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BEAUTY AND THE BA.KBER. I had just finished putting up my shut- ters ; it wns getting rather luto —nearly ten o ' cl ock—for I'd liad a hard day ' s wo rk of it; and no wonder , for it was the ni ght of the lord-lioutcnant ' s hall. Wo think 11 good deal ot the lord-Keutorint down in Yorkshire ; and when wo get up a hit in the world , and got asked to his l o rd s hi p ' s hall , wo think ¦ > . deal of our- selves; and my word ! some folks are a bi t proud . Yes ; that very day I had dressed the Misses Millikit i ' s hai r for th e ball—pretty early, mind you , for I wouldn 't put my old customers out of the way for any of your upstart peo ple , seeing as I' ve dre ssed the hair of all the first, families in Lydford , and my father before me , where of no man kuoweth to . the con- trary, as the lawyers say. Now Milllkin ha s drawn ino many a g ill of ak in the days when ho kept the tap up Newsman ' s Yart ' ., and has borrowed many a six pence of mo too—not but what ho was welc ome to them , as T t old his lordship when ho enrn a t o ask me for my vote for the town council. JJu . t that ' s neither hero nor there. ! isn 't Millikin and such -Iiko as I tr ouble to toll a story about. It was paused nine , as I tol d you , and I was put - ting up tho shutters pretty smart , not be- in g a thing I often do myself , but it so happened that ni ght; and in anot her minu te I should have been o il\ to tho \Whi te Horse to meet one or two good fellows who wero in tho Jmbit of having a glass or two together of a ni ght; but as I was screwin g up tho bar of tho shutters , what should I see drawing up t o my door but a sp lendid carnage and two h jaiitiful horses , nil of n lather with si#nt! H ell , that put mo about a bit , to think what a carria ge should be doing at my door at tliis tlino of night ; but 1 hadn 't lon g to wonder , for a g rave , tall , solemn-looking ehnp comes up to my door and culls ou t , \ Js Oreoohor hero 7\ \That ' s me , \ says I. \Oh , then , \ say s ho ' \jumplu , \ point- in g with his finger to me to get up tho st.' ps of the ofirriiigo , wh ere there wan a tall llunky holding iho door open tor me. Well , that capped mo still more. I had heard of things like it in tho '• 'Haitian Nights , \ where they huimii to 'tliluk n deal more of ns barber wimps than Ih oy do in this country. Hut then this is a hind of freedom. Well , as I wero saying, this t' other chap Kept motioning of mo to got into tho carriage , but says I , \ Mast er , whoro nro yon bound?\ \Oh , never you mind , \ says ho; you 'll bo well paid. Look sharp. \ •• But I'd like to beautify myself n bit , \ says I , \ and I mun toll tho missis. \ With that ho took lip my hat , that was lyin g on tho counter , and bungs it on my head , and pilules mo Into the carriag e nnd away wo went before you could say \Jack Robinson. \ —nnd nwivy wo went. Kli , but wo did go rarely I It wero a dark night , nnd frosty ; nml|wo soon got out of the li ghts uf tho town , nnd still the homos galloped on , nnd 1 could sue tho slars twinkling overho nd ; and then It grew colder all of a euAtton , and tho windows of tho carrlnge wero covered with loo in ti minute , anil I could sou naught hut Iho •fnoldo , wlicro I wero Hitting with tho h M'aiibo man. And ho said never a word . But still wo galloped on; and after a good bit I hoard tho murmur and dash of n rlvor hard by above mc jlattor of tho hoofs , and wo crossed » .rldgo , T think , for wo wontnp nnd dow for a minute ns if wo had been in n sv .ig, And thou tho sound of hoofs died <vny altogether , ns If wo wero traveling ov. r soft tur f or gravel ; nnd presently tho oiirr ago stopped nil of A sudden , A footman ttood at tho door ; tbo silent man Jumped out , '' .Stay there!\ ho cried us ho wont , with n gesture of Au- tho rity— \ s tay there!\ And there I staid , f ur I we r e cowed like with being c arried off like that , nnd didn ' t know it ' my soul wero my own. \ Wha t '11 the old woman sry, thoug h ?