: TEAMS. ,oR THk
Per annum in advance.
Six months
Three mouths
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1 time. 2do 3do 1 month
One inch, or less ; .. ....„$' 75 $1 25 ' $1.50 *
$1 76
Two inehas 1 50 2 25 2 70 3 25
..Three Inches, 225 325 ' 400 475
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•:...-Administrators"And Biectitorat Notlets, 6 times„ s2'so
Atiditors.:Notiees, 4 times ” • 200
~ Itstray, or other short *Notices 1 50
~ Advertisements .not }narked with - the number °rinser
ons desired, will bo continued till
. forbid and charged ao.
r erding to these • - - .
Local or nail Nolicee; 10 cents a line for e
lot tion..By the yasr.at a reduced
Our Vribes for. the printing * of Blanks, Handbills, etc.
„eirtrressonably low., . .
/11111CSS 'eatArs.
R. A. B: BRUM.BAtT.GH, '• , , 1..
.
Having permanently located at Huntingdon, offers
Is professional services Ao the community.. 1., ( eT. ,
Office, the same as that' liatety occupied by Dr. Lilden
non Hill street.aplo;l4Bo
It. 4011 N eCULLOCH, offers his
'professional cervices to ttie Oiti'zine of Iluntingdon
`aud,viciulty. , Otflco.on 1. illatreet, one door cast of Reed'.
-Drug' Store: • " Aug. 28, '25.
1116 ALLISON MILLER,
,Llue • itiaimas.
- , DEN'TIST,
Ilan removed to the Brick Row opposite the Court Reim.
.Apr 1118.1859. , , ,
Ti'
J:.,GitEENE,=
. . •-.4.Z..-
DENTIST.
St ialliiaa
_. Office removed to Leleter'n New Building,
All.street, Ituntiugdon. .
.. - ::July 31,18 6 7. - . -
P. IV. JOHNSTON,
-AGENT,
lIVNTINGDON, PA
Office en Erniiii street.
_T . . A. POLLOCK,
CIP •
SURVEYOR(C.REAL ESTATE AGENT,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Will attend to Surveying in all its branches, and will
buy and sell Real Estate in any part of tho United States.
Send for circular. dcc29-tf
T -- - '-
,ATTORNEY AT LAW,
,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
la - (Ace, with J. SZWLU. STEWART, Eeq. • nolD6ot*
T
SYLV 9.NUS
•
A 01?NEY AT _LAW, •
• HUNTINGDON, PA,'
yrfice on Hill street, tlsreodoore welt of Smith. y5'69
LULL MUSSER. • 5. L. PLIMINO.
I . M . US§ER S: FLEMING, '
A TTO.RNAS'Irs 7 AT,L - Alvi.
• •," lIUNTINGDON,PA.
Offlee !wood floor of Leister's banding, oh fill Street.
'Pensions hod other claims promptly wheeled. m.26'63
AGE EN C Y FOR COLLECTING
eoLonats , CLAIMS, BOUNTY, BACK PAY AND
. All who may have any claims against the Govorriment
far Bounty, Back Pay and Penaiota, can bate their claims
promptly collected by.applying either in person or by let.
ter to
IV. 11. WOODS,
TTOENLY AT. LA IV.
HUNTINGDON, PA
,ug12,1163
!NULLS. LIIOWN,
Et=2l
'rho name of this firm has been chang
ed from SCOTT t BROWN, to
SCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY,
under which yams they will hereafter eenduct their
practice. • - _ •
TTORNEYS T LAW, HUNTINGDON; PA.
PIIIvoSIONS, and all claims or.oldisp6mtd soldiers' hell,
4ainst the Government, ,rill bo promptly prottecuted.
May 17, 1865—tf. . •
I.3t° NCOLLECTIO uPp
A 41 10
4 .4
OF.
f , ,
K. ALLEN LOVELL, ,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
. OFFICE-In Um room lately occppled by R. M. Speer.
jeu.l..lbti7
- P. M. Lytle & Milton S. Lytle ,
ATTORNETS' AT LAW,' •
• ; - IA.UNTINGDON, PA.,
hate toimea Portutrehip under the name and firm
or
F. M.. M. S. LYTLE,
And have removed to the omen on the south aide of
11111 street, fourth door west of :with.
They will attend promptly to all kinds of legal heti.
tees eiltrueted to their care. ' ap7-tf.
J OSEP.4 T,
SIA.inFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
WILLOW AND SLEIGH BASKETS,
Of all sires and descriptions,
ALEXANDRIA, HUNTINGDON CO., PA.
June 9, 1e69-t f
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID
I HUNTINGDON - INSURANCE
AGENCY.
I . G-. R. ARMITAGE,
IttmvsGoorr,
Represent the most reliable Companies in
the Conntey. Rates as low as is consistent
Kith reliable indemnity. sep 2,'68.
pital Represented over $14,000,0
DIL CLOTH WINDOW SHADES
'GILT GOLD SHADES,
MUSLIN SHADES,
.BA'ILEY'S FIXTURES,
TAPE, CORD-AND TASSALS
ILL MEOATAIGNT
AT LEWIS' BOOK STORE
MOBlit B.TORE4
.„.
