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• Itirrison's Cons biro Ink.
Wpm . ia a superiorertiele, permanently blaek,
Rod not eorroding. Ike pen, eve be had in any
moodily.~ at the Family hi ediciqe Store, and blacker
ICI man n Makilaill Moot Polish.
Colticablecladell. ISM
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ar blaatlied Muslin% Ticking*, Checks Gingham*
POW isga word, everything pertaining to do.
gosirog se.. Call.and examine for yourselves. at
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Jane 7„1809. cor. dd and Locust Sts.
Zawas, Lawns, Lawn.
LA 011E0 c9ll and seo our beautiful 112,1 cent Lawns,
totc&lora at STFACY & HOWEttcl.
Jilin*. 184 Opposite Odd Fellow. , Hall.
HOOPED SICITtr'S.
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ASP and ePlendid mylsof Hooped Rein., jeo
vereieed; Also. • lull iseoltmept of meet topes,
WRY cheap. . .. MAdaliV 11,40 Ade.,
. - COutdbie. AP41.0.180% . idoeusk Street,
!OR talon,
A CAA‘Prlcir G. A. Salt, 100 Such*
.Ashton
Ashton Salt Ap-
A.VVP ply 14, APPOI.O'S
Warebouoe, Canal Sado.
.00 , /a. Doe. SS. INS.
:mow voR BARGAINS.
haecujaPt fereived another Wu er all.wool Dr.
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Inane, iiiid plaid blosanihique4. which we oder at
iSTINACY & NOW KRA
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VO(1 CUM OP ObTOEUNS.—fet the eon
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uthe )14)1N MORTAR ' D IN Wrf K.
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serraticed privee. RallroOdtneri unit ethefe who r
'evive - tlielY pay monthly, wi..l be allowed croft, If
110.dayi. ' 11. F. Intl.
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SALIM SALT?
111111' eeeelved he the .uteieritker, at their gore •
Loeutt atreet hefotv Seeped.
100 Bap Ground Alum Salt,
hal "el/ be gall) ut the lovvito mnrkel rricex
C. July (.'UI. J. HIJAII'LIt
TOM Thumb About Agniu!
AT Pritiopeo H od Fim.• t,•;
pi. cp„„,..i, 111.. 111111 k he* T.terel , "
temp,. tbre tite'vely be•t. et 111011 Liter.' •••'•
aid exonlitte
L.7''llent Coil Oil at 23 eta., per gating.. it
4:01U11111111. May 17 1111 g I'e A isi.rn.m
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Thip Inot elittliet , for birgoint.
" "lirotrlleiieet Wall raper, cegoe, um, quality. yet 03 Hand, Wadh
see4see ciao.* out as 60 percent. kower llial
;Oplehle . Wholesale Prem. Cull soon Is we roe sett
eir repkll
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reel ender entdituulder limes for flew Irine
Patent Skirt Supporter end Bruce for Ledo...,
Ike ankle diet is 'rented si this time. Conic
pod gooiest' ni:Pernily Medicine Store. Odd Fe:lows'
, : (April 0, IWO
(rook .04 load's liti p oi Crackers, for
Dyapftptica, end Arum I Crackars, for s ia•
va Ids t o eataltan—now arliale• hi Columbia, at
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ri mily Medicine Moro,
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t SPALDIAG'S. PREPAID 11,01. The wad •f
sock en irtiete•ie (env' every himily, and now
t ems be supplied; Ito mending (minium, chine.
ware s ornemental work, toys. *o., there is. noshing
impeder. We have found it useful in repairing many
@missies which have been useless for month". Ye
Janathiu it at the
lii.eanA 3 FMILY hINDIOINIt wroRE _
POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES.
AAGAHM lot of Fine and Common Porker Books
and Parsee, at from 18 cents to two doltnro each.
He idquartere and News Depot.
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Colosobat
Alva nu m AJILRZVAXs.
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Open. of Columbia and :0114, that It la
NOW READY FOR INdPECTION,
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est Received
~te~•
Impatience.
•
Oui Mb le !Pent on liitle
'ill link carve our hearts ore drowned;
a move, with heevrleden
In the SUMO narrow round.
We %mote on wars and petty WOO,
And squander in a thousand ways,
The fire th It should have been the lite
And power of after days.
We tolt to make on outward show,
. And only now and then reveal.
How tar the under currents (low. I
Wall we think and feel.
Alining in eaves ofaneleat len t .
Unweavirtg endless webs of thought,
"Wedowhathes been done before,
And le we come to naught,
The spirit longs for wider !cop.,
Ind room to let its fotentabis play,
Ere it has lost its Love and Hope,—
TarAMI doWn or worn away.
I wander by the eloilter wall,
10111141 y hutting to be tree,
And 2 thraugh the twilight, valets tall
From Mountain and from sea.
Forgive me if I feel oppressed
fay elfsiem, fordo(' all end inn;
My soul spring* upward seeking Rest,
And cries for Liberty.
An Apple estkirlng.
