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AUTUMH LKA7E3,
from tUo Cull u-cciii the meadow,
EyiUoi-lil, And tUo mightj- oat .iud clicetnut,
Ou tbo hill, Como the fading Icivcs of aiuuiiiu,
Flo.iUlig,slill; Tlirough thctvlde cxtcndius forost,
A\nieu lho %viuds no loiir^cr mvo, Tlioy nvo drooping, ilr.ioriiig, drooping.
O'er the land and ow Ilio iiuvc; From tho green liouRlw wlioio llio summor
Trcssos Iniiig. Aud thoroung twigs whoro lho rohln
PtTcIied and .suug, Floallug doK-u Into the grave And wlicucvr I pcc them floating
¦Without sonud, From long and pendant hrancliofj
,fVIi around;' When 1 SCO tliem toni^ud aeatter'd
On lho ground, r.ittcr Ihouglits arise ivithin mc, , And my heart unconscioin? grieves; -\iid of sad .md monrufnl numbers Is the song that memory weaves, Ft»r tliu licarl that thrili'd iu rapture
To my own, .Vnd llio voice tliat answcr'd .swcell.v
Kvory tone, isow arc silent as llie leaves.
WITTY AND PBETTT ¦WOMEK OF ¦KTAIPOLE'S TIME.
Queen Caroline, the Dncliesses of Uarlborongh and Quosnaberry, aud Lady Mary ¦Wort- ley Hontagno.
¦\VotaUo from an English niagazliii' tlio fol¬ lowing ai^count, fmm Horace Walpole's loiters, of .some of the court beauties and celebrities about whom ho -gossips:
QUEEX CAltOLINE.
Hor hunuty, which hail lioiiii fjrent at the liuio of licr mtirritige, liiiil t'nllcii a, viutiiii to tho fntal ravages of tho tcrri- , Mc ilistennier, wliicli w;is tlteu so littlo imcleistooil ami so uuseieutilioally troat- eil, that it is :i matter for womlor that .¦my survived to hear upoir their couiite- iiaiiocs for Iilo tho ilistiiiguishiug aigti ami .seal with AVhich " amall-pox" luark- '. mi tlie vietinra who hail esejipeil its ehitehcs" alivo.
Tho beaming oyes of tho queeu, lu- ilcoil, woro a-t expressive as ovor, auil couhl kindle with interest, melt In syra- patliy, or burn with indignation aud af- IVoiiiL'd majesty from under tho royal brow. Another grctit betiuty whioh the ijueeii eould boast waa the marvellous symmetry of her "small plump and graeoful hands," a charm by no luetms To,be de.^pised, and one far less eommon Ihan that of a pretty faco oc a bright, rosy comxilexiou. Her persoual attri- bules, indeed, were so far from con¬ temptible that tho king himself, though a tyranical aud uufaltiiful husband, fro- ^ iiuciitly declared in inibiic tluit he had uever yet seen aAvoraau whose charms equalled thoso of the (]ueen; aud when he described his own idea of boanty, he always literally described that of his own wife. Upon more th.au oue occa¬ sion, indeed, he subjeoted the "good Howard" herself to esiiuLsito mortitlca- tion on the queen's account; for coming iuto tho room as that lady was manipu- liitiug the royal head {a menial oceupa- tion to which the Avife had the power of sulimittiiig tho mistress,) he snatched ofl" tho liandkerchief which concealed the Aiir and hCiiutifiilly modelled thro.at of the former, stiying angrily to Mra. Howard as ho did so, "Because you have an n,flrl.y ncclv yourveh', you hide tho (jueeu's;"
Uut mtijesty .also has its moments of f-elf-imposed humiliation; and at sueh times we hear of the queen herself ri¬ sing meekly and oflering lo retire, whon the kiug and his prime minister, Sir Eobert "Waliiole, for whoiu she had a great personal reg.ard, consulted upon Lu.'^iiiess ofthe state—"matters whieh,"  ;iys Hor.aeo AValpole, "sho and my fatlier had iireviously settled between them." She w.as fond of lying out and improving her garden at Eichmond; aud she managed (bciug a clever woman) lo hoodwink the king into believiug that the expenses of these improvemeuts were defrayed out of her privy purse, while sho was, in fact, supplied with tlio necessary funds by the aid aud con¬ nivance of tho first minister of stato.
She understood perfectly the art of managing a eoai'.so and tyrannical hus¬ band, by au assumed appearance ofthe most )n-ofound .submission and respect. She died, indeed, a martyr to this prin¬ ciple of imi)licit aud unquestioning obe¬ dience to the arbitrary rule ofher exact¬ ing spouse; for rather than oppose any wish or command of his, she uudorwout hours of fiereo torture, and kept secret within hor own breast the i)rogres3 of the malady which was soon to terniiuato iu death.
y "When sufl'ering from the gout in her Jug, sho did not hesitate to pluugo the I limb so alTeeted into cold water, that she might be enabled to attend the king iu his morniug walk.
.V 1IIOII-TJ33IPEBED DUCnESS. " Old M.arlboroagh," sho was In Hor¬ ace Walpole's time.   " Ono of her prin¬ cipal charms," he tells us," was her fine fair hair."
Those fair, showering, golden locks were themselves doomed to bosaoriflced to the p.assionato temper of thoir mis¬ tress ; for, " oue ilay at hor toilette, in anger lo her husband, sho cut ofl'all thoso commanding tresses, and flung them at liis !"aco." This curious outburst of con¬ jugal malice was practised in later years by a celebrated beauty, whose husband, like lho great duke, took a xuide in his wife's maguifieont hair. Slio cut it oil" i u anger, on purposo to vex him, and was i slung to the lie:u-t, at his death, to fiud Ihe fading relics of that beauty, which witli women is power, carefully cherish od in hia most privato nnd sacred depos¬ itory.
The temper ofthis celebrated duchess was that of au umuitigated vixen—pas¬ sionate, violent, nnd malicious. Sho feared her superiors, and trampled hor inferiors aud her children nuderher feet. "With hor eldest iLaughter (who succeed¬ ed her, liy Act of Parlitunout, as Duolicss of Mtirlborough,) sho was sit open war. Wiih her youngest, tho Duchess of Jlon- tague, she agreed no bolter.
' I wouilcr," said tho duke hor hus
daughter of James II. She w^as remark¬ able principally for hor overwhehning pride and for her afTectation of regal privileges and prestige. Of her Horace Wnlpolo relates; "Tho Duches* of. Buckingham, who ia moro mad wltn prido than any mercer's wifo InBedUim eamo last night to the opera, e» p,i>,- cesse, literally In robes, red velvet and ermine " It was sho tbnt made the fa¬ mous reply to SaitJx, DuchoBS of Marl¬ borough, upon tho lattor's refusing to lend tho funeral car whioh had con¬ veyed tho great duke to his grave. "Tell her," replied Catharino of Buckingham transported with rago, " that my uphol¬ sterer tolls mo I cau have a bettor ono for twenty pounds." Of hor own detith- bcd, Mr. Waljwle gives this curious ac¬ count :
" Princess Buckingham Is dead or dying: sho has sent for Mr. Anstis, aud settled tho ceremonial of her burial. On Saturday sho wns so ill that she feared dying, beforo all the pomp: she said, ' Why won't they send tho canopy for meto seo? let them send it though all the lassols are not finished." But yes¬ terday was the greatest stroke of all; she mado her ladies vow to her that if sho should lie senseless, thoy would not sit down in tho room beforo she wns 'dead."
A POOK FISH LADY.
l.'rom this proud woman we turn to ono who occupied a position iu tho court about the queen's petsou, but who was also publicly recognized ns tlio favorite mistress of tho king. Henrietta Hoburt was the daughter of Sir Henry aud the sister of Sir John Hobert, Knight of Bath, afterwards by her interest made a baron, aud sinco creatcil Earl of Buck¬ inghamshire. .She married early, Mr. Howard, a brother of tho Earl of Suf¬ folk, aud prepared with him to face the bitter brunt of poverty iu a positiou of of lifo which was ftu- su])erior to the cir¬ cumstancea which must support It.— They saw boforo them but ono chance for promotion, and that was in attach¬ ing themselves to tho court of Hanover, whoro tho future sovereign of Englauil awaited tho demise ofthe roiguiiig queen (Anne). As a way of eking out tho 'ways and means' of their small menage, as great a bugbear to fashionable yotmg married couplo then as now, wo liud au aumsing anecdote of her cutting oft" her beautiful abundant tresses (commanding a high iirico from tho.peruko makers iu thoso days of Uowlng flaxen wigs) to fur¬ nish forth a banquet for her husband's guests. Wigs wero sold In that time for twontj' and thirty guineas apiece; aud as ciich fair tress feol iuto tho trembling balances, we might suiiposo it to have been in ovory sense of tho wonl "worth its weight in gold." On the accession of Ills fiitherto the throne of England, tho oleetorul princo (aftorwarils Geoige II.) caused Mrs. Howard to be appointed womau of thebcd chamber to tho young Priuco.ss of Wales.
