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Country Children.
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.