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n-? ?? TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. }? GOD AND OTJR COUNTRY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 10. SATURDAY MORNING] JULY 22, L3T6. NUMBER 23 Sin?: no Sad Songs. "When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for nie; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree; Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. 1 shall not sec the shadows, I shall not feel the ruin; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on as if in pain; And dreaming through the twilight That doth not line nor .set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. THE GOOD WIFE. A Norwegian Lkgkxd. There was onec a man nam2(1 Gud brand; he lived at a solitary farm on the slopo of nhill, therefore he was called "Gudbrand of the hill." Now this man bad a very excellent wife, a thing which often happens, but is not so common; Gudbrand knew also the worth of such a treasure, so the couple lived in great peace and happiness, without thinking about tho progress ot years and chnnges of fortune. Whatever Gudbrand did Iiis wife had wished lor beforehand, so that the good man could not touch anything or change anything in his house with out his wife thanking him for his fore thought and kindness. Their life was insured against anxiety; the farm was their own property, they had a hund red solid dollars in the table drawer, nhd two stately cows in the meadow. They wanted nothing; they could grow old in peace without fearing helplessness and misery; without "needing the pity or friendship of others. One evening, as they were sitting Vhntteriiig together about, their work tiud their plans, Gudbrand's wife said to hi in : ''My dear, I have a thought; you shall lead one of Our cows tc the "town and sell it. The ottc Which we tdmll keep will 1)5 quite enough to provide us with boiler and milk, why should we trouble ourselves for hthers? We have money ill the idlest; We hiive ho children) would it not be Weil if We spared oiir ilrhlsj Ndfy grow ing old? Voll Will hHViiys find some thing to tin in the house; these is first ibis then that piece of furniture to be iuended and improved, and I, with my spinning wheel, shall be able to Bitty a great deal more With you." (ludbrand found that his wife was right, as sbu always was. The very .i;ext day he led the cow which was to be sold to the town. But it was not. hiatkct day, so he found no purchaser. ''Very well, very well," said Gud brand, "I shall lead my cow back home again, 1 have hay and straw lor the beast, and inc way is not longer to return than it was to come." Then he quietly took the road home. After a few hours, just as he begun to feel a little tired, be met a man Who was leading n horse to the town, a very strung animal saddled and bridled./ "The way is long and the night is coming on," thought Gud brand; "I shall not get home with my cow before midnight, and then very early to-morrow L shall have to begin the march anew. This is just tho sort of beast I might want, I should ride home proudly, like a magistrate; and how old Gudbraud's wife would re joice to see her husband coming home in triumph like a general." Therewith hp stopped the horseman, and bargained with him to exchange the cow lbrhishDr.sc. But when he eat in the saddle he felt something like regret, Gudbrand was old aud feeble, the horso was young and lively; after half an hour the cavalier had to go on foot and wearily led his horse by the bridle, for it shied and plunged ut every bush by the road eidc. "A bad bargain," he thought. Then he met a man driving a pig before him "A nail which one really wants is more valuable that a diam ond which- sparkles and is good for nothing," thought Gudbrand, "so my wife often pays," and he exchanged the horse for a pig. That was a fine idea; but the good man had reckoned without his Vliosl?the pig was tired and would not move an inch. Gud braud dragged the beast,be pushed it, he beat it with nil his might, but all iu vain ! The pig remained lying in the dust like a ship stranded on a sandbank. Gudbrand was in des pair. ' Now a man passed by leading a goat by a string; the goat sprung merrily before him. "That might be useful to me,'" said Gudbrand; "I would rather have that frolicsome goat than this atupi i, lazy beast." Thereupon he exchanged the pig for the goat. Ail went on well enough for half an hour. Then the long-hor ned goat pulled Gudbrand on, who laughed heartily nt its jump.