®ht Cfatrc jPmocrat.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
The LargNt, Cheapest mad Beet Paper
published in cbntri county.
The Northern Pacific Job.
From time to time since the assemb
ling of the present Congress there have
been reports that under Keifer and
Robeson we might expect to see the
lobby thawed out again. That theao re
ports have not been without foundation
ia shown by the action of the Ilouae
Judiciary Committee in the matter of
the Northern Pacific Land grants. It is
now nearly five mouth" since Mr. Tel
ler in the Senate and Mr. Casaidy in the
House began the campaign to recover
from the Northern Pacific Railroad for
the use of the people the millions of
acres of land which it had appropriated
without equitable right and solely
through the connivance of a complais
ant and clumsy tool in the I>epartraenl
of the Interior. Congress originally be
atowed a magnificent empire of the fin
est wheat-growing lands in the coun
try upon the Northern Pacific upon the
express condition that the whole road
should be constructed and equipped
by the 4th of July, 1877. a term which,
unfler H
ded two years. The act of Congress,
unlike llie generality of land grunt act*,
did not pro ide that t the expiration ot
the time indicates the grants should
revert to the United States, but declare
that if the company should neglect to
fulfill anv of its conditions during the
space of a twelvemonth, "then in such
"case, at any time hereafter, the Uni
"ted States, by ita Congress, may do any
"and all acts and things which may be
"needful and necessary to insure n
"speedy completion ofaaid road." The
remarkable decision concocted in the
interests of the Northern Pacific by Sec
retary Schuri and Assistant Attorney.
General Marble was published in tuil
in these columns on the 14th of Jan
aury last. Bv extending the rights and
immunit ea of the company to the full
period of a year after the final date set
for the fulfillmentof the company's part
of the agreement, despite the fact that
it had violated each and all of the con
ditions on which the lands were gran
ted to it. the Northern Pacific escaped
figuring in the list of defaulting road*
reported to Congress by the then Land
Commissioner as meriting forfeiture,
unless the time allowed for the con
struction of the road should be extend
ed. Time being thus gained to push
forward the work of building the road
on the credit of the land grants which
no longer belonged to it in law or equi>,
ty, the founda'ion was laid for a furth
er report, judiciously submitted at a
time when it cannot tie considered for
some months, if at all during the pres
ent Coiigre.s, to tile eth-cl tliat the -ole
right of Congress in the premises is to
do whatever is necessary to insure the
completion of the line. This principle
laid down, it is easy for the Judiciary
Committee to deduce therefrom the
conclusion that Congress should do
nothing whatever, but leave the work
to the corporation which has proved its
capacity and anxiety to do the work by
neglecting it. It ia not contended—
that would be too much even for the
company's apologists to pretend—that
the value of the land is not far in excess
of the cost of constructing and equip
ping the railroad line. Were Congress
to take the needful and necessary steps
that would be taken by a private indi
vidual in similar circumstances, the re
sult would he that the road would tie
built with a moiety of the lands, and
the remaining millions upon millions of
acres would be saved to the United
States for the use of actual settlers.
Such * course, however, the Judiciary
Committee does not deem "advisable,"
and Congress ia asked to help the com
pany to profit by its own laches and
torts.
