Vincennes Gazette, Volume 10, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 May 1841 — Page 1

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"TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR." VOLUME X. VIXCEXNES, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1811. XO. 51.

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A DniGHTER WOULD THAN THIS. BT MRS. ABUT. Oh! when I troJ life's early ways. Hop vringeJ my netting hours, I iw no shadow in hr rav, No srrpent ia her slower, I thought on days of present Joy, And vrars of future bliss, Nor dreamed that soirow could alloy t'o liight a world ai t: Alas! the fViry drcaaw I wove, Soon from my fancy fled; Th friend who owned my tender loe, Were numtercd with the dead, Upon their pallid lips I pressed Affection' parting kiss.They left us for a world of rest, A brighter world than this. Nor did the spacious world supply Those tic of opening life; KtUe ji it mocking flattery, Keen was its bitter strife. And then I first began to look, for uurer, truer bliss, Aad love to trace in God' own A brighter world than this. 'OOi Jv woundud heart desired relief, found the good I sought; And now. ia trial and tu gr;ef, I feel th soothing thought. That though the worldling may despair, When robbed of earthly bliss. The Christian humbly hopes to share, A brighter world than this. From the "Tree and its Fruit.'' THE POWBS Or WOMAN. I well remember the first time that I ventured homo in a state f intoxication. I knew my situation, an 1 dreaded that my wit":; should discover it. 1 atfecte 1 to be wittv, affectionate, and social, but it was a t tal failure. 1 felt the power of the fata! poison momentarily increasing. I saw the inquiring eye of my wife lived on me with n look of unutterable grief. It was only with h-r aid that 1 was ablo to reach my pilloW. The checks which her ignorance had imposed i-v.n me. 11 110N ivm"ju. ai i . i .. t '"l " 1 -J , , restraint was soon swept away, and 1 came nij-ht after night in a stale nust revolting : . ;-'v .'.-.".--.r ' f -n.",,trt. tfectionaie female, ln'vmn my'amiablo companion w.p: ual expostulated. I was t -o much entangled and corrupt .-d to back away either from mv vic-s or my associate. They neither feared ( loJ uor regarded man 1 was led captive by their dev ices. I became, I wd! not say an infidel, for I was to. ignorant of th-3 theory of scepticism to b-Ame. I became a mocker. F-x-'ls make a mock at sin," and such a fool was I. I saw that this part of my conduct w? extremely painful to my pious wife, and tried to restrain myselt from trilling with the bible in her presence: but I loved to raia-3 loud my laughter r.mong mv boisterous companion?, and the indulgence- served s) to strengthen the pernicious habit, that I was often detected in tho use of this offensive language. It was not until I became a father, that her 'touching appeals on this subject reached m conscience, "Must this child," she would sav, "bo train-d up under these baneful iniUcnces? Must he be taught by parental example to despise an 1 ridicule the Scriptures with hi lisping long ic, before he is able to read its contents, or realize its heavenly origin? No counteract-fhi.-Mie.fl of mine can obliterate from his min 1 the jest with which his father has Rssftiled this or mat sacred passage. Oar son now became an interesting little prattler, imitating whatever ho heard or saw. I perceived with a sort of diabolical pleasure that the first efforts of his infant tongue were to imitate my profane j.nr,,,.Tfl. ihrt recoil-'ction of which now sends a thrill of grief and horror through mv bosom. In vain did ins sorrowing mother endeavor to counteract the inllucneo of my wicked example. I continued to swear and ho to intimate my profanity, unconscious of its turpitude. On a certain occasion 1 returned from one of mv rambling excursions and found my wi'fennd child absent. On inquiry, I ascertained that she had gone to her customary place of retirement in a grove, at nt some, distance, from the house. I knew she had gone there for tho purpose of devotion. 1 had been accustomed to sec h9r retire thither at the evening twilight, aad, though 1 thought her piety unnecespsrv, 1 had no objection to it as a source of haMinoss to herbut that she should take her child with her excited my surprise. 1 felt some curiosity to follow her. I did so. and took mv position unseen by her, but where I had a full view of her attitude and features. She was kneeling beside a rock, on which lay her bible before her. One hand was placed on its opening pages; the other held the hand of her fair boy. who was kneeling beside her, his eyes intently fixed on her face. She was pale end care-worn. Her eyes were closed, but the tears were chasing each other down her cheek, as she poured forth her burdened soul in prayer, tirst for her husband that ho might be reclaimed and saved; but especially did she plead with God, that hr sjn. vhom zho unreservedly devoted

