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you 2* > PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C.t SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1851. HO 4?
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U TftiMMlEH A LEWIS.
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, W. K- Eaglet, Editor.
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v >* - TERML#*'
One DolUr nnd Fifty Cents for ono jrcei'* ?nl>
eription when paid within three months, Two
dollars if pnyffieftitie deUytd to tho close oftliu
eub*eripih->n year.
'' rirY"?* not cltfarljr t!mtted, will ho
<}on?idered *s rande-for an indefinite time, stud
continued till a discontinuance is Ordered and
It arrearages pait.
A . J - A *9 M - i.-'-l ? -
ainiTHnnHAii lawrwu HI I V c CIUS per iKJllAre
or the first illiertion, and 87 1-2 riis. fur each
continued insertion. Liberal deduction* tundc
thoie adrrrtUing bythoycar.
1ST AH Communications should bo addressed
J*>: the Publishers post pftid.
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POETtlV.
?-h t i ' ; .a.-.-.kn / Hi.
TUB ftETUHN OF SPRlIfa. u
Dear A" the doTO, whose wnfting xt b-g
j j The grcon leaf ransomed from the main,
Thy ganM 2'ow, returning Spring.
vom?q u> our BUoro, ayam;
For thou ha*t boon a wnnder?^)jrtjr,
On many a fair and foroign ?t rand,
In balm and beauty, *un aiul nong, t
Panting from land to laud,
Thou, bring'<?t the b1os#oros to t)>o b?o,
' "to earth a robr ufemcrald dye,
The leaflet to tho naked tree,
rhe'riiiul'ow in tho *ky;
I fc^l thy blest benign control
The pulsftt of my youth restore;
Oflcninor thi? ?nrlr?? nf nnnen on.l -r.?1
To lo^e and joy oncc mi&re.
?(Ui <f^Ki>V liM*' ' j r
I irill nit people thy (jreen bowers
tVi?h lorniWH1* pale and ?pcotre band;
Or blend with thine tM faded flowers
Of memory'n Jam);
For thqn vert surely noretfgSren
To -waka rrRTnl n>r ploasWos pone;
But liVe nn 4ngel cent from Heaven,
To soothe creation's groan..
Then, while tho groves thy garlands twine,
"Wiy ?pi?l WoklUii iikv an J ,*?# ,
My heart shall kindle at tfiy shrine,
And worship God in thee; i
And in the skme calm, scquogtered spot,
While listening to the choral strain.
Past griff* ?hi|l! be awhile forgot,
.Hnd pleasure bloom again.
FAREWELL.
We do not know how much wo lore
Until wc come to leave;
An ?g*<l tree, a common flower,
Are things o'er which we grieve,
There is a pleasure in the pain
Tbat brings us back the past.
W? ilngcv ^il? vrc turn way,
^ W,c cling wJii\o ire (iepnrlj# J
, Atyl memories, opmurkc^ tjll{hfx>,;m'*t .,
Come crowding round, t^o hanrt. > ,, ,
Lot what ^rfll turn our oiiwiu d way, ,
t-yewell'fl a bitter vrord to.wy.
7iinflrtrt/lf.??Miinnrw/nilmia. lN_?
jibbeway chief, wlio has bcwn.&v*
years in Eupope with Mr- CjUliii, r?centhr,
on hw retarnjft. V'" hoTOft ho,,
y?n<? Lake Suwuior, gave, with a
portion of his family, an exhibition at
Balavift, ISfow #ofk. fta
one years old, six feet and an meh
^ ?0<i jMAi
tSSJSSXSiJk
rope hy saying, in good English:
/>! have peon m the company of
kings and qneens in Mflir, pf>lf*ci?Si I
have dined with loru&and oilier great
. KS^-Ma
R "'.V /U>tivo country l>c?l, lli? U.l <?l
Bjr niy to^aih^ ~? Ipy# $19 iAranwaa*
""""" Indian neat; arid were it that I were
IgnfWjUft parth t0*
Indians, I w<gu|d tjfce ,hp the ft)r;? ni ,
an American Indian, and an no,to
the highest peak ofthotfooky itiouiiimhs,
Ami tlfftie stynd ip. the.#**) of.,
the whole world at,(1 say-Behold
thei^f(^hihUhal nwi6 us-,, ,in,? ,
An '
I vvsth enn.i'r wty< advised
aSapteiC.'.'S'.i
euro him. Altera Jang search he
?f*VT jg+t ' )T ^ v/yYl )>i ;-,ii J t
fo connkler ?f??ir school W/uir^ ;.s if
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9
A I?I/riTITIO\; |
[ To be presented to the Legislator to of
our State at its next lifting, and to
u bich thj. signatures )J thp jteople of
Pickens pistrietare resjKctfiiUy solicited.]
