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THE I DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, NEWS OF T H E DAY, AND LOCAL AFFAIRS, • 3 .
Volume XL MEXICO, N. Y, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 187&. Number 3
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SOMETHING NEW.
TwelveUueso t Solid Nonparei l o r l e ss m a k e a s q u a r e -Vearly i l v e r t i s e r s a r e a l l o w e u t h e p r m l e g t o t c i iaBg-
% q u a r t o r i y . S t u o r i a i jtiiies des igned t o p f o m o t e m d i v i d a a i i n t e r -: s (if <• I u-.^-u'jlv) . l u c e n t •) por l i n e f o r e a c h in se r t i on . ) > , taary i n i c e * , t i v e c e a t s p e r t m e .
a a i i a o s . > j a r U s , i n -Urd j o ! u m n , a l . 0 Q a l i n e f o r o n e . ", 5 a j a t s i o r u i i t ' for s ix m o n t h s .
V U a r t i s o t n o i i t ' u o t i o c i m p a n i e d witb i i r e c t i o n s , w i l l a s e r t e d a n t i if o rb id ,and oharge t laccor .d ingly .
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY. DK, G E O . P . J O H N S U N ,
PHYSI'JIAN AND SURGEON.
Oil iseoa Vfain Street over S. A. f u l l e r ' s H a r d w a r e •^tore, where h e r a i v be found bo th day and slight w h e n ^ t u a profh-isioaal bas iaess .
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p a i l to d a i rn ; iooaing , and t h e c u t t i n g ofladtef. ad,^ u l - l r e a ' s H l i r . »..op on Jodurson s t r e e t , o n e door m t h o f Post'Xf.i.-.e.
L. D . S M I T H , T 7 0 R N E Y AVI ' -orN'SELLOR AT LAW. t f lx lOO
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Dobson & Winchester, Dentists,
Are prepared to do all work in their line p r o m p t l y a n d s a t i e f a c t o r i l y .
Office, o v e r P e . - k ' e d r y poOd s t o r e . H . H . D O B S O N , I I . F W I N C H E S T E R .
The Monitor Horse Power. The subscriber is n a a manufacturing an en
tirely new style of Horse Power, which, fo eomf» otness, strength, durabili ty and ease o motion, is far superior to anything heretofOr offered to the public.
The machine is made entirely of Iron excep the base on which i t stands and the levers to which tue horses are attached. I t h a s a D r a * Saw attachment, and is well adapted to any use for which horse power is required. I t can be used with one, two, three or lour horses.
Hf also manufactures the best Plows made in the county. Mill Gearing and Machinery of
all kindt- made to order on short notice at the Foundry in Mexico. S. T . BEEBE.
Mexico, June 21,1870.
SKINNER, & WRIGHT, (Sue.-es-tors ol Whi 'ney & Ski tmer . )
rTOKNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y.
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a t t he Agricultural More. U.nd of 'MowIT.
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MO WEE ' I'JP-! furr.isSie-l for -a^y
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i-iti .u-c f>aL->-..—ui l'ctuit h a s been made ia the pa«ment of t b e a n m ol S371 73 , which is claimed
| to b e / u e at the da te Ot this notice on a cer ta in mort-! gace bearitig da te .he 21st day ot December , 1870, exe ] cuted by Z-iccbaeus M Lewi=, of the town of Redneld,in j the county of Qswego and-Stato ol Se\v York to Luke D.
