Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 December 1862 — Page 1

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r S' V 3 HT2 DECATUR EAGLE. Issued every thl'us£ay morning, by., Spencer & Sehirtneyer. A PUBLISHERS AVD PROP3IETORS. OFFICE—Ou Second StiWV in Patterson \ building, over the Druk Store. j Ter ms of Subscription : 4 One copy, on<» ydar, in advance, $1 fO * If paid within th-'" year, ’ If not paid until the Year has expired, 2 On ITJhi paper will be disconi i» tied until all arrerasres are paid except- it ttfe option of the Publi*her. I'.Tins of \<lvertUing: One *«piar-»,(ten 1 iftefc)throe insertions,.sl Each aeefnent ii^-r-thin. 25 advertisement will he ronHirh-rrd less than one square; over one square will he counted and chariTcd as t v<>; nv< r 1 wo. a« three, pfe, O’A liber il di-•“■nt, from.th,* above rn*«*. ! made o». >ll id v-rriseinenls i nsorted for a period months. CTTho Jib »vo rates will be Htrictly adhered to under all 1 ircumstances. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to d mil kin 1« of work ina nen’ and worlnr*«d k* nr? niut on the w»cM reasonable Ferms, O’nr niaJcriid for the completion of Job-Work. l»ein r now aid of the ht •st style o , we feel con.: I it l .nt s:;tisfaction M giV. n. ’ dFchir BrsiW wi ' HOUSE. Dec atu r, In <1 ian a. <C3* JO® ® 7 Proprietor. Will give good attention, and brakes reqannable charges. ijUT—v6—ly. D. W.’ CHAMFER.' PlfYSfC\fN \ SURGEON DECA T U H . I N D I A N A . i T’rOF'FTCE—On the east <id*- nf Secon I St . in the room f<»rnmrlv occupied by J. D N uttinan as a banking office. v4-nH. DAVID S TI: if IBAK EII J ATTOfVEV XT ’MV. DEC AT U .11 . IND I* ANA . Will P-v ein Alum- in i d.-jiiin. ?■ Cdi’h!i •« X” £ ' P: ■ -v - ?■ . ‘ . South ic he Auditor’s Office —v(i-.i 12 JAMIS IL 8080. Attorney and Counselor at Law, DEVA TUR, IND IA .V J. J3”OFii‘lCE. in Recorder’s Office, jf Will p*a<’fice in the Courts of the Tents? Jit- * dirial Circuit. Attend to the Ke-lrmptinn of l»«nds. the pHV.uOuf of TaX'-s Especial alien- . fion will be given to the collection of Bounties, Pension and all claims against th? Gov«-tnnf< nt Nov. 2S, 1862. v 42 HARNESS SHOP. 1 I, J. M cisse, Respect Full v informs hiscustomers and the pub lie in gener; 1. that he st ill continues to carry on the Harness Business at his On a larger scale than ever, where he invites nil to r;ui and ex .mine his w ( >. k for 1> -fl dt' is himself that he can do a 13E I lEK for LESS money than any other establishment in North Eash-ii Indiana. done on , fchorl notice nnd charge* reasonable.- —n >i-v.-6 I P1 (Tl R E GA L I.E hY! I P. V. SMITH. Ambrotype & Photograph •Ct' BtSC'-HC E <’.,*• Q - 9 Having permanently located in Decttus find supplied himself with everything that may be I found in a First Class Picture Gallery, Wouill call the attention of all who desire good Picture : t low prices, to call at his rooms in Houston’s Building, immediately over the Drug Store. 1,41 Xw | ~3.'’ (IrJ JEFFERSON QUICK, i nni.ER i.v CLOCKS, WATCHES, MUSICAL ' I.VSTaVMEWTS; JEWELRY. &C., DECATUR. INDIANA. ducts, Watches. Jew.lrf, Mil-deal Trvtm' incuts, Jie- repaired on wlfoFt-tiotlde. Second Sircek, in Fra<e. ’s Iniv of fleer Auditor’s ffoucc. Notice iaht-rebv gtvbn that those havfn»f-ilf-t •d to pay the into H-st of tisr l>norcssioiial Common whool Fund in mivnm e. ; Hlivnrp ol * ccriitieaie or n|»u,i«*n. tbiU I tiiu r«<|uir«j ment# of ill'- late selxVol Inw. Amlgors am red t‘d ajt-ert'Sf and sell an tlio fmirih M.nvby of .fiinilefy in vseh year, .all lands fnrfeiteA for the nons|>ayment in '■ ajifc*. -acc.tr » ding toll-w. Thercfo>e,in order to save cost Hr><Le»pew aU °T vrbeforti thf 25th-(Hr "fl* ernff.h- next. ’ W G. SPEN'CEII, No» HUM* -i"-. ■ '■ -

