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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27

marble; then the old lady gave way,
and tumbled in a heap upon the porch.
The Doctor sprang to her side, and
Tom dragged Betty away. Tom told
Aunt Pam afterward that nothing
could be finer than this scene, on or off
the stage, while it lasted. for all four
Of them were in white heat, either of
love. rage, or resolve.
"And let it kill or cure" said Tom,
"she never shall see his face again."
1T may be the making Of her yet"
said Aunt Pam, in troubled whisper.
1t needs something of this kind to
bring out what there really is in n
creature like Betty. She's spoiled for
the innocent gayety Of the ballet; she'll
never be light enough OF foot or heart
to rasish the senses of the multitude III
the dance-thc beautiful wings of the
butterfly are singed, poor dear! but I'm
mistaken if she hasn't the markings of n
fine lyric actress in her. Ii you'd see
her now in the room within there, with
the fine embroidered dress they saw fit
to give her lying yards upon the floor,
with her two lovely hands hold
ing her marble cheeks, gazing out
of the window up to the big house that
has brought her SO much misery, it
would melt the heart of stone. She
won't speak word, good, bad OF indif.
/ ferent, to those that lave worshipped
and watched her since she was baby,
and hasn't stirred hand or foot since
| she flung herself away from You, and
ran over to the window. I'm afraid
she'll go mad. Ny God. Tom Batters'
by" said poor Aunt Pam, breaking in
to sobs, "what had We done to bs
brought to all this misery?'
Better this misery than one of has
er sort" said Tom. If ever fierce
reckless love leaped out OF mans eyes
it did from the Doctors tonight.
In the meanwhile, up ut the hi.
house Oh the hill, Mrs. Shelby lay Oh
her bed so weak that her voice scarcel,
rose above n whisper.
1T Was u pretty bad attack, Max,
she said to her son, who sat by her bed
side, his head buried in his hands, help
less misery in every line of his being
His scheme Of philanthropy had nearl
killed his mother, babe fair to breal
his own heart and that of the woma1
whose happiness he sought to secure.
Max was so absorbed in his own love
not yet the growth of twelyemonth
that he failed to measure that OF
mother for her son.
I'm afraid it was too much for me
Max" she said.
"You must not talk, mother"
II will talk; have something I
say. Who's that tugging ct the bee
clothes? Is it Higgins? Send be
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he saw upon the porch the Doctors
mother, rocking to and fro in her easy
chair. Lower down, where a dying
beam of the sun turned her brown hair
into gold, was Toms daughter Betty.
A white diaphonous cloud of some filmy
material hoated about her shoulders,
and the folds Of her pretty dress lay
upon the ground. She was looking up
at Mrs. Shelby's son, the Doctor, with
a rapt expression upon her exquisite
face, and he was bending over her in
some such fashion as Tom had seen
lovers posing upon the stage. Tom
leaped through the gate ard neared the
porch ut n bound.
Why, Tom," said the Doctor, with a
start, is anything amiss?'
Betty thought that Aunt Pam or one
Of the children must be ut the last gasp
and turned as white rs her dress.
Tom controlled himself with an Of
fort He was too innatcly honorable to
leap to vile conclusions. Il hope not,
indeed, Doctor" he said, for the sake
of all concerned; but am going back
to town tomorrow, and want Betty to
pack up and go with me at once
The Doctor changed color. There
was no doubt about that. Tom saw it
at once, and SO did Mrs. Shelby, who
had not taken her eyes from her sons
face.
If YOU are tired of our quiet country
WAYS" said the Doctor, in tone OF sup
pressed emotion, don't you think il
wise to try them little longer for your
daughter"
The patrician smoothness of this fling
at city preferences stung Tom to q
quick rejoinder.
Not day. Not an hour" he cried
These four months of your quiet coun
try WAYS have done more to smircl
Hetty's fair name than her whole life il
the city,
Her fair name.' repeated the Doc
tor.
"ies," said Tom; "and yours i,
coupled with it in such way that tn,
sooner one is rid of the other, the bet
ter ii will he for both
Tom saw in the astonishea, indig
nant, and altogether electrified face 0
the Doctor, in the pure, proud, nplifte,
face Of his daughter, the lie to all hi
fears, and SO took heart, and made ligh
Of matter that just then suited hi
convenience and desire.
you see, madam" said Tom, al
dressing Mrs. Shelby-for the Docto
was still white and speechless with cor
tending emotions-"it's all for lack G
harmless amusement out here that TIL
masses fall into such miserable ways
We take care to keep their imagination
| better employed in town. We are tol
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don't deny their sojourn here has done
them good 50 far rs their extended in
timacv with the fresh air from the
mountains, the flowers fresh from the
hand of God the milk fresh from the
udders Of the COWS. and all these sort
of primitive blessings 60, hut when it
comes to their acquaintance with
Humanity they are far better of and
happier IN the city. never told YOU
word about it. Tom, till l saw your
longing eyes turn once more toward
the blessed brick and mortar. hut my
heart has been near breaking many u
time with the insults and gibes and
Sights Of these insolent villagers
The children never knew there was Il
rep, oach upon my own and their
dear mothers profession till they
came here to he twitted With
their belonging to play-actors rs the
poor ignorant creatures call the expo
nents OF our noble art, and they pull
Their skirts aside when we pass, and
turn up their coarse freckled no,e>,
and 10. one Of them has ever darkened
our door, save the Doctor and his
mother, who come in IN evangelical
way, and make fresh fruit for gossip
| Their evil imagnations and low lying
| tongues spare nobody, and they mis-
