J. W. YOCUM, Editor.
VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 26.1
THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
A J. ICAUFFM.A.I`.7,
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
Crain ti es.
Pensions, - Bonnty, Back Pay, and all claims
against government promptly prosecuted.
Office—No.ls2, Locust street.
W. YOCUM, •
101
COLUMBIA. PA
OFFICE—Sry Building, Bank Street, near
Locust.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
counties.
HENRY C. G. REBER,
\o3'4 Washington street, near Sixth,
Reading, Pa.
Collections made in Berks and adjoining
counties. nov27-tf
T M. NORTH,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly mule in Lancaster and
York Counties.
THOMAS J. DAVIS,
- No, 14 North Dulce Street. Lancaster. Pa.
Proles:, tonal Business carefully and prompt
ly attended to. Coet:3o'6o-tt
JOHN I\l. GRIDER,
JUSTICE OF THE - PEACE, 6 1 CRIVENE11,
Moon trine; Lancaster County, Pa.
Otlice Hours front G to 8 o'clock, A. M.,
and 7 to s o'clock, P. H.
N . l - CLA.RK;
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OFIPICE—NO. 1.2 N. Third street.
atHee .1 - fours—From 64,0,7 A. M. 12 to 1 P. ?.L,
and from 6to 9 P.:.M. , ; ;" [sepl-69-tfw
SA3lurra EVAN'S,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Office, on Second' Se., adjoining Odd Fellows'
Columbia; Pa.
A J: GULICK,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Tektisvhhout Patn. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing; Gas administered.
OFFICE 248 LOCUST STREET.
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P C. UNSELD,
11...5 •
TEACHER. OF MUSIC
PIANO,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
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2U LOCUST STREET
T Z. 110FVER,
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in'the extrac
tion of Teeth. _ _
Office— Front Street, next door tort. Williams'
Drng Store between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia. -
I'. HINE" LE,
PUYSICIA.ITfi SURGEON;
otters 1113 professionatservices to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the
°Mee connected 'with his residence, on Second
sweet, between Cherry and Union, every day,
irom 7t09 A. M., and from ii to BP. M. Persons
wisaing his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his Mace,
or throuesh the post °dice.
D ENTAL SURGERY
.1. S. SCI IT H . DENTIST,
Graduate ~f Pennsylvania College of Den till
Surgery. Office in Wagner's Building, over
Haideznan's dry goods store. En
trance, 270 Lueust Street,
Columbia, Penn'a.
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Dr. J. S Smith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their liberal patronage In the
mist, and assuring them that they can rely upon
having every attention given to them in the
(attire. In every branch of his profession he
has Many:, given entire satistaction. Ito calls
attention to the ummrpasssed style and finish
of artillelal teeth inserted by him. Ile treats
dkemes COIIIIIIOII to the mouth and teeth of
children arid adults. Teeth tilled with the great
est care and in the most approved manner.
A C!I illg telgti treated and tilled to last for years.
Vie Mist of den trltices and mouth washes con
stantly on hand.
S. 11.—All work warranted.
se;il-el•lyw .1. S. S.
D Ex-f, EST A.TE, AGENCY
1 - S SD. D. S.
The undersigned have opened an antic for the
purchase and sale of real estate. collection of
rents,mat the renting of property. Business
entrusted to their care will meet with prompt
and e:u•eful attention. F. X. ZIEG LEH..
0et.31-'lls-tft • A. J. KAUFFMAN%
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS
to Milne., paving and other brick always on
in, wt. They are hand made and superior to an
brick in tins part of the country. They are of
fered:it the very lowest price.
sep.l-09-tfw) :MICHAEL LIPHART.
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_H OTELS.
XT EST ERN HOTEL,
1, 1.5 CORTI...Us:DT STREET,
NEW YORK.
THOS. D. WINC.I.II...'STER, PROPRIETOR.
This /Intel Is central and convenient for Penn
v,ylvaniares..
ABLE AIISTILER, of Reatllllgh
Is an I.3.sistant at tills lintel, and will be glad to
see In friends at all times. sent-1-045w
" CONTINENTAL."
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TI T US ROTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
hetween the Stations of the Reading and Colum
aud Pennsylvania Railroads,
WRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
.dte accommodations for Strangers and Tray.
olers. The Bar N stocked with
CI:WIC - F. LIQUORS,
111 d the Tables itirnished with the hest fare.
UILIAIX FINDLEY,
Proprietor.
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FRANKLIN HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA,
This is a tirst-ela.s.shotel, and Is in every respect
s.dapted to meet the wishes and destroy of the
traveling public. .MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
T,IP.L•'VCI3s HOTEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park
New York. li. PItENC.II,
Sept. ii. pkiS, Proprietor.
MISELLER'S IJOTEL
West Niarket Square, Refuting
EVAN Ausin,En,
,Proprietor.
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211ABBLE WORKS.
CIOLLI MBE& I‘IARI3I4E \VORKS.
J The Subscribers : would respectfully Inform
the citizens • or - Ccl n mbla,• and • surrounding
country, that they have opened
A NEW MA ItBL Hi YARD, IN
. cor,um BEA,
On sth Street, between Locust and Walnut Sts.,
and ask the patrouage of the public.
