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VOLUME XLII, NUMBER 15.1
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
C. E. GAST:,
GAST ,C; STELLYMETZ,
No. 4i NORTH DUNE ST., LANCASTER, PA
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13. 1?. ES LE3I AN ,
(Office with Hon. I. E. ffiester,)
NQ. 3S - IsIOR.TH. DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA
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J. gAUFFAIAN,
ATTORIVEY.AT-LAW
Collections made 3n LaucaBter anti adjoining
Counties,
Ortice—lco.23S,Locust street.
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AVNIRNEI•IIT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
c0L152,181.1., PA.
OFFICE—SPY Bank Stree', near
Locust.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
counties.
HENRY C. G REBER,
;Co 526 Washington street, near Sixth,
Reading, Pa.
Collections made In Berks and adjoining
counties. nov27-ti
H. M. NORTH,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
York Counties.
THOMAS J. DAVIS,
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public,
No. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Professional Business carefully and prompt
ly attended to. LoctSo'69-tt
TA. P. ROSENMILLER, Jn.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OFFICE.—NO. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa
JOHN M. GRIDIIII,
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JUSTICE OE , THE PEACE, B;CRIVENER,
Mountville, Couuty, Pa.
t.5..091ce Hours from 6 to 8 o'clock, A. M.,
and 7 to 6 o'clock, P. M.
. CLAMK.,
IVI.. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OFFICE—No. 13 N. Third street.
Orlice Hours=—Ft am 2 to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P.N.,
and from U to 6 (sepl-69-cter
AM.UEL. EVANS,
FJ LUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
ollicc, oh Seco:l St., adfolulog Odd Fellows
Hall, Columbia,
D ENTA.I. SURGERY
3. S. SMITH, DENTI.,r
Graduate of Pennsylvania College of ben Lal
Surgery. °Mee No. 210 Locust. Street
2nd door above Odd Fellows' Hall,
Columbia, Penn'a.
S Sinith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their liberal patronage in the
past, and iv:saying then't lint they c,in rely upon
having awry' attention given to them in the
future. In every branch of his profession lie
has alit ays given entire satislaction. lie calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style anti finish
of• artificial teeth inserted by him. Ile treats
(Menses common to the mouth and teeth of
children and adults. Teeth filled with the great
est care and in the must approved manner.
Aching' teeth treatedand tilled to last for years.
The best of dentrilices and mouth washes con
stantly on hand.
'N. 13.—A1l wont warranted.
senl•OJ/.3 J. S. SMITII, D. S.
A J. GULLCK,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing Gas administered.
4,?/%1"11.;E LUCLIST &MEET.
Kept I (59:11w
C. UNSELD,
* TEACHER, OF MUSIC
PIANO,
ORGA \,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION or the VOICE and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
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219 LOCUST STREET
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DENTIST.
NltroabOxide Gas, admiulstere(l la the extrae-
Dion of Teeth.
°Mee— Front Street, next door to It. Williams'
Drug Store, between Locust told Walnut Street.,
Columbia Pa.
11' HINKLE,
. PIANSICIAN 4: SURGEON;
°nth his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. lie may be found at the
office connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7t09 A. M., and trout ii to SP. M. Persons
%visaing, his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leas e word by note at his office,
or throne.% the post °ince, secd-70
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
The undersigned have opened an office for the
purchase and bale of real estate. collection of
rents, and the renting of property. Business
entrust ed to their cure will meet with prompt
and careful attention. F. N.ZIEG LEH.
m(3O-'119411 A. J. KAUFFMAN.
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.
ulltlIng„ paving and other brick always on
hum'. They are hand made and superior to any
brick In this part of the country. They are ot
feredat the very lowest price.
set 4-69-tfw] MICILAEL LIPHAR.T.
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HOTELS.
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ccCONTINENTAL."
PLF.ASANTLY LOCIATED,
between the Stations of the Remit ug and Co/ um
and Pennsylvania. Railroads,
FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
Ample accommodations for Strangers and Tray.
eters. The Bar is stocked with
CHOICE Licaions,
end the Tables furnished with the best fare.
•URIAii FINDLEY,
seisi-ft-tfw] Proprietor.
rIi.A.NKLIN HOUSE,
• LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a first-elasshotel"and is In every respect
adapted to meet the wishes and desires Of the
traveling public. I%IA.ItTIN ERWIN,
sepl-70 Proprietor,
FRENCH'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan. opposite CI ty Hall Parlc
New York. R. FRENCH,
Sept. 10.18138. Proprietor.
ATOTICE to TOBACCO 0 ROWERS
Whereas the undersigned buyers of Leaf
Tobacco have ascertained that some of the
growers have resold their Tobacco, we hereby
give notice to all parties concerned, that they
will be required fully to comply with their con
tracts outdo with us, and that they will be hell
strictly accountable tor any failure therein, In
anp respect whatsoever.
JU LILTS LEVY.
ISAAC H. KAUFFMAN,
JOAN DERAVEN,
SK I LES At FREY
JOHN S. ROHRER,
JACOB
TELLER BitWAIEKT,
N. S. POMEROY,
JAS. BIDWELL and others,
By their Attorney, EMLE.N FRANKLIN.
eIET YOUR PRINTING DONE AT
the "SPY" Office.
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MISCE LLAYEO US.
NO. I'3. NO. 13.
SHREINER'S
IS THE PLACE
Where you can buy a first rate
AMERICAN, 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
FINE SILVER. AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS,
FORKS. KNIVES CASTOF.S, GOBLETS, ICE
PITCHERS. BUTTER DISHES &c.
