- 'J?. -" , 9Pe tetfafe3 Voleme XTH-Ne. 120. LANCASTER, PA., THXJESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1881 Ptfet Twe Cente. " WATCHES, JEWELRY, Jte. We call attention te a lew very desirable articles at unusually low prices Beys' SOrer Hunting Cased Watches at $ t-SS Beys' Silver Hunting Cased Stem Winding Watches 15.0 Gentlemen's Silver Hunting cased Full Jeweled Watches. 5.00 Gentlemen's Silver Hunting Cased Stem W lading Watches 15.00 Ladies' 10 and It Carat Geld Hunting and Hair Hunting Cased Watches at 18-a Wc call attention te our fine Movement for Ladies' Watches Full Jeweled, even In centre pivots, which we will case te order in' Handsome Bex-joint Monogram Cases or otherwise. Gentlemen's 18 Siee Movements Cased and Enslaved or Monogrammed te order. A special new line el goods is J ust rocelved, oensUtlug of Gentlemen's Silver Bexjelnt-Cased Watches, the Handsomest Silver Watches ever Drought te this city. We invite an inspection of these goods, reeling confident we ean show inducements te buyers net te be found elsewhere. H. Z. RHOADS & BRO., Jewelers, CLOIHINO. 4 West Kins Street, Lancaster, Pa. BDW. J. ZAHM, Manufacturing Jeweler, Zahm's Cerner, Lancaster, Pa. Things in our stoek that make Beautiful and Durable Christmas Gifts. WATCHES, DIAMONDS, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, JEWELRY, GOLD BRONZES, GOLD HEAD CANEb, GOLD THIMBLES, SILVER HEAD CANES, SILVER THIMBLES, OPERA ULABSJea. GOLD PENS AND PENCILS, HANDKERCHIEF AND GLOVE BOXES, GOLD BRONZE SMOKING SETS, PLNE OIGAR SETS, BAOCABET VASES. ALL THESE AND MAXY MOKE AT ZAHM'S CORNER, LANCASTER, PA. The Clothing Bargain Reems. The mass of the stocks selling be low coat is se great that we may say there is no change from last week, ex cept that a very few lines are exhaust ed net enough te mention. Large and complete stocks of new clothing of all grades, from common te fine, are here, going for less money than their original cost. Remember, though, that still larger, though net mere complete stocks are net marked down at all. Yeu can buy out of either, as you may prefer. These stocks have been separated for convenience in selling; but they are made together, in the same way, for the same purpose, andatterthe same standards. Bring back whatever yen don't want at the price. WAN.VMAKER & BROWN. Oak Hall, Market and Sixth. lancaster Intelligencer. THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 20, 1881 the vky a eens. CLOSING SALE OP COATS AND DOLMANS, -AT THE- new yebe: steee. -:e:- ,m jt-, u 7 anil SI. adrrem $10 te Sti.R0, $12.50 te $8.60, $15 te $10. t. a m f.s' re ATS reduced te I uv.. r . -. .. fflSSeSSS JUST OPENED A CHOICE SELECTION' OF HAMBURG EDGINGS AND INSERTINGS, Latest Designs, Beautiful Werk. Lewest Prices. NEW YORK STORE. VLOWLSa. GREAT SLAUGHTER IN CLOTHING. GRAHB MARK BOWS AT CENTRE HAIL. Will be sold in sixty flays TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH of HEAVY WINTER CLOTHING, . Without regard te cost. New is your time te secure a geed Suit el Clothing for very little money, Ready-made or Made te Order. OVERCOATS IN GREAT VARIETY, OVERCOATS! Closing out at a great reduction enr immense line of Novelties In Overceatings. Fur Beavers, Seal Skin, Elysian; Mentanak, Ratina and Chinchillas. AU the New and most Desirable Styles STOCKANETTS, IN NEW COLORS AND CHOICE STYLES Why net leave your order at once and secure an Elegant. Stylish, Well Made and Artistic Cut Garment as low as 820. A LARGE LINE OF CHOICE EHi Hi Scetd Suite AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, AT J.KSMALING'S, THE ARTIST TAILOR, 121 N. QUEES STREET, c ' MWAB Girl and Gnwdfirtker. Frem Temple Bar. Concluded. New began a time of joyful excitement. The young heir was come te take posses sion. His friends crowded around him. He went and came and made a joyful stir. The tenantry were feasted, and my lady looked younger by ten years when she cast aside her mourning garments. The hall was alive. Horses, men and coaches went and came, bringing gay company. The village was en fete and there was a thanks giving service in the parish church for the safe return ei we wauuerei uum iub k and all its perils. Moreover, Mr. Boothby had brought wonderful store of all strange and beautiful spoils from ether lands and much prize money, which he displayed and gave with lavish hand. Many wonderful tales had he te tell, te which Hannah was often permitted te listen, as she sat at her mistress's feet, with eyes cast down and an indescribable tremor at her heart. 