terms of the watchman j subscription per year two dollars payable in : annce but if not paid in advance two dollars ' i gfjy ctn will be charged fi-n-emen-rs inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts j f reach subsequent insertion court orders chirged • - ci higher than these rates a liberal deduc r-orl to tl 09e wno advertise by the year , r.r,c to the editors must be post paid i.e ■• . - i tfpondence of the western christian advocate 1 the great salt lake city early in april 1847 one hundred and <* rtv three men two women and twochil j hren started out as pioneers from council bluffs iowa these mnrmans made an ; niire new road on the north side of the plattf crossing elk-horn to fort laramid ( they then took the oregon trail to fort j br idge r when i hey commenced a new ou te through the rocky mountains on , the 22d of july of the same year ihey say he first man professor olson pratt — en i pr fd this valley on the 23.1 ol july i the first camp moved into and halted at what now is called the centre of the city in the afternoon of the same day they had i three plows and one harrow at work i t two o'clock p m . of the same day lne , commenced building the first dam ' for irrigation the n**xt day satur day the 24th they planted live acres of notatoes on t he 28t h of l he same mont h ' what they style the quorum of the twelve < apostles assembled and laid off a city as ; follows block often acres each 8 lots to ' he block an acre and a quarter in each : ot the streets 8 rods wide the side walks 20 feet vide to be beaut ilully shaded ; the blocks to he surrounded by a purling ! brook issuing from the mountains every ' house to be built twenty feet horn the i front fence no two houses front each other standing in his own door every ' man may imt look into his neighbor's door hut imo his neighbor's garden they ! have four public squares which are here after to be adorned with trees from the ' four quarters of the globe and supplied i i i with fountains of water on the temple square they intend to j have a garden that w ill cost at l<-ast 8100 ' . 000 at the commencement their mis ! sionaries have already made arrange | ments in the eastern states in great brit , ain france italy denmark the german ic states and in the island of the sea to ' gather the choicest seeds and fruits and every thing that can beautify and adorn the gartlen at first the city was laid oil to contain one hundred and thirty-five | i blocks since then an addition of sixty ■ five blocks has been made on the east j and sixty on the west they have laid off one mile square on the east ol the city j for a university it will not tie two years until next october since the first house was built in this city and it now numbers at least nine thousand they already have convenient houses built of dolies — dried brick — and most of the luxuries ol ' life they expect an emigration of at least 10,000 of their own people this year j the only method of cultivation is by ir rigation from what they call city creek just as this creek opens in the valley from the snow-capped mountains it divides in to two main branches which afterward , sub divide this water trom the moun | tains to the temple block has an average j fall of nine inches in a rod for a distance of more than ten miles with a greater fall the farther you advance into the moun tains at one mile and a third from the city is a warm sulphur spring which pos ! spsses great cleansing and purifying pro j perties and which it is affirmed cur»-s most diseases of this climate about a mile and a half farther is a hot sulphur spring on the south side of the valley is a hot spring of pure water the wa ter of this spring is twenty-nine feet and three inches deep the city is located about twenty-two miles south east of the great salt lake the lake is considered more saline than the ocean three gallons of the water ma 1 king one gallon of the purest whitest fin est salt the valley is about thirty miles by twenty two joining to a valley of about fifty miles by eight in width from the centre north to the south these two val leys are studded with settlers numbering from fifteen to twenty thousand the lieutenant engineer mr gunnison esti mates these valleys — having explored them — as capable of supporting a popu lation of from one and a half to two mill ions on the south of this valley lie the utah valley and lake about fifty miles from this city the name of their city is provo on the south side of the provo iviver the lake is pure water — eight miles by four — abounding with fish about one hundred miles south of this they have established a settlement of about one hundred and fifty families this valley is called san pete here there are many ruins covered with hieroglyphics one place in particular is called by the