The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1859 Page: 1 of 4
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$n~ Ur.'il h i «•<♦. 1-< i .• .r• m«< rt. ii, must Io■
mi iiliifl mill tin- r.isli.
• r H^riitfiir actm imtu ui>> i»k laun-tUua
oui' *'| tfr oil.- dollar
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'lAflka. with i. in tu Jill Kiel il*'»pil« h.
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9mm. A* :*Ar Arpiwiiioita of Nitar
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I iad*i« frtlrrii l>U«. witA pert* I T
tonUrsd vi<I >«•* *'IH—t «**Vr. a'ol lu
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L u r« <4 Inquiry alaax* mi»w*r*-4.
money
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II HA iitcd W> thr raaMOnolhO ■
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in any |«rt el Mn4*in Ti'JPU. ^a*mg |hii)
»r.ir« . i ** #« a prartKat -u^rv c iias'.t
mrimer roontry.lih |N nooiNl karhoJ.’**! Vi* *•
land* ran i»<*t In >ui|N‘ -4. Y
IVrswN* <1* Mi iti|( to IN! cat lit . tuAwy uti. it« *1
t*> *»i uoiio .iU* with him.
IiMivo at
i .ri i« « li*-ntt Viinim Ooontf «w
RioaiNiiUl I ainrriat t'lMiNt* Triwt. til ly
Jaua-t A >U|. N M. *> l*HJI**Tt.
M»rt At O'lhar hoia> ,
ATftillNKN ** A l*o| S>KI.O|tS A? I AW,
on*/ Mr mtf Iain./ tr ( iditelfitg l(m/i,
*'".|M« I'llMINTI. SIMM <*■ *TV TtAU
I KIH, Will M n»t« i*i.l mii. r ln~tr.i
| t iim ota of vrrtt t||.Mr*tl) (lra/U‘4. Nith|t».n)4
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A% alter M< irlmmi,
A T T J It N I. V V T U A W .
AMD
d^BmiainoMCMor ntri»M, ton tiik «t \ rMa nr
.Vrtr I urA. Kumui A InmtHmo.i
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< (>HPt S l UNIS 11, TKX.4M
1 4MKH M M A \ \ I hit. who liar hml ta.'iiO
* I • n* r* *1% M|a n*-||. r III hi* |*r« «f«-v 4. n.Otl* lull
loth I .ilirig o' IaiW (VttMmir*, *r»»l art* A*
lie or n«l Vr*-ut for WiMbva Ti'U-*.
Adilri-aa aa abovr, nl-ly.
* Kafir Rathaiif*.
M IN AM) MI LI.H.4 HU BA!AH) V.
r mn a muiHTi tkxam
I > IT I UMNO thank* fr lout favor*, nn-l hop
II in* 1,1 on ill a iwMlMUMM ul the aaiur. thr
• Jm rila-r will *ial«- Uui hi* Hilliard Tahh-a bava
lv *•« nrwlv rrnovutrd and M» lor Iitrnl4»r*l with
the I'boi- *4 li-pioi* * ,imn, uikI the lirat u| 1 . jaw.
whic h .«,u tlt<- a-ni< c «d hi* ln*-n*l*«% lutroua.
I’M\HI » < HOI.MKK
ml ly
M AVCHKNI MUN1A.
rpHF 'm4ae«lr».-4 «*>llrR* thr f—of thr
I (lli/a-iMMiid *tatiifcra 1111 oriiua l'hH*U. ut ho*
Hn* of tNtMiH-.a a* HAHIIKII. HAIR l*RKS*dCH.
IVI'PKIt III KLMKM T*MITH K.VTRAl TUK
aiwt In al HMrn l«-* #4 urcoud Haa* Mirurry.
itimii lr«a* (h tolirr |a'i!*.
( orjoi*
nt if 1
■ ii.irr 1 1. IMf.
I'Kohol* UontAWW.
I, M|II • 1**1 Ornamental
fp M I.AWRANi’K. paiot* imitaUna
I # kind* of Won 11 mid M«hhlr. wt aa
d«*f*'< tn 11 hr tlir ryr. A nr (a'rar.-n wi-tuni
Ini don* will do wri| hp t/Hut|t him a naif
U.*m i« kih'wn a* a iMlatrrof thr Hiwt.
alw.tr* he 1 und at Mr ah
• ml alM>v.- tli* M.-fleet.
Oorpn* ( hriati. O f «, 1«f. „t |j.
t'-puim 1
••mu
W Mrhaiaker.
1^ PiniJIT inlnrm- thr nnttlh' that
I 4* h<- luia |)t-riiMia'iitlt • -tul.ll-hid him
*••11 in • k.rpw*<‘hr1*tt. and k.irp* ron*tAnl
ly *»• hand, and for mlr an aa»ortiiM*iit
Jrarlrv \A aU ho Ai .
1 ha it*. Wat. hra, Jrwi-IrT, rr|iair»-i| to nr<|rr. A
rt *-ry kind of firm in* -h mi al work 1 xi .iitnl on
ali"ii MW. Hiiop earner of rh .i|iarral and Law
mire *trerta at tin- .||it nf i,^ waleh.
