The Exeter Times, 1889-4-18, Page 3T
H •DUSEHOLD,
House Cleaning.
The melancholy days hoe co ate, the Seddee
of the year,
Of cleaning pleb and sorulsbing there and
Scouring for and near,
Heaped in the cOrnere of the room, the an -
(dent diet ley quiet,
Nor rose up at the father's tread nor at the
children's riot ;
Bub now the earpets all are up, and from
the al -grease top
The mistress calls to man and maid to wield
the broom and mop,
Where are those rooms, those quiet rooms,
the house but now preseuted,
Wherein we dwelt, nor deemed of dirt, so
oozy and contented?
Alas 1 they're all turned upside down, that
quiet suite of rooms,
With #pii and suds and soap and sand and
fats and pails and broom, ;
Chairs, 'tables, stands are strevgn about at
sixes and at sevene,
While wife and housemaids fly around like
meteors in the heavens,
The parlor and the (dumber floors were
cleaned a week ago, .
The oarpets shaken, windows washed (as all
the neighbors know), '
But Actin the sanctum had eloped -4h
talile piled with books,
Pens, ink and paper all about, peace in its
very looks -
Till fell the woman on them all as falls the
plague on men;
And then there vanished all away -books,
paper, ink and pen.
And now when comes the master home, as
come he must o'nights,
To find all things are s'et to wrongs"
that they have "set to rights "
When the sound of driving tacks is 'heard,
the rooms strange echoes fill,
And the carpet woman's on the stairs (that
harbinger of ill),
He looks for papers, books or bills that
all were there before,
And sighs to find them on the desks and
in the drawers no more.
And then he grimly thinks of her who set
this fuss afloat,
And wishes she were out at sea in a very
leaky boat,
He meets her at the parlor door with hair
and cap awry,
With sleeves tucked up and broom in hand
defiance in her eye ;
He feels quite small, and knows full well
there's nothing to be said.
He holds his tongue, and drinks his tea;
and sneaks away to,bed,
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The Care of Lace Curtains,
Take doe n the curtains carefully, shake
them briskly to matter the dust which clings
to theetipper folds. Have ready wash -tubs
nearly(filied with oold water, a tub for each
pair of curtains. If taken down in the
morning, let them soak till the next morning
before disturbing them, then press, nos
wring, the water out of them. If they ap.
pear very dingy, add fresh water; for if
they are very much soiled, it) will rake re-
peated soakings and several changes of water
to render them fii for washing. If there are
carecul washers they oan then be put into the
regular wash, and be gently pressed and
rubbed with the hands, then boiled or scald-
ed. Let them dry before starching, and if
torn mend them. Use clear starch and let
it be wellbciled. They must be made rath-
er limber than stiff and should not stand out
ID firm folds when ary, or they will lose
their lace-like characteristics. After starch-
ing
RANG TEED CAREFULLY
over the line, but net so as to stretch them.
They should remain on the line till a little
more than half dry. In the meantime have
a sheet (one for each curtain) spread out
and tacked on the floor or pinned on the car-
pet, being careful if on the latter to leave
no wrinkles in the sheet. When the cur-
tains are nearly dry, double each one in
half, placing end to end ; if long curtains,
then lay each curtain on a sheet and pin
the hemmed ends neatly and carefully to one
end of the sheet, then go to the folded end
and draw that down by the sides, being
cautious about stretching out the centre.
Leave no wrinklea. Pin down the sides
first, going from those to the centre, keep.
ing an even line always. If possible keep
the edges from drawing into points,
PLACING THE PINS
close enough to prevent it. Change the
pins 11 11 becomes unev2n, looking carefully
to see where it must be done. All must be
done gently or the lace will bulge out when
dry. If space is limited Ws test to do one
curtain at a time. Should a breeze be go.
ing, it will hasten the drying process to
open the windows. As soon as dry they
are ready for putting up again, and will
present almost as good an appearance as if
new.
Lace ourtaine should never be ironed, as
often done; they show numerous bulging
plane, where the lace has been stretched,
besides the promos injures ithe effect of the
design, often warping a fl:wer or leaf to one
side.
If there is no floor space , ab command,
another plan may be followed in drying the
curtains: Procure the long handle of a
wall or window-brusb. Pin a sheet around
this, wrapping it as closely and smoothly as
possible. Take anothertheet and lay the
curtain cn ib, putting the end of the curtain
to the end of the 'sheet. Then lay this end
in a line on a pole and roll it over and over
round the stick, •
tISING TWO SILEETS
if one is not long enough, It will take two
persons to do this in order to keep both
sheet and curtain stretched evenly over the
pole. When done and fastened securely
with pins, the pole oa.n be set up in a corner
till the lace becomes dry. If done as directed
the appearance of the curtains will repay
for the care bestowed upon them as they will
seem li(ce new ones.
There are moVable frames construoted for
the purpose of drying lace curtains. These
have very stnall hooks on the ends arid
sides,- that te,ke holcl evenly and keep all in
place till dry. Tney are used at laundrien
vvhero curtain washing is a business. The
price varies from three dollars up. Yet we
have been curtains done up ie. a private
family, as described above, that were quite
as well restored for tole as those done ou
framed. Where it is not too expensive it is
hest to use gum arabio for stiffening all
laces, fine munlins, and lawns. It gives a
freshuesst and the crispiness of new goods
to worn fabrics and leaVes lumps or
emeared surfaces.
