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HIGHLAND MESSENGER.
"( ' Asubvillk, March 28th'r 1843
Mfssrt. "Mc Anally Sf Roberts
. . . B" peotlemen You will confer a favor od
me by inserting this note in yeur nest num.
ber of tho Messenger. On my return home
jfesterday from the 'courts of tho western
part of the circuit, jny attention was called
to an article of yours io reply to ono ia a
Jate number- of the Ruthcrtbrdton Intelli-
gender, on the sohject of thp approaching
Congrcsstarial eloction in this District.
Vhile jrou botH scern to concur in theopio.
foa Chat it la too late, now to attempt to hojd
a convantion toMdura tha nuoibarnf Whitf
candidates in the field, you express some
fegret thnt there should be any' division in
, the ranks of our Qwn. politlcaf party. In
this matter I am aware that you express tho
jeelingof many citizens of the district.
- When I was formerly a candidate, there
was iotrie complaint against mc on the
ground that my coming put had a tendency
6p1tnheny7nnjrdeT-thati
not be blamed again for that cause, I desire
io state what occurred .durinj tho former
canvass. Two ji:ursIncelbt.'n Mr. GaA
HAX and myscJl' hd been but. one week in
,lhe fields as eandidutns, an. attempt -was
made j during the weekdf Haywood court,
to prevent our both.continuing on the track.
Several NVliigs some of wiom were for
Air. Giuijam, uud others inclined then to
support ue pressed me strongly to with,
draw at ihur time; provided he would agree
to declfne at tho expiration of the term then
about to commence.
tcv-After a good deal of conversation, I at
length told them thai I (ch It my duty, urg.
ed as I 'was, reluctantly to yield my indi.
viduar preferences to the wishes of my po
litical, and personal friends ; but added that
it would not be right to require Mr. Gra
ham to agree to decline a reflection ; ot
all events', as IT was' possible that such a
state of thinss might exist at the end of
..-..
two years as to ruoder it proper for him to
be again a candidate. I informed them thnt-
they were Authorized on my part to say . to
him that I would then withdraw and allow
him to run without opposition, provided he
would agree to decline being a candidate at
the end of two years, if his political friends
should then think, it expedient for him tq do
so. The proposition was accordingly sub
milted by some' of these individuals to Mr.
Graham and by him at once rejected, and as
I was informed ho added that be would "nei
ther buy out or sell out." From the terms
. in which his reply was couched, he seemed
to regard himself as possessing a vested
estate in the office, and as I thought the pro
position a reasonable one, that a man who
had occupied a station for ten years should
consul t the wishes of his supporters before
he asked to be continue J for a longer term,
I felt under no sort of obligation to give way
to him. If, therefore, any evil should result
from two Whigs running In the District, the
fault at least is not mine. I have on the
present occasion taken, tho field under, the
firm conviction that a decided majority of
tire chizens - of the District are unwilling
that Mr. Giuitam should longer bo the Re
' prescnlalive for reasons which I expect to
lay fully before the public during tho eusiu
ing-ennyass. In so doing, I merely exercise
that right which belongs to every citizen of
the State. From Mr. Graba m circular,
I-perccive that herptt.ihe4ihofrMarch n
nounces himself a candidate, some days
earlier than I -did. Of this I do not com
plain at all.- I hope, however, that I shall
riot be censured id any quarter for yielding
to the solicitations, not merely of those who
formerly sustained me, but also of a very
large number of Mr. Graham's old friends,
who declare themselves unwilling to sustain
him any longer.
Respectfully, yours,
T. L- CLINGMANr
Mr. Webb will much oblige me by giv.
.Jog this note one insertion in the Ruther
fordton Intelligencer. .
.tea THE HeSSBNOE.
. Mortality of Cattle and Ilofsv
Messrs. Editors : I know not how it
may be in your part of the world, but. all
through the vicinity in which I live for
m'.lcs, there seems to be a sort of " day of
judgment," amongst cattle and hogs. I
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presume 'there ticVe? was A yW Tiere' lb
wfetcH more hogs and cattle have died, than
in,' the present, , The coldness of the season,,
lice, scarcity . of food ,, &c. , &o. , ha ve been
the cause -of the loss of much-stock ; but
then there are numberless cases where both
tattle and hogs have died where they daily
Ind plenty to eat, and were in good prder.
