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THE SNOW-DRIFT. chair was in its accartomed corner by the parlor fire, “Well, Jenny,” said Mr. Newman, when the 
„ „ .. and in it sat the dear oldlady, with her placid smile of gathered again around their own fireside, “how w: 
Crowning with h.-«utv all the field’s expanse: welcome for all; while grandfather stood near her, it about that wish-bone? Did it prove to be a goo 
Thy Parian glow and sculptured symmetries erect and dignified, >«i* hands crossed on the top of one?” 
Eclipse the wildest wonders of romance. his ivory-headed staff, which was his constant com- “ Oh, father,” said Jenny,” I was just going to te 
Thou Bluest a monarch on thv Doric throne, P anion ’ raore from habH tban iKtl,a1 MW?<U Th< * r '‘ ?' >a ' 1 wiBhed ,irMt for a new doU - becaaBe 1 b ™ h 
Carved with plinth, cornice, architrave, and frieze; were words of greeting for all, questions to ask my old china’s head off, and I wanted one to curry t 
Thy architect a cunninger skill doth own, and answer, items of domestic news to circulate, and Thanksgiving. And then T wished that somethin 
Than wrought with Phidias or Praxiteles. i then, after a while, the hoys, large and small, went would make Cakiue happy, because last year sh 
Toppling in pride above the garden fence, ont > according to regular custom, for a rabbit-hunt, cried so had, and said she wished she was deac 
Of this fair world thou i»<me*t the fairest part; in which they usually saw few rabbits and plenty of Then I wanted to wish something nice for MaKgakei 
Thy splendors shame lh« rarest excellence fun, and finished up with a grand game of snow- because she always does nice things for other peoph 
That glow* in Grecian or In Tuscan art. balling. As soon as they were gone, the older girls but I didn’t know of anything she would like, so 
J,a*t night tin- north wind from his distant lair went U P ^ thc K rc!,t front cban,bcr l0 httVC il Coi! J J UKt wiBb, ‘ d Kh '- w,H,ld bav * what «*e wanted most ( 
.swept with m*-l fury down the boreal seas; chat over matters of special interest to young ladies anything iri all the world.” 
Piping a shrill Mast <>u tlm startled air, from sixteen to twenty, while the little ones gathered “ Very good wishes, little one,” said her father 
lie tossed the snow, and shook the shuddering trees. in grandmother’s room, and held a private thanks- “now did you get any of them?” 
The mountains made obeisance, as he flew. K ivin K f° r tbt< b, " e,it of their dolls. Jenny’s new “ Why. father,” said Jenny, earnestly,” don’t yo 
And smote their harpsichord of ancient pine*; doll waH formally introduced, admired, and chris- think, when I went up stairs I found the cunningei 
He piled the multitudinous snow into tened, and installed mistress of ceremonies, by virtue doU, a il dressed complete, in my new' gaiter. An 
Kanges of mimic Alps and Apennines. of being the best dressed lady in the collection. to-night I heard Carrie tell Aunt Esther that sli 
So here r find thee, Mcmnon of the morn, If you take a peep into the front chamber, you will b,ld aucb a nice, happy time all day. And Marga 
Rising from out thy sea’s unhmken white; find Bix fair faces nestling together around the fire, KKT ’ dld ^ on iln .Vthin f- you wanted?” 
As Lovc'a fair goddess, on the ocean born, an d perhaps among them all, Margaret’s will least <,ddl y enough, Margaret blushed again, and coul 
Rose from the waves on nebulous clouds of light impress you as beautiful, yet your eyes come back to no * n,eet th « <*«* of ,hc little n««»tioncr. 
How glorious if thy beauty, isle of snow, it again and rest there with a sense of quiet content. 1 ^ l, ss hbe did ’ p 8 ” 1 Mr. Newman, with a heart 
Might here transfigured and forever lie; That dark-eyed girl leaning upon Margaret’s lau b' b >' hut slm wont tell you about it to-night, si 
a bright Atlantis in the world below, lap) iH Lo m8K Ki.mer, tho acknowledged queen and you r,eedn ’ < ' “ Hk ber -” 
Dropped from thc broad bine ocean of the sky. beauty of - thc whole COUBinbood . while the rest arc ‘ ,i,ow red ym,r ® beekB aro - Margaret,” sai. 