indians god's temple here also many remains of ancient potte ry both glazed and unglazed are found in great abundance and here also is a mountain of pure rock salt and abund ance of bituminous coal during five months of the year there can be no communication with the north the carolina watchman j j bruner ) > " keep a check upon all tour editor y proprietor ) rolers ( new series do this and liberty is safe < gen'l harruon ( volume vii number 27 i salisbury n c thursday november 14 1850 i east or west the mountains being ren dered impassable by the snow this city | is situated about forty and a half degrees ! north latitude and one hundred and elev j en degrees longitude west of greenwich j the productiveness ol the soil is aston i ishing w are here in the midst of iheir j harvest and never have we seen such i wheat we will give you one out of ma j ny authentic accounts m holliday from i the south ol this place raised upwards of one hundred and eighty five bushels of i wheat from one bushel of the seed and | three hundred bushels of potatoes from one j bushel of the seed this valley is regarded as one of the | healihiest portions ol the globe ; the air is j certainly the purest i ever breathed lis i altitude is four thousand and three hun j dred feet above the level of the sea ; and ! some of the mountains on the east of the j valley are more than a mile and a quar \ ter high and are covered with perpetual j snow ; while in the valley the thermome ! ler frequently rises above one hundred de 1 grees so much for this city and valley as to the moral and other aspects of this peo j pie 1 have not at present time or space to i write anything it is due to them to say j that i have not seen anything vicious since my arrival they are very kind and hos j pitable to emigrants the emigrants drop them a thousand commodities for a small consideration us they change from the train to ihe packing method ol accomplish ing the remainder of their journey ; while they in turn are greatly accommodated in obtaining supplies and refreshments at this little more than half way house over plains and deserts laws of health children should he taught to use their left hand as much and as well as their right coarse bread is much better for child i ren than fine children should sleep in seperate beds and should not wear night caps children under seven years of age should not be confined over six or seven hours in the house and that should be j broken by frequent recesses children and young people must he , made to hold their heads up and should j ers back while standing sitting or walk j ing the best beds for childern are of hair i or in winter of hair and cotton from one to one pound and a half of solid food is sufficient for a person in the j ordinary vocation of business persons in ; sedentary employments should drop one j third of their food and they will escape dyspepsia young persons should walk at least two j hours a day in the open air young ladies should he prevented from j bandaging the chest we have known | three cases of insanity terminating in | death which began in this practice every person great and small should wash all over in cold water every morn ing reading aloud is conducive of health the more clothes we wear other things bein equal the less food vp need sleeping rooms should have a fire place j or some mode of ventillation besides the j windows young people and others cannot study much by lamp lijrht with impunity the hest remedy for eyes weakened by nigbt use in a fine stream of cold water frequently applied to them london lancet middle of the year as we are now at the middle of the 35th year of the society it may he stated that the receipts of money and the issues of books are just about what they were during the first half of the preceding year ! this would be a gratifying lact were we j not painfully convinced that we do not , keep up wiih the growing wants of our country and of the world while many of the auxiliaries are ma ; king noble exertions to supply the desti j lute around them a large number are do ing little or nothing in this work thus too while many churches are contribu ting liberally to meet the wants of the lor pign field a great number contribute noth ing the managers will need from forty to fifty thousand dollars to meet the plain urgent culls for ihe word of life from a broad between this and next may much of this sum is wanted now will the auxiliaries about to hold iheir anni versaries tell us what we are to expect from ihem respectively — b s record " look up !"' said an admiral to a dar ling son who had climbed to the topmast of the vesssel and was already dizzy — the boy obeyed and was saved young man look up and you will succeed never look down and despair leave danger . uncared for and push on if you