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Donald McGrle and tils Indigo.
A TALE OF OLD AHFHDEEN
In matters of business, if you can
help it, as far as possible never commit
yourself by speaking first, andon no
account commit yourself by speaking
hastily. If these propositions can be
tolerated by the reader, let him readori
and know that the hero ol this little
moral sketch was a douce and canny
Scot, a small trader, well known in Ab
erdeen forty years ago. He was a chap
mau in a promiscuous hue. In fact
why should we attempt to disguise the
truth? he kept what in London would
be called a chandler’s shop.
He condescended, merely for the con
venience of his immediate neighbors, to
sell candles so low as a farthiug apiece,
indeed, he would, for the nouce, fur
nish light so attenuated that you might
purchase two for a farthing, and yet he
nad small beer in ilia emporium more
attenuated still. He also sold dyeing
materials, among which I might have
classed his small ale, and he had cocu
las indicus to set oil' against a halt
penny’s worth of salt, barilla against
two sheets ol parliament cake lor a
baubee, and indigo by tbe pound
against snull’by the half ounce.
Indeed, our trustworthy friend, Don
ald M'Grie, had no small pride in his
shop ; and the street in which he lived
iu Lhegudeauld town of Aberdeen, had
just so much pride iu Donald, Really r
Donald was a safe chlel; he kept his
accounts accurately, both with God and/
man, for he was as punctual at kirk as
iu his payments, and, as he allowed no
long scores with his neighbors, he took
rare never to run in debt by crimes ol
omission, which must be some day set
tled before a tribunal so awful.
Having thus sufficiently described
Donald’s circumstances, \l’e must now
proceed to narrate thujirst grand step
that he made towards acquiring the
splendid fortune that he so well de
served and lived so long to enjoy.
~ He was out of indigo —that is to say,
all the indigo that he lately had, had
gone out from his warehouse by driblets.
Thereupon he writes a letter to a house
iu Loudon, a drysalter’s in the most ex*
tensive line of business, ordering “Forty -
one pons weightof indigo,’’stating at the
same time that if there was not a vessel,
they must "yet aw;." Such were the
exact words lie used.
Now, at the lime this occurred, com
munication between Aberdeen and
London was rare, and at farthest, four
Limes in the year was the utinosiextent
that Donald McGrie and his wholesale
dealers addressed each other, 'there
were no telegraph lines by which Donald
could have instantaneous communica
tion with the world over; nor, for the
maLter of that, fast steam packets
traversing Ihesea, norrailwaysthelaud;
nothing bill those slow-sailing packets
which Look time, and plenty ot it, to
make their trips from port to port, or ,
the equally slow stage coaches. As 1
have 1 said, four times in the year was the
extent of the communication between
Aberdeen and London. Remembering
this fad, let us proceed. The dealers
were very much surprised at the extent ;
of the order received from Donald. The 1
reader will not wonder at it when lie is ,
informed that they could neversuppose
for a moment that a vessel could be
ordered on purpose to carry forty-one
pounds of indigo; so, after much scru
tiny of the very hieroglyphical marks of
M’Grie ali the heads of the linn took it
firmly into their heads that their cor
respondent had fairly written tor iorty
one tons.
They knew very little of the man,
and of the nature and extent of his
business; all, however, that they did
know was most satisfactory; they had
done business with him for nearly
twenty years, and had, during all that
time, been extremely well pleased with
the puucLuulity of liis payments, added
to which they had heard that he was
wealthy. Upon ali these grounds, they,
without hesitation, executed the order;
but, as they had not anything like the
quantity on baud, they were themselves
forced to become purchasers, in order
to fulfil the commission. Having col
lected the quantity that they had sup
posed that Donald had specified, they
shipped it for Aberdeen, sending with
it an in voice, and also a bill ol lading
by post.
When M’Grie received this precious
bill of lading, his astonishment was at
ouce ludicrous and stupendous. At
length, in order to give himself a little
mental relief, he determined to set it
down as a hoax, for, said he, “What on
earth can the people of London mean
by sending me forty-one tons of indigo?”*
It was more than sufficient, with the
then consumption, to supply Aberdeen
for a guide Scotch generation—twenty
one years, However, his prudence still
prevailed over every other operation oi
his miud.
Like a canny Scot, he kept liis per
plexity to himself, for nothing was
farther from his thoughts than to run
hither and thither with his mouth
open, aud the letter in liis hand, iu
order to tell liis tale of wonder, and ex
cite the stupid exclamations of his
neighbors. Notwithstanding this stoical
conduct, lie could not so far command
his deportment, but that those about
him remarked a definite, though a
mysterious change iu liis whole man.
He was nearly silent; but the activity
of his feet made up for the idLeness of
liis tongue. He was fidgetty, repeatedly
leaving his shop without any conceiva
ble reason, and returning hastily to it
on thesame rational grounds. Foronce
in his life, his neighbors thought that
wily Donald did not very well know
what he was about.
In the midst of this agitation, time
and tide, which wait for no man,
brought the vessel that bore the indigo
to Aberdeen. It would seem that, in
order to quiekeu Mr. Donald’s appre
hension, site had an extraordinary quick
passage. No sooner was she moored,
than the captain hastened to find the
■ merchant to whom this large and valu
able cargo was consigned. Having gone
previously to the first merchants, he, by
nice gradations, at length arrived at the
shop of the actual consignee, honest
Donald M’Grie. Indeed, the skipper
was us much astonished at the minute
ness of the warehouse as M’Grie had
been at the magnitude of his cargo, for
the warehouse, had it contained nothiug
else, would not have held the one-fifth
of the consignment.
After the first few introductory sen
tences, that made each aware ol what
was their mutual business, the captain
became convinced that all was right,
from the quiet conduct of Donald, who
betrayed neither emotion nor surprise,
though at the same time his heart was
melting within him, as melts an ex
posed rush-light on a sunshiny sum
mer’s day.
“ And sae, sir, ye’ll be sure ye 'a
brought the tottle of forty-one tons. A
hugeous quantity, eh, sir ? Aud did ye
ever ken any one mon hue sac mickle
before ?”
“Never, Mr. M’Grie, never. Why,
sir, do you kuow that the difficulty of
getting all the indigo together had an
effect' on the market. It was full three
farthings the pound dearer on ’Change
the very day 1 left London.”
“O, ay—purely. It was —was it?
Now, I’ll just put ane case —not that it
is o’ the slightest consequence, but
merely to satisfy my conjecture —sup-
posing, mon, ye had all this indigo,
what would you just do wi’ it?”
“ Why,” said the skipper, “ I should
not have bought it unless I wanted it;
and if I had wanted it I should have
known what to do with it. This is Mr.
M’Grie, precisely your case.”
“Ah, well, my mon, but you’re an
unco’ cannie chiel. Do you na ken
whether his precious majesty, may God
bless • him. ain’t guan to make the vol
unteer laddies wear blue regimentals—
blue is a pure standing color.”
