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"Speak tenderly to him Stephen, he is quite
childish now' Something in the subducd
womanly tone of Margaret's voice gave
Stephen a choking sensation however he
cleared his throat, and shook hands with Mr..
Merton. The poor gentleman looked up
with his wan, apprehensive smile. You'll
be kind to Margaret, sir, you'll be kind to
her, and then he rambled on incoherently
Margaret had not forgot how to blush, and
at this random speech of her fathers the
blood rushed up in torrents in her hair roots,
leaving transient crimson on her throat and
neck. Apparently this enchanted Stephen
he rubbed his hands and arranged his taw-
ny beard, and sat down and watched Mar
garct as she poured out coffee for him, with
the bright, cheerful trusting look of twenty
years before.
"Ah, Margaret" he continued, laughingly,
81 declared that were you faded, worn and
weazen, would still be true; but you have
not fretted for me; you have not the assur-
ancc to pretend it. Am | absolved?
Margaret raised her eyes with malicious
glance, signifying Et tn Brute
eyes, I know" he added, surveying rath-
both much to forgive" There was no ex-
PLANTATION asked, for none was required, they
both felt supremely happy.
Shall we leave them so? All young low
crs! would you believe it possible that that
happy, handsome. comfortablc-looking wo-
man is Margaret Merton, who, "a score of
years before, was condemned to separation,
uncertainty, and working for her daily bread?
or that good man, so jovial, rank and portly,
should be the exied lover? Take courage
men die and the worm eats them, but not for
love. They had each done their duty-not
sadly and sternly, but merrily and well, and
the tree of love blossoms, though late in life.
Perhaps, one of the things we love to see,
is the gentle, grave beauty Of some autumnal
flower, which gladdens our eyes when the
summer has fled, and the unkindly drip of
the winters rain is at hand, and the sky is
ashen gray, and our mother earth brown and
lifeless.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21
70 + T R Y T..
THE WORK OF TODAY AND
To. MOR ROW.


If fortune with smiling face
Strew roses on our way,
When shall we stop to pick them mp ?
To-day, my lore, to-day.
But should she frown with face of care,
And talk of coming sorrow.
When shall we gricve, if gricvc we must?
Tomorrow, iope, tomorrow.
Ifthose whove wronged us own their faults
And kindly pity pray,
When shall we listen and forgive?
To-day my ioue, to-day.
But, il stern Justice urge rebukc,
And warmth from Memory borrow,
When shall we chide-if chide we dare
Tomorrow, iove, tomorrow.
If those to whom we owe debt,
Are h ,rmed unless we pay,
When shall we struggle to be just!
1o-doy, my love, to-day.
But if our debtor fail our hope
And plead his ruin thorough,
When shall we weigh his breach of faith
Tomorrow, lore, to-morrow.
If Love, estranged, should once again
Her genial smile display,
When shall we kiss her proffered lips!
Today, my iope, to-day.
But, if she would indulge regret,
Or dwell with by-gone sorrow,
When shall we wecp-if weep we must!
Tomorrow, iope, tomorrow.
For virtuous acts and harmless joys
The minutes will not stay;
We've always time to welcome them
Today, my ious, to-day.
But care, resentment, angry words,
And unavailng sorrow,
Come far too soon, if they appear
1o-morrow, iove, to-morrom.-
Charles Maokay.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