.
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co) • -
•
mi. 3. 43-mt.momiqm,
PUCCMOr to B. M. GREENE,'
DEALER IN
'STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS,
And other wakes,
.; 4 111ASON do lIA3ILIN CABINET ORGANS,
Ntelodecnie;Oultgre,Tioline, Pike, Pluto, Accordeona,
„ ,SlrPiluatis, Organs, sod Melodeons Warranted for five
• years.
Circulars sent on application.
'Adana E. J. GREENE,
Ilnnttngdon, Pa.,
'Jan27,69 Zd floor Leieter'e New Building.
:NEW LEATHER HOUSE,
•
rytrE Irmm OF LEAS &
Mite' eased the large fire story Leather 116 use,
rem Jain& Realty.
7 110. 43010RT111 TRIM) STREET, FIIILAREMPILT.A,
And intend'd6hig a Hide and Leather Cemndesiern Thd.
'nese.
Their sons E. LEAS, and T. E. McVITTY, are there,
and' authorized 'to carry on the business for them—en
'they are yoting men of 'good ccoral character, and line
%ileum cattlificatisina. They solicit the patronage of
their brother Tanners In the county and elsewhere.
itSir They still will continue to keep a good assortment
eh:0111A and Slaughter Bole Leather on hands, at their
Tannery, neer Three Spring!, Iluntingdon County. l'a.
suar3-tf. LEAS.* AIeVITTY,
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WM.' 'LEWIS, HUGH. 'LINDSAIe,,, Publishers.
VOL. XXV.
NEW STORE IN lIUNTINGDQN.
. . .
TAMES A. BROWN, has jast.opOried
a large
,
on tho second floor of hie brick building, where buyers
will find ono of the largest and beet amortments of ' '
BRUSSELS,
INGRAIN,
DUTCH. WOOL, •
••
COTTON, . •
•
• • RAG ,
LIST,
VENITIAN and scotcli
4DEVriC)catiy
Also, COCOA and CANTON MAT
TINGS, and FLOOR OIL .CLOTHS,
Ever offered in central Pennsylvania.
It is well knua n that a merchant who deals entirely in
ene late of pals buying largely from manufacturers' is
enabled to _give. his 'customers advantagee in prices dud
asaortment (In that lino ofgoods) that are not to be found
In stores professing to do all kinds of businsm.
1 Omit aim therefore to make It the inbred of all In
want of the ahoy° goods, to buy at the regular Carpet
and Oil Cloth Store.
sa..Dealers can buy of me by the roll at wholesale
price..
apl.T69 'JANES A Bytpws.
m712'0
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West Huntingdon Foundry.
JAMES SIMPSON •
,XANUFACTURVI -
, PLOWS, THRESHING MACHINES..
FARM BELLS, SLED AND SLEIGH SOLES, •
WAGON BOXES, IRON KETTLES,
G'asiati.23.asEit
For Furnaces, Forges, Orkit and Saw Mills, Tanneries
and Brickyards,
,AND JOB WORK IN GENERAL.
ARCHITECTURAL A ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT.
' Trim Porticos and Verandahs,
Balconies Columns and Drop Ornament fir wecden
•portiros and verandahs,
Window Lintel!, and Sill.,
• •
• Coat Ortiamonts for wooden lintels,
•-
Cellar Window Guards all sizes, „,
Chimney Tops and Flues, • . •
Sash Weights, Carpet Strips,
Itegipters r Heaters, Coal Orates. , , '
Vault Castings for coal and wood cellars,
Arbors, Tree-boxes, Lamp-poet., ilitching.peste,
• Iron Railing for porticos, verandahs, balconies, 1101 M.
Lade,
Yard and Cemotdry Fences, etc. .
Particular attention paid lofenciv Ontekry Lola.
Address JAMES SIMPSON,
ee23,68 Huntingdon, Pa.
HUNTINGDON FOUNDRY.
EASTON BLAKE. )I. MARION McNRIL.
BLAKE & McNEIL,
[Successors to 3. M. CUNNINGHAM A SON.]
Iron and. Brass Founders,
11UNTING DON, PA.
IRON and BRASS CASTINGS mode hi a first class
.• Foinidry. M e have ItiNll3, on hand all
s
• ll kinds of (Kl.ll:Vlr•wa7l.6::::°O:r7telAltal%lnhe
Cmstings for puvements, Window weights
—ll,k!tttt . ..t4.nt all MlOlllllO Waglita, Pipe Joints, Sled
aud almghsoles, Wagon boxes, .Machine Castings, for
steam and water, grist, saw, •1111111 t ant plaitor mills of
all descriptions.
HEATERS AND IRON FENCES,
of the most improved style, oven doors and frames, door
sills, and In fest ever) thing made in this line. ,
,We have a larger stock of palterns, mid can furnish cas
tings at short notice, and cheaper than they can be had
In the country. • Hering a good drill, we are prepared to
do drilling and Wing tip of all lands. •
°Rico in Liestare New Building, Hill street, 'Hunting
don, Is.