falter you lose " look up do right and trust j in god !" the diamond cross wiittenfor he " schoolfellow by caroline howard a very unusual sight appeared one morning before simon barton's humble door in the i shape of a gorgeous equipage and a pair of spirited horses striking the ground with their j impatient feet yes a very unusual sight it ! was in that dim and miserable street to be hold so giand a coachman flourish so formida ble a whip over the heads of such glossy steeds why ihe sieeds themselves tossed iheir finely i shaped heads in the air eager to go forward on their wav ; but ihe elegant looking lady j who was within ihe coach and had pulled the ; check siring for ibe coachman lo stop when and i where he did seemed determined lhat they ' should await her pleasure the party were evidently sirangers in the cily and consisted : of ibe lady a gentleman and a blight and i beautiful boy " why do you stop agnes said the gentle ; man languidly ' al this out-ol the way forlorn , looking place called a book store ? you know j thai we have not a minute lo spare ; for the j captain told us he would certainly sail at ten — i and if the vessel goes without us i shall miss j the last chance i have for recovery ' do not fear albert replied the lady as she | look from her bosom a jewelled watch ; ' it is j bul jusl nine o'clock and they tell me lhat the wharf is very near my motive for stopping ! here is not altogether selfish ; for i want some ; books for both of us to read on the voyage and though i have unwisely put it off until the last minute i possibly may find something here the invalid's eyes grew bright tor an in i staut as the lady spoke and he as usual let i her have her own way gazing proudly on the j rich beauty and noble air of his lovely wife and then sinking back into the carriage wilh a sigh of regret and a troubled look at the pros pect of bis early death ai the door of ihe humble book store stood a j girl about ten years old who had a weak look ! ing child in her arms and the lady paused as he encountered her the girl's countenance j was one of peeuliar loveliness and the clear hazel ol her eye was uplifted lo the stranger's face ' you are very beautiful taid the lady has tily no — i should not say that for it will j make you vain — i mean i like to look at you ; i there is something enchanting about you as you ! stand with that doll of a child in your arms — j how old is she and where is the mother ' lotte is only two she answered ' and sick i ly most of ihe time ever since my mother j died i have taken care of her and she told me | not to part with her until we meet in the blue sky up yonder ' do not fear returned the stranger ; ' i shall i nol rob you of your treasure and the father i — where is he ?' ' in the book store answered the child and ' the lady remembering her errand entered — i simon barlon showed no sensation of astonish | ment as the bright being stood before him and | advancing from among his dusty books asked | her pleasure ' have you any thing new inquired the la dy ' wherewith lo while away a tedious sea i voyage — something light and entertaining the store keeper displayed some books | which were by no means new and the lady | turning them over contemptuously said why these must have been printed before i fhe flood have you nothing more modern v ' il lakes money to lay in a new stock grtun ! bled the man and money is not the lot of every one the stranger looked inquiringly at him and j said t •> herself ' i see lhat you are poor but | you are proud ;' then she added aloud ' i will j lake a dozen of these books what is the price ?' he named the price and she paid it he \ carried the package to the caniage and then i resumed his occupation of dusting books as the lady crossed again the threshold the j girl whose strange beamy had so struck her met her gaze ' here child said she ' take this trifle and ; buy a new dress for lotte and yourself and if j you are ever in want remember that there is a person in the world ready to help you whose name is agnes mordant the equipage rolled proudly away while j the girl stood looking her mule thanks and j soon after the invalid found himself reclining : upon a sofa on the deck ol an outward bound | vessel which was boldly ploughing the waves ' wiih his wife cheeiing him wilh words of hope j and comfort while his child pressed his thin j hands to his linle red lips a deep sleep some j what refreshed him and opening his eyes he ! mechanically inquired ihe hour mrs mor dant again refered to her time-piece but an air of consternation oveispread her features j when she discovered that an ornament which i was always attached to the watch-chain and ; which she wore next her heart was missing | good heavens she exclaimed my dia i mond cross is nol here !' her