Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-07
Did he any longer hesitate, And 6o;

Did he any longer hesitate! And ho'
! appropriate was her choice, thought he.--
How he wished he had such judicious ad
wiser always at his side!
"Here," said the shopman, to Miss Ella
'sis fns lot Of elegant scarfs We have jus
received. You can purchase this green on
for twenty Ave dollarso
co. replied she, 81 should shrink ir0u
such extravaganza
"Aiss Pacard makes better use Of he
moAsy." replied her frienl. "Mr. Badd
ws1ad you believe it, her father gave he
thirty dollars this morning to purchase
new sloak, and she has paid it to musi
teacher to instruct one Of her prodigies
who 10 toe poor to obtain such ,adyan
tagss."
'But you must not tell family secrets
Emma," remarked Miss Pacard. ''My cleal
10 very comfortable, and will answer m,
purpose this winter, and the next the youn,
lady may be teaching herself for whom
have appropriated the sum given me: ant
who will think worse of me for wearing thi
article, lift 10 not cut exactly in the pressn,
mode ?''
What aiisd the bachelor, after he listen
ed to the above conversation? For soma
day, he neither ate nor slept; but one pleas
ant evening he was found at Mr.. Pacard' Z
fire. side, snd one day soon after he was seer
publicly parading with Ella in that ole
cloak, and not a velvet, satin or richly en-
brsidered one ever locked half SO well to
our bachelor friend. Still that old familiar
strain constantly haunted him, and forty
times day he would detect himself hum
ming over the words, 80 where shall rest
be found?" and finally he had only to sat,
isfy himself that MISS Ella and be could
agree upon the place, and it would be found
accordingly; and in beautifully furnished
drawing-room We have since seen the hap
py pair, and as listened heard Mr.. Carnes
ask, celia, will you just give me that old
tunc?" and Ada Billings added, ssdoc sn't
Mrs. Carnes sing charmingly to-night?'
Still. one thing grated strangely upon
Ada's fashionable taste, which was the fact
that the whole winter after Mrs. Carnes'
marriage, she still wore the same cloak, en-
tirely unaltered, although it had been made
three winters, and she could now afford one
trimmed with ermine more than all, twice
week she still met her charity scholars;
and the pleasantcst party of the season to
Mr.. and Mrs. Carnes, was when they held a
festival for these little orphans.
Miss Billings could only add, it was for
tunate every ones taste was not alike, but
it only made her pfoverb true, that rich
bachelors seldom marry extravagant wives.
-[Fhg IF our Union.
A BoA.CoNsTHIcroR SWALLOWING A
HoRsE.- Mr.. Gardner, in his travels
in Brazil" confirms the early accounts
respecting the size and prodigious swal-
lowing eapacity Of the boa.constrictor
accounts which certain natnralists,
whose researches never extend beyond
the galleries Of a museum, are i'm the
habit of treating with ridicule and un-
belief. "The boa," said he, "is not
uncom mon throughout the whole prov
ince of Goas, particularly BY The wool.
ed margins of lakes, marshes and streams.
Sometimes they attain the enormous
length of forty feet the largest saw
was in this place but it was not alive.
Some weeks before our arrival at Sape.
the favorite riding horse Of Sen La
goeira. which had been put out to pas
ture not far from the house. could not
be found although strict search was made
for it al over the hazienda. Shortly
after this, one OF his vaqueifos, in GO
ing through the woods By the side of a
small river, saw an enormous boa sus-
pended in the fork Of a tree which hnng
over the water it was dead, but had
evidently been foated down alive BY a
recent food; and being in an inert state,
1t had not been able 10 extficate itself
from the fork before the water fell. Ii
was dragged out 10 the open country by
two horses, and was found to measure
thirty feet in length Gin opening il.
tine bones Of a horse were found, in a
some what broken condition. the head
being uninjured. From these circum-
stances. it was concluded that the boa
had devoured the horse entire. In all
kinds Of snakes the capacity for swal
lowing is prodigious. have often s.en
one not thieker than nay thumb swal.
low frog as large as nav fist and
once killed a rattlesnake, about four
feet long, and Of no great thickness,
" hich had swa ed not less than three
frogs, one Of which swelled out its side
to nearly twice the thickness Of the
other parts. ! have also seen very
slender snake that irequsn,s the roofs Of
houses swallow an entire bat three
times its own thickness. Ii such be
the case with these smaller kinds, j, is
not to be wondered at that one thirty
eeven fee: long should be able TO swal
low horse, particularly when il is
known that, previously to doing so, it
breaks the bones of animals by ceiling
itself around il, and afterwards lubri.
Gates it with a Shiny matter which it
has the power Of secreting iu i,s mouth.
CoME KISS ME.-This is the name
that should be given 10 the fashionable
modern bonnet. which, lightly resting
on the back Of the head. Affords no protec-
tion TO pretty face-but on the contra.
~, increases the sttractions which un-
der any circumstances invite the stomp
of kindness and Affection. How diiferen,
from the odious poke bonne,s used ave