to him, might be saved from those sins which were taught him by his father's example. "Save him,'' she "cried with agony save him from taking thv great and holy name in vain; and give his anxious mother wisdom, fortitude and eraee. ellectuallv to

correct and break un the habit of profaueMCSS. "Poor mother! Pretty mother!" said the child, rising and wiping off her tears with his soft hand, "don't cry, mother, fath er will come pretty soon." nr . . -i i -it. li reicn mat i am: sam i to myseu. What pangs have rent that gentle bosom! That child has so often seen her weep on account of mv nrorraeted ahsenee. that the little fellow now supposes it the cause of her present agonv and tears. 1 crept silently trom my hi 'u puice, and returned homo with a conscience harrowed up by the keenest of self reproaches. 1 knew that her feelings were not the fitful ebulitions of passion or excitement. I had long boon convinced that her conduct was regulated by firm and virtuous principles, and the bible which I so lightly esteemed, was the rule of her life. On her return to the house she was solemn, but the law of kindness still ruled her tongue. She did not reproach me. but from that day she firmly and faithfully corrected our little son for lie use of profane language, even in my presence, when, perhaps, he bad just caught it from my lips. She succeeded in conquering the habit in her child, and when she restored him she cured me. 1 resolved to abandon forever the use of language which had costher so much pain. 1 did abandon it from that time. 1 was now effectually reclaimed from two of my prominent vices. But my habits of intemperance were daily becoming like brass bands. My morning, noon and evening dram, my loss of appetite, and trembling nerves, proved the strong g.-a-'p it had upon my constitution. 1 was still associated with wicked companions still followed up a system of gambling which was rapidly bringing rum on mvselt and tamiiv. My handsome es tate left mo by my father was nearlywasted, Meantime, my family increased. I resorted to the lottery and every species ot gambling, to meet us increasing uemands but every step plunged me deeper m guilt, tteot ana misery. vf, v:is in tlip h.nhif nf s 1 1 1 i n 'T nn till my return, however late it might be. She had no doubt in this way saved me from perishing, as I was often too much intoxicated to Imd my way even to t lie door, without her assistance. One cold, wintry nigui. I had beeu out till a late hour, but returned free from in toxication. On coming silently to the house. 1 saw mv wretched wife through the window, sitting over a handful of embers, with her babe and her bible in her lap, and the tears treeiv gushing trom ner eyes. A vivid seu-e of my own baseness came over me. I paced the yard for some moments in agony. In attempting to enter the house, with a fresh resolution upon my tongue, 1 fainted and fell on the floor. Upon the return of consciousness, I found my wife had me to the lire and was preparing me a bed, supposing the swoon to be th3 usual etfect of ardent spirits. 1 sprang to her side, fell on my knees, and before her and Heaven vowed never to taste any tiling intoxicating. I was then tliirtv vears old. Years have since passed over me and mv vow is still unbroken. From the National Intelligencer. NOTITIA OF OSXIIHL H1RHIS0X WHILE IS WASDlSGTOX. JUS JXA UG URA TIOX. Tho three davs previous to his Inaugu ration, after his arrival in Washington, were mostly spent at tho .Mansion ot the Mnvor of tho citv, where he received at all hours of tho day the visits of his friends and fellow citizens. I lie urbanity ol ins manners, the open hearted frankness with which he received tho congratulations of his friends, deeply impressed all impartial and disinterested persons at the Capitol with the confident assurance, that he was about to enter upon the high office, to which he had been called, with a single heart and purpose to discharge and faithfully execute the important trust. Numerous strangers, from almost every .wtinn of this wide spread Republic, for days and weeks "preceding' tho 4th of March, had been rusmng mio uio .ucniulis til! the crowd had become immense almost bevond calculation. Every hotel and hrvnr.linr houso was filled to ovc rflowing, and almost every private residence crowd ed bevond convenient accommouaaou. The procession for the Inauguration was formed in beautiful order, and, as it passed alon the streets and avenues to tho Capitol, the thronging multitude, pressing against each other," seemed to move on like tho ocean wave, and w ith the "noise of many waters." The spontaneous expression of joy and gladness which ever and anon burst forth from young and old, even from the aged matron rnd the blooming maiden, together with the waving of handkerchiefs from the crowded windows, proclaimed to the warworn veteran a welcome to the highest honors of his country. After taking the oath of office, and having delivered his Inaugural Address, he returned from the Capitol to tho President's Mansion amid rlie increased acclamation of nearly forty thousand of his admiring countrymen, who there, tendered him their cordial congratulations. Thus passed away this joyous day

