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XitTSI x id SS Iii im-:c:to JtY Ensinw Cm! n ' exceed:;?;: three lines innr ted under tH- bead, rt $1 p- r mumm. IVrson-s udvert'.un:? in tlie "IVmoerat" 1y the Tnr. will K' iv.ti'U.I to n Can! in the Uuiitff Dir'Ctv'ry without :tLl:e'. r':..r:e. rtnrs!);(l (fount) Ilrmocrat a x r JQ3 PS!NT!H36FFI0Ei G- --er rra Z3 vra Ami :UV iuli:;iv.l tj extcutJ job m w mmm Of every description and Totality, ?uch as ORCTLAR-S liAxunitxi:, CATA!,(;nny, bcsixküs cinns, MOKT'JAGKS; Anl in i'irt. I'lf.rks of every variety nnl description, r.n t!ie s!if)Vteöt r.otio.', ii, on rcas muMo Utiil-5 U3I.YMOUTII liY V.'. J. KUltNrf, J riyn müi, Iiu!. :7;7nvNi '.Ki: & c pcai.ehs in dry J'licli'fT.in ."tivct, i'lyiiioutli, Iml. S"K0()k""& EVANS IM'ALI'R IN DRY J llu!s ami Grt'Ceriv., cimur ?iif!iii:an am! h i i'orte street.',. rivni'.H'th, Inl. r4 iTATi"? nruir;' iv iii'VcmMv-;.!-H . it .1 i . i - l ir:.l. s vnceri!.'-, :? e.;-:r. r Jyi li r' .1 ami .licii5:m .street.-1, .riycivuth, ImL . Dry G.mkU i: CrocviKs, !?riek te'tor -Mich-ir-m street, riynrnuth, Iml OIINCOrCLK,D;AL!:R IN DRY GOODS ' ar. l (r'c-eiie?,C'ju.er ci rIc-h?an ami G:tiio stri tte ri ui juth, Iml. yi:sTi::vEir iz ii favit. dealers V m D:y G vl- Gi-h-'-iU -, riypi'.mth, In I. ni S. CLEAVELÄND, DEALER IN DRY JT Goo"!.- !iarIv.:re, eU,.. Yyu ;.Lii, Lid. ''-c nnvu.nr nif ' !vn - it a ytit 3 .I ;k lviMiiosjh, Iii.l. U O Vv' N k 15 A XT E R, DEALERS IN t StoMv, Tiiiviire, ie. PIm-mth, Ind. I"T 1?. TERSHING, DI'ALER IN DRUGS i sin i IMe'l'di!'-".', riyjüutith, I nil. X E. r.Vl'K.W, . YT;-T.li;v. T3ACaAi:d l vinnt.dgi:, viiolesale l'r i V '.'.; . . ..... . . . . . i'. Til' I. T?7VSTER k K A L L A C E. Ii:.LE:: IN Groeir. - !lVi, is.-:.-... .Flyj ..:;, j?l.I. f AV. DAVIS, SADDLE AND If AR NE.-S I-iker, r'y?;;-.::i'i, I:: l. - - TT E N R Y P f E R C I : , DE ALE R IN Lf ) J.-. h;:;: Ä I'ei-:,:.-!!:!:;.- G. Tiyn, In I. TPMfN M'DANNEI.. 3IANri'ACTUi: ER !: : r- , . . ,. - . , "a vju; n-rnvr: . , r.r;'?'"r." I J- --'R w - i--es V ut-., L.l. j . - g w i! i I t'E, :.L i Av. l t :.i;R OF! Vi,'r ): ,, ri :.i.::th, Ir:-!. j TTrt- T" i'fATT, l.;r.'!T:".(.'r.rTi.r,R Orj V V V.i,:.tW,re, IVilh, T:A ÖrNT rvT! t' . Vi '-'" i'or mw t:- 1 i- Mi'.1 l l .i.k w l Ii.i.i'.i 'j !.' i! .'.j li.Vi.l i'm- I .--. I .: .... .1 T 1 i . .. . 'jTAMES VARNEI!. ilOI'.-" V. i ' RPEN'f JL t: ? Jt.'I.'. ,. . . . "AUGUERT & C.. M N V FA ( "ii T ii E i IS X :j C '' I r V.,u , . . Y ;::-::th, I..;-!. J l.T r . , .. V A ' . 1 1 V,V"' (-1 ,A 1 lI ! -c' -rs ' "' V;v;:: T i-J. n.i.ioTP V- f.. it'.vi'i'icrrini'oj , I T7LLIÖTT .v (-., .M.NlTFA(Tr.'REs?S OF üjWiCn:- ft l.,v,,.11v:,: --.nth, lad. i y I t-)LLl?;S & NICIfOLS, M A N 1 7 FA CTJ T R L. . A m m crs v s'i ,v . . .riyiTiouth, Ind. YENJ. LENT.;, ELACK -MITil, i lynxraTD, in-!. A K. ERIGGS, ELACKSlIITir, JrJv. FUmrmth, lud, DAGIJER IJErtlTPES, E' T "S. "ARMSTRONtJ, FI'tikhuI:, In I. s A LOON, LY M. Il.TiliRITS, r!ym-;rtT., L, 1. A ATI-'! ff w TTr.TTi-r i?v n t nu-ripv t- T.I .1 T 1 i jvm'ji.ui, im:. TrjinWAKD-S' HOTEL, UY W. C. EDWAR DS, Lj riymouth, Ind. tl.i.'