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VOL. IV. ALU AX V, OREGON, OCTOBEIi 7, 1871. ' NO. 5. 4 -.!.-,. ivvvnn m l"l IU.IM1IF.U EVKKY SATl'llUAY, 1 COLL. VAX CLE VI3, I? REGISTER BUILDINGS. Vurn r ' mi nit'l I-'inst fi'rrU. TKUMS IN APVAXCK. ;!.' year .Tim dollar. Six month ,.Twn dollars. Sm.e copies ...Ten iriits. ADVKl:TlIXU KATKS. T-.nnsient h Ivertisem.-iits, ix-r square of ten Hues or less, ftvt insertion ti ; each suh-ieipien? insertion jfl. I.aryrer adver tisements inserted on ihc most illeral terms. Jon WoliK. lluvlnt received now type, stock of eol 4tred inlcH, cards, n tinrdoii ji!:Kr,H'., wo are raviMnnl to execute nil kinds of irlnt litjl lint hotter manni'i1, and tlfty ht cent cheaper titan ever bcforu ottered In this city. Ajretttw for the ltegrlstr. The following .trcntk'iuen an authorized to receive and receipt for nlwriptkiis, advertising, etc., for tin Kkuistkk : JfirHin Smith. Ilitrrishuri. . I, Tompkins, llarrisimrjr. K. II. t 'laujrhton. Le-biuoii. I'o'er Hiiiiic lliDwnsvillp. W. KKirk. Brownsville. - K. K. Whif Irr, Scio. T. II. Heyttolds, Salem. - J.. P. Fislier, Sun KraiR-laea. D. 1. Porter, Shedd's Stat ion. "hrSlNKSrf UAliDS. J. THORNTON T T OltX K V .VD COUNSELOR AT Law. O.tiee io. Ill First strH't, le- twwii Morrison and Auut, opjxwdte the Occidental Uo!. Portland. Oregon. Will jiric; ice in tin." sujierior and lut'erittr courts of the Star', and in the district and circuit courts of the United States, jrivhtjr s)ecial artentioe to tin- collection of debt in all trills of Oregon, and to olltiit insf " di charjres in iKiukrupicy; which, since the lust amendment to the law. may Ik? ol taincd trout Mil debts contracted prior to January 1, ls-iii. wiiliou; re.srard !o the per centnjje which the assets may timtiiy l"ay. Nov. ls7;-li":Jy IMiyKiriavu al Snrsnt Albnny, Or. kKHfK UN 1 HE SOUTH S1I K OF MAIN r reel. A "U. 1S7IK V. S. JLU ISO IS HAS OX HAM) AM) CONSTANTLY receiving a large s?tock of iroeeriei itnil lroviioiii, Wood and willow ware, tobacco, cijrars, confectionery, Yunkoe uo: ions, etc.. etc., m hoIe.-wK? arid retail, opposite It. C Hill Jt .Son's drn? store, ABmny, thvyoiu iv j. ir. xiTaiKLL. . . J. y. ixjlph. -arrcsiEi & iolimi, Attornry niil "OMiiJclor! at Ia'V OI.HTTOKSIX IIIAM'KKV AND PHOC O iors in atlmii'aity. ottice over the old po-t oiHoc, From sti-j-et, Portlaml, Oregon. Ivt era A. WAIiXKIt, Civil KiiKriiieer aud Surveyor s IS Pit E PA It EI TO 1M SVRVKYINti AND enineerlnK'. I'ses itttprvel mitarcoiii ptvss. orders hy niaii irontptly atteniled to. Residence on Fourth stive't, opiosite lr. Tate's, Allmnv, Orem. !' J. C. PUWELL. I KLIJSX. POWELL At FLIXX, Attorney ! fvimorlon mt Law, XI) SOLICITORS IX CIIAXCEItY (L. Flinn uotarv itahlic). Allmnv. Orwroiu PoUectious and conveyances promptly at tended to. 1 TlTi H BKOTIIIIISS, Pealers in WATCHES, 'IorU, Jewelry ete KeiJairiitK' of clocks, watchi-s, jewelry, ft ?Vv ftt eta., attended to. All work warranted. LEFFEL & M i;US' " SrilEllICAI'FLUMES,? ? J. f:bACKKX8TO; Aiarent, 51 v3 I, A 1 1 xitii y , Oregon . 20 DOLLARS A DAY TO MALE AX1) FEMALE AUEXTS, To introdtKK the oelebmted ti 'J 025.00 Buckeye Sewing IHacliine. STITCH ALIKE OX IKril SIDES. AXI) the oly shuttle sewing machine in the ITnltod States licensed to nse the celebrated Wilson feed sold for less than tto, and ack nowledged by all to liethe let fcimllv sew ing niacnine, tor itgnt or neavy Hewing, in nit: nmrKcr. imnu iree. Atiurww MIX Elt PKARSOX, tien. Agts., 30v3tf - - Albany, Oregon, GEO. W. GRAY, I. D. S., WOULD SOLICIT THE patronage of all per on desiring artificial teeth and nrst-class dental opera tions. Nitrons ojtlde admin istered when fleirel, Ciianreg xnodemte. Office in Parrlsh A Co.9 brick block. Resi dence flrst house aouth of Congregational church, fronting on eonrt house bioctc. . Aihany, July , 1870-43 il'81NESS OAltDS. Josa. comvi:k, ItaiiUTiijc " KvcLaime Oflice, A LB A XV 01tKit)N". 