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lifitijptij t 'Kfistiti
m
" 1a. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FKKE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE
Tferms, S2 per year, In advance;
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IPHANS' COURT SALE
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JTJNE ii. 1S75.
NUMBER 21.
HMD TIESBER URD.
Villi' I'
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,i m ii'i'f or i'-r ot i nt; 'rpnans
. i muuIv. the undersigned will
ai Lilly's .Station, on the I'd.
turday, June 5, 1875,
J!
i
I 1.1 li . . 'I.
, the following described
to wit :
jtfiFi'E VAKI'KL OF LAND,
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..ii r.i'vn-liip. Cambria count v
',,-!, n!-! ! In' ' huItm Minintr it ml
i ur ' 1" r- "l Jeremiah MeGonigle,
, w. I .1 1 1, -
o Hundred and Ten Acres,
. i, i .' it; l tth:n m-i:- ciaret'. nnv-
if I Hi IKV AN T IlorKS.
I .j ".1 n-'l ami is underlaid with
" i ii ( ' ; 1 1 .
t .. i ."ii :- ..i" n' '!. :n I tin1 coal is of sme-
i .'v !,T ii'.'MM':i''"iritnr purposes. It is so
.'fV'-i r i- -t! ii't.l drama th:t the con I i
if at . wp-iratiiely little expense, j
- i , .": . i n.' i !. is I in I with the K. !
S'wi-t and the .Muting and I
x.-i i " . r a".-.-: ot ?7.0)i. The inter
, , i" : i ' Ii" S- iht. ili'eM. in said train-
- .... . . . , ii th" l.i n I. or separately.
is ,.y s U. '.. ' ''i'' I ol 'the purchase !
, i., , : .,n ri iiv. h iti m of sal"-, an. I the I
. . i. ii i i Ii I '. llli" ii : wirh inrm. '
. :! 'i lgmcut bou id and mort-
' " "' r k m. (;i:;!!f;F.
.iMi:iMi chhtf.
1 I t" t ! i i K'i S rvxEii, dee'd.
js nw advertisements.
H. F. BURNHAM'S
1 IT Kit I
WATER WHEEL
1Vuxplertr1,(ycitrff airo. and put '
tn nrb In t ! 1' W I 1 1 m
k ' ' " v m..rr. nifni ,llll I ,
, and has prOTcil to bo the ,
in inetcn sizes made. Pri
ce Inner than nnv other first.
-. clasg wheel. Pamphlet free.
N. F. lil'KXHAM, York, Pa.
IODIDE OF AMMONIA
Cure enraliria, f ace Ache, Itht-nmnt im. ;out,
Kratnl reel, I hilliiain, Sore Throat. Krtsipelan,
Brni sea and tToomla of every nature In man ur ani
mal. The remarkable cures this remedv has ef
fected classes it as one of the most impor'tiint and
valuable remedies ever discovered for the cure
ami relier of min. "In croup, larynijltia. and
pneumonia 1 have used uilx' Lmi,,,, ut If nf
.tui'f n't. with marked ami decided benefit."
HOHEK T S. NEWTON, M. D., 137 V. 4TtU St.,
New York.
For sale by J. P THOMPSON'. F.bensbnrir. Pa.,
ml by ail Druifigts. Depot 451 8th Ave., N. Y.
ANING MILL,
I i ok M.vir:.
j i':1' r-- I " t :! pr;a;e ?i!"'tli; jr-
.1'.' ! :. K'x'n-l.nri
. " l-i .. si r ii itc iti Kl'ens
I'. l . coii.Mili4 of
CKc. OF GROUND,
K'-:.-'m an I I'rcJsm Kailral.
. : in T" -ii n ' l dl a
,.TCE PLANING MILL, i
. ' - ' w"U Po'ier Shed at- J
!:.v . i ' ii. .i' 'i'I. tv consists of utm
iWM WW ROILER.
i ti it ! I'lan-r. it.i-lics wide, for gnr-
I Sllrl:ci- IMiiiht. ID in.
I I i re ii I ir I! i h. wit h Hit t a l!cn : I
ii'nr ri.N-( ii I Sum, with slile ta-
l liiu' t (i i'itl.ir rH- fit s :
i.'lln.l.. hrlii wmlnae. witn Iron I
1 1 n'.-ii- ! .i!he : I li:ind l.at'ie. wi: Ii com- i
' - I I'iiIk'h'it Urnm. VI feet loiiir.
inr 1 i-Inn ". li -:!! lieail.-. Ttieabove
o-.li ti try si. 1 1 Him;. l-liiriir and
'i ; ! '. -t "r !-r. rli an ar.iin-
. i s . on tl.e ir-m!s"S. j
a i it ... Kf:a!!y for and has I
in ir i .i.'iiipi" i. tl.iorinar. sl'linif.
: m:;. ' -!! I'l'"'-k ba llusiers. etc.
