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Finding a Husbafi'd.
''Uncle, may I ride Milo ?" T said ono
bright J unc morning, as we sat at the breal?8t
table.
"Ride Milo P ,-v
" i-os! It's such a beautiful day."
^'lJTut he'll thro\V you I"
' ffhiow jnc" And I laughed merrily
rind increcnHously. "Say yes, undo dear,"
? continued, coaxingly, "thcre'stnothing to
^ fear; nnd I'm dying for a canter."
"You'll dio of a cantor, then," h^kretorted,
\Vith bis erim wil. "for ho'll break vour
liecl^, 'f ho liorso has only been ridden throe
times, twice by myself, and once by Joe."
"But you've often said I was n better rider
than Joe." Joe was the stable-boy.
"That's A w>od linpltf- now do." Am! I I
? throw mv arms about Lis ueck And kissed
iihn.'
X knew, by experience, that, when I did
tliis I gencr;ilfy?cnrried tlie da)'. My mu le
tried to look stern, but I saw bo was relenting.
lie inndo n last effort, however to deny
in<ff
"Why not lake Dobbin?" lie said.
"Dobbin!" I cried. "Old, snail-paced
Dobbin, on such a morning as this. One
hiight^?s Well ride a rocking-horse at oncc."
"Well, well." said be, "it' I must, I must.
You'lMease the lite out of me if I don't let
you have your \yjiy. I wish you would get
a husband, yoft'-minx, you're growing beyond
my control."
* "Humph ! A husband. Well, since you
say so, I'll begin to look out for one to-day."
"lle'll soon repent of his bargain," said
......I... l?? I.: M- ? I
jujr uiibiv, uui ins sihiiu ueneu ins nums.
ft You're as cross as pic crust if you can't
liavo your way. There," seeing 1 was about
to speak, "go am] get ready, while I tel!
Joe ta saddle Milo. You'll set the house
afiro if I don't sent] you ofT."
Milo was soon at llie door, a gay mettlesome
colt, wlio laid his cars back as I
mounted, aftn gave ine a vicious look I did
not quite like.
"Take careid my uncle. "It's not
too lalo yet to irivc it ur>."
I was piqued.
"I never give up anything," I said.
"Not even- the finding of a husband, eh ?"
tlNo. I'll ride down to the poor-house
anfrask old Toby, the octogenarian paufrar,
to have me ; and you'll bo forced to
hire Poll Wilkes to cook your dinner." !
.And as I said this, my eyes twinkled mischievously,
for uncle was an old bachelor,
wh<rdetested all strange women, and had
An eapecSKl<iversion to Poll Wilkes,a sour
old fn'ald of forty-seven, because, years ago
she Lad plotted to entrap him into matrimony.
Jiefore he could reply, I gave Milo
his head.
John Gilpin, we jfrre told, went fast; but
I tVent fttlf<>r. Af. first T Irioil / lin.-L
bis. speed ; but lie got the bit in liis teeth ;
aod all I could do whs to liold on and trust
to tiring him out. Trees, fences and houses
went by us like wild pigeons an the wing.
- ? As long as the rond was clear, we did well
enough, but suddenly coming to a blasted
oak, that started out, spcctrediko, from the
edge of the wood, Milo shied, twisted half
found and planted his forefeet stubornly in
the ground. I did not know I \vras falling ;
till I felt myself in a mud hole, which lay j
at one side of the road.
Hero wns a fine end to my boasted horsefnanship
! But, as the mud was sofi, I was .
tiot hurt, and tlic ludicrous spcctablc I pre- !
seuted soon got the upper hand of my vex- j
" ' ation. fine chance I have of finging a |
husband in this condition," J said to my*
r self, recalling my jest with uncle. "If I
Could see same mud dryad no\^ and pass
.myself off for a mud nymph, I might have
a chance." And I began to pick myself
up.
'' Shall I. help you miss 3" suddenly said a
deep, rich, manly voice-.
I looked up, and saw a young man, the
"But-pressed merriment of whose black eyes
..brought the Wood to my cheek, and made
nie,for an instant, ashamed and angrv.
- But on glancing.again n't my dress, I'could
* not helf^aughing in spile of myself. I
Btood inthe mud, at least six inches above
"i the'toj>s of my shoes. My riding skirt was.,
.^fostered all over, so that it was almost impossible
to tell of what it was made. My
fittgds and arms were mud to the elbowg,
>*for4 had instinctively extended them as I
in -order to save rotfRclf.
* Thb young man, as he spoke, turned to
itbc neighboring fence, and taking oflf the
top rail, juiced it across the puddie, then
putting his arm around my waiBt, ho lifLcd
- " 'iHe-iijut', though not witl^put leaving my
sbifes behind. While he was fishing these
Olit,- which lie began immediately *<o do,
1stole behind, the enormous old oak, to
hulo my blushing face, and scrape the mud
lVom pnyolocki^p and riding skirt. I had
faanag^d to get the first little cleaner, but
* the last was still as thick with mud as ever.
when my companion made his appearance
"5 toyth tljq#?7nt8sing shoes, which ho lrnd
scraped till they were quite presentable, and
JOoding.Wlo by the bridle.