Smith, ot i l ex i ro . and recorded in the f ffice of the (lei-k of t he county of Oswego, in Book 88 of roort-gaeeB, a t page 181, at one o 'clock p . m . , oh t he 22nd day of Deci-mher, 1870, which Haid mortgHife was oh
i the 25ih day of J anua ry , 1671. duly assigned and sold j by said Luke i> Smith to Lu 'he r H . Cohklin, who, on
tne 2!st day of December, 1871. oi i duly sell iind as -I Bijjh said mortgage to Edgar Cole, who 13 now t h e law-. tul owner aud b' lder uf t he same. j N"«-̂ y, i b e r t t o r e notice lshf-rtby g iv rn , tha t in pursu , ance o! a power oi sale ccniaiued in said rno-tgage, and ' o f the s tatute in Ku«-.h case made and provided, t h e . prf mis t s d f c r i b e d in and covered by said mor tgage , j t " » r t : "Al l tha t t r ac t or parcel of lanu s i tuate in t h e [ ti.wn i f ft'MUiM, rouuty <>f yswego, and bounded and • fifscri'icd a , lp lbms, us: Coinnifncipg at a h u b in j th. centre ot the road leading easterly to Seymour 's I i-r'dt'-e, a d runs t h e m e north 24':*, ea s t 4 cba"tns and
4 J link-. ?o a btaue, thence i orth 2Si west l c h i i n 2-1 1-2 liuk>. to u p,-i, thencs south lxa, tor a turthi-r de^-crip-
• tioii a= follows : Bt-ing the houso and lot at Rt-dfiald J £ ' iuar», n >w owned and occupied hy said pa r ty of tho j fu>i pai t , and being two pieces of iand convfeyed by , Virgil J. Seymour io s-aid jiarty of the first- per t on j the dr-t day of April , 1V70 which said deed from s-"ey-• nr.our to f-aid Lewis, of aaiit land, was recorded in t h e
()^w«gocounty t l e rk ' s i fflceon the 21st day of Apri l . I 1870 in Book 128 oi deeds , a t page S09 to which said | dt<- i reference u ha.l for a full description of said l and , " I will Vie fold at public auction a t tho law office of L. D. ; ."'uitti in (he village of Mexico, N .Y . , on the 27th day of
April , 1872, ai 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and the said I mortgage then and there t he reby foreclosed.—Dated | January SUt , 1872. > EDGAR COLE, Assignee, ; L. D. j-'iniH, Aft 'y, Mexico, N. Y
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WHIRLPOOL WARIER & BOILER, i iho g rea tes t L*.|,<T-.~.^-V-IU^ Mm-line ye t invented. A goo d th:n,j lor A<"n ' t . , a s t -<-ils tea i i ly iipou its meri t s . W a i u . w j a . t to .Mil-ur.d examine for t nemse lves , a s we c t i a r . e n<.li ii; 4 *jr si..«.»ru^ the maeb ine . A f t* mora re'tattle A.-, n--. u ».!••.-.i tu i r jve l and s t l i in see-t i i n s wljore v.e i.jv.- 1. it ..« t es tabl ished an Agency. Howa and Cji,M.ly r . i^ l i^ ; r: e .'x ut reasonable rates
A.iS'i anew Bt'E-llI Vf ' , n :—1 the
"FARMER'S FRIEND," Ia.7Cui.-ii aad patent--. '•.-
W'lat does not change tha t ' s tempefa l , The subscr ibei having L-ought the Furn i tu re bus iness of D. L e s t t r &
SOhs, and having added largely to his
Splendid Stock, Now oilers lor sale at the lowest
. L I V I N G P R I C E S <?<ry variety ol
FURNITU & 9
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of Mexico, rr.e o' uovaatry VV • ->•< t i ra^s a t thi> ^-:-)" office Kc>-;i.-r? t'
al fi'^c-Keepers n; f.P
it. -'1 the Hi-co- a 1 alt ii'iun
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Winch - . x f 1 can be rpi'l i
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M U S I C AL l N > T l l l ' M E N T S .
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Pianos, Organs, Melodecns, &o.,
aJid a r e prepared to fum-i.h u e a r y any rr.ai.e to suit Th'i-H ui.-bif.; to . {.nip!, ise in- I U ' I T I I . pu-rc' asr«.
W l U d u w.«»!-l t o r a i l op u . •'-* t g i e i r t n t e r e s t t o dr-al with na.
C 0 . EDDY.
p all ai.ii Ms m.1 iv'. it tor 21
L. M. SMITH.
( . r Licly kept In a tirtit c lass wareroom, from the 2£ eta Brack-, t to t he r ichest B t a r o o m su i t s or Parlor set.
COFFINS AND CASKETS
Oi'every de-rri( . t ion to suit evPTytaBte, or c i rcumstance of l i e , an t na. ing fitted w> a first-claps bearse, and ee-cur>"i ao experienced h a n d , will pay special a t tent ion to the
Undertaking Business, Flopicg to he able ' o please in every instance.
