

MOOHE'S RU&AL HSW-T0K3OSR. 



FEB. 



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■ "GOOD-NIGHT!" 



Rani tana** wv BKfsJfbi dream ! 



irftwT^B? 





NELLIE RAYMOND'S CHOICE; 



[Con el ii rtcil from page i^, last number 

 It was tlii' Iniiir of twilight. Cuulles hud been 

 reading aloud in Niu.u, n.-. ihrv -ul tog.-thi 



. . lull llli; ligtll Ilili I i;l"IMI 



dim, imii in- bad olo ad the booli Bo was silent, 

 nod Nellie, chancing to look up, met his eyes 

 reeling upon her face. A eet-tmn undeliiud.ile 



WlTIII'lllill- III llll'll rV|ll.'-:|.lll riLll-I'lJ Nil I 



cfaoei lo crimson, and Involuntarily her gli 

 sought the carpel at her feet. A happy, triumphant 



smile lighted ii(i Uii' young mini's face, mid m 



■ Iboi 1 1 moul be stood at hoi tide 



"Nkllik," said lie, id a lou Mm ", " r I I till 



-. ■ " j noil truly r lava you— will you be mine J 

 * <>ii bo " what impulse urged hi 



Oxn word I " i 



fi ir ' n Mi 







Nmm,'- h. 







her hhio 



tea shorn 



» llll il-ln1ll-.il 







cr.mfnl . 



iiId curie. 



her lip, aud 





aim, cold, distinc 



tone, shi 



answered, 











11 Ncvei '" 











''ll Mil 1 -1 1 I'M 



momei 



il- LhOUgll r.ll.lK /ill 



Recovering 1, 



„.,.| 



mill | 



Tl.rl .,11 



!■--[, ,1 



bt h,..i, i, 



Vit) qiiirtl\ I io du-ed the dour, passed through 

 ilir hall, mid down Hie walk. Nellie listened 

 iutctitly to l!io retreating hwlscps, growing fninter 



nrnl liiinliT, mil ll Ihuv reused thro Ilir creaking 



of the gate, n* it swung loon it* rusty iron hinges, 

 Ml "| in. and all was still A few moments 



Bin- mil mnl i> >nl<- -.. mtli ilnxijiiiijz hom! and rehiM'd 

 luriii , liii'ii - r i L ■. ii]. ii nli mi impudent ojaeulu- 



fionol "H tense!" she began pueiug the room 



with rapid steps. But the motion availed Dot to 

 |||'|'-' In i m .Hi-s riiuiil, uiiil with a despairing 



■ '■ '"<>■ ol vexation, N threw herself upon 



tho sofa and seemed to relapse into deep tl ght. 



"A farmer - * wife!" The words had struck a 

 chord which gave only a discordant wouud. Enrol- 

 nniiiiiiv. in place of the well-dreuad gentleman 



before Ii.t, \ ■ recalled the picture be presented 



\u wonder her 

 proud lip curled and she answered " Never!" 



Mm o. .ii Mo I WO "ill nut toll von of wbot 

 N ; ""- thinking We ■ in keep a secret, and 



though ynii mn> Hunk >i. 1 1 r.iii i/ii,'--.. m,,,! mipii>- 



ttii c n ador, wo shall aol tell pou n uetht i j ou be 

 ■■ rong, At least, not at present, 



» I the parlor aud throw liersolj down 



" " , ". " I,ili I' ■ ■ 1 ■ < Ti ■•- l^ -1 . ■ ■ inquired Nellik. 



