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WHAT IS TIME’ I asked an aged man, a man of cares, Wrinkled, and curved, and white with hoary hairs; “Tima,is the warp of life,” he said, “Oh tell The young, the fair, the gay, to weave it woll I’* I asked the ancient, venerable dead, Sages who wrote, and warriors who bled; From the cold grave a hollow murmur flowed, “Time sowed the seeds we reap in this abode !” £ asked a dying sinner, ere the stroke Of ruthless death life’s golden bowl had broke ; I asked him, What is Time? “Time,” he replied, “1 have lost it. - Ah the treasure /” and he died. 1 asked the golden sun and silver spheres, Those bright chronometers of days and years; They answered, “Time is but a meteor's glare,” And bade me for eternity prepare. I asked the seasons in their annual round, Which beautify or desolate the ground ; And they replied, fno oraole more wise,) “ ’Tis folly’s blank , and wisdom’s highest prize.' 1 I asked a spirit lost—but 0, the shriek That pierced.my soul! I shudder while I speak ! It cried, “ A particle! a speck! a mite Of endless years, duration infinite !” Of things inanimate, my dial 1 Consulted, and it made me this reply : “Time is the season fair of living well, The path to glory, or the path to hell!” I asked my Bible; and methinks it said, “Thine is the present hoar, the past is fled ! Live ! live to-day I to-morrow Dever yet On any human being rose or set!” I asked old Father Time himself at last; But in a moment he fiew swiftly past! His chariot was a cloud, the viewless wind His noiseless steeds that left no trace behind. £ asked the mighty Angel who shall stand One foot on sea and one on solid land : “By Heaven’s great King £ swear the mystery is o’er! Time was,” he cried —“but Time shall bsno more!” POPPING CORN. And there they sat a popping corn, John Stiles and Susan Cutter; John Stiles as stout as any ox, ' And Susan .fat as butter. And thero they sat and shelled the corn, And raked and stirred the fire, And talked of different kinds of ears, And hitched their chairs up nigher. Then Susan she the popper shook, Then John he shook the popper, Till both their faces grew as red As saucepans made of copper. And then they shelled and popped and ate And kinks of fun a poking, And he haw-hawed at her remarks, And she laughed at his joking. And still they popped, and still they ate, (John’s mouth was like a hopper,) And stirred the fire and sprinkled salt, And shook and shook the popper. The clock struck nine, the clock struck ton,. And still the corn kept popping ; It struok eleven and then struck twelve, And still no signs of stopping. And John he ate, and Sue she thought— The corn did pop and patter, Till John cried out, “The corn’s afire I Why, Susan, what’s the matter?” Said she, “John Stiles, it’s one o’clocft; You’ll die of indigestion; I’m sick of all this popping corn, Why don’t you pop the question?” ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. A friend of mine was married to a scold, To me he o&me and all his troubles told. Says he: ‘‘She’s like a woman raying mad !” “Aias!” said I, “my friend that’s very bad.” “No, not so bad,” said he ; “for with her, true, I X had both house and land and money, too.” ’ I “That was well,” said I. ’ j “No, not so well,” said he; j “For X and her own brother Went to law with one another. X was cast; the suit was lost; And every penny went to pay the cost.” “that was bad,” said 1. “No,,not so bad,” said he; “For we agreed that he the house should keep, And give to me four score of Yorkshire sheep, j All fat, and fair and fine they were to be.” ( “Well, then,” said X, “sure that was well for thee.” I “No, not so well,” said he ; j “For when the sheep X got, They ev'ry one died with the rot.” “That was bad,” said I. “No, not so bad,” said he ; “For I had thought to scrape the fat, And keep it in an oaken vat Then into tallow melt for winter store.” “Why then,” said X, “that’s better than before.” “No, not so well,” said he ; “For having got a clumsy fellow To scrape the fat, and make the tallow, Xnto the melting fat the fire catches, And, like brimstone matches, Burnt my house to ashes !” “That was bad,” said X. ; “No, not so bad,” said he ; “For, what is best, My scolding wife is gone among the> rest.f” WHO RANG THAT BELL? Some years ago I attended school at an academy in one of our New England vil lages, which contained, at that time, about two hundred students of both sexes. The principal of the institution, Professor Eaton—or old Eaton, as we were accus tomed to call him among ourselves— although a young man, was a strict disci plinarian, and very rigid in his notions of propriety. Being a straight Calvinist, he was a firm believer in the total depravity of the human race in general, and of young students of both sexes in particular. Con sequently he not only kept a close watch upon our every action himse If, and by the aid of his assistant teac'hers, but he deputed several of the -students, who chanced to possess that des pieable disposi tion often met with in al 1 communities, which leads its