Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-04-30
NO 6
FOR THE CHILDREN.
THE PEARL.

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4 oysters, when suddenly pert young
I sCer jumped out of the plate, and, land
ing on the spoon, began to speak.
n - You littie cannibal," said he a.
Il YOn. know what you are eating XOl
are worse than the heather in the Sand
Wieh Islands, who live upon mission
~" {" But yon are not a missionary re-
j Piled Daisy. /" You are notta man, and
i you don't preach"
j - Yes, am a missionary for I am
aiways preaching. NY whole life is a
4 sermon and, if am not man, 4 am
! very much like one.'' r..s
~" What a ffb,n Interrupted Daisy.
"a Y on are nothing but little soft gray
! thing, not worth listening to; and L ain
lust going TO eat you right up as fast as
" Stop, stop!'' sighed the oyster ass 1
| came from Yankeeland, and Emust ask
4 one question before die. What is q
man ?' sF. -....f.4-
al a a man-Why, "a . man IS papa" said
| the hesitating Daisy.
~" Yes; and papa is being with a
/ heart, and lungs, and liver, and stOIn-
ach- Aud so am L. .e.-. H.sr
Is.H Dear me, dear ne, what an ilnpu-
dent creature! Snow nae your lungs,
and heart. .and liver. aud stomach, Al
I S7oil wish me to believs youvY 50 the
I oyster made alittle martyr Of himself,
and dropped all into pieces on the
spoon, in order 70 satisfy Daisy eurios-
ity. q IhHu aia - a,it 41t ~
A little black piece said tam the
liver; the stomach is hidden ia me-"
& And a fair-shaPed piece said ''I am
the heart, and take she blood from the
lungs.' -r4- sFf i.l ratrI l
$ But 1 don't see any lungs" said
Daisy, perfectly bewildered by this un-
expected lesson in physiology.
" the lungs are those thin, finsly-
a nj
the very edge Of my shell,'' -.--.
=" Very well, Messrs. Lungs, aud
Heart, and Stomach, and Liver, come
right into my mouth, and let me see
how y0u taste ~ ..arfa r -
Z" on wait wait wait F.! - squealed
the oyster, in faint frightened voice.
. want 10 tell you something else. 4
make pearls. j made that large one
you admire 80 much in mammals neck
1mpossiblele' said Daisy, "How
Gan YOU make pearls without any
Oh! L just take a Jelly that comes
from my skin, and feed 1T with sum
beams and when the Jelly has had
plenty of sunbeams it grows into a
pearl. III you don't believe me, look at
ma anlma's necklace and you can see
beautiful prisoDed FaInbows of color. I
1t is Tho. eslsiesE bhing in the world to !
make pearl, If yOu onlY know how.
have made so much that didn'g know
what to do W5th it, until finally / pearl
ed my h0Ese ALI over inside. That 4
proved 10 be a very brilliant prOcesding, ]
for have never been in darkness since (
even WAen i shut uD for the night, the /
prisOmed sunbeams CLEAN in a faint /
way, maKing the most lovely twilight"
Z" You dear little artist" said Daisy |
g If you really made my faYOritB pearl, 4
fF ar nnfHl
enough to eat" And, so saying, she
tossed the oyster into her pretty mouth,
aud smashed il all to pieces with her
shining teeth.-N. J. Independent
PEN PORTRAI or PUBLIC I
MEN.
We have CLEANED tho following irons
correspondence:
WILSON, or IOWA.
Hon. James F. Wilson len, thfs eve- i
ming, for his home in Iowa. The story I
of the connection Of his name with the 4
Cabinet af President Grant is not unin- I
teresting- Before inauguration, Grant I
sent for Sir. Wilson and rendered him I
che Attorney Generalship. This Mr..
Wilson refused to accept. On the eve
ming of the day of the inauguration 4
Grant again sent for Mr.. Wilson to 4
come 70 see him at his house. Grant Il
then asked him to become his Secretary
Of State, He (Grant) said that WASH 4
Ourne expected the place, and it was
lue to him that he should be apDofuf-
ID bat Immediately on his conhrma-
ion be would resign, and then he would
appoint him WILSON,. Mr.. Wilson at 4
irst declined the offer, pleading that he
vas unfit for the position, and felt timid
If the responsibility, but Grant urged
iin and he finally agreed TO accent
hn Rrmf
" NashburHs tsd determined on a list of
he most prominent foreign appoint
nent-, which he insisted should be
made before lac retired. Unwilling to
AXE the office under such circumstan- (
ses, and not wishing TO oppose any
ec0mmendations that Mr.. NVashburne
might make, he Immediately sent word
% Ghe President withdrawing his pre-
7ious acceptance of the ONCE, saying
hat il would be impossible for him to
akethe place, and withOutseeing Grant
eft for New York. Grant dispatched a
after him, urging him to re-
consider his action, but Wilson stood
irIn in his declfnatiOn, and then Fish
vas selected for the position.
-a HAMILTON FISH.
While General Grant was nt West ID
Point, after his election, believe the ]
statesman Of the State
department. called on the President I
Z
raj Grant accepted the invitation and
lined. This was followed by another,
ret more pressing, to make bis house a
nome while in West Point. This, too,
vas accepted, and the President elect
vas fairly domiciled in the palatial res
dence of the ex-senator.
The Hon. Hamilton Fish is a superb
In all social matters he is
4 master, and the President was fairly
charmed of his feet by the easy free
iOm and elegant hospitality OF his
iost. The dinners were admirable,
-he wines rare and delicious, while the
cigars breaihed the soft fragrance of{
heir native isle. The hours llew by on
golden wings, and the day came which
1ut the closing limit to the pleasant
visit. Hamilton Fish gave magnifi-
,ent dinner. Al the table the President
net an old aequnintaDce, aud while I
alking to him, afJer dinner, ia the {
library, where they smoked together, (
zen. Grant suddenly removed the cigar i
rom his mouth, threw his thumb over
lis shoulder in The direction Of the ,
lining-room, where the elegant enter .
amer vet was, and asked in low tone
"Who is this Hamilton Fish %
DAVID a. MILLS, Il
MIR Wells is not man for the rugged
nature of aiFairs In the Treasury De-
Dartment fear he would have been
rushed with the rubbish Of detail IN {
administration. The work OF selecting
and cutting political rings s
would have been labor OF q singularly
lngrHteful sort to q man of his charae
,er. He is a florid-faCod, fair-haired,
icholRrly-lo man, Of small stature,
If full habit, without lymph, of intonse
nervous force and energy, 0ut with the
highly sensitive organization OF the
student, and an almost feminine fine-
ness of fiber. He has the Immense aper-
ceptive faculties of all financial writers
of ability, and the acute analytical
powers necessary to give these determ-
mate force and precision, His capacity
for brain-Work IN wonderful. In con-
VersatiOn his deductions are rHpids ana
as exact as a financial essay. His metn-
nrv.uT facts and of figures Is phenofne-
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