I=
Twiny trIP:PISBUONTION.
Ton SaaPridlic Werra:* eyery•
Thneadey Sioardial try' Arrexo and Z. A.
cLA rsoN,atTwoDolion per asson. in advisee. •
jar Advertising 14 ill Mei dadnidulf Of InolbantiO ,
lon to th e paper. • •
SPECIAL NOTICES theerted =sins cure per
line or first insertion. and Mat mg= per Mae far
aUsequent inauziinna. -
LOCAL NOTICES.same style to venoms'
VrENTS carrs a line.
ATIVERTISINENTS will be luserka wor di ng to
ate following
table nt :aka :
I lw 14w I 2m I asti 1 ro I .Tr.
51.50 3.001 b.OO 6.00 10.00 I IA
iSliiteß 2.00 5.00 I 8.00 I 10.001 1&08
1 - 11; - 11
inAwa j. 50 I 7.00 I 10.00 I 13.09 j 910.001 30.0 e
8.50 I ICOO 116.95 25.W1 . 15.00
5.00 - 1 - 1 - 2.00 - 110.001k.00 150.00Tismo
rrninnin 110,00120.E:,.r, 1 , -Too
I . ,..innin 1 2_0.001 40.00 1 60.00 1 80.001 81001 $l6O
Administrator's and Executors Notices. $2 ; Andi
t.,c, Notices, $2 S 0: Brininess Cards. arklitel, mar
„,, r 1 ;is, additional lines $1 each.
' advertisers are entitled to quarterly ebsatues.
"I'vanitent advertisements must be paid for in edema=
Ati Be f olutiorut of Associations ; Communications
limited or individual interest, and notices of Ilse
isJes end Deaths, exceeding five lines, are charged
carts per line.
REPOIIISII having s larger' circulation than all •
papt.ra in the county oomblued, make* it the beat
, ivertisloa medium to Northern Pennsylvania.
.7011 11111iTrliG e every kind. innsin and Tamp
, soars, done with neatness and divdch. Bandbills,
1;1 0,,,, Cards. parcoldetaJlildloa Statements. ko.
rf rvez7 raziptr and sty kh printed st the shortest
notce. The Baron . = Mice is well supplied 'with
rower Presses, a goad assortment of new type. and
everything in the Printing line tan be *se e ded i n
the triot artistic manner and at the lowest rates.'
TEIIMS DTVAIitIABLY CAM.
BUSYNESS CARDS.
BLA.CIi SPANISH EGGS FOR
BATomet.
If - arra:tied Pure Btood3
110,11arg ref donn, sent carernUy parked. on
rt of pr:ce, Address Box 146, Elmira, Now
spla-2n3
( yi YES ! OH YES!-AUCTION!
L. MOT.. Licenred Auctioneer
all .ally promptly attended to and satlafaction
-Call or address, A. R. Moe, Monrodon.
71.1: /r i I 1.11,ty. I v . 0ct.20.469.
JOHN N. CALIFP, ATTORNEY
AT LW, Towanda, P. Particular attention el , -
.
en to Orphans' Gaul business. Conveyaseint and.
Colletttons. Sir Ottoe at the Paerister and Itecor.
dcr's office. south of the Court Have.
sel;e: Thor, Laving purelleeed the LoltayerviThe _ -
•
T PAYSVILLE MILLS !
al. .1 r• (lard ihn to good order • is now
par. I to do ;003 work, and to glee general mutts
. 31. J. FIIUTCHEr.
.I , :;Fsrille Sept. 22. ISl39.—iy
4 -4 ITTFORD'S NATIONAL PAIN
Oil, are the . Great Family
t. that ttal a . v . ,o9me in every home as a
ri nage..ly for T wire of the minnionllN M
any in the market. Sold
mr,hethe generally. 31anntartnred
T ellick.;o, M.. and 143 Main
N. V.
.3tarel 10,'i0.5*
T) !ITC E LIST--CASCADE MILLS.
".- 7
``—' .1',.,2•1Y Wintry Wheat flour pyr rack ....$1 62',
P._ I..thlred pouna,.... ...... .- .. - 3'25
= fl 54
n IN
pc.r bundred-roltudfi
I Corn and Oats per hundred lbs
r. zrincl:ita n lh done at once: as the es,
I .L the mill INnificio•nt for a lame amr.wit of
• H. R. rstsnam.