To the Honorable the Senate and
Houxq of llej/re*entalh*it:
The humble Petition of the undersigned,
.citizens of Pickerts 'District,
showeth to yonK Honorable bfnly,
thai PickenDit ir.t (extending East
and West, or from the Saluda to the
Tujraleo. river, sixty miles, and North
find South, or from North Carolina
to the Anderson line thii tyOvd mi e )
emhrnofts within iin tl^klm ? ??
....... ..w o mi ui
Territory much more .extensive thkn
that which is usually contained ivithinihe
limits especially of a mouuiriin
District: Your Petitioners furthering
to be permitted tq show to your Honorable
Body, that this great extent of
tfljritory occasions much and serious
Uico,nvenience:?heightened by the-pecufiar
geographical and topographical
characteristics of the counlryh-lo
a larire mnioritv of ih?> iwmlonf ii.o
v J J, '..Y [ wrfVA"
District, and to crave that yon will
take into consideration the propriety
of f/mamg the,same into 'I wo Judicial
Districts, to be called, the one
Calhoun, and the otl^r Pickens, or
to be called ' y any other names
which 10 your IJojiortible Body shall
seem most meet and proper.
Your Petitioners also desire,to suggest
the Keoweo River as a suitable
line of Division, and to submit that
thp territories included between the
Saluda and Ke^vee* and between
the Keowee and Tuiraloo. huinur vp
r - * frsp-n *w [
spectively o|" nil average widths of
thirty miles, and in length varying
from thirty to forty miles, nnd re?W>eiively
containing Twelve; Hun (frud
Voters, ore irp,i e MiHicic^it J'pr die formation
of t\yo Districts of convenient
and respectable size.
The^^eutfc tucon venienee ar iaing
from its jftesent unwieldy ai/ei wit I
become apparent, w&en remewi
nered that the eastern and western
hm-dora di'u 1**/ foi- 1 ?
...u .#7 md uiU'ii |jii|)iiions
ante of th? District, autlpersons
rtfftjtog on either of these must pass
ovdf twenty-five or thirty miles to
roach the Court House.
These difficulties and disadvantages
are still further heightened by the
unfortunate location of the Court
House, which being situated in the
midst of a considerable extent of
rough and bi rren country,.is :ipproachcrl
from no one point of the
Witt, nocn ?*
...... v(>9C wi i.\n I > tMIH'l ITU.
These, and many other djsadvan*
t pgeu, arising from the same cause,
liy preventing poisons at a distance
from settling atnongM ijs, and thus occupying,
reclaiming, and bringing into
market the many iho>;si\nd aote*>
of tillable Iandp, which now lie waste
and uncultivated around us, prevent
Jf iiciny nig poYeiopment ol jts resoiree*,
apd meanly petard ?bern{OHperity
of lilt; District, while ilie whole
Stale siiflers a proportionate loss,
(rom/the lango^and .of
one of its pi rls. 1 hese causes toy*
a^coiilr|hji(ed |o ^?ye wajiy.pfoi^r |
best citizen? to hunt new lipinp? tf?
iHA'SAHk L.,y\wLi' .I.Ji.:- <
c I list ry would be iivamnieiied with less '
inconvenience; and thus, and 1 om
there cause?, while .their energies
have ent additional impetus to the
JJSwW ^eyelop^^^f.n^^.biate^nMd,
irr.tor.es, pure <lrops kv? been
beneftw of, ife^" JhborjL-aud counsel*
m'pkaQe, and in., war of their strength
flint aMluirti '
IWrrKJ r jk! m 1 twain 1'/"< 'J
S m"M wm w. wt1?? ,
tifOTersjanerf even to bint to youir Hon- .
