Brookville American, Volume 1, Number 45, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 December 1858 — Page 1

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FTTKJlKtO XVtAT f RID AT ... 'tEZIS oFsUESCEIl'TION. ?' on auwA4 Bfj rysbt i d. aar. 4ottr t th 4 f U MMbt, ATII Of ADTtKTTilNO.' 3ai mm, (U Ut r Im,) loitrllon. P0 AO 00 f DO y 1 1 ...... 60 0 IJ 0 SO 00 M ' M M t fiMf .,".r 1 0 d lit lh Horn nrje.li. Ih " " . ' rr In 4Uh. All ..MU,ir rtri.f. ImI rlMfnftM. NT A.lrrtUl Unln V jirritMiiirilnUr lt" 1 fMlfll-wh.n llUSINl-Ha CAltl8. . "'JOHM h" farquhah" ... :--iAttöirncjv-ät:liS7.v;-r ltltOÖKVH.I.E. IXP. ' !f)TmLUr'M,,,lMrfU,,u nU,I,, lMhn4 lluUm .Vu.l p Uli 1ft Cum wwj tlt.iwtiiir iUitui r f Mr.. I.tua A yrnthr. . . . , wT ivTb h fiId w i . . .. ÄTTOUNBY AT LAST. rint Door South of tho Poit-Dälcö. WILT. VUACTICK IN TUR CUM MO rtUAM, ATT0UMCY A COUNCtaUH AT. LAW 1 Daootriua, Ik. ' Of win. HiriU,H"If "' , PU-OI rtl.ltRft. - HOLLAND rnt. r. ftikkithf &. DINKLEY, ' or () 14 JUIU7 DUrk, Wwlif th Ctun ; ... lfu'9';lL rJOSrCOXT WM. H. KERRi" ATTOltNEYS AT LAW, OrVIl'U NO. Al'CtI.0 BUILPIM0, Cor. Fifth and Walnut ßts cxncxtiuATX, o; TlALFRED C. JENKINS, -ul ttornov at :Tu iv 'VY. 7 A N Ü N OTA Tl V I IT Tl T IC . O'Hci Xn M lVet Furth Strut, CINCINNATI, O, . -JOHN W. KEELY, '. yt n a in y ' v v n x i a . itt f t F Jt AND TAKES. ACK50WJ.E0aB. W u .f 14, Mrtfg. 4 I.ri ftf At 1 Wny, 4 4o wU olh. tu wUi U wmihri4 t 4. NUfy ' - t 1 - DR. JOHN W. KEELY. S Ü rpo on-Dontist', . ir tiniiif IN TUh. UtAlAL LlH WAR A OAm h4 Star a dr utb ! Tyicr KiUi' Ur. ' " ' , , ,, HENR Y'DAVIDi ;' . FAKCY SOAPS, FERFUf.'ERY, &C. .-CINCINNATI. OHIO. "'Alt rdira 'ramptly attadd to and arefiüy Vr-TALLEY-'HOUSE..1 P. LUXT7ELL, FKQEIETOR. .nnooiivxiiM, inn. TTIIATIXO takes tha abora Iloa, tb araprl. II tor will Iut hl ati UfldeJ" ttntia t tha 3mfutt af t&oa wh asy boui LU rwciU. Th jatablithniaat U now aa4Vr;oa a tbiwoagh r- . talrins &ni eUaanoK. for th iwmmer eatn, t which ha iarUtj hit fri.odi and tb pallia gntri H. . .7 ..... ' . .-iT nr aod bajjic kept for tb tooomaaatw. ( itOoniri.,.- ... .. .. ' mUdüahd nEYEn, " vuaadio - xiarness raaiicr, -cyr booit .xoith or inir tauf.t norsR HAVITO REMOVKD UtS E-STABLISHMRÜT to tha abov foeatlao ha wooJ4 Inrlt ' ht old patrwa ao4 friea4 ta rlva hlaa ealL , 11 U taok nnMa la part f ADDLK5. 15RIDLF.5, HARSESS. COLLARS -' WHIPs', MALTKIW, Ae., k." 1 Which vUl ha all at Cliaatl prWai. H U als frepairdt4 rrpaijlnr oa hart aotlr. Hin 'pnntw la tha ba- wwminta bin la tba boll ef bei f ab! to (Ifa aatira iaiifcU.,a. 1 ' ' ; f-b55.lyr. .. . samuel B. Jenkins, 'SADDLE t HARNESS AfAKER "irOULI PAT TO niü o!4 frion.U aal eat. if' aicr that he U aow treiar4 to aftumtaoiUte ' ha. with Terythlnf la hi liae of bualoeM, aa4 al rMi(lUat he caa H all who auy jci hint a t H with at ' z'kkI work u aan b baugbtlatle it a try, at (ilaetry yrkm4, ' Call aa4 aoe ay Dt-'&'T.'BHOOKS. ' Bü:ü'D & S H O E'. : MANUFACTUUKi;.. . ; j 2?3netancra,vlnd.2.. T,Hart rat ntly rowaved from Bloomiaj rar to thu plae ara prvparei 'U faraUh f-ooU aa4 5Wvtf lha hatt o,aity at Ufotory prie an4 40m.wv',nii trpa. Oar hc cspariaaea iu ' ha iat warraat a la tha balief that wi an c;ee entire (tiifactl! Mr r.nirr.

7Mhe. Oiil of Lot.