They have had great experience on flue work,
both in Philadelphia and New York. They will
turubdi in the highest style of the art, handsome
GRAVE STONES, MONUNLENTS,
STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, Sc.
also MAREL,MMANTLES, BUILDIIiG WORK..
..tc. Orders promptly attended and executed at
cheaper rates than elsewhere.. Call and see ut.
Designs of new styles of Fine work,such
znontonental ,tine arts, &c., will be furnished
parties upon application to the proprietors.
• . HEFTING & MEHL.
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UPHOLSTERING!
The undersigned has taken rooms adjoining
the residence of James Barber, in Walnutstreet,,
where he is at all times prepared to do ail kinds
of work in his line, such as Hanging Curtains,
cutting, making and laying Carpets, repairing
Sofas and Chairs, making Spring, Corn-husk
Hair Mattresses, Cushions, ge., &c.
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BITC.H - E.WS COL U 31217.-
T 0. BUCHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Fxvz CENTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors
las removed his Store to his Building, adjoining
liablemau's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms and greatly
increased. his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISHLER'S CELEBRATED
HEARD BITTERS !
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed In every ease, when tried
Dr. Ifishler offers five hundred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the•place where It is made, than
MISEILER'S HERB BITTERS
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
Is for sale. in Columblaby
J. C. BUCHER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing tlie following;
Catawba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Cherry,
Currant and Muscat WINES
COGNAC, 01? DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY anti
BRANDIES of all kinds: -
Blackberry „Tamales. Spirits,
Catawba,
Cherry,
OE
XX Old Rye X 011 Rye,
Pure Old Rye, \Lenongalleln,
Itecti nod Whisky, London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, &c., &c., &e,
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
He is also Agent for the Celebrated
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
POCKET FLASKS.
DEMIJOHNS,
TOBACCO ,BOXES,
nd FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISIILER'S BITTERS!
PURE A: UNADULTERATED;
BEST STOUT PORTER!
From E. ez. G. HIBBERT, LONDON-
PURE MALT VINEGAR
Cannot be pureluised at any other establish-
Tama In town, and is warranted to keep [natal
and vegetables perfect.
The 13e46 Brands of imported
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS-
BIJ will still keep on band the
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO.
- SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA., and
COMISON SEGARS. Also,
SNUFF & TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand end one varieties. Call at
Locust Street, adjoining Ealdetnan's Stare.
the greatest establiabment of the Kind Oda
aide of Pkiladelphla.
241shleOnly
Bi Agency for Lee's LOndon Porter,Fod
r"s tters.
Maderil
Malaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Rhino,
Blackborry,
Bide: berry,
MIWIZIet,
Ginger.
Gln,
Supettor Olu Rye,
Pure Old Rye,
XXX Old Rye,
AGENCY FOR
FOR SALE
At J. C. BUCHER'S,
For Sale by
I. C. BUCHER.
For by
T. C. BUCKER,
Locust Street, above Front-
Agent for the
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J. C. BIICELER 8..
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J. C. BUCHER'S,
COLUMBIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FIEBRIT.A_RY 5, 18'70.
XISCEL.LANE O US.
-IC MAY & ERWIN, B
E 105 LoCust St., Columbia, Pa.
DEALERS IN
Agents SCHOOL, Sheet
.tor all Y Miscellaneous and 0 Music
New York, akBLANK Ur of all kinds,
.Philadelphia, 1 17.800K.5. Dime and
and Lancaster S half Dime copies.
Dailies and Week- Initial Ca sk e ts,
lies. New publi.- ALL ir low, from 10
cations receiv- I KINDS cents, 15 cents
ed. as soon "OF STA.TIONERY." and up
as Issued. %IF SCHOOL DIREC- %If ward s.
RPTOES AND TEACHERS SUP-
P LIED AT WHOLESAL E
ERATES. DON'T FORGET TELE PLACE,
105 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, Pa.
n0v20.'119-1y
1869. . NO. 25. 1870.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
GIFTS.
25001121 g more suitable than a nice
HAT OR CAP
FROM
Smith & Amer's
NEW STORE,
No. 25 East King Street, Lancaster, Pennn.
F. S.IC/TIL CHARLES Jr. AXES.
F. F. LANDIS, EZRA F. LANDIS, .TACOD S. LANDIS
KEYSTONE
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, Hangers and
Couplings, of an improved pattern. Farmers
Portable Grist Mill.
OUR NEW AND IMPROVED GRAIN
THRESHER AND SEPARATOR.
With the Best Tripled Geared Horse Power.
Iron and Brass works made to order. Furnish
Models for Patters at reasonable rates. Having
good and experienced hands,andbeing, practical
mechanics themselves, feel safe in guarantee
ing all their work to give satisfaction. For par
ticulars, address LANDIS Sz CO..
n0v20.'60-tfl Lancaster, Pa.
THE HINKLY FAMILY
KNITTING MACHINE !
THE WONDER OF THE AGE!
KNITS EVERYTHING!
