T/t))c .I,lthttatc/....7itttctligcitOt. VOL. LIX. INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN POI3LISLIED EVERY TOESDAY, AT NO. S NORTH OCHE STREET, BY GEO. SANDERSON• T E R 31 S SUBSCRIPTIOIQ.—Two Dollars per annum, payable In at Vance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. VEHTlSEXENTS.—Advertisement 5, not exceeding one square, (12 lines.) will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional inser tion. Those of a greater length in proportion. lon PRINTING—Such as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., /sc., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. BENEDICT'S APPEAL TO A BACIIELOR BY JOHN G. SAXE. Dear Charles be persuaded to wed, For a sensible fellow like you, It's high time to think of a bed, And muffins and coffee for two. So have done with doubt and delaying— With a soul so apt to mingle, No wonder the neighbors are saying, 'Tie singular you should be single ! Don't say that you havn't got time— fiat business demands your attention— Th re is not the least reason or rhyme in the wisest excuse you can mention Don't tell me about "other fish"— Your duty is clone when you buy 'em— And you will never relish the dish, Unless you've a woman to fry 'em. You may dream of poetical fume, But your wishes May chance to miscarry, The best way of sending ono's name , To ilosteriLy, Charles, is to marry And hero I am willing to own, After soberly thinking upon it, I'd very much rather ho known By a beautiful son than a sonnet Then Charles bid your doubting good bye. And dismiss all fantastic alarms— I'll sworn you've a girl in your eye 'Tis your duty to have in your arms Some trim little maiden of twenty, A beautiful azure-eyed elf, With virtues and graces plenty And no failing but loving yourself ! Don't search for an ‘-angel" a minute, For granting you win the sequel. The deuce, after all, wonldsbe in it, With a union so very unequal ! The angels, it must be confessed, In this world are rather uncommon; And allow me dear CharleS to suggest, You'll be better content with a woman ! Then, there's the economy—clear, By poetical algebra shown— If your wife has a grief or a tear, ' Ono-half, by the laws, is your own. And as to the joys—by division They're nearly quadrupled, 'tis said, (Though I never could see the addition Quite plain in the item of bread.) Then Charles be persuaded to wed, For a sensible fellow like you, It's high time to think of a bed. And mullins and coffee for two. So bare dune with doubts and delaying— With a soul so adapted to mingle, No wonder the neighbors are saying, "ris singular you should lire single. a From the '• Knickerbocker," of Dec. 1857 The Man who Thought Himself a Woman: Japhet Colbones was a very odd indi vidual. All his ancestors were odd indi viduals as far back as they can be remem bered. His great-grand-father, at the age of seventy-one, built a hut in a patch of thick woods, leaving a handsome and com fortable home, a wife, children, and grand children, to live alone by himself. He even forbade the visits of his family, though a 6,''vorite daughter ventured sometimes to present herself ou the for bidden premises, till one day he brought out his gun and threatened to shoot her if she came again. At long intervale. he would return to his old home, but he re quired to be received in all respects as a stranger. Dire was his wrath if any one called him "father ;" and the little tow headed urchins on the premises were taught, with their catechism, not to notice the old man whenever they should see him . , nor on peril of their lives, to call him by the endearing cognomen of grand-daddy. Nobody could account for this freak taken in his old age. His forest residence was uncouth, irregular—lighted by an unsheltered opening, filled with logs and coarse contrivances for furniture. There, in his rude fire place, he cooked the game that he killed, with his own hands. When ever he was out of necessary food he sup plied himself from his well filled larder at home, the servants or the daughters know ing what provisions he wanted by the par ticular basket or utensil he carried. It was useless for the old wife, poor thing ! to follow him mutely, the longing in her heart to comfort and to live with him, plainly written on her face. He deigned to take no notice of her whatever, except to frown if he met her eye; and thus he lived till he died. The son, grand-father to Japhet, was not a whit behind his father iu his oddities. Ho caused a coat to be made wherein were introduced seven different colors, and would not kill or allow to be killed on his premises, any thing that had life. Conse quently his family were G-rahamites against their will. Cats and dogs swanned tin all directions, and it took nearly everything that was raised to keep his constantly multiplying herds. None who lived in Rattle-Snake Village can have forgotten the extraordinary sensation caused by his death, nor with what gusto scores of use less animals were sacrificed to the manes of the departed oddity. Number three, father of Japhet, was in his way an original and au eccentric. His tastes travelled bookward. Not an auc tion took place in the neighboring city that he did not attend, and purchase every leather-covered and worm-eaten volume that could be found, oftentimes paying the most ridiculous prices, extorted by those who took advantage of his weakness, lie is living now, a pale loose-jointed man, a little weak in the knees, with au abundant shock of iron-gray locks ; large, flatulent looking blue-white eyes, a prominent nose, and a peaked chin. In his house books abounded. Not a closet, chest, trunk, drawer or shelf but was filled with flapping leaves. The children kicked and. tore .them about the premises, for the old man seemed to set no store by them after he had made them his own by way of pur- chase. All the sentimental maids and youths came to 'Squire Colbones for mental aliment, and I am not sure that the collec tion was the choicest in the world. Many of them were never returned.; and as Mrs. Colbones said when the 'Squire grumbled, she was sure it was a mercy, for they ate, and drank, and sleep on books now ; and if they were all returned they 'd have to build additions every year for the sake of getting a room to