" V^lVay let me see you home," ho said.
~ ftftoou will mount.again, I'll load the colt,
rfrjfl' there will be no chance of his rcpeati/(g??i?
trioka."
W- ^ IvCMjd not answer for shame. But
- wten;in tiie saddle inuttored something
ajjoqt "not troubling him."
t j.% "It's jriflf.trouble, not tl^e least," ho ropliodfstanding-hat
in handlike the knightly
uawtlicr, and slill retaining his hold On the
** ^j idifl^J^jRnd I really can't lot you go alone,
<%>jt >ft as vicious tis he can be to-day.
. JLlook his imrs and the rod in his eves.
?. Vjflfa/JM commg fawn the rond, unci ex *-;
'mfc&foix to be thrown every mioufco, till I
v' ^wjiow wtell you rode. Nor would it have
* -Wapffcned "rf he hadn't wheeled and stop
pedhike a trick horse in the circus."
^^njotdellbow soothing was this gracefwt
wav of?expusing my mishap. I stole a
' gJnnc^f ten defray eyelids, at tb? speaker,
^ Rtttbat'lse wit very handsome and
f about sjx and
?er than myself,
rouId be out in
v,' -v -:rV*$%S. '
* * .- '"" ' .
T slipped past my tormentor, prefering to
...oe even my escort than to run the gnuntIct
of uncle's wit ; and was soon stammering
my thinks to Mr. Teinpletou ; for as such
my uncle, who followed me down, introduced
him.
'l'o make short of what else would be a
long storv, whnt was in jest turned out to
he earnest ; fur in less than six months, in
that very room, I stood up to become Mrs.
lemplcton. How it all cainc about I hardly
know. ISut I certainly did find aliusband
"hn that day. llarrv. for tlmt is tho
name l?y wliicli 1 call Mr." Teinpleton, says
that I entered the parlor so transformed, my
light blue tissue floating about me so like a ,
cloud-wreath, niv chocks so rosy, niy eyes so
blight, my curls playing such hide and seek
about my face, that, not expecting such an
apparition, ho lost his heart at once. lie
adds, for lie still knows how to compliment
as well as ever, that my gay, yet intelligent
talk, so different from the demure Miss he
had expected, completed the business.
Harry wss the son of an old neighbor, '
who had been abroad for three years, and
before that had been at college, so that I had
never seen him ; but uncle remembered him
ni .....1 : i.:? ....
?" uiivv, unu nau iiimmuu uii ? 10 nun mn until
I cainc down, though Harry, from delicAcy,
would have left after an inquiry sibout
iny health. My uncle was one of those (
who will not he put off, ami so Harry remained,
"the luckiest thing," said he, "I ever
did."
Milo is now my favorite steed, for Harry
broke him for me ; and we arc all as happy
as the day is long, uncle insisted on our
living wiili him, and I told him, at last, I
would consent, "ifonly to keep.l'oll Wilkes !
from cooking his dinners." To which he
answered, looking at Ilarrv, "you see what a ;
nine s|?ulire siio is, ami you may bless your
stars if you don't me tlie day 5-lie went out
to find a husband."?Peterson's Muyuziuc.
The Bishop and His Birds.
Does it ever occur to you, tny young
friends, as you sit closely down to read a
gqod book, what a blessing it is that you are
able to do so ? Or do you forget all about
the matter, and think only of your book ?
I am afraid that this last state of mind is
the most probable. The fact is, all of us
are very apt to forget the blessing we have,
and keep wishing for those we have not ;
and if we were to obtain what we desire,
very likely we should throw them aside
also, and commeuce hankering after something
else.
Did you ever hear the story of the Uisohp
and his J>irds ? Here it is: A worthy bishop,
who died lately at Kali.sbon, had for his
coat of arms two fieldfares, with the motto, 1
"Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?"
This strange device had often excited the 1
attention of his acquaintances, and many
persons had wished to know its origin. It
Wiia nrAnoffilli' hi?/1a?.c*?na,1 '! *' *1.- 1 1
uuucimuuu ui?u iiiu j^oou mail i
had chosen it for himself, a:ul that it boro
reference to some event in his early life, i
One day an intimate friend asked him its
meaning, and the bishop replied l?y relating
the following story :
Fifty or sixty years ago a little hoy resi- 1
ding in the village near Dillengen, on the
pinks of the Danube. His parents were 1
Gary poor, and almost as soon as the hoy j1
veuld walk he was sent into the woods to |
cock up some slick for fuel. When he grew '
older his father taught him to pick the ju- 1
niper-berrics, and to carry them to a neigh- 1
boring distiller, who wanted tliem for ina- 1
king liollands.
