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Auld Lang Syne.
BT JOHN W. CHADWICK.
It singeth low in every heart.
We hear it each and all
A song of those who answer not
However we may call;
They throng the silence of the breast.
We see them as of yore
The kind, the brave, the true, the sweet,
Who -walk with us no more.
'Tis hard to take the burden up
When these have laid it down ;
They brighten all th,e joy of life,
They soften ev y f- w& ;
But, bh, 'tis goo ' o ;V ' the-i
When we ai lempieu sore!
Thanks be to God that such have been,
Although they are no more.
More home-like seems the vast unknown,
Since they have entered there;
To follow them were not so hard,
' Wherever they may fare;
They cannot be where God is not,
On any sea or 6hore;
Whate'er betides, Thy love abides,
Our God forevermore.
Grandfather's Bear Storv.
A STOUT FOU YOCNG PEOPLE.
Of all grandfather's stories, we liked
the one about the big watch and the bear
best. If I could tell it as he did, sitting
in his corner by the fire-place with his
old fashioned cane held in both hands,
and his funny wig half jumping from his
head when lie got well into the story, I
am sure that the eyes of every boy who
listened now, would sparkle us ours did
then. Perhaps we liked this story best,
because graudfather showed us just where
it all happened, and used to bring out the
same queer old watch for us to louk at
onceiu a while and sometimes letone of us
take the rusty old Queen's arm rifle.about
which lie could tell more stories than we
could listen to in all winter.
A few little knots and some of the rust
is all there is left of the wood part of the
old rifle. I have the watch yet, dumb
and queer looking to children as ever.
The storv teller is long since dead. This
is the way of it, as nearly as I can re
member.
"I cau't remember the first bear that I
ever saw. Hears were almost as plenty
about, -when I was a boy, as foxes are
now, and I liked a lamb for supper as
well as a ix does a chicken.
"But I cau remember well enough the
first bear that I ever saw out of a trap
and on his feet. There was no meeting
house here then, and after dinner Sun
days I could do what I pleased till
chore-time. Well, after dinner one Sun
day I slipped some apples int my
pocket aud started for the hill. It was
near the first of Slay, and mother al
ways liked to have ine bring h"me a
good handful of May-flowers. Besides,
my partridge snares were along the
brook, and though I would not have
dared meddle with them Sunday, I al
ways liked to see wh-it I had caught.
"This watch, that uncle Julius sent nie
froui2i!ugland,keptmejj jod company, so I
did not feel lonesome. Mo'her would
give it to me Sunday moruiug to carry
till niht, then put it away in the bend
case iu the sitting room through the
week.
?-The day was as warm as summer, and
the May-flowers on the south side of the
hill were redder and larger than now-a-d;iys.
I f jund a shady, warm spot, and
tried to see how many flowers I could
pick without going beyond my length.
"I got a large ha-idful and fell to watch
ing a squirrel till I fell asleep. I don't
know whether it was a sound or the sun
shining on my face that woke me. Bat
before I was well awake I heard a strung
loud stirring in the leaves just across the
brook. And what do you think mad?
it? A big bear hunticg frr last year's
acorns or beech nuts! Just as I have
done many a time. It didn't take long
to get wide awake, then! The bear didn't
see me, though he was very near, and I
was surprised not to find myself fright
ened. I would have given my new coat
if I could have held a gun in my hand!
However, I crept off a quietly as pos
sible, and the bear was so busy beech
nutting that he did not observe me,
"When I got well out of sight, I start
ed for the house as fast as if 1 was allow
ing my homely friend the way! My
heart began to thump then and did n t
stop any, when, of a sudden, I made the
bold resolve of getting the ritle from the
kitchen wall where it always hung, aud
coming back to find my bear. This was
a bold idea, and though it almost made
me tremble with excitement, I firmly re
solved to put it in execution. It was an
opportunity not to be overlooked.
"James Bates, a s m of ne of our
neighbors, had killed a bear alone, the
fall before, and though he was three or
four years older than I, he hal been a
hero all winter. The fact is, I had been
for a long tine desirous of such a a ad
venture, and the grand idea of killing a
bear all alone, was too great for any
thought t'f fear or prudeuce to overcome.
