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I.llllo fresh violets, Itovn in the vri 1 > 1 wood, S?? etly Illustrating Innocent childhood ; Sliv iik Ibis antelope? l'.rown ns u berry ? Free ii? tlir mountain nir, Roiupilig nml inei ry. Blue eyes nttd bezel eyes IVcji from tlic hedges, Shildoil bv sun bonnets Rrnycd ut the edges. I p in tbo ?? i i !<?? trees. Heedless of datigcp, Manhood in embryo Stares tit the at ranger. Out in the hilly piitch. Seeking the berries? Under the orchard trees, Feasting on chcrri'-s ; Trampling vho blossoms, I'oi\ n 'moMj: the^jtfpMSHcs, No voice i" hin lef them, Dear lads and lasses. No ?lim propriety? No interdiction : Free as the liirul.ugs From city r'-striclion. Coining the purest blood, ?AS tstrength iinij. each muscle, LUiiming healths minor 'Gtflefc! life's coining hustle. ? a14 A -A, .4* Dear little innocent ! ? ?W^Wlf lbt" wild- woodim-tmnjtnfr:: s ?? Oh, t!uii all litilcoJies - ^ if, ' *>? ' flrffd sttch a childhood ; Go l's blue Hprioid^EVei- them, -.?TS >'?; tjjgd'a-garilen hciijiiiTh them; No SM-e et er heritage Could' we In qneufk them. PHIL LLION'S LOY LiS. A Story of Fai.cy ami Reason; ?ai?W If m?i ' ?? 'J* - v 1 S BY V. 11,1,1 A M 11 BUSHS I "Lb. 'Such talk ns yours, Phil, is tin \i-riest nuiisr.iisc possible." iimI Kiltie Moulton (his half sister) rapped upon the table by whi h they WeiC sitting, with her delicate fingers, as if to give emphasis to the idea. 'I tell you 1 am in ??rmst. Kitte ., and y ?ml eighteen years of wisdom can not el a- ge my j u pose,' and Phil Kl on ra| pc I ip bis tui u. but so loudly as to Cause her to give a sudden start and a plq ht sc. cam 'Ho ? you do I right on n !' she ex cl.itned, till 1 then continued wi'h 1 In ugh, 'I trust you will never be Rifted with such power when you become a srurit, for the idea of earthquakes woo d 'b*e very much magnified.1 'And I trust to retain my corporen f?rm these niittiy long years. Here am 1 six mid i?i n;>, well to do in the world sound w ind and l.mb.' as the t u; tiles say, and ?' 'Pound to make a fool of yourself b) marrying some fliit ol a girl whose only 1 c<'o 11.111 cn(1 a' io 11 is 11 pretty f.iCc and 11 little loot and ban 1.' "'J l:u.-.e ;je mi si certainly the pro requisites in my hlbrt of a wit -.' 'And n.ied, ?ductiou and courage have nothing to do with the matter, ny? Phil V *(>b ! 1 presume she will have bei , share?-as most of you girls do.' ?lio\\ J do pity you, 1 hil de.r,' and tears con u into her sweel brown eyes as shu laid her hand tenderly upon In arm. 'By Jove! K itfen, if you wasn't in;, half ci-ter 1 d marry you ' 'Not without my consent, T presume,' ? he replied, smiling at his impeluousii. ss. though with the deepest ol roses upon her s It ehe. ks. for she ton bad her g1lde.11 dreams 'Put as the tics of blood h ij p< 11 to st .nd in tlie way of such a consummation, yj?u will have to b ok eUfwhuiu for a biide. And now, PhiC be In.to st mid tell me whom you admiio the most of all your lady fiends.' ?Well,' wi'h a sigh, '1 don't know. Hut what say you, Kitten, to Helle i'Yrjt?soo V ?Miiy heaven keep the men that getsV her for *a wile. Put thcie is little fear of her becoming yours, if you stiek to yot.i text.' '.No. h'he has a pr< tty lace, but such hands and feet !' ' A nd Kmiiia Ravage V 'Oh ; now you strike nearer my heart for she ceitiiiuly has all tin- oib i requisite-*-but a'pug msjo ? lit 'i Of'sss,! sir, if you please, when speaking of my sex.' * The ent ire list of the girls of B ach - tou were discussed In the same man tier but without the rlightest j.r..sja:et ol a wile being acUvtod. It was as the old soug : I "Tlie firtit doea not suit me, 1 oaunoi ill liuw, And tlio seei u 1 I cannot tell why. And yet any but a foolish, one idea man, could have found tuauy who were the pofKCStfi rs of undoubted oh arms, and would have made his h line as happy us the ordinary lot of mortals. Then Kate n.