M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-07-05
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reply to my remark, he related a little
adventure, which is in appropos, and
moreover Involves a little love and
sentiment. | give it without apology
in his own words. 1t proves that in
the most unlikely places, love and
sentiment may be discovered.
- was escortlng home the lovely
Charlotte D., to whom | was at
that time quite devoted; we got into
one Of the crowded avenue cars where
Charlotte could scarce fnd room to
spread her crinoline and arrange her
voluptuous hounces. Istood up near
her. there being no vacant seat.
"Aiter a few minutes, came in q
poor woman, who deposited a basket,
and held in her arms a small child
while little Girl clung to her skirts.
She looked tired and weak, but there
was no vacant seat; to BE- sure Char.
lotto might have condensed her houn-
Ces. but sine did not, Beside her how
ever, sat very lovely and elegant
young woman, who seemed trying, by
moving down closer to others, to make
space enough for the stranger between
herself and Miss D. At last she
succeeded, and with the sweetest
blush ever saw, she invited the poor
burdened female TO be seated. Char
lotte D. drew her drapery around
her and blushed too, but it was not a
pretty blush at all and she looked an.
noyed at the close proximity OF the
new conner, who was clean and de-
Gently, though thinly clad.
"The unknown lady drew the little
girl upon her lap, and wrapped her
velvet mantle round the small halt
clad form, and,put her muf over the
half frozen little blue hands.
$50 great was the crowd, that |
alone seemed to observe her. The
child shivered- the keen wind from
the opened door, blew upon her un.
protected neck. saw the young la
dy quietly draw from under her cloak
little crimson shawl, which she soft.
ly put on the shoulders Of the little
one, the mother looking on in confus.
ed wonder. Alter u ahol< time sho
rose to leave the cars and would have
removed the shawl. The unknown
lady gently whispered, mo, keep il
on, keep it for her." The woman did
not answer, the conductor hurried her
out, and her eyes swan in tears which
no one saw but me; | noticed her as
she descended to a basement and |
hastily marked the house.
Soon alter, my unknown also rose
to start, / was in despair for | want.
ed to tolow and discover her residence,
but could not leave Miss D..
How glad, then, was | to see her
oowin5, as she passed out, to q mutu
al acquaintance who stood in the door
way. From hin ere many minntes, ]
had learned her name and address.
'"To shorten my story as much aa
possible, that lady is now my wife,
In the smallest Incident which intro.
duced her to me, she showed her real
character. A few days after our mar
riage, | showed her the blessed Grim.
son shawl which | had redeemed from
its owner, aud shall always keep it as
3 memento.
"Ihere are sometimes pleasant
things to be found even in unexpected
pIaces--certainly | may be said to
have picked out n wife in the cars" ="
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ONE OF TIE PIONEERs.-A person
who has been travelling in the South
west for some time writes OF bis dis.
covery Of "a character" as follows:
! must tell you ofa wonder Ct a man
l called tosee in the mountains of Vir-
ginia. Lie went in childhood to these
wilds, when there we're but five men
to be found in wide region to help
raise log cabin. He told me some
wondrous stories Of bear hunts and
bear nights, of deeds ofdaring and teats
OF strength almost incredible. He is
now eighty four years otage has been
six feet three inches tail, OF fine pro-
portions. magnificent chest, and great
good sense, although he never read a
word in his life. He began with his
rifle, lived on fish, wild turkeys, deer
and bear, sold their skins, made lit
tie money, bought land, and has ac-
cumulated quite little fortune. This
he has conveyed, before his death, to
his children, they supporting him
while he lives. But strangest of all,
though often urged to do both, he nev-
er borrowed one dollar, nor ever had
his name on the books of a merchant or
mechanic, perSistently refusing to buy
OH credit.
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4 writer beautifully remarks, that
a mans mother is the representative Of
his maker. Misfortune and mere
crime set no barriers between her and