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Year: 1873

There was much more than a mere
/ witticism in the remark Of the old batch
| elor who had paid attentions to a maiden
| lady for twenty years, visiting her regu-
| lariv every night. when rallied for not
| marrying: ''It | were married | should


have nobody to court, and no place to go


at night" He had deeply felt the con
trast between his own delicate and ethe-


real enioyments, and the hard, discon-
tented, tretted life of too many married
people: and his answer was irony. He
saw there was something in courtship
which too often exhales and expires after


marriage, leaving a cold, dull, monoto-
rnous burden where all was beauty and
buovancy before. Let us see what that
something is In courtship nothing is
taken for granted Both parties are put
on their good behavior Love keeps it
self fresh and active by constant express
sions in word and act. But, strange to


say, ,courtship usually ends with marriage.
Very soon both parties yield to the sense


of possession, and the feeling OF security
robs gallantry of motive and extracts the
poetry from the mind. The beautiful
attentions which were so pleasing before


marriage are too often forgotten after


ward the gifts cease, or come only with
the asking; the music dies out of the


voice, everything is taken for granted,


and the love that, like the silver jet of


the fountain, leaped to heaven, denied its


natural outlet, ceases to flow altogether.


Then come dull, heavy, hard days, with
two unhappinesses tied together and
wishing themselves apart, and not always
content with merely wishing. This is


unnatural and wrong. What married
life wants to give it new tone and sweet
ness is more of the manner as well as the
spirit of the counting time. Very much


Of the pleasure Of courtship comes from


the constant attentions of the parties to
each other. Their affection voices itself
in all possible ways. Every sentence is
edged with Il compliment and spoken in
tender tones. Every look is confession.
Every act is new word in the exhaust
less vocabulary of love. Kiss and caress
are parenthetic clauses and gestures in


the dialect of love, and gifts and sacrifi-
ces are the more emphatic expressions of


the spirit no language can fully articu!ate


and no devotion declare. And 1t Is the


fact that affection cOnfesses itself con-


tinualiy in look and word and act, ma


king the voice musical and the fingers


poetic in their touch and doing, that


makes experience so beautiful, the only
Eden many a woman ever has on earth.


Love must have expression or it will die.


1t can be kept forever beautiful and


blessed as at the first, by giving it con-


slant utterance in word and act. The


more it is allowed to flow out in delicate


attentions and noble service, the stronger


and more satisfying and more blessed it


will be- The house becomes home only


when love drops its heavenly mamma in it


fresh every day, and the true marriage


vow is made not once for all at the altar,


bat by loving words and helpful service


and delicate attentions to the end


Golden Age.
Year: 1873

On Christmas morning one Of the sad
dest and most appalling incidents oc-
Cured at Christ Church that has been
known in this city. The morning seryi-
I ces had been concluded, and the candi-
dates for confirmation, ten in number,
were invited 70 the altar. Of these was
Miss Lizzie Spencer, a most estimabIe
young lady, about sixteen years Of age,
daughter of Captain w. H. Spencer
who was occupying a seat in the middle
OF the gallery TO the right on entering the
church. She came downstairs and moved
up the aisles with the Others, her young
face revealing The deep seriousness which
her heart felt. She approached the altar
with the others, and was confirmed ac-
cording To the rites of the Church by
Right Rev. Bishop Beckwith. After
the confirmation ceremonies, Miss Spen-
Ger returned to her seat in the gallery,
and had scarcely taken it when her head
sank forward on the railing. Those in
the vicinity attached no significance to
this, imagining that it was merely an act
OF devotion, when suddenly the Young
lady sank from her seat and would have
fallen upon the floor, but for the prompt





pew she was sitting,) who caught her in
his arms. Three or four gentlemen i'm
mediately approached and assisted in
carrying her from the church. Consid-
cradle interest was Occasioned in the con-
gregatlon, whose attention was attracted
by the commotion in the gallery, but the
general inference was that the young la
dy, overcome by her feelings had tainted.
Alas such was not the case. The gen
tlemen who were tenderlv carving the
almost liteless form noticed on going
down the stairs that the gasps which now
and then shook the frame grew fainter
and fainter on reaching the vestibule
There life gave way, and the last rosy


breath


Went in that deep drawn sigh


\ conveyance was at once procured,
and the liteless form of the young lady
was taken to her fathers residence on
Liberty street.


