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1891
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BIDDULPII DISTRICT.
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Tuesday in each month.
189—Adam Cantelon, iiolmesville,Mon-
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262—James Wells, Saltford, 3rd Wed-
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306—George A. Cooper, Clinton, 1st
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ENGLISH FOLK LORE.
"Netty Sargent—I do, just re-
member her. She was a young
woman living with her uncle when
I left, if my childish recollection
may be trusted."
"That was the maid. She was a
one-yer, if you like, sir. Not any
harm in her, you know, but up to
everything. You ought to hear how
she got the copyhold of her house
extended. Oughtn't he, Mr. Day 1"
Day apologized, and began :
NETTY SARGENT'S OOPYHOLD.
"She continued to live with her
uncle, in the lonely house by the
copse, juet as at the time you knew
her; a tall spry young woman, Ah,
how well one can remember her
black hair and dancing eyes at that
time„ and her sly way of screwing
up her mouth when she meant to
tease ye ! Well, she was hardly out
of short frocks before the chaps were
after her. and by long and by late
she was courted by a young man
whom perhaps you did not know—
Jasper Cliff was his name—and.
though she might have had many a
better fellow, he so greatly took her
fancy that 'twas Jasper or nobody
fur her. He was a selfish customer,
always thinking less of what he was
going to do than of what he was
going to gain by his doings. Jas.
poet' eyes might have been fixed
upon Netty, but his mind was upon
her uncle's house ; though he was
fond of her in his way—I admit
that.
"This house, built by her great -
great -grandfather, with its garden
and little field, was copyhold
granted upon lives in the old way
and had bean so granted for genera
tions. Her uncle's was the last lif:,
upon the property; so that at hi:,
death, if there was no admittance o
new lives, it would all fall into th
hands, of the lord of the manor.
But, 'iwas easy to admit—a sligh
'fine,' as 'twas called, of a fe'
pounds, was enough to entitle him
to a new deed o' grant by the eus-
tom of the manor; and the lord
could not hinder it.
"Now there could be no better
provision for hie niece and only
relative than a sure house over her
head, and Netty's uncle should
have seen to the renewal in time,
owing to the peculiar custom of
forfeiture by the dropping of the
last life before the new fine was
paid; for the Squire was very anxi-
ous to get hold of the house and
land; and every Sunday when the
old man came into the church and
passed the Squire's pew, the Squire
would say, 'A little weaker in his
knees, a little crookeder in his back
—and the readmittance not applied
for, ha 1 ha ! I shall be able to
make a complete clearing of that
corner of the manor some day !'
"'Twee extraordinary, now we
look back upon it that old Sargent
should have been so dilatory, yet
some people are like it; and he put
off calling at the Squire's agent's
office with the fine week after week,
saying to himself,'I shall have more
time next market day than I have
now.' One unfortunate hindrance
was that he didn't very well like
Jasper Cliff, and as Jasper kept
urging Natty, and Netty on that
account kept urging her uncle, the
old man was inclined to postpone
the relifting as long as he could, to
spite the selfish young lover. At
last old Mr. Sargent fell ill, and
then Jasper could bear it no longer;
he produced the fine money him-
self, and handed it to Netty, and
spoke to her plainly.
" `You and your uncle ought to
know better. You should press him
more. There'a the money. If you
let the house and ground slip be-
tween ye, I won't marry ; ye hang me
if I will. For folks won't deserve
a husband that can do such things.'
"The worried girl took the money
sand -wen t - ham ei sassdeteds-Irtirsirtral
that it was no horse no husband
for her. Old Mr. Sargent pooh-
poohed the money, for the amount
WO not:: wort cguliiderstion, bit
he did not bestir himself, fox. ;b
saw she w;aa bent upon a ar'ryin
Jasper, arid, he did not wish t
make her unhappy, since ehe wa
ao deterolined. It was ruuah to th
Squire's annoyance that he Nun
Sargent had moved in the matter a
last; but be Gouty not gainsay,
and the documents were prepare
(for on thsmanar the co h 1d er
r
had writings with their holdings,
though on some manors they had
none). Old Sargent being now too
feeble to go to the agent's house,
the deed was to be brought to his
house signed, and handed over as a
reeejpt for the money; the counter-
part to be eigned by Sargent, and
sent back to the Squire.