! ; : 1 r ' 'n.i r. I "-.-ti. maple and
' r 1 . i. . i at moderate price.
r i ...'i lie- p rem tees a
.' I rtnn- 1 tin lliiiff Ifott.se
:v.'.N.i MX I:. ,.MS ANO A CELLAR.
.H'iiN . l:L Mil, Khenohurir,
.'"'IN I.K . IS.
W. I: Ho.VAI'KER, Jhnstowr.
:. M.iy U. !T .. 'Jut.
TIIK M AUVKI. OKTHK W(Ul.l-llethesda Wafer
It has restored thousands from the brink of
the grave; Kiven health and strength to those
deemed beyond the reach ot all incilieal science,
aid turned the path of n miction to one of happi
ness in the hlcsinrs within its virtues. It cures
the deadly Hriirh-'s disease and Diabetes: eradi
cates all uiseases oi the kidneys ; restores the uri
nary organs to s;rcngth and power in a word, it is
a natural restorer of health, and ha performed the
must wonderful atld liiiraculu cures ofanv known
speeili"! on the globe. Address, for circulars
etc., Capt. Klokxe 11. Hk.mxiv, Waukeslla, Wis.
Advertiser's Gazette.
A Journal of Information for Arf
rrrti.irrsi. lulition, !t,fiOO copies.
Viihlishtd irrehlij. Terms. $' per
anmtm, In atlcance.
Five speclmeu copies (diflerent dates) to one ad
dress Tor 'lb cents. Olhcc, No. 41 Park Kow, New
I'ori.
OEO. P. RO'iVIXL A. CO..
F.ditori? and Publishers.
Ctk H iOI! l'"r day at home. Term
'i - Uko. .S riM.sos &. iiu., 1'"
free. Address
orllan I, Me.
All A WF.KK
VII male A gnl:
All NOIIIIN'
Ul I P. O. V1CK
WFKK guaranteed tn Male and Fe
in t heir own locality. I 'oats
to trv it. Particulars Free.
ll'KtKY Su CO., Augusta, Me.
nslcc's Sale.
THE WALTER A. WOOD
ii-! I "1-
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v. I .1.. "I
I
re will PXpoOC. Publle I
in I 'ainlTia t jwiilnp, i
' iloi-U. tli following real
i- : I r- i .i : j ropt rty, to wit :
Ai'KES OF TIMl'.KR LAND,
: I :rii.ike. -J'.. md-s west of Kbena
1 ;:i '. wit li a
onary Steam SAWMILL,
t ' !'! Hot SIN, 'a lame FRiMK
- .' : l 't'." f,.,.t of pet ltd lhM-
- ' 1 1 . i-. i tr ! . Al'o,
KM OF fXO
' ' . kii'-wn as the ''Morgan
,' " ti..' !r itu Kl'et. blirg, well
" - . Is 'IT - v. arel Mkmwxit,
' ''- ' t '"gg-r-g d-n the lilactt
r" i'ii: :ar.:.g pui-p-iws. Also, the
Ad 0.--H.i!fof 106 Acres Land
' 11 !; ,rr t- -; ':.. Cnibria eonty.
- f i -r i i,... (,,,; i ,,t , lC jmrcfiapp tnon
' ' : ' s . T, ,, tie ix-eii, , the
. , ' i ' r-'at'i r with HitereSt, to
1 S II, -1 ir r". Lrp
"U N A. liTj IK.
lr " ! O.VKS CtMMiHM.
i-i:NOTI(i:IVtition?for
h-iv". I.-.,, ; tlj,. ottj.-e of
. ," ' ' 'rt ' t til.irt.T Sfsiinn .f
1 ! ' : h t ii' f 1 1 low ing n. i mod
r IT-ft, , ti. t In- niirf of
. . " : " -.u 1 i.'iiimly at Juno St-s-
4 vr t ; r K K
r i-'i -s. ,. M.-Oough.
" ; .1 .(in L. -wires.
'. ' -I-'rnre Schroth, An-
1 : r.: I I,-r r
' -1 : : . i - i It r. ( orge frwU .
.' A !'". Frank Kirtt.
- - ir. 1,1,,'r-n. Kact
'ii-.. .1 .!ia FiUliartis. West
Strong Local Endorsement.
rMIR followimr Irttor fully explaittx ItsHf, and
X npfils no foininent :
tBKssni-RO. Pa., April 13, 1975.
T Walter A. I I'm .if, I'rexitlmt, rte.
Dka r Si r -Tbis is to certifv
tiat I purchased from L. A. S. W. 1ayih. your
figeiits in this place, during the yertr ISTZ. one of
your NF.W IKON MOWKKS. which I have oper
ated during the past three seasons with entire suc
cess. I have used it in cutting fully !aw acres of
urass. an I have not expended one cent cm it for
repairs. Ukeall other m''bine'. It is not perfect,
of course, but ttie otiiv fault 1 fin. I with it Is that
ii is not arranged with shafts for one. horse instead
of tw. as one horse can very easily operate it in
anything like fair ground.
