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n EORGE 11. MONTANA I', AT-
V> ToiiSE k AT LA IF--Office iu Union
Bio k. formerlyoccipiedbylimoruun.
YET T. DA VIES, Attorney at Law,
? ¥ • Towauda, Pa. Office with Wm. Wat
. . .. Esq. Particular attention paid to Or
phans' Court business and settlement u! uece-
Jeut- estates.
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The undersigned having associated themselves
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March 9, lsbo.
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JL LAW. Offices In Union Block, Towanda,
!•••., formerly occupied by lion. Wm. Elwell.and
ia Patrick's* block, Athens, Pa. They may be
ai: ailed at either place.
!i. W. FATKICK, ftpllJ W. A. I'ECE.
i j B. McKEAN, ATTORNEY d
1 !• COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towau
ua, Pa. Particular attention paid to business
in the Orphans' Court. July 20, ISCri.
UENRY PEET, Attorney al Law,
To wan la. Pa. j0n27,66.
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* KEY AT LAW, Troy, Pa. Special
attention given to collecting claims against the
Government for Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions.
Offile with E. B. Parsons. K*q. June 12,1865.
IADWARD OVERTON Jr., Atlor-
Yjney a! Laic, Towanda. Pa. Office in Mon
ta .... - Bio k, over Frost's Store July 13, lsGo.
JOIIX X. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
fj AT LA IF, Towauda, Pa. Also, Govern
u. it A nt lir the collection ol Pensions, Back
Pay nd Bounty.
*„:• N • large aub - -ucces.nil. Office over
the Post l MK re and News Boom. Die. I, ls(l4.
I | 1) STILES, M. D., Rhyri -tan and
X ■ • .S . gun. Id an .omice to the people i'l
Re it Borotigb i "1 vicinity, that. he has permit
:c ~tlv in ate * the pU-e formerly occur fed by
Dr. G VY. Stoic, for the practice of his p ofes
sion. Pirticular atietition given to the treat
ment "1 women and chiidreu as also to the prac
t.iv ol operative mid minor surgery Oct. 2. : o
UK. PRATT lias removed to State
street, (tir.-.t above B. Ku-se & Go's
Bank). Persons Iroma distancedetiiroos m. •
ilting him. will be mist likely to find him on
>tu. •ai rl each week. Especial attention will
be given to -urgitul ca is,cud the extractiou oi
teeth. Gn> or Ether aaministeti d when desired.
July 18, l*>i,i;. !). S. PRATT, M. (>.
DOCTOR chas. F. PAINE.— or
lice in Down's Drag Store, Towanda, Pa.
< alls [ir-.aiptly attended to at al! hours.
Towanda, Xovemher 2S, iSOti.
L' 1W 1) MEEKS—AUCTIONEER.
li All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run.
P.radtoidCo. Pa., will receive prompt attention.
L RANCIS E. POST, Pointer, Tow-
JL. andn. Pa, with lu years experience, is con
lident he un give the be-t satislactiou in Paint
irig. Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, ic.
Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
mntry. April 9,1866,
| J NEWE Ll. ,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
(i v Bradford Co . Pa,, will promptly attend
to all business in his line. Particular attention
. .. 'lining aud establishing old ordisuu
u : lii.i -. Also to surveying ol all unpaltented
lands as (ion as warrants are obtained. m> 17
Dcntistm.
rpWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI-
I. F.NC E IN DENTISTRY.
J. s Srirn, SI D., would respectfully inform
Die iululiitanta ol Bradford County that he is
i . maiiurilly located in Waverly, N. Y., where
lie has i c -'i in the practice of his profession for
; ist tour years. He would say that from his
J >• . essful practice of 25 years duration
ili.ti'with .id the different styles of work
' .ii in any and all Dental establishments in
ity or country, and is better prepared than any
c'i'cr Dental operator in the vicinity to do work
b-I .lapted to the many and different
that present themselves oitentimc3 to the
tist, Bbe understands the art ol making his
i 'LI teeth, and has facilities lor doing
.i nc. To those requiring uuder sets of
t. hhe would oail attention to hl3 new kind of
k w'.'c!: onsists ot porcelain (or both plate
*.h, and lorming a contiauons gum. It is
daiablo. more naturai in appearance, and
. ! . iter adapted t-. the gum than any other
1 oi work. Those in need of the 3<tme are
rited to call and examine specimens. Teeth
ii .dto i .sf ior years and olicnt mes for life
Ch orofo m, ether, and •■S trnui oxide" admin-
d with perfect safety, as over lour hundred
pal ts witl in the last f >nr years can testily.
. .. i the lothwi 3()th of
e. i.v .u'h, the i. .iuj ui \V. 11. TAYLOR,
i: i iy . !J 1 Dr. O. H. Woodruff.) Ha
ving .... lugemects with Mr. Taylor, I am
;ui-;>.iii' .1 ill W'ik in the very best style, at
lis office. Nov. 27, 1865.
JAR. H. WESTON, DENTIST—
Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Dug
and Chemical > ors. ljanG6
Us!> HurSF., TOWANDA, I'A.
.
<'. 1. SMITH, Prciprieior.
!Eril CA X FI OTE L .
1 OW A N D A , PA..
v i,g i> cd this well known Hotel on
it 1 have lehiriiishi'd and refitted
i very • av. nieuce lur the accominuda
ti ' ill who .: ty patronize me. No pains will
pared u> make ai. pleasant and agreeable.
m >• t. tt. j. s. Patterson ,Prop.
