TGRnS or XII M
TIRMS-TWO DOLLARS per uiu. , 1 M If
ot paid within tli ;w. , . N paper discontinued
nnUlall itrMnMvi(U(. ; s. . ,r, ,,,,
, These terms will b etriotly adhered to hereafter.
If tubfwrlbert neglect or refuse to tak their M
papers from the office to whloh they an dlreot ed, they
se twontible until they hav settled la bill and
ordered them discontinued. . -
Postmaster will til mum net M enr Agent, and
frank letter! eoctnlnlng tnhenrrpMna none. They
jtrt permitted to do thi under the Pott Office Law.
JOB FBINII1TO. '
.yVeharaeonneotod with our atablishinenl BW11
looted JOS OFFICE, which will naM m to
xeooto, In th neatest Style, , every variety of
: Printing , ; .
i-BUSIJTESS CARDS.
,a0BlJUI . : BMOBr.WOLYBUMO..
. i HILL& WOLVEBTOW,
ttorti-ya and Counselors at I.rov.
w1
mi. .t(j juiiiHAft of all klnde of
' .olaint, including Bk Pay, Bounty and I Pen-
L. H- KASE,
ATTOBSBV Ar.tAW,
Two (loon oast of Friling'l atore.-Market Square,
, iSUNBURY, PENN'A..'
'Business promptly attended to In Northumberland
and adjoining counties. . la also duly authorised and
0iceied Claim Agent for the collection of Bounties,
j.Equaliiation Uouutiot, Poneion, and all manner of
olaiiua against the Government. ;
Bunbury, Sept. 15, 1866. :
ATTOHNBT AT r.A.'W,
Morth Bid of Publio Sqnare. adjoining residence of j
tieo. mil, iisq.,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Colleotlona and all ProfossionRl business promptly i
. attr-ndml to In the Court of Northumberland and
, adjoining Countiea.
Bunbury, Sept. 15, 1856.
" JACOB SHIPMAN, "
. FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AQ'JSNT
SUNBURY PENN'A.
REl'RKSEflTS
-Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
jumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
ew York Mutual Life.Oirard Life of Pbil'fc. A Hart
ord Conn. General Aocidonts.
fSunbury, April 7, ly.
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR
L)onicropatl)tc Ijjjstctau.
JraJuato of the Homceopatbto Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Office, Market Square opposite the Court House
, SUXBURY, PA.
March 31, 1866;
SUNBURY BUILD INQ LOTS
IN J. W. CAKK'S Addition to the Borough of
Sunbury, for Sale on reasonable terms.
Apply io -LT. it. ii. ah b una,
B0L. BKOSIOUS,
Sunbury, Pa.
Or P. W. SHEAFER, Pottavillo, Pa.
Nov. 24, 1806.
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Corner Market St Fawn Streut, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. BYERLY, PitontiETOR,
Photograph, Ambrotypea and Melainotypee taken in
the best style ot the art. apt. I, ly
J. R. HILBUSH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER
AND
JUSTICE OF T1IE PEA CE.
3Tti)ioMf, KortTiumbo'hmi County, Venn'a
V(Sce in Jackson township. Engagement can
J be made by letter, directed to me above address.
All business entrusted to hia care, will be promptly
attended to.
April 22, 1866. ly
Wm.M. Rockefeller. Lloyd T. UohhdaJu.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
IJ.MIUKV, lMJ.X.Vl.
OPF1CK the samo that has been heretofore occu
pied by Wm. M. Rockefeller, Eh., nearly op-
public me rcdiucnce oi j uuge orauu.
Sunbury, July 1, 1S65. ly
II. II. IMASNlZIt,
A ttornev a Ijhv. SUNBURY, PA.
1 Collections attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, fcnydor, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
RKFERKNCES.
Jlon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. O. Oattell A Co.,
Hon. Win. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichael, Esq.,
,t-;. Kvtchum A Co., 26V Pearl Street, New York,
John W. Ashmcad, Attorney at Law, "
. Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
Sunbury, March 29, 1802.
T-J nT 33 Y"T n
jjoi ii.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety ot
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf, BUNBURY, Fenn'a.
$H)rdera solicited and filled with promptness and
RspulCBu
Sunbury, May 12, 1866. y
33. a. qobiit,
ttorney and Counitellor at Law,
BOONVILLE, CCOPEtt CO , MISSOURI.
WILL pay taxes on lands in any part of the
State. Buy and sell real Estate, aud all other
latter entrusted to him will receive prompt atten-
lon.
July 8, 1865 ootlS, '61.
IIt. i:. I. LI MLLY,
HYSICIAN AND SURGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, FA.
DR. LUMLEY has opened an office in Northam-
trland, and offers hi. servioes to the people of that
lace and the adjoining townships. Omee next door
' Mr. Soott'a Shoe Store, where be ean found at all
jura.
Northumberland August 19,1865.
10UR & FEED STORE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the publio
. that he keeps eouaUntly on hand at his new
AREUUUSE, near the Shamokin Valley Railroad
ipot, ia SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks
all kinds of Feed by the ton
the above ia all manufactured at bis own Mills,
1 will De sold at tbe lowest easn prices.
J M. CADWALLADER.
sunbury, April 1, 1866.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
attorney &. Counsellor ut Ijiw,
SUrVllL'IlY, PA.
jr-IHatrict Attorney Tor IN'orllium-
rland County.
unbury, March 81, 1866 If
torney and Counsellor at Law,
j en south lid of Market street, four doors west
oi i.y tter a fcture, .
