®l)c American Volunteer I'6'UIJSIIIOI) KVKitY TUUXISDAV MOUNIKO j’)3?A't'L'ON KIiiNNI'JDV. urrX< . s ;.^OUT , l MAKICIIT Milhllli: ■ Trfo n dUrs year If paid strict.?,* ' . 'ilvi»uvo; Two Dollars uml Fifty Cents if paid U 'thln nJontlH; after which Three Dollars "'ll ji» i charms!. The<o terms will hn rigidly, ad" ' f> , ~j i,) in every Instance; No subscription dis_ until all arrearages arc paid, untess a t "f «*■»• Killing cavos. j-ps’iTKO STATJCS CLAjSr AND ■ll-K-A-I-. JiS'l A TK V A OJCKCr ATroHSV.Y AT T.AW, ' * oflh't' in l-'rankMn House. South H.-iiunTr Stroc *rtrli«lc. t'umbci land Vaumiy, iVmm. Applications by. mall, will receive Immediate V’arVl<*tUurattcnMon {jlvcm to the soiling or roiit- U’<'af ?’ivil Jistntc, In lo%vn»or ronniry, In all lot* «™r.f Inquiry, plca.su enclose postage stamp, inly ». u-O-t/ • |-n" g*. BSKI/ryiXIOOVSiU,- *- ' J.TTOimnSY-A T~ LA W , i*A. Oilirc on South Hanover Street, opposite pcjjUc's dry goods store. Ilv I. l-S't’>. j £UMIUC!I I’A.RKRR, a Trojtyvyy a t la ir.- Mila HUcat. la Minion lliill, ()ur It if 4 , Va. , , Q, K O, S. K M I G , ATTORNEY- AT-LAW, Otllce with B. {lepbnrn, .Jr. IC<txtMn(n Street, C A n h I.SLK, T»A. 2, 71—ly WIvUNNEDY, ATiutiNr-n* at Laiv , Carlisle. IVuna. Ofjlco same us tlmtol he “American Volunteer.” Dec. I Is7A DR. GEORGE B. BKAIUOKT, Dkn tfst, Front the h'ul/!m»rc O ilh’i/c of Ilento Sii/v/nv/. OMlce at. the residence of Ills mother j&jsj, f.onfhor.st-roef, throe doors btddw Bed lord Carlisle, IVima. Uec.l i.suv anil iGnys , A EGA INS IN HATS AND GAPS! Al KEIiLIiU’S. ]7 North Hanover SUvet. Wcl havovoeelved the latest style* of HATH and C'Ai'S. -S ilk Huts, Sew York and Philadel phia ht> los, CasMmeru Unis of all Shapes ami prices, snii Unis ot every- kind, from 7<». oents up. Cloth Urns, jn H1,. 0, Velvet, Mixed (Joss and llhu-k. Also a lino'tot. of Hoys' and Children’.'-! Hats Cloth and Felt, and at aJi pri ces, MEN, BOY’S, ANJ> IUUMmttN’S. HATS. in stylos too numerous to mention, all ol which will b>* sold at the lowest Cash prices. • Call ami examine our s.iock. you cannot fail lo ho pleased in price and duality. HATS pi any Iclml made and repaired to order, ou short, notice. JOHN A. KIvULKH, A pent, No. 15 North llanovor Street. Bopt 2*t, ’7l—tf. ' JJTATS AND CAPS ! ’ n 6 YOU .WANT A NU'.H HAT OK CAP ? !>• so. Don’t Vau. to Dam. on J. G. CALIiIO. AT?. 29. I V/SSI MAiy NTJthJST, Where can lie soon the llnest assortment of HATS AND CAPS ever brought to Carlisle. He fakes grenl plena cere lu Inviting his old friends and customers, and all now ones, to his splendid >*oek just re ehvrd from Now York ami Philadelphia, con sisting In part of duo BILK AND CASBfMMKR HATS, besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps p the latest style, all ol which he will sell at th r,onr*( Cush .Prices. Also, V s own mauufucUiro Hals always or* hand, and HATS AIA-NIIKACTHUKD TO OIiPKH. /Ie has the best arrangement for coloring Hata and ail klnusof Woolen Goods,Overeuats. We., the sliorJesl notice {as he colors every week! and' on the most misdnable terms. Also, a due lot, ot -choice brands ol TOHAOCO AND GJGARB' (ways <m hand. .Ho deslrea to call theallenUon 'to persons who have COUNT U Y I** U US to soil, as ho pays the highest cash prices for he snwo. , . , ■ Give him u call, at the above number, his »ld (and, as ho feels confident of giving entire so .is faction. . Sept: 2S, ’*7l—tf. ip v _ - TA .j. Li V 0 flO s REAL VALUE HARBEB’S I SOUTH lIASOVEIi - ATHEJiT. ifyou,wanta nice CJALIC’O DREHH, If you want a nice Do Lame WRAPPER, .• Ifyou Wiint a nice ALI’AUA LUSTRE, . Ifyou want a. nice, FUUF. MOXIAIU, It you want a. nice UAHSIMEUE HU IT It yon want, a nice CLOTH >sUJT. It you want a nice TaRI.K LINEN, 'lf you want a nice FELT oi' HOOP SKUtT, if you want a nice op ERA FLANNEL, Ifyou want a II.VW Dsi LMK HD \\\ L, If you 'Want a Handsome LACK COLLAR Ifyou wunla Handsome I .sum* Handle cu-hlef Ifyou want. Hnmhi’.’tf ElhilNUS I,'JlK’tJ’ If you want o.IJiPU l .ttl LAOl’-S UiIF.AP, If von want Linen Handkerch'eis CHEAP, If’you want UR'i GuUDH CHEAP, B&KFia’s. Yow will llml an extensive ami superior va nciy In I)less Goods, comprising' Cashmeres Australian Crape, Hlllc mul Wool Repp-, Plain and Fluid Poplins, black HllUs, amt a complete nsHorlinent of staple Dress Goods, Also, Rian- JvctH, Flannels, Vvutcr-proot IU pellunis, V»dye. teens (Black ami Colons! ) Merino tihlns and .DtawoiA, Ladies’Merino Vests. Twilled Hlieet-. in<: (a new article.) ami Full lines ot Motions ■White Goods and Ribbons. Ifyou would save money call at. my stove, -hcie prices will compare favorably with anj this side ot the Eastern Citle:. • on T. A. HARPER. j> u Tnsopb Kids, Sl.OO. oas, ■ A' Ol.'V' "8 WANTED—For thu fuslaoll , nost impuliir litml:, wuiitllj Kfustm kVil-.miVA ™ oi ' kll 1110 •Sl-fa'iliMltsV-beimll 'u Z ?"'" U Z^ZZZ tWUVtXKt ,».w 1. •’ss>'> » wri<>KK, ill Xhujllsh and German! Noihlng like it. Strikes evo. *>' bo ‘v v as tm* aok they need. Ills un Ki. ‘Wiopodia o Hie Government, Single paces In' * l * kro °f i))i‘mselves wmtli the price of the I v> °k. Over ..u:o /nit/i's, and A rich In Xrv ' esl for Cuuvivssoi s— la<lles ami gentlemen—l, ’rmors,— leat-lieis and simlenlK, One Aye,a took . J outers in (i/nr diii/t. with ciuulnrs ulouc, fu'/nre ih e GO»h ujijmaird. TwenO* dollars a dav cun bo cl. wod in lair levrlloiy. Wr'le el onco for (Jireular Inlormullon, NEW WOULD PUBLISHING \ Cor. Tib ami Marked slrecu, Phlla. mUMEU'S BANK. CarHafe. Penn., X’ has facilities for the tninsaellon of oveyy variety of HANKING UUsINKrtS that may lie required by Its customers and correspondents. Makes collections on alt points in mu Bulled flutes. Buys. soils, and attends to all orders for the sale or purchase of Gold, Government and Stiito BoikU, and all other first class securi ties. ZVe-'otMies Joans and discounts commercial paper. Attends to the collection of interest coupons and dividends. Famishes drafts to persons wishing (o toiuU money to any part, of tho UnlUai bJjiH*a, Ca nada or Kuropo. Kccelve.s deposits in hirgoor small sums .ami pays interest, on special deposits. Is empowered to net ns treasurer and Unan elul agent for I-. lute, county and city govern menls, corporal lons and individuals. It. GIVKN, JV^iideaf. .1. C Hoprr.a, Cashier. A»g, 111. 71 —Jim EXKOUTOR’rt NcmOE.—Notice is lierebv given that iuticru lo.stittncntary on me cslatoor Howard Cruteu, hue of North MUl dloton towiistiln, dr-ceiiacd, have been grunted to tne undersigned J-Jxeeulor, residing in sumo township. All pcinous knowing themselves indebted to said estate, are iccpiested to make payment tmmodiuUdy.aml 1 1’use having claims to present lno/n lor .settlement. JOHN OIIATEN, UxcciKor. Octobor 12,1571. ■fTALUABX/B HEAL J'J.STATIS AT V t I'UllLlO SALK— baturdfi;/, O.Uober 21, 1871. WIU be iold at public bate, on Uiu above day at CaiitrevlMe, ten miles west ol Carlisle, Urn following -described Heal i'.biute, to wit:-u first cUiHerßliickßi.il> h stand, situated in Urn village ofCejilrevllJo, Benii township, contain lug about 1 aero of land, on which is ci ecu-d a good brick hom.o, frame staid*-, and hhmkMimh shop; also a good wagomnuker si op, end nil iti fhsi rule order, It being one of me best stands forme. clmuuH In the count v* '1 ber»* are on this piop eriy u num.ier of flint trees, Mu-h as apples, 'pouches, Ac. Halo i»» commence at l * ’*docu, 1\ il., on said day, when terms wlh D mudo Known by JACOB CXOBHU. • yet, 12, isri—2* jousr Zrenr, Atwuodoor $. . . . . . . . . . 1 Mr" 44, 4, 4 , " i . - • * . . . .. - .. . . - • r‘ At ,, ~ 1' . ', ti l l ': 0.1 I 4 : ..,,,.. 4 ,...A. 1 . r r . 