\ I thoug ht t o my self. Tho carriage moved on a bit , :md stopped again. \ Now , then , my lad!\ sa ys tho foot- man , opening the door. • Bu t I weren 't going to be o rdered about , b y such cattle as he. Says I , ,: I' m on th y master ' s business , a nd if thou doesn 't speak respectful , I'il smite thee in the ear- hole. \ It ' s <vell to stand on your di gnity witli those chaps , you see. \ O li , I l>3g you r pardon , \ says the man , more respectful ; \bu t will you step inro the house-keeper ' s r oom ?'' And with that I fel l off the hi g h horse I had been riding ; for , to tel l you the truth , I were thinking fo r a while I were perhaps rightful son of a lord ns had been s tolen in his youth , and that t/iey were taken mo home to tho halls of my fathers , an'! happen wero going to marry mo to the daug hter of the usurper to make all sijnarc. lint says I , \I'll s tick to the old woman. \ Not but what tho flesh is trcnt 'liL-iVi:!. \ , and happen I'd changed my mind when I'd seen the young one. Hut , however , all that was knocked on the head when I h eard tho [llunky tel l mo to go up to the housekeeper ' s room. It were only a dr essing job , after all ! Wel l , before ' I 'd got well inside the door , an old cha p dressed in black catches h old of mo by the elbow. \ Oreccbe r V says he; \Crecchcr V\ \ Vs. , , I' m Ooe oher , \ sa ys I. \ What' s your pleasure?\ \Oh , you ' ve to come this way d' rectly. \ And a way wo went along passages , and up stai rs aiid down stairs , and presentl y wo came to a broad corridor beauti full y carpeted , and tho old man tapp ed at a door , and a young woman opened it , and says she , \I s ho here?\ and tho ma n says \ Ye s. \ \ C ome in , \ she said ; \ my lady will s peak to you direct l y. \ And I went into a little room ns was beautifu ll y inr- ¦ lishod with eas y chairs and fofoys , and all the luxuries of the season. \ Well , my dear , \ says I to tho maid , \ and s'> your missis is going to the ball. But i t '11 bo well-nigh time to go home bef ore she frets there. \ \ ITush !\ she says , putting her finger to her li ps; and then I began to think it was a deal li job as I had got on hand. I'd had such jobs afore now , when tho corpse ha s beta young, and with b eautiful hai r. Ah , and many a time my fingers itched , for , sa ys I to mysel f , it' s a p ity such a si ght of beautifu l hair should go down to the worm » , when it mi ght V going on enjoy ing itself atop of some other young woman ' s head—oh , and I could toll you a talo or two about that. But it wasn ' t; a job of that ' kin d , I found , as I hoard somebody m oving in tho nex t room , and suoh a soft li ttle ' mono , as i t went to my heart to hoar it—ay, lad . And then somebody came out—a tal l , sp lendid lady, dressed in black satin , as hau g hty ns a queen. \ Oreccber , \ sho says— \ are you Cree- cher ? J)on ' c speak , hut listen to what I tell y ou. A lady has had nn accident— has been severely burned. ] Remed ies have boon app lied—plasters , what not. Iler hui r— \ \ I understand , my lady ; you w.int mo to tnko it off. I'll do it in a jiffy, it you 'll lend me one ot his lord ship ' s razors , for I was that hurried when I came away I lof t mine behind rao. I' ve got my scis- s o rs and comb , my lady, \ says I, pullin g t hem out , •' because as good luck would have it . I'd just ' out a chap ' s hair ns was goin g to figh t next— \ \ Silence 1\ sho says , \Oroocber!