Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 8, Brookville, Franklin County, 25 February 1870 — Page 1

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(third rory.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $303 " tmoitintnnmct jfs postage papers delivered within this HOW IT HAPPENED. Jingle, jingle, jingle! It was the post"fwo letters for Mrs. Olinda Lobb , Oiar Villa, Putney." Charlotte came in and said, -'Please, a'am, here are two letters Tot you.'' It still seeras like a dream, and t am always fearing that t shall awake t find npelf aain Alisa Uritanna Plumtnidge, ts of old. . . it is six weeks Wednesday since I was married, and jet when any one unexpectedly calls me Mrs. Lohb, I am compelled to cinch myself to make sure that it is my wlf in flesh and blood , Ah! youth actastoms itself quickly to tie situations, tat when one has been called by the same eme lor forty-seven years, It eeems almost impossible to change it. Nevertheless t who speak to you hanged my name as by a miracle, for it takes a miracle to trie about a marriage in BinGeld. Kot tiat ou!d speak ill of my native village, there ain't a prettier one in all England; and for ladies of certain age who look fbt society and economical life at the same time it otters great advantages, But in ,r undent condition it is pale for me to I 1 ? ' . . . i . . . t . . I . .1 . f .. ! ontess that It leu someining 10 oe aesirti. They are absolutely no bachelors. Little boys are plenty enough, and beardless youths are not very rare; but a man with a position obtained and a revenue however modest, assuredly is net to be feeo at Binfield without a wife by his side. It is not therefore very surprising that I, ho am no beauty, should have some oil ficulty ia persuading myselt that l am ttallj the wife of Mr. Olinda Lobb, ahd j ! m.ctro. oF IVdar Villa. i lam ointotell tou how St ha$per,ed. ! i .. T I T tt-ot-o tiirt .tittUtir4 n rul ! lM?tUn!i:. 1.1f : 4 11 l ca remember, and when he died be IcFt ttscnlv the little cottage where we lived aadau Income of one hundred pounds vnci. i wo v..v . - tear Tu live Oil this it Was of Course! seeessart to deprive ouielvcs cf many lemory of our lath littie comforts. The memory er as very dear to us. We tiled to do tlwaysas be would have had us. !Si, sev ral years ago, when a Mr. Thompson, a wan very well recommended, but a miller, jilcrcd me his hand, and heart, Pamela said, -io, the position of our father lor hJs such a mateii. I was oungea to re- i iu' mm, i iiiv ii'siri. vjuit.-.-i, v. , . t.:... .. . .. T ...... !...: I.. T I I ... . . u . ) - - . ... ' . . . a. iTilvvilv. lve oearlv loved to tako Cvre ot IU two l. . 1 . .. . 1. ..... . l-to. ll.i nil.,. I ..... " . . . ..... .i i iv. t

had no others, and begin to resign mrJ 1 agreed thaal.er we had uone our , selt to the lot whi-h seemed to bo in More tMness we. should, return to Liohe d in I. n,c. It wasn't an easy task, lor t am 5 h ' f lvs knocked up not like sister Paiu. She is a very te-) Uer Jx"f vl -"JN hut it was tmposs..rkble woman,-su much so that man v 1 tji!:at h'nld accept the ttivitatioti ; i.Se 'that he ouobt to be a tnair.!u he bouvo otourfiicnd, because

le sas lam is one cl those leojie Mo i.cvct ;uld, and I w.iul I not dale to say winch j Is the monger, er mind or her bodj j both ' re gigantic. After she had run about ail , day, if ono suceeeded in tearing From her eon Cession that she was a tiled. ?-he culd consent only to take such test as he might while sitting bolt upright in a ! ' . . vhsir. Iho proposition that she ho ild liedvjwn on the sv.d" would Isave been met wuli that ctuhin2 contempt which only tit possessors of majestic Horn in noses know how to express completely. Pain is my preud of her nose; it is the teal latni'y rut-e. I hae looked at her oltcn when tc was asleep she never slept except at night and, with her arms lolded across ler cbot, the reminded one of those slat' ti. tt m' 1 1 . it.J Lt trifc- st . . I .s a- w Ii tk i. ivi tut HVUIC VlUrauvtvi imvu mv pen totuba in cathedrals ct the middle its. I i Jd ! , 1 1 ea All thiols uo bv contraiics in this wor iMUflinn.l till VI 1 L HiVll V7UI mvtnvi " n v- j Hicli an a.iti iter of llichardieti'ii romance! thiUho ini.ti vl itno: !ivi-r the name of t I O " - taesaeet heroine to her tirst bom. It Was en el if e lale instances in which inv titter . .tve i to her. and then it was on. ; ll uno.i th condiiion that be. tingle and i unsided, .vhou.d choose the name tor their

Kceiidehibl. Unhappily I was that child,! but it was impossible tor me to icia, so d he selected the iime ct lUitannU. h wa I pre-ooeupied with the idea of we were Utile he called tue his girl, ! jruic.g aud with the kai that I should for j odluii my ..ister and I ipttaiieied be t something tisat Pain would certainly j r tailed to hum or whistle the nation-: weed. The clock struck igbt at last. I iir, -lUle, ltrttanni. Utile, liii-lttll had 0 minutes to walk --lowly .to 'he

sftia It did not List lon. lor tut ono

wuid rale cur Pam. W hile ehe was j mere men. l aia to myseu mat i wou;a j K,t i,eiHj to thank me for the favor, tlitiol I already recognized her intellectual! S t inarterpast eight lor fear of aoei- t a j,,,,,,,,, however, he turned about, renoiity. At school I remember that! ddnts. It was well I did so, for hall way j v ,ha,,ks to the prosimitv of the white d recited from u.emorv, and without I there I found that I had loigotlew my ; handkereh ief .bis face !eem"ed to me rcd"kcatinc. all Ihe nile of --ramuiar. she U oeket handkerchief. I had only time to

i:d never deign to copy from a ecliool j tute's Ute this answer L ft sum in aith-? ' Hl lit. It tt.i k II iliir ililtiMlivr la'-iSitl. r l!e Uec of our mother wha was tehin us. .i.,..l .l.n.in., i .r; i.'n. n.l tk;n HmU vh..h.l not ' .V: . n -"-