4 f 4. , ' . • ~ •• .I r il• • - . . , . ~ , 4 • • , • • . . • , , . . , . . BY BRATTON & KENNEDY ftlrtH'c.i!, QNE MIDLIO.S OK LIVES SAVED It iKoncof the rcmnvUuhlo fuels of this re* nmiUnblo sum not merely Unit so many persons are the vlolims of dyspepsia or lmlU;c*stlon l but its wililry; vlelbns. .Now. wo would not bo u» _Ucr*d,md_i’j soy (hat any oik* dyspepsia hr feels disposed to mftk It ainon" the hixm-ic?TTrr"UtP.-M*av-dmiAilE~Thnsc who have experienced Its (ormmifN woniclasciTiTTlshch" an Idea. *UI dread It, and would gladly diapcn-o wtUi Us unpleasant fiimllhirUlos. Mark Tuple - ' - who was jolly nn/lormlJ tin) trying cJrenmMnn i'es In which ho was placed.never bad an attack of dyspepsia, or hl«JolHfj’ would have speedily 1 forsaken him. Men and* women sometimes .sailor Us tortures uncomplainingly, hut, whoev er heard of,a. person who enjoyed them ? Of all tho multifarious diseases to which the human system Is liable, them Is perhaps m> one so generally prevalent ns dyspepsia- Them are diseases mom urate and painful. and which more frequently prove fatal, hut none, litu ef feels of which arc so depressing to the mind ami so positively dlsircssbtg to the body. II there is p wretched being in the world It Is , A COiNmUlfclD DI'SPUPna I>ut It is )u>t our in ten turn to distant on the hor rors ol Dyspepsia. To describe them truthfully s simply un impossibility, but it !•» possibly to point out h remedy. We have said Unu dyspep sia. Is pcihaps the most universal oJ human d»s- , eases. This is cinplmtlcally tho case In tho United States, Whether thlk general urevn- , loneo Is duo to the olmracier bi the food, the inetood ot Un preparation, or Hie busty manner i In which it is usually tnvallowed, la not our pro- | /vlnco to explain. The ureal fact with which wo i am called to deal is tula .* , DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS I almost universally.' .Nearly every oU er person yon meet Is-a vie* um, un apparently willing one, for were this not the case, why so many .* uilerers, when a certain, speedy and safe remedy is wllhlu the easy iiai en of all who desire to avail themselves of U? i.ut, uio imijorl'.y will not. iillndcd hv prrju « tee, or deioi.red by somu other unexplained m imcnce, tin y .etn.so to accept thu relief profer t‘‘l .v'V 1 , 1 . 1, ' l 11 *y him a deaf ear to the testimony *it tin l uniMincis whose suflerlngs have been al leviated, and- witli strange infatuation, appear to with d spomto deCern InaUon to their '.)} *iless loruuMUnr,, ihit says a dyspeptic; u ant is Lh’s lemedy.’ lu which wo reply: Tills t*re>u alleviator of human suilerlng Is almost as widely Known as the Kugltsh language.' It Ims aimyi d the agonies of thousands, ami Is to-day euiaviny coin tort ami encouragement lo thou-' sands oi others. This acknowledged panacea hr ; hone oilier than »OUI. BAND'S GERMAN BITTERS. WonliKyou a now more o) the menls ol this wondoiThl medicine Ulan can ha learned from Iho expej jonle of others ? Try it yourself, and when u has hilled to fulfil tho assurance of Us etnraey given by (ho proprietor, then abandon ’lnilh in jt. 11 LET IT HE REMEMBERED, first of all, tlmt HoofiamJ's (Jomiau Bitters Is not a mm beverage. They are not ulcohoUc in any sense of the term. They are .composed wholly of the pure jnleoor vtinl principle of roots, This Is not a iacjoas.'-cj , noji. The extracts from which they uro compounded uro prepared by one of Dio ablest German obemisls. Unlike. any other hitlers m the mm hot, they fire wholly free from spirituous Ingredients. .Thb objections which hold with so mucli force against preparations of t his class, mum ly—that u desire lor intoxicating di inks Is .sninubded by their use, are not valid In the ense ot the German Hitlers. So far from encouraging or incukUmg a taste or desire tar inebriating beverages, it may be eonildeuily as* sened that Uiclr tendency ts in a difimetncaliv opposite direction. Their efforts can bo BENEFICIAL ONLY in all cases of the biliary system- HoollamTs German Hitters stand without an equal, acting promptly and vigorously upon tho Liver, they i amove its torpidity and cause healthful score- U<iu of bile— thereby supplying tho stomach with tho tiy>sV Indispensable elements of sound digestion m proper proportions. They give lone to tho .stomach—.sihmihuHjg Its functions, and enabling It to perform no duties ns nature de signed it should do. They Impart vigor and Mrongilj lo the entire system, causing the pa tient io. feel like another being—in fact, giving him a new iea-o ot life. THEY PURIFY THE BLOOD. cleansing the vital fluid of all hurtful Impuri ties and supplying them with tho elements of genuine healthiulness. Jn a word, there Is scarcely a disease in-which they cannot be safely and beneficially employed ; but In that nnxsi generally pi evident distressing and dread ed disease,‘liyspcqtHia. THEY ST AA D VmiIYALED. Now, Ihcio are certain classes of porsons'io whom extreme Hillers are hot only unpalata ble, hut who find it impossible to lake them without positive discomfort. Lot'such Du. IIUOFLANLi’.S GERMaN TONJO has been specially prepared. Ills intended for whore a slight aleimhol stimulant Is requir ed In connection with the well-known Tohlc properties of the pure Gorman Billers. Tills Tome contains uli the Ingredients of t he Blllert, lull so tlavovcd as to i cumve the extreme hitter tu‘ss. This'preparation Is not only palatable, but combines, In modified form, all the virtues of the German Bitters. Tho solid extracts ot some of Natiiic’s choicest restoratives uro hold In solution 4!>y a-spirituous agent ot the purest .quality. In cases of languor or excessive debit ny, whore the system appears to have become exhausted of Us energies, JIOUFLAXD’S TONIC nets with almost marvelous efleet. It wot only sUmnlaies the flagging and wasting energies, but Invigorates ami pernmqeHy .strengthens Us action upon the Liver and Stomach thorough, perhaps io-.a prompt than Hie Hitters, when the same quantity Is taken is in mo the less certain. Indigestion, RtUlousness, i-hyslcal or Nervous Piosuotion,ieid readily lolls potent in jhjDweo. It gives the invalid a new ami stronger hold upon life, removes depression of spirits, and in spires cheerfulness, it supplants the pal a of diseaso, with- lho_ case and comfort of perfect health. It gives strength ‘to weakness, throws despondency u> tho winds and starts the re stored Invalid upo'n a new and gladsome career. Hut Dr. Ilnotlaml's benefactions to tho himnm race aroDol conllned to his eelcbrnled GERMAN HITTER*, or his invaluable Tonic, lie has prcpnmi an other medicine, which is rapidly winning its way to popular favor because of Its intrinsic leidts. This Is UOOKLANu'S I’ODOPIXVLLIN WtAs. a perfect substitulo for mercury, without any of m ercu ry ’s evi 1 quai i t les. These womleiful V'ills, which are Intended to net upon the Liver, are plainly composed of I’lHlophyilln, or (he VITAL PRINCIPLE OF THE MANDRAKE ROOT Now we desire the reader tn distinctly umler mul that this extinct oi the Mandrake Is many mes more powerful than the Mandrake itsclt. is (he medicinal virtues of tills heaith-giving l.ini Jn u perfectly pure and highly concc ntiu* d (onu, Hence it L Unit two of tho Fodophyl n -Vills cunsiUuio a full dose, while auywhe.ro x to eight or a handful of oilier preparations i tho Mandrake uicrcqulrcd. TJio idmdojdiyl' ACTS DIRECTIA' ON THE LIVER, stimulating Its fnucUoiiMiuid causing U to make its biliary sanctions Jn jegu/ar and proper (jimulltlcs. Tho Injurious results which invari ably lollow tho uko of mercury is entirely avoided by lheir wso. Rut R, is not upon the Liver only that their powers are exerted. The vxlriictofMandrakeconlalded (n them Is klclß lully combined with four other extracts, ouo ol which ae:s upon tho stomach, ouo upon the up mu 1 bowe's, olio upon tno lower bowels, and owe prevf.uilsauy griping oflect, thus producing a pill ihul milewces the digestive a«d ullmommy m>- loiii, lr an equal and imrmomons manner, n'ml Jls action entirely free lawn nausea, vomiting or griping pains common to all other purgatives, Possessing these much desirable qualities, the I’odonliyllln becomes Invaluable ns a family mediltne. jNo household should be without them. They *re perleclly sale.reiiulrohut two foran ordlna •v djNe, are prompt and etllctoni in action, and ivhen used m connection with Dr. Uoofland’s .