"It is doubtful if I should have been
allowed to carry out such aa attempt at
any time, and I knew that u I should
ask for the rille on that day, it would
surely be refused me. I had to trust to
"luck." Chance favored me, for before
rescuing the house, I saw father in the
barnyard feeding the cattle. I slipped
irto the kitchtn and got the rifle-quickly
and without being observed, I knew
that there was a good lead ball in it, and
had no time to look about for more.
Then I run with all my speed back over
tbe hill, past the map'.e woods and on
through the sheep pasture; more slowly
now as I came near the orook.
S i6 rlfle aaint a tree, and more
from habit than anything else, I was
XTi ?Ll7k Et my atcNhen I found
the pocket empty I It was in vain to
turn abou , or whistle, or search I The
I would rather have met a dozen bears
than returned without the lost treasure.
I had ranged the wood pretty thoroughly
and carelessly-that afternoon and might
have lost the watch in any of a hundred
different places. I began to be fright
ened. But a boy of fifteen was almost a
man in those days, aud my courage did
not desert me when I had need of it. The
more I thought of my loss the more de
termined I became to kill the bear if good
luck and pluck would do it. If I should
succeed in this (.though it began to look
larger as l came nearer the brook), the
loss ot my watch would not be so crreat.
I expected to find Bruin still at h-s search
for nuts. I remember the half dread
and h ilf hope that made my eyes sharp
and my heart beat strangely as I came
iu sight of the brook.
"Almost before I was aware of it I
came t the great oak under whose shade
1 had taken my nan an hnur before. 1
stopped there, and a I was locking
sharply at the other bank ot the brook,
I heard the dry leaves rustle cloe by.
The sound came from the other side of
the tree by which I was standing, and a
single step, taken very cautiously, brought
me lace to iace with the be ar I I was so
near tint I could hardly help steppiog
back. But strange as it seems, I had ad
vanced so quietly and stood still so long
that Sir Bruin did not appear to have
heard me. I was almost surprised at the
steadiness of my nerves. However, I
took care to select a good, t ill maple not
far behind me and not large enough for
the bear to follow iu case I should miss
him. You may be sure that I had my
rirle in readiness w hile I stood looking
at the ugly beast, within half a rifle shot.
"The bear seemed tome t act strangely,
lie would sit back on. his haunches for a
moment, and then creep up and smell at
something in the dead leaves, much as a
cat with a half dead mouse. As I
watched him, he put out his huge paw
just like a great clumsy cat, and all of a
sudden I saw, lying there in the leaves
my watch I lie had found my watch
and kept by it like a watch-dog! It was
plainly a mystery to him. He would
smell of it, start back, tumble it over
with his great clumsy paws and then set
upon his haunches, evidently puzzling
his sh tgijy he-id about what it could be.
Some motion of mine caught his atten
tion and he forgot the watch. If he was
puzzled before, he was now stupefied,
lie had evidently blundered into a land
of surprises. He shook his he id stupidly
and began to retreat, half sliding, half
backing up the side of the hill. This
gave me a splendid chance and I took
good aim behind the fore shoulder and
tired. Then I dropped the lifle and ran
for my tree. The bear followed! When
I had got half way to the top, I looked
down. The bear lay in a heap some
distance below, near the brook. He had
rolled down there and was dead! 1
went very cautiously to work to make
sure that he was not playing possum,
then picked up my rifle and watch and
started for home.
"I was never so happy in my life!
When I entered the door of the bi
kitchen, I tried to look as if nothing
had happened. I think I did not suc
ceed. Mother held up both hinds in
desj-iir at seeing me with a rifl'j on Sun
day. But father was too much hunter
to ask many questions aud we were soon
at the place of my adventure. Before
ntjht we had the bear in the woo Jshcd.
I was so proud and happy that I could
not keep my tliguity, aud aflected uncon
eern for very long. Th.it fall I was al
loAed to go'-vfitU tho men when there was
to be a bear hunt.
