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So 1 ame here on business -only a word to say (Calo is staking pea-vines, and couldn't come to day) Justtotell you and parson how that we've chang'd our mind; Sell tear up the paper, lawyer, you =ee it wasn't signed, ward home; 4 want to thank him for some thing; twas kind | | le of him to come; Ie's showed the Christian <pirit,stood by gs firm and true, he'd been a lawyer too. How good the "sun feels, and the and blowin' trees ; Something about them lawyers makes me feel fit to freeze, I wasn't bound to state particulars to that man, But it's right you should know, parson, our change of plan. grass We'd been some days a-waverifi' a little, Caleh and me, | And wished the hateful, paper at the bottom of | the sea ; But I guess 'twas the prayer last evening, and the few words you said, That thawed the ice between us, and brought things to a head. You see, when we came to division, there was | things that wouldn't divide ; There was our twelve year old baby, she couldn't { be satisfied To go with one or the other, but just kept whim- petin' Jow, 5 "IMNstay with papa and mamma, and where | they go I'll go." Then there was grandsire's Bible--he died 'on on our wedding day; We couldnt halve the old Bible, and should it go ravine lying next the valley in which he | or stay? The sheets that was Caleb's mother's, pler on the wall, With the sweet old names worked in--Tryphe- us, and Eunice, and Paul. It began to be hard then, parson; but it harder still, Talkin' of Caleb established down at McHenrys- ville ; Three dollarsa week 't would cost him,no mendin' nor sort of care. And board at the Widow Mecham"s, a woman i that wears false hair, Still we went on a-talkin'; socks, And make a dozen striped shirts, and a pair of | wa' mus frocks ; And he was to cut a doorway from the to the shed: ** Save you climbing steps much, in frosty wea ther," he said, 1 agreed to knit some kitchen He brought me the pen at last; and he Looked as he did with the 1 agnr, in the Spring of sixty three, "Twas then you dropped in, parson; twant much that was said, ; "Little children, love one another," buf the thing was killed stone dead. | 1 felt a sinkin', I should like to make confession; not that I'm | going to say The fault was all on my side, that never was my way, But it may be true, that women the' how tis 1 | can't see Are a trifle more aggravatin' than men know | how to be. Then, parson, the neighbors' meddlin' potirin' oil: And the church a laborin' with us, than wasted toil; And I've thought, and so has Caleb, though may- 'be we are wrong, If they'd kept their own business, we should'! have got along. it wasn't 'twas . worse There was Deacon Amos Purdy, a good man as we know But hadn't a gift of laborin' except: with the scythe and hoe; Therfa loagicame over in peach time from the | Wilbur neighborhood, "Season of prayer," they called it; atom of good. I'll tell you about the heifer one of the kindest and best-- That brother Ephraim gave me, moved out West; didn't do an Md now if parson is ready, I'll walk with him to- | about | her sam- | grew the fall he | Selections, THE TRAPPERS FATE. In a lonely valley, just under the shadow of what is now known: as thd * Bijon Hills," a Canadian trapper, after whom | the range takes its name, built him a lit- tle cabin and began plying his trade in the neighboring waters and along the slopes of the mountains lying a few miiles -west- ward. Henry Bijon was a thorough specimen | of his class; brave, hardy, 'generous, and | skilled, not only in the art of trapping, but | in border warfare as well. For four or five seasons the trapper re- mained in his eabin unmolested, although 4 he was located in the heart of the Sioux | hunting grounds, a tribe that from inune- morial had been the bitter foe of the white man, ahd who were never known to spare one of the hated race The cabin of the "ep per was, as we have intimated, sitnatéd in a valley, and | { had been built sogthat the. rear wall was formed by the face of a high cliff, the per- | pendicular surface of which rose from the [ level sward beneath to the height of an | hundred feet or more. | timber skirting the Logs cut from the river, together with r at hand, served | to complete his primitive, though comfort- | able dwelling. Belew the mouth of the valley ran the river in which Bijon set his traps for bea- { ver and otter, with which the stream | abounded in great plentitude while the | loose sthnes gathered nea vast prairies affopded game for his