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' • Jos Psurrtno—Such as. Hand BBL, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., executed with.acctuacy and . on the shortest notice. . • ; r - - .THE STOCKING. By the fireside cosily seated, With spectacles riding her nose, The lively old lady is knitting AWouderful pair of hose. She pities the shivering soldier Who is oat in the pelting storm, And busily plies her needles To keep bun hearty and warm. Her eyes are reading the embers, But her heart is off to the war, For she knows what those brave fellows Are gallantly fighting for. Her fingers as well's her fancy Are cheering them on their way, Who, under the good old banner, Are saving their country to-day. She ponders how in her childhood Her grandmother used to tell The story of barefoot soldiers Who fought so long and well : And the men of the Revolution Are nearer to her than us, And that, perhaps, is the reason Why she is toiling thus. She cannot shoulder a musket, Nor ride with the cavalry crew, But nevertheless she is ready To work for the boys who do. And yet in official despatches That come from the army or fleet, Her feats may have never a notice, Though ever so mighty the feet ! So prithee, proud owner of muscle, Or puree-proud owner of stooks, Don't sneer at the labors of woman, Nor smile at her bundle of socks. Her heart may be larger and braver Than his who is tallest of all; The work of her hands as important As cash that bays powder and ball And thus while her quiet performance Is being recorded in rhyme, The tools in her tremulous fingers Are running a race with Time. Strange that tour needles can form A perfect triangular bound— And equally strange that their antics Result in perfecting "the round." And now, while beginning to "narrow," She thinks of the Maryland mud,. And wonders if ever the stocking Will wade to the ankle in blood. And now she is "shaping the heel," And now she is ready "to bind," And hopes, if the soldier is wounded, It never will be from behind. And now she is "raising the instep," Now "narrowing off at the toe," And prays that this end of the worsted May ever be turned to the foe. She "gathers" the last of the stitches, As if a new laurel were won, And placing the ball in the basket, Announces the stocking as "done." Ye men who are fighting our battles, Away from the comforts of life, Who thoughtfully muse, by your camp-fires, On sweetheart, or sister, or wife, Just think of their elders a little, And pray for the grandmothers, too, Who, patiently sitting in corners, Are knitting the stockings for you. THERE'S NO SUCH WORD AS FAIL The proudest motto for the yawn:— Write it in lines of gold Upon thy heart and in thy mind, The stirring words enfold; And in Misfortune's dreary hour, Or Fortune's prosperous gale, 'Twill have a holy, cheering power— " There's no such word as fail!" The sailor on the stormy sea May sigh for distant land ; And free and fearless though he be, Would he were near the strand But when the storm on angry wing Bears light'ning, sleet and hail, • Re climbs the slippery mast and sings— " There's no such word as fail." The weary student bending o'er The tomes of other days, And dwelling on their magic lore, For inspiration prays; And though with toil his brain is weak, His brow is deadly pale, The language of his heart will speak— " There's no such word as fail.' Thechild of God though oft beset By foes without—within— These precious words will ne'er forget, Amid their dreadful din; But upward looks with eyes of faith, Armed with the Christian's mail, And in the hottest conflict saith -41 There's no such word as fail." PRIIDENTIA ; OR, THE BE TRAYED MAIDEN. Senecio Clodio was a man of some eight and thirty to forty years of age. Born of one among the wealthiest families of the imperial city, her refinements, her luxuries, and her full-blown vices were familiar to him. He had, in common with those who were fast paving the way to the moral decline and fall of the empire, embraced— if not in principle, at least in practice—the doctrines of Epicurus ; and the sybarite licentiousness of the young patrician was advanced to a pitch that Juvenal, in his dreadful Satires,' has painted with such awful colors, and described in such appal ling words ; and that Sallust—historian, consul, farmer-general, and debauchee combined—all but failed to rival. The wise and noble reign of the Anton ines—Nerva, Trojan, Adrian, and Anton inns Pius—was past and gone. Their virtues had almostextinguished the memory of the horrible Caligula—of the brutal Vitellius—of the incarnation of cruelty, Domitiau—when Corumodus came to the purple ; and in him, Nero, Domitian and Caligula—types of lust, murder and rapine —were combined and outdone. The vices were refined and reduced to almost scien tific principles. Men sinned by rules and canons ; and of this hopeful school was the perfumed, rose-crown and purpled patri cian, Senecio Clodio. Throughout the world the army is the appropriation of the aristocracy. Its glory, its glitter, its brilliant deeds, and still more brilliant decorations ; its perquisites, emoluments, and consular opportunities for plunder, exaction and spoil,'alike combine to recommend it to a class that have no desire to work and are under no necessity of earning daily bread. When yet young, Clodio entered the Prwtorian Guard ;. next received a command in Spain 5 was made governor of a province in Mauritania,where his debauchery and his rapacity had equal play.amidst African wealth and its some what- dusky daughters. At thirty, he was . 