The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, October 30, 1856, Image 1
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Tm? book U nil that's left tno now?
Tears will ii?l?iddeu strut;
Witli faltering lip find '.lirobl ing brow
I pre^t it to my benM.
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ror many generations psist,
Uere is our family tioe ; ,
My mother's hand this llible el r-ped,
?>he, eh ing. gave it lire.
All. well do | remember those
Whwe names these records War;
Who round the henrth-srone used to close
After ihe evening prater.
And *|a*ak of what these pages said,
In tone* my heart would thrill ?
Though they are with the silent dead,
Mere they are living still.
My father rrnd this lio)v book
To brother*, sisters dear !
Mow calm was inv nnor mother's look.
Who learned tiodV wouls lo hem !
Her angel face I see it yet! *
What thrilling nmmoiiea come !
Again thai little group in met
Within the wnil* of home ! ,
Thou truest friend man ever knew,
Thy constancy I've tried; |
When all were false 1 found thee title,
. My counsellor and guide,
The mine* of earth no Measure give
That could this volume luiy ;
In teaching me the way to live
It taught roe how to die. i
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BJLobeofjiBusbqnd.
Wag five the following extract of 4TJfe in |
Prairie Land,' by lira. Karnham, for the
hnnfc >lf llw?a will! MUMn.la> it..*
of *a perfect brute* to be nn individual who
does not believe in &>0 dresses nnd IxirnMii,
Those who think themselves )>articularly ill
treated. would we reel v, we imagine, change
piece* with the (inoxirr bride:
The etrango character of the f-eling men
iietel by her huslMitid, mad* me very de?d-1
roue of dm wing him into nit <xprc*Mon of it
So void* before he left nn, nr.d n* their hind
ingplsce would prft??*hlr \# reached on the
third morning, I availed myself of a chance
Xueeting on the shady guard in the afternoon
to engage him in en vernal ion. A few '
words about tlie height of the water, the ,
timber, aud the praiiies. served the purpose.
are going to become a praiiie f?renev
r I said. j
'No, I've licen one afore, I've got a mi in
Jup tbe river hyttr that IVe cropped tsice ah *
?vMjr|TD<*Tc*N * good cabin or it. and it'*
about hk good a place, I n*ckon, aa can I* (
* found in tneee diggm*.'
Then yow built a eage,' I 'and went j
back for vour bird to |tiit in it f
ll? looked (it in*, and liia face underwent
fk contortion, of which word* will convey but
a faint idea. It wan a mingled cx|>re>M"ii
of pride and contempt, faintly d1?gui?ed by
a atniln that wa* intended Id bide tltetn.
'Why, I don't know what yon Yankee*
call a wrd,* lie replied. 'l>ul t call l?fr a wo
nan. I niumldn't uiako much teewut of
harm* a Wrd in my cabin, hut a good utmit ,
ftoman I *l?ould ealcu'ate wa* worth nonwtbln\
fche can way her way.ami do a hand
pon?e thing Wide* heipin' me on the farm.'
Think of that, ye 'telle* and fair handed
mahiefWl' Uow waa my aeutimeut te'WjjU,
wall cnH her ) rronwn, whi<h i*.
In iftA,much the more rational appellation.
iWj^nri to ?ahe her nacful at well aa
'Why. yes ; I calculate 'lainfuf iiiticli ac
count to have a won.an if rhe ain't of no toe
I lived Uji hyur lw?? Vear, and had to hav<
another man's woman do all nit wMshiii'ani!
mendin,' and so on, and at San; Ignt tlted ><
tolon my plunder back and forth, ami
thought I might as well get a ?tman of my
own. TheieV a heap of thing* la-side these,
that she'll do la-lter than I c?t?. I reckon;
every man ought to have a woman to do lie
cook in.' and Mull like, 'kasc it's easier fm
them than it is for up. They take to it kind
o' naturally.*
I could scarcely believe that tlieie uiw no
more human vein in the animal, and determined
to aolifa! him a little deeper
'And thin Inide of yours in the one, 1 sup
jx*?e, that you thought of all tin- whi e you
were making your fa??t? and building your
cabin 1 V'iii looe. I dure ray, made a little
guidon, or ret out a ti*c, or done something
of the kind to please her n'u tie 1'
1 never .-.!!"w?i to get H woman till
I fitmil my neigliia?rM went I'l.cad ? f |.'.?
with Vm, and then I should a got one m ght
llinr. hut there wasn't any stotit ones in our
settlement, and it takes *o long to make tip
to a ttrotiftv, that I allowi d I monglit as
well go t>aek and see the old folks, and git
somebody that I know'd tliar loo-me with
Hie.'