-; but when one is no longer young, one soon becomes tired of climbing over the rocks; so our farmer, when he met a shepherd with his flock, did not hesi tate to give his goal for a sheep. "I have gat quite enough milk," he thought, "and this animal is at least quiet, and will neither weary me nor my wife." Gudbrand was not wrong, there was nothing quieter than that sheep. It thowed no ill temper, it did not butt, but it did not go forward. It wanted to go back to the flock, and the more Gudbrand dragged it, the more piteously it bleated. "This sttipid sheep," cried Gudbrand, angrily, "it is more whining than my neighbor's wife; how glad I should be if any ono would release me from this burden." J "The bargain is made if you like old fellow," said a farmer, who was passing by. "Take this fat goose, it is worth nt least as much as that ob stinate sheep." "So be it,"said Gud i brand; "bettor to liave a living goose than a dead sheep," and he took the gon*u with him. It Was no light bur .dell The bird! was it bad traveling cnmpntiinu; with beak and wings it made.stunt, resistance. Gudbrand was was soon tired of the conflict; "The goose," saitl huj "is a bad bird; my wife Would tuVer like to have sind? an ultc in her Louse." And at the first farmyard he passed on his way he exchanged the ^oose for a splendid cock, with mnguiliccnt feathers ami comb; This time he was contented, but tla.y was last declining, and Guh brand) \vho had started before sun rise, lbit his knees totter and his stom ach Citll iur lood. He entered the I first, public hotlse became to, and sohl the coch fut* a dollar, and as he had a good appetite lie gave away the last farthing to satisfy Ids hunger. "What use would the cock have been to me," he thought, "if I bad died of hunger ?" When he came near to his own farm "Gudbrand of the hill" begun to reflect over the strange jurney that he had made. Before he went home be talked about it in neighbor Peter's house, who was called the Grcybsard. "Friend," said the Greybeard, "how did you get on with your busi ness in the town to day ?" "So, so," answered Gudbrand,"! cannot say that I had much good for tune, but 1 have not much to com plain of;" and he related everything that had happened to him. "Neighbor," said Peter,''you have done a strange day's work, you will he badly received by your wife; I would not stand in yoUr shoes for ten dollars." "I may have been right or wrong," said Gudbrand of the hill, "but my wife is so good she won't say a word to me about what I have doue." "I have listened to you, neighbor, and am surprised at you; but with all the respect which I have for you I do uot believe a word of what you have told me." "Will you bet that I am right!" said Gudbrand of the hill; "I have a hundred dollars iu my chest, of which I will bet you twenty. Will you do the same ?" "Yes," said Pelcr, "and that on the spot." When the wager was concluded, the two friends went into Gudbrand's house; Peter remained standing at the room door in order to hear what pass ed between Gudbiaud and his wife. "Good evening," said Gudbrand. "Good evening," replied bis wife; "is it you, my dear ? bow has to-day prospered with you ?" "Not very well, not very well," said Gudbrand. "When I reached the town, I found nobody who would buy our cow, so I exchanged it for a horse." "For a horse!" said his wife; "that was a good plan. I thank you with all my heart; wc can now drive to church like so ninny people who look down upon us, and arc no better than wo are. If it pleases us to keep a horse we have n right to do so, I think. Where is the horse ? it must be taken to the stable." "I have not brought it with me,' said Gudbrand; "on the way I altered my mind and exchanged the horse for a pig." "Do you sc? V said his wife; "that is just what I should have done, too, in your place; a thousand thanks for it. Now when my neighbors come to visit i s I can place a good piece of bam before them. What do we want, with a horse? People would have said t "Look rtt that proud couple; they arc too grand to go to church on foot." Bring up the pig quickly under shelter.'' "I have not brought the pig With me," said Gudbrand; "on the way I gave it up for a goat." ' Bravo !" exclaimed the good wo man; "you nrc tl wise nnd clcVci'man. The more I think about it the more I perceive that the pig Would, not have been useful tons. People would have pointed to us with* their lingers, nii'l said : "Look at those people; they cat up everything that lltcy earn." But a goat gives milk, gives cheese, to say nothing of the kids. Take the goat into (he stable. "Neither have I brought, the goat with me, said Gudbrand of the bill. "1 have exchanged it for a sheep." "This 1 at once perceive," replied the mistress, "you did so for my sake) am I still so young that 1 can nu> .over stones and rocks ttftci' a goat? But tt sheep Will giVe. me it- wool] j take, it into the stablo.' "1 have not brought the sheep, ' j sahl Gudbrand. "I changed it lor :t goose." "Thanks, many thanks said the good woman. "\Yltat would be