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BUSINESS CARDS
lE. Yom. NOB." 2 1 -1,
NORM DU COUNSELLOR AT LAIN
a Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster
Pork counties.
Cola., July 2, 1565.
J. W. 'FISHER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Front Street, between Locust
and Walnut, Columbia, Pa.
let), 10, 'GO.
A. 3. KAUFFMAN,
lITTOKNEY AT LAW.
fIOLLECTIONS Made in Lancaster and
adjoining Counties.
Pensions. Bounty, back pay and all
claims against the government promptly
prosecuted.
Office—Locust Street,botween Front and
cond. _ Dee. i'6l.
B. J. DI LOOP,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSgII9I{ AT LAIV,
ga-Columbitt, Pa. 011ie° in Odd Follows
fall.
,Nov. 10 1804-tf.
SAMUEL EVANS,_
JSTIC.E of the rIMI CE.
CEICE IN ODD BELLOWS' HALL.
COLD AMU. , PA.
:Tune IS, IStl5. ly.
J, Z. I.IOFPV.P.,
PITIST,OFFICE, Front Street next dor
to R. Williams' Drug Store, between
,ocust and Walnut sts, Cola., Pa.
S. C. EREEDITROUT,
L4\.TP. of Reading,, Pa., offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Co
lumbia and vielnity. Office in
Lel< NS' Second. july 14, *66,
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
LOC ILS'T STREE2', CO LU.1173111, P.l.
r i Las is :t tirst class Lrytel, and is in every
1 respect valapted to meet the wishes nod
desires of the traveling public.
J AC() 11 :5. 11 ILT.I It,
Cob. July, 1.1, '65 Prujf'ieto r.
MISIILEI{'S HOTEL,
VA N MISHIMA, Proprietor.
WWI! MAIZ EIET SQUARE,
/ NY A.
Oct. 7th. ly.
GEORGE BOG-LE,
Dealer in
LUMBER 01? ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Also, PLASTERER'S HAIR
Office and IVarehon9e—Front Street bo
tween Locust and Union.
July S, 1805.
DR. A. E. REED,
l‘lotrivrvitr.m, L.4. - scAsTEn. Con>rry.
A SHARE OF PUBLIC PATRONAGE
A
is solicited. Patients entrusted to my
care will receive careful and prompt at
tention.
June 30, tf.'D
Confectionery
A Zit FRUIT OF A.LL KINDS I SEA.-
tlson. Parties and families sn pplicd with
ICE CREASIVE
tyy the freezer, or in. moulds, - with prompt
ness at •
GEO. J. SMITH'S
Adjoining the Franklin House, Locust St
P.& Also a fino assortment of Toys
and fancy articles constantly on band.
July
COLUMBIA FLOUR MILLS,
GEORGE BOG-LE, Proprietor.
WEIR HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID
4. for all kinds of Grain.
'Superfine and Extra Family Flour for
sale, also mill feed of all kinds. Wheat
ground and packed to order
4,- Town and country custom solicited
411137 29th 1865.
SVPPLEE & BROTHER,
Manufacturers of
13401.1_,PalS_
.additia 1 A onfrFoundryand_Maclhine
Week; toe are now prepared to man ufae-
Ire every variety of Boiler and plate iron
ork, •
Fending and Reparing Boilers
Oinpf;ly' attended to. 'l`haniclul for past
vors, we would invite the attention of
u. friends and patrons to this new branch
.'onr businX4s.
jan. 21„65.
SUSQUEZIANArA IRON CO
Manufacturers of all sizps or
fined. & Double Refined
ROUND, SQUARE, FLATS, OVAL,
AND HALF OVAL lito::\.T.
it Axles, Shafting and Horse Shoe Bars.
tzfl. Orclempromptly filled from atoel:
hand or made to order.
, ms, net cash, at 'Manufacturer's prices,
'livered an Cars or Boat.
lee at their IkOLGING
Columbia, Pa.
Sept. 23, 05 ly
TBRAND FAMILY FLOUR at
JACKSON'S.
