Terms ot tblioation Th3 Somerset Herald lifUcU every Wednesday Morulas; at t 00 anntiTa, paid la advanea otherwise 02 M WU1 inrtrial.lTbech.rrxi. vt subscription will b dlaoontlnned Bntfl all ,-rcjreges are paid "P- Pofjaasters aeleetin; esiify when tabeerfbers do not lake out ,'Lir P!1 wUI ta """"N bT,l,0o,, t..v-ri;rs removtm from on Poeuiffloeta an- ,"u u the present offlea. Asddres jTii? Somerset Herald, Somerset, Fa. .( TIORSEIS-i T-LA IF. II. Somerset, Peon. vKTF SCHLLUATTOKKET ATLAW, ! i 7-d KoeoiJ a a c Pension Agent, taonierset, A J J M ammoth JJioefc. J Ml. H-U. . r i ui mT H. ELOONTZ, A tTOE K ET AT ' ' . ' . antra Med to ta -scare In SN.raereet 5 OT?Jtai - um bruiting (Jj.ll! Aio. i i , iH V H VHlVaVTOE Jl ET AT LAW, SOM I .rv'-t I'e-. "u lrmplly a.(nd U business . l to tin. Monrv advanoed ooeoUectlon Ji" uii"M immoih liuUJto(. I.'1' S rrOKNET AT HOT. As Somerset, r euoA. C. TRENT, Somerset, Fran's. . f ViTlCE- Alexander H. OoBrotb. baa I .,.'.,.i the practice in law in Somerset and I J ! t irttn. la atamnota Halldinir. 4, J.l -ittuw-. " - .1,. n. ;k. , r A LtN Tl N E H AY. ATTOKNEY AT LA W v .ir.ikT In ri eu'h 0V w all lunnea. enlrmnteJ to 111. e. re with I ' at H L. BALK, ATTOKW tis i w; hu., will urmotioe In Hom- A .ontiai. All buaineM en- ' wOl jmpUy u,dl w. ...v,K( K1HUEU ATTORNEY AT LAW, 'TlTi7crc Tin Someietand adjolnm un eiia lii'A - J a. tcJLE ATTURNEli AT LAW, . ,i Pa Profeil.nai bainea eutnuted B, ear " attended U wllb promplnaat l.d.Uty. , t ,rriu-r. w m- ml""- '.f'kki -TH k nCTPrX ATTORN EYS AT ( , Ai7b.lneiml te their care wlU ?.yliMrandPOi!ctiuUjralwnded to. .) UilX K. SCOTT, iTTiiHXEY AT LAW. rrKt ra. Offloe in Mamnrrth Bl- All f,"'i Vutrarted to hU care attended prompt- gniaailB-lelltjr. JAMKSL. rUGH. V ATTt'RNEY AT LAW, s.,m,ret. Pa. Office, Mamrooth Hlock.u itaira. h ?ZA eaaoiined, and ail ioal bol- VniYEYlXG, s Writing Deed, iic. itt "i i t ra'le teran. l-Liualrt at Caaebeer O Store. O. r. WALKER. Finnic I A KS. f .K. J. K. MILLER baa permanently located ) m Berim lur tbe prude of hi i-refeealoa. u;i).ie Charlei kxibi- ator r.-il, 1 S.. iR. H PETTJAKtR tenVlort til prweiaioniu ' 'I't lu rcjanK, vam . A.tm oHat f af tnoi n&r- r rT wilt ArMtlnia tA mCt!rS win. o" at the old place, a few doon e D?, G. MILLER, after twelve re- aetlve praetlee In Rbanksrille, ha ,.w Jr. wB-.ly located at Somerset for the t,rae tw.Il a,' iuae. and tendsrs kl ft"fsla' rtvs u, t oiiliens of tSomerset " T,-1"1'-: te. kli Urua: Store, vllte toe Bamet i .m. w -re he can be consult at aUtiniel ... f-i-iimally eniraared. M: calls promptly answered. cM.is. il ly. Dr. W. F. FUXDEXBERG, Lai Re'tl?nt Surgeon, SiMEis an! Ear Infirmary, la-.ed peraarertlj in ths ::7 CTLEELAITO, XsrfszA : is IICLUSIVS treatstat cf aU ciioae f the Eye and Ear, inclui r:::e cf the ITose and Threat. lbe, 5. Kwwth rsttre lrl. DENTISTS. m W. COLLINS, DENTIST, Somerset, 'Pa. ifhr l t'.seheer's Block, np stairs. he etn at aU time, be found prepared to do u kinds vl work, rnx-has Oiling, resruiauns;. a T':nr. Ae. AniBcial teeth ot all kinds, and of tt'lKfimateriai.inserted. OperaUuo warranted. JOHN BILLS, DENTIST. '.1 !j CoffMh k VttTi aew balldlnai. Eats Cross Street, SoOiemt, Pa. COLLINS, WEJTTIST, 't:, iN,ve Csseheer A Freaae's store. Somerset, r. Id the hut Olteen Tears 1 haTe areatly re-J-t i lie j-ri'ts et artificial teeth In this place. - ..ti-.iit incrsams: demand ffrrtceth has in ''''i eie to so eniarve mTfeellittcs that I can asf c4 s-ts ol teeth at lower prines than you w. tri 'Uen in any other place in this country. J-l'm nukiuit a auod set of teeth t 0. and if - tiii j V any person amons; my thousands v a rt in H.U . the adimniua muniies that nii ie teeUi air that la not airtnar srood sat-"-ti a. they can call on me at any Utae and sret ' k: i ol charee. tir'.i RTIHC'AL TEETilH 1'. VUTZ1. DENTIST LB CITY, Jomermt C., r.f Arasui Teetk. var anted to be of the very beat tjle l-ke and Aandaome, Inserted la the , s'anicuiat atteattua paid to the pree- the natural teetk. Those wishins; to Tfi'i' b '"' tea do co by enobajinf stamp ""asahsrc ' ' 1S.TS HOTELS. )lAU'.n HOTEL. KTOYSTOWX PA. j-' P iul.r'aiKi tsel' know a be has lately . and aewly rrntted. witk all new ;tart,tisire, whtek has male It a very H. l,"T"t"",I " 'be t ravelin: puldte. u" k a lance pottse hall atuehed I. .. "JT uTf' aod rwriny etaMioc. uL 'rr"n n be had at the lowest poe- 1? wa, day or meal, 'l"riI.Ct"STK!t. 1'rop, E.Oor. Mamond, i "i- Steystown, Pa. Wpi of tlie nmu (xocil 1 JOSEPH HERB. til Wi,rtB,l"f. l prepared at all ' ' !"rn!b yo a flrstlass tirne kTer. either in the line ..! r aix hjj, OE axjCKgJ U. f't M -euitv. Work goarabUcd. . uvi. 3iiat rtleesara'FPe. - .V..S1LM.S4, VOL." XXVII. NO 30. BANKS, ETC. NEW BANK. -:o: Somerset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISOfl, Cnnhicr end Sfamper. Cvllcctl n made in all pans of the Uiiiteu States. Uiianrcs moderate. Butter and other checks eol leeted tod cashed. Eastern and Western exchange always m band. Keiuluancci made with prompt aeaa. Accounts solh-lted. Panic dwiring to purchase V. S. t PER CENT. Fl'NPUD LOAN, can be acoommo dated at this Bank. The capons are prepaid in debomlnaliocr cf jito. Bleu La c at. Hllll Asmts fcr Fire an! Lifs Insurance, JOHN HICKS & SON, SO M El t SET. PA.. And Real Estate Brokers. .ESTABLISHED 1R50. Peraunf who desire to eell. buy or exchana-e prop eny. or dr rent will nnd It to their aWantmire to recister tiie demrlptkm thereof, aa no chance ! luadennleiif gold nrrentetl. Keal estate baalnen sneraUy wlllbe promptly attended to. aoKlS. CharlesC.Orton&Co., f -. Tnticccnists. -urv . vjr-riv The finest, cbeapest and bct sclcctcJ slock of Clparo MAMMOTH BLOCK. Not. is pUBLIC AUCTION. Th' ml xe-iler. Trustee for the Bond holders of tlietv.merct . Mineral K"int MauranAiuiiiij. e nrrd lv m.Tlijaifc. dated June S. 171. and re corded at S..ui rc: In Mortsrace rfci-a 3, l:e i. ri.nu. . ih i.Hr riven In said mirueaEe. ..nit hnim h.n ui.le lor sixty days in the lvmet o interT,(. will sell at ll.e t'ourt House, in Somerset, at I o fl.tk r. ., ol Thursday, January 2, 1S79, - ...t.u. nfi !.. rmietiT of the said Rafl ' . . ..' .i.u..v;i,.l in ..ill nilirura.tl l.v SJLld rMI'l V'UlJ-Ull "irn li-'i - morteave, with the am.onenanre. ami all lneut . . . r.k.