Choice Receipts,
CALF'S Thom) Pte. -Boil half a head with
the brains and tongue, adding to it an mama,
tvvo silicon of carrot, two stalks of celery, a
bit of Made, five °levee, tett pepper.00rns, a
bay -leaf and a sprig of parislpy. In half an
hour's time retneve the brame, and plunge
tliem Into oold water to Meath them ; when
Ihe tongue is tender remove it aed thin it
and.whea the, goat's head .14 done take 'it IIP
and out it loo ihoi or two -loch , vim..
°et the, amp,. and brains, 4,041 F._ •e.,.._.
, , , . , , cie , an
inix with them lurf e pup of &oath aod too
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beaten Yollurof three egge ; add gradtualk to
them poem. of the broth in which , the half
bead was hoilod redueed:dewu ane thfohone4
with flour, add :the ineet, Net ,ef an, A , d
Heaton with salt,- pepper, and 0, epoonfui of
legion-jaice,• .' Be sue there ia them& gravy
to make . the pie, quite 'mein. &dee in 0
pudding doh bordered With good Teary;
and.00vered with pastry, for one hour.
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CRANBERRY .TELLY. -Pare quarter and
, . .
core, twelve targe met apples, (greenings or
any Juicy app.... . . •
' ' les preterred) put in a pone
lain kettle with two quarts of cranberries,
. stew until soft, then ecrein through alelly
bag' pub he juice °4 °I13 6.t()" in /i.amq
kettle (efter it to washed) with two wends
of coffee A sugar, . bell tee game as for any.
jelly or until it 3 elle from the. ekinuner When
you dip it in and falls -off in two or three
pieces. , $kim eff the froth if any rises
while boiling. Pour in jelly mows or
tumblers. The apples give ilea nice flavor.
ORANGE CESTARD Pm -Belie, in ' open
shell, one cupful of ,powdered sugar, one
tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of
smooth corn starch, one Maori:Ifni of boiling
water, yolks of three egg's, juice and grated,
rind of one large orange, all mixed together;
When "oat," cover with meringue of whites
and brown. • . , . . • , ' •
Her. SAntinezs es TOAST. -Take i half
deem sardines, dip them in boiling water to
free them from oil. Put them on a plate in
the on till very. hot. Have . ready some
thiok toastwell buttered; and 'spread with
anchovy.pagste. , 'Lay the sardines on this
and serve vary hot. This dish oan be varied
by usinginettead of eardines the famous Nor
wegiair lax, a' prepration of smoked salmon
that is exported in tine like sardines.nuglibtle
PRINCE ALBERT SANDWICHES, - Take
three eggs, a piece of butter the size of a
walnut, a little grated Parmesan cheese. a
,dash of selt and of cayenne pepper. pat
all into a saucepan and stir over the fire till
m•
it thickens. Cut soe round pieces of bread,
fry them in butter till of a nice btown,
Spread the paste over them. ..Have Some
ham, or tongue, grated or .ohoPped= fine, to
be streeVn over them befewe serving. .
FISH CTIOWLYR - Four pounds of fish,
half a dozen slices of salt .pork, pub into the
pot. When done Verybrown, take pork
mit, put in a layer of fish cub lengthwise,
then a layer of crackers small onions and
.potatoes sliced thin, mixed with bits of fried
pork; then a layer of fish, and so on. Strew
a little salt and . pepper over eaoh layer;
over the whole pour a bowl of flour and
water, enough to come even with the sur-
face. Add a sliced lemon and a cupful of
tomato catsup. A few clams are an addition.
Cover so their no steam esoepe a.
ROLY POLY PriEDING,-Make a crust with
two heaping teacupfuls of sifted flour, two
teaspoonfuls of baking•powder, (mixed well)
a pinch of salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter
rubbea through the flour, and sweet milk_
enough to mix soft like biscuit dough. Then
roll out fiat and add cre.nberry jam ; wet
the edges of dough, roll up and,faeten secure-
ly, wet a pieoe of cheese oloth and wrap
around the whole and put in a hot steamer"Why,
over a kettle of boiling Water. Allow about
ten minutes for it to heat through, then
steam one hour. Cut In . slices and serve
with sauce.
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KILLED IN THE COURT ROOX.
'the, Pmenoe of eettle lilYeterions intangible
evil. . „. , . ,
Did you ever Bee a, Weotera conetable 7 110
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te bag, broadeleth and muscular, He haus
band like a amen h'sen iii Ostend color, and
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seemingly made of sinews His neck la lung
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, aud aa brOVP3 AO bark. His face le leen ama
1 his eyee have theggy browa, '' He ata.nds op
one foot, with the opposite hand on his hip
egering. a fleVen. # 00 ter, . e 10 oose j o ace
b di ' 1 ' t
ed, and thews the strength of a horse. AB i
looked over that crowd Of long-haired, ser.
ions faced cowboy§ E noticed at leaet a more
of constables scattered among them. Their
eves sparkled ex ectantl and they kept
, e .abilities
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iurtive ylooking a out on every attle. Neat
the door I saw tee'Sheriff, , They say he can
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Pub a gun (lnum9r that.; art) num to NabraelEa•
ni heavy jaws were s tat tig even or un
IT h ' h ' ht f h' ,
and his right haied rested upon his belt
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it e drew a a avering breath, of excliement.