'sr. DEP)S1TS RECEIVED S! liJECT TO flH.vk at si.it ht.' Irttci-enJ alloveI on thnedo'vosits in coin. Exi-han-jre on Portland, S:in Fmitclsctt, and New York, lor sale at low est rates. Collections- utadeaiidprniti't Iv remitted, liefer to II. W. tor'Hjtt, Ilcni v Failing, W. IjvI I. ; , Iktnkin hours from S A. M. o t P. M. AHmny, Fel. 1, I87l-!va &. STAKUSIK, lX-stlers In Mcnumcnts, Obelhks, Tombs, I2cul atl "Foot Sloue, : Exeented in California, Tlie Llttlo Copjer Hox. One morniii, Avbilo seatftl intlio office readiitg the Jimkrr' (in zrtte, a man entered. Now iieveral men bad j;iven us a call that partic ular morning, but this one was a strange person, who I knew at once lad entered the bank tbr the first time. I le was of medium bight and well proportioned ; bis eyes were large and lustrous ; but his lips were leautindlv chiseled and twitched i.ervousiy. v.reti scar, exienumg from his left, ear to his mouth, gave him a repulsive look. After glancing round the room he approached the desk. I laid aside the pa per and arose. '"This is the lroy J?airk?" he said, interro'jcatively, "Yes, sir." Vermont Jlnrble, null Italian SALEM, OREUOX. S:it.VNH SHOP AT AIJ1A5V. J. IXAV. SI. It.Clt.VXK DOW & CIS AX K, iHttlors in AI-B1AXV, OBHKW, TWITK TUP. .VTTENTIOV F THE 1 iu ;ic to their full slock of I lie lutest Si vies in gentleineirs aie.l you: It's lxx.ts, idiottst. gUei-s, Oxford ties. cic. etc., as well as to l he verv latest thing ont in the line of laiia-s" an'd misses gaiters. Iialinorals, Npvi)rt ties, Antometie huskms. ami r.Minv oMn-r -new and fadiionaidc styk-s. just nceivedat the City IJoot siort", which tnev will si'it :is rapatiy as iney van iiuo pnivhasers who wish nrst-ciass ;miIs at the most reasonable rates. They resjtect fullv invite voti to' come and s"i; I heir stock. Hoots, shoe?setc.. inatleir repaired to order, and aU Httfk uxiriwtt t. CITY" BOOT STORE, FIRST 'STREET, 1'lnt lor V-Kt or Kejf iter llnild'jr. . 47v:t - i -. . . ''":' - CITY MARKET, riKvr str:kt, aijbaxy, oiiHiiix, J. I.. 1IAKHIS. . B. HAIU1IT. JT. L. BIAIIBtflS & CO. PROPRIETOltS. T ILL ENDEAVOR TO KEEP COX YV statitly on hand a full supply of ALL KIND OF MEATS, Which will be of the very lest quality. The highest market price paid for beeves, hogs and sheep. Third door west of Ferry, on- sonth side of First reel. .' .1. L. ll ARRIS it CO. Albany, Dee. 1, Is7t-I5v:t J. C. IK1)EMI ALL, Xotary Public, ItEAI ESTATE Ac I XNVRAXCK AUEXT, ALMAXY, OREGON. RENTS COLLECTE I ) AXDTAXES PAID for non-residents and others, making t ont Teal etetate tiupem, etc. Ofllee one door i above telegrupli otflocv , ' Suva Albany , Collegiate Inst i t u t e, ALU ANY, OKEtiOX. rpiIIS IXSTITI'TIOX WILL REOPEX OX X Momlav,iseptember t, ls71, withacorps of teachers capable and earnest. Inst ruc tion will be tiiorouffh, and practical, and the system of order unsurpassed. For par-, titulars address -R. K. WARREX, A. M., PreslUmt ; Or, Rev. E. R. GEARY, 1. 1)., Albany. I A BAUGAIX OFFEUEil 5 . A Splendid Drtur Hiwint Fer Kaie. DE9TRIXG TO RETIRE FROM ACTIVE bnsiness,owdng toecnitlnuedUI-healtb, the undersigned oners his large and flour ishing drug establishment, in this city, for sale at a low ngure, for cash. Apply soon, it yon want a oargatn, to OEO. . 27 v3 SETTLE M EI R, Albany, Oregon. The Eyes ! The Earn ! ALKAKV BOOS STOQE. old opthaluaia - doctor, SI r. l!nMun I Dr. Golden lias had T experience in treating i f '4 A. Frceland, E.VLER IX EVERY- VARIETY OF TV JLS mlsue-llaneous books, school books. I TW.-W KTV tT" fmt r Plank tiookf stattoaery.. Books imported L - -- to-order at short iuiHMi . , -v ' f '.r i rt -- s - . x. Albany, Dee. S, 187a X 1 "- R fl$. lit T? X "NT T T ? TVXUWII-fO, OS is C4 -"fe31? 1-T5-.TIIE MOST POPULAR XA?LPK.EPA.RED TO DO AX.L KIXDS of turning ; keep on hand and make to order rawhide-bettomed chairs, and spin ning wheels. Shop near the u Mnjntoua MiiJ,?:M o iEPF1 M.MKTZLEB. AJbanyNoY. 