Unworthier late, some base iconoclast listening eagerly to her glowing account of a laic dl ‘ NN '> ' ook ' n K admiringly at her sister; “I wisl 
Thy flowing lock* is waiting to destroy; sleighing party to the city, Margaret’s eyes have tliey wer(: tbflt ,l11 tbe l,mo > y° u look eo rancl 
Perhaps thou’Itliiss the virgin earth at last gone around the room, and missed something they {m,Uicr - J asked Mr ‘ Fjki.ihncJ, to-night, when yoi 
Beneath the vandal foot of some rude boy. were jn Benrch of . Xhis WM (j ARWJt WjleORP, the WaH Hmgi ” g WiU * I ' 0D,M Kt ' MKK ’ if ,K! didn,t thinl 
Bnt though profaned and ravished on thc plain, crippled cousin, whose hack had been so injured by ' "" wus a f r '' nt d<o/ the prettiest, and he said hi 
'rhe friendly sun thy spirit shall renew; a fall in babyhood as to make her a cripple for life. bcilcvod he lliJ - 1 tbink be ifl a rf ’ al "*««’ man, but 
And the B.,ft-footed couriers of the rain Bhe seemed almost to shrink from the merry talk of ^ BM what bufiinc8a b « bad to come to ooi 
Once more translate thee to thy native blue. tho otherB< and f „j that h1ip waa an „ nwdcoinc guPHt Thanksgiving.” 
_ UaqaHne. thc|n ()n|y gnvndmother H , om , d “ Tb ®»- Jk * ny - t)lat will do,” said her father 
"""""""keep a double share of love and tenderness for her; au fi k ‘ II S moie than ever. “So you really think al 
fjf. h lt> 4 irt W ’Mf 'TIT, J>1| If (rttM and when the girls bounded away unmindful of her, ll,in 8 fl canR ‘ <lf tbat wish-bone, dc 
(Lv 4i Jv (jy X JV Jv JP ” ly Jv il jy X * she never thought of following, but shrank closer to yo ” ' 
- grandmother's chair, and folded fn her thin hand the We "’ no ’ ^her,” said Jenny, slowly, looking 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yoskcr.] aged one, scarcely thinner or more shrunken. thoughtfuny at her sister, “/ rat fur /hirJc it t ca> 
AT A f iri “Where is Carrie?” asked Margaret, in a pause ga ret. 
A It J a> . 0 f IjOcisk Elmer’s chatter. * * 
by EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER. “ Oh, she staid down with the old folks,” said her FUN, FACT, AND FANCY. 
thoughtless sister Bessie, “she’d rather be there, she . 
(Contlnue<i from page 60, laHt wc«?k.) is sucli a <}UC 6 r IfttJo thrng * 19 WAN S or ^ une ofk*n turns hift head; his bar 
CKjVf»rrKXt XI. Margaret made a motion to raise Louise from her l<,rt ' ine aH ofu ' n !,verts tbe heads of bis friends. 
The old Newman homestead, where Thanksgiving ,a P’ hutshe only pouted her red lips and said, “ Now, TnE rarewcl] of Home wiv es to their husbands every 
gatherings had been held time out. of mind, "waH a Maggie, don’t bring her up hero, that’s a good girl, morning— buy and buy. 
large substantial farm-house, built in the style of the ^ ke makeH me so nervous, with her sober face and Spendthrifts economise in wbat they give, thc 
old Puritans, with beams of solid oak that seemed as KT« a t mourn fill eyes. I feel as if it were a sin to charitable in what they spend. 
lasting as iron. No one had cared to change its old- IttURb and lalk bcfoEe her ’ wben k!k ’ finflfere so much, Emerson tells us that “ the tongue should be a 
fashioned appointments, so the parlor kept its dark is so miserable.” faithful teacher.” Certainly the eye ought to be —it 
heavy panels, its carved moulding, sand fire-place with “ Cahrik is not miserable,” said Margaret, “slie always has a pupil. 
painted tiles, the great kitchen with its polished is V0 U’ patient, and even happy in her way, and we - M . . 
