III IM$r MM
lev f 4Uw 4yj 4)
JSf W- lii-"
3 - -
Mill
,y1cpiKE, Editor and Publisher.
" HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM TIIE TIUJTII MAKES FREF.j AI5D Alii. ARE SLAVtS BEIDE
Terms, SJ2 per year, in advance.
EBENSI5URG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1S77.
NUMimn 15.
ONLY REMEDY
t o It
kRB TIMES.
SST0DRSDBROIIBDISG&
, P't'lT F " especially ariap
'" " ' J'), il.e V IN i;. li re it i- nn
"''t ', -S HI"' l,:'!l l-AHOK l'ltOMT.
' " i,,!.f.-.i I.i I lie K row It! r Iti-I
1 small I runs; !, Ciruii),
: ,'. t 'r ' x '"!! n t V INK T A IIDS.OR-
, . 1 v c ill '"' seen.
' , 'l'iN i- onlv :!1 i'lll,!" south f
,' j iijiiri u !. in 11 niil'l. dolinlil fill
' . fi'-i iti "I" 1 '- New York
, fk--t. Another Kaili-oad
., .. ... .- .ot w SITM-NS. !
''A
Kli'M i. 11 11 1 ini .-vho.iib,
ait already estiildisiicd.
r.;..ii. ot .tl"cs. I'l-'tlimir. '.hlSS,
, '1 ! iit-r fhitijr-. il liii'li itTT
'.,1 n lanii v i -i'i procii 1 1- em l' -
, .., Hni.rii i:fiiT fur tn yrnrs
V -iltT' I 'I H ! I "I" I'll I MO -ll;! IV H ITflT-
, , ,t:ii r'.i. j v ! ii ",! !''l'ili t v. 111 niiy
n '1 ll t '-ii! I IV rrrnvcrnl.
II il l I .- j'!'' -oin plflcil,
A . . , . . : 1: r. . .. - - ...I...
irl
,. j'l) !';'K I'llli'iiuic. i"ii -
Km 11I1 rooT. mill nil nioili-rn
tin- in Li iniiHxlii t ion of vis-
t - i;m i.AM'. o i'f.h A( i:e.
'..i,:!mi'i.ii. will in tlf p'-rioil of
1,1 I 'I (IimkiIv. I'D nci-fs of IiiikI
,,. 1,. v ;tfH Vlll Colllll K llMIC'll lUU
rii nil-
. i.iiu- wiili Kiuit (Jron irjj
,. 1 :i, ,1 ir w itli it ill n felitii't tiliifon
.. . . ., r, III').'
ovi; i'!t!-HH1 TW; I.fTS,
. .', ..in -lis 1 h tul V i ih liiiui, 11 1 so
. r j ! 11 : n ir I n I i i' fortiiH t ion wl 1 1 lie
... f .in .iMiii.-niiKii to I II A I ( I.Ed
V . w ; mi (Mi. N . .1 .
:,; 15 mi t'i-t from i ilosrrlp-
1. mi ti.-ii ! wfll-knnwii
.1, ..i.i!i !i .! in-tin, iitnl ptililiblicd
, v'..'; ; , ;.',fi,.-. ;
... w.-rfi-f th "B,II to llo" UTt
. ... l... Ii 1 r.- tnrin'i! t ln'ir attfiit ii n
.,- -ir'.- jt.ir :.-ii-i-u 1iiit-ari wn rirli.
1 ..r. vir.i-u it. .m :ml to rliiyt-y.
. , ;i 1 :i iz. i nti r.i?ti il Willi
;i . -i.:i I v-t TIi'ihIhX !. in
. .. 11! i.r Mivk :ir- iorpl. Mi III
r t i- v':.' ' iiiinn. eiirtio-p. after
! : iii'.-. .. Hi tin unit fertility.
ir t the :n-t tit entire trart. in
: ,' .'" ; ; . f : r . .- . ifid iuitable conditio
''n:. t.it trr knorr of this Miile nj
! ci tl 'om'i imt nf the nlil-
. .:;. :;inJ on jitntteMy prn.lvetirt
: : nt ij't ij in- a hundred yean
I ' it w..r.! ... ii ilin.Tr tlic enmf of
- ;-1 ; r .l i v. 'I "!) nlioiK oiintry is a
i i l l I : Hir- mu Ii t lit i I w" f'niii.1
-. ! ' "inin vR. jri'iiernlly in
- ' ' irate I ra l.'arriiis marl. ImWitiK
' r . '..r'n -.f iMiriint siirll. of I he lir-
- - : ij it n,!r!i) tnhttanrt is scot--.k
:!.r 11 rery rnmtninutett
. . 'I. .--c ."f ci ! -lit '0,1 mot ennihf assim-
i..1. r':nt tt t!:r fi r me r tt 'exi res to cttltl
I 8-4-6.-1 J. J
ft.P.RowHI&ro.,
-!1 Park Row, N. Y.
- 'hi Mt'sfurtl ,n Tr witrilliur tlie
' r' r. I r .ii,.'i t RilrnrtiiTiy; dmnre- j
"i . i, . i-nri-il. I mie wliich 1
-"' 1 in any otlu r country Imt
no- imwiieit m worKii.ir ilo'wn a i
" 111'" " tlnimiiiitilv a
pyvtPinntio
w-iupcir systffia
m i. in.. white tln wiilrnt In.
i;-.r. a'i i, i.-, tnii-rrtiiiit ti .liirl?;rs
r'i' v n; th i7 tin- ,n'li-
'"I'.'.f Am l i "Jlr;ifs" Jm. 14.
or :. CJi iMilsi i.
.AINs MAM. ITS VTiAS-
'"I.I. I'll.
i 'S pi r 'iit. of rntR
1- Ml.- M.,' KKI.I III.K
. I ll fr. A I'KfT
in ii. iMi i im iiiik lOiini; very
it r i. u licii vit nut nn.
