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I ! r j s ft Z3 &ttRTl&lXG KATES. ,,0 jjcei or lwO 1st lnseatlon $1 80 J rtu. five linei or less 6 00 I...iKA -ADVERTISED ... I lina f 7ILIS3ZD STXkT TECTt33.iT BT cnuncn & colhapp, Column, oce rear, CoW 1X ,n0Dtb, Columo, three nonim, -.if rlnmn, one 3rf,r $30 00 M DO 30 00 60 00 30 00 21 CO JO 00 31 00 16 00 2100 16 00 1000 6 00 3 00 Advertiser Elock, Mam 8 1, between 1st 1 24 J.HC-aloinn, tbree niontbt. rUColoDin, ix month, artb Colnmn, three montka, bthColnnin. one year, - rolnian, six month, Trends t g)ltb Coltina, three months, n 1 Cory, one year, la advance, - , . ) et ; Subsription, must invatiablj, bo paid In Adruic 5 S3 Book Work, and Plain and Fancy Job Work doa 5 the best style, and on short notice. innconciiig Can.iidaiea rr tniee LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLES NOW AND FOREVER." VOL' XII. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THUESDAY, DEC. 12, 1867. NO. 11 A n mi ipir I A . I M M l nwfrtttt j" H0LLADAY & CO., I wholesale and Retail Deaier in ;&UGS, MEDICINE, PAINT, OIL, &c, j p. O Bnl'dlnj, Xaln St., I E0VFNVILI.2, NEBRASKA. - WLII. McCREERY, I waalee and Retail Dealer In yss, Bocks, Wall-paper and Stationery. Crnrr Vain ami 1ft Sts., EEOWI.'VILLE, TJEBKJLSKA. "X D. MARSH, SEWS DEPOT NO I. SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c. j Tost Office, Main St., EEOWITVILLE, NEBBASKA. BLISS & HACKER, CITY BOOK & NEWS DEPOT. !rScl;oo!B3cks,Ncws Stationery, ara hand opposite P. G. Siorr; ESOVTNVILLE. KEBBASKA. J. r. DEUSER, Pe'er in ! fcrftcticEarics Toys, Notions, Maintct. 1ft and 2-1 Sti., BEOWN VILLI', NEBRASKA. Confccttonemcs. "WM. ALLEN. Pri.mr of th CIT Yj BAKEH?. Fancy Wed di take furnished on fhort notice. Pealer UCoofKii uarie. Fruits and best Family Floar. ? Main Street bet. Itt and 2d, 5 MnwwiI.I.E. NEBRASKA. Saltern. J. II. BAUER. Manufacturer and Dealer In HARXESS, BRIDLES COLLARS landing dune to orJer sitisfaction gnarrantied. Sk-p on Main let. Ut and 2d $ti.. UOWNYILI.E, SEEUASKA. i JOHN W.MIDDLETON Kiinfctnrer and Tealer in HARASS; BRIDLES, COLLARS, Vt.p and Uhs f every description, Plastering Ilair. Ca-h paid for Hides. Corner Mam and 2d Sts., Erownvilie, Nebraska. j W. D. M A.HHST, ITisnfatturcr and Dealer in all i kinds of j Saddles, Harness, Whips j J Smith's PatentTrace Buckles, Nixon's Fatent Trace Buckles. yort Si do Main Street BIIOTYXVILLE, SCmASRA, Slouc anb n Storco JOHN C. DEUSER, Dear in STOVES, TINWARE, PUMPS, &c Opposite IdcPherson's B'ock, EF.0V7KVILLE. NEBRASKA. ' ittcat market. KEIS WETTER Jc EARSMAN, Butchers, CITY MEAT MARKET, Vain bet. 1st and 2nd Sts., BEOWNV1LLE, NEBRASKA. ' GTORGEJIAKioN," Dealer to Dry Goods, Groceries JJgg & Notions. Poof of Jfaln Street sear Levee, BROWSTILLE, NEBRASKA. 1.358. Established 1850. WM. T. DEN, Wholesale and Retail dealer in GENERAL MERCI1HNDISE Corn Planters, Plows, Stoves, Furniture. co Anmsjo.v asd for wa kbisg mer chant Main street bet. Levee and 1st, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. RifkfH market price paid for Hidet, Pcltt, Fun and Proice, by WM. T. DEN. G. M. HENDERSON, Dealer In Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES Main bet. Ut and 2d Sts., Brownville, Necraska. CAHRLES RRIEGEL BEEIl HALL, LUNCH ROOM AKD LIGHT GIwOCERT STORE, Main bet. Ut and 2d Sts.. BHOWKVILLE, NE3RAfKA. Blciitemtl)s J. H. BESON, Will do BLACKSMITIIING of nil kinds. V Korae Shoeing, Ironing of Wagont and Sleight niacnine worn a specially. Sfcepun Main St, west of Mcrberson's Blocs, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. J. W. &. J. C. GIBSON, BLACKSMITHS SHOP on 1st between Maim and Id, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. All Wfrk dene to order Satitfect'.o Guarrantitd i m 1 iHisccIlmtcous. JONAS HACKER. Tax r y - or for the Gity of Brownrille, Will attend to the payment of Taxet for non-retident fondence Solicited. Office on Main bet. let and 2d, BBOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. SMITH P. TUTTLE, XT. R A kSiiLt H Y.t iM..r..JHr.'