INDEPENDENT-" Live and Let Live."
1.00 a Year if Paid in Advance.
H. V. Moethimer, Proprietor.
LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY; PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1877.
Sliigie Copies, 3 cts.
VOL. VI.; No. 4.
Railroad Guide.
jq-on.TiiPKWNA.ltAii.noAU.
Passen gera tar Philadelphia wlU leave Lehigh,
ton follow ! ..
(:47a. m vl. V. arrive gt Phils, at Mo a. m.
ua a. m. via L. V. ' iliia.m.
11:07 p.m. viaL. V. " " 2l0p. m.
p. m. via L. S. i" " .fciop.m.
:Ilp.m. VUL.V. " V:50p.m.
Returning, leave depot at Perks actt Amcri.
aa BC Phlla'., at 8:15 and :45 a. m.iC.15, p. in.
Jan. 1, 1917. , ELLIS OLA UK, Agent.
pIIlliA. A IUuADINQ UA1LKOAD .
Arrangement of Passengor Trains.
NOVEMdER. STH, 1877.
Tralna loave ALLENTpvyN ai followsi -
(VIA PKBKlOMfS BBthClI.)
S?or Philadelphia, at e.W. 11.01. a.m., -J.1.1 and
I II p. in.
RUNDAYS.
Vor Philadelphia at3.A m.
ViviA BASf rcui. nnmcn.)
or Reading, 1 2.30. a.00, 9.i a m., ltis. 2 10, 4.30
. ar.dsoop.m.
Por llatrfiDorc. 2.3)5 51), .03 a. in., 1U5, 4.30
.0i p. m. ,
Tor Lancaster and Colombia, 9 50, t.03 a.m. and
I 4 10 p.m.
TDoea not ran on Monday..
MJNDAV3.
?or Reading, 2.30 a.m. and 0 03 p m.
or Ilsrrlsburg, 2.30 a. ra. nnd 05 p. m.
Tralna FOR A LLE STOWN leave as follows:
(VIA. mUKIOUKX DKANCH.)
Leave Philadelphia, 7.11 a.m., 1.00, -1.30 and 5.15
p.m.
: SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia. 8.0 n . m.
(VIA EABT FKKNA. BRARCII )
Leave Readme, 7.41. 7.43. 10.33 am., 4.00, 4.10 snd
, I..J0 p m
Leave Hariliburg, (.00, 7.30 a. ra., and 1.40, 3.30
I P. ra. i
Leave Lancaster, 7. a. m., and 3.25 p. m.
Leare Columbia, J.an a. m , and 3.15 p. m.
HUN DAYS.
Leave Reading. 7.20 a.m.
Leave ll&rriatiurg, 5.2 1 a.m.
i Tralna marked thns I) run to and from depot
th and Oreeu streets, Philadelphia, other
trains to and trom Broad street depot.
Tne 0.60 b. ra and 1.55 p. ra. tralna from Allen
latrn, and the 7.3) a.m. and 5.15 p.m. train,
ftoua PMtadelpnia, have through cars to and
tr.is Philadelphia.
J. K. WOOTl'BN.
t General iranager.
O a HANCOCK, Om'l Titan Agent.
Sea
HENRY A. PETER,
(Successor to C. W. Lesiz),
ibank Street, Lehighton, Penn'a,
Offers to tho pnblio a fall line of
hire Drugs and Chemicals,
PS.TENT MEDICINES,
Horse and Cattle Medicines
A Complete Asssortment of
jrtes the Cheapeat Brown to thenest Oilt.
Fancy Toilet Articles,
bWngHS, CIIAH31SE SKINS,
Plain & Faktjy Stationery,
Ait a variety . or vfonSEIIOLD ARTICLES
tonumeroeoinetion, all of which
We la offering at
tei4t reasonable raicfes !
ZASi
3i
ain'rt T.IOIlritlS fnr Mfilirt.'.il
ant tiacr
puvrT.,, . i. nA iii.'.i .... L
i.n MrT.. i . , t. i n. . i -r i.. .. .
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11. A. fKTJSU,
T.iiefe-la HIucV
Uuefc:4, 1177.
ARE CALLING FOR
The ORIGIN and HISTORY
V TTfT
I J I 1 1' l I A Il A U 111111
nuooian the I unr,
And tho GREAT CONTEST now WAG ING
BETWEEN '1'llhll,
nnt. nTTKsrirTinirTS?T win imnir i ia
fcioat Keltable. Accurate and comprehenalve,
and Willi Its 300 h LUUAM ENUltA VINOS,
.MAPS and PLANS. 1 lie most snowy, ileaiiablo
land usetul boole now publlahtd.
