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HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTn MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
Terms, $2 per year In advance.
Volume g.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDA Y, MAY 25, 1872.
NUMBER J8.
t w. mwm & co.,
J 172 & 14 Federal Street,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
TO
tills m retail mm
a!.' nTVi-lr.,- decided narjralns in an unri-
vailed Slock of
Black Silks, All Prices.
U a it" Si ripe Si'.ks, only fl.00
i .-..ii:,-.- Stt ipe Silks, heavy, 8TX
,. , -t s;a- 1.00
87.V
60
...... J.i-.-m:--. superior quality & style, 45
J..I -' Cloth, wide, 25
; '.'.'a Mi Poplins 12.
- . 1' : loth, 5-4 wide, all wool, (.V
-ittv l'liii.l. Twilled, 25
Am.
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1 ( i .:: .nil- Mrtpcs,
i ."in (' iin-ii Suitings, wide,..
Cord, ,
I'. i'lir: Aljuica Suiting-,
25
25
50
25
37;,'
Pari!:.- Percales,
Sit..' Plaids, Sprinjr Styles 25
o:ilt! 1 uir. CIucc Lustre, ... ',5
(:.. red Alpacas, 25 to 75
H ack Alpacas, 25 to 1.00
DOLLY VARDEN STYLES
j i. all i:ki:sn goods.
t r 1 1 ,
Housekeeping Good,
Mt-iTu Wear,
J Hoys' Wear.
J tMiawls and Scarf ,
'o Lases. New Prints,
Sheetings and Shiriinjrs, Sets., ic.
av . r: it av i x fc j . ,
113 and 174 Federal Street,
Willi THE
.HEW D&AW FEED,
H- .I.im S.'fn received, nnd Is row the HrsT
Jaiimv Machine in tin market. It makes the
j l.ocU Nlitrli. I Simple. N'otHrlrss.
lianily l.i r,i ted.
n! ycrv effect iv ;. VI; want COOI) SF.'IXO
A ( It 1 N E A' i K.N I S in all unoccupied territo
ry, t. wt.orn c w ri(. most iii-vhai.
TV,',V;. T"'.,':':1-"'1 "' u,h" easiest ma-
tHl.N Liu &.LLL in the market.
j HOWAHD EATON fc. CO.
-i (Irnrral Avnilt,
I it 1 1 1 'in Avr..Tfi r.
I r.'b. 24, IST-Vly. l'l nSBURGIJ.
Agents Wanted
rou the
Sewing Machine.
-
, i-rrv;-r tho FLOIinXfE Z oral tie has been
f!itri..!:ii..-d. it has met with the greatest sve
. It is the onlv mnehitif makinjr four iliT
I f.T.'iif stitel-.esand havinjr the Kever.-itde I'eed.
f I ii' ma.'ht:!f'i y is j. rr-et. nnd the nutiin pos
j line. It runs liaht. nn.i vcrr fast, and tews
f (.wrse or tine ra'irii e. The Heniiner will turn
I wideor narrow hr ins, nnd f rll houut if ully. All
ttRchments ko with the machine.
or iuforiimticii Apply to or address
i HLCKERT II McKAIN,
.o. S klxtli Street,
t March 2, ls;2.-Sm.
viTTSDunrju.
I DES1MLER EE0THEES
.o. l'2il tmliliflelrf Mrccl,
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PITTSBURGH. PA.,
M a tin fact ui crs of
fill. MM m SBEET IB83 Ml
AMI DEAI.K.HS IN
Cutlery and House Furnishing Goods,
Have constant iy on band a la re stock of
rn s' Ten and Spice Caddies. Ice Cream Frce
zT. Ice Chests. Wtit-r Coolers, Clothes
Wrlmrers, ltird CiV'i i.ic, Jfcc.
X Proprietors of the celebrated rittent
AIJtiHt.ie Movi. SticlvcH. Jt htl?alr, nail
lirt-., l'Hlt i;s J,ol! . April 27.-1 m.
rsiovv is the:
time:
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TO SELL THK
'O"-. (SID
1 vv SEWING MACHINE I
liESrorNTV. Rest Machine in the World,
i "'-t seliin-r Machine in Market. Price, nun.
a 1 11 r ". f 1.7 UJ. 'Iff. eil Wiiiralltee for five ipuri
-l''iy iniiiK diateiy to
SMITH & FORRESTER.
3m. llSixlliSt., lMIburKb,
T t. CASEY, late of 1t.,t.r., t wi. t, r-..
I T.'. roUAKTY JAME8CASET.
j Uh I. 1 , ' U (J A K T Y & CO..
1 WHOLESALE DEAI.F.lui iv
KS0K1EU1 & OLD IMMl
AMI Al.t, KINDS Or
DOMESTIC TICjL'OIIS,
AND I.VJPOKTEHS or
Foreign Vines, Gins, Brandies, &c.
-No. 315 Liberty Street.