It is not necessary to recall to the
mioda of our readers the different steps
in this rascality—the reversing ofSecee
tary Chandlers'* Florida derision of IB7C,
which furnished a precedent fatal to
the ring; the turning and twisting of
the route to take in a every desirable
tract of land ; the preparation of deci
sions which rested upon no principle of
law or precedent, and the "restoration"
to the conspirator* of more land than
tbey had ever claimed. Hut it may be
well to note once for all the consistent
jobbery and illegalitv with which this
scheme baa .been identified from the
dale of ita inception. The Northern
Pacific was not like the transcontinent
al lines which preceded it, which were
built in accordance with a political ne
ceaaity indicated during the war of *#
cession. If the Union was to be bound
firmly together in all ita parts, a speed
ier and more intimate connection be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Slates
was indispensable, to say nothing of the
influence of a Pacific railroad in bring
ing about a solution of the Indian and
Mormon problems, of of it* commercial
importance aa a link in the trade sys
tem or the world. Whatever the ex
travagance and oorruptioo may have
been that sprang from tha extension to
those road* of Qovernment aid, their
construction was indispensable, and
tbev could not have been constructed
without that aid. There waa, however,
DO plea of tbo sort to be entered in fsv
or of the Northern Pacific. No political
necessity dictated tninal populations to
be linked together; no through trade
awaited a channel. It waa a project
that should bavo been left severely to
private enterprise, to bo constructed as
population and commerce demanded its
facilities. There was no need to vote it
lands, sinoe it waa to bo built out of the
proceeds of ita bonds, and tbua the
grant of a territory aa large aa and much
richer than a European empire was a
bonus from the Treesnry to ita boilders.
Lobbies and land-grabbers have fatten
ed upon it from the days of Cook to
tboae of Villard, and the scandals that
•ttend it aboutd have aroused the Gov
ernment to the indecency of the whole
business. But, as tbo grants of land
were gratuitous, it waa fated tbat tbe
Government should never take action
onneerning tbe company save to aid in
tbe work of destroying ita own title and
abdieating Ita declared powers. There ia
little ground for anticipating any no-
tion at the hand* of aCongreas bought
and sold by Koifar and Robeson, unless
further to extend the company's time
and more closely to fasten its grip upon
the swag. It is, perhaps, the last great
job in which the Republican party is to
engage. It will always be reckoned
among the moat scandalous of the many
rascally transactions in which the party
of great moral ideas has lived and mov
ed and had ita congenial being during
the last eighteen years. If the l'emo
crata in Congress are true to their party
it will be recorded aa the most diss*
irons operation ever undertaken even
by the blundering party of llrnnt and
of Colfax.
Mrs. Nellie Young.
Death of a Ijady who Knew Genera' M'asA
imjton.
New Vork llsrsld.
A remarkable woman has just died at
Richmond, Va. She was perhaps the
last living human being who had seen
and talked with Washington, notwith
standing the number of straggling pre
tenders who occasionally appear before
the public aa claimants for this honor.
Mrs. Young, the person to wbotn refer
ence ia made, was the last surviving
child of General Washington's steward,
Anderson, the honest and frugal .Scotch
man who for so many year* had control
of his domestic affairs at Mount Vernon.
Her maiden sister, Miss Nellie Ander
son, died in Richmond more than fif
teen years ago at the advanced age of
ninety-five, and now the venerable sur
vivor depart* this life after having lived
exactly the same length of time. She
was born at Mount Vernon in 1787.
For more than sixty years she had res.d
ed in Richmond, respected by the en
tire community and beloved by all
whose privilege it waa to enjoy her im
mediate acquaintance. Remark able for
strength of body as well as vigor of
mind, she had perfectly retained, until
within the past lew days, recollections
of the early part of her life at the home
of Washington. To all who conversed
with her on this subject and its interest
ing associations, she gave, without os
tentation. satisfactory replies. Togreal
dignity of tearing she united that true
modesty so characteristic oi the real
woman. She died as she had lived—a
devout Christian.
51 rs. Young always took great pleas
ure in dwelling upon the goodness and
uniform kindness of General ar.d Mrs.
