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1 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI
. ENCE IN DENTISTRY.
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the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is
uermanantly located in Waverly. N. Y., where
he has been in the practice ot his profession lor
the past lour years. He would say that from his
long and successful practice of 25 years duration
he is familiar with ail the different styles of work
done in any and all Dental establishments in
city or country, and is better prepared than any
othei Dental operator in the vicinity to do work
the best adapted to the many and different
cases that present themselves oftentimes to the
Dentist, as he understands the art ot making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities tor doing
the same. To thosa requiring under sets of
teeth he wonld call attention to his new kind of
work which consists ol porcelain lor both plate
and teeth, and forming a continuous gum. It s
more durable, more naturai in appearance, and
much better adapted to the gum than any other
kind of work. Those in need of the same are
invited to call and examine specimens. Teeth
filled to last for years and oltent mes for life.—
Chlorofoi-m, ether, and "Nitrous oxide" admin
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patients within the last tour years can testify.
i will be in Towanda from the 15th to 30th of
every month, at the office of Vf. K. TAYLOR,
(formerly occupied by Dr. O. H. Woodrnfl.)Hav
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prepared to do all work in the very best style, at
bis office. Nov. 27, 1865.
DR H. WESTON, DENTIST
Office in Patton's Block. over Gore's D ug
and Chemical Store. Ijano6
HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Main Street, near the Court House.
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C. T. SMITH, Proprietor.
Oct. 8. 1866.
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it with every convenience for the accommoda
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May 3, 66.—tf. J. is. PATTERSON,Prop.
S2N YDEK HOUSE, a four story brick
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elegant parlors, newlv furnished, has a recess in
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E. <. CrOODRICII, Piiblteher.
VOLUME XXVII.
FOB TUB BRADFORD REPORTER.
SHADOWS.
The shadows are falling o'er valley and
wold.
On the pure untrodden snow,
There's a genial warmth, then it's icily cold
As the cloud-shadows come and go
O'er the snow.
The orb ki ises mid-day, his influence unfelt,
By the scintilating snow ;
Its beauty abides, for it never can melt
While the north-winds onward blow
O'er the snow.
Thus all the day passes till darkness pre
vails,
And purely preserved is the snow,
When bnt for the shadows and freezing
north-gales,
It had vanished in the the glow
O'er the snow.
All sunshine would dazzle the weak human
eye,
And blind it to all below,
The winds must be raging, the dark shad
ows fly
To keep the heart pure as the snow,
Here below.
The bright sun is GOD'S, His clouds hide
the rays
Shading your path, like the snow ;
It is God's windsthat waft them and bears
them away,
That to Heaven your spirit may go
Pure as snow.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5. w. o. s.
OLD HUMDRUM.
A NEW YE Airs STORY.
BY S. ANNIE FROST.
" I wonder what old Humdrum will
give us for 'New Years present?'"
said Nellie Hastings, as she twisted
her curls before the sitting room mir
ror, and admired her pretty face, as
therein displayed.
" Don't Nellie," saia her sister Ag
nes, looking up from her sewing,
"nicknames are intensely vulgar, and
it pains me to hear our kind friend
so spoken of."
" Kind friend, indeed," said the
beauty, saucily ; " what has he ever
given us but a few prosy sermons ?"
" Oh, Nellie, what should we have
doue without his care ? Think how
cheap the rent of this little cottage
is made for us. and how many schol
ars he has procured for you, and how
well he pays me for the sewing. He
is a kind friend," and tears stood in
the eyes of Agnes Hastings, as she
spoke.
"Well, then, don't cry about it,
sis," and Nellie gave her sister a has
ty kiss. " And 1 won't call him nick
names any more if it displeases you,
and I shall soon be independent of
his kindness," with a scornful em
phasis upon the last words. " There
is one of my tiresome brats at the
gate now," and she sauntered into
the parlor to meet the music scholar
coming up the garden walk to take
his lesson.
You would scarcely have supposed
the sisters twins, had you seen them
on a dull December day that opens
my story. Nellie—tall, graceful,
brilliant and beautiful, was in the
full glow of her youthful beauty ;
Agues, pale and thin, with a some
what sallow skin, hair brushed
smoothly back from her face ai d
gathered in a heavy coil at the back
of her head, looked at least five years
older than her gay sister. Both wore
mourning dresses but while that of
Agnes was a heavy unbroken black,
her sister's was modified by white
ruffles, and trimmed profusely with
glittering bugles. Another differ
ence more pitiful than all—Agnes
was deformed.