\ look- in g at mo ipiito disgusted ; nnd beckoning the g irl, sho says , \Take tho fire-shovel nnd throw those things a go. \ Hut I wasn 't, goin g to loose a good set of tool s , so I claps ' em into m y pocket , nnd bu t- tons up my coat , nnd says I , \ Now , your ladyshi p. \ And sho sny s , \Amollo , t' aow something over the wretch. \ And with that Amollo brough t a white gown with s leeves , ns smelt us beau tiful ns n nosegay, nnd she wrnp s mo up in it , nnd I cnught sight of mysol f in tho glass , nnd thinks I , yon might take mo for somo parson when he ' s ngnto nt tho seven commandments. \ Now, \ sho says , \(Jreoolior , hold your tongue , and listen to me. W lmtovm' hap- pens , sho must not lose her hair; you un- derstand , it must be saved at all hazards , Now como and do your duty. \ Kli , hut it wero pitiful to see tho pour lassie , hal f hitting, hal f l ying, in a thin g ntwoon nn cusy-ohnlr nnd n couch. All her fnoo wns covered over bu t hor eyes , and they seemed to burn. Bueli sad. piti- ful eyes I never saw before or since. Sho 'd hnd beauti ful Jon g lmlr Hint camo d own to hor knees u ' inost ; hut eh , it wero in n tanglo , all knott ed nnd twisted nnd raveled togeth er with tho mosses nnd poultices and nil kinds ot thing s they 'd put nn hor head , No , there wasn 't a thread of It nny whore tlmt wasn 't bound np nnd twisted. Well , I looked at it , and I shook my head. \ My ludv. \ says I , \It would take mo twelve hours ' linrd work , without stop- ping, t. » untwist nil that hair. \ •• Well, then. \ sho say s to me , \ why don't you begin?\ \But , \ says T , \ your I 'ldyslilii , do yon know what twelv e hours Is , sitting up with a mnn nulling nwny nt your tan gled hnlrs ? Why. iny lady, \ says I , \ I don ' t think ns 1 could atniu l the job , as nm hnlo nnd well ; nnd ns fornho poor young Indy there , why. Woks your lionrt , it would kill her. \ But her ladyship took no notice of mo. \ Well , \ sho snys to tho young lassie , \ you hoar what ho en/*: are you rondy to begin?\ And tho Inssio gave n littl e sigh , n heart-rending lltt lo High , nnd she says , In n feeble llttl o vnloo , \Go on. \ \But , \ snys 1—tor I wnntod to have nn excuse to bo off the Job— •• I would n 't do U under a hundred pounds. \ \ Oli , \ says she , \ then you shallliave a hundred guineas. \ That was a temptation , mind yon , to a chap as wasn ' t much before hand in the w o rld , and hadn ' t ever had so much as ten poundi in his pocket nt once in all his life. Bu t I was sorry I took the job , after all. \ f mun have m y supper , \ I say s , \first , and think abou t it. \ \ Ring, Amelie , \ she sayj to tho maid , \ and order up a tray. \ And a bang-up supper I had in the little sitting-room : a chicken and Champagne , and what they call a cure-or-ao , out of a brown jug ; but I didn ' t think much ' o that , and I'd sooner call it kill-or- .so , if I wero were giving i t a namo ; for eh! it did make my head sing above a bit , and I onl y took about a g ill of i t , to see what it were like. Well , when I'd done my supper I were taken into tho young lady ' s room , and I be gan the job. I toek it up bit b y bit , washed it in sp irits of wine , c ombed it out hai\ - by hair , and so I went on hour b y hour. There wis naught for it but patience and hard work. She seemed to doze a bit , poor lass , ever and again; but work as gentl y as I would , i t must have gi ven her a deal of pain. She 'd si g h a little now and then , a nd give a Ii' .tle soft m oan sometimes ; but eh! she bore it all , all her weariness and pain , for all the ' suf- ferin g and troubl e that wero in her eyes— she bo re it like an angel fro m heaven. Tho old woman sat beside us for an hour , till she got so sleepy that sho couldn ' t, keep her eyes open , and then sho beckons to iho maid to come and sit in her p lace , nnd sho goes off to her comfortable bed , I suppoiu ; and by-and-by tho maid goes fast asleep, and every thing seemed asleep but me and tho lassie. There wasn ' t a sound but tho wind soug hing among the trees outside , and tho murmur of the river fiillius over the weir. Well , the job went on , and still as it w ent on tho lassie seemed to grow weaker and weaker , and then a bi g awful fear ca me into my throat. She was dying under my hands. Conscience says to me , \Joshua!\ says she , \ you ' re killing that nice line young gal , you ' re killing he r for a hundred guineas. \ — \ Hold thy tongue , \ I says. \It ' s no such thing. It ' s her mother ' s doin g, say s I. — \ If she bo he r motho** , her breasts are as hard as adamant. \ But i t wero no use. Conscience has at me again. \J oshua !