The Huntingdon journal. (Huntingdon, Pa.) 1871-1904, April 18, 1879, Image 1
VOL. 43. The Huntingdon. Journal. Office in new JOURNAL Building, Fifth Street TR hl HUNTINGDON JOURNAL is published every Friday by J. A. NASA, at $2,00 per annum IN ADVANCE, or $2.50 if not paid for in six months from date of sub scription, and *3 if not paid within the year. No paper discontinued, unless at the option of the pub lisher, until all arrearages are paid. No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely paid for in advance. Transient advertisements will be inserted at TWELVE AND /eLitLF czars per line for the first insertion, SEVEN AND PL-HALE CENTS for the second and FIVE CENTS per line for all subsequent insertions. 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[augs,'74-6moe New Advertisements NOTICE.—The following named per sone having filed their applications fur li cense to sell liquor, he., with the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, they will be laid before the Court on the second Monday of April Sessions, next, being the 3rd Monday and 21st day of April, next : HENRY LEISTER, Inn or Tavern, at Leister House, Second Ward, borough of Hantingdon. His vouchers are: W. H. MacDonald, John Leister, Jacob Africa, Louis Benk ert, Henry Snare, RhudolfShater, Benjamin Jacob, Henry Hassenpflug, W. Williams, A. Porter Wilson, Paul Smith, Henry Hohman. J. C. SWOOPE, Inn or Tavern, at St. James Hotel, Second Ward, borough of Huntingdon. His vouchers are : Jacob . Africa, John Leister, Samuel March, 11. Greenberg, George Shafer, L. A. Green, W. L. Bricker, Adam Leister, B. F. Minnick, Daniel Herizler, Philip Brown, Henry Hassenpflug,Henry Laster. - • - JOHN S. MILLER,.Inn or Tavern, at Miller's Hotel, First Wani borough of Huntingdon: His vouchers are : Thomas D. - Newell, Frank Gerloch. Peter Gerloch, William S. Hallman, Thomas Jackson, Valentine Brown, A. Schmiermund, Martin Kippart, A. Johnston, Frank W. Stewart, William Morningstar, A. E. McMurtrie, F. leliebus. J. W. HOUGH, Inn or Tavern, at Washington House, Second Ward, borough of Huntingdon. His vouchers are: John Flenner, S. H. Decker, George Ballantjne, M. D., T. M. Black, Samuel March, George Schafer, Frederick Miller, A. E. McDonald, James C. Smiley, L. A. Green, C. T. Walker, Jacob Africa, H. Leister. H. Z. METCALF, Inn or Tavern, at Union Hotel, vil lage of Mill Creek, Brady township. His vouchers are : Thomas Marlin, W. J. Wagner, Aaron Kelley, P. T. Hen derson, S. L. McCarthy, Francis Holler, Samuel B. Grove, John K. Metz, Isaac Odenkirk, Isaac Wagner, John Tate, Jonathan K. Metz. JAMES CIIAMBERLAIN, Inn or Tavern, in the village of Warriorsmark, Warriorsmark township. His vouchers are: W. H. Robinson, W. L Rider, John Knaour, Thomas Wilson, Daniel Geist, R. L. Henderson, Lloyd Beck, J. H. Waite, Diller Buck, Jerry Beck, Wilson Rowe, D. B. Mong. GEORGE W. BRIGGS, Inn or Tavern, Greenfield House, Cromwell township. His vouchers are : John L. Smith, David Hicks, Patrick Sweeny, Samuel Adams, Philip Whiteel, J. P. McKelvy, Thodias Giles, George W.Snyder, John McElwee, Michael Stair, A. G. Whitsel, J. Brodbeck, G. W. C. James, M. D. . . WASHINGTON McGOWAN, Inn or Tavern, at Eagle Hotel, borough of Orbisooia. His vouchers are : James P. Johnson, W. H. Markle, D. It. P. Enyeart, Samuel Mil ler, W. C. Gilliland, R. C. Templeton, Abraham Carothers, Win. A. Briggs, C. L. Bouslough, S. C. Middagh, John A. Welsh, G. W. C. James, M. D. WILLIAM MCGOWAN, Inn or Tavern, in the borough of Shade Gap. His vouchers are : W. C. Caldwell, J. C. Roddy, Wm. McSpeck, W. H. Welsh, Asher Drake, Will. H. Lee, G. C. Rhea, W. M. Morrow, Thomas C. McGowan, J. M. Cree, D. R. P. Neely, A. Cree. R. F. lIASLETT, Inn or Tavern, at the Keystone Hotel, village of Spruce Creek, Morris township. His vouchers are : Perry Ginter, F. A. Stewart, Thomas M. Benner, John Keith, John Hugentugler, P. K. Harnish, S. Ross Black, Howell Merriman, A. G. Slack, H. B. Mitinger George Davis Edward Heigh, FELIX TOOLE, Inn or Tavern, at Exchange Hotel, in the borough of Broad Top City. His vouchers are: S. H Houck, J. Mountain, Jacob Hoffman, C. A. 11. Mears, Jacob Mills, James Katley, Geo. A. Mears, Wm. T. Pear son, Isaac Swoope, Frederick Reecy, H. E. Hoffman, Harvey Meats. William Brown, Wm. R. Lewis, Philip Mclntyre, J. F. Mears, John L. Metzler, Amon Houck, W. J. Ammerman, Casper Reecy. E. F. GOULD, Inn or Tavern, at Exchange Hotel, in the borough of Dudley. His vouchers are : Luke Hi I gr..ve, James R. Gould, Wm. Maher, Edward Kennelly, P. Bar rington, Wm. Parks, Sr., John Morgan, Michael Carroll, Patrick McGowan, Jeremiah Norris, Wnt. Lary, George S. Gould, Wm Brown. LEVI H. NICHODE3IJS, Inn or Tavern, at Jackson House, First Ward, borough of Huntingdon. His vouchers are: A. Johnston, Jacob Leonard, Martin Kippart, Henry Hazzard, John S. Miller, Martin Grubs, George Jackson, Frank Gerloch, Frank W. Stewart, Valentine Brown, A. Schmiermund, F. Mcebus, Thomas Jackson, Thomas D. Newell. HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, Inn or Tavern, at Farmer & Drovers' Hotel, in the borough of Petresburg. His vouchers are: Barton Houck, Thomas Franklin, Joseph W. Wilson, Martin Geisler, John Rose, 0. P. Bruner, William Kirkpatrick, James Gallagher, Thomas P. Brit, inger, C. Bell, C. F. Kirkpatrick, James B. Reed, G. W. Confer, John S. Wright. ABRAM GRAFFIUS, Inn or Taverr, at Petersburg House, borough of Petersburg. His vouchers are:Jas. B. Reed, John Hoffman, James Gallagher, Barton Houck, J oho S. Wright, William Kirkpatrick, Thomas Brininger, Thomas Franklin, Joseph W. Wilson, Martin Geisler, John Snyder, John Ross, C. F. Kirkpatrick. DAVID F. HORTON, Inn or Tavern, in the borough of Dudley. His vouchers are : J. M. Dickson, P. Mc- Gowan, John Leary, John Kennelley, Levan Cullison, Samuel Wise, Michael Carrot, Wm. Brown, Wm. Maher, WIII . Leary, James Ragan, Robert Lewis,Luke Hillgrove, P. S. Harrington, C. K. Horton, Win. Parke, Sr. ANDREW JOHNSON. Inn or trivet!' at Exchange Hotel, First Ward, Huntingdon borough. His vouchers are: Valentine Brown, F. Mcebus, A. Schmiermund, John S. Miller, Win. T. Hallman, Martin Grube, Thos. D. Newell, Peter Gerloch, A. P. McElwame, Jacob Leonard, Frank W. Stewart, Henry Hazzard. W. N. LLIA SI SON. Clerk's Office, March 28, 1873. Clerk. T EI AlpilloSilvor-11111Compally cor COLORADO. Caoital, $2,000,000, 200,000 Shares PAR VALUE , $ l O PER SHARE. UNASSESSABLE. 