. M - . tTf.il . . . 7--- ' ' ioira ji frw . riar- rentf Protection of Caimt before the Depart TVlfo d BWjr- Back Pay and'Pcntion AUo, to the Collection of Scmi-Aunual duct on Pcnsiont, unce over Carsons Bauk Main street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. A. STAFFORD, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST x-enont wttntng ficturct executed in the latest ttvle Main stfoet bet. 1st and 2d street, BROWXV ILLE , NEBRASKA. I.H. CLAGGET&CO., BILLIARD HALL AND SALOON Basement of Whitney's Block, Main bet. 1st & 2d Sts., BROWS VILL , NE , RASKA. The Bett of Liquort kept Constancy on Hand. J. W. SiMITH, AX D ilain St., ola door . rom r eor 2nd at. BROWN VI LLE. NEBRASKA H.L. KATHBWS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, CITY DRUG STORE, BBOWKYILLE, KEBRASK4. A. S. HOLLADAY, M. D. Graduated in 1S51, Located in Biounrillc in 1S55 . pn ysicih mm OBSTETJRICILlSr Dr. II. has on hand complete sets of A input a t- a, Trepbining and Obstetrical inftrumenta. CGlcc: KoIlaGay & Co's Brr.g Store Two Loots East of Post Office. p. S. Speo'al attention given to Obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. x-44-lj C. F. STEWRT. M. D. .outh East corner of Main and First Streets BROiYXTlLLE, IVKKUASKA. OrricK IIoCRS 7 to 9 a. M.and 1 to 2 and 6 to 7 P. M. Brownville, Nebraska, May 5th, 1865 No 34,1 j. it II .W.Tipton O.B.IIewett J:S.Church TIPTOii, KEWETT Si CHURCH &torucns at at, iSltOWNVlLLE, NEBRASKA. ll.rph let, '68. lj. EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR INHANCERY, Offlco corner of Main and First Streets. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. WM. McLEKNAN ATTORNEY ATLAW NEBRASKA CI Y . XT 33 33 3vt JZ. & 3S1 A O. E. NYE, SlJiornfij nt Cam, AND WAR CLAIM AGENT, PA YOKE: CITY, K E 15 II AS It A. J. STEVENSON,- D. 0. CROSS STEVENSON ' & CROSS Proprietors, On .Levee St., between Main & Atlantic, Brownvillo 3J"ol3Xelx.a. tv.;. iinniu ; rnnvenient to the Steam Boat AUIO -. " " " w T.aninir anil the hu4ine nart of Towl. The best accommodations in the Oiry. No pa:ns -will be pared in making puesw comioriaoie. tgST Good Stable and Corral convenient to the House. AMERICAN HOUSE. 'iood Feed and Livery Stable In connection with the House. L D. ROBINSON. PROPRIETOR. Front Street, between Main and Water, P!R XEBEIASHA. May, 30ih 1SC6. 10 36 ly CHARLES HELLMER, ml mi Mm JJZ TZL 3E2 IFS. 9 Main St 2 doors below Brownville LTouse, OWKVlLIiE N. T. Has on hand a enperior stock of Boots and Shces snd the best material and ability for doing CUSTOM WORK Repairing done withneaJncss and dispatch rV3y TonXXQ Czxffl- fn.nn G1 A A THEO HILL & CO., Dealers la FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC f7 . SI & xi mm MOTION CARPETS, & G . TOBO. DILL & CD. Dealers in NAILS WoodenTvare &c. Theo. Hill Co.-, Dealers in l)iUoMr"Xt)rtrc, tic. Theo. Mill Co., Dealers in A N D IMPLEMENTS Theo. Hill & Co., Dealers ia a W (B AND 15 TEJ 2S. Theo. Hill'& Oo.. Dealers ia LADIES', GENT'S & CHILDREN'S IS) C73 (53 AND T3 1 3 IB w mi BT CO tMAKDEtt . GIBSON, V. 8. KATT. "0 ' errefure I vel none C' e je this ' my head-eton, Th , and my p r name alonej An;flino pin1 Angelina; An! Tk n t'rtdivine To illustrate life of mine ; Neither gloze Death's truth nor garble ; Simply on the milk white marble Write and should some lone bird warble The same burden, i i the gray Of the glamoured ero, 1 pray" That ye drive it not away, But permit its music moan Utterance for the dumb, cold .