8, 186t-l DR. X. L. GOLDEN, Oculist and Anrht, Altbnny, Oreffon. ,R.-80MEX IS A son ot the noted jy "Do vou take thiwj on deiiosit here V" 1 le emphasized the noun strangely. " Ve take lrionev,' T answeix?d. "lint things?" he said. "Seldom, sir." "Then you have taken them? ' " "Well, yes," I answered, hesitat ingly, not liking my visitor's look. " Ye have kept valuables such as jewels, wills, etc., in our vaults till ailed for. 1 'ut.it is not hi our liiie of regular business." ".fust so," he replied. "I have sometlnng, a ihx, i wish to leave ,'Lwith the bank ; you can jiut it in the vault and laU'J it, 'Lett till call ed fir." 1 bowed, and upon requesting to see the articles lie wished to deposit, the man smiled, and putting his ' hand in his bosom he drew it tbrth. ! It was a little copper 1kx about 1 three inches square. It was highly i polished, and nearly covered with tiny, brassr headed nails. 1 took it in my hands and examined it with intense curiosity. No hinge or key hole was visible, not even a seam that would have indicated a lid. "Well, ' saidl, finishingmy scru tiny and setting the box on the desk. "Well, this is what you desire to leave in our care?" " Yes, sir. .It is not bulky, and will not occupy much room," he answered, smiling faintly. "It is a curious box," said I ; "erhaps it contains an infernal ma chine." "Far from it, sir." He was be coming impatient. "Will vou keep it?" ' "I suppose so. When will you call for it ?" , -'Oh ! I do not know," lie aip sweml. -1 am going on a journey, and know not when I will return.' "Perhaps never," I said, eyeing him the while. : - J 4True, sir teller for such a'posi- tion I think you occupy here." I bowed affirmatively and said : "In the event of your death ' "The box will be called for' ho finished. , "But how will I know the per sou calling for it should have it ? Oh, easily; write me a ; receipt, and the ierson presentirig it will get the' lxx?7 ' .;' '.""-;;" . ... . I drew a blank sheet from the desk, and taking a pen wrote the following rceipt : ; ! "Received this day of-, a mum copper 1kx, to be left in the safe until called for." ; : JQHN HOWARD, i; ; ! ; ;: V Teller, Xeroy I?ank, ; u ' With a flourish 1 1 made a small mark on the receipt, sol could iden tify, it when presented. ; ; fXtw, then, sign your name in that blank there." He seized the Tien, and in a bold ichirography wrote a name--Lionel V ascini. "An Italian? H '1 April is, m. Jan. 14-J9 - STYIJJ OF Call and see s , ; WINTER, Albany. ALBANY BATH HOUSE. rpHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD "REr J. spectfully inform the eittoenjBOf Albany and vicinity that he lias taken charge of this establishment, and by keeping cU-an rooms and paying strict Attention to. dusU ness expects to suit all those who may a or him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing out FlnWiMS Hair DreMlaiff KalMHM,, . , He expects to give entire satisfaction .to. all. Children's and ladies hair neatly, cut and sliamptjoed. f Sept. is-it JOSEPH WEBBE.lt. . . . . .- . - . 4 .fi . - ,.. t . . 1 . . i. 3 which the eye an a ear are u ryoeT, ana t eei s i vy. : Alia now, " no conitniiou, will so. Take care of the little box, tliough it may not be called for in twenty years," and picking up the receipt he bowed and left. Jw ; C For a minute Jfcfter J'dOwod. of his foot-steps, on the pavement had ceased to reach my earsI found myself gazing at tlie-J singular .box:, which 1 was tinning ove and over in my hands. '.W was the lid, ? My- eurosity was raised to its high est 1)itdh; aiid I tried to pry into the tttestianges' confided: to my ; Witnmyknifeflaiiu the eiglitrnershutnd lid flew open ; then I struck many- of t the small brass hails; but no lid revealed itr Finding it impossible to' open the box, I tried -to i' conjecture with cer tainty what it ''contained. In the midtof my study the Bank Presi dent entered. ' i ; I "Hallo, Howard!" he "sliouted j 'what Lave you found ?" j -:',,?'