Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-05

ing dead drunk. And not to give more
examples. Sergeant Cross who led the IDLE
mob, published sheet called the oatuII
day Review" and lived by blackmalllng all
respectable public men.
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
We were fortunate in making the &C,
quaintance of Capt. and Mrs. Brown and
sailing over to Sydney in his ships, the
" A II. Stephens" 1t was no relation OF
the Georgia Stephens, he was careful to sat
isfy me on that point He himself how
ever, claimed to be of the celebrated Jonn
Brown. He was more nearly related TO
him in spirit than in blood. When the
American flag was nearly driven from those
seas, he took great pride in sailing 1t and
was always true to his colors. When the
officers of the Shenandoah were feted am
ongst others by American merchants IN
Melbourne he offered to be one OF num-
Der to board the pirate and burn it up.
One Sunday, an invalid barely able to
rise from her couch of suffering, went out
into the calm beautiful sabbath light, as
directed by the doctors to take little ex-
ercise As her steps were assisted she did
not seek the usual beaten path, but slight
elevation at little distance. Here, as she
rested, the harbor lay beneath her in full
view, and amongst the shipping fOated the
stars and stripes of the A. H. Stephens
How eagerly her eye drank in the sight.
She forgot the beautiful panorama of sea
and shore that lay around her. She be-
held other skies and other scenes. It call
ed up her early childhood, her distant
ha nj ri
the group of friends gathered for worship,
the heaven to which loved ones had gone,
whom she mustso soon follow. She drank
in health with the sight; far from that
home she began to improve Surely this
was no sickly sentiment. 1t was >" Cos
pei Of the kingdom" that foated from that
mast head. Blessings on the bold patriot
ic captain who always showed his colors
the blessing of those ready to perish"
come upon him. The stars and stripes he
held at more than marketable value
His ship was not to be sold any more than
his country. He would as soon think Of
! changing his faith as his flag. He trod
firmly and stood erect on the good ship as
on his own acres. He felt at home under
the ttars, for they shone from his native
heaven.
BIDDING GOOD BYE.
We had made acquaintance and formed
friendships which made it hard for Us to
leave. We had taken household articles
from home with Us that we must sell or
give away. " Somany times as a man does
remove so many times does he die" And
/ it were easy leaving our thing" behind
Us, were we to need them no more our
+ selves. Mrs. T. sold her piano. | dispOs-
ed Of my books. They are what minis
ter gets first and parts with last. Old vol
umes seem 50 like old friends.
Atsuch leave takings the ludicrous comes
up as well as the pathetic; as we find eve
/ rywhere in the many cOlored web of human
! life 4 purse Of gold pieces which was
! presented to Us was entirely unexpected
and came quite convenient. But why
should they have loaded US down with
books and why Of all books with the BIZ
/ Bile, in ever so many volumes? \ minis
ter poor man must never be left to choose
/ for himself The bible is all he is suppos-
ed to need. And he may in time get as
many copies given him as there are dupli-
Gates of the true cross. | hope your good
/ readers will not mistake me- | am ready
/ to receive books now, especially bibles
The more the better. They may bring
them, all at once. Though | confess I have
one small copy lett, and being a life mem
Der in the Bible Society may be able to
draw another.
If c. d. gave Us bibles that cost Us so
much for freight, A. B. saved us expense
by asking valuable piece of furniture to
remember Us bv." He never thought of
paying for it. 0 no His remembrance
was worth so much And it is so satisfac-
tory to think he would not have remem-
bered Us unless he saw that beautiful piece
of furniture in his parlor. We are not
likely to forget him. But ministers meet
everywhere with such very atiecti0nate
people. When | have leisure l mean to
transports colony Of them out to an island
in the Pacific. They shall be all c6qrac-
tors, / give notice | shall receive none
without a character) and your readers will
have rare time visiting them. Our friend
the mikman afterwards gave us 4 poodle
as we were going away. The animal was
too sagacious to touch milk. He knew
where that came from, and preferred tea or
coffee. Then we received a canary We
had not the heart to refuse it though we
had left one at home Whereby hangs q
tale The captain had cat, quite surpas-
sing the famous " hoosier' and worthy 10
be sent As present to Mr.. Beecher or the
president. He was a magnificent animal
The ship was his home. He had been ar
Ound the world in it ever so often; making
short visits at different ports but always re-
turning in season for the next trip. Dick
ev the canary had never been introduced
to his catship; and as he was singing in
his cage one day on deck Thomas made 6
spring at Dick Mrs +. who was knitting
near at hand, made a spring at Thomas
| The cat made spring for life at the life
boat slung alongside, but missing his foot
, ing fell into the water. The man at tho
helm, the only one on deck, made q spring
at the bucket which he threw overheard al
| directed by the man who took the wheel
, The ship scorning the lighter hand thai
: guided her. sprung out of her regular
f, course and the captain sprung on board t
! see what was to pay Just as Ihoma.
3 sprung into the bucket and was drawn OF
board vomiting salt water. That was ia
{ Their lively spring time and made gen
+ eral stir all round 4 cat they say ma1
: look at king; but Thomas, after that
turned away his eyes from Dickey But
| am anticipating and have said enough 70
= the present about presents.
t UPS AND DOWNS.
; The sun rises and sets. the moon wake
! and wanes, the sea Gibbs and flows, mel
/ come and 60, the year springs and falls ant
we all have our ups and downs I am no
' about to spin an essay on this subject, bu
= to mention few cases of the extreme al
e formations of fortune in the circle of per
; sonal friends | left behind me- As tn
tides in the Bay Of Fundy are sudden an,
5 extreme, so are the vicissitudes of forum
7 in those gold regions.
q F once did a large business in Lon
don, owned a residence in Brighton and be
sides living in style laid by several thou
sands a year. His history in Australia wa
{ a series Of failures. He came over to Ota
go and kept a small shop with no bette
{ success. The last l knew of him he a
1t qualified himself to teach a country schoo
) Mrs. NJ, a friend Of DR.. Reed Of Lon
: don, came out to Auckland, married a per
: son Of wealth who became unfortunate
: She kept two or three cows and always cI
y fered visitors glass of milk.
3 Mrs. c. was ministers widow. He
IS husband lost his health, went into bushes
II but failed, and died of consumption in ez
e IRENE want. She lost her reason, till b,
2 nevolent persons took care of her, whe
/ she was restored.
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