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THE OLD COUPLIi.
' o Thev sit in the s together.
'I ill the 1 iv was 'Almost done,
And then, at its ch-se. an anirel
Hepped over the threshold stone.
lie folde 1 their arms trgether.
11' touched their eyelids with balm.
And llu-ir last breath floated upward
Like tin; close of a solemn psalm.
Like a bridal parly they traversed.
The unseen mystical road.
Tli it leads tv. Hie r.HnuMiu! Cilv.
Whose Mak r arul Duilder is, God.
1'erh ps, i'i that miracle country.
Tln-y will yive her lost yo-ilh back.
An 1 the How-rs of a anihed spring
time. Shall bloom in the spi'it's track.
One dr: tight of living waters
Hull restore in uiho d"s prime,
A-'d e'cinul yens shall measure
The love that outlives time.
Mil! the h a pe? I hey lelt behind diem
The wii.ikles and silver liulr
Made sacred lo us by lii-' kises
Tlie .ingel iin t:iii u-il there
We'll h'de awry in the meadow.
Whe l the sun is low ia the West.
Where the muoubiims cannot litid
t "loin.
Nor t'.ie wind dis urb their rest.
IJnl we'll let no Sell tab tombstone,
Willi its aire ami date arise
O T lie." two who are old liuhmger
la I heir Father's House in i he skies.
Long I-'riendships.
Whoso wishes to make long
friends must keep short accounts,
S the Wisdom of" ottr ancestors
ruled, and wo have not yot gone be
yond their lino. This aphorism is
generally livid to refer to money
concerns only, but indeed it, in
doles more t ban that; for though
short accounts in coin are necessary,
if one would be free and honest, vol
they are unite as necessary in other
matters, if one would Fee good
divs an 1 live to the end of one's
time in dignity and peace. Xo
I'i it-udship can exist long where the
reekonin sare not brief. Payment
on the spot, to the instant, and wilh
no arrears of interest accumulating
payment of a pleasant kind ren
dered out of hand with no grudg
ing overhauling of margin, and
with just stub small surplus which
refuses change: payment of an un
pl.'aatit kind made at the time, so
that there shall be no growth of
compound interest lor offence
taken, perhaps without occasion,
or may be with ample causes for
slights here and bulls there, and a
general overboiling of bitter blood;
payment of lawful duos, payment
of generous giving, all made with
out delay, and without stint for
the good, or keeping a running
a. -count bearing interest for the bad.
This is the way to grow friend
ships of long date and healthy con
dition; and ail modes by which af
fection is endangered, that of
''keeping back" is the most peril
ous and the most foolish. When
we feel ourselves all'routed, and
even the best natured of us do so
at times, we certainly do not im
prove matters by keeping an ac
count open. It is better to close at
once; to go to our offender and ask
hiin what lie meant by it, and either
get his apology, or an explanation
which paysoll" the score and leaves
hitn scot free; or, taking things at
their blackest, and a confirmation
which quiets our mind, so far as
having "learnt the worst can quiet
U.
1 he newspaper is just as neces.
S oy to tit a man for his true po
s"i')n in life as food or raiment,
i'ow us ragged, barefooted boys,
rather than ignorant ones. His head
will cover his foot in afterlife if he
J well suplied with neswpapers.
Show us the child that is eager for
newspapers. He will make a
man of mark in after life if von
gratify that desire for knowledge.
Other things being equal, it is a rule
that never fails. Give the children
newspapers.
ii V
AN ADDRESS
ISy tlie Intlol Slides Centennial
Comniiion.
7h the People of the United States:
The Congress of the United
States has enacted that the com
pletion of the One Hundredth
Year of American Independence
shall be celebrated by an Inter
national Exhibition of the Arts,
ianulactures, and Products of the
soil and mine, to be held at Phila
delphia, in 1S7G, and lias appoint
ed a Commission, . o .sistii g of rep
resentatives irom each btate and
Territory, to conduct the celebra
tion.