Then If you are In
WANT OF TIME
you can buy any kind of
AMERICAN CLOCK,
warranted of the best quality, at a low figure.
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF
AT
CHAS. P. SHREINER'S
Septfwtfl 1 , 4/.13 Front St., Columbia, Pa.
Mums. CirEuferti.`i.
J. STEINITZTZ
18. KEVINSKI,
* DEALER IN
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS,
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
A large assortment of Vlolinq. Flul es.Oult ars,
Banjos, Talnuorine,,, Accordeon. , , Flles, Ear
!Lamle:Ls, Died musical murchaudise always on
hand.
SHEET MUSIC.
A large stock on hand, and constantly receiving
all the latest public Lions as soon as issued. -
Music and Musical nooks will be sent by mail
free of postage, when the market price is remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA,
Or the Art of transferring PletureN. U n be
transferred on uny object.
would c.itt special attention of the Coach
makers to my stock of Ducatcontania,
STEINWAY 4: SON'S .PIANOS. PRINCE
NEEDHANI S. SON'S CELEIIRA.
ORGANS AND MELODEONS.
Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled PI.INO
FORTE AND FURNITU;tE POLISH.
Call and e.xamine my stock at
NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET,
J ASPER GIIEEN;
Designer & Engraver on Wood.
COLUMBIA, PA.
Is prepared to execute Views of Building , , Ita
ehtnery, BM Heads, Posters, Labels, Co., in the
neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea
sonable rates,
BOOK AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS
Executed in the Highest Style of Art.
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WATER PiIOOFS
WATER PR 0 0P WRAPS.
We have Water Proof Cl •ths from SSe. to $2.50
bonght by the case from first hands. Selling
price basted on one small profit only.
AVATEIt-PROOF,CLOAKS.
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SERGE SU TS.
BLACK SUITS.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
We have organized a most efficient Fine Snit
and Dress Making Department. From our
greatly enlarged DRESS GO •DS stock, ladies
can make their selections and have them made
up promptly, economically, and In a s•T'e to
please the most fastidious. Just openeo aew,
SILK POPLINS,
OOLSERGEs,
FaENCH MERINOS, &e.
New open, by far the largest and most elegant
stock of shawls and at the most moderate pri
ces we lia , e ever had. It comprises in part,
f,,LEy %,,HAwL,s,
ItRUCHF. HAWLS,
1)11 TATION INDIA,
e. EVERSIBLE VELOUR.
rroM sT RIPE,
NOVEL WOOLEN,
LONG AND SQUARE, Sc.
Famous lines of Casimeres,low to finest make.
Cloakings of every desirable kind made.
The Woolen Stock is not excelled in town.
COOPER & CONARD,
5, E. Corner Ninth and Market Streets,
PILL LA DELPU lA.
Oct.B-70-ly
STEAM COACH WORE'S.
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CHRISTIAN MYERS,
COLUMBIA STI•IAN
COACH WORKS!
REMOVED TO 'Nos. 0, 11 AND 13 NORTH sth
STREET.
The Carriages Ruggles, ce.c., made at these
Works, are equ al' iii beatity :Old durability to
any other make In the county.
COACH SMITIIING, REPAIRING, &c.
This branch of the business will be attended to
with punctuality and despatch.
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES,
Wagons, Sc.. for sale or made to order.
VI, Call at the Works No. 11, 11 h 13 North
Firth street and examine the stock and prices.
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0 I'ES ! OPEN ING ! OPENED !
THIS DAY. THIS WEEK.
AND UNTIL. FuirruEr, ORDERS,
AT
BRENEMA.N'S
128 Locust Street,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
BATS AND CAPS,
For Men, Youth and Children. ever before oiler
ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as It
does, ST] LE and QUALITY In solt and still
brim, 81103 as the 'Warwick, Ida Lewis, Sin bad,
Prince Arthur, American Girl, Rote, Peerless.
Lady Thlrn, Rowing, Star, Conan, Waverly,
Gilmore, Rob Roy, and the Fall style* of Si 11.
Hats,Just out, together with a lull stork of
GENTS'
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 Cutl and Col
lars. &c. Also,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES.
Parties who favor an with their patronage are
assured that it will be our constant atm to
merit their confidence and support.
Call and examine our well selected stock of
at low prices.
BEEN EIVIA A"S
No. 12S Locust Street, Columbia, Pa.
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TI OCAL FREIG I.IT NOTICE. •
The Pennsylvania Rail Road Company are
now prepared to receive or terward Freight, be
tween Columbia and Lancaster, and all station
• n the Pcnitselvsmin Rail Road and its branches
RATES BEtWEEN PHIL'A...t COLUMBIA,
Fiat Uwe. 2nd Cia4.f. Srd Class. 41/a Clue
25 centS 21 eta. 16 cite. 15 cis.
Flour in Car It.ads, 2.4 cents per Barrel.
BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & LANCASTER
Feat (lea. led Ur., Sr d Clone. 115 Clan
cents 111 cts. 17 cts, 14 ets.
BETWEEN COLUMBIA S: PITTSBURGH.
First C/rue. led Class. 3/11 Clone. 411 A Gaze
71 cents 56 es.. 46 cis. 36 ets.
Freight consigned to stations where the Cora
pany.has no Agent, must be prepaid.
All Freights payable on Delivery.
S. B RIMGSI ON,
General Freight Agent, PhDs.
Ark-For further Information apply to
W. W. WI mEK, Frt. Agt.. Phlra.
E. E. BoicE, Frt., Agt., Columbia.
0e1.15,'70tf
1 Ult FA 4\ CS. J Oli PRINTING
CALL AT THIS OFF/CE.