"That night mother said nothing about
the watcli-rtud when 1 went to be J, I
found the bead case iu which it was al
ways kept during the week, hung on the
wall near my bed. After that 1 carried
it with me every day, but took cre to
prevent its falling out ot my pocket
again. And that is how I killed my first
bear.'' Uncle Joe, in Portland Transcript.
Three-Card Monte.
Retained at Milan, Tenti., by a missed
connection caused by hot boxes, I made
the acquaintance of Geo. H. Devol, one
of the most famous, if not the most fa
mous gambler of the West. Only a day
or two since I noticed in a St. Louis pa
per a long account of how he and his
confederates waltzed a Maine Yankee
who was going South to buy a planta
tion for $1,700 at threo-card monte. It
was the old story of a Texas stock-trader
who had been beatun out of 2,000 by
the little picture cards, and was explain
ing to the passengers how it was done.
He had learned the trick, Maine saw
through it, and wanted to bet that he did.
Devol was a Southern planter, who was
tired of planting and wanted to sell out,
and gently led Main? up to the luting
poiut. When he did bite, it was to the
extent of his pile of ready cash.
Devol is a gentlemanly-looking man of
47, dark sandy hair, light saudy whiskers,
beginning to show the silver, a quick,
piercing gray eye, ruddy complexion, of
good address, and a sweet talker. He
was born in Ohio, but for thirty years
has followed the profession of a gambler.
Some years, ago he worked on the roads
leading into Louisville, and is well known
there. While operating on the Short
line road, near Lagrange, he won about
$1,800 and five gold watches, aud ended
the game just as the train waa leaving
Lgrango on its way to Cincinnati. The
victims squealed terribly, and proposed
to have their treasures or blood. They
marshaled their forces and drew their re
volvers. Devol skipped into the rear
coach, locking the door as he went. He
then went t the rear platform, and, al
though tho train was running at tiie rate
of thirty-five miles an hour, selected a
clear spot and jumped. He rolled over
at a lively rate, but picked himself up
unhurt, though his late friends fired a
volley at him from their revolvers. He
cut across the country aud struck the
railroad at Lexington junction and
went back to Louisville.
Devol is full of anecdotes of his pro
fession, and tells some good ones. He
tella of a little game he had with A. M.
Waddell of Louisville, and Billy Cheat
ham, of Nashville, eighteen years ago,
Devol and Dad Ryan were going down
the river. Waddell and Cheatham got
aboard at Smithland. A game of poker,
$25 ante, was soon in progress. "Di
rectly," said Devol, "Dad gave me the
item that he was going to cold-deck the
party. I reached over and said to Cheat
ham, 'Tnat is a very fine single-stone dia
mond you have there.' This movement
ennablcd Dad to ring in the cold deck.
Waddell got three tours and an ace in
the draw aud lost $3,200 on the hand."
Six or seven years ago Canada Bill,
another famous three-card man, set up at
the mouth of lied lCiver with a lot of
horses to sell, mostly all of which he
had won, and a store, which he
had bought. It was right in the line of
Texas travel, and Bill was winning every
thing in 6ight. Devol suspected (wrong
fully, as is afterwards proved) that Bill
had 'held out $200 from a divide of win
nings they had made together, and ele
termined to get even. To do-fT.-fvy'nt
to New Orleans and manufactured
"sucker" especially for Bill. He dressed
him up in rough clothes, gave him $2,000
in money tied up in a woman s silk stock
ing, and told him to play the game of
greeny by gawking about Bill s stable
aud counting his money where Bill could
see it. Devol put the "sucker" oil at
Hog's Point, three miles below the mouth
of Red river, while he continued on the
steamer. In due time the "sucker" came
into Bill's stable, and, getting into an
out-of-the-way corner, pulled out the
stocking which, by the way, was a keep
sake presented to Devol by a lady friend,
and began to count the money. Bill
"dropped on it" at once, and took Devol
out and said: "George, here is a 'sucker'
with $2,000 or $3,000; let's take him."
