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BY DENNIS O'RAFFERTY Me swate Celtic muse sakes a ponderous theme, To sing, she's disposed, of the fame of Poteen ; Its origin I may not fully explain, _ _ No doubt Iwasdiscovered in Adam'spure reign See Pat wid a dhrsp of Poteen in his eye, Tho powers of earth he will faircely defy ; Though whipped by his rags as they flap in the gale, Ho laughs at ould Poverty's pitiful tale. Deprive him of that you endanger his life, More dear to his sowl 'tis than children or wife; How swiftly his corpulent body grows lean, Whin torn from his bosom is darlin' Poteen. Though rints rise as high as the scale will allow, And praties yield scarcely a peck to the row ; Though drouth swape away every vestige of green, he'll weather the storm if ye lave him Puteen. Thin where is the heart so environed in guilt That Sympathy's voice would not cause it to melt; So dapely immersed in the sewers of sin, As not to discover the worth of Poteen? May grafo ho his portion through all his years, Whose hand the swate potion from Paddy's grasp tears In death may no middle-man shrive him of sin, Who razes the Irish "Diana," Poteen. Eht Atorß-Ztiltr. THE OLD BUREAU. Where'er a single human breast, Is crush'd by pain and grief, There would I ever be a guest, And sweetly bring relief. As we were passing down Exchange St., several days ago, we stopped in front of an auction room to examine the various arti cles that were exposed to be sold under the hammer. We had been there but a few moments, when we heard a female voice in quiring, "Is the old bureau to be sold to day ?" On looking up, we perceived the question had been addressed to us by a young lady, whose sad but pleasant counte nance struck us at once. We replied that all the articles spread on the sidewalk would be disposed of to the highest bidder. "I should like this bureau, if it goes low enough," she said, pointing to an old-fash ioned article that was standing among other furniture ; "but I never bought any thing at auction in my life, and I see no women here ; I don't know as it would be proper for me to bid." "It would be perfectly proper," we re marked, "but if you wish it, I will bid off the bureau." "If you will, sir, I will be greatly obliged to you." "low high are you willing I should go ?" "I don't know exactly how much it is worth, but if it sells for three or four dol lars you may buy it." "Shall I speak to a hand carmanto leave it at your house ?" "No, sir; I will call at noon and settle for it and take it away. lam very much obliged to you for your kindness." So saying, the young lady went away, leaving us to wonder who she was, and of what use the old piece of furniture could be to her. We examined it—took out the drawers—but saw nothing remarkable about it. At eleven o'clock, when the auction commenced, we were present, and after waiting near an hour, the auctioneer remarked, "we will now sell the bureau. What will you give me, gentlemen ? One man offered two dollars, another three, and we bid a half dollar more. Pour dol lars were bid—four and a half, and five dollars. We were astonished that the old thing should bring so high a price. What could we do ? See it sold, and disappoint the lady ? The thought struck us that it might have belonged to some friend, and she wished to purchase it on that account, and rather than disappoint her, we resolved to bid again. Six dollars were offered by another, to• our astonishment; but when our hand is in, we seldom let another out bid us, and so we offered until the bureau was run up to ten dollars—and we pur chased it for a half a dollar more. Cer tainly we would not have given four dol lars for it to use ourself. However, we bought it, and had it sent to our room, tell ing the auctioneer that if a lady should call for it to inform her where it might be fbund. We examined it again and again, and began to regret our purchase, feeling almost certain that the young woman would not thank us for what we had done; but we never mourn over a bad bargain. Our philosophy will not permit us to do so. A little after dark, as we were sitting in our sanctum, the young lady came in, with an apology for intruding, and remarked : "You bought the bureau—so the auc tioneer informs me." "Yes, .1 bought it at an extravagant price, I assure you." "What did you give ?" "Ten dollars and a half." "You astonish me. What can Ido ? I had no idea that it would bring over three or four dollars, and am not prepared to pay for it to•night." - - "I supposed it was foolish in me to give so much for it, ; but I presumed you wanted it very much." "I did, sir, and would not value paying double the amount fur the bureau, if I were able, rather than not have it." "So I apprehended. Perhaps it may have belonged to some friend of yours ?.' "Yes, sir, that bureau was once my mother's"—and I noticed a tear come in her eye, which she endeavored to conceal— "but she is dead now and I wished to keep it in remembrance of her." Thinking the lady might be poor, we told her that she might take the bureau that night if she wished, and pay us fur it when she