Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 1, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 July 1873 — Page 2

DON1T LET MOTHER DO Daughter, dou't let mother do It 1 Donot let her*lav«ianu toll, While you alt, ft ^ti

Wear In* your soft nautls to sou, IX)nt you MV the heavy burdens Dally tilio is wont to poor,

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tlie lines upon lisr foraheadSprlnklo silver to her hair 7 Daughter, don't let motY,r

Do not let her ba«se and broil Though the »on*. bright *ummer hours Hhare with her the heavy toil, See he* eye has lost Its brightness, TKad«*\ from her cheek the glow, A ml the Step that once was buoyant

Now ffile, ™d alow. Daughter, don't let mother do It! rtjje has cared for you so long, to It right the week and feeble

Should be tolling for the strong? Wafceu Horn your ilst'ess languor deck ber slue to cheer and bless, And your grief w'li be less bitter

When the soda above her press. Daughter, don't let mother do it! You will never, never know What were home without a mother

Till thut mother lieth low— l/,vr beneath the budding daisies, Free from earthly care or painTo thf house so sad without her,

Nevt^ to return again.

The Prescription.

I wish you would toll James, wh(n lie comes in, to turn the cows in the lower lot. Aud if Turpin calls, tell him I have concluded to iako'ho30 Bheep. I want the Merinos. And while I am getting ready, please take my memorandum book acd note down four harness straps, tivo pounds of nails, and a irimlot, half a joefcy strap, and—and, yes, I believo that is all. I forgot them whon I made out the items this morning."

Mrn. S*reotor rose wearily, laid her sleeping babe carefu'ly in its crib, and

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n-oceedod to record the articles named, was young—not over twenty-live, but the blonde complexion was sadly laded, the lines were aiready marking the wuito forehead, while the tired eyes told of care and hinted strongly of an unsatisfied heart.

And this thin-cheeked, pick-lipped woman had been called a beauty, only Devon years beforo! She had been aujnired and potted, but not spoiled. And when she gave her hand to Newion Streeter, she could say what so few girls of even eighteen can: "I married my ll:st love." .fudge Streeter. tho father, was supposed to bo wealthy. Dut soon after his son's marritige a financial crisis camo and his thousands dwindlod into band reds.

It was false pride, perhaps, but the youug man shrank from a position under tuoso who had once looked up to liim. And his thoughtsturned wistfully toward tne Wosiorn prairies, where tho sum he could now call his own would rouder him independent of others at least. Ho expected objections from his young and accomplished wife. .Hut she saw with his eyes, and was not ouly willing, but eager, to go and help him mako a home that should be all their own. Tho purchasing of a prairie tram, somo farming implements, and tho expense of building a small house, exhausted iiis entiro capital and tho youug couplo bogan their marrlod life many others had done who had not l)«en blossod with their advantages. A hired man seemed necessarv on the farm, but a girl could bo uispensed •with. Indeed, the small dwolllng contained but throe sleeping apartments, nud this fact, added to their uncertain iueomo, induced Mrs. Streeter to take upon horsolf the ontire care of tho household.

Sho was a systematic housekeeper— ahhorrod dirt in all its phases and the ri.-a, alluvial soil soomod over haunting ber, like a spirit that would not be ap-

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)pased. In dry weather It was a tine dust that found its way everywhere and in wet it became a smutch tlint was hardly loss aggravating.

Two children had como in tho seven yoars to nestlo in hor bosom. But one fairy child of three summers, had slid away from them, and

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sleeping beneath the flowers of the jnalrio. And tho ti-ed wife had sighed sho lookod upon tho cold, folded hands. "Sho will nover toil as I havo done, Wlit, ob, 1 wanted her so much," the lonely mother sobbed fo:th.

M*\ Streeter was now considered a wealthy farmer. His acres had broadened aud his stock Increased the little village, a mile away, had put on city airs, and the steam horso waited respectfully at its depot.