SXJITBXT-;"3T . X ,
Will attend promptly to all professional botines
ntruated to hia are, the eollection of claim
Northumberland and the adjoining counties,
lianbury,- April 7, 1866.
).i1.lA AW A TJ,1 ti 1 fll"
market Btreet, aoor juaatoi iwa d,.,
IUNBUHY. PENN'A
. II. All Jobbluff promptly at
i.ntl to- , , . , r
'. Sunbury, Jan ,I8I. I
OAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
rut-VIST- OB BROTBBW.
.iDuers At Mliolettale sV Hetall
Ialers in
V II1TK t WtKt AMU OAL,
' ' 1n avrv varietT.
tola A genU, westward, f Celebrstod Henry
i Coal.
Low Wr, Bomt'itr, P.
utibory, Jan. 13, 116.
IB
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, NO.
J ACOB O. BEO Kl
MERCHANT TAILOR,'
' ' ' . : And Dealer la
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, Ac.
Futv n atrcet, ftoitth of Wearer'
Hotel,
STT NTJB BY, I A.
March 81, 1866; '
GEO. C. WELKER & SON,
FIBS ft LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY,
Offic, Market Street, 6UNBURY, PA;
Risks Uken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa
nies. Capital Represented 14,000,000.
Sunbary, May 12, 1866. y
W. J. W0LVERT0N,
ATTORNEY AT LAM',
East end of Pleasant' Building, Up Stairs,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All professional business In this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, n ovemoer j i , isoo. iy
Pensions Increased.
The late Act of Congress give additional pay to
the. following Pensions, via :
1st. To those who have lost the eight of both eyca,
or both hands, or totally disabled so at.to require con-
stent attendance, thaaumof t2o 00 per month.
Zd To those who nave lost bolu Icet, or are totally
disabled in the same so as to require constant attend
ance, the sum of (20 00.
I 3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot,
or are so disabled as to render them nnablo to per
form manual labor $15 00 per. month, and other
oases in proportion.
ine subscriber is duly prepared lor me immediate
procurement of these claims.
o. u. uviuv, ait y ac naw.
Sunbury, June 16, 1866.
THE following persona are entitled to receive an
inoroase of Bounty under the Act of Congress
passed July 1866, to equalise Bountiea.
1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 19th dayef
April, 1861, for 3 years, and served their time of
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or are entitled to reoeiva a Bounty of
$100, are entitled an additional Bounty of 100.
2d All such soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, and
have been honorably discharged on account of
wounds received in the line of duty, are entitled to
an additional Bounty of glOO.
3d The Widow, Minor Children, or Parenta of auoh
soldiers who died in the service of wounds or disease,
are entitled to an additional Bounty of ttlOO.
Bv annllcation to S. P. WOLVERTON. Em., of
Sunbuhv, Pennsylvania, who is an authorised Claim
Agent, all sucn claims can bo speedily collected.
tunbury, August 4, laoii. u
IQUALIZATION OP BOUNTIES.
Attorney at Law, Nanbnry, Pn,
IS duly authorized and Licensed by the Govern
ment to collect all Military Claims airainst tho
United States. Bounty monev due soldiers under
the into Equalisation Act of Congress, and all mili
tary claims against tha Stuto, due soldiers of 1812,
for Pensions und Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of
the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistment to
the date of muster, promptly collocted.
cunbury, August 4, Iboo.
Ilounlieaj Collected.
G. W. IIAUPT. Attornev at Law. Sunburv. Pa
offers his professional services for the collection of
bounties due to soldiers under tha late Equalization
Aet passod by Congress. As an authorized claim
agent ho will promptly collect all Bountiea, Pensions
and Gratuities duo to soldiers of tho lato war, or the
warotisiz.
Sunbury, August 18, 1866,
Sheet Iron and Stove
Market Street, near Engol'a Store, SUNBURY. PA.
AN immense stock of every kind of Tin Ware,
and Sheet Iron Ware of all descriptions.
STOVES,
COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best
Brands which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish.
simplicity of arrangement, oombining cheapness and
durability and each stove warranted to perform what
they are rcpruscnica.
Coal Oil, Coal Oil Lamps, Lanterns,
hades, Chimnvs, and all articles usually kept in an
establishment of this kind.
COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, of all
Sizes.
FRUIT JARS and CANS of the latest improved
stylus.
lie is also prepared to ao an Kinas oi spouung ana
RooGng. Range and Furnace Work.
Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed.
BEN. ZETELMOYER.
6unbnry, July 7, 1866 ly
BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS.
I HAVE made arrangements in Washington City,
for the prompt eollection of Bounty under the
late Act of Congress. I have also reoeived the pro
per blanks to prepare the olaims. Soldiers entitled
to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is es
timated that it will require three years to adjust all
the claima.
All soldiers who enlisted for three years and who
have not received more than $100 bounty are entitled
to the benefits of this Act, as well as soldiers who
have enlisted for three years and discharged after a
aervioe of two years, by reason of wounds received,
disease contracted in line of duty, or re-enlistment.
LLVXU 1. JIUUKUAIU.
Sunbury, August 18, 1860.
MUSGR0VE & SHAFER,
Wholesale Dealers in
FLOUR & FEED,
Manfaoturers of
CANDIES, BREAD, CAKES, &c,
Three Doors East of P. A E. R. R. Depot, Front St.,
NORTHUMBERLAND, PENN'A.
The Baker Wagon will run daily to Sunbury and
Selina'Greve, to serve customer!. Orders solicited.
