Year: 1872

On the Ice.


Marie Ann went TO the front door last
evening, to see if the paper had come.
She had been delivering short address
to me concerning what she is pleased to
term my "cold molasses Style of moving
around. As she opened the door, she
remarked, Il like to see a body move
quick, prompt, emphatic, that WAS all;
but | heard some one humping down the
steps i'll most prompt and emphatic
manner, and reached the door Just in
time TO see my better-ha.t sliding across
the sidewalk, i'll sitting posture. / sug-
gested, as she limped back to the door,
that there might be such thing as too
much CELEBRITY; but she did not seem in
clined to carry OH the conversation, and
| started for my Office.


Right in front of me, on the slippery
sidewalk, strode two Independent knights
of st. Crispin. They were talking over
their plans for the future, and as | over
took them, | heard one of them say, II
have only my two hands to depend on
but this is fortune enough for any man
who is not afraid to work. | intend to
paddle my own canoe / believe l can
make my own way through the world
his feet slipped from under him, and he
came down in the shape.of a big V. /
told him he could never make his way
through the world in that direction I'M
less he came down harder, and that if he
did, he would come through among the
'heathAn Chinee,' and he was really
grateful for the interest manifested.
He invited me to place where ice never
forms on the sidewalk.


Then | slid along behind loving
couple ON their way to hear Madame
Anna Bishop. Their hands were frozen
together, their hearts beat as one. Said
he, 'My own, | shall think nothing of
barl work if can make you happy. 1t
shall be my only aim to surround you
with comfort. My sympathy shall light
en- every sorrow, and through the path
of life ] will be your stay and support;
your -, he stopped. His speech was
too tlowery for this climate, and as |
passed by she was trying to lift him up.


Two lawyers coming from the court
house next attracted my attention. 'Ah,'
said one, Judge Foster wolld rule that
out. We must conceGe the two first
points. We can afford to do it if evi-
dtnce sustains us in the third, but on
this position we must make our firm
stand and > his time was up. left
him moving for a new trial.


l mused. What a lesson the ice teach
es Us. How easy is humanity controlled
by circumstances and-the attraction of
graviIalicn. What a sermon might be
based-I got up and took the middle of
the street to prevent further accident.


a IIINr.-If youth is wooingly dis
posed toward any damsel, as he values
his happiness, let him call on the lady
when she least expects him, aud take
note of the appearance of all that is un-
der her control. Observe. if the shoes
fit neatly, and the hair is well dressed.
Aud we would forgive man for break
ing off an engagement, if he discovered
a greasy novel hid away under the cush-
ion of sofa, or hole in the garniture
OF the prettiest foot in the world.
Slovenliness ia a female will ever be
avoided by well regulated mind. A
woman cannot be always what is called
dressed ) but she may be always neat.
And as certainly as virtuous woman is
a crown of glory to her husband, so sure
ly is aslovenly one a crown of thorns.


A MONSTER FIsH.-The fish that swal-
lowed Jonah, or one that might have
performed that remarkable feat, has been
discovered off the coast of Brazil. He |
does not carry with him any date or
memorandum authenticating his claim to
be the original propbet-swallower, but
he is the only monster of which any ac-
count has been given that could SO have
taken in the rebellious preacher to the |
Ninevites His body is over fifty feet
long and seven feet in diameter, while |
the mouth, the most essential part OF
the creature, will admit person stand
ing between the jaws or sitting comfort
ably in tho cavity when they aIe closed.
He is said to be neither shark nor whale.


The ice in New York harbor was so
thick ard abundant last week, that YES
sells were unable to lie in the North riv-
er without danger of being cut through.


The Austrian Emperor refuses TO rec
ognize as members of the Catholic hier-
archy in his dominions any bishops who
their faith from the dogma OF