orable Body what it so well underHtmills,
viz: that? likely J
?)> WW fulriwfo jp ihft.Genern
T^wl'ifind ^urrpyiyqled \>y cold
frftttdft if n0L secret ! [
tnie policy of the Sp^te, by fostormg ^
the pecubiiri inffjre ihfywuHj* ,J
P?M# pon^Hinny^orenclei-he^
sjf, as fur as may bo, independent of
" UWfiWhWit&. ?SII'W)9W nsT ,
tahce-, and p? yrficro,1Mi)l.8, tm&j Q
nlWcclc)?rlv p(.^pre|iemlc(lltll^l l>y
y<ii|h m.?W<
slMitojynpfs , llijn clcsiral: | HKien<=?- .
;iy of Ibpgrainjjrotyuw I Moots l.as ,
. dii>4r 'I## !,
> ere?l* of Mm; ,?<>(*>
pr PicKfcns l)ia(ii?t> mid 9nl|i|i?.tp
luiBfj tin; n?i|iyp<'ca,8wns imou vyluth
of M* WtfliW", WKWtp.^W':/'?"-\
!"wjjii"ft?1'*n'i ?''
nm..|.ilia-uu.- x.iitJtim n Luiu-Lmmji'i' j.iji
From ArthurV Homo Ouzotto.
COIIWTKY EXPERIENCE.
ur bylvanub urban, tiik younger.
PETER MULUOUNKY A ^IIE COW.
1 cannot now recollect what it was
that induced me, after the alVair of
the carnage, to send Peter Mulrooney
to market vy*Ui a cow for sale.
Certainly warnings enough to put
me on my, guard, for, it was onlv a
week previous, that I had said to
him*
'Peter, I \\^int you 1o take a barrel
of piaster into the lower corn field,
and sprinkle a little round every ' ill
of corn. Be careful not to miss any.1
lls it morthar plaster, yer honor
manesf Whore will 1 he aft her finding
itr,
'No! Plaster of Paris. You will
Find several barrels cfit in (he barn.'
l5edad; but llirls r>{!;r?r.gc s.vj
why. Isjlirni Plaster o'Parish 0?ih!
sine I thought them was whate
flour/
lFlour? What, so heavy as that?'
4Ayeh!1 saul Peter. 1 Tis AmoriIrOV
C ^ A.--1 ?*
, i.. ??. iiiiioii niiu wiiiii
'ud I know Init the Hour 'ucl be h^avy,
wlirtre the rivers is as broad,^s saas
in the ould coun'hry; and tncpurty
birds has got pai;;'. on tlieir wings.1
*\VAI1, never mind; take a harre'of
plaster, and sprinkle a lit 11? round
each hill of corn. Now don't let me
have any mistakes; I will he down to
see how you are coming oil as soon
as 1 cap possibly leave here.1
'What 'udyer honor he doip'that
lor. aure it s asv work anyhow!'
'True, you make terrible blunders,
Peter, sou etimes/
'1b it the carriage ye mane?' said
Peter, with a droll look out of the
corner of his eye. 'Faix, it was yer
honor tould me to do the same.1
'What! grease the carriage all
o^? Of course, I meant nothing
else but the axles.'
'Arrah!' said Peter. 'Is it the
likes of me to cohthradict a raal gen
nemanf LJut sure ye niver said a
blisscd word about the axles; and
'ud I be #ood for if I did'nl
obey me drdlhferm'
Half an hour after this, Peter came
to me and told me he had completed
his work.
'What, already?' said I. -You
surely cannot have sprinkled the
whole of three bushels of plaster in
I his short time/
'Oh, begorra! may be I doesn't be
working hard all that same time.'
iii r. ~:ki >
iui|iiM?iint; yuu chu nave done
as 1 ordered you; for it would have
taken auy of (lie other hands nearly
ha If a day.'
