out, into Annie's room probably, as she heard 
their voices in conversation, ■when she remem¬ 
bered she had forgotten to carry fresh water to 
the room that day and stepped in to see if any 
was needed. 
She noticed that a drawer in her aunt's pri¬ 
vate secretary was open — a drawer sbe had 
always seen closed before. Passing it, her eye 
glanced upon it, and saw her mother’s name 
carved upon the ivory cover to a box. She 
stopped a moment in surprise: it was her 
mother'a. then! Was it not hues? Iler impulse 
was to take the box; policy told her to leave it. 
She went quietly to her own room before her 
aunt returned, that estimable lady never dream¬ 
ing of the poor girl’s discovery. 
After the ladies were gone—Mrs. Lawrence 
and Miss Annie — Nina went to her aunt's 
room, and searched for the keys. She knew Mrs. 
Lawrence never carried them upon her per¬ 
son, and she believed they were kept in the 
room. Her search was successful. She found 
the keys, unlocked the drawer, and found in the 
ivory box a set of diamonds that had belonged 
to her mother, and, beneath them, a legal docu¬ 
ment—her father's wilL 
Then it was hefs — her's the noble mansion, 
the royal furniture, even her aunt and cousin's 
clothing. How the thought swept over her! 
Gallagher arose, and pronounced the mar¬ 
riage ritual, and after a short prayer, thanking 
(Ion fervently for his kindness, love, and, above 
all, for his justice, presented to the company— 
Mrs. Graham— Mrs. Nina IIonaldson Gra¬ 
ham, the mistress of La Grange. 
We will pass over the surprise of the gay com¬ 
pany,—the rage, morlilication anti distress of 
Mrs. Lawrence and Annie— the reproaches 
which Mr. Lawrence heaped upon his wife. 
We it ill pass over Nina’s happiness, until one 
gloomy day, that found Sirs. Lawrence mis¬ 
tress of a small tenant's house Nina kindly let 
her uncle use. Mi»s Annie alternately scold¬ 
ing and crying, thinking ivliat a change one 
JOKE THROAT, 
BY VLRS. ELIZABETH AKERS. 
And similar troubles. If suffered to progress, rest: 
serious Rnlmoniirv, Hronchl!il mid Asthmatic affect 
oftenllnies incurable. 
BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES 
are compounded )ls t(> ,u, Ui( , 
disease and give almost Instant relief. 
Lo, what wonders tlm day bath brought, 
Born of the soft mid slumberous snow! 
Gradual, silent, slowly wrought— 
Even as an artist, thought by thought, 
Writes expression on lip mid brow. 
Hanging garlands the eaves o’erbvim— 
Deep drifts smother the paths below; 
The elms are shrouded, trunk and limb, 
And all the air is dizzy and dim 
With a whirl of dancing, dazzling enow. 
Dimly out, of the baffled sight 
Houses And church-spires stretch away; 
The trees, all spectral and still and white, 
Stand up like ghosts in Ihe tailing light, 
And fade and faitit with the bunded day. 
Down from the roofs in go ts tire hurled 
The eddying drifts to the waste, below; 
And still is the banner of storm unfurled, 
Till all the drowned and desolate world 
Lies dumb and white in a trance of snow. 
Slowly the shadows gather and fall— 
Still the whispering snow-flakes beat; 
Night and darkness are over all: 
Rest,, pale city, beneath their pall! 
Sleep, white world, in thy winding-sheet! 
Clouds may thicken, anu storm winds breathe 
On my wull is a glimpse of Rome— 
Laud of iny longing 1—and underneath 
Swings and trembles my olive-wreath; 
Peace and I are at home, at home! 
LITTLE JOKERS. 
seat of the 
735-1t 
cricket, a tea-kettle, a loving wife, and the 
crowing of a baby. 
Chloroform is recommended as excellent 
for scolding wives. A husband who has tried 
it says—“ No family should be without it.” 
A briefless young barrister says that any 
lady who possesses one thousand acres of land 
presents mi Uicient ground for attachment. 
An unmannerly wag being asked by the land¬ 
lady of his boarding-house why, being so tall a 
man, he ate so little, replied:-—“Miulam. a little 
goes a great way with me! ” 
“What is the meaning of a backbiter?” 
asked a clergyman at a Sunday School examina¬ 
tion. This Was a puzzle. It ivent down until 
it came to a simple urchin, who said, “Perhaps 
A TOUCHING WAR, STORY. 
BY BEXJ. F. TAYLOR 
u Y THE 33 E ST 
It is the Cheapest in the End. 
eonmeung emotions, when Katy came into it, 
saying, 
‘•And its a gintleman for ye, this time sure, 
Miss Nina— the gintleman as comes to see Miss 
Annie so often.” 
