imam- :um.*
Tas Itsroursa is plaided assrplintris
say Itozals& by E. O. tkossaA, SS $2 Pea I
annum, tri drama: • ,",
esesediss Mesa
linos are inserted at rem caw pet line ibr
drat insertion. and amps= per line for
imbsequent insertions. Breda iiadiastitt;
carted babes Ilarriages sad Dada, trill
be olierged,waras awn per list imam*,
insertion. An neolidiesset Asseelatioissi
eonuenniestioni of United ea
I aterest,and melees of lliselsgea ll t=
etoeediag firs lines, are diarged
p er ihte.
1 Tem Q mo. mo.
Ralf
One 'Johann, $lOO $6O $4O
1. SO U
One Square, 15 10 ' 114
estray,eantion. Lost and Pound, andotbes
advertisements, not eseeeding 10 lima
Ad g ords= s 4 41 1 Br esli acnerses Bram& 00
Auditor's Notices A 60
Business Cards. Ave lines, yees)..s 00
Merchants and others, edwartisdng their
business, will be charged $l5. They will
be entitled to 4 calm. confined frododre•
iytothedrbininessorithprivilagedquatter
ty etuinges t
OP- Advertising in all cases exclusive of
subscription to the mar. -
SOB PRINTING of ma kid. la Ma
and Farley colon, dons with seeinees sod.
dispatch. Handbills, Bleak% Clads. Pm-
Wets, de., of everyvesiety esdetileiptin
ted at the shortest notice. The
Orme - boa *lbsen re•Atted with
Presses, and every thing- In- the Printing
ine can be executed in the inostiatisths
manner and at the lowest rates. TERMS
INVARIABLY OABIL
eaxbL
tIEORGE D. MONTLNYE, AT.
N.A TORNEY AT LA W--011ee corner et
Main and Pine streets, opposite Porter's Drug
Store.
MISS E. H. BATES, M. D.
(Graduate of Womaiis Mealiest C ollege,
Philadelphia. Class 18k.] Office and residence
No. it Park street Owego!. PartionUr atten
tion given to Diseases of Women. Patients
visited at their homes It requested.
Kay ZB.l++6B.
WT. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
• Towanda, Pa. Office with Wm. Wet
klus, Esq. Particular. site: NMI paid to Or
flhems, Court business and settlement OT dece
dents estates.
U & MORROW, Attorneys
..L.TI at Law, Towanda, Penn!".
The undersigned having assotiated themselves
togeher In the practice of Law, offer their pro.
services to the public.
ULYSSES IiEIiCUB P. D. MORROW.
%web 9, 1566.
iAytucK & PECK, Arrourzirs
Law. Micas Patton Block,Towanda,
Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
asulted at either place.
n. w. PASSIM, apll3
ET B. IicKBAN, ATTORNEY &
AA.. COUNSELLOR AT LA W, Twat
qa, Pa. Particular-attention paid to business
n the Orphans' Court. July 20. 1868.
ENRY PEET, Attorney at Law,
TOWI4I ia, Pa. jan27, 66.
LID WARD :OVERTON Jr., Attor
kuney at Law, Towanda, Pa. Mice In the
Court House. . July 13,1865.
JOHN W .111 X, ATTOBNEY AT
LAW , Towanda, Bradford Co. Pa.
General Intrumnce and Real Rylate agent.—
Bounties and Pensions collected. N.
byelaw; ln the Orphan'. Colin attended to
promptly and with care. Office Mercer's new
block ncrth aide Public Square. 0ct.24, '67.
JOHN N. OALIFF, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Particular at-
Mention given to Orphans' Court business, Con.,
veyancing and Collections..
air Office at the Registers and Recorder's
oDice--soeth of Court Douse. Dec. 1.1864.
P. KIMBALL; Licensed
tioneer, Pottersville, Bradford Co— Pa.
tenders his serylcvs to the public. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no pay required. All orders by
mall, addressed u above,' will receive prompt
attention. Oct. 2, 1867,-4lm
DR. C.• P. GODFREY, PHYSICIAN
AMD Suzann, has permanently located
wt Wyalusing, where he will be found at all
times. ap1.16'68.6m.•
DR. T. B. JOHNSON, TovANDA,
PA. Having permanently located, often
his professional servlces to the public. Calls
romp Lly attended to in or out of town. Office
w ith .1. DeWitt on Main st.-eet. Residence at
mr a. Humphrey's on Second Street.
April 16, 1.668.
VT HERSEY WATKINS, Notary
lI VT • Public is prepared to take Depart.
ttotrs,' Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds,
nrtgages, Powers of Attorney, and all other
fastraments. Affidavits and other papers may
*De sworn to before me.
Office with G. D. Montahye, corner Main and
Pine Streets. Towanda, N., Jan, 14, 1867.
PARSONS & CARNOCHAN, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Troy, Bradford Co
Practice in all the Coarts of the ooanty. Col
talons marls and promptly remitted.
a. s. PAItsONS, - dl2 w. li. caarroonax.
IR.. PRATT has removed to State
Al street, (first above B. 8. Russell & 'Co's
Rrea ). Persons from a distance desirous of con
mg him, srill,be most likely to find him on
..-u.) )1 each week. Rspecial attention will
p.:i. en to surgical cases, and the extraction of
'las or-Ether administered when desired.
July 1 , , INGti. B. B. PRATT, H. D.
H.. U. WESTON, DENTIST.—
LI office in Patton's Bloeli, over Gore's Drug
an Chemleal Story. ljan6s
.filtS. T. F. &. WM. A. MADILL,
I- , PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
(lice and madame Wysoz, Pa. Dr. T. P.
.vin he consulted at , iore's Drug Store
T , wanda, every Saturday. Dr. Wm. A.
Mad 'II will give especial attention to diseases
~t the Rye. Etc. Throat and Lungs, having
111 Lib' a specidity of the above &classes for the
past right years.
T. F. ■•DII.L. N. D
June 11.1.848.
ESJ . M. PECK, X
—TTORNEY AT LAW,
Towands, -All business intrusted to
his care wtp receive prompt attention. Of f
ice
in the race Lately occupied by Miriam & Mor
row, aouth.of Ward House, up stairs.
July 16,1868.
DRS. MASON & ELY, Physicians
Sisrgeons.-office on Pine street, TO•
wands, at the residence of Dr. lamp.
Particular attentien given to diseases of Wo
men, and direases of Eye, Ear and Throd.
KARON, N. D. DILNRY starts ZLT,III. D.
April 9 Di g%
LIP WPC MEEKS-AUCTIONEER.
1:1 AU letters addressed to him at &pi Ilan,
ill-afford Co. Pa.. will receive prompt attention.
FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, 2bte•
anda, Pa, with 10 years exwience, b eon.
fi lent -be can give the best satisfaction In Paint
ag, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering..osc.
ell - Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
nuntry. April 9, 1866.
I K. VAUGHAN—Architect and
•.• • Builder.—All Hods of archltefitaral do
- gas furnished. Ornamental work in Stotts,
Iron and Wood. Ocoee on Nab istreet, over
Co.'s Bank. Attention given to Eta
eai inch as laying out of f""",
- April 1, 186 .-17.
