THE DEAD HEROES OF THE PAST YEAR. 
nr anson a. Chester, esq. 
The same sad song of strife and hate, 
Of bitter feud and battling host. 
Of martyr blood and martyred life, 
Of victory and its fearful cost. 
They fell on fair Virginia's slopes, 
On Pennsylvania's fertile farms, 
On Alabama's fragrant pliiinp— 
The sainted heroes of onr arms. 
The sculptor throws around their names 
The glories of his perfect art, 
And on their hallowed graves shall grow 
The deathless myrtles of the heart. 
We write their deeds with loving pride 
On memory's fairest, holiest page— 
O, vanished Year! thy hand has reaped 
The rarest harvest of the Age! 
The very snow which 'Nature sheds 
On sinful Earth to hide her stains, 
Is red with more than kingly blood 
Which flowed in more than kingly veins. 
I know not when the strife shall end— 
When a!) the hells of Peace shall peal 
And drown Uie harsher notes of War, 
The bugle's blast, the dash of steel. 
But, patience! God is over all— 
Ills hand the rightful issneshapes: 
We may not hope to taste the wine 
Before the ripening of the grapes. 
O, new-born Year! onr dearest hopes, 
Like lambs, are gathered in thy fold; 
Reap, with an over-patient, hand, 
But not the harvest of the Old I 
was a general depository for all Mrs. Reed’s 
little treasures, among which were the identical 
silver sleeve buttons which her own mother 
used to hang over the door “ down country ” to 
keep out witches, a belief which Mrs. Reed 
seemed to have inherited. A set of chairs 
ranged along the sides of the room completed 
the furniture. 
Across the hall was a room of corresponding 
size, which was kitchen, living-room aud all, 
and this, as the peculiar realm of Mrs. Keep? 
merits a description. A huge tin-place occu¬ 
pied the center of one side. Its tall andirons 
were kept tilled with wood in winter by the 
strong urn* of the active mistress. She thought 
no one else capable of this duty; and as for her 
husband. 1 suppose lie must have thought so 
too; for he never objected to her performing any 
duty which would have otherwise fallen on him. 
I One side of t he fire-place was flanked by a brick 
oven, in whose glowing bosom countless loaves 
of bread, as well as pies of all descriptions, 
were brought to a state of perfection. On the 
dropped the tea-pot and went to assist him in 
taking off liis overcoat,. Producing the,pitcher 
of elder, she poured a tumblerful for him, which 
lie drank with apparent relish, but he did not 
thank her, did not even look thankful for the 
attentions to which he lmd long been accus¬ 
tomed. The frying-pan beat a hasty retreat 
into the corner as Mr. Keep approached the 
lire and seated himself exactly in front, of it,—it 
almost seemed as if lie enjoyed it more because 
he waS most in thefway there. 
Tailing the weekly paper from his pocket he 
began to read, but not before he had looked over 
his shoulder and inquired, fretfully, “if supper 
wasn't most ready." “It will be shortly." 
ehebiTully replied his “better ball',” quickening 
her stops as she spoke. Presently everything 
was in readiness, and her hearty voice invited 
them all to “sot. by” and partake, a call which 
none were disposed to slight. 
During the progress of the meal her vigilant 
eve noted the wants of each one, aud as to her 
husband, had he been a favored guest, she could 
A n ingenious person lias discovered that the 
three most forcible letters in our alphabet are 
N KG; that the two which contain nothing arc 
M T; that four express great corpulence, O B 
< T; that, two are in a decline, D K; that four 
indicate exalted station, X I. N 0, and three 
excite our tears, yet when pronounced to¬ 
gether, are necessary to a good understanding— 
L E G. 
A YOUNG officer of the British House of 
Commons won? a t remendous pair of mustaches, 
on which one of the members said:—“ My dear 
fellow, now the war is over, why don’t you put 
your mustaches on the peace establishment?” 
“Had you not belter put your tongue, on the 
civil list?" was the prompt and happy retort. 
A took invalid gentleman, very much re¬ 
duced, lately read in a medical paper something PtscuUar Asthma." 
about “letting blood.” The unhappy weakly 
J^ROWN’S IIRONCIIIAX TROCHES. 