Washington to all connected with their
establishment. It must be remembered
tbat at that lime the relative social
positions of dependents, domestics and
the great proprietors were strongly con
trasted. The aristocratic sentiment pre
vailed, and alout the "great house,' as
it wus called, a more than ordinary
sense of awe presided. With this were
connected thestnctc-t rules of decorum,
against which it was more than treason
to err. Notwithstanding tin* the chil.
i dren of nil tbe adjoining households
were free to go and come; and Mrs
Young and her sister often romped on
the portico* and through the hall of the
stately mansion with the children of
the Fairfaxes, Culie* and Lewises,
some ot whom were constant guests of
General and Mr*. Washington. In
deed, she has told the writer that she
and ber sister were rarely permitted to
retire from the presence of Mrs. Wash
ington before having received some
token of kindness in the way of fruit
cake and such like, and that on no oc
casion did the General p**s them with
out a kindly greeting. She took special
pleasure in referring to an incident in
which Washington's stepson, young
Cfiatia, and Rawlins, one of bis mana
gers, met with a sore discomfiture. The
two were indulging their fsvorite pas
time of dancing and fiddling, Custi*
being the dancer and Rawlings the fid
dler, when to their surprise and dismay
the Geoeral stepped suddenly upon tbe
scene. We may well imagine the effect
of so august a presence at such a mo
menf.
The air of sfount Yerdon must have
been conducive to longevity. Wash
ington's favorite negro hunter and l>ody
servant during the war. Will Lee, lived
to be more then a hundred years old.
Thomas Bishop, his English servant,
who hsd keen with Br-uldock in the
same capacity on the Continent and in
America, up to the time of the latter'*
death, and who at the dreadful day of
Monongahela disengaged Washington
from hia slaughtered horse and lifted
him. worn and weak, upon the back of
another, also survived to nearly the
same length of days, and so did old
"Father Jack," the African fisherman,
whose duty it was to supply the table at
slount -Vernon with fish from the
water* of tbe Potomac.
Manners In School Room
BT JKU A. SB ITII.
Do you know, fellow teacher, that
your manner* among your pupil* ha*
much to do with your nucceaa? Do you
know that every word, every move,
every facial expression, becomea a fac
tor either for or against you f Of oourae
tbi* subject baa prevented itaelf many
times before. The teacher afTecU the
atmosphere of hia school. On someday*
it will Men almost impossible to bold
attention. On other* all will be inter
eated. One day the pupils will be rest
leva and uneaay. The next, probably,
brings about a change, and there la
perfect tranquility. The teacher makes
the atmosphere of the school room. He
make# it pleasant and agreeable, or
cheerless and depressive, lithe state of
weather out-doors influence the pupil's
mental condition, how much more will
that indoors affect it! If a clouded sky
and gloomy landscape makes one mel
ancholy, think of the poor pupil who
must submit to six hours ofdwmal fog
and lowering dolefulnsaa.
Tbo Muck Talk— 11 is possible to talk a
school to daatb. Roys and girls, if tbey
have learned their lesson*, like to recite
them, and it is manlfastly impolitic for
the teacher to tall what his pupils are
eager to tell to him. It discourage#
them, and in time deprive# them of
their individuality,
tkoldinf—' Thla is resorted to oftner
with fewer good results than any other
method of discipline known. There ia
a wida difference between simply point
ing out a fault and soolding about It.
Tba former is done quietly, and indi
cates a sense of wrong and injustioe; tba
latter e manifested by sharp tones,
severe aspects, and n general spirit ot
reprimand. Ncolding call* forth cum
bativeneaa; it modiNn without reform
tng ; it i* disagreeable ; it blunta the
tteri*ibilitie*of many and discourages all.
When a teacher finds that disorder is
increasing. let hitu take a quick survey
of the field and go to work in alienee,
tenet. I.et him say leaa anil mean more.
Poliletuu. —Children are quick imita
tors. If good example* are placed before
them, good coniea may be expected.
No word ahouhi be uttered that in not
perfectly in keeping with the character
of a gentleman. Thia ahonld be the
rule in the school room and out of it.
Boy* and girl* must be treated reaped
fully or they will resent it. Their sen
nihilities may he wounded by a careless
word that the teacher has not properly
weighed. Who baa not seen the blush
of mortification mantle the cheek, or
the fire of indignation flush in the eye
of an insulted child? Their rights
should be respected. Not only that,
hut they should receive courteous treat
ment under all circumstances. Let
them hear a cheery "Good morning!"
when they enter the room. It costs
hut little effort, and will give the teach
er an advantage not easily calculated.