'Twas Othelle and Desdemona ever again, with a difference. When she looked up te steal a glance at the sunburnt, animated face, such wonder shone in her eyes, that as a innrietnnn. thav drew his down te meet them. One fatal flash, and the sweet eyes would fall abashed, But Jack could net brook such glances unscathed. Her beauty took his breath away ; and it was net long before every shining hair en the girl's head had become precious te him. " Mether," he had said, the day of his arrival, "what rare blossom of beauty is that you have coming and going in the house?" "My little Hannah she answered. " Yes, yes ; it is Ralph Somerby's daugh ter, one of the laborer's ehildrcn quite a curiosity of beauty. I shall take her abroad with me next year. Sir Jeshua must plaint her. She is tee choice a rose te bloom en a Lincolnshire hedge." Mr. Boothby quite agreed with his mother, and commended her taste of a 9 " , , a la handmaiden, never nati ne areameu ei se choice a creature. But Hannah seemed te fear him, and went no longer unsum unsum mened te her mistress's presence Then the youth must visit Mrs. Bee with duti ful regularity ; watch the boiling of pre serves and the brewing of cowslip wine, while Hannah tripped about, bashful and silent. See the girl he must and would. One day he brought her a necklace of beads. "Here, Hannah," said he, "I have given you nothing from all ray stores. Yeu shall have these beads for your pretty neck," and he would have clasped them en, but she trembled,' and drew behind Tamar Bee. "Nay, new, Mr. Boothby, better net," said the little old woman. "Hannah is sby,.and she must net be spoiled, sir." The boy laughed. " Wear them yourself then, Mrs. Tamar. I will net have thenvback again." "Nay, sir," said she earnestly, "that will net de either." "Let me have them, Mrs. Bee," said peer Hannah, piteously. She stretched out her hand, looking almost ready te cry. lifted them from the table, and hung thorn en lier arm -iiu -. ie, uupy hWgl . , ,, unA n .!.. " nAw aain lll. "Hannah and T have much en hand." The young fellow strolled off through the garden and passed intothe weed. Mrs. Bee was disturbed with a vague presenti ment of evil, te which she could give no name. She kept Hannah always beside her, and was shorter te her than usual. Hannah bloomed mere deliciously pretty than ever and Mr. Jack had long llts of ing their supper with horn spoons in evening sun. The stranger looked at them fixeely. "This was once Ralph Somerby's cot tage," he said at last. " Ay, ay, se 'tis still. I'm Ralph Soni Seni erby," said the elder of the two men. " And you are Bill then," pursued the questioner, with an odd twinkle in his eye " May I sit down behind you, for old ac quaintance sake ?" Bill looked hard, rose up slowly, and gazed at the strauger, but no recognition followed. Then he began te talk. In a few minutes, "It's never our Han nah's little Jack !" they cried. Early next morning Jehn Somerby went te the churchyard, te see what time had left him of his past. It was Saturday, and the church deer steed open. An old woman was sweeping out the week's dust. Nothing was much changed. A tablet in the chancel wall which he remembered, "Sacred te the beloved memory ei "Rverard Boethbv. second son of and seated en one wat my staunch friend Jehn Beatty, a " trusty errant." "Eh! Miss Letty, and Miss Mary, where hae ye been, for pity's sake ?" sur veying us with a laughing eye. xe maun gae te the