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~4'"V* o '*=- J^OMINIOX W^f-A^&iSS'HARNESS SHOP. ES,; S! i- . . C, P.- "!*. Ondimif of tiliiltvi. Collecw. Member o! College of Vliyiiieliins " n4 suiywhs. Mll.1. StinsrArnw, DR. R. MORROW. Plivsl- i-ian. Surfcoon, *p, o! lMtovueVol- .-Je*.w Yorfc.iUsoUr-.utunt* ox Victoria -V>.logo, Catuitlii. (Sonsiuiatlon-iinya Tu<*iaJ" a KriJayn; from Si 11. m, till 4 p. m^ iveslilcpc* West Uower Kiroet, ACTO.V. JAMES MATTHEWS. Con- veyalicor Isttwrol Marrlace Licenses, *\>*t master. Insurance Acent, .*r<'Iii, - >oaey to .Loan, Agent Monltvnl Tele- " craph Co.- Cert Koartn i ivision Court, Voni; in ij.- If., Ac.. Aersw, Ost. HEXDERSOX, Convev- '# anl-or, -*c..- uiso Agent Cann"U UW Asrn:voc i>x DpiHts, Mortc:K<rS *e-, pre p-ired neatly, promptly cornet lv n-J-on Tea*ornh!e,-terms. Monov to l^van oa M>rlsi*o socuritv. Oltice Otasgaw House. Acton. - * BKILiD FOR 'THE MILLION The subsortbor begs to amcnineo to tho inhabitants "of Acton'ami vicinity that ho has coinmeribed'tho harness business in tho : Oltl Post Office Bui I cling', I MILL STREET. ACTOX, where he is prepared to turn 'out \york second to none in the Domin ion, as cheap ris the chonpjest, and on the shorto.it possible u.o'tioo. I have on hand a largo and well .elect ed-stock ot ; "" B. &| E. NIOKLIN Keg to announce that they have secured tho Bui ric.u.i of a First-Class Baker, Sorso BlaaSQts'. 'WTiips.'-Bi'usliQS, ; Combs. XruaSs.'cicJ .; ; anil that their B i in frill operation, I by Jl/ra. Hanna. | Bread will be i ( houses in the, vill: king business is now u tho premises owned- JttnX McklXDSEY, Attor- uoy-at-La.*, Solicitor tu Ch wt-rv, Mv^tary t'uallc. Conveyancer, etc. lUUoo: ^-Over WiMson's Drug siorv. Main Sueev Milton. 'to. j Repairing promptly attended Give me a call and bo convinced, - , I - i ,T. F. PEM.PSEY ; i\cton, Nov. 25, 1S75. J.. Pastry, : i; " nyide in the[very 1 I always oil hand, j:. Co.i M A.T1I ESOX, AM onie j I J. D Ac. .ptTlo^ Corner of Alain aint Church Streets. litorgMUrwn. i PPL E BE r. SIM rSQ X. ax. Barristers, Atiorne.vs-|.I^w, s<> lienor* la Chain-ery/'Conveyiu.ebr.s <se f:tin 5>ns.*el, *Kont5fcT\.\vs. "M. lAIBUM, Barrister. - AUorneiMl-Unr Solicitor tu Orixieery, .tc. *^rtlik s : _ K iu .street; Milton", .Vain strv<-i. l'lu. . JJtluin OUIro wi.T 1^ ulultr On1 m.inii?i>- ittesit ot l>. \V. Carai>t>-ll, nn|i>lr Uu.-'i- law wal a^-iul. m lue 'Miltisn utlUv" o'rt t"nJ^y or- il^'i Wt?\-fer:' ' ; i A* TOX BAKERY. Hurrah. >v OHEAP BREAD. II trrali. . ill kinds (if t'heeso, &c.j Tlie"]mti\'Hnf;e' pectfully solicitei AeUiii. Fob. 20 fj*' I ELPII ARMORY. H EXRYLT DRAKE, iN>riii\tE icm, t;si:Lpn. i Ac^r.l :Vr tl^e Jlerwnl le :iiul ^Vnt^rU^i, Ail b'-^uiv^N oiitrnvtfl lo.i'is-eiirei'Wi I l'** 'dl'.liiuliv nl:<ll'.it ti Uk ln!eiN.hv ninil loncittst. - H.L.l)R'.tKi; Hiij Bl'ii'll l-i tl.tl :o\v:i U-e life O!" fa. i *> hiii'-.T'or llri ina best m"Q iu IP-: ry, thar t ^laielj rie in; the of goods.-,- fgure. eying ; . PATEvrs nr IXVEXTIOXS "t^x ** tili'-;^;S :*i{i j*r t-rlv s^mirr-u in Oati-'J -, Li* > -i ttW Kuu|h'. htHii- >: ^ir--iii:** :t -t no nature-'. s<-i.'i jur y.-ri :iU*il iii>ii i:ci -nil-! -i.\Cf*'ic-^<* in opt r- n;i-.:i :-i7A-*;ir>. HKVK'V (il.I^T.: j " . . t^:t.*\r:u C:iu:C-l'i, Mf-clinlM! .Kn^Itieor, s.icn<r <>I I*-* D. GALLOWAY ll(4r^ to nitrojiiTO to tf'oinliiili 'nut Anon :ltlil yicinliy Hull he ll.i* |omi tits Itllkil'i: k.-rtnli!isl:infl:l lu If: ^v "ILLIA1TM ATKINS, burr Xarrliiee lieeuie* A t'rrtJBralrt, Br JUiyal Api-oiultnptfn> . Huinrs pnvaiti uril c*~>nti<eR.Unl effloc al :hg Post oitU-e. Ulvnw'llliani^ Cu-ty Ha.ion. \_ i^es 1n*-.\:. iNx-if ic: Mm nv vv ln-r>- li^ iia-* !