S000 Active Agents Wanted t
Tbeae ddslrlna: Terrtrory on this work should
arail themselrea of au early applicattou. Also,
1000 AbBNTS WANTED on our
GranD CombinatioN Prospectus,
UEl'llEfcENTl-Sa
130 Distinct Toulications
Of anlvemal interest. Inelndlnir Airrienltnre.
SiOfTaphtcal lllsrorical, lleilciona aud Mlaccl
laneoua Works. Hales made from thts 1'roapeo.
wueu sii sinrrie iiuiiks itui.
Also on our nearly loo Mvies of l'llKMIUM
FAMILY BIBLES,
XNGLIoII and OEIIMAN. PROTHSTi T
ad CATHOLIC. Awarded Suuerionty uver
kii utuera, lor meir mvaiuaoie Aia. aim Mtineru
Blndinas. at the GRAND CENTENNIAL
Aiu3iiiun, loio.
A-amcoiar iroe. Aoaresa
JOHN.
X'OTTEIt fc CO.,
Publishers,
PHILADELPHIA
t.l, 1JT7,
Dhn fl f ii 11 rv Ladles snd Gentle.
aivuiumid men wanted in
r l , everv town ouuruv.
Employment.
IKO CHHRCH." The Premium Kteel Engrav
ing feet x 2 leet o inches, "Thellndingol the
Ravlour In the Temple," la presented lu each
ruhscrlber, for only 11.25 per ver. Tblspictnie
I anlversallv admired and should b in everv
household. Extra larae cash rommlsBlons paid
io Aceuia. write lor terms ana A rent's ouini.
Working- Church Pub. Co.,
Bept.m3 7 WAKBE.N St New York.
II. S.1)LK,
PIALES IX
Ladies' Fancy Drss Gp'ods
Dry Goods, Grocorios, &d.
r. 1 t-.
Prices as low aa elaewhere, and cooda wai
anted aa represented. July 21. l'77-1m
1UUU U1U UJ.KII11 J. UUUl,
UISS LYDIA P. PINPIIER- nf Ki.t Mmirli
hunk, will nre LEtlOS to PUPILS on the
.au ui st in ri r KiNiiiieuces in
veos. Jrorrurtuerpar(ieauraferQiiireat
Wj
CAftDS.
Furniture Wareltouse.
V. Schwartz, Hank atreet.df altr in oil li'ndf o
Furniture CoJJintmatleto order.
Boot mill Sline Ilfakers.
Clinton Bretney, I'n Levant building. Bank street.
AUarderiprompltyJUted work warranted.
Attorneys.
Y, P. L0NGSTUEET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Next dooi to the " Carbon Itonae.'
BANK STXtEET, LEniQHTON, PA,
Deceoibor 16-0m.
ySf M. UAPSI1ISU,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSBT.LOR AT LAW,
Bank STarGT.LciiionToiv, Pi
Real Estate and Collection Auency. Will Buy And
8ell lUal Katate. Conveyancing neatly done Col.
leetlona promptly made. Settling Kstatea of.pA.
cedents a apeclalty. May be consulted ln.Kn.tUsh
ndlierman. NTcv22
JAS. It. STItUTIIKIlS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
J- Olnce : 2d floor of Rhoad's.Ual),
Manoli Cliunk, Pa.
All business eutruited to hlin will bs promptly
attended to.
Slav 27, ly.
J-JANIKL. ICAL.HFUS,
ATTORNF.Y AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
tidcli Chunk, Pa.
a"0fHce, above Doons Jewelry Store, Broadwny
JNO. D. BERTOLETTis,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Orricx Corner of Susquehanna and Broadway.
MAUC1I CHUNK, Pinxa.
Can be consulted In Gorman. I Julv 74 187
p J. IIKEIIAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Next Doorto First Nations. Bank,
MA1ICH CHUNK, PA.
490an in ronaulted In German. fjan9.
Justices and Insurance.
j
JT A. I1KI.TZ,
, JUSTICE OF THE PEA CI.,
Obert'a Bullillnj. RAN1C-St., I.FllltillTOM.
