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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20

eye appears mothers look of broken
hearted wo; she hears fathers lament
of ruined hope and pride; but she has
now only to lay aside the garment of NOR
tality, as she once did the garment of in
nocence and truth. See how the infamy
they serve serves them!
The silence and aphathy existing in
relation to this evil, are not justified by
notions of delicacy. The social cancer is
not curcd by refusing to talk about it.; it
is not to be ignored. We have no right
to shrink with sanctimonious delicacy
from the barest mention of guilt. There
is a prevailing Indifference. at least that
cries out-'Don't disturb it; don't talk
aboutit; let it rest, we have nothing to
do with it. Is it SOL"
Mr.. Chaplin insists upon $50
EQUAL JUSTICE TO MAN AND WOMAN.
"The refined woman recoils with virtu-
Gus scorn from her fallen sister, but often
welcomes him by whom she fell. We
are told that Christ said to the woman's
accusers, He that is without sin among
you, let him cast the first stone;' but,
smitten by conscience, they went out one
by one. And who is not in some way
allied to this great uilt? The fact of
common weakness Should at least make
us merciful. 1t is not just that upon the
woman alone should fall the blot of shame.
The text is a great lesson of charity and
mercy, and it is a great lesson Of justice
also. There is neither justice, honor nor
delicacy in our modern custom, which
scarcely frowns upon the guilty man,
while pouring out all walls of wrath upon
tho guilty woman. 1t may or may not
be true, as some insist, that this foul can
Ger in society can never be eradicated:
but we ought at least to insist upon it that
the shame shall be fairly divided, that
the SHINING man shall be branded as deep
ly as the sinning woman. Suppose every
guilty man bore the mark Of shame in his
face, i'll the market, or at church,, how
long would the evil continue? But the
meanness of man has thrust the whole
shame upon woman"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20

Arthur had laid his hand on the soft
arm that was nearest to him, AID was
STOPPING towards Hetty with look of
coaxing entreaty. netty lifted her long
dewy lashes, and met the eyes that
were bent towards her with sweet, tim
id. beseeching look. What space of
time those three moments were, while
t .e;r eyes met and his arms touched her !
Love is such simple thing when we
have only one and-twenty summers and
a sweet girl of seventeen trembles under
our glance, as if she were a bud first open
ing her heart with wondering rapture to
the morning. Such young uniformed
souls roll to meet each other like two vel
vetpeachest' at touch softly and are at rest /;
they mingle as easily as two brook cts
that ask for nothing but to eDtwine them
selves and ripple with ever-interlacing
curves in the lea6est hiding. places.
While Arthur gazed into Hetty's dark
beseeching eyes, it made no difference to
him what sort of English she spoke; and
even if hoops and powder had been in
fashion, he would very likely not have
been sensible just then that Hetty want
ed those signs of high breeding.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
Country Dance.

Pity it 6as not Il boarded floor! Then
the rhythmic stamping ofthe thick shoes
would have been better than any drums.
That merry stamping, that gracious nod
ding of the head, that waving bestowal OF
the hand-where can we see them now |!
That simple dancing Of well covered mat
rons, laying aside for an Tour the cares OF
house and dairy, remembering but nor
affecting youth, not jealous but proud OF
the young maidens by their side-that
holiday sprightliness of portly husbands
playing little compliments to their wives.
as if their counting days were come again
those lads and llss S little confused and
awkward with their partners. having moth
ing to say-it would be a pleasant varie-
tv to see all that sometimes, instead of
low dresses and long skirts, and scanning
chances exploring costumes, and languM
men in lackered boots smiling with doub-
lie meaning.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
NEVER.