'Them's nagnrs, the haythens!! responded
Peler with a look of contempts
Still 1 was not satisfied; walk*
ed over to the field, and 9jmd the
condition of things to he '/JWfxactly
what I feared. Instead ofsprinkling
about a gill of plnfcfer around each
hill. Pqter had applied from a quart
to half 44 flTHllnn. art I licit I1
_ D....y.v ...... ?. Ul
planter sitfHoiciul to have dresfcepfour
(Hires/ Av.as expended upon a plot of
ground uotunuch biteer than a city
Qgardan. Of course i got no Corn.
VVJuilever possessed me After this
10 untrUsLhim with tlie.sale of a cow
I do not recollect.; -1 did so, Howetf?r,
and this vfrasihe result, in ;t .<
He had slartdd withthecow boore
davivand should have fclurnedt
with'ordinary diligence* by two o'clock
in the afternoon; hut it was not
intil' several hours after that timo ,
hai 1 became seriously uneasy.. He
-vaBAtsually active enough, too, but .1 (
bought jt probable, in going to town, j
le might have met with some of his w
'pantrymen, audit) that way beende
alued. J 1 : , j Hi V:ir ... / . : I HI .,
At lengthm-it was towards sunset ,
-rtjpnu) one cried otif that the strawxM
i y cow wna coining back; and
Hire enough, there ehe Was, tearing .
ip the lane towards the barn, covers ,
:d with intid and dust, and with her ,
(Vps iooking,iwr?d nmWaTJgry as if ,
% had, jqst escaj)f?dj^einff bated bva L
!rowd of dof^l I had the poor foron>
|ook,ipg <jceMre into, Ihe yard,
md then looked for Peter, ,i?ut for a
ruig.tnrie no Pej^c, was to be *e$n. ,
\fler a, vy)^, ftpwoypr, ,-Jhiaw !mn >
oiping^lp^ly up.Jhe l^ wittyhis, :
eye* and ns
i^s belm^l Ins back) and piw?l?y t
h)M hear him sighing afnl ,gWP- .
ng. as.if io.lbpftreamst distr^wi imag ,}
' Vv liaf is tiro moaning olall thinr
ajtl l, /.VVflmt pn fwrth hav?*,you t
^ f ,, ,V>oh; ]
virra.' Wirni . wjlU.ilpl I'im f
men! Ochonccl _ J^is Ine baste ,
hf^fcbyu toWftwBw' i
I' l iiii ii
'Anawisr nil? 1 ?ay! Whor* hvv? 4
4
"Hi .JLiJJ.Ll. li'U-l EJJL?Li?LL'?L! ! ' Hi
you been nil th's time? How came
the cow to he brought home in such
a wretched condition?'
'It's dead I am n most,1 said Peter
evasively. 'Oh wirra! wirra! What
M 1 do, WhalMI I do!'
'This passes all patience, Mulroo
uwyi 1 musi nun i will i now wlial
has happened to-day.1
'Mnsha, thin, it's the City people
can tell well enough; an' that's no
lie.'
'Havb you been io market?'
'Beriad, sir, the butcher men, and
the otild women with the table?, and
the pitaty men. and the cou^thry peo
pie wrtl white shates over their carts,
and the. ehildher, and the naygurs,
and the eonsthables, will be telling
ye- The coVv. bad luek to her, and 1
have been hi the market, this hjis&ed
day, and through the market, and
over the market, and the clivil knowd
where tnst;, for son a uii I know.'
vSo vou hfive been in trouble have
you? Well it is no more than 1 might
have expected.1
'Deed, sir, a if that's no lie!?
Throuble! Oh but if you'd seqn the
comnrariest cow in the univarsal
world, sho couldn't bate the little
athrawherry battle.1
"You-must have frightened her
then, for she is conn only as gentle
as a lamb.11
"Frightened her! Is it I that \?d
be soJYiane na to frighten a cow, and
I a dbrvving her all the time? Oh be
gorral its she that has been giving me
the fright the day, any how; an" that's
no lie.
v?.. 4.._i. i?x- .1
t. cm . jLim iuun ner to uie market
you say. What huppenei&hen?"
" 'Tis unasy 1 aib to tell your honoivf'
; .. .
