Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1868 — Page 1

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ATTORNEYS. D.-D. IIELJxJEB, .Attorney at Law, 1) ECA T UR, INDIA NA. Will practice his profession anywhere i n lud+aiiH or-(4feo. OFFICE.—In the Recorder’s Office. r _ vlons2tf. JAMES R< ’'BORO, -Attorney at Law, PtfOd 77.7. A’, INDIANA. Draws Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFlCE—Opposite the Auditor’s Osl ce j . jvlOnGtf. JAS.C. HRAXI AJ,. .HOMEB J.IIANBOM BRANYAN & RANSOM. Attorneys at Law, Claim & insurance Agents. Also, Notaries Public, DECATUR, INDIANA, References.--Hon. John U. Petitt, Wabash, Ind., Wm. 11. Trammel, Hon. J. R. Cofi’rotli, First National Bank, Capt. (J. D. Cole, Huntington, Ind., Hon. 11. B. Saylor, Connersville, Ind. . ia Deputy I'roScciitfnp Attorney. vlllli'.Uf. B, Allor ii c; atLa a v, Claim &, Steal Estate Agent, DEC AT UR. INDIA NA. Will practice law in Adams and adjoining counties; secure Pensions and other claims against the Government: buy mid sell Real Estate; examine titles and pay taxes, and other business pertiiiuuig—to- iimvl Estate- -Aqren’cv. "ift’TT" •ilso a Notary Public, and is pre] arcdt.i draw Deeds, Mortgages and other instrumentsof writing. vlOnlltf. I- will ■J.11.l B REAL ESTATE ACENT3. - — JAMW R. BOW? licensed real estate agent. DECA TUR, INDIANA, ty flO.Oi '-CRES of good farming i ,1!l I- several Town Lots, ■and a largo quantity of wil.l land for I -oile. If yon want to buy a good farm ior wild Inn I he will sell it to you. If | you want your land sold he wilt sell it I for vou. No sale, no charge, I ' v.lOnGtf;* PHYiICJANS. Fl A. JEMJEFF, Physician and. Surgeon, Of?? sTti'R, t.YSf f* OFFiE -On oii l Street, over A. , 'rnbbs& Co’s Hardware Store. vSulotf. c. ET t’Jaysis laii .S. f*urtr<‘cn. DECATUR. : INDIANA. Having permancnlly located in this place, oft rs his professional services to. the people of Decatur and divinity. Tlfitee In Ihnskn's Bhaik. Res';.i-ne-at the Burt II itiso. vlliiUG ANDREW SORGj Physician and Surgeon, n LC. 1 TCfl, I.«'lts. LT.I. <)!![<' E—-On Seoond St reel ovei Spei1 cer &, Meibers' Hardware Store. v«n42tf. denestrV. 72. ,71. '.ts ero: ’ SurgeonliDcntist, DECATUR, : : : : : : : : INDIANA. i Alljwyork neatly executed I » -■'Dinted ’to give sa’t- : dJlHMisfaction. CullnuJexamine i specimer.s. I ■ ■jllFFH’E—With J)r. J<-lIe!T,J over A' I'rab'.s N(' .S’ Hardware store. vlln!9 HOTELS. 'MIESSE IIOVSE, Third Nf, Oj'poslt-' the Court llcvsc, DEtMTl'lt, I. J, MIESSE,-: :::::::::: Proprietor. In connection with this House there is a Stage tun to and front Decatur and Monroeville, daily, which connects with trains running botli ways. vjln9tf. HOUSRo MONROEVILLE. INDIANA. j 1.. WALKER. E. rLt r. J | This Hous® is prepare.! to-nw>mmb-I date the travelling public in the best i style, and at reasonable rates. uovlltf. H STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEH IV, Proprietor. „ I Wett Main Slr-et, near the Rubric Square. I tDHT H’.l l.VO. lIEDEKIN HOUSE On Harr, beticrrn Coluail>i.i and Main Ste. fort ir.tr.vr, INDT ELI KEARNS Proprietor. ' Office of Auburn and Decatur Stage i lines. Also good stabling in connection with the House. vllnllyl. MAVEK IIOl»L J. IT. BULLProprietor. Corner Calhoun and H’uyar St»., FORT WAFWF, vi2n7yl. Indiana. MONROEVILLE EXCHANGE. MONROEVILLE, IND. , COVER OAl.E.Croprlcior. I * ™ :«:• ~- Mr. Covcrdalc is also a Notary Public, I Real Estate and Insurance Agenk ' vllfillyl —

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TELE YOUR WIFE. “Tell your wife !” said Aaron Little, speaking to himself, in a ; half amused, half trohbled way.— I “Tell mythat will do ! What does she knoy about business ; and money matters ; and the-trickstof-trad®^--No r no ; there’s no hope there.” And Aaron Little sat mlising with a perplexed countenance.— He held TSfThper in his hand i and his eyes had just been lingering over a paragraph, in which the writer suggested to liusincss. men i in trouble, the propriety of consult- . ing their wives. “Talk to them freely about affairs,” he said. “Let them under- j stand exactly your condition.