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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15
TRUSTEES SALE

D. G. H. Emory, ]. Fred. c. Talbot and
William S. Keech, Atty's, Towsontown.
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MORTGAGEE'S SALE

Snowden & Busey, Solicitors, No. So West
U Fayette St, Baltimore.
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LEWIS RAILING,
South and Water Sts., Baltimore.
Phillip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee,
Celebrated Lager Beer.

And Manufacturer of Soda Water, Tonic Beer and
Ginger Ale, and Bother of Ale, Brown Stout
and Porter, Sweet and Champagne Cider.
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MORTGAGE SALE

Charles w. Ridgely, Attorney, "a ST. Paul
St., Baltimore.
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TON, THE FOLLOW1NG PERSONAL
PROPERTY, VIZ:
Six Superior MULES, Four
H4M Prime Work HORSES, One WM
snaA.,HsSTALLI0N, years old, st. seN~N,
Lawrence Stock four COLTS, 8 two-years old
and One-year old two Cows and Calves, other
fine mich Cows, 3 Bulls, Heifers, Brood Sows,
IL Shotes.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &C.:
Two broad-tread Wagons, Hay Carriages,
l narrow tread Wagon, Market Wagon, Grain
Drill, half interest in a Rye Thresher, half inter
est in a Horse Power and SEPARATOR, Champion
Reaper, combined Champion Mower, A bush
els of Rye, one lot of Wheat and lot of Oats
Reaper, Corn Shelter, Horse Power, Jack
screw, so lbs Horse Shoes, lot OF Bar Iron,
Blacksmith's Bellows, Set of Blacksmiths Tools,
lot Carpenters Tools, half interest in So Acres
of Wheat, half interest in so Acres of Rye, half
interest in lot of Hay, bushels of Onions, 3
Stands of Bees, lot of empty Hives, Bee House,
Straw Cutter, Churns, Butter Tubs, Milk Crooks
Buckets, Sausage Grinder, lot of Glover Seed
Sleigh and Bells, Buggy, Harrows, Flows,
.yxaJ Shovels, Cultivators, Forks, A
HYE Single and Double Trees, LIZA
Relm Sulky Horse Rake, lot of IME9
Log Chains, Roller, 3 Hot Bed Sash, Grind
Stones Wheelbarrow, l Farm Bell, Grain Cra-
dies, and various other Farming Implements.
Also, lot of Bacon.
HARNESS.-Four Sets of Breeding, sets of
Lead Harness, sets Market Harness, Collars,
Brides, Saddles, &c.
FURNITURE, BEDDING, &C.:
Beds, Bedsteads, Bedding, Chairs, Tables,
Lounges, Stoves, Benches and various Household
and Kitchen Furniture, with great number of
articles too numerous to mention.
TERMS OF SALE.-All sums of $40 and un-
der, Cash for all sums of over $40 credit of
months will be given Gf desired), with notes Sc
cured with endOrsers to the satisfaction fthe Ad-
mnistratOrs, said notes TO bear interest from day
of sale.
NS- Purchasers must settle with Adminstra-
tors before removing property from the premises
CATHARINE JANE PARKS
S. PARKER BOSLEY,
Administrators.
SAMuEI. q VIII COM A...I;a...
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

4 VALUABLE STOCK, UTEN-
NI1\SILS, &C, IN 4TH ELEC- KMH$E
AA. TI0N DIST, BALTIC. co. g.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

WIN. MASSEY d cos PHILADELPHIA
Ale, Porter e. Brown Stout.
CIDER q CIDER VINEGAR IN BARRELS.
March I5.-3m.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15
LOT No. 2, ADJOINING No. /,

CONTAINING SO ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, with the basement of a new house
built, large Barn and other necessary outbuild-
ings. good Orchard of good fruit of all kinds
on this lot also, and good Spring of Water near
the door. The above county road passes through
this lot also. About Is acres of timber, the bal
ance of the land in high state of cultivation.
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Sales Of Property.
Slingluff & Slingluff, Solicitors, 4Sl st. Paul
Street, Baltimore, and TOwsontown.
TRUSTEES SALE