Day by day the poor bov went to his 1
task ; and on Ins road lie passed the open
windows of the village school, where ho saw
the schoolmaster teaching a number of boys
of about the same age as himself. lie
looked at thewj boys with feelings of envy,
so earnestly did he long to be among them,
lie was quite aware it was in vain to ask
his father to send him to school, for he saw
that his parents had no money to pay the
schoolmaster; and ho often passed the
wliolo diiv thinking, while he was gathering
the juniper-berries, what he could possibly
do to please the teacher, in hope of
getting some lessons.
One da)', when ho was walking .sadly
along, ho saw two boys belonging to the
school trying to set a bird-trap, and lie asked
one what it was for. The boy told him that {'
the schoolmaster was very fond of fieldfares,
and they were setting a trap to catch some.
?This delighted the poor boy, for lie recollected
that he had often seen a great number
of these birds in the juniper-wood,
where they came to eat the berries, and he
had no doubt but he could catch some.
Thft next day the little boy borrowed an
old basket of his mother ; and when he
went to the woodshtrtiad the great delight
to catch two fieldfares, lie then put them
into tho basket, aud tying 011 an old handkerchief
over it, he took them to the schoolmaster
s house. Just as Uc arrived at the '
door ho saw the two little bops who had
been setting tho trap ; and with some alarm
lie asked them if they Lad caught any '
birds.?They answered in the negative; and !
the boy, his heart beating with joy, gained '
admittance into the schoolmaster's presence. '
In a few words he told how he had caught 1
the birds, to bring thdm as a present to the 1
master.
"A present, good boy!" cried the 1
school inasster. ou don't look as if you '
Could afford to make presents. Tell me ;
your pricej and I will pay it to you, and 1
thank you besides." 1
' I would rather giv? them to you, sir, if 1
you please," said the boy. 1
4,The schoolmaster looked-at the boy, who
stook before him with bare lieacl, and feet, ]
and racored trowscre that rAU/iflu/l Anltt 1 I
^ ? . v?*vuvu vmijt una [
way down his naked leg*. \
"You nro a very singular boy," snid ho; <
but if you wilt not take money, you must
tell me what I can do Cor you, as 1 cannot
accept your present without doingsomothing
for it in roturn. Id there nothing I can do i
for you r <
"Oh, yea 1" ??d the boy, trembling with |
delight;* you can do for tue what I should |
lite better than any thing else." ,
"What it that I" said the schoolmaster,
smiling. - j
, 'rTeach me to read," cried the ' boy, fall- i
ing.6t*lm knees; "Oh, dear, kind sir, teagh
mftto.ra&n* (
v. 443Qie.schoolmaster complied. The boy j
catne to him at ?U leisure hours, and 1 earth 1
er recommend- j i
' diM^vij^^femAn residing in the neidw. i
boiWd. this geotteouiD. wfco.wa? as nobU ?
' '
t..^>' -. ,\^L'
Oarry ma Home to DI0.
0 curry mo buck to my childhood'# home,
Where the ocean surges ronr.
Where it# billows dash on a rock bound const
And moan forever more.
1 ani^uinsj away in a stranger's land,
licucutb a stranger's eye,
0 curry 111c home, O carry 111c homo,
0 carry 1110 home to die.
1 sigh in vain for my uative bills,
Their sweet and balmy air.
Would waft away from my youthful brow,
Each tracc of glvoiuy care.
sigh to breathe the air of home,
[ To gaze on its starry sky,
Ocarrv me home. Ocarrv me home.
O carry me home to die.
I long to see my mother again,
Ami henr her sweetly say,
"Coiiiq, weary dove, here is thy home,
Then fold thy wing and stay."
'Twould ease my pain to hear her voice,
When death had darkened my eye,
0 carry me home, O carry me houic,
O carry me home to die.
Then let me rest in peaceful grave,
Beside the loved and dead.
For the quiet earth is the only place,
To rest my weary head.
1 would sleep sweet.ly if you buried me there ;
Beneath Carolina's sky,
0 carry me home, O carry nu homo,
O carry me home to die.
The Merchant?Senator Hunter's Oration.
Senator lluntcr, ill his masterly oration,
lias the following fine passage 011 the in
thience which the merchant lias exerted
on tho civilization aud inoial progress of the
race:
"The occupation of commerce, and that
corporation of the "guild," as it lias been
called, consisting of those who are engaged
in transferring from hand to hand tho productions
of human labor and the accumulated
commodities which constitute capital,
have had scant justice done them in a
moral point, of view. The vast services
which the merchant has rendered to man- .
kind in relation to his material comforts
have been sufficiently acknowledged ; but
uia in 1110 ci> iiiAauuu anu mural
improvement of liis race has hardly been
properly considered. It was the merchant
who carried Joseph, away from the murderous
hands of his brothers, and established
him in Kgypt, to become the stay and support
of his family, and to save his race
when it was threatened with extinction from
famine. It was the Phoenician merchant
who bore the germs of civilization and the
gift of letters around the shores of the Mediterranean
; it was lie who sowed in the
sensitive and susceptible soul of the Greek
that seed from which sprang, under his lovely
sky. the {lowers and the fruits that have
made his genius immortal, and constituted
the ideals which have been the exemplars
for all succeeding ages, lie penetrates into
every known region which is accessible
to the camel, the ship, or even the human
footstep, and ma)' say, with the ancient mariner,
that ho passes like "night from land to
land," to exchange not merely the products
of the lands of different and distant people,
but in some sort, the t productions of
their tniuds also, their modes of thought
and moral culture.
