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Ikwe have facilities unsurpassed, for .ext scriptlt ns of Job-Printing, with neatnfeis and dupatcfi, and at [moderate prices. ’ . j j ' - BUSINESS' ¿S4 a , J ' : P U H i ) y , * ' • ¿(TTC iRNEY AND\ COUNSELLOR AT LA W-, ' 1 Ont ida, 3S. Y.‘ Office in .Eib fire Block. : - .. 4 k s . P U R D Y [et JjA C O B S .\ PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.—Office in Dejv- ► iC di . va I- cis/srsrkH c’t.Arv. M un StH Outîida. èr/üx Block, second 6tory, ^lain at., N :¡f.'./-I,; I'. ! ;1 R D I Í . S P O O K I E R , ATTORNEY! & COUNSEL ~ Oneida, Madison Co ,N. Y]. Góqdwiu’k Storé, Madisoti 4 — I—l LÓR AT L a w , ÖiEce overS. H. And The A CEA Our of roti and a HEED TIME AJTD HARVEST. BT JOHN O. WHITTIBB. As o’ er his ftrrrowed fields, which lie Beneath a coldly-drooping sky, Yet t hil/witti winder's' melted snow, • The lusbandman Jgoes forth to sjbw- Thus, Freedom, on the bitter blast, The ren.iures of tby seed we cast, And trukt to warmer èun and rain ‘To s veil the germ and fill the grain/ Who calls thy glorious service hard ? Who deems lit not its own reward ? WhoL for its trialp, counts it less A ca ise of pjraise and thankfulness It m iy not lie our lot to wield The fickle in the ripeuedlfield; Nor aurs tojhear^on summer eves, The reaper’s song almong the sheaves ; Yet, fvhen our d iiy’s task is IwrougJ In union with our God’s great* thnuirht. The aear and tutnre blend in o n e/ And whatsoe’er Is willed is And ours the grateful service whence Comes, day’by day, the rèqoihpcnse, The -------------------------- ‘— .......... The hope, the trust, the purpose stayed, fountains and the noonday shade. were this life the utmost span, only aim and| chd of manf K ease. Bettfr .the toil of fields like the Thai l waking dreams and slothft , !| T - - f ■ But life, though falling like our grain, Like that revives and springs again; And, early called how blest are they WliQ wait in heayen their harvest day 1 we jiad|\ no. heart to. sing. N o t at Gl)ri 8 .tms time. -the * spring, when the violets on his ¿rave, we heard that h new organ ist] had been engaged, and that, j the. Tjhuj*§day and Saturday afternoon insjtructi&n mence, was to recora ¿lid jwe cante together once more in the church. fThe ¿eld minis ter jyas ,th ere, Who ,( _ and with him r gentle man | vi/hoT looked abo|ut thirty' years oldj H'e had a ' fifne, tall figure, an olive cprnpie^ion, and fey.es never seen save vvhet^ the- ^complexion is pure olive j Spanish eyes, shaded by jet black lashfe^. . When he stepped forward to speak to us, I saw that he was slightly lamej Kind nlH j Mi- |Danlmrv.intro- uuceq us ip £ so^t of limpvomptu ser mon. Unpèr he informed were the head of “ ii organist th ni08t amiable of clioirs, to the our fitly,V at we said anything, sbut looks and tones are better signs than words sometimes. I was young ed to t\ should. oret,i but I .*1 | , J W ell, ray troubles began that night, indrew ijludspn never came near the noon __ __ practice, feeling sdre I should hear he was i l l ; ^ut therefhe sat ali tb.e organ, and nev- as looked at me when I W hen -he had.occasion to ¿r so inuch came in. speak to me if. was in an altered voice, and there dark eyes lo%. “ W h at were great i rings about his which made them look hol- could it — m IK IÌV THE CHURCH FLOOR wa's a qu iint old church, buTli whoiji hitljer^o all those dissensions pe culiar t-o stich institutions lh,ad b^en ut- t 6 iiy|unkn!owl. Secondly^ he let us knoiy 'that Mr. Andrew Hudson djd favorj by coming among us, and he was a wondrous organist. he° hoped our amity ,would continue, ancl increase if possible, and sat down, with his face beaming ^smiles/ lo listen to our first' af ternoon’s performance.' • * A t the first todch we knew, that Mr. flud was master o f the instrnmept; us. a that [Thirjdly, cont then with h .Stope,, with a peaked i;oof, but whether wb should like him ' per- odd little steeple, wl^iere a set sona ¡y w a 8 ^mother question. I et■ bells h'u^hg. It had the queer j y ery handsome ; Abby B R S . F I T C H A c A R P E S T E R , 3 UR( 1 E o J n 'S !