me- Rec IA II M S~gsN
THE 9TH ELECTION DISTRICT OF BALTI-
MORE COUNTY. NEAR HOFFMAN'S
PAPER MILLS,
ABOUT SEVEN MILES FROM NEW FREE
DOM STATION, N. C. r. W.,
AND TWO MILES FROM MIDDLETOWN.
DY virtue Of an order Of the Circuit Court for
ID Baltimore county, the undersigned, InsOlvent
Trustee of REBECCA A. MATTHEWS, will sell
at public auction, on the premises, on
Wednesday. The 26h day IF March, 1879,
at o'clock p NJ,
THE FOLLOWING PIECES OR PARCELS
OF LAND, ST.
q" situate in the 9th Election District of 49,
lHl Baltimore county, viz:
TRACT No. /,
CONTAINING So ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, with DWELLING HOUSE, BARN
SPRING HOUSE, MEAT HOUSE, and all ne
cessary outbuildings with a never failing Spring
of Water near the door, an excellent Orchard Of
choice fruit, with sufficient Timber for all pur-
poses. good county road runs through the
property. The land is in high state of cultivation
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FOR SALE

RIDGE LAWN ON THE JOPPA OR RIDGE
ROAD, LEADING FROM RIDERS STA
TI0N N. C. R. W. TO TOWSONTOWN,
now in occupancy of Mr.. Edmund Wolf,
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Ensor & Grason, Attorneys, TOwsOntOw
MORTGAGEE'S SALE

VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY, SITUATED
IN THE
SIXTH DISTRICT, NEAR UNION MEETING
HOUSE, BALTIMORE COUNTY.
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Snowden g. Busey, Solicitors, No. s. West
Fayette St., Baltimore.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

Family Carriage for double or single q
driving. price $50; l Open three-seat LIN
double Carriage, price $50; light Jag An
ger, $50; Buggy 1875 light Spring Wagon,
$50; Cart and Harness, but little used, $50 !;
Grey Horse, gentle, and suited for Jaeger or
Phaeton, s35 All the above are In good order
and were first class when new.
TERMS CASH on delivery at Ridge Lawn.
ne Enquiry may be made on premises, or at
Mch.S.-lm) No. 1l6 LOMBARD ST., BALTIC.
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NSOLVENT NOTICE.

PERMANENT and TRANSIENT BOARDING.
March l5,'79.-ly.
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OF VALUABLE BUTCHERING ESTABLISH
MENT, NEAR CITY LIMITS.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15
TRUSTEES SALE

D. C. Mcintosh, Solicitor, TowsontOwn, Nd
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15
TRUSTEES SALE

Emory & Emory, Solicitors, Towsontown, and
AZ St. Paul St., Baltimore city.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

PY virtue of an order passed by the Orphans
ID Court for Baltimore county on the 18th day
of March, A. D. 1879, the undersigned, Admins
traitors of the personal estate of the late William
II. H. Parks, deceased, ON THE PREMISES,
lately occupied by the said deceased, (Snow Hill
Farm,) on the road leading from Shawan to Man
tua Mills, on
Thursday, 9th day Of March, A. d. 1879,
at 9 o'clock A. NJ,
land continued from day to day until completed
WILL OFFER FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUG
TI0N THE EOI / 0IU1 No prpcoMAI
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15
PUBLIC SALE

JOHN V. SLADE, Auctioneer.
Feb. 22,-ts.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
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Real Estate Sales.
R. R. Boarman, Attorney, Towsontown.
Public Sale

EsfA VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN szssa
E:Z LONG GREEN VALLEY,
BALTIMORE. COUNTY.
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New Advertisements.
ZEUN'S HOTEL

All w. Baltimore Street,
Opposite Arch Street, BALTIMORE.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

VALUABLE REAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY,
IN LONG GREEN VALLEY, BALTIMORE
COUNTY, MD.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15

VNHE undersigned, Administrators with the Win
Il annexed of the real and personal estate Of
John Watkins, late of Baltimore county, deceased,
will offer at public auction to the highest bidder,
ON the premises, ON
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BY S. G. WILSON, Auctioneer.

HENRY WILLIAMS, Auctioneer.
Mch. Its.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

Sedu!ously avoid all polysyl.abl c
protundlty, pompous prolixiJy,
ps'ttaceoas vacuity, yentriloquial
verbosity, and vaniloquent vapid-
ity.
Shun double entendres, prarient
jocosity, and pesliferous profanity,
obscnrant or apparent.
In other words, talk plainly,
briefly, naturally, sensibIy, truth
fully, purely. Keep from slang ,
don't put on airs say what you
mean mean what you say. And
don't use big words
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

TIE InteIligencer, published at
Seattle, Washington Territory, in
noticing a Wisconsin big log story,
asks: "W hat would they think
back there to see one Of our big
rats, in which there may not be
log Of less than thousand feet, in
which the logs viii average two
thousand feet, aud in which there
may be several logs of three, four
and five thousand feet each %
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad.

