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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18

Has in DR.. HAMPTON-S VEGETABLE TING
TURE q cure for It's numerous and IMPLICATED
arrangements. Hundreds who have been de-
bilitated and dispirited, and on the verge Of q
premature grave, have been restored by its use
TO blooming health, which We are bundantiy
able to prove by such a host of M
LIVING WITNESSES
~ we think no other medicine can produce
IN PROOF
Of what we say above We refer You to Hamp-
toms Vegetrbie Tincture and its effects
The wife of T..W. Yeakle, Grocer, IS Pearl
street, cured of rheumatism Of years stand
ing all other remedies failed.
VIM. NJ. Oldham, late Of the Custom House,
dwelling No. l26 Pine. street. of Dyspepsia !;
great debility permanently cured.
w. A. Schaeffer, one of the oldest magistrates
and most highly respectable citizens cured OF
great weakness and restored to robust health
Jarrett Pummett, 1873 East Baltimore street,
suffered intensely six years with hip disease
and mercurial rheumatism cured after all
other remedies had failed. fE.
Space will not permit to name hundreds Of
others, as Geo. w. Goodrich, Capt. ,Thos. Canot.
Robert Gault, James Smyth, cured Of Rheuma-
tism.
John Pervail, S. A. Griffin, John Luke, Rev.
V. Eskridge, U. s. Navy,>and thousands Of
Liver Com plant, Bronchitis, st. Vitus' Dance,
&c. We refer toour own citizens-callon them.
u HAMpToN's TINCTURE CURES
Eheumatism, Dyspepsia Diarrhca, Debility,
Decline in Health, Erysipelrs, Disease Of the
Eyes, Liver Complaint Mercurial Disease, let
ter, Tumor, Thrush, Vertigo, Womb Disease,
Nerves Neuralgia, Paralysis. Palpita!ion Of
the Heart, Scrofula, Spinal Diseases, &c., with
numerous other diseases. ,,.sN'
rBs - + 1889 s.
sold ny
MORTIMER d MOWBRAY, $40 Baltimore IT.,
MRS. NJ. A. sHEALEY, Towsontowp,
s. MILLER, Monkton,
RALPH DUER, Cockeysyille,
ISRAEL PRICE, Philopolis.
And by Druggists generally.
Fab l3z 1851 --1v "A ~ n 1.L-
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18
JOHN F. PLUMMER,
WATCH MAKER g. JEWELER

No. 81 North Gay street, near the Bridge,
Woix,lL1p5 D. respectfully ..tpe;;nn y in in @@9
public, to his beautiful assert
ment of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Ware, Fine Gold and Silver Watches,
Gold Pens, Pencils, Breast Pine, Ear Rings,
Gold and Silver Thimbles, Gold Guard and Fob
Chains, Silver Spoons, Gold, Silver, and Steel
spectaeles to suit all ages; allof which will be
sold cheap for cash.
s&H- Watches and Jewelry repaired in the
best manner. Orders from the country care
fully attended TO. 4 fs4Rss
JAM 1S6I.--ly
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18
SHRINER'S
INDIAN VERMIFUGE,
~ nrcunov .On ryprT wopAsS
10 DESTROY AND EXPEL '

This vermifuge is entirely egetGble-perfect-
ly safe and harmless but ali effectual and power
ful remedy for all species Of Worms that effect
children and adults
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18

Wheeler's Patent Railway Horse
Powers.
These Powers are made for |, 2 or horses,
and their superior merits in point of durability,
and ease of running, with their compactness
and simplicity, lightness and great length and
width of treading floors and STALL give them
advantage over other powers. which are highly
appreciatea by those who have tried them.
For information or machines, address
JOHN MAYHER,
@ General Agent,
l45 W. Pratt ST., opposite Maltby House.
Aug l3.-tf .. Baltm0re. Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18
Side Hill or SWIvcl Flows,