SUPPLnE 4.e BRO.,
2cl Street, Columbia
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Susquehanna Planing Mill,
ON FRONT ST, AND PENN. RAILROAD
Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa.
mini,' subscriber would respectfully an
nounce to the patrons of his Mill, that
the advanced prices of labor and expences
incident to carrying on the business of his
establishment compels him to charge his
customers an athlinee on former rates, and
takes this method to inform them that the
fbllowing are the prices for work clone at
his Mills:
For working Flooring per At. $4.50
" do Weatherboards " 4.50
" Surfacing one side, per Ai. 2.50
ig do two do do 4.50
" Re-sawing White Pine face
measure, per M. 5.00
do Poplar face meas. do 0.00
" do Ash, Oak Lt, Cherry,
face meas. per li. 8.00
" Ripping 4-4 per line, 10 ft. lA
" do 8-4 do do 3
" do joie° do do 4A
__43•• Lumber hauled to illn - ...i.111.1-id re
turned to Yard without extra charge.
Accounts for working or dressing lumber
will be considered collectable every four
months.
The s übse ribet has on hand an assortment
of ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER,
which is for sale at Market Prices, and so
licits a continuation of public custom.
;JOHN B. BACHMAN'.
Columbia,Minch
A.O CIT)
Tire Original
Travelers' Insurance Company,
Hartford, Connecticut.
Capital all paid m,
Net Cash Assets,
INSURES against Axel dPnts of XI) Kinds
causing Bodily Injury or Loss ofLiic.
IT IS C1173.1.r! IT IS ITN/VIMSALI IT IS rtn
IA ABLE!
SO IIEDIatL E.XII.ItIY.ITIOX REQUIRED?
PoUeics issaedirom One year to Fire years
from $5,00, to it):50,000.
Every information given at the office of
the Agent, F.X. ZEIGLER.
Walnut Street, above Front.
may 19-'66-Gm.
lINSELER'S BITTERS,
Sold only by
J. C. BUC H ER,
Corner of Front and Locust streets,
Columbia. Pa.
may 19,-tf
OF TE R UAL r. Combs
N E
a l t V S
an. 2fl,
J. F. Co'vrriy.i.t. IV. P. Col"ritvr.L.
J. F. COVIVItELL at 'RaoTtivit,
Successors to
.T. IV. COTTRELL, deo'd,
Dealers iu Foreign aZ Domestic
hardware, Ihir Iron, Steel,
tilass, Paints, Oils,Varnishes, Turpentine
Benz
A. large assortment of Parlor, Cook and
and (mice stoves always on hand. Tin
Wore maitulattured to order at shortest,
notice.
‘1 ; 00D AND WILLOW WARE,
in large cptantities and of every variety
Plows, Corn Sltellers, Cutters,
Shovels, Hoes, Forks, lez.kes, &c.
Coarse :and Fine Salt at lowest market
prices.
A large assortmentor Double and Single
barreled thins, Powder Flasks, (;ante
Bags and shot pouches.
1.V.• Blasting Powder, shot and caps.
Highest market prices paid !Cr
Clover, Timothy and Flax seeds, large
eptantities of which we have constantly on
hand and otter at the lowest rates.
Lubricating, Sperm and Fish 01.5, suit
able for machinery. A Fine l+ine aassnrlmeat of
Coal Oil Lamps, Shades. Lanterns, and
Lamp trimmings.
We respectfully solicit a share of public
patronage. Locust Street, Columbia.
Nov. 4, ti a tr.
L 5/11E 13 APPL, P 31;
at j 1 ILS k i s 'l o l
N U N
,s E . S
N EW SIX; A.ll CUR E D 11altt
.1 s
Sun. 27, '66
IOI,GERS 43:r. BROTHERS' SU Pl,' la DR
t) Saver Plated Ware at
E. SPERING . S.
Cheap Jewelry Store.
TAVERN PROPERTY AT
PRIVATE SALE!
A TAVERN STAND AND D WELLING
1 - 3,_ house in Front Street with Lot of
(4round, being IGO feet deep and 50 feet
front with Stable, Wash House cte., The
property is offered at private sale titl 7th
of December, if not sold till then it will
be offered at public sale at 7 o'clock in the
evining.
C. TYSON.
Aug. 18-tf.
R EMX,MBEIt THE OLD ESTATiI
LISIIED STAND.
GREAT BARGAINS AT THE
CHEAP CASH BOOK STORE.
We have just received from the Fall Trade
Sale a selected stock of
BOOKSANDSTATIONERY,
Which we now offer at Greatly Reduced
Rates. A large assortment of
SCHOOL MERCHANDISE
Constantly on band. Also,
STANDARD EDUCATIONAL WORKS.