'Ami had you no eh?iee made among
your Hc<puiin;.ntiie* ? \\a* lliru* no one p. rsou
of whom you thought more of thiiii another
!' said l.
Vw, il?*r e who n gal 1 tt?ed to know thai
wit* stouter Mini lugger thou this one. I
should a got her it 1 could, hut she'd g<>l
iMitriinl mii?1 goto; otf over the
mnnowlmr.'
The cold-hear led fallow ! it was a jrerfccfclv
lutsine-s Matter wit It him.
*1 >id you select this ?>tio solely on account
of Iter size l' Hti.l 1.
Why, pretty tuucu,' he replied ;reckon
women ate *?>iue like horses and oxt-u. the
biggest can <lo tho most woik, ami that's
what 1 want one for.'
'Atid is thai all V I asked, more disgusted
at every word. *l)o you rare nothing alroiit
n pleasant face to meet you when you g.i
home from the field, or a soft voice to speak
kind words when you arc sick, or a gentle
friend to converse with you in your leisure
bout* r
Why, a* to that,' he said, 'I reckon a
woman ain't none llm worse for talk hccattM
she's stout and aide to woik. 1 calculate
she'll mind Iter own business pretty much,
and if she duet she won't talk a great deal
to tire ; that ain't what 1 got her lor.'
'lhit ruppt.se when you get home the
should he unhappy, ami want to see her pa
rents ami other friend* V
'Why, I don't allow she will ; I didn't get
Iter for tlui*.'
'Hut if she does.' I replied, really anxious
lo touch some thoul that might afo-t w aids
vibrate in the poor girls behalf; 'if sho does
fcei unhappy f yon know one's feeling* air
nut hIwiivh under llieir own cotittol.'
Wull, if h|i? d??e* I i!X|ktI I ahau't niiixl
il inui'Ii, it" In- keeps it t<? herself/
The aelHdi brnlw!
Italic k?*pt it to her* elf, n? yon ?ay, woukl
JToti Hot attempt to alleviate her Njrruwm
won hi yon not take her on Home plennml
r'de or walk, ?n<l apeak very kindly to her
and endeavor to make yottr new heme unci
eoinpany agtceahlu to flei f'
'Oil!' said he, laughing feebly, 'I shall givi
her enough t? eat and wear, and I don't caf
dilate she'll l?e very dauntry if nhe gel'i
that ; if t>he U rhe'll git thil cf it after ?
while.' ... i:: , /
My imlignath.n increased at every word
'I Jut yon brought ber a v. ay foin her
Inane to Ire treats] iih a human being, not
an an animal or machine. Marii.?ge i? n
moral contract, not a mere h.iigain f bioi
nesrt. 1 he pat tied promise to study each
other** happiiierte, and etideav< r o? promote
it. You could not many a woman a* you
cot!Id buy a washing machine, though you
might want Iter for the anino purj*r*e. 11
you take the machine there i? no moral ol>
iigjilmii incurred except to pay lor it. lie
fo'e jon entered into thi* contract I could
hate shown yon a m?cM*.iO !*: . v\r:i*l?i have
uuswcrvd your purpose admirably. It would
Iiav9 wu?hcd mu?I ironed nil your clothe*,
and wbeit done, flood hi # >;;<<< ont uf-ll!'.1
way corner till it wa* wiiiitid ag in. Von
would have It-en under no obligation, not
eien to feed and clothe it. a* you now are.
It would have been the bettor bargain, would
it not i
Why. that would be according to what it
rowl in the Hr*t place ; hut it wouldn't Ikjustly
the same thing mm bavin' a wife, 1
reckon, even if it wm give to von.'
