The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, September 25, 1857, Image 4
The _Equeatrtenne.
"Germain, will you givo mo employment
in your Circus ?" suddenly nskciJ- a rather
handsome, beautifully formed girl, of tho
so designated as unfortunate.
They we?r seated in her own room, handsomeiyfurmshud-and
this pian, proprietor,
of travelling Troupe was, for the time beinfr,
hflr Itwer. *
The well educated, uncommonly
fiftdd and , very fascinating in manners,
ad obtained", a hold on bis affection?,
Mtich Surprised himself. Tliougb rather
coUrso, bo was much of a man, as bo diJ
riot laugh at her earnest faco and manner,
but merely asked if sbo was disMtisfled with
her present life. Turning her largo eyes
full upon him, as sbo stood in front of him,
she said :' *
MYou lenow what I am now, but not
what T was six months ago, ere I left my
T ?? ft a miaArofiltr r) A/to! ua/1 an/1 a#
iiuiuv. x n?ia iui<7?invij uwvit?U| nuu nv
la&t I oamo hither. Reflection drives me
mad. With a temper proud na Lucifer, I
kept my misery to myself. T.cannot drink
down sorrow ns the* rest do, bo I must
change or die. In any employment where
tbdy require character or reference, of
course, I have no chance ; but with you, I
hope to amend my most miserable lifo."
14 A 1 i W ?* 1 A...
nuu jet, oiiiu uv, y.v u iuo juuug,
handsome, ricb, for one like you ; adored
by all; with us you would have hard
wort, poor pay, and would be as ill thought
ofns you are now."
"Pshaw Jw said she, I know all that. I
am as you say, saught after for my youth,
tfti&iOV appearance attracts, while my
sprjghtliness amuses.'^-can a? yet, choose
illy company.- Madape docs wittily term
tnei "ThtliAWf^er.Heavenand men,
(senslBfc men- tti&ff sometimes converse with
me, as^lipuglv I had a soul. But do I not
nee the -finger of tcorn pointed at me wherever
I go 1 do I not hear the whisper?
"Thn l^allo f!nro " <14 T nnce J T^.i bM
modest women shrink from contact, even
wrtn tlio bom of my garment ? and men
who are my feervil? creature*, ignore me in
the streets ? Do I not see the laugh, the
\t(ipk, the sneer^ot concealed of those
who have made and kept us what we are ?
No, Germain* no f my mind is made up
I have-long kept ^ me the means of
death, and I must mako use of it.
- "Perhaps you may have a wife, or mistress
whom you fear shoufd hear of our
connection, though I mean to bo honest,"
e ?:.u 1 \ <.t
^bu^u lauwjiug itiui iwuikui A I
fiwear I mean to be honest, even with you."
MMy girl," paid he, kindly and gravely, I
"I will deal frankly with you, as I think
you deserve ; and iti the first place, let me
assure you, is nj woman who has*
any claim on tine, paramount to yours, fod
fcjaw.ee. saw one before irt^ny class I loved
ar^ffell, although I may be a fool for so doing!
Nevertheless, so uear to me have you
Ixickine in this short acquaintance, that, if
VOU believe yourseU capable of fulfilling
your now resolution, T will marry you, and
/ou shall-join my Troupe ob lady Equestrienne
if you choose. I know I shall have
to bear some laughter on the subject, but I
am a pretty good bruiser as well as a rider,
itnd no man will laugh twice at me, and |
ho human being shall abuse or insult you.
Only be sure of yourself, for though I know
what you are now, I look upon it as a fortune,
and henceforth 'twill be as it had never
happened ; but for your future, I shall
.Jiold yjaji^ttiWy to account."
^"If ffie meancot and the poorest of your
Company h^ offered me his hard, honest
haba^fend wopld have lifted mo from this
trtire, I would have worked, toiled, begged
for him. But thSl you, so handsome, so
bravflfc*o manly should offer me this grace
I never dreamed or hoped ; but inasmuch
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cis you uave oone rr, you nnve maue mo
? your loving slave for life. Your will shall
_ be my law. * Your pleasure, my happiness,
and" I will cleave to you only, so long as
we both shalMive. "So help me God I"
-?f ArVhen we next met the Belle Cora, she
' bad been for some time Madame Ger;nain,
and io-night makes her debut in the ring.