1 J. NEWELL,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
()rya, Bradford Co. , Pat, winlnvfaPt l 7 attend
to all business in his line. Particular attention
.vett to running and establishing old or=
lines. Mao to sarxeying or all wipe
I
ids as soon as warrants are obtained. m 717
I? B. FORD—Licensed Auctioneer,
I: •
TOWASDA, PA.,
will attend promptly to all bananas entrained
to him. Charges moderate.. Feb. 13, 1668.
WB. KELLY, .Deraist. Office
over Wickham & Black's, Towanda,Pa.
All the various Myles of work scientifically
done e i I warranted.' Particular attention la
(Ailed to the Atkin:dem Bane for Artificial
Teeth. which la Minaily as good as Gold Mad
fee superior to either Rabbet or Silver. Plain
call and examine specimens. .
Chloroform or Ether 'admisumered under di.
rectioa of a Physiaan when desired.
Aug. 6, 1867.—tf.
ItEAL ESTATE AGENCY.
H. B. ticEELN,_ REAL ESTATE AGENT,
iigera.t.tie following Puma, Coal and Timber
Lands for isle :
Pine Timber lot, S mike from !Towands, c s
taining 53 acres._Prico $1,323.
Perm in Asila, containing 136 acres. Good
boadings. Vndera duo state of culthrstion.
Mostly Improved. iPricc 36,000.
Pare. In West ihrlington—on Gm Creek.—
Sew house and barn. Under s fine state of cal
• ivotion. 95 acres. Pries $5.4 50 -
Frankllt. All under good caltlirs
-11 .9'. Good buildia.te • For sal/ assP
seceral Teti dm 'table ilonma.andLotain
V,Araada.
A ►arse tract aril /Lands in 11op comity
Timm* July 18 57.,
:-
E. O. 61-00pIeWq, IgNttoliisher.
VOLUME XXIX.
•
WARD HOUSE, tifIVtANPA, PA.
v
Oa Nola Street, maw the "rut ; Souk
0. T. SKIM Proprietor.
Oct. 8, - 1- •
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m BRIQAN 1110 TEL,
TOWANDA, PIA., • .
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Ilaiim et suchased this well him Hoteloa
, I hail rehuoished lid minted
.ftida
it tlt every ocerreateaos for the Wrocoanasilw.
dos *MI whom:y yadvalas me. No pike
be spared to wak all ylessaat lad
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N. l
86. J. S. TATTSBliars.
ELWiILL• HOUSE, i9wriNixt,
Rath 0. WU.OOI.
Having leased this Haase. is now feeds to ic
on:mandate the ?maim pnbila No pains
nor expense TM be ens as to eve iatitection
to those who easy give bin a call.
alriforth side of the =Ups, salt of
iferear's new block [now
pußLio DRA / Y.
The subscriber having purchased fbe Mai 1'
kumerly owned by O.W. Debtor.
informs the public that be M pr , M t IeIP MA T I
kinds of wont in his line and win attend promp
tly to all orders. Household goods easefully
handled. Charges reaeonable. ;
G. I„:AusonD.
Towanda, Junel .188 k.
I, I YES' , MILLI
Myer, Foster 1 Co., will deliver Plow, Feed,
Meal Graham Flour, oraz te thing else their
line In any pa t of the .
Customers will Lind an rder Book at the
store of Fox Stereos, liercur !rn Co. All or
ders left In Bald book will be promptly attend
ed to.
Any Inquiries In regard to deluding, or .otber
business of Lb, MIII, entered In slid Book, will
be answered.
FOBTER &
Towanda, June 11168.—tf. I
OLOIkiON COOPER tHfab remov
ed from the Ward Noose and ham opened
SHAM° AND HAIR DRESSING SALOON
Two doors south of the National Hotel, and
adjoining Patton's Block, on Main Street, in
"the basement. This shop is open Constantly
from 6 a. m., to 9 p. m.. to accommodate aL
that *ill favor him with a call. Two expert?
enced workmen in this , saloon, always ready to
watt on customers in • satisfactory manner.—
Gents and Ladies Hair Cutting in :the latest
fashionable style. Bums booed and met ready
for use and warranted to suit, Ornamental
Hair Work. Switches, • Waterfalls, and Carla,
made to order. Wigs made and repaired.
Towanda. Aug. 18, 1868.-44'
I=
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
A. opened a Banking House 'hi Mrdtiun•
der the name c; G. P. litifileN fit .
They are pre ma to drat, Bills of Ex
change, and make collections in New York
Philadelphia, and ail portions of the Gaited
States, as also England, Germany, and Prance.
To Loan money, receive deposit, , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. F. Eamon was' one of the late fine ef
Laporte, h son it f Towanda, Pa., and
his Imola( ge of the Co., inisinear men of Bradford
and afiicolmag Cmlnties,snd hating been in the
banking business for about fifteen years. make
this house a desirable ,one, through which to
make collections.
G. F. MASON,
Towenda, Oct.. 1, 1866. A. G. MASON.
BRADFORD COUNTY
H. B. McKWI, Rm Been AGINT
Valuable Farms, Mill Properties, City and
Torii Lots for sale.
Parties having property for sale will dad It
to Ows advantage by leaving s 'description of
the same, with terms of sale at 'this agency, as
partieir are constantly enquiri & M nglor hums Aci
B. cKBAN,
Beal &state Agent.
'Office Montanye's Block, Towanda, Pa. -
Jan. 29, 1887.
HARDING & SMALLEY,
Having entered into a co-partnership for the
transaction of the PHOTOGRAPHIC business,
at the rooms formerly occupied by Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call the attention
of the public to several styles of Pictures which
we make specialtie Soler Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and C o lo re d, Opaitypes, Porce
lain Pictures, he., which we claim for dankness
and brilliancy of tone and Artistic flank ems
sun be excelled. We invite all to tumble. them
as well as the more common kinds of Portrait&
which we make, knowing full well that they
will bear the closest inspection. This Gallery
claims the Wheat reputation for good work of
any to this section of country, and we are de
termined by ■ strict attention to business and
the superior quality of our work, to not only
retain but increase its very ewetabie repdtalion.
We keep constantly on hand' the best variety
of Frames and at lower prices than atany other
establishment in town. AlsO Paseepartouts
Card. frames, Card Easels, Holmee' Stereo.
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and verything else
of importance pertaining to the business. Give
us an early call, • -
M.
11.--Solar Printing (or the trade on the
most reasonable terms. D. HARDING,
Aug. 29.'67. F. Sid ALLEY.
A. CARD.—Dr. VANBLIBURK has ob
tained a License, as required, of the
Goodyeat Vulcinate Company, to Vulcanize
Rubber as a base for Artificial Teeth, and has
now a good selection of those besatifhl carved
Block Teeth, and a eupenor article of Black
English Rubber, which will enable him to sup
ply ail those in want of sets .olf teeth, with
those unsurpassed for beauty an natural ap
pearance. Filling, Maniac, Correcting Irreg
ularities, Extracting, and all operations be
longing to the Surgical Department ;skillfully
performed. Choloform administered for the
extinction of Teeth when desired, an article
being used for the purpose in which he has
perfect confidence, having administered it with
the most pleasing results during a practice of
fourteen years.