N \ HEft UUI'SK, .t tour story brick
L-* ™U cd ti the depot,with large airy roonm.
riegmt, ulors,newly turai-hed. has a recess in
new addition i n Ladies use, and is the most
1&■ it Us ho el at Wiverly.
'• i. Is lh ■ piiacipnl office • >r stages south
• 'Aijresji. Al-.i 1 r-.!e ol U'e-leru ficke s,
■ ■ ' in:-, ia. "ii G.aiid Trank Rail-way. Pare
to Dctioit !. a. 15.i11.ii ~ $4, is cheaper than any
other r ic. Apply or ti kds . above to
c. warkord.
' 5 nd. are of Bones at reasonable
Waverly X. Y ,<M .2*. IMS-3m. C. W
EMNE ASSORTMENT OF PRAY-
A EB i. NESTS ROOM.
VIUSIC, OR ANY OTHER AR
- -L i!i i.k ;n . ordered at short notice
• 1 - i: NEWS LOOM
DOCKET CUTTLERY LOWER
than at ay other establishment in town,
NEWS ROOM
(The Bradford ffotvde?.
E. <>- (tOODRICH, Publisher.
VOLUME XXVII.
Mertedt foctnj.
A LEGEND OF THE NEW MOON".
Over uiy shoulder watching.
I wait lor the bright new moon
To wake in ihe western heavens,
NVhere the air seems soft as .Tune.
O. sweet new moon, like silver.
Shine out in the west for me!
O, sweet new moon of lovers,
I am watching at eve for tliee.
in he past, one eve I wandered
'Neath the blossoming apple trees,
When the world was full of beauty
And the sighing western breeze.
Over my own lett shoulder
I saw thy crescent light :
And 1 wished a wish, that changing.
Was woven thro' my dreams all night.
1 wished that . sweet, coy maiden.
AVith ringlets soft and brown,
With cheeks like the apple blossoms,
And neck like the whitest down.
Would return the love I bore her—
In the morn my wish was true'
Another eve and I kissed her,
And we vowed, sweet moon, to you!
And you go v. m your full orbed beauty
As our love grew day by day ;
And you waned through the cold gray
morning
As our love, till yon went away.
And a hundred times your crescent
Has dipped to the sun's rich bed,
Since the pleasant love of my boyhood
AVas numbered among the dead.
O, w bile I am waiting and watching,
Shine out in your silver light!
For my heart beats high for a maiden—
I would wisli a wish to-night.
I would wish, while your crescent beacons
The laud where love is born.
A wish that would last forever,
"And come to pass at morn."
HOW I WON POLLY AND A
POSTMASTERSHIP,
1 WAS the second sub-clerk at the
Cowford Office when the postmaster,
Mr. Dwerryman, was compelled to re
sign rather suddenly through ill
health. As a consequence the first
sub-clerk, Chaundy, and I had to do
die chiefs work between us until a
iresit appointment was made. It was
thought in the office that Chaundy
was likely to get, not the Cowtord
Office, but that of Moilingham, the
postmaster of which would probably
tie transferred to Cowford. lit; was
the likeliest candidate for our vacan
cy, though Chaundy had been recom
mended for it by Dwerryman, who
was a man much thought of at head
quarters. It was supposed that Chaun
dy was sure to get some sort of pro
motion ; and I think it puffed him up
a little, for he seemed to give himself
the airs of a superior, and certainly
made me do the lion's share of the
work.
1 didn't care. 1 was poor and a
sub-cierk, and I never expected to be
anything else. Indeed, I scarcely de
sired to be anything else. And why ?
Because 1 was in love. That is a
thing to make most men ambitious ;
but it only made me,if not contented,
at all events submissive under pov
erty. I had fallen in love with the
heiress o! one of the richest land
owners in the county : and I knew
no possible position within my limit
ed sphere would or could ever quali
fy me to become a suitor for her
hand. Dreams of ambition therefore
did not trouble me. Had the office
of postmaster-general or secretary
been vacant, and made the prize of a
severe competitive examination, I
would have given the best years of
my life,poor scholar as I was,to study
for the contest, in order to try and
win a position that would make me
worthy of her. Failing, I should have
come back without a murmur to my
high stool, with a bold face and brok
en heart.
She was a lovely girl— such a mer
ry, bright glimpse of sunshine ! We
first became acquainted—if I may so
term her condescending ever after to
bow to me—on one St. Yalentine's
day, when I stamped some twenty
valentines for her. When she was
gone I looked them over—not with
out a pang of jealousy, which was
allayed when 1 found they were eith
er to school-fellows or old gentlemen
—her godfather, her uncles, and that
sort of thing. A more innocent batch
of valentines never swelled Her Maj
esty' revenue.
llow a man like her father could
ever have had so charming a daught
er I can't understand. Mr. Darke
was a harsh, proud man, stern on the
bench, and heartless at the board.—
He was severity itself with all tramps
and beggars, and he preserved bis
game with the utmost strictness. —
There was a fierce hatred and a feud
of long standing between him and
the poachers, who were tolerably
plentiful. He was not the soit of man
I was at all disposed to ask for leave
to pay my addresses to h s daughter.
So I bowed to fate ; cherished Ma
ry's image in my heart of hearts ;
and used to comfort myself in the in
tervals of business by reciting men
tally Shclly's lines about
" The love of the moth for the star.'
