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 :
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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.
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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... - ;
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