% “ Why, I don’t know, but some re
port of that sort may be stirring, for
what with your large demand, and
other matters, indigo is certainly get
ting up. But my time is precious.
Here’s your bill oi lading, so just sign
my—ah, all right—when and where
shall I discharge the cargo?”
I'ancastcv fit teliigcnSefi
VOLUME 67.
“Don’t fash yourself, there’s nae
hurry. I’ll just speak to two or three
of my worshipful correspondents, and
let you know on the morrow, or aiblins
the next day after. I may hae to send
to Edinbro’ anent the matter.”
“Ah, yes, I understand, a joint con
signment. It won’t prove a bad specu
lation, I’m thinking. Good morning,
Mr. McGrie.”
So away trudged the skipper, leaving
the owner of much indigo in a state of
doleful perplexity, such as ought not to
befad any nonest man. All that night
he kept exclaiming, “Gude Lord, gude
Lord, what shall I do with all this in
digo? Na, na, Donald will not commit
himself. But it’s a mickle heap.”
Very early was Donald aboard the
next morning inquiring of everybody
all the possible uses to which indigo
could be put. He got but very little sat
isfaction on this point. He began him
self to look dark blue. He had almost
resolved upon a journey to London,
awful as it appeared to him, to have this
mistake explained, but he still resolved
to wait a little, and do nothing in a
hurry.
The next thing that happened to
Donald, with his forty one tons of dye,
was his sad reflections when an old
woman came and bought of him one
farthing’s worth of stone blue.
“Had ye na better try indigo, my
gude faieu?” says Donald to the old
washer woman.
“And what think ye, gude mon
M’Grie, I’ll be doing with indigo in the
suds? Oot awa, mon, hut yer gaffing a
puir old body.” So ofl the old lady
.trudged with a damaged temper.
‘ “Had I sold a farthing’s worth o’
this domned indigo, ’twould have been
a beginning. Had the auld washer
bodies hae taken to it! and every little
helps.” , . ,
About this time, the skipper who had
brought the indigo was just passing the
principal inn of Aberdeen, he observed
a post-chaise and four, with the horses
all foam, stop with a most imposing
jerk at the door, and the managing and
confidential clerk of Hubbens, Hob
bins and Bobbins, the eminent drysalt
ers. r lhe clerk almost flew into the
arms of the skipper, and with breath
less* eagerness asked him if he had de
livered the indigo to M’Grie?”
“ No ; it is still in the vessel, but he
has the manifest and the bill of sale.”
Then the property is now vested in
“As securely as the hair upon your
head is your own property. He seems
cautious even for a .Scotchman.”
“Is he in a large line of business?”
“ i can’t really say that. We should
call his place of trade nothing better
than a chandler’s shop in London. But
they mauage things in another way
here.”
“ What can he possibly waut with all
this indigo? He has actually drained
the market, and we have just received
advices that all the crops of indigo have
failed in the West Indies. There are
also a large demand for it from govern
ment, and it is now actually worth its
weight in gold.
“ You don’t say so. he was
saying something like it. No doubt
but that some West ludiaman has
brought the news here of the failure of
the crops. Besides, he talked largely
about his correspondents.”
“Ami I am losing all this precious
time! Where does he live? I know
nothing about the place.”
“ I will go with you, if you choose. I
should like to see how the deuce Scot
manages it.”
No, good captain. Just show me the
door. If I prosper, you will just have
to take thestuff back to London.”
“So I thought. Butmind your bear
ings ami distances with M’Grie. He is
an over-cautious tradesman.”
It had beeu a dullmoruing with Don
ald. He had sold a little snuff' and a
little sand, a little cheese, and a half
score of ballads for a halfpenny, but not
a particle of indigo, or no more stone
or powdered blue. He was never known
to give such short weight. He had
wrangled awfully with his few custom
ers, and was, altogether, in a very misty
humor.
“ I would just gie twa puuds Scotch
to get out of tliis scrape, and some odd
silver over;” and as he thus exclaimed
aloud lie struck the poundof butterthat
he was making up with his wooden
paddles a blow so spiteful, that it re
sounded like the report of a pistol.
At tliis moment the clerk entered.
He paused for a space just within its
threshold, scornfully surveyed the shop
and its contents, looked with an air that
was not far short of contempt on its
proprietor, and immediately settled in
his mind his plan of action. He was
something of the petit maitre , so he
placed his white cambric handkerchief
before his nose and mouth and then
Jerking it away exclaimed. “Faugh !”
taking from his waistcoat pocket a
smelling bottle, which likeSliakspeare’s
popinjay,
" Ever anil aunn he gave it to his nose,
And took’taway again.”
But it was Donald who,
Being angry when it next came there.
Took’ii iu biiull."
“What would ye please to buy,
lonest man ?” said Donald pettishly.
“Buy, my good fellow, buy! Does
any one ever buy anything here? You
will pardon me, but the stench is in
tolerable.”
“Ye fause young callaut! Here be
naething but wholesome smells, such
as sic pair thread-paper bodies as your
gaiuself might grow sleek upon. An'
ye no like the odor, healthfu’ as it be,
twist round yer ugly snout, and there
lies the doorway. So tramp, ye ne’er
do-weel.”
“ Pardon me. lam sure, sir, I did
not come to quarrel with you, but
merely to rectify a mistake. I believe
I am speaking to Mr. M’Grie —Mr.
Donald M’Grie?”
“Ye don't lee, woo,” said Donald,
very moodily.
“ I wisli to release you from a great
deal of uneasiness, in making right this
little mistake of yours.”
“And pray where may ye be from ?”
“.London, Mr. M’Grie the centre of
the arts, the seat of sovereignty—the
emporium of the world —but that is
nothing here nor there —I come from
London, Mr. M’Grie.”
- “And how long might ye a’made
this long journey ? Aiblius by the slow
wagon?” .
“ It is you that areslow, my good sir.”
said the clerk, flourishing his handker
chief tastefully. “Chaise and four
spanked along —astonished the natives
never lost a moment, I assure you.”
“Ye'll be making a long stay, nae
doubt, in bonny Aberdeen?”
“ Not a moment after I’ve rectified
this little mistake. Southward ho!
That’s the word
“ So,” thought Donald, “ this spruce
you chap is come, I’m sure, about the
indigo. I'll save my two pounds Scots
and the odd silver. He did not travel
post for nothing. 1 shall be clear of my
bargain free. But let us not be in a
hurry.”
“ Y'e are come to Aberdeen about the
indigo doubtless ?” said Donald after a
pause, and very deliberately.
“ Yes. My principals feel sure that
you’ have made a trifling mistake in
the amount of your order ; so, to relieve
your anxiety, they have sent me down
to you, to say that they are willing to
take the indigo back, and release you
from your bargain, provided that you
will pay the freight-and a very gener
ous otter it is, I can tell you.”