-LI U,ilM.ltlwi. antiwjuliv ot reirroiKioawi - - mot. ther-in. that if to say. "their roads made and'to te mode.. IdcIu.IIiiit the riitht ol way an the land wrupled thereby, together With th reiirstrueuire and trarks Uien-oL and alltail idj mner nmrrmip oinma. w t.i,..w , and all briutres. TUduetn, -ilverta. tence", depute, irronnds and buildtrifts tlx and U .enEla tenders, ears. tl". rnarhinerr, materhils con traeis. said all its other rral and penwnal protr;y of whute-er kind, nature or deserlption, toother WllU ine o'ls. rnn. 'i i"'""'"'", v tnereirom mu mir. . , puu.k. TFAlMSVASll. ISAAC KAVFMAM, Dec. II Truee. - . DEALER Jk - - '- . FLOUR AXI) FEED Orooeries. Confections, Quecnsware, "Willow ware. Salt, Fish, Tobacco and igar, afcC, vC. ltd OXE PRICE. All Goods Positively SOLD -A.T BOTTOM PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Our Motto. Do ot Fall to Give NO. 2, BAER'S EMCK A CALL, When doing your SHOIFiFrfcTGr J AO. 90 Domestic1 1 - " rtMt. fe-Fashlonsi KM. auMk. frtc, They ere especlalldeslcned to meet the requirements, of Ihose oho detlre to dress eH. They srs unsurpsssed irTSryle, perfect JnJ'jt, tP sosirnp!e that they areidilyjinejoody the tnost inexriencjjcorcgt al og ue. Add res. .Domestic " Fcshion Co., NEW YORK. D.l PATENTS. I. r. umm, Sclisu fsr FHatt, No. M Sixih Ave , Pittsburgh, Pa. No Patent, no pay. Nov. IS 8cd-1uc Circular. OPIUM aMsn!i.aMbMltM7i' I Slf hUi, rsiT. S -isrVi'laiiii as, caiaao Hw vf i Tobaccos in Somerset Co. r VKif jr-V?Aleoan infinite variety of " Smokcts Materials, at Zm- J SO SIMPLE soughtVp Sis' A CHILD CAN RUN IT.W ta Sji,T (3 if " lf Xj-cY.IDIE.S ! USE r in to MISCELLANEOUS, THE 1 fiUMAT 1H(SIT1V fiLUE tine fT ti '.i,uon, I.IVUI, AtCUVKs, lit;r.rv; oit..i. Tlie Best Family Medietas cn Earth. HlOO IN COLT) svic rt!lf vc or rarm, proidl ti Wou or orvu ara bat iiorm I'wjtkI In CaiK rrni eofl t)i TVst lr'ls, rruuiAUj ft Tonic, CtUbartlr, Altrtatiro, HicreUr aitJ tiudoriilc Its i3imH.it effort upon th dUrpttv orarii, v.hc!ht ttuVMUrtsl by ciaeiM or xhavortod fit o ticy U o la- rrcaM tVtr powri tkf aitiilAtVn and mitruin. It la-eroi- tlr app- tit. a-lf,T dlrrr-stlon, end r veiC-r r,.--! tuxltoM to ltrt uuitciiletr stSrd f.rrqlutiic m-ftittn. It rtjza nlalcft the Ual preftsT t rvKrwM ft,-iiit ;;. eU. c-r. frti and mir.a- tit tfnt.ia, Wte tUi (iuz ul r.-.At-PS& tt t.'UUf fLUCUoti. THE OUtt TSTTI BSHEDT F03 COLDS. Itriinclen to ajpotlatr upon th TlTOJCfi of this CiMUf RtlKDi. If Tin ar nffcrU:r friMa i:H HU s . i TAi JtH, KKFfc.T!iI(. or D.-.rMH?. til LI Hl t.VSi JULI"-. kUJTT, UTli liltA, 1. 1UM-Y r X aiMU s Mslal 1, or any d'.-orer ariinc fmro mrTUK i:Ut. t a lutue of ii.i:km: aa3 take It as per ttrykm up- nwh tvr!?. In P.n"LUo, Ornotn, H;aDin aad Krpnch. t)n l:lo rill lnt r ronv inca jm . U &w;iu uaa vuhubm cxpaxU(.l .o prtntTt' talc A irtui r one tvt.n mniTa It idfntl'n :ti cwtt fanHr, fbr on omnDorC -.114 antar .wr:t XKfft r.nj. n loncaii-k. It firt cieana tht ptra. tVn repairs, tTi builJi tip. tlit:t rurtui: dio;t? nc l otlUfcng iacaltit oa trrTDDpnt, aaf! aotl cadurtni; Usi.i. iot np in larTrp ltotta, and la ptt-Asant If tai. T alkcr A; Cadger Kf?. Co., rrcirs. 6VFFEHED 30 YEARS. Jrtrw cirr. Prt-Tt,t-T 5 1, irr. Ko tonrcerav trll wt at I t.av KiirTri il f- r tK! pwt so ywa frtJtn 4 Ami t.w mt.iiN nus. at ttmet au ba1 that 1 eul nt atatMl uim iuj I foaid p t walk hiH a mil vtithut nuff rtr.j luU uaa apotif which wotilvl hrttix (-n (wttt IPiwye. AtMrat ona tsajo I waa tntliirti to try a lottlo of your . IMlKtNfc, and am clavl to state V.tu a;i-r fciVUi lour bmtit I wiui t-ntirriy ruretl U14.I1 ibwa- ana am nnir rp'rfnc rxillfiit health an-1 RtrX'Uvu. I tu Tise ail BluUiarty a9!i-rd U trj M.ttHrXt. DOVT GO FOOLIVG AROI XD. As a rrTula'lrvrtnJlrTVT I mn mifl'lniiiT irornrn'Ti'i VltettatlSe 1 tiave HitMl tt In toy taamir aol ka.yw otliers who havti trii-d It, at.fl all pronounce U kiI and rt'Jta'iltr. It don't fto foollni; artmud anil riiitufsolnt jm by an kilns n llxn, hut it att-nrts to Luslavcs aitU ac OOsliUtu.A Uikit atttrTfUTtUi It Li MMtt- HK.1L. lt Ai-L, B:TCTl;d, h. I. OP YEARS STAITIOIAG, I no bott of TKrfMlt K and (fin tmt'if-tlly eay that tt lias cure4 100 ol ITiSi'LI'MA aii4 lllXloi .. uf rears staaJlai:. S. C. RAP. H abaafB, y. FOIiSALKUY G.W.SPEERS, DRUGGIST, Somerset, m. Who is authorized t" gnnrantcc Vigorcneto ,rvt as sraarantoed. Sent. U. Cook & Scents' FAMILY GROCERY, Flour and Feed S J JL'CaD Jrw IE - We wcnM moitt reaiieetfteltT anwance to enr rnenils ano trie bub 1c itcticraliv. in the town aoa vicinity cf Somerset, that we have opened oar new store on MAIN CROSS STREE1 And in addition to fuil line of the best ConfecMone He. Xotioim, Tobarcofl, Cfcars. do. We will endeavor, at all times, tn snpply our cus tomers wun tue BEST QUALITY OF FAMILY FLOTJK, CORN-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS & CORN CHOP, BEAN, MIDDLINGS And everything pertaining to the Feed Depart meet at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Kon CASH ONLY. Also, a well selected stock ol Olasswsre; Stmewsre, Wcc!cEW8re, Bicrbff- all kinds, and STVTIOISTER V bleb we w! o!l a ebeap tt the cheapen Please cab. oaamiM oar sjooas of iil kinds, and e satin 9e4 fr in ycr own jadea-.ent. IVno't forget where we stay MAIN CHUSM Street. Somerset' Pa D. I. C. Is an a'jln.e and irrenistible cure Fjt DRUNK- fnness, Intmtieraare and the use of Oolnra jooicco, ninwri. ami siimutanis. removina" all lane, iere ami natiit asins; any of them renleiing the tarie an I desire tor any of them one period and Irrinistlble e .ntrol of the soltfi etv ol themselves and tnt'ir friends t;wui wiw! an ai?anminff. i.ivirar everv- It prevents that nheolule physical and moral jimsiralKin that follows the sudden br taking a iroin .Pins: e.iinniaiiis ovnorcoucs. Paekaae. prep.i.1 to core 1 to s persona, ft, rat vour liraaxisu. el 7i. Ttmiierancns an.: charitaole lle sbonkl 0e it. 11 is narmiess anu nerer-aaQg. HOP BITTEKS MPu CO.. Hole.s:-a BOCHESTEH, K.Y. The Cop Cough Cure. IlestroTS all psrn. looses the eoairh. o-jlcts the kerves and prwtnc rest. It never Uils in per- loraiina; a penect rare wnere iDere is a snaa- jwoiftppe. 