A distant nod or a gruff word is not suf
fictenl. A pleasant suiile will gladden
a little fellow's heart all day long.—
Pfnna. School Journal.
Mrs. Gen. Sherman's Discovery
Vrm ibstwnser TriUiu--
Apropos of Gen. Sherman's visit to
Denver a atory is told of the general's
experience with Henry Clay Dean.
The two had been friends for years, anil
when Sherman became general and
Dean liajqwiicf to he in Washington
the lat'.er naturally enough felt a desire
to renew the old acquaintance. So he
called at Sherman's house, and the
geneial received hiru with open arm*.
They talked over old time*, and nothing
would do hut Pchii must remain to,lit,
ner. "'But, general," remonstrated Mrs.
Sherman in her husband's ear, ''l cun't
have such a dirty looking man at my
table. Can't you spruce him up a lit
tie ?" The general said he'd fix that,
and so at an n<l|>ortune moment fie
hustled Mr. Dean up stairs, ransacked
a bureau and produced a clean shirt
lor him to put on. Mrs Sherman was
mollified and the dinner m really a
charming atfair, for there is no more
delightful, entertaining, and fnstrn'-tive
conversationalist than Henry (.'lay ln-ati
Une year after this event lien. SherruaH
was at the I.indell hotel. St. Ixvuia, with
his family. A card was brought up
bearing Henry Clay Dean's n ,tn<". Mr..
Sherman was very much pleated, "lie
is such a charming talker, we must have
hint to dinner, t'nly, ynu tuust see
that he look* presentable." These
were madam's words to the warrior.
So Kbermm welcomed D.'*n. and just
before going to diner, slipped him
into a side room and gave him a clean
shirt to wear. Dean, doffed his coal
and vest, and after a brief struggle di
vested himself of tlie shirt he had on
—a soiled, gritny, black tiling that look
cd a* if it had seen long and hard
service. Then they all went down to
dinner, and Mr. Dean was more charm
mg than ever, and Mr*. Sherman was
in ecstacies. Tlie next day, * Mis.
S'lerman wo.* getting her husband's
dud* and trap* together, preparatory to
packing them for the onw,rd march,
she gave a sort of wild, hunted scream.
"What is it. my dear ?" called the gen
eral from the next room. "Just come
in here for a minute," repled Mr#.
Sherman, holding in her left hand the
begrimed *birt Henry Clav Dean find
led. With her right hand she pointed
to certain initials on tlie lower edge of
the bosom. The initials read : "W. T.
S." It waa the identical shirt General
Sherman had loaned Henry Clay Dean
in Washington twelve month* before.
A Cyclone StorT From Virginia.
PMarttar.-. (V* i todst-Aft**!
A gentleman from Greenzville' ounly
yesterday related to u* an inn .ent of
the atorm which wa* very remarkable.
So far as known, the tornado struck at
only one point in the county, and that
was on the farm of Mrs. Ley burn Ham
ton. some few miles from Hicksford.
All the bouses on the place except the
residence were blown down, and the
timber scattered before the wind. The
residence itself waa slid along on the
ground for a distance of 20 or 30 feet,
and one of Ihe gable ends blown out.
None of the occupants of the buildings
were injured, though they were very
much startled, of course, at the move
ment of the house. The atorm, in it*
sudden approach, caught moat ot the
|>eople on the farm out of door*, and to
thia fact their safely wa* probably due.