bighoese straight away, but no by the front deer, lassies slip in by the back. My Mary's up there wash ing the morn, and she'll sort ye afore grandmamma knows aught." Without a word we followed his advice, and stelo like thieves into the back court. There, as ill-luck would have it, steed my grandmother, bargaining with old High land Nelly for fowls. Her eye instantly fell upon us, and there was no mercy in it. I suppose such misdemeanors are heinous in the sight of geed housewives, and we must certainly have been disreputable ob jects, but it seems te me, nowadays, a pity old ladies don't laugh en such occa sions. What an hour of martydem we en dured in the washhouse that Monday Bee. A RARE CHANCE! Fer Men. Youths and Beys. McnVDreM .Suits, Men's Business ..m Ttnvx fMethinir. a very Choice variety, 8tyXn't fail tewll and secure some of the bargains. Suits, Youths' Suits In every MYERS & RATHFON, LANCASTER, PEKN'A. The Greatest Reduction ever made In WOOLENS for GENTS' WEAR at FINE H. GERH ART'S m, lllUUllUg, laDlislHt Se. 12 EAST KING STREET, FOB SALE. FOB SALE CHEAP. A FIRST-CLASS THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, A Large Assortment of Genuine English & Scotch Suiting, sold during: the Fall Season from 830 'te 840. A Suit will be made up te order In the Best Style Irem 0 te 830. IIEAYY WEIGHT DOMESTIC with nine geed rooms WITH A GOOD STORE ROOM. This Prencrty Is feltuatcd en the corner el Mulberry and Lemen streets ; i Si?.! iSSSStar : also het and cold water and gas through the house. This Property will be sold cheap or exchanged ter a small house or building lets. e.n . m t ii.n..riiiihnnce mid occupied bv Samuel Alse, a FIRST-CLASS BIHtK ewm . " ' Suiting and Overceating, .and Kccler, for sale new, Fer lurtlier particulars call en BATJSMAN & BURNS, Or at HOUGHTON'S STORE, 25 North Oneen Street Reduced in the same proportion. All goods warranted as represented. The above reduction will ler cash enl ler the next THIRTY DAYS. H. GERHART, Ne. 51 North Queei Street. SLEIOHS, &C. Carriages! Carriages! AT JEWELEBS. EDGERLEY & CO.'S. Practical Carriage Builders, Market Street, Rear of Central Market Houses, Lancaster, Pa. We have en hand a Large Assortment et BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES, Which wc offer at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. All work warranted. Give us a call. JVRenatring promptly attended te. One set of workmen especially employed for LOUIS WEBEIC WATCHMAKER. Ne.l59K NORTH QUEEN STREET, near P. K. It. Depot, Lancaster, FlMhe " Nlcketcased Watches, Chains, ?& Agent ler the celebrated Pantasceple Specta cles and Eyc-Glasses. Repairing a specialty, aprl-lyd LANCASTER WATCHES Special Announcement! New Is your time te seenre bargains In CLOTHING! or ALL GRADES, AUGUSTUS RHOADS'S, Ne. SO East Klag Street, Lancaster, Fa. - -- -- e VR FACILITIES FOB that purpose. n-AS-ttd&w MUSICAL UTSTXtVMENXS. k FINE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. a Lancaster favorite organ. OB A CHICKERING & SON'S PIANO. A fall line of SHEET MUSIC, BH VIOLINS, ACCORDIONS. BANJOS, HARMONICAS, &c. The above Instruments will be sold at re duced prices during the Holidays. MANUFACTORY Ktf. 20 NOBTH.QUKEN STREET. Branch office daring the Holidays, WO. 26 CENTRE SQUARE. OMyflSttew ALBX.MCKJLLIPS. Te make room for our large stock of Cloth Cleth Ing for Spring, new being manufactured, we will make sweeping reductions throughout our large stock of HEAVY S, COS618TINQ OF Fine Watch Repairing. Are most complete. We have talented and experienced work men. Fine Machinery and tools ; use only First-class Material, and make moderate charges. E. F. BOWMAN, 106 EAST KING STREET. Overcoats, Suits, &c., FOB- BOOTS AlfD SHOES. Li" OV UOOTS. SHOES AMD LAST XuYO I- made en anew principle, lnsur ing comfort for the feet. "W npG Lasts made te order. tebH-tld 133 East Slag rtreet MEN, ROYS AND YOUTHS. ODDS AND ENDS OF CLOTHING IN COATS, PANTS AND VESTS, BELOW COST. Call early te secure