I s.y that b understood thi tso ol my llle! nu,rc (Usm tUa, lUt; W0!11Skft ln pleasantly w.th b.s neighbor, and I breath- j i . . . .... ... . n 1. . r .. . 1... I 1 ...1 .... ' 1 t.l m.iri. iw h: rsiocia!Iv when 1 toiliiil i

Ktiestui and celestial givbes, and mat ; much a gui o .ic .-uumh ' "''lliUMt. , : '. ',., ' . 1,1 couid have est Ui.;ed ail the hues upon , around me, but saw no one whom I knew. S( MX jnc he cast a witberin- clance ! f,ss ,hat mi' !r,,,vi ll,J not ,nVP"'t ,0 a, ,k'.. At oee time 1 had the .satisfaction! 1 be guard placed me in an empty com-' n , tWo other letoale travelers, but ! ,..t0. l,"r. t,ov,ou "letting. W o passed ofWdna in tv turn real Miieriotitt , meut, nnd although I saw M xeral of t,lW tl(.e p l.u -mark. n I ucltgnilul t-vcuinsJ. 1 am was ei.chant-

m uat depattuuent. As for myself, weni our. .vi iasi we eame ic v iungiori. ; ak lum i j0 n.j-if Uic honor of rr. U cultivate Tcrpsichoie, but if by I Here the compaitmeiit was again relieved ; turning this to you." Ue held the handce I tak nart in unadrillt 4 ct" all the passengers but tnvself, aud Is. Loi-lilft rl.K in hl- hand all thi wliiltf.

l.t'p the children siet through with it i w,hr. I Itel that 1 am rendtrmtf nixseil ! rendermsr uiysell !

children and vouth generally, vcrjU of hrcath. The guard opened my

" , aud uething is more agteeable to , ..---f El, .. . . ... .. 1 '"Jll lil rcrciYM lli roii h.fincis 11! siim, III fCttg giil whom I have known from iu-; U8cJ, hen the comes to tell tue her little! J 'saec. J i tfiaid that Pam Is too nearly right j Tu . I aiu a littie roinautic. I have l.K.i in mr k a i a. ii v v . a ia ; ""a iuttie litti.. I.i... n;, t.. tahirh at-' Js uiy thoughts might recur; it pre-! 7"e the freshness of the heart. Pm that women were created for a much th CU' u,i that tlw iBi0t l'r t ,et oti. than tu sit dreauiiug of love t IK1"' " rijht, of course, j t does not prove that women who "-seive up to chemistry, astrono. lev "le oler setencea are any more tfrt anJ" ITr man others. I am 1 sure that the best hearts and the best

"THE UNION, T It E CONSTITUTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS." VOL. 9, NO, 8J BROOK VILfcE, USD., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1870. WHOLE NO. 416.

natures which I have known belonged to Oh! t wished t could hide myself Un-H-etty little coquettes, full of Vahitvk who ! det the teat, If Pamela Could only have had no thought but tu turn the heai of all ! been there! t tried to mutter excuses, teen who tame near them, he they eiglu I but he interrupted me with a gesture, and

ecu urPeveniy-eignt years old. 1 confess that I have often gloated over the Weakbets of men. To comprehend fully this sentiment or one must hve had the good j Fortune to have lived with a truly eupe riot woman. Heavens! how refreshing it : is to be in the prcsehCe of weak creatures! j 1 feel that it must have been Very painful for Pamela to have lived for her standard J SometiiueB when I have thought her wear ied With men, on this account I have tried to engage In some little controversy with her, and then, oh! then. I have alwavs failed disastrously, and the little that 1 knewj invariably left tte on the instant. Once f I believed that she had become interested j itt i my argument, but I had no sooner fin ished than she looked at me fixedly and j sternly, and said: "Britannia, I ask you j as a special ana personal tavor tnat you j ancc before a third party.' It is a great "". . . "f1"? J""' u,v "U,B gyr satisfaction to hie now that I Can tend to , . ( . , . I my dear sister many lutle gift? which will j prove to her, I hope, that I am not un. j gra eiui ar,a mat i uo not tcrget all the i . ' . f . I"""'" emiwu iua,u !3 lauus. Pam and t began to erow old. !?he grew thin and 1 became stout. People j ..ft...., ... 1 1 w no were beginning to be old when were children dropped away one by one. The period when we Were little girls seemed long ago, ahd all was changed since then. Persons w hom we had seen man ied were granuiainers ana granamoiners: cnuuren hom we had seen baptized had sons and daughters who spoke of us among them . .h . . . .... seiv,?s Pam,4' and "Big Ihittau - hla." 20 lc from London. We . ,ll,""",":u ' l l" i tout iiVtdctioft bd buy ttiinft : jht ns well as to feast our . ..,...... ..... .1. k. ... u" niaj;iiiiu-i'iH nn.-ics vi cm "'a wer exposes ui me siore 'inuows. Father had established this i