themselves. All the male members of the Colbones family were, as it is generally expressed, "lacking somewhere." The women were generally good, harmless creatures, with few idiosyncrasies, and feeble mental con stitutions, willing to put up with the queer freaks of the masculines, and always ready with a defence or an excuse when they were particularly disagreeable. They ' did hope, however, the four maiden aunts belonging to the last generation but one, that Japhet, the most promising scion of the family, and only son of his father, (seven daughters preceding him) would be free from all singularities, querities, quips, quirks, and oddities ; and while they watched him with fearful misgivings, they yet said to themselves and . to each other : " lie looks so different from the Colbones, and so much like the Rashers, (his moth er's side,) that I guess there won't be any streaks in him." Japhet was a fine-look- ing boy. The only drawback to his good appearance was a head of somewhat un wieldy size, and whitish blue eyes, exactly liko his father's With books, of course, he was on intimate terms, they having been his playthings from his earliest years —indeed he was seldom seen without them. Manfully he mastered his "abs" and “ebs," and hurried forward to the first class in the primary school. So rapid was his progress, that every-body marvel led, and an itinerant phrenologist examined his cranium for nothing, because, he said,' " One did not often meet such splendid development of brain." Forthwith he de clared that .lappet must go to college ; that he shouldn't wonder if the boy was a marvel ; yes, he fully expected to ask him for au office when he should advance to the dignity of being President of the United States. The elder Colbones was in rap ture, and almost went to the city heels over head in his anxiety to buy more books, that the science and ologies might be crammed into that capacious brain.— Only one person professed to have no faith in the predictions of the man with tho sculls, old tiuudy Granger—the matron of the poor-house. " La!" she would say, putting her thumbs on her hips, "do you suppose a Colbones 'll ever come to anything'? Talk about his brain ; anybody might see it was rickety. Take my word for it, he 'll be as much of a foul as the rest on 'em." Suddenly, when he was fourteen, Master Japhet refused to go to school any longer. Ills mother coaxed him, his father beat him, but all to no purpose. He had learn ing enough, he said ; he meant to go to farming, or anything else he liked. He had his way, left the red school house; made up faces at the teacher when he asked him why; bought himself yarn and knitting needles, and pestered his mother till she taught him how to knit. From knitting he went to embroidery, and during the long winter evenings made fancy seats for chairs, table-covers, and everything else lie could think of, saying that he was preparing himself for future housekeeping. His family grew accustomed to his odd ways, and his sisters happy that instead of teasing them as other brothers did their sisters, he sat down with them like a real good boy, and when they were in a quan dary, helped them out. Japhet was some thing of a genius, in his way, in devising patterns, and drawing them ; and he often made a sixpence in this manner. As he grew older he became more and more fond of his needle and of in-door employment. The moment his labor was over in the field, he would hie to his own little room, and there cutting out artioles to please his fancy, stitch away at them with all the ardor of a young mother, shaping a dress for her first-born. Singular as it may seem, he was not ashamed to have his han diwork shown at the county fair, with his name attached, and contemplated a hand some quilt, which he bad contributed, with as much satisfaction as a first-rate machin ist gazes at the complicated cogs and wheels, shafts and pulleys. Every body laughed at Japhet, though they said it was to be expected, coming from so odd a family. The girls made all manner of sport of him, especially Nanny Halliday and Nelly Gray, two yound ladies who were quite near neighbors of the odd family, and to whom Japhet distributed his smiles Ind nodded his capacious head. 44 Don't you say another word to me about Japhet Colbones," cried Nanny, iu great wrath, to some one who quizzed her. 44 Good laws ! ketch me to have a woman for a husband when there are plenty of men about." 44 But jest see what a grand farm you'd get, Nanny," pursued her tormentor ; "and if ever you get tired of cutting out, makin' and mendin', why, you could jest hand the needle-book over to your husband, and lie 'd do it as tidy as a mitten." 44 Oh ! do hush," cried Nanny with spirit, her red cheeks growing redder ; "I wouldn't marry Japhet Colbones if there wasn't another fellow in the world." Just then Tiddy Grant came into the little cottage. Tiddy was twenty-four, lean, poor, and worked very hard. Her face had a sort of sharp prettiness that sometimes falls to the lot of thin people.— She had been washing, and came to rest herself in talking with her neighbors. 44 Poh !" she exclaimed, overhearing the last remark , 44 you're a great fool, if lie's asked you, I'm sure. Catch me to refuse a young man that's got nothing suspicious about him but a few little oddities. I'm sure Japhet's a very good farmer, and a very good-looking young man, too ; and as for his sewing propensities, I know some men that had better be using needle and thread than be lounging in bar-rooms and making their wives miserable." Little she thought that Japhet, now a young man of nineteen, was hidden in the next room, and that he had indulged in another odd freak in prevailing upon an old friend ko propose for him in this novel manner. " !bless us, Japhet !" exclaimed his sis ters as he came down the next morning in his newest suit of blue, with bright but tons, " ain't you going to work ?" " I am going to get married," said Japhet, shortly. Such a look of consternation ! The ,irls caught their breath arid stared at him stu pidly. " For pity's sake, who to 1" queried the oldest. " Tiddy Grant," he responded, pulling up his dicky before the looking glass. " Oh ! g-r-a-c-i-o-u-s ! cried his eldest sister again. " Why she's an old maid." "So