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Show i misfortunes child. era , is' 3'-- of jjis Sorrowful Story Retold by ' fin; lrof. on IS. U.V of"? - cnu.hc.asuruilt0t,n ton fiJ list "d niv 1 u, sceniM he va mother,. imposMl.i T.vU once mv fate to take a train at M.. at - o'clock in the ht to route Having liul unite a satisfo, tolliiea-rlet I' at the hotel; I reoulveJ not to any farther doling by Lclp of u sleep, n c..r. but to take my dare by a win-dand enjoy the gloomy wvne without and the grand deep rumhle ol a night cywas not crowded, the night press. The ear was a hcauti ill one in October, the tiuin was huge anil dignified, and the road amooth and straight. As I sat down nlmir there seemed to ho before me four hours of the happiness whc h often comes from solitude and meditation. Night in its most earn'd hours was to be my comonnion. and the voice of the wheels was to lull me not into the stupor of sltep but into a revery rublems of mult and over earth and its Into animals, birds, fish, time uml eternity. the Slime ur came an itinerant dramatic troupe of perhaps eight persons of all grades of talent and fame und beauty and suddenly through my heart there passed the prayer that no one would be compelled to come into my pines of isolation and dread. The selfishness of soul was respected by the wandering play1 rs. but there followed t tie children ol Thespis a forlorn looking man. of visage sad. of clothing plain, of hearing humble and contrite, and looks the most As this living picture of Turu. leseeching. moved along the aisle pussing by dtse 1; Criu'y ;s pnn. "1 s. ; srav.. o Outs ' a .x w ,'a t fr,tf nt " '' tn 'll.' ; l.; ly art ai Us ay KtoU'.iJ 1 W 1 C'e ;n ' i .va'iol. il'nib e, Jei.ilj;, i;aiwe iff, Uy hum l ur tlir.e ami s,y m- ylie.i'l TIikc at tie "iv oferal'y are fa-- . ilug I, emeu: r i . .,1 hf-at'- . 1 way. ami m.gh, h. t ,n,1 that nnuht , -r- e,h ollaj " f,,r ,, ""'-- ' !,' "t .1 greaf eIllv-- "I;, d'"'?;, f,,r "o'rk! nn. I S rail- uni, 'I f! r l'T!'dyTel,e.ku U,le l,y Houds Ib'ing m tlie arm eentin'ents of youth, I 1..H love Uth Ih ,iiUu.llt,.r rad-lli- l J o.u.iul, ami after 1, ,n,vr of and despondency 1 -A' l" !,,e,l of suitor the most be,,,, n'; ever jiiul leaned fondly upon tl, ,r low lie. W?,'i;V,rin',,th'r,,,lth Do passion the: came also an increase bUslllTOH Bnd jt seemed n special smile of Heaven that on a ,h nndst ot a lapturous talk it!i mvonn Maigaret I was smiinmned to attend a .'eutieimui ''hose I, ml, had keen crushed t n e. by a I.ii h as my heart longed to remain in the 111 11, 0 1'.eet of Its F'V, snp'eme - aso such . mi external show of infojr;,tl ,,,, ,M,,ln WMf4 ruv nv.ihi; ui.our corn and I.i.-y- V"-- t r 'tl t an withtimt aj.tv8 and would provide aid more they s V K'- ' s s' s I - Iessedn-S- it flashed into my mint that Heaven had deserted me and I wu about of mean ness of early tol'0.nis!seO for some or Inter li'e. As the winded arrow speeds to ward iin mark, as doves belor a storm fly ree or rock of refuire. onunrd toward som advanced this embodiment of physirnl and mental som.w gazing into the fare of farmer ami carpenter, matron and maid, actor and artless lie :no cd. but quiuklv turning from each as t hough not ia the face of even the rather beautiful tragedienne was there to be found tlie paTti'Ular dsire of his lieart, he made the tnimmuntic and freezing face of poor in the apparent realization of all his fondest hois. Having reache. the seat I wa trying hard to occupy by elongation and general expansion oltnv body ami to defend by a chilling look of mami'actmetl scorn, he located himself beside me ami modestly said: iu assuming "Am I mistaken ia that you are a called what fervent of God? My reply was to the effect that he was in error, and that all men areearthi.v. and that God has no servants specially worthy of that name, and that he wassitting hv a tellow being who had preach-i- n u dstant town, at intervals not great, longnnd loudly the commonly held or rented dogmas of religion, but had not reached any great perfection in their practice. To this he r plied, calling me by name, that he bad long desired to have a few minutes conversation