GENJE,RA.LLY
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LANCASTER., PA
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C S_A_TT_TRT)A.Y e MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1870.
T,ortrg.
A MS AT THE DOOR
"We were standing in the doorway—
My little wife and I,
The golden sun upon her hair
Fell down so silently.
A small white band upon my arm,
What could I ask for more.
Then the kindly glance of loving eyes,
As she me at the door.
I know - she loves with all her heart
The one who stands beside her,
And the years have been so Joyous
Since first I called her bride!
We've had so much of happiness
Since we met in years before,
But the happiest time of all was
When she kissed me at the door.
Who cares for wealth, for land or gold
For fame or matchless power?
It does not give the Impptness
Ofjust one little hour
With one who loves me as her life—
She says she loves me more—
And I thought she did this morning,
When she kissed me at the door.
At tittles It seems that all the world,
With all its wealth of gold,
Is very small and poor Indeed
Compared with what I hold!
And when the clouds hang grim and dark,
I only think the more
Of one who waits the comingstep
To kiss me at the door.
If she lives WI age shall scatter
•
Its frosts upon her head,
I know she'll love me just, the same
As the morning;we were wed ;
But If the angels eall her
As she goes to heaven before,
I shall know her when I meet her,
For she'll kiss me at the door.
'`.43lisrcilancoito alcading
A LOOK UNDER THE Bra)
It is a habit of many persons to take a
look under the bed before retiring for the
night. Mrs. Evergreen, my beloved wife,
indulges, if indulgence it may he called,
in this peculiar practice. I have often
remarked to Mrs. Evergreen, when I
have seen her prying under the bed, that
it was a silly habit and the sooner she
gave it up the better. To this gentle ad
monition my better half invariably re
joins:
"La, Evergreen! what harm does it do?
It's a kind of satisfaction to know that
no body's under there, and then I don't
think of such a horrible thing after fin
in bed,"
"I think, my dear, you niigtit just as
well pursue your investigation further,
and look in the bureau drawers and the
clothes basket."
"Evergreen," she \ yin rejoin, "don't
mention the idea, or I shall certainly do
so. Come to think of it, a man could
easily get into the clothes basket?"
"Certainly he could, my dear, quite as
easily as Falstaff. You should certainly
include the clothes basket, and by the by
there's the chimney, why not , look up
thitt as Well?" - .t
"Now, Evergreen, you're laughing at
me. But can't leave off the habit, and I
never will. It's comfort for me to know
that there's nothing wrong about it, and
I dont see why you should deprive me of
it.''
So under the bed goes the candle, and
no signs of humanity being discovered,
Mrs. Evergreen is able to repose in peace.
If it were not for increasing this men
tal idiosyncracy on the part of Mrs. Ev
ergreen, by giving her some good reason
to apprehend danger, I should relate to
her what I am about to lay before the
reader. In this narration, therefore, I
ask the public most particularly to bear
in mind that Mrs. Evergreen is slightly
superstitious, and that what I have to
say, must under no circumstances, be im
parted to that lady. If for twoand twen
ty years (that is the period of our wedded
life, and the happy years then have been)
—if, I say, I have for this long period re
frained from imparting the matter to the
beloved sharer of my joys and partaker
of my sorrows, surely the public will keep
the secret.
I was not bad looking when I was in
my twenties. I think I may go further,
and confidently say that "Gus Evergreen"
was a decided favorite among the girls of
Oakville, and I really believe I could have
had any of them "for the asking." As I
before remarked, Mrs. Evergreen is not
present, and I indulge my thoughts some
what more freely than would otherwise
be the case.
Fred. Evans, who had been my chum at
school. came to pay me a visit at Oak
ville, for a day or two, as he said, when
he came; but he made a week or two
easily enough, after I'd taken him about
a little among the young ladies.
When that time had expired. Fred
said he really must go, and he didn't
know what his father and mother would
think of his long absence; but it ended in
his relieving their anxiety by a letter,
and sending for his trunks. I knew how
the matter was, perfectly well, and that
Bell Bronson had bewitched him out of
his five senses. Fred tried to put into
the country air and the quiet which was
benelitting his health, etc., but it. was no
use trying to deceive me, and I told him
so. Then he owned up frankly. and I
Promised to help him all I could, if be re
quired any help in the prosecution of his
suit.
She had a larger share of beaux than
the other girls, but all their attention
came to nothing. I feared it may be so
with Evans, and warned hint accordingly;
but Fred said that "without her, life was
naught to him." Things went on this
way without any definite result until
Fred received a sudden summons home
on account of his mother's illness. When
he came hack to renew his visit, he in
sisted on staying at the Oakville Hotel,
rather than wear out his welcome at our
House; and, finding remonstrance una
vailing there he went. The land-lord
gave Fred, at my suggestion, his bed
room, "So. 20"—I am particular in men
tioning the number. "Ile shall have No.
20," said Downbury. "Any friend of
yours, Master Augustus, shall have the
best room I have to give as long as Pm
land-lord."
Bell Bronson, because of the sudden ar
rival at her home of some country cousin
was obliged to give up her room—her
mother's cottage being it small one—and
to occupy for a single night a room at
the hotel. We would cheerfully have of
fered her guests accommodation at our
house, but we were in a similar predica
ment. An agricultural fair had brought
many strangers into the place, and our
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO caw . .1.3 READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
own guests were so numerous that I hail
given up my room to two of them. and
had intended asking Fred Evans to let
me pass the night with him.