For SCARE Crows. The best know of is
few crows shot and hung up in different
parts of the field by one leg, or bait and
catch them in steel traps In my younger days
for years these scarecrows were ample to
keep off birds. Every Yankee farmer should
have good gun and ammunition and know
how to use 1t. Find all the crows nests
in your immediate eighborhood, break up
their nests, seize their young, and then is
the time to shoot some of the old ones. /
once secured sixteen in two hours. Go
over your cornfeld daily, and if the crows
have drawn any, be there the next morning
by three o'clock with your artillery, or the
crows will be there before you, and salute
the first conner with cold lead from your
carly morning gun, and you do not sue
cecd in bagging him, he and his ncighbors
will come to the conclusion that they had
better let that mans corn alone. Another
way of keeping crows from your field is by
twining String wool twine from stake to
stake once in fifteen rows, directly over
the row. You can cultivate the first time
and let it remain. Do the twining i'm
mediately after planting, and it would be
rare to have crow light on the field while
the twine remains.
Crows grow bold by the cry Of their
young for food, and by man being slack and
easy; instinct teaches them whose corn it
it will do to pull. The fields for which
crows have so strong taste, are generally
shallow and half plowed, less than half
manured, bordcrcd around by bushes, briers
and weeds and enclosed by mere apology
for fence. Years ago one of your peace
men had a field with one of those ugly
borders which always have great tenden-
cy to widen; at hoeing none wanted to hoe
the outside row the alteration between
the boys would finally be settled by the old
man saying, "Let the devil take the out
side row." and in few years he had the
whole field.
Should the above ment oned scarecrows
fail to keet the crows from pulling the
corn, soak other corn in rum or whisky and
strychninc, and scatter broadcast on the
field They, like the humans, will like the
taste, but as certain as they eat of it they
die. You will, in most Of the liquor on
sale, find enough strychnine, without add
ing more to do the work for the crows. ii.
W. LESTER, Rutland, VT Country Gen.
| tleman.
PLANTING PoTArors.-Ihey say abroad
that the secret o getting potatoes ripe in
August that will keep all winter, is 40 SET
them well sprouted, There is no occasion
to put them in early. The month of Au'
gust is the critical time for the winter
potato. But by sprouting the tuber before
setting, you obtain nearly months advan
tage, so that when the disease does come
the plant is in stronger state than il
would otherwise be, aud is thereby enablec
to repel tn attack" The author who
thus writes in the Royal Agriculture
Society Journal is the Rev, +. +. Manly
and there may be something in hi remarks
Hort,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

A MYSTERY CLEARED UP. Our readers will
remember the excitement which prevailed
several weeks since at the discovery of a body
packed in a barrel, which had been received
at the freight Office of the Hudson River
Railroad. The police and authorities Of
Chicago have not been idle, and success seems
to have crowned their exertions. On We'd
nesday evening, suspicion having been fixed
upon an individual named Henry Jumperts
he was taken into custody. On his exami.
nation he stated that woman who lived
with him rs his mistress had hanged
herselfin his room, and that he, not know
ing what disposal to make of the body, had
cut it up and shipped it to New York.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

MuRDERs.-A sailor died recently in Texas,
and, on his death-bed confessed that he was
one of the crew who murdered Mrs. Aston,
of South Carolina, forty years ago. Mrs
Aston was the daughter of Aaron Burr. She
sailed from Charleston for New York, in n
brig, and on the trip the crew mutinied and
murdered all the officers and passengers, Mrs.
Aston being the last one to walk the plank
The sailor remembered her look of despair,
and died in the greatest agony of mind.
The body of good-looking and genteelly-
dressed female was found, on Saturday, in
the woods near Philadelphia. She was in an
advanced state of pregnancy and appeared to
have been strangled by rope.
The body of an English servant girl was
found near Joliet, ILL.,, under Il pile Of stones,
with the hands and feet cut off and the skull
broken. A man named Richards, who was
last seen with her, has been arrested.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

The REVERSE OF FoRrUNE--A few days
ago one of the visitors of the Providence
Association, at the st end, was applied to
assist man who was found in abject poverty
in miserable garret, without food or decent
clothing. Food was provided for him and a
change of clothing by the benevolent visitor.
Only few years ago this same man was a
New York merchant, with at least 100000,
living in splendid residence, and riding in
princely carriage, We keep back the gen.
tleman's name from motives of delicacy,
though it is a familiar one to some of our
merchants "Rches take to themselves
wings and fly away. ."-[ Boston Trarelier.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

A young woman in New Haven, being
passionately in love with Bethany fellow
an only son and a propable heir to con-
siderable pile, withal,--as the only hope
of marrying him before his contemplated de
parturs for South America, had him drugged
and taken before a justice of the peace, who
Talk about women being passive agents
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

looks as though it had been boiled. Corn
was very late in maturing last fall in this
vicinity. The farmers gathered in the
usual season; the cob wa not dry, consc-
qucntly there is but little sound corn in
the country. d. w. A.. Paw Paw, Michi-
gan, 1885, Rural New Yorker.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