found it convenient. "I am greatly obliged to you for your kindness, but would rather you would keep it until it is paid for." We urged her to take it, but she re fused, saying—"l will see what I can do, and call in a day or two and see you," and bidding us good evening, she left. There is something very mysterious about this woman, thought we. It may be that she is poor, and perhaps in very destitute circumstances. But she shows an excellent heart, and the warmest at tachment to a deceased mother. Her ed ucation must have been good, and she has evidently seen better days. And we thought the next time she called upon us, we would ascertain something more about her character and circumstances—perhaps her name, which we felt anxious to learn. In a day or two the young woman called on us again, and with tears in her eyes she remarked, "I do not know what you will think of me, but all the money I have in the world is five dollars ; this I have brought you towards the bureau you were so kind as to purchase for me." So saying she placed the money before us in silver. "I shall not take the money at present," we remarked. "I can do without it. You may take the bureau if you want it; and when you are able at some future time, you may pay me for it." HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1875. She expressed a great deal of gratitude, and said—"l would rather you should take what I have ;" and nothing, that we could say, would induce her to take the money again. "You appear to have seen some afflic tion ?" we remarked, as we saw the tears in her eyes. "Not much, sir; I must confess that I have not always been as poor as I am at present; for I have seen better days. When my parents were living, I never knew what it was to want for anything. Now I eat:- not say so." "How long have your parents been dead ?" "About six years since my father died ; and it was four years ago last Saturday, when my mother was buried." At the mention of her mother's name, the tears came fast to her eyes—a tender chord was touched—we saw it and made no more inquiries—when sho topic her leave. It was nearly six weeks before we saw the yonng lady again. She then called upon us with the remainder of the money that we had paid for the bureau. We protested against receiving it at that time, thinking it might have been incon venient for her to pay it; but she insisted that we should have it, saying, "I am un der great obligations to you fur your kind ness. Had it not been for you I should not have the bureau—the only relic of my mother ; fur it was then impossible for me to raise the amount you so generously paid. I shall never forget your kindness." "Do you wish to take the bureau away?" "I have spoken to a carman, who will call here in a short time and have it re moved out of the way ; for I suppose you will be glad to get rid of it." 'Not at all. I am pleased that I was instrumental of a little service to you, and if ever you need assistance, I shall always be ready to render it." `•I thank you, sir, with all my heart." At this moment the man came for the bureau, and bidding us good evening, the young lady left the room. CHAPTER IT I ask a lowly cot With sweet content within, Where envy shall molest me not, Nor Pride shall tempt to sin. "Going, going—will you give me but $2 fur this excellent bureau?" exclaimed Mr. Bailey, the auctioneer, a year or two since, as we were, passing down Exchange street. "Here, Mr. C.," he said, turning to us. "Buy this bureau ; it is cheap enough ; it is worth more for kindling-wood than what it is going for ; just look at it— going, going—say quick, or you lose it." "Two dollars and fifty cents," we bid, as we saw it was the very same bureau that we had bought several years bafore fur ten dollars, and it was knocked off to us. This is singular enough, thought we, as we had the article carried to our room. Where is the young woman who formerly owned it ? Who was she ? We made several inquiries, but could not ascertain who she was, or what had be come of her. The bureau had been car ried to the auction room by an individual whom Mr, Bailey never saw before, and all our inquiries to ascertain what become of the young lady seemed fruitless. Months passed by, and still we heard nothing, but thinkiug we might get some clue to the former owner, we took out all the drawers separately and examined them. We saw no writing whatever. In the back of the under drawer we noticed that a small piece of pine bad been inserted. It looked as if it had been to stop a defect. Prying it with a knife it came out, when to our astonishment we found several gold pieces to the value of about fifty dollars besides a note for twenty-five hundred dollars, with interest, made payable to Sarah --, when she should become of age ; it was a witnessed note and had been running about ten years, signed by a very wealthy man, whose reputation for hon esty is not exceedingly good. Without mentioning to a single individ ual what we had discovered, we immedi ately renewed our efforts to ascertain who Sarah be found. We learned that a girl of this name formerly lived with a