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here in this room. | have some
precious times with my, Bible
and hymn book, and the Lord
rreaches to me !" ''''
"You have heard our new
Minister F? How did you like
him ?" wba sal
"Very much. He is Just the
kind Of preacher that we need,
so plain and practical, and so
earnest. We must pray hard
for him, my dear"
elias he called on you, Miss
Anne ?" @.ia aalsl
"Not yet. | haven't expect
ed him, for he has such a large
parish, and so much to do, but
l shall be glad to see him when
he can come"
81 will ask him to call if you
wish 2" ritto s.ri,..i,,
"No, indeed. / wouldn't have
you, my dear. He will come
all in good time, I know"
"Miss Anne, do you ever
find anything to complain OFF"
"COmplain Of! My dear, how
couldI, when my cup is run
ming over with blessings? | do
think | am one of the happiest
women In this town | believe
| have been one of the Lords
children for thirty years, and
He has kept me walking in
green pastures, and beside the
still waters, all the time" n
"But you have had sickness
and pain to bear, and you have
lost dear friends-n ,1q u
"Not lost," interrupted. Miss
Anne, with a tender smile, "I
have good hope that every one
of them is safe in heaven, and
that / shall soon be with them.
The sickness and the pain,
don't hurt my soul 1; they only
worry my poor body a little,
but that is of no account, so
long as / can hold fast to my
Lord"
"But you are poor, Miss
Anne r. E
"Oh, no, no, my DEAR l
am rich! | have every thing |
need."'
"And you have no anxious
doubts or fears ?"
".Mever. l cannot think that
after bringing me all this way
on my journey, the Lord will
leave me to suffer for anything
that is needful. He has prom
sed to keep his children to the
end, and, my dear, He alacays
teeps his word !" ss
And SO I left her, with Heav-
sn's peace shining ON her face,
md Heavens peace in her
soul, andwent on my homeward
way, buffetting the storm and
,ondering the lessons I had
earned Erchaage. ~ ..,S-
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You must have a genius for
charity as well as anything
else. As for doing goad, ,uthat
is one Of the professions which
are full.--Thoreau. 1o' Golieas
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IT is better for a man to be
an advanced oyster than a de-
graded god for in the former
case the path is upward, in the
latter it is downward. det
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/ HAVE always observed that
to succeed in the world we ~ must
be foolish in appearance, but in
reality wise.--MontesquieulodW odW
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MIsrRusT the man who

MIsrRusT the man who finds
everything good, the man who
finds everything evil, and still
more the man who is indifferent
to everything. o. '~h" asAost
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aud Of riches that shall endure

| tar ever"
"Well--yes-y-e-s,th the good
BQok says that, but it does
seem kind Of hard that a body
has got to wait till they're dead,
before they begin to enjoy them
selves Are you going SO soon,
ma'am ? That's always the
lway. No one ever stays with
Ims more'n ten minutes. If you
lsee the minister you may tell
him for me, that when he gets
rcadA I'd like to have him call ;
but itain't likely he will. Poor,
dear Father Senter always came
once . fortnight, as regular as
lclsskEMorlK, but then it didn't
make any difference to hin,
whether a body was rich OF
poor" .....
II will give Mr.. Ritchie your
message, Aunt Patty, and I
think you may expect him to
call soon"
ooh, we'll, he wont. Nobody
ever comes, and when they do,
they don't stay. I'm much
obliged to you for the broth,
ma'am, I'm sure. Goodbye"
| hastened away from Aunt
Patty's door, and crossing the
street raped at the one op-
pOsite. ..s.. t,,s,.
"Come in, come in" cried a
CHEEKY voice. "Why, is it you,
my dear, in such a storm as
this How good you are" and
the old lady sat for me a chair,
her face beaming with pleasure.
''I don't believe there's another
woman in this town that has
such friends as I have" she
continued, taking the pail from
my hand, and raising the cover.
GLOW good this broth does
smell [ kaeaO the Lord would
send me my supper, He ARRAYS
doesw
"Why, have you nothing be-
sides in the house, Miss Anne ?"
"0h, my dear, what more do
| need? This is just what will
do me good, and l am so fond
of it,"
''But, Miss Anne, please tell
me what you had for dinner ?"
81 had crackers soaked in
warm water, and a little salt
sprinkled over. You don't know
how l enjoyed them the salt
gave them such q relish |"
"And what will you have for
your breakfast ?"
"Why, bless you, my dear, 1
don't look ahead so far as that
I'm sure to have something. The
Lord takes care of me, and He
never lets me go a-hungry--|
aeOer."
Show have you been since /
saw you last, Miss Anne ?"
"oh, happy, happy, my dear.
I've my aches and pains as
usual, but only enough for my
good"
els your room warm enough,
Miss Anne? 1t is very cold
weather, and with your dread
fll rheumatism and cough, /
should think you ought to have
more fire." re
"Well, my dear, I manage to
81
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Selected Poetry.
The Origin Of Scandal.