No, certainly not; it would free you front
inaiiy obligation* that you me under to m
wife' (it wm* the Ht-l time, by the way, he
lind used the word.) 'and leave you to purine
your own pleasure without feeing mii\
Tiowho <>r i-our face* about )Oii.
'Oil. I ctiUulnu' ?our lace* won't Ik? much
account to me. It' h woman 'II mind her
hu.ino*, hliu may look ft* tliundcrih* a? m
live Htrthqunke, 1 shan't miuil it.*
'No, ?jit 1 ?ee you imjsmm* a very happy
insensibility to the w?x-e or lm|i|'in?n< ofo.ti
era. Your wife ha* occasion to congratulate
herself o* the prcwpocU of life with a pel Mm
efevuteil ? far above the eiuoljoiis which
move the huiuau herd.* ,
I will not deny ilint the fcllow'a coolness ?
. somewhat enraged me. Tliorb was n fair t
' |ir?v|?r( 1 iuit ! should have read him a lee- i
I lule as long as ho would find pNlii-nce t?? I
r hear, hut at tlti* titotUclit hh ?|fl) fiittM' ?
I retinal the stern of the calkin. 1 thought ??lie i
had Itetiid the conversation, for the usual |
. insipid smile wit* replaced by n slightly i
; con11actii.l expression ou Iter dark hntw, niitl <
her voice sounded more as if it were the at. ,
' to tunc rtf a soul conscious of its t?w ii identity
1 and r? quht-ment*. us site said, 'John, will
you come and help toe git to the hig chirt.
i the captain has had soine truek )>nl oil it.'
Wall, you ain't a lathy, I reckon, that
you can't tote it Koiuewhar else,' whs the
amiable reply. <
'Hut that's Htcli a heap of it,' answrcitd |
the |**>r girl, mi willing to be wholly refused I
? so early, too I
What if thar is a heap. Tote away ten {
tr lit!cin minutes, and lltar won't It po |
intuit.' j
Sl.c lurtied away without another vvotd. f
out as she. parsed the open window, 1 saw
her wiping h*;- eyes witit tlie cot not* <?f Itet
calico union. It sua it... ?o..o ?.n?.? 1
? .? .. ? ? iiuiiinii 111 111' *
ifc* union 1 had Kvli in her. Noiwit(island*
iug llie liiti nm? di-gitsl 1 felt for (Ik- !>:?*- 1
hearted tyrant win-stood la-fore me, I was I
coiiMraiin d to make one unite effort on ho ?
lia.f ot hit* victim. I said, thercfoie. us gvut 1
lv h-> 1 could n|M>ak, that it hiik not custom
uiy to treat fetnah* no in our counirv ; thai ,
a mall would ho j??? uoiiiucd a tuute who
I would r*fiinc to lender or procure a-sistaiicc
for a woman under like ciicuiiiMiMtce*, eveu
if she were hi? servant, and sUcli conduci
, was slid more abhorrent toward a wife.
'W all, I leckoii the Yankee* may do athey
like ahonl iItem tilings, and I shall do
jist I he same, i don't think a woman's of;
milch account anvhow,' if site can't help herself
a liul?* and me too If the Yankee women
w as raitnl up likr the tcornni heio a>ir. !
> they'd coal a heap leu-, and he worth nnue.'ii
> 'I his was the old key again, lie wa*.|,
hopelessly benighted and hruiitied. lli? red |
tlannel bosom ami d;uk fact- inspired stronger
aversion than ever, and 1 turned away,
> saving that 1 trusted his wife would agree
with htm in these opinions, or they might
1 lead to some unplcusuut differences.
'Oh, as to ihal,' said lie, *1 reckon her
'pinions won't go fur anyhow ; she'll think
|r<city miieh as 1 do, or not at all.'
'III? h-n.-iI exclaimed mentally ; and sat
down ill (lie eahiu poudeiing on tin? iueredi
, f hie l>. niality ol mull opinions in n civilized
I mail, when the wife cam- in. She had just
j ii*ttiinet! from her vi>it to the *hig chisi.'?