possessor to commit all sorts of mean actions in order to curry favor with ‘ the powers ths.t be ’ —to play the part of spies upon their fellows. This was, to them, a very comgtmial occupation, and they carried the sy’stem of espionage to such an-extent that it became exceding ly irksome-to us, aDd caused us no doubt to do many deeds of mischief in order to vex the principal, which would never have been thought of had it sot been for the opposition we met with in carrying out onr sohemes for innocent amusement. Among the rules to which Eaton par ticularly endeavored to make us conform, was that for the keeping of study honrs. He required us to remain in our rooms six hours during the daytime, and from seven o’clock in the evening u.ntil the hour for retiring; and any one who was detected in the aotof disobedient se in this particu lar, was made to feel severely the weight of his displeasure. Now there were many among us who reasoned in this way : If we remain in our rooms long enough to learn our allot ted lessons, and have ■perfect recitations, there is no necessity for keeping the regu lar study hours ; aud if we ohoose to work a little harder and do sill our studying in the daytime, there is.no good reason why we should not have the evening to our selves. This may have been a pieoe - of mere sophistry, but to us it was a reason able argument; and whenever we could escape the vigilance of the professor and his army of spies, we bade farewell to hooks and lessons, and, in vulgar parlance, ■‘ went in for a good time.’ ; It is barely possible -that, on suoh occa sions, tho reaotion of yqnthftil spirits some times carried os beyond thebounds of strict propriety, and there .were probably some grounds for the numerous complaints made by the village people to the princi pal, of depredations upon-their property, which were invariably laid to'the academy boys. Among the students there happened to be five or six who were oftener detected in transgressing the mlea than. any of the others—not because they were oftener en gaged in misehieltban, their fellows, hot, being reckless, dare-devil chaps, they were not so sly in. their' movements/ So well convinced was the professor that these boys were the most desperate characters in school, that he singled them. oat for the special care of his Spies ; and from being repeatedly annoyed by the persecution of the sometimes tyrannical Eaton, they did at length finite in the common cause of re venging themselves on the faculty* .The, acknowledged leader of this ‘ company of rowdies,’ as the professor bailed them, was a young man by the name of Adams. At the time of which 1 write, he was my room-mate ; and although I often knew of*, the mischievous plans of him and his party, 1 had at first taken no aotive part' in oar rying them out. Bnt as, in speaking of the boys, the ..professor often counted ine as a member of the confederacy ; and I had frequently been accused of things of whioh I was entirely innocent,, and reprimanded by him, I came at length to regard myself as an exceedingly ill used individual, so that it did not require much persuasion on the part of Adams to cause me to join them, and become as anxious as any one to vex and torment oar precep tor. On one occasion, Adams was deteoted in the very act of suspending the gate, which he had taken from the fence in front of the professor’s house, to a tree in the back yard. For this offence Eaton com pelled him to remain at the academy during study hours for several weeks, and to lodge at his house every night during the time, so that he was always, as it were, under his eye. This confinement, as may well be imagined, was exceedingly disagreeable to Adams, and he often declared to me, when he met me at meals, that he ‘ should find means to pay old Eaton for this, as soon as his time was served oat.’ I knew him to well to regard this as an idle threat, and I waited with impatienoe to see in what manner he would take revenge. On the evening of the day on whioh ho had been released from the watchful care of his beloved preceptor, Adams and I sat in our room, with our pipes in our mouths, talking of the injustioe of his long punish ment for so small an ofienoe ; suddenly, after a short silence, he exclaimed, ‘By Jupiter, Tom, I have it!’and in the ex citement of the discovery, whatever it was, he knocked his pipe ashes into my open Virgil, which lay upon the table, and then poured the contents of the inkstand upon the burning paper in his commendable zeal to repair the damage he had done. As soon as I could stop laughing long enough to speak, I begged him to explain. * Tom,’ said he, ‘ I have thought of a plan by whioh to repay old Eaton for his tyranny, and put him his wit’s end to find us out in it.’ < Well,’ said I, 1 let us have it.’ < Never mind now,’ he replied, ‘ you just fly round and muster ‘our crowd’ here, while I procure the necessary articles for us to use in carrying out the plan, and when we are all assembled, I will give you an inkling of my designs.’ A few minutes sufficed to bring the boys together, and by the time we had got seated, and lighted our pipes, Adams had returned. ‘ Boys,’ said he, ‘ are you ready to help me to canse old Eaton to paßs a sleepless night?’ * Yes, yes !’ was the reply from one and aIL ‘ Very well, theh, listen: I propose to get into the belfry of the academy, attach a string to the clapper of the bell in some way, so that it.may be instantly detached, and then lead the string into the window of this room (which, by the way, looked directly upon the academy, the building in which we were, standing in close prox imity to it;) and then, you see* we can toll the bell all night if ye wish.’ ‘ Good! good !’ cried the boys. ‘ Yes,’ said Adams, ‘we’llmake the bell which has so often called us to studies, or to prayers, play a different tune, and one, if 1 mistake not, which will be a somewhat discordant one to the ears of our worthy preceptor.’ ‘ But how,’ objeoted one, ‘ can we get into the belfry ? You know the doors and windows of the academy are always oare fully fastened.’ ‘ I have thought of that,’ was his reply. ‘ Those men who were at work repairing the roof, a few days ago, left a ladder in the back yard, and with that, I have no doubt we can get up on the outside ; but as it will not do to commence much before ten o’cjook, we may as well make ourselves comfortable tjl-1 then ; and so saying, he produced from the closet a demijohn of hard cider, several glasses, a box of oigars and two packs of qards. With these useful artioles we managed to assuage the tedinm of the two 1 hours which must pass before we began our grand enterprise. As soon as onr watohes told the hour at which the students were required to ex tinguish their lights and seek the embrac ing anus of Somnus, had arrived, viz : half-past nine—we threw down onr cards, and having first reconnoitered the house in which we were, to see if-the passage; to the outer world was clear, we silently left the house, Adams taking wlth : him a bundle enveloped in brown paper, whioh bo had procured while I was collecting the boys.: There was no moon and but few stars visible, being conoealed by the drifting clouds, making it quite dark enough for our purpose. We had no difficulty in finding the ladder, and as the lights in most of the houses had disappeared, we at once proceeded to raise it. We fouiid .it just long enough to reach the eaves of the building, and as soon as we had planted it securely against the -roof the gutter, Adams began to ascend with his -handle, -telling some of ffs to remain on tho ground," and ■give timely.notioe if any one approached. . The ; oupola,'6r, belfry of the. academy, was- amiootagon building, having a. winijow to eafth of the bight sides,- closed with a blind, wffiiohf'was. tpade 'to elide ’.Up '.atid down like a window sash. • was plaoed a'upbn tjje .tjio main ’ bnild ingj- and waesunnounted by a lightning. ■ C ' ’ I':-./ Jji-Y j..-- ; ; . “TtTAT nnnnrraT IH TH* HOST nOBEKBODB WBIU LABOX OOJOC&JTM TUB GBXATXBT BJZWABP.”—BTTOHAJTAir. LANCASTER CITY* PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1862. rod, with! two branches, one on each side, running down oyer the sloping roof of the academy close to the edge, and thence to the ground. That part of the Tod whioh ran from the eaves to the ridge pole, had sharpened points, five or six inohes long, standing up perpendicularly from it at intervals of about two feet; and it was by means.of thesepoints that Adams com menced crawling up the roof, after he had reached the top of the ladder. He soon arrived safely at the top of the belfry, but fonnd that all the blinds he could reach stuck so fast, from being seldom opened, that he was unable to raise them. He was soon reinforoed by two others of the party —but still the blind refused to start. Coming down to the eaves again, he called in a low voioe for more to come np ; and so anxious and impatient were we to be doing something in the oause, that we all obeyed the summons and went up. The blind soon yielded to our united strength, and flew up. It would have been certainly more prudent for one of ns, at least, to have .remained on the ground ; but discre tion was a scarce quality among ns, and oasting an eye over the village, which now appeared dark and deserted, we entered the belfry. Here Adams opened his bundle, which we found oontained two packages of strong fishing lines, some long Screws, a sorew-driver and a large gimlet. Handing us the lines, he requested ui to knot them together, and then with the gimlet he commenced boring holes down through the trap-door leading from the belfry into the easing beneath. •‘ You see, my boy,’ said Adams, ‘ that as soon as old Eaton hearß the bell ring, he will come, or send some one, to the belfry to put a stop to it, and as that would soon spoil our fun, 1 am just goiDg to fas ten down this door.’ He bored a double row of holes all around the edge of the trap, and I fol lowed him with the sorews, driving them down firmly into the oasing beneath, so that when we had finished, the trap was immovable as if it had always been a part of the solid bell-deok. Next he attached the line to the clapper of the bell, by ma king in the end of it a large loop, which he slipped over the end of the clapper.