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VOL. VII.
TEACH ME FORGET.
Why thos-o tears upon tliv cheek, live
why Urn ir.mi inn, why kukiii c .1,1 ?
Ulcer my heart wilh one bright smile lovo
ninilnnn mo awonlW as of nj
Have I done aulit tn'(;riuvn t Iio
II -i vii I caiisof) you to re-r.'t '
That your sinili.s'my liimrj ,11,1 Kla ldon ?
Then tcaeh, oh teacjh uie to forgot.
Dry your oyp, oeaso voiir woopiiiu,
For your sadness kIvpm inn pain
Mitli your ni iiis ulioui uietwiiiiitj;
Smilo mi mo with Jov HU;in '
1'riKht nnd happy have been tlio nninpiils
I lint Irivo vanished sincn wn met j
Had I cniisn.l you pain nr sorrow,
Tiifii toarli, oli teach mo to i'.irm't.
HOW HE WON THE WIDOW
"Wire," saiJ HJ. Wilbur or.e raor.
linp, us he s:it stirring bis coffee Kith
one hard and holding a plum cako on
his knee with the other, nrnl lot-king
across the table at bis littlo wife;
"wouldn't it be a good j kc to get
H-ichulor IMI Smiley to take Widow
Watson to Minium's show next week.
"You can't do it, EJ, ; h0 won't nsTt
her; he's awful shy. Why, lie came
hy hero the other niorning when I was
hanging out clothes, and ho looked
over the fenco and spoke,, biit when I
shook out a nisht eown Im blushed like
a girl and went away."
'1 think I can manage it," fiaid Ed. ;
but I have t lie just u little. Kul itien.
it wouldn't be much harm under sucli
circumstance, for I know hhs likes liitn,
and lie don't dilike her, but, as you vav,
tie s so any. I II just go over to Ins
place to borrow some bas of him, and
if I don't bag him before come b-ick,
dmi't ki.s me for a week to cume.
Nell "
So saying, Fd started, and while he
is mowing the lieUs, wc will take a tut k
at liill Smiley,
He was a rather good-lo; king fellow
though his hair nnd whiskers showed
some gray hair, and ho had gut in a set
of false taeth. iut every ouo s.vij he
was a good old soul, and so bo was.
lie has us good a hundred acre farm nr.
any in Norwich, and a new house and
everything, conifoi table, and if he
wanted a wife, many a girl would have
jamped at the chai.ee, like a rooster u
a grasshopper.
15-.it l!ill was so bas'ifull always was
and when S isan Sherry imitle, whom
he was so sweet or, though hi never
s ua "ouo to her, pot married to old
Watson, he just drew his head in like a
mud turtle into his shell, nnd there was
no getting out again, though since she
has been u widow anain he had paid
more nttcnti ui to his clothes, and h id
been very regular in his attendance al
the church the fair widow attended.
!.it here comes E I. Wilbur.
"Good morning Mr. Smil 7."
"Good morning, M. Wiibirj what's
the news your way
"Oh, nothing pailkul-ir that I know
of," said Ed , "only Rirruai's show,
that everybody is talking about, and
everybody and his gal are going to. 1
was over to old Sockridcrs last night,
and I si e his s m Gus has got a uew
buggy and was scrubbing up his harnes-,
and lie's got that white-faced ci.lt of his
as slick as a seal. 1 undei'sbnd he
thinks of takio" Wid )v Wato i to the
show. lie has been hanging around
there a good deal of lale, but I'd j ist
like to cut him out, I wouli. Nisan is
a nice littlo woman, and deserves a
better man than that young pup of a
fellow, though I would not blame her
much cither if she tul;cs l.im for she
must bs dreadful lonesome, an 1 then
has to let ber farm out on shares and it
isn't half winked, and on tme else seems
to have the spuvk to speak t i her. l'y
juigM, it was a single man, l a show you
a Iriclt or two.
Sj saying, El. borrowed some hags
and started around the corner of the
barn, where hn had left 1 Sill sweeping,
and put his car ear to a kmt Imlo and
listened, knowing tho bachelor had a
bit o! talking to himscll wucn any
thing wi-i'iied him.
