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'Didn't tell ye, old boy. know'd
twas her. You couldn't fool me-
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ATTIC. C.H.NEN7'.

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aHc7 rs WOodford,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-03
VOL. vI.---NO. ~.

gether watch at the tomb on the morning
Of the resurrection.
And when she IS again left In her long
ly chamber, she Is not alone. As her
visitor retires, grateful thoughts Of human
sympathies linger behind, like sunset in
the air. The sense Of Gods kind provi-
dence rests on her soul. 10 her faith,
the distant are brought near, and the
~dead live, and await her coming to d bet
ter land. Her mind goes forward to the
future. She rises above the Clouds
Serenely shines the sum Gently falls tho
love. of God on her heart. Sitting amid
trials and darkness, and the ruin ofearth--
y prospects, with a calm spirit, I" she
builds her hope in Heaven"
The prosperity-the adverse fortunes
the joy--thc grief-all this might be
seen in every age. Its Christianity that
has brought sympathy to suffering, hope
to the bereaycd, and resignation to the
afflicted which has brought light to dark
hours, and faith in Heaven to those that
dwell amid the sorrow Of earth. 1t is
Christianity that has softened and melted
the ice of prosperity-which has snIitten}
that rock and made it aiountain of living
waters to those that dwell in valleys be-
low.
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then swOre he would serve every livinl
creature in the same manner, not except
ing bis horse, which was the only one re-
naming to him; then having killed his
horse, he came back to the table with his
sword reeking in blood, and seeing nc
other animal to kill, turned his eyes On
his wife, and cried, with furious tone Of
voice, Get up and bling me water to
wash my hands' She Immediately arose
and brought him water. Then he said,
If you had not done it, ] would have
served You as served the dogs and the
horse He then ordered her ohelp him,
which she did, but with so horrid an ac-
cent that she still expected to have her
head cut off In this same manner they
passed the night together, and She never
spoke; and when they had slept some
little while, he said TO his wife, : j have
not been able to rest for rage Tonight
See that nobody disturb NE tomorrow
morning, and take care that | have a
good breakfast. Early in the morning
the parents of the bride and bridegroom
knocked at the door, and as no one ans
wered, they concluded that the bride-
groom was either killed or wounded, and
when the bride came to the door without
her husband, they We're confirmed in their
suspicious. As soon as she saw them,
she began to call them traitors, and ask
ed them how they dared come to the door
without speaking. Make no noise, or
you are all dead men, This astonished
them still more, and when they knew
how the night had been spent, they tho't
very highly of the young man for his
great skill in governing his wife, and ar
ranging his household and from that day
forward she was so well managed that
he lived perfectly we'll with her; and the
father-in-law took hint from his son, aud
killed a horse TO keen his wife in order
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Tie listened calmly, patiently, till sht
wis done. Not ripple of feeling dis
lturbed the equanimity Of his features.-
hen, in cold, calm, hard tone, h. badc
b rise. and necer, so hong as they both
lived, let him see her humbling herself
again for the ungrateful vagabond she
chose to call son.
As for me, he is no child of mine ;
and never, God helping, shall he touch
bread Of mine, though he starvc like a
dog for want Of it !"
With low cry she sank yet lower at
his feet
David! cannot, will not give up my
child!' she Gied. Unsay those cruel
words! You cannot be so heartless -
You, his own father, surely would not
see your boy, Willie, starve, when you
have enough O.! by the memory of
our early lovelby the love you once pro-
fessed, for ths sake Of those holy VOWS
spoken long ago at the sacred altar, by
my truth to tIose VOWS, conjure you to
CIV hic "aNh Ily pHiiu-OW CHUd
But that bid, bad man spurned her
with his foot. He the strong, white-haiy-
ed old riliaia, turned a deaf ear to the
inner yoice-mned away from the tear
fal pleadingsiof the companion of his
youth; and wien she would not desist
from her entrqties, he spurned her from
him as he would the veriest cur that
should dare gpwl at him in the street.
She movedhot after he thus rudely re-
pulsed her. He did not stoop to raise
her, but comppsedly walked away.
Alice bent down over her mother
How still thi repose enwrapping her
form! WASH death! If not, it seemed
very like tits even 50. In that wild
burst Of grief her spirit has fed DO
not wake herl All! We cannot. Those
lips are forever mute ON earth. RecqUi-
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The sequel to our story is summed up
in few words. The old man is mat
MAC. lie wanders about the house muir
muring such words as these: i tell
ypu she IS not dead! Do You hear me
She has only swooned; she will revive
presently; = and kindred sentences.
What Of his sons wife, who was seen
comhg to them ia the Storm She and
her husband now reside beneath the pa
ternaNpoof. They cherish no ennity to-
ward linn, for they know that they, also,
are human.
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n Written for the Prairie News.
HE MOUNTAIN MAIDEN.
ny ELyAG.

