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ohas nainos aud refofoo agrooti ui,oa, and Tic
party waa 10 hnyo loft tho city at o'clnnk ynstnr
day morning on tho Fptt Wayno Road for n
"nock IT woods = foR miles oYor tho gtbto iino'
Only about ton poraons, Including tho Two ,no1,
named, showed np;" but 1t was deolded to get rot
on the train and go as far as Archer ayuuun nni
II any Of tho boys" woso thara to 70 on II
not, to got ont and dooare Tho light "o1f.s Whoi,
DfdgoPort's great artery was renohed. t,r,1y tS,
lads woro found in waiting, and, as inylor
said ho would not ontor tho ring for ]oss thar1
800, md thoro was nd prospect Of rataino that
suE,, tho mob loft, tlio cars, and aasembIod
on tho sidewalk nt tho cornor OF Archor
avouuo and the rnilroad track, to dlscnss s
the situation. Unfortunately, Carr did mt
succeed in getting OF the train, and waa carried
Eastward no ono knows whoro. 1B ho had no no
money with hirn, ho will probably bo nut oil NJ
South Chicago and, tho walking not boing worry
good. will rcach town aome tirao tonight. Hjs
absonco prevented my deiinite agreement a. to
q future aght but tho tplugs " dispersed ,vith
tho understanding that ono viii tnEo place b.
twoen Carr and Taylor within weok. F.~~ ~
Although thiB WAS intendod to bo but a
q scrallllng mntcb," tho object Of It was to Boo
II Taylor amounted to anything. ,Ho is matchei
to fight = Rcd Handed Mike" Of Now York. in
May, and tho "sportB" want to knowit he is is
worth bottlug on. -.
, 1874-04-07

ing the last year.
It was ordered that tho following bills be paid
8. 8. pinnoy, labor, e10 r. Carlt,. name, s1g /;
Martin Bmith, for building six bridges; ga;
Lewis, attorneys foes, s15; Francis Adams, do
fonding tax appeals for 1871, e900.
polico Magistrate Haco submitted IFS report,
md tho B11m OF e2.05 waa ordorod to bo paid him.
- On motion, tho Doarl al journod TO meet Nom
day, April Is.
The election Saturday for Bclool Directors ro-
Hrttod in tho choice Of II. 4. Hustcd for Austin;
j. ". KettlestringB for Oak Park, md Of Mr..
uarrahatl for District No. s.
, 1874-04-07

tho old 0ourt~House ever saw, ho wna buaied not
merely with proving that hta wifo 1nnttlod him
| for monoy, but TINT ho had no money at all,--;
Tint ho' had boen drafnod OF 1t by unluoly spccn-
the srlit to the Supreme Court, whore. 1t was ro-
| .vorscd and romandod on soma technical ground ;
! but ho was again beasou, and agaln appoaod on
| tho ground Of oxooaslyo alimony, but tho fatpp
wero against him. and ho nqunndorod on lawyers
! moro thnn ho tried to sayo from bis vito,
!iis last public appearance was at Springfield,
IN 1871, When I'D presented long petition pray
ing for Tho simplihcation Of the forms OF loyal
procedure. backod By M itolnizod uohpdulo.
showing what he had paid ont to courts and
lawyers, amounting to about $4,000. Fearful
ns this showing Bna Ills petition produced no
effect and 1t sleeps III tho office Of tho socrotary
somo OF bis acquatntancos thought his head
waB turned by bis loases but whilo ilo talked a
!ittlo wildly At timos, he did not loso his senses
10 10 money %attere, and was rs hard at q trado
Whothor he bought lands or stocks. 10 bought
Wtao]y, Gnd he never epont anything. but,
Though ila stores grow, he could not forget Ills
wit9; who bna, Us he thought, conepirod With hor
Intensely as he loved money. uo was PLAIN,
rather shabby III draas, but he never diesBod
n tho ragged fashion OF tho traditional miHer.
no was IN Alitcrato man, but possessed Of
And row for tho ond. Ho diod Sunday cvop-
ing a. t1e Mercy Hospital OF apoploxy at tho ago
of45. Ho WAS quito woll until about eight dnya
ago.Whon he began to suffer from hcart llscaso
PM, aand consequently, moved from bis boarding.
:: Baron Won Glahu was born In small town
,noar Dremorhafsn, Germany, and Ills pnronts,
though poor, belonged to tho nobility. ho came
to this country whom yat quito young aud With
ont means, still he loft fortune which Is oBti-
1natol at about 1890 900, and wh,oh he carnod
ton. i. G. and M At baiIimors. h"'''""" AZ oAar'"a"
EHa waa miser, and Ind but littlo enjoyment
from Ills groat woalth, nor did any ono else on
Joy much Of tt. Not . single act Of chnritv eau
bo recorded during his entire lifo.; money WAS
hia only Joy, and from honrdlng 1t be derived his
only pleasure. But, although ho was cold and
lrcharitablo to every other human being, oven to
his wife, who WAS divorced from him, ,ho loved Ills
little year old gon with all tho tenderness of
good father. On this little boy llo dotted, aud no
amount Of money was too much it required by
bis child, aud to him he beQuoathod his largo
fortune. According to his last will, his body
will be- ombalmod aud sent to Germany whore
he had d tomb built for himself about year
ago.
, 1874-04-07
THE NEW aAs;uompANY.