0 mfur.d that young Sickvider 1"
said 15,11 ; "what business lias lie there,
I'd like to know? Got a new buci'v,
lias he 1 Well, s have I. ai d a in:
ban ess too ; and his horse can't gi t
si(;ht of mine, and 1 declare I've hull a
min i to yes, 1 will ! I'll go this very
night and ask her to go to the sVow
with me. I'll show KJ. Wilbur that I
ain't such a calf us he thinks I am, if I
did let old Wutson yet the best tf ma
iu the first piacc I"
Ed. could scarcely help laughing out
right? but l.c ha-tly pitched the bigs
out on his shoulders, mid with a Imv
chuckle at his success, stalled lvmie ti
tell the news to Nelly ; nad a'o u:t fi-e
o'clock that cvcnirL' t!;cv saw liill " )
by wilh his horse and bugi'y, on his way
to the widow's. lie jogged (joietly
along, thinking of the old singing
school days an 1 what a pretty girl
Susan was then, and wondering in
wardly if he would have more courage
to talk tip to her until at a distance i f
abaiut a mile from th; house, he came
to a bridge, when ho gave a treineuJ..iis
sneer?, and blew his teelh out of his
mouth aud clear over the dashboard,
ami striking on the p'ai k, they rolled
over the s:de of tV,o bridge and dropped
into four feet nf water.
Words cannot do justice to panr 15 !1
or paint the cxpresiion of his face (is
ho sat there completely dumbfoucded
at his piece of ill-luck. After a while
he stopped out of his boggy, nud get
ting down on his hands and knee?,
looked diver into the water. Yes, thee
tl.ey were, at ihe.boUom, wilh a crowd
of little fishes rubbing ll"cir m-ses
against them, and Dili wished to goc-d-trss
that his iicsj was as close for oce
& Mi Mi I Mi
W B L D O N, .. N.
secmul. H,, heau!irl teeth had cost
him s much, an I, the show coming on
time to grt auothcr set and the widow
and Sotkiider.
Well, he must try and gt them some
how, and no time to he lost for some
one might come along nnd ask him
what ho was fooling around there for.
lie hud no notion nf spoiling his cloths
by wading in with them on ; and besides,
if he did, he could not go t tho widow's
fiat iiigiu ; s.i he t.ir li a look
and
u -vii viip nviu ui see mat no cue was
s;ght, and then uiidretsid -himself, h
i i . , .
in
iv
i' g his tl-.thcs in the buggy tj keep
them clean.
Then he ran nrntr-d the hank and
waded into the almost icy water but his
teeth didn't chatter in his head -he
only wished they could, tj lietly he
waded al u g s i as not to stir u.) the
mud, and when Im g it ti the ri;;ht spit
he (Irupped under the water and c.une up
with the teeth in his mouth. Hut batk !
W hat noise is linn? A wagon, and a
(log balking wilh all his migln, and his
horse is start'inn.
"Whoa I Whua! Stop you brute, yon,
ston 1"
But stop he would iu t, but went off
at a spaiklinS pace, with the in. fortu
nate bachelor after him. IS,!! was cer
tainly in a capital running costume, but
though he strained every nerve he c.i aid
not Catch the bugsy or reach the lines
that were diagginj on the ground.
iVter a while his plug hat sh.ik el!' the
seat, an 1 th. hind wheel went ever it.
making it as Hit as a pancake. Bill
S intched it as hi ran, a'l-j, alter j im
miog his list into it, struck if, all dusty
and dimpled, on his head. nd now
he saw the widow's house on top of the
hill, mil what, ui). whit will ho do?
Then his coat fell out and he slipped it
on, nnd then making a desperate fp'.irt
he clutched tho hack nf the seat and
scrambled i", an.l pulling thn bnO'il
r-be over his legs, stuifed the i-lher
thing boi.e.uh. Now the horse hap
ppred to ha ore he got from 'S, lire
Mooie, and he got it IV 'in the widow,
ai d the animal to I; il ii.to his heid lu
stop at her gate, nhi li 15 11 had no
power to prevent, as he was too Ini-y
'iiit'oiiing his c 'at up to his ehii to
thii k nf doing niech else.
