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Third St -., ORDF.RSPOUT, PA. S. F. HAMILTON, 03* PiO JOS PRINTER ' rr r -r if.<)n 7-7TRTV7.\ COPPERS PORT, PA. D. J. CROWELL. ■■■}. 3. SauJclnier *B-.ltinj Machine, j MLONTND, Cameron 50., Pa. MA'HID AQ-1 GENERAL Cnstrna TV.irk -■'ITRTW. 2422-tf . John Grom, | 'louse, SIGN, 'Snmtnt.il, Hfforntirf 4 .•FRTSRO PAINTER, "OUDEP.SPORT, PA. ' !: OMN<;; M: ,, PUF PN IIANOIXM ?'tie *'TII NEATLN-NS disjuttch. L-I-F • guaranteed. '"V. R V M,H . "AKEH HOI SE PROMPTLY atten-ted to. N c. BREUNLE, I 'Dit V I, I-: W <>lF IV , LOL'DERSPORT, L'A. R. : *' •• MATVS ,, R cYder, WOM " ANSH, F , > I* ' • v. : "I" ST TSC OTIC- , IT ,f<N*TI IC. onj,-.- i Tho Voiceless. \Ye count the broken lyres tluit ic-t U lie.re the xweet-wai.ini; singers slumber: Rut o er their silent sisters' breast T ne wild ilowcrs who will stop to number ' A few can ton h the magic siring. And nolsv fame Is proud to win thein; Alas for tho-c tli.it never sing. But die with all ti.eir music in them. Nay, giteve not for llie deatl aione. Whose song lias loid tneir hea.t ssad story • Weep for tue voiceless, wiio have known i'iie cross but not the crown of glory! Not where Leuvadian breeaes sweep o'er Mappho's meinory-ha inLed bil.ow, But where tiie glis.ening nignt dews weep On nameless sorrow's cmirch yard pi now. Oh heart - that break and give n > -ign. Save waitening hps and fading treates, 1 ill Death pours out his co.di.ii wine. Slow dtopped from Misery's crashing presses: If singing breath or echoing chord To every hidden pang wer< given, What endless ineioci-u were poured. As sad as iurth,.. as lleavt n. —o. R* ny.mvr. DIG3Y S HEI'OEM GLUB. There was a quartette of free and jovial spirits in Burviile, and John DIG! Y WAS the aeknowlei'.getl leader thereof. Peter SLHDE, and Toifi Loa der, and Sam IVpper were his asso ; eiates. They four were young men, freehearted and generous, with great capacity for eujo\ tnent. On J! certain Monday evening they were assembled in the small parlor of Lushton's tav ern for the purpose of hat ing a good time, as they were woiu to assemble often. Tue season WAS winter, and the beverage tliev were iudtilgin<£ in C W CO was a compound of rum, sugar, rniik, and EGGS, familiarly known among the initiated as "Tom and Jerry." At an early stage of the wassail, be- ! fore sense had been submerged, Peter Since suggested that he had a com plaint to make against one of the , town, and thereupon H*- opened his *ials of denunciation upon Parson M-. kit. the old cleigyiuan of the! place. "AS near as I can find out," he! said, "the parson just about the same a ,; called us by name, and held us up, •* FIFLANUK.'' "Not quite so bad as that," said John Digby "He did eertainh al lude to us very plainly; but the worst he brought agairst us WAS, | that WE were prostituting noble pow ers and opportunities to base and sinful purposes. Rather Haltering, I thought, especially TLe 'noble powers.' " "Flattering with a vengeance," <*•,,RVB-1 Tom I.owden. "What busi ness is it of his?" "Aye," chimed SAM !'• pper. "what business is it of IDS ' And tlten look at the hullabaloo they 're making over this foreign mis-ion basin,--. It was irl FOIRFB etion with that Parson Meeklv A* tacked US —THEY'D better look at homo. ! think we've suffer ing enough UNDER our very noses that HAO better be iook D out first." "That's so," cried "I *av eharitx lH*giii- rt home.' Wiie.t do you say, John?" John DIGBY hud listened a' < etivc lv. AB<L during the conversation be had TUNNEL LOSS bottom up ward upon the TABLE. "There M;<\ be truth in what y >TR say." LIE -TODY .ltd thoughti'miy RE jli(d; "I nit people who live T.'l gia.