In one of the small house# occupied hy
colored peoi lea little child had been
left alone. When search waa made for
it under the debris it waa found unhurt
and without even a scratch. The tim
bers had fallen over the child in aucfi a
way as thoroughly to protect it, though
it* shelter waa covered with Ihehrirk*
of the chimney. It ia related that the
first evidence of the tornado wa* the
catching up by the wind of a flock of
geeae. Those who saw the geese in the
air thought that they were flying, hut a*
they were quickly dashed to the ground
and killed, thia opinion waa soon chang
ed. The moat retoarkakle feat of the
wind, however, aa reported, was the lift
ing of a wagon and a pair of oxen from
the ground, and throwing them over a
gate, near which tbey were standing,
the oxen were left with the broken
tongue of the wagon when they tell,
but it atated that the wagon was carried
off, and lodged itt a tree some distance
away. We give the abova aa Mated by
our informant.
j Wrb* two young people atatt out in
life together with nothing hut a de
termination to aueceed, avoiding the
iovaaion of each other'* idiosyncrasies,
not carrying the candle near the gun
powder, sympathetic with each other's
em plot ment, willing to live on small
means until they get large facilitiee,
paying aa tbey go, taking life here aa a
discipline with four eye* watching iu
peril* and four hand* fighting iu battles
—whatever other# may say or do, thai
Is a royal marriage. It le so set down
in the heavenly archives, and fhe
orange-blossoms shall wither on neither
Aids of the grave.
The Nun's Corona.
riiiia'Mj'tiu K"'eft!.
The discoveries made hy the astrono
mers who went to a station in Upper
Kgypt t < observe the total ecltps of the
sun on the 171ti of May will not he
made public for some little tune; hut
the reasons tor making the observations
are worth knowing in advance. Art
eclipse of the sun is a not uncommon
event, but n ordinary eclipe reveals
little o( value to the astronomer. In
the course ol the revolution of the earth
and moon about the sun the monn
reaches a point where a part of its cir
cumfcrenco intercepts some of the sun's
rays that would otherwise lall upon the
earth ; this is a partial eclipse, hut
when the position of the moon with
I reference to the sun is such that a line
drawn from the centre of one through
the centre of the other would strike
any point on the earth's surface there is
a total eclipse at that point, because
j the moon's disk is apparently imposed
j upon the sun's. The solar rys aie
| wholly cut off from view. Hut the moon
) apparently covers the suri by so lutle
excess of size that at the exact instant
j when one disk covers the other there is
i visible around the moon's edges a bright
J ring of apparently turbulent, shooting
flames, extending from the suti far be-
I vnnd the limits ol its body. These
| llnines, or the corona as they are called,
j are not visible lowing to the excessive
brilliancy cd the sun itself j except when
the interposition of the moon cuts off
the blinding ra> direct from the sun's
globe. It is this corona which is the
csttse of curiosity and scientific itilert-t.
The London Pull .Mill (iatcitr gives
•ome interesting information about this
phenomenon, showing how difficult it
is to form a theory to account tor 11
that will satisfy all its known vsriahle
conditions. J lie reason for knowing
so little at,out it is the difficulty of ob
serving it. A total erlii'se occurs onlv
every second year, and the time during
I which it lasts is not above three tnin
jutes. Frequently the place on i4j<-
j earth's surface where the eclipse is to
i tal is inaccessible, and even when it
j lias been reached cloud, hive interfer
ed. It is onlv wiihin the lasi century
| lhal serious efforts have been Illade in
< learn what the corona is, and the study
j ln. t*u-n materially aided by of, eiv t g
J its spectrum and hy the use of photo
graphy. It is an important matter to
I determine whether the corona I .long,
j to the sun or to the no on, or whether
: it is a mere optical illusion, due to flu
eye or to the medium through which
we see it.
In the first place, the corona is ve-v
i variable in iu sp|>esranco. It neve;
looks twice alike to the same observer ;
it even gives ditl- rent impressions to
observers at the same time and place.