-tout " 0 thcr ref uge hare I nono I" "Angnlinc !" do other name, Adjuu?r, 8r,'ecedent, fame, Style, nor t itle do I claim. Jlaid or matron, widow, bride, Of what lineage, how allied, Tell not to my sbamo or pride. Green the branch or gravly mossed, It must fall; white death, a ghost, Comes in sprng or autumn frost ; Give no date for either fate ; God s design is consummate, Die we early, die we late, So of me be nothing shown, Save that here, where I lie alone, 'Other refuge have I none I" In the Conzressicnal burying ground is a tomb on whioh is simply the name "Angclino" and "U ther refuge have 1 none I Courting Under Dlfilculties. Kate Blake was the only daughter of Jacob Blake, the old miser of West Brook. She was more than commonlv Drettv. her frank, ensraffin? manners enhanced ' t w the charms of golden hair, pearly teeth, ' and eyes like the blue skies' of summer. At her fathers death she would be heir- psa of t he nice little sum of seventy thousand dollars, and though men gene rally profess not to be influenced by pe cuniary matters in affairs of love, it is to be reasonably supposed that this pros- pective wealth by no means lessenea tne number of her adorers. Amoncr those most ardent and perhaps most sincere, was WilLDartmouth, with a heart larger than his purse, and very little thought or care tor oonsequences Fortunately, old Jake never suspected the partiality of his daughter for Will, or he would have put her on bread and watpr before he would have consented to the slightest intimacy with Will Dart mouth. Jacob Blake was not in favor of roar- riage. Those who knew nis circumstances were not surprised at it,- for, to use a phrase more expressive than elegant, Mrs. Blake, was a lartar, with temper enough for two Tartars. . Old Jacob had to "walk Spanish," for the most part, or suffer the consequences, which usually descended on his head in the shape of any domestic utensil which happened to be lying handy. A maiden sister of Mr. Blake, re sided in the family, whose principal busi- t ness seemed to be to act as a sort or ecno to her brother and wife. Whatever they thought she thought too. She re?arded it as a primary sin for PTtft in associate with the young men, and thisdoctrine wasperseveringly drilled into her neice. who. though she never disseuted, had her own ideas on the sub ject. One day Mr. lilake ana nis wire went 1 I in-- to Dedham to attend a lair, ana iuiss Peltry being absent at a friend's, Kate was left alone. Will Dartmouth in some way learned the condition of affairs, and early in the afternoon he came over to keep Kate company. As her Barents were not expected home until evening, Will felt perfectly secure in stopping awhile alter tea ; ana ne cna Kate were havinff a iolly time popping corn in'the old fashioned frying pan over the huge wood fire, when there 'was a sound of voices at the doo-. "Good p-racious!" cried Kate with alarm, there is Aunt eggy. un: v hi, wnai shall we do ? She will scold me to uestb hpsides father will be furious. Get under the lounge quick ! Oh Will, do for my sake !" Will rould not withstand the plending in Kate's eyes, and he deposited himself in the designated place. Kate put out the light, and darting into an adjacent room ia a moment was apparently asleep. Peo-gy's voice was hecrd in the hall. "Rur,irefnl Mr. Pifcs. There is a loose board there, I.don't want to disturb t t. i my neice. Step sortiy or is may crea. "Peggy, dear, where ara you.' re- nonded the srueaking voice of Esquire Pike, a widower.of a year. T can't tell weich way you have gone." "TT.pre. Daniel, be easy. Good Heavens ! Daniel Pike. Well, I never !" and a report burst upon the air lue the uncorking of a champagne bottle. 