-s houses shouldn't throw stones. We may object to furnishing our monrr for the foreign missions upon the plea that charity begins at home, and all that; but the question may come — What have we done for tlii- I charity at home? W hat have we done toward the di-!res !of the }oor of our own town V And if we haven't done anything in tliat direct ion—if we don't open our hands in charity at all—what right have we to say in what direction others shall aim their good works?" Blank were the looks that greeted this speech. The trio ol listeners were taken aback. Tbcy hadn't ex pected this from their leader. "Now look here, ivoys, continued John Digby, pushing his inverted glass away to the cenLre of the table, and leaving it there. c 'l don't like this overhauling that ]'arson Meekly ware ffs any better than you do, and I propose to shut him up." "Hi-}ah!" shouted Baft I'epper. That's the talk. I'm with you." "Are vou sari you've got the courage, Sanr/ " Yes, sirf" "Count me in," said Toiri. "And me." added Peter. " i-cl s -hut the old fellow up. WbnS's the i y r'Tjrrjtmw". J.ick? I COUDELISPORT PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24,1878. "W ell, ' answered Digby, soberlv, "I have planned that we WILL take the wind out of Parson Nleekly's sails by establishing a Reform Club of our own, and starting a Mission ary Society on the same basis." "Ph?" "Look ye, boys, people BESIDE the parson are talking pretty hard abi US, AND we'll shut them aH up in a lump. I'd like to astonish 'em. I'd Lke to hit back in the most effec tive way. I'd like to make 'ent take ; the back track here in Burviile in their own business." His hearers were interested, and listened eagerly. "WJ.at is it? — Tell us how it's to be done?" tney asked. "Have yon got the courage to do it?" "We'll follow you," said Peter Siade. "Honor bright?" "Yes." | "Then listen." "Hold on," cried Sam Pepper. "Let's liil DP before you commence. "Not with old Lushton's Tom and Jerry," returned Jack. "We shall • want the cost of it lor another pur pose. Turn your glasses bottom up for the present. There, that's a go. Now listen. We are in the habit of meeting at the tavern three evenings in the week; and our expenses for, liquor and cigars are at least two dollars an evening, aren't they?" This WAS admitted w ith a nod. "And in addition to this I spend! at least a dollar more each week for ; beer and tobacco ON my own hook— j , How is it with you ?" Tiie others acknowledged that A dollar a week was little enot'gh. "Thus," resumed John Digby, "we have ten dollars a week as the result ; of our combined and individual ex- ' PI N iiture for rum and tobacco. I,J . for one, think I could manage to live I ißixiUllil ? f uit.li. , out any mere of it; and Fl>r the sake of the experiment I would be willing to put my share of that LEU dollars a week to a charitable usf, Here Dis in the beginning of December, and ; the winter i'.as opened hard. I here are poor families not far away wiiieli we can hiess with our sympathy ami ; jour help. We might organise A:>■, nevolent Society, or a MISSIONARY SO-' cioiy, ujjon our own ho..k. Do you , begin to understand ?'' They understood him peructiy; and, since he would H-A !. tii'ey wetv leady to follow. Intact, THO \ ratiier iiked the idea. There was a charm of novelty and originality about it that captivat> J them. IT would LX fun to ptuciiase Hour and meat , tea and sugar, and fuel, and go around and assist the poor and the needy. < They were young men, full of life and good feeling, an 1 had carousei 1; otiiv IK'eattse of tiie fim of the tiling. Here was promise of fun in another direction, and they would go i r it. i lie INS TLI I <L;-cti— cd ail i FIN , ali \ settled. I'hey would make a SQUARE WC.K of it at the beginning. "During tiie week," said Jack, "we . will look up the cases of all destitu tion and -uffeiing, and on lrnxt Sai erday after we will meet and com pare notes. Then we will take OIK ! ten dollars, and do what we can for those who are suffering most. We ! must be methodical in this. I\ e are not to spend a penny in this work of charity which I* not saved by the cutting off of some useless expendi ture of our own; and he ot us who buys a ciga" through the week shall deduct it from his Contribution on Saturday." "If we would be methodical," sug gested Peter, "we must organize. 