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The Dead Mother.
Why aic .you lying there, Mother,
, UnJer that cold, pray Ptonc,
Alwaya ontiin the wind and rain,
f Lyinjr so ptill and lone?
Little Minnjic is very sick :
On her lilt
lijis the gathering fom
't yon-comeiml mini! her n
Why don't )
iow
Oh,-.moth
ther,.oome lionie . ccjine home !
Harry and J, ere we fell asleep
Last nielit in onr little bed.
iWere trvin to think what thev meant by it
1 When. thy told us. you were dead! -When
wfe nfkedour fiither hc answer'd,
lhe' knowledge would come with years,
uthis hanjls were-clasped before his face,
And under them fell big tears!
fe paid, toc 'twas becau.-eyou were good,
ThatOod took all that were Such, f mother.
flawy thinks we might get yoji back again,
,, It u:e asketl God very, muck !
put: why don't you, seak wheJi I gpeak ?
I But why djon't you come to u now'?
o hear us aay our, prayers at j night,.
And to kiss usltipon the brow ?
jCLl nurse Cries, and says to Minnie
That witliyou she Boon will; meet ;
rorjnight after night-on the tlie cradle
13 a Itttle jwinding-sheet.
. I'd rather that vou came bck
Sto us
And lived, as you used to do:
- Bnt if Minnie Is oing to see ypu,
Oirl tnothbrimay-1 go too? j
The niornini ypu sj)oke to us ill last.
When you kissed eac-h other! and blessed,
i You paid. T was the eldest,
, I should aileolje the best. -
And indeed, 1 1 try to be good, siother,
Sj nee you v'ent ,'neath that crtld, gray stone.
..Went you edine back and see htw good lam ?
OhJ M other. Come home ! dome home!
j . " Picture - of a Mexican.
Manuel jLozlda was born in the
town of Tepic-, and early gaye evi
dence of tliie depravity whilch has since
?nade him a terror. His first act of
jbarbarity after being expelled from
his, native town for his nianifold vil
Jainies, was to organize
bandits, ai d at' the head
one day captured the Gov
a
party
of
bf them he
prnor of the
town. Lahveying him
to an out of
the, way hdifse, he ordered
him to be
thrown down and bound
Then taking a knife he"
securely.-
scarified the
Governor's! feet until the
soles were
penetrated in a dozen places to the
bone.' In (this condition le was forc-
ed to dauc
before Lozada, and when
lis tormentor would un?e
. Hie flagged,
liiiri on by
ricking him with a sharp
Word. Then he hung him up by the
fter which
he body was hewn to pieces
and thrown
dt ft r CI
Hiding avav from the scene of his
ruelty, lie
called at th'e
, and because s
to hrn nrlihr1
house of a
ie shut the
his bloody
t'vidpw lady
icloor wlien
word, he t
hrust her in the house and
run ncr inipugii me uouv jus nexi
1 .1 -V il 1 1 . I Tf j
tict of ferocaty was commijtted at the
i"arm called! 'Magaras,' whpn he burn-
f:' d down the houses, killedjelcven pcr
ons and viola ted three gills, one of
jhem the daughter of the overseer.
his last- named person was called out
and made to deliver all tlie valuables
about the p
acc, which he was told to
carry to the
edge-of the wood, i Thi
Ion
T tl 111 IP . 1
Ipstdlmieous .
' . . ,' i 1 lunaieiynas to uieieewaiu. i lemain
tellow seized, and then scarified his ' i c.
. feet so that he -could not walk. The
ranche belonged to tle bro her of Don
Carlos Rivas? who isj now Lozada's
militarv chiief. -.His band,! augmented
to eighty men, attacked the village bf
Santiago, which contained three thou
sand inhabitants. "When h e surprised
theitown, the people fled, with the ex
ception of a few men who made a stand
in a strongly built house, and at last
: succeeded ii) driving all the robbers out.
1 The whole district-of Tepic became
jilarmed, arid the terror wis not de-
'creased when a tew days after he at
. tacked the village of KosalMorada on
thebordersjof the State jof Jalisco,
when he burned all the houses, and did
i not; cease to! destroy the pleople until
j ail were fled to the mountains. ; Gen
j eral Blanco was at that titne Govern-
or of Senaloa, but he made no move
ment to.-arrest the bandits. San Bias
was twice vjsited by the robber, and
the' inhabitants only saved themselves
by ifljght to the shipping in the harbor.