'Oh my !" cried Aunt i'eggy, wat nnM r-.rotb.cr Jacob say? I declare I iaven'1 been kissed by a rn:n since "Let Jake mind his own business." retorted the 'Squire, "ou and I can ke care of ours without his neip, zna re followed a report similar to the firer nnlv more of it. "Do be quick, Daniel, and let me get a light. Set right down there before the fire, and make yourself at home." A light was soon procured. Peggy divested herself of her wrappings, and blushing like a girl in her teens, sat down opposite the 'Squire. "It's a very fine evening," said Peggy by way of opening the conversation. Iblid Jury "Very," replied the 'Squire, drawing his arm over her bac&. "Oh, good gracious, Daniel ! don't se quite so nigh to me. I that is, I don' consider it strictly proper. ' Mercy ! what's that i" Both listened attentively. "It was the wind rattling the window 1 guess," said the 'Squire. "Don't you go to getting nervous, Peg gy." I thought it was Kate waking up, and if she should I would never hear the last of it." "Hark! There is a noise I Gra- ciou3 airth ! it's bells. It's Jake and marm coming back! What shall I do ? we're done! Oh, 'Squire, 'taint right for us to be nothing one to 'other ! what shall I do ?" "Tell me where to go, Peggy ! Say the word ; I'll go anywhere, for your 6ake, if it's up the chimney." "Under the lounge, quick ! It's wide and will hold well! quick! do not delay a minute I" The 'Squire obeyed, but the space was so well filled that it was with difficulty he could squeeze himself into so small a compas. And just as he succeeded, Mr. Blake and his wife entered the room, floundering along in the dark, for Peggy had deemed it best to extinguish the light. Jake made for the fire, which still glowed with red coals, stumbling over the cricket and fell headlong against Peggy, who wa3 standing bolt upright, trying to collect her scattered senses. "The deuce !" cne.d Jake. "Look out, there, old woman, or you will be down after me. It's dark as pitch here, and I've fell over the rocking chairj or ihe .churn, I can't tell which. Hullo ! what's that ?" Reaching out his hand to feel his situation, and coming in con tact with the bearded face of the 'Squire. "By golly, it's got whiskers ! Peg, Peg ! where are you? where's Kate, and what's this ?" The 'Squire did not relish the assault on hishiresuit appendages, and by way of retaliation he gave a series of vigor ous kicks, which hit Will Dartmouth in the region of the stomach, and it stirred his bile. "Look here, old chap !" exclaimed he "I'm perfectly willing to share my quar ters with you, seem as we re bo:h m for it ; but you'd better not undertake to do that again." "Heavens!" ejaculated Peggy, "whose voice is that ?" "That's what I want to know. Hullo ! who's fell down over my leg3?" cried Jake, struggling for an upright position. "1 11 let you know who s down and who's up ! Jake, whera are ycu ? get up this instant and get a light, cr l il shake your breath out when I get to my feet again," said the voice of Mrs. Blake, and the old lady scrambled up enly to go down again over a chair. Jake started to obey, and just then Tige, the watch dog, who hearing the uproar, managed to break loc3e from his lair, rushed upon the scene, and set up his best bow-wow. The 'Squire had a mortal horror cf dogs, and neither fe?.r ncr love wa3 strong enough to keep him quiescent cow. He sprang to bis feet with a yell ; Will followed. Katie, full of alarm fcr her lover, hopped out cf bed and appeared with a flaming tal.'ow dip .Peggy riung her arms around the Squire's neck with amazement. Mrs. I!aka was tin only one who possessed her wits. She seized the corn popper, and laid it about her with vigor. Her aim was not always correct; and in consequence, she smashed the looking glass into a thousand fragments, znd knocked down the clock from its shelf, and demolished two bowls and n pitcher that were quietly reposing on the mantle. The bquire broke from Peggy s em brace and dashed out through the window Will followed him, and Mrs. Blake would have pursued by ths outlet, but she wa3 a little too large to get through the case. A dfeaded council was held ; Ja::e stormed, Mr?. Blake threatened ; and at last Peggy and Kato confessed. And Jake and his were so rejoiced nt the prospect cf getting rid cf Peggy that they forgave their daughter end took Will Dartmouth home at the