Conveyancing, Co'lectlnc; and r.ll other hn.l
neat connected with tho ofllco Droliiutlr attend.
ed to Agent for ttie beat Fire end Info Insur
ance uoniptnie'i : jients couecieu lit rtfaaonanio
clmrma, sc. Apihr,.)-!
rjiiioMAS s. inscit,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
BANK Street, LEIliailTpN, Pa.
Conveyancing, Ciillectlnn and all tmalneM con
aected .vlththe olilce prouipfly attended to.
irAEeiit tor tlrat-c1ai.K Insurance Companies,
and KUka of nil kinds taken on the met lllienil
term. Jan.!). 1875.
CONVEYANCER,
AND K
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
Tha Mlowlnn Cnmptnlcsare Uepresented:
LE11AN )N MB I'UAL PIIIU,
11EA IJIIiO MUTUAL FlllE,
V ).MIa PIKE.
POITSVILLE FIRE.
LUHIGIi FIIIH. nnd theTRAV
El.nns ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
Alao peunavlvanl'i ami Mutunl llor&e Thief
Dclec'lvo and Iu.urauie (Vimpanv.
March 20. 1873. TUOJ. KEltnitER.
Physicians and Dentists.
y-J- A. UEIttlAMBIl, .11.1).,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention paid to Chronic Dlseatea.
Onice: South East corner Iron ami 2nd at... Lo
hlehtnn. Pa. Aprl' 3. 1875.
JIl. N. II. ltKHEU,
PRACTIOINO THYSICIAN AND SUR0EON.
Office, Bane Street, next door above the PostoDlce,
L.eni;rnion, ra. umce iioura rarry me earn day
rom lOto 12o'clock; remainder of day atofncelo
Lehlfhton Nov 23. '72
yjy a. m sci PL, is,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON .
Next lo K. II. hnyder'o store, Tixsti ST.,
LEHIGHTON, PENN'A
N.ll. Special attention aivcu to tho Cnroot
Salt itheuin. &o. Jan. 13-y
J t'UASKLIr? L.ICSII,
PHYSICIAN AND bURGEON,
Late Jiesident Vhysician of lljrriiburg Hospital).
Office i Next door to tho Union Church,
WEISXPORT, PA.
rp Special attention given ti the Dlaeaaea of
Wumon. Consultation in English and Ueiutau.
Aus. 18, 1877-8m
jyi. EDWARD IIIIOWX,
SURGEON DEN1IST,
Of the Pennsylvania Dental College. Philadel
phia, baa opemdan office In LEHIGHTON, on
BROAD STREET, next door to Snyder's toro.
All work warranted satisfactory.
LAUGHING GAS used for the p.Hnleaa ex.
traction of Teeth. Aug. II, 1877-yl
Hotels and Saloons.
QAItnOK HOUSE,
Corner c't BANK AND NORTH STREETS,
LEHIGHTON, P..
CONRAD bElPLE, . . . ruof UlETOB.
Excellent. Accommodations for Permanent
and Transient Hoarder. Commodious stabling
attached Terms luooerale. octlsv
At his SALOON, next to Clana Tailoring
Eatubil.mnent, keeps the Celebiated
Philadelphia Lager Beer
Conntantly on Top be alsokeenaaiull .iirnlv
of Pure (JERMAX WI1I. I'bolce CIGARS,
Prime Fresh OYSTERS, and uther Eatable..
Tnepaiionoge of the public Is very respect
fully Invited.
,. , , , NATHAS..KRUM.
Don't forget the place i Nexmoor above T, D.
Clanss', BA.VE bticvt, Lehlghion, Octll
New Advertisements.
Wonderful, but True !
A. J. DUELING,
rnopKiKToit or tiii: People's
Drug and Family Medicine
STORE, ninkea the following
ANNOUl CEMENT.
Owinaftothe poaerol OfpicBlcn in business,
tbejriPut reiluctlon of wa'esIor iHbor, &c. I
deeuiltmv duty at this ttmntjglvo the penplo
of i.elncliton and vicinity tub Lion's shark of
MY I'ROFiTSl llend f tI rnuioiuiier tho follow
lnff Puces or n few ut tlio many nrtlclos sold at
xuy Drug Htoiei
PATI'T MEDICtNES-ill 5) rrfimrntlona
86 cents, pucii ris Vinosrar Bitf era, Iloaifttvr'a,
Dralce's lVMitntiou, M1hlci'4 ilcib, Goritun
Bitters find all others torinerly 3i, now 85 ok
500. preparations 40c. nnd 25o, iiicpi.ratlons2t)c.