C, l71.-3m. PIITSBVUCII, PA.
h ' fv n" "thcr agents to prod tce Pewlnjr
11..." ' 'I"hi to wur new It K-I I rvt I
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1 t J " 1 i. r.i ; - Bt'ua ior Biiai
""i . 1. circular, ele.
".US(X intos.. liMrrii Aoentf,
nui rmrrn AQem,
No. 4J Sixth St., l'ittstiurgh. Ptl.
wanted. lAliril ?. 'f..Im:l
-s'( iits wanted
1i MIST V I'l'lov T i. 4 T,, . r
- F " J
I-li .. 'I'SIIOP OF CAMBRIA COUNTT
uesr u- . ,l opposite Union School limine,)
I'r.ipr,..,,,,. ' W'eusni,ra., Pa. M. M. O'NKILL,
l.ai.-..,i ... ,' .r-U'l'llr and llnmrx mad nnrt ra.
1,1 ,f: hen m'-!nnr wor in ,ur ,ine executed
at 'he 0KM.n:i,tn the o08t notice, and
nosi rcatonabie rait. 11 10 1 1
T3EGISTEK S NOTICE 1 Notice is
v herehy irivrn tliat the folIowiriR- Accounts
linvebeen parsed and filed in the Itetristcr's Of
hoc Ht Klx-nwlurr, and will ho presented to the
Orphans ( ourt of ambriu county, for contir
tnatK.n and allowance, on iVedutsilaif, the bth
ilan of June mxt, to wit :
The First Account or John T.eis, Guardian of
t.eorre and John Newkam, minor children of
I!!?- '---wkam, late of Camlii ia boro", tlec'd.
i lie Account of 1'aul Yahner. Admrof Mary
Antenbersrer, late of Carroll township, dee'd.
The Account of Wni. Caldwell, Guardian of
Frank A.Johnston.
The Account of Win. Caldwell, Guardian of
rannip Levcrgood.
First and Partial Account of W. Horace Rose,
Executor of the last Will and Testament of
lteuben Haynes, late of the Borough of Johns
tnwti. deceased.
First anil Final Account of John S. lllough.
Guardian of Simon Lehman.
First and Final Account of Georfre A. Confer,
Administrator of lauiel Confer, late of East
Conemaujrh. lo cased.
First and Final Account of Jos. Settlemoyer,
Executor of John Heimgart, late of Cambria
borough. deceased.
First and Final Account or Oeorjre Kabler,
Adm'r of the estate of I'eter Gosner, late of
luniinin ooroiin, ilccenseil.
Second Account of Jos!ah Gochnour and Ste
phen Gochnour. Administrators. &c, of lan'l
Gochnour, sr.. late of Taylor township, dee'd.
The First and Final Account of John I.vsett,
Executor of the last Will and Testament of
Ann l.ys 'tt, late of Cambria borough, dee'd.
First and l'artial Account of Jacob Kiblcr,
Executor of Mathias Dietrich, late of Chest to.,
Cambria county, deceased.
First and Partial Account of John Mannion
and Henry Scanlan, Executors of Mich l Cun
ningham, deceased.
Tin Second and Final Account of Mrs. Jane
Mullin, (now Mrs. Jane I.ahey.t Adm'x of the
estateof John Mullin. late of Washington two..
Cambria county, deceased.
The First ami l'artial Account or Josiah II,
Livingston, Adm'r .r John K. Sitman, deo d.
'l'h First and Final Account of 1. A. M'Gou.'h
and traucistl Fiiel, Administrators of James
M'lioujrti, deceased.
The First and l'artial Account of Wm IT
S.-chlcr, Adm'r or James M. Riffle, deed-fund
arisinjr from s.-ile of decedent's real estate.
.ccuuiu .i i-eter 11. it. rjr, Guardian of Wm.
Johnston Paul and FYnnkiin Asbury Paul, mi
nor cuii.u en 01 jacoit m. Paul, late of Jackson
township. Cambria county, deceased.
Second and Partial Account of James Yost
nnd Augustine Yost, Adm rs of Jacob Yost, late
of Carroll town.ihip, iL-ceased.
GEO. W. t ATM AX, Register.
Register's ORice, Eiienshurtr, May ti, '72.
C 1 E1UFFS SALES Hy virtue of
sundry writs of Fi. Fa, issued out of the
Court of Common I'W as of Cambria countv,
and ir me directed, there will be exposed to
Public Saie, at the Court hu?e in Lbensburr,
on Siiti')i!ii, the lt l'Ui t-f June next, at 1 o'cl'k
l. M., tl:c followinjz Kf-al Estate, to wit :
All thenylit. title and interest of Elizabeth
Witile, of. in a nd to a certain lot of ground sit
uate in Carrolltown borough, Cambria county,
fronting' on t 'ampbci: street on the north and
I'Xteinlini.' back n!onir Church Ftreet on the west
to lot of .io-eph Eearitureron the south, and ad
joinin lands of Kev. I'ouiface Weimeron the
cast, having thereon erected a one storv brick
house with baseinent and a board stable now
in the occupancy of Elizabeth Wit.l". Taken in
execution and to be sold at the suit of Jacob C.