— i Tell them of your difliculties : .of; your embarrassments, and of your ■ plans for extricating yourselves I Iromthe entanglenu'uts iu which; you are involved. ’>fy word for it: you will get help in nine cases out often. Women have quick perceptions. They reach conclusions: by a nearer way than reasoninir, and get at a solution of a difficult question long before your slow inoYing Droughts bring you near .enough f r accurate observation. Tell your wives, then, men in trouble, nil about your affairs ! KeAp nothing Lack. The better -•ttrcynnKlersland the matter, | clearer will lie their preceptions. “All a very fine theory.” Said I AartMi Little, tossing the newspa- ; per from him, and loaning back in his chair. “But it wont do in my case. Toll Betsey! Yes, I d like to see myself doing it. A man must be hard pushed indeed, when he goes home to consult his wife bn business affairs,” j And so'Aaron Little dismissed I I lie-subject. He was iq cohsidera- | Nl • doubt and perplexity of mind. Things had not gone well with -him for a year past. But business ■■nd bad d ?l.ts had left his" affairs in rather an unpromising condition. He could not see his way clear for the future. Taking trade as it had been for the past six months, he could not imagine how, ,with the resources nt his command, bis maturing payments were to be ma le. “Must have more capital,” said he to himstdf. “That is plain.— And with more capital, mud come in a partner. 7 I don't jike partnership. It is so difljcult for two ' fncn to work together hnrmoni-1 oirsly. Then you may get ciitan- ] pled with a r+igue. It’s a risky business. But I see no other way to get out of this trouble. My own capital js too light for the busi- | noss I ain doing ; and as a mens-j ure of safety more must be brought > in. Lawrence is anxious to join ' me; ami says that he can com- ■ mand ten thousand dolhirs. I u&it’t like him in all respects; he’s , a little toq fond of pleasure.-. But ! I wirutTm money more than his aid in the business. He might ; remain a silent partner if lie choses. ' I’ll call and sec him this very even-' ing, ahd haven little talk on the 1 subjtet.. If he cun 1 ring in ton thousand dollars. I think that will ■ settle the matter. With the conclusion in his mind Aaron J-ittk returned home, after, closing his store for the day. Tea being over, hemm.de preparations - 1 for going out, with the intention 1 of calling upon Mr. Lawrence. — j As he reached his hand for his j great coat, invoice seemed to say, to him : “Tell your wife. Talk to her a bout it.” But we rejected the' thought instantly, end com- 1 i menced drawing on his coat. “Where are you going Aaron r" Asked Mrs. Little coming forth i from the dining room. “Out for a little while." ho re plied. “I'll be back in a half ar, hour or so. a “Out where." “Tell her Aaron. Tell her nil about it," said the voice, speak ; ing in his mind. ; “Nonsense she don't understand 1 | anything about- business. She can’t help me." he answerd firmly.. “Tell your wife.!”, the wonk ■ were in. his mind and would keep I repeating themselves. “Cant you sav where you are going Aaron ? Why do you make a mystery of it ?" “O. it’s only on ft matter of busi- ' ness. I’m going to see Mr. I. rw rencc." ’‘-Edward Lawrence?” “Yes.” “Tell your wi(L!" The words seemed almost as if uttered aloud j in his ears. "What arc you going to see him ftlKHlt "Tell her!” "Mr. Little stood irresolute.— What good would telling her do." i • What’s the mater Aaron V- 1

I You’ve been dull for some time past. Nothing going wrong with iyou I hope?” And his wife laid her hand upon his arm and leaned i towards him in a kind way. “Nothing very wrong," 1 he ans- : i wered in rtn evasivft,in:umer. "Busi- < j nes has been dull this seqsqh.” ! —"Has it ?Pm VFry sorry why didn’t you tell me?” " : “What good would that have done?” ’“lt might have done a great deal of good. When a man’s business is dull, his wife should look to the household expenses: but if she knows nothing about it, she may go on in away really extravi agant under the circumstances.— I I think the men ought always to ! tell their wives, when anything is j going wrong.” i “You do.” “Certainly I do. What better j reason can you want, than the one ; I have just given ? If she knows | that the income is reduced -as a . prudent wife; slrFW’ill endeavor to i reduce the expenses. Hadn’t you better take oil'your coat, and sit down and talk'with me a little before you go to see Mr. Lawrence?’’ Mr. Little permitted bis wife to draw off his over coat which she took into the passage and replaced it on the hat rin k. Then . return ing into the parlor she sal- 1 .: Js’ow, Aaron, talk to me as fre-e-j ly as yon choose. Don't keep any- ’ thing hick—wlm.t-ever the trouble. ■ is, let me know it to the full ex tent.” 11 “O. there’s no very grep.t tronb-1 jle yet, I am only afraid of trouble.! i I see it coming, and wish to keep! ' out of it's way, Betsey." “That's wise and prudent.” said i i his wile. "Now tell me why you! i are going to iee Mr. Lawrence?” i ! Mr. Little let his eyes fell to the' I floor, and sat foi a few moments Ii in silence. ’Then looking up he -said:; . 1 “Fiie truth is Betsey, I mu: ', i have more capital in my Lusines- J i j There'Will be lio getting along j i without it. Now Mr. Lawrence i can command, or, at least he . a P.ysi jheenn command, ten thousand! ! dollars. I think In? would like to' join me. He has said as much, two or three times.” “And you were going to coo, ! him on that business ?’’ “I was.” - "Don't; do it,” said Mrs. Little, j emphatically. “Why.not?” Asked Aaron. “Because he ain’t the man for ' you—not if he hud twenty thous- l lamt'doHars.” “Because, is no reason,” replied Aaron Little. “The extravagance of his wife is,” was answered firmly. I ‘,Whatdo you know about his' ' A'ife ?" "Only what I have seen. I've.; ! called upon her two or three times and have noticed the style in 1 i which her house is furnish-' !. Itj is. arrayed in palace attire, com pared with ours. And as for dres: it would take the interest Os a lit i ; tie fortune to pay her milliner’s | and mantua maker's bills. No, no,| Aaron; Mr, Lawrence is not your j man, depend on it. He’d use up I the ten thousand dollars in less i than two jfears.’’ | “Well. Betsey, that’s pretty clear talk," said Mr. Little, taking a 'long breath. I’m rather afraid, utter what you say, that Mr. Law i renee is not ray man. But what am I to do ?’’ and his voic“ fell in-1 < I to a troubled tone. “I must have i more capital, or " Mr. Little! < £MM<| "Or what?" his wife looked nt him steadily, and without any sign ! of weak anxiety. ‘Or 1 may become bankrupt. i I "I’m sory to hear yon say that ‘ Aaron, and Mr. Little’s voire ! trembled perceptibly. "Bat I'm I glad you've told inc. The new parlor carpet, of I shall, | not order." that, the amount it| will cost can make no great | difference," said Mr. Little. “The parlor tides look shabby, an I 1, | know you’ve set your heart on ai j new carpet" ■ “laded it will make a difference. < ! then,” replied the little woman in j her decided way ; “the last fer.ther. : breaks the camel's Lack.” Aaron | Little shall never fail bveause. of his wife’s extravagance. I wouldn’t have a new ear,»et now. if it were i offered to me at half price. “You «re a brave, true woman ! Betsey," sai l Aaron, kissing his i wife, in a glow of new-born feeling ! of athniratiom ’ “I-hope 1 shall ever boa true, ; brave wife'" n'plietl Mrs. Little; "willing always to help my friend either in saving or iu earning as the case may be. But let us talk more shout your affairs: let me see the trouble nearer. Must you have ten thonssml dollJirs right away r" 1 . "‘•Ono.no.it-'* not so bs i as I that. I was only looking ahead

and seeking to provide the means for approaching payments. I don't want a partner so far as the busi- i ness itself is concerned. I don’t! like partnerships; they are always { accompanied with annoyances or danger. "It was tiie money I was after; notlhe mam “The money wo;:’ I come dearly - at the price of the man, if you took - Mr. Lawrence for a partner. At; i least that is my opinion. But I’m i glad to hear you say, Aaron, that . you are in no immediate danger, i May not the storm be weathered < by reefing sail, as the seamen say ? ! < “By reducing expenses ?” I "Yes.” ' ( “Air. Little shook his head.” - "•Suppose you had a. thousand dollars in the next two months, ' i beyond what your bnisiness would . 