>ui:t a lirsl- and r> Ilrtixl top promise* -n :i 11 bty'e for n Hakpry uml Cunfi Uralneiis. and i> turning out M BS. S. i AKTtK. ' Te*f.fcx ofMttJilc, DrnTvlns and French* X.'h"nr^h Kireot, Aclnn. B2t"TSa SEEAD T3AN ST2S, Buns, Gates, Biscuits, Wastry, C *. Alio' tbe b<st qintli^ ; <Iuct*i ;i anil i ri'ccs. f TEMPER livored daily at ^o and vicinity. tho "Weddinp; Calfes^ Tea Cakes," Biina; &c, est maimer, and kept xid and fresh. AIko feetiouery, -Hiscuit's, M the public is-iV's- B. '& I' lHTii. XK-KI.1X. ionable wtirld, ry other watM-- bt'un at, that I tliore until I r c r ni JOHN KIRKHAM, pn-ui- rW <iVt-M t-ojjiss cuoi.f-ry iriinsiiiiili, Sil vcr-Platcr, &c. Wished to inform I he public that he has . . removed to Hatch's Block, .ndics, t gr^Ul y re- o LITER LOZ1EE* Plasterer, l*laj*t^ri"g a.Lil Iloi].gh-<s*>tir:^ done uti ttie lh'*si re^>o:i^tt>ic ternis auJ >;iUsfac- 3Iixel Candies at ZZv iker lb, p'roduce of a'l klmis take n. lu tr^hMige j ' for Uootls. A CTOX FLOIR MILXS. a * E. MQ'kLIX, Proprietory. ' ^Vi luht Cor wflirht giw u In I-rea _ crnnt^e for r Intir. 1 In cx- Flonr nd Pet-iRalvnys on han<1, wholp. f kale an-l retail,'(irisii^jj; n.r.Ch<p^iuj;:! OaiLi. Cult'iifairfclftusfif Or>in. .-..! BOSSHn HOCSfc, Acton. i\j to ih-<j. T. Kin wny Slaii\M. Kxc<IIcirtitcbOHiin<xli%iit.irfor iiie travel. Ilaj publ.e. THus. uAJli'iiELL, Hnu'r. X\OMiXlOX HOTEL. Acton. - 1' / ttnl>ert A^rnew, ^rojnet6r.'llJiw ne Hot*! i% ntie I op in WrsiMrln^s style'wlth new iiimlture. Commercial Trarellprji tr! 1 lind trooti j.rrnium(>ii,iicn azkieomrhojjous .saujpifc Godns. SpecUi! Lnt5o:i p:iui v> Hi" u'aniK o' tne intvc-i- lin pii"iic, H.-ir .upp.iV ' wiiii Hie l>e>t liiquor?. a..'J Cije *r.-. wooi -S alillni; aiitl 'fttteatire H.<Kll'ir*. .' . . ; WM. IIEMSTRLEJr, liicensed Auctioneer Kor the Counties of Wellington, and 'Hnl- ton. Orders l>-a aL tlie' Kkke pbbss! Offlce, Acton, or at my rp>i'le'nci-,' in j Koek\rtd. will fippromptlyatieodei* Hi.: Terms reasonable. j Gniltfj lirful >t- fi'f.ei'ti llrrarf^Duns; nii'I C^k -s deli vpt^aI pvery lay, fresh, nmo.nil the viliij^e. WEDDING & FANCY CAKES made to order and on J-.:-n<i, In Itie^h'tofr s and at reasonable ciinrjecs. :: style .N.R.- ~i>r Next dyor to'Ty.li AMMtTNITTON F33, AU BRSECH -Ely A ICynocf Caps f ir .re loadln Kc*-fnpi'ers. Cap h Cr!iMir.'lf lining Hi-cOm-tv t..r a Sjk Ail suits Of 11.-1' ext-ruleil on the slu Cue'pli, Ajiril 21 All good* nrpf^rairuliter! pure, ns jnoiiili g but the bt"'r-r matt rinljis ii,-i:<1. : The patronage of the public Is ft f-.lly solicit"-(1. - L Call ajid see for your.-cjv-' -CJ liAI.I.OW'Af Acton, March S, 1STU. ef 1" Qi- I5KOS. CTOX D RIED MEAT, DRIED MEAT. A PLALNIN& MltiLS , AND : Pump, Sasliv Door 4111 d Factory. THOMAS EBEAGE, Aetan. 2K-D* or \BB1CS, fssi Cfliarles Oaineilon 11 Having^ postponed femoral in order to clear, out his stock of Pok, offers at a . redncetl rate - - - Superid* Ssiaksi-aad ITasmoked \. \ ' -Lburicturer of Sams, CTaa'bsrland Cut & Bacon, j cured" by. himself, and; which will, bo 1JTJ'nfl.Q'O' Sa.Sfl found 1instirpased in d.tiality. . Trj-.it, *****'*" I - tend be- convinced. i' . j I " In future, meat.will bej found in the | hop partly occupied by G. M. Sci/tt, ' Mam street, Actop. . . " ~ - '"'[ j -" < CHAS,. CA.I/ET.oic. i- April US, 1976. ., . 44-3m I | on's Butclier ' SI. lop G ASMS. Cartridge Cippp and j same. He-loaders, lectors, Curlers, ai d tods and all articles tsii:an% om!lt_. uirinij and Jobbing- nest notice al ISTfi. ^CTOX LIVERY & SALE STABLE j v. 1 Take p'ensure in I public generally thr Blind At. Benson ran be hini, and he I bt; surpass*d by aiiv Acton Julyj 1st, ISp ILLAX nnnounclnn 1o the t lie Is prepared to fur.iMsh First-class Eors 03 and Carriasos ible Kates. His Iti"simd Horsc-srire the best that 1 determined not u> City stable. Jori which 1000 Cords of GOOD HEMLOCK BARK,! I wna lefVnn qi-nhan nt'nn tsavly ngo, but with immense, wealth. -^Vfter nrrivinrf at miinhdod, I en- joyeil all tliitt untrnlinmelled leisure could procure uier I travelled abroad, Vind for Ronio years pursued those nniu.Ki'tiients nnd |>leniii,ea which the Continent, with its ex perience of luxitry, ofl'era to the unoccupied ai'ul wenilthy. . "' "TTW1 en I was thirty, I "determin ed to ninrt-y, and one suminer, lifter recoveriHf,' from iirj_iii'uck of illnes.st niiijipened, by chance, in travelling abviut in pursuit of nt_V lost heiilth, to stop,nt a Bcit-bntliing plnce, fjilito unknown tp the fasl. It jwns so unlikejeve iiif-plnco I hnil ever resolved to remain wearied'of it as I hinl of everything else. - |f ; At this retired Hjipt I met Emily Grayson. Her parents had gone thete, like myself, for tho benefit of (Jieir health, rather than nmuse- meYit. ;-; II found tlint hbo was artless, 5n- lolllt'ellt, and aGTeeU<>iia.to ; theso werb tli.e quulitiea wliicli TJhad tle- tennined my-future ivife' must pos- sessi Kevertholeis she had faults^ iinioiii; which the most conspicuous t . - 1 ' was an impetuous temper," with small quantity" of pride. 