Never tip your beaver, to a fine lady,
and pass a poor widow without seeming
TO see her. uas as9d sal Gt.7s.st.. --
Never pass an aged man or woman
without making q reverential obeisance,
unless your house is on fire. ..t
Never break your neck to bow at all
to ''sweet SIXTEEN" with a founced
dress, whoi ashamed of her old fashioned
mother; or to struiting collegiate who
is Mortified at his grandmother's bad
grammar.
Never keep boy to black your boots
and attend to the stable, while you fright
en- your wife out Of her ideas of keeping
a nurse for the twins, by constantly
talking of ''hard times" a 12a
Never converse with a lady, with a
cigar in your mouth, or smoke in compa-
ny, without aplogizing for the same.
Never remind people of personal de-
formity, or of relatives who have disgraced
them. @vs4 ~
Never leave letter unanswered, and
use the stamp which was enclosed to you
to ''reply WITH" on letter to your own
sweetheart. g asa SIS i
Never ride in FL e carriage and keep
score of servants while your widowed
sister trudges on foot, and tolls for her
daily bread.
Never wear finer coat than the mer-
chant you owe for it, or the tailor whom
you have not paid for the making.
Never turn deaf ear to woman in
distress, because You cannot see how you
would be the gamer by her bettered con-
dition.
Never wound wantonly the sensitive
nature of the constitutional invalid; nor
by rude i5sts and sarcasms. send blush
to the temples of m ,de.t m 'rit.
Never Jest with single woman about
the anxiety of all women to be married !;
nor tell your wife you married her be-
cause you pitied her lonel- condition.
Never 90 to bed at ten, leaving your
wife up till two, with a sick baby; and
look pitchforks at her at the breakfast Ia
bic, because the meal is half an hour too
late
Never hear ungracious structures upon
the conduct of woman. With quiet
smile, instead of saying in thunder tones,
at is false, sir"
Never fall back from bargain after
the articles of agreement are drawn up,
and only need your signature to make it
perfect.
Never insult the modest by ribaldry,
the grave by levity, nor the pious by con-
tempt of sacred things.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20

sunday i'm the Country.

You might have known it was Sunday
if you had only walked up in the farm
ward. The cocks and hens seemed to
know it, and made only grooming subdu.
ed noises the very bulldog looked less
savage, as if he would have been satisfied
with smaller bite than usual. Tie sun
shine seemed to call all things to rest and
and not to labor: it was asleep itself cn the
moss-grown COW she'd on the group Of
white ducks nesting together with their
bills tucked under their wings; ON th
old black SOW stretched languid'y on the
straw, while the largest young one found
an excellent spring bed on his mothers
fat ribs: on Alick, the shepard, in his
new smock-frock, taking an uneasy saesto
halfsitting, understanding, on the granary
steps.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
MIR. BONNER IN HIS Sane
ta TIM casual

You tremblingly, and in spite of the
forbiding look OF 20 .ng employee close
by, push open the sash door with glass,
that forms the only barrier between your
self and the great Napoleon of newspaper
dom. If your luck accords uthe mopop-
oily of the occupant, you are greeted with
apleasant and genial smile, which is how
ever, slightly tinged with an ''Pn bonner"
shading. You meet face to face, the
great | Am of the Ledger.-He is not
a handsome man, nor is he homely; but
is what cockney would cali 'alf. He is
well dressed, rather shortish, with stout
frame. a big head, dark hair and a Hud
ibras.i goatee. When sitting, he has a
way Of planting himself in his chair,
stretching out his legs and swallowing
his head, by no means snowy, though it
has a take-it-easy look. Hehasa bright,
humorous eye, and loves a joke, partic
uary If It's one of bis own getting. His
speech is fluent, but the burr-r-r betrays
the over-the-water antecedents of the spea
ker. Self compacency is Roberts cardi-
nal characteristic. Itc is wonderfully
selfsatisfed-a ball of Bob Bonner, so to
speak. Withal he has a patronizing way
Of praising the fraternity-s speaks kindly
Of Bryant and that ilk, rather likes the
Evening Posts jokes. but they're nothing
to the Wit add Wisdom column of the
Ledger. He drops very few sentences
from which YOU cannot gather that Bon
ner is the high priest of civilization and
progress--in fact the hub of the literary
universe For do not Everett, SAKE and
Prentice, and (Hallow 2? Fernes and Cobb,
Junior, bloom and blow at his behest and
at BIS. expense.-NeW York Cores
pondeace Boston Post.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
AnecdOte.

No. long since. there was great relig<
ious excitement among negroes in the
neighborhood of Smithland. Numbers
were baptized nearly every day. On one
occasion the colored preacher was leading
big he nigger named Bob into the wa
ter to baptize him. Bob was little in
advance, and coming to q "stepping eft
place." down he went, dragging tho
preacher after him. After considerable
Laundering and spluttering they both
reached the shore, when Bob, very much
excited, delivered himself thus - aa. 81
"Now, look heah some man'll lose q
nigger yet, by dis d-r-n-d fooliseness"
The solemnity ofthe occasion was some-
what disturbed by this outburst, and Bob.
concluding that hydropatly was not ex--
actly the thing, marched of. A ii ..
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20

