M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-02-14

incident just read.
Heroic Women Of the Revolu.
liop.H said ppcle John. reading irom
another page Of the "Rnps"-"Mrs.
Hannah Erwin Israel"
'Whyr quickly asked both Mrs
Martin anh Aunt EIilh.
Why Hannah Erwin Israel, sail
Uncle John.
Indeed Yen kpuw hoy often
our mother used In speak OF her,
remarked Mrs. iIarin.
'Whst ab"nl Erll Read il, broth.
er,' said Aunt Elirh, napiitsting 4
go"d deal at interest.
Epela John rad the iniercstin.
narrative, to which al listened with
TIE livrlicst intrre-t
It's just us m"llCr usch tn relate.
almost word tor wurd, saId Mrs.
Murtin.
Who would have thought 70 find
that in the Lad,'s Buoki remarked
Aunt Edith.
Why not in the LHdy's Book!' ask.
ed Lilly.
'Oh, because because
Because you didn't know anything
abort how interesting magazine it
was said Lily, with an air of tri
umph. 1T seems, after al, that my
three dollar bill has not been thrown
away
Uncle John smiled at Lilly's home:
thruSting remark; but no one else
gave any evidence Of having heard
it, except her iathe", who said
i don't see any harm in the maga
zine. 1t appears to be amusing and
interesting enough, though it doesn't
seem to contain anything very solid
and Instructive
Its only Lady's Magazine, yon
kpow,' replied Uncle John, and, as
such, appears 10 he a really excellent
work. As to being inslrgcliye, !
think it is very decidedly 90, from
Whist little ! have seen of it; and j
ladies' acquile u taste for The kind ~
reading it contains. there isn't much
danger ot their getting great deal VI
luveslck nOns,n5e ~ their heads
Mrs. Hale, the cdiiress, who is well
known ~ pe Il Woman of taste, dis
elimination, good Svnsr, an good
principles. produces w"rk, ] ain
really glad to find, Of q high order
The fashion plates are n"t ~ my
taste; though this is nothing wordrr
inl. for am All old bachcl !: hu', Ms
the work is more particularly design
ed for ladies-and they may not only
he excused, but commended TOR pay.
ing IA proper regard 10 The iaShiois =
these illustrations "f the prevailing
modes are well enough, and don't hull
the good reading in the Book tuI
any one'
And thus this single number Of the
magAznc worked its way. 10y the
lnrce ot its own intrinsic merit. into
the good opinion oi Il family. every
member OF which, but one, had pre-.
judged and condemned it. For II
whole week there was scarcely an
hour in the day tlat somebody wasn't
porinS over The Book"
Mr.. Martin was the owner Of OK.
tcnSivc print works in tho nrighbor
hood; and his goods were known il
market as excellent in quality. gnd
the colors !rilliant and well SCI. -
And there was sp ysti h!ishmrnt ii
ley miles off. With . reputation the
rev,rsc oI ,lns. ibc goods from wEich
always went ott more freely thnn Mr..
Martins. The Cause remained IL
mystery to I h. father nf Lilly. alIho
he had ciien rfl> ctcd thereon Is
plain, Straightforward. u"i,na.iuanvc,
unsnsS,stivr mind, had not bten able
Of itself to Sec that tho whole secret
lay in his neighbours superior taste in
selecting and getting up his patterns.
He looked, mainly, to the quality of
his work; his neighhor to it, appear.
apco. Ii MIR. Martin had possessed
equal taste, or had employed do
signer of the highest abilities, his
goods would in 2 little while have
been far in advance.
One evening, several days after
Lilly's magazine came into the house,
Mr.. Martin took up the number
which, by this time. had been pretty
thoroughly read by all, and turning
over its pages. soon lad lie attention
arrested by an ARTICLE Of graver i'm,
port than he had expected to find.
Alter reading it very carefully, he sat
and thought for sometime. Then hel
got up, and putting his hands behind
him, walked the floor with an ab.
stracted mind for a quarter Of an
nonr a. leaSl.
'Well ? he at length said, pausing,
and speaking with tho tone ul a man
who had fully settled some question
in his mind, 'lve learned something
tu night that. if had learned ten
years asp, would have put, by this
time, ten or twenty thousand dollars
i'm my noclat, f'S''N