& PHtSXCIAiNS. -Office in. Will- rath’s'iilolck, lipisnilrs! , ^ iW. Rj F xtgh ,: M. D , r,cs. qbr, Broad & Cherry H. Wl C a I» pehter , M. D., res., cor. Broad «& ¡Chestinutlsirceis. | f ‘ V, '\“ * , f e k s 5 e JK. &l J « w * ATTORNEYS '& ]COUNSELLORS1 AT LAYV,| OuqidK Ma.disou'Co:, N. Y.' .Office.on Main! ' St. j Opposite Union Printing Office1. W i ' i .1 IÌ |IY. raiSSSISj^ER ^ 1.RY PUBLlb for M aclispuc4 I. cèu sed Goyernuieut Claim Back Payt¡Pensions, &c. Also Li- r Bounty,- of-sw est little organ gallery, with. caryed I A d air did not— ap'd , he was „certainly bdlust'iiades about yvhicii. cherubims an(j gjj to a 1 fault, seemed to flutter, and a bird’s nest of \yje w\eres i accustomed to good Mr a pulpit hung in mid air. Once the and his fatherly interest in each rencl) Huguenots who settled New an(j ap Q.f a 4 that even a genial lo had worshiped there, but ip l^trar ger would h.ave seembd very dil- •d lffei-er t— ¿ejntleman particularly so, from[ his peculiar manner. ochello had worshiped there, but was Pi Episcopal church now, anc most c f the residents belonged.to it. N o t tl at they alW^ys attended reguj- ’arly j’ for once it was saict, driven tjp madness by the beggarly array q£ empty pews, the Rev. Elias Danburi had| begun his scrmqn \thus : “ Dearl ‘belavel Mr. and ^IrH* Norroway ancji Mr. Purmalyea’’— addressing the pnly members presentiwho were wideawake. But tin t was* on a rainy day, and be fore the organ cam e— a.'new organ, bright and loud of voices which wicked people, pot-to be tempted oul by sermons, Icame to hear. W hen thijs Bdt I walked home that evening with}our pasi.or, and on • the way he told me quit« a romantic story of omj new; organist Ho.w at twenty pe ha^ sav.eil a child from being crushed^ by the hJeaVy w ieels of a wagon, driven ¡hecam 3 an attfactipn good Mr. Hess,J even ourpbrm an organist, formed a choii , tervals, the young man began to study 1 i^orG W 38 mnoilji oo o ninfueoinn hv whioli in Ilia I. . j | À « : . t ! B - . ' J E ! « K I M S i , f ’N Q T - k R Y p U B Ü I C 'f p r .O a e id i c o u n ty , i ObinnhRsipuer^f. U e e d s ; l o r M ic h i g a n .; I ICI)1 nmiesknicr ol Deeds for Illinois. _ 1 - ¡ Co1 nmissjipuer ¿f Deeds ¡fop W|scousiu. ‘ of Depds toy ^dwa. 'Also umissioiier of Depds ]»E S S l'X < E .tólt & J EN JO IN S * INSURANCE AGENTS for thé follbwmg-rélia- l'-blîand’secure éouipanies: 11 • -¡ o,noon ï  æ y t ï j » h : “ 1 «?.“ m!F Manhattan X^J^Atlkitic,. ' ! ii • ul $300,000 A t I t o b n e y J. L. BAKER, & C O U N S E L L O R 1: and' on pleasant! mornings there ^ quite Si display of best bonnets withir, and c f . wagons , 1 gigs, and, saddle- lorses without. Thon wlonld 'huueli- jacked. Timothy Brown* thej.Paris i Clerk and cordwaiher, 'tip toe ou diiririt: .service time, and save him self livable by puttingboptsand shoes inaele or mended .throughi the-week undei* the, seats of his customers’ wag- iiatjthey miglijt take f-hem^hoipje themselves; and, asleep, ,uniil chaf .1 11 CBI1 + l * TËNANGO, N. Y. .i. BENTLEY ^ GO^PELL, i (?i 0 u n $ e lo v ^ *at Offico/in P ields’ Block^ » I a i n S t . , < ' Ö ^ E I D A , \NL | y : \ J I ' ; - w. YV'. G oodkli ;, M 1 . . r - f i . i. Z. VT. B bstlkv , L H - ila, N. Y-. Offic ,J » Ä . t Ä . E . C H E R R Y RES IDENT ,'DENTIST^ Oueid'a, N. Y, I inf iiercliüüt’ß Exchange, j up-stairsj Màm b . r ^ ^ U t S R ' A D 'ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oiieida, ■ N - v XJtiice m Stone’s Block, Y. .Office m btone’i ' _ L¡.R’ _ ]- ^ • ' 4 L' S H O J É C Î I t Ä J F X ' A Lee SE D A S , # Madison Co. k, Madison St. SAOVY, attokn I ky ^ ¿ CÒUNSELLORS AT-LA'ty - khT,-._ re¿«i;sL., V •ejtiice m Emmrc 0 JieidaJShfdis'on Co/.N. Y. ‘.Office m Empire Block, over'Rivcnburgli’s ^tore. _ J, oun snow ? libminissiouer of Deeds for Michigan ami YVis Ö S T R A f lf D E R , ; ONEIDA, Madison ,1 n . y . drunken man, and in the act had, so injur idAhat it* was for a time thought hè. w ould. never again walk but on erntohoe., JTI.pj'T* this, the girl be a giddy butterfly, with neither i nor s(u|—rbad jilted him, and led some ope else ; and how, while suffering great-agony at in by a .been lovep hear man and inexperienced ; I trust- j Louse. an }3 when ‘ Saturday afternc hem perhaps more than I j came I went to thejchprch to practi Pever told any one my se- I humed it in joyful silence. When Thursdays came I knew' I should see him, and the sky seemed brighter tha n on any other morning, and Sabbaths were days of earthly hope and jop to me ; a|id whenever at home in the still evening, with grand-, pa asleep in his pasy chair, I heard coming up the garden path that well- known step, with, .he little halt it had not quitji lost yet, my heart began to beat and mv'cheek flush. < OI t T loviA-liim qo. f j, /W’riVdu nilni norie'll howf Well I lWed him.. So, in those lonely days at home,] . wThen I had little t j do but think, I him and saw hini descending the stairs built castles 1 in the air, womanly cas- very sl,ow ties, with his face in every scene, and look upon almost without knowing it, I was wait-; tears to my eyes for liim to Asklme to become’ His.