Originating under the auspices
of the National Legislature, con
trolled by a National Commission,
and designed as it is to "Com
memorate the first Century of our
existence, by and exhibition of the
Natural resources of the Country
and. their developcment, and of
our progress in those Arts which
benefit mankind, in comparison
with those of older Nations," it is
to the people at large that the
Commission look for the aid which
is necessary to make the Centen
nial Celebration the grandest an
niversary the world "has ever scon.
Thai the completion of the first
century of our existence should
be marked by some imposing dem
onstration is, we believe, the
patriotic wish of the wliol- coun
try. The Congress of the United
Slates has wisely decided that the
IJirth-duy of the Great llepublie
can be most fittingly celebrated by
the universal collection and display
of all the trophies of its progress.
It is designed to bring together,
within a building covering fifty
acres, not only the varied produc
tions of our mines and of the soil,
but types of all the intellectual
triumphs of our citizens, specimens
of everything that America can
furnish, whether from the brains
or the hands of her children, and
thus make evident to the world the
advancement f which a self gov
erened people is capable.
In this "Celebration" all nations
will be invited to participate ; its
character Vicing International. Ku
rope will display her aits and
manufactures, India her curious
fabrics, while newly opened. China
and Japan will lay bare tlie t roan res
which for cent uries their ingenious
people have been perfecting. Kach
land will com ete in generous
rivalry for the palm of superior ex
cellence. To this grand gathering every
zone will contribute it fruits and
cereals. No mineral shall be
wanting; for what the I'-ast lacks
the West will supply. Under one
roof will the South display in rich
I lxuriance her growing cotton, and
the North in miniature, the cease
less machinery of her mills convert
ing that cotton into cloth. Each
section of the globe will send its
best offerings to this exhibition,
and each State of the Union, as a
member of one united bod' politic,
will show to her sister States sind
to the world, how much slfe can
add to the greatness of the nation
of which she is a harmonious
part.
To make the Centennial Celebra
bration such a success as the
patriotism and the pride of every
American demands will require the
co-operation of the whole country.
The United States Centennial
Commission has received no
Government aid, such as England
extended to her world's fair, and
France to herUuiversal Exposition,
yet the labor and responsibility
imposed upon the commission is as
great as in cither of those under
takings. It is estimated that ten
millions of dollars are required,
and this sum Congress has provided
shall be raised by stock subscrip
tion, and the people shaU have the
opportunity of subscribing, in
proportion to the population of
their respective States and Terri
tories. The Commission looks to the
unfailing patriotism of the people
of every section, to see that each
contributes its share to the expen
ses, ami receives its share of an
enterprise in which all are so
deeply interested. It would
further earnestly urge the forma
tion in each State and Territory
of a centennial organization, which
shall in time see that county
associations are formed, so that
when the nations are gathered
together in 1S70 each Common
wealth can view with pride the
contributions she has made to the
national glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal
and patriotism ever displayed by
our people in every national un
dertaking, we pledge and prophecy,
that the Centennial Celebration
will worthily show how greatness,
wealth and intelligence, can be
fostered by such institutions as
those which have for one hundred
voars blessed the people of the
United States.
Joseph 11. Uaavley, Pres't.
Lewis W. iSmitu, Teinu. Sec'v.
A W
AND THE WAY IX "WHICH IT WAS
PAID.
Not far from the forks of Elk
bom lived the pretty little widow
Fauntleroy, and one of her nearest
neighbors was Gen. Pevton. The
general had looked upon the little
widow very much as he did upon
his blooded horse Powhaltan the
finest horse, sir, in the Dlue Grass
region.
The pretty Mrs. Fauntleroy had
been a widow more than a "year,
while the general, having a great
regard for etiquette, had waited
patiently for that time to elapse in
order to declare himself. Iut the
widow, with her woman's art,
kept her lover at bay, and yet
kept him in her train.
lie had escorted her to this bar
becue, and, when returning, had
expressed his satisfaction at the
prospect of Gen. Combs and the
success of the Whig party.