Being very grateful to the public for their
liberal patronage heretofore received, he would
say that by strict attention to the wants of his
patients, he would continue to merit their con
fidence and approbation. Oftios in Beidleman's
Block, opposite the Means House, Towanda,
Pa. Dec. 20, 1867..-3 m.
Cl=
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERT
DICE IN DENTISTRY.
J. B; Sinn, K. D., would reepectfully inform
the inhabitants of Bradford Gooney thAt he is
permanently located in Towanda, Pa He
would say that from his long an d su ccessful
practice of TWENTY-FIVE YEARS duration
he is familiar with all the different . styles of.
work done is any.and all Dental Establishments'
in city or country, and is better prenared than
any other Dental operator la the vicinity to do
work the best adapted to the many and dthrent
cases that present themselves. oftentimes*. to the
Dentist, as be understands the art of making his
own artificial teeth, and. has facilities for doing
the same. To those requiring ander sets of
teeth be would esU attention to his new kind of
work which:eonidsta of porcelain for both plate
and teeth, and forming s continuous gam. It is
more durable, more natural' Isis , and
much betterted to the inn( any ether
kind of work adap .' Those in need of the matt are
invited to calPand examine specimens. • Teeth
filled to last for blears sad oftentimes for Ufa.—
Chloroform, Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide " ad-
ministered with perfect safety, as over four hun
dred patients within the last four years can tes
tify.
Office in Piston's Block.
'CARRIAGES I CARRIAGES I
LT TUB •
BURLINGTON CARRIAGE EMPORIUM
The sutscriber would inform his friends and
the public gensadly, that be has now on hand,
and LI prepared Se build to order. ~
OPEN AND TOP BUGGYS,
Democrat led Lumber Wagons, atj reduced
prices. I have my shop. insding a
m en te i r4= re lr=h tie .ree t r sige lr differ.
- FIRST CLASS AMMAN CS.
I would'infOns the public that I bare secured
tbseervicea of Mr. JAB. W. TIINIBON, formerly
ot 'Waverly, who hal charge of the Patties
Department, we am nor prepared to do all
kinds of Paintlag, -having just remised the
largest and - best selected sleek or, palate and
varnishes ever brought Into the county. Ord
ers sollcitatand all - 11rork- mauled.: Repair
lug dons on the most reasonable teems
—NOSTRUM VOBBIIIMER.
April 113, iscs.—sme.
CHOICLTLIUCCO AND CIGARS ,
at Coopelts Clea,ll'tom
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REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
toul. 23. 1868
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(FOe the ikedloeil
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Sweet 13ansmis jai
Het oiledi placio of rad,
Bar mlBl7 tread Oho *Unroll !Winn
That deaf siamberbigibteist:
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ircrir sad to thbdi Wog-blush xi
1 Which she solo 4 work
of leaf sad Nrni--4111 too
Are Med evu4s
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Hot aU unlike the tfamdeut j
That springs witkhrthe h .
AO smiles s maul,/ o'er
To die of sorrow'S dart.
Ho more the busy him; of • .
Resounds is leadtias bow , •
reFel Igo thysiTlied fn • •
rThrough all MS buqpiid Ito
Ho song-bird wakes !the dro
For all are hubs& or fled ;
And sad winds eisult throng
be" i 1
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Alt! summer's au! speak
Her admit pussel : of rest—
Haste on, old,Wi4tet i r, bring
And fold it o'er breast
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A WO I R,
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!VI " 6 . i X,BP'en
1 Douglass !
lin the ri hie
Mier.
At the greet; Repub can mass
meeting in Raleigh,. N. ~ Sept. 18,
Robert M. Doughim made the follow
ing speech.: ii i
Imow-CrrtzFxs : Tho gh it may
appear presumOon in o e so young
to attempt to dieches ques ions which
tank the energies , and abi itics of our
greatest stateeln ; yet, feeling in
thie vital streg le on hich 1 be
lieve the futurelprosperit if riot the
very existence tef Our coon y depend,
it is the duty-4 every on ~ young or
old, to exert hie' *most i defence of
our sacred catnip, II obey our call.
This is probably the fi t time' n
1
our nation's history tha a young
man has had the! opportu ity of ap
pearing beforel la; popula gathering
as the advocate id a Int y national
party—a party' . that is g verned by
no sectional_ interests o partizan
prejudices, but whose otto. is our
Whole country,lwhose ete al princi
ples are equal - rights and Trial laws.
I do not look upon this as a canvass
which will deaide the airier in
Which the government o the coun
try shall be administered, but as an
issue on which! will de pen the vital'
question, "Sh a ll Iwe 'ha e a coun
try 1" ) I
Sincerely be,ieving in Us, I shall
not attempt to 4041 with minor ques
tions of domeple, policy, but shall
Mime at once t the mainnes, Un
ion or disunion; peace or ar.
What satisfaction doe the true
patriot derive Ifroin the doption of
t
his dearest theories of g vernment,
if in the adoption of tho theories,
begins the ruin pf the lanbe fondly
~‘
hoped they would ;lead to eatness ?
Laws founded !even upon Divine in
spiration would be usele if there
were no country fin them o govern.
What theatre ie there r the dis
play of the energies of a" ouug and
aspiring citizen , jest en ring upon
the important! deities of life, in a
country torn by 'ivil stri el' Well
has au eminent "iiherican tatesman
remarked : st There is 0 path of
ambition ripen to the in a videil and
distracted country' r "
To prove that I the re
peace or war, eve ;have on
to Frank P. Repir'e lettel
with a 'view to his nom--
subsequently c.ild'ortied b
fact of his nomination b •
tion al Democratic onvent
Blair, in hislietter,Jiays
" There is blot due wit;
the Governmet aid the
and that is fort the Presid.
declare these acts ball and
pel the army tp undo its u
at the Smith, disperse the .
State governMente, allow
people to reorganize thei
ernmente, and elect Sen
•
Representatives.!' I
Of course apy Stternpt subvert
the government Of these Southern
States by j force ' Would le . to war,
as the Governor aid all o her State
officers, civil ird Military, are sworn
to obey, supp• rt, Land defe .d the con
stitution of the State of • rth Caro
lina ; and We iwilltdefend i
' Further do*n Thair says : '
"We . must restore the Constitu
tion before weean restore the finan
ces, and to de this we intuit have a
President whit Will emit the will
of the peopleby tkamplin into dust
the tumrpatiOn of Cong ' , known
as the reonnetrnction act . I wish
to stand before the ' conve tion upon
this issue,'but it iis . one hick em
braces.everythiag else at is of
vales in its large end com rehensive
results. It is the t one ' thi g that in
cludes all that is worth a contest,
and without it there is ii hing-that
gives dignity,! &Into, or v lue to the
struggle. . i I
1
i
• On this issue lft was .. ominated.