Combines Rapidity, Simplicity, Durability and
Cheapness—Knitting with a, Single
Eye-Pointed Needle.
.fir Received the Highest Premium at the
Paris Exposition, and Great American Insti
tute, New York, 1;47. For further information
cation. E. MUSSER,
Agent for Lancaster county,
Orange St. between N. Queen and Prince.
•
NO. 'l3
SITREINER'S
IS THE PLACE
Where you can buy a first rate
AN, ENGLISH OR. SWISS
WATCH,
BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, HAND
SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
and almost everything in the Jewelry line
AT THE LOWEST PRICE
Or - you can. purchase
i?..1
NE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS,
FO ' ' S, K.NI*.E...B7oASTORSitiOBLETSI ICE
S•ITCHERS. BUTTER DISITES mac. &v. -
Then IT you are In
WANT OF TIME
you cau buy auy kind of
AMERICAN CLOCK,
warrauted of the best quality, at a low figure
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF
CIIAS. P. SIIREINEIt'S
Sept-twttl No. 13 Front St., Columbia, Pa
THOMAS WHITE,
PLA.TE,
ASD
SHEET-IRON WORKER
HOLLOW-WARE ALWAYS ON HAND
1300FING AND SPOUTING DON It:
The cheapest place in town
JIOUSIiI FURNISHING GOODS
HYDRANTS REPAIRED
EVERYBODY GOES TO
NO. 407 LOCUST STREET.
F,reptil-Gyrr.
R OMER, COLLADAY & cO.'S
1412 AND 1414 CHESTNUT ST.,
PHILADELPIITI
GREAT BARGAINS
DRESS COODS.
Taking advantage of the great depression In
business. 11. C. & Co. have u ode
Immense Purchases
of Dress Goods In this market for cash at
Enormous Reduction
Below the cost of Importation, which they are
opening. and will offer at a very slight advance.
They desire t 9 di ect special attention to this
stock:, together with their own large importa
tion, which have been reduced to correspond-
'ugly low rates,antl will be found the
lAROEST ASE CHAFIST STOCK
EVER OFF E RED. INC LUDING
10 orniee 13lue and G-reen. Stripee.
Cheese Poplins and I%loliatre. In
great variety or style.; for suits, tit :73 c
worth 75e. to $l.OO.
Very heavy 'Worsted In Li/
te•h Towage dark shades for suits, 50c.
Fazte .A.ll-Wool rnpreski Clotl4, in
all colors, Including the very desirable
shades in Navy Blue, for suite,
Splendid quality t3illr Seratni, in all
colors, vic.
Rich 33roclie Poplins, Silk and Wool,
very handsome goods, 75c.
French "Roll PoplinK,all Silk and Wool,
EZI
3Extra, heavy "Wool Poplin Cords,
for Walking Dresses, 61.25.
TEAM PRINTING.—CaIf at the
Steam Printing House of the COLUMBIy
t .Y, rear of Columbia National Bank, and ex
amine apecimena of Letter Ileads,Notes,Carda &e
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
3.IISCELLANBOUS.
_ - -
OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED!
THIS DAY, THIS WEEK.,
AND UNTIL. FURTHER °IMF:RS,
B REN EM _A_. N'S
128 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, Kate; Peerless,
Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly,
Gilmore, Nob 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, Flandkerehiels, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lars, &c. Also.
UMBRELLAS AND CANES
Parties who favor us with their patronage are
assured that it will be our constant aim to
uteri t I heir confidence and support.
Call and examine our well selected stock at
at low prices.
BRENEMAN'S
No. 12.8 Locust, Street, Columbia, Pa
call:GO-1y
Dnucs. CHE3IICA
T A. :MEYERS
Druggist and Apothecary,
ODD FELLOWS' HALL,
Invites v.ttentiou 1.4 a few specialties now In
stock:
PRIME NEW CANA Ex SEED
OLD PALM SOAP IN PAILS
PRATT'S RED BUG KILLER, (sure thing and
harmless to persons,)
ROTHE'S NEW AND IMPROVED RAT KIL
LER, (the best thing we have yet sold,)
NO. 13
SPLEICDID LOT OF CHAMOIS SKINS,
BATH TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVES,
CORKWOOD FOR SHOEMAKERS,
COARSE AND FINE PEIVEIL,groond i❑ the
PURE SPICES AND CREAM TARTAR
Together with our usual large stock of DRUGS
MEntctsEs and DRUGGISTS St7sonrgs which
arc entirely CASH purchases.
PHYSICIAN'S scnirrrolsandFAMlLYlLE
cirusmrus prepared by night or day with accuracy.
Itemember the •
FAMILY MEDICINE. STORE,
•.• sept.i . ,o94fwt, • dd Fellows'llall.
T B. KEVINSKI,.
e-P • PEAL77II . 7N
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS,
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY.
A large assortment of Violins, Flutes. Guitars,
Banjos, Tamborines, Aceordeons, Flies, Har
monicas, ond m w.ical merchandise always on
hand.
SHEET MUSIC.
A large stock on hand, and constantly receiving
all the latest publlcAtlons as soon as issued,
Music and Musical ]looks will be sent , by mail
free of postage, when the tuarhet price is remit
ted.