The widow took sides with the
Democracy, and offered to wager
her blooded saddle-fiorse Gypsey,
or anything else on her place,
against Powhaltan, or anything
else she might fancy on the en-
o i
oral s place.
The general's gallantry would
not allow him to refuse the wager,
which he promptly accepted. By
this time they had reached the
north fork of Elkhorn, and were
about to ford it (bridges were not
plentiful in those days), when John
Payton the general's only son
and heir, came up at a sharp gait
behind them.
The widow turned and bowed
to John, and rode on into the
stream, but a little behind lwr
companion. The east bank was
very steep, and required the horses
to put forth all their strength to
reach the top with their loads.
As luck would have it, good or
ill, 'the widow's girth broke just at
the commencement of the ste p
part. The lady, still seated on
her saddle, slid swiftly back into
the watet, while her horse went up
the bank like an arrow.
John Peyton leaped from his
horse, and in an instant caught
the floating lady and saddle, ami
before the general had recovered
from his astonishment, was at the
top of the bank with his burden.
The little widow was equal to the
occasion, for she begged the gen
eral to ride on and stop her horse,
which had now begun to under
stand his part in the mishap, and
was beginning to increase his gait
towards home.
The general did as he was bid.
and soon returned with the horse.
In the meantime John Peyton had
secured his own horse, and, when
the general came back with the
widows' horse, she and John were
laughing merrily over the ridicu
lous accident, but what further
passed between them is known
only to themselves.
John Peyton repaired the bro
ken girth, fastened the saddle
again on the horse, placed the lady
in her seat, bade her good evening,
mounted his horse, and taking
another road down the Elkhorn,
rode rapidly home, leaving the
general to escort the widow.
It is not necessary to relate how
he entertained his fair companion
with ponderous anecdotes of Mr.
Clay and other famous public men;
but when he leached the Fauntle
roy place, lie accepted the ladyV
invitation to dismount and take
tea with her.
After having changed her wet
clothing, the pretty widow enter
tained her guest with her brightest
smiles and some new songs. The
general was delighted, and express
ed his delight as Kentucky gentle
men of that day would have done.
"You are the finest, songstress mad
am, in the Blue Grass region."
When he bid her good night
and shook bands with her on the
porch, the wicked little widow
gave his hand a little squeeze
only a little but it thriiled like
an electric shock through his
great ponderous frame, while she
laughingly reminded him of his
wager. That night, in bis dream?,
the little widow Eaunlleroy was
repeated so often, and in so many
bewitching forms, that he resolved
to propose to her at the first meet
ing, nor did he dream that he could
be refused.
The next morning, a letter from
his tobacco factor called General
Pevton to Louisville, and before
his return the political contest in
the Ashland district was over, and
wonderful to relate, John C. Breck
inridge, the young Democrat, was
elected to Congress.
General Peyton was both aston
ished and indignant. "Mr. Clay's
district, sir, the finest Congression
al district in the Blue Grass region,
has disgraced itself, sir," was al
most his first remark to his neigh
bor, Colonel Beaufort.
To his son John he communicat
ed his intention of bring'tig Mrs.
Fauntleroy to adorn the head of his
table.
"Sir, she is the finest lady in the
Blue Grass region, and I hope, sir,
you will always respect your fu
ture mother."
John, Avith a quiet smile, assur
ed him that he was pleased with
his choice. This pleased the "en
era 1 mightily, for he had been a
little afraid John would object to
a stepmother younger than himself.
The next morning the general
ordered Powhattan. brought out
and led over to Mrs Fauntleroy 's.
Calling John, he requested him to
go with him to call upon Mrs
Fauntleroy.
"The Whig party has disgraced
itself in Mr. Clay's district, sir, and
l am compelled to part wilh the
finest blooded horse in the State
to pay my wager with that ladv,
sir."
