@R CHANCY's COOKING STOVE.
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BY MRS A. NJ. F. AMMAN.


Ofall comfortable people few have greater
number of comforts to be thankful tor than had
the Chancys. They were rich enough TO iVe
.i,bout any laborious eXerton OF body or mind,
,.ot not 81 much so as to be thrown into the


;1s of idIcness They had n handsome house,
b.nJsomeIv furnished and were not afraid to
nsa #. for they knew they could we'll afford
"a reft it. whenever that was needed 1hey
baJ three chilIren-the number under common
circumstances to save any particular one from Pc
inc spoiled, and make their premises cheefiui
without keeping them in continual uProar-and
all three were handsome, healthy, and promising
Tbev had excellent servants, because they had not
ONLY money to nav for them, but good tempers TO
,rcat them properIv Added to this, MIR: Chancy
v-1s active. industrious, temperate, upright ana
cheerful. and his wife kind prudent, and notable,
and they might have continued to ENJOY the most
cpyiable quiet AMI ind, pcn!ltnce, had not Mr
Cbancv. one season when business was dull, taken
it into his head to be ambitious


1T would be very pleasant thing sla ne
one evening to Mrs. CLANCY, TO take a hISnsf
stand among nv neighbors. L don't mean IN sc So
ciety; all sensible people agree that middle lie
has the truest cnioyments AMI we are Just IN such
= circle rs suits our habits and education, and II 1t
IS not called the highest, who cares L ne as
tincons OF society in this country are very absurd
and mainly originate with the women-no DIS
paragement to your sex, my dear-and as you are
not concerned about them, OF course am peiiect,
" satisfied Bat should like to be distinguished
ftom the crowd bv some peculiarly creditable
characteristic or performance. am tired Ol iilot
inr aIono in the beaten track. If we had lived IN
the country. have no doubt should, before now,
have been sent to the State Legislature; II not 10
Congress. but in the city quet man like mySelt
stands no chance for political distinction Ihere
is a set of brawIing demagogues constantly on the
watch to snap up the honors; and as TO the pre-
cminence of wealth. that is equally out OF the qles
ton for where the population is so large, one man
cannot lool, around but he has check put upon
his pride. by seeing another either really or appa-
rentiy better off than himself And with regard
to literature. [ am not qualified to make hgurc
in that line What think you on this subject; my
deqr2'


WHY. that VIC ought to enjoy what we have
with gratitude, and leave seeking after reputation
to those who need it, to supply the place OF more
substantial comforts. That's my oplhioh' WI
CLANCY"


Il thought that your views were more elevated;
my dear: il certainly must be source of gratIfl-
cation. and that of lofty kind. to be pointed OUT
as 4 man celebrated for something meritorlous,-
You must admit that it would be much more hon
orable to have our children told that their father
was somebody than nobody"


Il would much rather IettCll O'lI
pond on their own merits" said Mrs CLANCY.


Mr. Cbancy made no response 1t had always
been the custom by tacit agreement, to suspend
the subject on which they differed, until one or
the other should be willing through seIEconvIc-
ton, or a more complying mood, to acknowledge
the opponent in the right. Accordingly, MT
CLANCY kept to himself the reflections that Imme-
diatcly presented themselves: He took a blrd S
eye view Of his capabilities both mental and phys
icll and at last decided that he really might be
possessed of qualifications for distinctions IN one
worIl-that of mechanical invention.


He recalled 10 memory some OF the per1orman
ccs of his bovhood. which, previous to his beng
apprenticed to city merchant, had been spent IN
the country; and that he had always been consla-
cred one of the handeSt youngsters IN the nelgh-
borhood That he had constructed miniature
waterwhecls and wndmilIs and weathercocks;
had been a dabster at kites and pumpkin lanterns
that his rabbit snares and partrdgetraps had been
unfailing in execution, and that he had erected on
the roof of his fathers barn. marten-box, WIN
four or five tiers of little windows on every SIDE
which every BODY admired as the very copy OF a
church And now, with his matured faculties,
what might he not accomplish 10 be the father
Of some remarkable invention, to be pointed ont as
some ingenious gentleman who employed ms
leisure moments in projects for the benefit of the
community, it would be almost as good as TO De
the mayor of the city.


Whilst his mind was thus engaged, Mrs Chan,
ey made an observation which conceded so well
with the train of his thoughts that he received 1t
as an augury of announcement She was sitting
IN fine spring-seated rockingchair,, with her
knitting and remarked: II don't exactly like this
lion to rock it. / should prefer one which would
work more easily"


"PlI invent you one, my dearl'' said he, strik
ing his hand on his knee, emphatically


Invent onel" exclaimed his wife in astonish-
ment; "you invent a rocking-chair, Mr.. CLANCY


why, what puts that in your head2 don't want
one invented but 1 should like to have this one
sent to the cabinet makers to be little altered IN
he rockers"