We are told, too, of the chief butler and chief baker as officers in the household of King Pharaoh.

I would like to call the attention of my readers to the dignity of this profession, which some young women affect to despise.

The fact that angels eat, shows that we may be called upon in the next sphere to cook even for cherubim and seraphim.

How important, then, to cultivate one's gifts in that direction! With such facts before us, we stirred and pounded, whipped and ground, coaxed the delicate meats from crabs and lobsters and the succulent peas from the pods, and grated corn and cocoanut with the same cheerfulness and devotion that we played Mendelssohn's "Songs Without Words" on the piano, the Spanish Fandango on our guitars, or danced the minuet, polka, lancers, or Virginia reel.
During the day of the wedding, every stage coach was crowded with guests from the North, South, East, and West, and, as the twilight deepened, carriages began to roll in with neighbors and friends living at short distances, until the house and grounds were full.

A son of Bishop Coxe, who married the tall and stately sister of Roscoe Conkling, performed the ceremony.