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XKTANTED.-AGENT sell the Ameri-
wv can Knitting Machine. Price $25. The
simplest. cheapest and best Knitting Machine
ever invented. Will knit 10000 stitches per
minute. Liberal inducements to agents. Ad-
dress AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE CO.,
Boston, Mass, or st. Louis, Mo. May 293mo
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WTANTED.-AGEN to 5000 per
w month everywhere, male and female, to
INTRODUCE the Genuine Improved Common
Sense FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. This
machine will stitch, hem, fell, tuck, quilt, cord,
bind. braid and embroider, in a moet superior
manner. Price only S18. Fully warranted for
five years We will pay 81, ,OO0 for any machine
that Will sew stronger. more beautiful, or
more elastic seam than ours. It makes the
elastic Lock Stitch" Every second stitch
can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled
apart without tearing it. We pay agents from
s75 to 500 per month and expenses, or a COM
mission from which twice that amount can be
made. Address SECOMB & CO., Pittsburg
Pa, st: Lonis. Mo-, or Boston, Mass.
CAUTION.-Do not be imposed upon by
other parties palming off worthless cast-iron
machines, under the same name or otherwise.
Ours is the only genuine and really practical
cheap machine manufactured. May % 3mo
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Laurens Railroad---New Schedule.

cTC MAIL Trains on this Road run to
" return same day, to connect with
up and down Trains on Greehville and Colnm-
bia Railroad. at Helena; leaving Laurena at
and leaving Helena at /. so P. NJ. same days.
July J.. s. BOWERS, Superintendent
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Claret and Cider.

\ CASK TABLE CLARET on draught,
il Champagne Cider on draught,
mon to finest grades and offered at @ YER eTn, INV
prices by GEO. SUMMERS.
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South Carolina Railroad Company,
GENERAL SUITS OFFICE, APRIL 8, 1863.

6OuIu OdIUuud hdllIOdu OOuUduY,
GENERAL SUITS OFFICE, APRIL 8, 1869.
~ IL lEs gssse...tsss tlnle for "Passenger
Trains will be observed from this date:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaving Columbia at............ 7.45 a. NJ
Arriving at Columbia aat......... 6.1Op m
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leaving Columbia at ....... .. $50 D. M
Arriving at Columbia aat....... 445 a. M
CAMDEN TRAIN.
Will run Mondays, Wednesdays and SATURDAYS
Arriving in Columbia at II. 90 o. m.
Leaving Columbia at. t......... 22O d. m,
April1O H. L. PEAKE. General sup't.
C. & S. C. and C. & A. Railroad Co.'S.
SUPT'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, April TO- 1869.
81 @ Is ssgEs wifi hPnnNsEM run as follows: 1Tsih'
GOING NORTH.
Leave Augusta, at............ TAO a. m
" Columbia, s. c., at. 1.25 D. m
Arrive at Charlotte, N. C.... $40 o. m
COMING SOUTH.
Leave Charlotte, N. c., at..... $50 q. IN.
Columbia, =. c., 1880
Through Tickets on sale for principal points
North and South. Baggage checked through.
Closeconnections made North and South.f
June % CALEB BOUKNIGHT, Sup't.
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Pocket Corn Shelter.

Pocket Corn Shelter.
CHELLS bushels OF corn per hour. A smell
- boy can can use them. Any lady can use
them. light pound. They supply a want
long neeued. Will wear always. Takes every
kernel off the cob. Price, only SO.
April % j. 81 It. II. hGNET
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Fresh Supplies.

Fresh Supplies.
nUTCH HERRINGS,
IL Fresh Country and Mountain BUTTER,
Pink-Eye and Peach-Blow Planting Potatoes,
Fine Goshen CHEESE, at G. DIERCKS,
Jan 23 At the Sign Of the Watch.
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Z U M IPS III

Family Supplies.
x7 CHOICE GREEN AND BLACK
M &C. - TEAS, - -
=, M p 1ocases italian Maccuroni,
Ell q Young America and Cutting
lll1lllIgl , Cheese, ~
Fresh Country Butter,
Prime Leaf Lard,
Extra Family Flour-in bags and barrels.
Hecker's Self Raising Flour, -
Bakers Chocolate and Cocoa, -
Superior Cider and White Wine5Vinegar,A
Java, Lsguara and Rio .Ooffees, p
Orange Sugar-cured Hams. -,
breakfast Bacon and Country Cured Hams,
Jeffreys' and McEwen's Scotch Ales,5 80
Barclay & Perkins Lond IN Porter,
Catawba Wine and Cha Ipagne,
Heidsick Champagne and Claret,
All fresh, and for sale low by
June 4 E. & G. D. HOPE.
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Arrivals.
DURE CIDER VINEGAR, for table and
Il picking purposes, the same quality which
my customers have heretofore pronounced
''the best We have ever used"
White Wine Vinegar-warranted.
Orange Brand HAMS-above ecommendation
Bologna Sausages, Dessicated Goldfish.
For sale by GEO. SYMMERS.
JuneI
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ffires.
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.