“ I am sure that I am over obliged to
the gude gentlemen. But pray, sir, who
may be yer ainsel’ ? A modest young
man, nae doubt, but humble —yer pre
ferment’s all to come. One would just
like to know whom one is treating wi’
—some junior clerk, or perhaps one of
the warehousemen ?—surely ye no be
ane of the porters ?”
Very indignant indeed was the fop at
these degrading conjectures. With
much hauteur he exclaimed, “ I must
acquaint you that I am the confidential
principal and menacing director of the
firm’s vast mercantile operations; that
I am a near relation of Mr. Hubbens,
the head of the firm ; and that I have
full power and authority to do just what
I please in this, as in every other trans
action. My name, sir, is Daniel Hub
bens, at your service. What do you
say to my offer?”
“ I should like to glance at your au
thority—no offence.”
Mr. Daniel Hubbena was offended,
but finding the Scotchman firm, hewas
obliged to give him .the necessary
vouchers that he was empowered to
treat with him for a re-sale of the mer
chandise. The examination of this
document still further opened the eyes
of M’Grie to the value of his late pur
chase, and he finally became more
dogged and consequential.
Mr. Hubbens. perceiving the turn
affairs were likely to take, and that he
had a difficult task to perform, at once
altered the loftiness of his manner, and
said:
“ Well, well, my dear sir, the feet i-q
you have long bought from us, I wish
now to see if we, our_very respectable
firm, cannot purchase from you. So
come down to my inn, and we’ll talk
the matter over a bottle of the best you
can call for.”
“Ou, there’s nae occasion; just say ’a
here.”
“ No, no, my dear sir ; come with me
you must. I am very tired, and the
best supper that Aberdeen can produce
is providing for us two.”
“ Sae ye are prepared for me. I un
derstand. Ye would nae ta’en all this
troublous wark for little. I’ll awa wit
you, my man.”
And away they both went; in the
short journey; to the inn Donald cogi
tating on the utmost he should ask for
the resale of the indigo, and the man
aging clerk endeavoring to divert his
thoughts from the value of the goods
in his possession.
Tlie supper and its accessories were
the besttliat ever fell to the lot of Donald
to share ; but he was prudent, and the
clerk gained no advantage through the
meansofhislavish expenditure of choice
wines, so, after many nourishes, and
much circumlocution, he was forced to
put the plain question to his guest,
“ What will you take to pass your cargo
of indigo back to our firm.”
“ Troth, Mr. Hubbens, I’m at a lossa
bit. What will ye gie truly ?”
“Why, Mr. M’Grie, the fact is. we
have received a very unexpected order
for the articie, and our people have em
powered me to come to Aberdeen and
oiler you a thousand pounds to return
the cargo just as you got it. There is a
glorious chance for you! A thousand
pounds! Don’t you feel yourself in
heaven ?”
“ No, no; I’m belteradvised than that
comes to. 1 diilua buy the mickle Jot
but upon souud calculations. 1 have
friens, sir, friens who have the first in-
telligence.”
It is as I expected, thought the clerk:
he has had the first news of the general
failure of the crops.
“ I’ll tell you what it is, Mr. M’Grie
—it is a bold step, but i’ll take it upon
myself to double the offer. Two thous
and, sir, two thousand ! Hey ?”
“Indeed, no, my man. I can make
mair o’t than that.”
“ Well, I must let you keep it,” said
i 6 youngster, with an air of well af-
fected indifference.
“ Weel, weel, young sir, here’s to yer
verra gude health, young sir, and a
pleasant journey back.”
“Thank you sir. May the indigo
prosper with you !”
They drank two glasses of wine each
in silence. The mortification of Hub
bens could not be concealed, whilst
M’Grie’s visage represented content
carved out in stone.
After a considerable pause, the clerk
lost his temper entirely—his patience
had long gone before it—and he resum
ed the attack upon the imperturbable
Donald. At length the would-be pur
chaser, not at all liking the prospect and
the shame; of an unsuccessful journey
back to liis principals, in a fit of desper
ation pulled out his private instructions
and said: “Here, read that, obstinate
man of iron that you are. Just so far
am I permitted to go, and no farther.”
M’Grie read very deliberately that his
host was empowered to offer him the
freight both ways, and four thousand
pounds.
“ It is driviug me hard,” said Donald;
“ but as you are an unco’ amiableyoung
man, and no’ to fash you with your
employers, { 4 gude men, I’ll just consent.
And to show ye that I can b • liberal
too, why, when ye hae settled the reck
oning, I’ll stand a pint o’ Glenlivet
atween the twa of us.”
After this, the transaction was im
mediately wound up, and the money
paid down.
Donald M'Grie took this accession of
fortune coolly and temperately. He
reflected that men make a thousand
uulucky for one lucky mistake, and
that cargoes of indigo don’t always
quadruple themselves in price when
bought by misadventure. Reflecting
upon all this, he resolved at this, the
proper seasou, to retire from business.
So lie made over his stock in trade and
his house to his nephew— "for a con
sideration” of course—and bought the
lands of C 0 , which at this mo
ment are worth five times the money
paid for them.
We have made out our case, and that
by the means of no fiction. It well ex
emplifies our moral, “In matters of
moment, never speak first, and never
speak hastily.” In the lives of the
most unfortunate among us, many lucky
opportunities occur. It is neither the
learned nor the clever who know best
how to seize them, and to turn them to
the best advantage. This faculty be
longs to the prudent. Had Donald
M’Grie spoken first, and spoken the
wish of his heart, he would have said,
“ Pray take fifty pounds, and release
me from my bargain.” He held his
tongue until it was a proper time to
speak, and thus realized a handsome
independence for himself and his chil
dren.
Inspired Eloquence,
Iu one of the most populous of the
western towiTs of the Commonwealth
resided two orthodox deacons: one,
Deacon Biddle, a wealthy resident of
the principal village, the other Deacon
Crawfoot, a plain farmer, and living iu
the . ut-kirts upou the mountain side.
During a protracted meeting, held in
the village, Deacon Crawfoot came iu
to attend it, and received and accepted
an invitation to dine with his brother
deacon. The latter (it was a good many
years ago) had champagne upon his
table, and asked Deacon Crawfoot to
take a glass of wine. “ No,” said Dea
con Crawfoot, “ I never take wine.”
“But,” urged his entertainer, “this
is as harmless as cider, and no
more intoxicating. “Well,” re
plied the farmer, “if that be the case,
I will drink of it.” And he did drink
and drank freely. The dinner ended,
the brethren returned to the meeting,
which was a conference. Very soon
after entering Deacon Crawfoot, who
evidently felt the inspiration of his gen
erous dinner, started to his feet and ad
dressed his brethren as follows: “It
seems to me, brethren, that I never had
such spiritual views and emotions as I
experience now. And I thought it best
to inquire whether these are confined
to myself: or whether this may not be
indeed a peutecostal season. Why,
brethren, I never had such spiritual
views aud emotions. It seems as if I
was sitting astride the roof of this our
consecrated temple, the organ swelling
beneath me, the bells pealing above me,
and every shingle on the meeting’us
playing on a jewsharp !”—New Bedford
Mercury.
