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0 ,1 f y Ay Ay av fr Ay Ay AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO " 1IATTEES i OF GENEEAL IN1T5KEST TO THE COMMUNITY AT LAEGE. VOLUME I. BBQWNVILLE, KEMAHA COUNTY, N, T., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1856. NUMBEK 2. w - ! 4 ' it ! 'St . b- "t 1 Q- m- .il- 1 . .ok , H ! 3 I ied,' xb, ; ish . at iOW i 1 i rs will '.ing to Ten r jctt over cl : ken ' have ' -Ib'.e. 3'.- ! . Se f.3T' Ca- I fc IS EDITED AXD rCBLISEED EYETlT SATTBDAT BT R. W. FURNAS Second Street, bet. Hain atd Water, (Lake's Block.) BROWNVILLE, N. T. . For one year (invariably in advance), " tlx months, - . - - $2,00 1,50 RATES OF ADVERTISING: On square, (12 lines or less,) one insertion, $1,00 0,50 . 2,50 4,00 6,00 10,00 5,00 60,00 .35,00 20,00 10,00 35,00 20,00 . 10,00 8,00 20,00 13,00 ' 10,00 6,00 Kach additional insertion One square, one month . 44 three months, " ' eiif months, o . u one year, Bu?incss Cards of six lines cr Jess one year, One Column, one year, " " One-half Column, one year, fourth . . 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The privilege. of vearlv advertisers will be confined riid! v to their own iiusiness ; and all advertisements thereto, to be tuiid fr extra AH 1 j -d viivcrtiscmcnts charged double the above Alv 1. J', i t-xtr s:ts on the inside exclusively will be jm. M!ICY ,- JOB PRINTING! Blanks, Bill TTrfifls Labels,; Circulars, Ladin?;.. SI:!??',;:: DILLS, BALL TICKETS, und en j ot'" kind of work that may be called for. I . F.uv. , x-- a-ed, in connection with the "Reflec tor" O an tensive and excellent variety of t f the I tcl work n 2t-'.u ne ti.s,' The 1 -..- r periem-f- will; es, -weire prep:rel to do any kind of in the above Catalogue, witn neat- , who, having had an extensive ex hif personal attention to this branch f f busii fcii hopes, in his endeavors to please, both ir he e.T. cnve of his' work, and reasonable charges. rix- s a share of the public iatronage. T;!Df.'i?S051 Sc. BUXTON, ATTOoHEYS AT LAW, xorAn.Trr,u33Xiio, ' L T AM) LAND AGENTS; WMTLLE, N. T,. Wii'i tifl Courts of Northern Missouri, Ne ra?ka st -V 4..mIowa. ' Gi'AK .. LAKE & CO.. . m mm. AGENTS, ' 'kia.bct. lstand2dSts rtnville, N. T. OYIX A. S POtLABAY, M. D. iUltG; ON", PHYSICIAN ;t " v TIL.LE, N. T.; SOaClvS as ' ti pjV.ltn Tintrfinn.r'n- in ihm rorinni '.iijche.-.of hi- vi 1k and veil . m, from tin citizens of Brown- 3. B. Ur. THOMPSON, v RETAIL DEALERS IN 1 : i Tl-r - f y-y , . mil i o , -T l-entrust lb vU Jm tineas U) diis ' v N-fS-.KTOmah City, JuneTIHnj iardp ti e, i U' tsvrare, Groceries, and tyjProduce. r '2" ("TXLI, ir W. HCBi ITZELL d: CO.," VBOi nS 1 '1 RETAIL DEALERS iN RY OrOl S. GROCERIES. Qucc jvt -3, Hardware,' Sto-v is. PurrLituro, OUNTR n PRODUCEi B1CV lN j LLE. N. T, ' . .MISS )IAV!.WJ' TURNER, ' t Street, t &v a cr-tr. ' -BltOVNV LLE,;K. T. ijs llways m hand. mi ti'D BUILDER. 7 u ii--- riti -iitO - VI ' irTT .-r .-rr- nei; ' ' -TilTORY. -J . tS:, bet BIOWN ER, V ITH G. 1 IJAKER. ...... and Water, VJI-E. N. T. JAMES W. GIBSON, B Ia'A c k rJ .I TII , . Second Street, between Main and Nebraska, ' 'BKOWNVILLE, - T. ' - . A. L. COATE, . COUNTY SURVEYOR, ... BROWNVILLE, NEMAHA CO. . Nebraska Territory. E. M: M'COMIS,: PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OBSTETRICIAN, ' Two Miles from Brownville,- on claim near Mr. CnctxiGS: Tenders bis professional seMces to the citizens of Nemaha county. . NUCKOLLS &, WHITE, . nooKport, Mo. WHOLESALE AND BET AIL DEALERS I2i IY EOfll, SMI, HARDWARE AND . CUTLERY, " Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Saddlery, Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, QUEENS WARE, STONEWARE, TINWARE, IRON, NAILS, STOVES, PLOWS &c Alst Furniture of all kinds, Window Sash," &o N. B. WE "WILL NOT BE UNDEUSOLB. . C.V. SNOW, PHYSICIAN, SUEGE0N, Acf i.c coucliotu, ROCKPORT, -MO, OLITEB BEXXET. JAMES P. .FISKE WM. B. GAB.KIT. ArGCSTCS I? NIGHT. OLWER BENNETT & CO., Manufacturers and Whalesale Dealers In BOOTS AND SHOES, ISO. ST MAIN STREET, (FOEMEKLT, NO. 101, CottXER OF M.AIS AND LoCCST.) ST. LOUIS, MO. A. D. KIRK, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, Land Agent and Notary Public, . . Archer, Richardson coonty, N. T. Will practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted by Harding and Uennett, rebrask City. SPRIGIAN & BROWN, RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT ... AGENTS.' . And General Commission Merchants. .No. .46, Tub-lie Landing. . . CINCINNATI, OHIO.