Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 46, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 November 1844 — Page 1

IMMAMA AMDBIEICDAW

DRCOONTBY-QCR COUNTRY'S I NTERE3T8 AND F. CLARKSOX. OCR country's FRIENDS.

SELECT TALE.

From the Ladies' Xalional Magazine. AUNT PATTY AT HOME. A Story that will please Every Body. BY J! S. STEPHENS. You should have seen how warm and snug mat Patty's house looked in the winter; the ttlhr windows were all banked up, the harnvirJ levelled down with straw, and the bant jwelf so completely crammed that tufts of hay and un'hrashed rye protruded through the Crrice of the great folding-doors, and in some p 'ires seemed almost forcing the clapboards f.m l!l-ir fastenings, ft would h;ive done y.mr heart good to see the great golden and crimson ears of corn gleaming through the Iatlire ork of the grain-hnue! Then the fit and l.uy cows, basking in the sun and chew. iU their ends so quietly and contented; it was iifiureof comfort .ti thrift lhat you would hire gone ten miles to see. provided vouhave which von have, of mr. or yon would fling .tint Patty .,,.' .r. ! I r the first sentence il:f d it. vt of in vi!ia jirl m Ho a ki uf 'X'.e n i r.t:ieois h in with an it Pmy. We si-it ti n nl every whtei evetti 1 1 m hr fires l-,a id it unitiiM.N happe.ied h0g the reader to 'i;ij.ie it was pure icci lent always. tin soms threi or four of the other sex would drop in arU in ike tliennelves quite at home a!s .. Of course, we were much astonished t thicoinei4eiic nf taste and circumstance, and icii mew sxrauge tilings began to happen frequently, we became a little superstitious, and went again and again to be certain if there really was a destiny in it or not, a question that lia not been thoroughly settled in my mind to this day. One evening it was freezing cold, and just after we had a-serobled in the leng kitchen which aunt Patty used in winter a a situimrnoin, a storm came up that precluded all hopes nf masculine society that evening. The wind howled around the house like an animol oar for his prey; hail and snow rattled against the' winnows, wniie the fretful and half moaning-, of the poplars as they complained to the rou jh ee nents, came distinctly to my ear?. Out wh it cued we for the storm! There was a nlazing pile of hickory crackling cheerfully i-i the great kitchen chimney; and ajiOiii tray filled with luscious red apples stood n the hearth, the fruit mellowing in the warm fire-light. Our joyous company sat around the huge r'tair, so completely filled by the good-natured olJ m lid th ai a little ..r the oaken back alone culd be seen rising, like a half spread fan, aiMve her broad shoulders. We all had our kaiuing-work. but only one or two were busy with il. Two of the girls were counting apple seeds and naming ihem for each other, (loe ws standing up in front oflhe fire with a foot 