Brooks' Normal Elementary Arithmetic,
Brooks' Geometry and Trigonometry,
Rauh's Normal Speller, Sanders' Union
Readers, We call special attention to our
large assortment of
PROTOC4RAPII ALBUMS,
F.A.MILY lAIBLES,
AND
DIARIES for ISGG
MERCHANTS and TEACIIEBS
Supplied at Wholesale rates,
AF at
JOHN S FER'S
Cheap Cash Book Store,
No. 32 North Queen st., Lancaster, P.:,
nov. IS, NZ.
11,0 °ST - F:IR , 1
The Celebrated Rooster Whiskey
4 can be had only :it the corner of
- k="4" - Walnut and Commerce Streets.—
For quality, flavor and purity,
it cunoot be beat. Also
Bourbon Whiskey
from Bourbon County Kentucky, war
ranted to be the pure article, or no sate.—
We have Wines, Brandies, Gins, Cordials,
Old Monongahela or all grades. Give us a;
'call and examine for yourself. - •
• •' CHARLES GROVE,
Corner of Commerce, and 'Walnut Sts.,
" niaS7 3,9-fiG;tr.,
NTEUEST ON -DEPOSITS.
rilhe &elm - tibia Bank will receive money
A. on deposit, and pay interest therefor,
at the rate of 41 per cent. for six months,
and 51 per cent. for twelve months.
SAMUEL &HOCH,
Oet. 14, '05.-tf. Cashier.
HOUSEKEEPERS ATTENTION.
THE citizens of Columbia and vicinity,
are respectfully invited to call and ex
amine my large and varied. assortment of
HOUSEICEMVING GOODS
Comprising every variety of .
TEN WARE,
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
TABLE CUTLERY,
FANCY GOrWS,
PLANISIIED TIN-WARE,
COOKING UTENSILS,
CHAMBER WARE, IN SETS,
HOLLOW WARE, ENA.MLED,
COPPER KETTLES,
BRASS KETTLES
Chaffin ., Dishes, Egg Boilers, Britannia
Ware, Waiters, (tic., &c.
Stoves of every Description.
BRILLIANT A.ND NIAGARA,
Are two of the best stoves in the Market
They are guarantied to give satisfaction.
G AZ'S _V 1.2"17 N 11 dNG
Carried on in all its various branches.
Stoves,Shops, Dwellings, Lte., fitted up with
Gas and Water Pipes, in the best manner.
(in hand a good assortment of
Chandeliers, Brackets, Drop Lights and
Pendants, Galvanized iron, Lead and Ter
ra Cotta Water Pipes.
Reparing promptly and personally
attended to.
HIRAM. WILSON,
Cor. Locust (f: 2nd st., Corn.
$500,000
$4;10,000
$1 , 500 PER YEAR! We want agents
everywhere to sell our improv
ed ;,•12.0 Sewing Machines. Three new
kinds. Under and upper feed. Warranted
five years. Above salary or large com
missions paid. The only machines sold in
United States for less than :$4O, which are
fully licensed by Howe, Wheeler cc: Wilson,
Grover cO Palter, Singer and Co., and Bach
elder. ..111 other cheap machines are in
fringments and the seller or user are liable
to arrestaine, and imprisonment. Ilitstra
ted circulars sent f 7 cc. Address, or call
upon Shaw & Clark, 13iddleford, Maine, or
Chicago, 111.
mar. 10, '06.-Iyl'
TINPARA,LELLED ATTRACTIOMS !
T S. SNYDER announces to the citizens
. at Columbia mat vicinity that he liar
opened at ins ROOM, on the corner ol
Front & Locust, a First Class stock of
DRY GOODS,
consisting or all the latest styles of
Dress Goods,
Cloths,
Cassimeres,
S PERING'S
Jewelry Store
Linen tt Cotton Goods,
together with a lull supply of
Shootings,
of the best quality, ills stookof
Bleached Go o ds,
Flanaels,
Balmorals,
loop Skirts,
cannot be surpassed
In addition to the Dry Good's depart
ment, he has the most carefully selected
stock of
BOOTS & SHOES
ever brought to this place, consisting of
Ladies' Gaiters, Bannon.ls,
Children's and Misses' Wear of all sizes
and descriptions, Men awl Boy's Bouts
of all kinds, sizes and. styles,
A. share of public patronage iR solicited.
J. B. S SYD
Cor. of Locust Front.
April :28th Iy.
A. B. MILLER, Vroprietor,
Baltimore, Mel.
Phis hotel hag been lataly rotated with ..it tho
neeessaiT improvements known to hotel enterprise
and clieretbre °tress tir,..t Oasts accommodations to
stringers and others visiting Baltimore.%
Oct =1,1865,
POPERTIr owners are requested to
call at litithler's, and examine
FUN'S PATENT HYDRANT.
