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WHY LOCY ELLEN DID NOT MARRY.'
Why didn't Lucy Helen
goldgit rnariied;? Hedn't
chances, eh? Now jest you 1
tell you how it was. Lucy
was :pretty enough ; that wash
trouble,- but you see them
golds, they're sort of queer.
1 don't go for ter say that sh
well off single as merried ; t
two sides ter every; tiling ; .ac
ing to. my thinking, I'd as so
single and my own mistress, as
•Miss. Hollyhock, who's a.lwa
luggng'round a baby in one
and a -doing of the work with t'o
or like Miss Slitnaax—you've
tell of young Slini�tx, how a
sweet he was to her 'while
were -
a a
GOLaatill �
�. Law,
bless
� � c.s
bow naturs do change after ge
themselves merriecl : 'twasn't m
a fortnight afore he &Banged
tune; she'd no - more durst ask
for sixpence than you durst
your head into a lion's mouth.
To be sure, it's different wit'
anan ; if be don't merry, who's
mend or make for him ? Who'
coddle him up, and flatter and
courage him lik e 7 Who's ter I
put his best foot forward, w
things kind of hitch ? If I
asked, I'd jest advise all the rue
marry, and all the woolen to
single. However, that's neth
ter do with Lucy Ellen, that..I
on, though ter be sure she's took.
advice, but no credit to her, no m
than if she'd took the variolo
when it -was round. Maybe you
keerd of her gran'ther, Elder M
gold ? The folks set a .heap by
elder hereabouts, though he Was
outs.pokenest man that ever' prea
ed ; for instance, there was Deal
Thrift, used to live out on the to
pike ; the deacon was mighty clo
fisted, you see, and some folks wwT.
for ter say that it was worse'n th
However, the elder got wind of li
the deacon had sold six foot ut wo
to Wielder Hood - for a good co.
and the next Sabbath the elder
gits up in the pulpit and preach
about the wieder and the fatberle
—though mercy knows Miss Ho
hedn't no children, and was a sig•
better off than the deacon and eld
put together; but' .tha.t wasn't"n
kind of xeason why she should
cheated out of her eye teeth, whic
then were false ; and so the elder}
goes for ter say -a -leaning way ou
over the pulpit -cushing and Loin
ing fur ter one place and then t
another," I don't care who it is, o
where he Bits—whether in the ga
fiery or in the body of the meetin
- house, or iia the deacons' seat, th
man that'll sell six foot of wood fo
a good 'cord, is worthy of fire an
1ri•iutstone, and I'm afeerd he'll gi
Lis deserts." I've heerd -as liowv th
deacon glade restitootion ; but that'
nothing to do with Lucy Elbert uS -
knowv of, only the elder was- he
gran'ther, and as likely a man ai
e
er give out a psalm ; however',
site didn't inherit nothing from pilo,
except a yoke of steers and some
farming stuff: The fact was, the
Mea•igoida might hey" been some:
bodies iustead of nobodies and • no-
things, if Marsh i'derigold hedn''t
rnerried as he° did, instead of rnesry-
ing as Ile ought to hevvdone, though
;t don't become me to say .-how he
ought ter bey merried. Marsh, you
see_, was named after his mother's
family—the Marshes over the river
:yonder ; they were fust cousins " tee
the Swamps and the Bog,;;s, rich as
mud could nlake 'ena. �Va'al, you
see, iiLush he spoiled it all by going
and rarerrying the slackest piece of:.
flesh and blood that ever liaan'tled 'a
broom, jest because elle bed a prat.
Mari -
any
•et w,e
Ellen
't *h3
Mari -
Noy
At a'
here'
cord
oil.0
lik
ys a
hand
Cher
he
earn
wful
they
you,
tting
ore'n
his
him
put
h a
ter
Who's
ter
en
telp
lien
Was
n to
tay
ing
see
My_
al e
id,
've
ari-
the
the
ch-
eat
.t�n.
se--
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at,
ow
od
rd,
he
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ht
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be
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t
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I
r
s
ow, Miss h, arigold, if you don't
conte out of that, there fit ofy our'n "
(a cl he spoke j mighty stern like),
" ny ta,
ural
tient'
nevI."
p
atlllentkc, 111 s ic1R cases, ter
e-. b'ili 'g,' water clown the.
throat through the tin tun-
nel b1 Ss : you, she came
re the b' ling water
1 got up stairs.