<’or|»n* ChrUtl.Qit |3, |s.,.t. nl ly.
R*l«ler*« Hall.
rpift* pronrtrtor takr* thla method nf HtforMinff
| Uu- puMlr. that hi* llti.i Imm U-rn 1ra|ifov«si
m-atly |.amU d and ttnt*k« <|. Tla. Imr 1* •nnali.-d
with the br*t. .itol. tery variety of l.uiiiar Wbai *
Ale. -i-ifar*. for tl»e f-TiiiUllun nf hi*
ftl*-nd* and iwthM*.
Ife a ill al*n *titr that pattia*. familkr* and
other* foa 'ne *iippl.>-d with ' 'h*iii|iai*ii. tMd Port
ami Madeira. Oei».»n ainl Krrn. h Win*-*, fAroteli
Ale, port*.r, old Coitna . Cordial*. Ilrandy f’ea-
rh« < and f'h* rrw. Ar. Ar.. hy thr d >rea or oth
rrwi*r.
A tile nf tlt*» |i itdiiif |n*iirp» of tlw 1'nfiwt will
•a* found <ai hi* la-i'e at Die *en i*eof vt-* 1 *> r*.
• *11 iml ••* linn J tl oil RI li-I.LR
nl ly
Kinniltli Oil I Ilf >1).
lit* lu inly ahi»ki'. |>t In r * In * *,
She utti-n J no n-|dy .
Iloa could *le t*ut her li|m t-> »|»-ah.
At hile k.»*iiiK on tire »ly
Tlu-r*- * *ii< h a *11111 nt «nm< kini; Mi**,
I I1.1t I r<« -u» con id not im>
lln Iiotif\..I worth of oi«- on.4 k •,
1 hat * t then on tie- *|y
lit. 1 till* kl**iliy on ih1 *ly
Till* ki-*ti»d fdi the *h
Jin* tmtiiii wuiiuiitr *10* ot miminir,
Ki«*iiik on the idy.
The maiden llieeli one kl*e ri-1 lived
Itiiiiuiiiy winked ***-r eye,
And with th*' air >1 nne t*-u .ive«|,
He hiMved a heavy *mh ;
Alia.n th.ii wavward wlu»ker on-wMd
Her drt'k, *lie hnwthrd till my !
Hot* KmM-t.il t<i tiw- owiUh-ik .I ti|.w*l
Tin* ki-*mi( on tin- »ly !
Ot. t|ii« ki**m.' «ai the *lv -
Ihiaiirinht M In lou*. e ru uuiiieitMM,
Kiwinir on tin «|).
Th«> riiflei rule -ha Ure th<- d* »-d
To hr a < rim< -o hifh,
No lover dan- 4. ujr tte- iW* I
III ki»*inj{ on tie- *ly ;
Tlio |*a > and M«* i* ruU-an I pral1',
TiH «>ul • naa* <wy.
The iixti-m d.ib l a hit alaitc.
Of kiwo.if on tin- JTv
on ! On* k.**mr on the *ly -
Tin* ki*i-in); on tin* »ly
hihindl thrilling trouMe ktflirifr.
Ki»-uin on Uie **!>'.
While l- rt finir thn* a *lm;le life,
'Anal l.ipirnr lurk ’Am I.
WTii 1 iifMmrtunrly, wdle ol *trife,
A fieri-*i* rhan.v dew r\ •
To mum He- dimly lrrn*’im a hr It
No roy ilit*-* outi ie.
Thun Nir >10 twhoh half a* ru-h,
Thu* k utiiif on tin- ri).
oh ' tin* k.*i-inK on tm- «!v -
A ve kho.mf on the *iv '
Tlio Irildy I* ui|ttfni;. ■ aie i M'iuptmic.
Hliaiiif on tlie »ly.
Matkiai tlw Hours that Sbinr.
MV MIW. r. U. UA4Mt.
Somewhere in liermuny fhcrc ia u dial*
p'lt*1 lu'.u'i:ij* rhid iniarijittoti:
•/ util 1 k 0*1/1/ Ikt him 1 - t/uil vi me
Atul I ti«v« ofun tliouKkf 4f we would only
"*•1 onrrelvm to work, und »n*n ud of noting
down the elotMly dry* of lit«* irt our nr niorv,
■lid alimtld ‘iinirk only tin* hour* that shine/
wo rhonld lind the hriclit day* far nutntim-
Ur 1 nj; the limrk onew.
So, tuo, iu our ioUriiairae cilh tlm
wirrld. bow prone we are to cry out ntra.uet
ita ili«—ttnwpwk nf htimunity fu1 • tump of
wdthihiMWM- wild often to <h lere di*hoiH*atyv
doitM.-aifAluttr. trieka uud Irnod an* the rul«
uliioitvf our h-liowH, aial lint Uie flu |diotm.