DACA C 0 31 ASIA,
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 Dacalcomanta.
STEINWAY S. SON'S PIANOS, runce.r.
NEEDITAU & SON'S CELEFIRA I'1•.t~
ORGANS AND MELODEONS.
Sole Agent for Stoll's . Unrivaled PIANO
FORTE AND FURNITURE POLISH.
Call and examine my stock at
NO. 3 NORTH STREET,
LA:cCASTEIL PA
COOPE It CONARD,
S. E, cor. 9th L Market Sta.,
pmr,ADELN.H.A..
It acing rebuilt their store, will open about
October Ist, with an elegant stock, to which
they Incite an examination.
Upwards of seventeen years of aet,ve busi
ness at their present lovation, enables them to
Judge of the wants of their patrons, to buy at
the lowest prices and to sell at t he smallest mar
gin of profit. Fall lines of
BLACK SILKS,
DRESS STUFFS.
S VELVETS,
CLOAKS, HI :kW LS,
IIOSIERY, TIES,
I IANDKERCIII EFS.
COLLARS, CLIFFS.
GOODS.
BLANKETS, QUIL
USLINS, LINENS,
CASSIMERES,
CLOAKINGS,
VELVETEENS. &c., &e.
COOPER S. COWARD,
S. E. ear. Ninth & Market Sts.,
Philudeiphim
WOODWARD'S
WHOLESALE AND RETAr.
MUSIC STORE,
N 0.22 WEST KING STREET.
Planes, Organs, :Melodeons, Piano and IM clo
demi Stools and Covers, Violins, Gu I tars, Ban
jos, Tam horines, Aeeordeons, Co acernn Is.
Drums, Fifes, Flutes. Flageolets, Harmouleos,
Clappers. Triangles, String' of all kinds, Bow
}lair, Tuning Pocks, Pitch Pipes, Violin Bows,
Cello Bo vs. Violin and Guitar Boxes, Music
I'orttoilos, Instruction Books of all kinds,
Sheet :Music. Music Books. and every descrip
tion of Musleal 21erehandise. All or, lees filled
promptly at the usual Retail and Wholesale
Prices, and satisfaction guaranteed.
.I:C6' . l7lllliElg and repairing promptly attended to.
A. W. WOODWARD,
dee:1.1104(1 No. 22 West Kin!: St.. La leas ter.
MILS. G. N. BOOTH,
No. I.M LOCUST ST., COLUM BIA, PA
DEALIIIC IN
SEGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFFS,
PIPES, &c.,
Anil all articles usually kept in a first-class To
bacco and Segar Store The public:eau rely on
getting at our store as good goods for the money
as can be obtained at any hinillar chttlidlhhment
In the State.
I do not think It necessary to publish my
pr ces, al. the Goods will tell for themselves.
Dies. G. M. BOOTH,
Locust Street, Columbia, 111.,
septll-GO-IyVil Sign of the Punch.
OLD BARNES
The Cheap Boot Maker,
119 FRONT STREET,
Where he will manufacture to order rtll kinthi
of .lieu's Boots BETTER and cnE.A.T. , ER than
any other establishment• in the County.
FINE CALF BOOTS, pegged,SB.so; , sewed, $ 7 . 00
HEAVY HIP BOOTS, " 0.00; ' 7.00
FRE.I4:CH CALF BOOTS, 8.00; double-soled 8.50
octlG-3m
AG-Repairing Neatly and Promptly Executed.
All work warranted as good as the best. Call
and see the "Old Covey" at
No. 14 FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
GENTS'
Store,
I=
MEE
Wortry.
FLORAL FANCIES.
Welcome gleams of green—of amber!
Children! playmates! out and see,
Floating from her ice-bound. chamber,
Spring, the ilower-crown'ed spring, set free
See her blue eyes, glad to weeping,
O'er the wan world oped anew
O'er the meads fresh waters leaping,
Silvery-stepp'd, and tuneful, too!
Singing, ringing, wilde , ,t measure,
Wild as if gone mad with pleasure.
Now tho warm rays' noonday sun
Wakes the sleepy flowers below—
Some like gentle ghosts, all whiteness—
Some like maiden cheeks that glow—
Jonquils pale—hoWpale ! but sweeter,
Richer than the rose of June;
Daffodils whose day is fleeter,
Born like smiles and lost as soon.
Pansies clad in wondrous glory,
Bare as kings in Eastern story.
Yonder, where the sparkling showers
1111ko music heard in sleep,
There Inr.ro burst the crocus Bowers,
Laughing out while cloudlets weep,
Time of beauty—time of blessing—
''Sunny childhood of tile year:
Earth,so lorn ere thy caressing,
Blooms like one whom angels cheer:
Kiss her, clasp her, tend her kindly,
She has sorrow'd long and blindly.
Sorrow'd childless, bloomless, blighted,
Like a mother gone
Ah that young smile rapture-lighted.
Nestling there new life bath wrought;
Lilies weave her brow's soft splendor,
Crown'd with gems—the Jewel dews,
Violets dark her mild eyes render,
Almond pink her cheeks suffuse !:
lass her, clasp her—soundest slumbers
Soon must melt at such warm numbers
O'er her shoulders thickly streaming
May's laburnum knots of gold;
Ringlets rich In radiance gleaming,
As were Absalom's of old !