construc the kindne Of DIR. Shelby
to onr sweet Betty in way that would
make tie blood boil in Your veins ii
You knew it, ="
| Tie blood Logan to boil in Tom Bat.
tcrshys veins without any further
knowledge He had listened tn Aun,
PANS continent confidence with great
composure. lie knew that she was o..
of those passionate, prelndiced, ardea'
| creatures, who must have their fling
according to Toms phrasing, whel
their back was up. SO that they'd fee
better for ii atterward, but tits coup
ling Of those two names. the Doctor
and Betts's, in the way she did, opene,
a vile field for conjecture and doubt
He remembered now his little hint
and innuendoes that had once in Will.
puzzled him. and now that lie began /,
put them together, it set his brain ol
fire.
Down came his fist ON the table il
dire destruction to the dishes whicl
Aunt Pam had washed and wiped dur
ing her monologuc. If / though
there was anything wrong" he said
his honest, manly face becoming blacI
and muraerous Us he spoke.
Iphesprang 10 his feet, and reaches
for his coat and hat
"rom. Tom said Aunt Pam, ten
rified ut the blaze she had kindled
don't do anything rash. Where ar
going2"
! ITO the Shelby homestead. +
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not to hide orr talents in napkin, and
yon must see for yourself that my
daughters are Of no common order. II
is better for us NIL that she should go
hack and take her part in the next pan
tominc.
Never" said the Doctor, putting his
hand lightly upon the drapcry Of Bet
tvs shoulder.
MAX, said his mother, in n trcm-
bling voice, let her go. It is better
for all Of u.s."
Never repeated Max,
Maxi
Mother
They looked at each ether for half
second, both Of them hard and white rs
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illustrated papers to while away the
agony Of n passing moment, and when
the night comes on, and tho musicians
out there begin to tune up Just listen
for n minute. Tom, when first came
here tho rroak Of the frogs and the
cries Of the crickets drove me into M
attack Of melaacholia, Int it wasn't n
patch on the orchestra now. What
with the doleful cry Of the whip-poor-
will, the zig-zag saving Of the katy
dds, and the fierce rattle of the locnsts,
I'm fast becoming ra,ing lunatic
And bark We, Tom Battersby, word
in your eur. You think You are doing
a fine thing for your family in bringing
them out to this hollow in the hills. |
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away; she is n good creature, but
clumsy. There is only the ono hand !
believe in the wide world, except your
own, Max, that ! like fumbling about
my bed. / wish it was here now, my
son; l wish you'd 60 after it, and bring
it, and let me put the two dear hands
together before / de-
Mother "a doubtful joy leaping to
his haggard face), "you will not die,
and You must not sacrifice your own
happiness to NINE"
Il thought they were one and the
same, Max, she whispered. Anyway,
I've changed my mind; I've been SO
near to our dead ancestors that feel
safe to say they can't he disturbed by
anything we moy do. II you should go
after Betty, do you think I'll live till
yon get back?'
MY own mother! my best and
dearest!'
Your next best and dearest, Max.
Go for Betty if You think there's time.
I'd like to see You happy before | die.
You're happy already, you foolish hoy,
and so am /. | begin to feel better
now that I've made up my mind. Ii
had Betty to nurse me- / think l might
get WE'LL
"iou shall have her, darling, in n
quarter of second. I'll call Higgins
and make her sit in the further corner
Of the ROOM
Yes, because she always smells of
camphor, Max, and makes me think I'm
laid out in n trance. And shortly after
Tom Battersby and Aunt Pam. too mis-
cradle to go to bed while Betty's white
face was still pressed against the win
dow-pane, heard the hoofs Of horse
man come laundering down the road,
and running to the door they found
Betty already leaping to the saddle.
"You scoundrel!' cried Tom.
Don't call your future son-in- law
Names" called the Doctor. Il haven't
time to make formal call. It's case
Of life and death, Tom. NY mother
has sent for Betty" And horse and
riders disappeared in the soft radiance
Of the September night.
"What will the villagers say?" stam-
mered Aunt Pam. "Does he mean
does he mean"
HE means what he says-God bless
him. And you've got the dead-wood
on the villagers now. By the powers
Of smoke, Betty's fortune is made.
She'll never take part in pantomime
again."
But she will. She will be there-not
in the heart Of pansy. though. And
she will wear more clothes And Aunt
Pam will come with her, and her moth
er-in-law. The box will be crammed
with the Shelbys and the Battersbys,
and the flowers they will rob from the
conservatory, and pack in cotton, and
bring to town in honor of her papa's
latest and greatest scenic success in
spectacular drama, and all will GO
merry as marriage bell.
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bring Betty back with me, and do YOU
get our traps ready. Well shake the
dust Of this accnrsed hole from onr feet
before daybreak tomorrow, and 90
back to what our fine evangelist calls
the haunt OF infamy'
It was fine September night. A
soft south wind stirred the forest
leaves. Around the tops Of the far
distant hills the white clouds were
tinged with the warm blush OF evening,
and the brown leaves Of the naples
took deeper dyes in the mellow light Of
the setting sun. All seemed tranquil
and ut peace save the turbulent spirit
Of Tom Battershy. A he mounted the
hill that led to the Shelby homestead
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THIS is Il kind, forgiving, charitable,
pleasant time; the only time | know OF
in the long calendar of the year when
men and women seem by one consent
to open their shut-up hearts freely, and
to think of people below them as if
they really We're fellow-passengers to
the grave, and not another race OF
creatures bound on other journeys.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27