| W b y dijd he look so? ill, - or apgry with ask him, But he gave me all mean— was he m e?” I longed to no opportunity. A s soon as the hour w-as over he hastened [gagqmentl [ | I looked over the-‘bal.ustrade after- y,‘ with his face we look at cr kissed me I asked thousand ing wife ■ I was quite my own mistress, old grandpa would never say me nay, and he loved Andrew almost as w e lb a s l did, and grandni£[ always humore 4 me. The haplpidst raemories of my, life are of thajt |choir in the dim ,J church. Some day I may be old, and blind, and qea^ to butward things, but I shall always be, Jible to see tha.t or gan— the ish eyjes b^nt golden sunshine fa picture thijough over, bead] and y ------ --- 0 — n mering organ Anq the waves of jet I have touched a spiritless, weary that brought hot He had -been happy and! bright-eyed-and eager when ' last Imet. ^ h y djd he neither 1 ' ' He had speak to me ? then.* these questions of myself a times, Jbiit found no answer. He neverLgave me one. .Week after week he passed, and’ life did not come near our house ™ 1V T sang in the choir, ¡Time after time I ’ ’ he never troubled and the even look __ ^ spoke to pie; * and ofive M e and dusky £ pan -1 was eyer on his faeje, and he bad grown idnt ovef the niiusic, ana the oldepin this short]space of time. ling.oyer the sweet A t last I could bear it ny more. . IheTiarrow window To love him so] and be so- utterjy urnishing the glim-H separated fronnj him, even while I could '' ' ' 'bed him with my hand ! To to m ire than ide my lonely was nearly! thirty, id me !an “ old 1 content, for had sung with me were mostly- mar ried, as I might have been: had I chosen ;l bitt I would give n'o] man a heart \yith “¡another’s name engraven on it, and had 6 aid “ no” one who would have ma life pleasanter. I and ihe young folks calle maid.” I knew, but I was we none had ever found my secret out, ' My thirtieth birthday fell on the first ¡Sunday o f October.. It was eleven years since the first Sabbath Andrew Hudson had played upojn that organ to which I listened dreamily as Miss Phillips played Tas¡ she sty led; it) th.e of; and as JtoUst?ned the old memories (swept over -me thick and fast. I bent jmy head upon the front of njiy pew, ¡and prayed that God if.ight bless, the ImaiiT loVed, -wheyever I e mi^ht be ; for, after all those years, and my long battle With myself, there was nb change in my love, *. ► I . W h e n I lifted my head a stranger years tof hidden sorrow— year¿ that girl to b H tter e dre\v i * l \ u y 1 hand a wo rn his payment' closer WÍ 3 had changed me fromj ? man, that had sprinkleci silver ebony locks L W h a t fbr one careless act;! to me. ' j -M y eyes met his, t,retched toward him. ■ “ Qh, A n d rew !” I, never could have( been bdd you nobloved me a And tlie next moment] to his ^reast, and our lips met ir. tfreir first kiss. _ ^ * Have I told you enough ? npt , sadden the story r ow by back ¡12 liy j-L nea.nii.MV»vyf. y jried. “ Y o so-dear to m l the wliile.” J was e a’sped was passing up the aisle. A forty, with an- olive skin! eyes— \yith crisp black with silver, and Tallin crow.n— tall, and finely walking with a slight limp and hair I fi man of Spanish flecked bm The formed, but -Andrew ¡\yhen I played in those ha One Thursday I usual, and fohnd core the coldness of when he watrtorced Olt, my heart was blackhair.] I stialf always until earth-1 feel.toi^njr heart’s ly music isidrciwned by'tbatof heavep, I his look and tone, i ----- ---- 1 M.Jflson playing as'-hejto speak to me! jpy hours. ’ wrung in those days ! went edrlier than • It ache'd as young hearts only can only the clerk nai'l- Ljache, and the. w.orst ¡was, it. was grief ^ could spare with no one,. So, ”ind ing ¿turning, drob fast it ably a w-likened b]y the hbad o f the Louse of Adair^oc^ pying the froht, pew, who p/>ked at l«im across pews with umbrella or walking- stick, aiid caused] him t,o start to co i-i scioiifness ° with 11 a sonorous “ Amen ” musijL as a. pj-ofession, by. which in his crip||led state 1 he could* suppoyt his mother and himself. “ 3 le had. genius, and\ succeeded| .wonderfully, ’ continued the clergy-| man \ “ and jo d has given-him health] and strength again, almost miraculous- ly— and as fjr the girl, I believe, but] for jhose fi” e long years that kep him a prifior er in his room and -gav im ¿o much time to think, he would] hav<| quite forgotten' her. And some times I believe, and-’ his mother also] that iif ever lie meets another woman he can love, he- will, become his old] lighVheartec self again.” • .