.Iohs T. HroHKS,
Residing 4 iniits south of Ebensburg.
rF Partl"!. fritoresti'd wlm wish to see tho
nli'ivc nam" '! Mnwcr or i-XHtninc f he merits of
II""n"i in M'wer nod Reaper, PrMtt's, Saliiiif,
Clipper am! Myers' Hay Uako. Sinner's Funning
Mill, the riTiownrtl Iinprrhil Plow, ail"! other
first claso farming tn iehinery, tire invited to
call at the Livery and Sale St utile of
I.. & S. W. DAVIS.
Agents for Cumbria County.
F.ooti.-burg, April 2J, l-T.).-3m.
AGENTS WANTED!
I.r. fPIK M.MAI.Ii
For an article that sells well for a low price.
; at siiht, to lady or gent. The goods will re
I Commend themselves.
NO CAPITAL REQUIRED,
A" we will furnl?h' the goods to parties who j
can nlve satisfactory reference, to be paid lor !
after they are Sold.
s i : v r. n , .
loo Nassav St., Nt. Y.
j I mi.-P
!
NOKTIl WKST. l.tMVAKD WEST.
Ii..
r -:;-.vj rt Hm lcr, Col. John
I'--Mi 'hael Mt-Morrls, M. F.
X.lf i l. FLiriiii Hngele.
' .-Christ. Keieh, John C
r ,,.;,. W. Mtillen. Chri-
r' ' ' - w, jH.-oh S. Kiel.
u -;i b rot Ii. Jos. Horner.
. ' ' ' : ' " -: : i ( y x s i
li MI li:.,o, T..1la tll.t.
T' Olf I :
I
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x I
4 I
l..l 1 d W. ....
I 1' .1 It I - F ,n,.kllri
'-"-. Y Kl-Sv, John Sehroth.
. . ' "l.'iAX, Pro'lionotarv.
' " ' . l.V-nsburg, May lti, l'j.5.
)y CAUSKS sct"ilown for
t'-rin of Court, t-otn-,u
-r Mom.at of Jlbis uext:
,Nr K k.
v. Hint.
ts. Ilesiop.
T. Art, le.
vs. McLaughlin.
vs. I'ciina. Kail Koa I Co.
vs. is.llins.
The Twp. of White.
v. O .Veil.
vs. AiiHin,' tix'r.
v Orimth & Davis.
v. Conrad.
'hr,stv.
Driskcll.
.. '". Miller.
. Ii.N. Prothonotarv.
-i'eii,.urg. May 10, 1875.
J. C. IIII.L..
HILL, WEST EL CO.,
M A X U FA CT L" K E US OF
Brooms and Brushes,
WROLEJAt.K DKAI.KIIS t.V
FRINT, STliAW, KAfi & MAMLL PAPERS,
rri4' asi HDiP innKS,
Flour Sacks, Crocor3' Dags,
"Wooden AA"sno,
TEAS, TOBACCO, CIGAIiS, Ac.
121 SMOXIt K,
ilnwrEM Smith rirf.n and Wood Strkkts,
PITTSBURG II, PA. 3m.
ARE YOU GOING TO PALtT
t'MK
Avorill Chemical Paint
1)t"T up In cans of all sires and colors, ready to
put the brush m and nse. Anyone can be his
own painter or unke a buslne.s by using It. It Is
the cheapest and best. T ry a sample tan. Sold at
ONIONS, BALDWIN & CO.,
IVo. 0:5 AVooi Slruot.
f 7. 11 T I N It t' II II, 1 A. 16m.
h'
MUtv I j STRICT I IK Pf.NN'a,
'"'i If - . ''"fntitOH. Mav "28. 1S75.
'M.-. " w- "' 'htt on the 27th dav of
!J i,. M . a.rr:,nr 'n HitnkruptCTwas is.
,H"" - k , ',. "f '""ARLKS A. Mrdnji.
! kii:im'', - ' "! ' ",,n,y of Cambria, and
;'apt o;',n h" 'l)tidre.l
'T'li l.t. ,',i ," Wti'lon : that the pay.
' !"""-h li .nl r.! , ,V-y 'Jf l-r'-lrty be
, rctri.t "rul'1' " him o for his n.e.
'': ii.ii - " l'r"l"rty "v him. are for
lf.. t ,r u'-t'ng of the Teditors of
,r A.. ' IZ 'l" Ih.",r n l to choose
l.i. " ll'ilticn ! ID4
n .... .
' l ourg. 'i . ..r.,,. i..i. .u
. ir -is;r , .. " " - .'w.i-i iiomii-
. ,,.iier, on the inn. ..f
- ilSMhal, as MMnsr.
for s;vi
PLATFORM SPRIVO WAOOXS.
PLAIN SPIUN'd W'AIIOXS,
FARM WAOONS.