7 member of the Imperial Council. Eight years later, we find him proconsul over the Silures ; and his state is held right regally at Caerphilly, on whose battlements the stern, silent, well-disciplined Roman sol dier stalks to and fro as sentinel, compar ing the bleak grandeur of the scenery around him, with something he has seen in his Thracian campaigns, or on the cold shores of the Borysthenes. Curius,' said the proconsul to his bosom friend one day, as they lctungingly lay on piled cushions, in the friclinzum, after having partaking of a meal cooked' after the most approved A.pizian fashion, Curl us, this Palerniani methinks, is not-amisti, cooled as it is with the snows of yoii tains: I doubt if Cositiiodus klumsalf can gather-asmnoh on the whole : APP0 1 4 11 0) as can bgi. DFlAfekts.giafrOk . _ "-I . 'S^ I.: ZCI i. D. ,- 1. 7 .!3.1.7E.15.::::. 1 73 A1115...1.g.(-1:1411.17:71 the broad, stretching, front of Barn -Helen yonder,'--pointing, as he spoke, to a lofty and imposing ridge bounding the valley of the Nidns, (Neath,) and forming a bold boundary on the horizon. True, 0 Clodio !' responded Curing, in an effeminate tone ; not to speak of the satisfaction which irresponsible rule gives to a man, and the wide extent of a sover eignty none dares .to question while from the wine cup to the soft-and silken ease of dalliance_ is but a step—' A step often 41cert, thou wonld'at say—' That's mere matter of choice,' said the parasite. , Shall I bid your flute-players in 1' as if to divert the conversation. N—o'.' was the hesitating response. Or the dancing maidens 1' suggested Curiae. I'm tired of the Hmterce,' sighed the consul, sipping his wine out of a glass of that Jere Corinthian fabric which Venice vainly sought to equal. 4 Humph ! Mehercle ! if I know how to please my lord to-day!' said Curiae, in the accent of a man who had exhausted his ingenuity. Do I not look, then, very contented V asked Clodio, languidly. Have I not praised the wine ? Have I not enjoyed the oysters ? Finer never came to the Eternal City. I—yes—l am very contented.' He might well be. The rude ashlar walls of a palatial castle that had not its equal upon any of the seven hills, were covered with the richest tapestries that could form part of the cargo of a Phceni den bark. Silk of Messina, and wool of Thibit covered and filled the couches placed around the triclinia ; and the open easements, opening out to the rich, wild Champaign stretching out on verdant hill and valley, suggested the repose that reign ed without under the warm summer sun. Clodio—a bon vivant of the first order— was cracking filberts brought from Cantle, when not eating olives brought from the Balearies, and soothing the roused palate by sipping a rough, powerful wine, to be succeeded presently by a richer broach of a rarer vintage, refined under an Andalu sian sun. On his brow, as was the custom, was a wreath of roses, instead of the ordi nary fillet usually worn. Evidently there has been a banquet just over, from the platters and utensils the attendants had been—noiselessly as possible, through fear of the lash—clearing away ; and the guests had retired, apparently, for a time, leaving the proconsul and his indispensable friend together. The Roman luxury of that early period contrasted with the Saxon rudeness which followed, can scarcely be understood by those who are not familiar through books, with the extreme of refinement in all the arts of life--inclusive of its virtues and its vices—they had arrived at. By consequence, golden cups—the consul's studded with rare stones by a Tynan artist—vases and jars of finest ware and richest workmanship, crowned the board—and cooling in snow brought from the mountains' summits, were wines of most varied description. But men pall on luxuries. The procon sul Clodio, with a restricted mind and large sensuousness, had grown fatigued of very leisure, and weary of the mere animal amusements of the festal table and the orgie, or he wanted these amusements varied; and for the present, at least, the skill of his ready agent, Curius, was at fault. Clodio was gazing out of the broad open casement into the . vast palace yard ; and, so far, there was enough to fill the eye and to gratify the sense of the picturesque. With a proud and lofty step the centu rion stalked from guard-room, followed by the decurion, who bore tablets and stylus, to call over the muster roll of the soldiery, or to make such'remarks as seemed to him good to utter., Now and then a shrill trumpet sounded, and bands of men, cased . in the appurtenances , of . war, crossed the open space with a steady martial tread. Crimson tunics,'mail forged by Pompeian artificers, greaves of a newly discovered metal, formed by mixture, and denomina ted bronze, imported,from the Isthmus of Corinth—all the rich and glittering para phernalia of war, of the richest, costliest kind, were to be seen on the frames of the fine soldiery forming the Roman garrison of Caerphlly Castle. Meantime, while the Proconsul Clodio was giving his parasite, Curius, to under stand that he was verynontented, Curius himself suficiently well knowing the dispo sition of his lord, understood that the contrary was the case. By Bacchus, my lord !' he said, 4 that you are contented with -the wine I am quite willing to believe ; that the potted- boar brought from Agsigentrun was welcome to your palate, I can easily understand ; that Trimalcion himself could not well fare better, I will vouch for ; still there is that which says you are yet lacking content enough, and if soft music and the dance do not please, wine, though it were the richest that ever ripened on the sides of Etna, will scarce do it. What does my lord require more ?' Chidio turned a keen, half inquiring glance upon his ready minion. The look was met by one just as comprehensive. Thou deemest, then, that something remains behind ?' he asked. By