Besides this I had but one delight—
tint of collecting foreign stamps for
her. She happened one day to ask
lor one that was lying on the office
ledge ; and I kept a watch for them
eve r afterward. How grateful I was
to the mania I had once scorned and
despised !
This humble passion of mine had
existed nearly two years under these
not highly favorable circumstances,
and, what is more, instead of dimin
ishing it was increasing. Meantime
Ohaundv and I went on as two sub
clerks rolled into one postrmister, and
no appointmert was announced.
Early in December there was al
ways a great ball at Cowford, where
at all classes met, and were suppos
ed to fraternize It was the event of
the season in the county. Mr. Darke
was one of the patrons, and occasion
ally honored the ball with his pres
ence and that of " his loveiy and ac
complished daughter," as the local
journal gushingly styled her. This
year he had not announced his inten
tion of going, and it was generally
supposed therefore that he would not
be present. He had just made a fierce
raid on the poachers, and was report
ed to head his watchers nightly in
person,being determined to put down
the gang, two oi the ringleaders of
which had just been sentenced to
long imprisonments through his in
strumentality.
One afternoon,about three days be
fore the ball, I was looking out of
window. My desk was just at the
junction of the office in which letters
were received, orders issued, and
transactions with the public gem ral
ly conducted, with the inner room in
which the sorting was done, and the
internal affairs of the office were ar
ranged. These two rooms formed
two sides of the small court or vesti
bule, which was open to the public ;
. and the window where I sat was just
in the angle, lighting the inner office,
so that, by looking over the ground
glass with which the window was
glazed half-way up, 1 could see in
profile all applicants at the outer of
fice.
The other clerks were at tea—a
meal I did not care for ; and I had,
just as an occupation, cleared the
box and sorted the letters, and then
returned to my desk. As I mounted
the stool I saw one of Mr. Darke's
servants post a letter.
He was only a stable-help, and had
but lately entered M. Darke's service;
yet I knew him, for it was a silly fan
cy of mine to watch all Mary's sur
roundings with minute care, and pic
ture to myself where I should have
| made alterations and improvements,
: supposing I had beeis rich enough to
1 mak> her mine.
I noticed that the fellow peered
round, as if anxious to see if he were
observed. Not noticing my face at
tixe window, owing to the deepening
twilight, he seemed reassured and
slipped a letter into the box. There
was something so odd about this that
I at once went to the box and took it
out: perhaps I half expected it was
from Mary It was in a wretched
scrawl, probably the fellow's own,
and was addressed "J. M., Post-Of
fice, Cowford (To be called for)." I
hurried to a window which gave a
view of the street, and just caught
sight of the man climbing into a cart
which was standing outside the poul
terers, a few doors ofl'. I knew it to
be the gamekeeper's cart, in which
game was brought into town for sale.
As I watched I saw the keeper come
out of the shop, mount the cart, and
drive off. The help had evidently
taken advantage ol his absence to
steal ofl' and post his missive.
I don't know why I took any fur
ther notice of the letter. Having as
certained it was his, I ought to have
dismissed all thought of it. But some
how I did not. I watched anxiously,
to sec who would come and claim it.
The claimant appeared next day ;
a couple of rough-looking fellows—
railway laborers to all appearance—
came iu, and one of them asked for
a letter "J. M." Having obtained it,
they drew aside into a corner and
opened it ; and the corner happened
to be the one where my window was.
With the utmost precaution against
making any noise to alarm them, I
raised the sash about an inch and
listened.
The first words 1 caught were, "will
go to the ball, and he won't return
till latish."
" That's the time for me ! That's
the time, as he's comin' back agin,"
remarked the listener, in a hoarse
whisper.
"There'll be none with him but
young miss, for there's none stopping
here. Willis"—(that was the coach
man's name, I knew)—"will drive
the chestnuts. This is all 1 know ;
I shall post it when I'm in town with
keeper, and sha'n't be in again till
next week."
" That'll do," said the man, when
he had finished reading : " we'll fin
ish off th' ball for'n wi' a dance he
won't loike I"
" Yes, durn uu 1" said the other ;
and with that the two moved off
This discovery of mine settled a
doubt that had been perplexing me.
I had been undecided whther to go
to the ball or not. The expense, and
a feeling that I could not hope to do
more than see Mary, without speak
ing to her, had deferred me Now 1
felt I might go and warn her father of
his danger ; and by so doing perhaps
be rewarded by exchanging a few
words with her; by hearing her
thanks ; by- -but I dared not dream
of such happiness as dancing with
her.
So I purchased a ticket; and when
the momentous time arrived went to
the ball with a bdating heart, and a
terrible sensation of chokiug in my
throat. 1 took my station near the
entrance until Mr. Darke arrived. Be
fore long his carriage drove up, and
he and Mary alighted. As he turned
to tell the coachman at what hour to
fetch him I saw a man push forward
through the crowd, as if to hear what
time he named, and then disappear.
It was the man who had claimed the
letter addressed "J. M."
This gave fresh strength to my
resolution- which was needed, for I
had begun to think I was dreami ig,
or had been mistaken, or exaggerat
ed the ease. Snoh a feeling was not
unnatural under the circumstances ;
but the sight of the poacher—for I
had no doubt he was one, and that
was why he wished to revenge him
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 31,1867.
self on Mr. Darke—had the eft'ect of
reviving all my previous convictions.