ot his political triumph, none suspecting that in one short month the whole scene would be changed; that God was preparing to summon him away from the height of his earthly glory, we trust to a more exalted station at Lis right hand. IXis Religious Character. The next morning (the 5th of March) Gen. Harrison walked down on tho avenue, and purchased a Quarto Bible and Book of Common Prayer, which he carried home with him, and directed the servant to place in his bed room, wdiero 1 saw them

on the night of his death thereby indicating that ho had chosen that Holy Book tor the rule of Ins faith and guide of his life in the execution of tho important trust committed to h'.s charge. Tin; Bible he was seen reudin-v every morninj and late! evorv evening. In his first letter to Mrs. Harrison, after his Inauguration, he states that, after he had returned from the Capitol to the President's Mansion, as soon as he could command any time, he retired to his room and fell down upon his knees before his Maker thanking him for all his mercies, and supplicating his gracious guidance in the faithful discharge of the duties of his high station to his country and his God. On Sunday morning, the 7 th, Benjamin Harrison, Esq. of Virginia, at the request of the President, called at my house, desiring to know whether he could be accommodated with a pew for himself and family for that day, and expressing a wish to obtain the one recently occupied by Mrs. Madison which tho owner accorded to him. In the public worship of the church he confirmed to all her rituals in the audible responses of the service, and, with that humility so expressive of devout feelings and humble devotion, bowed himself on his knees before the Majesty of Heaven, and supplicated that mercy of which as a sinner, however highly exalted his station, he stood so much in need. Tims following the example of the pious rulers of Israel and the illustrious men in every age who have adorned the doctrine of Gxl their Saviour. The following dav he purchased the pew, and regularly attended the service of the church every Sunday morning, until prevented by his last fatal sickness. His high regard for the Sabbath was such, that, of late years, lie always avoided travelling on that hoi v da v, unless from absolute necessity; and during the short period he occupied the President's Mansion, carefully avoided all company on thru day, and dined at an early hour, that he ifiiih: attend puhli'; worship in the afternoon with his family, some, of whom belonged to the communion of tho Presbyterian Church. His high estimation for the "people of God" was most nobly 9iiown in kindness to his ministers. On a recent occasion, he said to a brother clergyman of mine, with whom he had been for some time acquainted, whom ill health prevented from the performance of his clerical duties, and on whom he had. within a few weeks conferred a vacant clerkship until ids health would enable him to resume the duties of his ministerial office: "I see no company on Sunday, and dine in a plain way; but 1 shall always be happy to sen you at my table, for I love to have the Clergy with me on Sunday." In this connexion it may be proper to state that, at his own hospitable mansion at North Bendl when the infirm health of Mrs. Harrison would not allow her to attend public worship elsewhere, Gen. Harrison would often obtain the services of a clergyman for the day, and remunerate him liberally. It has also been stated to me bv a member of tho family that, some years since, ho accidentally became- acquainted with a young Minister of the Methodist church in indigent circumstances, wlnse native talents and powers of mind promised extensive usefulness if properly cultivated. Gen. 11. kindly invited him to become a member of his family, and offered him the use of his library until well prepared for tho exercise of his ministry. This young clergyman is now a distinguished and successful laborer in the vineyard of our Lord. Of late years, notwithstanding his having erected mostly at his own expense, a church in his immediate vicinity, yet, not being able to support a clergyman for the regular services of the church, ho was in the habit of leaving home on Saturday aftcrnoon for the solo purpose of attending the church in Cincinnati of which the Rev. J. T. Brooke is Rector, twice or thrice a day. He also frequently attended a stated weekly lecture. From the day of his Inauguration, it was his invariable practice to rise with the dawn of day, and, after reading the Scripture, to take a walk for exercise, and seldom did he breakfast or dine without some old friend or acquaintance partaking of his hospitality. In this manner his whole time was occupied. Occasionally, if for a moment disengaged from his official duties, and the press of visitors, he would steal away from his family, and visit some, of his old acquaintance, with ull that cordial1 am authorized from unquestionable authority to say, that the closing part of his Inauguril Address, especially that part in which he bo reverently expresses his regard for the Christian Religion, was penned by him in the room in which he was born, and where he had often kneeled beside his pious Mother, who earnestly implored the rih blessing of Heaven on hi6 future life. W. II.

