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THE NORT JNA CITIZ YOL. ASHE YILLE, N JUNE a, 1870, FeSTiaYo LOVE UP AN APPLE TREE. • ,j Tiiere wns a seat in the apple free, A most dcliglilful and cosy nook.; And one afternoon about lialf-pa'st (Iirce, Kitty sat there reading a book. Her fair head bare vritli no hat to mar, And her dress just showed one dainty boot. And he saw her as he smoked his cigar, And he came and stood at the ladder’s foot. Kitty half blnslied, then smiled and said, ‘•Won't you come up and sit here now And Kitt3’’s brotlier, a hoy to dread, Saw and determined to raise a row ; So he crept softly vinder the tree, Listening to all they liad to say, Did the impish brother, and sly as could be, Seized the ladder and bore it away. Then they saw him ; and she, with a frown, Said “Wliat will that awful boy do next V' And she called him the greatest scamp in (own, Vet I don’t, believe she was very much vexed', For her lips smiled though her eyes half cried, As she saw the position of matters now, And he came over and sat by lier side. Leaving his place on the opposite bough. What could the}' do ? They were captives there. Held as if by an iron band ; Kilty tossed back her golden hair, And reflectively leaned her cheek on her hand. “If,” said he, “we for help should call, They’d laugh to see us in sucli a pligiit. So we’d best stay here till the shadows fall. Or till some one or other comes in sight.” And some one did come. It was Kitty's papa, Who past the tree his footsteps traced. And saw through the leaves a lighted cigar. And a masculine arm round a feminine waist. Kitty looked down and blushed at one, And looked up and blushed at the other; - Said her father, “These are nice goings on !” Said she, “It was all the fault of my brother.” What was the end? I’ll tell you that, Some months after, ’mid silks and lace, And ribbons and riches, some ladies sat. Who were discussing the time and place As to when—so ran their debate— Atid where a certain wedding should be ; Then thatampish brother was heard to state, . ‘Tthad_hcttci''eome off in (he apple tree.” {Boston Advertiser. ..Only a Farmer’s Wife. a-iRi' w. STAXLKV GIPSON. • Two womon sac togetber, at sunset in the porch door of a white cottage that stood-under its ‘old ancestral tree,’ t.nJ ‘among its fiefds of wheat and corn,’, like a poet’s vision of a quiet resting place for some weary, but surging hua'tin soul. And onc'of these two women had eyes to see, and ears to hear, and a heart to feel and appreciate it all. She was a tall,jHid stately lady,^npparentl3' some thirty years of age—not exactly hand some, but with a grace of air and man ner peculiarly her own. The careful toilet, the nameless air of elegance and luxury, the pale cheek, and soft white hands betrayed the city dame. ^Vhile the weary glance in the large dark eyes, which even the pleasant quiet of that sunset hour could not quite drive away, show’ed that time had not dealt lightly with her and-her heart’s idol, but had thrown them, shattered and ruined at her feet. Her companion was some five years her junior, and many times prettier—a littled proud-faced, apple-cheek woman, with dark blue eyes and dark brown hair, and a round figure that was set off to the best advantage by the afternoon dress she wore. .At present the pretty face was almost spoiled by querrulous, discontented ex pression. She was contrasting her own hand, plump and small, but certainly rather brown, with the slender white fingers of her city friend, all glittering with rings. ‘Just look at the tw’o !’ she exclaimed. ‘That comes of making butter and cheese, and sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, and making beds allthe time! That man told the truth who said a woman’s work is never done. I know mine never is. Oh dear, dear ! to think that you, Margaret, should have married a city merchant, and be as rich and as high as a princess in a fairy tale; and here I am planted for life, plain Mrs. llirara Parke, and nothing in the world to compare with you. 1 am sick of being only a farmer’s wife !’ Margaret Van Ilowth looked down at her .grumbling little friend with a sad smile. ■‘Jenny, it seems to me, as wo sit here in this quiet place, and look out over all those pleasant fields that are your own —it seems to me that you arc almost wicked to talk like that.’ ‘I dare say,’ replied Mi's. Jenny ; ‘but you would not hke it, Margaret. You "would never wish to change'places with ‘-me.’ ‘Perhaps not. Would you like to change with me ?’ ‘And be Mrs. Van Howth, instead of Mrs. Hiram Parke?’ : Jenny hesitated. She dearly loved her handsome husband. . I have vanity “Well, I don’t mean that I want to give up Ilirnin,” she said at last. ‘I only wish, that he was a city merchant, instead of a farmer, and as rich as your husband is; that’s all.’ “And that is a great deal,” said Mrs. Van Howth coolly. ‘Jenny j^'your wish could bo granted, do you know what your life would be ?’ ‘What yours is, I suppose. What ar^ lady’s is'in vour position.’ ..-‘Exactly. But what is thaUlife?— Do you know ?’ • ‘How should I ?’ ‘It is a weary one, Jengy, wTtli more genuine hard work in it than all your making of butter and cheese can bri@g.’ ,‘Oh Margaret !’ And oh, Jenny! Believe me, dear, there are no people on earth work harder than the fashionables who only have their own amusement to provide for.-^ A life of mere amusement is a dog’s life, Jenny, ^t the best.’ ‘I should like to be convinced of it by actual experience,’ said Jenny, doubt- ingly. ‘So I said and thought onc.e. been so convinced, and it is all and vexation of spirit, ray dear. “But how ?’ persisted Jenny. ‘How ? In ten thousands -ways. If you live in the fashionable world, you must do as the fashionable world does. You must rise and dress^ and shop and lunch, and dress again and drive, and dress again, appear at certain halls, parties, or concerts, exactly as your friends do, or be voted bizzarre and out of the world altogether. You, my poor Jenny, who are by no means fond of dress, what would you do at a fashion able watering place in the hp|,test days of August, with five changes of toilet between, morning and night, and a French lady’s maid to tyranize over you all the time into the bargain V ' : Hlorrors!’ ejaculated Jenny. jBall^ you Must goVto In spite'*of 'fa!-*guc, parlies you nm.it grace in spite the heat, calls thut yOu must make on people whom you detest! -Oh, Jen ny, I should far rather be at home with the butter and the cheese if I wore you!’ Jenny was silcut. Hero was a side of the bright -picture which she .tad never seen or dreamed of bed’ore. ‘You love your husband, Jenny!’ said her friend, after a tim.e. ‘Love him ! Why’’ isn’t he my hus band !’ was her native reply. Mrs. Van Howth laughed. ‘Some women ‘in society’might think that a reason why you should not love him !’ she said dryly. ‘And he loves you also !’ ‘I should die to-morrow, if I thought he did not!’ ‘Tut, child! People leave this world when God wills it, not before. I dare say you would survive his infidelity. Many women before you have lived through such thiugs.’ ‘Don’t talk of it, Margaret! I could not bear it? Why his love is all the world to me ! How could I bear to lose it?’ - ‘Then don’t wish him to be a city merchant, my dear. I dare say there are a great many good men in the city— men who lose their wives, but, on the other hand, there are so many tempta tions, especially ‘in society,’ that I sometimes wonder that so many remain true to themselves and their duty.’ She spoke absent, and her eyes had a far away glance, as if they dwelt on other things. Jenny ventured a question. ‘Margaret, is yours a happy marriage? Do you love your husband*? and does he love you ?’ Mrs. Van Ilowth started, and turned' crimson. ‘Jenny, I would have loved him—I would have been a good wife to him : but ho never loved me. He brought me to place at the head of his house, because he thought me ladylike and in- teresring; that was all. He told me so once, thought not so plainly. And since then ive have each taken our own way. independent of each other.. I sel dom see him at our house in town. I have my carriage, ray diamonds, rav opera box. In the season I go to Sara toga or Newport while ho favors Long Branch with his presence. Wo are per fectly polite to each other'; we never quarrel ; and I suppose, if I were to'die to morrow, he would bo the ujost. in- | consolable of widowers—for a week ! j Jenny, you will not wish to change j places with me again. Your husbind | might change as miUe has done, exposed i to the same temptations. Thank heaven | that you have him as he is, a good, IrucJ man who loves you, and never mind the’ butter and cheese, Jenny, so long as' your own happiness and his arc made up without them.’ She rose from her seat as she spoke and strolled down the garden path alone. Jenny did not follow her. She sat on lie step lost in thought. The riddle of :ior friends life was at last made clear Taking the Black Veil. The solemn ceremony .of the last pro- fe.si-+on and taking the black veil by two ch':^r novices'was witnessed in the Ur- . . selmeConvciit,inEastMorrisania,Sun- uic step lost m thought. The riddle of . morning,* by the relatives and her friends life was at last made clear j fi-i -nds of the youthful candidates. The to her. She had often ■wondered wity nan-eft.of those who have thus seperated ,n mi.l.t nf nil l.m- n-n.Ul, : fhe^nselves for life from tlie outer world Margaret, in the midst of all her wealth and luxury, should seem so sad and ill at ease. She wondered no longer now. To be the ■nufe of a man who has no love for you ! What ‘lower deep’ can there bo for a. proud and sensitive wo man than this ? * J^ny turned with tears in her eyes to meet her handsome, stalwart hus band, as he came from the field. “Well, little women? he cried, and then she got the rough embrace and hearty kiss for which she had been looking. Yes, -Margaret was right! The but ter and clicsse were of very little conse quence, while love like this made her tasks easy to endure 1 And the rosy-checked little woman bent fondly down over her ‘Hiram,’ as he flung himself on the porch seat, and fanned him, talked to him, brought him cool lemonade, and made him thorough ly happy and at rest. Poor Margcret! Happy Jenny ! Nev er again would she wish to be anything more than only a fatmer’s wife! Jumping into Matrimony, Marriage is unquestionably as decid ed.a turning point.in human destiny as can bo. It is, however, a turning-point which, least of all, should be felt to be mere blind chance. Yet mere blind chance often rules the result. Every body now recollects how Lord Byron sU-Kod on a to.ss up whether he shoold | ,iress of the congregation, made moke Ins oiler to Miss M.lbanlce or not. ; ,„i,iing and beailtiful tahleau. Ml. Grant afserts that there is an tng-1 procSision had ' scarcely been i hsh Duke noSj-living, wlio wrolc the fol-! ■ • r/,.'. ..M,, jfMiitd aijreei and its pomps and vanities are Miss Harriet Leonard, now Sister Mary Ser- apuine Josephine, of the Fire Wounds, ami Miss Fannie Hart, now Sister,Mary Bi;;>istrec Josephine, qj" the Holy Fain- hy- J'he hour appointed for the ceremony - half past nine, but before that time the friends had begun to assemble, and tin gathering was large. The'ceremony wu-i begun by the entrance of the pro- cc<^'ion at the hour appointed. The pu pil- of the school, in dark dresses of brvwn. or blue, and veiled with white h\K-:, came first; next, the novices, dfss- _ed /n the black habits of the order, with white veils over their hoods and capes, ann carrying acrusifix in the right hand, and a burning taper in the left; then th'..professed Sisters of the community, Icii^hng the young candidates, robed and veiled in black; and lastly, the Mother Su.FC'rior. The candidates for profess ion fhen seated themselves in front of Un^iUar. 'iao waxen candles which they had borne in their hands were placed on a naiTow table in front of them, covered wirh crimson velvet. The candles ar- raitged in triple groups, on the altar, gj:^;ming against the white and glided ti-irciu-y of the screen and tabernacle^ the '■‘jjv ‘ figures of a large number of pupils aud thirty or forty black-robcAuuns and i;'>\ices the motionless figures of the can- <i.id-.-ues in the aisle, and the convention- witli whom lifMiitd agreed to inspect some carriages in Long Acre : “It^will not be necessary to meet mo to-inofrow to go, to Long Acre to loo’t: for a carriage.— From a remark made by the Duke (his father) to-ihiy, 1 fancy I tun going to bo married. ’ Not only liad the IMarquis left -hiS fiithcr to choose a bride for him and to make the other necessary matri monial arrangements, but when the Duke that the future Marchiness had been fix- ^ed on, he seemed to view the whole affair as if it had been one which did not con cern him in the least. We have a simi lar anecdote of the late Duke of South erland : “On the morning of the day of his marriage, a friend of his found him leaning carelessly over the-railing at the edge of the water in St. Jame’s Bark, and throwing crumbs of .bread to the ducks. Ilis friend, surprised to see him .at such a place, and so engaged, within two hours of the appointed time for his marriage to one of the first women in England—one in whose veins the blood of the Howards flowed—exclaimed, “What you here to-day! I thought you were going to be married this morn ing?” “Yes,” was his answer, given with the most perfect nonchalence, and throwing a few more crumbs to the ducks, without moving from the railing on which he was leaning—“Yes, I believe I am.” I should hope that sensible men do not often leave the choice of a wife to be determined in this indeterminate way.