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VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 18.]
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PROFESSIONAL.
A .. J. KAUFFMAN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Clilwalons made in Lancaster and adjoining
:71nuotir•ti.
111•Inty, Back Pay, and all claims
the :.),,•.rnlomtt promptly pr , ,secutcd.
l f.01.0.-.t street.
1- ,1•_ V :"P'4
AT LAW
I'nIA3MI3IN. PA.
71.1— , Wr 15,.11‘1:1,4, Bank S tree', near
111 .4 )11 :awl,. and a , lloln Ing
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ATP)I,;NEY-.A.T.-LAw.
~erect, near sixCh•
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runs made in Berks and :adjoining
cown ie., nov27-1f
it M. NORTII,
ro RN EY CO iTY , P:LLO T-LA
Col nn Pa.
i . ..!-,itc.ctions pro ,a , na.le In Lancaster and
ork Counties.
TEIO3I AS J .D A.VIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
No. I•I North Duke Street, Lancaster. Pa.
Professional. Business carefully and prompt
ly attended to. foct3o'69-tf
J. GULICK,
A.•
SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing, Gas administered.
01- FIOE 2iB LOCUST STItE.E.Z.
Sept 1.49-tfw
P C. IJSSEL D,
JJ.
TEACHER OF MUSIC
PI 170,
ORG kN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SINGING.
special attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
sept.l-69-lyv.•
219 LOCUST STREET
ikj - CLARK,
JI. JUSTICE OF TEE PEACE.
OFFICE—No. 12 N. Third street.
Office Hours—From' to 7 A.M. 12 to 1 P. M.,
end from. G to 9l'. M. [sep 1-69-tfw
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows'
Hall, Columbia, Pa.
T Z. HOFFER,
el • DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered In the extrac
tion of Teeth.
Oftice— Front Street next door to It. Williams'
Drug Store
, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia Pa.
. PHYSICIAN Jr, surtol oNI
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the
office connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7tolf A M., and irom 6 to BP. M. Person , '
visaing, his services in special cases, between
these hours, will lea: o word by note at his office,
or throullb the nest office.
D ENTAT, SURGERY.
J. S. S.MITIL Dr:NrisT
Graduate id - Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery. 011IceIn Wagner'sßUildlng.ovor
Haideman's dry goods store. En
trance, 270 Locust Street,
Columbia, Penn'a.
Dr. J. S Smith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their liberal patronage In the
past, and assuring them that they can rely upon
having every attention given to them in the
future. In every branch of his profession he
has alaays given entire satisfaction. lie calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
or ortithial. teeth inserted by him. He treats
diseases coninion to the mouth and teeth of
children and Adults. Teeth tilled with tin! great
est .:are and in tny ino.t approved manner.
Ac'tin.; torah treat,' land tilled to last for years.
Vic b . . , I. of !eatrifices aad mouth washes con
stantly opt It oat.
N. work warracted.
J. S. SMITIT. D. D. S.
R:'..'• I, ESTATE AGENCY.
Toe no.leri-inne,l hare 'mooed an office for the
purchann• iont :Nate of nal ....tate. collection of
rents, ant renting of property. Businehn
en unwed In their care will meet with prompt
and careful nttention. F. N.ZI - 1.7:01.Kii.
A. J. KAUFFMAN.
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS
ng, paving' and other brick always on
hand. TIP'S arc baud made and superior to tiny
brick In thin part of the country. They are of
feretiat lite very lowest price.
sep -1-69-ifiej JI ICEIARL LIPHART.
HOTELS.
‘ . ,VES VERN 110 TEL.
1, 13 & 15 CORTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK.
Trai. D. WINCHESTER, PROPILIESOIL
This Roca Is central and convenient , for Penn-
sylvanians.
Airs•. 1111SILLEn, of Reading, Pa.,
Is an Visistatit at this 'rote], and will be glad to
see h. friends at all times. sept44gt-tfw
M=iM
TaIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the ,itations of the Rending and Colain-
And Pennsylvania Railroads,
FRONT STREET, COLLTM.I3.IA, PA.
?le•aeozartrnodations for Strangers and Tray
ulers. The Bar is stocked with
_ CHOICE LIQUORS,
And the Tables furnished with the best fare.
UJtIAH FIisIDLEY,
Proprietor.
sept-69-tfw]
FRANKLE:sr HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a brat-class hotel, and is in every respect
adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the
traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
F RE NOEL'S HOTEL,
On tile European Plan, opposite City nail Park
New York. R. FRENCH,
Sept. 19. 183 S. Proprietor.
AITSEILI 4 :II'S HOTEL
West 'Market Square, Reading Itenn'a.
EVAN MISTILER,
Proprietor.
nept4-68-tfirl
7‘, ITOUSE,
BALTIMORE, MARYLA: , ..M.
This hotel has been lately refitted with all the
necessarvirnprovements known to hotel enter
prise and.therefore ottersfirst-class accommoda
tions to strangers 111111 others visiting Baltimore.
C. B. HOGAN,
proprietor.
sep4l-69-trwi
MARBLE WORKS.