Luther.
Also, all the rljjlit, title and interest or Augus
tine ('raver, of, in arid to a piece or parcel of
land situate in Carroll township. Cambria coun
ty, adjoining lands of Peter Campbell, John
Wcnkland. and others, containing 104 acres,
more or less, about WO acres cleared, havibtr
thereon elected a two story frame house and a
frame barn now in the occupancy of Lewis
Crave r. Taken in execution and to be sold at
the suitef Peter McAlcer, Tor use of Francis
Cooper.
Also. ,,n theritfht. title nnd interest of Stanis
laus Wharton, of. in and to a piece or pared of
land situate in Clearfield township, Cambria
comity, adjoining lands ,r John Itehe, Joseph
. i rs. anu others, containing 25 acres, more
or less, about 2 acres of which are cleared, hav
ing thereon eri-cted a two story frame house, a
frame stable and a water saw mill now in the
occupancy of Arrhur Wharton. Taken in exe
cution nnd to be Fold at the suit of Tiernev &
Null. W. if. lt t.VACK Fit, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Ofllce, E'oensburjj, May D, 1872.-;jt.
q T A T E .A I EN T .f the Au.Iiiors' Setlle
mnt with the Supervisors or Susquehanna
township, Cambria countv:
Scsqi-ku anna Twp., In account with Tn8. J.
Uvkm:, Super isor, for the year 1871,
1R.
To amount of Duplicate of lioad Tax, $.720 75
(It.
Ev nm'i of Tax worked on Roads, ?.7I1 45
Uy services as Supervisor, 70 10 57 55
Due Thomas J. Byrne,
tea PO
c?rsQrr.:iA.v:.A Trr., In Recount with Wii.i.
11. Uvehty, Supervisor, for the year 1&7
lilt.
To ain't of Pu plicate of Koad Tax, 742 .V.
I AM
1,
lue Jowiishsput last s.-ttlemei.t, iUZ:-t"
5 83
Cll.
Uy nm't of Tnx worked on Roads, f;:."! 01
I5y exoneration.', 4 J2
Uy powder for blast insr rocks, Kt
Uy Thomas. I. IJ rue. Supervisor, 3 Ml
ltv Pi ter Helfrieh, Auditor,
llv l..,i.. WenUlaml, Audi
uy r. .1. 1. utlier. Auditor.
4 50
1 50
1 50
(i l
V-J 75
Uy Joint Hearer. T,.w!,o,,,, .li.
1 :
Uy scrv ices as Supervisor, '
Due Township,
l.f.t 79
We, the Auditors, do hereby cert ify that we
have examined the Accounts of ThosJ J. ityrne
and Wm. II. I.averty, Supervisors of Susque
hanna township, for the year 171, and find them
as above stated.
S. J. LUTHER. I ,,,..
PETER IIELFRTCTT, t" Anaitors
Attest John P.kakku, Twp. Clerk. I5-ll.-3t.
HUTCHISON & CO.,
Manufacturers Agents and Dealers in
r7f
I T la
STKiSI
Ilorizontnl nnd Verllenl Steixm En
einr, none, Helling: i-neliiiis
nnd Kcclinnlcnl Nupplie,
Corner Wood St. and Second Ave-,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Agents for the Huntoon Steam Governor
Knowles' Patent Steam Pumps, RIDER
Cut Off and Caloric Engines, Union
4-27. Stone Co.'s Emery Wheels. 3m.
pOR SALE A FARM of 1 !4 Acmes
--3 miles from St. Aujrusttne and 11 miles
from Altoona 14 Acres of which are cleared",
the balance beinur covered with good oak and
spruce timber. The improvements are a first
rate Plank House containing four rooms and
a very lare Ixijr Harn. 2mi eni. For fur
ther information inquireof Patrick Madden,
neat the premises, or address
, CHARLES MCKEXNA,
March 23, lS72.-tf. . Mansfield Valley, Ta.
T W. DICK. Attornky at Law. Eb-
" ensburar, Pa. Office in Colonade Row.
All manner of leirnl business ntfeiiucd tosatit
factorily and collection a specialty. LlO-U-tL
f Knives and Forks, V
hJL spoons, scissons. l
7AXES' SHOVELS' LOCKS, V"'..
11 Hinges, Nails, Files, etc. Vry
ijilCarpcnter's, Blacksmith's, and j.' i
VS AGRICULTURAL TOOLS, O'
Xf PtTTsevsau, pa., 4
Cor. Liberty &Sixtli C
TIME IS PASSIXU.
Time is rushinjr In his chariot;
Rapidly his wheels go round ;
Though they cast no dust behind them.