— The loop was made large enough to slip off and fall clear of the clapper, should the line be let slack ; but as long as who ever held the other end of it shonld keep the line taut, it would hold firmly. Nothing remained now to be done here but to pull up the bell-rope from below. This was accordingly done. Adams ooiled it away nicely under the bell, and we all left the belfry reeving the line through the slats of the blind, and drawing it down after ns. Our success thus far had put us in the best possible humor, and many a joke passed between us as we slowly and care fully let ourselves down by the lightning rod. Adams was just quoting the line, ‘ Facilis descensus,’ etc., when the fore most of the party, who had arrived at the edge of the roof, gave a whistle, which sounded rather like an expression of aston ishment than a note of alarm. ‘ Whew ! By Jupiter!’ he exclaimed, ‘ somebody has been here and taken away our ladder, as sure as you live.’ Upon hearing this unexpected and un welcome intelligence, we all crowded as near as possible to the edge of the roof, and strained our eyes towards the spot where we had left the ladder standing against the gutter —but in vain; it was gone, and we were in a pretty fix. For a while silence reigned upon the roof; we were all too muoh surprised and perplexrd to speak ; but soon were heard complaints and muttered maledictions upon the head or heads of whoever had played us this triok. ‘ It’s all up with us for this time,’ cried one. ‘ Yes,’ growled another, ‘ here is a pretty kettle of fish.’ ‘ 0, Lord !’ groaned a third, ‘ here’s a go.’ ‘ What in time’s to be done now V asked an anxious inquirer. ‘ Well, boys,’ replied Adams, ‘ that’s a question easier asked than answered.— However, it won’t do any good to sit here growling about it, so let’s return to the belfry, and hold a cbunoil of war. Let ns trnst to lnok and onr stars, for finding a way to get out of this scrape. But look, boys !’ he exclaimed; if lam mistaken, there goes Eaton intolffl front yard with a ladder, and depend upon it, it was he who took away our ladder.’ And this we afterwards found to have been the ease. It seems that Eaton and Pillsbury, his associate principal, had been holding a consultation in one of the reci tation rooms, and as they opened the door to go out, they heard the voioes of our party, as we were raising the ladder in the backyard. * Carefully extinguishing their lantern, they crept around the building— bnt as we had taken the precaution to bolt the back gate after us, they could not get into the yard, and it was too dark for them to see who we were from the outside of the wall. By the time they could get through the academy and into the yard by a. back door, we were all upon the roof and wait ing till we got into the belfry, they took away the ladder and went home, having ns, as they thought, securely imprisoned for the night. ‘Yes,’ continued Adams, ‘it must*bo he, and he thinks he has got ns in a trap. He is no doubt at this moment chuckling at the idea of our discomfiture in the morn ing, when he gets ready to release ns; but I fancy he has, for this onoe, ‘ reck oned without his host.’ It is not probable that he has discovered who we are, and I tell you, boys, shrewd as he is, we will play him a trick worth two pf this before morning. Keep cool boys, and come on— we’ll soon get out of this.’ - So we re-entered the belfry, and com fortably Beating ourselves, discussed our position and the best means of escape from it. Various, plans were proposed, and abandoned as impracticable. One was to unfasten the trap and go down into the garret or attic, and try to slip down through the ventilator, into some of the reoitation rooms, whence we could make onr egress through the windows. This glan was also rejected, as being exceed ingly difficult of executions if not impos . Bible ; besides, if wo esoaped in that way, we should be obliged to leave the trap unfastened,' and this we were unwilling to do. :• -- At leDgth it was proposed to throw the end of the bell-rope out j of the window, and slide down on it to the ground. ; Al -1 though ■ a difficult, if not a dangerous plan, dt was aceoptedwith acclamation, and im- mediately, put into execution. We oast off the upper end of the rope, from the wheel, and tied ,it to one. of the beams of the frame>whieb supported the bell. The rope was then coiled up and'thrown from the window, far enough to fall clear of the roof and hang -down thence, as we sup posed, to the' ground. The question then arose, who should desoend first? From this wa all rather held back, as, while we had'been talking in the belfry, the scattered clouds had collected and increased, until the sky was completely overeast, shutting ont from us the faint - light of the stars. It was as dark as a wolf’s month, and it was not by any means an agreeable task to grope down afid swiog off from the roof of a three story building, upon a loose