-kod, with a malicious smile lurking about the corners of,her little rosebud UioUtl), id* which she was very proud the minx, as weil she might be with its ooUil lips au I regular pearly teeth : 'What hnve >ou tu any to Madge SkinitfeY V 'Horror of horrors for a woman ' As i I live, there she goes now. Just look j at horl' 'Beauty ccrtuinly was not her dower, but she i< good, loving, bravo*and true, and the tuan who wins her will have a ? rare and coble wife,' ?11 -iw in the name of heavon you can get up so Hiuch enthusiasm over her, is more I hail I can understand She is a positive fright, and, as I live, she is I coming in ! Margaret Skinner most certainly was not beautllul. On tho contrary, she | was decidedly pi..in?m the eyes id' stranger* positively homely at the iirst ! glume, but one could tint be long in her j h. eiefy without feeling the charm of her j >up< riorVtlucut iuii, her low and u.iuicnl voice, her bWej-'t smile. She was u>jie oj t!tc kind of ? wonicu teJio i/rrtic uQt/u us. and the ' lack of the lading beauty ol earth was soun eutirtdo "lust in the more Lsting powers' of mind. * Knowjeg hi r la lure he came up to the btanuaru (hut m< u ottcn juiui in this regard?buying bc.n snubbed und i Wilted at svh.'Oi ami . dixrc-ui d :0 ju society, lift' dies? and mannet? wen t med down to perLct keeping with ^hoi j person, und ?die l ad w i-1.1^ cuniltierVd all foolish regret's for what mi,.hi have been, but was not, and the girl of tweut \ was develo] nig into the highest type of I true womanhood as understood b\ thos.- . won look deeper than the surface. Ve>, he was plain, very pi tin. There WM-; no single feature Lai could have bt'en J i inter, ont as line, ihrpU'h h -r 1 rgo grey eyes?cat lika iliu .-nips ??: girls spUcfitll*i called then! were gifted wi: 11 r ii e ? xpres-ioii Her mouth was large?the lips lar from dtdicate in their moulding - the ii ?.-? out of proportion and broad at the Ins- ? cheeks .some what heavy?ihe brow t in much develo ped and over hangin ?the throat in is >iv. ? the head broad ami deep, and the hair, though timpi-, in supply, ol a reddish In wu ami coarse iu texture iler hands au I feel, whiuil nob i dy e..u 1 deny weio well pr portioned, not -u h as sen-tflees gll i - alii e^.l diy .-ens iu-s men ils'li^bt .li boiiii the possi.r- of. oi .oluiirr.i.: and to <;o.vu :.!lf h-r com plex'.n was 1ml Ahat Wollen e.i I ??Iii .aaHi lit %.r j\. ??muddy " No. Mar-Ki Skinner wits n t beau tiful, but Kittie Moulion had only spok on the truth aheti aha described her as good, I vine, brave and true. Her called ended, I he half brut her and lister s it di -iissinj; her character, whe. -unlicam appealed to suddenly cut - red t ie room. A Stranger to then in the I urn caiite wito n mutual friend and was iutrot|uceJ as Miss <)c.st>ie Van derburg. Nittel couid there have been a grc*t cr con11 as tj.'than to h r who had just dcjaAcd. Shi ifas even more beauti ul than Mudgc Skinner whs pi u -was* glorious io her loveliness ? w i>. a girl smh as poets love to WtiTve ide.ulilic-t.ua ah.,iu, but rarely see -was at once a de lir:h? and winder to the cy\ Juht in tlie frebUcsi bJ'piu of the mysterious iino thai divides girl and Wi li anhood?with c) es and hull binek .jut night. ?t^u! curt line I by 1 ill ; lashes' as il to partially h d ? thojr spark ling, and the other long, soil and ulossy. She h id a dainty little mou til. Her Icel were of the kind Sir Job i Sjykling quaintly pictured as little mice that peeped iu ant) out ; h.nds sfhall, with *a per lingers and rose leal nails: skin like v. Irot and cleur ItH sansiini ); tl thro it of exi|uisite proportions?'i Juno head and is proudly Rut and carried as that ol the "Slur Kyed rS^yptaiu," lor wh >.u a woildw.is madly thrown aw.iVJ a very I'.uaihlo and can lull) modulated vaier; was talented und sparkling iu cunversa tiou, end pressing all the aids of /it and dress into her service, she was We.ll cal oulnted to d i/.de irad eu thain .snob a heutt us lb at*L of 'Till! Kilon?und tM-i. Tin* hin observant halfjaister (wlm loved hint, dearly) bsw at the first glance ?naw luter'wilh regret, fos sho bccaiue certain that .1 us.de. Vandeshurgh would nover love any 0110 truly but herself? that ?he might' tolerate" a man if he had plenty of wealth?but. was heart leas* Many and