"If the wild hordes which roam, each in
its respective circuit, over the plateau of
Central Asia, know anything beyond the
narrow boundaries of their own horizon, it
is probably due to the Hindoo, Hebrew, and
Armenian merchants, who scale itt> steeps
to satisfy something more than the physical
necessities of those people. That the educa
:e<i, iiiieingput. Atigio-oaxonj merchant,
whether of the senior or junior branches of the
family, is a prime pgent in the work of human
civilization, no one would be disposed to
leny. If the obligations of the world to
joininerce have been so great in past times,
what arc we to except from it with all its
increased powers for the future 1 If tl e
ncriplus ofiinnno the Carthagcnian or that
jf Nearchua the Great were so important
n their days, what shall we say to the voyages
of public exploration, or even of private
adventures, by which we now ho ofen
circle the globe itself? If the commeriial
marine uf antiquity, which so slowly
?nd cautiously felt its way along the shores
if the Mediterranean, did great good, what
ire we to except from those lines of ocean
tcamers which find a path everywhere op)n
the boundless deep, and reduce to days
ind weeks the time of circuits of human in
ercourse \vhich formerly would liave been
jither impossible or else require months and
fears for their accomplishment! 'Indeed
here are notfe of the agencies of human
lociety which have increased more in favor
ind efficiency than this.
*'I believe it was Frederick the Great of
Prussia, who said if ho was King of France
not a gun should bo fired in1?uiope without
bis leave. The day seems to have now
:omo when the union of but a few capitalist*
would be sufficient to realize so proud a
l>oast ; for they hold in their hands the
sinews of peace an of war, nnd it is almost by
Lheir leave that either is inside. That the
commercial community over the world is
Jaily tending to a unity of interest nnd
feeling is obvious enough, and. that this
must operate to bring men more and nioro
into one common brotherhood is also manifest.
Yet.if the prospect has this bright
side, there may be another and a dark one
in the threatened dominion of the many
aver the few, in regard to the local feelings
*nu riguis, wnicn uoscrve respect and protection.
.
Aktebian Well in Illinois.?Tho following
very interesting statement relates to
Iroquois county, Illinois, whew some thirLf
Artesian wolls are now in successful operation
: M
"The water is cool, and like the highland
water of Pennsylvania, ia considered
by a distinguished'chemist in Chiago to bo
/ery healthyly. Ia pue instacce, in. consequence
of imperfect tubing, a well owned
i>y Mr.. Harper was. rendered ontirely useless.
It dischargedwhh the wate# a great
quantity of sand and stone*, some ot the
ttaues about the size ofa hen's egg. Ifc
oould natbe remedied, and in a few weeks
several tons of sand, stones and gravel
were vomited from, the bottom of this was
-iwgTouM was noticed to
iiuk, and from &ar af being cngulpbod, Mr.
? hu boM6 yards from
the old aite, The earth oil .around, ft>r
tlifrtjf yarda, b*? luak^j^ving
Lirelj u*Wbnt will affc^TuTn.W 11'.
Two Ways of Tailing Story.
In ono of the populous citios of New England,
a few years since, a party of lads all
members of the same school, got Un a grand
sleigh ride. The sleigh was a large and
splendid ono, drawn by six grey horses.
On the day following the ride, as the
teacher entered the school-room, ho found
his pupils in high merriment, as they chatted
about the frolic of their excursion. In
answer to some inquires which he made
about tho matter one of the lads volunteered
to give an aecouut of their trip and its incidents.
As ho drew near the end of his story, ho
exclaimed; "Oh, sir! there was one little
circumstance that I had almost forgetten.
As wo were coming home, wo saw a queer
looking affair in tho road. It proved to bo
a ruslv old sleigh, fastened behind a covered
wagon, proceeding at a very slow rate, and
taking up nearly tho whole road.
Finding the owner was not disposed to
turn out, we determined iiiion vnllnvof ?nr>w
balls and a good hurrah. The yproduced a
right effect, for the machine turned out in
the deep snow, and tho skinny old pony |
started on a fyll trot.
As we passed, some one gave tlie old jilt >
of a horse a crack, which made him run |
faster than he overdid before, I'll warrant.
And so with another volley of snow balls
pitched into the front part of tho wagon,
and with three times three cheers, we rushed
by.
With that an old fellow in tho wagon,
who was buried up under an old hat, and
who had dropped the reins bawled out, :
"Why do you frighten my horse ?" "Why
don't you turn out then 1" says the driver, i
f>o we gave him three rousing cheers more. |
I [is horse was frightened again and run '
against a loaded learn, and 1 believe almost \
capsized tho old creature?and so we left
Imn-**
"Well, boys," replied the instructor, "take '
your seats an<] I will take ray turn ami tell ;
you a story, and all about, a slcigh-ride, too.
