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Rale of Transient Board?Two Dollars per Day. tegularjioardors received at Reasonable THOMAS liLUftBLE, now; ? i; got ma hui ei>. l ii.i..I.!c boasted of .being a confirmed bachch r. und UiAk pride in being called a won.an hitter. I mean Thomas liluili ble, ?l the importing und jobbing house ..I -Hood,.Stiver & Plumbic.' Ho was very fond nl* kltiqg people know ti nt he disregarded the cfnrms of rue softer -ex. au?! was frequently heard tu say .that he would liko to see. I he W mini tint could g-t liim tfuder ber thu ub. There was a time, of course, wlim Plumbic w: f< Mise;ptible to the oVcirui es nl' Cupid ; because "}vjicn be was plain ?Tom,' of fiiteeu years ol age, and left ?Ho?k C'..ve,' enu? to the city mil entered the employ of'Mensur, j'igby A Hood,' he left behind him a y.iumr ? Col y Ann.' with mmy.a sigh and tear, and m ve v- ws fnjirl both put together, tile true till death. Fur t?vo years he wnto constantly to his Polly Ann. repeating the manifold vbws.ol boy hood love ; '.hen be was promot d from hoy in entry clerk, and soon after was mtro illtpud to a wry bewitching young lady whom- we may be allowed to call Hattie Pit- n. 'Iben be forgot his Polly Ann down in Pock "CoVe, and became very attentive to Miss Klton ; ho accompani ed her tq ihc 'beater and made her pre sents ; lie -jot trusted for Iiis new coat, and with the money that should hive paid fur it they took a sleigh ride to Urightoh, and feasted on hot chickens ?od i lntttjpogne ; tp p!,;;:;c \{av be !f .me I to polka "and waltz; the sehnt liseh and varsovichhc were not in vogue then 'fl ings had sped clung very smoothly for about a year; so 'loin, thinking ho might as well have the matter settled at once, popped the question. Miss PI on appealed very much surprised; for a moment sh. remained .silent, then li.ting up b ith bands she exclaimed : 'Why, Mr. Plumbic,'?she had con sianily ?called hi .j 'Tern' for six mouths previous?'I've been engaged these two \e rs ? didn't you know it V ?Know it? No,' replied Plumbic, in utter astonishment. 'Why, yea, I've be^n engaged to Charley ['Dudley f? r a long while, nnd I tbought yon knew all about it, and was ibnly paying attention to me t.ut ot polite ness. Charley Is in New \T<>rk now, but we die to be married next Christmas.' ?Married next?' Wo Inay gtiess air Bot Plumbic was about to say. but we shall always be In doubt, for, instead of finishing bis sentence, he took his hat and rushed out of the house, not even waiting to make the parting salulatioti of'good-evening ' Pel haps bo was afraid' to trust bis gnashing teeth, for fe.ir the}' would change jiis wcll-mca^f. words into some wit keu)e?pre? ion. Toni, in the privacy of his own cham bcr, with bis door locked, his elbows up on his light stund, und *his face quite buried in bis bun ds, reverted to tbo year's tints and the many dollars be had thrown away on Miss Kilon ; then he thought of poor Polly Ann, whom ho had 'cut' so shamefully, down in Uock Covo, and he decided to write to her. to ?fter pressing business a.s a t t x -mc lor lint having written beforo, to sue for panUui. f(. r p st no^ligonec, an<l to assort that, his aUVcthm* wer? still unaltered it ltd unalterable. So be m-buricd his face, ond penned tho tender missive full of falsehoods und st ile lovo, which be dispalchi d with the fullest confidence ihat l'olly Ann I ould ho very happy to receive it. rJat' alas Ifor poor human .expectations! l'olly Aim's letter euuo. It was brief ; she told 0 tumble she had heard of his attentions t > the city lady, that she bad aim st forgotten him, atfd was ;:o:mx to marry Jeiry Sillikc, the village blacksmith the next week. She returned to Tom bis his earliest efforts in love-letter writing and a lock ol bis hair, and requested hiiu to return to her sundry articles in that lino that he had received IV-nil her. From that day Bluuiblc announced himself to tffcworld as a woman-hater. He ,ht.d l een ialje to one woman, and one woman hid t.ick-d hi.11. So be cried down the winde sex. The tiino "whom Dlunibjo h id heretofore divided 'Between l>.vc and businoss was now do voted to h?a'ncsa exclusively, and in coiLciju^nc-; lie received o.iu pr Miiotio'.i alter another, until be had the pleasure of seeing bis own mini' the third oil tho :i,n over tlio door which he had first I entered as an errand boy. I ilon.'t be tic\e lie remembered that there were an\ .