It can be repaired at any time without
the expense or trouble of digging it up.
All kinds of Plumbing attonded to
promptly, and at reason:o.o.e rates.
inn. 30, lf
rpliE Subscriber would respectfully in-
I_ form his customers and the public
generally. that he has just received a gen
eral assortment of
CROCBRIBS, PROVISIONS, MS AND MGM
Mieliener's celebrated sugar cured hams.
No. 1 and mess .127.10:0re'. Extra tine
syrups. Refined sugars of all kinds. Old
Rio and Java CoMe. English and Amer
ican Pickles.
Dried anti Canned Fruits,
Raisins, Currants, Prunes, Prepared Mus
tard.
Oar stock of staple and fancy groceries
is fall and complete and we intend keep
ing it, fresh, by almost daily additions.—
Give us a call, corner Front and Union
streets, Columbia.
HENRY SUYDAM.
CHEAP FOR CASH.
SPECIAL ATTRACTION S
IN
ELEGANT DRESS GOODS ;
LADIES' SACKING CLOTHS,
GENTS' AND BOYS' CASSIMERES,
Linen Goods in great variety.
I>omestie luslins,
Prints - ,
Flannels,
Ginghams,
and SUL ts.
GOOD ITOOP SKIRT FOR .SL.OO
at
J. W. STBA.CY CO.,
Formerly Sw:Acx Lt; BOWERS
Cor.9.ncl and lioeust, sts..
may 5, 'O. Columbia, Pa.
"NO ENTERTAINIVENT SO CILEA_P,AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING,"
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1866.
NEW STORE.
Skirtings,
Tickings, Lte
AIALTBY HOUSE,3
IN once.
Stop ,and Read !
fONCENTRA.TED IYE, OR SOAP
kJ Maker, just received, and for sate at a
cnv price by R. WILLIAMS,
Local Freight Notice
TJIE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD COMPANY
Are now prepared to receive or forward
Freight., between Columbia and Lancaster,
and all stations on the Pennsylvania. Ilan
Road and its branches.
Rates Between Philadelphia and Columbia.
First Class. 2nd Class. 3cl Class. 4th Class
25 cents. 21 (tents. 1S cents. 15 cents.
Flour in Car loads, 2S cents per barrel
Between Philadelphia and Lancaster.
First Class. 2nd Class. 3d Class. 4th Class.
23 cts. 20 cts. 17 cts. 14 cts.
Rates between Columbia and Pittsburg.
First Class. end. Class. 3rri Class. 4th Class.
71 ets. 5G ets. 4G ets. :36 ets.
Freight consigned to stations Ivhere the
Compaily has no 4igent, must be prepaid.
All Freights payable on delivery.
H. H. HOUSTON,
General. Freight Agent, Phila.
- For further information, apply to
S. B. KINGSTON, Freight Agt.,
L. K. BOICE, Freight Agt., Columbia.
A. F. SLAYMAKER, Frt. Agt., LAan'tr
Columbia, July 14, ISai.
are daily receiving additions to our
stock of Groceries, Provisions and
Queensware, which we . are selling at ex
tremely low figures. The best syrup
molasses the world affords at
J AC S.
may-12-'66.
LESHER LV, WILLIAMS.
The well known Photographers,
COLUMBIA, PA.,
BEG leave to inform the citizens of Co
lumbia anti vicinity, that they) have
taken and refitted the rooms ibrl2lo2 - 3 , oc
cupied by Geo, A. Byers, on Front Ireet,
above Locust.
AD- Where they are prepared tt take
Photographs in all styles.
Particular attention paid io intking
Large Photographs,Carta-de-Visitep',lvory
Types, Ambrotypes, ttc. Copying tad en
larging of small Pictures.
PICTURES COLORED in Oil oij Water
Colors, in a style superior to any taken in
this county and equal to any in the cities,
Particular attention paid to taking pic
tures of Children.
Pictures taken in cloudy as \Nell as
in clear weather.
Orders for Pictures from old _Negatives
promptly
The art will be taught to those dedrous
to learn at. a reasonable rate.
Call Itt the Rooms and examine onflarge
collection of Specimens.
LESHER WILLIA:18,
jan. d, 'M. Photogriphers.
N. B. We hope by strict attenton to
business, and desire to please, to nerit a
liberal share of patronage.
ATTENTION lIOUSEKEEL'IRS.