Yesterday afternoon, a very venerable old i
clergyman was on his way from l'>oslon to |
Salem to pass tlie residue of the winter at j
the liousc of his son. That he might l?e j
prepared for journeying in the unrincr he !
took with him his wagon nn<l Tor the winter
his sleigh, which lie fastened behind the
wagon.
His sight and hearing was somewhat j
blunt bv ago, and he was proceeding vcrv
slowly and quietly, for his horse was old
and feeble, like his owner. His thoughts
reverted to the scenes of his youth?of his
manhood, and of his riper years. Almost
forgetting himself in the multitude of his
thoughts, he was suddenly disturbed and
by a furious pelting and pattering of balls
of snow and ice upon the top of his wagon.
Til his trepidation he dropped his reins,
and as his aged and feeble hands were quite
benumbed with cold, he couj^ not gather "
them up as his horse began to run away.
In the midst of the oh! man's troubles, there i i
rushed by him, with loud shouts, a large ( :
party of Jjoys, in a sleigh dVawn bv six i
horses. "Turnout! turn out,oM fellow!
Give us tlic road, old boy!?Wlmtwill you
take for your pony, old daddy ? Go it
frozen-nose. What's the price of oats?"
were the various cries that met his ear.
' I'rav do not frighten iny horse!" exclaimed
the infirm driver. "Turn out, then, (urn
out!" was the answer, which was followed
by repeated cracks and blows from the long
whip of the "grand sleigh," with showers of
snow balls, and three tremendous cheers,
from the boys that were in it. The terror
of the old man and his horse was increased
and the latter run away with him, to the
iminent danger of his life. lie contrived,
however, to secure his reins, and to stop his
horse just in season to prevent his being
dashed against a loaded team.
A short distance brought him to his journey's
end, at the house of his son. His old
horse was comfortly housed and fed, and lie
himself was abundantly provided for. That
son, bovs, is vour instructor, and that old
Mlntn ?/./ t-1 -> - * ' 1
uiu not uirn out
for you, but who would gladly have given
you the whole rond, had he heard your approach,)
that old daddy and old frozennose,
was your master's father!" - * <
Some of the hoys burTed their heads be- '
hind their desks; some cried, and many <
hastened to the teacher with apologies and 1
regrets without end. All were freely par- 1
doned, but were cautioned that they should
be ijjore civil, for the future to inoffensive !
travellers, and more respectiful to the aged
and infirm. ' 1
i
Recompense of a Duelist.
A Leipsic paper just received mentions (
the following incident as having occurred ,
in New Orleans :
t r? i * J
a frenchman, lately arrived, went into j
a restaurant and called for a glass of bear. ,
As the boy brought it, a tall man, unknown |
to bim, who bad eyed the Frenceman ra- ;
ther insolently on his entrance, snatched (
the glass from tlio table and drank it off.
"I have not the honor of your acquain- (
tance,sir," remarked the Frenchman, sur- |
prised at the familiarity.
"Nor. I of yours," retorted the other.
"You are seeking a quarrel with mo,
then 1" '
"I should be sorry to leave you in doubt ,
of the fact," was the insolent response.
"Look you, sir," said the new comer, "I
am a man of peace, and mind my own business.
I meddle with n?ne, and I receive
no unprovoked insults. 1 pass yours by
for thin time. Boy, bring me another
glass 1" |
Tho Creolo broke into taunting laughter. (
and when tho second glafll. was brought,
stepped up and seized it, drank pari of the
contents, and thrcif the rsinaftidor away. (
The Frenchman would have rushed upon (
him, but was held back by the bystanders.
"Hold, sir ?m tliev cried, Mor you are lost! |
Ifbeidoos not kttfp|li on the spot, be will
in tho'dtlel, for hefe'the most skillful duelist
in Louisiana. With pistol, or rifle, or .
with the sword, he is unequalled. He has
killed tbirty-four men, and wouaded over ,
sixty more. _
** What yot| tell me," replied the FretMm- ,
man, "convinces me the more that he ought
to bo dealt villi." ^ j
lie then drew near the man who had to- j
stilled him and said : 4t6ir, r happen .to
be in a particular good Wuroor to*day, an .
am not dispoMta) to take oftoos.* You j.
have taken away ^wo glasses of beer J had e
vt> '
! a : :
?; KJ 4
The bully, who hud no lime to recover
himself, was Boon stretched on the floor,
and wits pommelled still more unmerciful- <
ly till bleeding and quite insensible. The
victor then quietly drew forth bis pocket ?
book, took out a card, and pinned it to the a
vest of bis prostrate too. lie then said to r
the spectators of the affray : y
"It'thero is present any friend of this individual,
I would inform him that be may find
me nt my lodgings every morning
from eight to eleven, Boy, another glass
of beer !"
