Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
A WINTER NIGHT. 
lircd of searching for the lost path, and over¬ 
come with fatigue, the poor invalid sank down 
exhausted. The moon had now become over¬ 
cast, and the bit; rain drops began to fall. Creep¬ 
ing to the trunk of an old decaying elm, he sat 
i down upon its roots, and wrapping his head in a 
newspaper which he found in his pocket, and 
resting against the trunk, in a few moments he 
dropped asleep, and was soon entirely oblivious 
of the raging storm that was going on overhead. 
How long he slept he knew not. When he 
awoke he was drenched to the skin. With the 
greatest difficulty he managed to rise, and once 
more attempted to regain the path to the hotel. 
Tliis time his efforts were rewarded with suc¬ 
cess; and before an hour had elapsed be was 
clasped in the arms of his wife, who had never 
ceased to watch for hie coming. 
Hut it was the final blow to bis fast sinking 
constitution, it was seen that his end was not 
far distant, and the doctor shook his head mourn¬ 
fully as he turned away from the invalid’s couch. 
“ Tell me the worst, doctor,” cried the young 
wife. “I can bear it all. I know he cannot 
live lung.” 
“ Take him home. The home of his childhood 
may, perhaps, revive him for a while; and It is 
jen nays uuu elapsed, and the date ol young 
Smeaton’s furlough bud expired, and lie began 
to prepare himself lor his return 1o the city. 
Hla parents entreated in vain. He understood 
not his own position. Amelia was almost 
heart-broken. 
“ Heave me, leave me?” she cried, “I will never 
leave him. If he goes, I go too. He is too near 
his death-bed now for me to .desert him. I 
cannot live separated tliis distance and he so ill. 
No; I will go with him. I must be near him. 
Who is there to look after ids comfort ? None.” 
Two days after this, Mr. and Mrs. Smeaton 
were in New York. He returned to his office, 
and in a few days Ids condition appeared more 
favorable. A faithful wife Amelia proved to 
him. But all her care and nursing was in vain. 
BY AI.VAU IISEMAK 
Tick 1 tick! tick! 
The pendulum sways to and fro; 
While out in the chilling blast, the snow 
Is falling quick; 
Its trooping drifts go pant with a shout, 
For old Winter Is holding his polar rout; 
While the heat of the embers is dying out. 
T-i-c-k! t-i-c-k! t-i-c-k! 
Slower and slower, while columns of 'sleet 
In fury against the windows beat. 
The ice grows thick 
On the penciled panes, while under the door 
And through the key-hole with screech and roar, 
The snow is drifting upon the floor. 
T—i—c—k I t— l-o—k! t— 
Tie dead! the dock; and out on the street 
Ipiear no patter of passing feet; 
Hut shrub and tree 
And gable and blind all groan aloud, 
As the ice sweeps down from the flying cloud 
And covers the earth with a spotless shroud. 
Time, old Time, 
Is silvering locks of Hie raven's glow, 
And life’s and passion's tides move slow 
In their decline ; 
And I hear the storms of age allow, 
As they gather their forces, sure bnt slow, 
To lay the vigor of manhood low. 
Spring, sweet spring. 
Shall come again, with sunshine and dew, 
The trees and flowers and fruits to renew, 
New life shall bring 
To the earth, in the drops of the early rain, 
As it falls on the winter-frozen grain ; 
And man, though dying, shall live again. 
AN ENIGMA 
The following ingenious and complicated enigma 
was originated by the late Stephen Stanley of 
Elmira; 
I am a couplet of thirty-five letters, 
My feet, fast locked in mystery’s fetters; 
To solve me my parts must first be inspected, 
And then to 'lew my whole he subjected. 
35, 22, 8—1 limit nouns, 
And define their bounds. 
9, 10, 9,18—A noisy, strutting warden, 
That scratches in the garden. ' 
9, 19,11,12, 7—Plagues at best— 
The farmer’s pest. 
2, 34—Preceded by 9 
I am made feline. 
20,10, 19, 4—1 Come with the light, 
Bnt am goue before night. 
34.10— Tho’ in size diminutive, 
I'm before the infinitive. 
1,17,13,TO, 29, 0—A harbinger am I, 
And rapidly I fly. 
35, 22, 20—Tho’ bnt a particle. 
I’m a definite article. 
23, 30,12,15—Dally visits 1 pay, 
Bnt neither night nor day. 
31,1, 21, 8—An adverb of time, 
With a biped 1 rhyme. 
0,17, 32, 9, 3, 4, 23, 33 A downward motion I express. 