At last the public appeal I for safety
reached Guadalejara, and a column of
300. men was sent to put an end to the
confusion atid robbery. Qol. Lleras,
itsicommander, attacked tlie mountain
stronghold qf Lozada, and counted him
self victorious because he took eleven
of the robbers prisoners. Lozada fled,
but immediately after he recruited his
force up to one hundred anii fifty men,
and threatened 1 epic with its twelve
thousand souls.
The alarm spread in every dircc-
tion. All classes took uri arms, and
a force of two' thousand nijen took the
field. - They had no flag, for at the
time the Republic" was struggling be
tween the Church, and the Liberals,
and Comonfprt had just rijm away.
Jalisco pronounced in favof of Juarez,
j and Tepic, in, its .extremity, of danger
from the thieves, unfurled the Liberal
jbanner. Lozada, almost cauedit in
toils, retreated, joined the Conserva-
j lives and thus became a soldier of the
nation. He is known as 'The Tiger
ilf Alica,' atid his reputation has not
j improved since he naturalized himself.
i Jle is now a? chief of Dolieei in the can-
iial, under the command o
, r ! r
f Gen. La-
$ardo.
Elephant Hunting in India.
I had slept for some hours, when
suddenly I was awoke by Chinneah
laying his handon my shoulder, with
a significant low whistle, which signal
j with the gang denoted that "something
was stirring. 1 immediately sprang
to my feet on the alert, and after lis
tening attentively for a moment heard
"fa loud crackling of bamboos as if some
large animals were forcing their way
through the jungle, accompanied by a
curious" blowing noise, which at first
I thought was the grunting of a bull
bison, but shortly afterwards I distinct
ly recognised the "trumpeting" of el
ephants, and the continual-crashing of
trees at no great distance left no doubt
on my mind but that a herd jvas near
at hand. I put fresh capstm my guns,
for fear the old ones might have been
injured by the dampness of the night
air, imd taking Chinneah (on whose
pluck I knew I could fully depend)
with me, I cautioned the rest to lay
quiet until ray return, and sallied forth
to reconnoitre. A full moon was near
ly at its zenith, so that except where
the foliage was very dense, or under
the deep shade of the mighty forest,
we had no difficulty, in discerning our
way, guided by the strange noises and
trequent crashing and rending 01 tree9,
which sounded at times almost asloud!was the bride he had taken to his plea-
as the report of musketry, as these !
huee denizen's of the forest rushed I
through the ' thickets, snapping and
tearing up everything before them. As
we were going along, I heard a rust
ling and a low hissing, and I felt rath
er startled by seeing a huge snake,
which appeared to be of a boa species,
coiled round a date tree, close to which
I had passed ; as, however, it did not
appear to move I. left it undisturbed,
and after a tramp of about half an hour,
arrived at a gheel or swamp, at one
end of which was a large pool where
three elephants were amusing them
selves by sucking up the water in their
trunks and spouting it into the air or
over their bodies. After a careful re
con noissance I made sure there was
no tusker among them, so I left them
unmolested, and crept gently round
the shady cover, taking care to keep
well to leeyjard, so as to prevent their
getting wind, and passing the swamp.
I entered a rather.open bamboo jungle, !
when from the peculiar noises on all j
sides, I knew I was in the middle of a j
large herd.1 I saw several groups of j
females browsing about, and threaded
my way amongst them, with Chinneah !
close by my side, .keeping a bright j
look-out for a tusker. We were sev-;
eral times very nearly discovered, al- J
though we kept in the shade a much
as' possible, and always strove to get
to leeward. ' I had counted sixteen
elephants without having distinguished
any with tusks when my attention was
arrested by hearing a low grunt, and
on turning a cover of dense thicket, I
perceived a stately bull with a fine
pair of "ivories,"' swinging himself to
and fro, whilst a female was caressing
his neck with her trunk. I stole gent
ly forward, closely followed by Chin
neah, and after a little careful and ex-
citing stalking managed to conceal
j myself behind a clump of bamboos
i near which he was standing, which for-
tl,p hull not. ffivinS in thfl nhanne of a
fair shot, although I could have doubled
fiwl fnmu i,if o Anrran ;-,o Avor
Ull LilC ICliiaiC 11 tl 1 1 U. UViVll UU1UO
I . . . j
as
frnt !K full vifiW
of her forehead
il: cft A 4- Ll.A.t.n.A.tT
A rl fmnfJno. me W hi hpadinice t rench print,
turned towards the female, who just
at this moment seemed to have caught
i. v i,
SCUUli Ul US, 1U1 OllU ltllOCU nuiliv
in a verv inouisitive manner and tore
lrvn nnf nf t.hn lVnirihooH in front, of
ns. No time was to be lost : I gave a
shrill whistle, which caused the bull
i n!
to extend his ears, and turn his head
in my direction, presenting me with a
full view of his - forehead. Now was
my time ; I took a steady aim between
the eyes, and gave him both barrels,
right and left, at a second's interval.
