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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Times, 1891-10-02, Page 2(CIe 4.0160am 0.Limo FI,LUD1,. O0rO13l±iR 2, 1t;81. 'creeds of the armee As atnAn rtr alas. seaman° tons,. The peste was written by 'Ur. r. W, f ungay, The notes as to how it should be read aro by tin, Richard Lewis, author of the "Dominion Elocutionist." How sweet the chimed the Sabbath, bells ! Eriela one its creed in music tells, In tones that float upon the air, As soft as song,, as pure as Drayer; And I will put au simple rhyme The language of the golden chime, IILy happy heart with rapture swells Responsiye to the bells --sweet bons, (1) "In deeds of love excel—excel," . Chimed out from ivied towers a bell; •"Tlais is the church eotbuiit on sands, Emblem of one not built with hands, Its forms and sacred rights revere; Come worship here ---conte worship Here, In ritual and faith excel," Chimed out the Episcopalian bell. (2) "Oh,heed the anoientlandmarks, welt," In solemn tones esolaimed a bell ; "No progress made by mortalmaa Can change the just, eternal plan. Do not evoke the a$enging rod ; Come here and learn the way to God. Say to the world farewell 1farewell 1'' Pealed out the Presbyterian bell. (3) "Oh, swell, ye cleansing waters swell;' In mellow tones rang out a bell, Through faith a lone in Christ can save, Man must be plunged beneath the wave -To show the world's unfaltering faith aln. what the sacred Scripture saith. a (4) "Oh, swell ye rising waters, swell 1" .Pealed out the clear -toned Baptist bell, .,(5) "Not faith alone, but works as well ; ;must test the soul," said a soft bell, "Come here,au d cast aside your load, And work your way along the road, With faith in God and faith in man, .And hope in Christ, where hope be- ganl 'Do well—do well—do well --do well," Pealed forth the Unitarian bell, (6) "In after life there isjno hell," In rapture rang a cheerful bell. ; "Look up to heaven this holy day, Where angels wait to lead the way, There are no fires,notfiends to blight The future life; be just and right. No hell—no hell—no hell-. no hell," Rang out the Uniyersalist bell. (7) "To all the trut h we tell—we tell," ' Shouted in ecstasies a bell ; "Come, all ye weary wand'rers see! Our Lord has made salvation free. Repent! believe! havefaithi and then Be saved and praise the Lord. Amon,. Salvation's free we tell—we tell," Shouted the Methodist bell. (1) This line is to be .sung like a chime of bells ; the secobd line isonly read but the succeding five lines to "ex - eel" should Again be chimed, varying the chimes on each two lines. If the reader cannot sing the chimes, the lines may be read in a clear high tone. Read in imitation of the tolling of a bell, deep and slow. Dwell on the Italic wards like a pealing bell. Read like No. 2, but higher pitch. Rise higher on this line and chant "swell," Same as No. 3 but softer tone. Swell with greater power on "Do well,' &c., giving a chanting tone to "swell." Loud and clear toll of a bell; chant- ing "No hell," &e, in rh high,triun'tph- ant tone. Chant loud and clear. Rise higher on "come all," &o, OObant loud and rapid "Repent," &o f The last line is • to be read, (2) (3) 11 (5) (6) (7) Dining With Colonel Garter. From Colonel Carter C rteeville. By F..Hopkinson Smith; Ho Ilton, Mlle fila & Oo, The ainnet . was at the Colonels --an oldfasliioned, partly fin- ished, two story house;iiearly a century old, which erouchss down behind a larger and more modern dwr'llifig .fronting on Bedford Plate, New Yorlt, The colonel is a true Virgionia gentle- man, eoortly, refined, easy going, with little moi,ey and ,l ' idea of its value. He is a good comrade. `a lover of good eating, and a visionary old rnttn with great scheme; for wealth in a southern' railway tortin to Olarterviile. Fitz is a genial. fellow Who hurnore all his schemes through his esteem And love for the character ofrthe old colonel. A sharp double knock at the outer gate, rind the nest: instant a stout , thickset,round•faced man of forty,with merry, bead-like eyes protected by big. bowed speetaclee,petsbed open the door and peered in good-humoredly. The colonel sprang forward and seized him affectionately by both shoul- t3ers. What the d do you resin, Fitz,' by cornitl' ten minutes late? Don't yon know, sub,that the bur„in' .4 a canvas • back is a crime 1 ' Stuck i►r tl`fi, suow ? Well,. 