The state Sinking: Fund.
We clip the following from the finan
cial column of this morning’s Ledger :
The bids yesterday opened at Harrisburg,
by the Commissioners of the State Sinking
Fund, in response to invitations for pro-
sell one million of the five per
cent. State bonds and one million of the six
per cent. Slate bonds, .did not bring out
sellers to anything like the amounts so
licited. The entire amount offered was but
$818,421, of which $790,421 were 5 per cent,
loans, and only $28,000 of 6 per cent, loans.
The latter were offered at 1041@105, and the
fives at from par and interest down to 963.
The high prices named by sellers afford
little opportunity for the State to make
much money from the purchase of its own
over due obligations, but they establish the
good credit of the Commonwealth, and
point to theihope that this may be the last
time that the law will require the Sinking
Fund Commissioners to resort to this very
reprehensible mode of meeting the past-due
State bonds.
LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 211866
Arteuius Ward In London.
Mb. Punch, My Dear Sir:— l was a
little disapinted in not receiving a invi
tation to jine in the meetins of the So
cial Science Congress.
I don’t exackly see how they get on
without me.
I hope it wasn’t the intentions of the
Sciencers to exclood me from their de
liberations.
Let it pare. Ido not repine. Let us
remember Homer. Twenty cities claim
Homer dead, thro' which the livin Mr.
Homer couldn’t have got trusted for a
sandwich and a glass of bitter beer, or
words to that effect.
But perhaps it was a oversight. Cer
tainly I have been hosspitably rec’d in
this country. Hospitality has been
pored all over me. At Liverpool I was
asked to walk all over the docks, which
are nine miles long; and I don’t re
member a instance since my 'rival in
Loudon of my gettin into a cab without
a Briton coming and perlitely shut in'
tlie door for me, and then extendin his
open hand to’ards me, in the most frenly
manner possible. Does he not by this J
simpleyit tuchin gesture, welcome me
to England,? Does’nthe? Oh, yes T l
guess he doea'nt he. And it’s quite
right among two great countries which
speak the same laugwidge, except as
regards H’s. And I’ve been allowed to
walk round all the streets. Even at
Buckingham Pallis I told a guard I
wanted to walk round there, and he
suid I could walk round there. I as
certained subsequent that lie referd to
the sidewalk iuslid of the Puliis —but I
couldn’t uoubt his hosspital feelina.
1 prepared a Essay on Animals to read
before the Social Science meetins. It
is a subjeck l may trootiully say I have
successfully wrustled with. I tackled
it when only nineteen years old. At
that tender age I writ a Essay for a
lit’ry lustitoot, entitled, "(Is Cats to be
Trusted?" On the merits of that Essay
it does’nt beeum me to speak, but I may
be excoos’d for mentionin’ that the
lustitoot parsed a resolution that,
“whether we look upon the length of
this essay, or the manner in which it is
written, we feel that we will notexpress
an opinion on it, and we hope it will be
read in other towns.”
Of course the essay I writ for the
Social Science Society is a more fluish
euer production than the one on Cats
which was wroten when my mind was
crood and afore I had mastered a grace
ful aud ellygant stile of composition. I
could not even puuctooate my sentences
proper at that time, aud I observe with
pane, on lookin over this effort of my
yooth, that its beauty is in one or two
instances mar’d by ingramuiaticisms.
This was unexcusable, aud I’m sur
prised I did it. A writer who can’t
write in a grammerly manner better
shut up shop.
You shall hear this Essy on Animals.
Some day when you have four hours to
spare i’ll read it to you. I think you’ll
enjoy it. Or what will be much better,
if I may suggest —omit all picture in
next week’s Punch , and not let your
contributors write anything whatever.
(Let them have a holiday ; they can
goto the British Mooseum;) andpubllsh
my Essy entire. It will All all your
collumes full, and createcommeut. Does
this proposition strike you? Is it a go?
In case I had read the Essy to the
Social Sciencers, I had intended it
should lie the closin’ attraction. I had
intended it should finish the proceed
ins. I think it would have finished
them. I understand animals better
than any other class of human creatures.
I have a very animal mind, aud I’ve
been identified with’em doorin my en
tire perfessional career as a showman ;
more especial bears, wolves, leopards,
and serpunts.
The leopard is as lively a animal as I
ever came into contack with. It is troo
he cannot change his spots, buLyou can
change ’em for him with a paint-brush,
as I once did in the case of a leopard
who wasn’t nat’rally,spotted in a attrac
tive manner. In exhibitin' him I used
to stir him up in his cage with a pro
tracted pole, aud for the purpose of
makiu him yell and kick up in a
leopardy manner, I used to ’casioually
whack him over the head. This would
make the children inside the booth
scream with fright, which would make
fathers of families outside the booth
very anxious to come in—because there
is a large class of parents who have un
controllable passion for takin’ their
children to places where they will stand
a chance of being frightened to death.
Oue day I whacked this leopard more
than usuil, which elicited a remon
strance from a tall gentleman in spec
tacles, who said: “My good man, do
not beat the poor caged animal. Rather
fondle him.”
“ I’ll fondle him with a club,” I an
sered, hitting him another whack.
“ I prithy desist,” said thegentleman;
“stand aside, and see the effeck of kind
ness. I understand the idiosyncracies
of these creetures better than you do.”
With that he went up to the cage, and
th rustic his face between the iron bars,
he said, soolhiuly, “ come hither, pretty
creetur.” The pretty creetur come
hitliered rather speedily, aud seized the
gentleman by the whiskers, which he
tore otr about enuff to stuff a small
cushion with.
He said, “You vagabone, I’ll have
you indicted for exhibitin dangerous
and immoral animals.”
I replied, “Gentle sir, there isn’t a
animal here that hasn’t a beautiful
moral, but you musn’tfondle ’em. Y’ou
musn't meddle with their idiosyncra
cies.”
The gentleman was a dramatic
cricket, aud he rote a article for a paper,
in which he said my entertainment was
a decided failure.
As regards Bears, you can teach em
to do iuterestin things, but they’re un
reliable. I had a very large grizzly
bear once, who would dance, and larf,
and lay down, aud bow his head in
grief, and gave a wornful wale, etsery.
But he often annoyed me. It will be
remembered that on the occasion of the
first battle of Bull Run, it suddenly oc
cured to the Federal soldiers that they
had business in Washington which
ought not to be neglected, and they all
started for that beautiful and romantic
city, maintaining a rate of speed durin
the entire distance that would have
done credit to the celebrated French
steed, Gladiateur. Very nat’rally
our Gov’ment was deeply grieved
at this defeat, and I said to my
bear, shortly after as I was givin’
a exhibition in Ohio, I said:
“Brewin, you are not sorry the national
arms has sustained a defeat.” His busi
ness was to wail dismal, and bow his
head down, the band (a barrel organ
and a wiolin) playing slow and melan
cholly moosic. What did the grizzly
old cuss do, however, but commence
dancing and larfing in the most joyous
manner. I had a narrer escape from
being imprisoned for disloyalty. I will
relate another incident in the career of
this re'chid bear. I used to present
what I called in the bills A Beautiful
living Pictur—showing the Bear’s fond
ness for his Master; in which I’d lay
down on a piece of carpeting, and the
Bear would come and lay down beside
me, restin his right paw on my brest,
the Band playing “ Home , Siveet Home,’’
very soft and slow. Altho' I say it, it
was a tuchin thing to see. I’ve seen
Tax Collectors weep over that perform
ance.