. H. uih . Ii, ;i i J ()iu it Y Al lAfi feNotlr-v V,ihir Ilyonth. Ind. tTTORACSCOI?r.IN. ATTORNEY AT I, V i riy mouth, hid. 0-nGES L PORTER, ATTORNEYS AT JL JLl'AW, I'lvm rnth, In I. SAalLTirColTlÜLEY, NOTARY rmTlTlC, rivmoiith, Ind. rrinr.o. a. lkmon, tiiysician, surJi GEON ."; Dnirgi t riyrr"th, Ind. R TTFTM J'.ROV.'N, rilY.-ICIAN & FUIt(r)rJ, Plymouth, Ind. s IIiGGlNnOTnAM, PHYSICIAN k SUR- , GF.ON, Plym-mth, Ind. NETI KMT A 1 1 f? 1 1 ERM A N, PHYSICIAN k SURGEON llymoi:?!, Ir:d. "Tfw7Biy GEOX, Pivr.H.uih, In-!. CIIAS. WEST, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN, rivjn.vuli, Ihd. Jl IJ. DOOLITTLK, KCLKCTIO IIIYsician Plyrnoulh, Ind. J. UitAY, KfLKf'TIC I'IYSICIAV, . Plvmouth, Ind. KLINGER fclJRO. DEALERS IN LILMBER ftc Phmo-ith, Ind. Tj pattT:ukön7 d k a li'rin v amiwkindsofMMt.PIymoutli, fnd. . IV ERY HTAHLF. F.Y " Wm7m. PATTFR J" rivmomh. bul ' A USTiN Fl!LLEt, ?d A N I ' f V mji Ft in.i 'H'hiu- iii i' i,uj" Plvi;iaJ,. I.j 1. HENRY ?d LÖGAN ä"cV.., l)EALEiiS IN LnmlK-r, tve 1 J ii..utt, Ind. TTOSEril POITER. SADDLE k HARNESS i d Fiaker, Plyr-ioJh, IjjI. rrh.' Li-hcst ca jh prico paid for Fi im.- M-i a and i B tA;'i iaj hy

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THE BLESSINGS OF

r I c c i c tr )ocfrn. THINXS I TO MYSEXiF. Wo find the following sprightly versos in the 'Boston Post: I saw her npiin but a few loya ao, When Ko.-icir.th came down to cur city; The nemo of the Iudy I never ilid know, Dut, thinks I she'd uncommonly pretty, Anl witty; An J clever, no Joubt, as she 'a pretty. Taluks 1 1 myrdf, I h ive !oon her before Fine f.ice, ami Mack eyes, ami 1 thick hair; Eut I could not tell where, a? I thought of it more, Ami hang me if I coul 1 tell where. I declare I could not tell how, when or where. Hat now Loth the time an J the place I remember, I remember her pleasing ndJrc-y ; At a certain hotel, in the month of September, We met in the doorway, I pie; Yes yes; Thinks I she's the person, I j;uca3. Tliinkj I, f-he would make a good p;irtner for life, Eut .she'd married or spoken for, I s'le; itill, if tliat'd not the ca.-e, and if I had no wile, Think.- I to myself, I'd "propose." Goodne.-M know.-, If it wan't for all that I'd propose. Hut I'm nurried; tlilnka I to myself 'tis u pity, I'm tied, und I cannot undo it; Yet, thinks I, there 'a no harm in writing thu ditty, Though its well that my wife doesn't know it. Old poet! TL well that your wife doesn't know it. "DREADrULKARD TIME3." Yesterday I walked down to that part of the town, Where people collect ; t thengn of the tun To di.-cu.'s an l debato the great matters of state, An 1 show how t'm things tint jco wrong tJiouldbe done. There was ragged Sam Kent, v.ho is not worth a ten, There wu3 Mle Dick IawkA, and noisy Jack (irir.ies, Andswiterini; Jim Hell, who has nothing to sell, All curcii-g the b inks ;md these dreadliil hard times. There was old daddy Slop, who had lost his lat cr;.r Ty i.eh ctiag to mend u; some paps in the fence; 'l iiere wa Libby Ned Thorn, w io h wl planted his cm, R::t liad n '. er h i", nr, nor plow to it since; Thei-j v.isd.L-!iing Dili Sutton, witii a line daudv cut on, j Vlw w;;s ne'er out oiMehi, n-r w.u wuiüi twenty j