Though they have no rumblinjj Bound,
Silently they bear us onward
Soon our journey will be o'erj
Soon the friends with whom we mingle
We shall see and hear no more ;
Soon our feet shall press the meadows
Of the vast eternal shore.
Flyinjf months and years remind us
Of the world we're speeding to.
Let us leave trood deeds behind us.
In the world we're passing: throug-b,
Which shall be the seed of kindness.
Watered by celestial dew.
And shall bear (rood fruits for others
Fruits of joy, and peace, and love
Tears lonjr after we are sinifine
In the immortal land above.
Men are born and men are dying-.
Thousands come, not one to stay ;
Time is swift, his wheels are flying'.
Never ceasing- night or day,
For the laughter, nor the crying.
Of the stricken or the
Crushing dow n the God defying
They who laugh at death's delay
And from sorrow, sia and sighing,
Uearing gentle souls away.
Ilans and schemes of men and nations.
Heart and homes and homesteuds free,
Granite walls and art's creations
All the eyes delight to see,
AH the ertr delight in hearing
Crumble, tumble, fall and fade.
Oh ! we need a world more cheering
Free from graves and c3-press shade;
Thanks to God 2 that world we're neariug,
Iu eternal sa phi res laid.
BY I. J. riflCUARD.
The house of the engine driver was
far away from the railroad rtaiioti, whete
h'i9 Iai!y work began. This had to be,
partly because the officers of the road
wanted to make large divideur!, and, lo
that end, paid him too little money to
enable him to lio nearer to his work, and,
partly, because the engine drirer and his
wife from 1 lie country wanted to be in a
house they could have all to themselves.
Oar engine duver's mitiie was Frank
Dee. lie Lad been on one railroad for
mote than twenty years, and was one of
the Died and trusty men that somehow
cannot jet promoted, because ihey are si
useful; and yet he wa always hopir:g to
get up higher and have a bigger salary.
One night, not long ago, it was very cold.
The cold had been getting stronger every
hour fur two days, and the wind wai bit
ler and cutting. All day. Frank Doc hail
been exposed to it but now, it va9 lime
for him to cone home. I wish you could
have ecen how bright the little room was
made for him. 'lo be sure, it was always
bright with order and eleenhness, but .lr.s
night we are writing about it shunc with
wurderful welcome.
The Christmas greens still hung upon
the wall?. The engineer had jumped
from his machine oni day, when waiting
near a wild glen, and gathered a wealth
of princess pine and mountain laurel
He had carried thcru home to beautify the
place at Christmas time, and. as I wriie,
they were still upon the walls on this
night.
"O mamma ! ain't you glad papa
doesn't have to be out all night, this win,
er?" asked Mary Dee, as she n'ood look
ing and watching for her father l get
down from each car that parsed the cor
ner on the avenue.
'Very gUd, Mary," said Mrs Dee,
from ihe kitchen, closa by. She was giv
ing the last baste to a chicken that was
roasting for tba coming fiupp.ir.
"Here lie is!" shouted Mary, "and
Frank is with him. Now, we shall have
them both all evening," and away she
sprang for the table-cloth. Before it was
lairly ppiead, the engitse dtiver and his
son cams in.
"Are you frozen !" asked his wife,
Itf.ing up her warm face to his cold cheek
for a kiss; "and did you g;t Ik-rough all
right lo-day ?'
"All tight, Molly, but I had a narrow
m'.ss to-day, and if it li'id happened, I
should have left olF railroading for the
rest of my life."
"I'apa !" exclaimed Mary, the daugh
ter, "you didn't come near getting killed,
did you !'
"'o, but," and the man's eyes filled
with a sudden moisture, "a home som?
where came near having a dead child in
it to-night. A little chap, in dresses,
came sliding on a sled down a hill when
the "Van Winklo" was close by. The
boy was not old enough lo know anything
about a sled, and it ran right on the track
and got caught on the second rail, leav
ing the child right in front
"Opapa! what did you do ?" cried
Mary, clasping her hands together.
"Do ! What could I do but spring
to the front and seize the peiticoats and
tos9 him otf into Ike snow. Just then I
heard a 6hriek, and, looking up the hill,
saw some woman, its mother may be,
lifting her arras over her head. She saw
me throw the child, and then she came
down the hif, but she didn't get to him
before I got out of tight, but the boy
jumped up and swung his littlo hat in the
air, and I knew he was all right ; but,
when he looked far his sled, I reckon the
little fellow was puzzled to find it."
"Bless you for that goodness to some
mother, Frank ; if anything happens to
you, I shall be glad you did it' said Mrs,
Dee
"There i?nt aythi-ng going Jo happen
to father. He is too good for that,"
spoke up Frank ; "he is going to live
until ! grow up and know enough to drive
an engine, aren't you father !"
'I hope so, boy, but you mustn't talk
like that. I don't like to hear you.
Molly, I'm a hungry man to night."
"And your euoper is just ready."
While they were at the table, a boy
touched the bell knob at the door, and
Mtxy, going to answer the call, found a
telegraph message there.