ruie, im wncnevcr we were in jjouaon we j lai iiiuinerence, as tnougti ne was regular thought often of him, and spoke of the j ly in the habit of traveling with persons surpri.e with which he would have wiU j w ho amused themselves by bleeding at the tiessed so much change and progress, or of nose, in which sport it was altogether u tithe plcasute he we.uld had in seeing some J necessary tor him to interfere. But he hew thing whijh filled us w ith wonder ' had no compunctions about asserting his and admiiation. On the cit edition of; superiority, for he drew from his pocket

which 1 am about to give you the story, a visit j .. . , - - st igi ii 3 ii u isiih ill n ii v ii i-i' in n i.v il Hon iM'H tit hir IiIph,i !;.! liu.l iiiik.iMhl. I ; . ed a Place ot mocUntr with a I'lsvi 'vc-.ii;vi mciu I uh uu ll . j . I . .1......... ...:....;.. h I .. t It Was agreed that afier we . . i to travel! lam always insisted that our - position m society te.,,uied that we should j travel tirst class. How ifien I have asked no lirtil lit it )l 11. l.r( II i'.kI v.l Ulir'i mxseit wny ttic. posni in and money uo j net lwj eou:e togethvr, far it is very ja annoMug to h:ic one without the othcit lix itariv thinrs u must u i lnuit I

j , - - j ! i poMUon I hus. I'am woufd never hear ot ; our taking a housekeeper, we hit have a servant. Hut you know these .itlshavc an cnoiinou appti.'e and are ooiatctul beyond meauie. Has not our buan Rone ' o tar s to say wc were mean? Uut L will not be uejtivt to the poor iil. I tehovc that it ?d;e had kn own how edten in din j k Pam and t baxc protested t each Mh . - . s that tatthcr must eat another morsel, WKMIU" VU! MHV UI IIVIII riiISM .n. vt wj'i'vthv v !.. i . c ii sto j hed, that ."-he might have her fair tdmre, 1! believe, I -av that he would nexer bae ; : . - , . 1$'K t iii return to that v orhing when I going to I.omtoti. 1 he train was going to i.omtoti, 1 ie train stait' ed at five u in uses be lore rinc o'clock, and I whs so atraid v t Iniig Uie that I - , uia teadV at uait -past evell. AS It wou have been lurd for mo to have gone t.e t-tation as early hs mat, i took a liook, j station and more than Halt Hour to wait return hastily and obtain one. Ah! bow j little divt I dream that this little incident! mir Itliiiietd l i otdi i a. hv. the v noihnl. ' I cd themselves with b . i i j j

reekonirg those which wcie necessary lor lattic4 My? She would certainly be anus to exist, because it was required by our j ad 60 I must coueeai the whole sf

.owng to me, od;r, We arrived in London. The old

entered other co compaitmeuts. So I started e'.t alcne, but U uiu net last lone. . . k v . . lor at cvorr station people came in and i . . ... ... .. thought once more that I was likely to be! e aioue; out jusi as tue train s-tartea, a left alone; but just as the train Marled, a eentleman in middle life ciue runninc up ! . . ... ., - . . compartment ana me geutieman jumped 2 ......... ............. I.... ......!. .. 1 . J. J ! ... ..t lv! ... I.ltw..... lii f.A.llk .a 1. .li.l t po. "Press tue! ouly oue woman:" The re-1 mark was impolite, and Pamela, if she had . t am- -II i , .it ... .v. nv . ... - ... '! been mere, would certainly tiave coiupum ; (.. k . 5 been mere, would certainly ed tu the police. I tookei curiously, tie was very ta i iootuu at me iiiuuuer tall and very thin, I and was clothed after sueh a peculiar fash m. . ton mat I bei:an to feci ill at ease, and toregret that there was no one but ourselves ; tn the car. lit did tin wear white trous- ;

ei4 The weather was fir from warm. ! a charming day. Our business and pur "Who knows," said I to myself, "but that Was his shirt bosom of huvn or of drill-, chases being completed, we went to visit a! I may wear this apple of discord at Paing? Probably I examined his costume uvscutu in Jenuyn street. It was full of ! meU'a wedding, and then she will forgive rather too attentively, tor all at ouce he . rocj-9 fiis which Pamela appeared j me for having dared to lend my handkerbroke out in a loud voice. t0 Know better than the irutde who show, chief to an uuknown person." I uuhesi-

"Well, madame! might I ask you if you j see anything very singular itt my toilst ; that you do it the houor ef so careful an ! inspection?" 1