husband h.oked astonished hut answer ! ed her while she searched about for it • you will soon find it agnes in ihe folds of your dress but the searrh proved unavailing and at ni"ht mrs mordant fairly wcpi herself lo sleep ; ii was nol merely the value of the ornament although il was of almost princely worth but the gift had been bolowed upon her by mr mordant on the day of their marriage and he required that it should nol be worn for show bul next her heart and in case of his death he said it would remind her of him a thou sand thoughts came into her mind as to where she could have lost it but she coold not ac \ count satisfactorily for its absence no one could have stolen it for she never took il irom ! the chain ; and she al last arrived al the con elusion thai the ring which was attached to the chain must have snapped and that she must 1 have dropped it in ihe city as she took out her j watch to regret it now was useless for ; iheir voyage would in all probability occupy j two or three months and before it could be 1 advertised the finder would have appropriated ! it to himself as having no owner we left lucy standing at the door of her fa iher's bookstore looking the thanks she could not find words to express her tine intelli gent face was lit up with feelings of gratitude for never before in ber life had she been the happy possessor of what seemed lo her such a large sum of money in her simplicity she thought thai it would last loite and herself a lifetime and she felt doubly rejoiced ai the gill for now she rould avoid ibe cold harsh look which her father invariably gave her whenever | she asked him for money to supply even the daily necessities of lile " let me see said she musingly * loite shall have two new sunday dresses and our ' lionneis shall he freshly trimmed wilh pink rim>on then i shall buy father a new vest for he wants one sadly ; and beny for her kindness and care ot loite and inc shall have a handkerchief and apron then 1 shall pur chase a new sugar-howl fur the old one is a very miserable-looking thing with both handles broken off and — but should i nol show the money lo father first and acting on this suggestion she entered the store where he sal counting over his late gain ' well child asked he ' what do you want v oh !' answered lucy delighted tha lady who must have been a queen has given me so much money !' ' money !' said the father eagerly ; ' where — how much v lucy displayed her treasure and he clutch ing at it took il from her lender baud as if it had been his own • ten dollars !' said he triumphantly ; 4 why vis a rich present surely and will purchase many goodly things here are the window panes to be mended and the bill 1 owe for bread to be paid ; then there's that old stand ing bet to ned burns about the election it will do that and more too ' but father said the child reproachfully ' well !' replied he roughly the lady said that it would buy something for lotte and me ; and we want new dresses lo look traatly in at sunday school and many oth er liiile things for house keeping that you do nol know of ' you have plenty of dresses relumed bar ton ; and you are lha most indulged spoiled child in the city your wants are endless then seeing the tears gather to her eyes at this un just charge be bade her begone from his sight and while she led lotte from his presence he pocketed with a miserly gleam on his hard face his unjustly acquired gains lucy did not weep ; for the scarlet flush on her cheek burnt up the few tears that flowed — but she turned her eyes upward towards that heaven where she believed her mother was watching her as if she had these words : ' mother thou seest it all ; thou knowest all my sufferings thou seest how hard is my task that the father who should cherish and love me is harsh and unkind ; lhat there is irv.it in his nature which the angels must despise and which thou mother must condemn — for such conduct helped lo send thee early to the grave what must i do what musl be done ? shall i stand idly and let it all go on or shall this little frame and weak heart try to reform and make my father better ? weak though i be i will try even if my reward come not on earth but in heaven in a mute aspiration something like this lucy made her regolve she had a more dif flcull task before her than she at present divin ed for her father from his youth stern and un yielding had lived an irreligious and careless life his wife who was lovely in every gift of mind and person wanted that resolution of character which could make such a man hap py and she was not possessed of lhat spirit ol determination the germ of which showed it self bul just now in lucy's resolution thanks to ihe liitle book store and her mother's exam ple lucy had acquit ed a taste for study and reading and child though