Now she wakes—she pants—she rises—
Standing 'midst the milk-white boughs,
Bride-like! full of sweet surprises,
Bride-like! blushing :whi c e vows.
Now she walks the world In beauty—
Now sweet Love becomesa duty.
A ulciumows OPINION 0 P
1710DERN GIRLS.
Ever ranging, constantly changing,
Sometimes teasing, sometimes pleasing,
Sometimes hoaxing, sometimes coaxing,
No expressing how much dressing,
Little knowing, little sewing,
Little walking, greatly talking,
Mischief making, promise breaking,
Novel reading, dainty feeding,
Idle dreaming, sudden screaming.
Lap-dog dealing. Byron quoting,
Piano playing, gems displaying,
Body bracing, ti,gntly
Over sleeping, often weeping,
Dandy loving, white kid-gloving,
Thin shoe wearing health despairing,
Daily fretting, sickness getting,
Ever sighing, almost dying—
What blessed wives to cheer men's lives !
a3eztaing.
"IF WE ONLY lIA.O PIANO."
By 31118. HELEN C. K.NIGILT
"This is d pleasaut," exclained the young
husband, taking his ...seat 4osily in the
rocking chair, as the t4-things were
in-1-ho rata
reve ing s.-prettiirand ci:iuttlji):ftirnighed
sitting-room, with all the appliances of
comfort. The fatiguing business of the
day was over, sod he sat enjoying, what
he had all day bean anticipating, the de
lights of his own fireside• His pretty
wife Esther, took her work and sat down
by the table.
"It is I:leas:int to have a home of one's
own," he said, again taking a satisfactory
survey v,f his saus. little quarters.
The cold rain beat against the windows,
and lie thought he felt really grateful for
all his present enjoyments.
"Now if we only had a piano l" said
the wife.
"Give me the music of your sweet voice
before all the pianos in creation," he de
clared complimentarily d??pite a certain
secret disappointment that his • wife's
thankfulne4s did not happily chime with
his Min.
"Well, but we want one fur our friends,
said Esther."
-Let our friends come end see us and
nut to hea. a piano ?" exclaimed' the hus
band.
••But, George, everybody has a piano,
oow•a.duys--ale don't go anywhere with
out seeing a piano," pershited the irife.
"And yet I don't know what we want
one for ; you will have no time to piay one
and L don't like to hear it."
"'Why they are so thshionable—l think
our room looks really naked without. one."
"I think it looks just right."
I think it looks very naked—lye want
a piano shockingly," protested Esther em
phatically.
The husband rocked violently.
"Your lamp smokes, my dear," he said
alter a long pause,
"When are you going to get a solar
lamp? I have told you a dozen times how
much we need one," said Esther, pettishly.
"Those will do."
"But you know everybody, now-a-days,
wants solar lamps r
"Those lamps are the prettiest of the
kind I ever saw—they were bought at
Boston."
"But. George. I do not think our room
is complete without a solar lump." said the
wife sharply ; "they are so fashionable ;
why, the D—s, have
them. lam sure we ou:ht to."
"We ought to, if we take pattern by
other people's expenses, and I don't sec
any reason for that." The husband ruby.
ed uneasily in his chair. "We want to
live within our means, Esther," exclaimed
G eorge.
"I am sure I should think we could af
ford it as well as the I.3—s and L—s, and
many others we might mention—wo do
not wish to appear mean."
George's cheeks crimsoned.
"Mean ! I am not mean !" be cried an
grily.
"Then you do not wish to appear so,"
said the wife. "To complete this room,
and make it look like others, we want a
piano and a solar lamp."
" We want—we want r." muttered the
husband; " there is no satisfying a wo
man's wants, do what you may I" and he
abruptly left the room.
Hoiv many husbands are in a similar
dilemma! how many homes and husbands
are rendered uncomfortable by the con
stant dissatisfaction of the wife With pros
enteomforts and present provisions. How
many bright prospects for business have
ended in bankruptcy and ruin, in order
to satisfy this secret hankering after fash
ion Ale necessaries. If the real cause of
many a failure could be made known, it
would be found to result from useless ex
penditure at home—expenses to answer
demands at home—expenses to answer the
demands of fashion, and " what will peo
ple say of us ?"
" My wife has made my fortune," said
a gentleman of great possessions," by her
thrift, prudence and cheerfulness when I
was just beginning."
"And mine has lost my. fortune," an
swered his companion bitterly, "by use
less extravagance, and repining when I
was doing well." What a world does this
open of the influence which a wife posses
ses over the future prosperity of her fam
ily ! Let the wife know her influence,
and try to use it wisely and well.