Some persons have lost from six to fifteen
head of cattle, and from 10 to 40 head of
hogs, h The diseoses of the cattle, I am not
particularly acquainted with, but in the hog
fine,-1 have some experience. Tbey are
first observed to be falling ;aw'ay and grow,
ing poorer, then they seem to experience a
difficulty of breathing, and catch very long
breaths, or breathe very slowly, then they
take a dry cough, which is followed by fre
quent efforts to throw up, "but wilhout'any
avail. ' This is succeeded by great debility
and weakness, which Is followed by loss of
appetite or inability to swallow which na
turally in two or three days terminates in
death..,' A gave my bogs corn a plenty, ad-
ministered brimstone, tar, copperas, slops,
potatoes and onts, cut off their tails, lanced
thoir tongues, split thoir foreheads, etc., etc.,
bul all lo do edict. From, the time I put
litem up, they continued grpg poorer
end poorer, till nothing was left but skin
and bones. Some of item I threw over the
fence, where they lay without ever attract
ing the attention of a dog or -buzzard, or
decomposing for four and six weeksso
poor do they becomo before death. If any
of the hog doctor, or M. D?s who read the
Messenger know of nny cure for such com-
phiiots, they will, doubtless, confer a great
favor on our ctimmunity by communicating
their remedies through its Columns; I can
form no satisfactory conclusion n my own
mind, what is the cause of the epidemic,
nor cm I remove the disease by any knowl
edge or skill I have, therefore, I remain, as
ever, respectfully , J. M. E.
roa Tint messing. J
A Iew Invention
Messrs. Editors : Itjwtslbcen aid that
there is " nothing new under the sun," and
hrrwpver cnoti irtls'mav imto m itmicriii,
- - - - o . t -
I think there Is one exception to be found
to it in Henderson county. Man is an in
ventive being, ulwnys contriving, improv
ing, changing and progressing. 1 om about
to relate' orie of the most ingenious, simple,
striking, labor-saving,-economical, and ox.
puzseling, contrivances that has ever been
discovered since Grimes pushed the bull off
the bridge! 1 A gentleman ol this county ot
considerable tact and wealth, distinguished
for many tmafl thingt as well as large, has
completely set nt defiance all straw-cutters,
boxes, &c-, by his unexampledjngenuity.
He maneuvers in this way ; ho takes a
bundle of oats, unties it, then lays a layer
of about twelve tlrdws North and South,
then twelve more East and West then
twclve-in a diagonal line and so en till the
whole bundle is crossed and piled, so that
scarcely any two heads will be together,
then he " unmuzzles the ox" and if they can
eat the beads without eating the straw, they
will do more than oxen was wont to do in
olden time ! ! Never let il be said again that
there are not wise men in Henderson coun
ty, N. C No, never ! The inventor, as
soon as this meets his eye, ought to apply
at onco for a patent, so that his rights may
not be infringed upon! Respectfully.
- . J. M. E.
NroLSON' Compas. A attiall compaaa has
lately been offered for aalc to the French Govern,
inent by a Chevalier Auriol; to which a curioua
history ia attaeid. "JTi" iitile instrument which
ia ia plain gilt caac,and of Engliih manufttcture,
waa firat, aeat,-ith other aatronrfnieal instra.
menta, to Louia XVI. by a dcseefidapt of Sir laaao
Nawton. - It appear that it waa aftcrwarda given
by tha unfortunate Monarch to the Dauphin, who
had it with him irf prison, and while there gaya it
to a faithful dependent who had tried to assist him
to eacapa. This party bad been it school at Bri
enne, with Napoleon, and accompanied him to
j Egypt. There b happened to show the little cam
pus to lapoieoD, woo acmiretr u, iuu u ws ac
C6Tdirlfly presented to him. Napoleon on return.
ing to Franca, and having become Emperor, be
ing, at is well known, sapentitknu, set groat v,alue
n tha inatrunient, had the letter ? N" and his
imperial crown engraved on it, and made use of it
in his campaigns, and never parted with it until
his captivity at St Helena; and then cither cnn.
aidering H as a useless talisman, or aa the beat
means of acknowledging the disinterested kind
ness of the party, be presented it to Madame Au
riol. Marshal Soult ia now in treaty with the
Chevalier Auriol for the purchase of it, with tho
vieW of. plaeinr this Royal and Imperial relic
amona tho other obircta preserved in the Hotel
dea liivaWi, aa having been aboui the person of
Napoleon.