"The agent had promised to call
on old Sargent for this purpose at
five o'clock, and Netty put the mon-
ey into her desk to have it close at
hand. While doing this she heard
a slight cry from her uncle, and
turning round, eaw that he had fall-
en forward in his chair. She went
and lifted him, but he was uncone
ecious; and unconscious be remained.
Neither medicine nor stimulants
would bring him to himself. She
had been told that he might possibly
go off in that way, and it seemed as
if the end had come. 'Before ehe
had started for a doctor his face and
extremities grew quite cold and
white, and she naw that help would
be useless. He was stone -dead.
"Netty's situation rose upon her
distracted mind in all its serious-
ness. The house, garden, and field
were lost—by a low hours—and
with them a home for herself and
her lover. She would not think so
meanly of Jasper as to suppose that
he would adhere to the resolution
declared in a moment of impatience;
but she trembled, nevertheless.
Why could her uncle not have
lived a couple of hours longer, since
he had lived so longi It was now
past three o'clock ; at five the agent
was to call, end, if all had gone
well, by ten minutes past five the
house and holding would have been
securely hers for her own and Jas-
per's lives, these being two of the
three proposed to be added by pay-
ing the fine. How that wretched
old Squire would rejoice at getting
the little tenancy into his hands !
He did not really require it, but
constitutionally hated these tiny
copyholds and leaseholds and free-
holds, which made islands of inde-
pendence in the fair, smooth ocean
of his estates.
"Then an idea struck into the
head of Netty how to accomplish
her object in spite of her uncle's
negligence. It was a dull Decemr
ber afternoon and the first step in
her scheme—so the story goes, and
I see no reason to doubt it—"
"'Tis true as the light," affirmed
Christopher Twink. "I was just
passing by."
"The first step in he her scheme
was to fasten the outer door, to
make sure of not being interrupted.
i t .Ise, el ing in t e chair
as he had died—a stuffed arm.ohuir,
on castpre, and rather high in the
seat, so it was told me—and wheeled
t1.a n
appeared for all the world as if he
were reading the Scriptures. Then
she unfastened the door and sat
down, and when it grew dark
she lit a candle, and put it on the
table beside' her uncle's book.
"Folk may well guess how the
time passed with her till the agent
came, and how, when his knock
sounded upon the door, she nearly
started out of her skin—at least
that's as it was told me. Netty
promptly went to the door.
"'I am sorry,sit','she says' under
her breath ; 'my uncle is not so well
to -night, and I'm afraid he can't
see you.'
"'H'm !—that's a pretty tale,'
says the steward. `So I've conte all
this way about this trumpery little
job for nothing 1'
"Oh no, sir—I hope not,' says
Netty. 'I suppose the business of
granting the new deed can be done
just the same 1'
"'Done 1 Certainly not. He
must pay the renewal money, and
sign the parchment in my presence.'
"She looked dubious. 'Uncle is
so dreadful nervous about law busi-
neas,' Rays she, 'that, as you know,
he's put it off and put it off for
years ; and now to -day really I've
feared it would really drive him out
of his mind. His poor three teeth
quite chattered when I said to him
that you would be here soon with
the parchment writing. He always
was afraid of agents, and folks ;that
come for rent, and such like.'
"i'Poor old fellow—I'm sorry for
him. Well, the thing can't be
done unless I see him and witness
-b esseigxlatutess
" `Suppose, sir, that you see him
sign, and he don't see you looking
at him 1 I'd soothe his nerves by
'Itl.:f y hare presence would do,
of .-- h a 's alt t t ll I come for.
But how can I,b.e a witness with-
out his eeeillg met'
Why, in this way, sir ; if you'll
pbtige ma by,juet stepping here.'
