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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1881)
J . - r .. .. ' . - : it j;- i ... i II- "i I , I. if' 1 Lt 1. 1 THE NEW NORTHWEST, TllUltauAX, iv, x. THE LAST HALF-CROWN. I vm poor cunt llrlngln the country. Tboae were the oldays of pluralism, 'and ray , rector wm great pluralist. He had two canon rles, two rectories, a, vicarage, a prebendal stall, a anug office la su ecclesiastical court, ahd an arch deacoury. - It was quits evident that he could not Inhabit all his house at the same time, so he, gracloualy allowed me the use of his vicarage, bouse, deducting something- from my stipend, but - not so; much, letjt be aajd to bleteredlt, a he could legally bave done on this account - " Of course I married; that seenw the' destiny of tbe Impecunious curate hat they, must all come 1 to. A lchelor "curate would have very little, chance among the cherry-cheeked, maidens of Cherrlngton. Farmer Pnwaon, v the church "warden for our parish, gloried In the singularity of having only one curate, and wm very friendly. - X .used to turn In every Sunday afternoon, for evening services at that time were hardly known ln country ptaee. rand used to smoke a pine with the farmer, ami partake of his home-made wine and home-brewed ale, until Mary called us tu to tea. Mary and I married a very obvious course- and the six little ones came on with the regularity of the cherry season. Mv father-in-law said that " be should leave Mary XT) when be died, and la -the meantime allow us the Interest ilt was possi ble. If a thundering good war came again, that he might wake more money and allow us more in- . terrst. - . 1 became very much attached to my work.-and rery fond of the house and noble grounds ; Indeed, our vies rare rrounds were Quit famous In our . . ......... t tii.t I crown ai Ttn7lh warm Lt noon the totterinsr UMirbTlrt11.111?. !'olu agatnvfter-makirtgal I was not my own master, ami every curate has an Insane Idea that he would like to be his own master; whereas, after my own experience, I can ay that 1t ts much eaicr and happier to be ruled than to rule, and In all my preferments I never was hamper titan In my first humble curacy. But I am anticipating. Here was I, dreading the breaking of tbe hough, when that breaking, of the bough la a kindly Providence -was to bring aome verystrange things a Unit, There were two . ways In which my bough might Incontinently break. The curacy being an unusually snug one, the Rev. lr. Jennifer might choose to eject me and appoint some private friend of his own. But, to do hira Justice, he was a quiet, easy-gong man. Ills own line had fallen to him In snug, pleasant place, and he would not like to Inflict hard line upon any man. But there was the chance that, ' having had so many good things, be might cap , them all by taking a bishopric, which would nee- ' eeaarlty vacate ail hi appointment. There was also the chance that he might shuffle off this mortal coll, albeit tenderly attached to this mots tal coil and much nourishing and cherishing it. -1 should sav that the Biahot of our own diocese had local tie which brought "him very much Into our neighborhood. Our Blahop was' compara tively oor, and made himself poorer than be need be lie never took fine and rack-rents; he granted lease, be Improved the church property, be maintained arhuols ; be. bore cheerfully even more than hi snare of the -burden upon Una, that land whkh seems ta me to he alwaj grlev loosly burdened. 8o when the good Bishop came down to the parts which was pretty often, be would sometime tarn aside for a night or two t the vicarage when he would romp with the little coc and talk with me about the t.rvck poet ever a pipe and some of my ralber-ln-law home brewrd In the evening. The wry reverend vicar, an archdeacon of Archdeacon- (J ran tier ewn stamp, died suddenly Of gout In theatoeaaeh. It wm rather unhand aome of the gv-ut. which generally trouble Aagers and toe before making a sodden Anal deeent upon such a very rital region. Pr. Jennifer's Aamerou arpoiuttueats the vicarage of Cherrtnr loo was In the gtft of