Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-12-18

| 10 tlannahS mind had come the quick
suggestion, that letter, containing money,
perhaps. might be enclosed. Hurredly.
she unfolded it, but there was nothing but
The large and well-flled newspaper.
"Tha,'s an insult which I'll never for
give, said Peter, with much bitterness in
his tone.
"Don't be too has,y, Peter" remarked
Hannah, as she reiolded the paper. Wait
a Iille while Uncle Ben is incapable Of
deliberately insulting any one"
I" He has clearly insulted me and he
did i, deliberately" replied her husband.
"No, no.. Don't think SO. Uncle Ben
spoke to me very kindly ofyou. He means
we'll, bu, acts strangely sometimes"
"Slrange enough don't like such
well meaning men,"
Aud SO saying he left the room. As
soon as he was gone, Henry. whose eyes
had been ieas,ing on the newspaper since
The moment his father drew i, from his
pocket, seized upon it, and opened ii with
feeling fdeIigh, so intense lha, his very
hands trembled. 1t was n copy OF the
UeeIy Cincinnati Gazette, which he i'm
medlaleIy commenced reading aloud to his
mother and Ellen. About half an hour
afterwards, Peter Miller returned to the
house. Glancing through the window, he
saw the paper open in Henry's hands while
his wife and Ellen, who were sewing
though ii was New Years day-were eyi-
DENLY listening with much interest.
| Peter vas still too angry with Uncle
Ben, and felt too grea, a contempt for his
newspaper, 10 join his family while thus
engaged. So he wen, into the adjoining
room. The communicating door stood
| aar, and as Peter sat down, he heard dis
,inctly the voice Of Henry, as he read 10
his mother and sister. AT first, he tried
not to listen; but as the words formed
| themselves into sentences, his mind took in
the thoughts and feelings expressed. and
soon, in spite Of himself, he became deeply
interested. Henry was reading story OF
domestic trial, in which profound trust in
Providence sustained the parties introduced,
even when their sky was far darker than
his had yet been and when he saw help
come 10 them, in their most painful ex-
tremi,y, and from point least expected,
he could not keep the tears from his eyes.
After this story had been completed. Henry
read for nearly an hour longer, all OF which
time Peter Miller sat in the adjoining room
! listening inien,Iy, and equally interested
with the others.
All dinner Time, Henry and Ellen talked
about what they had read in the Gazette.
They did not know that their father had
been as much interested in the contents of
the paper as themselves. He remained 81.
lent. During the afternoon, as Peter sat
in the room with his wife, he picked up the
newspaper which lay temp,ihgIy near him
he felt differently towards it, since he
had listened 10 Henry reading from its
broad pages-and let his eye glance over
it, from column to column.
"Gypsum Gypsum said he a,
length. speaking half TO himself, yet look
ing towards Hannah, as if making inquiry
of her, q" what is gypsum 7"
"l'm sure don't know" replied Han
nah. isn't there dictionary up stairs 2"
a. believe there is, somewhere. But |
couldn't put my hand on it. Pve moi seen
! ii these five years."
"Let me see." said Hannah, thought.
fully. "where il is! ves-yes; think
know" And laying down her mendns
she went up stairs. In little while she
returned with The book in her hand, open,
and as she entered the room said-"Gyp-
sum is plaster Of Paris"
"Indeed! Oh. well that is simple enough,
them"
"What is simple enough" asked Han.
nah.
"You know that we lost nearly our
whole crop of grapes, last year,.by kind
Of mildew or rot" said Peter. | calcu.
lated. certainly. on getting hundred and
| fifty dollars from tha. acre Of vineyard,
Just in full bearing; and got nothing
worth sending to market. Now, here a
man says that he lost his grapes. year be-
fore last, in just the same way and that
after studying about it for long time, he
thought he would gather the leaves that fell
in autumn. and put them around the roots
of the vine, adding little gypsum, and see
what effect it would have. Last year every
vine thus treated, had an abundance nf
healthy fruit; while on the others, th.
grapes, just as they were about ripening,
doQyed as before"
'"'Is it possible Peter, do the same"
."1ndeed will. As soon as the snow
clenrs off I'll take man and 90 through
the entire vineyard. If that will save