This time he took tbe glass, and drank it
off composedly. Then paying for tbe 1
four glasses, lie turned and left the place,
ainid the wonder of all tbe company. 1
As lliey lifted the vanquished bully, it j
was found that two of his ribs were bioken, ]
and one of bis eyes was seriously damaged. ]
T|lO /" ? **/1 l?AI-A *"
w.w miu inscription : "IjUcihh I J
Petit, Fencing Master, from Paris?will
give instruction in fencing, boxing, and ir '
the various methods of fighting. Terimmoderate."
Some six weeks after this sceno the door
of Mr. Petit's apartment was flung open ono
morning, and a man strode in, without announcement.
"Do you know me V he cried, in a voice
choked with rage. |
"Perfectly," responded the fencing master.
"What is your wish ?"
"To kill you," thundered the bully, who
had just recovered from his wounds, of (
which however, ho boro the traces. "I
know that I was lirst in the quarrel ; on ,
that account I give you the choice of wea- i
pons. Put make haste, for you or 1 must
be a corpse before sunset."
"Let us talk the matter over cooly," re- ,
plied lho Frenchman. "I have no more i
desire to-day to kill you, than to beat you i
the other day. Put you are bent on pick- '
inga quarrel, you will iincl me ready."
' Wretehed boaster, wo shall sec 'i 1 j
liavc killed thirly-four men already in duels
and you are mueli mistaken if you think to '
make me afraid of you !"
There was no help, and the combatants ,
proceeded to light out their quarrel, Petit i
deferring to the luilly, who chose the '
sword, in the use of which ho was very expert.
lie received a wound in the arm, "|
and the fencing master proposed an adjustment
; but the Creole insisted that the encounter
should be fatal to one or the other.
It was not long before ho fell mortally
wounded. ?'ljie community was delivered
from a nuisanse, and l'etit's fame so widely
established as a professor of the science of
battle, that pupils came to him from every
quarter. 1
An Ancient Toast.
It was a grand day in the old chivalry time;
the wine filling around the hoard ill a noble
Hall, and the sculptured walls rang with Ecatinu'iit
ami song.
The lady of each kniirhtlv lionrt. ? ??
uloinl I>y name, ninl many n syllable significant 1
i>l loveliness liutfc boen uttered, until it came |
St. Leon's turn, when, lifting the eparkliug cup J
iyi bigh?
"1 ill-ink to one," he said,
1
"Whose image never may depart, I
Deep graven oil this grateful heurt, <
Till memory is dead. J
'. To one whose love for me slmll Inst, I
When lighter passions long hu>;e passed, '
So holy 'tis and true :
To one whose love hath longer dwell, t
More deeply fixed, more keenly felt, '
Than any pledged to you."
Each guest up started at the word, <
And laid a linnn upon his sword, ^
With furj- Hashing eye : ()
And Stanley said: "We crave the name, ?
1'roud knight, of this inost peerless dame, ?
Whose love you count so high."
St. Leon paused, ns if he would '
Kot breathe her name in careless mood, (J
Thus lightly to another ; ?:
Then bent his noble bend as though n
To eive that word the reverence due, n
# t
And gently said, "My Mother." t
Diamond Out Diamond. u
Cnmrt j..-:? -i
uuuig jcnin uurmg me iieai ot a
soffee ."peculation in Boston, whon every- "
liody was holding on, waiting for tlie arti- (
cle to advancc, and oM merchant, keen as a n
razor, whose store was pocketed from the
first to the fourth flpor with prime green JJ
Uio, concluded from signs he well under- j
Jtood, that price-s Imd readied their came.
Re wns too old hand at the bellows not to111
know that the moment ho with his im- 1
mense stock, began to sell, an alarm would ^
be taken, and down would go the prices, f,
Quietly sending oG* a privity stiff invoice of i<
the article to auction, and giving the auc- ^
lioneera good-liuinored hint to mind his
own business, lie attended the sale, and bid
readily at prevailing prices for the coffee. I
Other holders, that knew ho had twice as C
much on hand as they had, concluded that 0
it was safe to buy when he did, and so stood *
up manfully and bought. While old Mr. n
's carincn were tumbling his pur- t
aliases in at the front door of his warehouse 8
five times as many were carrying away *
coffee from the back door. On the next
ilay of sale he hid as freely as ever, and this
continued for some two or thrco weeks.
One day he failed to appear at acoffe sale,
and most of the dealers took the alarm, nnd
prices declined n little. During the afternoon
a pretty large holder, who had Always
been l^dy to buy when ho saw Mr. y
willing, iu?t him in tho street, and
naked the rato of coffe. 1
"I don't know what it's going for to-day," ?
replied the old fellow, as cool and pleasant ^
m ice cream. &
?t? ?i it.:. ' ? ?
