Polk County times., May 15, 1869, Image 5

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FIRESIDE MISCELLANY
THE B U T T E R F L Y ,
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Th* BotUrfly « 1 1 •«•ntleman
Of no very good reputo ;
Aftd bo rovod in tho aucshiue all day long,
In bis scarlet aud purple suit; .
And bp loft his lady wile at homo
In Mb own »e.’lu.Ld bower.
Whilst ho, liko a bachelor, flirted about
With a kiss for overy flower.
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Pis lady wife was 0 poor glow-worm,
, dad seldom from home she'd stir ;
She lorod him better than all the World,
Though little he cared for her.
Unheeded ahe passed the day—she knew
Her lord wai a rover then,
But When night came on her lamp she lit
To guide him over the glen.
One night the wanderer homeward caice,
1 But he saw not the glow-worm's ray;
Some wild bird saw the neglected one,
And flew with her far away.
Theu beware, ye butterflies all, beware.
If *aoh a time should come ;
Forsaken by wandering lights, you’ll wish
You bad cherished the iatup at tome.
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I wonder what grandma is thinking about,
- A* aha sits in the corner there,
With tbe firelight shioing into her eyes,
Apd over her silver hair ?
She has laid her knitting across her knee,
- And folded her hands so thin,
And I know that her thoughts are far away,
- In spite pf the children’s din.
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I'm sure it is something strange and sweet,
, That brightens her eyes, so dim ;
Perhaps she is seeing the golden gates,
And hearing the angel's hymn!
And she smiles to tbiuk that she soon will be
Where. th* wonderful river rolls,
And gather the roses of youtk again,
In the beautitsil garden of souls !
THE A C T O R ’S S T R A T A G E M .
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Many old theatre goers o f the West
will remember James Willis, a favorite
comedian we’ l known in that section.
' When the Texas excitement was at
lever heat, he one day found himself in
a condition to which actors are otten
fubject— “ dead broke.”
While standing on the wharf o f a
growing etty on the Mississippi, with
his solemn visage extended, planning
how ha could get down the river with­
out money, he heard the sound o f a
drum and fife.
«. He saw a small party o f half uniform­
ed soldiers, bearing a Texas banner,
and about to embark for New Orleans
A thought struck him.
The next day Willis sent his trunk
on board the first boat to start. Theu,
just as the captain struck the bell for
the last time, he stepped on board, drag
god his box into an unoccupied state
room, took from his theatrical wardrobe
aaoldier’s coat with a buff breast aud
three rows o f buttons, a cooked-hat
with an immense plume, a red sa»h.
and a pair o f false whiskers. By the
time the boat got under way, Jim was
fully equipped, with a stage sword
hanging gracefully at his side. Brew­
ing on his white gloves, he hesitated a
moment, but relying on his own peculiar
powers, he opened the door into the
cabin, which was filled with passengers
* In an instant all eyes were turned
toward him, but he walked up to the
steamer's bar, and drank a glass of
brandy and water.
• In the meanwhile all was bustle and
confusion to find out who the officer
was.
A general rush was made for the reg
ister, but he had not yet put down his
name.
The captain was consulted,
but did not know anything. At length,
however, feeling a little curious himself,
he walked up to him, bowed politely,
andsaid:!
.♦‘ Sir.” .
“ Sir, to you,” said Jim, touchinghis
chapeau, and saluting a la mililaire-
> “ Will you do me the favor to register
your name, so that I can provide a suit
able state-room for you?” said the cap.
tain.
‘.‘Oh, with pleasure,” responded Jim.
and walking up to the register, he flour
ished in round t e x t :
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“ flhas. P. Edwards, Major, Texas
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The crowd passed around the table ;
they read the name; universalemhusi
asm prevailed, and three tremendous
eheerswere given for Texas and liberty.
- Jim took off his shako, acknowledged
the compliment with a bow and a very
faw patriotic remarks.