1 soon found she was'rather s'elf-- willed ;' but I excused, this fault-, for she had alwayti been the petted plaything of parents, friends and teacherst These were her oiily -errors; nnd I.thought they might e-.u-ily be corrected: for ^whilo harshness but incenfed her, she vioa rtseiisily controlled by gent'.eiiess as a child. Suffice it to say, that she came nearer my. idf'al than nnyohe I bud ever met vvlfth, and I deter mined to win her. I loved her. as I never loved/wo.- nian'. I read with her Sier favorite an thui-s and mine ; I iyaSked and rode, sung and talked: witli her. I told her of tin- lands I| had visited t-of the wonders I hadiieen ; and, when at l.a.st, I gave utterance to;my love, my words fell on nijwilling ear, and I soon obtained "i>erryiissiorf her hand of her parents. i Great was theu- astonishuifnt wlien tlie}' lirurd. their girlish dan ter demanded in marriage.! . Tl liiiit seen my - attentions,; it trtie ; but thev hall' looked on as so much her senior slio but sixteen, I beyond thirty they had never imagined the possi bility of. ina becoming a lover. However,-when they found that Emily really ~ loved me, they ofi'er- -ed no objection, save utipula^ing that our marriage should- be defer red for one yearj-jtliat ,we might study each other's j characters more closely duiing that time, with the additional request tl at 6ur betrothal sliotild not be made'public. If, at tlie expiration x>f tlkjit time we both remained unchanged, they promised that she should become mine. I yielded to wbut I could not control, but there satisfaction mingle* pointiiient I saw Unit my wealth hud no influence in their decision ; ar.dthe fear which had always haunted me of being married from mercenary motives at length'I was Toved fondly and devotedly loved, and for myself alane. . "j I Daily my betrothed grew nearer h- (,y Was ne iib uit vas.-n. source of with my dispp- I will pay Doors, >'. " Venetian Blinds v Mouldings, X>tBE MILK. .X-he undersigned bezsto.tb.aiik his ens- And Other Building Requisites tofneni for theniberal prtifonage. received. ; . : dorine the past isnmmer,'and wonld say j ; '/, i lhaijielKnow prepared t cnpply an ad-J ! . Also ilakera of - dittonal nunrber of ctwtotners with good, 1 . )i)S.-rresli-iittlr-delIreBe<l- every mrn-- ISIPEOVED SUCTION FtJUPS in* ao4 twice a;day on SatnrdttyT. Par-. Uf* who -fceep c'own wjlf-flcd it min-h eBeaper and less trouble to eet milkdellv-1 Wirt t Ihcir'dodrs, and they Wjnld do? . welltofell theirco^and boy their, milk. -, Lumber Planedand DresBed toorde Wenty-orie"iquart"tickelB ror gl. If paid f . - in tlip liest mannnr In advance, dr twenty-one pint tickets - ^ mine best manner. j forflOeenu. r If. K. ABMSTKONU. ' " ' A^ton.'Xov.iOth.'lbTS. ]yriLTox PLATONa MILLS. ~r -J. R. MtTOHELL, - - .1 )Manuactnrer of -r , R*fh, Doors, Blinds. Mould- iWDoor and Window --- -frame*, Pickets,tc. . Pining, \ Scroll. Work and Matdiin^ Done to Order. a* Blind* 30 cents per foot, "Sa AH work delivered in Acton free. -, Orders left st Secord Bros, will^be- promptjy-^tsnded to. '-"-"' -'. ^MiU<^i, Jane 6, 1876. } CO-ly ~ $5 tO ^5^^' day~nt home. ii2T uSLJ^*1** "nplM worth tl We. Stio Co., Portland, Maine, fg&F All work goaranteed. Acton, Jan., 1870. , . " Tjl TEOLLOPE eilAPMAX, Practical Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Binding Xeatly Executed. Account Boohs of all Kinds Made to Order. , Eulihg Promptly Attended to. Bjsdekv George's Square, Guelpl, ' its' Orders left ot the Fbee Pbes Office will receive prompt attention. FXVS POZ-LAiaS PES CORO cry, if' delivered m At the Acton T.