E are almost daily in receipt a new
VV and fresh groceries, such as
Sugars, Mat,
Teas, Fisl,
Coffee, Cheese,
Spices, Flour,
Fruits, 6:e.
Provisions of all kinds, togetinr with
1 . 1 . 7 00 d tuid.W llow-w re,t lit , - -old Queens
ware.
SWITZER AND LINIBER.CUEESE,
German fruits, (C.c.
EM MA ND AMERMN PICKIES.
and
Fresh Peaches, and all the fanovgrocer
ies pertainining to a well regulaig gro
cery :store. I ant determined not tc,ipe sur
passed in cheapness and in the excellent
quality of my goods,
Cali around and inspect out stock
whether you_ buy or not. A siiimmi pub
lic patronage is solicited.
GEORG T CELE, A^ nt,
Locust: reel, above al.
iuly ff.
FLOUR AND FEED.
WHOLESALE RETAIL.
111 - /E subscriber would respectfully il
-1 form the public:, that he has opcnied
1E1V" FLOUR AND FEED STORE,
on Locust street, three doors above, Fourth
street, where he is prepared to tt:cottt um
date all who may favor him w.th their
patronage.
lie will take particular pains to have al
ways on hand, the very best Flour and
Feed that can be procured. His
iI'IIITE WHEAT FL OCR
is made expressly for him, and cannot be
excelled.
For the can venience of those living at a
distance front the store, orders nay be
left at the Book Store of W. U. Reis, and
will receive prompt attention.
Flour will be delivered in all parts of
the town, free of charge.
lie will endeavor by strict alteration to
lousiness, and by always Having on Land
a superior article, to merit a liberal share
of patrol - y.44e. A trial of his White Wheat
Flour is solicited. Timms CASII.
GEORGE BRANDT.
Col., mar. 10,-ly
PURE WINES & LIQUORS.
THE subscriber calls the attention of his
friends and public, generally to his large
and well assorted stock of pare wines and
liquop: at wholesale, only retail for medi-,
cal purposes and - tinnily use.
LIIPOI?TED WINES & LIQUORS,
such as Cognac of different grades and
brands.
Holland and Col dial Gins.
Port Lisbon, Sherry, Madeira, Afalaga.
Champagne, German, Rhine, Clarret,
Wines, &c.
Domestic Wines and Liquors,
Domestic Brandy, Domestic Gin, XXX
Old Rye, XX Old Rye, X Old Rye,
Bour
bon and Monogahella Whiskies, Wines,
Catawba, sweet and tart, Currant, Black
berry, Elderberry, Samburg's Port, ,te.
BITTERS,
Mishler's Herb, The great Zingari,
Brunet', Stovers, Wine and Cock Tail.
Brown. Stout, Scotch Me, Setters' Water.
Ginger, Blackberly, Catawba, Cherry,
.1 - , C. BUCHER,
may 2d, cur. Front d Locuet.
RE INIOV AL.
BOOTS ANII SHOES)
subscriber hits removed tits h oot
_L and shoe store, lour doors above E.
Williams' Drug store, Front street,and of
furs an extensive assortment 01 Goods,
either
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
His stock consists of as large :mil general
asortment of Mons' Boys' Ladies' and
Childress'
as can he found. elsewhere in the town.
Those requiring Boots and Shoes, will
St to their advantage to
CALL AND EXAMINE ITIS STOCN.,
before purchasing else where.
SAMUEL, ROVE
.
Col., way 2p,-tf
actols and Sees,
READING RAIL ROAD.
SIMMER ARRANGEMENT.
MITE 11th, 1866.
(34tREAT TRUNK LINE FROM
the North and Nordt-West for Philadelphia,
New York, Reading Pottsville. Tamaqua. Lebanon,
Ashland, Allentown, Easton, Ephrata, Lit iz, Latteas
ter Columbia, Re.,
Trains leave Harrisburg for New York as follows :
At 3-00 sac and 9.05 A. M., and 2.10 and 9,15 P. M.
connecting with similar Trains on the Pennsylvania
Rail Road, anCarriving at New York iIi,(LAW) and
10.10 A. al., ani 4.10 5.20 and 10.45 P. Sleeping
Cars rte.tomprnying the 3.00 A. il. and 9,13 A. 31.
trains, withott change.
