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Camp Btettaw at Boiliag Spring*.
Awr JVcwe.*
Wednesday a week ago, a brilliant
Camp Meeting commenced at the above
Catpp Ground. On the Following Satur
day jour correspondent, in company with
Judge R. F. Graham, and a couple of]
friends, started for said plaer; and oerer
stopped ualii our party were aafcly en
sconced under the wigwam of our es
teemed friend, Nr. John'H. Livingston.-!
generous greeting of oar welcome, to
enjoy ourselves was a natter left to our
sjsirit choice. A feeling of kiudly hospi
tality radiated the face of every one of
the good and noble country folk that
seated there. And then the Word o.
Use sjbs) preached as becometh the pul
pit and the ministry of Christ.
Camp Meetings are pleasant things,
wkea property conducted. They are
conducive to the advancement of Chris ?
(unity; and also to the eivie enjoyment
of the hundreds of young folks who go
there for the purpose of enjoying them
selves after the firth 10a of the day.
And then (here are1 (ha good old grand
tart aftd pal s4fsmwaSe visit.-i ih s.t
Meetings for years, 4*>tne of whoso leek*
have growls'white r?th the rrv*t of maoy
Winters. Ao they move nit.mi Imu
place to place, the Mea etrikes the mind
that they are left as guardian ?pinfs ??t
the young and frivolous. Co w'eftf Wem ?(
the follies end temptations ih..? ?t ??:
sneeetsf'uHy influence* and ujd* Ue
course of the youth of* t.dty 'Joer,
headed and dignified. 1I1. M- old p
prchs, as it sun. went lo iiiijiari 10 1 <
sunnuiidinJi J& jfrtft* fol' hoy it flu m:
frivolity >4rfltf>ln 4p4ltf*r*"f
so rencrable*bi*j ffwy" ?
itut then there is nn-it'.er elnw .h
Ter? there. 1 mean the young a...I g ..
Those who here scare* yet' lived out the
fir*t of the throe score y- ir* nod ten I
?iu'>e eiijny tii.-mse.lv. -
Many. Uiuuyjuftv h 1 i p. ..
^tii.-.d. at i.im*1 .Veitif^if Uj ?? r
and ti'.'t-..!. ..'>:. of lovv-'.iiisp.-riuv* at
heard only ii?i> ihe heart* ..f those who
are too bashful Mod coy to do lovo'i* hid
dieg* ftvitbou* Iain ripj?'J 1
lejdeasi? U would he a sul j. et worthy
ehe study of eft ghitosonhofs o. iL* suoeh
aoism of the h inns*/t*- *Wl
C?up ajeetiags fur the purpoee 01 ieiru
sag the many mad mysterious w.?y* iu
which those who rove can couuiiuiiie<>to
with each other at this piece, The gen
tle pressure of ?he thrilling hand?rtses
?oft and eipreeMve glances of she ten
4er eye?-these, all these are old m 1 lie
ritual of the 'IwtW.''' the aumeocluiore
ws? thought be he complete; hut obeer
erattt! A thousand ?ad efts sfgs?. of
which the fond bum of Ella and
Rebeca are in blissful ignorance, are
now in constant use. I would give tome
of these old folk* the benefit of kho>
iii',' something of these mystic Mien
man im Is <?!' love, but for it I might have
all tho diitwverars of ihm "d wo Ott. me
like a thousand of bricks"?and that i
don't intend to do.
Hot enough -t r
I say Omni? Meetings are glorious
thing*; glorious because of the beamy
and pleasures that are to be uweo there
Nor must the spiritual, benefits that
accrue to many, by s visit, to Camp
Meeting, be omitted to be mentioned
here.
Many there are wbo attend these place?,
whose souls are deeply dyed in sin of
the darkest hue, that sre brought to a
sensible consciousness ot th ir guilt
before Heaven. A new spirit, a new
life is bom unto them, and they arc
made to lead s better life ; a life winds -
chief aim is to walk upright before
God.