sardonic grin,k,No cflehce.ho offence.' 1 thought I should besick with shame and confusion, I felt the need of fresh air, and quickly threw up the window At this he broke out anew . t ''Gracious heavens, madame! You are very willing to commit suicide 1 see, but t don't believe that vou want to throw murder into the bargain." A murder! a suicide! Good heavens! Would the train never ftrtire Ml. the ntittinn? The stranger saw mv terror. For hf said: I k,Come, come! Don't look as though you j thought me a lunatic. If you were tor' j mented with rheumatism as I am, madame, you would regard as a personal ehemy o.ne j who exposed tou to a draft of air." Then 1 thanked heaven that Pamela i Wa9 hot there iot we 6hould CeHainly h(ive uad ft scene, The train stopped a moment afterwards, and two ladies and a hil,4 ( 1 V "11" tl 1 1 1 X 11 . 1 V. ICQUIUCU UU1 j journey, and very soon t heard my testy t!s t.,-s hissin between his teeth words of :attger and threatening asainst some one. iiu no uicDiiii uini.vu mo ICV 1 11 V Ul U3 ihen 1 saw that he was seized with b eeding at the nose, and that he was seeking in vain in all his pockets for a handker-! . . r .i ichtef. 1 confess that my first sentiment ! was hot one of compassion, lie had been, i L thought, impertinent to me an unprotected Female. But verv soon I remem bered that t had basely escaped being in , me same Ueploraote condition as himselt. ; If t had not started rather early for the station should hot 1 also have been minus .. a pocket handkerchief? Instinctively Ii jslilpcd hiv hand Into my pocket. Yes, ! there it w3V catclullv folded, 1 left it there ! l ,inS lu mahe a "eeu.es snow vi n. Already the poor gentleman had ben obliged to go to the door of the car and ..... - r . . ... . . ' .. . - J i . I . -... . i ; . umu wicr ms Dcau uiere. a lie oiucr iwo lauics cscnangeu uneasy glances. 1 lie young man looked at the sufferer with toa spotless handkerchief which he unfolded slowlv and used, although there was no hnml t it irli ilaini' null a ril.I KI.i.1,1,1 . . . . ...!. .' Uisi c in a I IV II. ilieil a VWIVB WlllllH me wltispered; -lirilutttia Plumn, dge are you a good Christian? Have you forgotten the story ot the Uood Samaritan? 0l5ce hlore t ?Hievl uiy liand Snto t,wckct ahd tried to find out by feeling p.ether it was one of my good handkercnieis wnien i nau laKen. i. paia o myjfu, if t bad taken two it would have hcctl very different, but I bad only this one ith U)0 olie 9 hot re,iuir .1 i. i 1 t I . .1 ... l . 1 . . . cj ,0 embarrass one's self for the sake of r(..sott whoui one does not know. Other .ri n.i..if t,. .lwiiilnii, uh.. k. m k i. ; .n .1 . u.l l .,1.1 i Ila II u K IT VII UTo Hit U V II II il i VVUII irm i ihiIum- nf rt.v Kinto.ti. i ttess,' said I to mysel'-; "I should succeed in making tuyelt ridiculous and that s .nll.v I irootvod to think no mere of it. ut though I tried hard to occupy myself the lace of the country and to decide wpa, i should do with my money when I ! ritv thu old Mnrv f the tiood Samaritan forced itself into my mind. 1 - ----- j - - xk my head when I reflected that I was not one V command , A Plum hi I ,! tollrt 1) 10C 111 ct tuosc who onev tue uiviue ..I'. .1 .. -..I 1 . i;ui.nii tio tliou and do likewise. , , . , , , midsre bow her head! lh dans the' hter of my father ashamed to look wotld in the face! 1 am among the weakest ot my weas fex, i know, out at t. a t. a ' . ) ' that moment Pamela herself could not have been mote courageous thau I. ithut a moment s hesitation I held out my pretty new handkerebiet with " I. P ' tll,hmidcrcd in the corner, and said l fat, Mr, that voU are in uitliculty. j,U-ase, 1 have no need of it." j muld not pee his lace, but in a partial vievV , riof, w,ioh I could get, I thought I could read profound astonish. tta.Mt' Ue took the handkerchief without .,,.. ,U ,,,a.l , ,t.i...l th. at be' Mdame,'' said he. "I am grateful cs .i . i .. t i.... . : . . iiitir riiice i Miouid mve runa mm tnr vvntimjkn Vl.r Ut. W assisted nm out of ! - ------ - - - i, ... u i, ,i, ....., r t. ..i.u i, .;.i iiw.;r . v...... .v, , -w bat a. fis! Pamela would pcold me, 4n; Would never am. would iiivrr rc.ist to reomaph mo for: li !Xixrifn ro t i .1.., tin 111., ntlinr Iia. t i XV!I? verY anxious to get mv handler-! - ----- .--j 4-.-- J chuf back acain. xVHcr thinking a mo . . . , . I . 1 1 v . . i iitnt i i-ii...i tnv ii'iiow traveller nut to . v vut himself to anv inconvenience Tor such ! trifle, but I added that if he passed : C near the station he could bandit to the : ,i1!1 nr th ttinii. .1 ir in r.,r MU nrit-nn,. 1M mil iiii,Kt.. Itn linwfi il. antl T ! ri.;..i. a i tat .vav-t vvv.v xv x-avv n mv ii n-.i.il.l Mfr in t.t IliA rlnoi. uf im.i.ti 11.1-i with Pamela. Sh was waitinet f.vr mo. and si nassed , ed them to us. che corrected him two or three times, which put her in such good humor that she stopped without the least objection, at all the stores iu Ivegcnt street

eaid with what eeemed to toe

which I wished to examine. It was real ;

