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EULA.LIA LODGE, No. 342, F. A. M. STATED Meetings on the 2nd nrid : lth Wednes days of each month. Also Masonic gather ings on every Wednesday Evening. for work and practice, at their HA in Coudersport. D. 0. LARRIBEE, W. M. M. W. McALAnsav, Sec'y. JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY" AND 015NSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport,. Pa.. will - attend the several Courts in Potter and .74.'Kean Counries. All ;business entrustcd is bis . care will receive prompt attention. U lice corner of West and Third str,,L4. AILMUIt 01,MSTED, &TTORNEY AT LAW. Coudersport, Pa,, will All bu;ill,-ss entrusted; to his care, with prclantues Odiee on:ioth-west comer of Main and Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSON ATTORNEY . AT LAW, Coudersptirt, Pa,' attend to all business entrustedto himf ' with care and promptness. Office on Secorid st., near the Allegheny Ilri.lge. ' F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEt AT LAW. Coudersport. Pat, .w - regularly attend the Courts in Putter and the adjoining Counties , . 0. T. ELLISON, rßxuriclNG Coudersport,.Pa.. respectfully informs the citizens of the Kil l:l,4C and vicinity that he \viii promply re spond to 1 . 1.11 ‘calls fur professional services. Office on Main st.,_in huildin ,, formerly oc cupied hr C. W. Ellis. Esq. C. S. & E. A., JONES, • DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS Oils, Fark6. Articles, Stationery. Du Good:, • Groceried, &c.., Main st., Coudersport; D. E. OL3ISTF,D, DEALER IN MIX GOODS, READY-MADE Clothing, Crockery - , Gruceries, Couder, , port, Pa. COLLINS s3.lini; DEA.T.F.:II, in Dry Goods,Groceries, Provision,s, Hardware, Lineenswe.re, Cutlery, and all Goods usually found in a country Store.— Coudersport, Nov. 27, 1661. COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASSMIRS, Proprietor, Corner o- Main and Second Strects„Coudersport, Pot ter Co., Pa. A Livery Stable is also kept in connect tion with this Hotel. • H. J. OLMSTED, DEALER IN STOVES, TIN Sr. SHEET rriON WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Court House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet Iron Waiie made to order, in good style, on short notice. RM. 11. MILLE:Ii MILLER Si: 111 — cAL.11RNEY, ATTORNEYS—A.T—LA.W, HARRISBIJ - Gr, PA., AG ES TS for the Collection of Clait .s against the United States and State GOY ernments, such as Pension, Bounty, Arres.r.l of Pay ke. Address.Bos 95, Harrisburg, Pa. pension Bounty and. War Claim Agency. PENSIONS procured for soldiers of the present war who are disabled by reason of wounds received or disease - contractracted while in the service of the United States ; and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay obtained for widows or heirs of those who have died or been kited while in service. All lettei of Inquiry prointly answered,' and on receipt by Xnail, of a statement of the ease of elaimantl will forward the necessary papers for their signature. Pees in Pension cases l as fixed by law. REFERENCES--110n. T.SAIC BENSON, lion. A. P. OLMSTED, J. S. MANS, Esq.. P. Ksox, &q . DA.N BA.KER, Claim Agent Couderport Pa. June 8, '64.-ly HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PIitIADELPFLA, FEN BISEASE,S Odle Nervous, Seminal, Urina ry and sexual s 3 stems—new and reliable treatment—in reports of the HbWARD AS SOCIATION—sent by mail in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Address, Dr. J SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association No South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 4r 1 1 „... 7 .-.*.,y , t c , , 0 1-..40 1 I _i &, - 141 i3i , 1 i OO 0 i .. lx. 0 --,m0,... ~ ii , Q , -v . i _ s ___ i A LITI'LE RAILERY. BY ORPHECS C. KERB. Kiss me dearest one, • Lay your had upon my shoulder ; I Will you gl a,lnd be a nun, y Whenour lover's hand is colder? Will his', mangled last remains Win froth you a tear of pity? Oh, that other things than trains, Took us to .1 neighboring city. ' Wildly gazed he on my face, Crying as stie clung about ne, "Robbie in Of name of grace, Go away y-ou - shadt without me! "Why l'thourrht ydu only meant, Just a business trip to make it, Yet you seemion death intent— Hare you stole my heart to break it? "Wherefore sbeak of death at all; I Arn't you coming back to-morrow?! Let me some physician call, What has grazed you, joy di soirccw-?" .1 "Dollie, darling .., —low I spoke— Don't' you know by rail I'm going? Ev'ry train there's something broke i l •Dr the daily'; paper showing. 