1 say if we are going to do anything of thi> kind, let us dr it shipshape." Peter's proposition was unani roously accepted, and thereupon they proceeded to effect an organization, very simple, but nevertheless effec tive.' They elected John Digby to sefve as President,and as Treasurer, and as Secretary; and then they elected an Erecutivo Committee of . four, consisting of John Digby. IV tef "htkv Tom Lowden, and Sam ■ l'epjter. And then they settled their bills at the bar, and homo. Saturday evening came and the Reform Clftb met at flTgby's shop, i and each member was ready witS his ' report. They were sober and tbought' ! T'LWY RFIE? ; separated on Monday evening, that they should meet with tli" spirit of frolic in their new work, but the scenes WHICH they bad witnessed it: the interim had CHANGED the current of their feelings entire! V. "My soul!" excktinied SAM Pep per"l never dreamed what sorrow and suffering there WAS t ight here in our little town. Last niulit 1 went down to the \\ idow Uashlot's and I J found her, with a sick child, abso lutely freezing and starving." "And i," s.i- 1 Tom Lowden, "found p;xr old Uncle Ren Driscoll and his wife botii in the same pligi T. The old man is down with t!IC rheuma tism. and when both he and Aunt Saliy sat and cried babies with fear of GOING io the poor-Lonso, 1 .ti ll vou, it brought the Lars to mv eyes." ; And so the reports were made, and then they planned how th, v ; could best use their ten dollars. It seemed like a drop in the bucket when set against all the sutiering and want they had found; but it would do something. On that Saturdav evening tiie Wi-: • low Basklot bent over the bed of her sick child with weeping and with, wails of anguish. The howling blast ' piped WITHOUT and the keen frost nipped within. She suffered because she had not yet brought herself to i IK'G. For herself, she would rather, (lie titan become a pauper; but forj her child —"OTl! Hod. have mercy !" ! A wailing cry like this had burst : from her lips, when the tramp of feet i at her door attracted her attention.! and presently a gentle rap followed.: She answered the summons and found ! four young men upon the stoop. B he i knew them w. 11, for they had been | schoolmates with her son, who had I ~ | gone away to -sea and never returned, I And they came into the house; and I tlu-Y brought with them wood and; . I •TFOVKKITIS: and they bUed UD the fuel J upon the hearth until the BRIGHT i flame leaped and roared; and the j sick cliiid stretched out its wasted J ARMS to embrace THE genial warm th. j And they brought forth bread, and j tea, and SUGAR, and butter, and ' cheese. "A!! rigid," si. M '-A?;! Pepper, WHO; regarded these a- his< special ciiarges, | in an-W er to the widow s ejae dations J :of amazemei!'. "We J- re John Dig- ! iY's ITEL'>rm < itib; and we are going I .into tie- missionary work; and such I folks as you are we want to convert; — want to convert you from suffering j T > comfort if w e can. 8O keep up a ; GOOD Heart, H >1 let us do . for you I v hat your own Willie would hsve| , done if iie had lived. It'll be com- FORT for us. We 11 call oftenv \on shan't want ii we can help it." i lie widow's sobbing, bursting re turn of gratitude, and iter eag. r, hei.T t-sein prayer of i H - -ing ennnot . !>e reproduced by tongue or {TEN. I<"*" the 1 oung men had REACHED the highway Saui {VJ-F-FR bursi A>rth; "Boys, as SURE as Heaven, i would not exchange the blessing ol THOT • poor widow's heait for ail the joy that ever eame in the old way at the taveiT. There's something morel , than fun in this." And his companions agreed with j liiin. In another part of the town, on j the outskirts of the village, in a poor, thatched hut, lived Ben D.iscoll and j his wife Saliy. In other days they j had lieen well and happy, and, though 1 never beforehand, yet they had not \ known want until old age and sick ness had deprived them ot the ability J to work. And on this cold winter's night Uncle Ben and Aunt Sally sat I and shivered over the embers of stteli J poor stuff as they hud lietii able to. GATHER from the snow-covered hedge.-. 