The survey of The Duluth d Win
nipeg Railroad, is one ot the events
inaugurated in the year 1879, and
Will be memorable as the beginning
Of new era in the future develop
memt Of the railroad system Of the
new Northwest. Duluth commands
the waterway TO the seaboard and
is the only harbor contiguous to
the great outlying fertile country
stretching westward toward the
setting sun, and northward to
Alaska and the Arctic Sea. II IS
also the only port which viii in The
near future command the shortest
lines by water aad rai.-co The chiet
Atlantic exporting cities Of the
ccntiucnt-whioh lines win form
the quickest, cheapest,and principal
means Of transit from the greatest
producer to The largest consumer
Located at the head of the lake,
il viii be tic port nearest to this
immense country, and the only one
that can forever held I" check the
rapacious greed ol railroad mon
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

IN Iowa landlord bound his ten
ant with east iron leasing con-
tract, which provided that the
rents, ''whether due or to bccomc
due, shall be a perpetual lien on
any crops and other personal pro
per'y ., the lessee, whether tie
same be exempt IRON execution OF
not" TIE 'egal force Of thls clause
was made the chief issue in y law
suit. It was argued that a contract
making subject 10 seizure property
which the statute declared to be
exempt from execution is contrary
to public policy. THIS is the f.st
ease Of the kind which has been
before The iora oour.s, and the
Iowa Supreme Court recently
decided to the effect that the -
tract was valid.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Cur Wisconsin Resources.

/ Few states in the union can
boast greater diversity of rich
/ material resources than Wisconsin.
! We believe in fact il has no equal.
The material advantages Of Wis
consin every year attract more and
more the attention Of business men.
seeking investment for tie capital.
The last issue Of the Chicago
! Trlhune, treating Of this subject
has this to say: TIE state Of Wis
conGin is destined to become rich
i by .eason Of the great natural re-
sources tha. do there abound, and
because her people wisely diver SHY
their labor. IN the counties Of She
boygan, Fond du lac, Jefferson,
I kenoSha and Talworth large
quantities Of excellent cheese are
made, and there are over two hun
dred cheese and butter factories in
rho s.,,o tho co,n,u ofs1,.ho,.o,o,
alone supporting Owe sixty Of them,
,,ud Will nroapco ,h;s voar r.. cola
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
GOING EAST AND SOUTH.

TDaiiy except Sunday lbafIy except Monday.
CONNECTIONS.
NILWAEKEE-In Union Derot with c
\. 4 n. ". R'y., and with Railroad atd
Steamboat lines diyergIng
SNEB0EGaN-With Sheboygan & Fond
du Lac K. Il. for Sheboygan Falls, Plymouth.
Fond du Lac, Epon, Green Lake, Princeton,
etc
TWO RIVER With stage for Kewaunec,
Ahuapcc. etc.
FORET JUNC.-Wfth Wis. Central
z. r. for Green Bay, Stevens Point, Hcu-
asha. etc.
APPLETON JUNc-with c. & " ".
R'y Tor Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Fcauah.
hcnaaha, DePere, TT, Howard. Green BayJ
etc.
1-EW L0TDOE-With G. b. & N. R. Il.
for Green Bay, Amherst, Grand Rapids,
Ionah, WiUoua, LaCrOssc, etc.
CiiNIONEILLE-Wlt daily stage Ina
Tor EmOaTass, Ihawauo, etc.
G. II, REED, L T. WHITCoNR,
GenI suYt Gsu'l Pass Agt
- Ni."auAee hilwmrz CO
DONOnUE Asst Superintendent, ,Iau.rcwoc.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

That WooD.-The Blast Furnace
Company, through their manager,
Col. BroNUe1, advertised for TO-
600 cords Of wood, BY sealed bids.
On MONDAY last the bids were
opened, and the Colonel ! As com
PEELED to reject all the bids, and, a
subsequent events proved, he saved
. cents per cord by 50 doing. lie
has since contracted with Mr.
KING, and other parties, down at
Aahtowa ior o,ooo cords each year
for five years to come. Col.
BrowneH viii, early in he spring,
erect eight coal.ng kins at
liahtowa, with q capacity Of s.
cords each, where the wood will
be converted into charcoal and
brought - DuIujl ready Tor the
furnace 4 DWmh Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
READ THIS!