If any further roof needed
to show the rev olution spirit of
the Conservative party, it old eaei
-ly be found in the !violent aran,gues
we daily hear around us, eir bitter
persecution of Union men and their
unrelenting hatred of the orth and
its loyal people.
tt 1
The bitterness - towards
men, who pro ye true to t
plea, and Whn ao ; not bo
submission to the spine
lutaghty aristocrats, self
judges of tionOr and maral
li
front experience. ' Though
from one of the eldest -
this State, and horn- and
raised in Rockingham co . 1
my return nearly; two ye
my natife plaCe, f*as de
a Yankee. andtenerall
with a the mildneSs and • i
to one of that detested r
withstanding Inty inni. as
f ity ac"n 4
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TOiVM)A, BRADFORD, COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 15,1868.
birth of .my' hither, whose native
State, Vercumat,-with her thirty thori
sailict majority, so 'nobly_ leads the
yen ;-and I may add, could neverfor
fi..v; his dying efforts in defence of
s country.
peaking of him, and feeling that
whatever importance any, words of,
mine may have is derived 'from the
name I bear, and the affection many
still feel toward one who through
life proved himself theseople's friend,
a few words concerning my father
may not be deeMed inapprop riate.—
It . was with feelings of surprise, and
I must add of indignation i .that I Saw
his name inscribed upon 'one of the
transparencies borne in the late Con
servative procession. I thoughtlhat
common decency at least woull have
„prevented them from dragging from
,the tomb the name of a man whom
they had betrayed and 'denounced'
through life, and after his death,
whose orphan children they had- per
muted.
ID
softly o'er
bloom,
sweets
While gazing upon that name I re
membered the time when those same
men declared , him a traitor to every
principle of honor because he pre
ferred his country to his party, and
bitterly denounced him for Lie efforts
to rally the people of the West for
the defence of the Union.
I remember all these when I am
declared a degenerate son ; and for
every quotation they give me from
his speeches I will give them a doz
en. When the Sentinel parades a
septen& concerning a _white man's
government, I would remind them of
his dying, words. When the wife
bent over the scarce breathing form
of the expiring o,stesman, and asked
if he bad no message to send to his
children, " Tell them," said he, in a
voice rendered almost inaudible by
the near approach of death, " to obey
and support the Constitution and the
laws of the land." This . soremn in-
woodlands
Illy o'er
shroud,
I=l
junction I intend to obey. When I
see Myself personally abused by the
Conservative press, on account of my
political sentiments, and called a
traitor to the State in which I was
born, I would recall to their recol
lection the times when I was de
dared an alien enemy. , About the
year 1862, a bill was filed summonieg
Thomas Settle (now Associate JO
tice of the- Supreme Court) and R.
A. Ellington to Greensboro, to shoW
cause why they should not surrend
er the property of Robert M. and
Stephen A. Douglas, alien enemies of
the Confederacy ; and when I am de
nounced as a Yankee and carpet-lag
ger, I would remind them of their of
forts to drive me an' exile from my
native State, and render Me a string-
er to the soil that gavo•me birth ; as,
however, I have inherited my fath
er's name, and his principles, it is
natural that I should inherit their
animosity. Novertheless, it is strange
that these men, his bitterest enemies
in life, should now claiM to be the
truest exponents of his iprinciples ;
but not more strange thin that they
should now assert theMselves the
beet friends of the Constitution of
the United States, and the infallible
interpreters of its provisions, after
they have sacrificed hundreds of
thousands of lives and thousands of
millions of treasure to trample into
the dust that sacred it:W.ll=mA.
Such is their consistency, and such
it is throughout all their political
principles. If a white Republican
addresses a crowd of colored men,
expressing his honest sentiments, in
structing them in their rights and
duties, and advising thetins a 'friend,
that action involves social equality,
and is disreputable.
High-born conservatives, however,
can mingle .promiscuously ,among
colored men at barbecues, 'eat from
the same sheep, and drink from the
same bottle, and they deserve the
praise of their fellow-citizens. If a
colored man, following his honest
convictions, voter for the best inter
eats of hie race, and as - all his higher
instincts prompt him, he is totally
unworthy of the ballot, and is even
unlit to dig a bare subsintence from
the bosom of the common earth. If,
on the other hand, that colored man
proves a traitor to his race—votes to
consign himself, his wire, and his
children to a condition worse than
Issue is
y to refer
, written
Lion, and
the very
the Na
on.
to restore
nstitutiou
t elect to
void, com
urpationa
• rpet-beg'
1 the white
own gov-
I , tore and
slavery—for they all say that the
,condition of au old free negro wa
worse than that of a slave—he is
respectable, and his swarthy hand is
worthy of grasping the sweetest
flowers, plucked by the snowy fingers
of Carolina's fairest daughters 'By
reference to the columns of the &an-
dard you will learn that in the town
of Chapel Hill, of. classic fartfe, the
ladies, to testify their admiration for
the eloquence of a colored Conserve
Live orator, presented him, with an
elegant boquet. of flowers. I have
no objection to this. The flowers
were their own, end they may give
them to whom they please ; but I
claim the right, as long as I observe
the restraints of public decency, of
deciding upon the propriety or impro
priety of my own conduct. The time
has gone by when one man was bet
ter than another - because he happen
ed to be born in independent circnm
•stances, and henceforth virtue and
intelligence alone shall be the crite
ria of merit. Nothing more *Clearly
shows the utter helplessness of the
so-called Conservative cause, and
the political degradation to which
the party has descended, than tfie
means employed to insure success ;
since they are afraid to leave the re
sult with the unbiased vote of the,
citizens of the State and country.—
Any than who, by refusing .employ
went to all who will not swear to vote
the Democratic ticket, and this is
doneepenly all over the entire State,
attempts to starve a colored man in
to Voting against his deliberate con
victions and the best interests of his
race, is. less worthy of the ballot
than the. negro whom he influences.;
Consider, then, the difference be:
tween the candidates—Seymour, . for
mer Governor of New York, and
Grant, the conqueror of the rebellion
It is true that Seymour may be the
more fluent speaker, that is, may find
more to talk about ; but when Gen
eral Grant has anything to say, he is
pretty generally understood ; since,
ozinsteace, as hie--A! immediate and
Northern
it princi
in selfish
of these
instituted
y, I know
_ ;I d e a'
niilies . j of
partially
t 7, upon
ago to
aced as
received
t dun
ce. Not
'Thy, and
fathily,
rapitan
'Aneonditional surrender? The 6412
:or I lmow hy reputation, the latter
persoutliy,, General Grant hat not
tie quilities requisite in • hero of
1 I
1 - -;: 1 ) 1
,
, ,
i . 1 1 1
1,
=MI
romance:; bat the very fiat that his
mind is so equally balanced that no
one trait: predominates, ezdept,
haps, his' invincible firmness and de
votion to •ardstitutional liberty, the
bhu to calm the domestic troubles O of
the country which his sword has
saved But I have no fears of the
- result. I have too much csinfidlince
In the intelligence and patriothno of
my fellow-eitisens of North Carolina,
and of the entire Union; With this
implicit trust, I look forward to the
4th of. March next, when Grant and
Colfax will take their seats, as the
inauguration of a new era, when
peace and plenty will smile over the
entire countr, , ,,healing' the breaches
made by the late cil war, while the,
old flag will once more wave in tri
umph over a happy And united land.