{crinau Ritters, or Tonic, may bo regarded us ■eiiuin specdlcs In all cas<-s ol LlverUomplnlnt. Dyspepsia, or any of the dlsurdms to which Iho -ysiem is ordinarily subjec. Tho FODURHYLUN FILLS, act upon tho stomacli and 'bowels, carrying oiT improper obstructions, while the Ihtiers or To nic jnwify ilio blond, strengthen and invigorate .'*a irumo, give tone and iippellto to tho stom ;/‘i n.ud thus build up tho invalid anew. * l Mi' *r '••olhinrhliuvlng provided Internal remc •eases, has given the world one main* iv f.iirtvii... application, in liw wonderful * j * ur cxicii. -\\vn as l prcpnmloiWint -..aND’S QBBEK OIL., mite on a Hnvcrei b ' u Lemeay for pains anil aches Of all kinds. Tonlhneho Ghll- ItiieumalJsm. Neuralgia, .ho Raclc anti .Ululns, Hprulns, limns, l-,,m .. " its external Loins Ulnitwonns, &e. t nil yield . n'eoled bv It atipUanlon. ’fju> immijerofem-es e. •“ ?Jfy i h and they aro lucrousi. d ay. • - rUH .TaJcon Internally, Ills n euro for Heart-bn n- KUluey Diseases. Hick Headaches, Colic, Dyso. leo T , CJioJerjt ylorbu«. bVamp#, Vatufs Ja Iho •Stonoach, Colds, Asthma. &c. Tim Greek Oil is composed entirely of healing gums and essezuia! oils, ’i ho principal engredl ent )s un oily sm.osuuieo, procured in iho South ern part «l Grei-ce. lih eileeis as n destroyer ot pda art* Imlj’magical. Thousunds inivs boon hone'll! P-*d by ha use, mid a trial by tljoso who arc sitopt leal will thoroughly convfuct them of its tiiesilsiuibm value. These remedies will be sent by express to my locality,upon application to the Principal Olllco. at tho German Medicine Htoro, No. 031 Arch St., Philadelphia. veincdles ore h r j»1o by dvugglstß. orekoepors, and medicine dt uh-rs cvcrywfiere. Qhas. M. Eyans, Formerly Q. H. JACKSON & CO. The following beautiful lines, Dave boon cop .led into many papers, and credited to Charles blclcons. It Is stated that tbo -author Is Charles hen t ho lessons and inska aro nil ended. And (ho school /or tho day Is dismissed, 4-nd /ho JJttJo ones gather around ;no ' To bid me good night and bo kissed ; Oh.tho llttlo whlto arms that encircle. ' My neck lb a lender embrace 1 Oh, the smiles llmtaro,halos ofhcavou, Shedding sunshine o Clove on m3' facoi Hut my heart grows weak as a woman’s, And tho fountains of fooling will flow. When I think of the paths stoop and stony, Whore the. feet of tho dear ones must go; Of the mountains of sin hanging o’er them, Of the tempest of fato blowing wild 5 OH 1 there la nothing on earth half so holy w As the Innocent heart of a child 1 They are idols of hearts and of households ; They nro nnech of God In disguise ; His Runllsht stilt sleeps in their tresses, Ills glory still gleams Jn their eyes; Oh I fhosQ‘tni.mta from home and from heaven They have made mo more rrmnlyatul mild ! And I know how Jesus could liken Tho Kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for thedear ones All radiant, as others have doho, But that. Ufa may have Just enough shadow To temper the glare of the sun ; I would pray God to guard them from evil, But my prayer would bound hack to myself Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner’, lint a sinner must pray for himself. I shall leave the old house In tho autumn. To traverse Us threshold no more ; Ah! how shall I sigh for the dear ones That moot me each morn at tho door! I shall miss the “ good nights” and tho kisses, And tho gush of their Innocent-glee, . Tho group on the green, and the flowers That they brought every morning to mo. I shall miss them at morn ami at eve, Their sons'in the school and the street; I shall miss tho low hum of their voices, And tho tramp of their delicate feet. ■When the lessons and tasks are all ended. And penth says, ” The school 1« dismissed I” May thoTlttlo ones gather around me, To bid me good Highland bo kissed. SBWlancoUB. Mrs. Falrman was a proud woman, if ahe did enjoy misery , and sbo bad no intention of lettiuir Miss Henslow know that the family lived on canaille bread. Obed had been kicked in the chest by Black BUI, who was trying lo run with -the cart, and now he lay on the bed In the family bedroom, and Salome was with him. Mrs. Fuirmau had told the •men folks, more than a hundred limes, Unit they ought to sell Black Bill ; but she wasn’t anybody to be considered, and no heed was paid to what she said. There was one satisfaction though ; things had turned out exactly «8 she pro dieted they would, and that was tho worst possible. *’ Now as she stepped away from the stove where she hud been carefully cov vering up the little gray loaves with a crash towel, she glanced out of the win dow at the spring pastures that were perishing for the want of rain, and where the cattle could scarcely nibble a mouth ful) ; and beyond to tho hard looking plowed Helds that showed only tho faintest shimmer of the blue-green oats. The wells were giving out, and springs that never had been ki}o\yn to fail. Mrs. Fairman’fl face bad a cut-water outline. It was rheumy and pinched in at the nostrils, ami tucked down ut the corners of tho mouth. Kmv, a 3 she looked ut the cokl, bjeak, brown fields taken in connection wltli tlie canaille {oaves behind the stove, it seemed plain io i>er mind that there was a judgment' upon them ; and in a somewhat vakue way she connected the judgment with Obed, - “ -who__.neyeT find been under ooiiv'ntiUm since she uiarnvd mid who Imd seldoriFslepped his foot into the meeting house at.tho.Corners. She had read in the newspaper that the drouth extended over the whole of New En gland, and a large portion of the West ern stales ; butitdid not occur to her that Providence was going considerably out of Us way to punish O’hed for his ob stinacy and Kjdriiiml blindness, A man hud ridden early in the morn- ing over from Salisbury with Whit comb’s hill, and ijad threatened to ievy on some of tho fti'fiu iuipleaienfs and or dera slferifra sale, unless it was* paid for In ten days, M rs. Pairman know that Obcd was drained” of money, and the prospect of being sold,out of house and home wash tiling she had so often pre dicted would happen, seemed dismally near. Miss Henslqw lived across the road in i little house |h»t appeared to he always in the sulks. Now she left her goose heating, and took a section of Deacon Bruderip's coat over her arm, with her big-tailor’s shears ut her side, and went, stooping, across the way. £he had a crooked back, and a hooked nose, with a month that hid itself in the big cavity of her face, and which, some way, gave one the impression of a gigantic o\yi. She appeared to have a three story throat, to speak out of the basement door. She stepped over one of Salome’s flower beds, wh&re tho “ Bturtious ,r could not push their heads through the caked soil, and she gave a sharp peck on the window pane with her steel thimble. “I got the fidgets sitting alone,” she began, as Mrs. Euirmau admitted her, and sealed down and Jet her 'poke bon net full hack, showing a ring of aiiufl’y brown hair on each side of her face done up with a big pm. “You see I dreamed oi ruts last night, and it s always a bad sign. The last time it happened was jdst before auht Dehby .Strong died, rieih Burnaby and his cousin went up to Watch tho fast night, and they raid ‘Miss Pratt, who’d been hired to Stay there, ati tho scantiest supper ever was. Did you hear about Hiram Walker's wife ? tide was aunt Deb by’a niece, and Is coming into the property ; and Justus soon ns she got back from thegrav#, she went to counting over tho things, and what do you think ! There was six of the old la* • ’’’a best linen sheets gone M •>., T )car me,” said Mrs. com* ■ of the buttery with ber«*<iprou hid/full o. f “ these are sol elTliemwoo* had sreat foroe ’ al " Liieexproasi. -..t10 uncertain whother low, BuapemiiUK tins opemt. 