"I'apa, it's for you. Maybo the man
whose boy was s ived has sent you a pre
sent," she said, as she gave it to him.
"I would, if I were him."
The engine dtiver held the bit of paper
in his weather beaten fingers a full min
ute, it seemed to his wife, 'ere he had the
Courage t sav. "Mollv ! li.n Lane's
baby is going to die before morning, and
he wants me to take his pi ace on the
"American" for the up trip to-night. He
says he shan't rest content to risk his
train with another man on th road.
What shall I do about it ! '
The little wife laughed. "You Inoic
l'rank, you wouldn't stay at home, if I
said 'no' a thousand time3. Of course
you'll go," and then a shadow stole over
her face. Railroad men's wives have
such nerve-aching hours, and it is such
sweet relief to have one's cares within
four walls now and then, that it is no
wonder that this wife could not mile
long that night. So they wrapped him
up, muGling every inch of skin that could
be spared from the cutting cold. Mary
slyly took slices of chicken mid sand
wiched them into bread an I tucked tha
bundle it made into a big side pocket.
Frank begged so to be taken alonj, that
it was hard te refuse the lad. "The cold
will make you sleepy, papa," he said,
"and you'll want me lo piick you awake,
now and then."
"Shall I take him, Molly V the brown
faced father asked, but did not wait for
an answer, saving quickly : "No. Frank,
stay at home and take care of your moth
er. I'll give some poor soul a lide with
me to night. There's always a dozn
bogging to be taken, ntid I feel good mi
lured. I expect it's i"t ;.t baby 1 saved
to-day. I should junt like to see that
woman's face when she put him lo bed
to night. Good night and blezs you,
Molly. Good bye, M iry. Frank, you
may go down and see m; off, if it will do
you any good," and s he went.
Frank was at hom ;-.gain before eight
o'clock, having waited to see the engine
start on its leng lonely way through the
gloom of tha mountains and the shadows
of ihe night. "I'apa sent you up a news
paper. Hi thought, maybe, you'd be
lonely without Litn," he said; ''and,
mamma, he told me lo tell you that he
tetk up a mr.n fr the whohi trip ; he
thought you'd feel safer if you knew, and
he won't ba. home again in two days he
don't think ; but he said I might- run
down to-morrow when the train comes
back and give him the news."
"I will gf down myself, Frank," said
.Mrs. Dee, opening the newspaper her
thoughtful hutbiud had sent her.
The pnssenger train was, meanwhile,
1 -
speeding along us iron way, Willi its
scores of men and women, every soul of
them busy wilh this earth-life of ours.
Theie were men on that train going to
homes, that, in the ees of the world,
were more than the homes of the engine
diiver, but nut one of them was bound
to a place more full of true and lender
lore than his own little home up town.
LTi.der the shadows of the mountain,
over darkly-lined bridges, in the plains of
moonlight, pust ihe low brown station
house, along the line, through theboauti
ful villages, huriied the express train.
All was well. Within the comfortable
cars, the passengers rested, asleep, or
dreamed in wideawake fancies, as all the
out of doors swept by.
The man that Frank Dee had taken
upon his engine began now and then to
talk to the engine dtiver, and, in reply,
received wo"dd that were sharp and crip
as words could be, for he wanted all of
Uimself to guide that train to its destina
tion. The moonlight saw, despite the crisp
words, a smile come nnd go again and
again on the brown face of the diiver.
He could not help it ; he was thinking
of that little boy that he had caught from
the crush tf death and tossed into the
snow that day. It made him feel, som j
how, akin to the nngels who go about on
Divine errands of beating up and snatch
ing bck froai falling and Irra sin. He
smiled again at the thought of angelhood
for one like himself. "Mi an angel!
Me! Within these brown rough weather
clothes? No! No! I am only an engi
neer on a railroad trying to do my duty
from a vaifety of motives, but, chitfly, I
do believe yes I do from love to the
Master. The little boy I saved to day
may have work to d in the world that
I could never do," and tie smiled once
more and looked steadily out, thinking of
his comrade, Ben Lane, bending over his
dying baby. , "I'oor Ben," he sighed, "at
least you will know your duly was well
done while you watched."
How the hilhr rang and rattled ! how
the echoes clashed from lips of stono,
softly dipped in snow, as a long, brown
line of cars traHed its length behind the
fiery eye that told to all Ihe hills along the
river that a freight train was on its way
to the sea. Every night thehills heard
the same sounds and saw the same sight,
but this night thre was, there must hare
been, an undertone .of meaning, in lh
thud of the wheels along the rails
Many a sleeper turned to listen a mo
ment, and then forgot that there was
anything passing strange until afterward.
A flaw in the iron ! Who knew that
it was there? Hidden away in the
htnrt of it, a flaw. Did the workmen
who cast the wheel know it ? Did the
great manufacturer know, when the car
wheels were made out of that iron, that
it ought not to' be used fcr such a pur
pose ? DitI he, to build up his own for
tune, thus risk the life of his frfllotVa ?
