davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
:. 80, a. WEBSTER editor and Proprietor
T,LTkJ Q7TTUl,T-
AFTER THE BALL.

They "a, ana conbed ibtir beautiful lair,
ih"ir!pnr. bright trrsseR Que by one.
As they laughed aud talked in their chamber tn
After til" rcvcl way done.
Idly they talked Of walt: and Iuadrilc,
idiS they laughed. like other girls
VINO over til" fire, when all is still,
'phlh oRi thcir braids and C,lrs
-kohc" Of satin.aIid Brussels lace,
Knots oi flowers, and ribbons too,
Scattered about in every place,
After the revcl is through. .''
Anl Maud and AIadge III r6beA of white
The prctt!est uIght-gowns under the sun
Stockingiess. slipperlcss, sit in tho night,
After tho revcl is done.
rs'it and comr their beautiful hair,
Those wonderful waves Of brown aud gold,
ll!t the fire is out in the chamber there,
And the little bare feet are cold. =
When out Of the gathering winter chill.
Ana ont nf the bitter St. Agnes weather.
VINE the fire is out and the house is still,
Maud and Ma'lGe together
Maud and Madgc, III robes OF white,
The prettiest night-gowns under the sun,
Cnrtainet away from the chilly night,
After the revel is doLe.
Float along in splendid dream
10 golden gittcrns tinklng tone
Nlile thousand lusres Rhimmerinu stream,
II palaces grand saloon.
Flashes of jewels and futter of aces,
tropical odors sweeter than musk,
Men and women with beautiful faces
Aud eyes of beautiful dusk.
Ald one face shining like star,
one face haunting the dreams OF each,
Anu one voice, sweeter than others are
Breaking in silvery speech.
Telling through lips of bearded bloom
All Olu, Old stOry DER arain
rs down the royal hammered room.
10 golden gittcrn's strain,
Two and two they dreamily walk
Mhie an unseen spirit walks beside
Ana al! unheard, i'll lovers talk,
lte ciaimeth one .or his BRIDE
On; Ma,d and Madg", dream on together,
WIN never pnng Of jealous fear!
s,,.T iTrh me bitter st. Agnes weather
"ha,l Written another year
h"neo tor the bridal and robcd for tho tomb
braimed brown hair aud golden tress,
,,re II oe only one of you left for the bloom
vi the bearded lips to press.
only ono robe for the bridal pearls.
u" robH of satin and Brussels lace
only on: to blush through her curls
At SIGHT Of a lovers face
., beautiful NTadge, in your bridal white,
For you tn" rcvcl has inst begun
Blt for her who sleeps in yolIr arms to-niph.
The revel Of Life is done!
But robed and crowned with sanity bIisR
Hnceii rf Heaven and bride of the SUM-
o. beautiful Maud, you'l never miss
The kisscH smother has wan
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

age to brave her rcprOachcs. Now
Charlie, will you act us mediator, ant
mako known this chunGe in my views =
"Why, uncle" he answered, and
was almost sure that | saw Il gleam ol
mischief i'll his eyes, something extra,
ordinary must have happened. You
arc not usually SO fckle !"
"NYe won't discuss the matter" said
I, in m irritated tone. :" Will you, or
will You not, grant my reqnest?'
OF course, [ WILL" he replied ;
:" but it is difficult task. The poor
child will be so disappointed !"
! detected Joyous ring i'll his
voice, and [ looked at him rather sus-
piciously.
His diplomatic mission was success
ful, however. Late in the afternoon.
Katie came down into the library where
[ was sitting. had never seen her
look prettier.
ooh, Mr.. Raymond p she said,
eagerly, "I am 50 glad that You have
changed your mind | It was so unex-
pected yesterday. I never dreamed
before that you loved me in any other
way than rs q daughter"
Was this acting? was she trying to
deceive me in her sweet unselfishness {?
Then you never loved me ?" [
asked.
" Dear Mr.. Raymond, you know bet
ter, she answered &c only it was not
exactly the kind of love one ought to
feel toward a husband You are rs
dear to me ms If yon were my own faith
er; but you are so much older than |,
that-that-"
She hesitated, and did not finish her
sentence. l remembered nv gray hairs
with pang Of mortified vanity. Was
not the ghostly visit enough2 Must
he tortured in this manner afterward I?
The veil was torn away from the de-
lusion [ had cherished. Alas I HAD
misinterpreted her childish affection.
1T might be that she loved another. +
looked down into the face where vivid
scarlet glowed, and read her secret.
'N1y dear child" I exclaimed, at
tempting to control my agitation, "tcll
me everything"
"Oh, Mr.. Raymond" she answered
in confusion, "Charlic has asked me to
be his wife,
The rascal No wonder that he re-
maincd with her GHch :. long time that
morning no wonder that he boasted of
the satisfactory manner in which every
thing had been explained.
Ihe lmpudent fellow J" l muttcrCd,
impatiently. "What did you answer,
child spn tTnn love Li,r??'' ,-,.''
Low and soft the answer camo -
eyes"
The llcart of a woman is n mystery
that [ cannot fathom J. was certainly
outwittcd by my ncpIr}w. Ho might
have been afraid, however, that my
conscience would reproach mo if Katie
showed her disappointment. 1 have
littlc doubt that she loved mo far better
than she would confess.
All, well they wero married in due
time, and we are all living together.
The dear children do everything they
can to add to my happiness.
Katie is still beautiful woman, and
Charlie is the staff of my old age.
never saw the ghost again. In fact
| have good reason to think that the
mysterious visitant was certain grace
less nephew of mine, who had fallen in
love with Katie. Of course I forgave
the deception long ago, AZ it saved me
from terrible mistake.
| am much happier, probably, than if
l had married the young girl whose
heart belonged to another. I am not
certain, however, that she did not nc
cept Charlie from piqne at my rejcc-
ton. Any way, he has made her good
husband.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