"Do you think I cau handle him?" said
Devol. "Of course you can," s aid Bill.
"I'll try," said Devol. He carelessly ap
proached the "dicker," engaged him in
conversation and proposed a walk. The
"sucker" assented, and they walked out
together. While they were gone Devol
told the "sucker" just how to play the
game. Said he: "Pretend that you are
going to turn the spotteel card, but don't
do it. Turn the one I motion to." After
awhile they came bick, and Devol gave
Bill the wink that the "sucker" was ready
for the bait. Bill opened out. The usual
preliminaries were gone through with,
and the "sucker" untied the knots in his
stocking and put up $2,000, and Bill
covered it, Devol being st ike-holder, for
the reason that the "sucker" would not"
bet unless Devol would hold the stakes,
as he, the "sucker," "knew that Devol
was an honest man." Everything was
all ready; a-jd even then it looked so
fair that the "sucker" wanted to turn the
card with the spot on it, and it was all
that Devol could do to prevent it, and
had to whisper to the "sucker" several
times which card to turn. This whisper
ing Bill took to be part of the plan nec
essary to induce the "sucker" to bite.
Finally he reached out, let Ids fingers
linger a moment over the c:ird with the
spot on it, and then suddenly turned the
right card. Bill locked like he would
sink through the floor, then at Devol and
then at the "sucker," and said, "That's
the first rub." The "sucker" said, "Rub,
h 11 I want my money !" and pulled out
a six shooter that Djv1 had given him
and pointed it at Bill, aud Bill said,
"George, give it up." The "sucker"
wheeled and pointed the pistol at Devol,
who says, "Bill, shall I give it up?'"
"Yes," said Bill, aud the money was
handed over. After the "sucker" w alked
off, Bill said, "Giorge, by G d, I have
seen six cocked pistols pointed at your
head, and you didn't give up nothing.
How is it that you give up 9 easy now?''
Devol replied, "I thought that d d fool
would let that gua go off." Afterward
Devol told Bill how he had playel it on
him, and gave him back all but the $200
which he thought Bill had "held out" on
him. After this, Bill and Devol worked
together,and made a great deal of money.
"The closest place I was ever in in my
life," said Devol, "was in '50. I was
coming up the river from New Orleans on
the steamer Fairchild, and had won a
great deal of money. The boat landed
at Napoleon, and about twenty-five of
those killers there, who in those days eliei
not think any more cf killing a man than
they ditl a rat, got aboard, 1 opened out
and won a good deal of money and four
or nve watches. Everything went along
smoothly enough until about four ei'clock
in the afternoon, when they began to get
drunk. One of them said: 'Where is
that el n gambler? I'm going to kill
him.' 'I in with you, said another. I,
too,' said another! and the whole party
rushed to their state-rooms and got their
pistols. I slipped up and got between
the pilot-house and the roof. They
searched the boat from stem to stern, but
dul not think ef looking under the pilot
house. I whispered to the pilot that
when he came to a blull bank to throw
her stern in and give me the word, and I
would run and jump off. About G o'clock
he gave me the word and I ran and
jumped. I was weighted down with the
watches and gold I had won an! the Hs-
t-ince was more than I thought, and I
missed the bank and stuck tight, waist
deep, in soft mud at the water's edge. The
killers saw me, and as the boat swung
out they opened fire. I could not move,
and the bullets whistled past my ear, anil
spattereel mud and water all over my
face, I had given the pilot $100 in gold,
aud he threw the boat out, so that I was
out of sight very quick. It was a mighty
close place for a little whilo.
Devol invitod me to his room at the
Milan Hotel, and showed me the modus
operandi of three-card moate. It looks
mighty easy to tell the rizht card, but it
is n.jt. Devol does not throw the carels
now. A confederate does that. He is
better, he says, on the outside. His
splendid address and unlimited cheek
eminently fit him for the position. Dar
ing the war he had the racetrack at New
Orleans, and had a fine lot of trotters.
Ben Butler confiscated them and threw
Devol into jail because he had won a
large amount of money from 'Butler's
paymaster.