good on tier part, k of one wno can tell you the name of everything which existed I ft tt.-HT .ft kft. . f.f ...t...t. r i oeiore ioan or Aaam, ii is quue a numi jliation to consent to took at cheap muslins, ; and hats "in the Tarts style' j The want of a handkerchief embarrass sed me somewhat, for instance, when Pam told me to wipe the end of my nose, upon which there was a little grain of soot. I dropped a little behind her, and furtively ; wiped my hose with my glove, W e were ; Verv tired when We returned home that hight, but we had sen so many pretty things that the memory of them would oe minv tin (W a Inhit tinii. The Following week assed nnirkU away ; but one cvehing when Pam and I were Walking hear the station, one of the employes approached us, and said to me, "Miss Plummidge, there is ft package for you. I would have tarrtrd it to you, t was marked "To hi lell until call ! ed for' What a mischance! I knew t blushed and that Pamela was looking at me. It I ia a preat misfortune to he as weak n t ! ia a preat misFortnne to he as weak C j am. At that instant I felt just like a j criminal, and I stammered out that that j some one had the nose-bleed, and that t had lent my handkerchief to the person, Ah! if Pamela would refrain from asking tte If t was a man or a woman, or if t kft t ft . .fc.r. . I t could conceal from her that it was 1 who had offered him the handkerchief. Vain hope! Five minutes had not rolled by when Pamela had turned me inside out and learned the affair down to the minutest details. 8he preserved a majestic silence, and we ! marched to the station, where the employe handed mea big package wrapped iu brown paper. "Titer is some mistake," said I, "my package ought, to contain only a pocket ; handkerchief." ! 1 was very much embarrassed, hut Pu I tneltt quickly put an end to my di'liculties by giving directions that the package should bo carried to our house, WvS Foil into a silence full of possible explosion, which continued until we reached home, I shall never forget the emotion with which I then asked Pemcla if we would not do well tor pen to package. Although she herself must have been dying with curiosity she drily answered that it did not concern her. t cut the stiing. A dress of rose coloicd silk, figured, and so rich, handsome, and heavy that if would have stood upright of itself, offered itself to my dats:cd eyes. There was neither j name, address, i.or handkerchief. I could never describe to you the wrath of Pemcla nor my own mortification, 1 only knew that 1 was made to understand that I was a shameless woman who hna forever east I

dishonor upon the name of Plummidge. tender and god heart, and say, "Ah, my i augurated ly the parly in power was movAnd what was to be done with this un-' dear! tho white trousers wi'l soon bo thji"g irresistably in that direction; and that lucky package? Impossible to keep it and (only relic of the Lobb of other days. ' no cffjrt wcuid avail to check it. Aud so iuipoyibtc to return it, since there was j These I will not abandon, I jrive you fair ' it has oteurted. Prophecy has become neither name nor address. Whv did 1 ! notice, for to them I am indebted lor hav- stern reality. Xcgro ufiVago is not only

i . . i . i. . . i . . 1 1 . .. . i . . . j ..,.... . - n; iianuKercmei viui wtij, naving leiu u, nau i oeeu so siingy as 10 uesim H tCtumr Things were in this state when we received att invitation to dine with Mrs. Pleteber, the w ife of the doctor. We went often enough to little tea parties, Fumetimes to little evening assemblies, but at 15inncia, uinncrs were very rare y given, ana ; this was an event lor us. I an. humor ! was vi.vibly improved by it, and when the ; great day came I can testily tbatdic was j almost in ncr normal state, i w snca to , hiss tier, so nappy was l to te no longer a pariah as within the past ten days. Pam , had a line figure, nnd whs teailv handsome. . , ., , .f . . 1 initiK. ii? l nave tue oeitcr iusib in . . i i -n dres!, I bad trimmed her black silk dress, .;,!, u.. u i- r ...,r cousi,is, and was suecsful enouuh to be .i ..r... i'.. ..... .,nr i 1'iouva vi in i v sjvl a vi i' iv i it no vuo u t t jlcr h , .?eaocfal once v a more to poy much attention to my a 1 a .j, nCfcilletl paul jU(? Pl, nilK.h ta ,hat ,K 0()C pa mucU t,,u,ntioll ,0 h),tv the stupid and the sick seem to 1 own lent . me ic stupid and the stek seem to have : much pleasure in talking with me. I had fully made up my mind to have a good time at the Fletchers', and entered 1 the hall heliiud lam to fee. was it possi hie? on a sola, my eccentric follow-trave lercfthc railway. If I bad had courage should have taken to my heels. The hall ana an mat u contained swam ueiore my eyes, my cars rang, and then I heard a voice which seemed to come from a great distance saying "Mr. Oiinda Lobb, Nliss lrilanni Plutumide." Ten minutes was batdly enough for me to regain Tuily my consciousness. When 1 recovered my facilities I discovered that every oue ws chatting Cd With OUt CCW adlUalUta UCC, WllO III raai ion yietaeau points to nor ana . . . . i ?. ,R'r . inucoa nc.was I. .M ....... .!..!. 1...S. . . 1 lu" pciueness to us oom, ut .uu uu particular attention to me. When Mr. Lobb insisted upon seeing us home and asked permission to come and call upon us the next day, I believed with the best faith iu the world Pamela had j made a COnouest. 1 She had already found lout that Mr. Lobb was an old friend of Lr Pictcher, and t that his rude manners . aud eccentricities served as a cover to .v.-,t k.,.,.)..M. ..1 .....,.l M.. lii. Till whli.ll ." 'i v. t,vj. v. he hated to receive any thanks. Mrs. Pleteber even said in sport that she adI ll It tl. vised all marriageable young uuies. An . .1. uniortunate love anair in ins youtn aou a lontf residence ia China and Iudia had Drevcutod him from uiarrvinr. t v-Ttif..t-A mil nr i. I..1 that niolil when I ; I was alone in tuy chamber, 1 opened the and l.ked t the rose.eolored silk tatingly determined to speak to Mr. Lobb of his package on tha first occasion, aud then if his attentions camo to nothing, I would return it to hitu. Uut I must be

