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PAOPSIETOE. V.
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Americaa Earie, wHi be
tVraoat, ana 30b; at the oxprration of six
. months; . .
: " -V . iwieTWBMESTs rtot cxi-eedihg ten lines
wjll be inserted oneiiime I'or-one-tJollar. and
tweotjr-fie centsi-arach subsequent insertion:
,A reasondble re4ucaon -will be made to those
whaaivcruje by the yjar.
! J'temea s nbtinark(I -with the number'
0er?u,wuiDe continued until! order
od to be taken: oat, and eharged accordinlv
now two ii jifsEiitOLDs" inc AME
, Mrs, Bcnoni Benson vras fat, fair and fort v.
four, wlen ber husband, a soap-boiler in ver
Kuyu circumstances', Was called from his life
; taslof contributing t the general purification
of mankind. 3Irs. Benson took refuge from
her grief ia t pretty jjottage situated on the
principal street ia tht ton of A
! firs sho was unconsolable; as she used
-.jr, a soiemn pmphasis, which carried
- conviction to the hcais of her hearers, that
nothing but the thoughts of her daughter
Florence would have ,pre vented her from ter
minating her existence hy the intervention of
poison. . '
Mrs. Benson iraa in. oo . small "sueasnre In
.debted toher.daughler-since in lees than
three months she threw aside her mournin-
ana because as vely as ever.
; joacwog; llnce, she had dot? reached
ne mature age of niet4en, aad fcegan toihhk
herself marriageable. jShe was quite pretty,
and tolerably well accomplished, so that her
fishes in that respect were very likely to be
fulfilled. . '. .
., the Tiiiagj lawyer, i uitl
ViiiT a!riycr?l aq-t fSBLgJSF
age. Being a yomg mati cf agreeable extc-
j.- rior, tbe latter was quite,
?r' Touns ladies iu the zt
a favDrite axaug the
-hborhcbdj and con-
: j - sidcxed-in common parlance, quite a 'ca
tch.
As yet, however, Lis auctions had never peen
1 - - 1 . 1
Roriouslv cntanclcd andlmigiit liave remained
iio. bad it not been for the sudden apparatiou,
r
...one inorninir,. of Ilurende Benson- riding by on
horseback. 1 f
It struck him atonce! that she was rcmark-
abiy graceful, and reallyj quite pretty . There
oipon he cultivated her! acquaintance with in
creased assiduityand after awhile asked the
fatal question. 1 1
f Florence answered in the' afErmativc ; and
Instead of referring h'rnl dutifully to her moth
er. hinted (being a romantic yoang lady) how
charming it would be to steal awajy to the next
town, and get marxied without anybody beiag
.the wier. : - 1
. Charles Markham caught at this hint which
.chimed with 'his own temperaaieat, nd re-
1 solved to adopt it. j '
In order that it might be carried out with
perfect success it was rsolvcd to seem indif
ferent to each other, A'd the day fixed, iu
order to ward, off any suspicion which might
otherwise bcarouscd; ' ,4
So well were all these. arrangements carriea
. out, that Mrs. Benson hadno suspicion of what
was Koine; on.
Net so with Snuire Markham. JIc had ob
tained a clue to the affair in somo manner, so
: that hethad not only discovered the .fact of the
. elopement, but even tlic very day on which it
was -to occur. ,
SIy dog, that Char' es thbugut he to him
self, asJie sat before .he fire in his Jre&sing
gowa and smoking cap, leisurely puffing away
"at a choice Havana. 'But I don't wonder at
it; ho only takes after me. ' Still I owe him
- snrftthin for keeping it so secretly from vac.
-it would be a good jjoko if I were a little
- punger, to cut hiui out' . and marry her in
rpite of him.
Squire Markham, who" was one of those jo
: lvUe widowers who takto life asit comes, mused
niore and more on tiis idea struck out by
chance'as it were till !he really began to think
jVworth something, j
After all 'shouted he, . 'I am not so old
cither, or at least the! ladies say so? and they
ou-hc to be good' judges in such matters. I
hfira been a b'?.ch, foraVjrood while, and euzht
" to have found out before this how much mure
comfortable it would be to have a pretty wife
? JffTTaMf Sad.tedoit.-
LOUIBURG NORTH-CARGtrA, SATtlKl
Squ-re Markham took two more whi& and
exclainied : i ' , ' ,
'I vow I, I'll do it I' '
What this mysterious rr was, we will leave
the reader to inferjrom his yery next mcre
mept Kinging; bell he inqpvi&ffi
servant -j i-,': - . r .SlfS
n J8 Charles at home?' ;
'osir was the reply, 'he went trat this
morning and will be gone all day.'