with some student oGlivinethings, for he had himself been the child of so many end such amazing misfortunes that he had begun to feel as one doomed not only to the ili9 ofthisworld, but perhaps to themor terrible trouhlcsnf tne life to come, and that what he now needed was the warm hand of some at 1 friend. To this I. True, indeed, replied my companion, as beseemed to dry up an unbidden tear, "but jou will And my tale cne of unusual quality. Permit me to submit to you a fpeiinien of the bad luck of our house jn account of the death of my affectionate parents. I was an only child and had in this world 12 years when an accident of a botanical nature deprived me of both jnv natural guardiansand lelt mean orphan. The accident was of this complexion. In one corner of our gardingrewa sycamore tree of immense size, and us it threw one of its horizontal limbs turther and further each yearoverihe family onion bcd.it was deeded at a meeting held by my mother, my also being present, that that limb bould lie sawed off. the next morning fue old gentleman Karly scaled the tree and stood upon the limb that was to be removed, fttid wit, a common woodsaw lie qasved and be sawed. 1 saw him saw, and my mother aw him saw. and she saw that 1 saw him aw. and as the limb began I o bend mv unfortunate father stepped upon that side of limb w hich was going down instead of Jipnn that part which was to remain attached to the great trunk. My blessed moth Bering the old man falling with the limb, rhed tori h with more affection than to catch the whole affair in her check pron: hut as the branch itself weighed seven tuns ami as my father weighed 3U0 pounds wis-do- 1 AN sliecp-.inisin- g 1 roehut-eholl- . 1 the e 1 first-lov- 1 i time-tabl- 1 tin-da- y 1 s y:m United incidents in all their details this n urtminte of hope and final mil, ire,s Inira b is f ves, and yiv teat SVhilerrebnir2 si K,n fiave nlJ sough, .nr my verled Vhe mmds of both of us by advancing -of land. I rend men until learned consulted and gou.l books mind tii.It in .rntacres Bo'eton nuHinorites,lv,pj1 enjoy merit of what is "n8 in till reasonable amount of good With. I mixed tip was fatally the A,IJi neck .ilirt ami tlie onions; and the ttlr W'l Thus,"I adislocated in in the general by curious ;onsistency of 'alkj wantin' I j t IT1! Kf .ei-f- ts ton,: .ml blice as being more nutritions hamilk niidns n rVfNe t Eglntl and 3 V ;M ?, vN f ! lx X $J?: im the cause of such 1 THE HOUSEHOLD. for tit t armert. With "ml cart' there is nr, ilanprer of loss on a thrifty, well fe.1 jig less than nine months ohl. The man that has the, oorest stall, ion frmeraHy Hoes the most blowing alout him. National Stockman. In driving horses on the road let them drink at every opportunity; a dozen times a day in su miner is not too oiten. Small fruits have produced abundantly throughout the Iilack Hills this year, and the totality lias been ll. IliaU for th It takes three large lemmons to make two quarts of lemonade with the most econonical skill. Rath room accessories may be simple or elegant, bur plenty of water and soaji is within the reach of all. Cold tea is a good remedy for sore eyes. Rathe the eyes frequently, especially before retiring, ami you w ill soon find relief. A transparent mucilage of great tenacity may be made by mixing rice tiour with cold water, and letting it simmer gently over the tire. Linseed poultice cup linseed meal, one teaspoonful mutton tallow mix with hot water to a smooth paste. When you buy a new broom, select n dozen ol the smoothest and largest splints, pull them out, nnd lay them away to use in testing cake when it lont burn the straw if you have any stork to eat it. or tramp it into condition for the wheat or itrass lands. Cream makes hotter l, utter to rise in cold air than to rue in cold water, hut it will rise sooner in cold water and the milk keep sweet longer. Iofer Hoffman, of Miner county, is baked. has raised over 10( bushels of tomaTo set color in black or dark toes, 4,000 heads of eahbnjre, nnd a hosiery, calicoes, cambrics, etc., put variety ot other vegetal, les on three a large tables, oonful ot black pepper acres this year. into a nil