MOOBE’S RURAL. HEW-VOBKER. 
JAM. 30 
Belle concluded she wouldn't faint then, 
but postponed that demonstration of the i tate 
of her feelings for an indefinite period. 
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A WEDDING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
UY M. S. B. 
Teacher, Sister Mary’s got sutbin’ to tell 
yer, but hcr’e ’shamed ter!” said one of my 
llttlcboys one morning before “school's dun 
tuclt up.” “Sister Mary” was one of my older 
girls. 
“What is Jt, Mary?” A giggle from behind 
tin old shawl thrown over her face was all the 
answer I could get from her; so her brother 
cumo to the rescue again : 
“ Her an’ Joe Ta;i. 0R is gwino ter git mar¬ 
ried, an’ poppy bo wants yer ter cum over dar 
an’ seo tint. It’s Thursday week, an’poppy’ll 
send do buggy for yer, an’ he says will yer 
cum?” 
I said I would; so Thursday night about sun- 
sot t ho buggy came, drawn by an old mule. 1 
was not quite ready, but “hurried fust," for 
tho mule would not stand till we were fairly 
seated In the buggy; then ho stood stock still, 
but after a good deal of urging lie condescend¬ 
ed to step along very slowly. Each foot was 
lifted as carefully n» though it were sore, and 
put down again after a moment's pause, as If 
lie feared ho was on the brink of a precipice. 
Tho driver chirruped, and shouted "Git up 
d.~r,” and tho largo enrs were laid fiat on Jiis 
back; bul not one bit faster would thu animal 
move. 
“i: do Lord am willing, ua won’t git. dar In 
lime, at dls 'ere rate—dat are am surtin,” said 
.1 hu. “ Election I’s better crack a whip dar for 
him," and ho Jumped out and caught hold of 
a branch of a tree by tho roadside. But tho In¬ 
stant ho jumped tho mule turned Ills head to 
ago what ho was about, and when he saw the 
whip in his hand olf he started on the run over 
tho rough road. I caught the reins and suc¬ 
ceeded in sl opping him, after going a few rod.-., 
and the driver took his seat again. ** Now, ole 
feller, I'll make yer po/” The long ears came 
back in a minute, and the walking was re¬ 
sumed, slowly and deliberately, as ir ho had a 
good mind not to go nt. all. Jehu whipped 
and shouted and, I fear, swore inwardly; but 
it was of no use - he wouldn’t even start at I In- 
blows ; so t begged Id in to throw Hie stick away 
and lot him go his own jog, hoping to “git dar 
some time o’ night..’* 
“ Er mule's cr wonderful sort o'cattle,” said 
Jehu, by way of relieving his mind. ‘Tor's a 
mighty’ccitful critter, yer ole fool yer. Neb- 
bermind, I knows who’ll git dat are corn dls 
'ere night; mighty little you’ll git.:’’ 
-it last tho house was in sight. I looked at 
my watch in tho bright moonlight and found 
wo had been just one hour coming. (It was 
“mighty nigh onto most cr mile," Jehu said.) 
There was a huge lire of pine knots blazing in 
front of t he house, and groups of men and boys 
standing round it, their dark figures and shad¬ 
ows looking wlerd In the firelight, “Dar’s 
heaps ob niggers, shuah,” said some one as we 
drove up. 1 was piloted Into the house, which 
was “chock full” already, I thought; but 
“ mine host ” elbowed bis way into a room with 
a fire ou tho hearth. “Hur, yer nlggar dar, 
’stabllsh a cheer for dc schoolmlstis, will yer?" 
Two or throe chairs were soon pushed forward 
and a space cleared forme near the fire. On 
tho hearth were throe huge black kettles, as 
largoaagrandmother’s old “brasskettle,” full 
of eomethi ig steaming hot. 
At first I thought I must bo in tho nursery, 
for I counted ten babice in the room, but I 
counted fifteen more Ip the house during tho 
evening. As soon as I was warm I heard some¬ 
body at tho door say, “Tell de sehoolmlstis 
cum up at a’rs an’ see de bride.” I found her 
and her six bridesmaids in full costume—white 
muslin dresses, with low necks and short 
sleeves, and whito wroaths ou their heads; the 
bride wore a long white veil. Tho dresses 
spotless In routrast with their dark skins, and 
were really neat and pretty, though a suspi¬ 
cious-looking pin showed hero and there, and 
an underskirl not, white might be a bit too 
long, and the big cowbido shoes would not 
keep entirely rut, of sight. Still, when I re¬ 
membered they were all “ field hands,” plow¬ 
ed, hoed and reaped, like the men, I only won¬ 
dered they looked as well as they did. 