Captain -, and did the work of the kitchen. Of him we could obtain but little information. His wife recollected the girl and spoke of her in the highest terms. She believed that she had married a mechanic, and re tired from the city, but his name she could not recollect. By repeated inquiries we ascertained that Sarah with her hus band lived on a small farm on the road that leads to Sacco. Taking an early op portunity, we started for the residence of t. .e young woman. After several inquiries upon the road, we were directed to the house. It was a pleasant situation, a little from the road, while everything looked neat about the dwelling. As we drew up to the cottage, who should come to the door but the very roman we had so long been anxious to find. She recognized me at once. "Why, Mr. C-, how glad I am to see you! Where in the world did you come from ? Walk in and take a seat." Iler husband was present—au intelli gent looking man—to whom she presented "I have often thought of you," she re marked, "and when in Portland have been tempted to call and see you • but although I have not called, be assured I have not forgotten your kindness, and never shall forget it." "But you seem happier than when I last saw you." "Be assured, sir, I am. MYhusband has hired this little farm, where we have resi ded for the last two years, and we wake a comfortable living, and are as happy as we could wish. In the course of a few years, if we have our health and prosper, we are in hopes to purchase the farm." "What does the owner value it at ?" "He values it at about fifteen hundred dollars. We have had to purchase a great many farming things, or we should have made a payment toward it." "But what has become of our old bureau ?" "I fear I shall never see it again," she replid, and after a pause, said—"l believe I have never told you how I have been situated ?" "You never did." "When my mother died it was thought she left some property in the hands of an uncle of mine, that would come to me when I was of age ; but he said it was not the case. With him I resided a short time." "Was your uncle's name Mr. ?y, said we, mentioning the individual who had signed the note in our possession. .., — "Yes, sir—that was his name. lie was very unkind to me—made me work so hard and was so cross that I was obliged to leave him, and earn my living by doing the work of a kitchen girl. One day I learned that he was about to dispose of what little property mother had left to pay an old debt of hers. As soon as I found it correct, I immediately went to the auc tion and found it too true. You know about the bureau, the only article of my mother's property I could purchase—and had it not been for your kindness it would have gone with die rest. The money I paid was earned in the kitchen. As I found it inconvenient to take it with me, I asked my aunt's permission to put it in her garret, which permission she granted. On calling for it when I was married, I learned that uncle had disposed of it with some things at auction. I would rather have lost a hundred dollars ; not that it possessed any real value, but it belonged to my dear beloved mother—a tear came into the poor woman's eye—'and on that account I did not wish to part with it. But it was useless to speak to uncle about it— he was entirely indifferent to me and what concerned me." "Suppose that I should tell you that I have that bureau in my office :" "Is it possible? You astoni-h me, Mr. Have you indeed tine old bu- reau ?" "I have, and what is better, I bavesome thing here for you"—taking out my pock et-book and placing the note and gold up on the table—"these are yours." "Why, sir, you more and more astonish me I" "They are yours. After I became the owner of your bureau, I found this gold and this note concealed in one of the draw ers. There are nearly fifty dollars and the note is against your uncle, for nearly three thousand dollars, every cent of which you can recover." The astonished lady could not speak for some time , but when she recovered from her surprise, she could only express tier gratitude in tears, nay ! more, she offered us half the amount ; but we merely told her that it pleased us more to have justice done her, and be instrumental in adding to the happiness of those we considered so worthy as herself and husband. When we left, we promised to call on her soon again, and in the meantime to make arrangements for her to receive her just dues from be: unworthy uncle. The old man demurred a little at first; but when lie found he couldn't wrong a poor orphan girl no longer, lie paid the note with interest—begging us not to ex pose him. Sarah's husband purchased the farm on which he resided, stocked it well, and is now an independent farmer. Two happier souls it is difficult to find than Sarah and her husband. May prosperity attend them to the close of life. We often call at the farm house of our friends, and spend there many a happy hour. It was but a week or two since we saw them, and they scorned as cheerful and contented as it is possible for mortals to be. gltutling aim! tits ),v Marrying for Money. Jennie June