of water, and let tlie arThe wheat crop iu tho lower counties ticles lie in soak foracouplc of hours. of South Dakota was one of the Dia.inoi s Wakklus Half a pint hea viest ever harvested, while corn, of cold boiled farina, half a pint o millet, tlnx and potatoes are in ex- rice flour, two tnblcspoonfuls of cellent condition. wheat flour, one pint of milk, one It yon have not already protected teaspoonful of butter, two eggs well your grain, hay and buildings by of. beaten. Mildewed linen may be restored by fective do not sleep until you have dime so. Do not wait tor soaping tlie spots while wet, covering frosts do it them with line chalk scraped topow-der- . and rubbing it well iu. Or soak It is useless to try to save pure seed of many varieties of plants and in buttermilk and spread on the grass in the sun. vegetables, it grown near other iolet-- t inted silk hints with which the llowcrs limy serge over a kilt, mix. ed skirt of reseda failleshot with gold M. W. Cook says that Iowa is ill. formed a rich and elegant 5 oclock ways associated in the mind of near. recently worn. Gold and Iv every one with rearing the l,est shaded tints in violet, reseda ami showed delicately in the domestic animnls nnd producing tho embroidered bands on the empire Held is tlie of land largest crops. It vest and petticoat. corn and swine.' Ribbon is used this season with To make tho nnd butter the cream great prodigality. Many lovely must undergo a ripening process by evening dresses composed ot tinted of the air silk net have the entire front formed exposure to tho oxygen while it is rising. ' Tlie ripening iH of lengthwise rows of ribbon run so very tardy when the temperature is closely f rget her that, one would low. scarcely suspect the means by which is The depth of sotting should vary the pretty effect produced. Dark purplish ml shades, such ns with the temerature; the lower it is the deeper milk may be set, the high, dahlia and rosewood, are largely er, the shallower it should he. Milk imported in rich silks and ribbons, should never be set shallow in a low and ill velvets for dresses and bonNew n imes are given come of temperature, or deep in a high one. nets. these but the shades art1 colors, economin cold water Setting dee) and are quite different from izes time, labor nnd space. the light reddish mahogany tints. in Onions keep best lmrn There is a great rage for flower lofta vi here they freeze. Freezbonnets nnd t oques abroad. Some nnd ing injures nre made of thawing foliage alone; for examthem. Joseph Harris once threw rose leaves ple, pale yellow-greeunder his evergreens a load each other. On evening overlapping protected only with snowbanks. They bonnets, sent from 1ari.s, soft, beauwere sold nt high price tho next tiful rose petals arelikewisearrnngcd over an niry foundation of tiink tulle. spring. Green's Fruit Grower. There is perhaps no county in the There is nothing better for n ct.t Dakotas where so many fanners own than powdered resin. Round it until fine and put it in nn empty, dean sheep as in Spink county, and a writes: There is no demand pepper hox with perforated top; for good sheep here. Those who have then you can easily sift it out on the sheeji want to increase their Hocks, cut, nnd put a soft cloth around he nnd no one cares to sell, tor no eiop, injured member nr.d wet w it ft cold or kind of stock pays so well us water once in a while. It will prevent inflammation and soreness. sheep. Some ingenious clmf) has invented For a cold in the head the followa milking stool. It is a ing is perhaps one of the most efficae concern t wo or three feet cious remedies: Solution of HO of with cocaine. for seat is glya the drops; long, provided GO drops. To which add milker, a shelf for the bucket, a stow, cerine, very hot water to fill half a away for milking overalls nnd a tool enough handball anatomizer. Iassing box. This will never become popu- through the tube will sufficiently lar. With a clumsy thing ot this modify tho limit nnd render tlie apkind, how would the farmer he able plication of this preparation to tlie to punish tlie cow when shekicksnnd irritated mucous surfaces a most runs away? One