"I have made more money than any two
gamblers in America," said Devol, "but I
can't keep it. My traveling expenses alone
are $10,000 a year. It'sagay life, though
a risky one, and I have lots of fun." II.
C. U, in Conner-Journal.
Pauis dressmakers send out dolls
their patrons in fac-simile costumes
what they have for sale. .
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COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UXIVZRSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Anecdotes of Drummers.
Drums and fifes are probably the most
ancient, as they are the most familiar, of
our musical instruments. It is a fact, as
every soldier knows, that on the line of
march, it is easier for the men to keep
step to the lively tones of the "ear-piercing
fife" nd the roll of "the spirit-stirring
drum" than to follow a bra?3 band, which
cannot be elistiuctly heard farther than
half the length of a regiment. Cham
ber Journal tells two anecdotes, which
show that, though the drummers may
hold the lowest rank in the British army,
yet their heroism equals that of the
highest.
..In one of the battles of the Peninsula
war, a drummer, whose name and corps
have both been unfortunately lost to his
tory, having wandereel from his regiment,
was taken prisoner b- the r rencn, aud
brought before Napoleon as a spy.
Bonaparte irowneel heavily upon his
prisoner as he demanded of him his rank
in the British army. On being told it
was that of a drummer, the Emperor, to
test the truth of the reply, causeel a drum
to be brought, and requested his prisoner
to beat "the charge !"
The drummer's eyes sparkled with en
thusiasm as lie gave the terrible roll aud
rataplan deniaaeled.
"JNow beat a retreat," said .Napoleon.
"I cannot," replied the drummer,
proudly. "No such thing is known in
the English army. We never retreat."
"Good! exclaimed the Emperor, "lou
are a brave lad, and may rejoin your own
armv."
Then, turning to those near him, Na
poleon gave directions that the drummer
should be conducted back in safety to the
English lines.
Fertuue is, however, a fickle jade, for
at the battle of Waterloo this humble
hero met with a sad eleth. He hael been
out with a body of skirmishers, who w ere
suddenly attacked by cavalry and driven
back on their supports.
I he latter formed square, and the earth
shook beneath the feet of the advancing
cuirassiers as they rode right up to the
poiuts of the bayonets. Beneath that
rampart of steel lay the drummer, who
had been too late to sejk the shelter of
the square.
He was safe, however; and when the
horsemen were elriven back, he jumped
merrily upon his legs and shouted, "Hal
lo, comrades I here I am, sate enough V
These were the last words he ever uttered;
for at that moment a round-shot carried
his head off his shoulders. Such is the
fortune of war.
In the Crimea, on the Evening ef the
day on which an unsuccessful attack had
been made upon the Uidau, a drummer
was observed to leave the shelter of the
trenches with his can of tea in his hand.
and in the midst of a fearful shower of
shot and shell from tiie Russian batteries,
he threaded his way among the wounded,
giving a drink here ami a drink there un
til his can was emptied.
Then, flinging the emptv can towards
the enemy, with a gesture of eletiance, he
walked co lly back to his post. Bv the
means eif this timely assistance, some of
the wounded were able to bear their suf
ferings until darkness enabled them to be
rescued from death.
The drummer boy who did this brave
deeel received the Victoria Cross from her
Majesty's own hand.
How to Explode a Lamp.
The Scientific American gives some of
the circumstances which leael to the ex
plosion of kerosene lamps, the philosophy
of all of them bein-j that the flame may
pass down the wick and ignite the vapor
which accumulates in the upper portion
of the lamp. This vapor is not an explo
sive as the term is ordinarily understood,
but when it is confined so that the gases
resulting from its combustion cannot es
cape froely into the open air the vessel
confining it will be shattered. Ihisigni
tion of the vapor may be brought about
as follows :
1. A lamp may be standing on a table
or mantel, anel a slight puff of air from
the open w indow or door may cause an
explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from a table or mantel and iustantly be
exploeled.