lie, othcrp sg to their ey loves, in pomp and pride
artaysd
be ming tlesk 70 eulcgfe the little country maid;
For hes thcicy brcczcs blow, the flowers their frag
raneSp,
And Natrkc her active mind, unfolds an ample field
No ,cn,rnenttiiy belle in beauty compare
With the mvsiittle maiden, that breathes the noun
tain aiti
Her lnatehlssm Is Natures eork, unassisted by art
And with ~ Heauty TOO, shshas a happy heart
Iknow her ksds very sweet, ror have heard her
lovely 'uae,s hcre she stood beside the mortai.
Z Its crystal WIS teaher feet, na,anonly and free
Then babtiiiitlot the llninsoelow, it formed a
lcr auburn n W's f;e wild her snowy neck around,
1 tnd there thcndctaisy flower nc,iiing place had
o'l might hay 'iat ith tru'h--whth would have
usuped the N ofT 'siqts, Worn byhe ciy belle.
Hot % forlorn i.ac tNars, who lend swc.ehed life;
iicr to the hieands kn, and seek yor out wife,
Andii you do lnal there, its bed snse YOU are
To speak iohers ht lovHly, and claim tle mountain
maid
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M8lBtg,AMY. !.
The OH FA4M HOUSE;

- a.-@ssr ~ So rNsT-nSss ~
TT IS A'iIKa,c sSsrlass niylt in The
bleak, drean mSadl Of March, full 81
tenpestuouk clouds, stormy winds and
driving raire Within The fanm-housc,
un the hin y,nder. lives David Granger,
his wife anJpue only daughter, who have
lived there fll the days Of their years,
which are nd few to the old couple -
The harryiay wrathful stormy Winds
howl fearfiilh and the rushing, binding
slcet beats ii torrents against thelwhl-
dow pancs. Now the cold bearing Bo-
reas bellows his demonstrations forth. And,
anon, the milder Eurus mclts intsi re-
proaciles, aud walls forth the suffeiigs
of the carth-weary ones. The light
-eabroad, ellshrudilg the face Of the e;rih,
Is one Of starIcSs hlarkness; the night
within thee tlrobbing human hearts in
habiting Qose time-worn walls, scartely
No ligla within the farmhouse con-
quers, wild It's CHEEKY beams, the{Idak.
ness that Cts upon the heartlstenl; bit
from a fevdying, blackening cnlGfs fes-
ble, sickly flashes Of light occasbnalN
.!isrci the lark night with their fvaneA
cent slru,f. Now they give onf quicE.
\ conyuisiydsasp for breath, one list, Niga
ormls eioAfor lifp--likc one viii stanas
kupon the bunlarv Of the cternbl exis-
ence, and arinks back, aflrighied, from
be Wild rdlmg food Of waters, md vain.
tries toFtam his hold upon things Of
ne yet tittlc longer-and then dies
i into utr night
Night, tvful in its terrific grandeur,
,lime, b not beautiful brouacth over
things. | No light upon thelieartli, no
1t withihthe human heart, and none
ircsings anles Natures form What
fondcrt harmonizihg of fhcluutcr
OF TIPS creating with the inner
9 Of Hin's formation. lis seldom
TTrs better so oftencr. Twerc
Ir, 4 fohsainl times, if the soul oi
could litter blessings, instead Of d
NJ vSt, prafcs I'M tAe place If impmca-
fIions, whenthe wile range Of inaliinatc
piIe, and the w!,bleIvast realm Of interior
lanllRnal I. n hence dms vocal withthanks-
kgiving to tle great Father Of all.
I From alfar cot,er Of the apartment
we have eterc,I; behold i figure emer-
ges, and, alroacilg the fire place, takes
from the 4elf alive 1t match, and
quickly strik IS light, Then, STOPPING,
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Tanning OF a Shrew.