-mi L. BEA11D5I011E. Z. A. HALLj Agenjt. Juno, 187C; and dearer to me -y though modeJJty restrained any protestations of love, her silence was more eloquent thuii words.. - I - 1 The year parsed jlinjipily nwiiy, id my wedding day arrived. I the occHsion of UNDER 49-Sm Tlio undersigned the people <>f jActon will furnish all Requisites in . .j . - on short notice and AK1NG. begs leave to inform and vicinity that he rndeftakiiii; reasonable terms as can b e had* Hcafsc Supjillei 1 in we b i j Showi-Cases,: Bool: when Desired. Also thr t ho. will -; Pit up Sto: :3 & Offices st stylo. Cases and Desks made i o order. FUIlXlTURr. hEPAlJiED. - I Shop on WiJloW street, near Main st. ! !. M. McCANN. 1 Acton, Maicn 20, 1876. 39-6m TOB PEINTIVO of all kinds tf neaUy and promptly executed at the irrfEE, PRESS 0FFI,CE,: 1T Next Hie/ros|t Offlce. Mill Street, CJBND 250. to O. P. ROWFLIj '& CO,, O Wew York, for Pamphlet ofiOO pages conlalnine list* of 8000 newspaper*, nnd , ,lV. estisaatesabovrlnj; cojt of adTertlsloe. > 1 uo, dSI'O ndttyat home if>Xt oiiltltnnii tdims Iree. Au^ustli, Maine/ A cents wanted. 1KUK.S and my would have made it u grand festival; I wished the world' to witness my proud joy!; but my bride looked on marriage ate too solemn too ijeiious a thing for mirth. ' / \ b A-proudcr, if not a happier man, was I when, after we had GnishBtl the bridal tour, she vas at last in stalled as mistress of my magnifi cent mansion when I received the congratulations of my fiiends,.and ( heard the whispered innimer of adr miration which her beauty excited. Fete after fete was given to her, and we plunged into the maelstorm of fashionable matrimonial dissipa tion.' . Emily, however, preferred- the quiet]pleasures of hoiiio to the gay scenes into which BhetwiiB introduc ed bnt- ipy Vanity rejoiced in her triumphs. Secluded as she had wen from so-; cieiy, slie had none of tho faultH of the initiated; and I w^is proud to contrast her artless,! unaffected mien and modest dignity with the stately pretentions of i.bose around her. , ', At length the bridal parties were over, and in the quietude of our home our 'characters began gradual ly to unfold themsel res in each other's'view. I fount that I was not mistaken in my -estimate of my wife's love. It was a more devoted affection; dreamed would become loved mft wjitlrnll the'warmth, of her impotuofis nature; her faults wero'not called into action, and sho was radiant 'with nil tho thosogood qualities wtiich so dolight n man. Howjvery. nappy wo woro ! j-how -very hnppyl wo might "huvo re mained ! - I havo said tlint my temper was naturally violent; tlint;I was ob stinate; that, I was selfish. Pre vious to my marriage, circiriijstancos had kept tliiH infirmity of Idisp.osi- tion in check, and for somo months after I controlled it. It had- hiit slumbered it was not quenched; and I, who had ;iin- dertaken to correct this very fault in another, now, myself, became its slave. . ] ". ^ Tho bonds' were: soon broken tho first unkind words'were spoken easiiy repeated after they havo once occurred. Tho first quarrel that sad era in mar- rien life had taken placo between us, and both felt that, henceforth, that perfect lovo which wo had hitherto enjoyed could return no more. Could, wo lever divest ourselves of the memory of those cruel words! ." But wo might still 'bo compara tively happy if this evil occurred no more;" so said -.'my weeping wife, when .after a passion of tears, she offered mo her hand. Things passed on smoothty for a time ; but the bonds were broken, and I censed to check the ebulitions of anger which the slightest circum stance called forth. Before tlie second year of my married life had passed away, I became that worst of all oppressors -r- a household ty rant, | . | - . . At any annoj ance, no matter how slight if iny meals were not prepared at the appointed hours if a paper or! book were mislaid-: I would give way x> expressions of anger of which, afterwards I really felt ashamed, knowing how unwor thy they were of a man; and yet, when again angry I repented them, and more violently than before.' My wife bore this with patience, but her indulgenci) chafed me, and I sometimes ntteied taunts which no human being could suffer in si- lenee. Then catne a reply and when this reply did come such scenes as oceuned|! I would