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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Indies’ §oi[t-<<golia. 
DEEAUT DE LA CUIRASSPT! 
AJTBR UERANGER. 
Once, at Autumn rooming: 
Who i purple ivero the skies, 
And dun nn<! vellow was the grass, 
And gay tho butterflies: 
To rolpn linns, with diineing feet 
There euroo a merry maid. 
With bluest eyes and rosebud mouth, 
Aud this Is what she said : 
•* Do you love mo us you swear. 
Do you love roe true: 
With n lovu to know no ebango— 
As true as I love you 
Swift at her words a shadow 
Came over the bright sun : 
Would 1 truly love her 
When tho clay was done 
Would. In gloom and midnight. 
Midst Winter's blight and cold. 
This love horn In tho Summer, 
So full Of heats—so hold : 
Dive nnd endure unchanging, 
Grow stronger every day i 
Or would it fade nml perish, 
Uncherishcd-pass away! 
Within mino eyes she rood the doubt 
Whether l could bo true. 
To kisses born of Summer hoots— 
Warm kisses not a few; 
And lika a frightened, wounded dove. 
She fled from out my sight. 
Since when I vainly seek her 
Who, lost,, is my delight. 
For now l know too surely, 
As draws the evening near. 
She whom 1 loved in Summer 
1 n Winter still is dear. 
Margaret 
Field. 
EVERY-DAY LIFE. 
by lead pencil, esq. 
The Episode of a Kiss. 
A lady sends Lead Pencil, 15sq„ the follow¬ 
ing: extract from “A Title ol the Yo-Seniite. 
with tho remark that “ if Is worthy a place in 
your Every-Day Lire—It reveals what is the ev¬ 
ery-day life of every true wife." Hero it is: 
A sudden lighi broke over his laee, uiul fol¬ 
lowing t lie direct ion of his eyes, 1 perceived the 
gliding figure which bud power to cull it lorth. 
“My Placida," said Mr. Nannton, in the 
most mellifluous tone of IDs voice, indicating hit* 
wife to me ; “Mho has walked out to meet us. - 
When wo approached, Mn). Nannton mur¬ 
mured something about having count-to look 
for Zanita Bin her husband sprang from ins 
horse anil kissed her; ami the sweet, lip-turned 
fjico told me iirvclaoly, tinil without ftny Ht'cum- 
locution, what site had cotnc tor. !she had route 
for that, kiss; walked three miles to have it 
thus much sooner. 
She must have longed for it and wanted it, 
from the pink glow of happiness which red¬ 
dened her whole countenance. It over I should 
lie tempted to envy a woman any thing, it would 
tie such u meeting us this. If ever 1 coveted 
anything, it would be such u destiny as this. 
They had only been separated I welvo hours, mid 
yet the* time had been nil too lonj<» uu»l that she 
had hastened to shorten if was an evidence oi 
that perfect union of soul whirh make** corpo¬ 
ral absoncu mi unendurable; that wondcrtul 
unity oi two in mu?» called wedlock. 
I thought that here was fully realized the 
beautiful German appoliation oi' “ mine. man, 
that semns to complete the full measure ol ev¬ 
erything not merely the endowing with world¬ 
ly goods ami hotly worship, which tho tuarnago 
ceremony enjoins, hut “im'ro ntan compre¬ 
hends all his soul, his manhood, Ida whole being 
is included in Hu* possessive ease. 
How few marrlugt* o\ or bring about i his real 
possession. Of husbttmls more or less exact log. 
more or leas Indifferent, selllsh. on fait IU til. there 
is ulwavs .in abundant harvest: but td •'mine 
nutnn " how few ! And us Mr. Na n .vn >n placed 
his wife upon his vacated saddle and walked be ¬ 
hind her, Z v nit a scrummaging about m aborl 
ive efforts to make the - alt keep on I lie put li, 
fell into a rev cry on connubial bliss m geoeral, 
and that kiss I had .i'ist seen exchanged in par¬ 
ticular—upnti all it in mint and contained tor 
her, to any one whoso soul is m condition lo ac¬ 
cept and realize so tmicU felicity eeiuonted with 
another soul twin-born, ruder such auspices l 
am of opinion, with Ken.meik, that we can real¬ 
ize upon earth something ot the delight.-* id 
heaven, which preachers so kindly mforin us is 
so far away as to be nearly out ot roach. 