ity and generous-good feeling so characteristic of the warm hearted soldier and

devoted friend. Ilia Death. V iih this brief notice of paesingevents, we come to the closing scene of the raelancholly drama. On Thursday, the -25ih of March, in a short interview with him, he complained of being quite unwell; and this indisposition continued to increase until the exposure of his person in the morning walk of Saturday brought on a severe c'; ill and fever, which the best medical skill could not arrest. No human power could stay the ravages of his disease. The community generally, in this city, wit! out distinction of party, manifested iijl -h anxiety for his recovery, and ia etaziber8 duly and hourly called at his residence with anxious inquiries respecting his sickness and its prooable result. Its violent a:.d exciting character seemed, in the opinion of his physicians, to forbid the usual religious services in his sick room, lest they produce an unfavorable effect. On Saturday evening, the 3rd instant, about nine o'clock, on approaching his sick bed, his strength appeared to be rapidly failing, and as little or no hope could be entertained of his recovery, a few of his friends united with me at his bed side in that "commendatory prayer for a sick person st the point of departure" to another world, set forth in the service of the church, to which he appeared to listen with eilent attention and approbation. About 30 minutes before 1 o'clock, by the watch held in my hand, on the morning of the 4th of April, he gently breathed his departing spirit into the hands of his God and Saviour, and sunk to rest without the movement of a muscle of his countenance, a struggle or a groan. Thus, after one short month's elevation to the highest station and honours which earth can bestow, he has passed away from all the troubles, sorrows, and trials of mortality, I trust and believe, to the possession and enjoyment of an unfading crown of glory in the realms of Eternal Day. For, whatever may have been his character and conduct in former years, of late an evident change had been observed by his friends in favor of ttue religion. On Sunday evening I saw him in his winding sheet with a countenance mild and placid as when lie expired. The next day, after being placed in his coffin, the public were permitted a final farewell iook of the Chief Magistrate of this great Republic, the President of nearly tweniy millions of people. It z said that not less than ten thousand paid their respect to his lifeless remains. The sadness and gloom so obviously marked on all countenances now spoke the silent language of grief. The victim of death the eminent personage who so recently occupied the first place in the gift of his country, whispers in the voice of solemn stillness that the Great Destroyer has conic among us; that the mighty conquerer of man in every age, for nearly six thousand vears, has winged his llijiht hither, and ftdled to the earth one who had been distinguished in arms, in the councils of his country, and in all the excellencies of private life. How exalted the mark! How distinguished the object! How fatal the blow? The arrow was sped by the arm of Omnipotence the victim fell he lies beneath the cold earth, to rise no more until the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God, on the morning of the resurrection, shall call his reposing dust into spiritual life. For "the trump shall sound, and the dead shall be raised, incorruptible, and we shall be changed," and summoned to the final judgment. In anticipation of this coming event, and of the awfully momentous consequences invulved in it, our deeply lamented departed friend was not unmindful of the needful preparation. It has come to my knowledge that, for some years past, his mind has been deeply impressed with the important concerns of eternity, and that he had frequently expressed his confident faith and hopes in the Gospel of the Son of God, and had been for some time desirous of uniting himself in communion with the church, and intended doing so as soon as the recent political excitement should hare passed away, whether it terminated favorably to his elevation to the Presidential office orotherwise. This holy purpose, it is understood, had he survived, was intended to be consummated on Easter Sunday, but was denied him by the interposing hand cf God, in whom he had placed his trust. "Life makes the soul dependent on the dust; Death gives her wings to mount above the spheres. Life is the triumph of our mouldering clay; Death of the Spirit, infinite, divine' His God sustains him in his final hour! His final hour brings glory to his God! Man's glory lfeav'n vouchsafes to call her own." The great number of communications received from different parts of the country, requesting information on the subject of the demise of the late President, rendering it out of my power to answer them all in a manner either satisfactory to them or to myself, has induced this communication for the information of the clergy and the public at large. In preparing the above statement, it has been my object to collect all the incidents and facts that hve come to my knowledge respecting the late President while in