: ' t 1 " 1 -j -..fj J.'' .Glf."lM!(l.,lbUlnf ... . VKlh oi lUj r lr (fUtmrj , (I tlxtHkU I 'twill lrlix, . ' Whm taiwf (imxcl'i lmt -i , . ' ( llr fkUod 'er lk WMtrrn let, . , , , ., . An4 Uft w dfmlo, Jo, of tbt" : ' "'OH! U," tU mVi J irf4f ' -' "TM Main r! U brlfht, bill alj , Tbt -ioJ I IpuoIt IUI . Willah uiut 1; I.J with o4l ' ' ' ' Tht ring wottt4.a furotifn ti ' lomt -K)iUtiai'JlfltotbMl" ' " ' : -.. - ,... "TbM tUt m lht r4 ,. , fiiU I, 'bUh on th booin hr, ' ' In rll( rru, . ' A4 4rtpp It blttlrff Uri If tboit viiMlUrl brt m Ihlnkof tbcit. I'ulnnul lud ! the romla in! ' ' . . . i , , , ,. . "Ohl no," tht flly klj . ' vi III not (Iva tb uy duwerit , . ' Tbl rn III iitrvly f4 It taai with tb hnnn ' I - A U44 tat n r 1 . ' . ' AftttnbUm of inj Iot futlha," , 1 ' "Tb jrlv linl thy wrl " .' 'A ni f loT0lr bltr Jftl," ' ' I r-rli'di 'b iip b Hr4 ,!. , Rmh oi, n 'r furgett . . , If tb will U ihlt j.mdtf u mi,, y , Mof tili I flnf rylf III mi . .-i " ...if r DHI ., ! imUJ lor "i .. j " Kftr )ikM "( Vr(b; . Wbi mmry 1 In V r I rt YUn miliri trrUblhl ' ' ' ' - ' If r I lmy lo fir hf, . , Mjf ituiUil ftng'iii.o w:', , . Th-n wiil." I .V4. "will Ibott; 0 drnll to thy (r (rT- i ,Nor rial, Hi rm, hur vw J , . Mjr I that ri Au4 y. um t ruljul ImiilJ llirr l T9ljfty thy lv frl"; - .''Tbtmlrni fM-it bf llvrrj volf j j Umn m hU r nfl l lowi "llfr, ubthli flft jr hol- ; ,Th wi'tt lvvn IimowI" , ; ) ,' . fh rli"l htr lif4 nil lovtriglT, 1 A4 mlliMi, Hym kU u ut I' i ONLY A J0KK AFTJXll.ALL. , T M, A. .'.TIICUTOX. . A'ml.w.ieii uro you to lo r.nrrlnl. Annie?" nnUoJ liiy.lHciul, J,licy, 111 I wrcmh which i ima ucoa mowing nor, Tlu't'M voh Nomothhi in tlio tono ol her vuloc licit Pti uvlc u iMUiKl my licuit. .tlmuth 1 know not why, mhi I wi victl luiMlily, vlillo Iho rtt lit LtuotJ liiüiliilütl tr luy thcvK; In two weck li unt to-morrow, von u. it lOtliilitf ItnpjKMi tu pro Vuli t. . "Ana tuttt II iro win nyinintf imp. -...!' : .! i i .' ... ten yon u nob PXKcif wim Jury, uliii)f criouwly Into inv ft-t ' Or coiiinj not, vfhr hhoaij i ciont r r o wOfct U not n Vi ry lengthy porioil, I'lrlninly, unl btloru half thiit titno Im expired Walter U turning to KHon," Yoit oro 1 iuio of - tliU?" quuricj "A Miro n we t-nn lo or nuythmjf. ' f rei'lictJ. . -Are ytu a irMlictc 1'hh Vou iK'cr into lummy, unu uii mo n t hero U any : len-iou why thUsliull not be 7 . ,l'nm;nolprophctc" !ghed Lucy, and yet" - And VOt, chtitJ I ucmanaeu tmpationily, initntcd by her manner., And yot, u alter may uuver come to a . a a it . . .! I . . I! I . . I i ou. Jt no nouhf not: no tua noil niHlt too entence, uumxeu. nor eye a r a a i keenly njort my fuce. . , Ihero aro no im ftuout it. .1 uid. Vhat ha taken possession of you that von appear so nrunijeiy r " .. r. .1 , "I dare not ten you, was the siowi' spoken reply, "but to-day I learned something drcodfui." ' "Drcadlul? M hit can it bei Aval-1 ter, no nothing hau huppenod to him, I m suro. " lei! mo, uo not torture me a mnrieull,' l; . 7 , i ll Walter " - - "What, -Lucy? I shall po crezy you'll kill ' mo f you ao not tell ruo I vi cnoa, grasping ner Jiunu4 and holdific them Örmly. - . v Walter .. married I";.; , , , . ; j ; n4irnca ucy niarnea 1 nmt all?' "Pid you thluk' to friirbtcn nio with such an absurd story ns that? Khamo!" I laughed hysterically a I said this, und tears gushed freely from my eyes. . - t . . . . a 'It ia true, AnnW; I read it in to-day a paper, Mr. Walter Mavo to iliss Miss 1 can t ininic . i v t .. , a. "-B "Ilclon Stickrjey.?" I gaspt?d,t grusp jnpr.hcr hnndü again. .. ,. Yes, tiiat wan tho name, married in' Hoston.V - ' " 'llavo you 'tbo paper? I cannot ercdit what you may have seen.. I must read it read it myself. . ; - She. draw it Irom; her pocket and

rointed to tho maiTisge list, --ily ovitttithan bear up under Iiis nilt, aud that