11, J. SPLANE, Pres. J. L. THOMPSON, Sec'y. The property of this Company consists of twelve mines and mining locations, located in Lake county, Colorado, in the vicinity of Leadville, upon all of which extensive work has been done, in all cases exhibiting true fissure veins, good pay streak, and well defined lodes. Three 01 the leading mines are well opened up and have at the lowest computation over TEN THOUSAND TONS OF ORE IN SIGHT ; by May let, the Railroad now under construction will be within a short distance of this property. The Company proposes to sell a portion of its stork at $1.50 per share, for the purpose of more completely devel oping its mines, and fur the erection of works for the treatment of its ores. Application for the stock may be made to the office of the Company, 61 Broadway, New York. N. B.—The Mining Record, of New York, the highest mining authority in this country, says Feb. lot, 1870: "The principal owners in this Company are hard working men who by their own labor have uncovered large bodies of ore which they now wish to extract and send to market. Our readers will do well to make a venture with these worthy men, this money will probably be returned to them twenty fold. The business management has been placed in the care of Mr. J. L. Thompson, an officer of high standing in one of the largest and best banks in the city. A prospectus giving full particulars sent free, on applica tion to the Secretary." March 14, 1870-3thos. COLORED PRINTING DONE AT V the Journal Office at Philadelphia priest'. • 7 -T- . '... .- , i 't . . - ..., IWO" fl A ~- .._ . . .z. . 1 . .._ . .. . 0 , •..• .... .. .1,..i i • „.... ..::: 4.../ •• • •. e ..... ....... .. i k" -r- "r ~ :.,..._ i New Advertisements SERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of an Falias writ of Fieri Facias to tne directed, I will expose to public sale, at the Court House, in Hun tingdon, on ' FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 18;9, at one o'clock p. m., the following described Real Estate, to wit : All defendant's right, title and interest in all that lot or parcel of ground, situate in the borough of Mount Union, hSuntingdon county, Pa., being lot No. 122, as recorded in the town plot of said borough of Mount Union, fronting about fifty feet on the south aid, of Shirley street, adjoiningilot of Isaac Taylor on the east, lot of W. W. Fuller on the west, and extending south to alley about one hundred and sixty feet. Also, a lot of ground, situate in the borough of Mount Union, being lot No. 74 as shown I,S the recorded town plot of Mount Union. having there on erecte,4 a TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, with out houses, ,mo w ', good water, paling fence, garden, wag- es 0 1 ; i , on shed and large comfortable stab e or barn, the lot being bo.indedanddescrib ed as follows, to wit. Beginning postat a or cor ner of Washington street and Penn'a. avenue ; thence along Washington street to corner of Small and Washington streets one hundred and sixty feet ; thence west to a post fifty feet ; thence north to Penn'a. Avenue one hundred and sixty feet ; thence east to corner of Penn's. Avenue and Washington street fifty feet to the place of begin ;ag, being the same lot of ground purchased at Trustee's Salo of W. B. Leas, April 17,1853. Also those two certain other lots of ground, being tote No. 17 and 18 in the plan of West Mount Uni,m, situate in Shirley township, each fronting fifty feet on Penn'a Avenue on the south ' side of P. R. R., and having thereon 111 a TWO-STORIED FRAME HOUSE 1": and adjoining Hi.l street on the west, -*--_ T; Penn's. Avenue on the north, and lands of Samuel Miller on the south. Also, that certain other lot of ground, situate in Shirley township, being lot No. 10 in the plan of West Mount Union, fronting fifty feet. on Penn'a. Avenue on the south side of P. R. E., and extending along what in said plan is called Frank lin street south one hundred and sixty feet to lands of Samuel Miller fifty feet; thence north by lot of Annie L. Frank one hun- ;- dred and sixty feet to Penn'a. Avenue; lei le thence east fifty feet to place of begin- 11l Dino. and having thereon erected a TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING HOUSE. Also, that certain other lot of ground, situate in Shirley township, near the bprougb of Mount Union, and bounded and described as follows, to wit : Being a tract of land adjoining Penn'a. Av enue on the south side of P. R. R., and bounded by what is called Hill street on the west, and on the south by lands of Joshua Hooper, John Bar bin, Dr. A. R. McCarthy, John Bare, now Foust, and on the east by lands of John Dougherty, con taining about fifteen acres, more or less. except ing therefrom lots Nos. 17, 18, 10 and 11 as des ignated in plot of said ground with the houses thereon erected. Seized, taken in execution, and to be aol as the property of Samuel Miller. ALSO—AII that certain tract of land, situate in Hopewell township, Huntingdon county and State of Pennsylvania, known as the "Putts Mill" property, containing six acres and 56 perches, bounded by lands of heirs of William Enyeart, deceased; Shoup's Mill Run; lands of Rev. P. D. Collins, dec'd., Miles Putt, and William Brown, and being fully described by metes and bounds by deed of William Brown to Levi Putt, recorded in Deed Book li, No. 3, page 57, ke. (the interest levied upon and to be sold being the entire interest in the said tract, having thereon e rM li erected a THREE-STORY FRAME itzaFß GRIST MILL. A TWO-STORY 2t,,. • GRIST el • ' ll ia FRAME DWELLING HOUSE and other outbuildings. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Levi Putt. TERMS:—The price for which the property is sold must be paid at the time of sale, or such other arrangements made as will be approved,otherwise the property will immediately be put un and sold at the risk and expense of the person to whom it was first sold, and who, in the case of deficiency at such resale shall make good the same, and in no instance will the deed be presented to the court for confirmation unless the money is actually paid to the Sheriff. Purchasers who are lien creditors must procure a certified list of liens for the Sheriff, in order to apply the amount of bids, or 12 ny part thereof, on their liens. SANI'L, 11. IRVIN, Sheriff. March 28, 1879 s WOLF'S. HERE WE ARE ! At Gwin's Old Stand, 505 PENN STREET. Not much on the blow, but always ready for work, The largest and finest line of Clothing, Hats and Caps, -AND GENTS.' FURNISHING GOODS, In town and at great sacrifice. Winter Goods 20 PEF, CENT. UNDER COST. Call and be convinced at S. WOLF'S, 505 Penn Et. RENT AND EXPENSES REDUCED, At S. WOLF'S. I am better able to sell Clothing, Hats and Caps, Gents.' Furnishing Goods, Trunks and Valises, CHEAPER than any other store in torn. Call at win's old stand. S. MARCH, Agt. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED The Cheapest Place in Huntingdon to buy Cloth ing, Hate, Caps, and Gents.' Furnishing Goods is at S. OLF'S, 505 Penn street, one door west from Express Office. S. 111 Ab CH, Agent. TO THE PUBLIC.--I have removed my Cloth ing and Llents.' Furnishing Goods store to D. I'. Gwin's. old stand. - Sl.Ai...Expenses reduced and better bargains than ever can be got at S. Wolf's 505 Penn Street. March 28, 1879. RISLEY'S PURE DISTILLED 25c. EXTRACT 25c. WITCH HAZEL, OR, HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA. Equal in quality to any made, and only half the price. 6oz bottles 25c. Pints hOc. Relieves Headache, Toothache, Earache, Sore Eyes, Nose Bleed, Bleeding Lungs, Painful Menses, Whites, Asthma, Reduces Swellings, Piles, etc. Cures Bruises, Scalds, Burns, Sprains, Wounds, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Chilblains, Varicose Veins, Neuralgia, etc. Nature's Universal Remedy fur Internal and E.r. ternal Use. If your druggist hie not got it have him order it from the proprietor. CHARLES F. RISL EY, Rrholegale Drogyiht, 203 Greenwich St., New York. April 4-Bmos. BEAUTIFY YOUR II 0 - Vi ri, S T. The undersigned is prepared to do ail kind. of HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, Calcimining, Glazing, Paper Hanging, and any and all work belonging to the business. Having had several years' experien-e, he guaran tees satisfaction to those who may employ him. PRICES MODERAT E . Orders may be left at the' JOURNAL Book Store. JOHN L. 11011 LAND. March 14th, 1879-tf. ASSIGNEES' NOTICE. [Assigned Estate LEVI PUTT, (lifiller.)] Levi Putt, of Hopewell township, having made an assignment, for the benefit of his creditors, to the undersigned, notice is hereby given to all per sons indebted to said Levi Putt.to make immedi ate payment, and those having claims to presant them duly authenticated for settlement. WM. S. ENYEART, DAVID M. STOLER, Assignees. Saxton, Bedford county, Pa., March 28-6 t. #lll5C5' Nota. Lift Him Up • Lying so low in the gutter, Degraded and black with sin, With garments tattered and filthy; More shattered and foul within. Ills face has grown ugly and brutal, And lost in each trace divine ; The reign of his passions has made him Cothpanion alone witli the swine. "He is too far gone," they tell us, All they who pass by ; "Impossible now to teach him," So be is left to sink and die. Ile was once "somebody's darling," That man so degraded and vile, And the heart of some one that loved him, Was once made glad by his smile. Those lips that now breathe but cursing , A mother's lips once pressed, And the hair, once soft and golden, A sister's hand caressed. Those eyes now bleared and soulless, Once lighted with love's bright glow ; And the fire of the soul within them Burned with thoughts that angels know. Let your tear drops fall of pity, Upon those darkened leaves, Resting here—" Possible all things," All "to him that believes." Friends of Prohibition, this your mission, Strong in Love's power to save, With a sympathy earnest, untiring, Go, bring him up from the grave ! Ely *Ori-Edict. The Gold Chain. A dreary November twilight. Dead leaves raining down at every gust of the inconstant wind—strange, spicy scents ris ing out of the ground—and a new moon hanging like a sickle of blood low over the purple dark of the southerly sky. Dreary and chilly ; a dying year ' • a fast gathering dusk; yet the windows of Mrs Oxgate's old brown farm-house hung out their cheery signals behind the fringed cotton curtains, and when the kitchen door opened you could see the red shine of the blazing logs, the figures coming and going, like a miniature magic lantern. It was Dora Ovate who opened it, and came flitting out to the well, with a scarlet shawl fastened over her head, and an empty cedar pail in her hand. As her light feet pattered over the carpet of autumn leaves in the pathway, she sang a snatch ofa good old fashioned hymn. "My goodness alive ! What's that ?" For as the words trilled sweetly from her tongue, a tall, dark figure had risen from the low wooden bench under the ap ple tree, whose boughs overhung the well. -1.1..n't be alarmed," said a deep, sweet contralto, with a scornful intonation in its sound. "It's only me, Dora. Joanna El field. What then ? Have I fallen so low that I am no longer worthy to sit beneath the old apple tree ? It sn, tell me at once. and I'll quit " "You ii.ffow that I till not 'mean that Joanna." "It's bard to tell what people mean or don't mean, now•a days," said Joanna, picking at the mangy fringe of the frayed rag a a shawl. "I was tired. I wanted a drink of water, so I came to the old well. I'll go away if you say so " "Joanna," said Dora, hesitatingly, are y u hungry ?" "Hungry ? No. There's a sort of crav vine, though, in my s!omacb, which is next to it. I suppose." "Would you like something to eat ?" "I don't beg." "Wait a minute, Joanna." _ _ _ Like an arrow, Dora Oxgate sped back into the house, where her thrifty mother was just setting the teapot on the table. Fresh baked waffles steamed on one side, hot biscuits were piled in drifts of snow on the other. ; preserves gleamed redly through the cut glass walls of the tall dish, and limpid honey oozed from a lump of comb. For Mrs. Deacon Peabody and her daughter Comfort had come to tea, and Mrs. Oxgate was a housewife to be ex celled by none. "Come, Dora, quick with that water," said Mrs Oxgate. "And shut the door. What do you suppose is the use of fires, if—" "Mother," said Dora, speaking in a slightly embarrassed tone, "Joanna El field is out by the well! She is cold and hungry, and—" Mrs. Oxgate's face hardened into lines of stone. Miss Comfort Peabody drew her skirts close around her, with au involun tary movement, and .Mrs. Peabody looked hard into the bowl of her teacup. "Then let he stay cold and hungry, for all of nee ! Joanna Elfield is no associate for either you or me, Dora ! She has run away from home, and acted with common strolling play actors—she has sung at low concerts instead of keeping that fine voice of hers for the temple of the Lord—she has, of her own free will, given up all that is decent and reputable, and people do say that she has takes to drinking! And you expect me to open my door to such as her !" Mrs. Peabody uttered a sympathetic groan. 'But, mamma," faltered Dora, half-af frighted at her own boldness," don't you remember that He came to call, not the righteous, but singers to repentance?" "Si'enee, girl ! How dare you quote the Scriptures to me?" cried Mrs Oxgate. her stern brow clouding over darkly.