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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL^I
- VOLUME 3^ * O CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JUNE 18, 1852. NUMBER 49.
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From the Southern Ma. 1
THE DYING MOTHER,
A mother lay on a bed of death? ?'
But her brow was calm the while, i
And a light beamed o'er her pale sweet lace j
frjpfeyVfr As pure as a seraph's smile; y
Around her couch the children knelt, j
. With their hearts bowed down with woe: ,
fl'or when their mother's sweet smile was gone
Their home would be cold below. j
f'V" . * The mother looked on the weeping ones, t
r*.', . And a mist spread o'er her eyes, <
' ' ' For site thought how chill their home would be
When she dwelt beyond the skies, I
Iler spirit longed for the realm of bliss,
But a mother's love was strong;
And her dying voice stole'round their hearts 1
Like a sweet and solemn song. <
"- V ''.Vis' . r' ? S
"Tis hard to say farewell, my loves, 1
.. But I cannot linger here, j
The angel Death on dark wing roves
And his icy breath is near; ^
. But front this world'of death and gloom
I go to a land of rest, ?
And there immortal flowers bloom? {^
V There dwell the pure and the blest. ]
- : . - " j J
"lour mother oft will leave her home
IAnd the shining gates of bliss, j
- And shield where'er her children roam ,
' Their souls from the guilt of this j
iMy loves, when 'round my grave you stand,
H' When twilight doth blend-us ayes,
I'll watch you fiom the spirit land '
HL From my home above the skies.
j: ' vOh! weep not that I leave you now, J
L ->TSh?* tv n,? <v"v' - *
t You may again behold my brow t
In the angel's shininghome? j
Farewell! I see the angel baud,
* Their melodious notes I hear,
Thev call me to that happy land J
e 4 . Where comes no grief or tear. 1
$L"> . * * * * * . % * .
A pure light fell o'er the mother's/ace,
And her spirit winged its flight, '
While harp and lute swelfd a sweeter strain
As it entered the realm of light i
A bright cloud passed o'er the twilight sky, i
p. . And fell in a silver shower I
k; Where the children knelt?the dead cold brow
i: It crowded in that solemn hour, t
The children knew when cloud light lell
In bands o'er her shining hair, ;
She soared away to the spirit land
J . And sung with the angels then.. 1
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TIIIJ FATA*. CONCEALMENT.
' > '
[: Some years after i commencca practice?uui
the precise dale I stiall, for obvious reasons, avoid
.? mentioning?I had a friend at whose house 1 was
" a constant visitor. He had a wife who was the
magnet that drew; me there. She was leautiful,
but I shall not dScribe her. She was more than
KHL beautiful?she was captivating. Her presence
^^E was to me like the inioxicati i w;is
ra only happy when under its influence; and yet, I
after even* indulgence in the fatal pleasure, I
^^E sank into tlie deepest despondtiicy. Ju my own
flftH . justification I miLst say, that I ncu*r, in word or
look, betrayedtny fc-lings, though 1 had some
* *wp.rp reeinnxyitod. for.
w ^w.-j-1-vv v??.v ... 4
while in my company ph.- was gay,brilliant, and |
wifty : yet, as 1 learned from others, at times she ] (
was often sa.^ud melancholy. Powerful?most I
powerful, was the temptation to make a di.-do- j]
sure of my heart, but I resisted it. That J had ' j
the firmness to do so has been for years my onlv
eohsointion. . v J
One morning I sat alone in my chamW.
My clerk was absent. A ferine knock was just (
audible atlhe outer door. I sh<<ut?-.l,"Come in!" (
in 110 very amiable 1 tumor, f<>r I w;i> indulging
: in a deljeions rt-veno upon the subject. of the '
lady of my heart and th.- presence of an ordi- ,
nary mortal w as hateful. T3ie door opened, and {(
Mrs. entered. I do not know exactly J
what T did ; hut it seemed to he a long tim?-before
I had the power t<? rise and .welcome h.-r, j
while she stood there with a timid blush- u]*>n
her face and. the gloiion* smile on her lips which .
mad<' mtrfeel that it would ho too great a liap- .
piness to dre.lbr.
u I don't wonder you are surprised to see me ' J
Vhere," she began with a provoking little laugh ; j j
u but is your ostonishmeut really too great toal- i .
low you to say " How do you do ?"
^Perhaps your .surjiri.se will be increased," ; (
she continued, "when I inform you that I have ' \
come upon business." j j
I muttered out something about npi being so
K. r , ambitions as to hope she would visit ino for anv |
By other motive. Sbe took no notice ' f what I .