Well, one day I said, “Ladies and
gentlemen, we will now show you the
bear’s fondness for his master,” and I
went and laid down. I tho’t I observed
a pecooliar expression into his eyes, as
herolled to’ardsme, but I didn’t dream
of the scene which followed. He laid
down and put his paw on my breast.
“ Affection of the bear for his master,”
I repeated. “You see the monarch of
the western wilds in a subjugated state.
Fierce as these animals naturally are,
we now see that they have hearts and
can love. This bear, the largest in the
world, and measurin seventeen feet
round the body, loves me as a mer-ther
loves her che-ild!” But what was my
horror when the grizzly and infamous
bear threw his other paw under me,
and riz with me to nis feet. Then
clasptn me in a close embrace, he
waltzed up and down the platfbrm in
frightful manner. I yellin with fear and
anguish. To make matters wuss, a low
scurrilus young man in the audiens
hollered out, “Playfulness of the bear 1
Quick moosic!” I jest 'scaped with my
life. The bear met with a wiolent
death the next day, by bein in the way
when a hevily loaded gun was fired off
by one of the men.
But you should hear my Essy which
I wrote for the Social Science Meetins.
It would have had a movin effeck on
them.
I feel that I must now conclood.
I have read Earl Bright’s speech at
Leeds, and I hope we shall now hear
from John Derby. I trust that not only
they, but Wm. E. Stanley and Lord
Gladstone will cling inflexibility to
those great fundamental principles,
which they understand far better than
I do, and I will add that I understand
anything about any of them whatever
in the least —and let us all be happy,
and live within our means, even if we
have to borrer money to do it with.
Very respectively yours,
Abtemus Ward.
King George the Third.
The correspondence of King George
the Thiqd with Lord North, who was
Prime MiWter of England during the
Americanßevolutionary War, has been
published in London. The literary ed-
itor of the Press, in reviewing this
publication, comes to a conclusion re
specting the intellectual capacity of the
King which differs from that generally
entertained in this country. He says
Judging from the portions of this
correspondence already made public,
the idea that George 111. was merely
au obstiuate, half-witted, uneducated
man, will now be removed. There is
plain good sense in his Majesty’s letters,
and the literary composition is rather
above the average of country gentle
men of his time. So it ought to be, for
the education of British Princes, since
the beginning of the reign of George
11., has generally been very good.
Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of
George the'fluid, was born in Hanover,
seven years before the accession of the
Guelphs to tlie crown of England, and
though he had learned to speak the
English language very well, and could
converse fluently ill French and his
native German, could not be considered
well educated. However, he surpassed
his own father, who declared when lie
saw Hogarth’s amusing painting of
“The March to Finchley, about the
time when the battle of Culloden was
fought, that the artist deserved to be
bicketed for his insolence in make a
burlesque of the royal guards, and that
lie (tlie King) “ hated baiuting, and
boetry too.” But Prince Frederick,
tiiough a compound of knave and fool,
was so fortunate as to have a sensible,
well-informed wife (one of the clever
Cobourg line,) who took care that their
children the eldest of whom was after
wards George 111., should learn some
Latin and Greek, witli music, drawing,
German and French. Vet, Prince
Frederick obtained great popularity,
albeit himself badly educated, by his
substantial patronage of such authors
as Pope, Tindal, Glover and Johnson.
He died during his father’s lifetime,
and thus his son came to the throne at
the early age of twenty-one. Notwith
standing a precipitate and ungraceful
manner in ordinary conversation,
George the Third read his speeches in
public with proper emphasis and mod
ulation : indeedj his master in elocution
had been Quill,' tlie celebrated actor,
who exclaimed, when his pupil read
his first declaration as Sovereign in a
manner which won a compliment even
from Horace Walpole, the fastidious,
“Ay,—'twas I taught the boy!” Tlie
account of his interview with Dr. John-
son, as reported ou dictation of the latter
by Boswell, shows thatj(ieorge 111. had
uot ouly considerable conversatioual
powers, but large acquaintance with
literary subjects—particularly histori
cal, polemical, aud critical.
The letters of George 111. to Lord
North, now about being published in
full, will strengthen the favorable opin
ion we here express of that monarch’s
intellect. At times, no doubt, he was
insane, aud the last ten years of his life
were passed under necessary restrictions
from all society, but his common sense,
on ordinary occasions, was evident
enough. Duriug the fifty years of his
active co-operation in the government
of the British Empire, he placed full
confidence iu two men—Lord North
and the younger William Pitt. He was
grateful to the former because, in 1770,
at a momentous crisis, when the profli
gate Duke of Grafton suddenly resigued
his post of Prime Minister, Lord North,
who was leader of the House of Com
mons aud Finance Minister, yielded to
tile King’s wish, and took chief conduct
of the Government, in which office he
continued until he formed an unwise
and not creditable coalition with Fox;
and the Kiug was grateful to Pitt be
cause, that, at the age of twenty-five, he
had the courage to accept the office of
Premier, thereby defeating and exclud
ing Fox, whom the King had good
cause for disliking. North was Premier
for twelve, and Pitt for nearly nineteen
years, and during all that time scarcely
a day elapsed with at least one letter,
short or long, from George 111. to either.
The letters to Lord North, now an-
nouneed for publication, were laid be
fore Sir James Mackintosh, who, ex
tracting the most important passages
transcribed them in a blank paper-hook
which eventually passed into the hands
of Lady Charlotte Lindsay, who was
Lord North’s daughter. She allowed
Lord Brougham the use of it, and he
fully availed himself of the privilege,
for his eighteen-page article on Lord
North, in the “ Historical Sketches of
Statesmen who flourished in the Time
of George III.,” is supplemented, (vol.
1, pp. 6IS-IG6, Glasgow ed. of ISoo,) with
one hundred pages of these extracts.
The first bears date February, ITUS,
when North was Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, and the last was written in
November, 1783—the time when Ireland
was gallantly combatting for that legis
lative independence which was bo base
ly sold in 1800, and in it the King says :
“ By the sad measures we have adopted,
Ireland is now, in fact, disunited from
this Kingdom.”