floor, its towering eight-day clock, and its open <>u « ht to t«' k e more pains to amuse and cheer her. • . b ” ' noce " ce » the second is 
wide-mouthed fire-place that swallowed up huge logs Tlic Rteatest happiness that is left to her is the Jove f” jj 0 w«*il'byHtli*” other CPar ^ " ^ ° Ut qn,ckly 
in its fiery throat—all these belonged to a past of her friends, and we must not forget that she needs ’ ° " ’ -V " " K r ' 
generation, and yet they seemed well fitted to the ,ovo a SffOat deal more than any of the rest of ns.” A M ATttON ’ late, y bf;inR aH,(cd wl, y she didn’t learn 
simple dignity of the quiet old people who lived there. There was no need of another word. Tears sprang <,H 1 r <‘” < 'h language, replied that one tongue was 
It lias been said of so holy an old age as theirs that * ,,to ^ BR8,R ' S hlno eyes, and the qu.V.k hearted girl f ' un,r,, mt for a woman. 
“as, sometimes when the day is done, the sun seems Htarted for the stairs. “ l,et me go, too,” said Mar- 2bal should he like fire, which is not only hot, 
to hang for a half hour in the horizon, only to show <iAHE,r > ft,,d the girlH went down to the parlor but bright; a blind horse may be full of mettle, but 
how glorious it can he; so (loo seems to let some together. There was pleasure ns well as surprise in he is ever and anon stumbling, 
people, when their duty in this world is done, hang ^ l0 lame girl s Iac6, when Bessie rushed into her To converse with spirits — lay a five cent piece on a 
in the west that men may look on them and see how c<mK ' r ’ ftnd Ravc her an impulsive kiss, saying, “why table in a grog shop, and they’ll show themselves 
beautiful they are.” don’t you come up stairs with the rest of us, yon dear quicker than yon can say “ beans.” 
Clear minded, and still vigorous in body, Mr. New- ' iUk ' R ”h'J «ides?” Vet it was not until Margaret Famk is an unfl<5rtakcr ttiat ft m , ju]e 
man, the older, seemed only resting from the labors lmd added ber ear,|, ’ al ’ Carrte » w ” want , ,, , . .. , , . 
and cares of life, while his wife,gentle, loving and yo « a >’ . lll, ' n ‘’" a u<lK>’and mother bad "aid, “go, ou t their fu»ijjg^M|l lollowV them to the grav!'" 
beloved, though Tor many yearn an invalid, Hllllkopt doai, a loving litilc pnt on the tl.in hand, thftt 
her cheerful smile, and Her heart seemed as young Cak,uk al( iwly from her chair, and came with Each day brings its own duties, and carries them 
and warm as ever. There was no event of the whole ber fja,tinR Rt °p up stairs, alon « wiUl il i and tUc y ai ' e a » waves broken on the 
year so often looked forward to by the children and How full of love and thoughtfulness every one tlu-^ 1 ™ t * K ' ,n ' omi,1R aftor * bllt nonc cver 
grandchildren, far and near, as the Thanksgiving seemed to Cariuk, and what merry tales they told " s ,M< ' 
visit to grandmother’s. Even little Jenny, the young- around the fire, looking into her face now and then <; riek humbles to the dust, but also exalts to the 
est and wildest of all thc troop, was never tired of ad- with sunny eyes, till she almost forgot her misfortune c * oudB ’ ^ f,bill ' ,,s as with an ague, but also steadies 
miring grandma’s fair, pale face and soft white hair, In the joy of being loved and oared for. Iilu ‘ frost; it sickens the heart, but also healH its in- 
and wondering if it could really be true that Undo Throe o’clock surprised them all, and they rushed , ‘ rni ' t ' es * 
William remembered when her Chocks used to be the windows as a merry shout announced the return “John, how 1 wish it was as much thc fashion to 
round ami red, and her hair black and shining. On o( ’ the would be hunters, red-checked, noisy, and trade in wives as to trade in horses!” “Why so, 
this particular morning she was almost beside her “hungry as bears.” They had caught two rabbits Dick?”—"I’d cheat somebody most shockingly 
“Well, Jenny,” said Mr. Newman, when they 
gathered again around their own fireside, “how was 
it about that wish-bone? Did it prove to be a good 
one?” 