I HI ,
i!.-ln i r. il n rii is nt '!' rotn-,
i. i. . rr.iiu diir-i. nt tw. lvc
tn.-i i-. ir:.i-i r-r ton. 'I lit?
o.y ..i.. i i, lo iittcntion
Hl
. lii. in
ml iii'iticv liy I'. . of-
n-l l.-II.
r. nii-l x-inl us Oiirlv tin
" "' ' ill I i- no .!i ;i in lclii i riiijr
i. n ru-.-.l. ,!.
r.. itritKix
An Ii .-ju iiiu-, lll.iir (.., I'll
XES
in the WEST !
'OHO
vV TO RrAT.H THFM.
1 s i 1 . I I s i K K 1! F. an.l rolia
' . ,- .;i .- 1 1 1 1 1 . lii-t roil I on of
- '. S. ii i m, I Sill h-wr-st,
I. ' Hi; I I.N . li.-ro ral I'm.
1 ' . .v'.l. l;".v. No. -Jin North
" ''lii'i. I in nt tin tni.lcl
'-' "i '" "t 1 1 1 rinr rmii'.'. whon a
il r , Jn:,:,ju,irtrr. will
' I1' n: inn, ana I.Tiri2 ir.1nna
' r i".ii. (3-:;. -!n.)
" 1 1 1 1 N ( I A S PAlLUmT.
r " K's I I M. si PI ;i 9r .ml
run- fr toniimiMm.
ii'.. i..-v if it ..,, nil iV nil
1 ' v . '-i nt. I.nriri" sin:,
m i! ; s,,,l liv all l-al-
. r.i l'ri.i"r.-. rinl'iirsr.
I. Fal.tiixiiii -h' J.nna; Syrup,
' 'I ;l - km i xifi I i-ii I nidi I i;i lie,
1 ''. ni: ;-i invahiatl an: lim
linl uii l.'hrisiian Aiivo-(a-l(J.
3in.)
I !
r,
''I'll,
-h.
1. J.y y '" ' 1 "r rui-y -- n StnnJ- i
St ' 11 "QI- f rr.n. my chCit )rw..-nl. J
' l I i.r thrr
A'.'. I)!;t i.f.lsrs. :M6.-ly.l
cr Housd
I 'll, i-.uv- i.f."v,. ..
r i
"ili tin, I l; 1 1 . 1. .. ....t. us
ENSBURC, PA. '
-i i.iri
I'. U.i:
r o nu tlie sou'li entrance
'nn lli.ii.ie.
I''H I'llKTKli. I.-ef.
''V'.' I'-rAllMS TO SKIJ
.,, lniinlr. il., of itttlii-nt!4 for
. j r r.-n'ntilo oil y proper! ien
. . lt ,r'! 1! Miniri-iin ol i iI i-rowil
' H' ' lu H'-ieiii FurniH.
vf . ', 1 " "7," li r a" ! 'nipri'Viii'-nt s
' oil I ,"'M ;,s 'l. if
I s ' ' ' C" ami Hit- proi.-rty
ii'i. i.4 nun line ni in..
11
' M. . .
t;,.;v eirne. in thpj rm, bnt
i . ' intlin e tnnntlii hy any
'r'ni, '", 111 ''i part ol tlic"eiun-
,l .' " "'lliiif to work ineailily at
'" i. , " :,lr"isli- Yoiincylnot
' m i7',''v'T " -t!lt- You can pivo
1' .,., '"".IT m!y your iiinre
I '. . ''"'''"Ii t. ITT tln llllKltlC'K.
A'l.lrf.n at unco, JI.
aiiie. A-Sl.-iy.)
1 mil I. t
OTATKMKXT of HKCKII'TS anp
l:rKNinTUi: i:s v the nouoi ;ti !
!,F..V-" V"'"" r,,I,, ,t"' ,t iyr Juno, '
lii thf l.thilny or April, It;; :
li ain't dim lturiiuuli at lust rt-ttloinont S9 8;l
" of .luplicrtte lor 1ST Koroiijh tax a ft
cnMirecU from WeiulmnHiiT 41 45 I
S. W. I);ivi, late Uur- I
B'fs PI 50 '
I?y pxonpmtion? to (illortor 47
" eoimiiiyjioti miil 'ollcrtor ' 16 40
" " Trensurcr j(l w
nm't inl.l for n pairs to streets
anil alli-v ?i
" nm't uilil Mrri-t t 'oiiuniSMioner 1M3
iii)
'lerk to ( ouneil
;n ih
' for printinsr
" " " lor liicri'li:in.li!.'
" " ' lor.ntonp ainl lumtier
" " " !r pi I lees mid
tioaroinz prisoner
" ain't iiil l ."peeial police. ..
Fire t oinpany
" " " mj on H"r. Hotnls .
' " " lor l.uiiiliiiK roof over
Ilpservoir
" nm't pa ill tor li.mlinu stone for
Ur-I voir
" am"t pai.i tor fixinw lierrli-k.
' Iiunl.er lor ler-
rick
" ain't paiil for material anil lu-
luir lor Water Work.
" nm't Jiai.l lor miscellaneous. . .
" " ' on o.tl iiiileliteilnes.
To balance due Treasurer
'l tt)
:U i t
11 S7
6 :'i0
11 00
:" ."i)
41 30
:6.' oo
Bft no
63 34
27 80
".6 83
Is 67 Tl 5R4
an ;ui
TE F.II'TS AND EXI'F.XDITrKF.S of 3 mill
J V special tax :
T)it.
To tialanep due at last selt!pniPnt 411 37
am i ul ilujiiieutc ol fpecial tax 61H1 'XI
64
Cn.
I5v oninunt jiai.l Interest on Water
Houils. itue Fell. 13. 1-.8 18 00
" aiiiouni pa ill in; ere.-: on Water
Pun. Is Hue Aim. J3 1"S 6 I'JO 00
" ii m mi in pan! iiiiere't on Water
Itoin's. line Felt. 13 1T7 1-0 0J
" ain't p i i.Miiten si ilue oil Jton.iS
wtien li'iiil 200
am i I i.roiiii l.omls 1 :;;. I (.i-t
seri. .i)...; 3 ill CO 00
Iil:inoc in favor of Ilorouv;li tj.'J B4
1rriH'T.'5AND tXPENHITL'UES of 8 mill
V spt tini uix :
lIN
To lin!nnc( iliv nt last seuUmcnt 41 ."ti'.41
" am't of tluplieaie I.7i.3 11
3,li;j 63
Itv nn"t ali1 ItitcTPTt on Poron-li
Hollos, itue .1 line 1.1. Hit 6 00
nm't paiil irre est on poroiili
lion. Is. line Kee i.'. ISA '. . 2H'J DO
4 ii in "I pai.l interest line oil Houils
wlien lit. 1. 1 4 00
n't liorili I ton Is lilieil ( .il
erit-F- 6J01O
.-".il 63
ASSKTS.