Northumberland, Nov. 17, loott. ly
Support Home Industry
Hats f Eurr Description!
A FULL ASSORTMENT Just truu by
SAMUEL, FAUST,
Two doors west of Bennett' Drug Btore, Market it.
"I ALL and examine th large assortment of th
j latest New York and Philadelphia style of
ltlsmark, Warwick, Tudor,
Half-Dress, Resort, Planter, Half-Planter, Driving,
DUK, yuaxer ana uriua
BOY'S HATS and CAPS of every style and variety.
These styles of Hats which for beauty and du
rabilitv cannot be axoelled. Being a practical Hat-
tor, be Batter himself that hia stock hat been select
ed with more care man any ever oeior Drougnt io
this Dlaeu.
He also saaauiaeuires ia oraer an auras oi son
Fur Hats, all of which will b told at wholesale and
retail, at reasonable rates.
Dyeing done at short noue and at th lowest rates.
Bunnury, nov. , jooo.
NEW HARDWARE
AND
IE0N STORE.
mlllt uhseriber havinc owned In SUNBURY,
I Pa., anew lares, and well assorted stock of all
kiuds of HARDWARE. CUTLER Y.COACU WARE
SADDLERY, SHOE FINDINGS, IRON, NAILS,
Aa.. lam in at lowest new I or a ana cwera prices
hion the will be ol eased to tell Jbr Cash at th
1 mvmI KuiM mieas.
- . . . . . . ! 1- 1 -
Intending to So Ousioes in ui nooew tviuoiym
tftw.ll profit and quick sale tor t,a.n.
Sunbury, June 16, 1866.
1
16.
P 0 E T I C A L.
WHEN MY" HAIR IS GRAY. i
0, lot mo smooth this silken shred, ' ' ,
' And listen whatmy heart must say ;
'Ti only one this silvery thread,
Of brown eurla hurrying to grow gray.
Alas! with eyes of wistful ruth;
' I must recall soino coming day.
The graoe and glory of my youth ;
Who'll lov me when my nalr is gray T
Who'll !ovo mo when my hair la gray T
Who'll call me "aweet" when I am old T
Will sonny children round me play,
With cherub checks and curia Of gold ?
Oh, may I then renew my spring,
' In maiden graco, in manly form,
Whilo to my cold Hps oome and cling
Sweet childish kisses, wild and warm ?
May know the whilo my pulBe grows loss,
In bounteous life 'tis bounding on
And mnk life fair when I am gone ?
Or, left the remnant of my raco,
Shall I behold my sinking sun,
And, gating toward the unknown lands,
Thank God my day is almost done?
Then while I pray with lifted hands,
And, counting, sigh in the soul to sail
Awhile, to seek the sunny coast,
Where I may find the love I've missed,
The joy I would have treasured most.
Who'll love m when my hair Is gray ?
Ah ! well I know that there ia one
Whose eyes will see me fair and gay
When faint and slow ray life-sauds run ;
Ho'll ace round my faded browa,
From whence the morning flowers are flung,
The nimbus of eternal youth,
And lovea aa if I atill wore young.
LAW,
An upper mill and lowor mill
Fell out about their water ;
To war they went that is, to law,
Resolved to give no quarter.
A lawyer was by each engaged,
And hotly they contended,
When fees grew slack, the war they waged
They judged were bettor ended.
The heavy costs remaining still,
Were settled without bother ;
One lawyer took the upper mill,
The lowor mill the other.
TALES & SKETCHES.
XOO .TllXII OI' A. OiOOI XIII.Aii.
BY CLAIIA AUOfSTA.
There is one thing ia which I think nove
lists nuike a great mistake. If they particu
larly desire to enlist the sympathies of their
readers for their hero or heroine, tuey repre
sent liitn or her alone in the world, destitute
of.rclativcs or friends, with no ur.cle or aunt,
or even a country cousin to fall back upon.
Now to my mind, such a situation is the
anno of this.
Everybody who reads this w ill call mo a
brute ; but I wish before he judges rr.c, he
wait until he is tho youngest of sixteen
children ; born of a mother who was afflicted
with twelvo brothers and sisters, and eon of
a father who has ten sisters living.
This is ray situation tho situation of
James Crown, of Brownsville.
I caunot remember tho time when my
relatives were not a source of trouble- to
inc.
All through my childhood I was afflicted
with aunts. They wanted to kiss me;
aud though I never objected to being kissed
by the ladies in general, I objected to this
monopoly of aunts. And, besides, all of my
aunts but one took snuff; and sho smoked.
As I grew older, my uncles became my
trial. They wanted me to do chores. They
were all settled near my father's residence
most of them farmers ; if tho sheep got in
the field, or the horses jumped out of the
pasture, or tho cat eat up the chickens, Jim
was called to attend to tlio matter, it tne
Greatest wonder in the world that I did not
run my feet off before I reached the age of
young manhood.
When I reached the period of being tor
tured with the tie of my cravats, and ago
nized about the glossiness of my dickies,
then my cousins cnn:e down upon me with
their wunts. If they wanted to go to a coucert,
or singing tchool, or lecture, or dunce, why
thero was cousin Jim. Of course cousin
Jim would be delighted to go.
Ant, cousin Jim would go ; and they would
flirt with some other fellows, who were not
cousins, all the evening ; ana likely enougu
to cet to sleep coin" home, and leave cousin
mi the pleasure ot whistling to the moon
tor amusement.
When I was about twouty. my father re
moved to Boston. Twelve of my brothers
school ; aud only Ellen and myself were at
home.