'j I'lii-ie vvas no longer a tloiihf, from the ex- <
I picssioli of her fice, that she luul heard the
j eoli versa I ion, and understood tome part of
I it, too. i let! Iter to her own clioi ce, whelh-1 (
ci to -peak of it or not.
After a tew minutes flic said, 'I reekott
you'll think John talk* hard about wonnn.'
1 1 replied, thai it was ijube tiuu>ual t find
'! jrcrson* who thought as he <li?l.
I Wtli,* said llic faithful creature, 'I reckon
I he don't think u? bud as he says ;* but her
Mitlu-cd e\es iiioie than halt" contradicted
her tongue.
I Tbeie'n too much of the true woman in
her tor this brute, notw iilftauding her igmI
ranee and silliness, thought I. It's an abso,
line v Male of aoine of the fairerl liMleiisU
I that compose human nature to throw hci
away to this nelthh animal.
' 'How long have \ ott been married V 1
asked.
* 'Two weeks, yesterday,' she replied, the
i blotni mantling through her dark cheek and
blow.
.ft ? I I ! , I It
*nau you uteri long acquainted r
Ti.il question 11 mealed lier l<?ligtie, and
without wailing Anther inquiry, ?he inn on
with lier atorv. i
No, I r.uver aeeM liitn but three or four (
limes. We were I.ew comer* in the settle- |
uieiit whar hi* f -Ik-* lived, ami nobody know- '
ed wheli lie came hack that he wanted lo |
git a woman to take with him. lie connto
our Iioum* ntiee after night, and liini ami
the old man had a long talk out doors, ami
finally lie eoni* in and at'q.i a little, mid
went oil*. The next .lay dud ast tuc how I'd j{
!ihe to collie to Hit nice/ 1 didn't hike In- '
nn inin' tightly, hut Joint come agair. afore '
long and tia-n he ant me. 1 told him I'd 1
hesru '|ws* a g'?od counti v, hut I liked it f
well enough tl.ar. Tlo-li he Mi'd tiie old ?
man had told him that lie might have me to (
go hack with him if 1 wan williu' to it, and
n. allowed i would be. So after two oi |
three week.-, we got married ami put right .
otf f :r hia place.* <
'And \ou t xpecl to i?e Happier in lue new j
home than )ou were with >oitr father him!
mother T
*1 hain't calculate*! much about that; hut
I reckon I'll want to aee tliern ami the young
ones a little, till 1 get broke in/
I cold*! scarce forbear a laugh At the *ig J
niricaucy of thie rudo cxprea-ioii. 11 w as a
coiiiuioti one, with her, but dc?cribc<l the *
process before her more forcibly than the
moat elegant language. There wn? no hope i
for hei but to fettle into her slavery, am! |
wear the sluicklcr*, if ponaible. w iihoiit chafing under
thcin. She had not character enough t
to redeem herself, ami the brutal treatment >
to which she was doomed would tend ever) t
<lay to diminidi the iittlo that she haJ and reduce
bar to U)? condition of a mere ma
. , T.' v . .. W"
:hine. Itotli |>arl!e* *eri* hovond hope, *(?
hnt in gratifying mv curiosity ! Iih?I ratad
i crowd of pwinlnl einwiioni in iht own
Mild tinned h dink p.'tgc for (lie |**>r
vfi^rown child U:fo:t> inc. Tliey left u?
ii'Xt d iv. the bride wrapping Jmr light sdij>
mis in her |Kvkct-liMiidk<-ii)ii?f ami walk
ng |.Ni<-r.N.t to'iii die landing.
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3T!iacrUnuroo5 Htnftiag.
J I) c ti q ro b\ e v j? l)\ o r h> e 0.
Tlic follow narrative?a true <?nc?
lescnlms n scene that actually took
[ilftce not many years since in a coniV:rv
village iti the State of Maine.
One evening in the month of De
emuer, i-a*. a number of town-nu n
tad assembled at 11 m# store of Mr. Put
turn to talk over "mutters and thing#."
oipjkc, drink, ami in short to do r.;r
:liiug to "kid time."