subsist- | ence. It was the opening of the fifth winter of Bijon's sojourn' in that locality, and te- wards the close of aday in early Novem- | ber, that, as he was returning from a visit | to the river, he was startled by discovering | the trail of a band of Indians going west- | ward, but recently made, and which pass- | ed around the base of the hill and up the { lived. Bijon's experience enabled him to. tell | at a glance, that the party was a large one, | that they were braves; and, worse than all | else, that they were on the war- path. The quick perception of the trapper at { once suggested that the avoidance of his | cabin had been accidental, and that, in all | probability, he' owed his escape to the {"beating storm that had 'prevailed since | moriing, and which had prevented. the | Indians their | { lance. exercising usual vigi- To all appearances the Sioux had been | totally unaware of the presence of any one { in the neighborhood, and seemed to be { pushing ahead as rapidly as possible, and Bijon, after following the trail for acouple | of miles, gave wp the pursuit and returned | to his cabin just as night set in, Although the Indians had passed in the manner desc ribed, yet there still lingered | a feeling of untest and suspicion r, which cauded him to | éxercise unusual care in barricading the 1 mind of the trappe door and rendering all as sécure as. might | be. He motioned his dog to a place. be- | fore the door, and then reaching down his | long, heavy rifle, placed the weapon within easy reach of his hand. | whistled without, the dog dozzd and wink- jd at his post, .and yet no sign of the ! enemy came, and the trapper began tonod | | and snore at his post. og | Midnight had 'come and gone, and Bijon | was beginning to feel that his fears had | been groundless, when his attention was | | suddenly attracted to the: dog, who had | | risen to his feet: and was now growling, with every hair erect and eyes blazing with anger and exciteynent! ® { The warning sufficient, and the | | trap per' kne% that his foes were upon | ' With a view to" some such emergency, Bijon had, in building his cabin, left a | pla ice of egress from the rear of the room was I'm free to own it riled me that Caleb should | { and against the face of the cliff, and he think and say She died of convulsions--a cow that milked four gallons a day, But I needn't nave spoke of turnips, needn't have been so cross, And said hard things, and hinted as if ° tivas all my loss; And ro take it all back, arson: that fire shan't ever break out, Though the cow was choked with turnip, I never had a doubt. Then there are pints of doctrine, and views of future state, I'm willing to stop discussin®; as we can both af- ford to wait ; 'Twon't "bring thé millenium sooner, disputin' about when it's due, Although I feel an assurance that mine's the scriptural view. But the blessedest truths of the Bible, I've learn. ed to think, don't lie 1 In the texts we hunt witha candle to prove our doctrines by, But them that come to us in sorrow, and when we're on our knees ; So if Caleb won't argue on free will, Kil leave alone the decrees. } One notion of Caleb's, pason, scems rrather misty and dim ; I wish, if it comes convenient, you a change a word with him; It don't quite stand to reason, and for gospel it isn't clear, That folks love better in heaven for having quar, relled here. I've no such an expectation: wh, parson, if that is so, You needn't have worked so fait hal to reconcile folks below. 1 hold another opinion, and hold it straight and square, If we can't be peaceable here, we won't be peaceable there. But there's the request he made, you know it parson, about Bein' laid under the maples that his own hand set out, And me to be laid beside hin when my time comes to go, As if--as if--don't mind me ; but 'twas that ont: strung me so. And now that some. scales, as we hunk, have fallen from our cyes, And things brought so to a crisis have Taio us both more wise, Why, Caleb says, and so I say, till the Lord parts him and me, We'll love éach other better, and try our best to gree 3 } 4 now had reason to congratulate himself | hop his forethought. * For some time nothing could be heard the valley, the monotone of which was oc- casionally broken by the low whining of the dog as hecented the breeze 'that, to hii, was laden with the presence "of his enemies. Suddenly, and without a moment's warning, came the long, mournful howl of above the roaring elements without, and causing the trapper to spring to his feet, bronzed and practiced 