It consists in general of vast sheets or
streamers of light something like I ho- e
■of the aurora liorcalh*. tin close ex ami
nation, however, it aeems to be c<rn
poaed of a small tuns t m g olfire, t.roi
len here and there I v slid more dm
S ingjet.jof irr-gul <r flame, and of , large
outer ring ot lintense light, I token
Up "* edges into hells And streanif rs.
j Sometime* it look* very wide, srul
j again very narrow in spo s. ari l it lias
, even aeerited to ii,ki- u nest the h | e
of a rfn". Ihe streamers appear to i.e
hrightesl between the un'a < quati rat-.d
itss poles, liwing to the varaii.lo fotms
i in W hit ll It appear* d tod (b rent r
! vers it w is at f r t thought thai the r
una ws non existent in fact, lot that
tiro effect was produced by something
in the human eve or in Ihe earth's at
mosphere gi'rol. s-or Young and llatk
1 ne-s si, however, that the expec
, trunt < I the cor<<na light contained a
bright line such as could have been
produced < nlv by an incandescent gas.
This experiment |rr ve I that the corona
was a reality, and moreov r that it'wa* a
j part ol the solar action, since there is
no incandescent gas in our atmosphere
or in the moon's. This fright line was
j so situated in tho spectrum as to lead
its discoverers to believe that it as
chsrsctetistic of the presence of iron;
hut afterward it was found not to he
due to iron, hut to some other
with whose qualities we are as yet unac
quainted, it is known only that it is
lighter even than hydrogen, and this
would accord with its presence outside
of and apqiarently floating upon the hy
drogen ot the chromosphere, lh-sides
this unknown substance, the corona is
found to contain a little hydrogen, and
lines in the spectrum indicating other
constituents have been doubtfully oh
served. Besides the incandescent gases,
there appear* to lw a large quantity of
; non luminous matter in the form ol fine
dutt or cloud.
It i# reasonably certain that the coro
na is directly connected with the sun,
and it not merely a meteoric m*s*
skimming around it. ll heart a sym
metrical relation to the sun's axis, and
the streamer* are most abundant in the
zones where sun |*>t# are largest.
During the total eclipse of 1878, at
which time there was a minimum sup
ply of sun spots, the corona was leas
htight than usual. The main mass of
the corona would seem to be made of
incandescent gaeenu* matter, and there
have been as many speculations afoul
the streamers as there have been aloul
the luminous tail* of comet* or the
constituent parts of the aurora beam*.
It is probable that every observation of
the corona will increase our knowledge
of its characteristic*, and for thia reason
the result* of the Knglish expedition
will be awaited with great interest.
The Remperallon of the South.
In hi* addrea* before the Senior Claa*
of Trinity College, (>i. C.,) Dr. I,affV>rty
make* the following eloquent recital of
the trial* and triumph* of the people
of the South :
If battle tented the pro we** of the
South, defeat tried them in the fur
nace. The aocial an t political fabric
tumbled to piece*. The African from
the rice wmp was nrdeted to put hie
muddy fool on the neck of achoUr* and
atate*men. It waa a* if a continent,
with all the fair work* of art and drill
talion, had *uddenly rank below the
aea lerel and the monater* and nmte of
the ocean bad (lowed in orer all. -fuda*
at home and Rarrabea from abroad join
ed band* and became the fiduciaries of
the public puree and the protector* of
privat • right I
When the war ended nothing aor
rirad in the way of property that waa
not Indestructible or unconvertible.
The home necessities had gleaned the
field—the enemy had devastated even
| the stubble, I lie loss in personal prop
,# rtV (leaving out the .Uvea) was two
billion—twice the indemnity France
paid Prussia. This was iwothird* ol
all the property in the South. In ad
dilion to this two hillnii, (here rnu-i he
! added the expense of the t'unfed
| crai<• wur (reptc-.eiitod l.y Confederate
| bond* and (' iiil'-deiaie Treasury notes),
; amounting to u hundred million. Tin.
I was lost. In addition to thia two hi)
lion and this hundred million the South
w is saddled with it* j art of the United
j State war debt ol two billions and a
| hull I And on Ihe top of these vast
sum* lnul he piled fourteen millions of
- private obligations based on slave prop
, crty.
And worse. fhe seed corn hail been
! ground in dire need. The last ox bad
■ been eaten. The plough horse Pad
| fallen under the Confederate soldier in
i the fight. Mdls and instrument* ol
| industry had la-en burned.