We notice in Pennsylvania tlw marriage of'Mr.
Wngkllo Mim Betterteay. Mr. Wright had no
doubt read Pope's Universal Prayer, particularly
theibllowing verse of it :
If I am rijArthy grace impart
Still in tha right toatay t
If I am wrong, oh teach my heart
To find the brtter tray. A'eaw Adv.
In a Pk-sxs- -Catharine Pickle,' of Clinton
count?. Pa., got into aickie, by marrying one
Jacob Pickle ; aha wishes to get out of tha pickle,
aad"tff avoid all future pickles, by pocuriar il
vorca from Pickle, aad thus become npickled.
' l f;-aai):l 7 -11.-; i " Ill mi a,
urt
How Brtha wasJesUoas, and
;J v - if . h-H1'?t ' -An via i tiiv
Liove sketches generally- end where this
begins but young married people "afford,
perhaps,' the: very i best 1 material 1 for the
heroisms; heroines; and heroes of the fire
side sketch. '. The altar, tha ring, lh de
claration of the tie lodissoluble, (errors and
death excepted) are generally looked for
ward to as tne pleasant catastropne or tales
Bir the1 Author of the Turtle Dove,' it
us look a little 4wyood, and describe bow
Bertha was .jealousy and.tbea wo will see
h" .. , .'- . , . ? , . i
When Charlie found his little wile "par.
suading him very earnestly on the let me
see the first evening of the third week
after marriage not ta go out and, leave her
alone, we are compelled to acknowledge
that prettily as she pouted . the, request, he
thought it was very unronsoiiable. Fpr
twi nty-one days and nTghta sho had been
to him as his shadow. She could Dot pass
bis compting-room even,, without looking
in, and taking him away,, with herand
strunge to say, her walks always carried
her to preacisoly that part of 'the city where
it was situated though sire met no other of
her own sex there; except not a very baud.
some, and not exceedingly young woman,
who. sold knieknacks to such beardless
young men as cannot pass an appl f'mdut
trying their teeth in mtf who seerc to
serve no particufar purpose in society,' ex.
eept to support the hucksters of flour, dis.
gutscd in (at, aforesaid. Now this connu.
bial attention was very well the first day.
It was rather pleasant the second. It was
endurabfo the thTrtfr By ihatdoy every
clerk in Churhe's store, end likewise the
black poitcr,and the carman who displayed
the. provincial English of a cor"to hire,'
in front ot his door,J)ad rebelled the con.
elusion by ocular demonstration (hat he had
married a beauty On the fourth day her
presence was tolerable on the fifth listen
and learn i young wives and affectionate
the negaiivo particle was absolutely affixed
in the young husband's mind to the word
endurable; when her pretty harid Upon hia
shoulder lipped him out of his balance of
debt and creditor, as be was poring over
the ledger. If such a thing were possible
ia the honey moon, wo should be inclined
td say that Charlie wasashomedof his wife.
Watch little sis at the dinner table. She
devours mentauy tnat unu imga crrwrvr
the desort is served bat it is not proper
that she should express one word of affec
tion for the temniinir fruit- Schooled in
strict observance of etiquette, she talks
only with her eyes.' It has fallen to her
lot and now see her take vengeance upon
it for her past assumed indifference. She
has not the glimmer of an idea'of the moral
that is to be read in her little innocent hy.
pocrisy antecedent to possession,' and her
frank and somewhat nauseating (the pret
tiest children are preUy pigs) devotion to it
when it is rolled to her place. By and by
she will grow up, if her fond parents' hopes
aro realizod. The apple of her eye will
then become somebody worth talking about
we trust, a husband worth having. - While
that husband is merely a husband elect, she
will pretend before witnesses to the same
indifference that she acted toward tho or-,
angp. When he becomes a husband indeed,
she will be unlike, roost young women
certainly unlike Bertha if she do not re
venge herself upon her husband as she did
upon the orange at any "rate while the
moon lasts.' There we promised a sketch
only, and have already written a disquisi-
tion. . . ... - j .,
Revenont a moulotu-sheep indeed.