varied were the discussions she had with Phil upon the topic, but always with the same rasult. Ho was infatuated, completely so, though he could no* deny to hinn-elf that the girl he wa> madly in love with was wanting depth of mind. Hut when did a uisu.of strong and ardent passions rail to bacome the slave of a beautiful \\<- nan. if sh" played her cards with finesse?if she was determined to win?going to even j extreme measures?a^niovt sacrificing modesty to do so! iSuch was the ea'sawith Jessie Vender burgh,and nooc than she know hotter how to ensnare the he-:; ot nuuu wheu she was determined to do seiend in Phil ted ton she had found so oatef a conquest \ that, she secretly sneered ^ him and had his position in society noW'bcen high ? had he uot been wcillty?shs would bnVu cast off as uu old glove, anr made merry nt his sufferings, J.'ow she was proud oj" su .h a lover and tbu more es prtci.illy as it was u greatT triumph over the girls of the village- all but plain I Madge Skinner, who had m reality j loved him long and teudcrly?would j have given the very last djr<>p ef her i blood to have roved him* from u aingl ? ! hour of suffering. Put none, not oven hia?'ruiek sighted hilf si*u r. Kiltie Mrulbxa, bad the N?-jhtost suspicion ol thus] Madge had (?r?sltrd down the foiling^ evith an iron will nnd an iron hand ? v^g*\\l have per isiud bravely ai Kl? si' ako "bei" >t a-ms.J ot confession could have been wrung j ti'iin her lips. Of ever winning the love uf Phil Kit she had n >t even th>t uio?' ', remote h"po, and fniliug in that she | would go down to the grave unwed, Put n few months had pnksed und y t Kilon, though knowing but liit'it of I the true character or antecedents of j Jessie Vanderburg. had v.\m her promise > lo beeot: i Irs wife, and lavished pro? en's upon her, entomb, it would havu hoi :i ilnhfghf 'o h.tvr ?ati-li ? I any WO nun's l:v.:t-. Pv Ways known only lo .> e...,i: :i, htra'cvef she was cons'tantl**gri n Ihg more?wr.s Almost c?dd, certi pily pettish when be ttfhic to her with cmptv I hands. And how was it to end. 11' s > as a lovef, whtt would she bo as a wil ? lie avoided answering the question even though it forced itself upon him, but dear little Kittie Moult on bftenj sh i d tear* ? vcr it, nnd in the simplicity j of her heart tol 1 her trouble t i M l?ge ^ Skinner, and th.it brave girl took up I the burden, bowed beneath the weigh' ^ of the cross fate had pi iced iipnn her ^ boulder.^, and did all she could to co u ^ fi rt and console. i 'W hat must be, must/ she replied, i choking down her cmotio i, lot ui h ipe j he will be hapoy ?Happy ? O, dear Mud^e, if he had ! only loved you J 'Me, Kittie? Oh heaven, you know I not what you arc talking about.' Vud I then she checked her wild utterances I i: d L.i-tily en .'ca\or?-d to turn ihn sub I ,|ic;. Such u picture nas far toj much j for even lor to bear j Put the loving girl clung to her, in flicting torture of the deepest kind. . though ^withottl knowing it. and wliisp j c.cd again and again : j 'Jf lie wo ibl only love y</?, dc ir ' M.;dgc Mkinuer usetl her want of beauty as tin a guhient against such a much hoped lor COUSlimuittti hi, and as a s icco In bind which to bide her true feelings, and yet wheu limy separated, their hearts had become far neue closely iutciwovcu th.tu ever boforo, though tin gulf between her and Phil K'tin hud not in the slightest inrrowcd. And he remained still as leeply in love ? on, infatuated were the better let m?with the beautiful Jessie, a* heartless a piece ol human statuary as the sun ever shone upon, tickle ..s ihc wind, cold as ice save when it suited her purpose to be otherwise, and hen I glowing with mere then tropical warmth. She had securely hooked the tish aud was in no huste tu lai d it, ami so when he pressed her to name tho wedding day , she constantly put him off, and, drunk with her outward loveliness, he bowed to her decision tippeureduared to have, lost afl of bis umiihood, to be but as it puppet in her little hands, hs wax (hut Abe moulded to any shape she pleased. Would this novel- end?his eyes never* be opened? He was Btttndijlg upon tho very brink and another stop would he bis ruin, for Once wed-?!or> ed, (as he would believe ho was bound io dOiby honor) to live With auch n woman aller the glamour of beauty had departed, his was tho very nature to sutler to the very depths of bitterness At lnst tho bridal day was appointed and the propagations complete. A briel twenty lour hours, and the bliss he anticipated would begin. Tho village was stirred to its v ry centre?far more so than by all the marrying and giving in mtrrra'gu that had ever occurred be fore, and while tho d'.