- R. E: HARDING. G. C. EIMBOTGH B. F. TOOMER. HARPING, KIMBOUGH & CO., 2I(inufacturcr$ and Wh'oleialt Dealer in IIATS, CAPS k STRAW.GOODS, . No 49 Main street, bet. Oliye and Pine, , . ST. LOUIS, MO. Tarticnlar attention paid to manufacturing our finest Mole Hats J. HART & SON. SADDLE I UB Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.. - Keep constantly on hand all description of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, ic, &c. .. . N. 13. Every article in our shop is manufactured .by ourselves, and warranted to give satisfaction. , R. W. FURNAS, in a tor mi, INSURANCE AGENT. AND AGENT FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMEHTS. BROWNVILLE, N. T. . E. ESTABROOK," UNITED STATES istrict Attorney, OMAHA CITY, N. T. r REQTJdTiED to be in attendance oBcially upon all X the terms of the District and Supreme Court of the 1 erntory, tenders his 1 rofessional services to fucq as need them. He flatters himself that his facilities for gaining a knowledge of the practice in each Dis trict, will enable him to give satisfaction to such as care.., , - , , C. P. BAILT. A BALLY & RANKIN, B. P. BANDN. OMAHA CITY, N. T. A. A. BRADFORD, o TI. MCLENNAN, D. L. Mc'GART, Brownville, 2T, T. Nebraska City, N. T. " BRADFORD, McLEXNAN A McGARY .ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A1D 1LAND AGENTS. . NEBRASKA CITY, 4 BROWNVILLE, N. T. "WILL PRACTICE in all the Courts of Nebraska Territory, and in the Courts of Western Iowa. SpeetuUy Tefer to S. F. Nuckolls, Nebraska city; Richard Brown, and Wm. Hoblitzell k Co., Brownville; Hon. James Craig, St. Joseph, Ho Messrs. Crow, McCreary 4 Co., Hon. John R. Shepley Hon. James M. Huphes, Messrs. Bogy, Miltenburger & Co St. Louis; lion. A. Williams, Quincy, Ills. Messrs. S. G. Huhbard & Co., Cincinnati O.; Solon Humphreys, New York City; Hon. J. M. Love, Keo kuk, Iowa. June 7, 1853. II. P. BENNETT, J. 8. MORTON, , H. H. HARDING BEN NET, MORTON & BL1RDING. Attorneys at JLaw, Nebraska City, N. T., and Glenwood, la. W1! P01'1? in a11 the Courts of Nebraska and f Av estern Iovr.. Particular obtaining, locating Land Warrants, aad collection of REFERENCE : Hn. Lewis Cas, Detroit. ) . ., Julius D.'Morton, f Michigan; . Gov. Joel A. Matteson, SpringCelJ, III- ; Gov. J. W. Grimes, Iowa City, Iowv ' B. P. Fifiled, St. Louis, Mo.; . - .. . Hon. Daniel O. Morton. Toledo, Ohio " P. A. Sarpy. Bellevue, Nebraska ' Sedgewich & Walker, Chicago, 111; : r . Green, Wcare & Benton. Coijicil BiufL?, Iowa " THE P002 MAITS GSAVE. : BY ELIZA COOK. No sable pall, no waving plume, No thousand toroa-ligbts to illume No parting glance, no heavenly tear, Is Been to fall upon the bier. , There is not one of kindred clay, To watch the coffin on "its way; ' ; -: , No mortal form, no human breast, Cares where the pauper's dust may rest. . But one deep mourner follows there, Whose grief outlives the funeral prajer; Ha does not sigh, he does not weep, But will not leave the sodless heap. o Tis he who was the poor man's mate, ; And made him more content with fate . The mongrel dog that shared his crust, Is all that stands beside his dust. . He bends his listening head" as though He'thought to hear that voice below; He pines to hear Jthat voice so kind, ' And wonders why he's left behind. . The sun goes down, the night is come, . He needs no food he needs no home; But stretched' along the dreamless bed, With doleful howl calls back the dead. " The passing gaio may coldly dwell On all that polished marbles tell; " . For temples built' on church-yard earth, . Are claimed by richos more than worth. But; who would mark with nndimmed eyes, The mourning dog that starves and dies? Who would not ask, who would not crave Such love and faith to guard his grave? REUSES" AND PECEBE.. . A PATHETIC STORY. In Manchester a maiden