•I ikclare.' auid Mr* Sunk in*.'I never fo
down town tnuiiutf in tnj life, hat wh»t |
grt ••heitted.'
t.'Uiwl aoim litaly, you menu don t yo« V
raid Mr S., ae he lay lounging upon the
Mifa, n-mlinif a paper.
•No. | doit t mean any *urh thlhp ana*
won-tJ the lady, tartly; *| muMijant whut I
*ay. Souk laaly ia aure to cheat nu*. just
hr can** 1 um nut nwau mom'll to a aya
lw wuiehinj. and *|iiibhTirtir. und irrowling.'
• \S ell. what'* the mnlter n-iw V
*\\ hy that yr.eit baa rone and |*ut "tr
up clantu d *u*ar, just be**** h<* would
i{i-t a o ut and a half more u poaod for it
tho» tin- oilier.*
‘IVrhapa he war mistaken in your order.’
•Nut lie ; it * jiirt owe of hia triek*. I
told him I dull. 1 waat it, that tiw other
wax mat ar good, und better too.'
■WHat did it ctwt V
•Nine eenta a p*und. and the other war
•eviii ami a half.
Well. well. wifo. if* not worth making
• fura about.'
•'Iliat’r what you always say, Mr. Sim*
kna. | know it ain't much ; but then ‘many
• little maker a ntickk'/ ami we have to Ik*
luakiiiff out fur there thing.-*. Then there *
tb* printed lawn drew 1 gut for Kliui-**
vot know how that wurtlilew whiskered
ebarv----'
•Ob. coaie. now t’lara. that r too hod.—
Mr.|ves eau no mure help tin color of hia
hair Uiau you can yours.
'MWI, he needn't have told n lie about
11. He raid it wouldn't fade, and all
of tbimr
it did, be would
Vbat don all that amount to I
■tying inch things.’
)«abiUb«aaobl*af.&r^ waabnii
kmtjny poobei bomikerchief—t
ra,M5>b«H'a"
Now, wife!' cried Mr. Wntbiiwapringing
up. I 11 tdl you what we ll *lo. 1 bav«
rvau an udvrtiHenM'iit of a hinne fur sal*1;
juft nich a me a* 1 want. Hneearr is ravti-tl
hy this tim*. and has hi* fill of oats. We
will drive mck and exchange the sugar,
Uko I sick tie lawn before Ivea forgets his
promise, .on may lie we cau lind the hand-
kerchief.’
• And spool a whole day V
‘l»i*ln t vouauy mming home, if yon hud
on a IicIUt drweyou would go tn the circle ?
tome now, || up—I 'll bo ready iu five
minutes.’
Mr*. Mimkiiu was taken attack, hut *he
really wanhsl t> go to the circle, und also
lake hii< k the tiding good*, ro site waa rea-
dy a* num a* lur liushnnd. and they were
soon hnek In th* town, which vu not two
mile* from huim.
Itond* are captal tin t they wih'?’ said
Mr. $imkins.
‘(••Mai eiiongli How, hut they II Is; *UlO*
theiillg hy in \t week.’
* 11 I »-an only get » lii'r*.* to mutch Snee-
zer liow . I II Im- made up.'
I on ,1 h sure to /el cheated ; hope lie
Won t whisk III* lud over tin- mills so.
•Sv. f’Uru. what a tsatilal child.’
Mercy! what >» friclit of :» fow 1 that
wuitinn ha - on.'
• I declare I'uiii Ivigdoll liu- got a r>< vv
turnout of In* own, uod how pretty hi.*
wile look*. I hey -ay loin I* doling hi It
rate.’
i - upp >se lira wili* ha. for goth n she w tl.
our hir* I M'irl once.'
Not -he She W11 *' falkitij' hIh.uI it la*l
night, and aid *he si e mi In thunk ) oil to tli<-
|ouge*t day «d lu r life lor learning lid h -w
to luak 1 hreud.
liiii hen' tliey wer<- at tin grocery. I in-
anL’lir was pn nh d. and Mrs C-ilukius
•«K d till • vehallir . ."he Want! d tile id 'll
uud a hull cent *ngur.
The .......it w.i* very hti-v. hut lie left
alt eb«i rfully apdogicing for tiie niistaku ;
but 'li 1 |» 11111 tr the pa|s |- I to 11 id it lio nil*-
lake. She had the identical ipiality 11-kod
for, which wm mo imv that wlu n die g#t
In-mi* *4n w.ft -ure j, ha<i put up the v\• • u
brand.
< lara bhishivi a little ashamed, and Mr.
SimkllM trades! a dollar or two to cover tip
tit* matter.
Tim next p!:i*v was to Mr. Ives', who
imuiodut -ly threw down half In* lawn* on
th* eoiiuter assuring h« r hclunl not thought
it a fading article, and the lady reluctantly
aabaowkslged *Ih-henu If had laimdeeuivi d.
aktiotm r wiw select'-d und th«* char/•
paid over, when Mr. I ve* threw buck lutli
a dollar, rtslucing tin pri*x* live cent* a
Va/d bi -uu.se <4 tie ir iuoe. a i mat 1
down the luciiig wilh u* mu li I- s. Mi>
Mhnkin.s began to think may Is- all lb'*
tMwhl wi'rr not «neh ch* at*
dhashe was *h iH'iti/ out of the door, n
fioar little girl that sol*] lemons on ihc cor-
nor, nan umI tuuglif her hy the dr h, '|
this Tour hnndkerehief, mu Hm *’
•wby. yes it i* Where did V<M| :*et it ?'