■ ■ li ■'■■■ iIh ■ morning, and 



'"'" ' '"" to 'i" 'in work nod mako preparations 



for tbe comp i ■■ >..■ . M „ E | ,„ ,, (reek, is morethun 



1 ■ 



"Surclj rou cat i ]fcu musl hare another 



■ 



"Yes, but ii hare an intelli- 



■ ; ier Nellie, t doa'l think 



■■ miles and, 

 i ■ Ed< ■. John ■ i crowded with u 

 ■ 



.. girl. Well, 1 suppose i an !■. 



making a bad m m- ■>■■■■ ,. , ,, 



fouirfUht ell [i , 



until brother i. ■.!, \i i..\. ,,, 



■ '■■■ Iti ■ .. i ,.,n to .in- kitchen 



v '* " thi ii don d '!"■ magat ine she bad been 



I, .nielli i, in,,. 

 tilling to In-r 



'"'" ' ' , " 1 ". 'In' iintccedcd to daru]«-ii and 



soon look the plaeo of I,, , , , y g 



in amoicment 

 M i , ' LU V; 1 -'' a profound 



| . /am, and ai* J* aflher wm^- a ^ ri 

 ■ 

 1 



S ilui'« daintr 

 1 in «hai aort 

 l.f repoiitorie*— the dish-nan. 



: iouaVspls.ee 

 I ■ ■ ■ 



untied the 



1 l!i -idrn x w31ingn«M I ■ 

 lie had another unacknowledged ,.. 

 spire her present untl'jrtokiog. She waa making 



1 an cxperimeDt, and it resulted in I 

 the conclusion that it wonld not be such aarmJ/'ul 

 Ibing, after all, lo become a runner's wife. 



N tu-i e had not sccd C ■ ■ 

 snmmaryn-ji .hoc when she 



young man sp Strange to 



say, Nclub's glance scarcely observed the coarse 

 I, innidy form— 

 .1 DBS 



..,.n: pnnued her walk, ■ 

 ■ 

 We are afraid, however, ' 



subject in a restricted light. She took a particu- 

 lar, rather than a general rie*r, and Cuarlks How- 

 ard stood in fene| 



Thceipeoted -ui-t- did nut nrrive imtil a fort- 

 night after Uie designated time, and upon thi 

 riiorninjj preceding the ilay of tlir.-ir urin nl, N r.\. 

 ~csigncd her oflice, as maid-ol'-ull -work, n 

 of a neat (ierman girl who had applied for 

 the vacant place. 



QaOBI ' OJUiOLQ. HaLLit'a iiiiuin, mnl M. ■ \i 

 as's brother, and his friend, Freo Arlington, 

 had left the city, ostensibly for tbe sake of a few 

 days" enjoyment i>f country airand repose. Of the 

 ', this was true— of the Intter, it was fur 

 ciig the chief object. 



j Arlington was one of Nkllie's most de- 

 POted adminro, and was, withul, the one whom 

 siping world set down as standing highest 

 favor, lie nun handsome, intelligent, and 

 wealthy— <[u al ilies surely desirable, and in most 

 all-sufficient He really loved Nslxib Rat- 

 and had skillfully maneuvered to obtain an 

 tion to accompany his friend, for the sole 

 purpose of placing his hnnd. benrt, and fortune at 

 her disposal. 



"I say, cousin, this is perfectly abominable!" 

 exclaimed Qsonota Ah\ol», as he burst Into the 

 parlor, where Neli.ik was engaged in completing 



"Why, Qsonos, what do you moon?" queried 

 Nellie, arresting her band and looking up with a 

 surprised expression, It was evident, however, 

 that her surprise wa s only assumed, for a conscious 

 smile bovercd about her lips. 



" Vou know well ennugh what I mean, Nrll,— 

 your rejection of Fheh. <Hi— these women!" and 



Okoros seated himself, with an air ofdeapero , 



in tbe rocking-chair. 



Nellie quietly .sharpened her pencil, and coin- 

 menccd re-touching the fuliage of her picture. A 

 of silence ensued which was broken 

 by ftKonoR, who, in a very energetic tone, said: 



Nkllie, lay down that work. 1 wish ti 

 with you." 



"My work won't iiifcrfcro with our con 



o," sui.l Nellie, with a half smile, 



"Well, then, I wish to know who! ibli 



o nan Bod with Vaen Aklinoton? fcn't he 

 looking V" 



yen will exeat i . ungto bid vou 



farewell." 