[ Id(e loo kep at me as he spoke. He. wasLvery o'd, and often uttered, hi Lare with 1 no one,. So, f ing there was no jexplanatio.n coming, I left the choir. I had a cold, and my voice wai weak, i Therei was a real reason to give, and I gajve it. And Emily Otis took jmy p'labc, and I sat on the Subbath bjetween .grandpa ai>?d W e girls hajd a.Sentimental habit of 1 grandma in the old church below. 1 writing notes, and 1 this was nothing! could lieor him there, but I need not new. I tdok’lt carelessly I i my handYsee him. and slipped it'into my pocket to read I think grandma guesse.d something at home. -I had ?een a fo ‘m -I knew was -wroi g. Ijlutkhe thought fhe such, moving among th< grave s ,ones in the | a child she could hardly think of any- s^i ious wo(o;ing fbr n^e yet. down .new carpets on the aisle. As I paused to look at 1 them he put his hand in his poclcet. “ A. letter for you,’’ he said, and stretched toward me a* little; mislsiv;, white and spot less, with one drop of green] wax in its midst. than \ndrew Hud- Ï feasted the? surell c^ni^ The sjippress- Iiudson, ten years older had last seen him, but 'son yet. ' I never hoped to loQk ujjon him again with living eyes, now. I 1 .was not quite live through that hoar, ed agitation seemed lo be killing me ; yet the very sight of him was joy. He sat above me in the side a sle, and could not see me without turfiitig his head.- I ' Even then, with my clown, he might not knew could hardly be the same at! thirty I was at, eighteen. | t I looked and looked, groat tears welling into my eyes. I was not con scious of anything goin^ on aljjout me. I only knew I saw Andrew. Suddenly there was t|ie sound . cras-h— a rumbling shaking church, and screams 1 from mourning nu?. veil and I of a iof the female voices. The whole congregation start- èd-to their feet at once old and an church ,yard, nothing else. Just then the clbrk, QUMJy Q bit or old, carpet,, called me. \ “ See, Miss So jh-y,; w h it a crack! 'They’ll be sorry -hey did l’t heed me about'this fl'odr'some day.” There,'^just,at t i e foot c f the stairs iding tp the.g.al ery where the sing- indfeed a crack, leavin<r thing i at the 1 córrer n u i w is . ' u v u o „ - y i » m o j » V * j w»«, \ “ ■ r” ------------ , » !|* > ¿enerallv absunUv out place, but thoughts aloud without intending to d'cH ing 'untu a vc f ..... 1 - the n iék' I 1 leading ers sat,' was full four inches between t the lower ste “ The flooi he. “ Tire cl see ; I reckon though,” and riously, niak neither or us so, .< f i ! etty, newly Par I add Elut could awa somc.timés as ridiculously in of tirne.f il . T sang in the - chojr, and when it was f inned I. may have' been seven teen ¡ir thereabouts. [ .One Octobe- day, thè last.òf the month, which chàpeed ' to] fall on. a Thursday, We went according to cus tom, t.o .practice Roroff new music at the oauvoh. Early aa^ it was, it. was Cfirif tnias mus'!er'f°r we intended to display of 6 nr acquire- tha^iday, when the chùrjh of, strangersì. Anc I e liad a thought but m old Mr. Hes§ would sit tid we fill each a place id curtain;of the choir, l / ^ i r ?— no | I stopped for Abby | s R,rth ca A h ! new very pretty,’] he • mutter -1 will be smart hext ed. t “ Golden hair and blue eyes— It was Andrew colored just‘as she was-^and a good, | looking .doiwa uj: sweet girl— ’’ Then' with ä start and cened look— “ There’s the makcj^a grand ments on was ill ways ful siipp ise no oil Chrntnm day at the drgan.-a behind the ' r That afternoon sonage, Sophy, woiTt you come in see Mrs. Danbury ?” I was busy that night, and not. Besides, I wanted to think. The new organist was already a different person-in my^eyes] I felt sorry for Him atad indigpant with the girl, and rejoiced that he was no lohg- eyes “ N o t before w Timothy “ is lire it he ng eettlin could th.uk of w 1 A^wtjec after T had left the choir thp nrgkn was dunjb again] Andrew lludsoiFt engagement had expired, and he rofusesl-to renew it He Ifefi.New Rochelle,without e.v.eii bidding me good-bye. I never knew how much hope \yas left in my heart until I Ipeard be was gone. That c ay,L stayed in ray own voom lie floor and | And ill enoudh In-eally ivas, Heaven knows. VJ There-s no (ailiag of the body like that of t ie heart. Though gralndina’s pills and poticins Ij'flung out of the vMn- ed ajVvay fu-1 dow by ¡stealtn into . the flow6r-beds racket that | T he neilt day I dv'^sed 'm y s e lf and 1 ' went do .vn to brea. '.'ast. As I stood I pushed tr|ying his all,” lie ¡59 ICK downward, the best t<j> stop them “ I f there’s .any danger at made them hear at lastv “ it’s 1 just by the do.'ov.