Five years before this dull Decem
ber night Helen and Agnes Hast
ings, then just seventeen years old,
made their debut into fashionable so
ciety as belles and heiresses. Beau
tiful, accomplished and graceful,
daughters of a reputed millionaire,
they became at once the center of the
gay circle in which they moved. They
were motherless from infancy but
their father's sister had filled their
mother's place during their whole ex
istence, and still directed all house
hold affairs.
Two years after their debut, the
grave Agues was betrothed to a
young lawyer,poor bnt talented, with
a heart full of devotion to his beau
tiful betrothed, and a head that
promised in time to win him distinc
tion in his chosen profession. The
engagement was satisfactory to rela
tives on both sides, and preparations
for the wedding were commenced,
when Agnes met with an accident
that crippled her for life. She was
driving out with her lover, when the
the horse became frightened, and
making a sudden plunge forward,
threw her from her seat into the road.
Her injuries at first appeared to be
slight, but as time went on, the phy
sicians found that the injury to the
spine was twisting the figure to one
side and making a limping gait and
a carved back unavoidable. In the
agony and horror of discovering this,
Agues dismissed her lover, spite of
his prayers and protestations, and
then months of bittei repining proved
even that her Chri tiau spirit could
sink under her heavy burden. It was
a still greater affliction that roused
instead of crushiug her, aud restored
iu full her laith, patience and hope.
Her father committed suicido after
perilling his own and his sister's for
tune in one speculation, and losing
all ; aud that sister, deprived at once
of home, fortune, brother she
idolized, in one short mouth followed
him to the grave.
Friends came forward to offer coun
sel and assistance, and from the
wreck of the once noble fortune, a
small sum was secured—barely suf
ficient to clothe the orphans in an
humble style, greatly at variance
with their once splendid wardrobe
By the advice of their father's law
yer, the girls left the city and went
to a small country town, where by
their needlework thej' earned their
support.
They had been but a little time in
their new home, when a stranger, a
gentleman past middle age, came to
reside at G . It was not long
before he became acquainted with
the young seamstresses, and in a
short time so won their confidence
that he became a fast friend. His
means appeared large, as he bought
a cottage for himself, and two others
which he rented, one to the sisters,
and a large handsome stone mansion,
in process of erection, was soon to
be his future home. Having letters
that made him at once influential in
G . he used that influence to
procure music scholars for Helen,
who bore the drudgery of sewing but
badly, and himself kept Agues busy
on the most exquisite of shirts, col
lars and cuffs, at large prices but of
the most elaborate finish.
The music lesson over, Helen came
again to her sister's side.
" Still at that handkerchief," she
said, touching the dainty embroidery
growing under her sister's busy fing
ers. " What a dandy old—Mr. Law
rence is."
"I think, Nell, dear, it is mure the
desire to aid me, by giving employ
ment, that he has such wonderful
shirts, and so many handkerchiefs
with his initials embroidered in the
corners."
" Aggie." A long pause—then
again—" Aggie, is he in love with
you ?"
" Nell, how cau you ?"
" Well, but Agnes, sc ; how odd it
is. Here we are, perfect strangers,
with no earthly claim upon him, and
he takes as much interest in our con
cerns as if he was our own lather."
"O, Nelly, no, no, a thousand
times no to your question. He, so
good aud noble, — and I—what am
I ?" and she touched the shoulder that
rose some inches above its natural
place.
" But dear rne, Agnes, he's as old
as the hills, aud as stupid as possi
ble. Of course he caunot expect
youth aud beauty too, in a wife. I
think he will propose to you, and so
does Harold."
" Harold 1"
" Tnere, don't look astonished. Of
course you know what Harold came
here for."
" But, Nellie—"
" Here me out. He came to make
love to me, and propose; well, he
has proposed, aud I said yes, and in
January next I shall be his wife."
" Nellie 1"
" Why not?" and the young girl's
head rose with with a haughty look
of defiance.
" ne—he—you know, Nell, they
say is not very constant."
" Fudge ! a parcel of old maids
who want to win him aud cannot,
tattle for revenge. I tell you, Ag
ues, I am sick of this life," and she
sprang from her seat paced the floor
with quick steps ; to aud fro, to and
fro, like some beautiful wild beast,
caged but untamed. " Fin sick of
drudging over stupids who won't
learn ; sick of hearing glorious mel
ody tortured iuto hideous sounds ;
sick of being chained to hours ; sick
of poverty, obscurity and toil ! Har
old Granville is rich. He loves me ;
he will take me away from this
wretched village to a circle such as
I once reigned in."
" Do you love him, Helen."
" Well enough to get along. He
adores me, and that is much more to
the point."
" But, Nellie—his—his—intellect."
" Oh, he's a fool, I know. So much
the better—l will rule him. You
may tell old Humdrum to-night, Ag
nes, aud he can send my bridal pre
sent at New Years." And she left
the room, singing as she went a gay
air from Traviatia.
