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' TViaeitorrBlIt?-t., direree,ttc-1 ""'arc, woo enaea nu oars in lamoie-tvSStvt-1 own red bouse a mile below Plainfield Cen- iMaTeTtee UbW nJM,aa tb Unua of tbe Terrltorr of Oiea, by Mthorttr rlne foUowlnf new onfjengkt tebe aaa Mik as MUr aa ta old tone, to the sjallaat treat simple tore 1 tt ; the eoacraaing BOStOHO. aajr lajed It to deride us, I new we narefc to Tietorr, -Ad sVat' ta tnao to gnido as ! feakeo Doodle! fcafha! am! . ;i : -I TaakM Doodle Dand; It" - Bow wo made the Bed Coats ran t Yankee Doodle Daady! T fkt is not a pleasant rmsae. Est if wo malt we'll kf fit Tk 'TmIm Doodle" oaee M X Tankee boys go moon u : 'V rnknMle'it! aa! aal a f." Yankee Doodle Dandy ! u abend oar cafaias cry. At Yankee Doodle Dandy f CJ e And let her come npoa the sea, t"s Tbe iaaorent invader, ' Thm ooi YenfTi Titt " . , iVeqeredtoeereBadeber! , " 5 TkakeoDoodle! ba! hatha! . ce;'" i:: Yankee Doodle Daadj! . - , Yankee nns iU ting the bass Of Yankee Doodle Dandy! ? ''Yse Doodlo! 'HowitbrinfO 4 Ike food old days before ns! m - Twe or tareo began Uo song IQBoaa join the choru ! "'-,L Yankee Doodle! ba! ba! ba! Tankee Doodle Dandy ! Biimr atoaad tbe continent . e r. 'TT i. U Yankee Doodio Dandy ! Tankee Doodle I Kotalone ,T : - Tb continent will bear it, ' r Bat erory land shall catch the tone, And OTery tyrant fear it ! -la - . Yankee Doodle ! ha! ba! ba! Yankee Doodio Dandy! ' Freedom"! voice U in the song v ..-j J. Of Yankee Doodio Daady! . .. ma 'T. taer rino clad billa and annny akioa Let fair Italia boast; " ' Let Albion's mariner, with joy, Gaxe on her chalky coast. , Let Gallia's sons, with Gallic pride, - Of aoeenly Paris vannt, s U And proad Utspenia'a hanjfhty bards Their boasted legends chant. tbtkawiiMillav Kan'vo Land, - ua aer my song snail flwu.. - And obi tnat L, n wortay strains, ; Per excellence might teU! Waat tboavb her rede and rocky steeps No mined castlea crown ; . ' What ttaengb above her giant trees -.. , Ko feadal torrets rowa: fieri are the seats of peace, towers are lew-nine's halls. Tbe temple of tbe living God . i be aer feadal walls. Lot Earons point with blood-stain d band t,ce Te aeVH of tnaarina: gore. And boast aer thousand coat Oa every sea and shore ( The glerioas soil of Lexington . - And Banker Hill, is red. Vet with the blood that ambition spills. Bat that for freedom shod. , la vain their Bat of noble names, Prond warriors is anfnried ; aw oatnbiwco tbess alL Tbe hero of tbe worM .' JFiaim ros she i of We ngtoa, Bet that rave him birth. wed her birth to aim. . Yes. wbereooe'er my footsteps roam. Wbaterer realms I see, ' .. JRe lead X find like Freedom's boms Uy native land for me ! ,w; .- BT J. AY BAfUtov. : 0,1ady. take the boon I bring, ' ,r ., Poor thoagb the o4briag bo, , Wnata'er have been my wanderings, i ttjneertistxuetotW j , As wboa, upon tbe arighty ship. i - That sails tbe trackless sea, ; . Tbe noodle tanas toward the pole, .. So tarns my heart to thee. . W. -r . i . - . . ' TQ??emi ssay iU ssy ear - ' With seething flattery ; f ' Bat still mnidtbe jariag world - '. ' "J hoart win tarn to thee. : ' Borrow may chill this beatinr heart. maSbihe AretieeanrT It has nowarmth withia its core ' ST aarVt M aarth bnt th 2 ?ttimt' "ii one last feeble throb, :.. . Shan show its love for thee. ... Geo Tkct -Newspaper subscriptions are HTklliable indices of man's moral honesty, They will sooner or later discover the man. If he is dishonest ba will cheat the printer fsjsjM way ear be has paid when he has vot declare he has a receipt somewhere 0S? seat Uta saoaey audit was lost in the snail or will take tbe paper for some years wttheal paying, and then nacre off and leave ft eomiex to the oCce be left. Thousands xt pnUmd Christiaos are -dishonest, uLd tM winter's book wiU tell fearful tales in lisml jada I jndgmeat.- -Southern Bajtitt. tbacriber to ministers salary. tending in Cherry Bcld. 21e (so the Port land Advertiser says,) lately refused to pay bis sabsnrintisn ftl&) en tan wraand that (151 en tne around the minister had preached politics." TThexvtpoa the hater of politics was treat ed to a stiil Snore disagreeable dose of law to pay bis sabacriotioB with cwetd. -' We are of opinion that tbe man was rU ana the law wrong. . , :". rTbe Rochester Democrat meatiom taport thai x Preaideat Fillmore is about te ssaii j akody of Montreal. Rer. T. Dwisht ntmk late rjf San Ppuaciaco. bee accepted a call from the Pres byterian Charch in Itbaoa, N. Y. ssaaaaan Lone Proa FatMm'v IbcasiM for September. riTCLK JOSIIi A NEW ENGLAND STORY. Jock Crane wu Yankee born and bred. a farmer on naiaaeld Hill, and aipecimen. If eoae stranre nnrases were crafted on hi New Enrland vernacular, it was because for cneen Tears of his ronth he had followed sea; and the sea to return the eomDli nent, thereafter followed him. IIis father, old Josh Crane, kent the San- burr grist-mill, and was a drunken, ahiftleea old creature, who ended his days in tumble- ter. beinar "took with the tremens." as black reter said when he came for the doctor all too late, for the "tremens" had. indeed, ta ken mm off. mrs. vraue, our .osb a motber. was one ! . . . . of those calm, meek, patient creatures, by some inscrutable mystery always liuked to such men; "martyrs by the pang without the palm," of whom yet a noble army shall yet rise out of New Eos-land's desolate