The widow heard the rattling of the
wheels and looked u, and soeiug tint
it was Sm'.ley and tint he didn't olrr
to get nil!, she went t ) sr-e what he
wanted, ami there she stood chitting,
wilh her while aims on the top of the
gate, and her face towards him, while
the chill-, ran down lis shiille-s let; I;
clear t,o his bare feci beneath ton buf
falo robe, arid the water fn m ills h.'.ir
and tho dost li m his hat h.:d ci u'.hined
to make seine nice little li'-.m s i:f mud
that came tiitklii g down I is face.
She P s !: d l.im to con o in.
N , he wi.s in huiiy. She did not
offer to go. lie (lid not n-dt her to pick
up his reins for him, because he did not
know what excuse to m ike for not
doing so l.iui'-'elf. Th.ea he 1 inked
down ti;c road behind him, and siw a
iite-ftieo hnro coniie" aed nl ei ce ,
,;sed it was th .t of (,'us S .ckridei ?
lie resolved to do or die, mi l hmriedly
told her his riraml.
The wilow would he. I'.digV.e.l ti g
of couiso she would, li.it, wild ln'l
he come in? No, he was in a h ,r:y, hr
sai l ; nod would g on to Gn en's pl .c
"till," paid the widow, "you're g"i";
to (j recti s are your i liy. i ia g 'lug
lhcre myself to get one of tlie gii
t, I
i dp me q lilt to-morrow
dust wa.t a
bonnet at.d
you." And
second while 1 gel my
shawl, ai d I'll lido with
away she skipped.
"Wh it a scrape," sii l I!!!!, nnd he
hasiilv c'.utched his pints between his
feet ai'il.wrigglcd int them, when a
light waggon iliawii by tlio whitc-faccJ
ll use, ihiveo bv a b iv. c une nl.iiig and
stopped beside hiui. 'I he boy lu l l up j
a pair nf bin ts in one hard and a "ir
nf socks in the other, ami j ist as Vm
widow reached the gate again, ho said :
' Here's your bonis ami s cks .Mr.
Smiley, that yu left i n Ihe biiilge
wlien you were in swimming."
" Vou' re mis' liken," said Kill; "they
are not mine."
Why," said the boy, "aint you Ike
man that had the raen .ift-;r ihe hoise.
just mm ?'
"X i sir, I a-n n"t, Yi ti had better
go on about von business."
" !'.!! ::;ghcd':tt the I.-ss of his Sunday
boots, nud turning to the wiJnw, said :
".Iu t pick up tiiose lines, will you
please? 'lVs brute of a horse is al
ways sfli'.ehing them ot:t of my hatids."
The widow complied ; he pulh'd one
crncr of the mho cai.liousiy doi-.u ns
she gut in:
"Whnt a lovely eveni 'rr." she said;
"and so warm I don't think wo want the
robe over us, do wo ?"
You fee she had i n a tiice new dress
and a pair of g liters otl si'1'
wiii.t'.'d to show them.
"Oil Hit," said Bill, earnestly, "ycViS
fi-id it chilly riding, a od I wouldn't have
you catch ddd for '.he world."
.Sac seemed pleased lit this lender
care for her health, and contented her
self with stickii g one of her feet oat
As s,ho did s i a Jong si k necktie showed
over Ihe end i-f the boot.
"What is l'.n.t, Mr. S.niley a neck
tic:" "Yes," Slid he; "I bought it ihe
oilier d iv I must have left it in the
bug'gv. Never mind il "
Then they went on q iite a distance,
7m k'Ui 7er 7mih! in 7 s, a: d woiideii'.g
7i it 7ii! si iuld do w:eii lmy gut to
Green's: and sm wondered wiy h d.d
not say somntting nice lo 7mr as well as
fqneezi 7itr nnd, wiy its C'.nt was but-
C, Til U .1 IS DAY,
tuned up s tig' ly on suci a warm even
ing, and wiat made (is face nnd It it so
diny, until I my were going down n little
nil and one nf iie traces came ueftitcuJ
and tmy h id to stop.
"(", murder !" exclaimed. 1 .11, wnt
next?"