'Tis as sure al sure can be, That some I ftecident will happen; Likely the firt bridge we see, Will give \Tay and let us slap in. Or a train of freight we'll strike, Or another train run into ; • Count on life! with death sota— Well you k l iow %would bee sin to:" Sadly droope I herpretty head, Like a lillyirudely shaken; . "If for life 3 - 0 care a red, Stray at hoi r ne-and save your bacon !" • MARIsi MERIDEN. , i . "Come, Mick Meriden ! don't . settle down into an hid grandfather before your time—a pretty wife's a • pretty thing, Mark, and al pretty •boussi is a pretty thing, but bang it 1 one inust have a little of life.'r Mark Meriden stood at his desk, giv ing a last look at his books, while. Ben Sandford—the ro , uish—thh merry—the son , singing-- the • Ben of all Benz, was th urging op him the claims of a pro jec ql frolic jthat evening. Now, Ben was precisely:,the messenger for such'an embassy 7 --thdre was fun in the magic twinkle of his! blue eye, and a world of wagLre'ry in the turn of his head, and pair of broad roguish iliiiiples that, tventkner rily in awl ont, of his cheeks every ',time he spoke, and he laid hold of Mark's arm to drag him away. But Mark shodk off his hand, add finished summing, up a column of fivires—put the blotting paper into the books, and the book into its,place, wiped his pep, and at last, turning:_to Ben, paid; 1 ' i think B won't go this time." "Now, \chi not ?" said Ben, eaf.-.,,r1y "Because—'-because,' said Mark, swill ingly; heeaue I have an odd fancy that ' should liket'the pleasure of Mrs.Meri• .en's corupan.y.• better this evenings" "Hang 31i's. Meriden—beg pardon, Mark—hangimyself for saving sd—but one don't like to see a fine fellow buried alive l—coai take a real wake up with "Thank yciu, Ben but I haven't been asleep, and dbn't need it. So I'll go home and see, my wife," and thereat he turned a resolute step homeward, as a well trained husb4nd ought. "Now," says one of our readers, "who was Mark Meriden 7" You would not have asked, good render, if you had lived in the town§f when his name first appeared on the outside of one of it 9 most fashionable shops. 'Mark Meriden,' sur routided by those having ensignia ofgrace and fashion 4o that young belles need not have their eyes turned off from beholding it. Everyth6g in the tasteful est4lish meat told of; a well arranged bugluess, and Mark himself, the mirror of fashion, faultless in !every article of costume, quick, attentive polite, was every clay to be seen there winning ""goiden opinions from all sort!; of people." Mark's shop became the resort for high ton—thc fash zonahle exchange,the promenade of beauty and wealth ;who came there to be ea lightened as: to the ways and means of disposing of their surplus revenue—to hee and be seen. So attentive, polite, od considerate was Mark, so profound his bows, so bright his eyes, so uneicep tionable his; whiskers, that it mightjhave proved a dangerous resort for ladies; had not a neat, tasteful house going up in the neighborhood been currently reported as the future residence of an already . Mrs. Meriden, and in a few months the house, neatly finished, and tastefully furnished, received the yery lady who called herself to that effect, She was as truly refined and lovely a woman as ever formed the centre flower, in a domestic bouquct,land- Mark imight justly be pardoned for hav ing as good again an opinion of himself for having been fortunate enough to se cure her. • J. C. SCALARNEY Mark had an extensive circle of busi• ness and pleasure acquaintances, forte bad beet one of the social companionable sort, (whose money generally folio 4 its way out of bis packet in very , fair Oro ! portions to the rate it came in. In short, he was given to clubs, oyster supiers, Deb to to tiN bivipies of Tvgz, etitoeraoy, 419 Vsseirlitigtion of qi9 - - - - - COUDERSPORT POTTER COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY OCTOBER 17, 1865. and now and then a wine party, and va rious other social privileges for elevating one's spirits and depressing one's cash that abound in enlightened communities. But nevertheless, at the b)ttom of Mark's bead there was a very substan• tial bump of a certain quality called corn-1 mon sense,atrait which,though it was never set down in any chart of phrenology,may very justly be called a faculty, and one, too, which makes a great difference as the world goes. In consequence of being thus constituted, Mark; when he found himself in love 'with, and engaged to, a very pretty girl, began to reflect !frith more than ordinary seriousness on his