Sjnvbody was in fault. Possibly it was
the man whose duty it was to examine
every wheel of that train. Because the
night was cold, and the cars many, and
his ears well muffled, and he was liied.
did ho pass t.'tit oieby? Possibly it was
ihe contractor, or ihe president, or the
poorest employee or. Ihe road. Some
body wa to blam?, and of that man,
whoever he may be, Ihe voice of the
Iord God was asking, "Where is thy
brother ?"
Mrs. Dee turned thee asjqw and looked
out upon the night. SShinething in it
raado her very soul shiver, and she turned
it for warmth toward Heaven, askine.
what of blessing for her husband, Mie
knew nof. She saw through Ihe dim
lijiht. when she arose, the sweet face wf
Mary, asleep on her husband's pillow.
It made her think of that other hltle
face, asleep ssmewhere, under the light
of a thankf ul mother's love, and she went
lo sleep with blessings in her heart for
her noble husband.
The broken wheel, the treacherous
axle, whatever it was, executes its fearful
etrand. There is a rumbling thud, a
corner of the car touches tho earth ; it
breaks up and fi ls the way; otheis,
forced along, all piled on it, until at last
both tracks are cumbered with a.wreck.
rrank Dee i all alert. It is a place
where accidents have been in time pst,
and he looks carefully out for the small
est fcignal of danger, but, all is well;
white lights stream through the moonlit
air, and on he goes.
Suddenly, like a red hot ball hot from
a cannon's mouth in time of pace, comes
a blood-red glare upon the track. The
engineer's hand flew to tho lever; Ihe
whistle sounded for the brakes, and a
voice cried out from Ike rear, Jump,
Frank, jump !" But something held the
engine driver to his post, and no man
knoweth, or dreameth, or imagine! h, how
he passed into that angelhood of w hicli
he thought but a span of time ago. Down
below the cold black waters, we know
that anel hand ministfred to bravo
Frank Dee and caught his expiring tho'ts
ftora the wreck of ruin, even as he, with
his human hands, had caught (ho fair
haired child from the crush of death that
day.
In tkc little house up fown there is fucU
sorrow as God alone can still. We dare
not go near it with word or thought. Only
this one thing wo know, for sorrow's self
taught the truth, that us the days go an
and the wife and children live out their
time, Bweeter and sweeter will grow the
thought that the ergine driver went into
Future through the gate-way of duty.
Mixing the Baiiifs. The Kichmond
R'(j:fter tells this : At a dance given by
L Coyle, in Kingston, a few nights since,
there were a number of married ladies
present who brought their babies along
Feeling inclined t' trip the "light fantas
tic" a round or two, they left their proge
nies in an adjoining room, in charge of
Mr. Coyle and .Tos Maunin, who had
kindly volunteered to be mammnt lo the
innocents ud interim. During the absence
of the fond parents Tom and Joe conclu
ded to swap clothes, and in a short lime
every babv sported him or herself in foreign
habiliments. The mothers, afieran hour
or so's devotion lo Terpichotean delights,
took each their baby vcsimenls nnd Ihe
dear little forms therein contained, and re
tired to Iheir respective and once h.-ippy
homes. On preparing ihe little ones for
the crib, sexes had changed gitls were
boys and boys were girls and with one
universal yell the outiaged maternals set
out ori a baby hunt. At last accounts
most all had, by tho "strawberry mark,"
succeeded in recovering the lost heirs ; but
Joe and Coyle are said to be non est when
any of those mothers are in or about
Kingston.
Mr B.viinum's Giraffe The giraflo
in Mr. Bartium's menagerie shows won
derful a fleet ion for its keeper. It will
allow no other lo handh it, and it grows
nervous and uneasy whenever I lie young
man is away from its side The keeper
ever has lo sleep in the cage with the gi
raiFe. It is a handsome cage, and in one
end of it the young man lias his bunk.
When tho girafTj is lying down, its head
nestles close to that of its keeper, and thus
the two slumber lovingly side by side.
The young man has had charge only since
it lauded in this country, some six weeks
ago. It is a male, three years old ; and
as the female, whfch started with it, wa3
lost in the voyage across the Atlantic, the
affection once reserved for the dead mate
seems to have been transferred to the man
who first received and caressed it on tha
vessel's arrival at New York. The giraffe
must naturally be of an affectionate dis
position or it would scarc-dy have benoma
so fond of a human being in so shoit a
lime after leaving its native wilds.
Tins is the hast line in this column'.
i: liz m cm iviix.