* The floor has givhn away I ’ ve said it would these tweuLj'wears.' A t mac’ jnc [wf-owa niiaaiTe« m e and!lo.uud themselves at a stajnd-istill Just Lhenj a hand touched npy sboulL dcr. A vo^ce said “ Do not be alarmed. The churcli \will .not tnfnble about your jars yet. Thfi only danger is a tush over, the is gelt will last hammer such a Mi^s,” said ng ¿¡Id, you my time, hea rd any oné approach ice iried: wreak spot pf the floor.” It was And row’s . voice, apd not dare tojlbok at hini. I stood quite still. Som I did Bolder sou I o f the chasm the win handed before tie glaäs The »» pets Sunday. Hudson. He stood on us with his great I said to m y seif: church | “ Sophy Norroway, the time has coijne when you must-play the woman. T]he only mah you have ever loved hr ever can lovq Has no love* for you, that is certain;[and though you wore not to e need ’ em sir,” said blame at first, for he gave you caiqse But what’ 8 thi,use o’ car: pets with floors like th^e wearin’ ’.em out?. Beg pirdon— wantJ,o pass, sir ?” . Andrewj gavp me a look. It said “ come.” J tjelt r iy cheek flushing. I to think he was fond of you, . yjou \youtd\bB to blame now ¡to keep that love in your heart. .Crush it, 01*3 if you donpt .crush it, hide it. Look' as well anq be as merry as you can, -and to point at. you ¡roway wms dis- YY Cll (YUU ¿tO ULOl I J ttO let nobody have cause t( and say p ‘ Sophy! Norjrc s had leaped th others had ¿lambercd througl doivs. The ladies w*ere bein over by means of an extemdoraneous jridge, and the place was almost empty.- 1 1 The new|clergymL..'li;ad come down i'ora the [pulpit, and stood ~ :*1* wife on his arm very pear cl.erk and Deacon Blauvjelt pe the aperture. I “ The brains have been dr a long w’hile,” said the latter, o f ’em is in two, and the other say, t h e r e ’S'a l e t t e r !” I He interrupted himpejlf by fhçj* you chain of events which brought lq.m on that dayjto New Roche chufcji porch.. But I, how],bn one sunny morn, bells'] in that old church wedding chime, and so with the hour that made wife. LINES. .. If yon briglit-stars which gc ul itici nig Be each a blissful cfwellir g.sphere, Where kindred spiritsreupi te. Whom death has torn asunder'liere1, How^sweet it were at once 16. die— To leave this blighted $rl) afar— Mix soul to soul, to cleave 1 he*sky. And soar away from st^r ;o star 1 -~k\ .[ ' will going. le and t|o ^yill tel Queen Anne’S steeple rang end my storjp' i •me Ant rew’s it hini all my would meet Go, Adair, and we walked over togethir. - ' ,0 ffice East siile of 'Main ¡st -eei, nearly, oppo- - site the Walrafti Block.; 1 I . . _.iL _ i _ *“ _ ' -¡All Work warranted! EIDAi \.¡.-In LppG M Àsbw jM s. - rj. . __ _ ___ __ GÈ 'N ò / 270,* hol'ds its regular ÎvÎebtmgs eViêry-tirst and tltiyd Thursday,even ings'jn c i m¡.month. ¡Hall in Stone’s*^new !-l i She had the soprano voice. I contralto. T! ere were' maple fcajes thich about- .he church, and quite a red carpet (¿f rustled der our feet. Some had blown in tine ohurjh itself, and the huncluback^d clerh was hobbling about, * pieki ig them up 7 velt \ ?— r JE ,:A .-B C « iV K T T , FAjCT JRER of TiiC ¡Copper andj-Sheet Ware, ¡and -dealer in- Stoves and Iron y ère- generpily. Oneida. Ir j Number , 'I 4, Empire Block. I I B L E ^ D U R S . MC 'ikuMENTS land Hdad, stones ’ Of Ley 51 j . sXyle'kept Constantly Jon hand lior r i;ide to clrder on short notice. t The heat of. American or Italian Marble used;, in Ma< lision 'street. l.J. 'all cases. Shop on Oneida. k c e Ü f s b i t r â œ - A . - •d T/Òflf F. B. HARlYEY, Proprietor. D A p o n r h o t e l , bl8tf C. BACON, ^Proprietor. HA 7 SURA L i f e , 71 Fire. J A c o i d é n t , Hew/Xlork Life Insurance .Co. i Ü8aetf $4,000,000. I Is ofVhçHiessJall divid!ed among assured. b Travèleri 'insurance Co. ' Assets SBOpJOOO. i-.