“Wishes to see me, Katy? 
mistaken.” 
“ h was Miss Nina, he warded , if that's your 
name,” and the good-natured maid stamped 
down stairs. 
Nina felt a new pride to-night —she would 
like to look iced; surely she, the mistress of La 
Grange, might do so. She put up her soft, beau¬ 
tiful hair in light hands—her hair—just the color 
of a sunbeam,—then donning her prettiest dress, 
a simple blue merino—with a little knot of gera¬ 
niums to fasten her color, and she pronounced 
her toilette complete. How beautiful she was I 
how queenly! Markham Graham wondered 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
NINA RONALDSON; 
OR, THE HEIRESS OF LA GRANGE 
You must be 
[Concluded from page 52, last No.l 
In the morning, before Annie had arisen, as 
Nina was passing Lhrough the lower hall the 
door bell rang. She answered the summons and 
met a strange gentleman, who asked:—“ Is Miss 
Lawrence at home?” 
“ My cousin will be down in a moment,” she 
replied, as she ushered him iuto the parlor. 
“ Miss Annie s cousinI have not had the 
pleasure of an introduction,” he said with a 
cheering frankness that quite won Nina.— 
“Then you arc visiting in the place, like myself?” 
' No, sir, said Nin a, with a hushed face: do 
not mistake my position, I act as maid to my 
cousin, in other words, I live upon my uncle’s 
charity.” 
“ Charity is a cold thing, from either friends, 
or the world, ' said he, with evident embarrass¬ 
ment. Just then Annie flitted into the room 
looking fresh ofl the morning. 
“Ah! and is my cavalier ready? Have you 
been chiding my delay?” said she, with a merry 
little laugh she supposed to be quite Irrealstable. 
“Not at all, Miss Lawrence. On the con¬ 
trary, have had a pleasant chat with your cousin, 
and now will you favor me with a formal intro¬ 
duction ?” 
“Miss Eonaldson, Mr. Graham,”— this 
was ail, but the haughty girl bit her lips, and 
an ugly frown passed over her forehead, which, 
for Graham, spoiled all the beauty. 
They dashed away that lovely spring morn¬ 
ing, but rode in silence, until Markham Gra¬ 
ham said, 
“ i our cousin does not resemble you, Miss 
Annie, and may I inquire her given name?” 
“Nina; hut it seems to me you take a lively 
interest in her. 1 fear you will lose your heart. 
She is not my cousin, only a very’ distant rela¬ 
tive of my father’s; but she will persist in call¬ 
ing me cousin.” 
Markham Graham smiled, half in sternness, 
half in irony, and the conversation turned up¬ 
on other topics. 
“Nina,” said Mrs. Lawrence, that after¬ 
noon, “ you need not answer the bell hereafter; 
and, beside, you need not be particular to state 
the relation existing between Annie and your¬ 
self; we are not proud of the honor.” 
Mahkiiam Graham sat in his room alone 
that morning; he had been reading, but the 
paper had dropped from his hand. 
“Nina KoNALDSON, Nina EONALDSON 
where have l heard that name?” he said, hall 
aioud. “Oh! now I have it! My father's 
friend, Ho wa RD Eonalohon, had a child bv 
that name. I have often heard my mother 
speak of her—she would have beeu a young 
lady now. And, now, I recollect, her father 
Nits to Crack. —Why are horses in cold 
weather like meddlesome gossips? Because 
they are the hearers of idle tails. 
Why is a plowed field like feathered game? 
Because it is part-ridges. 
If a small boy is called a lad. is it proper to 
call a bigger boy a ladder? 
Why is a blacksmith like a safe steed? Be¬ 
cause one is a horse-shoer and the other is a sure 
horse. 
Why is the letter T like a tyrant’s edict 
against the rights of man? Because it makes 
reason treason. 
THE RAILWAY HORSE-POWEE WHICH TOOK 
THE FIRST PREMIUM 
AT TOE 
New York State Fairs of 1800 & 1802, 
J -V/I OHIO ST.MTJS f.i/« Of 1863, 
As it also has at evert/ Stale and tbwdv Fair at which the 
r . . .. - nnw i viunu j’lUf ill IJlA 
Frojmelerrs have exhibited it in competition with others, run- 
nmu with low elevatum and slaw Ira eel uf team! ’ 
COMBINED THRASHERS AND CLEANERS, 
Thrashers, Separators, Wood Saws, &c., &c, 
All of the best in market. The 
Til K AMI UK AND (LEANER 
rS£ ,v , t ‘‘ l F " ( * T '’UKsttUM .it the Ohio State 
r air, mm, runs easy, separates the /rain clean from the 
straw, cleans quite eunal to the bast at Fanning Mills, 
leaving the groin lit for mill or market. 