After au extra touch hero and there, they 
were ready for the ceremony, which took place 
on the stoop, as tho house was bo crowded that 
all could not boo thorn insido. Tho bridal party 
stood in a semi-clrclo round tho minister,who 
stood in tho doorway while tho crowd gathered 
round on the stoop and stops and in the yard. 
Two or three held candles near the door, whilo 
the fire blazed up brightly in t he background. 
Tho right bands were joined and tho iuinistor 
was offering a prayer, when there cumo a loud 
crack, as if the timbers were breaking. The 
house was an old one and the stoop some six 
feet high, and the weight of the crowd was 
most, too much for it. 
“Je-rttS—lum 1” some one exclaimed, “if dis 
'ere ole jueazza ain’t a piv'in out!" 
Tho minister paused with uplifted hands and 
retreated backward Into the house, and in a 
minute the whole “picazza" was cleared of 
bridal party and all. When tho panic was over 
the party got into position again in one of the 
rooms, and the ceremony proceeded. The min¬ 
ister resumed his prayer, then pronounced 
them mau and wife, and then gave out the 
hymn, “Hark! from the tombs a doleful 
sound!” which they sang—the minister lining 
It out—before any one stepped forward with 
their congratulations. 
Then came supper. A long table was set, 
loaded with cakes, candies, etc., but for a cen¬ 
ter piece a roast pig was standing on a huge 
platter. Wo stood round the table—the minis¬ 
ter at the head, the bridal party at his right, 
and 1 on his left—while the various dishes were 
passed round from side tables. Tbo first dish 
was cold pork, the next hominy—the Inevitable 
“hog and hominy;” after that came chickens, 
turkeys, beef, pie«, cake, etc., all very nice. Aa 
we left the table, our places were filled by oili¬ 
er-, and so on till all the crowd had their sup¬ 
per. I wondered how they could provide such 
a feast for so many; but some ono whispered 
to mo, “ Uncle .1i M”(the bride's father) “ makes 
dem all pay der quarter, 'less dey's done sent a 
chicken or peck ob meal afore.” “Why, then, 
these aronot tnolt&l guests?" "O! yes dey jn, 
but Uncle Jim he sent do terms an' de invite. 
Bat ’areUncIeJi m, him’sonecutonigger,make 
a Imap out ob dls ere.” 
“"Xain’t Uncle Jnr,” aid another; “it’s 
Aunt Mit.t.y (his wife); hcr's do boss, shuah; 
she done make him charge dem; Ice toil her 
making all dat fuss fur nuthln’.” 
J did not doubt she was the “boss," for the 
Sunday before she attended “meeting" at our 
school house—the lower story of an old Theo¬ 
logical Institute. Tho room, a Jingo one, was 
full. “ Uncle Jim" was sitting with the men on 
the logs at one side of the room, and “Aunt 
Mili.v" sat in a chair near the “preacher.” 
About I he middle of the sermon she got up (no 
easy task, she was s<> fat,) and walked across 
the mom, her thlckshoea creaking as herheavy 
feat came down dctiekdli/, to where her linsband 
was sitting, and slapped him In (lie face with 
her fan, telling him, “Wake up d;lr! great 
’sample ye’re eefctin' des 'ere young ones in do 
house ob God." UdcIo Jim looked sheepish 
enough, whilo she marched back with her 
heavy tread and took herseat with an emphatic 
nod, and tho preacher resumed his sermon, for 
she made such a commotion ho had to wait for 
her to get quiet. 
I was sitting iu the room I first entered, wait¬ 
ing for the “buggy." when i heard these re¬ 
marks about “ mine host” and hi wife. After 
waiting nearly an hour, a boy came la and in¬ 
formed me, “ J)e mule’s locked up in de stable, 
and poppy he’s done lost the key.” Had to 
lock up his property for fear of bis wedding 
guests 1 
There was nothing to do but to wait, t ill tho 
key was found, for, ns they said, “it was too 
powerful muddy” to think of walking home, I 
hoard “heaps” of talk—aJl sorts of comments 
passed on the supper, etc.,—so the time did not 
seem so very long—and too, 1 discovered tho 
secret of the huge black ke tics on the hearth. 