*1 *aw it full out of your buggy thi
mornitjg, and I have been watching all tin
1 to giv it
Mmkins t'n.k it nnd «tepj* I on
but Mr. Simkins threw a ouartcr into tlc-
glrfb bank it
When they rwchi-tl the htiggv. they
ind a
UlH-c/er hud '
n horsi- standing in tie r-md.
kins found the lien*' ju-t to hi-
circle was very pl«-:i-uut, nnd
return**l h uu • nt n- - ' Nl;■
really had to aeknowk'dge that
landing the or •• of :!: morn it. r
gmsj day of it. and found more
ks than -he tin 1 lit vva* in tli«*
■f« fl(-ison', \\ cililirig iiml lii*
\\ cililiiiu \ikIiI.
The following phasing picture is from
the early du} s of Jefferson, in th< Nc-v ^ .irk
/ Vii/wri/ •
“ Helinda." (Jeff ’•-oil * fir ? lovt-1, had
I-ci n married many years, and h< r old udnu
r- r wa* approoeliing thirty, win n ho met
with a young ludy ol twenty two. who pro-
ducetl a strong imprt - ion ii|hui him. ."lie
nn* a little above the medium height, slen
ik*r. but elegantly f**rm«d. A fair coin
I pie\ion, with a delicate tint o| the r-'-o ;
IhxTIi* or Kvi.l.lsn kl>. Willi,uu
the ('oiiipietor d *d Iroin tl.** * n< rn m- lat
Irom drink, and from the violcutu of hi*
pttS-IOIIS.
VN illiaiu itufus died the d at!i nf tie-
fM'o*' stag* In- hunted
Ifenry the Lir-t d"s| of glutton'.'
Ih ni \ tie ."i-cotid ih"d of a bro|>-11 le-art,
oci'ucioneii ti\ the had conduct nl his dill
>f t
"i ' khy Mr. Haueroft 1 i
.... |
- a-i account of the early traffic
In- hur -pi uu in *lave*. Irt the middle
'I"- Vi-m-tians purchased white m* tl,
'hulls und nlki r». ami sold tli'-m to th»5
*>•
-pan
own mui
*X.‘
we all. il we would try, nisi
>w* 'mark only Uu- hour* that
1x0 or < ’n»»u hm \ 11 —We
*®« by Mb>> accMnts from Moekh dm. that
the tomb Of t’harli** XII lies ln"ii o(iea««i
hy order if the pres« nt ao*.cn-igu. f'hurk*
\ V T\!b wu- * I * • i . * ioi 111 ■ t Vug
u-t. nt tbe nquest 1 • - 1
historian, for the |)iir|m*(' if |mivsiI»Ii>, of
setting at rest the ourstion an to whether
or not bis death might hnvc la-en due t.> a
trnitnroM ballet from Ins own trnopa. Tlx-
ex.uii'nation of tiw dea<l hero* remain#
wan conducted i»y I'rofck- »r I’eiuins iml
."tantenionb and Hr. V. Kndh'Tg. in tlx*
prcuewee of the king. I*ruice •►'•ar. tlx-
iih iiiIm r* of tbe Privy (’ouncil, I'roles* or
l‘r> vil, ."late Ardiivarius Non 1st nun and
Mate AniUfoariu* Hiddehraml. Ilw «x
aimnaUmi entirely sotthsl ti c point tiiat u
projevtik of commicruhle ii#n had entered
tiw head bf the left temple, nnd pa«x d out
through tbe right; and a* the |*action of
the King we* with the left sole toward tlie
fortreM, tbe shot must have ooux' from there,
uud could Dot have Ut'ii fired Irom in* own
side.
Axauramm.—Tbe Montreal Transcript
gives a collection of these literary curiosities
gathered hy Mr. J. Horthxviek, which i«
very eurtoos. Wc borrow wome portion* of
omitting those that have long suer »•<* n
Ilia r :
Able was I ere T saw Riba—(same i*ack-
Waidk). Arthur Wellesley—Truly In-’l! *op
war. Breakfast—Rat bakers, fill a logins-
—Hot as a clue. <'Intrudes Hard cawi.
Charles James Ktuart—<Maims Arthur*
Wat. Christinnily -In it* charity. Hit
•Wnioation -I m-imI into Siam. hemocrnL
leal—Comical trade. Kmbnrgo O garb
We. Kncyclopediu - A nice eoldpic. Fi s-
tival—Kvil fea*t. Ua Man tries—All great
*it»s. lawyers— Sly wan*. Miniature —
Thm F am in. Misuiithrnpo S|wo‘ him
not. Monarch —March on. Old Knghind
■Holden laud. I'arlsliioocm -1 hire j>ar-
sons. Patients1 A nice pet. Pedagogue*
See pup dog* Penitentiary Nay I re-
iw'at it. Preshyteriun llest in prayer,
devolution To love ruin. Sub trearan-r
A sure hnsfer, Solemnity Ye* Milton.