The above Flows are so constructed that the
mould board is easily and instantly changed
from one side to The other, which enables the
operator to perform the work upon side hills,
turning all the furrow slices with great accu-
racY downward. - llL- 4 =
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18
1OS Baltimore st.. Baltimore. Ma

I08 Baltimore 81, Baltimore, Nd.
n. B.-rersons out of the city enclosing a
remittance will have packed securely in box
and forwarded to their address Immediately on
its receipt. ii Jan. %, 1S65.-1y.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18

sutH Us HiHN-
fieTs.. Yellow
Water, pis-
Re III e r.,
T 0 u Il j err,
II e av s.
Slsycring,
Coughs, fc-
vcrs, Loss Of
Appetite and
Vital Ener-
gy, &c.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18

These Powdels
viii strength
eusheStonacb
and In;cstines,
cleanse them
from. chcnsiye
matter. and
bring them 10
aheaithy state.
The 40 -
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18
BRUSTER & GRIFFITH,

Patented and manufactured byPELT0N. Bes,
Power, Thresher and Cleaner out.
Eg> A supply Of pure Chinese and African
Cane Seed always on hand. as
Jan. 81, ls65.-~ly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-18

Aud BY druggists and storskeepera throughout
the United States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
BY SCHOFF. VINEGAR & co.
2 IKENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1865

surprised voice, and she started from her
chair and stood strongly agitated before
him. He advanced, not speaking until he
had taken her hand.
Florence never thought to see you
thus be said in calm, kind evenly modu-
lated voice, but her ears were finely enough
lay beneath. He said it looking down into
the dark, soft, brown eyes. But | think
there is a Providence in our meeting, he
added.
They sat down and talked long together
talked over the things gone by, and of
the causes that separated them, while their
hearts beat only for each other of the wea-
ry years that had passed for both of them
since then--of the actual present in their
lives. EC..
i have a nnotherless cliId,' he said at
last. "a tender little thing that love and
to day ! find her body purple with bruises
from the cruel hand of servant You have
a noble boy who is fatherless let me be to
him fatherl Oh, Florence there has been
great void III our lives A dark and i'm
passable river has flowed between us for
years But We stand, at last together, and
if the old love fills your heart as it fills mine,
there are golden days for us in the future.
And so it proved. fhe lady and her son
did not go back to England but passed to
the merchant stately esidence; she becom-
lug its mistress and finding home there,
aud the hoy troer father than the one he
had i'll former years called by that name
DO good as you have opportunity Only
a week before the lads application to the
merchant had this injunction been urged in
his hearing by an eloquent preacher, and
the words coming back to his thoughts led
him to call back the boy, after his cold, al
most uukind repuise.
Many times he thought of the incident
afterwards, and Of the small event on which
such lifelong issues hung almost trembling
in view of what he might have lost had
that slight opportu pity for doing good been
neglected.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23

DEATH OF LITERARY MEN-Two men
who have been prominent contributors IT,
the New York press-George Arnold aud J
Ross Dix-both have died, the one in the
flush of early manhood ond the other in old
age.
For several weeks Mr.. Arnold has been
lying ill at Red Bank, New Jersey; but be
was not supposed by his friends in this
city to be in real danger. He died on
Thursday morning He was one of the
brightest of the young journalists of this
city, and none surpassed him in versatility
he wrote Rural poems with grace and IA
cility his latest, entitled September ap-
peariug in Harpers magazine, whence it was
nopied by the press all over the country
another of his poems. '|The Pedagogue, .
cas- also had wide circulation. Mr. Ar
aold also wrote intelligent art criticisms,
he'd pleasant stories and reviews. AS a hui
morist he is known by his ''McArone series
of letters aud by frequent contributions to
Vanity Fair, the Leader, the Weekly Re
view and the Saturday Press He had in
this class of writing, felicitous, off-hand.
epigrammatic style. not unfrequently varied
by touches of true pathos Personally he
was in all respects a gentleman, and in his
social relations enjoyed wide popularity
He was member of the Thirty seventh
regiment, and his comrades will long re-
member his geniality and 'bonhominie''
at Fort Richmond last year.
MIR. j. Ross Dix had OF late been contrib
ting to the Leader, series of articles
about eminent persons whom he had
met abroad. He has written largely fol
other periodicals. The name of Dix was
an assumed one, his name being really
George Spencer Phillips. Mr.. Phillips diet
on Tuesday night in Brooklyn in destitute
circumstances, and was buried by charita
BILE aid, after having been cared for freely
for some time by his landlady, poor wild
OWN. Y. EUenang Post
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
SWANS Bourbon Bitters
SINGERS SEWING MACHINE.