— "Bring in that pail of water at once, and let us have no further discussion." Thus rebuffed, Theodora Oxgate crept back again into the chill, frosty twilight dejected and empty handed. "Ah," said Joahna Elfield, shortly. "I thought how it would be. Well, it's noth ing new. Everybody's doors are shut against nie " "Is it true, Joanna ?" whispered Dora, coming close to her. "Is what true ?" "'flat you drink ?" . . "Of course it's true. You would think if you were driven as lam ! Driven and hunted! There are times when you would sell your whole soul for a chance to for get ! And that chance is to be found in —drink "Sorry ! say that again, lass! people have mostly left off being sorry for me," said Joanna, with a hard laugh. "But listen, Joanna Do be serious. Won't you try to do differently ?" "I am not so bad as the folks think me, Dora Oxgate, except for the horrid cra ving for drink. I have been nothing worse than wild-and willful. Believe me, child, it is God's truth. Only, wizen a girl gets on the down hill every Christian man or woman think it their duty to give her yet another push ?" "Then will you try to retrieve your own self ?" "How can I ? What is there left for me ?" HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY APRIL 18, 1879. "Your superb voice, Joanna." You would have me sing myself into respectability, eh ? And in the meantime I should starve." "You need not starve. Joanna. Here!" •Quick as lightning, she drew a small gold chain, with a gold locket shaped like a heart dangling at its ends, from her neck. "Dour Joanna, take this. It is worth money I know; and it all I have in the world to give! Sell it, and use the money for your need.." Joanna Meld stated vaguely at the gleaming trinket. 'Are you in earnest, Dora ?" ~o f COUTSC I am. Hush Mother is calling we. I must gf,.". "God bless you for this." said Joanna huskily. •'And, 'Dora—one word more: I ani only Joanna Elfleld, but—if you will, let me kiss you just once—" By way of answer Theodora Ox,gate threw her arms around the tall girl's neck, and pressed her soft red lips close to the other's cold mouth. And as she did so something plashed on her cheek-1 hot, round tear. The next minute Joanna Eifield disap peared into the world of shadows that was hovering over all the autumn landscape And as she went she murmured to herself, unconscious that she was speaking aloud.. ''Some one believes in me yet ! In me! It's a strange sensation, and yet—it gives one somethinc , to live fur after all!" "Dora! Theodora! Why don't you an swer ? But no one thinks it worth while to listen to me now a days ?" It was Mrs. Oxgate's shrill piping voice; and Mrs. Oxgate, helpless from paralysis, set in her cushioned chair by the sunny doorway "What is it, mamma ?" Dora asked, coming to the door. _ _ _ The Oxgate farm house had drifted sadly to decay. Fences has fallen ; gates hung creaking on one hinge; sunny pasture lands were neglected ; grass meadows had toppled over their own weight of harvest. And Mrs Oxgate herself looked, as' she sat in the dthlrway, like the very genius of decay. 'The carriage with them grand people that has brought Glenwood Place. A gentleman dressed like the Prince otWales, and a lady whose diamonds flashed fit to blind one. Ab o,e ! its fine to be young and rich. Look ! the carriage is stopping! Vraps they've dropped something. Sure's [ live the lady's coming back, trailing her purple silk dress in the dust like it was do mestic gingham. Oh, dear me, I wish I had my best hat on !" She gave her apron a twitch and tried to settle her scant skirt over her poor use less feet as the till, stately figure swept. up to the door -This is. the Osgate place, is it not ?" the lady asked, in a deep, sweet voice that betrayed her st 00C2. Dora answered promptly : . "This is the Oxgate; and 3oa arc Jo anna Eifield." "Not Joanna Eifield now—but Joanna Avenel," she rejoined, smiling and blush ing. "Here is any husband. George, - this is the friend I told you of, whose band ten years ago, lifted me out of the darkness and set me in the right path. Oh, George, you know bow much I owe to her !" Mrs Avenel was weeping softly now —yet the smiles shone brightly through her tears. "Dora," she added, "that was the turn ing point in my life. See ! I have your 0-old chain with the heart yet. 1 knew then that one human creature had faith in me still, and it renewed the fountain of lire within me' Dora. Dora, you are my guardian angel. GA bless you for it !" People wondered notch that those rich Avenels of The Place had an insignificant chit like Dora Oxgate so much with them to say nothing of that tiresome, prositi ? „, , , old bore, her mother. But Mrs. Avenel was a great lady, and of course could he excused for having her whims—one of which was always to wear a thread-like chain of gold around her neck, with a heart shaped locket hanging. front it. -When she could have diamonds in stead !" said Miss Comfort Peabody who had of late observed that she always had thought Joanna Elfield to be a geniu9._ And Dora Oxgate, although she had settled into a solitary, hard-working. old maid, knew that her appareutlife had not been in vain. *tied VisaHann. How Monkeys Are Captured. Monkeys arc pretty common, yet as all the families are remarkably cunning, has it ever occurred to the reader how they are taken ? Pitfalls will take a lion, and the famished monarch will, after a few days starvation, dart into a cage contain ing food, and thus be secured. But how are monkeys caught ? The ape family re sembles man Their vices are human. They love liquor and fall In Darfeur and Senar the natives make a fermented beer, of which the monkeys are passion ately fond. Aware of this the natives go to the parts of the forest frequented by the tnolikeys, and set on the ground cala bashes full of the enticing liquor. As soon. as the monkey sees and tastes it, to utters loud cries of joy that soon attracts his comrades. Then an orgie begins, and in a short time they will show all degrees of intoxication. Then the negroes ap pear. The few who came too late to get fuddled escape. The drinkers are too far gone to distrust them, but apparently take them for larger species of their own genus. The negroes take some up and these be gin to weep and cover them with kisses. When a negro takes one by the hand to lead him off, the nearest monkey will cling to the one who thus finds a support and endeavor to_ go on alsl. Another will grasp at him, and so on,. until the negro leads a staggering line of ten or a dozen tipsy monkeys. When finally brought to the village they are securely caged up and gradually sobered down ; hut for two or three days a gradual diminishing supply of liquor is given them, so as to rec weile them by degrees to their state of ciptivity. NO WONDER