dwelt, Her name waa Phcebe Brown; Her cheeks were red, her hair "was black,-' And she was considered by good judges to be ' by all odds the best looking girl in atown Her age was nearly seventeen; . " . - Her eyes were sparkling bright; . A very lovely girl was she And for about & year and half there had been a young man paying attention to her by the' name of Reuben Wright. Now Reuben was a kick young man As any in the town; . And Phoebe loved' him very dear; But. on account of his being obliged to work for a living, he never could make himself agreeable to old Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Her cruel parents were resolved Another she should wed .A rich old miser in the place; . And old Brown 'frequently declared that . rather than have his daughter marry . Reuben Wright,, he'd sooner knock him on the head. . - . ' But Phoebe's heart was brave and strong; She feared no, parents' frowns; And as for Reuben wright so bold, ' ; I've heard him say 'more than fifty times ' that (with' the exception of Phoebe) he didn't care a for the whole race of . Browns. " So Phcebe Brown and Reuben Wright . . " Determined they should marry; " , Three weeks ago last Tuesday night I They started for old Parson Webster's de ' . termined to be united in the holy bonds of matrimonv. thoush it was tremendous dark, and rained like the Old Harry. ., ' . . But Capt. Brown was wide awake; .. He loaded up.his gun, " ' ' . And then pursued the loving palrr . c . He overtook 'em when they'd got about half . way to the parson's, and then Reuben and Phcebe started off upon a run." Old Brown then took a deadly aim Towards young Reuben's head; But, ohl it was a bleeding shame, He made a mistake and shot his only daugh tcr, and had the unspeakable anguish of seeing her drop right down stone dead. Then anguish filled young Reuben's heart,5 And vengeance erased his brain;' He drew an awful jack-knife out, And plunged it into old Brown about fifty " or sixty times, so that it ia very'doubtful , about hij ever coming to again. - TJi.hrinj drop from RaubaV y -- In torrents poured down; , He yielded up the ghost and died: . ...'And .this melancholy and heart-rending matter terminates the history of Reuben and Phcebe, and likewise old Captain Brown. . " GEAiniARnrBHYmi. . We advise every little grammarian just entering on Murray, Brown, or any of the thousand grammars in use, to commit to memory the following easy line;, Land then they never need to mistake a part of speech 1. Three little words you often see, ' Are articles-, an, and the. ' 2. A Noun's the name of any thing, . - :A tchiol or garden,oofi or noirg, 5. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, As greet, tmaU,.pretty, wite or (rotca. " 4. Instead of Nouns the pronouns stand . Her head, ie face, your arm, my hand. 5: Verbs tell somethings being done--. To read,eount, tingjump or rtm.1 - 6. How things are done the Adverbs tell ' At tlowtyj qu icily, HI or well. 7. Conjunctions join the words together ;. As men and women, wind or weather. 8. The proposition stands before A Noun, 8 s in or through a door. S. The Interjection shows surprise, r As oh I how pretty; ah I how wise. The Whole are called Nine Parts of Speech, ' -Which Reading, Writing, Speaking teach. "TS a brilliant star Were stricken from the dome of nighty -A Printer's Press, if planted thert Would fill the vacuara to a hair, t And give perhaps, abetter light. ". Mitt 1 From the American Union. A SHREWD WIFE; An Unprofitable trip to the Gold ,. .,- , Regions. ; ; ,- , BY WTLTJAM M. THOMAS. . ,', . Or, "I'tHnlc,"' said Mr. Dana, as he pushed back his chair from the .break fast table, and looked hard at his wife, a pretty little woman with large, blue eyesj "I think that I should like to go to Uaiiiornia and try. my luck.