—London Society. An Astounding Discovery in Chemistry.—Mr. Thcophilc Ladislas (.'vlitui the acolytes and clergymc ■-■j'p-'.l . C’liLLTCU ilj ‘lull L'ci-l Gastifiil dress to (lie sflunit of music from the gellery, and tile muss begun viiili tlie “Veni Orcutor Spirifus,” sung by female voices, d’he parts were well sustained and some of tbe solos were rendei-ed with exquisite and touchiipg street c s. " During the l.igli mass, which was said by the Kev. Datlier Ilackspiel, c» the order of Jesuits, the candidates received communion. Immediately after tbe mass the novi ces, after kneeling in front of the altar in silent prayer, made the demand to be adinittedjio the Sister-liO id in this form : - Tlie officiant, the lit. Rev. Mcleher Greenbly, of Wi.sconsiii, asked: “What do you ask, my child ?” ,^To which each in turn replied ; ■“I demand the mercy of God, the Sjocioty of the religious of §t. Ursula, and to take the vows of poverty, ehasi- ty, and obedience, in aceoniance to the rules of St. Augustine and its Constitu tion.” “Have you entire knowdedge of what you intend to promise ?” , “Yes, Rev. rather ; and with the grace of God I hope to perfoam it fcith- fully.” They were then formally received, and a sermon was delivered on the per fect liberty of the religious life, and up on the slavery which the customs of the (vorld entailed upon females, particular ly in presciibing their dress, manners, and mode of life, conforming them to false standards of morality and fothctics. ITiis was contrasted with the ci-ue free dom of those who had chosen as the can didates had to conform only to the will Zohwesk of Ski^one of the cleverest puv-||p;<5..o,] ^nd the rule of a master whose pils of Baron Liebig, has just made an and benediction pronounced, the assem blage retired while the Te Lnem was j5ung by the choir. astounding discovery in chemistry, viz : k'iofht the solicious and aluminous ethers It ' °TPo sermon having boon concluded is but necessary to pour into a chain- ® pagne glass a certain quantity of these two ethers to produce almost instanta neously the most magnificent stones ; combined with very pure oxide of iron the allumiiious ether produces ruby ; with sulphate of copper, the s.apphire ; with stilts of rmiganese, the amethyst : with salts of nickel, the emerald; with salts of chrome, the solicious ether pro duces the different colorations of the to- ! tonished at this, and added ; paz. These ethers avaporato Avith ajhccn Kansas it Avould have To MUCH Corn to the Acre.—At a -late meeting of the St. Louis Farmer’s Club, a communication was read, in which the party claimed that 205 bush es corn had been raised on an acre land in Indiana. A member said he felt ns- ‘If it had been less penetrative perfume, Avhich several per-C^^urprising. . Things are very iarge in sons have declared to bo very agreeable, i that country. He had seen a picture of The salts crystalizc very regularly as ■ farm life iu Kansas wher« were four or soon as the liquid part has gone. TIioHive men on a long lever raising a sweet corindons obtaii^Jltliimugh this means I'potato out of the ground, ajid other men are not quite natural |wm'o up on steps ladder ■cuV;ing off the tho'f^cft.'tion js carefully j ears of corn with liatchcts.' He iiuppos- cd it wiis in that couiitr^^, when they ones; but i done the brilliancy is admirable. The silica and chn's are principles * easily found in the different parts of^^io globe ; and the preparation of the new ethers, though delicate costs very little. This discovery will bring forth a revolution not only in the jewelry, but in most of our industrial arts. wish to make a cistern, thoy-^ilant ab(3e*^t seed, and iu the fail they pull «ut Cite beet with a sStiinp machine, ttiid the eis- terii is rcad^' for use. In such a coCn- try, tAvo hundred and sixty-five busltols to ttie acre would not be surprising.;— Amevican Farmer of Neiv York. Tradgedy in Ashe County, The following “fish story” comes from the Knoxville Whig : It seems that the wife of James Da venport became jealous, old as she proves to have been, of a young girl named Kate Jackson, represented as be ing very loveable. “Grace Avas in all her steps. Heaven in her eje, In every gesture dignity and love.” Frequent quarrels and contentions be tween Mrs. Davenport and Miss Kate had occurred, hoAvever, notwithstanding.' On the day of the fatal collision, it appears that