0 i the lower ronn I of her chair, winding a skein or stocking-yard which she had placed 01 the hick, after tirinj out a sweet tempered girl who had been holding it till her armsa-h ei. Another, Lizzy Parks, the most mischievous, talkative, tns;nuating creiture that yon erer saw, sat on the dyo-tuh carressing aunt P-nty'a cat, who erected her ears at very touch of that slender hand, and gave out a sife.iy pur. which would have made a less exrt.hle party drowsy to hear. Now and then IZ7.V would steal a slv glance at us from tindVr her eyelashes, and then fall caressing the ni agai,, a, demurely a the animal herself. W. knew what was coming and waited Ihe f rent, for when I.isza Pa. ks took to conciliation the old maid's favorite, it was a sure prelinnuiry to ...m leqnest. which was wry like. Iv to he retused. utiles great tact and discretion wore exercised m making it. Aunt Patty had been wau hipg these movements with a pleasant gleam of th ee, and a vuht. eager curvf of her plump lips that bcs.ioke her interest in the object. Th;re girls." exclaimed I.-zza. a aunt Pa'lv drew n deep breath; "pass round the up. I'i'-sonce more, and then aunt Patty will tell about Mr. Smith she saw down in New 'irk. This is just the night for it. Kvery"'t sung an.) comfortable, and no dangei r the young men dropping m to interrupt Aunt Patty shook her head. "No. no. not '" iiiil'it; i,e st. .iin j enough to make one "'-Imcholy ii!u talkittg .f old times'' he Wittered . t ar Aunt Patty, there could not be a beteri,.ne," we ail exclaimed. ' the storm is just thing, h makes us enjoy the bright warm n' thousand time more than usual. Come. n 'w. be good natu red this once; vou promises to give us this story about Mr. Smith, an I h.ie wane I a (ts tim(. r(.me.nber this." i:i the old maid shook her head. " -erne it. wait a minute," cried Lizzi. a-MeroiKly peeling an apple in a way that -'""crii,iui iii ot-r uaii'ijsri ' " ill flmg ihis over my head, if it fall in an : " it Patty shall tell us the story "about he - . enure cnain in iter nan J;see. S pub I . ' storv nhiinl hpr i-er. ii u torms any other letter we will n - j - - " promt.. I . . a 1 ... . . I ,". I v-eriatnly; yes yes," we exclaimed all at j His' i-6 Wlll,"? ,ia,,', ,he lesl' r,,r bol, j or the rind were curled opposite ways it j a,n0Xl, ,,a 'mp",sihI lhat an leuer except cnuid do formed by it. ''An I . . . . .. .... . nP the crimsom rind, and swinging it slowly r'""l her head do vou agree to iu" joii, mint ratty," said L.tzza, Unhung . es- "''' aunt Patty, innocently, "out of it c - i" icm i siaiu n good cnance If mes an S I'll lell the story." ueiure D.ie had done sneakinff. I.izra irimo fl 'fie nn. ..i.- i , . , . . . l 'Ulle I . , n " ' i - nri iit-nu iui mc mini . u . e. uiupjieu ai aunt i any iei, a per V - t J ' i ow did yon ever I" exclaimed the old maid j ". ano a very preity S.