Melr:l7, 1859. BLAKE Jt McN7IL.
I=
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ! •
SELLING OFF Al cosi,
3/Eietartca3L cro X:firaae.
Arestiorr disposing of their entire stock of
Goods AT COST. Persons wishing
•
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
BATS AND CAPS,' '
ETC , ETC., ETC,
Will save •money,hy calling on. us r as Nvo
are determined to close out our ehtire stock
without friarrd. '
REMEMBER TILE PLACE:
Sioll'iliCNi . .bußtling, llill Street,
.„ •.,
ingdon, 00.12
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SPANISH HAIR DRESSER
FOX PROHonsa THE GROWTH, IntAteriPTlNO THIS Hale,
Aud rendering it dark and glossy. No other compound
possesses the peculiar properties which so exactly stilt
the various conditions of the human hair. The-use of
this oil as a hair dreiser has been universal in eTorliSeC.
tine of the country in the ep.m.li Slain for CuntUrleel.—
IS o preparation of art could give that elegant hand:MCC
and abundance of hairwhicti have su Mien been the ad
miration of travelers in &vain. This oil fs highly and
delicately pertained, forming an article unrivaled in ex
cellence and upon uhich the Spanish people for many
years have set Its seal of enduring appromi.
Mexicaiffild, Flowers Shampoo LOHOR
For removing dandruff nod scurf from the head, whiten
Mg and perfuming the akin. This article is entirely dif
(trent from an) thing of the kind ever altered in this cone
try and Is warranted free from all poisonous substances
this valuably lotion was used by the Emperor Mextuill
ian, and Empress Cal lotus of Mexico, and universally
used by Mexicans for three hundred years, As a wnab
for the head—it is cooling, Mouthing and refreshing.—
M hen thus used it at once relieves headnch-,
mvUIRE'S
WILD FLOWERS FOR TRU TEETH
All those nho are in favor of nhito teeth and a pleasant
and pertlimetlifforth, should at once use 51cOuire's Wild
Flowers Mr tll teeth. All these prepaittlons are put
up iu the Moltt 'elegant and ornamental manner. W.
make pa eXceilltion in saying that they aro an ornament
to a laily'srollet table, and noun complete without them.
Warranted satisfactory or money Dealers
will bear this in mind. :old by all respectablo Drug
girts•tu the United Slates anti Canada& Address orders
to
RICHARD ;MG DIRE,
Depot and Manulactury,
104 263 North Second Street, Philadelphia
For Pals at Lents' Boots Store, Huntingdon.
U. S.
REVENUE STAMPS
FOR, SALE
4T LEWIS' BOOK STORE.
lIUNTINGDON, PENNA.
;Ct..' -. 1 '"
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GREAT BIRGAM
ESE
Cunningham &,Carmon' s,
Cornet of Railroad and Montgomery Ste
4IINTINGDON, PA.
WE , would call apecial uttentioo to
the daily arrival OfCIIOIOZ AND IiKAUTINGf.
GOODS, xlalch are offered at • '
Tempting Prices,,
Consisting of Beautiful Silks of all shades, all woo
Poplin", Alpacas, Melangea,.Armutr, Chintzes, it,snoet
heiSullful Hite of flue Cambria, Barred Muslin., Bain-
'poky, Oingt;mme, and Obauddays
tso, follllne of Domestic Goody enell se
HEAVY BLEACHED NUSLINS,
Fino Brown kinslla AO Incites wide, Mooched Hudin
frem 54 to 2% yards wide, Kentucky Lon, Yemeni
Ointment, are„ &c.,
Our clock of SHOES eueelinnithlug of thuiled
Ida of Phllrulaiiihla. •
ALSO, a large and well ealeated atoek 1111 - AT9 oat-
able for the lesson
CARPETS.
ISt make a epettodly or thlt article, aid hive ton hand
A rery tine astottruent of
DESIRABLE PATTERNS,
which will be sold lower than CAN be sold by any other
holies outeldo of l'ltitadelplibt. We have also on baud e
large stock of
3111 MD BAIN
which we are enlllne rory low.
In order to be convinced Met ours le the plea* to boy;
call nod cumulus our goods and prices
We take'plessnre in showing our goods, Iron If you do
not wish to buy. ro you will please-eall and get pooled
CUNNINGHAIVI&CARMON,
Osi. 28, 1888—tL.
SUSIMERS. LUKE REILEY
, .
UNION STEAM • BAKERY
AND
Candy Manufactory,
HUNTINGDON, P.
THE undersigned have fitted up a
lirst-class steam BAKERY at the Castilian Garden
on Church street, and are prepared to Walsh all kinds
of
BREAD,' ROLLS, BISCUITS, 'PIES;
Plain acid Fancy CAKES, &c.,
In large or small quantitlea, at reasonable prices.
We would call especial attention of country dealers to
OUR CANDY MANUFACTORY. '
We manufacture all kPula of Fancy and Common Con
fectionerlee. equal to any that comes from the city, and
are prepared to 1111 large or small orders on short notice
and at CITY PRICES.