Thero was something in the faces of every
one of these rough oowhoya that nude me
almost tremble. There was a suggestion of
tension in the facies . of the consbeblos that
alarmed me. 1 could hear my hearb beat,
and I knew my breath. Ought, yet I saw no
cause of alarne. I looked at the Judge and
the lawyers and I saw the mane spell rested
'111):),11131113eeCmo.unty Pr' theoutor began the trial
in a low, firm tone. Every one spoke low.
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The Judge bowed hi o decisions, The counsel
for the defence interposed objeotions in a
set voioe. ' The faoe of the 'prisoner was pale
and his P es st • H 1 d tted
y staring, e g awes. a the
Court with the suggestionf t t i
o con emp n
his face but at. the audience with a look
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that I thought was almost terror. The
patifieg between the sentencee 9f theeewho
spoke showed that but fer their speaking
the roian was densely silent. I dori't believe
et4• 'one formulated his impreesionsa but
down in hie heart eVery man there must
have known as well as Iknew that we Were
in the v.ery presence. of a coming tragedy.
"When the young plaintiff told her story
her faintest whisper insulted to ring out to
the corners of the room. ' When she ceased
a suppressed sigh struggled irom the crowd.
"The clerk called the prisoner to the bar.
His face grew paler as he arose. He oast
one appealing glance at the still impassive
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audience, You've seen the madden gloom
caused by a light oloud sweeping over the
sun. In adme :Inch intangible way did an
expression of pitiless determination seem to
pass over that sea of faces at the prisoner's
I YetTh •
g ance.no one moved. e prisoner
saw the sudden cloud and grew white. He
,almost staggered to the bar. He turned Ms
baok upon the court room and faced the
Jackie.
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It was then tint I felt as if a weight
were on me. I glanced with tight•cilesed
lips around the room. 1 don't know what I
expeoted, but I had never been so excited.
The facies all seemed blurred at the moment,
but gradually, as if by fascination,' one facie
took possession of me. It belonged to a
twenty-year.old boy with the form of a
-
giant and the dress of a cattleinan. He
stood in the middle of the room. What was
peculiar in him I do not know, for I never
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remembered his expression -perhaps never
clearly saw ib. But the growing horror in
me seized upon that boy's face, centred in it,
fed uponit,., Hie eyes stared heavily at the
and I stared with beating heart at
hum .
"I did not see him raise it, though !oohing
at him. But in a, twinkling a polished bar -
rel gleamed. along the line of that gaze.Only
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his gaza was nob heavy now. One eye closed
slowly. '. The other burned dangerously
along the Jaarrel sight. I held my breath
and waited. It seemed five minutes before
the report o .
ame It was probably not three
ds Whenthe smoke cleared away the
Moen .
h had d b f the
prisoner lay where 0 et90 , bebore 0
bar of 'notice
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' I
' don't know exaotly whab 'happena
next. I remember a wild scramble for the
in w ic was rawn t an
V' h I drather 'h
joined. I housed down there that, the cow-
Deers4
had cleared the court, but that the
constables had arrested the man who fired
the shot. The 'd h the • l'
They said e was e gir 8
brother. Of course they tried the boy for
murder. There were about twenty witnesses
brought. Every single witness swore on the
stand that he had seen the shot fired, but
couldn't to siive his life tell who did it. He
was ac uitt d. The Sheriff met me a da ,
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or two later.counsel;
"'Have you ripened to Nebraska justice
yet?' he asked."
. YOUNG FOLKS.
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I got no flag, cie no promotion ; I ri
od 4 140, weePA --r. but net elt,ffleiently
mut to entitle me to a disoherge ; and •
an experience whiob warraiated me
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• tinning all atribitithe reerutte to • let
liege Mime. even if they tithed ' all by t
aelves'.in the Middle of 4,4 00r4.figicV
lay .0ervith being over,' I f °nod
rei,ohing Eagleiad ,again, that my lIttl
• icr 'la a "d lel
tate la , , 3rsell 4 go. w..a on°1 e" -
being allowed to acme-La:tete,
Rot, even at this labe day, I °anon
main long exposed. te ihottua ; and a
tan little browet-e-Vede.4!3i:°, ---
of her mother -a- sometimes creeps up oi
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shoulder, and ear!) -ae ,Ahe ',farEblea ni,
whitening, but s. till curly looks, " V
pap, whet a lot of perts you hevre go
your hair I eve 1 yea get so metier
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Then, gentle reader, I tell here PA I I
you, of my "dash for :a fisg " 1 did
caPin-wa.
H. BACItus, i a " Wideawa.ke
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KILLED Br G -A8.::
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"I never gee 4 trial in thie city of a man .
charged with a fearful orime,"„ said a lawyer
jun; aftereentence had been, proaminced.0 on.