ni"fJ:rard.a,'d azin at Phenomena.

Wu , no woma a 'nought it 1 here, I thought how it would be 1. 177V bas.!...; 1 t, ... said j, v.no.usiy, -come girls, let us take our knitting-work while aunt Patty begins" JVe eat down, gathered our work together, nd ln a few minutes there was no sound to interrupt aunt Patty in her inr of our needles around the hearth, and the storm K""g llUOUl. h?'!.'!' co,"men0ed aunt Pauy. trusting her needle in the crimson sheath at her side and winding the yarn round her finger; "if you must hear it, the sooner it is over the better: but I never saw such a set of torments in mv hie-when you take a thing into your head's there is no geiting rid ofyou. 'Well, as I was saying, it was-Jet me seeyes, it was the veiy next summer nnr m it to New rk when par received a letter" rrom young Jr. Smith, saying that his health had .eeu delicate for some month, and if par would like it he thought of coming into Connecticut and making hit home with us awh.l "I could hardly breathe while par was reading the letter, when he got through and laid it , u-.. ' ' " . """ a , C , ' .. Z "V-1 w ent . - ,v - iwiiy una reaa it over a th sann limes before I went to bed. I slept with it in my bosom all that ni2ht. but instead nf dreaming I lay awake till broad day thinking of htm. and almost era2y with the hope ofseemg him once more. I do n't believe that I in. na t neen an hour without thinki tig of him since my return home, and ye, was with a sort f sorrowful feel.ngas if I had buried a friend: hut now, wh'Mi he was coming when the paper his hand touched lay against my heart you need n't smile, girls. I was n't half as fleshy as I am now well, ii seemed as if every line w.n playing over it like flashes of fire, and as if my heart never would beat regularly again. Did he come to see me? I kept asking myself that question every ten minutes Tor a fortnight. ' By and by another letter came he would beat our house in a few days-I thought I should have died, it made me feel so dreadfully when the time drew near. I began to get anxious about the way we lived, and tried to j persuade par into buying some new things for nit- nouse, nut par was awful sol when he took a notion into his head, and, says he, every time I mentioned the subject, says he ' 'Patty, child, don't make a fool of yourself. The house is good enough for your mother and me, and I rather guess il will have to answer Tor our company. Besides thai, Pattv, if I were to spend all Pain worth on the old house, you could no more make it appears like cousin Smith's than yon could make cheese of chalk. Act na:itral, Patty act iiutural! and if you ve a good heart and pretty tolerable common sense, there is no danger but the highest of them w ill respect you, and a great deal more than if you ttidtobe what you w as never brought up to?' "Well, par wot Id not help me a mile, so I was obliged to get along as well as I could we put out ihe dimity curtains to bleach for the bed in onr spare loom, and I look the skirl to mn-'s wedding gown, whitened up and ruffle 1 it round one of our smallest kitchen tables, and spi it ender the looking glass, just as I'd cen one at cousin Smith'. L uiisa knit a newfringe for the window curtains, and without Iftti tg par know it I look this great china pitch-1 er-sianding here just now with the cider in it and the punch howl still in the cupboard yonder, and set them on a litlle table for Mr Smith to wash in; for I was afraid he might think we had been brought up in the woods if he had to wash in the stoop and wipe on the roller towel with the work bands, every morning as we did. I cut fT half the piece oMiard soap from par's shavinn box. though I knew he would n.ake an aw ful noise when he found it out, and set it on the table in one of mar's best saucers, and after I'd covered tl.e table up w ith our finest home-spun towel it looked as well as new, I can tell you. We scrubbed l! e floor till it xi as white a snow, and when Lou isi.a bad fastened the curtains to her liking, fillid Hie fire place with white pine and wild ho ney suckle branches, and bid woven a heap of asparagus all heavy with bright lenios among the nurlicie over ihe lookin -glas. the chamber was nice enough for a king. I can tell you there was not n s eck of diit from one end o Ihe other, everv thing was splan clean, and as while a a half blown lily but Louisa .always put the finishing touch on every thing While f was taking Mar up to see how we had fixed things, she went down into the gaiden anil came in with her apron full of roses to put on the t.i!et. for that is the name they give the tables with white dreses down in York. "Did I over tell yon how dreadfully handsnmeour Louisa was? That day she was all in white, her short gown was rather coarse, but she had worked a vine down the front, and ruffled ii all round. The weather was warm, and it was thrown open at the neck, while the sleeves only came to her elbow, not quite low enouih to hide the dimples when she moved her arm. She had set down on the stairs to lie up her roses, nod, yon could see the pink shadows floating over her round arms while she was sorting the flowers from her lap. She Bin ,i- :-i'iiiii3iiiTTilt-IKiri!Il t . lime she shook up the folds of her dimity skirt, and shook the pile together, we could see her wo little i.aked feet as white as her d.ess. cxcept that they were just then a litlle rosy with the heal for we did not wear stockings In the summer time those days, and Louisa left her J shoes down in ihe entry as she came in. "Mar and I stood watching her over the bann iwi p r wnon ana nnapii a somebody coming up the door yard ....-. . . ... pa.c .,,,, i,.u Louisa; did n't seem to mind it at first, but all at once, . ri.1 k i ?i r r f r i .ii niiri r inai mil . x r.M . - ininn il.itrn iairc-cha Iifi,.l u. r. i I - - -I--- -.-j i"t i"T? nnu