secineu inrunir iroiu tneir Hesels a-i i ft . . . .I--..---. read:, Al v scn?OH were not to be trustted. it could not be and yet, and yet there it was, plain aimpie nu i inuispu - taltle: 'Mr. Walter Aia'o of hlton to Mi Helen Ktickncy pf iJoston J" , ; , , Walter Mayo ny,v y Walter, marricd ' tQ Iii proud, .wealthy, .'.city belle! ' ''Go from mo, Lu'ey please,"' I said, ray. "soget this mo turning aw 7 I staggered to n chair aa no left the1 room, l .pressed . my , bond to my throbbing temples. 1 tried to believe myself in tho 'midst ot "ttomo, horrid drcairt, from which I should soon , awiwken. 1 would not keen buck the tears: I 'would not. HunnrüHä mvwi ,1 ! ni grief; 1 would let them como the dreadfttl pell would soon pans awa. -But no then was. -o cluvtige,. My hcait grow hearior every moment, tho light that htrcumod in at tho windows was not that of tho early morning, upon which my eyes had just opened. Thero were sounds of busy life about tbo house: tho children were oat upon thegrassy inwn. I' had ' heard their ; merry shouts, and watched. thonV at. their plav nearly the long sommec' .ancrnoou, . , Thero

wero flower upon uiy Utile; real flower that my littU brother had braucht ine

in the morning, when tho dowrwitu on them. 1 wß uwak riivuI . Theurend rt . ft ' iui Wilkin on xny neun nna Drain wn a reality. Uofuro my eyes waj a prbrtf or my wrotcheuneM in 'wy - hnni I held lt.' Ood pltv me. it wu roal. realt -Jlr.Hftlter Wmj to ahm t Helen Stlckne'," that wm allt all but my lvhenr. wnn breaking. My bruin whirli Iik A maniaoa. , lhi. mighty truth tlftapod ItRcU about everything.' It wna within me, und aroiintf ino nboTO mo and benenth ino.' Thert wuh no leitvln it. no Ibruettleir it, Tliero wu no teat lor me; conatantly my henrt must bear p IU torriblo load or prler. ' - ' - . i -""Aiui yel it vaa no-.wonder,"-! I thought, while tlio ralrunesnol duspair ettlcd upon me; no wondtir that he nlumld rrilVr tho brilliant, aeoomplUh t'd clti' uellii to mo, mn tho pimple, quiet, unpretönditiff conntry' lrl !. I hud tf. ten heard him prnlsu hwr: ho wn liko tt ftiter to Ilm, ho had aald. rcrhupe, of a atidden h had found that ho loved lier butter than mo, Hod only knew IJlut, (), it wria mo cruel, no hnrd to tenr! I eon Id not ovll not II vol" . .. I "lld prnilo over die auddonly, when huch'atuh urUU enmo upon tlicin?' , 1 wnudornl. Il , 1 üoll't 1 iVfid lyilitf. I'rofO nnd went to tho mirror. Air fitee wan a whUo ta doatli; tny oycMlu wild an J aturlitf; tt though I wita tvrol. Iliiir AVltli tho great conqueror. Jiliu cif iiurpto lay about my lijn, which lotthod-na ll titer wer fruy.onj rroxen with mli it pitiful cxpi'Cflon of.woc IrtKUcrrootyned upon them! I flapped my Icy luinua yr my eye to Hiut out the pictnrö whluh I hud not Irviiih to turn nwhy ' from. My eine teemed leuvin'f ino.'iti with n'lmv moan of gony lnpr Irom my lipo I ank help. i-nwiy upon inoiioor. : ' hei I w6lte to cnnicloi!neal wnt In my inntiiorit room, iylnjf upon hor U'd, n lih Imr di'iir lueu, nnxlon And tearful, bviwiinir over rue.. 4,I wh ItWfif'tit alik," ha huid. ."KU . lutd found inu iyittff likctonu lond, uiioti tl o floor W in)' room! JloaV' lon I hud boon therOkbo ooutd not toll. . Shu had nut called mo nt teudlinu, bocaii alio thought I went out with Kury Cunior, nnd lutd not rettimod. Tho doctor naid I mint be quiet." . "The doctor ? I rrpeat-d. wondrrlnif. ly, Unrlni? nbacntly itilo her facw. 't ib. a "if,' dear, the uoi ior-t;uti doctor Owen, here lm i, now, and tf ppol to. ido initt 1 mihi iv nun, mil 1 turned mv headuway murmuring: -.'"Wultrr, Walter !' 'Do you wih to eo him?' nked tltd ootl'nld' ninn, proving bi cool hand upon my f-trultoad.- ' 'Sea him; ll, no, no Irl I cried, n auddcii tl i'itüi coming upon mo tit the thought. , J hnil norwr - eo . him Aftnlnr - ' ' ' "Wi'll; we'll, you needn't dear, don't mind i lo Hitidaoothitil) Uoli5viiii me deliiioiM, There, lu rt'!.' J Mink wenvlly hack titton my j'tllow, mid im I did mo, I heard my mother w!iper my nume, 1 listened nlteiiiivo. IV. ' ' , '. f.; ," . .. "JIad wo better teletjraph to him?" khoaaitl.: - ! -t There I nopartieulnr eanae for vonr doinr ko. A letter cnt in tho mail to. morrow morning will answer as wall. . . ' i no not apprehend nn' nenous results Hroin ' thU itttuck.: JJo at you please, - - - . -w . Itowercr.' l: 1 '. - . - . - l jrucss well sond to-niffht, then. (Walter can- come in t)t lirst train to morrow, ' answered my fiUlior. ' , ' 'jon't, den t Bond for liirn, I cried. springing wildly up. "If you Ioto n;o, do. not iet. him kno f that I aut ill. . 1 fihnll be better soon. - Do not look at mo so, I am not delirious; I know what I am aavini; don t end lor huui "Why not?"-asked my mother. . , - J'ecuue, . because,: 1 faltered,." cannot loll yoa why!" . .. 7 , 4 "What is -it,-child!. queried my fa Ither. -. r.r j Walter will never tumo :hcro .ttruln I for me; bo is ' ;7 . .-. 'Wbutr--. ? t 'He i married to some one clso ! I read it in to day a paper i I said. To-duy'B paper repeated tny -moth er. Yes, it is in my room, go for it 1. The paper was found,- und tho videneo of: Walter'. ertidy read by each member of the family, before tho wretch ed truth could be rculizcd, then tl.tnk

