1 PR QITSSIONAL CARES Tattrte i j7bl akely ATT01LNHY. AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. sJUilgwnv, r Eemringor 1'. (). Elk Co, T. 1'. A 1 1 n ii LVCK A 1! 11 A M S N r. V A T L A TV II A 17..V. pa. SOUTHER & WILLIS. Vltorney's nt f.iw. R'nlgwtiy Elk cnu Fa., will attend tJ ;;!(. pivlosslou usmcs promptly. , . CH.VP1X & " WILBUR."' Attoniev s rikI Ci'imsoVr's a( Law. Oflic id l.iV m.H-k. Lidgw.iy Mk C. Pa Parti' :ilUMifin:i :.ivin to e Oki-iiulis and a'.i l i !t'"n :'.. nq ily reiuitte.1. Will tiso !;.'." i-.t :i (' .unties. J 0 II N (i HAL 1 AT LAW. vay Elk. County IVnna DR. W. JA"jIIij"BL AKELY St. .M'irv's Klk bunfv IV DR. V. 7."eiIAV.r, Practices Mcdii . i I ill r4 It DR. J. C- 3 0SDWEIL E C I. 1. c T I f P II V SICI A N L'lv nt' Ji'.i; n n '-'l'lly T'.i j . tv lr promptly ;i 1 1 -w . r at! :nv,vr l.no ret! ,u -Ai ;ial n.'O ' r.e, ul Mou. lls by niLi'iit ur , Joor I'.i-i of tho J. L. (wliirf. ll. C. II. 'Co., IV. Kaui.ky. liiisey Elk Wi'il :.tt. ud tft nil call night or iiay. eotel cauls. "fLuiitain house, joh. :. ran-:;;; i.in. l , ' lliiliiway, Eik .C.jimty Pi nn'a. ui::1 Luther-bur;,', CI. ir.ield Coi.uly I'a. . C-i?-rr'."'ri''k i".' I'l-.tpri.-tur. bar. lug built a larj-eand o :u r ti . t. t m Iioum), ii now pr ;.-ud t,i t-ater to the want? id ihe travclin;:- ptd.lic. Lutherihutv, J uly 1-UU i'"l. ly. . l UTUKUsn 1 1: i ; no n:r Lulhcsin;;-,. C U i:iJi 11 Co. I'll. -VILT.IAM Sf'l'IWIf, TYrrklor. otLuthcilMr;.'. .Tii'y tiTtli 1.51. tf. Corner of Pench Street and 1.0 the Lulialo Kcaa, E 11 1 K r A . 01 1 N2NOS B. HOYT, Px-opnetor SgThirf House is new and lit'ed up .tilth o-pecial euro fur t!io c .iiveim-nce and comfort of quests, at moderate, rafts. " tgfooon fTABtisu ArT.et:!:i'T,J EXCHANGE HOTEL, ; ; 7. ... ;,. ' tad t'-DAVID THAYER, Prop'r. 40TUin bous irf jfMs.nil7 s:m:i'.' 1 on ,Uift.))auk cl' tlic Cl ivii.n. iiuin! 1 vcr ci. I of Vlia town, wtll (.i.M- i w'.. Ii liuiis :rOOD and -t.iWini;, ami tl.c i v..,iiel jr iptx4 no pahii to rondor tin i.tuy of bis cueata plcus.mt r.ml i'rc'-iliie. .Jiidgtcn;, Jul, i 2, ISli'i. ..AliYivu nous Y1 T B1 J- U I U 111 i; U b 9 I u t i'ropi'ieiressi T-l 1 f'A .!.... JCtEARriELD II0U52, qiisEu ,r Mauki:!' a.ni V.vi Kit ilc't, -lttfn . t'l:nri'iclil Pa SQ'eO. N rOLEURN, I H'.n.i c:i t. II MX s Ki.it Coimy Pknna, I : M. WKLLKN POitI Piv 7 1" 2' ii 4 frjii i.siCJ w. fcii t E. W. 1JIUONV, rt'o;netor. Omnibus rii!im:ig ai.'i troi.ithc Iept ree cifuhar -e. MOcTh'II K i liOCSM, Main .t lirookvillo P.i .C. N. Ei.'i. Pimj.'s 3 Lou-e has b. ( n v-iit te 1 mi l furuiVl. Tj9i9 a ncc.i ;-iyi", n:u. is every way edapt'-J to the wan!.; i t il c; ru!jc. U 8 I X E S S Ii s WOODS & WUIOIIT IiOCK II.i1, T..V, Cl-INTOX COT'NTY P.V. HALlEtS iu I" C ram r.nd Peed ti.-ar tho rr.ssenv'cr !). HiJ0'way Markets. Corrected woeeklv: Apples, (dry) bushel ... $ 4 00 Jiuckwhet "... 1 i0 ' JJeans, " "... 4 00 ISutter " lb . . . 4o 5cef " " ... 0(T12 :5oarda M. - - - 20 U0 'Corn " bushel ... 1 50 Flour " bbl. -.- 12 00 II ides " i!j ... US llay ton ... 60 00 ,i)ats bu. ... 1 00 Wheat " ' ... 2 SO ltye " ... 1 75 Shingles " M. ... 4 50 'Jfre ' 'z-a - 20 PtW, BARRETT Editor INDEPENDENT VOL, 1 C5l)5 1805 a. ,S , I- II IULA PI'.LPHl A ,fc ERIH R.UL- 1 !