lj;ne; I Thev,t , j':ni-.l the t!uon, nml .till kept u tlc 's ,:i.r, 4 1 Ja ct:r,e'oa the lnks ami t!:oare.i Lul h.ir-I tinier ic.L e:i.:ie ni iitiv iKn. ao w .is s.inimone.i u Next came in Dick fc-'lmrt, wiio w.is summoned to For xome hu:vhvds of half pint-? of whiter nnl : .T ' , , , , , . ilf had l-ot:-ht the hist tack of his rrain on ids court b.'ieK,4 Thou.'di h: children were cryir.:,' with hunger at "IJcrelindlord,'' isaid Short, v;,,.,,, briir' men (;U:u-t, 1 nmst treat these inv friendc., sir, and merrvJack (' .' I'lIiiCS; e ine eo:u,.-:r, to pav, there .-sr.oo o';into-dav." 1Jl to curbing the b.inks und Iwrtl times. ca:;!e in T-ni Scrgent, wlio lately turned i.ierch-mt And Ivn;; i:t a fine tore, I can hardly tell how; ihrt tl.'s iiiiidi I know, &!ut twelve months ago, T2 - - at i?:e c-onsUble sold ut the post his l:it cow ; Yet Tom Ujyhcd away, spending hundreds eael day, eaea Tn ' T1 :i;-l ita; ntd brought äuit3 for their drv'oo Is S To:a joir.ed t!:c throng, and assisted the song, With acurje on the Uiukd and these dreadful hard ti;:ics. Next ?-pcii-ed Madame Pride, (r.pd a 1k-uu at her With her silks spread wiili lr.ee, quite down to her trail; lleriiiisljiind t!:atd:iy, unaMe to pay For thr dress she then wore, had bee d been locked up in jail; She turned to tho thron;:, nr? slie tripped it alonp, And fIic hoj ed th it t!ia merchants would swii)t' for fueh erinies; As to m ike penn! pay their old dehU in thi.i way; And she carso l all the banks and theso dreadful hard times. Now, Ktid I, Mr. 8hort 3 011 are oimmonod to court. Pcfirf'3 A,, m r. Drew, nyc, and you .sir, n 1 you, W ll0 ,1TC la"-:rili!? p;im'1 taverns, and running to Ktore.--, And you Miidmne Pride, niu?t your tilks lay aside; And you Mr. Idle, and you Mr. Grimes, Mu.,t all to your labors, like some of your ncighfK.rs, And you'll soon put an end to theo dreadful hard timcj. FARMER'S OIRL3. Up in the early morning, Ju.-t at tin? xep of d:iy, Htraining tiie milk of the dairy, Turning the cows away Sweeping th Hoor of the kitchen, -Making the bels npKtain, Washing t!:e hreakf.ist li.-lis, Dusting tlie parlor cliairs. I'rusiiiug tlie crumbs frm the jt;intry, limiting the c-gsat the barn, Cleaning the turnips for dinner, 'j "i'.ning the stocking yarn Spreading i n; whitening linm-n, D)'.vn on the biialies below, Ransacking every meadow, Where the ripe straw Itenie row. Ft.irclin she " fixings" for Sunday, Churning thv snowy ( ream, Rinsing the pails arid strainei, Down in the running stream; Feeding the geese and turkeys, Making the pumpkin pies, Jogringthe little one s cradle, Drii iiig.i way the llien. Gnce in every motion, Miic In every tine, LV.uOyiri foun and fiitiiro, Th'u.--.m!s iniu lit covet to own Clc.k Gh it rival spring roje;!, Te. th as vAdd ns j carl "; Oik uC t!cr e couiitry nii la is worth A tx:urii of ) our city jiiia. I?7A Yankee po.?t tlius describes tho excen of his devotion to hia true love: I sing her praiso in joctry, ' From early morn to deivv ovo, f cri ir, whvde pint of hitler tears. And -A'ip,-;rm -ai-i'h civ .fdcve.

GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS

PLYMOUTH, IND. JANUARY 11, 1850.'