In proportion as people are blessed
with short or long winters do they enjoy
the coming Of spring. The stolid Green
lander is exuberant only when the suns
OF June and July have melted the SHOWS
from the valleys, and he can see that the
eternal frosts have found master. In
Old England and in New England, liter
AZURE is full Of allusions to the season. In
the former, especially, its opportunities
aud suggestions have gone deep into the
life of the people. 1t is in their work
their pastimes, their love and their relig-
ion. 1t is well that it is so; it is we'll that
1T is coming to be so amongst us.
Let us make the most of spring and its
opportunities. Let it suggest to US an
opening and expanding of our lives to all
good influences, just as the bud turns out
its fragrant heart to the sunshine and the
dew. Let us engage our bodies in like
activity breathe the pure air, breast the
fl Ssh winds, gather wild flowers in their
native woods, cultivate naturalized ones
in our own grounds, work in our gardens,
play with our children, toss the ball, row
the boat, and, in short make the most in
every possible way of our opportunities
to expand our lungs in the open air, and
our muscles aud digestion be-
fore another winter shuts us in again.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
HIDDEN THINGS.

What glad world this look like, az
one drives or rides along the valleys and
over the hills! l have often thought so
when, in foreign countries, where the fields
aAd woods have looked to mo like our
English Loamshire-th the rich land TILED
with just as much care, the woods rolling
down the gentle slopes to the green mead+
ows-I have come on something by the
roadside which has reminded me that /
am not in Loanshile an image of a great
agony-the agony of the Cross. 1t has.
stood perhaps by the clustering apple-blos-s
SONS, or in the broad sunshine by the
cornfeld, or at turning by the wood
where clear brook was gurgling below
and surely, if there came traveller to
this world who knew nothing Of the sto-
ry of mans life upon it, this image of ag-
ony would seem to him strangely out Of
place in the midst of this joyous nature.
He would not know that hidden behind
the apple-blossoms, or among the golden
corn, or under the shrouding boughs Of
the wood, there might be a human heart
beating heavily with anguish: perhaps a +
young blooming girl, not knowing where
to turn for refuge from swift-advancing
shame; understanding no more Of this
life of ours than foolish lost lamb wan
dering farther and farther in the nightfalB
on the lonely heath: yet tasting the Bit
terest of lfe's bitterness. Such things arc
sometimes hidden among sunny fields and
behind the poisoning orchards; and the
sound of the gurgling brook, if you came
close to one spot behind a small bush,
would be mingled for your ear with a des-
pairing human sob. No wonder mans
religion has much sorrow in it; no won
der he needs Suffering God.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
The Divine Mercy.

However old, plain. humble, desolate,
al t ID we may be, 50 long as our hearts
preserve, the feebest sparks of life, they
preserve, also, shivering near that pallid
ember, q starved. ghostly longing for
pprt cation and affection. To this at
ienuated spectre perhapsa crumb is not
thrown once year; but when ahungeled
and athirst to famine-wben all humani-
ty has forgot the dying tenant Of de
caying house-divine mercy remembers
the mourner, and a shower of mamma falls
from lips that earthly nutrimunt is to psss
no more. Biblical promises, heard first
IN health, but then uDheeded, come whis-
.pering to the couch Of sickness; it is felt
that plying God watches what all man
kind has forsaken; the tender compassion
of Jesus is called and relied on; the fading
eye, gazing beyond time, sees, q home, a
friend, a refuge in eternity Charlotte
Bronte. ISL s5
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
Memory.


So much Of our early gladness vanishes
utterly from our memory: we can never
recall the JOY with which we laid our
heads on our mothers bosom, or rode on
our fathers back in childhood; doubtless
that JOY is wrought up into our nature.
or as the sunlight of long-past morning is
wrought up into the soft mellowness OF
the apricot; but it is gone forever from
our imagination, and we can only bellere
in the Joy of childhood. But the first
glad moment in our first love is vision
which returns to us to the last, and brings
with it a thrill of feeling intense and
special as the recurrent sensation OF q
sweet odor breathed in a far-off hour Of
happiness. It's a memory that gives more
exquisite touch to tenderness, that feeds
the madness of jealousy, and adds the last
keenness to the agony of despair. :
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
Scene i'm q Slave PEN,