leg is a enough for soothing, nnd grateful expedient. nny milking stool. Iowa State RegMhpn about to sweep a large room ister. where the carpet is rather dusty, A good denning powder for wina have pail of wuirm water lmndy dows and mirrors is prepared by and dip your broom in the water, moistening calcined magnesia with off all tlie drops; sweep a slinking pure benzine, so that a mass will he third of the room, then moisten the formed sufficiently moist to let a broom ngnin, always shaking it as drop form when pressed. The mix- dry as possible, and you will find the ture has to he preserved in glass bot- dust will ail be in the water and not tles with ground stoppers, in order flying through the air, trying to find it makes to retain the easily volatile benzine. its way to the lungs; besidesfresh. A little of the mixture is placed on a the carpet look bright and Mothers will find Unit il band it wad of cotton and a, plied to the glass plate. Do not use near u fire flannel worn around thestomach and or light, as the benzine vapor is very hips of children who no t roubh d inflammable and explosive. with bowel complaints during tie It is often found that cows prefer und whose vitality is low summer, to drink stagnant water, even almost at all times, will greatly benefit them. filthy, from pools, rather than to It may he gored to fit and hooki d take that fresh drawn. from the well. ill Ihe hack. Three of these bnnda.s should lie k t It is not t he cleanness of the well wa- of graded thickness on hand, and if (hanged with tie ter that tlie cows object to. but its weather will lessen tliodangir coldness. Leave the well water in of cold, they and iiillammat.on neuralgia tubs or troughs exposed to the air a of t he bowels. 'File cows will i few hours in summer. Tea, coffee and cocoa ore throe addrink more treely, give more milk and do bet ter every way for it. Filthv missible drinks, but none in excess. water they should not be allowed to For tlie voice, cocoa is the most drink, at least while giving milk. It should never he made t( o When cream is colder than the strong, and those coconsarelhe (st air it takes up moisture that have been deprived of their oil. and, impurities from the air. When A cup ot thin cocoa, just warm, is to the air is colder than the cream it be recommended between the ex, t ions of singing. Tea must not le takes u) moistur- and whatever estaken too strong, nor when it l.i. a In the from cream. tho former capes drawn too long, for tci tiu n becotm 8 ease the cream purifies t hesurrtmnd-ingaiacrid and has h had influence m ( n in the latter case the air the mucous nieijihrnae that lines tl e helps topurifv the cream. The selec- throat. There is always a dry idtion of u creamer should hinge on eation after having a cup of tea tin t what is most desired, highest quality has been allowed to draw too long. or greatest convenience nnd economy A vocalist hud better do without suin time, space and labor. und only takeniilk with it. gar iu One-hal- f d '- ; fr the express purpose of showing pity could not decline a tusk so full of l to all that was tender in human nature. The Milage sewing society was assembled, and as em h memberlmd bwui requested to bring to tlie church blankets ami garments, red or white, blue or pink, it was not quit thre? o'clo k in the morning when tlie symimlhetic work !egan. Ou goose was brought in from whose hotly the village tailor cut t lie pattern of a tdam jacket. It contained ho!s or the leet to pas tlirough. it wus to be laced along the bm k ol tlie creature. From thi pattern a thousand sacks were rut, nnd lor twelve bout there cum forth nut of that church a constant stream ot well dressed geese, nnd nil were clothed enough iu tlie day to admit of a dress parade before dark. I beat the drum gladly, and with a smile of triumph in Ins great white eyes tny negro boy plaed his inspiring ti(e. As the garments were of all the bright colors, und as the girls had in many instaners iaMened a bow of ribbon to tlie tail of the garment, the scene was on oi surpassing beaut j, n. I now grew angry at the climate, however, nnd resolved to transfer tny experiment from tlie