AIATKiMONY. A coupletsac beside the fire, Debating which should first retire; The hwsbancl positively had said — I “ Wife you shall go and warm the bed.” °I neve? will,” 416 quick replied; “I did so once, and nearly died.” “And 1 will not,” rejoined the spouse, I AY ith tinner tone and lowering brows; I And thus a war of words arose, till tjwy nearyiy froze— Wh' t n li,atgri>w mote, and hov’riug nigher. Around the family glim’ring fire, I hey trembled o’er the dyiugembers, As ihough the ague had seized their members Resolved like heroes n’er to yield, Hut. foheing each other from the field; And thus this once fond, loving pair In silence shook and shivered there, '1 ill midnight faded into mom, Andeocks were crowiiig for the dawn, j Vv lien .all at dues the htishand said-— “Wife.hmln'l we better goto bed?” j. yonho man twenVy-three years old, teatne Ironi the mines to San Francisco! with the intention of soon leaving the latt, r Ptei? f (,r home. On the evening of I.is arrva] )«» who liis companions visited the -gild.bling' salol.ns. After watching ! lor a lime the varied fortunes of a table, supposed to be undergoing the process of ii-.ppmg, from the continued success of ithoSß belling against the bank, the ex-A-itement overthrew his better judgment, nnd he threw upon the seven spot’ of a i new deal.» bag which he said contained | i $ 110(1, the resu tof two years privation and hard labor—<xclaiming, with a'voice, trembling from intense eiciimnent ‘My | l-oine <>r ijie, mines. As the dealer slow ly resumed the drawing of his cards, with I is countenance evi r from fear of the i inevitable fate that seems ever attendant upon the tapping process when cornmen ' red, I turned my eyes upon the young ! ■■ an who had staked bis whole gains upon 1 a card; and'never shall forget the impres : sion made bv his look of inlenee anxiety | X'l.Jjfc ivalciied tha cards as they Ml liom i the dealer’s hands. All the energies of Ibis system seemed concentrated in tin, I Orel, gxae <>t his eyes while th,, deadlv p> li m o 1 his f- co bespoke th* subdue ! jie.ii nos his l.eart. All around seemed : infected wiiii rhe sympathetic powers of the spell—even the hitherto successful: • Winders forgot theirw hwh (takes in the : hazardous ehnnee placed upon the issue of the bet Flie cards are slowly tol l with the precision of high wrought excitement | —The seven epot wins. The spell is bro- ; I k'ti—reaction takes place. The winne. l oxclaims with a deep drawn sign, I will; | never gamble again,’ and was carried Iroip the room in a deep swoon, from which he did not fullv recover until the ; next morn’ng and then to know that the I equivalent surrendered for his gain was the color of his hair, now changed to a jperkcl white,’ [Surgical Journal, Valuable Information—A young I adv of Philadelphia while in the country, some years ago stepped on a rusty nail, which ran through Iler shoe and foot, The inflammation and pain were nf ; course very great uni lockjaw was apprehended. A friend of the family however recommended the application of a j beet taken fresh from the garden, and : poffnded fine to the wound. It was dont j and the effect was very benficial. Sonne : I thg.inflammation began to subsidy and by I keeping on the crushed beet andchanging lit (or a fresh one as its virtue seemed to become impaired a speedy cure was effected. Simple bul effectual remedies like this should be known by every body. The Mysterious Properties of a ’ Printer—The printer is the most curious being living. He may have a bank and coins, and not be worth a C“nt; he may have small-caps, and neither have a wi : e Qr children he,may be making ini pressions without eloquence: may use the lye and yviih the same breath be telling the truth; wbile others cannot stand when they set be can set standing and even do j bod} at the same time he Uses furniture, ygt La? np <1 welling makes and puls away pi", and yet never sees any pie much less j.eats. it during his life presses a great deal i yet never asks a favor handles a shootingstick and knows nothing about a cannon, jgun or pistol: moves the lever that moves i the wqrld apu yet IS far from moving the globe spreads sheets without being a Lausewi'y; ln> may lay Lis form on the bed, anil yet be pbJiged to sleep ou the floor; he may use a dagger without sheddi g blood and from the earth may handle the starsMie rosy have a sheep’s foot and ! not ba deCcrmed never be wiumut a case, 1 and yet know nothing of law or physic; he is always correcting b'« errors, and worse eVerv day; have hl’ form locked up, and yet be free fropi jail, watch-house, or any Otiet cobfinemept. T.e’ ft women be decked with, all the . of art titid n'nture, yet if lioLltie"* T>c read in her face, it blots out Ml ’the T:n<-: <>f oeahty.