Drums and whistles, and guns and whips,
Crying babies and flying ships:
Every conceivable kind OF box,
With oil conceivable kinds OF locks:
Tigers and elephants swinging in air,
Singular fruit for a tree to bear!
Hut 30 II blooms aud bears fruit for me,
Ny winter bloomer! my Christmas-tree!
Elm and linden may both be fair.
But they have no elephants swinging in air;
Ash and maple may gracefully grow,
Hut they have no flies nor whistles To blow;
The oak may he king of tho forest wide,
But he has no parcels with ribbons tied,
No gums, no rattles, no books, no boats,
No pigs. no lions, no cows, no goats,
No dolls, no cradles, no skates, no tops,
Nor oranges, candy or lollpops.
Nothing that's pretty, and nothing that's good,
But leaves and acorns, and bark and wood.
So the tree OF all others that's best to mo
Is my winter boomer. my Christmas-tree.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27

CHRISTMAS draws near, and the SAVIOR
of roasted goose will soon assail the
grateful nostril. In merry England
they still have the boar's head on the
table; but we Americans have made an
Improvement" on the custom. In
stead of single one on, we often have
half dozen bores' heads around the
table, '''.'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27

Which is the best of all the trees?
Answer me, children all, ii you please.
i II tho linden, with tasses gay,
or the willow there where the catkns sway?
j. ii the oak, the king of the weed,
That for hundred years has stood?
The graceful elm, or the stately ash,
Or the aspen, whose leaflets simmer and fiashY
Is IL the solemn and gloomy pine.
With its million needles so sharp and fine?
All. no. The tree that love best.
1t buds and blossoms not with the rest
M summer sun on its fruit has smiled,
hut ice and snow are around il piled:
hut still IL will bloom and bear fruit for me,
Ny winter bloomer. my thri>tmas-trce.
Its blossoms arc candles. all shining gay.
Aud lis hears Its fruit in the qaeerest way!
All tied ny ribbons To everything.
Riy and little, and little and big.
Dolls AMI trumpets, aud balls and bats
Horses and monkeys, and dogs and eats,
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The English Christmas.