Leave Hivrisbnrg for Reading, Pottsville, Tama
qua. Mineoville, Ashland, Pino Grove, Allentown
and Philadilphiamt 8,10 A. M., and 2.10 and 4.10 P.M.,
stopping. ve Lebanon and principle Way Stations;
the 4.10 P M. Tram making connections for Phila
delphia rad Columbia only. For Potkvil le,Schuyl
kill Ifivon and Auburn. via Schuylkill and Susque
hanna Lail Read, leave Harrisburg at 3.20 I'. 31.
Hetttning, Leave Vow York at 7.ooand 9.00 A.
12,00 n, 5.00 p. In. ; Pld fa at 8.15 a.m. and 3.30 p.
IPay :?assettger train loaves Philadelphia at 7:33 a
retorting from Reading at 6.29 p in stopping at all
Nimbus: Po(ssratcat 8.45 n,m. and 2.45 p.m..lllllinel
45.n0m0111.30 a m and 1.03 p. m., Tinnavna at 9.43 a.
m. anl 1.00 and 8.55 p.m.
leave P.its.tille for Harrisburg, via S. S. R. R. at
7.5) a. M.
an Accommodation Pits.enger train leave. Read
ire at no) A. 31., and returns from Philadelphia at
ca.i AL.
Coiumbia Railroad Trains leave Peading at 0.45
N. 12.05 31. and a. 15 p.m.for Ephrata, Litiz, Lim
e:tater, COhltal,ta, age.
On Sundays; tease New York at SAN/P. M. Phila
delphia 8.00 A. 31. and 3.15 t'. al., the S.tio A. 31.'frain
running only to Heading. Pottsville SW A.M.:ran-ta
g ua 7.30 a. in., Harrisburg n, 05 a. in. and Reading . at
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In The itospihtl.
BY EVA ALICI.
"0 sing that plaintive song again,
Those pensive strains sweet memories bring
They soothe my sorrows, ease my pain,-
0 sing once more, sweet angel sing!
It was the song my mother sang.
The strains that her boy to rest
As round her noel: I fondly clung,
My weary bend ttpett her breast.
A mother's love! a mother's kiss
Sweet thoughts came. stealing der the brain,
chilillmotl's home I SWeet hours of bliss !
memory, oh! how bright again.
meso tips, no more, her cheeks will press;
These :inns, no more, around her chug;
Sing! Ltuty ease me deep disizes , „
0 sing agnin! sweetangel, sing!
These tear.; I—all let the. soldier weep ;
Thy care can soothe, but not restore,
I feel death' , coldnesi rear me creep.
Lady, oh ! soon—`twill alt be e'er.
As fainter grows this fleeting breath,
When these dim eyes shall close to sight,
Sirig! oh! sect shell be the hoar of death—
That song shn l cheer my spirits flight.
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fillErtitEßT VAN
A LIFE SKETCII
IIN7 J. WILLIAM VAN NAMPA:.
Genius was bestowed upon lierbert
Vane to achieve great and noble deeds ;
"to aid people oppressed with social
tyrannies—bending beneath the burden
of the hollow conventionalisms, accumu
lated through the long dead ages; fur
this was Herbert Vane created, and to
plant pure iluwers in the earth's garden,
wberc weeds do not choke up the meek
and lowly violets, that,hiding them from
the vision, some idle loungers have pre
sumed that none were to be found.
Empassioned, yet pure es a maid ;
keenly alive to the beautiful,with golden
hair, Which waved in the cool evening
breeze, with his eyes lustrous, thought
ful and intense with latent fires; with
lips so red, and flesh as soft as a girl's—
he WaS a grand and noble youth."
Herbert became known in literary cir
cles; 'his pen waifs were admired by ail
i.vito read them, the wreath of lame was
twined for his brow,but to him life was a
pathway strewn with thorns.
One evening he sat dreaming by his
window bathed in a flood of bright amon
light, and watching the gentle stars,
'twas thus lie mused—
"And what is there worth living for?
I am sure I wish that I were dead. I atu
heartily sick of what the world calls
pleasure, at best but a gilded bubble,the
wotth of which is gone with the outward
gloss, and the thing is thrown aside,
valued for no real enjoyment which it
has given, and receives thereafter not
even a passing thought. Is there one
true friend among the many who bow at
my shrine and exhaust their full store of
wisdom in fitting, delicate speeches and
foolish flattery, awaking only pity and
contempt, where they, seek to excite ad
miration ? No, no, I feel there is not
one true heart among them all. Friend
ship is often professed, bu t, oh, how sel
dom felt. I long fur love, for sympathy,
but I will not thus despond. I'll rouse
myself to actiov I will devote thy_ life
to the pursuit of fame; the laurel wreath
shall deck this brow of mine ; my name
shall be known only to be coupled with
praise ; thus will I, in a measure, supply
the place in, n i y heart that burns for love
and sympathy.