We also keep on hand a large and constant supply of
FRUITS AND NUTS,
which' they will furnish at reasonable rates
Vie, proprietors flatter themselves that It seals but a
trial to convince the most sceptical, and please the must
fastidious.
We respeafully solicit a liberal share of public retro•
nage, and shall endeavor to merit its continuance.
5e1,1869 SUMMERS A IIEILEY.
HEAD QUARTERS
7011
NEW GOODS.
D. P. CWIN
INFORMS THE PUBLIC
THAT HE HAS .
JUST OPENED
A
SPLENDID STOCK of NEW GOODS
THAT
CAN'T BE BEAT
IN
CHEAPNESS AND QUALITY.
• COME AND SEE. ,
D, P. GWIN,
Huntingdon, 061. 1, 1869.
j~JANTED,
V y 10,000 bushole of Wheat, fiyo, Oats, and Corn,
at the Huntingdon dream Mill.
JOSEPH It. °ALMON.
Huntingdon, Nov. 17,111C0 If
LAP and Joint Shingles for sale by
LIVNRY b CO.
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Tu4, OmPhi% Repulilican gives the,
following , bietory , -of this production,
which the London "iSpechitor prononn•
&Tit; bd tb t e:fineat, poem ever ivfitten
if,'A'nieri'cii; b
The,early,part'of the witr,'one dark Sat
urday night, in the : dead of the winter, there
Commercial.llospital, in Cincin
nati, a young woman, over whose head only
two and twenty Summers had passed., She
had bricUbeeti - ,•Pe,sseise4 with' an 'ennoble
beauty, aishe herself
says, Tattered andseuglt: for the eiterMs of
her face ;' htkalaSlnpoe'the fair brow, was
written,thatterrible'werd-7-prostitute!. Once
the pride "ofrespectable parentage,, her first
wrong step was the ,imall beginning •of the
'enmo old story over again,'.which has been
only the life history of 'thousands. Highly
educatid,•ora With' -necoMplished nuinnars,
she might lt‘e 'shoh'e in. the' beat Uciety.=-
BuVthe Onl:honi that proiUd 'her' ruin Wits
the door from which went Out the innocence
of childhood,' and having spent'a young life
in disgraCe end
,shame, the poor
,friendless
outcast., Among her personal effects, was
was found. in manuscript, The Beautiful
Snow,'- which was immediately carried .to
Enos B. Beet], a, gentlemantoreulture and
literary-tieto; who was at that time editor of
the irational Union. In the' columns of that
paper, on the morning of the day following
the girl's death, the poem appeared in print
for'thelfirst tune.
. the When paper containing the poem came
out on Sunday morning, the body of the via'
tiro had not received burial.. Tho , attention
of Thomas'Btichanan Read, one of the first
American poets, was.so taken with their stir
ying
,pat)tos,nthat .he : immediately_ Jellowid
the corpse to its final resting place.
Such are ill° - Plain facts concerning her
whose 'Beautiful Snow'. shalilong be remain :
tiered as one of the beetitiful gems of 'Ameri
can literature." , r
' THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
Oh I the Snow, the beautiful 'snow I
Filling the sky and the earth below,
Over the house-tope, over the street,
Over the heads of the people you meet,
•‘
, •Dancing,
• Flirting,
• Skipping along ; •
Beautiful snow I it can do nothing wrong,
Flying to kiss a fair cheek.
Clinging to lips in a frolicsome freak ;
Beautiful snow frorn.the henvond•above, '
Pure as an angel, gentle as love I
Ohl the 'snow, the beautiful snow I
How the flakes gather and laugh as they go
Whirling about in their 'maddening fun,
It plays in its glee with every one--
„ Chasing, • .
„, ..; .I,l,aughing,
llurrying by, . •
It lights on the face and sparkles the eye,
'And thipliiying dogs with:a bark and a
bound
Snap at the cryfttalsi that eddy arc= I
The fOwn.is,alive, and its henri in a glow
To welcome the coming of ,beautiful snow.
1i •
ow, wildly the crow swaying along,
liailing i encli other with humor and song 1
How the gay like meteors - pass by,
Brtght fora moment, then lost to the eye'!
Ringing,
-
-'Swinging, • :
Dashing they
Orpr tbeernst of the beautiful snow—,
Snow•se pure when it falls:from the sky, •
As to make ono regret to see it lip
To be tramped and tracked - by the thous
.
ntids of feet,
Till it blends with the filth in the horrible
- street.
•
Once I was pure as the snow, but I fell—
Fell like the snow-flakes,'-from heaven to
hell;
Fell to be tramped ne filth in the street;'
Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on and be beat;'
Pleading.
Cursing,'
Dreading to.die;, -
Selling my, soul to mime). would bay ;
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread ;
Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Mereiful'Gnd 1 Hove I fallen do low ?
And yet I vrasbnco like the beautiful snow.
Once I was fair es the,heautiful snow,
With an eye like 'a crystal, a heart like its
glow ;
,
'Once I was loved for my innocent grace,
Flattered and sought fur the charms of my
face.
Father, , • •
, . Mother,
,
Sister, all, ,
God apd myself have I lost by, my fall!