\ sho says, \i t' s you who arc killin g the poor lassie. If you r wero not at the job , tho y could get nobody else to do it. J oshua! throw thy comb and scissors in to tho lire. \ \ A' m dommed if I don 't , too!\ say s I , quite sudden like, nnd I p itches my things in to the fire-place witi i a clatter as I th ough t 'd wake np tho maid ; but she sl ept too sound. \ Thero goes a hundred guineas , \ say s I. But now you shoul d ha ' soon tho look th at crept over tho las- sie ' s facs when she saw what I wove about . Her groat eyes softened and fil led with tears , and sho pu t her little white hand out of the wra ps , and I took it in mine , ami s. -ya I: \My dea r , d o you rare so much abou t your hai r that you 'd l ose tho beautiful Ufa God Almi ghty ' s given yon , nnd tho sweet bri g h t days t hat may follow »\ \Oh , \ but she sn ys , \ mother!\ \ Mother bo !\ Eh , I' m fenred 1 snid a bad w ord there. . \ Do t/a u cur e ?\ says I , ay, just like that— \ Do you care? \ sa ys I. And sho shook her h and. Well , I picked up my scissors n gn ' n , nnd in n jiffy all tho beantiful hai r wt.s ly ing on the floor ; and tho pnv head wa s . dressed with soft dressin g, and I'd waked the mai d , and had hor misses put to bed , right and ti ght , and then I gives hor a kiss , yes , by I did. I , Joshua Crceuher , kissed the Lady Felicia Felixstowe , nnd I says , tr od bless her , ns if I'd boon hor father. And she called mo ns I wan goin g away, and snys sho in a llttlo whisper , \ I' ve got no money ; take tho hnir. \ Tho maid let mo out by tho back stair- case , without anybod y hearin g us; nnd away I went right over hill and dale , ns tired nnd ns happy ns n rnnn c ould bo. Hut I wore sorry about tho hundred guineas too. Wel l , it wero nbout six month s nfter Hint , n t-nll , nice-lookin g young ehnp oam ' b in to my shop, nnd says ho , \ Oroech cr , have you got a nice plait of hair , r eal golden hair , ns you could soil n lady ns Is going to court?\ So , snys I , \ Well, no; \ for I never meant to sell tho hnir ns tho young lady gave mo , never I \ Well , but , \ says ho , \ you haven 't sold it , have yon ?\ •' What business Is It of yours ?' snys I. \ My dear , \ says ho running out to tho carriage , \ it' s gone I\ \Oh , Orooohor , how could you!\ she says , looking out of tho window a llttlo bit put out , but so sweet , too , bless hor pretty fnoo! Ay, it wore Lndy Felicia iior sclt , as bonny as a fairy I \ Why, your ladyship 1\ snys I. \Well , I' m plonsod to soo you, ' Bloss yon I I' ve kept your hnir for you , my denr; and I ' ve dono It nil up In the most beautiful way. —Oomo In , my lord , \ says I. \Oh , I' m not a lord , \ says ho ; . *' I' m only plain .Inok Thompson of the Holt; \ and says ho , \Croechur , I owo hor to you , my boy , \ \ Why, how ' s Hint V\ say s I. Says ho: •' Tho 1 took • of Dovorcourt wero wild to have her , and thoy wiy he 'd asked Lord Cromer , hor father, for her tho very ultflit she wns burned \ , but when ho honrd sho'd lost hor linl r , nnd wns likely to ho tlistlgnrod , lio orlod off , else, they 'd have forced her right Into It ; but then I stopped In nnd carried hor away. \ \Ah , 1 ' snys I , \ nnd much joy I wish yon, Oolonol Thompson, \ says I; \ and hope you 'll nccept this hnir , Sir , as ft wed- ding present. ' \All right ' . \ ho says , \ Crocolior; \ but M. Bortillou , latel y had to dra w up a pa per for tho Academy of Medicine of I' ai'if on tho in iliionco of marriage on morbidit y, consulted tho registers of the onl y three count ries iu Europe which wore c arefully enough kep t to give him a repl y t o his ipiestiou—those of France , Belgium , and Holland , lie shows that if th e male sex bo first considered, wo find that , fro m . \\ to 30, 1 , 000 marrie d me n furnish li tluaths; 1 , 000 uiininrr tod , 10 deaths ; and 1 , 000 widowers , 22 death s. From 80 to 35 , of 1 , 0 00 married men , 7 die; of 1 , 000 unmarried men , lit die ; and of 