- hiog bilde was dreaming ctf the propd position she w is to occupy, calculating h >w well she would till it and make the gold of tier hdsbnhd subservient1 to h r own selfish purpOsfe*; he Sat in his ch-mib r w th his head rcstin ; upon his olonched hands, that were laid upon the table, and blind i d. ring under the Weight of sonic uu kuown and terrible lours. Hut it was not of the future, u it of the days when Ii-* would call tho beintifdl Jessie, wife.' Ah, no; his ewry thought was concen tratnd upon hitusuh' and his strange feelings?r-upon thy ghastly present. Mis head was aching a; il had never done before, therq were sharp pains in his back, shoot ill v through his limbs. | his tongue was parched, his lips dry, Iii? Hcflh on lire. What could be the tna'tT with him 7 lie opened the window for fresh air and looked mit upon the still, starry night, Jluithed his flushed face, drank to cool the iliWtud Hint*, and tit las; r>ir turcd beyond eudurauco, stamrered out I of bis inom to summon a s rvuiit, when he n.et Kiitie Marltou?who hid been abroad?just g i; g to her own apart mint. ?Why, PI i..' she exe! itu d, up yet Ah '. t": ? lover rauuol sleep. Antic na tion is tuu bright for tii.it.' 'Kitiiii.' snd his "nice was de p toned . od trembling, 1 do not ku w what i? the matter with inc. S nd foi th doctor - sen I for Jessie. She v airel :o he. r n i "j re ~wa ii i iii d slio ha 1 ti.ev sr before b in en i disp iieltiiig a miKsetiger lor the phxsieian. threw on her bannet and shawl ?? gain, and rtfabnd wii lly for ;!. giii tt. it wus sobn to be ! is wife. '1 bilsiek i What is the uiittcr wit . hiui Y questioned tho Simmy huarlud beauty. ;;s she s'owly robed herself, us slowl) and car. lolly ;.s it .-tie Was about to saunter lorth lur pleasure. ?1 .1 in't ki nw, but for the lov ? of heaven I"- quick; Me i- \er? .-ick and iu r, be dy i tig.' T haw ! Your are over need i lessly alarmed. (ndigesiii.ii i presuuiu i buvc w;uind hiio oil on against Lie suppers .lid- ?' j Poor Kiltie Moult'jn stood aghast ! I She w. u d have ran at break nock speed it' Miiiiiunued upon such an errand, and ! yet Jessie was its much Unmoved as i. she had heard nothing of tho slight*! moment. Uut at last dm thing of ice Was r I \\ and she al : ost drugged her along in her h i?te in be again by the side of the hail brot lu r she loved better than nil the world save only one, tu? yet Qnronfcssod. I llut she J a Used Jo? a mou ton on Iu I j way to leawo word lor .'lairi, s&tuuei to come io her. The physician bad already arrived, and I'hil Klton was plaoO 1 iu bod. lie ! held up his ling-r wartiiiigly as I lie two ' girls e iHat in. and tu ning to tho be trotl ed uskod in an iuprasiive voioe< j 'Miss Vandeiburg, uro y? u brave and I strut: g ((J< riaiuly.'sho repli <1 p.leas death ; and not iu tl.c least comprehending Ins meaning. ? 'Klton is very si k.' ?<ir<?at heavens!' and putting nn a love she was far IV mi fool ug, alio was ubiutt to rush u> the bedsi le, when he In l i her back and QOiltiilU d ?And the d ei-c is danger ms?it i? oontageous .' 'Ilorroi- !' and she shrank btck. 'As I understand your position it is your duty ? that of any girl to nurse hilll so fas as she can safely do so lluvevou been recently vacciuatcd ?' 