habits, ways and manners of life. He also took an. accurate survey of his busi ness, formed an average estimate of his future income on the sobarast probabili ties, and determined to live a little even within that. He also provided himself with a little account book, witlz which he intended to live in habits of very close acquaintance, and in this book he de signed to note down all the savings con sequent upon the retrenchment of certain little extras, before alluded to, in which he had been in the habit of pretty freely indulging himself. T:pon the present occasion it had cost him something of an effort to say "no" for Mark was one of your easy "clever fellows" to whom the enunciation of this little syllable causes as much trouble as the gutterals of the Germans. However, when be came in sight of his parlor win dows, through which a bright fire was shining—when he entered and found the clean glowing hearth, the easy cb,.,air drawn up in front, and a pair of em ibroidered slippers waiting for him quite !at their leisure, and, above all,'when he read the quick glance of welcome in a pair of very bright eyes, Mark forgot ail !about Ben Sandford and all bachelor ! friends and , allurements whatever, and thought himself about the happiest fel -1 low on earth. The evening passed off rapidly by the help of music, reading *and a little small talk of which newly married people gen erally find a supply, and the next morn ing found Mark at early business hours with as steady a hand and as cool a head as if there had been uo such ttings as bachelor frolics in existence. Late in the afternoon, Ben Sandford lounged in to ogre a few of the ladies,and above all to rally Mark on losing the glorious fun of the evening before. - "Upon my Word, Mark,"l he began, "we must have you put up for Selectman, you are becoming so extremely ancient and venerable in your ways; however, you are to be excused," he added, "cir cumstances considered—female influ ence !—ah well, it's a fine affair, this marriage !" "Better TRY it, Mr Sandford," said a bright, saucy girl, who, with her laugh inr, companions, were standing close by while Ben was speaking. ! Madam, the wlerewithal 1" said Ben, rolling up his eyes with a tragic expression. "If some clever old fellow would be so obliging as to die now, and leave me a few thousands—then, ladies I you slibuld see." "But speaking of 2none.y," said Mark, when he saw the ladies busy over some laces he had just thrown on the counter --"what did your glorious fun cost you?" "Pooh !—nothing ! only a ten dollar hill, rye nothing in nay purse now, you know I" s ,1 ".)iothing in your purse?—not an un common incident after these occasions," said Mark, laughing. "Oh 1 hang it all,'! said Ben--"to , true I 1 . can get no remedy for this 'cony sumption of the purse,' as old Falstaff says; however the world owes me a liv ing, and so,"good morning l" Ben Sandford was one of that class of young men of whom common report goes, that they can do anything that they please, and who consider this point so well established that they do not consider it necessary to illustrate it by doing any-, I thing at all. He was, a lawyer of good talents, and would have had an extensive run of business had he, not been one of those kind of people who can never be found when wanted. His law books and office saw far less of him than certain fashionable places of resort, where his handsome person and various social ac complishments always secured to him a welcome reception. Ben had some little property left him by his father, just enough, as he used laughingly to say, "to keep him in gloves and cologne wa ter," and for the rest he seemed vastly contented with his old maxim, "the world owes me a living," forgetting that the world can sometimes prove as poor a paymaster as the most fashionable young men going. But to" return to Mark. When he had settled his accounts at night. he took from a pigeon hole in his desk the little book-aforenamed, and entered as follows : "To one real wake up, $10," which being done, he locked his desk, and returned once wore to MN. Meriden. Days flew on, and the shop of Mark became increasingly popular, and still from time to time he was assailed by the kind 'of temptation we have described. Now-it was "Mark, my dear, fellow,, do join us in our trip to G--l's ;"and now, "Come, my old fellow, let us have a spree at F—s ;" now it was the club, now the oyster supper—but still Mark was invincible, and as one or another recounted the history of the scene, he silently committed the amount of expense to his little book. Yet was not Mark cynical or unsocial. 