" From the Widow Beilott Papers. MKS. MAGTXIKE'S ACCOUNT OF DEACON WHIPPLE. He'a a mortal teaze, husbond is. lie does like a joke about as well as any man I ever see. But lie's always good natured, hain't no malice at heart in hia capers. lie was a helle wicked though about that cider hoax ho played off on Deacon Whipple and Deacon Iiedott. See did you ever Iwar about that? Well, I'll tell you, (lr I think it was one of tho cutest tricks he ever come. But in the first place you must know what sort o' a man Deacon Whipple was, or elso you won't sense the joke. Well, accordin' to my notion, ho was about as contemptible a specimen of man as ever walked iu shoe -leather. I always thought so and so did husband, though there was i good many folks in Wiggletown looked upon him as clear perfection, 'cause he had so much sanctimony. Ho come from Meddleville to our town, and he was soAvonderful pious, and made such an aw ful parade of his religion, prayin and cxhortin' and laborin' for souls, as ho called it, that when he'd been there about three, months, they made him deacon. As soon as he was pro moted, he begun meddliu' in everybody's biznes tho worst way, watch in all tho naborhood, and taken' on cm' to dew for every little thing that dident happen to como uj to his idees o' duty. This ho called cousarn for the welfare o Zion.' As sure as ther was a party o young folks, there was Deacon Whipples long noso poked into sum o' the winders to pry out what was done. pAnd if there was any church member among 'em, and they happened to play -button button! whoso got tho button?' or danso round a little, he'd have 'em hauled up before tho session to answer for 't. It seenvjd to dew him a deal o good to ketch any o' the brethren or bisters a trippin'. A body'd thought he npent the hefto' Iiis time a pryin i.i other folks' biznes, but some how or other he managed to take care o' his own lew; ho was a tailor by trad-!, and a reg'hr old cabbaghi' skinflint to boot. That reminds me o' what Jo Snyder said to him once. You see he was an awful siingy critter, and so was Mi-;s Whipple. The 'prentices used to complain dreadfully o' their livin' s-;id thev was nigh about otarved. Uii . . nv( fr . ul- Juj i..-m! m Well, Jo Snyd'T stuck his head iulo the -shwP winder onu day an 1 s.iy.s hi (Jo was au indep.'iul:it critter) Iva he: , . Deacon, how onuv. it you sL-irve ve; 'j't-nitiees fo, wheTi you're always s flusli o' cabbag-'?' The deaon was awful mad. .Sayn he to Jo: 'If you was anmw you'd ketch it.' He was a monstrous mean lootin man tew. You'd a know'd to seo him in the street that he was a contracted critter had a siingy kindo walk went along r.3 if he begrudged the room he took up. The circumstance I was gwiue to tell you took place when he'd been deacon only a liltle risin' two year and it's a solium fact, thcr'd been more cases o' deseplyno in that short time than ther ever was afore sense the place was settled. Now Deacon 15edott wasn't such a man at all. He was great on prayin' and exhoi tn,, but he dident meddle in his nabors concarns, nor think himself so much piouserand bettcr'n all the rest o' creation. Well, the next fill artor we come away from Wiggletown, husband and me went out thero visiiin. You 600 ilij.Iicr Poole and Mother Magv. irc Ixjth lived, there, and Sidlci" Uodott tew, aud I spent the timo visitin round from one to t'other. Well, 000 evenm I was to Sister Be Jolt's husband had gone over to Mother Magwiro's, 'Twos about a year afor Deacon Bedott died, and he wa'nt very well yon know ho was feeble a number o' years aforo his death. Well, ho and .Sister Silly and mo was a scttin around tho sett in' room fire, and Artemishy Pike the Widder Pike oldest darter she was fijiendin' the cvenin there. Artemishy was just a tellin us about Deacon Whipple's comiu' to their house the day afore to take Cinthy (her youngest bister) to dew, 'cause he'd hecrd how't she 'tended a ball when she was over to Varmount a visithY, and Artemishy was in an awful lidgit about it for fear he'd have her hauled up for't, and tdie wanted Deacon Pedott to try to prevent it. Well, ßho was just tellin' about it w hen ther come a knock to the door. 'Walk in,' pays Sister Bedott and who should walk in but Deacon Whipple, w ith Deacon Kcnipo and Deacon Crosby on behind him! There, eays I to Artemishy, 'the Old One's always at hand when you're talkin about him.' Hush!' eays she. Lawful Bakes!' rays I; l ain't nfeard o' bein' hauled up I don't live here.' When they cyme in, Artemhy looked half ökairth to deat. She" thought 'they'd come to talk about dealin' with Cinthy' but Sistor Pedott whispered tew her, end aays isho: Don't bo afoard; I don't blovo it's Cin thy. I uos3 more likely its Sue Collins.' f T-iW the a-ac time they, lu-d her over

OF HEAVEN. SHOULD FALL