.- It ie almost Deed less to any that from
that time the soidisunt Major became a
“ lion.” • Every one sought his acquaint­
ance. The ladies opened the cabin
door to get^a peep at him. He wrs
placed at the head o f the table, and at
wight was liberally treated with cham.
pagoe.
Next day Jim was promenading the
hnrrioan deck, • linked arm in arm with
the captain and a warm Southerner,
who reaided in Vicksburg.
said the Southerner, “ I
know you have been on a mission to col
b e t arms, ammunition and r cuits; hut
on thia subject you must, o f course,
keep mum. in consequence o f the treaty
between Mexico and the United States
For my part, though, I could see every
yellow skinned rasoal hung like a dog,
on n tree.”
“ Whatever roybnsinesss may have
been, I find that I have exhausted my
meana in the cause. In fact, 1 fear
that t shall not be ut>lc to pay my pass
Age until I get to New Orleans,” said
the artful Jim.
“ Don't mention it,” cried the captain
“ I could not for one moment thiuk of
taking anything from you.”
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T H E D A U G H T E R O F A A R O N BIJKR
‘ •I have i t !” oxclaimed the South
erner. “ Come along with me.”
The trio adjourned to the clerk’s
office, where a stirriug uppeul for aid to
Tex»s was writteu.
The Southern gentleman carried it
arming the passengers, and soon collect
cd a hundred and fifty dollars, which
wa« handed over to Willis.
Thin a grand supper wa3 given, at
which speeches were made and to?i«ts
were drank. The cabin was decorated
with the flag o f the lone star o f Texas,
manufactured for the occnsiou by the
ladies, out o f certain o f their red and
white garments.
At twelve o’ clock the company com­
menced singing, and at length the Ma
j.»r was called on to lavor them. He
complied by giving them his favorite
song o f ’ ’ Billy Barlow.”
“ B ra vo !” said one.
“ Excellent!” c r i’ d another.
“ Capital!” said a third.
“ I could do a deuced sight better,”
said Jim, who was fast approaching the
fourth stage of intoxication, “ I f 1 had
the proper togs on ”
Alter giviug three faint huzzas for
Texas, the party broke up.
Next morning the clerk went into
Jim ’s stateroom to cull him to break­
fast. Imagine his surprise when he
discovered that the Major had “ turned
in all standing.” with his boots, shako
and sword on. and his feet snugly laid
upon the pillow
He was a Texan
Major and of course no fault was found.
Thus things went on,and Willis reach
ed New Orleans in triumph. There
he doffed his uniform, and returned to
Vicksburg, where lie obtained an en
Theodosia Burr’s habits o f lif* were,
I have heard my modier say, much like
those o f Mrs KemMe. She was a fa­
mous walker amd -kafer, aud accompa­
nied her father on hunting and fi-hn g
excursions. As a horse-woman, she
was unsurpi-sed ; and, on her visit to
her New E glm d friends, sometimes
astonished their quiet neighbors by
riding over the counfry, taking walls
and ditches in flying leaps.’ Yet she
was. in the best sense o f the word, fem­
inine and esentially a lady.
The last days o f this grand woman
were very sad, and her fate is even yet
wrapped in awful obscurity, ft is only
known that, when broken in health and
almost in heart, by the loss of her only
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on a small sailing vessel, accompanied
only by her physician and se vant.
That vessel never was heard of more,
and it has always been supposed that it
foundered in a gale, off Cape llatteras.
But some twenty five or thirty years
ago a seaman, dying in a hospital at New
Orleans^ confessed to having been a pi.
rate; and among other terrible thing-,
he told of his ship having run down a
schooner bound to New York f om
Charleston, and o f having scuttled her
alter diking possessio 1 o f every thing
valuable. The few passengers he said,
and such of the crew n- wen* disinclined
to enlist under their black banner, were
compelled to walk the plank. Among
the passengers was one lady, who re­
monstrated against having her hand-«
bound and being blindfolded, promising
to offer no resistance. So they let her
gagement at the theatre.