1 and the old man sighed A< he thought of the alms-house. "IF wo could on- ; ly get through the winter! Rut who's to help us ? " And Uncle Fen and his Uifc were aroused from their stupor of arrd hunger by the tramp of feet and rhe hum of voices; and verv shortlv the 5 door of their ea~bin was OPENED and John Digby and his companions en tered. A fire sjKedily blazed upon , tiif; hearth and a good store of pro visions was open*'! upon the tabf. . | The old UNM W'OMHFFETL. AHU Turn Lowden made answer —- "It's all ;qjtfhf,* tTnoie Ben. This; ATV WEVPJ stopjjed our rations of S])II its and to bacco, AND are going to invest the re sult in a missionary enterprise. We want to convert you and Aunt Sally if we can " "Convert u >, Torn ?" " Aye, convert you to comfort and peace; and perhaps eon vert you to I the belief that there's a grain of good left in humanity still. We mean to j take you in hand L'or the winter, and you shan't suffer if we can help ii." The boys didn't leave the cot until they had helped the aged couple to a hearty meai. and had piled up fuel enough to last till they came again; and when they finally wiiiem V, the song of blessing was sounding in j tin ir ears. And so tiie reformers went on un tii their night's woik was done, and when they came to separate they de ck.red that th V had found such en joyment as they hr.d never known be | fore. During the succeeding we K three new members were adde'.l to the club — men who were willing to cut , off expenses for rum and tobacco and ; devote the proceeds to the relief of : the poor and distressed of the town. And ere long Digby's Reform ; Club became a noted institution in , the town. The projectors thereof j could hardly* credit tho evidence of j tin ir own senses ir. contemplating' i the results of throe months' labor. ; [ Two and twenty members had joined, {and the fund for relief amounted to almost forty dollars a week, as each j man was pledged to pnv in weekly j •- -* ; J the exact sum his spirits and tobacco J had cost him. IT' he continued to ! u.-e tobacco he took a lower place in J ; the company, and the us<- of sjiirit I : as a beverage was sufficient cause for I expulsion. When people saw the ! great good that was being done, they ' i were anx.ovs to give their aid and be I ; counted in with the happy crew; but . Ihe laws of the club were fixed—no money ■ >unt come lo Us luißt except i such a - had been -a ved by the donor i Irom t'R.e conquest of some evil HN!>- : it or the cutting off of some useless • i luxury.- IT was A bright Sabbath in spring-' [ time, an 1i! had LX-eu talked that Parson Meekly was GOING to preach I a sertnon upon Digby V Reform Club, . ami tin oid meeiing bouse was tiilcl 1 R . ~ I !to overflowing. 'I ise clergyman read : i.is text from M. John's Ho-jx-1 — !< u?) there (u-y (jood thing come cvt: of Xaz ih ? ( ome c.u! see." And Alien ;<■ had TOLD the story of Digby's I Club, and pictured ih< good results of its labors, lie proclaimed to all— "HO ye, and do likewise.'' DUE John Digby and his COMPNU rtio'.s had FANCIED that it would be a j prouo moment vri.ei: ' A--y N.A ; brought! tiie old clergyman to recognize the • worth of tlieir la BORE; but tiie bless ings of LIIONV* upon whom their B'oup.iy hail fallen HAD MADE SYCU sweet inn ie in their ears and the ■satisiaeaoii of utiiies trtiiy DMI. HAIL dropped, -o sootliingly upon their souls, that they found no ro.< iiid baser pride which they had' afurttime anticipated. - * * ■ Kow Cor. Er ffeav. was Introduced j Into Englisn Society. By-thc-bye, Gen. Badeau lives in ! | princely style outside of Loudon. 1 and may be si-.-n by everybody but | Americana in one of the neatest little j aristocratic turnouts, in the way of 1 a brougham, in or about the citv. • 1 ! And the General's circle of acquaint ances is of the most select and aris tocratic of England. The way he. was introduced to this is a little cu : rious. We get the facts from Jones, who had them from the General di i reet. Now it must be rememliered ! that American Consul Genera! in London is uot regarded as a large i vegetable in a social point of view ; 'and :i Consul General of the United States may live in London until he gains the idj>e old age of Methuselah without- being recognized or known even to the nobility and gentry of England. This did uot happen to Badeati. When that PefSfati rtifiian, the Shah, came to* London, Gens ral Badeau, in common with other con suls, was invited to be prei-Onted io J this brother of the stiu and cousin to the moon. In accordance Lath the i inv'tsition, Gen. Badeau donned ! uniform covered with dust and gbrrY ifA 'AAe war,- audt seating himself I . I in