I was deliahted with tho change. We
should be relieved from our relatives. Most
of them were thoughtful of their money,
and would not be likely to spend fifteen or
twenty dollars in values us.
I began to make myseit into a gentleman.
I patronized the barber and bit unguents
aud cultivated a moustache, which was my
beau ideal of perfection. I wore bright col
orcd neckties, and sported a cold watch,
and invested three dollars in a rattan, and
six dollars ia a beaver, which always gave
me the headache, and mado me look precisely
hko an inverted cancilo mould, liut no
matter for that, so long as I was fashion
able.
I made tho acquaintance of several charm
ing young ladies, among whom was miss
Flora Van Voorliits, the belle of the street
on which we lived. Flora was a beauty
and one of the most fastidious creatures in
the world. Nothing was quite good and
elegant enough for her. She would not
nave breathed the common air If she could
conveniently have dispensed with it; and if
the soles of ber dainty boots touched the
soil of mother earth, it affected Flory's nerves
to badly that she had a beudache for hours
afterward.
I was raised to the seventh heaven and
lemon colored kids by ber preference ; and
every night I devoutly prayed that some of
my relative would appear and nip the
whole thing in the bud.
Dive months rolled away, and 1 began to
feel at ease. None of them bad troublod
ue, and we bad not beard from them in any
way. I indulged the hope that they had
forgotten us. Bo, I thiuk, did my mother,
who had become quite genteel, and had
formed some vert genteel acquaintances,
One morning when Mr. &L Michael and
Mrs. Loery, two of our most distinguished
acquaintances, were in the parlor with my
mother, one of the railway hacks (topped at
our Iront door. I tut myself growing
cold as a peeled frag. From the hack there
issued three bandboxes, two trunks, a butter
box, a bandied basket, a bnndle in a brow
Caper, an umbrella, and lastly a green poke
onnet, beneath which I distinguished the
little wizened face of my father'a oldest
sister Aunt Bally Nutter. The very black
aheep or the whole nock or relative!
' "Bring 'em all right into the entry," she
called, ia stentorian voice, "I'm to bum
II. B. MASSER & CO.; SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY
here. This Is brother Jason's house. Lai
Jason's got up in this world sense he used
to peddle lobsters I It was a lucky thing
for him when he went to making pills, and
f;ot doctor hitched on beforo his name I I
xpict Martha's so big yon can't tech her
with a ten foot polo. But law 1 she needn't
try to put on extras with me I ' I know em
all, root and branch 1 egg and bird 1 and she
burst into the room, carrying her basket and
bandboxes.
The blinds were drawn, and Aunt Sally's
foot struck against an ottoman, which
brought her down, basket bundles and all to
the floor. Tho cover of the basket flew open
out rolled seven dozen of eggs most of
which were smashed by the fall, but some
were in a good stato of preservation.
"Consatn it I" cried aunt Sally, struggling
from tho ruins, "there goes seven dozen of
eggs ! And I brung 'em here to git thirty
cents a dozen ; they hain't but fifteen at
Brownsville 1 What on airth do you havo
your house so dark for I Anybody sick, or
dead, or gwino to be f It smells mouldy
here 1 Do open a winder, so I can sco an
inch before my nose !"
My mother, red nnd discomposed, threw
fpen a blind. Aunt Sally rushed up to her.
"Why, Martha, how tickled lam to see
you I You look as natural as life, only it
seems to mo you begin to show your ago 1
Wall, taint to bo wondered at 1 A woman
that's brung up so many children as you
have, when she gets to be fifty year old, will
naturally begin to look old I And here's
Jim, I declare 1 why how you're growd 1
But I must say you hain't growd handsome 1
The Brown family hain't apt to. He's a
going to be the express image of his gran
ther hain't he, Martha. Jest the same
drop to his tinder jaw ! But who's these
ere people here f Some of your city friends,
I reckon f "
Mrs. Leory lifted her eyo glass, and sur
veyed aunt Sally with an ill concealed con
tempt.
"Ho! hoi I reckon you're nigh sighted,
marm ; thought so the minit I seed your
eyes. Eyes that is kinder' faded out, and
reddish like yourn, is opt to be weak. Ever
tried rose leaves steeped in milk ?"
Mrs. Leory arose, and drew her ekitt
around her. Her face was ns red as her
eyes. She spoke very pointedly.
"I think I will be a going. Mrs. Brown,
you have other company vastly more amu
sing.'1 My poor mother stammered out some
thing, and followed tho ladies into the hall.
Aunt Sally brought up the rear, crying out :
"ion d better iio something lor your eyes
rite off! They look dreadfully 1 I can sec
clean here 1"
My mother drew my aunt back.
"I will show you "up stairs now, if you
please," said she.
"Oh no I I don't kcer about seeing your
ouse just yet. There'll be time enough for
that; for if I like Boston, I kalkerlate to
stay four or five weeks 1 I'm tired now;
them pesky kcers has canamost shook me all
to pieces. And then your roads hero arc so
rocky, I got all jounced up I If I lived here,
d have all tuu rocks picked out ot the
roads if I had to do it myself."
I seized my hat nnd lilt the house. 1 was
too much esciled to stay in aunt Sally's so
ciety any longer at present. Anything was
better than staying at home with her.
1 rushed clown the tirst little street that
offered : but my course was soon stopped by
crowd, among which the star of the po
liceman shone conspicuous.