she was this appli cation to books had given her a refinement of manner and conversation which children do not oden possess all her spare hours were spent in pouring over those volumes which her father strangely enough and at variance with his usual indifference selected for her every one in a lifetime has had some such moments as these now endured by lucy she felt de pressed in mind and body lonely and misera ble without one friend on earth to whom she could appeal for sympathy she was called away from indulging long in such forlorn thoughts by lotte to come and amuse ber and although any thing like amusement was for eign to her present mood she tried her best lo entertain and quiet ihe wayward child they sal together upon the stone step before the door at which the great carriage had stopped and told the oft repeated stories of cinderella and blue beard or drew irom the corners of her tried brain many wonderful tale of her own invention there are nol many things in the world more tiresome than the task of tale-tell ing io a fretful and impatient child when you have exhausted all your powers of inven tion and think that you have done something brilliant in the way of unheard of adventures of some giant or ogre and look down al the child expecting to see il wrapped in thought or expressing thanks and wonder the only no tice lhat is taken of all your exertions is ex pressed in these words ; 1 is thai all ; do tell me another and it was thus with poor lucy and loite ' sing lo me now said lotte * mamma's song and with a heavy listless heart lucy warbled the nursery song lhat loiie loved so well call ed the ' idle girl while lotte joined in the simple chorus contained in the last line of each vers oh sun bright sun come out of ihe sky put your hard work for a minute by give up for a while your endless round and come and play with me on the ground but the sun said — no .' wind cold wind with your whistle and roar pray do not toy with the waves any more come frolic wiih me that's a good old breeze in the orchard green neath the apple trees bul the breeze said — no .' oh water clear as you flow along come close to my feet and sing me a song dont go forever that endiess way but pause for a moment and with me stay but the stream said — no .' little b'ue bird on the high tree top you have nothing to do and you will stop i'il show you a way to build a nest ' an easy way the nicest and best but the bird said — no .' sun water and wind and stream say no f ' i too to my task will quickly go ; t i must not be idle alone all the day but when my work's done then can i come and . play 1 and they all said — ye .' and lucy sat on the stone step there sing • ■ ing and talking to the child with ber heart any ; where but in the words shf was saving her i fingf rs in the sand tor she was thinking deep j ly upon her newly made plans as she turned . : over ihe loose soil she saw something glittering in it like a sunbeam she took it up and found i lhat it was a brilliant cross composed of the i rarest jewels quick as thought she hid ii in : her bosom afraid to exhibit her treasure to the i passers by her nature was not one lo . conceal any circumstance of ihe kind but she ' had an undefined dread thai if she showed it to her lather he would insist upon keeping it for ; i his own and she too well remembered her ex j ! perienee in the affair of the lady's gift ' the ' i owner must be found at once said she lo her self ' but how ? shall we put it in the papers ? , j yes that would be most strait forward plan « and then may be for our honesty we will get ; j a handsome reward this plan seemed lo > ] ■ be so correct that not doubling for an instant : lhat her father would acceed to it she rushed j inlo his presence wilh the glad tidings on her [ i lips ' oh father i have found such a beauti ,. ! ful cross let us have a good look at il before , i ihe owner calls for it here are twelve large i i while stones encircled by twice as many red i ones i never saw such a perfectly beautiful ornament ' let me see returned the father ' what have you found some bauble i suppose ' no father no bauble only look at it as lucy held it up a sunbeam coming thro , the window lit upon ils shining surface and a ' j thousand buileiflies of imprisoned light taking '. i their exquisite colours from the rare diamonds danced over the walls of the room barton saw fhe sudden light and looked up surprised at his . i daughter she stood there before him like a flower that had sprung from an old decayed i j trunk so different were the child and ihe man i i — she with her flushed face and graceful fig ! ! ure holding up the cross in the sunbeam with , i her dark eyes turned admiiingly towards it — , j he with his face full of wonder and coveieous \ ' ness looking alternately at her and