Heavy ami L!ght Wawons, all kinds of Carts and
Wheelbarrows, manutactured and forsalecheap at
DUQUESHE WAGON WORKS,
Corner t'rais; street and Allegheny river, 2 squares
below Suspension Rridge. Allegheny City, Pa.
Repairing promptly done.
C-COL F.MAN fc SON.
GOLDEN HARVEST FOR AGENTS.
.V A WF.KK made selling the 7 Wonders, or
Oetn Pastry Cup wanted In evi-rv family. Send
cents for sample Twenty otnor arlic.fes lor
agents. Address CONKLOIN CO.. No. f'A
Fifth Avmn, (alore Smithfteld stree.) Pitt.
bubuii. Pa. (4-21.-tn
PATENTS PROCURED.
Also bonght and sold. After procuring your Pat
ents will sell them for you. Ca:l on, ot address
for circular. O. It. LF.VIS. Solicitor, t i l Fifth
AvF.nrE, (above ujith6eld street,) Pittsbi-bos;
I'a. rS-2.-am.)
B McCONXELL, M. V., :
- I'lIYSItTAW AND Sl'KGEOH,
lORCTTO. Pa.
f Blce formerly occupied hr Ir. Jamison. Night
calls can I made at Myore llotol. l5-14.-6in.J
IO.H'T NIAV AfrKIl IKS.
t liare just a word to say to you
When me yon come to see
You know tliat none in all the world
Is half as dear to nifj
'Tis this I would request of you.
luai. w uen you come again
To see me in I he evening
You won't stay alter ten.
For after ten, as moments fly,
1 tremble o'er and o'er,
Lst papa's visage I should see
Come peeping at the door.
He's there to execute his threat ;
He said he'd surely come
If ever again you stayed so late,
Aitd tell you to go home.
And when 1 down to hreaVfast go
Iap;i will frown at me,
And say, "Sly child, that beau of yours
Will surely hear from me !
This sort of thing I will riot have
So when he comes again,
I'll just go down and show him cut,
If Ihj's not gone at ten."
And so, though your society
Slakes heart and soul throb warm,
1 Lave a f igh of vast relief
At your retreating f irm.
You know that jou ate welcome aye,
O ! best beloved of hien ;
But many a f folding jou have caused
By staying after ten.
tiii: nun sealed letter.
A CAPITAL STORY.
One rainy night, about half past eight
o'clock, the train had run into McKibbeifg
Corners, and the mail had been delivered
at the store and ttostoflice.
'.John Fail john, the postmaster, had
counted the letters. There were, as he
made it out, just ten, and one was Iniger
than the others, and had a rod seal ; and
then he found that he had left his glasses
on the newspattei- in the back room, and
without his glasses lie rould not read a
line; and so, of course, lie had gone after
them, returnino; to find two persons in the
store Fanner Ho per- and Squire SlcKib
bon, whose ancestors had given name to
the place.
"Wet, ain't it?" said Fairjohn, nodding.
"Wfet or not, our folks ain't going to do
without their groceries, yon sec," said the
Squire. ".Mail's in I see. That train came
near running into my truck, too. Wasn't
noticing the tlag, and drove across just in
time to save myself. Any letters iix ine ?"
"I'll Fee," said Mr. Fairjohn.
He turned to the little pile of envelopes
and told the in over in his band like a pack
of cai ds.
"Why, there's only nine," lie said.
"I'm sure I counted right. I counted ten,
and I thought one had a red seal. I might
as well give up keeping the office if Yvu
goii.g to lose my souses like that. There
wasn't any one in here, while I was gone,
was there, Squire?"
"Only Hoper and I," said the Squire,
"and Koper's on. But be didn't come in,
did he?"
"No," said old Roper. "I don't think
that Job came in at all. He just went off
somewhere."
"Well,'' said the postmaster, after anoth
er search ; "well, I must be mistaken.
Yes, there is a letter for you your folks,
anyway and something for you, Mr.
Roper. And I suppose you wouldn't mind
tossing that in at the Smith's as you pass ?"
"Oh, no," said Farmer Roper. "(Jive
it to me. That's from Smith that's clerk
ing it in New York, I reckon. Can't get
any of 'em to stay and fanr;."
"Your son, Job, did," said tho Squire.
"Oh, my son, Job. He'd try the patience
of bis namesake," said Farmer Roper.
"My son, Job, haM"
Just at this moment the door of the store
opened and thero entered at it a little wo.
man, dressed iu a cheap calico and wrapped
in a thin and faded shawl.
She looked timidly about the store, still
more timidly at the heap of letters, and
then, in an appealing voice like that of a
frightened child, said :
"Mr. Fairjohn, is there any letter for
tr6 this time ?"
The postmaster, who is a little deaf,
had tinned his head away and did not know
she bad enteied, and she came closer to
the counter and the light upon it before
elie spoke again. Bhe was a faded little
woman, and her face had signs of grief
written upon it, but she was not either
old or ugly yet, and there was something
in the damp curls clustering under the
faded calico hoot! and in the little round
dimpled chin absolutely child like even
yet.