Aphrodite, I think so !' answered the other, confidently. • A good affirmation,' said Clodio, sip ping his wine-cup with a sigh, which, being emptied, was refilled by a Nubian mute, who waited. Will my lord deign to speak, since I -cannot guess ?' said Curius. Curiae, I have something to confide to thee,' said Clodio, tardily. Pray you speak, my lord ; I am listen ing.' 6 Thou knowest that the Prince of the Isle of Man held himself to be my friend —was proud to acknowledge my office, and do mist service !' He was beholden to you, I believe, in asmuch as you spared him from some of our rough legionaries, who were willing to carve his throat. In ot, a few of our Phoeni cians would have sacrificed him to Bel !' We spared him—tree ! We assisted him—it was politic !' But you speak of him, my lord, as one that was, and is not P That is so, said Clodio since he _died but a short time ago.' - "curius did not speak ; he listened. That :his patron, Clodio, should take any inter ' est in - a dead man was something so novel to him; that 'hiS" astonishment made him dumb. lie knew the TiOe'oneul as well as ail) , - one could, ootsidering that it had been lastduty and his 'inclination to study him c„, "•t- - . , _ . , «ey • ct . I'l4_l .10! 1 • .:00 I .1: • :I 1 12 : 111: LANCASTER CITY, PA TUESDAY -4Q4NINGr, DECEMBER 3, 1861. for so many years. This was sttriffil4arid the reach of his sagacity, though;hil'dolibbk ed not for a moment, knowing also• the intense, absorbing; devouring selfisbnciai of the man, that his motive lay latent, and that presently he should know it. -':lces, my Curius„' he continued, after a pause, the poor Prince Harmon is dead ; and from a letter . ` I have received, -not without' having had the gratitude to-think of us in his last moments, as witness the- noble legacy he has left us in trust.' In trust V repeated the parasite; in an inquiring, lone. • - 'ln trust for, and on behalf of a daugh ter,' said Clodio. • `• By Janus ! a light breaks in upon me ejaculated the - other, with something of admiration. in tkis Joel—.-admiratiol such as iniquity might be supposed to exhihit Wherf, it finds itself surpassed by a rival. wicked nese. Will it please you to proceed 1' said Curios, at last. He calls na his friend. He writes from his death-bed,' said the patrioian senten tiously, as if he were giving utterance to some fine moral precepts. In the name of friendship, and of all the ties of alliance —in the name of Roman honor and of princely loyalty—he commends his daugh ter Prudentia to my care, and calls.upon the gods either of Rome or Britain to avenge her and punish me, if I neglect or misuse my charge.' The gods have taken witness to a great deal,' remarked Curius. 4 Why, truly, if they listen to every cry, one would think so,' said the worldling, with the marble hardihood of one who had grown to be a confirmed sceptio,and found it most convenient for all purposes. Hum!' murmured Curiae. 4 ls she beautiful" 4 As the fabled Astarte,' said the Roman, with .a flush of hot careering blood rush ing into his face. Words could not have told the dark seoret at the core of his black, lustful heart, more plainly than that crimson hue. { You are weary of the poor pleasure afforded you here asked the parasite. Quite. Besides, think of the interest in a new pursuit from which by the Capitol ! naught shall turn me. Think of youth, loveliness,virginal purity—the coy maiden, the blushing girl, to be conquered, and made all mine ! I have sent Lysippe to bring her hither.' tysippi !' repeated Curing, and laugh ed sarcastically. The mother of darkness--the hand maid of guilt ! By my hand, I had thought I had some skill in the category of woman's ruin, but I yield the crown to her. This prudentia, for all her snowy name, will be firmly indoctrinated when she arrives.' 6lt may not be so. It may not be so. To win too easily is to take away the zest of the chase. Too much difficulty wearies. Meanwhile, give commands that her apart ments be got ready to receive her and her suite, which I have taken care shall be re stricted within proper bounds. She comes to-morrow.' And that is why I have missed my auxiliary, Lysippe, this month past !' said (Jurius. , Thou bast said it. And now '—the patrician rose as he spoke- 4, for the kypocaubteiraP and followed by his parasite, the Proconsul took the corridors leading to his bath. This beautiful young orphan—last scion of Harmon, Prince of Mon—arrived with her small retinue, as was expected, and her reception was gracious, and even mag nificent, on the part of the splendid Pro consul, who was arrayed in his rich robings, with perfumed locks, a garland on his brow, and his princely household arrayed in all the splendors of ostentatious luxury. The pale and lovely maiden, accompanied by her nurse, Brynbyn, shrank from the dangerous grandeur that was got up to do her honor ; but she shrank still more from the sinister and immodest gaze of the licentious Roman, who, bedecked as he was with the flowing garments and drip ping locks, and attended by a ,troop of beautiful boys, playing skillfully upon some rare instrument of hitherto unknown work manship, led her by the hand, through the luxurious halls, into one still more splendid and retired than the rest, where a banquet was ready served up, and where some few of the once intimate companions of the Proconsul's leisure hours were already as sembled. Lysippe, the Roman's confidential tool and agent, at the head of some half a dozen maidens, were ready, as a sort of guard of honor, to wait upon the young princess, who, notwithstanding, shrank from the officious attendance and the glare around her, with the instinct of shocked modesty. Half terrified, half astonished at the mode of her