She conducted him a few yards to
the left, till they were opposite the
parlor window. The blind had
been left up purposely, and the
candle -light shone out upon the
garden bushes. ,Iauside the agent
could see, at the other end of the
room, the back of the old man's
head, and his shoulders and arm,
sitting with the book and caudle be-
fore him, and his spectacles on his
nose, as she had placed him.
"'He's reading his Bible, as you
see, sir,' she says, quite in her
meekest way.
-"'Yes. I thought he was a care-
less sort of man in matters of that
kind 1'
"'He always was fond of bis
Bible,' Netty assured him. 'Though
I think he's nodding over it just at
this momenr, However, that's
natural in an old man, and unwell.
Niles you could stand here and see
him sign, couldn't you, sir, as he's
such an iuvalid 1'
"'Very well,' said the agent,
lighting a cigar. 'You have ready
by you the merely nominal sum
you'll have to pay for the admit-
tance, of course 1'
"'Yes,' said Natty. 'i'I1 bring it
out.' She fetched the caah, wrapped
in paper, and handed it to him, and
when he had counted it the steward
took from his breast pocket the
precious parchments and gave on
to her to be eigned.
"'Uncle's hand is a little paralyz-
ed,' she said. 'And what with hie
being half asleep, too, really I don't
know what sort of a signature he'll
be able to make.'
"`Doesn't matter, so that he
signs.'
" "Might I hold his hand 1'
"Ay, hold hie hand, my young
woman—that will be near enough 1'
"Netty re-entered the house, and
the agent continued smoking outside
the window. Now came the tick-
lish part of Netty's performance.
The steward saw her put the ink-
horn—'horn,' says,' says I in my
oldfashioned way—the inkstand,
before her uncle, and touched his
elbow as if to arouse him, and speak
to him, and spread out the deed ;
when she had pointed to show him
where to sign she dipped the pen
and put it into his hand. To hold
his hand she artfully stopped be-
hind him, so that the agent could
only see a little bit of his head, and
the hand she held ; but he saw the
old man's hand trace his name on
the document. As soon as t'was
done she came out to the steward
with the parchment in her hand,
and the steward signed as witness
by the light fr'otn the parlor win-
dow. Then he gave her the deed
signed by the Squire, and left ; and
next morning Netty told the neigh -
bora that her uncle was dead in his
bed.
"She must have undressed him
and put him there."
"She must, Oh, that girl had a
nerve, I can tell ye 1 Well, to cut
a long story short, that's how she got
back the house and field that were,
strictly speaking, gone from her ;
and by getting them, got her a
husband. When the old Squire
was dead, and his son came into the
property, what Netty had done be-
gan to be whispered about, for she
had told a friend or two. But
Netty wasa pretty young woman, and
the Sggire'e eon was a pretty young
man at that time, and wider -minded
than his father, having no object to
little holdings; and he never took
and proceedings against her."
HAWK FROM HANDSAW.
THE HiGHER CRITICISM.
Professor Swing preached in
Chicago at Central Music Hall on
"The Higher Criticism." His text
was as follows :
Is not God in the height of heaven ?
and behold the height of the stars, how
high they are t And thou eayest, What
doth God know ?—Job xxii., 12.
Perhaps all students and religious
readers may afford to rejoice that'
pertain religiousscholare have called
increased attention to the fact
there aro two forms of criticism
under which objects and thoughts
and books may pass. In art the
shoemaker may find some defect in
the foot of a statute ; meanwhile the
face may be faultless and the whole
effect of the figure be very great to
other minds. In music the pro-
fessor who hes made a special
study of time and accent may find
fault with a battle -hymn which in
its general sweep can move armies
to heroio deeda and move patriots to
tears. Thus, for books there is a
criticism which weighs and measures
Tilt friTgrfttrlibl@ fe coition sntT
adverbs, and there is another critic-
ism which passes by these minor
facts and raises the greater question
of authenticity and interpretsti.pn.