rope. But as time was flying, it was agreed that each of us should toss up a handful of coppers, and whoever shonld get the least number of heads, should be the pioneer in the de scent. As bad look would have it, the lot fell tome; and at that moment heartily wishing myself at home and a-bed, I crept out of the window, and made my way en tirely by the sense of feeling, to the edge of the roof. I found the rope all right, and, as my conrage was fast oozing away, and would soon be entirely gone, I did not hesitate a moment, bat, grasping the rope firmly in my hands, I swung off. It swayed fearfully for the first few feet of my descent, but I held on, and was slowly and safely sliding down, when suddenly my hands passed a splice in the rope, my grasp relaxed, and before I oonld oontract my fingers, I was descending with the ve locity of a oannon ball. In another in stant my right hand, whioh was lowest, passed off the end of the rope, and rather by instinct, than reason, 1 convulsively gripped the rope with my left hand, just as it reached the extreme end. For a mo ment 1 held my weight, thus hanging by my left hand—and a fearful moment it was; for in the excitement of my rapid descent, I had been nnable to oalculate how far I had gone, and for anght I knew I might at this moment be twenty feet from the ground. Bat 1 had hardly time to think at all, before I lost my hold, and, with an awful yell, I dropped—about three inches ! So tremendous was the reaotion upon my excited nerves, that for a short time I lay flat upon my back, absolutely deprived of speech or motion ; bnt I soon revived, and was able to calm the fears of my companions, who, alarmed at my cry, were all upon the roof. Luckily, no one else heard me, and in a few minutes we were all standing safely in the back yard of the academy. As we turned to depart one of the party stumbled upon something whioh we soon found to be our ladder, whioh had been thrown down and left where it fell. At this, Adams, always quick to think, declared it was a most providential discovery. ‘ For,’ said he, ‘ we can now raise it again, and I will go up and pull up the bell rope, so as to make our esoape seem a most mysterious one to old Eaton. Then we will carry away the ladder and hide it; and 1 rather think we shall be able to oontrol the movements of the bell for con siderable time, if not longer.’ Accordingly we put the ladder up, and Adams re-ascended to the belfry. He coiled the rope away upon the bell-deck, and when he rejoined us, he proceeded to make fast to the fence the small line which he had brought when he slid down the rope. Four of us then shouldered the ladder, and the others going ahead piloted ns through the darkness for nearly a quarter of a mile, when we threw the ladder into an empty ditch in the midst of a swamp, and returned to the aoademy. Here Adams took the line, and paying it out as he went along, we escorted him to our boarding-house. I then went up into my room and opened the window, while Adams climbed up into it by means of an old trellis which oovered that Bide of the house. Thus the line was safely brought into my chamber, for it was thought best for none but Adams and myself to remain in the room to play upon the single string ; the remainder of the party returned to their rooms. After a sufficient time, as we calculated, had elapsed for them to reach home, Adams gave a strong pull upon the line, which was answered by a heavy and sonorous dong ! whioh rang loud and clear through the midnight air; for so much time had been consumed in preparation, that it was now nearly twelve o’olook. This was fol lowed by another and another peal; and as Adams, delighted with the success oi his scheme, pulled faster and faster, the tones of the heavy bell began to reaoh the ears of the slumbering inhabitants of the village, and from many a chamber window we could see a light shine suddenly forth, the inmates aroused by the unwonted noise. Ding, dong 1 ding, dong! merrily pealed the bell, and soon we saw a < mustering in hot haste’ of men, women aed ohildren. Scarce a quarter of an hour had elapsed since the first stroke of the bell before half the population of the village was up and dressed, and, with Eaton at their head, were coming up the hill which led to the academy. Lanterns of all shapes and sizes flashed their light upon the erowd ; while we, the prime cause of all this excitement, • observing, but not observed,’ surveyed the scene with intense delight. Probably nothing had so aroused the quiet people of the village within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. 1 Here, Tom,’ said Adams, ' relieve me at the bell-rope, while 1 join the orowd and show myself to old Eaton, who will be sure to suspect me the first thing. Play the tune ‘ the old cow died of,’ and give it to them as hard as you can.’ So saying, he left me alone, and seating myself at the open window, I was able to hear nearly every word which was spoken by the assembled crowd ; but, above all others, I oould distinguish the angry tones of the preceptor’s voice. 