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prudent and very circumspect, lest t should

compromise the future ot my dear sister, A week passed away and Mr. Lobb wa$ .... -.. .. .. . . still at lHntield. tie had taken a room at the Dragon tnn, and his attentions had become there was no doubt about it more marked. I did hot dare to breathe a word of my suspicions to Pamela, not knowing how they would be received, But when Mr. Lobb came to invite us, with the Fletchers, to a little picnic, at which he offered his arm constantly to Pam, t became sure that he must know what turn things were taking. I had not Found a moment to say a word to Mr. Lobb about, his package. The day after the picnic he came to see u, and Pamela bo ing out, tmustered up courage ettough to j open the matter. I told hi in that t was j sure the dress came from him, enl that; although I was convinced tht his inten Hon was excellent I' preferred not to ac cept it, because "Why?'' he asked. "Tou think that trifle came from me, and you will not necept it? Well, Miss Biitanuia, I am going to nfiW vnn sumpthin r rUi. nnd if vou in. ' J . . -. fuse I will burn the dress and will return you vourno, whatever happens I will keep the handset chief. And theu ho offered me his heart and his hand. 1 was. of course, greatly surprised. Pam told me afterwards that if she had over allowed her thoughts to dwell on such matters she would undoubtedly have suspected what was to come. I can't tell you how relieved I was to find that my sister had not been deceived by the assidutics of Mr. Lobb, and that she' had only een in them his homage to bee superiority. I have laughed more than oneo at the thought of the amusement my old lover and myself eppe.ir to have given to the children and vouth of Binlield. It is, of course, impossible for the tu to understand the quiet baptnesa which we anticipate iu passing our lives together. The rough voice and the lather led fac? of Mr. Lobb j scare the children, and the older ones who j laugh at htm don t know that he has us young a heart as any one of them. It was also a great pleasure to me to see how people regretted me. On the day of my marriage, notwithstanding that Mr. ! t 1. 1. i... !.. ): ... "il . . Jjooo nan given a uiimer iu mi uijf yvvi i old friends and a feast to the litlle school children, I saw at the moment of saying good by more than one tears tamed Tacc. j Al uVjti I ii ue via ii v j'i vviiu j. upon him like a file, and that tha rouguucss of his character are daily disappearuig. But be adds that he will not con ce.il frOitu me that his friends think that he is led about by the nose, and that they commiserate him sincerely. Sometimes ho consents to speak in that soft and gentle tone which correspond so closely with his first attracted the attention ot the lady who has made mo tho happiest man in Kngland." Boston Weekly spectator. A:i Opinion of Senator Morton, fitting next to Senator Fowler, in chair No. 11, is Oliver P. .Morton, one of the! Si.. A l.nln T,.li-.tt.t 1 nil li. 14 l.i.d'iu ' lUe e,rol)ge6t lUi,tl j,, ,i.ie United State j oll;tt; Tho!e wbo JliVor vvith U10 ()n ,his -t will admit, I am sure, that hoi the poildcroUjl, Hc too, like Sumner, is i co - !kr of lnp Ue cau U)i(ke himself a compeller of men. felt as ceti no other Senator, a great brain, util is gifted mous strength of character. Morton has with euor-! Ho m-irk out bis schemes, impresses the Senate with the.u and oftentimes carries them success fullv aud triumphantly through. II is speech ou finance; which was literally do iiounceu ty mo i'cmocrutic party, ana criticised by the financial pupcia everywhere, is now n subject of general eulo-y. liven Uourtior IKllman, el New Yoik, (incorporates its tenor in his annual uics xt ,.,- war ,-,.,.,rd is i m mi i.sh.i- I What Andrew was in Massaehusclts, j so was Morton in Indiana, and his fame! BS a staunch patriot will never tarnish. j New York Times. No farmer can plough a field by turning it over in his own mind. A western girl likes to make bread, because it cleans her hands so beautifully. Mr. Siuitns says if it wasn't for the bole in the hoop y ou couldn't put it ou th barrel, and the burrel would burst.

Nasby tells of a ' burglar whose burg- snow of tha arctic regioas, and thence lary was complicated with shooting tt.e ;agaiti reflected to the clouds, and so back individual whose house was burglared." jand forth, until it comes within our range '--' - , ' of vision. The glancing and Cashing uf What the old mountaineer says of the coa,ns f light, be holds, are caused gru.ly : "It is a tine thing to hunt the l)y ,ll0 uui,i0 f'tb0 clouds, an exact corgiuaiy; but when be gets to huutitig y ou, , C!J,0I1(jt.u.c heing Iraceablo, the doctor it's ditlircut." 'contends, between the movements of the " ' " llight aud those of the clouds. Jn cotifjrThe jealous man is always hunting for lllatjun f his theory the sptaker cited the something ho doesn't expect to tiud, and j coscs of similar disjdays of auroral light iu after he has found it, he is mad because i tne east just helore sunrise, and iu the

he has. lie is always happy just tti proportion as he is miserable When an ill-natured lellow was trying in dick a (luariet n mi a 'i,.w.uiu . T 1 . I ... ..I. .. ......... .I I., ....... the latter said: " L never hid a 1USS Willi . :.i

. i i . . r 'I i. . Deacon U., a very pious man, was noted for bis long prayers, especially iu bis family. One Monday luorutug the old geutieman aud his wife were alone, aud, as was his custom, alter oreaiuasi a prayer ; was utJered. mere ucing au unusual i mi., ..nut ..f work that dav. luo leacon ; prayer was short, aud seizing his hat and j milk-pail, be started for tho barn, il is j wife being deaf, did not notice his ab- , sencc, bur opposed him to be .till en- j . i :.. i.. t.w'trn ..... i jjaguu ii pujvi. .. j risud to tiud her still i UMiaiii', - w 4 kueeliug. He stepped up to her and shouted "Amcu,"l xhen she immediately arose and went about her work as if uothing had hippo ued.t

butonemanjne was ouueuatijuroe.oeajj;sorublo Ti- dcfleHion 0p lue ueetle it is uow half-past throe. j aiJ 0,,)Cr ,11;1;r!)e,ic eiToot3, sometimes ob