'ear had instantly detected the countetfeit, and he smiled sarcastically as he muttered the single word: "Sioux!" under alll circum- stances, the trapper quickly adopted the only course left to pursue. To attempt to hold the cabin would be foily; retreat was his only hope. Looking carefully to his | arms, and then securing a small quantity Prompt in action the barrier at the rear of theentrance,and, with a backward glance at his comfortable quarters, stepped out into the darkness of the pitiless night. Closely hugging the foot of the cliff, he crept, on hands and knees, from cover to cover, and slowly. drew away from the | house. No crouching form was encounter- ed, and at length the protecting shadows of the timber were reached. By his side | fect silence, and seemingly as fullyalive to the danger that menaced as was the mas- ter himself, Once within the shelter of the under- growth, the trapper turned, and looked left. one less experienced than Bijon would have thought the dog's warning to have been false. But the trapper knew better. He knew the blow would be struck, sutely | All was as silent as the grave, and in the | The hours drew slowly along, the storm | Save the whistling wind, as it surged up | the mountain wolf, rising loud and clear | while a shadow of anger swept over his weather-beaten face. His | { of jerked meat the trapper softly lowered | crawled the faithful dog, moving in per- | back towards the spot that he had just | : and fatally, and before many minutes had elapsed. And 80 it was, Again that mournful, dreary howl, this time in close proximity; again the answer- ing signal that told all was in readiness, and then out upon the night wind there broke a sound that seemed as though a thousand demons hail been loosed upon the earth. : At the same moment the clouds broke away, and through the rifts a dim, uncer- tain light, struggled down and pervaded the scene. Through the misty veil'the trapper saw shadowy forms, with exultant gesticula- tions and wildly brandishing arms, leaping e beasts of prey towards their intended victim. The warriors swarmed about the hut, and the next moment the quick rattle of many axes was heard as they cut away the door to effect an entrance. A crash, and as the barrier gave way the warriors disappeared within, the next moment to appear again, yelling with rage and disap- pointment at the escape of their prey. Several bore blazing faggots in their hands, and seemingly forgetting all idea of plunder, so great was their anger, they at once applied the torch to the thatched roof of the building. In an instant the valley was lit up with an almost noon tide bright- ness, bringing out in Bold relief the figures of the warribrs, who were, with singular hardihood, standing grouped before the blazing pile, fully exposed to the aim of the trapper, should he: feel inclined! to for the of his wreak a vengence loss cabin. Only a mement, however, did they so remain; for, simultaneously, and with in- | stinctive they scattered and leaped for cover as best it might be | found. This movement was a mowent too late. With the first motion upon the part of the Indians, came the sharp whip like the re- | port of the .trapper's rifle, and a. Sioux | warrior, leaping convulsively npward, fell in the agonies of death. The smoke from the hunter's piece had | not drifted a foot in the air, before he was | bounding away under cover of the timber, | skirting it closely, while making his way | across the mouth of the valley to the hill | beyond. | Swift as a deer the Canadian ran, and, |'passing the spur or foot of the hill, he 'emerged from the timper, and, trailing his | long rifle, sprang up the acclivity, and, | reaching the summit, threw himself npon | his face, caution, and once more gazed into the val- ley beneath. The building was still burning brightly, but not a sign of his foes could be seen. Indeed, the trapper did not anticipate an opportunity for another shot, and only stopped on the hill top in a spirit of reck- less curiosity. His better sense: cautioned | an instant flight, that he might put as much ground between Jpmself and hisene- mics as possible before daybreak should reveal his trail to the lynx eyes that would be sure to search for it. But still he lin- gered, trusting. to elude the savages by taking to the mountains, every foot of which he knew. Once or twice he caught sight of flitting, | shadowy forms leaping from cover to cov- | er. They were the Sioux warriors seeking | their daring foe. and he knew them well | enough to