' She has been carefully trained by her hushosband,
and he'hjw been her constant attendant
at rehearsal, and as they are now
Very, far from liomSr tbe spot where they
^ero married few know*Jier in any other
,-^Jjaracter Jban the one flbe now sustains.*
Reports of ber beauty and horsenftnship
J I
<?is gu> a^iuau, au wj'iiigui Bvery seal l|>
filled- Etotrees for feats of dexterity -or |
strength,atjf?r*ther hurriedly performed, to
make way far the aingle-borse act by Mad
<
He loads her in himself. She "4s arrayfea
ib ft ricb green satin dress, trimmed
with silver, very becomingly -made, with
just enough display of the shoulder and
-firms thnj, a Sculptor might copy, and a
Queen ja^jht envy. The purple black hair
in its tpassure abundance, knotted classically,
behind, and fastened with a large silver
>firtdw no other ornament. How gracefully
she ctturtosied to tho overwhelming
ffjiywuiwiniu greeua oer sppearanoe, find
howb^autiful aha looked, with one slander
hand Md on her heart, while Germain held
Uio OtUer. Again and.again, ere she was
* p ?millcd to rtlount was she obliged to an,
jf#etumutlfby her pracefdk motion,
i'^t Jaet, with a bound, abe is on the
* t>%ck. and in Ml career, and with as
.m?CTbjtopflren^?,0ncon^rn A3 though alio
'tfiul rwRren' from childhood. So f?J]. of
<XMMS$WLpower was every motion, that
ittjt easy in her ease. Now
ah?OTmds erect and" firm as a' statue,
" jp^er. VheeM, now- floats," poisone on toe,
Hpft^scarf of gau^e sprinkled with silver
to hor, and enveloped therein,
ev?y^titude.i^a study ?#d a picture.
,;t ^gfetffrrQno- extortions of the bftdy, 110
liWlKKlest geettirei, bu^bber firpaoete and
fafcr1os8De68'p#re her mistress of B#r horse
?^d Kerseir.. Never had an equestrienne so
, t&cerj die bouso by storm. Sho was loaded
with bonquete, fmdjjjformtati led-bdk>off
.Night finer night was the
?mj>hmmUn? ordwded, to witneea. her perl
nbt inks excellence.
\9 ,, .?? R no* M an
*? :-idfefcaj3 Mj^poi&ed the n^aar, and threw
tel, a half-druuken fellow whom lie bad noticed
in the Circus as very uproarious, met
them faco to face, and staring rudely at the
lady, said :
"All ! my Belle Cora I thought 'twas
you when I saw you riding ; how I am
sure as I do live. I should like your company
to-night. You havo not forgotten
your fir>?t lovj 11. rlov, have you ?"
The words were scarcely (spoken, .-when
Germain, who had been trying to reassure
his wife, sprang suddenly 0:1 tlio ruffian
and threw him down tlio wholo length of
the marble steps, them passed calmly 0:1
with Cora, who, stunned and breath loss, only
knew that her seducer haJ again appeared
before her.
Some of tlio bystanders, in the meanwhile,
picked up the man stone dead. Germain
gave himself up to the authorities and
was discharged, but ho lelt tlio city nmi
tho States shortly after ; for the shock had
been too much for his wife, and he sought
another clime with her. lie had sufficient
means to live retired, and they did so ; for
nothing could induce the woman to appear
again in public. And now, in a beautiful
villa in Cuba, may be found a couple
who seek no society, but spend their days
in retirement. Sometimes in their garden,
a handsome middle-aged lady may bo seen
in the most Quakerish of costume?, and a
fine athletic man also, past his prime. She
nf(m rpsids tn liim ivliiln lm cmnL-i.a liiu /m.
gar ; but on her facc rests a sad expression
nothing can relieve ; and one day in passing
I overheard an expression which revealed
their history :
"Ah ! Germain," said she, "how true that
is," quoting from the book she held in her
hand?"Verily, your sin will find you out."
Railroad Poetry.
Tlic Hillsdale. (Mich.) Standard lias tlic following:
A "dead head" on the Central road
sent his expired pass to Superintendent Itiec,
with the following on its hack :
liless my stars
No more on the cars
As a ileml liend I'll ride on a rail,
UnlessMr. Rice
Should- take my advice.
And send me ft pass by the mail.
To which Mr. Rice responded :
The conductor will pass
This hundle of gas
From Julyio the middle of Lent
Like any dead head,
Without paying "a red,"
Let him ride to lii3 hearts content.
Had no "O" to his Name.
We witnessed a sccno at llio railroad
station a short time since, wliicli afforded
much amusement to the bystanders. A
very well, and rather showily dressed man,
with a very prominent nose, alighted from
the cars, and stood watching their departure,
when he was bluntly accosted by
an old ragged son of Erin, (a recent importation,)
who still retained the freizo coat
and corduroys, and was evidently but little
Americanized, in the following manner:
"Arrah ! an' be me soul?is this yourself,
Mr. O'Nayle !"
rr*i _ iT. /? i v /? .
j. ne ycnucman (:) looked nrst surprised
?and then shocked?and lastly indignant,
replied?