COLD. COTTOII nnd LUNG BE MED I Ey. ns
Jayne's Expectorant, IlntlN kaU Ai en's Hal
no m. Airra Clierry PcMora', Milk Cnro, Coil
Ltvor Oil.. Cod Liver otl,nud Lime nnd others
fonnei.vfi now 8o .cents.
UAIIt PltEPAnATIOI -IIrtlrs Hair Ite
newer, Moutaoniecy's, Ayers Ila'r Viirur,
and Mrs Allen's, loi,merly II now 63 cts. All
fiuo. piepnruUonsoIabov'charaoieuuow 40c.
LIMMEJTrs Laubach', Lov'a Magnetic,
Donnelly's Flectno. Samson. oil, Jl'mW'ty'ii
Helief, MnincOil, Uarfflln Oil. WHO tiro l.lni
rueiit, and all.othois forte erly M. now 4ic.
Horse, Cattle, aod at'hl-kcn Powder, formerly
25c. now VUc.' DnrhnAiii celeovated Coudittu '
l'owdera tmptovtd 35c. per pound.
KrcniR'a IlGtnJjorK Drops, 4ui perbottlb BrenBt
Toa, 2uc. a pfWKaae; rl.1 a of all kiuds loimerly
25o. nowiOc per bos. t
rLAMTEItS Porous, Anllca. Poor itan's and
ai 1 othi rh fonnvrly He. now laa,
"WOUM HEMEDJES Worm Svrnpa, Vcrmt
fugea, orm Lo7.eneC'n and Coufecilons loitn
erly use. Low 20c.
Iloots, BarM. Hqtha, Mcdtcal Tea". Ac, Ac,
formerly from juc. to l&c. per 02. nuw 2c. to tc.
pur uz.
Cantor OH Bolstm do Malta, Esienco of Pep
poiiniQt, Essence 01 Lemon. OoideU Tiucturo,
Paretfoilc. and Ulrteriuo lormerly !Uo toloc.
now to to 10c pui bottto
Eicrytliiiiff Down 1 limvn J Down ! !
Caustic bmia( for Making Soup, trom 9 cents
to 111 rents per pound.
Cnntor oil, tit i let ly pure, 6Cc. per quart, by the
gallon less.
LOOK A OAIN.-WALL, PAPER, Gold Ollt
Pui er Wc: U ai-sed Pnpeis fnnnci iv fo. to J5c.
HOW20C. Wimo Blanks and Tints formerly IHu.
to 25o. now I2i:. to 13c, und Blown Backs form
eily 10c. to 12c. now 7c. to.flc
PliyRtclana f'roscnptlons and Family Recipes
compounded at Oruaiiy lluduced lUtea. Oo or
bendio DUitLlNoa
Having liLd au i-xprrlenco o! almost Twenty
Yearn In tho Drug BuIupds, more than Ten of
wliiinlMvebocti Iv Lchirhtmi. I will lu rhofu.
tine, as I have in the paHi. Uuuratitca to all the
very Best and Purest DrucH, Medicine't ifcc tn
buioiniilm tlio American Markets tl BUY
KOU CASH I Deo lr-novJ
Store Stand & Dwelling
at runuc SALE,
Thn under6l;mi-d will offer nt-Pnblo PpIp. on
tho pretuw,,ou SKCOIS'D hTJtEi; 1', 'iud door
lvtn tJiecinno.'of lion stiect, In the Bnioucu
df LEllIGliiO, Caibou County, Pa., ou
Stlttirdayi tfunuary 5, 1878,
cotdmrncin'TfttTWd oVlock P M-inil tint cer
tain LOP OP OHOUND. Bitiiftted tio aoove.
tnn:tniL' on ecld hECUND Stieut C t tef t, and
cominaing ot th;it widih, between imiollcl
Hues, lei'i feu' to an Aliej, upon which i elec
ted n hit go and Caimmodious ibreo fctoiy frame
Store and Dwelling House,
27 feet front' by 50 fort dep.wlth Piench Roof
coveied with Tin nnd isiaio. niiti all necessary
imt buildings '1 ho More room isaifanteJ to tho
Uiyc.n.tdf Grocery or In lact almost anv o;her
kind of mercantile bustuetK oeing very rentr-il.
vl located ou one of ttie best business streets in
the town.