reception—repulsed by the 4 undisguised admiration of Clodio— alarmed at the strange glances cast on her by Curing Drusus, and the rest—startled by the - bold glances of the women, which something told' her were so unfeminine— she clung to her nurse, a stately, stern looking, taciturn woman, of fifty years of age, who beheld the dazzling pageant with out evincing a sign of surprise. Prudentia said shudderingl,y to her nurse, Take me away hence ! Let us seek the privacy of some chamber—' Nay, fair maiden,' said Clodio, do not disdain the little ovation I have caused to be prepared for you. It is well to forget past griefs in the pursuit of the present.' g Our maidens are not accustomed to this mode of homage,' said the nurse, sternly ; and we do not teach them the lesson of forgetting, in riot, that the parent has only just been laid in the tomb.' Qlodio shot a glance at the speaker, that might have withered one lees bold, with its indignant fire ; he next looked at Lysippe with a reproof in his look, for having permitted Brynbyn to accompany her charge at all. In the meantime Lysip pe stepped forward, and with great humili ty, said, If my Lord will pardon me,' I might suggest that the maiden is too much fatigued with her journey, and might desire to 'rest in her own chamber.' Oh, yes, yes !' eagerly whispered Pru dentia ; and do you, my good Brynbyn, go with me.' I will never part from you, my sweet bird !' said Brynbyn. There may be reasons in that,' assented Clodio. It was my do fitting hooor to ol4p lam proud to protect Let it be, as the Princess wills.' Prudentia • and her nurse followed accompanied by two or three . ivaldmaMOilatiP her allotted N 44; 0 /00 0 I Fr. Ills 4,81 9 6 40 , 0 11 ..tt:49vi , at :a, _ bat q uetrwhich; ere the night 'came on, Inia , graWti Wean orgte In the. interval, Clodio Sept for Lyiippe; and hell a, - whispered "conversation with her: It,sentas, that brutalized and besot te4,-Cledie yasitroposing to her, something that ber own dread--tif , hind the 'Was his elave - to scourge; imprison, or kill'— Odd& not, overcome. ' 6 _ A thousantt Wiwi !dl be thine, or have thee sootirge4into howling madness !' the purpled; arm Uri was saying. • qloblotiledio,' tremblingly returned the other,*between_ your.anger and the' dag ger of that wild eat,'her nurse, my choice is. hard; `.A sleeping potion—and.but . to speak to her an instant in her chamber ; and-- Tben -pallid. fool, I mean no harm - !—only look ' , thou:thwart me not and -Lysippe was rain to give 'promise - to do'-as she was required. The shooking,details.ef , this -portion of our narrative-must be briefly passed over. Licentious, unprincipled, all-powerful, and utterly, the slay!) of his vilest passions, the Proconsul ,Clodio in the accursed night enacted the'story of Tarquin over again; and Prudentia, having confided the huge wrong done her to her nurse, in turn, en acted-the part of Lucretia—devoting with her lait breath, as life ebbed forth from the gaping stab she had inflicted on her own bosom, the soul and , body of Senecio Clodio to the avenging furies ! * * * The sleep of the drunken libertine had grown restless and broken through troubled dreams, and a haunting horror, of which the drenched mind of the man had a kind of semi-consciousness, lay upon him. Moaning and tossing about on his couch, he awoke with a start. 4 Some wine there, to slake this thirst !' he called out. The furies seize you all'. Who waits there 1 Some wine, ho !' A hand from beside the silken tapestry of his couch was thrust forth, and in the veins of the crystal vase the purple wine was glowing and mantling in the clear candelabra around the chamber of the voluptuary. Slave ! thy life were at peril, but for this !' said Clotho, as he seized the goblet and quaffed it to the dregs, and handing the cup back, sank again on his couch, I just as a low, half-muttered, chilling laugh fell upon his drowsy ear. A dead silence—so heavy and oppressive that the very air, clogged with distilled perfumes, began to swing, like muffled bells, to and fro—a fancy that occurs to the sense, and which may be traced to the pulsation of the blood• in vein and artery ; but which, at last, if the imaginative fac ulty prevail, becomes a sort of inarticulate thunder. Little by little, some such fancy stole upon the brain of the Proconsul. The muttering, horrible laugh presently reach ed his ears. A dim, vague sense of horror fell, like some appalling eclipse, upon his shuddering soul. He sat up in his couch, this time thoroughly aroused—thoroughly sobered; and his lava-like blood, wrought into fever by love and tumultuous passion, grew chill and cold as the peaks of Cau casus, as if the liquid in his veins had sud denly congealed into icicles. He drew aside the curtain of his couch, and looked forth into the body of the chamber, now lighted up with multiplied candelabras, until an overpowering light, like that of noon-day, filled the room. Immortal gods! what ghastly thing is that on which his stony eyes are- resting? It is Prudentia—Prndentia that was— seated in a kind of chair full in his view. The head slightly droops ; the eyes are closed ; the cheeks and brow are pale as moonshine. The lips are violet, and the dishevelled hair hangs down around her neck. But, oh, what an awful gain, and sorrow, and unmitigable horror and woe are gath— ered into one fixed expression upon her face'. It was appallingly beautiful. It possessed the power of dark and deadly charm upon the Roman, who would' have called for his guards, his Rotors, his slaves ; but he could not speak, and the pointing fingers of the dead hand, strangely held forth, fixed him to where he lay, shaking as if he had been fastened with fiery nails to the conch he occupied: But this was not all. By the side of the Dread Accuser, in the form of the outraged dead Princess, stood a figure that might be one of the antique furies—one of the Parcm—one of the mighty mothers—rulers over life and death—the sinners at the loom of Fate—and this was the nurse Brynbyn ! g , Horror ! horror !" gasped the felon Clodio at last—crushed by a nameless ter ror, in the midst of his statues, his paint— ings his purple hangings and girdled round by massive walls, that in turn, were guarded by men, every soldier of whom was fitted to command an army. ' Horror ! the warning and the terror !