Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 January 1884 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER. C DOANK, futllnn..r. JASPER. - - INDIAHA. A HI' HAL HKMOSSTKAttCIL Old tiummt Wtorow raised bin bead, Hl smouaohs snddoww ki nose AM rested on It tM r. We"U doctor! " be cried atoud; "this beats the Yorr dtelteas!

I ra lly ibink tbem ottr fotks Hev pit tkeer mines uasati An' want to this I road in beset OMMtOMMr! naventeasekt Wnvaiii' to atrnteh tbe bourn oat To twenty-four o olook ! " the worthy fanner scratched bis wr Ib deepest BMxMMtlwni far mtr jm ilw stowed atou At rwrbM" m Um na sir. AC used Uo ood, old BsshlBBed Urns Wftbout a Mtek, br fWHl sir. BatttaMH bev undergo shift. If 1 bo not anatahoa. An; some new enuiks wr eveojr da five tail world a slnUna? Tbey send out one whtatod raflwar bates jl bow an I m'Ur asKmMu't bo wrurnad, Jlor my oM woman, 'Mm. If tbont tamr est? iuaeues thoaid ton Mm altoastaer. 1 An! eoaae tnodar, when wo art, Oer daily race to ma, Wotl tod Um wbito wo'to Ma nab Tbor'To turned around the Mta! H atr,ttjr. now, I dWa't tbliT (Nor mr oM I reckon) Tbofd MJM' ouhU free Father Thaw soon litr wore of sooowas. -AhJ now I see rhtwr Intle mewl As r a cateutator WjJT'Jw Jwd tbetr etoek a quarter-sour aVf u Uttte biter. BoMon Omrkr. rut aow.TiHut, J Jaemn$fleel HtMMIMMNoV About (lie year 1811 a period so mem ombk in the history of RiisMa--there lived on hU domain of Nenvadof a rich proprietor named ('abrilovitch, He was noted for hi hospitable habits. Hia bouse was at all tiroes open to his friend anil neighbors who retorted there in the evening -tlw eider ones in order to enjoy a quiet game of cards with their host and bin wife Petrowna; the Younger In the hop of gaining the good grace of Marl, a fair girl of seventeen, the only child and heireat of Uabrllovitch. Mart naed to read French romance, and, as the natural and nccesaarTconsoquence, wua deeply in love. Thtbbjeer of her affection was an abnoet IWMdlesa yomg tniign betonginf to the, imrawraoea. ana men nt lenie, who returned her hm with tqmnl nniar. Ittewntfeely neraaanry tonatd that the young lady's parenu bad strictly forbidden her to think of soon aanllianon; and whenever they met the brer they received him with about that amount of friendliness which they would have bestowed on an exoo?lector of taxes. Oar young lovers, however, managed to keep up a cnrrtwpondeiaee and used to meet In secret beneath Um shadow of the pine grove or the old ehnpej. On lhe wcaahMu they, of coarse, vowed eternal eonetaner, e ensed fate of unjust rigor, and 6rned various projeeta. At length they naturally came to the conclusion that, as the will of ernel parents opposed their marriage, they might ven well accompli It hi secret. It was the yonatg gentleman who first propounded this ,. proposition, and ft was most favorably iweeived by the young lady, The approach of whiter put a stop to their interviews, but their correspoodencp, went on with increased fiuoneawy and fervor. In each of hbt lettem Vmdhnlr Nicole vitch conjured his beloved to leave her borne and consent to a private marriage. "We will disappear," he mid. tor a short time; then one day we will go and throw oorwlrvs at our parents' feet, who, t inched by our heroic constancy, will exclaim: "Children, come to our arms!" For a Icnsj time Marl hesitated. At length H wnf agreed that on a certain day ahe should notrappenr at supper, but retire tarty to htY room on the pretext of a violent headache. Her waiting-maid wa In the secret, and they were both to slip out through a bade door, near which thy would find sledge walthng to oouvcy litem to the chapefof Jadrino, about five vers distant, where Vmdhnir and the priest would await them. Having made her preparations and written a long letter of excuse to her parents. Mariretited at an early hoar to her room. During the day ant bad complained of a headache, which was certainty morv. than a pretext, for nervous excitement had male her really HI. Her father and mother watched her tenderly, and constantly asked: "Hew do you feel now, Mart are yon till suffering?'1 Their fond solicitude went to the girl's heart, and with the approach of evening her agitation increased. At dinner she ate nothing, and soon afterwards rose to take leave of her parrntA. They embraced her, and, according to their usual cmtom, gave her their blessing. Marl eoett4 aoarce refrain from sobbing. When ahe reached her chamber ahe threw herself into an arm-chair and wept nloud. Her watting-maW tried to console and cheer ber, and a length aucoeded. There was a Mtow-alrnt that night; wind tnwlWl utolaW Hut bnSa BSkd