"Kjo onl" said 1, impatiently.
'\Musslin, thin, the haste vvmt well
enough ontil it was among the strates
We got; and thin, shctukonas many
eontnrary ways as a four year ould
pig. First it's one strale she would
go up, and then it's i.noihcr stratc she
would go down; and nixt, widnut
sayin* 'By yer lave, Petber," she walks
in at the dure of a linker's siiop; an'
whin we whacked her out o' iliat be
<ia<i! nut on gfl'iops me lady, and 1
nit her her, out il me bVeath was gone
inlirely, an' I couldn't spake St all-?
l\Vhoo!?whoof!'says I ; 'mind the
haste! Tear-aiul-ages, mind the haste!
Oil, vvarra! wirra! look at the gossoon;
it s over him she II ho!1 But,
sure, she did a good thing that time
any \ 'f y; for she Ink the uoy on her
horns., in' lassed him on the paveinint
as tinderly us if it was one of her
own chilcfher. Thin she trotted off
agin through the wureld of strates,
an1 I after her as fast as me legs *ud
?n *
ml I j mi:. kj|W|): SiiyS A, Dili
sorra bit (ho wifd divi! *ud stop at all.
And when the people throwed up
llieir arums at her, the saucy baste
put down her hprns at tliim. It's
mighty littie they did to stop her thin;
an that's'no lie! Tvyas the boys
that 'ud be howling, too; and the men
shoutin', and the puny wimmen rupniii1
about like a (lock of frightened
pawhridges; and so, by and by.'Uyas
to the market w<; got. 'Now, me
lady,1 says I, 'begorra, but we'll see
who's tlie masthors' so 1 run up belilnt
the baste, anu spiked hould of
hertai!, and twisted it round n;e hr.;;d.
Och, murther! buf she wint father
than iver, ifrflggiu' me aloi)g wid her, i
plungin' thro' the 'big crowd,' knock* |
in uowi) the pacpu, ancj tossing up
graftes; treading over hapes of turnips
aii(J pifaty's^ an*'ih? peqple sbpuh
e<f, an' the wimmin. sereeehed; an1
the nil teller men an, the eountlrry
men tearin1 an1 sweariiiV Ayeh I1
sure there niver was heerd sich a hullal>al|no
before!,. Faix! but thobasfe
wasn't contint wid the throuble fehe
wasgivin', but she must nixt l>e after
smashm' bapkets of?rp
Here Peter stopped suddenly* ami
thi nking, slowly, his hand into the
prniket of his coat, fumbled about for
i ?mie vynije, and flien produced a
jreapy, crumpled piece [of paper,
which he bawled to me. Xt read a3
folloyva: ,
"Mr. Silvaynns Urbin
"To Betsy. Hodges,
"For duzzen e#gs smashed by
yure cow, at 10 cents, - $1 00.1
"who gave you I Ins/' said I.
"Snr?, sir, it was the magislher."
"JlagistrateJ What magistrate?1?!?! i
"Soj-ra oweo' ipe knows, burin' lie's
* <lacont man, an' Jiis , name's Matuire,
Ocli I but its the oniucky
aaste she is."
"Mnlroohey!" said I, "1 will pay
bis bill in the thorrthigv but, I think,
I shall not Want Vtttf arty ntoffc Hftbr
tW month '-it bp.w>?! ?
H*#*? luck mywir hon<*r *;rv!M
Peter.1 M9We Mn* the rttW cHhrterrt^rr
MWto artiSW t?rt
M ?** thars no M When llftvttye
^ili I be throubling ye \f I ax fofifc
1>s ?*
A KIX I S I) CRIMINAL.
-A groat number of persons who
I know tho celebrated Dr. B , a
| professor of the College of Surgeons,
I IllltfO nflon l\/\0 Hil *?1I ?K~ **.-11
v VIIVII IIQCIU IIIUI ICII III'' lUIIOVV*
ing anecdote:
One day that he had procured the
bodies ol two criminals, who had
been hung, for the purpose of anato
my, not being able to find the key of
the dissecting-room at the moment
the two subject were brought, ho
ordered them to be deposited in an
apartment contiguous to his bedroom.