A hoarse roar follnwpd the renort. .-i
wakening the echoes of the forest, the I
huge beast staggered back a couple of!
paSes,1 and reeled like a drunken man, !
then his sturdy legs gave way under !
him. ami ho sunk ffn the frrrmnrl in a.
- I 7
kneelipg position, "never to rise a
gain." i I snatched asecond gun from
' . . o . .
Chinneah, and fearing he might only
be stunned, stepped up to him, and
sent a jball crashing into his eye ; but
it was not required, he never stirred
; he wn.s dead. The female who was
with him rushed frantically through
the iungle, trumpeting, and the rest
of the herd, taking alarm, dashed
down a densely crowded valley at a
pace which .defied pursuit, Chinneah
cut off the tail as a trophy, and after! Knew ne no 10ugf r urSea ner goinS m"
wc had examined our prize, whose ' society, nor did he seem to care a
tusks weighed nearly ninety pounds, j bout receiving his friends at his own
we reioined the rest of the gang, who ! ll0U.s.e, although he was a social man,
were anxiously awaiting our arrival,
and once more roiling ourselves in our
blankets, we were soon in the arms of
Morpheus. The Kiiapmek.
The Charlestown (Va.) Spirit in no
ticing the incidents of the recent Har
per's Ferry foray, says : ''We also no
ticed the Rev. Mr. Atkinson, who was
on a visit to his brother-in-law, the
much esteemed pastor of the Presby
terian Church in Charlestown, with
musket and cartridge box in hand,
ready to do his dutv as a patriot citizen of the i
Republic. Such men axe the true soldiers."
A Wife's Experiment.
Ma, why don't you ever dress up?
asked little Nellie Thornton, as her
mother finished brushing the child's
hair, and tying her clean apronJ
There was a momentary surprise on
Mrs. Thornton's face, but she answer
ed, carelessly, 'Oh, no one carep how
I look.' I
'Don't pa love to see you look! pret
ty V persisted the child. The moth
er did not reply, but involuntarily she
glanced at her slovenly attire, the fa
ded .and worn calico dress and clingy
apron, both bearing evidence of an in
timate acquaintance with the dis)i-pan
and stove ; the slip-shod shoes and soil
ed stockings ; and she could not help
remembering how she had( that jnorn
ing appeared with uncombed hair, and
prepared her husband's breakfast be
fore he left home for the neighboring
market town. 'Sure enough !' mused
she, 'how do I look !" And then'mem
ory pointed back a few years to a neat
ly and tastefully trimmed maiden,
sometimes 'busy in her father's house,
again mingling with her young com
panions, but never untidy in her ap
pearance, always fresh and blooming,
and this she knew full well was a pic
ture of herself Avhen Charles Thorn
ton first won her young heart -such
sant home ' now naa matured me lui-
1 1 11 Iv
nlle1 the prophecy ot youth i
She was still comely in features,
graceful in form, but few would call
her a handsome or accomplished wo
man; for alas! all other characteris
tics were overshadowed by this repul
sive trait. Yet she liked to see oth
ers neat, and house ; and ehildren did
not seem to have belonged to her, so
well kept and tidy did they always
look. As a house-keeper she excell
ed, and her husband was long in ac
knowledging to himself the unwelcome
fact that he had married an incorrigi
ble sloven.
When, like too many other young
wives, she "began -to' grow negligent in
regard to her dress, he readily excus
ed her in his own mind, and thought
'she is not' well,' "or 'she has so much
to do ;' and perceiving no abatement
in his kind, attentions, she naturallv
concluded he was perfectly satisfied.
As her family cares increased, and she
went less into company, she became
still more careless of her personal ap
pearance, and contented herself with
Seeing that nothing was lacking whifdi
could contribute to the comfort of her
husband and children, never supposing
that so trivial a matter as her own ap
parelcould possibly affect their happi
ness. All this chain of circumstances,
hitherto unthought of, passed before
her, as the little prattler at her side
repeated the query :
. 'Don't pa love to see you look pret-
tyr .