Be satisfied to commence small. It is
too common for young house-keepers to
begin where their mothers ended. Buy
all that is necessary to work skillfully
with, adorn your house , ' with all that will
render it comfortable. Do not look at
richer homes and covet their costly furni
ture. If secret dissatisfaction is ready
to spring up, go a step further and visit
the homes of the poor Ad suffering; be
hold dark,eheerless apartments,insufficient
clothing, an absence of the comforts and
refinements of social life; then return to
your own with a joyful spirit. You will
then be prepared to meet your husband
with a grateful heart, and be ready to a p•
preeiate that toil and self-denial which he
has endured in his business world to sur
round you with all the delights of home;
then you will be ready to co-operate cheer
fully with him in so arranging your ex
penses, that his mind will not be constant•
ly harassed with fears lest family expen
ditures may encroach upon public pay
ments
Be indcpeudt-nt: a young house-keeper
never needs greater moral courage than
she does to resist the arroiranee of fash
ion. Do not let the A — s, and
B s decide what you must have,
neither let them hold the strings of your
purse. You know best what you can and
ought to afford; then decide with strict
integrity according to your means. Let
not tthecensure or the approval - of the
world - ever teMpt you tp . , buy what, you
afters
little what, they„think, provide ' oti are
true to yourself and family. •
- Thus pursuing an ind,:inntltllnt,straight
forward, consistent course of action there
will spring up peace and joy all around
you. Satisfied and happy yourself, you
will make your husband so, and your chit
dren will feel the warm and sunny influ
ence. Happy at home, your husband can
go out into the world with a clear head
and self-relying spirit; domestic bickering
will not sour his heart, and he will return
to you again with a confiding and unceas
ing love. Depend upon it, beauty, grace,
wit, accomplishments, have far less to do
with family comfort, than prudence, econ
omy- and good sense. A husband may get
tired of admiring,but never with the com
fortable consciousness that his receipts ex
ceed his demands.
THE good people of Williamsport, Pa ,
have been thrown into a state of high ex
citement b - y fhe Nireird performances of a
ghost, that has for some time been making
regular visits, on Tuesday nights, to a
gentleman residing in " a plain brick
structure," on Third street; in that thriv
ing young " City." The existence of the
strange nocturnal -visitor is vouched for
by a correspondent of the Balletia who in
company with a friend, repaired to (he
ORSC on the evening of the ISt h 13,t
and after securely locking and bolting the
doors, and extingui4ting the ga , .. patient
iy awaited its appearance. At'• the witch
ing hour" a low tread was heard in the
hall—the steps approached the door—the
lock gently turned without the aid of a
key—the door opened, and a luminous
light burst, with the effulgence of the
noonday sun, upon the valiant watchers ,
—There. clothed in a curious mantle,
stood the outline of what appeared to be a
man. llis countenance seemed serene,
his eyes were apparently half closed, and
gently raising his right hand, pointed at
each one in turn ; then a ghastly smile
seemed to illumine his countenance
when he turned upon his heel, glided out
of the room, the door closed, the bolt of
the lock distinctly clicked, and the sound
of his receding footsteps gradually died
away and all waQ still I The correspou
dent proposes to " watch for the curious
stranger agmin, and if anything remarks-I
blc occurs, will communicate it." But
why not try to rapture his ghostship ?
By caging and exhibiting him, a realsen
sation could be gotten up, and a fortune
secured by the enterprising gho>t•catch-
EOM
AN exchange that came to hand this
morning says: "We have just been
shown some manuscript written by Bless,
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, It looks
as though a spider had got drunk
and dipped his feet in ink, and was drag
ging out a miserable existence crawling
over a sheet of paper in search of his
friends who had deserted him.
Tug noblest thing out—a door knob,
t is always out.—Ex.
THEY are importing hair-cloth skirts to
take the place of hoops.
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance,
-• I Will if You Will."
Two young ladies in their visits innon, ;
the absentees of their Sunday school class
bad to call at a shoemaker's. It was on
Monday afternoon, and a sad scene pre
sented itself. The poor wife and child
ren stood almost-heart-broken. • The mail
had just returned from the public-house,
where he had been drinking with his
companions ever since Saturday night.
his money was now all gone, hi:, head
aching, and conscience tormenting him.
The young ladies kindly remonstrated
with him, And at last he said he knew he
was doing wrong. One of the ladies then
advised bin: to sign the temperance pledge.
Ho replied, "1 will if you will."
Now, neither of the Sunday school
teachers expected to have this said to .
then:. They were in the habit of taking
a little wine occasionally. They,however,
reflected that if this poor drunkard should
be rescued, by God's blessing, through
their example, it would more than repay
`them for the loss of wine. One of them
said, " I will sign, Mr. -, fur your
sake." " And I will too," said the other.
A pledge paper waa procured, and the
names were duly entered.
Ten years alter the writer had occasion
'o pass a Sunday in the place. I felt
anxious to ascertain if the shoemaker
continued firm to the pledge, and wended
my way to the door of the once miserable
dwelling. What a change The room
was well furnished, and everything bore
the marks of comfort. The father had
been with three of his children to the
house olGod. His children also, nut only
regularly attended the Sunday school, but
also a week-day chool. for which the
father was well able to pay. Before
left I read an appropriate psalm of thanks
givin;!. to God for his mercies. and we
knelt around the family altar. When we
parted teats of gratitude prevented many
words being spoken; bnt I felt thankful
that a whole tinnily, who were once ap
parently on the way to ruin, were now
with their faces Zionward.