I now," says she;
hither severe treat -
for, you see, she be-
riht out of it a
and the tin tun
I. feel 'beta
" but ain't that
nae)nt, doctor I"
lielred he Meant to do.it:
0 to severe (dues," lays
used severe meas lees ;" an
took aria her pi ch of sn ul
good -by , and lif • rill sent b
see. h(1 f 1 k :du t afternoo
Shc: ,cl h . a tela J se.: You see Luc
y
Ellen b ln't no chance ter grow up
as sited tighter, ,.Since she was , a
.cliiIcl sit a heercler mothe act out,
and tell all sort 'f` white ' bs—such
las I ow Mitesh :anted her ter hew
help, and she he ' elf wouldn't hear
co i nor be bothered ed with i. servant
abort the: hobs , j a -pitting their
fingers inter the n1, and a -stealing
of "tide clothes off'; one's back, when
Liu 7- Ellen hed heerd• her father
saythat 1)e could u'L afford a
� ordi nowway;
and how Mr. Me �igold wa ted her -
to hev a Leghorn bonnet an 1 French
flowers, but, for her part, sh thought
eu1d."be a wicked folly when so
y-tea:hen hec nit 'any t iing.but
leaf, when Marsh heel only
that she n1'ght hew her old
,d over,
athen'd
if they
he, " we
1 then he
i and said
er over to
-for fear
it wv
man
a fit
said
straei
and
neve
look
how
horse
sell
mort
were
ing o
of sl
know
whitened a
Lacy knew t
• git anythir
d ter her ; an
11L►r3sh want
when Lucy
lyaway to
age.' Oh,..
the greatest;
the stocking
rape, so yo
:d what ' it ,
place and,; of cour
ter b�
Whei:
their
they'd
ough
ill -tl
rsed
,lune ►
Son p1
green
() gr
0'U c.
er bel
lien
of thei
nd lit
races''
lie Ws
erself'
er mo er lid afore
was a petty 1) iece,
notions ; fol., ou s
'S alit higher t tan a
bbrs' suns. Bless y.tt, I doubt if
there wwi;ts A n►aatch ter please her in
all the country roun she hadl such
a mind ter ee a tine aady, and not
.ter ter w tsli her hands;
it. was d weight vulgar
your li ing, Or ter be
and y might know
Marigol s was douse
• llrre asn't a blind
incl was ing' days! you
alied at le bell till all
or. - . yot c raised any
ey hung their clothes
the attic.
But o
a ce.
co art co
of lawye
lee gent.
th dr haat
th ii• he:
and i.1ii
there co
al ng wi
t
lel
h
1)
ad press
at the h
g better
d then sle'cl tell
d ter buy anrither
knew - he lied ter*
)ay off part of. a
1 tell you, they
cases -for stretch-
►ut .of a 1 kind
1 , Itarclly hew
has in t ` e first
e, Lucy E len got
block.
got up
-selves,
they'd
e, and
They
y hed
I)am
•t, incl
and loa -sugar
But, gr is ous,
the youn_ folks
it ag'in Lucy
witched ' . n>i out
ter brow , kyes
d :.her ai •s and
round
uueci
er, as
d she
:silly
ked a
eigh-
1'
e a 'chip' of the old
she and her ® other'd
bonnets all by ;thei
make folk 'think
t 'ern over t ' • Shopvii
deceit.
otlgh th
alar, an
ion as di
tat -
•r n
rake
ser
ea
oat
rilcln
eve
ort of
eke as
r)r tea r
as coin
as a den
Jithakes.
hev go
word o
shed jest b
sen�es with
r blushes, a
• the)r'd 'a, k sed the
lked on, but she jest a
and then flt.ng 'em o
her. 'A
r all her
she lo
yofthe
1
l)
sl
ingtlpeW
e -tho inlet
ter woi• -
seen do'ng
when he
el
le
nt
wv
kl(
n
eating, -fo
`t open ;
ah -t h
s bit
dy, tai
w p.
e a
d th
face on te= • her. - La e -s, the way she Iii or,
-used fur to cut up W{S a Caution; - al an
she hed iter sister. -Tiley ter live with -1-1 m
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a
y
her. Goodness, maa 'S the times < { n
y •' LucvLll
I've laughed tifl I heel a stiteli in . sakes, tl
side to hear old De. Heitt•tsease tei�ducecl
tell about them laighstericsof hers. how he 1
You see one day she was took very and his
batcl in one, the fact was it was about But Luc
haying time, and there was nl(:ncv't ter f go u
•e ootl
er Ile'
s sb.