The announcement of this sad and
melancholy ending of life Just dedica-
ted to the service of the Lord sent a thrill
of solemn grief through the congrega-
ton.


Bishop Beckwith alluded to this visi-
tation Of Providence in a most feeling
manner, and expressed the hope that all
present might be as fully prepared to
appear before their Maker, when sum
moned, as he believed the young lady
was, who but a few minutes before the
altar in the freshness and glory Of youth
His remarks touching the uncertainty of
life, as illustrated by this sad incident,
were very impressive, and were deeply
felt by the congregation.


But a few months since it was our
painful duty to record the death Of Mrs.
Spencer, mother of this young lady, who
died suddenly at her residence, of heart /
disease, while playing with her little
child. The death of her daughter was
produced by the same terrible disease. |
She has had the care of the little sister
since the decease of her mother, and was
the mainstay and comfort of her father
He was absent from the city on Wednes
day, attending to his duties as pilot,
when the summons Of this terrible affiic-
ton reached him.
Year: 1873

After careful observation and consd-
cradle experience ! find that, for all
general purposes the light Brahmas are
the best fowls | have yet found.


First-They do not roam all ove, the
premises, which to those who value a
good garden is considerable Of an item -
My Brahmas never think Of crossing an
ordinary board fence.


Second-They are more reliable Law
ers, and lay larger eggs and more Of
them.


Third-Notwithstanding others testi-
mony, | find them to make good settlers
and most excellent mothers.


Fourth-Ihe young chickens mature
quickly, for those who raise spring chick
ems for the market, or table, l. great
consideration.


Fifth-When grown, one has as much
meat as two ordinary chickens.


| believe many Of the failures Of those
beginning to raise chickens are caused by
lack of knowledge of a few general
rules, and it may help some if give from
my experience a few:


l. Never set a hen in box above the
ground or floor of the chicken-house, II
possible, as the eggs dry 100 fast and lose
their vitality. If possible to set hens on
the ground you will have much better
success.


Never set more than fifteen eggs,
no matter how large the hen. Some sci
only ten or twelve, but under ordinary
fowls thirteen or fifteen will hatch ae
readily as a less number-though more
are waste.


3. Always be careful to mark the egg,
set with the date of setting, as other hens
often lay on the same nest with a setting
hen, and when the brood is ready to come
of, extra unmatched eggs are left in the
nest, which you cannot account for, and
do not know to dispose OF except by waste,
not knowing when they are laid.


4. Keep a memoranda of all hens set,
with dates when they should come off
that you may have coops and proper food
prepared for them. Also take the young
chicks from the hen as they dry, because
sometimes they may run over their time
little, or hatch earlier


5. Better let hens come off their nests
for short time for food and water, than
to cOnfine them and feed on the nest


Two boards nailed together at one end
with stats of lath across in the form of an
A, make an excellent coop.--Prarie
Farmer.
Year: 1873

VIOLENT TREMoRs CAUSED BY To
BACco.-The trembling, which is one OF
the usual symptoms of acute, is also a
common result of chronic, nicetism. A
very distinguished Partisan physician had
hands which shook so much that he could
not write. Whenever he remained with
out tobacco for any length of time, these
tremblings disappeared. Another case
mentioned by Blatin is noteworthy. A
man of forty-fve years consulted him re-
specting violent and numerous attacks of
vertigo. When he felt one of them ap-
preaching he was obliged to lie down
wherever he might be in order to avoid
falling. In the country where he had
plentyof exercise, they were less frequent
than in the town, where his occupation
was ssdentary. Cessation from tobacco
and a tonic regimen quickly restored
him. A physician of fifty-two was af-
fiicted with similar disagreeable symp-
toms, and was also cured by abstinence.
Habit had become so strong that he could
not resist at times the temptation to slight
indulgence. Finding that these returns
to tobacco were Immediately followed by
his old painful attachment he renounced
it forever.
Year: 1873