“ /havenever Ranged my mind respecting them from Oir. 
first , excepting to think vet- better of that which / began, tldntc- 
ingwcUnf." Kiev. Henry Ward Beech eh," 
“ The Troches arc a staff of life to rue." 
Prof. Edward North, 
Pres. Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. 
“ For Throat Troubles thev are a specific." 
N. P. W ILI.IS. 
“ Too favorably known to need dummendation." 
Hon. Oh as. a. Pmct.rs, 
Pros. Mass. Senate. 
“ Contain no Opium nor anything injurious." 
Du. A. A. IlAYKS, Chemist, Boston. 
“An elegant combination for Coughs." 
Hit. G. F. UlOEl.OW, Boston. 
“ 1recommend their use to I'ublic Speakers 
Key. E. H. Chapin. 
“ Most salutary relief in Bronchitis." 
Rhv. S. Seigfhjed, Morristown, Ohio. 
" Very beneficial when suffering from Colds." 
Rev. S. J. P. Anderson, St. Louis. 
“ Almost instant relief in the distressing labor of breathing 
Kiev. A. C. EikjLkhton, Now York. 
Other side a straight-lacked rocking-chair stretch- not have been more solicitous t .0 supply him with creature writes to us to know if we can inform ham; suiUdmv case exactly, relieving my throat so 
j., .1 _. _I ..i i, n ,..ii * • that /couldsinn unthease." T. iiik'iiaioiv 
IJh JFtor 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MARGARET REED. 
Characters, when by the term we mean 
those whoso marked or peculiar traits distin¬ 
guish them from the every-day crowd, are not 
confined to any age or station. All who knew 
Margaret Reed, in her retired but useful 
sphere of life, would unhesitatingly bestow the 
title upon her. She lived in a time when women 
in her station considered their lives complete if 
they were filled with an unceasing round of do¬ 
mestic duties. Anything outside of that was 
considered entirely superfluous. She was the 
daughter of a well-to-do farmer in Massachu¬ 
setts, and though she was no beauty, her solid 
attractions, in the shape of a marriage portion, 
together with her largely developed housekeep¬ 
ing abilities, made her much sought after by 
the marriageable young men of the town; but to 
the surprise of all her choice fell on Allen 
Reed, whom the wise ones declared was the 
ed out its hospitable arms: behind it rose the tall 
old dock, its case, like the doors and ceiling, 
painted a glowing red. Kitchen chairs of the 
same color were placed wherever there was a 
vacancy around the sides of the room, in vari¬ 
ous places about might be seen the utensils for 
cooking, arranged principally with the view of 
being “handy.” Out-door garments hung here 
and there against the white-washed walls. 
It was a pleasant picture tli it homely kitchen 
where plenty abounded, and the ruling principle 
of Mrs. Reed seemed to be to have it enjoyed to 
the utmost by as many as possible, and none who 
witnessed the zeal and industry, the unselfish 
disregard of her own comfort, and the hearty, 
almost boisterous nature of her hospitality, would 
deny her right to be styled a character. 
She had a woman's natural love of the beauti- 
Ad, although she was but dimly conscious of it 
herself. She had no time to cultivate flowers in 
her front yard, and with the exception of two 
large rose bushes at the corners of the house, 
there were no floral ornaments in the immediate 
vicinity, but cast of it she had a square plot of 
ground where she raised her herbs, and here 
variegated China asters, velvet and sweet- 
scented jiinks, grew beside bunches of sage, and 
balm, and other useful plants. 
Three of her eight children died in their 
infancy or early years, and she mourned for 
them with a resignation which might have been 
harder to attain had she not been entirely con- 
everything her table afforded. It would seem 
that such affection as she showed him would 
have excited a like return In a generous heart, 
but Mr. Reed took all such attentions as merely 
his due. and, happily for her, she never ques¬ 
tioned her right to consideration from her hus¬ 
band. She would have considered it a gratuity 
if she had received any marks of good feeling 
from him. Her idea of a woman’s sphere might 
be condensed into one sentence. To use her 
own words, it was “t.o do fur your family.” 