Tho need Of; an opposition gas company In
Chicago ia apparent. since tho present monopoly
not. only furnishes very poor quality OF gas,
hut chaIges an enormous price for 1t, Several
applications have been made to the Council
within. the past threo ycars for tho necessary
franchise, but the Aldermen, for ,reasons known
to themselves and the persons who would t,e. In
tured by competition, have declined to pass IN
ordinance authorizing the 'establbhunent Of
streets. Among the companies making Applloa-
tfon WaA "The Mutual Gas Company Tho
capitalists Interested in 1t have made three ap-
plloations-the last about two weeks ago. Their
Upon'the rejection Of tho second petition, appli-
cation VAS made to the Council Of Detroit, and
the privileges asked waro conferred. Consider
able difficulty was experienced III getting tho
Aldermen Of that city to pasB an ordnance. The
old Company, which had had things its own way
for many years. charged that tho. projectors Of
the new company were blaokmallers that they
had been proven to ho such in Chicago and had
attempted to feoco them. An Investigation as
to the standing md responsibility OF tho accused
gontlemen rea1ilted In dsproving tho allegations,
and tho franchise Was given them, Thoy are
now furnishing twenty candle gas to tho city and
people Of Detroit for a1.9o . Thousand feet.
nfTs e psHp' pay ssse, oae eau
will burn brighter than tho stuff which comes
through tho pipea.
. Tho main holders Of stock In the "Mutual /"
are lThompaon Doan, D. F. Goodrich, and,A @.
janet janet q. Brown: Fhoso gentlemen represent ] @ =
capital Of 9i2 100000, and one Of them Htatod to-
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday that they had
selected q aite for. works on Tweuty-gocond
to put up IN establishment and distribute
1000, 900 foot ot gas daily within twelve months,
at lesa than two-thjrds Of what Is paid now.
While tho worAs are erecting, tue norossary
pipes will BIO Ibid.
Tho third application Of the Company is now
before the Council Committee on Gas.IAghta,
and 1t remaina to DO soon whether 1t will bo
treated as lts predecessors hive beor.
, 1874-04-07
GLOBE VARIETIES,

TRBNEENDoU SUGGEST
HOUSE CROWDED To THE DOOM!
Promtunnt among thu Specially Artists now engaged aro
ciaty Troupe. Also, "'
JOHN MORRIS tho only Mystic Change Artist living,
M0nEIsT IN! NlcK!.M the World'a Proatia lgttateur.
=, hATaLEEN ONHus In her beautiful Ballads and
malls Gymnaat. -
Miss pAltN1E AVERY, thu Reautltut Cantat.tco.
~TogetheE With ~! !1lTY OTHERS. forming tho most
tiu,o In this city. ' o1 'e
Tue peEiornhnee will conclude with DELEfIANTY
and HENaLEh3 0o1nical bkntoh of
FUN I'M TEIB KITCEIENl
FIrss nogular Ladies' Night, Friday, Apsil 10.
First GtAud Family Matinee, "Wednesday, Arsfi6,
,PttessSSs A. s'e spa lsc extra.
nIonasy, April 1s-tisat appoaEauco of Miss JENNln
and host OF other Speulaltes, due notice ol
, 1874-04-07
DECAY OF pRIzE-FIGHTINa,