Nort hwest to the Lower M where the geese could be picked all the year around. Secretly 1 bought some flat boats and resolved to leud tny army twenty miles to the M ississippi and there embarked it lor the wanner clime. I feared the opposition of t ho neighborhood for tny labors had become not only a part of the local commerce, Put also a source of fashionable li e and hence o! courtship and marriage. Mif'tings were held in the same church where the garments had been kindly supplied, and who the mothers and daughter that night wept or tlie poor birds now wept lor each other as they saw the coming collapse of social li e and tin end of many domotic scheme.. My detcrin nat ion was to ironhke, and bidding n tear ul good-ball my tricuds 1 headed my column and in mu of re lime luc had the plea seeing them all I was nit with my upon the transpose. would not venbarges, for even my flfer-lmture so lar awn.v from the apron of his Afri1 had the barges ail lashed tocan mother. gether, ami having cut- the ropes that held us to the North we began to dnt down the mighty current. I shall not detain you with pnrtiuilars. The barges were old, and the time we had drifted tiity miles 'ih.J. became filled with water, uud at midto water the that night began s told ine that our trickle in ut my shoe-topI lelt me were creeping over sinking. ships a dull of despair. The fleet went dow n mid J only was saved. Tlie gees nil drowned; I was nil expert swimmer and without difficulty made tlie shore. And now. thou dealer iu offer to a religion, what cheer must thou man ho doomed to misfortune? AVhat book shall 1 read? To w hat philanthropy shall I uppeul for consolation. vm. ILs stories had rendered me dumb, and for many minutes wan in silence, while my companion wiped tlie salt water from las eyes and cheeks I offered him a large roll of money to aid him in some new enterprise, hut lie declined to accept it. He t hen offered me money for giving him such n kind 1 declined this hut audience, on the ground that all human ears should stand open day and night nnd without pay, when such a sorrow was telling its tad tale. 1 IX. Our train was now pasing rapidly along toward th border of tbeniy. The east was My showing the w bite lines of daybreak. companion arose und bad m a most path mid pamed tow an! tlie tic front of the car. He arr.ingd neatly his toilet. His face suddenly g ovd with hplth and good humor. As h passed th conuuc-torhpaused nnd chatted pleasantly about the jenuty of coming day nnd ol the general splendor "of the nutumnnl world. Later, when I passed out th ham bland conductor remarked to me that hud ben entertained for o hundred miles by one of the most brilliant liars of the continent. He gave the name, but it soon laded from memory. . David Swinu. g e 1 Itigersoll and the Republic. From the Chicago Herald. If a reporter will not uphold his dignity lie can hardly expect that anyI5oh Ingersoll one else will do so. a quiet way a rebuke to a reporter that should have proven a lesson to the latter. Tlie reporter was sent to interview Mr. Inger-solnnd found him busy writing at a table. As the newspaper man handed the orator his card he said I have the misfort apologetically: une to he a reptorfer.' Indeed, sir,, and which paper has tlie misfortune " to have you on its once uttered in l, pay-roll?- An Aged Woman Treacher. From the Newark Advertiser. The afternoon meeting nt Ocean Grove recently was addressed by Mrs. Lydia Sexton of Kansas, on old lady in her Hist year, who has been a preacher in the church of the United brethren for a score of years. She is very sprightly and talked and gesticulated with great earnestness. She wore a satin and brown cashmere dress, with a white handkerchief in front of the waist. Her figure is ns straight as a young girls. Shespoke without notes and without evident fatigue. A series of experiments has vinced Prof. Robertson that w1(1n cows aredenied salt for a period of even tine week they will yield from t 1 o'clock tlie wind find incrcnecd to fi'tv reached Id's to 17'j per cent less milk, mid find tfic miles an hour. and Such ten that of an inferior quality. marked Mime the At zero milk