V "'"in ii.iniijiiiK i.iiriii uici inr piaie looKCd at me

r""J'"" " - v v "niunimci lur tor uii j wv. men seemeu irii inAn cnnmoii in VAiam,i.n . w c . time mat sne naa no snoes on, and sat down i.B n w'M, V I IIIJ4. A II : front door was open, and lhre, as true at I j

live, stood young Mr. Smith, looking right straight nt Louisa, and smiling a if he did not

f ' was only our help. I declare I trembled like a leaf, and it seemed as il I should drop when I run to my ,oom and called mar to help me slick up a little. "By-and-by, I went down, and there was Louisa sitting in the out-room with Mr m;.i, m independent as could be. She had contrived to get her shoes on; but she kept changing color as if something was the matter of her yei. "f fell awfully. What would Mr. Smith think at the ideaof setting therein our outroom i so sociably when he come to find out thai Louisa was only our help. I could have fainted a ay right there as well as not. Mt Smith seemed glad to see me. He shook hands with mar and kised me right before her. You can't think how frightened I was. It seemed as if I should blnh mvself to death: n.t ii.-r-sat Louisa, blushing too, I don't know what for. it was no concern of her's ! 'It was getting near dinner lime, and we had nothing cooked but hashed fish nnd an Indian pudding, for par had gone off to the upper farm with his wi.rk hands, and we had nothing but a picked up dinner. There was one work hand near the house, a clever creature as ever lived, that hung about and did chores for us all ihe year round. While mar was talking with Mr. Smith I went out-Louisa, she followed me, aim men i up and told her a piece of mv mind. fmnt hen- m.ii,,. a . . atl "y" , t 7, , "T! f J Li ,, .... . "J,"".. " ,s "e" Mired help never think of setting down in the room w ith company, or even at table in York,' says I, 'and there is no sense in your setting yourself up to better than ihe rest of them.' "Louisa turned pale, and I saw the tears filling her soft eyes; bin they didn't seem to touch my feelings just then, and says I, 'now, while Mr. Smith is here, yon can eat with the work folks, and tf we want anything you can run in to help up to it, and then go away again. " 'You have always been kind tome, Pattv,' says she, shutting tip her eyelids to break tip the tears that were just falling 'I d id not expect this, but if you insist on it I w ill not complain ! ' I began to feel sorry for her, and savs I '"Well, I don't want to be hard with yotl, only just stay in the kitchen and see to things perhaps Mike will wait on the table it is more genteel to have a man after all.' "So out I went to find Mike; he was swingling flax in the barn yard. When I to'd him what I wanted he sat down on ihe flax break and wiped his forehead with his sleeves, and seemed loth to s eak out. Dy and by, says he "'Well, Patty, 1 was not born to be a servant to servants, or a slave to any one; but seeing os it's you, I'll come in and give you a helping hand.' "So, tolling down his sleeves, he shook the dust from his clothes, and went tound to ihe well to wash up. ' Louisa had set the table in the nut-room the cloth as like a sheet ofsi.ow. and every thing looked nice as when she put it on the lahle. Hut I could see that she fell bad yet. Hi r eyes were heavy with tears, and now ami then I could see her lips tremble but I kept saying to my heati, what business has she to set herself up? She might to know her place, and so I let her pass back and forth without saying a word about anything but the work. "Uefore we sat down to dinner. I went out to see if Mike was ready. He had his jacket on and had washed himself, head and all, till his long hair lay smoothly over his forehead down to his eyes, and water was dropping from ihe ends every minute. " 'Now,' says I. 'Mike remember and stand behind Mr. Smith's chair, put everv thing on ins plate, and when be stops eating take it away to lite comer cuph0ard and bring a clean one.' " 'Just so,' says Mike. " 'Now do be careful,' says I, turning back, 'try and be genteel this once, and I'll give yon a double bladed knife Ihe first time we send butler and eggs to the store.' "Never fear tr.e,' says Mike, putting one hand drep in his pockets as if he fell the knife there already. "I went into the out-room again to sec if every thing w as ready for dinner. Louisa had boiled some fresh eggs and made a sauce for ihe pudding and every thing looked very genteel, considering. There was a plate of hashed fih nicely browned over at one end of the table with a dish of eggs at one side of it, and a plate of rye bread on tho other. In the mid dle of ihe table stood the pudding, trembling in the dish where it had just been turned from the bag, and breaking open a trifle on one side till ou could see its heart as light as a coik and yellow as gold. Around it stood plates of pickles, a little ball or butter stamped on the top with a bird perched on a branch, and notch ed round the edges, besides preserved plums and quinces without end. "Mike camein and stood looking to see what chair Mr. Smith would take. Mary didn't seem to know uhat he was there for, atid says she ' Set by and help yourself. Mr. Smith" Make yourself at home while you are here." "We set down to the table, all but Louisa, and she went up stairs and had a good crvintr spell, I dare say. "The minute Mr, Smith sat down. Mike took his plate and heaped a great pile of fish on it. and then he cut an egg throurh the mi.Mi and left it run over the fish, bile be took the same knife and sliced offthe largest end of the pudding. There w as not room enough mi mc (imvc, fii ne iuia ine pnaaing over the i l i l. . i - s . - fish and filled the edge with preserve, Then he sat the plate down before Mr. Smith took ..n i i i 1 . . . up mc kiiiiciiiu iurk, ana w nue ne was cross.i , , . . e and ...... i- . . ..... . n iiikvu one rye, as miicn as to say "I rather tiMnL iti.i j .. ui li j i i . S rhihl.-d. ;'aded knife boic ruuuLU in IS lime, an V hOW 79 I "Then he put both hand on ;ihe back of