val- iejs and melancholy hills, to take their hon or from tueur Masters band. For years tbit woman lired alone with her child in the shat tered red house, spinning, knitting, washing, sewing scrubbing, to earn bread and water, sometimes charity-fed; but never failing at morning and night, with one red and knot ted band npon her boy's white hair, and the outer on ner worn Bible, to pray, with an intensity that boy never forgot, for his well- r " . r. r Lir,u orArinL mXanA .. w... j. aVvv. W CI VI IVI Then came the country's pestilence, con sumption, and, after long struggles, relapses, rallies, aii received in tbe same cairn pa tience, uetty Urane . died in a summers aight, her little boy asleep beside her, and eonuding onher flickering sense tne last mi- nor note of lire. - ;. When Josh woke up and knew bis mother was dead, he did not behave ia the least like rood littln hov i. honk- hot dre sed him- self withnnt n tear r n ar,h and ran fnr the nenrest neiirhlvip "Bskes alive!" said "Miss" Renney, "I a never did see sech a cretur as that are boy in all my daysl he never said nothin' to me when be came to our folk's only jest 'Miss ; Hanney, I guess you d better come cross lots to see mother, she don't seem to be alive.' Dew tellPsezI, an' so I slipt on my Shaker bnnnet jist as quick's I could, but he was off, spry's a criket, an' when I got there be was a settin' the room to rights, ne d spunked up a fire, and bung on tbe kit tle: so 1 sed nothin', but stept along inter ihe bed-room and turned down the kiver. and gin a little screech, I was so beat, for sere enough Hetty Crane was dead an' cold. Josh he heerd me, for he was clos't onto me, j and be never spok', but be cotne up to the bed and he put his head down and laid his cheek right along hers, and twant no red- der'n heru, and staid so 'bout a minnit; then ne cleared out and I never see him uo more all day, bnt Mies Good'in she in and .fa ... .. -r - .- nv r "WelL we laid oat Hetty, and fixed op the house and put up a curtain to her wiu- der, aad Miss Oood'ia she'n I calkerlated to set ap all night, aad we was jest puttin' a i or tea to draw, so s to keep lively, auto ia come Josh, drippin' wet, for the dews was dreadful heavy tbeenlAagust nights, and be said nothin' ntore'a jest to answer when he was spoke to, aad Miss Ooodln was a real feelia' woman, she gueased he'd better be left alone; so be dnnkt a cap of tea, and then he started off into tbe bed-room, and when she went ia their 'long towards mid night, there he was, fast aleep on the bed beside of the corpse, as straight as a pin. only holdia' o i to one of its hands. Miss Geod'ta came back cryin7, and I thougnt i should 'a boo-hoo-ed right out, but I .kin der stranded it down, and we set to work to ngger out what was a goin' to be done with tbe poor little chap; that bouse or Itheirn, that old Josh had bought of Mr. Banney, bad at never beea paid for, only the interest money whenever Miss Crane coald scrape it up, so't that would go right back into husband's bands, an' tbey naan t got bo cow, ner no pig, and we agreed tbe selectmen would bev to take mm ana oina him out. ' "I alters mistrusted that be'd waked up, and heerd what we said, for next mornisg when we went to call bim he was gone, and his shirts an' go-to-tneetin's, too, and he nev er come back to tbe funeral, nor a good spell after. "I know after Hetty wu buried and we'd resolved to sell what things she had to get her bead-stone, for Mr. Banney . wouldn't nnt in for the rent of his interest money, I took home her old JJibie and xep- it ior - . . . a a 4f Josh, and the next time I see him was fire I " a a B I and twenty years sHr, when be come oaca from seavfario' aa' settled down to farmin' ont, aad he sot by the Bible a dredfol sight, 1 1 expec;, tor he gin' our Sail tbe Dnguiesi red aa' yeiler baadanner yon ever see; sne to keep it to take to eaeeun v Miss" Banney was certainly right in her Josh bad heard in that miseraDie midnight the disenssion of bis future, and, having a well-foaaded dread of the select men's tender mercies, had given a last - ca res to bis dead mother and run away to Boston, where be shipped for a whaling voyage, was cast away on the New " Found land shore after ten years of sea-life, and be- no- at that time a stout youtn oi twenty, sick of bis seamanship, be had hired himself to work in a stone-yard, and oy we time ne was thirty-five bad laid up enongh money to return a thrifty bachelor, and, buying a lit- Ue farm on FlaiaOeld ttiii, eiue u-wn w bis ideal of life, sod become the amusement of part of the village, aad the oracle of tbe rest. j We boys adore Uncle Josh, for be was always ready to rig our boats, spin us yarns week long, and fill our pockets with ap ples red and r asset as bis own honest face. With tbe bells of tbe village.TJncle Josh bad no such favor; be would wear a pig-tail in spite of scoff and remonstrance; he would smoke a cutty-pipe; and be did swear like a sailor, from mere habit and forgetfnlnesa, for no man, not professedly religions, dm t diviner instinct of reverence and worship than he: but it was as instinctive in bim to swear as it was to breathe, and some of our boldly-speculative and law-despising young sters beld that it was no barm in bim. any more than "gosh" and "thunder" were in as; i or Teairy be meant no more, However, Uncle Josh did not quite recip rocate tbe