It was not without some nervous
ness that 1 asked Mr. Darke to step
into one of the windows and srive me
a few minutes'conversation. He look
ed a little surprised, but stiffiy con
sented ; and when we had found a
retired seat in one of the bow wind
ows 1 told him about the letter, and
my conjecture that the stable-help
had either entered his service to aid
the poachers in their scheme of re
venge, or had been bribed by them
tu give them information. At first he
proposed to take a couple of police
men in his carriage and try to cap
ture the ruffians ; but 1 pointed out
that he would nlarm his daughter—
perhaps expose iier to danger, sup
posing the poachers had fire-arms.
"Quite riglii. Thank yon S I bad
forgotten that, and more--that ii'she
once fancies I am in danger she will
be frightened to death whenever 1 am
away from home. What do you pro
pose ?"
" Can you return home by any oth
er route V
" \ T es, by tv<o others, involving a
circuit ot a couple of miles or so."
" Then go by one oi those. Miss
Darke will be too tired to observe it ;
besides, it will not be light enough."
" But I should like to catch the
scoundrels."
" I can identify them both,and will
go to the railway and make inquiries
and look about me to-morrow. You
can have them taken into custody ;
and probably after a day or two in
the lock-up the} 7 will man a clean
breast of it, and give up the names
of the others."
" Yes, perhaps best so," said Mr.
Derke, after some minutes' reflection.
" But how can I thank you for this ?"
I declined any special thanks, al
leging I was only doing my duty ;
but the squire was very warm and
pressing in his gratitude—inquired
what I wa9, where I cuine ftom, and
how I was employed. Oil learning
that I had no friends or relatives in
the town, he insisted on my coming
to dine with him on Christuias-day
" And 1 hope we shall be able to
drink confusion to.these rascals," he
said, in conclusion.
I suppose he was in a particularly
good temper this evening ; for he in
trod iced me to his daughter as a
friend of his who had rendered him
a most important service. He little
suspected ihat she kuew who I was,
and was terribly puzzled to think
how a post-office clerk could have
laid her father under such an obliga
tion.
I mustered courage to ask her to
dance with me, and she consented.—
But why try to describe the unex
pected happiness of the evening ! I
can only say, when I had handed her
into the carriage and watched it
drive oft', 1 walked home as ii I had
come a new life uuda brighter world.
Though 1 did not get home till be
tween two and three, I was at the
office again by six to receive the
mails from the district. I was tired;
but I determined that no one—espe
cially Chaundy—should be able to
accuse me of neglecting work.
One of the earliest carts to arrive
was that of the Fentley district. The
driver came in looking like a ghost,
and stammered out that an attempt
had been made to rob him, and that
he had been fired at.
Chaundy not being in the office I
examined the man, and took dowii his
answers in writing. On iaquiry 1
found that bis route had brought him
past Grasslands, Mr. Darke's house,
and that he had been fired at between
there and Cowford, at a very ugly
part of the road, where it ran beside
a canal, on an embankment. The
more I questioned him the more mys-
terious the affair appeared. He had
seen no one, and there was not a bush
or a stone to hide a man just where
he was fired at ; but as be was jog
ging along—not noticing much, he
said, but probably half asleep in re
ality— he saw a flash and heard the
report of a pistol. Fortunately the
old horse was steady and knew the
road ; so he only sprang forward at
a quickened pace. Had the animal
shied or swerved, the driver might
have been upset into the canal or
hurled over the bank into the fields
below —quite a sufficient height to
have led to some serious fractures,
if uot a broken neck. •
I told our man to go home and
keep the affair quiet ; went to Chann
dy, and handed over the report of the
occurrence to him, and told bitn I
would take the cart and go and in
spect the scene of the attempted rob
bery : for such, as Chaundy agreed
with me, appeared to be the real so
lution of the {natter.
I took a pair of large horse-pis
tols, which were kept in the chief's
room as a sort of demonstration of
our defensive force, loaded them, bor
rowed a great-coat of one of the
men, and drove oft' to the scene of
the adventure.
It was a keeu.Jcold, but still morn
ing. As I was whirled through the
fresh air all the cobwebs spun in the
late hours at the ball were blown out
of my brain, and I felt invigorated
both physically and mentally. Much
of the bewilderment into which the
drivel's story had thrown me melted
as the morning mists were- doing ;
and by the time I reached the spot 1
had a pretty clear view of the case.
The poachers had waited and wait
ed for Mr. Drake's return, in ignor
ance of his haviug taken another
road, and supposing the bail to have
been kept up, as hud sometimes oc
curred, until a very late, or rather
early, hour. About the time when
the mail-cart passed they had, how
ever, come to abaudou all expectation
of falling in with Mr. Drake ; and
either the sight of the mail bags had
excited their cupidity, or—as seemed
more likely, no pursuit having been
made—they fired the shot as a joke
to alarm the postman.
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
Wlit'U J reached the exact spot J
j dismounted, and carefully examined
the ground. The dew was still on
i the grass, but there was not a foot
print to be seen on it. I went over
; every inch of the bank, and the bor
der of the fields below, with as much
minuteness as a well trained pointer;
then i examined the bank of the ca
nal, and crossing by . lock a little
way below, went over the farther
bank with equal care. There only
j remained the road to examine. No
I vehicle had passed over it since the
I previous night except the mail cart,
the tracks of whose wheels were
i freshly marked. As 1 followed them
with my eye I noticed a little spot of
i ground slightly blackened,and caught
■ a glimpse of bright mettal. I hast
ened to the place and found a strange
looking object, made apparently with
i two pieces of tin or zinc which bore
the traces of a recent expiosiou.—
j This, then, was some clew to the
i mystery.