the best bargains, a- I B. Hosteller & Sen, mooning. Rn Christmas tide came en and passed, and then Mr. Boothby must join his ship again, Berely against his mother's will ; but in this thing he would have his way. He had pledged his word te sail yet once mere, te win glory with his mates rpen the Spanish main, and his time was up. After this voyage he would come home for geed, and dwell with his mother at the hall. . , . , Se he went and left sad hearts behind him. Hannah drooped and pined se visi bly, that at last my lady noticed her pale cheeks. fc "What ails you girl ?" she asked. "Naught, madam," said Hannah, flush ing scarlet. Mrs. Bee watched, disquieted. Twe or three months glided away. Lady Boothby. talked of a journey te town dur ing her son's absence, and began iu au in- Infant mirnnsAlpSS XTO.V te tret TCady IOT it, when a terrible rumor came te the hall, which a few days confirmed. A desperate engagement of twelve hours' duration had taken place with' the French, offtbe island of Deminica. Ad miral Redney was victorious, and the French admiral was taken prisoner with the "Ville de Paris," six ships of the line. But the English had lest two snips and among the slain was Lieutenant Jehn Boothby. He had died fightiug bravely as an English gentleman should, and one lone, cold curl lay upon his heart, which they did net take from him. Lady Boothby was childless, and the li.ll without a master. When the peer bereaved lady awoke from her first trance of anguish she called for Hannah ; but Tamer Bee, paler and graver than ever, told her the girl was cone home te her mother, and talked long with her mistress. In a few days the old housekeeper accem panied LadyiJoethDy tojuenaon, ami seen after returned alene te the hall, which was once mere left silent. and solitary. A cloud rested upon the village and lay blackest en Ralph Somerby's cottage. Hannah was in trouble, and her trouble could net be spoken of. She lingered, Bad and suffering, till she bore a son, and the same night she passed away without a word or a siah, and a wailing, nameless baby took her place in the cottage. The broken-hearted grandmother nourished it in her besom. But Ralph passed out and in, heavy and displeased, and was never mere seen te smile. He aged prematurely and was carried te the churchyard a year Afterwards When ten year had passed away, Susan Somerby said te the boy : "Jack.leve, it's time thee was earning thy living." " Verywell, mother," said he. "What muni de?" , . "Theu mnn go te Carraby next market day, and seek out Mark rTesten at ine Gelden Lamb. He is my sister's son, and has premised me te leek after thee." Then she washed and mended him the clothes en bis back, and a change in his hand, and when Farmer Sleman's cart stayed for the child at the feet of the lane, Mrs. Somerby was mere whm uiiu reauj. She nut five shillings, rolled in many papers, into the boy's pocket. "It's all I shall ever give thee, child," fih.fi ssiid He kissed her with a sob, clambered into the cart, and was borne away, te be gin life for himself. He never saw her again, or his native village, till forty years had passed away, and he steed once mere before the cottage uoer, a graj-jiceucu, nrosnereus eentleman. Twe old men, 174 24 CENTRE SQUARE, LAKCASXER, PA.J wTiakW and fcent, sat " V0 akt- ran, Jehn Jeseph Boothby, Esquire, of Boothby Hall, Lieutenant mil. jh.s jxavy. ameu in the glorious action eJf Deminica, under Admiral Redney, April 12, 1780." Then he wandered into the churchyard, and, after some searching, found a stone, sunk almost out of sight, whose mess-grown letters traced three names. First steed " Hannah Somerby, aged 17, died July 8, 1780." Then, " Ralph Somerby, January 2, 1782." Lewer down, " Susan Somerby, December 12, 1795." Here was kindred dust, and many nettles. He gathered two or three blades of grass, placed them in his pocketbook, and turned away. CHAPTER IV. Fortune had favored Jack Somerby. She had played a rare game at ball with him, and