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a "tea rages, is ?'** evidence o. fraud and i
a criminal oflence.
CT-The courts have decided that persons are ac
countable ,o, the subscription price of neW'pape'li,
il tueyiake them horn the post otface, whether they
eubscribe lor tbem. or immmm—
l>nsinc33 Cartls.
jore.ph w TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.
Will proi.pt 11 .Herd to rotted iocs and all bus,.
r p BS entrusted to bit c are, if. Bed lord and adjoining
"cVh'edvarced o judgments, rotes, military and
othr cUim=. ... , c , .
H-v for sate Town 'ot* >n 1 atesv.lV, and St. Jo
rynh's cm Bei'fcKO Railroa d Fa.mtar.d ...improve I
UlrtL irom on- acre to UW -ere. to suit P urp!
OtV.ee nearly opjiontt * Merigat Ho.tl atri
B .trk f>C. tiee.t Jt Scfaeil.
April i, 4c 6 4—l?
M. K POINTS,
ATTORYEF AT LAW, BEDFORD, TA.
Re-pectfully of-is profes-nwa- aervices te the
public.
Q T-Otfice with S. VV. Lingntel Je r , Esq., on .lull
,na street, too Snu.hqf the ".MENDEL Hook.
Bec.ford, Dec. 9, I3'jt.
J. R. DUTTBOFROW,
ATTORXEY AT LA V, "E N FOR D, FA. i
Offi.-e one dear South of the > Vlei gel Ho'ij-." :
Will alt -oil promptly * I bu4.iess -i.lr.i&wd to fits ,
aie in Redli d and adjoini:t° counties
Having a I-a he. n ri-su! r1 V l:c-nse.. tn p oseeu e
claims th ,- (overnir. <t, p*'ticu-.ar • •<
will be given to the collect! m °f Military cia.ms o
.11 kinds ; pensions, back p-j bounty.bounty oans, .
jtc. A P r:i • !
FSI'V M \ 1.-SIP,
ATTORNEY JT LAW, .R ED TOP UFA.
U'iH fai: - and piampt ya fern. '<?*'! biMir-s.
entrusted to his ca.e ill Bedford a "•> f . co,.n
?>r. Military claims. b.ick P a >" bounty, c.,
speedily co lected. ...
Office with Main & Spang, on . r ul.ar.a *'r , t*o
of th* Mf Hcus* * * J
f. M. ill MM •<.!.. '• |
fe LTNfrED PEL. ES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HE or OKI), f i.
fC?"Have torr.ied a paitnefihip in P *' ' r "
the Raw. Office on Jnliana streut, two doors tour,
•f tbe'.Merel Hon*e."
G U. SPAITG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEIJF'ORD, P\
Will prorr pHy attend to coilte'ions and |! bu-i
--rss entruvted to his c~re in Boufjrd at * ijomti t
f th- -• 'teneel Huuss-, ' opposite the n c(
Mrs. Tate. _
~j it n p RF.r n.
ATTORNEY AT !. A VV, BEOFORN, PA.,
FF,,IVCRF.RLI, trn<Tr< hi TICS > th* F,
second tiool North oi the .-lenge
Souse
Bedford, Alg, I, lS6fr
J ff 51!? PILMER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, *A.
prei.pttv attend to a'l biiins.->8 enti u-
XT-A to hi* cre. Office on Jubanna Street, (ne ar
ly opposite the A'engrl House.)
bedterd, Aug. 1, JEdi.
A. H. Ctf V KITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAY, Sommrt, Pa. |
Will her -a ter practice re itrlaily 111 It>e -ever-il i
Courts o* PtdfoDl county. Business entrusted to
Ln cart v.ilr be faithfully attended to.
Decemb-r 3, lb6J.
F. C. DOVLG, M. D., |
fenders hs profess-oii1 a.rv 'res to the ritixeps of
Blooi'j Ron and Vicinity. Office n>xt door to the
cf John C. Slack. [' une 10 1864.
J. L. MAKBOUKG-, M. D. j
Having permanently 'incafrd. rcspectlni l v ten' ets
hte prof-ssioria! seivices to the cilizeiiS of Hedfor-.
arnl vicinity.
Office on West Pitt street, south side, nearly op j
po ite the Union Hotel.
Bedford, February 12, 1E64.
T. M MATBOUPS, Me D„
Sf H F 1.1. SB(J RG. P 't .
Tende's his professional eopvices to "fie people of}
that place and vicinity. Office inrtmed iately npro .
site the store of John F.. t'o'vin, in tbe room ior
tnefly occ'ipied by J. Henry Schell.
July 1. 18G4.
DikVID AUG H,
G r N SMITH, BEDFORD, l' v-,
Workshop stun.! as foronetlv occupied by Johr.
fiord-r, .'eree.ed. Rifte.' end other guns made to or
der in'the best s yleand on reasonable terms. Sp
•ial attention will be given to the revairina or tire- |
TMfc Jl,ly * I
g \ Ml eL LETTER jm a*,
BEDFORD, PA.,
QyWom.l heby notify the ctirena of dedford
♦ouiitv that he has move.l ro the Boiougb ot Bed
foid where lie rr 'Vat all times be found by p-rsnn.
wishing to see ,bim. unless aoseut buinea
pertain ng to his .office.
Bedfbrd, Aug.
J. AL.S-'P & SON,
Auetwueers & Meri'fiaiLS,
0 ' p ?-' J
Respectftffiv >;,oth n .n S 2 ".nilHl'kinda '
PRIVATE hale. J
REFERtNi
Bftifop.p,
Ph.ladflph:/. ./oh Mann,
W/JXTr Si \v T -, !
Aimor Young It Br"., H. 't. - 1 )
January 1, I£6l—tt. , |
A A'KW SEXSi'I
At Cheap Corn
J. 13. FARQUHAR has bought out one t ' | he be,t
&6tti in the County, and is able now to c "" r
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOODS TO THE PUBLIC.
ill bought bejore the Ust grmt ri>e in pru*,
and will be eold cheap for Cash.
K7*Don't '>' t0 "U at F ar q ohar ''' before vou ,
J- FARQUHAR. J
bejitember Sy 13C4- j
Jaeoa REKO, J - L '
3EE!) AM* SfHELL.
BANKERS tt DEALERS IN-FNCHANGE,
BEDFORD, A.
CTT'T A FTS bought . fil so'J, collections made,
and n op y promptly remitted.
Depose* solicited. •
LA.DIES* DPE&S GOODS
French Merino', Thibet Ciaths. French aF Wool
Rm-, Wool'Delames, Pop|.'in: .Muh'irs. Coburg,
X cas—all fashionaole colors—ch. an, at i
Dac. J, 1564. CRAMER & CO'S. 1
r ...
' . - ' . . . W • / J ; £ W ■ * ■
VOLOIE GO.
NEW SERIES.
DRAFTED.
BY MINSIK WIIJ.IS BANE 3.
A sunlieam stole tlirougli tlie tlark green shail
| ows of h trailing honey-suckle, through the full
jfl iwing fDhls of i louse white curiatn which
•liHile-1 a cottHgv window, anil touched the face
i; a woman sitting within with a pule anther
gleam. It was a child-like face with its pure,
! pale complexion, and its evee blue as an ivy
| Hower. holding the soul's like a Hume shining
: Within tl.em; clie.-lnut hrowrt hair rippled a
j -revs a low broad forehead, and was caught ab
| t'Mp'.lv and shaken out of cur! into a knot be
hind ttic ear. It was a mouth sentineled by
dimples from ton near an approach—a suit
eiiiiiiil mouth, upon which the in ill she loved
might meet the Soul that luted him. She was
siiiii;/ lieside a sewing machine with it fini-hed
litt'c ; atrncnt just drawn from beneath thenee
i dv, h ailing back with a look of rest and satis-
I faction at its completion in her eyes.
; It •*. afternoon—almost six—is the hand
i of a iittle French clock pointed nut tiie hour,
'. tu. 1 she bad a great deal to tII him. What
1 '.ii'ie wife t:as not? G/:tce was asleep—Grace
r iittle seven tnonflis old baby—asleep: and
; h.-r tittle, silver belled rattle, her tooth ring and
i her sea shells were ail scattered about the c.,r
--; not Her bair brush and one tiny slipper lay
i jn*t under the folds of her mother's calico dress
' —\,mhl colored field with a white vine uiean
liiic.g across it Marian stood up and shook
tut The little r -c-eolor tl dress just finished,
j fohU.l it carefully and laid it away; then up
tt .-lit he ens, calico shvves to the while pui
is!>, d elhotv, and tiie ii'.'.le woman counted her
! self ready for her kitchen —the one room lying
! beyond tiiis. Sin? whs the wife of a mechanic
1 of ttic haopy poor man who ♦•earn their
bread by the sweat of The brow," vet live the
I life of the soul on a level . hove that of the
! h.hiv. And this woman h like many stn
t other woman ihr.iugns'Ut the length and breadth
iot the country. She had been in refinement
i at.d i omparative ease, and her hei.it v. a.-as
sensitive as a rnimusa plant, her nii'id was
not c• mtnon, nor yet it that other extreme,
that of bring intellectual. It was an even
4— ;A finely balanced one —a mind whose
! width and depth was wide and deep enough to
\ take in the true issue of the truest life. Hers
| was h happy home; humble and neat, simple,
hut elegant in i's m nuiicitv. It wa> made swret
b\ i ve. HQ'i that IV;c, c.vy iodependcnce w!iich
is expe; if'ttced by those who ii*>*e within a ccr
. tain limit, an ! feci content not to go out oi it,
I knowing enough is e.ioujh, and more is a su
| pt-t ffuous a itlition.
j Only one shadow !ty across t!. i" little home
; —onlv one cloml reach 0 1 downward, seeming
| '-eadv to deluge it with darkness. B\ t Marian
j ELot-r i> ckcl t..e >k.tct,.ti up and ! irtrei' the
key, and thongl. il wa* still there, the iri'-. 1 £■'
thick it could not pick the lock.
John Iriac-r came in presently and sat down
by the shaded window. Tiie Soft summer
breeze stole gently in through the green honey
suckle without, a; d the white curtain swayed
languidly up and down, back and forth. Ihe
tciiiple curl of John's black hair which Marian
vv ~s proud of. was lifted caressingly from hi.-
fn !l forehead, gently as her dear band was wont
to touch it. He was a tall slender fellow, ye 1
fi i >!y built, with a full broad chest and slender
sinewy arms that looked as if made !-<• pro*
tei !ing just such a thing as Marian ail through
the dais of her life- His hands did not look
niU'Ch as if they had worn ki 1 gloves, but they
w . re just such hands a< a weary woman would
din ; to for assistance and upholding when trou
ii!>* was near or a hope had failed her. He sat
; verv quiet, with the soft, scented air blowing
over him. and looked about the sitting room
it was very pleasant—Marian's pretty iittj.
trifles were scattered here and there —pictures
of Iter drawing hung in inode-t frames made
of pine cones and shells against the wall.
There was the oval mirror in its dark polished
frame tint had often reflected her face—there
was iter low rocking chair she sat in every e
! wnirtg stnd rocked their baby to sleep—her
work basket, with ali end of edging hanging
by the side. Then he lookei at the rattle, and
took it tip and shook it. It sounded like a fu
neral hell. The slipper he touched as reverently
i as a little child puts out its hand to touch the
! white face of its dead mother. Marian caine
i in smiling, with a pink flush on one cheek ;
! she had been making tea.
"Why, John ' You here? You came in so
! silently I never heard you. Tea is ready for
j you.
I She came up close to him as if to draw him
' with her. He took her hand and drew her to
j bis knee ; he looked long and gently into her
j clear ivy blue eyes, and then he asked her:
"Do you love nie, Marian?"
Playfully drawing his face against hers, she
! kissed him lor an answer.
She drew him closer and shudlerod as she
embraced him.
"If there were no skeleton there?" thought
Marian.
John Eimer sighed and put her from his knee,
and rose up and followed her into the kitchen,
j No silver graced their table, but the plain
j queensware dishes wctc spotlessly clean—the
j table linen like snow. A freshly gathered bo
| quer stood by John's plate, composed of honey*
i f-uekles and late roses, and a few leaves from
■ Marilln's only boose-plant a rose geranium.
The fal s : was simple but savory. Marian pour
e. ? J; bo's 'ca, and watched biui druik it fever
irhlf't bo' kc would not eat
••What is th°- matter, dear, are you sick ?"
asked she. 4
"Only tired," sni.l be, with a wenry look.
After fhe table was tGired and the kitchen
once more m otiUir, Miitan went in and sat
down on her husband s knee, ami looked ten
derly up in his face, saying:
••I know you work too hard, dear. Vou
must be careful of yourself. Some of these
da*syou will take sick and die, aud then what
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY .MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865.
will become of poor little Grace and rue? Oi!
John, it would kill me to lose you !" and a tear
full wilfully down against her chock-
Her husband did not answer, but he felt tru
ly that such a tender flower needed tender and
loving care, o- it would be blighted. lie look
ed out of the window—the landscape looked
dreary.
"1 am sure you do not feel well; what can I
do for you J"
John Elmer forced her anxious facedown up
on Ins bosom that lie might not see how sweet
it was, then be said :
"Marian, wife, 1 have unpleasant news for
you ; can you listen to tuc now ? It will ef- j
f.'ct us materially."
11 is speech blinded her perception. She
asked:
"Have your wages been reduced? I Know
old Mr Hugh is very stingy. Perhaps we can
get along though, if we are* very saving, if
the winter is not to be bard. I could gut a- i
long almost anyhow with you and baby."
The strong man bowed his bead over hers j
and groaned. The trial of their lives was up
on (beta. llow should lie tell her the awful !
trulli ?
"Marian," he faltered. "Marian, I am
drafted!"
She started—showed him a white, terrified
face, and then she was very still. It was over.
He hit i fold tier, and that patient, passionate,
earnest heart had been sentenced to its torture.
.She lay in his anus ' cry still, moaning as otic
moans when hope has been overcome by life.
This was the skeleton rite had tried to hide,
and. now how naked, how distinct and terri
ble—how ghastly it stood up before lit r! W hat
a woman's heart surf' r;—what it breaks with, !
was coming to this child-woman.
Baby Grace wakened up and stretched out
her arms and smiled. Marian arose slowly
and went and raised her to her bos un. She
had given up John ai to death, and she felt tiiis
was ail That was kit her. The night fell as it
had fallen upon her heart.
John Elmer could hare bought his life for a
paltry sum ; but in? ha ! not the sum which ,
could buy it Three hundred d> liars is a piti-1
ful amount, but for want of it Marian's heart
was beginning to petrify. did what
she could. It was but little ; that which she
could not do was Tilling her. He could make
no provision fur wi • or child— there wa£nou€
in his power. He would leave them in the cure
of Hint who fed tie ravens. The ino ning came
when John Elmer was to leave his home
dark and rainy—. old. and oh Iso dreary. He
felt that it was for the fast time. He parted
from Mari in—oh, what a parting! So wretch- j
el, so sorrowful! It was just like a sou! torn t
froin the body—he looked into her face—he
s;w nothing but anguish; and that strange I
sriliue.-s which -omeriln , comes 'uauecuunta'jly
over c ildron was upon Grace. He snatched
k'mseif away —he dared not look back. Mar
ion took up her child, close against her bosom,
s>> chase that it struggled to get free, and turn
ed a'd went in
A rivii stockholder remarked at dinner that
day, havi.'g paid six hundred for Ins two sons. 1
"That copperhead Eitner went to-day—could
not raise the 'Spondulicks.' Good enough for
linn —lie might h tve volunteered long ago."
Such sympathy had Marian.
Weeks and months passed on. It was drea
ry with Marian; oh, so lonely. Bile had noth
mg but Grace now. Site heard from John but
seldom. It was very seldom he s."-nt her mon
ey, for the wages of a drafted mart are not
wonderful, and it was hard to make tbe ends ,
meet. The winter was come on, and every
thing was going up; her house rent hud fttllsn
due, and -he v.as in need ot wood. Strange
what changes are wrought in so short a iit.ue. j
From modest ease, Marian was coming to want
—it might be to suffering or starvation—she I
c >u!d not tell. She lett her baby and went out
to hunt for work. She hail her sewing ma
chine, and she could sew. She had not count
ed the difficulties. Her husband was a drafted
man—a "butternut"—they had nothing for her
to do. They gave their work to the families,
of Union volunteers. Marian looked in their
faces and wondered what they meant. Was
her hnsbanil's belief a reproach? Was it a
disgrace to bo drafted? If so, it fell upon him.
She was proud—this little woman. But when
she went back and found Grail; crying for her,
and the room cold, her pride began to give way
to despair. One day came a letter to Marion.
She read it tearlessly, but it was the wedge
that, driven sharply in, divided the already bro
ken heart. It was from a companion of John's
telling how he had been unable to bear the
rough usages of war. how he had fallen ill. and [
aiier lyinc a long time in the hospital, had died.
He should have written her l>efoie, but had
bei-n separated from John on detached service
during his sicknt?s. Then it spoke of his gal
lantry. his close observance of his assumed du
ties. etc. But what mattered ail this to Mar
ian ? He was dead—he was gone—-she could
never, never see his dear face again. She would
never be held in his arms—never feel the pres
sure of his kiss. He was dead, and Grace j
was fatherless. But Marian's grief was .silent, j
She tosc up arid took up her burden, and j
thought she would live for the "uko of the lit- j
tie one. But it was hard work to live. She
got Borne little work to do, but she could only
rent one room now, and barely keep them in
fool. Sometimes they had no lire for an en
tire day. Even .Marian's health suffered, and
the child took a severe cold that ended in the
croup and terminated its little life. Marian
thought she had suffered her full measure of
loss ; but when t! is 1.-st and. only trtSMite was
tuken awav, the last tie that bound her to this
life was broken. What wis country toiler?
In a'l i'.- let.gf't nnd breadth—-she had none to
love hr—no spot in its boundaries she could
ce.'l lor home. Wn.it wa-i: to her that the
country should be saved ? She was dying of
grief and starvation.
Work became scarce and hard to get. Soma
one was always before her. One b V one, she
sold all her little articles of value —di sposed of
all those little things which ht*l made he." rooms
so pleasant wlfeh she and John and baby were
ail So happy together. Then, when there was
nothing leir, she sank down in a slow, nervous
fever. After it was generally known 'hat Mrs.
i Elmer was destitute and sick, a few neighbors
began to drop in to try and do something for i
j the unhappy woman ; but tardy conscience bad j
fail -J to remind them of their duty until it was
too late to aid her. She died —this broken
liearteiJ wife of the conscript, with John's name
and that of the baby on her lips. She sai l she
; was going to meet them in a country where all
; was peace. And yet what matters it? Thcr'A
are just such heart-aches and heart-breaks all
over she land. It is not one woman alone who
goes d iwn to the grave broken-hearted; not
merely one orphan I hat suffers hunger and cold.
One among many is Marian Elmer—only one.
REVERENCE IN A WIFE.
*BY AUGL'STA MOORE.
"Well Katie, so you expeet to marry Edward !
after all. 1 thought you were only flirting i
with him.
"That was what I intended, Mary, but some- '
how the artful fellow has cheated ine into a- :
greeing to have him."
*T thought, how all your grand talk about .
freedom and never bench ng your nee!, to any ■
. man's yoke would end. "Tis tlie old story." j
"Not so ; I'm not going to wear the yoke
Edward is to obc y me. He will I know. He
i,as hardly any will but mine now. and I don't !
pretend that he ever shall have. He don't pre- j
tend to oppose mo in anything. I wouldn't be j
hired to have him were he to presume to treat !
rae as Helen Norman's lover treats her, and
I told her so. He is always telling her of her !
fttpitS." I
j "They hare, agreed to kindly tell each oth- j
; er of their fault.*, ami help each other to over- |
com* them. I think t.iis is a most excellent :
j way."
"Well, I don't. lam free enough to tell
E l. his faults, but he would not dare to return
the compliment. It would make me angry in
a minute. In fatrt; Mary, I think I aiu a for
tunate girl. 11. ave found a man with plenty
of money, a gentleman of yielding disposition,
very generous, who worships me, and is will
ing that I >liuu!d alvvavs have my own way,
who is. in shorty unable tj binder me from liav- j
ing it."
i "And do yon think that you can have the i
blessing of God on your marriage when it is en- j
' tered upon in n spirit so utterly the reverse of !
S what it tequires? 1 suppose you admit that the j
Bil l* is authority. Consider what its teach- I
i ings are."
; 'I do—it says "Submit one to another." I ;
suppose I shall submit to Ed. a part of the
time; it would be only fair."
' Kate the Bible says "Wives submit your
selves unto your own husbands us at,to the Lord:
I for the husband is the head of the wife, even '
as Ci.rit is the bead of the Church There- i
fore .'i* the Church,is subject unto Christ so let j
the wives be unto their husbands iri everything, j
and let the wife see that she reverences her hus- j
hand." How dare you, presumptuous girl, j
resolve to trample on God's arrangement and ;
his law "? You may be sine that trouble is be- !
fore you if you g<> forward to the marriage al- I
tar with such a spirit as now animates you !
As for Edward he is infatuated indeed if lie
gives his honor and his happiness into your
hands.
Katie, angry at such plain talk, abruptly
turned from her companion ar.d walked rapidly
.away.
T unexpected nytfHage look place. For a I
few months Edward walked in a trance of sen
uous and imaginative bliss; theM down he came,
and never more did he ascend the i?'lH of joy.
He was, as Kate had said, quite unable to con
trol or to cope with iter. H ? was too gerUle,
and he loved her too tenderly. Sjie had over
him the immense advantage of loving him very
little. She could tear his heartstrings every
hour. He could scarcely stir hers at any time.
You perceive, good reader, that she "had"
him. ,
Children were born to this pair. Kate man- ,
age l them something as a tigress might manage
her young. Edward was allowed to have no
word in the matter. In a few years the poor
man, crushed and overborne, died. Kate was (,
provoked with him for this piece of indepen- :
dent action. She liked him; she made him.,
very useful. She had not thought he would j j
go without leave. But he did it. Kate lord- K
ed it foi a few years inure till her children be- ,
came too strong for ber. Then they, albeit ! j
they kn°w not what they were doing, avenged j |
their father They broke their mother's spir- j'
it and her heart; and yon bent, gray, mum- j
bli.ug old rrotie in the almshouse is till that ! (
remains of the once lively and beautiful Kate. ,
She sowed the %v ind; she reaped the whirl- ;
wind.
CARELESS WHITING.
We note from the recent report of the Post
master General, an extraordinary amount of
carelessness on the fiart of the letter writing
community. Three million five hundred and (
eight thousand were received of dead letters ,
during the last year many of which contained j
money, deeds, checks, jewelry and other valu- (
ables. Some of them were misdirected, others (
not directed at all, others unstamped and oth- j,
ers o-dy partially directed. Thousands of these ' ]
were ce.urned to the writers, but the great ma- ,
jority wer: destr >yed. These facts short Id teach j,
tin public to be more cartful in their corres
pondence ; for tiie amount of suspense and suf
fering occasioned by these lost letters is incalyu
table; nnd officials are censured wberihe fault |
rests with the authors.
WHOLE DUMBER, 309.1
Dowry According to Weight.
The following incident is related in the De
cemlier number of the Continental Monthly:
There is a romantic incident in the eaily his
j tory of Masschusetts, which has been often
I told Money was scarce, and in ItSi* the Gen
} efai Court passed a law for the coinage of six
} petices and shillings. Capt John Hull wasap-
I pointed the mint master, and was to have one
shilling in every twenty fur his labor. All the
old si.'ver in the colony, worn out nlate, batter
ed tank ards, buckles, am! spoons, and especial
ly the bullio'n seized by the buccaneers then sail
ing the Spanish Main (for all was honest that
came to Hub's melting pot,) W3S brought in
' for coinage, a "<1 the mint master rapidlv grew
i to be the millio.'utire of the colony, and suitors
i came front far wide for the hand of his
' daughter. Among them was Samuel Sewall,
! who was the favorite of the [dump and buxom
! Miss Hull, tlis mint master, roughly gave his
! consent; "Take her," sai-5 he, "and you will
j find her a heavy burden en.'tugh." 'i he wed
j ding day came, and the capl 'bn, tiglitly but- |
: toned up with shillings and sixpences, set in his |
| grand-fathers chair till the cerem x ny was con- j
j eluded. Then he ordered his servaift to bring |
jin a liuge pair of scales. "Dangbu r," said
! the mint master, "go into one side of the scales." :
: Mrs. Sewall olteye 1, and then the mint tipster ,
! had his strong box brought in, an immense i"on--!
1 hound oaken chest, which the servants were j
| obliged to drag over the floor. Then the ruint j
: master unlocked the chest, and ordered the-er- ,
! vants to fill the other side of the settles with
! shillings and sixpences. i'iutiip Mrs. Sewall •
! bore down hard upon her side of t.he scales, i
phut still the servants shoveled in t.he bright, '■
; fresh }ine-tree shillings, until Mrs. Sewall be
i gun to rise. Then tiie mint master ordered
them to forbear. "There, son Sewall," said
| the magnanimous old money maker, "take
j these shillings for my daughter's portion, l.'se
: her kindly, and thank Heaven for her ; for it is j
I not every wife that is worth her weight in sil- j
ver." And Master Sewall took -Mistress Se- j
j w all and thiry thousand pounds (nut avoirdupois, j
but sterling )
[From the Louisville Journal.]
Deplorable Condition cf Kentucky.
The sad condition of our State is now an
o'ject of much solicitude. It is without ade
quate means for protection, and the larger por- j
tion of tiie territory is overrun by marauders |
and given op to plunder and despoliation. So- '
I ciety is fearfully disorganized, and we no lon- i
| ger appeal tu tiie statutes for the redress of a j
j wrong. Lawless bauds roam at will and the j
| peaceable citizen is hunted down with the great- i
est eagerness, and robbed anJ murdered in the !
! coolest manner possible. The despera locs bid !
defiance to ail authority, and they mock at all I
; attempts to bring them into subjection. A !
I ruthless warfare is waged. Jhe knife is red
! with the blood of innocent victims, and the
fire-brand of the bold incendiary is applied j
with feelings of exultation, and tiie blackened j
I ruins of many homes attest how well the work [
!is and has been done. Trade is destroyed.—
j But few signs of prosperity are to he seen in
I many portions of the State. The inland towns
are no longer full of the bustle of business
i Stores are closed, and air of desolation reigns
|on pvery side. Men are forced to flee lor their
j lives, and whole families are abandoning pleas- •
| ant homes and moving to other Stales. The ;
' proud old Commonwealth has suffered terribly I
j indeed. The outlaws are preying upon her '
, vitals, and if a remedy is not soon applied the \
disease will become hopeless. Lands are fa=t i
depreciating, property is going to destruction, j
and everywhere stalks the form of ruin. It is I
truly time that some plans were devised to af- j
ford protection to the people, and to stav the '
hand of desolation. It is time that disorder j
was banished from the Commonwealth, and law J
and authority firmly esiabii.-iied.
Now is TIIB TIMK TO PAT DEBTS. —There I
must be something radically wrong with the :
farmer that does not now free himself from debt. 11
Never in the lifetime of the present generation j i
will su."b another opportunity present itself— 1
Every cultivated product of the temperate hit- ;
itode bears a highly remunerative price. Ev- 11
ery domestic animal that roams over our fields, j 1
or feeds on the contents of the granaries, finds J'
a ready purchaser. Animals, vegetables and 11
fruits alike are in demand. It matters not, j <
for the purpose of paying debts, whether the j '
money received for farm products be fifty, six- ' I
ty, ninety or more cents below par: a dollar '
cancels a dollar's worth of debt, contracted even !:
in the good old days of specie for which men j
sigh. A fow years ago : t took, in many parts i
of the west, ten bushels of corn to bring, a do!- '"
lar. Everthing else that the farmer produced '■
by his toil and care was equally low in price, i •
Then, indeed, were hard times, nnd n crushing : <
load of debt settled down upon the shoulders '
of all—for the great mass of western farmers 1
came here poor in money, only rich in faith ; 1
and hope. If a man's crops mid stock last year <
brought him SI,OOO, nnd bis expenses were j 1
§SOO, this year his receipts wiil be while :'
his expenses, allowing thein to have doubled— 1
which they have not done in one rase in ten— 1
will allow of a profit double that ol last year. '■
And what is a year or two of economy now
economy of the moat rigid kind, that shall cut
off all the luxuries of life, compared wiih the '
year of happiness that shall follow when the '
homestead is free from incumbrance; when all
the stock and machinery are the property of '
the land-holders; when there is no account of 1
the grocer's, nor the dry-goods mere-hunt's, nor '
blacksm-th's ( It will be a glorious epoch when '
th'; [wopie of these prairies own their farms and j (
tlus we believe may at onco be, if proper ail- i (
vantage be takn of the times in which we now I '
live.— Pruirte Farmer.
I
Why lias a clock always a bashful appear- 1
ancet-lieca'use it keeps its bauds before its face. ' [
Rates of s&erti|ag^
One square, on* inr>r;roh, 51 fie©
One sqasre, three insertions, 1 SO
One square, eeeb etlditionel insertion les* " f ??
than ttree months, SO
3 months. 6 months. I yesr. •
One square, $4 50 $6 00 $lO 00
Two squares, 600 900 16 0®
Three squares, 800 12 00 20 00
Half column, 18 00 25 00 40 00
One column; 30 00 45 00 80 00*
Administrators and Executors' notices. $$ 00. Au
ditor's notices, if under 10 lines, $2 50. Sheriff's
sales, $1 75 per tract- Table work, double the
*hore rates; figure work 25 per cent. adJitionef.
E&tryg, Cautions and Notices to Trespassers, $2 00-
for three insertions, if not abore 10 tinea.
n*®* BOt * ce * cents each, payable in advance.
Obituarie, over fire lines in length, arid Resolutions
of fttnefirigj Association-, at baif* advertising r.ites,
payable in advance. Announcements of deaths,
cratts. Notices in editorial columns, Iscenr< per
line. OyNo deductions to advertisers of Patent
icines, orAivertising Agents.
VOL. 8, NO. 27.
•JOSH Biu.itsas os SHANGHIS. —The Shangbt
I rcuster is a gentile, and .speaks in a furnn tun®.
■He is bilt oh piles like a Sandy Hill crane. If
|he had Lin Lilt with 4- legs, he wud resembul
! the Peruvian lama. He is not a game animal,
but quite often euros off sekund bist in a ruff
: aud ~ un)/ 'l e fl te; like fhe iiijons tha kant stand
civilization, and are fast disappearing. Tba
roost on the gr jund i-imilar tew the mud turhie.
I ha often go U> v sleep standing, and sum times
pitch over, and when tha dew, tha enter the
I ground like a pick-ax. Iheir food consis ov
korn in the ear. Tha crow like a jackass trub
: hied with brootiskecsucks. Tha will eat as
much tew on>i as a dial;irk skule master, and
gmerally sit down rite oph tew keep from tip
i ping over. Tha are dredlui onbandy tew cook,
yu kant git them awl into a potash kittle tu
onst. The femail mister lays an eg AZ big az
a kokernut, and iz sick fur a week afterwards,
and 253 she hatches out a litter jvvungshnng
his sue has tew brood them standing, and then
kant kiver up 3 ov them, the rest stand around
on the outsiJe, like boys around a cirkus tent,
gittia a peep under the kanrass whenever tha
can. Ihe man who fust hrot the breed intu
this country ought tew own theru all and be
obliges] tew feed them on grasshoppers, caoght
hi hand. I never owned *l>ut one and he got
choked tu deth hi a kink in a cloze line, but
wot until he bad swallered 18 feet ov it. Not
enny shangbi for me if yu pleze; I would la
ther board a traveling kolporter, and as fur eat
ing one, give me a bilcd owl rare dun, or a tur
k*e buzzard, toasted hole, and stuffed with a
pair of icjun rubber boots, but not any sliangki
fur me, not a shanghi!— Ponjhkeepsuin.
AN AFFFCTING APPEAL — A country report
cr sends the Ipllowing sketch to his paper; A
lawyur out west was defending a imndsoiue
ruling woman, accused of stealing from a large
and unoccupied dwelling in tiie night time, and
thus he spoke in conclusion; "Gentlemen of
! the ju--y, lam done. When I gaze with enrap
tilled eyes on the matchless beauiy of this peer
less virgin, on whose resplendent charms sus
picion never dared to breathe; when I behold
; her radiant in the glorious bloom of lustrous
J loveliness, which angelic sweetness might enw,
but could not eclipse; before which the stars
ion the tirow of night grow pale, and the dia
monds of Hrazil are dim, and then reflect upon
! the uttpr madness and folly of supposing that'-
| so much beautv would expose itself in the cold,
| damp dead of night, when innocence like hers
is hiding itself amid the s iowy pillows of re
j pise, gentlemen of the jury, my feeiings are too
| overpowering for expression, and I throw her
into your arms for protection against this foul
; charge, which the outrageous malice of a dis
-1 appointed scoundrel has invented to blast the
I fair aatce of this lively maiden, whose smiles
i shall le a reward of the verdict which I know
i you will give."
MARRIAGE A I.A MODE NOUYITXE.— An old
J Dutch farmer, just arrived at the dignity of
justice of the had his first marriage case.
He dished it up in this way. He first said to
| the man:
I "Veil, you vants tobe raarrit. do you* VelL
| you loves dis voman so goot as any voman vou
I have never see*"
j "res," answered the raaa.
Then to the woman :
ell, you do love dis man so batter as no
i man you ever see f
Lady hesitated, end lie repeated r
"Veil, veil, do you likes him so veil as to b
his vife ?"
"Oli, certainly," she answered with a kind
! of a titter.
"Veil, dat is all anv reasonable man can ex
pect. So you bees marrit; I bronounce you
man and vife."
The man then asked the justice what was to
pay ?
"Oh. notfing at all—j-ou are velcome to it if
it vill do you any goot."
A BIG THING IN- On..—The Oil City P.erpslcr
notices a report that $4,000.0 )0 has been of
fered and refused for the Smith farm, which is
located just above the Reed and Criswell well,
and adjoins the lands of the Cherry Run Pe
troleum Company. It embraces fifty acres and
was bought a little over a year ago for £3,500.
The farm yiel Is the owners a royalty of $1,500
a day ; consequently they are not in needy cir
cumstances by any manner or means. The
well alluded to above sold, a short time since,
for $350,000. Two years ago the property
was offered nt $1,500, without being able to
secure a purchaser.
I- ARMER3 WHO DON'T BEAD TUf. NEWSPAPERS
—The worst instance of ignorance, resulting
from not taking the papers, we have heard of
lately happened the otf cr day. A farmer want
ed to sell his place, and asked $0,500 for it.
Another farmer offered him $3,000 in gold for
it, but he would not take it, insisting that he
must have his price. A few days after, a buy
er came along, and gave him $3,500 in paper
money for the farm. Had lie taken the $3,000
in gold, the principal with the premium at this
time, would have amounted to $7,800. Somo
men are born wise, and some otherwise Ex
change.
DON'T LIKE llts L:H>KS.—A sheriff was
once asked to execute a writ against a Quaker.
On arriving at bis bouse, be saw the Quaker's
wife, who in reply to the inquiry whether her
husband was at home said lie was .- ai the san>
time she requested him to be seated, and bet
husband would speedily see him The officer
waited patienly for some time, when the fair
Quakeress coming into the roam, he remind
ed her of her promise that ho might aee her
husband.
•Nay, friend. I promised that he would are
thee. He hr.s seen thee 1 He tli.l not like thy
looks, therefore he avoided thee, and hath de
parted from the house by another path.'