'I say I didn't do it 1" Cried a somewhat
ftuniliar voice, pitched on nn extremely high
key. ' I II tell you 1 tlicln t tech it ; ana n
you don't let me alone, 1 11 knock you down
by hokey 1 Hallow ! there's my cousin Jim 1
He knows me, and he'll tell you that I'm
jest as honest a feller as the day is long I" j
I shuddered, ilero was another oi my
relatives ; and at a little distance I recog-
rnized tho glossy tile of Dick Van Voorhics,
Flora s brother.
"I say Jim 1" cricthny cousin, Tom Brown,
flourishing his arms at me, "come here this
minit, and tell this man I hain't a pick
pocket I 1 say, Jim I"
"I don't know you 1" stammered I ; ond
taking a step backward, I stumbled over the
stand of a candy and apple-woman, upset
ting the whole concern, aud myself besides.
The woman was angry, as she had a right to
be ; and she called me some very hard names
a very strong hrogue, auu hit me two
severe blows with a long handled, two quart
noggin I
I scrambled to mv leet ana ilea, Hearing
as I went, the flattering remark from a by
stander: "Ho looks rooro like a pickpocket than
tothcr onel Should'nt wonder if he was
the one 1 He's got a real hang-dog expres
sion I"
I nlunecd into the first cross-street that
offered, and came upon George Seaward, a
young sprig of the aristocrucy, with whom
I had an acquaintance. He gave me a segar,
and wo walked up the street together, smok
ing, and making remarks on tho ladies we
met.
A coal cart came rattling along, and a
rusty voice sung out.
"liallol it there bain t cousin Jim iirown:
Jim, I say, look up here and see Sam Smith,
won't you? Shake hands with a teller, ao;-'
and he extended toward me a paw which.
for size, would have fitted a Hercules, and,
for color, an Ethopian.
1 mado a dodge into the uack yara or a
house, the inmates of which set a dog on
me, and inspired by the stimulus ot ins
bark, I managed to escape luto anoincr yaru,
by climing over the fence, and leaving my
hat and coat tails behind mo as a souvenir!
In my mad flight through yard No. 2 I
nearly overturned a young woman who was
hanging clothes on a line, l opened my
mouth to apologize, but sho seized me by
the arm with an exclamation of delight
"Why, Jim Brown, I declare I don't you
know me? Me, your cousm Nelly?"
I broke from ber ; and no grass grew un
der my feet until 1 was sale in my own eliam
ber. I auuk down completely exhausted,
wondering if the entire population of Boston
consisted ot my relatioua.
Suddenly, I remembered that I waa going
to the theatre that night with Flora. I must
put my hair in papers, and perlume my
moustache.
At dinner. Aunt Sally eyed me curiously,
and asked me what I'd got my hair rolled
up tor. She guessed there was going to be
a quilting somewbores, she said. My moth
er, unfortunately, informed ber that I was
going to the theatre. From that moment
my doom waa sealed.
That waa tha very place, of all others.
that aunt Sally wanted to visit And she
"could go with me jest at well at not, if not,
more to," the said complacently.
I dressed myself, when the time came,
and berried out a side-door, determined to
baffle aunt Sally ; but tha old lady waa too
sharp for ue, There she sat, composedly,
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ou one of the stone lions that flanked the
gateway, dressed in a flounced, piuk calico
and a yellow bonnet, waiting for me.
. "I'm all ready," she remarked, jumping
up; "and I've took my work-bag along, with
some crackers in it. If it holds in till after
nine o'clock, we shall want a lunchin."
. We stepped into tho street. Tho people
starod at us. I felt as red as a full blown
Foppy. My face streamed with perspiration,
could not endure it; it was no uso. Polite
ness I ignored in this case. I took advan
tages of the old lady's rapt gaze at tho win
dow of a print shop, to bolt down a by
street ; and in a few moments I was in the
presence of my divine Flora. Wo walked
leisurely to the theatre ; I at my ease for I
knew the old lady never could find her way,
unassisted, to the theatre.
Judge, then, of my horror, when on reach
ing that place of amusement, the first spec
tacle that greeted my eyes was aunt Sally,
standing in tho door, her work-bag on her
arm, ber voice raised to its highest tension,
aud her right hand gesticulating to the
crowd she had gathered around her.
"Ho went out of sight jest like a flash I"
eIio was saying, "and I gave a little boy a
ten cent piece to show mo the way here
nnd I'm waiting for him to come along.
I'm kinder afeared he's got lost, for he was
alias rather weak-headed ; but seeing as if
he might have asked somebody the way ;
he's got a tongue in his head . Hallo 1
there he's now, and the Queen of I tig I and
with him, by her ground I Come along,
Jim; tho meetin's jest a goin to begin 1
They're, a tooting on tho bass-viol now I
Where on airth did you go to so quick Is
that your gal ?''
Indignation and dismay held mo silent
Flora's face was like a blush-rose. The
crowd, by a great effort, restrained them
selves from cheering llie old lady ; but it
was very evident to mo that they would not
long exercise any such forbearance.
"Jim," said my ancient relative, in a con-1
fidential whisper, loud enough to be heard
by tho whole assembly, "you've got some
smut on your tipper lip 1 I seed it before we
started, but I did'nt like to say nothing.
You'd better wipe it off; it looks dreadful
ly !"
The crowd fairly ronred. Smut, indeed !
my cherished moustache, that I had scented
aud oiled, nnd admired for three long
months 1 If the old had been a man, I
should have challenged her on tho spot.
With a desperate effort I addressed Flora.
"Flora; my dear, we will go in, and not
pay any regard to that insane old woman."
Flora turned toward mo, au iron deter
mination in her blue eye.