roivKuuuiLi. i the coals.) Whatever 'twas, we all knowed 'twas pretty important biznes, for Deacon Whipple lookt wonderful Ihj and aivful sollem: his face was about a yard long. But though he tried to appear as if he felt drelful bad, 'twas plain to bo seen he was enjoyin' a state 0' intarnal satisfaction lookt just as he always did when he got a a case that suited him, to aT. But Deacon Kenipe and Deacon Crosby lookt as if they rubj felt bad. (They was very clever men indeed.) They dident say a word, but Deacon Whipple he conversed a sjxdl about matters aud things in general, said the weather was oncommon fine for the season o' the year, crops were wonderful abund ant, 'specially the apple crop though 'twas tobe lamented that any o' the good critters o' Providenco should be abused and turned to the ruination o' mankind as apples was by bcin' mado into cider. Then he went on to dep'ore the low state o' religion in the place, us wimmcn folks about the state o' oui minds and so on and then said they'd come on private biznes and would like to Fee Deacon Bedott :don a spell. iSo we three wimmin got up and wont into the kitchen. Now sister Bedott. says bIic, 'I f.el as if I'd like to know v. hat they've come for, wouldent vou?' Yer, says v;e. Well lhe:i says Silly, 'lets go into the buttry and lisen 'Agreed snvs we. So in we went. Youeco ther was a passage between the settin'-room and the kitchen, r.nd on one sidj of this passage the buttry was .citiwatcd;and there was a door Imidin' from the buttry into the setliu'-room, and atop o' this door there was a wide crack so t a body could i ar every word that was said in tho settiu'-room. Well, in we goes, as still as mice, Artemishy and me we got up on an old box and peeped through the crack, and sister Bedott she put her ear to the keyhole. Deacon Whipple had b-gu:i to talk afore, we got fixed. The firct thing I hecrd him eav, savs he: Its very onpleasant biznes, very indeed. I assure you i:s very ti via' to my feci ins to be necessitated to rebuke a brother, but it seems an insurmountable duty in this case. We're all poor crriu' criiter:-; the best ii ) is liable to go astrav aud fail in our duty. I'm free to confess that even I have my short comins' I gu' he had an atLick on't when cut husband's pantalvns; they was so s! r. t and so ti,lit that l.e i1.1I to give Via to Jeff I have my short Cumins' and I f 'cl to mourn for't; I fiel to lenient ili.it I'm fraqucntly cold and .sl ick in dewin' my duty don't keep uch a constant watch around the walls o' Zion as I'd ought to. I feel as if it may be owiu' to my onfii'.h fulness, Brother Bedott, that you've fell into tl;e practice 0' such a hy-' neous otienco anenit Gosh!' says Deacon Bedott (now Deacon Bedott never used bad language in his life, but oncj! in awhile when he was J retfully took by surprise lie used to say';') 'Gosh. says lie, I want to known if you was mean in' mo all this timo? Well I'd liLo to know what I've been dewiu?' O dear says Silly, ays she, 'is Iiughmd, it'a husband! "What ftas he done what has he (tunc? Don't make a fuss siys I; 'they'll hear you and we shall have to clear out Deacon Bedott went on: I ain't awaie o' bein in the practice o' any known sin. If Iv'o done wrong in any way I'm. willin' im wjiiin 1 to be told on't. and I hope I shall toko your j rebuke as i d ougnl tew uiougii MS 1 S'Hd afore, I ain't awaro o' bein' in tho practice o' any hyneos offense as you call it Says Deacon Whipple, says he, with a real provokiu grin, 'I'm raly sorry your. so dull o' apprehension, Brother Bedott. It's truly lamentable, when a brother that's ben apparently a bttrnin and shinin light turns out to bo sieh a grievous, transgressor when sinners round is in such peiishiu i need o' havin good examples sot afore 'em to make 'cm cast down tho weapons o rebellion. And it is still woss when such a baekslidin brother is reasoned with to Fee him refuse to confess his faults, and repent o' his sins and mend his ways. Dew tell me, says Deacon Bedott says he, 'what tho min is, and if I've raly been guilty on't I'll repent, and confess and forsake it tew. 'I'm sorry to see you eo ooderret, says Deacon Whipple, e.iya he. 'You know Scripter says, if a brother is overtook iu a fault, the brother must go to him and tell him on't, and if he refuso to hear 'em, w hy he must be dealt with afore tho congregation; and I'mafeard that's what you'll have to come tew, Brother Bedott, if you hold out CO. '0 misery me? says Silly, say che, 'w hat has that' man ben dowin! what . ho ben a dewin I O dear me, what an unfortunit woman I bo! ' - 'Silly, Rtys I, 'why can't you shet yoor head? Take my woid fo't, ho hain't done noil in it'll turnout to bo jiutnothin at all. I'll bet a goose, 0 dew be easy. Wdi. -irrr D.v.c;n M'hipple lind gonö on ;

ALIKE UPON THE RICH AND THE