Good seasoned Bassw«od or Buttef-l.utLmnher token in excharge for goods, if delivered when the goods are bought. ]So poor lumber wanted.
HOMER BALLARD. Mesiro, Oct. 27th, T.71
P. S.—-Friends, this going to Hy-\ raettse or Oswego to buy your f-urni-' ture is quite played out, now you , can do so much better in Mexico, j How is that for high ?
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Stars SL
WAV3S IN THSUMF
HOMER AME8 Mexico, N. Y., Manufacturer of — — DOORS.
T h e l a r g e s t a n d b e s t a s s o r t m e n t e v e r in the Town of Mexico for
$1.50 and upwards. Different styles of; sash and circular doors made to or-| der on the shortest of notice.
FRAMES. Door Frames, Window Frames, Store'
F r o n t ? , &c . , & c , o n h a n d a n d
made to order with dispatch.
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SASH. Assortment
complete and made er with promptness. painted and glass set
•when ordered to do so.
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( S a v i n g a d d e d a n e w B l i n d S l a t T e n e t i n g M n c h i n e t o
my works, I am now enabled to fij'l orders for 25 tc
30 cents per foot. Door-! Blinds, Itibide Shutters, &e. :&e., made to order on the
most reasonable terms.
I MOULDINGS. |With the best and most complete as .: jsortment of kind*, I am enabled to' jgive better satisfaction than.any one in the county.
SCROLL SAWIN&. All kinds and styles done on
'shortest notice.
I Ttti&wwa ;0f every description done with (.patch, with prices to suit the times 'and to please all.
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We say it without fear ot successful contradiction, the SUPEBB is the best Parlor Heating Coal Stove made in the fJnited States. We know the assertion is a bold one, but we have taken some pains to investigate the matter, and we fully believe what we say. Sold in Mexico only by
B. S. STONE & CO.
A new principle in a Cooking stove has lately been introduced in the IMPERIAL,, It is called the Horton Fire Box. We can not explain it here, but shall be happy to show the stove to any and all who will call on us. As a fuel saver, it places the Imperial far ahead of any ana all other cook stoves in the market. We mean what we say. Call and see.
B. S. STONE & CO. Some dealers will undertake to tell you that the Imperial is not a first-class stove; They say this because wesuilit §5 to $10 less than any other first-class stove, Of the same size and weight, is sold. We say emphatically the Imperial is strictly first-class. We think the over one hundred of them in use in this vicinity will fully attest the truth of our assertion.
B. S. STONE & CO.
N ew Furniture Store. t h e undersigned has opened a new furniture
store two doors south ot the, Mexico Pose Ot-tice^ where he keeps on band a g >cd stock ot lumitnre of every deacriptio.i. Orders promptly attended to, and prices moderate.
H. H. BARBER. Mexico, Feb. 13, 1872
FARM FOR SALE. The old Ludington Hoiriei-iead, in the town of P a r h h .
con ta in ing s ixty-f lvoacres , improved. Adioining t a i l Farm l a a Wcad : Lot of s ix ty acres .
whica will be-B0W w i t h t h e farm it desire . Disiant six miles Is tht , dlepot of the Syractuse N o n b e r n R u l -road. Long t ,me will be g iven for two-thirds of ine pu rchase money. Inqnize of
4-tt. h, D. S K I I B , HW.C9, K . T .
For the
the BELL EINGS
ALL ABOAED F O E THE
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if yon want to ge Flour and Feed oi
Custom lug in all its
aiiches d o n e aten,
and in a maaner warranted to please. Give me a call I
L. EOBBIMS, Mex'co, Dec, 11871. f,0
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k ' l ' .UYNKseep? t h e m , a n d w i i m a l e to of (lei a n y s t y l e - o u n w y r e q u i r e .