?.? uw/iiijcu lino ifiuriniix^* Jt
"Did it f" respond^! M?"- .with what
iecmed to Tii? fellowTt ragman, p strange P
manifestation afmdifTcreflee. ' * p
"Yen, certainly ! Haven't heard it be- m
'or+JT - "No?but
I expected as much." 11
"Why, we shall all be ruined, if prices
50 down !" a
"Not all, I presume," replied Mr.?n
with an amoved oofcjtrfenance.*
"Why, you're tiiMflQfeeper (ban any of
"Me !* exclaimedfJK.?1? we" E
signed Mtoni3hroQBt|V haven't got a bag pi
i domn^g^jtaN^iiators, wlw had
,o,?' bi
' >
p, t /.
rjHr u
NOTICE.
TOIIN WINCEY, Etij., will be liappy to
attend to
OVZm HADLINO OF ENGINE8
r Mill Work#, in the Vicinity of AblWville
ud the mirronnding country. j
Applicant* will please apply to John En- ?
ight, Abbeville, or Wm. Leboy, Charleston,
L C. " JOHN WINCEY.
Oct. 31, 1856. 26-ly.
GRAPE VINES.
ABBEVILLE MODEL VINE\ARD!
FfcR. TOGKO offers for Sal* Visit Hrr- a
is tings and Rootkd Vines, at the follow- ?'
ng rates: ?
Per Hundred Vine Cuttings, *
Tot Catnwbas and other Sorted Amer- 1
^ ican Varieties, - - $5 00 n
for Sorted European Varieties, - 10 00 JJ
[looted American Varieties, Each, - 60 ^
(tooted European Varieties, " 1 00 tl
Hooted SeuppernonK, " 1 00 tl
Montevino, Dec. 27, 1856. 36-tf "
N- B. Vines pruned at reasonable rotes. ?
tl
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' ' ~ ' ' :
AY E It'S
llll PILES.
FOB ALL THE PUBP0SB8 OF A
FAMILY PHYSIC
ThmiK has long existed n public demand for an
ffective purgative pill which could bo relied on a#
ure and perfectly safe in its operation. This has
fen prepared to meet that demand, and an extrnive
trial of its virtues has conclusively shown witfcr
rhat success it accomplishes the purpose designed,
t is easy to make a physical jrilij tnjt not easy tir
lake the best of all one which: should have
one of the objections, but all the advantages, of,
very other. This has been attempted here, anjf
ith what success we would respectfully submit to
lie public derision. It has been unfortunate M
tie patient hitherto tlmt almost every purgative'
icdicine is acrimonious and irritating to the bowls.
This is not. Many of them produc* so much
riping pain nnd revulsion in the system a* to mora
inn counterbalance the good to be derived from
lie'm. These pill* produce no irritation or pain/
ulcus it arise from a previously existing obstruct
ion or derangement in the bowels. "Being purely
cgetnble, no harm can arise from thoir use in any
uantity ; but it is better thnt any medicine should1
e taken judiciously. Minute direction* flW mfci**
nc in the several diseases to which they #t* ap*"
licablc arc given on the box. Among the cOitW
taints which have been speedily cured by tliem, wa
inv mention Uver L'omplKTut, U? Its various r??rm?
f Jaundice, Indlgcntion, languor and I<rxm of Ap*
?tite, ListlrRsncsx, Irritability, Biliou* Headache,
lilious Few, Fever and Ague, Piiiii in Ih6 Si8?
rid I.oinn; for, in truth, nil these are Init the eon-'
0(jnrnrc of diseased action in the liver. A* ai*
ipericnt they afford prompt ?nd sure relief m C<>??
ivones*, Vile*, Colic, Djucntwt, Iluium, Scw?ful?
ind Scurvy, Colli* with soreness of the body. Ulcers
uid impurity of the hlood, Irregularities ; in nhiirt,
my aim every case whore a purgative is required.
Thcv have also producctl some siugularlv ?uc essful
rures iu Ithi'iimatifin, Gout, Dropsr, Oravel,
Erysipelas, I'alpitntion of the lleurt, Villus in the
Dark, Stomaeh, and Side. They should be freely
taken in the spring of the year, to purilY the blood
ind prepare the system for the change of seasons.
An occasional do>e stimulates the stomach and
towels into healthy action, and restores the npjtcLitc
and v ijsor. They purify the hlood, and, by their
stimulant action on the circulatory oyntcm, renfti?te
i'ii strength of the body, and Gesture thf
ivasti'd or discus'u ? m-rgies ot the wholn organism. *
uenre r.n oe.*aM<mal ?lnse is a?h:uitupct>UM, nfn
:lioii<>h i?? Herjius derangement exists; but nnlecessary
dosiiii; should never lie rarried too far,
?s every purgative medicine icdnces the strenuth,
iTh?:n taken to excess. Tl:r thousand ia?-? in \rnirh
i jih} sic is required cannot he eiHimcratcd here, hut
they Riinjjest themselves to Uic reason ?f overT
locly ; and it is confidently h<4ieved( this pill will
insurer a better purpose llfyn any tlFiitiu whirli lias
lithcrto liccn nv tillable to mankind. \Vhen their
rirtues are once known, the public wil| no lonjicr
louht what remedy to employ when, iii need of a
:athurtie medicine, ltiuui: *u}?nr-lflrap|ied, tliey are
}1easatit to take, and Winj? purely ,* Adelaide, ito
larm can arise from their use ill any quantity.