Mrs. a BARTLETT Agent for the Singer Sewing
Machine having had Two years experience In us use
feels coLfdent "a recommending 1t 70 the public az
one Of the best MachiLes ust. Residence kenosha
Street, doors south OF the PAX.
From the Ulica Duty O6server, Sept. 18th.
FIRST PREMIUM BY reference to the list which
w. uub- n Use where will b. that the Singer
sewing Machines both family and Manufacturing
carry Z q the first premiums from the ate Fair
which closes to-day. It. - worthy OF remark that
these machines rarely at fairs and the
Singer 0. have not entered into the general scram-
bic for premiums Whic1 has characterized the past
ears The agent ia this city saw at, however,
come OUT On this Oc sasOu t. force and notwi'h-
standing The competitor wa sharp--the Wheeler
Wison. Grove 4 baker &c. &c joining in the con-
testi was be seen, when the IRA teal tests
were applied ,hat the plumss" must be handed over
O the Singer machines 6m20
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
NOTICE.

'HNHE Coparturr. h'p heretofore existing between
DIS. & H. on, is this Jay d;lsoiveh b
mutual consrtst. All accounts and demands of said
ieft with DR.. Farr for collection, and an
wha know themselves indebted to them. are urgently
e41rsed cal and settle their accounts thin 80
days from The date hereof, and save costs In thu
absence d.. Farr, settlements Of accounts can be
made with Dr. 5t4rk~e tn At the Union Drug store,
who authoriz ID 20 Ike settlements with all who
may cal fOt At purpose
Dosha, Aug Is, 1865 A. PA2R,
Aw22 L. HkfFRoN.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly proves
by statistics that mans longevity is in ex-
act proportion to his educational attain
nlcnts provided his health has not been
injured by over mental exertion. 1t seems
that Increasing intelligence aud decreasing
war have prolonged the average length Of
life in Europe from twenty-five years III the
seventeenth century, to thirty-fve years in
the eighteenth, and to forty-fve in the nine
teenth The best educated communities are
the longest lived. and tie best educated
soldiers live amazingly longer than the
more ignorant, and seem to wear charmed
life, not 80 much against bullet and bayo-
net, as against the effects of disease. priva-
ton, and even severe wounds, on their con.
stitution and lives.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
9ob gxintiug


ARectionately dedicated to the nsmoris. Of Jennie
W. and Alice 5. only children of John ". AND
Mary L. Hsythorn.
o cruel DeathI hast thou 30 again
Waited that lovely fold,
Rorne away the last bright gem,
In thine arms so icy coidg VIA
oould'st thou not stay thy cold, cold hand
And spare those children fair,
On earth, they shone as diadems
In caskets, rich and rare.
Like besuteous ac wers they dropped and faded,
Little Alice nrst passed to God,
Ard in three short weeks, then Jennie
Was gently laid beneath the sod.
Tendery Deaths Angel bore them,
Far beyond the sky so bright,
Where all is joy, and peace. and bliss,
One long day undIm ned by night.
leu will miss ysur little dar. ings,
Their brdlike voice low and sweet,
And the merry, merry patter
Ofthsir tiny, joyous feet.
NeVermore, their forms win greet you
Each loved, and loving child
The easures, Of happy home,
Pure Innocent and mild.
They have joined the infant choir,
And heavenly praises swestIy Iing,
Sheltered safe from every harm,
Beneath allowing SAVour's wing.
Jennie the fsirest one of earth
In wisdom beyond her years,
In her illness spoke Of Jesus
Confdently-Rnd without fears.
Sweet visions, hoAted oft, before her
''In one little Alice see
In jesus own hand, with the other she says,
He is reckoning, Mama, towards me-" et e
In the life Of this beautiful child s.
A lesson Of faith, we may learn
To lay up our treasures in Heaven, ....
And our footsteps awsy from earth to turn.
And parents, God will grant you strsLgth,
Your grief 10 overcome,
II thou canst meekly bow thy head,
And say "thy will be DONE" nv =
Then faithfully, earnestly watch and wait
TIL the messenger cometh down, III
To guide your weak amounted souls .a.
To Heaven, and gIory's crown. r.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23