the Lord Chancellor. Ordi- Barilr, Chancellor's livings are not rery good; but this wms one of the be4. beinx betwven tour ana nr aatKimi, i noM rre Nm as m Chance of getting the living by aprtrtn for Of going to the moon In a balloon. Bat for all that 1 aade up any mind that I woukt apply for It, and thostghtthat now wa the tisae whvtt my bsppv fridalr with the Bihoo might stand me la good steexL - It o- tarlsnaiery hapi'ened that a Jew hour later the Bishop, riding by. on his cohl to visit one Vf hi farnM.drew up ta t!kboet the new which the morning pot had brought respecting this lamented demise I am rery sorrT. said the god Bishorvwbea be bad patieotly listened to the stonr 4 my pains and expectation,, I am afraid, though, vou may v think that I am the naa b)e te do you any r"t I never aed a fswr f any man Vnd If I dKl so, 1 do not think that my ask ing would bave the slightest weifht wita the Lord Chancel W.- IcocdcM, my Wvd. 1 said. nhat I had ven tured to couat upvo yr tBaeoev, But I hav A taXtaevwev say dear Mr. Vara tour, said the Bishop. hsvejever. gjven retyMiVt t "this wwawia or aay iivvHrm ment. 1 go te La.wi a linle a 1 ean and am aiway giad to rvt eut of it a mo as 1 eaav Foaae e my lirvpai brethren get little note rtxtt the TrewMsry asking them to be la their, place at cec tain tinted, er to their isJeeoi-e with certain peor4ev The TVeaMsnr never think It werth their w hue to e4 aay litiie nXr tu nse. 1 could not bip smiliag.Vt the eegaging traak Beosef t swthTtthvnwa . . -And 1 emn teil yew another thtnrVVhe said, -whirh wtU expUia to you my MMt)s. Idoart e any (vmswst aay thaak for patting ae where I am. They dd n4 0 it eat of aae kind pcs tt joew JChlM Ker ws tedjhej& fermet w hich. 1, wet to hoU tor aewxher sul llecoukt not make hi triewd a Biiop it was nsoc than darvd. to-t hecmsld make nse a IXishorv and then beceVt gie nay prrteret to ft frteod. So yon seey Mr. VT-ar, there are Wheel within wheels; and, aer all. be gave nse eearty the poorest there ts, lie rcoeabwd nse that I ahoaTkl have socnethiac So ImsJ with it ; ftxtt he BTrer kepi hi promt." - .- - JdeattT nay poor hogh had broke Jkw n t rrtNre. It wa nvs to he Kuad ap byaav rare The worthy Bishop dismounted, and, entering the study, wrote a few line. In which he stated, to my grateful confusion,-that I' was a good scholar and had worked, my parUh admirably. f'And If I can ever do anything for you, of course I will," be added. "Bui you areistlll quite a young man, and there are worthy men who hare grown gray In the service of the diocese who have a first claim on me.' I discussed matters wlttrmy wife. My fix was really a terrlhle.xme. An Incoming vicar could eject me In six weeks. Ho good a curacy might not be obtainable for years; and. Indeed,! might not be able to obtain a curaew at all precisely at the moment that I wanted It. -I was hoping I against hope j but still tbis Journey must he made. It was dfty mlle off; but Farmer Dawson- would take roe over In his gig until I should meet a rail-wsy-i-a, new-fangled luYetition betokening the end of the, world, as was thought at Cherrlngton, and only then coming Into us. It was a long journey In thone days; but ! started at early dawn in onlcr that, If poiwlble, I might see the Iord Chan ccIHr the same dsy. - Tea ami camlle were not procurable In our vil lage that Is to say.'of any degree of excellence and I was to buy them l.u IxikIoii. Als I had a mysterious mliwionto call at certalu ahopa and get some gorgtHm article of attire for .baby, with which she was to petrify the local mind on the forthcoming occasion of her ttelng chrltnel " I was to atteit.1 to thce thlng-o ran the wife's lnstrurtionsthe very first thing of all. so that I might make sure of them. I verily believe that she considered the mat Urol the living as being of quite Inferior Importance to the matter of baby's hood ami bonnet. By this neavwylttl stock of money, quite Incoitsiderate at the first, grew "small by degree aud beautifully le.' Enanty Ing it out of my pocket aud examining it just before I set out to leave my card upon the Chan cellor, I found that It was reduced