1 give ?” “That sum would make all safe i i for the two months, but where < is the thousand dollars to come ' from, Betsey ?” “Desperat • <U-.cn« r j use desperate remedies,” replied the brave p little woman in a resolution way. j "I’m not afraid of th? n-1 ii.-g.” " i “What do vou mean bv the red flag?” "Lotus sell our furniture at auction, and put the money in v«ur bnisincss. It won’t brin<> | less than a thou •• m l lollars : anl; I A ;.i ’y ■ bring tu. My piano alone i s worth t:’.ri?e hundred «n.l j .h: '.y. kuicia boar i for "a vear xiiItv,- ); jjdlfin £iHl g'-t light , (again ret-iru to “oping." I "We w >n't trv )et, BctI Beyi” sail Mr. Little. “Don't sly no, to quickly,” r? j plied his wife. "L.t us go over; t’-e whole :<r ,ft Tat ho?ne, an 1 at I th? store. Suppose two or three J thousand dollar- were saved in the I year. What .Lt nice would that i make ?” ! "O, if that w. r? pos-ible. which > it is not, it would make a vast diff rence in the long run ; hut would i hardly meet theplklKulties that are i approaching.” ’ ; j "But something must be done. [ i The disease is threatening, tin 1 my ' I first pres riptfen " ill arrest its vio--1 Iciitfe. gj have some thing mto .to propose It cothes into my, I raiud tb.is instant; after breaking ■ up we will go home to mother's.— I You x.: e.v sue non r wanted ns to j Leave t'u?r<?. It won't c ».st us j i much over half what it does now." : la’i::ig rent into account.- We.’ will pg?,- sister Annie sum.tiling to [ t -ke eurc of little E i lie and Lizzie I through the lay. a.’ 1 I "till gp in to the st ore as chief clerk.” "Betsey, you're crazy “N-t :j bit of i', Aaron; but a ■ sensible wonrm as you will find before you are a year older, if yon ' will let me Lave my way. I don’t like that Hobson, and never -di»L ‘ .s you know. I don't beltere he's-f ' a fair man Lot rae take hi- place ! I imd you will make if clear saving i lof fifteen hundred dollars a yu..r; , land may be of as much m >re ” "I can't think of it, Betsey. Let j <is wait a while.” “But«you must think of t. and !we won't wait a while." replied i the resolute wife. -.What is right j to be d >ne v is best done quickly — lls there not safety in my plan?" "Yes, I think there is, but—" "Then let us adopt it at once, ' and throw all buts overboard, or, (and she looked at him a little mischievously.) porhsi- you would rather have some talk with Mr. Lawrence, first.” “Iltlng Mr. Lawrence!” ejacu- - ' kited Aaron Little. I ".Very well • 4heee ledng no ‘ help in Mr. Lawrence, we will go . I to work and help ourselves. Self-! help. 1 have always Lear-1, an.l | most to l>e depended on. We may ! know ourselves, nnd trust our 1 selves, and that is a great ileal more ' than we can sav about other peo i pie. When ~s!iall 're, have the "Nat so fast, not so fin,.-1! ■ haven't a freed to the sale yet — ' That w wild be to make a certain 'loss. Furniture s-'ld at auction uever re iliz's half its cost. •1X would be n certain gain. Aa-1 i i.hi. if jt save 1 you from bank-1 Fiipfejg with which as I understand - you are threatened.’ •I think,’ said Aaron, we may J get on without thau 1 like the idea' I of your coming into the’ store and tftkiag Hobson’s place. All the money from retail sales passes' I through his han Is. and he has it' .in his power U» rob me seriously. I I've not felt easy in regard to him ! ;of Lite. W hy. 1 can hardly tell.— ’ ■ I have seen nothing wrong. But, ;if you take his place fifteen hun ’ dred dollars will lx> saved, cer- i - tainly.’ • • ‘But if I have my hdusc to keep,'! Mrs. Little answered to thia, ‘howl loan I help you st the store? The first thing in onter is to get the house off n.y hands.' ‘Don’t ton think that Annie ceul 1 be in latjfd to cernc and live