3. A lamp is taken out into the entry
where there is a draft, or out of eloors, and
an explosion ensues.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up a flight
of stairs, or is raised quickly to . place it
on the mantel, resultug in an explesion.
Iu these cases the mischief is done by the
air movement either by suddenly check
nX the draft or forcing air down the
chimney against the flame.
5. Blowing down the chimney to ex
tinguish the light is a frequent cause of
explosion.
(5. Lamp explosions have been cau-ed
by using achimney broken off at the top,
or one that has apiece broken out, where
by the draft is variable and the flame un
steady.
7. Sometimes a thoughtless person puts
a small wick into a large burner, thus
leaving considerable space aloDg the
edges of the wick. An old burner, with
its air-draft clogged up, which rightfully
should be thr jwn away, is sometimes con
tinued in use, and the final result is an
explosion.
The distinctive beautv of Stickholm
is in its situation. Built partly on islands
in Liake Malar, it is intersected in every
elirection by the waters of the lake and
ot the Jialtic, and, with it3 busy quavs
broad streets, handsome buildings, pleas
ant gardens, and clear atmosphere, is cer
tainly one of the brightest and mos
charminff capitals in Eurone. The. rrfnT.
are still enlivened by the gay costumes
oi me peasants, especially those of the
nearest provinces; it is said, however,
mat tneir use is graaually dying out be
fore the advance ef railroads aud othe
enemies of the picturesque.
Ax eccentric old Englishman who died
lately left a.will which bequeathed to his
daughters their weight in 1 notes. He
evidently believed in the proverb, "Where
l, ;ii u r i ..'
kuica " nm lucics a weigh." j'ftila
aelpna Uuuetm.
A Beaver Hunt in Louisiana.
There 13 a mystery attending the move
ments of the heaver which invests it with
peculiar interest. The indomitable in
elustry, ingenuity anel silence in con
structing its habitation anel dams render
this animal an object of much interest to
the hunter.
Twenty-five years ago it was rjuite rare
in Louisiana; now hunelreds of acres of
woodland are elesfroyed, and drainage is
seriously affected by beaver dams.
I he highlands ot East Baton R -uge
commence at the Mississippi at Baton
Rouge, run in a diagonal direction from
the river, and are lost in the flats border
ing on Lake Maurepas.
A short distance below the town the
highland is intersected by a lcV place
called a "bottom," which elebouches into
a swamp, varying in width, and of con
siderable length. Many small branches
empty into it, anel it is a dull, sluggish
stream a home for alligators, loscer-
heads, turtles, beavers, otters, mink, etc.
This swamp has never been dry within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant un
til the past summer and fall. In every
hollow log there was either an animal or
a reptile, the growth cf a swamp since
the Mississippi found a channel elsewhere.
1 he news of this field of "varmints
soon attractcel the attention of sportsmen
and. like Sir Samuel Baker at the atbara.
they prepared to reap a full harvest.
They soon began a slaughter, an 1 bea
vers, otters and mink enough to stock the
market and make hats for a generation
were bagged. The methods resorted to
lor killiug beavers were very simple.
They had made their lodges on the mar-
in of the swamp. The hunter would
dig with a spade over the channel leading
to the cell or lodge, and drop a rope with
noose into the hole thus made, then
seneling in a dog to start the game, he
would noose it as it became entangled in
the rone. Many were caught in traps. .
Several sportsmen, armed with guns
anel lauces, aud having a good pack of
hounds, started for a day's hunt. I'll
tell the tale as it was told to me." Soon
the busy pack are oa a beaver trail. The
dams having been previously cut, the
water hal lelt all the dens high and dry,
and an occasional alligator hole, deep
dug into the basin of the morass, was the
only refuge for this "subtle pillager."
lhe huntsmen urge on the already too
eager pack. They overrun the trail, and
scattering far and wide in wild confusion,
the young hounds bounce a "cotton tail,"
and in full cry call off the young and in
experienced hunters; but the old sports
men stand aud listen for the voice of
some reliable veterans gone to test the
veracity of the babbling stragglers.