-" How is your church getting on ?"
asked friend of rigorous Scotcllman,
who had separated in turn from the
Kirk, the Free Church, the United
Presbyterian and several lesser bodies.
f" Pretty weel, pretty weel. There's
nobody belongs to 1t now but my
brother and myself, and I'm mo sure
OF Sandy's soundness."
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
Early Marriages..

Discussion in the British house of
commons on the subject brought out
Information as to the earliest ages at
which marriage may be legally solemn
lied in each of the states of continental
Europe. In Austria it is II for both
sexes; Hungary, II for males, 70 for
females Russia, Is for males, 1G for
females Turkey, "a soon rs they are
able; Italy, Is for males, Is forfemales;
Prussia 18and ID; Franco and Belgium,
Is and Is; Denmark 90 and 1G; Greece,
Il and II. In Hesse Darmstadt and
Baden the consent of parents is nee
essary i'll the case of men until they
have completed their 25th year in that
of women until they are 81. The COM
plction Of 18 years by males and 16 by
females is necessary in the Netherlands,
and III SAKE. Coberg Gotha no male is
permitted to marry before he has at
tanned his 21st year. In Saxony the
legal age for males is IS; for females
16 years. According to the amended
paragraph Of tho HInUw German civil
marriage bill, the ages would be re-
spectively 20 and 16 years, instead Of
Is and II, as in the draft bill. In somo
OF the cantons of Switzerland tho law
MS to the ages of tho contracting
parties is as high as 20 years for mules
and II for females, and in others rs low
az II for males and ~ for females.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
Wheeler 4 Wilson's Sewing Ma
chimes.

We call attention to the Wheeler &
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well-known Company has the
most advantageous facilities for supply
ing the public with Sewing Machines,
on rs favorable terms as the business
will allow. They warrant all their
work, and it is matter of impor-
tance to the purchaser to deal with
Company whose position and perma-
nence give assurance that their guar
anty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and Offices throughout the
civilized world, for furnishing needles,
thread and other necessary supplies,
and have on established reputation for
reliability and fair dealing.
The conspicuous triumph of Messrs.
George Steck & Co., of New York, Mt
the Vienna Worlds Fair in 1873, at
which their pianos obtained the highest
award-the only gold dmedal-has begun
to yield them substantial fruits. The
increased popularity of the Steck in
struments is noticeable not only in New
York, where their excellence has long
been acknowledged, but throughout tho
country, and moro especially in those
communities that lay special claim to n
cultivated musical taste. -NeW York
Iidepentlcnt.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

-"Herbert, said perplexed mother,
Why is it that you're not n better
boy?" Well" said the little fellow,
soberly, looking up into her face with
his honest blue eyes, &C suppose the
real reason is that don't want to be p
The child gave the real reason why all
OF MS, big ne woll as little, are not bet
ter than we are.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