to a single balf4 crown and a few smaller coins, which might pos- WW" ancefora lirht lunch. I duly turned the coins over and over and shall I coufes It ? spat upon them for luck's sake, according to a legend which 1 had Inherited from my ancestors, and set off to make the acquaintance in a , friendly way of his lonUhln the Chancellor. But like lhh Acre, my courage was Impercep tibly noting out of my toe as I drew near the big, silent house where the great man kept the- king conscience In his bag. l'uttlng on a very painful expression of appearing to be entirely at ease, 1 ascended the step and made a courageous imita tion of an aristocratic double-knock. Is the l4rd Chancellor at homer I Inquired of a bloated specimen of the British flunky who made, hi appearance. "Ills, Iordhlp ts not at home, answered the man, with Just a suspicion: of Impudence in his voice. Can you tell me when he will be at home T' "No, lran't," said the man. In a tone that con vinced me of Its Insincerity, and he was evidently preparing to bang the door in my face, or some thing Terrjike lu ' -: . . r Now. IbadTheard In my time of the virtue of palm oiL The human hand being lubricated with a exvmpoaitiun of silver. become tender and molli fied.' To ne plainer term, it occurred to me that It might be a useful thing to bribe the British I flunky. But then arose the question ef the where- withal to bribe him. 1 had but my half-crown. my solitary coin of weight, my-ifttleTdVmr beautiful, my laL' If I , parted with my half- frrewn, I might hare to trudge back to Cherring- ton oo the twt of steed which the Bishop of 8aiie bunr gave to wtMthy Richard Hooker, namely, a walking-staff. , All myjvarthly hope lut now were centered on my having an interview with thelxtrd Chancellor. 1 did not see any possible wayof getting It unlee this fellow would give me aximlttaneei. 1 felt very much Inclined to believe that the Chancellor might be Indoors at that very minute. --- .-- , Wnh'mdejilrtng -cTwrch,' I ' grasped wiyr last half-crown. Its seven brethren of the last sorer eign which I bad changed had flown away in the course of the dar. It wa a desperate speculation, but I thought that,I would venture this last half- crown on the chance, however remote, that some thing good might torn up from IV without a vevere twtnre. the last hail-crown the Fumirwa-n&hrBJr IdU--aJftd noch 1 " ho1 a errn itasTl roW of aaM: "I am re my good fellow, that you know the way how to bring me Into speech with the Lord Chancellor.-' Ior hies you, he said, with a grin, a be pocketed the half rrown,f which wtuVJ be some thing far lev to him than it woulj Kr to mevtr of bo la the world coming here, thiaking that you may Kr able to see my Urd ChancelU-r. I thought that everybody knew that hi lorthip at this time of year Vs aluaovt alway In the Court of Chaarerr. . IUU lile come home my half-crown ooetimeor I said, thinking that to might persuade the man,, at other, to utthcr me Into the aagvt n.i nfflAM. ami then the Court of Law open ing up It great, wide. ilent spaces ! H was a de light to me to remember that up a dark staircase we might come upon a lovely chapel, with wln- Hn full nf atalnMl rliu. and UOble mUSlC, Dd oftentimes the silvery oratory of a gifted preacher. I threaded a variety of complications among the the five-pound note. j fVMirta. where I saw auite a variety of Judges sitting In roled state, as like one another a one egg Is to another egg, or one old woman to another old woman. At lat, I, stumbled upon r the Lord Chancellor's Court ; but I wa positively Informed that "theCodrt bad rlen," which legal phrasejr a I subsequently gathtred, signified that when the Clock had pointed at four the Lord Chancellor nthered hi leiral nefticoats around him and fled the place to recruit his vexed soul witha dry bis' cult and some dry snerry. ; . -s I was out In a minute lu a decidedly lark and awkward imssage. V . . . ."' "And Can you tell me where the Lord Chancel lor UT I asked of a little old man against whom I stumbled In the pasMige, apparently another Pfclmeu of the usher specie. 