For this purpose I went to the hotel at
a late hour, and proceeded at once to
Fred's room, but to my surprise found
no one there. I did not even notice that
his trunk teas gone, or suspect the fact.
which afterwards became apparent, that
"to oblige some lady guests for this night
only," as the land-lord expressed it, Fred
had consented to give up "No. :20" and
occupy a small room in the rear of the
building. The gas being turned on, I
took a book to await his return, and hear-
jug at last what appeared to be steps ap
proaching, the room, and suspecting it to
he Fred, in a momentary impulse to play
a joke upon him, I slipped under the bed,
a large. high one. intending to imitate a
cat as soon as he entered the room. The
door opened, and I was on the point of
indulging, in my ventriloqual faculty by
giving a long-drawn micoir, when, from
my hiding place, I beheld Bell Bronson
taking quiet possession of the apartment.
My astonishment was so great, and the
sense of mortification so intense, that I
did not, as I should have done, make my
self immediately known to her. Thus the
opportunity for discovery and explanation
was lost. I dare not move a hair, but
hoped sincerely that some excuse might
take her out of the room for a moment,
and so facilitate my escape. She,however,
locked the door, Removed the key, and I
knew by the sound prepared to retire.
Finally, she kneeled down beside the bed
and clasping her hands and bowing her
head so fearfully near to mine that I
could hear the soft words in my very ear,
she offered up her evening prayer in man
ner full of feeling, and with such sweet
accents of womanly tenderness and devo
tion that I felt as if she was an angel bend
ing over the vilest of mortals. That pray
er went to my heart; but one portion of it
went through it and held, it captfte.
Never shall I forget my feeling Of surprise
and my deep emotions when I heard her
utter these words : "Bless my dear moth
er, sisters. and friends ; bless alt around
me, and 0, God ! bless him I love, A11f4116- I
tus Evergreen, and shower down Thy
mercies over him. Amen."
If I breathed short before this my
breath seemed to desert me entirely, and
I verily thought that the beating of my
heart would betray me. Belle, pure as
an angel to me then, and white as a snow
flake. proceeded to turn off the gas and
get into bed. What thoughts rthshed•
through my brain ! Above me lay a
young and unsophisticated girl, wholly
unconscious that the one she loved lay so
closely to her, and who had for the first
time been made aware of her interest in
him by hearing the words which she sup
posed went only to heaven.
Belle had lain perfectly motionless for
several minutes. and was, I flattered my-
ItiSinilithsdl4iii - s"Wp;'lll6i - suaden-'
ly she exclaimed to herself—" There,
haven't looked under the bed I'' A hor
ror ran through me—all is lost ! What
shouhll do ? Belle rose, mid I 'eardlier
feeling for the matches. She struck one,
and was making towards the gaslight,
wlien the limiter went out, leaving all in
darkness again. Blessed relief—but how
brief ! Again I heard her feeling for the
matches, and tried to light one after
another, as they failed to ignite ; than an
"0, dear, there are no more !" escaped
from her lips. "Safe, safe I" whispered
my soul to me. Belle groped back to the
bed, but did not immediately get in ; she
stopped and lifted the curtain which
hung around the bottom cautiously pass
ing her arm under and around as far as it
could reach. I almost felt her fingers
graze my face, as I held myself fearfully
and silently back against the wall, too
far, just too far for her to reach. Ap
parently satisfied that no danger was near
her, she lay down in bed again, and I
counted her respiration till she was lost
in slumber.
As for myself, sleep was utterly out of
the question. I never was so wide awake
in my life. How I lay upon that carpet
and thought the night out, thought of
her, and her love for me—thought of my
self, and my love for her.
With the morning light, fresh fears
came upon me, lest my unconscious room
mate might yet peer beneath the bed for
robbers before she left the room ; but my
fears were groundless. She rose, and
dressed expeditiously for she was to join
her cousins at earl• breakfast, and she
had overslept herself. When at last she
took the key, unlocked the door and de
parted. I lost no time in slipping out of
my shameful place of coneeahnent, and
escaping from the hotel. On the stairs, I
met Fred coming out of his room, who
exclaimed—
"Why. what's the matter with you, old
fellow ? You look like the last days of
an ill-spent life. And your coat, too—
why its all over feathers and dust.—
Where have you been ?''
"Why, I slop—slept out all night; that's
all. Our house is lull, and I had to rind
quarters elsewhere. I am just ,going
home to dress."
`•[ should say so, decidedly. I !..ec it
all, old fellow. You've been on a lar1:.
and had to be put Up ill the watch house;
come now, own up, and tell us all abont
it.''
— No lark at all, Fred ; nothing of the
kind, I assure you."
"Well, if not a hark, what kind of a
bird was it ? From the looks of the
feathers, I should say it was a goose."
"Your the goose, Fred. But seriously.
I've a word to say to you of a most im
portant nature. Be a man. Fred and
make up your mind to hear something ex
cessively disagreeable. It must be told
to you sooner or later, and I may as well
tell it now."
Good heavens, Gus ! how earnest you
look at; me ; you don't mean to say that—
that anything has happened to Belle
'Bronson?"
"Don't mention her name again Fred,
or think of her any more, for she'll never
be anything to you. I have it from one
who knows all about it, that she has long
been attached to somebody else, and that
somebody else means to marry her. There's
no mistake about it so bear up and try
your luck elsewhere."
But Fred Evans was not to be discour
aged by mere hcresay. That very day he
went to see Belle, determined to know his
fate from her own lips. Soon after he left
Oakville, and I did not see him again for
several years, when meeting him in town
one day, I insisted on bringing him home
with me, and presenting him to his old
flame, Belle Bronson—the present Mrs.
Evergreen.