or policy. will have to be carried ont now,
however unfit the mass Of negroes in the
South NAV be Tor the exercise OF that as
sumed right or privilege. The evil
might be neutralized to some extent, and,
as We hope, To give peace 10 the South,
if the Federal Government would let the
several States have absolute control over
their own affairs, and in case of such
difficulty as that in Louisiana, TO leave
the solution Of it to local laws; If IT would
concede complete amnesty, so as to give
the most intelligent portion Of the com
munltv voice and influence in public
matters; if it would, in short, help to
restore the SouthcTners to office and
fr0wn down the carpet-baggers and scala
wags who make all the trouble. Such
corruption and anarchy rs exist now III
the South are not only injurious to that
section; not only check its progress and
material interests, and therefore prove
damaging to the business interests Of the
North, but they are infectious aud must
i'm the end demoralize the whole Repub-
lie It is, in fact, long step toward
Capitalization, despotism and military
rule II is the way in which all nations
have marched, the liberties and instltu-
tions Of which have been subverted or
overturned.


From the New York Evening Post


1t is vain to moralize on the causes Of
the present deplorabIe condition Of South
ern politics. The sudden and radical
changes il the social and political condi-
ton Of the South, consequent upon the
late war, would undoubtedly have had
similar effect anywhere, aud the adyen-
turous carFet-baggers have been merely
an aggravation Of the natural disorder
The restoration OF respect for local al-
thority depends greatly upon the resiora-
ton Of good morals in politics.
Year: 1873

We trust our readers sowed largely of
oats in the early autumn; if any have not,
portion Of land should by all means be
apportioned to that crop. We have
made excellent crops with the brown rust
proof variety, sowE in February. In the
warmer portions of the Gulf States, say
below 81 deg. latitude, it is said that the
early part Of January is the best time to
sow late oats. In this region latitude
33 deg. elevation above the sea between
500 and 900 feet-from the middle OF
February to the first of March, j. regard
ed as the best for the spring sowings
1t is greatly to be hoped, that the prac-
tice of former years-to-wit, selecting
for the Oat crop land too poor to make
anything else, will be entirely Y abandoned.
The Dat crop should be the leading grain
crop OF the South and the best Of lands
devoted to it. Should the crop fail
there is an opportunity to make up for
the loss, by cultivating peas on the same
land after harvest.
Year: 1873




Mr. EDITOR II think have di-eov.
cred the secret of planting IRISH potatoes
IN our latitude. ! plant always under
straw, using plenty of it, and the uaaper
l cover the seed the more abundau the
yield. | plant al any time from now
until March. | break the potato land as
deep as | can, manure it well, no. too
heavily. with well-rotted stable manure
or cotton seed, open burrows four or five
inches deep, two feet apart. fill the fur
rows nearly full of cotton seed. and then
plant the sets on the manure. cut side
down, about ten inches or or foot apart.
l cut my seed a week or ten days before
planting. When the sets are planted
the furrows should he covered with earth.
forming a ridge over the seed, and then
| cover the whole with straw OF any kind
pine straw is rs good as any-and as
deeply as | can afford The advantage
Of this mode of culture i that the straw
is beaten down by the rain, moisture Is
kept up near the soil, the temperature Is
even, the potato Is kept cool, and il thus
acquires that drv, mealv quality, which
is so desirable Ne matter how deeply
you NAV strew the straw be sure that the
tops will make their way through il in
search Of light, and the potatoes will
form and mature as high as the moisture
reaches.


Another great advantage of this mode
of culture is that there Is no need for any
further labor no blowing, hoeing or
cultivating. All that is TO be done after
planting is gathering the crop, which |
have always found 10 be more abundant
and Of better quality in this way than in
any other.
Year: 1873

The social life of Washington is agi-
tated by the rumor of lawsuit brewing,
wherein a gay, dashing widower, after
winning the affections OF young lady,
had the day agreed upon and the trousseau
purchased, suddenly turned up with a
wife that he married in an adjoining city.
The modification of the young lady-an
official, by the by-was made more pain
full by the publication that had been given
the affair Not only had the day been
fixed, but, as we have said, the trousSeau
obtained and the guests invited. Her
modification is somewhat modified by
learning from general rumor that the
poor girl is not alone. The gay deceiver,
it seems, flung his promises, in the most
promiscuous manner. 1t has been sug-
gested that the sufferers hold an Indigna-
ton meeting and resolve. There is great
comfort inyour resolutions. But the suit
for breach Of promise Is more substantial,
and generally ends by bringing upon the
offender the wrath, contempt, and indig-
nation of the virtuous community, to say
nothing of damages that will be assessed.