—and through the ever-winding spade the leaping fire follows—like a trailing serpent, with a white woman's face—that--that--that— immortal face !' And with shaking hands, he pointed to Prudentia, though unable, if he were ever so desirous, of averting his haunted eyes from her look of mute undy ing reproach Beginning, in some shape or other, to retrace the 'events of that fearful night, when, he had. so loaded his soul with sin that when, knew now retribtition was fast at his heels, and that he was dedicated to the infernal gods—he turned hia haggard look on the nurse. , And who art thou V he said, looking alternately from the-one to the other of the two spectres that were placed before him. g And how came she here l' pointing to the form of Prtidentia. . c I am thy fate !—thy doom !—her aven ger.!' said the Mona: nurse solemnly.— cShe 'came here through thy dark and damning machination's ! Oh, my sweet, dead child,.that I have borne on my bosom, and whose eyes will never open on me more--I will avenge thee !' '.,What halt thou to do with me l' stam mered the Proconsul. g All, thou abhorrent thing—thou meas ureless infamy ! Violator of woman's chastity—violator of the laws of hospitali ty—violator of trust, truth; all good things —spawn of a mother that must have been accursed—l curse, thee, and thou shalt be 144 accursed!' and her form and stature as umed colossal proportions before Clodio's delirious eyes. i ,lifehercle!•Eyou ire• bold!' he said, as . h began tq recollect themastery and the j ptierttiltiatlM had tmder t hia oontirol-...- 6 I AtilLhave thee mourned; reeked,lteruiwith pincers !, What ho! my pards! Can - us ! Deoius ! Laggirds, where wait you?' 4 Ha! ha . ha l' laughed 13ryrtbyri, sar— donically, , Cane" on them, all !' shrieked Clodio. 'Oh, what torture I what pain ! I am as consuming fire !' Call on your leeches to apply their skill; your flamens, to appease the aven— gers; your gods, even, to help you in the extremity that is to come, and you will call iii vain t' ! my slaves !' again yelled Clodio writhing. ' Call ! call ! ho! ho! They cannot hear you and you earnicit go to them.— Try! Why, lo ! every limb is palsied!' And it was so. Under the force of an excruciating agony, a new and exquisite P*l,was spreading throughout his whole body. He con!d not move a limb. He looked the wretch he was ! Lysippe,' he moaned, come hither What means this Thy panderers will come to thy call no more,', said Brynbyn solemnly. 4 I have stabbed that creature wearing a woman's form, and I have poisoned you !' Poisoned— me !' he gasped, the fire in his veins at last warning the cold palsy into an agonistic life. Poisoned ! Wretch, you cannot have dared do the deed ! Oh, not the common poison that kills at once, and gives a speedy release from pain. We, who deal in the lethal weapons, by which we work out great revenges, pro portioned to great wrongs, do not use the common agencies of the mere assassin. .oh, you feel it begin to work, do you Well, for six hours, which will be to you as six hundred centuries, you will live in fires fiercer than those of your own. Tar— tarus.' He sprang from his oouoh with a shriek, but none were at hand to hear—and a sweat of blood broke out upon him, drip— ping from every pore, and soaking the ground he stood on. Clinging naphtha fires crawled and went waving with every sinuous vein, and rushing in torrents through the arteries—and drip ! drip ! the awful potion was forcing, with mysterious power the tainted leprous blood through the skin. And so, a spectacle of unutterable, indes cribable horror, the infamous Clodio per— ished--sensible of his measureless torture to the last. And Prudentia was avenged and borne away by Bronbyn.• Matrimonial Infelicities. BY AN IRRITABLE MAN My wife had gone to visit her mother. I am happy to be able to state that the children accompanied her. Peace, quiet ness and felicity reign in my dwelling. I come and go unquestioned. I stay out late at night without fear of rebuke. 1 lie abed of mornings, and no one insists on my getting up. My friends pass the eve ning with me, and there be none who tell me the next day that the window curtains are filled with tobacco smoke, and the par lor has the fragrance of a bar room. If two or three friends come home to dine with me, the cook never asks why I brought them, nor complains of a headache. What is more, she does not insist upon having a new silk dress every week, nor burst into tears if I utter crude and naughty words. The fact is, if there be one thing I like more than another, it is to have my wife visit her mother. 