To theso apartments eamo frequently tho electoral prince, not attracted at that timo by the mild beauties of thoir fair mistress, but by the lovely,lively, laugh¬ ing Mary Belleudon, described by every one of her contemporaries as tho most l)orfect creature they ever knew.
Tho lilt, phlegmatic heart of her royal adorer boat strange music within the princely breast when tho souud of hor footsteps fell ujwn his car.
One of his amusements consisted lu counting and recounting his money, a proceeding wliich greatly irritated tlio nervous system of the saucy Bellenden; " Sir," sho cried out to him one day, " I oannot bear it; if you count j'our money any more I will go out ofthe room." The chink ofhis gold was as disagreeable to her as his unwelcome presenco, and the heart of tho giddy Bellonden was safe from tho sjiells of oithor. That was al¬ ready iu the jiroud possession of Colonel Campbell, ouo of the grooms of the bed- ehamhor, who nftenvards succeeded to tho title of Argyll at the death of Duke Archibald.
Mrs. Howard succeeded to her friend lu tho post of favorite; aud she had neither the wish nor the spirit to repel the attentions of her royal admirer, as Bellenden had dono before hor. Horace Walpole tells us that .she preferred the " solid advantages" to the ostcutatious colat of her position.
THE WILD DUCHESS  OF QnEENSDEKKY.
Catharine Hyde waa the daughter of the Barl of Clarendon, and afterwards became the wife of Charles Dougltiss, Duko of Queon.sberry. She was celo¬ brated for her beauty, and for the daring with which she defied the court party, by promoting subscriptions to the sec¬ oud part of the " Beggars' Opera," when it had boon prohibited from being acted. For this ofTenco, sho waa forbidden the court. Pope, Swift and Prior have im¬ mortalized her In letters and in verse; the lattor iu tlie poem eutitled " Tlio Female Phaeton," which, as a descrip¬ tion of a fast young lady would bear re¬ publication in this year of our Lord lSG-5.
Walpole describes a quarrel between her and tho Duchess of Eich¬ mond, whoso daughter, Lady Caroline, had receutly elojied. " Thero is a very good quarrel on foot, between two itjach- csscs. She of Queeusberry sent to invite Lady Emily Lennox to a ball; her Grace of Eichmond, who Is wonderfully cau¬ tious sinco Lady Caroline's elopement, seut word, 'she could not determine' The othor sent again tho same night; tho sanie answer. The Queousberry thon sent word that she had made up her company, and desired to bo excused from having Lady Emily's, but at tho bottom of the card wrote, ' too great a trust.' You kuow how mad she is and how capalile of such a stroke."
Tho next we hear of hor is regaining a footing at court, a point for which she had intrigued two yoars unsuccessfully, and which sho achieved ou tho occasion of her sou's boing obliged to tho king for a regiment in tho Dutch service. Sho would not let him go to kiss hands until they sent for her too. Then, again, we find hor at Eichmond, at a firework fete .amongst the "wholo court of St. Ger¬ main's and all the Fitzes upon earth," iu " a forlorn trim, in white apron aud hood," which it waa hor whim to assume on that occnaion, making, "tho duke swallow oU her undress." I " T'other day," Mr. Waliwlo goes ou to Inform his correspondent, "eho drove
ness, she has bonght so coarse, that you would not use it to wash a chimney." Xot a templing picture of tbe has bleu of the period,
MADAM DU DEl-t.'.V.ND'S DOO.
Walpole amusingly relates, ou tho oc¬ casiou of this visy;, the demclcs ho had to raceomode, tind the memolres to pre¬ sent agaiust Toulon, Madtiiiie du Def- fand's favorito dog: " As I lun the o'>ly porsou," 40 saysrii.'who -ililre-correcfp" him, I have already insisted ou liis be¬ ing confined iu the Bastille every day after fivo o'clock. T'other night ho flew at Lady Barrymoro's face, aud I thought would have torn her eyo out; but it end¬ ed in biting her finger. She was terri¬ fied; she foil iiito tears. Bladame du DetTaud, who has loo much parts not to soe everythiug iu its true lig'ht, perceiv¬ ing that .she had uot beaten Toutouhalf enough, immediate.ly lold us a story of a laily, whose dog having bitten a piece out of a gentleman's leg, the tender dame, iuagreat fright, cried out,'Won't itniakamy dogsick'?' "
"Toulon," the spoilt littlo fsivorite, was sent to Strawberry, a legacy to Mr. "W'alpole, whose promiso Madamo du Deft'aiid had obtained tottike care of the dog should it survive its doatingly at¬ tached mistress. In answer to a letler from the former to the Eev. Jlr. Colo, the worthy antiquary remarks; "Icoii- gratulalo the littlo Parisian dog that he bas fallen into the baiuls of so hmnane a luiustor. 1 havealitlledinrinutivedog, BiLsy, full n-s great a fiivorile, nnd never out of my lap; I have tilready, iu caso of nil aeciileiit, insured it a refuge from starvation nn'd ill iisnge. It is tho least we can do for jioor, harmless, shiftless, liaiiipcrcd aiiinials Hint Imve amused us, and we have spoilt." Toulon fully jus- tilied Ihc charncler formerl;,' given of him b.v his behavior uiioii his arrival ut the OotbicvillaiifhiHiiewiuastor. "He begtin by t'xiliisgniy beautiful litllolait.,' he writes, " upon whioh, however, we shall not iiuite agree." He then Uew at oue ofmy dogs, who rclurneil it by bit¬ ing his foot till it bled, butWius severely liealou l!>r it. I immediatcl.v rang for Margaret lo dress his foot; but iii^tlic midst of lu.v Iribiilatiou, couhl uot keep my counlenauce, for sbe cried, " Poor little thiug, he tloas not understand my language!" I htqio she M"ill uot recol¬ lect, too, that he is a Piqiist.
TWO PICTUEE3 CAHE TO MY HOME
Two piclurc'i iranio lo my boiiii^-
Two pictuv..'s l«vcly lo soe; Tlicy were briglit ns the lingo ou the auluuiu
b-al, .\k graceful as heads in the harvi^r^t. 'Ksn,
The.v are angel facc.^ to me.
Two plctuivs caiiie bi lay home,
T<i light, il :tlid keep il Wiirui; Wiiat wonder I iilaecl th.aii in siltln_,s i irc— ;T1ii;sc pieliii'cs two with liieir li.axcu li di,
And prolceteil tlusu Ijolb from 'i i ml
Theso pictures aro lu ni.v home,
.Vnd It third is botwcou the two; I love tlu'm aii. (.!'>d knows imw iiiueli 1 .\iid f eagerly long fur Ihelr soft liiw' toa.;ii,
.Vnd to look iu their eyes ofbluo.
'PHOCEED WITH THY EIEPHAlfT.'
In Columbiana couuty, Ohio, resides an old fellow renowned for his bellige¬ rent disposition, who is generall.y known as Friend Shnve.v. Boru and bred a Quaker, he wius long since rc;id out of meeting on nceount of his quarrelsome inoiiensities, but he slill pertinaciously clings to the plain clothes and thephiiii language ofhis earlier d:ij-s, po.s,sibly as a protoclion against tho wrath which he is coiitiiiitally provoking by Iiia'over¬ bearing and irritating demeanor. He is always the owner of the crossest dog in the neighborhood, the most troublt>- soiuc, breachy steers, &e,, anil is contin¬ ually iu hot water with simie of his neighbors in consciiueiici' of the depre¬ dations committed by his unrul.v live stock. A few weeks since Van Ani- burg's Menagerie, Iravcliug llirough Co- hnnbiaiia, was obliged to pass his resi¬ dence. A little before diiylight, Kash, the keeper of tho elephant Tippoo Saib, as he was pa-ssing over the road with his elephant, iliscovorcd this pscudo- Q.uakoi' seated upou a fence by the road¬ side, watching a bull which he had turned upon the road, aud which was liawing, bellowing, and throwing up a tremendous dust generally. In fact, from tho fur.v of the animal's demon¬ strations, ono would readily htivo taken him for ouo of the identiciil breed that Iiutled a locomotive oil' a bridgo.