tossed him here and there into many an odd corner, eutsueaiwayspicKKu him up again, and rolled him iu neatly te the right place, at the right moment. He had plenty of bounce in him. Hard knocks never hurt him, and he was always in the thick of the game. Jack was dodged, plucky, and indomitable. His bleed ran warm ; he took his whippings as a matter of course : enjoyed hisdiuncr, or could go without it; sleep as soundly uuder a haystack as in a bed ; and picked up knowledge and halfpcnce anywhere, everywhere, as best he could. Fortune threw him many a chance, and he never lest one. He never forget a face or a favor, never lied, and was never found in bad company. By-and-by he found, te his surprise, he had a character. He kept it. He sought no friendships, and made no enemies. There was something in his geed-humored, steadfast, sterling nature that made him welcome everywhere. Hon est, handy and shrewd, he never lacked a job; at the forge, in the stable, or the courtyard of the inn, some bit of work lay waitinf for him. If it baffled him, he never rested till he had mastered it. Of books he knew little ; they seldom lay ic his way, end he was tee busy for reading. He had an old imperfect copy of the Bible and a prayer book, with his moth er's name in it. He always went te church. When Jack was twenty years e!d he had an acknowledged place in the world, te which he had henestlv feusht his way. Twe or three years later Mrs. Tamar Bee, dying in Lincolnshire, at Boothby Smiicrfiv? 1athnCTter1S,e '& geed advice, and bought a thriving busi ness 4u the North. The Featherstone Arms was one of the best houses ou the read te Londen. The Scotch mails passed that way and traffic was rapidly increas ing ; the world was beginning te travel. Here Jack was his own master, the right man in the right place, and the .ball at his feet, with golden Opportunity holding out her band te him. Jack took it and strode en te fortune. He married happily and wisely, au old soldier's daughter, and the pair transmitted te a ueauunu euiy emm, a full tide of life, and premise of happy fortune. As she reached womanhood her father withdrew te a small estate he had pur chased, as a permanent home for wife and daughter. Fair was the home that arose at his bidding, amidst lawns and mead ows, while slowly and steadily rose the house he had planned, under his shaping lianrl. nml the sound of the mason's chisel, and the carpenter's plane, mingled with the lowing of his kine, and the barking of his pointers. The wise master-euuuer tasted the incommunicable joys of a cre ator. Day by day his hand and eye pre pared and arranged the landscape which his soul foresaw) a belt of plantation hcie, there a sweep of lawn, and with every tree was planted a hope, and a fair ambi tion lav imnrismied in every risinc wall. But sweet Anne Somerby was presently lured from her father's side, away ever t.hn Berder, bv a " braw wooer," who had also prepared a dainty nest for a delicate bird. Jehn Somerby never quite forgave his seuiu-law. He had stolen the b'nd that should have sung in the Fairholm bushes. Year after year she would re turn, a smiling penitent, bringing a peace offering te the proud grandparents of baby danghteis, a stumbling, prattling troop of bloemiiiL' cherubs. I was the first-beru of N.he fleck. New the acts of these yeungsteis, and the games that they played, and the sins that they sinued, and the joys and the terrors of their rosy, blissful infancy, are they net chronicled in the memories of certain old ladies, who leek through their spectacles across the tract of bygone years fondly and sadly, te the place where the morning broke for them, golden and fair. Thev remembered a certain Monday morn mern ing.'when three of them, Letty, Mary and Bet, all arrayed in fresh calico dresses, and snetless sun bonnets, sauntering in .liA HelmfinM with vacue intentions of enjoyment, as opportunity might afford, arrived at the duck nend. a considerable sheet of water in the centre of which was an island, and the ducks" house. The only communication with the mainland was a plank, a feet wide., close te the level of the water. Satan (it could be no ether) im planted in their besoms a stieng desire te call at Ducks' island. He spoke by the mouth of Bet. The tempta tion was irresistible. It was a spot hitherto unexplored. 