HEAVY Snow. Saturday night and Sun
day morning last came the heaviest fall ofsnow
that has occurred in Southwestern Virginia
The depth of snow at Fincastle was some SIX
inches. In parts of Craig county tits re-
ported to have been nine inches deep.-Agn-
Ia Ga.) Constitutionist, MAY 5.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

of your father than you do of me. My young
life =" he stopped abruptly.
should be no good wife to you, Stephen,
if | failed sad a aughter; 50 do not press me
more, dear Stephen God knows am sorcly
tried already" and the pent-up tears came at
last.
Then Stephen inwardly called himself many
frightful names, of which inhuman wretch
and brute were the least severe, but he only
said audbly:
81 know it, Margaret-forgive me-" and
the words were hardly out of his mouth be-
fore he was forgiven, suppose, for the hand
was again placed confdingly in his lie con-
tinued; "Thc worst of it is yet to come,
Margaret have undertaken to work my
way out to India, and the captain promised
to get me engineering work as soon as we
arrive. 1t is no degradation, he said stoutly.
" did hope to have begun higher up; but
I've never shirked work, and I'll show that
a gentleman can do as good days work as
any one. I've toiled with dust and dirt and
oil and what not, and I'll do it again.
kroy my trade thoroughly, the lowest as well
as the highest part of it It's only to begin
over again, and | am young and strong
g Yes, it's all true said poor Margaret,
and these few words were all she could say.
" shall not forget you, Margaret; it may
be twenty years before we meet Eagain, ! but
even then | shall be yours only
Margaret smiled, but this time it was a
wan, struggling smile. 81 shall be old and
faded then, Stephen
sit does not matter, he returned, with
steady loving gaze. "You may be old and
faded, worn and shriveled but you will be
more to me than any other woman
Here they turned their steps back to the
church.
"Well, Stephen, I bind you by no promise
we will follow the prompting ofour hearts.
We have the world before us, and God to aid
u.s." she said.
They walked on silently for little time
"We must part now, Stephen
81 sail tomorrow, Margaret
They stood and gazcd sadly on the grave
stones there seemed nothing but an atmos-
phere of dampncss and decay around them,
only the warm love and young hopes in their
breasts but these trumphed, even in the
sorrow of the hour. He held her in his
strong arms, for one last caress, and then re-
leased her. In an other minute he hadgone.
And 50 they parted with wrung hearts, fear
ing as many young have feared, that the
hour-glass of time, or the scythe of death,
would stand between them in this life.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

A Mayvillc (Ky.) correspondent indicates
serious "point of difference" between the
administration of James Buchanan and
that of Pharaoh at memorable period
the latter had corn in his national crib,
the former has only CoJb.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

A PIE PREPARATION ANDA LAST RESPONSE
A horticulturist at Lafayette, Ind, advcr-
tised, that he would supply all sorts of trees
and plants. especially 90 pie-plants of all
kinds" A gentleman thereupon sent him
an order for "one package Of custard-pie
seed and few dozen of mince-pie plants:
The gardener promptly filled the order by
sending him four goose-eggs and q small dog
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21
An affidavit was made before a Justice

An affidavit was made before a justice at
st Louis, the other day, by j. V. Fisher,
that one George Brown assaulted him by
threatening to "knock HI out of him"
and that Northumberland and had good
reason to believe that said Brown would
carry his threat into execution, unless re-
strained by law Brown accordingly was
restrained under penalty of forfeitinga bond
of $500 from executing his fearful threat.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

KANSAS, NJ, +, Conway, President of the
Convention which formed the late Kansas
Constitution at Leavenwort City, has issued
his proclamation that the Constitution shall
be submitted to the people of Kansas for ap-
proval on the third Tuesday in May. The
vote shall be by ballot and those in favor of
the Constitution shall write or lrint up0n
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

The people of st. Paul, Minnesota, have
Just voted to raise a loan of :Sl0O, 900 to COM
plete the bridge now being constructed over
the Mississippi at points The estimated cost
is s Sl40 900. 1t is intended that the struc-
ture shall be completed some time during the
summer.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