Few have ever forgotten the ruin
wrought on Prussia by the enemies of
j FieJeriek. Macatilay paints it as the
i most wotul picture in modern times,
1 yet Frederick lost onlv 117,1X81 ojt of a
poj ulation of 4 WXI IXXI. The .South
! heat 222OfXtout ol .'i.tKXtIKH). The hoy-,
! the gr and fathers ami the cripples weie
left to redeem a land overwhelmed
; with industrial, political and financial
I desolation.
What rce that ever lived could have
• sen ? The Creek never rose to tnsn
t ood after the K unun conquest. It
•as living Greece no more, Ihe sons
of the lii-n of Marathon were slaves
forever. I lie I srl arian broke the proud
' spirit of the bought Koman.
In a single decade the Kouth rebuilt
her burned dtars, lustrated her temples
' -if justice ami turned the h*lm->- of
< rade hv her exports, ami made a
f nited ."slates bond a good . gold. In
tea years I, al reg itned political
power tn • ingr< ami ptosj u-rttv in
ber homes. It is a triumph of cbara
ter. fortitude, i Alienee, industry, states
matiship and prime manhood or-1 at
versity without a p.r-ii el -r all htstor .
\ Ifoinantlr I pis ule.
Al.> //. if t s I .! n I P, TI „ a
WV,/,A V Mtnrr.
I IV-Si I, UM.
A '"tn -• i c • | • -de In very day lib
h a* ju-t come to light in In dhsm. John
Kit; II re-ides w it h Ills w de Ai d i |eiMio|,
>( ht- (smtiy in . tie t c -ttage of wi,-c„
be is the owner, located on t-r tiear the
I 1 oi,ri' sry line ol D-dham an I IS -ton.
Here he bA* resided for at lea*' twenty
five y< r*. lie hs* Ia I three sons, on*
of whm, John, enlisted in 'he arrtu do
j ring the "tale unpleasantness'* and was
kll£*'i. I I.e Ol tie I twos.,lts were n!n
--•i i melius ai I William. Corel i.
. was a lad i f About s-v<-tit, .-f, *#r ai
!t he Otittitesic ol I lie w r. lie ail'l-lenly
, .ell town. Anil hi* parent* h> ,t-ng ttih.
r; of liu *|,i ti-,l.ini-, i t riu< <d lli l
n„, i> >. had enli.ti d. e-| .-i icily as dur
■tig the war it; i re id ot one C irtteliu-
F.iitt ,11 schi-d 'os New Y"t kr- gonei l
j being k led. I fie family tin.urn- I for
in as s.iu i rcl\ as they dm tlie d-.lit
' of lohn.
La*' S pten.i t r William went ti
'.'"lorsil t n. s*ti|.., hoping t,/ l-etti r h m
•i .f. WhFe scaled in a room in th
woternp rti-.ti i-f the >'*t ~r,e alt, •
no -n •' li idler his arrival there.
miner enter'-d ai d .-iimouncetl to the
; company preset t thai Cornelius Finn
had open, ia new n, re. Wdlmm, t k- r.
aback son. -vliAt t y the name, <id tf at
| he had a brother once whose name was
t vrnebu* Finn. To !,n h the nor er
responded t-v looking it the stranger
I srul declaring that he re.i n.l led Con e
bus Finn, the til l and ti 'ght I s f -s
brother. Subsequently the miner met
Cornelius and into'tniil htm of his en
I counter with William, Cornelius f-e
I cnnie greatly agitated Ujwvtt learning the
j name of the slranper and that f,e cme
from i*edham, and immediately started
j lor the town.