HL^said, but I perceived that her fac turned deadgMflBly
pale, and that her hand trembled as ?h- pla? J
S^^Aced before me a bundle of pajiers.
H 41 You will see by tlu'se, she said in a low
KG^Hurried voice, that -'some property was left in j
bv my uncle, and by my grandfather, but so
ffiSjSMtrictiv settled tnatoven 1 can touch nothing but
^^^Hhe inter^^J^my husband is iu want of a j
tin's moment, and I wish I
r \
you to examine the affair well, and see whether by
the twisting of the law, I can place a part of my
capital at his disposal. Unintentionally I have
done him a great wrong," she added, in a tone
so low that no ears less jealous than mine could
have caught the meaning; " and poor as this
reparation is, it is all that I can make, and I
must do it if possible."
I pretended to study the papers before me,
but the light danced aud mingled ; and if, by a
great effort, I forced my eyes to distinguish a
word, it conveyed not the slightest meaning to
\ ....I? T?r\f K1aa/1 in mv
Illy Will mug u I in ii. juivnj u.iv'| vi wiwu i?? **jj
budy seemed embued with a separate consciousness,
and to be tingling and rushing to the side
next to her, whose presence within a short distance
of me was the only thing of which I had ;
a distinct perception. I hung my head" to hide
iwui-her tise-enrc^'ou of which 1 was thoroughly
ishamed.
It may be well believed that I was in no conlition
to give a professional opinion ; but I got
aver the difficulty by telling her I must have
:ime to study the case, and promising to let her
know the result. *
" You are a fretsome creature," she said, with
i little coquettish air, " I really expected that
or once in your life, and for a friend, you might
lave got rid of the law's delays, and give me
j-our opinion in half an hour; so far, at least, as
;o tell me whether there is a probability of my
leinnr able to do what I desire. But I see vou
0 ?-- -- ? ? ,
ire just like the rest of the lawyers?time ! time!
t suppose now you will keep about it till I am
lead ; and then it will go to my husband in the
jouree of the law."
" It may not require more than half a hour
:o ascertain so much, when I can direct my
houghtstoit for that space of time," I replied;
md I know that the words rattled like shot out
)f my mouth. " But would you be so unreaionable
as to require an artist to draw a straight
ine while he was under a fit of delirium trenens."
" You are an incomprehensible person she
eplied, rather coldly; " so I shall leave you io
four legal and lawful studies. But if yotf are
joing to have an attack of the delirium tremens,
uerhaps I had better send in the doctor. Shall
i ??
" Well, I don't anticipate an attack this mornng,"
I answered with a forced laugh; " so I will
lot give you the trouble. The fact is that I had
ieen violently agitated a short time since, and
my mind has not quite recovered its equilibrium."
' We talked for a few minutes longer?she,
quizzing me in her usual playful manner?and
[ delighted to be so teazed, standing stupid and
M t'li? .1 H Ml I.I, [11 ii
mxiousto prolong the delightful momentsby
;coping up the war of badinage. At length,
die went to the door, and I was about to escort
ler down stairs, when we heard someonespeakng
below.
44 Good (rod!" she exclaimed, clinging wildly
o my arm ; 44 that is my husband's voice. If
ie finds me here I am mined."
44 Don't be alarmed," I replied, endeavoring to
c-a: sureher; "you came here upon business,
md such business, too! lie could love you all
he more fur it."
44 You don't know about this as well as 1 do,"
die said, shuddering convulsively.?Hide me
somewhere, for mercy's sake!"
1 do not know how it happened ; but my arm
was around her, and I half carried her across the
room to a large book closet.
" Can you stay here ?" I asked hastily. " I
ft'ill leave The door ajar for air."
" Xo! shut it?lock it?take away the key, or
[ shall not feel safe. There is plenty of air !*'
uid she sprang into the recess.
For one moment her eyes met mine, and I
diought they brained with deep, impassioned
ove. The next, 1 had locked the door upon my
.reasure, thrown the papers she had brought iu:o
the drawer and was apparently busy, pen in
land, when my friend entered. Ho commenced
ii a round-about way to question me upon cer.ain
points of the law respecting marriage set
dements, Are.; and, after a tedious amount of
urcumlocution, he gave me to understand that
ill this regarded a desired transfer of some preprint}'
of his wife's into his own hands. He had
some, in fact, upon the same errand its that generous
creature ! He also had a copy of her relitives'
wills, and these I was compelled to examne
closely, for he was desperately pertinacious,
uid would not. be put off. 1 was angry at the
.bought of what his poor wife must b^suffering,
uid felt that I could have kicked her husband
>ut of doors for keeping her there. At last, he
nade a move as if t<> go. 1 started up, and
stood ready to bow him out.