Charlie certainly looks the character. It
is tho tenth day constant in her walk as
the ghost of Grim truo' to her hour as his
nonentyship.she has daily, bundays except
ed, stepped into her. husband place of
business, aywreathed in smiles to surprise
him with a visit. The porter outside the
store asks the carman what's o'clock. ' The
carman looks up the street as If for a sign
of the hour, and discerning a particokir
bonnet, s iys ' two.? That a prettier time
piece could not bo' welt found than Mrs.1
Bertha Bent is a fact. The clerks inside
who yawn at the undigested indigestiblcs
which they have bolted at their dinners
drive, theif pens witji a fresher seal as they
discover by ber appearance howjnuch i) is
past meridian", and rejoice at the immediate
commencement of their principal's now
daily .piraclS-djdirtncr hour. ' Tlie young-
est, boy thrusts Jiia tongue. Into his Qheek as
he bends over, his paper ; the next almost
hems aloud ; the next opens both eyes wide
and then winks with the two. One is
seized with a fit of coughing, the periodical
fit occurijirig duily just at that hour, and no
other;' and all of them act as if an epide
mic frog had jumped fromohroat to throat,
producing caclunatton- by the whole com.
pany suppressed at first but ss the frock
of Bertha sweeps the threshhotd on her
way out rising by a regular crescendo,
till master and lady out of hearing, it swells
to the full diapason , of a loud guffaw.
Pompey Porter outside throws a Jim Crow,
balance and hums a ditty ; and the carman
lets, off his mirth bv giving the negro a
touch with a crack of his whip, like a wasp
sting...., . ... , ' 4 -...... , . .:
Scrub, In the comedy, is not so great
a
fool after all. I knew .he said, that
they were4' talking about me for they
laughed consumedly.' Cooacious that no
deserved to t laaghed at, Scrub's process
el tatiocinationi wai as correct as it was
. . I
f.j -J.V. vS .y, -'
short and simple. Now Mr. Chales Bent
cbufdnot bo 'birnd io what 'We 'htive de-
scriM; nor eould he but' understand the
whblo of it and what it wtowart.tr To wak4
any enquiry was out of the question ; aad
to taker: any, notice of it in any manner,
wouki only be to add to the joke, by raising
an xatangiuki aomeimog into a tangible evil
rnin a word, to help along the joke of , his
young scape grace, at bis own expense,
He had. his suspicions and they were so
far irora bejig wrong thai ibej wore quite
v As le passes borne tho advertisement of
La jnew married wife, why.wjll people qo
sp j which she carries in bet; Qress, is not
eoough. . She prestos so close to her dear,
and looks so affectionately up in his lace,
that the naturaj lapguage of herfoanneris
not, (o be rcisunderstooa. Jiaye. him is
as plainly spoken .as if it .were spoken by
her lips ; as distinctly written as if jt were
placarded "on her 'shoulders. ".. Young uh.
married iris find refuge for thoir envy in
the ollcclalton of contempt lor matrimony
young men, late Charlie's bachelor associ-
ates, touch their hats with provoking punc
tilio! whilothe blood mounts to The roots of
his hair.' ' CNer stagors; Ih thtriga irianw.
nial amile to themselves, at the neophytes,
and all along' the' streets' the promenade of
the married couple mases as mucn sensa
tion as would the stately tread of a bear, an
elephant, or other distinguished stranger.
sne cares nothing for all this, or rather likes
It. tit ctoses his own door behind him with
a feeling of security, as if wibes. and taunts.
and sneers, and laughs" floated oh the sun.
beams out" of doors, and he had at last
reached a haven, and shut them out. And
yet sfler-all, he would not readily rehn
quiso nis prize, u sue uoes not mane mm
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ashamed ot her,
. Human nature cannot stand everything ;
and me re lb re we do not wonder that many
couples-get married, and then run or ride
away Jill the accident has bluwnover. But
Berllm would not listen to any proposal of
tuis sort. . feme would just as soon have taken
a pair of diamond bracelets into the woods
to sport them, as to have carried the husband
she had woo into seclusion. , No no not
she. ;She did not believe there was another
in the city and liberties", no, not in the Union
or tha Universe, like the husband she had
obtaiqed ; and as she would have done by
a new dress, she was determined to wear
him while the gloss was on, whore the most
of her old companion could see him, and
ss a matter of course envy her. She loved
uiru uwnj Micio l Mr Xiisnurunr ivmm oj
she was jealous of the very newspaper he
looKea into at orcaklast, because it diverted
his attention from her. 1
Upon this particular day the tenth since
their marriage, whcnTatrly housed, Mr.