The me-ting was drcirledly affecting
Corneliui at once reoogmred William as
jhi* brother, although William, bing
younger, had not so strong a recollec
mm o. Cornelius. Mutal explanation*
followed, and Cornelius related his
wanderings since leaving home lie had
gone South in 18fi|, and entered the
'troy. At the conclusion of the war
| he drifted tn Colorado, where be had
interested himself in mining and had
become wealthy, Begatding hi* neg
lect to send a letter home, he explained
that he had read in the paper* of Ihe
death of his pnrents.and had alao there
port substantiated by John Finn, a for
mer resident of Dedham, whom he mat.
lie had abandoned all hope of ever
seeing or hearing from his folk*, lie
at once took William with hint to his
mining camp and gave him an im|>or
tanl position, lit* father ha* received
a cl,*ck for #I.OOO.
A Family of 2.1,000 Person*.
John Sharpies* came to thia country
in 1682. and landed on the 24ih of Au
gu*t, of that year, at the mouth of Kid
dley creek, flews* on hand two month*
earlier than William i'enn.and proceed
cd up the crock to a |>oint almut one
mile and a half northwest front the
present site of the city of Cheater,*here
he felied a large tree and made a house
of the hough*. There he and his wife
reside,! for six month*, while they con
glructed a cabin against the aide of a
rock. There were seven children born;
to John Sharpies* and hi* wife, and
now after 21XJ year* have elapsed it is
estimated that there are not tea* than
2-VOOQ descendants of thia venturesome
pioneer. The family are thieklv settle
m and around thia city, in IVlaware
and Chester counties, and it ia propos
ed to rlrhjratr the hi-centennUl of the
landing ol the original Sharpies* In
August next hy a family reunion, Mr.
J. Clemson Sharpies* ha* the matter in
charge. The programme for the event
has not been mapped out at yet. He
expect* at least I.(XX), if not more, of
the descendant* to I* on hand. Mr.
(illherl Cope, of Weal Otester, the
genealogist, has the history of the
Nharplesa family up to the year 1816,
and he baa been requested to complete
it to date.—/'We /J-W. 1
Taapro-pe l ot a very large wheat
crop In the W#.t and Northwest, *,*
flattering.
"BEE HU E" Store*.
T H i; G II EA T
BEE HIVE
ONI: PRICK STORES,
BELLEFONTK, FA.
SPRING & SUMMER 1882.
firand Ida/day oj tin I'ntire \t u-
Start, of 1 iota!* at I'rirr* that
!>rfy ( am/at it ion.
There harxntj hem *< A an unsettled ftilmo
a nM.nq ImjKtrter* a net Mouufaeturer/i <1
late %/e hare bftfX
the parr ho Me of our
XE W S TO C Tv
tiara,p htm rtmnrrttd wilt, a Is. 71 U'hoit
in r ]t m.i.fn f r mnnv yea, in .\rv>
York qirti m an arfrant'- tjr r,,
vthtrt in the /mrchatr of ttoisi*.
liar, n;/ vatrhci >rith an taplt r r rrtry
o) j'< rtunity nnii %rh> stir a rtmrestum
ha* Ism rjfrroi irt hart tattn a. antrqr
of it anit j'ltrhr.4 tn.
fly mart my tarry ariu h in /.,'aiu rqura$ t
and at uniform prrtrntaye at*,rr r it,
our tuiUnntrt ahra. tirnrr fl,r Irr.rf t
*>f rrrry ha. pain that n / , btain.
EVERY DEPARTMEKT IS A OH*
COMPLETE.
DRESS GOODS.
SILKS,
PRISTS
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IX) t EST ICS.
HOSIERY, NOTIONS & TRIMMINGS,
LINENS, WHITE GOODS* LACKS,
WOORSTKD * EMBROIDERIES,
SHOES, CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS * MATTINGS,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
MERCHANT TAILORING.
Permit at to offer tbankt to oar many pa
trout for the confidence manifested by
them In oar mode of doing batinete.
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By tticking to tba ONE PRICE and no
miarapreaentation plan of offering oar
goodt to tba public, we hope to merit
an increased continuance of their pa
tronage.
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Very reapaclfuily youra,
GOLDSMITH 4t BROTHER.
New York OBce, 1
•7 Franklin at \ 17~m N