Miss Kate Jackson, in com pany with her married sister, Mrs. De- Arraand, passed the residence of the Davenport family. As soon as the sis ters Avero discovered on the road, the Davenports, six in number, comprising the mother, three daughters, tAvo of them grown, and tAVO sons, the eldest about eighteen years old, rallied in force, and set out in vigorous pursuit of the de fenceless sisters. The trial was contin ued until the sisters had nenaly reached the Tennessee line. Here, the Dayen- port brothers, by a military movement, strateget.ically flanked them, and pre sented a front armed with sticks and stones. This caused Kate and her sis ter first to halt, and then attempt to re trace their steps. But on attempting to retreat, they were confronted * by Mrs. Davenport and theithree daugh ters similarly armed, who demanded Mrs. DeArmand to get out of the way, as they intended to Instead of obeying this militd|jH|^kfer, .Mrs. DeA. made preperatioSBHfefend her sister. Young Davenpo’ft^wj elder son, seeing this opposition to his order, al once let go a stone at her,' Avhich took eftcct on her head, breaking her skull, and prostrating her lifeless on the groumfi Tlie heroic Kate was thus, o.t the on set of the engagement, left to defend herself. ‘"’She rallied and maintli^ied her line by 'ndi-rci-Iralna'c.-y liurlnd npor, the attacking party -such flinty missiles as came opportune to her. _pne of these shots took immediate cfletft upon the el der Davenport boy, slitting one side of liTs face-open and placing him hSrs dii con'ilat. Turnita attention, then, to the inatcrnM hejjd of the Davenport family, she directed a stone against her head that inflicted a severe Avound and laid her sprawling on the field. This accomplislied the heroic girl slowly fell back to a position Avhere she could sup ply herself Avith necessary ammunition. This point obtained, and being still be sieged, she again discharged a shot, and another of the Davenport boj^s Avilted. Then the Davenport girls rallfed and made a desperate charge upon her with clubs and stones, inflicting _ serious Avonnds, but not succeeding ili getting her doAvn. Just at this crises, Kate, Iiard pressed-as she Avas, and having no time to stoop to gather rocks to defend herself, extricated from her pocket—she had a pocket—a small penknife, meas uring about six inches in the blade, and commenced un indiscriminate and very Avildand general cutting and slashing at the combined Davenport girls surround ing her; The result of this fearful plirenzy on the part of Kate was seriously detri mental to the Avell being of the Daven port females. Two of them received serious slashes from the insignificant weapon she Aviolded, one of them drop ping on the field from loss of blood h^t flooding from the knife, and the Other so seriously disabled as to be a fit sub ject for hospital practice. This unexpected result contributed materially to the immediate withdrawal of the remaining Davenport besieging party, Avho quietly removed their dis abled from the field, leaving the heroic Kate master of the situation. The casualties sustained in this on- gngcincnt only amount to the death of Mrs. DeArmand, Avith the probability that the elder Miss Davenport will also die, and the crippling for life of four others of the Davenport family. It is a paradox in political economy that a general raising of cotton at the South will cause a general loAvering of cotton at the North. What is the difference between a don key and the only empire in South Amer ica? The one brays Avell : the otlier Brazil. Envy ’Tis un ugly and ij of human more agre is nccessa: tion both mate acqii too liable who are di Envy iij the huma; towards irj man misej unhappin to comm sinner, keenest a' and lost ful mothe; a lady of ning ma; is accuse^ R., of be little an otl? the disp name. K any of j throw th nocent ' gentle at the Avho to the of any y The ver froAvn i superior poisonet'' bound, '-I OAvn gu\ Captd soul of wcakne’' a shumtj is thort.'' t\vo-ihii)J pror; still wcl “Well seen jul 1. ' lady hi and sol do so. r rageod No, n| .while deadl: your daughi least i circleJ of thel “I c'af tain 1 been i montll everj but si terdt^ Captl smilif threJ lievel of ffoatl s., A| Aij^ English enthusiast is goliciting funds for'an exploration of Mount Ara at, Avifh a view of recovering relics of the Ar.k. A Avitty fclloAV,- in speaking of a man of indisputable'stupidity, said : “To be come a perfect brute, he Avants only in stiiict.”
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