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with us a few months, until we try this new experiment?’ j ‘But the money, Aaron-; the ; money this furniture would bring! 1 That’s what lam looking after.— You wWnt money, now.’ ‘Very true.’ Then let ns hang out the red flag. Half way measures may ruin everything. I know that mother will not let Annie leave home; so it’s no use to think of it. The red flag Aaron, the red flag. Depend upon it, that’s the first right thing to be done. A thousand or fifteen hun dred dollars in hand will make you feel like another person-give you courage confidence and energy.’ ’Yqu may be right, Betsey, but I. can’t bear the thought of running out the red flag, of which you talk so lightly.’ ‘Shall I say coward ? Are you afraid to do what common prudence tells you is right?’ ‘1 was afraid, Betsey, but am no longer faint henrte 1. With such a brave little wife as you, to stand by my side, I need not fear the world.’ In a week from that day the red [ fl ig was hung out. When thcauc- ! Aioneer made up his accounts, he ; ha I in hand a little over eighteen ; hundred dollars for which a check , wa-, filled out to thnr order of Aa- [ iron Little. 1* came into his hands ■ inxt at the right and made ; ; hi.;; iI. to use his own-.vurd.s, ‘as 1 : easy mum <44 shoeJ- -Gno week! Later Mr; Betsey Little took the! plaje of Mr. Hobson as chief! uisungi-r an I cash yeceiv _t in her; husband's s ore. There were some ; few sign< of r -b-Ilion a.song the I : clerks all shop girls at the begin- ; ni:ig: but Mrs. BetXOy n uniirk steady eye, and a self-reliant :nan-„ ner that e:t i mil her pre- felt, and soon ma le everything subser- • y: -nt t > he.- will. It was a remarkable fact that at the close of the j first week of her adihiuistration oi affairs, the cash receipts were over . a hundred-and fifty dollars in ex- ■ cess of the receipts of any . other week within the previous three ' months. IlaYb w< lone more, business than us '.al this week? She asked iof one clerk and another, and the answer was no. "The:i.” sa: I the lady to herself, "there's been foul ]>'ay here. No I wonder my husband was in troub-1 ! !e " At the cn 1 of the next week, f ;c! ! sales came up to the same average, an 1 at-the end of the third week were tvo hun Ire I dollars better; I than before. Mrs I i’t'e un ir- ! ; took to manage the retail depart-1 m'nt. Whither there had been' "foul play.” Aaron Little could never fully determine; but he was ill no doubt as to one thing, and that was the easy condition of the > money market after the lapse of ( I half a year. ! For four or five months previous ; to Mrs. Littfe’s a Iministration of J ' affairs he was on the. street nearly . all the time, during business hours, I I engaged in the work of money- • raising; now his regular receipts i had got in a Ivanee of his payments, s > that his balance on the mo riling of each d:lv, was unas iallv in ex- i ' cess of thJivotesto be lifted. Os I course, lie could give more attention to business: and es course, business increased and grew more profitable under the improved sts-. | tom. By the end of the year, to ■ use his own words, he was ‘all ! right.’ Not so a neighbor of his, i who to get more capital, hajj taken ! iMr Lawrence as partner. Instead; of Itringiwg- in- thousand dotq . lars. that ‘capifedist’ was only able ' to put d >wn three thousand : and before the end of the year he l;a I ! drawn out six or seven thousand. ! and had given notes of the firm for as much .more in payment of old ; obligation® A failure of the house followed as an imevitable , result ’ „ Whop the fact of the failure, and | the cause which le Ito it rrs m? !c • known to Mr. Little he re:.:::rked , with a shrug.’ ‘l'm s »rry for B—— But he • shoo’d liave t«»Ll his wife. f ‘Of what ’? a*’; I the person to .whom he address the remark •Os his want of more capital, and intention to make Lawreuee a ! » psrtiivr •What good would that have I done ? •It might have saved him from I ruin ns it <li<l me.’ , ‘You are mysterious. Little.* I ‘Ara I ? Well, in plain wards: A 1 rear ago. I was hard up for monev :in n.y I usmess, and thoHght oil taking in Lawrence. I told my i w ife a!g>ut ifc She said -Don't do j ' it.' an I I did not; for ‘Don't do it. J was followed by suggestions as to ! his wife's extravagance that open-, ed my eyes a little. I told her at. the same time of my embarass ! mentis and she set her bright lit-! tie hea Ito work and showed me the way to work out of them Be