The correspondence with. Lord North,
covering the whole time of the Ameri
can war, and confidentially communi
cating the King’s hopes and fears, likes
and dislikes, antipathies and friend
ships, is extremely interesting, even
when given piecemeal by Lord
Brougham. The manuscript book of
extracts, from which hequoted so freely,
was placed in Lord Mahon’s hands in
1847, and some quotations are made
therefrom in the Appendices to the
fifth and seventh volumes of his “ His
tory of England but he does not give
a single sentence not previously pub
lished by Lord Brougham, and take the
liberty, in some instances, of changing
the King’s language, and particularly
of filling up blanks, and of substituting
words in full for the contractions often
used by his Majesty.
It is instructive to note, in these con
fidential letters, how entirely the King,
contrary to the Constitutional theory
that he should reign and not rule (his
ministry, not himself, being responsi
ble,) held the'ribbons in his own hands,
all through, and reduced the Premier to
the condition of'a principal clerk. The
King’s will is strongly expressed on all
questions, from the pitched battle be
tween John Wilkes and the House of
Commons, to extravagance of the
Prince of Wales and the “immense”
cost of the war with America. In Sep
tember, 1780, commenting on a despatch
“ certainly of a very gloomy cast,” from
Sir Henry Clinton, the King writes:
“ But the giving up of the game would
' be certain ruin. A small State may
certainly subsist, but a great one mould
ering cannot get into an interior situa
tion, but mustbe annihilated. We must
i strengthen the West India squadron,
; recruit Clinton’s army, not for contest,
■ but to keep what he has.” Fifteen
• months later (Christmas 1781,) when
i every one but George 111. and Lord
, North say American Independence was
i all but won, the former protests against
*' the getting a peace at the expense of
a separation from America, which no
difficulties can get me to consent to.’’
In a letter (January 1772) the King
writes his approval of the sketch or
first draught of the Speech from the
Throne to be read at the opening of the
Parliamentary Session: “ When the
sentences are a little rounded [the
italics are his own] and thfe foreign
articles is added, it will make a very
good one.” Five years later, (Junel777,)
he writes, very honestly, “ I have not
the smallest doubt that Truth ought to
be the chief object in a speech from the
Throne.” In that same letter he adds.
“In my opinion the Americans will
treat before winter.”
From the abstract already printed, it
may be reasonably expected that the
whole correspondence of George 111,
with his Prime Minister ; Lord North,
will throw considerable light upon the
history of his reign, and particularly
that period of it in which the American
contest for Independence took place.
Missouri.
The following correspondence, which
we take from the Cape Girardeau (Mo.)
Jrgus, explains itself:
LETTER FROM OOV. FLETCHER.
City of Jefferson, Oct. 19, 1866.
ItEv. Father O’Kegan
Dear Sir—Herewith please find a
remittal of the flue imposed on you by
the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau
county, for solemnizing a marriage
without taking the oath of loyalty. On
an examinationofthe record at J ackson,
I found that there was no final action
in the cases of Father McGerry and
'Father Kyan. I also found that the
cases of the ladies of St. Vincent’s Con
vent were continued.
The Constitution of the State only
permits me to interfere “ after convic
tion.” I regret that it is so, as it would
have been a real pleasure to me to re
lieve from further auuoyance from the
indictments found agaiust them, the
venerable and ortliy Father McGerry
and the estimable and devotional Sisters
of the Convent, and whom you may
assure I will do as soon as it can be done
legally.
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Thomas C. Fletcher.
Cafe Girardeau, Oct. 29, 1866.
To His Excellency, Uoc. Fletcher:
Dear Sir— l have received your letter
of the 19th inst., remittiug the fine im
posed on me for solemnizing marriage
without having taken the “Oath.”
Though not sorry for the past, nor
purposing amendment for the future, 1,
however, gladly avail myself of the
favor ofy our executive clemency, where
by I am freed from past penalties, and, I
hope, preserved from future annoyances.
1 feel most grateful for your favor, and
for the generous sentiments accompay
ing it.
Who would have thought, a few years
ago, that a priest would need pardon
from a governor for the performance of
a purely religious ceremouy? But it
will be said that we are punished, not
for religion, but for disloyalty. We are
not disloyal; no one has ever heard us
express a disloyal sentiment. True, we
have not made all the exterior display
that otheis have by the Hying of flags
and frothy eloquence; but if we be
judged by our actions, which speak bet
terthan words, our loyalty will be found
far superior to that of any in this city.
For, though there was au army chap
lain who once and awhile visited the
hospital, distributed a few tracts and
went his way rejoicing in his pay, yet
to comfort and console the poor sick
soldiers, in their long and weary
hours, and to aid them at their
death, devolved on the priests, one
of whom visited the hospital every day.
I myself, with my owu hand, have
administered baptism and extreme
unction to many of them, and closed
their dying eyes. The lint for the
wounded, and the cloths, came in great
part from the College ; the pillows and
beds, on which the sick soldiers lay,
belonged to the priests of the College,
who never asked nor received one cent
in payment for what they gave or did.
The nurses saw and knew all this ; the
sick soldiers felt it; the doctors can tes
tify to it—but the gentlemen of the
grand jury knew no thing about it. What
mattered it to them whether a dying
soldier of the Union had a soft bed, or
whether his last sad moments were
cheered by the consolation which relig
ion alone can give? Why, if theonehun
dredth part of what we have done for
our soldiers had been done for one poor
Confederate, we would be stigmatized as
traitors aiding and abetting the enemy.
But have we not sympathized with re
bels? Yes ; when some poor forsaken
prisoner, far from friends and home, lay
pining in the prison, in rags and ver
min, shivering with cold, we have at
times, with contributed to
his comfort and cleanliness: and if that
be a crime in the eyes of God or men,
then we plead guilty.
Let me assure you, dear sir, that no
Priest, however loyal, can take a politi
cal oath as a qualification for the exer
cise of his priestly functions. He may
and can take such an oath as a qualifi
cation for a political end, as for voting,
Ac., because the State may impose po
litical conditions on the exercise of civil
rights. But he cauuot—he dare not,
take it as a priest—as a condition for
preaching or administering the sacra
ments ; for this would be to grant to the
temporal authority what belongs to the
spiritual—to the civil power what Henry
IV., of Germany, and Henry VIII., of
England, claimed for themselves—su
premacy in Church as in State.
With some, preaching and marriage
are regarded in a political light. But
notsowithus. Our pulpit has never
been converted into a political rostrum,
nor our churches to places of public
meeting. Marriage, too, with us, is a
sacrament —a bond which never can be
severed. The State need not acknowl
edge the validity of our marriages as to
’ their civil effects. We do not ask it.
But to acknowledge them valid, and yet
place conditions on the administration
of the sacrament is certainly wrong.