Supper being over, Mr. Reed subsided into 
his paper, while his wife cleared away the table, 
made up the evening tire and swept the hearth 
before taking her knitting-work from the shelf, 
and seating herself on the Opposite side of the 
red stand, to begin her evening labor, her girl* 
in the meantime entertaining their schoolmate 
in any way they liked. 
Thus, in constant activity, passed the years of 
Mrs. Reed’s life. Her children grew up, ami 
one aAor another married aud settled in the 
vicinity, all, excepting Isaac, who, possessing 
more of his mother’s' generous, self-sacrificing 
disposition, it was settled should remain at home 
and relieve liis father entirely from the care of 
the farm. A part of the castle-like mansion was 
assigned to Isaac and his famly, and proved 
ample for their accommodation. 
It seemed now that Mrs. Reed, too, might 
claim a release from her constant labors. She 
did, indeed; for in the midst of her loving cares 
that I could sing with ease." T. Ddoiiahmb, 
Chorister Franch Parish Church. Montreal. 
As there are Imitations, be sure to OBTAIN the genuine. 
i iuuvvu { ivi tuv mtucu ui ui. l IMUU^ CCU Cn 
vinccd of the infallibility ol the family doctor. s j 1{! was suddenly s'tricken down by disease, and 
Such was her reverence for anything time- 
honored, that she never divested herself of any 
of the superstitions and prejudices in which she 
had been educated, as with her st rong sense she 
might have done if she had dared to use her 
own reason; but she continued through life to 
entertain contradictory opinions on various sub¬ 
last person she should have chosen, inasmuch as jeete with a sincerity which dignified them. 
he was not only poor in purse, but of slender 
health, and apparently lacking in the necessary 
energy rcqti Lrcd to emigrate as far west as W cstem 
New York and clear up a new farm for himself, 
as was his intention. His disappointed rivals 
said, too, that it was Margaret's decided 
preference for hi* society which first attracted 
him. It might have been true, and she would 
not have been ashamed to acknowledge the fact. 
She loved him with an unselfish affection which 
she proved by a life-long devotion to bis inter¬ 
ests. Her strong, self-reliant nature did not call 
for tenderness, but made it natural for her to 
uphold those weaker than herself, and to the day 
of her death Allen Reed was ever (he re¬ 
ceiver of those little attentions from her which 
wives usually expect to receive from their bus- 
bands. It was soon after the beginning of the 
present century that they were married, and 
shortly after removed to their destined home, 
where Margaret's portion sufficed to pur¬ 
chase a farm and build a log house, which, when 
furnished with the numerous articles Margaret 
had brought from her eastern home, presented a 
picture of substantial comfort. 
Here, with hopeful if not stout hearts, they 
Ilf' Mr. Reed’s careless indifference to her 
' comfort ever caused her to feel disagreeably she 
did not trace the feeling to its source, which 
was, perhaps, as well. She had an exaggerated 
idea of the benefits of schooling, and always 
faithfully exhorted her children to “ mind their 
lessons,” but her own deficiencies rendered her 
an indifferent Judge ol' their progress. 
But it was not her peculiarities which caused 
her to be loved by all who knew her,—it was 
the motherly kindness she manifested toward all 
who seemed to need it. Many an invalid had 
cause to remember her with gratitude. She 
was quick to perceive where she could render 
such little services as are often remembered 
more than greater obligations. Let me record 
one instance which was perfectly characteristic. 
I’hkbe Brown, a slender girl of thirteen, 
was one night making her way home from 
school against a driving storm of wind and 
snow. As she came opposite Mr. Reed’s 
house, Mrs. Reei> called to her lo stop. Thebe 
halted, turned her back to the storm, and waited 
to see What was wanted of her. Out went Mrs. 
Reed through the snow, with difficulty forcing 
after lingering a few days in great suffering she 
died. 
Tt seemed to the familiar friends among whom 
Mrs. Reed had lived so long that the shock of 
her death would prove too much for her husband, 
and that lie would not long survive her. How 
were these opinions rudely scattered, when but 
a few months passed away before he introduced 
a new wile to his children, one many years bis 
junior. 