'Yes, my child,' she answered, and
her resolve was taken ; she would try
an experiment and prove whether Mr,
Thornton really was indifferent tn the
subject or not. Giving Nellie a picture-book
with which to amuse herself,
she went to her own room mentally
exclaiming, 'At any rate, I'll never
put on this rig again, not even on
washing-day.'
She proceeded to her clothes press
and removed one dress after another ;
! -Some were ragged, others faded, all
I out. of style, and some unfit to wear ;
I at length she found one which had
! at lengin sne iouna
, w
i IonS ago Deen iam asme as. ;ioo
light
io wear auoui- me uouse. 11 was
a
and
! white she remembered it had once
bfjS a favorite with her husband. The
old adage, 'fashions come around in
'
i'sevcn-yars
seemed true in this case,
for the dress was made in the then
! prevailing style
lriicicii
This is just the thing,' she thought,
and she hastened to perform her toil
ette, saying to herself, 'I must alter
my dark gingham to wear mornings,
and get it all ready before Charles
comes home.' Then she released her
long dark hair from its imprisonment
in a most ungraceful twist, and care
1 . Ml 1
brusrnng its still glossy waves
s,e P atted J 111 the broad braids which
Charles used so much to admire in the
da of hcr girlhood- '
The unwonted task brought back
k :: t ii v..
: inanj iciuiuisttues, ta sue luuugui
of the many changes time had wrought
on those she loved, but she murmured,
'What hath sadness like tlie change
that in ourselves we find?' In that
hour she realized how an apparent
trivial fault had gained mastery over
I er .and imperceptibly had placed a
! barrier between her and the one she
best loved on earth. True, he never
chided her ; never apparently noticed
j her altered appearance ; but she well
i , i ii
and had once felt proud to introduce
his young wife to his large circle of
acquaintances
Now they seldom went out together,
excepting to church, and even dress
ing for that was generally too much
of an effort for Sirs.- Thornton ; she
would stay at home 'to keep house ;'
and the neighbors soon ceased expect
ing to meet her at public worship or
in their social gatherings ; and so one
by one, they neglected to call on her,
until very few of the number contin
ued to exchange friendly civilities with
; her. She had wondered at this, had
felt mortified and pained heretofore ;
now she saw clearly it was her own
fault ? the veil waj removed from her
eyes, and the mistake of her life was
revealed in its trtie enormity. Sin-
cerely did she repent ot her past er- j
ror- calmly and seriously resolved on
future and immediate amendment.
Meanwhile her hands were notridle,
and at-length the pnetamorphosls was
complete. The bright pink drapery
hung gracefully about her form, im
parting an unusuaj. brilliancy to her
complexion ; her best worked collar
was fastened with a costly brooch, her
husband's wedding: gift, which had not
seen the light for many a day. Glanc
ing at her mirror, (to be certain that
her toilette needed no more touches,
she then took her sewing and return
ed to the sitting-room.
Little Nellie had) wearied of her picture-book,
and was now playing with
the kitten. As Mrs. Thornton enter
ed she clapped her hands in childish
delight, and running to her kissed her
over and over again, then drew her
little chair close to jher side, and eager
ly watched hey as she plied her needle,
repairing her gingham dress.
Just as it was completed, the clock
struck the hour when Mr. Thornton
was expected, and his wife proceeded to
lay the table with Unusual care, and
to plaee therlon several choice viands
of which she knew he was particularly
fond.
Meanwhile let ust form the acquaint
ance of the absent husband and father,
whom we find in the neighboring town,
just completing his day's traffic. He
is a fine looking, middle aged man,
with an unmistakable twinkle of kindly
feeling in his eye, and the lines of good
humor plainly traced about his mouth
Ave know at a glance that he is cheer
ful and indulgent in his family, and
are at once prepossessed in his favor.
As he is leaving the store, where he
has made his last purchase for the day,
he is familiarly accosted by a tall gen
tleman just entering the door. He
recognizes an old friend, and exclaims,
'George Morton, is it you?' The greet
ing was mutually cordial ; they were
friends in boyhood and early youth,
but since Mr. Morton has been prac
tising law in a distant city they, have
seldom met, and this is no place to ex
change their many questions and an
swers. Mr. Thornton's fine span of
horses and light vehicle are standing
near by, and it needs but little per
suasion to induce Mr. Morton to ac
company his friend to his home, which
he has never yet visited, he con
versation is lively and spirited ; they
recall the feats of their school days,
and the experiences of after life, com
pare their present position in the world
with the golden future of which they
used to drea'm. Mr. Morton is a bach
elor and very fastidious in his taste
as that class of individuals are prone
to be. The recollection of this flash
es on Mr. Thornton's mind as they
drive along towards their destination
At once his zeal in the dialogue abates,
he becomes thoughtful and silent, and
does not urge
his team onward, but
seems willing to afford Mr. Morton an
opportunity to admire the beautiful
scenery on either hand the hills and
valleys clad in the fresh verdure of
June, while the lofty mountain ranges
look blue and dim in the distance. He
cannot help wondering if they will find
his wife in the same sorry predicament
in which he left her that morning, and
involuntarily shrinks from introducing
so slatternly a personage to his refin
ed and cultivated friend.