" So," said ho, tying up his papers with provoking
deliberation, "nothing but my wife's
loath, you say, can put me in possession of this
ii'-ney. I want it very much, out nobody will
suspect ni". of desiring her death for the sake of
laving it a little sooner."
lie laughed at his own poor jest, and I made
fsortof hyena chorus to it, that sounded strange ;
uid hysterical, even to my own ears. He went I
it last, but stopped again on the stairs, and de-1
Mined me there, talking for full five minutes !
onger. I felt by sympathy all the pangs of!
;uff nation. My throat seemed swollen?my j
brchead bursting.?Great God! will he never be
rone? Will lie stand here gossiping about the !
leather and the generalities of the law, while I
lis lovely wife who came here to sacrifice her in-1
lividual interest* for his sake, dies a terrible and
inking death ! Ilo is gone? I rn>h back in
,o in v room. A step behind makes me turn,
omul. It is my clerk?curses on him ! 1 could
iavc stabbed him?shot him, beaten out his i
irains?hurled him headlung down the stairs, i
but anv violence would hatto Compromised her. j
In a few moments my brain was clear again.
''Watson," i eried, "Mr.? nas just. leti.? i
Fie has gone up Fleet street, I think; run after |
hiin. and request him to leave those papers wifli i
me. fc'ay to him I wyuhl like to examine them '
3 ' -L vik.. ' * ..
more at leasure. Run quickly, and you'll overtake
liim."
Watson disappeared. I turned the key of tho
outer door, and sprang toward the closet. As I
unlocked it, I remembered the look sbe had given
me as I shut it, and I wondered, with a beating
heart, whether the same expression would
greet my enraptured gaze when 1 opened it.?
There she stood, with her eyes calmly fixed on
mine.
"You are sate, dearest," r murmercu.
She did not rebuke me for calling her so; and
emboldened by her silence, 1 took her hand to
lead her from her narrow prison. She moved forward
and fell into my arms a corpse !
1 cannot well recall what followed. I only <
know that I tried ever}' mean3 for her restoration
to lite; but alas! without success. Of one"thing
I was firmly convinced?she had not died from
suffocation. I had once seen the body of a man
who was killed by the falling in of the mouth of
a pit. I recollected his purple and swollen face,
and his lax, warm limbs. She was pale, rigid,
cold. The tumult of her own emotions must
have killed her the moment the door was closed
upon her. By some means I kept my secret
from the knowledge of "Watson and every one
else. All that night I was trying to recover Vr.
Then I formed the project of shutting lior up in
the-closet?locking up the chambers, and going
abroad for twenty years. But that idea was rejected
as quickly as formed, for it would be hardly
possible that the-presence of a dead body in
the house should not be discovered before that
time. Next, I thought of setting lire to the
place, burning all mv books and papers, making
_a 1 _.;i?e j a J
ii luncnw put; 'u mem, uuu tuna iiumug iiijncn
to save the secret. But that thought, too, was
dismissed. It might cause loss of life and property
to many innocent people, and would be a
bungling proceeding after all; as, if the fire was
discovered early, policemen, firemen, mob, all
would brake in, and finding her body there, all
would be lost?for it was more to save her reputation
than my life, that I was striving and plotting.
In the meantime I was a prey to the most
painful anxiety. I was sure that by that time j
she must have been missed and sought for. Perhaps
she has been seen to enter my chambers.?
Every step that I heard, I feared might be that
of a policeman. In the morning a stranger called
on business. This, of course, was nothing
extraordinary; but, when he had gone, I felt that
he was a detective officer, and had come as a spy.
I thrust a few clothes into a carpct-bag, intending
to escape France- I caught up a box of
matches, to set the place on fire. I grasped a
on/1 normal*7 nf L*^n (?d(TP
t w<yv? f riuvi <wnv? t fv ?? > -- ? ^
surest and swiftest way of ending my misery.? ;
]imr4??<r?,val! these would leave her to the jests of j
the world, and my^ewn sufferings were nothing j
in comparison. At tliis distance "of tim^J can ^
look hack impartially and coolly upon that dreadful
day: and I can solemnly declare, that I would
rather have been hung for murdering her, than
to have allowed*a breath to sully her fair fame.