I plucked pink blossoms from mine apple.treo
And wore them all that evening an my heir:
Then In duo season when I went to see
I found no apples there.
With dangling basket all along the grass
A. I had come I went the self•ame track:
My neighbors mocked me while they saw me pass
ho empty handed back.
Lilian and Lida. smiled is trudging by,
Their heaped•up basket teased me like a Jeer ,
Sereet-voived they swag beneath thermoset sky,
Their mother , . home wee neat.
Plaine Gertrude pissed me with her basket full,
- . Aelronger head than hers helped It along;
A voice talked with her through the sithdows cool
More swamp rty atm, rot
Ali Willie, Willie, was my love less worth
Then tipples with their green leaves piled above!
muted (Wert ripples on the earth
'Ol for less worth than love.
So mow it wm with me you flooPed to .1k
Laughing and !Welting in thieyery lane:
To thinkiltai liy Qs way we mad w walk
We *ball not walk again:
I let my neighbor's pigs me. oneehtnd tabs •
And groups; the laie•t raid the nights grew chill
And hastened: but I loitered. while the dews
no fast I loitered still.
Plectionc '
Cherry's Christmas Tree.
It was the week before Christmas, and old
Joe Bunting wog bnlancing the books of Bon.
nom 4:*Brothers, for the preceding seven days.
Old Joo was the ancient clork—slow and
steady—of the firm; and now as he raised his
grey head from the ledger and looked forth
into the inow•elad streets, where the wind
was whittling, old Joe might very well have
dinilirliglninr ** """""
A ..thitchlatiAii AdAis Zsiossiger.--014i Joe
sighed and turned round. The mild fees of
Borinom etrelooking over high I melan
choly snails on the lips
01 is the last time, Jae," he said,. tithe news
today has decided everything. On the iiist
0 • OP
on say it, r. onnom! 4on't fkay RV*
said.oftFinerietth aitemttiffs ttiteo,Ohl"dab
blng his bald forehead as he spoke, with his
handkerchief, "don't say that Borman &
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"It is even wtspay , Iniikthe good merchant
with a despairing sigh s a•we Po no ponibllity
of resuming. The failure. in Europe have
hopelessly involved usso that—that"—
"yo that?" repeated old Joe with tremulous
anxiety. tr . ;
“filo that on the first of January the name of
Donnom, which for fifty years bas never been
questioned—the name of Bonnom will be dis.
honored!"
The 4 41 '. , Pl u f b ktild POO lipon his
elespeO, bonds as he spoke, Hit them
'the desk he was the very pietist* of dirissii. •
, IDontt don't?" cried Old Joe, pinoinfhis
trembling band On the sttoelOer of his fr eat',
ection't 'do that, sift ttan't giro up? It is not so
bad?"
linata! ruip!" muttered the , merchant.
, !Vo, nal not ruin! see •hetersir! 1-1.-yeu
me Lakes meted • t
And with unsteady Mhos old Joe took from
hie s pocket book of discolorsd isaiber,
from which bacdrest a dollen certificates of
Ismail deposits its a seighbering bank. • .$
ittyith these," he saffkurriediy, itatidighai
t b*f ed cogi!"o4e''TiVidlisl l ±Pt.ti ganho%ol
- we,ms7 woather the Mom Take it.
It ,was made •in your setv,ice— honesty
not a.dirty shilling in it, iirl"
And old Joe thrust into the merchant's lumd
41Weettitkatat. Thin hastily takini a Aknit
cheek, he was about to All it, when he telt Mr.
Bonnom's hand upon his arm.
.4
flo, t my old friend," said the merejkant,
sigbiog deeply, but speaking In a tone of res
ignattoo‘'''.oPlol. that is not'oor way of doing
business. If we fail, at , we wilt, it r aha f p
honestly—alone—wail! notAirog dt.n.ginr
friends, much more an hones...en tike *At—
thiieglisliat•f*ity Ins iittle for to nohlii a hVart,
to ) 4 e01 4t k i#,4 ,o ?R *l!.if the . b thi g o f
%Pk Ilia Ow) , gwYnr to
now coftekiklioinit we-gidept itlientove
of the hones—kept faith! . 1 4, hiih .00• 11 jt
'RAM! fe l . t a„ 1 0 1. 6 nO v h*
ie replirtAksi‘emwth.seisx thealre.if
= '4 ollll fflor4ogiosaing teAldiv p.a.* eannt-1
.
iY tkr u gerdliiikeefinura HOW' 0, 1 1
and took forth a bag of sikem m ~.7 I •
At his senippga u ghailgomilioneoure,
taeriveristk limalielthOlipposlll vtiroouse
.‘1 ,Ytt /-1. .to•sairt of
,C ALIA ,sick' A
mime, cape in hand, to receive their week's
salary. Mr. nonnorn paid them all duly, with
a kind word for each, rind then turned to his
desk. 'Hut they did not go.