Mrs. Francis D. Gage, of St. Louis.
has been spending this winter in New Or
leans. She visit d one of the slave pens
in that city. Here is an extract from
her description of what she saw:
TN corner sat young girl straight.
slender and fragile, with skin quite as
white as some of the tanned complexions
of the Middle States-not that tawny
white that so often marks the mixed races
but a clear brunette; with the rich blood
flashing through the transparent skin, and
making her cheeks glow. Her hair was
brown and sof., and curled at the ends.
twas short, after the present school girl
style, parted on the top of the head, and
had not the burnt appearance Of an
African. Her eyes were neither black
nor blue, nor yet hazel; they were soft,
dreamy and expressive.
els that light girl for sale!" I inquir-
ed .a..5 ~ 4 ra.l
(Which one MADAME The white one?
Yes madam. Julia, come up here. Speak
to the lady"
Julia essaved to speak, but failed
only slight hem was heard. I strug
gled to choke down the wrath of spirit
that was rising within me. Julia, what
can you do?'
"Wait on table, sweep, clean, dust,
take care of parlors and children, aud sew
some"
''Can you do house-work, wash and
iron 2"
"Never did, mann; specks can learn !;
I'm young yet, only fourteen" 'a~la
"Oh! yes, Madam, she can learn
she's from good family, madam-been
we'll trained-excellent habits, ma am
moral, madam. Many gentleman
would give more than the price Pm ask
ing," he added in whisper. | felt as
though serpent had stung me. "But
I would rather sell her to some one that
will be kind and mother like to her."
"What do you ask!' | said to him.
'Only fifteen hundred; she's cheap.
You won't get another such piece of
property in the city for that price," -
"Where were you raised!' @
''Int the Red River country"
'.Will you take the girl, ma'am 2"
'No good bye, julia"
walked out---I thought [ should choke
that the breath would leave my body
ere could reach the out door air. That
beautiful girl price Of property That
stalwart, sensible man thing. That
room-full of human beings to be sold to
the highest bidder.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-20
HIDDEN EXPERIENCES.

DIR. HOLMES in the last Atlentic, talks
What is it, of all your experiences, of
I'll your thoughts, of all your misdoings,
that lies at the very bottom ofthe great
heap of acts # consciousness which make
UP your past life? What should YOU
most dislike to tell your nearsd friend p
Be SO good as to pause for brief space
and shut the pamphlet you holl with your
finger between the pages.-Oh, that
is it! ha .H
What confessional | havebeen sitting
at, with the inward ear of M soul open,
as the multitudinous whisper Of my invol-
untary confdants came back to. me like
the reduplicated echo ola cry among the
craggy hills!
At the house of friend where | once
passed the night was one of those stately
upright cabinet-desks and cases of drawers
which were not rare in prosperous families
during the last century. Tt had held the
clothes and the books and the papers of
generations. The hands that opened its
drawers had grown withered, shrivelled
and at last been folded in death. The
children that played with the lower hand
les had got tall enough to open the desk.
Ito reach the upper shelves behind the
folding doors, grown bent after while,
and then followed those who had gone
before: and left the old cabinet to be ran
sacked by new generation.
A boy OF ten or twelve was looking at
it few years ago, and, being quick
wtted fellow, saw that all the space was
was not accounted for by the smaller
drawers in the part beneath the lid of the
desk. Frying about with busy eyes and
fingers, he atlength came upon spring,
on pressing which, hidden drawer few
from its hiding-place. 1t bad never been
opened but by the maker. The mahog-
any shavings and dust were lying in it
as when the artisan closed it-and when
| saw it, it was as fresh as if that day fin
ished.
Is there not one little drawer in your
soul, my sweet reader, which no hand
but yours has ever opened, and which
none that have known you seem to have
suspected? What does it h old?-A sin
i hope not. I'D SIS A So.
What strange thing an old dead sn
laid away in secret drawer of the soul
is! Must it some time or other be mois-
tened with tears, untilrit comes to life
again and begins to stir in our conscious
ness,-as the dry wheel-anilnalcule, look
ing like q grain of dust, becomes alive, if
it is wet with drop of water? 8
Or is It passion? There are plenty
of withered men and woman walking
about the streets who have the secret
drawer in their hearts which, if it were
opened would show as fresh as it was
when they were in the flush of youth
and its first trembling emotions. What
it held will, perhaps never be known u,
til they are dead and gone and some curl
Gus eye lights on an old yellow letter
with the fossil footprints of the extinct
passion trodden thick all over it.