OnowasIUled wit li hominy, uuotherwlthchb'k- 
en pie, and the third with stew, and all these 
were emptied while I waited. There was afarn- 
ily of kittens and ono of puppies on the hearth. 
I could see now a leg, and now a tail or head, 
among the kettles, and as T had not tasted of 
either of the dishes I ventured to wonder if any¬ 
one would hear it if one fell iul 
But at, last, the key was found, and nt lost the 
mule reached home w ith me. Tired I was, but 
I had enough to laugh over for a long while. 
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KING KALAKAUA’S FATHER. 
Is the yearlSSlthe whale ship Independence, 
from New Bedford, Massachusetts, foundered 
In the Pacific Ocean and all on board perished 
with the exception of four sailors, who made 
their escape in a boat which, after tossing 
many days on the boundless deep, at last 
reached the Sandwich Islands, then in a state 
of semi-barbarism, that being about the first, 
appearance of Christian missionaries there. 
Ono of these seamen was a fine looking, stal¬ 
wart young man from Barnstable, and In the 
strange land upon which he was cast up from 
Hie waste of waters, at once engaged in such 
pursuits nr- a vivacious disposition and true 
Yankee genius discovered, both for employ¬ 
ment and livelihood, He soon succeeded,and 
in a year or two after making his luvoluntary 
settlement among the Kanakas, had the ex- 
;.raordtmiry fortune of marrying the daughter 
and solo prineess of the monarch then on tho 
throne o t the islands. This royal damsel had 
fallen In love with the wrecked mariner, pro¬ 
posed wedlock In right ,. evenly styles which 
the young New Englander accepted for tho 
reason that the King ordered him to do so. or 
have his head chopped off. Being son-in-law, 
and recognized as a member of the dynasty, 
our hero adapted himself to the dignity of prince 
consort. From thlsremarkable union issued tho 
present King of tho Sandwich L Unds, tbo only 1 
surviving son of thu Massachusetts man out of 
a largo fa mil j'. The narno Kalakaua denotes 
the origin of the sovereign, and, translated, 
means “Safe journey” or “good speed,” re¬ 
ferring to the escape of hia immediate ancestor 
from the perils of the wave as related above. 
When tho Now Englander fled from the Sand¬ 
wich Islands, Ids spouse mourned fur a cu ito- 
muryperiod, but grief did not cause her to 
neglect the grave responsibilities of widow¬ 
hood. She gave her children the best educa¬ 
tion the islands afforded, and David, beiug tho 
favorite though not the eldest son, was sent to 
San Francisco to study politics and finances. 
His mother also directed him to visit tho home 
of his father and kindred, but the young man, 
for some reason satisfactory to himself, did not 
then go to Barnstable. He will do so now, 
however, after first concluding his official inter¬ 
view with tho President of the United States. 
—Salt Lake. Tribune. 
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A LITTLE BIT OF ROMANCE. 
Last summer a well-known and wealthy 
manufacturer of New England visited the 
White Mountains. Ho became infatuated with 
j one «f the waiter girls. He was seventy and 
the maiden was seventeen. He agreed to give 
tier an education and adopt her, although he 
bad several daughters of his own. Jdie Joyfully 
accepted the proposition, hung her w hite apron 
behind the door, and started on her new life. 
Of course the connection could not be very 
satisfactory to the family. The girl had a vein 
of shrewdness about bor and insisted that a 
| formal paper of adoption should be drawn up. 
This was done and the girl was sent 1 r, a well- 
known educational Institution to receive a little 
polish. A correspondence was kept up be¬ 
tween tbo parties. But to outsiders the matter 
was not satisfactory, and the principal refused 
to receive tho young lady into the school after 
\ the vacation was over. Soon after, the gentle¬ 
man became crazy and was removed t o a luna¬ 
tic asylum—removed, aa the girl raid, to get 
him beyond her reach. The remittances then 
failed, find of course there was trouble in 
tho new school Into which the girl had en¬ 
tered. On tho passing away of in nan tty, the In¬ 
fatuation of the old man seemed to go with it. 
j He tried to break up the correspondence, with¬ 
out success, and the family exerted all their 
Influence to recover the fulfil bond of adoption; 
but the girl held on to It. She had, besides, a 
bushel of letters breathing tho most ardent af- 
j fectlon. A pecuniary negotiation was set on 
| foot which at first the maiden repudiated. 