jv. wusi I so for ever so long, Deacon Bedott got clear out o' patience, and says he, 'For inassy's sake what is it? Brothel Kenipe, Brother Crosby, dew tell me what 'tis. I'd rut her not, says Deacon Kenipe. says he, Brother Whipple begun, and he ought to finish. 'I say so tow, says Deacon Crosby. 'Why, says Deacon Whipple, 'it's cuius that Brother Bedott should be so onw illin to own up without my comin right out. '0! dear me suz, says Sister Bedott, 'that ho should be a cuttin capers and me never suspect him on't! 0 Melissy, I shall d'w! I shall die! and she begun wringin her hands like mad. You simple critter says I, 'dew save your histories till there's occasion for 'em; dew keep still; they'll hear you, sartinsure, and if they should ketch us lU-.enin, twould ruin all our three repcrtations. On account 0' Silly's interruption we lost what Deacon Whipple .-aid next and the first thing we heerd after the got quiet agin, was Deacon Bedott sayin, It's curus you should be so willin to beli:ve such a story about me when you've knowed me some years, and ham't never lieerd nothiu o' the kind till now. I for one ain't willin to believe it, gays Deacon Kenipe. Nor I notlier, says Deacon Crosby, says h" 'Now, there ain't no use in denyin on't, Brother Bedott, says Deacon Whipple, says llt. A few years ago it wa'n't thought to be r.o great crime to take a gl es sperits now and then; ther wa'n't so much light on the subject as there is now in these ere ternpc ranee days; butcveu then,twas eny most onheerd of thing for any body to git intoxicated on cider as you're ia the habit o' dov, in noic against light and piivilidge and you a deacon tew a man th.it makes such high such high pretensions! O Brother Bedott! it's a hvneous and a .cryin sin. 'Cons.irn i. snvs Deacon Bedott, savs

ha 'dew stop a xr.init and let one speak; I ! Silly, she was so tickled; tdic latYt one miuw;v.it to know who said I was in a habit o ! it and ciicd the next, and eny most wentin-

Ink in too much. 'Whoever twas, savs Silly, says she, 'ihev lied, and I hey know'd h, and I'll tell Deacon WhippL' so lemme come, Melissy. (It always made Silly awfal mad to have any body rise run the deacon down, though i-die used to give it to him herself, like the dragon, sometimes.) Woman alive, says I, 'what be you dewin! you sh.-mHgo out there you'lljust spile tho hull, and we shan't hear another word, j it'll be time enough Lryouto put in bimc - tdie made such a noise they'd a heerd her, j if they hadent a got to talkin puily loud j tJifinselves. Weil, she got .-till, and the U(ixt lh;v 1 .ecrd Y,.l3 j)0:lc.0?l Kenipe S;lyi:i) iXy6 b0i aym, say, Biolher WhippL, dew come to the pint. dew tell Brother Bedott who it was and don't hurt hia foi ling any moie'n you can help. 'Well, then, says Deacon Whipple, pays he, 'twas yer brother-in-law, Mr. Mngwire. 'Gracious sakes alive! says Deacon Bedott, says he, Jdid Jordi nay that about me? What on arlhVrtd the critter mean? 'lie meant what he sell, I B'pose rays Deacon Whipple, 'that you're igt the liabit o' giiLin corned 0:1 cider. D-'.acf 11 Btidott, anys lie. 'Did Josh say he'd actilly seen mo drunk on ci-j der? I HA-nMnf SA. imdouhiflv. f,fivs Drvicoti ! Whipple; lhough them wa'n't precisely the words he ued; he called to my shop to-day purposely to tell mo on't, and twas awful tryia to his feoiins to be obWged to expose you, not only on account o your bein' a connection o hi m, but cause he raly thought you was a worthy man in the main: 'but, says h-, 'I dew feel as if I couldent leave Wiggletown with a clear conshenco without tellin you that Ive actilly knowed Deacon Bedott to be the woss fr cider! as j sure ns my names Joshuwnv Magwire, I've seen that man half shaved on cider afore breakfast in the mornin. Now, though I haint no very high opinion of Mr. Magwire bein tea a worldly man and dont know nothin about experimental religion, I ic blevo he wouldent tell such a thing as that out and out if it want true, specially nlxmt his brother-in-law. I should a went right over to Parson Potter about it, if hod been to hum, but lies gone a journey, you know. 0, how that man will take it to heart when he hears there such a wolf in nheeps clothin in the midst of his flock! So I goes over and tells Brother Kcnipo md Brother Crosby out. They was very uuwillin to como with me to labor with you to night. Im sorry to say theyre ginorally slack about dewhr their duty iu ca-'cs o des plyu 0 - the heft cut comes on to me, and Im' thaukful Im idwa s tv.ady to lift a warniu voice in sinnrro tars. O, Brother Bedott! if vur half bhaved on cider afore breakfast, what must bo your condition nfoie night! put ty well upsot I should think. I ho) youll mako up your mind, to como fotrard next Sabborday, and confess yerbonoUin sin a-4 fore the )-.iL'regatiou: and m-bbv youll !