“ Oh, father," said Jenny,” I was just going to tell 
you. I wished first for a new doll, because I broke 
my old china’s head off, and I wanted one to curry to 
Thanksgiving. And then 1 wished that something 
would make Carrie happy, because last year she 
cried so had, and said she wished she was dead. 
in which they usually saw few rabbits and plenty of Then I wanted to wish something nice for Margaret, 
fun, and finished up with a grand game of snow¬ 
balling. As soon as they were gone, the older girls 
went up to the great front chamber to have a cozy 
chat over matters of special interest to young ladles 
from sixteen to twenty, while the little ones gathered 
in grandmother’s room, and held a private thanks¬ 
giving for the benefit of their dolls. Jenny’s new 
because she always does nice things for other people, 
but I didn’t know of anything she wonld like, so I 
just wished she would have wbat sbe wanted most of 
anything in all the world.” 
"Very good wishes, little one,” said her fathc-r, 
“now did you get any of them?” 
“Why, father," said Jenny, earnestly,” don’t you 
doll was formally introduced, admired, and chris- think, when I went np stairs I found the cunningest 
tened, and installed mistress of ceremonies, by virtue 
of being the best dressed lady in the collection. 
If you take a peep into the front chamber, you will 
find six fair faces nestling together around the fire, 
and perhaps among them all, Margaret’s will least 
impress you as beautiful, yet your eyes come back to 
it again and rest there with a sense of quiet content. 
That dark-eyed girl leaning upon Margaret’s 
lap, is Louise Elmer, thc acknowledged queen and 
beauty of the whole eousinhood. While the rest are 
listening eagerly to her glowing account of a late 
sleighing party to the city, Margaret’s eyes have 
gone around the room, and missed something they 
doll, ail dressed complete, in my new gaiter. And 
to-night I heard Carrie tell Aunt Esther that she 
had such a uice, happy time all day. And Marga¬ 
ret, did you get anything you wanted?” 
Oddly enongh, Margaret blushed again, and could 
not meet the eyes of thc little questioner. 
“ I guess she did,” said Mr. Newman, with a hearty 
laugh,” hut she wont tell you about it to-night, so 
you needn’t ask her.” 
“How red your cheeks are, Margaret,” said 
JENNY, looking admiringly at her sister; "I wish 
they were that way all the time, you look so ranch 
prettier. I asked Mr. Fielding, to-night, when you 
was Hinging with Iajuisk Elmer, if he didn’t think 
werc in search of. This was Oaruih Wilfoiip, the i 
crippled cousin, whose hack had been so injured by y ° U Wft ® * Kr " at d * al 11,0 » ir<Jtti « Bt ’ and he aaid be 
a fall in babyhood as to make her a Cripple for life. bc,,eVod he ' li ' L 1 tbink be ifl a real n5ce man - but 1 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 17 letters. 
Mv 6, 7, 8, 9, 13. 16 is a season of the rear. 
My 5, 9, 10, II, 17 is found in the earth. 
My 4, 7, 8. 1 is an adjective. 
My 5, 2, 14, If,, 16 is a sweet concrete substance. 
My 12, 7,11, 9 Is used by a surgeon. 
My whole is tho name of one of the ablest and most accom¬ 
plished scholars this country has produced. 
Rochester, N. Y., 1861. C. H. Arlks. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS. 
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She seemed almost to shrink from the merry talk of 
the others, and feel that she was an unwelcome guest 
among them. Only dear grandmother seemed to 
keep a double share of love and tenderness for her; 
and when the girls hounded away unmindful of her, 
she never thought of following, hut shrank closer to 
grandmother's chair, and folded in her thin hand the 
aged one, scarcely thinner or more shrunken. 
“Where is Caiirie?” asked Margaret, in a pause 
of Ixiuise Elmer’s chatter. 
“Oh, she staid down with the old folks,” said her 
thoughtless sister Bessie, “she’d rather be there, she 
is sucli a queer little thing.” 
Margaret made a motion to raise Louise from her 
lap, but she only pouted her red lips and said, “ Now, 
Maggie, don’t bring her up here, that’s a. good girl. 
She makes me so nervous, with her sober face and 
great mournful eyes. I feel as if it were a sin to 
laugh and talk before her, when she snfibre bo much, 
and is so miserable.” 
“ CarrlB is not miserable,” said Margaret, “she 
is very patient, and even happy in her way, and we 
believed he did. 1 think he is a real nice man, but 1 
can’t see what business he had to come to oar 
Thanksgiving.” 