‘Our Country’s Good shall ever be cur Aim—Willing to Praise atid not afraid to Elantc.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, DEC. 25,1862,

vy 1 “ a i? -. * B t *»4P-r <S. “A. —«T Camp Correspondence. Memphis; Tenn, Dec., 9. 1862 Editors Eagle;—The 89th left Camp Morton Dec. .sth and reached Memphis ;on the Bth. Our route to Cairo was by I o rail, from thence by steamer to this place i and was passed over without accident or [ incident. We are at present in a brigade composed of the 16th and 89th Indiana, 83d Uhio and 181st Illinois, under Brigadier Genaral Burbridge, ami in Maj. Gen oral A. J. Smiths,, (tirstj division of die Army of the Mississippi. Jam unable to say whether we arc permanently assigned as above or not, and of course am ig- ! norant in regal d to our future movements. The land and naval forces destined to ' operate against X'ieksburg, left here last , week. Our movements will probably be 1 governed by the reception the rebels give the expedition. ' " i The boys from cur county are genterally well, Company II; has live Company 1. | four, and Company K. four men on the sick list, as shown by their morning re-' ports. The principal difficulty is colds mumps, the latter being the principal as. Diction of the regiment at the present time. While at CamnMorton, the regiment was severely afflicted with the measles,' lof which Corporal Wm Plummer of Co. 1 11. died at the city hospital at Indianapolis, Dec., 4th. He was one of the most kind, uncomplaining and attentive men in the company, and was ever ready to perform every duty assigned him. In his, death the company Las lust one of its; most esteemed members and one who withal was a Christian-one who carried his religion with him in the army, and whose daily walk and conversation was irreproachable, and who ;e example his ■unjotarade- in turns would do well ,to imitate. His body was sent home for , interment. Last night Elijah Broughinan of company E. died of Inflamation ot theffirain, of which he had been suffering since Sunday. Co. E. w as raised in Jay County. ! I have a word to say in regard to deser ' tors: The B'Jtli regiment on its organiza-; ! lion went into the field , 970 strong. Its j ! loss by the casualities of war, and death by disease, 1 think, will hardly exceed ; 20 men, yet the regiment left Cemp Alorton onlv 771 strong—a loss ol nearly 200 men. True about one half of this ■ number are reported absent sick, leaving ! at best 100 men of the 89th "deserters.” : Os these Co H has two, Jonathan Hendricks and Jonathan F. Ray. Co L four : John R. Bosh, Robet Lemon, Joseph R. Bery and David Gessinger; Company K four, Jeremiah Foster, Thomas Fivecoats William Tom and Henry McHugh. To the credit of our county be it said, we average much less than the other compa- !, nies of the the regiment: but we have ten too many. These men have received a ■ county bounty of SIOO, $23 in advance 1 from the government, besides pay in ad- • ; vance, yet they have basely deserted regardless of their oath, and the contract with their county and Government. A reward of five dollars will bo paid for their ajiprehension and delivery to the militaw authorities. Desertion:- have be come so frequent in the newly organized reuimvnfs, that a stop will have to be put to it, and there is strong talk among the pow ers that be, to enforce die law to, its extreme penalty, nnd make exninnleofthese men, which will probably be done unless they speedily return to their rei spective companies. I will close this by promising the readers of the Eagle that they shall bear from me inure regnlarlv in tuture than in the past. While at Camp Morton yonr correspondent had too much on his hands ! to find time to write. 1L The Benefits of Taxation. — The off ects of the excise tax upon manufactured tobacco in this city has been to close several establishmenC and to greatlv reduce the working force of the remainder. At a fair calculation two thousand persons . have been .thrown out of employment here and in Co-.'ington. The tax of last month upon one establishment working ISJ hands was 85,000; or 860,000 per annnm: at the rate of? 400 yearly tax upon the labor of each operative tmploy- ‘ rd. TJns> is killing the goose that lays , lite eoldtne.ogs iu rather stimiUftTJ — fit'Clb na.’.’i Zrrytrt'rer.