I am sorry for any married man or woman 
who does not know all that such a kiss—a con¬ 
jugal kiss means, or ought to mean, and is, or 
ought to be. If t here is any higher trust and 
faith than such a kiss symbolizes, or should 
symbolize, I do not know what it is; and, I con¬ 
fess, I have little desire to know. 
Is that a betrayal of prejudices? I trust not. 
II lacks system, especially in the house where I 
toad Opportunity for observation. With plenty 
of room in the house—largo sitting room, par¬ 
lor. &o.—the break fast was served in tlieliViln ", 
ni.hilmnul .lirniM ! - In till- mein of the steam 
and, shall I say. slaich of boiling clothes, un¬ 
washed milk pans, burning kettles, scorched 
grease, nnd the smoke of frying pork, Arc. No 
order was to be seen in the arrangement of tlio 
Lihle. The family, guests, hired men (Irish 
from tho harn-Wd mnl In their shirt sleeves), 
sat at table, the men and women (except one 
guest) had nil bathed in a common wash basin, 
tidied I heir respective heads of buiv (so I nr as 
there bad been any attempt ut it) wdh the same 
comb and brush, nnd taken turns at the same 
small, cracked miri 
At the table there was no system ol serving. 
Each had to help himself or herself. Although 
ihere weru silver forks In the house-plenty ol 
theih—two-lined, east-iron fork* only were 
used. Each person used his or her own knife 
and fork to carve the meat ns It was pushed 
around; each knife served each owner as a but¬ 
ter knife. No small plates were used to serve 
sauce or vegetables upon. All were lilenilly 
“dumped” together upon each individual’s 
plate with meat and other food. Knives instead 
of spoons were used for tilling months with 
stewed tomatoes, apple sudeo. or whatever else 
happened to he placed before them. If I asked 
the maid servant fora glass nf water she rose 
with an air of “ f tun as good as you. any 'lay," 
and served me with a pout ami toss of her head. 
Hired men reached aevoas my plan- with their 
filthy shirt sleeves, wet with perspiration, after 
ii piece of pork or a potntoG—never taking the 
trouble to ask to he served. Why, sir, l had 
rather lmve stood behind the chairs «>i these 
royal sons or toil and served them with all the 
skill and grace ol' which I may be mistress than 
to have undergone the Suffering caused by such 
an outrage of nil sense of propriety and decency 
endured at a single meal with those good- 
hearted folk. , , , , 
Then the way the housework was done! 
There was no division of labor nor attempt al 
economy of time. For instance, the last, thing 
done in the day was whrtl should have hoen 
been done first. The beds were allowed to re¬ 
main from morning till evening just ns they hud 
been |on, bv Hie sleepers; the chamber slops 
were allowed io remain and ferment and exhale 
nil day in the routes. When emptied, at Iasi, 
no common slop pail was used for removing 
ihem, but each individual vessel was succes¬ 
sively carried through the house and ompiied. 
In tho kitchen there wus the same want or sys¬ 
tem. Mistress and maid ran between the table 
and sink wiili -hmlo dlshc* in t.holr hands. .No 
tray was used for gathering the dishes. Bel ore 
half of them were washed some oilier work 
was begun, 10 be half completed, dropped and 
another duty attempted. II was a perpetual 
wrier all dav. The women were worried and 
* tired lo death” long before night came. And 
no wonder! it Died me to sil and watch them 
in sut'li farcical uUcinpts to “do up Hie work. 
Now. no farmer's wife need tell me Unit this 
tfv tin way women In the country must. live. I 
hii'iin 1 can do all Unit rlu -e two women did m 
half the lime, with half the weariness, and do it 
far better. If* a lack of system, Mr. Pencil— 
lack of knowledge how to do work- lack of 
thought, and knowledge of what a homo should 
he that drives so many young men and women 
from country homes. Do I wonder they leave 
such a life? Not ui nil, tf this is a sample ot it! 
How any woman, with any souse ol propriety, 
w|ih any natural rettnemeut, with any pom p 
tjntl, or who follows her iutuiHouH even, can 
Uniting fou the Doting. 
MRS. ALDEN’S SURPRISE PARTY. 
nr aunt phceue. 
perpetuate such a life is more than I, a woman, ^wrowo«l Ids sister's red s 
can conceive. Do I pity such women.' ) es, 
and an] I should If it were necessary; ! do while thO I in i« } s ic.itia i 
because tliev seem to think It necessary. I do “ *" *'* 1 
not because "I knew it is unnecessary; and I de¬ 
termined to write you vvhilt I saw and what 1 
thought of It: you can print it or not, as you 
choose, Allow' me to say. however, that the 
picture,however uuskillfully drawn, is iioloiv r- 
dmwti. H is true. t . , .... 