For where Catholic parties present
themselves before their pastor, and have
complied with the regulations of the
Church, he can no more refuse his ser
vices to them than he can refuse bap
tism to an infant, or extreme unction
to a dying man. If he refuses, he fails
in his duty, and commits a sin ; if he
blesses their union, he disobeys the laws
of the State, and is subject to fine and
imprisonment. What, then, must he
do? He can only raise his mind
to God, whosA laws are just and
immutable, ana say, with St. Peter,
“It is better to obey God than
men.” Come fine, come imprisonment,
come death—it matters not—the laws of
man must yield to the jaw of God. Did
Saints Peter and Paul obey the com
mands of Nero, and swear by the genius
of Ciesar, and sacrifice to Jupiter and
Venus? Did not they, and millions of
others, prefer to suffer death rather than
obey the laws of the St&te in opposition
to the will of God, and the dictates of
conscience. The spirit which animated
the Martyrs of old, still lives in the
Church ; and its clergy and its people
are at this day as ready as of old to
sacrifice houses, and honors, and riches,
and friends, and liberty, and
life itself, rather than deviate
one hair’s breath from the path of
rectitude, by acknowledging the
supremacy of the State in matters
of religion. Hence, not one priest has
or will subscribe to the qualifying oath.
Hence, too, it follows that if the Taw be
put into execution, there will be a regu
lar persecution of the Catholic clergy;
ana the scenes of Pagan times—prisons,
and torture, and confiscations, will be
repeated in this land—once the home
of civil and religious liberty.
Let me also remark, that this oath is
very impolitic. It drives from the
ranks of the Radicals the whole body
of Catholics—many of whom would
otherwise be found in that party. But
in Missouri, no Catholic can be a Radi
cal ; for, as no priest can in conscience
take the oath, no Catholic can in con
science sustain it, or those who ad
vocate it.
It is therefore a pleasure to us that
you, dear sir, do not advocate that
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clause; and I hope that your interven
tion in my case will act as a reproof on
the officiousness of those who have, in
open court, wantonly wounded our
most sensitive feelings, and caused us
so much trouble.
Hoping then, that thatlaw will remain
a dead letter until it will be repealed by
the Legislature, or declared unconstitu
tional by the Supreme Court at Wash
ington, Iremain, dear sir, your obedient
servant,
P. M. O’Regan, C. M,
Only n Simple Flower.
‘‘lt is only a simple wild flower,”
said a friend as he saw her eyes fixed
intently upon a little blossom by the
wayside.
Yes, only a simple flower to him,
neither pretty nor bright enough to at
tracts careless eye; but most lovely and
dear in our eyes from sacred memories
which make it to us the holiest of all
God’B countless flowers. With itcomes
back to us the pleasant sounds and quiet
gladness of a peaceful homestead, now
a heap of blackened ashes. We close
our eyes and we hear once more the
laughter of joyous children, echoing
through its corridors and groves of oak.
Busy little feet come pattering in from
the woodland, and nimble fingers
choose, from their floral spoils, this
very flower as a love-offering for the best
beloved of the home circle. Crossed are
now the little hands in their still re
pose, quiet the busy feet, and the sweet
voice will greet us no more until we
hear it in the.choir of angels on the re
surrection morn.
“Only a simple flower!” but it bor
dered a school-path trodden by one
whose feet from childhood, through the
short twenty-two years of his pure
young life, never swerved from the path
of duty. He, too, has gone lo tread the
eternal courts, and the dust of our dar
lings lies side by side in the country
church-yard.
“Only a simple flower!” but the
dearest memories of a life, the bitterest
throes of mortal anguish, the dumb
despairof a crushed woe, and the dawn
ing of a new and divine hope lie with
in its leaves for us. It, too, will fade
and crumble into dust like the hands
that gathered it, and it, too, has a resur
rection and a new life.
The Mother,
There is something in sickness that
breaks down the pride of manhood ;
that softens the heart, and brings it
back to the feelings of infancy. Who
that has languished, even in advanced
life, in sickness and despondency ; who
that has pined on a weary bed, in the
loneliness and neglect of a foreign land,
but has thought on the mother “ that
looked on his childhood,” that smooth
ed his pillow and administered to
his helplessness? Oh! there is an
enduring tenderness in the love
of a mother to a son, that
transcends all other affections of
the heart. It is neither to be chilled by
selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor
weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled
by iugratitude. She will sacrifice every
comfort to his convenience ; she will
surrender every pleasure to his enjoy
ment; she will glory in his fame and
exult in his prosperity; and, if mis
fortune overtake him, he will be
dearer to her from misfortune ; and if
disgrace settle upon his name, she will
still love and cherish him in spite of his
disgrace; and*if all the world beside
cast him off, she will be all the world
to him.
Where's the Nipcer?
A Radical sheet, the Tumuqua Journal,
says:
“ We have had the Republican victory—
now, where’s the ‘ Nigger ?’ ”
Thereupon the Bellefonte Watchman
“goes in” at the following rapid rate:
“Go to your store, and you get from
eighteen to twenty-five cents worth of nig
ger in every yard of muslin you buy ; irom
ten to fifteen cents worth of nigger inever3’
yard of calico your wife and children use ;
from six to eight dollars worth of nigger iu
each burrel of flour your family consume*;
twenty-five cents worth of nigger in each
pound of coffee you purchase; from eight
to twelve cents worth of nigger in every
pound of sugar you buy to sweeten it;
you’ll find a small bit of nigger in your
box of matches, and considerable nigger in
your plug of tobacco. You can eat nothing,
wear nothing, see nothing, taste jiothing, or
have nothing, that is not more or less alfecL
ed by the miserable niggerism that has con
trolled the country since ‘ Old Abe ’ left
Springfield for Washington.”
Political SfaduesH.
The Pittsburg Gazette gives the following
extract from a private note written by a
jubilant Republican. It shows the crazy
condition of the Radical mind:
“ The Lord has spoken through His peo
ple. His voice has been heard from Maine
to Minnesota. Was not the Lhundor of
Massachusetts terrible to evil-doers? I
think it must have caused the dry bones in
the White House to shake. If the <jood God
does not see Jit to take me to Heaven when 1
die. , I trust he will send me to Afassachusctts.
If Andrew Johnson should now sec fit to kill
himself, I should go up in a jlamc of glory ,
like the prophet."
grofesustottal (Sards.
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PURPOSES.
Contain all the latest improvements; are
speedy; noiseless; durable; and easy to work.
Illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted.
Liberal discount allowed. No consignments
made Address,
EMPIRE 8. M. CO.,
Jnly 25 lyw 291 616 Broadway, New York.
CORN BHEIXEB AND CIEASEB.-THE
attention of manufacturers la called to this
lately patented Improvement, by means of
which the farmer can thresh apd clean, by one
operation, from 1,000 to 1,500 bUßhels of Corn
per day, with no more power than la required
to drive the old-feshioned "Cannon Sheller,’
the machine doing the work In the most thor
ough manner, and Is not liable to get out of
order; the farmer being able In a moment to
set the machine and to clean any sl2ed corn,
mouldy or dry.
County and State rights for sale on reasona
ble terms, by addressing
WM. R. BURNS.
Lancaster, Pa,
Jane 6 tfw 22
4OV£BTU»e.
Bubotw adv*btibwu6»tb, $l9 ft you* per
square of ton lines • ten dot cent, lncreaaefor
fraotlons of a year.