What I am yon sure can guess, 
28,19,10,14—1 render assistance 
To Indicate distance. 
22. 5, 32—A pronoun possessive 
Of property expressive. 
13.10.11, 33, 27—A place of rest 
For bird, not beast. 
35.11— I fulfill my mission 
As a preposition. 
82, 21, 25,13, 9, 22—Whatever I’m “took for, ” 
i mean to look for. 
28,11,19—1 am a preposition 
Denoting transition. 
1, 21, 33—A pronoun am I, 
Which you can supply. 
35.11, 25, 32, 27—An article of food, 
Both healthy and good. 
My parts being scanned, 
My whole will stand 
A picture of sorry conflision; 
But the figures below 
A secret will show 
Which will lead to a happy conclusion • 
10, 29, 27, 3, 19. 4, 2, 84. 24, 10, 8,11, 28 
29. 20. 35, 34, 21, 13, 32, 
12, 5,29, 29.19, 21, 15, «, 31,1, 20,28, 3, 35, 34.20, 
13, 82. 
I t£f" Answer in two weeks. 
This celebrated broom has been before the public for 
one year, and has proved Itself to be as represented, the 
cheapest, simplest, most beautiful, durable, light, and 
elastice one In the United States. It has been awarded 
the first premium wherever exhibited,including the New 
York, Ohio, and Kentucky State Fairs oflsfic, and is 
highly recommended by tlie leading journals and scien¬ 
tific men of the country,as the following unsolicited no¬ 
tices of the press and testimonials will show: 
From The Scientific American. 
Silver’s method of constructing a hroom makes a much 
better article than tho olil-fashloned one. for the shank Is 
st I and bold fasi.Uin* obtaining a spring or elasticity 
which Is valued by honse keeper?. J 
The head F and ferrule R are made of polished sheet 
brass or German silver, are seamless, and will last for 
years. 
From The American Agriculturist, alter Three .Months’ 
• Test. 
Silver’ s Patent Broom.— This Is a novelty, certainly 
By means of a cap and screw the brush can be removed 
at any time. We have no broom-corn at hand to test the 
removal of the old brush and the pnttlng In of new, but 
we do not see why it cannot lie. readily done bv anv one. 
and lamierg thus raise u little plot of broont-eorh and 
make their own brooms after buying a patent bundle. 
The one we are using has a superior elasticity. 
From the Boston Cultivator. 
Everybody who aces it says It la perfection, and that it 
will soon supersede all others. 
From a Report of the American institute “Farmers’ 
Club,’* In The New York Weekly Tribune. 
After giving a full description of the Broom it said — 
^W\N r % E N y WuSs P CAN - MAkE A NBW 
Emporium of Fashion, No. 473 Broadway. N. Y. 
Mb. SilvkkmT he beauty and prnetlcal utllityol your 
“Excelsior Broom-Head ” are loo self-evident to require 
commendation. I cordially Indorse all vuu claim for it. 
It was Saturday. The morning had broke In 
all its autumn loveliness. The night had been 
cold, very cold; but the genial rays of the sun 
had soon dissipated tho dew, and now nature 
appeared in her loveliest garb, the million-tinted 
hues of the Indian summer. 
Th* inmates of the hotel — for such it was — 
were all astir, and the buggy of the village 
doctor stood at t he open door. Young Smeaton 
had determined to go down to the village two 
miles away, and he thought that he felt quite 
strong enough to walk the entire distance, and 
as he had all the day before him, he would have 
no occasion to hurry. 
“ You had better jump in and ride down,” said 
tho good-natured doctor, “I am going to the 
| village, and shall he hack again by noon.” 
“No, thank you," lie replied; “I bavcall the day 
on hand, and I think it will dome good to walk.” 
The doctor drove away, and shortly afterwards 
young Smeaton took the by-road which led to 
the village, accompanied for a short distance 
by his wife. 
“Now, you will promise not to he long away, 
dearest,” she said, imprinting a kiss upon his 
pale check. 
“ I shall ho back in less than four hours. I 
have nothing to hinder me, and shall enjoy 
myself among these fields and woods which I 
shall have to cross; adieu,”—and with a kiss the 
days, ana l would like once more to see my 
native hills.” 
lie did go home. The following day he was 
in bed, never to rise again. Around him stood 
his parents and his faithful young wife. 
“’Tin a short honeymoon for you, dearest,” 
lie cried, clasping his sobbing wife to bis bosom, 
“but we shall have a brighter and a longer one 
there,” pointing bis finger upward. 
The snow had commenced to fall early in the 
day, and now the earth was covered with its 
canopy of white. 