It is not long ere they return to the
spot where the trail had been lost, aud
the tenacious old houneis bans' on the
'spoor," following its intricate windings
across a elry plastered flat into some dry
grass, aud begin to give tongue so freely
that they are soon followed Oy their more
reckless companions. Now several wild
hogs start out ot a thicket, and elraw off
the young hunters aud elogs as before.
;.way all go through brier and brake,
and now the beaver is up; making bis
way to a deep alligator hole, he plunges
u and is followed by the elogs. One,
bolder than the rest, seizes hold of the
beaver, and down they both go to the
bottom. But this pool has au owner.
With a tremendous snort, a huge alliga
tor rises to the top ef the water, as if to
inquire who hael dared to intrude into his
domain.
This frightens beaver and dogs and
they all beat a hasty retreat out on dry
land, but not far caa the beaver go, for,
wounded and tired, it elrags into some
mash grass an-d is soon surrounded by
men and dogs. It is a large one and
weighs ninety-six pounds.
tv telling shot in the eye turns the al-
igator
on his back. The dog is also
badly wounded iu the fight with the
beaver.
The wanelering stragglers who had
been allured by the wild hogs and cotton
tails now return, each bringing some
trophy of his chase.
.bight beavers, eight otters, six wild
hogs, four rabbits, aud one alligator ten
feet long, are the result of the day s hunt,
Turf, Field and Farm.
A. Ij.VND VYITnOCT A MILL. It 13 a
somewhat curious fact that iu the whole
island of Newfoundland, which has a
territory nearly as large as the State of
Pennsylvania, aud a population of 150,
000 souls, there is not a single grist-mill
of any description. Little grain is raised
in Newfoundland, though as fine oats
and barley cau be grown. there as in any
part ot the world, and in the western
part of the island wheat ripens well.
lhe people have been so accustomed
from time immemorial to import almost
everything except fish, that it is difficult
tor them to to take the first step towards
independence. The erection of grist
mills would, without doubt, give greater
encouragement to agriculture by supply
ing a uome market ior cereals, and we
learn that a move has already been made
in this direction. A grist-mill is in pro
cess of erection in the island, and the
mm-stones and machinery necessary to
7
operiite it have arrived. When com
pleted, the mill will be compelled to im
port its wheat until a home supply can
be obtained, anel a shipment of grain has
already been dispatched to it from Mon
treal. We doubt whether any other
country in civilized latitudes exhibits
tne phenomenon ol ueiner without so
necessary an article as a mill.
A Cool Minister. The late Rev
Jir. Liac k, oi iirecnin. was one evening
after dark attacked on the road near the
Dens o' Leuchland by a footpad, who
seized his horse's bridle, and sternly de
manded his money. The minister,recov
ering a little Irom liia surprise, recog
nized in the person a townsman of his
own, and coolly addressed him in his
homely way. "Ay, ay, John, what time
tooK ye to this trade, man" l he villa-.n
immediately disappeared.
The Columbia River, of Oregon, is the
first salmon stream in point of numbers
ot the United States, and the Sacramento,
ot California, the second.
Marriage.
Some marry forconvenience,as widowers
with families of small children; some
marry for beauty, in the hope of deriv
ing happiness from a connection with a
person who outshines her associates;
some marry for money, -apparently re
gardless whether the heiress is a shrew
or a fool ; some marry for lovelove at first
sight no matter whether well founded
or not. Now,nearly all such marriages are
wrenched affairs. Many a man, and a
woman, too, have cursed their day, be
couse they rushed thoughtlessly into a
connection as unfit as possible, without
any reflection as to consequences, when
with half an eye the consequences might
have been foreseen.
So.a .'.;,jw t.r other we have , habit of
forming a sort of mathematical estimate
of a man's sense and general character,
(anel the world we believe tacitly does
the same) by the choice he makes in
matrimony; and when we see a man
with his eyes w ide open, marrying beauty
without solid worth or attainments, or
joining himself for life to a fool, on ac
count of some pecuniary expectations, or
forming a connection, which can promise
nothing from the nature of the case but
disappointment and wretchedness, while
we ought to pity him from his heart, we
always set him down somewhat below par.