Three holds had tlnis passed awnv'j
I hev !uui l:."g'ed. and ram, ami drat.IT. J
aid cliattcil, and had a g??od thnogon
jiftlly ; so tlrnt at about the usual hour '
>f shutting ?i]? shop, each of the parry
felt particularly first rate.
"Come," said Charles Hatch?one
of the company?"let's all liquor, ami
then have a game of high low Jack!'
'So I say,'' exclaimed another,
"who's got the cards?"
"Fetch on your kcords," drawled
nut'a third, his cyfcs halt closed, through
the effect of the liquor lie had drank.
Alter drinking nil around, an old
pine table was drawn up be tor, thej
fireplace where hpriied brightly a|
large lire of hemlock l"gs, wh'ch wouhl
map and crack?throwing large live
coals out upon the hearth.
All drew up around the table, seating
themselves on whatever came
handiest. Four of them bad rolled ;
up to the table some kegs, which from
their weight were supposed to contain !
nails.
"Now," said Hatch, how shall we I
play?every one for himself 1"
"No, have partners." growled one
mail.
"No, hanged if I'll play so," shouted
the former, bringing his fist down up?j
on the table, knocking one candle out ;
of the 6tick, and another upon the!
tlo< >r.
"Come, come," paid Hatch, "no
tptarrellingr; all who pay for having
partners, stand up."
"Three arose.
4'Now all who say each one for hi in
sell', stand up." The remaining four
immediately got up.
"You see, Barclay," said Hatch,
"the majority are against you. Come, |
will you play {"
"Well, as I don't want to be on the
opposite side, I'll play," answered Bareley,
somewhat cooled down.
Mr. I'utnatn was not in the store
that evening, and the clerk, who was
busy behind the counter, had taken
very little notice of the proceedings.?
Ab-.ut half-past ten Mr. Putnam
-i ? i. ? 1 1
utougiit lie womu step over to the
srore, and Bee lliat everything w:ut sate.
Ah he went in he walked up to the
tire. When within a tew setps o|
where the men were Bitting, he started
back in horror, liefoie him sat
even men, halt'crazy with drink and
the excitement ot playing eards.-l'liere
they were, within a few feet ot
the lire just described, and four ot
them 9e<Ued on keys of pouxicr.
jJarchiv?who was a very heavy man
?had pressed in the head of the keg
->n which J.e sat, bursting the
And pressing the powder' out through
he chinks. J ty tiie continued motion
>f their feet, the powder had become
ipreAd atH?ut the floor, and now covered
a Bj-ace of about two feet all round
Item.
Mr. Putnam** first movement was
owned* the door, but recovering him
itU* l?o u??ILiv/I *?- ?..???.? . /I h/% ^ ?
IV?) HV ?? in IWU 11 I' UO IJIV3 IXIC. ?
Should either of Wioiu attempt to raigc,
ic thought, and scatter si lew graitiK
l liitlu further ipto the fire-place where
ay u large rpiuntitv of hve c >al.
At the moment Hatch looked np,
tnd seeing Mf*Pallium with lii<4 tac?
>alo gazing ilito the lire, exclaimed,
'Putman, what ails you? and at the
Mine time made a motion to rise;
Hioutio ..en, do not rite,* said Mj
PutiiiHti; "four of you sit on keg* ? l
x?wder?it is scattered all arouml yoli
--one inoveuient might sen 1 you a'l
o eternity. There arc two buckets oi
rater behind the bat*. Hut keep vonr
>euU fbr one ininutet and you are saved
?more and you are dead men!"
In an instant ?very thau. was per-1,
t'ertly sobered?-not. a limb moved-chqIi
seemed jmruiyscit.,^.
In less time than we have taken, to
describe this thrilling scene, Mr. J?ntnam
had jw^urcd the water and coin
plutvlv -saturated the powder on tin
ihmr, and extinguished the lire, so that
thu explosion was impossible. Then,
and not till then, was there a word
spoken.
Helore those, seven men left the store
that very night, they pledged them
-elves never to taste another glass nl
liquor or play another game rtf cards'.
J I) e 1) f I c i s't 51) c 11 c & $.