CHlCAt1Os leu, D..
The international Hotel at st. Panl,
Mimi. and FIVE adjoining frame strue-
lures were destroyed ly fire this morn
hing. The fire canght in the laundry
from the CARELESS nse of a candle,
Nearly 200 guests were carried cut in a
lainting condition. They lost their
clothes and baggage. Parties from
Louisville, Ky, Yesterday negotiated
for the purchase of the building, offer
ing for it $4,000 NEAL Brothers,
the owners. had an insurance on the
building of $36 600 E. G. Belote, the
proprietor; lost SOS. 600 in furniture.
The total loss exceeds 100000. The
insurance is divided among several
companies in small sums.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. A naval
officer being at sea in dreadful storm.
his wife, sitting in the cabin near him,
and filed with alarm for the safety of
the vessel, was SO surprised at his com
posture that she cried : My dear, are
you not afraid ? How is il possible
you eau be calm in such 3 dreadful
storm
He rose from his chair, dashed to the
deck, supporting himself by pillar of
the bed place, drew his sword, and,
pointing it ~ his wife, exclaimed
Are you not afraid of that sword p?
She instantly answered, No.
Wig ? asked the officer.
Because. reioined the lady, l know
it is in the hands OF my husband, and
he loves me too well to hurt me.
Then, said he, remember, l know
in whom l believe, and that He holds
the winds in His fists and the water in
the hollow of His hands.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

MARRIAGES IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. -.
A circnlar letter has been issued by til"
Most Rev. Archbishop Spalding to the
clergy upon the subject of the celebra-
lion of marriages in the churches of
that faith, which will be read with i'll
terest. He urges that the marriages
Je celebrated Mt the Holy Mass, as that
usually takes place ut an early hour,
Withemuch more decorum rad solemn
ty. as well as with greater privacy and
less parade. That, he says. will be in
much better taste, and mich more in
conformity with the spirit of the G tth-
Ole Church. 10 prevent abuses in the
Contrary direction, he eljoius that
whenever a marriage is to take place
without the Holy Mass, and the oflicia
ting clergy man lrts reason to antici
pate q urge attendance Of the curious.
who will be likely to conduct thrmscln e,
in the church OF God with little more
decornm than they would be i'll an ex
hibton hall or in theatre, he shall
iusist, as IL preliminary condition to in
terposing his ministry, that the attend
ance shall he confined to limited
number to be admitted only by card of
invitation. When both the contracting
parties are Catholics. the IN trriage is
=
always to he celebrated in the church,
unless the residence Of the bride is at
least three miles distant from the
church.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04
PIrrsBrRGu. Feb. 2

The pipe works of Evans, Glow,
Dnlz-ll & Go. of this city were destroy
ed by fire this evening. A number of
frame dwellings, were also burned.
The loss will be heavy.
Shortly before midnight. the works
of james Brown. hardware dealer and
blacksmith. situated in the rear of his
store on Wood street. were discovered
o be on fire. The building and con
tents were destroyed. Loss $4,000.
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Great Britain.
LONDON, Feb. 3

LONDON, Feb. ).
y Ashhury; the owner of the British
Yacht Cambria, is in receipt Of the
note of William Douglass of New York,
the owner of the Sappho, written on
the 10Th nit, proposing an ocean yacht
race between their respective vessels
Mr.. Ashbury accepts the challenge,
and suggests the following as the best
adapted to fairly tcst the sea-going
qualities OF the yachts; From Cowes
ast-wardly through Spithead around
The Isle of Wight, thence westwardly,
to, and around the Eddysto1e Light
house, thence south-easterly to Cher
bourg. France, thence northerly to
Cowcs, the place of beginning,
through the Solent
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U4ADILLA. Feb. 3