Agnes sank iuto a deep reverie.—
Her sister's questious had touched
upon bitter memories and a paiulul
preseut. Back, over intervening
years, her thoughts travelled to re
call tlie lover of her girlhood. She
pictured again the frauk, handsome,
face, heard the tender, loving voice,
felt the tender caress of long ago,
and then came the agony of parting
She heard the pleading words to
which she would give uo ray of hope.
Loving him utterly, she had resolved
never to burden his brilliant career
by giviug him an ailing, crippled
wife ; never to bear a reproach for
loving herself better than him. He
had left her, leit the city, aud she
knew nothing more. Was she to
have another trial now ?
Probing her heart with a firm, un
shrinking touch, she found there a
respectable affection for her kind
friend ; a sense Of dependence upon
his advice and friendship that it
would cost her much pain to wound
him, he a sore trial to see him no
more, yet she did not love him.
Yet, if Helen was right ! If lie
loved her and was seeking to win her
love, what had she done ? In her
gratitude for his kindness her real
frankly expressed pleasure in his so
ciety, had sin* not encouraged him to
think he might win a dearer place
still ?
Hot tears were coursing down her
pallid cheeks, wheu her hands were
taken in a firm clasp, and a grave,
gentle voice spoke her name, " Ag
nes, you are in trouble."
She knew the voice, and the hot
blood rushed for a moment to her
face ; then she said hesitatingly—
" 1 was—thinking—of the past."
" Yuu must nut think too sadly,"
said her • ri.-inj .seatmjj himself be
side her ; " perhaps the future may
have bright days too. I—you know
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 17,1867.
to-morrow is Nt w Years, and I Lave
an offering to lay at your feet, iny
little friend, that you may not alto
gether despise. 1 have'long—"
" Good afternoon J"
Nellie's g. y voice interi upted them.
She was followed soon by her lover,
aud the ttle a-tele was not resumed.—
It was late before all the visitors had
departed and Nellie threw heisell at
her sister's tVet.
" Well, old Humdrum must see how
Harold and 1 alaud, aud if he don't
send me something nice to-morrow,
lie's tun meau to live."
" Oh, Nellie, don't talk so."
" Was he proposing, Aggie, as I
came in ? 1 did not see him till it
was ton late to get away, or I should
have kept Harold in the parlor a
while lunger."
" Please, Nell— ''
" Well, 1 won't tease you. You
are the dearest of all sisters after
all, and may be sure of the best
room in my future home, and all the
love your madcap sister can give to
y. u."
" Thanks, dear ; but 1 never can
consent to be dependent upon Mr.
Granville."
" Stuff aud nonsense ! You may
sew your dear fingers oil* if that will
ease your conscience. Fin sure it
will be as well to sew for me and
Harold as for old Mr. Lawrence."
" But—"
"There, don't say a word. To
morrow I will conviuce you by all
the rules of logic that it would be
barbarous cruelty to desert me, but
now Pm too sleepy. Good night.—
But by the way, won't the old maids'
tongues run ? TluroJd aud I will be
served up all over the village with
pepper sauce. Good night. Pleas-
I ant dreams to you."
And ol what was Mr. Lawrence
j thinking in these same long hours,
' when he tossed upon a sleepless
couch? He was recusing hours
spent with his own world burdened
heart, now grown 'Soft and tender in
the light of Agnes' sfiiiltraiid the mil
sic of her voice. He was thinking
of her pure Christian patience, her
resignation to suffering, he quiet in
dustry, her unwavering cheerfulness.
Then he thought of his new home,
whoso large rooms were furnished
aud ready lor occupants, and he fan
cied her presence making the house
a home, her taste adorning the rooms
and her smile, welcoming the master
when he entered ; and less selfishly
he looked forward to the life of ease
and rest he meant to offer her restor
ing the light to her eyes and the
bloom to her cheeks.
New Years day dawned bright and
clear. The sisters were sealed in
their little sitting-room after break
fast, when Mr. Lawrences' servant
handed in a small package.
Upon being opened it was found
to contain a set of diamonds ot ex
quisite purity, beautifully set, a tiny
note for Helen, aud a letter for Ag
nes.
" Oh, Aggie I are they not superb? !
And for me ; see, my name is on the I
card inside. But—" and, as she
read, her cheeks grew crimson, " is
not this spiteful?" and read aland :
" Will Miss Helen accept the ac
companying jewels, if they are hand
some enough to save old Humdrum
from the charge of meanness 1"
" liead your letter, Agnes. Of
course, as lie sends you nothing, be
offers you himself as a New Years
gift."
There was a long pause, then a j
cry from Agnes—
" God is very good to me r
"What is it, Aggie?"