1 ry It once and yra will End iuo. FOR S ALE BT ALL DKVOG1STA (Pi tubsirgfa, (Eafet Knd.) Pa. Collegiate rear opves September 12th. Location 4 milts trcm Court House, ' ovtr-looiinp East Liberty valley. Easy of access and free In m smoke. Terms'fnr boardiof pupils ivdnced. For particulitrs and catalogue sp; )v to M1S HF.LLX E.PELETREAJ", j ' Artisg Preetiit'fit. GEO. A.JlEKUy, Treasurer. 0UI1S5: rMMusltnsi Sristatlnsv OuteM. i i iMsana, Mw a IfcnMhs ss. Uu -2 WUATISATEAKT What li a yeart "T:s bat a ware lire's dark rolling stream, M'hkh so quickly none that wa Account It bat a dream ; Tls bat a single earnest throb Of Time's old iron heart. As tireless n--w and strong as when It first with lire did start. What Is a yeart 'Til but a torn Or Time's old brazen wheel, r but a psge upon the book W hich death must shortly seal : 'Til but a step upon the road Which we must travel o'er: A few more steps and we shall walk Lite's weary road no more. What is a year? 'Tls but a breath From Time's old nostrils blown; As rushing onward o'er the earth We hear bis weary uuan. 'TlJ but a bubble on the ware, C ' dew opon the lawn, A s trt-alent as the mist or mora ' Beneath the summer's sun. What Is a year? Tisbutatype Ot life's oft-changing scene : Youth's happy morn comts (rally on With h!Us and valleys green: Xext summer's prime succeeds the spring, With flowers everywhere ; Then comes old winter death and time JIuat liiid their level there. Written ror the Herald. LITTLE nr.attY. A Cliritmas Story. BY OLIVE HARPEE. It wag in Fennsjlvaniii, ia the Wjoniiog; Yu'ley, that was boro and lived a bsppy child. It wa the lime cf maple sugar rueking, and that time was to my brother and my telf a long holiday, fur we were al- wajs nliowed to go to graedfatbera and tee the whole operatioD, proba bly binderiog the woikmea consider ably by ourofficiou8 helping. c bad been io camp since morn- a a W . t iog. my oroiner ana i, ana in me wildest etate of cxcitemeut witb tbe tapping cf tbe trees, the setting of tbe great black sugar kettles, the stariag of tbe log fire, and all togeth er. I dj believe Mr.. Xcsbit is go- lug to msse sugar, loa, ea-.a my b;o;her, jutapicg down from the etoLe wulls tbai divided tbe furruf. Just cee the smcko comiag out of ber little woods." We always called her wojdd Iit.le, as it wan, in comparison to grand father'?, f jr it did not cover more than twj acres of ground; all the rest was swamp. la fact, Airs. esbit owned bat little any way ; her house was little, atid her camJort still less. She lived alone, save for her little grand-child, whcEe name was Mercy Mercy Nesbit; nut Harris, though that was the name of the father, but called Mercy in a vague plaintive hope, perhaps, that tbe name bestowed would inspire a feeling of forbear ance,, if But tenderness, - to ward tbe child. But the mother, poor Lucy Nesbit, had miscalculated tbe strict piety of the Christian commamty ia which bcr lices were cast. Widow Nesbit owned, also, one poor, lean little cow, and it mostly ran at large, picking np her scanty living along tbe road-side; but as the poor,, stingy, uncultivated portion of 1'ennsylvania s sou aUjrds but few tufts of grass, or even thistles, this litJe cow always had a look as it hanger bad become chronic with ber, acd now by her side ran a little calf, a3 gaunt and spare as tbe cow. 1 e&y the calf was Utile not because it was younir, bet because it was small of its age, being now over a year old. It was not a pretty calf, for its coat was rough as the mountaia roads, and its legs as knotty as tbe dead pine branches, and its ribs looked like the ditches and tow-paths along the Erie Canal. It went all the time with a leather strap full of sharp nails on its hungry mouth, that it might be separated from motbtr milk without being deprived of moth er company. l'oor Widow esbit was raiting this calf under tbe pleasing fiction, i seemed to other parties, that Lacy would some time marry and wish to set up bouse-keeping, and require a cow of her own. So the poor starv ed creature was known throughout tbe neighborhood ss Lacy Nesbit's heifer, and was never spoken of without a jest or a sneer, or perhaps both. It turned oat that that poor despised beast had her part to play in the great drama of life after all; and that it was not the first good thing that came oat of Nazareth. But to return to tbe sugar camp having made sure of tbe smoke, away we ran in search of tbe fire, and to see wbat we would see; and having reached the wall, we stop pea to reconnoitre, les, tbere was Mrs. eslit, sure enough, on her kcees, blotting bard at tee coals tbai were just kindling into life a heap of chins and drift, got together, witb the btlp of little Mercv, from the fot of tbe trees. Tbe child was at tbe grandmother's elbow, as usoal, and remember diftiottly how pictur esque she looked in ber frock of home-made scarlet flannel set tff with check of a c ntra?ticg-color, acd witb her dark tangles of curly hair tossing in tbe keen March wind. Widow 2s eel it's sugar camp made a sorry appearance in contract to ours, we thought; for, in piece of our huge iron kettles, she bad a tea-kettle and two email brass pots in wbicb to boil the sap. It seemed to us that the tea-kettle bordered on tbe pathetic. Tbeo, too, instead of our round and freshly-cut back-'og she had only a rotten stick, wbicb bad laid on tbe gronnd till it was sodden with damp. I think that it was the tea kettle and back-log combined that induced us to extend our hospitality to little Mercy Xeebit, and invite ber over tbe wall into our camp. "May not Mercy come into our lot, Mrs. Xesbit?" we cried, peering over tbe line wall, with a pitiful look, to the long black nose cf tbe tea-kettle, and the little uncertain fire. She stood straight up and seemed defiant and bard at first, and as she set ber bands on ber hips, I waa quite sure meant no. Sbe did not speak for a minute, and Mercy seconded our ap peal with ter wistful eyes, sod at last she answered: "Well, yes, I reckon, that is, if sbe is wanted." "If sbe ia wanted f wby to be sure the it-j wby shouldn't sbe be?" Sbe changed ber position so sud denly that I involuntarily started, ESTJ BI.I :. n i: r, 18a SOMERSET, PA., WEDIUSDAY, for we ; bad by tbia time crossed tbe wall and were standing near ber. Tbere was no Deed' thai I should have gotten out of the way ; I feel now that my question lad slang ber cruelly, though unknowingly. 