 Hecxleci: .his, and Nel- 



ii -hardened palm her own 

 little white hand in a parting clasp. 

 "Periiapa, U i aum continued, 



i 

 a friend's congratulations upon your approaching 

 • fur your hap- 



"I — Ido not understand you, Mr, IIoWARn." 

 "Vou have probably be D mism- 

 formed." 



"Are you not engaged 10 Mr. Arlington?— and 

 is not the marriage to take place in a few weeks ':" 



I ii MILES. 



"No, Mr. Howard, and I am at a loss to com- 

 prehend why you should hare supposed so." 



A bright smile lighted up Ch.aiu.ks' face as he 

 replied. "Such is tbe report throughout the neigh- 

 borhood, though where it originated I cannot say." 

 Al this moment some old recollection, fraught with 

 pain, teemed to Oil across bis mind, and the smile 

 faded from his lips. "Good-bye, Miss Rattiosp." 



ii" audible sound. Her cheek; 

 and the next instant dyed with crimson. "Mr! 

 HoWABDi" she said, but though he stood expect- 

 nntlj waiting, she did not proceed. 



Was ever man so obtuse! There had been a 

 fearful struggle in Nellie's heart, betwixt Lore 

 and Pride— and the former had conquered. Per- 

 haps Charles Howard partially comprehended 

 this— perhaps he read the secret in her burning 

 blushes, her trembling lip, mid downcast eyes,— but 

 the echo of that word "Never!" still lingered in 

 his memory. He stood silently r 

 confusion, whfcfa, as she raised 1 

 met their calm inquiring ga*e,gi 

 She must speak now— what would be thiuk of her— 

 but she must speak— and with an eft'ott which 

 drove the blood from lip, cheek and brow, back to 

 her heart, she Said, "Mr. Howard, I wish to say 

 that I very much regret my abrupt, my rude reply 



who arc left-Wut mom 



away, and others arc 

 Shall we ever meet agi 



Not here. We can ha 



rarely. W« I 



S He have faded 

 scattered about the land. 



C but an echo ' 





I.May our Father in i 

 ) We mar all meet 



i" a better 



etren grant that tins 

 here and sing them 



ti ofHoai 



ssndi and thousands, and ten limes thousands," 

 who surround Mo- throne of the Lamb, and ewe 



Cmi Atntigtrty, which was, and is, .,-. ,j 

 Ail gathered at one hearth — hither, ■ 



and sisters, and brothers — lo walk in white robes 

 ■ ling 'he ie the song of the Itedccnieil in Glon ' 



Oh,!»y Rtihtr it,,., ,-,. , , ■', mil (jus hi'Mi;- All 



OK gathered in that happy home! Will it be so? 

 I hive been, to-night, in one of my sad but joy- 

 ous moods; silent and bewildered; the images of 



t long 



old friends and old times about 

 sines ii iv vuiee was strong and fi 

 but in this strange humor — this indomitable will- 

 fulness of the heart— I have no power over it. I 

 pceehless, aud look up with a trcin- 



bling hope to the kind Her 



which I 



line, I 



! 



AXGEBRAICAX PROBLEM. 



'"■ to 9 1 oents » bushel, h i, 



11 peas, tu rtun ii ,.,, r 





■ last 



,,„,-, 





" Well eihienteil n 



"Wealthy?" 

 "I believe so." 



"Then what mor 



I agn sable 





Ol obi ' . H a ti pliant tone. 



took your meaning— eh, Nellii:?" 



