11 .......Bt1.tr .. . .. .. ' ' TERMSTWO DOLLARS par imin. $ M If ot paid within the year. Ho paper dltoontlnoed .11 all arrearages art pall. less termi will bs akrlatly adhareil io hereafter. If wbtorfbm noftleet ot refute to take their newt peT from the office to which they are direeted, they e roaponalble until they have aetUed the billi and iored them diaoontlnued. Poatmaators will please act as our Agentf , and nk 'tten containing tubacriptlon money. They i permitted to do thia under the Peat Office Law. JOB PRINTING. , Ve bare eonnooted with onr establishment a well ted JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to outo, In lie neateet style, every variety of iting BUSINESS CARDS. hoc Hill, 8moP.Woi,nto. HILL & WOLVERTON. torneyaauil Cemclr at Ijiw, BUNBUBV, FA.. 'ILL attend to the collection of all kinds of telaimt, Including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen apl.1,'68. II. II. HIASWI'-Il, torney at Ifiw, SUNBURY, PA. Collections attended to in the eountiea of Nor berland, Vnion, Snyder, Montour, Columbia lycoming. refbrkxcf. . John M. Reed, Philadelphia, i. CaUell A Co., " I. Y"m. A. Porter, " ton McMiehael.Esq.. " , icteham A Co., 2S8 Penrl Street, New ork. o W. Anhmead, Attornoy at Law, " thewa A Cox, Attorncya at Law, " bury, March 29, 1862. W. J. WOLVERTON, AITOIIKEY AT LAW, t Street, 5 doors west of Dr. Eystcr'i Storo. SUNBURY, PENN'A. ifowlonnl bunineas in thia and adjoining coun :'' ntly attended to. mry, November 17, 18C6. ly TORNEY A.T LAW '.'idoof Public Suuare, nn. door east of tho Old Bank Iluitding. iUXCURY, PENN'A. ctions and all Professional business promptly d to in tho Courts of Northumberland and g Countic'. ' ury, Sept. 15, 18(1. ;7n77, J. V. James. 9TODY&.TAX03. UNEYS AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA. . tho second story of Dcwart'l building, ad H tho Democrat offleo, on the north side of j-t Square. Ucnd promptly to the collection of claims i professional business intrusted to his care, umberland and adjoining counties, iber 9, ISI17. lie it Jons Rdnkls .Tvtr?.Ts'SxJr THEET, between Third and Fourth Street iM1ii,.iii:i.iiiia. WEBER A KUNKLE. Proprietors. 0, IH07. ly ADDISON G. MARR, 1' TORN E Y AT LAW, OKIN, Northumberland County, Pa. luslnesa attended to with promptness and Hence. okiu, Aug. 10, 1807. -iy .cob o beck: MERCHANT TAILOR, And Denier in 'TIIS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &c. iwn Htrvct, Month of W?avr'ej Hotel, b TJ N B U R TT X A. .11 ISM . . 5tJT5T HOUSE, . . IIAI.I., IroirIlor, Sunbnry nnd ll"ck titred, SHAMOKIN, PENN'A. OL'SE u now open for tho reception of , and being now, spacious and attractive, i facilities and advantages of a FIRST )TbL. The sleeping apartments aro airy iilaulo, nnd tho tumituro cntiiely now. id Tablo Will be supplied wilh the best in innse of tho public is solicited. Irt7. 7 COAL!! COAL!!!' wNT en BROTHER, i At Wliolonnle Kctuil nl'r lu VK & KV.U AHil COAL, in cvory variety, .j, westward, of tho Celebrated Henry ,u rn WnAnr, Sisninv, Ta. ian. i;t, 186l- . .. SALE AND RETAIL DEALER in ovory variety of 'IUACITE COAL, nri...f BTiwnnnY. Penn'a. solicited 'and filled with promptness and , (ay 1, 13o8.-y . PE AND PHOTOGRAPH A Fawn Street, SLSBVRY, Ta. JYERLY, PiwrniKTon, mbrotypes and Molainotypes taken in ,t the art. "heimensnydeh, tf AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA. ntrusted to bis car attended to with diligence. ,ril 27, 18t7- ION HOTEL- l l'ZCL, Proprietor. ;tun to SUXBl'RY, near the Pcnn'a. ilroud Company'a Shops. J?T AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS, .it find ample Moommodation. Good f .alters boarders can wjoy the quiet com Sa far. ,u.l to the U boul.. uors are of the choicest kinds. JunelBQ'- . iunt Carmel Hotel RMJSIi. Northumberland Co., P., TH03. BURKET, Pbopbietok. ,e comu-odiou. H?U1 U located I near the no Shamokin Valley and Railroads. Trains arriv. fWy i. loeatod in tb. oontre of tb. toal a" dtie bist accommodation, to traveler. tnent Cistoiuers. JEREMIAH SNYDER, new & CoiiitiMsllor at NI UIHV, PA. ,-Ict Attorney tor .orttouiu- I fount). R. HIMUSH 'EY0E AND CONVEYANCE STICK O' THE PEACE. Xort7.nmler.and County, renn'a 186 ly DB. J. 8. ANGLE. TB or Jeffurwn M-dieal Coll.ga, With inif,Mark.tSjuara. I Is i Ltl hf " 'WIN A- EVANS, ' 'ai Ceuotin SUN BURY PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. INTROULCEU INTO AMERICA FROM GLRMJX)', in i3S. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, ami HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, I'Ry.l'MlKO nr int. C. V. JAVKSOX, Pini.tuti.iMm, l'.i. The grtttteit known reme.tir for Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, l)isea.ses of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS of the SKIN, unit nil Dlifsfln arlsltig from a Die ordered l.lvrk-, stomach, or tMFVJtirv ft- rut: nr.oon. K'ttd th. f'tlUfi'iit'i rttrnfifomi, tuft if y.w And th'tt your titrt'm tV ittl''tit iy tli'm.'yiin may rest QMitrrt thtit ihi,tir hit aiinttrriimt ,7j 'attack on tfit mojtt imfhirl-'n' oi-tiitm rl' itittt hotly, and unltH toon ch'ckM Ity lh ft fi"n-i fij r- M-'tr.f, a minti-a't I'f t'fmhi'tU.ij in -.