are you !" responded the young man quietly. " Well, if I am, I arn't going to get married to a little b3y," retorted his sister sharply. " THAT COUNTRY IS TEE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR ' COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD." LANCASTER CITY, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY '2, 1858. "Nor ain't she," replied Japhet, giving a final look at the glass. " I don't believe it ; it's only o - .e of his odd freaks," said another sister, watching him as he went down the road. " It'll be just him exactly, to bring that mean, poor spirited thing here thi • very day," exclaimed another ; " and we can't have a wedding or company, or anything." " Like's not he'll find her at the wash tub, and marry her in a check apron," said the younger sister, who had never liked Tiddy, because she was poor and mean in her appearance. Off posted Japhet to the little old brown cottage where lived Tiddy Grant. At a long table her mother and herself were ironing, for a living. Both paused when they saw the young man ; aod Tiddy bethinking herself of yesterday's speech blushed till she looked almost hand•ome. " It's a nice day," said Japhet. "Very," echoed mother and daughter. " A fine day to be married in," suggest ed the young man. Tiddy looked up in astonishment and then looked down in confusion. , c If you'll have me Tiddy, say Yes,' and put your bonnet on ; we'll go right to the minister's." The poor girl was confounded ; she nev er had received an offer before in her life. So she stood awkwardly, catching by the table ; 'hen in her consternation, took hold of a hot iron, cried 44 Oh !" and sank upon a seat paralyzed. 44 I ain't got much time," said Japhet very coolly, rising ; ‘4 and I'm determined to be married to day or never. If you'll have me, here I am ; but you must make haste or we shan't be home in time for dinner." " Law, Tiddy, are yuu dumb exclaim ed old Mrs. Grant in an agony of fear that her daughter would lose the chance ; do say yes ' and done with it." " Yes, and done with it," murmured Tiddy, faintly.. Well now don't lose any time ; I've got some hoeing to do to that patch of corn at the left of the house. I'll wait till you put on your bonnet and shawl." Tiddy walked in a dream to the dour to go up stairs. Then turning irresolutely, she said, timidly : 4 ' What will your si - tors think ?" " Law ! Tiddy do hurry !" cried Mrs. Grant," while J.iphet said quite coolly " I never ask them what they think, or any body else." Another moment of indecision, and Tid dy was arraying herself in her best gown --a shilling print—trembling, half laugh- • ing, half crying. It was so strange ! ,so odd ! but everybody knew Japhet came from an odd family. Japhet got home with his wife just as his father drove up with a new cart-loa.. of books. Sisters and mother looked dag gers at the double infliction. Old Mr. Colbones glanced suspiciously at Tiddy Grant, now Tiddy Colbones. " Now you can all have your look, and say your say," exclaimed Japhet ; "Tiddy is my wife. I've jest been over and married her, and brought her home - o dinner ; hope it's most ready.' The elder Colbones spoke not a word, but sending for some one to unload his books, he went complacently into the house. Poor Mrs. Colbones, on the contrary fret ted and fumed. " What did Japhet want to be such a confoundeu fool for? Wasn't the house full from cellar floor to clapboard with trash ?—and now he must go, and bring more." Tiddy had not been in her new home a week before the sisters of the new bride groom held a consultation, with the doors shut. " Pin sure no suc.i thing over happened before," whispered the eldest, " and I'm almost confident that huzzy has taken it." And don't you think, said Sarah, the next eldest, two pair of my very finest stockings are gone." " And my nicest. newest flannel petti coat," chimed in another. " And my blue and green striped cal ico !" "Did mother tell you she missed two of her best caps ?" ic No ! the laws, you don't say so!" Yes and like's not the huzzy has car ried them to the old woman's at home," chimed in another. " Well, I declare ! to think that Japhet should go and marry a thief!" All this while poor Tiddy was scrubbing away down stairs, (tor work was her life,) helping her mother-in-law. She had re alty found in Japhet a first rate companion and a very industrious husband. She had not yet become sufficiently accustomed to her sisters to like their ways ; she even felt nervous and uncomfortable in their presence. How would her indignation have been roused could she have known that they suspected her with stealing ! She noticed their growing coldness, their avoidance of her, and spoke to her hus band about it. His only reply was : going to build a house ; wait awhile." With his father's aid, Japhet set him self to work in earnest, and near the close of the harvest he had a pretty little cot tage, with a garden spot attached, and a fine orchard in the rear. The land was his father's gift ; the house he built with his money, and furnished it neatly.— By this time Tiddy was looked upon with less suspicion by the odd family. They had searched her drawers in her absense, and found means to inspect even the old widow's wardrobe. Finding none of the missing clothes, they contented themselves with calling it a mystery, or supposing that in their ab sence some strolling thief had robbed them. As the family was over large, 'bid dy suggested to her husband, that two of his sisters should come and stay with them, adding that, " she might be glad of their services before a great while." " Do just as you please," was the re ply: So Drusy, the eldest, and Fanny, the next in age, were; invited to become in mates of the new house. The girls very willingly accepted the offer, as their father was disclosing some new eccentricity every day. He had recently had every 'door taken from their hinges, and the house was uncomfortably cold, until he had a mind to put them on again. Some years had passed, and Tiddy had often congratulated herself on her good fortune. She was the mother of two hand some little girls, who were the delight of their parents ; and Japhet, though very odd and singular, had , developed no very unusual trait of character. One very