ventured some pungent criticism on a curious case that was tried in a New York court the other day. It ap pears that a young lady of eighteen married a widower with grown daughters, reputed rich, and according to his own statement, worth property amounting to $150,000. This property, just before his marriage, he surreptitiously conveyed to his daughters, thus depriving his prospective wife of any right or title to her share of it. Discovering this soon after her marriage, the young, wife immediately sued for her right of dow er, alleging fraud upon her and marriage under false pretenses, be having pressed his claims on his standing and his possessions, and she having married an elderly man with a family, as she frankly admits, ha cans.; of his money. The statement of the case created a good deal of interest—the defendant admitting the principal charge, but rather lamely declaring that he did it in consequenceof a promise ofhis dead wife to provide for her daughters in that way, in case he should marry again. This state ment had less weight, however, since he seems to have carefully avoided the men tion of such a promise during his courtship. The judge was puzzled and reserved his decision, but the female scribe shrugs her shoulders and declares that had she been in the judge's place she would have grant ed the young wife's petition without much hesitation. The fact that the mean old scamp conveyed the property stealthily away, shows that he was perfectly aware of what the girl was marrying him for, and it also shows that it was all of him worth marrying. A girl is to be pitied who mar ries for money, but she certainly deserves the poor dross for which she barters herself. WHATEVER God has given me, it is not for myself alone ; it is to influence to some extent others, and to perform a work for others, and there is no man in society so insignificant that God has not a special work for him to do. The other conception would be monstrous. The machinist makes no useless part of machinery. The builder places no useless timber in his building. There is an object for which every pillar is laid, every aperture is made. There is a reason why every part of a building is formed as it is. It is for strength and beau ty, for the admission of light for ingress or egress. There is a reason for everything. And so the great Architect of Creation, the Almighty God, in forming man, puts no useless man on this earth. Every man has his place. a foundation stone or a top stone—a part of the edifice. No man has a particle of intellect but God saw neces sary for this world, and to be used fur its advancement ; and hence rests on every man the duty of doing what he can for the world.— Bishop Simpson. LlFE.—Live for something! Yes, and fur something worthy of life and its capa bilities and opportunities for noble deeds and achievements. Every men and every woman has his or her assignment in the duties and responsibilities of daily life.— We arc in the world to make the world better; to lift it, up to higher levels of en joyment and progress, to make its hearts and homes brighter and happier by devo ting to our fellows our best thoughts, ac tivities influences. It, is the motto of ev ery noble life, that "no man livetb to him. self"—lives chiefly for his own selfish good. It is a law of our intellectual and moral being that we promote our own hap- piness in the exact proportion we contrib ute to the comfort and enjoyment of oth ers. Nothing worthy of the name of hap piness is possible in the experience of those who live only for themselves, all ob livious of the welfare of their fellows. Brownsville has no cooper shop and wants one badly. How to Keep the Children Pure. -Will you not use your influence in try ing to deter large boys from eontaminating the minds of emalltr boys?' Thins which should be teld in a sv!lefeaome msnner and as solemn truths are 'hearted ines vik shapes, and permasent injisse is :Isas ts, children's minds. Would it net_ be bektes for the body h) be poisoned titan i!‘s that parents might sets the harm .lone and thereby be enabled to use cares and a: ti dotes ? But I am sorry to say that I think she trouble lies deeper than with the big boys. I have been looking around, and ant quite sure that it does. A jury might acquit them with the verdict, more sinned against than sinning. It is the men that I am coming at, for just se long as they meet in groceries, on street eerners, and in shops, telling stories unfit for the ears of their mothers, sisters. wives and daugh ters, just so long big beys will listen and think it cunning to emulate the filthy ex ample. Is is not a terrible thing to look into a young man's face and think of the impurities his mind must be loaded with unless he has had strength to cast off the unclean thing and be a nobleman No subject more vital in its bearing on the morals of the young could have place in this column, says the New York Tri bune, in reply to the above letter. There are parents who recognize among the du ties they owe their children that of in structing them with respect ts• the origin of life. This is left