-- Darn it all, everybody is going about here. Do you think you could spare me for a year, Nelly?" Mrs. Dana made no immediate reply, she appeared to be very busy turning out a "cup of tea, although a keener observer, than her husband would have noticed an uncommon tremulousness in her hands, as Mr. Dana ceased speaking. .,!.. "lthmk I might do well there, the husband continued, as though speaking to himself. "Are you. not doing well -here .on your farm?" the wife asked at length. "l m making a living, perhaps, but it's onlv by hard work. Now if I should go to California, and be lucky, why, we could have a 'great many more comforts than we are blessed with at present "We have everything that vrc could wish for to make us contented, and I'm - T ' V ' 1 ' surd a eisrn ior no luxuries, excepting what we can well afford," Mrs". Lana replied. . . xes, we have enough to-eat and clothes to wear, but we can't buy lots of good furniture, and have a piany, like bquire Dolton. Darn it, I want to be rich as he is, and then-1 should be contented." 'Mr. Dana said, rising from his chair, and walking back and forth,-in the kitchen with energy. ' "Mr. Bolton is far from being happy with all of his wealth," said his wife. ' "Well; I know that; but then who could be contented with such a wife as he has? She's either craiy half the j time" or else " "Hush!" cried Mrs. Dana, with a re proachful look; "remember if she has faults, so have we all. . 4But what I mean, Nelly, is that if he had such a wife as I've got,' and with his .wealth, he couldn't help being happy." - "And yet you want to leave a wife you think so highly of," -Mrs. Dana said, with a reproachful look." "But don't you see that it is for your comfort and benefit in the end. You know, Nelly, that nothing in the world would induce me to quit you, unless it was the hope of making a fortune in a short time. I wouldn't be gone longer than a year, and if Hiked the country, and I thought you.would be contented there, I'd send for you." . The young wife strove hard'to retain her composure, and she asked "And what will you do with the farm while gone?" "I will get. my youngest brother to come, and live here and carry it on. You shall be left in full charge,' Nelly, with power to do as you please." "Give me a week to think of it," the wife replied; "at the end of that time I'll make up my mind to consent to your going or not." Mr. Dana was too well pleased to obtain even this confession, to argue any further that day, and after bidding his wife read the accounts in the news paper, containing the latest news from CalifornlaThestartedoir to"" his work. ' Mr. Dana owned a'farm of about one hundred acres, near the town ' of Windsor, Vermont.' He was a young man, and a person ot considerable energy, and had, during his minority, saved a small sum ot money, which he had safely deposited-lh the saving's bank, until such time as he should want to use it. . . . After he became of age, he had added to his capitol, and when he thought he should like Jane Perkins for a wife', and proposed for her, and was accepted, he bought the farm which we find him occupying, and was doing as well as any young farmer ' in the neighborhood. He had been married two years when the gold fever of 1848 and 749 broke . M .1 l A out sweeping on tnousanas, ot our most industrious farmers, ard leaving many an hearth-stone desolate, and many a wife to mourn for her absent husband. , . , How few have returned, with their anticipations fulfilled? Thousands who left the New England States, expect ing to win a competency in? a short time, have been too glad to work, their passage back in some slow-sailing, tub, while others, too proud to return empty handed, have toiled on, barely to make a livelihood, and now. rest from their cares and troubles by the bank of some river, with nothing 'but-a rude board to mark their grave. After Mr. Dana left his wife, she washed her dishes and put them away, ana sat down to read the glowing ac counts of the gold ' discoveries. The more she read, the more fascinated did she become, until she at last came to the conclusion that if she was a man she would be tempted to go and try her luck., ' n Twice during the forenoon did she peruse the paper, and each time her resolution ' of not consenting to her husband's departure grew weaker, until she finally made up her mind, if he asked her consent again she would give it. Mrs. Dana was a woman of consid erable energy of mind. Ever since a child she was obliged to labor, and by her