'tCan you tell roe which Is his private rotnuT .. "And what do you want of the Lord Chancel lor," he Inquired, "that you want to go to his pri Tateroomr ' ! That 1 my business, my friend," I ausweml, a little nettled that "man, proud man, dreeeed In a little brief authority,"' should put roe through my pace. ' 't. : - "And what I your business T Inquired the man. fixing upon me one of the sharpest and most penetrating glance that I ever felt in my life. "The world's a wide one, my friend," I ajuwerrdandlhrea-roora enough in it both for you and for roe. I suppose I may want to see the Lord Chancellor without telling you all about lu" r i I "But I am the Lord Chancellor," said the little old man, with another of those penetrating gaxea. 1 a aa really an dumbfounded that-rind notat houer did roe good. With a full heart I Irft the Knowing that my fortune waa made. I d-i. Burroughs, the man In tlie hall. If I bad had the money In my pocket, his half-crown ouKht b bave blossomed into a fire-pound note. But I re gret to confess that Burroughs has never received all know what to say. "You look at me," he said, with another of those sharp looks which literally seemed to trans-JSX-One."like some poor devil of a curate who' come out of the country to bother me about aome living." "My lord." I said, "you have stated the facta of the case with great accuracy. . l-am an -unfortunate curate who ha come urilo. London on pur pose to speak about a living." " "Coroe In here," he said,, with an amused twinkle of the eye and a not unkindly voice. "I was lust going away for the day, but I can spare you five minutes. . - He led the way Info" a small mom, comfortably but very plainly furnished, nothing like so good as nr own stuJy at Cherrlngton vicarage. ' MVho are you, and what do you. want?" be mid, with an almost gruff abruptness. r Ir stated my case ,1 n a few- bricfr but I really think I may venture to say, rigorous and well choeen word,-At least 1 had conned them again and again during my recent Journeying, In caeI hould manage to get an interview. - - - . . "Have you any reference or papers of any kind?"- . -. . ; "None, my lord, except a few words from my Bishop. He is the only person of influence with whom I have any acquaintance." The Bihop of -i thiuk-Chf rrington Is In hi diocrae." : , "Jut so, my lord." .: , - : --- - -- And I produced the Bishop's brief testimonial letter. . ' . : ; r '" -"" The Chancellor rapidly glanced at It, and next be glanced at hi$ wjatch. . 7 ' I see, Mr. Tavasour, that the five minute of which I spoke to you are out." " :.'), I stood mute and disappointed. "Would 8 o'clock In the morning be too early for you to call on me at. my residence T'' . "Oh. no, my lord," I said. ; ... ' I. should hare said the- same thing regarding ane-etber hour he might have named. -w le rave me a nod, which I rightly Interpreted as a dismissal. Indeed, though I was now practically a beneficed" clergyman, j oaa noming in my pocket that could take me bonf. The thought occurred to me that I might jwtrtrwustnr bf mlnei a lawyer In a good way of business, to help roe. ( I went and 1 asked him to lend roe a sovereign to enable me to return home. . .v "No," said he, buttoning up hl enitlv breeches pocket. VI make It a rule never To lend anything to .anybody." . , , j 'A a minister of the Gospel, I must remind you that we,, are told that we ought.attimeta lend." ,.. -W- "Mr. Vavasour, I am perftttly shocked to hear' a clergyman of the Church of England talk in1 such a way. I know, too, you had made a poor sort of marriage, but I did not think that you had sunk so low an tobe driven to borrow a sovereign." "I don't know what you mean by sinking so low. I only, knaw that the Lord Chancellor, with whom I have, Just breakfasted, has given me the living of Cberringtoii, which is more than lour humlred a year." 1 - "Whew all my coufin, with a sort of gaup "that quite alters the case.