Stiall I give you other phases or country lilt* 
tts l saw it. Sadly Teazle, 
WOMAN PERSONALS. 
A Country Phase of Life. 
I have received, through the IIuiial office, 
tho following letter, which l give without com¬ 
ment ; 
Lead Pencil, Esq: -Sir. Have you ever lived 
in Hie country, on u farm? II not, has the story 
educated" atul brought up in a. refined, though 
old-laslnoned way. His wtfc ie it good soul, 
leas cultivated, perhaps, b«lt with excellent in 
tentions. They have rate son twenty-one } cars 
of age, full-fledged with young manhood. 
Now let me say I hat I urn not country bora 
and Died, and yet I have no prejudices against, 
country life per *i>. If I have any It is against 
the mode of Ufe l have witnessed this summer. 
1 woialor If what 1 have seen is exceptional? 
I nope so! It not-well! let me tell you. It 
seems to me to lack both system and decent } I 
At the dedication of liuchtel College, at. An¬ 
derson’s Landing, on the banks of the idiio, 
Mrs, C. A. Socle of New Fork City, in an ad¬ 
dress, said; “And I know that J. It. lltiCHTEL 
is called, hero and everywhere, I ho founder of 
this College. But t say to you that if J. lb 
BciTITKi. had not been blessed with a wife who 
was a representative woman, this lungnillcent 
cditlee would never have been erected. There 
was a woman’s hand, a woman's head, ii wo¬ 
man’s heart in the enterprise. I care not how 
much money a man may make, if lie have not 
the right kind of wife to help in tho spending, 
the world is rarely better off for all his gains. 
The new wile of Feme Hyacinths, tho 
widow Mehthman, is something of an artist as 
well as a. linguist and writer for the press. A 
year or two ago she executed a medallion por¬ 
trait of her new husband, which was very good. 
She is said to be fond of a sensation. When she 
was baptized into the Catholic Church at the 
Convent of the Assumption in Paris, Fere 11 v- 
altntiil indulged In a discourse, a distinction 
only accorded to princes of the blood. The 
French Sisters thought this a great scandal. 
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, the American 
j trivia donna, is Hu* pet of New York HUrralunr* 
and artists. On her recent return from Eng¬ 
land, where she won fresh laurels for her artis¬ 
tic crown, the Arcadian Club of New York 
complimented her with a large reception and 
serenade, at which were gathered some of the 
best literary and artistic talent io the city to do 
her honor and give her welcome. 
p Miss Kate Stanton has been making a study 
of “The Lives of Great Men ” tho title of her, 
now lecture—and she places Josephine at the 
head of the list, par ixecellcnce. Discussing the 
kmc lifo of Josephine and Napoleon, she 
takes issue with other biographers, defending 
the divorce with great, ability. 
Miss Rye, an English philanthropist, has just 
loft Liverpool with fifty children whom she is 
striving to save from a life of crime by pro¬ 
viding them homes In Canada. This is a good 
work, and it is hoped this ounce or prevention 
of crime will bo found to save a great many 
pounds p|’ cure. 
There never wus a happier class in any 
school than the B class in the Bluff ton Gram¬ 
mar School. And never was a teacher hotter 
loved by her pupils than was Mrs. Dr. At, den. 
She made study and lessons a delight, and tho 
most: delightful of all studies was History. 
There wero tHteu boys and girls in the History 
class, and the recitations were more like pleas¬ 
ant chats, in which a great deal of knowledge 
was gained, than the dry rehearsals of facts 
and dates, SO often hoard In schools. 
One day a bright idea occurred to Sue Dar¬ 
ling. She was the merriest and gayest of the 
class. Her bright iilesis generally originated in 
her active brain. The class laid long been de¬ 
signing to make Mrs. Alima a present on her 
birth-day, and Sue's idea was to give her a Sur 
prise Party not of Hie kind then so fashlona 
hie, but something entirely new a id novel, in 
fact, they woro to go ni eaetiuve, representing 
the heroes and heroines of old Now England 
days. 