'His refusals though firm were good natured, and though he could not be ',drawn abroad, yet he was unquestionably openhanded at home. No house had so warm a ivelcomeino dinner table could be mare bountifu l l or more freely open for the behoof of all gentlemen of the dininz out order—no tea table presented more unexceptiont.ble toast, and' there was . no evening lo!unge more easy, home like and cheerful than in the Strll7, parlors of Mark Meriden. They, also gave evening parties, wfipre all was tasteful and well ordered.; aid in fine, notwithstanding his short condings, Mark I was set down as .a fine, open htded fellow atter all. At the end of the year, Mirk cast up the account in his little book, and was mightily astonished at it, for with all his ideas of the power of number ihe had no idea that the twos and fives a d tens and ones, which on greater or siballer occa sions bad found their way into his col umns, would amount to a sum so consid erable. Mark looked about i him—the world was going well—his•b i •siness ma chinery moving in exact to4h and time —his house—where was thece a prettier one ?—where a place more replete with every home drawing comfort ? Had he lost anything in pleasure thqq year past ? i Mark thought not, and theiefore as he walked homeward be steep d into the bookseller's and ordered so e books of superb engravings for Mrs. Meriden, and spoke to a gardener to send some exotics, for which be had heard her express an admiration some evenings be ore. That same evening came in Ben Sand ford, as he expressed it, "in the very depths of indigo !" for young gentlemen whose worldly matters invaiably go on wrong end foremost, will sometimes be found in this condition, bowc . ver exuber ant may be their stock of animal spirits. "Pray, Ben, what is the matter ?" said Mark, kindly, as the lattcr stretched himself at length,, in an arm chair, groaning audibly. "Oh ! a bitilons attack, Mark—shoe maker's bills ! tailor's billsl boarding house bills I—all of them 'sent for New. Years' presents I—hang 'em all !" Mark was silent for a few , moments, and Ben continued, "Confound it, Mark what's the sense of living a person is co be so very poor 7 Here Lyon, Mark, barn in the same town wi h me, and younger than I am by some two years— you have a house as snug as a man need ask—a wife like an angel—peace and plenty by the bushel, and it ail comes by having a run of good luck i money"— and Ben kicked his slipper against the andiron most energetically. "What has become of Eo asked Mark. "Poor soul I' said Ben, ' yet, with all sweetness waiting till such a luckless s I ca❑ give her a howe a❑ I wish to my soul, for her afford to be•married, and ha. my own. lam tired of th scrambling, out.of•elbow, l sli "Why don't you get niarr tioned Mark.. "Why,. don't I, to be sure, use my tailor's bills for fuel, my board bill for house rent, and my shoe bill for bread and butter—hey ? Wouldlyou recom-1 mend a poor girl to try me, Mark—all things considered ?" said 841, bitterly. Mark rcaicted a little while in silence, and then drew out his book—his little book, to which we have bee alluded. (.Just look at this account, Ben," said he; "I know you hate flgui.es, but just for once." Ben glanced at impatiently —laughed when he read over the two or three first items, but his fac i e lengthened as he proceeded, and Mark detected a sort of whistle of astonishment as he read the sum total. "Well, Mark l" he exclaimed, what a considerate trick this is of yours, to sit behind your counter so coolly noting down the "cost and come to" df all our little frolics ; really it is edifying ! How much you . must have enjoyed your supe rior discretion and foreticiught !" and Ben laughed, but not with his usual glee. "Nay, you mistake" said Mark. "I kept this account merely tci see what I had been in the habit of spending my self, and as you and I have always been hand and glove in everything, it answers equally as well for you. It was only yesterday that I summed up t ithe account, add I assure you the res It surprised myself; and now, Ben, the 4tica here set down Kid as much more is yon please, is freely at - ' . .our disposal, to clear oold il scores for the year, provided you will accept this little book as a New Y ar's gift, and ;use it twelie months as I have done, and if at the end of that timelyon are not ready to introduce me to . i lklrs, Sandford, lam much mistaken." I Ben grasped his friend's hand, boner then the entrance of Mrs. Meriden [, vented his reply. Mark, however, I, with