Bot let tue return to the beaut i I til
young women, that all could regale .their
eyes upon on the occasion to which 1
allude. All sorts and styles of beauty
and loveliness were at Boiling Springs'
Camp Ground. From the darling little
lass, whose eteps were us shy and coy as
those of the timid fawn, to the dignified
sod stately queen of a woman, decorated
and made happy this coming together of
joyous souls. And many hearts that
hitherto slept defiantly in the breasts of
the rougher sex, were swskened to a new
?ong. Alas I for some of these ! Msny
there arc who never loved before th.is oc
Ippfj and ' w.'io to U?y, ??olij T-^T
thought! could wish that they had never
experienced the passion at all; that
Cupid bad not plunged h:s arrow so
deeply iuto their souk. Why? Be
cause Mies Cora's or Miss Minnie's heart
was proof against their overtures of
lovs. But let sll such resort to tho
Philosophie conclusion for comfort: that
a beautiful delusion is sweeter than a
terrible reality.
i Bui there was ouo in that beautiful
array of loved women at Boiling Springs
whoee soft and fascinating charms made
tbtir impression upon my heart. As the
constsnt dripping of water upon stone
will le i e us ru.prewniou, 80 did the magic
influence of her hWc t beauties fall upon
111; n- I'olrWe 1 In- evanescent dews ot
i:.c.1 -iic.' tb.-rt the sun exhales, and
lite) .11. gwUL/rh< impression mads upon
.?in has heconftt s p irt of my existence.
N<? is the dsMfy U?v?-d angel who* made
?I* ' 'j.uxt. cnwious of he* victory.
I tu ? ?. thei nttiutrs; bur
? ? ' j ; . t he language #lueh
ii) wotjkl into have syllabled, all my
gl ic -?*?. i-tv in Vain .
ii has liecn pftid that ttfeife organ's of
o|?tH di: the illie? pri-iors of the tnixit. If
.......-..>,. * ? .?.?* unucr
.od
Im. let ue ihm \. ith this strain
t'frh'ipe i ough< not to have f*bJ what 1
In vi: .'ut Jiumi-HHiM esf rrmro.
im ii ; oi all duye. at Ctiuip Meetings,
if 1 In grandest So it was at Roiling
j 1 11 - ill' 11 o'eltik sermon wus
|*i? ..<!?.?) I.) i>i?r dihiHiguixhed I'rosiding
. < !' il. Kojineily. Although
:n <t tk a >vr> mrg one. yet it
could ii 'i arc tumodate two thirds of the
( pi. pro nt Ail were * xiou* to
he it hi 1 prea.'h Ail were scrambling Tor
SCUtfl
\\ lieu t .<- hour arrived for htm to
brgta ever, thing Was'us quiet as could
t?o Wished. And the same commendable:
I'ocorum was obaervuble to the evC.
.?ir. Kennedy is an eloquent Jivine. auo
his dihsnuw.* ire rsplsJc wiib
??und logic hih\ ^iH?d h'.'iivenly troths.
MWod iy .liyht fh? rc was- a gmtid re
viv.lL Juwrj body seemed interested in
tho exhibition of the religious zeal dis
plsyed st that time and phice. If all
war* pot rejoicing, the ratoaiadcr sccmad
SittUd'wUu iii? ' thought thai there Were
pome it least w hu were not ashamed to
own their God.
Now let meto Moadaymoralag. this
[l^eoarally the breaking op day of Case*
Meetings. Prnyer-mooting before break
fast, and afterwards, agsnerel esortation,
utthesequel to these happy and joyous oc
casions. It is a sad sight to sit and witness
this the end of snoh noble cventn. A bssty
running to and fro from all fides is the
order on Monday morning. Wagons are
packed with the utmost haste; buggies
and carriages are crammed with pretty
girts; last long farewells are looked by
the love-sick maidens and swains, who
never loved before ; the good old grand
mas snd pas, shake each other warmly
by -the hand, while a prayer escapes
their quivering lips to meet once sgain
"ere their glass of life is fully sped
and above all, the last, sad hour arrives
lor all to Ft i t.
Thus it was at Boiling Springs. Fare
well 1 was whispered on all sides. And,
melancholy, thought 1 your correspondent
and his party had to share the fate of
all. We had to lerne. We whispered
farewell 1 and all that remains to us of
the bright and happy Boiling Springs,
are its fresh snd green memories; the
thoughts that cannot die of the dear
and lovely maidens that wo saw there ;
happy oasis in the dull, sad garden of j
life's trials; sweet recollections of an
gelio faces, and flute-like voices j and a
warm gratitude for the hospitalities
we received.
JOANNES. "
Presentment of tbe Grand Jury?
Fall Term, 1871.
f The Grand Jury beg leave, moat
spectFully, to report that the immediate
disbursement of their expenses, while
attending Court, falling upon their pri-j
rate resources, in consequence either of
inefficient legislation, or the improper
execution of law on the part of public
Officials, find it impracticable to devote
such time to the investigation of public
affairs ss tho interest of the County de
mands.