honk the window. The

howuver. na eou a the hoaa huM had retired to root, wramwd berwlf un in thick roufllinca and. followed bv her . oarrvlnsr a vailaa. enisMd the out-' er door. They found a steeum. drawn ' by three horse, awaiting them; and having got into it, they started off at a rapid pace, ye will fc ive then u puraue i heir journey, while we return to Vladimir. All that !ay he had been actively mpktyed. In the morning he had riaited , the prieat of Jadrina in onktr to arrange ; with htm about performing the o ra-. moay; and then he act off to procure ! the necesaan- witneasei. The firm ae-, (iiaintan( to whom be allri-Het huuelf waa a half-pav ofBcer, who willingly consented to what he wiabed. 8och an adventure," be said, "renaittded him nteasanUy of Use dnyi of Ms youth." He prevailed on Vladimir to remain with him. pronaJaing to procure for him the other two witneaaes. Accordingly there appeared at dinner the geoissetrieinn Mchmidt, with bis mustaches and spun; and the mou of Captain lapravnick, a lad of seventeen, who had just entered the Union corps. Hoth promiaed Vladimir to stand by him to the Mt;-and the happy lover, having cordially embraced hia three friend, returned to hts dwelling in order to complete his preparations. Having dispatched a servant on whom be could rely with the sledge for Mart, he himself got into a oae-bore sledge and started for Jaeino. Searoely had be set out when the storm commenced with violence; and soon every trace of the road disappeared. The entire boriaon was covered with a thick yellow cloud, whence fell masses rather than flakes of snow: and aeon all diatinctkm be-1 tween land and sky was loat. In vain did Vlndimir try to find his " way. lib horse went on at random, sometimes climbing over heaps of snow, sometime falling into ravines. Every moment the sledge was ia immiuent danger of being upset: and, in addition. the ntoasaat conviction forced Itself on Vladimir that he had lost hia way. The

wood of Jadrino wax nowhere to be to none of them did ahe vouehseis the seen; and after two hours of this sort of j smallest encouragement. Her mother wotk the poor horse was ready to drop I often implored her to choose a hssfrom fatigue, baud: hot she silently shook her head. At length a sort of dark line became I Vladimir was no more; he expired at viable in front: he urged his horse on-, Moscow on the eve of the day the wards and found himaett on the borders J reach .entered that city To Marl his of a forest. "Oh," he exclaimed, "I memory sensed sacred; ahe treasured am all right now; I shall eaailr tindmy , P books they bad read together, wav to Jmdrino." He enuirad the. for. bis drawing, and the notes he had