1 walked along the road, scrutin
j iziug it carefully, and about twenty
: yards farther found another of these
j " infernal machines " not exploded.—
Farticr on I came on the track of a
child which had crossed the road
from the canal-bridge to the fields.—
I could see that the child had stop
ped in one place ; for the footprints
! were repeated, one over the other,
and there were the marks of a hand
, in the dust, where little lingers had
scraped it in the act of picking some
thing up. I looked across the fields
and saw a small lad " keeping birds.'
He was the only one astir, so 1 Lailed
him and asked him if he had found
any thing like what I held in my
hand ; -aid he at once produced one
. from his pocket, saying he found it in
I the road. I gave him sixpence, which
was of more value to him —and safer
| supposing he laid it all out iu sweets
j — than the explosive article which I
j took from him.
Then 1 mounted the cart again and
; drove on toward Grasslands, but did
| uot see any thing more. In order to
; test whether the things 1 had found
| would sound iifee a pistol, I selected
j a sale and quiet bit of the road, laid
I one down, and drove over it. It ex-
S ploded with a llash and souud very
. like a pistol. 15eing prepared for it
II saw whence the flash came ; but
the duziug driver was hardly likely
to observe so much as that.
! As 1 was driving on I was sm
j prised by the sudden appeerance of
Mr. Drake's keeper,
j " Hold hard !" he cried, stopping
I the horse. "\\ us that you shooting'/
| That's the second this morning. What
| from the station-master that there
was a most unpardonable careless
ness about the fog-signals ; they
were not served out to particular
men, but kept in a box accessible to
any one about the station. The
plate-layers, he told me, were the
men who used them oftenest ; and I
found that a party of them were lay
! iag fresh rails about a mile off
I drove to the nearest point to the
: place named, and made my way
1 across country to the gang on the
line. I recognized my two friends of
the post-office among them ; and :>
mode of procedure at once suggest
ed itself to me. It was not strictly
legal, perhaps, but it answered my
purpose. I went to the ganger, or
foreman, and told him I wanted two
of his men on a charge of murder.—
He did not seem inclined to assist
me, and told me I must help myself.
Luckily 1 had the pistols with me. I
j went up to the two men. told them 1
j was a police-officer, and thai 1 had
j come to take them up on a charge of
j murdering Mr. Darke. They atemed
\ a little taken aback, but denied the
j t harge stoutly.
i " You laid fog-signals ou the road
I last night to frighten his horses, and
' they upset hint into the canal and
he's drowned," said 1 ; " so it's mur
der, my lads. " I'ome along !"
There seemed some inclination to
resist the capture, so 1 took out the
pistols.
"Look here," said I ; "if 1 can't
■ take the two I waul, lade, I shall
' shoot the first two that come to hand;
and they'll be the first that interfere,
j You'd best keep quiet, ali of you ;
i for there's a warrant out against you
' all for poaching s ' —l saw most of them
! look uncomfortable at this—" and if
I give yon a bad word ii w II go hard
! with you."
This had its effect, coupled with
the appearance of the pistols ; and 1
got my men off' and inarched ttiem in
I front of me to the road, where 1 made
I them get into the dog-carl. The
groom drove, and I sat behind with
i the pistols cocked ; and in this form
i we went back to Grasslands.
I I sent the porter ou from the lodge,
I where I made an excuse for a minute
have you got in the trap
1 did nut choose to explain matters
to him ; and he clearly suspected me
of poaching, and vowed he'd take me
befoie his master. To this 1 had no
objection ; so he jumped into the cart
and we turned round.
To make a long story short Mr.
Drake was roused, and came down
to iiud me virtually in custody. A
few words explained how it was. The
keeper was sent away—not without
praise, though, for his vigilance
and then 1 related my discovery to
Mr. Darke. He at once recognized
in my "infernal machines " (he fog
signals in use on railways.
He insisted on my coming iu and
taking breakfast before 1 prosecuted
the search farther, and I readily con
sented. Mary came down in a charm-
ing morning-wrapper and presided,
and -the danger being over- was
told all about it.
It was determined that the mail-
cart—which was an unusual convey
ance, and might attract needless at
tention—should be put up at Grass
lands, and that 1 should go ou the
nearest railroad in Mr. Darke's dosr
cart.
On reaching the station 1 found
or so's delay ; and by the time we
reached the hail, in accordance with
the instructions I had given him, all
the blinds were drawn down and Mr.
Darke kept out of sight.
The clergyman, who was a magis
trate, was sent for ; and we exam
ined the prisoners, who broke down
completely and confessed all, giving
up their accomplices. They had in
tended to frighten the horses, as I had
supposed, without thinking much
i about 'he probable consequeuces—
except with the vague notion that
they would not be guilty of murder,
even if the worst happened. The
stable-help turned out to be the son
of one of them.
When we had terrified them suffi
j ciently, we called to the real consta
bles, who had been sent for, and they
were given into their custody—Mr.
j Darke walking in presently, much to
j their alarm—surprise—but ultimate
! ly satisfaction.