(Vf, riV. b' thr result. Coiiatipution, I'lntulenoo. Inward Piloa, Puliipasof Dlooil to tho Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, DiMirust tor Foo'l, Fulneaa or WuiKlit in the Stomach, Bour Kruutntiona. bink lili or Fluttering nt the Pit of tho btonnuth, Hwiminiiig of the Head. Hurried or Difficult BreatliiiiK. FluttiM'inR at tho Heart, ChokiiiR or Sutibontinii Henaationa when in aLyiim'Ponture, Dimuesa of Vision, Dot. or Webs beturo the BiRht, Dull Fain in the Head. Defi ciency of PerHpirntion, Yel- lowueaa of the Skin nnd Eyes. Pain in the Bide. Back, Chest, Limbs, etc., bud den Flualica of Ileal, BuiniuR in the Flesh, Conntnnt IniiiKiniiiKa of Eril, and Ureat DepreBaiou of Spirits, Alt the uvli-tilt. itiittlt' itt'Vi' l.irrr nr IHjfttivt Viyant, comliin -ii i"ilh tTiiitr,-e Llni.it. tjooflanb's (Pa-man Hitters U eiiHrrly vrRr tnhlr.mid fotitnliin iio lliior. It In u ctiiiMiiittt of Flu Itl Kx tracts. Tilt; ItootM. Mrrli. mill lUrltt from whU-.H llirse r struct nrr tun tie arc atlirreil lu -riiintiy. All tlie mcdlvliinl virtue arc rxtrarlcd front tliciu by a ftrlenttflc hr-iultf. Tliese exIraelM are then forwarded to this country to be urd expressly for the mautifncl ure of these Hitters. 'I'll ere Is o alcobollu substance of any kind used In roiiipouiidlng- tlto Hitlers, hence It Is the only Hitters that ran be used Iiicrmd where alcoholic s I in ulmits arc not advisable ijooflanbs Ocrntiiu ionic is ff cnmhiitnlOm f alt the in-tin .limit nf the. tii'trrt, wilh pure Stintit i'l tiz nut, "i-iiH,'', etc. It it ttsrti fur thf $am tftWttsf a tlr' Hitter, in cite wViv hms pur ak'tih'ifi-: gtimulu.i it rrtfuii'rd, wilt tr in mind that the?, rtw'it are en I truly tlifVt-mit from ay others ailnrtiieti fur Vie, rure of thf. diteane named, Ifajt h.iny tnnitiff jnffir.ititns of medicinal extract!, whit tin. mhi rn am Mere, decoction af rum in t'tme. form. 7Vf'ToNH' is deridfdly tote of the ni"nt pleafiit and a;jreenhte rem- ties ever offered to the public. It "' 'x'mt'te.. It ir a pUoturt. to take. t, ift,ite its lifr-girii'H rrhitarating, and medicinal tjmtlities have -inased it t if. hawa us the greatest Of nil tviii-:!. CONSUMPTION. Thousands of ranes, wlien the e nn Unit supposed he was nfll luted ltlt , this terrible dlscHse, have been cured by the use of I hefe remedies. iCxt rem emaclni Ion debility, and rough arc the usual attendants upon severe rases of dyspepsia or disease of the dilutive organs. Kven lu cases of u nine CoitHiinipl Ion, t hear remedies will be found of the greatest beneftt, stieitgt belting and Invigorating DEBILITY. flf-re h wi wiJMn. eqnit to lltJtit-d't Ctrmnn Bitters r italic in rate t,f lability. They impart a tone and viyur to the tvfi'te system, strengthen the ap petite, cattte, an enjoyment of the. food, enable the. Stumach to diytt it, parify the. bluotl, fftve. a good, stmifi, healthy ample ti-m, eradicate, the yellow tinge from the. tyl impart a blo-tm. to Vtt dteeJcs, and change Vie patient from a rhort-hreathtd, emaciah-d, weak', and nwotts inrjfid, to a full-faced, stout, and vigor out person. Weak and Delicate Children re made atrmiK by iiIuk tlie Illltrra or Tonic, In fact, tney are Family Medicines. Tlirycun be adminlalered with perfect iinfrty to n rlilld three montha old, the moat dctlralc female, or a man of nliirl) . Tlttst K'mclirs ttrr the Lett ltlOOl I'lllllUlM tver A-hoh'i, 'ind tvill enrr alt diftuttl rtsiiltiny nun bad (. K'rpy.itr l.bt fitirr; iir l.tr.'r in ordtr ; kf.p your di'trsth" myiiiig in n s.tUhil, h.uHhy condi' tion, hy thf. usr ' tlirj r Mtdift, llld ll'j dittdtc wili fv(r auatl y"i. L.ndlr who wlili a fair skin and f ood complexion, free from a yellow th tinge and all other dunlin rinriH, ahoitld line these remeillea oecaaloll ally. The Liver In inrlevl order, and the 1)1 nod ",, will result In mk llng ees and hloomlny chcckN. V A I. tl.fi. lf.i.jh.ii'l't t.,rH'.t. It'u.diti ur i:.nnttvftitrd. 1'ie tctmtif Iff th' ;t. wulure oj V. M. tfarkaon on the J'r..ii' ..f '. nt. i.i. n I .iff -trot ta.lt bottle, ulul the nam.- n!'l:e i, fhU l.'-.i'-u ia . ih bitttt. AUothtre are emttit' r H. Tkoiunadw of letter, have been re rived, teal If) Ing to the virtue of these remedies BEAD TUB RECOMMENDATIONS. HiOM HON'. UKO. W. WOODWARP, Clii f Jusiki' -jf tlia Stiirriim Court f I'einiKjivaiiLt. I'liiLtUELriii, Miacu lOlh, 1S67. J fiti'l "ll'tttamCt flertnun Bi'trm" it nut an into, imtina brrewye, t.'tl it a yi'"i tni.', useful in dit'ir dert of the dirrstire ortj.ttt, awl of great beneft in rates of deta'tilif and ieiHt of nervout ttctivn in the tvitrm. 1'i.Hrt irulij. GEO. II'. WOODWARD. Fit' li)V. JAMK3 THOMPSON. JiiJ-i' "( ilu' Siiimmiv Cuiit t of Pennsylvania. I'iiimi.h.imih, Aran 2S(li, lb. 1 eousldrr lloofland's Oerman Illt ters" a rtttuuhlt. wiicim In case of at tacks of IndiKcsllon or Dyspepsia. I van certify this from my experience of It. Yours, with respect, JAMbls THOMPSON. From HKV. JOKKPll II. KKSX.UtD, D.D , 1'a.tor uf tliu Tiutli KiHUt Church, Philiuteliiliia. Da. Jacksox lia ?ia : Ihare btenfreauentlyre- 3este.l toovnnect my nam with recomntenaaliemt of ifferent kindt of tm JMnet, but regarding the practict at out of sty cppr.ntrialt ttihere, J hart in all eatet de. elinrd ; but with a clear prvof in variuut inttanett, and, ttartieularly inmymen family, of tht utefulneitof Dr. lluojtandft Herman Uitterl, I depart for met from tuy Usual court. ( erprett my full eonrietiim that fur goDorel ilebiliiy of alto ysteiu. srnl sicially fur Ursr CmuUuiit, U i a sf suit vhIiimuIs prpsrstion. in torn cases it mayfuU t but usually, i doubt not, it will bt wry btuejlrial' La tJiatt who tufler from the abort causes. I'ourt, rem respectfully, J. H. kksnaAo, tijh'h, below (Vl(l St. Prloa or th. Bitten, tl.00 par bottle Or, a half doien for tS.OO, Price of the Tonio, 11.60 per bottle Or, naif doien for I7 B0. The Tonic is put up to quart uoiilst. JtsoolUot that il it Dr. Hooflanitt German Hemeditt that art m unirtwtally uted and so highly retotsunastU ad I and do mat aUous tht Druggist to induct you ta takt amy thing tit that ay tay itjuM at good, b Ziut himaJut a iurye yrojU tm it. nest Mtmtdut vill btwUby tsprtu ta auy kwsUty upon upmluntum '4 FHINCIPAb OVVICK, AT THl OERMAN MIOICINt TOl, 'o. S1 JKCJI IIK-Un rhiladetfkia. CHAB. M. EVANB, Proprietor, t-orm.rly a M. JAC580 ft CO. Th... a.m.4l.e ar. f Drac.lsls, ator.k.ap.r.. a4 -eln. U.aUra .rerywher., Du mat MgU b. uiaiw wi'l tht m he's huy, in jlji-i to y... t'i yensslwe. 