We have, however, done tho beat we
could under the circumstances, a'id trust
that the Court will bring to the attention
of the proper authorities these obstacles
which embarrass some of us, so that the
future Juries will havo nothiug to pre
vent a full and complete discharge of
their duties.
Our government is conducted upon a
cash system so far as the collecting of |
taxes are concerned, ?od we see no rea
sou why the same cash system shall not
prevail in regard to the payment of its
duos.
We hute visited iac Various Public
Offices, eftd so* far tsotfr examination
extended, we found the books and re
cords in very good condition.
W e desire, however, direct' the at
notion of the CoUrt to a* transaftrorr re
.Ceiitly perfected by I e New Hvnrrd of]
County Comniis'iorrers, which w"c regard
as extremely iiijuHicioMf. Ii is the pur
~1-..i ... . ? *"? r? ^ T it
Thailens < . Andrews, Judge of Probate,
tviid site is situated about a mile und a
half from the Court flouse, and is said
to contain twenty-ibur acres. Wit
ueSMCs testily that ih'e land is row and
wot, and in their opinion, unlit, for rh
Ipurpose for which it was purchased.
1 he Commissioners gave tor it as the
titles "how, eight hundred dollars, being
$33.33 per acre. .Judge Andrews gave
[for the tracts from which this site was'
[cut ?13.12} for one, aud about 12.33 for
the other.
The Jury are further informed that
more suitable sites can be bought near
Iths Town from ten to twenty dollars per
'.acre. J
The County Commissioners in justifi
cation of their course, that they paid
for the laud in County Orders, and that
a certain tract lying adjacent, owned by
Col. A. D. Frederick cannot be bought
for less than 850 per acre. Witnesses,
however, testify that Col. Frederick's
tract here referred to is very valuable,
and bears no comparison with the trsot
bought. And so far as paying in County
OrdW is concerned, the Jury are unable
to perceive that the people will be re
quired to pay scything lees than the
?800, for when these ordors aro present
. .?i-~-^7-~
tu to ino treasurer, we do not know of
bis having spy authority to cash them
for uaythiag less than their face. '
. Wa recommend to the Court to take
inecessary proceedings at once to stop
Uhis transaction as the orders hare not
yet been, cashed.
. The Grand Jury, in order to protect
certain evils desire Co Submit to the con
sideration of our legislators the proprie
ty of the passsge Acts to the following
effect :|
. 1st. That County Commlwioners be
made bonded ? Officers, and that all con
nected with the Office receivo certain
Salaries, and nothing extra.
2d. That no Couoty Officer be per
mitted directly or indirectly to take part
in Couoty Contracts
3d. That no Couoty Officer be al
lowed to buy County Orders or speculate
in them in any .vay whatsoever.
We aie aware that at the last Session
of the Legislature this matter was reme
died so far as Couuty Commissioners
were' concerned j but wo think it best
that the Act be extended to include all
County Offieors.
4th. That tho Approvers of Public
Bonds, be appointed among citizens who
are not office bolders.
It i? the opinion of the Grand Jury
that the appropriation for Sohool Pur
poses io this Couuty has not been judi
ciously cxpendod up to this lime. Teach
ers have been palmed off upon the col
ored people especially, who aro totally
?incompetent, and they have thus bcon
deprived of the instruction which they
so much need. We believe tb%t the
education of tho young is our countries'
only hope, and ou this account we de
sire its advantages extcended freely to
all classes, aud that nothing be permitted
to check its progross- We are glad to
?state that the Board of Kxumincrs have
adopted measures, whics we think will
secure be.tcr teacher* but he future.
out of their money wb regard as cruel in
the extreme, and whol'y inexcusable.
Wc now come to mutters of a differ
ent character which have recently agi
tated the public mind, and of which as
Jurors, we fee) it our province to take
cognizance. It is said that a party of
disguised men recently passed through
our community, and posted notices in
different parts, warning cortain classes to
desist from what they regarded an evil
euroer. Who these individuals arc we
are unable to ascertain. It is true that
they committed no outrages, and molest
ed no ouo, but wc regard this as no pal
liation of their offence.
If their aim was, as they indicate, to
eorreot the abuses of the government the
plan they pursue is inexcusable. There
is no safety to a country and no guaran
tee agaiust civil commotion, if men are
permitted to take law into their own
hands. .