Tliey werersilenco l'ollowod, and my mothercnnie

to my bedside, and put -4icr dear arms lovingly about rae,. and said, it. all oth er failed, sho should el ways remain trne; that she should ruther fmtlowrom hi hcklcness A thousand tuues over, .. .ll' l. ..II. I - . . it waa uu riK"t. -or iu umi, even thoujrh mv heart broke under the bur den hiel bore down upon it i . - now irom my inmost sum - a-.uicsjou I that mother ior tho comforting worth nho speke to me," and while 1 nestled closely in her arms liko u frightened, grieved child, and felt her warm' tears upon my c nee na, ner tenuer Kisses upon mv lin. through .my wrrur.'. "a little vein tif joy fouud its way, and I thank ed Ood lor my mother ior my moth cr love i In a few davs I waa up and ahmt the hou.. ' Iho prido that hud been numbed by my first shock of sorrow, took up lifo again tntt came faithfully to my aid. I put a teal upon my lips. Upon tiim Bhould luier no regrets; Play no words of passionate tenderness; .tarry no names which, had once been uttered with 'so much of gladness. Jly heart at.ould prison all Its' 'griefs, though 1n their rebellion. Jt wore torn aud broken. i'ride should bethostcrn Beutinol which Iwould set to watch over it. l'ridutho scxUm wliieli - should bury from tho eves oT the world ' my wois; the muti Hated corpses of mv once brilliant hope alliTho world should havo no tomb-stoniti to look up, n. and sav, that ip eucu

plaeo my dead, was .lylngrl, And I bÄly mu.t know thö bilont restlng-pluco.' ' '

: And thus tho days wcirt'on, till the titno ect for Walter's eonnng was nt hand. ,'Thestoiy ol his. yiarringo had spread rapidly through the vllhtge. -Every gossip "was buy with the rare plcco of new; ' If I- wettV upon, the street.' I was "watched as . eagerly , ns though'!, wero a condemned .criminal, or a wild, ferocious Wlmaf,' that was bent upon some i'afciPrjii schief. , fcome said (fiat I wna most heart-broken; oth ern that T .was nearly Iniunn, and others still, that I had settled Awny into a sort of atu or from which I should never be roused; that in all lirtman probability I should not Ii vo but a short titno. God knows, I prayed that the last might Lo so, that every day t naked" earnestly nvcr to see tho light .of another; tho bridal robes laid a vay so carefully might bo my shroud, at tho tlmo I thought I should becöiu a blessed, happy wlfo. ' 7 ' f : .; . Tho day on which Waltor was to 's.a. ft a como dawned at iasi. i Know, i expected that It would bo n wretched nno to moj nin' shihldcred when tho llht broke clear und- rosily In nt mr.wln dow. O, how; overthing moekwd ins on that morning I Iho mist roso up like a. fragrant breath from tho low. lands at tho first wurrn UUs of tho sunJ and lay liko n. uhllo nuntle nt tho feet of tho sweet - green ihllla. . Tho .tlolds stretched Away, gllMvnlng . In tho sunlight, as , though their, mantles wero stttddod with costly JiwclH: artJ ' the birds hymned -out their - praises, rich and clear upon the morning nil. In all this glory how wretchedly, how wick. edlv cursed the very futo thut bada 'me look upon It live to eu It. I put on my bonnet and shawl And wandered out Into tho wood", whera no httnx.li voice could 'reach my cat, and then when tho silence grew more torrl bio tliau tho busy, busillii;; soutnN nl human life, 1 went h.'xk to tho villuge again; wearily towards Itome, I went tahttho depot. A Iran ol curs - hud nit that moment como in. I had promsed to meet Walter there, nt that very' hour. . I turned bntk, I knew not why; perhaps I thought to cheat myself ior U moment irto tho belief that I should meet hint ns I lutd proinUc-d;. that the piist week was u myth, a dream, A I did so, A well. known voleo sounded Up. on mv cur: I turned' nulcUlv iirournl. tho blood receding rapidly from, my brow, chaek and lips. Merciful Heav. ens I Waltor MitVo .was aluinllng ill roQ.ly beloro niel. .with .A benutlful, showily dressed wonxtu lean ng ou his arm I .;... - , i 'I), if f could but boAway from this spot I' I thought ns a terrible faintiiess cumo OTrniiP. Wns prido iVightoned from her post again ? . Should J lvnup . I i .1.-1. I ! 11 .1 II ...! f HKMc, in neitiru mi eoiu, itiiici .ing eves ? No, no J' And withit sirong effort I moved on, tliroclly luist them, a f f t . I u r l lti t f tit w) C .If Bt 1,tit' aA 4 n tni Mit, wrt km I ' it III Vf ' 'Ah, there is Annio' ho huid, 'ibis way Helen und going toward. mo ho. held out liis.hand, ... u , , ;, t , ,1 drowt back, A rapid, angry' light shot from my' Cyen. My lipn jnfvored, my whole 'frame 'trembtod' witlremnlion. I would not bear his insults, and every; word. that ho might speak to mo, after, the great wrong he hud done, was indeed, an insult. 4 1 looked' disdainful, ly at his protl'ored bund and turned A way. -' ? ') , .ft, . "; , ; Why.'Ar.nlo, what i tIo matter, you aro looking u whitu a death ? ho ex claimed, laying Iiis hand upon my arm, Why do you turn away so--what docs thi moan rV!'.: ' - i t'- t. : O, how tho.. tenderness , of hi yoico went dosvA to my heart, und plead with the stern sentinel prido! Jluvvt roused my quiet dead my dead that I had placed iu their' graves-Mho culd, icy graves of forgut' Pineas ( -..,..,-.-.' , ; And why do votl daroi speak to mo, sir? I suidintt voice IiOaro with passion. ' I havo no wordi to whsto upon you!' ' ' ' - J, ' -'At "!iV ' " 4Armiov Aotuo.,1.' eannot boliovo my. sensw what l the meamug ot .thit: lour heart is baser than 1 tho t, if you do Hot know tho' mcu;nn. - Jict mv go, I havo uOthii!gtQ:iyto:you. i.cuiinot wielt 3'ou. and your tsjautilul bndo joy, even, for iu xny heart i have only curse, curses, cur-s ior you i mat is all-' ' - -7 t- - i i.i'Brido, bride, Annie, aro you mad ? I havo no bride !'-.. . ... ... ; r, . ,;7. . l(lau hed his words to-scorn as ho uttered them. T''Jo not "add "another falsehood to tho pyramid that yoä have ul ready' raised'l uld." fAnd yet, .what could be the use of such 'a denial,' I thought, as the words died away ' upou my tips.-' . 1 - .v t . , You shall not gj, until yon explain yourself,, he , baia, grasping, my hand, jinnly, as I turned nway agui'ii. Speak lieleu,. tell her that 1 have, no 'bride, aud never hoped to have, but her I' r 'Jlut,' I began, "hesitatingly, my voice growing at ran go aud hollow, 'but what uid tlul mean yoiie mwniugo in th. paper 7, ... . , , . V - ' , .. . .f .My marriage is 'it palblo 'did tliat curbed joke reach you - Aud have you been crediting it all this wutlc : , 1.1 it not true? 0, ' Walter.' Waller!' '.Sure, Annie, us ,1 hope lor heaven, itlsnotsol. tonio iuaiicioii4 person know not who, sent tho mari uigo.. to the paper, und tho llrst K knew of it was by tho report wlfiylt began' to cir culato umong ileleu'a uixl my Iriends O, if I had vuly, Ktowu'( of tills ? iind hlill 1 CU.JUI to have known how It would.huvc been ms' poor, iiear.Au nio ! toil are iaipt co, . Jtcleii, ho;v . white ' fr . a she is growing: - And taking mo in his arms us though 1 had been an infant ho boro mo rapidly to a carriage, hold ing ino teuiieriy to,'hi..bteuiL while ivasaionato regrets and word ot endear ... -.:n i.r.. i:..- , . . " Ah,' what is the 'wso' to prolong ny itorv render. Wo wer married nt a: tno. appomiea umc-r-uud, t; iiav .ro; v - . ..I.' ta.