Stillson's hardware store, Chamber
lain Bros. s. drug store, Brush Bron. s
clothing store, Barnes's flour and feed
store, residence and wagon house, to-
gether with the grocery store of r. H.
Jackson, mt Franklin, Delaware Conp
ty, were destroyed by fire this morn
ing Loss on buildings and goods
$40, 600 insurance not ascertained.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

/ MANcHEsTER "A me citing of the Cor
porators of the Manchester and Cam
den Railroad Company was held at this
place on Saturday last, at which time
books were opened for subscription to
The capital stock of said road.
The Senatorial contes question promises
60 draw its slow length along the
respondent in the case has subphoned a
large number Of witnesses, who are to
beexamined at Manchester on the 18th
inst.
Trenton is improving Only 50 arrests
haye been made in that city within the
past month.
The Board of Trade of st. Louis
have Endorsed the protest of the Phila'
6elphia Board of trade against that
clause in the Bankruptcy act known as
he {" fifty per cent provision"
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PouaHKEEps1E. Feb. i:

At late hour Saturday nigh the
distlllpry of F. W. Jennings, on the
KiugSt,n and Wilher Post Road, to-
gether with an adjoining building and
barn, were destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at 81 600 The property
was fully iusnred.
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HARRIsBUKG, Penn, Feb. 3.

A hotel at Carlisle Springs, owned
by W. G. Thomson of thiS city, was
entirely destroyed by' fire yesterday
M rning. The loss WAS $40, 900, which
is partially covered by insurance. The
origin Of the fire Is unknown.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.


MONDAY EVENING, Feb. ], 1869
Pursuant to adjournment the City Counci
ltohvenet. Prtseiu =. 7 Wiley, Esq, Presi.
| d.'nt, i'll tie CHAIR. and CUulicimen Barry
Brokaw, Cuwoll, DOckry. Gray, Green, LI on
J Manvel, Price, Ropes, Schanck, schultheis
| Tenncy, Woodruff and Woodward.
The minutes of the preceding meeting
were read and approved.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Communication of the Foreman and Secre-
tary of Jackson Hook and Ladder Company
No. 2, presenting II r approval the names OF
George Cahill. John McCell, Patrick Geagin,
Edward Cross, Michael kenaly, Thomas Nc
Williams, James Murphy and Thomas Nc
| Gown as members of said company
| Which was received and the names APP
proved
maunication Of the Foreman and Secre-
tary of Rolla Engine Company No 2, pres mt
ng for approval the names Of Thomas Nc
| GIniey, John j Ludlow aud William NJ Full
tol as members OF said company.
Which was received and the names APP
proved.
Communication Of the Foreman and Secre-
| tarv Of R,.lla Engine Company No. 2 stating
that l.. w. Lockwood, w. y Hathaway, Geo.
Stead, j. J. Meeker Oscar Day, john ? Men
dell and james Smith have resigned their
membership ii said company.
! Which was received and the designations
accepted.
Communication Of the Foreman and Secre-
tary OF Rolla Engine c ,mpaIly No. z, stating
that Stephen Hathaway, George ASH, II. H.
Tucker. j. d T.. Woodruff. John Davidson
Jacob F. Meick J N. Wilbur, jacob Crane
and G. y Sherwood. were stricken from the
=, II Tor non payment of dues, etc
Which was received and their names or
dered stricken ON the tiremen's regist y.
Communication Of the Foreman and Secre-
tary ef R0lla Engine Company No. 2 stating
tn 1t h. Ii. Wilson. y. Clark, q. A Steah-
lin, Alonzo Petit and Nelson S. Duty were
expelled from said company for nonpayment
of dues and fines.
Which was received and the ha;nts ordered
stricken from the tirrmen's register.
Communication of the Foreman aud Sc re-
tary Of Wiiey Hose c, mpauy No. 3, stating
that John ralTy, Timothy O'Neil and John
flynn have resigned their membership i'll
said company.
Winch w1s received and The designations
ace epted.
Communication of the Foreman and Sccre-
tary Of Wiley Hos Company. No 8, stating
that Peter CnLoy, Hugh Rely, Michael
Tracy and DENNIS MuliciY were expelled from
said company for n0l-paH ment OF dues and
fines. etc.
Which was received and their names order
ed stricken from the iircmeiI's register
C0mmuhi alton of tue Foreman and Secrc-
tary of Wiley Hose Company No. 3, present
ing for approval the lanes Of Patrick DAILY
and Thomas Regan as members OF said com
panY.
Which was received and the names appro-
we'd
Communication OF he Foreman and Secre-
tary IF Rcd Jacket Engine Company No. H.
presenting for approval the name of John
0 GuIn as member OF said company.
Which was received and the name approx
ed
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

