The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-03-19
VOL. XlX---NO. 80.

Falsely Accused'-is the history of a cri.
minal trial in Germany in the 17,h century;
! of intense interest. The remaining articles
are a review of "Rawlinson's Herodotus :"
"Mephilis and the Antidote," and Part III.
/ of A Cruise in Japanese Waters"
Tur ATLANTIC MONTHLY for March, Phillips Sampson
Co. Boston. Al s. per annum
In this number Mrs. Stowe continues her
ministers Wooinc," which promises to bo
a work of brilliant character. Mr.. Sy.
monds, Of Harvard has an article on Charles
Lamb and Sidney Smlth which will be very
! Interesting to literary readers. Mr.. Algef,
Mr. Whittier, the Professor" Richard
+ Grant White, Mr.. Underwood and Rose Jer-
~ have this month contributed choice arti-
cles in the various del artmcnts of fact, fie.
ton, poetry, criticism, natural history, &c.
This number ends with a sharp review of
Sawyer's translation of the New Testament
Ia the death of the Tutor, Holmes has one
Of the finest passages of the pa hetic in the
English language. We cannot resist the
temptation TO copy a few paragraphs:
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starvation. 1t is only 4 question of time,
just as with the burning OF college libraries
These ali burn up sooner or later, provided
they are not housed in brick er stone and
iron. don't rnean that you will see in the
registry # deaths that this or tha. particu.
: lar tutor died OF wcl!-markcG. uncomplicated
starvation. They mag, even, in extreme
cases, be carried off by thin, watery kind
Qf apop'cyy, which sounds very well in the
returns, but means little TO those who know
tnat 1t IS only debility settling on the head.
Generally, however, they fade and waste
away under various pretextS, calling it dys-
Iep>ia, consumption, and SO on, to put de-
cent appearance upon the case and keep up
. the credit Of the family and the institution
where they have passed through the success.
sive stages Of iusnitIon.
In some cases it takes great many wears
10 kill a tutor by the process in question:
You see, they 10 get food ard clothes and
fuel, in apprcciabe quantities, such as they
are. You wi! even notice rows Of books in
their rooms, and picture or two,-thinCs
that look as il they had surplus money; but
these supertiu!ties a!e the rater OF crystal
itzTtton to scho ars, and yOd can never get
them away TIL the poor fellows etlloresce In
TO dust. Do not be deceived The tutor
rated with mix watercd to the verge Of
transparency his mutton is tough and elas-
tic, W to tae moment when il becomes tired
ont and tasteless; his coal is sullen, sui.
.nurous anthracite, which rusts into ashes,
rather than burns, in the shallow crate his
nmsy broadcoth is too thin for winter and
too thick for summer. The greedy lungs Of
Try ho CODED boys suck the oxygen from
the air he breathcS in his recitation-room.-
ln short, he undergoes a process Of gentle
and gradual starvato'.
About the time that the lichens, falling on
thc stone, like drops Of water, had spread
into fair, round roscttes, the tutor had starv-
cd into a siiglt cough. Then he began to
draw the buckle of Ills black pantaloons =
.t;,c tighter, and TOOK in another reef in his
never ample wastcoat. HIS temples got a
Iit:'e hollow, and the contrasts Of color in
his checks more vivid than Of old. After a
while his walks fat guel him. and he was
tir.d and breathel hard after going up a
flight or two Of stairs. Then came on other
marks of inward trouble and general waste,
which he spoke Of TO his physician as pecu-
liar, AMI doubtless owing IL accidental caus.
cs; 10 AL which the doctor listened with De.
ference, as il It had not been the old story
t'i.t one in five or SIX Of mankind in tempe
it were something new. As the doctor went
out, lie said to himself" On the rail at
last. Accommodation train. i good many
stops, but wIi &c. to the station by and by."
- the doctor wrote q recipe with tie astro-
logical sign of Jupiter before il, Just as
yeur own physician does, inestimable read.
cr, as you vii see, if you look at his next
prrscr!puon,) and cepar.ed, saying he would
look in occasionally. After this, the Latin
. tutor began the usual course of "cettinc
better, until he get so much better that his
face vas very sharp, and when he smiled,
three crescent lines showed at each side of
his lips, a. when he spoke, it was in
muii!ed whisper. and the white Of his eve
.stencd As pearly as the purest porcean,-
80 much better. that he hOped-by spring
hC-Uicht be ab!r-to-attend-
h.s c,a>s aEain.-But he was recommended
not to expose himself, and so kept his cham
Der. and occasionally, not having any thing
to do, his bed. The unmarried sister with
whom he lived took care Of him; and the
child, now Old enough 10 be manageable, and
even useful in trtijng Offices, sat in the
chamie". or played about.
Things could not 20 on 50 forever, Of
course. one morning his face was sunken
and hIs hands very, very cod He was
better" he whispered, but sadly and faint
y. After a while he grew restless and
seemed a little wandering His mind ran on
his classics, and fell back on the Latin gram
mar.
Iris he id,-"fiiolt mat" Tho
child knew this meant my dear little dauqh.
ter as well as if it had been English
Rainbow for he would translate her
name at times, -" cemc to me,-renT'-aud
his lips went on automatically, and murmur-
ed, rel y6HjtO The child came and sat
by his bedside and took his hand, which she
could not warm, but which shot its rays Of
cold all through her slender frame. But
there she sat, looking steadily at him. Pre-
sentIy he opened his lips fecbly, and whis-
pcred, -KorfbuHdus." She aid not know
what that meant, but she saw that there was
something new and sad. So she began to
cry; but presently remembering an old book
that seemed to comfort him at times, got up
and brought Bible in the Latin version.
called the Vulgatc. "Open It," he said,-
Il will read ,-Segnius irritant, don't put
the light out, t,-ah haret latera,-I am go
ing,-rale, ,ale, rate, good bye. goodbye -
the Lord take of my child ld.-Domine,
audi-rd aulito.' His face whitened sud-
denly, and he lay still, with open eyes and
mouth. He had taken his last degree.
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SAGAcIrY OF DoG.-One day during tho
recent sleighing. Mr. Eber Hart of Brighton,
harnessed palr Of spirited young horses to
sleigh, partially loaded, for the city. The
horses took fright while standing without q
driver, and ran away. \ large mastiff own
ed by Mr.. Hart, saw the horses start and
gave chase, pursuing for half mile before
he overlook the Iunaways. He passed them
and by presenting himself in the track in