-'." "Eook," and 1 placed the box in J his hands. J ? He examined it as I had, and hamling it back 'asked .where. I '' got it. I told him all of mv visitor. what he said, etc. He listened at tentively, and as I concluded, said : " Yes, sir," put it in the vault, in the middle safe: ami when it is call ed for. mind I want to sen th rdaiirt- ! ant " . : , ; Away I went tot lie strong vault, hugging the little, box as though invisible thieves were watching to deprive me of it. I unlocked the largest safe, a mafrive one, indeed, placed the box hi one of its inner imst apartments, relocked it and left the vault. Well; readers, days and .months and years passed away; 'Summer gave place to Autumn, Autumn to Winter, year after year, and, still the little copper lox was an occu pant of the strong safe. ; No claim ant came. Closely I scrutinized every one that entered the bank, hoping it might be he of the scar ; but hei came not. Every day I went to the vault and took a peep at the Ikjx, and the' President would jok ingly remark : ? 'Howard, if you wish, I will get a larger safe and let you sleep in it, with that confounded copper box for a bedfellow." Thus, twenty years were 'number ed with the past, and changes had been made in Ijeroy Hank. The cashier had died taken his j owii lite and I was now at his desk. Marville, the President of twenty, years ago, still retained his position, though in his seventieth year. The twenty years left ther mark behind ; my cheeks were growing furrowed, and my hair, once ; dark as night, was now gray. Still the , little box remained in the vault, and I had long siuce giv en up all hopes of seeing itclaimed. One day Marville entered bur riedly, and throwing v his gold spec tacles on the desk, exclaimed : "John, I have seeu Lionel Vas- cim . I sprang to my feet Lionel Vas cini ! I remembered the name. I lielicved that not a day had passed during those twenty long years, that I had not repeated that name a score of times Lionel Vascini, the man of the copper box. "Lionel .Vascini I" I shouted. "Yes, sir ; it is lie,", replied old Marville; "the same gray eyes, and identical red scar." - ; "Wheix? isbe?" "At the Morgu." "Dcadf. "Dead!" ' , . , ' I grasped my hat and, hurried from the banlrin thedirection ofthe Morgue. I entered among thedead. I glanced at them . and passed on. Here lay a girl, her face was beauti ful as in life - there a young man, whose bloated5 face told that he had vooit in ' thA "'water. . Suddenly I paused before me lay a r man, the cold water from above falling upon him. One look satisfied; me i It was Lionel Vascini. --.v- ? ': 5 "Poor fellow," said I, "be will never claim the box fcnd I turned to my guide,' and' nodding towards the body, asked: . How did he die?" r - j ','. "He was seen to jump from the pier last night, and when fished out he wasdeadi" , -'! ' "His clothes I would see them." Tlie clothes of the deceased man was handed tb me. I searched them. In a pocket I found a comb, a knife and a pureV In the latter article I looked expecting to ind the receipt I had written twenty: years ago, but rt was not there, - i - l "Do you recognize the body ? asked the man. ' ' ;' " A,V. Oh, yea ; tis Lionel Vascinian Italian ; I will send a odfn for it to-night."; );t-f---';r-1 - - ' I I left the horrid dead house, and returned to the bank, f- '? "Well," said Marville as I eru . ;, "I have'seen hmuw,'"'' ';.