send your orders for
clothing, hats. furnish
ing goods and Her
chant Tailoring TO the
Great Boston One Price
clothing Store. Mime
ap0liS, the best Cloth
lnS Store IN the North
vest, ua.,.,.. j.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

1'GAfiN'' NJ us OF " heat
"e poetry q 'oe harvest "v'" "'!i
nave 10 ho fe-NiltIeA' y cores
PonJe"5 q '"r. chicago 1ri""ne,
writing 'I'"1 '"o D'ry"pie farm,
furnishes ne ro@sh malorl". toE
one ca"to;
. 0St '"i'A' nc say~, ""f sea
q wheat containing twenty square
m'Igs-i5'oo0 aeEes-ricb, ripe
S'I"vh as t'1e eye "a" see thefs IS
li'e same golden sunset hRe. Far
away on 'Ae horiza" you behold an
army sweeping along III grand
procession. hIdln@ on to meet Ii
gu see q myor @onerai on horse
Dack-the superintendent; two
br'gadIers on horscbacE-repairs.
10 sword fash III ihe sunlight, but
then weapons are monEey-wrenches
and hammers. 10 brass band, no
dIum beat or shrIIi note Of the fife,
but the army moves on-a solid
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
T 7fTDOLD's pUCHU
Invigorates the Stomach,

ind stimulates tie torpid Liver Bowels, and
Kidneys TO healthy action, IN ciensiug the
oIoo Of all Impurities, and iInpartug new
life and vigor to the whole system.
4 single trial viii be quite sufficient to
convince the most hcsiIaung Of its valuable
remedial qualities.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
North Wisconsin Railroad.
Ct. Paul & Duluth
Railroad.

F.g0RITE ROUTE BETWEEN THE
NORTHWEST AND EAST.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
Really Useful Poetry at Last.

The following is the first verse OF a
sonnet recently composed by u highly
respectable but intensely practical young
man on the board of trade who is en-
gagged to marry one of the most fascina-
ting twenty-year-old butterflies. The
h. r. but i. p. young man does not pro-
pose te load himself up for life with a
mere fashion-plate, however, and at tie
suggestion of his mother resolved to dis
cover whether or not his girl would be
of any account in case he suddenly found
himself several thousand bushels short
on q kiting market. So he indited this !:
Can my darling wash the dishes!
Can she scrub the kitchen fioor7
Will she keep on mendirg stockings
When she hears the baby roarf
Does her nose detect bad butter,
With which grocery stores abound?
Tell me, darling, do your shoe-strings
Make half-hitch or 20 round?
If the answer is satisfactory society
circles will soon be electrified by the an
nouncement of the approaching nuptials.
-Ckicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
Chasing the HGam0."

A correspondent describes one of the
"amusements" of the Mexicans of New
Mexico, as follows: A number of horse
men assemble, chicken is procured and
placed on the ground with it's feet tied
together. Each cavalier in turn rushes
past the fowl at full speed and strives to
pick it up as he passes, until one, more
skillful than the rest, succeeds, when he
makes off with the prize hotly pursued
by his unsuccessful competitors. His
object now is to keep possession Of the
bird; to do this he must be well mounted
and daring and fearless rider, as he is
assailed on every hand by merciless con-
testants.
He uses the poor rooster as a weapon
of defence, and whenever too closely
pursued strikes right and left without
respect of person and regardless of con.
sequences. The unfortunate "gallo's'
feathers fly in every direction; its ruth.
less executieners dismember it without
mercy. and its identity is soon among
the things of the past. When too badly
demoralized to afford further sport, 6
new victim is procured, and this game
goes on indefinitely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
A Big Loss on Nickels.

James Fl. Rice, of the State at large,
has recently been in St. Louis. While
there he stepped into the postoffice to
buy five three-cent stamps, laying down
half-dollar therefor and licking the
stamps while waiting for his change.
To him the postoffice clerk said:
Cant take that half-dollar; it's got
a hole in it,
"All right" said Rice, "take it out of
this quarter"
A bystander here asked the clerk why
he wouldn't take the money with holes
in it. The clerk explained that in set
tling' with the government the silver
was weighed and the office would lose
money by short weight. Here he laid
down two nickels rs change fer Rice.
One of them had hole in it. Rice
glared at him.
THAT nickel has hole in it, sir, and
I shall thank you to give me another. I
lost over $500, 900 last year by taking
mutilated nickels."
"Wh.wb-what's your namep"
james 81. Rice, purchasing agent OF
the United States government, post.
Office address. Mt. Vernon, Posey county
Indiana" said "Jim," pocketing the
two sound nickels and moving off with
great dignity. ty.-lndtanapolis Ne,0s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
The Bicycle.