HOME LIFE.-1t is the fashion of rest
less and ambitious women to despise
home-life as too tame, too narrow, too
uneventful for them. They long for a
wider arena, set well in the view of the
world, whereon to display their gifts or
their requirements and they think
this claustral home, this uneAciting
family of which they form part, un-
worthy of their efforts. And yet in
reality the art of living well Mt home,
and making the family life success, is
just as great in its way, if not so i'm
portant in it's appnrent-but only ap-
parent-reaults, as the finest shades of
diplomacy and the largest transactions
of business. All sorts of talents, both
moral aud intellectual, are wanted for
the task /; and it seems slightly IRA
tlOnal, to desplse as futile qualities
which SO few Of us are strong enough
to possess, or to rate them as beneath
the regard of high-minded people, when
not one in hundred has wit enough
to employ them to satisfactory issue.
YIELD LITTLE. 1t is better to yield
a little than to quarrel great deal.
The habit of standing up, as people
call it, for their Qittle) rights is one of
the most disagreeable and undignified
in the world. Life is too short for the
perpetual chickering's which attend suoh
disposition and unless very mo-
mentous affair indeed, where other peo-
pies claims and interests are involved,
it is question if it is not wiser, hap
pier and more prudent to yield some
what of precious rights than squabble
to maintain them. True wisdom is first
pure, then peaceable and gentle.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

AprREHENsloNs OF DRoUTH.-Says
tho Sugar Planter: Our planting friends
have serious fears Of long dronth so
soon as the rrc ont rains pass away,
and with some show of reason. AS We
have stated in previous issues Of this
paper, tho rains nave boen almost inces-
SAINT since December Last, giving our
farmers and planters but little oppor.
tuni'y to get their fields in order for
cultivation. Now, it seems to follow,
rs Il rule, that long rainy spells produce
drouths of an almost equal duration,
and should the rulo hold good in the
present instance, it would be wise to
mako preparations to meet it. While
every ono will usc his own Judgment in
the premises, we desire to offer one
word of advice, and that il to plant as
deep as possible and hill up we'll when
the shoots are above ground the proper
height. Plenty Of soil aronnd young
plants hold the moisture, and should
the anticipations of drouth be not
realized, little labor will remove any
superhuous soil from cane, cotton and
corn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03

dishes and knives and forks and spoons
and many other things to be borrowed.
The MIC had to be butchered and dressed,
the square table to be pieced out, fuel to
he brought from the woods and chopped !;
countless pals of water from the spring.
All the plantation had to be ransacked for
eggs-the garden and fields were secured
for vegetables. melons. and fruit. Pete
was sent six miles for bag of apples
from LaAIai's orchard, the only one in the
neighborhood Andy had to go to the
mill with bag of corn before there could
be any bread for dinner, for "light-bread'
which with the Northern people is the
staff of life, is with Southern people
knick-knack.
1t was approaching ten O'Clock, and
Aunt Cindv was getting pannlcky; not
that she distrusted her abiities-she be-
lieved in herself as she did in the Metho-
dist Church. But" she said, ''niggers
amt to be pended pom, specially dat dar
Tony 1t was about this hour that n
very important article in the get-up din
ner was found to be missing-namely,
sa t. She went into Mrs. Burgess with the
intelligence. This lady was gathering a
ruflle for the neck Of her dress, and was
by ali odds the most composed person on
the plantation Mrs. Burgess made the
usual suggestion of sending to Mrs. PHIL
potts. Aunt Cindy went her way, but
in moment was back: "We-all amt got
10 blackberry cordial ter pass 'roun' wild
dat dar poun' cake" she said.
iCOSrISCED TOMORROW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03

SYMPTOMS-Wa ant of appetite, rising Of food
and wind from the stomach, acidity of the stomach
heartburn, dryness and wilderness of the tongue in
the morning, Of distension in the mach and
bowels, sometimes rulbling and pain cost veness
which is occasionally interrupted by diarrh@a
paleness of the urine. The mouth 10 clammy, or
has sour or bitter taste. Other frequent symp
toms waterbrash, palptation OF the heart,
headache, and disorders OF the senses, as seeing
double, etc. There is general debility, languor and
aversion 10 motion: detection OF the spirits dis
turbed sleep, ana frightiul dreams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
RELIABLE EVIDENCE.

MIR. II. X. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-I Will most cheer0lly add my testi.
mony to the great number you have already lie.
ceived in favor of your great and good medicine,
Vegetine. for do not think enough can be said in
its praise, for was troubled thirty years with
that dreadful disease. Catarrh, and had such bad
coughing spells that IL would seem though I
co aid never breath any more, and Vegetine has
cured me; and do feel 10 thank God all the time
SO think it one OF the best medicines for coughs and
weak, sinking feelings at the stomach, and advise
everybody to take the Vegetine, for can assure
them it is of the best medicines that ever was.
MRS. l.. GORE,
Corner Magazine and Walnut streets, Cambridge,
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
All D!sf asses OF the Blood.