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our visiter's chair, an I stood up behind him, just bending forward a little, while he watched Mr. Smith bs he put the pudding on one side and tried to rush the pile of fish away from the preserve.. My face was in a blaie, for could see that cousin Smith had as much as he could do to keep from lauching right outmar, she helped herself as if nothing was the matter. I trod on her foot and made a sign to Mike ihat he must help us, but she spoke right out "Good gracious. says she. 'Patty how you have hurt my foot;' and Mike, instead r helping us, thought that I wanted him to do something more for .Mr. Smith; so he snatched the knife and fork from his hand, nd began to mince up the fi.h right and left, with both el bows squared as if he was rak ing a flower bed. ' Mike.' says mar, 'why on eaTth don't to. get a chair and sit too?' For -he couldn't Vll what to think nf hiJt.n,i;.i . moved alongtimak; ro : 6 M J S , Hat to think of his standing moved along to make room. head. and made faee.ni h ,.,t,:it,- " away at the fish more fur ously that" ever At Kst he pushed the plate back c M ! Smith S. and gave another triumphant look I really ! thought I should have died on the spot, and it) Vell..v.Mike pocket, and deliberate ,Qif ; nan a minute 'it was n't exactly in the bargin that I should w ait on hhe women lolks too, but if you kstoo t.n.if VnTl TV " lM ?toilh the knife I won't be particular this once." "It was.really too bad. I burst out rrvinein t OUl crvinein

"i.u earnest, leu table and ran up stairs "I. ;. f no n .n Sag-;:1 never "Towards night par came home with all the 'kTowhlw it Tended 'T, work hands. Mike told him who had arrived yosaw M Litn wh , 8 ,! 'u' f as he came through the barn yard and in he',- a when,he Was herc ,hr, ran without his coat and lAl. clothes. I went down stairs to tell him to .fix Z Le? a'd' ' reCk"

up a little; but Mr. Smith was s'nndinff at the ... ,, ,rre were an itia wnikmen I ,i ... .. . . round the well. cl. i,v ..t.i r.ii- . .ui " s be came up to the stoop, w ped himself on the .us mi "nsii-iusin, ana par in uie midst i theorkmen,and set down lo a dUh . froH snnner with pork and beans, just as if the table hdn'. h. iim iui iis in me spare room, hint my feelings. It was loo m r . - ., " hint my feelings. It was too much; for instL 1 declare it' then Louisa enme down to supper with the I n to sunner ui.l, .b. hands, and he made room for hnr h,..n i.i "