“There, Jenny, that will do,” said her father, 
laughing more than ever. “So you really think all 
these pleasant things came of that wish-bone, do 
you?” 
“Well, no, father,” said Jenny, slowly, looking 
thoughtfully at her sister, “/ rathsr think it teas 
Margaret.” 
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FUN, FACT, AND FANCY. 
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Answer in two weeks 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
POETICAL ENIGMA. 
est and wildest of all thc troop, was never tired of ad¬ 
miring grandma’s fair, pale face and soft white hair, 
and wondering if it could really be true that Undo 
William remembered when her chocks used to he 
round ami red, and her hair black and shining. On 
this particular morning she was almost beside her- 
A man’s good fortune often turns his head; his bad 
fortune as often averts the heads of his friends. 
The farewell of some wives to their husbands every 
morning —buy and buy. 
Spendthrifts economise in what they give, thc 
charitable in what they spend. 
Emerson tolls us that “the tongue should be a 
faithful teacher.” Certainly the eye ought to be_it 
always has a pupil. 
The first of all virtues is innocence; the second is 
modesty; and neither departs without being quickly 
followed by the other. 
A MATRON, lately being asked why she didn’t learn 
the French language, replied that one tongue was 
sufficient for a woman. 
Zkai, should he like fire, which is not only hot, 
but bright; a blind horse may be full of mettle, but 
he is ever and anon stumbling. 
To converse with spirits —lay a five cent piece on a 
tion to tho living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes 
out their fuiHjJfc^j^iitl lollows them to the grave. 
Each day hi mg- its own duties, and carries them 
along with it; and they are as waves broken on the 
shore, many like them coming after, hut none cver 
the same. 
Chief humbles to the dust, hut also exalts to the 
clouds; it shakes as with an ague, but also steadies 
like frost; it sickens the heart, hut also heals its in¬ 
firmities. 
"John, how i wish it was as much thc fashion to 
self with excitement 5 and when her father went out and left them for old black Judy’s Thanksgiving din- before night.” 
on some business, saying ho should lie at the door ri,T - The great tabic was soon loaded with the 
with tho sleigh in just an hour, she was too impatient Thanksgiving feast. The huge turkey, browned to a 
tojeait for Margaret’s qnict movements, but ran up n ’ CC| ty> filled th« post of honor, and presided hand- 
Stetirs to dress herself. Margauet followed her in Homely over the dishes of minor importance that 
time to fasten thc pretty crimson dress, and tie the filled n P Die board. Old and young were soon ranged 
little white apron. around it, and for once Carrie forgot her usual poti- 
“ Margaret," said Jenny, trying to stand still for Don, to be allowed to wait and eat at the children’s 
a moment, “do you think my old China would do table. 'Every heart responded in thankfulness as the 
better to carry than no doll at all?” aged grandfather bowed his white head, and offered 
“ 1 wouldn’t take her,” said Margaret; “ a doll thanks for the bounties of the year. There was a 
without a head isn’t worth much.” moment of silence afterwards, before the full tide of 
Jenny gave a little sigh, and then bounded away talk set in, und then there was so much conversation 
for her shoes. In a moment more she rushed hack among the elders,—so much sly fun and open nieiri- 
ner. The great table was soon loaded with the To be idle and to be poor have always been re- 
Thanksgtving feast. The huge turkey, browned to a proaches; and, therefore, every man endeavors, with 
nicety, filled the post oi honor, and presided hand- the utmost care, to hide his poverty from others, his 
Homely over the dishes of minor importance that idleness from himself. 
filled np the board. Old and young were soon ranged ... „ . , . , 
n mu 11,1 il urwi iw a. . . . . . .. . A PUYMC “* ^PP* 1 at tbe abo P of » country 
" l . ’ u< young were soon ranged “ A fhysiCian stopped at tbe shop of a country *wm 1 om free, (hr $21; Tivanty. and one bwo, for*26; and any 
around It, and lOT OHCe (aRKHS forgot l)0<r usual poti- a , . - , . . greater number ut Mine rate — only $l,2fi pur copy —with an 
tion, to be allowed to wait and eat at the children’s "£ T * a pharmacopoeia.- ext « frlHJCor , T hr ^ T « 8u £ rT £ nty . CU(|1) 
table. 'Every heart responded in thankfulness as the T'' '! . !, ku ° W of D0 Hucb t^P-n. dieted to individuate and **nt u. «* many different 
with a 601 x 1.1111 of delight. 