Wasn't that waste Of powder'" said
AN Irishman to Kentuckian, who had
Just brought coon to the ground, with his
rife from large tree "Why SO, Pat3"
asked the hunter. "Surelthe fall would "a
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

SUSPICIOUS tailor to suspected customer ;
"Make you a coat, sir! Oh, yes, sir, with
pleasure. There, just stand in that posi-
ton, please, and look right at that sign,
while | take your measure" The sign
reads, "Terms cash."
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

Why will President Buchanan never be-
come linguist +! Because it is only a
few weeks since he commenced studying
"English."
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

"Gently the deos are DER me stealing
as the man said when he had five bills pre-
sented to him at one time.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

The last society spoken of in California
is the "Pay Nothings." 1t is said to be
alarmingly prosperous.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

" My German friend, how long have you
been married - Vel tits "A thing vat |
seldom don't like to talk about but ven |
does, it seems to be 80 long as it never
VAS
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

An Armenian, who had procured Bible
of Protestant bookseller, after having dlli-
gently read it for some weeks, took it back,
saving This book reproves all my
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

SEED CoRN.-Now IL the time TO Try the
seed corn and know for certain that it will
grow before planting time comes. The FOL
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

In Hamilton Mass. a few days since, a
crazy woman was to be taken to the Asy-
lum. She was furious and violent, and it
required the combined strength Of four
men to handle her and get her into the
vehicle, which was finally accomplished in
spite of her struggles. When arrived at
the asylum her demeanor suddenly and en-
tirely changed. She became quiet and
docie, and surrendered herself into the
arms of her four custodians with an heir of
satisfied superiority, for, said she, 81 feel
more honorcd and exalted than was Jesus
when he entered Jerusalem, for he rode
upon one ass only, bit l an riding "pon
four"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-05-21

The Wafchmaa says 1.-THE following letter !,
which we give rorbatim ct hterdtim, (as near
as we can decipher it,) was received by
clergyman in Montpelier on Tuesday of last
week.
Mr. Steman's early education must have
been sadly neglected, An occasional turn at
the spelling book would not hurt him, old
as he is.
"Rockland Maine May '5S
Rey.---, Dear Sir - am o
Clergyman Eighty five years old have worn
myself out in the harness of The gospil am
no Longer able To Preach abut STEPPING Down
To The Grave | have come To want for
Even The necessities Of Life and compelled BY
Dire necessity altho Painful 1t may be To me
my condethion Is such That | am obliged
To write To The clergy for aid in This my
Strengthened circumstances The clergy have
Thus far opened THAR hearts as well as THAR
hands To relieve me In my Destitute conde-
thon Good you not Take up collecthion In
your church for an aged Desiple of christ
Gust Tottering on The verge of The Grave or
spare few Dollars yourself Even Tho 1t be
but The widdors mite Given In The name of
a Desiple 1t shall not Go unrewarded have
never received no regular call To Preach The
Gospill nor ben ordained but have went ar
round DUNG my masters will whearever my
Lot has been cast Preaching Jesus Christ
and him crucyfed and bidding sinners Fly
To The outstretched arms of bleeding mercy
| have never as you will Sc had a stated Sale
ry my salery has been merely by collecthion
and Know the lnhrmaties of old age has
come on me am no Longer able To Go ar
round from Place To Place To Preach con-
sequently | am no Longer wanted no more
& cared for in my Extreme want am COM
PEELED To ask The clergy for some Little aid
hopeing shall soon reach That heaven of
Eternal rest where want and suffering Is not
Known | remain In The Gospill of Christ
your unworthy brother j. ii. SrEMAN
Box los Rockland Maine
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-25

TAzEwELL CoUNTY.-We take the fol-
lowing from the Jefersonyille Advocate, of
18th inst:
le.-There is, we understand, large
number of cattle in the county, only some
three or four sales having been made as vet
Buyers would do well we think, to visit the
county and examine those unsold, as the
quality is finer than perhaps any year pre-
vious. The season has not been SO unfavor-
able for grazing as casual observer would
suppose. The wet nature of the forepart Of
the season was very advantageous for the
production of large quantities and heavy
crops Of grass. The dry season following
has not been injurious to the blue grass Of
our lands, the underground remaining green
and the portion dried for want of rain being
very nutritious, especially when mixed with
the portion yetuncured. The quantity of hay
harvested is unusual and the quality unsur-
passed. We suppose the amount Of hay in
the county is fully equal to the quantity of
Stock on hand. The people are certainly
able to winter their cattle if purchasers still
persist in holding off, Nevertheless, far
mcrs are anxious to sell and for persons who
are not too much frightened to hazard the
prospects before the drover this season, no f.
ner market can be found than Tazewell.
From the timidity evinced at this time, not
only here, but generally, we are led to infer
a handsome return for those who have nerve
enough to drive.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-25
ssTha Fisher Girl.v