the good of a sheep? I have no local? weaving is hard work; and when one has wove one must cut and fseW} it is better to buy ready-made clothes, as we have always done; but a goose, a fat goose especially, I have always wished for. I already feel an appe tite for roast goose; let me sec the creature at once." "But 1 have not brought the goose," said Gudbrand; "? exchanged it lor a cock." "Dear friend," said the good wife, "you are wise than I; a cock is better than a clock, which one has to witid up every week. A cock crowd every morning at four o'clock; he tells us when it is time to praise God and work." "Alas! I have not brought the cock with me; for the evening came on, I was as hungry as a hunter, and I was obliged to sell the cock for a dol lar, or I should have died of hunger." "God be praised for giving you such a good thought!" said the mis tress. "Whatever you do, Gudbrand, always seems right to me. Do we Want a cock ? wc arc our own masters, I think; nobody has anything to com mand us to do; wo can get up when we like. As you nie back here again, dear friend, I am quite haypy and have no wish but that you should al ways stay with me." Then Gudbrand opened the door, and cried out: "Eh, what do you say now, neighbor Peter ? Go and bring your twenty dollars." And he kissed his old wife with as much tenderness as if sho were his bride. Tilden, the nominee of the Demo crats for the Presidency, is a bachelor but is not really bad otf in the way of female company. Wo see an account going the rounds of ? the press that there are lour women in all living with him in his gubcrnalional man sion at Albany. He ought to boa stanuch supporter of female suffrage. Whose Valentino Aro You. That's WIiat he ?sickd Urs Dak .'I i.tso A5?d that's What Madk \ Ai.r. the Th??niiK. It was night?und the night winds lifted up tl)c diftt on tho streets of the city, nhqjSvhiskcd in the faces of four pedestrian^. These four were divided into two couples, and each couple consisted of one male ami one female, i They walked closely and rapidly, commencing their tramp on the cor ner of Fifth and Spruce streets and striking i\ bee-line toward the South. The two'mcn wore married, but they hud left their homes an hdui before to attend a meeting of their cretlilots, and their wives remained at home to solve tho problem as to how the ex penses of the family might be cut. down in order to meet the stringency of the times. The four pedestrians continued their tramp. A t the junction one of them turned away. Where they went noj>one can guess now. The other two kept on their faces turned Southward. When they had arrived at the corner of Twelfth and Spruce streets they paused in the shadow of a church spire and he Said : "Whose valentine are you ?'' And slie put her head on the lappel of his coat and said in a low; sweet manner, "Yours." Jle didn't say anything for a min ute, ami then when the minute had vanished; ho did. He said: "t'omoV to the masquerade next week. Look fur the heathen Chinee. I will horlhat one." And she. said: "I will he the pea sant girl 'coining through the rye." And he said : "Won't it he. nice?" Aitd she said: ' I hope so." And nb. ns?cd her again, saying : "Whose yii teilt i ue arc you ?" And she said: "I Am your valen tine.'' She never got any further with the sentence. She went away as if she had been hurt. Ho pin both of his hands up to his eyes and wiped the contents of three or four eggshells out of his eyes, ami combed his hair with his hands. Then when he looked around he was all alone. He walked oil' as though a miracle had been per formed, ami looked around the cor ner to see if he could see anybody he ever saw before. Then he went down to the river and washed his face. Thou he went up town and took ?a drink Then ho tried to persuade himself it was all a dream. Then he went home cautiously, and when he got at the gate he whistled to wake up the (log to make .-lire he was at the right place. The tlog wagged his tail, and the master went in. lie kissed his own babes in they lay in repose, with the angel smile upon them, lie looked around to see if his wife was asleep, and she wa?, as far as he could sec. Then lie disrobed, and crawled silently into bed so as not to disturb the partner of his joys. Just as he was going \o sleep he put his hand cautiously over on her side of ttic bed, to satisfy himself if Lhe was there. She never moved. "That's all right," he muttered to himself, and straight ened out. Then she got up, silently. She went into the pantry, and came back. She had something in a basket. She turn ed up the light, lie turned up his face, and she hit him between the eyes with an egg. He put his arm around the bed-post and said, "Dearie, what's the matter?" And she turned up tho light a little