" No, Oborow. 1 respect Mr. Arlington— I like 

 him as a friend— nothing more. Were I capable 

 of the act, I esteem him too highh lo present him 

 with so worthless ft gift as would be my hand wit h- 



" Thai swhiit puzzles me, Nellie, I'm almost cer- 

 tain tlmt whon ymi left H you wen.* heart free, or 

 if yon had preferences they centered upon Freo.- 

 Maiiv," siiul he, its Mrs. Allan entered the room, 

 " has Nellie lost her heart out borer" 



Mrs. Allan glanced at Nellie as she replied, 

 carelessly, 



"Not lo my knowledge." Her cheek was flush- 

 ed, and bcr lingers were making strokes »hj.li 



aer shoulder Mrs. Allan exclaimed, 



"Mercy! what ai-ayou aboul Nellie'--" 



With a shirt of disrnny. Nellie surveyed hoi 



fa-awing. Within tbe last moment, her erring 



pencil had mingled light and shade in inextricable 



ind brought the bill-top, whirl, n Bhorl 



time before hmi -■.,,,,, I i ■], mvny in the d: 



tntice. hato the (ore ground, ha laughable proximi 

 with a bit of stone wall. 



'■I'll |i.'.Tn,' u. . ,,:, .]),■ \,.ul, I -tumid sin' Mi-s 



Nellie," remarked GB0808,tfiflio quiiricalgli 

 from the drawing to her face. 



L, and then added timidly, "Wo part friends 



Iiiarles smiled a sad smile, as be said, "Yes, 

 part friends. I have only myself to blame foi 



my folly, in daring to hope that a city belle and 



heiress could love ti farmer." 



uswer sufficient. 

 , for repaying Miss 



well, my friends, and (.,< 

 "train, where trouble 

 abound." As he finishe 

 and asketl what old pie 

 said, "that T slumld thi 

 member of singing tt in 

 n tu'. he one of the old 

 Litchfield Hill;" aud ng 



(Hid us if -em.'luiiL- ,;nr. 



The 



Oue year from that tunc, Nellie Raymond — t> 

 the astonishment of nil tier aristocratic friends um 

 acquaintances— becumon Farmer's Wife. 



AN HP-COUNTRY SUNDAY NIGHT. 



Another Sunday— the glad day of the week— has 

 come to us— made it.s. bright path in the sky, and 

 passed over to other lands. It is almost midnight i 

 the breath of the weekdays, like the chill of the 

 early dawn, is not yet felt. I shall sleep over into 

 the bustling to-morrow with wet eyes, and a throb- 

 bing but joyful pulse. 



gather here, oral UambU-ton House, mid sing Onr 

 old Connecticut hymns. My father always took 



the lend, walking the room hack mnl forth and "es- 



smging again— my wife joining with bin 



My* 



PREMIUM ILLUSTRATED REBUS. 



MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 



My 10, 7,16, Hi 



■■" "i ■■ el v. ■ i.,,.. | 



My 15, 9, lis a e 



mmon play with boys, 



MvR,12i Sanil c 



vrt>. 



Uy whole was 



a distinguished French 



sang in low 



but little of bis usu 

 lowering his handi 

 the close of the vei 

 and remarked, gently, 





"Bui 



culating, 

 anner. The o 



ainly it was B 

 We formed, it 



required a sire 



learn, and i 





... ■ 

 called Mr. AttuHOTos to ti,.. city, immediately 

 1 uned another week, at the expiration 



of which tun,-. y ., , i ,, signified her intention of 



- linn bfti I. to H. The morning of 



On d ij upon h hieh tin | were lo learc, Ni i lib 

 early for I .:..._ ,-,.,,. ,,,,,,,, 



country walk, She seara Ij bei di A ■ 



LChj How inn. 



... ■ . . 



■ sththeshadeoftha maple, 

 rfa Nellie sat down. 