'Yoa are a child," she said, "and I reckon you mean what yoa say." I looked np ia wonder, and it seemed that ber eyes were fall of tears, and that ber voice waa hoarse as if something was' swelling np from ber heart and cboiin ber. We bad got Mercy between us by either band, when she interposed with, "Is yonr grandfather's hiretf man Joseph, any where about?" t' "No, Joseph was away over ia tbe hickory fields chopping;" "Then she may go ar little while. But mind. Merer," and she smooth ed the wild hiir with her rough hands, "you masn'l stay too long, and when you see Joseph coming run home witb all your might, mind that, child." ' I did not understand the force and meaning of this order at tbe time, nor indeed, for many jests sf.e. We had a gay, wild time playing together, climbing t-ees and the old stone wall. But it would take up too mud time now. were we to tell of all we did, and all tB ecjoyments of that (short hour. . Js'o company could be more to our liliuir than Mercv, our compassion,, having bad reference only to a prejudice against using a tea kettle to coil sugar in, and not in the least to the birth, blood tr condition of Mercy herself. Fi.r tbe first hour we bad kept Mrs. Nesbit's admonition in our mind because of its mystery, 'no doubt, but by and by I had torgottea to listen for the axe strokes ia the hickory Geld, and the keen enjoyment of tbe moment crowded it out of mind. Suddenly a dark cloud darkened our heaven; Joseph came bearing down upon as like a hurricane. . lie had a whip in lis baud,-and bis usually pleasant face was so , transformed with anger that we scarcely knew him. . -V .... "Go home witb you; wbat are yoa doing here?" he cried joat to Mercy, as if fcbe were a dog. "Tee like of you among innocent cbildren to be sure; away with yoa, 1 say, and mind, I say, keep where. yoa belong after this." I have just the memory of two tender eyes, dilated with fear and as- toLikhnicnt, a cloud o: loose hair fly ing in tbe March wind, and the flat ter of a red shin, like a blackbird's wing, and that is all. 1 ventured some remonstrance to Joseph, but be only said, as he threw down tbe wcip, "It aio't for you to play wun tue likes ot ner onto equal terms, and 1 wont see: it, neither. How came she atrayin' on to Christian eround. anvrvjirf" . 'Bat what makoa-eise ground bet ter than widow Jesuit's, Joseph 7" "You just shot op; if a body bad all tbe wisdom of Solomon they couldn't answer all your questions." Net one word further could be got from Joseph, and in hopes of finding ont from erandraolher why it was that' we were so much better than Mercy Nesbit, and why car ground so much holier than hers, we told her of tbe events cf the day, bat I learn ed nothing of the Eort; but what I had impressed upon me was ttat tbe line wall irastLe line wall, and we were never to again scale it, on pen alty of grave displeasure. As time went on, the widow's heif er became more troublesome to the neighbors than heretofore, and less charity than ever was shown ber. Everv band waa against her, and every school boy made ber forehead a target; and now some farmer wculd tie a great weight to ber left or another would disable ber in some other way, so that tbe poor creature muet hare had little peace of ber life. Widow Nesbit was warned time and again that if tbe "plaguey calf" were not k?pt at home, tbe con sequences would not be answered for; and tbe warning was oiten accompa nied witb a sneering question of: "What's tbe use of raisin' the crit ter, any way. ". Yoa don't think Lacy is going to get married, do you ?" Manr a time widow Nesbit went home from a neighbor's boose with a bitter ache in ber poor heart and tears dropping frcm her eyes, in con sequence of some ill natured remark like this. She could have borne all that was said of the beifer, no doubt, without distrees, but it was in tbe catting comment added. Now and then she would manage to keep tbe creature at home for a few days, but then sbe would get ber neck out of tbe rope and be off again. Tbe second richest man in the neighborhood wasJobn Harris, Lu cy's old-time lover, aDd, of course, tbe one who had tbe most to do and say against the luckless beifer, and one day wbeo the broke into tbe buckwheat field she wa? turned out witb both ears cu: cfT. Ttiat did iv-.t improve the appear ance of tbe p ii t beast and caused her to l'f'k k forlorn that she melted the heart of tbe richest mao, Dr. Bowles, to infinite pity for that and tbe poor girl, and sbe bad a quiet bat real friend from that time on. Wheth er Join Harris bad been actuated by revenge or a desire to bring still more misery on tbe poor girl, or whatever eaat-e, te now felt heartily ashamed of himself and sent a m es se Dge to tbe widow witb a ten dollar bill to solace her grief, I suppose which was indignantly returned. The beifer seemed to remember this last indignity of having ber ears cat off and whenever sbe saw John Harris she eyed him malevolently as if to say, v nen my borns bare grown a little longer and a little stronger, look oat1 for yourself." Meanwhile Mercy was. running wild. Sbe could not be gotten into school, or if she did, she was. soon gotten cut again, for the school master bad to listen to the voice of tbe majority and that august person age insisted on not allowing tbeir innocent children to be with