"Wi at is tie nutter, Mr. Smiley?'
said tie widow, wiit a start, wiiei cams
very near j-rking (; ) robe off A s knees
' Oae of lie traces t oil," answered
he.
"Well, wiy don't you get out and put
it on again."
"I can't," said lii!', "1'vo got t . i it
is 1 1 li iveu't got i i, dear, I'm so
sick I Wnt ;ll I d i?"
"Why, Willie," said she, tenderly,
"whit is the matter? IK) tell met''
She gave his hand a little squeeze,
nnd lonked into his pale face j slia
thought he was goi'g to faint, s she
got her smelling bottla with In t left
han.l, and pulling t'e.e stopper out with
her teeth, stuck it to his nose.
1MI was j ist takii'g hi breath for a
mighty sigh, and the pungent odor made
I, i,n throw back his head so far that he
lost his balauoe, and weat over the low
back ttinoy.
The little woman gave a low scream
as his bare feet fL-yr, past her head, and
envoi ing her face with her band, gave
way 1 1 tears or smiles it is bard 1 1 tell
which, llill was up in a minute, ami,
leaning over tho back of tlio seat, was
liumhlv n;vi,igYiig and oxpi.iinieg,
when E I. Will nr nnd his wile and bi
by drove up hohiml and stopped.
l'oor 15.11 felt that ho won! I rather
have been shot than had El Wilbur
cnlcfc hiin i i such a scrape, but there
was iu hil;i for it noir, s i he called I.' I.
to him and whispered in liiseir. KJ.
was hk-ly to burst with suppressed 1 nigh
ter, but he borhmed his wife to draw
up, and.
utter saio:i sonieihi to toher.
he he!
ped the widow out nf IJ.Ii's bogey
an 1 into his, ant the two women went
on, le.ivino lie i,u.:i behind.
Iiiil lost no t'mi" in nrrang'eg l:is toil-'t,
as well as he could, and then with grei.t
persuasion El ot him to go home with
li'un, aud hun'i-M up slipners nid socks,
and getting l iill w.is'l'd n:i 1 CO -vhed,
had him q ii!o r e-Ci.;t;.lli! when the
ladies nriived.
I need tint tell von how the st ire was
nil nut of ("ushlul Ihil, an 1 h uv they all
liughed ns i hey sat around the tea table
that e'ght ; but a ill co. chile by sui-v
that tliev all went to the sh iw together,
an.l 15,11 l,,is n ;i fear of G.is. S iwkrhl.-r
! ow.
fj:j.
Ila was naliirally truel. an 1 he tol l
an aiq i iintance m e day I'.iut he had n
ni'w liitli t 1 1 y o" the public .io-pc-thing
riitirtdy i cw. II; ha I a long
siting n- d a buss hey lied t the end i
it, which he sail was lli: in .triune', t nf
t 'llnre. O-rr tie Ir.ii t si.leiT'ii a
maple Irec sent si'-me pretty strong
bia-'c'-cs, making a seat hidden In
le.ivi s.
I
n'ter d
lialK
says
the bos
tli iv iu-
cliuiced.
w, wail,
cip'il, ' lili the first viclin couie i, and
don't niah'! a i.oise." I're'.ty s ion a:i
ordinarily d.csscd weman came a! ing.
and j ist us she
id piste llie let drop !
the hey on the bird sidewalk, i:-irjcdt-atily
pulling it lip neaio. Ilot'.l lion
watt lied developments. The woman
came to a su Men stop, begin fumb'i g
iu her p icket, and wneils'rtd what it was
she could have dr ipned. Slio st ilted
nn, but had not gone far before she came
bail;, impelled iy cuiiosity, and began
a careful search of tho wa!!t. Meal
while, the bays iu lh-! tree stuff 'd their
fists ia thi ir mouths to keep frorri sc r
iag the can e, nnd dared baldly 1 id:
hi low for fear cf linghieg m;!. Asyii'.-
I pathetic si-ier cix.c i.i .i g, "ti i logeiaer
','icy riskt d up s'.om s and turned ovrr
all ilia chij.s on tile si Je .mi';;. No
ia inov, n i key, p ithi 'g couM they fi'id ;
and so wei.t nn to llieir h i:i; s, peihirri
to w orry all eight, or pes haps a giggle
in llio tree tin :;e I th-'ir lo i! i( disaj
p ointti.e ,t l i a veiy ch up s nile, and a
laugh from the stme. p'ace ma io them
have aw Ihl wicked thoughts about buys.
