The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04

el run Tor having. IN AL probability,
saved bis lie. Major Macdonald. whose
saR gEred is as conspicuous as his brave
~, had his horse shot under him IL the
heat of the bat!le, and gathered himself
up with The same self possession that he
displayed under similar circumstances
when unseated by cannon shot al tbs
Alma. The conduct OF the Russians to-
ward the wounded Guards officers was
brutal in the extreme. Col Mackinnon
would, no doabt. have lived but foT bayo-
net wounds received while lying on the
ground. HIS leg was broken, and he was
50 weak from loss Of blood, that he died
under thc operation {! removing it. Sir
z. Newton was stabbed all over. Rus
sian officers we're seen passing their sword
through the bodies Of our men as with
ed in agony on the ground, and pointing
to th''r men to bayone, them as they
passed. Such ale the armies oflhe Gar
GT2emembsr the girls while the snow
lasts. Remember that there Is no place
70 make love ike the inside Of buffalo
skin. You can tread OF ore another's
tors, ard sG'iee-e one GHothrr's hands.
without any one being the wiser for it
Hyracusc Journal.
I H. doas make some difference, however.
/ 1cLo5e hand you get hold Of. That was
! demonstrated years since. Its no matter
Just - here the case occurred, nor Just
when. Il was il a cold country, where
day after day the sun upon the south side
Of the roof is as unmeliing as a misers
heart, and where the smoke stands up
solid as II bulk upon the chimney tops.
and the sleigh runners scresk upon the
bnrnished path as if the happy song end
the merry bells were gliding over crush
ed spirits. II was in country where
,kera are no formal, selfish cities. but
social hanpy villages. and winter evenings
are bright az day out-oi doors, and light
as icy in doors. o..
1t is 70 matter either. whose experience
it was that We propose to relate, the Incl.
dsnt is 'cprtain true, > and il has moral
Be cure you know whose hand you hold.
Wen, once upon time, as we said, it
was winter, and happy load were re-
turning in sleigh from party. Such
I a sleigh. a big stage sleigh, stuffed stea,s.
double curtains, hold sixteen easy going
to a party and not rutie tuck, and hold
thirty easy going home IRON party and
not rufiia tuck either. Those we're
four months sleighs, made TO run as long
as an old fashioned bank accommodating
paper, made to be used where there are
six weeks seiqhing in March. Well. the
party was out and the sleigh was loads
ing up and our friend arranged it salts
factory. so as to be seated by the girl
neat 70 him. Il was middle seat, and
the back straps are always too high up,
and there were great many rhankye-
marm's in the road. a "henk ye~marm
is one of those cradle holes without which
sleigh riding is Of TO account. When the
sleigh pitches in you pitch over the
dash board, and when the horses Jerk
the sleigh out, the whole load goes over
into the back seat. We always prefer
red the back seat in thank>ye- marn'
countrY. so as TO keep the girls from
'spilling cut Well. as we were saying.
the sleigh was loaded, the light cleaned
from the open door, the good kisses cracks
ed in the frosty air ike ginger pop. the
six horses dashed of, and the jovial load
sang
''It's my delight Of shiny night"
Scor 3 'thank-ye>marm' was reached
our friend knew it was deep one, and
the strap rs we said before, was to high
up, and of course lie put his arm around
his mex. neighbor. and she declared she
should have pitched into tie snow but for
lha, good strap. That encouraged our
) friend in his work Of love, and little sof.
hand grasped his, and held on, and when
the .thank-ye -marm's came-and they
were very thick on the way home--the
little soft hand acknowledged the kind
ness by gentle recognition, and our
friend was happy. The ride was four
, miles-how they had shortened since
. going to a party-how much had been
accomplished in tha. four miles. aud our
} friend said TO himself it is slander to
saw that the 'coiirse Of true love never
did run smooth it is good sledding all
the way. But the house of our friend
was reached. and sister who sat next
! beyond the little soft hand reaching for
ward said brother il you'll let 60 my
hand I'll get cut
A qhank>ye marm' deep enough to
bury our friend in would just then have
been welcome.
MoaAL -Be sure yau know whose
hand you hold lefore you squeeze it.-
Clere. HeraH.
PRrsxcE OF MrNB-A thief entered a
house in Sterling County, on Saturday
last. while the family we're at church.
and was discovered searching drawers,
/ &c. by little lad Of the family. The
rogue threatened the boys life if he
ddn, tell where the money was; but the
youugster shrewdly replied--;Meetin' is
Jest out, and fathers coming up the road
4 he'll tell yer-he knows better than l do.
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