tee do, au d she, wanted ter shirk it mo.
and go off visitin her own folks beti
and leave lildv to do the work, and else
G
Slier knew Marsh would seui her if elle sung
ed wit
n, ant
till,
one da
nted.
jic, thought she wwais puorlv ; so away flit
w he goes ww o:eking herself into a root
llitihetet•ie, or cotivultion or some- eye
Chiu„ jc et as well as she knew how I her
ter manufacture 'ern ; and site did l qua
know bcYtte 'n cost folks, for she'd bei
been with a woman ww l 'tl ] 1
real. So .?rLt •sli he saddles up old.
Flyaway au(' brings Dr. Heartsease,
and the doctor he tate$ a punch of
a}fluff deliberate like, and looks at
her tongue, and feels her pulse, and
finds out as how she e aa -playing
possum the worst kind ; and says he
to 'nide, sivs
" Juet bring me up a big pitcher
of Wiling water--=(�t- h'iling water-;
Ciling haat, remember --and a tin
tunnel !" _ •
•`' Whatever in the world are you •
gni ng for ter do, doctor ?" says
Tildy.
`'` Never you mind, Tildy, . says
' he.. "I'm going tee—cure het up
you jest run and bring me a big
pitcher of h'ilin_g hot water and a
tin tunnel-" Then, while Tildy was
gone for 'em, says he for the patient : a
ne d.ty she g
ou see, ev
nes ;town her
rs along with
ern n, with
ids nd - a' 10
ds. nd bags
gs. Wa'al,
es young
h them, as h
d ti ith maat li
Lain rofc<s
ent he.clap;�
n 1ewasa1
ins lie t
her coneup
y Spring` the
and a heap_
it=fine look.-
-id . gloves on
cf
notions in
ell! of papers
me morning
r• Bali raster
nrlSoriie as a,
ers' like sill:,
s ter look ter.
1 - his eyes on
st plan. Law
e pth ':ok {ter git in-
to ler ! I heels.' tell as
st several c• :S that terrn,
then s was n`bdi y cut up.
El en, she a ,ways seemed
on he pri i+il)1ei that the
erste pitta ellewvter the
like her f )r it; and T
he the i•iel� is of it. So.
)sac like six v, and jest
1i h'rn all ac) ss the court
on the str et with lien
• .by -a td -by IIle •cornet•ecl
I :
y, an 1 got owntirh t tc-
It Was all dote. of lien
t g ru away wi 'by `young
s
b
Reuben E eet's pony: 4u see, he
was a -tali, g her oat t drive, and
jest qot out ter the p st' (Eike for
}calf a Ininetej when, whisk ! off
•veal the Jiony like mac . Mr. `.Bar-
riste , 'lte A -ea jest a -cot: ming, mit of
the .oust blouse with a vi tness, and
lie sE ed his chance, and 'r went for
that heathen Cliinee" o a pony, and
stop} ed hith jest as Lucy Eden was
on Vie p'in of losing het senses and
1�riilr thr.) vied out ,of t
Wa'• 1, of course, afte
coulr u't s and' on j ce
mote, ; he' salved " her
spt•ainetI hi. owv :i area, as
ter dr but e Must coni
Marigold's and be mad.
and ucy .Hallen bound
in col .1 baths a tendet
heart, and every' day 1
and r port is elf ,ill
URON E
all right. And then, after they'd
got hint into training, he went of
his own will, jest like a piece of ma -
chi erg that had once got an im-
pet ous. He used ter slip out of
cob t between the callilig of his cases
and clip over ter Marigold's place,
and hey a chat along with Lucy El-
len n the best parlor, tlhat always
made you sneeze ter go: inter it, or
out in the 'porch, whek•e she was
Mostly s4ting, sewing like a lady in
her. muslin gowns and curls and
necklaces and whatnots that the
other young fellows hacl given her.