'Hump! That'll do. So much the better
ror my purpose thought he when leftaW.
'Xow I shall have the ground left tomvsdffj
Let me see; The meal intends running aws-A
next Thursday evening ; and to-day is Mctf!
day, K9thing like striking while the iron' t
if?
hot.- I'll write to her in his name, tell
mgJirr
tua6 x nave anerea my mind and will go -just
at dark tomorrow night. She won't suspect
any thing until the knot is tied, and the what
a laugh we shall have.' ; .
Squire Markham did not consider that it
might make a little .diffeien.ee with the bride
expectant. lie considered it a capital joke cn
ms son, na looked no further.' He'accor
clmgly drew his writing materials towards hi
and indited. the following epistle :
nearest Florence : I find tho day 'fixed
iorpur e opomenfc, on someaccounts, objecti6n-"
T i". . " lu liKe Jour permission, to
sbst.tnje to..morr6w,evebing, rlf Ibear noth
ing - jouhallicfer that you assent to
thp gement. I shallhave a carriWi, in
its: ym-mvw
Anf'Jj a walk therewith
out aftracting suspicion, and as there .will be
wuuu we Bttaji;$e able to : carry ou't our
plans vntlout fear of dissovery. I Jm happy
to say hat the goyernor doesn't wspect in4he
least, that a d.uhter-ia law is in Ltcre for
Mm on't he be Shammed? Ycr de
voted t " -
'Ezad!' said Snn?,. nf.,li't-JL J
u-.y .j.taikuauj,i iaTj?nino'
& Uule Irigh boy in bis empi0vment, hav
ing first marked, private, in the corner.
Be careful, Mike, to give it to Milien
cnr. nnrl rton I Jet UU7 cioc sij
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iDiunction.
" .
Mrs. Bcnsou was sitting ymer quiec panor,
casting bcreycB over a lataTiumDer 01 xiarper t
Magazine." Horenceeing ansens on a pup
ping excursion, sjxwas left alone. The ring-.
ing"of the bHbrought her to the- door.
with surprise jshe saw that the person Vfho
rang the' bell 4as Mike, Squire Markham
boy of all work.7
'Please ma'am said he, . holding out the
missive, 'a letter for Miss Benson, an' its very
particklar that no body else should see it.'
The air of mystery conveyed in this charac
teristic address aroused Mrs. Benson's curios
. X a
ity, especially when she observed that it was j
tO herself
addressed to her daughter and not
asshe .liist supposed. She returned to the
parlor not to read Ilarper's Magazine; that
had lost its attractions. -
'What in the world can it be she thought
'that they can be so secret about ! Can Flor
ence be carrying on a clandestine correspon
dence?'; It ulay be something that I ought
.to know.'
Stimulated by her feminine curiosity, Mrs.
B. speed ily concluded that she would be false
to the responsibilities of a parent if she did not
unravel the' mystery.
I think said she, 'I will open it, and if
it shouldn't anything particular, ! can easi
ly' re seal it, and Florence will still be none
the wiser.
This she accordingly did.
What was
her
astonishment when the plan of elopement was
discovered to her ! ..
'Here's pretty doings !' she exclaimed, as
soon as she could recover breath. 'So Flor.'
ence was going to run away ana get married
to that Charles Markham without so much as
hinting a word to me.
She leaned her head upon her hand and be
gan to consider. She was naturally led to
think of .her own marriage with the late Mr".
Benson, and the happiness of her wedded life,
and she could not help heaving a sih at the
recollection.
; 'Am I always to remain, thus solitary V she
thought, 'I've halfa miad not to show this
letter to Florence, but tc run away with Charles
to-morrow night on my own account. It's
odd if I can't persuade him that the mother is
as "ood as the daughter, ana she glanced com-
8ect5d from the muror.