Ana n h o t h a t h a s a g o o r t h o r s e w i l i >iliov,uim t o en i u r e t h e r igo r . ' o l t h e coming w i n t e r ni iht . r . i a goo<l warm BLANKET? i'RUYiVE hafjaKtref;eivetia.,'.>oti a s s o r t m e n t Gail and •ee t h e m
t h e r e yoi wHH!?"'vn'1 Wtor<?,^jrctn*i« j»(<"'n!'nri5 n'1
ia tac t i lmos t a n y t h i n g hecesFary t o r n a k f y o , j i ior -p i-i<iful,.:6iiifortahle oi o r i : a c : e n ' 3 l . t h o ; '•: Man. i:< Mexico. • v <5L0 W.i'r.lJyNi.
A DESIRARLK RI:SIPE>CK nm ^M.V, -situated oil Church street, in ibe viiliir'i ft Mexico. The house is-in fxcellent (Oi'ditioD and is very eoivveui«nt. Connected with it i~ a first-r+>e i.arn, also a fine garden of about two serfs, stock"d with choice fruit t n es. Thic property can be had at a bargain, as *be ow^tier thereof wished to remove to a warmer ci imate For particulara apply a t the Independent office
H O W T H E DEACON'S W I F E I N T R O D U C E D T H E D E A C O N .
•BY NEIL MACUREQ0R
D e i c o n F l i n t h a d d e c i d d d t o m o v e ; h a d de?
ci--e.l to move to C. ; bad decided to commence rr.rivhinr at pre.Visfly Ave o'clock, MandBy mofn> i n n J u l y l M i ; u r d ep e n t h a t i d e n t i c a l M o n -
•-i'ly rn: ruit;pr, j o u might, bud you been ah trarvy tist-r, have Feen the Deacon, divested of hti coat aud his Sunday dignity, shaking the Lett rwOtn carpet in the back yard.
There i-1 no netd of eaying what he did nest> or what "Irs. Flint was doing theri. Th. y v.e:.t t'.rt-u-gh the tearing up process, very it.u;b :i? otLer p'jop.e do; and not being endowed with an over abuadauce of thj3 world's go. iK the 1 ist load ol lurniture, coasisting of
. ib-.' Di acon"s wife and baby, the twins and the !>?«t room looking gla^p, wag on its way to the
• iltj,> it ut live o'clock p, in, I l$l<'B?ed be bo ih i ' g ! ' pa id the tired littls i worajin, us t:Le D„>a:cn helped her out ef the j waao:i. ! '11 we h-.d fcecn squire Ransom's folfcs, SatBuel, r»e wouldu't have been more than a (jijiuk-r throuifh liow^ would we? My I how my p:>or bones v.u.uld h&ve ached through,
, this time -to-morrow night. I 'm glad the
! Lord hnp.\ti what's best for me, 'she added, •taking th«! baby fro a tho Deacon, looking arouutl lor the twins.
U was but a Jew hours' ride to C , and jaet , in t i e co'lost dus-k of the July twilight, they [ wii'lk-i d «;i the etrctt to tbt i r new home, very I tired stud th»i.kful ; thanktul they were not ' ' : quire Rairsom's Jolks,' but jaat thealselves, | if they did hare to work late (hat night put-: ting up the kitchen Etove and unpacking ! di.-hes and btdii i lg. J Tuesd.-y wac ad.-iy ol c^any troubles. The
b a h i e s w e n ; t i i e d a n d f i e ' f u i 5 d a y l i g h t
revealed a coating of dirt on doors and wicr-dowp, the depth of which they knew not
i before ; aril the beat was intense. Rut the Deicon possessing untiring energy,
and ti-3 little wife the sunniest of tempers, t!i!-y sucrctded s ) well that by Tbursday higbt. a? hi came into the kitchen with an ann 'ul cf wood, where his wife was wasbiDg dt-ht ?, P' e comtnenccd tipging :
j 'Ti'-e Deacon thinks bra work is most done, l But I tt *\ a? if m-ne had just begun V
•D.d j-ij-ii bear that, S.iaiufcl V she eaid laagh-i'trg, and turning aronnd to lock at hirn.