"Frauk;" she said she always called mo
Frank "tell me who that horrid old crea
ture is beforo I go another step 1"
"Horrid critter 1 I hain't a horrid crit
ter!" cried aunt Sully, waving her work-bag.
"I'm a decent woman, and htiint got no puiut
onto mv lace, as some folks that I know of
has. And I'm Jim Brown's own aunt his
father's sister, Sally, that married a Nutter ;
and I've mended his pinnyfores and trowsers
many a time !"
Flora listened, and when aunt Sally finish
ed, she cast upon roc such a look.
"Mr. Brown," she said, quietly, "I havo
the honor to wish you a very good evening,
with your estimable relative;" and then she
took the arm of Fitz Ludlow, and sailed
away.
I thought I should havo fainted on the
spot ; and, perhaps, I should, if I had not
felt my sleevo vehemently pulled. I turned
and snw a lean-faced man.
"Jim," said he, lend your uncle fivo dol
lars, do. I've loft my pocket-book at hum!"
Good gracious 1 it whs uncle Solomon
French I antl behind him was my uncle Bill,
and behind him my aunt Mary and cousiu
Susan. I dul cot stop to see bow many
more there were. I took it for granted that
tho whole audience was to be composed of
my relatives. I jumped down the steps and
fled ot tho top ot my speed. Aunt Sally
cried at the extent ot ber lungs.
Stop him 1 stop lnm 1 1 11 give a quarter
to the man that captivates him 1"
Community at largo at once deemed that
uiUBt be a thief or a murderer, and they
rushed after me at a railway speed. A dozen
dogs joined in the chase, making night hi
deous with their howling. I was in too
much of a hurry to keep a very keen look
out for obstacles, and the first thiog I knew,
I ran headlong over a lady drawing a baby
carnage.
Of course she was angry. She seized the
baby with one hand, and my shoulder with
the other, and began a lecture in language
more forcible than polite. I tore myself
loose aud renewed my night.
But they overtook me. I had committed
a crime which people never overlook ; I had
abused a woman with a baby so they said.
I deserved death on the spot. A couple ot
policemen came opportunely. They made
little nourish ot authority ana inarched
me off to the watch-house.
In that interesting school of morals I re
mained until tho next morning, when my
examination took place, and no ono ap
pearing mo, I was discharged. But I would
not go homo. Aunt Sally was atill there;
perhaps a dozen more ot my relatives, since
it never rains out it pours.
A blight thought struck mo. I would
out the ocean between us. A whaler was
ving at one oi tho wharves, wmcii was au
vertised to sail that very day. I went down
there, entered my name on the book, got a
seaman's rig, and presented myself to tho
captain for inspection. lie received me
with open arms.
"Good heavens ! ' cried I.
"Yes!" said he. "I am your own cousin
David ; and your cousin Daniel, and George,
are among the crew, and your aunt 1 eggy
it going as far as Florida lor her health."
I waited to hear no more. The vessel
was iust auttino off. but I could ewitn. Yet,
thank heaven, I could swim I And without
bo much as saying good-bye, I dashed into
the water, and struggled to the shore, to be
met by aunt bally, wuo exciauneu :
"Better go right home, Jimmy, and change
your stockings. Wet feet is dreadful apt to
bring on the rlieumatiz. Don't miudhiin,
captuin 1" yelled she after the receding vet-
acl, "he was auert a luue weuit m tuo upper
ttory 1"
I broke from aunt Sally went to a hotel
dried my clothing got into a railway car
went to Philadelphia, and enlisted in the
army. My captain it my uncle Saul, and I
have three cousins in my company, and Ave
more in another regimout witu whkh ours
it brigaded.
Did ever a poor fellow have such luck!
If I tboutd ever be found, tome fine morn
ing, at the end of a rope, it will be the fault
of my relative. ' " '
Tha English people are great cheete eat
era, the consumption of that article annually
in Great Britain bciogosi.sau.wv. ,
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M'lie Know Storm.
It wot a dark December bight, wild and
stormy. Ever sinco mid-day the storm bad
fallen w'ith unwearying perseverance, and
now lay deep on the ground. I had been
detained at my office later than usual, and
bad to cross a dreary moor for some two
miles, to reach my homo, I confess I felt
chilled at the prospect of such a walk in such
a storm ; but wrapped my plaid around me,
and staff in hand, I set forward, thinking of
the bright little home I should soon reach,
and the dear ones who were waiting my re
turn with a loving welcome. Soon I left tho
busy town, and its many lights, behind mo,
and stepped out into the dismal moor. Tho
snow lay much deeper here on the untrodden
foot-path, and seemed to fall inoro heavily
than before so thick and blinding, that I
found myself perpetually straying from the
proper roadway, and with difficulty retraced
my steps; the cold felt keener also, and a
sharp caBt wind had risen. At times I grew
almost breathless with tho struggle, and had
to pauso for gathering strength ere I laced 1
tho storm once more. At length I rejoiced
to sco the guiding post, which was placed
where three roads met and against which I
was thankful to lean for a few seconds, until
I had recovered breath. I was just on the
point of starting off afresh, when a faint
sound of a human voice caught my car.
Startled, I listened, but all was still. I shad
ed my eye with my hand, and stared anx
iously into the surrounding darkness; but
naught could I discern beyond a wilderness
of snow, and I was just concluding my im
agination had deceived me when again the
same murmur came floating through the nir.
Feeling that, with the guide-post so near,
I could scarcely lose my way, I hastened
forward In tho direction of the sound, and
soon distinctly heard a child's voice repeat
ing the Lord's prayer. It had a strange
effect in such a storm at such a place, and
my heart beat high when the gentle "Amen"
was said.