Vietoria Heginu in <Md Knghiwi- I reign
a victor iu a golden land.
I*i >11* n/il grnl (/«> onitU key Wlrd oil d
// y/• Uit/, ml in g ii mrhm)- ** M,V littki limn,
will you hiivu the kiudne** to direct mu to ,
the-----*tr»s*t Wiwlcvan ebnreh r”
Snut/I /*• */. “ Say, old Itaihioii, hm n I yer
got la*iier mnuix-rs than to interrupt ,1 gen
tlemaii when lie i« eating. Ho long, or I il
swat yer across the mouth ! ’
diehard • ’o ur «|e Lion di«
mat from which los heart .v.i,
arrow Irom uu archer.
John died, nobody know*
*«id of churgiu which, we
large Luxe I «•)•*. lull of lile and feeling; other term for u d>* ot hell*
and luxuriant hair, of a ridi, *oft uuhnni, j ll iirylhe I'liird •• -aid t
formed u combination ol nttruetion-- which I nutuial"dealli.
St like
Hi'’ un
* IUtllH-(
1. by u
how. 1
•Ut it i
upp.,-,.
1K ire
, is an
0 Imv*
di* 1 .
w«*re eminently CHleiiluted in move the
heart of a you (Ii fill lau-holor. In udilitioii
to uli tin . tin- lady ua- adiiitra dv graceful;
she r«M|e. danced and movtsl with elegant
i-tt*e. uti l *:tng an I played 01 t.Jn- harfisic. >rd
very sweetly. And -till to the-.- aeeom
pli-htni'iit* the posse*-ion of UAis-U.-nt good
-disc, very considerable cultivation, a v.ann |
loving In-art. and las', though not I- a-t, no- t
ld<! tulcnt* for liousek. r-ping and it would ,
not la- difficult to understand lu>w t lie youth
lul Mr. Jell' r'.'ii came to \i it her In ipicnt '
ly ul tin; lud) s roidencc, iu the county of :
< 'hurli S (*it\ It \\ ,t« called “ The Fni'e-t.
ami lh« nutii' .1 the lady w.w Mr* Martha
Skelton. She was a daughter ef John
Way ha, un cm 1 wnt lawyer, und ha I mar
riod in her seventeenth \- .ir. Vlr. ISartliurst
Skelton, who, dying iu IT*’>.'I. I- ft hi- v mg
wife a widow iit nineteen. \ - tie three
veurs nf mourning Is van to expire, tic
Maulilulyoung Indy lound herself U -ciged
at •• The Forc-t by nunuTou xi-it. r*. Of
the-c, three w.r* favorites with t| - fair
Mr*. Sks-lfon. of wl .nt T!i<-ttiti- J '!i-r-o 1
was one Thu tradition nun that the pn--
tcuaioiH ol the rivals were deeid <1. mtlu r
hy tlie musical ae'omplislt ii'-ht* « t til'*
young counsellor, or hv the tear- > I hi-op-
potM'iits I he tuh* is d ff.'-v' t'v r . 11*•» 1.
Hi*- version i*. that the tv o unfortmill
gentieitii'h ciiC'iuulereii each olh< r on Mr*
Skelton s d'N.r step, hut hounng Mr Jef-
ferson* ri- Im and voji • ac.-i mjMt y * > th«•
lady ina pathetic snng.gavn up the e-uit.»-t
hciiis-for’ti. smd retircil witimut interit^.'
cmiviliced that tile a.'latr W.L- In*)olid tllOir
control.
The other story is. that all thr<-e met n"
tin* floor, and agre» I that tiny vx m I tak-
their turns. Mr. J*'! thi, < ntensl fr-Vand
the tom-* of the lady in singing with her
COUI|N(!lion ileprived tile listeners > fall h '|s
However thn may tie. it i- n'rtaiti tl st tin
iNstutifbl widow conscnhsl to iH-conx* Mr*
Jt fli-rsod ; and on the first day ol January.
ITT-, there XVSL* a great festival at •• Tlx-
Fore*t." Frieisli anti kindr.s! rwmblcd
from far at drx'ar there was fr- ’i<-k ug and
dancing after tin- abundant old la-lnon-
uad we tind from the hrid.-gr «»in s note
book that the servant* and tiddlers rc< > ,ved
fees from Ids especial pocket. If -noxx'fd
without, hut within all was mirth ur d on
joyment. in the light and v armtli of th*'
gr. ut log tires, roar 1 leg in honor of theocn
siun. Soon alter the jmriorutance of the
<•( r> uiouy, th - bridegroom at*l In* bride set
out in tle-ir carriage for •' Montici'llo,"
wh- re Mr J< tl.-t >11 had comm,me- d build
iug in ITC9,just U tore tin- destruction hr
lire <d In* patrituouiul house of • ."liudxvcIL
The journey was not to end without adven-
ture*. A# they advann-d towunl* th<
mountains the snow increa*f*l in dopth.no-l
finally they were eompclleil to leave the car-
riage and proceed <»n their way on liorw*-
buek. Stopping to rest nt **Hlt‘nheini,"
the -«nt or Col Carter, where he f-uixl.