Tho terms nnd conditions will be made known
at lime and p ace of-nnlo br
J1LJTJ 1 KLRPPINGEH,
Nov. 10, 1877-t.ti. bnmmit Hill, Pa.
hit.
At Private Sale.
THE UNDER8IHNED offers a.t Trlvato
Bale a VnluuhloFari'ilng I'roporte. ami.
otod lu HKAVElt UU.N VALLEY, ila
honing To nrnrhlp, Caroon t,ou -tv. Pa., 21, miles
froui Mi.uch Chunk, and 2 miles fioiu l.elilcli
t"n, contuining 18 Acres, about j acres ot waich
are cleared and under a Mgli Ftale ot rrutlva.
lon, the balance bilug riiober Laud The Im
provements thereon aren2story Frame Dweil.
mg House itixvt fuet, with Kitchen attached,
one Htnbie. mid oilier uecosaarr Outbui'dlurat
also, au Orchaid containing a'bout loo.cnolco
Frnlt Trees comprlflng Apple, Poar. Peach and
Cherry 'Ireosof vurluus kinds
Mils propei tv, being mtuated near Manch
Chunk and Lehighton, would lnnko It n detlio
Me place for any ono wishing to eng.ieu lu lho
J'uit business tho demand lor tiuck In the
oboi e, pint e be'ug nlwavs iooil nnd realizing
bojt nf prices. Leaver Run Cieek uWs Ihiuugh
the property.
'lonui iHTaon wishing tn Invest in Real Es
tate tbl offers an opportunity seldom to bo met
with lor turiher p.H'ilciilrs ii-ulr at this
olilce, or to tho owner ou mo proinliea.
11E.M1V TUCKER.
Sept 1, 1877-Jmos.
E. F. LUCKENBACH,
Two Doors Below tho "Broadway Honse,"
JIAUCH CHUNK, PA.
Dealer in all Patterns of Plain and Fancy
Wall aisea'Sj
Window Shades,
Paints & Paintors' Supplies,
AT LOWErfT CASH P1UCES.
Jan. 27-y
IIUSINES3 MEN AND OTHF.nS
IN WANT OF JOll PRINT1NO
OF ANY DESOltll'lION. WILL
1INDTHE CARUON ADVOCA1K
OFFICE T1IU, UtS'f and CHEAP.
.1,',',.'.AC1! J2 T,,K COUNTY.
ONVIED-. TttUI AI"
FRED. KELLEY
A'naounces.lo Ihe peopled Lehighton and vicf'fl
ity that he la prepared Iv supply thtia
wuh every artlo.e oi
Ilduscfriirnlshlit Turirc,
At TCry lowest prices i also,
Rcfoflng and Spouting,
In all its branohe., promptlr attended to at
prices fuily as low aa tho Wear. Give me a
KTOHi:: Opposite the inibllc Sonare. RANK
STREET LEHIGHTON, PA. Ja2l,'J7.lf
A MEuht CIirtlSTMAS.
"A merry Christmas to you all 1"
Is passing now from mouth to mouth,
From cast to west, from north to south
From lowly cot and stately hall.
" A merry Christmas to us all I"
Is shouted by tho cheerful host;
Tho windows barred against tho frost,
We toast tho season, great and small.
i ,
A merry Christmas I Itusli no breath
Of revelry must pierce the gloom
Of yonder chamber from that room
The spirit has passed out with Death'.
Tho widow clasps her child, a kiss
Is prcscd upon its rosy face j
A choking sigh a close embrace
" A merry Christinas?" What is this ?
i
" A Christmas party let us go 1"
A wand'rer hopeless drops to dio ;
His brothers heedless pass him by,
Half frozen in the freezing 6now
A merry Christmas I What a few
.' Remain of those it welcomed last ;
Another year has o'er us pass'd
And left us, wife, tho only two.
Tho cliildish laugh wo held eo dear.
Tho toys that mado us onco more young,
The infant arms that round us clung,
Itavo vanish'd with tho passing ycarl
lint Christmas merry is and thoso
Who strive to mako it so do well j
For who can ever fitly tell
What comfort from this season flows ?
"A merry Christmas!" let us bless
Tho season when our Lord was born j
And doubly bless tho Christmas morn
That gave us "Christ our Righteousness."
" A merry Christmas to you all 1"
Let it resound from mouth to mouth,
From east and west to north and south,
To hubibie cot to stately hall.