I have not much more to tell. On
; nty return to the office I found Chaun
' dy had sent ofl' a graphic report to
head-quarters, full of blunders, exag
gerations, and misstatements—being
founded, in fact, solely on what the
driver had said. I therefore did not
utter a syllable about my doings, but
quietly sent ofi' a report of my own,
! including a document which 1 had
, got Mr. Darke to draw up, as tnagis
[ trate, t<> confirm my account.
[ The authorities placed themselves
. j in communication with Mr. Darke ;
s 1 and the result was that in a week the
> j appointment of a new postmaster at
[ ' Cowford was made ; and the new
I postmaster was not Chaundy; it
• ! was I !
: j 1 went over to thank Mr. Darke for
i | his part in the matter. He was out :
ilso I thanked Mary. She congratula
• ; ted me on my piomotion, and said
; ; she supposed I should marry now. 1
; i-aid no. She inquired why. lat
i once explained, and made a confes
| siou of my audacious love. She—
I well, she gave me a good reason why
, 1 should marry, and furtiiermore told
i me whom I was to marry—Miss Ma
[ ry Darke t wit, and no other.
[ i Mr. Darke came in soon after, and
.j i told him all. lie was furious at
• ! first ; but Mary remonstrated with
him for bis ingratitude, and pointed
; ! out that she should be twenty one in
- j three months, when should assert her
j right to become postmistress of Cow
ford. The squire relented, and we
triumphed. We were married soon
after Christmas-day, and have lived
• as happily as the prince and princess
' of a fairy-tale ever since.
That's how I won Polly—l always
j cail her Polly now, because our eld
-5 j est girl is called Mary ; and she is
! j three years old, and therefore must
! f be treated with respect ; and it
' wouldn't do to have two Marys in the
house. Tiia', I repeat, is hoAv I won
i Polly and the postmastership— which
j latter 1 didn't keep ! for the squire
1 j makes us a handsome allowance, and
|1 am reading for the Par. 1 got my
father in-law to use his influence lbr
i Chaundy, who ultimately was ap
• pointed postmaster, with a bint not
' to be foo clever iu future.
PROFANITY. —Why will MEN take the j
nam •of God in vaiu What possi-1
Lie advantage is to be gained by it ? !
Aiid yet this wanton, vulgar sin ol i
profanity is evidently on the increase, j
Oaths fall upon the ears in the cars i
and at the corners of streets. The |
North American Review says well : 1
"There is among us not a few who 1
feel that a simple assertion or plain i
statement of obvious facts will pass j
for nothing, unless they swear to its j
truth by all the names of the Deity
and blister their lips with every va
riety of hot and sulphurous oaths.— ,
11 we observe such persons very I
closely, we shall generally ftud that |
the fierceness of their profanity is in 1
inverse ratio to the atilueuce of their i
ideas. We venture to affirm that the j
profanest men within the circle of j
your knowledge, are all afflicted with ;
a chronic weakness of the intellect. ;
The utterance of an oath, though it
may prevent a vacuum in sound, is i
no indication of sense. It requires i
no genius to swear. The reckless i
taking of sacred names in vaiu is as j
little characteristic of true indepen- j
deuce of thought as it is of high nio- j
ral culture. In this breathing and I
beautiful world, liiled, as it were, j
with the presence of the Deity and j
fragrant with its incense from a thou
sand altars of praise, it would he no j
servility should we catch the spirit j
of reverent worshippers, and ill us- i
trate in ourselves the sentiment that '
the " Christian is the highest style of,
..
man.
A CROSS WOMAN. —The idea of a 1
woman getting cross and ugly when
things in the family do not run quite i
as smoothly as they should, is simply
ridiculous. .--lie makes hersell an j
object of loathing and contempt;
whenever she is guilty ol such non-1
sense. The Almighty has created ;
her for ;• purpose entirely different to .
I this insane and foolish indulgence in
; angry passions. He has made her
i beautiful and attractive in person,
: endowed her with sensibilities and re
j linements of mind and manner which
when pioperly cultivated, lead to the
' elevation of the higher and holier
feelings of our nature. Think of a
| being thus constituted getting cross
ion every trifling occasion. How she
insults her Creator, and prostitutes
: tho6C excellent qualities which the
stern sex do not possess, and which
seem to be reserved by heaven for
her alone. Think of this, fair woman
I whenever the devil tempts you thus
Ito sin. You may forfeit ail within
i your grasp : worldly happiness, per
sonal esteem, domestic, felicity, that
peace of mind which arises from a
consciousness of duty well and faith
fully performed, and what is more
than all, you may forfeit the favor of
your God.
afcii per Annum, in Advance.
GKEMATION IH SUM.
The practice of burning the bodies
of the dead is retained in Siatn in full
force to the present day, among all
the principal families. The ceremo
ny is magnificent enough, but fear
fully expensive, aud its continuance
is an intolerable burden, but no one
dares to drop it because it is "the
old custom." The Bankok Recorder
of September 20th, contains descrip
tions of the burning on that day of
two Siames nobles, one brother of the
Prime Minister of the kingdom who
died a few weeks later. During all
the intervening time, the bodies had
laid in state in their respective
homes. The whole period had been
occupied in costly preparations for
the ceremony. On a platform about
eight feet from the ground had been
erected a pyramid sixteen feet high,
surmounted by a splendid urn highly
ornamented and gilt. Ove< THIS V.MS
an immense and lofty white canopy,
open at the four sides. The whole
was profusely decorated with flowers
and fancy articles.