-' '. fc i "Kbw.tin; 'what ; shall wf 6 wkh-thebox?";;-,;:! it;: f-. "Just as you say Jpha," said he again ; "I have nothing to do with Ha but ifl hadljWouUj force 'the tiling open and see what it ' con tains - -'"4f H ?rr - ys. fi'-: -S:-u; "Curiosity often tempts me to do so ; but my word is given ; I will keep the box unopened until my death, should it remain uiickimed until that time." The President smiled and walked away. . ...... A stormy day, eight months after I had found Vascini in the Morgue, a man of about thirty -years of age entered the bank and bowed respect fully. , . : ,; '-: - , ... -, " You ai-e the teller, sir ?" , I "No, sir; the cashier." "Where is Mr. Howard, the teller ?" : "Here; you behold him in the position of cashier," I replied. "You were teller nearly twenty one years ago?" "Yes, sir." ; "Then I have business with you. Here,"" and he. drew from his pocket a to hied paper and haiided it to me. X tiiifbldetirit anSTstarted." I saw a name never to be effaced from my memory Lionel Vascini. I had recognized my own receipt. "Is that satisfactory ?' asked the man alluded to. -' Y'es, sir ; entirely so." 1 stepped to Marville's room and called him in, while I proceeded to the vault. Returning with the little box, I laid it on the desk. "Ah ! that is it, though I behold it for the first time," -he exclaimed, and he drew forth his knife and a letter. lie opened the letter and read aloud : "The twelfth nail from the southeast corner." He took the box and struck the nail designated with his knife, but no lid opened.: "Turn the box over," said Mar ville. The maii did so, stick as before and lo ! with a noise like the crack of a percussion cap, vthe lid flew open. Eagerly we bent forward to see the contents of the little box, which had not seen tlie light tor so many years. What a dazzling, sight met our gaze ! The box : was" tilled with diamonds of the first water ! We uttered an exclamation of astonish ment, but the man silently regarded tlie trcasure..)f -.'.-' "Gentlemen,, said he at last, " thank you for guanling this box' for so many years, and JL pray, you to accept these as your reward,' and before we could utter a syllable, he took from the box two ofthe largest diamonds' and handed them to us. " But really" becran Marville, "No excuses " said the man, im patiently. "In giving you these I but fulfill my father's last re- v tJUrf3l; - "Lionel Vascini was your father, then, - j " Yes, sir; I was in, Italy when he died. Committed .suicide, you know. Well,- he wrote to me a few hours before lie committed tlie rash act, inclosing the receipt." "But allow me to ask, saicl; Mar ville, "from whence came these diamonds?!?- . ; ,' , i "That I cannot reveal,' and the lid closed with a , snap. . "So good day,and4ho'was gone, while Mar, ville and I stood bewildered, gazing a moment at our diamonds, then at the door through which, the son of Lionel V ascuu had walked with un told wealth. ' -i :,uf i:vA J ,,.'. ' We weighed our diamonds ; mine weiglied thirty-one carats, Marville's thirty four. C. I still possess ,' my dia mond ; it is of a rich sky-blue color. Marville has died, but I know not what became of his diamond, as he departed this intestate. ; , r ;f Since that stormy day, I have not seen the little copper box nor its pOSSeSSOr.: !.-?.;. IT -rr-tu; i-' A Cincinnati , river man eoutem plates building a new steamboat, and the. cost of fuel entering largely into the expense of running aboat, he desires to economize; iu tliis one itenu .: With a view to carrying out this object, he has been reading the circulars and advertisements in the newspapers, ;to learn all the lat est improvements m machinery. He says he has seen a boiler advertised which saves 43 per cent of, .fuel, a valve which, saves .25V per ; cent, a goveif3or which- saves ,15 per cent', a grate which sates 12, per. cent, arid -a lubricator which saves 6 per cetit--total, 101 per cent. jCombin- ing all these . improvemeuts, )xe ar gues that an engine will j run itself,, and produce a balance of fuel for culinary parposes. h , ,.'.,; i ' Victor Hugo : is sielr with pleurisy. His condition occasions much alarm. Letters of BeeommndaUiir ' erentleman advertised for a bov o . 