A CIIlilSTMAS KE1I1NISCEXCE.
I am an editor j nnd one bitter cold morn
ing, tt few days before Christinas, in the
year 18 , I Fat ns usual at my desk. Among
the heap of manuscripts I was daily com
pelled lo examine. iHduy of them desultory,
untidy, and unstitched, defiant of spelling,
subversivo of grammar, and with neither
beginning, middle or end was one, written
on the Kiftest cream-laid French white
pajior, in a childish lady's hand, on lines
which had been carefully erased afterwards.
It was a little story nf no great literary merit,
but tliero was nn.itroma of youth and of
swoctiiossin every line. There was a promise
in it. It was like the light in tho sky before
tho sun had risen on n fine day an omen, a
portent of sunshirie and warmth, hut no
more. I put it down as if I had touched tho
petal of n rose. There was a tiny scented
note besid's lt--tf courso full of italiets:
" Dear Mr. Editor : I send you a little
story. I am only sixteen, and papa nnd
mamma do not know anything about it, but
pleaso tell mo if it is worth anything. I
iranf it to bo printed j I irwnf to bo paid for
it. It is not for mywlf, though, hut I want
the money to give" my dear littlo brother a
nice little birthday present. I am, dear Mr.
Dditor, yours, etc., Emily ."
Then came tho address and signature.
Tho writing of tho note wa3 less neat nnd
regular than the manuscript. But tliero
Was tho 6amo fragrlhco of dainty youth
about it.
I held it a long time in my hand. I am
an old man j at all events middle-aged, jier
haps something rh'oroj but in'y heart is
younger than my appearance. Littlo distil
lations came, or seemed to come, from the
paper I held. It was with no common feel
ing of interest that I sat down mid wrote my
answer to tho note, I returned tho manu
seript,butl wrote gritly and tcuderly. Igavo
it as my hope and my opiuiou that, with a
littlo more care ami study, the youthful
writer would achieve a success. I even
promised to prinfthat identical manuscript
if it were a little revised or corrected, nnd
I pointed out how it might bo mado avail
able. I opened the window nf my den after
I had written my note. The weeds piercing
through the Hags below had n less dreary
look than they had ever had before : a gleam
of sunshine shone on them, and their frosty
verdure borrowed something of Ticciola
brightness from it. I posted my letter and
the manuscript to lho address named, and
went home, wondering if ever I should hear
from tho writeragain. With that, however,
nil thoughts of tho manuscript passed away.
Tho author was too timid to reply.
On Chrii-tmas Eve I was asked as "usual
to din'o witli nil old friend of inino at rH.
John's Wood. Ho was a married maii.with
a pleasant comely wife, aiid several email
children,' male and female.
" Tlifc children are not comiifg down to
dinner," said my hostc, " for they are
going to givo uj a surprise afterwanls."
I bowed and was delighted, both at the
anticijwtion of pleasure to como, and of
privation for the first time of considerable
present annoyance. I need not tay I was
then a bachelor. 'When we went up stairs
after dinner, wo found the folding-doors
which divided the front from' the' b'k room
closed, .
They were opened after a while. The
Christmas hymn was sung, and a tree of the
most brilliant splendor was revealed ) on its
branches were hung gifts worked and em
broidered by tho children for their parents.
Tho three little girlsand thcirgovcrness had
dono it nil.
While my friend arid his wifo wcro em
bracing and thanking the children, I had
titno to notice tho governess. 8ho was very
young, almost n child herself. A mass of
bright hair was gathered up in great Waves
at each skltS of her head) and fastened in a
loose thick loon behind Tho bright curls
wcro so arranged as to reveal the car. Tho
ear and cheek were, I should rather say they
are liko thoso painted by Lcighton in his
" Painter's Honeymoon." Need I say moro
of their ravishing loveliness ? But tho pretty
bluo eyes looked as if they had cried a good
deal, nnd there had been recent tears, for tho
eyelids were somewhat swollen, Sho was
not sad, howevcr,for she played on tho piano
for tho children and for mc, their old god
father, to dance to, and sho joined with ns in
a gamo of blind man's buff. When the
children retired, she retired also.
" What a charming person," I said.
" Sho is most excellent," said my friend.