1 There is a gang of rowdies in the bel fry,’ he said. ‘I saw them go up, and took away the ladder, so that they were unable to get down, and they are now re venging themselves by making the night hideous in this manner. But I will spoil their fun. Mr. Pillsbury,’ said he, ad dressing his assistant, < please go up into the belfry and order those rasoals down. Take a lantern and mark well who they all are, before you let them out.’ ‘ Yes, sir,’ was the answer; and I heard him unlock the front door of the aoademy. As soon as I saw the light of his lantern flash from a window of the attic, I commenced ringing as fast as. Leonid mak ing ahojerible din, whioh I have no doubt had the effeot to accelerate, his progress 1 up the ladder leading to the belfry. Just then one of our company of oonspirators came in and offered to relieve me at tho line -/ I accordingly delivered it to him, and joined the crowd on the green. 1 Jnat as I did so Mr. Pillsbnry returned from his, of conrse, unsuccessful attempt to reach the belfry. - ‘ They are holding the door, sir,’ said he, ‘ and do not answer me when 1 call them.’ ‘ The scapegraces!’ cried the exaspera ted Eaton. ‘ I will go np myself, and see ? if they dare refuse to open to me.’ Up he went, and up rushed a crowd, in cluding Adams and myself. The precep tor mounted the belfry stairs, and rapped upon it with his fist. ‘ Boys,’ he cried, ‘open this trap in stantly, and come down !’ At this instant the bell suddenly stopped ringiDg. ‘ Bo you hear V he asked after vainly waiting for a reply. Dong—dong—dong ! went the bell. ‘ Stop that infernal noise !’ he eried, forgetting bis dignity in his anger. Again the bell stopped, and Eaton ap plied his shoulder to the trap, and exerted all his strength to force it open. ‘ I’ll break your confounded necks when I catch you, you miserable scamps !’ he yelled, as the bell rang out loader and faster and clearer than before, as if re freshed by its temporary rest. But as all his threats were unavailing ; as were also the efforts of as many men as could stand upon the Btairs to burst open the door, he resolved to try another plan. Stationing Pillsbnry upqn the steps to out off the retreat of the party which he sup posed to be in the belfry in that direction, he returned to the green, and ordered some one to bring the long ladder from the back yard. But it was not there, and in a voice of thunder he commissioned a dozen or more of the students to search in every direction until they found it, or some other ladder long enough to reach the roof. In the meantime the bell kept ringing, now faster, now slower, rattling away like a fire bell at one moment, and again toll ing solemnly at long intervals, as for a funeral; while Professor Eaton strode baok and forth upon the green, muttering threats of vengeance upon the heads of the lawless individuals who were thus depriving him of his night’s rest. During this time the conspirators had taken turns at the bell-line in such a man ner that every oue of us had been seen by the Professor among the orowd, apparently perfectly innocent of any knowledge of the parties concerned in the tumult. In fact, we had taken especial care to make our selves conspicuous, so that upon whomso ever supicion might fall, it would certainly not be upon us. When, after an hour’s search, a ladder was found and brought to the aoademy, it was instantly raised, and another, with hooks upou the end, which had been pre viously brought, was laid aloug the roof, and hooked over the ridge-pole. No sooner were these arranged, than Eaton, boiling over with rage and impatienoe, sprang up the ladder, accompanied by one of the students with a lantern. At this time the bell was ringing fu riously with Adams officiating at the string. He could see the two figures climbing up the roof by the light of their lantern, and just as Eaton reached the belfry, and was ia the act of raising the blind, Adams al lowed the string to slack ; the loop slipped 1 from the clapper, the bell suddenly stop- | ped ringing, the line was suddenly hauled into the chamber, and Adams oame down and joined the wondering crowd upon the green. ‘ What do you mean by this conduct, you young reprobates V exclaimed Eaton, as he shoved up the belfry blinds and pok ed his head in. ‘ Answer me !’ he thun dered. But at this moment his follower had . reached the top with his lantern and as he cast its light full into the open window, Eaton nearly fell backward, paralyzed with astonishment at finding the belfry empty. I There stood the bell, which had eansed so much confusion ; the dapper was even yet I vibrating, but the rogues who had made it I ring were gone! Words cannot desoribe the rage of the professor. First oonvinoing himself that 1 no one was concealed upon the roof, he de scended, shouting to the students assem bled below, ‘ What devil’s trick is this that you have been playing, boys 1 Some of yon have done this, I know very well: but be assured, 1 will move heaven and earth to discover the guilty parties, and bring them to punishment. They shall be ex pelled from the school, and oovered with disgrace and shame. So now you know what to expeot. Return to your rooms im mediately.’ This oommand we were not slow to obey, as it was now past two o’clock, and I, for one, was nearly tired of the fun. I lin gered, however, long enough to hear some of the conversation of the wonder-struck rustios. One simple-minded deacon sug gested that it must be the devil; but this explanation was not generally satisfactory, and the majority seemed inclined to think that it must have been the work of some of the ‘ boys ;’ but the manner in which it was done was wrapped in mystery. Not ■ withstanding Eaton’s threats, and notwith ; standing a reward of twenty dollars which he offered, he was unable to discover the authors of this piece of mischief; and ii was not until after every one of those com cerned in. the plot had left the school for ever, that he was informed of the facts here related. ~ ; Happiness.— Now let me tell you a secret—a secret worth, hearing. This looking forward for enjoyment don’t pay. For what I knoV of it I would as soon chase butterflies for a living or bottle up moonshine for cloudy nights./: The only true happiness is to take the drops of hap piness, as God gives them to ns. every, day of our lives; the boy most learn to be hap dy when he is plodding over his lessns; the apprentice while he is learning his trade; the merchant while he is making his fortune. If he fails to learn this art he -will be sttre to- miss his enjoyment when he gains what hd sighs for. - [CP* ‘ Mamma! papa’s getting very rich, isn’t he V * I’m sure I don’t know.' Why, child V . ‘ ’Cause he gives so innoh money to me. Almost.every morning>fter break fast, . when. Sallyis sweeping; the parjor, he gives me a aixpence:to .go out and. play.’ Shortly -after: Sally reoeiveda notice to quit! Strahge 1 . They Say.” ’ We shallnot attempt, for we oonld hard ly expeotto succeed, portraying the de formities of a character so repulsive as the ‘They Say , of society. The reputation of men and women, good and bad, old'ahd young are alike withered by its blighting inflnenoe. ‘ They Say ’ is a convenient mask for the Slanderer from behind whioh to emit the foulest libels, Ihe tnost soanda lous rumors and the vilest insinuations. It is astonishing h'ow many thoughtless persons there are to seize the petty scandal or ma licious insinuation, and give it ourrenoy, without pausing to consider its probability or the consequences of promoting its circu lation. .‘They Say’ if a. demon who spreads a moral malaria that invades every circle, destroys the peace of families, blasts reputation, "sows discord, engenders strife and heart-burnings, withers friendship, poisons the fountain of love‘and even dese crates the altar. The habit of repeating its utterances grows apace with the least in dulgence, and produoes results of the most painful charaoter. How many feelings and affeotions are sorely lacerated,and that not or the time only, but how often do the slan ders thus germinated live to injure the good name and fame of many for years after. Who has escaped its baleful infinenee? How many oan trace their most poignant sorrows to some heartless utterance,exaggerated by repetition and to be traced in itsorigin only to the übiquitous ‘They Say?’ This fiend is ever busy soarring the reputation, magnifying the frailties, aud torturing the most innooent conduet and aotious of men. Private reputation is a priceless jewel, and we envy no man’s or woman’s heart who will lightly trifle with it, by heeding or giving ourrenoy to ‘ They Say ’ rumors, affecting the character of a neighbor. How muoh more wicked when it asails the absent who cannot meet-its aoousations, bntmust suffer without the opportunity to repel it, it may be, until too late to avert evil it has entailed. It is a very safe rule, when you have nothing good to say about your nei ghbor, to keep your month shut. Above all let the ‘ unruly member ’ be stilled against the ntteranee of ‘ They Say ’ ru mora. Romance of an Old Couple. The following somewhat remarkable nar rative is related by a western lady, now on a visit to this oity from Mariposa. She is herself a oharaoter. She has crossed the plains twice —the first in 1849, during whioh her hnsbend perished—and is the first American lady who returned to the east by the Isthmus of Panama. She is a genuine heroine—a fine specimen of stout hearted western womanhood —and her ad ventures in the wilds of the unpeopled West have been numerous and exciting. If the good folks of Mariposa have missed a lady from their neighborhood, they are hereby,apprised that she is comfortably lo cated at the boarding-house of Mrs. Nes bit, on the corner of Montgomery and Sut ter streets, and will not return to the moun tains until Holmes, of the G-azette, ceases to harrow the hearts of Mariposa mothers by oalling their little babies ‘brats.’ Well, while the train of which this lady was a member, was enoamped at a point on the Humboldt, where the Lessen trail intererseot the Carson track of travel, she visited the tent of a family, consisting of an elderly couple and one child--a daughr ter of fourteen or fifteen years. The Old lady was sitting on a pile of blankets under the canvass, encouraging a most deter mined attack of the ‘sulks,’ while the masculine head of affairs had planted him self on his wooden tongue, and was sucking his pipe as leisurely as though he expect ed to remain there forever. A single glance developed the fact that there was a difficulty in that little train of one wagon and three persons, and that it bad attained a point of quiet desperation be yond the reach of peaceful adjustment. Three days before they had pitched their tent at the forks of the road, and as they could not agree upon the route by whioh to enter California, there they had remain ed. The husband expressed a preference for the Carson road—the wife for the Les- Ben — an d neither would yield. The wife declared she would remain there all winter; the husband said he should be pleased to lengthen the sojourn through the summer following. On the morning of the fourth day, the wife broke a sullen silence of thirty-six hours by proposing a division of the prop erty, which consisted of two yoke of oattle, one wagon, camp furniture, a small quan tity of provisions, and $l2 in silver. The proposal was accepted, and forthwith the ‘plunder 1 was divided, leaving the wagon to the old man, and the daughter to the mother. The latter exchanged with a neighboring train the oattle belonging to her, for a pony and paoksaddle, and piling the daughter and her portion of the divi ded spoils upon the apimal; she resolutely started across the desert by the Lessen trail, while the old man silently yoked the oattle and took the other route. Singular as this may seem, it is nevertheless true. It is among the many occurrences of life stranger than fiction. Of course both par ties reached California in. safety. We say « of course,’ for it is scarcely possible that any obstacle, health inoluded, could have seriously interfered with the progress of stubbornness so sublime. Arriving at Saoramento with her daughter, the old lady readily found employment—for women were less plenty than now—and subse quently opened a boarding house, and in a few years amassed a handsome fortune. Two years ago-she went to San Francisco, and the daughter, whose education had not been neglected,-was married to one-of the most substantial citizens. .-And wbat-became of the old man 1 The wife bad no t seen .or heard of him since they parted on the Humboldt. They had lived happily together as man and wife for years, and she sometimes reproached herself for the wilfulness that separated them after so long a pilgrimage together through this rough life- But he was not dead. We cannot trace his Course ini California, how ever! All that we know of him. is, that fortune had not smilednpon.htm, and that for years, he had toiled-without hope. Final ly, feeling, scarcely’ able to longer wield thepiefcahdBliovel,be visited San Franois oo in thb 'hope of obtiining employment better adapted to his wasted strength, .For three monthß.imemained-idle after arriving here, ahd'thetffibr want of occupa tion beoame the hnmble retailer of peanuts and oranges, Withhiß entire-stook of traffio in a basket upon his arm. This .was about six months ago. Ac few weeks sinoe, in parting tiid open door of is.;fhe southern put of the oity, he observed a ~ lady in the. hall, uid . shipped to offer his-, merchandise. As he stepped upon the threshold, the lady ipproaohed, and the old man raised his eyes and dropped the basket. And no wonder, either —for she was his wife —his ‘ old woman!’ She reoognized him, and throwing up her arms in amuse ment, exolaimed : ‘ Great God! John, is that you?’ ‘AH that is left of me,’ re plied the old man. With extended arms they approached. Suddenly the old lady’s oountenanoe ohanged, and she stepped back. ‘ John,’ said she, with a look which might have been construed into earnest ness, ‘how did you find the Carson road ?’ ‘ Miserable, Suky—miserable,’ replied the 'old man, ‘ full of sand and alkali ’ * Then I was right, John?’ She continued, in quiringly. ‘ You were, Suky, he replied. < That’s enough !* said she, throwing her arms uound his neck ; ‘ that’s enough, John ;’ and the old oouple, so strangely sundered, were again united. Both are living with their daughter on Second street. —San Francisco Mirror. Wedding Pees—The religious papers occasionally get off a spioy item. The Rev erend editor of one of these papers, in a recent issue, says : ‘ln our experience,. we\ have married persons for 871 cents ; we have married on trust; and we have mar ried for a counterfeit bill!’ Dr. Bestien, in copying this item adds: We may soften our Gorman friend’s grievances by quoting the case of the minister who reoeived as a wed ding fee a salt oodfish, whioh, when he had taken it home for his table, was ohiefly eaten by the brido and groom, who called upon him at dinner !’ The: Lancaster istelugesceb JOB PRINTING .ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA. 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