“Oh, Margaret Newman .' what do you think i 
fonnd In one of my new gaiters? Just the sweetest 
doll, and all dressed complete. That’s the very first 
thing I wished for with my wish-bone, and who in all 
the world could have done it?” 
Margaret smiled one of her quiet smiles, and 
Jenny exclaimed, “ You put it there yourself. I jnst 
rimeiit among the .voting folks,—and so much eating 
to be done by all, that it was no wonder the chil¬ 
dren grew weary of their play, and waited impa¬ 
tiently for their turn at the feast, it came at last, 
and was enjoyed most heartily by them; for there 
was a peculiar relish even to bread and butter when 
it graced the Thanksgiving table. 
In tho evening the little party was increased, to 
know, for this is a piece of that very blue dress you are Jenny’s great astonishment, by thc arrival of Mr. caiN -” 
farmer living i ’>out these parts.” Fost-OfHccMua desired As we pre pay American postage on 
rn„„ .. . , r „„„„ . papers sent to tiio HnUxh PiovinwK. our Canadian agent* and 
In. record of life runs thus: Man creeps into friends must add I-”, cent* per copy to the club rates of the 
Guild hood, boutids Into youth, Bobors into manhood, Kctrai.. Tha lnwntf. prtco of copie* M«at to Europe, 
soften# into ago tottorH into second childhood, and — Including poKtajje. t Afrnt* whoUkoKpecml Kminuim* 
stumbles into the cradle prepared for him. for d . nb " fornu ‘ (1 P Tnriou ’' A P ril lHt . ar « ,dh ' 1 enhtled te one 
extra (free) copy of the paper for a club of either Six at $10, Ten 
“If I were mentioning that 11 domestic fowl en- at $ 18 , or Tkenjy at $us, and those who do not compete fur or 
tered my room by the window, how could I state the wishthn premiums can have an extra copy for eTcry ten subfleri- 
fact, and name the prevailing epidemic? By simply * M,W T" Aav , <M,e wbo baM for T 1 ^ rw * ivwl «"*- 
, „ * . . •> 1 * muuuter aclul), (forltel.) can get a second premium hyoemiing 
saying. In Hew a hen, sir (Influenza)?” another dub. or receive ufrao copj- of the paper for every uldl- 
“ No one would take you to he what you are,” said lio,ml Wu subscriber* forwarded, 
an old-fashioned gentleman the other day to a dandy *3 T“T"k above Terms and Rates are Invariable, and those 
who had more hair than brains. “Why?” was loss than spedfled ter a angle wpy or club, ivill ^ 
. 1 . . • eroditod omy ft# pf^r mien, ana mcoivo the paper Accordingly 
immediately asked. “Ilecauso they can t nee your Any peroou who U not an og<*at Bonding tho club rate (Sl.60 or 
putting on this minute*;” and Jenny vented her grati¬ 
tude by hugging her sister violently, and declaring 
her “tho very dar Hugest Margaret In all the world.” 
Just as their preparations were completed the sound 
of sleigh hells was heard, and in an instant more a 
boisterous “hurrah!” from Frbd announced that the 
sleigh was at the door. Jenny ran down to the gate, 
looking like a little Esquimaux in her many wrap¬ 
pings. 
“1 believe the birds arc keeping Thanksgiving,” 
Arthur Fielding, their young minister. What was A Physician of Cincinnati, who had lost his morn- 
Ktill more surprising to Jenny, no one but herself Dig’s milk from the front area, recently put an emetic 
seemed to wonder at all at his coining, but os Marga¬ 
ret looked particularly happy and contented, she 
concluded it. must ho all right. In tbe course of the 
evening all but a few of the oldest ones went into thc 
great kitchen for a regular game of romp. They 
began with blind-man’a-bnff, and gradually subsided 
into quieter plays. Long before they finished, Mr. 
into the pitcher, and tlic next morning discovered a 
policeman a little distance from his honse making his 
“ returns!” 