however, no one but nil overset»r. they loft
on HUiiw't, resolutely licnt on riutehtug Mmi-
ticello balere night. It was eight miles
distant, nnd the road, which was rather a
mountain bridle path thaw an honest high-
way, was etieuniU red bv snow thr*•♦ * fis-t
di t p. We may fancy the sensation >1 th<
newly wi ddtsl bride nt the chill ap|Mnriuuv
of tilt* desolate laiidrCu|N‘, is s|,e fMussed
along through the snow ; but *he was a
woman of courage and good soii*t . and did
not cure for inooDvenienec.
It xvns lati' xvhi n they arrixisl. and a
clus'rful rvecplion awaited them or ruthfr
there was do rciTptiou at all. lie lire*
were all out, and the servants had gone to
bed and the plats- xvns ns dark and silent 11*
the grave. Conducting hi-* w ife to the lit
tie pavilion, which was tbconlv port ol the
house habitable at the time, Mr. .Lfh-r* »n
protvehl to do the honors On a shelf l*c-
hind some bonk*, part of a laittk of xvirx'
xvns diseovertsl ; anti thi* formed th* -upper
of the liridcgnsun and bride. Far from Ik*
ing annoyed or discomfited by tb* ir rcts-p-
tion, however, it onlv served for a topic of
jest and laughter. The young lady wo* as
merry and light-hearted u* a bird, and sent
her dear voice ringing through the dreary
little pavilion as gaily os she hud ever doix*
in the ehis rful drawing room of " The For
est." Thus the h*ng h'liirs of the xvintif
night fled away lik<* minute*, winged with
laughter, merriment ami song. I he vigil
xvii- a mirthful incident rather than a trial
of their is|nanimity. They Wen* young
and they had ju«t b.-on married M In n
hands are el.(*|asl. and hearts Im*o1 close tiv
gethcr. them is very little glo.un in dark-
ness. und winter nights are not cold. Tldi
little mcral s«'ntiment will not. I hope Ik*
critici*ed ns tis* romantic for the “ digtiif?
of It tloubtlisw explaina how a
young hulv und gentleman, bath used to
every comfort and luxury, found theglo--my
lilth* pavilion in the midst of throe IW-t nf
snow. n« ithe- dark nor c >ld. on that Janu
ary night lone ago.
dl tIf
•"pu 1U auun
gru slave-
ill Tim* kit
(•.•vend il
iinporb-l 11
punned
Ui
import <sl
frica into
engaged ii
uboitmii d i
gdom Af
ie Indians
to^|min and ntudi -
i'itisl the c>.iaI ul \
lu hngiand
*ol 1 their M-r-
The F'ortu-
u slave* from
114|
Uallic. uiid no-
-'/Inc ut the place(
r America Wu# dis-
' Hi-puniola were
uves. Tho
»tli A m> ri-
o have died
and Utic.wil
wit a vury
I'shvui'l th'- 1 ir>t I-
died of a "natural si
which if would puzrh
phxsieiuns to detioiiiinuN'.
Lslwuid the ."••( >ik| iu.1 mo t liarii.-iroualy j
und indeu'vnlly in trd'r>d by rulhoiis i-ni- j
p|oye«l by hi* own moth' r (till her pm amour.
Kdxvurd tie- I’liird du d of dotage, ami !
Itiebard the ."eeornl nt starvation, the very t
mvei-s' of •»( urge the l oiirtu
I L-nry the Fourth i -aid
“of fit* caused by litK-U-sincss
n(*«* iti palace* in those day
common complaint.
Henry t|te l-'iltii i said to
•a |x
is a •
K ing
llei.ry the sixth |i<-d in prison, bymetu.-
known then only by hi- jailor, und known
tew only to IL avi ii.
F.dxvanl tlx- Fifth xv t* strangled in the
tower by his uncle Hielurd the I’liir l
Un-hard tlx- Third was kilesl iu battle.
Ilcury the Si xcuth wasted awuy. a* a
mi-* r 011;lit to do, and Homy the Kightli
* I i* d of curimtu'le-, lat, and fury, while hid-
ward the "ixih di*-.I of a decline.
Imliatis,
ry in K11-
1 X’(* died of
inlui ufltictioli, (sriualurcly 111.