0 Bro S“ ri ‘4 one of the seams of Deacon coat. “It looks as though ; be a spear of grain raised this &. v- * and there’s Dave Blodgett, one of i u .. Minorites—second adventurers, they c. , themselves—saying the world’s going to he burnt up this year, on account of, the big horn and tho fi.ttle horn in the B ok ot Daniel. I asked him if he wouldn’t like to engage me to make his ascension robe, for I thought if ho didn't come out straight In hla calkerlationa, I might as well have tho job. > Salome stepped out of tho bedroom with a gruel bowl in her hand. She was a tali girt, with light hair just turning a little u gold. It hud slipped out of its braid uud was hanging against her white neck. Proprietor, “Wlmt a mop of hair Lomo has got,’ 1 said Mj-hs JHeiiHlow, when she hail got buck UHo Uu» boil room. “ I notion time weakly glrU are apt to run to liufr.” • “Salome ain't rugged, thut'a certain," Bftid Mr«. Fairmau, \yfco was interrupted Ipociical THE CHILDREN HARD TIMES. BY AUGUSTA LARNKD, CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1871. in her'calculations as whether she could squeeze out molasses enough to'sweeten the dried apples she was coring. “fc>bo ain't tough, anti had to bo put to hard work before she got horgrowth. IfSarah June didn't keep school id help to get along,! could-lot {Salome putter around far a year or two ; and then I guess she'd get hearty ; for 'the doctor says there alnt anything'chronic.” • , “I don't know about that,” broke in “ftfijs-Herisdod’. “ftihe looks to mo.juat likesiHl^l^tiy^girl^that^yon^^cdt'-with galloping consumption.” # “Timer ain’t no consumption the family,” returned Mrs. Fairman, giving a snappish little jerk, to the hand that held the bread knife. , , "Wftl, I didn’t .mean to scale you, » Mrs. Fairman; but then it’s always best to be prepared for things ns they come along.” “I’m never unprepared,” returned the other dismally. I've gone through so much that it seems as though I was al ways expecting trouble; and Obed, he don’t seem any better ; I don’t ’spose it's to be expected Religion’s a great sol emnizer, Miss Henslow; and now, when it looks as if we were all going to starve, and the cows don’t average any day mor® than two, quarts apiece, it seems I ’most a sin to be making jokes.” 1 , “Look thereat Miss Lucres,” said the : tiuloress.” “Ain’t she stiff-necked ? I understand Jo comes h§re pretty often after Lome.” “He comes to see the boys,” returned Mrs. Fairraan, with some asperity. “LrtWj a young fellow can visit the' hoys and squint toward a girl at the same trine. But I’ll tell you what, the old lady won’t like it if Jo mean's to play that game. X felt it my duty as a friend to let you know bow the land lays.” Mrs. Fiiirm/m had finished coring her apples ; and now she went to the sink and began plying . the handle .of the pump with such vigor that her neighbor’s last words were fortunately lost. Miss Henslow remembered her goose heating red-hot over home, so she Cook herself aud her voice-away ; but not before she bad got a peep at the can aille bread under the crush towel ; and that same afternoon she thought it was her duty (o go over to Mrs. Seth Spen cer’s, and tell that Jady how straightened the Fainnaus were. Jo JDacres, a broad-shouldered, lusty young fellow, with a great stride, ami a cherry, loud voice, was just opening the gate of the home place. It was the snuggest, best-kept farm in tbeneigh borhood. Simeon Dacreg, the oid man, was forehanded, and had money laid up in-the bank ; and if there is anything country people do respect and bow down before, it is money in bank. Mrs. Lucres always regulated her af fair a by the almanac ; and the first of May (he sitting-room stove was taken down, whether or no; and-now the house u'as ns chilly as a cellar, with a clean smell about, it of whitewash and varnish. Mrs. Dacres was waiting for the men folks to come to dinner. She had biown the horn twice out of the back door, and the pork iu the spider was curling itself up into little, hard, billions looking scraps. With enforced pa<ieuce she came in and sat down in the .rocking chair, with its putty ‘feather cushion, and untied her cap strings. She wus a (urge woman, with a heavy (read and a double chin, and an immense talent for' managing. In her own person she rep resented the hard-headed ethics of Burn ham, and perhaps was more holiest, if less nice, than some of her neighbors. ‘Obed Fainnau has been kicked by a horse, mother, J said Jo, betraying a little hesitation in his tone. ‘The hurt isn't dangerous; but I think it would look friendly if you should stop In and inquire how lie is.' ‘lf it ain't .dangerous, I shan't stir o stop,' returned,Mrs. Daotea , shutting her mouth hi a positive line. ‘You do run ning enough over that way for the rent of the family ; and I expect you'll make a fool of yomself one of these days.* ‘There might be two opinions about that,’said Jo, rather evasively. ‘ VVal. you know whatl think right out fid-footed? You're hanging round that girl, anil I expect you’ll get a weakly wife nu your hands who will be -whining round with mirailgy or highpo half the time. Obed is. shiftless. , I don’t mean that tie is lazy, but he hnin’t got no kol kerlation. His wits are off wool gather ing half the time; ami Salome is out of the same piece of cloth. She’s as easy as an old shoe,- and would -sozzle round a house and tend a lot of flowers, no mat terwhether there was any bread in the cupboard or not. 'lf you are ever going to get ahead in tbo world, you must marry a woman that can help you push and pull, as I’ve helped ’your father—a regular staver, that can put her shoulder to the wheel, ami not a bundle.of ache* and ikuih tied round the middle with a string, who will oat you up with doctor’s bills.’ Here was valuation of woman put into the plainest words; and they made Jo wince. ‘Salome isn’t sickly/ said Jo in a gloomy tone. ‘She may not ho qnito as strong as some girls, but I feel sure she will turn out a healthy woman. I have told you before, mother, that I don’t mean to marry a drudge or a glare., I shan’t look out for a wife to do.ray cook lug, and washing, and scrubbing and nothing else. I want a human com- panion, and if J have a man t > help me on the farm, ray wife shall have a girl to help in the kitchen. I. shan’t go and look ui) ft wife as I would a horse. A man gels his eyes op a girl, and he longs tor her, and likes her—he can’t tell why. She is different to him from auy other woman in the world, and he can't he happy without her. • It isn’t a thing for a fellow to bo ashamed of neither, if he’s got one spark of manliness In him ; and that’s the way I feel towards Salome.' ‘Granny.” exclaimed Mrs. Darces, • bringing her broad hand down on the. arm of*her chair at the-height of the 3<>ung fellow’s ardor, ‘no you think your father and me is going to give the money we've just worked and dug out of Hu* ground to feed that Falmian tribe ?' 'f don't ask for your money /returned Jo, r/ilher savagely. ‘I shall take what grandfather loft me, and stock a hired farm, ami then X shall ask Salome to be my wife/ He strode out of the house without eating his dinner, and marched off to tbo woods to free his mind of excitement.