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a who lied riddled with bull ts the ve -,
4 m u,_ . L, ,_ TO • '0
maq if" ouPPegt," "141,, _"without alitrunfo
ninth of admirati.on at the. confidenoe the
p eopleihe.re have la the wins:..1kn..da%ffid',10°Y,0
et the OM, ' lath. a isiewould Yoker,11 fi-
w9n14 surc4think 1 - take- °- av4, Qemot
dente ler granted- `0
tb) tV7auld, had
d 4.n
had an experience in .3 est ethic we ingi
04 all ray prayiaaa novione of what moo wo
and will nob do ,neder trying cireumstances,
a h. h h . d t bi f pub.
an NV ie MI Ina e. me , rein ,3 or the
lio peace whenever a' peculiarly atrocious
or me rie eon commie 0 • . , . •
i b b ..tt d '
tilt was only three'yea re ago that I' went to
Ha V N b. - I had d- -ilea that 1
s Ingo,' ea dim i _. __
might ste.y there permanently. Eventually
e IA ; l- 2 . s.r • , a.
1.teetUle"kt,tOrnKeeqw:ws arnyuxeram,x1.76.9: York,yotie
a. h • .1 h ' 'd b theR,
Western temper. Thins were many ways
W different from the wild idea I had got of the
t by re din the opera. But the one
of aag
all plieaes wlitioh it)fenud .differed most
widely from the stories. I had heard was the.
Western way of dealing out justice. I ex,
peoted to see mob -law eule, but I found as:
effioient eourtsthere as here, and a very
general reepeob and, covalence, in the law and
its offic irs. Daubed heartily at the yarne
about Judge Lynch, and told an old oitizen
'that the Western folks must be fond of
painting themselves in, blacker colors than
d the tales tele -
they deserverlef they inepire . .
graphed to Eastern newspapers. . .
"4 We're a peateea e o , e replied,.
bl 1 t '- h''with
a twinkle of the alto: 'but end in a while we
hi a feet 11 il ' eme. 1
git up on our na ie 4
. "One day the Sheriff drove rapidly into
'Hastings With a prisoner. He was a dootor
living in a settlement on the border . of the
.00unty, made up 'largely of ranelernen and
cowboys:and their families. H.) was chart,
• t ii, irl • a mere
ell with an. offence against g , .
child,. who had been iterusted to hui lime
as a physician. The. details of the crime
and the arrest gob out and were printed in
the Hastings newspapers, and aroused no
end of indignation. Men gatheredt
. en be
era and talked ahout ie an 11 ,
.atreet "in?. _ _ . a._ gr. Y._
and small. crowds gathered arou:hd. the. Pal
to try .and get a chance to peep rough the
'bars at the prisoner who was for the moment
so notorious. It was rumored that a gang
.of cowboys would be down that night and
raid the jail. The Sheriff immediately
swore in a dczsn huge fellows as extra con.
stables, and stationed them •inside and out
the jail. Bub by night the little wave of in,
dignation had settled down. No gang Of
desperate countrymen appeared, and the
next morning Hastings wasas usual. I have
seen just such momentary outbursts of
public sentiment in the East, and the condi-.
tion of the city next day was precisely what
I g.xpeoted it would be. Several days pass.
ed, and the Crime was an 'old story. The
newspapers dropped it, and I. bern to laugh
at the Sheriff for swearing .in hose . extra
=tables I had told him In the beginning
c° - - -• • I' h to saddle on the
that it was a foe is tc!xpense
town, and he had said nothing. N 91w, . 8,!1
the lazy fellows still snoozed around the jail
I made jokes at the Sheriffs exoetneei thee
and I were good friends, ani h oprisoner,
I nl ree lied onae
jokes in ge. nature. e o y p ,
and then only o say:
'You're a. trifle green yet, little fellow.'
"I am nob a small man, as you see, but I
didn't mind his patronizing me becanee he
was oo almighty big himself and set his jaws
so firmly. •I simply walked off through the
quiet streets and nailed at his seuselesa
fears.t
"Two weeks later, the day before the
trial oame along, Hastings was quieter than
ever. The lawyers had their pleadings.p re-
pared and their wi brace ready. The prison-
ed quietly in jail. Less that day
er rest y .
than any other, so far, did there seem nee dstreet,•
Sheriffs extra constables.
for. the S , , .
"Cowboys are common in the streets of
Hastings. They come to buy supplies: and
sometimes to paint the town. On business
or pleasure, they always bring n atmosphere
none the lea jovial and good-humored or
f
being sometimes a little lawless. Cowboys
appeared in Hastings that.afternoon. Int
this time their coming was not as USUal.
They. diclint gallop gayly in, leap . carelessly
off their mustangs, and stride into the near-
est saloon. They trotted to town in groups,
and with a business -like air about thew.
They were non -committal when questioned,
and merely nodded carelessly to a chance
acquaintance. They didn't drink much.
They hung areund the corners, fingered
their belts, and appeared restless, suspicious,
and determined'.
Somehow the coming of the cowboys,
peaceful though it was, etre,ngely electrified
the Pawn that night. Hastings seemed all
at once to awake as if from sleep. The
streets filled after supper. Men, women and
children paced up and down, seemingly only
to enjoy bhe evening. They chatted about:
all.sorts of current gossip, but wore never,
theles a nervous expectant air that strange-
ly affected me. ."I got nervous myself with-
out knowing why. I threw awaeroigarettes,
bought Some black cigars, and tock to walk.
ling. .Arinuid the saloons were gathered
crowds of men. They were citizens, and
many of the best men of the town were
among them. Some o em wore f th • us
faces. I mixed in the crowds and is ene
It was only commonplace talk that I heard.