She professed to bo devotedly attached to the 
old man, and did not want money. But, St whs 
discovered that the document, asa legal claim, 
was not worth the paper it was written on. 
Then tho girl came to terms, and the sum of 
$3,(500 healed her broken heart,and wrung from 
her an obligation that she would trouble the 
old man no more. 
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HOW HE GOT HOME AGAIN. 
Just out of New York city dwells a thrifty 
couple whose great levels pork. A pig is raised 
yearly. Many children would be glad of the 
attention paid to the inmate of the pen. Tho 
man and his wife took a journey, and were gone 
three days. On the way home—fifteen miles 
away—the couple saw at the fork of the roads 
a small pig that hud a wonderfully familiar 
look. The animal Htoml waitingforthe wagon, 
facing tho comers. The pig made a grunt or 
recognition and made a dash for the horse. 
He noon got entangled in the running gear and 
■ brought tilings to a standstill. Satisfied that 
the ypung poker was his own, the man lifted 
him into the wagon. The pig cuddled down 
and went to sleep, and iuy stiller than a child. 
He woke up as the wagon neared the house, 
leaped out, aud run for his pen. It turned out 
| that he had been stolen and carried twenty 
miles into the country. Ho made his escape 
and was homeward hound when he spied his 
old friends and got a lift into the wagon. 
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GTICK TO OLD FRIENDS. 
— 
Never give up old friends for new ones. 
Make new ones, too, if you like, and when you 
havo learned that you can trust them, love 
them if you will, but remember the old ones 
still. Do not, forget they have been tried and 
found true; that they have been merry with 
you in time of pleasure, and when sorrow 
oamo to you they sorrowed also. No matter 
if they have gone down in ihe social scale and 
you up; no matter if poverty and misfortune 
have como to them while prosperity and plenty 
have fallen to you—are they any the less true 
for that? Are not their hearts as warm and 
tender if 1 hey do beat beneath homespun in¬ 
stead of velvet? Yes, kind friends, they are as 
true, and tender, and loving, and don’t forget 
old friends. 
A STRING OF PEARLS. 
Agree, for the law is costly. 
Trcth is simple, requiring neither study nor 
art. 
CciuosiTY about trilled is a mark of a littlo 
mind. 
The great end of a good education is to form 
a reasonable man. 
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor 
any pleasure so lasting. 
The follies of youth become tho vices of man¬ 
hood and tho disgraco of old age. 
Recreation is not beiug idle, but easing the 
wearied part by change of business. 
The world may make a man unfortunate, but 
not miserable ; that Is from himself. 
No wonder that egotists find the world so 
®igly. They only see themselves in it. 
If you will be venerable, instruct your child¬ 
ren, and so partake of their good actions. 
Learn not to judge t oo rashly of any one, 
cither with respect to good or evil, for both arc 
dangerous. 
To bo covetous of applause discovers a slen¬ 
der merit, and self-conceit is tho ordinary at¬ 
tendant of ignorance. 
The greatest friend of truth is time; her 
greatest enemy is prejudice; and her constant 
companion is humility. 
jSabbath Heading. 
CHURCH FESTIVALS- 
Advent—A season of devotion. Including four 
Sundays before Christinas. 
AJl Hallow, or All Saints—A festival on the 
first of November, dedicated to all the saints 
| iu general. 
Annunciation of Virgin Mary—A festival on 
the 25th of March, in memory of the aDgel's 
announcement, on that day, to tho Virgin 
Mary, that she should bear the Messiah. 
Ascension Day—The Thursday but one before 
Whitsuntide, the anniversary of our Savour’s 
ascension to Jleavcn, after tils resurrection. 
Also called Holy Thursday. 
Ash Wednesday—The first day of Lent; bo 
named because of the custom in tbo Reman 
Catholic Church of sprinkling ashes, that day 
on the- heads of pe nitents in bumbIorcpentar.cc’ 
Candlemas—A festival celebrated on the 2d of 
February, in honor of the purification of the 
Virgin Mary; so named, because of the groat 
number of lights used on that ocRSslon. 
Christmas—Tbo festival, annually observed 
on the 25th of December, in memory of the 
blri.li of our Saviour. 
Corpus Chrlstl — A festival of tho Roman 
Catholic Church, kept on tho Thursday after 
Trinity Sunday, In honor of the Eucharist or 
Lord’s Supper. 