"What ate you Waiting for, my• friends?"
naked the merchant.
filf you please, sir," said the foremost ofihe
party, ecwe would like to leave this money in
your AppAi r eb?'.! . , „ •
AnFtlteiftilker ttirneti to hi( erithfoldons,
who uttered a murmur if assent.
fiLeave it in my hands?" said Mr. Bonnom,
with surprise.
"Just so, sir," was the reply; "we hear tell
bow times are hard, and things looking bad
fbr the house. Now, we don't want our mo
ney—eh? do you there?"
The 'same assenting murmur.
"And awthat goes to say that you cm keep
it, Mr. Bonnom," continued •the speaker,
til easter times."
The merchant, gazed for a moment at the
rough, honest feces, with an emotion which he
amid Jut suppress..
"Thanks, thanks!" ho uid at length with
much feeling; "thanks, my kind friends, you
are truly my ',lends! This proof of your con
fidence is deeply grateful. But I cannot ac
cept your offer. Indeed such a small sum
would not aid me. None the less do I thank
you from my heart!"
The employees retired upon this, without
further urging—for they were accustomed to
respect their patron's slightest wishes.
The merchant followed them with hie eyes,
until they disappeared. Then raising his eyes
to Heavens
=2
"Father," he said in a low voice, 'thou
hot given me riches, far more than 1 deserved
--but thou bast given me more—the love of
these honest hearts—their confidence and sym
pathy. Let wind and storm come then, if thou
dolt will it. Teach me to bow my bead and
trtiot in thee!"
tikt Joe had no sooner been released from
hit ditties at the desk, than hurriedly putting
On his hat, he hastened to a neighboring broker
and estayed by means of lilt certiticites Of de-
posits, to obtain the money which,he wished
to place at Mr. Bonnom's disposal.
Fir reply, the broker placed in his hands
the. evening paper. There, in the last column,
made up as the journal was going to pressjhe
sew the announeement of the failure , of the
bank in which bis savingtwere deposited.
Old Joe looked at the paper for a moment in
perfect bewilderment—,-tbea handing it ,back
to the broker, calmly left the place. A pro.
found despair had at once fallen upon him--be
lielded to his fate—with no more strength to
struggle against this double misfortune, he
bowed his head, and with feeble steps took his
way towards his small house in a remote part
et the city. He had come within a square of
the humble door, his eyes still moodily fixed
upon the ground, all covered with snow, when
suddenly an arm was passed through his own
—two rosy lips primed his cheek, and the
cheeriest little voice in the world said, close
at his cart-
—G4lin Markd.
“llidn't you sect me coming, father, dear?”
"No, darling, I' was khinking,", pplied the
old man,llclierne t iitiOiwine l 'Aat my little
Cherry been?"
Someihing like a gleam of his old 'sunshine
came to the ancient boolOceeper's countenance
an he spoke; and indeed it , seemed scarcely
•possible to gm upon the bright face at his
side, without hope and happiness. It was• the
fees of a girl of about seventeen—very minute
in etature, and having about her the queerest
little housewifely air that anybody could pop
sihly imagine. A pair of rosy cheeks, two
povting smiling lips, a neat cozy little dress--
these were the drat traits which attracted your
attention in Ohirry Bunting. But as you
genet the in*Citnentanti goodness greW
upon you—ber merry liftle'face 'tilled you with
pleasure; you required but one more look to
discover that this young woman was one el
those household blessings which communicate
to the atmosphere at home its,indefinable at.
t raction.
Cherry Bunting passed her arm quite through
her father's, leaned her bead upon his shoulder,
and thep commenced a merry prattle which
continued until they entered their home.
Good mother Bunting, and the little "Bunt
ings, half 'a
dozen in number, received them
with noisy pleasure, and from his place ilk the
chlinney corner, where he sal serenely amok.
pipe, old gray haired uncle Israel seat
forth a smiling welconie.'
The old book•keeper sat down before the
Ike, and rubbed his knees, and gazed iediy
around on the little circle, very disconsolate
as he thought of his misfortune% The announce
merit of the state of things caused general nli
rodent slid for a •timo.a terrible silence reign
ed, unbroken even by the young Buotings,
whose minds were filled with an awful Ibre.
boding of approaching starvation.
nib siktato insiridott ttj cherry.
She nestled close to Isor,bspter, looked up into
his face, aO5l s, id o
4 6,1 t .is not so bad, papa dear; we have each
other itill, and God will watch over us."
As Cherry ••spdte, ,
she drent 'the' drooping
form toward her, peered I soft • arm around the
old Man's neek, itid'the F rirbead resteiliipcin
the soil bbiorn epintly. "
rsVes, yea,” said the old man, sohlreareas.
lug the 'kV* hair and'-siglunts . -I•YeS, yea
daughter, we' Will trust iiv Him. .4 aim amold
man, add I have aultered%mesh; but *seer law
I the day in 'which the Isord•did eliecor
dice • , . ssf s
The thought seemed to give that: man
i etioseige: f lle i reieed ipis hesd,ant4bo fp*. was
rip longer gleery, yho (#I.4I, II APA nIor,IIIVI
uncle Israel smoked anctdreamed in his earner,
the young
,Buntinga resumed their play ' and
Mother Ontitina buitled'atiait . te get eappir..