Some years ago," Jh^ il?v. Isacc
Gusetuan made a trip io'ww^. On
hoard tire steamer ift winch lie took
passage, rntrC'was ji gentlelnnn win.
look grcftt pains t?? tnako known thiiT
he was opposed to Christianitv, nail
all'ftirms of religion.
lie pjient ni?.?$r of tin* day in nimting
witn llmse wuo would dispute with
him, and in p< nring forth anathmmar
again.-t priestcraft and the credulity o1
mankind. He denounced Christ ah
an importer, religion as a delusion,an\
particular form of worship or creed athe
result or trammels vf education,
and that it was only tolerated l>\
statesmen lor the sccut itv of government,
and the hem'Ut < t the weak and
erring. lie was evideiilly a man ol
education and ability, ilis repartee,
drollery, saicuom and a faculty for
turning tilings into the ridiculous, l>ore
down so heavily ulaar those with whom
he argued, that.they were generally sii
en ceil though not convinced.
One day he was in high glee, and
kept a crowd of passengers in a continual
roar ot laughing at his religious
jokes and witticisms..- On this occasion
Mr. Giiscmun, who had hitherto
retrained from entering into any dispute
or controversy with him, determined
to try and silence him or turn
die laugh against him lie accordingly
moved slowly towards the er< iwd,
the skeptic was amusing, on his an
pronchiug the oilier, obso.veil:
"Well, old gentleman, I am n free
thinker, what is your Uotion ahout relig.on
f" .
"Why, sir? I have always been
taught to lielteve in the trutii of tiie
Christian religion; and liave never
once had u dmtht ot the existence ot a
supreme and intelligent cause, lint in
turn, let tne ask yon a question :?
"Do you belive in the immortality ot
the sod <"
"Certainly not?I have none 1"
"Do yon deny the existence of a
God?"
"Most ass .redly I do."
j "Then, sir, I have heard of you be1
fore." |
"Heard of me before !"
"Yes, sir, 1 have read about you."
"Head about ine! I was uot aware
that 1 was tinblished. Pi ny, where ?"
"In the Psalms of David, sir, where
it reads, 4t!?e fool fulfil said hi his
Heart, there is no God."
At this nnlooked for turn in the argument,
there was one general burst
of laughter and hurra, at the expense
of the atheist, who confounded and unahle
to rally at being thus iiuoxpect
ecily proved a t'ml, moved aw?*j to another
part of the !) >?* Ditn'rjt the
remainder of th? voyage the wiseacre
wits silent on religious subjects ; but
occasionally some ot tlie passengers
would tease hi in by rlyly observing.?
"/ have hard of you btfort?
J I) c ? i 111 c JL o n e 6 r o b c.
To o\ir mind there is something exceedingly
touching?touchingly simple?in
riie following picture id' n
Little Lotie Grave, in an over land expedition
to California, fume four years
ago.
The over-land emigration to California
in 1852. was immense, and attended
with much of sickness and death.?
Hardly a comjmiiv that, was not decimated,
and many doubly so. .Newmade
graves that during the first ten
days upon the plains, potscssed h<
least i\ passing mclancliolTy interest,suf
licient to turn the stops of the travel
lor, it only just to know the name aim
w here from, at length became so im
meroiu as hardly to attract a passing
notice, unless in the immediate vicinity
of our camping-grounds. \V?
had encamped nj>on one of the vcr\
smallest atreinns between the Little
Blue and the Platte river*; we were
all joyous and hap^jy, our monads as
.... - "-J"!?ums*9?
yet iu excellent condition, our company
all in good health, and we had not?
been enough upon the pining to know
or feel fatigued. It was Saturday at-.,*
ternoon, and we had stopped eaity.
where water and grass were abundant #
and Intended to reinalu there over ,
Sunday.
* "Tents were pitched, our horses quietly
grazing, and gaiety resounded
throughout the camp. More than one
ot us had observed a little strip of
lamrd no wider tiiun a man's hand,
standing upright amid the green grass
hut a few rods from our wagons.?
One of our oomnany thinking it would
make good kindlings, went out to get
it. Ixit returned without ft, saying
nothing. Another went, and he too,
returned without it, saying nothing.?