The black"boy had led Powhat
tan to the hitching rail in front of
Mrs. Fauntleroy's yard and.
having tied him, had gone into
the quarters to tell his brothers
and sisters of their mistress's reat
good luck in having won the fa
mous horse Powhattan.
When General Peyton and John
had arrived, they found the pretty
widow and two young lady friends
in the yard admiring Powhattan.
The lad;es were in high glee,
and after the usual salutations the
gentlemen were invited lo take
seats on the porch, which they did.
"Madam," said the general to
Mrs Fauntleroy, "I have come he re,
like a true Kentucky gentleman,
to pay the wager I have lost.
Powhaltan, madam, is rightfully
yours."
"But. general," said she, "I be
lieve the wager was conditional.
It was the horse or anything else
on the place, was it not?"
"Madam." he replied, "you are
correct. But there is notion" on
my place one-half in value of Pow
hattan. I cannot permit you lo
select an inferior animal."
The pretty widow blushed to
the tips of her lingers when she
said: "You havj? another and su
perior animal here your son John:
if he would but use his tongue, I
think I shall choose him."
There was a moment of dead
silence, then a laugh, in which
the general did not join.
He rose, and, in his blandest
manner, bade the ladies good night.
To John he said: "Sir, you will re
mam. And that was the way John
Pevton came to marry the pretty
widow Fauntierov.
General Peyton never forgave
Ids pretty daughter-in-law hr
practical joke. In alter years he
used to say:
"Sir, she is the finest lady in
the Blue Grass district, but the
lacks taste."
Important Invention.
IiV A YOL'-NG LADY OF PHILADEL
PHIA. Miss Kate Barton, of Philadel
phia, has invented, and just had
patented, a highly important
improAoment in sewing ma
chines. Sails and other articles
made of very heavy canvas or
duck have hitherto been sewed by
hand, the ordinary sewing ma
chines not being suited to such
work. Several attempts had been
made before to adapt tlie sewing
machine to the manufacture of
sails and other similar kinds, of
sewing, but without success. Miss
Barton, a young lady of good
family, who is possessed of quite
unusual penchant for practical me
chanics, chanced to learn lrom an
acquaintance that a machine which
would sow sails was a great desid
eratum, and immediately applied
herself to the task of inventing
one. That she has fully succeed
ed is admitted by all who ex
amined her very ingonius contriv
ance for the purpose.
This consists in the main of an
arrangement by tvhich a piece of
canvas or other cloth to be sewed
is tightly stretched at a uniform
height lrom a floor or table, on
which runs by means of trucks (to
which the motive power is applied)
the peculiar form of machine which
does the stitching. This machine
has two needles, which make par
allel seams, and there is connected
wilh it a contrivance called the
crease r, for uniting and pressing
together the two edges of the
cloth. The whole is quite simple
in itsYiperntion, and those best ac
quainted with such matters say it.
is just the machine which has so
long been wanted.
Here is a poetic "personal," cut
from a Western newspaper :
Wanted A brave-hearted man,
who has buffeted the storms of life
and did not trt mble for the issue
when the troubles came; must be
refined and respectable; middle
aged and discreet.
Wilt thou leave me in my anguish.
(Srepimr on t roujh life alone?
Shu I I, weak and trembling languish.
Wilh no arm ar uud u:e ihrowu?
Address Widow.
1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
The Prince and His Riii.
IiV CELIA BURLEIGH.
The
kinr
was dead, and the
prince, young and inexperienced,
came to the throne. J5y t, because
he feared God and loved justice,
he shrank from exercising aulhori
ty, and care sat heavy at his heart.
Greatly he desired to associate
with him in the government good
and wise men; but, while lie
doubted and feared, the days
went by and the vacant office
were still unfilled. Judgment was
not executed, for there were no
judges; the wrongs of the innocent
were not redressed, nor were the
guilty punished. The people mur
murcd ; but still the prince hesitat
ed and feared to act. At length
lie sent for Ancnis, the magician,
and said :
'Fashion for me a talisman that
shall reveal to me the hearts of
men. Let no evil in deed or word
or thought exist that shall not be
revealed by the talisman which
thou shalt create."