ber, but I suspect now tbst ber bad ness was ncthing to tbe idea of ber mother's misfortune. And sbe poor creature kept ont of sight and out of tbe neighborhood as much as possi ble, as mo cb aa she could. Spin ning was tbe only work she knew how to do, and she was employed 7; ' JANUARY 1, 1879. usually by the poorer sort of people, and where it happened that tbere were girls in tbe family, it was not thought best to employ ner at all, so - that sometimes sbe was driven home, as it were, for lack of work; bat sbe kept herself almost a prisoner tbere, ber face scarcely ever even seen at tee window, bometimes tbere would steal out into the evening air a sweet, quavering sound, more like tbe plain tive cry of a lone bird than song, and then the passer knew that Lacy was at home. She was allowed to wait upon the sick, but was virtuous ly excluded from social intercourse and from church, that refuge that ought to be for alL according to tbe teachings of the one who lifted tbe wretched Magdalene from the slough of despond. . In eleven years she bad never at tempted to enter the church but once, and then tbe stir and whisper tba, ran through tbe. house bewildered ber as tbe blaze of tbe sunshine does tbe eyes of tbe creature used only to the night. She stood still al first, then wavered and trembled like the slender reed fefore tbe incoming tide, and nnally suffered herself to be borne back and thrust from the door of tbe church like a thing of evil, on ly caring to get from sight even through death. Tbe disgraceful enactment took place on the occasion of John Har ris' wedding with a young girl of the place. John Harris, ber old lover, if courtesy may be so perverted, had come into still more fortune, and bad married a daughter of one of tbe deacons of tbe church, a proud, con ceited girl of little pretensions to beauty. Being considered a "wed ding in high life," in tbe village, nearly every one was there, so the old meeting-house was one glare and bustle troni side to side. The prayer bad just been offered, aad the stern minister had jast risen to read tbe hymn, when over the worn door sill, still as a shadow, came Lucy Nesbit, dressed in all her pocr best, her sad eyes drooped and ber two cheeks tbe color of dying rose leaven, lbe preacher stopped reading; tbe lovely young bride dashed her veil aside, then turned to shut out the disgraceful sight; some of the women half rose in their seats; and no one stirred to open bis pew door except one. and that, Dr. Bow les. He muttered, "By Heaven, it is too bad ; in a Cbristiam meetiag bouse, too." But she did not see him, far by this time confusion over powered ber, aud sbe was led out of tbe bouse I cannot call it church and with bitter, slingiog words, left alone. What moved that poor girl to go to church that day ? I do not pre tend to know ; I was too much of a child at the time to understand, and perhaps some things that might hare thrown light upon it have passed oat of my mind. Perhaps she wished to see the wife John Harris bad mar ried ; pernaps sbe was carious to know if tbe fatal spell that bad once bound ber bad broken; pos sibly she had still the consciousness of tbe honor and dignity of woman hood, and was willing to show the assembled multitude that she dare approach humbly and purely Him who said once : "Neither do I con demn thee tby sins are all forgiv en." Whatever moved her to go, she did go, and was received and ex pel led as stated. it was about tbis time tbat my dear, fearless mother brought upon herself the severe reproof of Deacon Burnell's wife John Harris' mother- in-law by engaging Lucy Nesbit to do our winter's spinning. Said she, "Wbat an example for your daughter ! To countenance ber is to encourage vice, and if I bad my way I should drive her oat of town, ber and ber troublesome old mother and her heifer, (she looked at John tbe other day) and Mercy and all together tbey are a disgrace to tbe whole community, that's what they are, and you are going to hire ber and pay ber full wages, I dare say?" "I shall certainly hire her and pay ber full wages," my mother said, "bat while you are about it, where is your condemnation of John Harris; His sin was, in mr mind, far greater than here, for he was twice as old she fourteen and he twenty-eight when this took place. Nobody I can Lear has a word of reproach for nim." "H-m-m, well, he is a man, you know, and sbe is a shameless bossy to dare to come into church, jast as if tbat would have broken the match. John is a good boy, only he forgot himself for once and suffered himself to be tempted like Solomon." Sbe probably meant Sampson. "Well," said my mother, her hot, quick blood rising, "I know one thing, there are men, yes, and women too, who deserve some punishment which has never yet been conceived. I don't believe in bell as a general thing ; but I do believe there is a place where these evil-minded sedu cers will get their deserts and per haps tbeir redamption and purifica tion at tbe same time. And I hope tbat shiny-mouthed hypocrite John Harris may go there 1" Mrs. Burnell gathered up her skirts its and shook the dast from ber feet from our house pretty lively that af ternoon. One morning before suorise in the month of December, Widow Nesbit was seen coming across the meadow witb a wheel stand on her shoulder, the band, wheel-pin, and spindle in her band, and followed by Lucy, carrying tbe wheel itself. Tbey soon had it set up in tbe garret, and Lucy, separating a banch of tbe soft, white rolls from the rest, hang them in tbe little east window, in tbe sun, said good bye to her moth er and went to work. from the window she could see Dr. Bowles' house, and as I loved to sit up there with her, she often asked me questions shout the "big house," as it was called, and she said one day j "I wiah tbat I might go there and see them all, tbe beautiful pictures, and things in the boose tbat is so old that none here know when it was built." "I will ask him," said I, "ever so many people visit the house and grounds." "Oh no, child, it would not do." "But