SHU tho thri.iv fanner confined himself closely to labor, hardly taking time for needful rest. Tue love of getting'had increased with his gains, and ho was constantly schoming and planning to add to his already many acres, t'nysloally and mentally strong, he grappled wLh toll, nud it hardly left a mark on his splendid physique-bronz-ed a little, and with a gontie, loviug •wife over studying his tastes and wlshck why shou'tf ho wear out ftist

But of her? Nate .-ally frail, she had Wen lll-o a willow bending benoath a burden voluntarily IAUOU up. With tho exception of an efllctont girl for a week when lUtlo Mary died, sho had performed all the labor required in the bouse H'noo she became lis mistress.

AS girl, who was a great reader, and Extravagantly ond of music. Hut there was no room In the small dwelling for a piano, and books only added to her labor by accumulating dust, for where wrs the time?

I kno this is a dreaiy picture for a farmer's wife, but perhaps there is another side.

Newton Streeter took the memorandum, glanced hastily at the neatly •written items, and then aaid: •Ono thing more, Ma y, and then I off. 1*lease sew this button a little closer."

The loose button was confined to its puce, and then Mary Streeter watched her busb.iud as ho stepped Into the llsht bugay and drovo away.

But no longer uilght she linger, for the sponge was waiting in tho Kitchen to be kneaded, and tfle baby's naps were like angels' vhi*a. And beforo her task was well over hla baglo nolo sounded to arms, and the fretful child •was taken tip, and cares-sed and soothed to quietness. But he would not go down again, and back and forth from the uot kuclion she can .ed him, as she Avatched the loaves browning In the oron.

She was conscious of a strange dinancss when she arose from a stooping jpotilion her head was aching miserably, and her eyes seemed burning. "Wnsit was corning over her She must "be ill! Oh! no—*be had no time for that And then her thoughts drifted nwftv to the dear old home of her childhoou. And sho asked he reel for the first time if she had done wisely In leaving it for this life of toU ana care.

It was a dangerous position for a wife mother, and she clasped her child more closely to suppress in her heart the disloyal answer.

She heard Jones, the hired man, come la, and recollecting tho message for Jbim, arose, and that unaccountable nddinosi seised her, and she sank back utterly powerless.

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^When Mr. Streeter returned, exultant over the thousand dollars he had deposited in the bank—and with which he hoped to purchase another parcel of land—he found no rapper prepared, and his wife helpless upon the bodj with cheeks Hushed wifcu Aver, and the walling child distracting ber with demands for care.

A physician and nurse Were soon summoned from the city, and the weary wife enjoyed the luxury of being

But convaleeoenoe soon followed, and before leaving his patient, the old doctor, a close observer and a deep thinker, took the husband s*ida and asLed: «...

Do you know what brought tr a fever on your wife, Mr. Streeter No," in a surprised tone. "Shall I tell you?" "Certalaly. I am anxious to know." "You have worked her nearly death."

You are speaking of my who, not of my horse. •'(.'ranted, and I say again, you are working her to death.

Heaily, doctor, such language is unpardonable." '•And yet you w'll pardon it. And furthermore, by your great love for the self-sacrlticiog woman wo have just left, I shall perform aa operation on your eyes that you may soe even as I see."

And then, in his own peculiarly ablupt manner, ho placed tne cold, lia-d facts bofore him, from tho time she bocame a bride, up to tho date of her present i'luess, iu which doaiest'c ca'-es only fcad haunted her feverish dreams. In concluding, he added: "I truly believe if sbo takes up her burden at once tbat beforo a year has passed, the grave or the insane asylum will reach ber."

The strong man shuddered. As Heaven is my witness, sir, I haye only permitted, not exacted, this sac/ifice. Sho voluntarily took her plpce by my side and has uncomplainingly kept step with me."

No, Lie has not kept step to follow your own figure. Unable to keep up w'tli your long, rapid strides, she has fallen, faint and footsore, by the way. And now you have but to go back and take her in your own stroug arms and carry her awhile. I tell you she must have rest for both m'nd and body, or I will not answer for the result. And it would be better if found away from here.