But it is now too late to retract his
polite invitationthey arenearing the
ohl homestead one field more and his
fertile farm and well kept fences ap
pear in view. Yonder is his neat white
house, surrounded with elms and ma
ples. They drive through the large
gateway, the man John comes from
the barn to put up the horses, and Mr.
Thornton hurries up the walk to the
piazza, leaving his friend to follow at
his leisure ; he must see his wife first,
and if possible hurry her "out of sight
before their visitor enters. He rush
es to the sitting-room words cannot
express his amazement there sits the
very image of his lovely bride, and a
self-conscious blush mantles her cheek
as he stoops to kisg her, with words of
joyful surprise 'Why Ellen !' He
has time for no more ; George Morton
has followed him, and he exclaims,
Ha ! Charley, as loverVlikc as ever
hasn't the honey-moon set yet ?' and
then he is duly presented to Mrs.
Thornton, who, under the pleasing ex
citement of the occasion, appears to far
better advantage than usual. . Tea is
soon upon the table, and the gentle
men do ample justice to the tempting
repast set before them. A happy meal
it is to Charles Thornton, who gazes
with admiring eyes upon his still beau
tiful wife. Supper over, Mr. Morton
coaxes little Nellie to sit on his lap,
but she soon slides off, and climbing
her father's knee, whispers, confiden
tially, 'Don't mamma look pretty V
He kisses her and answers, 'Yes my
darling.'
The evening passes pleasantly and
swiftly away, and many a half-forgotten
smile of their life-pilgrimage is
recalled by some wayrmark which still
gleams bright in the distance. They
both feel younger and better for their
interview, and determine never to be
come so like strangers again. Mr.
Morton's soliloquy, as he retires to the
cozy apartment appropriated to his
use, is: Well, this is a happy family:
What tl lunlrv fpllnw f!hnrlpv nh
a handsome wife and children, and so
good a housekeeper, too. Maybe 1 11
settle down some day myself which
pleasing idea that night mingled with
his visions.
The next morning Mr. Thornton
watched his wife's movements with
some anxiety he could not bear to
have her destroy the favorable impres
sion which he was sure" She had made
on his friendVmind, and yet some ir
repressible impulse forbade his offer
ing any suggestion alluding in '-any
way to the delicate subject so long un
mentioned between them." But Mrs.
Thornton needed no friendly advice -
with true womanly tact she perceived.
the advantage she had gained, and
was not at all inclined to. relinquish it.
The dark gingham dress, linen collar
and snowy apron formed! an appropri
ate and becoming morning attire for
a housekeeper, and the table afforded
the guest no occasion for altering his
opinion in regard to the skill or affa
bility of his amiable hostess. Early
in the forenoon Mr. Morton took leave
of his hospitable friends, being called
away by pressing affairs of business.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton returned to
their accustomed avocations, but it
was with renewed energy and a new
sense of quiet happiness no less deep
ly felt because unexpressed. A da
or two afterwards" Mr. Thornton invi
ted his w ife to accompany him to town,
saying he thought she might like to
do some shopping, and she, with no
apparent surprise, but with heartfelt
pleasure acceded to the proposal.
The following Sabba'th the village gos
sips had ample food for their hungry
eyes (to be digested at the next sewing-society)
in the appearance of Mrs.
Thornton at church, clad in plain but
rich costume, an entire new outfit
which they could not deny 'made her
look ten years younger.
This was the beginning of the re
form, and it was the dawning of a
brighter- day for the husband and wife
of our story. True,- habits of such
long standing are not conquered in a
week or a month ; and verr often Mrs.
Thornton was tempted to yield to their
long tolerated sway, but fought val
iantly against their influence, and in
time she vanquished thein. An air
of taste and elegance, before unknown,
now pervaded their dwelling, and year
after year the links. of affection which
united them as a family grew bright
er and purer, even radiating the light
of the christian home.