In the latter part of the last century
occurred, at Chester, the trial, conviction
i.-i:' k,i, v;i. I
v CACVUllOM Ul Ijll&iiuniu I 1 1 .... . , vii a
charoe of infanticide. Her great beauty,
misfortunes, and unfaltering determination
to'shteld the perpetrator of the crime, even j
witli the sactihce of her life for no one
believed her lo be the actual murderer
have made her story part of the tradition
ary loie of this locality. The facts are,
substantially, these:
Elizabeth Wilson was of an humble
but respectable parentage. Thegitl, from
infancy, was temarkab'.e for norsonal
c
beauty and a demonstratively affectionate
disposition. In youth, Ihe whole warmth
of her love was bestowed upon hpr broth- j
er William, two years eider than her- !
self, for it seeme l that love, devoted love,
was the paramount law of her existence.
Her moiher died when she was yet a
child, and thus, wanling maternal coun
sel, she grew toward womanhood, for her
father, an ordinary man, deersed mainte
nance the only duty due from a parent to
his offspring. Indeed, in a few years he
re-married, when the mournful story of
Elizabeth's life began, for it was by his
wife's advice that the two children were
I hound out at service Ehztbeth near by, i
William orer fifty miles away from hi- j
gentle sister. There she rfmained, and j
when we again find Elizabeth Wi!on,
she was a graceful, timid girl of seven- 1
teen, attracting by her uncommon loveli-
nesm the homage which beauty always
commands.
A young g'rl in the neighbaring vi'lace
of Hock Hossing was to be married, and
Lizzie was invited to the weddinc It
was the first party she had ever attended,
and, of course, her heart fl ittered with
anticipated pleasure. She did not see t'.ie
depth of woe that lurked in her path, for
from that evening all her future wretched
ness was to have its source. The bride
groom brought with Mm a fiiend a hand
some, dark-eyed, self possessed and ac
complished young man. Lizzie and he
met. and a mutual love resulted.
The summer stole by, during which
the young man was constant in his atten
tions, indeed, he accompanied her to her
father's lume on a visit, ar.d it was gen
erally understood that they were engaged.
When Ihe yo"g couple returned to the
family in which Lzzle was living, Ihey
took back with them a small stool, point
ed b'ue, upon which, many years bt-forc,
her brother had cut wilh his knife, the
letters E. W.
Shortly af er Iheir return, her lover an
nounced his intention of returning lo a
distant city to establish himself in busi
ness. It was a sad parting. Letters !
were exchanged, but soon those from the j
young man grew cold, and the intelligence j
rnpidly reached the poor girl that her j
faithless lover had vielded to the blandish- I
m'r.ts of a rich and charming widow. She
was wretched, for in her cotifi i iz trust s'..e
I. ad y ielded to I i3 every desire. She short
ly afterward gt-T- bitth to a dead infant.
Crushed and brwken depressed with
neglect and sorrow, she lied to the city of
Philadelphia, where she remained almost
a year, when she re'u tied to the coontry.
The intervening time, pased in the city,
is clouded in ,mys:cry ihat can never be
explained. Her health was broken, her
actions were dull, and a strange stupor
seemed to hang over her. Soon it bo
came obvious that she would again lie a
moiher At length she gave birth to
twins. When questioned, she answered
incoherenily and contradictorily, and her
mind srcnied Jo be intent only upon ths
frimple desire to return to : lie city. When
the children were a few month old, a
neihbjr consented to cor.vt?y her a part of j
the way in his wagon, from which, how
ever, she alighted vvh?n they reached tho
j King's Highway leading to Philadelphia
He left her seated on a ruck, near a grove,
nursing the babies: This was early in
the forenoon. At dus'
house where she hd
;, she came to the
lived
iu the city.
haggard, and exhibiting all the indications
of an insane mind. Her children were
not with her.
Next day, two strangled infan's were
found in a gtcve. a few miles from Ches
ter. Her name became connected with
the circum!ance, and
when arrested ihe
same sluggish
apathy marked her da- brother, and the spectators turned to b.
erded having committed ! a I'Ja haggaid and travel stained.
meanor, S.e den
the murder, but declined to tell who had
done it ; sometimes she declared that tho
children were living. When taken to
ptison, she simply asked for writing ma
terials, and, in a lutter to her brother, be
sought him to come lo hpr and bring the
little blue stool upon which he had cut
their ini'ials, fo long ago. lie came at
once. The meeting was silent, but flit i II
ingly affecting. At length he asked her
whether she had committed the crime with
which she rras charged.
"No, no," she cried, "I did not."
'You must have been greatly changed,"
he s -id, "had you done so."
"I am ilrcadtully changed," she replied,
"but I never ljrmed anything."
Taking her hand in his and drawing her
to his breast, he bent over, and in a low
voice said, "My dear sister, will you
nut
tell roe who did it ?"
She broke away from his embrace, and
in a wild, startled manner iuquned, "Di I
what ?"
All endeavors to get from' her any par
ticulars whereby the actual inurdoter
could be discovered, seemed vain, a nil few
believed the poorgiil hei self had commit
ted the horrid' act OncC, indeed, as her
head lay upon her brother's breast, she
Kiid, in reponse to a remark, that every
secret could be safelv confided to his failh-
, , , , ... r ,. . .- ,,
ful hprt- Ue ,h'- ''
Ile ! who is ho?" inquired William.-
gently.