During the evening, Dr. B??
wrote and read .is usual previous to
* .. i??- - *
iu icai* i nu uiock u:in lilSl
struck one, and all the family slept
soundly, when all at once a dull
sound proceeded Irom thp room Containing
the bodies.
Thinking that perhaps tlw cat had
heen shut up there by mistake, he
went to see what could bo the cause
of the unexpected noise- -What \yas
his astonishment, or rather his hor-j
roi\ on discovering that the sack]
W In r*K onn I '? mr?/l tl?/? ....... 1
I ........ vvuuinltu 1110 iiVJUU'3 was loril
asunder; and, on going nearer, he
found that 0110 of the bodies was
missing.
The doors and windows had been
fastened with the greatest care, and
it appeared impossible that the body
could have been stolen. The good
doctor appeared very nervous on remarking
1 his, and iUwas not without
an uneasy sensation that he begnn to
look about him, when, to his horror
and amazement, he per .ved the
missing body sitting upright in a corner.
Poor Dr. B??, at this nnexpecj.1
_ ? *
u-<i apparition, nccame transhxed
with terror, which was increased by
observing the dead and sunken eyes
of the corpse fixed upon him; wliiehever
way he moved, those dreadful
eyes still followed him.
The worthy doctor, more dead
than alive, now began to beat a
quick retreat, without however, losing
sight of the object of his terror;
he retreated step by step, one hand
holding the candle, the giber extended
in search of the door, which he
nt Imirrlli linl Id
1/tll I MVv I U IO llli UD"
cape, the spectre has risen and follow
ed him, whose livid features added
to the lateness of the hour and the
stillness of the night, seem to'conspire
to uC^rivo Uie poor doctor of
the little courage he has left; his
strength fails, the candle falls from
his hand, and the terrible scene is
now in complete darkness.
The good doctor has, however,
gained his apartment and thrown
hiinself on his bed; hut the fearful
epeotre has still followed him?-it has
caught him. and seifces hold ofh.s
feet with both hands. At this rlimav
of (error, the doctor loudly exclaimed,
'Whoever you are, leave me!'?I
At this the spectre let go its hold, and
moant'd fe6bly these words: 4Pity,
good hangman, have pity on mof'-1Thegood
doctor now discovered the
mystery, and regained by4httle and
little his composure. He'explained
to the criminal who had so nairowly
csqapfd dentil, who he was, and prepared
to call up some of his family.
"Uo^ou, theti, wishtodestroy iu?r
exclaimed tho criminal. "If I am
i discuveieu,'my adventure will Income
publi', and I shall be brought
i to the scaffold a second time. In the
name'ot humanity, save me iron)
death!"
Thfegood do/cto^ then tose antf procured
a light; he muffled his unex'
peeled visitor in art old dressing
gown; and having made him take
some restoring cordial, testified a desire
to know wlm? crime had brought
him to the scaffold.
He Was a deserter.
The godd doctor did not well know
What means to employ to save the
poor creature. Ik could not keep
hiin in his house) and to turn him out i
would be to exnosq hiw to certain
deaih! The only way, then, was to
'get him into the c6nntry ; so tyaVirig
made him dress himself in some old
clothes which th? kind doctor select-"
ed from his w?r(irnhe1 he toft town;
drtrly, ^cc^iijipa^iied by his protege,
whom ho represented as an assistant
in k diffinilt case upon which h& had
been callwri. 1 ' " '
When they had gr^t into (lie open
country the wretched creature threw
hithseJf at the feet of hi* benefactor
and liberator, bo wh6m he swore eter
n;d ffratit(ido? and the sreneroua doe*
tor having relieved!* his wants by a
small sum pf money, the grateful
creature left him with many blessings
and f way era for hid happiness;
About ttvolv?i years alter this occurrence
Dr iiW- had occasion to .
visit rllmaterdft*)w Hating gone one'f
day to the bifnlc, he wa? aecoated by
a weIi-drei?etiluaTOn<~-a?e who lad1 i
Wen pointed out to him one of the
%
imosI opnlent merchants of the city.