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He became a great favorite, and
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quietly on to the plank, and with her
when he was at the zenith of his glory
eyes wide open, walked off into the sea
l have always believed (hut that woman
who met her fate in this grand Unman
way was the daughter of Aaron Burr.
Theodosia All-ton.— Grace Greenwood.
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Henry Marvin, of this village, is
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widely known as one of the best auc
tioueers in the country. It seems not
long since, he was d i e d upon to exer
cise his vocation at a place near Onon-
daga Hill. Among the articles to be
sold was a heifer, very attractive in ap
pearauee, and consequently our friend
Marvin dwelt quite extensively on her
many excellencies in the customary ver
nacular o f an experienced auctioneer,
winding up his eloquent description
with the flourish that she was as ••gentle
as u lamb.” Thereupon, a long sluh
sided countryman— who had listened
open mouthed to the wordy display ol
our friend Marvin— whose legs were
twelve inches lpmrer than his pant-
approached the heifer, and commenced
Bo-sy. not reli-li
. haudling her teats.
the Southern gentleman whom he had
met on the boat went one evening to
see the pi »y.
Between the pieces Willis sang “ Billy
Barlow.” The old Southerner was
b. wilJ.-red. The after-piece came on.
and Jin. appeared in .he identical sou
in which he had enacted the lexan
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After the play was over tho South­
erner sought an interview with him.
“ You infernal rascal!” said he. “ I
ought to shoot you; but the trick was
so clever that l forgive you. So shake
hands; let’s take a drink, and say no
m >re about it.”
Jim looked at him a moment with a
grave and s rious expression of counte­
nance, then replied :
“ One man in his time plays many
parts.”
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T H E L IT T L E H O I’* R E B U K E
’I Here was once a very old man who
: in the house of his son. The old
man was deaf, his eves were dim. and
his let.'S weak and'thin. When he was
at the table, he could hardly hold hi-
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spoon, so much did his hands shake;
aud at times he would spill his soup on
the tablecloth.
All this vexed his son and his son’s
wife; they made the old man sit in the
corner behind the stove* There he at**
his food from an earthernwarc dish, and
he had not always too much to eat, as
you may guess.
Well, one d »y his trembling hands
could not hold the dish ; it fell on the
floor and broke. At this his son and
son s wife were so vexed that they
sp-'ke harshly to the poor old roan.
His only answer was a deep, sad sigh.
They then brought, him a bowl made of
wood, out o f which he had to eat his
food.
Not long after this his little grand­
son, a boy of about four years of age,
was seen at work with a chisel and
hammer, hollowing out a log of wo «d.
His parents could not gue-s what he
was trying to do. The little hoy said
nothing to anyone, hut kept on at work
on the log, and looked very grave, as if
he had some gieat work on hand.
“ What are you doing there?” asked
the father. The little bov did not want
to tell. Then the mother asked: “ What
are you doing there, my son ?”
“ Oh !” said he, “ la m only making
a little trough, such as our pigs eat out
of.”
“ But what are you making it for, my
son ?”
“ I am making it,” said he, “ for you
and father to eat out of when I am a
man.”
The parents looked at each other,
and burst into tears.
From that time forth thev treated
the old man well. He had the best
place at the table, a nice dish, and plenty
o f food.
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S&T A man who was not very careful
in personal appearance tells this story
of himself: *‘ l went J^o the drug store
early one morning for a do-e o f mor­
phine for a sick friend. The night
clerk objected to giving it to me with
out prescription, evidently fearing I
meant todestmy myself. ‘ Pshaw,’ said
I, *do \ look lit e a man who w u l d kill
myself?’ Gazing at mo steadily lor
halt a moment, he replied, ‘ I don’ t
know. Seems to me if I looked like
you I should be greatly tempted to kill
myself.’ ”
A critic says of a certain singi r,
“ that she sings a few airs ar.d puts on a
great mai v.”
Courtship is bliss, b(. -«patrimony is
blister.