A year has taken its weary flight and
we see Herbert Vane. lie is still
the sazue, his brow perhaps a little paler,
$2,00 PEEL YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,50 IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE.
the effects of hard study, much thought,
continued unhappiness and constant dis
sipation, for he is one of society's gayest
votaries. The world cans him proud and
heartless; reckless and imprudent; it
may be he is, but he has determined the
world shall never know of the sorrow
that fills his young heart. He mingles
in the scenes of mirth and pleasure and
appears to all the "gayest 'mong the gay;"
his laugh rings clear through the halls
of pleasure ; many bask beneath the
light of his smiles, many hack eagerly
upon the words that drop from his lips,
as if in hopes of catching some bright
ilasn of genius. Ah I how well he de
ceives the careless crowd; to them he
appears light-hearted and gay. 'Tis well
the world cannot look into the secret
depths of our hearts and read the record
written there.
Another year has fled. Ilow rapid are
the momements of Time. How swiftly
he bears away our months and seasons,
and hurries us on towards the end of
life's journey, as if he were in haste to
have us "reach that bourne from whence
no traveler ever returns."
Herbert Vane loved. The lips learned
all the ecstacy of an ardent kiss. The
heart beats when the fair white hand
was clasped in his own 5 yes, Herbert
bored. Earth was beauteous now to
Herbert Vane. Basking in his life's
rich springtime he ignored alike the
summer's scorching beat, and winter's
cold, pittiless winds, which sweeping
through forest drear and lonely moor,
through city vast, through dreary gar
rets, in the narrow lurking places when
the poor abide, whose crinle 'nob that
they have taken othei's gold but that
society has given none of their rightful
goods to them, this wind, this voice of
storm, this howl of the arch-frend,should
moan in shivering beggar's ear through
out the lonely liours of December's night.
IN - ritten for the Spy
Herbert Vane dreamed now that this
great lie, the world, was simple truth,
was what it seemed, would fulfil each
promise that it made. His soul groaned
to embrace the beautiful.
At length Herbert told his love to
Ion; and had the satisfaction of )wow
iug that his passion was returned by the
one who had kindled the flame in his
own bosom. But a sorrow came as a
cloud before a sunbeam, to mar their
happiness. The pareurs of lona were
unwilling to entrust her happiness in the
keeping of Herbert Why ? The reader
may ask. Simply because his past life
had been one of fashionable dissipation ;
but whatever the past life of Herbert
had been, he was now in every way
;cattily the love of lona. She felt it,she
knew it, and yet she refused to promise
to become his bride, until her patents
were willing. A poet says;
This may be true, and yet there is
much to cause the heart to grieve after
one is in love.
For three long, weary years Herbert
waited, hoping in rain that the parents
of lona would consent to their union ;
day by day his brow became paler ; his
eyes brighter, he felt that his heart was
breaking, and he urged lona to become
his bride, but her answer was still the
same—
I can never marry without the con
sent of my parents."
"This is your firm determination ?"
queried Herbert, "can nothing, influence
you to change your mind ?"
"Nothing."
"You cannot but see, dearest lona,that
my heart is breaking with its load of
grief. You know that heart is all your
own, that you have power to fill it with
joy or grief. You can make my life one
of sunshine and yet you refuse ; you
will, for the sake of yielding a blind
obedience to your parents, crush that
heart, and shorten the life of one who
would sacrifice all for you; but be it so,'
perhaps 'tis best; but I must leave you,
I cannot see you day by day, and know
the treasure I have toiled and sought for
can never be mine. To-morrow, I shall
be car away amid strangers, no voice of
love to cheer me on,no guardian hand to
lead me right, no star of hope to shine in
my beclouded sky."
Poor lona, in spite of all the courage
she had summoned up,the tears dimmed
her beautiful eyes and strayed through
the fingers, with which she endeavored
to keep them back.
"Oh, Ilerbert ! I cannot give you up;
E cannot be the cause of filling your no
' ble heart with grief, and yet—l cannot
disobey my parents.,'
"end alone knows, lona, how I have
loved you ; but my dream is over. Now
go and be happy if you can, by yielding
I such a. blind obedience to your parents,
but I.4 . wtuber, while you obey them,you,
'There's nettling half se SW('Ot
A, love's yoang dreeel."