But it was not until many years had
passed away and our little Nellie, now
a lovely maiden, was about to resign
her place as pet in her father's house
hold and assume a new dignity in an
other's home, that her mother impart
ed to her the story of her own errors,
and earnestly warned her to beware of
that insidious foe to domestic happi
ness disregard of little things and
kissing her with materhal pride and
fondness, thanked her for those sim
ple words, which changed the whole
current of her destiny : 'Don't pa like
to see you look pretty ?'
A Pretty Good Story.
In one of our Southern seaboard
cities, and on a long street almost a
road leading therefrom to the coun
try, dwells an apothecary, a very tall
and remarkably, slender person so
thin in fact, that one would suppose he
fed exclusively on his own professional
mixtures. ; No tailor dare venture to
cut a coat or any other garment in any
way approaching a snug fit to his per
son, for fear of having the work re
turned on 'his hands, and in that -case
they would fit nobody else.
And yet, with this extraordinary
paucity of flesh, there was a great sup
ply of humor in our hero ; he was ex
travagantly fond of practical jokes,
and practised them freely when occa
sion and opportunity offered. He had
an electric machine secluded from
sight, and when a lazy person saunter
ed into his shop, and ventured to in
dulge in a nap or lounge, he was sure
to be shocked into activity, anapusnea
off. He was a great' advocate for tem
perance, and yet was ready to furnish
gratis a brimming glass of :any sort of
liquor any customer might fancy ; his
liquor was found invariably to produce
more nausea than any other sensation.
But a contrivance which , afforded
him most merriment was a skeleton of
a full grown person in a closet of easy
access in his shop. Thi3 skeleton was
placed erect on a platform which ran
on smooth wheels and when the door
was opened, this platform was pulled
forward by an unseen thin wire or
string, which connected it with the
bolting of the closet door. There were
also similar wires, fastened to the wall
j behind the skeleton, and passing over
each shoulder-bone were attached to
the bones of the wrist Consequently,
when the closet door was opened, the
platform on which the skeleton stood
not only advanced, but both arms and
hands were lifted upward
If anv intoxicated, noisv, boisterous,
or impudent fellow came into his shop,'
the apothecary vrould manage in some
way to lead him to open that door; and
it rarely failed (as he used to say) Ho
take the liquor and the spunk out of
him.' He had two or three appren
ticed lads in his employ, who nkjural
Iy reHshed these.iokesi andrprised
them, with ills full ponsent,' wht he
might be absent. "'' '. ' .'"
One day during his temporarr.ab-
sence a sanoricame. anjting aQig-
occasion allyj slopping? and ,daneig a
jig and singing; to the great raerrpaent
of a gang of hoys who followed j and
surrounded him He was just dunk
enough to play the fool, but hot? too
drunk to navijgate. He eventually
brought up at he door of bur apothe
cary, and Jbracsng himself in the floor
way, yelled out : . ''
- 'Hellow, my hearties ! here yej are
with your stuffed alligators' and lli-
pot, and mixing for sick folks
JrSWhv
the devil don'tiyou keen grog. tqpUtff
ioiks like me r , ana Here Jia lUltl nit
a rigadoor, anid made., himself cvy
merry.' ;. ; . ; ;;'; . ;
'Well, Jack,s said one f the iiads,
'what kind of a grog do' you waijti?'
.Til take, brandy,' Was . the pf$mptv
reply. -j ..' V '
'Very well ; go and help yourlf ;'
(handing him a tin mug;) fypu wff,find -it
in that closet.' -- " .
Jack went as directed, and polling
open the closet door, he found Itself
within grasping distance of an ajf lanc
ing skeleton; he incontinently feilack
a step, dropped! his. tin cup, turr.j ash
color, made one spring to the dqrt$and
when he reacted the street tos$ the
middle of it, and ran like a deei intil
he reached a supposed safe distwce.
Shortly after this our apot&ar
returned, and being informed fc the
event was greitly amused, but &adly
lamented his absence; ''fft
'I would notfhave missed seeiij it,'
said he, 'for a great deal.; I do wonder
if he will come back this way i . I
But this was j not probable, aijyet
it was the onlyj way back to tohf '
In the course of a few hours'. ;iow
ever, sure enough, Jack wa3 hetrd at
a distance on his door-steps, ar$ ele
vating his thin jperson, and extending
his, long emaciaited arm and hanivery
kindly beckoned Jack to repeat; ' his
visit. Jack no- sooner saw him tvn he
'pujt his helm hard a port,' and s Jeered
over to the othr side of he 4reet
buttoning his jacket over his ; fast,
and pressing his tar. pole hat cler on
his head, so as to be ready foreran
it chase was given. Yf: "
'Ay-yey, old! bag of I bones",?? ssays
Jack; 'there yqu are again, ar?; fou ?