19. POETICAL. FASHION ON THE BRAIN. It tecmi to in. the women now IrM up most awful queor, In narrow kirta and littl. hoopa How funny they appear ; Their hair they frii in fancy shape., I've laughed, and laughed again, To fee now queer the women look With chignon on the braiu. l.n.'t night I mot a littl. mine Higged op in wontlroua style, She bad a little bonnet on That really mad. mo unilo. 'Twax smaller than a eabbage-lonf Dried up for want of rain ; How very queer the women look With bonneU on the brain. Tlioy toy they wear their drosses short To shuw their pretty feet, lint if their shoes are No. 7', Kxtremes will never nieot ; And when they wear their dreasoa long, And dragging in a train, I nlways think of bean-poles with Uoretl drevses on the brain. Oh. well, this is a curious world, False teeth, false calves, and oh ! They upena of palpitators, but Tho truth I do not know ; Hut lot them wear whate'er they will, Iteinonvtranoe is in vaiu, Ami they are really charming with The lii-ihion on tho brain. TALES AND SKETCHES. Tin: oi.i m:i) mi.i:iwii. BT UAIIV KVLK DALLAS. "Alinuu Oaij lmllo, there I" 1 btopped bliort. Jlmii Stud Icy was behind nit1, waiving his fur cap uud os nearly out of orcuth as a fellow with' his splendid lungs could be. "Are you walking for a wugcr?' ho ask ed, ns he came up. "You are striding as though you wore the seven league boots. I have been looking for you all thu morning. We are getting up a sleighing party will you go?" "Yes," I said. '"You might have counted on that before you asked me. Where is it?" "We meet ut llulda Whipple's at her father's, I mean," said Jem, blushing for llulda whs his sweat heart "and we drive to the Ited Farm, and have our danee nod supper there. As usual, you invito whom you please to share your sleigh, uhvoys pro viding it is a lady, and But you'll meet with us and talk it over to-night. . At .our home, you know sharp tight; and I'll not detain 'you here any longer, for you seem to be in a hurry." I was in basic, I told him, and promised to meet them; and wcut my way. It was the saire way that, it hud been the short cut to the house where Hepsy Harrow lived. I had a fashion of going that way about twilight, when the district school was closed and she (the teacher) had gone home for the evening. J never tUiid loug, but I went of tenalways telling some little story as to how "1 happened to pass, and thought I'd stop and speak to her!'' Any other young fellow would have own ed to coming on purpose, and would have .spent uiore time with her and said some thing moio to the purpose than 1 any one who liked llepsy as well us I did. Liked! thai was a cool word for it I hired her. I had loved her ever sinco I saw her first coming through the golden grain fields in her white dress; making me think of Kuth umong the reapers, because she looked so like a picture puiuied by snuie great artist, that 1 hail once seen, which il lustrated that beautiful story so like the Hitth in that picture, only prettier. I did know it was love for a long w hile; but sud denly 1 li.iind out why the world wis brighter when she was near, uud why I bc- gan to like some things 1 hud never cared j much for before music, and puniy, und i (ciitiincutul stories. It frightened mc to kuow the truth; for how could she like me? I was nut hideous perhaps. A tall, straight, angulur Maine . youth, with yellowish hair and light blue : gray eyes. Uut I was certainly nut hand si mie. Then we were poor, umiher uud I. i Wo lived in a little frame house which we neve; had thu means to repair nr paint, and our few ueres barely kept us from want. '. Ouly for mother, 1 should have left the place j long befote; but she clung to it, (or there ! Iter young husband had brought her on her ' wedding day, and from its upper window ' she could see the w hite stones w inch maiked i his testing place and that of her lost cbild ! fen. 1 wus too poor to marry, certainly, but alter 1 had felt that I could only be happy if lkpny liked tne, I revolved, come what ! would, to make some effort w hicti would liu . us above the condition which bordered so closely upou povcity. If I could only first t obtain her promise to be aiiue, 1 should lie i inspired to accomplish anything I under ! took; but to go away, leaving her quite free ': and with no knowledge that 1 cared fur her I knotting that there would lie little bope 1 that my return would find her still Uepsy ! Harrow would be impossime. Yet it seemed also impossible to speak to her on the subject. I had resolved to do so u dozen times, but her presence awed me. She liked me that slender young beauty, so bright and so witty, bo diucu admired I She The speech I bad prepared always died upon my lips, and I went home know