Yes, I begin to comprehend and it can be found away. And, offering his hand, "I will take care, doctor, that you do not get a chance to administer another such dose to me."

Then see that you do not need it." said he, dryly, as ho mounted bis horse and rode away.

Mr. Streeter went back to his room where his wife was sitting propped up by pillows, and a gush of unutterable tenderness swelled in his heart as he glanced at her pale face and almost transparent hands. Ho sat down besido ber and said, softly:

You don't know how glad I am that you are better." Thank you. Yes, I am a!most well now—shall soon be able to bo in the kiichen. I am sure I must be sadly needed thereby this time."

No, you are needed here. By the wav, would you like to havo me put tho*farm to rent this summer, and you take the boy and go back to the old granite hills?"'

Ob, could you May I go and the voico quivered with e.icitement then, wistiully, "But the expense, Newton. It would put us back so much."

Yes, there it is tho old doctor was right!" ho thought. And then aloud: l)o you know what I went to tho city for th*e day you was ill

To deposit some money lor more land, I think you said," she replied, weariJy.

Yes, but I do not need that land. I have far more than I can cultivate now. And you shall have that money—or, at least, all that you want of it -and go home and stay this summer, and try to get some of your bloom back." "Andvou?"

Never foar for mo. Only hurry and get well enough to travel, and will either go with you, or place you in the hands of kind friouds,: nd you shall be sheltered In tho old home-nest Ibis summer. I shall write to-day that you are coming."

Mrs. Streeter could hardly believe it was not ono of he: feverish dreams. But it all came about in good time and she arrived safely at home, wher she was petted, caressed and cared fo. to her heart's content.

You are all trying to spoil me,"sho would expostulate "I shali never bo tit for a farmer's wife any more." "And why not, pray?" asked a younger sister, as sho tangled a spray of apple bloOms among hor curls. "There, If you over put your hair up in that ugly knot you wore when you came home, farmer's wife, or President's wife, I'll—I'll—" "Pinch tho baby," suggested Fred.

No, he shall nover suffer for tho sins of his parents," and sho ran off with the household pet, as was her wont, to relieve tho mother or all enro.

And thus among loving friends, riding. walking, aud, when at home, reading, music, and writing long letters to tier husoaud, the summer passed swif 'v away.

And now ho had written that he was coming, and she was counting the days that must elapse ere sbo should look upon hia face aud be clasped to his heart. Sho was eager to go now. Iier holiday was over. Health had returned, and not to: an Instant did she shrink from the oil life.

And when tho husband came and saw tbo wonder one summer had brought, ho again told himself that tho good old doctor was right.

A few davs w«: given to tho old friends—Judge S.r' fi.or bad recovered blii eqaiposefn the financial world—and then they turned faces toward their Western booie.

It was evening when they arrived, and the wife looked with a woefnl bewilderment on the change. It was not her homo, and yet it ahooid bo. A h^nd»®me frout had boon added to tbo old building and before she had time to question she was ushered into a parlor—a parlor newly furnished and already lighted. An elegant piano sioof* in

a recess evidently constructed fo sption, and on It lay a card with tin

Its reception, and on— the initials of Judge Streeter, a«d the words, "To my daughter."

She turned toward her husband to assure herself that he, too, bad not changed Into something or somebody else. But the merrv twinkling In his eye told her tbat ho was enjoying her surprise, and slowly she began to realize the whole situation. Yes, now ahe understood his strange reluctance to mention what he was doing, and bis willingness to have hor remain, even after she had expreesed her anxiety to return. •Tome, I have more to show you,' and be showed her into a large, commodious room, furnished for ber own sleeping apartment, even to ber baby's crib.

Tills is for yoo. And now lay aside your dusty garments and prepare far

tea. It must have been readj an bpur ago. I will go and see." When he returned he fonnd hla wife sitting in her little rocker and weepihg

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heal ?"he asked, reproachfully. Forgive me," ahe said, smiling "I im a goose, but a tired-winged one, you know. And I am so happy to be at home, and in such a home, tnat I have no words in which to toll iny happiness."