. * * - — The Mississippi Patent Plan for pulliug Teeth I had just finished the l ist volume of ; NV istar's Anatomy, well nigh coming to '[a period myself with weariness at the ■ same time, and with feet bre ed upon . the mantelpiece was lazily surveying the . ( closed voimiie which lay on my lap, when | a btu-riyd step iff the front“g.tlleiw iu-oiis- ‘ erf me from tlie reverv into which I had I fallen. Turning my bead as the office door ~ opened my eyes fell on the well developted proportions of huge flatbooatsman , w-ho entiild the iuom wearing a couute- ' I nance which would seem to indicate that he had just gone into the vinegar nianuJfacture with a fine promise of success. , j ‘Do yon pull teeth young one said he i to me.’ ’ ■Yes and noses too." said I fingering 1 my slight moustache high! v indignant at the juvenile appellation and bristling up by the side ofthe huge Kentuckian till i looked- a- large as a thumb lancet bv tl.-„ s'.deofun amputating kfiife. 1 ’You need nt get riled young doc. J ; meant no insult sarten for my teeth are to sore to ’low your boots to jar them as I swallered you dow n. I want a-tooth , pulled can you manage the.job!’ ■Yes sir I can pull a tooth. Is il an incisor or a dens sapientite! one of the dec--1 idpea. or a pemanent grinder!’ ‘lts a sixer I reckon its the largest tooth in my jaw anyhow yon .•an sector . yourself, and the Kentuckian opening i the lower half of his face disclosed a set lof teeth that clearly showed that his half ofthe alligator lay above. ‘A molar requires extraction, said I as he laid his finger on the aching tiing. ‘A molar. AV ell 111 be cuss t but you 1 doctors have queer names for things! I reckon the next time I want a money-]>u-s a molar will buextracted too, ouch What do yon ax for pipin’ t. !i doc!— I want to git rid of the pesky thing.’ ‘A dollar sir.’ said I pulling out the case of instruments and setting a.chair for him. dollar! h 11 do you think the Yazoo pass is full of k gs of spe<hy ' I<lse • toumaiiL-d unde:’a h'i_ la al of prk 71 give you a dollar to pul! that thing,’ and picking up his hat winch he ! had dashed on the iloor on his fist entree off he started. Seeing some fun in store T winked at the rest of the students whom the loudness of ourebnversation had called from i the other rooms ofthe capacios office, and ) requested the subject to return. ‘lts no use sti anger. I'd squirm all day I’fore I’d give you a dollar to pull every tooth in my head ’ •AV'ell, Mister, times are hard and I'll pull voiu' tooth for half a dollar,' said I determined if necessary to give him pay before I would lose the prilling of his tooth ‘You'lthare to come down a notch lower doe. I want to interduce Kaintnek fashions on a Southern sile ami up there von can get a tooth pulled and the ao ur 'scribed for fur a quarter.’ ! °‘Well but reccollect it s harder to pull - teeth here than in Kentucky.’ ‘Dont care aeuss: dimes is plentyc-r.— I don’t want to be stingy doc, and 111 tell you what. 111 10. I feels sorter ba 1 from Satin’ a mud-cat yesterday. 111 gin you a quarter to pull my tooth if you 11 jjthrow in a dose of castor ile.’ I ‘lt's a bargain I cou'd nt possibly afferd to do it if I didn’t manufacture my o»n ! oil and pull teeth upon the Mississippi Patent plan, without the least pain ’ I ‘Well I'se struck a breeve ot luck sarten to get it'stracted without hurtin’, tor I 'speeted it would make everything pop bv hoecake.’ And everything did pop as the poor devil found to his sorrow, before the Ali - sissiiqii Patent plan was over. The room in which we were was the operating one of the office where patients were examined and surgical operations; ' were performed. It was furnished with all the usual appliances of such an estab-; i lishment. lu lite middle or the room sectirelv fastened to the floor by i-crews was a large arm chair with head board and straps, to confine-the body and limbs ofthe patient whilst the operator was at work, in such eases as required it. On either side of the house driven into the wall were a couple of iron bolts to which w ere fastened blocks and pulleys used when reducing old dislocations when all milder means had tailed. Tlw chair, pul■leys find n small hand-vice were the apparatus 1 intended for the occasion to be : used by me in the extraction ofthe. Keitit iicklan's tooth by the Mississippi Patent J plan. The patient watched all our preparations—for I quickly let the other students into the plan of the intended joke—with great interest and seemingly hugeiy tickledat the idea ot' having his tooth pulled : withent pain and a dose of Castor-oil to ■ boot. 1 Evgrj-Uung being ready we invited the : subioct to take his seat in the operating chair telling him it was necessary, agree-