Now, sentiment, however much it may be 
decried, is a much more prevalent weakness 
than is generally supposed, and even the most 
common-place of Mrs. Deed's friends felt inr 
dignant. They agreed that nothing could be 
more reasonable than that he needed a house¬ 
keeper and a companion, hut they had still an 
unsatisfied feeling about the matter, as if it were, 
in some sense, a wrong to her who, for nearly 
forty years, had been so devoted to hi* comfort 
and interest. In truth, while Mr. Reed had 
been more refined than Ids wife, lie had been at 
the same time far more selfish; and the very 
zeal with which she bad always seconded his 
plans had tended to develop that unlovely trait, 
and after his faithful wife was gone he thought 
more of the little attentions which had soothed 
his invalid health than he did of the affection 
Which had prompted her to bestow them. 
Being arbitrary, both by nature and long 
habit, thinking it was woman’s place alone 
to be kind and tender, he dreamed that he had 
but to marry again to find liis old comforts 
restored to him. Experience taught him differ¬ 
ently, yet, however disappointed he might have 
Mere, with hopeful if pot stout hearts, they open the gate, against which the snow had riwwroara mm. experience umgnt mm inner, 
began life in earnest. Here the persevering drifted, and walking into the road she caught up cntly, yet, however disappointed be might have 
mistress not only performed every other house- t he school-girl in her arms and walked back to been ’ 11(1 ncvor complained, 
hold duty with her own hands, but spun, and the house as unconcerned a* possible. She did ^ 111 years have passed since the death of 
wove, and prepared the clothing necessary for not pause for breath until she had deposited MauGaRrt Rkkd, and her husband, now truly 
herself and husband, and for her children, as PltBBE in the arm-chair in the corner, when, as ftU old niau » 'vuudois listlessly about the farm 
with the lapse of time her family increased, happy she took off the child’s snowy cloak and hood hoU6e > but expression Of self-importance 
amid all her privations; for other society than she began: i* gone, and there is a longing look In his eye, a 
that of her husband and children was not ncces- “There, you must not go another step to- plaintive tone in his voice, which tells that* late 
nary to her enjoyment. Here, too, Allen night. I told William when he came along to life as it was when his spiritual experience 
Reed toiled patiently year after year, with less tell your mother that you was here; you never ^egan, J L ' l > through much suffering, his nobler 
strength than most men, but ho planned his could face this storm up the hill in the w orld ” ( l ua lities of mind have been developed, and that 
business so skillfully and systematically that in p JIIeBK gladly ^uieuced, and leaned back in Wife ? UOW trU)y !ippreciated and 
the end he accomplished more than most other*, the chair cnjojin „ the wftrmlll !ind novelty of * 
and hi* farm soon began to show signs of pros- ber eltuatloD , vit h aU a school-girl’s keen senses. ’ W1M 
pen y. is cl cm ngs gradually grew larger, Presently. M rs. Reed stepped up before the T! 
h,s young orchard grew thriftily, and he began and taking up a pitcher Rial s ood covered ,, ^i c w g f “ Jl 
to build barms and, finally, a large farm home (m the hearth, and pouring out a tumblerful, l™" in thc fire are not the ones to go crazy. It 
rose near the site of the unpretending log home handed U to j l0r guest, saying, “there, you just, “ ° f voku,tary * Mmpefied leisure 
thathad sheltered them a dozen year* or more. (lnnk thal to y 0U fnnn taking cold 1 ""T* ‘T*’ #Bd »«*rnself mte 
_ ....... . a j t-wiu. i Giri madhouse or flic orravo. Motion i* nil No. 
house, but Ills old expression of self-importance 
is gone, and there is a longing look In hi* eye, a 
plaintive tone in liis voice, which tells that, late 
in life as it was when his spiritual experience 
began, yet, through much suffering, liis nobler 
qualities of mind have been developed, and that 
his lOHt wife is now truly appreciated and ten¬ 
derly mourned. b. c. d. 
Elkhorn, Wis., 1864. 