' 'Oberrf sit other listlier'sithee, oilid aeldter
head:urea Ids %Weise tad smiled. .1 vi
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"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1863
tho regularity of clock-work; and silently sal•
uting the establishment, went to his task.
Soon Mr. Bonnom came to his desk, and
shook hands, and spoke with great feeling of
the failure of the bank.
"It is no 'matter," said old Joe, whose own
Misfbrtune dwindled to nothing In comparison
with the peril impending over his employer;
"it is nothing, Mr. Bonnom ; you might have
had it all—but the Lord's will be done—l
cannot assist you now. Any letters, sir,—
Any resources corns, sir, by last night's mail?"
"Nothing, nothing," replied the old mer
chant with a sigh far more painful than before.
s , Thare's no other misfortune, is there, sir?"
said the old clerk; "you look pale this morning
and—"
"Yes, yes, more still," returned the mer
chant; "you remember Charles—of course you
do—my son. You know be went, two years
eince, to live with Van Zandt & Company, of
Amsterdam."
"Yes, yes sir; What of him—not—not—he is
not dead!"
""No heaven he thanked, that last pang is
spared me. But he has very much distressed
me. I have had news of him, my good old
friend. I wrote a month since annnoneing our
situation, and saying that his mother would be
strengthened in the present crisis, if her son
was by her."
"Yes, yes, sir."
4/ Well, Messrs. Van Zandt reply that Charles
left them nearly a year ago, and has not com
municated with them since. Letters announ
cing the filet must have in some way mi..
carried. Yes, he has loft them, he has doubt.
less taken to evil courses, it may be, is dead
Unhappy ! unhappy ! all that I touch seems to
turn out unfortunate."
And the old merchant gazed with sad ab
straction, and knit his brows, upon the letter
which he held in his hand.
am more unfortunate still, sir," said oh!
Joe in a low voice. "1 bad • son, but have
one no longer! You knew him, sir; you knew
my Edmund!" he went on in a wistful voice,
and "paint sorrowfully at his companion,
"you know what a tine boy he was—so hand
some, so bold, so spirited ! He ran away, you
know s .ind Went before the mast in a whaler.
In a year came the intelligence that this ship,
with nearly all her crew, was lost I My poor
Edmund! Your loss brings my own back to
me ; we are truly a pair of unfortunate
fathers, sir I"
And old Joe turned away his head to hide
his emotioh. Tho ok merchant pressed his
hand, uttered a deep sigh, and slowly returned
to his counting.room.
The week which now passed slowly was
spent in untiring eflf •rts on the part of Bonnom
& Brothers to collect their resources. Crip
pled by the failure of foreign houses with
whom they dealt, they were compelled for the
first time to test their credit; and the result
warn not encouraging. They made trial of
many so-called friends, who had a thousand
times proffered their assistanee, when the
great house was flourishing—but, for some
roam3n, these Mends now bec, me oblivious,
and extremely cold. They regretted exceed
iogly that just at that time they were not in
the situation to respond to the call upon them;
it really caused them very great regret, but
they coin(' not act as they would wish; the
times were so very hard, money so exceeding
ly tight, so tight that they could not go on
paper; such were the replies of Mr. Bonnom's
numerous sunshihe friends. Others, however,
who had never made any protestations, came
nobly to the assistance of their neighbors in
misfortune, and thus by an immense Wart, the
house succeeded in making all payments up
to the end of the week preceding Christmas.
As Mr. Bonnom locked his safe, and put on his
hat to return home at night, he uttered a sigh,
such as might have escaped from the lips of a
Ceptain, who bad carried his vessel safely
through, a violent storm.
He took the old book-keeper►s arm, end
conversing upon the affairs of the firm, they
slowly took their way •through the snow-clad
streets. The respect of all went with them,
and many were the low salutes which the
honest merchant and his faithful clerk received,
as they pissed along. This at least would re
main, whatever misfortunes descended I—if
utter ruin camel—the public admiration and
respect for a probity, which bad never been
celled In question.
the end'of the week-the calm
Babbatka.tlloPbrlitinas elle, Side* side in
the sante , ciltreh; the old mirchant and his
book-keeper ofered uplbeir prayer.; and when
of, issued forth said took their way home.
Ward; peace had descended on their hearts.
Chorry hung on her old father's arm, and
smiled as brightly as the happy evening. And
as she went on, proud and happy, by her good
father's side, she still kept her hand ugion his
breast, and looking into the mild old face,
seemed happier than any queen of any king.
clop ujon esith I
On Christmas ;Forbin. Cherry Bunting
scorned to throw off with the shadows of the
night, every trate of anxiety and sorrow.—
• Wlen *be kissed her father in the breakfast
,ropm,,and caught bias with a merry 06Christ-
Tacgift I" she seemed the very picture of
mirth and Joy.