Tho veriest wretch that goes shivering by
Will make a wide swoop lest I wander
too nigh ;
For all that isen or nbovo me, I know
There's nothing so pure ae the beautiful
snow.
How strange it Should he that this beauti
ful snow
Should fall on a sinner with nowhere to go!
How strange it should he when night comes
again,,
If the snow and the ice struck my despe
rate brain I -
Fainting,
Freezing,
Dying alone.
'no wicked for Prayer,too weak for a moan,
To be heard in the streets of the crazy town,
Gone med in the joy of the snow coming
down.
To be and:to die in my terrible woe,.
With a bed and a shroud of the •beautiftil
snow.
Helpless and foul as the trampled snow,
Sinner, despair' notl Christ stooped low
To rescue the scul that is lost in its sin,
And raise it to life and enjoyment again.
Groaning,
Bleeding,
Ding for thee,
The crucified hung on the accursed tree,
His accents of mercy fell soft on thine ear.
Is there mercy for met Will He heed my
prayer?
0 God 1 In the stream that for sinners did
flow
Wash me, and I shall ho whiter than snow
lar";1 think I have scon you be
fore, sir," said ono gentleman to ano
ther. "Aro you not Owen Smith ?"
"Oh, yes," said the other, "tin owin'
Smith and owin' Brown and owin'
Tones and owin' everybOdy."
Writ is true 'to many men
. that
their memory is nothing but a row of
book.) to hang up grudges on.
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',Soniii,tWO Or . hires indexee:from 'the
.town of Aylesbury, rAngland i :: them
Once lived three cousins of the family
name of Barrett: They wdru'all'inar- ,
rind and settled on farms Within a few
miles' of baeh t othar, and each Cif Ahem
had grown up'ehildien'around: . thern.
They wore iici(riph but:ln circum
stances,—cacti had expectations..: An
eccentric -uncle, bad gone' to India
when quite tt , yohnglnaii, and. Earner
told• them that he- had' beeeine'"Viiry
wealthy and probtibly' *Odd 'die an
'old bachelor. Who, tjion',' but them
selves Would be heirs to hie property,
they being at the time his nearest: re.
Wives .• . • •
Ono..day ,the three families were
'thrown into-a 'great 'commotion "by.
each of Iheni rdeeivinglaJetter'"Which
contaibed;lieside'the, date 'and. signa
tore, only the following, words
"I am rich. Fobls here call me a
nabob. I wouldn't give a title to a
eat. No matter; I.shall not live al
wayS'anct when I die• my property
must go to somebody.' I am coming
to find au
- heir. I shall come ,and see
you and hope you will
,pipase„rne.. -I
hope you aro not troubled with •beg
gars. I do not like to see them about."
Vile dark rainy night, about three
weeks after the reception of these let
:terg hy'the cousins, the'family ofafos
es Barrett. was thrown into a state of
excitement by the appearance at the
door of two men- in livery Who , an
nounced' themselvbs as the avant couri
ers of Joshua Barrett,- of India, who
would claim : th'eir hospitality for the
night. , • • •
Saying,which, the.::messengere put
spurs to their• horses and dashed away
without giving the astonished listen•
ere time to ask a single question._
Now, M.oses Barrett was a' hunks,
his wife'a;shrew and the three chil
dren chips of the two blocks, but all
undertook to change their,natures for
a time,..or rather to be ready to change
them on the appearaneo'br•the rich
uncle—for what was the uSe of actitig
with the curtain down. "
"Now Moses, you stingy old brute,"
said his wife, "if you know on which
side your•bread is buttered; it's to be
hoped you' will have some chickens
killed for his excellency's supper,
which is moron you did for Christ.
mas, and some of that wino You fetch
ed up which you have had in the ccl
ldr since the year one, and a fire made
in' the best room that hasn't been
there these ton years and all our nice
clUthesput'on=that is not en*, .for
you'll 'never allow.u.l - anything"deciiiit
,;.
to wear." •
"And it. bi to be hoped, old .wornan."
retorted the angry husbapd, "that yoti
will soften down that screechiri'& voice
of yours, and twist your wrinkles into
smiles, and that will be something I'vo
not seen since the first week of our
rriage." •
Great activity. wasdisplayed by all
in getting ready "to give: the rich un
cle the beat reception pOssible„tinoll
rejoiced, as much as 'a hopeful'faMily,
could, rejoice that•they would' be the
first to receive a visit from 'him, hop=
ing, of course, that' they might fo're
stall the other - relations in his good
graces. ; - • ; ; ;.. '
It would have been a strange' way
for a person to have• made, a visit,; but
they knew the uncle, was very eccen
tric, and his being so* very wealthy
made it all right-in. their - . eyes.; Ho
might have come-and stdod on his
head provided.he paid:for-his antics.
.In the'midst of their hurried -prcpa.:
tions there appeared .at the door an
old, feeble,looking, white-haired man
thinly clad, and his soiled garments
clinging to his shriveled form.. -
"Will you be so kind, good people,"
ho said, "as to give me something to
eat, and a place to sleep to-night ?"