contempt of tbe sex; before long he began to make Snndaj night risitationji tt Deacon Stone's, to "brush his hat o'morn Ings,w to step spry and wear a stiff collar and stock, instead of the open tie he bad kept, wttb tbe big-tail, long after jacket and- tarpanlin had been dismissed the ser- JJJ "g",, rice; so the Tillage directly discorered that was courtinir tne scuool-mis- tress, "Miss Eunice " who boarded at Dei eon Stone's. What Miss Eunice's surname might be I never new, nor did it mnch mat ter; she was the most kindlv. timid' and lovable creature that ever tried to reduce a district school into manners, and arithmetic;! sne fives in my memory still, a tall, slight Igure, with tender brown eves, ind a sad face. Its broad lovely forehead shaded with silky light hair, and her dress always dim tinted, jaded perhaps, but Scrupulously neat and stable, Every body knew why Miss Eunice look ed so meekly sad, and why she was still AIiss" fcunice: she had. been "disappoint- eu;- sne naa lovca a man better tban be loved her. and. therein coDvino- the sweet an. vata.a . J pels, made a fatal mistake, broke her s-irl's heart, and went to keeping school for a liv ing. . ., . : , . . : , All tbe young people pitied and patron ized her: all the old women agreed that she was -a real clever little fool r and men re garded her with a Species of wonder and en- riosity, Bret for havins a breakable heart. first Tor having and, next, for putting that member to fatal "arm lor one ci tueir siaai but boys rank I - J . , . , TT i . - .. w JttlJMI 1ZjUUIce uneie eioaa; ipr mere tore we worm nas sneered it ont tr them. t a . a,. v S a U " a ..... ,wf tnat regards a sad or Injured woman as creature Claiming1 all their care and protec tion : sua n was witn a tnrui or virtuous in dignation that we heard of Josh Crane's in- rVV I " J u mrs. "L:r.-? "ney n0 ,.r " " "ry use- . " . . IU Paiiiig news con&ded to MiDIS. WM lD tu porch) that I . " B",uis uc . iwsu I f'rane 'mtic. ha ia'n'l ...r ... Is" . Z 17? I .. . .r uul 8ne r'T " . "vwaT m on t, so every- didn't want nobody to tell on't." OOOy Oldl i.-: i .:: s-f 1; !.,!::;- It was. beside, true. Miss Ennicn u sincerely religious woman, and though Josh Crane's simple, fervent lore making had stirred a thrill within her she had thought quite impossible, still, she did not think it was right to marry an irrelieions man, and she told bim so with a meek firmness, that quite broke down poor Uncle Josh, and he went back to his farming with profonnder respect than erer for Miss Euoice. and a miserable opinion of himself. lint be was a person without traiie ofanv sort; he would have cut off bis pig-tail, sold bis tobacco kee. tried not to sn-enr f.ir hep sake, but lie coald not pretend to be pious, acd he did not. 4 1 ' ; A year or two afterward, however, when both had got past the shyness of meeting, and set aside if not forgotten tbe past.tuere was a revival or religion in PlainCeW no of "good eerd" sown in past generations, it may be, and among tbe softened hearts and moist eyes were those of Uncle Josh. His mother's prayers had slept in the . leaves of his mother's Bible, aud now they awoke to ue answered. It was strangely touching even to old Parsoa Pitcher, long ased to each interviews witn tne oddest of all people under excite ment ragged Xew Enslanders to see the .simple pathos that vivified Uuc'e Josh's sto ry or bis experience; and when in the midst of a sentence about bis ,dead motber. and her petitions for his safety, with tears drip ping down both cheeks, be burst into a hal lelujah meter tune, adapting the words "Tkoagk seed Ue buried long in dost," etc.; ' and adding to the diversity of rhythm tbe discordance of bis sea-cracked voice, it was a doubuul matter to parson Pitcher wbeth er he should laugh or cry; and he was forced to compromise with a hysterical snort, just as Josh brought out tbe last word of the verse oa powerful fugue, Cro-o-oop!"' . ; i .. i -So earnest and honest was he, that, for a whole long week after he had been exam ined and approved by tbe church committee as a probationer, be never once thought of Miss Eunice; when, suddenly, as be was reading his Bible and came across tbe hon orable mention of her name by the apostle. he recollected with a sort of shame-raced delight that now perhaps she would have bim ; so, with no farther ceremony than re ducing his gusty flax-colored hair to order, by means of a pocket-comb, and washing his bands at the pump, away be strode to the school-bouse, where it was Miss Eunice's custom to linger after school till her fire was burnt low' enongh to "rake op." . . Josh looked in at the window as lie 'brought to," in bis owu words, "alongside tbe school 'us and there sat the lady of his lore, knit-: ting a blue stocking,' with an empty cbatr' most propitiously placed beside tier in front of the fire-place.' Josh's heart rose up might ily, but he knocked as little a knock as his great knuckles could effect,' was bidden in, and sat himself down on a chair in a parox ysm of basbfulness no wise helped by : Miss Eunice's dropped eyes and persistent knit ting. So be sat full fifteen minutes, every now and then clearing bis throat in vain at tempt to introduce the point, till at length desperate enough, he made a dash into the middle of things, and bubbled over with: "Miss Eunice,-!' vo Kt religion 1 I'm sot out for to be a real pious man; -can't you feel to have me now T -j t ..