a The Urigin OF Scandal. e
fHA Said Mrs A.. ~ y a
10 Mrs. j.,
In quite confidential way, ..f
VT seems to me
That Mrs. Is.
Takcst0o much-somothing-i her tea"
""@e'A ~ And Mrs ~. ~ aV4 ~
To Mrs. X,
That night was overheard TO say
,ENaM Gu She grieved totoueh'C SON
Upon IL much,
but "Mrs. u. tOOk--such and such!"
Then Mrs. X.
Went straight away
And told q friend the self-same day,
"'Twas sad to think"-
Here camea wink
20 ThatAiy. ID. was fond Of drink" e.
Nl.4g The friends disgust 11Eh'
llei iY4Ll slltl Was such she must 5liflN
Inform lady, (which she nussed,"
"That Mrs. II.
~ rLI-IfCr At hali-past three
q. Was that far g me she couldn't seep
This lady we
Have mentioned, see
Gave needle-wOrk to Mrs. Is.
And at such news
- .1g + Could scarcely choose .ateV
= abut hlrther needle-wOrk refuse. -3tt 3
Then Mrs. b.,
AS yOu'll agree,
Quite properly-she said, saldshe,
That she w0nld track
The scandal back
To those who made her look 60 black
49, - Through Mrs. r. fsstiAA
And Mrs. j.
She got at last to Mrs. A.,
.. And asked her why,
With cruel lie, i
She painted her SO deep dyer
Said Mrs. A.,
In sore dismay,
II no such thing could ever say
said thatyOu
Had stoutcr grew
On too much sugar--which you dol"
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What a Detroit Man Found among
sai His Old Papers. N

lNUW0ll, iuTuILuTC u6dl6T Ou
Michigan avenue, Detroit, set
about overhauling desk filed
with old papers-papers which
had been accumulating on his
hands for several years, until
he could scarcely say where or
how he got the most Of them.
After throwing away a bushel
or more Of the documents, he
came upon a paper sealed and
tied with red tape.
He could not remember hav-
ing seen it before, aud was
amazed when he broke the seal
and read: 'Last will and tesla
ment of Israel Whitworth. ~
Getting further down, he found
that the paper was nine years
old, and that the will gave to
"Margaret Davis, my sister, or
her children, the Gordon farm,
situate two and one-half miles
from st. Joseph's, Missouri, to-
gether with all live stock and
farming utensils, further the
sum of $4,000 in bank in st.
Joseph (unless | shall have
withdrawn it), my gold watch,
my household furniture, and
the one-half what my house in
st. Joseph may bring at private
sale.''
p So read the will as far as the
sister. and her kin were con-
cerned, and then Whitworth
made bequests to several other
relatives. The will was dated
''Detroit, August 10, 1858" It
occurred to Mr.. Rowell that the
will might be of some account
to some one, and he wrote to
Mrs. Davis, directing the letter
to st. Joseph, Missouri. In
about two weeks he received a
reply from her, dated at Weston
same State, his letter having
been forwarded to that point.
She stated that her brother had
been dead nearly eight years,
and that she had never known
of a will.
The property had been divi-
ded among four near relatives
Of the deceased, or should have
been, but three of them had
cheated her out of what fell to
her in dividing up. She fur
ther stated that her brother had
a cousin in Detroit years ago,
and that he was in that city on
a visit about the date of the
will. The cousins name was
signed as one Of the witnesses,
and a Mr.. Johnson, now in Gin
was the other witness.
Rowell sent on the will, and
last he receiveda CRATE
full letter from the woman, who
said that the will had been
admitted to probate there, the
witnesses called on, and that
she had been put in possession
Of nearly $4,000 through his
Iinding the will. o9.
She cautioned him to look
put for an express package, and
will probably send something
handsome. The puzzling thing
of the whole is that Rowell
can't tell where or when he got
The will, nor imagine how the
deceased came to leave it where
{ would fall into the hands Of
stranger. Mr., Whitworth
might have lost it, or left il
where he could not find it, and
inally concluded that it was
destroyed, and for reasons sat
sfactory to himself did not
make another will, The case
S la curious one, but Rowell has
he letters to prove that it is a
rue one. ..lage1a diig qa hsgA ii9s|
MANS unbappiness, as I con-
-Ia1la "a filiiit llNgh Gaf| ltl. gLaNJ
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weather this winter. / never
saw anything like it" N \.
n"We need the rain, l suppose,