work myself into an insane passion, and utter words /which in my cooler moments I shuddered at, and which invariably drove Iter, weeping from the room. And yet, soon nO-er, would she come to me and beg to.be forgiven for tho :very words which I hail forced her to' utter.. The : demon within m9 rejoiced to see her pride thus humbled before mine^for never, no matter; hew much in fault, did I seek a reconcilliation. My temper became .more, and more violent, jand at length, in one of-oAir usual quarrels, I proposed a separation. , Never shall I forget her look, as she came near me and plncecl her hand on my aim. " Hontce," said she, ," do you think I could survive such an act? Dp you think; I would cast a stain] nppn my young sister ? Do yon think I would send my grey-haired parents jsorrowing to the grave? Would I bear, the world's sneering pity ? Ifever never! I will die rirst. Persecute me, torture me, inflict every refinement of cruelty upon me -even strike me, if you will never will I consent to such a proceeding -never shall the world call me other than your wife as long as we both live. You camo to me when I was young and happy; you took me from a home where I bad never known sorrow ; yon have blighted; the hopes of triy young life ; and now you seek to cast nie away like a toy of which you have wearied !" 1 recoiled at myself; but I re mained unchanged. We had been married fonr years, and Emily had greatly'changed in that time. The gay, light-hearted girl, bad become the calm, dignified woman. Tho. world looked upon us as examples of matrimonial hap piness, for we were both too proud tQ.befray the truth. Of lnte, Emily's manner had al tered ; she ceased to reply to my fits of passion; neither did she -come and seek to effect n reconcil liation with me. An icy calm reigned between us.-. This existed for some time; but, while I wish ed it broken, niy pride prevented me from making tho "first advance. Thiis mattefs stood, when, one day, I entered' the room where she was sitting, and excited by wine, which lately was frequently the. case, I commenced upbraiding her about some:trifle. She answered not, but continued her work a piece of delicate em broidery. Enraged at' her silence, I snatched it from, her hands, threw deeper nnd than I ever JShe- mine. have more reBppct for your hus band than you have lately "shown;! See," I continued, as I picked it up nnd toroj it to fragment)?; "see! there is the frippery which you think more worthy of your atten tion than your husband !" " " '? Anything is more worthy of it than myj husband at this moment," she1 replied.' 1 _ '* Say yo.uj'RO say you so, ma dam ?" I exclaimed, grksping her by the arm, and ^hissing/ the v/ords tht ough my teeth ; "the'n what'say you to a separation ?/ You need not refuso, I \vill bave.one; I will live no longer with suoh a wife ! I)oyou consent? .Answer me?" I continued, shaking her by the arm. " As you please,"- she replied ;- " nothing C{UI be worso than this." " You consent at last, then dp; you? Well, this very day will I conimenco arrangements." " When yon please;" she replied; and she left the room.. I: stood aghast. at what I had done; I had again proposed a separation, and 'vow'. she had, con-^ sented. I hud said that on that- very day I [would commence-ar rangements for. the purpose, and- could I break; my word ? Could I go to her nndi beg her'not to leave me, and /that when I myself had proposed snchi a step. . . ' My pride again forbade me, and I obeyed its; dictates; but there still remained: a secret hope within me, that on iol reflection, she her self; would reijuse. My wife did not appear again during that day'; tho next morn ing I found a note o.n iny plate at the breakfast table.. Emily was not there. I opened it, and found that it contained aj proposal to the effect that she should be permitted to join some friends [ who were about to visit France, ostensibly on account of her health j* that she should re main absent one year, and if.at the" expiration ofj that time she still lived, that a permanent separation might be arranged ;. but at present such a thing should not be made public. ' The note was