I called out, "Whose voice is that!" but
there was no reply. I called again, more
loudly than before, and then the timid an
swer came, "Johnnie," and a few steps
brought me to a boy some eight years old,
standing shivering in the snow.
"My poor little man," I said, "are you all
alone ?" '
"No," ho replied. "Nelly is here ; but she
grew so cold and tired I could not get her
on, and now she is fast asleep. I felt sleepy,
too, but thought I would say my prayers
first." And as I stooped down" to the bundle
of snow he had indicated as being "Nelly,"
he whispered softly, "Has Jesus sent you? '
"hurely he has," 1 answered; "had you not
said your prayers, Johnnie, you might both
havo perished. But how came you here, my
boy ?"
"We went into towB this morning, to see
grandma. It was snowing then," ho said,
innocently, "when we left home."
"And where is your home ?" I asked,"and
who is your father?"
"Farmer Huthland," he replied ; "we live
at High Farm."
"High Farm" happened to lie on the road
to my own house, so I told Johnnie we
would go homo together. He rejoiced when
ho heard my name, and remarked to himself,
"How well it was I suid my prayers."
I found Nelly, indeed half asleep, wrapped
in a heavy cupe, which the devoted little
fellow had devested himself of in his endea
vor to keep her warm. Nor could I induce
him to put it on until ho saw mo raise Ncllv
tenderly in my arms and wrapping her in
my great piani, gathered her close to my
bosom, prepared to curry her.
"Now, Johnnie," I said, "you keep hold
of the skirt of my coat, and we will soon bo
at nigh rami."
Tho cold see.ncd to have become more
intense, tho falling snow more dense than
ever. Manfully tho little fellow kept up
to my side, though the snow by this time
reached up to bis knees. I tried to cheer
him as we trudged along, but I felt the
drag upon my coat becouiiug greater, and
it was evident hit strength and heart were
failing him then a suppressed sob broke
from him, and clung more closely to uio as
I beut down, trying to soothe aud comfort
him.
'You are a brave liltlo man," I taid, "we
will soon reach the farm. Thiuk of the
bright fire there, the nice warm milk and
bread, and mother's loving kiss, all waiting
for you."
'I cannot walk further, he sobbed. "Oh,
take Nelly home, but let me lie down here.
I will say my prayers again, and perhaps
Jesus will send some one else to help me."
"0, no," I answered cheerily, "I can not
leave you behind, Johnnie ; you must make
a horse ot uic, ana mount my back, 'lucre
you are cow, hold mo fast around tho neck,
and whip hard to make me go better." And
again I started forward, endeavoring to keep
him awake with questions and sallies; but I
felt the additional burden in such a storm,
waa becoming beyond my already exhausted
strength, when suddenly a wavering speck
of light shot out of tho darkness, then van
ished, then appeared once more, becoming
nearer and brighter. I hallooed loudly, and
my shout was answered, and Johnnie called
out in a faint, and glad voice. "Oh, that's
father 1" And happily ao it was; tho poor
father becoming alarmed at the lengthened
absence ot his children, had started with his
two men and a lantern in search of them,
and great tears of thankfulness fell from his
eves when ho beheld his loved ones. John
nie was at mice taken iuto his loving arms
and a quarter of an hour's walk brought us
to tho lurirj, where the anxious mother re
ceived us. Nelly was soon aroused by the
warmth and light of the great tire, little or
noue tho worse for the night's adventure,
but poor Johnnie was badly frostbitten, and
it was long lie lore lie recovered.
Deep waa the gratitude of the honest
couple for the aid I bad afforded their be
loved children, who, doubtless overpowered
with sleep, would have been hidden in the
snow ere their father had reached them, ana
must inevitably have perished, but for the
prayer which 'Johnnie's trusting, timplo
heart had prompted, and had been the
means, with God's blcseing, of tny saving
them.
XUe Jockey I'rcncltutan.
A Frenchman io thi country, who was
little acquainted with horse jockiea or horse
flesh, was grievously taken io by a cheat, in
the purchase of a ateed. He gave oae bun
ircldollar for a miserable jade of au old
mare that hud been fattened up to tell ; and
she turned out to be ringbouod, tpavined,
i.iinri and wind broken. The Frenchman
anno discovered that be bad been used up in
the trade, and went to request the Jockey to
take back the animal and refund the money.
"Sare " taid be. "I ava fetched back de
mar horse vat you aell me, and I vant de
money in my pocket back." .
"Your pocket back," returned the jockey,
feigning turprise ; "1 aon'i unuerstana you,
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"You tio stand under me," said the French
man beginning to gesticulate furiouBly-"you
do stand under me Sare, by gar you be
von grand rascallo you be like Sam like
Sam vat you call de little mountain t"
"Sam Hill I suppose jou mean," said the
jockey.
"Qui Monsieur Sam de Hill yes, sare,
you be just like two Sam Hill. You sell me
one mare for one hundred dollars and ho
no vorth one hundred cents, by gar ?"
"Why, what's the matter with the beast?"
"Mattairl sacrcl mattair did you say t
Vy, he's all mattair he no go at all he got
no leg, no feet, do vind, be be blind like one
stone mit his eyes, ho no see nobody vid dat
eye ho goes v'heeze o-v'heeze-o, like forge
hammer bellows he go limp, limp he
never go all over the ground he no travel
two mile in three day. Oui sare, he is one
grand sheet, you muBt take him and fund do
money back."