--Now, I dare , my dear Vavaxour. that j-ou will want some money to. pay Induction expense, stamp duty, dues to--Queen Anne's Bounty Office, aud that tort of thing. I can lend you a hundred pounds, on the" usual business terms." . I did not express my opinion of the" fellow, but borrowed a - proffered sovereign to enable roe to-' return to Mary and the little ones. I aent it back to him In the shape of a guinea the next day, and have not seen him from that day to this. . It is astonishing how ready people are to oblige -you - 1 1 ! 1 j , . . r . . wiieu jwi mrr tftreaiity intirien4ieni 01 xneir help. . In a few minute I was blundering, halflaxed, among the cabs, cart and omnibqse of Chancery rlippet, not 1 4Dj remain there in person untilj Mr. Dawson, In ?tiWlcapacity ftheMnawiehuih-ardiv df -tsrilease me, with a view to bundayduT P.Jr - " tie. 1 was cloee to the Lord Chancellor's hooe T n i i1 hJ?n w the 1 wwt 1 m ..1 k..... .. i iii k. tit. a half dollar. I -ex pca the next morning, and hunr about It till the bells of a neighboring church tower sOould ciah eight. I then rave my customary double knock. Mr friend of the preceding afternoon opened the doorr tfole over ht itwv4 ve feat ure Wit hout-a: word be whered me into auixuBg-fooiu ctoe bv. It was a dull, cold morning, and the Lord High Chancellor was stretching his right honorable perwta on a rug In front of the fire. He advanced and shook hands, r- "Ah; Mr. Vavasour, good-ruvrciog! Have you breakfjutedrr ' As a matter of fact, I hal oolr haI a biscuit and a g!s of water; so 1 aid I had not. , "Very well ; then yon hall have some breakfast with mew Burrourhs," to the man. "briar some ywir heart we never knew when be come hHe He may . have to go and are the .. a. k. a - biac3: or he may have to r dowa ta thei 1 Z.'.a,.; . t- -11 -.J s.. never heard of the like vt thl that I should a Tneodly lH-4)CTrvak.lat With Ihe-Lord llwaw U Ltu ; or he may go h hi ewn private I kJ i rcsvravxrthr 11 jupe t Lwd.' ; -" 1 1 Mal "Itut he (mm heeaer I repeated, with their... Iterancy c aepaar. Ye; W jromiag home said the man. with aatler rrtafat -k yew thiak that he would see you aTter all hi; wwek. fw all that ? CSe- yew have an appetatmeet with him. or aalew jwi aJe a very great man; or ymt have eome to say that tW howw is sua fire, it wvkl be more than aay place is .worth to let yen la." I tbRj:it cf rertaiming the ha-crowa ; t-ut that wa ohvkMaaiy iaxpiMMble. And da yew mesua to say that I shall never be ace te see him . . Wit, ir.- he saaJ. -I Chancellor. Now, Mr. Vavasour, not to keep' you In sus pense. 1 may tell you at once that 1 mean to give you my living In Chrrringtocu , My lord, nr lord r ."TT V "I fiad. Mr. Vavasour, that yoo are a' scholar. vEKBiBot tbe cae with every cierrvman. 1 end aW that you have sn far manared the rarih of Cberrir gton very creditably. . I have thee two j tactoa-theexceilDt tetimnyof the itiKp ef I Now. I assure you, Mrr Vavaour that I : hare very often rreat aaxiety about thee living .v I I aaa bkm aaxfou toafxHtot.bebvt man. The allcaw, am f? lyrT I d'iSfu'ty tst fini out thhet man. l?utln the ITr0" Xt V J rreat canrvno.rTnjTon ttdT ntT I Trjtrtw TOt - . , J f4!HA'll , receeaaetatie4a. " t I .V ... . w.tt bt him, liui 1 will th lr Trr He ha got a ct msae. "There l oae thisr that I can A vu j wiiaosit tae ef laapn J'a to rxrajruna tSa l;iimg gealVauaaTaSKTrtt t vwrirp shoeJd ro ta CVaarery Lavne. sir. private reHa efcw to hi rwart, aad yew aatrtt t1 frJJ Al T ce1 f v0lC best all my day to deserve IU kira tareir ya are ta gI ta-e. M tikefy Viuran. rr wiU. in dirrcCr if te were at twaw: bt tboarh it be .v 1 "T, ,v . -i.LI l rm 1 . . . r z m-T ' . . " " . ts rcgaruN 1 nave had err But I appoint yoo his tw.axpr lap. it's the wi-yt 1 tave kiaa.w caa 1 rite a It in t?ae to fiaJ At aH eveata. I had ser g he41 deaiie iatelgratce in retam tor e aaJa-aaa. wax , U-IirJ -v?n el cf a pice cf 1 giviag jrou thU living in confluence of his faror- ai report. After breakfast I will give vou a line I 1 1 my Sfcretary ef ITeseutatkmA. K.,' . t T tTJaaerry. ywa la the way ef all necewarr stcr. " u:i. riii'ry I Ummily ks w K.w TTrKgtutue breakN-.t great pleaure In 1 wr.ih yoa raa Kw st aay tiaoe to ; tae 1 Laaey i I wrU I Kven dear old Dawson left me, I believe, a much bigger slice of his property than he would , hi v done If I had been a poor man. This