The, old man sighed.
"Alm, little lady bird," be said, forcing a
smile, have nothing to ova you—no presents
—no. little thins such as I have always
purchased I That makes me saddest of all."
And, MOM, t h e old book•keepor was vary
sorrowful•looking. But this sorrow was not
redacted in Cherry Bunting's (ace. That
ccmintim . locedlaWed with bOPlgneehand
putting be: arm around her fetbur's neck, she
whispered;
'Wye et a Christina; silt,tbe yea, father
dear f" •
4lfave:yo4l Ahl now you have ;Int and
intlfoil youtlifdi Angetptp the boo. to, our
;iivigela ::t diii , f jiittidrottry,i. . ;.:
, '"
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"No, indeed, I've done nothing of the sort,"
said Cherry, with a rush of joyful laughter
which nearly smothered her words. 441 have
been very undutiful this Christmas, papa, and
have worked very little for you. But i have
a nice Christmas gift, notwithstanding."
And Cherry seemed bursting to reveal her
secret. She restrained herself, however, and
to the old clerk's smiling question, replied
simply that "he would see what she had for
him."—The colloquy was interupted by the
appearance of mother Bunting
,and her dock,
behind whom eerie Uncle Ipreel, smiling.
When old Joe put on his bat to go to market,
Cherry put on her bonnet tuo—and when they
returned, the girl carried In her antis a small
cedar tree, without which she declared,
"Christmas would not beEat all like Chiist.
mac"
All that morning, she and Uncle Israel, her
prime friend and playmate, labored to decotate
the cedar tree, with repeated injunctions on the
youthful Buntings to go and play in the snow,
and not interupt them; and as evening drew on,
and dinner was sot, the magical tree appeared
in all its glory, on the side• board, decked with
paper baskets and tapers, and presents—of all
which Cherry Bunting was the inventor and
architect.
At the well covered table, for whose whole,
some food old Joe first returned with devout
humility his thanks, at the table, with its
great roasted turkey, cud great round of beef,
and flanking fowls, and crowding sids•dishes,
the young Buntings took their seats, chirping
liko a Aock of birds let loose, and calling the
attention of each other to the splendid banquet.
When 411 had taken their seats, onechair was
still vacant.
"There's one seat too many," said old Joe,
as he commenced carving the turkey.
"I set it there, brother," said Uncle Israel
tranquilly.
“For whom, brother Israel 1” asked Joe,
'shave you invited any friends I"
"No brother," was uncle Israel's reply,
""but I thought of the absent—of-our Edmund!"
The old bookkeeper heavetfa deep sigh, and
for a moment his knife played idly upon his
plate, as be gated wistfully.lat (Incl. Israel.
"Will yen bare it 'entered, brother 1" sold
Uncle lintel. gilt it gives you pain, 1 will
take it away.
41 So no, brother—no, let it remain, and We
will think Edmund sits there still."
When the first pang had passed, it seemed a
sort of satisfaction to old Joe to gaze at she
vacant chair, and to think of his son as pres
ent with them there, sharing their happiness.
And when the dessert came on, and the. wine
was set, the old man looked more than once
toward the vacant seat, as helouchod his lips
with his glass.
"Why we are forgetting our tree I" cried
Cherry, laughing with a ringing music, like
the chime of silver belief' "we're really losing
sight of our tree, uncle dear t Did anybody
ever!"
And not waiting for "anybody" to reply,
Chet ry started from her seat; and assisted by
Uncle Israel, bore the cedar tree, secure in
its box, ell covered with the evergreens, to the
centre of the table.
The night descended gradually as the tapirs
of the tree were lit ; and then as the magical
spectacle of many colored paper baskets, candy
cornucopias, and presents of needlework, and
books, and garlands, flashed forth in .the light
of the bright tapers—as the splendid Christ.
mas tree burst on the eyes of one and all—the
young Buntings suppressed a cheer, and the
youngest Bunting of all, in a pinafore, made a
reckless and desperate attempt to 'climb upon
the board, and carry it at the point of his
baby.spoon
loblo, Pet!" eried awry, await 119 sister
gives yon yours. And first, Uncle Isreel's
going to tell us all a story. (ether dears a
beautiful story, which. he knows) Will you
listen, too, mamma?"
The proposition was greeted by the youthful
assemblage with immense applause; and im.
mediately all eyes were turned upon Uncle
Israel, in whom were for the moment centred
the hopes and expectations of the Bunting
family. They did not look at Cherry, or they
might have been astonished at the dazzling ex
pression of her countenance: that countenance
fairly shone with a joy almost indescribable.