It -was ivrajer^raeetibg niRht, and the Deacon '•'••• ..t '• -. i>ri>i.r-mi,t.tic,g k r t t e firft time in G., took ;i:i a.-tive p u t , a t d after mteticg waited t . . r L a k u 1..i-nda w i t h ' h e m i n i s t e r , p n d s o m e of
the br> it 'i!;t, p. s'.v-r icq-uirrc, and preEcnt V ''tr i.-tur-.
Ji- 1 ad 'ne satifjuction of tteliuj: on Lis Way [home th it he had c.hde a good impression ; it j (ilf>a- d b i m ; it w n i i d h a v e p l e a s e d u s ; a n d
1 u>; t-oid 1-t- titt 'l-i w-itu t h i t n i g h t , i a h i s g r a v e
1' Kt'i, til it ''.c • jo.p d, eothiug as be did, into the I uri-l'-t of a ptrauu-e peoplo, there might never ; be any (vCvit̂ io.: vi rt-mafk WL-i'le he remained
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'fit. sir.c I hop- wot, S .T3-UI-1,' she said, look-| ms h..:.i--e n-tiy up m ti.-i face, andadding,f»sshe 1 .•»-:-** d i:t-i 1 i'\ii br\>wa htad on his shoulder,
I don t i\r \ tufy tn-jjh al-a-rmed about it. ' Th- 1 c \ t d-«.y, Fiiw'uy. the Deacon went back
!o t— <.id hfiia-,, h.'^i'js feme business settle-ii.t.-. t< i u ni fee t;- ' .- t ' j .
'Cm' i t-.-',l t':riaiii w-lieri I ifiall be l a c k ; p ub iU'y i.i-'. i-i'u M'>.-'rty njon : gue.-3 there ' s V;I.'...II -h .-.. o 1 s-,..i.t ;o l-.tst till t".ijn. Go jd^bye,' he avl. ••? d v,'.- .̂OuC.
Til.- ttc" «.-ii'i.n«''.'iil tln^iu.; b k to her •1 ul !iii,,.er (..i-.-hes. and with one foot t';.-!(];c-r«kk»?r, f-be ecotired the knives, »• '..•• 1 ••'':•: iKi\ of -J-.c-k ^nil G:M' to
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• <• : ' . k v-1 v.-} Mf, the -b.iby asleep in ; : ' . • t-.'.-•" (•'• a ir.jiilts •bl-fi'S bet! ' she
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With a look that defies description, the little body straightened Itself up aa high as it would go, as she said* «Not till you speak to me different from that, Samuel, and tell me why," her lip q;mvering, ,
'Don't you see the people all goiu* to meeting, and yoa a baDgia' oat eultts? I t ' s Sunday morning! '
Suob a laugh as rang out then on the Sunday air, I'm sure the good people of G. never heard before; 'O, Samuel,' she said, holding her rifles, *|t i9 BO fupny I no wonder the folks stared at me and my clothe. Oh, Ob, Ob 1' and she sank down on the grass in a convulsion
} of laughter. The poor Deacon was scandalized. 'Martba! '
he paid, in such a Fadly anxious tone she only laughed the more, and it was not till she looked up in his face that she realized bow he was touched, then she stood up EoberIy,and walked into the house with him.
The door closed behind them, ebe went up to him with a little caress, and said, 'Samuel, kiss and forgive me, and I will go to work and ravel it all out. I truly w i l l : and she laughed again with the thought of what she bad been guilty of, till the Deacon kiesed her, and laughed too, in spite of himself. Then t e walked to the window and looked out.