wa the way in which I planted my foot steps on the first rungof the ladderof clerical prow motion, of that great success In life for which I cannot feel too humble and too grateful. tTbis was substantially -a story of early days ten a very distinguished, dignitary Used to re late of himself. Its leading incident is strictly true, and seems worthy of a safer record thao mere tradition. London Society. . Boxb Fttox.pt all painful things, can there- be any so excruciatingly painful aa a bone felon T We know of -none that flesh Is heir to. As this malady is quite frequent and the subject of so- -much earnest consideration, we give the last recipe for its cure, which is given by high author- y Ity, the LomloQ Lancet t JA soon as the disease-: I felt, put directly over the, spot a fly blister about the size of your thumb nail, and let it re main for six hours, at the expiration of which " tiraci directly under the suriaceof the Winter, may 1 be seen the felon, which can Instantly be takeii 1 out with the point of a needle or a lancet" : A Ban Franciscan asks the Call "if a trut can swim up Niagara Fall." ,. The editor asys hr never saw one try. . )-, Tbe Marmaia of Salisbury basbeen pnahimousIV chosen leader of the Conservatives In the" British;, House of Lord. . . The butter, cheese, egg and milk business of this country are estimated to be worth ?4!,i,000,. hhame Is not the loe of men's esteem ; It la the low of our QwusEmltcer. - 7 The following statement of William J. CougbllD, of tmerville, Mass., ts so remarkable that we beg to ask for It the attention of our readers. He taysi "In the Fall of 1 was taken. withJLi violent bleeding of the Tung, followed by a severe cough. ' I soon began' to lose my appetite and flesh. ' I was so weak at one time that I could not leave my bed. In the Summer of 177 I was ad- 4taL -hll-theTe-roe my left lung as big a- ncsded over f 100 in doctors and medicine. I was so far gone at oue time that a report went around that I wa dead. I gave-up-bop but a friend told me of Dr. Wm. Hall s Bal- ...tr.,r. MnUm rv-,.i.i.. , . - I S3 lu lor Hie loinrv I laurbed at my incJtu-v ------ - -"--- - - wv a wm 1 & a a m bottle to satisfy them, when to mv surirTe sud gratification I commenced to feel better. My hope, once dead, beran to revire, ami to-day I feel in better spirit than I have for the p-4 three years.-1 write this hoping you will publish it, so that everr one afflicted with dieal lunr will be induced to take Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for the Lung, ami be convinced that consumption can be cured. I have taken two bottles and can posi tively say that It has done more good than " the other medicine I have taken since my sickness. My cough has almost entirely disappeared, ami I shall soon be able to go to work." jSold by drug-; gbvts. . -. : Matherat Xatheeatt Waafcatt! A Are you disturbed at nljht ami broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crvintr with the excniciating pain of cutting teeth 7 If so, go at once ami get a bottle of - Mr.n Wtxuw SIH txo STKrr. It wtll relieve the poor little sufferer immediate lw-nd upn it ; there Is no li Uke about it. There h not a mother cjn earth who has ever used ft who will not tell you at once that it will regulate the bowels, and give ret to theannvther and relief and health to the chlM, operating like marie. It Is perfectly safe to use in all case, and pleasant to the taste, and l m ption ox one of the c4let ami oet wyiu-; TVS alidliutw tathe rhlTed ?t everj-where. Twentyfive cenU a bottle. ShouM be stoppL Neclect frequently reuits in an IiK-uratle I-ung liease or CVDmptKn. Brown's Bronchial Troc h rat are certain topf relief In Asthma. Bronchitis, Couh. Cat; Consunim,n and Throat IHseases. 'or.lKj years the Troche hare been recommemled ry i-fivsu Iaik. an. 1 aiweA ,-!v rf..-t ml'tfactioa. Thev arw n.t nw nntri.l Hi it harinaT beeB CV are not near nr antH.L hut having tested by wide ami constant ue for nearly an en tire riMMti.Mi iK.r k.. . t.iT. wvll-menteu rank among the tew staple remedies of the gj lAU4lterrand sirtgvn t'dca to clear snJ . ' , , , 1 "" i -