Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1855 — SCENES IN REAL LIFE. [ARTICLE]

SCENES IN REAL LIFE.

F.-jm lli Chicago Times.'

We do not often indulge in the sentimental, hit Occasionally in our walks, oil? attention rs called •to events happening la fore us, which leaves an v./i prer-S*iorrtrjnnt our mind, 1 'H'illl thoughts and rg 11 ecttmrs wht-h it id well we, as all oilier men, sii/nuld indulge in at t; nos. \\ c had hern on the* north si le to see an iniq uui irta n*£fc til las hotel, and returning hy Clurlist.eet, tound, as is generally the ease when a man is in a hurry, oae of those little bu-y iuhad passed tm thlTriver with a Bin.’ill fleet oi vessels in toiv, one of which had been east •oil,.and had hauled in just west of the bridge. Seeing no hopes of getting to our oiiice for some time, and knowing that our compositors could not be m a worse temper that then, we resolyed to hear it meekly, and liuding menial occupation hy oljmjtv 7 ' Tog. what was going, jm about us.— We little expected what did occur. The vessel we have mentioned had been moored, or "hiado fa t outside of several canal boats, and as we stood looking at the men upon Bar "■•-one ol'TtreTTr'TrpjTrim e Tied'Nr 7 1 e;liaTo —j.-tM.am..caacht.'..l upoiU.ln.*...dc.i.' lw. to the rhonv-thfetl to the bridge, then down toward the thronged and busy streets of living, mov- — ing,Tica<lloiig Chicago. .She rose, picked up a small bundle, front which she drew lorth a coin which she tendered to the hardy sailor, lie refused it what ever it was, and lending her a hand, helped her from the vessel to the dock, and hum the dock up ~to the bridge, liy this time a large crowd ol persons thronged the north end of where the bridge would he if it was, idvvnys a bridge, and in contemplating the hew faces, and the representatives of the various classes there assembled, we had almost forgotten the incident we have relat cd. Our attention was called from a vain endeavor to discover some hope of cessation of tugs up and down, and schooner and brigs pulling in and out, by hearing a most audible sob from some one near us. It was not the sob of childhood, caused from some sudden change from gaety to grief; it was the sob of some mature breast, filled with a sense of loneliness and despair. It reached other ears than ours. A lady, dressed in a manner which bespoke wealth that could gratify taste and elegance, and who, like ourselves, was detained at that place, stood near accompanied by three childred whose de* sire to get to the extreme edge ol the platform, she with dillioulry re- ’ pressed. With a woman's tenderness her heart recognized the atirted ebulitidu of sorrow, and approaching the per- 1 sou troin whom it came, who was none other than the woman we had just seen laud from the vessel, she quietly, and in that soft siveet yoice of woman which none can resist, inquired if she stood in need, or was

1 ill, or was her sorrow Bitch that it 1 | could he relieved? | A portion of the tnifing near Us i was \ acant, and townrdAbat, and almost nt our side, the?? two women came toconvcrae. The stranger was a lair handsome girl, of about seven jtcen years, neatly but conrsly dress-' ed, with shoes rfbt only worn, but' heavy and unsuited as much for her sex as for the senson. The poor girl jin honest simplicity, -and with an ; i earnestness which despair alone j could impart, related her history; uninterrupted by a single observation ! from her companion, but often accompanied by tears from both. VVe have not space for it r»t length, and we will give it, changing its order I just enough to enable us to state it briefly. J She said that she was born in Boston, she had no brother or sister new; The 'eldest,-' whose' name was Lizzie, I j that sister years ago, against her! fathers will, had married, and with ; her husfmrrd, having been bfinished j from her lathers sight, had gone-oil', j ! and had notrbeen heard of siiuc—no doubt was dead. At the time of her -si ter’s ’ marriage, her parents were. , wealthy; the-pride which had drove away Lizzie had brought silent regret, and after awhile came melancholy complaining by the mother , sighing for the embrace of her first' horn. These soon lod to anger and eriniinations at home, and dissipation, j "toy-the lather abroirl: Losses came | upon them and ut last, gathering the few wordly goods they possessed, they left the proud city of their toiVth, and settled live years ago, upon land ’ purchased of the Government in