He stooped to kiss the offered lips, and then went out, leaving her to prepare for the evening meal.

At the table sbo found a neat, t'dy girl, who took charge of the cliUd. And Lhua the new life began. And what a different life it was—busy, not burdened. Timo for the ?ranta or the mind aa well as the body. Good help in tho kitchen al' the timo a piano in the parlor, and choice reading for any leisure hour.

The farm was an unfailing souroe of income, fully defraying all expenses each year and showing a balance In favor.

Been improving, I see," said Dr. Meeker, as he reined his light carriage up to the neat fonco behind which Mr. Streeter was preparing abed of turi ips.

Yes, doctor. Como in Professionals or socially?" Socially. I want to show you all tho improvements. Here, Mary, tne doctor wants to see you."

And as she came to greet him. rosy with health and happiness, he nodded his head at ber husband. "Yes, that will doand then, glancing at tho open piano, "I am going to Btay just long enough to hear one tunc playod. "W'll you favor me And with the old school gallantry, fitted so awkwardly to his brusque manners, ho led her to the instrument and stood, hat in hand, while she played. "There, thank you. I have cut off my own supples, No more feos for me here, I seo. Just my luck. I never did know enough to secure my own broad and butter. Goodbv, Mrs. Streeter and again nodding to her husband, bo trotted out to his vehicle and went on his way, his cheery voice humming, to his borse, perhaps, the tune he had just heard.

SUBURBAN SWINDLES.

The Lightning Rod, Falent Churn, and Double Notes Swindles.

About this time look out for swindles," might bo very readiiy incorporated in the almanacs. Not but that they are always being perpetrated to a greater or less extent, but at this time .hey blossom forth and bear more uit than at any other. Their inceptions are about this time, in so far as the country is concerned, and country people seem more especially calculated to fall a prey to these sharpers. Not but that city people are victimized sufficiently to amount to a very respectable sum iu the course of a yea-, but tho field is not so large as the country, and the chances of detection and punishment are very much greater. In fact, it would seem that farmers on many occasions lack all judgment when a smooth-talking, oily, and plausible scoundrel gets their ear, and

THEY FALL VJCTIMS TO HIS WILES, when the exercise of a little prudence would save them much trouble and expense. An exposure of some of tho swindling dodges perpetrated extensively of late may serve to put some of these people on their guard.

Just at present tho most annoying class of swindlers, and by their persistence far outstripping the conventional book agent and lifo insurance man, is

THE L.GHTNIMO ROD MAN. Now, no one will pretend that lightning rods are not good things in tbeir way, and when kept in place, /en if they do look a littlo unslghtly-to a person of ajsthetlc tastes. And there are many persons who have a nervous dread of thunder and lightning, so much so that they are in constant terror wlrtm a storm is in progress. Scientific men are agreed tnat a lightning rod, constructed on right principles, is a protection against the electric fluid. And there is no ono who can expatiate on this fact at such length, and is fortified with so many statistics to prove the extreme danger of erecting buildings without them, or in faiftig to attach rods to those al-eady constructed, as the average lightning rod mail. And he will demonstrate to you how cheaply it can be done. I3o takes a hasiv survey of your building—so many exposed angles, requiring each a point so many feet of wire and the thing is done at a cost of from forty to fifty dollars. You th'.nk well of it. Your wife may be, and probably is, a 1'ttle nervaus when what the reporters 11 "Heaven'b artillery" is thundering rather more loudly than usual, and the lightning flashes mote vlyidlythan is its usual wont. And then the expense is small, ar you conclude you will havo it done. The agent, or solicitor, (for tbo work la never done by him, ho merely obtains the older,) suggests a few additions—it will Increase the safety of the building—and you foolishly agree to it, supposiag tho oxpenso will not bo moro than ten or fifteen dollars additional.