A S trange S tory — The London
Herald tells the following singular and
touching story:
Not many years since certain miners,
working far underground, came upon
the b«*dy of a poor fellow who had per
ished in the suffocating pit forty yours
before. Some chemical agent to which
the body had been subjected—an agent
prepared in the laboratory of nature—
had effectually arresti d the progress of
decay. They brought it up to the sur
face, and for a while, till it crumbled
through exposure to the atmosphere, it
lay there the image o f a fine, sturdy
young man. No convulsion had passed
over the face of dea h— the features
were tranquil; the hair was black as jet.
No one recognized the face— a genera-
Ron had grown since the day on which
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who had hurried from her cottage at
hearing the news, came up. and she
knew again the face which through ah
these long years she had not quite for­
gotten. Th-* poor miner was to have
been her husband on the day alter that
on which he died. They were rough
people of course, who were looking on ;
a liberal education and refined feelings
are not deemed essential to the man
whose work is to get out coals, or even
tin; but there were no dry eyes when
the gray headed pilgrim cast herself up­
on the youthful corpse and poured into
its deaf car many words o f endearment
unuttered for forty-six years. It was a
touching contrast: the one so old, the
other so young. They had both been
young ere these long years, but time had
gone on with the living, and stood still
with the dead.
B ead an H o r n a D a y .— There was
a l <d who, at fourteen, was apprenticed
to »soap-boiler. One o f his resoiutio s
was lo read an hour a day, or at least at
that rate, and he had an old witch
’eft to him by his uncle, which h
timed his readings by. He stayed
seven years with his master, and sal !
when he was ” 1 he know as much a-
the young squire did. Now let us se<
how much time lie had to read in seven
years, at the rate of an hour per day.
It would he 1,555 hours, which at the
rate of eight reading hours per day,
would he equal to MlO days, equal to
lo weeks; equal to 12 months; nearly
a year’s reading. That time spent in
treasuring up useful knowledge would
pile up a very large store. Try what
\ou can do
Begin now. In af'ei
years you will look back upon the task
as the most pleasant and the most profit
• hie you ever performed.
Bov James Blank once told an anee
dote o f Mr James Harper
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the Mayor,” said Dr. Blank, “ what lit
did?
L saivi to him that Mr John
Harper aliend« to the husine-s ; M
Wesley 11 irper looks a ter r li** corres­
pondence ; Mr Fletcher Harper re­
ceives the authors, looks after the i)fw
hooks ami the magazines— hut you Mi
Mayor ; 1 have u- ver discovered what
\ou do ” “ i ’ ll tell yon.” answered th
'laser in a whisper, “ hut you must not
let it out : 1 entertain the I ores.”
M,s* such tumiliurity, lifted her hoofs
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laid “ Greeny” sprawling
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“ There,” said Henry, “ that -hows
one of her best traits; flic’ ll never al­
low a strange cull' to come near her !”
“ Greeny” meanwlii e picked himself
up. and giving liis bushy pate a harrow
ing scratch, exclaimed :
**No wonder she won’t, when her own
calf has been bleating around In-r the
A tall Eastern girl, named Short,
whole d a y !”
loved
a certain big Mr. Little, whil<
A huge roar broke from the crow d ,
and our neighbor Murviu gracefully Little, little thinking o f Short, loved a
little lass named Long. To make a
“ gave in.
long story sh rt, Little proposed t«»
One of the most interesting fruits of Long, and Short longed to he even with
the attention now paid to the velocipede Little’s shortcomings. SoShort.meet
is a new invention just made by two ing Long, threatened to marry Little
ingenious mechanics o f this city, ol before long, which caused Little in a
which we yesterday examined n model short time to marry Long. (v>ue**y—
It is a monoeycle, or single machine Did tall Short love big Little less, be
consisting o f a wheel eight feet in (bam cause big Little loved little Long?
eter. with a tire some -ix inches wide
or two narrow tires on its outer edges,
with tw setsof’ spokes connecting with
a double Center which rills the place of
a hob. the two .-ide» of which are some
two feet a d a half apart. The opera
tor is in the middle, and propels the
wheel by a simple, yet curious apparatu-
in which both Ins weight and his mus
cle are brought into play. Any more
precise description would manifestly he
out of place until the patent has been
issued. The inventors anticipate that
their machine will exceed in swiftness
every other device o f the kind
They
do not think that sixty miles an hour
on a smooth road will be impossible —
N. Y. Sun.
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Humorous Sayings and Doings.