Ii lance of 3 mill special tax
due Iroiu sale ot Toll Mouse .
ciKlitnasier
:ie4
. 2,-J'il (S3
. ih i ;-.-
I.IAim.tTltS.
Am'i !ip Huron ah Trpnsnrpr..
(u;s;aii'litii( outers
Water Hon. Is
""7.TI
:. mi
. .. l:i;n.i n l
1 Si I 13
Wk. tlio unoVrslirne'l Aiti!lforor the lloroiiuli
of Kin ii-l.u i if iliii'i'p.iil unit we h i i e ex. tin ineil
the HiTiMiiii iiml m-liert. if the (tifi-in mt.l
F. " mtii o i ol aiit Moroiijfti ,'or I tie via r eiol
ii u Apiil 17. If 7;, Mini Ii ml Uitui cornet, lis
Hliove slated.
i.vi: D rnvi i', i
.lull N . I I I I NtiS - Auditors,
W. II. DAVIS, 1
I S. We, t!ie X.ol to s. ti-.d ':7 77 of Ilor
oiiIi lutitls n-i il or I'M it 'i W-i ' Wo
XI e ir ll.MKI o.' IIoioi.-k'i Waie- Itii mls
soiil. iii'Uli.K tl iM'e-.sloi to.isi riici.UK toe
Wnier Works IV'1".77.
F.tiensoiiiir, April 1.. l.77.-'r.
S t t "km i: n t KTTLKMK X T
with the ftnpervisnrsof IHacklick Tow ii
siiip Tor the year end inr April 5. 177 :
Tktkr WAtJSK.it, Supervisor, Da.
To nni.mnt ol implicate -307 ?
asi tax iti nuseatcil lan.l 6.o4
f3.-4.54
f r..
Hv amoniil orwork ilone -n road.
pa id S. Aila ms
' " orders pal I
" service? as Mipnrvisor
" lost tax
te lor swearii.jf into olnce...
Balance dne Twp
. f2W 62
jn ih)
. .
. . 47 i
M
l.M 3,vk40
4
Simox Adams, Supervisor, ltt,
To amount of duplicate
.. ca.-h troin I.. Ivtwar.ls
. cash frwin 1. W iiner
ti i
. . . 20 IX
345.67
Cn.
I!y amount work done on road n2"..3
" services as Supervisor 6,''.Jl-e- ai
use ol hosc - IjW-.M
llalanee duo S. Adams
AMorxTOK OnnKiis Issrrn foijthk Vkaii IS'.T:
1 Inmes II. White. Auditor
3 00
y.'2. Samuel (leorare, An.htnr. ...
ynin. .lon i aincroii. And tr ...
jSt. 4. William Selilcrs. Clerk
. l..v
. 3.V5
. A. 40
13 15
Done this 9 h day April. 177.
S5AMrF.i.;iM:F..f
I WIF.S H. Will I" E. r Auditors.
jitiiN ;.Mi:iniN, S
attest -William Ski.hkhs. Clerk.
STATKMKXT of SKTTLKMKNT
with the Supervisors and Treasurer of
Carroll Town-hip, Aprils. 177:
Jaioii Ykaii.kv, Supcrvt'or, I'R.
r.i.,.i..i. S62VS
lonniuiiiii'ii ,iu i -t -
o cash collected
7.07
Total
fo-.o.o;
Cit.
liy PX'inerat lon
ciinn mi'i urn
services us Supervisor. 71 -lays TOW
work done hy laxaldes on ma-rs. 5;rtl 32-6,0.
1'mr.ir HooVF.a, Supervisor, lt.
- ,r ,i,.iicatc :nr..io
iiirt......... i -
cash collect cd .
.V .65
" ha la nee ol order.
Total
7.V35
. S40.10
'rt.
5v cxoneraMi ns ?' "I
" services as Supervisor, 70 days., in. is
" work done hy ia xahl- "ii mads, oft 30
" cash collect oil on onl'-r XiS-rZ. 'Z
J acoh Yr.Afii.KV, Troamtrer, Dit.
To amount i.reash duplicate 5 10.73
Ity pxonPT.VI"n
" ""KiVn-J':!'.'1 . ' 106T3-M1..73
Wr. ihe nndersiitnetl.do hrreby certify that
Hit- iiOuvf uceoiiots are just and true.
fllAllf.KS IM Nf.AP.) m
TlloMAf WKAKUN, Auditors.
THOMAS F.I.I'.
A I toe t -Valkntinf. Hi-mm. Clerk, tl-10 --3I.J
OTICK. Tlie fust nnl partial no
connt of F. .1. I'tirrish, Assignee of
llerimrd Kelly, has been tiled In the 'oth"n
oiary softiPe id Camhrht count y.H"d wil. .e
presentert Tor the action of''. C,,urt " ,he
llrst Monday of June. A. 1. ' . .
II. nicrOLHAN Prt.thonofnrv.
Piothonotarj'sOrticc, K'jciisour. April ll.li..
IHTT.TWOi
Ovrr tlie nst lot a veil lie ppremt
Iih joys ami sorrows alike have; HpiI ;
Its loninle.sH steps, as I've ploilileil along
fiive liaek mo i-t lm. Chiklliooil's song
la nursery myth. Friends now seem
Ktftments sluilowy seen in a dream
And I si-an-e believe it, wonld yon, say,
That fifty-two years hare passed away ?
fan it h true t am growing old ?