IT SHRIEKED —The other day a visitor surprised Richard Grant White saying to his baby : "Oh-ny, no ny, e mussy ticky-hick his ittle footy toot sies out from candy ze banky-wanky, coz e catchy coly-woly an' have ze snuffles." Just then he caught sight of the visitor, and said to the infant : "No, no you must not expose your pedal extremities by extend ink► them beyond the protecting cover of the blanket. or you will lay your system open to attacks of catarrhal affections." And the astonished childshrieked as though some one bad winged it with a defective safety pin. To a poor man with a large family, glory is of but little account. Methodism--No. 6. SKETCHES OF ITS EARLY HISTORY J. R. FLANIGEN iron the Philadelphia Record.] Although we have had occasion in a tkevious paper to remark that Methodism America has been much less disturbed ty dissensions and divisions into sub sects Oran in England, it is proper to notice that it has not been altogether free from itzeh contingency. It would be singular, b . ideed, in a coantry whose teachings are ao liberal as with us, and where the people ate supposed to exercise a preponderating itfluence in the affairs of government, if a great denomination like this should es lope the influence and consequences of an 'wrest that constantly arises is a CD12112111- nity hose members feel that they are en titled by right to the largest possible lib erty in the exercise of thought and opin ion, if not of action . ; but there is even di 'visions that have taken a homogeneous ness of feeling and sentiment as to the vital principles involved that is most gratifying. There is without doubt much in the practice of Methodism of the present day that had no existence an hundred years Ago, and it may be added, with like truth, t that much that was seen and felt in the ladministration of its economies and the pursuit of its purposes, were first estab liehed, is now well nigh obsolete. That this is so may be a source of regret or ofherwise, according to the notions, pre jt*dices or opinions of different individuals, but it is probably known to very few per sGns who read these articles that notwith standing the injunction for plainness in diess and habit so persistently urged by 51r. Wesley, he nevertheless sought to en gthtft upon the new denomination which hi founded a Liturgy to be used in the ckurches .. by "ministers in black gowns, hinds and cassncks." Such, however, is tle force of habit that we need Lot be sur pfised to know that the originator of Methodism clung to the vestments of the "established Church" with something akin to the natural love of mankind for home and its traditions. There is great force in the couplet from Pomfret that "What education did at first conceive, Our ripen'd eye confirms us to believe." Mr. Wesley, as we have already seen, elieved very much during the first years ff his progress which he afterward dis t!arded as non-essential At the commence *eat of work by "the new generation" the sse of the prayer book was deemed a ne irssary drpendage of public worship, but was very soon found that the preachers America prayed much better without le aid of a bowl:. They could shut their es in extemporaneous prayer,. and thus y open the secret recesses of the heart, from whence such unction would flow as mild not possibly be derived from the . book. The English had not learned the sentiment, language and power of an ex. tempore address, which seemed to be a natural element io the progress or the . New.Worl.l, and even to the present day they have failed to appreciate its wonder ful superiority over the set phrases that go into the books. Dr. Leduuai reproduces an old anecdote that illustrates the awkward situations that w,?.re wont to arise occasionally from a too strict adherence to established forms. An unfortunate man had met with an ac cident by which his leg was broken, and in great pain he sent for his minister to c.,nie and pray with and fir him The call was responded to promptly, and opening his book, the priest begun a search for the appropriate collect. lie was at first annoy ed, then pUzzled, and finally confounded, when he was convincA that no provision had been made in the blok of prayer fbr the case of a broken limb, and so he de parted without addressing the Throne of' Grace, leaving the unfortunate individual to work out his own salvation 'without the benefit of clergy." But to return to the division of Methodism, as experienced in our country. Leaving out that which was caused by the discussion of the slavery question, resulting in the formation of the M. E. Church South," and passing by the very natural divergence out of which grew the "African M. E. Church," the divisions or secessions have been quite im material when considered in relation to numbers. The most considerable of these secessions is that which resulted in the organization of what is now known as TILE M ETIIODIST PROTESTANT CU IiRCII, a denomination that reported a member ship in 1876 of 113.405, with 12,236 itin erant and local preachers. The difficulties which brought about this formation occur red in the year 1828, and were probably inspired, but certainly intensified, by the publication of the Wesleyan Repository, which was commenced at Trenton by Wm. S Stockton in the year 1820. It is some what difficult to understand what was the original or particular cause of complaint that induced this movement, but it may be safely stated as a general discontent on the part of certain persons who advocated a more liberal or democratic policy in re Bard to the government of the Church. Prominent among the reforms proposed by these persons was the adoption of lay representation in the Conference. They thought that, in the first place, the bish ops had too much power ; and, in the sec and place, the exclusive right of represen tation by the ministers was anti republi can They objected also to what they con sidered a very manifest departure from the primitive principle up)n which Meth odism had been founded. These objectors, with such other dis affected recruits as could be gathered, many of whom.had been expelled on ac count of their intemperate utterances and revolutionary actions, organized in 182 S as what they termed "the Associate Meth odist Reformers." Meanwhile another journal in opposition to the M. E. Church had been established, entitled The Mutual Rights. In 1828, at a Conference held in Baltimore, a "Provisional Church," was given ; and at a General Conference held two years later the title was changed to the "Methodist Protestant Church." When aUopting a constitution and rules for the government of the new denomina don, the general features of the old