"Take that bull out of the way!" shouled Kitsh, ns he apin'oached.
" Proceed with thy elephant," was the re])Iy.
"If j-ou (lim't fake that bull-away ho will get hurt," continued iSTasli, ap¬ proaching, whilo the bull redoubled his belligerent demonstrations.
" Don't trouble thyself about the bull, but proceed with thy elephant," retort¬ ed Friend Shtivey, rubbing his hands with delight at the prospect of an ap¬ proaching scrimmage, the old follow having great confidence in the invincl bility of his bull, which was really the terror ofthe whole couutry arouud.
Tippoo Saib came on with his uncouth, shambling gait; the bull lowered his hcail and made a charge directly uj)- 011 Hie elephaut. Old Tippoo, without, even pausing in his march, gavo his eow-calcher a sweep, catching the bull ou the side, crushing in his ribs with his enormous lusks, and then raised hira about thirty feet in the air, the bull striking upon his head as he camo down, breaking his neck aud killing him in¬ stantly.
" I'm afraid your bull h;i.s bent his neck a little," shouted Nash, us he pass¬ ed on.
" Bent the devil," cried old .Sliavey, Willi a troubled look at his defunct bull; " thy elephant is too hefty for my boast, but thoe will not make so much outof the operation as thee supposes. I wtis going to take my family to thy show, but I'll seo theo and thy show blowed to blazes beforo I go oue sto]), and" now thee may prooeed with thy elephant.-
BONO OF THE COBH QATEESEBS.
Heap high the farmer's/ Wintry hoard I
Heap high the goldenoOm! No richer gialios Autumn poured
From out iior lavish honil Let other lands exalt.luB glean
Tho applo from tlio pliie, Tlio oi-ttugo from iU gloisy greon,
The cluster from tho vine. Wo bettor lovo the hoidy gift
Our rugged vales bestow, To cheeir UB-when the storm shnU drift
Our harvest flelds Willi snow. Thro' vales of gnuss, nnd meads of flowerd.
Our plows tlieir furrows made, WJdIe on tlie hills tlte suu and sliowers
Of changeful April played, We dropped the seed o'er hill and plain,
JJcuealh tho suu of May, And frightened from our sprouting grain
Tlie robber crows away. AU thro' Uie long bright days of Juno
Its leaves grew brigiit and fair. And waved In hot midsummer noon,
Ita soft nud yellow hair. And now witli Autumn's moonlit eyes,
Its harvest timo has eome, ^Vo pliick away ltd frosted leavc«,
Aud bear tho trooaura liome. . Thore, riclior than tho fabled gifts
Appollo showered the old, Pair hands tiie broken grain sliall sltl,
And knead its meal of gold. Lot vapid Idlers loll iu silk,
Around tlie costly board; Give us the bowl of snmp and milk.
By homespun beauty poured. Then shame on all the proud and vain,
Wlio.se folly lauglis to scorn - The blessings ofa hardy grain.
Our wealth of golden corn. Let earth withhold her goodly root
Let mildew blight the lye. Give to the wonn tho brclinrd's fruit.
The wheat flelds to the fly. Hat let tho good old crop adorn
The liills our fathers trod; Still let us for His golden eom
Send up our thanks to God,
TOM EOCKET, THE HIGHWAY- MAB".
" It hapiioucd to my father," said the tall man iu the chimney corner, " and that's how I came toknow all about It."
The chimney corner Is that of the Jtising .Sun, a pleasant liltle roadside inn, about two miles from Northamp¬ ton, and the tall man is iircsidont of a bowling-elub that met thero onco a fort¬ night, principally to dine. Tho "It" of whieh the speaker's relative to the hero, is tho adventure which forma tlie subject of lho narrative.
Tho reason why we were listening to stories instead of playing bowls, was flm])ly this Ono of the heaviest thun- dci-stoims thafcl can remember, broke
o\(.i tho Eising .Sun All duiiug dinner m
iggcd coiipor-eolored  clouds • banking , and the cloth was wheu spit!  spat
that afternoon.— could 600 great
baud, with less kuowledge of human na-1 post to Lady Sophia Thomaa, of Parson's
turo than of the art of war, " that you two cannot agree, you aro so much aliko.' Lady Baleimin, daughter of the Duch- •ffis, persuaded her brother to marry a Iiandsiihie youug lady, who unluckily was the dauglilcr of Lord Trevor, who h.ad been aliitler enemy of hisgrandfath- cr, tlie victorious duke. Thogranddam's rago exceeded all bounds. Having a portrait of L.aUy Ealcmau, tis ho black¬ ened her face, nud wrote ou it, " Now her outside is as black as her inside."
This is the last wo lie.ar of her from his graphic pen, excepting a fow lines auuoiuitiug her death, which took place soon alter. "Old Marlborough is dying, but who cau tell 11. Last year she had laid 111 for a great whilo without spoak- lug; her physician said; "She must be hlLslercd or sho wiU die." She called out, " I won't be hiislered and I won't die."
FEMALE V,.VXITV. Kextinthe succession of courtly cel¬ ebrities comes Catharine, Duchess Dow- rago of BHckiugh.1111, who wiisn iintural
Green, and told hor that sho was como to tell hor something of Importance. ' What is it?' ' "Why, take a couplo of beofsteaks, chap them together as If they were for a dunipUng and eat thom with pepper and salt; it's the beat thing you ever tasted; I could not help coming to tell you this;' and away ahe drove back to town. ' Don't a course of folly for forty yeara,' he adda, with some justice, ' make one very sick ?"
LADY StABY WOBTLET MOSTAQUE
" Did I tell you," he says, " that Lady Mary Wortley la hore? She laughs at my Lady Walpole, scolds my Lady Pom- fret, and ia laughed at by the whole town. Her dress, her avarice and her Impudence must amaze any one that nover heard her name. She wears a foul mop, that does not cover her greasy black locks, that hang loose, never combed or curled; an old maiiarino bluo wrapper, that gapes open and discovers a canvas petticoat. Her face swelled violently on ono side, and partly cover¬ ed with white paint which, for cheap-
The English girl .spends moro than ono-hiilfof her waking houi-s in pliysi- cal amusement, whieh tends to develop and invigorate and ripen the bodily powers. Sho rides, walks, drives, rows upon the wator, runs, diuices, plays, sings, jumps the rope, throws the ball, hurls the quoit, draws the bow, keeiis up the shuttlecock—aud all this wilhout having it pressed upon her mind that she is thereby wasting her time. She does this every day nntU it becomes a habit which she will follow throngh lifo. Her frame, as a natural conse¬ quence, is larger, her muscular .system better developed, her nervous system in better subordinalion, her strength more enduring, and tho wholo tone of licr mind healthier.
"Some labor with their intellect, some with their hands. Thnse who lidior with their intellect govern men, thoso ¦who labor with their hands aro governed by men. • Those who are governed by men produce the food of man, and those who govern men have thoir food proiluced by men."
" What capital smacks thoso Glouces¬ ter nsliemion have to go to eoa iu," e.K- claimed an appreciative gentleman, who had been " looking the thing over." "Yes," replied his companion, "but they aro uothiug to be compared to the smadcs they get on their relurn home I"
up ag.iuist the wind, hatdlv oil lho table, ..p.it' .ig.unst the dianioud-shaiied win- doM -p lues e.ime a foMj heavy hail-stoues, lliLii c uiio the lightning, then camo the Ihundii, and theu ciimc the rain, as though it htid uot rained for ton yeare, and was determined ^o mako up for lost lime. .So there was nothing tbr it but to sit sfciil aud ainiisol ourselves, as best we could, iu doow; und the conversation having turned upon traveling and the dangers of the road bofore railways wore invented. Mr. Josh Sandigor, our pres¬ ident, siltiug aud smokhig his pipo in the chimney corner, volunteered lo tell us a tido of those times, and, said he, " It haiipenod .to iny futher, aud thiU's how I camo t<i know all ahout it."