g Once in a church, young man who
carried the collecting plate before starting
to collect, put his hand in his pocket as usu
al and put shilling, as he supposed, on
the plate and then passed it round among
the congregation. which numbered many
young and pretty girls. The girls. as they
looked at the plate, found that instead of a
shilling. he had put conversation lozenge
on the plate. with the words "WilI Won
marry me- ?" in red letters, staring every
BODY In the face None of the young ladies'
however, closed with the offer
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23

ErA cotton mill at Newton, Mas, EN-.
ployed 220 hands last year, running 10000
spindles aud making /, 421, 600 yards print
cl0th, worth $363, $50.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23

FgThe new Episcopal diocese of Western
Pennsylvania will be organized at Pitts
burgh, this week, by primary convention
of delegates to assemble on Wednesday.
The prominent candidates for Bishop are
Rev. DR.. Howe, of Philadelphia, missionar,
Bishop elect for Nevada, low church" and
radical; Rev. John Cotton Smith, of New
York;and Rev. DIR. Kerfoot, of Hartford, Ct,
high church" and conservative The in
dleations are that Bishop Howe will be Sc,
lected. The new diocese has 81 parishes.
and starts with fund of $40, 600 TO endow
the Episcopete
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
A VALE! %

n " fAA-h
In the mornin we go forth rejoicin in our
strengthen the evenin we are bustd and
wilt!
Man born NV woman (and most men are)
is Nv few days aud them is so full Nv trout.
lie that its skarsely worth while bein born
at all
In October waded in woe knee-deep. aud
now the waters NV affilckshun are about my
chin.
look to the East and Messychusets rolls
in Ablshun.
To the West turn my eyes, and Wis
consin and Minnesota and Illinoy ansers
Ablisbun
Southwark turn my implorin' gaze. and
Maryland sends greetin-AbIishun
In New Y ork we had EN-. for 10! we run
soljer, who fought vaiontly, aud we put
him on platform, wich stunk with ngger
yea, the SAVIOR thereof wuz louder than the
AbIishun platform itself
But behold !! the people jeer and flout, and
say the platform sinketh loud enough, but
the smell thereof is not the smell Nv the
African-it is of the rotton material Nv witch
it is composed. and the corrupshun they
hev placed on it''-aud New York goes Alb
lishun.
Slocum held hisself up and sed come and
buy" And our folks bought bin and his
tribe, but he getteth not his price
Moo Observation-Disclosures y
Jobs cattle wuz slain by murrain and bol-
Ter horn and SIGH, and not Twin near Moo
York, the flesh thereof he could not sell.
But Job he'd suthin left-stil he Good sell
the hides and tallow!
Lazarus he'd sores i, but he he'd dorgs to
lick them.
Moo Gersev, muz the hide & taller NV the
Dimocrisy, and 10 that is gone.
What little is left Of the Dlmocrisy is all
sore, but where is the dorg, so low as to lick
it?
Moo Gersey wuz our eve lamb-lo? the
strong hand Nv Abiisi,nisn hez taken it
Moo Geisey wuz the Aryrat on wich our
ark rested behold the dark waves Nv Alb
lishnism sweep over it.
Darkness falls over me, like a paIl-the
shadder Nv woe eucompasseth me.
Down my furrowed cheeks roleth the
tears NV anguish, varyin III size from large
Pea to IA small later.
Moo Gersey vii vote for the Constoostnel
Amendment, and 10! the Niger will possess
the aud.
| see horrid visions!
On the Camden and Amboy, niger brakes
nen-and at the polls pIggets!
Where shall we find refuge?
In the North Lo it is barred agin us by
Ablishnism
In the South -? In their eyes the Northern
copperhead findeth no favor
In Mexico? There is war :here, and We
might be drafted
Who will deliver us Who will pluck us
from the pit into witch we hev fallen?
Where shci 60 the Lord only knows but
my impression is, South karliuy will he my
future home.
Wade Hampton is eIectid Governor GER
tin, and in that noble State, one may per-
haps preserve enough Nv the old Denocra-
tic States Rites leavcn to leaveu the whole
lump.
fIm af0ye fun tAlte
On thr dark roIin sen"
And into what barbor fate will drive my
weather. beaten bark, the undersigned eau
. trooly say.
Moo ersey-farewell The world may
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
Mr.. Nasty WaiIeth Over NoOGefSey.
Written for the Cincinnati Commercial I