Oh, I tell you, he was that much in
love with her that the Marigold's
thought it %res a-ture thing—though
he'd e'cleve_Shc1
nothing ig
i
n lis,rticular;
and I heerd tell as how truss Mari-
gold hed begun to stone the resins
for the wedding cake, and looked at
Swiss muslius and delusion lace
over, ter Shopville. Bet . there's
many a hole in the skitximer, and
one of 'em was big enough for Lucy
Ellen's 'beau to slip though. Tt
was :enough ter make your heart
big with -' envy and wish yourself
young ag'in, with a blush iu_ your
cheek, and a fo •tune in :your eves,'
bo see her and Mr. Barrister to-
gather, a -walking to meeting, and
a -loitering along the way, and
a -hanging over the gate its the twi-
lights, and a -sailing off at Sunset on
the river. Wa'al we cat-u't be young
but onst How he used ter look at
her, with his soul in thein great
eyes of his'n, and every wor=d site
said was law and gospel to his ears.
Them was heydays for Lucy Ellen,
and they might heu lapped over ter
this tune if she'd lied a proper re-
spect for ttie truth, and not 'aa tried
to deceive and hoodwink hien as was
honest as davliglit with 'her, and
would hev thought all the better of
her for -being capable and doing her
duty, i3utthere, it was. thej way
she was brought t p : "as the twig
It was.
take be -
;he could
Id help
ear,
king
ey'd
for
ward
ter`
and
has
her
ting
en's
ness
cl er-
she
and
ver
Ler
a
we
in
to
alf
nal
of
es,
cy
Y,
of
k's
is bent: the tree's i (lined."
second nater for: ter ter
lieve, and I don't know as
help it, no mare' 1 she co
looking like anap )le blossom. D
dear ! how every; iliody Was -l,-tal
about what a hand om-ecouple th
be, and what a ; ateh it ., was
Lucy Ellen, and: -looking i for
to::the wedding fixings,. !and
dreaming on the vedthng cake
a -planning it all Out for - her,
folks do. .He -es 'd ter biing
books of verses, a d- read 'em sit
on the. door step ac 'Lucy, + l l
feet, and she thin ding of good
knows what, for i c oli be if she un
stood a woad of 'em, though
made believe ni hty natural
pretty; she kne-wr ow. 1
One -day when 14e drove her o
ter Shopville he aasl
of glove .
if
site,
Th e
utile,
Sell
pric
buy
sixe
and
Erle
ineo
sigh
:turned, over she
by herself, and gi
and when he cool
meeting•_with her he
she,: smiling at
n1u8S.
"• I shall never- put on. my eauti
full gloves, 11I.r. J arrister, w
thinking of you:"
"I wish- they might last f.rever,
then,". said be. And I'll Le bound
that L icy Ellen's heart gave , great
thrill of pain and .clelig ht, jest ; as
mine (lid when {iter father But
there, that's nothing to clo with
Licy Ellen, only I'll be bob ad she
thought he was going for tI;r ;i137-
Something,
ray
something, worth hearing. et lie
never did say any thing niglie • to it.
She's got them lilock sixes hid away
among her finery terthis claav, : lread-
ful witnesses of het folly. ' haps
she keeps 'em as a'kind of reu iucler
of her sins—as peniince, you ki ow--
tbough, goodness. nows, she' safe
feted for 'em. \Va al, I sort atiulee
think troubles is l ent for of r acl-
vantatge, ter fear , us thin s we
wouldn't liev noid a of withou 'em.
Now, if - tacy El en heti in rriecl
Mr. Barrister, and things lied gone
oothl and she'd 'a lived in
ur all her days, like as not
1, -..gone en deceiving and mak-
ieve to the endof the chapter,
t ever seeing ' the haL't or
knowing what she' ; was
Of, but one day cones -along
re disappoiutmenc, and 'sort
•s the - soul lip, and- sets
r wondering 'what it's
r ; and she goes ter
g and reflecting about
and the upshot is that
llen Marigold isn't the sane
.ay as she was the last tittle
eyes .on Mr. Iia}•rister. You
term of court was drawing
or, and Mil. Barrister he
deep in love is ever, when,
t 'day, he went over to 4 ari-
ace, round by Far er
S's cider mill, and up the
here the -wild roses grew,
by Miss Marigold's kitchen
ed what num
wore.