The English Christmas tradition
makes good cheer the glory of the day.
Forty years ago, when Leech was be-
ginning his career, Kenny Meadows
was the character artist" of the H.
lustrdted London Ners, and its chief
holiday pictures We're drawn by him.
They were oil scenes of eating and
drinking, of games and jolity. They
were full Of bottles and smoking bowls,
of roast beef AMI rlum-pudding and
mince-pie, of burning brandy and kiss
ing under the mistletoe. "Old Christ
mas" was represented as n flowing
bearded satyr crowned with ivy and
pouring huge flagons of wine, or as a
rollicking boon companion stretching
out one hand to the spectator over de-
canters and jugs and glasses, while the
other holds an open tankard. The
typical faces Of the Christmas figures
were those of the rubicund middle,class
John Bull, and his healthy daughter
gayly resisting the efforts of the young
soldier-Irying's Julia and the Captain
to draw her under the permissive
bough; or of the buxom chambermaid
and greedy children in frenzy of lie
light over the smoking plum-pudding.
Christmas, according to those defect
able pictures, was all guzzling and gob-
bling, love-making and other blind
mans buff; and as the reader of to-day
looks with amused curiosity at those
holiday sketches Of yesterday, he, too,
like the stranger by the fire in Brace
bridge Hall, through all the fun and
the feasting, hears the music of the old
Christmas song:
twas Christmas preached the mghtiest ale,
Twas Christmas told the mcrriest tale;
A Christmas gambol oft would cheer
Thepoo mans heart through half the year"
This is the spirit of Dickens Christ
mas, and Of Thackeray's, and, in great
degree, OF Irvings, touched in all of
them by the modern humanitarian sen
timent. It is the traditional English
| Christmas, when no man should 90
hungry. For there is no JOY upon an
empty stomach-except, indeed, the
hin ecstasy Of the starving saints in
old pictures, and they were already de.
humanized. This is Christian truth
which asceticism has forgotten. TIC
identify siualor, emaciation, and de-
nial Of all human delights with espe
cial sanctity was to degrade the rich and
generous religious spirit which taught
that oil the world is for mans beneti,
and pleasure. 1t was George Herber
of whom Richard Baxter said that Ii,
sang as one whose business i'm thi.
world was most with God, and who's,
beautiful lines,
Sweet day, 80 cool, calm, so bright,
The bridal Of the Garth and sky"
are as fresh as when they were written
who also said
| "For M the winds do blow.
The Garth doth rest, heavens move and fountain
| flow:
| Nothing We see but III. ans our good,
A. cur delight or as our treasure;
The whole il either our cupboard Of food,
Or cabinet Of pleasure"
Christianity does not decline an
wholesome use or beauty of the world
and it would be sorry preacher in TIL
church EMPOWERED and scented wit
Christmas greens who did not hol
that Christmas good cheer contemplate
body as we'll rs soul.-Ge0. HIM. Gu,
tbs, in Harpe,'s Magazine.
THE NEW WEARS CALLER
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THE NEW YEARS CALLER

Augustus had u New Years card,
eyel-edged and gaudy;
And everywhere Augustus went
lie snapped 1t of for toddy.
Augustus gave the cards around
Until he used the stock UP,
And woke u sadder, wiser man,
Next morning. IN the lookup.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-06
REAL ESTATE DEALINGS.

Durand-John Wallace Jr., to Taylor
Parshall, lot 10, Putnam's addition, $24O.
Hazleton-John Sober to Antony Yakln
40 acres from fl sec A, 1915.
New Haven-Charles Holman to Henry
d. Farnsworth, n 1 Of n of W / sec H..
$3.50.
Middlebury-Wiliam b. Tubbs to Will
lam and Samuel Tubbs, part of sec "a, 10
acres. 5000.
Owosso City-Virginia G.. Byerly to
Ludwig Struber, e A acres of out lot ~, ].
Kelly's add. $500.
Chellis M. Carpenter TO William Lewis,
lot blk z, A. L. Williams add, $l100.
Chester F. Wright to Walter Winchell,
lot bk 7, $3.50.
w. F. Guile to Lloyd Lewis, lot AZ, l..
A. Gould's sub div, out lot l. 5000
A. Gould, by Exer., to Allen b. Holmes,
lot is, L. A. .Gould's sub div, out lot 1,
$500.
Elias H. Gault to Andrew j. Holmes. n
90 # lot blk 90. 1000.
William f. Waugh to Colin Mccormick,
lot blk 20, $475.
Bruce Buckminstcr to James j. Stever,
lot blk 4, Comstock's add, $1,000
Owosso-Georgc L. Wright to William
Launstein, W ] of ! of n sec s8, ST.
$50.
Maingsburg-Julius M. Howe to Phebe
J. Drake, lot 6 and blk 81, 5000.
Ovid Lille DeCamp to Jacob G. Nab
bett, lot and W Of lot blk 2. Mabbett's
add, $210.
Imogene M. Smith, to Joseph Winchester
part of Sec %, 5000.
Shawassec-Hiram ii. Hemingway 10
Abram G. Stevens, n w t Of SO sec 30,
$500.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-06