" Although she is so young, Miss is
tho'brcad provider of tho family. Her father
and mother have, according to tho catit
phrase, seen better days ; in fact, they are
people of good birth, nnd once had a good
fortune. They havo a son and daughter ;
tho son is a fine fellow also. Both tho son
and daughter givo tho greater part of their
earnings to their parents ; but the son has
not been very fortunate. My littlo gover
ness, she is only seventeen, (my children are
so young they do not require n prim regular
governess,) does m'oFe with her salary,
mediocre ns it is, than her brother can do
with his hard work. Ho is ri clerk in a
bank."
' And sho helps him also, I suppose 1"
" I dare say she does, but I have never
inquired, for sho is full of rcticcnco and
reserve on these points, I only know sho
would set up all nigit,ind work liko a horso
all day, to help both her parents and her
brother. Sho is going homo to-morrow ;
and he, I fear, cannot afford tho expenso of
the journey. Tho parents live now in
Scotland."
" Could we not help him V I said, bash
fully. My friend smiled. Both brother and
sister spent Christmas at homo.
My good fortune threw mo a good deal
after this with my friend's governess. Must
I say from that Christinas Evo I was never
heart whole 1
The following Easter wo were engaged,
and before the Christmas Evo which followed
wo were married. What.an aim and a hope
my lifo has now acquired I
We have a littlo suburban home, and I
leave my wifo every morniug to pursuo my
editorial labors, and return every evening,
forgetting my work and my worries,knowing
that tho sweetest heart and tho fairest face I
have ever known await me in my modest
but happy home. I never heard again from
the author of tho manuscript which had 60
much interested mo j and, truo to tell, had
never thought tof her since that Christmas
Eve. Two or threo years havo passed sirico
then, and wo havo two babies.
Their mother is always playing with them.
She often puts her delicate, slender white
hands under my baby girl's foot, and the
baby makes believe to stand on it. What
a picture it is ; it is like a rose-bud laid on a
white camelia.
As I walked up and down tho room read
ing a scratchy, scrawly manuscript, and
fumbling over it in desjieration, for tho
tiresomo jwrson who had sent it had by some
ingenious carelessness mulcted it of its last
page, my thoughts flew far and wide, and,
by somo association I cannot attempt to
explain, the pretty manuscript from the
youthful writer who had sent mo no moro
was recalled to me.
Unconsciously tho manuscript I held
faded from my mind, and tho other was
present with mo. I wondered what had
become of her had she written any more ?
where and how was sho 1
Every, moment I became moro and more
jwisssM with the memory. I was so happy
myself that I felt for nil who seemed to havo
care and struggle in their lives, I looked out
the address to which I had written before;
and wrote to the unknown a few lines. I
said that time had passed, that tho youthful
inexperienco which had prevented the jiaper
she had sent from being accepted must now
bo corrected, and that I should bo glad and
willing to bee anything elfe she' had written,
if she had Written anything sinoe then.
Within a. few days I had an answer. Tho
writing was in a feigned hand, ipiito unlike
the round, hesitating, girlish hund I remem
bered. The wonls were, however, as sweet
and innocent as the first hod been. The note
ran as follows :
" It is so good of you to remember me, but
I do not write anymore. I ain so happy. I
havo a ciear( good, noble husband. Oh,thesq
womanly exaggerations, I thought, as I eat
in my editorial chair. And such darling
babies I I wrote, for I wanted to help my
dear, ones, but they hayo been better helped
by others than I could ever have hojied to
help them. God has given" thwn a better
friend than I could be. If you seek to know
iup. you shall do so. If when you jo heme
you seo a woman with n roso in her hand,
hold out yours. You will know me."
I smiled at the romantic fervor of this
reply, and o, faint desire arose that my wife
and the writer of ,tho Jettcr should know
each other, and then t went on with my
6tupifying avocations.
As I went home, I confess I looked about
for a woman with a roso in her hand, butw
might naturally ba supposed, neither in cars
nor omnibuses did such an apparition mani
fest itself.
As I entered my own door I gave nn
impatient shrug at the idea of having beeri
tho subject of a foolish jest. But whom did
I seo standing within the threshold of ny
homo ? My darling, with her fair, child-Ill s
face and bright hair ; love, and joy, and
youth crowning her with .a triple crown,
and in her hand was a roso 1 .
" Dear husband," she sai ci,as I tissed her,
" I think I loved you from tho moment I
had your kind indulgent, thougtitful note. I
had written ttiat absurd littlo story for I
sadly wanted a littlo money to pay for
Gerald's return homo at Christmas, to bo
with papa and mamma, and I had a foolish
notion I could write"
" And yoit wcro disappointed, my pet.