Just then she heard the door opea an Ir
ene entered'. Bh6 qui(ily;irrumedip ?
letter and thrust it into Herpocketi :
F'nce ami Charles, did h6t me'ei r
the ftfy'miifati pu& f
the. rian thev had am'oA tn ik.., v
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---urn Af1 .i.3 ?
."w "i4uu acieu in an exoe?
manner, to his son's Ufinklnl'OcctV'
,&iX "e wouia.naeav(or to repress, and pal
U d down tho room,; as ;if to tralk of srji
J-s superabundant hilarity 'fel J
1 What's in tho urinrl ?' i,ii-rn.Li J
itself. lt can't W the gorcrabScTtil
crazy 1' Something was the ta'attcxbelia
uvuv" - waaiT was,sne 'had cop A
faintest conjecture. fP'-' .- j
At the hourpe'dfilu'ae'Sqmrhai
carriage drawn TmpXimbinuiiaml
He fcean ti, f 'v:A-i'i-T. II-
iorencev.At length a female fom well in P.
ilea up. mac ifcapp?--
.drpve; -.ThQ destination was thri
tfieJwtice pfthe Peace, resrdtng &iy&
iancQf some eight-mdeB;'- - ? ; -I-v
ring the 4rst.pH.oMhe jrnly'lL
ihe.was said." -RntT wr-- -iV.
- ,.-"." . - -"-.weitt ues.iroyV -
not marry;the ladyiwithoat her- commi' t
tht theisijovry.imnst be.'madd Befbrrtt
ag ?dedit6 reyeal .'himself, un'd ilf-1
:rge h own snijts wll as he might-: 4 f '
Mly dearMiM orencV he conlinued1 '
his natural joice,L:' lc
Willi myturegmergr
'jNd; but 1 conciuaeu it. rm yu ma
who was meaning to elope with my son.
'Indeed, Squire Markham1, you are wrong;
the affair coming incidentally to my knowledge,
I concluded to take her place secretly, in or&r
to fustrate her plan
'Ead, the vety idea I had mysejf..8td
the Squire, laughing; 'but the fact is, we
both of as been coufoundedly sold, and le
mischief of it is, J left a letter "for Charles,
tra him ttiow it; so, undoubtedly he-wll
take the opportunity, to run off with Flore
-during our absence, and plume himself,
rascal on the Way in which I was taken in
'I confess that I left a note- for Florenclto
the same purport. Hotv she will laugh at
whatian embarrassuient !' '
TTH tpll vnn what.' said the Sauire, aftta
! moment s pause, we can carry out ourpms
j ii l XV, thn inrnnln
alter all. Jjutu taiuc vut nnu
of getting married. Why not marry eaeh
er, and then you know, we can make tirQ
believe we tad it iu view all along, and
intended to frighten them. .
Mrs. Benson assented with a little url$
and in course of an hour, the twain wem ide
one. They immediately returned, but fJk
as they anticipated, that Florence and Chs,
-
on discovering their departure, had thems
stepped off in a different direction, w
similar Jntent.
es
They made their appearance the next irn
icg prepared to laugh heartily at the frfct-
ted plans of their parents, nut learned wuno
Httlo astonishment, that they had stxuekfc a
bariin for themselves. Squire JJarkhaind
his new wife had the address to convinoJem
that it waS all a premeditated planjr I to
this day the younger pair are ignprantfihe
plot and counterplot whbh led this, able
union of the two households. .
Milking Ydrp. 4Cors. It is lhat
young cows, the Erst year they give raillia
j)C made, with careful milking and goodapp
mz milk almoit any length 01 time ,d
desirably; but that if they are alleed tlri
up early id the fall, they will,, lf.they .
calf at the same seasoo, dry jap at tb
time each succeecmg year, and nothmlat
extra teed win prevent it, ana .ca-
short time. " h '
To catch 3Iiee. Ob going to bed,
few crumbs of cheese, in jour mouth aa
with it open. and. jrhen a mouse's yrt
tickle your throat, bite -
i banking he in a vcrbir; whisperlca3
ni-gn. be'suipectca- that .W was- thV.wfcP
person, he helped' her jC.,.,;,.;!
i7F - ' ' ' ",UC4lJ-. ai iengn,iSquir
Markham ' considering ihat after all he con!