eat. at which the hrmnciiM were so thieklr intrlmrif thmt thi m,vr hmd not penetrated through them, and the road was easy to follow. The horse pricked up bis ears ami went on resuiik, while Vladimir felt his spirit revive." However, as tbev say in the fairy tales, he went on and on, and yet could not tiBd Jlrinn. His noor. tiivd ied with the utmost difficulty dragged nim to the other side of the forest; and. by the time be arrived there, the storm had ceased, and the moon shone oat. Xo appearance, however, of Jadrino: be fore htm lay extended a huge plain, towsrus the center of Which the poor traveler deeoried a cluster of four or tire Um hmmimmtA toward ths neniest, eiedea. and. descemtinjr from the kaocked at the window. A small door in ths shutter opened, and the white beard of an old matt appeered. What do yon want.?" 1 It far to Jadrino?'1 "Jadrino! About ten verats." At this reply Vladimir felt like a erint lauti oaoemnea to executmu onuemneu to execuuou. -Can you." said he, "furnish me with horses to go there." We hre iio horses. ' " Weil, then, a guide; I will ghre Mm whatever he aeks 8 ' Wait, tfaca." said the oid man; "I'll a wm, mv JL. f I send vou my so The window was earefrtlhr and a cxmddenkbM time ahmsed. Vla dimir, whose impatience secerns onhe uncontrollable, kaocked agsna loudly at the shutter. The old man reappears. "What do you want!1 "Your son.' "He's oomiujr; he hi dressing hlmsilf. Are vou cold? Come in and warm yourself." "No, no; send out your ami.'' At length a young lad, with a stont stick in Ms hastd, nmde his aspearnace, and led the way across the mow-covered plain. "WW o'clock is Rr' ludtsd Vlaulmlr. "Day will soon break. The son's rays, indeed, had beenn to rild the east, and the vilbwi encks

were crowing when Ay f lerchange of a few commonplace sentJndrino. The church dour was closed. JZTTr-.r-.i.. wirb nXr.kb, .r,'.

Vladimir, baring paid and dkmaUsed his guide, hastened toward we priettt dwelling. What was he about to hear? Let us first inquire what wm going on iu the mansion of the master of Nenaradof. Just nothing t aM. Iu the morning the husband and wife got up aa usual and went into the eaUnsrwmt Gabriel Oabrilovltch la his wtoJn vest and Ida night cap, and retrowna in her dressing-gown. Tea wm iierred, and Gabriel sent a maid to inquire for Mart The ghi returned with a ntessae that her yonar mlatreM bad passed a but that ahe now felt b m nwau night, i waa better, and was sotninsr down. In a law minutes Marl entered and embraced her pswents. "How do yon wet. my poor one?' asked ber. father. Httle "Hettsr, waa the answer. The day named on as usmal; hut towards evening Mari became more ill sbmI feverhh. The famlLr nhynlclan was summoned from the nearest town, and when he arrived be found tats patlnni In a hffk jTenr. Dudng kmrtoim days ahe continued on um brink of the gTUVU,

Kodttefvaa known of her nnetumal flight, m the waittog maid, lor her wa aaXe, was prudeotlv aileat on the tih