Bent iniimated to his young wife as gently
and gingerly as he could, that he wished
she would not pall every day at his place of
ousinens in one moment alter he had
stammered it out, he would have given the
world ir lie could, have recalled it. She
looked sVwoe.bo-gonc so sorrowful, and
it threw such a damn upon her spirits, but
a momcDf before so clastic, that if he had
thought that proposing, to her to go down
on 'charge and kee'p business hours by his
side, with.her laco and needle in her hand,
would tave mended the matter, he would
have mnle her the offer ;' and no doubt had
he asked ker to do so before that unlucky
speech,, site would- have fallen into the
scheme ( daily life with delight. In fact,
in her ova heart, she wondered only the
aay oelore, why he imd not mado some
such arrangement, if he really loved her as
she did him. ; f ' '
. It will eadily be perceived that the young
couple, were in a position quite as awkward
as any which could have occurred before
marriage Charlie could not go and explain
to his young wffe why he wished her to
forego what she considered only a natural
and proper manifestation of affection for
pne whom she had as undoubted a right to
love as she would have bad to eat an or-
Imge. . He might have said that he did not
ike to have the honey-moon shining so
right in tha sight of scoffers but that
would have, been awkward, particularly as
').- had promisod her before marriage and
7 K;e , that (heir honey-moon should last1
wliile their lives wore spared. If she would
miry have asked a question or two but not
one word in way of qnery did she utter ,
and thus having no assistance to gel out of i
the scrape withal, poor Charlie was com-'
polled to let matters take their course. ' ' :
And a mighty pretty. Course tbey took, !
to be sure, in tho mind of the young wife.
WHtdDe-WTsrTh
wisn .ner to can at ms store T. it was a
question she asked herself twenty times be
fore bed time twenty. five times after she
ought to have been asleep, and sll night in
her dreams, Il sat on ber heart like aa in
cubus and when she waked in the morn
ing, she waked a jealous wife. That was
how Bertha became jealous,' and a very
tsB tfh.a a
smalt ousincss you tninic sne made or it.
But before you condemn- her harshly, my
dear madame, try add reollcct if, you have
not been jealous yourself for cause quite as
insufficient, ' Trifles light as sir,' dzc, the
quotation is somewhat musty.
And now, having' firmly decided in her
ova mind that hsr dear Charlie was an
ungrateful, cruel, deceitful, apathetic, in-
Jiiifferent, beautiful monster, she watched all
rthe time his merest look, tone, word,' ge
ture and motion. A Conclusion one adopt
ed, it ia very easy to find proofs of its cor.
rcctnessv If Charlie waa present and auea-
live, bo wu only playing the hypocrite. If
be talked it was but to divert her thoughts
-' ?'' l -. t
from his wickedness, and lead her. acute
Bess astray. If ha was silent she was sort
be was thinking of some absent one. If ha
iad it aroaoaJy tr kill the lima which bung
heavy on hU wretched hnnria while ha was
in her society: and if he did not take up a
book it was because, he feared she might
make him unwillingly minister to her plea
sure, bv askins him ta read aloud: . AH
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these mental operation she kept within her
own heart, only advising him that some.
thing waa wrong, and she knew U by alter.
nate passive gloom and almost active ill.na
ture. ; Poor follow ! . No wonder, that ha
longed at last to escape for an evening Grvm
his beautiful plague and tormentor ; and
that brings us back again ta the evening of
the twenty -first cay after marriage, at which
point we digressed. Il is somewhat a long
parenthesis to bo sure but honey -moons
are always parenthesis in the eyes ot old
married people oassages in the matrimo
nial narrative which, as Lindley, Murray
has it, 1 may be omitted without injuring
the sense
' Now don't go out again, Charles, with
out me.
Again! have not made a call without
you since- we. were married,' sighed Char
He, a if the three weeks had been a fore-
noon of .lb wandering Jew three centu
ties or such a trifle. , . . .
' But you leave me alone every day.'
' My dear girl, I havo business with peo.
pie this evening whom you do not know.
A young friend'
. ' Yes, Charles, any body but me so soon
after fier marriage too' and she half
smiled as if ashamed or herself.
. Charles bit hi hps, and had half a mind
to call her (whisper it) a fool but thought
better of it - So ha twirled his bat a. mo.
ment, then stopped her mouth with a kiss,
and passed out of the house with a mingled
feeling of joy at his liberty, and of com
punction at the pain which he feared it
might have caused her, Bertha .walked
pensively across the floor two or three times
then stamped a compound fracture into
the slip on her right foot, and then, well,
what then i - i.