" Sit here, Nellie. Do you remem- i
ber how often father and annt Lizzie
used to speak of onr uncle ?"
" The one who sometimes sent us
presents from Europe, Asia or Africa
as the case might be i"
" Yes—look 1" and she pointed to
the signature at the foot of the let
ter.
" Lawrence Hastings," read Nellie.
" You don't mean—"
" Yes, Nellie, yes. Our own dear
uncle, wanted to win onr love before
he made himself known. And Nel
lie, the house 011 the bill, the new
house, he has settled it upon me, with
an iucome of two thousand a year
for life, only asking me to let him be
my guest, there."
" And you consent
He was there in the doorway ask
ing the question.
Nell looked up with a comical look
half terror, half peuiteuce.
•" I am sorry," she said advancing
to meet him.
He kissed her tenderly. " Never
mind perhaps I am a little prosy.---
Yoo will stay with us till yon are
married, aud I promise you ;ia haud
sonie a trosseau as Now Yoik can
furnish ; but here," and he turned to
Agnes, " I look for some comfort af
ter a lonely, wandering life."
She gave him a tearful but happy
smile.
" You love me, Agues ?" he said
gently.
" As fondly as you" can desire."
"Then you will accept my offer.—
Gome, the carriage is at the door,
your home is uow ready for you. i
invited Harold to dine at the new
house to-day, so you will corneal
once, to nlnke a home and the be
ginning of a new life for "Old Hum
drum."
WHAT is the difference between a
tunnel and a speaking trumpet '■ One is
hollowed out and the other hollowed in.
W HAT is the difference between the
desert of Sahara and ancient shoe ? One
is nil sand, aud the other is a sandal.
WHAT is the difference between a
summer dress in winter and an extracted
tooth ? One is too thin and the other is
tooth out.
A YOt'Nd lady says ; "If our Mak
er thought it wrong for Adam to live single
when there was not a woman on earth how
criminally guilty are bachelors, with the
world full of pretty girls!"
REGARD!• ESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER
BTO 11V BOH THE LITTL.K FOLKS.
THE LITTUET POST-BOY.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
In my travels about tbc world, I
have made the acquaintance of a
great many children, and I might tell
you many things about their dress,
their speech, and their habits of life,
in the different countries I have visit
ed. 1 presume, however, that you
would rather hear me relate some of
my adventures in which children par
ticipated, so that the story and the
information shall be given together.
Ours is not the only country in which
children must frequently begin, at an
early age, to do their share of work
and accustom themselves to make
their way in life. I have found mauy
instances among other races, and in
other climates, of youthfnl courage,
and sell-reliance, and strength of
character, some of which I propose to
relate to vou.
This one shall be the story of my
I adventure with a little post-boy, in
the northern part of Sweden.
Very few foreigners travel in Swe
den in the winter, on account of the
intense cold. As you go northward
from Stockholm, the capital,the coun
try becomes ruder and wilder, and
the climate more severe. In the shel
tered valleys along the Gulf of Both
nia and the rivers which empty iuto
it, there are farms ard villages for a
distance of seven or eight hundred
miles, after which-fruit trees disap
pear, and nothing will grow iu the
short, cold summers except potatoes
and a little barley. Farther inlaud,
there are great forests and lakes,aud
ranges of mountains, where bears,
wolves, and herds of wild reindeer
make fheir home. No people could
live in such a country unless they
were very industrious ami thrifty.
I made my journey in the winter,
because I was on my way to Lap
land,where it is easier to travel when
the swamps and rivers are frozen,
and the reindeer-sleds can fly along
over the smooth snow. It was very
cold indeed, the greater part of the
time ; and the days were short and
dark, and if I had not found the peo
ple so kind, so cheerful, and so hon
est, T should have felt inclined to
turn back, more than once. Rut Ido
not think there are better people in
the world than those who live in
Norrland, which is a Swedish prov
ince commencing about two hundred
miles north of Stockholm.
They are a tall, strong face, with
yellow hair and bright blue eyes, and
the handsomest teeth I ever saw.—-
They live plainly, but very comforta
bly, in snug wooden houses, with
double windows and doors to keep
out the cold ; and since they cannot
do much out-door work,they spin and
weave and mend their farrntng imple
ments in the large family room, thus
enjoying the winter in spite of its se
verity. They are very happy and
contented, and lew of them wonld be
willing to leave that cold country
and make their homes in a warmer
climate.
Here there are neither railroads
nor stages, but the government has
established post-stations at distan
ces varying from ton to twenty miles.