No matter how corrupt snd oppressive
a government may be, es a Christian
people we cannot ignore the Scriptural
.doctrine "to be subject to the powers
that be."
*"*' Bot while we most unhesitatingly con
demn these acts of lawlessness aud dis
order, we would respectfully invite those
in power, who feel an interest in- th ?
? public welfare, carcfoily to survey the
Geld, and remove all possible oiisso ot
unlawful proceedings* by proper ley isla
There are many evils ursJer which we
are now groaning which could be easily
corrected, if our legislators were not
carried uwuy by a falso id?a of freedom.
. It is indeed lamentable that is so glar
iog and so intolerable from the fact that
it bears heaviest open' the honest laborer,
the bone und sinew of the country, that
we cannot fail to briug it to the notice
of the court.
**" It is the illicit traffic, in cotton. We
do not censure tho man who sells the
goods as much us thoee who buy, from
the fact that the former are mostly igno
rant, and the latter generally t.uvc had
better advantages, and aaro expected to
do better. We desire to infringe upon
the liberties of no man, however humble
he may be, All we wish is that the
gra? i objec of government, which is the
happiness of the governed, should be
carried out.
To this end we desire to make mother
recommendation to our legislators, which
we trust they will consider carefully. It
is to urge the adoption of an Act by the
ncjtfc Legislature requiring each Store
keeper to keep a Register, which shah
ha opea at all times to public inspection.
Said Register simply recording tho name
of cvory person' selling prodnco of any
kind, the quantity and kind of produce
told, and the date of nie. And further
that if it be proven that any Storekeep
er has neglected to Register any name,
he should be fined ? certain penal toss.
Suoh an enactment we look upon as
mild, jot stringent, and while it may
curtail the freedom of the dishonest, it
can have no such tondenoy with the up
Another eMn our County which we
must bring to the attention of our legis
lators is the tardiness in which tho just
debts of the government are paid. This
wo regard as vor^injurious snd inexcu
sable.
Thcro being uo other matters suggest
ed to our attention, we desire to say in
conclusion, that although most of the
business wo have boon engaged in during
the two terms of Court has boon of a
distateful nature, we have waded
through it all, impelled alone by a sense
of duty, nnd all the favors we ask of the
public, is that if wo have erred, our
errors should be attributed where wo
think they properly belong, to the head
and not tho heart.
Finally we think it proper to say that
our rote upon this 1'resentincut has been
unanimous.
S. R. MELLICH AMP,
Foreman.
_t
SHAKES.
Everybody in Hnd around Norway
Flat was acquainted with Shakes.
Shakes was every ono's favorite, nud
every one's laughing-stock. What his
real name was, no one''on the Fht, ex
cepting the Postmaster, knew or seemed
at all anxious to ascertain. In outward
appearance, be was a specimen of debas
d humanity. Debauchery wrs indeli
bly stamped upon every feature It was
deemed a rare sight to see him with a
. ?/ ? 'iis*W
that clung to his long matted locks and
untrimaied beard. A coarse blue wool
en overshirt, with tattered sleeves, cov
ered his back, from- bonce many
doubted whether it had b.'en removed
since the day he first put it on, io Grif
fin's store, twelvo months ago-. His duek
pants had completely lost their original
whiteness, and were tucked into a well
worn, much-patched pair of gum-boots
Tho veritable felt hat. worn by him in
'52, still maintained its usual position on
the sido of his head. The only change
it had apparantly undergone since then
was that a piece of and rubber cost now
sonstituted tbo crown.
Shake's history, outside of the pre
cincts of Norway Flat, wag wrapped in
complete mystery. Even tho time of
his arrival in tbo camp was unknown.
Brown, the propriety of the "Occiden
tal" Norway Flat's principal hotel,
drinking and dancing-saloon?and also
oue of the pioneers of the piece, asserted,
"Shakes pumoied around here when I
fust 'rived, >u '52." It was generally be
lieved that be hailed from the temper
ance State
was no
the contra
able repu
"whiskey
k ftowti hi
Flat "out
t \\*tt eon
r.t- ?l his s
ly srrccum
A lo'nol
side. Sh
to be its o
crossed its
some ono
drinking
a bench or
Althoug
intoxicating liquor, m no its venders on
Norway Fl it were much the richer for
having Shukes as iheir customer. It
was seldom fthut a coin passed from bis
hands to the barkeeper's drawer; but
drink be must have, and somehow or
other he always muniged to obtain it.