saw anything like it," N
a"We need the rain, l suppose,
lAunt42"go4
lsMOtie course we do; but it's
drizzle,, drizzle, drizzle, for tie
most part; and now it's a-snow-
ing and wells II give out, j don't
doubt, for the springs amt a
quarter fdll.' o ass. oH
| 81 see you have had a pres
ent Of a new shawl and cap.
How pretty they are, Aunt
Pattyr' " Am4 4sAs
'1'm glad you like 'em, but
| didn't need a shawl. I've
got two a-ready, I'd liked it
.o ~ "a. Use flllT All. II nfikittffttt tl' 1857
1T it had been D gown and as
for the cap, 7 wish it h8d had =
muslin frill instead of lace, and
black strings instead Of purple.
l never did favor purple. But
there, beggars mustn't be choos-
ers |"
"What a comfortable fire you
have, Aunt Patty ? Are you
we'll provided with coal ?"
"Well, I've got enough to
last a couple of months unless
we have cold snap, and / ex-
'pect We shall /; but | don't
know where the next is coming
from, I'm sure"
szake no Mo@yht for the NOR
roeo, Aunt Patty" ..ta
"That's very well for you to
say, ma'am, when you have a
full pocket-book right to your
hand"
'"I suppose the Master meant
it for the comfort of those who
have not q full pocket-book. II
am sure he will provide for you,
Aunt Patty"
II hope he will, but l don't
feel as sure as you seem to
ma'am."
81 was glad to see you at
church last Sunday. Mr..
Smith was very kind to take
you"
"It amt very often he puts
himself out. l don't suppose
he'd have thought of calling
for me, if he hadn't happened
to be a-going right by the
door. He couldn't very we'll
help it."
"Didn't you like our new
What a good, prac-
tical sermon he gave us. 1t
seemed as though every one
must be benefited by it."
"It was good enough l sup
pose, but it wasn't the kind
that suits me. Iwant strong
meat, and then, I don't like his
ways at all. He ANITA bit like
dear, old Father Senter! What
\ good old saint he was But
here, we don't have any such
preaching nowadays as we used
20 have when l first made a
profession. Times have chang
I'd for the worse, for tile worse.!"
"How many years is it, since
you made a profession Aunt
Patty"
"Well, pretty nigh on to thir-
;y-six years, l believe"
GLOW much you must have
enjoyed, and what experiences
If Gods loving care you must
nave hadl Don't you love to
ook back upon them ?"
"Well, I don't know. To tell
The truth, I haven't enjoyed
much. Seems though I've had
nore'n my share of troubles
Here I'm a poor, lone widow,
wing all by myself, with
'carce enough to keep soul and
'ody together. | expect ! ]
hall come to the poor-house
'efore | die, and it don't seem
ust right.
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Many are sthe marvellous
freaks and jests played by cleo
tricity, sometimes ending in
tragedy. Among the most re-
markable is that Of striking a
person dead, and leaving him
in the exact position occupied
at the moment the shock was
given, just as ifhe were still
alive, and yet 50 thoroughly
consumed as to be nothing but
a mass Of cinders. Thus we
are told that at aVic-sun-Aisne,
France, in 1888, three soldiers
sought refuge from 4 violent
thunder storm under a linden
tree. Some peasants seeing
them stand motionless long .af-,
ter the storm had passed, and
receiving no response to a
pleasant salutation, touched
them on the shoulder.
The bodies instantly crumb.
led to fine ashes! sYetthe mo-
ment before, there was no evil
dence that the lightning had
touched them. Their clothing
was not torn, and their faces
wore a natural appearance The
following remarkable circum-
stance was witnessed by Pas
tor Butler; On the 9th of
July, 1851, ten harVesters took
refuge under a hedge on the
approach Of a thunderstorm.
The lightning struck and killed
four OF them, who remained as
if suddenly petrifed. One of
them was just putting a bit Of
tobacco in his mouth, another
was fondling a little dog On
his knee, with one hand and
feeding him with the other. M.
Cardan relates that eight rhar-
vesters taking their MONDAY re- 9
past under a maple-tree during
a thunderstorm, were killed by
one stroke of lightning. When
approached by their oOmpan-
ions, after the storm had clear
ed away, they seemed to be still
at their repast. I.S o.iIr. I.
One was raising glass to
drink, another was in the act
of taking a bit Of bread, third
was reaching out his hand to a
plate. There they sat as if
petrifed, in the exact position
in which death surprised them.
The following harmless freak
of electricity is recorded by
Flammarion. On the 10th of
September, 1845, during a vio-
lent thunder storm, a house in
the village of Salagnac, France,
was struck by lightning. a
large ball of fire descended the
chimney, and rolled across theH
floor of room in which sat a
child and three women. No
one was hurt. It then rolled
out through the center Of the
Kitchen passing close to the
feet of a young peasant, and
disappeared through a creviee
in the wall. "a Its erratic course
ended in a pigsty, the harmless
occupant of which itdespiteful.8
ly slew, without setting on firem
the straw on which the creature
lay. s.. 81. - 4 .,,.''s, ...' Y,
We are reformers in the
e,......,., o.. - :. 4 ....... - -. -. ...L..s
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Town Property for Sale.