Inns or Beautr.—The ideas of
beauty are as various as the philoso
phers who have writtt n about or the
people who . have admired it. Plato
would not admit its existence except
in the mind. Leibnitz held 'that it
consisted in perfection. Burke pre
tended that all objects which have
the power. of rebate g the nerves are
beautiful. - Sir Joshua Reynolds was
of opinion that beauty was media l i
crity ; and Hogarth taught that it
was nothing bat a crooked line.
. Nations are I ' as much at variance
_with each otheli on the subject as the
philosophers the Chinese think that
a woman who hobbles on a pair of
club feet is the perfection of female
beauty; and the fashionable Thibe
tan woman does 'not deem herself
presentable until she has daubed her
face with a thick black paste, " a
good deal like conserve of grapes."
The "'ludo() dames stain their nails
black with henna ; and the Japanese
their teeth with a dye of the same
color. The Hottentot beauty is es
teemed no beauty at all until she had
fattened herself up to at least fifty
stone, and hasyeached such a devel
opment that she can suckle her baby
over her shoulders and carry the rest
of the faMily upon her natural bee
tle. The Peruvian squaw is deemed
of no account in society until she
can show an ear with : : a hole. in it
big enough for her admirer to pass
his arm through up to the shoulder.
As for the Americans—we do not
allude to the indigenous tribes of
savages--they reverse the Hottentot
standard - of beauty, With them thin
ness is in as high a repute as blub
ber with their African sincere, and .
they. will pare themselves down to
impalpable shadows with as match
diligence as the latter will bloat
themselves into oleaginous fulness.
The Hottentot women are s aid to
give their skin and flesh extensibility
by constant kneading and to cram
themselves - with pounded maize soak
ed in mare's milk, in order that they
may swell out ito the desired fatness;
arid the Ameri cans pinch their bodies
even to the crunching of the bones,
with-jackets of steel or corsets, and
Breach themselves with a mixture of
chalk and vinegar that-they may he
reduced to the fashionable tenuity.''
A Glazer Azsours.—A very large
and brilliant aerolite has recently
fallen in Cheatham county,- Teams-.
see. A party of men at work in the
fields about 19 miles' from Nashville,
at'about one u'clock, on the 12th of
August, were startled by a pale red
glare that seemed to overspread the
clouds just north of the zenith, the
rest of the heevena being at the time
darkly overcast. Suddenly they saw
a white object fall obliquely from a
brilliant teem:l-like aperture, the
sides of which seemed to be a jagged
clouds intensely luminous. The ob
ject descended at an angle of from
10 to 15 degrees from the perpendic
ular, and struck the earth near by
with a terrific, noise and with such
tremendous force as to shake all the
surrounding country, and to' loosen
and throw down trees from the rocky,
hillsafea adjacent. It struck upon a
seamless ledge of limestone about
three !feet in' thickness—rending it
fur a distance of fifty feet and throw
ing the fragments in every direction
for •many_rods. At the point of con
tact, the ruck when first visited was
covered with' a fine, white, floury
paste, and from the aperture steam
ascended, and the place was so hot
that no one ,could approach it for
three.days. At the end of that time,
the ground having become cooled by
showers, though a ~.very high and
dense column of - steam continued to
arise, a gang of men was set to work
to dig out the celestial missile. Af
ter -working through the ledge which
had already been sufficiently " bleat
ed," they found the aerolite at the
depth of 20 feet in blue clay It was
still hot, and covered with a film oz
ide (the 'flour paste was . probably
some of the °Fide); and was of a cow
ical shape, the point downward, with
an altitude of about seven'feet and a
base circamferete of ten feet. The
Smithsonian ins Ration has made a
bid for it, and the. Tennesseeans are
also moving to have it kept at their
own. State capital. This body is one
'of the smallest that fill the interplan
etary spaces,' the comets being the
largest According to the latest as
tronomical theories, the sun is kept
hot and luminous, by the heat gener
ated by colliAion with - -such bodies.
PARTING WORDB.—A lady parting
from, her husband a few days Since
,in the cars at 'Albany was overheard
\by the pissengers to utter the follow,
lug paragraph all in one breath :
"C 3 .id bye, Write to me every
day,\vron't you ? I'll expect a letter
three times a week any way. Take
good cat: of my Sunday school• class,
for I wan t it when I come back. If .
Miss , Smith4sxlls don't give her more
than fifty cents k for we have to sup•
port our own bbnich, you know.—
Don't forget: o bAng my silk dress
and my other sho4.\ Come as soon
as you can. Goodbye. Don't forget
your cane, and let your' moustache
grow." \
A gent man on board a ate mboat
asked the man who came to collect
inch
esge-money if there was any danger bob
leg blown up, ar the steam made a
horrid noise. “Not the least,"l said
sharp collector, "OWNS you mew to pow
your rm."
- 'MOTTO for late.. auolire
buirititateiliM Royla • -
or DlOnlicamoir nom Air ovum.
Mr& • Thompson's White Ware.
Mr& Thompson stood by the kitch
en table paring potatoes 'for dinner.
Something was evidently •wrong -
with the little lady, for therawas an
unmistakable air of ."spite" in the
way she tossed the potatoes into the
pan of cool spring water, waiting
there to receive them. It' was's sal.
try July day, and through the opt a
window came the sound of mowers
whetting their scythes, blended with
the call of the robin, and the faint
notes of the cuckoo in the shaded
wood. But it only irritated Mrs.
Thompson, indeed, everything irrita
ted her that day. Looking out from
the back door, one saw a lovely land
scape,with broad reaches of meadow '
landfringed with-- graceful belts of
birch, and softly rounded iountains
lifting their velvet foreheads to the
White, fleecy clouds that Went sailing
across the exquisite ether, like huge
drifts of thistladown. Bat this also
irritated her ; everything' could be •
beautiful save-her life, and that was
cold, and rade, and barren.
Bat to commence at the beginning ;
Jane Lawrence had been an unusually
romantio girt. She had always fan
cied she would marry some famous
artist or scholar, who would take her
to Romeand Venice,where she would
live in.s perpetual dream of beauty.
She so loved beautiful things 1 Per
haps all women do, and perhaps that
is the reason so many barter love for
gold.
But contrary to all her pre dOnceived
notions, she married Robert Thomp
son, a plain, practical farmer ;
and
instead of Italy, she went to the old
homestead which had been the abode
of the Thompsons for generations.
And instead of lounging in elegant
studies, or gliding down storied riv
ere in picturesque gondolas,she made
butter and cheese, raised poultry,
cooked dinners in the long, low celled
kitchen for three or four great, brown
habded men, quite a contrast, you
will admit. '
If slik could have had things a lit
tle different,she wouldn't have miudr
the mirk so much. If she could ha e
had soft carpets, and tasteful furni
ture, and books, -and pictures, and
flowers, 'to be sure, she had a little
strip under the south window, where
a sweet briar grew, and pinks,sweet:
william grew, and marigolds blue
sowed in their season. But they
were so old fashioned ; and she pined
for the rare and elegant plants she
had seen in conservatories snd public
gardens. But Robert Thompson
would ne soon' think of buying the
moon, as flowers. And though his
wife earned them a dozen times over
it - never entered his heart that she
did. Indeed, he gave (1) her twenty
:five dollars fall and spring, to buy
her clothing, 'and wondered vaguely
where it went to, and if she had not
got some hoarded away somewheres.