1 here was a possibility of plunder, in the shape of t dneks eeff's. Mary hesitated and dis-; sented, net, I grieve te say, from a moral point of view, but from a nervous convic tion that she should net ba able te cress the bridge in safety. A proposal that she should remain behind, she scouted. Te remain behind was ignominious, and net te be endured. It was finally ar ranged "she should be placed in the middle I, Letty in the van, Bet in the rear, and that she should touch a supporting hand en either side. Forward we went, and had inst arrived half-way. when Mary, casting a side glance at the water, without a word of warning, plunged with a faint screech into the pond, dragging both Bet and me down te perdition. Sinking te the waist in mud and water, we floundered te shore, and steed looking en one an other, truly deleftil objects. Bitterly wc ranmachctl the nerlidieus Mary, whose behavior was truly enraging, but she sul lenly said she had told us all Jeng that she would turn giddy, and she was right. Mary was always right. At this moment up came the farm hersc3 te be watered, morning : Yet another little episode. My grandmother was a charitable wo man, and visited much among the peer people of the country side. Sometimes she took me with her en these visitations. Onn of her neusieners was a disroputable old rascal named Tem Brown, who inhab ited a mud-hovel ou the read te C . My grandmother warned me te beware, at the entrance, of a kind- of circular ditch full of dirty water, which lay upon his threshold. I had te leap across it before I could enter the cottage, where blear eyed Tem sat smoking. He was a very uninviting-looking specimen of humanity iu rags, aud existed, I believe, en a small allowance from the parish. My grand mother addressed him with some sharp ness in her accent. "Hew long it it since you were at church, Tem?" said she. "Three weeks agene last Sunday, Mrs. Somerby. The rector, he says te me, ' If veu'H ceme te church, Tem,' says he, Til preach you a sermon, all for yourself,' says he. And I went, ma'am. But he deceived ine, did Mr. Featherstone. Ne'er a word en't touched my case at all. Ugh ! 'twas all about the ordinary run of sinner, ma'am, quite commonplace ; and when I'd walked four mile, and a broiling artcr artcr artcr noen, 'twas downright unhandsome of him te put me off, And se I showed him, for when he was nigh half through what he'd get te say, I jist gev him a leek, and walked out at the church deer, I did. But, Mrs. Somerby" (with a villainous whine), "if ye want te de a geed turn te a peer wretch, I want a pair e specs, te read the Werd e' Ged, mum." My grandmother surveyed him grimly. "There's a piece of beef for you, Tem, in the mean time. If you had stayed te the end of the rector's discourse, I doubt net you would have heard a word in sea son. What de yu keep such a large stick n ,,,,. l.erl nr9" "'Deed, mun, just te hit at the rats as they run ever me by night. I'm meighty bothered wi' rats, Mrs. Somerby." A shudder passed ever me, and I raised my eyes toward the reef of the miserable den. A rope stretched across one corner, whereon hung a very dingy-looking gar ment, shaped like a shirt. "Will no neighbor wash you a shirt, Tem ?" said my grandmother. "'Deed, Mrs. Somerby, I canna afford washing. I wear my shirt as long at prac ticable, and. then just hang it there till the hoes clfap ai it, .An. .... J- . I was glad te leap back ever Tem's npnnnl and enter nresentlv a mere agree able-looking dwelling, where a bright, hearty woman welcomed us. But my grandmother was in a scolding mood te- "New, Peggy," said she, irritably, " What's this I hear of