"Ah, Fred," said he after dinner, when
my wife and the little Evergreens had
left us to ourselves—"ah, Fred, you serv
ed me a shabby trick when you allowed
me to lose my heart to the girl you were
all along intending to marry yourself—a
very shabby trick, one of Nthieli I never
suspected you!"
So I had to tell him (in strict confidence
of course, as I tell you, reader,) all about
the bedroom affair at the Oakville Hotel,
and the love that grew out of it.
Tannins' Esperienca in liousa Painting
There are numbers of things concerning
which I am possessed of profound ignor
ance. Among these may be numbered
the fine arts. With regard to the coarse
arts, such as house painting. I have re
cently learned a few lessons from exper
ience. I consider experience a thorough
teacher ; but his charges for tuition per
haps arc rather high.
Maria Ann said we must have the house
repaired,and as what Maria Ann says must
be, generally is, I at once went and mach
a bargain with a house-painter. Ire said
he would send his painters around. The
next morning I got my breakfast and
started not to earn my bread by the pers
piration of my classic brow. I opened
the door and put my foot into a tin pail
full of paint. Then I took it out and set
it on the hall door mat. Maria Ann as
sisted me from there and I took a dying
leap over the painter to the sidewalk.—
The painters painted the fence, and the
one who came to see us either painted
their hands on the gate and left prints
thereof on the chairs. or else painted their
soles on the steps and made tracks all
over the parlor carpet. The cat laid
down on the steps to sleep in the sun, and
the paint dried so fast that when she gut
up one side of her was bald-headed.
The next morning the men came before I
any was up, and began to take cat all the
windows. During the entire day they
were working around the window casings.
One of them would stand by the open
kitchen, another by the open parlor win
dow, and then they would talk of the
Painters' Union, about the pic-nic. about
the price of flour, about the girls, about
all the while. The retirement which is
among the clown is of domestic life did
not characterize onr house to any great
extent that day.
The :text morning about 5 o'clock, I
heard some one walking into ourbcd-room.
I sprang out boldly from the bed,. grasp
ed a b at in one hand a pitcher in the
other, and determined to sell my life as
dear as possible. unless I got a chance to
run down stairs. I
"Who's there
"Oh,'' replied the intruder, it ine,the
:p4thitei the blinds,?'_
I felt tiiiich vrelieved ; but Maria-Ann
rather seemed to _be out of patience. She
told the man what she thought `about.
him, and made pointed comments upon
his manner, his appeal :nice, and the prob
abilities he never enjoyed a common
school education. Tie painter was wed
ded to his art, and paid no attention to
the prattle of Maria Ann. With the win
dows and blinds both out. the interior of
the house was somewhat exposed, and
the task of getting dressed was attended
with some embarrassment, especially as
the painters seemed to be at work at all
the
While we were eating breakfast, one of
the painters came jit with an armful of
towels, and remarked that he found them
on the clothes line, and he supposed Ma
ria Ann would have no objection to his
using them to wipe off the doors before
he grained them. Maria stated her ob
jections in detail, and the man Nvithdrew.
The next morning I was up earl•.
Wizen the painters came I vol»nteered to
help them.
"Come right along ; I shouted ; - let's
take off the clapboards mid paint them.—
Let's take up the cellar and paint that,
inside and out. Let's paint the cistern.
Lets take down the chimney and paint
the bricks. Let's paint the hole the cel
lar leaves Let's--
But tiwy assured me that I was plan
ning more work than was necessary, and
as they did not net as though they needed
my help. I went back to breakfast.
The next time the horse wants paint
ing I will move into the back yard. and
send the house down to the shop where
the painters can swarm around it at their
pleasure.
Tun PAsn UNCE OF .1013.—E verylwd y
iz in the habit ov bragging on Job : and
Job did have considerable pastime ; but
did lie ever keep a (lb-trick skule for 8
dollars a month and board around or run
kountree noospaper ?
Dial he ever reap lodged oats down bill
a hot day, and have all his gailus buttons
11111:4 oph at (woe
Dial he over have the jumping, toothache
and lac made to tend a baby while his
wife was over to Perkiness to a tea squall?
Did lie ever get up in the inornin'axrful
dri, and tuff it three miles before break
fast to get a drink, and find that the man
kept a temperance house ?
Did he ever undertake to milk a kick
ing heifer, with a bushy tail, in tit time.
and in a lot ?
Did he ever sit on a litter of kittens in
the old rocking chair, with his summer
pantaloons on ?
If he could do all these things and
praise the Lord at the same time, all I
have to say iz "Bully for Job.--.losh
A. SCENE IN BEECHER'S Clll - 11CII.-
A few Sundays ago, as Mr. Beecher was
about counneneing his sermon, a stout.
fatherly, looking man was endeavoring to
make his way through the crowd. to get
within a better hearing distance of the
distinguished orator. At that moment
Mr. Beecher's voice rang out the words
of the text: "Who art thou?"' "Who art
thou?" again cried out the dramatic
preacher. The stout party, thinking him
self in the wrong, perhaps by pressing
forward, and believing himself to be per
sonally addressed. startled the brethren,
and nonplussed their reverend chieftain
by sedately replying: "I'm a pig mer
chant from the West, sir. I hope yen
ain't mad. There aint nary chair. or else
I'd a sot down." Plymouth Church didn't
recover its serenity for ten minutes.
RAIL3OAD FLIRTATIO:\.T.
A Staler Kiss for a Pool:et-Boo!s.
"Katonahl" shouted the brakeman.
opening the car door as the train passed
a pleasant station on the !Tarlem railroad.
I do not know that I should have par
ticularly noticed that we stopped at all.
for I bad been napping it for several
hut just as I was casting an inquir
ing, sleepy look out of the window, and
settling myself for another sleep, my at
tention was attracted by the entering of a
young lady. a way passenger. who, per
ceiving the car well filled. paused before
me in evident embarrassment.