feel assured they would never | give over the hunt as long as a single | chance of his capture remained. | Another hour passed, and yet he lay | Quietly watching, a thirst for vengeance { now prompting the dangerous delay. He | had determined to haye one more shot, and then away. His patience was at Jong reward by seeing a tufted head slowly ad cautiously | emerge from a little clump of alder . bush- | es about an hundred yards from where he | lay, 'and eagerly peer about on every hand. The shot was a long one, and in so 'uncer- | tain a light, the cabin, being now nearly consumed; but he determined to risk it. | The head was withdrawn, and then again | thrust forth, this time fully exposing the | brawny chest and shoulders of a Sioux warrior. Reaching forward his rifle, and | resting it full length upon the crest of the hill, the trapper took a long and careful aim and fired. The crack of the piece was echoed by a shrill yell of pain, and the savage sprang out into full view, wildly clutching at the empty air, reeled, tottered, and fel a corpse, amid the long grass of the val- ley. : As before, Bijon bounded from the spot | leaping like a deer down the hillside, and, striking up the valley, made for the open plain that lay between the range of hills and the base of the mountains, a mile or | two distant. : Swiftly he ran, but there were runners | upon his tfil as swift as he; and "it now | became a race of life and death who should first reach' the haven for which the trapper | was making. Out on the prairie his form became visible to his pursuers, and the full { band gave tongue in a series of exultant plainly | | yells as their quarry came | view. Bijon loaded as he ran, pouring in the powder by 'guess, and sending the ball home without a patch--cool and collected even amid the fearful peril that his own rashness had brought upon him. He managed to maintain the lead with | which Ke had "started; and, as he neared | | the first rising ground that told of a near | | approach to the mountains proper, he | | gradually slackened his pace, and finally paused and looked back over the course he had just traveled. | The first faint flashes of the coming | | dawn were now perceptible in the east,and | the gray, mysterious light that precedes | the opening day pervaded over the wide | sweép of the level prairie. Far out the trapper could see the strag- | gling forms of his relentless pursuers, | while, ever and anon, on the fresh breeze | | of the morning, their savage yells would | be borne to his ears. | Bijon rested but long enough to gather | into | [evidently soon arrived at, for the warri new breath, and then he turned and breast- ed the steeps that lay before him. : So far, fortune seemed to have favored in every way the daring efforts of the man; but, just at this point, she, always fickle, deserted and went over to the foes. ; Even as the trapper turned his face mp .the mountain, a new and totally unexpect- ed danger started up in his path. Upon a ledge of rocks, a few hundred 'yards up the acclivity, there suddenly appeared the forms of men, and as the startled gaze of Bijon rested upon them a moment in ut- ter bewilderment, he saw, with a fecling as nearly approaching to terror as it was possible for him to feel, that they were In- dian warriors, and Sioux at that.' Still the wonderful' nerve of the man gave not away; neither did lose his presence of mind for an instant. The warriors on the rock caught sight of the fugitive about the same| time that he saw them, and instantly set up their yell: ing in answer to that of their fellows out on the prairie. : It was now plain to the trapper that he | had been trapped. He had dehberately run his head into the ambush laid for him by the Sioux incase he succeeded in elud- ing them at the cabin. The band had di- vided, and the braves on the cliff were those who had remained to cut off - his "retreat. Bijon was not a man to saccomb to ad- verse circumstances without a desperate effort to conquer them. "And the yell of the savages had not ceased echoing - before he had adopted a new plan of procedure, and was away with redoubled speed, upon a courge at right angles to the one he had been pursuing. * The situation was briefly this: The trapper occupied the center of the base line of a triangle, the Sioux braves cither end of the same line, and all three striving to first reach a certain point, which would be the apex or plage" of con- junction of the two side lines of the tri- angle. This apex, or objective point, was an Jmmense