CU
OLMBIA. NIARBLE WORKS.
The Subgcriberg would respectfully Inform
the citizens of Columbia, and nurroundlng
country, that they have opened
A NEW MARBLE YARD IN
COLUMBIA,
On siti Street, between Locust and Walnut Sts.,
and nik the p itrohage of the public,
They have had great experience on fine work,
both in Philadelphia and New York.: They wilt
furnish in the highestrayle of the art, handsome
GRAVE STONES; MONUMENTS
STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, cte.
also MARBLE MANTLES, IitTILDIRG WORK.
,te. Orders promptly attended and executed at
eheaper rates than elsewhere_ Call and Nee u•
•signs of new style , . of Flue work., much an
monumental ,ttne,arts, , Sze.. will he furnished
parties - upon application 'to the proprietors..
septl-3O t tar
T C. BUCHER,
d.
Wines and Liquors !
gas removed his Store to his Building, adjoining
I-lERB BITTERS !
ft S. F. 'V
they have performed in every case, when tried
Dr..Mishler. offers tire hundrod dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can allow a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it is made, than
Is for sale In Columbia by
Catawba,
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Blackberry ' - SPlrl49,
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
POCKET FLASKS
and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISHLER'S BITTERS!
PURE UNADULTERATED;
Cannot be purcnased at any other establish-
rnent lu town, and Is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfoc•
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF rt. TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES-a
• thousand and one varieties. Call at •
J. C. BUCHER'S,
Locust Street, adjoining Haldeinan's Store.
It is the greatest establishment of the kind this
side of Phihulelph la.
rit-Only Agency for Lee's London Porter, and
311Ziler's Bitters.
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BUCILER'S COLUIIEN.
Wholesale and Retail Larder in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Haldeznau's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms and greatly
increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISEILER'S CELEBRATED
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
J. C. BUCIIER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing the following;
ECM
Lisbon,
Cherry,
Maderia,
Valaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Currant and Muscat WISES
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and
BRANDIES of all kinds
Catawba,
Cherry,
Rum,
Superior Old Rye,
Pure Old Rye,
XXX Old Rye,
XX Old Rye X Old Rye,
Pure Old Rye, Mt,nongahela,
Rectified Wltihky,London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, ac., etc., etc.
AGENCY FOR
He is also Agent ter the Celebrated
nISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
FOR SALE
DEMIJOEINS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
Al J. C. BLICIIERI3
For Sale by
J. C. BUCHER
BEST STOUT PORTER !
From E. ci G. HIBBERT, LONDON
For %ale , 1,)
J. C. BUCHER,
Locust Street, above Front
Agent for the
PURE MALT VINEGAR
The Beat Brands of Imported
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
For Sale at
T. C. BUCHER S
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
BUOHER will still Keep on hand the
Bost Brands of
SNUFF, HAVANA, .YARA, and
COMMON SEGARS. Also,
COLUMBIA, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1869.
K MAY & ERWIN, B
E 105 Locust St., Columbia, Pa.
DEALEES , .
Agents Vi SCHOOL, is% Sheet
for all I Miscellaneous and 1 10 Music
New York, SELANK of all kinds,
Philadelphia; 1, BOQES. m e and
and Lancaster half Dime copies.
Dallies and Week- la Initial Cask et s,
lies. New publi-ir ALL 11. low, from 10
cations receive I EINDS cents, 15 cents
edns ciondr‘OE STATIONERY."and up
as issued. lOSCHOOL DIREC- 11 0 ward a.
miTORS AND TEACHERS SUP- a k i
LIED AT WIiOLESALEII
ERATES. DON'T FORGET THE PLACE,
N 0.105 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, Pa.
n0v20.'89-ly
1869. NO. 25 1870.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
GIFTS.
:.%.Tothlng; more suitable than a ulce
HAT OR CAP
PROM
Smith & Amer's
NEW STORE,
No. '.!.5 East King Street, Lancaster, Penn'a,
F. e:strrir. CHARL'ES Ir. A3rER.
nov2O.'SS-Iy
F. F. LANDIS, EZRA F. LANDIS, JACOB S. LANDIS
K EYSTONE
MACHINE WORKS,
EAST JAMES STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
Manufacturers of Stationery and Portable En
gines. of the most approved style and plan.
Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, liangers and
Couplings. of an improved pattern. Farmers
Portable Grist Dill.
OUR NEW AND IMPROVED GRAIN
Tit RESIIER AND SEPARATOR.
th the Best Tripled Geared Horse Power.
Iron and Brass works made to order. Furnish
Models far Patters at reasonable rates. Flaring
good and experienced hands,and being practical
mechanics themselves, feel sale In guarantee
ing all their work to give satisfaction. For par
ticulars, address LANDIS & CO..
n0v20.'60-tfi Lancaster, Pa.
THE HINKLY FAMILY
KNITTING , MACHINE !
THE WONDER OF THE AGE!
KNITS EVERYTHING!
Combines Rapidity, Simplicity, Durability and
Cheapness—Rniiting with a Single
Eye-Pointed Needle.