"Ye'ro mistaken, sir-r, me name is not
O'Nayle."
"Which P
"Me name isn't O'Nayle."
"Isn't it now ! an1 ye're not an O'Xayle,
an'yees didn't come from Skibbereen ; an'
ye're not the 6on of the widder Bridght; an'
1 may be Patrick, poor feller, that's dead
j an' gon', wasn't yu're father, nather ? an'
ve didn't rrrt (n Dnllininm wiil> (lin
j o- ~ ? ? jiutleman,
an' git intil the rag bizness, an'
make a pojyer o* money ; an' ye're not an
O'Naylc? Well ! well ! well ! be this an'
be that-1, this bates all out entirely?an'
yees think I wonldn't know yees, Patrick ?
well I wud ? wid that nose to tho fore I'd
take the l>il>leouth t'yees in open Court,
before the Jidge and Jury, an' ivcry bowI
that was in it. An'.so ye're not an O'
Nayle! well, then 'tisn'azydenyin' it; ye'er
the image o' ye're father, so ye are! but
I see ! Oh.shure I heard how grand ye
wor, an' what a fine jintleman ye wor, an'
'how yees didn't know poor men at all, at
j all ; an' sbure 'tis an illegant coat yees
have on, so it is, an' very pur lite yees are,
wid yer big looks, an' delutherin ways ;
divil a one I ever seen yet was altered
aquil to yees ; nnd ye'ro not an Irishman
nayther : Mcbbe'tis a Yankee yees are,
all out ! divil a wan o' mo doubts it, an'
ye're not an O'Nayle; I'll engage yer ain't
an Irishman naylher?^nd fchure ye're not
air O'Nayle 1 Might 1make bould to ax
yernwpgki"
All this was vociferated very rapidly, and
Sn ? A. ~ - C J f? ?* - - * * "
111 a wiic 01 ucep indignation as me "jintleman
of the rag business" replied?
"Mo name is Neil, sir-r, but I've no O to
tlie name."
"An'? that it ? Ye'veniveran O to
yer name ! Did yeea Ioosq it after yees
keme to AmeriEa ?"
"No, sifc-r, I did not. I never had an 0
to mo name."
"Doyeea tell me that! Well, thin, I
mind the time, Mr. Nayle, when there was
f\ L * * * " -
an \j w ver name, oig enough to drive a
horse and cart through?wbatsumerer ye've
done wuf it sine*."
The "jintleman" declining furtlier conIroveray,
left, indignantly denying "the soft
impeachment.''
A Specimen from Mr. Spcroeos.?As
an U1u?trat|j>n of the stylo of sermonizing
which characterizes Mr. Spurgeon, the following
will Answer pretty well, both in respect
to matter and mannev : "Now," we
quote from opo of bis recent T
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wished to teat you all, and might ask 70a only
one question, I would ask this: What is
your righteousness ! O, I am as good as
my neighbor. Go along with you; you
oan't be my comrade. What is your ngh.
teousness ?. ^ell, L?n>Lather better than
my neighbors, for I go to the chapel regularly
Off with you, Sir f you do not
know the, watchword. An J "you, next,
what it your righteousness f I have, been
baptised, and am ft member of the church.
Y$V?iHl *oyoa i y00T
: ?op?,f 'i n <ppe ff^oT biUernes*
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If Your Foot H Pretty Show It.
If your foot is pretty, show if,
So matter where nor when |
Let nil fair niniJons know it,
Tito foot taken all the men.
Tho face, so fair niul lovely,
M?y charm the gazer's eye ;
ltut|if the foot is homely,
llu'll quiekly pass her l>y.
If j'our foot is pretty, show it.
When you trip nlong the street ;
For it will catch the cnger eyes
Of every innn 3-011 meet.
Don't tun your glossy ringlet.",
Nor ]>out your lips so sweet.
But gently lift 3'our petticoats,
And pliow j'our handsome feet.
1 f youi foot is pretty*, sliow it,
At concert, hall ami fair;
For thnt small pedal index.
Tells where your <7rucra are.
The figure may deceive me.
All hooped and padded o'er,
But let inv eve survev thv foot.
1 ask to see no more.
If your foot is pretty, *how it,
If you want to catch a bean,
No longer hide that tel-talo charm
lien eat h so many clothes.
A graceful foot betray* a form
Of rare ami faultless grace ;
Full rounded limbs it doth recall,
For fancy's eyes to trace.
If your foot is pretty, show it,
Yes, aliow it while you cnn ;
'Twill help your other lovely charms
To win some nicc young man.
The practised eye may well distrust
A nicely ]>aihl<d breast ;
But when it rests upon your foot,
It knows of <tll the rest.