O. in victim found a j ii-. f (" I'm, and
le.yiii,: tlvi raii'-e ti the i.oisn to that,
w is sued front a gre.il th ai nf w nry.
I5.it' when she picked il up arid threw it
down to test lift; sound, the boys neaily
fell net nf the lire. A man. imn
c.uight, would sl;p all his p-ik'.'ls.
glance arotii.d a lit'le, but it wns seidtun
that 'lie wis brought lo a hi: !-;nn
sc.ueh. When anv one saw the lii-.k
alter searching half an hour and saying
nil khids of litth) things for the amuse
ment ol nil the boys he simply went
a.vay huri led'y. There wis nn remark
to make, no t ante to call. To get out
of s'ght as soon us po.ssihle seemed to
bo in.iU desirable. The trick is harm
le: $ ; i.o one breaks a leg or loses nn
eve in the process. Il might bo rec
ouimeiii'ed to constitutionally tired bovs
as a good way to sweep the walk. The
victims will throw nil the chips und
ttniies into tlie street by curiosity's
power, as it were. lvichcster Express.
- - -
CnACiFLl, Fi'M-cii. The vhio to a
yriing Indy of n ci-ftintH, t'egnet inid ex
pnssiji: vi'i-ali'ihuy ran htruly he mi-r c
liiiiated. Were nhe ni-vrr to n-c the pen
in i f.slolury or rhctoiiral composition, ti e
hn .u'.y an 1 chuim ol ciilliviited ennveisa
lion would be a power that would mid to
her iiifl leneo anion j inttlligent persons
more Hi ui all the j"wcl. ever worn. Add
to thi tact that woman's tongue is lit r
piiucipul weapon next to her cr, at
le st- in appeal and mt-r.ace, in ullery
and fi'din, in love nnd guidmiee, in fong
and riiyer,wliftt is there iqu d :0 I wotpau's
spctch I
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FE B IUJA LI Y R 187
THE LATE KOM. JOHN R. KIL3Y.
Sketches of the lives of man who
deeply impress Ihe ago iu which they
live, are exceedingly valuable. They
stimtilato other hearts and lives, espec
ially when it is made to appear that buc
cesi has been attained iu the midst of
obstacles seemingly insurmountable.
The lata Hon, Kichatdson Kilby,
hose plmtograph appears above, was
a man of mailt. His name is a house
hold word in thousands of families in
Tide-water Virginia j and far beyond tho
limits of his native State, lie was famil
ial ly known ns an honorable man and
counselor, ar,d as a made I CluUtian gen
tleman Mr. Kdby was b.-rn in tho county of
II mover, Virginia, on the !51st day ol
IVcember, in the year, lSl'.l, and de
parted this life ia Sull" ilk, Va., Decem
ber liih, 1878.
He was born of honorable parentage;
and he might have enj iyed the best ed
ucational advantages of his times, but
fur the early death of b's f.ither. His
wldoaed mother having to assume thn
solo care fa number of small children,
found it impossible U give to them
more than a few sessions of tuiti r.i in
what is called "as old fie! I school."
At the r.gi of fourteen, we find yotjig
Ivdhy b 'ginning his business life wcrk
ns a'i assistant to the Clerk of the
Coin t nl Nans.Miiond county, Yn. Hi.
iog spe-it a fe.v years ia this posithn, he
l)i camo lV'puty Sheriff of the
county, the duties of wbuli relati in he
alsj diSihargcd with reinnka'ihj fideV
ity.
Tlilsting for the prrpuati m fifCE
siry t ) obtain a license t practice law,
lie emph) e 1 his tin e well while in the
Cleik's I'lli.-e a;:J while connected with
the Shiiill'ilty.
