The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-10
she shaIhbave as good setting out as any

~ s"ailPpF 40 spou swung 'uti'9 -n"1
body" ...,.
30 | would, aud you're able TO do il
NowI think oft, I've gol few first rate
thugs that ! mean TO carry hoIne to some
body you can guess who [Winsing] ] I've
been offered more than they're worth, but
would not sell thrul--hut Pve mind TO let
YOU have iheW for that glrl OF yours. }
dou't know lhough as | can let 'em 60,
Bul come you may look al them - ..r. .,,.,.
So the old woman pul on her specs, and
went out with him to his Wagon. He dug
TO the bottom and hauled out some pans
and pals just like those on top, ~..-7
'"Herr lhe, are; ! keep them slowed a.
way oul Of si9ht--tlie genulI Lafayette
tin, come from Francs The more yon use
them tine brighter they get. They never
neediscOurlng y. l la '.
"Whal is the price of those common
Quest SAID she, pointing to some just like
hose be had ~ his hand .r, ..l, r..,.. -.
Five shiIlings, and these are ten--lhe
! afay cite lin cos nine and sixpence; but
for that pretty gIIl's sake, That iookSso much
ike you, they say, III let you have few
Tor seventeen shIlhngs
So he went on talking nl he sold her
more than FIVE dollars worth o ware not
nigha good as nine, aud good dea high
er prices. ......... ....f. ..r.., aH,.
Wien he started on, says he, show much
did Won sel!' ...g
None"
"Ah, you didn't come fram Connecticut"
I l,I,,St - L. pI n lnUu
voice, ''and don't want to, if they all lie
rs you do"
Hon. Felix Grundy Mcconnell, and tho Bible
Poor Mcconnell! lie wa gifted by na.
turp. both in body and mnd; brave, gener
Gus, honorable, aGecrouate and fa'th'u'
There IS vice which. "a The cankrr worm
as ems upon the rlClrst trult. destroys the
he nnbIpst natures. MADE him amadmau
and laid him ~ a grave witch ms own
RIGHT hand had Redeemed. Yet living with
all his excesscs. there were bursts of his her
tcr paiure breaking through the dlrknesS
hich forced men to love MN; and, dying
no one remembcrd anything to condemn.
| The demon Of the cup was revcr more a
demon than when he o, ercame Mr Melon
nel-a man rich in hone affections and vir
tues-vitrout which all extended aud boast
| vi mpri are nothing, for unle s The centre
> certain, the circumference Of human eX
celIenre is worlhles and dubious
Shortly hef6re his death an inc,den' o.
cured whch was related TO H. by genile
| uan casually present al the tim'. which w
think worthy Of the space IN which It VII ht
recorded. We recognize. and how to the
rule de mortuus nil nni boHum- and narrat'
the incident because We believe 1t to b'
honorable to the unfortunate person VIII
was the principal actor ...
Mr.. Mcdonnell, Then a member of Con
gross, stood at the bar of the principal no
rel in Washington. Beside him. and dllnk
Ing with him. was one who. without vlr
tue or a generous feeling had enjoyed all th
advantages of exalted family und grea
wea disadvantages which his innate an,
ungovernabe vircs had, toa great ex
rept, fortified. lIc was stunned hv tn
gond; but Mcdonnell had long since left tn
choice of his companions TO chance, an
then chance was general y untnward. In
individual referred to spoke Of the Bible
sneerpd at its authority ,rdlculed ITS inJnnc
tons, and repeated its most sacred passage
with ribaId comments. Mcdonnell, VIII
had been all excitement and eXhileratlo
stood silently and sadly by, without w"r
of remark The hlasphemer continued I
language more and more offensive; and
was remarked that the eve Of McCOnnt
flashed VITA an nnwonled fr'. and that hi
cherk hn-hrd with even a derner glO'
than hit which dissipation had fixed thrr
At length he stepped forward and sal
',Stop. my friend. From the moment tir'
ooked into your lace, ! feared that 20
were scoundrr. Tor God has set the mar
ofCain upon your forehead. know H.
am bad mcn-a lost mana man ever
momcn, ofwhpSe lie uphraids him. Bnt
have one green spot still left in nv heart
love nv wife and my wife loves the Bible
| believe IN what my wife believes, and he
ruh is in her Bible. 1t has made her.
langel upon earth, it must he true III
man who derides 1t, insults her, and ] wi
hnld that man accountable unto the deaf
for the wrong"
1t is needless TO add that the wrctc
shrunk away from his unexpected hurst
frelrg. and was never afterwards known
hazard the experiment Of assa ling the BIb
IN a crowded blr-room --City Hrm