As to books, there was the Family
"Bible, with the records of all the
Thompeons for three generitions.—
Then there was Fox's Book of Mar
tyrs, and Pilgrim's Progress, and an
English Reader, which her Thompson
had when he was a boy and went to
school in the little red school house
upon the "pine barrens." Besides,
there was the Report of the Board
of Education, Law, and Resolved ;
Patent Office Reports, and a pile of
the Farmer's Almanacs for twenty
years, besides any amount of docn
meets upon the beet and most im
proved breed of cattle; the theory of
under draining, rotation ofi crops,
grass and forage, culture, etc., etc.
What could any reasonable person
ask tor more than that ? And as foe
pictures, there was "From the Cradle
to the Grave," an allegorical pictured,
printed in colors, with a descriptive
couplet attending each, particular
stage of the -journey ; a ,sampler
which his • mother had "worked at
eleven years of age," andia very of
fecting- scene illustrative of "The
Lovers' Parting," wherein a very red
cheeked damsel in puffed sleeves,
short waist, and a very low neck,dis
solved in the arms of her departing
swain. -
Certainly Mrs. Robert Thompson
must have beep very hard to please.
but this particular day it was quite
another thing that troubled her. The
'Faterville -Sewing Circle and Ladies'
Benevolent Society" were to meet at
:the farm house the next Friday, and
'Mrs. Thompson had set her heart on
la new set of white ware on this occa
sion, and that morning had broached
the subject to her husband.
"What's the matter with these
dishes ?" he asked, pointing to the
"mulberry and white" plates, which
Mrs. Thompson was washing.
"They are all out of date to begin
with, and half of them are cracked,
or-broken ; besides there isn't any
near enough of them to set the
table."
• "What has become of the china ?
Mother used that when she had coin-
PabY."
t"lt won't' look well on the table,
tth the mulberry cracked as it is."
"I guess the victule will taste junt
as well out of 'em b anyway."
"But we really need the dishes,
Robert. There has not been a dish
bought since I came here, twelve
years ago, and—"
"They'll do just as well for twelve
year's to come. You wouldn't have
thought of it, if it hadn't been for the
Sewing Circle. If they can't come
and eat out of such dishes as we've
got, they are welcome to stay away."
And he took down his hat to go back
to his mowing.
There were tears in Mrs. Thomp
son's eyes, but she 'crowded 'them
bravely back, and tried bard to stew
dy the tremor of her voice,as she said,
pleadingly :
"Please to give me the money to
get them, Robert. , Grover has got'
some'real pretty Ones--and cheap,
too ; I can get all I shall need for
four dollars."
"Well, I guess Grover 'lt keep 'em
for all me. I've got no four dollars
to spare," turning to go out. "By
the way," looking back from the
door, "Jones and Lee and Hubbard
will be here to dinner, and perhaps
to supper. We want to get down all
the south meadow today, if we can.
.Grass is stout this year, there's a
Uird more on the meadow than there
was last year. And oh, Hubbard
wantsix pounds of butter tonight,
1 '
don't forget \t‘i have it ready ; and
with these words he went Out, leav
ing his wife to her long, weary day's
work, - darkened and made distasteful
-by , disappointment. She was both
grieved and angry. was a little
thing, perhaps, but it is the little
things of life that delight and annoy.
Life looked very bare and homely
to Jane Thompson that summer day.
With all hei love of ease and beauty,
and symmeti7, how rude . and coarse
and hard looked all her surroundings.
It was only one long, montimons
round of homely toil, unrelieved by
any of the little sweetness and gra
ces that might make even toil pleas
ant. She clid noteofton think of it ;
but remembered that day, with the
`faintest little stir of regret, that she
might have been far differently situa
ted •, end as she looked •up to the
OM) , French cottage on the hill eni--
bowed in a perfect forest of blossom
ing vines, and caught the cool gleam
of urn and fountain, something very
like a sigh trembled. on- her lips.—:
"Squire Burnham's wife didn't have
to beg for a paltry four dollars, • that
she might be able to set a table de
cently,'"i she thought bitterly.
And then, as people do .when they .
feel aggrieved, she remembered a
score of other things equally needful,
and equally within . their means—for
Robert Thomps not a poor
man—which had bOen churlishly . re-,
fused. There was the parlor carpet,
it was half cotton, and faded' add
threadbare at that,, and the paper on
the wall had been there:fiver since
she was a child, and was stained
where it had leaked down last win
ter" and yet. Robert said it "was well
enough for what little they used it,"
and absolutely refused to get either.
And so of scores of other things
which she remembered that morning
as she toiled through all the king
sultry forenoon, with an aching head
anddiscouraged heart:
What did it matter to her if the
grass was heavy, and butter. Up to
forty cents a pound ? It only brought
her more a harder work, and no rec
ompense save her board and cloth
ing. She could earn more than that
in any other man's house. •
"Well, bhe bad no business to Mir
ry Robert Thompson," she said mood
ily, to herself, her slender wrists
aching from beating over the butter
for Hubbard, "everybody always said
be was close and shrewd, and proph
esied that be would be rich some
day—what did she-care for riches, if
they didn't 4o her any good—didn't
make her• life any fairer and softer ?
—She was not fitted to be a farmer's
wife—and yet she ha_ loved Robert
Thompson l" . She said this savagely,
as if she was disgusted and, angry
with herself 'for it.
And yet Hubert Thompson was not
an unkind man—only thoughtlees.—
He was a type of a large class of
men—more especially , farmers—who
do not feel in themselves the need
which a W 0030,01 more (esthetic
nature demands. Absorbed in his
stock, his crops and his politics, he
did not realize that his wife needed,
and had a right to, a. few of the
things that, with her peculiar organ
ism, were as much a need of_ her be-
ing as the food she ate.
And so, as the years ran on, they
grew farther and further apart; he
getting more and more absorbed in
grain, and growing more careless of
looks and culture, and more thought
less and less tender -in regard to his
wife's tastes,, or toils, • while she
grew bitter, and despondent, and
irritable.
Robert Thompson was a little in
clined to fault finding and nut being
at all of a sensitive temperament him
self, he did not know how keenly. he
wounded his wife ; and when, some
times; she gave back a bitter retort,
he wondered What it was that soured
her disposition so, for he remembered
she used to be called (mutually sweet
tempered.
All through the 'Ong forenoon Mrs.
Thompson had nursed her wrath:—
Robert was aelfish,and unreasonable,
and she did not care who knew it.
She would not "have the . 'circle' meet
there, and set the table with that•old
fashioned china, and that stained and
cracked mulberry—no,not for twenty
Robert Thonipsons. The rooms were
shabby and out of date enough mercy
knew ; and her thoughts reverted to
the pretty, tasteful homes of her
friends, where she had met on 'circle
day.
