavy aden, and scarcely above tae.yrater'a dge, exclamed, 'Upon rtiy soul ! if the iver was but aj>it higher, tne ship would ;o to the bottom.' A story is told Of a hypocondric gcntcman of rank arid fortune in Ireland, vho fancies one of his leg is is one religon md the other Of another. He not unfrejnentiy put* oriO Of rite unfortunate leas mtsidc the bedcloths to punish it for its eligious error*. A man recently triedbofl soap to smooth ? ihe harshness of his wifes' touguc. It book off a little of the roughness, but made it run faster. A gentleman residing in the neighborhood of Cork, on walking one Sunday evnennig, met a young peasant girl, whose parent lives . near his house. "Where are you going, jenny?" said he. "Looking for a son-in-law for my mother, sir," waa the smart reply. DmriEs.?Every man ought to pay his debts?every man ought to help his neighbor?of he csn^ Every m*n an4 woman ought to getnuAed?if they con. Everyman should do his work to suit his customers ?if he can. Every man should please his wife?if he can. Every wife should please her husband?if she can. Every wife should sometimes hold her tongue?if she can. Every lawyer should sometimes' tell the truth' ?if he con. Every man should mind his own business?if he can, and woman too, Every one sh^^l take a newspaper, and pay for it?any how . - * Pretty Good.?An eloquent minister of the gospel, preaching for a brother, paused in the middle of his sermon, and remarked : 14 If I were at home, (meaning in his own church,) I would say something about going to sleep; but as 1 am not, I forbear." In an instant, heads, which hsd been 6'tfet ly resting on the peW backs, straighfetied up with military precision. The preaeker concluded his remarks without farther anoyance. ^VKHIH ?<m * r?PIunU<rHI4l IMlff ago the Postmaster of 94 "Look received a hitter from a farmer in Indiana, aaklttg for imfoflhatfonln regard to a at ray eoW, Which vraa mbitiMy described by the writer. On f Monday knit he received anflrtker, from an aapbant for musical fiune residing in the interior of Otk>. .T%e writer Quires of the poetmeter if there i% a good opeHtdf for a fiddler in 8h Lmda TSe app&W dwerfhoN himself as a perfect rusher on the Mile, adTstete that he ean <UMe better, aai at a lower pries than any artist in Ma profc*. I htm ifablw fai. ??not in %niftm itft nf Mi?r? V Wff - l-fxt' in ' ' .jfcM, jy,, ,. . . . m * Ik