Beranger's Death Kept a Secret by the
French Government.
In my last, I stated that Beranger would
not in all probability, bo among the living
by tlio time my letter readied you ; and
scarcely bad I mailed it, when lie breathed
his last.
lie dial on Thursday, iWlGth instant, at
5 o'clock, p. in.; and the evening papers
were forbidden to announce his death, and
the numerous visitors calling daily at his
residence were also kept ignorant of the
fact. The Government fearing that the
news of his decease might bring together
a great concourse of people disposed to
take public demonstrations of their great
respect for the defunct, *lid. not announce
his death officially till tlie next morning,
and then with the significant remark, "That
the Government had taken all necessary
measures to suppress any tumultuous ilein I
onstration, ami that tio one would bo al- i
lowed to take part in the funeral ceremony,
except those to whom cards of invitation
would be sent."
Notwithstanding n police regulation to
prevent burials before the lapse of twentyfour
hours after death, poor lJeranger was
laid in his coffin and taken to his last resting
place before he was even cold. The
Emperor effected great regard for tfte national
poet, and announced that ho ' would
defray the expenses of the funeral ; thereby
giving himseif the liberty to hurry those
dangerous remains to the grave with Imperial
ponjp, under llio vigilant eyo? of
thousands of policemen and scores of soldiers.
At an early liour in tlic morning, small
detachments of soldiers were seen in all
Earts of the city, advancing towards the
loulevart du Temple.
Several Regiments wore drawn up into
lines near the streets where the funeral pro
UCdOIUII IU tUlU LIIVJ
wPero la Chaise" was strongly guarded.
The splendid hearse was followed by his
two nephews?one a musician in the army
and the other a journeyman printer ; an
Imperial coach proceeded others containing
the favored few invited to follow the
remains of the much beloved poet to his
last resting-place. Only four persons were
permitted to accompany the defunct to
tho vault; and scarcely was he deposited
when tho doors of tho vault were closed,
and the procession ordered to return. Not
a word was allowed to be said in memory
of that old man, lest the zephyrs might
waft them over the walls of tho cemetery,
where crowds of persons, belonging to !
all ranks of society, were statiorttt), to pay
a last tribute to their national poet and
friend. The streets through which the
funeral procession passed wero filled with
workmen and their wives, many of whom
were black. The windows were not only
crowded to excess, but iho roofs of the
houses lifting the way were also covered
with people, waving wreathes of nrnqja
I. ?i.A : a- _ f.- r>.
ruuiuv, ouo'i lmvj muuirnuuu lur du*
ranger the poet fur the young and old, the
poet of masses.
The last election gave the most positive
and satisfactory proof of the republican
snirifc of Lite Parisians. nnd r>r?n4cr?itnnf I v
tfte Government feared to allow a public
expression of tbeir liberal scntincnts bo
soon after them, and to prevent it, exposed
tbeir tottering weakn?ss.
The official organs announced tliat the
Empress whs to bavo visited tlio opera on
tbe Evening of Berangcr's death, but, upon
hearing of it she gava^fders to have
her box vacated. The Emperor is said to
have been incognito. Great must have
been his relief when tho remains of that
popular manr were safely deposited under
I ground, and tlie crowd quietly dispersed.
The whole proceeding appeared more
like n public execution than ft Christian
burial.
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Oil vs. IIvduoi'at4y.?Wo liAye on
geVP.ml ru<r.n<t!nna iniiitoJ'nfloDlinn fn Hio
ancient practice of anointing with oil, aud
to the fHct oil makers and oil porters,
whose clothing is presumed to bo more or
less oily, are singularly free from conta-1
geotu diseases which sweep off others.- An
exchange takes up th^feme subjet, and remarks
that, in the East Indies, children
are rsrely washed with wat&r, but they are
oiled every day. A child's head can be
kept much cleaner if oiledr than without
it; .and t&Mjf youn^ people with heoito
jrroiwuiy never icnow trie
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WiVffifTffirfrift'nr<a ~
Li o at a Fashionable Northern Watering
Placc.
Ska-kii>K, Aug , 1857.
Dbau Mil. Kihtoh.?Mamma and I have
been reading your correspondent's letter
from Saratoga ; mamma considers it very
clever, but there nro parts in it I don't understand.
Though I don't pretend to be
able to write (I composed an essr.y on the
life and services of Madame Chxpouo last
yonr at our school, and got the prize for it,)
I am going to put down a tow ideas which
you may print in your weekly if you like,
together with the sketches I enclose.