II Vegetine viii relieve PAIN cleanse, purify ahG
cure such diseases, restoring the patient to perfee
health after trying different physicians, many re N
edies suheriug Tor years, Is It not conclusive proc
IL you ire a sufferer, you can be cured? Why is
this medicine performing such great cures? IL
works in The blood, in the circulating fluid. IL can
source OF disease origina cs in the blood and no
medicine that does not act directly upon ii, to puri
iy and renova'e, has any Just claim upon public
attention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
Gained Fifteen Pounds of Flesh

SOUTH BERWICK, Me, Jan. IL 1872.
ii. X. STEVENS, ESQ.
Dear SRI have had dyspepsia in its worst form
for the last ten years, and have taken hundreds oil
dollars worth of medicine without obtaining any
relief. In September last commenced taking the
Vegetlne, since which time my health has steadily
improved. My food digests well, and have gained
fifteen pounds OF flesh. There are several others
in this place taking the Vegetine, all have Obtained
relief Yours, truly,
.4t5. THOMAS Il. MOORE,
Ovarseer OF card room, Portsmouth Co.'S Mile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
What I Know About Vegctine.
SOUru BOSTON, Mny Q. 1870.

SOUTH BosToN, May .. 1870.
II. X STEyESs, ESQ:
Dear SRI have had considerable experience
with the Vegeiine. For dyspepsia, general debility
and impure blood, the Vegetine is superior to any
thing which have ever used. | commenced tax
ing Vegetine about the middle of last winter, and
alter using few bottles, 1t entirely cured me OF
dyspepsia, and my blood never was in so good con
dition as at the present time. IL viii afford me
pleasure give any farther particulars relative to
what know about this good medicine to any one
who will call or address me at my residence, 3s5
Athens street. Very respectfully
MONROE PARKER,
1856 Athens street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
Kennebec Savings Bank

This Bank Is not required to make
returns to Assessors.
Deposits made on or before tie l0th day of any
month aoal be dated back TO the first day Of tie
same month.
On First Monday in May and November of each
year dividend will be made on all deposits stand
ing at those dates, which have been on deposit one
fun month";
Money deposited in Savings Banks il no. to be
taxed to depositors hereafter.
Dividends as soon as declared are added to the
principal, thus compromising the interest every six
months.
Loans made to depositors on depositing their
Bank Book as security.
once In Freemans Bank Building.
F.H. ADAMS, Treasurer.
w. =. HALLETT, President. sd
Augusta, Jan. 2S. 1875. m -r jan29 f&wu
HayinG Tools,
.q7epAT
WILLIAMSON 4 GREENwOODs's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03