I'. iteriiig tho legal pr ofession ia IS 15,
he begin a career, the success of which
has ( xjited the wonder mi l ndm'iatioa
of nil who knew bi n. Almost alone
an.l unaided, he explored the fi 'l Is of
le-oil lore, and became a workma i wh i
necdeJ t ol Ik; ashamed ia the presence
of any ji.lge or j iry. He k ,eiv the laiv ;
an 1 lew ni m suipi-se l him in the coin
pn hensive pros -illation of his case iu
ilia fewest words. Indeed, such was
the keenness of his apprehension, that
whilst on st men were in irslialteg tlvir
I -.pie l-.ii r.-i"r'nsi.;iis tree rcMi'lip 1 nl
us were reaclie I al-
.most by a fdaec.
N i man nf his d ly had a
stronger
hold up -i the c 'iifiliinco of a i ir tha i
Mr. Kilby. Ills ai'kiiowled,;ed ability
as a lawyer, a d his great ir.fl icn-c
over men, because of I. is unsurpassed
purity id chaiict-T, giined hi i clients
far a:nl reir, nnd made his profession
very lucrative.
lie lepn-sented Ni iscmon ? c unity in
tV tr.virsl Ai-'Uibly nf Viiginii, nf
l'-.M. ':: and '.-..I lie was an c!
tr
I I'-r the Slate 5 serve- in the S.uie iu.il
I Nation ,1 Cotiventior.s ; was l'resi lent of
! the C mimercial liiol; nf S iff.dk, a. ;
and tilled these, mil irary ether olli :cs
of trust, with signal ability.
Th.' su' j'"it nf this sketch attained
h-noia' lj disli-iclion ns a rr-'fe-sh'nal
nviu and a", a tit'z n ; but he w is pre
ereioctit as n JViri Ihin. llis life fur
v.shi's ah'ind.iiit eviJe-'.ee t1 at n rr.ati
can sit at the fei tof Gamaliel, anil also
sit -.t the feet cf .I.-sns. Ila beet -no a
ue.i'her of the Methooist l';iis:o;nl
Cinirch i.i tlie yeur l.s ill.
He I lid all he was nn 1 all ha pos
sessed upon the aliar nf God. The
church was loved above his chief j y.
And in turn, the cburJi conferred upon
him every honor she had to bestow
She sent him to her General Conference,
to her Ann ul C inferences, ni l le hwH a
s'lvard, a trustee, a trustee nf one of
her college;, prestdniit nf a society for
the relief of disabled ministers', and
SiM''i'.h school sup. rin'.eivleot.
A fintiel chinch mVi. m- always. In no
icl iti m (li I h.i illuslr.ito Lis z 'al mid
adaptation n.oio beautifully ir d cm
sliolly than ns superintendent of the
Sihhnth tchiiid. This ma-.ttlu was aevcr
more worthily worn.
In
a word
this
mm was a c.l.z"n-
prince, and a plice in Isiail, He bved
r.ot for himself, Hit for others. He hid
learned lhat"h is m re b!e;id to gie
lh in U receiv,
Aud t
UIS ill Is
ilolluswere uims'.ent.it; ! liis'j-jrsed
to th irilahle ohj--cts bv his Coris'.-liko
tin i ds. Let this cj ituph be graven
imnii the nr-uit'e til'i-'i shrill p-,.-!. I-,;.-resting
place: This man ' sern'-l his
o.Vii giiier.ili.il hy the w.ll t,f God."
Mis. Kiiby, the e-..i nabla wife, n- d
six fhil ben nf matuiity, hih'u esteemed
in the c immunities in which they live
four ::8 nnd two daughters survivo
this devoted husband r.r,d Cither. The
married da-'ghter is the wife of IV. W.
W. Murray, nf Baltimore, a native of
Yirgiuia, nn nccnmplishcd physician,
nnii for tho past tw veins n School
Commissiorer of tho city (if Baltimore
fioni the Niuctcc th ward, in which he
resi le. Two of the s irs, Mr. Lcroy
15, Kilby rind Mr. L. Clay Kilby, nnd
tire d gaged in mercaut le fu su'ts in
Not folk. Three of the ehilili i n reside
in Suff Ik. Of these, Mr. Wallace
Kilby is a successful merchant, and Mr.