•untry plir.i-o for getting ri I of a
Ml much ill.c'k |Ml'Id 11)|
• i* -aid to h ive dil.-d of
having su'-rilh'd Ksmcx to
iu and keltiiip|N .| thoiuaiid* of th
whom they transported into -lav.
rope und tli** \N est Indie* •'ohimhunhint-‘If
kiduapptsl .»on native Atm ieuu> and a nt
th- in into ."|4iui. that they might be paldi
* ailx -utd at Seville. I hi.* practice of *n-11
mg N'.rtli American Indians into kir.-gn
iMindage continued f »r two centarit •. Ne
gro sltixi i v was lir-f introduc 'd into Atn
r.ca hy Spuiiislis.'uvchokiers. who emigrat' d
with their t.( /rue,*. A royal cdi«*t of .-sp.ilu
authori/..'<l negr • slavery in America in
I'd- Kit-g Fer lifaml hitu*clf *. »it from
."•■ville fifty slaves to |a|„,r the min >.
I 1 I -.tl the direct tr.Uhc in »luves bniwceii
Alin'a and lli.-pa; >1.1 wo# unjuiia-d bv a
royal ordinance. |. ra*se-’, xvhn saw thu
Ittdiun.* vanishing «-v iy fx-fore tin; cruelties
ot the "pnnmrds. #11. gesu*d that thenrgroe*,
xxiio uloue could ciii. .rv severe toil#, miglit
Is furtIn r unnl y'-d. This xva- in lol-
•Sir John Hawkins wu# the first F/li-li
man that engag.sl in th** slax*e-trade. In
| Ifi -- he trnn-p »rte<! u large cargo of Af; 1
j cans t-» ilinpiuiiolu. In liioT another • \
[K'ditioU was pr* pai'.sl, und l^uccn l tli
iteeted and snured in the traffic lluw
ins. in one of hi- expeditions, set fin* tn an
Afi 1 eun city, utxl out of three thousand m-
I
iml
Rug-
1 <;:»i
ir
• Jin n Miry is *.ud to have ditsl of ‘al liatdtauls auexv. dad in . i/.mg two huiolri
iM'okeii heart, whereas she dust ot a sir- j and -ixtx. James Smillj, of Ik -ton, m
Kit. fr 'iu - ating t
Old •Ju.'.-n It.
nx*lancholy. from
his enemies.
Juim - the 1 irst <Imk1 of Ini.kmg and of
the l llect* III U liatuoies- X ICC.
f'hark** the I*ir-t died on the sctiffidd.
and t’tiaries the Ser*ond di«s| sudtlenly. it is
mid. of n|Miph-xy.
WiUiuni 1 in- I bird Ucd from ooia>uuifdive
habit* ut I Maly, and fro; 11 tho atuiutdiug ol
hi* hor-e.
I h in 1 K. ■ r. tir-t broii.ht Vcw
land to participate In -lavery In
they imported a cargo of ix-groe* Thr cigh
out Ma achusctt* the cry of justice xs.i*
raised uguiust them us nuUctactors and
murd< r« r*; the guilty men xv. re (oaimitn I
for tie* offl*ncc and thcn*pre-Kutatix'es of th>
p**opl»* or k*rod the aegris-s t<» ft,- nMor-cd to
their native country ut the public expen,
At t ialcr ptritsl, tfu-ro were both I mi an
•nil neg M . 1 I
I a [btfrli «hip entered J amt's riv. -.
pue."! \mi di-d from her aftacht Krit t.» I and land I twenty n.-grt# f*»r uie Tins
•strong water/ or. iu other words, from
drunkenness, which the pliy.-iciuu# politely
culled the drop-!
1«. >>rge the i-'irst died of dninkennes-s.
which In- phxsniun# a- politely called an
apoplectic fit,
(t.sirge the nd d 1 i >f a rupt ire of
the heart, which the |#»riodinils of that
day teriiN-il a visitation of ii(N|. It i*
the only ii. taiicc 111 xxhich i»"d c.cr touched
his heart.
<it*nrgo the Third died n* he had li'" I -
a ni whtiitn. Thrmigh-mt life he xv.i* at h a-t
11 r Kisist( nt monarch.
cor go th* Fourth died of gluttony und
(lrunkennt ns.
William th<* Fcurtfi di«sl amid th> *ym-
put hies of his subicets
■ ■. *<>*i-----
w.i'th i-|sK'liot the iiitrisluction of slavtrv
in Virginia. For many years the l»utri»
w re prrifipully concermsl in the slav*-
tru I iu tie market of Virginia
M -f r*lines are like thunder and «» ri .
c mxF 111 tlx distanec llxrjr npfK-ar hitt' k.
but wh' a t>!.;r our head# they ur< scare- ly
grny. As bud dreums denote an agr-- altle
future, *.! will if ts- with the ofteu pain! ,1
dream of lib- when it is pa-i All cur
strong tedii-gy like g|*o-ts. have their intlu
cuiv lor certain |s*ri(»ds only ; and -I a man
were to my to 1. aself this paasioii. this
pain. t!u* rapture i- *uro uftcr three days to
lean* it- effect on tin* mind then would ho
ulxxay- Is- more eonipo*#) and quiet.
Han*, (lie Suicide.