There was to haye boon III exhibition of the
"manly att In Indiana, just over the lns, yos-
terday morning. but It failod to como or, because
too,few people put in M appearance. Tho prin-
olpa1a wero Dan Carr and Jim Taylor, who have
already lad one "bout," in which Jim WAS
worsted. Tho former is fat, and tho lattor slim;
but both arc said to 10 plucky and good lghtors.
They are "b1oke,": and, to raise "atake,"
readily aasentod to proposition of tholr friouds
to entor the ring for 4 "atake,"-tl,o host man
to take tho "pot" AL tue arrangements were
, 1874-04-07

Mr.. Alexander Mcdonald clork in the Re-
corder'a Court, yesterday morning had stroke
Of paralyeisi BY which one side Of his body was
rendered helplosa. He was takon to his home
On Randolph street.. :. 49,. A.
=. Me. 8. 8. Merrill, Geueral Superintendent Of
tho Milwaukee d St. Paul Railroad; reached this
city yesterday morning from New York, and loft
for milwaukee, In the avoaing. !.
Tho following members Of Montgomery
Queen's circus and menagorie company are at
the Commercial. !. E. D. Colvin, assistant mau-
ager; Charles Rivers, special agent Philo
NathnnB and Robert johnson, equostrians; Loo
pold aud Geraldine, trapezo performers; Charles
and Carrie Austin. "lghtning musketeers," =" and
@. s. Burrows, gymnaRt. Tho show will open In
: Chicago on tho Goth instant, ind start On the
summer tour GU tho 26th. -.
The Sanitary Superintendent, who is genor-
ally, IN excellent hunor,, .has been unusuhlly
joylnl for a month past aud 20 one could ac-
count for Lis excoeniva mirtt. The secret
leaked out yesterday no has an heir. -
, 1874-04-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Tho regular monthly meeting Of the Eadies'
Aid sooiety of Hahuonann Hospital will DO held
at tue hospital this morning at 1915 o'clock.
A special meeting OF tho Corporation OF the
E1ring Wouen'a Refuge Will 6o held at the In-
etitution at O'Clock p. m. Saturday.
The Board Of Councillors for tho Hospital for
Women aud Children will hold their monthly
meeting at tho Institution, corner Of Pauline
O'Clock.
Rabbi Felsonthal, Of this city, delivered a Loo
ture last evening to quite iarge aud respecta-
bio audience at the leoture.room Of the Uhrlstan
Union, No. ia East Madison atroet His nub-
jeet was "A Dird'a-Eye View OF tho Jewish His-
ity, and at tines became quite eloquent. Tho
only fault found with tho lecture was Ills rapid
delivery. preventing many OF hiH hearers to fully
comprehend como OF tho finest passages. Tho
lecture, owing to his rapid delivery, lasted but
, 1874-04-07
aAotxt


|, :. FINE AND WATER. !
"A ~ rr,ooting Of tho Committee on Firo and
noon, AID. Oorcoran prosiding. There wore, ,alao
proeont commissioners Bharfdaf, and Klokkb, Of
tho Firo and Police Donartmont, mud Aid. Tom
FoloY md poter Muir. The Bubfeot discussed
wah tho rcarectlyo tnnrita NJ lin Dahnonlf ard
5tofnor chemical 1lre-opninc1. Marshal Bonner
aSsu w. a uheh ~ tho matter q aeolginH whoh
~ vneu..onl otshe inc eappro1riatloh would 10 tiaoa
, 1874-04-07