'You arsj notgoinp to let them clothe* bang out there ail day, are you Martha Flint V
'Ot course I am} you don't suppose, now I've got them oat, God is going to grudge me sao-shine to dry them with, because it's Sunday* do you? Why it would be wicked to br in j them in before sundown. But see here, Mr Deacon, it 's about time I called you to account for traveling to day. Guess there's a little Sunday-breaking on both fides, isn't there -?.'•
The Deaccu turned slowly around and Bat down. Then perching herself upon his knee, she took bis honest brown face in her hatida and said, 'Be a good boy, now, and tell me all the truth; Remember Geor&e Washington, dear^
t h e Deacon smiled, just a trace of trouble in his smile, and taking tke hands that htld him captive, in his own, said, 'Well, little wo man, I had everything finished up last night, ready to start for home on the five o'clock train. Somehow I Hiust have been uncommon tired, or efre it must have been the heat, least Ways I dropped to Bleep in the depot and missed the train. Than I thought I d take the nine o'clock train and get home at midnight, so'e you Wouldn't be lonesome Sunday, but we broke down, and just got here a half hour .ago. Then td think, after walking through town, from the care, and folfcs looking at ma on their way to church !'—
•To think, Samuel , ' she broke in, 'aitef that dreadful trial , you should Walk into your front gate and find your wife banging out clothes in ypnr front yard, and you a Deacon of good s t a n d i n g i n t h e c h u r c h I D e a r I d e a l I w h a t
do yen suppose tte Lord will do to me for tuinking this Was wash day. I d tn ' t thinfe,» she added. 'he ' l l be very hard on me ; because _ - . . - . . . ' . - ^ o—•»<*?, .uoagu i nact &uch a sick headache, it seems J didn't khow much about tho day. I'll tell you what, Saumd, I'll stay at home with the babies to-night and you can go to meeting, and then piece out your Sunday to-morrow, won't that do V
But the Deacon couldn't get over i t , his heart was heavy; and While his wif« was busy in the kitchen be put on his bat, aed with his bands elarped reverently behind fcjm (his San-day walk) elawly and solemnly ha walked out to the clothes line.
Most of the clothes were dry, for tho eun was very hot. and one by one he dropped the the snowy things into the basket, unconsciously humming to himself, 'Have pity, Lord, O Lord forgive*' forgive.'
""•If you have objections, U% f i i i i l / t a , the Dencpn, 'my Satie will 0 m e » n d f t i ^ | them, and let you go, she would b td6W|
'Oh, thank you 1 that wonldiJ^wnl&Sif are very i i n d !' and she bowed them «4f the door* . v ^ •
•Aint you glad yon married me, Samue|, In-stead of Abigail Howe? ' Bald the s m a l l > © . '*) man, smilinrr np at him. No matter wha i th« Deacon said and did. . -
As she was setting the tea-table tha t n i g h t , she broke out Into another merry laugh,. ' »
'What's the mat ter now, dear f*'aald:'"t&*•]J|
Deacon. .. .-';l-:',V-'^-' 0 Samuel, I was thinking how yoa ma i t
have looked, coming up tbe s t re t t with y o n t Sunday walk, your bands clasped solemnly behind you, till you got to the gate and s a w n * banging up yo«r shirt in the front yard, thei* how »addenly yoa broke into yoar wt?6|cl&if stride-i* H a , h a t and they b o t h l a a g h e | i ^ gether till the tears oame.
Sapper over, dishes washed, baby asleep, and Susie telling stories to the twins, theljfea* con and his wife Btarted for cbnrcb, 'Don ' t be too humble. Samuel, ' she whispered at the door, 'work ia a l i t t le spice if you can, and t% step on your corns when it 's time to stop,*
The meeting was opened as usual j tt Brother Dean was caiied open fox a P^/» from India,
A little wiry, black-eyed man rose and saidj •Brethren it 's not mach use Jteporang JFO&
heathen countries, when right i a our; ajidjt Deacons travel on Sunday, and Deacon's wif^et wash and hang ont their clotha before^Hm*. very eyes as wa walk to the house of God j I call for an explanation.' ; ^
Deacon Mint tried to rise, but eomeb$8£ pulled bim down, and the next minute the: whole congregation was electrified by tae^jsd of « sweet womaaly voice, saying ;
' 'Now, 0 Lord, sUbiiah thy word wte f t f t f -servant, so shall I have where with to answer him that reproacheth. me, for I trust in t Thy/ word , " Then turning to him she w i d , *my brother you shall have an explanation, , aud in a simple, almost child-like way Bhe told t he story o: her mistake, and the Deacon'a de lay , then added,.' «my brother, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come. For we shall ail stand before the judgment seat of Cbtie^ and every one shall give an acconnt of/himtelf to God, let us not therefore judge OHO another
i n y m o r e T Yoar sleep, my brother, will be sweet to-night if your heart is a t peace with God, as mine is, for «I am persnaded tha t neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, i o r thingBlo come, nor height, nor depth, no r a n y other crei ture, shall be able to separate me from the love of God Which is in Christ t e s t i s , our Lo rd . ' '
The next morning the Rev. Henry Brown; *nd bis wife called! very unceremoniously o n the new Deacon. «We knew i t wouldn't be washing day here, ' laughed Mrs. Brown,*** we came early, I could hardly wait fo gel here *nd talk over the fanny affair. Henry said after you sat down last night, he felt l ike inviting you up into the pulpit. '
<Wby, blegs me I ' eaid the astonished l i t l la body, blushing like a girl, ' I felt BO ashamed o« myself after I got through, I wanted t o r>ide my head under the Deacon's coat 1 ' twas the first time I ever ?poke in meeting in my life.?