Easter—A festival t o commemorate t he resur¬ 
rection of our Saviour from tho dead, and cor¬ 
responds to the Passover of the Jews. It in de¬ 
rived from a Saxon word meaning to rise. The 
occurrence of F.ostcr Sunday regulates ell tho 
movable feasts of the year. 11 is always held 
on the Sunday after the full moon, which im¬ 
mediately succeeds the 21st of March, tho ver¬ 
nal equinox. It cannot be earlier than tho £2d 
of March, nor later than the 2"cb of April. 
Ember Days—Certain days set opart fer fast¬ 
ing and prayer, In each of the four seasons cf 
the year. These iiro t.bo Wednesday, Friday 
and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, tho 
foaat of Whitsuntide, tho 31th of September, 
the 13th of December. Tho weeks in which 
these days occur are called ember weeks. 
Epiphany A festival celebrated on the Gth rt 
January, tho 1:2th day af'er Christmas, in com¬ 
memoration of tho appearance of our Saviour 
to tho magiuns or philosophers of tho Cast, who 
came to worship him with presents; or to ccir- 
memorato the nppearanco of tbo tier i:i tho 
East to tho tnaglans, symbolizing the manifes¬ 
tation of Christ to tho Gentiles. 
Good Friday — A fast, commemorating our 
Saviour’s suffering and death, observed cn Fri¬ 
day before Easter. 
Hallow Eve—The evening preceding All IIul- 
low; tho observance of which Jo mostly con¬ 
fined to the Scotch. 
Holy Thursday—See Ascension day above. 
Lent—A fast of forty days, beginning with 
Ash Wednesday and continuing t En. ter, ob¬ 
served by some Christian churches as com¬ 
memorative of the fan. of our Saviour. 
Low Sunday—Tho Sunday next afte- Easter. 
Mid Lent -Tho middle of the Lenten reason. 
Maund Thursday—Tho day preceding Good 
Friday ; so-called from maund, meaning a 
basket, because on that day tho King of En¬ 
gland distributed alms, from baskets, to a cer¬ 
tain number of poor persons. 
Palm Sunday—Tho Sunday preceding Easter; 
so named In commemoration of our Saviour’s 
triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when tho mul¬ 
titude strewed branches of palm troc3 before 
him. 
Passion Week—The week Immediately pre¬ 
ceding Easter; *r> named becauoo in that week 
our Saviour's passion, or suffering and cruci¬ 
fixion, took place. 
Pentecost—A festival commemorating the 
descent of the Holy Ghost on the apostles. 
Acts 2. See White Sunday. 
Quadragesima—Tho first Sunday in Lent, 
about forty days before Easter. 
Qulnquagesima—Tho Sunday preceding tho 
beginning of Lent; being about fifty days be¬ 
fore Easter; 6ometimc3 called Shxovo Sunday. 
Rogation Bays—The three days Immediately 
preceding Ascension Day; so named from ro¬ 
gation, meaning supplication, those days being 
days of special supplication. 
Rogation Sunday—The Sunday preceding 
Ascension. 
Rogation Week—The week in which tho Ro¬ 
gation Days occur. 
Septuagesima—Thethird Sunday before Lent; 
so named because it is seventy days before 
Easter. 
Sexagesima—The second Sunday before Lent; 
so named because it is about sixty days beforo 
Easter. 
Shrove Tuesday—ThoTuesday following Quiu- 
rpiagesima, and preceding Ash Wednesday, tho 
first day of Lent; so named from 6brive, mean¬ 
ing to make confession; as it was formerly 
customary in England, on this day, for the peo¬ 
ple to coulees their sins to the priest., after 
which they dined ou pancakes or fritters, and 
the occasion became one of merriment. The 
belt rung on thisday is vulgarly called pancake- 
bcll , and tho day itself Pancake Tuesday, 
Trinity Sunday—Tlie Sunday next after Whit 
Sunday; so called from the feast held on that 
day in honor of the Holy Trinity. 
Whit Sunday or White Sunday—The seventh 
Sunday after Easter, on which Ib held a festival 
in commemoration of the descent of the Holy 
Spirit on the day of Pentecost; so named, it is 
eaid, because, In the Primitive Church, those 
hut recently baptized appeared at church, be¬ 
tween Easter and Pentecost, in white garments. * 