3 JIJL 3, 1858
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;JT ISN'T Ail. IK BKINGKG OP."
Let folks m what thevnvill
will it
V- Ufrer econr a pewter cup
1, ;.rlt will he pewter aUII. .
' 7,75
" . 6,87
,7,00
L cn ne of old, wise Soldrnan,
I'J' - w& 9id,"traia apa hildt
f Ltpit?ke rot, had a son,
00
; floted rattle btained and wHdr - v"'
A main of mark, who fain would pass
VFoi lord of jsca' and land, v .
May feave the training of a son, J K.
-f And brirnr him ud full irrand : ' .
May give Him all the wealth of Uf
V Of lodllerfand of Eehool : J
But after "all.ynay xfepi no more
- - jBfn jHHaaecenttooi.
j Anoiier raised by Pen nary,: ;
Whoeu-oad to knowledge js liko that,
! Th good to Heaven ohstlread.
( ' , He's got a spark 'of Nature's
!: Ilefll fan-H to a flame.
' ' Ti!I is its bnmin letters btisht
" Ta$ worid may tread his name,
intttere aj in ' brirginf up,"
in council anu restraint,
Some rascals had been honest men
. J'deen myself 9' saint.
O! h;isnYall in bringing up,
-j Letlfolka say what they will
- Neglect may dim a silver cop
'' , fi wUlf be silver still,
p .. , " . . .
vV IMPROMPTU ON. THE NEW.PEBfCME.
"Kiss jrae quick f an inviting name I
- ...enwous me scent no doo&t,
, .Which ail the beau:
X will now Droekini
iu yens buouiu ye viiiioav
tl' .UI.'.IJ t fil - r'
. Beware ! Ji e'er you'use'it
The nrivilprra lliat llsnsmo run rrronf-
vwuiH aui liiaw iciusc II I
X-C tTRUSTING IN PBOVIDKNCE
"-"A misslnaryy wbo sometimes wanders away
dowfl South, and takes a sly chance of en-
jaToring io enlighten the benighted darkies
was lading along one Sunday
the nein'hhGrhnnd cf a wcalfchv
f , - - 'i i i1 jiiiTi
18 lfe
possible your cruel master compels you to la
bor on the Lord's holy day V
'Oh, no,massa stranger; my massa's good
man ; he gib niggar far chance gib himgar
den for hiinself. Dis all mine?" looking
around witji importance upon his little prop
erty, j j
(Worse a;iid worse !' exclaimed the other
rolling up his eyes. 'The ignorance of Egyp
tian bondage! Has "be never taught you the
sinfulness of working on the Sabbath ?'
'Well yoji see, massa stranger, I nebbar
know 'for 'iwas sin far niggar hoe his own Wa
ters Sunday said Cudjo, scratching Lis head.
'A great sin,-my colored brother; how can
you expect tho Lord to blessyou, if you thus
break his .commandments V
'What nijggcr gwlne to do fer 'tatcrs .den?'
asked Cudjj, somewhat puzzlccl.
Trust to rjrovidence, my unfortunate friend.'
'Bar! da
f! you make mistake dat time,
ma&sa stranger. Bat Providence is the lazi
est nigger on dis plantation ; ho don't ever
hoe . his owk! 'tater patch, Yah ? yah ! yah I
JProvtdcnce,! eh V
? The missionary rode off in distrust.
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l2rAn jJn fortunate editor in -Kentucky,
thus addresies his delinquent subscribers :
'Friends, jwc are almost penniless Job s
Turkey was ja millionaire compared with our
present depressed treasury. 'JL'o-day, if 4hc
price of saltj was two cents a barrel ful, we
couldn't buj enough to pickle a jay-bird.'
'What scJt of an economist is the man who
chews ten dbllars worth of tobacco .in a year
and stops hi newspaper because he cannot
ahord to pay tor it r .