shrouded in impene. trable mystery, and all manner of lies are told in reply to the questions which at a very early age children will ask. The mother leaves this matter for her daugh ter to be told about by any chance schel. mate, who, with the fow grains of truth she may communicate, is more than likely to sow tares that never can be weeded out. The innocent hearted learns from the tehugh companions what bis own father or tooth er should have told him with perfect sim plicity and ingenuousness, and learns a great deal that they would never have had him know. Truth is sacred. truth is pure and never corrupts any one. It is the vile admixture of falsehood with it that contaminates. Every fact in human phys iology can be so communicated to a pure mind that its delicacy shall not be in the least offended. The time to make these things known is when the desire to inquire into them manifests itself, and the best teacher is the parent. As between hus band and wife, so between parent and child there is no place for shams. Where virtue reigns shame cannot come A child thus taken into sacred intimacy with its parent will instinctively revolt from whatever is vulgar and base an ob scene. At every period in tne de- :lop ment of the youns , life the parent shield be before everybody else in preparing and fortifying his son or (laughter against the dangers which lie in his or her path.— There is nothing that so strongly binds a child to virtue and honor and chastity, as perfect and unrestrained intimacy between it and the father ani mother. We are careful about the sewage of our houses, about ventilating them, and see to it with diligence that every nook and eorner is kept neat and sweet. Let us cury the same thing into character and open all the doors and windows of the soul by total frankness and transparent simplicity. that the pure air and sunshine of heaven may have access to them and keep them pure. One word more. 1r hour:• is made en attractive that boys and men prefer it to the corner groceries, an ounce of preven tion will be found better than many pounds of cure. Smiggins' Pants. Last October, young Smiggins went with some young ladies chestnutting. Now Smiggins is polite and bashful and a great admirer of the ladies and his own personal appearance, and even on such an expedi tion as chestnutting he could not forbear dressing as though he was ping to attend a wedding or ball. With his three female companions he wandered through the woods for an hour or two. They met with indifferent success in finding chestnuts.— There were plenty of them on the trees, but none on the ground. Finally one of the fair ones. who is to Smiggins as the "apple of his eye," suggested he could climb a tree which was loaded with hues, and knock some of them off. This was an ordeal which our frier.d had re , t anticipa ted, he would do anything to please her. He accordingly divested himself of his coat, and hugging the trunk of the tree. he began to work his way op It was a tough job. His pants were not made for such work, and their close fit brought an awful strain upon that part which was most prominent during the ascent. Bet Smiggins must go up, and he got along very well for about fifteen feet and then he heard a rip, and felt a relaxation of the strain upon his pants. That sound nearly caused him to lose his balance. lye knew that three pairs of eyes were centered en him and lie worked his way around on the opposite side of the tree, but they foitowed. Here was a dilemma. He didn't like to come down, and he Eared to go up. His arms ached, and perspiration broke out ail over him. He could not long remain in his then position, so he gave a determined push, and r-r-r ip went those pants, sep arating in an awful manner. The ladies immediately diverted their gaze and stuff ed their handkerchiefs in their mouths, and had our hero given them time they would have been out of the way. but be was so startled by the situation. that he lost his strength and slid down the tree at a fearful speed, so fast that the already rent pants were almost torn:froru his body. As soon as he struck the ground he darted off into the woods with flying tatters of in termingled hues. The ladies came home alone, and if any one finds a coat in the woods in this vicinity, that coat belongs to Smiggins. AT THE conclusion of a sermon, ..,we- where in lowa, the preacher requested snow one to pass around the hat and - take up a collection." A young man, a stranger in in the place, jumped up and commenced "circulating the hat" in such a way as to finish the job at the door and past; out with the proceeds . The preacher, eyeing him as be went out, observed : "If that young man runs away with that money, he'll be damned." A deacon, sitting by the window, see ing him make off down the street, res ponded : "And if he hasn't run away with the money, I'll be damned :" Fashion's follies. In a suit lately brought by Emmanuel, the London jeweler, it was shown that he charged $20,000 for a neck laee which was valued by a Paris jeweler at $7,590. '• L itt Is Dan. 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