it he ; sprang forward wiih greedy eyes to lake her j ' i prize away but she closed her little hand tight : i ly over it and said : ' tell me first father whal you are going to ' do wiih it ' i will tell you afterwards replied he ' no said she coaxingly ' i think that the cross is mine until the owner comes for it for i found il by the stone siep in the street j now i want you to advertise it ' ' ' give it to me said he coldly ' ' promise me reiterated lucy ' i make no rash promises child answered ' ; barton ' hand it to me instantly i ' oh my dear father said the troubled girl | earnesllv ' i did hope that you would let me i have my own way about this i did hope that j when you saw this rich jewel you would have i said to me ' lucy go and find the owner bul j 1 i am afraid that you are not goin to do that ? ' ; yes you are continued she tenderly ' i was ! mistaken i think lhat you are looking more < kindly now something as you did at mother those time when you loved her best your lit j ! lie lucy can go and find the owner her father deigned to take no notice of this , gentle and politic speech but coming nearer lo i f her said sternly ' if you do not give me that [ i cross i shall force it with my strong hand from ■ your lender grasp and crush them both perhaps i you bold ungrateful child was lucy angry at these words ? no not angry but hurt her cheek glowed wiih a , deeper crimson and her eye fell beneath her i father's fierce gaze as she said * ( will give ii ; to you father without your umng force because you are my parent but if you do no an about | it as i ask you to i think that some day you will be sorry for il for your conscience will fell ! you lhat you are wrong ; and oh remember sir i remember that there is a god who sees in se i cret her small and trembling hand unclo«ed i and placed the cross within her father's brown i and coarse palm ' lucy said he after examining it well/ihese | are real diamond and true rubies they will : make us rich girl we can buy houses and ; grounds with them and you and lotfe shall be 1 ladies of the land hurrah !' added he in a ; sudden burst of exultation ' i have within my i hand without one effort of mine whal i have j for so many years been wishing for and in i vain — riches riches riches say nothing a i bout the cross lucy as you value my favor — ! i shall always keep it about me unlit all fear '. of detection is over and the proper lime comes and then once more hurrah !' lucy could not sympathize with this wretch ■ ed spirit and she said lo him lor the last time i then you will not promise me faiher | ' do you think me mad replied he ' i pro mise you nothing the poor girl rushed to her own little room \ and throwing herself upon her humble bed where there were no witnesses wept until she ■ was tired ot weeping was there no sunshine in her heart and no iight about her ? — she thought not i the next day her father's manner was ster ner than ever — he evidently wished to make her afraid ol him her good morning was re ceived coldly and even loite the pet was un noticed barlon spent boura making calcula tions on paper and when be knew thai he was unobserved counted th diomunde and rubies '. over and over again ii was a difficult thing ; for one of lucy's disposition to take meekly the harsh rebukes thai were showered upon her every day in tbe extremity of her anguish : she formed plans of escaping wiih lotte to an other city i here to beg or work for her bread : for she fell persuaded lhat ber father by bis actions would raihrr hare her absent than there ever before him conscious of his secret she dared not reveal il to any one for her habit of obedience was so strong that she considered herself hound to her parent by the holiest lies and moreover she feared thst were he delect ed somedieadful punishment woud awaii him she could not olien yield lo thoughts of flying away from her father's roof for her belter an gel came and told her that she was wrong and her whole soul became filled wiih the idea of accomplishing her lather reform and to her mind there was but one way to achieve any good and thai was through ihe bible alone aided by ihe guidance of heaven lucy was an ea/ly riser for her tasks weie many her father rose laie one morning as she sal down lo read her usual portion of the holy word the thought struck ber lhat per haps her father mighi not object lo hearing it lso so she took the volume and knocked imidly at the door ' are you awake father ?' inquired she es replied he * tint what on earth do you want wiih me if i am aw.ike you woke me jp ' i am come to read the bible god's word o you there was a long pause and lucy alight lave counted one sixty times but her heart eaped wiih joy unspeakable when her father it last siid * come in child and read but hurry ind begone