will on an average turn sour in decrees below. Mv fceartsnnk.the limliertfian Humor sml the roaring oftliewmi arose twenty-fou- r hours less time than lighted tip ofatfionandsnfr-rinsjtreeithe same or similar from milk the drawn nne to iMcnn and tlie villaRp church, to cows receiving salt, all other condichurch b 11. Soon men and women was to know what tions of treatment being equal. pour into the snnctnnrr disturbance ol the honest w FOR THE FARMER. very tine. sun-shi- n If1 iiii-l- O e- ti bass-drum- exordium I replied that at 2 odork in the morning the tide of human pity generally was at its lowestebb; that as ilr. Dickens said no man was full of chat before breakfast. so, the great novelist should hiiveadded, is no one much concerned for others when he lias been called from a good ld to go to a train in the dead of night in uch a chill of an autumn's morning. The heart also became in a manner con:,. -- led, and craved silence and seclusion, fv'uV' C '.V? And 1 satisfaction. arose in the night and read t he po iu about the pnTtvnug r.tia upon tu roof Iu the morning s wild was my delight that I de- mined ti t Tt look at ra h fields until t noon, when a long my of full morning would have made more visible the change wrought by the shower. At 12 0 dock I walked forth and leaned upon the gate. Ami now. dear fellow mortal, you will pi.v me: you will eel for our brother when tell you the entire field was covered with the dead and the dying. The corn and beaut l.i.v prostrate, ahead tdlow mass. climbed over the gate, having forgotten to open it, and in a few moments I learned the cause of t lie i tie corn, under thoimimlse alaunty. ol the hot shower and the hot sun, had tll,i: duly i inovml upar.i m. rnpi.ll.v Hint 'it l.a.t'pul'lij ol lhToncT.urIKnr,nr make "Pg'-H'more blecd every beam out ol t lie ground, ami then tlie tile next. Next to t'cans. drying up in il,e hot mmi. lmd chokeii church a young , nil the corn todenth. Not a Mtigie etalK of rntcK very highly u Mimmons rom the iraie had esciiped this ufleetiouute but fatal parlor ol his prospective niothcr-induw- . embribe. All was desolation except the part sweet m her eur.is the sound ol hi that was siien-- e. tive hUMiiess. run to the scene of distress With a nund enfoying the double bewilderment of success in love nnd Mim-- nn This is I wonderful, i ijuickly threw the surl'erer remarked, anil into a docs indeedtruly go toward establishing the idea deep ethereal sleep nnd amputated his limb that you are an object of Heaven s special Hist Inlow the knee. When t 'ration had displeasure. 1 nlt coin died to ask him if he fij been completed and the man had or his lather or gnimlfat her had been ieturned to consrionsness, he of any great crime whose guilt was guilty to tie that he could not move his left limb. atoned for the third or fourth generation? by Iti right foot lay in tho basket. It was then 11 here admit ted that his very remote anthat I discovered that in mv haste and in cestor had been common the that comes from great Armada of Phillip II., and in the attachment deep to the girl of one's bi'eu drowned in the water or burnt having up by choice I had removed the well foot of the Lorn Howard's fire slops, he imagined they noble sufferer. I instantly th had uliy atoned for their own sin. 1 differed applied flponge of el her, and before the man could here with the stranger, and cited the example rebuke my blunder I had the puir of feet well of Adam, w hose conduct in regard to a cercovered up m the basket. tain 'Tuit tree was still tlie human tormenting While I was afterward assuring the genand was impeding the lives of even tleman that my charges would be for the lamiiv infants and making them cry with colic in the amputation ol only one foot, lie made some depth of night. He said he had always rude remaik to the effect tliut w as a fool that colic came front candy or un-- i of the least desirable order. Were you not thought ip fruir but lie felt the truth ofmj argua member of the Clergyman Krorherhond ment, and wished me to pray always that he I should tell you to what of fools he family might be delivered from the sin oi the assigned me lull