Not a line in my fm-e has the secret told ;
Not a pn'isn throli beats in a slower bound ;
Not a joy of my heart that in less profound ;
Not a gem of tiie forest, earth or sea,
15ut. grant in its ln-auty ".joy to me,
As bright as when in my life there grew
NodreaniBof its autumn of Fifty two.
Good-bye, Old last I I turn away
Half glad, half sad, to my life to dty ;
For a woman's heart there is plenty to-do,
tt beats with an impulse kind and true.
Work that carries a i;ross, we're told,
That find return of a hundred fold.
And just, sneh work as none can do,
Save a maiden like me of Fifty-two.
Not for (he world would I wander back
Along life's stream though every track
That my childhood's feet on its soft green
soil,
Shows plainly the path that I have trod ;
Though every step that I journeyed on
Was a promise of health anil beauty won ;
I'd feel in my heart 'I was a loss, not a gain,
To start at tlie spring-lime of life again,
For if I did wish it and could it come true,
I would soon be again as I am Fiftv-two.
THE M l'STJSlll' SOL V12I).
A Xovembcr evening ; C o'clock.
'I llionght j-oti woulr! have itut"; j'ottr
bell before this time, madam ; I guess your
tiie is e'ettamost out," said .letusha Seats,
I'tlicrvvise known as "Aunt Jeiushy," bnist
ing into the parlor at twilight, or what slio
chose to call "early candle liglitin'." "Ain't
ye colli. Miss bAciiey? Thete's nolhin'
but a few coal left."
The still figure sitting there in the angle
of the lite place answered not, but that
fact did not d.uitit Aunt Jenis'ia.
"I should have been in before," she con
tinued, ''but I s'jxjscd ye had company.
'Twas the minister, wasn't it? I bail my
bands in the bread when be knocked or I
eliould have gone to the door."
no answer.
4I guess she's asleep," commented Aunt
Jeruslia, audibly; "an' if she is, I'd bet
ter buhl my tongue and not wake her. It
tiiies old fuiks A deal of good to sleep !"
Just at that moment the fire blazed tip
brightly, and At Jeinsha tinned lound
from bei task of blowing it with her apron
to look at her beloved mistress. There was
Fomet hii'g awful in the riid silliness of
her position. Her bead bad fallen forv;ud
upon her breast, one band bung by her
side, the ol her grasped the aim of the chair.
Her features weie bbaded by the iiosition
in which she sat.
The lire was burning now, and as Aunt
Jeruslia ruso she put her hand upon the
rug to lift herself by its aid. It plashed
into a pool uC something warm, wet, sticky,
that was oozing out upon the hearth.
"I guess the minister set bis umbrella
down here, she said, and then she glanced
at her hand. All the palm was covered by
a dark, awful smear, and from her extended
lingers dripped I he clammy mass.
"(Mi !" shrieked Aunt Jeruslia. "Law !
Oh, gracious ! .Miss Sweney ! I do believe
it's blood !"
She went p to her mistress and clutched
her arm. She was alarmed, but bcr alarm
was vague.
"Miss Sweney ! Oh, my ! Dear ma'am !
Oh, my poor mistress, can't you speak to
me? It's Aunt Jeruslia, dear!" and he
shook Hie still figure in her increasing ter
ror, and putting her band beneath the
brow, raised up the drooping bead.
And '.hen she saw oh, what an awful
sigbl ! A ghastly wound in the white
neck that half severed the head, a horrible
stream still oozing down the widow's dark
drtss, a pallid face with wide oien eyes,
cougealtd ;u that awful stare of horror
I hat preceded her violent death. Mrs.
Sweney bat in the same tranquil position
she always used, with a baud tightly clasp
ing the arm of liei chair, and in the other
that bung ligidly at her side a tuft of hair
still giaspod. It was a coat so but brilliant
lock, of jetty blackness, long, straight, un
plt.int. All this Aunt Jeruslia took in, in one
quick, horritied glance. And then her
shiiek summoned 4tU tbe help upon the
premises.
Uncle Solomon Goshare, the. lame, de
crepit tdd man who came once a week,
"pottering about and doing chores," as
Aunt Jeruslia said, was now sitting before
the kitchen lire, eating some bread mid
meat, and toasting bis old rheumatic legs ;
and for once Aunt Jeruslia was glad of his
presence, lie came hobbling through the
passage, grumbling and exclaiming! Uncle
Sol(H'Km thought women very troublesome
cientMics, "full of notions," and by no
means sound of mind.
"What on aiith's the matter ?" quoth
be, stumbling into tbe parlor. "What
ye scicechiu' for, Aunt Jerusba? Is the
bouse afire, or what ?"
"Minder is the matter, ye old fool," an
swered Aunt Jeiusba. "Knn down to the
village, quick, and call somebody! Can't
you see lhat Miss Swcucy is killed."
"Oh, liord '. Did yc do it. Aunt Jcru
shy ? Marcy I ye don't say she is dead, do
"Vcs, I do, and bcre yc stand askin'
questions when ye ought to be half way to
the villige! Iiut, law, ou wouldj never
gel there. I suppose I shall have to go
myM.ll'. Iiut don't you go out of the room.
"Aunt Jerushy, Aunt Jeniaby 1 I dar
sent slay here alone nohow. Wall, if you
will go," shrinking from bcr wrathful face
and uplifted hand, "givo me a light. Tbe
fire might go out mid I never could stand
it in the dark."
"Light it yourself," answered tbe grim
woman, pushing one of tbe candles on the
mantel toward him. And in a moment she
was out in the stormy night, running along
the miry road that hd to the village, more
than half a mile away.
Old Solomon retreated to the corner
farthest from that stiil awful presence,
which be watched during those minutes
which stretched themselves, in his imagin
ation, inloye.MH before Aunt Jerusba re
turned with tbe doctor and a train of af
fiighlcd town people. .
No earthly help was available to ucr
who still Rat as in the quiet, lonely bouse
in the afternoon, but now quite dead.