more, and threw another I one. It caromed on his noso. He dod ged under the cover and held it down. She went to the foot of the bed, lifted it up, and "bill'" went another egg. lie jumped out of bed and said, "Why, darling, what on earth?" Then sho put her hands on her hips, and looking him in the face and said, with emphasis on the first word, ' 1) hose valentine are you, anyhow ?w He Hat up tho remainder of tho night , rocking the children. He knows who threw the eggs at the corner of Twelfth and Spruce streets. And he won't go to the masquerade, cither. Cunning of the Adder. A correspondent of the Milwaukee Sentinel stales that over thirty years ago in Leeds, Green county, N. Y, his attention was one day attracted by the plaintive cry of a cat. Look ing into a garden an adder was seen near the cat. The cat seemed para lyzed by fear of the adder; she kept up the plaintive cry, as if in grcnt [listross, but did riot take her eye oil the serpent, or make any attempt to attack or escape. Soon the snake saw that human eyes were observing him and he commenced to crawl slowly away. "I then," continued the writer of the narrative, "conclu ded to release the cat from its trouble I took a garden rake and put it on tbo snake's back, and held it without burling it. As soon as I bad die snake fast in this position, it raised its head, flattened it out, and blew, making a hissing noise, und something resembling breath or steam came from its mouth, When that was ex hausted I removed ibe rake, and the adder turned over on its back, lying as if dead. -With the rake I turned it over on its belly again, but it im mediately turned on its back. This was repeated several times. At lost it was taken out of the gatden, laid in the road, and we all retired to watch its movements. It commenced to raise and turn its head slowly looking about the while until entire ly on its belly; and started at full speed for a little pool of water in the road, from which it was raked out and dispatched." - ???? ?? ? ? ?-? Why It Wah.?A zealous Cougre gatioualist once told the following, which she greatly enjoyed : During a visit among Baptist, friends in BitLs burgh she accepted the invitaliuu of the superintendent to be present at the Sunday-school and take a class of little ones just sent up from the infant department. Tbo lesson introduced John, the disciple of our Lord. As older heads have often confounded him with that John Who "came preaching in the wilderness," the teacher felt anxious to bring out his personality clearly. So she asked: "By what names do you know this John?" "John the Evangelist," "John the Revclator," "John the Be loved," answered the eager voices. "Why was he called the Beloved?" continued she. "Because Jesus loved him best." "Why did Ho love him best?" persisted our friend. Imagine her discomfiture when a sweet voice lisped : "Tos he was a Baptist!" - . . . -ULM I li? ' ? - SiXCiUl.AU Aojidknt.?Jarrclte Tounds, a young gentleman of Grillin county, Ca., was engaged in cutting wood, when a large chip flew up and struck him over the eye. A few minutes after receiving the blow lie made an effort to blow his nose, and actually blew his eye completely out of its socket, leaving its central at tachments. The eye was replaced by some friend, but the young gentleman soon after the accident became insen sible, and had several convulsions. The eye was amincd by a physician, who states that it is unimpaired, and it is firmly fixed in its place again. Did Not Do It.?The death of a woman in Louisville, really caused by heart disease, was attributed for a whilo to poison, as she died immedi ately after drinking ale that her hus bnud had bought, and he had habi tually ill treated her. An inquest made the truth clear, and her hus band then said : "I ain't no darned fool. A doctor told me she had the heart disease, and couldn't live more than a year, so I wouldn't run my neck into a nooso by p'is'niug her when the year was most up, would I ?" WANTED. Good BEEVES and SHEEP in good condition/ for which full market price will be paid. Apply to M. ALBKEC1IT. may 13 If II K MOVED TO TUE REAR OF A. FISCIIElt'8 STORK Where I am prepared to serve the Public at the shortest notice in my line of business. Thanking the Citizens for their liberal patronage in the past, I beg a continuanco of the same in the future. MOSES M. BROWN, Barbar. Notice. CO ? NC iL UffA M B ER, Town ok 0n.\n*oeburo, June 20th 1870. The Stituo fur the Collection of Town Taxes having expired, parlies who have not paid their taxes wilt he allowed until the lOtli day of July to pay the same with penalty, after tha. dale execution* will issue. By order of Council. T. R. M.u.on;:. Clerk. jinie'21 2t DENTISTRY. DR. B. J. 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