-..-.,' What Miss Eunice's little trembling lips answered, I cannot say, but I know it was satisfactory to Josh for his first reverent impulse, after be bad gathered op her low words was, to clasp hands and say "amen" aa if somebody bad .asked a bless ing;' perhaps he felt he had received one in Miss Eunice. ; :.;; , .t :tt .7f ;.-a When spring . camo they were married, and were happy Yankee fashion, without comment or demonstration, but very happy. Uncle Josh united with tbe church, and was no disgrace to bis profession, save and ex cept in one thing he would swearl Vl Vain ly did deacons, brethren and pastoc assail him with exhortation, remonstrauce and ad vice; vainly did his meek wife look at bim with pleading eyes; vainly did ho, himself repent, and strive aud watch, "the stamp of lagou remained," aud was not to be easily prooted. no..-. '5" i :! u. ' rv .- t At length Paraou Pitcher, being greatly scandalised it Josh's expletives.uBed unluck- ily In a somewhkt excited meeting on church business, (for in prayer meeting ta fcever answered any calls tb rise, lest bkIt should get the better of ainv and shock US rery sinners he might exhort) Parsoa : Pitcher himself made a pastoral call , at the . farm, and found Its master1 id the garden hoeing corn manfully. i ' "i-- "Good day, Mri Cruel? said the eld gen tleman.. :! J.hii-'s ji 'aii v T-jvj a v,: I "Good , da v. Larson Pitcher, sroed dav! d d hotday," sir., answered , the lUncon scioni - HIJoi so hoi as bell for iwearersT sternly responded the Parson, who) beiet fami ly renowned in New-England noway mincing matters, sometimes verged upon profanity himself though uDires. Josh threw down his hoe in dsepal ; t swearl tbe d d dorlT it if I v .v.u raiu IIV, , I V. I I If S1m KMIlli don't, keep a golu'l Oh. Pahon Pitcher! 1, fafion Pil what shall I dew? it 'swears of iUelf. I am clean beat tryin'to bead it off, con - not I mean Confuse it all! Pm such ad bid band at the wheel, sirl" - . ' I- L: v.r Luckily for Josh the .Parson's risibles were hardly better io hand than his own profanity, and it took him now a long time to pick up his cane, which he had dropped in tbe currant busbe, while Josh stood among the cornhilla wiping tbe sweat eff Ins brow, in an . abject state of penitence and humility; and as tbe Parson emerged like a inn moon from tbe leafy currants, be felt more charitably disposed towards Josh than be bad done before, "it's a very bad thing, Mr. Crane," said he. mildly. ' "Not merely for yourself, but It scandalizes the cbnreh members, aud I think you should take se vere measures to break up the habit." "What npon airth shall I do. Birr" pite- onsly asked Josh, ' it is tbe d dest plseael oni i swan io man I've done it awin P I w . . w And here, with a long bowl. Josh threw himself down in tbe weeds, and kicked but like a half-broken colt, wishing in . bis soul the earth would hide him. and trvinir to feel as bad as he ought te, for ' his honest con science sturdily refused tb convict bim In this matter, faithful as it was in less sounding sins. ... . i s ; i- - , ... . i I grieve to say that Parson Pitcber rot behind an apple-tree, and there cried, per haps! for he was wiping his eyes and shak ing all over, when he walked off. and Josh, getting up considerably in a state of dost, it not asbes and sack-clock, looked sheepish ly about for Lis reprover, but he was gone. rarson ntcuer convened the deacons and a few of tbe uneasy brethren that eight in bis study, and expounded to them the duty of charity for people who would sleep ia meeting; had to drink bitters for their stom achs' sake; never came to missionary meet ings for fear of the contribution box: or swore without knowing it; and as Deacon Stone did now end then snore under the pul pit, and Brother Eldridge bad1 a " "rheuma tic" that nothing but chokeberry rum would cure, and that is very apt to affect tbe head, and Brother Peters had so firm a conviction aVptTnsWlfelOTllgTihey have patience with Brother Crane'a tongue iU; aud Parson Pitcher smiled as he shnt the door behind them, thinking of that first stone that no elder or ruler could tnrow.' V; KeTertueJess, he paid another visit to Josh the next wetk, and found him in a hopeful state. - ' - r- "I ve bit ont now, Parson Fitcherr said he, without waiting , for a more usual salu tation. - ,'lMiss Eunice she helped me she's waster cretur for invention,' I a SBjrar! therel that's it! When I'm goin' to speak quick, I catch bp something else that's got the same letter oa tbe bows, and I tell sew.' it goes 1 'r else its somethinV ' Holla 1 I see tbem d dipper sheep is in my ' Corn Git aoutl git aoutl you ddandelionsl gU aoutl" here he scrambled away after the stray sheep, just in time for the Parson, who had quieted his race and walked to to see Mrs. Crane, when Josh came back, dripping and exclaiming "Peppergrassl tbem is the d drowndest sheep 1 ever seel" ' v ; ' This new spell of "Miss Eunice's" as Josh always called bis wife, worked well while it was new ; but tbe unruly tongue elapsed, and meek Mrs. Crane had grown to look upon it' as she would upon a ' wooden leg, I had .that beea Josh's infirmity with pity aud regret, tho purest result of a charity which "endureth and hopethall things,", em- neotly ber ruling trait. . Everything else went on prosperously; tbe farm paid well, and Josh laid up money, but' never for himself. They had no children, a sore disappointment to both tbeir kindly hearts, but all the poor and orphan little, ones in the town seemed to have a special claim on their care and help; nobody ever ' went away hungry from Josh's door, or on-2 consoled from Miss Eunice's "keeping room f everybody loved tbem both, and in time peo ple forgot that Josu swore; but be never, did; a keen pain discomforted him whenev er be saw a child look up astonished at his oath. r. He had grown so ' far towards "the full ear," that he understood what an offence his habit was,' and it pained him very much that it could not . be overcome ' even, in so long a trial ; bnt soon other things drew on to change the current of Josh's peniteut thoughts. , "V'J".'