You think I don't know you, now yrou'
ve got your clothes on !' and, aiav'he
went on his course, leaving ouroth
ecary rather puzzled in deciding shich
of the two got ihb sharpest end fif-that
joke. ! j - . ; v :p ,
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From the Njorth-Oarolina PlMntor. ' -s
Vine Culture in the Southl
We have recently met a gentman,
who had returned from a tour t?rugh
most of the vineyards of the Southern
States, and were informed b 'ann of
the progress made, so far, m ilM cul
tivation of the jgrape,. and thelloiinu
facture of wine. The grape almoj If uni
versally cultivaied is the NorthfXkro-
lina grape the; Catawrba (vitis JDjilrus-
ca.) lriere are now in? Oreorg' two
hundred acres in the Catawba, small
vineyards of from one to tweriy-five
acres each, situMed in differentMpcal
ities. Mr. Charles Axt, of Taltkferro
county, has .twenty acres in tbj Ca
tawba, and haa jnow in his wineJHellar
four ' vintages--fifty-six, fiftysven,
fifty-eignt, andithe present yeatcrop
just from the press, and has exiited
at various timesiat Fairs nd elstJhere
the best quality ot wine yet mrlnafac
tured south ofithe Ohio , wheraHfie fa
mous Longwortii's vineyards are?loca
ted. . .'- . ,
Mr. Axt's wine is of the HofMilass
of wines, according to Europei'-no
menclature, bufi of course differ from
iwijr hjicijii Titic. xi, i sun vjata:Uii,
a red wine ferfiented in the t'fk in
the cellar, mad for the expf e'pur
pose several fee;t under grouhdiere
the temperature .remains ne?ir the
same all the year round. Hj jfinds
ready sale for his vintage of fifty-six
at fifteen dollars per box of one.'tjHDzen
bottles each. The ' fifty-six buow
thoroughly matured,- and is ani Tcel-
lentwine, thought by competentTdgc3
to be better that any of the Obiines
yet made. Aisjifty-seven wine now
selling at Augusta and other jpjaces
per box for twelve dollars, and-Ubus
lower, to the present year's vnage,
which, without age, after it isregtilar-
ly termented, and owe year old, hepells
at six to eight dollars per box. : f
Mr. Redmond, Editor of the South
ern Cultivator, j has collected M the
American varieties ot grapes, Mahout
one hundred) and has them itw; on
test at Vinelanp, near August! .J?.
In Alabama 'Washington inty,
Mr. Donnelson,) formerly of Fj y'ette
ville, in this Stktie, has several ctes
in the Skoupenibjig, (vitis rottjifiifd
Ua) and makes yearly five or su hun
dred gallons oFi wine of the Sa iterne
class, a white wine similar: to M white
claret of the Medoc country the
South of France on the GirbndlJ It is
fermented in a thick log house.1 fhade
for the purposei above the goind,
without the, addji tion either of spjgai'or
alcohol. The Skoupernongs are-jallow-ed
to hangion tie vine until pectly
matured, and tlen gathered byshak
ing the canopy. ! caught on shefi si and
all done bv small, white boys H red in
red in
! the immediate neighborhoodheLjrapes
- iare mashed m large troughs. wt pes-
tie, so as not to break ihe sjjed J pnnij
mace put into common haggling ". sacks
and pressed out with the lejvr beamj
like the old way of making prder. 1 It
would doubtfess be of nwch" better,
quality if the must was ferimerited in
a regular wine cellar (below ground.
Mr. Dohnelson's Sautern Skc upernonjf
wine sells readily in Mobile and Netf
Orleans at ten to twelve doTlaraf' 'tie?
dozen.'" j- - 7,
"'Mr. Hunter, also, in the same neigh
borhood, makes annually twjo c-r thre$
hundred gallons of Slcouperrong wine
similarly fermented in a smallceltaf
uder' his dwelling House. KHe,"aIsa
makes win(
e from the Huber grarjer
and has a vineyard ofi two aces! of the
Catawba.. ' '
. At Selma," A1aba,mv, &vral baalca
of wine are also manftfactuned by the
Messrs. Kenan, a j pleasant sweet
wine of the Skouperftong riust; Init
with sugar, about halfj-pouhd. added
the gallon of must. - ; ,
At Mobile and Citronelle jand,yicin
ity. several .recently planted vineyaTd?
of the Catawba are nbw doing finely
and about Montgomcijy and IJortJierr .