' I hope it won't be the l a s t ; Mrs. Fl int , if you always speak as much to the purpose a s
yoa did last night,' fl&id. the minister; coming forward.
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•I ;;,i.e'. -I;t.k rjiv [.-.ir over a little, so if any oiiH ih Tii-i cone I wouldn't t-poil the Deacon's repututiob,' she s-aid \<> i erself, going up to the little «ilu^3 that b'Mig 'between the kitchen win-low?.
Just tht Q a g->m of a sunbeam flashed in at the win'Jo-.v, and seemed to t rngle itself all up in the- wavy lr?wn hair.
lOb. bow pre'tt*-,' sho said with a llush and a laugh like a chii-d'e. 'Gai&a if somebedy'd been at Urn'j Vii ka-1 a ki=R just, then 1'and o!| f-he tl:'.\\ to 1 or woik.
How like ir.i!.i;'-c tt e white curtains went up a?.d tir: to-'j:.-, u!.s c itri" do.vn ; how the best-rocta "lc kihit .-!a.<» hhoco alter its polishing, a n d i!i'- i-bl dut iUcrrc-o 'y i-o of ' S a a u e l i n h i s
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'il >.v rn n y p-:opi'e are pa?sin,:,' she thought • t j - a t r - i l . ti-«-:3 h<»--v th.-.-y uti etas-e a t me 5
mu ?? it mu s t be th? cioibes though, instead of ,!!>,'uni sho tenderly pinned the rear of one ot the !).'as"n'f H'.HIS to the line. ' H a r k ! was ih«' t! it '.o. :t g'.*.eV I M . K C she bad timfe to f-«in around, ">c D'irort 'a energetic strides iia-lbr'Bught lr:-PiGi sel-> hoc; but w&at was t h e .Qi'i-tt'M "'.
'Munha.^-rc..«M'e't-.ou-rFlint 1* ho exclaimed, 'what iu the world arcr you doing? Come Btr^ight into the house 1'
Mrs. Fl int was washing dishes, aud nearly dropped her best glass dish, when the Deacon walked in with the clean clothes ' I couldn't stand it, Martha,' he said, in explanation,
'Guess I must sprinkle and iron them to-day, Samuel, would joU V she said, archly
The Deacon merely ejaculated a disapproving 'My dear V a* d Went into the other room to read his Sunday paper.
By and by the people began to come from church.. What a sudden, surprising interest they seemed to have taken in his household premises; they gazed, and stared, and looked back, and gazed, again. But the Deacon was a humble man, it didn't flatter him ; be read his paper and sighed, opened his Bible to read and sighed again, and then 'fell to thinking..'
A little while after, two arms stole eeftly around bis neok, and a dear voice &Bid,'Forget all about it, dear, and I ' l W a knock at the door interrupted, and she went to open it,
She had brushed her brown wavy hair, and dressed in a caol white muslin dress, with far between dottinga of pink, and looked not a bit like the guilty little washerwoman she was. She opened the door, and Deacon Frost nnd Elder Cummins introduced themselves, and walked in With stately bows. Deacon Flint rose from his open Bible, and more introductions followed, wDereupoa Elder Cummins cleared bis throat, and in a piping voice said :
•You must excuse, Dfaeon Elinf, cur coming on such a day, but we thought than some ex
planations should be aade, before our people again gather fcr evening service!'