wish to !?.' out' of all 1 tho blessed hap. pines that turr6unds nie. ' " ' '"' ' V , , , .Tbl Force of Habit. , j . ."Habit is. second nature," says some, but bad habits become utmost as nstur al us lifo.' To ndvisö a smoker to giro up i his clgaf, r A tippUr his toddy, is merely a waste of words.-Hero is a ease in point, told by a medical cnt!o. man, who vouches lor its truth: .Two or three years ago, a Hpan lard from Cuba camo hither t be treated for h dlsoaso. of the lungs. IU .went to Dr. M --, described .his symptoms,. and put Jiimsolf In the Doctor s hands. "Well," said tho Doctor, "if I nnder. take your case, I shall bo obliged to im-

poso ono condition and that is rather a hard ono for-you to comply with." "What is lt,M said th Cuban. "That you entirely coaso smoking until I 'giro on pvrmiaaiun ro rcsumo.' NceniI rather let tho thing kill mo. What plehsuro Is thero . In lifo if ono eannot Bmoko?' Tho doctor wnt a smftL-ftv himself, irnd felt soum avuipAthv: so he said-rWell, perhaps that is beyond your power. Hut you must solemnly promise luy not to smoko but ony .cigar pr day, br 1 will not uhdctfitko'vour ca0. ThaCabun rrotnlsod. for tt his only chitnco. J our or flvo days ofterwurd tho Doctor, thought he would call niton him ns bo paused his house. and thus save' him' a'wnlk to hi houso for a dsy. Ho wulkod tin stairs, knock od "vJomo 111! ' IJehold the Cuban with a cigar eighteen - Inches long and of, proportional tuiuttu. , II conlessed ha had tho , pocliiif n made to irUor. ' Troclivity to Ilumbuf;. A celebrated swlndleross thusharratos ono of her operations :' 1 was once in tho city or Washing, ton, examining head, ",., and had liitlicr had luck. I couldn't much more than make 'my board, and determined iu some way to raUo the wind.. Hd I ono Iay sent tho innit who tr.vehd with mo to n swamp, where ho cut two hun. drel sticks, Theso ho drew to JLho city, ac ordliig In my nrders, mid put them on tho streets to sell ns canes (Vom the Mount Vernan ckIuio, And all ot them r-nlily sold fur n dollar nplocfl.'-4! don't Mipp'tMi, u.Meij ihr iiificJuui, 'lltat n sin. gin. man w ho bought n cano cured nn'y rinne for iohlitgtoii than I do, hut thought It would ha a nlrn Idea to have a fane from hi' farm; and they - never know tho dlll'erence. I tellynu there. Is nothing liko humbug, l'eopla will pay more for it than for anything rise; and so long ns they 'will' bo humbugged,' 1 might n well make somelhing'of It as anybody.' , . . ' :;.! i, sir ,-' fi IIFAT MoilTAl.lTV AMONO 'TMIC KA1TII l it.." ThO caravan 'of J'llgrims whirh lelt I'aniasctts for Mecca hist summer, accompanied by tho Sultana, and her suit returned to Damascus tri fho 42MU of September, Its ranks decimated by the cholera. Of the eighty thousand persons who coinposewltby caravan, lx. teen thousand wer carried on by the cpldomie. 11 u Sultana 'arid, her entire suit, with tho exception' of a young (Jeorgian slave and nn old eunuch, are among tho victims.' Tho 'malignant ihiiracter of tho epidermic is ascribed to the prevuletico ol the Mrocco. tf?U Tho last vestigo of aristocruey which wo havo seen - exhibited was in Iho late doings of tho Society of Cincin. n:itl. That society' was organized du-ring-tho revoluthm-In lihd nnd -was confined to 'officers of tlo Army, nnd the object was to promote -and. cherish tho Union, and, in mutation ol. Linctn natus of old, to ."inculcate tho duty of laying down in I euco. arms assumed lor public' defense." Washington was A . ' aa w W I its first rresidcnt and second Cren. nam ilton. Tho present-President is (iov, Fish, of New lork. Jt originally num berod i!(0 members, but they tlwimUwd down to 50, nd lately a resolution .has been passed tvl mil ting (to . mentbership Ihy nialO descendants ot. tho original m ' . . t a at r '" members. Of course 'hlooa uctcrminea tho oaliHcaton.', This.i 1 ,bnt little itnportanco as Iho society lias; outlived its usefulness,, and with its. present blood tost Instead of 'merit tot it will soon sink into forgot fuiicss. ?