Do You Subscribe ?
There is an anecdote, of which cue of
our journalists, now at the summit of his
profession, is the hero. When he con
ducted a newspaper in the West, he intro
duced the novelty of reporting cases be
fore the police magistrate. One of these
in which a brawny butcher, of Teutonic
race, was brought up for administering
pers,..wal correction to his wife, had some
peculiar feature which the reporter dre4s
ed up in an amusing manner. He was
sitting at his desk, when the defendant.
who, if not refined, had been clued by the
ju4tioc; rpttlered.,4lo,ji r tW r t.
"With a huge bludgeon:'
voice, and in broken English, he inquired
by what right he and his wife had been
put into the newspapers; and his man
ner was so threatening that the editor, a
slight youngster, without • veil a cane to
use in defence, saw how very hopeless his
case was. Keeping his eye on the burly
giant, and drawing himself up in his chair
with an air of great dignity, he asised :
—Do you subscribe fo: illy paper ?" The
enemy stared, and answered that he did
not. "Then," said the editor, triumph
antly, " I donut see what right you have
to find fault with anything that I print in
it. When you pay two dollars, which is• a
year's subscription, in advance, you will
have a right to complain " This was not
a very logical deduction, but it. hit. The
man, in a very abated tone and moderated
manner, muttered, "I will go and talk
with mine wife about this," and quitted
the Lace, never to reappear in it. The
editor's presenec of mind had saved him
from an assault.—Proof Sheet
The Rest Ile Could Vo.
I.s a genenil rule, newspapers like in
vidual:+, reluctantly adknowletlge that
they have been x rung. They are tena
cious in the belief' that, in the cont=titu-
tional aphori:qu, The King eau do no
wrong." there is a, error of the press,
and that for " King " we should read
Vntsre is an anecdote of an
itiir in one of the tio , st itnrirtarit provin
cial torns iu Eii;4l,lrid. Tic was seated at
his de,k, reading- the letters received by
that utorn'ugs p, , st, when all uu:.nuoune•
e.ll visitor ',resettled himself. " I believe ,
sir, that you conduct the Journa/P"
The reply was a nod of assent. "I am
3lr. Moore, banker in (naming a
neighboring town), and you have had the
audacity to state, in your last issue, that I
had committed suicide in a Ut ut• tempo
rary insanity." The editor was puzzled,
but undismayed : "We bud the para
graph from our local t eporter in your town,
and have always found 'him reliable and
accurate." The banker became more an
gry, " Well, sir, you see that lam alive.
Of course, you will publish a contradic
tiou and apology in your next Loather ?"
" I am afraid. my dear sir, that this would
violate our invariable rule—which is,
never to admit that we have made a mis-
statement. But us you appear greatly
annoyed by the paragraph, 1 am willing
to state, in to-morrow's paper, that the
rope broke, and that you are fortunately
alive. More than this cannot be done—
our pr'nriple is neti•er to retract:—
A CERTAIN doctor was apt to quarrel
with his wife. Returning from a profes
sional visit, he was overtaken by a terri
ble storm. A return hearse came up,
going homeward. Any port in a storm.
The doctor crept in, with pall and plumes
for his companions. The hearse stopped
at the door; the lady looked out. "Who
have you got there, coachman ?" " The
doctor, madam." " Well, thank Illnven
for grouting the resignation ! So the
poor man has gone to his long home at
last." " Thank you my love," said the
doctor, getting out of the hearse, " for
your kind regards for my safety."
[WHOLE NUMBER, 2,0826.
THE GOOSE.
fly DEMAS DENVSEr•TISERRY
The goose is a very useful animal. After
a great deal of thought this essay has been
commenced in this highly original manner
in order to avoid the charge of following the
beaten track of other writers.
The early history of this useful fowl is
buried in obscurity, and I have no boubt
that many people now prominent before the
public wish that their early history could
be buried very much in the same_ place.
This remark has no reference to Fisk, Jr.,
who, before ho began to stir up the bears in
'Wall street, used to do the same thing for
the lions and tigers in a menagerie, in boy
hood's sunny hours.
The first appearance of the gooso as a his
torical character, was 13. C. COO. (Those are
the figures, as loopy thetn out of the book.)
It was during the irruption of the Gauls in
Italy, (and the Gauls were the most suc
cessful irruptionists of the period.) They
had the Romans in pretty tight papers, and
all they wanted was possession of the cita-
del to be masters of the situation. How
often'h:we people in all ages of the world
found themselves in a position whore
the accomplishment of one more object
would crown the efforts of a lifetime!
That's where the Gaul's were. Bill the cit
adel was impregnable, until the heathen
one day saw a young Roman sport go'ng
up an obscure path holding on to bushes.
Believing that where one man can go,others
can, they attempted at night to ascend the
same way. But Sisyphus, when he had
rolled the stone to the top of the . hill. had it
sent back to the valley, and our Gothic
friends were baffled in their schemes in a
very /met !mincer. In the temple of Juno a
stock of geese stood on one leg and slept.