satisfaction, that he putthe carefully in his vest pocket, and butt up his coat with the air of a man butt ing up a new resolution. When they parted for the night I said with a smile, "In case of bil attacks, you know where to send medicine." Ben answered only by . vent giasp of the hand for his throat too full for him to answer. Mark Meriden's book answered purpose admirably. i In less than years . Ben Sandford) was the most pl lar laveYer in —i, and as stead householder as you ;might wish to and, in conclusion, ias this is a li story, we will jtist ask our lady re: their opinion on onel point, and it is If Mrs. Meriden had been a %v.' who understood what is called - "cate l a beau," better than!securing a husb if she had never curled her hair ei for company, and thought it a deg' tion to know lhow to make her comfortable, would these things happened ? ' The Five Clerks. If young men, .4nd especially • Christians, knew bow much, thei ture life depends on the habits they in early manhood, tiere would ofte, found such records s the following the Gongregation+st: In one of our inland town were, years since, five boys, apprentices many different storeli. By a similar disposition, educatin and age the come very intimate. and in a revival occurred ia that village all became tans. They at once idefitified theme! • l es as isuch beforo the world, i and went out to ' labor in the vineyad of the I%laster t . In Sabbath and mission schools they were faithful, zealous, earnest workers,' their !voices were heard ib prayer and pratse in the weekly church meetings; the ciiittcast the sorrowing,the dhspondent,were Cheer ed with words of hoye and courage ; their respective pastors looked to them,, even in their youthfulneks, for active coopera tion in every gricioi word and work, and did not look In rain. Although enrirely dependent upon ! their own industry for support, and in some instanceS aiding dependent brOthers I and sisters with the Meagre salary of 'clerks under age, yet fronal a sense of duty; they made a mutual pledge to each other to give one tenth of their income to the Lord Nobly has that , pledge been fulfilled, and God has testified in experience that he will honor those} who honor Him.— 'Without Money or influential friends,each ; has attained an enviable position in busi. • t ness circles and - d k oete y. One is a highly esteemed merchant in one of our cities, Whose hart is ever de. vising liberal things, responding to every call chide in imhalf!of the poor and needy. As he once ,remarked to the writer, "1 can't help giving, there is so much pleas ; ure in it." Another is , an ective,energetic business mac in Cleveland, 0 1 ~ but even more ac tive in the Church; and Sabbath school, • dissursing freely Of his own. substance, and the trusted alnJoner of fithefirrbounty. The third is the/ cashier of a bank in Wisconsin, of whom a well-known West , ern missionary writes thus : "Noble soul that he. is Your town has sent out none more noble. I thi4 that for Christ his J.daity exam l ple tells!as much nanny. that I !know." The fourth is a partner in the banking l'house of one of theimost responsible firms in Wall street.' Limn few men do such heavy business responsibilities rest.--.• Honored, trusted, loved by his partners and held in respedt and confidence by I the Street fraternity, he has attained a position that few could reach after years of most laborious Iffort. In the church and Sabbath school. he is a faithful, devo ted laborer. The other is also a business man of rare probity, shrinking from no duty,though it leadithrough fire and flame conscientious to the last degree, and, ever diligent in busines, Servinii the Lord.; The enviable pdettion th ' ese once poor and penniless boysnow sustain shows the truth of the sterns word, "There is that scattereth and yet rficreaseth," and proves that godliness is profitable even in this life. Their benefaCtions are not limited by their pledge] bur; in many cases, per haps in each (exceed that_amourit. Great power for I the Church and for Christ lies in the hands of Christian bus fines Men, and it irr a beautiful sight to witness an extended business carried on in the fear of the Lord, making, Him= with reverence we speak . it—a partner, and a partaker of t h e profits. We know, qty P-?" /there she is id patience, capegraceas a husband. j ake, I could :is e a home of :is rambling, p.sbod•life ied ?' quTs , I TERMS.