one were maintained ; but the Episcopancy and the Presiding Eldership were rejected, and it was also provided that, in the General and Annual Conference, the representa don should be by minister , and lay dele gates in equal numbers. The articles of religion as concainod in the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church were adopted, with very slight modification as to terms, and most of the general rules that has been promulgated by Mr. Wesley were accepted. These people seem to have been insu• enced in their conduct by what is termed "a distinction without a difference.' They denied being seceders, and claimed that they were compelled to the course pur ed because they had been thrust out from the old connection. "A something light as air; a look; A word unkind or wrongly taken," was doubtless the original cause of trouble, and "Still falling out with this and this, And finding something still amiss." They nursed -what were probably but slight grievances until, in their imagina tion, they grew to be portentous evils. There is not much of the Methodist Pro testant element in Philadelphia, and the denomination is, we believe, without a single church edifice here. For some years they had a church edifice on the north side of Filbert street above Eleventh, the pastor in charge being Mr. Stockton, al ready referred to. He was a sincere and devout Christian ; and a gentleman of very considerable ability, but, being for many years in very precarious health, his preach ing was not particularly effective. The building referred to is now occupied as the Homceopathic College. Nearly twenty years ago, or in the year 1860, there was another secession, not of a character, however, to attract much at Lion. It resulted in the organization . of what is now known as THE FREE METHODISTS, although for a time the adherents of the new movement were distinguished as "Naz; arites." The grievances complained of by these people were of a more serious na ture, involving what were aforetime deem ed vital principles. They charged and con tended that there was a marked decline of spirituality in the old Church, and that for the sake of gain such worldly practices on the part of the membership as were con trary to the Discipline were tolerated, an indictment which is, alas, but too well sustained. They al-o alleged that there was a plain departure in doctrine from the teachings of the fathers, and they demand ed that "the sins of the Church" should be repented of and reformed. They ob jetted to the admission of probationers as calculated to adulterate and impair the quality of the membership, and, like those who had preceded them thirty years pre viously, they insisted on the right to lay representation in the Conference. When they came to the work of organi zation they sought to make provision for curing the evils of which they complained. They insisted on plain dress and address, and that the members should eschew what are commonly known as worldly practices and pleasures. They forbade connection with secret societies of any description, and were evidently reaching to something like what was known as the band system in the very earliest days of Methodism. They prohibited the use of intoxicating liquors and of tobacco, and they manifestly sought to get as nearly as possible back to the old fountain spring of Methodism. The success of this movement, however, has not been of much consequence, the membership in 1865 being limited to some thing Icss than ten thousand, with about four hundred itinerant and local preach ers. An earlier movement than this, which took place in 1843, resulted in the estab lishment of what is known as THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS, the secession and organization of which grew out of the slavery question, which had for some years previously been a source of unrest and contention in the Confer ence. The founders of this distinctive de nomination were mainly Abolitionists, in the East and West, sections of our coun try which at an early period of our history were noted for opposition to the elaveoc racy of the'South. Although taking form only in 1843, the anti slavery movement in Methodism was begun as early as 1839, by the formation of separate societies in Ohio and Michigan and Utica, N. Y. The preliminary meeting, out of which this or ganiz ition grew, was held at Andover, Mass ,in February, 1843. This was fol. lowed by a firma! convention held at Utica, in May of the same year, when one hundred and fifty delegates were in at- tendance and the organization was com pleted. The "Articles of Religion" adopt ed were mainly the same as those of the M E. Church, and the conditions of mem bership forbade "slave holding, buying or selling of s'ave.s, or claiming that it is right to do so," and also "the rnanufactur ing, buying or selling of intoxicating li quors, except for Techanical, chemical or medicinal purposes," connection with se cret societies is also prohibited. The mem bership in 1877 is set down at something less than 20,000. Yet one other distinctive element of the denomination remains to be noted-- that is the "Primitive Methodists," for which is claimed a membership of 2,800, with 45 itinerant and local preachers. We do not understand it as a result of seces *lion, but rather a sort of spontaneous de velopment, such as is constantly taking place among a people who, however much wedded to the affairs of this world, are ever thoughtful of the performance of those duties that will best serve them "When life's lame-footed race is o'er." Who is Heaven For ? 'Breddren, my 'sperience is dat it ain't de perfession of 'ligion, but de occasional practice of it dat makes a man 'ceptable up yonder. When yer gits to the golden gate an' Peter looks yer right in de eye and yer shows him yer long creed and says, pompus like, dat'yer 'longed to a big church. de 'postle'll shake his head and say : "Etat ain't nuff ter git yer through." But if yer takes all yer bills under yer arm, yer grocers bills and yer rent bills, and he looks 'eui over and finds 'em all receipted, he'll say, "yer title clear," and unlock de gate and let yer pich yer voice for angel's songs. But 'taint no use to trabbel 'long dat narrer path less yer carry folded up in your creed, a good re commendation from yer creditors. Heb ben ain't no place for a man who has to dodge round a corner fear ob meetin' some one who'll ask for dat little bill dat neb• ber was paid." THE MEDICINE OF SUNSHINE —The world wants more sunshine in its disposi tion, in its business, in its charities, its theology. For ten thousands of the aches and pains and initatians of men and wo men we commend