The Board OF Freeholders met at
Toms River, on Monday. to inspect the
Jail at that place, to devise some plan
Ivy which prisoners may be kept there
with safety.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

The schooner Ringleader. from Win
terport for Boston, which was ashore
on Truro beach, has been got off. aud
is now III Providence harbor. leaking.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

Deacon Elijah Baxter, highly re-
8 oected resident of Quincy, Mass, was
killed on Tuesday by being thrown
from q wagon, the horse taking fright.
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Which was received and report ordered on fle.
The Chief of Police presented his report for
the month of January, 1869. Expenses 50 :
1856 %. Amount of fines and costs collected
So Number of arrests 43.
Which was received and ordered on file.
The Clerk of the City Market reported that
the amount of revenue derived from the City
Market during the month of January, 1869, is
S312.45.
Viii III was received and ordered on file.
The Street Commissioner reported the
am INIT Of monev expended on streets for the
month of January, 1863 viz:
First, Second and Third wards s74. Fourth,
Fifth Sixth, Seventh and Eighth wards 500.
so Total STA 80,
Which was received and ordered on file.
[Conclusitn tomorrow.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

Gen. Grant. it is said, will resign the
the Generalship of the army immedi-
ately after the Presidential votes are
counted by Congress.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

The Pope thinks Burgundy wine
cured him. and now drinks that excIu-
sively.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-04

jeff. Davis is reported to be on his
''last legs in Paris from heart disease.
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The press of the country generally
appear to consider Vineland in this
State an intellectual and moral Para
disc, aud we guess it's about so.
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Three hundred ships are ready te
sail from the port of New York.
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Over five thousand horses were killed
in Berlin last year for human food.
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Mr.. Beecher has bought two veloci-
pedes for his boys.
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Spain.

MADRID, Feb. g.
Five of the prisoners implicated in
The assassination of the Governor OF
Burgos have confessed their guilt.
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The number of bankruptcies in W.
ginia thus far is 4,29S.
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The peach crop is believed to have
Aeen ruined by frost in parts of Missou-
H.
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Tue ELIZABETH DAILY MoNIToR is
published at 155 BROAD STREET. near
~ opposite'the National iSttte Bank, by
/. MADISON DRAKE, Editor and
Proprietor Mail subscribers S. II year
in advance. Single copies two cents.
TheiDAILY MONITOR will be served to sub
gcribers at TEN CENTS WEEK.
Mr' GEORGE L. VAN BLARcUM has a route
IN the upper part of the city. Orders may
be left at this office. Mr.. WILLIAM G. JONES
Vill supply those at the Port.
Cop es NAV be obtained at the Post Office
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zig
The petition of the Irish Bishops for
The rights of onvocntion has been re-
jected., Mr.. W. L, Forster, President
OF the Board of Health, retains his set
In Parliament as member for Bradford.
the petition against his election having
failed
Fifteen inches of snow fell at ST.
Paul, MINI. on Monday.
IGx-Cit, Marshall Wells p Hodgett
Of Springfield, Mass. was committed
to the insane Asylum yesterday.
Five hundred dollars reward is offer
cd for the recovery of Miss Horne, pre-
viously reported missing from Spring
field, Mass.
- The department clerks in Washing
ton are now striving for an increase of
ten per cent on their present compen
satinn, the failure of the twenty per
cent movement having induced them
t. make more modest demand.
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NOTICE.

It having been reported that the Small Pox has
vista the members of n family. lake This m
dunn ot DENYING the rumor-, which We been
circulated to the detrimenl Of my business.
PbILIP WIRTH,
Cor Elizabeth avenue and Market street.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-26
Christian Friendship.