1`!f for. • give you this . lice, sunt Chad won't; Give tile'” y,r ri,ltt • - tiles:, ine 1 it is as wet iota setter dog. Now pot yo' be - fated carcase into this chair whioh. have been warming for you, right next to my dearest ftiend,the major. Major, ii'itz l Fitz, the major 1 Take hold of each other, Doing coy heart geed to get you both together. Have you brought a copy of the prospectus of attic ruilroadi You kuoy I want the major in with its ou the groan' fro', But after dinner --not a word befo'. The railroad was the eoionei's hope for the impoverished mores of Garter Hall, but, 1IGely saved from foreclosure by the geirltrosity of his aunt Miss Nancy .Cartek, who redeemed it with almost all her avings, the house and half the outlyii" lands being thereupon deeded to iterf. The • other half was retained by the 4louel.. 1 explained tl Fitz immediately after his hearty gl'petieg that t was a humble painter and not a major at all, and had not the rz` notest connection with any military 'or ani"zation what- ever ; but that the c lonel always in- sisted upon surround ng himself with a staff', and that ray remotion was in conformity with the dea. The colonel tau;} ed, seized the poker, and rapped three tunes on the door. k A. voice from the kitchen rumbled Up; Conlin' salt. at It • was Chad dishin'°the dinner be- low, his ,..explanationsi increasing in distinctness as he pushed the rear door open with his foot, bottle hands being occupied with the soup tureen which he bore aloft and placed4at the head of the table. Le a moment more gel, retired to the outer tali and reappeared brilliant, in white jacket and apron. Then be rang. ed himself behind the4oionel's chair and with great dignityiannounced that dinner was served. Came, major ! Fitz; sit where you can warm yo' back—you are not thaw- ed out yet. One minute, gentlemen— an old custom of boy ancestors which I never. omit. The blessing Was eaked'ivith bedotne in; reverence ; then there was a slight pause and the colonel $ lifted the cover of the tureen and sent, a savory cloud of incense to the ceiling. The ' soup was tale oreaul of some, thing with baby drabs. There was also a fish—boiled—t ith slices of hard eggs fringing the dish, ovalled by a hedge of parsley and!aupplemented by a pyramid of potatoes with their jackets ragged as tramps. Then a ham Was brought brown , and crisp, and bristling ell over witlt.'cloves. Then the ducks ! It;was beautiful to see the colonel's faze waren chad, with a bow like a folding jackknife, held this dish before him." Lay 'our here Cbac-right under my nose. • Now hand me that pile of plates sizzlin' hot, and give the Carvin' knife a .turn or two across the hearth Major, dip a reit of celery in the salt and follow with a inou'ful of claret. It will prepare your • palate for the kind of food we raisp gentlemen on down my way. See that red blood.. followin' the knife 1 ?� Suit you, Mersa? Chad never forget his slave days, To a turn, Chad—1"wouldn't take a thousand dollars for fou, replied the oolonel,relapsing as unconsciously into an old habit, There, major, sail the colonel all Chad laid the snrokingypiste before me, in the bt'east of a bird Vint fe' days ago Was Alvin' for wild celery within feisty miles of 'Garter My dear old Aunt Nancy sends .Me a pais' every week, blase her sweet, soul I Fill yo' glasses and let us, drink to her health and happiness. Hire the colonel nose from his chair. tieotleren, the best thing on this earth—a true Soutlrii: lady 1 Now, Chad, the red pepper. No, jolly, colonel 9• said Fitz, with a turn of his eye to the hide -board. Jelly ? 