She picked up a uoto which he had drop
ped from his hat. Men are very careless
to put papers ia such places. Bertha took
it to ihe light and read, , . , - . ; .
. ' Mrs. WUkins' compliments no, that
ia too cold a word the blessings of the
widow and the fatherless f tho hypocrite I
be upon you, Charles. The wretch to
call Aim Charles ! . J received your nqtice
-f -rtw. ppOTt.trncnt to-day oh the the
and expect you will steal, a few moments
from your pretty bride this evening.'
oertna sunk into a chair. ' This it ner-
fily. A youne friend a vouns widow
an abominable manJ She wi,ed her lips
spitefully and started up. .When she reach,
ed the street door she remembered hor hat
nd as she returned for that, her parox.
ysm abated a little.- . She called a servant,
gave him a message for her husband, and
directed htm to follow a step or two behind
her. Now the reader doubtless fancies he
see reason enough why Bertha should be
jealous.' .
When Mr. Bent came home, John de.
live red his message, that Mrs. Bent had
gone to her mother's, and did not wish him
to take the trouble to follow her.' Of course
Charlie said nothing to the servant, but hei
thought' Humph strong symptoms of
powerful tantrums. Tho best curs is to
take her at her word. So he smoked bis
segar and went to bed. We are sorry to
tc torced to record tie fact, but he ' slept
like a top. '4
At breakfast solus, he betrayed no signs
of diminished appetite bvt devoted himself
witb such industry to the toast and coliee,
eggs and cetera, that Betty, cook, declared
she should thereafter double the provision
when missus was away. ' And then he walk
ed Comfortably down to his wareSouse, the
only misgivir.g upon his mind being the
fact that Bertha might.come.down there to
set his rascally boys playing pantominc
again. lie did think of!j breaking their
heads all round in such an event, if they in
dulged in that amusement, and, if he could
not describe the cause of such discipline,
of leaving their guilty consciences to guess
atiu- .- -r .... .
But instead of Bertha, came her brother
a midshipman ia Unci Sams navy. Mr.
Middy looked aa if he had matters of high
Import, locked in his breasl, and ready to
be forthwith discharged ; and Charlie had
only time to bid him good morning, and to
hope within himself thnt Bertha bad not
oeen masmg nersi'ii nuicuiuua ui iki mu.
roan entered.
Ah,' aid Bent, to the last comer,' how
are you this morning T I promised to in
traduce you to soma of your future mates,
and you are just ia time. Mr. Midshipman
Greensaid be,addressing Bertha's brother,
allow me to present to you Mr.Hklship
roan Wilkfns, that will be, as soon as he
buys his cap, hat-lace and buttons. He
received his appointment yesterday,.
Mr. Midshipman Green touched tha visor
of. his cap to Mr. Midshipman Wilkins, and
Mr. Midshipman Wilkins made a motion,
aa if he wanted 'to touch tho rim of his hat
to Mr. Midshipmao.Green, if he could do
it unperceived. Suspecting that Wilkins
and his brother-in-law might like to con
verse a moment, Green withdrew to the
street door. ' Wilkins,' he said to himself,
why that's the name in the note. He drew
it from Ms pocket and looked, f Appoint
ment yesterdsy, why thaCt the appointment
in tha note tooand our Bertha- is a fool,'
Then bo hummed ' Hail Columbia and
WHOLE ATJMBBR 141,
looksd out at th dooir. A hackney coach
stood before the store with a Very old, but
very good looking lady 4a it In very deep
mourning. ' And that his mother I snip,
pooai.r BtieV thai widow ,u and yooag
green-horn there is the fetherks.". Berth
it a fool, and I have had a narrow escape
from looking like one too.! '- Tb young
' greenhorn passed out, bidding Mr. Mid!!
shipman Green a very respectful good mora
ing, foil of deferential aw at his buttons.
Mr. Bent accompanied young Wilkin Id
the coach door, and the old lady shook him
warmly by the hand a only a whole,
hearted and grateful old lady can shake.
Wilkin smother,Isuppose,'said Green,
as Bent returned to Ihe store. - - -.