 Ti.. iv bnl i Gm itej - dial ml -tbe foaming, 

 ■parkllng little oreek went 



the early sunlight, awakening in Nellie's niind, 



DXmrfu] emo- 



! wed her face upon hei 



for a few moments sobbed convulsively. She had 



just mash-red her grief, and with an impatient 



■ ry foolish," 



when a shadow fell upon the green turf at her feet, 

 and looking up ' Howard. 



ndignantlj away, confused 

 and ashamed that her emotion should be discovcr- 

 ', and with a slight salu- 

 tation would have hastened away, had he not, by 

 a Ecstureirj.il, k, prevented 



i rather an extraordinary 

 ion was one of solemnity, hut 

 j of praise and thanksgiving 

 is time, a largo circle; and it 

 and powerful louder, like mv 



my father would rise from 1 



after which be would seal himself, and rcm.i 

 a tini.il--: way, that lie bad sung ihal tunc " 



■■ raogoi" hod learned it, perhaps, on 

 Litcblield Hill ; antl the Inst time it was ever 



was at such an ordination.— and was corapoi 



such i ne, Bxpressly for that purpose 



myself, I had been thoroughly trained b 



icy repeated it, and t 



?e, bowed, without sj,e:ik 

 me and sat by my me 



Ims come, my friend, and 

 I must go uow. But I 

 of youth and age bonding 

 dm and prayerful face of 

 look of my father— Isbull 

 ; uufch, those swee 



GRAMMATICAL EfllGMA. 



-Motiieh— " Here, Tommy, is some 

 il, with mange juice in it." 

 Doctor— "Now. don't give it all 





, for I 



the 





iltuj futher 



1,'d Mr. 



.llll, .nil hi 



select.— each inking a, different purt, 



ihi-lnngthi<i;i-h Ins „ [i], l -|-,;lI -|,i, Ii : 

 : ■ 



Mr. W-t!,, or Mr. , or the eclebr 



■ 



also, old mi L:, j ,, w(1 y ^..xcept 



now and then that we taisc them, as il were, from 



met ,is "l beheld, and lol" from 

 , telling, 'Ac 

 On the Sand ol which I was 



speaking, we usually saug "Denmark" towards 

 the close; and for the last, a piece composed, or 

 rather collected, by my father, from the closing 

 passages of four different anthems— one by Dr. 

 Madon, from the "Lock Hospital," and the others 

 by eminent eonjposen, The words were: 





■■■ ?»"j I- 



A lEiiisxn young lady the other evening u S - 

 inished the company by asking Tor the " loan of 

 diminutive, argentiferous, truncated cone, convex 



n its summit, and semi-perforated with symmet- 

 eal indentations." She wanted a thimble. 



A mirocrsT sent bis Irish purter inlo a dark- 

 ened cellar; soon ufter, hearing n noise he went to 

 and called out— " Patrick, keep your 

 !"' "Ocb! ducc an eye," mured Vat. 

 ■but ,t', mv oose Hint's skint entirely." 



JOBOI was told of a supper at wlm.li gobletl 

 'f ice. formed by evaporation, were used, from 

 vhich to drink chnmpaiguc. Jorum heard the 

 itory through, aud then exclaimed— "Well, 



3 he saying that " there i 



ire in giving than reci-h m L -." ,■■ -.,.,,.. 



apply chiefl) to ideka, medicine and adrice. 



ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c„ IN No. 475. 



Illoorc's Uuml Jfiin-IJavker, 



Agricultural, Literary and Family Weekly, 

 D. D. T. MOO RE, RO CHESTER, N, V. 



Office, Union Suldinp, Opposite the Court Bodsc, Baflalo St. 



fi iily boats, 

 her. Son, and Holyahosl 

 tic glory, man's the boundless but*. 



being very fine, 



■ 

 They formed, altn Srt ,th c r. a very zrand Dojtology ; 

 after singing which, it was mj 1 1 

 G 



1 -rjon ni , , e |j. rel j rt 



"t'uthaTlnglcwncd.Lalyouweretole , ye^ ago. Wen>«ti. - 



The world should have its docket called, and 

 sluggards all defaulted, and those should be the 

 " upper lea " whom labor has exalted. 



Tue man who undertook to blajt hi 

 ■ I too short a fuse, ond. 