The origin of Shakspeare's idea for
his drama Of the Tanning of Shrew,"
is to be found in an old Spanish chronicle,
a translation Of which / now present to
your readers -
In certain town there was Moor
of great responsibility, who had son,
the best young man in the world, full of
great projects, but so poor that he had
the will, hut not the power to execute
them. In the same place there was
another Moor, very rich, and he had an
only daughter, but she was a devil, and
nobody would marry her. The young
man cage one day to his father and said /:
Father, \ am Weary of the poor and
wretched lie ] lead; | wish to marry
| The father siile he should be delighted if
lhis son could find a party that suited him.
INpon Which the soang man named his
neighbours daughtAS, On hearing this
ltAc father was much sNsprised; but the
sjA persisted in desirinsShis father to
speak to the Moor, who wA.hjs intimate
frieNd, and ask him Tor his Naughter.-
l1htsMuvr said, when he was Aelied TO.
that be had no objection, but ilSt.wbo-
socvtsiiad his daughter would be6otfer
dead fpan alive. Tie wedding dayAuw.
ever, was fixed, and the bride Was hd
away II her husbands house, and, acs
lcoruinglto the Moorish custom, a supper
waslre,ared, and the fathers and moth
ers left hc bride and bridegroom togeth-
er till tntnext day, not Without great fear
and suspision that they should find the
bridegroom in the morning dead. OF not
far from i. AS soon as they were gone
1 the new married couple Sat down at the
table, aFl before she could speak, he,
looking hput him, saw one of his house.
dogs, aud calling to him with lou,
voice, otdered him to bring water to "
lis hands, which the dog not dc
got up h fage, and drew hi
this thddog seeing, ran away
ter HIM till he caught hin
bis heat and legs, and his
and dashed his blood ov
all over -
himsel
agair
ga
lS
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In vain Willie pleaded his iove, her beau
fty and refinement; the old man was in
cxorablr.
Fv alfime Waiam Granger seemed
to yieil; that is, \ waited in hopes that
his fathcf,s heart Sould soften towards
the womalhof his ch,ice; but at length
her father died, andsle was thrown help
less upon the ~vYl& Then it was he
chose between the loNof home, and ear
ly and tried friends, dpl the new love !;
and his heart said
Father mother and Sster | nav live
without, but thee neverN
They We're married, and dgom that hour
he was banished from his Vthcrs house.
For time prosperity smitl, and then
came sickness; and with sidEaess adycr-
sity and want were tho chie guests
He canld not support this additional bur
den; and, therefore, his beautiful wife,
on this will night, while he layEelirious
with fever, sought his wealthy ftl,er, to
entreat fol her husband those cWiforts
which were denied him, altliouA his
rightfully. ry-
Martha had been good wife to Nv
id Granger ill the days Of her wedeed
life. WhenItwo beautiful children GLAD.
dcned her heart, she had been a,goda
mother to both; though, as She begah
to descend the hillside Of life, Wild
was the olf upon whom she hogan to
look as the main support Of her declining
age.
David Granger had been a tyraM all
the days Of youth and single manhood;
nor had helforgotten to rule others even
when he took the gentle Martha to his
home, Perhaps he may have loved her
as such ahature of his-so inordinatcly
seliisll--is capabic or loving; bur he was
nerer a trae man, and the love Of a true
manly heart could not be exacted from
him; noryct the respect and Difference
which a tue man ever pays to woman
for such gone remembers that his moth
er was a Woman and, for her sake, all
wearing Hke forms are dignified in his
eyes. Martha should have known this,
but she aid not. Every woman should
study deeply the character Of him to
whum slb consigns her lifelong happi-
ness.
For seven years one name, in that
household, had been forbidden to be mem
toned. He. the lord Of that mansion,
had prohibited it, and they dared not
disobey. But now he had spoken it him
self, perhaps be would hear it from 9TH
cs. And a bright gieam Of hope prne-
trated their icy hearts. Martha Granger
wouidg to him- she, his once loved,
still loving wiit--and on Blended knees
she would implore him to give back her
child, her first-borll--Willie! If she
might behold him once again-might be
permitted to fold him within her embrace
and feel that his own warm home would
henceorth shield her darling boy from
the rough nsageof the ,worlsl--thcn lif,
would have for her,no more labors then
she would die; shl would trouble him
neverlnore on cart.
And thus she q plead, wildly, pas
sionately, clasping hard. celd hanoi
within her cwn i2f "; ! -
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Alice filgets neryously in her chair.
The volume which she at first attempted
to peruse las long been closed, and now
lies at her feet, where it has fallen in one
OF her congulsive starts. Presently she
rises, and, going softly to the window,
peers forth Darkness alone is visible to
her strained and anxious gaze she can
not see the street, even, and as she once
more turns away, and her eye falls upon
the portrait she clasps her hands wildly,
and Il low moan escapes her lips.
Martha sEarts up as that sound reach
es her, and leads Alice to the fire, plac-
Ing her within the easy chair which She
has just vacated. David Granger's cold
grey eye is on them.
"lou are thinking of William p he
at length said, in his cold hard manner.
Woman, lave done with such foolery |!
! will end,tc it no longer. Is it not
enough tina, you make yourself ridicu-
lous, but yoi must cOuntenance Alice in
her disobedisncc to my commands! |
tell you | must and will be obeyed in this
matter - A
The woman trembled with surprise
anG terror ashe pronounced these words,
and the girlslfacp was ivid.
For sevenlong, weary years that name
had been an mechoed sound within its ma
tive home. He who bore it was an ex-
lie from his hther's home and from his
fathers hear. He had been the best be-
loved Of his lfathrr-his idul and yet,
when he cams to him, telling him that he
had dared tokvish his affections upon a
poor but wothy maiden, their pastors
only ciild, AMI now desired to take her
tg his home asliis wife, the fathers rage
1as inconceivibly intense. What! should
lson Of his senean himself thus ? No,
yttler woulFhc 'ury him fifty fathoms
I dep in The ssa.i Let him do this, and
w "A AZ, l, usssus @ea5ts aSl