Fisher Ames, an eminent philosophic statesman 
of the early period of our history, once said that “a 
$1.2ft) tor a jingle copy |tb* price of which Is $21 will only receive 
the paper the length of time tho money [aiyn for at full single 
ropy prior. People who send u* lest than published rates, and 
request tho [taper for a your, or a return of the money, cannot 
hr accommodated — ter it would bo unjust to others te comply, 
ami a great inconvenience to return remittances. The only wav 
te gut Uit* Rural for let * than $2 a year is to term oi Join h club. 
JtftnertfsiHfi — Thirty-Five CrntH a Link, each inser¬ 
tion. A price and a half for extra display, or /t*.^ cents per line 
of space. Special Notices, (following reading matter, leaded,) 
Helping completely wou Jenny’s heart, by the while a republic ia a raft which may never sink, hut 
monarchy is a aerchantman which sails well, but Sixty Cents a Line. t tf'Tntc Rural Nkw-Youxxk has a far 
will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom; krger circulation than any similar Journal In tin;, world, and is 
said sbe, as the little brown things fluttered lip from enthusiasm with which lie entered into thc sport, and then your fret art always in water ?» 
11 m nnmi; on alio nnuuo.l ».!<(. .. a iAi . . « i l J J 
the snow as slm passed, and settled with a twitter on 
the peach trees. Margaret looked at them too, und 
sighed softly as she thought for a moment of John 
and his little M ary, bnt her heart was always open to 
sunbeams, and straightway through ils windows came 
these renumbered words, “Are not two sparrows sold 
for a farthing? and not one of them ialleth to the 
ground without your Father. Fear ye not, therefore, 
ye are of more value than many sparrows.” And 
Margaret was inly glad. 
Jenny und Frkd chattered incessantly, and found 
new objects of admiration every moment. Now it 
was an old hemlock, heavily plumed with snow; then 
a clump of alder, strung all over with its coial ber¬ 
ries; but Margaret and her father were very silent, 
and as they glided smoothly along scarcely heard the 
voices of the children, or the merry music of tho bells, 
helped every one else to enjoy it. It was lie who 
chose Carrie for judge when the forfeits were to 
he redeemed, and quitly brought out an easy chair 
for her to sit, in, when he saw she looked weary. 
Jenny was very glad, when they went back to the par¬ 
lor, to find herself lifted upon Mr. Fielding’s knee, 
with Margaret on the sofa beside them. 
“Mr. Fielding,” said she, at last, “are yon any 
relation to us; my cousin, or uncle, or anything?” 
“I believe not, Jenny, said Mr. Fielding, very 
gravely, “don’t you think It is u pity?” 
“Well, then,” persisted Jenny, " what made you 
come to our Thanksgiving party?” 
Mr. Fielding looked at, Margaret, and Margaret 
smiled a queer little smile, and blushed very red; and 
then he laughed very heartily, ft great deal too much 
for a minister, Jenny thought,—at any rate she did 
for other hells, some sweet, some sad, that memory not choose to sit there and be iuugbed at, so she 
was chiming in their hearts. slipped away to see Carrie, and left them alone 
They were not tho first at the homestead. Uncle together. 
William was there with his grown-up boys and girls, “You look very tired, my ehild,” said Aunt 
ami his handsome wife, who kept her good looks Esther, as she helped the lame girl to put on her 
bravely for a grandmother. Aunt Esther and her wrappings. 
husband, with their two tell boys and a troop of 
young folks, with just enough fathers and mothers 
sprinkled among them to keep their stock of fun and 
frolic withinj proper bounds. Grandmother’s arm- 
“1 ain tired,” was tho answer,” hut this has been 
such a happy day. Every one has been so kind to 
me, and oh, mother, it is not such a droadful thing 
to be lame, after alL 1 think I shay be more patient.” 
At best, life is not very long. A few more smiles, 
a few more tears, some pleasure, much pain, sun¬ 
shine and song* clouds and darkness, hasty greet¬ 
ings, abrupt farewells,— then our little play will 
close, and the iniurer and the injured will pass away. 
Is it worth while to hate each other? 
“Mary, my love, do you remember the text this 
morning?” 
“No, papa, 1 never can remember the text, I’ve 
such a bad memory.” 
“ Mary," said her mother, “did yon notice Susan 
Brown?” 
“Oh, yes. What a fright! She had on her last 
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mantilla, brown gaiters, an imitation Moniton collar, 
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