The stildents of ally .old hook `In.
their own or In (Qrolgq language
come each day upon souse Word of
denbtful genuiilanese. In the re-
mark of Hawtet, "1 know a „hawk
fpom a handsaw,' the exact ruearl-
ing of the original sentence has be•
oorne lost.' The "hawk" may have
been ft kind of a ship builder's ax,
which I b Hamlet bad intellect enough
to distinguish from a "handsaw,"
or the "hawk" may have boon a
bird which the mad Dane could dis-
tinguieli from a "hereonshaw."
BETWEEN BAD SPELLING,
bad writing, and bad reporting by
ear, the first import of the line had
become unknown ; but above this
wreck of small maatters one tau
perceive the consciousness of Ham-
let and hear hie soul muttering the
idea that the king will learn to hie
sorrow that the melancholy prince pos
losses a mighty undertow of good
sense. To the higher study "hawk"
and ''handsaw" contain nothing of
importance, the significant part be-
ing that rationality which is about
to entrap the guilty king.
In -that great volume called
"Shakespeare" there are many
clauses and words which may be
intruders, usurpers each of a throne,
but they do not in any manner
check the flow of thought upon any.
page. And yet over these students
may linger long, and in moments
of great disappointment feel that
they would pay largely for an inter-
view with the original writer, and
for a word from him as to what he
said and meant. One can conceive
of a zeal over "hawk and h.mdsaw"
which bright lead to quarrels and
even deeds of personal violence be-
tweeu the different advocates in the
work of interpretation. If the
parties had once agreed that the
words "hawk" and "handsaw" were
inspired, then the attempt to sub-
stitute birds for tools would have
become already such au affair of
the past that it merits no allusion in
these more quiet days, but it leaves
behind it the thought that our tinges
should be busy with the higher crit-
icism of much besides its Bible,
should be busy with the higher
study of all that pertains to the
education and morals of our race.
What dignifies the criticism of
literature ...Id art It ill dignify the
criticism of human Life and of all
its beliefs and hopes.
Some writer recently made great
sport of the childish hymn which
contains the wish to be an angel
and hold a harp and wear a crown,
but the laugh of,the writer comes
wholly from his inability to per-
ceive that the idea of a happy
second life is the only important
theme in all these hymns, whether
they are written for young hearts or
old ones. These hopes of the race
use a varied form of language and
dream, Scipio saw the heavens
open and saw many of his early and
later friends who had gone from
this life.
Equally varied is the language
used by different persons and times
over the place and condition of the
lost. Hell has passed through as
many shapes as there has been
races and periods. No period have
been able to picture hell for the
next age. The faces have stood
round the idea with their differ-
ence of language and taste. Who-
ever desires to think moot wisely
about the unhappy realm must con-
fine himself to the simple notion
• that sin and virtue can not reach
the same goal, that sin moat work
an unhappiness, just as fire will
burn wood, just as poison will harm
the body. A thousand shapes of
hell may come and die from change
of taste, and yet shall the general
thought move on that the soul that
sinneth shall perish as to its happi-
ness and success.
Some minds of mingled narrow-
ness and timidity declare against
the higher criticism of the Bible as
being a disguised form of destruc-
tion. The prejudices of minds
must be deep when they .express a
desire to love and obey all the past.
The Bible contains both the laws of
vengeance and the laws of forgive-
ness, the cursing psalms and the
beatitudes,
AND UNFORTUNATE IS THE MIND
which resolves to cling to both and
mingle cruelty and kindness. The
better way, the imperishable Critic-
ism, will be :that which shall sift
out the great truths from the testa-
ments and embrace them as the
only voices of God. Aa Christ said
that His sheep knew His voice and
would follow it over plain and
mountain, so the "higher criticism"
is only a new effort to distinguish
the voice of the great Shepherd,
who, having made the human fam-
ily, must needs be willing to lead
His flock forever. Instead of being
a critioiem of destruction it is full
of affection, it is a last effort of love
against the assaults of unbelief. It
is only a noble uprising of human
thought ; an adapation of the Bible
and the creed to the pressing wants
of_a great, .age.,._, _ ,. -
STUBBORN CHILDRENreadily take
Dr. Low's Worm syrup, It pleases tie
children and destroys the worm.
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