Once decided upon, the parts wore soon as¬ 
signed, and daily discussions took place beneath 
the Charter Oak, a huge tree which gave abund¬ 
ant. shade for the fifteen members of Class B. 
This class was very exclusive. Fifteen was their 
magical number. No confidants were made 
outside tho select circle. Exceedingly dignifl d 
was Glass B. and although Class A did not cim- 
deseond to notice B, Class I!, in its turn, looked 
down upon C. Thus tho all-absorbing plans 
were kepi a profound secret. 
At about six o’clock on tho evening of Mrs. 
Allen's birth-day, and of the Surprise, Class 
B met id Sue Darling's; and such laughing as 
was hoard from the grown folks of Hie family, 
at the grotesque appearance of the masque¬ 
raders. Hester and Alice, Hue’s sisters, as¬ 
sisted them in perfecting their toilets, and at 
seven o’clock they started, each with a dish of 
Some old fashioned New England food for Dr. 
Allen’s house. 
There was Elder Brewster— that wus Fred 
Rainer with his Kossuth hat, great walking- 
slick, and a large gray overcoat, of mammoth 
proportions, belonging to Mr. Willis, our 
school superintendent. There was Charley 
Paine ns Roger Williams, with his iwicie’s 
cavalry hat and At ,ice Dari,lng's water-proof 
clonk. John Smith and King Philip wore 
represented by Davie Telling and Philip 
Armstrong the former in tho garb of a back- 
woods hunter, amt tho hit tor in full Indian 
dress; that is, he was well painted and had 
shawl for a blanket, 
s in his hair showed 
that ho had been to somebody's poultry yard 
borrowing. Par Marquette was Hide, dress¬ 
ed in a very long water-proof clonk, tho hood 
drawn over his head fora cowl. George Ben¬ 
son was dressed as Benedict Arnold, in Hie 
uniform of a seoond lieutenant; tail his Jing¬ 
ling sword made up for small defects. John 
Paul Jones in naval costume, and George 
Washington in exceedingly gay epaulets and 
an exceedingly rough-looking cocked hat. His 
wife, Martha Washington (Lula Wade), 
looked a great deal more stylish in a brocade 
silk ef her mothor’B, powdered hair and high- 
heeled shoes. Indeed, she was a fashionably at¬ 
tired young lady of 187:2, and Mautii \ W ash¬ 
ington too. Hue Darling represented Poca¬ 
hontas; gay little Emma Chester was dressed 
us Major Molly; while gentle Mary Tilling- 
hast was Mary Chilton, the “ Young Malden 
of the Bund," who was tho first lo step on the 
Forefather’s Rock. Nettie Bliss represented 
faithful Lydia Daiirach, and she looked 
laughable enough, in her plain gray dross with 
a shaker covered with gray cloth. Mrs. Ann 
Hutchinson was present in the person of Jes¬ 
sie Millard, while Doha Piiklps brought up 
the rear as Mrs. White, the first wife and moth¬ 
er of the English Colonies; a large rag doll, a 
relic of her own babyhood, was supposed to 
personate young Peregrine White. 
“1 wish tho Doctor might he away,” whis¬ 
pered Sue, as they reached Mrs. Allen's gate. 
“I can’t half enjoy myself if ho sits loooking 
at us so stern and awful." 
Dr. Allen wus principal, and taught in the 
Big Room, as I hey called it. But all the pupils 
in tho house, knowing his strict, stern ways, 
stood a good deal in fear of him. 
"Who shall go first?" asked timid Mary. 
“Elder Brewster," whispered Sue. 
So Fred, who was naturally a very solemn¬ 
faced lad, marched boldly to the door, and as it 
was opened, they caught, a glimpse of dear Mrs 
Allen sewing by the table. Then In walked 
Fred, saying: “ Elder Brewster, at your ser¬ 
vice, sir”—taking oil' his hut and making a low 
bow to the Doctor “and .Madam," with a bow 
to Mrs. Aldus, "My friend, Gen. Washing¬ 
ton, dr, and Madam, his wife, Mrs. Washing¬ 
ton ; Roger .Williams 'and Mrs. White; also 
Die youthful Peregrine, Mrs. Hutchinson, 
('apt. John HmuDi and Pocahontas, King 
Philip, Pere Marquette, Lydia Daubach 
and Mary Chilton, John Pai l Jones, Bene¬ 
dict Arnold, and Major Molly." 