(a Ifer aid. - " ' " ' SOT Tho vaitio ot the Jlritisli npium trado with Cliina is fily millions of dollats n year. It is a contraband trade, out-lawod b) tho '.Chinese iovo ninent, yet it Is carrieil on briskly. The English Government waged a war with China in ISU), because it Icclinetl to allow tho importation of this tteruicious drug, that was destroying its people by thousand". While with one hand Lngland is slopping the African slavo-tradej he is using the other lo "crowd. tho" dvadly poisoii down Iho unwilling throats of the Chinese.' This is u fairepöeimen of llritish philanthropy. ' ' ' " .rV The mesaageof (jovernor Alston, of South Carolina,, exhorts tho State to cultivate. moral virtues, industrious, doluesiie, habits, and respect . pel -üpitVsdy all, tho federal obligations, letting iavery and "slavery It would be well " if agitations -.done all 'mir- (iuvti nors would but followthw exuiMpleof Sooth Caroliua. CiT A bil( hits" p.-tsscnl the House ol I?epresei:tativcs of( ieorgia, by a Vote of lilty-six to fiMy-twr prohibiting the intermarriage tC tiilr cousins," under it severe penalty, and enjting oft' tho inhei'itut.co ot - ihuo. ,1110 . preauiblo to llie bill nsorts that many, dcforinalious ot tho mind and body arc cf congenial or'gin, from the j ratlicoof near.k'iidrol intermarrying w itlt, e:uli. nlhcf . ' ' ' rjr Though ht to igtit lo inomory 'dea. as the mnid snid to Iter lover when his fa.c whisk erf. vn buried lih Ik-ard ar.d

'," ','y't Sngsr Mtnifactfl'e. " - Tho sugar enno x$it Introdcetnl Into Louisuna atatfurly clay, -from the Wsl Indies, and cultivated td a small; extent in the neighborhood of New Orleans'. Nobody at fl rt . .Imngined Hint sugar eouhl be' made out of it. 4 Tho Juica was boiled Into 'try rap, which sold atextraVagant prlces. In 1 7DU, 31rJlore; res! dlcg a few miles nbovo-New Orleans a mini reputed Rir his daring and hi energy formed tho desperate resolve of making sngurt' llo1 increased ; his cultivation, put up the necessary buildings and machinery, 'and procured a sugar-maker from Oie Wct Indies. Tho day appointed for tho experiment had command tho deration was under wov. Tho Inliabitanls uf'New Orleans and tho conU- had assembled there in great number; Init they rcmalnod outsido of the building, at a respectful distance from thosugär maker, whom they lonkod nion us as a sort of tangiciun, Tho first strokr cimiu nnd ho said noth. tng; this thry thought llital, but still they reinained'lixcd. to Ahe pot. v,Tho second stroke .was out;' tho stigar-ma-ker carefully stirred tho first, andlh'en' advHfulngtowui'dsthe ftsBPrnblad crowds told thorn with nil i the gravity of his cnilt. - 'Cjeutletnon,:. It . grains.!! 'lit grains IV. was repented by nil. They utl ruahed to sco tho wonder; and,whcii CO ivinced Of tho facts,1 Mutterod In all directions, greeting tveryhody ; they met, with "it grain I", And .from tho Hulizo to tho Dubuque, flout tbo Wa bindi to tho Yellow Htone, tho front tha all-nbsorblng news of tho colony wits," that tlx Julco bf t litt cano had grained in. Lower , ouittua,, It did grain; it ha coiitlntiediograln; itgrslnod the hut. season at ihn rate ot -10,. 000,000 pounds; nnd, - If no untoward notion of the government 'prevent It, in ton years It will grain to (ho extent of more than double, Ilm quantity, ' ' " ' ' Ä Hard Cuitomer. A green looking customer observed a sign liuiiguig orpr it grocery storo, reading Ilms : ' Vli'.K-ulo and Kctall Hlui't'.' Ho worked hi wuv through the crowd of Indies inn! gonOemenj until Jio got facing ono of tho clerks, w! o was exhibit I ng some flno sugar to A young U dy, when hchrokQOut with " 1 "' Km-, Mintor, who's bos horo?' 1 .' : - .mi a . . ..A. a