jevt; noriiul anv of the plicee, even after having drunk wine, breathe a word on the subject, so much did all partieM dread the wrath of Gabriel. Mari. hower, during her dellriuni. raved so incessantly about Vladimir, that her mother could not doubt that her illnem was caused by love. Khe and her husband -oaaulted some of their friends n the subject: and, a the result of the conferente, it vat unanimously decided that Mari was destined to marry the ensign that one can n t avoid one's fate that riches do not inMure hatipine s ami other titie iuaim of the heme kind. The invalid recovered. Vladimir, during her illness, had never appeared at the house; ami it was determined that his unexpected good fortune should be announced to him that he ahouk! be told he was now free to marry his beloved. What was the astonishment of the ;r-od owners of Kenaradof. when they received in reply a letter from the young ensign, in which he declared he would never enter their dwelling again, and prayed them to forget an unhappy being, lor whom death was the only refugef A few days afterward they learned that Vladimir had rejoined the army. It was in 181 S. No one ever meutbmed his name to Mari, nor did she herself allude to him in any way. Two or three months elapsed, and one day ahe saw his name mentioned ansour the officers who had diatfngniahed t selves at the battle of BWodino, who were mortally wounded. Hbe from which she slowly Not long afterward her father died. MMTiag nor use rervrsiou at jus wsoie property. Wealth, however, brought her no consolation: she wept with her mother, and vowed never to leave her. They left their residence at Ncaaradof. and took up their abode on aoother estato. Numerous suitors thronwed : around the rich and lovely heiress, but written to her-even thins: that " perpetuate the remembrance of the baPPy yoong , . Aboul tbl tbne a war, glorious for our country, ended. The triumphant reg'menM returned from the frouUers. ' " the P nahod in crowd? to ; ST"1 tbem. The onlcers. who had set as mere stnplittjn. came back with stern martial countenances, their brave breaets covered with orders. Time of inc.taceabie glory! How the heart of the Russian then bounded at the name of his country. A Colonel of hussars, named Vourmiu. wearing; in hia bcttonhols the cross of St. lieorge. and on air fane imstestuw psueneas, came to f aauam ou am eswte, wnichjotoeo uuu wnere man wsa residing. The young ri with far more show of! in receiveu ntm favor than ane had hitherto bestowed on any of her visitors. They resembled each other in many partirulsrs; both were handsome, pleasing, intellectual, silent and reserved. There was a species of mystery In tka itonMtanne n Vmirtntw wkt , . : lnosJ ""ST1 AT T 1 " mhberjmHi her every possible atSr .dM JTZ. 2 ; hd. Tlwd i ff f "f",. " r j in reverie and half with an expression that seam ad to declare the approach of a deciatve explanation. Already the nekrbbors spoke of the marriage m a decided business: aad Ictrowna rcjsiced at the t bought that her daughter would nt length hare a buabana worthy of her. One morning, when the good lady was seated ia her urawinw-room, Vonrmia entered and inquired lor Mart "She is m the jmrden, replied Peirowna. "Ton wiu find her there if you wish to see her.' The Colonel went out hastily, and IVtrowna, making the sign of the cross mnrmnrsd to herself: "Bod be praised! 1 hope everything will be arranged tovourmin found his lady love dressed in white, seated beneath a tree, close by a bike, with a book on her knee, like : i : a .1 tation. told her that for a long tintebe had been destrose of openmt: hbt mind , to her, and now nrayed her to Usten to i him tor a few inonMinta. fthe glossd her book nani east down ber eyes la a token IMVHnit. t ikvvour nchumed Tonrmin ! Iker yen mdeutty. ; Mari beat down her head a little have committed the imprudence ! of seeing you. of listening to you, every ; dav. (Marl recollected the first i tetter of St Preux). The, memory of J 1 your sweet face and gentle yoke Will i form henceforward i at mv ha form nenceforwara uw joy i lW fkjjfjgi IglrtllTat isTj mwam aaaa unaui m of my exhaence; but 1 havn a duty to fulfill toward you. I reveal to you a strange secret which plates between ns an insurmottnmhle harrier.' "That barrier." murmured Mari, Mhas always exlsded. I could tssoome your wife," ' I know.' lepuad Vourmin. in a low I voice, "that yon have loved: but death. ; and three years of nmuiwmg dearest mart do not take away from me my lat consolation: oo imt ttepnve me tm pensmpiBves oi inmwag www yon nugut j