Jamea Miller, charged with larceny, vas be-
! fore Jus,;ue Hoyden voataraav win c,,t,,,,od
hia ca.o n ths mornna ,n;ar an" NM houl,s
Jobn wa1tor nn;,o, 49, .,,.sea a0 -. D..s. '....
waa ~. Ist;,a a so,,,, sse oua o. larceny,
was continued till the 11th inst, under $500
| bonds for his appearance.
r.. 17ar,r,n at,r., 80 = m. v,., M. !,
1arcenunf "faih;n9 frn1,e ~ rto, eaai9ea WIN tne
No sX s}ata atren tro ono MeYgo a
EGy 1easarda rda,e Mesa .:1 Ie!ota Justco
eonn yasse1aay' ano ooneanued I'LL to-dny. under
WV "s"es.
5ustico Doyden'a " black list" contained tho
names Of tHenty-oght Offenders yesterday, tho
| principal charges being drunk aud eisorderly,
to thn an1ounp " ses a, sa;an1i @
| the SUM of s97. ' "@ o'Ae'''A Wv ~ .11"E
1ohn uo,ao..o,> -. ., '..,
ts1 Sonn ~, ho99ereon, another youthful offender,
Re yasTa @ wa na 1a0e nsce
burglary: Els case WIS continued till tho 18th
inst. under 81, 900 bonds, :
+ Eugene Moriarty. thu wbfto.hcaded th;ef
yestcrdsy wa csIicd m bofora Tustc, ns Mo.dan
ea,1so tho Jsiice ~ ''nI n ~ as Suciens 20
Orimiuel Court in bonds Of $500. -
to, 8. n, Swain was arreated satnrf7ov evon,nr nv
Ofloor Koarna for taking letters ant Of Tia hoy h
number Of iatars wern fonn ,nnn hinn mi Ia "a
viii be- tried bofore Commssoncr Hogns ,,o III IL
geoma tn Iava henn n iniior' an1;n1 a;,,css Az
as d kew for oueu,ue tIo hoIoa ani = saci. 1n,
cnrryn9 iattera wor6 mart of hia s luz
~ A4s 1pA'on''
Jndgo aary opened tho Criminal COURT yester-
day morning, and transacted but little business
during tho day The negro boy, Dick Reynolds
Who was held to this court last Thursday BY
ic Justice 'boydon, for stealing lead~pipo on
wabash avenue, gave bail, and was liberated
1fom, the county Jaal,' but only for . few hours,
as Dicks bonda1nap surrendered him during Tho
afternoon. His mother had promised to pay
Mr. joan 7. Young, negro aa1oon-keoner II
no would go. aoeurity for tho young mans ap-
pearanco. Young consented, but not receiving
tho promised reward, surrendered the boy, who
is now in Jail. go. -. :.
.w;,no f7,svau ~. Eau,xd .,,,d t,.. .,,s,u.5
vo,,tba nncd resnoctivnl IL .nd rnar
, 1874-04-07

OF this ho has collected to date s14, ,6sS s., or
about one-eighth. Tile Collectors books wont
to-day to tho County Collector. who will collect
'D' 10'' - '' ''o'' AUSTIN. .'@'.~ :,
Pursuant to adjournment the Board Of Trus-
toes for tho Town of Cicero met ut tho Town
Hall in AuAtin yesterday, McCatrrey in the Chair.
Preaent-Butler, Crafts, Eckart. Herrick, Nc:
hlr. M. E. Young, Engineer, submitted tue
following report Of work done from June 15,
1878 to April !, 1871: juno, u days. s99; July,
ID days, ,slo2 August, "a days. 7176 septem-
yombor, IA days, s112; Decombor, II days, s88;
January. February, and March, plating map
BOOTS, 1900; two days labor On grado-book, SIG.
Total, $780, Of Which sum 9791.6s have boon
Park avon,,o, north Of Chicago avonuo, TINT the
groat want Of that part Of the town north
and west Of tho sand.ridge, is proper drainage.
town Is wost, but There ID no ditch
from the, town-lino to the Dcsplaines River
through tho Town Of Proyiso, with which con
nection can be maae, and, until some outlet Ia
made, the Augusta street drain nude at consid-
orabla toxponse, is merely Sink or reservoir,
which, WHOM filled as 1t now Ia, becomes Of little
use, Oak Park avenue needs an outlet into
which tho surfaca-s7ater at the low place8 can bo
drained BY opening tho bitches at tho sides and
the low places in The street mood to be raised to
cnlverts 9oross Oak Park avanuo bofween All
g1sta stteot md tho tosn line. By putting In
eniyerts On eaoh side Of Oak pari ayonue. At
aast and vest gtroot orosainon as tf,av are
thrown open to public uso, tho water can bo car
ried into the .kugnsta street altsn. aud, whom
some opening is made BY which that can bo re-
loved, the whole difficulty will be provided for.
The report was received, lnal action being do
forred until noxt meeting. 49,. 80.
8. i. Warren and others, representing 1856
feet Of land on Central avenue, entered q protest
against the proposed sidewalk upon that avenue,
representing It uB reeiesa o1uouditure tiere
being already walk the entiro distance, except
, 1874-04-07

Tho Chicago .Briokmakora' Association hold
their aemi-monthly mooslng yesterday after
noon. At No. 2oo Lasauo slroot, tho Presdont OF
the Association, Mr. Henry Jones, In the chair
Presont, g. B, Cobb. N. EiBendrath, tho Score
tary md Trcasuror Of tho Association, and about
thirty memberH.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16
NONIllEnN RAILROAD.