TOUFIIGXAX AGRBXMBNT,

or blank form, which the agent proceeds to fix up, and he drives nwav. In a lew days thereafter a wagon drives up, containlnac a couple of men and all the paiaphernalla requisite to rig out an entire block with Lghtnlngroda and Hopurtenances, and they go to work and cover the top of the house with a wilderness of wiie, apd at intervals of a few feet are upright points, tipped with tbo new pateotcontJivance for attracting the lightning and conducting ft bv tneana of the wire to the ground. And the bill, when It comes in, is about four t?mes as great as the victim supposed it would be. The chances are he refuses to pa/ it. He is sued for the amount in tbo PLslrict Court, $nd the agreement he signed being placed in evidence, the case is detfloed against him. He has no redress. He knows be has been swindled, but ho cannot make it apparent 1HK FCHL/RH STFNJDTB.

AH apparently small swindle, and yet one wuich nets the operator a very handsome sum yearly, laknown as the churn swindle." A well-dreeeed, glibtalking man, driving a handsome t»ir of horses attached to a wagon, In which is a churtt of anew kind, make# his appearance In an agricultural dis.ric* ne Mils on the farmers in turn, and shows them the churn and tho mode of its working, and guarantees tbat it is all It represented to be. drculara, conUdnlng recommendations from various ones who claim to have uned it, are also shown. Aa an additional incentive, he offers to take the notes of those who purchase, payable in amy daya. Hie amount naked la only fivedolla:a and this seems so small a sum that a very large proportion give tbeir notea for It, with

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livered. Weeka roll on no oburns are delivered but when the notes fall due, they are presented for payment by same sharp country lawyer, who haa purchased them at a d^ecoupt of twenty-five per eent. And not till then do the dupea find thai the* htve each* paid their five dollars—n+t for the churn, but for the privilege of parohssing it, it being patented. Ofcouraoltis

A HWIXDLM, PURK AND SIHPLB, But the victim haa no redreaa, and ia compelled to pay his note, with interest added. In one township in Michigan, the writer knows of thirty-five farmers who were sold in this manner within ono week.

THJI HALIF-IFOTJS 8W-LMDLB. There aro other phases of this note swindlo. Perhaps tho most transparent is what may be designated as the "half-note swindle." The operator offers to sell some well-known standard agricultural implement, and take the purchaser's note for it, payable when tho implement is delivered. Of course, it is never delivered, and the giver of tho note is astounded when his note comes to him for payment, a pure and bonafide promissory note, with all the conditions and safe-guards it originally bore wanting. Ho cannot account for it. There is his signatr :e, and tho date on which ko (t,avo his note and thero are other peculiarities which stamp it aa his note. A close examination shows that it is only two-thirds of the note he originally gave. The note was so carefully worded that all the conditions came on the outer edgo of the note, and these were cut off, leaving it, as stated, a simple promissory note.. To secure the signature, without which tho note would bo valueless, tho dotted lino on which tho name was written was carried further in than is customary, but not so much so as to excite suspicion or comment. The victim might explain or protest, but all to no purpose, as the noies—as in the caso of the churn —had passed into the bands of third parties, of course at a considerable discount, and eventually the giver of the note bad to pay.

These are but samples of the swindles continually going on. The lisi might be lengthened indefinitely.