"Is there a letter for me this time, Mr.
Fairjohn?" she said ag-in, and this time
the piKstinastor looked up.
''No, there ain't ; and. you're a fool for
taking such a walk to ask," slid he with
rongh kindness. "Wouldn't I have sent it
if it had a come, Mrs. Lester 7"
"Well, you see I felt iu a hurry to get
ity" eaid she. "You can't blame me for
being iu a hurry, it's so very locg."
"That's true," said the postmaster.
"Well better luck next time liut why don't
you wait? Mr. McKibbon will take you
over when he goes. He passes your cor
ner." "Yes, wait, Mrs. Lester," cried Mr.
McKibbon. "I'll take ye, and weJcome."
But she had answered :
"Thank yoti. I don't mind walking,"
and was gone.
"Keeps it up, don't she?" asked the
postmaster.
"It's a shame," said Mr. McKibbon.
"How many years is it now since Lester
went off?"
"Ten' gaid the postmaster. I know
I for it was the dav T caniA her. Sh tbnc 1
as pretty a woman as Was here. She was
as pretty a Woman as you'd want to see
then, wasn't she ?"
"Well, ycR" said Mr. McKibbon.
"Sailed in the Sphynx," said the post
master. "And we all know that the
Sphynx went down on that Voyage, all
hands along with hei. The rest of the
women put on widow's weeds, them that
lost husbands four in this town itself.
They took what the Almighty sent, and
didn't rebel. She set up that her husband
wasu't dead, and would come back. She's
kept it up ever since ; comes for his letteis
regular, and he was drowned along with all
the rest, of course, ten years ago. She
tmtst be thirty. Well, she's changed a
good deal iu that time."
4,Yes," said the other man ; "but there's
; rnysonJob wild over her jet. He'd cfler
himself again any day ready to be a father
to her boy and a good husband to her.
I llo's better oif than I be; His mother's
father left him all he had. He's crazy, is
Job crazy 1 call it. Plenty of pretty gals,
and healthy, smart widows, and he sees
no one but that pale, slim little thing that's
just gone out iuto the mud ; and she why
j of course she lost her senses, or she'd have
him. Works like a slave to keep herself
and the child, lives in a rickety shanty,
waiting for a drowned man to Come back
, again. Why every one knows Charlie
Lester was drowned in the Sphynx. There
wasn't a soul saved, jiot one. It was in
the pajier how a bottle was f und with
a letter in it, written by some one just
before the ship sunk. Aud she's wait
ing f.r him yet I"
"Cra?y on that point," said the posU
master. "Well, poor soul, she'd only been
married a week when the Sphyux sailed ;
that makes a difference."
"Oh," said the farmer.
Then, the parcels being ready, they
went out to their wagons, aud Mr. Fairjohn
having stared out into the rainy uigbt
awhile, put tip his shutters and went to
bed.
Meanwhile the woman plodded through
the mud. "Walking off her disapjtoint
ment," she should have been used to, and
now the absurdity of it seems to strike her
for the tirst time iu all these years.
"They laugh at me," she muttered to
herself. "I know they laugh at iiipi Per
haps I am mad; but they don't know wliat
love is. Charlie wouldn't have left me
like that. If he had died he would have
given me some sign ; and yet et if he
were alive, it would be stranger still. J"ti,
no ; they are right I am wrong. He must
surely be dead.''
And as though the news had just been
whispered to her, she clasped her hand to
her forehead, gave a ciy and sank down on
her knees iu the road.
She knelt there a few moments and then
arose. In this interval the wind had blown
the clouds f.tiiii (he sky, and the moon
light lay white upon the path and lit her
on her way to her poor home.
There at the door fiat a man a strong,
determinei looking fellow, who arose as
she approached, and held out his hand.
"litre you come," he said, "tired to
death, worn out, still on that fruitless er
rand. Jessie Lester, can't, you give up
.this nonsense and think of the living a
lUtle. Think of tue, Jessie, for just half
au hour."
"I do think of you," she said. "I'm
very sorry you should be so good to me
w hen I must seem so bad to you."
Then she sat down on the porch and
took her little hood off, and leaned her
head wearily against the wall of the house,
and the mau arose and crossed over and
sat down beside her.
"(Jive it a softer resting place, Jessie,"
he said, "here on my heart."
She looked out into tho night, not at him,
as she Kpoke.
"Job," she said, "I begin to think yoit
are i igni;iuai lie wem u'iwii on uic inj " j
with the i est ten years ago. But what j
good would I do you ? What do you w ant j
to marry me for?" j
The man drewclosrstillasheftnswered: ;
" Be foi e you were married to Charles j
Lester I loved yon. While you were a ;
married woman I loved you. All these ten j
years since that vessel went down I loved
you. A man must have the woman he ,
loves if he gives his soul for her." '
"What a horrible thought !" said she.
"Ilia sou' 1"
"I should have said his life," said Job.