( l. Tiiis groat line t traverses the .'rtl;rrn ana ,oi tnwest counties oi lVnn-v vaiiia to the cit y it Erie, ou ' It has boon leased by the l mnfiha-1 j ""' ''""' lsorura-! ud by tlirin. . I j Iwoniirolcnuthwui opeucd lor 1'" : ...nul l- i,i, l hci-ht biuiuuM, gctubcr I I l Ii, i ou t. TIME Of l'Aft.SKNGEU TUAINS AT III In; WAV. L-MI'- .''Iftlldli. Through Mail Train ,1 Ao:Millll'idaliull Ijnire II'. st,vurJ. Throu;;h Mail Train 1 Aceuiiiiiiudaliun I'afSiiiiucr ears run tl;:onh 53 p. in. a. in. V WltlloUt i:h:.m:o both ways botweeii l'hiiadelphia jiii-1 iCiie. Mi i:i,i..N i'Si.t:i;i'iM.i Cars on Express Trains b,.th ways between Williasuxport an ! Ealtimore, and Williatnspnit and riiilai'iulphia. i'or iiitonuatioii rosoetni" l'aSftaniror uiiMiios it t . ri i v at the S. K. torucr oOlh and Markit St.-;. Aud for Fr:i'ht busiuc&.s of the Com pany's Acetifs: ' 15. KiiiL:s!i'n, dr. Cor. l"th and .Market Sts. Philr.delphia. J. IV. Revuolds Erie. .1. M. Drill, Aficut N. C. It. K Bal- tiiinne. II II. IIorsTOV, C'ai'l. Fn-ijiil Aj't. rhiia. ir . V.. i WtNNKIt, CA'-iV. Tkkcl Ajl. I'ltU'a. Jos. D. Potts, General Mmnje.r, Wmtp't. D'mI IKINSON & Co. DEALERS in urehaiidiso Provisions &c, on the ' whi pay fiKl'm, at prices much to the advantage of purchasers. Y. Va Dealer in CUitiiJb, II :, & JItn's Fiirnitliing Goods WATKIl STllKHT, T.oeiv HAVfcS, (.'LINTON Co., F:. FRANK X.ENZ -.f j I J, 3 35, Ocutreville, Elk county Pa A L O L P II T I y M . S.'tntrcvillc, Elk coui;tj la. t.j'Oencval Manufacturer of Vwicous, Unggies Xc.-ALSO Furniture, such as li'Vi jau-i, Tallies, Stanus 15ed.-.t?ads and ('hairy. 411 kind of llepair'm doac :.t roav.'nuLlj rates. !!0()K STORE, HT. MARK'S, ELK CfHINTV JA In the room formerly occupied by lV t. "P.lak.ly. COUNTY DIRECTORY. Y'i -rs.V, ,it Jdilijf. 11. 0 White, Wollsborough. As.i'jcudc Jiul'ji s, X . S, Eriickwav, Jay tp. ii. ('. f.cliulizoj'St. Mary's. Shi ri'J. Hon. Hon. Hon. 1 P. v. (.1 uorgi! Hays, Ridgway l'ri.lhcitolnri, AY;, and lice. (! I-.d. cis, Eidgway Ii!rii t A'oriurj, Ei.ikely Rid-way L. J. j ri -usurer, Charles Luhr. St. Mary's ('mill; Surveyor, George Valni.lcy, .St. Marys ('nidmisxiunerx, CheiksWiji.-, bt. Mary's (ii'n. Dickin on, Ridgway: J.-.cph W. Taylor, Eos. AiKi'itors, T. .yur, Eos Ji.ci'i MeCaulev. Fox. H. I). Durr, Eenczctt Coal Lands For Sale. f3Mir. sub.. isenuer cl! rs lor sale tho Cuid privile, 0, v. ith the right of thining ana other uimerals under 4Jo acivs of h'ud hiiuated iu Fps !p., Ck ir hold county Pennsylvania, within 2 miles of the liidgway & Shuwmut lt.lt., which connects with tho Phihi. & Erio ' 11. It., at R'nlgway, with a sis foot vein of I'ii.umitious Coal upon it, which is no'.r commanding such enormous priues, lor manufacturing purposes. For sale cheap, terms cash, a good title given. For further particulars, address ' 0. L. BAltltETT, Clearfield V. O., Clearfield Co., Pa UtDGWAY l'-'uc County Penna. COURTSHIP1 AND. CLEANING HOUSE. j It was the most golden ami glorious I nl' September days. Tho veil of blue haze hanging like .1 canopy over tho dis. taut hills, sof nicil absolutely to quiver in tho radiant glow of Autumn sunshine, and the "runes, whose aon'th vstine clus- , i,in..l..l ,i.,.,ri, ii, t.v.liic.' nti.,,.. " i,ifiri.llt? na c..L.n tnnnri:i1 i!:f itf n tliniwqti.l i-mrnl( mm. ,, ...J l.rilliaiit dawn.. tlie run ninmid higher in tl.u yloijdle. dome t.f h.mvai. "No freshed ccilitiu-, lmn v.