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LESsoi in Akithmetic Teacher
'Soppose Thereto shoot at a tree with five
birds in it; a'nd kill three, how many would be
left r i i: '
:John 'Tliree sir
' ' Tercher-l'Na two .Foali.be left you igo-
rimns. : '
at John No there wouldn't; the three shot
vr.nH.be-lefll and the other two would fce
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D A VIS, ABH Ai thron eh & dark mc-
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A. TtTTTTS. TR.. ' - r
na; , SUCCESSOa TO 8AMUEL H. MARKS, .
tress, inc49 Sye. St. etersbirg, Va. . v
had Rone STfiSrffi&ffi
as louows : . - . -..'
" 'Uncle TiffJ where is land of Canaan?' ;"; , . ,
'Be Lotd-a-mercy, chile dat ar'airhat T& ,
like to know myself., 1' studdin' tipbh'that. -
I's gwi'ne to camp; mcctin' to find, put ;" Vb "
been to plenty of dein ar, and never conld
quite sci clar. i -lpcodeyiialk about ;
everything else mor'iiVdey does sabout dat
Dere's de Methodist, dey . cufcde Pres- r,
byfer'ans, and de Presbyter'an pitches into .
do Methodist and den both on 'era' is !
down 6h i'de risco'pals. v My ole miss was a
I Piscopal, -and I never seed any bans in it. -
au ue j3apusc . ininK tey an't nouo ea. em ,
righ t; and while tfey's a blc win tmi at each. v J
other dat ' ar'" way, Ps woilderin, what's de
way to Canann?' - 4 ' - y , '
.7 , ut ;
, " , -. ' both ;
In the old tin; in PHladephia,
in jthe faith of Williara Psnn. inVariabiyworo ; l4
the single, .breasted drat of snuirttcd coatf t: ;
and were stricTin their notion of iiayinhe -buttons
thereof on th6 left"; side of the coat 7 "
aforesaid. At a dinner iyen'J;y bimfriend
Elias Brcasy had secured a big bukdarVIe la V .
'tend table to whom bo gave impara tire V
orders to banJJlJLufaiJlf 57eIK9.y.
'Thee will always know by their coat but -tons
Ctcsar, which is the left si do.' . ' :
Among the'guesls was a FrcnclTgcntlenian
who . wore a double, breasted, coata worldly ,
1 1 111111111 in irirt i tlT.
use-buttons on boff sides and 1
handed the
plate to the French guest over his head. 1
'Dat's dc fust time I cber teed a man dat w?3
left handed on boff sides ob his coat !'
' "I HI! 1 11
J'Bite or be Damned.' A writer in the
jQilqinlie Monthly, speaking of New England
ministers, givc3 the following anecdote of Dr.
Bellamy, which some of our preachers at the
present day would do well to profit by :
'A young minister, who had made himself
conspicuous for a severe and denunciatory
style of preaching, came to him ono day to
inquire why he did not have more success.
'Why, man said the Doctor 'can't you take
a lessen of the fisherman ? How dp you go to
work ifyou want to catch a trout ? You get
a little hook, and a fine line, you bait it care
fully .and throw it .ia as gently aj possible,
and then you sit and humor your fish till you
get him on shore. Now you get a great cod
hook and rope line, and thrash it into tho water
and bawl outt 'Bite or be, damned.!' '
JESF A Pedestrian traveling in Iroland met
a man, and asked him rather gnifHy why the
miles 'Were so plaguy long, when the lliberiaa
replied, 'You see, yer honor, the roads are not
in good condition, so we give yery good meas-
tj' A Captain being at a ball, ha 1 been
accoptcd by a beautiful paitncr who ia the most
delicate manner possible, hinted to him the
propriety of putting on a pair of gloves. 'Oh,
was the elegant reply, 'never mind me, ma'am
I shall wash my bacd3 when I've done danc-
in", .
' A connoisseur happened to be in a
celebrated artist's studio, an animated discus
sion arole as to the color of immaterial objects.
'Thussaid the one, 'how would you color a
tempest, supposing there were no clouds?'
Wbyj rbplied the artist, promptly, 'I should
c3j the storm rojf and the wind blue?
5" A poor paddy, who was on bis death
bed, and who was not aho reconciled to the
long journey before Lim, was consoled by a
friend with the common observation, that we
must all die once. 'Why, honey answered
Paddy, 'that is the yery thing that .vexes me;
if I could die ftaff-a-Jozen iimtsl I hould
tot mind it.'
T Kill Tour Enemies. Treat hea
to rot-gut whiskey.
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