-,' " . He had been married about ten years when Miss Eunice . began to show signs of failing . health; she was, after the Yankee custom, somewhat older, tban ber husband, and of too delicato a make to endure the hard life Connecticut farmers must, or ' do lead, i Josh was as fond of her as he could be,; but be did not know , how to : demon strate it; all sorts of comforts she had, as far as food, and fire, and clothing weut, but no recreation ; no public ' amusements ever visited Flamfield,- a sparse and quiet village far off the track of aay railroad; the farm ers could not spend time to drive, round the country with their wires, or to go visiting except now and then on buuday niguts to a neighbor's; sometime to a paring or husking bee, tbe very essence of, which was work ; once a year a donation party at the minis ter's; and a 'rare attendance upon - a sewing circle, distastefnl to Josh,who must get and eat his supper alone in that case these were all the amusements Miss Eunice knew. Books she had none, except her Bible, Bos ton's Fourfold State,' a dictionary and an arithmetic; relies of her school; and; if ever she wished for more, she repressed the witn, because those ousht to be tnonebt. she did . a ' ' J..J ka nAntiniAna DOl KDOw. ur, rvu uvip w wnovwus " " ' - . l ia 'a. 'li humanity needs something ror its lesser ana rouna ,ibb ausiy -uu cuuwewuwi meeuug-, " - trivial life, that "by all these things men bouie to which they carried his wife in her Quakerly clean lire," ta well as by the word add by bread. So she drudged on uncomplainingly a- and ifter ten years of patience , arid labor took to-ber bed.' and was 'nrooonhrert 1,4 "f lie Plainfield doctor, U have i successively1 .'a spine in tbe back . "rising of the lungs,? aud a "gitteral complaint of the lights" was it catarrhal? 1 ' Duly was she blistered, plas tered.nnd fomented; dosed with Brandreth's Sills, tnulhm root and elder- tansy; burdock, itter-sweet, catnip and boaeset-teasj sow bugs tickled into a ball and swallowed alive; dried rattlesnakes' flesh ; aud the powder, of tt red squirrel, ' sliut into a red hot oven livi fng, baked till owderabJe, and then pat through that process '- in a mortar and ad ministered fasting. JbsSS Vft.i::Vi. Dearly, beloved, I., am, not j improvising Alt these, and sundry other and filthier medicaments, which I refrain from mention ! ing, 'did Once', perhaps : do still," alouod in i the islands f: this Tankeedonf: end"?T thousand yearly, s wiUi the jaw-btme of Usi test . ... . i Of course Miss Euuice pined odj lan guished, not merely from the Atopies", thht she swallowed, but because the very fantr that bad set itself in the breast of Josh's gentle mother gnawed bud rioted ,1u hers. A a a .a on - mi - 1 ' ' ' Ai icngtu some idea oi tbu-knid occurred to Uncle Josh's mind: he tackled no Boker. the old herse.and set ont for Sanbnry .where there lived a doctor of some eminence, and returned in . triumph with Dr. Sawyer fol lowing in his own gig". L ia ,rn.,.;-i.-3 rs . Miss Eunice was carefully -examined by the physician, "a, pompous but .kindly. man, who saw at once there was no hope and no help for his fluttered and panting' patient.,; - When the' millennium" eomev let us hope it will , bring physicians of sntBcient forti tude to forbear dosing 4n hepelesa jcases; It is in rain to .look for such ia the present conditition of things, and Dr. .Sawyer, was no better than bis kind; he hemmed, hawed screwed up one eye felt Miss Eunice's pnlse again, and uttered, oracularly r ;!!"?- "I thiuk a potion .of some sudorific febri fuge would probably allay :Mrs. Crane's hectic." ' ' ' "Well, I exiiect it would." conGdentir as serted Josh; "can I get It to tbetore, dec- terf 'f ? ; t d'3 Slii t'i "I ffl tti "2so sir; it should be compounded id the family, Mr. Crane." .. , r f:ttl, "Dew tcllf fespoiided Josh, rattier crest fallen, but brightening up as the doctor went on to describe, In all tbe polysyllables he could muster the desirable fluid; at the end Josh burst pu joyfully. with , - Si. f. I sw swan I t aint notLing . but lunon- s Dr. Sawyer gave him a look" cf contempf; ind took his teste Josh laboring Under the and profound and Laiipt conviction that nothiue ailed Miss Eunice, if lemonade ira all that she needed; while the ilcctcr called, on his way home, to see Tafson Pitcher, and to him confided the Mournful fact that-Miss Eunice was n ettinar reaur for hravea - fastJ coukl scarcely linger another, week, by any mortal belp. r k arson I.itcuer grieved truly. frer tw wvtKSii-t.atnit' religion io all his olnlreli j moreover he knew hew Josh would : fael,- and he dreaded the task of conveying .tq bim this paiaful fatel ligencc, resolriug, nevertheless, to visit tbem next day with thst intent, as it was now too near flight to mate it convenient.' 