written in a clssar manner, yet I thought the desire to avoid publicity in the affair betray ed some token of relenting. I re plied to it at once, saying I should mako no objection to such an. ar rangement, or! to any other that might suit her convenience. With the note I sent a large amount of money for h'er! preparations. -The next day wo received an in vitation to.a party, which, contrary to her. late habits, Mrs. Mansfield accepted. She sent it to me in a note, stating the , fact, and saying that she thought it would afford'an excellent ^opportunity. to make, known to society, her intention of visiting; Francs. I asiented. During the time which interven ed I saw my wile only at table, when she appeared as calm as ever, though, perhaps, a trifle paler than usual. Hour after hour had I looked for her pride to fail her. Deeply injured as she had been, I could riot bring myself to believe thatH loving me as sho once had loved me, and I fondly hoped still did- but after having once "niado public her intention, I feared' least she .might not shrink. '< I Would she do so ? 1'; Oh ! how anxion&ly I awaited that ftvontful night; and when, at last,: it came, I was dressed at an unusually .early hour. I hoped, I prayed, that her heart would conquer that love would subdue pride ; but how could I, how dare I hope it? What'in dignities had sho not borne from me ! Ought I riot to httmble my self, and ask h;r to forgive me? Had she come, in at-that moment I would have done bo, but'she cauie not;.. 'j- -/ '! vl At the time to proceed .to: the party she entered, aud ad pale and as ca]m as uiiual. She was dressed with great care and-looked exceed ingly handsome. Could this be thei light-hearted girl J married a. few-years'agop Could this cold, this haughty^ this imperial woman, .be the gentle, the loving, the deli cate wife of other daya? ' I heard the murmur of admira tion; which greeted her; I saw group after 'group of flatterers gathering around her; arid I wan dered through the crowd like onei in an opium dream, until, at last, I reached a . conservatory, where 1 concealed myself, and thought of her thought of her as when first I" met her, I looked back on the happy hours of our beti-otbal on the' haj^iier days of our early mar ried life. I recalled her joyousriess of spirit, her frank, confidence of manner,.her deep love ; bur former, happiness, our present misery ; and I remembered I hat it was I that had. wrought the change. In ja few days we should paiit it on the carpet, and placed my foot perhaps forever part, .while our on it. _ Tho blood rushed, to her j hearty werp Ijill for each other ! cheek and-she sprang tolier feet, and bade me restore it to. her. " Oh, icicle," I replied,-^' are you melted at last? Give it to you? No, indeed; I will teach you to Neve^ had I adored her as at that hour,! and I determined 'that she should not leayb me. _ " . Just then th|> voiee of somo one singing - reached roe. The . tones seenied familiar; I could not !be raistaken^-the voice was'-hers, ^ I hastily repaired' to the io$m frenn whicl^ it proceeded, and plac ing myself jin a position from which. T qould- see the singer without being seen by her, listened until the song was finished. - ' ,-i "i - " She was about to risej w'hen sev eral voices tusked for another song for one- which had once been ti favorite ofi hers of mine, -Shi flushed, andj then paled again, when it was placed before her. Perhaps she.thQuglit of how often she had sung that song for me, -;' '. In my; eagerness I bad pressed forwaid,-arid just when shehesitat-- ed, he^eyesj met mine.-- >ha imme.- dfately complifed; Her^ voice fal tered at fir&i.; but Vecoveririg her tbe even my last kiss on her cold lips, f new, thatsho. was'dead,- and asked em wha't.they;had JonewithheW At first.'jth^y hesitated,- feut at- fength they'^told me, that sKe had lileen buriedi" Burietl 1 my Emily 1 my wife! ^Again I' ceased'to re- tiiember. The deliriiim wjhich ac- c >mpn nied the;' fe ver Ihat1 had a t- t-icked ."mel returtiedr All was - ciaos. -..- , j ' ' Several months'elapsed-ere I re covered ', nd girioe tltatitiriie my diys have passed, in tears^and in p-ayer at her giive- ': d her goodness, bf affec- - tion,!and mj terrible sin. ..",!"