We know some men have survived such
an error, and have afterwards shown that
they had some energy, but men rise or
fall with their choice of a wife, and it is
generally beyond their power to control
effectually all the circumstances with
which they surround themselves by a
false step. We know many men who
have been struggling a whole life against
the influence of an unlucky, or rather
foolis7i marriage connection, and yet the
world selelom overlooks a folly of this
sort, and all the struggling in the world
can never enable the subject to rise.
A sensible writer has remarked that
'it is not the most exquisite beauty, the
most sprightly wit or the largest fortune,
nor all of them together, nor a hundred
other accomplishments, if such they
were, that will make a man happy in a
partner for life, who is not endowed with
the two priucipal accomplishments of
gooel sense and good nature. If a woman
has not common sense, she can be in no
respect a fit companion for a reasonable
man. On the contrary, the whole be
havior of a fool must be disgusting and
tiresome to every one that knows her,
especially to a husband, who is obliged
to be more in her company than any one
e, who therefore must see more ot her
folly than any one else, and must suffer
more from the shame of it, as being more
nearly connected with her than any other
person. If a woman has not some small
hare of sense, what means can a -hus
band use to set her right in any error of
conduct into many of which she will
naturally run? Not reason or argument,
for a fool against that. And if she have
not a little good nature, to attempt to
advise her will be ouly arguing with a
tempest, or rousing a lury.
Robert E. Lee's Sword.
The Bangor"(Me.) Whi g recently stated
that at the time of Lee's surrender the
rebel chieftiin came to the spot des-
gnated "wearing a splendid testimonial
sword that had beeu presented to him.
and doubtless intending that the weapon
should become the historic emblem of
the lost cause at the National Capitol.
Gen. Grant prevented this by gracefully
waiving the surrender of the sword of
his vanquished foe, and hastily penciling
the terms he demanded, passed the mem
orandum to Lee, w ho became visibly af
fected with emotion on perceiving the
generosity with which all the officers of
his command were to be treated by their
conqueror."
The accuracy of this statement has
been denied by a communication printed
in the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, and the
Whig substantiates it by the following
letter from Gen. Grant:
"Washington, D. C, March 23, 1877.
"t7. A. Boutelle, Esq., Banqor:
"The Bangor Whig and Courier'' ac
count is strictly correct, except in this:
JNothing was said about swords, side
arras, baggage, or private horses until!
wrote the terms of surrender, in which
gave them, at which Gen. Lee was much
affected, and said those terms would have
a good effect upon his army.
"He had on apparently an entirely
new uniform and a magnificent sword
such as is not usually worn in the field
and it certainly left the impression that
the expectation was to surrender it.
"Nothing was said in the preliminary
conversation to warrant the assumption
that anything more was to be grauted to
the rebel army than that they were to be
permitted to return to their homes on
laying down their arms, and not to be
molested in their persons so long as they
remained there and obeyed the laws in
force thereat. U. S. Grant."
The Elephant and the Cocknet.
"That's a werry knowing hannimal of
yours," said a cockney gentlemaa to the
keeper of an elephant.
'Very," was the cexl rejoinder.
"He performs strange tricks and
hanfics, does he?" inquired the cockney,
eyeing the animal through his glass.
"Surprisin'l" retorted the keeper,
"we've learnt him to put money into that
box you see way up there. Try him with
a dollar." The cockney handed the ele
phant a dollar, and sure enough he took
it into his trunk and placed it in the box
high up out of reach.
"Well, that is werry hextraordinary
hastonishin ', truly 1' said the green onet
opening his eyes. "Now let's see him
take it out and hand it back."
'We've never learnt him that trick!"
retorted the keeper with a roguish leer,
and then turned away to stir up the
monkeys and punch the hyenas.
Evert hour conies to us charged with
duty, and the moment it ia past it is
registered how it was spent for or
against us ia the final account which all
mast give of their actions.
Misunderstanding is best prevented
by pen and ink.
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