11 o, stili ; not a suspicion of it. A pinch of salt, it dust of cayenne, th,'n shut yo' eyes add month and don't opett tbenr'cept for a rop of good ret! sue. It is tile malt in it the early W u,ornin' that you are taatiit', stag -'-not molasses candy. You Nawtherners then't really treat a canvas -back with any degree 'of respeox•. You ought never to come into his presents° when he lies in state without takin' off your Bats. That may be ene reason why be skips over Nawthern States when he takes his snnual fall .Rutin', And he laughed heartily, But you use it NI venison i argued Fitz. Venisonis is dill"ent, still, That game lives on Moose beds, the bark of sugar maple Glad the tufts of sweet grass, There is a ropeiety and justice in his endin' his days smothered in sweets ; but the wild duck, suh, is bawn of the salt leo, braves the storm, and lives a life o peril and hardship. You don't degrye a' oyster, a soft- shell orab,or a clatn\with confectionery; why a canvasaback'ink i Fow, Chad, serve %offee. The colonel'pustied back his chair a drawer En a table on his and opened right, producing tl\ee clay pipes with reed stems and a bilcliskin bag of to. hoes. This he pourdd out on a plate, breaking. the career grains with the palms of his hands, and filled the pipes with the greatest care. Fitz watched him ouriously,and when he reached for, the third pipe said'; No, colonel, nenetfor me, thank you, smoke a cigar—got ft pocketful. Smoke yo' own cigars, will you, and in the presence of a Virginian? 1 don't believe you have got a drop of Irish blood left in yo' veinstlipr you would take this pipe. Too strong for me, remonstrated Fitz,, Throw that vilinnous device away I say, and surprise yo' nostrils with a whiff' of this. Virginia tobacco, suh— raised at • Caarterville—cured by my own servants. No ? Well, you will, major. Here, try that; every breath of it is a nosegay, said the colonel, turning to tae.. But, colonel, continued Fitz„ with a sly twinkle in his eye, your tobacco pays no tax. With a debt like runs, it is the duty of every good citizen to help to.raise it. Half the cost of this cigar gees to the governmentt It was a red flag to 'the colonel, and' he laid down' his pipe and fated Fitz squarely. • ' 'Tax ! On our own ptkidnetions, sub► Raised on our own land! zAre yo' again forgettin' that you are stn Iriah,man and becomin' one of these money inalcin' Yankees ? Haven't we suffered enough—robbed of our property, our iarlds confiscated. our slaves torn from us; nothin' left bus our honor and' the shoes we stand ink ` The colonel on cross,exaniination could not locate any karticularly whole- sale robbery, but it olid not chock the flow in his indignation Tuke,for instance, the town of Qear-. tervillc look et that peaceful village which .for mo' than a hundred years has enjoyed the privilege of free goo. ernment ; and not only Caarterville, bttt all our section of the slate. Well, what's the matter with Caar- tervilie i asked Fitz, lighting his cigar. Matter, soli 1 Just look at the deg• radatioti it fell intro hardly ten years ago. A. Yankee jedke jurisdictin''our laws, a .Yankee sheriff enfo'ein' 'ern, find a Yankee postmt(,ster distributin' letters crud selliii' postflge-stamps. But they were sleeted all right, colonel and repreaented+ftlie will of the. people., people ? Vo' pe ple,not mine. Nu, my dear Fitz; the a. ministration sueceedieg the tear hast treated tie shamefully, and will go tl;,own to pose tehity as infamous,• i The colonel left leis (drab and begat pacing the floor, itis indignation rising at every step. i To give you "tan idea, butt, he con. dialed, of what ', we Southern people suffe'ed itnn►edi 1t'ely after the fall of the {iollfederaey, 'Jet the State a'case that came under in own observation. Gal'one! 'r'einpte ` atcott, of l+okeer County, Virginia,ea iutu Talcotville .sue mornitv.. dull --a town,aettled by his ancestors..