why wouldnt it do for yoa as well as other girls ?" In an instant all lbs light and hope died oat of her fscs and she seemed about to die, but finally a faint color came back, but she was only a ghost of .herself all that day. It was about a week after tbis that one day Dr. Bowles rode up to our gate, and accosted me and asked for Lacy, saying tbat little Mercy had been takes very ill and that tbe thought best for Lucy to come borne as soon as her day's work was done. Tell her gentlr, child," said - tbe doctor. "May be you bad best tell her your self," said I, and I ran away before he bad a chance to answer. I mo tioned Lacy to come down, and when she found the doctor was watting to see her, a girlish blush and tender shyness came over her face that made ber look beautiful, although no one had ever thought of calling her so. . Her sleeves were short and she bid ber prettv arm3 under her blue apron, as she came forward, but her head .was uncovered and nothing could hide tbe beauty of her abund ant hair; and I remember to have noticed then for the first time, a3 the sciatillant winter son glittered on tbe coil wonnd around the carved high comb, how it waved from tbe very parting, and bow the little ten drils of curia clung around ber tem ples, bow golden and beautiful it was. The doctor was nervously playing witb tbe long mane of his horse and told his sad tale. "Oh dear! wbat shall I do," moaned Lacy, and the white arms came out from their biding, and she leauen her face down open them to bide ber tears. "Don't give up so now while there is no danger, you bad better go borne at once, for the child wants yoa." Her confusion was all gone now and her eyes took a tender appeal ing look that seemed to go direct to the doctor's heart, acd he now blush ed aad stammered. "I will go over and see ber this evening." "Never mind tbe work," my moth er said. Lucy went home and did not come back for a week, and then some one came and told us that Mercy was dead, and wonid be bnried in ber own play ground on lbe following day. Tbat day my little brother and myself came to the conclusion that a tea-kettle was as good as any other kettle to boil sap in, only not so con venient, that was all. John Harris dM not attend the funeral. He was busy, and it could not be expected that be wculd neg lect bis own interests to go to any body's faneral-much leas Mercy Nes bit's even though sbe was bis own child. ' There were but " few people" a't the funeral, and they were of the poorer sort, and the going ont of tbat little life left no shadow ia the great world except on the heart3 of the mother and grandmother. Lncy came back after a while and took ber place again, bat never looked any more toward the great stone hoase.bnt only toward a clamp of wild-cherry trees that raised their bare branches to the sky. Three days bad little Merer been . . . ouriea. wnen, stung pernaps oy re morse, or possibly a little paternal love for tbe only child bora to him, John Harris crept silently through tbe trees until be reached the little grave, and sat down on tbe frozen clods with his face in bis bands. W . a . Line wun ma wire bad been very bitter, and at any rate we will hop? that he regretted the rain he bad brought upon an innocent child, for be never left that crare alive: for. Bitting there wifh head bowed, over come with thought, be did not hear the short, hot breath of Lucy's heifer, as it came behind him, and with fire in her eyes and fury in her motion plunged ber sharp 'horn through bis back and into his heart Widow Nesbit saw all, bat too late to more than cry out to some persons, and run to drive tbe infuriated creature which continued to plunge her horns into the lifeless body until shot down by one ot the men. Then after tbis last ontrage by these unfortunate women's means, tbe incensed population got together and discussed driving them ttom the village: "lor," said one, "we never know wbat to expect f.'om soch as they, and we had better be safe." "k propose, said another, that we just offer to bay her ont, and then compel ber to go." Deacon Barnell was furious in bis anger, as John Harris had left no will, and naturally bis daughter would be the loser. Popular opinion was very strong against them and even against buy ing the widow's little portion of God's foot stool, and finally the acclamation ran high to drive them from tbe village within twenty-four hours. No thought that tbis was Christmas eve. and not in accordance with the teachings of the blessed Babe who came into this world on a mission of peace and good will to all men. No, those women must pack up at once and leave. Dr. Bowles rode along and bearing tbe uproarious confab dismounted and soon understood what movement was on foot ne grew pale with anger and re-mounting bis horse rode rapidly to my mother's house where Luey was still at work. My mother came up stairs and called Lucy to tbe parlor. Tbey remained tbere as much as an hour, and then tbe doctor! came into the sitting-room holding' Lucy by tbe hand, and she was pale, ! and bad traces of tears around ber eyes, but still, through all looked shyly happy. The doctor advanced to my mother saying ; "Lucy and I are to be married in an hour, and 1 ask ot you tbe favor of letting us be united here." My dear little mother went for ward and took Lucy by both bands and kissed ber and cried crer her a little, and tben said, "Of course, yea." Then the doctor took mother around the waist and kissed ber, and told her sbe was a saint, and then started for ibe minister. I do not know what argument be used to persuade tbe minister to forget bis "Christian principles " but be did come, and even went so far as to kiss the bride and pat her on the head WHOLE NO. 1434. and wish ber bsj::)iaefs. l no doctor tool tbe cuopy1 Jjt-uy and tbe widow to bis home on the hill, and then went down to the tavern where the neigh bors were still sitting around tbe fire. and discussing means of getting r:J of Lucy and her mather. He went in among them and wanted to hear tbeir verdict Finally one