AL
COOKS CHEAP STORE,
before and in order to dc so he has REDUCED his
prices on many articles. Come and buy at our
reduced prices.
Nice Toilet Soaps reduced from 10 to5 cts.
Mems Cotton Socks reduced 70 cts.
Ladies', striped Shawls reduced to 90 cts.
Ladies White Hose, 8 cents pair.
Sanford's Radi al Cure for Catarrh. cheap.
Hagan's Hagnoiia Balm. so cents a bottieI
Kennedy's Medical Discovery 81 rs only.
Ayers Hair vigOr, s. cents bottle.
New Lot Kid Gloves. so cents pair.
One Dozen Tea Napkins for SO cents.
Johnsons Anodyne Liniment, Is cents.
PMS s eenss RUS v wings IT,
All the leading Patent Medicines
---- Cheap.
Elmwood Collars for IS cents box.
VERY NICE ~ BONE Gorsets for 10 cents.
Heavy brown Duck Oyerhalls for IS cents.
Az our Hamburg Edgings at Cost.
Ladies' Linen Handkerchiefs, All Hemmed 10 cts.
Largest skeins Blue Mixed Wooden Yarn, 20 cts.
Mems All Wool Double Heeled Hose, As cts. pair.
New Lot Of Linen Towels for cents. =
Anoshs5 Lot Of Linen Table covsTs for 40 cts. "a
Gents Paper Collars for cents . boz.
Best Glazed spool Cotton at 80 cents dozen.
Ladies Handkerchiefs, Full Sized, for Is cts.
Howe's Arabian Milk Cure cheap:
Vinegar Bitters ~ cts. Plantation Btters 70 cts
Albums IS cts. Writing Desks for IS cts.
Black Walnut Work Boxes for % cents.
Nice ossiisy NOT. Paper, 10
Good White Initial Note Paper Is cents box.
New Style Tinted Initial Note Paper, 20 cts.
-t box.
French Corsets tBest we ever hatD for 50 cts
New Lot OF Leather Belts good ones, for Is cents.
Gents Linen Bosoms from II TO 81 cents.
Gents Hemmed Linen Hd'is from 20 to 30 cents.
II Cakes Honey or Glycerine Soap for rs
Cents.
Gents Oyershirss from 50 cts. to $500 each
Good Hoop Skirts for IS cents.
Gents Neck Ties and suspenders cheap.
Good Pins cents. Good Fine Combs cents
Ladies' Bustles for rs cents each.
Twelve aoz. Agate Shirt Buttons for cent?.
Clark's Best Machine CottOns cents a spool.
Best LOO yards Machine Spool Silk 10 cents spool
ChildrUn's Round Rubber Combs, cents.
Hoyrs German Cologne only 20 cents.
Nice Large Linen Towels ior % cents.
DR.. Cumming's vegetinc only 81 cents.
QUAKER BlTTEKS ONLY 20 CENTS.
Adamson's Cough i8alsam, 20 cents
Nice Highly Pcrfumed Hair Oil "a "
Ayers and Cherry Pectoral each 65cts.
Peruvian syrup preparation Of from IS cts.
Remember we keep Ladies' and Gents Furnish.
ing Goods, Patent Medicines and Fancy Goods,
shirts and Drawers, Overshirts, Cardigan Jackets,
Towels, Table Covers, Napk ms. Toys, Vases, Back
CANNON Boards, &c. and sell AT PRICES THAT
CAN'T BE BEAT ON the KENNEBEC RIVER,
at 4r
COOKS CHEAP STORE,
HALLOwELL, ME.
anistT&FAw Two Doors Above Post Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
GOOD EVIDENCE.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 20, lo72.
MR.1H II. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-The TWO bottles of Vegetine furnished
me by your agent my wife has used with great ben
eHt. For long time she has been troubled with
dizziness and costiveness; these troubles are now
entirely removed by the use of vegetne.
She was also troubled with dyspepsia and gen.
e,al debility, and has been greatly benefited.
THOMAS GIL MORE,
2291 Walnut Street,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
Ayers Hair vigor,
FOR RESTORING GRAY HAIR
TO ITS NATURAL VITALITY AND Colon

Advancing years,
sickness, care. disap.
pOintment, and heredi'
tary predisposition, all
turn the hair gray. and
either OF them incline
it to shed prematurely
AYERS HAIR viGOR,
by long and extensive
|, use, has proven that il
stops the falling Of the
hair Immediately; often
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
Nsm advertisements.

4 FORTUNE IN IT. Every family buys it. Sold by
N Agents. Address q. 5. WALKER, Erie, Pa.
auglS 4w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03

Thousands have been changed by the use of this
remedy from weak, sickly, suffering creatures, to
strong, healthy, happy men and women; and in
valds cannot reasonably hesitate to give 1t trial.
CautiOn.-Be sure you get the "PERUVIAN
SYRUP (not Peruvian Bark Sold by dealers
generally.
A % page pamphlet. containing treatise on Iron
as medical agent and other valuable papers, tes-
timonals from distinguished physicians, clergy
men and others, will be sent gree to any address,
SETH w. FOWLE a. SONS, Proprietors S6Har.
rison Avenue. Boston. decl4-t&wlyeow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03
Vegetine Is sold BY all Druggists
IRON IN THEBLOOD.

THE PERUVIAN SYRUP
Vitalizes and Enriches
the Blood, Tones up the
system, Builds up the
Broken.down, Cure $
Dyspepsia, Debility,
Dropsy, Chnls, and
Fevers, Chronic De
arrhGa, Nervous Az
fectiOns, BOtls, HUI
mOrs, Diseases of the
Kidneys and Bladder
Female Complaints,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-03

renews the growth, and always surely restores its
color when faded or gray. 1t stimulates the nutri.
tive organs to healthy activity, and preserves both
the hair and Its beauty. Thus brashy weak or
sicky hair becomes glossy pliable and strengthen
ed lost hair regrows with lively expression; fall
ing hair is checked and established; thin hair thick.
ems; and faded or gray hair resume their original
color. Its operation is sure and harmless. Itcures
dandrun, heals all humors, and keeps the scalp
cool, clean and soft under which conditions dis
eases of the scalp are impossible.
AS dressing for ladies' hair, the vIaoR s prais.
ed for its grateful and agreeable perfume, and val
ued for the soft lustre and richness of tone it i'm
parts.
PREPARED BY
DIR. j. G. AVER ~ CO..
LOWELL, MASS,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
july3l-t&wlev5w