1 'hts manner in which it was obtained
was but a secondary consideration to
bim?. Nothing was too humiliating or
too* degrading for him to do for it.
When beggiug failed, strategy was ini
mediately resorted- to, and va this he was
invariably successful. Ho would enter
the saloon, go up to the bar with thumb
and forefinger inserted io his pocket,
and a'.drt-h.-r the bar-keeper thus :
4,I say, bar-keeper, hurry np; give me
a 'brandy straight.' "
5ho bar-kcoper would first^ cast a
glance at the position of the Hund, and
would uueouecroedly drink. "Here's
luck," and retire from the counter with
out paying.
"Ho, Shakes I"
"Come aud see me."
"No, thankee; don't feel like il now)
jest had un."
And the bar-keeper learned that he
was duped ouco mere, but dared not at
tempt to punish his deceiver. The in
dignation of the entire camp would most
assuredly fall upon the individual who
dared to abuse Shakes. He was Nor
waj Flat's "privileged character."
"Likes his whiakey, I know; but he's a
harmless, good-natured old devil for all
that," was tho sentiment universally
expressed by tho members of that little
mining community.
Inebriate as he wss, Shakes was not
indolent. He was always, in sunshine
or rain, engaged in chapping cord-wood,
or in riving shakes?long shingles} fron
which latter occupation he received bis
nicksamc. The sun rose on Shakes
entering the woods; it sei upon him
making a "bee line" for the "Pony Sa
loon." Fire-wood wos worth ?C a cord,
and shakes $16 a thousand, in those
days, on Norway Flat Shakes always
chopped from two to three cords per dsy.
Three dollars a cord hs paid "Billy the
boatman," for hauling it, whioh, of
course, considerably diminished his
earnings; still, there was a good margin
left. How it came to pass that he
should always be poor, could never be
satisfactorily explained. His condition
of being, what ho termed "flat broke,"
was patent to all, and was considered
of the mysteries of his peculiar life no
one cared to solve, aud accepted unquos
tioucd.
Norway Fat, sinco the time of its dis
covery in '52, bad continued to be a
prosperous mining camp. The fabulous
yield of many of its claims had been re
ported in the columns of the leading
crcus (Jppottunitics had been offered
Shakes to become the possessor of ground
of a promising character, subsequently
proving rich. Mining, however, pos
sessed no attraetiocs for biro. There
existed oo affinity between his nature
and the excitement of the average gold
miner's life*. He never owned a foot of
mining ground, "and didn't intend to,"
he was accustomed to say; "I go fur the
sure thing." E*ven when the Wake-up
Jake Company struck a two-ounces-to
the-pan prospect, Shakes declined stak
ing off the adjoining ground, then va
cant, and upon which he was at the
time chopping wood. The same piece
of ground aftcrwarn proved the richest
spot on the whole Flat, nearly 1,200
ounces being obtained from it as the
proceeds of one day's washing. This lack
of enterprise?this disinclination te ven
ture?was supposed to be the morbid
offspring of his dissipated career. The
only things for which he appeared to
hare any care were his axe, cross-cut
saw, nnd frower. These constituted bis
entire stock in trade, and for them he
ething bordering upon ef
ras viewed as onV of Norway
ires. It had boon settled long
minds of its iuhabidnta that
rottld decay in the little cecuc
krrelr overlooking the Flat,
?f his removing was nover for
sutci taiiied hy any one ra that
immunity. Shake:? and Nor
id grown up with one enoth
|ry Flat was Shakes'i home.
id a home elsewhere, he
>cen heard to speak of it.
Ler of '59 had set in. It was
I middle of November. The
covered with several inches
"he tinkling of sleigh-bells
waa heard in the distance, and the little
town ou tho Flat was instantly thrown
into a commotion. It was all cccai.ion
od by tho arrival of "Barnard's Monthly
Express.' Tho arrival of the express
was an important event in the otherwise
monotonous routino of every-day life at
the Norway Flat; for bo it remembered
that the era of wagon roads and railways
had not then bcon iuauguatod, sad com
munication between that motmtain re
treat and civilisation was at best infre
quent and uncertain. Among the anx
ious faces awaiti?g tho opeuiog of the
little wicket of the Post-Oraco and the
distribution of letters appeared that of
Shakos: Shortly afterward he waa ob
served intently perusing a' letter.