I do not think you would liko mo to give you the story ju.st aa Josh gavo it to us; you iniglit bo vexed with his pipe. Ho always smokes n very long clay pipo, which seems to require a great deal of management lo get it to draw projierly. He neverstiyaniore than about,six words :it a time; then he has a pull at his pipe, and goes on again, giving you a whifT of words and thou ajwhifl" of smoke, whilst you aro turning them ovor iu your niind and wondering what is coming next. About every tenth whilTho takes his pipe out of his mouth and looks gravelj' iuto the bowl; thou he lakes the tobacco stopper, iiressbs down tho ashes carefully and shakes them out on the bob; then he looks into it again, and If it is all right he dips tho shank ond inlo hig brandy and water, looks into the bowl the tliird time, aud gives it a rub with his cuft". Next, ho opens his mouth wide, puts the cciliug|wax end In, plos- es Ills litis upon it aIo%vly, and then goes ou with his story, six words at a timo aa before. He is reckoned a very emphatic speaker iu these parts, la our president. And so of course he is; but I must con¬ fess, out of his hearing, that all this fidg¬ eting, theso pauses, and pufiings, and stoppings, and rubbings, and looking into nothing at nil, in the middle of a slory, irritate me soniietlnics lo that de¬ gree that I feel inclined to run at him, knock hia pipe out of his mouth, nnd shriek at him to get on faster—that I do. It would be aa wellj perhaps, then, if I were to quote his dVvn Avords as nearly as I can recollect thora straight on, and put his pipo out.
My father (continued Mr. Josh) used often to say he wouldjlike to see the man who could rob him upon the highway, tmd on ono fino November evening he did ixo him.
You young fellows jwho aro accustom¬ ed to bo whisked aw:iy a hundred miles between your breakiost and your dinner by au express train, and grunjblo vostly if you are ton minutes behind time, don't know much about what traveling was in 179,5—cross country traveling'special- Ij'. Follvs did uot leave their homes then if they could holj) It. It's all very fine to talk about the beauties of the country, aud the delights of a change of scene, but when there are more high¬ waymen theii scavengers or policeabout, the roads are not so very charming, I can tell you. Why; it was a week's' journey from here to London and back in those days, and Ifiyou got homo with whole bones and a full purse, you were not in a hurry to tempt Proviilenco aud Tom Eoeket a second time.
Tom Eoeket was a highwayman. No one over christened him Tom, and his father's namo was not Eoeket, When he Wiis tried for his life at Warwick As¬ sizes, ho was arraigned as Charles Jack¬ son, ami they wero particnlar about names then. Ifyou indicted a man as Jim, and his true name was Joe, ho got ofi"; and when the law was altered—so that thoy could sot such matters right at the trial—^people, leastwise la^vyors said that tho Britiah Constitution was being pulled up, root aud branch. But that's neither here nor thero.
I cannot toll you how it waa that he camo to be known as Tom Eoeket, and if I could. It would havo nothing to do with my story. For six years he was the most famous thief in tho Midland counties, and for six years no ono knew what he was like. He was a lazy fellow, was Tom; he never came out except when there wtis a good prize to be pick¬ ed up, nnd ho had his scouts and his spies all over the place to givo him infor¬ mation nljout booty, and warm him of danger. But to judgo what people said, ho was " on the road " at "half a doxen difleront places at once every day of his life; for you see when any one waa rob¬ bed of his property, or found it couve- nicut so to account^ for It, why he laid It upou Tom Eoeket aa a sort of excuse for giving it up easily, because, you soo, no one thought of resisting Tom.
So it was that all sorts of conflicting descriptions of hili person got abroad.-
anbther'that Ho was 'i niiUdilttW'in'an;? with black eyes and light hMr.' He was: a fiery fet man, with blue ejea and black liair with some; he had ajblly red" face •he was as pale as deBth-<*l8 noae^vvas
iuan ono day, Grecian ora snub the
' ;Hls dresa waa all th^^lois ofthe raUW^and os for his lioiEJe!—that was of every ahadi and breegji*^ WTia ever Jieard' of, and of a good nteliy- iifore-be- aido, that have yet to befound out.' He wore a black half-mask, but somehow or other It waa alwaya obliging enough to alip off, 80 as to givo each of his vic¬ tims a full view of his faco, only no two of them oould ever agreo aa to what it waa Uke.
My father was a Gloucestershire man. Ho stood alx feet three in his stockings, a'nd measured thirty-six inches across the chest He could double up a half- crown between his finger and tliumb, and was as bravo as a lion. So, many a time ond oft, when any oue talked of the dangers ofthe road, ho would set his great teeth together, shake his head and say he should like to seo the man that coiild rob Mm on the highway; and, as I said beforo, ho did see liim,-and It waa Tom Eoeket.
My father was a lawyer, and was at ithc time I have mentioned engaged iu a great tithe cause that was to be tried at Warwick Spring Assizes. So, short¬ ly before Christmas, he had to go over to look ujp the evidence, Thero waa no erosa-countiy coach, so he rode; and be¬ ing, as I have said, a brav^sjan^e rode alone. He transacted his jil&lnesa; and my poor mother being ill,and not lik¬ ing to leave her alone loigor than he could help, he set out lo riife hoihe again about half-past nine o'elotk that samo evening. It was aa beautiful a winter's night as over you woro outiiii. His nag was a first rate hunter, docile aa a dog, and fit to carry even his wulght over, or past anything. He had a brace of ex¬ cellent pistols iu his holsters, and he jogged along humming a merry tune, neither thinkiug uor caring for any rob¬ ber under the suu. All ofa sudden it struck him that tho pretty barmaid of an inn juat outof Warwick town, where he had stopped to have a girth that he had broken patched together, had been very busy with thoso self-same pistols, and suspecting that she might have beon tampering with them, he drew the charges aud ro-loaded them carefully. This done, he jogged on again as before.
He had ridden about ten miles, when ho camo to a wooden bridge that there was iu those days over the Avon. Just beyond It roso a stilllsh hill, at the lop of whleh was a sudden beud in the road. Just aa my father reached this-turn, a masked horseman suddenly wheeled round upou him, and bade him " Stand and deliver."' It waa Tom Eoeket! In a second mj- father's pistols were -out, cocked, and snapped within a yard of the highwayman's chest; but, one after another thoy missed fire! The pretty barmaid—a special favorite of Tom's- was loo sluiri) to rely upon the old dodge of drawing tho balls, or damping the ohargo; she thrust a pin iuto each touch hole, aud thon broke It short oft".
" Any more?" Tom Inquired, as cool¬ ly aa you please, wheu my father's second pistol flashed In the jian.
" Yes," slioutcd my father in a fury, "one for yout nob?" And seizing the weapon last used by the muzzle, ho hurl¬ ed it with all his might and main at Eoeket's head. Tom ducked, the pisiol flew over the hedge, aud my father, thrown out of balance by his exertion, lost his seat and foil heavily.on-the grass by tho roadside. In less time than it takes to say so, Tom dismounted, seized ray father by the collar, and presenting a pistol withiu au inch of liLs faco as he lay, bade him bo quiet, or it would be tho worse for him.
" You've given me a deal of trouble," said Tom, " so jiist hand over your purse without anymore ado, or by G—! I'll send a bullet through your skull—just there;" and he laid the cold muzzle of his pistol ou my father's forehead Just between his eyes.
It is bad enough to have to look down tho barrel of loaded fire-arms upou full cock, with a highwayman's finger upon tbe trigger; but to have the cold muzzle pressed slowly upon j'our head—ugh !— It makes rao creep to think of it.
My father made a virtue of necessity, and quietly gavo up his purse.
" Much good may it do yflu," he said; " for there's only three-and-sixpoiice in it"
"Now for your pocket-book," aaid Tom, uot heeding him.
"Pocket-book?" Inquired my father, turning ni little pale.
"Aye, }»ckot-book!" Tom repeated; " a thick black one; it is in the left-hand pocket of your riding-coat,"
"Here it is," said my father, "you know so much about it that tiorhaps you can lell what its contents are worth?"
" I'll seo," Tom replied, quietly tak¬ ing out and unfolding hidf a dozen legal- looking docuniDnta.
"They are law-papers—not worth a rush to you or any ono else," said my father.
Then," Tom replied, "I may tear them up," and he made aa tliough ho would do BO.
"Hold! on your life!" my father shouted, struggling hard, but In vain to rise.