1 ' 1 But a more merciful and able-shcLherd tha.Q he preceded him, aad spared Joshi the' liugering agony ef an,-expectation that could do him no good. Miss Eunice had a restless night after Dr. fcawy ers visit,, for, j with the preternatural keenness of her. dis- she read the truth in his eye aid tor)-, ! and,, though she bad long looked on to this- end, and, waa ready to euter , into . rest,: the nearness of that uutried cure .agitated, her,, and forbade her sleep'; but faith unfailing in bitter need, calmed her at length,3 and with peace written "upon ' her- face, she slept till dawn; a sudden pang-: awoke bor and her A j TL. I.. i:r. i l i. .:iJ low, where the red morning light , showed ber gasping and gray witn death; lie turned all cold. " V i - -"Oood I 'ye, JoshP saW her1 tender v-oicir, fainting as it spoke, nod with one upward rapturous look, of llie .swft brown eyes,, they closed forever, and her' head , fell ..back on Josh's shoulder; dead: J J ' : ' ' There the ueighbor who 'did chores Tor her of late, found tbt -two w him: till Parson' Pitcher rne th.b and!' tak ing bis hand, raised and led I hinl -intoHb kee.,iDT rooik. . There Josh brushed .off tktii room. , xbere joaii. urusuou am lad ire bis drenched eyes with the ack j ugh haudnhd' looked straight at itcher NW'I 6 44 mut before of bis rou PaHilH Pit otuie ' ken ahB' ftfnV pe e in. ; Josh had changed. since bis tnotfaerdied 6!JV'ut,," - " "u. for the moment Mrs. Casey .lifted, hisiwiff- -L J.t, See- ?- from Ins arm," Md.laM.hrr patient, peaceful I fear dreadful; and I a'nt no more, rcsign faoubackon ita pilloVrJesiufluug chhoSlf j M w ber dyin .than I used to- be;, and I down beside her. cud, cried aloud, with the j taa'tstan-'Jt I . set to figgerin? onit out, passion ' and,-careiossness of a cbUdv,yo-J MtJt'f li- e-eyfhaB bad iwt.'AnM irrW WA''-:1iiiannM fenoush. 'flictions and. trials; o I coacjnded uu iiuuiu a v uuu asaiua as wxva v uvui va au j w i -Oh Lord! she-i'dentf," satd he,' aslf -he 1U1 -1 eota S" ,?;wTrTi r alone of all the world knew Jtv W. reelected, what.pld Cap Thonj, sed to ,"Yes, my son, she ia lad, solemnlyre- a7. w.heu I was.a boy .aboard of bis whaler plied the Parson; "It is the will of Oodand f'Boys, says he you re idjers sqt fp bev Vou must consent " J ,"iJ VJ B your own way, end you've got t6 lieV isine, "1 cant I cao'tr tu a goiug'ito,-:: itr VJ cbff l 1 aball og yw-to bed Josh 'U'nt no use talking 'J if I'd 00-4 rope-yarns;ior ebiejyoiiJi hnve to uake m DW " " W '.I.. v .1 . . , . . I ..ill J-T lv exnected somethin-r.it's that doctor ! Oh Lordl I've swore, and Miss 'En nice-,1s deadl ob gracious goody 1 what be I a goin' to dof oh dear I oh dear ob Mis Eunicel" Parson Pitcher could not even smile the poor fellow's grief was too deep. What could be think of to console him,' but that deepest comfort to the bereaved, her better state. .AI j dear friend, be comforted. . Eunice, is wiUi the blessed in heaven.' , . , ; , "I know" it! I kuow il! she allers raa nigh about fit" to get ther without dyin Oh Itfudvi. afae'a son t heaven aiui I lia'at!" : , 2io there was no consoling Uncle Josh; that .Jreuch of .nature showed it. He was alone, and refused to be comforted ; so Par son Pitcher made a fervent prayer for "the living; that unawares merged into u thanks giving for tb dead,! aud went hie way, sor rowfully convicted that his -Jioly office bad iu.it no. supernatural power or aid. that some thiugs arc too deep and. too mighty for man'.' 4 .w XM "r J " i -"Josh's crief raved HieTf into worn dut del jection, atlli too poignant to bean the' gent-1 lest touch; bis groans and cnes .were neart-. breaking at tbe funeral," and it seemed as if ha would really die with1 agoiiy, while 'th e ! despairtog wretchedness of tbo funeral hymn 4kn WsailinfW rnfUk ff 'sHasiDnt. Wm VnrMBtasr ! "-"O , . w.w jw - . 1 1 t 1 J , I tdffin, one sultry tAugust Suuday; 'to utter prBjcra ami ujmns aoove nor who how need- ed .prayer, ' and beard the hymns "of .After this Josh retired to his own bouse, and, according to Mrs , Casey's story, nei ther slept hor ate ; but ' this was somewhat dpeclirypBitV and three days after therfune ralr - Parson "Pitcher, betaking himself to the Crane farm, fofibd Uncle Josh whittling put .a set . of clothes pegs , on his door-step, but looking very downcast and miserable... u "Good morning, t(Mr. Crane," ' said the good divines - - . . : ? -1.!"MoniiiPafson Pitcher ; have a cheer?" s The Parson Sat down en the bench of the stoop,- and wistfully surveyed Josh, wonder ing Low best to introduce the subject of his lossj-bnt5 the refractory widower gave no sign, and at length the Parson fpoke ' 1 "I hope ybu beinn to be resitrned to the pwill of will of Provideiice, my dear lr. Crane." 