¿lor disability from acci- l Iniured agamst d' ' denfs of iuljkmd 8 . K o m ilF i^ e In«urance, Co. * V S s s e t ii $1,00£),000, iQbanv City Fire Insurance Co. • , I n strictly -First blass Cpmpanles. offer ög « Ä « sapg er very lanìjé*1— as thoughT bàd known I b é going to speacnow frightened - * ’ ife ; an(i J hoped that lje “ 1 hav,<} a notd I ought to read, ’ I sòme new true love. Abby said, taking it from my pocket she conici not understand | “ ¡No m atter; let the note alone read it at home. Come, sit in the gal lery with ine unt 1 the rest come.’’ He said it in such a pleading whis per, under cover of thè old clerk’s Hafu mering, W e went up look at him. There wa$ a pile of new music on tfie stk’nd^ ajnd. longed to hear h'jtn say th&t he* loved . me, and yet the fancy that he might appointed'in love, and that is why she ' ' * 3d me. never, married,’ ! when you are the [lonely >o}d maid you must live to be.” thought of Maitland or Besd,Blau- nayl each bad a5 suitor. ^.nd then, b^ing at home, I went] to the. glass and looked at Sophy Noq -1 rp\yay. „ . D id Mr. ¡Danbury’mean me? I had golden hair andjblue eyes. Perhaps For, you see, Ij had no liking any one ¡else. 1 knew that could nlwer happen. W eli} T ” ,K that.. I that e first this time, ladies,’’ I was pretty ; and Lwas sure that if® ha<j ¡been that girl I never— There t ie folly of my though burst upon me _ lv,j silly gir ! \T feared nothing fiu* hassr oCl.dark, sad ntranger ; niid he had not even, looked at inb. I could not refuse. together, I not daring to I fought baUlfed my frier ds about even when alone there w fox gila i íjtook refuge in that. i e folly of my thoughts j b^ut fiJe pages he bent over ah<)uld ¿yer ie ; I.laughed aloud. SiL- me an^J all in a moment he had caught .. nntutn(y ! v-I feared nothing fl thb me about my wai8t and kissed me. | with myself after down the tears. I forced myself to pay visits and to have tde. I WQuJd not cry '•But do all I would ?|as the1 Heart-ache still. . The 1 wing at niy bosom, though I kept the mantlfe over it. Sometimes I thiiik‘it|is almost! a pity that a woman love.!, For we can be sure me Such Noti then. k *nei. • , , ? , , on my forehead But I could not;8ay the T | ]. J.. I I wafi nnf. ai . . j 1 • j 1 ui uubuuiii on. lliSs o&rtlij snd liTo .is about, my waist and kissed me. .th, I g to onei of us if {he man she kiss, I^can feel it yet hurning | j|jyes or for8alces her. A man can jve twenty women! But a woman “ You are t liesf.id.' The first— then Mr. Hess come yet ?’’ « 1 1 \)i! /ie’s Come, Miss Sopny; 'war rant him for [Hat. The< first ladies 11 same afterivard. There came1 a time . f - -v m e a n t .B u t he’s not.playing.*’ [ when, • lift up my eyes when I would, I ‘ “ J8® . iwf 8 v r I / Y — T ” ‘ T -cf \ a \ ~ rad d / th e stepa-of the orJan L bent upon me. N « . « J r i j A b b y Ada.r^ had neJer met Andrew Hudson AbbyMfiYst. A t the head ot p e r tW U stare ; a quiet, earnest l o o l T r ITw.ga eT Si ^ ^ \ n a m lm p n t sh^i F ighjing-dow n that, lbve it ' ' - \ \ o r l L u j l - u b e / e r e trying to read >m !/8el,awa' ' lrom l'>ni. In a moment she I He used, to listen wben ,1 I was pot angry. I will not tell a I D'eVfer 4 trulyTloveslraore than one man. glad ; but just the'^ j us^(j L wi8h often*iandroften that I, galltry, them She *-p: .used, and I— neither of _____ ^ ns k ae>^ why j-Stc>od stijl also. ]I he] through. loft-; just coining^from such a bright October' 'sunlight, was* ilark, and could nof ! qHite make out what M r Hesli was] doing. He was ton ¡his knees, his Head bent down. Is he praVing?” whispered Ab or ward a istef|r I sa \das wrong ¡to cherish, and trying to .do my duty, and, ! humbly hopej. ddinir U W e crept f i Ml-. - Bfiss.”esfi.” '!'l by. id, “ M H [No answer still.. Ti en A b t y and! I, instead o f going forwänR j ranfback see me | ing.at home one day, neHr the ddw, I lifted my eyes and \ saw coming up;the garden path/ win-1 him waited it in some meaisuiJe, I lived through A t the end of the the long years. n ougii. ¡ci« u*eu. .bo 1..LCU ed and ^ ere not alone again that spoke to others, though he ye^y; sel- « • H o V m a n y mistakes I rriade in dora con verse.d with me r and/once I J _ __ - „ Jr.