The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-10-10

I thought she would mend; and through q
those winter months a purpose was
growing steadily into my soul. Just as
she was, she was more to me than any ,
thing else on earth; and just rs she was,
even a mark of this worlds scorn, L
longed to shelter her and her child from :
all coming sorrows in my home ana
heart. Her mother had suffered so much
that she held the world now by u very
frail tenure; and when she was gone, I
who was there for Bessie but me" felt
n secret JOY in the thought OF being 10
her an earthly providence.
zone day in March went to see her,
full of this purpose. l found her look
ing more like her old seif--a bright,
warm color in her cheeks, and an un-
wonted light in her eyes. l took cour-
age, and showed her my heart-how
long and well had loved her, how
ra,;,,,Iv rn.n ant entirely ioseu ssa. $50 sobbinr
passionately.
"'Oh!' she cried, Il am not worth such
love! l am worth no human love, eX-
cept my mothers who forgives, and my
baby's, who knows nothing better
Even if | could care for you, in that |
way, | would not let you link your un-
stained life to the wreck of mine. But |
couldn't. There never could be any
kindling again of that dead flame. Its
very ashes are warmer than any new
fire.
"And seeing the unnatural glitter Of
her eyes, holding her feverish hands, l
felt all the force of her words, and took
myself and my dead hope out of her
sight. never panied her by anything
! like that again.
! "But the days afterward were fcw-in
! A a, IL tod t,l- rf har
checks, which had given me hope, had
been the token of her doom. We buried
her here, in this nook she had loved;
and put this cross at her hcad-embiom
of her suffering. and promise Of her
hope
"Only twcnty-three when she died, "
said sadly; land yet she had sounded
the whole gamut of life, and found its
last chord despeir. Does her mother
live yet?'
mo; she fingered through the sum
mcr, and in the fall laid her beside her
dead husband. took little Bessie home
my sole gain out of SO much pain and
loss
! And just then the golden haired child
| had seen at y little distance, having
finished her tiower-gathcring came up
and hung Il wreath on the marble cross
| ~ Tue ilcti vi liic BltNS. IAN WV
Giles Seabury, took her hand to lead her
away. the sunset radicncc glittered in
her hair, and its rosy brightness flushed
her face, till she looked to me like q
chid-angle, sent to bear healing to thai
lonely heart; and / understood how, II
, the midst of judgment, the Father hat
remembered uiercy.
, FAIR.
Ihe Union District Agricultural Soci
ETY. held its fifth annual exhibition, ol
its fair grounds in Springda!e township
, In this county Oh the "A, 18th and 26 ult
) The grounds of the Society are favorabl,
I situated and well improved with fence
, amphitheatre, track, stalls, sheds and
capacious hall for the use Of the depart
ment of domestic manufactures. fruit
Q and flowers, fine arts, &c. The fai
. proved to be Il success, there being tw
thousand persons in attendance Oh tn
! second day, and about three thousan
o on the third day.
q The whole number of entries in q
:, the departments was six hundred an
q five The show of horses was excellen
though the premiums offered Were ne
e large. The fastest racking was made b
! J. $. Taylor's gray geldiug; time 2.3:
t The fastest trotting was by Ady's gra
e mare; time 2.4i.
: The show of hogs, cattle and sheep wa
y not large, but the animals entered wei
e of the very best. Our agricultural soc
d cites do not generally offer OH hogs an
u sheep, premiums large enough to pa
" for the trouble Of taking these anima
q to the fair grounds and taking care
|, them. Hence it often happens that el
+ tries are only made by those who a.
= stock dealers, and who expect to prot
I by tie Communications of agricuitur
!; societies.
- The display of articles in the hall su
t. passed that of any previous years.
to was equal to that of the Scott coun,
e, society. Among the articles of dome
-. tic manufacture were twenty-five piec
le of different kinds of woolen fabrics mae
+ by the.Home Manufacturing CompaI
y of Iowa City. This company built
=. factory about one year ago, and is no
ae capable of turning out 500 yards p
day.
ea hespecimens of pcnmaEships psurpas
X ed anything ofthe kind we ever witnes
ut ed. The officers of the society act
er with promptness and efficiency, and t
n, exhibition passed off orderly and sat
factorily. No drunken man was Sc,
er upon the grounds.
le- A Washington despatch says tn
er General Grants rctrenchment in (
NV NV War Department was further carri
out to-day by the discharge of one hu
Oh dred and eighty clerks from the Quart.
masters Departmental take effect
liu the 3Oth inst" This one "discharg
nd will save about 100000 to the treasui
since General Grant was appointed So
W, retary of War al interim, he has
- trenchcd expenses in his departme
several millions OF dollars. He has d
"a, charged at least one thousand empioye