-wch persona in the world Vis II at I e Elton and 1*1 lly Ann. the Ihst day that the new si^n raised. It w:is as tho junior member of the lirni that Bluinble h id travelled through the New Knglatid States two joars ago last 1 .ill with samples, receiving ordern, During iiis l iur ho remained in the ? pretty village of P., .V II.. one tine i night in October. lie sat iu the bar* I.room alter supper, smoking his cig.r. until ii became hi led with the villagers d scussing politics, smoking their pip s. talking of their crops and ogling Iii iu ; all of which uu - unite uninteresting to him, so be concluded to walk out and view the village by moonlight'. He had hardly stepped into *tho entry, and b : lore he could close the door, ere he beard a voice inquire : ?Who is tb.it ficptlppian ?' 'His name.is Dlumble, he's from Bos ton.' n plied the landlord. ['Hlumble, from Boston?' chimed in a third voice, and then added,'You don't say so!' followed by a long low whistle of astonishni n*. Bumble stepped off tho piazza and walked up the village street. He had scarcely walked twenty yards before he was aw.ire of being followed. Giving the matter but little thougilV, however, he turned from the toad into a pleasant lane that wended its way toward Some half-dozen farm houses, until he came .to a rustic seat, upon which he threw him sell', and Was Mmn oblivious to all the \\.>r!d exo pting the business affairs of ? II.1 s.,iu |*}aa,b!i ' [|a gat ,,?. i.l his cigar was consumed, whoa ho w.i> aruued to the world around him by tho village clock striking out tm." Uittou ing his c ut closely around him, he hur ried d wo the la lie toward the hotel ; as he turned from the line into the great load he was suddenly ami not very softly seized by the throat, r?y the shoulders, and by tho coat-tails, by at least a dozen hands, lie was rather too much surprised to speak, even if he had ;i chance to; the hinds so ti^htiy clenched around his throat would h ive prevented his speaking if he had no. boon 0 greatly surprise 1. A? he ould not speak ho listened very patiuutly to some- half dozen exclamations ?f-*is'ow wi 've got yeu !' Something desperate must ba d >ne, mi Dl 1111! In struck the fellow that held him by the throat full in the face, knocking him down, and then cried out nft ijiough he expected iliat this would Ui the la.-t chance ho c vor would have to speak. , 'What tho ilcu.^o are you about?' The striking question had a ui'racu loiis effcet upon Ike numerous hands distributed about his person, and Blum hie was live. He waited a few mo ments to regain his breath, then look ing aiuund him, asked very energetical iy 'Wl.at docs all this mean ?' 'it moans that if you dou't promise to have town ;ind not go to sl-c Mary (jay a^u'tu, we'll just hide yon^ and then ride y.?u out ol to., n on a rail,' said the youug muii, thu recipient of the blow, wllO had regained his feet. 'Leuvo town '( Mary (Jay ? .Why, 1 d i not understand what you mean,' re marked BlumbI"; considerably mysti fied ii 'Well, sir,' interrupted another voice, 'wu mcau that you've come lure from Pustoti to court Mary Gay, and you mean to cut out Billy lligdy here ; now if you'don't give up Mary, and leave town to night wo'll pitoh you into the mill-pond.' ?Hold on a moment,'said Plumbic; ;I think you must have gpt hold of the wrong person, as I h ive not the aeqaiu tance of Miss Clay, nor in faet of any other lady in this plaeo. Put ?* want yo i to un ler.