Xia - Iteceived the Highest Premium at tho
Paris Exposition, and Great. American Insti
tute, New York, 1567, For further Information
call on E. MUSSER,
Agent for Lancaster county,
Orange St. between N. Queen and Prince.
deco: liS-ly
NO. 13
Rhine,
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
IVlxere you can buy a first rate
AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS
BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, RAND
- SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS,
" - atirfrilliiioite 4 ;43tiilthain" the lesNreirratne'
Kummel
.AT THE LOWEST PRICE.
Or you can purchase
FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS.
Ginger,
FORKS. KNIVES CASTORS. GOBLETS, ICE
PITCHERS, BUTTER DISHES, Sc.,
Then if you are in
W.A...NT OF TIME
you can buy any kind of
AMERICAN CLOCK,
warranted of the best quality, at a low figure
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURsELF
Sept.iwtil N 0.13 Front St., Columbia, Pa
HO3.IER, COLLADAY & CO.'S
1412 AND 1414 CHESTNUT ST.,
DRESSCO ODS.
Taking advantage of the great deprexeton In
business, H. C. & Co. have u ade
Immense Purchases
of 'Dress floods In tills market for each at
Enormous Reduction
Below the cost of Importation, which fheyaro
opening. and will oiler nt a very slight. advance
They desire to direct speelnl at t•-nt ton to this
stock, together with their own large Imports-
Lion, which Inwe been reduced to corrempond-
Ingly low rales.and will he round the
WEST AID CREAFEST STOCK
EVER OFFERED, INCTXDI N
10 cane:. Blue and < - 42-cen. Stripes,
Chene - IPoriline; tuna Mot:lairs., in
great variety of styles for suits, at 37.3,:1c
worth Vie. to SI.OO
'Very henry- Worsted Ser. - -es. In the
fashionable dark. shades for FA
A.ll-lArool Mortpress Cloths. in
all colon., including the very desirable
shades in Navy Blue, for snits, 65c.
Splendid quality Silk Sex-e-eo, In all
mlors, 75e
Rich Rroche Poplins, Silk and 'Wool.
very handsome goods, 75c.
French 101 l roplinn,nllSill: and Wool.
EMI
MXI-rO. 1/envy WOOl l''o.lo/10. Cords,
for Walking Dresses, SL:Z.
SteamPRINTING.—CaII at the
Stea Printing }lease of the COLUMBIA.
it.. Y, mos of Columbia national Bank, and ex
amine specimens of Letter Xleade.Notes.Carde&e
111SC.E.LLAN_EOUS.
SHREINER'S
IS THE PLACE
WATCH,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
CIIAS. P. SHREINER'S
PHILADELPHIA
GREAT BARGAINS
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO OPUEAP AS REAMING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
MISCELLANEOUS.i.
OPEN ! OPEN I NG ! OPENED !
THIS DAY, THIS WEEI,
AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS,
BRENEM.A.N'S
12S Locust Street,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
HATS AND . CAPS,
For Men, Youth and Children, ever before offer
ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it
does, STYLE and QUALITY in soft and stiff
brim, such as the Warwick, Ida Lewis, Sinbad,
Prince Arthur, American Girl, Kute, Peerless,
Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly,
Gilmore, Rob Roy, and the Fall style of Silk
Hats, just out, together with a full stock Of
FURNISHING GOODS,
Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do
mestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lars, ac.
UMBRELLAS AND CANES
Parties who favor us with their patronage are
assured that It will be our constant aim to
merle their contldence and support.
Call and examine our well selected stock at
at low prices.
131tElsTEMAN'S
No. 1S Locust Street, Columbia, Pa
0ct9:69-ly
DIUIGS. CHEXICALS
e - A. MEYERS
Druggist. and Apothecary,
ODD FELLOWS' HALL,
Invites attention to n few specialties now in
stock:
PRIME NEW CANARY SEED.
OLD PALM SOAP IN BAILS.
PRATT : S BED BUG KILLER, (suro thing and
. harinlesm to persons,)
ROTHE'S NEW _IND IMPROVED RAT NIL
LEM, (the hest thing we have yet eniad
SPLENDID LOT OF CHAMOIS SKINS,
BATH TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVES,
O. 13
CORKWOOD ron. SHOE:VA-Kr:Rs
CO.A.D.fiE AND FINE PEPPER., Ground in tilt%
PURE SPICES AND CREAM TARTAR
Together with our usual large stock of Duuns
MEnrcirins and DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES which
are entirely CASH purchases.
PHYSICIAN'S PRESCRIPTIONS and FAN ILY Rs.-
CIPES prepared by night or day with accuracy.
Remember the
F . ,:AINIILy , SEDICTRE STORE,
sept.4'6§-trwl -
T B. KEVINSKI,
" • DEALER IN
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS,
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY
A large assortment of Violins, Flutes. Guitars,
BanjoA, Talaborines, Accordeons, Fifes, Har
monicas, oud musical murehandise always on
hand.
SHEET "MUSIC.
A large stock on hand, and cousiantiv receiving
all the latest public Lions as soon as 'issued.