1873. WINTER ARRANGEMENT 1873.
On and after Dec. 8, 1873, Passen
" ger Train will run us follows:
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at 1910
A.. M and Accommodation Train at 1915
4 .MNlor White River junction, connecting
with train for Well River, st. Johnsbury,
Barton, Newport, Willoughby and MagoS
Lakes, Stansicad, Quebec, BATH, Littleton,
Lancaster and thcWhite and Franconia
Mountains. Also, withtrains for Mont
pelier, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington, St.
Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal, OgdenS.
burgh, and the West.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Concord at
3.97 p. NJ for White River Junction. Bristol.
EVENING EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Concord
at $50 p. NJ. for White River Junction, CON
Meeting with trains for Montpclier, Burling-
ton, st. Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal,
Ogdensburgh, and the West.
*Or on arrival oil trains from Boston, WOr-
ccstcr, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWN. ARD TRAINS
tMoRNING EMPRESS TRAINleaves White
River Junction for Concord at l.50 A. NJ, or on
arrival of trains from Ogdcnsburgh aud Mon
treal. This train is run to Boston on Sunday.
ACCoMMoDATIoN TRAIN leaves White Il.
junction for Concord at GOO An
+BRIsT0L TRAIN leaves Bristol for Concord
at $50 A. N. and Franklin at 9.05 A. NJ.
mail TRAIN leaves White River junction
for Concord at 1925 p. NJ, or on arrival OF
trains over the Vermont Central, PasSumpsic,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EMPRESS TRAIN leaves White river
junction at 500 p. NJ, or on arrival OF trains
from Montreal and Ogdensburgh, Brattle'
boro, Keene, Bellows Falls, Windsor, NC,
connecting at Concord with train for Man.
chester, Nashua, Lowell aal Boston.
tThesc trains connect Mt Concord with
trains tor Manchester, Lawrence, Ports
mouth, Portland, Nashua, Worcester, New
York, Lowell, ard Boston.
GEO. L. TODD, Supt.
Concord. n. H., Dec Sth 1873.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16


The London Dietetic Reformer
shows by scientific data, that wheat
meal, which is cheaper than bolted
meal or fine flour, contains one-third
more nutriment than flour does, from
which the bran has been sifted. Fine
flour, according to this journal, is not
food at all, in the proper sense of the
term, that is, the elements of the grain,
which are separated in the process of
boiling, being essential to perfect
nutrition, those who use fine -four are
obliged to subsist mainly on other
things, or lose their health-that no
one, therefore, who makes bakers
bread a principal article of diet can
long maintain health, while those who
use wheat meal bread, unfermented
and unaaulterated, can maintain their
health with very small addition of
other foods.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16

If the committee to investigate
the operations Of the District of Col
umbia Ring should go to work in
earnest, which is not likely, the Ring
might take a lesson from the Cont
House thieves of Saroer county, Ar
kansas. A commission was preparing
to investigate the records of the
county, which, says correspondent
Of the Little Rock Gazette, we're too
rotten to be seen by honest eyes, and
Court House, records, and papers
were all destroyed on the 4th inst 1t
is not the first time that an inconve-
nient investigation has been baked by
fire.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16
w |. GOODS & GROCERIES
GEORGE ". PAUL,

w l. GOODS & GROCERIES!
GEORGE ". PAUL.,
has on hand and is receiving every few days
cnolcu su,uutu.. of rUuI OnOCEnIED.
consisting Of
Japan, Ooloug, and Y. II. Teas, Su-
CARS, Moasses, Cohecs, Pure
Spices, Cream Tartar, Soda,
Horsfords Bread Prepare
ton, Chocolate, Broma,
Cocoa, Raisins, Currants,
Citron, Pembroke Table
Salt, Kcnnedy's Butter, So
da. Graham, Wine and Pic.
mic Crackers, Common
Crackers, Soaps Starch,
Candles, Chewing and Smoking
Tobacco, all kinds, Sou'hmayd's
Pure Confectionery, &C., dc.
CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR,
Cod Fish, Cider Vinegar, Kerosene Oil, Stone
Ware, Brooms, Pals, &c, all of which will be
SOLD VERY LOW FOR CASzn.
Call and see toriyourselves.
Woodstock, September, 1871.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16