A gentleman in Westfield takes ex­
The following singular story is told by ception to the publication in a newspa­
the Beliviile. ill., Advocate.
per o f an account of a surprise visit
James Gull,
, , , an old resident of this . made to him and his wife, as he has got
city, who left here some fifteen years no wjfe ftnd the anouncemcot,he thinks,
ago for California by the overland route, wi„ ¡njure his chance8 0f getting one.
returned last Saturday.
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with whom he went was attacked by
George Selwyn, a celebrated wit,
Indians and several of them killed, once affirmed in company that no woman
among others, us was supposed. Mr. ever wrote a letter without, a postscript.
Gull
His body was subsequently “ My next letter shall refute you, said
found pierced with over twenty arrows,! L«dy G. Selwyn soon ?;iter received a
aud fully identified by other members letter from her ladyship, when after
of the party. More positive evidence! the signature stood, “ i\ S.— W h o was
o f death, perhaps uever existed than right now, you or I ?”
in his case. Wo are glad to say, bow-1
Farmers want sowing machines, as
ever that he has been fully ably to prove we|i as th¿¡r daughters.
h s identity, lie now inds that time has
Rons8eau 8ay8, that
write a ¿ S t
wr.mpht many »..d changes dnr,n<- his ,
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absence.
1 lie young wife, formerty kDU„ ;
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Mary Andrew, alter mourn.ng the death filliah „ ¡ thout |/n0W, Dg „h a t you have
of her husband three years, married
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now fii.ds himself husband o f another
* ankee peddler in his cart, over»
man’s wife; thus furnishing another taking another of his class, was address-
Enoeh Ardon case to the many already CCJ’ ‘ Hallo! what do you carry ,
recorded. Mrs. Gull-Duufor is the !
and medicines, was the reply
mother o f eight children, only one of| G ° ahead,
was the rejoinder: “ I
whom belongs to Mr. Gull, who finds, carry grave-stones,
his domestic affairs in a very unfortu
Why are bankrupts more to be pitied
Date condition. Happily, ail the parties than idiots? The bankrupts are broken,
interested arc dispo-ed to make the best while idiots are only cracked,
o f it, and it is understood that matters :
agC young ladies desire— Marri*
will be as satisfactorily arranged as can aire
posibly be done under the circumstan­
A learned dector, referring to tight
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lacing, avers th**t it is a public benefit,
O f course Mr. Gull, who was the inasmuch as it kills all the foolish girls
son of one of our oldest, wealthiest and and leaves all the wise ones to grow up
most respectable citizens, received many to be women.
callers, and has many strange encoun­
Bacheloric exclamation— “ A lass!”
ters to relate, some o f which would be
almost impossible to believe were it Dot Maidenly cxclamatiou— “ AhUnen!”
that he has remarkable vouchers for all
Don’ t be too anxious to solve a con­
his statements. It seems that when the undrum. W e know a man who got two
attack was made by the Indians, he black eyes in endeavoring to find out
fought with the ferocity of a lion, but the difference bciween a man and wo­
w > finally overcome and made captive. man who were fighting in the street.
He was tli n carried away, suffering for
A “ colored lady” cal’ed at a store iu
weeks all that Indian prisoners can be
A p p ’ eion. Wis , last week to buy a pair
made to suffer. ’I he destination o f o f “ flcsh-coiored hose. The matter*
the party was beyond the mountains in o ffse t clerk innocently took down a
the southwestern nart o f Colorado, be­
box o f black stocking- for her inspec­
yond Hie reach of civilization. To his
tion. Miss Dinah indignantly left the
utter astonishment he there found the
store.
ruins o f a large city, evidently o f In­
Tables that aro#lways being turned
dian erigin. and supposed to have been
over—
Time tables.
ouili by the Aztecs, before the discov
Mrs. Partington hasbecn reading tho
cry of America, as they more nearly
n'sembled the ruins found in Mexico health officer’s weekly reports, and
thinks that “ Total” must be an awful
than any other.