"Oh! thoy arc worth something then," aaid Tom, with a grin.
" It would .take a deal uf troublo to make thom out again," my father re¬ plied sulkily,-" that's all."
" How much trouble?" Touj inquired with a meaning look.
"Well," my father answered, "I sup¬ pose I know what you arc driving at Hand me thom baek, and let ino go, and I promise to send you a hundred pounds when and whero you please."
"You kuow very woll that these pai)ers are worth moro than a hundred," said Tom.
Sim
1.
"A hundred and fifty then," said my father. " Go on," said Tom. "I tell you what it is, youscouudrol," cried my father, " I'll stake five hundred against thom if you'll loose your hold and fight me folrly for It" Tom ouly chuckled. " Why, what a ninny you muat take me for," he said; " why should I bother myaelf fightlhg  for whot  I  can   get without?"
" You'r a cur, that'* what you aro," my father shouted in fury.
',| Don't be cross," said Tom, "It don't become you to look red In the face. Now attend to me,"heooutlnuedlnan altered tone; " do you aec that bridge? Well! there Is a heap of atones In the centre, isn't there? Very good! if you place five hundred guineas in gold In a bag amongst those atones at twelve o'clock at night thia day week, you shall find your pocket book and all lis contenta In the same place two hours afterwarda." "How am 1 to know that you will keep your word?" roy father replied, a little Boftened by the hopo of regaining, oven at ao hea'vy a price, the papers that were eo valuable to him.
" I'm Tom Eoeket," aald the robber, securing the pooket book about his per¬ son, "and what t mean I say; and what 1 say I stick to. Now got upaudmind," ho added, as my father sprang to his
Ono said that he was an awfully tall j feet, "myptetol'a don't miss fire.'
niiiu, aud had a voice like thunder;!    " I shall ll-TO to see you hanged,"-niy I My fether waa for returning directly to
jfather muttered, adjusting hisdisbr^ered
aic#iV- _¦ - -   -
i"-'^ ShaU I  help  you to  catch  your hpr3e?"aaked Tom politely. ' " PU never rest tlU I lodge you In jail," aald my father savagely;
" Give my oomplimenta to your wife,". aaid Tom, mounting hla horse. ¦   '¦' C&nfouud your Impudence," howlei iny fatlier.-    •        - ., , ,-..   _;.;
"Good night," said Tom, with a wave of hb) hand, and turning sharp round he jumped his horao over the fenco and waa out of sight in a moment.
It was not quite fair of my father, I must own, (Mr. Josh continued after a pause,) but he determined to aet s trap for Tom Eoeket, baited with the flve hundred guineas at the bridgo. He posted up to Eondou, saw Bradshaw, a famous Bow street runner, and arranged that he and his men should como down and help to catch Tom; but just at the last moment, Bradshaw waa detained upon some important government trial, and so another ruuner, Frazor, a uo leas celebrated olBeer took his plaee.
It waa settled that the runners should come by dift"ereiit roads, and all meet at a wayside inn about five miles from the bridge, at 7 o'eloek p. m., on the day my father's pocket book was to be returned. An hour afterwards they were to join him on the road three miles further on. Their object, you soe, in taking this roundabout course, was to baiPo Tom's spies and accomplices, and to get securely hid about Uiejippointe.iapotifong befoce the appointed time.
My father was a little lato at the place of meeting; but when ho arrived there he could seo no one about, excopt a lout¬ ish looking counti^j'nian in a smock- frock, who Wivs swinging on a gate hard
by.
" Gooduolght.nitLster," saidtho yokel.
" Good night to you," said my father.
" Can you tell mo who this yer letter's
for?" said tho yokel, producing a folded
paper.
My futher saw In a moment that it was his own letter to Bradshaw.
"Whero did you get that?" ho said quickly.
" Ah !" replied the yokel, " that ud be tellin.   Bo ye expecting anybody?"
"Oh, nought," said the yokel, "only a gentleman from London—"
" Ha!" said my father, " what gentle¬ man?"
" Will a namo beginning with F suit you?" asked the yokel.
"Frazer?" The word fell iiivoluu- tarily from my father's lips.
" That's tho luinie," ropliod tho yokel, jumiiiug down from his seat, and chang¬ ing his tone and manner in a moment " I'm Frazer, sir, and you lire Mr. San¬ digor, as has been robbed of a tiocket book containing valuable papers; and we are going to catch Tom Eoeket as has got it—that's our game, sir. All right, sir, and now to bibsiness."
"Butwhere aro j'our men?" asked my ftitiier, after Frazer had explained the reason for his disguise.
" All right, agaiu, sir," cried the ruu¬ ner, " they will join us. We have not much timo to loso. So please load the way."
So my father led tho way, followed by Frazer; and by the time they came in sight of the bridgo, they had been joined by four London oliicers in diflTerent dis¬ guises and from different directions.— One appeared as a tramp, another sia a gentleinan's servant leading a horse, and the fourth as a soldier. No one could havo guessed that they had ever met be¬ fore, much less that they were engaged together in a preconoerteil scheme. My father gave Frazer great credit for tlie dexterous way in which he had collect¬ ed his forces.
The briilge upou wh\eh the money waa to be placed, consisted of two arches across tho river, and was joined on eith¬ er side By a long sort of causewtiy, built upon piles over meadows that In winter time were generally covered with water. It so happened, that the voiy next inorn- ing after the robbery heavy rains set In, and soon the Hoods were out, so that tliere was no way of getting on the bridge, except by going along tho cause¬ way which extended a distance of ahun- dred yarda, sloping down gradually to tho road on cither side of the river. This causeway w.as built of wood. At some places It waa covered with earth and stones, but ut others it was worn outaud bare, so that a person looking from un¬ derneath, eould see what was passing overhead. Mr. Frazer's sharp eyes look in the poaition In a moment. He got two hurdles out of a field close by, and with some ropes that he had brought for another purpose, fastened them to the piles so that thoy hung like shelves be¬ tweeu tho roadway and the flood, on either side ofthe bridge, and about twen¬ ty yartla from it. This waa his plan : two of his men wero to lie hidden In each hurdle, while he nnd my father in a boat that waa concealed beneath the main arch, unseen themselves, could watch tho heapof stones where the money was to bo placed, and the stolen pockot book left in exchange for it Assoou as Tom Eoeket or any of his friends removed tho bag In which the gold waa packed, Frazor waa to whistle, and his men wero lo climb from their hidlng-iilaces, and secure whoever it might be. If he leap¬ ed over the railing of the causeway, and took lo the water, there was the boat in which to follow and capture hiin.
Mr. Frazer waa very particular to prae¬ tiee his allies on springing quickly from their place of concelemont, and in im¬ pressing on them and my father the ne¬ cessity of all acting together, keeping careful watch and strict sllonec. " Aud now, sir," said he to my father as a dis¬ tant clock chimed a quarter to twelve, " 'tis time to get our places and to bait tho trap, so please hand metho bagthat I may mark it, and some of the coins so as to be able to Indentify them at trial." He had made up his mind, you seo, to nail Master Tom this time.
My father gave him the bag, saw hira write upon It, and m.ake some scratches on about a dozen of theguineiis, and then my father let himself dowu Into the boat In which ho waa immediately joined by the runner.
" It's all right," said Frazer, In a low tone.
"Do you thhik he will oomo?" whis¬ pered my father.
"Certain," replied Frazor, "but hush.' we must not talk; time's up."
For tliree mortal hours did my father sit In that boat, and the runners lay stretched out on the broad of their backs upon those hurdles wtitching for Toin Eoeket to coine for his nioiiey, and for three mortal hours not a soul approach¬ ed the bridge, not a sound but the wash of the swollen river was heard. By the time that the clock struck throe, my father, who had been nodding for the last twenty minutes, fell faat asleep, aa he sat covered up In his cloak, for it was a bitter cold night; but he %yas speedily aroused hy hearing Frazer cry out that they were adrift
Adrift they were, aure enough. The rope that held tliem had been chafed againat the sharp corner of a pile, (ao Mr. Frazer explained) and away went the boat, whirling round nnd round in the eddies of the river, fit to make any one giddy. So strong was the stream that they ¦were carried a mile anda half down it before thoy could get ashore.
, :. :ZE KOBESETABE.