The cowboys,. whose numbers were pomp-
eibly increasing,. st ill had nothing to say.
They began to drink aa night came on, an d
a few amused themselves by gm'me to the
outokirts of the town and shooting at pretty
near everything that came along, There
was little or no disorder, In fact, there were
only the crowds, and the commonplace talk,
and the cowboys, and thab mysterious atmo-
sphere. By 11 o'olock there must have
'been 300 strangere in town, every one in v
flannel shirt and a sombrero. nteK..,.-
A DA.SH FOR A ELAO,
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It is not eciaeatial to My tale to relate
/IOW 1, Joseph Tthetiale, an 'kJ iglishinen, of
tied bi th and fai • edu ci,t'on c me to 1 eve
' r r 'a 4 a
my native Dereet and migrate to NevYork,;
suffident be it then; that the year 1762 found
me in the western metropelle a seeker after
fortone, .
1 could find no .situation suited to lay
and funds running low, like thous-
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ands of others 1 enlieted, ' .
Joining a. detachment of ,rooroi.la ear the
oavalry branch of the regular eervioe I afGer
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brief drilling at head quarter berracke,
found myself a full private in the ---- U.
S. CevalrY ; which reginent formed part of
the brigade of regain, cavalry attaohed to
the army of th,, ti.etomac.
e was about tweney.two years et age,
rather undereizecl, and light in weight. I
had a streak of obstinacy, or rather de -
termination, in my. nature, inherited no
&mini from anoestoit Of mine from "tepid,
th'e Tweed." '
arieWyitahl). tolleetitriir adnidsatPhile'llealomf otahte 6'0r:fru:nal;
work of our cOnamend I was not long in
learning my " trade ; "1z:tit, the more I learn.
ed of it the less I liked it, and Often re reb-
the hasty decision , which had platiefi me-
where I was ; but repentanee came teo late,
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and, illy home.training had been such thaten
th e very thought of desertion' was deteste.ble.
With my comrades I shared the ' iiPs and
bdimowermoofr:hdeow"ngerateme oulpdo. army''.; at that
er . b f the •
Not very • Long s ore e. engagement in
which my adventure occurred, I received
word from Edema that by the death of a
kind old relative I had fallen heir. to quite,a
fort , t home I beoame fable'
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desperate then to $eet out of the army in .aar
honorable manner. I showed my lettere tit
superior °Eisen, but they gave me ne
encouragement to look for a discharge in the
stirring times before us ; and a discharge by
purchase • is unknown in the American tier-
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One officer said, " Truedale, if you only
knew some congressman, or senator, it might
e wt.
easily barranged 'bh the War Depart-
_ee.,,
e Alas I I "& stranger in a strange
ment." '•
land, had no ouch powerful. friends to fall
back on. An Irish officer consoled me thus:
" Truedale, me bye, go in and fight your
way out of the sarvioe-what odds if you do
lave an arm or a leg in Atneriky ? ye can
take the rest of your body ho yon,
me widwatth
and wid money you would not miss a liatb
or two, and no Wan 70111d . be rade enough
to remind ye -e .
!penally if you have the
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In the ranks I had a sorb or h very
decent lad from Maine, to whocintlImalsao bold
my sorrowful sale, and farther confided to
hum .
that this same tidy little fortune would
aid me to win elle prettiest brown -eyed lassie
.
in all England for my wife.
"Wali," said my friend from Meine,
"00 you and me . hez been good friends,
and livens you ain't the lad to want to de.
sart, and I would be the last to advise you
to ; but-a.I can't see no other way for you
to get out of the Army-exceptin'. jest one."
" What is that ?" I asked impatiently.
jest this; you capture a rebelbegun
Reg and you air prtty sartain•to get a leo.
-
tenancy but; you've got),:o take it yourself
in fair ight, you know, or it don't eounb."
I fairly laughed aloud at the very idea of
my capturing a flag, single-handedewieh my
small stature, and leak of experience as a
s
soldier, thrown inte the other gide of the
balance,
--
1 said, "I shall keep a. sharp
for flags, and the first one I see
alone by itself ' I will try to bring ib in."
As my regiment debouohed on to the field
Brandy Station (bhe scene of that famous
'we' 1rY fight ° Ween b t Stat • of the South-
ern army and Buford of the Northern); and
was marching by the flank, at a trot, into a
large meadow from a piece of straggling
waode, the girth of my saddle broke, and I
had to pull up for repairs; when they were
made and I was about to mount and galley
after mregiment, I saw, almost directly:in
y
front of me, and not five hundred yardsaway,
a Southern cavalryman ootne slowly out from
behind a barn, alone, and he oarried a flag.
It was a tattered soiled little piece of
i . •
bunting -but still it was a fleg. -
Visions of freedom, of .horne, Englano
'
and of pretty brown eyes, danced before me
-only for a moment, however.
The Southerner had not seen e -the
m
friendly shadow of the trees boncealed me.
1 saw a drop in the road, which, if I could
reach unseen, would place me in much
better striking disbanee, and ,roy plan Was
made.