pleasant morning Drusy came down stairs in no very amiable mood. "I can't find my best black silk !" she cried in consternation ; " the one I earned for myself—l've looked for it high and low. And my nice tucked skirt is gone, too 3 and Fanny's pink pereline and best bonnet. What shall we do ? lam sure they were all in my drawers yesterday !" Tiddy was astonished as well as they. She left her work and commenced search- ing. In every nook and corner of the house they hunted, turned chests wrong side out, emptied drawers, stripped closets, but nothing could bei found of the missing articles. There was no other course for Drusy, the poor thing, but to cry ; and at it she went, bemoaning her ill-fortune in the most extravagant manner It certainly was very mysterious. None but the usual inmates had been in tkWouse. Tiddy searched her own part of the premises as faithfully as every other. But what should she want with the dress or vandyke? She could get such things whenever she wished? and Drusy did not even suspect her this time : but how had it happened ? By witchcraft ? The Colbones were very superstitious, and they shuddered to go to bed after this mishap: Drusy declared that she heard foot-stePs every night ; and waking up her sister the night after the accident, both lay listening and trembling, for there certainly was a sound as of some one moving around the house. " As sure as you live, Fanny, the house is haunted," whispered Drusy. " For pity's sake don't !" cried Fanny, pulling the bed-quilt over her head. " Pve heard that sometimes them that's gone get a spite against you, and torment you almost to Prosy ! hold your tongue ' I wish you had not waked we up," chattered Fan ny under the bed clothes. " I was only wondering," persisted Drusy, who had a love for the horrible, "if old grandpa Colboues " I'll scream murder if you don't keep still !" cried Fanny now trembling so that the bed shook. " Well, anyhow, there's a noise down stairs. There, don't you hear it I Like somebody marching." Poor Fanny was striving to be oblivious to everything, but it would not do ; she was thoroughly frightened. " 0 Drusy !" she moaned, if there should be robbers ! Japhet has got money in the houge ; and they might come in and mur der us in our beds. 0 Drusy ! did you lock the door ?" Yes : Drusy never went to bed without locking doors and windows, and shaking every dress and stouking out, to be sure there was nobody inside. She would have gone to her brother's room, but that was across the entry, and she was a coward.— Beside, she was sure she had heard the same sounds before, and they were yet un harmed. Fanny - declared the next day that she would go back to her father's house, for she was scared almost out of her seven senses. Tiddy was astonished. Tiddy had heard nothing ; but then, she added, with a laugh, a whole regiment of soldiers might come in the house, and she never would know it, she was so sound a sleeper. It was very strange, she said, an hour after, she could not find her best shawl, high nor low ; and two very fine night dresses were gone. She had been hunting for them quietly, though she very well knew where she had left them. She had but one place for them. Wasn't it strange ? Dritsy wondered, Fanny Wondered ; but Japhet said not a word, and soon went out as usual. " How dreadfully stupid Japhet looks of mornings !" said Drusy, who began to question and be suspicious of everybody. " He's such a hard sleeper !" responded Tiddy, " why, I can hardly get him awake by breakfast time ! 1 have to pound him and pull him and turn him !" " He used to be, up earlier," said Drusy thoughtfully. In the course of the day a neighbor came in and brought her knitting work. " Has Japhet taken to peddling ?" she asked with a little laugh. " Taken to peddling !" echoed Tiddy and both the sisters " what can you mean ?" " Why, he goes through the village every day with a great tin box," replied the woman ; " and actually as many as a dozen people have asked me if he has gone to peddling." " I'm sure I don't know what you mean !" said Tiddy ; " I didn't know he carried any box of the kind:" " Very strange !" said Drusy and Fan ny ; but they determined to wait for the wagon.' When they heard it coming they hurried to a chamber at the back of the house, overlooking the barn. Sure enough, there was Japhet, just lifting from his wagon with no little difficulty, a great tin box such as peddlers carry. The sisters looked at each other ; what did it mean ? 44 Between you and me," whispered Drusy, " I shouldn't wonder if he grew strange as he grew older ; you know they say al the others 'did ; but what can he have in that box ?' I'm sure I can't think,' replied Fanny, 4 and do look ; if he arn't locking up the carriage house ! Laws, Drusy ! I thought of going in and trying to find out what it can be.' So did I,' responded Drusy, but it's no use now. He's got some odd idea in his head, and I suppose he'll keep it there.' Tiddy Colbones manifested no little astonishment when Drusy and Fanny told her what they had seen, and what they had heard, and for the moment seemed a little uneasy. 'Perhaps it's empty, and he's only taken the notion to carry the box with him be cause it looks sort of business-like,' she suggested. 'Pin sure it isn't empty !' exclaimed Drusy, 'for he lifted it as if it was a heft. Dear me what can it be 'Did you bring anything from town, Japhet 3' asked Tiddy that evening at supper. He looked up, as if astonished at the question. 'To be sure I did; I brought myself,' he answered. 'Oh!' and his wife made no other reply; only Drusy and Fanny exchanged glances with her. That night, by previous arrangement, Drusy and Fanny were to occupy a cham ber adjoining Tiddy's sleeping room. A small window or moveable frame opened from one chamber to the other, and under that Tiddy had affixed a string in such a way that a slight pull upon it would awa ken her, if her slumbers were ever so deep. For a long while the redoubtable spinster -BUCHA.NAN kept awake, her fears excited at the slight est sound ; but finally drowsiness over came her, and her eyes obstinately refused to keep open. For some hours she slept heavily: but at the accustomed time awoke, as had become a usual habit with her. There were the sounds again ; the going down stairs, lifting the latch, the fumbling and stepping about. Drusy pulied the string. In a few moments Tiddy's night capped head appeared at the door. 6 It is Japhet, as I suspected,' she said, whispering. 