Friendship, founded on the pIinci-
pies of worldly morality, recognized
by virtuOas heathens, such as that
which subsisted between Atticus and
Cicero, which the last of these illus
trious men has rendered immortal, is
fitted to survive through all the vi
cissitudes of life; but it belongs only
to a union founded on religion, to
continue through sn endless duration.
The former Of these stood the shock
Of conflicting opinions, and of revO-
luton that shook the world; the lat
ter is destined to survive when the
heavens are no more, and to spring
fresh from the ashes of the universe.
The former possessed all the stability
which is possible to sablunary things
the latter partake5 Of the eternity of
God. Friendship founded on world
ly principles is natural, and, though
composed of the best elements of na>
ture, is not exempt from its mutabiIi-
ty and frailty; the latter is spiritual,
and therefore uuchanging and imper-
ishable. The friendship which is
fOundedon kindred tastes aud congo
nial habits, apart from piety, is per
mitted by the benignity of Providence
to embellish a world, which, with all
its magni6cence and beauty, will
shortly pass away; that which has re-
ligion for its basis, will ere long be
transplanted in order to adorn the
paradise of GOd-Ro6ert Hall.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-26
The One that Watches the Sheen
VIII Win the Wool.

At large manufactory of jewelry,
IN New Jersey, two young nen were
once working in the same room and
earning equal wages. A foreman be-
ing required for that department one
of the two received the appointment.
Six months after he rose to be fore
man of the whole factory. While he
was holding this position, one of the
two members of the firm suddenly
died, and the remaining partner, soon
finding the cares of the sole proprie-
tOrship too heavy, called his young
foreman to 4 partnership in the
business. Only three months after
his unexpected death left sole owner
and manager the young man only
eighteen months before 4 humble
'jOuIneymaD. His former workfellow
still tolls at the same table, Jour-
neypan still, envying his fortunate
shOpmate and cursing his own ''mis-
cradle luck"
Yet. in fact, luck had nothing
to do with it. The different fortunes
of the TWO men are fully accounted
for by their characters. Both we're
strictly sober, skillrul, and industri-
Gus. But one was I0atchtM of has
employers interest, the other careless.
One was in the habit of leaving work
a day as often as be chose the other
was ever at his post, no matter if pic
mics, parades, ball matches, or target
shoOtings took place. One dropped his
tools on the instant the six
o'clock whistle sounded, the 9TH
er stayed to finish. his job. One
refused to do 0verWork when
orders were pressing, because he
wouldn't be imposed upon ;" the 9th
er was always willing to do whatever
he was called upon to do. He won
his promotion by giving his whole
heart to his trade. DeVoting him
self to the business as thoroughly as
though it were his own, he made it
his own.
His history reminds US of the say
ing of an old shepherd to the boy
who complained that his companion
had left him to tend the sheep alone.
"Never mind, my boy, if you watch
the sheep, you'll win the wool. -
"Seest thou a man diligcnt in his
business He shall stand before
kings, he shall not stand before mean
men, wrote the wise man of Olden
times.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-26
a Wife's Mistake.

y young man connected with a
New Haven daily newspaper, who
goes home about l or 2 O'Clock in
the morning. made a mistake and got
into the wrong door, which happened
to be unlocked. He had scarcely got
in when a rush was made for him from
behind the door a wOman's night-dress
futtering around him, and a pair Of
plump soft arms glided around his
neck. In anothe- second his head
was drawn down, and a warm, melt
ing, luscious, kiss planted just below
his mustache, while a soft voice,
which the young man recognized as
that of his lovely next-doOr neighbor,
asked "My darling husband, why
don't you come earlier?" The shy
young thing I've mean the reporter
shrieked and fed.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-26
SII LITTLE FEET ON THE FENDER.

In my heart there liveth picture
/ OF kitchen rude and old,
/ Where the freight tripped Ger the rafter,
And reddensd the roofs brown mould,
Gliding the steam OF the kettle. =
!. That hummed on the foot-worn hearth,
Throughout all the livelong evening,
Its measure Of drowsy mirth.
Because Of the three light shadows
That frescood that rude old room
Because Of the voices echoed
Up mid the rafters' gIoom-
Because Of the feet on the fender,
Six restless, white little feet:
The thoughts Of that dear old kitchen
Are to me 80 fresh and sweet.
When the first dash at the window
Told OF the coming rain,
OH where are the fair young faces
That crowded against the panel
While bits of freight stealing
Their dimpled cheeks between,
Went struggling out IN darkness,
In shreds Of silver sheen
Two Of the feet grew weary
One dreary, dismal day,
And we tied them with snow-white ribbons,
Leaving them by the way;
There was fresh clay on the fender
That weary, wintry night,
For the four little feet had tracked il
From the grave on the hills cold height.
Oh why, on this darksome evening,
This evening of rain and sleet,
Rest my feet all alone on the hearth stone:
o! where are those other feet1
Are they treading the pathway of viltue
ThatwII bring US together abOveI
Or have they made steps that will dsmpen
A sisters tireless lOye7