This place,you must know, is very dull
this season?why, I hardly know, unless it
he that the principle hotel-keeper gives ns
' nothing to eat but tough steaks and cold
fish? which io a tiresome diet even for people
in the country. There are a good many
people at hotel, and fewer at the ,
where we are staying ; but the former are
not in society, and of course we don't know
them. I go down of nn evening with
cousin Charles to the beach, to meet my
old school-friend Maria, whom I love dearly?mamma
won't let mo associate with
her openly, ns her father is a low man?a
hutcher, I believe. Maria's a sweet girl for
all that ; and you can't do better, Mr.
Kilitor, if you happen to want a wife.
\Ve have had a terrible excitement here
kuvi) , uui x v,aii t i|uuu uiiuviaiiiiiu mu rua*
son why. Itseems that n gentleman from
some foreign country had a strange fancy
for walking on the spout under the eaves
of the liotol. lie was walking there one
evening when a gentleman from New York
rushed furiously at him and tried to push
him oil*. One stoiy says that the New
York gentleman wanted to shoot him, hut
that his wifo (the New Yorker's) whose win
| <iow, oitilly enough, was open, just opposite
' to whore tlic foreigner was walking, implored
her husband not to commit murder.
I myself saw llic New Yorker going about
lo-ilay with a pair of boots in his hand and
showing them to people ; and my friend,
Mr. Picker, sa)*s that the foreigner was
promenading on the spout without his
things on. Can you believe it? The
New Yorker, I hear, had arrived that night
from the city by the late train ; very possibly
lie had taken too much wine at dinner,
and didn't know what he was doing. For
my part, I think lie behaved shamefully ;
the foreign gentleman, who now wears a
patch over his eyes, is very good-looking,
and has been so kind to the New Yorker's
who uuruig ins si ay uere. \\ i?;it narni
' could lie do. I should like to bo informed,
i by walking on tlio spout ?
Wo lead very delightful lives here.
: Though we got up early, wo ladies are not
| allowed to go out before nine in the morning,
as the gentlemen bathe before that
' hour. At nino or ten we take a Btrole into
the woods, and iny cousin Charley (who
is certainly the handsomest man here)
reads us either Tennyson or Prime's Trav
! els in the J?ist, which we like exceedingly.
I lie says, by-Ac-way, that he knows Mr.
I'riine, and tlAft lie is an old gray headed,
broken-dbwu man, quite worn out by hi*
travels and sufferings, and looks something
like Shakespeare ; is this so ? I had fancied
him young and good looking. *
About eleven, or later, according to the
tide, we bathe. 1 send you a sketch of
our full-dress costume for the water. The'
'other day a rude boy from New York contrived
to creep in among us in a dress like
ours, and uatlied with us some time before
we detected him : but when we found him
out, Mary I> and I caught him, and
(we are both very strong and good at gymnastics,
I can tell you) we sou-ed him so
thoroughly that ho was nearly drowned,
and Jenny L found his clothes, behind
a stone and threw them into the wa?i.~?
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H l.au tlLlkilu Hjn WUIIJJKll IU WilIK It) IIIU Hotel
in a lady's bathing-dress. 1 believe his
business required bis iimncdiulo return to
tlie city.
In the afternoon \vc walk or ride. Tbero
is a pert minx from Huston berc,wbo gives
I herself great airs, and coquets with Charley
in a manner that is positively disgusting
(1 mention here in order that she may see
| what people think of her conduct ;) she
looked at ino the oilier day through an
eye-glass?a3 though I could not ba discerned
with the nuked eye?and drawled
out,
"Ilavo lliey got the Lanccrs yet in Gotham
!"
"Oh yes," said I, wiokeilly ; "but they
haven't as many old soldiers as they have
in Boston."
I thought this would liavo settled her ;
but she reto'ted with an insolent smile.
"No, the New Yorkers never excelled in
the military way, I believe."
And she walked away, actually lea-ling
Charles with her, under pretense of showing
him some .pictures in her nlbnm. I
don't wonder fttat Boston is a low place.
In tho evening we liavo delightful hops.
At first we made a rule not to dance with
any one out oflier fict ; but one day last
week the only man in that set who could
dance was Mr. 11 , of Wall street.
! who U jmmcrfsely fat, and after M;?ry and
Emmy and I had taken three or four turns
with him the poor fellow was a pitiable
spectacle, and his shirt, as well as his' coat,
looked as though, they had been having a
batho. But he crept out of the ball room
at last, and they say he was found sitting
in tho refrigerator. After tliia wo took
pot-luck as to partners. I danced last
night with a German, who told mo, the
wretch, that he had "von wife at home,
but that didn't matter." And it is currently
reported that Garry C , after polking
with a Southerner whom she had never
seen before, was taken out*fnto the passago
to breathe the fresh air and actually
kissed. But I cannot believe such shock
ing .stories. i'eopie are sucii- gossips.
