The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-06-22
THE STUFFED CAT

q An old Chfonnier Tor rap p;cker, d;..
> 10 rar's in state of most AFFECT poverty.
Ills only relation was niece, who lived a.
} servant with green grocer. The girl
always assisted her uncle as far as her
means would permit. When she learned
OF his death, which took place suddenlv. sh.
was on the point of marriage with a Jour.
neyman baker, to whom she had been lonc
attached. The nuptial day was fixed, bu,
suze'te had not yet bought her wedding
clothes. She FASTENED to tell her lover
mat the wedding must be deferred. she
wanted the price of her bridal fnery to Law
her uncle decentIy in the grave. Her
mistress fidiculed the idea, and exhorted ber
to leave the old man to be buried bv cbar;-
~. Suzette refused. The conseq ueoce
was quarrel, IN which tie young woman
lost her place and her lover, who sided with
ner mistress. She fastened 10 the miser.
o'e garnet where her uncle had expired. and
oy the sacrifice no, only of her wedding A..
tire' but nearly all the rest of her slender
wardrobe, she had the old man decen,l,,
inferred. Her pious task fulfilled. she 90,
alone in her uncie's room weepnp b;,,erlx
Nnen the master Of her faithless lover, a
young good looking man entered.
$50, my suze:te, find you have lo.,
your placer said he, 81 am come to off,,
you one for life. Will you marry mes"
81, sir! You are joking"
"No, faith | want a wife, I'm suraI
can't find a BETTER"
"but every body will laugh a. YOU for
marrying poor girl like me,''
"Oh!if that's your only object on. W
snail soon get over it /; come alocg nv mo-
'aer Is prepared to receive you"
Suze'te hesiiated no longer, but 81.
"ished to take with her a memorial Of har
deceased uncle, it was cat he had for ma
~ years. The old man was SO fond Of ,bo
nImal. that he determined that even death
mould not separate them, for he had her
'uhed andplaced On lester of his bed.
As suze'te took down puss, she uttered
exclamation Of surprise at finding her so
eaVy. The lover fastened to open the
n'mal, when putfell shower of gold.
here was thousand Louis concealed in
re body OF the cat, and this sum, which the
% miser had starved himself to ama.s. be-,
lme the just reward ef the girl and her dis.
terested lover.
Lore Sichness. This obstinate disease
saia to be very prevalent in BROOKLYN.
old widow lady there has one son and
o daug hiers, all suffering with it. She
rs 1t is an epidemic that used TO rage
ost awfuly 'chen she ras girl.
spread OF Temperance in England.-k
remarkable and Unprecedented fact
Us London paper, that although St. Pat.
'ks Day fell this year on Sunday, not
'ge freshman was brought before the no.
e magistrates on Monday morning for
unkenness! The change in the habits of
irish laborers in the metropolis since
visit of Father Matthew is wonderful.
those districts where they may now be
en- at their places of worship on Sunday
rn'ng, we'll and comfortably dressed, and
runken man is rarely to be found amongst
m. la many Of the large yards in
Moon, they are now preferred as laborers
account OF their superior temperance.
The last Independence Expositor says
oregon emIgranss number it is thought
orac'ng men, women and children, about
zen hundred souIs.--They were to hold
et'ng on the ll,h at Sapling Grope for
purpose of organizing for The journey,
king laws, selecting their officers, &c,
. They expected to start about the ooh
t, and probably sooner. We will try and
ain the names of all those who 90, their
cations, number Of wagons, cattle, &c,
), for the benefit of our readers. 1t is
that they are generally anxious to make
tart, and from this fact alone, we fear
numbers who intended going, and arc
on their way TO this place. will be ,ef,