Petit moskeetare yoiir tiiffc lie havo come I Ze itast he have coll for you—go you now homo, All of your buz-ze-buz lutomy ear.
yen_he.l£lU all ze skeetaro an.:; ^KiiTni'tTie Bprfri^^lme varnt c. Monstenr Moakectaro no more .
¦ r sail bring . vld.slug.
How OT'otKetJSejr loo^^iich other.iii the dark; ondotv'li^iLmy father (urlved tbere,
having ran nearly, alilhe way, he found ,
to Jils great sniprlaeitlukt the officers had ^°" ' "^ ''''* ¦>' '^ skeciare my deor. left.   He rushed-to; flie heap of atones,  ^u v'L'^on'^™"",'" ""T"" ""• ¦and thare the flrst thing thotoaughthla   vix^o^'Zt^rp^So^u'^in;" iT:r„,„ht • eye ¦was ms pooket hook—the looney  Mr. JackFro..it8owhbfrccz,-;-..y.,n tight. ' nraagonel^i                       'tj.   H* - •¦"•-.    Ahi vataiiicBsingthotMia v.i;,-,l•bc ';¦:J^rd,J^itlu)tdl4«weaIJ.l,^i=i=S<:;,,/i^^:'"	
Dotermlulng to have It out with the runners for deserting their posts, he hur¬ ried on to the lun where thoy had mot, and wore to pass the night. Ho knocked at the door. No auswer. He knocked again louder. No auswer. He was not in the very best of tempers as you may guess. So he gave the door a big kick. In it flew; and a sight met his oye that fairly took away his breath. Tied into flve chairs hand and foot, trussed up like BO many Chrlatmaa turkeys, with fivo gags In their flve mouths, and their eyes glarlug at him owUshly, aat the real Mr. Frazer and hla four Bow street runueis. "bun Bockot had managed the business atthe bridge himself.
Upon examining hla pocket book, my fatlier found all his documents, and a paper on which waa written theso words:
By destroying these writings I could have ruined you. In doing so, I should have injured your client whom I respect. For his sako I keop my word, though you have played me false.
TOM ROCKET.
Here Mr. Josh paused, and smoked for eome time Id silence. r- -i
LEQAL NOTICES.
JlDHI.XIKTK.lTOB'S THitTlOE.
¦Estate of Catharine Bossier, late of Manr helm towuship, doc'd.
LETIKB.3 of administratiou on aold I^tats having been grnnted lo the undersigned, all porsons indepted tiierotoaro rciiuostedtoinako Immediate paj-ment, and tlioso having elanmi or demands against tbo sumo will present them for .setllejnont to the uuderslgueu, realdiug in said township. _
nov 1 lit'jU CHRISTIAN H.:
ASSIOXEE'S NpTli'.l,5, ¦? Asalgiioil Eatato of Eufua Mohler, ijf
"And what became of Tom y asked one of the company.
" Well," replied Mr. Josh, " after hav¬ ing been tried three timea, aud getting off upon some law quibble on eaoh occa¬ sion, he—who had robbed the worth of thousands of pounds and escaped—was executed at Nottingham for stealing an old bridle! And now I've done, gentle¬ man all.   I look to—wards you."
So our worthy president " looked to¬ wards us," and finished his brandy and water at a gulp. Thon finding tlmt the rain had given over, we thanked him for his story, and all adjourned to the bowling-green.
BEE"7ITEES.
Those who are most anxious to learn our affairs are generally the persons from whom we should bo mart anxious to conceal them.
A common thing in tho voyage of life la to mistake, like Siiibad, a whale's back for 4n island.
Look well to your daughters; sparks falliiig on your house are often less dan¬ gerous than thoso coming Into It.
Those who havo their mouths oftenest open have their minds oftenest .shut.
Lovers generally woo thoiraweetliearts In wretched verso, and this is probably tho reason why so many of thora are properly jilted.
Put your money Into a box If you like, but not a dice box.
Tho mischievous winking of a beauti¬ ful coquette from under a sweet hood Ls a pleasant kind of hood-winking.
Many peoplo approve no books but such aa are representatives of their own opinions aud passions; they read, nol to have nature reflected ou, and so bo taught to kuow and love evorything, but to bo reflected thom.selvea as in a pocket-mirror, and to exchange admi¬ ring looks with their own narrow cast of countenance.
Many persons have their best society in tbeir own hearta and souls—tln^pu- rest meniorica of earth and tho sweetest hopes of heaven; their loneliness cannot be called solitude.
The soul of a noble man Is tho ballot- box of God. Only through such a soul can his voico be heard ne the voice of the people.
A brave soldier, though he loves home, will " strike home."
Every ceusurer of other people knows ten timea aa much ill of himsolf aa he does of the worst of them.
Look at the pages of your own heart and you will see a dim reflection of what the recording angel haa written of you In his book.
The guilty man Is doomed to carry and lodge his florcest accuser In his own bosom.
Lay your hand upon your mouth when the rod of deservwl chastisomcnt Is upon your back.
Don't confide your money, your ae- crole, or your wife, to a friend evidently ansious for tho trust..
If a man will play the loafer, ho had better do it in a coffeo houao tlian In" a church.
¦Vanity la the produce of light minds. It Is the growth of all climes and of all countries; It la a plant often nourished and fostered, yet It nover bears fruit pleasing to the taste of an lutolllgoiit mind.
The man who boasts of his knowledge is usually ignorant, and wishea to blind tho eyes of his hcarets. Merit and Intel¬ ligence are always discovered—In fow instances unnoticed, unrewarded.
If a man who makes a deposition Is a depositor, does It necessarily follow that the man who makea an allegation is an alligator?"
A late heavy fall of rain showed one ludlcroua aight—an attempt to crowd two fashionably dressed women under one umbrella.
Wanted a oorreot standard for measur¬ ing the height of an absurdity, and the slipper from the foot of a dancing moon- beani.
" I mouni for my bleeding country," said a certain army contractor to Gen¬ eral Sheridan. " So you ought, you scoundrel," replied Sheridan, " for no¬ body haa bled her moro thau you havo." At a young lady's seminary receutly, during au examination In history, one of the most promising pupils was Inter¬ rogated : " Mary, did Martin Luther dio a natural death?" "No," was the re¬ ply—"he waa exoommunlcatcd by a bull."
" Men talk Idly about empire, nation, family. The foundation of the empire is in tho nation, of the nation In tho family, ofthe family in the individual; in fine, government Is founded on the people, the people on the family, the family on its chief."
" Win a people and the empire Is won; win their hearts and their affeotiona, and you win the people; you win their hearts by meeting their wishes, by pro¬ viding for their wanta, and Impoaing upon them nothing that thoy detest." " You cannot rcoaon with the passion¬ ate, you cannot act with the feeblo or the capricioHS."
" Suro and sincere truth Is heaven's pathway; to meditate on truth in order to practice it la to discover the pathway and the duty of man."
"No man who haa been consistently true and sincere has failed to win tho confidence and favor of other men. No man in whom truth and sincerity hove been wanting has ever long possessed their confidence and favor."
" Diffuse knowledge, interchange em¬ ploymente, so that .the decfliencles of some moy be filled up by the superflui¬ ties of othera."
FOE THE LITTLE FOLKS,
Till-: LI'lTI.E BLACK HY.MK UUOK. Where has It gone, I wonder? It has drifted oil", I suppose, to that unknown land for which sooner or later all the playthings of our childhood lake wings aud. vanish, and J'ot what a treasure 11 woiUd be if I could get it betwixt my flngers once more! A little black cov¬ ered book it waa—a good deal faded, aud thummed, and worn from constant, hard service, and notliing to buitst of at the beginuing. Yet what a delight—what a joy—what a heap of all sweetmclodies waa the little collection of "Baptist Hymns" iu the dear sad old days ofmy childhood!
I remember very well how how it wime into my possession. The girl had " put me to bod" that night, und when I was comfortnblj' nestled betwixt "the sheets, she waited to liesir me "say myprayers." " Our father" camefir.st; and tho dear old "Now I lay nio," followed, whoae very words como to us now on the wind which blows up moist and fragrant from the far-oft" meadows of our childhood, and the silver tinkle of this little verae closeil the evening offering— "Tiic day in past and gone,
Tho evening siiades appear. Oh, may we all remember well, Tlie night of dciitli draws near," Thero was a little pause.   The girl broko it .with—
" We lay our garments liy." A small face waa wide awake and alert in an instant—
" That is all I kuow, liiilli.    Is there auy more of it?" "Oh, yes; three or four verses." "Oh, do say 'em then," feeling that I had been wronged aud defrauded.