THE PLEASURES OF THE PICNIC. This is the season of the year when picnics are most frequent. For real solid enjoyment we, for our part, must prefer a well-conducted funeral to an ordinary picnic. You generally reach the grounds about 11 o'clock, and the exercises begin with climbing a hill, up which you aro compelled to carry two heavy lunch baskets. When you reach the summit you are positively certain that thermometer must be nearly six hundred and fifty in tho shade. You throw yourself on the grass, and in a fow moments a brigade of black ants begin to crawl down the back of your neck, while a phalanx of ticks charge up your trouser leg. And just as you jump up, your oldest boy, who has been out in the woods, where he stirred up a yellow-jacket's nest, comes in with his head and face swelled to tbo size of a water-bucket, conveying: the information that your other boy, William Henry, is up a tree and can't get down. Alter laboring to release William Henry the thermometer seems to havo gone up two hundred moro degrees, and you think you will take a swim in the croek. While you aro in the water, youug Jones strolls out with Miss Smith, and unconscious of your presence they sit down close to your clothes, and engage in conve -sation for tbroe-quarters of an hour, while you lie down in the shallow stream, ufraid to budge and nearly killed with tho hot sun. When they leavo, you emerge and find that some wicked boy from the neighboring village has run off with your shirt ana socks. You fix up as well as you can, and when you get back with the party they are eating dinner from a cloth laid on the ground. A spider is spinning a cobweb from the pickle-jar to the little end of tho cold ham straddlobugs aro frolicking around over tho pound-cako, caterpillars aro exploring the breadplate, grasshoppers are jumping into the butter, whero they stick fast, tho bees are so thick around the sugarbowl that you are afraid to go near it, and there are enough ants in the pio to walk completely off with it. You take a seat, however, determined to try to eat something, but you get up suddenly —all at once, as it were, for you have set down on a briar. Then William Henry, who has quaffed an unreasonable quantity of lemonade, gets tho co'ic, and his mother goes into hysterics because she thinks he is poisoned with poke-berries. You lay him undor an umbrella, and proceed to ciimb a treo in order to fix a swing for tbo girls. After skinning your hands, toaring your trousers and ruining your coat, you get to tho top, tie the rope and undertake to come down on it. Yon do come down, with velocity, and your fingers aro rubbed entirely raw. Just then it begins to rain furiously, and tho whole party stampedes to the depot for shelter. When the shower slackens you go back to the ground to get the rope, and just as you got up in the treo the owner of the place comes along with a gun and a dog, and threatens to blow your brains out and eat you up, if you don't leave immediately. Then yon como down again with celerity, and got over the fence as if you were in earnest. Going home in the train all the passengers regard you, from your appearance, aa an escaped convict, or a lunatic who has broken from his keepers and when you reach your home you plunge into a shirt, cover your bands with court-plaster, and register a solemn vow never to go on anotbor picn'.c. And wo are with you we never will either.—[Max Adeler. #S|

IT'S NICK BY Amr NAME.—Speaking of the names applied to the marriage ceremony, the Portland Transcript "Down east in that earthly Par-

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understanding that these note*

are not to be paid until the churn Is de

Skowbegan, tbey go to the parson to get bitched in the *pnny south they jump the broomstick in Ethiopia they are joined in the bands of padlock the sailor boy gets spliced to a dipper-built craft, with a neat figure head those in the horse business let the world know that they are about to travel in double harness! tone think tbat they have put tbeir necks in the noose while out wost, and in the Sandwich Islands, tbey 'stand up and in Greenland's icy mountains, no doubt, tbey ait down.'*

As Act *r Craetty.

Chapped hands and face an the most neilooi«oQo fticM that farmers, and people WHO labor MOCFA out of doon, experience trom e^pomre. Exposed persons, espeeiallr children, repeatedly suffer Intensely from great crades upon tne hands, that ofien bleed, it Is cruel lo allow one's self or OUJen to softer In ihU way, when the means of positive preve&doa are easy to be had, and so cbeap'r, as to pajr ten cents for a cake of Band feapollo. Haad 8apolio In not only better than the costliest soap for removing dirt, but it prevents chapplnc, and reuden the skin soft and pliable. Sola everywhere.

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tbe latter.

~Hqw Rural Rdativw Mrt Treated in 4 1

From the Psoria Review.] Squire Binks, a retired old gentle* man, lives away down on Seventh atreet. The other morning three old ladiea from Macon county came to {lia bouse on a visit. Tbey used to know bis wife before she was married. The Squire welcomed them to his mansion, atid then went out to the bain and swore for half an hour. While be was soothing himself thus his wife called him luto the houso. She handod blm an umbrella to koop off the sun, and said the ladies walked up from tho depot and left somo things there for him to bring up. So be brought them up, making two round trips for the baskets, band-boxes, and two black oil-cloth traveling-bags, all of which tho Squire discourteously called "infernal old traps."