6 He's not in my room.— Come ; we won't light a lamp, but go softly down stairs. You foolish thing, to tremble so ! its only one of his freaks, and harm less, I suppose, at that. Come ; are you ready ?' Where is that man'? oh! dear ! where Drusy delayed as long as she could, can he be 1' cried Tiddy, in great distress. fidgeting about the shawl she had prepared I c Drusy ! you go hunt. Mary ! (to the girl) beforehand, and shivering, she said, at the Igo round to all the neighbors. Then, pro cold, then, taking oare to keep behind ceeding to the foot of the stairs, she shou- Tiddy, crept down stairs. I ted his name ; but there was no answer. There seemed to be an illumination.— t I don't know why, but I dread to go The hall was quite light. Tiddy stood on up stairs,' said Tiddy faltering. " Look ; the stairs and reached over the glass top he has shut up every blind.' of the door. For a moment she stood t There's no use in feeling so we might gazing ; then, sinking back, she began as well go up,' said Drusy, summoning a laughing immoderately to herself, her show of courage. '-1 don't believe he's in queer contortions, as she beckoned Drusy the house, nor haven't from the first. That to look, and the efforts she made to keep fixing in the parlor, and shutting up the from betraying herself, making her, in her blinds, waa just one of his freaks. 1 knew night-cap and uncouth attire, appear quite he would grow odder as he grew older ; all ridiculous. the Colbones do. Conte ; we might as well Drusy stood on tip-toe, taking in the have it over with.' So saying, she reso whole scene and its ludicrousness at a lutely mounted into the obamber. glance. Japhet was standing before the Everything there was in scrupulous or looking-glass, his box open beside him. der; though the rooms, upon such an un- He was arrayed in women's clothes almost expected summons, had been left somewhat from head to foot, and was just then pull- untidy. He was in none of the sleeping ing and straightening out the ruffles on a apartments, and Tiddy breathed wore cap which Drusy recognized as the one her freely. Drusy now boldly opened the mother had lost some years before. The j door leading to the great garret. The gown, with its bright blue B,nd white pat- red rays of - the fast setting sun streamed tern, was 'familiar to her ; and now he was down the narrow stairs. She went up throwing over the pelerine that they had slowly one at a dine, and when at tht top, missed so lately. Every thing he had on i gave one sweeping glance about. Then, seemed to have undergone a change--to in a loud voice she cried : Here he is, have been widened, enlarged, and other- I Tiddy : the wicked fellow ! trying to scare wise altered. After he had sufficiently us all out of our senses. 0, Japhet !' admired himself, he spread out his gown, By this Tiddy had flown up stairs with took his handkerchief in his hand, and be- Fanny, and now approached the figure that gan to walk back and forth with as much sit in the shadow. Bonnet, cap, pelerine, of the air and gait of a woman as he could gloves, black silk gown, a bag in its hand; assume. Then he would take out his knit- li fantastic bows pinned all over it : it was • ting, smile amicably, sit down with finiken a most fearful y grotesque object. Tiddy niceness, and knit, holding his head affect- calling him by name, went nearer, and edly now this way, now that, with many nearer, and still nearer ; then, with a an accomplished smirk. shriek : Drusy !" she cried, " he's Poor Drusy did not feel like laughing, I stone dead!" and fell down fainting. for she saw now where her nice black silk It was quite true. This was the oddest had gone, and sundry other of her valua- freak yet, of the odd man. He ha man bles, and she began forming a plan in her aged to hang himself in a sit t tog posture, mind how she should avail herself of them, and his face was calm and placid. In the when Japhet aros e, and appeared to be hag in his hand was a paper on wnich was coming towards the door, whereupon the ' written the words : two women fled up stairs. i^ I think I am a women. 1 have been seven The next night, and the next, they watch- years making me a perfect suit of garments appro priate for my sex. As I have passed so long. falsely, ed and saw the same scene acted over with for a man, I am ashemed to show myself in my but few variations. Sometimes the beauti- true colors; therefore. I hang myself. The proper t y ful black silk, altered and disfigured ; .alt o o w t to ct the o woman ttck i I h hate p sometimes other missing dresses were don- the funeral, and desire that may be laid out in :he a le r d ed m 4e7y i C e ning i for is ned ; and the imaginary woman kept on clothes I have on.J /PEET COLBON.ES. knitting, smirking, and smiling, till the Poor Tiddy was almost distracted. In two hours he had allotted himself were over. spite of his strange ways, she had loved Many were the plans the three women her husband deepl), and the manlier of his formed to get possession of the box, b ut death wade the bereavement much more they could seem to make none of them dreadful. Crowds came flocking to see the available and they dared not hint to Japhet strange sight ; and the wonder grew when what they knew. it was seen that he had taken the greatest One beautiful bright day in August, pains to leave out nott- h e smallest wi when the rich harvests, rudely wrested nutia of a woman's wearing apparel. from the bosom of nature, covered the land, And thus, according to the term of his and the heavens smiled in a blue and quiet singular request, he was placed in his coffin serenity, Japhet lingered about the house ; in Drusy's black silk ; the only difference till the breakfast-dishes were placed away, in the terms being that the bonnet and and the usual domestic work was begun. shawl were taken off, and the gold rings All at once the man of few words spoke : and jewelry with which he had adorned " Tiddy ! take the children, and go and his neck aun fingers. spend the day at father's." " There's