The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-09-26

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awhy,,"' replied she, @I cannot say W
were, during the worst-the latter-past 0
that dreadful year. There were reason,
why, with our house full Of good children
home was worst Of all. There was a fine
young man-an excellent fellow indeed he
was, and very cleyer-an officer in the com,
missariat department, who bad been fol
some time engaged to our eldest daughter,
She was very young, to be sure--Ouly
eighteen that yeari but they knew one an
other very well; and, in short, everything
was ready, and we were getting the license
for we did not Ike TO make them wait
longer7-whcn he took the fever. Nothing
could keep her from hinL-, He. was in a
lodging in the town, and lay in close inner
room. did not know which way to turn
myself; but her aunt went with her; and
there she nprscd him, very quietly, saying
little to anybody. One day DIR. \. came to
nay husband, and said, il she remained in that
inner, room with fever patient, SO closely
as she,nursed him, she would be down in il
presently SO her father apd went, aad
brought her away home to dinner. She
made no particular objection whea We had
once got her away, and We said no more
about it, but kept on talking as eheeriully as
we could; and she seemed reconeiled, and
ate some dinner. Soon after she bad disap-
pearcd--and we knew where she was. But
by that time her aunt had taken the fever"
"And did the Young man diel" sr.-
80, yes, he died. Her father and were
there; ard we brought her away-shc, in
fact, not knowing at the moment that he was
dead. She had to pass the bed, too; bat
We took her between us, aud got her past
without her looking in. You would hardly
think what happened afterwards" "a.
wasia no condition for anything but re-
ceiving what was told ..... g..
:" AT first she seemed to take it quietly
whether because Of her aunt being very bad
in the fever, or what i doa't know. But
after little while, she suldenly went mad
mad--lor niue days. Aud there
were we, with the people in the yard, as
usual; and her aunt in the fever at one end
Of the house and she mad at the other. That
was q time to 60 throughi"
And did'tlicy die tool" ] asked.
"They! Ono! She is the daughter who
was married, nearly two years ago, to tho eu-
rate of y. She recovered BY degrees, till
she was quite well. Aud her aunt recovered
TOO; but il was a great struggle"
"And how cheerful You look now !"
40, yes. You see We have always so
much 70 do; that is a great thing for people
who have had to 60 through such Season.
The poer creatures who had to die are out of
heir pain aud buried away and those who
lad to emigratc are gone. You observed
his morning how healthy the country peo-
pe leok-+and SO they do. The women have
,are-won faces-some of them thinking Of
heir dead children. perhaps; and if you
were to see them in June, before the crop
ping begins, you would not think quite so
Seh of their looks as you do now. And it
$ sad to. see the grass-grown roadsto depop-
Hated villages; and to see brambles chok-
NJ up the doors where neighbors used to 90
N and out; and nettlcs growing tall where
many woman that i knew nsed to sit and
ipin, with her children playing round her
lalf of them. dead now, and the rest in the
orphan school or the workhouse.n o. ,.l i
a Lsaw potatoes growing on the floor of
,ne rooAess house, aud cabbages in another"
" Very likely. There is no want Of heart
mong tho Irish, as am sure Ineed not |
ell you.i But,ii the hungry can get food
ut,of dead neighber's hearthstone, they |
must do it without too mach refining
lare say the, cheeriulness of our house may |
crate a little on your feelings, after all | have
old You: the .cf. ua7,
I" Do not say word about that" | ex-
.laim2d; \" know too well how. natural it is |
o have one critical thought to presume"
cit is natural" replied she, in her.spright- |
y tone. Our children are going out into /
he world--marrying, or. otherwise settling |
cry happily. And, there is no very press
Ag misery. about US now, though there is |
more. distress than you see, and the prospects |
# the district are far from being even what
hey were before tie famine. But tits har |
iest June now-andrwe are gay at harvest |
imea Ny husband aud say, however, now
md then, that We hope there will be no |
pore famines while we are here-for we do !
rot think We could go through it again.
TnE PruSsian papers narrate an. incident |
Which recently occurred at an exhibition Of nee
'oinancy in Kohigsborg During an interval, |
gentleman rose in the body Of the hall, and
vomiting to a lady who sat on another bench, sd-
lresscd the eotJarer as follows. Herr Basch,
-oifr next trick, as Ises from the show bill is !
o make any person disappear tina. is pointed out
o you There sits my runaway spouse withher
,aFsmour Pray make taem disappear" The
ady turned alternately pale and red, and the
,Ouple left amid the roaring laughter of the
public. = =. 80 sft ..ffrf