*77 For Price anil dwertetkm semi for Circulars, and 
satisfy yourself before purchasing. 
Address It A M. HARDER. 
7i2-lam-«r Coblesklll. Schoharie t o., N. Y 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
J^IRDSELL'S PATENT COMBINED 
I AM composed of 30 letters. 
My 9, IS, 15, 4.14,8,19 is a word of confirmation. 
My li, S, 10,15, U, 18 ia what some men are by nature. 
My 3, 5,14 ,1 is necessary for cleanliness. 
My 20,2,13 is a boy’s toy. 
My 7, 8, 36,12 is the effect of combustion. 
My 8,1C, 14, 19, 11 is an article of furniture. 
My 17,10,14,20 is an article of food. 
My whole is a stupendous National Institution. 
Upper Alton, III, 1861 j. s . 
UW Answer in two woeks. 
the storming of Mission Ridge, among the pri.v 
ners was the 54th Virginia, and on Friday it 
trailed away across the pontoon bridge and 
along the mountain road, nine miles, to Kelly’s 
Ferrv. Arrived there, it settled upon the bank, 
like wasps, awaiting the boat A week elapsed, 
and your correspondent followed suit. 
The Major of the Third Ohio welcomed me to 
the warm hospitalities of his quarters, and 
almost the first thing he said was, “ You should 
have been here last Friday; you missed the 
denouement of the beautiful little drama of 
ours, whose first set I have told you. Will you 
believe that the frith Virginia has been here ? 
Some of our boys were on duty at the lauding 
when it arrived. ’ What regiment is tills V they 
asked; and when the reply was given, they 
started for camp like quarter-horses, and shouted, 
as they rushed in and out among the smoky 
cones of the Sibleys, ’The frith Virginia is at 
the Ferry!” The camp swarmed in three min¬ 
utes. Treasures of coffee, bacon, sugar, beef, 
preserved peaches, everything, were turned out 
in force, and you may believe they went laden 
with plenty, at the double-quick, to the Ferry.” 
Patented May 18th. 1858; Dec. 13th, 1859; April 8th, 
1862. and May 13th. 1862. 
MANTFACTCRED BY 
John O. Birdsell, 
WEST HENRIETTA, MONROE COUNTY, N. Y. 
• I i e °JF r “ l l cs Clov.r thrashing similar to 
Gralu Separator* In wheat thrashing,<1<dug all ihe work 
SP?? 1 uu ’ w 1 » 1 °*0,rt—1 mi) 1 11 tug tin: rliatl* Jn Urn 
hands o* kOo< 1 i*n4*rat(>rw It w|!J thrush, hull and rir iin 
from 10 toB0 biufi-U ft.<lnv wtfiJoui wT*to or 5 ™ I. The 
undersigned i. ni»initaeiujrtntr tin* r.niv tin* hine rmt- 
eiitCMl tfiat * hull, and dmiu! \<\l M tl!o gJme 
operation. All marli ni t that do the whole work, not 
marked IJiKioEtL 8 PATKNT, are liifi'IUifCfiU'nt^ The 
publicnre hereby dmUoned tint to omvh.tM- thone that 
are infrin*eiu»*nU nf said indent-at*any person ijuri'h’is- 
KKKts.. && Xsj 
MjdflnS Wdia 0 ^ 01,1 w ‘ y ° ul c >o- 
meeMf J<>,,N Y. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
TOWNS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED, 
A bots nickname anti n weight. 
A color and a place of defence. 
A diadem and a sharp end. 
A contest, and a carpenter's tool. 
One of the months and a tract of land. 
What comes in winter and a common drink. 
A boy s name and a collection of houses. 
A fanning implement and an entrance. 
A member of the body and a hard substance. 
A fruit and a weight 
An animal and a weight. 
Highland, HI., 3861. Augustus A. Parkinson. 
UW Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ANAGRAM 
It was Annie Lawrence’s nineteenth birth- 
night. The great parlors were brilliant with 
light; the perfume of exotics floated upon the 
air, warmed to summer heat. In her room, 
Annie stood before the long mirror , passing 
her White hand over the shining hands of her 
hair—arranging the flowers at her throat, adjust- 
ingtlic folds of her dress. Very beautiful she 
looked. Her rich crimson silk set off her com¬ 
plexion to the best of advantage, and gratified 
w *th her toilette, her face really wore a pleased 
expression. 
“There, Nina, do you think I will do? I am 
very anxious to look well to-night, for mamma 
says Graham will surely propose to-night. He 
did as much the Other day whenhe said Annie, 
I trust iny bride is in this perfect paradise of 
homed, La Grange. But what are you smiling 
at, Nina?— at your own thought*, ’eh? Well, 
mamma says you needn’t dross this evening, as 
you will only be here to oversee the servants, and 
need not come Into the parlor. 