1 , 000 widowers , 1( S die. Fr om 155 to -10 , of 1 , 000 married men , 7i die; of 1 , 000 bachelors , Vi die; and of 1 , 001) widowers , -17 J die; and so on a t all tho following ages , mar ried men con- tinuin g to live with, greater facility than tho ba chelor. It has been said that since onl y the most fortunate men can afford to marry, it is not astonishin g that these persons ishould live longer . But this will not , of course , ac count for tho very gi vat mortality of widowers at all ages, which , indeed , surpasses that even of bachelors. H owever, it must bo noticed that S.000 young men marry in France yearl y, un- der tho a ge of 20. This is very fatal to such young men , for M. Jjertil lon finds that whils t 1 , 000 young men from 15 to 20 fiirni. - :h 7 death s , when unmarried , no les s than iiffy deaths occur among 1 , 000 youn g married mow under 20. Women seem to reap loss advan ta ge from marri - age than men , and there is hut little diff erence in tho mortal ity of unmarried and marri ed wome n before the ago of 25. It is but little marked even between 25 and 30. A HoRitiniiK Chime. — Tho grand- daughter of Sylvester Dey, residing 25 miles distant from Concord , X. If.. mysteriously disa ppeared. All efforts to uncertain a cause for hor voluntary absence were unavailing, as wer o also all eff orts to discover her whereabouts . In a day or two circum stanced transpired to lend *o the belief that sho had been murdered , aiid an old man named Frank- lin B. Evaus was suspected as tho mur- derer. The old fellow filiall y confessed that ho enticed tho young woman int o tho woods , and after outra ging hor com- mitted tho further crime of murder . Having admitted his guilt ho went with tho officer into tho woods and pointed out the exact np^t • .. •hero tho murdered g irl' s remains wero buried. They wero concealed beiii'nt h nn old stum p, some brush nud jus t mifllcicnt earth to hide thorn from tho view of a piwscr-b y, Tho body wns mos t horribly mutilated , nnd thoro wns ovory evidenc e that the poor girl inudu a dusp crnto struggle for chastity nud life. Tho remai ns wore brought into tho town and placed in a village store , wbovo thoy wore vi ewed by tho excited citizens and the gviof-Hlrielum parents , nnd thon handed over to a C o roner , who immediately commenced nn in vcatlgntion. The mur - dere r is about 00 years of ngo , nnd a most ropulsivo -lookiiig man in every particular. Ho htm been n sort of nn itine rant beggar fii .e y rnr s , but wuh never re gii ulod ns it dun goi'miB person. But tkii Makin g: in (South JiMumoA, — A correspondent of The Mttf wtlitt , writ- ing from Brazil, nnyn : \In .South Americ a thcro nro four nativ e inouVn of mnkiug butter. Tho first is , jinMing the milk in iv common bowl , nud bonting it with n spoon ns you would nn e „g Tho second , pouring tbo milk in n hot- tic , nud linking it until tho butter np. ponrs , wliloh is extracted by ernoking off tho top of tho bottl e , IJott loB nro vnlnc- Jess in this part of Mouth Ainorion , on account of the number imported with frui ts mid liquors. The third , whore the dairy id more expouHivo , in performed by tilling a !ddo with the ullk , whioh is lustily whnltcm by nn ntlilotio native nt ouch end. Tho fourth , by dragging tho hldo uftor a gnlloping liur no , until it is supposed the butter is formed , . Tho milk is novor strained nnd tho butter never washed. I nm Bponlciiift of Mio na- tive mode. Of Into yours , English unit Sootoh people hnvo intvodur ed rt fow Vnnk oD churns. Tho grantor part of Hio I>utto r lined iu tho cities in imported from Ireland , Franco or Gem. ftij ,y, while thousands of cows gnuo on Iho vast pampas iu South America. Inflaonco of Marriage ?L>aa iloalth. A Gigantic Pie Bakerv. l'io baking muy be called a new in- dustry, and , nt the same lime , one es- sentiall y American. F or tho benefit of our fore i gn readers , we explain that in tho Unit ed Slates a \ jiio \ i s tho synony- mous term f or the Kug lish \ tart\ or French ' tourte , \ meaning a compound generally su ggestive of dire misery to ' yspeptic s , compos ed of fruit and two cr usts of paste. Tho thick deep pastry of th e vensiou or beef of England and fu /i! ( jrns of France have thoir couutor- l >arts among ur- as X'ot p ics , of which the princi pal contents .ire chicken . Their hahiio t , if we may be allowed to uso u .scienti fic term in tho connection , is New Kng liiud , where , with the tradi- tion al pork and beans , th ey form a sta- ple exercise for tbo ostrich like di gestive o rgans of our Yankee brethren. F our great lirius have united their forc es in this cit y and hnvo formed the New Y ork Fio Baking Company. Fifty thousand p ies nro dail y manufactured , nud we are informed that , i n event of a strong demand , as many ns (55 , 000 can be supp lied. The ca pital stock of the com- pany is $:jOO , 000. The buildings are constructed of brick , and arc admirably arranged for the purpose intended. They are three stories high , with base- ment , f orming the letter T_i , occupying f our fuiilots tweiity-iivo b y ono bu ndled feet , m aking a total of one hundred nud fifty f eet either way. Tbo oflii'c is locat- ed on the second floor of $2 Sullivan St. The fir st or groun d floor is used as a re- t ail department. Iu the rear are loc.it- cated the bakery, storerooms , ico house , wa gon sheds , etc , In th 'J basement are aflixud tho ovens , ten in number , mens tirin g ten b y twelve f eet , wher e :il.so is>iu operation a new rotary device , which a lon e will bake nine hundred ptoi per hour. Tho fii'ht floor above is apportion- ed to tho en gine , boiler and delivery rooms , Tho second floor is tbo pastry d epartment , where the mixin g of the doug h is done , and the third floor is given to tho preparation of frnif , etc. Oa this floor is . 'st ationed a Uugo ra nge , ca pable of cooking ten barvels o£ fiu ' aut once , als o two huge copper kettles with a ca pacity of two barrels each. An Otis elevator is brought into service bore , to hoist nnd lower tho p ics nnd material of which th ey nro composed. Th e weekly consumption of material is 11 0 barrels of 11 our , 42 , 000 pounds of sugar , 5 , 000 pounds of lard , 500 barrels of apples , 00 , 000 pound:! pumpkins and squa shes , 00 , 000 eggs , 5 08 bushels ber- ries in their Kcaaon , 800 pounds of bool for mince , 1 , 500 pounds eoeomiut , 100 boxes of lemons , nnd spices acc ordingly. Thoy also L.ivo in constant uso about 150 , i ' IOO pio plates , and give employ- ment to 100 workmen , imiiiing 35 wag- ons. — Sviatli/i 1 . Amer ican. Carr ot s aro boug ht by tho yard and worn by the f oot. A women -\h o tells fortune * from a tea cup need not 1 o a saueeress. English statistics make the total pa p- u lation of Ind ia a little less than two h undred million. • The fi rst exclamation of an American belle on nut oring tin ; cathedral at Aliimi , was: \Oh , wha t afchureh to get married in. \ It iz a great deal easier tew be a philosopher after a mnn \\x\r. had. hi/, dinner , than it. vr. when he don ' t !;uow whe re lie iz agoing tew get it. V oltaire was asked what , ho thought was the age. of the world . 1 don ' t- know , said he ; but I reg a rd the world as an old c o.piofte who cciuvuls her age. <>ucen Victoria was so much p lonsod with th \ five barrels of apples presented to hot last fall by some Michi gan fruit- growers that she * this y*nr s ent an order t o that State- for 11 times as many for winter use. A National Convention of CJ oose p ic k- ers is to be held in Chica go next yea r , to devi.so some way of plucking geese b y m achinery, and deodorizing the dead g oslings that i>ro so of ton found iu board - in g-ho*sc pillows. There aro thi rteen shot-guns , wilh w omen at their butt-ends , prowling around the Western Stales looking l ' i.r truant husbands and their naughty feuiinino companions. Thunder f rom th o West may be expected soon. A woman in tho last stages of intoxi- cation f rom opium was picked up in the st reets of Hoehesiera few days