Music and Musical Books will be sent by mail
free of postage, when the market price Is remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA
Or the Art of transferring Pictures, Can be
transferred on any object.
I would call special attention of the Coach
makers to my stock of Dacalcomaula.
STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE &
CO'S., & NEEDHAM & SON'S CELEtiIt.A f.
ORGANS AND MELODEONS.
Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO
FORTE AND FURNITURE POLISH.
Call and examine my steel: at
NO. 3 ' NORTH PRINCE STREET
LANCASTER. PA
r'IOOPER fi CONARD
S. E. cor. oth & Market Sta
PIIILADELPETA
Having rebuilt their store, will open about
Ocloner at, with an elegant stock, to which
they invite an examination.
Upwards of seventeen years of act , vo bnal
ness at their present location, enables them to
judge of the wants of their patrons, to buy at
the lowest prices and to sell at the smallest mar
gin of pront. Full lines of
BLACK SILKS,
DRESS STUFFS,
SILK VELVETS,
CLOAKS, SIIA,W I.
HO , iIERY, TIES,
DANDKERCHIEFS,
COLLARS, CUFFS, ecc.,
WHITE GOODS,
BLANKETS, QUILTS,
:k.tusLiss, LINENS,
CASSIMERES, cr.oTi.rs,
CLOA KINGS,
VELVETEENS, &c., be.
S. F.. ror. Ninth G. 31nrIcet
Philadelphia
- - -
WOODWARD'S
WHOLEF , ALE AND RETAIL
MUSIC STORE,
NO. 22 WEST KING STREET
Pianos, Organs. Melodeons. Plano and '.N,elo
deon Stools 1111(i Covers, Guitars, Ban
jos, Tamborl n es, Accordeons, !'once minis.
Drums, Fifes, Flutes, Flageolets, Darmonlcos,
Clappers. Triangles. Strings of all kinds, Buw
Rc, Tuning Forks, Pitch Pipes, Violin Bows,
Cello BOA'S, Violin 112.1 d Guitar BOXeh,
Portfolios, Instruction Books of all kinds,
Sheet Music, Music Books, and every descrip
tion of Musical Merchandise. All orderti filled
promptly at the usual Bend! and Wholesale
Prices, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Oa-Tuning and repairing promptly art elided to.
A. W. WOODWARD,
dec4:69-tf) No. 22 \Vest King St., Lancaster.
_ - _
MRS. G. 31. 1300TH,
No. 153 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA
DMA LEI:
SEGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFFS,
PIPES, &c.,
And all articles usually kept in a first-class To
bacco and Seger Store - The public call rely on
getting at our store as good goods for. the Money
as can be obtained at any similar establishment
in the State.
[7,e" I do not think it necessary to publish my
prices,l44 the Goods will tell for themselves.
Mits. 0. M. I3ooTfl,
Locust t-treet. Columbia. ro•.
septll-G9-lyw.l Sign of the Punch.
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.
THE. COLUMBIA :NATIONAL BASE will
receive money on deposl t,and pay interotthere.
for. at the following . rates, viz:
5}6 per cent; for 12 months.
3 per cent. for 9 months.
- 5 per cent. fora months.
4}4-_per cent. fora months.
-50 U H. Treasury: notes exchanged for neW
Gold Bonds.
•sopt4 , •o-1.1 - yrl SAMUEL SHOCIL Cashier.
octl6-3m
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IME,
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tot L.l 13:0.3.-13
COOPER a: COZs.:ARD,
gottrg.
, TUX HUSKING PARTY.
I=
Twits In EzeklePs barn one night,
The first of grey November.
Some fifty years ago—l'm right
If well I do remember.
The barn sat on a lofty hill,—
I'd better said a mountain;
And 0, it was tarnation chill,
And frozen was the fountain
And 'tother side, stood the old shed,
Where 'Zekiel made the cider;
In front there lay a pnmmy bed,
Where stood old Granther Ryder.
And down the read, all full of ma.
The boys and gals were coming,
While Zekiel's wife, and young Atlas Donn
Around the room were running.
Then In the barn 'twas soon they gathered,
Oh! such tarnatlon chatter:
You couldn't bear a common sound—
'Twos el - Utter, chltter, chatter.
There were Nancy Lee and Mary Doe,
And Augusta Folsom singing,
And young Jim Huckins all aglow,
Beside of Margaret Wiggin.
There was Ellen Sanborn with an ear
Conk as red as any tire,-
MOP"
And cunning Frank with a leer
Just getting up a little nigher.
lud round the pile, just out, of sight,
From where the lantern's swinging
Was Sanford in a merry plight,
As Melissa's voice wa.s singing.
"0, do got out—why what a critter,
I am almost out of breath.
You've kissed me till I'm all a- titter,
And hugged me most to death."
And then upon the other side,
Close up beside the barn,
Sat pretty Jlm, his hair all Pe,
Keeping Lucinda warm.
The hours passed by, as in the barn
Was frolic, mirth and fun,
Till soon the heaping, pile of corn
Was finished and all done.
Then Zoklel took us into tea,
Where everything was nice,
With good baked beaus and purukin pies—
All fixed with luscious spice.