For mi mill' direct ions; see wrapper on the Uox.
ritKPAitKb i;y
DK. JAMES G. AYER,
l*racticnl niul Amtlyliciil CltOMii&l,
LOWKI.L, MASS.
Price 25 Cents per ?ox. Fivo Boxes for $1.
AY Ell'S
UHEKtU JftiUTUHM*,
Fw 111r rn(tl<l Cure ftf
ore; us, c o i,ns, hoa ksi:\ ess,
mio.uiiirns, hiioopimmoigii,
C'ltOl'P. ast1hia, am>
ioksrwp??oi\.
Tilts remedy lias won for itself inch notoriety
rfjtu it* euros <^f cvrt-y variety of pulmonary disease,
hut it is entirely unnecessary lo rceonnt the r*ifcnces
of its virtues in any eomnnniity where It
?a? been empliQ-cd. So wide is tho field of it* useiilness,
and so numerous tlie pases af its cure*,
hat alraoat every section of tho country ?)nmmU
n pcMons publicly'known, who have.been restored
rum alarming and even desperate diseases of th*
ungs bij- its use. When once tried it* superiority
ivcr every"otlier medicine of its hind ? two uppuent
to escape observation, and where its virtues ore
mown, the public ito longer hesitate fthat antidote
o employ for the distressing and dang^fous affections
of "the pulmonary orgonajrhich are incident.
o our climate. Not only in formidable attack*
ipon the lungs, but (j^r the milder varieties oP
!oli>8, coughs, iioahskvksh, ac, ; and for chii.>ubn
it is the pleasantcst and safest medicine that
an be obtained. v
As it haa long been in constant nse throughout
his section, we need not do more than assnre th?
icoplc its quality is kept up to the best that it ever
ias been, and that the genuine article la sold bv?
AltDLAW <fc LYON, Abbeville 0. IT.
And by everv Merchant in the District.
AVILAKD, IIAIIUAL ?fe CO., Charleston*
Dec. 5, 6m] General Agents.
* : * The
State of Soutli Carolina,
Abbeville Dixtrict?Iti the Common Plea*.
Amos Clark, Jr., ) Attachment.
r*. > McGowan it L'?rrifi,
James A I.iddell. 7 . PlfTs Att'ys.
ntrilEUEAS, the Plaintiff did, on the thirtyf
J first day of ^October, 1856, file liis decrntion
ngnin$t the Defendant, who, (*s it is
lid) is absent from and withont tke limits of
iid State, and has neither wife or attorney
nown within the same, unon whom a ?onv
' tlie said declaration migfit be served. It w
icrefore ordered, that tha aaid Defendant do
>pear and plead to the said <1 eel ration, on or
;fore the first day of November, whieli will
tin the yearpf onr Lord Eighteen Hundred
id Fifty-Seven, otherwise final and absoluto
ulgment will then be given and awarded
;ai nst hi in. '
MATIIEW McITONALI), clc. p.
Clerk's Office, Oct. 80, 1650. 27 ? Iy
Tlic State of South Carolina,
Abbeville DUtrioL?In the Common Pl?m,
William wflson, )
vs. > Foreign AtUckntnif.
t9. A. LiddelL f Thomson A Faif Attoravpi
iSThcrev the Plaintiffdid, oh the. eleventh r
r T ilitj- 01 April, eighteen hnndred anil fijfr*
seven, file his cteclnrattion ftgMhst the D?iitlant,
who, itia said, la. Absent from ?n<3
ithmit the limit^of this State, and hns^ncithwife
nor att<vney.l?nown wittih the, M|n?,
on whom a copy of tjiesaid decimation
ight bo served? ... . - .
ft tlierefore ordered, thai the taid Pendant
do appear and plead to ^hesaM ; dyala
tion.on or before the twelfth 4ay ?f Ap^|r
ghteen hundred And- fifty-eight, rpQierwti*>
ml a ad obsolute judgement win. theft be girand.
awarded against him. MATTHKW
McD^NALD; ?c. YS
Clerk's Cffiee, April \l, 1867'-: jjMljr.
? ? -?: ?, W, -V-"
ne etiato ( South Ca?fUm>
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. .... .
fee Court of Cbmnon Plea* *n& Qifit Stmiomtu
met A. Ltddle, ) PPUTo 4$or
V IIEREAS the PUintiff did. ?MK?fW?'
V Utenih day of
?d and fifty-six, file his daqfaVffisffiKffiiia?
e Defendant, -whfi^tit is tai&VJsw&Mit> faam
(1 without the limSr of'thlslStat* nad hu
ither wife nor attorney ktiiiw'ipJa theme,
lmau'wliom a cr.jw^ of^sald declaration'
ty MTon, otherwise flna'fand-' aUolttfn jv&M'
^