Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-14

port me: he must die some day, and he
had no money. The Lord will pro-
vide said he. But that did not suit
me. ITesolved that II could not have
NV own way / would run away.
There was something pathetically
humorous in this picture of man-boy
of q running away on his knees from a
ltyrannical father who Adespotically in
sisted on providing for him. Whether
he actually did run away or not he did
not tell me, aud dif'nOt ask him. -
Il bought this recipe for soap Al
first / hired man to 60 round with me
and take care of me, but that did mol
pay. Then | went to hotel and hired
la porter to dressand undress me. In
the day time | took care of myself
All this and much more-fOr j am
COMPRISING long story into a shor1
one-with labored speaking, and labor
ed listening, too, for it was Dot AWAY;
iquite7e easy 10 tell what was the WORD
which corkscrewl brought up. Likear
old cork il was broken, and often came
up in fragments.
u never expected to get married, fol
1Inever thought that any woman whom
! iIwOuId. have would have me. Bu'
you know, sir, the old proverb. Every
Jack has his Gill; and i found my Gill
And / don't believe there is man IL
New York that has got a better wife
lthanI have. And don't you imagine
THAT I am miserable, sir. l seem sc
to you because you judge me from you
point of view. But see many rich
man, and a strong man, and l woult
not exchange withsthem. Ihave my
ad vantages, foo. Society claims grea
IDEAL of you, but it never claims any
Thing of me. lam independent. Ant
IepjDy life, because, don't you see, sir
have nothing to do but TO study hoy
to enjoy it,
DO you go to church p asked.
well, sir, / am a member OF tn
Baptist Church, but since have NOV
ed away from the old church and goH
lamong strangers don't go to church
Jfor IL might create a sensation, don
you see :?
4 Well yes Idid see. I imagined thi
creature shutting up the broad aisle (
= fashionable church, or even an~un
fashionable chapel, and thought b
a dshowcd considerable for the worship
ers and the preacher. -
There is only one thing 1 want h
added. i would like to get into Ii
brary.'
{ iAIibrary vsaidI L. What could yo
10 in libfary?'
,lsOh, as member I mean, sif, p sal
he. 's- Sfssa ~
4 would like. to be able to get BOOB
out to read 'o0
took down his address, and with a
the inimitable dignity of gentleman
he invited me to call. Then, with a
apology for having taken so much
my time, and an inquiry-for we ha
exchanged nsmes-whether Was tn
i,historiau Abbott he shuffled. out
the door. had hardly got to my ses
and my pen in hand before / heal
him shuffiing back again. He peere
round theveorner of the doOrway,-an
lwith that curious JACK IN the-box rnt
ttion Of his, held up three finger
Third bell, he said; ring the thin
lbell nand he was off again.
And I sat down ant. thought of thu
poor woman who Logan two years ae
lby selling her thoussnd-dollar piar
land last week MAS found with HI
clothes and furnifureaH pawned, an
her only flannel garment, the reminel
Of an old blanket, wrapPedaround he
], Thought sof THAI E1eEchans who
mon tbs ago was cont Hunting to tt
sHpport Of one Of cur great Charts
land is now depe1dent on it. for bres
for hts family; and here is this cripp
withouf Tie 1ir II us Of Iegsor arms
ha15f1a 6r voice. sslppofting himself ar
q bis wife, .h8ppy as k7ng,' and askir
charity of no one; and said, / wi
Q. leave the thread unspun on the edito
: 1fal tiisiaff till fave written down th
lesson on hard times.
rlsN aaaF
( ztFsq & Farm History. aui1 sgs
"a Saws the editer of the Golden Rul,
j. JOften and often, while riding throug
l. 1.-THE country, we have passed farm
L whose history we could read at
n glance.-Fhe deeFyard-fences shad-di
/ appeared-burnta in the shiftleSsne
4 Ihofnsof drink. The house aunpainte
III lpd battered ybrekep panes q gla
3 were stopped up with rags or-Old hat
q the chimney stood in tOttering att
d tudc, the doors swung in a creakir
3 fashion on one huge; the steps we
l. unsteady, like its owner; everythir
10 was dilapidated, decaying, untid
/, eheerless.7 "a single look showed til
K its owner traded too much at one sfit
Ie the rum shop. Thesspirit of thri
d had been killed by the spirit of Il
4 still. Fresh paiHt, repairs, 1improv
2 Irnents, good che eer, and beauty dor Il
e -ethome-ali had gone down the farmer
ar throat. Outside matters were tt
al same The barnyards were WIRE tcht
70 tiles; The doors we're off, the roc
: lleaky, the gates down, the carts Graz
b he tools br ken, ii 9 fodder saare al
B-tt the stock pooLand wretched. NegleC
d cruelty, wastefulness and ruin-all hi
b come from drink. The farm Shove
is the trail of the same serpent. II
~ Estagg ling and tumbled stone walls, Il
10 Erickety fences, the weed grown field
1t the sparse and half.headed crops, Il
C. dying orchard, all said to the passsr- b
ID Whisky did it, Drink had given Il
le plaster of mortgage instead of Goa
I'd ing of fertilizers, sioth instead of lsbo
K an thrift ipethe, place OF care, and d
a. morili4atian in lieuu of system. II
y farm was drink -blighted and advert
1t ed its condition as plainly as its own
II ttiid when he came home from tow
il One ofsthelmost Impressive tehlperan
u lectures, for young farmers especiall
: is good look at adfunken farm. 4
. Great TidIe Wave i'm Mexico.
"a A great tidle wave is recently repol
I. led as washed the State of Guerro,
'e the western coast of South America,
x Mexico, and ran as high as the plaza
. Acapulco. The steamer Elder arrive
y at Panama, reports the almost compile
y destruction of Autofagasta, Iquiqu
e africa, Tambo de Nora, Pabillion {
e e Plea, and lie, Although severe shocl
4 4 of earthquake We're felt. they cause
II but lit leS damage. The destruction I
Life nd nrnnprfu WAS nuinn ahtirnl