'Twits soon they cleared, the things awny
While the old folic% went to bed.
And Uh! such times, 'twas truly gay,
'Twould craz'd a sleepy head.
We danced and glided round the neon',
, While Sans he sat a fiddling,
Till young Miss Dunn fell over the broom
Which set us all agiggling.
As Frank, the mimic and the clown,
Was reeling with his Ellen.
He stepped upon her bran new gown
The rest, oh! that is telling.
Then such a snarl as we got In,
Such shouting and such laughter,
As Joe was wrestling out and in
With Folsom's pretty daughter.
And thus did end our happy gleer
As we went home together,
0, a husking, that's the kind of spree
No matter what's the weather.
Nisrellantono Neading.
A Itstrroolug Tale of Wasted At Tee-
Lion.
Practical jokes frequently entail serious
consequences. Washington has recently
been the scene of a most romantic and in-
Fteresting illustration of this fact, which
.ate_etcp_ulaticityAolely_throuol the vic
tim' id:saint inYlegal proceedings against
the would-be " jokists." The story runs
thus : 3 certain clerk in the Pension of.
flee here with a view of having some fun
out of a fellow clerk noted for his senti
mentality and somewhat romantic turn of
mind, whom for. convenience sake we shall
call Mr. 31., got up a sentimental love let
ter,
enclosing the photograph of a suppo
sitious beautiful young girl, but which in
reality was the likeness of a celebrated
Canterbury Hall beauty, named Susan
Sunimerfield.
This love letter was dated from the vil
lage of Rushville, in Pennsylvania, and
was most successful in captivating the too
susceptible 31., and eliciting from him a
speedy reply, out of which grew a regular
and well conducted amorous correspond
ence, continued fbr a lengthy period to its
inldancholy denouncement. During this
correspondence the infatuated M. made a
declaration of his love and an offer of
his baud, both of which were gratefully
accepted and the affection more than ar
dently reciprocated.
A prominent jeweler was engaged to
manufacture an engagement ring, which
was touchingly inscribed with the pa
tronymics of the two lovers gracefully, im
terwined, aad duly forwarded to the fi
ancee at her country home. This was
followed by sundry presents in the shape i
of a costly dressing case and costly furbe- I
lows, and a request from the happy lover
that he might he allowed to visit his lov
ed one in her arcade:in retreat, which was
readily acquiesced in. Procuring front
the proper authorities the necessary fur
lough, and drawing upon hie financial re
serve,• he sped upon the wings of I've to
his destination.
1 But, alas! the course of true love net
er does run smoothly. Instead of meeting
his amorata he was waited upon on his
arrival by a male friend, who communica
ted to him the startling fact that the cruel
parent of the he.tutiful Nelly, learning of
his projected visit, and disapproving of
the connection, had become feat fully
irate and had cuncealed his offspriug iu
the suburbs. Like an errant knight he
sought iu vain for his lost love, when on
the evening of the second day lie learned,
through the intervention of this saute kind
friend, what his true love had been car
ried to the city of New York, whither lie
followed, bent upon rescuing her or per
ishing in the attempt.
A week passed in fruitless search, when
he was ngain informed, to his dismay, that
the loved one had sailed in obedience to
parental tyranny, to the European conti
nent, where a change of scene and the
softening influence of time, it was hoped
would bring her back to her duty, and ef
face from her ton susceptible heart the
image of her lover. Broken in spirit, dis
appointed in hope, and impecunious in
pocket, he returned to his official duties a
changed man.
A few weeks elapse - d, when a letter
bearing a foreign post-mark arrived, as
suring him of her unaltered affections but
of ber sadly sniking health. Grief, had
preyed upon that delicate form, and hope
deferred , had withered the bloom from her
young cheek and delight faded from her
lustrous eye. Weary time sped on, and
day by day the desponding lover anxious
ly watched for further tidings, when at
length another letter reached him, this
time deeply fringed with black, at which
the pulse of his heart stood still, for it
told him that in a foreign land his Nelly
bad found eternal rest.
Henceforth the world would be to him
a dreary waste, with not one oasis upon
which his stricken heart cluld rest. The
joy that had filled his dream of the future
had passed from earth, the golden bowl
was bra - ken—what, therefore, was future
life to kim ?—Pale and sickly, melancholy
overshadowed his once animated face,
languid his step, and heart-broken, he be
came the object of commiseration to his
friends, to the few who had found out all
the agony of his grief.
It is here proper to state that the whole
of this correspondence had been conduct
ed by his fellow clerk, solely as an inno
cent joke; but who becoming frightened
at the turn things had taken and of the
dangerous melancholic condition of his
victitu,resolved to impart to him the ti nth,
that he had been the victim of a clue!
hoax, which originating in an innocent I
joke culminated almost into a tragedy.
Upon this. information the character of
his feelings underwent a change. lingo
filled his heart and revenge took the place
of grief. The intercession of friends,
however, prevented serious consequences,
and tinder their advice he sought repara
tion in the law courts of the District.
The matter has been since compromised,
and the case taken from the (locket. So
much for practical joke,
l'lirtiug.