contact with the world she had ac quired a knowledge of business, which did not, however, impair or detract from the natural modesty of a good woman's heart or mind. A week' had- not passed before the husband again alluded to the subject uppermost in his mind. A company Was about to start from Windsor, and many of the young men of the town were enrolling their names. Mr. Dana thought it would be a good chance for him, as he would have acquaintances to lend him a helping hand, in case he was taken sick. Hi3 wife thought the same tiling, and delighted her husband by giving her consent to his going. . They were not aware of the selfish ness exhibited in ! the gold regions, where each man struggled for himself, and thought it waste of time to help his feverish friend to a cup of cold water, or make him a mess of gruel, to keep him from starving. Mr. Dana's arrangements were soon made. He had some money on hand, and with it determined to cross the Isthmus, in company with his towns men, as he thought he could make enough in a week's.time, after: his ar rival, to pay his passage. They wrote to; engage steerage berths, and -received for answer that the steamer would sail , on such a day, and.that they must be promptly on the fP.? Jhis news caused the party to hurry their arrangements, and the day before they were to start, Mr. Dana requested his wife to accompay him to a lawyer s. : , "I am going a -long lourney, he said, "and may be- gone longor than I anticipate. I shall leave you the farm, to do with it as you please. If you get tired of carrying it on, sell it to the best advantage; I shall make money enough while I am gone ; to buy a larger one when I return. "But I hardly think I shall live on a farm when I comeback. We'll get one of the grand new houses in town, and live like 'Squire Bolton." . His wife thought . at the time that there might be a failure in his schemes: but she was hopeful; and would not say L i - .1 -1. 1 T 1 , . anyming 10 aasn nis Drigm anticipa tions. ' The day of parting came, and with it tears and mournful looks; but it was not until Dana had left the house, never perhaps to return, that the young wife felt the loneliness of her condition. For a week or two she was low- spirited and sad, but as she received letters from her husband in New York, written in a lively vein, and bidding her be of good cheer, as he should certainly rejoin her in the course of a year, she became more composed and reconciled in his absense. We will not follow him in the crowd ed steamship, nor across the Isthmus, where he narrowly escaped drowning, while ascending the river; ner will we tell of his arrival in Sari Francisco, and departure for the mines, where he worked in the bed of the river, and was quite fortunate, until attacked with the fever and ague, which roasted him at one moment and froze him the next. He would lie in his tent, and wish that the gentle hand of his wife could wipe the moisture from his brow or cover him with blankets when ' shiver ing with cold, v All of his adventures might be written out, and perhaps Mr. Dana will,vsome day,' give the world an account of .his doings in the land of gold.' They will, possibly, serve as a warning to otner nusoands, and thus prevent many a heart from mourning ior me aosent. Mr. Dana's fever got no better, and at last the doctor told him he had better seek a change of climate, as he might shake himself to death. Dana thought the same thing, for it appeared to him when the chill came on; that every bone in his body would be wrenched apart, and when the lever returned,-, he lm agined himself in an oven. He considered the subject one day, and determined to start for home. . , A team was to leave next day for Sacra mento city. As soon as the resolution was formed, he engaged a passage sold off all his clothes, excepting enough to reach Vermont, and found that he was the master of a capital of only five hundred . dollars, after.J working in the mines for four months. To be sure his sickness had cost him a large sum, and doctor's bill was frightful to contem plate. He started next day for home. He determined to live a farmer and die one, if the Lord