the last of the Colbones, "Oh ! I can't, Japhet; there's the likely," whispered.one neighbor to anoth churning, and little bits of things to do er. "The woolen will die old maids, and that I have let go till now. But I'll get Tiddy's two children are girls : ain't it them all through, and go to-morrow, lucky ?" Japhet." Tiddy was left with a handsome proper " Drusy and Fanny," said the oddity, ty ; but she could no longer bear to live looking about, " dress the children, and go in the house where he had died. So she with Tiddy to spend the day at father's." bought a little cottage fur herself and her Nothing more was to be said. Tiddy mother, and kindly took Drusy and Funny had never dreamed of having a way of her to live with her. own ;so she smothered down her disap- Old Mr. Colbones still mourns that lie pointwent, and prepared for the visit. has no sons to leave Ins books to ; aud it They all set off very soon, Japhet stand- is whispered that if he should die before ing at the door as they went, saying that his wife, there will be a great bonfire if he didn't call for them before dark they somewhere in the vicinity. needn't come home that night." "If you don't come for me by five," spoke up Tiddy with more self-will than she had ever dared before, " i shall come home." 1.1 tir co V A L.-.WILLIAM S. AMWEG, He jerked his head in his odd way, and 11, y r-55,0, I his !r..to ti, off they went. inity Lactiorun Church. npr s If I.e. The day passed pleasantly. The old 5A L .:1:1E. ,, L 11,,, 1 , 1. :,:0 R . I E 4 I N ' o r t, L uu D k !, ,,,, A ..e t t. t0 ,,i r .1 7 ,.. 7 , t a h t e man and his old wife were social in their met Hour, fluty 5 tile queerness ; for association with her hus ii. S. WELCHENS SURGEON DEN band for over forty years had made Mrs. .I) i r is ,r,__,,, l i c ,„ Kr ,„ p „ - ,,V u 0,,,,,,, , , , , , „,,t„,, r•N ,',, h Colbones almost as strange as he. But . 1..1-o eorner rrf North Qu ' er.ii Isrei Grahgr ' ...errterte. Lane . .- ~ Jan '2u tf 1 toward five Tiddy began to grow uneasy. ter ' ". "I feel worried and unhappy," she said W T ' McPHAIL ' ATGoRNEY AT LAW. to Drusy :" I wish Japhet would come." ni.ii -. 31 ly 11 STFASBURG. Lancaster Co , Pa. c• Why should you feel worried ?" asked XTENVTON LIGHTNER, ATTORNEY Drusy, her own face somewhat clouded. ill AT LAW, brim removed lux Unice to N,roli Duke street, to the room reeently occupied by Hon. I. E. 'fleeter. 64 I don't know," was the reply ; " but i...n.,,ter. m., I just as I got up from the dinner-table, something seemed to choak me ; did you see me catch hold of my throat 1 and I REMOVAL. --WILLIAM B. FORDNEY, have had a peculiar feeling ever since." 1L ,tore trey at L., he, removed his . tli e irofil North 44 And just then I grew dizzy, too," said Queen .t.,,• L to th, hulk! ihr 111 the south erest corner at Drusy, " I didn't like to tell you, but /'ve c 't, " , ‘ " L:?, ‘ ,7, - ..„ t r . T . :17 1Y k"°'"" liu"").' 11'1'1! : felt queer ever since." : IiriLLIAN WHITESIDE, SURGEON " How foolish we are," said Tiddy, try- "V DENTisr —olllce in North Queen strew. :;d door ?ran rtrorg .. arid direetl) over -Drel:ger A: Wo,tll,D tfer'r ing to laugh ; " there's the cart now ; and Rusk Store. a '27, IS there's—oh ! no, it isn't, it's a neighbor. Lancrort ~ m y SG. Let us get the children and ourselves TESSE LANDIS, Attorney at Law.--01- ready ; for if he isn't here by five, I shall ' 7,,3, 5 .;,::;:p , ; 1 :. , , 1. rant at ..• ler's Hotel, EL., Klllg r.treet, certainly g D o home." . e. - -. All kinds of Seriv.rning—euch as • writing Wllli , -eds M.rrigsree, A,roilli IS. A.,.. will be attended to with They all sat waiting till after the clock correetne.e nod .I...puiet, iTIP.N I. • :;15 ,f-t 7 struck five. Then they started, Tiddy say- • R. J. T. BAKER, Homaopi‘ihic Phy ing, in a faint sort of a way that they 1 0 / m e r. i , ..t i e. , r . i I. •u ,,, c rn - , e; r g r; r r 0 . ,. : ., 1; 1 A1l I . -I. r,,,,,.. the virm, ci, should probably meet Japhet on the road, roan reformed Clit7r ' en. " Y 1"" " fled : and they might as well be occupied with l ' '' ' '''. ''''' 17 something TAMES BLACK., Attorney at Latv.--01- ; it was only half a mile. • .1 hce ill Emir. I{.l nig' s• reef., two do ,n caret of Lech,er's Quite silent, listening to the pretty prat- 11.rtel. Leneasier. Pa. tie of the little girls, they arrived at the dirndA,ii of writing. R e u ori ch nec ,,, te p a r : - F. it r iL g til , Lp , r j mio rt ti ,, ,zi: , , i house. wins Stating Accounts, Se., promptly attended to. may 15 tf-17 It was shut up, and looked strangely . TORN F. BRINTON . , lonesome. They rapped at the door. No el ATTORNEI AT LA-rW PHIADCPIIIA. PL., answer. Pretty soon the girl they had nig removed hie office to hie residence. No. 249 South Gth left at home came flying over from a neigh- street mei', SproCe. Refers by perraiesion to Hon. fl. H. Lose. bor's. ..A L HAYES, , Mr. Colbones told me I might go for nov 24 1)• 45 FERF.E BINTDN, " To UDDLUti STEVENS. the day, after you were gone," she said laughing. Apparently she had been enjoy-ALEA.NDER HARMS. Attorney at LAll. Office South Queen St., Woof. side, near Vine ing herself very much. Si. REFERENCES I Governor James Pollock Harrisburg. , But the work 1' said Tiddy reproach-1 min. Andrew 0 Curtin, do. fully. Hon Joseph Casey, do. Lion. Andrew Porker, llifflintOren. ' I know ; but he wouldn't let me stay. lion. Jlllll' , 51. Sellers. do. A. K. McClure, Esq., Chambereburg. ape 7 ly 12 When I 'told him what you expected, he ETER r TI D. DIVERS, Just took me by the arm and put me out.' jL -- REAL ESTATE AGENT, , Where in the world is he?' cried Tiddv PHILADELPHIA, . ' will attend to the Renting of Houses, Collecting House now alarmed' shaking the door. and Ground Rents, Sc. Agencies entrusted to Sic cure , 4 Pm Sure I don't know, replied the girl ; v t a i,f be wto thank re figl i v en r c ec e et • e giv d . ,. a . nd o ca tu r c e e ful N ly . a l t : t . eo e. d r e n d e t r o.