—riding upon hie hone— or rather a mule, sub, helongin' to his overseer, Colonel Talcott,suh.belong ed to one of the vehy fust families in Virginia, He was a son of Jedge Tal• eott, sub, and grandson of General Snowden Stnflbrd Talleott of the Rev, olutionary War. Now, sub, let me tell you right here Haat that every that the Taleott bl000d is as blue its the sky, and that every gentlsnuun. boarin' the name is kitowri all over the country, suh, as a man Whose honor is dearer to frim than his life, and whose word is auysyfliere as good as his bond. . Well, suh, on this iilornin' Colonel Taleott left his plantation in charge of Iles overseer—he was worlcin' it on shares—and rode througlwhis estate to his ancestral town, Atm five miles' distant. It is true, sub, these estates were no imager in his name, but that had no bearin' on the events that fol - And they did not hang the colonel? Kang a Taleott 1 No, atilt ; we don't .bang gentleman down our way, Jedge Kerfoot vehy properly charged the coroner's jury that it was a matter of self defence, and Colonel 'Walcott was not detained, surf, mo' than balf an hour. • The colonel rose' unlocked a closet in the sideboard, and produced a black l bottle labelled in ink, in large letters, Old Cherry Bounea, 1848, Yon mast excuse me, gentleman,but the discussion of these topics has quite unnerved me, Allow We to share with you athimbleful. Fitz drained his glass, east his oyes upwards, and said solemnly, to the repose of the postmaster's soul, V161ant Caro. Vigilance is necessary against unespeot• ed attacks of summer .complaints. No remedy is so well known or so successful in this class of diseases as Dr Fowler's Bx- tract of Wild Strawberry, Ifeep it in the lowed ; be ought to Imo' awned thein, lioues as a safeguard, and would have done so but fo' some 'Secrets of Happy Wedlook. ' Respect each,, other's 'individuality. Do not try to tnould the other's ideas or principles or manners to the pattern of your own. ,Seek to influence each other only by the power of higher exmple. By your own worthiness and culture make the other proud of .you, do not feel that marriage gives you any right• to demand or dictate or criticise. vehy ungentlematil fo'closure pro.. oeedin's which oqurred immediately after the war. On arriving at Talcottville the col, .onel dismounted, banded the reins to his servant -or perhaps, suh, one of the niggers around the, do' --and etre tored the post Office.! Now, suh, let me telt you that one booth befo', the government, contratfy to the express wishes of a great inpfny of our leaden' j Maintain and Allow the same free- eitizens,had sent ankee postmaster to Talcottville to administer the postal affairs of that town. No sooner had dam that exists between good and pure friends. Never ask personal questions nor this man taken possession than he be. seek explanations, for you are not a gan to be exclusive, suh, and put on hundreth part as reapon ible to each 1r airs.. • other as you are apt o imagine. The vehy fast air the Yankee put Let your love be atunded in admire on was to build a fen, A in his office °tion and friendship. and compel our peo,IS'Ie to transact Strive to correct yopr own fault's their basiness through a hole. This,and study to make the ;other happy, suh, in itself was vgiy galliu', for up and be exceedingly ca fuE that von to that time the mail had always been never reverse this ryya,re. dumped out on the ' table in the stage Deep your most /Clued and gentle office and every gentlemen had helped manner for the home. himself. Tile, next thing was the Never refer to a mistake that was glade with good inteutiolat elosin'• of hie matt bags, at a' hour fixed by himself. Tins became a,g;reat in- convenience to our citizens, who were often late in fruishin' tl.it•jcr correspon deuce, and who always found out for- mer postmaster wittig' either to hold the bag over until the next day, or send it across to Urumntondtown by a boy to catch a later train. • Colonel Taleott's mission to the post office, suh, was to avail a letter to Ins factor