- '.- ^ Years have rolled uwiy ginoesiie was consigned to the tomb f-yeiirB of suffering, of re,morsei-in wJiicti ! I clothed tny spirit with; saokeloth, self, she sang it through to, the end. ! aiid heaped ashes on its head. It wa3 a.liiyj of happy love. When it^wisfinished she looked at me for a moment, and Only a.moment, and then commenced another one I had never heird before^-tho stoiy of a proud heart broken!-. The words seemed to. come from h(e.r very soul. The tones of her voice wHl ring in my ears till tlioy are dulled in death. 'A deep, piti ful silence j pervaded the roomr Tears were, Powing on all sides, hnd many red lips quivered with, emo- tiom Then! she ceased and arose from her seat, but so wan-was she I feared she! would faint. We soon .after returned home. The distance ivas short; but the time seemed an age until we reach ed borne, j I would have given worlds to have spoken and to have told her all all my "repentance my tongue clove to the roof of triy mouth, nori indeed, until long after, we had reached our home, and she' bade me "'good night," could I ut-j teiawordj Then, and only then, I 8tammered_out a request that she would remiiin for a few moments. She closed the door ndturned to her chauv I hesitated.' "Emily," at last said I not called her so for some months before, " Emily, will you not sing me those ssngs you sang to-night J" - " Certainly, if you wish it,"" she rep>lied; and'seating hei-self at the piano, she sang them again." - T had. determined when the songs \yere finished to seek a recorifciJia-. tion ;- but the demon : pride whis pered, "'Will yon be.less firm than she? thisfanriot last why humil iate yourself?."" - ' "' Alas! X listened, *nd obeyed. ,;I perrpittedTthe last opportunity fo recajI our lost happiness" to. escape. Prkle, the|tyrant, was obeyed, and I suft'ei-edi her to leave the room with a cold " good night." I went i up into my own "lonely chariiber, and sat' down, land pon dered on the events of the evening, regretting,! bitterly regretting my /oily in 'sufferinn/ my pride again: to master mej ; ' -' I heard! my wife moying about her chamber, which' adjoined my own and jthen, suddenly, a jlieavy fall and.it groan! . I rtishedjinto her apartment, and ^ound her extended dn the floor, jl raised her in my arhis, and, to niy dismay, saw the evidence that; she had broken a blood.-vessel--~sb.e would die! j - "-"" I sprang to the. bell.-. '. - . ,", ; . In a few minutes, whie/h. aaemed iCn age, the servaata entered the room, but stopped horror-stricken" at beholding their beloved misttess apparently in the agonies of death! " The doctor ! a.doctor quick!" I shouted. ! " She - will die-e-she will die!" j In a seccind they were all gone save her riiaid,- who was sobbing* and praying,'while she Swiped the blue lips.jof her expiring mistress. Oh ! -what]agony I suffered {dur ing the interval which 'ensued be fore the arrival of the physician. -I called her by j the dearest .titles ; I hegged her but to speak one word, I entreated her to forgive me only: to: smile onceimore. j She slowly opened her large eyes;.- a' sunlight smile passed .over her features, aud fche was dead-! ffust then the physician entered, I woiiliLuot, could not "believe that My deep rej>enleneei has" at Inst pfocured forgiveness. Last night ale tniiled upon me in my-dreams'^ and beckoned mevaway. ; I most, jcyfully ac^nowledgetl'the suni- . mqns. - Ere many dajrs I shalbpaRs lie portals of |that7mystic land bere sorrow cornea uop j arid, for- gtttirig all my ciirues, I auujlahide w ith my angel for ever and ever! " ." Bard on the Couple. A Cleveland ^rummer Was in J3 mira a few Sundays-ago; and wtiile' sitting in his room, heard, fr >ni the next room, the mysterious ' question and answer : ; " Whose ducky sreyoa?" - ' " I'm your dnckj l"r - " iA fejw mpriients" paB3eu, dnring - licb the drummer sat in: opea- mtuthed wonder, and the silence ..jraa again broken - I" Whe ducky *re, you J" ' '""I'se;y^ud ducky J"V / \'\ " TJriable to staad it inucb longer, aUne, the Cle^elander hurri.ed down - tdjthe office, learned thkt-'n'1 hewly-- married couple were jn the ;house, infiled thri other drummers to hejir the fun, and tip-to6i )iai;k to_ his room'. 