Here, too. he saw many relics of civ­ malignant di-ease, since as many die of
ilization, such as he knew could never it as all the rest put together.
have been obtained from traveling the
The woman who undertook to scour
plains. He afterwards learned that the woods has abandoned the job, ow-
• hose came from huge caves two or ■ ng to the high price »f soap. The last
three hundred miles awav, in the side- riu.e heard from, she was skimming the
of the mountains. Mr. Gull frequent -ea.
ed ihese caves some five yours ago.
A model surgical operation— to take
which he describes as being very re
the cheek out of a youug mau and the
markable,
still
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jaw out o f a wouiuu.
guns, pistols, skeletons, whole rots
ots ot
Why is a vain young lady like aeon-
gold *nd silver coin.speeimensoi
whit
pecimensot which
firmed
drunkard ? Because neither o f
he has, and which can he seen at Ba­
ker & B-iyley’s drug store . He now them is satisfied with a moderate use o f
wear-a large antique looking ring which '^ e
he found there, on which is rudely
The Hartford bridegroom who court-
carved the name o f Gapt. Kidd.
ed eighteen years is reported to have
Bur perhaps the most interesting of said that he telt pretty well acquainted
all his relics are the manuscripts which 1 with the girl, or he should not have got
he preserved, and which throw a flood married.
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of light upon the career o f the myste-
When is a young lady the sweetest?
rious ( ’ apt Kidd. These consist o f over When she is candied (candid).*
i wenty pages of line hut distinct writing,
A young lady who was rebuked by
carefully preserved between oiled silk
her m »’ her for kissing her intended,.
Upon discovering this, Mr. Gull con , .
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little subject to wear. O f the contents ; W hy do would be wise pcople try to
of these manuscripts we have no room l°0k stern ?
Because the wisest o f
to speak. They will no doubt be printed uicn was a boleron-un.
u full
Mr. Gull called upon us last j The oldest woman’s club— the broorn-
Wedrtesday. He says there arc untold slick.
riehc- yet in the caves referred to, and
y jr> \Veevil having been out to a tea
we learn that several of our citizens are j part«^ with a few friends, upou getting
wmous to form a company and go for int„ beJ at onc a m hoist8 hia um.
theor
M o have only to add that, years , „ . 1 , 0
Mrs. W . pleasantly desires to
ago. Mr- Gul adopted the habits of the j
*«wh\* he is making such a ridicu-
Indians, has hunted and fought with lous ass o f himself.” “ Well, you see,
them, but not until the late attack by my dear, I expect a storm, and came
Gou. Custer upon Black Kettle has he prepared.
met a white man. Although in the
•‘ It is undeniable,” says Prentice,
habit o f an Indian warrior, he was re­
cognized as a white man, narrowly es “ that in America it takes three to make
a pair— lie, she, and a hired girl. Had
caping being shot by calling out iu Eng ,
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lisl. to a solilivr who hud his niece raised ’ Ada" ' b?en a,moder" - there would have
almost ready to fi.e
heen » '¡‘ red ¡¡irl in Parad.se, to look
after little Abel aud raise Cain.
f 11
How to E nlarge V egetables —
A vast increase o f lood may be ob
j t.-lined by managing judiciously an<l
system itieally carrying out tor a time
ihe principles ol increase
Take for
imtunce a pea. Plant it in very rich
ground. Allow it to bear the first year.
-iy half a dozen pods only. Remove
all others. Save the.largest single pea
o f these. Sow it the next year and re­
tain one pod. Again select the largest
and the next year the sort by this time
will have trebled its -ize aud weight
Ever afterwards sow the largest seed
A simple fellow once said o f a famous
S um T otal of G revt L ibraries .
