Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-03-19

apologies as well as we could, simply remark
ing that every thing was really nice, and prov
ing by our acts that the repast was tempting
to our appetites.
l will now introduce another actor to tn
reader. 1t is Elder Blunt, the circuit preach
er. Elder Blunt was good man. His relig
ion was ofthe most genuine experimental kind
; He was very plain. He, like Mr.. Wesley
would NO more dare preach fine sermon THAI
wear a fine coat. He was celebrated for hi
eommon-sense way of exhibiting the princi
pies of religion. He would speak just wha
he thought, and as he felt. He somehow go
the name of being an eccentric preacher, a
every man, believe, does who never prevari
Gates, and always acts and speaks as he thinks
Somehow or other, Elder Blunt had heard o
Sister Scrub, and of that infirmity OF hers, ant
he resolved to cure her. On his first round
he stopped at esquire Scrub's,' as all othe
itinerant's had done before him. John, the
young man, took the elders horse and put hin
in the stable, and the preacher entered til
house. He was shown into the best room, am
he soon felt very much at home. He expect
ed to hear something, in due time, dispara
ging the domestic arrangements, but he hear
it sooner than no expected. This time, if Sis
ter SeEro could he credited her house was a
.ts1pstie st0wn; 1t wasn't fit to stay in, and sh
was sadly mortified to be caught in such
plight. The elder looked all around the room
as ii toe observe the TERRIBLE disorder, but ht
said not word. By-and-by, the dinner wal
ready, and the elder sat down with the family
to a well spread table. Here, again, Sister
Scrub found everything fauty the coffee
wasn't fit TO drink, and she hadn't anything I'll
to eat. The elder lifted his dark eye to her
face; for moment he seemed to penetrate her
| very soul with his austere gaze then slowly
rising from the table, he said, '!BrotheI Scrub
| want my horse Immediately. | must leave"
"Why, Brother Blunt, what is the matter ~
1 < Maffar htr. .;p hptta .ignS n,
stay in, and you havn't any thing fit to eat or
| drink, and | won't stay.''
Both the SO Squire y and his lady were con-
! founded. This was piece OF eccentricity en-
tirely unlocked for. They were stupefed.-
But the elder was gone. He wouldn't stay in
house not fit to stay in, and where there
/ wasn't anything fit to eat and drink.
Poor Sister Scrub! She wept like a child at
her folly. She &C knew it would be all over
| town." she said, :" and everybody would be
| laughing at her." And then, how should she
meet the blunt, honest elder again .'She
hadn't meant anything by what she had said. y
| All! she never thought how wicked il was to
say to so much that didn't mean any thing.
+ 9Y,,se upshot of the whole matter was, that
| Sister Scrub 'ssaw herself as others saw her"
| She ceased making apologies, and became a
| wiser and better Christian. Elder Blunt al
| ways puts up there, always find every thing as
it should be, and with all his eccentricities, is
| thought by the family the most agreeable, as
he is acknowledged by everybody to be the
most consistent, of men.
A RARE CASE OF LoNGEvIrY. corespon-
| dent of the Morning Star writing from Not
! tingham, N. H., gives the following acc cunt
of a venerable lady :-'s'rhere is living in this
| town, at the house of Abram Thompson, her
| grandson. not mother in Israel, but great
| grandmother in Israel, at the advanced age of
| LOG years. Though she has been blind for
thirty years, aud is also very deaf, yet her mem
| all faculties are bright; and especially her
| memory, which is remarkably retentive. She
| will often sing i'll clear, and with quite a
strong voice, verses OF different hymns, and
| will also correctly repeat numerous Scripture
passages committed to memory seventy years
] aSa. "a would do any christian good to hea
her. She sits up from eight IN the morning
till nearly eight in the evening, without appar
ent fatigue, in an old-tashoned tlag-bottomed
chair, as she desires no other. She is as neal
and tidy in her dress as many maiden o
thirty-five. She Graves hearty or solid food
twicea day, which is not often common to
of her age. She is the mother of twelve chill
dren, the oldest of whom is eighty-four years
and the youngest sixty years. she has living
eighty-one grandchildren, and eight great-great
grandchildren. She is about five feet in height
an weighs one hundred and twenty five
lpounds. She enjoys good health for one so
aged.
sfLovE's STRATAGEM."-The Shippensburg
(PaD Democrat relates pretty little romance
Of real life, the parties in which are young
Germans in humble life. Two young men
formed an attachment for two maidens in their
fatherland, and desired to marry. The young
women reciprocated the tender regard, and
were willing to marry their swains. But the
lparents were not satisfied with the standing OF
their daughters lovers, and refused consent.
II was then agreed between the parties that
the young men should come to America, earn
money sufficient to pay the fare Of their sweet
hearts and then send for them, the girls agree
ing faithfully to follow their lovers. The young
men found employment near ShippensburS,
saved their money, and last fall sent for their
betrOthed. They came, promptly, without the
consent or knowledge of their parents, and a
few days since were clasped in their lovers
arms as they descended from the cars at the
Shippensburg depot,
DEATH OF GENERAL FELIX HousroY.-The
! Xatchez Courier announces the death of Cen
! eral Folk Houston, few days ago, at Wash
,ngton, Miss, in the 57th year Of his age. The
! Courier says funeral salute of thirteen guns
fthe appropriate number due to the rank of the
} deceased who received from the Congress Of
Texas, in 1887, for his distinguished services
to the g Lone Star Republic, the rank of
Brgadier General) was fired from Natchez
Bluff.
CnILD's LIFE SAVED ny DoG.-Thc Gait
20. W.) Reporter tells this story: son We'd
nesday last little girl, about seven years old
tne daughter of MIR. james Gay, was standing
in the middle Of the road opposite his resi-
dence, when person came driving along at a
rapid rate in sleigh. A dog seeing the child
1 just in the track jumped forward and in an in
slant dragged the child out OF the way allow
ing the team to pass it without injury.
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A CAsE.-ln the court OF special sessions
this morning aman named Smith was arraigned
for stealing demijohn containing three gal
lons of whiskey. . Are you guilty or not gull
ty 3' said the clerk SWall; you can call it wha
you likes l TUX the whiskey, that admit, aAt
drinked it too" g You took it without leave,
t did you not i'' never wait TO be asked whef
that articles round. ~. y. Post
The AFRICAN ExopUs.-Tho Petersburg Va,
Express says;
aOur citizens are beginning to observe tn,
unusal number OF slaves that are constantly
passing through Petersburg, on their way
South and to the minds of many, the resal
: appears inevitable, that it will need but the
work of ten or twenty years to clean Nirginii
, completely of that part Of her population. A
!, company of one hundred passed through OF
Saturday.
Ex-PREsIDENT PIERcE.-ln answer to the in
+. ytation from Savannah, Ga, to eX-Presiden
! Pierce rendering to him the hospitality Of tina
l cty on his contemplated southern tour, he re
e plied, under date of the 18th ut., that his an
I tticipations OF passing the months of March ant
e April south of Washington must be abandon
n ? I'd. The precorious state of the health OF
4 Mrs. Pierce, it is presumed, rendered it ne
\ ccssary TO give up the trip for the present.
d MONUMENT TO HENRY CLAY.-The Director
s of the Clay Monument Association at Lexing
+ ion, Ky., has at last selected design for th