Wilbur J. Kilby, his fa'hets law part
ner, is prosecuting ti e business (af Ihe
late firm of Kilhy S in. He is a gen
tleman of lihcral cd.icati.in, and kis suc
cess at tho bar is already ns-uieJ, in
l ei iling as he does nn iy cf the trails
of character of his distinguished
father. 15 ilti.noi fan, '
9
A gentleman nimel Moote jtrop-ve-l by
letter lo a young Lily, who iin'Mocl him
with a nlowing desriiption nl a ;r at
parly, rinph.isir.ing the list line ol her
no'e'S ) no more at prejeiit."
i) .
NO. 51.
FUJJERAL INCIDENT.
Tho editor of tha New Orleans "Ad
vocate" has this incident ubout Ike rav
ages of the yellow (ever in that city, re
lated to him by one of the Methodist
padors :
"The pastor was called, a few days
since, to nlteud the funeral of a young
man. Itefnrc his sickncsi he was a
stoat, buoyant, manly youth. Ha was
from tho State ef Maine, and bad been
here but a nhnrt lime, II was attacked
by yellow fever, and soon died with no
mother or relat'ncs to wntch by hi bed
side, nr 1 1 soothe him with that sympa
thy which mine but those of our own
dear kindred blood' can fuel or roanifes'.
lie died among strangers an I was bur
ied by them. When the funeral ser
tice was over, and tho strange friends
who ha 1 miiii-tered t him were about
to finally close tho cMli i, an old lady,
who stood hy, stopped them aid said,
'Let mo kiss him for h!s mother I' We
have yet lo fi rJ the fi st man or woman
to whose eye this sirrplo recital has not
brought tears."
THAT 'EReTqT."
At noon yesterday there was a piece
of bedcord, a d ifj and a roan on Wood
ward avenue portico of tho City Hall.
If Ihe dog could have h id his say about
it he would prob-ibly liavo offered the
man for sale nt a low fi ;ure;but d.igs
in this country nre dinnS. It was the
man wh i explained :
"Yes, this ere dog is f , r Bale. I
kinder thought when I h-ft homo that I
wouldn't take less'n $10 for him, but 1
find on git'.in here lh.it must everybody
owns fi'0 or six d gs apiece, and so I
sn iso i n nave 10 oroij flow,! ti s:x or
seven d 'liars. I bate to d it, though.
Iflhe old woman wasn't wearing a horse
blanket for a skirt and the children bare
footed, I woulJu't part with this dog
even up for the biggest thinocercs in
Birnnru's hull colleckshun."
"Any mean traits about him " it quired
ine ei'iz 'n.
' 'W ml, n o," slow! rcpli-l t l.o owner
"not any i.n. might nieiii trick"
"Then why , in you wish lo sill hinit"
"Waal, 1 r.iu't lie, even lo poll a day
ami ns leid ns the !i woninn wants a new
"int. 'l'lie liu't is, we've kind r hmt con-
n inncc in li ?. 'r niiii me oi l woman, in
p- riiel.-ler. is dnvn on hiiii,"
"I! i t wis it!"
' 1 don't l;nr i.liout tho dog'a hcirii.'
what I ssy," n plied Iho old in -in as h
loweri his voieo and dreiv 0,1 a litth
l on see, lie iook Cm (lu ne-t streaK on
you ever heard el ()-e d ay h lelt hoiif
and Cinv lu-i; w:!h a -.vs'.let in his ninu'h
I'lliril WIls $(,!) ill it. Next div 111
lironglu home ii di i uond rr.-riii:T. Next
i-i.'ht ha e-vni' ho i! l with a pnM watch
mi I eh tin. and i n hi next tiip l.o brought
li-M'.e n iliiMii-i'ol a ilhirs- in igrernbieiis. In
the r o.'.rse ol thep-i-t i.i.-nlli lh:s 'ere d";
ha hr v'..;h' lioni- ovi-r ten lusi porlut
h-'i li?, si .(!! -oh! v a'.lns five dinrn mil
riiv.-s and s-1 woll-rohf s."