his brougham behind two flunkies in livery ditto, and two handsome horse-, WAS rolling along London wood, when he cncountt'ital a lot of bloods out on a lark. Now to encounter thin lot is abmit as disagreeable a thing as one can find of a summer's morning or night 'cither, for English play is horse-play , and it is considered a rare joke to give ana take black eyes and bloody ' noses. Unfortunately our Consul General was not iu a situation to no copt such courtesies, as Ins battle- ; Stained uniform and intellectual coun tenance: hr.d obe presented to Ilis 1 Imperial IfcoibiiLie Majestv of the' 'East. His carriage was surrounded 1 I ; by the bloods, and the first demon stration consisted in covering our el egant and able consular agent with flour. To this General I>at"au re- i inoustrated. He did not FKC flour 1 applied externally. Ifr said a- much, j ! He clothed his ideas on the occasion with anything but flowery language. He called the offenders dirty black , guards. To this they retorted by styling hint a cad, and one went so far as to say that be was a howling cad; and when our excellent com mercial representative, getting a fur ther advance on flout in his mouth! and eyes, grew furious, a resolution I was offered and passed unanimously to have the cad out. '5..e sergeant-1 i jat-arms, wuica meant the entire par-, ty, pulled the noble representative! from his brougham, and one of toe ' set proceeded, as lie said "to dress him down." The General called on I his myrmidons on the box, and the j myrmidons coining to his aid, a gen-j j eral engagement occurred that would 1 j have been bad in the end for tbc I General but for the timely interfcr-1 ence of the police. Badou did not j ask to have the young gentlemen at-! ; rested; he only asked for their names | and address. They were given and the belligcrants separated. • i utu\cucini Ditili i'.ii, in no j'iij;iit : to be presented to the imperial old; bile of Persia, returned home he | ; found on the cards names of yout g : i geellemen connected wi;h t':c Gov erunieiit, and tlirough our Minister! he in "Ic complaint. At first tliryt were inelined t > laugh at the affair, | but their respective relatives, high | in office, what aeterized the act as ex-j ece ltngiv brutal and stupid, assuriri " i C/ - 4 7 cr these wild oats that to assault and ! insult a consul made up a very -eri ous slate of affairs. At last it was : settled titat the youthful ruffians ■ ! shoulu go in per.--on and apologize! for the outrage. They did so. I'a- : dear. liGl the good so -• to receive 1 the gentlemen and their apology in ; a graceful manner. I "Vary MUTV. y.. know." said tl.f ! • spokesman, "rawthv- av. kward, ycu sec—acted like blagaiar.'s—aw—fa -I rawther, vary. Hope'll forget —varY sorry. But uad a bad lot of. stum altogaiii. r stiipic." "Don't uietiti.ui it," cried General i 1. "I would uot have minded a little '' lark, but the fact is. put to tie iS'nah, an 1 although be represents the flowery land of song,; flour dou't make a good court dress. I But it's ail right now. Come, let us i see if I haven't, some better stuff." The young lords found the Yankee ; consul, as they called him, a "tip top . fellah," and so Badeau was thrashed into good society.— Washington C'uj> j itol. ; [From the New York Sun.] A Woman's First Sernior. Unity Chapel is * small but neat and comfortable house of worship, near One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street and Fourth avenue. It be longs to a Unit at ian congregation embracing some of tho most inteili-' gent and cultivated residents of Har-! Icm. It was fre ra the pulpit of Unity ' Chsnei tbat- *'rtia Bffrleigh nrfcachcd her first sermon aud yesterday mon • ing (Oetolier 12). from the same etand, ' Mrs. Ju*ia Howe/ of Boston, held forth. Airs. Howe has bCen,' for a| long time, liefore the public as a writ er, and once or twice essayed the rolo of lecturer, but never until yesterday J *' I has she attempted a sermon. She is j s comely matron of middle &ge," haa a sweet expression of countenance and a voice which, too weak for ef fective public speaking, is yet very pleasant to hear. She was dressed b in plain black, jeaterday, spokederib $1.15 A