end cf the year. And in due time Peggy and the Squire were made one flesh. One cf tb.3 sweetest incidents that we have noticed for many a day end one which show? the effect cf early training, assisted by ft pure and undefiled imagi nation has just fallen under cur ob servation. It is thus related : A lady visited Kev York city, and saw en the sidewalk a ragged, cold aad hungry little girl, gazing wistfully at some cakes in n shop window. She stopped, anu liking the little one by the haud, led her into the store. Though she was aware that tread might be better for the co!J child than cake, yet desiring to gratify the shivering ar:'l forlorn one, she bought and gave her the cake she wanted. She then took her to another place, whers she procured her a shawl and other articles cf corr.fort. The grateful little creature looked the benevo lent lady full in the face, and with crt les simplicity said, Are you God's wife ?" Did the most eloquent speaker ever employ words to a better advantage ? A Jewish proverb says, "Commit a 6i'n twice, and you will think it perfectly allowable." One of the New York Masonic Ledges has engrafted in its By-Laws the following summary of Masonic oflenEes, alike comprehensive and exhaustive : "Any Mason within the jurisdiction of this Lodge who shall become a slave to his passions, be found guilty of profanity, treating with irreverence and conttmpt the name of the Most High, guilty of un just or violent resentment toward a broth er, speaking calumnies against him or otherwise injuring him in fortune, occu pation or character, neglecting to arrest the progress of such injuries as far as may legally be practicable, scoff at or ridicule the religious opinions of a brother, with the object of drawing on sueh brother ihr contempt of others, guilty of intemr er ance, fraud, profligacy, or libertinism, shall be deemed to have transgressed the grand precept of Masonry, which teache U3 to "walk humbly in the sight of God, to do justice and to love mercy," and to be punished (by reprimand, suspension or expulsion) at the discretion of the Lodge." "To Isrant to Vote' The following letter, printed verbatim et literatim, et punctuatim, was sent to the office of a Leavenworth paper. It speaks for itself:" Kikafoo, nov. the 24, 1657. Dere Sur Will you pleze Inform me weather nigger 6uphrage Was carried at The late lection. If sech i?rant peecul is to voat I want to leav this God fursa'. king State, and Go back to Suthern illi- nois, Yeurs Trooly The Johnnies are crying lustily over some of our late Republican defeats. They would no doubt, rejoice still more it such defeats would overcome the re publicans of Missouri ; tut so far cs there have been elections ia this State, this year, the Cop3 have to mourn over defeat, Hannibal, in a mere local elec tion rolls up 1S1 Radical majority. Jef ferson city gives her usual majority. St. Louis gives a larger radical majority, in proportion to the vote cast, than ever. All these results no to show that tha Radical pany cf Misscurijs Etill alive and hwtm ts its outios.' rext year inc glv" riousRepublican3 of Lle-od-rcdeemed Mis souri will roll up her 30,000. Let every r-aa be at hh post. The report of ihe Grand Secretary of the Order cf OddFellows in the United States has just been issued. Ho reports the membership ct the present time to be 217.SS9, there havitg teen an acces sion the past year of 33,7G4 members. The receipts fcr the past ypcr have been 81:9G5,7I3 01, of which SI, 700,123 53 were from bodies under the jurisdiction cf the Grand Lodge, end $505,503 45 from bodies untler the jurisdictipn cf the Grand Encampment. The tctal relief ditpensed in the same time was $690,- G75 97, of which 625,820 25 were by bodies under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge. The relief dispenseu by the bodies undsr the jurisdiction cf the Grand Encampment was SG4.955 12. 