-ah jeweled pnivlants, was ever more ..iutii-u ,jlau this. arbor of rrapo leaves, whero li.;l;t and shadow mingled in fit. . ful arabe-nue with everj niovimj; wind and su tiiought l'iehard Maylitd l. as ! ho came slowly up the jrariou path that j led to his brother's house. The mansion itself, however, was far I from present ini; the gala aspect which ' pervaded all nature, and our hero's coun. lenance uuderwent a luilierorts transfer- miitinii. nslie pvnd t!w vnwiiin.. wifi'ldv.'s , and wide open doors. I "15y all tho powers," ho said to him. self, "it Isabel isn t cleaning liouse again ! Well, women are most unap. countable creatures. I do boljcyc they delight in fuming things upside down, and milking themselves and tho rest of the world uncomfortable. What's the use of choking people with dust aud de luging them with soap and water twice a year ? However, lot the proper enig mas have their own xrcy. I'm sura I a in the last person iu the woidd to ob- Jc- ....... lth these philosophical reflections yet in Lis mtud, Mr. Mayueld deitly threaded his way by a colony of white, wash pails and limo kettles that sur rounded the front door and entered upon the scene of action. It was quite plain from the shout with which tho children greeted his appcarauco that he was a jieiicral favorite "Hallo, Unplo Pick, we'r3 cleaning house !" cried Master Henry Augustus Maylield, who was mounted astride a double up feather bed, basting it fear fully with his mother's best silk para, sol. "Ain't it splendid, Uncle Dick '." ex. claimed Miss J -ilia, who was endeavor ing to "pry out" tho principle of sound from a .')U music bos, by introducing a carving knife into its interior works, while Mrs. May field, half distracted by calls from divers directions, was totally unconscious of tho iri.'.cl.ief beiug Wi ought. "liick, I am puzzled aud annoyed," she said. Here is John called to the city by a pressing law suit, and tho v,u i,..,. , .,;. i .1..,,.,, '" "Thought that was what you ladies iked," was Dick's rejoinder, as he 1 perched himself 011 tho top of the table, aud rescued a shell basket from the do. struetivc grasp of the smallest May field ofall. "And my cook is gouo, ar.d tl.c fire wou't burn, mid tho vail whitencrs iiavu't c nne this morning, and the par. lor ceiling is half unfinished, and you know the sewing society is to be here to morrow eveuiug aud, O Dick, what shall I do T' "Don't fret," said Richard, soothing ly. "I'll make the Cro burn, or I'll know the reasou why; and I'll liuidh the ceiling for you." "You r "l'cs, I. Didn't I whiten my own room at College, when wo boys smoked it into the color of an old snuff-box. Aud then I'll tack tho carpet down and seo about getting those dislocated bedsteads, together." "Hut, Dick, you must be too tired, after dancing till two o'clock at the pie uic last night." "Me tired? Fiddlesticks! Where's tli 3 refractory stove V The very lire was uot proof against Dick's determination. It broke into a cheerful blazo tho moment ho attacked tho citadel. The skill with which he next erected a seafTolding and mounted thereon with a panoply of whitewash pails aud brushes, was perfectly astoun. ding, the more bo, as i'is .euder fingers, rather palo complexion, aristocratically biaall feet aud hands, conveyed the idea of one who was adapted only to liroad way pavements and glittering ball rooms. "I suppose the workmen didn't leave their wardrobes when they went, away last evening, Eell V he asked, when he had scaled the rather perilous height. "No," said his sister-in-law, laugh, ing. "Then just Laud me that old sheet aud a piece of old bed cord you. dcr. Now, dou't you admiro my tout eusetnblo '(" "Uuclo Dick looks lijie a ghost," said Master Henry Augustus. "No ho dou't he looks liko t!ie old miller down at the po?d," f truck in Miss Julia. "LTpon my word, I dou't know which is the most complimentary," obsorved Pick, drily, "Now then, clear the track, TERMS-$1 50 per Annum if paid in Advance Thursday April 13th 1SG3 every soul of you and give mo a chance !" And he worked ou, now pausiujr to survey his aehiovemonts, but oftenest of all, relapsing into thouirhtH of the beau tiful damsel at tha pie-tiie last niht who had been eo stidioiiily cold aud re served toward him. 