iug that I had ouly uttered stupid tritium about the weather and the crops, and was no nearer thu point I wished to uain than btfuro. Uut that evening, having spoken with Jem Studlev of the sleiirh ride. 1 went on with a lighter step, I could muster courage. I thought, to ask her to go with me. Uue word. lucre is uo sucu tun as a sleighing party. City folk know nothing of it. - The Ions sleioh ride, fast and furious, amidst jingling bells and merry laughter, each vouuu lellow, witu tue uiri lie iuou best nestliutr by his tide, with a chance, for once at least, to say wuat lie cnooges to tier, to discover the state of her heart, or even to pop the question. The snow spray tossed uo by tlie burse s leet; tne ureese just snarp ououun to reuaen preuy cuccks auu cuius, anu put warmtu auu iigutnesa iutu every Heart. Tne supper ana uance ai an eua, anu the star lit home going. - It is bard to tell which like it best, the girls or the boys, or who is tho happiest the individual who, in virtue of being the best dancer, or, owning the beet horse, takes the lead, or he who, being last, has the cosiest tete a-tete, with the happiness of knowing that if bis arm should steal about a taper waist, there Is no malicious joking watcher behind to take notes and "priut 'em." If Hepsy Harrow would go with me, when I bad her all alone with me uuder the cold stars, I might whisper what I bad only dared to dream thus far. At least I could judge bow t my liking. ' e bow she would tske the knowledge or 11. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, IOTA. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1868. I was very bravo until I stood faco to face with her. I'hen, my courage deserted mo. The blood ruahed into my face. I looked at the carpet. Instead of nt her, and stam mered and hesitated. Uut I found when I went away, that I had asked her to ride with me, and that alio agreed to go. I whistled merrily all the way home, and alter I bad met Jem and the rest, und we had settled mutters, could not help turning into the shed where our little red sleigh stood, and looking into it. It was shabby, and tho cushions needed patching. I took il in for mother to do. She had no cloth to match, but she put a blue piece in. A good square patch; but velvet cushions would not huve been fine enough to my mind for Hepsy. "Its shabby ,"' I suid, "confoundedly shab by." "That's a'inost swearing, Almon," said my mother. "What's tho matter with the sleigh a'sudden? It used to bo good enough. (join' to take u gill out?" "Who ever went on a slcigning party alone?" I asked. "Twould look funny," said mother. "La, those sleighiugs. I was fond of them once. I'd as lief you'd put my feet in a tub o' water, and ring a tea bell in my ears in a draughty entry" as to take me to one now. Wrap up well, Almon. There's many a death caught a sleighing. You remember peaking of my Uncle liben?" "Y'cs," said I. "Did he catch his death sleigliing?" "No," said my mother, "lie proposed a sleigliing. It was a dreadful thing for him. What a lite she lead him. Ho couldn't say his soul was his own while she lived, poor man. Who aro you going with?" "Miss Harrows." "The school ma'am?" "Yes." "Don't wonder you talked of the sleigh's looking shabby," suid mother. "They say she takes airs. I never saw such a bonnet. You take notice of it." , "What do I know of women's bonnets, mother?" I asked, poking the tire. "Oh, well," said mother, "Men don't know much, poor critters; besides, she'll likely wear a hood, sleighing. But one that puts all on her back isu't the wile for a poor man. I hope when she marries it will be a ricli one." "I hope so, too," said I. "Eh?" asked my mother, sharply. Then she went on with her knitting with a puz- j zlcd lace. There hud been a meaning in my words which 1 had uot expected her to fa thom; but I think she did. After mother had gone to bed I went up stairs uud brought down my writing desk. There were some sheets of paper and some delicate envelopes, w hich had been there for mouths stored within, and a silver pen and peu-handlc, which had been a birth-day pre sent iu my school days. I took them out, and tho iuk-bottlo also. The ink was thick, for wo did not write much cither of us and I brought the vine-1 gar cruet from the closet and thinned it to my liking. Then I sat down ami looked at the paper. Then I went to the stairs and listeued to see that mother was not coming down. Then I actually seated myself, squar ed my elbows, and began to write. This is what I wrote. Dkak Miss H.uutow. I am no coward. Not, 1 hope, iu one sense, but certuiuly as regards you. For a year I have loved. Yet I no more would have dared to say so than I would have dared !;d you been a queen. 