-tnml uuu.thing distinctly, and i hat is, I shall nut 1 leave town until ? I get ready.' Something about Plumbic s manner sec med to convince the young men that he was j|, tar d?st, for they utteVctl va rious ex pi es ous' suvh a*, 'That's a like-, ly story I? 'lie's gassioglS.fi do i't be lieve that,' etc. Men iu Variably express d- ilbls. when being convinced of some thing they bad rather not believ ?. For n few moments the whole party remained in sit. n o ; then one of (hi yo?iYg d?rnzeWs of P. broke the -spell by asking JsJl ? 'Ain't!your name Plumbic.?* * Yes, sir.' i 'And yj u are from P istqn ?' ? V? s. sji-,' 'And don't kuow M iry dray ?' 'Well, that's strange 1 She said bis n a life was Plmnblo, and tint's yottt in mej he belongs t.i Post on, and so do y iu, ti iw you've bcou right up by her house, au l we bc'ievo you've bsen there* to see lier. Don't we, Pill V 'Yes. we d ?,' replied lligdy. ^ i 'Well, young, men,' said Plumblo, Jfa 3on d< n't believe nie, go a k the yuut.g lady herself.' 1 Iii? proposition was met wish approv al by the whole pnty, so Plu nble start cd lack up the lauo. accompanied by ri large e-cnt before, behind, and on each hide of him. 'i hey tiled into the yard, and crowded un the steps of a neat leok ing farm house, and lligdy knocked nt the door. In a lew moments one of *.h chamber windows was opened and ajtr* trmling bead asked: - %}? 'Who's there V 'Come down to the a'H?r a minute. Squire, will you?' asked Pill. ?Why, wint do ydii w?hl V inquired the voice in the i lumber wind >w above. 'We want to sec Mary a minute,' ic plied a voice from the crowd below. 'Why. she has lu i n abed llu'nC two i hours. IS it any thing iuqorraut t ?Yes, we wuiit to sec lo x just a mill tit...' ? ?Well I II speak to her.' In a lew minutes Mary appeared at the d?jor. She was eerysgood looking, j dot withstanding being called out ul her { bed at su< b an unreasonable hour?-and so thought Plumblo. Fur some m i 1 u.cuts the whole company remained speechless : at laM Plumbic, tiling' of his I coiispicuous situation, and the 'nothing* to-say' spirit of the party, broke the silence by asking the young holy it' blic bad ever aeon bitu bufuru. 'Not that I remember of,' she replied. ' ?1 only asktd you to satisfy these! V >uuir men,' said Plumbic. . . . ., 1 Then be ain't your city beau ?' asked Hi dy. 'N'o !' as slmrt as though .'i ha 1 been but one letter. ? fhcu we were Iii ist k n' Sii I a voice in the y:.rJ and two or three of the par ty slid out at the galo. '1 .ru very sorry that I have been the iudircct ciuse ol this annoyance tn youj but it was no'fault of mine. This gen tlemao,' point'ng to lligdy, 'and h's party seized mo and would not al ow me to proceed to my hotel until I bad proved to thcill that 1 had not been ' visiting you. 1 must now leave thorn with you 11 nlake theirow-u explanations, and bid yuu good oveuing. 'Good Bveniug,' said tho you ig luly iu a very s rent voieo. Somehow Pluuihl* dit/tl'l sleep ve.y sound that Ilight ; he was in a strange place, and be kept constantly thinking of bis- strange advcuttirc, and of the good looking, btrango young lady ; and the more he thought, the more be won dcred who she was; and when al last he ' determined to inquire about her iu the morning, ho fell asleep and dreamed of her. Blumblo was" ftn early riser?bachelors generally are?and the next morning, before the villagers wore astir, he had walked out and passed the bouse of Squire Gay; but be did not sue Mary, po be returned to the hotel and inquired L?f. the landlord concerning her. Tho j,landlord must have praisoji tho girj for the baclielor decided to remain mother May and be introduced to her. then t% 'remain ft third, and finally ho eon eluded be might'ns well stop the week out, n?d so wrote to his partners, informing them that he should remain tluro i few days rto rest himself. The professed woman hater walked up that same lane each evening, and walked into the hou?r?, too. lie was not disturbed again by Bill