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The most bigoted aud un,s....,,
49, ever met with, was ,Iack n PAR
prosperous and influential Attorns, g, new
county, in this State -'oihey; "a s.
AZ TIE hour 81 which / an vr;,;n
req not Democrat, aud his cb;sc1 . y W.
seenea y consist in making the f,r, s -
eofioas as possible to the world M = up
anu acquaintances, who knew him, Iii = Nu1
WON ne had repeatedly syietin;zeJ = 81, anl
pae consent pronounced Jack hora -. -
I, us politles nuisance but, with s.-, -
Inc lhfng vas essentially diFarsnt &C.
~ the button, at the moment 81 $3.50 $3.50
ton, Jack would ,astonisb him ,"stouuc !
stSa 81 ARTICLES Of his political erefd
passive, Wind up with an eiSq,ie .x al n
the great Il did, as the living embodimesInSt
Of bis peculiar opinions, aud, IN consequence,
the greatest man Of tSa age. Such was Jack.
y, at the time Of our story, acknowledged,
on every side, as a firm anu ineorruptible
democrat But, alas let us, however, not
anticipate but to cur story:
One unlucky day, Jack met, at the bouse
Of friend, young lady Of great personal
beauty and accomplishments attracted hv
her loYellness, and captiyated BY her intelli.
gence, be became assiduous in his attentions
forgot for I while his principles" and With
out lnqulrlng what might be the political
preferences of his -.4ady love-" imprudently
proposed was accepted, and they we're mar
ricd
The Wedding was over, the guests had de.
parted, and the happy pair had retired to
thelr chamber, and were snugly ensconced in
bed, when Jack, in the course of a quiet con.
versation with his wife, unwittingly alluded
to his faTprite subject, by casually speaking
OF himself as being a Democrat.
What r exclaimed she, turning sharply
and suddenly towards him, ARE you Dem
ocrat ~
Yes, madam" replied Jack, delighted
With the idea Of having patient listner d
his long restrained oratory. -Yes. madam.
| am Denaocrat-a real Jeifersonian Dem:
oerat attached to the principles of the great
progressive party regular eat and ouier,
double-dyed and~twisted in the wooln
just double and twist yourself out of this /
bed, then" interrupted his wife. II am d
Wing, | am, and will never sleep with any
man protesting the abominable doctrines
you don
Jack was spsecLless from absolute amaze /
ment. That the very wife of his bosom
shoufd prove traitor, was horrible-she /
must be testing He remonstrated-in vain
tried persuasion twas useless-eutreaty
twas no 60. She was in sober earnest.
ind the only alternative left him was a +
prompt Remuneration of his heresy, or sep
rate bed in another room. Jack did not
lesitate. 70 objure the great and establish.
ID doctrines Of his party-to renounce his
iiiegiance 10 that faith that had become iden.
,ihed with his very being-to surrender
hose glorious principles which had grown
With his growth and strengthened with bis
strength, 10 the mere Whim and caprice Of a
Yoinan' ~ tshs hs!msef from the bed anu pr
pared to sur ~. snI leaving the door, his Tlle
.a.aan,ed dut to him, - say, my 49, your
rnn recantIyour heresy. ana lePG ana ner-
yo ost a s list knock 1T my door, anu r.
A'p5 sss Iorp evidently siamg "f ,,n 9TH
convieti9nIthat he was marty iu -
cause,n strengthened his pride, and be re-
solved toihod out until he forced his wife
into capitalization. II
In the morning she met him as if nothing
had happened, hut whenever Jack ventured
TO alludd ID the rupture ofthe night previous,
/ there was Laughing devil in her eye,
4 which bespoke her power, and extiuguished
i hope II gecond time he repaired to his
/ lonely cbuch, and a second time he called
upon bis pride to support him in the strug.
4 gle-wlich be now found was getting des
i perate He vented curses, snot loud and
4 Deep p1 the wayWardBess and caprice 0.
the sex III general and of bis own wife ii
partieularl-wondered how much longer sht
would hold out-whether she suffered al
acutoly] as be did, and tried hard to delud'
himself Into the belief that she loved bin
too mubhlto prolong the enlargement, AM
would come to him with morning perhap
that vety might, and sue for reconciliation
But thd3n bame the recollection of that inhex
ible cehritenance, of that unbending viii
and Of that laughing and applying eye-- an
lie felt convinced that he was hoping agains
Leope, and despairipgly he turned to the wal
{ LOT sblivipu from the Yfetebseness ct y
own thpnkhts.
TIE sfeoRa day was a repetition Of tn
! Irst-ieo allusion was made to the forhidde
snhlecq pa ST. side. There was a loo
OF quTft happiness anu va.---fnlpess abou
his Wifi, lthat puzzled Jack soreIy, II i
felt thAtfAl idea Of forcing her into SUI
renderj must be abandoned
a thifd night be was alone with Ii
thoughtsl His reflections were more ser
Gus ana composed than on the night pr
yious v hat they were Of, Of course wer
known only to himself, but they seemed t
result in something decided, for about mic
night, three distinct taps were made at hi
wife's ador. No answer-and the sigma
!, was repeated ID louder tone; still all wa
silent, Ind third time the door shook wit
violentIaftacks from the outside
aWho's there ~ cried the voice Of hi
, wife. as ii just aroused from deep sleep
, IT sItss he, my dear, and perhaps a it'll
I the best Wing you ever did sce.n
The REVOLUTION in sueh opinions was rad
4 d and permanent He removed to anoth
= efsounty became popelar, offered himsei
i as Acandldato on the Whig tieEet for tn
$ LeglatuFe. and was elected, and for se4el
a al sefons represented bis adopted count,
as IN and decided Wing
% fLeaa lSa0w az Net7 DrEeals.-A tell
Of graphic fspatch from New Orleans Of III
It 18th ms It makes known that for the frs
m time mt years the people Of that cit
OF have har an ld-fashioned snow-storm. ther