' Yes, and a fine old Jady she is too
one of the " have been," in point of pro
perty ; and ber only foible is that she won't
let any body come near, wbojaa known
her in better days, except a elect few, of
whom I am pne. She make the weed
sho has worn this fiv years a pretext to
deny herself to all society.' . , r
' She hasn't a pretty daughter t' -
No Jack is her only child.
'And never a beautiful nieco, or cousin, -or
any thing of thai sort in the bouse!'
' Not a soul-but why do you ask such 4
question'; -
'Oh, (ot nothing only I want to find
out whether it is worth while to fish for an
invitation home from the young cab.' That
was a bouncer aad Green proceeded td
tell another in the same breath, ' Oh, I'd
like to have forgotten. Sister Berth asked
mo to call and say, that she should be horn
to dinner.
Humph,' thought Charlie to himself,
guess she's got over it.' And then he said
aloud, ' come and dine with ua, wont youT
1 1aveMr engagement.' That wa
bouncer the third, but Mr. Midshipman
Green had his reasons. He thought there
might be a sceno, perhaps, As he walked
homo ha composed a new comic song with
which to regale his sister. Take a sample
Air, Lucy Long.'
Oh, I have a aister Bertha, - '
An" Ib'lievfeshe iaafootj .
. She went off an' got married, -----
- When she should ba' staid at acbool.' -But
marriage it a school, Mr. Midship.
man Green; though. aa Mrl Weller. senior.
sayr , Vether It's vorth while to go through
so much, to learn so little, as the charity
boy said, ven be got to the end of the alpha.
bet , is a kevestion. I Weller, not think
it ianV . '
When Mr. Bent went home to dioner. ho
found his wife all smile, an Unusual phe
nomenon. Never did a meal tete-a-tete
pass more delightfully. Add after dinner
Mrs. Bertha Bent actually bunted up Char.
lie's scgar case, and pressed it upon him
though a day or two before she protested
mat smoke killed her outright. As tbey
both sat on the same end of the sofa.' she -
said, ' , " - - - - . "
' Why did you not tell me that you bad
managed to get a midshipman's commission
for your young friend, that dear txctllent
old ladys son V
I tried to tell you, and you wouldn't let
mc.
Why, Charles!' ,
' Certainly I did last evening; but you
pouted and scolded, " any but me," and I
gave it up.'
Bertha thought a little for hor a (treat
I deal. An ecclairissement followed, and tho
young bride, when air was explained, the
store business. and all; would have been
perfectly happy if she ha I not felt not a
little ashamed. ' It is six weeks from that
time to this writing, and though Charlie
Bent has been out two whole evenings with
out his wife, she has not felt jealous once
nor even suspicious that he prefers tho
society of any other person or tiling, male
or female,' animate or inanimate, above her.
And eha has actually, also, found for her
self, that too much of a dear husband is
Iittlo on the order toujour! pcrdrvc..
The Degrading Habit of Swearing, It
is not easy to perceive what honor or credit
is connected with swearing ! Does any mart
receive promotion because he is a notable
blusterer? Or does any man advance to
dignity because ho is expert at profane
swearing?- No ! Low must be the cha.
racter which such Impertinence will not de.
grade. Inexcusable,-therefore,' must, be
the practice which has neither reason nor
Cassion to support it. The drunkard has
is cups ; the lecher, his mistress j the sa
tirist his revenge ; the ambitious man hi
preferment; the miser, his gold ; but the
common -s wearer has nothing ; he is a fool ?
at large i. -sells hi -soul for nought; .Q&41
drudge m the deviTs service gratit,.-
Swearing is void of all plea. It is not the
native offspring of the soul, nor interwoven
with the texture of the body, nor any how,
allied to our frame. For, as a great man
(Tillotaon) expresses it, " though some men
pour out oaths as if it were natural, yet bo
man Was ever born of a swearing constitu
tion." But it is a custom, a low and paltry
custom, picked up by low and paltry spirits,
who have no sense of honor, no regard to y
decency ; but are forced to subst:tute some
rhapsody of nonsense to supply the vacancy
of good sense. Hence the silliness of the
practice can only be equalled by tha silli
ness of those tbt adopt il. Sernumt by Ihe
late Dr. David LammL .
Professor Srixmix. ia a recent Lector, stated
that in 4he course of a few years it would bo, as
com mo a thing to ace persons ana hundred yeare
rears of age, aa it ia aow those of eerealy-Cvo
years; the result owing to the Temperance aaova.
la of to Pfsaaau oay.
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