7o Tlie Front Again PM1. We find the foIowiDg prose poem float ing uncredited in car exchanges : To tho front again, Phil ! they are threat ening your lines ! To tha front, li!;c the tempest that lerels the pines! To the front, as of old, when from Winchester town ! To if.ily the rcut you came thundering ! Ride fearless and fast ! there nro penis to brave there are pledges to keep, there's a country to save. How they'll start when they catch the sharp ring of your tramp ! Ride fcr life ! ride fcr death ! there are trailers in the ce.mp ! lie springs to the saddle spurns with disdain the treacherous counsel that seeks to detain he cau well discern 'twist the false and the true, grey shows too plainly neath for the the Lute. He's of :c the rescue outspending ihe wind, end the Cabinet's crest he ha3 left far behind. What rider comes galloping fast from afar, his charger's hoofs lingiug above the wild wcr head eagerly forward eyes fixed to the front teeth ce; and lip3 parted. What means the wild hunt ? They sec him they know him they feel h:3 strong might the columns re form that were scattered in the fight then echo the shout from the legions of blue : "Phil Sheridan's with U3 and vic tory, too. A writer in the Country Gentleman, says: On our c!J homestead we never neglected what is now too often emitted ihe pickling cf uhsat. Cf all sub stances ever tried for this purpose, sul phate cf copper, (bluestcne or blue vit riol) is the best. We use enc pound cf bbe vitriol to every focr bushed cf seed. The vitriol was dbsoWed in water, of which a sufficient amount r;a3 u?ed to thoroughly moisten the grain. After the. heap had been moistened on the floor and shoveled ever a few times, it was al lowed t3 lie fcr some hour?, r.n ! a suf ficient quantity cf lime was ndJed to dry it. Tha lime v. as generally dry, pov dered, air-slacktd lir.-.s. It wa sprink led, over th? heap, end then the whole mixeu by shoveling. The lime, howev er, was severe cn the hands fcr in thuce day? drilling machines were not much used. This objection doe3 net hold now; still, fcr those' who wish to avoid it, I think well ground plaster would answer quite as well. Long experience cn the part cf many agriculturists has shown this recipe to be the most efficient in us. wc A Mother Ls?e. - "NoIofo like mothe 1oy rc4 erer known . In depth, in intensity, in devotion how emblematic cf Infinite Love ! What moth er would not peril her life, lay it down willingly for her children, make fcrtheni any sacrifice within her power? Wo have seen a mother reduced to penury, toiling, begging for her snfTering child when she would rather die than do it fcr herself ! When the world heaped opprobrium upon her offspring, maternal love clung to them none the less devotedly. Can a mother's heart grow cold to ward her child ? Wild and reckless it wrings her heart almost to breaking with anguish, and sometimes it" has broken, but through grief intense love shines out most clear. An exile their nama a forbidden one her heart goes after them tenderly 'and full of yearning; she cannot forget them. A mother's hopes ancPambitions cen tre upon her children ; they are her treasures. With what pride she looks upon them in the bright morninj hours cf promise ; with what a glow of anti cipation to the time when they shall taka their places in seats cf honor and prefer ment ; "When my son becomes a man !" the fond heart murraura. And then her anxiety a3 they go out into the world amidst its dangers and allurements. A mother's love, ever watchful and unchanging goes with us from infancy to the ijrave if her life be spared, and beyond it, for, surviving, tloea she forget you ? How often have we seen tha lips quiver, and the tears drop when speaking of "the loved and the lost." Djing, her la3t earthly thoughts are of her childern; they are the strongest and often the only tie that binds her to earth. Earnestly, oh, how earnestly