v'Tlie prppflülor nil jul stepped ou:, sir ?' . -7 ... ... ... 7 . . Well, be this, A retailing shop ?" .' Tho young man hardly comprehend. ing groony's Ihoushts, simply anawei. d : ,'::' ; -Jt . . . -, , Yci, sir, n wholesalo and retail tore Mluess Von understand your trudo.V" 0, ye, repliod tho clerk; wraitping ' ' . ' t ail i ... .... .. up a bundia lor ins jauy customer, what t an I do for yon.'-, i . v 1 ! .- Well, as cold weather Isa coming on, I thought n wnll como; and give you A Joh.' , . . . . . . ' .tl . ...1.. ....... M.l .. . .. ...... M W ' Mji "i lion t. unnei sunn, j oui an mvi , i wplus! the cfeik, who began to think tho fellow was liv tho wrong box. -. , . ,'Zactlv ho: wo 1. 1 II tell you - ,'K.rUln what you miin. my friend,' sfiid tho clerk, as he saw him produce u bundle" fim under hU coat: 4 ! 4 Well, ns T said belorJ, the cold wen th er Is a coming on,. .1 thought I moot as well bo ßxln lor it; . Como mighty near freeaiu' t'other winter,' tclledid, but' 'Strnncor. I hopo v'orx vCilT tell tno what vou want, so I may serve you,' in terrupted tho clerk; aeomg. thero was a numbor of .custotner .waiting to be served, but who had in fact almost forgotten their errands in thi'rich conver sation of the clerk nnd his droll custo racf. '"'' ' " ' -''-' ' ' ' v Certainly,' squire cerUlnl-yi I alwnys do. business in. a hurry l.wunt yon to RK-TAii. theso old whirls Let them com down' to about the knees, kaso I don't wear tinv drawers!' ' ' . . Tho'ert'ec-t may bo imagined,' but as tho novelist wtv. can't bo described. Tho. loud bursts of laughter t which followed, served to convince the "poor fel low h" had commuted himself, and his long legs wero put in motion at the rale oi -.-to.i ' I. ! I ' ' . ' . ... I , Ths Land of Contraries. ' tn Australia" tho . north is" tho hot wind, and tho south tho 'cool: '.tho west erly tho most' unhealthy, and tho east the salubrious; it is summer with the colonists when it is. winter nt honio, und tho barometer is considered t l rlso beloro bad weather, and lo fall ttclurv good; tho swans sro black, aud tho ea gles are white; the molo lays eggs and has a duck sftill; the kangaroo, (un. animal between the deer and tho sqtiirnd,) has fivo claws on "his fore pnw, tlirco talons on 'his hind legs liko u bird, and 3ct hop on his tail. .Thoro is a bird mc lipfrngui.. which has a broo:n in it , I . mouth instead, ot a tongue: a tHl onohalf belonging to tho genas rara, and the other tlun of sfjnalus.-- Tho cod is found in 'tho river and porch tit tho sea; the volleys aru ooldj and. tho 'mountain tops aro .warm; the nettle U a lofty tree, and tho popular. a dwarfish" ahrub; the pears are ot wood, wilrr the stalks trt tho broad end; 'the -cherry grows - with tho fctuotj outside; the ficlvls . are fen cod with mahogany; the bumhlost hou so is fitted up with c.oJar, and tho myrtle plant aro burnt for' fuel; tho trees are without fruit;' the. flowers without scent and birds without song, '.' v ,7Ziy A novel incident occurred at the

.Muihrtll County Fair, which was not .there for .' . . ,. '- laid down in the program roe. A couplet Jn-.t taking out my teeth, lave. - Pal' .a a". St at . f I. ..t.!

pre-iented thomsetvcü and woro married in tho umphilhcutr,,in the presetieo ql . i .- i . r ... .... M'Umi.ri. ' . ... ... V..-I l MUi" akA. t.M..Miiiiit to, im fT. ! flit Mlif.rt fit a V II l Will I f v a vva aw v(-' l hibitlon. Jthe parties' wont their ' way ! hlbitlon,.the parties wont their-way looking ua it CHeh lH4j obtninod 'aJu - ublopri. . :,-;, . t:. . " I fi-iT There is a "piirplo " Jialf to the grape,' ii'mcllow and' crimHon". half to the. tho - pca K a ' suutir half to - the globe, anl a baiter. hull" to'tnim-.; i t f t-