What a savago I must havo seemed 1"
" No ; I felt how foolish I had been, and
I cried heartily, but I thought you good and
kind all tho same. And Gerald got home,
too, and we had a happy Christmas after
all."
I kissed her.
" But are you never going to writo a story
for my magazine again ?"
" I do not know," she said, archly.
' Meanwhile, you can write ours, if you
liko."
STATE NEWS.
At Lebanon poultry is selling a low as
fivo cents a pound,
In four years the number of taxablcs of
Williamsport has increased 305.
A movement is on foot to change the
name of Phcenixvillo to rhecnix City.
Four children of James Stephenson, of
Kittanning, have recently died of diphtheria.
A horso thief, recently captured in Perry
county, proved to bo the brother of the owner
of tho stolen horse.
Eighteen inmates of tho Bucks county
jail were taken to tho Eastern Penitentiary,
recently, in one day.
Patrick Green, aged 70 years, was killed
on tlio railroad, in Cambria county, on Wed
nesday of last week.
William II. ByersJ a Tittsburg hpuso
builder, is rejwrted to havte disappeared with
over $20,000 of other people's money.
James It. Harvey, of Bewicltly town
ship, Allegheny county, is 102 years old.
His father fouglit in Washington's army.
Mrs. Dennis Gardner, of Osceola. Clear
field, county, returned home, after a briof
absence, to find her littlo child burned to a
crisp.
, Calvin Fisher, aged fourteen years, was
tried in Mercer county for tho murder of his
father. The jury acquitted him without
leaving the box.
William Cluirles, of Holidaysburg, aged
ten years, stabbed a companion in tne eye
with a knife, destroying its sight. The boys
had been quarreling.
A small son of Mr, Kelley, living near
Larimer station, Westmoreland county level
ed a loaded gnu at his sister and fired. Bh
died in about an hour.
George H. Dunbar, over a year past em
ployed in the United States mint at Phila
delphia left his home ou the 5th inst., since
which nothing has been heard of him.
The Methodjsts of Philadelphia have,
south of Vino street and cast of tlio Schuyl
kill, sixty-five churches, ten parsonages and
eighteen cemeteries. Tho total value of tho
property is estimated at $1,524,880.
A recent is.sne of the Grcensburg rgtt
s'atcs " that sometime during the holidays
Lieut. Gov. Latta Will lead to hymen's altar
one of Eve's fairest and most accomplishod
daughters a resident of this vicinity,"
John Toung, James Casey,, William
Rivers, Gcbrgo Kent, William. Day,is ai d
William Masters, convicted of horsestealing
and other offences in tho Allegheny county
court, havo each been sentenced to ,six yean
and nine months in tho penitentiary.
The farmers in the western part of the
State are enforcing tho law of 1 CO, which
imjioses a jwnalty for hunting on another's
land without license from Uio owner, or on
any person who " Bhall presume to fife a gun
ou or near any of tho King's highways."
T-The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
have passed resolutions asking the United
States Government, in view of the destitu
tion prevailing in that city, to commence at
once the erection of tho custom house, post
olfice and United States court buildings, tho
laud for which has already been acquired
and paid for.
The Commissioners appointed to erect a
new State insane asylum have agreed with
the architects to pay them the sum of $12,
000 for working plans, etc., the architects to
apjioint a superintendent, who is to receivo
$2,500 tho fin-t year and $2,000 the second,
after wl)ieh the iwjrnicnt is to bo according
to future agreement"
. In Susquehanna county Ed. Brandow,
who was. hunting with two companions, lost
his life recently under the following circum
rtancfd : Coining to an apple tree lie raised
lils gun and used it to knock oir an apple.
The hammer caught on a twig, and tho
load was discharged iuto his breast, killing
him instantly.
The women of Mt. Morris, Greene,
county,'have taken in hand the task of rait
ing stock subscriptions to aid In tbo exten
sion of the Pittsburg and Castle Shannon
narrow guuge railroad through that section,
Mrs. Lucretia Morris, aged eighty-eight (tha
and her husband were the original proprie
tors of tho town), presided at a recent public
meeting, add headed the subscription lift.
The coiitDiltteo appointed, composed of wc
men, announced I heir purpose to raise $30,
000 its a Chri.tmas ottering to th. railroad,