, The Perplexed Housekeeper' Soliloquy

BT MftS. r. D. OAOE. I with I fcftd doi ykira Of haoJf, ttiia rjr bmduU; I'd toon put all tbce thing to rights flo ba!l I 'er begin ItT litre's . lig washing to ho ttont, " ' ' One pair of hands to do St, Shoots, shirt, stockings, coals tudpanlt How will t r got through It? Dinner to get for six or more, No toat left o'er from Sunday; And baby as cross as h can Hs He'alwaj-s so on Morula. An I thero'i thscreA it, 'lit getting soar, And maat forthwith bo churning, And here's Bob wants ft button on Which way (hall I ho turning? 'lis lima the meat wu in tho pot, . Tbo bread, was w or sad for baking, Tho clothes were taken from iho boil Uh donrt tho babj's wnking! Hush, baby dearl there, hush-sh-sh! t ni.'-h he'd sleep a little, Till I could run and get sous wood, . To hurry up tho kettle. Oh dear! oh dearl if 1 but comes m And llnds things in this pother, Ilu'lt just begin and tefl uto all About his tidy luotbert How bico her kitrhen used to be, Her dinner always teady, Exactly when tho noon boll rang Hush, hush, dear little freddy. And then will ooiuo seine lias ty word, Hight out before I'm thinking, They say that hasty words from wires, Set sober men to dunking. Now Isn't thnt a grrAt idea, That men fhould take to sinning, Because ft weary , half sick wife Can't always tmilo (o winning? When t was young I used to earn My living without trouble, Had clothes nud pocket tuoney, too, And hours of leisure double. t never drcatucd of such a fate, When I , a In ?! was courted Mite, mother, nurse, seamstress, cook, housekeeper, chambermaid, luundrcss, dairy womnn, and scrub generally , doing the work of ci For tho sake of being suppoited! An . ReCQ . . f h s;tuaUoa fa Southern Paper. From the Jackeon (Miss.) Clarion. T11K FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT AN ACCOMI'LlSllEI) f.vcr. Three years aj;o the Clarion predicted that tho abolition f ' distinctions in the jirivilego of sutlrage ou account of color, whs virtually a settled question. It was plainly to he scan that the revolution in tine law ot ttte outnern ctates, out also ol l the Morihern. it may uliimaiely prove a j whirlwind that wiil sweep from power those wuo nave sworn it, uut ine ining n.eii is to liniily rooted in 1 lie fundamental law of ' the Kepubtic that it will not be taken out. Here the Clarion inserted the amend in cut itself and the list of States voting for it. There arc other States yet to act on the amendment which wilt undoubtedly ratify it. It will be observed that restrictions arc ivoiujcu to ue imposed on account ol race, Cl'r or I'rcviuus condition of servitude; hut the amendment docs not prohibit any imposing prope.tj or wuVl'.al luIuc-,,'! i,s ?xltla ,Ncw ' " 1 enn,J ,vao,a 9 "u u,,ltr States Now that this amendment has been adopted, may the hope not bo indulged that ihc political disfranchisements und disabilities which have been imposed on a lartu class of whito citizens in several uf the States, in the td.ui.e of baibarous test oaths, and by the Fourtct nth Aiuendmcut, will be speedily removed? -- Now Theory of tho Aurora Corealis. Dr A. W. Hull read a paper before the Polytechnic branch of the American institute, at the Cooper institute, on the cause uf auroul lights, iu which be took issue with Professor Ijooiiis and others scientists, who attribute these phenomena to electrical action. lr. Hall's theory is that the boreal display is produced by the rays of the sun, which Hie reflected from clouds surrounting the pole to tho ice ami j we!5t after sunset, when there are backs j of clouds visible, from which the suns ; o viiloii 1 1 v rf! ir-f fd . fl h m uri-lif.M ; 'b ft ce ti in the north are easily i .vul.inAil i.i.i.'irJinr t f till'. ri'".. - --r-. hypothesis. , , . , i .,,; .1 ,i,.,,, .,J ; Willie VJ 111V vivuililini .iivij iiivj wiw hey the served during an auroral display, aie attributed by Dr. Hull lo the fact that the state ol the atmosphere most favorable fur the successive reflections of sunlight from the pule, is also favorable for the action ol th(J eIi.c( forces which produce the magnetic disturbances. " u e A friend W.-,s speaking to Ibaeker.y id a 'ely deceased liaccbaoaiiun 'Ah! tbe humorist with u twinkle u, b.s eve. and a chuckle iu his sigh "Ah! . . sa,a nei take him for ball-aud-half, we ne'er shall look, uuoa Ins like a-uiu: t What kind of sweetmeat did ihey have iu tho ark? t'ie.strvcJ p.iiis.