siiiu- . A citizen exp lained that it w«k \ na rcotics \ and not whiskwy, when the officer ia charge at- once released her. In Marseilles , Fran ce , recentl y a young g irl nam ed Irm a llras , n very handsom u brunette, assassinated her l over bee-line ho refused to buy her a gold wntci. To the general astonish- ment of the Court and audience- the jury acquitted her. A Pom fret , Cr. , woman re cenll y lo-t a favorite lien , and revenged herself b y poisoning tho corpse with slrychiiiuc , th e result being a dead owl , one of thn l argest varieties known in new Eugl.unl , w ith a six-feVt spread of wings , a dead fox , and a skunk. The Canadian way of mrn suriii g a tree *i said to bo as c ertain as it is grotesque : T on walk from tho t r ee , looki ng at, it from time to time betw e en your kii'tcs . When yon nro [able to , see! the top in this way, your dist ance from the root of tho tree e quals its hight. A Connecticut farmer having an ele phant on his hands in the shape of 1 , 200 bushels of apples , fo. \ whic h tln re was no market , \ s ettled the mutter by feedin g them to bis cows —at tho rate (if one bushel per day—with very siitisfn i). tory r esults , securing a largel y increased flow ol milk. \ An Anti-Horse Thi ef Association — havin g 00 subordinate nnd tributary societies , nnd a total m embership of 2 , 0(10 -include!. '' \mera of Illin ois , Iow a , nud MiiiK ouri At n recent couclive it ' wa s. stated thai onl y tw« h orses wore stolen this your , both of 'vhich wei-n recovered and the offenders speedil y br o ug ht to justice. Two ladies , nnuiiid Sohuoiiniu k er nud Spencer , re siding in thn numn block jii Jeltor s on street , Albany, lust w eek died from Ht nrvntiou , tho resul t of emitter In tho stomach. In c onKcipionco of tho lerriblo disease they wero unable to re- tain any food in their nloniaeh s , wild for s everal days had nartukon only of sranll quantities of liquids , like ton nud brot h. Soirt o timo a go , sny s the Awrf c 'iii M'lHii/ 'iviimr , Bosto n offered SIO . ii'M) fo' nu invention which should oorfuinly iind pnuuiriP t illy give warning n ' . railto .el cr oss i mis of nn npprouchiug . tiniu , aitd thus put an cud to the t oriiiro pr oiinccd by the Mviuu whistle. Thirty < f f orty diff erent , plnu i have been Kilbmit eil , n oun of whi ch appeal* to bo ol u prn clie.il eniii - nolw, A mun w.ih awarded n pivmiiin nt Urn cattle sh ow null fuirnt Northampton for iv two-veur - olil noil , when Ihiitiiiin u l ho entered wns a hoisu eight years old ! 1'hu munh iid n colt iu pastur e , mid s ent a man to bring him U> Hi* . * show : I lie man iniulo u mistak e and too k Iho eiidit - roar-Hid horse , whioh wiih in th n wuno pastur e , and tho committee \ put hint through. Mrs Fair norm * t nppon r to vnluo hor life vi*\y h i ghly after nil tho t roiibln Hint wns taken to navo it nud thu sonndi il upon tho administrati on of law Hint wm 'tunned by her continuing to live. Him agreed to pay her counsel $2 , 5 00 ut llm btuiiiulug nud tho sarao amount id th u nud ol ouch \ it her trial \ . Hiiving p.vi'l thu first inst alment she rnpudiatin thn rest of the contra ct find <bvlim<s thai she litis paid all that the Horvl eun were worth, A letter Jin s beon received at tlm Ofuornl Lund Olllco suiting forth , that n movement lion foul hv tho J iiiiiell t es of Euriipefo r settlingu colony of H oiimanliin and Continental .J ews In Aiuorluii , If . appoarH thoro is n company f ormed , nonHouHlri fr a paid-up capital of mi , BOO , - 000 , who cont emplate untiling In this co intry Homo8 , 000 (miuII I cb , comprising 40 , 000 , persons , nnd thn qu estion is presented to the fionttral hind O(l1o » whether 'the United Statu s Government will extend to tho company a title to a tract of land , my UWi . Ooo neres , for this purpoHo , on condition that mj nm»y lamiliKB nhrjulil bo located uutiiKilly, it being tho do islrn to hnvo bnt ono wttlo - raont. • Brevitie s. ®I jc Cra falcr. PUBLI SHED EVERY THURSDAY , a S OUTHOLD , L . I. TERM S' . $1.00 