--$1.50 PER iIiTNMP of firma that open on their ledger.a regu lar account to the credit of benevolenee, and concienciously pay this debt as liny other. Such men are an honor to the . Church and the world. "Go and do thou i likewise." Adam's Fall. A favorite temperance lecturer! down South used to relate the following anec. dote to illustrate the influence ofi a bad example to the formation of habits ) initt ous in their effect. pre- eaw soak ned ton- Adam, and Mary his' wife,who lived in the old States, were very good members of the church, good sort of folks any way quite industrious and thriving in the world and Mary thought a great deal of a good - glass of toddy. _ Whenever the minister called to make Mary a visit, which was pretty often, she contrived to have a glass of good toddy made, and the minister never refused 'to imbibe. After a while Adam got !to fol. lowing the example of the minister to such an extent that he became a driankard —drank up everything he had, and" all he could get. Mary and Adam became very poor in consequence of his following the minister's example so closely; but the good miuister continued still to get his glass of toddy. One day he called in and told Mary he was going away for a week—should return on Friday—and handed her , a book containing the sate.' chisel, and told her when he returned he should expect her to answer the ques tions. Mary said yes, and laid away the book carefully. But Mary, like a good many others forout,it until the +eryFri day that the good minister was to return. "What shall I do ? 1 , said she, "the min ister is to be here today, and I haten't looked in the book he gave me ! How can 'I answer the questions?" • "I can tell.you, you," said Adam, "give ins a quarter, and let me go over to Smith's and get some good= rum s and yon Can answer him with a glass of toddy. Mary took the advice, gave Adam a quarter and a jug s- and off he started.— After getting hie 'jug filled, and on his way back, Adam concluded to taste the rum. One taste followed the other until he stumbled over a pile of rooks and broke the jug and lost all the rum. Adasktuan aged to stagger home. Soon as he got into tha house Mary asked very anxiously for 'the jug of rum. Poor Adam 'managed to stammer out that he sturebled over a pile Of rocks,arid broke-the jug and spilt the rum. Mary was in a fix—Adam drank—the minister coming—the rum gone—and the questions unlearned. But here comes the minister! wont do for the Man of God to see Adam drunk, ao she for want of a better place to !aide sent him under the bed. ! By the time he was fair ly under, in came the minister. After sitting a few moments,lhe asked Mary if she could answer the questions. How did Adam fall? ark ions for far -1,1 felt the two ppu -0 a fu form er be from few n as y of be- 1 that hris Mary turnedrher head first one way,and then the other, and finally stammered out. "He fell over a pile of rocks." It was now the minister's turn to - look blank, but he ventured another question, "Where did he hide himself after the fall?" Mary looked! at the minister, then at the bed, but finally she spoke out with : "Under. thebed, air I There Adam yon may come out; L be knows all about it." The good minister , retired—not even waiting for hisj glass of toddy. I CHILD-OWE4RING-WHAT TT MD.-. "I have a mind to whip you, till you can. not stand," said a wicked and profane man, rising frOna his seat,.and,l lookiog wrathfully at bis eon just able to speak I plain. What bad the child done to deserve such severe puaishment ? Used two oaths, such as were constantly dropping ' from the lips of his father. But his own I words so shocked that parent, that_be thought he could not punish him to severe. ly for the offence. The little one looked the angry I man full in the eye, and quietly said : "Father if you whip uae,who will whip yon A - thunderbolt could not have startled him more. The question set his own sin and desert of punishment in the light of noonday. He turned away confused add ashamed, and said in his heart, "I will swear no mote. " He kept his word. — From that day no ,oath escaped his lips. To day—wonder of divine grace—the tongue that was em. ployed in cursing, is used to bless God,, and teach men his way. • 1 - A Californian journal says that the Chinese residents of San Francisco are making rapid strides in civilization, and are fast adapting themselves to Western customs and manners. There is also's marked improvement in their taste in criminal directions; and instead of - Con. tinning to pilfer chickens Tom poultry yards, they are now robbing banks. Sli?'How to make. people Soknowledge• the corn tread ort their toes. - NM
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