The oolor-bearer had halted in the shadow
of the barn, his back was turned toWand me,
and the cord attaching the staff of the
guidon to his lift arm hung loosely, If I
- . •
could only get near enough to him for a
rush-one400d "right out against infantry"
from my would sever the cord and I.
could same the colors , and be back to mY
regiment (which had halted at the other
end of the. field) before "Johnny" would
•
reallze what had happened.
At fleet all worked as I expected. I sue-
easefully made the rush, and was upon the
man almost in a moment; but he turned
just in time to see my intended cut. Quickly
drawing his arm in closely to the body, he
threw the colors nearly across his saddle.
My saber whistled harmlessly past him, and
my horse, a wiry little beast, had such
znornenturn on that I could not instant' Y
check his speed. I soon got him turned,
however, and made for the enemy, for my
blood was up now and I determined to win
that flag at all haz3.rds. I ea* that eolor-
bearer's face --and 1 shall never forget ib. He
Wag slight, and tall, with a dark fiery eye,
and as he whipped hie saber from its scab-
.
and moved his horse to the len to re-
°sive , my attack upon his right,or armed,
side, 1 thought, "1 have plenty of work cub
out for me here before I get that flag 1"
All this in the brief moment that we faced
each other -then I saw no more of color-
bearer or of colors, of green fields, of blue
I feltr a terrifi bl thousand tars
o ow, as
flashed before my eyes, then, oblivion.
Long afterward/ learned what had happen-
ed. So intent was I upon the color -bearer
thet I did not see his half-dozen comradee
around the end of the barn. One of them
had ridden up behind me and his first blow
completely wound up my military career n
i
the Army of the Potomac, I fell senselese
on my horse's neek,, but, the very act of fall-
ing drove ray spurS in and he went Way at a
racing pace for °lir regiment.
My assailant beoame so intent on. his re-
vengo upon my poor head, that he failed to
notice hie proximity to ot r lidee, until tny
frieed from Maine had time to roll him fain
hie saddle in the dust by a allot front hie car.
bine,
,
It was fortp eight hours before my wounda
Weredressecl, and you %nay imagine their con-
clition in that climate.. 1 hope no enev411 ever
euffer ali I did. Finally I teeovered sufficient.
ly to be returned to the invalid troop at head.
quarter barracke, Where. I eerved "Uncle
1, • • • •
Sam for the balttece of my enlistment lie a
... _ . ..
• .
The P.ei...AbleD—eath ofTwo K ea and Nal
' ' •
ihseape ora ThIrd,
. PORT H1740N, April 12.-1hfe amnia
ten c`'eleek two men, J4nleg 01801100
Stephen Poruer, met their death in a her
manner. Clemmo is a ship caulker, and
S...eht to caulk ode of the large vacs of
1B hC A f i t f
Allneta et • . a. evt* m nu' es a tc
had t t b h •
ered he vat Porter, no gearing
at Work, went to investigate and found
asphyxiated with gee, and in attemptin
rescue him wale's° overcome. A few 1
Mee later Dr.. Stephenson, the propel(
thinking something. wrong, also , asorpide
ladder to the top of the vat, and seeitig I
0190 lyin I insentable at the bottom,
about to enter and was instantly overeinn
the gas,' brit 'fortunately fell outwards
a ed with bat a few slight bruises.
eon ,t3
engineer, °Ameba by the noise, prom;
assistance. A hole was oat in the tank 1
.
the bottom and the menwere taken,out,
both died shortly after; They were mix
and leave families. ,
' - -O-
Et
' Sunset and Sunrise la Norway.
. '
Imagine urself ' a ehip t anohor it
yo irt a
ing west or straight in front of you. T
.
is. a broad expanse of sea a little to 1
' htbehind on will be the ru
rig hand, y . 1
coast, and to your left the. long, nee
fiord between the islands and the main
that the steamer has just traversed.
.
the sun as itr slowly, slowly Heti ;
.island and the coastsi a ab
look lie dark
purple, and the shadows cast by the e
masts grow longer and longer. After a
when the sun has sunk apparently tw
feet from the horizon, it sto 3 and seem
remain stationary for about tiawenty rei.au
then the very seagulls hide away, while
air' all of a sudden strikes chilly. Etna,
has an awed, expectant feeling.. Seon.
sun rises very slowly once again, and.
yellow clon.cla change with .his uprising
even greater beauty, first to the .palest, p
rose and then to a bluish' pink. •Tne 1
which was just now rose color, ben:
grey, then pale emerald green, and la
bine. Reck after rook stands Oat, can
by the ma's rays, and the reign et day
b once more,
,--weseelso-som,--ft
To te Gratified at any Cost.
a Wo t • . .
is the table girl oryicg fo
• a - .
said a very wealthy Spentsh banker 1:
tons of exasperation. "Sir" replied.
nurse, "she is crying for what she om
get." " Mal I telt Tx.i p:Mn1,7 en7uk
batist 41 1°- ' - le twhatever e
y a., hr oe,pr SS a I
Hush, darling, you shall have what
want." "Bat, sir!" "Nob another woo
is She wants to have the sea warmed for
before she b h I" "Let it
goes to at e
warmed, then!"
Just an Ordinary Hoof.