she went in softly and sitting down by his edside read in a clear sweel voice those words hat have olien proved a comfort lo the sinner is well as a delighi to ihe christian — the beatt udes when she bad finished she arose with hit saying one word returned to her ro,*n vhere she had left loite asleep and kneeling y the bed-side prayed earnestly for her father md the sleeping child what could have been he old man's reflections as that angel of mer y vanished from his sight ? was the spirit of leace led wilh him or did his hard heart know io peace ? his manner continued unaided owards her no kind woids passed his lips md yet she despaired not the next morning ound lucy again at ibe dreaded door the same awful pause succeeded her question and again he gave her leave to enter some limes she would read a hymn with hermu*ica voice ind once her father asked her lo repeat a chap er in the bible these were golden moments o this dutiful daughter and the bud of hope bloomed in her breast ; but it seemed only in ihe dim light of morning before ihe broad day shone through the closed shutters lhat the influ ence lasted — sunshine aud cares of business dispersed it all due day barton went out to purchase a few new books and left ibe store in lucy's chsrge while lotle looked over some prelty pictures lucy feeling lhat this was a real holiday turn ed over the leaves of her favorite authors and felt happy and free conclcdkd nkxt week how it operates ' — domestic drama ! — copyright not secured the jenny lind furore not only excites live ly interest in the open air millionare and bull ionare circles but there are as it has entered and we cannot forego the temptation of having a dash with a free pencil at one scene lately overheard in our immediate vicinity touching the bubble of ihe hour scene a parlor — time 4 p m — charac teis down iovmi merchant and his lady — mer chant enters his domicil ; finds wife in the par lor laying back over the last new novel — so icmnly merchant rushes in tries lo look cheer ful abortive eff rt ] merchant — ah ! dear ! i've got home how's ihe children ? did jones's man bring the new carpets ? lady languidly — ye-e-e-s ihey came merchant — why dear whal's lite matter f — how dull you are : are you ill ? lady — v no — puts her handkerchief to her face merchant — bless me polly ! what's the matter ? i i bought you would have been in the very best ol spirits upon my reinm ! i thought ihe elegant carpets would have been a pleas ant theme for your afternoon discussion al least lady — what are these mere carpels mr spudgins ? merchant — mere capels ! yes true they are mere carpests but those meie carpets cost me 8**0 the best jones had in his rooms they were your own choice — we could have done well without ibem just now at least as money is tight with me — 8*0 being worth nearly 800 at this particular time hrows himself doggedly into a chair but i did if lo please you lo please the bores who come to look al it drink our nines eat our dinners and go home and lulk about it — it s all nonsense bul we must do as others of course lady — heavens ! m r spudgins you need'ut get into a passion you need'ut be so cross about it merchant — it's enough to make a man dis gusted lady — weeps merchant walks the floor — stops merchant — polly forgive my f aming passion i've come home to be tranquil not to worry and fret i've enough of lhat to do in my count ing bouse forgive me come that's a dear — kiss your billy lady — i won't you naughty man i won't sob so i won't merchant — e you will there now come that's a dear and let us gel dinner aud 1 ok at the carpels lady — what's carpels — any body can hare carpels ! merchant — can ihey ? well i'm glad to hear it limes will be belter then if everybody invests as liberally in carpels as 1 have within ihe last two years lady — well don't let us talk any more about caipets for heaven's sake ! merchant — with all my heart hang the car pets lady — now you are gelling angry again are we to have nothing else but carpels ? merchant — not i ing else but carpets ! lady — we can't wear carphs or eal car pets we can't merchant — folly we have seen the lime when we had not even rag carpels in our hum ble house ; we had no bores or tattlers about us no spies to see what was in our closets and pantiies kitchen parlors or allies we were poor and content and an infernal sight happier and heaitier to say nothing of our in dependence than now amid all these gaudy trappings of a merchant's home lady — goodness ! you tire gelling very sen timental mr spudgins i'm sure i i i finds use for ihe hankerchief again do my beat la make make borne happy i n'i i mr spud ings ! merchant — umph ye e es i suppose so but i let us drop this nonsense ; go lo dinner and then — lady — now you arc gelling back lo tbe car ' pets