'She don't liko mo." saul he, "and I for the life of mo can't tell why. Well, as I said beforo, women are uuaecounta. ble concerns !" "Amy," said Miss lJrownleigh to her pretty young cousin, "I wish you would just run over to Mrs. Mayflcld's with this note. The children are at school and I have no one to send." 'Oh, no," said Amy, whilo a fresh tingle suffused her delicate cheek. "I don't want to cucountcr that superfine collegian." "Nonsense, ho isn't there he's stay-1 ing with Harry Franklin." ' Oh, then, I will take tho note," said Amy, raising ami looking around for her ( 0iiiettish little gipsey hat. "You arc strangers girl, Amy," said her cousin. "What can bo tho reason that you dislike Richard Maylield ''. He is so handsome and so very talented !" "I don't fancy these merely ornamen. tl people," sail'. Amy, demurely. "My husband must be of some use iu the world." "How do you know but that Mr. Mayfild is ?" "Can't bo possible," said Amy, archly shaking her curls. His hands are too small for anything but lcmon-colered kid gloves. I'll wager a new bonnet, Altep, that he nevor done anything inoro laborious in his life thau to carry a box of cigars." Miss Rrownleigh laughed, and Amy passed out of the vine-wreathed porch, w'oudering within herself whether Mr. HL'hard May field had been much vjxed because she had refused to dance with him the evening previous. Mr. John May-field's liouse was at no great distance, and as Amy was quite in. timate with that lady, and understood j tne domestic saturnalia that was at pre sent transpiring within her domain, she did not think it necessary to knock: but opened the door and walked in without any cereaicny. There stood Dick, the apex of a pyra midal seafTolding of board, his fjne broad, cloth raiment obscured by a lime splash ed sheet which was girdled around his waist by a ponderous knot of rope and his, black curls overshadowed bya coar.ie eld straw hat, working away as if for dear lile. His back wa3 toward the door, and supposing the step to be that of his sistcrin.law, he said gaily, without turning his head, " hat : is the carpet ready sq scop,, , je i'm jut though hero, ai ; C0ln,. an,i tack it do;yii i;i one mi and X 11 u 111 one minute 1 Not receiving any ausver, ho immedi ately turned round. "Miss Erownleigh !" He never looked so haudsoiuc iu his life and that was the first thought that rushed through Amy's mind, in the mnist of all her embarrassment ; lor Lhck had tho advantage of the young lady in this respect she was embarrassed, and he was not. Ho sprang, laughingly, lo tho floor and throw oir his ghostly drapery. "You r!U-:t t!,jnk I have a curious tute In costume," said he, archly, "but the truth is Isabel has been disappointed in her hired help, and mv brother is away from hoinc. so I am helping her clean house1 "f did not know I thought you had no taste" stammered A my, unconscious, ly speaking out her thoughts. "You supposed that 1 was nothing more thau an ornamental piece of fur niture. Ask Isabel about that," said Jck, half piqued, half smiling, "iiut can I bo of use to ycu now?" 'I had a note from my cousin, lor Mrs May field," said Amy, still speaking scarcely above her breath. "Sho has gono down to her father's orchard," said Dick. "Itis some distance and uot a very straight path. If you will wait until I remove a little of this lime, I shall be happy to escort you dou to the place." Half av hour ago Amy would have laughingly informed hiui that it was quite uuueccssary for her to, trouble him, now sho stood and waited. It was a long walk, uuder tho over spreading shadows of the noble apple trees, leudiug with tho weight of criin sou aud rustio fruit, aud through the meadows ankle deep iu purple and bloom and nodding plumes cf golden red, yet, for all that, Amy was quite surprised when Mrs Mayficld came in bijht, car rying a little basket of rose cheeked peaches from favorito treo beyond- We Ledieve it is one of woman's spec ial aud incontrovertible privileges to chauge her luiud therefore uobody was much astorjshed when three month's subsequently there was a rumor of tho engagement of Mr. Mayficld and Miss Brownleigh. Still, toweyer, Dick al- ways deolared that it was an insoluble mystery to him that when ee:ecade3 and NO 30 schottishes, poetry and perfumes had all failed to win an entrance to tho maiden's heart, a whifo wash brush should have been the unromantic weapon which ht la-st brought down the barricades. Tho Widow and the IVjker. OR, WILL WOODHOUSE'3 COURTSHIP. Mr. William Woolhouse was nalur ally a very timid ma'i. Not that he wa lacking in moral or physical cour age, but that l,o was afraid of the wo men. On all other occasions we was usually equal to the emergency, bo it whatever it '.night ; but place him tele a tele, with a woman, and to use a vulgar but expressive phrase, ho was dono for. His mother had h.rig ago settled down t'" the unqoinfortakle ponvictiart that William would never marry and tho girls had arrived at the same conclu sion ; it luid become quite the thing to say, in making comparisons, "As great a fool as Will Woodiiouso. For take note, bashful gentlemen however much ladies may admiro mod esty in tho oilier sex, they jr.yariably despise a man who has not ljQart euough to say to the girl of his chcice, "I love yon." Will admired all the girls in his way, but he looked upou them very much as sensible people do upon a horn its uest as a curious pieco of architecture, but not safe to be familiar with. So ho kept his distanqs, and in the meantime arrived at the mature ago of twenty-three. Then he mot, lor the first time, at a picnic party, Adelade IJrowne. We believe people with the stoniest Leart3 fall in love at picnics, aud from that hour noor Will had no comfort of his life. Sleeping or waking, his dreams were full of the beautiful Miss Browne. Surely there never was another of tho numerous Browne family liko her ! Blue eyes, white muslin drcs, with knots r,f pink ribbon brown hair, red lips, pearly teeth, snowy hands all dancea togeth. er in miscellaneous "all hands round" beforo his distorted vision. Adelaide, all unconscious of the troub le she had caused, went her way, break, ing tho hearts of mos;t of thij young gentleman in, IJighbricjgc, and tryiim hard to fracture th' fev; "that remained whqlq. kihi was visiting her auut Hooper, and it is an undeniable fact that ladies always take best where they are not kuown. This is no libel ou the sex no, indeed ! for with gentleman this truth is still more applicable. Mrs. Hooper was a widow lady of no small personal attractions in her own estimation, and if she was not so young as she might have been, sho thought she was, and bclutvcd accordingly. She still affectgl short sleeves and profuse yinglgtspf glossiest black though en vious individuals presisted in it that her curls were made at tho hair dresser's. The same persons also believed that sho was anxious to supply that rdaco of tho dear deceased as soon as possible. For a week after meeting with Jq; lade, "Will bore up Lravoiy. The sec ond meeting destroyed all the stock of composure ho had boon boarding up. He took dcspo!i.te!y to the Muses, aud walked the whole night away, to tho in. finite destruction of sli03 leather aud ths iufinito disgust of his practical papa. He met Adelaide now frequently. HiglibriJge was very gay. There was a singing school, a lyocuui, a "society," and then the folks got up excursions to tho surrounding hills for it was yet early autumn, and nature was iu her robes of state. There was an excursion to Mount Giblo, one fine day, and there Will had the ecstatic i.leasuro of treading on Adelaide's dress, thereby throwing her heudloug into a pile of brush, and whilo Laura Blake picked her up aud helped her piu her llouuces, ho stood by fright ened out of his wits, and njoujentarily expecting mo mountain 10 open auu swallow him up. From that time ho pined rapidly. His appetite w;is a thing of tho past. His mother thought bin in a quick do cliue, and dosed hi:n with hoai hound aud Dr. Perkiu's patent pills. IIj grew worse aud worse. At lust, thinking himself cca; l;ij end he confessed to his mother. She was thuuder-struck at first ; but afterwards, liko a sensible woman, she advised him to put on his "t'other clothos" and go right over and lay the case beforo Mis3 Browne. It couldn't kill him, she said, and then if she refused him ;hy, there was as good ijsh in the sea, etc. Will took three days to consider, aud at the end of that time his mind was made up. He swallowed a double dose of blackberry cordial, donued his flame oolored vest and black and plaius, brush ed hair jtiU it &houe like ebony, covered his head with hia father's ten dollar beaver, aud made tho best of his way to Mrs. Hooper's. Not that ho intended to ask Adelaide but Mrs. Hooper. If l. . - . l l . 1 . . 1 he could only pet tha aunt woo over to cause, and employ her to state tfc e?a- ditioti of hia heat t to her, ukce, V1' ?' be happy. Ho fidt 'assured that hi ticvcrcor.U li v? through confessing him. Self to Adelaide and if1 he did, and k1io( should saj no, ho was satisfied hy shouldj faint nway right on tho Fpot. As obd fortune would hay? il, h'i, found Mvs. llooper alone, in her best gown and her best humcr. fcbo wn charmed to seo him, and treated him to yuls and ciilpr, and a scat on the H"fi' so near herself that Will was at his wiu? cud lo frame the fi,rst word of h;3 cr ranJ. They talked of tho wcathpr tsJ; thi props tiil the clock slruok ten. Tht widow tried to iuake hint thin!; it wa only niuo, i b ji was uot fo jar gone bu'4 he poiild still count. II 0 felt that thd terrible moment could bo no longer do ' layed ; lie must make a beginning : "Mrs. Hooper," said, he, "f eaui over this evening" he hesitate,. "Yes, Will," said sho cucouraging ly. - ' I came over " 4 Yes, I know you did," still more. eo,. couragingly. ' '' "1 came over to ask a great favor you " Well, you couldn't have come to any. body that wo'ild bo readier do you 1 kindness, William." "Thank you." The sweat, stoo 1 01 his forehead in great drops. " Bi,t thn is a very delicate business, yery. f conic to ask you, to to to-" ' "Go oi4--deij'( bo afraid ; I am lis tciiing." "The fact of it is, I'm iu love dos, pcrately! There, I've dona it !'' "McYcy on tue i Vfhy, Nf'illintn 1 and I never mistrusted it never I Well, of all things !" and the viJovi edged a little closer and put her fat hanJj in William's, "Yes, Train lovo, and cowe Jo ask you if yo i would " "Willi? To be sure I will! How. could you think otherwise! 