written TOR the Cincinnati Commercial
On THE WING, Nov. the 9 b, 365.
Never WIZ in so pleasant a frame Nv
mind ez last night. All wuz peace witt
me for after being butfeted about the world
tor three skOre years, at last it seemed to me
ez tho forchune, tired Nv persekoUtin aun-
torchnit bein, had taken me into favor.
had solemn promise from the Denekratic
State Central Committy in the great State
OF Moo Gersy, that ez soon ez our candidate
for Governor waz dooIy elected | shood hev
the position Nv Dorekeeper to the House OF
the Lord (Which in this State means the Cap
utal q witch is certainly better than dwelin
in the tents NV wicked grosery keepers, on
tick. ez ! do) and joodishus exhibition Nv
this promise he'd prok oored for me unlimited
facilities for b0nerin
On Wednesday mite wuz a sittin in my
room, enjoin the pleasin reflection that in
few days should I've placed above. want,
beyond the contingencies Nv fortune
Wood! oh wood that he'd died then and
there. before that dream ov bliss was rudely
broken.
A wicked boy cum runnin pas: with a pa :
per witch he he'd brot from the next town
where there lives a man who takes one He
flung it thro the window to ne and past on
opened it eagerly, and glanced at the he'd
liues!
'Noo GERsEY-5. 600 REPUBLICAN -
One long and peercin shreek wuz heard
thro that house, and Wen the inmates rush
ed into the room they found ME iuanynate
on the floor.
The fatal paper lay near me expl min the
cause Nv the catastrophe The kind
hearted landlord, after feeiin NV my pockets
and dlskiverln that the contents thereof
wool not pay the arrearages Nv board. held
hurried consultation with his wife as to
the propriety Nv bringin me to, he Insisting
that it wuz the only chance Nv gittiu what
wuz back she insisting that IF was hrung
to I'd go Oh runnln up the bill Trigger and
bigger and never pay at last While they
VAS argooin the matter pr" and con nap
pened to git ii good smell of his breath wich
restored me to cons ,iousness to-wuust, with
out further assistance
When in trodble my poetic sole alluz
finds vent in song Did ever poet who de-
lifted III tolnbs, aud dark. roiIu streams, and
consumption, and blighted hopes and decay,
and SIGH themes, ever hev such "A pick OF
subjects ez | hev at this time? The foleriu
may he consolation to the few Dnobrats
Nv the North, who have gone so far into
Copperheadism that they can't change their
base
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
SWANS Bourbon Ritters

