Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, January 17, 1867, Image 1
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They will be entitled to 4 column, confined exclusive ly to their business, with privilege of change. Advertising in all cases exclusive of subscription to the paper. JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and Fan\v colors, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Card 3, Pam phlets, Ac., of every variety and style, prin ted at the shortest notice. The REPORTER OFFICE has just been re-fitted with Power Presses, and eTery thing in the Printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. TERMS IN V ARIA BLY CASH. (Sarbg. 1 THOMAS J. INGHAM, ATTOR . NEY AT LAW, LAPORTE, Sullivan County, Pa. tTEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT- T TURKEY AT LA IP—Office in Union Block, formerly occupied by JAMAOFAKLANE. WT. DAVIES, Attorney at Law, • Towanda.Pa. Office with Wm. Wat fcins, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or phans' Court business and settlement ot dece dents estates. MEROUR A MORROW, Attorneys at Imw, Towanda, Penn'a, The undersigned having associated themselves together in the practice of Law, offer their pro fessional services to the public. ULYSSES MERCUR. P. D. MORROW. March 9,1865. ___ PATRICK & PECK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offices In Union Block. Towanda, Pa., formerly occupied by Hon. Wm. Elwell.aud in Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be consulted at either place. a. w. PATBICK, apll3 w. A. PECK. HB. MCKEAN, ATTORNEY <t~ • COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towan da, Pa. Particular attention paid to business in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866. HENRY PEET, Attorney at Law, Towan la. Pa. jun27, 66. WH. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR • NEY AT LAW, Troy, Pa. Special attention given to collecting claims against the Government for Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions. Office with E. B. Parsons, Esq. June 12,1865. OVERTON Jr., Attor- JLiney at Law, Towanda.Pa. Office in Mo n tanyes Block, over Frost's Store July 13,1865. JOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. tar No charge unless successful. Office over the Post Office and News Room. Dec. 1, 1864. OP STILES, M. D., Physician and • Surgeon, would announce to the people ot Bom Borough and vicinity, that he has perma neatly locate at the place lormerly occupied by Dr. G, W. Stone, for the practice of his'p ofe sion. Particular attention given to the treat ment ot women and children, as also to the prac tice ot operative and minor surgery. Oct. 2,'66. DR PRATT has removed, to Statu street, (first above B. S. Rnssn A "Go's Bank). Persons from a distance desirous Icon ,-ulting him, will be most likely to find him on Saturday if each week. Especial attention; will be given to surgical cases, and the extraction of teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired. July 18, 1866. D. S. PRATT, M. D. DOCTOR CHAS. F. PAINE.—OF FICE in GOKE'S Drug Store, Towanda, Pa. Calls promptly attended to at all hours. Towanda, November 28, 1866. EDWD MEEKS—AUCTIONEER. A! 1 letters addressed to him at Sugar Run, Bradford Co. Pa., will receive prompt attention. I FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, Tow anda, Pa, with 10 years experience, is con fideut he can give the best satislaction in Paint ing, Graining, Staining, Glazing, PaperiDg^Jtc. WParticular attention paid to Jobbing in the country. April 0, Ps 66. J J. NE W ELL, COUNTY SURVEYOR, Orwell, Bradford Co. , Pa,, will promptly attend to all business in his line Particular attention given to running and establishing old or dispu ted lines. Also to surveying ot all unpattented iands as soon as warrants are obtained, my 17 Drnttstrn. 1 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI . ENCE IN DENTISTRY. J. S. SMITH, M. D. t would respectfully inform 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 istered with perfect safety, as over fonr hundred 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 ing made arrangements with Mr. Taylor, I am 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. i C. T. SMITH, Proprietor. Oct. 8. 1866. AMEBIC A N 11 OTE L7 TOWANDA, PA., Having purchased this well known Hotel on Bridge Street, 1 have refurnished and refitted it with every convenience for the accommoda tion of all who may patronize me. No pains will le spared to make all pleasant and agreeable. May 3, 66.—tf. J. is. PATTERSON,Prop. S2N YDEK HOUSE, a four story brick k- edifice near the depot .with large airy rooms, elegant parlors, newlv furnished, has a recess in new addition for Ladies use, and is the most convenient and only first class ho'el at Waverly. A• Y. It is the principal office lor stages south ! express. Also tor sale ot Western Tickets, | and in Canada, on Grand Trunk Rail-way. Fare j lo Detroit from Buffalo, $4, is cheaper than any ! other route. Apply for tickets as above to C. WARFORD. Stabling and care of Horses at reasonable rates. Waverly N. Y , 0ct.26.1866.-3m. C. W. LMNE ASSORTMENT OF PRAY- X EE Books at the NEWS ROOM. MUSIC, OR ANY OTHER AR , TICLE in our line, ordered at short notice by calling at the NEWS ROOM. POCK ET CUTTLERY" "LQWKR | X than at any other establishment in town, aMh * NEWS ROOM ' 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. NUMBER 33.