"Their father."
"Did you know he intended to do it ?"
"No. He seut wold that I should meet
him at the rove, and he would give m
money to support the children. When i
asked him for it, he swore, grew angry,
and in a rae strangled the babies. I
fainted. When I returned to conscious
ness, I was alone the infants were Ijtng
dead anions the bullies.
"What ii his name?' anxiously in,
q.fired her brother ; "where does 1-e live!''
Sl.uddeiinir, she drew back, and in n
wild, distressed voice, cri.J, "donl'l atk
me. I ought rot to have told anything,
lie f-Ji fd me. Don't ask me."
Tell me his name?" pleaded her bro
ther. "His name! his name! I don't know
the babies are alive.
I'm sure they nta
alive. I don't know. I ought nut to
have told anything
Thus she simply denied having com
mitted the murder. Beyond this, noth
ing could be learned from her ; and of
such scanty mateiials her lawyers were
compelled to build her defence. They n -lied
mainly upon her disturbed menlat
condition. The unsettled t-t.-ite of her
mind could he easily us-umed to avoid the
responsibility of guilt, urged the ptoecu
cuiing officer, and besides, if she did not
perpetrate the crime, her silence softer tha
horrid act, rendered her an accomplice
aficr the fact, and thereby as piitulpai Id
the murder. So the court charged, and
the jury found her guilty. She was sen
tenced to be hung al Chester.
Her brother used almost superhuman
efforts lo avert this teniLle do:m. A
petition w;g drawn up, which was rapidly
siiitd, setting forth the circumstances of
the case, the shattered condition of her
mind, and her misfortune as rendering hr
an unfit person upon whom the extretno
rornally of the law should be vi.-ited
When William went lo the prison bef ire
he left for Philadelphia, she seemed soli
citous for her little stool, for she said :
'"no matter vhat shall happen, promise,
my dear brother, that you will take care
of this for L'zzie's sake." And to the
clergyman, when he spt.ke lo her of death,
she simply said, "Tell Will lo keep my
stool. 1 have loved it so much." In
answer to his question; if i-he ilesiifd to
confess anything, she said, "No, I never
committed the murder '
"Are you resigned to deUh, she'iM
Ihey fail to procure a p.n dun ?" he fur
ther asked.
"Oh, yes!" she cried, her whole, faco
brightening up; "I want to die."
Time p tssed and the day for the execu
tion came. No news from her brother,
and when the officers came to lead hev
forth to execution they found her sitting
upon the little stool, g:;zmg on vacancy
'Has William come?'' she asked. -
When told the import of their visit, sho
seemed lo receive the summons without
emotion, and was taken t the -lace of
execution at ihe intersection of the Pro
vidence and Midd'etown roads. Spring
er's store is near the site.
William all ibis tinn had worked un
ceasingly, and the Governor after suia
delay, granted a pardon. In tiios'j d.iys
the roads were usually in bad condition,
and the heavy rain that find lately fail-m
rendered them worse, and impeded Wil
liam's riturn to Chester, fir B-trby cre k
was so swollen that it could not be forded,"
and much time was consumed before a
boat could be procured. U'ging his horse
to extraordinary effort, the at.ira.il fell
dead beneath him. Procuring another,
he mounted and rode across ihe fields,
through tho heavy ground, leaning the
fences as he went. From the brow of
hill l.c saw the crowd acso;nb!id at the
place of cxecu'ion. He screamed, shout
ed, waved Lis hat, but in the i.;er.-e ex
citement he was unheeded nnd unheard.
All were gazing at the gallnw?, rind isr
another moment he saw a wom?.np form
suspended in the air.
A shiiek of horror that they who henrd
nCTOr forgot, buist from the agon!;f
bestriding a horse that staggered from
weakness, as ho put forth fresh eff.trt
under the goading whip and spur. "A.
pardon ! A pardon I " the rider cried, as
his horse stumbled and fell ded. Wil
liam Wilson lay senseless at tho fot of
the gallows. Too late ! Tha body was
cut dawn, but the r.cck had been disloc t
Isd. and the unhappy gill was dead! r
When resuscitated, to the surprise cf
all beholders, the man's face was sUn.poil
with lines of age, and the tWk h cks of
youth had changed lo snowy whiteness.
Agony, in a few moments had douc the
work of years.
Sully the broken-hearted mn took ihe
little stool from tle cell,
(Ipp.irting
from the haunts of men, he abode in a
ce in aupuin county, wnere i.e. uie-t
! -TI ' - l - ,
a nan cei.iurv ago, a man ol sorrow ami
cf years. To this day he is remembered
in that locality as William Ihe Hermit.
A bright little girl at Milton. Wis.
having been desired to write rt Renlenco in
troducing the word "canion." presented
Ihe following to her leachor: "Bad ehi!--dren
often carrion in chuich when the
uugut lo be quieti."
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