Uncle Israel teemed to feel the responsibil•
ily that was cast upon hin: he meditated for
a moment, eluding dreamily, as be thummed
upon the tablet then he sighed and smiled, and
thus commenced:
1 4The talo which 1 am going to relate, my
dear young friends, I must first inform you is
strictly true. It was written down by the
King of the Genii--caught up in the beak of a
great bird called a roc—and the Prince Came
rainman, having been shipwrecked on a desert
island, where the bird came to feed.--he killed
the roc, and the story bas been in the palace or
Bagdad, where the Prince lived ever since!'•
To describe the astounded interest of Pet at
this commencement would be a fruitless at.
tempt. gill eyes resembled two seurcers—bis
mouth slowly opened to its utmost width, and
in the excess of his attention be very nearly
swallowed the baby•spoou, with which he bed
assaulted the . Christmas tree. No one looked
at (:berry: with one band shading ber eyes
from the tapers, and the other placed as before
upon her breast, she did not for a mcment take
her eyes from Uncle Israel's face, except
when they were turned furtively nixin her
father.
"Having told you how the story Came to be
known," continued Uncle Israel, 441 will pro.
coed to relate It. There once Hied in the city
of Stead, an oldimerehast, W.liosar Came *as
&Tithe, witch bola' translated, is eloodrnan.
He had a clerk, whose 'name wee Abou-bcr.
bunting—not unlike the ~ liaise Of 'Our 'own
familyr and frifa tong eirced 6 the gobd
enerchantaskilase, *Ude Carbide Mid eeravins
brouild to Hieldedl eitiverfiashroorfebellel..
Abou4rer.biostjoglired hoPpycand seepectell,
kis dhOpintltinep halm ithet
until one day he williktfillinedatlßVllla
i 4
MI
von had been overwhelmed in the sands of the
desert, and hie employer would, in a few days,
be compelled to strew dust upon his head, and
wander through the streets of Bagdad, crying
'Bodine the merchant—Barilute is ruined !'
—This happened just before the griat festivity
of Ake year, which comes on the twenty-fifth
day of the month of snows—and the good
Abou—ber—bunting returned home sighing, and
thinking of the misfortune of hie patron. He
bad another misfortune of hie own, but still I
greater suffering had been hie, a year or two
before. His son had gone away to sea, and
been drowned, they all supposed. These
things made the good. Abou sad, and when be
returned to his home on the twenty-fifth day
of the month of snows to bold the festivity of
the Cedar Tree, his heart was very sad and
heavy, and he said, 'Abou•ber•bunting . is a
miserable man—and there is no man more
miserable!' As Abou thus spake, his daughter,
Paribanon, which being tianslited, signifies the
fruit of the cherry tree—his 'daughter said to
him: 'Oh, Atha:. I Oh, Abou-ber-bunting, do
not despair ! Behold the feast is set, and the
holy Cedar Tree is in the middle of the board,
and the taperkthereon are shining like stars,
and many gifts hang from the boughs!"
"Why, it's like our tree!" cried Pet, nearly
swollowing his spoon.
"But Abou•ber bunting replied," continued
Uncle Waal, without pausing, "Abou replied:
'Truly, daughter, thy Cedar Tree shines; and
the gifts thereon shine, but there is no gift
for me.' 'There is a gift for our father,'
answered Paribanon, or Cherry-fr uit; t here is
a package with his name on it, brought from
a distant land.'"
They did not look at Cherry, who was
trembling, and whose band scarcely possessed
strength to draw a letter from her bosom.
"And Abou said, 'where is it 1' continued
Uncle Israel t "to which words tl a fruit of
the cherry tree replied, 'Father, it is hero!—
See, I take it from the boughs of the holy tree
and place it in your hand!'
Cherry rose to fsdbil her portion of the cere
mony, but her strength failed her. With a
burst of tears and laughter, she threw her arm
around her father's neck and gave him 44
open letter.
l'he'old man took it with a wonderful look)
and road a few lines, then - his cheek grew
rale, the letter ,fell from hie .band, and ,he
would hava faluted, bad attt:Qtyle ,lsroel and
Cherry came speedily , to his pssie,ance l
few drop of wine revived Ilia' ; and
, then
sabtlini like's child, he leaned his head on
Cherry's shoulder.
Such was old Joe Bunting . , rieeptioh of the
letter froth his long loft' eon.' 'lt'' said that
he was not deadthat 'We had iraiertid the
Indian Ocean, and hi coning'' , with"
Bonnom, returned to the western edalit 01
America, thence from the golden land, be
wrote of his safety—to'cherrp, for (ear of
shocking the old mat-:-kierhaps he Might be
with them at Christmair..
The letter was scarcely finished, when Pet
ran behind his mother's apron, and uttered an
applies scream.
At !be door stood a tall, elegant-looking
young.man, with a ferocious beard; and behind
him, smother of smaller state'', and light
haired, it sight of whom Cherry's cheeks
turned the color .Of f.• crimson sunset, lot
Charles Belmont and herself had 'Aired each
other---nay, loved each other now, with the
fondest alfeetiou.