- liuab." cr'ed Mart Cease, I

jnmvom; ton paeres me through the Yv I hnve the consoling thought that you would have been mine. Rut I am ths urns unfurttuvue of men I am married!' Mari raised her eyes with a look of HL am married.' resumed the Colonel, marri' d them four years, and neither know wAe my wife is nor wsrrr the is, nor whether I shall ever asset her.'' What can you mean? What is the mystery? But go on, 1 beg of you: I will tell you a'terwards." "Mere, tnsn,' aant the Con net, "are the fact. In the y car 112 I w is going to Wtlna to join my regime. t. I arrived hue one evening nt a st-uion, aad had fust given orders to have the horses immediately harnessed, whet suddenly there arose a viotect snow-storm. TV. numtorof the home and ths po;:! oe both strongly adriatd me to defer my journey; hut, tempest or no tempest. I waa resolved to push on. The postilion took it into his head that he could abortsn the war by croawmg n river whose banks be knew very well. However, be missed the right ford, and brought me to a place wh eh waa totally strange to him. The storm continued to rage, but at length we descried a distant light. I hastened towards it and found myself outside a churoh. whence the light proceeded. The door was open. Sledges were waiting inside, and aeveral patnona were standing in the porch. One of them called to me: This way! thisVay!' I got out of my sledge and entered the church. One of the people in the porch said: - "la the name of Heaven, what ha delayed you? The bride has fainted, and we were all on the point of returning home.'' " Half bewildered aad half amused, 1 resolved to follow up the adventure. Indeed I waa allowed no time to deliberate, for my impellent friends hurried me into the mterior of the church, which was faintly lit up by two or three other torches. A nirt was seated on a beach in the shadow, www another lug beside her, was miming h " 'At length," said the latter: Godbe praised that you me some! My mistress waa near dying." "An old priest approached and said: 'Shell we begin?' " Oh, begin by all means, mv reverend father! replied L, giddily. "They assisted the youugipri to rise: she sewmiid very pretty. Through a levity' unite uapamiouable, asjd. as H i now seems to me. Inconceivable, I ad vanced beside her to the altar. Her servant and the three men who were j present were so much occupied about I ber, that they scaunoehr siaaoad at me; besides, the light, as I have said, was very dim. and. my send was enveloped I in the fur hood of my traveling pelisse. ' In a very few moments we were marneu. Embrace each other,' said one of the tiitnuMiii. My wife turned her pale face towards me. For an instant she jessed as If petrified, then falling bsssfcwards, am eTOlainaed: " It is not be! It is not be M Out of ths ehureh I rushed, before the astonished priest and the bridal party had time to think of arresting my flight. I jumped into the sledge, and soon left all pursuit behind. "And," mid Mart, "did you ever aseertaia what become of mat- poor "Sever. I diet not know the of the village whom I was married, nor can I recolJwct that of the station when I last stopped. At that time so little importance did I attach to my criminal levity, that when all danger of pursuit waa over, I fell asleep in the sledge and did not awake until I found myself at another station. The servant whom I had with me was killed in battle, so that every due seems lost by which I mbrht discover the scene of mat folly which I now expiate so dearly. Maritorned horjjmle facejrnBy toWhat!" cried Vourmin, "was it youP Don't yon recognise me? A kunj and dose embrace was the repb. S. Y. 8mmdm TVmes. That rnttf kuesnwiera. Adeltaa Patti baa been munieating a few personal reminisi-ences to the r'Hruro, from which H appears that the life of a prima donna (or prim -a donna as the Mvrmnq hut called it the other day ) ia far from being the dangertom existence that ooe would take it to he. People may not believe it, but the position is one which for danger surpnssrs that of the Ctar of Rnuia. They are caused by her rivals, she thmka, but war gn beyond the limns of permfawuble rivalry. Once during n performance of Un4a, " sbs saya. "I receive! a number sf bouuueta. the Inst which wa composed very oddly, (me of we flowers fell out of it onto stage, mnklnca itsntlnr thud. It slated of aa enonnoua hall of lead, which, if It had been more firmly tied to the bououet, must have struck my brad. Aa it waa, the bouquet hit my shoulder. On another occasion the curtain fell on Mme. Patti'a bead, and she wm saved oaly by the fashion then prswn&mgof rolling up her hair high upon her head, but it wm not a mem accident. She has had mat shea put into the water she drinks, and has even received poisoned gloves, with the icqnest to let the maker call them by ItCHt suaVmmv9s 4?eswJssmSTew' mraanoa8m9ne Potato aow: Boil potatoes, haymoment after the water Is poured off, anal perns them tluough a comnmsr mm a warn awir cpitrmir.--- Xe wSmaanmsnnBll JEjfmwmlnW