A gentleman r- sitlmg 111 tin* north w. *
fmrt ot tlx- city, got tired of lib* on Satin
day morning, und avowi*d hi# 'ktermtuation
| to commit *uicide. After giving d'rectioti-
for his burial to hi* wife.lie ki.*-*t*d lu-r ten-
derly. tuxl wept over hi*children. Arming
hlin*-ll xxith 11 ritk'. he xvent over to th
hou-c of lu* fathcr iu law.u portly old geti-
11, mail weighing over txxo hundnsl ami
fifty, nn I took on ftlTretioniite leave of him,
telling him wlx-rc in tlx- woods his r< m.nn-.
xxith u bull iu hi# head. Would be found
■• Huns, you're a foul." wu# uil the rc-
Rismse of the father iu law. • , , ,
I lopeful threw his arm* nr-und the old
man* neck, and wept. The old mail retu-ed
to nx il. aod linns sturtisl f >r the woo-1-.
wiping the tear drop from In# eye. How
long he wan.Krol through the silent w<#s|s.
or how far. is not known. Jbwtu* s-*veut«-#n
hours, from fi in the mottling until 11 at
night, is hlottisl from the hi-torv of a \u
liable life. I In* ik-crted wife hud retired
tosl«s-pnt the house ot her father to r ( ui-
cik- her*e|f hi st she eeuld on lu-r widow
hood, an«l the old mail was snoring Instdjr
when he was aroused by a noise in th<
kitchen, lining down in his draw-— h
saw his murderisl son-in-law with no awftil
gonh in his fact*, which he wos vairdy «■•-
'leavorittg to sfup xxith a leg of rliickt n.
“ Ah llans." sold flu* old ti un. “yeu nr
not such a tnm fool us you said x >u was
•*nt plenty and go to l**d fo(/r<i..cpo/i>
Smlnnl.
I*r Ibck -timates the number ol those
wrho haxi js-risln-d directly or indin <-tlv hy
war at U.tMMi.nno.noo. tell Kurritt. the
l< ai - d blacksmith, ha# tuk< 11 the estimate
ot Hr. Ibck. atxi estimating the uxerugt*
•I'luntitv of ldo(>| in an ordinary sized |* r
m, -fate- the blo««| 111 th -■ 1 LOoiMKMMMhI
would fill a circular lake of more than si \
t nt<s*n mil* - in circumference, afxl t**n feet
det-p. in which all the nuxies of tlssg xxoild
might flout.
V g.v.,1 story i* told of an Iii*h hoatlcr
who "a* *• ttf to the *f:iMc to bring forth u
travelers her Net knowing which of
the :**;» struugi In r- - in the stalls belong
un.l w shitu| to avo I |hc
ap|s*nratice of igm ranee iu his busim -*, he
nid.Ik d Im>Th :i!;'tn i!s and brought them to
the d.N>r. The traveler p«'*iiit«<l out hi#
own horse, tying. * I hat's my nag.' “C’er
tainlx. t - h -nor. I knew that. Hut 1 didn’t
know xx Iri li one o' them wo# the other giu-
tlemnn
> \!ko: iMioui.w.- A Vankor, escorting
a llritisk olliecr uround to view the ot»jocts
of attraction in the vicinity of Moton,
brought him to Hunker's Hill.
• LM# H the plan* wT.nfC XVarren fell,"
sa-d tlx ^ utik.s*.
“ Ah J" Mini John Hull, “did il hurt him
much ?”
•* 11 nrt. him ' lx* w^* kilksl #ir."
•■ \h ! was he *" -aid John, "that w«h
not suri’Tising. considering tliu distami; hu
ML"
If four hound d igs, xvith sixteen leg# ciw>
catch twenty nine rabbit*, with eighty sev.ti
leg#, in forty four miuuU* liowr many leg**
iiiiimI tlic same rabbits huxe to get axxay
from eight hound dogs, xxith thirty-txvo
leg*, in Huxautueu 11011 uie# and a hull *
“Mi*ter. when 's your house?" naked a
curious trax'eler of a hDlMiorwe halfstiig.i
tor Mpiutier M llmnc, eh I l» ye think I
am cue uf that fort, stranger l I sleep cm
the prairie, cat raw buffalo and drink out of
the Mi- i-sippi
I will giw ywi my head!" t'lrkinH a
person to M.'iit.-ispie, - if every word of tho
I AC:
u
I low ia it,' Haul a ip*ntleuam to Sheri
dan. “ that your name lias not an O attach J iu»ry I have related is pot true " “
id to it? Your Lundy i» Irish, and no r*cpt your offer,” sakl the l*rt*sid<af •
doubt illii-trioiiM." No family Im# » heller «rntn of snmll \aine #tn*n«'thcn the Ik»i
right to it than our lumily," said ."lx rid.ui. | frieixl-hip. mxl should Dover be ref
for wi* owe everybody.”
ha* tiren *uid that to make home hafv
the hu-baud mu«t U' somewhat deaf. I Ss a bl*
utxl the wife soiucwhiit blind.
I.ititrty will not dewernd to
people ma#t rats** thwoPelvra
mg that must la* e
* cau he enjoy»>1
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