Suddenly an old gander, aroused by - the
crash in the bushes, or the rolling of
stone, quietly put down the leg lifted in re-'
pose, and gave a cackle of - alarm. The rest
I I of the geese followed suit, and the temple
WAN tilled with more noise than could be
heard at two female sewing circles consoli
dated. The din aroused one of the Roman
militia—enrolled for three days or during
the scare—who hastened to investigate the
caubc of the anserine commotion. Ire found
a Gothic head just coining up over the top
of the wall. Throwing himself into posi-
tion according to the rules of the P. R. of
the period, he let out his right duke, and
took the first Goth between the oyes. This
induced him to retire rapidly down hill.
Ile struck number two in his passage, who
conveyed the momentum to the men be
hind itha, and like a pile of bricks, the
Gothic climbers went down. The name of
the youth was M. Manlius. That is the
way I copied it from the book, but whether
it is Moses or Mike I cannot say, as com
mentators are silent on the subject. This
incident gave rise to the expression, "cook
ing a fellow's goose."
In reflecting upon this subject I have
often thought, when looking at reports of
Legislative and Congressional debates,
particularly the speeches during the im
peachment trial, that Rome may have been
saved by the cackling, of geese, but this
country is in constant danger of being ruin
ed by the same means!
The term goose is often usediu contempt.
Ibut certainly displays lack of information,
It it Were not. for the goose of tho tailor
.11 3 Fia-ni, az "...t."`",e'' l 4X.liel..lrilutitle
'pe t rel on Chestnut!And 'BrontlWay,'clitches
the eye of Flora•McF/linsy, would be Pass,
ed by innioticed,and would be horn to sport.
and "waste his sweetness on the desert air."
'Tis said "the pen is mightier than sword,"
and where did the pen come from but from
the wing of the goose ? If there had been
no goose there would been any pen,and we
would have had no writings of Shakspeare,
Milton, Nasby, or Horace Greeley. We
would have had no Don Juan or Memfried
written by Byron, and then we would have
been spared alt the ugly criticisms on his
memory which recently Harriet B. Slowo-d
upon a rending and disgusted public. The
gooso should be respected, for it really
brings healing on its wings to infants suf
fering with croup and hoarseness. What
mother does not remember the efficacy of
Winslow and goose grease? And many of
the greatest men of our country would have'
been lost to posterity lied it not been for
the oleagenous virtues of the goose.
And as the paying coal carts remind us
that the cold winter nights will seen be at
our doors, the goose dawns on our vision
as a benefactor of our race. Suppose for an
instant that the goo,o, with that stupidity
which is ascribed to the bird (and we think
lie is ford& wrouked),lnstead of going into
the ark had undertaken to swim around in
the deluge, and had pulled under by some
drowning a n tcdel n vim], what would suffer
ing humanity have done for feather beds?
Would we not to-night or next Christrims
shudder as we listened to the wind, and
exclaim—
Of all Niel words of lunge° or pen,
The maltleNt are: it alight bare been."
Now, 1 know Ilalo Journal of IfealUt is
opposed to goose feathers as bed covering.
But if Mr. Hall, who no doubt sleeps in a
warm room, were to hibernate out in the
coantry in a weather-boarded house, where
the windows rattle, he would not sneeze at
feather beds. I'll bet he would return to
the city "sound on the goose." He may say
that "feather beds from their density and
weight and the lack of porosity prevent the
proper ventilation required by hygienic
principles, and any tendency to perspiration
may effect the throat and lungs, and thus
shorten life." He may advocate woolen
blankets. Now, my grand-father on-my
mother's side died at seventy, and ho
used feather beds in winter, and if I can
lire until sixty •nine, I'llsborten my life by
throwing elf the odd year and call it square
rather than shover. ]fully is in partnership
with some mattress-ntaker, or perhaps
with a from that has bought in a lot of wool
len blankets at Government sales, and he
wAnts to bust the goose.feather market.
'any a man frozen to death might have
been saved by a feather bed and if the youth
who, according to my friend, Mr. Longfel
low, went rushing far tip the heights, shout
ing "Excelsior," going back on the maiden
n•ho wanted him to stay and rest, if he had
only had a feather bed mind a bottle of old
rye with him, instead of a banner with a
strange device, he might be living this day,
the happy parent of a large family, instead
of freeii ng to death, and being discovered
next morning 0 "gone gosling." Certainly.
—S'aminy Pejo(/ tic.
In a Fix.
Our friend W. issued a license for tho
'Marriage of John Murphy and Mary Mllll
- both of the Emerald Isle, for which
ho received front John the legal fee—cue
dollar. But the intendant bride "rued."
Six weeks and two days afterward John
made his appearance in the clerk's office.
"Mister W„ in February last I got a license
from you to marry Mary Manning, an'
deedn't marry her; an' now plazo Yer 7 hon
or, wud yer be so good either it wud
tit lionora Morriaritv ?" Jim informed
him that this couldn't . 13e done, and that he
must get a new license to "tit" Honore.
"An' pay for it?" said John". — " - And "pay
for it !" said Jim W. " Oh, indade Then
I'm ruined intirely, intirely I" exclaimed
John; " for I jist courtod honors to save
the dollar I"