At each station a number of horses,
and sometimes vehicles, are kept, but
generally the traveler has his own
sled, and simply hires the horses
from one station to another. These
horses are either furnished by the
keeper of the station or some of the
neighboring farmers, and when they
are wanted a man or boy goes along
with the traveler to bring them back
It would be quite an independent and
convenient way of traveling, if the
horses were always ready; but some
times you must wait an hour or more
before they can be furnished.
1 bad my own little sled,filled with
hay and covered with reindeer-skins
to keep me warm. So long as the
weather was not too cold,it was very
pleasant to speed along through the
dark f rests, over the frozeu rivers,
or past farm after farm in the shel
tered valleys, up hill and down, uutil
long alter the stars came out, and
then to get a warm supper in some
dark-red post-cottage,while the cheer
ful people sang or told stories around
the fire. The cold increased a little
every day, to bo sure, but I became
gradually accustomed to it, and soon
began to fancy that the Arctic cli
mate was not so difficult to endure
as 1 had supposed. At first the ther
mometer tell to zero; then it went
down ten degrees below ; then twen
ty, and finally thirty. Being dressed
iu thick furs from bead to foot, I did
not suffer greatly ; but I was very
glad when the people assured me
that such extreme cold never lasted
more than two or three days. Boys
of twelve or fourteen very often went
with me to bring back their father's
horses,and so long as those lively,
red-cheeked fellows could face the
weather, it would not dolor me to
be afraid.
One night there was a wonderful
aurora in the sky. The streamers of
red aud blue light darted hither and
thither, chasing each other up to the
zenith and down again to the north
ern horizon, with a rapidity and a
brilliance which I had never seen be
fore. "There will be a storm, soon,"
said my post-boy; "one always comes,
after these lights."
ft est morning the sky was over
cast, and the short day was as dark
as our twilight. But it was not quite
so cold, and I travelled ouward as
fast as possible. There was a long
tract of wikl and thinly settled conn
try before me, and 1 wished to get
through it belore stopping for the
night. Unfortunately it happened
that two lumber-merchants were trav
elling the same way, and had taken
the horses ; so I was obliged to wait
at the stations until other horses
were brought frpro the neighboring
fafflre. This cfpTnyed me so much that
, at seven o'clock in the evening I had
still one more station of three Swed
ish miles before reaching the village
where 1 intended to spend the night.
Now, a Swedish mile is nearly equal
to seven English, so that this station
was at least twenty miles long.
I decided to take sapper while the
horse was eating his feed. They had
not expected any more travellers at
the station, and were not prepared.
The keeper had gone on with the two
lumber-merchants ; but his wife - a
friendly, rosy-faced woman—prepar
ed me some excellent coffee, pota
toes, and stewed reiudeer-meat, upon
which I made an excellent meal. The
house was on the border of a large
dark forest, and the roar of the icy
northern wind in the trees seemed to
increase while I waited in the warm
room. I did not feel inclined to go
forth into the wintry storm, but, hav
ing set iny mind on reaching the vil
lage that night, I was loth to turn
back.
" It is a bad night," said the wo
man, " and my husband will certain
ly stay at Umea until morning. His
name is Neils PetersoD, and I think
you will find him at the post-house
when you get there. Lars will take
you, aud they can come back togeth
er."
" Who is Lars ?" I asked.
"My son," said she. He is getting
the noise ready. There is nobody
else about the house to-night."
Just then the door opened, and in
came Lars. He was about twelve
years old ; bnt his face was so rosy,
his eyes so clear and round and bine,
and his golden hair was blown back
from his face in such silky carls, that
he appeared to be even younger. I
was surprised that his mothei should
be willing to send him twenty miles
through the dark woods on such a
night.
" Come here, Lars," I said. Then I
took him by the hand, and asked,
" Are you not afraid to go so far to
night ?"
He looked at me with wondering
eyes, and smiled ; aud his mother
made haste to say : " You need have
no fear, sir. Lars is young : but he'll
take you safe enough. If the storm
don't get worse,you'll be at Umea by
eleven o'clock."
I was again on the point of re
maining ; but while I was deliberat
ing with myself, the boy had put on
his overcoat of sheep skin, tied the
lappets of his fur cap under his chin,
and a thick woollen scarf around his
uose and mouth, so that only the
round blue eyes were visible ; and
then his mother took down the mit
tens of hare's fur from the stove,
where they had been hung to dry. He
put them on, took a short leather
whip and was ready.
I wrapped myself in my furs, aud
we went out together. The driving
snow cut me in the face like needles,
bnt Lars did dot mind it in the least.
He jumped into the sied, which he
had filled with fresh, soft hay, tucked
in the reindeer-skins at the aides, and
we cuddled together on the narrow
seat, making everything close and
warm before we set out. I coold not
see at all, wliqp the dour ol the house
was shut, aud the horse started on
the journey. The night was dark,
the snow blew incessantly, and the
dark fir-trees roared all around us.—
Lars, however, knew the way, and
somehow or other we kept the beat
en track. He talked to the horse so
Constantly and so cheerfully, that
after a while my own spirits began
to rise, and the way seemed neither
so long nor so disagreeable.