Charles Theodore Russell was examii
a witness in a Cembridge court one day
week. Tee question was about the me
certain hoof•prints left by a horse in ea
soil. " How large were the prints ?" as
the learned - "were they as larg
my hand ?" holding up h' h d f
r „I8 an Or
witness to see. "Oh, no;" said the witic
•
honestly; " it was just an ordinary ho
Then Mr. Hassell had to suspend the
amination while everybody lau h d ' ['
g e .- a
erville Journal,
—
A Serious Drawback.
A kilted Highlander was in the habi
-
walking to the nearest town -six mile,
-for his revisions. Having on 0116 OCOM
h if
pure am some matches, he found on
return home thab they were useless. On
next visit to town he took them back
1 • d ' "'
comp ame to the grocer a assistant 1
that theywould ' li ht. Th 1
wou pot g . e at
taking one, drew It in American fad
acre his• d
so nether integuments, an ithe .mi
lit. But thie demon t ' ' d
ration instea
eatisfying If a " '
m angered him the m
“And - el ' • • - •
wha, he cried, "is going to tri
twelve mile to light the matches on 5
breeks ?"
e am .is un re _men out o ,
b' h f 9 f 10 i
should receive no check, would end in 11
destruckshun.
Those who deride the name of God
the most unhappy men, except those ,
make a trade of honouring Him.
,
Scientist (in restaurant) -Bring me
decoction of burnt peas, sweetened v
ffluoose and lightened with chalk and wa
Waiter (voeiferously)-Coffy fer one 1
Prince Luitpold, Regent of Bavaria, 1
is a devout Catholic, will only allow
, ,
performance of the "Passion Play ' at 0
Ammergau next year upon condition 1
the text be previously revised by the se
court chaplain at Munich.
The minister called one afternoon to
Mrs. Brown, and at a momenb when
t f th being" `•
was out o e room, in a sermona
he said to little johnny : "This, is
unreasonable world, my young frier
"You bet itis," absented little JohnnY
a way that left no clOubb as ta his sincer
"Teacher Hoke me whet, I; don't ki
enough, and dad takes it mit of. me h
. , ,, WI
know too muon.
The cottage formerly occupied by Ei
A, Poe hat been offered to the city of a
York, if a sinkable site eau be fotuad for 1
Central Park or any of the new parks.
is a plain two-story structure en Perdi
Ileighte, not far from the station. Toe 13
ed here in 1840, and one of his chief litm
works during his stay was a series of pal
in Gedey's Lady's Book at "The tits
of NOW York," which provoked much
°antic comment. An article written
Thomas .Dman English enabled Poe to
cover two handred and twortty.fiye dol
and °este. Ily the ond ef the year
family were in such distressing eke
staneen that an appeal for aid Was mad
4 .4 4 . 4 .
the public,. Poe's wife thed..th iliiIn AA',
The•Spring Poem,
To N. L.. Lucretia John S fili V •
, my e, era
tas, Laura Y., Reginald Pif zwilliam, Con.
stant Reader, Jeremiah Snooks, Clara,liookout
Maude 'Ethel Jone_ ,II Old Subscriber, Marie
Atm i'. Jennie K. 'Reed, Hector, Pro
Bono Polelioo Lucy N.,. Liberal•Conserva•at
-• .
tive, W.. A. G., and137 othet esteemeffoon•
tributore : Many thanks for your exquisite
verses on Spring. They are full of poetio
fragrance and suggestiveness, and all that is
touching and true and good. and beantifn
and grand and nice : the rhyme is all but
faultless; the metre flows smoothly and
evenly, like a meandering brook through
a, limitless expanse of dandelion dotted mead,
ows ; the lines are instinct with the life and
freshness of the vernal zephyrs chat steal to
no over the limpid sun.kissed waves of Lake
Ontario, or come round by the west end of
che said lake, or some other way, from away
down south, or rather south-west, amidst
the pa,lms and spices of the. Gulf of Mexico;
or of those sunny, climes "where the foun•
tains of Sonora glide into the calm Pacifio "
(not very far from. ;there the bogus gold
" boom ' fooled a lot of hairbrained fellows
laet week). We appreciate the poems high.
ly; they speak voltimes for the poetic attain.
ments of the intellectual giants and giant.
asses of Young Canada. They are all equ.
allylixcellent, so much so that we would do
injustice to selec I few and omit others,
We mini if 3)11ra! ceep 'them, and if not
this swing, the Le other stirin , we may
publish them. •
AFFEOTIONATE ANIMALS.
Two Characte I i
r st e A needotes of the De.
. f fo
voti ou o ogs to Their Owners.
The late Mr. Eyre, a clergyman, left a
dog whine was very much attached to him at
the country house of a friend, while he left
England for a long sojourn abroad. After
two years Mr. Eyre returned, arriving at
his friend's house late at night, and retiring
without having the dog called.
Next morning Mr. Eyre was aw akened by
the dog's ha -sting into his bedroom and leap.
ing gpon him with the wildest; demonstra-
None of delight.
"How on earth did he . u
know I had arrived?
asked the gentleman of the servant who
brought hob water.