The use of the bicycle has become as
much of n rage in England as pedes-
trianism in this country. There are a
hundred or two clubs in that country for
the cultivation oft as a means OF loco
motion, and long journeys are made on
this tireless horse. Some extraordinary
feats have recently been accomplished.
At contest in London one man, in six
days Of eighteen hours each. covered the
enormous distance Of l,404 miles, and
the second man made only fourteen
miles less. The winner, In single day
of eighteen hours, made 2el miles,
nearly fifteen miles an hour. This is
equal to the swiftest steamers. on the
Atlantic and beats some railroad trains.
At the same rate man might roll over
the distance from New York to Albany
in ten hours. The roads in this country
are uniformly 30 bad that the bicycle Is
of comparatively little use, but on
smooth roads. such as are sometimes
found, they might be employed to great
advantage. They are coming into use
in the vicinity Of Boston.-Meso YORK.
Observer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
Advice to the Whistllng Young Man.

Sometimes, my son, you WILL Want 10
whistle. Do not entirely repress this
desire to aspirate your feelings in sibi-
liant strains of wheezy music; merely
modulate and regulate it. Go off into
the woods five or six miles from any
habitation, if the desire comes upon you
during business hours, and whistle there
until tn birds nake you ashamed OF
your poor accomplishment. Do not
yield to the temptation too readily, lest
you become addicted to the habit and
become slave to it, and 60 whistling
around even as a man who has lost a
dog. There are men, my son, who can
whistle musically; once in u while you
find men whose whistle is pleasant to
the ear. and soothing to the soul, but
you only find one of these men every
three or four thousand years, and they
die young, son; they die very young.
You will observe that the best whistler
is he who whistles least, and practices
in solitude. The poor whistler, who
flats on the high notes and gasps on the
lower ones, and wheezes in the middle
register, is the man who whistles at
all times and in all places. Whistle all
you will in solitary places, son, If it
pleases you. whistle in the night as you
90 home, if you will, for CHEEKY whis-
tie in the dark is pleasant sound unto
the listening soul Of the belated passen-
ger, but when you come into the assem-
blages and the business haunts of men.
unpucker your musical lips and shut up
your whistle in your heart. And if ever
the temptation comes to you to whistle
against the edge of a card, crush it out,
if the effort kills you. Whistling is not
a lofty nor yet a useful, although it is a
universal accomplishment. Though
You practice hundred years, and though
you whistle never 80 whistley, my son,
yet the commonest switch engine that
ever scared o human being deafcan beat
you at it. The great and good were
never great whistlers, son. George
Washington never sat in afriend's office
with his foot on the window sill, whist
ling "Grandfather's Clock" against the
edge ola card. Strive to emulate George
Washington, and, although you may
never be first in war. first in peace and
first in the hearts of your countrymen,
yet fame will not forget you if they can
write upon your tombstone that you
never whistled your countrymen into
convulsions of incorporate but fruitless
ofanity.-Burlington Raaukeye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
The Tangled Skein.


Two men were talking by the sea
Of what had been and what might be,
And as the first his hopes made known
The tide upon the bar made moan.
"The boon ask OF fate is fame
A world-known and an honored name.
Task not love. Let that pass by,
II fame be mine, that cannot die.
Those in the valley seek tor love;
Ny feet must climb the heights above"
II ask not tame," the other said;
What matters praise when am dead?
Be mine the boon OF love and home,
From which my feet may never roam;
The lowliest path will pleasant be,
IT love be there to walk with me-
Ah, strange indeed, the ways oftate,
The tangled threads will not come straight!
Love came to him who asked tor fame,
The world has never heard his name,
With wife and children by his side,
His ncighbors think him satisfied.
But by his hearth he often hears
The great worlds praises in his ears,
And wonders vaguely which were best
The hills wide view or valleys rest1
To him who asked for love and homs
Came fame, and yer he must roam.
Through all the world his fame is known,
But he goes on unloved alone.
Men envy him. They cannot know
The human heart that hungers 50
For love and home. Below he sees,
With longing eyes, the valleys peace.
But up the hill he climbs alone;
He asked for bread and found stone.
Oh, sorely tangled skein of fate!
Some time, God grant, the threads com
straight.
-E6en B. Rerford.