1 had just laid down the razor, when a hurried
-ten crossed the ante room. It was her husband's:
Now. T thought, all is lost. .She was seen to
enter here and he has come to claim her.
'".My dear he began in a nervous, unsettled
way, "you remember, the business that I
came ln-re about yesterday'!"
"Perfectly."
"And do you remember the words I used, as
T was going? I mean in answer to what you
said about my not being able to touch that money
til! after the death of my wife!"
"Yes, I remember them distinctly."
"Mv v.ifc has disappeared since yesterday
morning," he continued, turning even paler than
before; "and if anything should have happen, you
know, and you repeat thosoexpressions they might
he mid hold of, and I don't know what would be
the consequence. I might be suspected ofhavving
murdered her."
Poor follow! If I had not known the truth, I
should have suspected it myself, from his excessive
terror and anxiety, lie wiped the perspiration
from his face, and sank into a chair. The
sight of a person more frightened than myself
lvassuied me I was calmer than I had been since
the preceding morning.
"Where did she go! IIow was she dressed?"
1 inquired, anxious to know all that 1 could on
the subject.
"1 don't know. She told me she was going
out shopping and visiting, but no one saw her
leave the house, and none of the servants knew
exactly how she was dressed. When 1 went
11. .in., to .lintior tho fir.it fliiiur 1 liesml W.'Ls I lint
.. ..... v., v..~ v"*"b *
she had nut returned."
"What have you done? Have you sent to the
police and to tlio hosptals?"
' Yes, and to every friend and tradesman w here
she was at all likely to call."
"You may depend u|x>n it," I replied, very
impressively, "that 1 will not repeat what you
said yesterday. You are right in supposing that
it might tell against you very much if she should
be found dead under suspicious circumstances."
lie talked a little longer, and then went to
renew my self-possession during this interview I
do not know; so far from being really calm, I
could have gnawed the flesh off my bones in mv
agony.
That night, when the doors were fastened, and
I was alone?except for the company of the dead
? I slinf lnvsr-lf nn in the closet for two hours.
to ascertain whether she died tor want of air, for
I distrusted my own knowledge of the n]?j?earanco
of suffocated persons. The place was well
supplied with air from several large crevices.?
My first idea was correct?she had died from
some other cause.
When T emerged from the closet, 1 found that
the night was intensely dark. It was raining in !
torrents, and the thunder and wind roared in ter- j
rific chorus. The river^was at high tide and
swollen by the rain. I sat therein the dark upon
the tloor, holding the cold, stiff hand of the
dead within my own. 1 thought dreamily how
often it had welcomed nic with its soft pressure,
while her eyes had beamed brightly into dimples
of delight. Now that hand t hat used to be so
1 P. II P ... ... il I l!i? * * .1 1
ptump, so lull 01 wannm ami me, was rigm aim
cold?tliosc eyes wetv. glazed and ghostly, the
lips were clammy and hard. Tears came to my
relief. 1 wept :us grown men seldom weep, and
with heart-easing gush came a new idea of escape
for her and me. I was ready to believe at, that
moment that her spirit rested upon mine an J inspired
the thought?for it burst upon me suddenly,
with a conviction that if executed that instant
it would*be crowned with success. How
could I otherwise have the termity to snatch her
up in my arms, carry her down stairs, at. the
risk of being encountered by some of the other
inhabitants of the house; b.ar her through the
courts, and by a way that I knew into the garden.
The river was running strong and deep against
the wall. I pressed one kiss upon her cold forehead.
and threw her into the stream. Gladly
would I have gone with her, and held her in my
heart till death; but the impulse was still on me,
and without delay 1 hastened back No one
saw mo, ana mo boating rain jenacea my ioot
prints.
A few days after, I saw by the papers that
her body had been found far down the river.
Two years later her husband married again.?
He is stout and ruddy, and laughs as heartily as
ever.
I shall die a bachelor. I am lean and pale^
and bowed, and gray-baited, and the sound of
my own laugh is strange to me.
Woman's Best Ornament.
BY KEV. K. 1\ KODCEKS.