" Ho, there, Axel 1" he would say.
" Keep the road, —not too far to the
left. Well done. Here's a level ; now
trot a bit."
So we went on, —sometimes up hill,
sometimes down hill,— for a long time,
as it seemed. I began to grow chilly,
an.l even Lars handed me the reins,
while he swung and beat his arms to
keep the blood in circulation. He no
loDger sang little songs and frag
ments ol hymns, as when we first set
out ; but he was not in the least
alarmed, or even impatient. When
ever I asked (as I did about ever}'
five minutes), "Are we nearly there?"
he always answered, "A little far
ther."
Suddenly the wind seemed to in
crease.
"Ah," said he, "now 1 know where
we are : it's oue mile more." But
one mile, you must remember, meant
seven.
Lars checked the horse, and peered
anxiously from side to side in the
darkness. I looked also bnt could
see nothing.
" What is the matter ?" 1 finally
asked.
"We have got past the hills on
the left," be said. " The country
open to the wind, aud here the snow
drifts worse than anywhere else on
the road,it there have been no ploughs
out to night we'll have trouble."
You must know that the farmers
along the road aro obliged to turn
out with their horses and oxen, and
plough down the drifts, whenever
the road is blocked up by a storm.
In less than a quarter of an hour
we could see that the horse was sink
ing in the deep snow. He plunged
bravely forward, but made scarcely
any headway, aud presently became
so exhausted that he stood quite still.!
Lars and I arose from the seat and
looked around. For my part, i saw
nothing except some very indistinct
shapes of trees; there was no sign
l of an opening through them. In a
few minutes the horRC started again,
and with great labor carried as a few
yards farther.
"Shall we get out and try to find
the road ?" said I.
" It's no use," Lars answered. "In
these new drifts we would sink to
the waist. Wait a little, and we
shall get through this oue."
It was as he said. Another pull
brought us through the deep part of
the drift, and we reached a place
where the snow was quite shallow.
#3 per Annum, in Advance.
Rot it was not the hard, smooth sur
I face of the road ; we could feel that
the ground was uneven, and covered
with roots and bushes. Bidding Ax
el stand still, Lars jumped out of the
sled.aiid began wading around among
the trees. Then I got out on the oth
er side, but had not proceeded ten
steps before I began to sink 60 deep
into the loose snow that I was glad
to extricate myself and return It
was a desperate situation, and I won
dered how we should ever get out
of it.
I shouted to I.ars, in order to guide
him, and it was not long before he
also came back to the sled. "If I
knew where the road is," said he, " 1
could get into it again. But I don't
know : and I think we must stay
here all night."
"We shall freeze to death in an
hour !" I cried. I was already chill
ed to the bone. The wind had made
uie very drowsy, and I knew that if 1
slept I should be frozen.
"0, no I" exclaimed Lars, cheer
fully. "I am a Norrlander, and Xorr
landers never freeze. 1 went with
the men to the bear-hunt, last win
ter up in the mountains, and we were
several nights in the suow. Besides,
I know what my father did with a
gentleman from Stockholm on this
very road, and we'll do it to-night."
" What was it ?"
" Let me take care of Axel first,"
said Lars. "We can spare him some
hay and one reindeer-skin."
It was a slow and difficult task to
unharness the horse, but we accom
plished it at last. Lars then led him
under the drooping branches of a fir
tree, tied him to one of them, gave
him an armful of hay, and fastened
the reindeer-skin npen his back. Ax
el began to eat, as if perfectly satis
fied with the arrangement The Norr
land horses are so accustomed to
cold that they seem comfortable in a
temperature where one of ours would
freeze.
When this was done, Lars spread
the remaining hay evenly over the
bottom of the sled and covered it
with the skins, which he tucked iu
very firmly on the side towards the
wind. Then, lifting them on the oth
er side, he said : " Now take ofl'your
fur coat, quick, lay it over the hay,
and then creep under it."
I obeyed as rapidly .s possible.—
For an instant I shuddered in the icy
air ; but the uext moment I lay
stretched in the bottom of the sled,
sheltered from the storm. 1 held up
the ends of the reindeer-skins while
Lars took off his coat and crept in
beside me. Then we drew the skins
down aud pressed the hay against
them. When the wind seemed to be
entirely excluded, Lars said we must
pull off our boots, untie our scarfs,
and so loosen our clothes that they
would not feel tight upon any part of
the body. When this was done, and
we lay close together, warming each
other, I found that the chill gradual
ly passed out of my blood. My hands
and feet were no longer numb ; a de
lightful feeling of comfort crept over
me ; aud I lay as suugly as in the
best bed. I was surprised to find
that, although my head was covered,
I did not feel stifled. Enough air
came in under the skins to prevent
us from feeling oppressed.