Washington no one of which, singly, would be of sufficient importance to establish his Christian character; ycl, when combined, they agreeably harmonize in manifesting the bent of his mind, and the ruling desires of his heart. .. TVTay God, in mercy to the nation, overrule and sanctify this nainfnl disnensatinn

of his providence to the welfare and prosperuy oi ins church, the cause oi true piety, and the establishment of his kingdom among men! WM. HARLEY, Hector of St. John's Church. Washington, April 10, 1841. Presentation of the Tippccanoo Flag-. Interesting Correspondence. To THU P.KVKUiESJf OV 1HE U. S. NEW YORK, May 1, 1841. In May last, on the Tippecanoe battle ground, in presence of some thirty-thousand people, 1 was eutrusted by the surviving soldiers of that memorable field with the llag that was in the midst and thickest of the strife, which I was commanded to take to this commercial metropolis, to be displayed heie, before our fellow-citizens, as a living, speaking emblem of the valor of their old commander, and the perils he had undergone. When the political contest was over, (in which hid conrage had been questioned,) and the people had seated him as president in the White House at Washington, I was also to bear it there, and, in the name of his fellow soldiers, request him to de posit it among the honored trophies of the republic. 1 promised on that ground to execute this commission, and with an earnest conviction ol coming success that the forty-two pounder of the Empire State should herald its arrival theie; but, in the midst of scenes so eventful as those of March, I put off the duty, in the hope of a more quiet day, when, now, alas! there is the quiet of the grave! I see, therefore, no way so proper to obey the orders of the brave men of Tippecanoe as to lay this flag before you, the successor, lor whom were the dying injunctions of their illustrious Chief, and upon whom his office, and, I trust, his spirit has fallen, with the request that you will carry out the wish of his compatriots in arms by depositing- it among the trophies of the Republic. 1 beg you in their name most tenderly to cherish it. Other Hags of our countrymen have, no doubt been as gallantly defenoV, and were as glorious on land ou;- t but; while they may nave won b-. '""lcl ship, or a single field, lhd hiTstJigh honor ot winning whole bales, of con quenng empires, indeed. An "old Eagle like tins, borne by the pioneers of the wilderness, that has added to the reio-n of the cross the reign of liberty and law, becomes a holy emblem, with its in hoc mgno vinces upon it. crying out, as from the spirit of the past to the future, and which, as the country becomes older and greater, become to all posterity holier and dearer. I have the honor to be vours. respectfully. J AAiEr UKOOKS. The Fi-eiidcat'a Hcply, To Jamls JJrooics, Esq. WASHINGTON, May 4, 1841. 'The flag which was in the midt and thickest of the strife," and was committed to your care on the Tippecanoe battle ground by the surviving soldiers of that memorable field, and which they commanded you to bear to this metropolis as a speaking emblem of the valor of their old commander, and of the perils he had undergone, has been dtdivered over to my hands and will be placed by me among the honored trophies of the Republic I he account which was given me some years ago, by the gallant Ensign now no more, who upheld the banner amid the perils of the fight, had prepared me to expect to see it as it is, gashed by the tomahawk and rent by balls. That Ensign alone, of all the officers, with but twenty men of the gallant company over which, when the sun went down, that flag so proudlywaved, survived to tell in the morning of the hazards of that terrible night. From that brave soldier, who afterwards held a high place in ths hearts of the people of Indiana. I lef?y pr'.;p.erly to appreciate the fearless bearing and noble conduct of the patriotic citizen who has so recently exchanged this earthly tabernacle of clay for one that endureth forever. Earth is the coninon heritage of all mankind; but so to live as tli3t the darkness of the graves shall not obscure our names, and that they be placed in close association with the names of the j great and good who have gone before and who are to come after us, makes death itself a consummation rather to be wished thnn feared, and throws a light of glory over the grave. Such now, is the condition of "the old commander" into whose hands, when you received this llag, you so joyously anticipated its delivery. His deeds are now "enrolled in the capitol," and this banner shall be preserved as a memorial of a battle well fought, and of a victory most nobly won. I pray you, sir, to accept the assurances of mv great respect. JOHN TYLER. The bearer of the flag at the batf e of