On the day of the funeral the pyra
mid was chiefly removed, and a pile
of firewood built in its place,on which
the bodies were placed The account
proceeds :
" Within its enclosure on two sides
of the dome were seated priests, prin
ces, noblemen, Ac. On another side
were the female mourners and friends,
together with nearly all the Europe
an ladies residing within the city.—
On the fourth side where His Majesty
was to approach the dome, were the
; Europeau gentlemen comprising mar
iners, merchants, consuls, clergymen,
&.c. Without the enclosure on all
sides were vast multitudes of both
sexes and of all classes.
" The hour of five o'clock had now
arrived, which was the time appoint
| ed for the ignition of the funeral pile.
Presently the royal heralds annouue
jed the approach of the king by their
I trumpets and conch-shells. All eyes
wore consequently turned to the
quarter at which his majesty was to
j enter,and a few strains of ' God Save
the King,' from the brass band, iutro
. ducrd him very quietly into the pres
' euce of the dead, where he seated
i himself with a large number of child
t reu, before ten or a dozen Buddhist
i priests, arranged in a line, sitting on
| a carpet. These wont through cer
! lain rehearsals and incantations for
i the dead, bearly audible, but not to
ibe understood, while His Majesty
i poured sacred water from a little lu
j pot into a basin, it being a symbol of
blessings craved for the departed
spirits, as well as lor ali the remain
ing friends.
"The screen which had hidden the
! dismantling and humiliation of the
, bodies on the wood was now drawn
! aside, llis Majesty then snapped an
instrument peculiar to the Siamese,
which ignited a little powder, and
this a tape, while the King, having
ascended the steps, applied to the fu
neral pile. Immediately the nearest
mourners stepped up and placed each
his wax candle and sandal sticks un
der the wood ; and then the princes
and lords in rapid succession did the
same, until all order of rank was lost
in the desire to manifest the same re
spect for the dead before the flames
should become .too hot to admit of ap
proach. The fire increased with un
usual rapidity.
"There was no outburst of grief,'
but manifestly silent, solemn weep- i
iug among some of the mourners. Wo
could not but weep with them when j
we considered that they were weep- :
iug without one ray of the glorious
hopes which the gospel affords to '
them who believe iu llirn who is the j
resurrection and the life."
HOW THE ATLANTIC CABLE IS
WORKED.
[X. V. Correspondence "of the I.onisviUe
Conner.]
The other day a telegrapher, who
had looked into the matter, told me,*
iu a few words, how the Atlantic ca
ble is worked. I had read column
after column in the papers in a vain
effort to understand how it was done,
and was astonished enough, I assure
you, to see how simple a thing was j
the instrument which talks across 1
the sea. Imagine a small needle -it
weighs only three-seventeenths of a
grain set so that either end points
to a powerful fixed magnet. Over
this needle is a board in which is a :
small hole, above and behind which j
is a black board. One end of the
needle, or rather magnet, is the posi
tive, and the other a negative one.
The battery is taken off at one side
of the ocean by the action of the
magnets themselves when the opera
tor at the other side is writing. The
battery used at either ends contains
1 only three cops—a wonderfully small
i number when you know that it takes
I a thousand or more 10 work the va-
I rious wires leading out of No. 145
- Broadway, the head office here. The
i application of a current from the bat
tcry to the positive magnet at Yali-u
, tia induces an attraction ot the nee
dle by the negative magnet at Heart's
j Content, vice verso. The movement
iof the needle, however, is so very
! small that it could not be detected
jby tbe naked eye. A powerful tnag
: nifier, however, carries the reflection
of the motion oi tiie needle through
1 the hole in the board above,and trans
| fers it an enlarged, and with the aid
lof light, au enlightened form to tbe
black board. The alphabet is simi
| lar to, though not exactly like, the
" Morse," and a motion of the needle
one way implies dash, or the other
: way a dot ; of course as many of
i each can be made use of as is desira
j ble. The magnets being equally al
; tractive, hold the needle stationary
j when no other influence is applied.—
I And now for the reason why a small
| battery works tbe best. It is not
I that a large battery,as has been pop
i ularly supposed, would eat up the
conducting wire, but that it would
make the motion of the delicate nee
dle too violent- -to use a vulgar
phrase.it would be perpetually "wab
bling about." The small current us
ed has no such effect.
PN AKIFS PATK.VT FOK TANNIN - .. DEATH
ER IX OXF. DAY. The (.'cruiail PAP'
give the .following which is described
as a simple and cheap method. Tin
inventor guarantees t > tan any kind
of leather in one day, the work to be
perfect, the leather to be as tough
and strong as any that is prepared
otherwise. The materials used are
oil of turpentine, mixed with extract
of tannin, and the mechanical opera
tion is by imparting motion to tin
skins, which are put into fulling vats.
After washing, depilating, ami re
moving the upper skin from the hides
instead, of consigning them to the
miserable pit, they are put into tub
ing vats. These contain a decocti
of alum in case tin- leather is to re
main white, or if it is to be colon d
the decoction is that <>f catechu, su
mac, or any other tannin substance.