In an instantEdniund was. in his mother's
arts, then presiedito his father's heart; then
Cherry With one bound 'lay upon his bosom,
and horst into hippy mac... The young Bun
ting, bad by this time come to understaml 6the
state of things; and having wort* greeted
Uncle lira* Ednquoiksurrendored himself. to
those ansnilants. Their ijoyqua t „sip•
roar, was absolutely 0.104)141r, AO, Irttlo
especially, did not rest until hp itaq.cpcitoiPP
the back of a chair, perched hiteself. e tjufdle
A his
,brother'i, shouldr , r 4 and w , uy,ing,b,,!,s
baby spoon in triumph, tittered burr'pli which
Ailed the room with lauifiter. -
Charles Bonnom was,' cordially '`reciiked,
and, gathered roudd MO blitzing Ilie;the fdritilY
Ileteneditilently to this usdiailtit'qf the 'ABB,
—living over with him, in his and lite
t ureentre uttoratch, the ',Celled l altd adventurers
tbrough•whieb he' hidipaseed.' Bill&rickod
on a whaling • coyish, in 7 i Pot Ili, he Ban
(inured as Ai was slating;We- freebie t ski a
spar, and clinging .to..thseleatl oimberi bad
palmed two doye asil,nighlitopillso
wet end without food, iise airtnglb grailtally
11.weS on 4 1 5Y,F witen,J Jibs
powers were leaving him ktuit,.,he ..ilrecrted
sail; andby good lortuneethel riap, bop AL".
Ow was taken oq :board, t!!!!it'vd 'PO I tY 3 ut
moit kindness, and carried to,Cbitus, wi lt s° Iss
lived for some months; then the trade m poodel
wood, attracted him to thqisfand of Sumatra;
he had realized ututda forums for, hiaiself in
the business; then he bid sold iveTyilung, and
taken the next ship to/ homr.: Ho' bid Met
Charles Bonnoni, "Diming io the gold regien;
beard his story;persnaded him to iiettad=abd
hero they were at htrusevanll not it' all' delis.
oars of leaving it any more.
This was Edmund Bunting'. narratitei and
we neednot deseritra the joy of the bouddbold
over tbe eon Mit 'teas lost, but new teat found
—once dead; but now alive spin. , Nii.mer.
rier °bristle's laughed 'itself• atray In the
land, tban.tbatiebieb panda in the bumble
mansion, around the bluing re'iof Joe Bunt.
log. .1 a
Mother and father, and children, were Cu.
.premely bippp Uncle boreal serenely smoked
hie pipe and.plemed himself on the elegance.
of his Oriental tele. Cherry', head lay upon.
bet brother's breast, as she. watched lb. lest
glimmering ollbe cedar I•Priet thinking that. 1
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once more with joy and cloudless happiness.
This is the end of Cherry Buntingit tilllt.
mils tree; but It is possible that what- AT
beret the family and the good nierebiair .
not be uninteresting.
oven sissiietie Edtitaitil
entire -gains ih the Esst at' Boahoatit
--and with &astatine., Ifee
strain upon it, and weather's, the IifiMMOMISe
Edmund became partner w boa his helm .t
tired from his post at the •elirkPa" , llealiavando
Charles, now a steady wersitiat, was assesis
ted with him. ,
Two years before, litHeVliter4111•11111
41.11
given her hind to her faitbfuf ,
And so endi our chronicle:'" /4 ' Ifill
Otutous Vestiges in tke
The boatmen on the Sviissigkeisirkftfillfild
igeting close to the shore, bed.freas. ,
memorial observed in various places, under
the calm transparent water, the Leads of num
tittles. wooden stakes just protrudincliwgegls
the deposit of soft silt whielt is. 11111 1 11•11114 V
found at the bottom. Here and them limo
with these, large blocks of wood were MOW *
stag horns of great size, bones and fragment.
of pottery. There still lived a tradi,teinpl be
lief that these were the remains of .41 1 lrelltRIPla
occupied by people of ancient tirelos,floll,4.l,
on the lakes in order to shelter thessellbee
from wild beasts. And yet centery iftrjr cci.
tury elapsed, and no one bad the cuiloeiti to
look closer into these scattered fragments of a
forgotten world, until the season bad 191 Red,
for the final discovery.
But it so happened that in 1851 and 18:4 Is
eriod of unusual dryness set in. 1:11!! idgher
ountains did not receive their usuai WOliito
f winter snow, and the lakes, sein4ll"Kßity,
he glacier streams, fell far below thcirisitti
isry level. In the lake of Zurich, the . lowest
evcl hitherto marked on the soYEalliegilitaid
.(Stafa," had been attained in tet(t. '10164
he water was a foot lower: hilt 111111111 bey
e twain Ober Mellon end Milton; thitinbititla
ants took advantage of the teenakiort "Willi+
crease their gardens, by building a wall along
he new low' water line, 'and 'filliig thr ;this
pace thus acquired With earth' iSbtoikedltrr
dredging the lake. During .1 Hs "dpeeittlits, 4140
Muni greet numbers of pile" . of dimr•hishil4
Mr also sons. implements" the sttoetian
of Dr. F. Koller, of Zositchy wsrenNed`tcrrilmi
dittovarys and the sesultioltio.immatientknlllo
(iesseibsd by him in, tbroadnonsoinspsabsetint
'
the itigityeeristE getinippi &Wail, . in. MIA 1 6
/0,1 11 4 IMO .) ilitUcestablishtht pt Pace.
of a submerged i•laktgObegißttn i i i ki e lprbpf
he Lake of Zurich. This
_discovery was
rapidly (ollowe , d ky .cilia". S, If, Fail 91^.
dance, 9 q net '3 , i lt 4 f b i l lihie nne ?