Tippecanoe, alluded to in the above re-

piy of the President, some of our readers may not recollect, was Ensign Tipton. & Tennesseean by birth, who started from home with only his axe for a patrimony, and who subsequently became a Senator in the Congress of the United States, and one of the most distinguished men in Indiana. Of him the anecdote is narrated we have seen in the public journals, where Gen. Harrison is represented as riding up in the heat of the battle, inquiring of the voucg Tipton, 'Where is your captain?' 'Dead! sir.' 'Your lieutenant?' Dead! sir.' 'Your second lieutenant?' Dead! sii. 'Your ensign?' 'He stand before you!' where Tipton then stood, holding and defending this very flier, but bo covered with dirt nd besmeared with blood that Gen. Harrison scarcely knew him. 'Hold on,' said Harrison," 'for a moment longer; I wdl reinforce you,' and he rode off and led off there the comnany of Capt. Robb; by which time, or soon after, of the seventy-five men under Capt. Spencer, there were only ten or twelve left not killed or wounded; in this company was this flag. Int. - Steamship President. In the eastern papers received since our last publication, are sundry surmises concerning the steamship President. Though these are contradictory, there is certainly sufficient ground by them, for the indulgence of a hope that, after all, the is safe. We deem it necessary to quote only the following paragraph, which is published in the Albany Evening Journal of the 6;h intant, as an extract from a Dublin paper of April lGih: The President Steamer. The D. E. Packet of Saturday says: We have been informed that a fcteam-packet, which arrived in Dublin this morning from Liverpool, spoke a New York liner near the entrance of the Mersey. The Captain of the latter vessel stated that about 300 miles off the land's End he had seen the President; and that she had not only lost her rudder, but that one of her engint-s was totally disabled. The President was, consequently, making for the first port, but at a very slow rale. We give this report as it reached us, but without vouching for its accuracy; but we strongly incline to believe it. To cut Glass with a Piece of Iron. Draw with a pencil on paper, any pattern to which you would have the glass conform; place the pattern under the glass, holding both together in the left hand, (for the glass must not rest on any plane aurlace;j then ukc a common t-pike or aiuida; piece of iron, heat the poi.it tf it to redness, und apply it to the edge of the glass, draw the iron slowly forward, and the edge of the glass will immediately crack; continue moving the iron slowly over th glass, tracing the pattern, and the chink in the g!a will follow at the distance of about half an inch, in every direction according to the motion of the iron. Itmav sometimes be found requisite, however, especially in fuming corners, to apply a wet finger to the opposite side oi' the glass. Tumblers arid other glasses m3y be cut or divided very fanciful. y by Mmdnr means. TSie iron must be re-hcated as of- . ten as the crevice in the glass ceases to follow. More Poisoned Cheese. We leani thit eightof the sisters of charity attached to the Hospital were bad.y poisoned i-n Friday week by partaking of t heesc purchased in market. They were taken with violent vomiting and cramps, but by timely assistance of tho phyicians werj relieved after much suffering, and are now doing well, although weak from the effects. On analyzing the cheese it was found to contain a large quantity of verdigris. Several of the sisters who did not partake of it at supper were not the least affected. proving that the cheese and nothing else could have occasioned the sickness of the others. Pic. Singular. ''One of tho woikmcn a:tachod to tho Baltimore Shot tower, whilo passing through Howard's Park, at an early hour on Thursday morning, heard a flock of wild gecso passing over him and looking up saw something white descending toward the ground. Ht took of his hat containing his handkerchief, and was thus enabled to catch unbroken a large 'oose egg, winch had been sent down by one of the atrial party referred to." Baltimore American. A desirable residence. Tho New York Sun contains an extract of a letter from a family in Texas, which it publishes for tho benefit of those who do not consider tho United States either large or trood enough for them. They write: ;'If you como across any fools who have the Texas fever on them strong, just ask them what they want to lose? for if they have any thing to Ioe, Texas is just the place for them. All we carried to i.oxa.. or made there, Las been sacrificed to get away n a. again, louknow nuthm:1 ot sickness nt the North; here one day's fever will do more towards killing a man, then a month's sickness would with von." "Sam, I can't see how you cmi fir and eat white vour wife is so sick." Whv my dear fellow, it i not tliat I lovo iny wife less, but that I love r-ar. rake more."