People swarmed into the house, crowding
into the room and jostling in the passages,
womleiing. w hispeiing, ventilating atrange
theories. At 0 o'clock tiie coiouei armed,'
At id Tound the corpse untouched, still sit
ting in that awTul rigidity.
lie wits a hasty, choleric man, arid be
before his arrival jumped at the conclu
siotl that Mrs. Sweney's servants must
have Committed the murder, for the sake
of plunder. He Acted upon this suspicion
at once, and ordered t he arrest of old Solo
mon Goshare and Aunt Jerusba Sears, be
fore even viewing the body.
They were, however, permitted to tell
their story, and then, as it apjieared that
they alone knew anything about the mys
terious murder, they were retained as
witnesses. There was no evidence upon
which they could be committed, but the
coroner did not feel justified in letting
them gc free.
The funeral took place in due time, and
the excitement which the murder caused in
that quiet community subsided. One or
two strangers about this time took up their
temporary abode in tbe village, and as they
came quite unheralded, and without osten
sible business, curiosity concerning them
Boon banished every other interest.
Mrs. Swcnpy bad lived among them as a
stranger. She had no friends, fow relatives
and no visitors. It was not even known
whence she came. Her na"me was evident
ly a foreign one, but she was as evidently
an American. Where her life had been
spent, or who was the husband, r.nd who
the associates of her youth, nobody could
succeed in learning. Kveii old Jeruslia did
not know, or, if she knew, did not impart
tbe secret. Three quiet years, unmarked
by any change, had Mrs. Sncnej' passed in
her cottage near Bennington. No fcti an
gers had ever visited her, except on occa
sions a lawyer from a distant city, who
came on business, and who came as soon as
tidings of her death reached him, produced
the papers necessary to give warrant to
his acts, and then look possession of the
cottage and all it contained, lie removed
Mrs. S.veney's papers, jewels and such val
uables as weie most portable, and left the
remainder with tbe house in charge of Aunt
Jeiusba, who was once more at liberty. If
Mis. Sweniy had any friends they commu
nicated with the lawyer. Bennington peo
ple knew nothing of them. Mis. Sweney
had lived among them a mystery, and her
death was the crowning incident of that
mystery.
By direction of the coroner, Aunt Jerusba
bad faithfully preserved the lock of hair
w hich bad been clinched in tbe dead hand.
When the lawyer came and removed the
effects of tbe deceased lady he bad taken
this, much against the. will of Aunt Jerusba,
who expected some dire penally of the law
to befall her for permitting it to be remov
ed from bcr possession. But no disastrous
results followed. Days lengthened into
weeks, and weeks into mouths, and when
the almost forgotten murder was mentioned
in Bennington, it was as a matter destined
to be f jrever hidden. Everything bad as
sumed its usual monotonous course. The
strangeis who came soon after the murder
had long disappeared. It was now known
that they were detectives, and had beer
foiled in their investigations. Suspicion
had never fastened upon any one in Ben
nington, and no stranger had been seen in
the neighborhood previous to tbe murder.
Yet no one doubted that there must have
been one, who disappeared as soon as the
fatal deed was committed one to whom
that lock of hair clutched in the victim's
death spasm belonged. And so two years
went by.
Aunt Jerusba, taking bcr solitary break
fast one morning, was startled by a loud,
long knocking at the door. Tbe long un
used knocker creaked under the vigoious
blows dealt by the new-comer, and through
the empty passages and closed up rooms
the echiies answered loudly to the unac
customed sound. With many groans and
exclamations Aunt Jerusba hastened to the
door.
A dark young man stood there, ev;dcnt
ly impatient, for he bad just lifted bis band
to the knocker the second lime.
"Mrs. Sweney," he said, "Does she not
live bcre ?"
"She used to," replied Aunt Jerusba ;
"but she's been dead these two ycais.
What do you want?"
"I want to come in at present. a:id after
ward I shall want some bieakfast, and
the:i a room prepared for me, and some
talk with you, perhaps. I may want other
things but I can tell you better hereafter."
"You can't come in till I know win) you
are. And as to staying here and getting
breakfast, it's agin' my ordeis to have any
company."
"A fig for your orders," answered the
stranger, rudely pushing past her. "I'm
Macbe'Ji Sweney, and my father was the
husband of the lady who lived here, as
she claimed, but as I doubt. At any rate
I have a right here, and it will not be well
for you to dispute it."
"Be you Miss Sweney's son?" asked
Aunt Jerusba, as with pale, seated face the
followed him into the parlor.
"The Signora Sweney is my mother," he
answered haughtily. "And now be so
good as to open these blinds and bring me
some breakfast. But first show me to my
bedroom."
"There's no room ready but tbe one that
used to be Miss Sweney's," said Aunt
Jerusba, tremblingly, "and nobody's slept
there since we laid her on the bed there
with that great gash in her throat. We
never found out w ho mumercd the poor
lady. Is it that you have come about?"
"Will yon stop your prating and show
me the room, woman?" exclaimed the
stranger, advancing threateningly. Ami
Aunt Jeruslia was compelled to unlock the
door of that room associated in bcr mind
with such dreadful recollections, and usher
him across .hat threshold only to be crossed
by her, with awe and trembling, on her
days of donning and inspection.
In half nn hour she brought him break
fast, and lie detained bcr to answer numer
ous questions relative to the late inmate of
the bouse. But he calculated too little on
the native sbrewdnessof bis witness. Aunt
Jerusba was firmly determined that no in
formation should be given until she knew
whether this intrusive guest came as a
friend or foe to her late mistress. On this
subject the nature of his questions served
very soon to convince bcr. Macbeth Sw-o-ney
was the son of the man whom Mrs,
Sweney had once called her husband, and
it was very evident that his feelings were
inimical to her, and that bis enmity bad
followed her beyond the grave.
At the close of their conference, Aunt
Je-usha went back to her kitchen, shaking
her bead. She by no means liked the
present asjiect of things, but she felt her
self powerless. Mr. Sweney bad surely
some shadow of right and she had none
that could avail agauial him. All day she
heard himTrambling about the house and
the sounds from the late Mrs. Sweney's
room indicated that be was moving heavy
pieces of furniture, and instituting a gen
eral scaich among the deceased lady's
effects. Her clothing, and all papers which
did not seem of importance, toget her with
other articles of small intrinsic value, bad
been left there. Aunt Jerusba regretted
now that she had not attempted to lit up
some other room for bcr guest.