There was barely room for the two
of us to lie, with no chance of turn
ing over or rolling about. In five
minutes, I think, we were asleep, and
I dreamed of gathering peaches on a
warm August day, at home. In fact,
I did not wake up thoroughly during
the night ; neither did Lars though
it seemed to me that we both talked
in our sleep. But as I must have
talked English and he Swedish, there
could have been no connection be
tween our remarks. I remember that
his warm, soft hair pressed against
my chin, and that bis feet reached no
further than my knees, dust as I
was beginning to feel a little cramp
ed and stiff from lying so still I was
suddenly aroused by the cold wind
on my face. Lars had risen up on
Ins elbow, and was peeping out from
under the skins.
" 1 think it must be near six o'-
clock," he said. " The sky is clear,
and I can see the big star. We can
start in another hour."
I felt so much refreshed that I was
for setting out immediately; but
Lars remarked, very seusibly, that it
was not yet possible to find the road.
While we were talking, Axel neigh
ed.
" There they are !" cried Lars, and
immediately began to put on his
boots, his scarf and heavy coat. 1 did
the same, aud by the time we were
ready we heard shouts and the crack
of whips. We harnessed Axel to the
sled, and proceeded slowly in the di
rection of the sounds, which came, as
we presently saw, lrorn a company
of farmers, out thus early to plough
the road. They had six pairs of hor
-Beß geared to a wooden frame, some
thing like the bow of a ship, pointed
in lront and spreading out to a
breadth of ten or twelve feet. This
machine not only cut through the
drifts but packed the suow, leaving
a good, solid road behind. After it
had passed, we sped along merrily
in the cold morning twilight, and iu
little more than an hour reached the
! post house at Umea, where we found
i l.ars's father prepared to return home,
j He waited, nevertheless, uutil Lars
j had eaten a good warm breaklast,
j when 1 said good by to both, and
' went on towards Lapland.
Some weeks afterwards, on my re
turn to Stockholm, I stopped at the
same little station. This time the
weather was mikl and bright,and the
father would have gone with me to
the next post house ; but I preferred
to take iny little bed-fellow and sled
fellow. Ho was so quiet and cheer
ful aud fearless, that, although I had
beeu nearly all over the world, aud
he had never been away from home,
—although 1 was a man and he a
i young boy,-—I felt that I had learned
a lesson from him, and might proba
bly learn many more, if I should
know him better. We hnd a merry
trip of two or three hours, and then I
took leave of firs forever, fie Is no
donbt still driving travellers over
the road, a handsome, courageous,
honest-hearted young man of twenty
one, by this time
FUN, FACTS, AND FACETIAE!.
A R >has HC young man says that a
young lady's licart is like tfco moon, it
' changes continually, but always luis man
in it
ARTKMI-S WARD says : " Let us be
i happy, aud live v. ithiu <>ur ine ms, even it'
we nave to borrow money to do it with."
A SUMMER TOILET.*- A paper men
tions the arrest ol' a woman •' with nothing
' on her person but a love letter and • ?•-
goerreotype.
THE editor of a newspaper iy
that he never dotted an "i" otrtancein
his life, and that was in a light with a oo
temporarr.
"THERE are ties which should nev
er be severed." as the ill-used wife -aid
when she found her brute of a husband
hanging in the hay-loft.
A oovSCRIPT being told that it was
sweet to die for his country, tried to excuse
himself on the gronud that lie never did
like sweet things.
THE recent marriage of Mr. Day
with Miss Field presents this singular ano
maly, that although he gained the FjeM she
won the Day.
A LADY contributor says the reason
j why tall men always succeed iu matrimony
j is because all sensible women favor Hy men.
J A HENPECKED husband writes : Be
! fore marriage I fancied wedded life would
j be all sunshine, but afterward I found out
that it was all moonshine.
"I WOULD not be a woman, for then
I could not love her," says Montague. La
dy M. W. Montague says, "The only ob
jection I have to being a man is flint 1
should have to marry a woman
"Do you think yon can do the
landlord in the Lady of Lyons?" said a
manager to a seed}* actor in quest of an en
gagement. "I have done a great man)'
landlords in my day," replied the appli
cant.
FORTUNE tellers and tilting hoops
operate quite differently. The former re
veal what a woman will be in the future, the
latter what she is at the present.
WE regret to announce the death
of Quow Duny, King of Aquaquin, West
Africa. He was a man and a brother, and
lunched off missionary, when in season
with great regularity.