Let me urge upon my female readers, especially
those who are in youth, the importance
of taking lofteir and better views oflifc than those
taught by the vain world. It is a sad thing to j
see so many of the young and fair, whose life is
almost a blot?whose keen susceptibilities, whose <
noble powers, whose deep affections whose pre-'
cious time are lavished only upon dress and gayety,
and fashionable, visiting; who wears the
bright apparel of the butfertl}'. and are its light
and graceful, and useless too; whose oonvcrsatkft
finds no higher or more improving subject than
the idle gossip of the day, the last party, or tho i
never failing topic?dress; whoso reading is
miserable trash which is indicating every community,
and enervat ing and dissipating the minds
of our youth; whoso life seems to tie an aimless,;
frivolous life; and who, as th?\v flirt by their am/
wings, provoke the inquiry : "For what "*ere
these pretty creatures made V 1 pray ycfi take
)r>ffie? views 'V y
not
draw you from the rational pleasures.^society,
? ? ?l.a n,?\h fAii. .a...
HOI" OIIv* t?IUUIHY I'lUUU ^>*/ui vrjuCULUl MvVj
I still would plead for some seri?^p-r hour?, some
industrious moments, some apportioned t.o
future, of < he- mind. tKo enriching of the
menv?ry with knowledge. 1
would plead that th>* capacities and aspiration? ;
of the immortal par: receive some ministration, J
and that the moral faculties he cultivated and
Stimulated", and tin- generous impulses,of the soul
be expended in labor for the liiest good of those
around you. Be assured there is no beauty
like that of goonness?there is no power like
that, of virtue; personal 'beauty may attract the
admiration of the passing hour, but. it is tho
richer beauty of moral worth, t he loveliness of
the soul, that commands tho deepest reverenc<?
and secures the most enduring nlh-otion. Even
men who have 110 religion themselves, hut, who
are men of Judgement.and whoseopinion i.s worth
the most, respect ami admire the lady most,
who display in her character the ''beauty of holiness.
If there is one sight more than any other, in
this world of sin and sorrow, which combines all
tho elements of beauty, nobleness and of worth, it
that <?f a young and lovelv female, whose vouth
and beauty, whose depth and richness of affection
and whose powerful influence on human hearts,
are all consecrated to the cause of truth and hol:
1..J.1 1 1.I., <..,Mr.rV
1III?_*S>J WIU <ir> an IIHUM'K; VII' nil;; <u? ? MT-j . 44>IWI m
feet?Such a4being id, indeed worthy of the reverence
and admiration of ev< rv true and noble
heart, and'ahc will command it, even when the
light of her beaut)' is t|iieiiehed, and the flower
of her loveliness is faded. Hut if there i ; a sad.
heart, breaking sight <>n I lie earth, it is that of
one gifted with all the charms which nature lavishes
upon her daughters, prostitutingthem upon
the altar of vanity or fashion, and rt li ving the
sonl on the unmeaning flatter) >>fa vain and hollow-hearted
world: running a gidd\ round of
gcyety. frivolity, and dl'-ipalion ; laying up<?n
the future a cheerless and f.uval.. n "M age, and a
miserable, remorseful eternity,
' Oil what is woman? A\ lial In i .-mile.
Her lips of love, Iter eyes of light V
What is she if those lip.s revile
The lowly Jesus? Iiove may wn'o
His 11.111io iif > >11 her iiiarlile l.row.
And linger in hor em I <?l i?*?
Tilt' light i>I?hllp imw I'.- in:4\ UK i. I V " ? v
Before her tread; ami v. t .m-l v!
Without tlial nu okcrj ia- -', :l? 'II i
A lighter thinr limn v.mi'.1,
J L'-fy.. Hot
Vkkpict is a CJamumncj t-\ . \n interesting
case was dend-d in t.li.- \. u York Superior
Court, <?ii Thursday. Ii w.i ilm <i. of.lohn
Taylor vs. Shirloek llillmnn, r? m>v?t s:r..*,no
paid by Taylor f<? llilliivui (* >r a gambling d-h|
ThLs is one of the in lain-" , wlmre uiihgr.af ami
immediate ha> been brought I>\ a propensity
for gambling. Taylor got with hi-; wil'*. *7,000:
ho borrowed $1,000, 1<?>i an xouisive comb > ?
tablislnneiif, and is now'n cart man in New-York;
earning *1 per day. Vcrdi< t lor plaintiff in the
full amount claimed.
? ? . .
"A crust of bread, a jiiiclw-r >: \. ator. and a
thatched roof, and love: there i> happiness for
you, whether the day be rainy <">t sunny. It is
the h'-art that makes M> hema. whether that
rests it) on a jvdutoe j??u? n 01 .1 l!?>vvbrt*j>ardou.
Heart makes home jrrcvh , and it is themnv
thing that can.'"