The defendant in these cases has gener-
ally two suits-oBe with his wife and the
other with the disappointed The wife is
generally very much disappointed, then in
dignant-a storm arises. What this
late lover of hers now loving husband, to
be in slch a scrapel Trifing with other
women's affections-has he not been tritie-
ing with hers? But the storm dies out,
and the wife from Icing an angry enemy
becomes an active ally. One can imagine
the poor devil of husband pleading pit
eously with his better half, by law and
sanction of the church and then going ex-
hausted into court to fight that other fair
one who cannot be captured.
Year: 1873

love and Clivource cnurts have terribly un-
derminded the Institution of marriage; and
that now the last step toward emancipation
has been taken by man who has invented
shirt buttons that can be put on with
screw driver. With this device the last ne
cessity for wife has gone.


The fall of snow in Oregon is measured
by the number of fakes to the square foot.
Year: 1873

My darling, if beneath the sea,
With all its waves above my head,
lay, and thou shouldst speak to me,
think that should quit the dead


And come TO thee.
Could my lonely spirit, lost in space,
Hear one fond sigh thy soul had given,
I'd fly to earth for thy embrace.
Nor grieve for relinquished heaven.
Hold but thy hand, thy loving hand,
To me, across the dark abyss;
And let me see the waiting stand,
And back should l return to this,


From even the better land
Give me the beatings Of thy heart,
Give me the kisses Of thy lips;
And let ife's common joys depart,
-. The sun 60 down in dark eclipse.
My dearest. earth, nor cruel sea,
Nor even the boundless realms of space,
Could separate my soul from thee,
Or win me from my loves embrace


Didst thou but wish for me.
Year: 1873

The day Mr.. Ruby, across the way, was
to be buried, Mrs. Moriaty told her daugh-
ter Clarinda that she guessed she would at
tend, as she wasn't feeling very well and a
ride would do her good. She knew there
would be several covered carriages furnished
at the expense Of the family, and she was
equally confident that it could be so man.
aged that she would occupy portion Of one
Of them. She was among the first at the
house, and occupied prominent position.


As the other friends arrived 81 e took oc-
casion to recall "reminiscences of the late
Ruby that brought tears to their eyes, and
when the services were over, as the first
carriage drew up for its load, the distress Of
Mrs. Moriaty at the death of Mr.. Ruby
was so marked as to excite the livelest
sympathy Then the second coach came
up. Mrs. Moriaty had got down to the
gate by this time, and as the door Of the
second coach was opened, and call made
for the occupants, it seemed extremely
doubtful if she could hold up for another in
stant. She leaned against the post, and
stared in the coach and over its upholsfering
and said the late Ruby seemed more like
son to her than a neighbor. Whereupon
the usher looked appropriately sad, and
called up the third and last coach. This
h1d yellow cushions and pink straps, and
Moriaty didn't hesitate to protest in the
death of Mr.. Ruby the community had met
loss it was not possible to recover from,
and that she would follow him to his last
resting-place if she had to do it on her
knees, and would feel grateful for the op-
portunity.


Then the third and last coach filled and
drove off to take its place in the line, and
Mrs. Moriaty dried her tears, choked back
the sorrow of her heart with one mighty
eulp, and stole into her house, shutting the
door without the aid of the knob. She
told Clarinda that it was the scaliest affair
she ever went to, and had it not been for
the body, there would have been no funeral
at ALL
Year: 1873

that had something almost iendish in it.,
when contrasted with the extreme agitation
of the one and the mental agony of the
other.