"I don't want to shock you. But you don't
know what it would be to me to have you.
And then I'll do everything for your boy."
"Yes," she answered; "I know you
would."
There was a painse. Then she' gave him
her hand.
"Job," she said very softly, "I shall
pretend nothing" I don't feel, but I know
I've been crazy all this time, and if you
want me you may have me. It's veiy good
ot you to love me so."
And then it seemed to have ended, that
ten years' watching and wniting, and there
wss triumj.1i in Job's eyes as he turned
away and left her With his first kfsar upon
her lips. But at the end of the green lane
he stopjed and lcniked back.
"I told her the trnth," he saitt, "when
said that when a man loved a woman as I
loved her, he must have her, if the price
were his soul itself."
Aud then he drew from h breast a let
ter with a great red seal upon it, looked at
it for a moment, and hid it away again.
Married ? Y'es they were to be married.
Every one at McKibbons Corners kuew
that now. Jessie Lester went no more to
the postorfice for her long expected letter.
Job was furnishinghishou.se had furnish
ed it for on the morrow his wedding was
to take place. And it was night again. A
month from that night, when she had come
for the last time, as every one thought, rain
and mud, to make her sadly foolish query,
she was sensible at last very sensible.
She had chosen the substance instead of
tho shadow.
And now, as we have said, it was night,
and a wetter one than the other later, too,
for Mr. Fairjohn had closed the store, and
was compounding himself what he called
a "nightcap" of some fragrant liquor, warm
water, lemons and sugar, and was sipping
it by the stove, when there came upon his
door a feeble knock and when being re
leated he heard it, there staggered in out
of the rain a dripping figure that of Jessie
Lester, the bride who was to be on the
morrow.
She was trembling with cold, and as he
led her to the fire she burst into a flood of
tears.
"I'm frightened," she said. "Some one
followed me all the way. I heard them."
"You've no business to be alone at
night," said old Fairjohn, bluntly. "But
what's the matter?"
She looked up piteously.
"I thought there Would be a letter," said
she. "I dreamt there was one. I thought
Charlie came to me and said : 'Go to the
office once m.re. I have written I have
written,' and I thought I saw a letter with
a red seal."
"So did I," muttered old Fairjohn to
himself.
He went to the box where the letters
were kept, and brought them to her in his
Land.
"Look for yourself," he said. "Aud
now, Mrs. Lester, I'm an old man. Take
my advice. Remember what your duly
will be after to-morrow. Remember not
to go crazy. Ten years have gone since
your husband left this place. If he's alive
he's a rascal, and you are free of him by
law 5 but we all know that every man on
board the Sphynx was drowned. So be a
gtKid wife to Job Roper and forget this folly,
but do'j't come heie again."
She made no answet, but only tossed the
letteis over in her lap, and said :
"I seemed to know it had a red seal."
And as she spoke, Fairjohn, gazing at
tho door, saw a dark shadow there; saw it
grow darker ; saw it enter, and standing
upon his defense,if need was, recognized
Job Roper.
He was very pale, and he took no notice
of Faiijohn, but crossing the store, stood
beside Jessie lister.
"You love that nian best, even now," he
said. "You'd rather have found a letter
from him than nat, though to-morrow is
our wedding day."
She looked Up into his face with a piteous
glance.
'I never lied to yotij Job," said she,
"You know that."
He grew whiter still.
''1 told you a man Would lose -Lis soul
for such love as mine," said he. "Did yon
think those were idle words?" Then he
plunged his hands into his bosom, and the
next instant A letter with a red seal lay iu
Jessie's lap.
"I've made you happy, and now I'll go,"
he said. "Fairjohn, I stole that letter a
month ago, off the counter yonder. I
knew who wrote it at a glance ;" and the'ii
the door closed behind him and he was
gone.
But Jessie had torn open the letter and
never looked afler hi in.
And these were the words she read and
Fairjohn read over her shoulder :'
"Aboard the Silver Star. Jessie
Darling: I don't know what makes rn
lielievu that I shall iiml vou mine still, af
ter all these years ; but somethirg does.
Five of us were east on a desert island when
the Spliynx went down, f he of us was yet
alive were taken off it yesterday in skins,
w-ilh our beards to our kr.ees. We must go
to England tirst then borne: Jessie, Jessie,
If I do not r! ml vou as 1 left you 1 shall eo
mad. Your husband, Chakl.es Lkstkk."
And so Jessie's letter had come tit last,
and as John Faiijohn looked Into her face
he saw lio-v angels look in Paradise.
Job. Job was found drowned in th?
Kill the next morning. Jessie never knew
it, perhaps, for she and her boy were on
the way to New York to meet the Silver
Star when' it made ort.