'Oh, / know what you mean, I guess, Elder Cummins, you want to know why I kept yesterday for Sunday, instead Gf to-day, don't you? Well, the fact was, the Deacon was away, and I made a mis-count in the dsys somehow, I was to busy settling, and ?o yesterday was my Sunday, though I was in be-1 all day with a sick headache, and so didn't find out my mistake at all . Then, wasn't i t f n n n y ? I got up a t five this morning and went to washing, thinking i t was Monday, and I'd got all through before the Deacon came home ; I declare, I 've laughed so about i t I fairly aobe/ and the little feminine offender laughed again, and so contagiously that the three laughed with her.
'Ive been so good though, Elder, the rest of the day, I 'm sure the Lord has forgiven me tor It , ' and abe smiled so sweetly, toey both were completely won. When they rose to go, Deacon Frost said to Deacon Flint : ' I t is onr missionary meeting to-night, brother, and a l i t t le explanation from you there will set tbe matter right, I gueae.'
Up spoke the feminine voice again. 'Oh, Yes, Deacon Frost, Samuel was intending to explain to night, I only wish J could ha there r
b a t I can't leave the babies.'
always advocate women's speaking ia meeting* after this. ' ^ ' I t was capital I' said Mr. Brown, re*croB*
sing the room to where tbe Deacon stood, 'Just what Job Dean bas needed for a long time, a good reproof, but no one had the eoac-age to give it him. Yoar little wife has done just what the whole parish will thank fier for.'
•Every body I '7e seen since, is jus t enrap* tared with you / said his wife to the laughing heroine, who had been rehearsing a l l t h e ;; tunny passages to her. You have made yourself famous ; k o k oat forplemy of calls t h i s week !'
«Oh, well,' she said, tossing the baby , ' t he washing is done, acd I shall bare p lenty of time.'
Mrs. Brown laughed, and said, ' I think: I *bali send you word next Saturday night, t&at the next day will be Sunday, and yoa b a d better not wash till Monday.'
'AJrs. Flint , ' said the minister, ' I think you fully competent to manage your own affairs, without any of my wife's interference,' andao-.,<.>.-laughing merrily, they departed.
'Samuel,' said his bonaie wife, as ehe closed tbe door, 'don't you thick I 've introduced y o a pretty wel l? will you ever call me 'Mar tha —Pecdleton-^-FIint!' again when I 'm banging ' "?• up your shirt in the front yard V
Somebody Was ehased out in the kitchen ; 1 just then an«l laughed BO loud i t wakened the ; -b a b y ; :'[•-
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t h e slave of the 'Ring.'-^-A bride. Permanent Headguartera.--.The shouhiers. • " What game is most saitabie for soldiers--
Piquet. *
When is a card player a shabby individual? ' When he shcfB-s,
Why is the road of transgressors so hard t— Because it is so much traveled.
What kind of rice is easily cultivated in any ; country on earth ?—Ava-rice.
What is the grandest verse ia existence !—* the vmi-verae.
Railways are aristocratic. They teach •'•' eweiy man to know his oWn statien, and .to stop ther«.
There is good reason w h y a .Hltle man \ should never marry a bouncing widow. HeC might be called " the widows mite ."
I n proof that there a r e but three hundred and twenty-five days ia a year, witness th l t l -f:>rty days are lent, and never returned.
To converse with the spi«ts . - -Lay a s!jr« :,;.-pence on the table a t a grog shop, aai.';••'; they'll show themselves quicker than you ean:
say beans. "
An experienced boy says he regards^hnnget and the chastening rod as about the same -thing. They both make him holler.
A sick man was told, that his wife Would " marry again, 'AH right, ' said he, 'tut thete will be one man to lament my d e a t V
An Arkansas editor appealed to the 'dlssfe pelsofs iense" in his town to celebrate the > 'fourth coming Humboldt cemetery.'
A schoolboy having been required to wrlfe; a composition on some part of tbe human fcbdy, expounded as follows: 'The Throa$~~A throat ; is'convenient to have, especially to xooitejt and ministers. The former eats corn and crows with i t ; the latter preaches t h rong i ? l f | ' j , a a d then ties i t o p , '