'Oh, Kord, i; is?' ?The Small Pox ?' With a torrihle shriek she find from the ro mi and Kittie, who followed, found her lying upon a sola and wailing oat ; *(ji oat heaven'. the sin ill pox, and I have bceu exposed! What if I should tike it ami ba marked I It would kill um, I know it would 1' To lo.se your beauty V was sternly asked. Yes. yes.' ?And you think nothing of poor htur 'tic is ? man, and?Oh! heavon, what sh ill I do'r" lOo h mo,' replied Madge Skinner, who bad entered, and heard enough of j the conversation to understand it. '(Jo home. This is no plaeo for you?for any one who fears,' and seeing that she wa-i obeyed without hesitation, she turn c I to Kittie, took her in hef strong arms as if she bad been a child, and contin ued, 'Hush my darling, l'hil will not die. I feel that he will be saved. It is J indeed a fiery, terrible ordeal for him to puss, yet nothing would hive saved him from a life of misery. Now the hoart lesjness oi .less'ic Yandoiburgh will be proved thnt even he cannot doubt, and he will be saved, thank heavcu saved !' With such brave and just words she quieted the trembling Kitten, and then auuounec I her intention of going to take, earc of l'hil, as iu that little village no prnfessi mal nurse c >uld have been found. 'But yon might take it, and?' ?My beauty is proof against its ravages she answered with a touch of bitterness and Kittie saw her not agaiu for in my days. The physician too. reasoned with her, but in vain; Kven Phil roused himself J to do the same, hut she was firm aud u i to be moved, and having laid a-ddj >? r wrappings and bared hiir arm ?a iVell l e. i 1 d a id white one?and snb mittc 1 lo the lancet of the physician to be1 innoculated against the mo^t dreaded of all diseases. 'Win re is Jo-sic ?' Piiil askj I, whon the operatiou was ended, end she had assumed the duties of nurse in the management of the room. 'o'niii' 11001''," and the subject was not iti ncd aguin bttwc.m them, no mit i . .. >w much each might have thought. Phil Kltou, though at the very ge t' if death, avoided passing thrjugh und I r.vn ur) t!i?s vill 'y ol lil v\ti' II ; w u - igliily in i ke I. th .nigh hot siiTiciontly Im nit ice I Aul nil th rough the r nl dekucss. bravo Madge Skinner sin d lit nly .it her post?was indeed a iiiiui.s;c:iug angel by pis side. Put as ? >u as able to help himself, she retired, o I tit i very anno night he leirn ? 1 tha* I f she \y is very ill. and bis heart smote hi n und stich ti feeling ns be had never kmwn !" ?: .Iis.de Vandorburgh began to grow I u ? iu it, almost u.iku >wu to him ..elf, To * i-it her iu bis then condition was ? impossible?lie wax n it a* ye-t well and when a!! dniger Of cui'agion w is passed .Icssie eamu to sc.- him and en leavor to make hhn forget her heartless desertion - to regain her oil power over him N'ow be was as stone to her. While he m ;.;!.( not have blamed her uu lor ordin iry ei reu instances, yet he did for hor permit I ing another to t tko her p! ice an 1 I the unfeeling conduct "ho exhibited as Kit e told liim^ when the bl ick shad ^v?s of death were lowering over bi n. 11 w s their last interview. Without even the delicacy of offer log to return the ii.any and vulublu presents he had gin u "i r ^though such an offer wonid have bui n refused with scorn) Jessie Yaiidcrburgh hastily hft the viUage to ik another victim?to?for the truth . mi^lii as well be told hero) to receive at leasf poetical justice a few years later 1 by being horribly disfigured by the same I disease that hid but slightly left its marks iipoil her lover. In due time Madge Skinner recovered and disappeared from" sight?gone, it tv ,s to visit relatives iu a disUnt part ol the cotiiftry The fact was, sh.; dared not meet Phil again for fear of betraying her weakness. She had leamel to loVd him a thousand fold batter than ever before, and she *as too noble to j have Will seek to win her in the first ' flush of gratitude for a lifo preserved, j And now l'hil Kilon found bis heart ! Put many months passed before thev met. and then 9><j aci id; nt. She wan returning privstcly to the village?had dismounted from the stage at a little disteuoe, and was walking slowly along beneath the maples, wheu he eauio "sud denly upon her. ?Mr. Kilon V ?Dearest Madge!' and hu took both of her bauds in his and coutioucd : 'Had it not Phon for your voice I de not think 1 would btivo kouwe you. How straugc ly you have altered ? h iw beautiful yd* have grown !' 