An 61 d man up in Connecticut had a
poor cranky bit of h wife,- who regularly
once a week got up in the night and in
vited the family to see her die. She gae
away her things, spoke her Tust words,
and made peace with Heaven, and then
about flie got up in her usual way and
disappointed everybody by going at rrer
household duties as if nothing had hap
pened. The old man got fiick of it finally,
and went and bought a coffin, a real nice,
shrond, a wreath of immortelles, with
"Farewell Mary Ann" worked in,- aud a
handful of silver-plated screws. Laying
the screw-driver beside the collection, he in
vited her to holler die once more. "Do it,"
said he, "and in you go, and this farewell
business Is over." Mary Ann is at this
moment making tea cakes for a large and
admiring family, while they dry apples in
the ooffiu up in the garret.
TUE UOrrEK GRASS.
HE COMETH, FROM WHENCE AND HOW
ROCKt MOUNTAIN PASTORAL EriC.
The grasshopper ;
He Cometh
He cometli numerously j
He bringeth his family ;
A.lso his relatives ;
And his friends.
Likewise his mother-in-law ;
And her friends ;
As well as all that hate her.
And they are legions ;
The wisdom of man computcth tlicra
not ;
They spread over the land,
And there is no place where they are not.
They'tiip the Springing grass ;
They devour tlie fragrant onion sprout ;
And the savory celery.
The wheat field is left desolate,
And no green thing remaineth where the
hopper hath been.
His path way is the abominatidu of des
olation. The ranchman mourncth for his green
fields that were, but are not ;
Mayhap he sweat eth ;
Possibly he s.tith audibly, and crietb
aloud dameth.
What careth the hopper-grass?
It troubled him not.
Ask the prophets of Kansas ;
And the wise men of Nebraska ;
And they w ill answer likewise ;
But the relief committee ageut lifleth up
his voice aud calleth the hopiier blessed.
The patriotic grasshopper cometh from
the, mythical western land, where the glo
rious orb of day sinks iu rjseate splendor
to his evening couch ;
The realm of Brigham ;
The land of Mormons ;
Whence cometh many bad thit.gs aud
some that are good.
The hopper is one of them ;
Several of tlieni ;
But he is not good.
He cometh in the latter summer days ;
In sun-darkening ni triads ;
As the w inds come When foicsts are lan
ded ;
As tho waves come when navicS are
stranded.
Like unto a Democratic victoiy.
He alicth on the potato-vine ;
And on the fragrant tomato-tree ;
And the succulent roasting ear, whilst
it is yet in the milk and toothsome ;
And ujon all other fruits of the field that
cometh late into market ;
And they all disappear and are seen af
ter that evil day no more forever.
And the lady grasshopper makctli
straightway her nest "down in the corn
field ;"
And in the wheat stubble ;
And upon the hill-side ;
And all ovei the sandy plain ;
And everywhere else under the sun.
And she fillet h the nest with eggs;
Aud then she continueth to make nests
atid fill them likewise with eggs every day,
until the winter days cometh and the
ground freezcth hard; when no grasshop
per can make nests.
And the eggs, are they not ranch eggs?
With double yolks?
And warranted to hatch ?
Y'ea, verily, aud tlie warranty is good.
And the lady grasshopper's mate; whit
of him?
Verily, I say titito jou, hs silte'.h upon
the sweet potato viiie and singelu all the
gladsome summer day ;
He cli-iibfth up the corn-stalk and lop
peh off its verdant tranches ;
He taketh no heed for the morrow ;
Nor of the groans and curses of the irato
ranchman.
"And in the hottest autumn days helead
eth the fisherman beside the babbling
waters ;
And np the steep mountaiu s!do ;
And over prickly pears ;
And throngh soap weeds;
And among thorny bulies ;
And when at last the fisherman falls
upon his knees and puts his hands upou
Mr. Hopper, where, is he?
Alas he is not there ;
But he soarcth aloft j
And ciacktth his heels together;
Aud iaugheth out of his left optic at the
fisherman, Who is seated on the hillside.
D'cs'ng cactus thorns from his hands
and knees.
And framing cuss words.
Alas he will never kneel any more.
And when iu the fullness oT time the
wintry days have come ;
And stilled his voice in death ;
With Frost's icy n.autle about Turn, he
goeth hence to hi fathers,"
Content with the fitting close to a well
spent life,
And happy in the reflection that be will
live again in his children,
heu gentle spring shall Come again,
And again,"
And again, forever.
In the returning cycle of relnrnrnj
years ;
Tis sprrng ;
Winter hath loosed bis icy fetters ;
Robin redbreasts carol hv the cotton
woods j
The beecher-tilton trial is well on ;
ienfcms bvrsyeth himself writing par
don ?
' And genial sunsbiue agaiu bathes the
, fcarth.
j Are those eggs spoiled ?
Not by a jug-ntll.
In the earliest wai -m sunny days ;
Forth come a few millions of the juvenile
hoppers.
Tiny, ruitey, midget ;
The pickets, the scout, the avaunt couri
ers of the countless hosts that will sood
follow ;
Ye "honest ranchmeu" laurrheth in hi
j Sleeve; and sayeth :
1 lie hoppers are hatching, spring fro U
and snows w ill fix them."