"Datu'd 'f I dou't make tracts fur
bum," ho suddenly cxolaimed, sod as
suddenly bado furcwoll to Norway Flat
nnd ita fiurrouudiugs.
That evening Shake* we* fleet! frcsa
hb usual haunts, aud it soon beeaate
generally known that he had . lift t*#
Flat. This Wtf on unpfuceaWated
episode la Norway Flat's history. Noih
log had ever occurred hefore to disturb
Ha eniform equanimity, excepting ihm
shooting of Red AHck by Sossls? *Bf
in a moment <tf ftutMed1 c*trtemsnt, pr?
dueedle the heat cf = ilscsaioa t? to*
the merits of the parties threw
in the Crimean War. His
was the universal topic of touisraasjoa
around every fireside aud in every aar
room in the camp. The speeuletiomt us
to the cause were aa varied as taw/
improbable.
The thermometer at Brown's
evening, indicated 15? below aero; hot
no fears were harbored in the mind ag
any one aa to (he safety cf the csa *5&??
had so drfcerfcttfoniously hit tiki asp
"homeward bound."
Weeks pwssed on, sod nothing Iii
been seen or heard cf Shakes sines hat
departure. Norway 8a had almost fket>
goitecf him. Urovo, the landlord a#
the "Occidental,"' was standing la tH*
doorway, gating abstractedly at the Sew*
tant windings of the "down tu ?setts*
trail. It was only the previous daw that
a prospective party had passed a&sag m
from the Flat, dounb for the oViaurtowl
mining camp of Diggers Delight, skwa>
ted about ten miles distant. Hit
thoughts naturally recurred to thefr sV
partuie and prospects. Suddenly, hit
quick Cye detected in the distance a
group of men skrwly trudging toward
the Flat, and was somewhat astonished
to recognize in them the prospsstoet at*
Diggers' Delight returning, bearing with;
them a heavy burden. The ttows accSj
spread that Shakes had been foutf* slant
at Diggers' DeHght. It was evident that
I night had overtakou hint therey sad that
I ho had determined to spend it la one usf
the deserted shtinf&s. The ftr?~f4ac#
ready for the match; but it
unkindled. Why, no one
The verdict of all why heard t|
I wee that he had fallen ? victim
severity of the weather on that
, of the day hs left the flit, or, a*
j expressed fc, "friz dead.'7
la an inside pocket of a vest
' eudsiaassh) his lagged evevAirt? a
et of h-ftsva wsw found, nil of which
written rn the same handwriting, amfr
addressed to "Jamos WUkeneou, Ksa^
Norway Flat/' Sundry
were also discovered in the
?one of an aged lady, am:thai tfa)<
man in the prime of fifev
three beautiful girl* of (roar wxsaplr?
teen years of age. All the letters
the same post-mark, "-, Mav*
envelopn was endorsed In ptwsfl
' Heed, (date',) J. W." One of them
was indorsed', "IVscd1. Now. 17, ItSfc
J. W." taut was the day that Bhwfccw
left Norway Flat. Its contents exptaio'
ed the mystery of his life and poverty,
snd ran thus:
??, Maine, Aug. 30,I85*i*.
My dear James: lour last rczrftance
of $200 mrs been duly received, and* the'
mortgage en the farm is now paid. * ? **
Have you not impoverished youraatf to"
keep us in comparative lunwry f We?
have wanted nothing. * * * MotSWr m
ailing and rapidly decliaiasT*
saya s?e cannot possrb*)*
through the coming winter. She
to see you, James, before she dies. *
Emma, Annie, and Gerffy are aB araO.
* * * O, James, do Come-homo at oaaa;
if not, I shall soU the placd neat sat lag,?
and como to Norway Fist myself
Your affectionate wife,
The bright side of Shake**
which he had* so- carefully
from the sight of bh?
here revealed*. And be ham
to another home to receive his:
The Overland Monthly, September.
Trite Fist SwoKKa.
knows that tobacco was first
into repute in England By Sir
Raleigh. At? first ha smoked in private
not wishing it to become eomaaaa; hat;
sluing one day ibsorbocr la
with a pipe in his month, hs
hb servant to bring bU? * siug si hair.
The fellow, ss ^soon as he entered ta*>
rooon, was seised with- terror, threw tk*
con fco tu of the mug into Sir Watur's>
facc, snd running down stairs, buvieif
out, ' Fire ! fire ! fire ! help 1 tit WsJsssr
has studied till head is on ire, sad the*
smoke is-bursting out of his
oo? r*