.n j; a,, he pleV o twl T f " teell? .; if she had been a Yo7k d yg I rsnh-1 '"Atid1 d'r' r'1"'' " v er guess I did n't speak to Mit Louisa that L. I a t d,d 0,1 n!ver Ket a""'r ofrr?'' ennight again. Eyelashes"7' fgi''X op through "Well, at last milking time came on. I had iyl m" id v,,,,,. . . ... . ,, al ays helped Louisa and mar do up the chore 1 0f heHittS ere " -Miki nSi J ""W bin this time I go' my sewing work and .-iV . . ofrered hum-elf otiiedownbyihewindow aif ad evt i"iIfT.LViMMTlVl;t J "IT ,he cheese tub in mv hfe. Mr. Smith -ai close bJ ? d.",lhlrb,aded knif. "d P-rified me. looking out of win ? l e i u?' f,andKW"h B,ri,," ,hM fhk Louba and mar ro down ,b jJJllu.Vl l, ht c",r en'a,h ,,er- "T P'eped down

pails. He smiled, and said as if to h rr .r 'how fresh pretty.' 1 lhnnBh king oloud about mc; the color burned tin to my f.ce,andl begantotiembleTr wc all alone in the tnm. '"What fine cows rnn Wn n,a ..;,t . i-. leaning over the wiudow-ailt .t. , .,, , ' .... UU J V M UU1 and milk with your mothet7' " Oh. rcrtainl) not,' says I, 'we leave such work lo our help.' "'lam sorry,' says he, Inking up his hat; :ihe air is so sweet and every thing looks so lovely, I must run away.' "Out he went through the door-vard. and when they came back he had Louisa's pail, foaming over with milk, in one hand and her stool in the other. I thought I should have dropped down I felt so dreadful v. i ne next morning mar v ent up to the

. , , . . T - ' " " that while cousin Smith staid she would never mention household tome in his hearing. "She took Louisa up to help her, and I sewed a pattern to a piece of muslin, and sat don-n in the oui-room w ith my hair curled; and a silver thimble on, as if I had never'done anything I...I ...... U ..JT- ... . . ' cons in my nie. .ilr. Smith came into ihe room, walked np nnd down awhile, then took a paper and read a little; but he seemed restless all the lime, and at last went up to his room, pretending to want something there. He staid and staid till I thought he must have gone lo sleep. ' I began to feel rather lonesome and went up to the kitchen chamber to see how mar rot ! on with her weaving. When I got to the top of ihe stairs, as true as I 1 ve, there was cousin Siiiith"standing by Louisa's quil! wheel, the skein of low yard had got tangled on thesnrjfis and he was bending down to help lo set her to rights, t saw his lips move as if he was faying something; but the loom made such a noise i could tun hear a word. Louisa did not seem to answer, but she blushed tip to her forehead; 'here was a soft sparkle in her eyes as the long lashes drooped over them, and a smile just dimpled her lips. I would have given all creation only just to have known w hat he was saying. I went down stairs ain .nri took up my work, but it w as a long time before I took a stitch, I can tell you. " ell, it is of no use telling you all that hap-j.ciit-u auring tne lour weeks that he staid with n Fr., u . . . .. . lot Stan din. bV l77. "l.V" milking; he would eat in the kitchen, and read "iirr nan tne morning when she was spinningon tho lltit flv n,..v. u 1 ... . " """'l muu-ju uc was STlhllOP.t l.i ...... ., . -n; iiniu iu arown me noise of lhe Are:, I had made him believe that I JJJ , . , and so therTl saT in the'oJtroom0 wrkm working on

Kiicnen cnamuer, where the loom and wheel r.e usual food nf the laboring people were kept. She had a piece in ihe gears andjanJ ""PPT do they consider themselve if tbev Whined me to EO tip and wind quills forher,!?01 p,,ol,Pn "f The women bring the but I just look her one side and told her not i P reduce from the fields and lake it to the marto think of such a thing, and made her promise ikc,iin I0"1? baskets fastened to iheir shoulders:

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them convened old cuffs and crying my eyes out. "One day I went rp stairs to atk nar for something. She had gone down to see shout dinner, and there was cousin Smith with Louisa all alone in the chamber, lie Ml talking to her very eamesti), she had stopped her wheel, and bending her face close to the spool pretended to be moving her thread from one hook to another further down the flyer her hand was so unsteady that she only tangled ihe yam, and her little f.-ot shivered on the foouboard till it made the wheel tremble all over. At last she gave him one look, toverrd her face with both hands, and burst out crying. Just then cousin Smith saw me. "Come here, Patty, comr. my kind cousin I-'" "T .'T. ,', 1 "I ' U I..1J: , . ' ' ! ..I" " V.. . "1 . Paren : I' rjuuiersMtcn as n dreams of. Tell Z. ly -ref-how happy l.l1" oe l" Tece,ve lwrir.be consents to i ?. ""I! ray w'fe!' "'f;Ped ' hh; .nd ahould h.s. sunk zLtrsi loon, which I fell, u.You ran,-nil.r ,i, ,i u a . Smith put i 'J" "nt "u '! drew me t .ward iT.nin-i 'rTi-u.ZL-ji'i.:' . " a poor : ' f ' "ung ne was. I did not '-u.edo havn ,,7 I don't know what, and he '.i.ir. .Maine il fl A i pr inr mt ti m. . i . , I i '"j 1,1 " o neavy inai it I said fomeihing. tried to omt iturn ; " There was a kind of Sentimental liittwmaca i, n,a.a nU:., , " -rusmcn gave us to uo words w hich gave us to unaersiana mat annt Patty had not quite forgivt, " ne,p 'OT O'Prmng her of a i . t. i . - . . - iu nu: . .. . ' . . uZ m"l PV0rank rid .7" " Pro'uu" "8", ""ered this fragment oi nuvire. ;itfn i . .. u ' ? ".i? . ' ? XXony more t-''.'. '.'.rr "e a""" of knowing V K . n,en ,nal are w"h hainr will , T i UllUld T"U - u a t . ? , ,.u..:M nl. ur.ngnt partook most of 'f 'cuon wttn tne ma (. H n I t I 1. ... . . rejiuic lumiuris wnicn were left to ihe old maid. Condition of Women in Europe. Professor Stove, of Cincinnati, slates the following facts, in a recent number of the American Diblical Repository: 'We have, in the United Siales, no idea of the hopeless poverty to which great masses of people in other countries are condemned. Millions of industrious and virtuous families in Kurope ran afford in the severest weather to keep a fire only an hour or two in the morning. Coarse black bread and wmr I . ., . Iiriis fl...I.. Hiiiir in me sieve states which I have visited have I ever seen negro women drudging m such toilsome out door labor as falls to the lot or the laboring women of Germany and France. And all this they do for less than the bare necessaries of life. In one of the most fertile and wealthy provinces of gay. polite, sunny France. I have seen blooming girls from twelve to eighteen lugging manure into the vineyards in baskets." Sincvtar Adjwtment. We see it stated that a young lady in Philadelphia, who had ia lovers, lately adjusted mailers with them by marrying one and immediately elonini. with the other. A rr ection ate. "My dear, you are not ihe woman 1 look you lo be." ' But my dear, you are Ihe man I took you lobe. Go and nurse that child in a minute, or I'll ' A fellow with a scolding wife once moved into a swamp w here the dumb sgue wits prevalent. The experiment cured her. 'I wish you had been Eve,' said an Urchin to an old maid who was proverbial for me.v.m 'Why so!' 'Because,' said he 'y ou would hv eaten all the apple, instead of dividing n with Adam!' Forgive an injury in twenty minutes' rt member it twenty years. "No, Catharine, (said Palrick to his wife) you never catch a lie coming out of my m-uny "yon may well say that, (replied Kale) the v fly oul to fast, thai nobody can catch 'em. '