"It is so chilly,” he said, looking at the 
descending snow flakes. 
His hands were cold, as if frozen, and in a few 
moments the spirit Jiad fled. 
Three days after, and a newly cut mound was 
seen in the village churchyard. Tho snow was 
st ill falling in large flakes, and the grave was soon 
covered with its winding-sheet. By its side 
stood one solitary mourner, upon whom the 
storm played unheeded. Her heart had gone 
with its love. She waited onlv to be called I... 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE CONSUMPTIVE 
BV JOHN P, JACKSON. 
It was a beautiful evening in the month of 
August, 18(H, as the good steamer 
Boston” left her pier in New York and 
ceoded on her voyage up the Sound, 
were crowded with 
City of 
pro- 
Thc decks 
passengers of both sexes, 
many of whom were denizens of the busy metrop¬ 
olis, rushing away from the turmoil of tho city 
for the purpose of spending a short vacation in 
the country. The day had been Intensely hot, 
and the breeze on the upper deck was hailed 
with delight by all, and by none more than by 
young Smeaton, a clerk in a large Broadway 
establishment, who had determined to spend a 
few days among the hills of his native Vermont,. 
But the charms of nature were not the 
only attractions that drew young Smeaton 
homewards. He was a lover of the wild and 
Dear him: -In my ludicupair yonrbroomembodies the 
very best sweeping instrument extant. You will save 
dollars to every cleanly family, and thousands nor annum 
to our country by It* Introduction In dome which you 
are public licncjactore. 
From E. P. Cooley, the noted Corn Broom and Brush 
Miiimliicinrer, No. 3(n Pearl at.. N. Y. 
Sliver's is the only I’m tent Broom I have ever seen that 
is of any account. This patent, Tor simplicity, dnrat.tlity, 
beauty, elasticity and cheapness, seems perfection itself. 
From Miles, Greeuwood & Co., Cincinnati. 
Having examined Silver’s Patent Excelsior Broom 
Head, we have no hesitation In recommending it as being 
one of tho most perfect we have seen. 
Tjlk Ei.AsnrrTY of this Broom Is so great that. It will 
wear twice as lontr, sweep with half the etfort, \m> does 
not wk ab out the carpet one fourth as fast ns the or¬ 
dinary broom. It, is fast, becoming n universal favorite, 
rnmiv" 11 ' 0WMr l* AT ENT HUGOS! EQUALLY ADAPTED 
l\\ ?Z fif&jssnpy- I 111 '* 1 loop* I> Will be sup. 
Eroarn? 1111 c w “ l ‘» r o-thlriiH the cost of the common 
The Brass Merallc parts Thread Loop or Ferrule sent 
iirn I'V.'TSld’ lor $1,50, or the Complete 
SSS%) ZSPS *! «. With full 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
AN ANAGRAM. 
Uro lagf no het nald, rou agfl on the caneo, 
Na lenga fo capee vereerwh ti soeg, 
Bonly nustaieetl yb molcual'sh tonvoide, 
Ilet galen fo thead ti llhas eb ot uro eoef. 
Hurt ot tel teuaivc key 
Llstl llsafi nro gaelo lyf - 
Tacinsg Iks telneani nacleeg raaf; 
’Oth roangbi hte levlo eanhhr, 
Illst in eix nothin cantsuh 
Paaingrg hte lobts fo het detlmnsr fo awr. 
North Solon, Ohio, a. w. b. & e. s., 
52?” Answer in two weeks. 
” vv Boro la lie f where is ray husband ? ” cried 
the almost, frantic wile. 
“Your husband! why, has he not arrived 
yet ? He w hs detained in tho village a few hours, 
hut he started lor home three hours ago.” 
“ He must ho lost. Perhaps lie has missed his 
way. I must go and seek him.” 
“He told me he should walk home across the 
woods; he certainly cannot he long; but you 
shall not go alone.” 
The doctor gave his horse into the hands ol' a 
groom, and the two proceeded towards the path 
taken by the Invalid in the morning. The night 
was piercing cold, and the dark clouds which 
now loomed across the horizon threatened a 
thunder storm. They had proceeded nearly a 
mile, and no trace of the lost one could be 
found, aud at last the big drops came pattering 
down upon the leaves, and In a lew moments the 
storm broke in all its fury, accompanied by loud 
| roaring thunder, and bright and quick successive 
flashes of lightning. 