T searcely wish the reader to infer from
this that there were no vacant seats; on
the contrary, the chair I oecupied was sel
fishly monopolized by my shawl and va
lise. which had excluded many an appli
cant; and so when the door opened. 1
mentally resolved not to budge an inch:
but a glance at the new comer changed
'nly in ital.
F :SIIE , was a young lady of exceeding
beauty, dressed in the rich and tasteful
style of the present fashion. Whether it
was her genteel aspect of the soft melan
choly of her impressive eyes, 1 cannot say.
but she ventured, a hnost timidly, to in
quire if the half seat by my side was "en
gaged." I gallantly arose and proffered it
to her at once. I must acknowledge that
I felt somewhat flattered by her prefer
ence, for though a young man, and tolera
bly good looking, I had sense enough to
perceive that there were others around
who, like ine, might have shared their
chair with the handsome lady stranger.
I fancied they envied me too, as the fair
girl sat plump down and her dainty form
nestled close to my side.
"I fear I have disturbed you," said my
companion, in a low, sweet vice that
thrilled me with its cadence.
••\ of at all. Afiss," r rejoined with ster
eotyped politeness. "I inn happy to
oblige you."
She 'bowed and smiled reply. and then a
short pause ensued, as is usual upon such
sudden acquaintanceship. In the mean
time the train had started and we rattled
swiftly through the fields and woods, now
decked with the lively tints of spring.
The conductor (mine in and went his cus
tomary routine of examining the tickets.
I perceived hers was walked for _New
York, and after some hesitation I said:
"Von go to the city?"
••Ves" she replied, with a smile of win
ning candor: "that, I presume, you have
already found out.
"I shall keep your company. then.••
observed pleasantly.
• - Tliank you, sir."
There was a slight dignity, 1 thought,
in her tone, which repelled further famil
iarity, so, as I ain a very modest man, I
drew I)..ek and said nothing further.
On rushed tile steam horse upon its iron
pathway. One more station had been
..i t i;tis
assedii. arc] I AVQ:,.S f; at •elapsin4b2to,py
former apathy, when - , lady - friea','tri
niy surprise , leaned t( rd il).e and 'whis
pered:
-"I anTso timid on the ears." ~.*
— lndeed said I 'quite charmbd by tin
abruptness ; "you are surely ‘cell accus
tomed to traveling?•'
— Perfectly, — she replied with some non
elialtthee; but this is not it. exactly.
There are so many dreadful accidents on
the railroads."
Dreadful, indeed," echoed 1.
"And." added my companion, with nai
vete. —it is so unpleasant to travel unat
tended. I usually have illy brother Char
lie with me; he is ;1 splendid escort."
"If you will allow me," I said quite.
gallantly, ••I will gladly occupy that posi
tion,"
"I on intuit obliged to you, sir," replied
the lady with a grateful glance from her
dark orl , s: "yet I am accepting the escort
of a stranger—not that I fear you. sir:
but al,ts. I have a jealous father."
% - .l_ jealous father," I replied, somewhat
puzzled and surmised.
"Alt. yes." said the young lady; it is
nty fortune. whilst haying wealth. health,
and almost everything the heart can \
to bp tinder the control of an old step-fa
ther, who treats inc oft-times in the most
cruel manner—debrs me from the society
of your sex, shuts me up in the dreary
confines of my chamber, and treats me
with a pitiless rigor, if I do so much as
speak or look at a man."
"That is the reason," she continued,
looking around, — why I am so diffident
about intrustiug myself to your care. hut
I do it on one condition."
— Name it!" I rejoined, charmed and de
lighted with the strange confidence the
young lady was reposing in me.
— That you will leave me the instant the
ears reach New York.•'
I was so bewildered by the beauty and
charming innocence of my new friend
that T readily gave the desired pledge.
Apparently quite relieved. the young lady
threw aside all reserve and talked and
chatted to me in the most pleasant man
ner. It is needless to say that in an
hour's time I had so far advanced into her
good graces as to venture to press her
hand. and the sweet and half coquettish
smile that played around her cherry lip,
did not scan to disapprove the liberty I
had taken.
"Do you know. — ,aid slo% as AVO
talking confidentially tegether, — That I
liked your fare the time that I saw
It was sympathetic on both sides.
then." I whispered. drawing so ne:u• to
her that I could feel her hot breath fan
icy chcel.r.
" Yes,•' she muttered, gently with-draw
ing herself from my growing embrace. for
we had passed tlu•ough the tunnel, and I
had taken a lover's advantage ;11111 snateh
ed a hasty kiss.
- You are a naughty man, the naught
iest man I ever saw." she said in a low
and tremulous voice. "If pa should be on
the wain. What , would he say?"
- Never fear. sweet cr.•ature." I rejoined
earnestly. - your cross old father is miles
away. and let us improve the present op
portnni ty."
- Are yell aware." she observed h a lf
mischievously. •• that there is another
tunnel beyond, and a great deal darker.
too. than the one that we have left?
••I know it." said I. with a tender glance
at my fair enslaver. - We ale drawing
near it very fast."
Once more I placed my arm around the
waist of the young lady, and, wrapped in
thegloomof t he tunnel. took sweet pledges
from her lips. It was gratifying to my
vanity—all good looking young men arc
$2,00 Per rear, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid In Advance.
vain, you know—to perceive that my love
ly companion clung more affectionately to
me than ever. Indeed f had scarcely time
to tear myself from her arms, when we
entered once more into broad daylight.