Margaret’s house was no modern structure, generally put some cider, with red pepper* in, 
ill. ...it.i « . _ 7 I1X 
with graceful proportions and convenient ar¬ 
rangement, but a square, ungraceful edifice, 
representing well the. traits of character of its 
large-hearted but uncultivated mistress. She 
would have considered it unpardonable to have 
built other than after thc prevailing mode, and 
as to arranging it with a view to convenience, 
or, a* she would have expressed it, “to save 
steps,” with her robust health she would have 
considered it a stain on her character as a house¬ 
keeper. Thc parlor, or square room, as it was 
called, was one of the principal rooms in front. 
It was furnished and kept merely because every 
one of their mean* had one, and for no other 
apparent use. A carpet of her own manufac¬ 
ture covered the floor, paper curtains of a pca- 
greeu hue shaded the large windows. A tall 
down to warm for Mr. Reed about four o’clock.” 
Replacing the pitcher, she began her prepara¬ 
tions for the evening meal. The iron tea-kettle 
was hung on the crane over the lire, and the 
long-handled frying-pan was soon doing duty oil 
a bed of eoals in front thereof. The square 
kitchen table was set out and covered with 
a snowy cloth of home-made linen, and Mrs. 
Reed began to make numberless journeys to 
the pantry returning each time loaded with eat¬ 
ables. In the meantime the thoughtful wife 
kept looking down the road to see if her hus¬ 
band was yet in sight, he having gone to town. 
She saw him at length, and called out to one of 
thc girls, “ Sarah Ann, run up into the wood- 
house chamber and tell Isaac: to come and take 
care of the horse; your father is coming, and 
bureau stood in gloomy state in one corner, its he’ll be nigh froze to death.” 
rows of drawers containing the Sunday gar- Mr. Reed soon after appeared, stamping 
ments, excepting thc Hmall one at the top, which the snow from his feet. Mrs. Reed hastily 
Keep Buhy.— Men who have half a dozen 
irons in thc fire arc not the ones to go c razy. It 
is the man of voluntary dr compelled leisure 
who mope*, and pines, and thinks himself into 
the madhouse or the grave. Motion is all Na¬ 
ture’s law. Action is man’s salvation, physical 
and mental, and yet, nine out of ten are wistful¬ 
ly looking forward to the coveted hour when 
they shall have leisure to do nothing, or some¬ 
thing, only if they feel like it the siren that 
has lured to death many a “successful" mam 
He only is truly wise who lays himself out to 
work till life’s latest hour, and that is the man 
who will live the longest, and will live to most 
purpose. 
The last, best fruit which comes to late per¬ 
fection even in the kindliest, soul, is tenderness 
toward the hard, forbearance toward thc unfor- 
bearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, and 
philanthropy toward the misanthropic. Jean 
Pad. 
--♦ i 4 ■ - 
No support, when we are right, can be de 
rived from those who are very read) 1 yield to 
u* when we are wrong. 
him “ who let* if," and whether he can on mod- Chorister i<Y«ncu Par 
crate terms hire some for a few years. We As mere are Imitation*, bestir 
refer him i<> the Lancet. — Punch. ~ . _. ... 
HOBERTSON’S 
We lately met a grammarian, says a Cali for- -Lt typet utdt? vr 
nia paper, who has just made a tour through the 
mines conjugating, or rather cogitating, thus:— 
‘‘Positive mine; comparative, miner: superla- 
A modest contemporary calls veal “unfin- Ill 1 ft-;/,/; ... 
ished beef.” This is pretty good; but why not 
extend thc vocabulary ? Suppose we term lamb & Wjgfes 
“incipient mutton,” and pig “premonitory ■Ei'VOITl 
Pork!” Kk 
It is a paradox that loose habits stick tighter !|M (Hb t l 
to a fellow than any other kind, and, in fact, that || |i|||||n|||kh. *1 H| 
tight people very often wear them. fofv. 
The girl who succeeds in winning thc true i'l! ■ P'lei EJlf 
love of a true man, makes a lucky hit, and is Iw ^^"^ii'||||||| i 
When an extravagant friend wishes to bor- H '’ -' '•• .Sjf 
row your money, consider which of the two you H 
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For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
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My 1, 7, 15,1!> Sh u girl's name. 
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