But the girl's memory would not car¬ ry her beyond another veree. aiy eag¬ erness and disappointment touched her. " I've got It all In a little black cover¬ ed book that I loft wlierc I lived last.— I'll get It when I go round tho next time and bring it lo you."
What wore siiarkling iiearls, or bhiz- Ing rubies, or flashing diamonds to a promise like that? There was a little fear which somewhat neutralized Its groiit delight, ns I turned over on my lied, and that was, " It seemed loo good to be truo?" But "Eutli" was faithful to hor promise. Ill duo tiiuo tho "littlo black hymn book" came, and waa re¬ ceived into a pair of small joyful liaiuLs. In the old home, what a well-stiring of hai>piness that collection of lymns proved itself! It wius a iierpetual feast, a Iierpetual joy ?
A small, homely, old-fashioucd rock¬ ing-chair, whose varied infirmities at last ended inlo eomiiouud fracture tiio serious lo admit of healing, used to oe- eujiy a space near the low window, and Ibis looked out on the great "brier-busli" which kindled all ovor into coals of bloom with every sumnier. And here overy morning, rocking lo and fro, and keeping time with the rylhin of the hymns, I made the acquainttuico of the lillie hyipn book. j,
The old rhyme tinkled long iu my memory, but tbey grew fainter and fainter in theyeai-s, and lost themselves as the sweet sheep bells on the distant
Warwick township, Lancaster co.
RUFi;,'! IIOHLEII, of Warwick tWT)., haa by ilecd uf voluntaiy assigumout, dated Ocrro- llEltyotli, l.S(>j, lusslgned and transferred all ids estate aud eflects to tlie undersigned, for tha beneUt oftlie creditors of tlio sidd Itunia Moh¬ ler, ho tliereforo gives notice to ail persons In¬ debted lo said lUiSignor, lo mako payment to the midersigned witliout delay, and tnoso hav. iug claims to pr..sent thom to
JACOB KEIIPEU, Assignee,
nov I
residing in EphraUl township.
EXECCTOR'.S NOTICE.
Estate of Day Wood, Into of Fulton tvrn., decoased.
Ll-rrTKHS tc«tamenlar>-on said eatata hnrlns been granted to tlieundorslgued,aU porsona indebted tiiereto aro requested to make Imme- diate settlement, and those liavlug claims or demands against tho samo will preseat them witliout dultiy for settloment to tlio uudece signc^i. _
KLIZ.V WOOD, Fulton twp. JAMEa wool). LlttlB Brlmlu. 00123-0*1-1:1 Executory
.V0>IIXISTK.1TOK'H NOTICE.
Estate OfJohn D. Heft, late of-Conof twp., deceased.
LIvTTia!.S of administration on Bald auito liaviiig been granted to tho undorsigned, all persons indepted tlieretonro requested To moke immediate settlement, and those havlugclaima or demands agalustthe samo wilt present Uiem without delay lor settlement to tho undersleO' ed, residing In sidd township.
FETES HOKFEH, Oct 2l-0l*-lS Admlnlatratuz.
EXECirroB'H NOTICE.
Estate of David Sahm, lato of WeetEati twp^ Lancaster 00., deo'd.
LETTEIW •Testamentary on said eatato hnv. ing been granted lo Uie undersigned, uU liersous indebted ttierelo are r»iuesteutomuko Immedlato payment, and those iiavlng clalius or demands against thosiunowiUpreeeat Uiem for seltleiuent to the undersigned,
KIAAH SAHM. Ephratotrp, JOUN .SAHM. ¦tt'oBtEarl, oot lH-llt"J8      WAAC aAHlI, Bplirata twp.
EXECVTOU'S XOTICB.
Estate of William Meithaler, tote q( Straaburg twp., deceaaed.
LETrEn,S testamentary on said estatehavlse been granted to the undersigned, aU persona Indebted tiiereto nro requested to malce Imme* diate settlement, and ttioso having claims at demands agiUnst tlio some-will preaent tliem witliout delay for settlement t^^ tlio underaljiUr cd, residing In sidd twp.
. JOHN KIENBOBTat
octaitjt-iu Admiulatrutoa
-VIOTWE,
1> The Uuderslgnwl hereby gives notioo to oh persons, tliat his wifo Ciitliarino Krcltor, <tbr- merly widow of Georgo Farlow) left his bed aud board without cause, lie hereby warns all persons against trusliug ner on his acoount. OA he win pay no delits of bcr contracting,
CHIUSTI.^S KaETrEB. Lltlr., Nov. 2d. IBilj. nov 3.^«t-«)
AUMIMSTK.VTOtt'tl.'SiOXICB.
Estate of Eliza Kurtz, deceiad, lato of Maiiheiiu township.
LErrrEIt.^ of Admiuistration ou said li^tala having lieen granted Ui llio undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto arorotiucsted to malca immediate payment, luid tiio.se having claims or deinauds against the same, will nresuut tbem forseltleincnl Ui the undersigned, raddlug Ul said townsliip.
OliED H. KUUTi nov l.T-lit* ,52 Admlulstrator.
Aunixis'rn.vrou'i) kotice.
Estate of Anu Kilheffer, late of Manic township, deceased.
J' E'l"riCil.^of .\dmliilslrattou on Bald satato .jliavlng been graiitcil lo the undersigned, ull persons Itidebted tlicreto are re<iuested to make Immediate scttieincnt, and thoso having clalma or demands against the .same will present Uiem without delay for settleineut tii tlio andei-, signed.
nov l.j.tJt*-.):
JOUN 11UEX>"EII. Admln'r.  Itesiding In Lanca.ster twp.
execijTok'S notice.
Estate of Benjamin Landis, Iato of Eoal Lampeter twp., deceased.
LEITKII-S testanienmry on said ostjito liav- iugbeengmulcd tu the undersigned, all per¬ sons liidebtcd thereto are requested to muJce immedhilesetllemcnt, and tiio.so having clalins or demands against tiie same will present them withont delay for settlement to the underslgiv od,;resiiliiig lu said townsliip.
Aliit.VH.V.M LANIlia JOHN noiIHER, nov ll'tif-oH E.veeutora,
,\n3HSI.STIt.VTOIf8 SrOTICE.
Estate of Ann Weaver, lalo of Wee* Lamputer twp., decoasod.
LlCTTElW of admluLstratlou on BiUd cataKi having lieeii granted to the uuderstgncd.lUL iicr.sons indebted thereto are requested toiiiaku mmcdhile settlement, und tiiose having claims
hills.    IIow the verses used lo ring lbem-    or demands agaiest the samo will present tliem
without delay for sellleiuenl to the uudersign- ed, resldiug in said towuship.
AMOS WEAVEB, nov 4,(;i-.')0 AdminlstruU*
.selves oulthrougb Ibecbild'saiuall voice rocking there by tho window ! What new comfort and melody, what new paths I found wandering anioiigst the "Collection of Village Hymns" each day! How the silver lines, tho sweet flowing stanzas, brought every morning some now tribute to the untutored, inar- tlculiite sense of melody which was in me! How the hour glided soft and swift down the shining descent of those verses, sending some light and blessing ovcr those which camo after toweave out the long child's day, which now, alasl isso Bwlft and brief.
Where has It gone—the old hymn book ? Gono with ull the other toys of childhood—tho pretty dolls, the sinall vases, the "cunning" lea-sels, the tiny baskets, the sounding shells, the jiaint- ed boxes, the sugar mon, anil women, and rabbits, and dogs, and mice, of the old time—the old time that yet we havo no heart In us to welPoiuo back, and that could not corae If we should, for be¬ twixt both of us rolls abroadanilmlglily river, and the old daya come up sonie- times and wander on ila hither bauk and smile across to us, and semi us mes¬ sages that are oftenest lost on tho way, but that sometimes reach us and etrilve some deep chord of tho heart which vi¬ brates mightily!