1 take advantage of my wife's absence to renew the acquaintance of the young ladies whom I meet at the balls and hops which I attended last winter, when my wife thought business kept me down town. Several of these interesting young ladies I have had the pleasure of escorting to various places of amusement the past week. Having resolved to enjoy myself during my wife's absence, I have determined to leave no legitimate source of pleasure un tried. In pursuance of this plan, I visited Nestledown'—the name of a friend's villa—on Long Island. I went there, sup posing that my friend's wife and daughters were alone, and he was visiting the camps around Washington. He returned from there the very day I went to Nestledown. After all it was as well, perhaps, that he did, for this stepping into the bosom of a man's family in his absence may not be just the thing. I wonder if any one will pay particular attention to my wife while she is with her mother ! I was very cor dially received at Nestledown, and dined on broiled spring chicken and fresh green peas. For dessert I partook of strawberries and cream. Now if there be one thing I like more than another, it is a dinner of this kind. In the evening we drove to Little Neck, on the north side of the island, and had a clam-bake. I think a clam-bake is an excellent institution. In my opinion it is better than a turtle soup feast or a chowder party. In olden times when moustaches were not worn, turtle soup and clam or cod chowder were not bad to take ; but in these days they have objectionable points. While the clams were being baked, the Nestledownians and myself took a row on the bay. Although our party was not large, we yet occupied two skiffs. I forgot to that we engaged a distinguished artist to accompany us for the purpose of making a sketch of the clam-bake. The picture he painted is a pleasing reminiscence of the evening ; but fails to convey a correct idea of a clam-bake. It is very delightful to float on still waters in pretty skiffs, when the full moon, just rising, sheds a silvery light around, and the blaze of a fire flickers fantasti cally through the leafy trees, and the air is mild and the night enchanting. The young ladies, seated in the stern of the boat, enjoyed this thing amazingly ; but neither the artist nor myself who blistered our hands in rowing, appreeiated it as they did. I confess I enjoyed eating the clams more than I did anything else. My knowledge of clams is quite limited, but my powers of observation are keen. I no-. laced that Mr. Nestledown selected only the small olams for his plate, ; and kept pushing the large ones toward mine. I regarded this as extremely kind and polite in him, and lest he should rob himself of all the fine large ones, I placed two or three of them on his plate. But he cour teously put them aside as if they were better than he deserved. I now think they were. Curiosity ledixie - to try one of the small ones, and theneeforward I de voted my attention solely to them. I think India-rubbei evershoei are made of 'large clams, but If there be one' thing I lace .I.wre ;Jam another,.if. is the small clam. ..from the shores of Long Wand. , L: , •-• ' I observed' that the daikies of thiS neighborhood are a speciality. They are great on the double-shuffle, the. pigeon wing, and that class of antics, While we were eating our clams,. a gang of them were displaying their , dancing abilities near by, varied with an occasionalnegro melody. On the Whole, I enjoyed tlie drive, the row on the bay, the :clams, , and the dancing, very tnnoh,•and went back to Nestledown exceedingly contented. The next day on My return to the city, I wrote a poetical epistle to my wife, which for the benefit of husbands whose wives may be away from home, I herewith tran scribe : TO MY ABSENT WIFE. I miss thee more than words can tell; My heart is filled with pain and woe, My voice sounds like a funeral knell, And grief is mine where'er i go. Tears, bitter tears, belle* my cheek, • Aid weary sighs my bosom fill ; For, ah! I've missed this long, long week, The kisses which my soul would thrill. In ceaseless toil I pass each day, My dreams at night are all of thee ; I've lost the power of being gay, - And only gloomy pietures see. I wonder if the sky is blue, And if the trees are robed in green ; If juleps are not made with rue, And happy people e'er are seen. Indeed, I feel that I have grown Quite old since thou wart at my side ; 'Tie wrong to leave me thus alone, For thou wart =oh a joy and pride. Still, for thyself, my dear, I trust, Thou art enjoying every good; So don't return until thou must, Thou paragon of womanhood. I have faith that the above lines will prove acceptable to my wife, and not hasten her return home. A FRENCH STORY.--In UN a gentle man was passing late at night over Pont Neuff, Paris, with a lantern. A man came up to him and said, Read this paper.'— He held up his lantern and read as follows : " Speak not a word when this you've read, Orin an instant you'll be dead! Give us your money, watch and rings, With other valuable things— Then quick, in silence, you depart, Or 1, with knife, will cleave your heart !" Not being a man of much pluck, the affrighted gentleman gave up his watch and money, and ran off. He soon gave the alarm, and the highwayman was ar rested. What have you to say for yourself 1' inquired the magistrate before whom the robber was arraigned. That I am not guilty of robbery, though I took the watch and money.' Why not guilty ?' asked the magistrate. Simply because I can neither read nor write. I picked up that just at the mo ment I met this gentleman with a lantern. Thinking it might be something valuable, I politely asked him to read it for me.— He complied with my request, and pres ently handed me his watch and purse, and ran off. I supposed the paper to be of great value to him, and that he thus liber ally rewarded me for finding it. He gave me no time to return thanks, which act of politeness I was ready to perform.' The gentleman accepted the plea of the robber, and withdrew his complaint. THE. LANCASTER, INTELLIGENCER JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA. The Jobbing Department is thoroughly furnished with new and elegant typo of every description, and is under the charge of a practical and experienced Job Printer.