There was evidently no use in trying to go 
further, and the two commenced to retrace their 
steps, the Bile-nee being broken alone by the vio¬ 
lent sobbings ol' the young wife. The doctor 
ventured the opinion that lie must have been 
iuvited to stay in the village all night. The con¬ 
jecture was eagerly clutched at, and she became 
more calm. At last the hotel was reached. No 
tidings of the missing man had been beard, and 
when the doctor mentioned his ill success to the 
landlord, the latter, concurring in the opinion 
A BARGAIN 
Little Frank 
big apple! ” 
Matter— “It’s w icked, Franky, to say Great 
Cajsar. I’ve often reproved you for using this 
bad word, which you have learned from the 
hoys in the street, hut you keep on repeating it. 
Now 1 will tell you what I will do. I will give 
you live cents not to say ‘Great C<esar’ any 
more,” 
“ H’s a bargain, mother,” cried the little four 
year old, and the money was paid. 
Two or three days afterward little Frank 
came running into the house from his play on 
the street, his eyes glistening and his cheeks red 
with excitement. “ Mother, mother, I’ve learned 
ft new word from the boys. It’s‘Great peter.’ 
Give me five cents more, and I’ll quit saying 
Great Ciesar, mother, what a 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 890, 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—An ounce of 
preventative is worth a pound of care. 
Answer to Anagram: 
On the tree of life eternal, 
Man, let all thy hope he staid, 
Which alone, for ever vernal 
Bears a leaf that shall not fade. 
7 -THOKin;BN’S ANM AL 
I • Descriptive Catalogue of 
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• and treatment. 
. .....i and 
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is published every Saturday 
BY D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Also, a list ot beautiful French Hybrid Gladiolus 
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in a moment, tie stood on the upper deck 
enjoying to his heart’s content the delightful 
yet insidious night air. Little did ho think 
when sitting in the front of the boat inhaling 
that night air, that he was receiving his death. 
As well might tho hand of the assassin have 
plunged the dagger into his heart, Death would 
have been instantaneous then; but the victim 
would have been spared many a hopeless hope, 
and many a fruitless longing for health that, 
could never be regained and youthful visions 
that could never he realized. 
At lust he began to feel chilly. He got up, 
but ills limbs were quite stifi’, aud bis tongue 
relusod t.o speak except, in Inaudible whispers. 
Towards noon on the following day he arrived 
home. But ho was no longer the same ambi¬ 
tious youth who had set out front New York 
with such pleasant Anticipations, no no longer 
felt a disposition to wander among the woods 
and valleys. “It is too chilly,” he cried. 
But chilly as it was, it did not deter him from 
going a few miles to see liis beloved Amelia ; 
and in her presence he found a solace which east 
a bright glow upon his whole nature. With 
her be seemed to feel new inspiration, new 
strength; but it was only transitory. The fire 
of love may live forever, hut the inspiration 
which it gives is only momentary. 
Day after day would bring hint to his Amelia ; 
but the fact could no longer be concealed that 
be was rapidly sinking. There was no mistaking 
the lines of the consumption that gradually but 
surely drew its victim graveward. Amelia saw 
it, and she hoped bravely against manifest des¬ 
tiny. She knew that she could not save hint 
but she determined to do all she could to cheer 
him in health. 
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(Tit* |*uti lifter fa flu 
“Mary, do you remember the text this morn¬ 
ing?” “No, papa, I never can remember the 
text, I’ve such a bad memory,” “ Mary,” said 
her mother, “did you notice Sarah Brown?” 
“ Oh, yes. What a fright ■ She hud on her last 
year’s bonnet, done up, a pea-green silk, a black 
lace, mantilla, brown gaiters, an imitation noni¬ 
ton collar, a lava bracelet, her old ear-drops, and 
such a fan!—oh, ray! oh, my!” “Well, my 
dear, your memory is improving.” 
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READER,Please act us Club Agent for 
the Rural, or Induce yonr Post •Master or 
some other influential person to become »t re¬ 
cruiting officer for tlie “Rural Brigade.” 
A Marvelous Woman.—A Lincolnshire paper 
apprises us that a “ thoroughly domesticated 
Christian lady is requiring a re-engagement as 
housekeeper where one or more servants are 
kept. She 'um eleven years in one position , and 
has been accustomed to children. Good refer- 
Tali.eyuand died a few hours after having 
signed a formal recantation of the errors of his 
extraordinary life. “ Ho died like a man who 
knew how to live!” said a lady. “ After hum¬ 
bugging all this world, he ended by wishing to 
humbug the other,” said M. de Blancmesnil. 
A real estate agent informs the public that 
he has “ a beautiful cottage in AVestchester 
county for sale, containing ten rooms and eight 
acres of land.” 