Thofo in an Irishman hero whom nobody
kn^jgjyret whfr knows every body, who
g^tsm&f girls to da?ee with kim, and
1 wno realty waltzes delightfully, and they
say be was a wniter at a hole! in California.
Mre. Pickers declares that the rich Philadelphia
widow, Mrs. M , is smitten
with nim, and that be spends the whole
morning in her room singing to ber the
"Widow Malono," and simillar airs.
What we want here is young, unmarried
men. Ba ?a fnnj Mr. tmiIaf <"??
"7 uuiwi, ~ ^
lion the fact,im<Weqoeat your friends to
come without delay. * There are tkroo
girls worth $50,000 a ^ieoe, two worth
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and vanities ol litis wicked world, and the
sin of wearing hoops, and rings, and lacc on
the bottom of my skirts ; so I subscribe
myself, Mr. Kditor.
Yours, tic cacur,
Amelia .
The Wife's Influ nee.
"This is pleasant!" exclaimed the votincr
husband, taking his sent cosily in the rocking
chair, as the tilings were removed. The
fire glowing in sho grate revealed a pretty,
neatly furnished sitting room, with all tho
appliances of comfort. The fatiguing business
of tho day was all over, and he sat
enjoying what ho had all day been anticipating?the
delights of his own fireside.
His pretty wife, Esther, took her work and
sat down by the table.
"It is pleasant to Imvo a home of one's
own," he again said, taking a satisfactory
survey of his own little quarters. The
com ram ooat against tuc windows, and ho
though ho felt really grateful for all his prescut
comforts.
''Now, if wo only had a piano !" exclaimed
the wife.
u(?ivc me the music of j'our own sweet
voice before all the pianos in creation," he
declared complimentairlv, though feeling a
secret disappointment that his wife's thankfulness
did not clime with his own.
''Well, but we want one for our friends,"
said Esther.
"Let our friends comc to sec us. ami
nut to hear a piano !" exclaimed tlio husband.
"Hut, G.eorgp, everybody has a piano
now-a davs ; we don't go anywhere without
seeing a piano," pertisted the wife.
.vim yci i (ion i kiiow wiiat wo want
one for. You will lisul no time to play on
one, and I don't want to licar it."
"They are so fashionable ; I think our
room looks nearly naked without one."
'"I think it looks just right."
"I think it looks very naked ; wc want
a piano shockingly," protested Esther emphatically.
The husband rocked violentir.
"Your lamp smokes, my dear," said he,
after a long pause.
"When arc you going to get an astral
lamp ? I have told you a dozen times
how nindi wc needed one," said Esther
pettishly.
Those arc very pretty lamps ; I never
can see by an astral lamp," said her husband.
"lint, George, I do not think our room
igcogiple'.e without an astral lamp," cx(-luitnoij
Ivstherjbaruly. "They are so fashionable
? Why,the Morgans, Millers, and
ntany others I might mention, all have
tlmin. "1 am sure we ought."
The husband moved uneasily in his
chair.
"Wo want to live within our means,
"Esther."
"Wo arc, no doubt, thought to be mean."
"Moan ! I am not mean !*' ho cried Angrily.
i "Then wo do not wish to appear so,"
said th?? wife. "To complete this room, and
make it look like other people's, we want
a piano, and astraj lamp."
Wo?we want !" inutteFod the husband
?"there's no satisfying a woman's wants,
dorwhnt you may and ho .abruptly left
th^room. How many husbdftds are in a
"Similar dilemma ? How mntoy husbands
1 , i.-. ?i ? ? i? > - ?
! >><; ui.-* ii ?iik.i iiiu rciiucruu niicomioriaiili!
by the ^satisfaction of a wife with present*
, comforts anil provisions ?* IIow many
i bright prospects for business liavc ended in
bank*ptcy ami ruin, in order* "to satisfy
this kankering after fashionable necessaries
? Could tlio real cause of failures be
known, it would be found to result from
useless expenditure at homo, expressly to
answer tlio demand* of fashion, and "what
will people think 3"
"My wile has made my fortune," said a
gentleman of great profession, ''by her
thrift, prudence, and cheerfulnesf, when I
was just beginning."
"Mine lost my fortune," answered his
companion, "bv useless extravagance ami
...i "t .i_:? ... n'li
UI1VII 1 WH? UUIIIg well.