'Mr. Elton V 'Cull mo Phil, please, as you did when you more than nobly periled your own lite for nine.' T?I? ' she stammered and blushod, T but came back to the village to be?* 'My wife, darling ' The maples and the little birds hoard words that we may uot, but the faces of euch became glorified, and when a few months later the village church bells chimed a joyous peal, no one would have called the'bride, Madge Skinner, j lain, but a queenly woman. The sickness through which she had passed had removed every oloud from her complexion, and her skin was now fair and complexion as pure and blush, ing as June roses. The hair, too, wbiefc had fallen off, ha] reappeared, of soft ehestnut brown, and the goodness, tntiil and love that were stamped upon her face gave a glory that tho featurss could not dissipate. U. the loves of I'hil Elton, none could question which was the true and 'hesv?a bom* one, and Bwcet Kittie Moulton7 glanced at tho groomsman, (herself the bridesmaid) and prayed be might be a* noble as her half brother, when he should claim hor as his own, aud that she might make as ^good anJ noble ft wife as Madge. Htm aud Wifo. Thomas Jefferson *roU; the fill uring excellent advice. There is tuu-h nature and good sense in it : '? Harmony in the b i n in state is the) first tobeaim id at* Nothing oats pre serve affections uninterrupted but a firm resolution oaeh to con si dar the lam of others of mo:o value thin auy^objest whatover on which a wish hal been fixed. 11 ?w light, iii fact, is tho saort fiea of any otlu'r wish when weighel agnin?t the affections of one with whom ?ve arc to p iss our whole lifo! An i though opposition in a si igle itntincn will hardly of itself pro luca alienations* yet every one has their pouch into which all these 1 ttle opp ?s'.t'oui arc put; whih> j that i? filling, the alienation is insenstaw , ly going on, and when filL-d it is oom plete. It woubl puZ7.1o either to say w hy, be uuso uo oue differencoof opin ion h is been marked enough to produoa a strious ofLct by itself. Hut he Sols his affections wearied out by a c instant stream of little checks and obstaelaav Other sources ol disemt^at, vary com* nion indeed, are the little crasa-purpaaWB of hurband and wile ia common ^ooAfar* Ration, a disposition in either to criticise i and question whatever the other stye, ? ?desire alwiys to le.u iu .tr?te a.id a *lc* iii ii feel himself in the wron?, ?*.;;> :/ully iu company. Nothing; is s i g lading. Much better, thoief >re, if oar c onotu i .ii view a tiding iu a light different from what we d i, to lca\e hi.u in quiet possession of his vie .vs. Wii it is tho ! use of rectifying him if the thing bo ! uniinpirtant ? Let **lt pass for th? pre I scut, and wait a softer iu > neat and m are uonoiliatory occasion of reviving the sub ject together. It it wonderful how many persons are rendered unhappy by inattention to these little rules of pro ' 101100." r ?-,rv-?-*: A young lady writing from Europa I finds there some very odd but agreeable) things. For instance, she says: ' As ft ? general rule, w ?itors and chamber ' maids" are men. In one hotel where ? I stopped for three weeks tho only domestic 1 ever saw v-as a man. Ho j did evi rythiug ; swept and brushed and eleaued my salon, made my* bod*, cared ' for my dressing room, served cay broak ; fast, and always at night, about 8 i o'clock, he would, outer with clean towels, open my bed us a mother does . for her children, lay out my night dress and bow himself out with a ''goodnight, iinidi m dsilJo." One becomes accistom 1 ed to odd thiugs, nud now 1 mnek fata le i a man to a woman servant. The . young lady should bo credited with j Iraukuess and most unquestionable; j sincerity. ' Vermont papers are boasting of eight : old farmers iu Franklin county, wh* , ^ live within two miles of each other, and who have bad twenty-five wives aiuoa* ' tl.eui. It took thr<m4arrels of whiskey and ten barrels of cider to satisfy Um wants of tho immates of the alms house Bridgeport, Connecticut, the past wit* Sr.