As he sat In tho back kitchen wiping his brow, his wife brought out tho market-basket and said there was not a bit of sugar or tea in tbe house, and she remarked whilo he was going down town ho might as well get the molas-ses-jug filled. The Squire asked her bow long those old migratory pelicans wero going to stay. And she asked him if be thought sbo would be so rude as to ask them. Thon the Squire went down and laid In tho groceries. When be got back his wife said she had forgotten something, and thought of it just when it was too late. She must have some corn-starch. The Squire asked her if any of the old scare-crows had dropped tho least hint as to the duration of tbeir visit. Sho said not. Tbo Squire looked sad and discontented.

When he laid tbe paper of.corn-starch on the kitchen table his wife said they must have a codfish for dinner. One of the ladies said, in tho course of conversation, that sho was fond of codfish. The Squire asked if tho old buzzards had yet committed themselvos on tbe extent of their present roost. She said be ought to bo ashamed of himself.

When he slapped the cpdfish down on tho table with a whang, his wife got bim to bring in some water and wood said Mrs. Spoonauger said she never dined without ale, and the 'Squiro was asked if he would go down and bring up a bottle. He asked if he shouldn't go into tho parlor and get those old cormorants to make out a list of what they did like, and furthermore asked if they were yet silont as to when they thought they could go away.

He got the ale, and for fear he would have to trot down town again, ho hired an express wagon and loaded it with all sorts of garden truck, a bottlo of whisky, a box of sardines, a pound of snuff, some cove oysters, dried apples, beans, smoked tonsue, cut and dried tobacco, pickled walnuts, canned corn, mackerel, split peas, etc.

The next day tbe Squire was sent down town only eight times. Early the next morning bo started out into tho country to seo a man. When he got home he asked his wife if any time had been set for the departure. On^tbo evening of the following Monday one of the ladios said she thought they ought to start on the next Friday, so as to reach home before

Sun

day. Mrs. Binks said they oughtn't to be in a hurry. The Squiro groaned, and said they ought to stay and make tbeir visit out. On Friday morning the Squire had an express wagon before tbe door. But his wife said the ladies had concluded to stay until after tbe Fourth. Then the Squiro went out to saw wood and converse with himself.

ADVICE TO OIRLS.

A writor in the Ashtabula Sentinel addresses tho following advice to girls who may be engaged or likely to be:

Don't do anything that you will look back on from tbe maturer ago of thirty, and wish you hadn't. Don't do anything, no matter how long you have been engaged to a man, tbat, when you aro married, you will regret, Your husband will respect you all tbo moro if you have always been true to yourself during his courtship. Time enough for the kisses and tbe "loving clasps" will come after marriage, and bo enjoyed all the more for the true purity of thought and deed. And if tho engagement should happen to get broken it will save many annoying thoughts, if not words, to know that it is impossible for some man whom you care nothing for thon to boast of familiar! ties from you. These young men who are willing to draw out these little, caressing, familiar acts that in themselves contain nothing impure must possess impure minds, and imagine license from tho innocent, thoughtless expressions of pleasure, and will, sooner or later, with somo one vonturo more, you may depend. Your careless words and actions may inflame his passions, and presontiy some one falls, and can yon say but that it is partly your fault No doubt it is very pleasant to be supported iu your evening walks, or ride, by the arm of your dear Augustus, or to lean your head to rest upon hi* convenient shoulder, holding his hand, and to give him a parting kiss, but as sure as you live to be ten years older you will be sorry that you did it. Then consider ono thing more. In the strength of your virtue, d'.d you ever think that some weaker sister may see or know of tbe act, and thinking if you do so it cannot be improper The consequence is that some one takes advantage of her weakness, and she is lost. Oh, girls! we must blame our own selves for some of this dreadful evil. Do be thoughtful and avoid any action self-rcspcct calls doubtfuL f* •, &

BAKHtJM's detectives declare that there were more drunken men at his show in Vermont than in New York

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The Wetr 2-basse Cultivator, SUOOO were sold. 58,000 were warranted.