Harmless flirtatious arc the
piquante" with which young people sea
son their daily fare, and so long as the
parties concerned are possessed of con moo
sense, so long will they not do harm.
Girls who love, and love again, are not
easily injured in their affections, and men
do not die of broken hearts. They live
and suffer, and it does them good. •'Men
have died and worms have eaten them.
But not for love." Indigestion more
likely, or a fit of spleen or a fall of real
estate. So long as a flirtation is confined
to the unmarried, it can do no harm until
it ceases to be a flirtation and becomes
intringuJ ; hut when it enters the career
of matrimony it is a deadlier foe than the'
plague. It is to the woman I address my
self, because she has the most power, and
can do the most harm. She enters the
family eirele•as a friend, is received with
heartfelt words of welcome by the wife
, i-aath'er* , - , , with •caiestries by -die obn
dreo. Shd stands within the sacred
threshold of home—the home she is about
to devastate—and they see only the an I j
-
gel, not the demon disguised beneath.
She is a cherished guest; the wife is busy
with her house and children; has but in
different health; looks pale and care-worn,
for the baby is cross, and Bridget cannot
do every thing. The husband is young
looking and handsome; the advent of a
baby every year does not impair his con
stitution. Tire guest plays ; he loves
music. She sings; his wife lost her
voice when the first baby came. The
guest is sprightly and entertaining. Why I.
doesn't Mary try to make herself agreea
ble to him in that way ? ,The guest looks
up in his and smiles, then sighs, and sud
denly bursts into tears, ••because she is
alone in the world." The man would be
a prodigious fool if he were not a real
villian. He knows this woman's whole
body is not worth his true wife's little fin
ger, but he is in the power of the siren.
They gloss over their wickedness with the
usual clap-trap "affinities," and the rapers
record an elopement in the general serio
tragic style. Of the broken-hearted wife,
shamed by the world's pity ; or the little
children let to its charity, there is trot
much to say. They would gladly sink
into oblivion forever. The man would be
ultimately punished by remorse, if society
would let hint alone; but there are exten
uating circumstances, it says. Either
the wife was too cold for a man of his tem
perament, and bad no sympathy with him,
or he was her superior, and there was
nothing in common between them. So,
when he is ready to return and give up
hisinfatnation, she must he ready to re
ocive him and make it all up. Yes. if she
is a good true woman, she will and let
God take care of the consequences ; Let
for the woman who would leave her home
iu that way there is no return from the
inffituation." Iler own arid es cry other
dour is barred against her, and she sinks
down clown Why Because there is I
that in the heart of every woman that
condemns her to death. The outraged
purity of her soul avenges itself. It is
her own hand that stonec her.
No woman can carry on a flirtation
with a married man that is not a criminal.
No married woman can flirt innocently,
even with a young man. It is the first
step toward unbalancing his charactrr.
Through her lie sees other women and
forms an estimate. Theryoung girl who
has entered a family and wins the affec
tions of the husband and father knowing
ly—and she cannot do it otherwise—has
entered on the road to perdition. There
is punishment for the housebreaker but
none ibr the hoinebreaker, who steals and
mars life's best treasure. Every woman
has the first best right to her own hus
band. He is hers in sickness and in
health, to love and to cherish, as exclu
sively as she should be his. lie is to
provide for her. honor her, and love her.
lie is her protector against all the adverso
circumstances of life. No other woman
has any right to the same attention and
*2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance
endearments. and a wife has a perfect
right to resent such intrusionc , . A man
who saw another man's arm around his
wife's waist, would consider it a case for
court, or an exercise for pistol shooting.
Women with keener sensibilities and finer
natures, feel it deeper. It touches the
heart. A certain sensible friend of mine
says there are two things she will never
allow anybody to meddle with--her hus
band and her sewing machine. Such
flirtations are unworthy of true manhood
or womanhood. They blight the lives
that were cleated in the original of God,
and make the innocent suffer for the guil
ty. Mothers would do well to see that
their daughters are not mentally grown
on the morbid books in which somebody
is always represented as falling in love
with somebody else's husband or wife, and
a "s9ul union" pictured which is only in
tended to veil the incarnation of lust.
There are enough men and women to fall
by the force of circumstances, or the de
pravity of original sin, without educating
any to it. It is well enough to pull our
ox or ass out of the pit, but we do not
want to dig ,its for them to fall into.—
1C(7 . 90 Ti ibune.
Three Things a Woman Can't, Do.
There are three things a woman cant
First—She can't sharpen a lead pencil.
(live her one and see. Mark how jag
gedly she hacks away every particle of
wood around the lead, leaving au unsup
ported spike of the latter, which breaks
immediately when used. You can almost
forgive the male creature his compassion
ate contempt as chucking her under the
chili, he twitches it horn her awkward
little paw, and rounds and tapers it iu the
most ravishing manner for durable use.
I wish to hear no wore on that point, be
cause when I once make up my mint' "all
the king's men " can't change it.