0 to assist him in his office, aud nearly fifty applicants presented themselves . to him. Out of the whole number he in a short time selected one. and sent away the rest n ; . i. ' . " x shoula uke to know" said a,, friend, "on what ground ' you se lected that boy, who had not even a single recommendation. You are mistaken. said tlie gentleman ; " he had a great many. He wiped his feet when he came iu. and closed the door after him, show ing that he was careful. lie gave up his seat instantlv to ; that : lame old man, showing he was kind and thoughtful. lie took off his cap wheu lie came in. and answered mv questions promptly and resrteetfullv. showing be was polite and gentle manly.. ie-pickea up the book which t Ii had purposely. laiL upon the floor, and replaced it on the tk. ble, while all the rest stepped over it, or snovea it asiae ; ana he watted quietly for his turn, instead of puslt- mg autt crowding, 6howmg that lie was honest and orderly. When I taikert with tum JL noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed,' his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk : and .when he wrote his name, I noticed that his finger nails were clean, instead of being tipped with jet, like those of : the handsome little fellow in" the blue jacket. Do not you call those things letters ot recommendation ? ; I do, and I would give more for what I can tell about a boy , by using my eyes ten minutes than all the fine letters he can bring me." - i " - Worth Hatnir, Worth Aakinir. - .1 once had this lesson' impressed upon my mind in .rather.. a peculiar manner, and I must tell you about it. When I was a boy, I was play ing out in the street, one winter's day, catching rides on the sleighs, and it was great fun. Boys would rather catch : rides any day than go out regularly and properly to take a drive. As I was catching on to one sleigh and another, sometimes hav ing a nice time, and oft-times get ting a cut from a big black whip, I at last fastened like - a - barnacle to the side of a . countryman's ; cutter.. Aii old gentleman sat alone on the seat, and he looked at me rather benignantly,asl thought, and neith er said anything .nor swung his old whip over me; so I ventured to climb up on the side of the cutter. Another benignant look from the countryman,' but not a word. Em boldened by his supposed goodness, I ventured to tumble into the cut ter aiid take a seat under his warm buftalo robe beside him and lie then spoke. '. The colloquy was as fol lows : " ,.. - : ...' "Young man. do you like to ride? Uuh -'-.J ;..1Yes, sir , - "Do you own this cutter, young man?" ' ; --.Noar'' .7- , t' ' - ' ; a prettynice cutter, isn't it?" ; ' Yes, sir, it is, and a nice horse drawing it." ? " " ; "Did you ask to get in ?" ' t Vn sir" r ."Well, then, why dkl you get in?" VVell, sir, I I thought you looked: good and kind, and that yon would have no objection".: . -. . ) f And so, young man, because you thought , I was good and, kind, you took advantage of that kindness, and trtolc a fVvor witTiniit. A&lriiio,-fi-ki "" fXT . - ' ' "- X BHij BUT, ; ,;f . , .f . - , "Is this ride worth, having J" ' "Yes, sir." ,:,3,.r,u. ' .',, v .Wellnow, young nuu, I want to tell you two things.. You should never take a mean advantage of the kindness of others $ aud what is worth having, is at least worth ask ing for Now; as you tumbled into, this sleigh without asking me, I shall tumble you , into .that snow drift without akingyou .And out I went likeT'shot;;ofr a shovel, and .he didn't' make' 'much.' fuss about it either 1 picked my self up m abewfldered state, but I never forgot that kon. iGod is good, and : kind, and be nevolent, but fie wishes us .to ask fox what we want, nd.. to thank Him for what we receive ; and there is no true : manliness in : taking the best of Heaven's Mla ' and- 'making, no acknowledgment for them . Vt '"' '.' "'''"'"' ' :,iv a i Content : is the. gift of. Heaven, and j not iJieceTta 5 efTec of any-, thing upon earth and it is as easy for Providence to cori'vev it witho;-.ti wealth as with it. l :' - i-.'i 1