said: t'I tell you, 'Square, they mast go. I don't want to be harsh with ihetn, but go they must." "So I say," said another. "We bad better send uo a cote to tbe widow herself though none of us know whether sbe was ever mar ried or not and tell ber to leave at once.:' "And then if sbe hq'i gone io tee morning, put 'era out'u tbe bous and if tbey Bay aoytbiog agin it we will threaten 'em with beta rid on a rail, and then I gaess tbev kia tell 'em in the mornia' that Deacon Bar- nell will give 'em a hundred dollars for what they've got, and I'll pay it willing, to get rid of 'em." "I on eneatine cowardlv old tia- ner !" said the doctor who bad 3'.6'ked up to tbe deacon and collared bioo, "do yoa know you are f peaking of my wife and mother ? you may well turn white, you wretched poppy? iou call Lucy Nesbit bad, , you ! How long after your wedding was it when John's wife was bora? And how came yoa to marry her at all ? Be cause your wife' brother stood over yoa and compelled yoa. Now, yoa hypocritical wbelp, say another word against my wife, and yoa will get what yoa deserve." Deacon Burnell was glad to shrink away like a whipped cur, and tbe other men in tbe tavern bean to think it was time to go to the "store" to got some Christmas "fixins ' for the children and started out, but tbe doctor went and stood ia the door and said: ."If there are any more cf you who want to drive widow Nesbic from town let tbem say so;" but no one answered, and all were glad to go home. Christmas day saw a very happy trift around the table at tb M stjne bouse on the hi'!, and, iu l ;a tt'ter years that came to them tb same tender affection existed Tcev lived for fceacb ether and w-tc happy. Lucy nor her mother e-r went out side their beautiful hot.' es- -pt oa errands of mercy or cba ; t- some unfortunate, - when tbeir .-oming brought blessings and pleaty. I'dJii.I Jwrlea la Reath I'aro Iwsv. SOME TEIALS AT CHARLESTON WHICH POSSIBLT HAVE NOT CAUGHT SE?J ATOB BUTLER'S ATTENTION. Washington. December 1C. The LUnitad StateA Circuit Court at Col umbia, S. C, Jude Bond pres:c!i'g, adionrued last Ibursdav. a u i ce election fraud cases were ail contin ued to the April term, when Chief Justice Waite will sit withJuJ:cs Bond and Bryan at Charleston. Soon after the last term rf the court opened at Columbia, the United States Attorney sent to the Grand Jarr several of the strongest caei against officers cf the late ekction, but tbat body, being almost entirely of Dem ocrats, failed to find true bills m each instance. Tbe Grand Jury was then dis charged, and t'oree cases were trk-d on information. The first of these was a proceeding against two cf the managers of election, and tbeir clerk, at tie Court House Precinct in bum ter. These men, Mr. Delorne, Nor wood Fleming and W. B. Peebles, were accused of stutung 21 1 tissue- paper ballots into the box at their precinct, acd falsifying the poll-list in order to make it agree witb tbe num ber of rotes found ia the box. The principal witnesses for the prosecu tion were Jadze Samuel Lee, one cf tbe United States Supervisors at tbe precinct, and a colored Democrat, who was one of the election managers acd became a witness for the Govern ment Judge Lee certified that his clerk kept a correct poll list, and that it showed tbat 650 men bad voted. He detected tbe clerk of the mana gers in the act of placing three sheets containing the names of 211 fictitious persons among tbe sheets of the real list He called attention to the fraud and wrote bis name on each one cf them. Those three sheets are now missing and the managers assert tbat they were taken from the pocket cf their clerk. When tbe box was open ed 8C5 ballots were found in it, being four more than the Democratic man agers had names on tbeir list when those on the three fraudulent sheets were counted; and the number cf tis sue ballots found in the box was exactly equal to the excess over the number of votes actually cast. All the witnesses for tbe defence testified that they saw no tissue ballots dar ing tbe voting, but no attempt, to ac count for tbeir presence in tbe box was made. To rebut tbis evidence tbe defence simply introduced witnes ses to prove tbat Judge Samuel Lee was not a truthful mao; but the Gov ernment met tbis witb tbe testimony ot many reputable citizens cf Sumter, white and colored, Democrats and Republicans, tbat bis reputation for truth was good. No witnesses were produced to deny tbe facts proved by the Government The ja rr consisted of four Republicans and eight Democrats, and tbe for oer voted for conviction while the la. ter voted to acquit on the sole grunod, as some of tbem said, not tba. tbe evi dence was not sufficient to convict, but that tbey did not believe tbat Lee was to be believed. Tbe next case was against tbe managers of tbe election at Camp Ground precinct, in Richland County. At that place, one of the United States Supervisors and bis clerk kept a correct poll list which showed that 310 persons voted. In this case the list kept by the clerk cf tbe managers contained 140 names on two sheets not found on tbe Supervisor's list These two sheets were in a different handwriting from tbe others and they bore other internal evidence of being fraudulent Forty-six names were also interpolated in tbe original list! by repeating tbe names of voters. For instance, when John Smith vo ted, his name was entered in full, and also J. Smith, making it appear that two men had voted, while only one corresponding came was found en tho list kept by tbe United States Supervisor. Still another fraud by the emission of numbers was proved. Thus by numbering tbe twentieth man thatrcted twenty-five, and those who came after him in order, the last man's number which was taken as showing, the whole number of voters, would be five too graat; and if this was repeated, tbe total n am ber might be made to appear much larger than it really was. By these three tricks the poll IisU made out by the clerk seemed to contain l'jf names in excess of tbe actual number of voters. When the box