Fifteen minutes before . noon, awl
full that time before dinner would be
ready—for they were usually a little
behind, and Mr.- Thompson always
wanted hii dinner boiling hot—Mrs.
Thompson saw four tired, hungry
looking men coming up
was
the
orchard. The table was not Bet, and
she hurried quickly about it. Just
then Frank and Charlie, her two
boys, came rushing in from school,
each shouting "Mother, ,mother," and
each 'wanted something "right off."
She felt tired and wearied; and out of
temper, which was not helped by her
husband's impatien t— _"Why isn't dinnerready ? I told
you we Were in a hurry today. If r
hadn't anything to do all the forenoon
but get dinner,l'd try toget it before
"tight"
A bitter retort sprang to her lips,
but just then Charlie cried out—
"Oh, mother, mother I just look at
my new copy. I ain't going to write
b, ab's any more ; I'm going to
write sentences just like Frank.
Just you read it, mother. The teach
er said I must get it by heart, and
always remember it"
Mrs. Thompson 'glanced up, laying
the plates as she-read, "A soft 'an
ewer turned' - Away wrath, but griev
ous words stir up anger." It was
not that it was new, she . had read it
scores of times, but something in its
• appropriatnem that fell like a cool
hand upon her. heated pulses.'
"I will have it ready . in a moment,
Robert," she said, quietly.
He looked up ; evidently he
_bad
not expected just that reply„, f or if
the truth Mist be told,he hid thought
more than. once that forenoon of his
wife's reined ; not that be thoight
of granting it, but that he expected
that she would, as he termed it sulk
over it." '
"I say, boys," he waid, as they
went into, the cool north , room for
their dinner, 'tit don't seem here is it
did dOWn-in the meadow. A woman
OS per Anatun, in AdvanCe.
IMM
UM
has -an easy time of it; she den%
know wrist hot weatheris."
Kra. Thompson, wilting on' the
table with a scarlet face, did not re
ply ; but Hubbard gave Jones a
queer Kik out of the corner of 'his
eye, as he half glanced at her.
"Why didn't you set the bolter in
the! stove You might as well. Ido
not believe there's any need of having
the butter like - this,if it is warm wee
ther? he bowled.
"I toxik it out of the cellar since
you came in,; but, I wilgo down and
get some more s if you think -I bad
better," was the pleasant reply.
"No, memo mituti Well I declare
why didn't you boil this meat! It is
as hard as a rock. Not much lfiie,
that I bad at your house, Hubbard.
.Your wife Itnowschow to cook a din
ner that's fit for a king?'
"I tried .to have it nice, Robert,"
Mrs. Thompson said, struggling hard
to choke down rising sob as well
as an angry, word.
The . men did not speak, and
Thompson finished his dinner with a
thoughtful face. Sy and by he grew
to watching his wife's l face ; there
was something in it he Could - not un
derstand: He .looked down at the
"mulberry and white," it did look old
and dingy beside the white table
cloth; he wondered he had never no
ticed it before. He went out into the
kitchen, bow hot and stifling it was I
• A vague _ idea that it wasn't such a
Comfortable place, after all, flitted
through hie mind. He went out
towards the barn, the sun was hot,
'but there was a fresh breeze - blowing
from the south; and the meltwere
lounging in the shadow of the barn.
never, pitied a woman so in my
life," Hubbard was saying ; "she'
works like a slave, and - don't.even
get 'thank ye' for it?
"She'd never ought to have married
MTh. Thompson, replied 'Jones ;
"delicate, sensitive little thing like
her. However, be won't mike money
out of her blood and boner many
years I don't think. 1 never ,saw a
woman rim down so fut. She looks
as faded as the old house that hasn't
seen a drop of paint since old sand
father Thompson bad it fixed up for
his second wife."
"And Jennie used to like to have
things - nice so well ! She'ebetter
have married Squire Burnham—l
wonder if she isn't sometimes sorry"
"Was she?" The thought came
crushing like a bolt or fire through
heart and brain of Robert Thompson.
She might have married Burnham,
he- knew, and then he remembered
how proud 'he bad been that she had
turned &dm the handsome young
squire, to marry him, and came to
the old homestead to take care of his
invalid mother. And how tenderly
she had done it too ! He stoki noise-
lessly -away from the unconscious
talkers, and started at a quick pace
down - the street.
Mrs. 'Thompson had washed and
pat away-the last dish, when the sud
den•sound-of wheels coming• into the
yard, sent her to the door.
, "I've brought down that ware,Mrs.
ThoMpson," said the brisk voice of
Grover, as he sprang to the ground,
and lifted a large basket carefully
from the wagon. •
"But I didn't order them,
Mr. Gro
ver," she gasped, in a-. frightened
voice. only -said perhips I—"
"Ok . lt's all right. Mr. Thompson
came up this noon and ordered them.
I thought, you didn't send' him, for he
didn't seem to , know what be wanted,
only- he gave me ten dollars, and told
me to bring what - was necessary.. I
have brought yon a tea and dinner
set, including three dozen plates. If
there is anything you don't like, I'll
take it back, and make it all right."
•!`Oh, I shall like- them, I know,"
she said, .trying hard to control her
voice.
"Well, I'll leave the bask.* and
Robirti can bring it up some time,"
he , said; springing into the wagon
and driving off. 1
Then: ane Thompson sat down on
the floor beside the basket of crock
ery and cried as if her heart would
break. They were magical - tears,
too, Ur they washed all the weari
ness and
_despair from her face and
the shad ow frojn,her eyes and heart.
Shelorgotithat etre was tried,or that
the day was hotfbut went to un
picking and washing her new treas
ures, singing 'softly to herself the
while. She put somenice clean pa.
pers on the shelves, and then she
folded some and cut them in scallops
and put them, over the edges,- and
then she arranged her beautiful ware,
with its falling sprays of convolvulns
and fuchsias, standing off every few
minutes to admire it. I doubt if M rs.
Squire Burnham was ever so entirely
happy in her life I-
She bad got everything arranged
and stood in the pantry door with a
bright happy smile in her eyes and
on her lips, -when voice—it was a
trifle husky—said, close beside her :
"What is it Jennie Is" . (he used to
call her that in the old days, before
the hardness or indifference came be
tween them.)
"0, Robert I" taking a step 'toward
him. He opened his anus and drew
her close to his heart, kissing her as
fondly and,, tenderly as he ever had
in the days of his courtship.
"Forgive you Y 0 Robert I I never ,
was so happy in My life 1
..I have beeli
to blame too ; I havan't--
lies you have," ale interrupted:
you have ,"
, -,....-
"Ifiti've - been an angel compared with
me. live made a lave of yon, but
you shan't work so iny more: Jones'
Laura- is coming up to morrow, to
help you till after haying, and then
PIT make permanent engagement."
"0, Robert, I can t get along now t I
feel just as light siva bird." .
"And you are dlmost," he said,
smiling a little sadly into her eager
face. - "No ; Lam able to hire some
one to help you, and I am Ong to:
by the way, I saw. Leeds this
noon. It's a dull time just now, and
so I thought I'd give the poor fellow
a job."