THE Brick House and Lot, know as the
"Hewitt Property" situated on Logan street,
in the mort part OF Macarthur, will be sold on
the most favorable terms. The Dwelling
House Is q One-story Brick, 30 by 90 feet, com
taining neatly finished Rooms. Lot consists
OF 8 acres In good and healthy location, "A short
distance of tho proposed q. McA. Il &. X. II.
line; good well OH the premises, ID kinds Of
choice fruits, 1-9 acre OF shubbery, &c. Lot
can be divided into several parts. Beautiful
residence. CAROLINE BELL.
July 9th, 1S73-1m.
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-InNoTHNG more impairs author
'ity than q too frequentsior IN
discreet use Of it.yseIf thunder
itself was to be continual, it
|weuld excite No mores terror
thanthe noise of a mill. aliosi
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Family Reading.
PEOPLE WHOM I HAVE SEEN.
BY MRS. G. E. X, DAVIS. RT

a uTlVlnS sSlOrlll Is UlllS IlOW
the wind howls and sbrieks
around the house ! How fast
and thick fall the feathery
fakes God help the poor. }
| turned from the, window,
and sat down to the glowing
comfort of a cheerful wood-fire
and a new book, prepared to
enjoy the brief hours of the win
ter afternoon to the utmost. But
somehow the enjoyment failed
to come. Up from the printed
pages group of faces looked
wistfully into mine +; hungry
faces with lean cheeks and hol-
low eyes; weary faces, bearing
the traces of hard and ill-re-
Quilted labor; sorrowfll faces,
out which all smiles had faded;
despairing faces which had for
gotten or were afraid to look up
to the heavens; there, and also,
most touching of all, patient
faces of the poor members of
"the household of faith," crowd
ed the pages of my book, and
seemed throwing back to me
from their quivering lips, my
prayer-God pity the poor
Ill at ease [ certainly was,
and yet not quite ready to
hearken to the inward voice
which bade me go forth and
make good my petition, by do
ing what l could for their re-
lief. 1t was so rough without
so bitterly cold, So
"Ifye place, ma'am, did ye
forget the broth for the ould la
dies ?" Bridget's head, ducked
inside the door, waited an an
swer.
81 have not forgotten it, but
it is so stormy I dislike to go
out this afternoon"
"Indade, thin, the poor ould
craythurs mustn't starve, and
it's meself'll go, ma'am, though |
I've not folded the clothes,
nor" r'a
"Please put the broth into a
~ j. +.
tin pail, Bridget" interrupted,
thoroughly ashamed of myself,
''and | will take it at once"
Fifteen minutes later / set
Iorth, and soon found myself at
Aunt Patty's door. The old
lady sat grooming over her fire,
with her knitting work in her
hands. "Good afternoon, Aunt
Patty. How are you feeling
to-day :" ai sss; sass; |
"Mis'rable, mis'rable, ma am,
hank you. Didn't sleep a wink
asst night; wind a.blowing and
.-thrashing the blinds ,--rain a.
IRVING against the window
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liz who is truly good man
il more than half way to bting
> Christian. BY wlisieysf n6n.s
he y called South. ss NJ,
tfiE ytx's.H
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"Well, I don't know. To tell
the truth, I haven't enjoyed
much. Seems though I've had
more'n my share of troubles
Here I'm a poor, lone widow,
living all by myself, with
scarce enough to keep soul and
body together. | expect ]
shall come to the poor-house
before | die, and it don't seem
just right."
'''e''Have you ever wanted food
and clothing, Aunt Patty ?"
GAS to that I've had enough
as a general thing--such as il
is, but folks like their pick once
in awhile. There's them that
amt any better than I---no,
nor 50 good either, that just
roll in riches. Il cant under
stand it, and I don't expect I
ever shall" - s'i'' i.g
adMf you are really a child OF
God, Aunt Patty, you are sure
Of an inheritance in heaven,
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The WaMassett Investigation.