'
The last pair I bough ," S
was sixes." nd so the w
y'd got by mist•cke, you ',see,
ngthe sevens, .and she'd lied
'etli. ter Ilitty Haven for h
e. So Ni. Bar ister he goes a
s her the handsomest 'pair
s, the color off' the Mock- ,bush
all perfumed up ; anti, Lu
n she thanks him in her:prett
cent way, and pets, 'em out
t ; and soondts ever his bac
id
pair of slevena;
ter walk ter
him as neet as
on sm
grande
bel
withou
quite
a -doing
this he
of stii
it le
all fo
thinkin
ie carriage. Lecy E
tinit they girl to -d
!emony no she set
d nothing ter a cl
te Pa I was as
al' Sweet -
lett ter go lane w
e arm gat that led
POSITOR.
win owes; and going by, attiral
mum. h, he looked in, wi hont a
thou ht of doing anything nhand
souse or peeking whore he wasn't
want d ter, 'and there, with her
sleev is rolled up over lier white,
roun arms, with her cheeks like
twit •ores, eyes like jewels, stood
Lucy Ellen, ironingaway the week's
wadi ng for dear life, and huinining
a lov: seng. Of course she „didn't
see him, though be stood sto k -still
for a full minute, drinking n the
loveli less and the deftness f her_
Tlien the walked roun to the fore
door find pulled the bell. There
was sc;•ine delay in answering of file
door, Ind then Mis Maarigol her-
self opened E.t4 rt > ,
Si •
it
i ill
like xt ix1 N •
g
5. 1.
"Wouldn't \I t
I• l�,ai•istez walk
in? 'So glad to see him."
- Mr. Barri,der went in, lief rt a.
s
light as a feather, and his mind rade
up, I don't doubt, ter ask Luey El-
len to be his'n.
"Gan I see Miss Lucy ?" sad he.
.".Ahem !" said she, a-ce,loritl, and
earirg her throat ; " Lucy Ellen
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«-111 bo in presently, I guess ; she ASI'
stepped out as while ago ter make a FREE CI CUS AND H 1 PPO DRO ME,
call up 'i'n • - •
to Square Tendons s. I
expecting her back any moment."
Gant you see the poor man's fa
at such wonderful news, the eyes
big with astonishment, and ipatiii ?
I wonder winch he believed atr that
fuse moment, his own ears of his
own eyes 7 . - -
"iIiss Lncy has gone out,
she 7" 11e said, taking up' his hat
lookinat queer.
" Yee Oli, don't be tthinkin of i
.
going, Ir. Bar•ristei ; she left $vord RAR;
that she'd be back in a jiffy " (push
ing °pelt the blind) «arid I arae tet
THIS COLOSSAL CO)IBIl ATION, embracing cing four ciiZtinrt exhibitions, r�,i'ler separate and s `•
ce ►aw•illiuns each larger I I laa� k,ta
1 � ,,c tlialu any tw•tr c•ree�rct in thy Dominion, kill exhibit,
F PI H
On TB: URSDAY, AU UST 10, 1871,
AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
and THE �
T H . 1� S COLLECTION-
-�-OF—
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keep ww lio called, - There, T dd be- !
shell be back afore long, depend
on't." And then she fell ter tellling
him big stories about the Mar -hes
and the Swamps, and a pot of old
that was said ter be buried on the
place, n000dy knew where, an it,
didn't matter; and Mr. Barri ter
of it all, till Miss Marigold thought
and " Ah," without hearing a etolii•cel
ore
bun the iserablest company in,
world, N hen, by -and -637,1 the
door op ned, and in. came nay I.
Lucy E len, flushed and beam -11g,
sunshad and her violet &yes.
" have you been here long? How
glad I a ter see you !" And tl en
she stopi ed and changed color at the
strange, tra,nge look in her lover's
eyes—or the eyes that hed been her
lover's a hour ago—which hed took
"1 ain going away," said he- then.
"I wish er bid you good -by and ter
thank yo for—fm much pleasere
and many—many hospitalities."
"But -ou will come :this wty
ag'in, an I come ter see .-us 7" said
Lucy El en, lighting upe tbinkind
he wily wanted a little encourade-
We hey not lost you alto -
gether 7"
ceme this
me al tog
and I—I
hat ag'in.
and they
And the
Lucy El
met ried.
iss Lucy, I shall never
way ag'iu. You :hey last
titer, if that is. any thin
hey lost more •than any
lost my faith in Woman.-
nd then he topk
and bowed himself out,
lever set eyes en him ag'if
en Maeigold never a
CHANCED HANDS.
THE undersigned having purchased the lloxborp
Giisting
reptii
t 4nercased the Ma
tit the Mill in thorongh state Of
are now Trepared to , do
-GRIST NG, CI-IOPPING'
AND
All other da of general Custom.. Work
n the shortest notice.
