The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-11-29
The MittGn.

Seventeen years ago, there was fair girl,
so pure, so lovely, so refined, that she still
rises to my mind as almost akin to angels.
She was Yooed, and ultimately won by hand
some young man of considerable wealth. He
sported fine team, delighted in hunting, and
kept pack Of hounds. He neither played
cards, drank wine, nor used tobacco. He had
no occupation, no calling, no trade. He lived
on his money, the interest Of which alone
would have supported family handsomely.
Irever saw the fair bride till a few days ago.
Seventeen years had passed away, and with
them her beauty and eryouth, her husbands
fortune and his life, during the latter part of
which they lived in log cabin on the banks
of the Ohio, near Pennerhassett's Island-a
whole family in one single room, subssting
on water, fat bacon, and corn bread. The
husband had no business capacity.-He was a
gentleman of education, of refinement, of no.
BILE impulses; but when his money was gone
he could get no employment, simply because
he did not know how to do anything. For
awhile he foundercd-6rst trying on one thing
and then another; failure was written on them
all.
He, however, finally obtained situation
the labor was great, the compensation was
small-it was that or starvation. In his he
roic efforts to discharge his duties acceptably,
he over-worked himself and died, leaving his
widow and six girls in utter destitution. In
seventeen years, the sweet and joyous and
beautiful girl, had become broken hearted,
care-worn, poverty-stricken widow, with a
house full of children.
Young woman! if a rich young man asks
you to marry him, and mas no occupation, or
trade or calling, by which he could make a
living if he were thrown on his own resources,
you may give him your respect, but give him
the mltten.-P5. Hull.
THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT-WARL1KE RU-
MoRs-I U7ai04 rationale, which recently
pretended to have some special Information
about the intention Of the Fenians to invade
Canada, now processes to tell US the prepara-
tions which ''are being made to meet them.
The chiefs of our militia organizations" it
says, 'are at work combining plans for the
organization of en- army of 10000 men.
Troops will probably be stationed along the
entire frontier !; a garrison will be stationed at
Laprairie ; finally, they are preparing to give
US line Of troops from Quebec to Toronto, a
guard stronger and more numerous thin that
which returned this spring accustomed to the
life of soldier" L Union Nationale pro-
fesses to have this information from an au-
thentic source. We know not how much
truth there may be in the statement, but the
subject is said to have caused the Government
some inQuietude.
At the same time we have reason to be-
leve that no such steps as those alleged by
the Montreal journal had been taken, and as
there cannot have been any cabinet council
since, it is difficult to understand how any
such conclusion as that alleged could have
arrived at. 1t is proper to state, however,
that before the arrival of this statement in
L U11iOa Rationale, there was rumor in
the city that the Government had resolved to
place a guard Of miitianen on the frontier.
We cannot have long to wait to ascertain
what truth there is in the statement.-I0r0n-
to Lcadeg.