BSfiOO are now In nae. 62.000 t&rnier* plwwwd.

The Markets.

Tuunc-HAUTB, July

The following figures are paid t« fanners and others by dealers In this city: BEKSWAX-YelJow ZM BUTTER—Best gS 26 CORN MEAL-cwt l«T EQG&—Fresh ioa 12 FEATHERS— LIve Geese. uS 00

Old 20i ao

FLOUR—Fancy brands. 7 8 00 FRUIT—Green Applets. 75X 1 00 Dried 2 5

Dried Peaches. £& 0

GRAIN—Corn sag 35 Oats 30§ 85 Rye —. 65 60 wiiits wheat 1 40

Alabama.,...—.. .v 1 *5 mimm Mediterranean 1 25

GIN8BKG 80 x+. GREASE—Hrowa..-. 5A HAY—Per ton...... 00§U5 00 HIDES-Green trimmed 9§ K)

Salted 8XS 10 v-i Dry Baited..— lis 15 Dry flint.. 17® 20 "Sheepskins.......^ 75g 150 TALLOW 7y% PROVISIONS—Hams. 10« W

Sides.. 7| 8 Shoulders. 0g 7

MESS PORK-Per bbl._ 14 00§15 00 LA ltD—Country 6® 7 POTATOES. 70« 80 POULTRY—Turkeys, alive per lb. 9§ U) dressed 10® 11

Ducks per dozen 3 000 8 00

(t f3nivm a it ft RA Chickens—young .8 000 8 25 SEEDS—Flax I 45

Clover 8® 9

RAOR-Cotton 30 8 WOOL—Tub-washed 560 80 Fleece 350 40 4 Unwashed 330 88

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"i. 'it .ii-c 'ffiHEGUIjAR RATES.

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The SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, an Independent Weekly Newspaper, will be mailed to subscribers at TWO DOLLARS a Year ONE DOLLAR for Six Months, and FIFTY GENTS for Throe Mouths, and to Clubs at the following rates: Three Copies, One Year.— $ 5 00 Five 8 00 Ten 15 00 Twenty 25 00

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CLUBBING WITH COUNTY PAPBRB We have made arrangements to ftuidlfi the MAIL with the following Ne,*sp&||0Rt published in the neighborhood of Haute, at very low rates. Here is the list: The Mall and Sullivan Union...— ......J8 00 The Mail and JRockville Newt. 3 00 The Mall and Dratil Miner 8 00 The Mall and Bowling Green Archive*.... 8 00 The Mail and JMarahill Herald, 8 00 The Mail and Ifootier State 8 00 The Mall and Newport Transcript 8 00 The Mall and ^urora BorealU 8 00 tf T4

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Address, P. H. WESTFALL, Terre-Hauto, Indiana.

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GRIMES

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RealEstate Dealers,

HATE FOR SALE

ONEHUNDREDVACANTLOTS, In different parts of the city at prices from 1175 to U,000.

FIFTY DWEMING HOUSES,

VII* v»l 1 VII f. If

of Brokaw's Lots, they ai« on IA, and 7th streets terms «wy. Awo. Three Lots, east front, on south fltn street.

Office, *0. 2 Fifth Street, South of Main*

Dr. A. Blitz,

Oculist A Anrist, Gives special attention to the treatment of ail diseasesof the Eye and Ear, whether of acute or chronic form, as tcntfu-

lotuand other sore eye*, which trom negligence have become chronic. Granulated Lids, weak Eyes, etc. Eyes, where the sight hubecome obscured from cataract or any other opacity operated carefully and skillfully and the sight restored. CVOM Eyes ctraishtened in one minute, without or chloroform.

Earache, hard hearing, deafness, disagreeable, smelling, dtsehages from tbe Ear, Catarrh, etc., cured In a short time.

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Call and see Dr. BLITZ, at his office. No. 119 Main street, over Base's Confectlonery Store, Terre-Haute, Ind. mar22