1'erhaps because I do not cherish a hope that you like me. To morrow you and I will ride together To morrow I had made up my mind to try my lute, but I know I shall not dare to speak. So, I write. I will give you this etter to read at home. Jt tne answer no No," it will be easier for both of us. Will you try to think well cuougli of me to be iny wile some duyf I love you better thou my life, and I will do all man can do to make life happy for you. With a little help I can make my way througn the world us other men do. I am young and stroug and uot utterly ignoraut. If I am to have that hope, give me some sign give me a line, your name only, anything to show me what you mean. If I am to be miserable well then make me no answer. Silence means "No." I could nut bear to see you or speak to you after that. This is an awkwurrt love letter, no uouui. I am not used to writing letters of any kind of late. I never wrote or said a word of love to auy one before. That must bo its excuse. Hut were it ever so elegant it could mean no more, i or I oiler you all the lovo oi my heart. The only love I huve ever felt or shall ever know. Ai.mon Ckaio. I sealed this note iu the daintest envelope I possessed, and wrote Hespy Harrow's uanie ou the back, and I hid it in the desk from mother s eyes sharp eyes, that looked alter me anxiously as 1 drove away with old Dob bin and tho little red sleigh the following evening. Shu was ready for mc. My mother s hint was in my mind, and I looked at ber dress. All I discovered was that it was blue; but her furs were good. I could judge of furs. "She tnutt marry a rich man, or one on his way wealthward," I suid. She shall, too. I've more to stHrt with than Washington had. And I tucked her into the sleigh, und drove on to the place ot meeting. It was a pleasant drive, and a merry dance aud supper; but as the time went on I felt glad that I hud written the letter. For I could not have said what it would have said for me. It was at the last moment wheu we were driving homeward that I mustered courage to ask ber for tho little reticulo she carried, as the other girls did, w ith a brush and some flowers in it; for they had touched up the curia and braids after the wmuy ride Deiore tue uance. "Whv do vou want it." she asked. "To nut something in it which you must not look at till you reach home, and then vou can look at it." I said. "You urouse my curiosity," she answered. "I shall look the instant I have a lamp." And as she spoke I dropped in the letter and snapped in the clasp. Not a word moro could I speak. But at the door I tried, for the first time, to kiss ber lips eluded mine, ana 1 aare not repeat the attempt. I took the red sleigh homo and waited waited hopefully, as I knew afterward, for an answer. None came a day, a week, a mopth. Then all bope was over. I bad seen ber. She had elven me a little cold. smileless bow. I was rejected. "Mother," I said that night, "we must have some one to rurut me piaco. i n going to some city." "Why!" said she. "To make my fortune." I said, "For that girl the school ma-ami" asked my motherly bitterly. "No," said I, "never for ber." Miher kocalt down bvsidu me, as I sat AMERICAN. OLD on a low stool. 8ho put her hands on my shoulders and looked in my face. "She didn't dare refuse yottfn she said. "Hoy, I know you are in trouble. I'm your mother. Tell mo." "She did not accept me," I said. "The haughty minx 1" said roy mother. "I " Then she burst into tears. "And that's to part " said she. "Not if you'll go with me," I answered. Hut she would uot leave her home, and I went alone. In tho frosty morning, as I turned to look back at tho little village from the top of the old stage, I saw the children filling in at the school house door and caught a glimpse of Hespy's dress beyond only a fold of her dress, but I knew it. The school bell was ringing, but It did not say, 'Turn again1 to mc, ns it should havo done, had I been such a prophet as Whittington. I made my fortune. I had a cousin In New York who was deep in tho mysteries of Wall street. He helped me. So did Luck or Fate. In five years I was a moderately rich man. My mother wanted nothing but my presence. Plio could not comc to mc, but she urged me to return to her. At first my heart was too weak to be trusted among those old familiar scenes. To have met Hepsy would have been too much to bear. But time helps us all. At the end of five years I wrote to my mother: "I am coming home again, since you will not livo here with mc. Expect mc to-morrow." And on tho morrow I went. My mother had not altered much. But I hnd grown a long light beard, and was a youth no longer a fact which troubled her. There were changes in the place, too. Oirls were mar ried. Old people dead. The fullest, hand somest man I remembered had met with an accident and crawled about a wretched crip ple. Tho church was rebuilt, and the huts in tho hollow had been burnt down. A fac tory had risen, und tho factory people's houses were about it. Instead of tho one frame school house, was a brick building with many windows and a cupola. Who was the teacher? Was she there Hepsy Harrow? I dure not nsk. Idly I sauntered about tho house, painted and refurnished now; and idly in the even ing of my second day of home I went out to the shed where the little red sleigh stood the shabby old thing with a grecu patch on the cushion. "It hadn't been touched since you left, Al- m0nd,"said my mother. "Poor old Dobbin! How smart he used to take it around! I fult as though I'd lost a friend w hen he died. Hcmcmber pachiu' the cushion?" She lifted it as she spoke. From behind it dropped something. Whin! Of leather, blue, with mould, crushed by its long lying under the cushion, but tho reticule for all that. Hepsy Ilarrow's reticulo. I opened it. There lay a comb and brush, an artificial rose and my letter. Yes, my letter, that she had never read, never seen, never heard of. "What's the matter, Almon?" asked my mother. For a few moments I did not know. At last I spokn. "it is Miss Harrow s reticule. ' "She must havo lost it wheu you took her sleigh riding," said my mother. "Jest like her to lose it and not kuow, extravagant critter. She s teaching yet; likely