5 'he wicked qtiaftette.:: crammed-, their haridkerchidfs \tifr,'.'- their months, And durtng'the next;' quarter of an hour heard that; fqndl cofinudrttm rut and, answered no- loss than font times by ,the\ flheoii-. ' scipus rustic i nd his blushing'bride. -. At the'dinner table) as"';liicis\' woiild. have it, the bride and groom were seated bBtweeri the twof drum - meps, while the original'diawyerer ; of the. afiUir aat opposite." j The , table, had bee l cleared^'of the;;suh-." stahtials,' and orders for dessert hgd'- beian givenr' At that motnent'a spii-it: of mischief took possieaaioirof ' the Clevehin ler. Leaning across 1 the table, he looked "archly at hia ; neirest friend.and, without a smile,- i pre pounded :t1ic; cbriuridrmri* r".!" i" Whose ducky are'yoii'f' .'"lie other chap wasF equal to tlie em srgencyj ar d,in torids of affected i_ swiftness got iu his-answej, _ , "I'se youir diickey."' .. : -_ .-_ : rustic fkcesr/ih*e lut--- ter of a white draw through itbe doc t-way, twi .vaeaiitr teal*; j it '.the tab !e, and. f >ar ,erazy drut ltriers lau jliing .till the tenua ran, i ashed across the vis oa of the.spectator aa the ciutaiu fe 1. ^ l ru ehe was realty i\& more that she "tliem Useful Receipts, -; To pruaetvi ice in a refrigt ratjgr, u'rap in sever; il thicknesses of ,uew's- papjer.-." _ '_ -iTo keep ci t vflo\vera" "fresh,; to* vasfe of flower j pvit half a teui pooii- iful pf soda iri th water. -r ; ". [ " To cleani ;tra^L matting, put a7 : pin'ii. of salt in a pail of warui' fater, and give ^Ithe matting ;a tljo rough '. washing.^..: ;. " T his is ;a- gc od receipt to bri ghtefi furritnre and remove spots : Two fcnbl jspoonfuls df vinegir; lalf a tfias KKinful of turperitiris; ok with a bit-of-flanntl. - ' ",-" j;.. -. (\:S; vf.et;S^^- Chop tender eab- Mgt very fink and cover pit Y-ith any agreeable! acid^fruit' j tiic i-,i es-'. pfecially grapds; sweeten;1!-'1st it* stand half an hour and srrve < old. To iwke rust from" steel, xlve.15: the steel with sweet oil, wl| rri bbed iri, I In forti:eight hourfit-!"rip it with 'finely-powdered utrdtcked ' lime until the |riist /disappears,' j f] :theribx> flowers, ^ake' m iT..'l had been taken f^m_me,; I begged and-prayed of them to exert"1 their 8kill,.to,save her. r ii .- "It- will bo useless to attempt it," was their passionate-reply; 'tyo human powejr can restore life !" A I did not believe tbem. -My'.wife was not, could hot be'dead 11 clasiped her in my arms; I' kissed her hi-owT her^lips, and all became'a blank-!."' Wihat passfic) afterwards I. know- nc>t. When I awoke to conscious ness I found myself lying on a Jed in a;(larkened room.. A strange fe male whs standing by jts side.-talk-.- ingin a low tone of voice to another stranger. . ' j', . " r-' -"He seems i better to-day, doc tor," said she. I'..- . ,i laske.d for my. wife;;<|hey told me to be quifejt, that I-had been very ill, and inquired how I felt. .1 answered, j riot, for gradually "past even()8!came hack- to my- fecol lection to from, the vJase, threw oat th4 cold - ' . j .watert, and replace it with hot',ijter iri Which ydu can barely huldyotrr finger;;.; piit-ji 1 thp'lftowjarsj immediately. Tfhe effect fell is wonder A Nbw/ MjCTHOrr of Hatchjixo _ Chickens. Wesley Abie's1 barnyatd riearTioy, Beverly, a:jstrshgd jfaois$, as-ifijmLde : by ia brood of voung chickeiis,;-was heart proceediigfrom adnngneap, and n examination itVwas foutid that; 1 large bi ood of chickens had bean hafclied outjby tl-!ljekt\of:^ .the nantire haip, the oggi ivhich - .had -! een.depoiited by the heni jbfe-.'" . iiig p -oteoted f rom the: i*aya oC the* sim h f a bunc 1 ofjslmw.'*hiohil>ad^' acoidiintally been -thrown.over the- nest. 'Antf-a vw . we suppose our, fa*meraVwi^l le- trying the experi-; ment of keenirgp their- hena altend- Srig sorictly. to the "liriiines* of If jr-:'- dug' eegs whp. 3 tliey undertake | to Hr hayo;|dl the bii txjljine done -Qu.tajet I"reinemberied everything^ riaanti-e.heap,'. \ ~ :*-v ~^-- x-::-: