, THE COLUMBIAN,
(COLtJllnll BsaocitAT, BUB. OP TlIK NOnril AND COLCM
MAN CON30UPTI!t).)
i!iH??. JTfiS!"y' evcrf '""'''V Morning, at
llUOOMHllUIUI, COI.V.UI1IA fOUNTl, l'A.
At two iioluhs per jenr, payable, In nilVHiioe, or
SPIl1" .!,''? Jenr- Aflt'r ",0 i'piratln cr the j car
tiM will lio eharjrcd, To Milwcrlbcrs out uf tho
cull.'lt!r.Vin ior,n! V M l,f lMri Uriel ly In ndvauco
-f J l If not pild In ndinuco and fcuulf n.mnoiil to
dclajed bo oiiil thesi-nr.
SiilMlw clUcuutlnuiMl, except nt the option of tho
publisher, until all arrearages nro puhl, but lonif
continued credits nfkr tlio e.tplratlun of the- llrst
year mil not be (riven.
All paper sent out ot llioHUlo or to distant im
oniccs must bo paid ror In advance, unless n rosiion
sllilo iwreou In Columbia county assumes to pay the
tho county,
run i'auk is no 10
longer exuded from subscribers In
The i Jobblr.ir Department of thnCou-MBtiN Is very
complete, and our .! Ii Printing will compare favora
bly wIM that of tlin largo cities. All work donoou
demand, neatly and nt mudcrato prices.
11I.OOMSHUUO DI11ECTOUY.
CCIIOOh OHUHKR, t.lnnJc, iiul prinle.1 nntl
O neatly bound In smnll books, on hand nnd
tor snlu at tho CoLUiinlAH onlco. 1'eU. In, is;6.l
lIiANK DKKIXS, on l'arclu.i.-nt nnd I.lnen
( Paper, common nnd for Admlntsi rntom. rreen.
Vol a and trustees, for R.lln chinti nt. llm f?mrtntiM
urjee.
rAltHIACIK OEttTIKICATUS iu.li.rlntnl
and for salo nt tho Cnt.minuM nhicf. Minia.
tors of tho (lospl liniLlusllci'SHiiiulil aunnlr liu.in.
nelres with these necessary articles.
TUSTlCi:S nntl Constables' ee-Hills for sale
at tho Columbian ofllee. They contain tho cor.
reeled fees as established by the last Act of tho U'if
nature upon tho subject. Uvcry Justice and Con
stable hhuiihl hate one
INDUE NOTES jut iirlnled nnil for sale
cheap at tho Columbian ofilcc.
JIEUC1IANTS AND tlllOCEia.
HC. IIOWKK, Hats mid Cups, Hoots and
, Miocs, Slain btieet, above Court ilouse.
Q II. MILLEH t"sON, dcalers'Iti Dry
doods, groceries, queenswaro, flour, bait,
Biiot'4, notions, etc., Main direct.
J II. MAIZE, Mnmtuoth Grocery, fine Oro-
ccrles, fruits, Nuts, l'rovlslons, cc, Main and
centre stieets.
HOOTS AM) SHOES.
TTENHY KLEIXI, Mnnafacturer nnd denier
JLL In boots nnd shoes, groceries, etc., .Main St.,
La. i llloomsburi,'.
I? M. KNOIUt. Denier in Doots nnd Shoes,
IJ . latest mid best sijles, comer Jlnln ttnd.Varkct
blnels, In the old pota oince.
CLOCKS. WATCIins, to.
r n. s.vv
J . and Jew
llulcT.
i(1E. Denier in Clocks. Wntclics
celry, Jlnln St., just below tho Central
l'itOFESSIONAL CAKUS.
E
II, IKHIiKH. Attorney nt Lnw. Itooma In
Ct O. HAKKLEl. Allornev-at-I.aw. OITice
, In lirott er's building, :nd fc'.ory, liooms 4 5.
oci. 15, '73.
1It. WM.M. KEIIEll, Surgeon nnd I'liysi
Uf clan, onlco S. K corner Jtock and JIarKct
biieets.
T ItTlTViVNS, M. D., Surgeon and l'liynl-
. clan, (Olllce und ltosldenco on Third btieet,
corner Jelferson.
J
II. McKEIA'Y, Jf. D., Surgeon and I'liy
. blclan, north bide Slain btrect, below Market.
II. ItOIlISON, Allornev-nl-Iw.
In llai tman's building, Main blreet.
Office
s
MUEL JACOI1Y, Mnrblo and llrown
htone Works, East Hloomsburg, Uerwlckroad.
H.
ItOSENSTOCK, Pliotogrnphcr,
Claik & Wolfs fctore, Main btreet.
D
K. II. C. IIOWER, Surgeon Dentist, -Main
JHSCKLLANrOUS.
AVID I.OWENHEHG, Merclmnt Tailor
main ni., auovo ventral iioiei.
S. KUIIN, dialer ii, Heat, Tallow, etc.,
. Centre street, Lelweeu fcecond and 1 bird.
riMIOMASWElSH, Confectionery and I!iker
JL
wbolebale and retail, Exchange lllock.
G.
W. COHELL, Furniture Knonis, llirce
btjry brick, .Main btreet, ttt of JIarki t bt.
OIIANGEVILLE DIHECTOUY.
A,
II. IIEIJltING, Carjienter and builtlcn
Slain street below rinc.
I1UCKHOUN.
M,
G. & II. SHOEMAKER, Dealers in
Dry Goods, Groceries and General Slerchnn-
CATAWISSA.
"lfM. II. AIIUOTT, Attorney-at-Law, Main
Y otreet.
BF. DALLMAN, Mercliant Tailor, Sec-ond
. btrect, Unbbinv building.
"yM. I,. EYEHLY,
ATT011.NEY-AT-IW,
Catawlsta, I'u.
Collections rromptly inude utid remitted. Ofllee
onpolle Catan lssu Uepoilt Hank. cm-US
TOTICE.
I rom this date tho llloomsburir fins Comrnnv will
put In s.rWce 1 1 es at llrst cost und lumbh und bcl
luelu - is at tour dollais i nch.
'Ihc company uatc on bund a lot of castor suited
for palntliiir loots, and posts or other timbers placed
undtr ground.
I'lhc lo cents per gallon or 12.50 per barrel.
UC. c. w. siii.u:it,
sect.
Centcnniul Prices. 18TG,
PLANTS BY MAIL,
I'ostrald to anynddress In the United States.
fer fo cts l New fit ranlum, double orblrgle.
' s5 cts. 2 Older Varieties. ' " "
" CO cts. 1 Geranium, 1 Ageratum. 1 Colcus, 1 Ver
bena 1 Mige, l l'UMhla.
" 1.00, ! Acciolum, i Gt ionium, i Eoges, S Coleus,
Heliotrope, 4 Verbenas.
Hy rxprcb?. Vox and packing free, for t.oo.
12 Verbfnos. In variety. 8 Dabllas,
0 Geraniums, t Fuchs.las,
i Cokus, " 'i Haidy 1'lnks,
a (-nges, " 'i Clear Hants,
il At'einturas. " 'I I'hribtinthiums,
4 llellotioits, " i basket Plants,
2 ):ouurdlus, 2 Carnations,
1! I'i gciilos, 1 Century Plant,
1 note, 8 Aliernuthcras,
J 1 ontanas, t IWes.
Oideis ri(tlcd fcr Tkcs. HiiuLb and Eurgruns.
CaHi lo occi.mrany ell trdcrB.
Address DAVID CL1ITE,
Iineiblde, JurMHs,
HlM-rblUe, orth'u co. I'a.
April 81,-Sm.
v IP;cic;nr'f1inHri)IM.
OTIOCt MPTIT
GLASS TOPS
METAL
f
A ft ...
vNUNKIM INSTITUTE .
PHilo'riaj4-
iflMCRiCAtl iNSIiIUIt IfKwarriU h
l875i2Nf;WY0nKU15,
COHANSEY GLASS MFGCO.
MFR'S WINDOW GIASS.BOTTLES &C.
PHUAOriPHIA
AIIII14-TW
mo THE AFFLICTED AND UNFOHTU.
I NAIE.-lhdu Is in iIoibcI Ulnr.HbUiiitre-
i.lie mcie in i rli mil lo lit nt iikcihiiiIIi limn
IllKKf u ilaled hi Ulcr. Motij J-liJEKllU.8 bU-ii-e
II al when ll.r pin 1.1. v i)b.) U ins niui emoted,
the dlmi'ir triolKii lr.bl.un ouiifine. tiiuhls
ml Heme, nt ciinuntlis. or ll.oMiiloustlogf
if II e illtiaiu nit) tlic n loti.iuul. Ihepuilu ItrU
1-111.11(11 liiciliii ll li ui, line, uiiuiu. uhkuc,
111 I l lib. 1 1 lit, OKI im JJir, I liir, I I p, nn. muiiv-
' ill H' (-J Jul tl ti h in it lu ul il I ilotsclaiisabklin
pie uliiiallu.p, viilllniuotf tl.eluiiulant organs
if lie lu'y Inline Inioliitl. vim uialli lelluios
i l.i. ii.rrriir. 1 ill. II. W. 1 ( 111). l.nll L' icadcnll t;rl.
v le (MiuMHii Mimy, tuniiiiilKni finny md per
il i nil t tun villi I wily wi'Uul.leiuUKIiiiH. Slid.
lial (liaisfilil luniriiur, xMi.ii jMiiuj-mcmui
jiiiut. liirin, lo uil jiujj.unuuii. (u.
Uluitll 17. ic-ly.
WITH rRD,ftJ5
res
(fjrRuirjAnsij)!
B .- - , mmmtm wm i i -ttt-
wmmtmmmmtmmmmm m ! i WiwwwMwwwww i i i i www w'""? 1 mfmmmm w T. . -
" ' If ; Ml ID . lP;UMUMllllilll
m
0. allffif ' E4ltonnaririeUM.
nusiNEiis cAnns.
jyX. A. L. TUIINEII,
Hcsidcrico on Market Street ono door below
). J. Waller's,
orneo over Klrlm's Dm? store. OfBee hours from
1 to 4n. in. for treatment of diseases of the Kj c, Ear
and 'inroar.
All calls night or day promptly attended to.
Apr.!3'T6-tt
D
U. J. C. KUTTEIt,
?HY9ICIAN ftSIIIlOEON,
Offlce, North Market street,
JIar.8T,'74-y
Woomaburg, To.
T-ilt. n. F. GAUDNEli,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
MLOOMSnUHO, l'A.
Ofllee nbovo J. Schuyler Son's Hardware Storo.
Apr.83'75-tf
s
AMUEL KNOIUt,
A T T O II N E Y'-A T-L A W,
. ULOOStSBUltO, PA.
Offloe, llortmon's Block, corner Stain and Slarket
Streets oct. 8, "75
E
n rTrto
ATTO UNEY-AT-LA W.
ofeice noom No. 1, "Columbian" Building.
Sept. 18,1875.
W. MILLER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Ofllee in llrower's building, second floor, room No.
1. Iiloomsburg, I'a. Julyl,73 y
c
1 H.& W.J.1IUCKALEW,
ATTOKNEYS-AT-IAW,
Iiloomsburg, I'a.
omeo on Slain Street, first door below Court House
.Mar.c,'74-y
R.
F. tt J. M. CLARK,
ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW,
Iiloomsburg, Ta.
April 10,'7l-y
onlco In Ent s Building.
A. CllEVEI.IXa SMITH. 1IE11VET EWINO SMITH.
A CREVELING SMITH & SON,
ATTOIINEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, Ta.
tJT"All business entrusted to our care will reclcvo
rrompt attention. Julyl,'73 y
in P. I1ILLMEYER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OmcE-AdJolnlng c. It. & W. J. Buckalew.
Bloomsburg, I'a.
Apr. 14,'76-ly.
X. 11. LITTLE. KOU'T. R. LITTLK.
Tn II. & R. R. LITTLE,
ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, ra.
fflluslness before tbe U. S. 1'atentOfllco attended
to. Olllce In the Columbian Building. ly 33
B
ROCKWAY & EIAVELL,
A T TO R N E Y S-A T-L A W,
CoixsioiAN Bcii-nibO, Bloomsburg, Tn.
Members of the United stales Law Association.
Collections made In anv part of America.
Agents for continental Life Insmnnce company of
New ork. Assets nearlv $7,fio,0(Ki. 1 he best In the
countiy. Send for descriptive ramphlet. tt
"yyiLLIAM IIRYSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ccnlralia, Pa.
reb 19, '78-ly.
HAHMAN & HASSERT.
FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
AND
mON-SMITHS.
East Street, below Eail Eoad,
BLOOMSBUG, PA.
We respectfully call public attention to the follow
ing facts that : 1 hey manufacture first class
MINE CAR WHEELS AND AXLES
nil all kinds of Cool Breaker CaFllngs. Thevnlso
mako nil kinds ot car, Sluchlne, Brldgo and other
castings u.ed by contractors generally. They.nlso
luunuiuciuru
HEATING AND COOK STOVES,
and are nrenared to furnlbh all kinds of repairs, such
us Urates, Lids, Klre Iirlck. Stretchers, ic. They
Keep consianiiy on uauu
PLOWS AND PLOW POINTS,
Lnree Iron Kettle", rarmers' Belts. Sled Soles. Wog-
on Boxes, Cellar Urates, Ac. They are also prepared
lo lurmsn
Saw and Grist Mill Machinery,
Ehaftlug, Pullej's, Ac. They, ray special attention to
Repairing Threshing Machines
Beapers, Ac.
The Proprietors aroboth practical mechanics. Try
iiieiu.
Dee. 3,l675-in
AMKKHUN AND FOltKION PATENTS
OTlxore A: Co., successors to Chlnman, Hosmer 4
Cu.. t-olleltors. Patents nioeured In all countries.
No i ti.s is aiivance. No charge unless tho patent
Is granted. No fees for making preliminary exam
inations. No uddltlonal fees lor obtaining and con-
dueling n rchcailng. By a recent deebluii of tho
ConuiiMiloner Ai.Liejecien iippiu auoiis may oo ro
und, special attention gUen lo tnturerence cases
lienire inc i aieni miicf, iwiciiMuna ucium uukicbo,
liifrliiirt'ineul Mitts In illflercnl Mutes, and all llUga
tlon uppiitalnlug lo Imcntlons or patents. Smd
stamp lo Gllmore A Co. for pamphlet of sixty pages.
LAND OASES. LAND VAunANTS AND
sumr.
Contested land cases prosecuted before the V. f.
r: n.T.ii I, a rid onicu and Department of the Interior.
Pi Ivnte land claims, mining nnd pre-emption claims,
and homestead cubes attended lo. Land scrip In n,
HI und loo acre pieces ror saio. i ins scrip is assigna
ble, und can bo located In tho name of Ihe purchaser
upon any uoutiiuiciu lanu miujen 10 pinir eiiiry,
nifiva iH-riiciv. UUcf coual value with bouofi
land Wuiianls. bind blamp lo umnore Co. for
pumpiilel 01 lusirucuuna.
All UK A l!S OF PAY AND BOUNTY.
Officers, soldiers and sailors cf tho lale war, or
their htirs.aro lu many cases entitled lo money from
Iho government or which ihey lime no knuwledgc.
Virllofull hlbtoiyof berMce, and btato amount of
iuv nnil iiniinfviicelvtd. Enclose btainn to (Jllmore
A Co., and a lull reply, nftir examlnattcn, will bo
gueu jou ireu.
PENSIONS.
All nmcers, soldiers and bailors wounded.ruplurcil
Or injUlltl in inu laiu vur, uunciei eui,uuj , mil w
tntr. ii ,uiii.liai liv nddret-KlllL' tlllluoru A Co
i nwunrriteellted bvlilllliolo A' Co. before Ihesu
Mime court of the l lilted btateB.the court ot claims,
,.mi thn krniilii'rn claims comiiiltblon.
Each lit part meht 1 1 uur bulnebs Is conducted In a
separate bureau, under chargi ot the tame exia-il-enceil
lurtles i u.ploed by lbe old firm. Prompt ul
lentlon to all bUblnebb entrusted lo ull.lloiat i CO,
lsllius becurid. Me dtblielo win success by de
serving It. Auurebn,
k IIILMOHE A: CO.,
Ci V strict, Washington, 1). C,
Jan si,T0-tf.
17REAH HROWN'8 INSURANCE AG EN
X1 CY, Kxchango Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Capital.
:tna, Ins Co., of Ilortfnrd, Connecticut,., ,tMxi,ooo
Llierpool, London and lllobe IO.ikii.Oio
llnya of Lheipool ijmw.wxj
ljineanshlro..'. U
l'lro Abboclatlon, I'hlliidelphla,,
S,100,000
Llwooo
American or rnnaueipuia
Allasof Hartford......
U j omlng, of M likes Barre ,
Pulimrs Slulual of DauWllc
imiiMUe Sliituul ,
I lump, New Voik ,,.
Cpuunercla. i nlon ..e.
siarch S4,'77-y
p u,ouu
31,0(I0
l.imo.oix)
75.CKI
M' "m
17,000,000
t78,M8,0O0
?J 10 C-U Iree, UnveoM A 00, Purtiaud, iLatau.
in r v
life, cA, I I rm III mMAj llktt 4fr U MM
I m ihw iw I I l I I III I I I Ul 'l
BLOOMSBURG TANNERY".
. A. IIGIlRI.Vr
R
ESPECTFULLY announces to the public
mat ne iiss roopenca
SNYDElVd TANNERY,
(old stand) Bloomsburg, Ta., at the
l'orksottlio Espy and Light street,
roads, where all descriptions of
led her will bo made In the most
substantial and workmanlike manner, and Bold nt
prices to suit the times. Tho highest price In cash
will at all times bo paid for
ORE E N
HIDES
of eiery description In the country,
ronago Is respectfully solicited.
Bloomsburg, oct. 1, 1875-
The public p&t-
CARRIAGE
MANUFACTORY
BLOOMSBUllO, PA.
M. C. SLOAN & BROTHER
Hi
AVE on hand and for sale at the most
reabonablo rates n splendid stock ot
CARRIAGES, UlTUGIES,
and every description ot Wagons both TLAIN and
FANCY,
Warranted to bo mode of the best and most durable
maeerlals, and by the most experienced workmen.
All v ork pent out, rrom the establishment will be
found to be of the highest class and sure to give per
fect satisfaction. They have also a fine assortment of
SLEIGHS
of all the newest nnd mmt fnshlonablo styles well
and carefully made and of tho best material.
Anlnsnprllnn of ttiplr wnrlf Is naked fls It Is be
lieved that none superior can bo found In the coun
try. Oct. 8, lS7o-tf.
WANTED,
1,000 GOOD MEN
to call at
CROSSLEY'S CARRIAGE SHOP
to Inspect his work, nnd he will guarantco you can
mako 25 on a llrst class Top Buggy It you buy of
him for cash. I offer for Bale at cost,
TKN BUaaiES,
S PHAETONS,
T 3IIIFTINO TOP & OPEN BUGGIES
The prlco of my wagons Is as follows ;
S Phaetons, Sarvent pat, wheels, gum top, one for
1175, cost.
8 Piano box, portable top, pat. wheels, gum top, ono
for f its, cost.
8 Piano box, open, patent wheels, steel tire, ono for
$185, cost.
3 riatform spring wagons, patent wheels, 2 scats,
ono for tics, cost.
As I am closing out iny business the offer I make
will stand till tho first of July. All work warranted
to stana, ana arc maoc oi gooa material.
A. 8. CBOSSLEY.
SI arch 31 3m.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TJROWN'S I
X) Mohner, Pr
iluss. tl.Sjtotl.!
HOTEL, llloomslmrg, I'a., II.
Proprietor. Accommodations rlr&t
tl.co ncr day. llcbtaurant attached.
Octobers, '75-tf
CENTRAL HOTEL,
A P 1 It S T-U LABS UUU9 P',
Oct. 8,'751y JOHN LAYCOCK, Prop'r.
jEW. SALOON AND RESTAURANT. :
The urderslgnrd has opened aflrtt-clas Eating
Ilouse In the Exchange Block, formerly occupied by
B. stohner, where his customers will Und every
thing In his lino.
S1ILTON cnAIlLES.
Feb 18-Sm.
Q
M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH.
owing Machines and Slachlnery tf all kinds re
paired. OrKiu HocbK Building, Bloomsbuig, l'u.
uci i, 10 ly
JXCHANGE HOTEL,
Opputiitc tlic Court IIoiinc,
BLOOSISBUIIO, PA.
The LiRQEST.and Best In all respects In the county
W. B. KOONS.
Proprietor.
Oct. s.fS-ly
jQENTISTRY.
Jl. UUl iJl. IIU,. ilOl,
respectfully offers his professional services to the
ladles and gentlemen of Bloomsburg ad vicinity,
llelsprenared to attend to all tho various operations
lu the line of his profession, and Is provided with the
latest Improved Pohckuin Teeth, which will bo In
serted on gold plating, sliver and i ubber base to
look as wen as tue naiurulteeiu. Teem extracted
by all tho new and most approved methods, and all
operutlonson thoUelh carefully and propel ly at
tended to.
omcu u fowdoorq above tho Court Ilouse. same
side. Oct. 8 75
17 J. THORNTON
. would announce to tho citizens of Illooms
biirg and vicinity that ho has Just received aull and
completo assortment of .
WALL PAPEIt, WINDOW SHADES,
I IXTCIIES, COItUB, TASSELS,
nndnll other goods In his line of business. Alltho
newebtand most npprovi d patterns of tho day are
always to be found lu his establishment. Slain street.
below Si arket. oct, 8.15
NOTICE.
Tho Philadelphia & Reading R.E. Co.
Hereby givo nolicp that on or before the first
oi Ainv IK XI.
They will open n Passenger Matlon In Polrmount
Park, upon the linn of the Junction Kullroad.ln clou
proximity tn Memorial Hall and other pitnclpal
uuuaingsoi me
CENTENNIAL INTEIINATIONAL EXHIBITION,
Anil that regular passenger and excursion linlns
win mereniier oh run oeiweenina new Mniion aim
thu urlous iHiliits unnn llnlr H'Ural railway lines.
Tim intention uf citizens of Philadtlphta looking
for summer resldi nces, and of n rungers desiring lu
becure houses or lodging Hi'lhe. vlclnlly of Phlladel-
he fait that, fiom nearly all plans upon thu rail
ma auring ino peuou oi iuh r.Miiuuinii, is ciuieu iu
roads of the Company within tuenljor thlil.vmlles of
theclty, passengiis will le file In reach the Exhi
bition without i uaiige of cars In us short a time as
It will lequlie lo make the trip by hirsocars from
many inunis in inei'iiy.
hl'ECIAL EXCI'IISION T1IAIN8 WILL BE Itl'N
I'OII Till: ACCOMMODATION OP hCHOOI-S, bO-
vll.lll'.n uil lilll&ll npntii. ia I lii.n.
I'nr Inforinatlun unrlv to C. (1. Hancock. Oeneral
Ticket Agent, No. Ide7 boutii Pouilh btieet, Phlladel.
i hlu, niidto HiObeieral local buperlutendiuts, und
lo me unuersigueu,
J. 13. WOOTKN,
General Superintendent.
HuPlso, SI arch lib, U7.-8w,
UUUkljj HUbJtrd Cucumber tnd Or fun Cm.'t Punpa, vlth
orprllDliiioM ftnlufviil-a, Bb4ftlUftluiblalnii.rvvebtiil.
LAUUtl,iriYBHALX4. tcn, Iinlmn1 ihTrdtc
tcUllr,krt(tnrdl-4ll) luviint hrn In In rn (4 tin bit kiMUUi,
iCl d W U4 or Wirl ftf MtlnatlM "l h I ttf lt- IfFtlll.
C.G. BLATCHLEY, Manurr, 500 Ccmmtrci Sh.rhili.
Siarch S em.
VULOAN IRON WORKS,
DANVJLUt, SIONTOUIt COUNTY, PA,
WT ILLIAM H. LAW, Manufacturer ol
M l
llreproof
Wrought iron Bridges, Boners, uasnoiacr.
Buildings, wrought iron iioonng, nooning
Itames, Kiootlug and DiKini, l'arm OaUa and reno.
Ug, also 11 ruilbuv null 1 il'iub, rio luiu a., .iwu
ot (iniiUi Work, to. Jtepulrs prouipUy altcndod lo
N. B,-Drawings tnd UdUmaUasuppUod.
Oct. 8, 1876-U
WOOD
W POMPS O
ELOOMSBTJRG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1876.
Poetical.
ADVICE.
Flv away, pretty moth, to tho shade
Of the leaf where you slumbered all day.
Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty
moth,
And mako use of your wings whllo you may i
Though yon glittering light may have daiilcd you
quite,
Tho' the gold of yon lamp may bo gay,
Alany tilings In this world that look bright, pretty
moth,
Only dazzle to lead us cstray. .
I have seen, pretty moth, In tho world
Pome as wild as yourself and as gay,
Who, bewitched by tho bwcet fascination of cys,
Flitted 'round them by night nnd by day i
But though dreams ot delight may have dazzled
Ihcm quite,
They at last found It dangerous play I
Stony thlnes In this world that look bright, pretty
moth,
Only dazzle to lead us ectray.
LIFE AND DEATH.
What Is the life, of man 7 A passing shade
Upon tho changeful mirror ot old Time i
A sere leaf, long ere autumn comes decayed ;
A plant or tree that scantly reaches prlmo ;
A dow-drop ot the morning; gone ere noon:
A meteor expiring In Its fall;
A blade ot grass that springs to wither soon i
A dilng taper on a darksome pall ;
The foam upon the torrent's whirling wave :
A bird that flutters on a drooping wing j
A shadowy spectro o'er an open grave ;
A morning-glory's moments In the spring j
A breaking bubblo on a rushing stream j
A sunset after storm, an erring angel's dream.
What Is this death we fear 7 The peaceful close
Of stormy Ufo-ot reckless passion's sway:
Tho veil that mantles all our cares and woes j
The heavenly ending of an earthly day j
The crows of life well spent ; the portnl fair
Which opes tho way to never-ending Joy ;
It sots the ca ptlvc free as air
From all the totters which on 0 'rth annoy.
What Is this death ? Tho sleep tho pilgrim takes
After much weary travel he has known,
And whenco with renovated power he wakes,
Ills soul more mighty for Us slumber grown :
Tho glorious conquest over human 111 ;
A spirit's Joy which death can never kill.
N. Y. Evenino Post.
Original.
History of Columbia County.
Copjrlght ttcurcd according lo act of CongreM.
NUMBER XVI.
SIADASIE SIONTOUIt.
A sketch of this celebrated woman and
her family will bo properly introduced by a
short description of tho magnificent ridge
which bears her name.
Montour's ridgo rises somewhat abruptly
on tho West Branch near tho mouth of Chil
lifijunque creek, and starting out in a north
east course becomes tho boundary between
the townships of Point and Chillisquaquc in
Northumberland county, and between Point
and tho townships of Liberty and Mahon
ing in Montour county, near Danville,
wliero Mahoning creek breaks through to
the North Branch thence becoming tho
boundary between Valley and Mahoning,
and West Hemlock and Cooper, in Montour
county; and between Hemlocl-and Montour
in Columbia county ; breaking down again
where Hemlock creek flows through into
Fishingcreek, and ogam a short distance be
yond where Fishingcreek rolls between its
precipitous sides north of Bloomsburg off
into the North Branch ; then rising again
and throwing toward tho surfneo its rich
iron deposits north nnd cast of Bloomsburg,
and sinking forever, after developing mil
lions of tons of limestone, north nnd cast of
Espy.
An axis of elevation passes nearly along
the middle of the ridge, composed of hard
ray and reddish sandstono, which are cov
ered along both sides sometimes nearly and
sometimes quite to the top by slates and
shales of overlying scries, the lower part of
which consists of yellowish or greenish
slates, containing thin strata of limestone,
in which are impressions of shells and other
fossils j and near tUcsn a very valuable layer
of brownish red iron ore, from six inches to
over two feet in thickness, also containing
fosul impressions. Tins ore is found on
both sides of the ridgo as far cast as the vi
cinity of Bloomsburg, where the strata con
verge over its top as it sinks away on the cast,
and finally disnppcnis under the overlying
red shalo iu tho neighborhood of Espytown,
In the slates above tho iron oro are so 1110 thin
layers of dark colored limestone, succeeded
by a thick bed of red shale, which forms tho
upper portion of the series. Overlying this
red bhale is n limcstono formation, which
encircles the ridgo outside of the red shale,
and which may be seen not far from the riv
er above Northumberland, and along the
railroad from Danvillo to iiloomsburg ; dip
ping under the Piblilngcreek above its
mouth and passing under Bloomsburg Urines
again near Espy, nnd extends nearly to Ber
wick, where it sinks away beneath the over
lying slate, A cplcndid body of mantel and
roofing slate of the very bebt quality ilovelops
'.(elf on Little I' uhingcreck about a milo
above Bloomsburg. It has been wrought
and approved by competent workmen and
judges, and needs only capital and enterprise
to becomo a recognized industry of the
county.
Thus it will bo seen that Montour ridge
is useful as well ns ornamental, rich as well
as rugged j yielding right at our doors iron
ore, limestone, slato and building stone in
iilmo-t unlimited quantities.
Madunin Montour, who gave her name to
this beautiful range of hills, is a personage
of considerable importanco iu the early his
tory of Pennsylvania, and especially of tho
Susquehanna region, Her birth, her char
acter, anil her actions have, been tho subject
of romnnco and of history. She has been
tho victim of vituperation as well as the her-o
ino of eulogy, Her name has been used to
dignify and horrify the Wyoming massacre.
But neither romanco nor history, neither vi
tuperation nor eulogy, eccm to have dono
her jiiblicc.
Madame Montour makes her first appear
nine iu our history at a council held at Phil
iidelphia on tho 3d of July, 1727, between
tho Hon. Putrick Gordon, Lieutenant Gov
trnor, and his council on ono side, and di
vers chiefs of tho Flvo Nations, the Conesto
goes, Gnngawcso nnd Susquehanna Indians
on the other. The council being met and
feuttd : "The Governor told them by M.
Montour, n French woman wjio Led lived
long umopg thcte people, and is now Inter
pretrcss, that he was glad to sec them all
well after bo long a journey, and was now
ready with his council to receive what they
have to fay," The meetings continued sev
erul days, Mitdamo Montour making the in-
I terjuelatloim between the parties. She wn
nt tliis time married to her second husband,
Hobert Hunter, aliat Carondawana, n chief
of tho Oneidns, It is agreed on nil hnnds
that her first husband was Itoland Montour,
a brave of tho Seneca. She had no children
by her second husband, who was killed In a
war with tho Cutawbas as early as the year
1729.
Madamo Montour is by some writers al
leged to have been the daughter of one of
tho French Governors of Canada, and to
have been a lady in manners, Btylo and edu
cation. That sho mingled iu the best socie
ty of Philadelphia and possessed great at
tractions of mind and person. But when we
remember that she bad n eistermarried to a
bravo of the Mlainls, nnd was herself twice
married to Indiuus of the Five Nations,it is
more than likely that her claims to beauty,
education and refinement wcro not so posi
tive as her admirers bale asserted, yet far
in inlvaiicc of her husbands' and her swarthy
companions.
An examination of the authorities Beema
to bring us to tho conclusion that Madame
Montour was a French Canadian without
any admixture of Indian blood that sho
was educated that she preferred the Indian
custom nnd roving and unsettled habit of
life and that tho family into which she
married were the French half-brcedi who
had a French Governor of Canada for their
father, if, indeed, they were entitled to make
any such claim. That in early life she mar
ried Itoland Montour, a brave of the Sene
cas, who had h brother John, and a sister
who was variously known as Catharinc,Kate,
Catrina, Catreen and Queen Esther.
By her husband Itoland Montour she had
certainly four nnd possibly five children.
Andrew, Henry and Robert are well known.
Wo hear of Lewis also; and at a council in
Philadelphia, Juno 18, 1733, before Thomas
Penn, Enquire, Shekellamy, then at Shamo
kin as tho head of the tribes, speaks of an
Indian "named Katarinniecha, who is mar
ried to ono Margaret, n, daughter of Mrs.
Montour," as living "in that neighborhood."
Whatever Uoland Montour may have
been, Madnmo had always been tho friend
of tho Proprietary government. And that
reputation is enhanced, if possible, after her
second marriage. In somo instructions giv
en in 1728 by Gov. Gordon to Henry Smith
and John Petty, then about to visit tho Sus
quehanna Indians, tho Governor says :
"Givo my kind love also to Carundowana
and his wife and speak to them to tho same
purpose. Lett him know I expect of him,
that as ho is a great Captain, ho will take
Caro that all the People about him shall
show themselves good Men & truehearteil,
as ho is himself, and that I hope to sec him
at the Treaty." And again, in tho same
year, there is tho following memorandum :
"It was afterward considered by the Board
what Present might bo proper to be made
to Mistress Montour & her husband, Caran
dowana, & likewise to Shikcllima,of the Five
Nation', appointed to reside among tlicSlin,'
nese, whoso services had been and may yet
be of great advantage to '.this Government;
And it was agreed that Fivo Pounds in Bills
of Credit should bo given to Mistress Mon
tour and her husband."
After the death of her scond husband in
1729 she probably spent a good deal of her
timo in Philadelphia; and in 1734 several
of the Oneidas and others coming to town,
"Mrs Montour, now in town but not a mem
ber of tlic delegation," was inquired of as to
their standing and importance, and they
were entertained and rewarded with some
reference to her information concerning
them.
That sucli was the uniform character of
the family of Madamo Montour is further
evidenced by tho fact that at least two of her
sons received large grants of "donation
lands" from the Government. Henry's lay
on tho Chilli'quaqtie, and Andrew's on the
Loyal Sock wliero Montnursvillenowstand8v
In September 1742 Shikcllimus the great
Cayuga chief was living at Shamokin, and
was there then visited by Conrad Weiser,
Count Zinzcndorf, Martin Mack and lih
wife and Beveral other persons. After spend
ing some time at Shamokin the "Count and
part of his company forded the Susquehanna,
and went to Obtonwnckin on the West
Branch. This place, was then inhabited, not
only by Indians, of different tribes, but by
Europeans, who had adopted the Indian
manner of life. Among tho latter was a
Frenchwoman, Madamo Montour, who had
married an Indian warrior (Carondowana,
aliat Robert Hunter, but lost him in a war
against the Catawbas, She kindly enter
taincd tho Count for two days. The Count
went soon alter to Wyomiug."
The location ol the town of Ostonwackin
has not been definitely ascertained. Let us
see if we cannot locate it from tho given
facts. In the first place it was on the West
Branch, in thesecond,it was a short distance
aboveShamokin, iu the third, in order to
reach it the Susquehanna, that is tho North
Branch, was forded, We are justified in
placing Ostonwackin, Madame Montour's
residence nt about the mouth of Chllliqua
que Creek, and cenr the mountainous ridge,
which bears her name, Nenr there, on the
same strcnm her son Henry subsequently
obtained a large tract of laud, and there she
probably died, though of the timo or place
of her death no huHicient and certain infor
matlon has been obtained. But in October
1734, the is spoken of by a Chief and Mes'
scngcr from the Six Nations, as an old wo
num. We do not hear of her after the year
1742, and then as living at Ostonwackin, in
tho neighborhood of,and 110 doubt on friend
ly terms with the great and good Shikcllimus
tho father of tho more celebrated Logan,and
the steady mend of our people. Shekelll
inns died in 1749, and we hear nothing of
Madame Montour after 1742. There is no
authority lor believing that sho was alive,
much Icbg prctcnt, thirty six yeais later, at
the mnibaero of Wyoming, No history, nor
no authentic tradition connects Madam
Montour with tho bludding of any blood
whilo or Indian ; tho wholo tenor of her lit
forbids it, and tho attempt to enhance
tho romance of a locality or a tragedy by
untiling her in connection with it, must be
failure.
Tho Hon. Stewart Penrro lu hi
Annals, tiiys Capt, Itoland Montour was
at the massacre. If ho means the husband
of Madamo Montour he is miatakan, Roland
had long been dead, nnd he left no 1011 0
his name,
But Roland had n brother John, nnd
John is alleged by feve ral writers to bav
been at Wyoming. Thty had a sister Cat
rinn, and she nnd John were all their live
bitter and iiiirt'lciiting enimiea of tho Kng
lull colonists. Mr, Day, ti iuls of "tl
ci'lcbratid Catharine Montour, tomctimcH
culled Queen J j.llnr,Mbtuo moiu immanent
residence was nt Cathnrlnestown nttho head
f Seneca Lake, ns being a half-breed, who
had been well educated in Canada, Her
reputed father wns ono of the French Gov
ernors ot that Province, nnd alio herself was
hidy of comparative refinement. She was
much carcsecd In Philadelphia, and mingled
n tho best society. She exercised n con-
oiling influence nmong the Indians, nnd,,
resided in this quarter, Tion point, Brad-,
ford county while thty were making their
neurslous upon tho yomlng settlements.
It has been even suspected thntshe presided
at the bloody sacrifice of tho Wyoming
rlsomrs after the battle; but Col. Stone
who is good authority upon the history of
ie Six Nations, utterly discredits the
story. '
That the Montours, Roland, John and
Catharine were half-breeds, children of a
French Governor oi Canada, is altogether
probable; but that Catharine tho sister
of Roland ever was the educated and
refined and caressed lady of the best society
f Philadelphia, is an entire misnpprehen.
sion. There Is no evidence that Catharine
over was in Philadelphia. Mr. Fearce as
serts, notwithstanding Col. Stone's denial,
that "Queen Esther" was at the massacre.
If he means by "Queen Erther," Madame
Montour, tho French woman, the wife of
Roland Montour he is mistaken ; but If he
means Catrina Montour, the sister of Roland
and John, then he may be right. The
authority from whom Mr. Pay quotes, has
evidently confounded the two women.
Madame Montour and Catharine Montour
wero very diflerent persons. The christian
name of Madame Montour is not given in
any authority which has come under my ob
servation ; and the person who had her
castle at Tioga Point, und her town at the
head of Seneca Lake was not the wife or
widow f Roland Montour. She had a
daughter Margaret ; might not that have
been too,the name of the mother? Between
her nnd John nnd Catrina, there seems tn
invo been no intercourse, at least they are
never mentioned in connection with her nor
named as of hor family. John nnd Catreen
are alleged to have both been at the taking
f Fort Freeland in July 1779 ; and that
John received a wound there which proved
fatal, and that he wns buried ut the "Paint
ed Post." The probabilities of this storv
being true, ain increased, when we re
member tho number of persona taken
iriooners nt that time, and that many of
them returned from captivity, to whom
tho facts must have been well known, and
y whom they would be correctly nnd
graphically related.
Iu view ofall the evidence now attainable,
it seems possible that Madame Mniiloiir may
have been of pure French extraction, nnd
that Roland and his brother nnd sister may
have been half-breed. At any rate Mad
nine is nlways spoken of sis a French woman
and never ns ns a half-breed, while Cnthar-
no is alivnys distinguished ns half-breed,
although the brothers are seldom if ever so
designated.
So much it seemed necessary to have said,
that the truth of history might be vindicated
and the confusion or error which the
authorities leave upon the mlnil.bo dispelled
that the good reputation of Madame Mon
tour might he as immovable as the rocks that
underlie the beautiful Ridge which perpetu
ates her name, nnd her memory be as green
and grateful us the pines that clothe it sides
and wave over its summit.
JOHN G. FREEZE.
Miscellaneous.
SEEING UETTKIt DAYS.
The widow Minton had seen better days.
How far back wasn't exactly certified; but
she had been them. Better days hung
mouldering about her,like thedefaced shreds
of nntiqtiated embroidery.
The sturdy gossips of the seaside village,
who went about with their skirts tucked up
and their bare, brown arms ready nnd able
for any work, looked nsknnce nt the widow
Minton, with her pitiful meagerness of as
pect, her flickering black eye, und her trail
ng old gown. They nudged each other and
said, "Better dayn Lord bave us 1"
But the widow did not trouble the neigh
bors much, nor they her. A body who
couldn't do a heartsomo hand's stirring was
best left alone to her brooding, and the wid
nw's smoky little cabin, solitary npart on the
seashore, was left pretty much to herself and
boy Tom.
Tom was n sturdy, brown-faced lad, who
picked up a living by doing odd jobs for the
boatmen, nnd then taking a tiny for fishing,
Tom had probably never been better days.
The widow shook her head over him so
stupidly content, poor Tom 1 so beaming and
good natured over bepgarliness and hope
lessness. A tall, well-grown fellow, with
hare-feet, a torn straw hat and n red bhirt,
Tom took the world easily,lookiiig with rev
erent eyes on his mother's by-goue gentility,
but by no means seeming to covet it for him1
self.
Tho widow deemed it duo to her past re
spectabillty to be seen at church of a Sun
day evening, and you could see the two
walking at twilight along the sands together,
ho with her clean pocket handkerchief
folded over her old hymn-book nnd a certain
doubtful hesitancy of gait, ns if Heaven it'
self might be looking down critically on her
shabby black gown and rusty bonnet. As
for Tom, patient lom, ho went plodding
slowly after her, with his nulling face.
whittling to himself as he went. Always
patient, nlwnys plodding, poor Tom! Pa
tiently falling asleep during the termon, and
patiently listening, open-mouthed, to the
closing hymn, his careless, bright face, eon
traslingso oddly with his mother's querulous
nnd tearworn visage, won for him the soubri
quet of Widow Minion's rainbow.
Tlio minister of the parish, mistaken soul
deemed it incumbent to make a call on th
widow ; and on charity bent, it is said ho un
warily offered to employ her services in hi
household for a season. He deemed it his
duty to rouso tho old woman to activity.
He did rouse her ; and it is averred that
ho never found time to call at the cabi
again, Did lie take her for u common house
hold drudge, or a low-born field hand? Sho
thanked God ho had too much spirit left to
put herself under anybody's feet. He hadn'
far to go to find scores of drudges and diggers
but he might go l'mlhcr before he knew
lady when he saw her.
It might have been the afternoon after the
good man's visit that the widow sat idly
brooding at her cabin, door. Her eyes had
wandering, faraway look, nnd her face was
keener uud thiuuer tliun ever. Beyond tho
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bluff which sheltered her cnuin, sircicucu
far line of seacoast, tho white sana gieniiiiiiB
livery in the sun. Far off a group ni nam
11 hr irht dresses, iroitcKeu
. . . it( 1
between
shore and water. They came from tlio great
hotel down beyond ; she could almost catch
the sound of their voices ns isbo satslowly
rocking In. her dooirfay. It was n quiet
afternoon, the air was soft and soothing, nnd
10 widow's heart so full 01 iiucrnes .c...
self sweeten nnd soften tn tlio silliness.
This part of the shore, sheltered by its oyer
hanging rock, was seldom uiaiurucu uy in
truders, but presently tho watcher's eye
caught sight of a young girl splashing and
frolicking in the water just tieyonu niero.
It wns n nrpttv sieht. the rounded arms, the
curving shoulders, tho swaying, floating fig
ure. And perhaps the old woman recalled
1th a sigh the time when sho was young
and blithe too, and bad as cheery n voice as
that with which the fair swimmer Bailed ner
companions In the distance.
OnzW absen'lv on the smiling scene, a
reverie fell upon her, and when sho looked
again, tbe young water-nymph had disap
peared. She had probably swam ashore be
hind the rocks. The widow turned away,
hugged her thin shawl over her shoulders,
and thought that tho sea wind was chilly.
Hark! Whatwasthat? Surely she beard a
rv. No merry shout or ringing laugh this :
it might be the cry of n wild bird on its way
to its mate.
She couldn't have got beyond her depth,
that young creature, surely I But, U ! what
of it'if she had? Dying young, a body gets
quit of a deal of trouble. And Yes, surely
that was a scream. The widow looked sharp
ly out. Would Tom never come V The tide
was rising, and -and something certainly
was the matter. She called she beckoned
frantically to the bathers beyond they
seemed both blind and deaf.
"No one, not one soul at hand, and that
oung thing in peril of life 1" A minute
she stood still, listening a feeble old wo
man with a hnepard, scared-face, to whom
o one would have dreamed of looking for
help.
"I can't stand this," sho said. "Seems I
might pull out that "old scow myself. Tom!"
she screamed, with a yell that held tho eon-
centrnted energy of ten years. But no Tom
ppenred. And it was the widow herself,
ith those withered old hands, that dtsdnin-
d the minister's kitchen work it was the
widow herself, who, straining, tugging, and
ith her prav hair fluttering in tho wind,
nlonscd the old dtic-ntit from iM moorings,
nnd trembling, unskillful, armed with a rude
puddle, went spinning out dizzily over the
rude water. It leaked, the old scow; it
corned the broken paddle nnd the beavr
oars, bnt finally it came drifting out blind-
and di7zily to the object of her senrch. A
plump hand, with a glittering ring upon it,
clutched the edge of the beat, nearly over
setting it. A young, eager face, with
streaming hair, looked up from tho water,
and grasping, shuddering, half-drowned,
and wholly scared, the young water-nymph
was presently aboard the old craft.
Oh, how frightened I was?" sho cried.
'I Ml Hire I was losing all my strength,
and would go to the bottom. Oh, you good
old soul ! you dear soul ! how ever did you
get to me in that water-logged craft?"
"It has seen its best days, certain," said
the widow, tugging at the oars.
"You don't look able for such work," said
thcgirl.
"I Aurc seen better days," was tho quiet
answer.
And then oh, sufficient reward of all her
efforts 1 this real lady, this fair young girl
with the soft hands and the pretty bathing
dress, actually replied, "I thought so."
"Here, give me an oar," she added, still
panting. "But, my dear soul, we"ll never
be nble to row down to that point, where I
left my clothes, und I enn't walk to the ho
tel ; I'm awfully tired. Can't you put me
ashore at your place, and send word for me
down yonder ?"
The little dark cabin on the shore bright
ened up with nn unwonted lu-tre as the
widow sheltered her young charge, nnd
chnnged her we garments for some of her
own
"If my Tom would only come, I'd send
him for your thing."
"Oh, no matter 1 I'll wrap your shawl n
bout me, and walk down myself you know,
only beared. Dear rac, how I was scared !
My old nurse used to teach me not to scream
but if I hadn't screamed, where thould I be
now, I wonder."
They have seen better days, tho clothes,
miss, and I'll not deny that they've been in
good compauy in their time; but they're
not fit for a lady now."
Her companion laughed, a pretty, mis
chievous luuch. She read the weakness o
her rescuer, nnd trented it tenderly.
"Whatever a lady has worn is fit for a
lady to wear," she said, and forthwith wrap
ped herself, smiling, in tho old gray shawl
And at that moment Tom, with his red
shirt gleaming in the setting sun, nnd n
string of fish on his shoulder, stood in the
doorway.
Ho btopped when ho saw the guest stand
ing on the hearth btone, a bright fire be
hind her, and tho kettle boiling cheerily
She nodded tohim familiarly, Tom though
he must be dreaming.
"Tom nnd I are acquainted," said she.
"Are you ?" responded the astonished wid
ow.
"Yes," said the girl. "I'vo watched Tom
many a time walking along shore with his
red shirt, uud once ho took me and father
out rowing. Tom, your mother saved my
life."
Saved your life!" echoed Tom, who
never In nil bis life had heard of his moth
er's doing anything before.
Tom, stupid and staring, was hurried off
in search of the missing garments. And
meanwhile his mother betook herself to
mnklng a cup of tea for her protege. It
was wonderful how u little warmth of hu
man feeling hud roused this woman to llfo
and activity again.
When Tom returned, ladened with var
ious articles of apparel, tho two were quietly
sipping their tea together at the old round
table.
He did not return alone, however. Fol
lowing him came a tall, gruy-hended gentle
man. "Here's father I" cried the girl springing
forward. "Oh, father, tbU good lady hat
saved my life 1"
Lady I The widow Minton wanted to kiss
the beautiful rosy lips that pronounced the
words.
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"Well, mv denr." said the old gentleman,
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The father smiled, but also he lurtivciy
wiped nwny n tenr.
"Well, madam." said ho courteously, ac
cept my cordial thanks for looking after my
little madcap Belle. She's my only child,
you see, nnd m full of pranks a any doz
en." Belle playfully put her hand over his
mouth. "I won't havo my character traduc
ed where they've beeu so good to me," she
cried. "And oh, father, isn't this a beauti
ful place such a view of tho water 1 1 mean
to come down here every day and do my
sketching."
"I'm afraid." said tho sire, shaking Ms
head, "that this good lady will have cause
to wish she had thrown you overboird." ,
"Oh no. father : she likes me and I like
ber, and I've fallen Iu love with Torn long
ago, you know."
Tom blushed painfully. Something
strange and new stirred in his mind. Com
pliments, did not sweeten his tuougnu as
thev did his mother's, for Tom had never
seen better days, and felt as if he were be
ing made a jest of.
A week passed, during which the young
girl strolled almost dally to the cabin. When
she was there Tom seldom entered the house.
He had grown shy and sulky ; be sat on tho
horo darkly brooding, or wentoffsilently to
his fishing.
One morning Belle and her father depart
ed. Belle kissed tho withered cheek of ber
friend, and that was all. For when mention
had been made of helping her substantially,
the widow had drawn herself sharply up, all
the lady shining in her eyes.
"I may have seen my best days," she said,
'but I haven't come to that yet. And if I
needed any reward, I've had it now," sho.
added, as she felt the soft blood mantling in
tho cheek that Belle had kissscd.
Long after the two had left, Toin went
about with a cloud on his face, and in his
ears wero ringing thoso mocking words : "I
am in lovo with Tom." A disgust for his
fishing life and for himself and for all their
miserable surroundings of poverty filled tho
lad's heart with an unwonted bitterness.
"Mother,'' said ho ono day as ho sat dark
ly brooding over tho hearth, "you said ycu
were a born lady ; why didn't you make a
gentleman of me?" ,
"I hnd no money left when you came,"
said the widow, briefly.
"Then it's money that makes people gen
tlemen and ladies?"
I don't know," said tho widow, puzzled,
"they somehow mostly have it."
Ono day Tom came and told her he was
going to sen. There had been a man down
looking for hands, and ho bad taken Tom
gladly, for Tom was a handy fellow at almost
any kind of sea craft, and would soon mako
n good seaman.
"And you must just bide hero patiently
till I come back, mother; for if there's bet
ter days anywhero I shall bring them with
me, be sure."
After that the sea looked bluer and colder
than ever, and the solitary woman lived a
sort of hermit's life. No cheery voice of
gossiping neighbor lightened the dreary cab
in, no children prattled about her ; nnd only
Belle, the blithe, bright-hearted lassie,scemed
to remember to cheer her with a letter now
and then. Belle was away from home now,
visiting somo distant friends, but in her
kindly heart she kept a corner, it seemed,
for the poor old woman who had saved her
life.
Three years four passed away, and dai-
ly of a summer afternoon you might havw
seen the widow sitting in the doorway, cagfjV'
niiu iiiuiuw-eyeij, iiiuKing out lor some possi
ble ship that might bo Tom's. Tom was
not n good correspondent, but occasionally
up at the little post office a wandering epistle
waited her trembling hand. She was grow
ing very old and feeble now ; but Tom was
getting up in the world, Tom was first mate
of his ship, Tom was a success, Tom was a
gentleman, and oh, above all things, Tom
was coming home.
Not every one watches in vain, though we
may not always be looking in the right di
rection. It vas so with the widow. As sho
sat one day, with straining eye gazing on
fur off sunlit sails, and seeing how some of
them hovered nearer and nearer, and some,
alas 1 took wing further and farther away,
the doorway darkened suddenly ; there came
rushing upon her, ns if dropped from tho
clouds, n plump, dark-eyed, rosy-cheeked
lady, who flung herself into the arms of tho
watcher with a cry of joy.
"Oh, mother!" sho exclaimed, half sob
bing, half laughing "oh, mother! don't
you know me ? Why, I'm Turn's wife, and
I'vo brought tbe captain with me I"
'Mother," euid Captain Tom that night,
"you've seen better days, perhaps, but I
never have."
"For didn't I tell you," taid Mrs. Tom,
nrchly, "thnt I wusjn lovo with Tom ? And
father owns half his ship, you know ; so if
Tom's captain, I'm second mute, you see.
And we aro going to take you away to where
wo found our better days."
A New Orleans merchant wns induced by
a woman, who told a pitiful btory of poverty,
to give her $14 with which to bury her dead
husband. Before giving the money ho went
to tho house and sawadihcolored corpse that
ho thought ought to havo been burled days
before. In his hurry to cct away from tho
place he forgot hid umbrella. When he re
turned for it bo found tho corpse sitting up
and counting the $14.
Back Pay, Some years ago, says tho De
troit J'ree JVen, a certain Detroiter settled n
debt by glviug his note of hand. The hold
er tried for two years lo collect it, and then
filed it nway. The other day ho had mi op
portunity to work itoffonan iiinoeeut party
nnd shortly after so doing ho encountered
tho maker of the note and snid ;
"Now you'll havo to come to time I I've
sold that note of yours I"
"You don't say so?"
"Yes, I have ; got it olF on n man for
beven dollars."
"Seo hero, Tom," said tho debtor In a
pleading voice, "if yoii got seven dollars
for that forty dollar note ugalust me. and
y6u won't give mo ot leatt two d-dlur,
I'll never do uuother favor fur vmj lu my
Ufa!"