II ig ? dy, for the Squire bad threatened if ho came within gun shot ol tho housoSagain to put a do.se of cold lead into him. So tho wise but jealous lligdy kept out of tho way! Tlu'fc <*Ms a great reform in the man ner dud h tbija of Thomas Plumblj, ( in'erehuQt)j lie loft his bachelor 3lubs, f notwithstanding the jeers and taunts of bis former companions, and be became very circuiuspcct in his remarks on lo male 'oh tract r. Tor a number of months bo spent hi- spare hours writing (to Mary, and choosing appropriate gifts lot her, and for a long whiie the Boston an 1 i'. Express considered him one of their best CUSt ?Uli rs. lint ere long there was a brilliant wedding party at tile bouse of Squire (Jay, and L*. lost its mnst charming bell:, for Miss (lay be came Mrs. Plumbic. A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Plumbic went down to Keek Cove and visited the old Plumbic homestead J wnile there Mr. Plumbic introduced bis wife to Mr. Sin ike, an 1 Mrs. Tolly Ann Smike, and tho little SmibesV< it would bo impossible to tell ( which are the most contented with their lot, Thomas or Polly Ann. One thing m >rc and I am done. In answer to Plumble s advertisement for a chamber maid, who w mid assist in plain sewing, who do you think applied for the bitui tion 7 You would never guess, Ho I'll tell you. It was Ilattie Elton ! Her .\cv York beau had heard of her flirta tions with Plumbic, and for that reason broke bis engagement with her ; and she, who might have been Mrs. Thomas Mumble, must be content to be Mrs. Pluiuble's servant. -? ."J?> - - .?MMB??? - ? An Arkansas Emerl Mv Pkak Poy : The double-barrel that y u .-? n* came Bafely to hand, and 1 was only shot at once while I was cary rying it home. Pill Sivers popped at me from behind the fence as I wts pass log bis house, but 1 had loaded the two shootor as soon as I >.?ot if, and he didn't jump up from behind that, fence but t nee ? I 1 am plnd that ono of the carrels is a a rifle, as I need it fur long range prac tice. The other I can fill with buck shot ; and can riddle a man nicely at close quarters. I mean t i try both far rel> on those Jetts when I meet them. You s old man .Jett stole a mule from us i.i the ?ar, and when it was over pap laid for him and kill him. Then Xig- ^ lot Tom .I.tt.as we called bi n?the bl.u k laced i no?he laid lor pap and ' plugged him. Then 1 picked a fuss with Tom, and cut him into giblets, an! since that time his brother Sam his b it n laying for mo. I kin?w it is bis turn, but I think my double barrel will prove too much tor him. f U you want to soe fuu erne down f r a while and bring a tihV It don't make :iLy difference which side you belong to. isn 't even necessary to join the militia'. It is easy to get up a grudge against somebody, and all you have to du is to i lay lor your man and knock him over i |khind my pig pen is one of tho sweet est biding places 1 know of, and it is so bandy 1 A g< od many people come within range in the course of a wee... and a man can pas* his tioMJ right pleasantly. I I wish yu would send mo a catalogue I of Sunday Scboo?J books, with the I prices, il there ate any in St. Louis. If We can gt t them Oil time We will tat? a big lot of bot ' s. 1 am Superintendent 01 the Pat ti>t Sunday School now, and am running it under a full bead of steam. Old uian Bycts, who was turned out, is right mad about it, and swears that be will chaw mc up ; but he will chaw lead *if ho don't keep clear of ftio. My wife wants to kmw if you can't send her a eot of teeth without her getting measured for them. Her twenty-five dollar sit was busted all to flinders by a pistol shot that went through her mouth : but it didu't hurt her tongue. Write soon to Your friend and pard, -. P. S.?That suoaky, onorr o?ss, Sam .Jett, crept OD list, bight und ?rcd at wo through the wipdow, but he dulfl 't hap pen to kill anybody ?xcdpt a tiiggor girl T mean to go for him, though, to-dayr and will bo glad of a