— As ho was getting over the snake fence by the roadside, ho saw Elder Northup slop under the cherry trees in front of the Kairmau farmhouse, and fasten bis horse. The Elder was a little man and his Sunday suit appeared to tyrannize over him « good deal. HU cost culls do- scemiod over his hands, a tuft of still hair Htoml up above his naiiow forehead, and he spoke with a slight snuflle. Mrs. f'airman was ironing by the table when she saw him ride up, so she put the flat-iron back on the stove and went out cm the stoop to nuet him* ‘l'm bo glad you've happened along to-day,* said alio, with her face drawn into Us usual puckers of anxious concern. ‘Perhaps you've heard that Obed got hurt. He's laid np now, and I thought mebba if yon should talk with him there might bo 'in awaking. You don't know how I’ve wrestled in prayer to bring Obed to con viction. I often think of what tli»» Bible says about being unequally yoked • *tU au unbeliever—not that I would bftVi/ thought that Obed ainhagood, moral ,UflU » Mad to his,women folks, “ i Mf . '’mod a provider as he can bo, wlien hara; but its been a trial.’ . . „„ ~ <T know ; t h sister. These are all filtbvraea of self- .’'•k’htßousucs.'),'said the 5,,, o^ ra fnklm. out *> la bandanna ami Elder, taking out , wiping the dust irom ? la human heart is deceitful adthlnga, aud dcaprlUy wicked'' , Salome had been amootblW Ooed 8 iron-grey hair. Ho loved to .ael the touch of her delicate Alu«ors- One big brown hand, with prominent Joints, lay -on the patched quilt, and the man e faoe, HO yugged and homely f With, still '*■ i dreamy look in the eyes, was softened with an almost ehlUMike expression of peace. Mrs, Falrmaii catno ushering iu the. Eider. ‘Glad to see you, 7 said Obod, to* the little parson, and lie put out his hand with genuine wqaxitU. *l’ve had ai little puli back, hut the doctor says I shall be round again lu a day or two.' ‘Ahem!’ relumed tho Elder, clearing hie throat; ‘the Lord sends seasons of affliction dpon ns to bring us to u sense of sin.' '•. , , 'know, that,’ returned Obed, wjth"'‘hT^^yeB ,, brlgUte»Wg:wiX > ftlri;t aa familiar wUb the Lord’s intentions ns’ some folks profess to be; and as for the trouble, I guess.wo brine; most of it mi ourselves*’ • ... , ‘That ain’t Bibte jne,’ returned the Elder, shaking W bead rather dis mally* ‘lt may do j live by, but it won’t aorve In the hou of death.’ *1 don’t know why said Obed,whet ting his grgumentativ weapon. T guess what will stand in thi life will stand in any other.’ * , „ ‘The impenitent heart is in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity,’ re plied the Elder, fidgeting on his chair. ‘How will the sinner feel in the way when the goats are separated from the sheep.’ •According to my cyphering,’ said Obed,‘God means to take care of the goats too. They may not be worth as much as the sheep; there’s a big differ ence In folks; but I guess they’ll go for what they are worth. At any rate, I shall take what comes, without grum bling or complaining, There’s a passage of Scripture that says: ‘Though he slay I me, yet will I trust him.’ I’ve thought I of that a good many times when I’ve been working alone In the field; and I guess X can take what the Lord sends; but there are some things men would like to force on me I ain’t so ready to re ceive.’ The Elder couldn’t think of any answer for'thie, so he cleared hie throat, ami said, ‘I should like, If you don’t ob ject, to have u season of prayer.'. •I don’t mind your praying,’ replied Ohed, cheerfully,‘if you want to; but I guess the Lord knows all you can tell Him, and a little more. Folks take a sight of pains to give Him information. There’s a still small voice spoken of that I’ve thought I heard out in the lot some times, with the birds singing and every thing still, and my heart has answered, and I’ve had a kind of a notion that that was a prayer.’ Mrs. Fairman and Salome were whispering together lb the kitchen. ‘We must try and scrape the barrel,’ said the anxious housewife, ‘so as to get white flour enough to. make grlddtfc cakes for tea; then we can put on the canaille bread to look like one kind.— You must tell Ezra to bo sure and refuse the cakes. He’s dreadful fond of them. There’s the dried apple sauce,and a little mite of plum preserves, )ust enough to help the Elder twice ; so I guess we shall manage to appear respectable.’ The next day there was a change in tho weather. The cold northeast wind gave way to a south breze, ahd it grew warm and closed Big. black clouds rolled up the sky, and anxious, longing eyes watch ed it, and prayed for rain. *Th.e shower was coming when Salome -w'ent into her father’s room with a letter . in her band* ‘ Why, child,’ said he opening it, ‘Bunker, the man that bought the old Hnyne’s place, wants to get, three acres off the back end of my land. It’sasfrnng piece, btifc it goes cornering into hfs’n ami there’s some folks that can’t bear to have a notch in a farm, and I guess he’s one of them kind. He offers a big price and the money will pay oft my debt to Whit combe, and leave me-something over. It does seem as though there was a provi dence in it. I can’t ev»r see that the Lord bears a spite to hie children, but I’m ready to acknowledge all his mercies.’ ‘O, father, it’s raining!' cried Salome, as she rushed to the window.. The big warm drops were beginning to patter down on the leaves and grass, and soak into the hard ground. Faster and faster it came roaring upon the roof, while the Winds swayed the wee limbs of the trees. ‘That, is music/ said Obed; with his face all aglow. ‘lt makes me think of where the Bible speaks about the fields yfoMing’ their increase, and the clouds dropping fatness. There ain’t no such poetry as that anywhere. The shower had lasted a long, long time, ami soaked into the thirsty ground, and brightened the grass, and brought out'the dandelions by hundreds, and opened the pink lips of the apple blos soms. With the patter on the roof, and tbe great peace that had fallen on his spirit, Obed fell, asleep. Salome sat be side him.. Presently there came a tan, at the window. She started and turned and there stood Jo Daeres. leaning oyer the low sill, backed by a lilac bush )ust shaking out’its purple plumes. Every thing was glittering with bright drops, and a.robin was singing overhead. Sa lome went softly to the window, and she never forgot how that bird's song sound ed. She was dressed in a pale blue calico, a glazy stuff, but it just suited her style; and now., as she leaned out, her light bair fell about her face* •‘l've taken tbe Spinner place/ whis pered Jo, ‘and used grandfather’s money’ •to stock it.. T felt as strong as fifty men. but if ydu should refuse to marry me, I should be as weak ns a cat/ This was the way Jo proposed; and Salome just put out her hands to him, and for one moment her face was out of sight. The robin went on singing, and a tree bough showered down bright drops on Salome’s balr, and tbe early roses be gan to blow, and good moist smells came from every thing there, over the happy girl's shoulders, was a rainbow spanning the dark cloud, which seemed to promiise that there had come an end to Hahd Times- GAMP MEETING INCIDENT. Some of our renders may remora her le story of soaping of the signal horn. The story runs, that when a certain re- Avalist celebrity took up the horn to summon the worshippers to services after dinner one day, he blew a strong blast of soap alt over the astonished brethren- — It la also said by the chronicler of this ‘ltem’ that he cried out aloud, ‘Brethren, I have passed through many trials and tribulations, but nothing like this. I have served the ministry for thirty years and In that time never uttered a profane word, but I’ll be If X can’t whip the man that soaped that horn/ ■Well, this is a strong story; but we have from a reliable authority, something a little stronger in tbesequel to the same incident: Some (wo days after tire horn soaping, a tall, swarthy, villainous looking des perado strolled on the ground and leaned against a tree, listening to tire eloquent exhortation to repent, which was being made by the preacher, After a while he became interested. Anally affected, ami commenced groaning In ‘the very bitter ness' of his sorrow. The clergyman walked down and endeavored to console him. No consolation—he was too great a sinner, he aald. Oh, no—there was pardon for- the vilest. No, he was too wicked—there was no mercy for him. 