•
"Oh, sir," the man replied,"It is the
roost curious thing I As I was cleaning
your boots - the dog recognized them and
3
be ame excited beyond measure and 1 haveTh
n
not bean able to deb him till h; saw. where
cl d rashed 1
I was carrying them, an rus e up a on g
with me to our door." . .
y
d f th
A correipon ent o e same 'English
paper relates. thatehe gave away, at a year
a d Web h was unable 'to keep in
old,. _ dog w i
e Aft eight -t1
his Londonhome.th. After tyears ie
dog was returned o his firts owner. • .
"The dogme me," says he oorresponaeptt
,
"at first. as .ta _ istrat!g_er, _paid then, with
little_ ,anima edi smffs_ of inquiry, gfo 2
—
round and roun me. I remained stillor a
_
few moments while a e grew more an
b d
more excited. At last I stooped and patted
her and called her by her name, "Dee"
" Oxi hearing my voioe the poor beast
g ave what 1 cm only describe as a eoream
of rapture, and leaped into my arras. From
that moment she attached her lf a
. se .o Me as
1 s e a never e me, an i e
fhhd '1ft d With th tend.
erest devotion."mood,
Baby McKee in Command..
A Washington letter to the Troy cinema',
"
says of President Harrison's grandchild ;
Baby McKee is allowed more liberties about
the head Of this Government than the ordi-
nary office -seeker, or Oen a member of the
Cabinet, among whioh may be included the
privilege. of entering the library of the Pre.
sident at all times. and wandering about at-
his own sweet will, and thereby hangs a
story. There are on the desk of the Presi.
dent -a desk presented hiin by Queen Vic-
toria, and made out cif the. timbers ' of the
ship Resolute; whit& brought frem the Arctic.
the remains of theSir John Franklin expedi.
tion -a series of ivory keys, which connect'
with 'electric bells LI different parts of the
building,. so. that he cam summon his score-,
taxies and attendants ' at any time. One of
these six keys ealls 'the .private secretary,
another the executive secretary, and the
rest the telegraphoperator,the stenographer,
the telephone man, the meesenger, the door-
keeper, and so on. And all of then° officers,
.,
in fact, almost every member of the official
Staff at the White House, rushed into the
Preeidentei room in frantic haste yesterday
afternoon,. not knowing whether the Presi-
dent had been assassinated or not, but sue-
pleating that the Worst hal happened, be-
mese of the ' violent and continuous rinoing
of these bells. But it was only Baby McKee,'
who had found a new plaything.
" At midnight the streets began to clear,bard
and an hour later only a few groups were
seen around the saloons. There was no un•
usual noise except an occasional drunken
brawl, But that strange sense of uneasiness
continued to pervade the air. I met the
Sheriff as I wandered home about 1 o'clock.
" ' Do you smell it?' he asked. .a.,sky.
"Smell what?'
"The blood in the air,' aid he ,with a
laugh, 44 ,I've ',smelled it before, and I know
the odor.' • •
When I got out next morning, it Wire
with a laugh at my own nervousness of the
preceding night. Two beers before court
began thel'entranoe to the Court House was
.,
besieged by cowboys. They formed a corn-
peot crowd around, and When the doors
were thrown open broke into the °barb room,
filling it to overflowing. The citizens Of
llastinge who wanted to attend the trial
arrived later, and tiad.to hear proceedings
frern the hallway or not to hear them at
all.
+4/ had a seat within the railing cmitimand.
ing a view of court and speotetore, The
spectators interested me. more than the
court, The faces Were alltough, allhearcied,
all brorzelwith sun and Weather, all strong
ha feature, all silent, all Watchful). all deter':
mined, As I looked at thein the Onie old
,
ROI/J[4 of the dolt before ozone over me ps
. -.1....i.1...1 i...:....,.. 'r 1,....u. .....al........Y.
-
The boy Emperor of China is now seven-
teen years old. He is ;a slender, yellow-
faced, almond -eyed, blaok-queued young
Tartar, who had all the instincts of the ordi-
like
nary boy., and veho lis fun as well as any
boy among his stibjects. It is said that his
rnajeSty 18 net a very good student and that
he hal a rather petulant disposition. Re is
variable in his taste, and it may be an this
aosount that the empress regent Still holds
the position Of royal advisor. He will have,
howevir, unlimited power in a ehore tithe,
aticl it deporldis on him whether China shall
follow Japan hi the march of Asiatic) oiviliz-
talon or tot. The empreee regent hate been
one of the inost progressive thinkeramong
the Chint3ect, arid, considering the isolation
of China, it 'Seem strange to record that in
a ehett time those palaces Will bo lighted
with six .thousand elect& lighte, and that
the emperor will eat hie breakfast with
. , . ' •
tory ghopetTke tipped with gold under the
.... . ..
A. queer freak et nature is attracting the
attention of the medical fraternity at Wa.
bash, Indiana. William Sather, a mechanic,
noticed, smile mei:Oho' ege, •thab thetongue
of his son Was becoming abnormally large,
but did not immediately report the case to
O physician. The tongue has since increased
to double its natural size, protruding from
.
the lips It a disgusting Manner, and render.
ingit impossible for tee' boy totake:nutrimene 1
gave in liquid form, The swollen tongue nas
interfered with respiration, . and the physi.
dans es a kat resort decided to trim the or- ,
gan down to its proper ptoportionie though '
MO operation id attended with great) danger. i
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oberlc In 10.1 Oomniiteary Deparbmonb,
Jantiary 30, 1847.
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