Hedddchs Conferences, and kindred diseases,
arising from a disordered condition of the Stom-
ach, Liver or Bowels. Let eoeJy one t1V these
agreeable Buffers; once tried aud used, they will
recommend them with confidence {, all others
who are in need Of "a wholesome, agreeable and
eHectual tonic. The rapidly increasing demand
for these Bitters has induced me 10 give them
publicity, so that thousands who have not used
them, may try them and be convinced Of their
tficacN
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
Ont inch Of space VIII VI counted sQuai
ttaIeloIAdvertIslnx,

Unt inch OF space VIII VT counted square
efAGA wv. Nv. 4". sw. Sm. ON. ~.
leq d 90 $500 IS 30 81 P4oO 500 II 0e
aSqr zoo 40 80 / 45O 6 90 10 90 l6 90
'oqr $50 $50 4UOI 6OOI TO- IL 90 20 90
| 4CoL 90 800 90 90 II 10 is 90 rs 90
1Cot CO. 600 500 1000 IA 90 40 90 IS Go
aCoL 800 90 10 20 u 90 u 90 rs 60 &C 90
.oof % l. o. u 40 l5O0 ~ 90 IS 10 As 90
leo 1890 Is Oo is O. 30 90 IS 90 40 90 IS 90
fRnFEssIoNAl AND BUisNtss CARDS. 81 a line pre-
ga to'.iht H. five les sld hiy cents for each
sldli ,onai line t
EsTRAY NOTICES, published four weeks, 81 ID for q
single animal ard hty cents Tor each additional an
imai N same notice.
LEGAL NOTICES At statute rates.
ADvEaTIskAEHTs not accom- Panied with direction
wiz oe inserted till forbid, and charged for accord
inRiy f
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
w aims Bourbon Ritters

~ They are made of Ingredients well knownt
and app owed by the medical profession as hav
ing P0aoefJ~t t0I,tc properties are both powerful
acc pleasant, with sufficient stren0 thenin0 prop.
eTttes TO correct the bilious deranEem of the
system, and act ike a charm when taken accord
ing 10 directions, as remedy for the following
diseases :-I'adigest50n, DySpepSt6, Jdundice,
LaUer ADecti0nS, L0ss Of Appetite, Louoness OF
Spirits,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23

healthy tonic, gentle stimulant and unequalled
morning appetizer Prepared in ripe old Bour-
Don. Beng now used TO the exclusion OF all 9TH
er Bitters ia more than fifty United States Arnav
Hospitals, ana millions of private families, and
IS the only popular medicine which has been es.
peciahy seenlpted from stump tag by the United
states government mt. on the ground OF its having
been adopted as a standard remedy by The
medic al profession.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
"Tm aho5e fun +Aate
On thr DARK rOllin sea.

And into what barbor fate will drive my
weather-beaten bark, the undersigned can
. trooly say.
Moo Gersey-farewell The world may
stand it a year or two, but doubt it.
Mournfly and sadly,
PETROLEUM Y Massey,
Late Faster Nv the Church Nv the Moo
Despensahen.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-03-15
Thc Cheering word.

Little Charley was THE dsll boy Of his
sehssl. All the rest either laughed at
him or pitisd him. Even his master
sometines taunted him with bis defcien-
eies. He became sullsn and indifferent,
and took no pains to get on. One day a
gentleman who was visiting the scheei
leeked ever some bsys who were making
their FIRST attempt to write. There was a
general burst of amusement at peer Char
ley's efforts. He colorea, but was silent
sNevsr mind, my lad,' said the gen
tleman, cheeringly, "den't be discouraged;
just ge and do yeur very best, and you'll
be brave writer ssme day. / recollect
when / FIRST began to write, being quite
as awkward as ysu are, but I persevered,
and now lock here He tsek pen and
wrote his name on Q piece Of paper in
fne legible characters ssSee what can
do now,'' he added. $40 dssr see a,tof
Many years afterwards that gentleman
met Charley again He had turned cut
enc Of the most celebrated men of his
day, and he expressed his firm conviction
that he owed his success in life, under
Ged's blessing, to the encouraging speech
made by the sehool.visitant. FzS 1sS ie