'Why, what' crime have you commit ted?’said tire preacher, 'have you stolen ?' 'Oh, worse than that!' 'What! have you by violence robbed female innocence of Its virtue?’ ‘Worse (linn that—oh, worse than 'Murder, is it?’ grasped the horrified preacher. ‘Worse than that!’groaned the smitten einner. Tlie excited preacher commenced 'peel ing oil’’ his outer garments. ‘Here, brother Colo I’ shouted he, ‘Hold my coat—l’ve found the fellow that soaped that horn.' - - When a wife reigns, it seems natural that she should atotmi too. She generally (lees, COURTSHIP MiD WARRIAGE IH HOLLAND. la It possible that oven tho young of these sober-minded people fall in love? Young people do fall into love iu tho customary manner* and tho swain makes his offer without any Intermedi ary assistance. A marriage of conven ience Is an unheard-of-thing. -Consent of parents, however, la necessary, for without it the marriage of persons, even up to tho ago of thirty, may ho declar ed absolutely nuU and void; but any one who is more than twowty-oue Ims a legal means of bringing a recalcitrant parent. that delightful pri vate »rranglnno’nT’''T\as lit3Brrmrade,-aQd.. consent’ of parents obtained, tho engage ment soon gels übVoad, and tho young couple have to go into company to make calls upon his friends and her friends. The-p overbfal slip Msvixl thccup’aiulthe lip is not unknown in Holland as else where; nevertheless this system ot mak ing formal engaged culls certainly doe j tend to prevent a rupture ou slight grounds; for it is u matter of no small em barrassment to call upon the same people a second time and ceremoniously intro duce sweeheart number two I It is held to be part of the lover’s duty to accom pany his mistress to partieo and balls, and also his right uud pleasure to take her to the threulera and concerts uuaceompatied by a chaperone; but ho is seldom asked to pay a’vlait in the same house with her for more than the day. Lovers al ways choose the house and buy the fur niture together during the courtship. When the time comes the two go to gether alone to the Town Hull for the i*aa«teekeening,’ or betrothal. This is merely a public notice of the intention to marry, and is given in writing. The notice is then \ ut into a kind of box, protected by a brass wire, and placed for some lime in a conspicuous part of the lialj. Banns are also published in church. A runaway mutch is held to be thorough ly disgraceful, is accomplished >vlth dif ficulty, ami seldom attempted. Friends I now, in place of wedding cards, receive by a post a lithographed document an nouncing aanteekeenlug. On the first Sunday afternoon subsequent to this, the hrlud and hruidgrom, who thus culled in The interval between the ;aauteekeuing and tbe wedding day, hold a grand re ception in the drawing-room of the father of the braid. A sofa, sometimes gay/y decorated with flowers and evergreens, being occupied by the two, the braid's re lations range themselves at his right hand, the bruidgrom's at hers. The bruid wears her wedding dress, vail and orange' wreath on this occasion, and the company generally are hi a gala costume. then, when announced, march up be tween the two opposite lines of relations and make pretty speeches to the happy pair; and, after having Intrusted them selves for a abort tima to fho care of tho bruidsmeitqes,’’who,'dressed for the occa sion, show the presents placed upon a ta ble at the other end of the room, aud offer hippocras and sweets cubed ‘Uruids suikers,’ and cake, make a rapid depar ture, and are succeeded by others. The wedding commonly takes place on Thurs day week after the reception Sunday, aud • during thu interval balls and parties are .given in honor of tho young couplo. On the appointed day tho wedding party, hmid and bnmlgrom going alone iu tho first carriage, make first for the Town Hall. The , Burgomaster marries them, makes a little speech, ami receives (heir signatures; to all this there must be four witnesses. Then to church in (he same order. The party having assembled lu u sort of vestry, the bruidgrom gives his right arm to the bruid and leads the way to tne chancel (reserved now-a-duys for marriages only), or to Ihe body of the church in-front of the pulpit. ■ Hero the pair seat themselves upon a central sofa, and relations range them selves as at the annleek’ening reception. The ceremony is simple, the couple be ing already married. After a hymn has »een sung, they merely have to ac mowlodgo (ho fact of marriage in an swer to the clergyman, and, having advanced to two kneeling chairs ready placed a few steps in front, receive a blessing irora him and a short exhorta tion* No ring is used, but one is some times «worn subsequently. . The new husband then gives Ufa left arm to bis wife and leads the Way bone again. The weJdiug breakfast is a small atlair, attended by the very near relations only. —London Society, Tins Girls.—Can we not bring up our girls more usefully, less showily, ■less dependent on luxury and wealth? Can we no.t leach them from babyhood that to labor is a higher • thing than merely to enjoy; that even enjoyment Itself is never so sweet as when it is earned? Cau we not put into their minds, whatever be their station, prin ciples of truth, simplicity of taste, hope fulness, haired of waste; and, these be ing firmly rooted, trust to their blossom ing up In whatever destiny the young maidens may be called ''—Miss Midoch Useeul Hints.—A bit of glue dis solved iu skim milk will restore crape. XlibbbOus of every kind should be washed in cold suds and not rinsed. If your flat-irons are rough, rub them with flue salt aud it will make them smooth. A bit of soap rubbed ou the binges o. doors will prevent their creaking. Scotch snuff put in holes whore crick ets cocao out will destroy them. Wood ashes and common salt wet with water will stop tbe crack of a stove. Strong lye put in water will make it as soft as rain water. Haifa cranberry, it is said, bound ou a corn, will kill it. If you want to keep “ posted” hi the news of the day, subscribe for and ’read the “ American Volunteer.” Beverly,in Massachusetts, is known as “Bean Town.” No virtuous citizen of that town thinks of passing Sunday morning, without having baked pork and beans for breakfast. Formerly they went to the different bakeries, Saturday night, cadi man with bis bean pot.— Each pot was numbered with a check as soon as received, and the number given to the owner, and crowds would gather round the bakery door, Sunday morning, each man calling his umber and receiving his pot. But now they have a pottery in the town, ami each householder has his bean pot made to order, with his name or initials baked into the sides, and the plan works beau tifully. The bakers charge six cunts for baking beans, and it is by no means a source of revenue. A young lady by tbo name of Bello Brown, wishing to be in the fashion, and imitating tho Maggies, Mollies, An nies, Busies, and other " ies” of her ac quaintance, had her visiting cards print ed Bello Brown. Whereupon Fiyarp is of tho opinion that the sweet uamo of Belle ought to bo an exception to the patronymic rule. Itaays: Takoforin stance tho ease of that wag of a farmer up in Oregon, Poter Ako, who had his daughter chri-toned Hello. We don’t believe site will have her cards printed “Bellie Ake;’ and if the other girls call her by that, romantic name when she gets big enough to “ rustle,” wo reckon that there will he a lively time, and a liberal waft of hair and chignons upon the balmy breezes of Oregon immedia tely afterward. A man who had been arrested as a vagraht, protested that ho had a regular trade or calling, viz: smoking glass for total eclipses of the sun ; and as those occur only a few times in a century, ho was not to blame (or being out of em - doyment a gijod deal. T YOL. ,58.