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go to the temprancc meetin next Saturday night, if youre able to git out, and give an account of youre experience in drinkin. If you dont consent to do any or both of these, we will have to deal with you, thats all; we dont want to expose you 110 moren whats necessary. I haint said a word about it to nobody, but jest my wife, Dew you still continner to deny it! Jest then, husband bust into th? room; and Jo Snyder and Shubal Given and Mr. Smith and Dr. Pike (Artemishy's brother) j and Sam Collins they'd followed the session to the house, and ben a listenin to tho door ever ser.ee. Husband, lie went straight up to Deacoii Bedott and .shook his fist iu his face, and eays lie, 'Deny it if you darst afore Pie! dident I f'eo you half shaved on cider this very mornin? dident I empty the water out o' yer shavin cup onbeknown to 110bodv, whiLi it was a heatin? and dident I J fill it up with some of Silly's sweet cider j slic'd got to make sas on? and wasn't I a j seitin by w dien you took it off the stove? ; and wasn't I a lookiu on when you had f such a dretful time a trviu to make your lather? and dident I see you scrape and j saw away at your face till the blood run? and dident you throw down vour ra.or nt last and declare the old dragon was iu it? and wasn't you jest about half shaved then? say! and dident I bust out a lafiln thou, and tell you it was the fust timo I ever sec you the woss f r cider? deny it if you dnrst 'I plead guilly, says Deacon Bedott, says he. Then we wiinmiu folks bust out 0' the buttry into the settin ro:m; and there was! such a gineral roariu as I never heard afore nor senco. Deacon Kenipe and Deacon Crosby got up and shook hands with Deacon Bedott and axed his pardiu for comin over thereto take him to dew and Deacon Bedott, lie told 'em thev wan't to blame at all and tohighsteerics, and Artemishy, she lafft, i:id Mr. Magwiro and the men folks, they; hollered, and you never seen such a time as teer was. Deacon Bed-tt was a very i kind hearted man, and lie thou-Jit th v ; was a most to hard 0:1 Deacon Whipple, so he turned round to apologize to him, and I and behold! and he'd tok advantage of the commotion and slipt out. But though Dea- ' con Bedott tried to look sober, and told husband 'twas tew bid to j day off such, a j j ko 'twas plain to oe seen ne w an't sori ry to see Deacon Whipple conic up with. joke 'twas plain to be seen he wan't sor- j Poor Deacon Whipple-! 'twas a humblin stnke for him everybody was throwin vm't into his f id. he couldn't go nowher but what tit at cider iv;i:i throwd into his ftee. And Miss Whipple tow she f.lt 1 jvwiul mean about it you. r.eo sl.-i'd boa r.H round tlie n.iboi hol a tellin that Deacon Bedott was a dihikin man. But it cured Deacon Whipple ol'his co7isarn for tic veilfare o Zlvn; lie nver made another comjdaint against no!dy while h.e lived there; about six months afterward he moved awav from Wiggletown. OSE HOUU DKES3. UT CLlVtlt onic, Muk cf taring tho Mina dros." ( Church Sunday afier Sanday!' excl iimed Mrs. Bradley, a your." married kJy, to i Mrs. Green her mother. 'Uhy not twrahr Polks Avill think it is tho only onelhavc which is fit to wear to meeting It is, is'jit iL?' 'I know it butl don't tnw nlut all the woild knowing it 'You would not make all the voild Ix' - li.rve that whicii is not true, would you?' 'I don't care; I mean to Iinvo a new silk j immediately But Sarah, your husband cannot afford it 'Yes he can; at least we can curtail our expenses in something else What?' . 'Well, 1 don't know; we could make our provision bill less Mrs. (ireen shook her hea l. I don't think there is any need of our having beefsteaks and mutton-chops every morning for breakfast. We never had auoh things at home ' you know. I would not give a straw to have meat for breakfast But James depends upon it X know it; yet for tho sako of letting me appear a little bettor or Sunday he would wiUin'glydispfnse with It 'Would you be willing to ak the question?' 'Y03; why not? Would you edchmi togo without his I breaktat m order that you may have ani Would yey edc him to go without his extra' s ilk 'dress?' . . (io without his breakfast mother! 1 never thought of such a thing said Mrs. Bindley, with a disturbed l.mk. ' ' 'But you ku.v i .-unount. to the .uic'-