: , the had let her veil drop over herface, and
I could detect the crimson flush through
the fine net work of lace. ller voice be
trayed her agitation as she whispered:
I have gone too far with you, sir; alas!
you have ceased to respect me. —
"My sweet charmer!" I ejaculated. "let
us ever be friends; give me your nameand
address...
"My name and address you must never
know; I feel half frightened to think how
far I have permitted myself to venture
with a stranger..l Forgive and forget!**
••_..1 flirt! a coquette!"
— No, no!" she returned.hurriedly press
ing my hand./ 'I am not a flirt, but I dare
not let the ztequaintanee, proceed further.
'Have pity on me! have pity:"
She looked so pleadingly,so entreatingly
\rah those soft eyes gleaming through the
silken meshes of her veil, that I could per
suade myself to be offended with her.
At last she reluctantly consented to
give me Tier name, and handing me a
prettily embossed, card, I read:
— Kate Darrel, X— University place."
The train had reached Thirty-second
street, and I could readily see that my
fair inamorata grew more restless and
disturbed. First she peered out of the
window: then she would half rise. and
east hurried, fearful glances behind.
Already I was beginning to share the
uncomfortable feelings of my companion
as visions of an angry papa nourishing a
cane over me rose vividly before my mind's
eye, when suddenly Miss Darrel muttered
an explanation, and darted from the car.
f wondered at the ease and dexterity
with which she descended, for the car was
p repel led quite rapidly by horse power;
but wonder and surprise were considera
bly increased when, a short time after, a
stern looking individual entered the ear
from the other side, inquisitively scan
ning the face of every passenger.
—Hallo!" said lie rather gruffly, pausing
before me "has a young lady been occu
pying this seat?"
"Yes sir, I replied, somewhat discon
cerned and quite abashed.
` - Light jockey, maroon silk. and gray
traveling cloak?"
"I believe that was her costume, — I re
plied somewhat sulkily.
"By Gad she's given me the slip again!"
— Given you the slip?"
Yes. the jade she is as sharp as a nee
dle."
-- Pray," said I lvith a slight sense of
suffoeatiou, "way 7 be so bola as to in
quite if you are the father of that young
lady.
"Father! the devil—nu fin a de
tective."'
"Then," I continued with desperate
hi that young .
"Bless your soul, she is Nancy Daeors,
the fashionable female piekpockpt._ By
gad, sir, she has been playing her pqints.
On you'."'';'- ,
The detective grinned, and the passen
gers, gradually comprehending' the •‘sitif
talon,— smiled provokingly. So my beau-,
tiful traveling companion was nothing
more than a member of the ''swell mob,"
and I, while flattering myself upon mak
ing a conquest, in reality had been the
victim of a designing deceiver. and while
I was snatching those kisses she_had dex
terously relieved me of my watch and
purse, and as I never saw her or my - valu
ables again, it may readily be believed
that t was thereafter not quite ;is eager
for a railway flirtation.
1CK5"..1311.-I have no patience with
the custom. Its bad enough when confin
ed In giggling school girls and the officers
of young ladies' literary societies; but
when it is adopted by professional wom
en, and even invades the sacred desk,—
when we read of Miss _Vatic Sterling and
the Bev. Mrs. 3t - oxiie Van Cott, it is time
to protest. What should we think of a
like pitiful affectation among men? How
would it strike us to see the announce
ment of a new work be Tentafic Carlyle,
or to read the synopsis of " an able speech
by Joh,thic Bright," or an advertisement
of - The Life and Times of Gorffic 'Wash
ington." I believe in women's rights, and
one of the very first I would have them
insist upon, is the right to exercise a little
plain common sense, and to be called by
the names that were given them when
they were babies. I would not have Jane
Smith inetainorpliosed into Jennie
Smythe before marriage, nor into Mrs.
Augustus Fitznoodle afterwards ller
husband's name may be Augustus, or Pe
ter, or Timothy, but none of theso are
women's names, and putting Mrs. before
them does not lessen the absurdity of
calling a ‘VoUlart lie them. repre
sents quality, a proper name stands
fur all individual. but what sort of indi
viduality by _firs 'Bezel:fah opk ins? Is
it masculine, or feminine. or both ?—or
neither? ITntil a woman, whether married
or unmarried. can have a name of her own,
there is little reason to hope that she will
Lave much else.—Mch flubie (ant /Thek),
3foreh.
Mu , . PARTING - cox - SeE A Ks.—"A,„ for
coolers coining here, - said Mrs. Parting
ton. as she wiped her brow with the old
bandanna hainikereldef. Iw:trite - I', the pic
torial representathm of the battle of Lake
Erie. should say let 'ern come-, for
goodness knows it is hot enough. with
every rag of one's clothes so satiated with
moisture, that one almost wishes to be a
great white bear, and sit ou the North
Pole, if it would be proper and iceso dear!
The more of them the better. I should
say, with the mockery at ninety, and go
ing up at that. goodness help us ! oh, if
if heaven would only freeze the ponds
over insummer,what aluxury it would be.
with the ice for pie -nits, and no thanks
to the monoplarizers, and are pinching
"em to make 'eta pay, so that a ten cent
ice-cream isn't enough to till a holler
tooth with, if anybody should want to,
and ire lemonade is not to be thought of
without paying for it,and the Lord knows
where it will end, unless the coolers
come. - She stopped, exhausted in idea
and breath, wiping her face with her
handkerchief, while Ike sat behind the
milk pan with a boat in it, the sails of
which he was fanning with Mrs. P.'s
great black Sunday lan with with red
flowers on it, that she had just laid away
in the drawer up stairs.