I Why ja lova like a dock' 1 Decauso it is often hid in tha

aJ An lnlihtrmrt, ltl?illl ,i slice of 'am, six heggs, nd a quart of' hale.'' " "v ' : ( .i -:J ' fr AVhnt Is tU d'n'crcnco 'bViwetV"' An oldbaclierof and a prettvlrl T'An-1 swtr.'. A prettT irlrl steal the hearts ' of olbcrs? horrKI ofvf baebvJof stye ttrn-To tjrver yourself into wood. fall in lore AiidtaSo' To pine-iog. ,The , laugh, comes jn on pi no. m jio careful t' turn your toes trat. .' 4 r UP. A new . ilfr J.nt been invented for the ' comfort of travelers.' It is ta br put tinder their feet, with a' mustard-" Plaster on then bead, .which 'drawi th Lent through the whole system. ,,,, Ir Whnttery !ad practico n al thn comet constantly guilty of T, , j a?..',T ' j MiO'CBnring, ... " Why hsco we rcnsoiVto suppusVlLaV t lacked-refinement of munncraf ,f' ' Decauso it Was constantly aeon in thsr comiuhy,cf a Ureal Dear, f i,,., , ;".mi tffiT A' Judge'ottt wesf' has recantl. decided ihnt tit might? bo Insanity : tu. aign another mans name to a checks it place of ypar, own; bat whn vu " IrAW the money And nend Itlhcrois a great deal of sanity In the' pweud a' 7'i ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' ''' ? l" tZT Trentleo wMies iWki II'ia fndU vtdtial who Invented i what was csllaJ) the "paying out machinery" for tho NI-. agara and Agamrtntian, would ret tin a ... .....I... .i . . i .. . . "Hiu iiinciiuio u( mo aori io Do UsOv in tho case of every newspaper subscriber.' ItaV A profesNlona! !egcar bov.'iome ten years office, ignorhnt of the Art of reafiing, bought a card : to put , 6t) hit breast, nnd ai'pearad iu the! publics treets ns a Tior Widow.', with eight small children. . ' , ' frf A .' tump' pra"rer:lc(farel'. tlta ho knew no north, no south, no east, no" went, 'Thon,' suhl a bystander, you' ought lo go to school And learn your geography, : . ..- . . v..-.'. HTVKt Nelson', of Fonth i TroyV Naw York, recently dUcMjyered that Ms wife loved soinebixly . vlso better than she did him, nnd, unlike inoet ."oiitra god htuhund,'' by arjught out tho dc- . itroyer of his Peace, and disposed of hi dtetter hair fur fl7 In cash, and ft sowing machine valued at WO., i . ' - rtiT JTow folks dllTer f Wo chow to-' bftcco. ThoIIindcolukcs to lime. 7Tho children of. this country delight in can--dvulhoo tl, AlrlcA In rock salt. A lr retuhinan "goes his length" on frloir IVogs, while an J'sfjuamsux Indian thinks tallow tho climax bf dalutlo.: i '.. ! v; tJ" Tho young ladles who rcMeo fn a mulf IplUity of, f rings thalDi. &o., to , ths unpurulleled extent now fashlonablo nhould; bo .labeled, liko watches In thsx windows, 'wnrratitod lull Jeweled."' ' . tOT 'I fcbnll die bsppy said nn expi ring husband to his wiio, who was weeping most dutifully by tho bedside. "if yiu- will ; only promiso. me netto marry that object of my unceasing IcnJ unnv. vour .' cousin Uliarls 'MikA youroll" quito easy, love,' said the ex. pedant widow, i am cngngou to hit brother.1 ' " ? 7- f . ; : . tnjj 'Caesaf, Raid, a' planter : lo hit ' negro, climVirp that treo' and. thin out tha branches.'. The negro showed no dispositiou.to comply, and upon, bcln tressel for a reason, answered u Well, ok lieah, mai,a,'if I go up dar at? fall . down and broke my neck, ilat'Jl bo a tousand dollar out o' yon pockot.,Now why don't you hire a white man to go an' den if ho falls and kill himself, dar won't be no loss to nobody.' ' . . . - - ' . . . -. . i r : -.1 U 63U Davy Crockett happened tto b present ut and exhibition of, animals in .ho City of ,Wns1ington,'whero a monkey seemed to attract his attcntion.'arid ho observed: 'If that fellow had on A pair of spectacles,.' ho would look like Major Wright; of .Ohio.1 tTho Major happened to bo jnst . behind1 Crockott, and tapped Davy's tfmulder.' Turning around very formerly, 'he remarked. -i n bo hanged, Mr jor, if I know whoso pardon to ask, your or tliQ.iuoQ key V A gentleman hating ' given A grand party,' his tailor was .among the company, and was thuw avldrossed "by his lordslnp. ; : ,. , ; . ; , - , My dear sir; I. remember your face, but I forget your name.' ' " 1 .' Tire tailor wliipered, in 'a low tone 'I made your lrrcechss. . . : I- ' t 7- The nobleman, taking him by the .hand cccl limed ... ,. M.ijor IVrccches, I am happy to' see you. . . fcajr A couple, (not- married) wrr ivntend'urinboMt' whst should "bo "tho nameof their first aud only child.. . - William, my dear, 1 waul to narao him rvtcr,' -v. , v.". -.'-' i Oh, no, my Jove; I don't liko Ftcr, he denied his .Master. Let us calf htm Joseph'. ' ' 'S ' .-"'' Why, William, T can't bear Joseph, o dtfivied his mistrs." 1 if B1- 'Hallo, my dear, exclaimed ja" nowly. marne d man to his wile,' "What arc yott fumbling aboutyour mvath l he Idee I wcu ou can vaa. juain whata the matter now r , v t I tifit'a Mile mv iialato dronned I . , n.wyftl ...... A . .. . r out, I 11 soon fix tnai. . , .. aB 7 - m ' . . .... J . .. ahwiidcr. aim ,WMes ; Miywny ; where vonr hair rT.,': ' ' j :'- t)n the tableisn't it pretty ? Lbot ... t -1-.. .r Kam W.ioLll v I Ml lllC OlUlT uaj V e uaii-;vivccvia, ' The man took. to hat bcols-, and has not been heard from, siuce, though A man vesombling him was seen not lonj rtUevwaHs inquiring tho way to. Texas.