-- The Proprietors are prepared to PRINT CHECKS, NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS, CARDS AND CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS, PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, BALL TICKETS AND INVITATIONS, PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING, with neatness, accuracy and dispatch, on the mostreasona ble terms, and in a manner not excelled by any establish ment in the city. An—Orders from a distance, by mall or otherwise, promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON & SON, Intelllgencer Office, No. S North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa. OCHOOL . BOOIES• S All the different School Books now In use In the Pub lie and Private Schools of the City and County, are for sale at LOWEST PRICES, At the CHEAP BOOK STORE, bro. 32 North Queen et. HOLBROOK'S MOTTOES for the School Room (cheap.) A SYSTEM OP SCHOOL GOVERNMENT, New and very cheap, by Joetn ATWA.TER. WRITING PAPER, SLATES, INK, LEAD PENCILS, STEEL PENS, COPY BOOKS, NUMERAL FRAMES, GLOBES. SANDERS' ELOCUTIONARY CHARTS, SANDERS' PRIMARY ORARTB, WEBB'S CARDS, AND PELTON'S OUTLINE MAPS. This series of six superb Maps Is now adopted in almost every school of note' in the Union, where Geography is taught, and has no equals. In fact, every thing in use in the Schools. Give us a call and you will be satisfied. JOHN SHEAFFER'S Cheap Book Store, sep 17 tf 36] No. 32 North Queen street. SORE THING FOR. TAE TIMES 1I I A NECESSITY IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD!! I JOHNS & CROSLEPS A MERICAN CEMENT GLUE, THE STRONGEST GLUE IN TEE WORLD FOR CEMENTING WOOD, LEATHER, GLASS, IVORY, CHINA, MARBLE, PORCELAIN, ALABASTER, BONE, CORAL, Ac. The only article of the kind ever produced which will withstand Water. EXTRACTS " Every housekeeper should have a eupply of Johns & Crosley's American Cement Glue."—A'Clo York Times, "It is so convenient to have in the honse."—New York Express. "It is always ready; this commends it to everybody."— N. Y. Independent. " We have tried it, and find It as useful in our house as water."—Wakes' Spirit of the Times. PRIOE TWENTY—FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE. Very Liberal Reductions to Wholesale Dealers. TERMS OASH. 4 For sale by all Druggists and Storekeepers generally throughout the country. JOHNS /6 CROSLEY, (Sole Manufacturera,) 78 WILLIAM ST., (Corner of Liberty St.,) NEW YORK July 9 ly 26 HORSE AND CATTLE. POWDER TATTERSAL'S HORSE POWDER, HEAVE POWDER, ROSIN, FENNUGREEK SULPHUR, GEUBIAN, CREAM TARTAR, COPPERAS, &c., For sale at THOMAS ELLNLUIER'S " Drug & Chemical Store, West King street, Latter. feb 9 tf 4 D R. J. T. BAKER., HOMtEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN OP I , ANCASTEIL CITY, may be consulted professionally, at his Office, at Henry Bear's Hotel, in the Borough of Strasburg, on Thursday of each week, fromlo o'clock in the morning to three in the afternoon. • • -- An opportunity is thus afforded to residents of Strasburg andTicinity to avail themselves of liomceopathlc treatment, and females safferinefrota throttle diseases may enjoy the advice of ono who has made this class of diseases a speciality. .1. 'l‘. BAKER, M.D.; Honaceopatbic Pb,yeleian, oc t 2 ti 411 East King street, above Lime, Lancaster INCORVORATED 18101 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONN. CAPITAL AND ASSETS $936,709.00. H. HUNTINGTON, President. P. C. ALLYN, Secretary. Policies issued and renewed; losses equitably adjusted and p as i m medirds/y. upon satisfactory proofs, in New York-funds, by the undersigned, the DULY AUTHOSTWED AGENT. JAMES BLACK, Oct 231 y 411 Agent for Lancaster Co. INFANTS' DRESS, PRESERVERS PA:TENT. This newly-discovered Invention Preeerves the Clothes from' being Boiled,,rendens Nursing • safe. :from. Moon. venience; and is a great comfort to" Mothers and Nurses Aar To be had at ALL IoiDriI3".I3TORES, and sent free by poet, direct from the inventor, kbiLL ABMFIELD, No. 512 Twelfth street, Washington, D. 0., by- remitting the amount. PRICE, ONR DOLLAR SA . LADYA GRNTS -WANTED WA liberal allowance made to the trade. oct 2 r„, H 0 .T 0.0 R -p • A Y' IN ALL ITB BRANCHES. - ,Dreented fn the beet style )sown in the sit, at rf G. (TRY Alt B?:.% 512 dr= Burin, Hen or airauf, Plotarzwas. LIFE SIZE IN. OIL - AND PASTIG: - 'B2'N.RcE 014C-OP.10::Pali T 2 VAIT 8, AMbrOtYPOI DaguinvotYpes, ate, for Oases, IdedeDhnoli Tins, Blngs, as. (mar 'L9 Sly . sonuaTuuto mop. THZ Tl* $1 sar A NEMorr . lIL EirEEY HOUSEHOLD. JOHNB a caostars AMERICIAN ONMENT-GLU'EI. The Steongeert Glue lathe World. The Moaned Glue in the World. The Meet Durable Glue in the WatisL The Only Reliable Mae In the World. The Beet Sine in the World. AMERIOAN OEMEINT eLtr* is the only article of the kind mr.. produced, whlek WILL WITHSTAND WAtig IT WILL MEND WOO* Pave your broken itualture.. — • IT WILL MEND pgATIIKE,_ • Mend your Harness, Stove, Belts, - Zoote, to, rr wur, xraD. ciUss, . • Save the pieces of that expeeadve Qat Glass Bottle. IT WILL MEND MOM'. Don't throw away that broken Ivory ran, tt le may re- IT WELL MEND OWNA • Your broken Claws Cups and Saucers can be made sagood IT WILL MEND MARBLE, That piece knocked out of your Marble Mantle can be put on tol strong as °Ter. IT WILL BOND PORCELAIN, No matter if that broken Pitcher did 11C4 ooetbnt ' • gill ling, a shilltng saved ill g altilling earned IT WILL MEND ALABASTER; - That costly Alabaster Vase is broken and you can't match it, mend it, it will never show when put-together. IT WILL !SEND BONE, MAE, LAVA, AND IN FACT EVERY THING BUT METALS Any article cemented with AMERICAN .CEMENT GLIM, will not show where it Is mended. EXTRACTS "Every Housekeepershonld 'have a supply . of Johns & Crosley's American Cement Glue..