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THE COLUMBUS ORANGE GIRL


The Cincinnati Gazetteiof Thursday last
tells the following: a
The citizens of Columbus and visitors at
this Capitol, will recollect beautiful young
girl, apparently, Sweet SIXTEEN who daily
carried about the LegislativehaIs and State,
offices handsemely:wrousht basket, con-
tanning the pIumpests and sweetest orageges.
Oh, yes everybody femembers Elite, the
beautiful orange girl, and have wondered
in what book she has hidden for the past
two mouths sfor no more here, sweet face
and girlish form isse in the Capitol, and
interested clerks, with great admieation
for tho rotunda are obliged to forego Gimp
ses of the neatest gathered foot tripping up
the marble stairs.
Everybody about the State House admir-
ed Ettie, but it was with respectful. ad-
miration, and if a gruff legislator was temp,
ted tojest with the girl or make light re-
marks, he was restrained by the modest de-
meanor and pure soul-looking appeal from
her heaven.blue eyes. Ettie always brought
full basket and went tripping home with
an empty one, and her scarlet silk purse fill-
ed with silver coin. She was the sole de-
pendence Of a widowed, pasiei mother and
her noble efforts to keep away want were
known. and made the fruit from her basket
ten times sweeter.
When the great Union meeting of lhe
Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio legislatures
was held in Ohio's Capitol the beautiful
orange girl was tripping about disposing'of
lief fruit 10 the SONS of the South and re.
ceiring the homage of admiring glances
from all. AT the end of;one ,ofs,,be halls,
viewing the noble row Of princely residences
on Third street, stood alone a youthful
member of the Tennessee Legislature, Wien Wien
be was startledsb a siIveryvoice asking:
Buy sntorange, SIR
,'How de:yopselL thema' said the strans:
ger, lookingjpto hsrleyes. ~ Z,
'Fivessnts eacbs said .he. maiden, hold:
ing large one teHafdTAiin &
Cheap
Indeed they are.' :
.Thissintroduc,iop opened the way for 4
prolonged and serious copyeEsation, in
which thsgirl ar.lessly revealed to,the strau.
ger the povertyother home, and the neces-
sity other supporting her sick mother. He
was 30 struck with the 'giri's manner and
singular beauty that he secretly resolved to
visit her home and become more intimately
acquainted. he did, 50, andafter success
siye visits, won the confidence and love of
ttlss A maiden, and the mothers consent to
tier marriage; and whehrhe went back to
his southern home It was with promise to
return ip fortnight for bis brides he
came, and nowsthe manly southe1ner and
the Beautiful orange girl are man and VIE.
He has taken bey, the f.irest efs,he fair, to
his southeraahews, tQbasgslle viii him and
her sged Asa
TIE LaBoR os-AN AurHoR.--SifsEi-
|svard Lyt.on Bu'wer, one Of the mossS pro;
lifasand briliispt or modern authors, IN q
lecture recently delivered, said thai be i,ad
published about sixty volumes upon sab,
jects requiring more; o.le Aof patient re.
search sapd yet had never, ssA general rule
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