ton she ain't married: no doubt she'll be an old maid, and serve her right." The rest my mother said to herself, for I waited for no more. I took tho reticule in my bund and went over the long-forgotten path toward the school house. School was over. A figuro stood alouc near the gate. I did not know it at first. Uut a nearer view I found that it was a more mature edition of Hepsy Har row's slender frame not so slender now, but pretty just as pretty iu the face, and fresh and buxom. I walked up to her. She cave me a nuz zled look. Then her cheek fiushed. "Mr. Craig 1" she said. "Yes, Miss Harrow." I answered. "I am here to restore your property. You lost a reticule in my sleigh live year ogo. To-day I found it. There is something in it which I asked you to look at when you were alone. I tnako tho same request now. May I sec you this evening?" She bowed. I walked away. That night I went once more to see her. She hud been weeping; the letter lay upon her knee. "Such na old relio ot those foolish old times,'1 said she. I took ber hand. "You never answered it, Hepsy," I suid. "Will you answer it now?'1 "Alter ull tins time?" she said. "Y'es," I said. She said nothing, and I kissed her. Our wedding was a quiet one, and our lives have been quietly happy from that day to the present hour. MISCELLANEOUS. An Exciting Skatino M.vrcu came off on the Haekensack river, near the Morris and Essex Railroad Bridge, New York, on tho ) 3th inst.. between three young ladies, named MiBS Arnold, Miss Jones and MissTownsend all residents ot New Jersey who were matched to skate three miles for a hand some set of furs, valued at 100. The party present were mostly friends aud acquain tances, all being promptly on hand at the appointed Hour. I lie course had bceu cleared a distance ot one and a half miles up the river, the ice at various places being exceedingly rough. At the signal given all three cot a good send oil, Miss lowuseud taking the lead. All showed themselves experts, and glided over the ico with the greatest ease, when soon alter Miss Jones made a brush and came up side and side with her opponent: in this position. For the first half mile Miss Towuscnd held the lead, they kept until ncaring the turn ing point, when Miss Townsend again got away and turned on tho home stretch about one hundred feet ahead of Miss Jones. Miss Arnold, although third in the race, was close behind the other two. but when about a nnartnr of a miln frnnl tbsim. tripped and fell, injuring herself so severely that she could not resume her position iu tho race, and bad to withdraw. On the homestretch the race was exceedingly exciting between r .4 U torn. TnurnuDd. JUIH4UUH SUU - - , , On the last mile thej both came up side by side, and amid the greatest e""0' of their friends they both strove bard to maintain their position, and up they came to the Judges1 stand in the same position, coming iu an4 U. amid the , cUer. of in a sepood trial betweeu the above two, which rosultea in oii auutm ima about fifteen feet ahead of bet antagonist, -kn r.t nnr oitv confectioners advertise. broken hearts for thirteen cents per pound SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 19. Mr. Canity Meet Milk n Misfor tune. Ilev. Tetroleum V. Nasby having been called into Ohio to assist in tho expulsion of somo children of African descent from a district school Into which they had been ad- milieu uy a new iiampsuire schoolmistress, returned in a damaged condition, in conse quence of an adventure which he relates as follows : We reached and entered tho skool house. Tho skool marm wuz there, cz bright aud ez crisp as a Janooary mornin' the skolars wuz ranged on the sects a studying cz rapidly cz possible. "Miss," scd I, "we arc informed that three nigger wenches, daughters of one Lett, a nigger, is in this skool, a mingliu with our daughters cz eqal. Is it so ?" "The Misses Lett ore in this skool," sed she, rutber mischeeviously, "ond I am huppy to state that they are among my best pupils." "Miss," said I, sternly, "pint cm out to us!" "Wherefore ?" sed she. "That we may bundle cm out I1' sed I. "Bless me 1" suid she, "I rcely coodent do that. Why expel 'em ?" "Bccoz," sed I, "no nigger shcl contami nate tho white children uv this decstriek. No sech disgrace shel be put onto 'em." wen,- sea this aggravatin skool marm, wich wuz from Noo Hampshire, "put 'em ou4ti " Buutr mc wicn nicy arc. ."Can't you detect 'em. sir? Don't their color betray 'cm I Ef they are so near white that you can't select 'cm at a glance, it strikes me that it can't hurt very much to let 'era stay." I WUZ sorclv nuzzled. Tliero wnzn't n girl in the room who looked at all niggery. But my reputation wuz at stake. Noticin three girls settin together who wuz somo what dark complectid, and whoso block hair waved, I went for 'cm and shoved 'em out, tho cussid skool marm almost bustin with lafter. Here the traced v okkerred. At the door I met a man who rode four miles in his zeal to ossjst us. He bed alluz bed an itchen to pitch into a nigger, and ez he cood do it now safely ho perposed not to loso tho chanco. I wuz puttin on 'cm out, and bed jist dragged 'cm to the door, when I met him enterin it. "Wat is this ?" said he, with a surprised look. "We're puttiu out these cussed wenches, who is contaminatin yoor children and mine," sed I. "Ketch bold of that pekool yerly disgustin one yonder," scd I. "Wenches I You skoundrel, them girls is my girls !" And without