YEAff ( erately. and with few gestures ami seemed to create a si>ii*'ipoti her criticaljieaier-. Mrs. Howe's text was the sixth verse of the twenty-ili'th chapter of St. Matthew: "Ami at midnight there wis a'cry made, Behold the Bride groom Cometh; go ye out to meet Lim.'' The speaker said she would trv to lead the thoughts of her hearers ir. a simple way to consider the matters she would present, and succeeded ad mirably in holding herselftu hcrprom , ise. '* It is a al.e . said, in entering upon the di-eusdon I <>f hermhoseu subject, "that we are J so^familiar with the sound that wo understand hut little of the sense of I many heatilf el taught us in .the Bible. \\ ords aiul expressions from Holy Writ become doll like j coins in constant use, that aft. r a < while lose their weight and are tio longer worth the price stamped upon their face. The pictures in Christ's mind were all real and it is a pity that they arc not always reproduced with closer attention^ paid to their puriti of form and naturalness of coloring. "Of the ten virgins who took lamps [ and went out to meet the bridegroom, | one-half were wise. This proportion jis larger than we should have the ; right to cxjxict in our day. How ; very few oi us have the oil of wisdom j with us while ve wait for the brido ' groom The oil of the parable w:j ; wasted just as our natural powers i waste without cultivation, and when ;'he sudden call for the exercise of ; these powers comes to us how few of |us are ready. Our trials nearly al ! ways come suddenly and give us but i litllU "time for preparation. It V lioovef'us, tin ii, to be always ready, i to !i*vc oil in our lamps and to hao ; ti.cm trimmed and lit for use." i .Mrs. iio\v*e"spoko eloquently and i teuebinglr of the coining of the an i gel of d t:i iiito tiie hou-.. 'luliL ami t the parting with i.,e dearest <>; the ; flock. "This losing is death itseii. jit is the tearing away of the vet v ! hearUtrings. But there will be an j eternity of happim ss w hen all ti** | loved will meet at the side <-f the throne of God and never, nev-r part again." The Cpc:i*er iveal.ed i her visit to Westminster Abb.->. " There arc the tombs of kings anr* ! queens ami groat warriors aud pooh -and slatoMnen; but I never think of : it that 1 do not call to mind the nnk but - uggestive sculpture on a family tomb, representing father, mother, daughters and sons jn a long proces sion. telling in a homely way of lb*' j never-ending march of the Ucss, j fore the Almighty, when the caie-e | and trials of this life are over and the oh ;..- or.;.- are all gathered togetl. . ; in heaven. '"Our great trials come to *ts thoes in t; e foi ui of terrible lenipta ; tions, and wlr.it can be more sudden than thesi ? And what is there, that ! demands more careful preparation to withstand? When ve tiiiuk of it, very Utile wrong is dune bv pivme-J iit at ion. If you arc asked whether you will do a mean and eowftrdly rut or a bravo and magnanimous one, you j answer a brave one, and at the time you really mean what you say and in : your heart you intend to act bravely. | But the temptation comes when you least expect it. It corned with tno suddenuts* of a ilasLu You are m - t J prepared. Your better nature is asleep, and ycOf yield and are hist, j Think how frightful arc the results of some of these visitations. Look . at the French revolution, that era of national chaos which has not yet gl r ;en place to Order. Take our own late war, which was foretold years i by De Tocqucville. Wo w inked at the corruptions that were B#pp : ng ' the foundations of onr liberties. | (Treat and good men lifted up their ; voices and cried to us. 1 * Be prepared'" , but we slumbered and slept, and then . came the dreadful hoiff of slaughter, j We had no oil in our lamps, and this i great, foolish nation was takeu and shaken aud mado to look God in the face. Tiieu we were forced to leam ihat cotton w as not king, that money i was not- king, that policy was not ' king, but that truth, justice aud God 'demanded our Ulegiance. Then there was rushing to the mntket | place to buy the wisdom that we had' b~ r -D im w-i <-. p .iu Oi r.Hre ]
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