4
z erniiach, and,in many emit er, , npr i n E y ,
.fisitilek, ttonsitiedpreLuisiel,Y similar ea
''aiii beettintlea:` thil 'seen, isfifitsl, - gro
o multiply in the note-booke of iretieW's
ids with almost inconvenient raptaltyr. 42 9l4o
ear. ago twenty-six such village siitiiiii‘l
!ready been traced and deseribed ih t tiiellik4;
.f Neufchatel steno, twenty-four ' liCtibati sat
erten, sixteen WI diet oirobefatietiOiAL*bl
analit tell bow many mere the WWI WOW*
'minify, in linnlttid.by 'slisainlyktilyttlfvetbitif
disintoarod.• Andehisismillost 4titinnalgunditit
'issts.snonsirethfnewibbirmisbbielempelessaii
nil U 467411 . ameoldbiedidsiblel Akro*
our•thosonet&of iiiiiikhrivi4ll,4 2 l4l4hANNlß
Is* , 040 loititiLY ebretWO l l l 44l4tbikAolosol:
sufehatt,..ey.Wie are stji t k vsgr A jnia IR.
Mc. T roy on , "fro m. hVii/ 0 11',ftlfelffft Of
glifit ilaboN*4l" film siltdif,lo44ttgegth.
. 04' OP va4kicat i APi e rNintstniter• MI
'Os tecne, "mm 14 , 190,001 sOlirt Qom.
of tints 'a
r !# II P .4 " b M L i rl in ,t e llriAl
. o . in, Ity m t i b i lt r e tl4sc A rs! pfl ii iv . *
a nc,, , ,ia populkfrap whia Nip t UM„lrie
ins of Bites ufaibr;r ll4 ` .' 1, •I'
. . apotaeliniva4 dales cpalle
~, , , , ,
' 'k i n I
; fist iiiebintars•oritgblill: l tiler i kel.
edited had to retire step by otopbefaro t tirlM
opulstion, which same to robe spa lb.
tart 4ietiot ores** grodpie ia ialkaaliso
. oriletheatrAstirtioi bepesilbollilk
. ! , Fires.iisbeirl 4lnsiielyinbparliersolike
diettlisautimbewirek/14•14 tidelalAindb* ,
e sediseenot dprioselbsailebletibitgailiblilli
us. wits WI yokboti adoissailiiiiimpUmit
!anent: byi !kg Wet tett Ibetiebbstfatellitilleac.
IPA 00.011.0041111Weissill 116q1411W,
Iltittf4 "IMO' Nrs*Rllll,ll.ll4lll IN iiPiNisilik' 1
PilkrwNit.Plittl;fPniini-unfam lAr IN
.b i d le pwwlio Vril l bd t llSlliiia
thPre i !! , *te rg o,Fnet,C4A t tOti n filr
O,TP!"I47 IInd ' f ur ,ITTalitil'i,diVßA
d erka
,a,
the trophies of the chase which er' e
itutellinss, nwe ;tie ~,tlers of huie_s s s,lisr
skini. the iiiihes of wild boat's, illtl" ei e
of wild bulls. The foiwltgivelitobriellmnsampt
primitive, kind.* 4 1 ,0111Aritersele tt ai
and straw beeped upon the Ow l . eel e
purpose of bids.' On tiiiiiiliertli;_l4 in
the• middle of the *Genii sis,olMilid Ildspidigar
aq of this family. , • - • -'f •• 1 tri t,e,c
Tkeearthenware rassols wipe
some Corner. The &Mit int viv
)bung from• the roof. Theo* Wahl'
.abeitsrs4 thousands of I.4lll4.soriNimifpo
ber of centuries; but who aril), ever tog 01l
scenes of joy and grief which Ihsty'lvito Wit
nessed l • • . " . ••'• a 4. 11 .
, ,1 • 9 9 9 - ii , 9 4 ! linkn
And now, after enumerating 44' I.!Z
blanches of industry which cbarsoth
life of these lac:string ramie, Pr gikkibe
out of place to remark that the , ift
lb. villa's bad also his plenetireo,WAr e
men's. The stone quoits fiend WOW
resemble those whieb the North Amerce_ l• Is.
diens still employ, ill I hal rirh •
of buntemen must bevy romm • •
handling of weapons, and lir rl I
and dexterity is hitting lbws immilke•l
to javelin, the MVP 'MI ISM tiliiile
on the lake., they int liiksp,
It ill amosemlontlo ligvidllirth
shrt water N _ •
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