Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-03
MISC ELL A N Y.
rHHrATTooED CHEEK


carren,er from over the way, and i~o or
three more. were met at my hosss. We
had formed . Married Mems Club. bu, In.
stead Of meeting as tavern. We s''emoled
a, each Others houses, where ~e smoked
the curtains to soeh an extent that ] Often
wondered they did NJ, color like pipes |;
but our ~iv~s did not complain. Tor the In.
aueucc Of our homcs hep, our virtues sweet.
though We SCENTED the hapsings. We bad
been talking OF bir,h.msrks about these
Strawberries on the left arm, which accord.
ing to BY gone plays and rousnec', ssr'ed
.. such indubitsbls evidence Of the noble
origin Of the hearers, and shlch helped to
r-s,ore 20 many wrOnecd heirs to their ti'le'
and possessions in the ffth act or last chap.
ter and ne discussed iboss remarkable
4" molss Who ~ers to sage Tapas ineon.
testable proofs thu, the eco,sel comedy men
were chips or their old blocts-snd led To
the invit,uon, Come to my arms you
arc-yOu are, indeed, my son
tn, doctor confessed that when he Vas =
boy and hi' fancy VAS pamPsrcd With tho
romanecs Of tho time. he would daily make
= searching investigation Of hs phy''qae
for . s,raw berry or mote. aud that. having
found ooc OF tho latter. be. from that day
forth. for several months. cherished the be-
l,ei lhs, h- was " nobl, d,.csnt, and that
" the truth yer, known. the kind couple
Who claimed him tor their 100. we're only
his foster psrcnt', and that sons day =
stranger would apP~Ar, Who would claim
him ne the actor VI some ducai house ai
least, riac. coronet on he hrow anil carry
hun of In triumph. ils told the story to
M. ,choolma,c- and t-csme sn ohrsci Uf
my.,.riou. interest u them Tor .On. i'm,.
iiv w.-. ho~r,er, partially eurri oi L'
fancy by = Tremendous whipping given him
nv hi. father. whom he rad ,spiurcd % de-
ob-y when hi, prinecly blOOd Was uP This,
be thought. at the time. very uuklnd IN the
~hipp.r, Tor no had intended 10 Be very
rood u his foster father and mother when
the noble stranger should .aPor. Hut The
noble stranger did not appear. Hut the
rumsn,ic dslu.ion made doctor OF the boy
-, lei g. b. rrad'ng scientific hooks on
,lr,h marks sn k'ndrvi subjects. .nd ended
10 his ,--com,ns an excellent man oi science.
as ~ell a, one possessed Of tue largest ebar'.
" Tor ,.s Wild rosne tane'e. of boys' u"
in,ers., IN ihc-, mark. had never died out,
and o. On ,hi. oec.,iOn he -aii 10 me:
by the way. you are Penn.yI'anian'
bel,e,e. Nov. I'Vo alssys had sotno Gu
r,o.,ty atOu, ,nsi efo-. OF b,ao -po, "a
yosr ~,les CHEEK. ., i.n't tue custom W
tattoo in your State, i'""
"Ah you've remarked that. bavsyou'
.aid l. well. 1, oogh, no, to he 'Lerr.
Tor I've tn.ed that 'po, every day 'hs.r
ts.n,y yc.r.. bat 1, won't wear a~"y u
.-sa. Kissing appear. u do no good. .
"a -ol.,.o. Of one grain Of lunar oAu.-
TIC IN ten grains OF water interrupted
the doctor.
NO. thank you Tor the prescription. bg,
I'd rather leave q, there. In TACT. l regard
IL IN The lishI Of the signature OF w''ne-'
to our bs,ro,hal--.o 10 .peAt-Fate, He y
Marx
Ia IL story quo,h the Squire. hdse'.
ins IN hi, char.
&" Something ike one. said !.
Then JUS, wait till Oil = pipe" and
he picked ou, the bigses. one on the sheli,
and packed It tightly ~ ss not to interrupt
tho narration which he expected.
All ready
Ready" said . thick cloud Of 'mOks
to the right OF ne, and | ssraishtway be'
ean To adire-s that cloud
III you have ever purneyed in the val
10, Of the Lshish. IN Pena'yl'aniA, you
will somet,ne. como upon little rudely
constructed building, with dan and wa
,sr.~heel besides IL, but which yoa have
b,n very sure MAS neither sris.. saw nor
oil mill: but which. II native o, the cpun.
try, you would have known NJ once ~ one
Tor The uapufacturs Of powder. There
we're many VI them in years son- bv in the
valley The Revolutionary var had ios.
tered the manufacturr VI sunpowder 80 lar
inland and saio from the ioray' of the enc.
my Subsequent 10 tho war, however. heavy
capitalists 10 other parts OF the county
had undertaken the manufacture OF Oh. liner
.oris. And our Lrhish mills confined them
selves TO tho making oi blasting powder.
for winch they found - market IN P"i'".i-I.
phia aud ai the elghborIpg mines and quar-
r,cs. Each mill MAS generally worked by
,,s owner and Two or three hands, who
iabOrri intia,rsntly at farming, during
plougt ing or harvesting seasons, IN tho mill
or 10 driving the heavy teams With tbeir
iaru produce and powder " Ph'lAdslph'a.
IL sss in one Of these mills that, twenty.
one years ago. n the age Of twenty. was
employed. IL Vas owned BY the father VI
MARY. Who 10 now nv vile. One very
warm day, just alter harvest. my master
and his wife. with his men snd three heavy
teams, started 10 Ph,ladslphia, With . hatch
Of powder she, had joe. been dn'shed. and
fAru produce. That Was 'he mode in 'ho'e
days. The rad then ~as often white ~ish
the canvass coverings Of the heavy wagons
the teams consisted Of four or six superb
horses. the leaders Of which carried balls,
suspended IN bow at the top OF the coll
lars. winch gave out measured jAnglins