sunshine. It soothes better than morphine. The Good Samar itan poured out to the fallen traveler's gash more of this than of oil. Florence Nightingale used it on the Crimean battle fields. Take in into all the alleys, on I oad all the ships, by all the sick-beds. Not a pailful, not a cupful, but a soulful It is good for spleen, for liver complaint, for neuralgia, for the rheumatism; for fail ing fortunes, for melancholy. PLUCK will carry a man where a palace car will not. SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. YEA gistoq. THE OLD TOOT-PRINTS OF TUE RECEDING RED EN AND THE EARLY LAND-MARLS 0? THE COMING WHITE IV WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO The Juniata Region BY PROF. A. L. CUSS, OF HUNTINGDON, PA 'Ti' good to )11714e on Nations posqed nervy Forever front the land we cull our own. ARTICLE II PROOF OF FORMER INTERIOR DEPOPIJLA• TION The matter of this interior depopulation and long uninhabited condition will be more fully discussed in its appropriate place hereafter; but the fact itself is prov en by reference to treaty held by the Com missioners of Virginia and Maryland, in the presence of the Governor of Pennsyl vania, at Lancaster, June 27, 1744, when the Iroquois, in accordance with a demand made as early as 1736, when they first found white settlers had extended into the Shenandoah Valley, insisted on being paid for "the Potomac lands," and all western Virginia This conference was brought about by a threat that they would 'do themselves justice," if their just demands for pay for those lands were not attended to properly The Virginians claimed that they held their lands, under the Kin:r of Great Bri Lain, for 160 years; and as for the part west of the Great Mountains, they had never beard that the Indians owned it, as they found "that part altogether deserted and free for any people to enter upon," which they had accordingly done by order of the Great King, "very justly as well by an Ancient Right as by its being freed front the possession of any other." If, however, the Six Nations had a claim of conquest, they desired them to "tell what nations of Indians they conquered any lands from in Virginia, how long it was since, and what possession they have had." Tachantoontia replied : NATIONS CONQUERED, "Now we answer, we have the right of conquest—a right too dearly purchased. and which cost us too much blood to give up without any reason at all, as you say we have done at Albany. All the world knows we conquered the several Nations livin on Saapaehanna, Cohongoronta, and on the Back of the Great Mountains in Virginia. The Conoy.ucli•such-roona, Cock nan was roonan, Tohoa Trough roonan, and Con nuts-kirr ough.roonan feel the effects of our Conquests, (the remnants) being now a part of our Nations, and their lands at our disposal. We know very well it hath often been said by the Virginians that the Great King of England, and the people of that Colony, conquered the In dians that lived there, but it is not true. We will allow they have conquered the Sack-clay-ugh-roonan, and drove back the Tuscarroratcs, and that they have on that account a right to some part of Virginia, but as to what lies beyond the mountains, we conquered the Nations residing there, and that land, if ever the Virginians get a good right to it, it must be by us." CLAIM OF VIRGINIANS AND THE REPLY. The Virginians replied that they had first entered into a treaty of friendship "by Col Henry Coursey seventy years ago" (1674) ; and again "about fifty eight years ago by the Lord Howard of Effingham, Governor of Virginia," when you declared yourselves subjects of the Great King, and gave up all your lands for his protection ; and that this they owned in 1687, when they besought aid, "for the French would fain kill us all ;" and lastly they referred to the agreement with Gov. Spottswood, in 1722, not even to cross the Potomac east of the Great Mountains. Gachadow replied : "Though great things are well remem bered among us, yet we don't remember that we were ever conquered by the Great King, or that we have been employed by that Great King to coupler others. If it was so, it is beyond our memory. We do remember we were employed by Maryland to conquer the Conestogas, and that the second time we were at war with Them, we carried them all off" The Conestogas were a remnant of the the Sasquehannocks, long known to the Dutch as Minquas. They were denation alized and almost extirpated 67 years before this. The previous war with them was SO years before this. Most of, the Nations in the interior spoken of such as the Ju niatas, were annihilated. conquered or driven out prior to the Sasquehannocks. CLAIM OF MARYLAND AND REPLY The Marylanders produced a deed, say ing, "The Susquehannah Indians, by a treaty above 90 years ago (1634) give and yield to the English Nation, the greater part, if not all, of the lands we possess from Patuxent river on the Western, as well as from Choptank river on the Eastern side of the great Bay of Chesapeak north ward ;" and reminded them of the Albany treaty of 1684 ; and of the treaty of "sev enty years ago, which was renewed and confirmed twice since that time" (1674). Canassatego replied : "We come now nearer home. We have had your deeds interpreted to us, and we acknowledge them to be good and valid; and that the Conestoga or Susquehannah Indians had a right to sell those lands un to you, for they were then theirs; but since that time we have conquered them, and their country now belongs to us; and the lands we demanded satisfaction for, are no part of the lands comprised in those Deeds—they are the Cuhongorontas (Po tomac) laads. Those we are sure you have nut possessed 100 years—no ! not above ten years; and we made our demand so soon as we knew your people were settled in those parts. These have never been sold, but remain to be disposed of." SO OF THE JUNIATA REGION. These extracts prove (and proof might be greatly multiplied.) that the Potomac lands, that is all of Maryland and Virginia between the Great Mountains, and beyond the Allegheny, was uninhabited except on the borders by remnants of tributary tribes The western two thirds of Pennsylvania *as similarly situated; and had their rights to the intervening Juniata region, been at this time, also, called in question, no doubt the Iroquois chieftains would have promptly related the tale of its conquest. It was then but a century past, and they retained historical events with wonderful precision But more of this anon. THE LANDS LAST FOREVER. In passing we may also quote Gachadow's ideas on the white man's justice, and the enduring value of lands : 'The world at the first was made on the other side