A PAPER asks very innocently i! it
is any harm to sit in the Inpst of ag. ,
Another replies that it all depends ou the
kmd of ayes selected. Those from 18 to
25 it puts down as extra hazardous.
AN exchange tells us of an editor
who went soldiering and was chosen cap
tain. One day at parade, instead of giving
the orders, "front face, three paces for
ward,' he exclaimed : " Cash, two dollars
in advance."
llniAN existence hangs npon trifles.
What would beauty be without soap ?
You can't get along in the world
with a homely wife. She 11 spend hah her
time in locking in the glass ; and turn, and
twist, and brush, and fix, t.ll she gets com
pletely vexed with her own nglines-. and
she 11 go right oft and spank the baby.
A MAN down east complains of his
daughter's extravagance because she per
sisted iu buying a waterfall for her li ad,
when she already had a cataract in her eye-
He conldn't brook that.
AN Irishman, on hearing of a friend
having a stone coflin made for himself, ex
claimed: "by my sowl and that's a good
idee. Sure and a stone coffin 'ud last .
man a lifetime.'
A MAN who heard it stated that all
flesh is grass, wishes (o know whether Inn
is beef a-la-wiced.
A DRUNKEN niau lately tried to got
policeman to arrest his own shadow. His
complaint was that an ill-looking scoundrel
kept following him.
A W ESTEKX poet is the author of
these epigrammatic lines :
• ■ The old dog is ever faithful they say ;
3ut a dog that is faithful can never be To .'
•SUBJECTS lor couumdrums being
nearly exhausted, oue desperate joker has
g' lie back to our first parents, and inquire*
"Why was Eve not afraid of the mcasle- -
Because she'd Adam."
SOMEBODY says a baby laughing iu
its dreams is conversing with angels. lJer
! haps so : but we have seen them crying in
their waking Lours as though they wer
huving a spat with the devil.
"JEBMS, my lad, keep away from
I the gals. Yen you see one coming, dodge
Just such a critter as that young uu clean
in' the doorstep t'other side of the street
fooled yonr poor dad, Jimmy. If it hadn't
been 'or her, you and yer dad might ha
been iu Californy hnntin dimuns,my -son.
—ln the Legislative Couucii of Ida
ho Territory, the vote for Chaplain in Ik
cember 5, stood : For the Rev Mr Bishop.
5; for Brigham Young, 1 : for I'arson Brown
low, 1. The two latter maybe considered
complimentary votes.
A youug man una; ried a buxom
Irish girl greatly to the horror of his ruoih,
and sister, made the following defence : "J
I niurrie.i an American girl 1 mu-t Lave an
Irish girl to take care of her, and I caum
afford to support both of them ."
A Western editor lately man.. J
one of his compositors, another Composite.-,
acting as bridesmaid, th officii.ting eh rgv
man being n retired printer, and the local
editor giving away the bride.
A youug lady stepped iutu Uie- st'ol
of a merchant named Wade, and very iui (
cently said she would like to be ictighnl -
"Really, lam very sorry, but my wife will
tell you that you are too late by a couple •>!
year" "
MOUNTAINS AROUND J ERISAIAM. -In
rusalem does not lie in the hollow of
an ainphitheatre ; it is placed, t>u tin
contrary, on au eminence, with deep
valleys r nuning nearly ad around it.
But it is true, not withe Lauding, that
the mountains girdle it about, as tb
Psalmist describes. (V : two sub
north and cast, it is < nfofded by the
Moftnt of Olives : on the south the
Hill of Evil Counsels—the repute 1
sight of the country palace < i t'aiaph
as, the High Priest, where the conspi
rators against our Lord met on tin
night of his seizure in Getliseninite—
overhangs tan valley ol Minnow, and
looks right over it on Mount /.ion.—
And, although upon the west the hills
are at a great distance they are. on
that side the highest >1 all. in that
direction are lluiaak and Gibeou, and
not further away than five or six miles
is the remarkable height known by
the name of Neby Bam wil,npon winch
height tradition tells n* that Samuel,
the prophet, was burned. Of the frnlh
of this statement there is no evidence,
but recent inquiries and observations
seem to have proved it to be the site
of the aueieut Mizpab of Saul. Stan
ding on the tep of the Neby Saniwii,
the eve ranges from .Tafia,on the Med
iterranean sea. on the west to Jordan
i valley, and the mountains of Amnion
i and Moab beyond it on the east. Je
j rusalem is thus in the heart of a luouu
i tain laud, l-'or nearly twenty miles
i on either side there is nothing a mure
I it bnt fiflta — mtchnnan l * ClcriHfl t>ir
. j oitgh in (he Hvly Land.
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