Alabama also, there aire a feW-acres iq
the Catawba doing-well. ' i- Itip;'
In South-Carolina, in the vicinage
Of Aikin, there are more thaiione htin
dred acres in the grape. The; principal
and oldest vignerc-ns are MesrsMae
donald and Caradeuc,the foijmer is the -oldest
yitner in the Soith. Their wines
are fermented in atticj or loft arid are
good wines for that mode of jfermenttJ
tion, (which is certainly objectionable;
the temperature being too jhigh ; and
fermentation too brisk.) At Aikin
j -i - i -1
mere are aiso many ocners engaged in
the vine culture, and a regular club or
vine'-growing association esltahlbhedJ
This club meets once a! month, and sub
jects germain to the grape cujlturi, and
collatterally to all fnjits, arje discuss
ed. Mr. Macdonald, above mentioned;
is the presiding officer!. ThejBeech Is'4 -Land
club also meets monthly and rail
agricultural products; including tho
grape culture and wine manufacture
are duly discussed. There ajreeveral
vineyards two or three years old- iri
successful growing condition, 'estab
lished in Barnwell Jtntl Eclglsfield dis5
tncts. Messrs. Macdonald nd Cara
deuc cultivate the Oatawbaj Warren,
Pauline and Skoupernong griapos, and
manufacture wine frra-eacr, and TeJ
ceive 'orders' for tlieir Warrpn grape
wine fasten than it can be made. It is
taken by certain housps in Charleston,
bottled and sold by them. Some of it
has been sent North, jand sent abroad
by the Charleston wine merchants, and
greatly admired ; thdugh .it wpuldbe
far better if kept in cellar t ntil Vit is
thorouglily matured. ! I
Gov. Hammond, of RcdcliffS.' .C.r
has for the past five .years given much
attention to grape cultivation at the
South, and imported two years ago five
hundred foreign varieties p thovlno
procured from M. 'Gupstier (f the GI
ronde, and now hasjat tlia TtedclifT
vineyards at least fofr hundred and -fifty
alive and growing. Gov. n. has
also eight or ten acresfin Catawba and
Warren, and has made several hundred
gallons of wine this season, Winch, re:
mains to be tested "jto ascertain its
qualities. He has already madesome
Warren hock, now two or thteo years
old, qf good quality. file is doing as
much as anj'. other mn in thp State, to
encourage the business. . '." , J
In North-Carolina whileit- is the
birth-place of almost all the American
vines of high excellent, grape culture
has been retrograding At teheadof
the class stands "thej Cataw$a, intrcr
duccd to the wine producers' notice by
Col. Murray, some fif'ty years ago, and
found by him on the heatl . jwaters of
the'Catawba river, in Buncotobe coun
ty, (now IcDowell county,) a grape
that has been admitted' by Longworth
and Axt to be worth, for wine making,
far more than all others yet introduc
ed. This grape has herctolfore been
shamefully neglected in its native State
There are now, however, in Cumber
land county,, several 'public spirited
citizens, who intend to live io longer
witliout Catawba wine of tieir own
making, and have thirty acr ;s novy in
the Catawba in the vicinity ofFayette
ville. Certain planters of3Iecklenburg
also, arc putting in a Catawba vineyard
of several acres thlsv fall, i It has been
cultivated by various persons ;oa small
extent for several vears .throiigKout
North-Carolinabut no exten3iVc.vinc-
yard jf the- Catawba grape,
until the
grown In
last few years, has ever been
this State. Dr. Kron, of. iAttowah,
Stanly county, N. C has cultivated
the Catawba, and made most jexceUent
wine for several years from it, butnot
enough for exportation. Dr. Kron re
ceived the past winter from M. Hardy,
one hundred and twenty choice Varie
ties of grape, carefully selected from
the renowned Luxembourg J Gardens
near Paris. He has at his iAttowah
i vineyard one hundred and sixteenva-
j rieties of them growing flourishingly,
and from being well attended to, many
of them will fruit next year. They
were selected from the most ipprovcd
jyine grapes with a view to acclimati
zation at the South. Dr. K. will test
them and publish and distribute the
cuttings for general cultivation at the
i South, at the earliest day. There are
i among tiicm, also, some ot the
among them, also, some of the best table
! grapes of different parts of Europe.
Most ot them arc the identical vane
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