- - Oh FuriENTgand BAN%) ' gone off somewhere, I suppose. I'll get streets, Second Floor, No. 10. — feb i 7 IFS in the cellarway, and let you in.' And so she did. Once in the house. Tiddy felt oppres sed with a strange awe. She went into the parlor, and started back wi h a scream. All the chairs in the house had been brought in and ranged in double rows around the room, a- if for a funeral, while the large hall-table was set in the centre, spread with a white cloth, and occupied only by the great Bible and hymn-book. What does this mean ?' asked Tiddy, sinking down, her strength entirely gone. The children laughed with glee, and began to playing meeting. It's surely a sign !' cried Drusy, her cheeks whitening, while Fanny shivered as with an ague. CARDS. "\R. JOHN M'CALLA, DENTIST.--Office 5.4 E.t4t. Kin:t street, Leant Ist,. Pa. pr 19 if 13 t EDE'S J. NEFF, Attorney at Law.-- /A. with B. A..iihtetbir. Esq , w•iithissitist ~1- n er ui Centrit Squire, rn.y 15. 'l5 ly 17 A. T PRIVATE SALE, A VALUABLE MILL AND FARM —The subscribers will sell at private sale. their MERCHANT AND GRIST MILL AND FARM of 230 Acres of Land, In able, state of cultivation, situate In Itruniore township, Lancaster county. on the road leading from Chestnut Level to McCall', Fen'', one mile from the former place and 6 from the latter, 4 miles from Peach Bottom and 18 miles south of Lancaster city, adjoining lands of James Long. Thomas Moore, Isaac Shoemaker and others The improvements consist of a three story Frame Merchant and Grist 3.1111, with two Wa ter Wheels, 20 feet h..ad and fall, three run of Stones. and every other neces s ary machinery for carrying on Merchant and Grbs work; a double geared Saw Mill; a Two story Frame DWELLING H'WSE. 22 by 28 feet, Stone Spring House at the door, Frani° Sta ble. Hog Gonne, and other out buildings. The Farm Buildings consist of a two story Stone House, 24 by .32 feet. Frame Barn. 60 by 61 feet, with water running In the yard, Wagon H 'use, 13 by 28 feet, a Grain Rouen IT by :30 feet. Spring House over an excellent spring of water near the door, also two APPLE ORCHARDS of choice fruit. The farm is well divided, and stock can get to wa ter train nearly every field. The above property will be arid altogether, or divided In three did . -rent parts, as may bent suit purchasers. Persons wishinir to view the property will be shown It by the suNicribors living thereon. B. J. PENROSE. sep 1 t 134 1: 4 1 ARII AT PRIVATE SALE.--The sub. I s ritters wily sell their FARM at privet. sale. Said Farm ii situated in Martie township, Lancaster County, the road lead'ug Inn, Marti.. Forge to McCall'e Ferry, about i miles west of Rnwllusvilla, and contains about TI more or less, the greater portion well fenced and ins we'd stoteof cultivation. The balance to coustpo.vd of young or.tin l nd sprout land sod meadow bottom. The itaprivements are a two-story Lo DWELLING II CdE, 1 new Flame Barn. and other Out buildings.— There is a good Apple Orebard and other Fruit Trees. The Fir to is vied watered with a number of streams, and a .tipring near the lit.use. Terms will be made easy, and possession given on the lit day of April, 1851. Any person wishing to view the premises will call on either ot the subscribers. residing at Mount Nebo, one mile north-west of the property. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH ENULES. The subscriber will also sell, at prl vats Saifl a IIoUSE AND LO V In the village of Mount No ho. There are 3 our e, sod 136 perches of laud In the lot, and the improvemen to are u two-stury FRAME HOUSE, a Frame STABLE, and other out-buildlugs. There is all en- Cenellt spring of water IM the lot, nod the land Is wall fen ed and in a goal state of cultivatiou. Terms made easy. Apply to JOSEPH ENGLES 0002 , tf32 PAIR:11 AT PILIVAIL'E SALE.--The, su ..fless at private vale, the well known farm, late the estate of Will viol Tagga, t,deceased. sit ante part In Northumberland and 'tart iu Mon , our counties, Pa., on the road leading from Milton to Danville, and within one fourth eta mile of the C. W. and h 1 't. It., containing in all '2,77 Acreal about 105 or 110 Act es are heavy Um bera.l land. prin.:111111v Onk and Hickory. There in n large quantity suitztiik tar Ship Timber. and any amount of railroad wood on the farts. 'fire improvements are two good ON' ELLI NO 1101.7 S t.S. nod one large Bank Barn handtenuely situated ; the Chiltequaque Creek relleitle through the center of the farm, on which there is a fall of ti Get ti inches, suitable for a Saw or Grist Mill. There iv also s tine young Apple and reach Orchard of choice grafted fruit, and a large portion lof Meadow Land, the soil of which Is of a loamy nature, one part of the farm land has peen limed, and limestone within one-fourth ot mile. hi- whole will lie sold together, or In part, to suit war chasers. The tii.ove property has lately been very much Improved; within the last )ear 1,1,01,0 bushels of lime has been put en it. ne , l Ot guano. The , preperty wall divide in equal parts, either by the creek or the I.olilic road The terms will be made no ....mud:Ming to snit purchasers, ae but little of the money will he required for several years, unless convenient to .hose wire. uniy choose to purchase. Any person with a small soot , pay in each, can mike the balance out of the t into her and 0...a1. no the Cattawissa Railroad furnishes a e,t+h inaeitet fir All the wood that ran be delivered. All the predu is of the tat in will iu that place pay better than in the city or Lancaster. in consequence of the marketsevent , ' I y the iron and coal regions close by. After being tea's! n:......1.• .I , m A,, timothy meadow as ia• .1...1 .i... Stste It sill" then 1... in first rob. 104 41-r. 4 , 11 an rea,nattle terms a email ~ , I.lll`ll, 45 Acres of gi.tl Ldtittl. situate In N." t county. 4 Min), 4 1111 i, !rut. 14.0,14tutrg. and ten nines fruit I4int 'Fill , if, Acres el Thither, our 11, I,4liture 1,41 suited per raising grain and hey, at,d 11.1-1 wit Lin the ha-t tee yearn 'Fite g-.4i i 44, e 14111.18 E, 112 good mail.4i, ,lee leer Baru, which with steno 4ulli.uelt the fel tn. There Is 01e0, 41 it gr , .1 .4 • ilti'4lAl:l4 atel -ther Fruit Trees. dlr.,: mil., of iho Sunbury I , trl. m,•m,• ~n .tzt“loslt rtilr..n.d. It lo nWI I; ,h.,r10.. , 1...t1 good twirkots. and vonvetti• , o the ot,bli _ . . Any 1,11. rounty desirous of purchnsing, 01..y.0 1.31 oil Mr. IA Unroll Carp.uasr, who will lurnlsh 1.-n.