Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-06-27
purse hal you not expected to be paid

purse hal you not expected to be pal
for IL
Sir" said the widow. her tone indi.
nant. her thin form towering. and, Oh
the withering rcbukc in her voice an
manners ; the stranger paused heloln
the purse in his hand; then DRAWN
forth the smsllest coin that it containe
offered it to her For a moment 81,
] drew back, but then remembering tha
her boys were hungry at home, and i
bed because there was no fire. she burs
into tears as she took it, SAYING 'thi
will buy bread for my poor children, an
hurrying away she buried the bitterness
OF that morning in her own heart.
1T was four oclock on the same day
Sarah Goodwin sat by scanty fire, bus
in sewing patches on the very poo
clothes of her four boys,
Ran to the door Jimmy she said t
the eldest as loud knock was heard
oh mother +" the boy cried. return
ing, "a big bundle tor US; what is it
what can it be-:
Work for m, perhaps. said sh,, un
tying the = sckagc, when suddenly there
ctme to light four suits Of grey clothes
with four mat black shining caps. each
suit cxa :tiy fitting to the din ensions OF
her bows. Almos, paralyz:d with aston
ishmont. tn. widow remained ON hel
knees her eyes rivetcd on the words-'a
present for the fuhcrlcss,' while the boys
appropriatins their wardrobes, danced
about the floor shouting with & lee.
What's in the pocket, here ]: whats ii
the pocket, cried Jimmy, thrasting his
hand in that receptacle, when 10 ! out
came the very purs, of gold the widow
had returned that morning. A scene
of Joyous Confusion followed, and the
voice of prayer ascendcd from Sarah
Goodwin's full heart. Again and again
she counted the glitcring treasure. Five
hundred dollars it seemed almost end
less fortune. How her heart ran over
with gratitude to God and to the good
stranger. She could not rest till throw
ing on her bonnet, with checks now
glowing with hope and happiness, she
ran back to the hotel to pour forth hel
thanks \ carriage stood at the door
laden with trunks behind. The driver
mounted the seat as she reached the step.
and turned her head, there within, sal
the mysterious stranger with the Ions
beard. She had no time to speak, but ht
nodded his head as he saw her witt
claspcl hands standing there, her very
face seemed prayer embodied.
Sarah never SAW the eccentric strange,
again, She took little shop and stock.
ed it well, and put her boys to school.
10 day she is the proprietor Of It hand
some store. OF her four boys two are
ministers, one is doctor. and the other i,
thriving merchant Nobody know:
where the man with the long gray bcarc
has gone, but if he be living, and his eyt
meets this he will have the noble result,
OF his generous dee toward Sarah Good
win and her four boys.-N. Y. Pespl,
Organ.
The State of Maine declared that nc
Straight " mig can sustain Mr.. buchanan,
for the Presidency. In recent article
it says -
''If the nomination of Mr., Buchana1
could have been made without any
pledges on his part in favor of the exten-
sion of Southern Slavery, hc would have
commanded strong support from tn;
Northern States. Bat in his zeal fol
this nomination, he has gone turthe
than either Pierce or Douglas in his ser
Witty to the slave power. Not only has
he rcpudiatcd his own expressed word.
in defence of the Missouri Compromise
but he actually praised as "admirabie,
the Resolutions of the Pennsylvania Con
vention which declared the Missour
Compromise unconstitutional 1.-The
solemn compoct' which "iorcver prohib
i.el slavery north of the PARALLEL O
3Gdeg SOM to use his own language
has, in view of this nomination., been
suddenly chan gcd into an odious and op-
prcssivc III ,asure, and tn, attempt to re-
strain the extension Of slavery in the
territory of the United States Is in vic
lation OF the Constitution
50 thoroughly had Mr., Buchanan com,
mitted himself to the doctrine Of Pierce
and Douglas urging his nomination on
that precise ground. The dispatches o.
Senator Douglas to Col. Richardson, al
ready published show how complt t7ly
Mr.. Buchanan is commits, to that m eas-
ure of outrage, the repeal 1aftIte Mi>soa-
ri Compromise.
Committed to this doctriuc, Mr, Bu-
chanan cannot obtain the support Of thu
Wings OF the country, much less thos, OF
Maine. On this qucs ION the record OF
the Wing party is full, clear and exphc-
it, In 1854 the Maine whic State Con
vention which nominated Isaac Reed
for governor thus defined its position by
the unanimous adoption Of the following
resolutions.
The State ofMaino then copies the res
olutions of the State Conventions OF
1854 and 1885, in which the Straight
Wings unrcservedly declare for free soil
and The prohibition of slavery in the
Torritories