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thing to Lira. He was brought up in the eoun ry; where lie had meat for breakfast, and he docs not think lie could makjj a meal without it.' Wo will not eay any thing more about that, then replied the oung wife, who I beg the reader to believe, would not 'willingly have deprived her husband of any real comfjrt. 'How do you suppos3 Mrs. Farmer gels so many dresses?' 'I don't kuow.' 'She scorns to come out with a new one almost every undav. She must have at Jens-, half a dozen silks and berates w 'I hope her husband can afford them replied Urs. Green, staking her head signifieanilv. 'lie is nu bettor off than James. They have the same salary, and are in the same concern . 'A thousand dollars in those hard times will not go a great way with a man who has a family to support, ösiiecially if his wife has a great many silk dresses But James saves two or three hundred of his sal.-n v every year 'Every young man ought to Iiave sometr.iü'r . 1 . 'Do you suppose John Farmer doesP j 'I inmk nut at the rate his wif s dresses 'But it is too hard to' wear the same dress every Sunday. If I had one'more I could get along very well.' 'You would want another still 'No I shouhPnt mother.' 'There is no end to it when you undertake to follow all those absurdities. When j I was a girl I had only o::e dress to wear to m x ling, and that v as a calico.' 'The times have changed Changed f jt the worse. I am sure not such vanity as Haunting out a different dress every Sunday ever entered a girl's' head, especially girls whose father's are not independently rich. 'Nobody thinks of wearing the samo dress all the time. Only one more 'One is enough, Sarah. If ycu lctsuch sihy notions get into your head, you will never know where to stop. You could casiv spend all your husband's salary in dress, and then not keep up v. iih the de mand.i 01 t:.e times 'I am .-ure Jazzes an afford me a new silk; It v. id not co-.i much 'Do i:ot tldnk of i child. Bo prudent, careful and contented, and when James is, 1 ich Vv-u may do differeuL' - ilrs. Brad!.y was sativfied afar considerable m ore demonstration on tho part of her mother, that she could get along with out a ujw silk. But it was hard to irive uj the idea of competing with Mrs. Farmer 1 whoso husband w:is 110 Ijtter oft than hers. Jam t? Bradley and John Farmer were dorks in a largo house in the city, and both resided ia a neat cottage Lu the suburbs. Th;i: fortan-? had been thus fir very near the same, and jHijlmpa they might Lave coininued the same through life, but for the. dHforent chanicier of ih.ir wives. . Mrs. Bradley had been brought up tolive wi hin hor means. A cart ful mother' w ho realized the responsibility of her position had ligidly inculcated the principles of a- sound economy, and trained her up to habits of prudence and thrill. And all the. e pradiea! qu-ili:i-js cd.e lind brought wi h h r into I-r domestic relation when she cmb.-n kcl i.iai:ew sphere of Iii?. JN 1 1 3.. Farmer on tlie oti:cr hand, though Iter parent v.vi-o no better oil' in ilia work! had bn nght her np U he a lady to wear hi.e divv.snid phy tliO jnnD'iii the j parlor. Her knowledge and cxjvrienco in j household duti s w;ts veiy narrov; and suj perlici.il, and tlie hus'.aud's $1000 a year would barely support them. They, were oblig-d, in order to drofs her as Iicr Inhits jaiui wi-h s r-Mpaiivd, to 'scrimp' in many j of the. real cvnifjrts of life. The provision bill was kept at the lowest possible figure. Mrs. Farnier thought beefsakb were unhealihy ia the morning, .and Joha found it necessary to bo of her opinion. Six dollars a year for ice would buy a new Bonnet., hence ice was tlie cause cf a grc&t Kumv complaints that prevailed in summer. All the salary was fpeut wai i itendcd to be spent and the or.ly question was whether it should Lc put in the le-dy or on thelKuly. The habit of cxtravaganeo was there and all the thrift and economy which Mrs. I aimer knew, was to save monev for new dresses. t . . She and Mrs. Bradley were on intimate terms w ith each other, and as mnj readily bo supposed, the subject of dress . was frequently discussed. r A .w days after the conversation cf Mrs. Bradley , with hor motu.ir, h;r Heigh c-r was rkmg a 'call Mrs. P.M-mr c-uld Ulh of : i.othin.- but j drcs. I; w i t.0 study of her ilte-7-what S she lived IW-Avhatho mast hoitcd.'for m J

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