--nry Ito yuou ion or on thosuoicrlber, near Milton, hllllll,llllll oounty. Tel o ill b , • made Very II.CCUI1111:10 , int .1,1)1ES CANIER , "a, tte t w J.. JIM. 20. tf I - 17 A Is U All FRA.NICLIN COUNTY \ S —1 he subscillisr. living in Ch nolierslinig. will s-di his TWO FARII6 In Onilford township. FrA.ILIIII county. siiiinte on the publie rind issdniz to ilreenessils. shout one and n halt miles from Cll:lllll,,,i,UrV flrins ore in the high-St shoe of on to' \ n and well improved, with running water through ~f 111,1111nd the ntner lion a splendid spring. They cll for winiit of time to Amend to than. The one cun t:this 12 scres soil the is her 166. Terms rondo known by the im4iii•iihor. Those farms coubiln good portion of aim i.er. 'Ulm :01,0 'on or LitrieWiter Connty litirmers is 1...vit04i To three farms. which are well worthy their niter, [end'_., tf :1131 WM. II NF. OF THE BEST STORE STANDS IA THEIiATV i—The undor,,gited will lease for otienoire )ears, that hoot of .tore Stand., together with a Two Story DA elling liot,e, adjoining the same, situate Square. in the Borough of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, t ciither with a More 110.11, Hod all appertaining un sitiire and Divellina.Possession will be given on ill.. fir, day of April nest. ( 1857 .) fore n tlesiruuv of renting will please call on the un derbigned reiuding in the city "(Lancaster, Pa. SAM'h BUM BERG F.R. S. B. Should pet - eons prefer buying to renting, they will In• afforded on opportunity of either buying the name or tiny of the oilier properties owned by the uudereigned In raid It rough of Nit. Joy. 8. B. deoy tf 46 SCHAEFFER AND SON, No I :it'd 2. Conner ul East King and Centre Squy re, Lanca-ter, keep constantly on hand a large as,” tnient of SADDLERY for wale. whole, sale and ratml. consisting of Patent Steel Spring Budd''. Shag -r and , every ether style, single • and d-ulda C tit RI AGE BA RN ESS, Steel Spring, Sole achy, TIC \ KS. Carriage I VIII ES, Velvet, Brussel CAR, PEE ItAtiS, and Ladies SATCH ELLS and Summer HORSE C. iv ERS. lie would call the attention of Farmers and Sty rekeepers lu our assort went of nut erlor Leather WHIPS, and sic, to our Variety of FLY NETS from different mann rer, N. li.—At the State Agricultural Fair held In Lancaster, h•totwr Isi.2, PR LM U NIS were aarded to them for Sad dles .rod Trunks, and the Ilarneve compared favorably with al hers. [nog tint :M] E. S. At SON. E%V FALL AND WINTER MILLINE. .1.1 RV JUL'S —The hnn received bin new k'AI,L AND WINTER GOODS, 4,1* the lot ovt stv Ice, which he is Rolling very low at whola. self• n, as to snit all ruAtomers. Ills stock con ii-ts of Silks, Svtins. 31' sins, Velvets, Crap., Leung!, Tarl ton. Catnnets; Silk, Satin and Velvet 1111,ho.; Lawns, hdgings, Blonds, Quinlan. Much., Strnw Goods or alt cord, Fr each Blond, French and Dc, 1-wers ~ 1 the late.t styles; a large asmort.- nient of Feathers. ready-wade N trimmed In Om latent Paris style; Frames, Chemille, Bon net and Ribbon Wires, and a Brent ninny articles unnecneF anry to mention-1n fast. everything Plat in needed in that line of Oust ties=. lie invitenlll4 friends and customers to call lo•fore purchasing elnewhme.. he is satished that ha can exhibit n bet ter and heapre stock of goods than ever before brought to this city. Call and examine for your- SeiVeB. N. B. DRY (31,4)DS—A good assortment on hand, which he sells at cost. L. BAUM, Rep S If 34 So. 62 N. Queen st. DR. CltE A GER, Baltimore ? Md., Is the sole A¢.ut for Dr. Wlnclor . B Celebrated Matrimonial • Book• ; No. 1. "A Book for Young Men. deelKned t"; Tern, them fur Female hortety ;" No. 2. Errors in Cott rt,lop;" No 3, •. Itpr , ,luctivit Con tt ol." Either of x hire util be mailed to brder, poet-paid, upon receipt of 22 Jan 12 3m52 MBE GREAT FE:VIALE PILL.--Dr. J. 1 P. Cali Ail ER in the General Agent wholesale and retail for Dr. Whe.itiritt's celebrated Beninle Pills. These Pills are truly vainabie for Ladies, for they toil rettere flte Monthly °harm, - where they may step frt. any route what reer. They never have failed in any cane where the dlree t,hs around the box containing the Pills have been .teirtly followed; indeed. there has nu case of failure ever Cnome en our knowledge. Being pury veetable thy ere perlectly safe. Mailed to order, pos el t-pald g upon receipt one dollar by .1. P C.reager, Baltimore City, Md. Jsire' libcrol dlecuunt to Druggists. Jan 12 3m 12 Ai HY LABOR SO HARD WHEN y Sit ISO? I hare a chentieal pr.eas for cleaning cl r.y the use of which the clothes caw be washed cute el au without ladling. and with very little rubbing. By hod much herd 1 Moe can be saved; the leashing co n be done in half the time. and the clothes are very white an.l cl,mn. and last ninth longer, for they are not worn by rubbioe an by the eel way of %fishing by machines 6c.- Iho a. lc ee u-ed coot but little, and are easy to obtain. / mall thii receipt to order. pout .ge pal l, upon receipt of 60 saute; three cent postage ttarupo g. J. ood no mCREAGoney. E Addreos, DK P. R, Baltimore city, Md. lan 12 3m 63 GOOD NEWS FOR LADIES! Anyiedy whu will Feud her address to Mrs. E. Dreager, Beni e, with three 3 rente l'ortaire ruining Included, will ;entire by return mall something of importance to her. WiIMAN KNOW THI3ELF AND BE HAPPY" )au 12 3m 52 f ARGE DAIRY BUSINESS FOR SALE, I tit BALTiSIURE.—The subscriber having rented his Home Farm. being desirous of travelling West, on bus - i sires. will rent or lease his Distillery and Dairy business, and sell the stock and custom eta fair valu,tion, say $5,000 b, $5.000. and guarantee au annual profit of. $5,000, If con ducted on the present plan and by the present distiller There Is a fertile Farm, sufficient to produce hay for the co.ss, attached, There are now near 80 cows fed and at tended by one man. For particulars aLAdUeRE NON, Pikeville, Baltimore county,Md._ jan 17 ft. 52 WANTED ON LOAN..., IVE THOU. s ,ND DoLLARS In note. or checks at the Farmers' Baok of Leom.ter OI Lancaster Co. Bank, either In one sum or In sums of one thousand dollars or upwards, for which Boode with approved and satisfaCtory security and six per cent. per annual interest will be paid. Apply for iulortuatioo nt this sh e.oet 20 tf4o AVVY ENS, ATT EN T lON,-PitiCir: ON L" 11311 ATIoN" .12d LIEN 0." Anew and valuable work just received and for sale by don 1 tf 46 SPRENGER a WEIVZHAEMEt. NO. 3