Another went, and he too, returned
without it; and yet an another ; and
as they returned, all seemed less joyous
than before. Our own curiosity
was excited, and we, too, with a companion
went out to see it, aud discover
it "possible its hrma 1?
?j ,-.? vn riitl kHUICF
Oil npproaehinyit, wo found oursclvcb
approaching a lone litte grave! The
puny mound of earth was fresh, and
the green grass around it had hardly
recovered from its recent trampling;
and newly cut, as with a pen knife, upon
the trail monument were these
words:
4iout om.y child :
DEA li LI'lTi K WARV :
FOClt ykaks i'Ld."
"But we hud no means of ascertaining
whose Little Mary it was. As the
sun wa3 yet an hour high or more, it
was proposed that we should go on a
mile or two to other camping grounds,
and without ;; question hcing asked,
or a reason given, it was unanimously
approved and carried into effect.?
But the true and only cause was the
nearmss to onr camping ground of tha t
lone little grave, und its trail monument.
Isn't this a touching incident!
[ Knickerbocker.
Many a man has ruined himself
looking through the bottom of a tumbler.
A Frenchman warns the public not
to trust his wife because he was never
married to her.
4I'm hoarding out,' as the fellow 6aid
U'lion li" ^ '' "*
..v. ?ntivu up iur iue night on a
pile of lumber.
To discover how many idle men
there are in n place, nil that's necessa|
ry is to set dogs lighting.
The pretentions simpleton who demanded
a voting lady's hand got her
father's boot.
''The victory is not always to the
strong," as the boy said when lie killed
a skunk with a brick-hat.
?
Coxri-AOBATioy.?7-ii*t night, about 12
o'clock, llie iilurii) of fbo '?an given, and
Haines w -re dim?veicd hstdng fioni the sinMing
alliii lii-d to tlio "White IIoiimj" J|otel.
?liil bt-fure the tire Could be arrested, it
had spread l<? the bot?-l on one side, to i\
y Mjibleon the other, and ilu-nre to tha
buildings connceted. until nit in <i.? o- L
... Kiu t'llM JY
weie Ucxtruvet!. The uio>t hot i Me <,?. t4,? whole
."-(xviHr'u* whs tie fijintie neighing of '
the Imr.M'f? j-otne 42 being in tin* stuMex,
|*-iii-hir.g in tin' IhtHie*, without. the posti"''
biiity of bring **ve?| lYom hurtling alive?
their ilih'reil ?n?l blackened ?*h?chsi-* in the
ruins this nioiliitig, painting but too f.-:irfully
. the horror a of tin* *? *?' . In jM.int of
value, most ol the building* destroyed word
uniiuporiaiii.
[Jtcokuk (/oi?<) Times, 0(t. 8.
AHTtFtciAu Ior.? An ice machine ha*'
just ittHMl (imipk'tnl at the Clliit in go iron
Works. Cleveland, Ohio, which l? rft|wlbiif
prodming one ton of solid crystal ire in
lwentv hotnw. A trial ims Mirrilly l??*n
made with the ?l?r?ve i#itlt. while the titeretirv
stiaal hi 80 ih-gieea in the apartment. *
M h<* ewiniiitetl expense of inatmta<nn>it g ii*e
hy men h tnn. htMt i* j.vr ton, or t lie-'
Ibtirtli of ? c< nt per tw>itudA
fioiTU ' '
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nrxt MW>ion ? f l|< w Imlj' U fo I ? i>< M in '
llii* t?>w. Wfinrrirg ??n \\?i!n? s?fajif, tlie
19th Nuw inK r. 'I In' muni Lxiiftirmnu^i < f
tin.' uim!? i m ill lw ;tlit t<> on
tin- Monday ami TWwIny pruwtlunf. liciitt
1% tttimifi' of pit-mlnr? ?ril! mfU'f oH 8?lir,?
l>iV tl?* I5iU. Mini M-nire. < n
.l?V tin- Idih. will l** vomJutftttl i'V l.r?-'thr? u
I'm-in n ili-inluH'. AIhuiI oitfl ItUlidra'if ' ?>f"!
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