—N0- U NORTH m THE SNOW. I onco spoilt Christmas in the Rob Roy country. In disgust with the heartless conventionalities of hypor-civilization, I thought'of the little sawmill in the neighborhood of a Scottish ioch, where I had lodged for part of two consecutive summers, while fishing', sketching, and making pedestrian excursions “round about.” The Mcßean family wore not very much surprised by my proposition to como to them, for when Iliad spoken of the beauties of Switzerland for the pur 4>,Qfio of .piquing their national onthu- scenery cdtnparable to that of tholund'Of cakes, thoylhlways ended with £t challenge to como and,seo tlieir streams and moun tains in their winter dress, and I had often declared that X would do so “some day.” 'So I received a- letter, cordial but business like, by return of post, to say that my old room was at my ser vice; and went down at once, arriving on the third Tuesday of December, after a difficult journey, particularly ns re spected tho lust stage from Callander. But tho driver told me X had no reason to grumble. The place was hardly recognizable, the mountains looked so different in their white clothing; the stream was frozen, tho clatter of tho water wheel silenced. The family consisted of four persons; Allan Mcße an, formerly a piper in a Highland corps. His long white hair was like spun glass, his eyes were dim and generally fixed and vacant, and he could hardly rise from his chair without assistance. He seemed "to bo passing tlio last year of his life in a semi-sotn nolcnt condition, from which, however, he could rouse himself whenever ho choso, and ft was difficult to determine when ha was or was not noticing what passed around him.- Robert Mcßean, nis son, was a man in full vigor, hard headed, enterprising. Hehadoriginated the saw mill, and worked it himself, assisted only by his son, James Mcßean, a line young follow of about twenty five ; Mary Mcßean, a. buxom lass, a littii, younger than her brother, tho mistress of the house, her father having been for years a widower. There was also a domes, ie, who .was on perfectly equal terms With them all —Jenny, a brawny, red-haired girl, who was always singing, and felt un comfortable in shoes and stockings, which latter anicles, however, both Mary and herself were forever knitting when they had no important work on hand. They wore all at tea when I ar rived, and the greeting X got thawed IHU lit/ oneo. ‘ ‘ unvudtathor,’ said Mary, ‘hero is the London gentleman ready cuuib. . * I ken him, lass,’ the old man said, presently, slowly raising his head, and shaking my proffered hand; ‘the South ern laduio that’s sae great amang the trouts. ‘This was a standing Joke; tho elabor ate paraphernalia,' and e pecinlly tho collection of townmade flics,with which I had opened my first Ashing campaign, and lire small proportional result, had amused the.skillful natives. ‘ Nay, aiid it’s not fair, grandfather,’ expostulated Mary. ‘You may mind bow reel woel be did last spring. Ho took a dozen trouties to n loss of only sax hooks” . Litllu traitress, to banter me under the pretense of tailing my pfirt! But X could be even with her, at any rate. ‘Have you not .got Jock Murchison with you V’ tasked. Jock was six feet one of Highland shepherd, and tho lov er of Mary, who bustled off to the other end of ibo room on some convenient errand,-pretending not to hear. ‘I knew lie had to be out far on tho, mountains nil the summer,’ 1 persisted, ‘but now, in tho winter, I thought he would be in tho village; and [ must say I expected to see him come in before this.’ A smile expanded Robert Mcßcan's somewhat capacious mouth, as ha said to his daughter; ‘ What a’ Mushing about, lass ? Surely it’s a simple Ques tion. Jock has left tin's part,’ ho said, turning to me. 'He had a good offer to be head-shepherd to Colonel Campbell, beyond the Ben yonder, and closed with it. But he is to como and see us next Sabbath, and stay over Christmas.’ ! ‘ Pleasant weather for a walk over the I mountains; I should like to bo his com panibn,’ said I. ‘l-’lcaannt endw if it does no snaw, said James, ‘ls (Ito mountain ever impassable?’ 'Well, Jock would find his way as weel as most. He kens every foot of the way, Jock does. But when it sntuvs hero, it suaws!' Wliy did X not cry ‘absit omen?’ On the next morning the snow thought it polite to give a stranger a taste of what it could do. I never saw it so dense; 10 air was darkened with the noiseless flakes, which filled it like a coarse grained fog. In the afternoon I wanted to go out in it, and get a little air and exercise; but Robert Mcßean persuaded mo not, declaring that I might lose myself within a hundred yards of the house. That was on Hie Wednesday, and Thursday was just like it; but on that day James went to the village, which was some two miles distant, arid I accompanied him, and so managed to stretch my logs and relievo the tedium of confinement; but the walk proved to me the truth of his father’s remark, for I should never, have found the way by myself, well as X thought X kpew It; and even James had to stop every now and then to take hearings, to be sure time ho was on the right track. When we got back, Mary was standing in the porch, peering in the direction of the mountain. ‘Never mind, Mary; it must be e'ear before Saturday, surely,’ said I. ‘I dina care,’ replied she, ' urning on her heel; but if she spoke the truth, it was strange that she should have paus ed in her household avocations so often that day to gaze iii the same direction, forshe was n glutton for work; and also that the merry laugh that so constantly resounded from-the back kitchen,where she and Jenny carried on cooking and cake making, was stilled. * However,that night the thermometer fell ; Friday morning was clear and bright, and when I came in to the mid day dinner, after a long walk, I heard the two girls trolling out their favorite hymn ; and very pretty music they made, lot mo toll yon, in caso your idea ol old-fashioned by inns should bo taint ed with the experience of a nasal twang. But, unfortunately, the glass rose again as rapidly as it had fallen, and about noon on Saturday a few flakes icamo floating down, and in a little wlfilo it was snowing again os thickly as before, ‘Will Jock come this evening?’ Mary asked her fattier at dinner, anxiety overpowering her basbfulness. ‘ Weel,’ answered the cautious Scot, ‘a much depends upon the weather on the Ither side,’ I followed tiie two men out into the saw mill, where they found supplemen tary work to do during the frost,and put questions dictated by a certain amount of experience in Alpine regions, where to bo overtaken by a snow storm is sometimes a very serious matter. They had no idea of any cause for alarm; if Murchison found any difficulty in mak ing his way ho would go back again, or at any rate And shelter somewhere; the worst that would happen would he his non-arrival,and Mary’s consequent disappointment. So when night came, and no Jock , Murchison, the liitlo household was quite free from excite meat and alarm Hates foi AnvptxraianatTa wul do inserted at Ton cent* per llbe for the first insertion, and Bra cents per lino for, each subsequent Insertion. Dner lorly.hnlf-yoarly, and yearly advertisements m. erted at a liberal reduction on the shove rates. Advertisements' should be accompanied by mo Gash, Wuen sent witbont any length ol time specified for pnbUoatlon.tshey will be oontlnncd until ordered out and onarged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. CAED3, HAKnnmta. OmtjtjDAna, and every oth cr description of Jon and Cabn Printing. , . ' Mary seemed to have made up ,' v ' " ’’d thathe could come, and that t,iat ilo would arrive on the Unn- av ai, ' 1 conversation wont on much 'is'usuol: !uld V” 3 . no ‘ imagi jc to bo in CW degree like that of folks jmldiug the supposition inEng land. The Wcßeans - e ® < J. n ;“ c!l ant J thought more, and I do n ot.believei that there is a cultured man if* the realm who would not have foand.pleasnre and profit in talking with them. The old man, indeed, no longer took part in the conversation; hismmd seemed gen erally wandering in the past, and ho would sit for hours Without a word We were sitting round the .fire after supper, the girls knitting, Robert Mc- Beairrhisßon.