- ably to our movie of pulling teeth that the body and arms should be perfectly f quiet, that other doctors who hadn t i bought the right to use the patent plan 3 used the ptilikins. whilst 1 openoed wi l h t the pulleys. I soon had him immovably ■ strapped to the chair hand and foot. In 1 troducing the hand vice in his mouth - fortunately for me was a large one: 1 I screwed it tict to the offending tooth, then <a>imeeting it to the fir.-t. c .rd ofthe i- pulleys, and entrusting ir to the hands of -two experienced fcS'lsr-ants I was ready to i oommeii-e the extraelioii. Giving the - word and singing. ’Lui 1 receive this in- : net- > soul wo prdwd slowly so ns to let the -1 fol! strain come ti} i>n the neck bones grad 1 uall y. g Though I live till every hair on my head is as hollow as a dry skull I shall ; not forget it. Clothed in homespun of the copperas i hue. biniotcTifi to help himself, his body immov able fixed to the chair, his neck gmtluftlly vxt. mliiig itself like a terrapins ! from it’s shell, hiseyes twice their natural size and project ■■ci nearlv out of their • sockets, his mouth widely di-tended. ; with the vice hidden in it’< cavity, and i the connection of the rope being behind bis cheeks giving the appearance astho' we had east anchor in his s!oina<-h. and were heaving slowly home. s:it theli.cn-tiv-kian screaming arid cursing that we were pulling his head oil’ without moving ■ the tooth but 1 told him that'twas the wav the Misrissippi I’atciit pl.in worked, and din-cled mv assistants to keep up their stv- ly full. 1 have not set fully determined as it was the first and last experiment, which would have come first his head or the I tooth for all atomic the rope gave nay precipitating w ithout order or airange- ■ meat the as-istants into the corner. • • Tl|e operating chair not being so securely screwed down as usua'. was untoin by the shock ofthe retrograde nio- ’ tioii acquired when the rope broke and landed the Ixeiituckian on his back in the most distant side of the room as he fell he strit'-k the side of- bis face ag-lin’t the •vail and out came the vice with a large tooth in its fangs. He raged like one of ■ his indig-nions thunderstorms and de- ■ manded to be released. Fearing some hostile demoiisrution when the traps were unfastened we took occasion to cut them with a bo« ie-knil’e. He rose up spitting blood nnd shaking himself as if he was anxious to get rid of his clothes. •il—ll doc but she's a buster! I never seed such a. tooth. I reckon no common lixinents would have fetch it Seeing he was in such a good humor. I should luive spared him but his meanness disgusted me, and I thought I would 1-a.rrv the jokoa little fm-ther. <>n examining his mouth I suddenly discovered as was the case that I hail pulled the wrong tooth but I never told him and he • had t<x> much blood in his mouth to dis- ' cover it. •Curse the hiek' lex el limed I have I lost mv bet. I didn't break the infernal I thing.’ ‘Lost « hat?’ inquired the patient, ahornatelv spitting blood and cramming in my tob.-Kioo. ‘Why a fine hat. I hettheokl b>><s that the first tooth I pulled on mv "Mis•dssiiipi I’alent plan. I either broke the ! ' neek of tJie pntipwt or his jaw-bone; I. 1 ; have done neither.’ ‘Did you never }>u’l a tooth that wav before? Why you to d me you’d pulled alrin dred.’ A'es but thevall be'ongedto dead persons. ‘An<l if the rope hadn't #nv wav I reckon IhereM been another* dead man > too'h piilbd. Cuss vou vou’d never rul- > led mv tooth if I'd know’d von hadn't had p'entyof’sperience but gin me my ’ change, T wants to be gwine to the boat ” J gave the fe’low the change for hi five do'lar bill deducting a quarter and the next dav when endeavoring tows it 1 found that both of us had made a mistake, I had pul ed the wrong tooth and be bad given me a counterfeit bill. Newspapers. War and Taxes—Onset the din ci fruits of rebellion nnd thc wsr h«» been the enornv-us increHse in the price of paper upon which newspapers nre punted. Tv has a Ivamvi in price over WO per cent liming the last twelve months with every indierfion of a siil) further rise. This has added largely to the expense of conducting a newspaper , which taken in connection with the taxes on the receipts as well as all kinds of mat erial u*ed will have a wonnderfnl effect upon the press throughout the North. ' causing an enormous amount of mortality I among them.—N Y. Herald- ' The bcaii'v of the rainbow vanishes in I I the storm; the meteor's flash is but a moment the glittering te-m« of Heaven a will ene dav go out; the sun hims t -o will »i he extinguished hut the star of hope - ahincA beautiful forever.