in Richmond, Virginia, on business of the utmast importance to himself, suh—namely, the raisin' of a entail loan upon his share of the crop. Not , the arm) that .was, planted, sag, but the crop that' he expected to plant; Colonel Taleott a•ppxoached timbale! and with that Chesterfieldian manner which has distinfruislied the Talcotts for,mo' than two Centuries asked the postmaster for- the •loan of a three cent postage stamp. To his astonishment, suh, Ise was refused. Think of of a Taleott, suaf, in his own county town beat'reftt'sed a three cent postage -stamp by' a low -lived Yankee,who has never known sgentle- man in his life, syii 1 The colonel's, first impulse. sub, was to haul the When a wrong is parlsned bury it in oblivion. Consider the othe'r's honor your own, and shield each other's weak- nesses with sacred jealously. Be.member that ill -temper nearly always comes of disappointment or overwork or physical suffering. Treat each other as ¢ iurteously in private as you treat your friends in the drawing room o' Never allow invdmaoy to 'meanie . ftimiliarity. . Be rivals in generosity and let mis- tltiderstanding die for the lack of works. Consider marriage as the partner- , ship of equals. Share the joys.aiud sorrows of life, its toils and its/profits, as equal part- ners should. a' COZ TMP3'SON CURED. 'An old physician, retired from praetioe, haling had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the /SR, speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, liron- chltis, Catarrh; Astim,a and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nora ons Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of eases, he has felt it his duty to make it known to his snfferh,g follows, Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve Inman snfferinr 1 will send free of charge, to all writ desire it, this recipe, in German, French nr English, with full directions for preparingsand *Mg. Sent by mall by • addressing with stamp, umuiii (i'$s, paper. W. A, scoundrel through the hole and kearvc i dares seePc'vers Rloek uochest%r, N, v. him, but then he -remembered, sail, . • Want the, Money Each. that he was a Talcott and could net Hereafter co porations will be a. demean himself, and drawin' up again little shy about granting money .to with that manner which was grace it. ce}ebratiens and such. .Ju Gait present self he requested the loan of a three, two towns seem to, bit ip.r }not water. over this praotioe. Tapes F Wells, of cent postagekstttnip until he should Barrie, hail caused n 1'injunction to be communicate with his factor in Ti.iob. served on Mayor Peyler restraining mond, Virginia, ani again; sub,he the corporation from paying out any was refused, of the public moneys of the town to- wards the expellees of the Canadian regatta held there oh Anroust 10 and 11; towards expenses incurred in entertainiug the ??ental Assoffiation on July 28, or towards the citizen's band, The defendants to pay the snst of the action. The 'other case is at Woodstock, wbeyre IP 11 Ball has written a letter to the oounei} stating that he has received iu3h'UCtien8 from ft citizen to request tare council to tee fund to the town treasurer, tbb sum of $200 granted for bringing the Enyel Grenadiers there, and Chet unless this is done he will take immediate. pro eeecliugs against the council, Well, suh, what was there left for it high torted Southern ..gentletitanto do's Colonel Taleott drew his revolver, frau .the leg of his /hoot and shot that Yankee scoundreit'' through the heart and Millen liitn'p'li the spot, Aria now, 'felt, 'comes the most re.. inerkabte part of the story. If it had not,be 4u. for Major Tont Vancey,Jedge Kerfoot and myself there woull have beets a lawsuit, Fitz lay baek in his seat and r'oaltd. 11 ex of fro ou be eu ye for Wi fru th ov d r e se sev Yo stet r if' ten soo g. our Wi Brt Co, sys In me Eby jos ke tra pr tel an tht sal tr wi tiv $I fol bel pe Co • an chi -•Co ev u fa vi e to t to pi 01 pi tl t p tc tl a