—New York "It Is so convenient to have in the house."—Netu Pork Express. "It Is always ready; this commends It to everybody."— Independent. "We have tried It r and dud It as useful to our house as water."—Wilkes' Spwit of the Times.' • ECONOMY IS WEALTH $lO.OO per year saved ja every family by One . Battle of AMERICAN CEMENT GLUE Price 25 Cente per Bottle Price 25 Cents per Bottle:, Price 25 Cents per Bottle Price 25 Cents per Bottle Price 25 Cents per Bottle Price 25 Cente per Bottle VERY LIBERAL REDUCTION TO WHOLESALE TERMS CASH .041 - For Sale by all Druggists and Storekeepers generally throughout the country. JOHNS cE OROSL EY, (Sole Manufacturers,) 78 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK, Corner of Liberty Street Important to House Owners. Important to Builders Important to Railroad Companies Important to Farmers. To all whom this may concern, and It concerns everybody JOHNS & OROBLEY'S IMPROVED GOTTA PERCHA CEMENT ROOFING. The Cheapest and most durable Roofing in use. IT IS FIRE AND WATER PROOF It can be applied to new and old Roofs of all kinds, steep or flat, and to Shinge Roofs without removing the Shingles. TIIE COST IS ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD THAT OF TIN, AND IT IS TWICE AS DURABLE. This article has been thoroughly tested in New York city and all parts of the United States, Canada, West Indies and Central and South America, on buildings of all kinds, such as Factories, Foundries, Churches, Railroad Depots; Care, and on Public Buildings generally, Government Buildings, &c., by the principal Builders, Architecti and others, daring the past four years, and has proved to be the Cheapest and moat durable Booting in use ; it Is in every respect a Fire, Water, Weather and Time Proof covering for Boots of all kinds. This is the only material manufactured in the United . States which combines the very desirable propertlee of. Elasticity and Durability, which are universally acknowl.! edged to be possessed by Grata Percha and India Robber. The expense of applying it is trifling, as an ordinary Roof can be covered and finished the same day. IT CAN BE APPLIED BY ANY ONE, and when finished forms a perfectly Fire Proof !airfare, with an elastic body, which cannot be injured by Heat, Cold or Storms, Shrinking of Roof Boards, nor any exter nal action whatever. LIQUID GUMA RMWHA CEMENT, For Coating Metals of all Kinds when exposed to the Action of the Weather, and FOR PRESERVING AND REPAIRING METAL ROOFS OF ALL KINDS. This is the only Composition known which will =craw fully resist extreme changes of all climate; for any length of time, when applied to metal; to which it adheres firmly, forming a body equal to three coats of ordinary paint, costs much less, and will last three times as long; and from Its elasticity is not lojured by the contraction' and expansion of Tin and other Metal Roofs, consequent upon sodden changes of the' weather. It will not crack in cold or run in warm weather, and will not wash off. Leaky Tin and other Metal Roofs can be readily repaired with GOTTA PERCIIA. CEMENT, and prevented from further corrosion and leaking, thereby ensuring a perfect. ly water tight roof for many, years. This Cement Is peculiarly adapted for the preservation of Iron Railings, Stoves, Ranges, Safes, Agricultural, Imp's merits, &c., also for general manufacturers' use. GIITTA PEROILA CEMENT for preserving and repairing Tin and other Metal Roofs of every description, from its great elasticity, .1a not inland by the contraction and expansion of Metals, and will not crack In cold or ran in warm: weather. . • These materials are adapted to all climates, and we are prepared to supply orders from Nipped of. the Country, at short notice, for GOTTA PERCIId ROOFING In sae, ready prepared for use, and GIITTA PERCEI.A. CEMENT in barrels, with full printed directions for application. • AGENTS WANTED We will make liberal and satisfactory arrap_gemen.ts with responsible parties who would like to establish them selves in a lucrative and permanent bpsineas. , OUR TRRMB ARE CASH We can give abundant proof of all we claim In favor of our Improved Roofing Materials, having appliedltiem to several thousand Boon in New York city and vicinity. JOHNS k OBOBLEY, Sole Men., WaoLgaeu: Pazzaouss, 78 Wurauc Srazta, Corner of Liberty Street, Full descriptive Circulars and Prices will be turniatud ou application. N E W PALL GOODS. TllOB. W. EVANS & CO. Invite attention to their . Large, Varied and. Handal/roe ari• sort:cunt of NEW FALL GOODS, embracing all the Newest Style' I t BILKS, DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, EMBROIDERIES and FANCY DRY GOOD& Also, a full assortment of MOURNING GOODS, WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, • • -GLOVES. . kITTS6 443.. This stock is principally T. W. EVANEU2 COIN 'own tin- Clial'ex - havin g y for 1.12 bean 1 :11 " Own atZl i ro found unsurpaese 3 d for. Btyis. 4 112, 9 and ., Dem Prices.. ' - . Nos. 818 - s so 820 Czessavr • BELOW coipzumecrex , Pin ROXINct tataitsia. N. 13.—Wb Wholesale buyers rill flud minuitll6rogi ita examine this Stock.. [cost 8 2m 28 'MEE SOLDIER'S OVIDEr DSLY RS I cents, a complete,Zdannal And Brill Book, Usenet , - thing in it !s brought np to t he AtNy tequfinments cifthe preestit may ERIC No. 44 Niter N. QlUien & Oransa , fts , lIRMTII7II3V Oi salrallEitlMAM- Wu, warTankithitMclim the biltrOadotaWgthixtql then heviot—at Qom( mum cdp• wio fitesa); Natiosal Rom* lotwittaa. Crir W. 0. •To pnroluish" slso..ogbre_o6 9 .ftss,,, Ad'Harember nszt, 10 per oont.vlllB.ilimona log 8/ till 3REL- C. NEW: YORK
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