she commends them to God. The last gentle word is spoken, the last look of love rests upon them, the last sigh quivers upon her heartstrings) and the spirit wings its way to the shin ing cnes gone before. How beautiful, in after years, is tha sweet picture of a mother's love, whea we have grown weary cf theworld. Jof its vanities and deception, its animosi ties p.rd sirifo. As I look back upon my own mother's life ana hers 13 Lai a sample of every true mother Vlife so full cf devotion fcr us, her solicitude, ' her sympathy, her tender admonitions, her gentle counsels, ber prayers, for us, 1 can but feel how precious 13 that moth er's love. A mother's love and dovotion we caa never repay, but can we not do some thing to evince our grateful appreciatioa of it ? We esteem it a pleasure ; wo leve to contribute to the happiness of those even who have no claims upon us; can we net do as much for the mother who reared us? We hail with delight the opportunity cf expressing our grati tude to a benefactor, grateful for even the smallest benefit conferred ; can wo not render as much to the mother whoso life i3 devoted to us ? Beautiful it is to see a child doing this. How sad, when her labor of love, her life cf devotion, i3 all unappreciated, not even recognized ; when selfishness' and waywardness is the only return sha receives ! It 13 siid, in a heathen country, that the aged, when they become sick and helpless, are left to die uncared-for and alone. Scarcely les3 cruel and unfeeling seems the wicked, rebellious conduct of children in a christicn land, in discard ing a mother's counsels, in turning a deaf ear to her admonitions, in pursuing their evil inclinations in spite of warn ings end entreaties, thu3 draping her heart in mourning, and bowing herdowa ia sorrow. . . A mother's counsels, her hopes and desires, her prayers and tears, should be sacred to us. We shall never find an earthly friend like her, and when wo lose her we lose the best and sometimes the only real friend we possess in tho world. Speak gently to her, ycu who pas3 her by carelessly, indifferently. Oh, how cruel reems coldness and neglect to a mother ! She may make no sign, but it wounds her sensitive nature noco tho less. I3 your mother hard at work whilo you, unmindful, are idling away your time ? Let not her life be a sacrifice; let it not be worn out in unceasing toil; lighten her burdens ; lift them from her shoulder ; you will not always have her with you; do not have it to think of whea &he is gene, how much you miht. haTe dene, and did it not. Do you ever gi7e way to impatience end spleen? Do you ever speak petu- ient.y xo your mother, undutifully and j - uuuuiuuny anc rudely. There are those who would givo worlds, if they possessed them, to recall ruaeiy. what grieved a mother's heart: to hava her tack if for one brief hour to be her forgiveness. Let not, when she is ly ing in the cold grave, the remembranco cf a single bitter word come to haunt you, to sting you like a barbed arrow. Strive to make her paihway sweet and pleasant. You will not regret it whea the hand3 are folded that did so much for you; when the eyes are dull and sightless that looked so tenderly upon ycu ; when the heart has ceased to throb that beat so tenderly for you. You will wish that you bad done moro, had loved her letter. Oh, be good to your moth er; te watchful, tender, true. Lovo like hers you will never know save tho love of God. You may be poor in this world's goods, but in the possession cf it how bleot yoa are ! Ob, prize it ! Hattie A. WijEoa. f i 1 j H 1. I.' i.. . cr ri. icl .!' -cn-cn seJ too arf. o! As !w I in- ' cted ; tha' :'rom form , t wo ."poof fter ( , wo 1 rs, at! Onj ;;rror;; I town i t ' rm , and ' r-g v;- 3, an IbV y atr, ml a Inive i til 1 n wij hear; 1 read ' cht; pre t )f " bs : cop; i t tur-' ah reh iir 1 I . r.a- un M or? a p . ( an jrf it,? eel' i! Str !d CI. I ei