"We have nothing•to eat,!and if wo
had, wo don't harbor beggars ; " replied
the master of the house in a coarse
brutal tone. -
"But I am' old and feeble, and very
hungry and tired" said the 'aged
applicant in a pleading tone, "and' if
you drive me away I may perish."
"Well that's' What you ought •to
have done long ago,"•put in the cross
old dame; When people got too lazy•
to work and start out begging, it's
my opinion they're better dead nor
alive. Besides we expect company
soon—a rich gentleman from. India—
and aint got no room for the like of
you."
"Well then," said the old man, with
a sorrowful look, !"Sinco you cannot'
keep the over night will you please to
give me something to eat, and I'll. go
farther. ;.
. The 'dame brought up a piece of
brown bread, and; with an angry look
was about to hand it to the mendicant,
more for the purpose as it seemed, of
getting rid of him than for any feeling
or compassion; but her miserly bus-
band interrupted, and said sharply—
"l told you we bad nothing for you,
so travel.on."
' , c1.11 sot the dog on you if you
don't, you old beggar !" cried a lad of
ton. "lly rich uncle is coming hero
to-night and ho can't•bear beggars, so
you had hotter be • going• while your
bones aro whole."
"May heaven be more merciful thah
you." sighed the old man as ho turned
and disappeared in the darkness."
Some half an hour after he knocked
at the door (:)f Stephen Barrett, anoth
er of the-nephews -and asked - for food
and lodging.
, "It isn't Convenient for me to keep
Yon' to.night," said the master of the
house in a mild dignified tone. '"Be
sides we don't like to encourage beg-
gars. If you are poor and not able' to
work, the parish where you belong is
bound to support. you. No ono need
ME
)'/' la [
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li
•J,H. ,;•1",,;;;(
starteltritibisieeliiitiyWliidhfthe.Lord,
.praise•llis..name,‘, , haw so;rbountifully
.1-,trupt,l Anal npt,,,,,wa l uting : Jor
ty 7 lts an,`h blp, follower J ot: 3.11 a
iiot,
but Wbui' %Vial
goverrimput;and the opoor, donations
,to thep,beeeyolent ,soeietieS and.uthe;
heathen missions, ik much„ aPil
can-ab to, live and give family a,
respeetable`imainienariee. 4 • NOW, my
friend, if you' aro!poor'and Unhble" to
work, (though I do not sop why, you
rimy riot es 'well - work as' tras=el,)• you
had better throw yOurself on the par
ish where you, 'belong.?.? .
,`!Bet I.a,m tired,. wet .); and, hungry,','
said toe man, "and all tlrai parishes, ; in
tiM'WorldiCan'p'do 'me any good . to
niglit.'" f.
%Eptit , you• should ;have' thouglit'• of
that before you, left,horne,",,now Aim
ed in the good houiewife,withAt-,pane 7
tilled air. ')lt is.sinfue.fo,ternpt
Vidence as it 'Called, and' whOey,er
sins must expect, judgment. I ;never
leave borne without providing for the
journey,, andof course I don't
expect
any one to feed ,and ,shelter, me Bir
nothing.' It is a sin too,' to ,be idle'
when one is able . to 'work, and it' is
agaimit, My" principles, as a' true Chris
tian„ to encourage any one in sinning."
,‘, 1 1141 4.'sappesellani,to understand
that:yoa refithe Me both food and, lod
ging ?" said the ol&man."
"As to food, said the pious dame,
glancing at her husband, "if you are
very. hungry, I suppose ,we .can, do
samething that way', but lodging is out
of the q'uoation, for mounted - couriers
,haVP been Ince to say that a very rich
Unalo of ours, from' India, will be here
very 'soon,',ltbd ho wrote soMp:tiinp
agdthat he did not like to havd.beg
gars iibOU't 'whero he was,',and' we
'shoUltl i nOt' to y offend True,
We hardly "oxpect 'hien to:night, - hut
then he might come, you If now, add
wo wouldn't like to run any risk:"
"NV'eff thud" said the old arm with
a sigh, "I 'will I,nlee'the food,sif you
please, and go ; ou„evenif I. perishi '
1 '24 your ',trust in the Lord„my
friend; put'your.trast, in th4orgl!
said 'Stephen Barrett, solomnly.
"YeS,' echoed his wifo,."put your
trust in the Lord I that's what we do
wbon troublO. Sarah, go down in
the cellar and liring up a couple of
those cold potatoes for this old man—
they are very good eating ,vben ono
is hungry—l like them myself. Yes,
put your trust in the Lord and dp, not
leave home again without:moans. By
the bye, when I think ofit,", added, the
good woman, laying down a cap frill,
on which gho' had been' buSily at work
while, talking, and looking up with a
bright': twinkle' oye,'"l do be
llevfyrou' get ' g ood night's Ipdg
ing; tit llarryßarreit's,Who, lives only
a half mile from hercOn tho road south.
11.o's a - great hand for taking in strar . i 7
, ,
,She 16oltod at 'her'husbiera:nd both
smiled khowingly,Thr they were thi,ok,
ingthat'if the r4ihiinelo were to fir4i
the beggar • there, it Might, incre'nio
Stephen Barrett's chances of becoming
the faVorite heir.