wuitin for explanashen, the infooriated monster sailed into mc, the skool morm layin over on ono uv the benches ex plodin in peels uv lafter, the like uv wich I never heard. The three girls, indignant at being mistook for uigger wenches, assisted their parent, aud between 'em, in about four minutes I wuz insensible. One uv the trus tees, pittyin my woes, look mc to the neerest ralcroad stashen, and somehow, how I know not, I got home, where I am at present re coopcrutin. I'll I'ariu Lands of thia Country. Some interesting facts may bo gathered from the recent report of the Agricultural Bureau with reference to the comparative areas of farm lands, improved and uuiui proved, and waste lauds, iu the diiTercnt states of tho Union. For example, the southern states exhibit on urea of nearly three hundred million ucres of wild or waste lands, two hundred millions acres of farm lands uuimproved that is, tintillcd and only about seventy million acres nominally improved, moro than half of which is not in actual cultivation. The extreme West shows nearly the same ratio of improved and uu improved agricultural territory. 1 he number ot farms and their size varv curiously in differeut states, and the relativo amounts of tilled and untitled lands are also very different. tho largest farms are foun 1 in California. where the average size of eighteen thousand farms is COO acres. Massachusetts, with thirtv-eiuhttln inanntl farms, overages only 0 1 ocres to a farm, being in this respect the most tuiuutcly divided of all the states iu thu Union. The largest number of farms is found iu New York, which has 100,000, averaging too acres, aud the next largest in Ohio. which numbers 179,000, averaging 114 aires. Nevada, as yet, has only Ul farms, which ovcrago 617 acres. 1 hu greatest area of wild land is found iu Texas, which has no less than one hundred and twenty-six million acres of this uupro fitablo territory to set against less than three acres of land iu uomiuul cultivation, aud California comes next, with oco hundred and twelve million acres of waste, aguiust a nine over two minions cultivated. Rhode Island, with little more thun three hundred thousand ucres of waste territory, has over five thousand farms, averaging ninety-six acres, besides uno hundred and eighty thousand acres of farm lauds uuim proved. 1 uo total area of "Congress lands ' in ull the states amounts to 810,000,000 acres, the total uumber of farms iu cultivation to 2, 034,000, and the aggregate of average size to 193 acres. The above figures are given in round uuuibcrs only, but mado near as possible to the exact amounts staled ui the report. It will be seen that there is still vast room for agricultural improvement, and that tho territory still lying open to cultivation is sufficient to provide for an almost unlimited immigration through very maoy years to come. Tho term "wild or waste land," used in tho report, is not meant tosignily land unfit for farming purposes, but ouly that whiuh still remains, unenclosed and unappropria ted, iu a slate of virgin forest, prairie or plain. Some of this is, of course, sterilo, but very much of it ouly needs the hand of in dustry to muke it blossom into fruiifulness. 1'ACkiNo Snow Upon Wukat. Last win ter we suggested tho experiment ot packing snow upon winter wheat by rolling it down with a common land roller ; but it was rather late in the season to be of any practical use at the time. This biut was Ukeu from read ing an account of an accidental experiment of the kind. A man having occasion to baul wood, one winter, across bis neighbor's field of winter wheat, be engaged to pay biui whatever damage it might do to tho wheat, presuming that more or less damage would accrue. The road was staked out, so that It could be accurately distinguished at harvest time. But there was no need of stakes, for all through the season the wheat upon the track was a whole head and should ers above any other part of the field, aud tho ! yield of griiu nsa proportionable larger -n:it.UM or AiV;KriNi4.i. The following are the ratoe fhr ailvenMna; in the Amrhican. 'Annuo having adverUaing to do wilt Ond it convenient fur niurcuoe : 1 Square, l.Ml.MM.Ht,$4.W.$A,Wi$10.)ft 7 . , ''uu ." .oP 1 H lo.oii i 5,6llf 7.001 12,00 8.00'16.0fl 20.00 14 Oil 20 IWfl SS (HI ,15.im : 2d.tHi ai.Wil 00,00 Ten llnoa Af tht !.. . . aquaro. Jv' "u" "Ke OLe ri om.' A',.ln,nWrn,"r' and fctetutora' Notlcea Advertisement Ibr Rel!rinu. CharltaLls .J rj eational ohjecta, one-h.lf th7akv., Transient advertiwrnenta will be published ubi.I ordered to be discontinued, and ch.rgaeeord. r,gl,' The lllaiory dfo Uatublvr. The Chicago liejmhlicnn says tho deleo ti von of that city huve arrested a man named William M. But, ou charges of swindling and various miuor offences. He was taken to tho Armory, and there remains awaiting a icijuibiuoii uuui tne uovcrnor ot Massa chusetts, when he will bo sent to Boston for trial. His life has bcou evoutful. Ho was once wealthy, with prospects of becom ing a millionaire, but lost all at the gaining table. Last autumn he was engaged in an extensive iron manufacturing enterprise in Brooklyn, New York, nnd for a time, by means of earnest Application to business becume very well-to-do. Finally he was drawn into Unmbling, und but few week passed before be had sacrificed his last dol- lar. liis father iu-law, perceiving in him tho elements of success, if his passion for gamiug could bo curbed, took