Well, then, secondly—A woman can't
do up a bundle. She takes a whole news
paper to do up a paper of pins, and a coil
of rope to tie it. and will come undone at
that. Whet. I go shopping—which is
sometimes my hard lot to do—l look on
with the fascinating gaze of a bird in the
CM
SEEM
neighborhood of a magnetic serpent, to I
watch clerks do up bundles. how the
paper falls just into the right crease; how
deftly they turn it over,and tuck it under,
and tie it up and then throw it down
upon the counter as if they had done the
most common thing in the world, instead
of a deed which might, and in faith does,
task the ingenuity of "angels I" It is
perfectly astonishing.
Thirdly—l may allude to the fact that
a woman cannot carry an umbrella, or
eatherttocra - vere:ramuhar mannerilawhich
they perform that 'duty; but I won't. I
scorn to turn traitor to a sex who, wha
ever may be their faults, are always loyal
to each other. So I shall not say, as I
might otherwise have said, that when
they unfurl the parachute alluded to, they
put it down over their noses—take the
middle of the side-walk, raking off men's
hats and women's bonnets as they go, and
walking right into the breakfast of some
wight, with that disregard of the conse
quent gasp which is to be understood
must be felt, as the offender cocks up one
corner of the parachute and looks defi
antly at the victim who has the effrontery
to come into the world and hazard the
whalebone and handle of her " umbrill !"
No, f won't speak of any thing of the
kind; besides, has not a celebrated writer
remarked that Whet] '' dear woman is
cross, it is only because she is sick."
Let us hope he is right. We all know it i
is not the cause of man's crossness. Give i
him his favorite dish and you may dine i
off him afterwards—if you want to.
1
The Clartliff Colossus—Letter irout
Prot. Marsh. of Yale College.
lloraEsTE.a, Soy. 21,
By especial pet wit-sion of the proprie
tors I was allowed to make a wore careful
examination of the statue than iN permit
ted to most vi , .itors, and a very few min
utes sufficed to satisfy Inc that my first
snspieions were correct. namely : that it
is of very rt;l!Pili ['rig!), and a nio-t decid
ed humbug:.
The figure cut from a Muck of gyp
suin,,,imilar to that found in Onondaga
county anti at other loealitieQ of the Salina
formation it; the State further West
The peculiar poeition of the body and
limbs, vihich have occasioned so much
remark, was apparently dere:mined in a
great inea , ite by the form of the block of
stone, which was water-worn on at least
throe of its sitb!=, before the sculptor be
an his work. These rough water-worn
sat facr , were not entirely removed in cut
ting. Portions of them still remain on
thesi les of the head and on the limbs
and feet,and have erroneously been regard
ed as indicating for the-work of a high an
tiquity.
The tool marks ate still very distinct on
difleient parts of the statue, especially
where they have not been obliterated
by the imperfeet polishing which evident
ly completed the work. On Vie more
prominent parts of the figure these marks
appear as small pointed depressions, hut
in the less exposed places, where the pol
ishing was more carelessly done, or omit
ted, they are nearly as distinct and fresh
as when first cut. in several places they
are very near or immediately surrounded
by the water-war. surfhces and, therefore,
are evidently of subsequent formation.
" Now as gypsum is soluble in about
four hundred parts of water, a very short
exposure of the statue in the locality of
Cardiff would saflice to obliterate ail trace.,
of tool-marks, and al-0 to roughen the
polished surfaces, but these arc both quite
perfect, and hence the giant must have
been very recently buried where discov
erect
'• Altogether. the work is
well calculated to impose npon the gen
eral public ; but I am surprised that any
scientific observers should not have at
once detected the unmistakable evidence
Mininst, its antiquity:'— Walt, Courier.
[WHOLE NUMBER, 2,084.3.
I . :knottier Family Wasittered-4;
band Cuts the Throats of his Wife
and Three Children.
A terrible tragedy was perpetrated twelve
miles from this city, on the Clarkesville
Pike, before daylight, Sunday morning: It
was the murder of a wife and three little
children by a fiend in human shape, Jo.
Barton, the husband and father. Mrs.
Barton and her children had retired to rest
in the same bed, Saturday night, Barton
being absent. Shortly aftermidnight, It is
believed, Barton returned and cut their
throats.
The murder was not discovered until ton
o'clock Sunday morning, when a farmer
welt acquainted with the family, passing on
his way to church, observed the house last
ened, no smoke is , suing from the chimney,
the windows closed, and no sign of life.
He went to the door and knocked, Again
and again did ho beat upon the door, butno
answer Caine. A mysterious stillness pre
vailed. He pried open the door and stood
aghast at the dreadful spectacle which met
his gaze. There lay the mother and the
three little children in a great dark pool of
blood, which bad run down from their
lacerated throats toward.the middle of the
bed. The mother looked as though she had'
awakened from some terrible dream, and,
having resisted as long she was able, bad
sank down with her face turned toward her
children, as if to avert the fate trhich await
ed them. The children had evidently each
been pulled down one by one in the bed,
1111 a butchered beside their mother.