`''Sarall Jan() now returned and
hand
ed the, old nieniwe little eold'petateee.
He look theni, turned them sloMy
over, examined them on all sldee arid
murmured— ' '
"They hAve , ti
edia they see?,
I think not, for if' tbeY'emild, they'd
bbish red, instead of keeping such
dark color."' Then glancing `slowly
around the neat, tidy,,Cheerhil" rooin,
tatting if three - prim girls,.and 'their
pious parents,' be quickly tossed" tlie;
potatoes - into the lap of the astonished
inistreis;'siying: - as he did se, "I heg
your pardon, ihadum, bat I did not in
. „
tend'to rob yob." -
"0, You sinful, wicked old erWaturer
exclaimed the'good dame in .bolklier
ror, as the disgosted old man turned
and' want'out and Oita the'dobr
•- • .
slam.
-- In'le'ss Than half 'an ,hour the wirer
ttinate ‘sayfarer was tryinglis chances
atllie house of Harry Barrett. ' '
"Come said a . strong,heartian
cheerful voice in answer to his knock;
lie entered a large, pininly furnish
ed apartment, and beheld groupo 0 . 1
six persons--father,two . sons,,
and two daughters=scateil around tho
pleasant fire, with a bright light on the,
'table near, thern,And Con
tented and happy: ' ;,
On seeing his visitor was an Old!man
and.a stranger, the master of the Ikons'()
arose; and invited him to • come for.
ward and take a seat-, tin& all the oth
ers drew baelcrespeetfully, to enlarge
the elk:Wand give him the best place
at. tho fire.
".I.have called," said the old man
stopping and rcimoving his hat *Om
his. white bead, "totask if you would
give me some fobd and lodginglor:the'
night." : : ,
• "Of courso We will; MY' friendi rind,
glad of the'cliaiico" , to help it' fellow/ in,
need;;" said'Henryßerrett, in a frank,'
cordial tone: "Sit - down, and "mitko,
Yourself at home. Here, give me you's .
bat.' Como, girls, hurry up something
warm 'for tho- old gentleman who is
chilled through as I can readily seo.
You ought not to have been out,so late
in this storm, father." „
,"No, I know," roturnod the old. gen
tleman, holding his trembling. bands
to the fire,,"but the persons to whom
I. applied wonldn't keep me."
"What l refine loding to.an old man
like you, on such a night as;this F" ex
claimed 'the indignant host. "Wbo
were the most inhospitable wretches 7"
The , man •Aloscribeit the house and
peoplo whoro•he had called. •
see," said the host,•with a grim
smile. "I under Stand ! the first lumpy
klelpd you out ?"--
" Al mOst:"
"The second prayed you ot4?"". •
"Almost." .
"They are both relati,yes of 'mine,
but I am'ashamedto own them."
BERM
RIM
=Ell
f.'d ,11
O ~sviIjgCRIBERS.
Those
I subspyibing,for),hrep, six or
twelv'e mOnthi3`with'the : tMddrAtanding
thitt.fthe, paper : he, diseontinued ,. naless
subscriptioulsrenewed, receiving a pa
per, InaFlcect with a t before We i l:name
_will underkatid l tliat "the' tit
w4ip,l4, they, subscribed hi;up. , If, they
wish the' paper continued . they will
their "sobser•ptton ti
19
!nail,cor 9Vlprpipp.,y
I I •,
' fl All'kinds' of pluiii,ifane'f n`nd
ornittnenitiV.Tob'
'expeditiously exedutnd'ut
offiee":'' Terms moderate:
"They said; byway of okeuse," pur
qued,thepll4,inAn,:‘!t,hat.tßey,,fwere
tiectino uncjo.fron India,who
ould not 'eed a `beggar abbot"
"Aye, my friend, and wolaii'dxrieht
.ing the same: rich ; uncle, too r taaa
,oet3trlp, I ,Loacktotor,",
.who, ; stty,q ; be
sit neailheit• ;his
vast possessions. Two wails irioiieted
aneOffengPrs,arriyed, JAere,,this:dvening
to,say,that h he„wegkihe ItetA„t el night
or te-M6rrow,.. pro b hiy: • the a tte
But whenever'lie'rdOeti
:find us ',as , we are, "and ithii•dith't-like
our looks, or, tl?o cotnpuny ; wp 4e0p,,h0
can t_ake i hintself again!!
"Na
""aY, i iny "Said `the aged
stranger, rising in s'anYe tfePidatidn,
"do not for!the world.let'tny:presenee
i.qP.Per,dize youi interests vith,,yeur
rich Inflsmau ! I will Mdrely got Borne
t 'oitt;'&tiariiit'yd''o l o"litt I 'And
'another "Ridging:" •"t ":": -"'Lfr• -"
' "No you wont," said Harry Barrett,
hluntly. leave, .thts house
'lB-ifiglit r for•fa I 44"nn i dies tVe Indies
can tninotit kits; t
doWn and' make yourkelflatohormi; , c ,
,know the duty : of a•man,who, has faith
in God, and I'm going
is his money to me'? tean't eat it or
'drink ft,' nor wenr it;'noVetir'ry' it into
the•other: World ;.and Pm sure it wont
.hr,ing,t . as ; ,any, happiness that I s donit
now enjoy,,aud,l also know ,thaf,,,
')Vonid not e'ompenSate*: me 'for . one
diedii action'. 'To I let Jeshui'llairdtt
settle his money as he chases:l:2-n at
range my ,conseionee to, suit Juyself."