membership. I'nder the in- Spanish Arnmdn. He resumed the story fluence of my error of feet and legs and this which had been suspended fora lime to direct and strong language, mv heart felt make room tor much talk upon abstruse but this wan theological questions. grief as a pleasure compared with the sense of imperectum I felt when I still had my twenty acre I found thuttheieet in mv basket were of ground. those Idle lamenting the loss of my crop of corn of my esteemed father-in-laIt seemed Lest lor mo to absent myself for a time from and bentiNu. mrtmuu came along with a not only my medical otliee, but from the old load of outliers in bag ol all sizes and colors. delirious parlor of courtship. That absence V e haU u long conversation upon the raising of greese as a source nr emolument. Hesaid I afterwards made perpetual. leathers wore ol high and rising value, that I could pick geese ome in two months, could $,U'di depreeating remarks did the daily make more money lroin twenty acres of press publish and with such storms of ridi- gvisethun from a hundred acres of corn and cule did they receive my public suggestion l eans, that tlie eggs would supply food for that a man's limbs should lie of one length, tlie table, and when friends should call a ami that this particular man was too tail to roast g ose with apple sauce could be served. to look well, t hat I concluded to abandon There was music in the mans voice, few in a alter seemed and days my profession; mid as I had pas-e- d had away, profitable nnd pleasant bought ten beau of he merinos and set up as a humble shepherd. borrowed money, using mytarm n security, w in a most surprising In less than a week the wolve had cut the ami us buying geese labor of u week to throats of tive of those innocent creatures, manner. It lmd been Hie of how manv learn luad I geese an acre of a and was thrown into pro bund This sadness came Jrom two causes, ground could support comfortably: also how the loss of property and hope, but much long a goose was in the habit of living a li: more from a spiritual disappointment that o' use.ulness. at wliat age it ceased to he a wise Trent or should cause fine wool to grow tender for table uc in the first lamilies. and at what other period in life, if nny such exupon an animal winch had no power of while only coarse and thin hair was isted, the owl became too old for even tho The supply also ordered for a mule, which could take common hoarding-housedemanded great wisdom and much labor, up its position in a field and could in a tew attended with expense. minutes kick a pack of wolves over into the At Inst all the preliminaries had been general honeyard It so happened that a and prepared and I was the happy discharged jirmv mule had been standing or owner of 1.000 a study geese. 1 combined for road and the days country grazing along weeks together, nnd it occurred to me that of tlie beautiful with the pursuit of the to nnd geese taught with my knowledge of tlie surgical art and profitable column to, could transfer tlie march in per.ecfc step .in a two-filof the use ot nmrthelhs t he beating o:' a At lust a small pelts of the five sheep to the body of the one negro hoy accompanied my drum with a fi e mule, thus carrying into the animal kingdom a day was which a lor egg that principal of gra ting so well known in anii servicecompensation.goose Thus with all the ample the horticultural circles, I dreamed not only music my flock inarched twice a of a local success, hut of a valuable patent pomp of of water. Hundreds ami which might revolutionize the wool growing day to long troughs thousands of person came from abroad to see the wonders of the Goose Fatn,5 and children weie cheered along tlie path ofduty by being promised a visit some Saturday to the Goose Kurin. Happiness came back to mv eoul: for when I was beating a drum at the bead of this white column I was as happy e days of inspirit os had been those hallucinations. its many and of the The township girls volunteered each second full moon to help bosoms: thousand down from the the pick and os tlie young men would call at sunsefc to accompany these girls to their rural or village