The Republican journal., 1869-09-16

lie "SIsTER'' OF LORD BYRON The pre-
tended disclosures made by Mrs Stowe. in
the Atlantic Monthly, point to Il ''sister of
Lord Byron as the partner Of the poet in his
alleged crime. Byron had no whole sister
and but one half sister, and it is to the latter
no doubt that Mrs. Stowe refers. Captain
Byron, the poets father, was IL man Of aban-
doncd character, and scduced the Marchion-
ess OF Carmarthcn. His victim was after
wards divorced from her betrayed husband,
and became the mother Of q daughter bv
Captain Byron. The girl whose name was
Augusta, when grown up married Il Mr..
Leigh. Two years after her birth, Mrs. BY
ron died, and the captain married the poets
mother, Miss Gordon. 1t is to Augusta
Leigh that the poet addresses these ma"nili-
cent lines:
! Though the day of my dcsiiny'S over,
-, And the star Of my fate hath declined,
| Thy soft heart refused to discover
| ~, The faults which So many could find;
Though thy soul with my grief is acquainted
1t Shrunk moi to share it with me.
Nnd the love which my spirit had painted
| III never hath found bn in thee.
! Though human, thou tii.lst not deceive me-
I Though woman thou didst not lorSakr
| Though loved, thou forborest to grevc me;
=. Though san,lercd thou never couIlst shake.
| though trusted. thou didst not ,li,clam me-
-, Though parted it was not to fly:
| Though watchful twas not to dtilmc me,
| nor mule. that the world might belle
| From the wreck of the past which hath persisted
! Thus much at least may recall
| 1t hath taught me that what most cherished
Deserved to be dearest Of Ri,
IN the desert Il fountain is ~pringin@.
III the wild waste there still is tree
And bird i'll the solitude singing.
| W Inch speaks to my spirit of thee.
How JIM WIChER's HEAD cor BALD. Jim
Wicker was q comical looking fellow with a
very young face, but by reason Of haVin" no
hair. he looked very Old from his eyebrows
all the way round to the back of his neck
lie was very sensitive about the defect. and
was somewhat celebrated from Il mht he had
with travelling a@ricnlurst who, upon be
ing asked by jim, ''What would cause the
hair TO grow upon his shining poll was adj
viSed 10 ''coyer the top of his head with
guano and plant it down in crab grass" But
Jim wouldn't quarrel with Capt Wild for
that gentleman was not only the host Of the
Fairy Queen, but also had the key Of all e-the
refreshments in his possession: so without
hesitation he enlightened his auditor after
this fashion:
"You see the har always did grow rather
scarce bout my scalp, and was always rub
bng one thing and another to totch it out,
lnOu9n llGlr was niue To be seen above
ground. I'd heard of bars grease. and
bought u gallon in bottles. but | believe it
was nothing but hogs lard and mutton taller
50 thought would have the genuine article,
and l got old Dan to 90 ont and Kill some
thing for my especial benefit. Dan told me
it was in the spring that the bar was in bad
health and out of season but | believed he
was trying to quiz me, and wouldn't take no
for an answer. A short hunt fetched crit
ter at bay, and Dan by a shot in the vitals
saved the yarmint but the bar was in 4 bad
condition, for he looked rs ~ccdy Is IN old
Canadian thistle, and he had hardly enough
in him to keep his joints from squeal.ing but
what he did have got and used and, strang-
cr,' said JIM looking sorrowfuly round on
the company sin two days what har / had
commenced falling off, and in 4 week | was
rs bald us gtnbalrel. Dan was right; the
varmint was shedding himself, and nothing
in him but har-shcddng lie and the consc-
quence is, | can't in the dark tell my head
from Il dried gourd, if depend on feeling