The merchant asked him politely
if lie were not l)r. li of London,
and on his answering him in the affirmative,
pressed him to dine at his
hotise:- which invitation the worthy
doctor accepted. On hrriving at the
merchant's house, he was shown into
an elegant apartment, where a most
charming woman and two lovely
children welcomed him in the most
friendly manner; which reception surprised
him the more, coming from
persons he had never before met.
After dinner the merchant, having
taken him into his counting house,
seized his hand, and having pressed
it with friendly warmth, said to him
"Do you not recoMect me?1'
"JNo," said tho doctor.
"Well, then, 1 remember you well,
and your features will never be obliterated
from my memory?for to you
I owe my lifei. Do you not reiucnii
ber the poor deserter? On leaving
you 1 went to Hollands Writing a
good band, and being a ujood accountant,
1 soon obtained a situation an a
clerk in a merchant's office. My
good conduct and Z6?l soon gamed
tor me confidence of my employer
and the affeotions of his daughter.?
When he retired from business, 1 suoceedcd
him, and became bis soivm*
law, but without vou, without you?
care, without your generous assist*
ance, I should not have lived to enjoy
so much happiness. Generous
man ! consider henceforth my house,
my fortune, and myself as wholly
yours.1'
The kind doctor was affected even
to tears; and ooth these happy beings
participated in the most delightful expression
of their feelings, winch were
soon should by the merchant's interesting
family, who came to join
them.?[Blackwood's Magazine*
Spanifth Etiquette.
So sacrec? at one time, were the
feet ofiheiV Majesties, the Queens of
Spain, that to think of them was^a
peccadillo, to speak of ihem an outrage,
and to touch-them a capital
offence. Princess Ann of Austria,
l-lj^ _r Til in. n _
urine ot x'ninp iv , arriving in ispam,
was presented with a parcel of silk
stockings by the stocking manufacturers
of a city where sne rested.
Her major-domo. swelling with honest
indignation, flung the stockings
away, exclaiming, 4KnpW tliftt the
Queens of Spain have no fee P, ;Alas!'
cried the simple hearted bride,
bursting into tears, lif I had kiitfwnr.
my feet were tb be cut oiTI vyoVild
never have set foOt in Spaiur On
another occasion (he secontj Consort
of Charles il. came near ^sing her
nit' through thts ridiculous etiquette.
Hiding out one day, her horse, a
spirited animal, taking fright, reared
up in such h manner that she slipped
off, one of her feet at the same time
catching in the stirrup The l\6rse
began to kick. The queen was in
imminent danger. Rut it was death
for any male, siiyq the king and the
chief of the pages, to touch any part
of the queen's person, (o say nothing
of her feet, no one of her escort Vras
at first bold enough to attempt her
rescue. At length her peril i'very
moment increasing, two cavaliers
ran to Hfcr assistance Que held tho
hoftfe* While the dtMt- eitr.ickted her
Majestyly pedal extremity. Ndt
waiting fbr thVthanks customary on
siltMi oechsioris, the two roro&i took
to the heels with anything hut herolike
haste, anil, ImviiYg ordered out
thfltr swiftest chargers, were about
to exile themsta/os, when.a messenger
came to inform them tharMKf
Majesty was jarae-tously pleased to
pardon their offencc.
Don't Hurry.?Wc heard a pathetic
tale pf a gentjfiinanr now very
poor, who was deprived of a Ijirge
estate once in consequence of being
in too much of a hurry. A dyifljj
man had quarreled with his l^ei*s%
and wasdet^rmined they shouli? ncit
Imvc t.is money. He had nijdc a
w. K friv.n^ all his money to tins hhIividua!,
Which onlx wanted his stfrna
ture. His shnds'wbro running low,
him thfc inkstand. Tears blinded tho
unfortunate donee's eyes, as ho executed
the command. He seized a;
smnll hrtttlo from tho mantle piccc,
i WiKlS ;
The Will Was Cutback in the cheat,
nnd the old man was hurried, but
when $py name to look for the will
thoy fonncl it hud nQ sig> Alas!
thn ink, lio luufgot the wrontf bottle*
ami (he will was signed wijh 1 "
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