They would Is° desire to .Ptate to farmers and
others, that as he work will be dope under their
own supervisio they have no hesitation hi gu.aran-
A trial respectfully solihited.
Roxboro ,Xunq ,1871. 184-tf.
VIOLET
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FANCY AN TO i LET ART110 L ES
Agent for esving Machines. Aloney
talent' easyi terms.
gyr Pure W es and Liquors for medi-
cinal purposes.
J. SEATTER,
J. SEATTER,
soiv
'Together with an
IMMENSE AVIARY !
AND
Double Troupe of Equestrians,
GYMNASTS AND ATHLETES.
Positively the oply Menagerie which will visit
this Summer.
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CIRCITS ND HIPPO OM
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Admission, to in, 50c. Children, undeF 25c.
EXT A ANNOUNCEMENT. /
The management have snecee ed in effecting, a limited engar,rement -with the intrepid FE.TALE'
DLONDIN, :01adasnioNelle JOsephine DeVerrier, who will, each day, just prior to the atter- _
noon performance, make a
GRAND-- OUTSIDE ASCENSION
From tlit ground to the top of tho highest centre pole
Thie daring and hazardous feat, which has neyer before becn successfully accomplished by a Ia y,
- given as a
GRATUITY TO THE PEOPLE ANID IS FREE FOR EVERYBODA.•
Doors open at half -past I and 7 P, M.
CI -Beware of Mountebank Show,
And unprincipled tricksters who tule flitting by railway through the country with paltry and .inferi
1 exhibitions.
FARMERS stay AT Iib.ME and „attend to your harvest, a
Wait unt I the 10th of August,
For a day f enjoyment and insiructive amusement.
OUR TRADE MAIM IS
C. T. PAILEY & CO.S
GREAT QUADRUPLE COMBINATION !
SEAFORTH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 187L
GO TO NO OTHER...Ea
BRIEF 1,
women of 111.1
the Texas Female]
—Joys are the;
in OttiOrath, by th
—He that is t4)
advim is too go,
—A pure cha
.ed steel—if dentl
almost inetantly eel
—Value the fr
who stands by voli
the
—The .11 ormoiel
ident Grant a gr.
--Chignons, ph
4114
'This is the very latt
—An 01 lady j
av her vet-
-clothes bag, wad
mindedness sold did
and (.0wpIaceney of;
ail the charms
make the decays
Tatler -
Vail equally confide,
ion we can value at
justness and its siiki
ing fountains proviA
'hey work well, al
g)emive, and are the
-.Teat value
ation of habits of int
scattering about a li
old fashioned red
supposed tit:it after
selves these ebeerflit
to their holes and stt
—When men a
arrogant, they a
niost mistaken, an
'views to passion,
(an alone seenre then)
-est absurdities.
— The cholera is r
raping terribly in Pt,,
ine, and hence it may
it owes its origin tt:
and i8 not on a ma
1848 and 1865 to (t
later the hoines-of
ex lea.
'careful hew they mk
A country editor,
writer who simt his
recommending,, that
be talFen. _up and
— The adhe its of
religious denominatie
are estimated as 1.4.
Church, 69,692,700 ;,
()I rental Church es, 6,4
an Catholics, 195,00q
ants, 98,139,000 ;
'000 ; other Asiaiic
— Robert Houdin,
French conjuror, ilk
France. He inventet]
:lolls machines, fo‘r wk
plize medals. In
bis public career as a
for seven years tainn
ians at his hall in the
The govenment sen
to Algiers, in order tl
enlighten the Arabs
ed miracles et* their nn:
wrote several in terestl
/nom grain, in prop
population, than any
tbe world. Ace
-MIMS ,of 1870, wheat
be produced at the -
bushels to each perl
census of 1850, the i‘
produced .36.3 hush*
son then in the coni
ania, one ,of the Dal:
produces 25 11.
person, b6ng the secol,
,of prodveticti:
stands third, produe
els to each person.
corner of Caithness, S
Sundays ago, a minis
tance officiated, and
ness of his heart gavt
apbrase instead of the =
at the ch).-te of the SCTID
had he done so when t
jumped up, and, tn
whispPred audibly ,u
the minister, 44 tre
sic trash here. Ver
ly rejoined his reveren
it Myself ;" and sing
the manifest admiratie
The chest of all
tioned man iris teen A
rand tlytee inches, tor