As Fred gave these introductions. Dr. Alpicn 
recognized ouch with a very grave bow. When 
all had entered, and Hie door was closed, ho sat 
down in his great, arm-chair, and leaning back 
laughed actually laughed so long and hearty 
that his handkerchief was brought from his 
pocket to wipe the tears from his eyes. And 
this being woli-nlgh accomplished, tie was seized 
witli another lit of laughter (hat rendered a 
repetition of the wiping operation necessary. 
Tho ico was broken! and during tho whole 
evening the stern ami grave Dr. Allen was tlio 
life of the company and the gayest of the gay. 
I wish I could tell you of all Hu* pleasure and 
enjoyment of that evening. Mrs. Auden soon 
carried off Mary Chilton to assist her in get¬ 
ting ready the supper, while Dr. Allen enter¬ 
tained ills guests In the parlor. Approaching 
King Philip, he held out ids hand, saying: 
“ You are friendly, I suppose? ” 
Philip took ids hand, and, squeezing it as 
hard as he could, grunted “ligh! Ugh I Mu 
good Injun; me like while man,” and filling a. 
clay pipe wiili tobacco (dried catnip leaves) and 
lighting it, took ii few whiffs ami handed it to 
Dr. Aldkn. Tho Doctor refused, but King 
Philip, emboldened by tho Doctor’s gay and 
boyish manner, flourished Ids hatchet, then 
grasping Dr. Allen liy tho shoulder, compelled 
him to take a whiff or two amid the shouts of 
Die class —all of which was taken in good part 
by tho Doctor. 
He then approached Major Molly, and in¬ 
quired, "And who, pray, arc you?" 
“Insult Webster,” she replied, with an in¬ 
nocent air worthy of Mrs. Partington. Again 
the laugh was raised at the Doctor’s expense, 
tor his favorite reply to numerous questions of 
Ids pupil* was “Consult Webster," Webster 
being an unerring guide in all matters of spell¬ 
ing nnd defining. 
Finding himself worsted at every point, he 
concluded to taken scat in tho corn or, by the 
side of Mrs. Wii ite. 
“How is little Peregrine this evening? " ho 
asked. 
But, before Mrs. White could reply, Major 
Molly dashed up, and, grasping t he baby, said, 
“ Do let me take the baby.” 
'* But Mrs. White would not let it go, and 
Major Moi.lie would not let it. go, and bo 
I ween them poor Peregrine suffered a severe 
wound in his neck from which the sawdust 
poured In a milliner dreadful to behold. 
“ Lot mo attend to this hurt,” said tho Doctor, 
taking the baby tenderly in his hands; then, 
with a. sudden toss, poor PERkgrinE whs landed 
on the top of the bookcase, and there he calmly 
reposed the remainder of the evening. 
The Supper consisted of pork mid beans, nut- 
ciikes, pumpkin pie, cheese, cranberry tarts, 
cider apple sauce aud linked whortleberry pud¬ 
ding. Roust heel was substituted for venison, 
and all were satisfied that the supper was suffi¬ 
ciently “ Puritanical." 
Photograph albums were then very fashion¬ 
able gil ls, find after supper, Lydia Dakrach, 
in a neat little Quaker speech, presented to Mrs. 
Ai.oen an album containing ull the perl rails of 
the B class. 
At ten o'clock all went home, delighted with 
the “Surprise;" 1ml liny were quite surpised 
next morning, nt scln>wl, to find I )r. A I.DEN the 
same grave, stern man they had ’always thought 
him. Hut they loved him more for the glimpse 
li<‘ had given them of his good-natured sell . 
Marquette, Midi., 187”. 
flutter. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS. No. 12. 
ZWT Answer in two weeks. 
RIDDLE. No. 4. 
There was a man of Adam’s race 
Who had a trnnsclent dwelling place; 
A house complete, well covered o’er. 
Where no man dwelt since or before. 
It was not built by human art. 
Of brick, wood or stone In any part, 
Nor rock, nor cave, nor^any den, 
But, curiously was wrought within. 
'Twos not in heaven, wo know full well. 
Nor on earth’s face whore mortals dwell. 
Now, if you know this man of fame, 
Tell where lie lived, and what's his name. 
Mary Ann Hult. 
Answer in two weeks. 
PUZZLER ANSWEltS.-Sept. 28. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 10.—A circle arou 
the moon denotes a storm approaching. 
Cross-Word Enigma No, t. Dayton, 
Riddle No. :i,—j|isequal, 