2a, I don't, asnerkl' hnnestJv retnrltxl Josh. Parson Pitcher was shocked l " "I hoped tp find you in a better frame,",) saidher3 " " MJ -- i - .iiiucu a i7:ir, iirng ing down a finished pep ephaticaHy; ! a" - res:gjiea,.s 41 waul aiiss inoiotii I,'nt willing to have her dead, I can't, and a'nt, and that's the' h!! on't! ' add 'd a eight rather oh igoodyT I've swore again. Lord-a-massyl 'n shea'nt here to look ntine whea I do and. I'm goin' j straight; to tbe a ...Qhlaud!, there it, goes! , Ob dear sobl, can't" a.feller help himself no how'" ' ,l; ;fiwi.t -tu t . .; i '" ef tear, and fled past Parson ! Pitcher into the barn,, Crem whence be emerged no inore till the minister' steps were , heard croneb ing on the gravel -path toward j the gate, when Josh, persistent as Galileo, thrust his head out of, the barn window, and repealed in a loader and more strenuous key, "I a'nt wiliiuV Parson Pitcher!" leaving the Parson in a dubious state of raiad, on whieh he ru minated, for some we ekv.fi a ally concluding to ltave Josh atoiie with 'Lis Bible, till time should bluhf the keen ede' bf his pain, and reduce him- to reason j and - he boticed irsth great satisfaction that Joth came regnlarly to church and conference meetings,- and. at length resumed his work with a due amount of composure. ' ' ' ' ' There wki in- the village of PlainfieM a certain Miss Hanner, daughter of the afore, ?aid Airs. Ranney, . the greatest ; vixen ? ia those parts, and of course .an old maid. iuoi u3u mini iuio tl nassion ller temper and tongue had kept off suitors in her yonth, and had in nowise, softened since. Her name Was Sarah," familiarized into Sally, and -as she arrcwrnp to . middle ao?. lnafe pleasant, kindly ,title beiag sadly out r keeping with her nature every body vaiicu utrr oau. in., ana ine.iiiira genera tion scarce knew ? she bad' another hame. . Any uproar in the village always began with Sail Han, end woe be to the sqlackji boy who pilfered an apple' under, the over, hanging trees of Mrs. Ranny"a orchard by the road; or" tilted the" well-sweep of "hef T? 1 ; C II : T ' . in . i i , "Tlirifr" wn rT"T fmtl awaT nd shrieks aingled in wild cho rus with iiersnnll, scolding, to tbe awe aad consternation jo tvery child within half miltv" -i ,.,' ai b:-v-is tit- - .' tvj s juage, men, or I'arsoa ritibt-rs amaze ment when, little mora than a . year after Aliss Eunice'a death; Josh was ushered into bis study one es"eniug-TnDd after streaking a new store-pipe hat for a long tiuiefat length said he bad "come to speak about bein'pub Jishtd."? The Parson drew, a long breath, partly for the-mutability of man,- partly, of pure weudery nt-.iJr,vi at. I ,'Who are Vou go!ng"to'nl"arVy, JIf.Crane?' said he, after a ause; another man might:! have softened the style of. his wife tot ' be- not JoBb., , - r : trs- ssi 4 - i 4 "Sail Ran,' said he nudauutedly. ''Parson Pitcher arose from his chair, and with both hands in his pockets advanced ' upon Josh like horse and" foe t togethert but be stood bis frrOnnd. ; , j, ii uk iu tus uttuii; u wiuisimi scums nuu decency, do you. mean by marrying that wo man, Joshu-way Crane?" thundered the Par- son. : i '-'"Wcllcf yobll set down, Parson "Pitch er, l il tell ye tiio rignts on t; you see. I'm Ureadiul pestered witn tnis Here sweanu' wa' Fvo gotP I kfndef taonght it would Wear off if Missr Eunice kep a looking at me died -ber&i Josh aaterpotatea- a had dughter put myself to the winf ard.of JqnMs.so V to learn narigaUon, and 1 te bw till suddenly I brooght to vwm v - "v - j - - -w ; OaadlSall Ranr-vfaw. is the dva nd bll.'Oh dear. rTe D,Sh abont swore agin land Jqn Rinded she'd bejhe nearest ten cat-o-nine-f neve- my way yuuru,, wiimu i kuiwhi ronu 1, i- , I .- r . n j So you see Parson, Pitcber, I.wau t a goin.' to p'uV'niyseir in"a way to quarrel .with the Lord's will bgln,' aud rdo'Vc"xpcc yon to bev too" such trouble with me twioe,nas you've b:wl since Mua Eunice up and died, l swan I'll give up reasonable next time, ;in.' it rilurdluid Parson Pitched stand thisf i &Zhe?to4 Sg'SS singolar creed Of doctrine,' or the shrewd fnll,eeot;or Vimp andselNttisfied, vet : honest - exDression ot befief hat she "Vo" f.,. ;,K j:!. ria-rf-A Mswansmsnta. face With which Josh clenched his argumest.: Professing niniseir in great nasio. to jStuoy, he promised to publish ai well aa to marry. Josh, hud when his odd parishioner was 'out T of "hearing, indulged himse'irwith af long "bi of laughter,! nfujost raextingnisaarjie, ever Josli patent uuriauaaixerw; a"! s.) u-u i. j Great was the astonishment of the whole congregation ou Sunday, when Josh's iuten- tions were given out. from, the puipit; aud strangely, mixed aad hesitating the cougrat- j ulations be received afte,r bis marriage, whka took place inhe following week. Psn4 Pitcher took a curious interest in the sue- ledseMts beneficial tffccls, rather against bis Will- b iCi.-J jv-a 3W :;i 4 - - v , I Sisal I Vvntn fl A tba bast Of bouseKeepers, a scolds are apt to be; or is it in reverse that - - : Iha aaIaa tnflBTM.fl I one aepi. md every par men i oi ncri r t Lusband's scfupuldusly mended and refieil)- ed; bat if tbe smallest profanity escaped TJncle Josh's Kps he did indeed "hear thnn- der,"' end . with the ascetic devotion cfa Gayouist, he endured every objurgatory tor rent to the end, though bis soft aud kindly heart would now and then cringe '.and "Jglrtr ii the process. ': ; "'" ' It was all for his good, Le often said.'stfd by the time Sail Ran had been in Miss Eu nice's place an equal , term of years, ; Uncle Josh had become so mild fpoken. so kiud, so meek, that Surely his dead wife most hive rejoiced over it Id heaven, even as his breth ren did on earth. ' . - ' tf And now eome to tbe crpwningi hoooY of his life. . Uncle Josh was made a deaeq-f. Sail celebrated the event with a new black silk frock, and asked Parson Pitehef , home to tea after the church meeting; "and to such a tea as is the great glory ef a Kew England housekeeper. Pies, preservesk, biscuit, bread. hort-cake,: cheese, , Lonr-y, J fruit and cream were pressed, and pressed again upon the unlucky Parson, till h quite ia tfieTdndltion of Charles Lam e was quite ia the'cdndltioa of Charles Leffib' and the omnibus, and gladly saw the signal ef retreat from the table, he withdrawing him self to the bench on tbe stoop, to breathe the odorous Jone air, and talk over mat; ters and things with Deacon Josh, while "Miss Crane cleared off." ' : a r.-r Loag aud piously the two worthies talked and at length came a brief pause, broken by. Josh'. " " " . , ' . j, "'Well "Parson' Pitcher, that are caTkerla- tion of mine about Sail did come out nlgb onterright; didn't itf" - " . - "Yts, indeed,, my good friend," returned the parson; "the trial she has been to yoa has been really . blessed, and shows most strikingly" the use; of discipline in this life." "Yes" said Josh, "if Miss Euniee had !iv ed, I don't know bet what I should 'a beea; a swearin' man to this day; but Sail, sbe'e rated it out o' me; and I'm gettiu' real, re-, sighed, too." ' . " ".' " The tneek complacency of the eonfesifdri still gleamed in Uncle Josh's eyes, as be wect in to prayers, but Sail Baa looked redder than the crimson, peonies, on her posy, bed. Parson Pitcher made an, excellent pray-" er," particularly 'descanting' on" the use 'of trial?; and whefi' he came fo aa end, and" arose ; to nay good aight,- Mrs. Crane had,' vauished, so he bad te go heme without ta- king leave of her.' Strange to say,- dariogs the following year a rumpr crept, through the vlrlitge' that "MTs3' Deacon Crane" had not bee heard" to "scold one for moffthi; that she held ber tongue under provocation 7 this last fact being immediately pot te the test by a few evil mindtd and iavestigatipg, boys, who proceeded to' polf her fenneL bushes through the picketi, and iiip thtf ye!-' low . bead?,; receJvHJge- for thefr andaeieus thieving no more than a mild request netxe: "do that," whic! squally shamed them 51- td apologizing. . ;;. " With this Confirmation,' "even ' Parson Pitefiei began tdbiereduIons of fepot,an, J"i4 r.-ir toj.t, fv. - a oit i.fpi J son, as soon as Josh was fairly seated ia te studv. '"-"Well, Parson Pitcher, she's mosf'bnsaf- 1 tainfy changed. 7 I :don't believe she's "gof riled more n once, or gm t 10 me once ior six months." ; - . ; r . ' i "Yery singular," said Parsoa PiteherI, am glad for both of you; but what seems to have wrought npon herf "Well," aid CnckP Jesli" with a quee glitter ia his eye,. "! espect she nrast a bet to the winder that night yoaa I sot a talkj in' on the sloop about "ictioa3 aud herj fot next day I stumbTed and split a lotV new milk? onto tbe; kifcherfsflobr.r That fflefs,f riled er; so I began to tay; 0 dear I ot-l ry, Saill' when she ups right way aad says, says she 'You han't no r.cd txi)f skeered, Josh Crane; you've done, with 'flic tions In this World; I shan't never scold yoa no more; I a'nt goin to be made a pack horse to carry my husband to heaven 1' aw she never said no more te me, nor I to Lr, but she's ben nigh about as pretty. beh&yeU as Miss Eunice ever since,, and I hope, I shan't take to swenrin. I guess" I shant, but I do feel kinder crawly about bein re signed.? 7. ? n u ,. .--'!U -f!C-;.'TlT it ; However, Uncle Josh's. ;trobbJe47 wears over. Sail ' Ran dropped,, her, name (o$m VAnnt Sally," and finally joined the church, f and "Was as good in her strenuous way as her basbaad in bi meekness,- for there are "di-I versities of gifts;" and when ,the ' Plakfieldl bell, on autumn day, tolled long - series of ; eighty strokes, and Deacon Crane wasg4u- Sred to5 fc0 in the daisy-sprinkled bury to yard,. beside5 Missl Eunice, the Worthy successor of PartOtf Pithr had W -great diBcultyia reconciling her to bee bereaved ment as had that worthy gentleman in the., case of Josh Crane., j. -,.,.. ..-., H, , An Mi writer ! on dress says 'that 1 young women should let their - judgment , be.peen by the frugality, cud simplicity of- L their apparel." T Our modern young laaies are frugal ettongn in some a rue its vi ui ir, hcavea kaowaaasfas to fettiag-" their judg F metle 3e,2 that is aboeVall that wnetv exhibited. ?,-ri;of md sssaindi U- A Trfeii-TBt TStatx ot--Morals. nans die ttattfet motels in year district?- a4d" lonw-feeed reforoier to, a farmer wbr bad xet centiy tkiveo m am t a w---w . x re ii j eouu, reuncu iiiq iumiyi.,r j ;ev- erybody seems disposed to mind their.. owji i bnslrtes fa bur tiarts." l - .LMr. SSniBaW-S done It. . ' ; sbPoteSniffkinnrirH gwawnenr' 6 m;A i - - Pie-rt oc10vpewBew bvb rruievmu. w - on the pot,i 1 am willing-." Thera ia a family in : Kcstctky t whe possess clock that nevefoes-J avMi. .vr; strikes except when-oae-oX-the members of that familX is about to diet ..Fh 4tTsrf 0KC, though in one sense it,may .be ijdr7to js n, all Tcspects an alarm-clockf nnd ninst a very-artain- piece Of deaa'jtic'1 fnrniture. ia's tn-.ni ts--n zt&i . . 'X . c- c.t Strike lira iiseii, nu .ue person w aa, lues. sat- There is mWortune. Next to faith In t3cd." 9ea uia fover - ruung Providence, a man faith nm- self u w, own s&lTaUon.-it is thewersft : g suceesailtm$m slrcng Ks tho pillared lr-4U;.aiF, 1 springing steel.