chanco to try th? double-barrol. i ?i mo-?? ? ??? ? A Good, but not Infulibio Sign. Speaking of temperance reformcrs s imfl one tells a good story at tho oxpense of one of tho most ardent of thorn, a per son whose whole heart was iu tho work, to such an extent that ho hadn't time to tueud his fences or take care of his farm A di.stingui lied tomperanco lecturer was to address the citizens in the town where the reformer lived, and the latter t>-k it upo t himsolf to nice' him at tho statiou, and take him home1 with him and entertain him. The lecturer was talkative and full of the cause '"There now," said ho as they drove p:ist a handsome farmhouse, "anybody can sec at once tint a tempir 'nnec man lives- thero. Evcrythiug in dicates it; there's thrill,- aul itidustry, and contentment, aud, no doubt, a hap py home. Isn't it so?" '?Ves," was thTTeply.' u8t|uirc?? is a temperance man, and has a very pleasant i Ifomo and family." 'T was certain of it," said the lectur er. "Hut hero is a place," he continued as they came to a house with dilapida ted rerteo and noglectcd appcaranccj that you'd pick out arywhere as thehousa of a drunkard. Sec the ol 1 hats iu tho windows, and the old broken-down fence anil the ucgl^Ctcd appearance everything has?you can't make any mistake about such a place?-it sticks out all over it that it's the home of a sot 1' lie was about to appeal to hi? r-utertaincr for the truth ol his surmises, when that gen tleman pulled rein and turning tho team up to the neglected fence, remarked with something like a sigh,"I live here. A nd what could the lecturer say' ? Ho might 1 ave said, 'Well, all sigus fail iu dry times." but lie didu't. Fkau oj-Dbatij.?It basso happened that 1 have seen many men and women die. Without design or disposition on my part, I have very many times beeu pres i nt when sick persons wero ebbitig to eternity. I have seen meu and women, young and old cultivated aud ign oriint orthodox and heterodox, in their last moments, and, as a rule, all of them passed away, ii not without regret, at least with en*ire resignation. None of them showe 1 dread of the future Their thoughts were fixed on what they were cjui t ng. not on what they wore going to. 1 observed that some oj thotn wore troubled, perh ip* distressed whon tiny first thought they could not recover, ' but that, the nearer their cud came, th c le*s apprehensive aud calmer they grew. Having once banished hope, tramiuility scamo 1 to descend upon theiu as a sub - ilulc, .in i afterward, if free irotn piiysi c .1 J ain, there was unrufllcd peace. If encouraged to believe they might get well, or if ihwy had a favorable turn, the old auxiety, with something of tho firmer n| prehension, reappeared; prov ing that their mental disquietude was born of their exrc^taiiums of life, not of their fear of death. Thus was establish ed a clear analogy between material and spirtu.nl anguish under the same cireum stances. As we have seen, they who are badly hurt, or seriously ill, experience sii;h ring it) going back to life, while the downward path to death both for tho body aud the soul is paved with smoothness aud *orenity. When rnfi Dauk Comes,?A little girl sat, nt twilight, in her sick mother's room, busily thinking. All day she had hi en full of fun and noise, and had many times worried her dear, poor, tired mother. ??Ma," said the little girl, "what do you suppose makes nie got over my mischief and begin to act good, just about this time every night ?"! "I do not know, dearest. Can you. tell why r "Well, I gUCM it's because this is ' whin the da:k conies. You know, lain a little afraid i f that. Aud then, ma, 1 begin to think of u 11 the naughty things I've done to grieve you, aud that pcr liap. you might die before luoiuing, dad s i I begin to act good." ??