you, another baby coming, and the last net walking yet ! Fie, lie," and she looked quite crossly at peer Peggy, who, turning aside, and ready te cry, apologized humbly for the acci dent. . . "Oh, Mrs. Somerby, don't ye say a word. Peer Jehn's that vexed, he is !" "Jehn 6heuld be ashamed of himself," said rav grandmother, severely, "and se should you. There is no excuse for such felly. Have you net enough te de as it is, with these three children, and you net four years married yet !" "Oh, Mrs. seicerny, mue juuuu.v w.i herd the coo like a man, and wee Betty there minds the cradle like a granny, ami as for Tem " (catching up a fat infant of ten months), "he's ewer big for the cradle low, bless him, greet lazy that he is ; he II be en his feet time enough, I'se warrant Peggy was looking se blithely at the situation that my grandmother was worst ed, and was presently premising divers ac ceptable offerings at the hour of need. As wc escaped Peggy's tearful thanks, ,...! ernwil th a fmlds towards Fairholm. we came upon a favorite pensioner. High laud Nelly. This old woman maintained herseirbv gathering sheep's wool from the fences aud hedges for miles around. Te-day she had her apron full, and was wearing her usual sraile of contented faith, a little brown, lean, weather-beaten woman, whose deceut garments were all manufactured by her wn spinning wheel. .n.i irh.i contrived, ever anu aueve, te send a pair of socks te her son's batons, new aud again, across the border. She had a long tale te-day about her pig, which had mysteriously disappeared. Dark sus picions had fallen en Tem Brown, whose larder was known te have contained rein forcements of perk 6f late and the old woman was in such distress at the col lapse of her Christmas prospects. NcHy was a prime favorite at Fairholm, and was desired te make a visit te see the master, and consult him en tue matter, as the moment was propitious, and a yeun litter in the fauld. Oh ! blessed time of small interests and simple joys, why se fleeting? Jlemery recalls it with a pang. Jeys of the calm summer evenings, watching iu the low oak window scat, the swallows skimming across the lawn ; reading,.perhap, Heme s old play, "Douglas" or the "Adventuies of Sir Guy," or "Sir Bevis;" or walking my hand locked in my grandfather s, up and down the terrace that ran around the dwelling, till darkness fell, and the twink ling waxlights within warned us of bed time. . , ., . Th v.aa had built in the reef that year aud could net be dislodged. Their honey came dripping through the ceiling in my bedroom ! What discomfiture ! The swal lows built under every gable, and there was a regular pitched battle between my grandmother and one-eyed Dinah en the one side, and a resolute pair of old swal lows, my grandfather and myself, en the rtr. Build at the corner of the front deer they weuM, and what Dinah's de stroying broom ruthlessly knocked away one day, the birds built up again with ;nnMi;hiA nvwd. At last the swallow was victorious, and sat winking en her eggs at my grandmother, as she passed out ana in, aeieawa en ucr ubuuwi.-... Sad catastrephies occasionally occurred, when the birds, mistaking the great plate-glass window for empty space, and seeing Paradise apparently beyond, would dash aaiust them in such impetuous niThfc. that thev were . picked up "-- . . . . ', j. aT-v ..-,. lifeless. uiacKDiras ana iurusuc we the chief victims. It is an odd fact that mistake, though hew the younger genera tion was educated te caution is a mys tery. A few stunned birds, who after wards recovered, may possibly nave acted as mentors. That summer eaase te an end tee seen. As I hang about y grandfather's neck, the day we left Fair halm, "I wish I were net going te leave you," I cried. There was something very like a tear iu the old man's eye as he answered, "Why you cau't stay wtti me forever, you knew, Letty !" "Yeu will send ferme again, grand papa!" I pleaded.