-fare this I always had a poor ion of woman’s wit in matters of business’; but now L say to every inau in trouble : ‘Tell your wife. An Item Every Person AKould Read. We have probably all of us met with instances, in which a word heedlessly spoken against the reputation of a female, has-been magnified by malicious minds until the cloud has became dark enough to overshadow her whole existence. To those who are-.accustonied—-not necessarily from bad motives, but from thoughtlessness—to speak lightly of females, we recommend these hints, as worthy, of cou--sideration. NevcDuse ala ly’s name in an improper place, or at aa improper time, or in mixed company. Never make any assertions aI Lout her that you know to be untrue, or illusions that you feel she her self Jwoukl blush to hear. WR»n you meet persons who do not scruple to make use of a la ly’s name in a reckless and unprincipled manner, shu.n them, fur they, are the very worst members of community—persons lost to every sense of honor, every feeling of humanity. Many a good and worthy lady’s character\asbeen forever ruined .ftjjd her heart broken by a lie, manufactured by some villain, nnd repeated where it should not h.we j been, and in the presence of those iwhoselittlejudgcme.it cou’-l not” } deter them from cireulati’ng the I foul and blasting report. A slander is soon propagated, and the smallest thing hierd;xatory ito the character of a lady will sty jon the feings of tiie win.l. . and i magnify as.it until its ; monstrous weight crushes the poor I unfortunate victim. i Respect the name of a woman .; for your mother an.l sisters a-ye i wonfen : and as yon would have I their fair names untarnished an I ' i their lives unembittored by the '; slanderer 's biting tohgne’, heed toe ill that your own ■ tongue msy ■ bring on the moukvr, the sister or : -“ttie wife of somefelic -’ CreatureJ -"Conic Bown.” We were much amused, the ‘ other <Li v, by an anecdote of a '■ certain Secevetary of a Governor, r several removes back from the" ■ present Chief Meglstrate of tinr Empire Stater Like most snb-of- ? fici ds, to whom same pressing" final pr'oeess is committed, he had - an itching plum, while; at the tame ’ time, it would not be exactly ’ safe to show his hand too openly. ,Qu one occasion he'had, for the ■ third time, been wadte I upon by ,an impatient party, interested in I two important bills which had passed th? Legislature, and with : stcJt’y atliers, were awaiting the Governor's signature. “Did you place niy bills before his Ex‘'eelleaey asked -the party ! of-the'Secyeiary.' “N—n—not yet,” said he (he had a slight impediment in his speech:) “n—not quite yet; the G—g—bvernor’s v—very busy. By the b—by, w—Wat was the n—name of the m—man that g—ot up i into h t —tree when our Saviour i was w—Walking along that w—- ; i way ?” "Oh, you mean Znecheus ?” "kc—es ; 4h'tf.i tiie man. We—ell, ffita-our —recollect what waV s—sain to hitu ?” ~ I I "Certainly: Zacclleus, com? , down!’” "Ex—a—actlv ; ye—es, *Como y dotru !, 1 was thinking of that ye—esterday, when you c—called, but I c—couldn’t rem—remember the name!” 1 , The hint was taken, the party d-‘c«»»e doom" accordingly; an i 1 when he next called his signed bills were ready for h'm. • I — i j The death of -‘Aunt” Fanny I Burrows, of Warren, R L, is an- ! mnneed.’ ShFwrwrtwrrir “arHSW tic, in the autumn of 17F. J, recol11lected the battle of Bunker, Hill I the Declaratiaa of Independence, . and enter-'d heartily into measures - ’ of relief for the soldiers c.t the I Revolution try war. herself knit- ? ting stockings an I making gar- • ments for their use. She was a bout 12 years of age when tlia I massacre of Groton Heights took ■ place, and fertv-two widows v etm I, made in one day in the little tow:* lof Groton. She also aided in fitting out garments for the sol-dv-r>and sailors of the war o: 1 1S12; an I last though not k-ast with bnsv hau ls, joined in knit ting stockings for .ttye patricotic soldi rs of Rhode Island in thelato Corn Vinegar.— Take onn bushel of coni meal; put it in a . barrel and fill with-soft water it jsouf; then strain it "Sjf £hd add ‘ two quarts of good yeast, and in • short time it will l>c equ:d to cider •| vinegar. So says one that has I trie<.l it Charles Dicken’-s expenses in . Krheriea were fifty thousand dqj- ] lars. and his net profits one hundred thousand dollars iu gold, lie carried off three large packing cases f ill of all sorts of presents. ' An c; rlv spring—jumping outef bc-1 st 1 o'clock in the morning