()!" thought I, ??Kow natty of ta wnt com*-*' in the form of sickness or sorrow, or troublo of somj kind, before wo 'bogin tQaotgiudr How much better to. be good while wo ro enjoy ing life's bright sunshine ! and ' 1 tJ LtOOl r **-? -- -I t ? ? Something? To Tohich The Heart I p . , M .01 rmoo 7/;>-rs??a v.err o* Coleridge relates a story to thU af fect! . '? ; ? " Alexander, during his march into Africa, came to a peoplo dwelling it* peaceful huts, who knew neither war nor conquest. Gold boiug offcrcl t#' him, he refused it, saying that his sol* object was to learu the manners and cus toms of tho inhabitant. "Stay with ?s,' says the Chiof, ' as long as it ploaseth thec." During this interview with the Ann. can Chief two of his subject brought * cause before him for,,judgement. The dispute was this : Th ; one had biought of the other a piece of ground, which, after the purchase was fouud to contain, treasure, for which he felt himsolf bound to pay. The other refused to re?eiv? anything, stating that he sold the ground apparont or concealed, which it might bo found to afford. "Said the Chief, looking hi tbs OB*, "You have a son," and trie other, 4ty?tt vf have a daughter, let them bo marriod, and the treasurer be given thom as a dowry." ?pH -K Alexander was astonished. "And what," paid the Chief, "WouJif have been the decission in your abas try!" ? '??a erfj : "Wo should have dismissed the par tics," said ^Alexander*' and seized - the treasure for the king's u&e.'' "And does tho sun shine on your coun try?" said the Chief; "does the rein fall there? arc there and cattle there which, feed upon herbs and green grass." ? ?r** "Certainly," said Alexander. "Ah," said the Chief, "it is lor flm> sake of those innocent eattle}' thai the Great Being permits the surf to^ shine, ' the rain to fall, and the ijjraas to grow ia yonr country*.' 1 j- '? ;* m***?!** ^M#| Tue IIa.nd tii.vt Never Struck.? We once heard the following touching incident: "A little boy had died. Jlis body was laid out in a darkened, retired room, waiting to be laid in a cold, lone grave. His afflicted mother and be reaved little sister went in to look at tho dear sweet face of the precious sleoper? for his sweet little face was beautiful even iu death. As they stood gazing on tho beautiful face of one so dearly bei >ved and cherished, tho little gfrt asked to take his dear littlo hand.] Tho mother at first did not think it best, but the child repeated the request aud seemed very anxious about it. She took the cold, bloodless hand of hot" dear sleeping bry and placed it in tl&r hand of his weeping sister. The child looked ni ^ a ?:: ;n:cr:t, caressed it foad ly, aud looking up to her mother through tears of aflliction aud love,said,?Mother, this d ar little hand never struck nie* What could have been more touching and more lovely ? Anecdote of the Road.?A lawyer* riding through a town, stopped at a cottago to inquire tho way. l*ho lady of the house told him ho must keep right straight on for some time, and thdrt turn to the right; but said that she hersclf was going to pass the road that ho must tako, and that if ho would wait a few minutes she would show him tho way, 'Well,' said he, "bad company is bet ter than none?make haste.' ? After jogging on five or six miles, the) gentleman asked if he had not yet conjo to tho road ho must take. '?> ' ; tri 'Oh I yes,' said she, 'we passed it ttf? or three miles back ; but I thought, 'an bad company was better than none,' I would keep you along with nie/ -?.-.a.. ??? "Let me Alone."? Aa Englishman and a Gorman were travoling together in a diligence, and both smoking. Th? German did all in his power to draw his companion into conversation, but to no purpose*, at one momont he would, with. a superabundance of politeness, aj?4?? gi/o for drawing Iiis attrition to ?v fccfc ?hat tobe ashes of hi- A . . > ctgnr had falk en on his watsie^* . _ . ? . '?>*> ?r a spark was en danger..-, h|s neckorohicf u Ieijg^v IEnglishman exclaimed, "Why oa?% you leave mo alone? Y.nir coat tail ben boon burning for the last to*i miontos: h it I dida> bother you afciut ty\ v.^- >.^w^? ..;< ^