Smyrna times., 1860-11-22
" A Touch Of Mature Makes the Whole
World Hin"

On board the steamer Ocean. betwear CI.ro
land and Detroit, circumstance occurred j. :,
week which is pleasantly told by corrc.pon.
dent of the Cleveland HeraLd:
a young girl, apparently about seventeen
years OF age, was seated upon a pile of cheeso
BOXES, with her two llttle brothers, AGED eleven
ana thirteen years. They were orphans, bound
rom Allegheny, Pennsylvania, to Mlchirau.
""eIe they expected TO find home with nm
uncle. ~"
Alter having purchased some second.class
tIckets Tor the three, the girl suread her oId
quilt on the pile of cheese boxes and nro,orad
10 pass the night in quletude. She had ba rllv
arranged her nest, however, before she VA. ,c
cidently discovered by sccond.cl.ss M SON.
ger tall young nen of tweuty.three years
VINO had loved her IN secret almost tro,n
her infancy, and who, for the pastlwo wears
Ead been rafting lumber on the Ohio river
having acquired about TWO hundred doIlars in
ndIu currency, he came TO Cleveland ON the
lOth TO participate IN the celebration, when. as
ne expressed II, " some mean kuss had uiclcd
DIS pocket OF every darned cent but four dol.
lars" '"u' uo'-
Being unable to find the thief or the nonov
ne had started for the West with the dst.r,,',
nation to hIre oGt on a farm. 10 his snrn,iso
an" JOY he fouGd himself on board the so u,,
vessel with the object Of hls hearts eurlrst at.
fec lions. "''
S!ld'ug mp to her, he exclaimed:
, Why' Cynthia Ann why how do yon dew
l d'dn hardly know you! Why how yoI've
crowd! Where you going
I'm going to uncle's in Ncbioon. wss tho
leeo.e reply You knew mother was dead, /
dldn't you "''
Why, no ! and his voice softencd. When !
did she die, Cynthia Ann!
que dIed last January. Uncle wrote 10 mo
lhat ia come up there he'd give me and The
boys home. 0 "''u 'He
CynlhIa Ann and tha young mans voice
amt no man III be So Glad ~
give you home as | will! I've alters fbou,,b,
heap OF you told your mother when Con-
wasn't more'n 80 high. that when YOU pr1wd
up was goln to have you Now Cvntbin
say the word and you're 70 hmm,
IOD num-
WhatIl become of the boys! inquired the
Igltated maiden.
II go with you and leave them to your I'M.
les and then we'll go West, and hire out this
all ana WINTER and then next spring we'll buy
small farm and live to hum.
The gIrl gave a warm sIph of sccen,ance
eaned her head against the honest breast of
he hardy youth, as much as TO say-,f Won
want anything, take it.
The young man snatched a kiss from her :
lPe. ruby lips, sprang from the cheese boxes |
nd exclalmed-lt there's a minister or a Ius ,
ice OF the Peace on this boat, I've got Job for a
Im! :
| am Justice of the Peace, remarked a ven. c
rable looking old man from York State re. I
lount the cheese boxes, and you shall be t
larrled man in less than five minutes.
Well, hold on, Squire! haint got the mo. /
ey, but I'll give you an all jofired good ak.
Never mind about the pay, said the worthy
luIre, ~ take my pay in seeing you happy. {
The fellow remOunted the pile of cheese .
lasped the hands of his dearly beloved, and IN +
lree minutes the ceremony was performed {
e had entered into new existence. kissing .
is little bride once on her ruby lips, he seated /
imself on big cheese and commenced, no b
oGbt, for the first time, TO realize what he II
'as, where he was. what ne had done. and
that ought and must be done. .,,.
Starting up suddenly, he exclaimed, half r
loud 70 hImself-Well, by hoky, tbisis pret. Ii
hard way Of passing the first night! La