Biai< EgTATa, Fmaaoinx Pbofxbty , and Gx? •
vral Advxbtibiwq, 7 oents a line tor (ha
first, and 4 cents for each subsequent inser
tion.
Patint MzDionvxs ana outer adver's by the
column:
One column, 1 year, $lOO
Half column, 1 year— 60
Third oolumn, 1 year, M . M . M ... m . tM , MM . 40
goarter oolumn, 80
usiKBBS Gauds, of ten lines or leu,
one year,.—. 10
Business Cards,live lines or less, one
year, 6
Leqai. and othbb Notices—
Exeoutors’ notices....— 2.00
Administrators’ notices,—.—....... 2.00
Assignees’ notloes,.. 2.00
Auditors’ notices, 1.60
Other “Notices, ’ten lines, or leu,
three times, - 1.50
s*ll ©ocjflsf, &i.
rpHK GREATEST Pl.At'E
cheap bargains
In Lancaster City la at
CHEAP JOHN’S VARIETY STORK,
No. 3 East Kino Street,
Wbero will be found a large assortment ot
DRY GOODS!
CONSI3TISO OF
HANDSOME DELAINES FOR FALL
NEAT AND DARK CALICOF-S FOR FALL,
MUSLINS,
CHECKS,
FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
A splendid assortment U ot| BALMORAL
SKIRTS lor the Full.
CLUCKS, JEWELRY,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES AND ALBUMS,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
NOTIONS,
GLOVES,
HOSIERY
TRI MM IN GS OFA L L KIN DS,
•KRFU.MKRY, FANCY A N D OTHER SOAPS,
GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
bouts as d shoes itc., Ac.
All of which will be sold wholesale or retail at
astonishingly low prices.
43"- Don't forget the place,
CHEAP JOHN’S,
No. 3 Kant Kiiuj St., and Side Centre
Sfjuarc, Lancaster, Pa.
WlioluHiilo mid Retail Agout for
Prof. McEntyre’H Celebrated Medicines,
uug 15
866. FALL ANU WIM'KIt 1866.
DRY GOODS.
II AG K R it RROTII K R S
Are now receiving a full stork of Dry Goods
ir Kali ami Winter Wear.
LURKS’ DRESS GOODS,
’UI'LINS, VALENCIAS, FRENCH MKKI
- WOOL PLAIDS, DM LAINKS AND
CHINTZES.
,XTKA QUALITY IJLACK SILKS,
BROCADE SILKS—Plain Shades.
.AIN COLORED SILKS—AII Shades,
MOURNING GOODB.
BLACK BOMBAZINES,
LINS, MERINOES, DK LAINES.
SHAWLS
WOOLEN LONU AND
PLAIN, FANCY
SQUARE SHAWLS,
BLACK THIBET LONG ANI) SQUARI
SH AWLS.
LADIES’ CLOAKS AND CLOAKING
CLOTHS,
u all the New Styles.
I IOUSE-FUHNISIIING GOODS.
A complete stock of
,INKNS, DAM ASKS MUSLINS, SHEET
I NOS, I’iANO AND TABLE COVERS,
MARSEILLES QUILTS, &C.
CARPETS, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS AND DRUG
GETS,
To be sold aL lowest prices.
HAGER * BROTHERS.
1866.
CLOTHING,CLOTHS
866 FALL.
AM)
CASSIMKKES.
HAUER & BROTHERS
Have now eady the moat complete stock of
Full aud Winter C'lotnlug ever ofl'ered In this
clly.
FINE CLOTH DRESS SUITS.
CASSIMERE BUSINESS SUITS.
PLAIN AND FANCY SUITS FOR BOYS.
MOSCOW BEAVER OVERCOATS.
CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER
PROMPTLY,
IN BEST STYLE.
Moscow and Tricot Beaver Cloths.
Black and Colored French Cloths.
Black Doeskin and Fancy Cassimeres.
Cassimeres for Boys.
Satinetts, JeaDs, &c.,
To be sold at LO WEST PRICES.
HAGER & BROTHERS
866. DUY ° <,ODN - 1866.
WENTZ ItROTIJERST
BEE HIVE STORE
No. 5 E.a st Kino Street.
A BEAUTIFUL DEMONSTRATION.
•RICES ARE DECIDEDLY' REASONABLE.
Wehavouow on exhibition a most superb
display of reasonable and fashionable goods as
well aa a large stock of Staple and Domestic
Goods, to which we Invite Early and Bpecial
Attention. Our prices will be found low.
CARPETS and OIL CLOTHS claim an earnest
attention.
The long established character of the
"BEE HIVE STORE”
iHftHuillcleut guarantee that every customer
will get the worth of their money.
■ADIESSACQUES,CLOAKS AND CLOTHS.
WENTZ BROTHERS
Sign of the Bee Hive,”
No. 5 East King Rtreet.
apr 2.5 tfw IGJ
%m, Caps & |urs.
RADIES' FANCY FURS
NOW OPENING AT
SHULTZ & BROTHER’S
tfj NORTH IiUEEN STREET,
LANCASTER, PA
A. very choice collection of Ladles’ Fancy Furs,
.SABLE, MINK, SABLE,
SIBERIAN BQ.UIRREL,
GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND
ROCK MARTIN.
CAPES, VICTORINEB, BERTHAS,
CUFFS and MUFFS FOB LADIES’ AND
CHILDREN’S WEAR.
Ladies’ and Children’s Hoods, Caps, and Fur
Trimming. Gentlemens’ Fur Collars, Gloves,
and Caps in all qualities. A complete assort
ment of
FANCY SLEIGHING ROBES.
SJIULTZ A BROTHER ,
HATTERS AND FURRIERS.
All kinds of SHIPPING FURS bought,
and highest cash prices paid. inov 1-tfdAW
IJUIE GREATEST BARGAINS,
LARUKNT ASSORTMENT AND LATEST
STYLES,
TO HE FOUND IN THE CITY, ARK AT
J. M. GREEN'S
{Successor to Jesse Smith.)
NEW HAT AND CAP STORE
HOWELL’S BUILDING,
No. Gi, North Qttekj* Street,
LANCASTER, PA.
The proprietor, having Just returned from
New York and Philadelphia, would respectfully
Inform his patrons and the public generally,
that lie has now on hand the Latest, Best and
most complete assortment of ,
HATS AND CAPS
ever offered to the citizens of Lancaster and
vicinity, and at the moat
REASONABLE PRICES.
This stock consists of all the novelties of the
season, some of which are:
THE CHAPEAU BREVETE,
NEW SARATOGA,;
CYNOSURE,
INDICATOR,
SARATOGA,
MORTON,
R A . SilIH-
CRACKER. BISCUIT AND CAKE BAKER
Three doors below Lane's Store, Lancaster, Fa/
JV All the artlolea for sale at this establish*
meat are baked fresiuevery day*
SATIN ETTS,
TICKINGS, AC
ALPACAS, PUP-
AMERICAN FITCH,
AND PETO.
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