"O, mighty prince," said Ancir
is, "to hear is to obey, and the
thing which thou hast commanded
shall asuredly be done."
Again the days went by, and
the people marveled that still the
prince delayed to organize his cab
inet and name his prime minister.
And many evil things were done
on account o the unsettled state
of the empire; but the prince said
nothing, thinking, "Only a few
days more and all will be made
right."
At length Anciris appeared, and
showed the prince a marvelous
ring. It was inscribed within and
without with sacred symbols, ami
was set with rare gems. It had,
moreover, the double power of
rendering its wearer invisible, and
revealing to him all the evil that
dwelt in the hearts of those upon
whom he chanced to look.
"Now shall I be able to choose
my officers with wisdom," said the
prince, "and to ad minister the laws
justly, never confounding the in
nocent with the guilty. I shall
know the inmost thoughts of my
nobles, and who are truly attached
to my person. No disguise will
avail anything, for I shall road
men's motives as one roads the
pages of an open book."
So the prince put the ring on his
finger, and went out to test the
virtues of his talisman, and see
what was done in the city. At
first he could hardly repress a feel
ing of indignation that no one rose
at his coming, that heads remained
covered, and the talk went, on re
gardless of his presence. Then,
remembering that he was unseen,
he addresaed himself to the study
of character as it were presented
to him under this new aspect. He
listened to tlie conversation of the
nobles who had been his father's
best counsellors, and was shocked
to see the discrepancy between
their thoughts and words. Start
ling revelations met him at every
turn. Men who had expressed the
utmost devotion to bis person re-
gamed his character wun secret
contempt, and studied how they
mi"ht turn his weaknesses to their
own
advantage. Those .who hail
professed
the love of virtue were
self-see
ing and unprincipled. One
was dishonest,
another covetous;
llll lll.lilli, liliil, iiiiiwiiiwu
and even the saintly prime minis
ter his father's friend spoke half
truths, ami had other motives than
those he avowed.
"These are the vices of the rich,"
said the prince. "Among the lowly
I shall find the virtue that Hies the
palace and the court,"
So he wandered from street to
street, looking into the homes of
people in various conditions. lie
had asked that the evils of men
might be disclosed to him; but it
seemed to him that he found
nothing but evil. All lives were
black with it. Evil propensities
darkened all characters. Even the
little children were wanting in in
nocence already putting forth the
symptoms of terrible depravity.
At length, overwhelmed with
what he saw, the prince retraced
his steps to the palace, ami, seek
ing his private apaitment, sent for
the magician.
"Take back thy evil gift," said
he ducking the ring from his lin
goi. "Cast it into the depth of the
sea; nay, hide it at the centre of
the world. Let no man henceforth
behold what I have this day soon.
Would tiiat as easily as I put by
the gift I might put away the re
membrance of what it has disclos
ed, win back from the grave of
yesterday what faith I have lost?"
"If your majesty," said the ma
gician, "will put the ring on the
other hand, yon may find a coun
ter charm for the knowledge which
you deplore; for then shall you see
the good in others and the evil that
dwells in your own heart."
Again the prince put the ring
upon his finger, and sat silent ami
with closed eyes, while all evil he
had ever done, and all that under
lavonng circumstances he might
have done, was revealed to him
i , ....
liaising at length his streaming
eyes to heaven, he said: "God, I
thank thee that henceforth I need
know the secrets of no heart save
my own. May its weaknesses and
sins teach me dav by dav the les
son of humility. Finding so much
imperfection in myself, let me not
look for perfection in others ; and.
striving to improve mv own life
may I learn charity for all men,
and seek ever to be guided bv thv
wisdom, led by thy truth, even as a
little child led by his father."