By these means you fwill get peas, or
belle: “ 1 could have courted and mar-
W e have had much to <io with diction-
anything el-e. o f a bulk o f which we at
c al , n
, |
.
i
| rieu
ried her
ner easyenougn,
easy enough, u
if j I ’d
a wanted
warned to.
to.”
aries, fust and last; have turned over a
, ,
J . .. . V
, ...
present have no conception.
thousand pounds o f them perhaps; ^
d' do
have watched new editions risimr in !nend'
0 h ' , when f > * * « 10
S ensible Y oung M a n — Tn the
IIow to D ress O ld F owls .— It stately fashions, and found the best her you see, she took ute on on. stdo
great ship yard o f Webb, the famous does not matter how old the fowl is. were set oo Webster's sure foundations. ! aod
"sked t0 bc c l c a x i ’ *Dd
muster builder, there works a young Let it bang for a few days. Lard it What we have writteu of Webster's so I excused her.
man whose father, onc of these days, with bacou like a guinea fowl is done work, while it has Leon in truthfulness,
“ Where are you4
a
in the course of nature, will leave a and put it in u stew pan with a close has also been in all love. W e «.have a young gentleman t© *rt,«|derly one in a
fortune so large that it would turn the fitting lid, with pepper, salt, and shreds warm filial feeling for it and him ; grate white cravat, wbout he overtook a few
brain o f an ordinary man to think of. of bacon that are left, and a little sea­ ful to Webster for earliest lessons and miles from LiBl^-Rock,.,. ‘ ‘ I
This young apprentice to tho shipbuild­ soning— no wa'er to be used. Stew it latest teachings; grateful to God, that, to heaven, my son.* ’ I have been on the
ing trade is the onlv heir. He might gently for a couple o f hours
Make a while lie gave us English lor our moth­ wav there for eighteen years.
“ Well,
wear fine clothes now, and have his fine little goclil gravy with bones (or gravy
goodbye,
old
fellow!.
I
f
you
have
er tongue, lie gave us a man so worth v
staLle o f fine horses, and ”:*> all the beef if yon wish it to be very good), to record and expound i t ; men so been traveling toward heaven eighteen
round of elegant pleas»'**’
ne would, -easoned with onion, and put to the worthy to continue the work he so nobly years and got no nearer to if- than Art
The fowl begun. Aud we put that mother kansas, I ’ll take another route.”
Hut every morning 'i ^.*es his father’s bruize before dishing up
ought
to
come
to
the
table
with
a rich tongue to a sacred use when we utter
splendid mansion on Twentieth street.
Prudence is that virtue by which we
bright and early and joins the throng brown gravy.
the truthful words that these three discern what is proper to be done under
o f hurrying mechanics bound to their
books are the sum total of great libra­ the various circumstances of time and
work. When night comes he washes
To K eep P otatoes for Y ears .— ries— the Bible, Shakespear, and W« b place.
off the trace- of work, and takes hi.s Dust over the floor o f the bin with ster’s Koyal Quarto.— Chicago Evening
The Lowell Courier th; nks the rea­
position in society.
he does it is lime ; put in a bout six r -even inches Journal
son why “ murder wi'l out” is because
th's: He wants a trade, so certain, s > j deep of potatoes an i lime again, uiiu
Y hen a lauy i ’ ’S * in a yawn or “ bio d wi” tell.”
well learned, that if the fine fortune of repeat the operation till all aie stewed
P r .Johnson, in speaking o f a quar­
the father should ever take to itself j »way. One bushel of lime will do foi two, gentlemen are justified m gueai>iup
relsome
fellow, said ; “ I f be bad two
wing-', hi9 own living in the world | forty bushels o f potatoes, though more their hats aie needed on their heads,,
would bo secjred beyond question of! will not hurt them, the lime rather im- and that the right side o f the door is ideas in his head they would fall out
the outside.
! with each other.”
doubt.
I proving the flavor thau otherwise.
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