Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-05-25

Eider.--O, my son-ln-law expected |
would wish to say something about Robert
to James. About three weeks afier that,
friend asked me if [ had seen james
lately. "No," l repliei, 81 am daily
expecting to her from him." 4 "Well. he
was in Boston a week ago tomorrow ;and
left the---Hotel in cab; and Mr.-has
not heard of him since. AT the ho el
they say he offered to settle bis bill with
a fifty dollar bill, saying that he had no
smaller money. lie wore gold watch,
and was nicely dressed. And where he
has gone to nobody knows" / have nov-
or heard of him in all these years from
that time to the present moment. These
great grieis have relieved me Of all other
sorrows and anxietios. My daughter has
also been widow for years, and has Il
family of children VIC have taken care of
between us.
Younger.-Certainly your affections
belittle mine. | am widow and have
one child. During my husbands life we
were very comfortbly situated in coun-
try place in good old New England
When the war broke out, my husband
felt it his duty to 90 into the army +; and
with the singeness Of purpose Of serving
his country, instead Of seeking an officers
commissission, as his position in society,
intelligence, and experience in the direc-
tion of others, would naturally suggl st,
he enlisted. He was wounded suffered
terribly on the field Of battle, where he
was left by our retrcating army about 36
hours, and where the rebels stripped him
Of everything nc had, excepting watch
| had sent him, that he had the fore.
thought to conceal in the ground near
him until the enemy departed. One OF
his legs was ampu e.. lie survived
but Il few weeks. His years of service
and abandonment ofhis own business, bal,
Of course, materially diminished our small
means and little came to me for the sup
port of myself and daughter from the sale
Of our effects at tao oernrulsory bro"ls,,s.
up of my once happy home.
l have been obliged to deprive thi,
conversation Of many points Of interest,
for the sake of brcvity. But enough is
given to indicate something Of the inner
life and circumstances Of some of the la
dies in Government employment, and to
suggest sufficient good reasons for their
recommendation and appointment to Gov
eminent clcrkships, to furnish a moral
refutaton Of any anonymous or irrespon-
siblo suspicious Or allcgationsof any other,
WAR or US.
Our Administration is too pcace-loyine
and economical to relish the tolegrahp'c
report, received here Wednesday Of ii C
alliance Of England, France and Spain fer
offensive operations against us. The Re-
pnblieans papers here discredit it. do
not think Smallcy, the Tribune's London
man. would incur the expense of cable
dispatch without being pretty sure.
PRECocIoUs oFfIcE-sEEKER.
A clerk in one of the Departments il
Washington, lives, with his family, for
the sake of economy, in the neighboring
city of Alexandria. lie has little sen
Just four years old, who has several times
celebrated his recent emergcnce from
frocks, and introduction into jacket ans
trousers, by running away from home
This proclivity in the juvenile is not BIZ
more reconciable to those he leaves be-
hind to take care Of themselves. that il
uniformly shows an aquatic tendency. He
is generally found about the wharyes near
Washington Ferry, and one time was
caught actually on board a steamer, say
ing he was going up to see his father
The boss Of the schooner kindly took care
of him in expectation Of somebody appear
ing to claim him. Saturday he was of
again. and the search instituted was re-
warded BY finding him at the ferry. A
friend of the family had recognized him,
and taken him in charge. On asking him
what he wanted, replied earnestly: "Im
going to Washington to get an Office y
GOOD OUT or NAZARETH. f
w. w. Cocoran, the rich ex-banker,
has just executed deed giving TO WASH
ington his "Temple of Ari,' the ground
it stands on, and all the back rents due
from Government for the use Of the prem
ises for the Quartermaster's Department
during the rebellion and down to few
days ago together with his extensive and
really valuable collection Of works of art.
The whole gift Is estimated TO be worth
not less than s1,OO0,OOO. lie also in.
tends to make a further present Of $780,.
600, as fund for defraying the current
expenses Of the Temple as public muse