j Wisconsin. Iler brothers, some : olfter and some younger than herself, lone hy otm, drooped and died; and soon the mother, calling in agony upon her long exiled daughter, join led her hoys lira happter ciiifte; — None wore now left hut the father | and this poor *;irl. lie, too, was-j humbled and stricken' toy that slow j an l un e. lain dist■ use winch jighn- 1 up the check and Brei ttoe.cyo aith the bnllian y ofNhcalth, when its vie- ! uiu is oil The coniines of eteriiityp]' tie would sit and tell his surviving child stas of vvinning love, and sacrificing devotion, which had made his . iLizzie the very object of his life.— [He would talk of sweet smiles, and ! her happy disposition, until memory (would lca.l him to tin: hour when he ■ j bid her depa;-t, aiul iiot let bmi_gßee^ WfiU,- ; rapid, an i tins lone child saw the first j ! dowers which the warmth of spring : ! had called from the soil of her moth- i ! mer's grave, disturbed unrooted, and | Thrown aside, that his ashes might ‘ ! mingle rath those of the mother of.l ' ins cinM. cu. : AtTns d he eirarged her to pay oJ’, a.s far as .-he might he. able, the debts incurred to procure the ncccs-' j sanes of llfeptheTand which for want ; of culture, had not increased in value, arts, sold, nnd left her but a tew | dollars. These she expended in rearing ii few hoards to mark the spot ( Where -he had seen buried, one after j j auot.ier her beloved kind red. Biie had jiuia. J that in tics city were offices j where strangers wishing employment couhl find work. SsTie ha t on foot i traveled tnativ miles, until she reach- * , ed Milwaukee, and thence by the kindness of' a poor sailor, who haiT ! seen her day by day on the dock, watching the steamers depart, and ieiKjuii'ed and ascertained that she wished to come hither but had nut the money lie brought her to Chiieago on ins own vcs.-cT, aiiJ had told her that by crossing the bridge she ujrmtrf tind one of~those places where i situations were given to worthy applicants. Buch was her story. Shrtjiad mentioned no name, except that of her father and pother, and the endearing ■appelalions of brotlun: George, Wtlidle, Ate. Both the vvqmen were ing bitterly—The fashionably dressed i lady turned her face toward the river, that her tears, at such a crowded and unusual place might.not be observed. !She requested us to take her two boys, (George and Willie, she called them) by the baud to keep them from danger, and putting her arm around The neck of the poor, friendless and wamfering orphan stranger, said—;‘You are fny sister. lam Lizzie!’ These two beings, born «f the same . parentsj how dili'erent have been their j paths, and Imyv deep their suffering! ' \Ve have seen theni in * Lizzie's,’ car;riage driving along Lake street, — . They arc doubtless as happy as their bereavements,'relic vrd only hy the

1 eonsciouencsH of duty faithfnlly per- i ! formed, can permit. But while the ' sufferings bf that father and mother may be faintly known from the story ] of the daughter, what must have been the mental agony of that ot her daughter, unkindly banished from hermoth- ! er’s side, and driven out into the world j without a father’s blessing? What niust'.havc been her grief, when her letters written from a prosperous city, -frmn the house of her wealthy and | kind husband, telling them of her, success and the birth of her children, ' were Unnoticed nnd unanswered? —j She must have -felt indeed, that the hearts of that father and mother, her ! sister and brothers must have been hardened against her. We will say no more. That scene will live in our memory while we can remember the > 1 holy love of father, mother and kin- j tired. I A Love Letter; The following is a true copy of a 1 billet received by a truent lover in California from his Atlantic flamel j “My dear, sweet IchaboJ, how L want to see your big gray eyes. Oil, | how horror stricken I am at your i ; long- absence! i want to see you ami j iiear y-our heart thump. Oh, lcfiabotl, now do come home, and let! us get married.if you love me. God I . bless you, if y.ou are not suiii'Teuf.ly - 1 blessed in being sweet! Oil, you' marygoid, you hollyhock, you tulip, .you cabbage! On, you sweet owl, !do couie and comfort your dying, smitten Caroline! Oh, but how Ido iove your big red lips! Oh, you trim, tall fellow, full of the inanna of sweet love, lmw 1 do want to see you, modetof perfection! You have been gone two years, and to me it does a hundred years. Your dear presence would be to me more than the.cooling springs to the parch-' i ed traveler oi' the desert—more than. ; the pebbled brook to the wanton. ; duck—yes, more than a lump of sugar to a spoiled child.. iWhy, then, ; will you not come? Yes, fly as swift asTig-htning to kiss the tears from tiuTTfiThple clieeks of' yoar mA‘illtfvet| Oil, bleak and wild is the house, .the woods, and the world without thee! Oh, yes, bless thee, tny dum Un, my jewsharp, my rooster, my gentleman! “Cleanliness is next to Godliness"! seems to be the motto in WisconsHfT I’lie Niles Enquirer records the good luck of a citizen of that village, who while bathing in the river,discovered. ' a iter an industrious scrub of his person of about live„mißaAes T ,a pmr of; drawers which he had lost t\vo years j before. If you want to keep up with times] you must take a paper. We inct a,j .nan in Booth Bend, on Thursday^ last, who was perfectly surprised [ when vvt: tol.i him that he could not uiu ii. the- Bust He "thought the law was unconstitil- ! tinnal! r Wc found out that he had : ; a -paper; therefore war* not posted. — Misluucu/ea Free I*r:ss. Laigiiable.—The Albany Argus tells a story of a man buying oats, ai lew days since, who ga-ve a lifey dul-' lar hill in mistake for a live. On discovering the blunder, and hastening to have it rectified, he found the recipient of it deliberately rubbing out the cypher on the bill, in order to makelus cash account square with j his funds. An exchange ol a live, for a titty saved the latter from far- j Ther defacement, and fully saii-Tied' both parties. j ECrTA. good joke was played by tlie telegraph operators on Baturday, in sending to the hotels and depots about town, to enquire for a trunk marked L. E. Faut. After a close i search by the baggage masters, i clerks, Ac., all came to the conclusion that the Lujjltant always takes ills trunK wall hi ill. . -I OCr’ fhc editor of the Eddyvile j (iowa) Free i’ress boasts that a lady j of thiit place under twenty-one years | of age has already been the mother of seven children. QQPTIie reward of SSOO for findSfggT'the, body of Emma Moore,*Tff ; itoclicster, has been given to the boy, Divine. This boy was, drowned a few weeks since, in the same millrace where he discovered the body of Miss Emma Moore. . 4 — ■ QCT 3 There is a village in Michigan, where the church bell is rung every day at twelve, for the people to take their quinine, aa theyJhave the chills 5 , and fever all around.