, „
, . ,
"God bless you!" murmured the old
'rnitn, in ii trninliling voice, nnd,"bciW
ing his held 'upon nig' b'ands, ibe wept
in silence: - . . , ~ • „ • , '-•
He remained at that ! hospitable
hoyso during the night, and was, enter
tained like an•honered.gueif.,
The next day being fair, he tbdk 'ifs
Iiz.IPAN As Ito .was about, leaving-the
garry, Barrett, puttipg,a gow,n
ih his hand, said
ft,iriyfriend . ,*rind not tiwnid.
donq iinow•who you are, and Flame
not felt it .my duty.,tosinqutra; but this
fr . qm,yonr, appearanen,onta
ner. find language, that you'rb, not a
common beggar, and that you have
seen - .better days; which' I" sincerely
hope you may see again. It's as much
as my circumstances will justify, and
May, perhaps, serve to keep you from
starving some night, or sleeping by the
waysidei." •
. "God .will.-repay yoti," said the 'old
man solemnly, and he walked slowly
away, wiping the tears from his, eyes.
"Ho' has already," mused Harry
Barrett, placing his hand "upon his
heart. "I have It hero, principal arid
interest." .-•
Long and in vain did the selfish fam r
Hies Of Morfes . :Lnd,Stephen lkirrett look
for the appearance. of
,their•rieh uncle
frcin India in a carriage and,fbur, and
groat was their disappointment there-
Then came-the intelligence that.'he
was sick in London. Next came. the
news that he,was dead, and•had ;left a
will. . .
'What` an Intense desire to k'n . o'w — thj3
Contents' of tin,' will! What "a•-jwild;
furious excitement whew the contents
became knowp,l . „ -1••
To Moses Barrett he, devised, one
iltf mid 'to buy, a coffin for the dog' his .
precious bOy threatened to 'set `op a
beggar., ..
Stephen •Barrett he.bequeathed
obo pound, three pence—tho,pound , ,te.
be devoted, to the
,parish poor- 7 tho,
throe peace to buy cold potatoes fo'r,
beggars, with' the hope that he--aiid his
pious farnily:would • put theirAiust in'
the Lord. - • .7;:) , ; ,1
To Harry Barrett and his heirs ,for-,
ever, ho had willed all the reMainder,
of 'his. mast' Wealth, Athil'o'half
pounds sterling, with ii Ippe that they'
wpuld,seinetirries recall; with 'pleasure
the visit.of„thesild, whitc 7 hairedmani
they once so kindly. entertained. ,
The old' beggiir of that 'ark, stormy:
night ,was'no . other 'than Joshua Bird
rett himself! ' ,••
• ,
With a wife,', her husband's
fault; shonld bo stict:ed! A Won'itin Tot:
guts - what - is 'drib 'to" herSelf-wheti She'
condescends to , that .refuge:of: *oak--
ness-p. female conadq,ete., A ,wife'A
heart should, be the tomb of, her bus-,
elfariker - frir
rd'ore_valitable, iri her estirriation, than'
•hiiii3 life., The same advice s'houldlbe ,
'treasured by the husband with regurd.
to the failings of his wife. None should
know each other .better, and. each
sheitld strive to hurt' that which iliey
sails faulty in ttiebt,tiVr:
41.1 honest vusticvont, into the
shop of a ; Quaker to buy a hat,_for,
Which ftratim Wasiliiinand6d;
He offered twelve •shilliiigs} "Al's'
live,".saidlho.Quaker,!•teannOt afford:.
't9 give it. themut. that 'price.,'!.',';As,
you lice I" eselaimud t t he.countumart;.
."then live more modeiately, and be
hanged to'you,"...,.".Eriend,'= said the
Quaker,"thou_shakt . have ,the hat for
nothing. I have sold bats for twenty,
YMirS, andifi'Y trick - wasThever found
out till now."
.
filar Two Irishmen w,ere in prison,
the'ono for Otealinia cow, the other
for stealing a watch'. ' • "
"Rolle, Mike, what o'clock is it?'t
said the cow thief to-tho other.
HAnd sure, Pat, I haven't any time
piece handy, but. I • think••it is inost
milking-timo." •
IlZr . "Bridget, what have you done
with the cream ? Thou() children can
not eat skim-milk for breakfast."
"Sure, ma'am, and it isn't myself
that would be either givin' the scum to
yez. i Wit that 'off and gave it to the
eats."
tom.. * Someone savagely says,"Times
was when you saw a plump woman,
you knew what . xou was looking at , "
hit them times is gono by."
El