1 have al ways thought so much of you'i But it is ?o s-i'.ddcn ! What would folkij say?" " ' ' "Deuced if I care?" cried Vv'ill, ela ted at the prospect beforo him. "It' nobody 4 business am 1 to be wretched, on account of what .people say ? Dou't hug me so, Mrs. Hooper, I ain't used ttj it; and and what was that noise?'' "Tha mice, I guess, dejar William, how glad I am you told me!'' ''Aud you'll ask .Adelaide, make it alj right with her J" ' "Adelade? Oh I she'll haye noeartU: ly objections of course not !" "Are you sure ? If I was only cer. tain of it ? Oh ! Mrs. Hooper, I loved her the moment I set Liy eyes on hor ?'i "Her? Who,?!' ' ' "Why, yqur uieec, Adelaide Browne. She is, tlj'e only woman on earth that I coijld ever bo happy with. I shall die if I don't get her 1" Mrs. Hooper turned purple. She caught up the poker and flew at our hero, like a maniac. lq mr.do for the uwr, slje follo wed 'close. f'I'll show you low to insult a respect, able woman !" sho cried; 'it'll teach yoij to steal the affections of a guileless heart aud then prove false '." each "showing" accompanied by a thump from th poker. Will at last succeeded iu putting tho door between him and his antagonist, in fi'antio haste he dived down over the steps, and at the bottom reeled fulj into the arms of Adelaide Browuc her self, who was just returning from a friend's. f Don't let her get me!" ho cried; I'd rather ciio thau bho should hug meagain ! It's you 1 lovo, not her, she's madder thau a panther'' It was not a very elegant r(ropo&al, but Miss Browne's self-possession insur ed Will's everlasting weal. She accept ed him on tho spot, f ir sho liked him all along, and nothing had stood botwecu them but bis abominable bashtullncss. id is a happy husband ana lather now, but evou to this day the sight of a widow will make him tremble, they are so intimately associated in his miod with a poker. 43r.V down .cast agriculturist last summer required a uumber of reaper. Several presented thenwlves and all were engaged with one exception. Tha poor man thus on'iitted said : "Master, won't you hire mo?" "No." said tho farmer. "Why not?" "Because you are too little." "Too Jittle !" exclaimed the astouihcl Irishman ; "docs yer houor reap your crop at tho top .' What could farmer G do but roar with laughter, and scud the littlo njau to join hia comrades in the field ? igr"I think," said a laniir,"l8houli make a good Congressman, tit f use their language. I received two bills the other day, with a request for immediate p.iy nienf. The ono I ordered to be laid ou the table, the other to be road that day six mouths." ' ' fc3A Judge in Indiaua is rcport4 to have thus addressed a prisoner before him, prior to pasing sentence : "Pris oner at the bar. Providence has given you a degree of health and strength, in. stead of which you go about the cou'i. try stealing ducks." tA number of war clergyuicu have been petitioning Congress for a recogui, tion of Qo 1 in tho Constitution. These bloody minded parsoiis had better begin by recognizing God iu their pulpits. CTThere is a oian out West whoso memory is so short that it only rcaoho 1 to his knees, consequently he neror pm lr tif b-otp " '
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