'Cr. it II 'iv-'n ! but is t'nt no?" ex
chiitiu'd ll,c cil'.ms l.'okiPsr Ul3 dog over
iiiirw.
li-s, I n it isfr). and ttiat s w hy w ye
lost im -nll.lt nec in l.rn. and w hy 1 want to
I m'iI him. I in aha. d Lo don t come bv
these tilings InncsGy, an 1 they are a bur
oen on my e.'n-i'ii'nee. i .in oil vvoni'n
h is tarn.' I rvir; th'ng over lo the Sh-nilf
to he testere 1. mi l f lie ssyj if we Ri t p Hie
ilnil were unl.nir nn I nlietiing tiihh ry.
"Il I t il;e tin! dog I sl'.u'i simply kiep
him in the h .rn, ohjcrvud l!i,i i i:i7.'H.
"dust F t. von let him nr.t he'll find a
lo-t wiib't, snre."
1 sh ill s e that lie tmvns loeke l Up
ad iliy and night, my hnno.-t liien.l, and
by thn w.iy, let me compliment ynu on
your rsro ilupuy ol coujeir-neo. ou du
Move tin- iimnks ol ivery uontst rc&o
Hera ire 7 lor jour dog."
"Trunk V"U,'' M! ttis huniMc reply
nn 1 Cnt meek ni l lianhle look diln'l
hare the r.i-nr f,ec until tlie dog and his
new owner Invl tuiiud a miner. Then ho
ill I n't s iv niivlhiog. lie uvrely Rye vent
lo a e heckle which sounded like ice br-k
ing t il a m iii-nr 1 i jo in a Ihnw inij iliy
nnd co iling d uvn on a lot ol scrap irou.
l i!t r.nl i ,cn riesi.
T!rut;-n Coin .V Nnv Ymk farmer bs
diseiive::' I e. tint ol Inirie.l coin. Whil
In-nn 1 his son ivi ;e diguing a pt tobutj
I'.'.rni -n in a fsndv spnt nmr the shore
ll ey r-liurk il large stone three loet t elo
fhe piiilsee, I'uo.i ii'.iioving iho s'iv
t'ley ili -e.sy;ri I an iiM-'a'hkini'd Irmi pot
nf n' fs'.it a peik's i icvitr, li.led with
wh it nppe lie ! lo b- I'rgn cooper coin
'liny tit O'P- irmuvi l tic P"t to the
lion-i', nn I r.'ter deming a lw coin
wh'eh were M '; with rge, Inmul the
lo l e :-(nnisli silver Hollar", fiimi ol lliem
nei-ing ii'.'i1 ,i.i' I lie cutis were
ptnVi'jiy li in id J ilurisg the tivolutieiiuiy
yar.
At Tiirs "0or..--l i one ot lou'.hirn
sukuilm a l.tiu'y was sesttd at linger,
he ii the i! ier ti 11 r.mg. lindget wa-
-cut to the il-'or. li w is roiiee ihat tho
l.cl I a I-iiig p nley. an 1 it was surmid
c -n( i ni'ii-! , th .t th-ro was roine elem nt
nl tinecrlaii'tv In the intervirw. th !r
ri tutn ol tha nrvint, tho inss'.cr ol the
hoii-o ssi 1, "U'cil Biidgct who was ill
In which bridge' ri'piiiti, with all tne un
su' pectin .r so.ei'iiiy i I her rare, "It w as
ti nth iii-iii, sir, ,o . King iik t It e wiong
house."
S2 .
An Iii-lnnan on b Ing asked how he
liliul Amriiei.rcplii 1:
"l.T my foil it bests anything I iver
saw lor Iri-liMii. Aid thn beauty (I i
d.' ve fce.is, (hut 11 yces don't I'kn it yen
run Inyo It
Tha wanied hid its ol a curt tin ci'y have
fiirniul a (' n c lieme liimliand C ub. li is
ab'iut lour le t Inns, and has a UiUsh on
1 lie end ul it.
Deneon Smith, jn-t decr-ised. ha I a Tery
rid rose. Hit widow thought it int her
rirn'iiial in the mini'trr ti begin his fun
il dii-'conrsc, "Anntiier shiniest Hsh! lus
beca taken Irnn cur eoegre'-itiiin.''
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