a Year, L. P. TERRY , Publi sher. She ® r;a'dci\ JOB PIUOTIjYG Done at Short Notice anil nt pri ces the! uVly competition. OorroHpouituuU and Cimvaxcors waul ..I in ev- ery vilfage . he lef t a hit of paper on my counter. It was u cheek for a huh] roil guineas. So I didn 't lose by the job , after all. And tho carriage c;»me. 5 lor me every tort- night to take mo to the Holt to do thn hair of the young people there ; but they c ome so fast that I say that they 'll over- master me. White as tho enow i« tho garment Pin making; Fleecy a nd tilniy, and foamy, ami fine , Ami ovory Htitc h tliat my neclto is takin g 1' iorccs auil tur turos tliis sad heart of mine , TIhto is mirth and amnio to-day iu the iialaco.- To-niorrew tlio l/i-lls \ill bo ringing witli K len ; And robed in this garment , tho fair Lady Alice Will wed with DuXu IluroUl. Ah , woo is mc ! Ah it not strai iKO tlmt tho tender young blos- som , Wak nmj to lifo ' ncath tho S pring ' s bt.lr.iy skies ; Iti it , than , str n n go if , within tho maid' s bosom , Love wakca nimiiiakod in (ho light of dark ey r s ? Ho was as fur uti tlm heavens above mo , Kinjj ot my ciiHtlf and kni ght «.f my dreams ; I never thought—novor hoped ho could'love > mc , Vut I' m sowing my heart picco by pioco iu thi se sca ms. Hil - .ing and sewing th rough long Summer hours , ltoi 'j at my window I watched him pass b y; * >i>ni «!imos he ' d toss mo a bouquet oWlowers , With ft kind , p leasant ghmeo fi m bis bonny black eye ; Ko mctimc he 'd bri ng mo a uiludlc Ol Hewing, And loan in thn window a niomon l and r< st; Then oil\ to the limit , or the chase , llttlo know- ing The lovo and the paesion that raged in my breast. J kep t each bin! , l iKo tho g ift of a lover , I keep Iheui still they are dearer than gold ; 1 l ived our moim nls of meeting all over Again and again , and they never nrero old , To-morrow the bells all will ring fo r his mar- r iage , I pray the sliioo may hold never a cloud ; Ho will pass by with his bride in tho carriage— *VouId God this robe wero my burial shroud. ' Banked. The N ew York itulMin , in nn nrticle on our export n of piuvi n.Oh. s to foreign countries , dirtcloHo a ' novernl important fnetn. Ono in , thnt during the past twelve months there hits boon n great in- crea se iu every item except bcof , butter nnd cheese. Tho falling on two ol these items , we are told , i« due to npccinl Cannes : Under thu ntimulus of the Franco PruHuion war the export of hoof was car - ried to onorinoii H proportion! * iu the euvly pnrt of 1870 , nud the foreign iimrketH beenmo ho overloaded that the e.\port movement wnnforn time cheeked It hiiN boon rowumwl within tb o p out tlim* months wi th gront activity, but nt v e ry low pricoH. The fallin g oil in the ex- port of clieenc is duo to the firmm'HH with which pri ced hnvo been maintained iu thin mark et for the prcHt.nt Hon non, Last yenv pri ces wero forced down very low , nud nu cnarmou : export took plnee , nnd when our lmu-ku M wero thoroughly cleared a nuiart udvnaco took plnno in Liverpool , and the prices for prime fac- tory cheufli * rose iu this market from lx to 20 oontH por lb, ' The oxport ol butter is *o nmall nn to bo insiguilleniit , but Hint of tnllow rt 'pi'csoiiln very fairly tho iucuiiHO in our pruilnct ii ol nont cattle. In tho shipment of hop; products , there has been nu enormous incu ^se, The estimate runs as high an 5 , 000 , 0(10 hogs for the pnst two years. To the higher wii fjuH nud hotte r genornl prosperity ol tho laboring vIiihhom in Kuropo , us well ns thu low prices in ouv murkutn , tho llulhtin thinks , tho great export of pro- visions Is largely duo—and , unless some epidemic should millet the live frtock of the country, tlio supply promises to ho fully maintained , not only of pork , Inrd , bnoon , etc , but of boof, choosn , nud other products ot nont en It lo. The liny crop was lurgo , tho pasturage has boon excellent for many month s , and tho corn crop pro bably oxcoodn all precedent , t Oar Enormous Ciop of Proviiion s,