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From ta U ias IU.) JoarnaL . A New Hardshell Sermon. Most people have read the sermon a the text, "They shall knaw a file, and flc into tbe mountains of Hepsidam, wher the lion roareth, and the wbanft dodl mouroeth for it? firstborn," and have laughed t it as a witty invention, bat have something that actually happened, that will banish the whang doodle into tbe vale of tears, and cause the lion to "dry up" incontinently. ,. I Wm. Reynolds, of Peoria, is well known as an euihusiaatic worker in the Sabbathschool cause, lie ia perhaps better known than any other man iu the State, and we give the following story as he tella it, near as we re mem her. The tuain facu are all absolutely true. Ue was in the southern part of tbe, State last week, or ganizii.g Sunday schools, when be encountered a hardshell Baptist neighborHood. 1 lie minister settled over tue little flock looked with jealousy upon tbe niofeuieuts of the new lights, and finally announced his in'tntion of pleaching n sermon against them. On tbe Sabbath designated, the Sunday school wen gathered iu force, when tbe preacher auuouuced, the well known text: "Thou art Peter! and en this rock I will build uiy church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.'' Alter giving Peter a good setting out, tbe minister closed as follows, in that pe culiar singing tone that is indescribable, except to those who have heard it: "Vps, my bictheriug; ah an the gates of hell she! not prevail agiu' it, ah! Mow, you'd like tu know about these ere gates o' hell ab! Well my brethering, tluir etc four gatca o hell ab! ; "Thar is, fuslly, the Sunday, school syi tctu oh. Tbut tbur is one gate to hell ah, wbar they biiiig young men and w fin man togilher ah, and ouder tho igee of teachin on 'cm the Dihlc, they set 'eiu haukerin urlter one another ah, and so open wide that gate o' heil h! . "An the next gate o'hell is wuss'n the fust ah. That thar is Itible So-si.ties ah, whar they put the word into the bauds o them as baint luruin' sufficient ah, fer t understan' it ah, ou' this here, brelbering, is one of the wust gates o' hell ah of which, we read about iu the bible ah. "An tho next gate o hell, my bretherr ing, in temperance societies ah, whar they go rite into yer house and bust into yer rooms h, and try to diskiver ef y e her any thin' ah, that is good fer the stuiuuiick's sake ah, an' when they find it, they spill it out outo the grouud ah, aud let it all run to waste ab." ' ' Signs' of dissatisfaction among his church, members. Greatly excited, ho con linued:j - . . . !- f ; .; "Vis, brethering, they do, ah. They, air bouu' lo bust up all o' our bizuess, an an, nb, tbarby they open auother gate o' hell, ah. Those air the men that air, uh, goiu to couic amongst us, and prevail, uh, agin tbe rock on which will I fouu' my church, ah. Vis, brtlberiug, ah, they air sot out lo do it, ah, an' wo must jiuc hands, ah, - an' war agiu' 'cm, ah, that they shel not prevail, ah. ' -"An' the next gate o'hell ah, my brethering ah, is the l.opublieau party. Signs of approval from bis auditors. J Yes, brethcritic ah, the Uepublikin party ah, wot hez sit all all tho niggers free ah, and turned agin thar marsters ah, an agiu them as put tbur money in 'em ah, au hex cheeted and robbed the South ah, outeu ii.-. lateral litcs ah, au' the gates hell aliel not prevail ngiu it ah.' ' Railrcaris. Surrounded as North Vernon is by a country, perhaps not tbe poorest, but not the most tcitile, with neither coal nur ore in the hills, and with no navigablo stream, it would seem that our only hope of building a city of considerable importance is by the encouragement of railroad lines, by which iin extraordinary u umber may be induced to puss through or terminate here. A sufficient number are beiug proposed to satisfy the most ardent, but as propositions are valueless uulcss executed, there yet remains the vtty important work of seeing that they do not fail. A road is proposed from Sandusky, Ohio, which means New York City as- weil, to Louisville, Kentucky, which has alieady been built as fur us I'iiju.i, in Ohio. Meeting! have leen field at I'lipia, and at Liberty and Pioukville, licitt.a, for the puipo'O of enlisting an. interest in the construction of tbe line, at which Ninth Yemen has been mentioned as is possible point on the route. A survey was umJe eevtral years ago, at which time lueniy six mihs of the southern end, li'uiii Jctieisoi.viilv to the northeast, was giuded, but fur a want of f unds nothing luiihtr was done. Yirsail'cs was on or near that survey, and those at present agitaiiug the 'nsiiiMi inlend giving the old. line a respectful heating. The completion of the .North Vernon aud Jefiersouville i'uilway, however, evidently makes the Ic.-ist exjeusive ti ml moot feasible route by his pl.ice, ir rather to this place, to coa-, n-.ct with the road iili'.ady built, and will j leper encouragement there is littie dowl tuit those directing the movement waul) so decide. The mo-it ditiicult pottiiux to. coiistiuct is that lying south of th O. it M. road, whern the country is iojiJ. anclt i he vaith or ruck uiflicult lo tudamu 1W building of the road from XuOj, Veruoa tu Jciicrsonvilic will euat uen ove abd a. half millions dollars, au, Cipeuse wLit'U the new company i-aniit be expected tu. uunecessaiily incur, bUb, Uules. very wealthy, will -lwt Mu.pvl it l. make Noiih V'eriuuv tku suuiheru lertuiiiv us. This line and tba.t tu New Castle, which has been i-x fcume time talked. oi belli uf which eau be obtained by prunv s tlbrt or lost by tuu ct imi. addeil tu the Qv) wc alreudy Lave, wv waii give u advantage, enjoyed iu vury lew li'cii:tli wu Ihc cnUi.eut, and vou id iiiake us, during - t'" m xi decade, one i! the must prosperous ai. d prouilslug elite.-Iu ibe Wcstv 'mtU viliull Plaludvj'cVC,