- .... " Will you come if I de, Letty? said he " Te be sure I will," I replied. " Who shall hinder me?" .,.. Vain, impetuous question, floating back te me after thirty years, along with the answer, se different from our loving ex pectations? . I steed, net long since, en the delicious old lawn at Fairholm, a woman rather weary of her. tramp along life's dusty highway, and drank in the fragrant silence of that sacred enclosure, with its bird chirping, and rustling or boughs, as the bunted hart drinks up the waterbroeks. As I looked round en the scene of se many childish joys, the old dreams came partly back. But the 'chHdish things' have indeed passed away forever. My grand father's grave is green in Aspenkirk churchyard, and no whisper comes thence te tell whence became or whither he went. Dees his spirit haunt these bowers, se redolent of his presence te roc, though a ruthless young hand has carved the fea tures of the beloved old place intestrangc- ness, and change has rubbed oil tue in effable bloom from his work as he left it? As a dream when one awakcth, se have the old things vanished clean away, and under the perch where I stand, seltly say ing rarewcll, the nestling swallow beneath the eaves answers. "icA habegclitbt, und geUbet:' Jlev foolish sire the eiule wen et p.irtlest5 introduce new remetUes for coughs ami kin Ireil renipldlnts when they slieui.l knew that the people will have Di. Bull' Cough Syrup ami nothing else. tfVRSlTVKE. ....sistesrse .... 73te 10 .... 40te SSS 22 te 45 .... 5 te 40 ..ts.re te e -piIKUUASlSll LOOK! LOOK!! Loek te your interest. Toucan buy ut HEINITSH'S, 13J EAST KING STREET. Parler Suits Llliniry ults Walnut Chamber Suits Cottage Suiis... ........- Leu!Kcs---------"-"-" -- Patent Kockera -- sc, sa, s.c. We will centlnnc te give prices suocesslvcly of goe-ls in our Hue. ' Leeking Glasses, Picture Frames, ami FIXE GOLD Fit AM ES specialties at prices that defy cempetinn. It Is always n pleasure te show goods at the CHEAPEST FURNITURE STORE IX THE CITY. All geed guarantded according te merits. HBINITSH, I.VS UAST KING STRKET, JanS-Oaid" Over China null. t-... wvtmir.r. FUBNTTURE Call at tlw Old Established' Stand of Widmyer & Ricksecker, S. E. Cor. E. Kin? na Duke Ste. PARLOR, CHAMBER AND IJ BRARY SUITS. HALL., DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. MATTKESSES AND BED srttlKUS. The LuriMMt.unrt Finest Assortment, ana raebtyall HOME-MADE WOttK. Personal Attention given te UNDERTAKING. WIDMYER & RICKSECKER s. b. c-er:b. kimj anu dekksta tJAKfETH. H CASH MtlCR 1VILI. UK r.ttKr PAID FOll KAIISA --Hit;. CARPET RAGS. Carpets made te order at nhert notice and sutUiactlen Kiiarantt-ed. Uarc chances iu Carpet te rwluce sleck el 6,000 Yards Brussels Garnets, AT AND HE LOW COST. Call and satisfy yuurnelf. Alse, Ingrain, Beg uixl chulnCarpetaliialmeatendleasvariety .at H. S. SHIRKS C AEPBT HALL, 203 WEST KINO 8TUBJCT, LANCASTER. PA. 1.UPETS, COAl C. PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO., MANUKACXOKT, Ne. 13 SOUTH WATEK STREET. Lancaster, Pa., V cll-knewn Manufacturers of Genuine LANCASTER QITILTS, COUNT Kit PANES. COVERLETS. BLANKETS. CARPETS. CARPET CHAIK,. STOCKING YARN, Ac CUSTOM RAG CARPETS ASPEC1ALT1. LANCASTER FANCT DYEING ESTABLISHMENT. Dress Geed Dye a rither in 'gMPte&j"1" fJiirmentH: also, ull kinds of silky, Kloepns. Lhlcii Cotten and Woolen Goods Dyed. Gen tlcinen'8 Cook Overcoats. Pants. Ve8te,c,. Dyed or geeuml; also. Indigo UIne Dyein UAll"erdrrs or goods lclt with us will reeeiTO promptattgtemA10 gEWED CARPET RAGS. COAL. COAL. Ceal et the best quality pnt up expressly iei tauilly use. and at the lowest market ratm. ' . SAMPLE TOS. M. YARD-150 fcOUTH WATER STBEK1. d2MTdRSl PHILIP SCHUM. SOS A CO "" MEDICAL. iua year or two they ceased te make the I Lancaster City Plunuej, NORTH QUEEN ST., COKXEX OBA2TOK. conpeuNDiiTO pnTaiciAys-PBE- 8CRIPTI0X8A SPECIALTY. ANDREW Q. FRBY, Graduate Philadelphia College Pharmacy. Night eaU at residence mtmmmtm & WEfcl OBASGE SXBBKT.
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