Thy dogs, always of nmu nnniuaw aeuSannnnnnanaa9 auBaanuntmsnVs ansa an)naa disuricts where wool arowmg Is earrisd on to any extent to eaur known to I who directly suf feeling In such dkawieU against dogs as a rule ia very bitter, and many val uable aulmala, ruilileas of harm. frequently destroyed There ia ly a Legislature In any mme, whew wool jrrowiag ia prosecuted to any earlent, which fi not apfdied to for laws to protect sheep aguast the depreda tiona of dogs, by imposing a dog-tax, aad creating a fund out of wmei the tlsjuaire ahall be pard to those mfferiur from dose i midnigbt prowisrs may ha la many rertous ia almost the exeluaim which farmera rely their income, ths mvacm of d'j. which ujobody ia vrumw to when them cbargm am hrnmjht agnlnst them, will samrtlmaa In a amgW adgjh or two sweep away ths moom m a year. Wears not snjprhwn that pnepie. especially farmers who lire, im lam main, tooknsd lives, standi value the protection which a good dog win afford to their presumes. This, no one can deny is more or leas valuable. it is a well-known fact that care little for doara. They know to "fix them. If they are likely toi ia tne way of tastr operations: toe wnote tne loss dors are hundreds of times over i than any protection aftorded by against tuievee. We know it to be a fact that many farmers have sold off tbek sheepaiamtr fortbeieason of the damage auJwrem from the most valueless sort of mongrel dogs. No matt bow amscrous tbem sheep killing dogs abound in a mdghUrhood. nobody owns tbem nor pays taxes fur tbem. tnousrh they are to be fixtures upon their farms. there is one rare mode of the ruilty parties. Trat is by ing their mouths and bodies f on the evidence of their crime. They am sure to have plenty of Mood-stsius about and if traced to by this tioned alga, no opposition them from deem and their owners beinsr mulcted in round loss of so much valuable stock to excite the indignation of every er aanerin? ia this way; and should be nothing abort of a penal i ute as perhaps the most certain rea against these villainous depredators. wilt, if aaytlung is calculated to no put tne owners of aucn dogs m a unpleasant position. It to aeediem to say that we have a great love for reputable dogs, Ko animal shows so deep an attachment to their owners, and mere are many breeds of these. The Tame of many' of these are placed aide by aide with a two-forty horse; bu while we freely make this stmeweat, wens freely repeat that there is no greater evu, jorny of tne san ew.tr wnere exjsw ut Those who have the better quabtiea of find it accessary to apply a sand; experience timcMnar that It much improves the condition of gram roots and bmreasm the emu of gram: sometimes quite ae mnek ns a dressmg of maaure. Ths mason why this la so, few stop to inquire. The application of sand to a often acconuMMUMS a donots First, it ligbteus up the soil a the water a chance to drain second, it famishes silica to the which la accessary to stalk. Meadow laud that is ly of partially materaL settrns closely that water will not readily pass tbrousn it, except in This w very nattvorabie to the of any crop tent tne sarmer stow. Latoea taere are sagewavs for both air aad water, loota of ptauta fail to get the necessary lor taetr growta. In reimdmmg msmdow bmd the snort is to draia off the ditches am dug low enough to draw the water, perhaps two feet below the sur face: but II tne mendow be enlJrerr of daeaved vneet vances! to just that stage which km compact that the water paw through ft, for some time after ditches are dug tne water mats to ilr drain off. except near the bat the ditches. Such land needs a laches of sand to britur it into a able condition for vejetable When it can be done without too expense, the nypiicntion of semi wm be much more beneficial if nnxedarlth lour or five inches In depth of the soil, aeenmw by mixing the sand with tlmnmnk It secures a comotnatton at Is highly mvoraUe to rapid mou, tarn soon btinarittBT the sofct tnat atam wnntn euumragm a znmthtjf ffTues. While Omwemuuiii fisj Je0 maw JOeam et mV s(5suase fcmgJWElsaseinr an enV salHenl amuure it nppbed at the and a liberal onaatity of nrsssesedsswbl m ..... . - . tr: 99 sue. weu natiuniiu in. The winter seaaou is the : his time to apply saad to kvw kuta, cause time to worth less, and the mm owe are fresea m that full hmnsean carried over It wRbamt annger of ting the hunt up, J -In Dubsm, On., all the 6 anttftlajnna JasaVun born In 188t tlbavc been females. HL Xenm

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