was opened the number of ballots in it, including tissue peper tickets, was found to be ru'.Tw than 200 in excess of the poll li?t that ba-J been fraudulently in creased, and in drawing oat the ex cess, Republican votes were removed. Tbe result of all these fraads was tbat, although the Republicans bad a majority of the votes actually cast, the returns gave Aiken, the Demo cratic candidate for Congress, 524 votes, aud Ensor, the Republican candidate, eight, and there were foar blanks. It was proved in the trial that at least 100 Republican votes were cost at that poll, and tbe Gov ernmen' stopped at that point, not thinking it necessary to go farther. The defence did nut undertake to meet these facts, and the jury stood eight for acquittal and four for con viction. One Democrat and tbrre Republicans voted for conviction. The la3, case tried was against tbe managers of election at tbe Calhoun Trecinct cf Clarendon county. Here, afier tbe polls were closed, the man agers locked the box up ia the build ing w here the election took place and lefci: over night instead ef counting the votes at once as directed by the law cf the State. In the morning the box could not be found. The de fence in the case was that the man agers trcre afraid to remain and couDt the votes. Tbe jury was com posed cf three Republicans and nine Democrats, and when it first went out stood five for eonviction and seven for acquittal. Finally eleven ro'ea to acquis and one to convict All these cases were brought un der Section 5,515 of the Revised Statutes, which provides: That every officer of an election, at which any Representative or dele gate in Congress is voted for, wheth er such officer cf election be appoint ed or created by or under any law or autberity of the United States, or by or uader any State, Territorial or municipal law or authority, who ne glects or refuses to perform any duty in regard to snch election required of of him by any law of the United S'.ates or of any State or Territory thereof or who violates any duty so ijaposed, or who knowingly does any acts thereby unauthorized, with la tent to affect any such election or the result thereof, or who fraudulently makes ay false certificate of the re sult of such election ia regard to each Representative or delegate, or who withholds conceals, or destroys any certificates of records bo required by law respecting the election of any such Representative or delegate, or who neglects or refuses to make and return such certificate, as required by law, or who aids, counsel?, procures or advises any voter, person or of ficer to da any act by this or any of tbe preceding sections made a crime, or to omit to do any duty tbe omis sion of which is by this or any o'.h er of such sections made a crime, or altempts to do so, shall be punished as preVcribed-in Section 5,511. r - It wgg'itmgftt to be useless to try any more of the cases at tbe last term cf the court, and so tbey were continued. The United States At torney and bis assistant intend to make up a large number of test cases for tha April term of the court They believe there are enough Conservative Democrats in Charles ton from whom a jury can be drawn t insure a fair trial at that time. I nele Hans' F.xpws-S Trad. Information received at Washing ington states that whole cargoes of American goods are now leaving Philadelphia and New York for South American ports. One lot in cluded five thousand dozen chairs, another one hundred and fifty thous and yards of blue jeans, another a large invoice of merchant bar iron. The latter; article has always been held, as a monopoly by British manu factures. The American article sent out as a sample gave such complete satisfaction, and was so superior in quality and less in price, tbat one or der was sent by return post for tea thousand pounds. Tbe English agents in tbe United States have al ready been informed by tbe manu facturers' associations of England of tbis new aggressive commercial poli cy cf tbe United States, and tbat re sults coming in such rapid succession threaten within a very few years a permanent transfer of mannfacturing a3 well as commercial ascendency from Great Britain to tbe United States. A Llltl tils-re Beprwwr. An army officer, on returning home from camp life, went to visit a rela tive, and like some who imitate tbeir associates, be indulged in profane language. A little girl walked out with him to bis horse, and as be was talking to br in great glee, she gent ly said : "I don't like to bear my cousin swear." "He replied : "I know, my dear, it is wrong." In tbe same mild tone she replied: "Well, then, if you know it is wrong, why do you do it?" The captain confessed to a friend, on relating tbe story, tbat be nerer felt a reproof so mocb as the one given by that little child. He bad goodreason to feel it, for be deserved it. Ihe old verse says: ''Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise; To swear i neither brave, polite or wise." A XevsasJa Bear fight. A man went hunting in tbe Ne vada mountains, armed with a rifle, a hatchet, and a long bowie-knife. As he reached a clearing he espied a huge grizzly bear and at the same moment tbe grizzly bear espied him. Nothing daunted, tbe man discharg ed bis rifle! but misted tbe bear. Somewhat excited be threw tbe batcbet asd again missed the bear. At tbis point be made op his mind that witb nothing but bis knife left be needed some outside assistance and be determined to ask fcr it Now be was not a prayiog man and was not familiar with tbe usual forms of petition,"but the emergency was great and with no thought of profan ity be drew tbe bowie-knife and ejaculated: "Oh Lord ! if yoa are on my side in tbis basiness I expect yoa to see me well out of it If yoa are on tbe of tbe bear yoa mast draw it as mild as yen can, and if possible daQ hie claws a little. Bat, if yon hare no preference either way, jast stand to one side and yonll see th ?affjedett bear fight that erer came off la tha Nevada mountain." is I:
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