AT last the old man stopped in front of
him, and, with a calmneas 80 suddenly
assumed in the midst Of bis paryoxism Of
remorse that it soon overawed the criminal,
said, "You are one whose life has been a
tissue Of falsehood and crime. You must
prove what you have said, or III not be-
lieve it,"


"Be it so,' replied the prisoner. IL saw
the whole transaction, and heard all your
testimony at the trial, for was there, too.
Ill now tell you what occurred at the spot
Of the murder which you did not mention,
but which l saw. When you rode up, the
the man with YOU jumped off his horse and
seized Blake by the collar, your hat fell of
on the pommel Of the saddle, but you caught
it before it reached the ground. You then
sprang off your horse, and while Walton
held Blake, you examined the body. You
attempted to pull the knife from the breast,
but it was covered with blood and slipped
through your fingers. You rubbed your
hands on the ground, and going to a bush
on the roadside, broke off some leaves and
wiped your hands upon them and after
wards the handle of the ife.
"You then drew it out and washed it in a
small puddle of water at the foot of the su-
mach bush. AS you did SO you looked at
Blake, who was standing With his arms
folded and who said. Don't be uneasy
about me, Caleb, l didn't kill Wickliffe,
and don't intend to escape At one time
you waie within six feet of where | was.
It's lucky you did not find me, for was
ready at that moment to send you to keep
company with Wicklfe; but l saw all,
even when you stumbled and dropped your
gloves as you mounted your horse"


"Cod have mercy upon me" calculated
Grayson. "Tbis is all true. But one
word more. heard Wickliffe, as we rode
up, shrek out, Mercy, mercy, Harry!'


"He was begging for his life-my first
name is Harry"


The old man casped his hands across his
face and fell senseless to the floor.


1t is needless to 60 into the details Of the
prise fncrs confession, which was so full and
clear that it left no doubt on the mind of the
Judge that he was Wicklffe's murderer,
and that Harry Blake was another of those
who had gone TO swell the list OF victims Of
circumstantial evidence.
Year: 1873

MEADOW LAKE.-A gentleman who vis.
tied this once famous but now almost de-
serted mining camp, a few days since, in-
forms the Transcript that there now in that
whole region just ten persons. Two per-
Sons, man and his wife, constituted tho
whole population of the town of Meadow
Lake last Winter. They had for their
dwelling house the choice Of half dozen
large hotels, eight or ten boarding or lodg-
ing houses, and large number of hand
some private residences, many of the latter
ready furnished. The reason of the great
influx of population this Summer is that
work has been resumed on the Mohawk
and Montreal mine. 1t is said that Meadow
Lake is at this season one of the most
delightful places in the mountains, all about
the town being fresh and green and the
weather is as fine as though made to order.
But with all its Summer beauties and de-
lights, few old Meadow I.akers would care
much to revisit the place where they saw
their "bottom dollar go up the hume. b"
Year: 1873

While Troy man was in beer saloon
the other day speaking to the toast, "Wo-
man. God bless her" lis wife walked in
and led him out by the ear, and now says
that on the occasion of another festive meet
ing he will have that toast changed to wo-
man something else-to which improved
sentiment he will respond with az eloquence
that will cast cloud upon the fame of
Daniel Webster.
Year: 1873

Thompson and Simms live opposite each
other in narrow street, up town. They
were going on fishing excursion the other
day, and as they wanted to be sure to wake
in time to catch the early train, they ran
bit of clothesline across the street, into the
second story windows, and each tied an end
to bis leg, SO that if one awoke, the other
would Immediately feel pull. The scheme
was an excellent one, and we know of no
reason why, under ordinary circumstances,
it should not have have worked well. But
about five o'clock that morning, some la
borers stopped in front of the next door
above Simms for the purpose of erecting a
telegraph pole. When the hole was dug,
they began to put the pole upon end. But
unfortunately it slipped and came down with
tremendous force upon the clotheslne.
Mrs. Simms was very much surprised to
see Henry suddenly 60 over the foot Of the
bed I'd shoot, feet foremost. out Of the
window; but even she was not more amazed
than Mrs. Thompson was when Archibald
performed the feat. They met as it were,
around the pole, both with a leg broken.
They wake themselves now with alarm
clocks. It is safer. and less exciting
Saturday EUening Post.