Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-02-20
DAVID GILBERT.

1t winter clear and cold ard the snow was
finely packed, when DR.. Meadows one of a
sleighng party, which he describes SO far he and
the young Widow Lambkin were concerned, in the
words following:
The lively Widow Lambkn sat in the same sleigh
under the same buffalo robe with me.
oh, oh ! donI !" she exclaimed we came to
the first bridge, at the same time Catching by the
arm, and turning her yelled face toward me while her
little eyes twinked through the moonlight.
Don't what ?" asked. "Im not doing anything .
Well but thought you were going TO take toll, .
replied Mis- Lambkin.
"I0N," rejOlned ' WHATS that ,"
swell, declare !" cried the Widow, her clear
laugh Ranging out above the music of the bells "you
pretend you don't know what toll is -
''Indeed don't, then,' said laughing; ''pray ex-
| PLAIN, if you please"
' You never heard them said the Widow, most
prOvokingly have neVor heard that when we
are on sleight-ride the gentlemen always-that is
sOmetlmes-when they cross bridge, claim a kiss,
and call it toll But never pay it,''
said that had never heard of it before but when
we came 10 the next bridge claimed the toll, and
the Widows struggles to hold the veil over her face
not enough to tear it, At ast the veil was re.
moved, her round, rosy face turned directly to
ward mine, and in the clear ght of a frosty moon
the toll taken, for tie first time in his life, by
! DR.. Meadows. Soon we came TO a long bridge with
several arches the Widow said it no use TO resist
man who would have his own way, so she paid the
| toll without murmur.
''Bnt you won't lake toll for every arch wW you,
Doctor % the Widow said archy, that could moi
fail to all my dues AMI that the beginnng'
- But never mind the rest The Lambkn had the
Meadows all to herself in the spring.
Hoos1ER WEDD1NG-1he ceremony of tying the
nup,ial knot is very much simpifed in the Hoosier
State, as the following scene will show:
& What is your name, sir p
"Mstty."
"What is your name, n iss 2"
"Poly.'
Matty, do you love Polly -
"No mistake"
"Poly, do you love matty 2"
"Wel | reckOn.'
We'll, then
Il pronounce you man and wife,
All the days of your life"
! What an absured as we'll as barbarous act to cut
off a do.s tail You might just as well cut out bis
tongue. In fact, dog talks far less with his tongue
than with his tail. With his tail dog expresses not
only gratitude as Fido did, but hope, entreaty, COM
plaisance, Affection love, obedience wrath, shame,
tefance fear and roic it is clear, then, that in de-
prving a dog of his tail you depriving him of an
organ of speech.-BlaekaOood
The REcLUsE -Julia-now, Alfred, dear, | must
leave yon am about to shut myself out from the
world.
Afred-Why in the name of madness, Julia, you
not thinking of retiring into { converts
Julia No, dear don't alarm yourself. | am only
going 10 put Oh my new Crinolne dress.
DEATH AMONG THE CHINEsE-The Able Hue, in his book
! on he Chinese Empire observes
The astonishing camL with which the Chinese the
approach Of the DEATH does fail when the last
arrives They expire with the most incompatible tranquil
y without any the emotions the agatons that usually
render of death terrific There life goes
gently like lamp that has OIL 1t appears to
that this is be attributed t to their soft and Emphatic
temperament and secondly their want of feeling
Lost wealth may be restored by ndustrythe wreck o
health reganed by knowledge restored
by study-alenated friendship oohe into torg etfunes
forfeited reputation by patience and virtue But
who again looked upon his vanquhed hours-recaed
his slightest years. tampted with wisdom, and eIced from
:! heavens record the fearful blot of wasted time.
i LIVING UNDER SNOW NINETEEN DAYs.-Mr. Granville J
Kelley Culpeper county, Va, has hog which under
the fifteen days. confined in pen, during whict
time it had nothing eat his that por
kers have remarkable abstemious qualities. Mr. h wa
under the impression that the hog which ha been confined
for vicious propensities had been turned of the
AN EDITOR AND HIS BRIDE.-Among the arriva
in Charleston on. Wednesday as in the steamer Isa
BEL from Havane were A. F. Leonard Esq, edito
of The Norfolk argus, and his accomplished youn,
BRIDE. %.
Two women were frozen to death while riding II
the stage from Muscoda to Prairie du Chen, WIS
On SakurdaV week +