-an&myiteu smoking our - pipes over a night cap of-toddy,-When., suddenly I saw something come over old Allan, whofaced mom the opposite, chimney corner. Ho^ grasped both the arms of his chair and sat up erect and stiff; his eyes dilated, nnd appeared to be fixed bn some object over my shoul der with such intensity of gaze that I involuntarily glanced behind me; but there was nothing to be seen. • ■ ‘ I see him I I see hirp I Jock Murch l isou I* he said in a loud whisper, and continued his fixed look for full two minutes, and then gradually relaxed I into a state of torpor. Most certainly I am not superstitious, but I confess that a most indescribable feeling of awe came over me 5 whftt the others* who firmly believed in second-sight, experienced, was evident In their faces. James sat still, pale and aghast. Mary, after a few terrified minutes, burst out sobbing; , and her father soothed her, not by mak ing light of the old man’i vision, but by solemnly reminding her that her lover was in God’s hands, and.no harm could happen to him without ills permis sion. Jenny went into hysterics, hke a , town-bred girl, and altogether X thought it beat to retire; At breakfast, the next morning, the whole party had recover ed their composure, and it .was difficult to say how far the scene of the night before still affected their minds; -bout and solemn enough were they, but that was always their demeanor on the Sa bbath. It was a beautiful day, bright with sunshine and crisp with frost, and the others started for the kirk, while I volunteered to takecaro of old Allan in their absence. It was agoodfour miles to the place of worship, and the service was do short one, so you may imagine that! was startled when James Mcßean rushed in at the end of an hour. ‘Murchison?’ I InvoiunCalyasked. ‘Something musFhave happened to him.’ replied the young man. We met Alec, one of Colonel Campbell’s gillieS, who had come over to see his mother, and ha asked what for Jock was no with lie., TTmatacted two hours before Alec.* A search Ktiu teu »» - J —'-f—* upon, but ns the route led back within a mile of the saw-mill , James bad come at once for a rope, which he presently got and started off again; and as the girls would bo back presently, I went with him, not forgetting my whisky flask . On tie brow of the first and lowest of the p ie of hills, which swell one above the other from the, loch to the summit of tl".' mountain, we found Robert Mac- Beai. -ml the gillie, a sinewy giant in Hiigi and costume, waitim* for us; then on v ■ plodded in silence, the gillie leadit ; the way back along the route he luu. taken the day before. X d always been fond of mountain pedi .nanism,-but this wasaatough a bit 01 walking as I over had. On on we lo '.ed for hours, now sinking waist dee; in a drift, now slipping back where the snow had been melted by the sun, and froze again into a surface of ice, now stumbling over hidden boul ders. What surprised mo moat was the confidence with which the Highlander pursued one path, for I expected that all the inhabitants of the village round would have been called to turn out and search; and once when we stopped a while to take bearings, I made some, such remark. ‘New, new,’be replied, ‘I keu weel where he will have gane wrong;’ and then James explained to , ' ms that a stranger might he any where , oa the mountain, but that one so con- ! versant with the ground as the man we were searching for would have turned up by morning if he had not wandered I into one particular part. At about three o’clock in the afternoon we turned the v corner of a rock toward which we had ;; been descending at a sharp incline; and : the sudden Vaution to take care, utter ed by the gillie, was not superfluous, ■■ for we were on the edge of one of the - ’ most treacherous precipices imagiable— a deep basin, into which a mountain stream, now ice bound, was cutting a ; ravine, and the face of which was, on •! • ) the side we stood, perfectly perpendicu lar, Its-brink was marked by the soil, ■ ; which, bound together and pushed for ward.by the roots and shrubs, protrud- - ed over the sheer rock which formed the substratum; and beyond this dan- | ' gerous lip, a coping of show firm to < i tiie eye" as marble, but hardly equal , , to the weight of a bird, formed a still move fatal snare. Tiie sudden changes ■ of temperature, had fringed this coping j . with icicles; and where the stream had ' ! been arrested in, its plunge into the abyss, these were or enormous size,, ' causing the glen to bear the appearance , of a stalacito cavern laid open to the light of the sun. Proping the snow • with our sticks, and' clinging to the trees, we got close to the brink, and saw : that the opposite face, which" was crowned with a little clump of fir-trees, j-.'il was less precipitous, the sides sloping : ,1 at sharp angle to the frozen pool at the < . bottom. - Si On n large flat slap of a rock just -,!; above the ice lay the figure of a man i ; extended oa his back, one arm stretch- {.: ed out, and a shepherd's crook, the ~,.r Highland alpenstock, lying near him. r' ; ‘ls he alive ?’ I involuntarily cried. Robert Macßaan shook his Lead des- v vl pondentiy. i' ‘Nae: the nuld mon sawhiml’ said ■'>!• lie; ‘but we must uso a’ human means. '•= How to got to him puzzles me; it will take and hour to gae round.' 5 Alec settled this matter without best- ■’'ro tation; taking the rope from James, he - made directly for a spot beneath which •;; a tree had pushed its way literally be-, twin-a the strata of the rock, and slip-, 'j ding down to this, he fastened one end; j to a bough and cropped the other, ) which reached the ground. He slid to v tho bottom inn second; Robert Mac- Bairn followed him closely; then James, ~ I was more clumsy and longer; so that- , by the timel Joined the party they bad; ' examined and raised the body, which i was that of Jock Murchison. :"1 ‘He’s got his right arm broken, but; s. bo’s alive!’said Alio, and the new ’ took ail the fatigue out of one’s limbs- 1 i There is nothing so exciting as sav-;! ing a life, except, perhops, taking one ■-' It was a rare job to get. him home ■; though the journey was one-third short - ; et than the way we had come, and a) ; I down hill, fortunately; but we manag ..'' ed It between the fourof us: nud the, - : hot blankets, hot bottles, hot todd l ■ rocususcltated him. ' • I Tho next morning a surgeon came an sot his arm, and time and Mary’s nun 1 , ing completed his cure. But he \v» • not on the safe side by Chrlstmair which was hardly a merry day. It wa'. : thoughtless of Jock to recover, and t spoil a good, well-testified instance < second-sight. Tub bravest man In' Tennessee llv ’ at Shelby. After six months of widm; ; hood he married his mother-in-law, at I t] liB he is twenty ycata his senior, 1
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