Hut one remedy for her momentary
weakness suggested itself. A telegraph
Hue bad lately been erected in the village.
She resolved to summon the lawyer by
means of this mode of communication.
She bad no sooner furnished the stranger
with his dinner I ban she set out for the
village, where, after ascertaining what it
was necessary for her to do, she concocted
the following message, which speedily was
Hashed along the wires :
"There's a feller here with black liair
like that you know on. Ctraio as soon as
you can."
This done she returned tohrr borne quite
satisfied with her errand, and quietly sat
herself down to await the result. She
knew that she must wait at least a whole
day, but she resolved not to relax her vig
ilance and permit this man to escape.
Her precautions however, were in vain.
He remained throughout that day, and in
the evening summoned Aunt "Jerusba for
some purpose. She found him sitting in
i the parlor, answered bis questions and pro
vided him with another nicely trimmed
lamp and fuel. After scouring the doors
she reined, and, though she slept ill, beard
no alarming sounds until the following
moiuing, when she arose, and having pre
pared breaklast for the stranger, carried it
to his room.
To her surprise it wns vacant. Macbeth
Sweney had departed and left no trace.
That forenoon the lawyer arrived, ac
companied by an experienced detective and
before nightfall a pursuit was oiganized.
If found, the stranger would at least be ar
rested for robbery, for, though there bad
been little of va'ue for him to take, it was
quite evident that Mrs. Sweney's escritoire
and receptacle for papers had been searched
and a few relics, which Aunt Jerusba knew
had been cherished by the deceased lady,
j were gone. Mi
the lawer who
alone knew anything of her history, be
lieved that young Sweney was her murder
er, for he knew much of the persecutions
she had formerly endured, and the attempts J
ttiat bad been made to invalidate her mar- .
riage, and legitimize the son of tbe woman .
who bud become the successor in her litis- !
band's affections and her own lights. He
also knew that an important pa per no less
than the certificate of her marriage had
been lost at the time of her murder.
Once more a great crowd had been gath- j
ered at the cottage. Once more Aunt Je
ruslia and Uncle Solomon weie witnesses. '.
It was for them, who alone had seen him, :
to identify the prisoner who had just been '
brought in, and this they did at once, nn-
mindful of the terrible frown w ith which .
be regarded them.
He was committed to the county jiil for
forcible entry and robbery of the house, '
and while lie lay there the lawyers were
slowly weaving around him a web which
was to enmesh him. Having the clue va
rious circumstances came to light, all tend- ;
ing to show that Sweney was the murderer. '
He was shown to have been in the county 1
at the time and to have arrived at the near
est point by rail, wliich was near the resi- '.
deuce of Mrs. Sweney, on the very day of
the murder.
His object had been, doubtless, to intim
idate Mis. Sweuey. compel her to yield up
the documents which proved her lights and
his illegitimacy. Having failed in this, be ,
bad deliberately committed the murder,
taken from her the certificate, and departed
unseen.
Tbe lock of hair clutched in the fingers
' of the dead was also a powerful witness
J against him. Strange enough, it cones-
ponded exactly in color, quality and
j strength with his own, and just above the
temple was a bald spot about the size of
the lock, w liich seemed to be pulled thence. '
j II was probably thought that time I
enough had elapsed to render bis present
visit safe, more especially as no suspicion
bad ever pointed to him ; ami this time he
came with the hope of seeming an iin-
. portant deed which Mrs. Sweney bad once :
in her possession, and which, in the father's j
; neccssaiy communication with Mis. Swe
; ney's lawyer, be bad learned had not been I
I transferred to him. This was found among
the effects of Macbeth Sweney, and be bail
doubtless discovered it in some secret j
drawer that had escaped the lawyer's vig- j
iliince. 1
Circumstant ial evidence alone convicted
him, but, the universal comment upon tbe j
j vcrdict of the jury declared its justice, lie '
expiated his crime upon the gallows, and
i Aunt Jerusba Sears became the heroine of
j Bennington. She looked upon herself and
1 was believed by others to be the principal
i instrument in bringing to light the perpe
trator of a mysterious crime, and punish- j
' ing all who bad been engaged in the jerse- :
j cut ions heaped upon a most unfoi tiinatc
and unhappy lady. j
; Thf. Max Who Stops His Patkr.
I Philip Gilbert Hamilton, in his paens on ;
"Intellectual Life," thus talks to the man ,
! who "stopped his papei" : "Newspapers
! arc to the civilized world what the daily
house talk is to tbe members of the family
: they keepupourdaily interest in each nth- ;
er, they save us from the evils of isolation.
To live as a member of the gi ca. w hite race j
that has filled Europe and Amctica ami
' colonized or conquered whatever territoiy
it has been pleased to occupy, to share from
day today its thoughts, its cares, ils inspi
rations, it; is necessary that every man j
should read bis paper. Why are tbe
French peasants so bewildered and at sea?
It is because they never read a newspaper.
And w hy are the inhabitants of the United i
States, I hough scattered over a territory
fourtec:i times the area of France, so much
more capable of concert action, so much '
more interested in new discoveries of all
kinds And capable of selecting and utiliz- ,
ing the best, of them? It is because the '
newspapers penetrate every a here, and even
the lonely dweller on the prahio or in the
fjrest is not intelloclually isolated fiom the j
great currents of public l;fe which flow
through the telegraph ai:d press.' . j
! Dr. Benjamin Franklin Invented and
constructed three clocks, and one of these '
is owned in the Old King's Anns Inn, in
Lancaster, England. It has onlv three
wheels, and sliikcs Ihe hour. It is to be
sold at artel ion in May, with other cut; us
hisloiical objects.
,scAiu:n our or a wife.
t
am about to write a uarralive which
was told to me one bleak, cold night in a
country parlor. It wasoneof those nights
in midwinter, when the wind swept, over
the land, making everything tingle with its
frosty breadth, that I was seated before a
blazing lire, sin rounded by a jolly, half
doBen boys and a. bachelor Peter (Jiecn
about forty and eight yeais old.