spared him his life. . He had seen enough of. the gold mines, and as he was going in the cart, and jolted over the uneven roads, he thought what a ninny he had been, to leave a comfortable home, and a loving wife, for.the'sake of trying to accumulate a fortune. . The joltings of the cart may have benefited him, for the fever rapidly left him, and by the time ho reached San Francisco he felt like a different man. He had a mind to turn back and try it again, but he thought of his wife, and nature and love conquered. He went immediately to the office of the steam ship company, and secured a passage for home. It was a cold blustering day in the middle of winter when Dana reached Windsor. He pulled his cap over his eyes to prevent being recognized, and then started on foot for his home. He had heard from his wife but once since he had been absent, and he hardly dared to hope that she had been' well. He quickened his pace, and came in sight of the house in which he had spent so many happy hours. He glanced over his farm, and saw everything appeared to bo well cared for. The stone walls were in good order, the barns looked neat and well repaired, and just ag he was thinking that his wife and brother had (lone remarkably well, the train on which he had ridden from Boston whizzed past, directly across his farm. He groaned in anguish at the sight. His beautitul meadow was ruined, he thought, and it wa3 all owing to his wild goose chase for a fortune. His wife could not bo -expected to know how to attend to such things and he had no doubt but the railroad company had swindled her. He approached the house and knock ed timidly at the door. It was opened, and there .stood his wire, as handsome as ever, but she looked at him with sur prise. He had forgotten that he had not shaved since he left her. He spoke and held out his hand, then his arm. There was a shriek, and then the latter were filled. Two hours afterwards they were talking seriously and solely upon matters of business. "I am sorry that the railroad passes over our meadow," he said, "it renders it almost useless." '.'They have the right of way, but it has notinjureditasmuch as you think," she replied. . . . "I don t suppose they paid you more than one hundred dollars for merely the right of way." . . . "Ihere is where you are mistaken. Ihey gave twelve hundred dollars for merely the right of way.'' "1 suppose they paid you in stock: Dana said, surprised to think that she had got so large a sum. "Yes, they gave me part stock and part cash," the wife replied, trying not to look triumphant. "And the stock, what is that, worth, a mere song, I suppose. . "1 sold mine the very day that I re ceived it, at an advance. It is not worth sq much per share now. I thought I had better have the money than trust to an uncertainty. The husband was slightly astonished. He had received for a narrow strip of land as much he had given for the whole farm. "And what did you do with the money, Nelly?" "I took six hundred and bought the rich mowing of Squire Bolton's. You remember how you used to wish you owned it?" Dana did remember perfectly well. He had thought of the land when in California, and was in hopes of getting back with money enough to buy it. "The other six hundred and fifty I "vvu xxi we caving uuuii, wnere it is at interest. "You are the best wife in the state," .11 . . ....... ' tne husband cried with admiration. "But I have not given you a fall ac count ot my stewardship as yet. You remember the forest , of pines on the i n . . i . . niu just oacK ol themeadowr' JJ..l . TT Ayaua, uuuueu aa assent, lie was wondering what was to come now. ,- "Well, there is no longer any forest there. I sold every tree just stood." as l .-'"Why, who was fool enough to buy pine wood ?" Dana asked with a laudi. . "The railroad company. They must nave wood to get tip steam. They gave me four hundred dollars for the privilege of chopping down the trees and I was glad to gat rid of them, for the purpose of making a sheep pasture." "A sheep pasture!" the husband cried in astonishment. f Yes, it makes a very fine one. bought, one hundred and fifty sheep and then had some, left, which I addet to that in the bank. Last summer sold four hundred pounds of wool, at forty cents per pound." 