4
'V Robert I - You 't going to—"
"Ain't /?" he said easingly, laugh
ing It her enth • -. -
.'Are, you really,. b ent —goingio
have the house paw T"
"Every squire inch of board. Jen.
pie, inside and out . And when you
get over the surnames work, you can
be - looking up something to ,brighten
~ up the old place _ a little.
. 1
N BRE' 21 .
' Tosco ST ill Sumßan—Tobacco
grows something like cabbages,but
never saw none of it boiled, illthoufb
I have eaten boiled cabbage and wo
ws on it, I heard men say that
cigars was given , to them -on election
day for no th ing,was cabbage leaves.
Tobacco stores are mostly kept by
wooden lojuns, who stand at the
doors and try to fool little boys by
offering theta a bunch of cigars,which
are glued into Injun's hands and
Is made of wood - .7 - also. Hogs do not
lice tobacco • neither do L I tried
to smoke a lu once, Ind it MOY
me feel like psZM Salts. Tobacco
wasinvented by a man named Walter
Raleigh. • When the peoPle first saw
him smoking they thought he was a
steamboa& and as they-.had never
ewes steamboat, were frightened.
My sister Niulcy' is a girl - I don't
know whether she likes tobacco or
not. There is a young man named
Leroy whecomes to see her. He was
standing on the steps one night, and
be bad a cigar in his mouth, and she
said, "Leroy, the Perfume 'agreea
ble." Bat the• nest morning• when,
my big brother - Tom lighted-his pipe,
Nancy said : Get .out of the house,
you horrid creature, the smell of to
bacco' makes me sick." Snuff is
Injun meal made - ont of tobacco. I
took a little snuff and then I Sneezed. -
The end. _ .
•
As Alan= Taratrr.—From the
annual occurrence of rains, meteoric
showers, and' the explosions of steam
boilers in various parts of the coun
try, Professor Jioomus suggest's a ye- ,
ry uncomfortable theory, in regard to
the safety of the earth itself. He
thinks it not impossible that suffici
ant steam might NC generated in the
burning centre of the world to blow
the whole globe to pieces. A volcan
ic eruption under the sea, or near it,
like that of Vesuvius, now in pro
gress,. may at any moment convert _
the earth into a huge steam'boiler,
by letting the water in upon the ten- 1-
tral fires, to be followed, for aught we
knoir, by anaxplosion.thatalsall rend
it apart, and send the Tragmenta ca
reering through space as small plan. •
eta or meteors, each bearing off some .
distracted member or members of the
human family, to make, perchance,
new die s overies. and acquaintances
in other parts of the planetary sys
tem now revolving with us. So that
-the final catastrophe may, after, all,
be only a boiler explosion on a mag
nificent scale of grandeur and des--
truction. •
• -
• Timm-Thought engenders thought.
Place one idea upon paper—another
wilrfollow it, and still another, until
you have written a page. You•can
not fathom your mind. There
is a
well-of thought There - which has no •
bottCm. The more you draw from it,
the-more clear and fruitful it will- be. • -
If you neglect to think yourself, and
use other peop!e's" thoughts, giving
them utterance only, you will never
know what you are capable of.. At ,
first your ideas may- come in lumps,
homely and shapeless ; but no mat
ter—time and perseverance will ar
range
and refine them.- Learn to
think and you will learn to write;
the more you think, the better you
express yotit. ideas.
A VOW little. boy, after, giving
everybody a good-night kiss, kneeled
at his mother 'a side to say his even
ing prayer. Hie mother had that day
been teaching him the piece commen
mencing : "You'd scarce expect one
of my age," •kc , and these verses
were running tbrouglrhis mind.- He
commenced the prayer as follows :
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray
the L ord my soul to keep, it I should
'chance to fall belowDemosthenesior
Cicero, don't view me with a crick-,
et's eye—" "Stop, step," said his
mother, dthist isn't a part of the
prayer." "Yes it is," the little fellow
replied ; "Yeti, itis, mamma ; don't
view4ne with & cricket's eye."
FUN, FACTS AND FACETIig:
BEAT can travel faster than cold
anybody Can catch cold. -
IT is both better and safer tq grow
in love than to fall in love.
&sew% nutmegs may be a small
crime,,but it might lead to a grater.
Sous ladies use paint as fiddlers du
rosin—to aid them in drawing a beau.
Most of the shadows that cross oar
path through life are caused by our stand
mg in our own light.
A writer in the Paris Figaro says
all women are devils. They are devils
most l men like to be pasessed o
GVLIMEITH must have b en think
ing of the "Grecian bend"' whe: he wrote :
"When lovely woman stoops to tally,"
•
A clergyman, after marrying a
couple, made a prayer over them, conclu
ding : "Forgive them, Lord, therlinow not
what they do."
A young man generally give's a
lock of his hair to his sweetheart before he
marries her.=After marriage she sometimes
helps herself.-and don't use scissors.
"Mir opinion is," said a philosoph
ical old lady of much experience and obser
vation, "that any man who dies upon wash
ing day does it out of pure spite.'.
JOSH Buinics was not teu miles
out of the way when he flung this off : "Men
who have a grate deel to do with bosses
seem to demoralize far more than the hoe
see do."
EOM
A well-known author hang up ; '
his
stocking in jest last Christmas Eve, and his
wife, very much in earnest, put a baby in
it ; whereupon the author said, "My dear,
darn that stocking."
"I say Pat," .said a Yankee to an
Irishman, who was digging in his garden, •
"areyou gging out a hole in that onion
bed ?" " No,' says Pat, "I am digging out
the earth and leaving the hole."
Tat folloWing edrertisement
peals in a Canada paper : "Will the gehtli-,
man who stole my melons last Saturday
night be generous enough to returri c me ~a '-
e few
?" of themeds, as they are a choice van
ti
JvssoLD • went to a party at w bleb
a Mr. Pepper had assembled all his
Jerrold laid to his host, on entering the
room : "My dear Mr. Pepper, how glad
you must bo to see all your friends mns-
AN elderly Pennsylvania womail,
with her .datighter, looking at - a marble
statue of Girard in the college building, the
other day, startled the bystanders by a
caiming : "La Sally, how white he was !"
Tax pulse of young lad lea - general iy
beats stronger in the palm of the hand thin
at the wrist. Skis curious fact in phys.4l
- has been frequently °tumuli by young
men of an ineestigatiag turn of mind.
• A -.cotton thread manufacturer,
who ! by accident, got a cut across his nose.
haring, no• court-plaster at hand, stuck on
Ids_ proboscis one of his gum tickets tin
which was the usual information, "Warran
ted 350 yards long." -- •
Tar clerk of a cockney church
cently made the following announcement to
the• "You are desired to at
tend a mes • in . the vestry, at four o'clock,
to consider on the best means of eeti!ig
the chunk and to digest other matters.'
- To be free fromAilike is money; to
be free from the rage of perpetually buying
something new is s oat& MUM ; to be
content With What we poems constitutes
the palest and most certain of riches.