Think minute OF what you need
and win have to buy this spring.
Then start for Dimmick & Sons re-
duction sale and save from one to
five dollars.
See the notice of j. G. Banghart.s sale,
to be held At his farm two miles north of
Burton, Wednesday. April IL. A large
number Of articles are offered for sale.
Read the new adj. of nj. ii. Ridley. He
keeps constantly in stock first class goods
and sells them at reasonable figures. In
his custom department he offers special
Inducements and prices. Besides. Ridley
is jolly, good fellow to deal with.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-06
GENERAL MARKETS
CHICAGO

WnEAT.-Higher; April, s1:o5@l. o5A;
Ma! $l.1O<@1 .1Os6: June, s1.11Ss91; IlX.
G. RN.-Higher; April, 51ssCd51cM; May,
SCI o5G%c; June, 56I6a56Xc.
Ts.-Higher; April, 89J1@ 40Ac; May,
4S5 e44Sc; June, 4Sh 1915 ;,r,or. nri,
s1s.s7@ls.a71E; May, sls.42@ls.421S; June,
$l1. 4OG11. 1915; May, s11.320li.35.
CATTLE.-Market firm. We quote: -
Fancy heavy export steers. .......S7 .00d1 70
CHOICE lat steers, .............'..' o'3ede az
GOou 90. .................. o.loUo.,0o
Medium grade steers. ............ 5.75a6 10
Fair TO medium steers. ........... 4.5O0D5.2o
Hogs.-Market firm. Sales ranged from
S7.20@7.70 for light packing and shipping;
ST.150t7.65 for heavy packing, and from
S7.6OMS.10 for fair to choice smooth heavy
shipping lots.
BuTTER.-Steady and firm. We quote:
Choice to Fancy Creamery at 30a32c " III;
ordinary to good do. 2ia2Sc good to fancy
Dairy at 24a2Gc; common TO fair do. 15a20c:
Ladle-packed, 14a16c; packing stock at .
l0c; Grease, 71Sashc.
NEW YORK.
WHEAT.-Lower; No. . April, $l.l9X
@l.23. CoRN.-Quiet; Mixed Western
Spot 62@6716c.
CINCINNATI.
FLOUH.-nldlhtb Quicb, Rt.vVW
800. WHEAT-Firm; No. 2 Red Winter,
S1.09@1.10. CoRN.-Higher; No. Mixed,
5415c. OATs.-Higher; No. 2 Mixed, 4Cc.-
RYE.-Quiet; No.2 Fall, &c. Provisions
Pork dull at S1S.S7l6. Lard quiet at S!t.25.
Bulk Meats firm; Clear sides $7.50q10.1219.
Bacon dull; Clear sides $11.50.
MILWAUKEE.
WHEAT.-Lower; April, S1.04s4; May,
S1.10H; June, S1.11X; No. 8, SIC. CORN
Higher at 5414c for No. 2. OATs.-Firm;
No. 2 White, 4215c. RYE.-I0wer; 5919c
No. I. BARLEy.-Higher at 73c for No. 2.
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT.-Higher; No.2 Red Apr, S1.OS&
@10sX; May, sl.12. CoRN.-Higher;
Higher; April, 43sl@44c. RYE.
Higher at SIC. BARLEY.-Steady at 60
assoc. PRovIsIoNs.--Pork higher; S1S.37lS.
Dry Salt Meats quiet at $1,000, 1905, 1920.
Bacon steady at S10.621f, 1913, 11.00. Lard
higher; S11.12%. HoGs--Lower; Packing,
$1.25@7.40; butchers to best heavy, S7.45(@
BALTIMORE.
FIouR.-Quiet; Western Superfnc, 1881
a4.00; do. extra, s4.25(d4.s7; Family, $500
d5.S7. WHFAT-Western higher; No. 2
Winter Red Spot and April, S1.1SSS@
1.1sk: May, Sl.209zCd 1.2l%. CoIN.-West-
em higher; Mixed Spot and April, 65
@65kc. OATs.--Western White. bl@53c;
Mixed do. 4e@50c. llyE-Higher at 6S