him into partnership, and for n white ho showed f vorablo signs of reformation. But his old familiarity with the excitiug chances of tho gaming table returned, and he became a bankrupt. His partner discarded him, ond his wife, for lack of tho bare necessities of life, was compelled to return to her father. At this stage tic outcast began his career of swindling. Persons whom he met in Bor. ton, Albany and other eastern cities arc said i tu nav l"t extensively by him, his system i being to borrow large sums of money by talse pretences, ud gambling away all he received. Certain bold transactions of bis, which relieved a number of gentlemen iu the east of amounts of money, caused his arrest. He fled to Chicago, was traced, aud arrosted. The Uve Man. The Live Man iz like tho little pig, he is weaned yung, and begins tew root airly. He iz the pepcr sass ov creation the all spice ov tho world. One Live man in a village izlike a case ov itch at a distrikt skool he sets everybody tew scratching at oust. A man who kan draw New Orleans mol lasis, in tho month ov January, thru a haff iuch auger hole, and sing "Homo I sweet home 1" while tho mollassis iz running, may be strickly honest, but he uint sudden enough for this climate. The Live Man iz az full ov bizzineas a tho conductor ov a street kor he iz often like a hornet, very bizzy, but ubout what. the Lord only knows. lie lights up liko a cotton faktory, ond haict got enuy more time tew spare than u skool boy haz on Saturday afternoons. He iz like a dekoy duck, always abovo water, and lives ut least eighteen months during each year. He iz like a runaway hos, ho gits tho whole ov the rode. He trots when he walks, and lies down at nitc only bekause every boddy else haz. The Live Man iz not always a deep thinker; he jumps at conclusions just az the frog docs, aud dou't alwuz land at the spot he iz look ing at. Ho, iz the American pet, a perfekt mystery to foreigners ; but he haz dun more with charcoal) tew work out the greatness ov tho Kuntry inau any other man in it. He iz jist uz necessary az the crease on an axletrce. Ho dont ulwus die rich, but he alwus dies bizzy, aud meets death a good deal az au oyster duz, without making enny fuss. Jotth. jiiUinefn. ' - . m t A housemaid writes to a friend rcsiiectiuir the fashiousof the city. She tays: "As for lo nccs, tho loer it is the more tushunabil you air Urest. AIisGoodra give me a blu silk ov hern, and 1 cut its neck of, and Suzin Simmons cut of hern, and we attruck a great cul of' attention to our necs prommodiog in the strcats lyke uthcr ludys, and holden up our cloz. Nobody isn't nothin' now which doesn't hoal up ber cloz, and the hier you hoal them up the moar you air notest." m-ma a Why is an "heir apparent" to a throne like on umbrella iu tiry weather? Uccauso he's ready for the next rcigu. itufcii'i:, A.C. Ssow B.u.i.s. Take half a pound of tho best rice, put it into a saucepan with a quart of new mil k; simmer it slowly, so that it may uot burn ; when it bus absorbed all tho milk let it cool ; then mix in tho whites of two eggs ; pure nnd core some middling sizeil apples ; put a little sugar into each, then envelop them in rice, tie them in clothes, uud boil them for twenty minutes or half an bour, nceordiug to the quality of tbo apples used ; turu them into a dish to serve, and dust them thickly over with loaf sugar. The advantage of this dish is, th.kt it employs tho whiles of eggs; and some times, alter making custards or preparatious which require tho yolks of eggs, house keepers ureat a loss tu turn the whites uf eggs to account. ' FuirrERS with Yeast. Make a batter of one pint of milk and us much flour as will form it, one teaspoouful of yeast; put this in a warm place three hours. Just be fore dinner, beat up oue egg well, aud add. These fritters ure quite wholesome, being light, and do not absorb much lard. Boil them iu lard. ButAD C'hkkkr Cakf.s. Slice up a lurgo French roll verv thin, pour on it some boil ing cream or milk ; wheu cold, add six or eight eggs, half a pound of butter melted. somo nutmeg, a spoonful ot branny, a nine sugar, aud half a pound of currants; when mixed together pour the mixture law pun paste as other cIiccbo cakes. A Pirt'iN PiuuiNu. Boil six apples well, takeout the cores, put in half a pint of milk thickened wilh throe eggs, a little lemon peel, and sugar to the taste j put puff-paste round your dish, bako it in a slow oven, grote sugar over it, and serve it hot. Dkliohtkcl PiDDUO. Ono quart of bnilud milk, a o natter of a pound of mash ed potatoes, a quarter of a pouud of flour, a small piece of butler, and, when cold, add three eggs well beaten; bake bait uo hour: tat with wine sauce. A Goou Cakk Without Kcob. One cup of sugar, oue cup of butler, nutmeg, ono cup of milk, two ouuets currants, oue tea- apoouiui or dry cretin tarter, one uait ouuee of soda dissolved iu milk, flour enough to make a baiter. Hard GiNOKHiiuaaU. Two pounds of flour, half a pouud of butter, oue pint of molasses, a quarter of a pound of sugar, oue ounce of giugcr, half touspoouful of soda, ono teaspoouful cream of tatter. Poob MaM'a Cakes. Two cups flour, ono cup cream, oue cup sugar, oiiu egg, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoousful of cream of tailor, mixed with flour. Scm H Cakiu One pound of )vrvn i gar, one ooud of sour, a halt' pound of but ter, two eggs', riukieluo". .-.! v... - ; 4
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