boulder that lay at the foot of a very high precipice, there being between this rock and the face of the cliff, room sufficient for a man pass behind, and He concealed from any one standing out upon the prairie. A natural fortification was thus formed, and from whence a deter- mined man might make good fight ° against almost'any numbers. Such, then, was the spot for which Bi- jon was straining every nerve to reach. It was now his only hope to sell his life, as dearly as possible, for, even though he should gain the position, he knew that he would eventually be overcome, ! The race was close, the warriors having the advantage of decending ground, but which, at the same time, was broken here and there by rain washes, which very ma- terially retarded their progress; while those out on the prairie had a perfectly level cofirse op which to run. = Bijon held the short line, and better groutid over which to travel than either of the other. + As a natural result the pursuers and pursued were constantly drawing nearer to each other, and now the warriors above -began to open fire upon the trapper with both rifle and arrow, and the missiles hurl- ed and hissed about his-head in dangerous proximity. Still he held his way silently, stubbornly evidently with a determination to win, And' now the goal is in" sight, near at hand and renewed efforts are being ' put forth by the pursuers. Two hundred yards more and the trapper will gain the race. The balls and arrows fly about his head in showers, yet he is unharined. The Sioux seek to discourage or intimidate their quarry, by the most unearthly yells; but of no avail. The trapper keeps steadily to the task before 'him, for he knows it may purchase a few more 'hours of life. The rock is reached! With a shout of defiance, and an exultant wave of the hand the daring man leaps for the entrance behind the tmpenetrable barrier; the Sioux warriors give vent to yells of rage and dis- appointment, and send after the fleeing man a volley of balls--thé last, but most] fatal of all--for even as Bijon turns the protecting corner, he reels, staggers, and falls heavily against the face of the rugged precipice. Even in the nilnent of tran: sitory triumph he feels that he has receiv- ed his death-wound. . With indomitable will, however, Bijon shook off the feeling of stupor and deadly sickness that, followed: the blow, and ged himself to a position that would com- mand the plain in front. Here he found a ledge upon which he reclined, and throw- ing forward his rifle at rest upon the sur- | face of the rock, he awaited, while his life blood flowed silently away, further develop- ments upon the part of the savages. The Sioux had, with wholesome dread of the trappe~'s rifle, drawn clear of range, apd were now grouped together out on prairie, apparently in council as to the best mode of attack. The conclusion i prs scattered, and in what is known in civili. | vancing upon_the position held by the trapper. Leaping from side to side, yel- ling and Jancing like demons to distract the trapper's aim, the savages drew in their line closer, evidently striving to draw Bi- jon's fire while still at a distance. But, behind the rock all was silent, and but for the long, dark rifle projecting full | in their faces, the Indians might have con- | cluded the place Nearer and | nearer the fearful semi-circle drew its folds | and wilder and more furiously leaped the grim and savage figures of the advancing warriors. | Suddenly from over the surface of | high boulder a faint puff of white arose, the sharp crack of the piece follow- | ed, and for the third time a Sioux warrior went down before that fatal aim. With a yell of ce, the band as one man leaped forward upon the now un- | armed man, clutching the sides of the rock, he drag- | {zed warfare as skirmish line, began ads | face as when sighting to fire, sat the form . of the trapper. He turned not his head, nor did he move from the attitude in which he was discovered, and when a war- rior stepped forward and laid his hand upon his shoulder, he saw that the rifle that had that night made three widows in his tribe, was held in the grasp of a dead Reasons Why Mairied Persons Live : Longest. Dr. Hall; in one of hie "Health Tracts," gives the following reasons why 'marriage is: favorable to health: *" Bachelors are al- ways in a state of unrest ;: they feel unset- tled. . If indoors after supper, there is a sense of solitariness, inducing a sadness, if not settled 'melancholy, with all its de- pressing influences ; and many, many