Engaging Mannkhs.?There .are 'a thousand v-f ?
pretty, engaging little ways, which every person |
inaV put eighvitfkout running the risk ;of being |
deemed either n'Tected or .foppish. The sweet j
smile, the'piiet, cordial bow, the earnest move- j
pieut in a'U}r?'>;iiig .a friend, or. more especially-a 1
stranger, whom - no may recomrpeud .to our j
good regards, the inquiring glance, ,th.e grace-' j
fill attention which is captivating when united sISbB
with self-possession?these .yvill. insure us the
good regards of even, a ching Above all. there Si
o '* ' .Jzwnm
is a certain soilness ot manner which should, be j
c.ultjivated, and which, in either man. or woman, !
adds a charm (hat almost, entirely compensates / ; ]
for lack of beauty. The. voice cap. be modulated ?
so to inornate. that it will apeak directly, to the j
heart,'and trom that elicit an answer; and politeness
may be made essential to our nature.
Neither is time thrown away in attending to such
things, insignificant as they may seem to those 1
j who engage in weightier matters.
The Armv Worm.?The Baltimore' Surf says
that there is a species of worm in some parte of the ._
Eastern Sliorc of Maryland, doing much damage '^?1
to the crops this season. It is considerably like ^jjS
the grub worm, and ifilled "army worm "from d.
the fact of their crossifjPfields in large numbers, V
and destroying everything as they pass along.? ?isEH
W^bs^rnvdso^hannu^nnessee exchanges
am complaining of-the ravages of thia destruc
I *
Wine Measure.'?There spoonfuls of brandy
make one cocktail?three cocktails one go?three 1 \
goes one spree?three sprees a muss with, the
police?three niuss.es ^ith the police, pne visit to
the penitentiary. Cut it out and pasts it in your
".John, stop your crying," said an enraged father
to his son, who had kept up an intolerable
yell for the past five minutes. "Stop, I say, do
you hear ?" again repeated the father after a few < ;|g
minutes, the hoy still crying. "You don't suppose
I ran choke off in a minute, do you, chimed * ' V <1
in the hopeful urchin.
4 man praising porter, said it was so excel- . ojfl
lent a leverage, that taken in great quantities, it
always made him fat. ?*?&
" I have seen the time," said another, "when
(it always' makes you lean." .*
" When 1" I should like to know," said the
eulogist."
" Wlft, no longer ago than last night?against
the wall."
Good Wishes?A singular sort-of a man,'not
twenty miles from here, sent to a magistrate to
write his will. After a number o! bequests, he ^
went on?Items:
" 1 give and bequeath to my beloved brother
Zack, one thousand dollars."
" Why you are not worth half that sum in the
world," interrupted (lie magistrate.
" Well, no matter if I aint," replied the other,
"its my will that brother Z;tckshould have that ^ i
sum, and he may w ork and get it if he has a
mind to."
.
Thk Farmer and 'mi: Lawyer.?" Why do
you not hold np your head as I do ?" inquired
an aristocratic lawyer of a farmer.
" Sir," replied tile firmer, "look at that field
of grain?all the valuable heads hang down,
while those'that have nothing in thero stand up- *-.-j
right." ^
Said a. boy, whose master boxed hfe ears for ' .
eveiy trivial offence, why ami like a time piece?
Because there are always hands going round my
face. ->
' Anna. im .le.tr,'1 ah ! what a beautiful sky:
how I admire it," " Yes, John. I sometimes'
wish 1 was a :--h \1"
? - .
Ki.ooctm*k at a Discount.?"May it please
the mini,'' said a lawyer before a Dutch Justice,
the othri day, " thi: is a ease of the greatest importance.
W hile the American Eagle, whose
sleepless eye watcln s ??voi f lie ivcitnre 01 tins
mighty republic, and wlcw wings extend from
tin1 Alkglianioa to tic ltocky Chain of the west,
rejoicing iir hi - pride and place? . :l
"Stop dar<', 1 say ' vol lias dissuit to do mit .
do eagle ? Dis has not ing to do mit do wild bird.1
Ii is v<>n sheep" replied the Justice.
"True vent honor, but my client has lights
here
' Ye client has no de eagle.''. *
" ?>!' e ?nrse not, but the laws of language."
Vol . arcs 1 tor the laws of language. I un
dcn.dahuLs <1c laws of the State, and dat ish
enough for me. Confine your talk to de case."
" Well then, my ctfp.rt, the defendant in this
case, is charge^ with stealing a sheep, and?"
''Dat will do! d:?t will do! your glienl is
charged mif stealing a sheep, just nine shillin.
IV Court Avill ii"\v adjourn lo Bill Ycrgeson'a tc
dluink, ?