The witness to the shocking sight beheld
it only for a moment, when, turning sick
from its horrid contemplation, he left, and
having secured the assistance of some
neighbors, returned and placed the remains
in decent order. Barton is a man of itiner
ant habits. Ile is a smiler by trade, and
formerly resided at Clarksville, where:he
created a
Ito
of debts which he never
es peeled to cancel, and having no longer
any credit in that vicinity had rented the
present farm and moved thereto- three
months ago. He often drank to success,
but, was never suspected of having any
disposition to murder. Ire is supposed to
have departed for parts unknown soon
after he committed the unnatural crime.--
TCPMLI.SCC. Exchange.
A Norc/ Theory—Effect ontailroado
011 I• the Weather.
The opinion seems to be gaining strength
that the Pacific Railroad is working a
great change lu the climate of the Plains.
Instead of continuous droughts, all along
the - ruilroad rain now falls in refreshing
abundance. This result bas been remark
ed upon in other sections of the West. In
Central Ohio, for example, it is said, the
climate has been completely revolutionized
since iron rails have formed a net work all
over that region. Instead of the destruc
tive droughts formerly suffered there, for
some four or live years there has been rain
in abundance—even more than enough to
satisfy all the wants of farmers. This
change is thought to be the result of au
equilibrium produced in the electrical cur
rents, which has brought about a more
uniform dispensation of the rain. It is a
fact within the observation of all who re
member ante-railroad times, that we have
now few or no such thunder storms as
we formerly had in New England. The
iron rails which touch and cross each other
in every direction, serve as conductora and
e . qualiiere 'of the 'electric chrronts, - ,and so
prevent the terrible explosions which used
to terrify us in former years., The tele
graphic wires which accompany the iron
rails everywhere, also act an important
part in diffusing electricity equally through
the atmosphere, thus preventing the Occur
rence of severe thunder storms.—Boston
Traveller.
Rands and Feet.
I went into the shop the other day to buy
what the drapers call "gent's hose." A
smiling, young lady was behind the count
or; and when I had made an appeal to her
to show me some socks, I was somewhat at
a loss what course of action I ought to pur
sue in order to demonstrate to her the
length of my foot. As lam not a burlesque
writer, it was clear that I could not lay my
feet on the counter and say, " with all my
sole (' nor could / paraphrase
Tar, when be spoke of the dancer, " who so
lightly handled her feet." The little woman
however, speedily removed my first per
plexity, though only to plunge me into
another.
" Will, you," said sue, " please to double
up your fist, and isy it on the counter ?"
I replied that I did not want gloves, but
mocks
"Anti I Want to tnko your measure."
,Ile said
" Tint," I urged, " it i 4 the 'lmmure of zn:4.
root that you require."
'• Tes," she replied, " and I can gut it
equally as well Nrith your hand. Once
around your clenched list at the knuckles is
the length of your foot."
And she took the measure of my fist, and
1 took the socks on the faith of the damsel's
representation ; and, in due course, I found
that she NVS4 quite right, and fitted me to a
nieet r.
Historical Facts.
Ilistory in many cases will have to be re
written. For example, there never wax a
Pope called Viollncello.
The Duke of Wellington took always a
box of sugar-plums withi him to battle, to
encourage the soldiers. His celebrated ex
presion was, "Up, Guards, and eat 'em !"
The well-known magnificent Czar of
Russia was always fond in winter time of
sitting, with his met in the fender. Hence
laughter loving people cal led him Peter the
Grate. If he caught anybody saving this
be at °IWO sent him to Siberia.
Thf , Ill)IIVO Will raise tbegizestion. Where
is Siberia? The best maps will well repay
troubletbn of a search.
The scheme of tunneling under the Al
-I•cntic b. not new. The ideu (if we are cor
rectly informed) occurred to a gentleinnn
route time ago. but he never mentioned it
and the secret died with him.
Diegtmes wits a persevering:num. lle 'MAN
Prevent at the seige of Syracuse in his tub.
"If I wore not myself," observed Alexan
der, with more wit than truth "I would he
. .
the lira. of England, WlOl t
Pd the Conqueror. The fact has never been
disputed. He invented pepper. The fact
Ana.
Historical and eorrectly speaking, the
Christian Era. A. D.. 16 u•aS not published
weekly, nor did it contain any theatrical or
sporting intelligence. It has much improv
ed since then.
Dyeing. was discovered by the Syrians,
and they dyed in great numbers. The use
of the word Dye for joking purposes was
not unknown to the ancients.
Lacked Something.
The drill instructor of on old British reg
iment of the line—one of the old stamp
nutrtine sergeants—who was the terror of
every recruit and the remorseless tyrant of
the awkward squad, was putting a tiring
squad through the funeral exercise. Hav
ing opened the ranks, so as to admit the
passage of the supposed cortege between
them, the instructor ordered them to rest
on their arms reserved. Then by way of
practical explanation, he walked slowly
down the lane formed by the two ranks,
saying as he Moved, •` Now,l am the corpse.
Pay attention." Having reached the end
of the party. ho turned round, regarding
them steadily with n scutinizing eye for a
moment or two, and then remarked in the
most solemn tone of voice. "Your 'ands is
right, and your 'ends is right, but you av'nt
Lot that lank of regret you ought Wave,"