A True Story. The following remirkahle story hag all rile interest ot a roinance; vet it is true mid the parties are still living: It was in the nu-niorable year of 1314, wh--n the allied armies were conctmlrateci about Paris. A yotrog li> uti-nant of dr omons was! engaged with three or lour Hungarians, who alter receiving several smart strokes , from bis ;>bre. managed to send a ball into bis shoulder, to pierce his chest with a tlmrsi from a lance and Io leave him fof' dead on the bank ol the riyer. Ou the opposite side of the stream, ft boatujau and his daughter bad been watching this untqnal tigh’. with tears of desperation. Bu. what could an old unarmed man do or a pretty child of sixteen? ILiwerer tiie soldier—lor such ilia boatman was—-had no sooner s«u the officer tall from his horse than he and bis .laughter rowed most vigorously lor the other side. I Then, when they bad deposited the wounded officer m llieir boat, these .vorthj people crossed the liver again, but with taint hope of reaching the inilitarv luspitai in time. •You have been hardly treated, my boy,’ said lh“ old guard-man to him, but here am I, who have guile further still, and come home ’ The silence and fixed attitude of Lieut. S showed the ' xiretne agony ol l.is pains, and the hardy b ivman discovered ! that lliebloo! which was gathering about the wound io liis b-ft fide would shortly t i urinate his existence. He turned to? his youthful daughter: ‘Mary, said he, -you have heard ma 1 rel’ ol my brother he died of just such' i another wound as this hero. Well, now, i had there onlv been ■omebody by to suck :l.e hurt his life would have been saved, The boatman then landed and went to j look for two or three soldiers to help him Ito carry the officer leaving Ills daughter 'in charge of him The girl looked at the -offerer lor a Second or two. What was : h'-r >ti,on when she heard him si> ! leeplv. not that he was resigning lite m ■!u first flowi-r of his ajge t but that he ! should die without a moriier's kies. ‘Me luo li'i’mr <1 ar, dear mother,’ ; -aid he, ‘1 die without ’ H'-r woman’s he irt told her what, lie would have said Her bosom heaved wiih sympathy, and her eves ran over. Then she remembered what her fathar ! had said she thought how her uncle’s ife might have been saved. If an instant I quicker than thought, she lore open the officer’s coat nmi the generous girl recallled liini to li’e with h-r lips. Amid thi« holy occuprtion. the sound of footsteps was heard and- the blushing I heroine 11-1 to the other end of the boat. Judge of her father’s surprise as ha '-erne uo with two soldiers, when he saw I,ieut S . whom lie had expected to find dead, open bis eyes aud usk lor his I liverer. The boatman looked at his child, and saw it all, The poor girl came to him with her head bent down She was about to • excuse herself, when her father, embracing her with entl.usiasm, raised her spirits and the officer thanked her in these I pronhetic words: saved my life; it belongs to i )’ uU ' After ’his she tended him ami became llfis nurse — nothing would he lake but ; r*>m her hand. No wonder ,tliat with such, a nurse, heat length recovered. Mary was as pretty, as site was good. Meanwhile Mas'er Cupid, who is very I busy in such cases gave him another i wound, and there was only oue way to cure it—so very deep it was. The b"H tnm’s daughter became Mad,n)H g , and her husband is rot now a simple lieutenant, but a lieutenant.genera,, and the boatman'a daughter is as elegant and graceful ft lady as any you ; see at Court. Small Faults- — Homes are more often ! darkened by the continued recurrent of i small faul’s than by the actual presence lof any decided vice.—These evils are apparently of very dissimilar magmitude yet it is easier to grapple with the one I than the other. The E>s'-rn traveller can combine his Lwce and hunt down the ; tiger that prowls upon his path, but he finds it scarcely possible to escape the mosquitoes I hat infests the air he breathes or the flies that awaini’in the sand he treads. The drunkard lias been known lo renounce his darling vice, the slave to dress and extravagance her besetting sin, but the waspish temper the irritating tone, the rude dogmatical manner, and the hundred nameless negligences that spoil the beauty of association have ! rarely done other than proceed, till the action of disgust and gradual alienation 'eave nothing but a barren track, over which the mere skeleton of companionship stalks alone. It is one thing to know Another to Acknowledge, aud Huulbn o -is tai.ii.

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