[WHOLE NUMBER, 20,867
EEMABEABLE MASONIC INCIDENT
The first Masonic funeral that ever oc
curred in California took place in 1849,
and was performed over a brother found
drowned in the bay of San Francisco.
An account of the ceremonies stated that
on the body of the deceased was found a
silver mark of a Mason, upon which were
engraved the initials of his name. lit
tle further investigation revealed to the
beholder the most singular exhibition of
Masonic emblems that was ever drawn liv
the ingenuity of man upon the
skin. There is nothing in the h isto
traditions of Free-masonry equal to
Beautifully dotted on his left arm, in_
and blue ink, which time could not cff
appeared all the emblems of the er • e
apprenticeship. There was the FIDE
ble. square and compass, the twenty- 1
inch gunge and common gavel. T
were also the Masonic pavement 1 , ,
sentihg, the floor of King Solomon's T
pie, the identical tassel which surim is
it, and the blazing star in the centre.
his right arm. and artisticallyexemitet
the same indelible liquid, where the a - r
blems pertaining to the fellow craft's -
gree, viz: the square, the level and 1 - le.
Plumb, There were also the live orders
of architecture—the Tuscan, Doric, lonic,
Corinthian and Composite.
In removing his garments from his
body, the trowel presented itself, with all
the other tools of operative Masonry.
Over his heart was the pot of incense.
On the other parts of his body were the
bee hive, the book of constitutions guard
ed by the Tyler's sword pointing to the
naked heart; the All-seeing eve, the an
chor and ark, the hour-glass, scythe, the
forty-seventh problem of Euclid, the sun.
moon, stars and comets; the three steps,
which are emblematical of youth, man
hood and age. Admirably executed was
the weeping virgin, reclining on a broken
column, upon which lay the book of con
stitutions. In her left hand she held a
Pot of incense, the Masonic emblem of a
pure heart, and in her uplifted hand a
sprig of Acacia, the emblem of the im
mortality of the soul.
Immediately beneath her stood winged
Time, with his scythe by his side, which
cuts the brittle thread of life, and the
hour-glass at his feet, which is ever re
minding us that our lives are willering
away. The withered and attenuated fig
ures of the Destroyer were placed amid
the long and flowing ringlets of the dis
consolate mourner. Thus were the strik
ing emblems of mortality blended in one
pictorial representation. It was a spec
tacle such as a Mason never saw before,
amt in all probability such as the frater
nity will never witness again. The
vrothor's name was newer known.—Phil('
A TRITE STORY OF A GHOST.
Two Portsmouth lovers, one evening
recently, seated themselves on a stone by- -
the roadsidenear a,cerncter,
las able flight of time, remali ; ,'" •
till the sound of the Old No
striking midnight, recalled them ooge
senses. At that moment, a terriii2e" . 2-
paritian preseifft , d itself from the noig
boring burial ground—the tall, shade
figure of a human man, v.
gleaming eyes, and hair on end, clothed
in spotless white, with ghastly counte
nance, and gliding noiselessly over the
frosted ground. The shade approached
within a few yards of the lovers, and, in a
sepulehral tone demanded: " What are
you two fools doing here?'' adding, in a
stern and warning voice: you'd better
be getting home?" The ghost then imme
diately disappeared, and the lovers made
better time in obeying the warning than
ever did Dexter or Lwly Thorn on the
race-course, and they don't walk near the
grave-yard. after dark any more.
It may be proper to add, that the
Chronicle knows a gentleman who resides
near the cemetery where the ghost lives,
and who, on the night in question, hearing
a noise in his garden, arose from his bed,
and, arrayed only in slippers and a long
white •• garment," proceeded to drive
away a marauding cow, that was raiding
on his pot cabbages. flaying driven her
far enough, he made a short cut home
through the grave-yard; and happening to
see two young folks sitting on a stone by
the roadside, in the chilling air, he forgot
hiscostume, and approached to offer them
some good advice, which they at once
took. This was about midnight, but the
gentleman did not see any ghost; lie has
no desire, however, to throwany discredit
upon the statements of those who did see
him.—..llnsson•lusetts Mirror.
AY .P.IIAZ AND HIS 7A-03SE
Julius von Wiekede. the noted German
military writer, describes the following
scene which occurred after the capitula
tion of Sedan: —lt was a touching scene,"
says he. '• to see a line looking officer of
the Chasseurs d'Afrique take leave of a
splendid bay horse, with a black mane. a
tine full blooded Arabian. Ile literally
embraced the noble steed, patted its back
and caressed it, giving all sorts of affec
tionate names. The intelligent animal
seemed to comprehend its master, and
pressed its head against his breast in a
caressing manner, as Oriental horses are
wont to do. .Suddenly the officer stepped
back and a terrible struggle seemed to
take lace in Iri breast. Ile held nis
hand to his eyes, and then he tore his
sword from his scabbard, plunged it into
the breast of his noble charger, piercing
his heart. Ile had aimed well, for the
faithful horse fell dead without a struggle.
Now the ()Inver turned away sobbing like
a child, without bestowing a look on the
saddle and the trappings, and joined his
companions, who were mounted into the
railway cars IA hich took them to the place
of captivity.—
AFILUD TO POP THE QUESTION.-,
young lady said to her beau ofter fifteen
years' courtship :
Charles, lam going out of town to.
morrow.••
"Where ?''
'•1 don't know.•*
- When are you coming back?"
- I am going to look for something
which you have not, never had, and, yet
can give me without loss to yourself."
"You are welcome to it. i am sure. but
what is it ?''
"A husband
"Why you might have had that fifteen
years ago, if you had only said .the word,
but 1 was afraid to ask you t he question."