The following was received to be added
to previous telegram which was not re-
ceivcd;
A license which was exhibited showed
the boat was permitted to carry only fifty
passengers. Instead of that she had three
times as many. The captain replied he
was under the impression that he was al
lowed to carry 100 passengers. so passen-
gers would not pay the expenses of the
steamer.
The Captain was not commander OF the
boat at the time she was inspected last
March. He said the boat was well provid-
ed with all the appliances for saving boat
and lives. There were between four to
five hundred life preservers, only two of
which were known to have been used Not
a soul would have been lost If the engines
had not suddenly stopped.
Robert Nash, the engineer of the boat,
was examined The tillers were shown
and the rods and part of the rope for ten
feet each side of the wheel He had al
WAS IOuIlu lut uteehei'N w "'' ''''
ness. The steamer was as well equipped
as any boat could be. Nothing whatever
was the matter with the boilers to cause
fire. All that was possible to do was done
to save the passengers The flames appear
ed SO suddenly and the boat was so soon on
fire that no one had time to think,
Mr.. Saville was recalled and said, he has
known Mr.. Nash four years. lie wa
a strictly sober ane competent engineer
and was always found at his post and HI
character was as good as that of any engi
neee. The testimony of j. W. Wheeler
clerk, II. w. Granall, mate, Pilot Boswell
John Foreman, fireman, andJ j. w. Reed
passenger, corroborated the above state
ments. Mr.. Reed said everything tina
could he done by the officers to save tn
boat and passengers was done by them 81
far as he could see or know
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A Rcminiscencc Of the Reunion.


The st. Adams Messenger is responsible
for the following story relative to our
townsmap Judge Everts, of the Municipal
court, under the heading of "a Story of
the last War
We couldn't have believed ii without ex-
cclcnt authority, but they say 1t Is true
than an officer of the ------ Vt. Regiment,
after having been introduced to Gen. Rob
nson at the Rutland reunion, caledup half
dozen of his friends two or three times
over and introduced them to him as "Gcn.
Doubleday II was sad case of mistak-
en- identity and there is no way of account
ing for it except on the theory that he must
have smclt the breath fellow down town
who had seen a soda fountain, and not long
after saw the inside of the Jail. But speak
ing of that reminds us of very considerate
act of Hon Martin g. Everts, Municipal
Judge of Rutland When this man, the
only prisoner captured from the reunion
forces during the campaign, was taken be-
fore him, the Judge squintcd bcnignantly
through his spectacles and said you got
drunk didn't your "Yes sir, confess
did" "Well, You came here to celebrate,
suppose--you are one of the soldiers arn't
you?' YES, your honor. but | claim
nothing on that account" "Well, sir,
law OF. no law, feel more like thanking
you for what you once did than filming you
for what you have now done, so you may
60" Let's see-what is il that Shakes
pearc says about mercy becoming "the
throncd monarch better than his crown ?"
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The Jennie Carroll Troupe opened last
evening at the Opera House to large a,l-
dience. in the drama of "Janc Eyre" The
company is strong one and deserves the
patronage of our people. The play last
evening was such as to give but small
idea of the talent possessed by most of the
troupe, having but two or three characters
in it of any prominence. Miss Carroll is
decidedly tragic. Mr.. Bates is cool, care
less and self-possessed- little too much
so last evening, perhaps, for the cynical
part of Lord Rochester. Miss Carroll has
a very pleasing presence upon the stage
a true actress in tone and appearance, and
her smile quite charming. She showed
much power in the first scene with Mrs.
Reed and in the second act tells the story
of Lord Rochester's fall to Mrs Fairfax
with grace of manner and time that is
decidedly natural and Hoicete, ''1.ord
Scatterbran" was well taken by Harry
Buckley, who acted the airs of the fop
with much perfection. Miss Rose Osborn
looked very pretty in the part of "Gengi-
anna" and her becoming dress heightened
her attractions much. Mr.. Coon made Il
very good ''Brocklehurst, perhaps over
doing the character tritle at times, while
Miss Vincent as Mrs. Reed" has hardly
the requisite power for the part
This evening the company appear in the
Last sensation 1.-THE New Mar1alpn and "A
good house is sure to be in attendance.