What u field-tlocs this open to *tho influence
which n wife possesses over the future
prosperity of her family ! Let the
wife know her influeuce, and try to uso it
wise and well.
lie satisfied to commcnco on a small
scale. It is too common for young housekeepers
to begin where their mothers ended.
lluy all that is necessary to work
skillfully with ; adorn your house with all
that will render it comfortable. Do not
look at rich homes, and covet their costly
furniture. If secret dissatisfaction is ready
to spring up;go a step further, and visit tho
homes of the poor and sufferjjiig; behold
tho dark, cheerless apartment, 'insufficient
?i ?i c _n r!-.- ? >
vivimu- miiu (iv^'iiuv vi (in cuuuuris una
refinements of social life, nnd then return
to your own with joyful spirits. You will
then be prepared to meet your husband
with n grateful heart, nnd bo ready to appreciate
the toil nnd self denial which ho
lias endured in the business world, to stirround
you with tho delights of homo ; nnd
you will bo ready to co-operate with him
cheerfully arranging your expenses, that his
mind ma)' not bo harassed with fears lest
his familv cxnfinflitnrfis mnu f>nf?rnn>'1i im.
on punctual payment, Ho independent.
A young housekeeper never neoded more
moral courage than she docs not to resist
tlic arrogance of fashion. Do not let the
families of A. and II. decide what you must
have, neither let them hold the strings of
your purse. You know the beat what you
can and ought to afford. Then decide
with strict integrity according to your
means. Lot not the censure or approval
of the world over tempt you to buy what
you can do without, ko matter what people
think, proved you aro truo to yourself
and family
"> i >
MATcn' Making.?The following hns
boon communicated to tlio editor of the
Cnnebrake Herald, with a Pequest tliat !io
send it to the "Drawer" of Harper's Magazine
:
My little three year, .old nieefe, Agnes
Amelia, saw her grandmother putting a
Krcel of luoifer matches in it safety match
*. "Damma, How does Bod send the
matches way doira^era from Heaven f
"Why, child, God dCeeo't Med them from
Heaveo?they are iftade here by the^eople,
'4.
*
- i + *. '
jK*' ' -If,:- * * V
> ' :V : > ,T> 4V'
Great Inducements.
WE Iinvc a largo stock of Negro Hoods,
consisting of Kerseys, (ieorgia I'luinn
nn.l Linseys, together with Heavy Negro
lilnnketK, superior to any wo liave ever had,
and will promise to give every one who may
eall upon us, every inducement in the way of
price and <iuulity, to l?uy of us.
MILLElt ?t AVAKUKN,
Opposite (Jlobe Hotel.
Oct. 10, 1850. 23tt
NOTICE.
JOHN WINCEY, Emi-, will be liappy to
ntUiiiJ to
OVER HAULING OF ENGINES
or Mill Works, in the Vicinity of Abbeville
ami the f>tirroun<liu^ country.
Appl icanls will picnic npplv to John Kn- I
ri^ht, Abbeville, or Win. I.eb*by, Charleston,
S. C. JOHN WINCEY.
Oct. 31, 1850. 20-ly.
GRAPE VINES.
ABBEVILLE MODEL VINEYARD!
DR. TOCji ? oilers for Sale Vink CutTiNti.s
ivml Uootkd Yisks, at the follow- |
Illg l ilVCB
Per Hundred Vine Cuttings,
For Cntawlins and other Sorted American
Varieties, - - $5 Of)
For Sorted Kuropenn Varieties, - lo oo
Mooted American Varieties, Each, - ,10
Hooted European Varieties, " 1 oo
Routed Scnppornonjf, " 1 00
Monte vino, Dcc. '17, 18.1l>. 3">-tf
N. B. Vines pruned at reasonable rates.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CROHN,
AIUIKVILI.K DISTRICT. IN OUDIXAKV.
Wilkinson Mo to*, App't, vs. Elizabeth Scott, L.
Malone, aud wife, it ?/? Daft's
IT Al'l'KAItlNtJ to my satisfaction tlint the
children of Mary Ann Fowler,
defendant in this ease, rcsi<le without the limits
of thi! Stntc?
It. is therefore! Ordered that they do appear,
either in person or by representative, at a Court
of Oiiilinary to be held lit Abbeville CJ. II., Abbeville
District, on the '27t.li day of October
next, and show cause, why the Real Estate of
Kli/.nhctli Motes, dee'd, should not be sold for
partition.
WILLIAM 1IILL, 0. A. D.
July 27, 1S.1S 1:5 3m
Tlie State of Soiifli Carolina,
A11 UK 17L l.K DISTRICT.
MILTON 11. DEALK, who is now in the
custodv of till! Sheriff of Abbevilln I lis
trict, l?v virtue of a writ of fa/ntm ml mitixfacicHiliim,
nt the suit of Spencer 1'. .Smith, having
filed in my Office, together with n schedule,
on oath, of his estate and effects, lii.-? petition
to the Court of Common I'lens, praying
that lie may 1><> admitted to the benefit of the
Acts of the (ionoral Assembly, made for the
relief of insolvent debtors?