hours in the course of the year are spent in gloom inactivity, which is adverse.to a | good digestion and a vigorous and health- ly circulation, His own chamber or house being so uninviting, the bachelor is in- clined too seek diversion outside, in sup- _ pers with friends, in clubs which are in- troductoriés to intemperance and licen- _ . tiousness, or to those more unblushing as- sociations which, under the cover of dark- ness, lead to speedy ruin of health and morals ; and when these are gone the way downward to an untimely grave is rapid. and certain. On the other hand, marriage lengthens a man's life by its mak- ing home inviting ; by the softening in- fluences which it has upon the character and the affections." ; Voltaire said: * The more married mén you have the fewer crimes there will be. Marriage renders a man more virtuous and wise. 'An unmarried man is but half of a perfect being, and it requires .the other half to make things right ; and it cannot be expected that in this imperfect state he can keep a straight path of recitudé any more than a boat with one carsman could keep a straight course. In nine cases out of ten, where married mén become drunk. ards, or whether they commit crimes against the peace of the community, the foundation of these acts was laid while is a single state, or where the wife is, as is sometimes the case, an unsuitable match. Marriage changes the current of a man's feelings, and gives him a centre for his thoughts, his affections, and his acts, -- Here is a home for the entire man, and the counsel, the affections, the example, and the interest of his better half keep him' from erratic courses, and from falling into a thousand temptations to which he would otherwise be exposed. Therefore, the friend to society and to his country." "Tur Brooklin Union gives an account of an extraordinary experiment that was successfully tried near that eity for raising the corpse of one who had been drowned. Some men were dragging the creek for the body of a boy drowned while bathing, when they were approached by two Cana- dians, who asked the privilege of trying an experiment. It was granted, when they took a number of bottles, filled them with quicklime, and tightly corked them, and then threw in the water near} where the bodyiwas supposed to be. In abont an houtone of the bottles burst, with quite a report, and in a short time afterwards the body rose to the surface. The Canadians could not explain, but said that when a bottle so: prepared floats directly over a corpse it will burst and the body will rise. The Union tells this story hs a fact, If true, tht process indicated will save an ini- mense amount of labor and expense in such cases, : \ Tuk first Odd Fellow-- Adam. Ox one drowned--He I¢ft. a large circle, &e., : How to find happiness--Look in the dictionary. WHEN is a grocer 'like a highway Wihien he lies in weight. i >A poGMA js defined as an opinion laid down with a snarl. A Philadelphia firm advertises for *" a large boy to fire under a boiler." Nature is like a baby. There is always a squall after its face is washed. A paANDY on shore is disgusting to many, but a swell of the sea sickens everybody. Why is a carpenter always uglier other men! Because he is a deal plainer. War do we seek redress for when gotolaw! Injurics. 'Where do we find it? In juries. 4. "WiLL you have me Sarah!" said a young man to a modest girl. "No, but you may have me, if you will." " SETTING a man-trap," is the title given to a picture of a pretty young lady arrang- ing her curls at a mirror. A voxb wife threw a bottle of hair re- newer at her husband's head, at which he exclaimed: "We must part--the dye is cast." Lake the tree, we should be constantly _ growing outward teward men, and up- ward toward God. Tut friend that hidds from our faults is of less service to us than the enemy that upbraids us with them. - How strangely - the moon lights up the past ; how it shines through the yéars that are gone, showing us far off graves by its gloom. We love much more warmly while cher- ishing the intention of giving pleasure, than an hour afterwards when we have given it, Tue winning post of the race of life is a slab of white or gray stone standing ont from that turf where there is no more jok- Ax exchange mentions a case beyond the ordinary occulsts. It is that of a young lady who iystead of a common pith had a 'college student in her eye. A vounc woman offProvidence is pid to be one of the best blacksmiths in that city. She works side by side with her fathet in his shop. |