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SALEMy OREGON Bk,RM6&
NUMBER; 36
f
'Olje Otie(jott Statesmen.
i'.ct-u n v. . i t - -
"-4d weekly, at Ira MmiMt
'If i
IUMMoi: tan moimnrm i
ABM will fc AMMnM.mP B w
7T tfeeUoa;Ul be I Jrly. '
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.