Alas the fallacy of man's faith ;
The little hopper relies on Providence ;
And his reliance is sublime ;
It putteth the "shoddy" religion of
unn to shame.
Drown him in the floods that would
have appalled Noah .
Bu y him in Aictic suows j
Subject him to frosts that fccczeth the
ears off a brass monkey ;
Encase him in tho heart of au iceberg j
Let Old Boreas caress him with Chicago"
winds, or fondle him in his icy embrace,
the little martyr calmly folds up bis arms;
draws up his nether limbs, and waiteth ;
Waiteth for the next sunrise, when he
Cometh foith to breakfast, gay as a school
giil and with an appetite that is always a
positive luxury.
You can't kill him ;
Neither can you scare him ;
Nor can he be discouraged ;
He dieth only of old age, aud very latfc
iu the fall. D iter AVic.
Domestic B a it Bering. Yuri tan always
tell a boy whose mother cuts his hair. Not
because the edges of the hair look as if
they had been chewed oft by an absent
minded hoise, but you tell it by tho way he
ttops on the street and wiggles his shoul
ders. When a fond mother has cut her
loy"s hair she is careful to avoid any an
ucyaucc aud muss by laying a sheet aiouud
his neck. Then she draws the trout hair
over his eyes and leaves it there while she
cuts that which is at the buck.
The hair which lies over his eyes Appears
to be on the. She has uucunetiously con-i
tinned to push his head forward uutil his
noso presses his breast, and is too busily
t'"J'l5ed to notice the snuCIing sound that
is becoming alarmingly frequent. In the
meantime he is seized w ith au inesistible
desire to blow his nose, but recollects that
his haiidkeachief is in the other loom.
Then a t"y lights ou Lis hush, and doe it
so unexpectedly that he mvo!drftai dodctf
and catches the pints of the shears 'n his
Id ft ear. At this he couimeuccs to cry aud
w ifbes he was u man.
But his mother doesn't notice bin:. She
merely Lits him ou the other ear to iu?pirti
him with Confidence. When sLe is through;
she holds his jacket Collar back from lug
neck, and with bet mouth blows the fhort
bits from the top of his head down his
back. He calls her attention to this fact,
but she looks for a new place on Li5 head
and hits him there, and asks him why he
didn't use h;s handkerchief. Then ha
takes his awfully disfigured head to the
mirror and looks at it, and, young as he is,
shudders as he thinks of what the boys oil
the street will say.
A Trifling MiT ake. Veiy painful
is the t-itnption of a certain Clerk in a
grocery More wear the town of !5ts!rford;
Kentucky. He was standing behind tlie
couutcr but a few mornings Rga, sniffing
pleasantly t!i3odor of dried herrings and
kerosene and cheese which hrfrtg' about
him and waiting for a customer, when"
there ran in, in a great hurry, ayoung lidy
from a house near by. She had forgotten
the Hour needed for some dish in coatee of
preparation, and had come in haste to tbA
store to get it, taking out of a bureau drawer
, and bringing over what she supposed to be'
a Clean pillow-slip to serve s a bag. 1 he
obliging clerk seized the pillow-slip iti one
hand and a 6Coop iu the other, and doping
from a llur bariel a scoop-full, begatf
fflling the bag. The first fcxp-full went
not only in bnt throurh the receptacle;
and the astonished clerV held up the pillow-slip
to see that it consisted Of two
parts with fricged outlets at the boltom,
through which the flour had gone to the
floor. The giil saw the thirg at the
fssme time, and with a shriek, but without
a wo:d, ran 1 0me. The grocer. s?r e
cleik carefully dusted the garments an!
laid them away to be rcturi ed when called
. for, but they bavin t been called Tor yet.
! Aud so, because of a carelessness not his
1 ni', that unfortunate cleik is in a painful
j situation, and the store in which he is cm
j ployed bns lost a customer. It wai ai
ureatiiui amur.
A FlNNT FkKAK OF TIIE TKLEORAMt.
Of all the funks of the telegraph, the
following is the most langhable which has
, come under our irsotiai knbwledge : Not
; long Ttiee a graduate from one of our
eastern theological schools wrs called to
the pastoral charge of a church n the ex
treme south-west. When about to start
for his new parish be was flnexpectedly
! detained by the incapability Of his piesb;
tcry to ordain him. In order to explaiu
! his non ai rival at the appointed time, lie
sent the following telegram to the deacons
of the chfnch. "Presbytery lacked a quo
rum tcroidain." In the course of its jour
ney the message got strangely metamor
phosed, and reached the astonished dea
cons; in this shape : ''Presbytery tacked a
worm on to Adam f The Sot-ef church
officers were greatly discomjosed anrfmya-'
tified, but after grave consultation con
cluded it Was the minister's facetious way
of announcing tbat he had got married,
and hocoidingly proceeded to provide lodg
fngs for two instead of oue.-