Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-11-24
lg bills were allowed on the County
a Pleasant little Life Sketch.

On the steamer Ocean, between Cleveland and
Detroit, a circumstance occurred lately, which is
thus pleasantly told by correspondent Of the
Cleveland Herald:
A Young girl apparently about seventeen
years of age, was seated upon pile OF cheese
boxes with her two little brothers. aged eleven
and thirteen years. They were orphans, bound
from Allegheny Pennsylvania, to Michigan
where they expected to find home with an
uncle.
After having purchased second class tickets for
three, the girl bad spread her old quilt on the
nile Of cheese boxes, and prepared to spend the
night in quietude She had hardly arranged her
nest, however, before she was accidentally dis
covered by a second class passenger, tall young
man of twenty three years, who had loved her in
secret almost from her infancy, and who for the
past two years had been rafting lumber on the
Ohio river. Having acquired about t"o hundred
dollars in hard currency, he came to Cleveland,
recently, to participate in celebration, when as
he expressed it, " some mean cuss had picked
his pocket Of every darned cent hut four dollars"
Being unable to find the thief or the money,
he had started for the West with the determina-
tion TO hire out on farm. To his surprise and
JOY be found himself on board the same vessel
with the object Of his hearts earliest affections.
Sliding up TO her, be exclaimed:
why Cynthia Ann, Why how do you dew Z?
] didn't hardly know you Why how you've
crowd Where are you gOngW
"I'm going to uncle's, in Michigan was the
feeble reply. "You knew mother was dead,
didn't youW
"Why, no - and bis voice softened "When
did She die Cynthia Ann:'
She died last January. Uucle wrote to me
that if I'd come up there he'd give me and the
boys home"
''Cyntha Ann ?" and the young mans voice
trembed, " there amt no man ii he so glad to
give you home as | will. I've alters thought a
heap of you. l told your mother when you
wasn't more'n so high that when you growcd
up | was gon' to have you. Now, Cynthia
Ann, jest say the word. aud you're to hum now !"
"Whatl become Of the boys?' inquired the
agitated maiden.
"I'll go with you and leave 'em to your un-
cles and then we'l 90 West and hire out this
Fall and Winter, and then next Spring we'll buy
small farm and live to hum"
The girl gave a warm sigh of acceptance,
leaned her head against the honest breast of the
hardy YOUTH as much as to say, if you want any
thing take it..
The man snatchod kiss from her ripe ruby
lips sprang down from the cheese boxes and eX-
claimed, Z" If there's a Minister or Justice Of the
Peace on this boat, Eve got a job for him !"
81 am a Justice of the Peace " remarked
venerable looking man from York State, ere
mount the cheese boxes, and you shall be mar
red man in less than five minutes"
"Well, hold on, Squire | hant got no
"Never mind about the pay" said the wor-
thy Squire, 'I'll take my pay in seeing you
happy"
The fellow remounted the pile of cheese.
clasped the hands of his dearly beloved, and in
three minutes the ceremony was performed-he
had entered into new existence. Kissing his
little bride once on her ready lips, he seated
himself on big cheese, and commenced no
doubt, for the first time to realize what he was
where he was and what ought and must be done.
Starting up suddenly, he exclaimed, half
aloud, to himself "Well, by hockey, this is a
pretty hard way of passing the first night"
The bride blushed, and replied, Never mind
John, we are just as happy as if we were rich.
Come sit down"
Bat John had an idea, and he was bound to
put it in operation. Going to his pile of bag
gage, consisting of one large meal bag, contain
ing change % shirts, socks, ncckcrchief and old
boots be took from the leg Of one of the boots
an excellent ax and walking up to the clerk s
Office, he exclaimed
al say, look here, Cap'n, I've paid for a
deck passage, but want bed for myself and
w-i-self and woman | haint got no money,
but here is an old jofred good AK"
The gentleman in the Office replied that the
clerk had stepped out, but would be back in "A
few moments whereupon the man went back to
the pile OF cheese to look at his precious treasure.
Having our sympathies aroused, we hastily
ran around among the passengers told the story,
for the young couple. To the credit of our lady
passengers they were the most liberal in their
donations, and in less than ten minutes we had
collected $l4 92. Presenting this sum to the
agreeably astonshed young man, we informed
him that he could now procure state.room
with two beds, one for himself and wife. the
other for the boys. Thanking us with his bio
watcry eyes, be rushed to the clerks Office where
he was met by Captain Pierce, agent of the line
Captain Evans, commander Of the boat, and Mr.
Carter the clerk.
Captain Pierce exclaimed Here, my good
fellow, here's ticket for yourself and wife to go
TO chicago Get West as fast as you can go to
work on farm, and look out for the land
sharks"
Captain Evans pulled out gltterng coin and
said " Heres five dollars keep yourself in
good condition. and" here the worthy Captain
forgot his speech and ran off laughing
The Clerk Mr.. Carter, handed the man n kew
and said, You are welcome to one of the hest
sate-rooms on the boat. 1t has two beds-one
for yourself and wife, the other for the boysu
Captain Evans having returned, exclaimed- |
" Give the boys another room They haint no |
business in there. They haint no business |
II" here he broke down with laughter again, |
and hurried away to give orders on the boat. |
lhe couple now retired TO their sumptuous apart |
ment' as happy as mortals are allowed to be on |
this earth, and the passengers gathered in knots
To praise the berality of all concerned, and the |
comcal oddly OF Captain Evans.
The California Farmer is of opinion that the
Camelia Japonca will flourish well anywhere in
this State. The editor thinks it an absurd noton
that the climate is too severely cold, and saws
they are more likely to be affected by the burn
ing sun OF summer. The Camelia is an ever