BY the subjoined extract from the Balti-
more american it will be seen that DR..
BARBrE intends taking this exquisite work
Of art, on tour through Virginia. Moth
ing, we suppose, will afford the people Of
Virginia more pleasure, than to testify
their regard for Mr.. Barbee, by visiting his
works of art when brought within their
reach:
An Exquisite Worh Of ART There is
now on exhibition at Carroll Hall, one OF
the most exquisite works Of art we ever be-
held. 1t is the production of Barbee, the
sculptor whose beautiful idealization, the
Coqnctte attracted so much attention here,
and which has elected SO much general
admiration whereverit has been exhibited
that it has been pronounced to be equal to
the celebrated work of Powers, the Greek
Slave. The Fishers Girl, as it is named, is
the second great finished work of Mr.. Bar
bee, he has several others in progress, en-
bracing different subjects, but if he never
produced another this lovely image and her
sister, the coquette, would be sufficient to
make the fame of any man.
The work now on exhibition at Carroll
Hall represents young maiden, seated in
a natural and graceful posture, and engaged
in mending fishers net. She is appa-
rently absorbed in her work, and her beau
tiful countenace, in which the expression of
modesty and happy innocence are admra-
bly, blended, proposes one in her favor as
if indeed she we're a living being. Her
hair is free and floating, except that it is
confined by wreath or band set with shells.
At her feet are scattered pebbles, leaves,
and sea shells, these with the net upon which
her fingers are busily engaged sufficiently
identify her as the Fisher Girl Her form
is exquisitely moulded, and in its swelling
outlines presents the very perfection of fe-
male beauty in all its purity and attractive
ness. It seems like delicious dream, an
unearthly embodiment of loneliness, not
only in the form, in the fair proportions Of
external symmetry, but in the sentiment, the
pure and almost living spirit which pervades
it. CURLING admiration and descending to
details we find criticism utterly at fault to
fad flaw. The anatomy is perfect. Even
the slightest dimples and indentations,
or elevation, or depression Of muscie is ac-
curately rendered, while the work is exquis-
itely finished in the matter of mere mechan-
ical manipulation.
This beautiful work should be'seen by all
who have the slightest taste for the produc-
tions Of art. There is nothing in the leas
suggestively indelicate in in it, and the la
dies, as many Go daily, may visit withou
the slightest feeling Of improperly, for il
cannot be looked upon with any other SEN
ment than admiration.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-25
FAIRBANKS SCALES.

A UNIFORM standard of Weights, and correct
n system of weighing. are subjects claiming the
attention of every individual in the community.
correct Scale is just ortiter bstweea buyer
and seller and it is of the utmost Importance that
an instrument universally called upon to decidp
questions of great value in the daily and sourly
transactions of business should be ofsuek reliabip
and erdetaess as to secure the confidence of oil those
'rho may De affected by the results Indicated, and to
obtain such buy Fairbanks which for the last
twenty-five years has been fully tested, and uni
yersally acknowledged superior to any other made
They can only be had in Richmond of CE4ARkSONr
ANDERSON CO., No. 1Od, Main street, wheo
are sole agent. and will deliver at short nnsise-
Weigh Lock Scales
Railroad Track Scales
Railroad Depot Scales
Hay and Cattle Scales,
And who keep constantly on hand
Wheat and Hopper Scales
Dormant Warehouse Scales
Rolling Mill Scales
Wheelbarrow Scales
Portable Platform Scales
Platform Counter Scales
Grocers' Scales
Even Balances, and
Druggists Scales.
Richmond, Sept. rs, lS5s.-lm