The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-02-24

NJ. md Madame Mason have been mar
ried about fifteen years; but during this
time they have not seen or spokcn 10 each
ether except through iron bars. On their
wedding day the husband was abruptly
torn from the cnjnymcn, Of tho honey moon
by two gcn-d'armcs employed TO nrrcst him
for theft. lie was carried 10 Ambcrt and
condemned to five years Imprisonment. Al
the expiration Of his punishment, he return
cd 10 his home, hoping to find his wife there.
Bat he learned that after having patiently
awaited him for five years, his partner had
been arrested tho night before, md put in.
To prison at Monibrisson on accusation Of
theft. Condemned TO two years Of impris-
onmen, for the theft imputed to her, Fran.
cis Mason nj tho expiration Of her term
hnstcncd homo, thinking Ia find her hIs-
| band. But they were no more 10 sec cnch
other free in this world. Mason WINS SUI.
tcring ut Rom under another condcmna-
ton for theft. Liberated in tho course of
1871, Mason did no, take the trouble To
90 home; he learned that his wife had been
condemned on the 10th Of the preceding
Octobcrb, the correctional! tribunal Of Mon
'rissou to five years Imprisonment for thief,
and he went 10 seek consolation in another
country. After five years absence, he YVES
travelling nj the end Of SIC towards his
native country to sec bis wife, whose liber-
alton was approaching, when passing
through Lyons he was arrested because he
thought proper 10 bring his wife present
without opening his parse. llc was con-
condemned for this act TO seventeen months
imprisonment. Ills wife liberated on the
Both Of November, lc-iU. not finding her
husband nj the rendezvous he had appoint
cd. and being impnticn; nj waiting so long
Tor him, committed n new crime Tor which
the ,ribnnnl of Montbrison in It's audience
oflhc iUI, nf last mouth condemned her 10
six months imprisonment. The period Of
her liberation corresponds with that Of Der
husband.
One would think the French magistrates
wan!l have discovered by this time that
Whatever else they might deserve, their Fri.
brnhls do not merit To he called correction.
nl,n as M. md Madame Mason appeared
10 have improved very little under their va
rious dealings with ,hem.--I'aris paper.
/ TIE EARL AND THE FARMER.-A fur
mcr called on the Earl Fitzwilliam and
complained that, in his hunting excursions
with his hounds, he had iroddcn field OF
wheat SO rs TO do il damage Tho Earl told
him it lac would procure mn cstimn,e of the
loss Inc would pay it, The man informed
him he had done SO already, and it was be-
'iesed the damage would he fi(tv pounds
The Earl paid il. B,.,, as spring came on,
the wheat which had been ,roaden down
grew up, and became the best in the field
Tho farmer honestly returned the money
"Ah, this il what like said the Earl
|'.This j. as it should lie between man and
mnn." After making some inquiries about
his family the Earl went into another rom
and. returning, gavo tho man chcquc for
one hundred pounas, saying. "Takc care
81 this, and when your eldest son il OF agc
present it 10 him, and tell him tho OCCASION
that produced it.
MEMoRy.--Thc great point in cultiva-
ting The memory Is to gain command of tho
attention. A habit Of continued, unreInx-
cd attention, especially ii acquired in cnr-
ly years, is the foundation OF Q good mem.
Org. A h,bit Of very attentive thought is
better than nil tho artificial memories ever
con,rived. To the formation of such q
habi, sufficient efforts have not often been
directed. Therefore il is that we hear ma
ny persons complaining Of the want Of a
good memory. Tncy cannot remember
the lectures, sermons, md addresses which
they hear, nor the books which tie. read
Ill Ct il seems 10 rim through their mind
like water through seiye. They were
entertained md even edited, they would
say, but ask them to state what il was That
entertained and instructed them. they can
not tell. Close attention, or rather pcrsc-
vcring effort 10 give c!osc attention, will
help such n memory. The too common
practice is TO attempt 10 Gil the storc-housc
ct the memory before the foundation il laid,
or habit oiaiicntion or thought is formed
OREy,SG ORDERS. certain general Of
tho United States nrmy, surprising i,is "a.
voric horse dead, ordered an lrishman 10
60 and skin him.
'What, is Sivertail dead!' asked Pat.
whats that to your replied the officer
DO MS bid you, and ask no questions
Pat went about his business. aud in an
hour or two returned.
well, Pat, where hnvo you been oil this
time? asked the general.
'Skinning the horse, yer honor
Does /, take nearly two hours to PerioSm
such an operation!
mo, yer honor; but thin ye sec il TUX
'bovc half M hour to catch him.
Catch him! fro and furics! was he A.
liver
Yes, yer honor; and ye know couldn't
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