It is ordered, Hint the said Spcnecr F. Smith,
and all others the creditors to whom the said
Milton II. 1 >cale is in nny* wise indebted, be,
and they are hereby summoned, ami linvo notice
to appear, before the said Court, at Ablieville
Court I louse, on Monday, the fifth day of
OOtober next., to shew cau-??, if ntiv tliev enn.
why the prayer <>1" the petition aforesaid, should
not he granted.
MATTllKW M?D()XAU>, C. C. P.
Office of Common 1'leas, Abbeville )
District, this 30th June. 1857. f 10?Sin
Young America Target* I'istol,
MANUFACTURE COMPANY,
KKW IIAVKX CT. \
Pistol is intended as tlie forerunner of
1. the ordinary pistol, and is designed for
young men find boys who wish to enjoy the
exciting snort of firing at a target, at the
most t rilling exjpense. and without any danger
of accident. The cheapest ordinary pistol is
three or four times the price of this, besides
being dangerous in the hands of boys. This
l'istol is loade4 with the common Fire CilieiuT,
which forms a complete cartridge, and will tarry
a ball ten or fifteen paces with the same pre
cisiou as me ordinary pistol, but ftot with sufficient
force to <lo any serious damage. As a*
America is a shooting nation, the Young Americans
must am] will Irani the art by which our
independence was secured. Hence this TarL'istol
is exactly in time, ami must meet
whh universal sale among our youth of the
South *in<l West. Its operation is perfectly
simple, and it is not liable to get out of order.
A full description will accompany every case
of Pistols. Tin! Pistols aro put up at tho Factory
in ?ases of 50 each, ready to send by express
to mi}- part of the United States or Canada.
Retail Pricc, 25 Cents; By the Case, $7 50 ;
Or, 15 Cents each.
FRENCH, HALL <#fcO.,
New llaven, Ct.
Aug. 20, 1S57. 18 4t
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Tnnii.piT lO IOM ; o 1
? ?.? J 1UVI. 4 Of-VI
Tin* State of Soiitli Carolina}. .
Abbeville Dint rid?In the L'omvian Pleat.
Aiuos Clark, Jr., 1 Attachment.^ .
r*. > McGowan <fc Perrin,.
.Initios A Liddoll. ) PKFs Att'j's.
WlIKltKAS, the Plaintiff did, on the thirtyfirst
doy of October, 1856, file his declaration
against the Itefendnnt, who, (as it if*
said) is absent from and without the limits of
this State, and ha9 neither wife or attorney
known within the same, upon whom a copy
,oi moaaia declaration might l>e served; Jt is
therefore ordered, that the said Defendant do
appear and plead to the said deelratioD, on or
before Mio firat day of November, which win
bo in the year of our^Lord Eighteen Hundred
jtud Fifty-Seven, otherwise final and absoluto
Judgment will then bo give# and awarded
ftgninat him. .#
MATHETV McDONALD, a'ft PS
Clerk's Office, Oct. 80, 1866. 27 1y
4. ^ 111 ~
m. iiv Bum: oi souin ^ur?iiiiu,
Abbeville LUtricl.?In the Common Fleet*.
William
vs. J- Foreign Attachment
Jas. A. Liddcll. ) Thomson ?fc Pair Attorneys.
Whereas the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh
day of April, eighteen bnndred odd &( ;'
ty seven, tile nis declnrattion against the^U*
fondant, who, it is ?nid, is absent frop?'and
without thelimita of this State, and hat ntftti*
cr wife nor attorney known wittih the
upon whom a eopy of tli&baid declaration
iiiiulit be served? -'r
It is therefore ordered, that the ?%ld D?.
fondant do appear and plead to tbc?jd deeLaration;
on or before the twelfth' day of April
eighteen bijndred. ?And_ fiftv-eiiiit. otherwUfc
final and olwlqle judgomcnt wljl tbeu
en and awarded against .him.' MATTHfiW
McDONA?j r.
Clerk's ClHoe, April 11, 1M7
^ - ' i
Xlic State of South Ca*oltafl?.
ABBBVlLJ^DIBTBidTS^Zr,
?ff*? Court of Common Plea* Yr'^Vf ti|jgiii||
James T^ykln, V
Jamea A. Lid<ilef ) Badcin,
Wl HEREAS-the Plaintiff dttt on tfie etek-'
dred and fifty-six, $lo hi?'^cdaratwn^iM^^
a wsBMSHSBsa;
nolthor wife nor e_y^ ka?^n jfcfeg*
W'"i' - v'