Littlo children, dont lose your play¬ things I Let thom not be .scattered to the wIikIs, or broken by careless lianils, or crushed by hurried feet They may becomo in your man and womanhood precious " water-marks" of your child¬ hood. You will love to look nt them, to handle thera, to caress thetn softly, for they shall bo precious letters to you from a far couniry, aud sweet voices from out tho silent ptist
So put tlicin away—the books and the toys—when they have done their ser¬ vice, whether of Instruction and diver¬ sion ; cover them up ctirefully, and be¬ stow them in some safe and sacred nook to go and look at sometimes, whcu tho eyes you bend over them will bo a little sadder, and the heart beiicalh a little nay, it Is likely a great deal heavier than it Is now—pray God a great deal riper and better. -So go and look at the old things, it may bo dimmed, and soiled, and faded, but blessed water marks of the past, as I, writing this, can never bear to look at " The Old Black Hymn Book."
KST.ITE NOTICE.
Eslalo of Johu Dellinger, lato of Iau- ca.ster City, deceased.
I' l-nTElW of admiuistration on said eetate ^having been gr.auted to tiie undursigued, all per-soiis indebted thereto ure requested to mako Immediatesetllcmcut, and tiiose havlngclalma or demands against thesame will present tlicm without delay for settlement lo the uuderslgur ed .-Vdinr's.
JAI.'OIl DEI.I.IXfiEU. E, Hempileld lwi» S.V.MUEI, I.. DELLINGElt, MarletU, nov H  titruO.
AvcoiiiitH of Xi'iiKt Estatoi?, ^ko.
'pllE .\ccouiils of lhe following naraml Estate X will lie pi-esciiti;d for contlrmatiou ou Mon. ilav, November :^th, lSf>">. Tiiiiothy Ooi-don's l-j*tate.   Oharhti A, llelnll.ai
Coniuiitlee. Jiarv Jane Ilerr'u Eslalo.   John V. Herr, Gom*
mlltee. IlenrvrfahIer'»AP.slgiRj Bstnlei, GeorgeBogl^
Assignee,
JOHN KELDOMniDQE, Prothon'ry.
I'rotlum'i-y OlHce, Oct. 30, '05, nov Ut 60
FINANCIAL.
niviDEsn.
rin-ST N.M'IONAL BANK. I I..\srASTEn, November 13,1S65.. / nUIElloavd of Directors of tills Biuik liave de- J. elared a dividend of BIX PEU CENT,, clear of U.S. tax.7s, outof tlie pronta of tlio ladt alx montlLS liilj'able on demand,
IlOlt.\OE ILiTUVON, Owhlor. novl5 Sta
niviDENn.
riUIK Stra.sbui-g and Millport Tnmplke CVrni* JL   pany has  deehircd a dividend of KItTf UEVrs PKil SH-VUE, payable on dejnaudot the First National Itank of Htrasburg. uovLMtiVJJ     CYUl'.s N. HEKH,'l'rcoaure».
DIVIItEND.
FIll-'ST N.vriON.^L BANK. s-rK-isnt'iio, l'a., Novemb^T 7,18ft5.
r-TH.^sm l"i, la., i>.'n--lliuei  ,,to,>,,     J
rplIK IJoard of nircclors of Ihls Rank have do- JL dared a dlviiiend of .SIX I'EB CENT, on the capital Mioelt, out of the prodLs of the last six nioiitlis, clear of National aud Stato taxew, pay. able to stoekhoiders on demand, novll-at MJ E. M. EllKUMAN, Caahier.
nivinEXn.
I.ANO,iMTEU CO. NATIONAL llANK, NOVEMUKH 7,1805.
L
'lilir: Director.^ have this day dt-clareil a dfi i dend ot SIX I'EU CENT, out ot tlio prollia f<>rthela.st six montiis, ehuir of United HtuteN tax, payable on demand.     W. U PEII'EB, novS-yt 51] Cashier.
]>IVIDEND.
FAUJIE1I.S' NA'nON.lI.. BANK. J
" The benevolent man loves mankind; the courteous man respeols them. He who loves men will be loved by them; ho who resiiecta men will be respected by them."
' If I am treated rudely, let me ex¬ amine mto the cause, and if I |cannot discover any sort of impropriel.v in my own conduct, I may disregard the rude¬ ness, and consider him wlio displajs it aa no heller than a liriite, and -why should the couduct of a brute disturb me?"
" Who by a tortuous exumple has over made men straightforward and sincere? Who by dishonoring himself Ciin render others honorable? Holy men do not necessarily resoinblo one another; aomo seek Bolitude and retirement; others ex¬ hibit themselvea, and approach the neighborhood of authority; some are exiled, others remain at homo. The object of all perfect men is to bo pure, free from stuiu, and this alone."
Bather rough uaage—Sending a poor blind man to jail becauso ho haa no viai¬ ble means of support.
Why Is tho Britiah GoveHiment liko a lawyer? Because It's not a Bepublio (notary public.)
A question for the Meteorological Bo- clety—when the rain falls does It ever get up again?
IHE IJlreetors havo tfiis day declared a dlvl* _ dend of THUEE l)OLI.jVIW AND FltTS CENT,S per share, lieing 7 per cent., for the last
..Ix monlhs. clear of taxes, paj'iible tolhestock- liuldei-s ou demand, and lielng lliuonobundrud iiiKi third .seml-aimuid divlileiid. novS-:!t-iill E. U. IIUOWN, Qudllof.
V. S. ST.V3IPii.
AOEXEUAI- assortment ot United Htalcn Itcveiiue Slumps, are on hand and for aalo at lloverument rales, l»y the Inland Insurattco and Deposit Company, Centre Square, I.aneiis-- iisler. *o- .Vgent for thu eubscrilier.
J. K. ALEIANDEIl, sep t ai-tt-T.'i ; U. S. Assessor.
3(ANIIEIX N.VTIONAI, BANK.
lLv>-ltElJI. May, 111. liVB, rpiIB .Manheim National HiiuU paj-s luterutt J. oil deposits as foIlov.-s,v!K:
Eor six monlhs and upwards 4 P<-J ocni jn» annum. « s        -
For iwelvo •• - j,oi..r.M,\N lIEltSHEIf.
Jun 17-tr-'JI. Cashier.
MISCELLANEOUS.
J  I'aidf kinds of l-arui.'^e
IIUJIIF.ST C.ISII  IMllCE
I","i'i.oVi-;ii, Tl.MOTHy, and all othor
'I'iKO. II. Hl'IlECllF.U'H rlcullunil Warehouse, No, -ii l-:aKt King at. ,.( :^;.:iiii H) ——w—^^u
I>irU.VY NOTICE,
1 \.ME to the premises of the subscrlltor, In luca township, about the miildle of Hep- ,er'  isir,, TllltEE STUAY  SHEEP.   Tbo !)U-iicr IS requested to reclaim Ills properiy, oUk -rwlse tlie.v will lie sohl aeconliim t.i law-. ilovl-i-;ll'-ii] JOSEPH niniKllOI.DKll.
Cl.
leiiil
NOTH'K.
rlio F.\n51EIW having Honio Powers.--Tlio I unilerslgued, mauul'a.-turer of Ilorse Pow¬ ers and Tlireshiug Machines. Inrebygives no. lice lo all persous who ilavu pureliascd luil- cbines from liim .>r otbers, that ««ey will nnd il niiieh to their Inler.-st to eall upon htm ii> fore paying ten dollai-st..S>iiiiuel 11. Haines, his alloriiev, or any one else, lor alleged Infringc- nieuts, nol of a palont. buta notice hi a nowiv paper. liovMI'-'il	
AliUAHAM F. BAIIL
PIANOS.
rpIIK (iulw-ribtr has Just Tc-oelvM
tfvLBNBEUO & VAUPEr/S   GELEBWATIJD PIA>*f>S.
,n^!!d<Jl .."Sg'ilianirfac.urjsl o^^^^^^   best end
"^^ffiS^'^fSvoCv^^'t"-. <">" 1    .^.ii.'Vvftmich they cannot be surpaiisisl.
'^'iS^iJ-'^^sS.s.'S ekiraordiiiaty stability, being
..„. ii?,i.t,. to iret out of luu.., ami ure warrant<-d ? UiS niaiiuiS^Vnr^^^ lo stand thu etreeta of any
cniiiatc_f"rslxyear-s.^.
!{'£;Maso.&Hau'ill"'s Cabinet Omnna and
Metalwnis. ami u fiiU a.ssorlnient of Slieet .Mu- .
s^'£'"llSm•ment«   aud   n.uslcal ^m^l^andlee
"X-Piiotosraph and P'e'ur^?™"'",^"?!^; ly ou hand or made to nrJet ^SSriin?" promptly nttcndeiUo. Bioyr-ltsg