"Refund the money ! Oh, no, I could not
think of audi a thing."
"Vat! You no fund me bark the money ?
You sbeat me vid one hundred tlollairc horse
dat not go at all."
"I never promised you that she would go."
"By gar I vat is one horse good for ven he
no go I He no better as one dead shackass,
by gar t Vill, you, sare, take the mare horse
back, and give my money vat I pay for him?"
"No, sir, I cannot, 'twas a fair bargain,
your eyes were your own market, as we gen
tlemen of the turf say."
'Gentlemcu de turf! You be no gentle
man at all you be no turf. Mon dieu ! you
be ono grand turk, you damn deceptionee.
You sbeat your own born muddcr ; you play
your rascallo trick on your own gotten fad
der ; you have no principtule."
"Yes interest is what I go for."
"Yes, sare, your interest is no principaile.
You be von grand rascailo sheaf
tailing to obtain redress lrom the jockey
the poor Frenchman sent his "mare horse"
to tho auctioneer to be sold. But auctioneer
seems to be as great a jockey, for ho took
good care that the fees for selling should cat
up the price he got for the steed.
"By gar," said the Frenchman, when re
lating the story, "I bo sheuted all around.
Do jocky horse, he sbeat me in trade, and
the hauctionccr he sheat mo in dispose of de
hamnamailo ; ho sell tho mare horse for ten
doliarire, and by gar, he sharzed me eleven
dollaire for sell him, Mon Dieu, so I be tako
all around in. I lose 'leven aud one hun
dred dollairo iu my pocket, clear, for ono
sacrc dam limp, limp vheezc vind, not sec at
all, good for nothing shape of a mare horse,
vorso as nineteen dead shackass, by gar."
AGRICULTURAL, &C.
ExrEKiMENT with Potatoes. A Chester
county correspondent of the Germantowu
7'elajraph states that during tho last season
ho cultivated six varieties of potatoes on
land of nearly uniform quality and equal
m auu rial aid. These varieties embraced the
Cusco, Mercer, Monitor, Early Goodrich,
Nova Scotia Mercer and Early June. Tho
Cuscos, with three hundred pounds of phos
phate per acre, produced at the rate of two
hundred and sixty-five bubhcls of market
able and thirty-two bushels of small ones
two hundred and ninety bushels in all.
This potato, with phosphate manuie as a
fertilizer, is deemed a good one for table use ;
but with a free uso of barnyard manure it is
rather strong. Forced with this manure, a
yield of five hundred bushels per acre is
deemed readily attainable. The Mercer
yielded only about eighty bushels to tho
acre. The Monitors, with the same manage
ment as the Cuscos, produced over three
hundred bushels per aero of good-sized
potatoes, but arc two or three weeks later
than the others mentioned. The Early
Goodrich produced three hundred and fifty
bushels to tho aero ot quite as good a quality
as any of the others. The other varieties
id not do as well, nor are they regarded
with much favor as a potato for table use.
The Monitor and Early Goodrich are the
favorites with this grower, both at to quali
ty, araouut of product aud seasonable ma
turity. Tho Mercer brings more in Phila
delphia market than any other variety, but
the low rate ot production per acre renders
it less de&iruble as a farm crop.
Cake of the Cows. This is a season of
the year when milch cows require more than
ordiuary attention. If not properly cared
for they will dry up earlier than is necessary,
or if the flow of milk still continues tho
quantity will be much less than it would bo
if proper attention were paid to the charac
ter of tho food supplied. Hay, properly
cured, is good in its place, but if fed alone,
even laviuhly, the results in milk and butter
will not be correspondingly increased, ic
will be found a paying investment to feed
cowa Uoeruliy witu roots, ana cauoage
even, as they will pay better in this way
than in most others. Slops, variously pre
pared, with meal, beans or shorts, are
eagerly devoured by cows, greatly to their
own satisfaction and to the decided advan
tage of tho owner. Properly supplied with
food suited to the season, cows will continue
to give liberal Eupplies of milk some weeks
loogcr than they otherwise would aa, with
out any detriment to their productiveness
the ensuing season. There is no necessity
for a cow to go dry three or four months,
and with proper attention to feeding tho
period of non production may be considera
bly abridged.
But in any case, whether giving mux or
not, cowa thould not be allowed to get poor
and weak as the season for their coming in
approachet. They should be kept in good
heart not lattenea as tuougu in preparation
for tho butcher, that, w hen the maternal pe
riod arrives, they way. be able to stand up
without propping. liural Arei Yorker.
A Protection against Bohkhs. Mr. 1L
J. Foster, of Quincy, Mass., infortna us that
ho bat an apple orchard which bat keen
badly iufested by the borer. 1 wo or three
year ago, wuue going over iuo orcuara m
the fall, ana removing irom ten to niieeo
young borers front most of the trees, be
noticed that invariably there were no signs
of their work to be discovered wherever a
chauce plant of the tomato bad sprung up
from teed in toil or manure. Actiug ou
this discovery, he has since planted toma
toes extensively about his apple trees and
quince bushes, and find it a complete pro
lection, at the beetle which deposit her
egg during the summer moatht upon the
bark of the tree near the ground shuns every
tree near which a tomato plant ia growing.
JV. E. Farmer. ,
To Csar Hekb phom Sitting. Tie their
legs, ao (hat they will b about an inch and
a half apart. In two dav the strings can
be taken of. My son tried this plan last
season with perfect success. So ayt, W. C.
Jones, of Hartford, Ohio, in the Prairie Farmer.
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