Annie wondered Nina didn’t blush or the 
tears come into her eyes. On the contrary, she 
looked very culm, all but that strange smile, half 
mirthful, half bitter. 
In the parlors, all was beauty; light, warmth 
and beauty. Mrs. La wiienkk smiled upon her 
guests with becoming “liateur.” Annie flit¬ 
ted from guest to guest, all smiles, gentle words 
and laughter. She devoted her attention partic¬ 
ularly to Markham Graham's father and 
friend, Rev. Mr. Gallagher, who hud arrived 
in the place and conic to the party upon Marr¬ 
am’s promise of a Warn) welcome from the 
mistress of the house. 
Suddenly the room was silent—every person 
was breathless with surprise, for Markham 
Puotrlcst fo ilef rue ew 6a ew tadns 
Iiiwt uor loses devracmi feober an, 
Taiwnig hte norli hwne ta aogd mdaomcn 
Itou flle armde scsnpe rco $u. 
Fi ew ravec li hunt no hte phaelsecs tonae, 
Ilitw aynui a hnprs lsnlonic, 
Tai ylnevah tayenb las hi eb rou won 
Uor vliae na glena ivniao. 
Washington, Mich., 3861. ]£ 
£3/’“ Answer in two weeks. 
MOOKE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
TUB LARGEST-CIRCULATING 
Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper, 
IS PUBLISHED KVKRY SATURDAY BY 
U. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Tho same old scene, and yet bow strangely 
changed. The twinkling fires, the grateful in¬ 
cense, tho hungry captives; hut guests and hosts 
had changed places; the star-lit folds floated 
aloft for “the bonny blue flag;’’ a debt of honor 
was paid to the uttermost farthing. If they 
had a triumph of arms at Chattanooga. hearL 
were trumps et Kelly’s Ferry. And there it 
was that horrid war smiled a human smile, and 
a grateful, genth light flickered for a moment 
on the point of th. ayouet. And yet, should 
the 54th Virgin. < Ht;m to-morrow, with arms 
in their hands, t I ,• Tennessee, the 3d Ohio 
would meet them < i ;he bank, fight them foot 
to foot, and beat them back; with rain so pitiless 
the river would run red! 
Tftt.TIS, jjy .4/H'JA’CJf; 
Two Dollur* a Year— To Clubs ami Agents as fol¬ 
lows:—Ttiree Copies one year, for to; six, mod one trre 
to club agent, lor $10; Ton, and one free, lor $l*j anti 
any greatw number at same rate— only JH .40 per copy. 
Club papers directed to Individuals ami sent i© as many 
different Post-Oillees as desired. As we prepay Ameri¬ 
can postage on copies sent .thread. $1.70 |., U I( . lowest 
Club rate for Canada, and it.ha to Europe,- bih during 
tbe present rate of exchange. Canada Agvnta or Sub¬ 
scribers remitting for the Rural In bills ©f their own 
specie-paying Iranks will not be charged postage. The 
best way to remit u by I Iran ou New York, (less cost of 
exchange,)—and all drafts 
AN INGENIUS PUZZLE. 
Fifty set down, it matters not much which way, 
And naught to it add without delay, 
And five unto (he naught placed at the right hand, 
That all In one perfect line may stand; 
Then each in four equal parts divide, 
And place the Hist fourth by the side. 
The snm thus worked, if rightly done, 
Will prove what tempts men risks to run. 
ITT Answer in two weeks. 
Music of the Voice.—T he influence of tem¬ 
per upon tone deserves much consideration. 
Habit.s of querulousness or ill-nature o ill com¬ 
municate a cat-like quality to the hinging, as 
infallibly as they give a quality to the speaking 
voice. That there really exists unusble tones is 
notan unfounded opinion. In the due there 
is no deception; it is to many an mUex to the 
mind, denoting moral qualities; and it maybe 
remarked that the low, soft, tones of gentle and 
amiable beings, whatever their musical endow¬ 
ments may be, seldom fail to please; beside 
which, the singing of ladies Indicates the culti¬ 
vation of their taste generally, and the embel¬ 
lishment of their minds. 
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The Rural as a IVr«e..t..-Any Subscriber wishing to 
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For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A PUZZLE. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 733, 
Answer t.pGeographical Enigma:—Thou shalt have 
no other Clods before me. 
Answer to Mathematical Problem:— 0 sons and 9 
daughters. Each sou received $9,000; each daughter 
received $0,000. 
Answer to Question for “Euclid:”—TOBACCO 
Answer to Kiddle:— 1 True gentlemen. 
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