The Union and journal., 1870-12-09

would willingly have sacrificed life NJ the
hand OF another and you know II well
And yet by your hand i died. Cruel
man But II was thoss dimpled cheeks,
those beautiful eyes, not blue eyes, fot
blue ewes cannot murder. and that fascin.
ating smile of my younger sister, which
caused you To murder me. But you have
made mistake; YOU will find it the mis-
take OF n life time. You will find behind
those sweet smiles cold and selfish heart
You will not find my eyes looking down
into your soul. Her smiles win fall
sweetly on all she meets; but you will
receive nothing but frowns at home. You
viii be envied rs the happ lest of men In
the possession Of such an amiable wife;-
while she Is nj the same time driving the
iron down 10 the centre of your soul.n In
the meantime the neighbors had gathered
round and had sent for parson Thompson,
who succeeded. without much trouble In
laying the ghost.
DIR. Hoyey continued in the practice of
medicine ut Quamphcgan till the break
ing out OF the revolutionary war. when he
joined American forces with whom he re-
manned short time. During his stay In
the army an English medicine chest was
captured; this the doctor purchased for
twenty cents; and Il has always been u
bye-word that DR.. Hovey purchased
medicine enough for twenty cents To last
him through life, and perhaps he did. The
book says. Tall oaks from little acorns
grow" and no doubt the doctor charged
thousands of dollars from that chest. But
| hat chast aN,tI ~ hax.a Avt paI ,,f
the brown bread pills, So much used by
the medical faculty Of the present day, as
they were invented by DR.. Emerson Of
Kennebunk about the commencement of
the present century. 1t happened that u
sick woman who lived in the town Of
Wells, had been pronounced incurable by
her physician; but she being unwilling
to die, and knowing that she was not in
the least tinctured with spleen. sent for
DIR. Emerson. After thorough examin-
o,ion. the doctor told her he would take
time TO consider her case. and would call
the next day and let her know what the
prospect was for her recovery. The next
day the doctor came to visit his patient.
and give her box OF pills, which he had
made from the rye and Indian loaf mt the
breakfast table, and said To her that he
thought these would certainly help her.
rs they were made from an article that
hail saved many n persons life. The
woman speedily recovered. and by tho
frequent use Of these pills, lived to n good
old age.
DIR. Emerson deserves the gratitude not
only Of the regular practitioners OF the
Il ,ras Hay hat nf all ,,.nGin1 haa;Iae
After the doctor returned from tho army,
ho went into trade, and continued also to
practice medicine; and by dint Of both
professions soon amassed n fortune; but
he was very unpopular, especially with
the teamsters, who accused him of cheat
ing IN the measurement of wood and lum-
Der; and many other merchants of Quamp-
hesan. mt that day. were considered on n
par with the doctor. But they have long
since gone the way of all the earth and
their places are now filed by better men.
Ii was not many years from Mary's first
appearance before she came second time.
But she was laid without much difficulty.
with q promise To remain quiet ten years.
When the ten years had rolled round the
doctor and his wife must have forgotten
that they were again 10 meet their unwel-
come visitor; for they had been to neigh
bor's to husking, where the doctors
wife, although advanced 10 middle age,
was the belle Of the party; she had a win
ming smile for all present. not even ex-
ccpting her husband, and the poor doctor
actually began to hope that n better day
had dawned. and that they two might yet
dwell together in peace. Late in the eve-
ming the doctor and his wifo started for
home aud happiness, as he supposed, but
In that he was disappointed; for no soon
er were they out of hearing than she be-
gan her usual TRADE. II WAS in vain the
doctor told her how he loved her.
| a iiddlestick for such love! lam your
slave. l had rather be slave on plan
tation than be- tied down to such bulky,
sulky, silly codger rs you are. Your
very looks are enough to make dog
sick. Why don't you 90 and buy me
such q bonnet rs General Is wife
has p
The doctor said he did not know that
she wanted bonnet, but if she did he
was sure she always had money to pur-
chase all that she wished.
We'll. you ought to know what q wo-
man wants without being told l am
abused; even old judge Gripeuns wife
is used better than / am, rs he always
buys all of her clothing and carries 1t
home to her. without ever asking her any
thing about 1t. True. she does not dress
as well rs some. but she has better hus-
hand than you are"
In this way they spent the time till they
came to the door of their house. when To-!
there stood Mary. The doctor seized his
wife's white pocket handkerchief. and
handed il to the ghost, who took 1t. and
did not seem inclined To harm any one.
for she turned up her face for the doctor
20 kiss; but he did not accept the office
Parson Thompson was Immediately sent
for; but this time he could not succeed In
laying the ghost. Old Parson Pike Of
Somcrsworth was then sent for. and when
I he came. the ghost sail-"Parson Pike,
you are pretty good in arithmetic. but you
cannot cypher mo down. Ii WAS dread
! ful time; all the village had gathered
there; both old and young. man and maid,
women and children. Tho lawyers were
horribly frightened; they had been in the
habit OF dealing with evil spirits. but here
was one supposed 10 have come from the
good place. and they had no briefs for
such case. They huddlcd together and
began to think over their sins; and final
! ly requested Judge Gripeum to pray.
The Judge said praying wa, foreign to
the profession of law. but If they would
kneel down no would say over tho Lords
prayer. So they all knclt down. and the
Judge. with ssnctimonious voice, said,
Snow lay me down TO sleep.
Iprsy the Lord my soul 10 keep;
! II I should die before wake,
Ipray the Lord my soul to take"
The town authorities had not called on
any person to net in this business; but II
any OF my readers can find the printed ac-
counts or the town OF Berwick for the
year l'ss. they win there see that Judge