+ h o ti— - . , fancied changed my seat under some jn.y r“ u.s,pi wj11^ 1 e . ,•[ «¿Ano-ht tenth gl-andpa died, and grandma fol prletense tH have me w h e J he could * * drivl*]g a >va/ i S nght lowed Him in a few months. * - ^ « * ^ ' ’ - l % T a 7 e v ^ V w aS ^ tD0dte,,• and d T brought o below. v. , . Our poor-organi8t‘kuqlt there (feact/ V 7 e fancied he must'have felt,4eath stealing upon aim, anil knelt down to was. a sweet smile on his hand was in his bosom clut'ching^a tress of flaxen hair. W e buried it withl him, foir we all felt t[hat W e talked thatyday. ’Shy people - - 1 can only really converse en tete-a-tete. fr]om the a^ e8 And when, he went awav I iknew ’ hyn in --- o screamed together, and mothjy \ and liked him. ■ I c. The first time I eyer sawr him smi w is. when , he looked back at the dOqr to say a last word or two. It was a very sweet smile, brimful of kindness I was just eighteen, he for Andrew; at home. I felt Eure he [would spejak at.last ; but)thougb I lis tened all thé evening I did^ not hear his step upon the path. A t I last I went to Hed, feeling sad andj disap pointed, nncl forgetting qll about tHe little nòte until I wals fairly undjressed. Then I looked in the pocket pf. the dress I had taken |off for it. iIt was I, not there. “ I said. fifty nearly-thir- interested It was such a singular thing ¡that it alQrle ia Pew ” 1 1 J? should bejgone that I suddenly became aP0n the ba“k’ ^Ke^? interested. I wrapped myseR in a ^ y years. I heard the __ _ ill fha hnrt'a» with a lady— play, and the could n’t live without him,” she “ You see w e ’d been together __ ^ years, husband and Ii” Anc those wjere thè last words I ever heard her speak ; foL an hour after she died vfith h e r . cheek laying softly in her hand li ce that of a sleeping babe. I could not grieve for them-r-it seemed so selfish. But I ,was all alone in the world. I livép alóne in the old house but fòr my I one servant, and sat alone in the pew with grandma’s name .71 - 1— I. ¡t ba^ Ibeen for ne w organist— iTiHusfc be sojne relic p f ithe p a s t liffe p f I ty . I fell, ip love w ith' h im th e soonHr [shaw l and'; w e n t all ov e r th e h o b s e w ith I a . ,aiJ j 0fwhich^ ^ 8p‘te w S c b 'w e k i e w n o th in g . A f te r dhat fo r tbftt- :7fes, thp o u t. X | a caHdlfe,_hut i n > i p v ^ ,p8t I l i V. th e organ stlood d u r a h ^ a n d w e m'iss-1 fe'w o f those visits!, h a l f aj d o zen long [ t h e n o te I could n o t g u e ss, bud i t w as ed th e d e a r old G e rm a n face and th e q u ie t ch a ts, apd I,lo v e d him fobdly. lo s t u n d o u b ted ly . A n d som e h o w th e k in d ly voice w ith its foreign acc jn t, I believed h e loved m e , I could p o t loss troubled m e , u n im p o r tan t a s T be- w h rnh w e knew so well, an d w i t h o u t l h ;lp th in k in g so. Not th a t he ev e r I lieved th e epistle m u s t be. b a d once to u c h e d th e keys, T h e r e w e re m a n y ¡changes in th e church' O ld M r. ik n b u r y h a d been g a th e r e d t o his f a thers; T h e girls w h o with his üs. Tfie ered into y-rotting “ One I down and ¡thrusting ,his arm kn e e lin g into the But ah, how dark, how drear, how lei Would seem the brightest-.wo^id o\ bliss, If, wandering through each radiant o ac, We, failed to find the lovelT of this ! If there lio more the tics should twii e, , ' Whichjdoiuh’s cfeld bauds alone can ¡sever. Ah, then tiijese stars iu mockery shine, /More Hateful as they shine foreveij I t ’canuoi be—each hope, each fear , That lights tbceye or clouds tlheb 'ow. Proclaims that there’s a happier sphere Than this' bleak world yyuieh holds us.how 1 Tliere is. h voice which sorrow hears] | , When |ieaviest weighs life’s galling chains ’fis Heaven that whispers, dry thy ;ears, The pure in heart shall meet again ' \ h ------- Y P reaqiiing .— h$ve a pljeh to er * ter in behalf of clergym en.! 'A hardc; worked ¿nd poorer-paic. class pf liiei than they—-except editors— cannot h found. Just look at1 what the clerg 1 man, the pastor of a , 1 rrge church, s expecte« to do. Prcac 1 twice on^the Sabbath] and lead at a conference meet ing or Sajbbath School, lecture during the week, and attend prayer-meetings, make pa$t.oral calls, visrt the sick, am comfort and b^lp the pbor, officiate at weddjngfs, funerals and festivals, preach on fast ¡days and thanksgiving days, And at all special servicis; address.Hi- • ble, Tract. Sunday School, Missisiwtr , jraancanOTi ana'remperanc«* T3UcretTra;' and prepare at least two able, well-di* gested sermons a week. ‘ Can any m o r-. tal stand {this physical, not to say nieii- j tal toil and nei'vous exhaustion, and • not break clown under it? We.