homes my farm became at once a cenv lofty but unique tre ot fashionable kind of Saratoga or Newport. Kueh youth of the country wore a quill in his hat, while picking season of the girl that lmd missed aot wide in the chagrin and theory, the farm was nn object sympathy. at found be would wolves the Avarice will, however work out nt last a additional happiness. My project was car- ruin or an injury. In my own case nature ried out. rponthe literally naked back of has always sent ruin rather than iniury. the mule I fitted the richest parts of theskins Last autumn was wonder ally warm. Week of the five sheep, nnd having wrappedI the after week passed bv, bringing only clear animal all over with rope and twine per- skies, and it seemed tome that W inter would 1 advermitted him to assume his common attitude. for once forget his old In ten days mv grading was a success. to be more one picking tised goose whose herore the National Thanks-w.-ing- . possessed the novelty of a mule upon on held immense high nnd well protected sides an The fashionable youth of the counwu hanging in quantity of excellent wool responded with gladness. Dy night the try .. snowy whiteness. thousand birds had le n reduced to the thin Put tlie humor having gone abroad that attire of July. Tlie youth had eaten, had I had stolen an army beast of transportadanced a lew measures, nnd had gone to the lie tion was - placed under arrest. 1 original widely scattered homes. Park clouds sud- Iwn Imvins itids wdiisbkin of tindenly formed in the northwest the NTitionnl Government lino ilim.ulty01 tied in the trees. Sonic specks of snow filled Die eMnlilis-liins identity ice had begun lojfonn. in was the air. At midnight their animal n nllesed. Gen. Grant Inner were then President, and lie nnd his fn West to identify, bronpht to tbe l'nr be beenied to Government property. hour fter gazing at the animal fora full whieh without savins a word, n fry.e under Gunt lies! lint tho mule seemed restless, mnmnl was one finally affirmed that the lm'ne-.seto an seen hinisel! lie had n th.it, nmbitlfifioe in the siege 01 n ksburg. countenlike a man. a mule hud a persoiml of fine tbe ance and tlmt there was upon on thi- - particular mule an indindiinl express upon tne just as marked as the expression hw cmbu.et. My face of nnv member beast thus reverted to the wberowing iniiliutt taken an ay .rom mj States rj gr1 repoest,,f the village. In a few simple words told tne good mofhe'e and fa hen rser.t tne bistre. of mv flock and awmted ; ai d assistance. A ore of ways of re he,adv,e were ug.-etehbut tlie advice of or.e Aiflerin Is1 ad sec rued to the p-contain of w.s joni. it was that tiiegewmg society of tne V'llaue chun li should ie aroused and humbly aked to make woolen ;a- k ti ar tfe poof bird. ItWiiHUJgvd t at a sOc-irt1 fi p.it.ibV it was my ,sn that niy ci4i und nld sT:trt and t,rks. Iol b - :1 o; o;i apt'artl Above Und a ad in .nt t u da s t m beans had. vvr-iu.,tt ft in !y upon the arm j.iVfcurn. r n.i to put Gifir J'ri",!l' Ail went well ' in Kent in until the i. nst d: 'otiijMiiimis, s o ,lii:.e. ky i uit Wok about t in high, and each i oht on viiu'h id in de fft several rround mps e dch at wiu- -t o u articular rortwtalk. f tie sun had been w t he for many days nnd my plow and law gnuuiti had made t in sod porous H a sponge. And at th juciur,. TtierefcUin tlienigtita very heavy atid hot shone?. As i lay upon rav bed biart was of lull jwr'Vs tlv 'H prt.il,!- 1 fXS ' many a vacant seat, upuu dcsir- - iun.vniptv i con m s ith their jly , mvpro-Icssio- lunJV vorii-oi- odi.-- 1 for J a ni-- O. j 'ilia r,.,U V'r, mi nrrr'!' C Mue gras region, and planted my twenty acre m both corn and Wans, m etrb lull t pi JMT.J ,ur grams o. coru and tour beau, in quotum what to plant hud dHplucetl ii to fdant. had ki t tuc iu ig inquiry tural truth that the oru should kurngnrtt had t ui moat h in is rai-i- of O'llu ur tnues. !g itoyhood I iaq attMtuh-many ra es. and as at th htart '1 tl e, the , tire-break- to-da- N , tea-gow- n pnle-brow- finest-flavore- longest-keepin- d g n flock-mast- er 1 new-fangle- d four-legge- hydro-chlorat- d lxr-efici- ig 1 r-- - r, ta al. |