It was just the niirl.t without to make
those within enjoy a good story; so each of
us had to tell his favonte story, save Mr.
Green, and as he was a jolly old fellow, we
looked for a jolly story. We w ere some
what surprised to hear him say. 'I have no
story that would interest you," so we h d
to find other entertainments for a time,
when one of the boys told me to ask him
how it happened he never got married.
Sol did.
"Well, gentlemen," be begnn. "it don't
seem right for me to tell how that happen
ed, but p.s it is about myself I don't caro
much. You see see when I was young, we
hail to walk as high as five miles lochiirch
And singing school, which was our chief
enjoyment. But this don"! have anything
to do with my getting a wife, only I want
ed to show you that we had some trouble
them days in getting our sport.
"John Smith and I were like brothers,
or like 'Mary and her little lamb;' where
one went the other was sure to go. So we
went to see two sisters, and as we were not
the best boys imaginable, the old geutle
nian took umbrage and wouldn't allow us
to ci.me near the house, so we would take
the girls to the end of the lane, and there
. we would take the final kiss.
j "We soon got tired of lhat kind of fu:i,
I and I told John, on our way to singing
sehool one night, that I was going to take
Sadie home, and that I was going, into the
house, too.
! "He said the old man w ould run me if I
! did.
! "I told him I was going to risk it any
how, let come what would,
j "He said he would lisk it if I would.
"So home we went "A-ith the gnls.
"W hen we got to the end of the road I
told the girls wc proposed going all the
way.
"They "looked at each other in a way I
didn't like too well, but they said the old
folks would be in bed, so they didn't care
if we did.
"They were a little more surprised stiil
when I told them we thought of going in a
little while, but as .ill was quiet when we
got to tbe boose we had no trouble in get
ting into the kitchen.
"Then and there we bad our first court,
and I made up my mind to ask Sadie to be
my w ife the next time I came.
"It was now past the turn of the night,
and as we had four miles to walk, I told
John we had to bo going. So we stepped
out on the porch, but as we did so, the sky
was lit up by lightning, and one tremendous
thunder peal lolled along the ni.ii.ii'ain
side. Its echo had not died out in the far
vales until tbe rain began to pour from the
garnered fullness of the clouds. We wait
ed for it to stop until we were all sleepy,
when the gills said we should go to lied in
tbe little room at tbe head of the kitchen ;
and as their father didn't get up eaily, we
could be home before the old folks were
astir. So after bidding the giils a sweet
good-night, and buirging them a little, and
w ishing them pleasant dreams and prom
ising them to come back on Saturday night,
we started for bed.
"We didu't'have far to go, as the bed
stood near the head of the stairs. John
was soon in bed, but as I was always a lit
tle Plow and full of curiosity, I was looking
around the little room.
"At last I thought I would sit down on
a chest which was spread over with a nice
white cloth while I drew off my boots. So
down I sat, when stars of the East, I went
plump into a big egg custard pie !
"I I bought John would die laughing, fin
ite said I had smashed the custard all to
thunder and the pltte right in two.
"You see we had to be awful quiet, so
that the old man would not hear.
"I was now ready to get into bed, so I
put the light out and picked up my boots,
thinking to put them in a more convenient
place, when down my one leg went through
h pipe bole, which had been covered with
paper, up to my hip.
"Now one part of me was up stairs,
while tbe largest part was in tbe kitchen."
"As my leg was very long, it reached a
shelf which was occupied with dishes, cof
fee pots, etc., and tinning it ovei, down it
went, w till a t remendous crash."
"The girls bad not yet retired and I
could hear them laugh lit to split their
sides.
"I felt awful ashamed, and was scared
until my heart was in my throat, for I ex
pected Ihe old man eveiy moment. 1 ex
tr-retxl mv lo nr ftiiii tlio g lilt f( til i irl irl 1tt1i
i nr imii iiisiii rri i 111111111. in.
iust in time, for the old lad looking into
the kitchen from the room down stansask
t d what all the noise was about.
"The girls put her off as best they could
and I went to bed whilo John was Miang
ling himself under the coveis to keep
fiom laughing aloud.
"We soon went off into the land of
dreams, with the hope of waking eaily. I
w ish I could tell yon my dreams but it
would lake me too long. One moment I
would fancy myself by the side of Sadie,
her heaven-bedewed
lips, and the next I would be Hying from
the old man w hile lie woniii oe iwut isiutig
his cane over my head.
"This all catue to an end by John giving
me a kick.
"On waking up and looking around I
saw John's eyes as big as my list, while
the sun was beaming ia tbe window.
"Whnttodo now we couldn't tell, for
we heard tbe old man having family pray
er in the kitchen. -
"John looked out of Ihe window and said
we could get down over the porch iim.I'.
'Get out and dress as soon as 1-ossiblc,
be said
"So in
my hurry my foot got fastened in
clothes, and out I tumbled, bead
the bed
foremost, turned over, and down the steps
until I struck the door, which was fastened
by a button, which, giving way, out 1 roll
ed, right in front of the old man.
"He threw up both hands and cried
'hud have mercy on us!" for he evidently
thought I was the devil.
"The old lady screamed until you could
have heard her a mile.
'I was so scared and bewildered that t
couldn't get. up at once. It was warm
weather and I didn't have auyUiiug on but
a shirt.
"When I beard Use girls snickering it
made mc mad j uud 1 jumped up and imdi
ed out of di-Hits, leaving the greater pait of
I iv. y shirt on the old iron door latch,
i "Oa" I started for tbe barn, and when
j half way through the J aid the dog set up
a howl and went for mc.
j "Wl.en t got to the barnyard ! hud to
. rt:n through a Hock of sheep and amopg
I hem was an old rnrn, who hacked n a
little and started for tuts With one iKui.id
I escaped the blow, sprang into the bam,
and began to climb up the mow, when an
' oh! mother hen pounced iion my legs. Mini
; pickrd them until they bled.
"1 threw myself upon the hay and after
, John bad slid dow n tbe pot eh into a Imi's
i bead of rain water, be c.ime to me witli
one of my hts, my coat, and one ol the
logs of my pants.
t "He found me completely pros! rated.