\yo;i- der so many, hold out a3 long Hs they do. V e r y few, howcvjr, survive the prde'al1 and live to. a good old ag L Most of those who are good for any thing are worn out,'ancl early become- invalids the rest of their livesi , ( W h y , my brother laymen, do ycu . realize how much labor it is to write, or prepare-, one good sermon— one that has food in it for an active^ heal thy, receptive mind? And yet you expect your minister t j „.-prepare' tv*o such, ’ at least, every week. It car’ t je ¡done.' Once in a gc neration /there may Be a Beecher or a ^purgeon wno can do it. But they p *each too much jy half, and^would preoch much better if they preached less often. It is not / in human ability for a.minister to meet the demands.now mad¡5: upon him by chasm. There, on the ledga /formed jy the celljar wall, rested a leLter— dirt ;y, cobweb-covered, but with the seal unbroken. “ ‘ Miss 1-Sophy— Norroway,’ ” he ead, slowly. “ W hy] Sopjiy; that’s yours /” ' | . I ’saw Andrew Hudson start vio- ently, and turn his eye 3 upoi me] with a new look in them, and .1 stretched out my hand\. How it trembled! An old letter,” I said. - .1 lost one before I read it ten yeaj’sagq. It must have slipped through that crack in the floo.r we all know of.” j And I ’ spoke calmly, though my heart was beating so that I Could hear it. 1 j t * 1 I crossed the bridge with a laiigh the next moment, chatted a while with the clergy man’ s wife, abd betook nay- self home. IIi|lf way I heard following me— a? step I tried to go od , and paused. He gained upon soft, brown hand, withi it^ rounded finger-tips, caught mtfip.j “ Miss 1 Norrbway most. ga^petL “ Stop-plfsteH to me— I beseech you. Sitdownr-/M e, under these maples, and' read that njote— i'ead and ansWer i t ; nbt as it askjs you, ljut with a wiord— a= emile-j-a lo jk. ..Life nseems within my grasp qnce more d He sank upon the grass under the raaples^aild drew me down beside him In a sort of dream T'jjroke ¡t,he sfea and glan'ced over the first [words of the page before me. It bore the , date o^ felevem years before,- and read thus : 1 “ D kab S o p h t — ” U- 1 I Tried ’to read on,!'but the' letter danepd before my eyes., I glanced at the signature ancl saw ¡his ns^nie. The letter fluttered into my .lap. “ S o p h y ,” • fie plea,dpd, “ an d answ e r me.” - ; 1 B u t there'-w a s no need. had flashed upon m e / T h e - h a d been1 f ro m him ; askihg his' w ife; and he b a d ta k e n uilenfee fo r rejection o f his suit.- O h , t h e lo n g a step knew -so well. cQul'd not. I me. The -Scjphy,” he al- ] li t read ; a# , 1 ; T h e t r u t h lo s t .letter m e t o be the religious Wisconsin. eooietie 3. -I— Jl iilwauk et W h a t ’ s int a K i s s ? — “ Mother,, mother, kiss!” ¡plead a little cherab joy, with blue eyes, a lxionsly search- g- his-mother’s usual y serious face, as she tenderly laid him upon his soft, Jwarm bed, and lovingly fdlded the snowy drapery about him. • “ Do kiss me Àitd t1je moljher!” gan to tremble, the1,tea in the up-turned d-yes bosom heaved with rosy lipp be- •drops to gatl er and 1 the! little Struggling emo;- tions. “ My little spn has been naughty to day,” replied the mother, sady;^ can I kiss those t lipi that hi ve spoken such angry \yordS|?” | To'o much, too nm0!1 • dutiful mo ther, relent! The^little heart is swell ing, breaking with ’grief; tumultuous sobs break from the agitated boson ; the ^now-white bosom is drenched with penitent tears, at d the little d m.- pled! hand is exterided implorinc;ly. R e lefit! 1 . : ’Tis enough ! Onc 4 more the lit tie- head is pillowed or, the maternal bosom— once more ;t ie little cheinb form is pressed to th« mother’s heLrt^ ifjfid the good-night ki $s o f forgiveness and love is given two-fold tender biv A few moments long sr and the s|>b- ^blngs Cease, the goic en head drops, *the weary/feyeliijs close, and the' li tle erring one is laid bad:upon hiu coueh*, penitent and hnrablec by a kiss from manffna? ' W h a t o’s in a. k i s s - - a sim p le fiisg? M u c h , v e r y m u c h ., M o rqf,p o ten t tliah th e scep ter—;dearer to affection tl ian pountlfes8 w efiith. W ]ho h a s ‘n o t felt its. m a g ic influence? |,’T is th e loyor’s pled g e .of u n d y in g constancy^; ’ti s a hoad.^of f riendship an d fidelity, a n d n o t o n ly is i t d e a r t o t f i e y o u t h f u l c m d a r d e h t b u t a l s o - t o t h j e w ith e r e d . h e a r t audi bloomhw»7ohe«k. fr -c -\ 1 •• -iu:'- 1 .! . -i 1 i ’. —A farmer Jn£«r BrdlfloV'Bt'Y.'.'Vras ight in' tlxemachine .while' tbf^nla|r;; i'nl* c l o t ^ » f i t s tjwed. from bia tx few slight ’