of the Great Water different from what it is on this side, as may be known from the different color of our skin and of our flesh ; and that which you call Justice may not be so among us. You have your laws and customs, and so have we. The Great King may send you over to conquer the Indians, but it looks to us, that God did not approve of it, as he has placed the Sea where it is, as the limits between us and you. [Then warming up with his subject, with strong voice and prorer gesticulation, he exclaimed this touchingly eloquent and expressive sen tence.] You know very well, when the white people came first here, they were poor; but now they have got our lands, and are by them become rich, and we are now poor. What little we had for the land goes soon away, but the land lasts forever." What volumes are here told in a few word's. Let us also•hear Canassatego's ideas of the origin of the Six Nation people : YAMOYDE ,r, ORIGIN OF THE INDIANS. "You went back to old times and told us you had been in possession of the Pro vince of Maryland above one hundred years; but what is cne hundred years in comparison to the length of time since our claim began ?—since we come out of this ground ? [Every tribe of the Huron-Iro quois family believed they were autoch • tbons—they all told the same story of their origin.] For we must tell you that long before one hundred years our ances tors came out of this very ground ; and their children have remained here ever since. You came out of the ground in a country that lies beyond the seas; there you may have a just claim, but here you must al low us t-.) be your elder brethren, and the lands belonged to us long before you knew anything about them." ORIGINAL INDIAN BLESSRDNESS. The blessings of civilization did not strike this chief as of great value The white man's implements were handy, but not a necessity. In reply t. - ) some young Englishmen, who had claimed that the In dians would have perished had it not been for the strouds, hatchets, guns, and other things supplied them by the whites, he thus declared : "But we always gave them to under stand that they were mistaken, that we had lived before they came amongst us, and as well or better, if we may believe what our fathers have told us. We had then room enough, and plenty of deer, which were easily caught; and though we had not knives, hatchets or guns, such as we have now, yet we had knives of stone, and hatchets of stone, and bows and ar rows, and these serred our uses as well then, as the English ones do now. We are now straightened and sometimes in want of deer, and liable to many other in- conveniences since the English came among us, and particularly from that pen and ink work that is going on at the table. [pointing to the Secretary] and we will give you an instance of this " He then gave an account of how, in 1684, they had put their Susquehannah land into the care of Got. Dongan to keep fbr them in his hand "close shut ;" and yet he carried it to England and sold it to,POA,, INDIAN NAMES FOR THE GOVERNORS. The Iroquois had a name for each Governor—of Canada it was Onontio ; New York, Corlear; Pennsylvania, Okas; .dssaraguoa ; and at the above conference, they publicly conferred a name on the Governor of Maryland, and it was "deemed a matter of great consequence and attended with abundance of form." By lot, Gachradow, a Caguga, was chosen to make the speech for this Iroquois-jog ceremony, whioh be did "on an elevated part of the Court liouse, with all the dig nity of a warrior, the gesture of an orator, and in a very graceful posture." The name given was Tocarry-ho gag. THE FRENCH CLASS. Canassatego, on the closing of the con ference, on July 2nd, said : "You told 129 you beat the French ; if so you mast have taken a great deal of rum from them, and can the better spare us some of that liquor to make us rejoice with you in your vic tory." The Governor and Commissioners were taken down with this cite point, and forthwith ordered a dram of rum to be given to each in a small glass, from which has arisen the term "French glass" in use to this day. WILD STORIES ABOUT THE NATIVES. There has been much misconception about the number, extent and variety of the aborigines. The earliest books on America contained the most prodigious tales that fancy could invent or verdant credulity repeat. They peopled the coun try with pigmies and giants—the latter grew on the Susquehanna. There were said to be tribes as black as Ham, and others as white as polar bears. There were Jews who observed the Plosaie rites and ceremonies. The ten lost tribes of Israel were found in America. There was a tribe of Welch, who had a printed copy of the Bible, which they preserved, but could no longer read; but Welch men could understand their language; and several men bad. been with thew and saw the Book. There was, moreover, one nation that did not eat; and another without heads, or at least, their heads did not arise above their shoulders. The first, explorers expected to find prodigies, and always re ported wonders. Their accounts are much less reliable than Indian traditions. AN ISLAND OF WOMEN, Columbus was reported to have discovered an island inhabited entirely by women— not a man was to be found to disturb the harmony of its loving society. This is the only instance of perfect peace and heavenly contentment on earth that has come down to us even in fable. No tyrannical "lords of creation" disturbed their felicity, and as no one ever slandered her neighbor. there were no wounded feelings. Happy island!! It must have sunk, for it cannot be found. Did it still remain, we shou!d like to own a visible mountain peak. on a neighb )ring island, where we could take in a small admittance fee from the curious of all the earth, who would come to cast one look of envy across the swelling floods and then die as happy as Moses. Surely this island was still more happy than that one among the Canaries where polyandry prevailed, every woman being allowed by law three husbands. OLD USURPING LANDLORD OF AMERICA. Dr. Cotton Mather, who figured so con spicuously in the days of Salem witchcraft, tops the climax, and tells us all about it. He says the Devil is the ,“old usurping landlord of America," whose "natives have been forlorn and wretched heathen ever since their first herding here; and though we know not when or • how these Indians first became inhabitants of this mighty con tinent, yet we may guess that probably the Devil decoyed those miserable salvages hither, in hopes that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ would never come here to destroy or disturb his absolute empire over them." NO. 16. ( To be Continued.)