That, night as the prince slept,
i ...
an angei oore away lrom ins re
membrance the visions of the day;
and, when next he looked into the
faces of his lords and nobles, into
the faces of his subjects men and
women and little children he saw
the good that was in each, the pos
sible beauty to which, through the
ministrations of God's providence,
they slowly grew. But the evils
of his own heart he saw clearly;
ami day by day he put them from
him by good works, by humility,
ami by unceasing vigilance.
No longer seeking an impossible
perfection, he made the best use of
the instruments at hand. Looking
for honesty, Jio developed it; im
posing large trusts he made men
trustworthy; scrupulous in his own
life he made virtue the fashion ;
and, illustrating1 an ever higher
tandard of excellence, his people
grew tiaiiy m gooiiu ss ami wis-
lom. "It is a good thing to know
the hearts of others." said the
prince; "but better to keep one's
own heart with all dilligence, for
out of it arc the issues of life."
The Hope of Immortality.
The thought that God sees us,
knows us loves us, idealizes the life
of all religious men. How it
blunts the edge of pain, takes
away the sting of disappointment,
abates the bitterness of many a
sorrowful cup that we are called
to drink ! If you are sure of God,
is there anything which you can
not bear? The belief in immortal
itr is so intimately connected with
the development of religion that no
nation ever doubted of eternal life.
How that idealizes and embellishes
all our daily doing and suffering!
What a power is there that hangs
over me, within a clav s march rer-
iaps nav, within an easy walk of
an hour, or a minute it may he;
certainly not far off its gates wide
1 -V r-ai
open day and night: Hit weary
soul flies thither right often. Foot
weary, worn out millions, it is your
leaven! No king can shut you
out. I he tyrants, shooting' their
victim's boby shoot his soul into
the commonwealth of heaven. The
martyr knows it and laughs at the
Millets which make an involuntary
subject of despotism an immortal
republican, giving him citizenship
in the democracy of everlasting life.
There the slave is free from his
master the needy has no want of
bread; all
every e-c;
tears are
justice is
wiped lrom
done; souls
dear to ours
are m our arms once
more; the distractions of life are all
over; no injustice', no sorrow, no
fear. The rudest Christian, with
a real faith in immortal life, has
a means of adorning the world
which puts to shame the poor
finery of Nicholas and Nebuched
nozzar. What are the prizes of
wealth, of fame, of genius, nay, of
affection, compared with what we
anticipate ere
J'arAcr.
long? Thcodvre
Look on the bright side. It is
the right side. The times may be
hard, but it will make them no
easier to wear a gloomy and sad
countenance. It is the sunshine,
and not the cloud that makes the
flower. The sky is blue ten times
where it is black once. You have
troubles ; so have others. None
are free from them. Trouble gives
sinew and tone to life fortitude
and courage to man. That would
be a dull sea, and the sailor would
never get skill, where there was
nothing to disturb the surface of
the ocean. What though things
look a little dark, the lane will
turn, the night will open into
broad day. There is more Virtue
in one sunbeam than in a whole
hemisphere of clouds and gloom.
Au editor in Victoria, Australia
says : "The people of this region
have become so virtuous and well
behaved that it is impossible for us
to make an interesting daily paper
We hear that a ship load" of con
victs is on the way to our virtuous
port, and we look for a greater ac
tivity in our local news department
as soon as its passengers get fairly
ashore."
An item about marriages of cel
ebrated men has been going the
rounds, that says that Humboldt
married a poor girl because he lov
ed her, and was consequently hap-
nr. This is a mistake. Jiumooiui,
vas never wedded, save to science, I
which was bis first and only love.
Mr. Seward's Religious Views.
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
One of his most intimate clerical
friends says that Governor Seward
firmly believed in the immortality
of the soul or spirit, and of its
ultimate reunion with some form
of immortalized body after tlie
interval of separation called death,
according to the intimations con
tained in the loth chapter of St.