7 "That amounts to one hundred and sixty dollars," said Dana, after a slight calculation. "Precisely; without counting the in crease of lambs, I think I did very well by that trade." "You are a better manager than I ua Nelly. Hereafter you shall be the head of the house." ; "Thank you, but I am perfectly con tented to reign, now that you hare ar rived." ' . ' , . . "Then ycu have no more wonderful bargains to relate?" he asked. ! "Yes," she replied, with a short hesr- tancy. "I have made one more trade, but perhaps it is one that will displease you . ; " hat,aftermy warm welcome: icu can do nothing in future that I'll not approve of. Itemember, Nelly, Pre returned poor in pocket, and none too well in health." "I will take such excellent care of you that your health will be quite restored by spring, and as for being poor, why that is absured when you have a good farm, well stocked, and nearly a thou sand dollars in the bank." "Besides a treasure of a wife." "Thank you. But will yoii step into he parlor and see my latest trade?" "A piano!" cried the astonished hus band. ' f "Yes, a good, well toned piano. But before you express surprise let mc tell you how learned it. I sold all the butter that I made during the last nine months, and invested the proceeds in an instrument that I knew you longed tor, and to tell the truth, 1 was rather anxious to own myself, but I never said so, and until I found myself able I never thought of buying one. Now, are you angry?" . . "Angry i" , ' . There was a peculiar sound heard in the parlor as though Dana wa3 kissing ld3 wife. At any rate when she aifain entered the kitchen, her face looked uncommonly flushed, as though her husbands rough beard had chafed. her soft skin. ' ' Mr. Dana has never expressed a wish to roam again. He is perfectly satis fied that he can find more happiness on his farm, and m the society of his wife, than he could if surrounded by all the gold mines m Lalitornia. OLD PS0VEE2S. Better be the head of yeomanry than tail of the gentry. Beware , of. a silent dog and still water. It is not easy to straighten in the oak tne crook, that grew m the sapling. There is many a good wife who can not dance or sing well. You will never have a friend if you must have one without a failing. There is one good wife in the coun try, and every man thinks he hath her. Lean liberty is better than fat slave ry- . That s but an empty purse that is fall of other folks' money. Une might as well be out of the world as beloved by nobody in it. :l lie that knows useful things, and not he that knows many things is the wise man. ' : . As we must render an account of overy idle word, so must we likewise of our idle silence. . He is a worthless fellow who lives onlv to himself. Depend not on fortune but conduct. Begin life with but little show, you may increase it afterwards. - Advise not what is most pleasant, but the most useful. Be contented and thankful; a cheer ful spirit makes labor light, sleep sweet, ana an arounu cneenui. 1 If youth is a blunder, manhood is a ..i. i- i . . fciruggie, ana age a regret. , The sunshine of life is made up of Vill i .1 . l .t . J '""v uvttuioj waiaic uilUfc ail lilt! time. A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you. Hi ' The less you leave your children when you die, the more they will have twenty years afterwards. Wealth inherited should be the incentive to exertion. Instead of that' "it is the title deed to sloth." The only money that does a man good is what he earns himself. A ready-made fortune", like ready-mado clothes, seldom fits the man who corner into possession. Ambition, stimulated by hope and a half-filled pocket-book, has a power that will triumph over all difficulties, beginning with the rich man's contumely, and leaving off with the envious man's malice. Police Tri bune. Never confide in a young man; new pails leak. Never tell your secret to aged: old doors seldom shut closely. Those wbo respect thera?-elve,s will be honorable; but he who thinks light ly of himself will be held cheap by the world. .