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bring utter desolation upon me. One
more 1 "ss,one fond-erabra.ce and we must
part."
He pressed her firmly to his bosom,
and ere she could find words to speak—
was gone—gone, perhaps forever. Oh,
Oh, the anguish, bitter ,anguish of that
heart; she had driven from her-side the
only man she could ever love, end all to
satisfy the desires of parents unjustly
prejudiced.
For a long time lona knelt, bathed in
a flood f silvery light, her hands pressed
tightly against her breast, striving to
crush out the great sorrow which filled
her bosom.
•'The moon looks calmly down when mac is dying
The earth still holds her sway,
Flowers breathe their perfume and the winds keep
sighing,
sought seems to pause or stay."
Let us look once more upon Herbert.
Re sleeps, 'tis the calm, sweet, dream
less sleep of death, those white eye lids
closed forever over his deep blue eyes,
with the thin hands folded meekly over
the cold, pulseless heart.
Thou art at rest, poor suffering one.—
Life's many crushing cares and blighting
sorrows have all possed from thee; thy
broken heart is now at rest. ant, oh,
'tis hard to die in a strange land amid
strangers
They made him a grave beneath the
sunny skies of Italy, and called his
disease consumption. Oh, yes, that con
sumption that springs from a deep but
unhappy love.
Wi thin yonder dwelling, upon a silken
couch, placed. near a casement, reposed
the form of lona Halpine, whose pale
brow and sunken eyes proclaim her to
be an invalid. To the casual observer
she was apparently in a deep sleep but
the restless motions of the blue lids,
which "veiled the inner temples of the
soul," attested otherwsse.
Languidly and with much exertion,sho
partially arose from the reclining posture
and resting her wan cheek upon herdeli-
Cate hand, she gazed long and earnestly
upon the scene before her.
"The earth is beautiful," she murmur
ed, "and the resplendent sun now crown
ing the heavens and throwing his rich
beams over a world so soon to be shroud
ed in night, is a fitting emblem of the
life everlasting—the eternal, which is to
dispel forever the dark shadow of death,
and disarm the grave of its terrors.—
Death how soon I must feel its icy
grasp upon my heart—its cold hand up
on my brow. Well, it.is better thus,far
better than to live without hope—to live
with the yearning desire of the heart un
attained. Bat, oh, so young to die, so
soon to learn how vain our earthly hopes.
But it is wrong to repine thus. Ikry soul
must submit to the will of Him who
rules all things. Could I but see Her
bert once again, methinks that I should
be content to die. 0, 'Torbert, would
that I could tell you, that now I see my
error, that now I would leave home,
friends and all for thee, for I now feel
that God never meant that we should live
apart."
Taking up a paper that laid upon a
stand, near by, she used it for a fan ; at
length her eye rested upon the list of
deaths ; she gazed long and earnestly
upon the words; " Died—ln Italy, of
Consumption, Herbert Vane, etc."
The low,agonizing cry which followed,
sounded long and mournfully, and broke
upon the stillness like the last wail of a
broken heart. Wearily the young inva
lid laid her hand upon the soft pillow,
while one by one the big tears gathered
in her large blue eyes,and fell unnoticed
upon the thin hand, which was pressed
so convulsively to her heart.
The door opened and her father en
tered. With a slight start lona raised
her head and said—
"Is it you, father ?"
"Yes, darling, are you better now?"
"I am getting better; very soon Ishall
be well; I shall have no afore sickness,
no more sorrow."
" God grant it, my child."
"Kiss me, father."
Reverently the aged head was bowed,
and as the white arms of lona stole lov
ingly around his neck, she murmured—
" Good night, dear father."
" Good night, darling; sleep and to
morrow you will be well again."
The morning dawned, but the song of
the birds fell unheeded and the sweet
blossoms put forth their rich perfume,
and Whiled the air with fragrance; the
lindens moved with their accustomed
grace, and nature wore the same glad
aspect, as though death bad not robbed
her of her loveliest flower.
With the fond kiss of parental love
still fresh upon her lips. the wearied
spirit of "lona burst the fetters which
bound it, and like a wave upon the
ocean's breast, sank calmly and peace
fully to that rest she bad so long sought
amid the spirits of the blest.
0, who can tell of the wounded hearts
that have prematurely, found a resting
place in the silent tomb ? And who shall
dare assert that man's heart is incapable
of deep and holy affection ? Blest are
they who walk beneath, the sunlight of a,.
happy loving.