Paul's First Epistle to the Cor
inthians. It was his manner of
expressing his ideas upon the
subject to say that there is net
any real death ; that the life with
which a human being invested at
his death is an emanation from the
Deity, and is immortal; that the
first clay body in which it is
tabernacled wears out and perishes;
that the spiritual life continues to
exist thenceforward in a disem
bodied stale until the occurrence of
the greatest of all marvels, the
great consumation, viz : the resur
rection and rehabitatiou of the
body, its union again in some form,
with the life or spirit, and the
creation of a new heaven and a
new earth, when man ascends to a
higher sphere of existence. Heme
it was his habit to speak of what
we call death as a temporary sleep
of the body, and of the future
stati so called, of the soul or
spirit, as the two future states of
existence.
The first time the governor
mentioned his views at length
upon this subject was at the burial
on Fort 1 1 ill of Judge Miller.
"His dust merely sleeps there
temporarily," he remarked; "but
the judge himself is still alive."
Then, .in a measured, and very
impressive manner he repeated a
few lines from the hymn to Death.
"Such," he continued, "is tho
doctrine, the faith, and the hope
of the Christian religion. It is
the adopted destiny of man."
In the month of June of 1SC5,
when the sexton was preparing the
grave on Fort Hill for Mrs. Sew
ard, the governor went there in
company with Baron Stocked,
General Hancock, and Dr. Norris,
to give the required directions, and
sat for awhile with them upon a
rustic seat on the ground, when
the baron remarked that he was
unable to realize the fact that Mrs.
Sewartl was dead.
"She is not." replied the gover
nor; "she still lives. She
still lives in the condition
which the church stylos the
'place ef departed spirits.' There
is no such thing as the death of
the soul of life. It is the body,
alone which sleeps, and that only
for a limit ed ami un revealed sea
son. ?5o we read and so we be
lieve." "That," relumed the baron, "is
a very comfortable rellectioir"
It is not only a comlortable re
flection," continued the governor,
"but it is the consolation offered I y
an enlightened view of the Chris
tian religion.
The same was advanced bv the
governor at the time of the burial,
by the side of her mother, of his
daughter Francis.
A Utah Schooluoy's Composi
tion. The following composition
as recently written by a utan
school bo v.
A Bull is a big animil and lives
happy but the man who owns him
don t always do so. My father has
a texas v,ow and gets drunk ami
larrups mother. Good bulls come
from Missouri so docs Gratz Brown.
A man wot aint got no Missouri
bull is out of luck and is a Greeley
man. The bulls of Bashan was
good bulls because I learned them
in Sunday School they must have
come from Missouri because Lib
erty is in Missouri and bulls has a
good deal of Liberty. The best
bull wot got the premium at tho
State fair was a texican Steer lots
of bull people were awful mad
cause their bull wasnt texican
Steers. Johnny Thompson said
his father ought to have had tlie
first prize teacher said he oughn't
to cause be didn't have a texican
Cow. Setting Bull is an injun.
MlSFOKTUXE OF A SiIOKT-Ha XI
Max. If proof-readers are liable
to accidents, they may fiml some
little gentle consolation in some
of the errors of stenographers. It
is related that Disraeli, in closing
a powerful address in support of
a parliamentary measure onco
said: "We have burned our boats,
we have destroyed our bridges,
and do not intend to recross tho
river!" Imagine the horror of tho
distinguished M. P. when he dis
covered that a provincial reporter
had made him say: "We have
burned our boots and destroyed
our britches, and cannot recross
the river.
Cider Cakt. Flour six cup?; snffar
two cups; butter one cup; lour eggs;
cider one cup; saleratns, spoonful; one
praled nutmeg. Heat the eggs, sugar,
and butter fogether, and stir in the flour
Hnd nutmeg; di -solve the saleratus In the
cider and stir into the mass and bake iui
rr.ediatelj io a quick OTea.
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