The vat being carefully fastened is
put in motion for souse hours By
the motion, the alum or the other
substances penetrate the pores of the
skiu, and prepare it for the reception
of the extract which is the principal
tanning agent. The turpentine corn
pound is then poured into the vat,
which is again fastened, and subject
cd to the same rotary motion us be
; fore. This likewise lasts some hours
, Tim extract, having to work upon the
5 pores already open to receive it. be
; gins its work as BOOU as the evolu
tions have commenced, and so pow
erful is its energy that in less than
tweuty-four hours the work is ac
complished and the skin is thorough
ly tanned. After the operation tin
skins require only to be freed from
the smell of turpentine and thg resin
ous particles that stick to it, both of
which are removed by washing. Tin
leather is then hammered, smoothed,
and finished in the common way.
Small skins, such as those of c If,
sheep, and goats, which are chiefly
reserved for morocco, are treated in
the same way as large hides, with
this difference only, that a quantity
of salt is added to the decoction of
alum, etc., and the time allowed for
the operation is about half that taken
up for heavy leather. Thus we have
a method at once short and cheap,
and applicable to white as well as
morocco leather, both of which can
be prepared at one and the same
time.— Skin and Leather Reporter.
FUN, FACTS, AND FACETIAE.
A WESTERN" editor thus " cusses "
! his opponent. 1 • May bis cow give soiu
milk, and bis bens bad eggs ; m short, may
| his daughter marry a one-eyed editor, hi
! business go to ruin . nd be go to- Congrt >.
A GENTI.ENAN having asked how
! many dog days there were in a year, re
| cc-ived for an answer, that it was impossi
j hie to number them, as every dog has his
I day.
NEVER despise counsels from what
; ever they reach you. Remember that the
i pearl is keenly sought for in spite of the
j coarse shell which envelops it.
I A MISER!.V old farmer who bad lost
; one < f his best hands in the uiidst of hay
i making, rem tailed to the sexton as he was
! filling up the grave : " It's a and thing t->
i lose a good mower at a time like this : but
j after all poor Tom was a great eater.
i IT has been asked, " When rain
j falls, does it ever get up again Of course
| it does -in due time.
A MAX in Maine applied fur two
j gallons of rum for • • medical purposes.
! '' For what medical purposes V inquired
: the agent. For raising a barn." was the
i reply.
| thiuks it lather remarkable
that while several thousand feet are required
to make one rood, . single foot, properly
| applied, is often sufficient to make one civil.
A FOR is like a new set of knives
j and forks, you can't put him to nothing
useful without taking away all bis polish.
WHY is it easy to break into an ULD
1 man's house : Because bis gait i- brol
! and his locks are i'ew.
HEARING a physician remark thai a
j small blow would break the nose, a rustic
exclaimed : " Well, I dnnuo about that.
; I ve blowed my nose a great number.-:
1 times, and I've uever broke it yet. '
" WoNt'ERKTI. things are done now
I Allays." said Mr. Timmins : "Hie do. tei
• has given Flack's boy a new lip 'roni hi
i cheek.' "Ah," said hisl.-.dy, "many'stlu
I time 1 have known a pair taken from miu
and no very painful operation either."
BRIGQAM Yovxi; has been making
inspecting tours round about his dominion-,
lie was " insulted " by a rough backwood
man, who propounded Artemus Ward -
question direct : "How's your mother-in
law V"
IT is said the reason the stars did
'ut shoot was-because tbe police wer.-mi
the watch for thein.
WHEN Madame Rachel saw In 1
stout sister Sarah dressed for the part of .1
shepherdess, her comment was : "Sarah,
dear, you look like a shepherdess who has
just dined on her flock.''
AX IRISH peer says, "never be ciit
| ical upon the ladies; the only way a tin
gentleman ever will attempt to look ai tin
! faults of a pretty woman is to dint his
eyes.'
TRXO said that an avaricious man
was like a barren, sandy soil, which sin-k
--in all the rain and dews with greedini s.-,
and thirst—but yields no fruitful herbs
j plants to the inhabitants.
NEVER purchase love or friendship
by gilts, for when thus obtained they •
lost as soon as yon stop payment
A YOt'N'G lady s tys the reason thai
she carries a parasol is that the -an is t.i
the masculine gender, and slit cannot with
stand its its ardent glance-s.
THI; light of other days—tallow
candles.
WoNDERFI'i.. A contemporary, re
cording the fall of a # person into the ri\
er, says, "It is a wondi r that he escaped
with his life." Wouldn't it have been .-
still greater wonder it he hades opnl with
out it V
WHAT IS that which occurs once in
a minute, twice in a moment, and not once
in a hundred years ' The letter M.
AT a printer's festival lately, tin
following toast was offered : " Woman—
second only to the press in the .lisseminn
tion of news."
I -losti Bh.UNGS says then- -s nothing
I more touching in this life than to see n
! poor but virtuous youm man strngglinu
j with a moustveh..
j AN old bachelor being laughed at
I by a party of pretty girls, told them : "Von
j are * small potatoes. " "Wo may bo small
I potatoes." cried one ot them, but we are
I sweet ones."
IF you would have a thing kept sc-
I cret, never tell it to any
ENVY is only fixed uu met it ; and
, like a sore cy>. is offended with even-thin
. that is bright.
Trite first pat; of married life is the
i shine of tin honeymoon : the rot, too oft
(li. common moonshine.
; THERE are laces out UT which truth
I looks so unequivocally that to distrust them
>| seem? like profanation.
NUMBER 35.