Phi! nf my shiit, my hat, one leg f my
. pa tils, my ves., stockings, uccktiu and one
I boot, weie left ln-himi.
J "I vowed then and there that I would
! never go to see another gii 1 and 111 die be
fore 1 will I '
A Jlomuitcr in tit-nt Iij'r,
There has been a great sensation In pan,
Fiancisco over a scandal in society n eall- '
ing in its incidents the plot "f Charles
Keade's "Terrible Temptation," nly
the ending was a more natural and prosaic
one. In Ueade's novel the false lo-ir
grows tip in the family, and the dtceit was
not discovered, but was in the fullness of
time revealed by the wife, who baderit l
thro'igh excessive love and devotion to her
husband. In the San Francisco affair van
ity and love of display were tbe motives .-f
of the fraud, and discovery followed baid
upon its consummation. Seveial yea.s
auo Samuel T. Cut lis, a wealthy sqicciil-i-tor
and mine owner, married a young and
attractive lady. She was fond of fashion
j aim social enjoyment ; lie longetl lor a
j home made ph asuil by tbe sound of chii
(dien's voices. So strong was his desire
j that be promised her cue of the finest
houses in the citv, with the most costlv
aim eleunut cm rmiiiiitgi and equipage.
! it the dottiest wish of bis heart o.uld be
gratified. It is said that Keade's novel
suggested to the wife the means by which
she could deceive her husband and secure
the fine establishment which was such a
dazzling attraction to her vanity. She was
able to secure the services of a physician
named Dr. Mouser in ai ranging the details
of her plot, and a foundling asyhtm was i'j
supply the necessary infant. The so vi
ces of a trusty maid were also secured,
and for tbe rest, the plot was managed al
most exactly like that in Keade's novel,
w hich seems to have furnished a model Tor
the proceeding all through. During pk
four months' absence of Mr. Curtis in tie
Nevada mining regions he received the
gratifying aniiotiuct mt lit tf antxjec'.td
heir. Apca:ances were skillfully manag
ed so as lo keep up the deceit, and the joy
ful and liberal mining king speedily re
deemed his promises to his wife. A latgo
and elegant mansion in the most fashiona
ble quarter of the city was purchased ami
tbe most lavish expe iidilut ns were made
upon its furniture and decoration. 'Ihe
lady's love of display was gratified by
presents of spier-did dtamoiid jewelry ai d
a handsome new cai riage, drawn by costly
blooded hoises. The husband's business
requiieilj him to make frequent visits to
Virginia City, and taking t he ad v,ut age f
one of these, ai r.-iiicemeiil wc-io mrde for
the consummation of the plot. Tbe confi
dential maid st-ivaiit secured anew bom
infant fi nin a found ling asylum, a wet
nurse w as engaged, (lie tm-ij ),. Mmo. r
was called in, ami Mis.J.Cnit is, pale with
nervous anxiety and excitement, was Mir-ro-.mded
fit lithe Mappings of maternity.
Dr. Mouser telegraphed to Mi. Cuilis the
joyful news that he was the father of a i,IH
boy, and the latter hastening bme, slu d
teaisof pateinal pi id, upon the pink and
puiple-iiioitkd babe which Ihe nurse pre
sentcd to him. One .f bis fi-st actions
was to sit down and write off a check i f
'.VM) to Dr. Mouser for his inestimable s r--'
vices. All went well for a few weeks ; tl,o
wife convalesced with prudent slowness
and the deceit might not have been ili.,,i..
( ered had not the confidential timid svivant
mauuen. uistrnctlne minors rencl-.d the
husband's ears. II is suspicions weie
aroused, and be employed a shrewd law-, r,
who in tuin employed detectives, Ihe
tuith soon came out. The wife wept. p:o.
tested and denied until cot-trontcd wish
Dr. Mouser s oi.fesMoii, when she too
i gave way. And now a lnxm ions home i
lor sale, tbe wretched wife is scparat.il
riom her husband, the false heir is back at
the foundling asjhini, and a suit of divo x
is pending JjoUh,.orr O.tzttc.
A Ft.
r. Ft i. Kisk run Giiti.s -T!.
! tO"f
a church in one of om Inii.n rn,,..
! to me not long ago
"I have ofTieiui. .1
at loity weddings since I came here, and
in every case, save one. 1 felt lhat ihe
bride was running an awful iik. Young
men of bad habits a id fast tendencies
never many cit 1st ,.r their own sort, but
demand a wife above suspicion. So pin,.,
sweet women, kept from the touch of t,i
through the yeais of their giilhood. give
themselves, with nil their cosily dower .f
womanhood, into the keeping of men w h.s
in base Associations have hainril to un
dervalue all lhat bclotis lo il.f-m
j then find no repentance in the sad after
.i -...-. on,- j mu, oi u,in
t.nai i can see. ami lhat is lor you the
; young women of the c inutry to requiu
j in associations and marriages. tnirov f
1 purity, sobriety for sobiiely. and honor for
j honor. There is no reason why Ihe young
men of this C hi istain land should not bo
just as vii tu-ns sis its yoiinir vu Inous wtr
l men, and if the loss ol" Jour siciety and
j hoe be the price they are foiced lo pay for
vice, they will not p-ty if. I admit, with
I sadness thai not all mir young womeu are
capable of this high standaid for themselves
j or oiheis but I o. v.- that theie aio
. ru-mgh earnest, thoughtful giils in tbe so.
Hy f ur c.unti to woiders if
lanniuiiy .ii-oiisfii
if.-nr ciik. v ill voi.
help ns in 'he name of Christ? you
; first of all be line t' yourst-lv- ni d Uod
so pure in your inner and outer life, that
yon sliail have a li-rht to --k that the
young man with Iiom you marry shall bo
j the same? 'Ihe awiul gull oi dishonor is
close beside jour tect. ami in latheis,
jbiotheis lovers and Sons are go. no down.
; Will you tsot help us in our great woik
J Tlie attempt to hold Biighani Young
j responsible fur the Mountain Meadow u jo,
saeic is what the Pittsburgh Ih'-tlrh calls
M ioit of m naiuiu acaie 'e.u reposition.