BROWN BREAD. Many of the direc.
tions for making brown bread require
useless labor in stirring the rye into
the scalded meal, steaming, etc, and
the product is no better that by the
following process, which makes the
bread equal to the best: "Take one
quart Indian meal; l pint unbolted
rye, sitted l cup molasses; l table.
spoonful salt; teaspoonful soda
milk enough to make thick batter
put in an iron kettle, or what is better.
an earthen milk dish, we'll creased
cover the whole with an inverted
plate, large enough to prevent its sink.
ing in the batter; bake about three
hours. Allowingit to remain in the ov-
en- over night improves it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16

BALLoU's MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR
MAY.-We do not wonder that all
classes are eager to welcome a month
ly issue of this popular magazine, for
it contains just such stories as suit
every one The variety is so great
that every taste is suited,
Remember a pretty little Chrome
goes to each subscriber. Published
by Themes q Talbot, SO Bromfield
Street, Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16
'Ehr Sad part OF Summers liz.
[Chicago Times letter.


Can man pass the age Of sixty
without woman steps over his line OF
life to bless or blast The part which
wife played in the existence OF
Charles Sumner wa, a sad one. 1t
might be dragged to view now but tol
the womans own act. Only two Of
three days ago his divorced wife made
application, through her attorneys,
for the privilege to marry again. The
divorce was Of Summers seeking,
and by the Massachusetts, law she
could not take a second husband
while the first lived without special
permission from the Courts. Summer
went to his death cheered by no wife
ly prayers. His pillow was smoothcd
by the highest Of the land, and the
men who a country honors stood by
and groaned in spirit as he passed
away. And the woman who had
been his wife, whom he put away on
account of incompatibility, was at that
time wondering how long it would be
ere the Court would hear and decide
the petition which should give her tc
the arms of a younger man. Can any
body die without making some body
glad?'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16

"A Nebraska Journal invitingly
says: "Who says farmers cannot get
rich in this State? Fifteen years age
a young man came to this State with
out dollar in the world. Last week
he went out of the State, carrying
with him the sum of one dollar and
thirty eight cents, the savings of tif
teen years of frugal life. Come West.
young man. come West.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16

"A poison of any conceivable de
scription may be rendered almost in
simultaneously harmless to most per
sons by swallowing two gills Of sweet
oil. An individual with very strong
constitution should take twice that
quantity. The oil will neutralize ev'
cry form Of vegetable or mineral poi
son with which doctors are acqumn-
ted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16
Stay 'a-1ittIe Longer.
BY ETHEL LYNN.

The summer time had fitted BY
Briskly November trade was coming
Sweet summer idleness had passed,
And should homeward journey drumming,
But strange reluctance, slight at first,
To home return grew daily stronger;
Because-the deacon's daughter said.
~ wish you'd stay little longer"
And so staid. What can one do,
When deacon's daughters, young and pretty,
Declare the town will lonely be,
When Someone leaves it for the CITY /?
And thus one day it came to pass,
70 know my fate at last sought her
Laid down my true love at her feet
Then asked the deacon for his daughter.
Ever his glasses, big and bright,
The deacon looked in simple WONDER
Then wiped them with his kerchief SOFT
And looked again-through them and under.
He said that "May was but child
In fancy must surely wrong her y
And ended all by telling me.
with him she'd stay little longer"
But when her eyes like vi'lets filed
With dew up to their silken brim,
The good old father gave me May,
Altho' his own old eyes were dim
And solemnly he spoke at last
''When cares and sorrows come to throng her.
You must be kind, as have BEEN
For l can stay but little longer"
year All me, how brief and sweet
That happy time well remember;
While Spring chased Summer o'er the hills,
And Summer tainted in September
Then, when the last pale rose was dead,
They told me that my wife was going,
And pointed where the petals white
Down on the ohurchyard grass were showing.
prayed and asked if it might be
She should be spared to lis who loved her.
But still the roso-leaves, one by one,
Fell softly down, around. above her.
All like dream it seems to me,
All like sad and solemn story,
Ofhow an angel staid awhile,
Through winter snow and summer glory.
I'm waiting now, till faith in sight
Grows with such trustful waiting stronger
I've work to do on earth for Him.
And sol stay q little longer.