23.
To THE T,.‘DIES AND CHILD-
L RI: \ 01' .crlicss.
MILtINFRY . 4ND DRESK AND CLOAK
1=
i , y At.l. THE STILISI yOir Any.
lE.
1 , ,T rest OisS.•e—S(rF, cll,l stand.
51115. 11AllY A. W.AGEVErt.
Agat.
ISM
MAKING!
Dl
Ttt, ttudvrKilzukA tw , ge,.leave ,tn itiforta the Indies
Towan4l.l and tiLtnity that rite hag just received
LAMS r I'ASHIONg FIV)3I YENV YORK
, :o;i111 for past fa‘Or., hope•s to rearive
patroonge. Oba door mouth
•• :;tev..n.., stri•ur K Co'r:, Duct :NUM! F.. J.
ol.llltivry
Miss M. S. 3104CRIP.
Towanda, Pa
=IBM
L.
JEWELER.
mr. G. A. MOP.TON,
I Idot/n k..r anti Etwiacer. He is prepared
. . •
p:u•n.•. A 1,111110,1% tnt• in all its branch-
.!, rot.] or Filv, , r) Sleeve Iluttono.
1 , r. l'aniol}ar ntt,ntion pad
V.; `;, ~ ,T ONA'..c, "fr. gr.,.
L nit, 11 , 0,1 4,1 , 0 will be promptly at
.411 kinds of Cl , wirs.lViitch ,
•A. 4 WARNER.
ir,il 21. 1F741.
MEE
T) )
I, NNK:N
CITTI-1 ING
my new Vamit shop. mar my
, main-street. I am now prepared to do
brane:lo.a. Partienlar attention paid
and edge too !lasing spent many
••••• eommunlty. in this 'minnow'. I trust
(marmite° M my receiving a.liber
tm of the public patronage.
ESSENIVINE.
I=l
1r y ERST;ITTIG MILLS!
•••,), ar , now doiu.l. bumitlegtt in their
QUALITY st the MiI.C.SLICRO
• I flookolmaf Floor. and Feed eon
ftiv se.ll, at 1113TkPi rates.
I • q latitity of GROUND PLABICER of
• mtl•ls• from The old liArn7ll MEW,
FROST.
\!
Erxci ESTAI3LISH-
.-1-11 , er 111,s thi: mt•tholl of inifirming• the ,
totit h•tt• ha opened
• ; nt in rot MF.VGA . ttt 0 build-
11=11
I=l
•..1n 4'l vor': ;a La late. 1,11('11. CIXANING
0 . 1 11‘; 'I2•L•-e.' ventleme '
nf. Funueut.g.
ILe . 1 1 11131ilier, rala 011 the meet
;• •e .e n,a!l and p1 . : 111,i. , L* l
HENRY/ uri.prNG.
Pr 1 - 1..1.
' • • d a Fanl:tut! Hott'st• itt Totratittt staler the
7iIASON tv
.t -, . T re ;anal to draw 11,114 of Ex4thantze. and
1 • t Nrtst Yttrk, met all
t • i I Ity 'ft. last Itioney.rreett tirTOSit 4 ,
. till L.:AID:, I•nsitse a.
.1f tite tato ftrln of Itaportc..
. ~` has litittwirtlgt• ul
tti• tt ttf Itratlft•rd and ttdiettbtlltt 'anion's
Ittt.inrgs for about
• tltt tit., , irlllAt• MU` thl , llol
I:. F. 711ASt1 •
t. 1. la,• t. U. MASON. •
1,- w P INC GOODS
=9
I f7ozn New Votl: with a thrt-clans
ronßisting of thp
aLaportill :4)1 , 1+ of •
to ETC., ETC
. 1 tfull• invite the ladies of Towanda
t tinny to in: ,• her a call before
pnr-
V 1 Work done to
r and nn the rlirirtetit
non,. in a neat and
tatdtionable atyle.
n..at deer to Fox. tateritns, Mermur
ttatri. Towanda. April 14,"70.
N.A_Dro CoVNTY
Ll' 'T. •rST \IT AGENCY
31 , •KEAN, RE xi. IlsTurE .I.7.ENT
.1.. C.ty an I Ton-n
,•: prop , ,-t for $z will fi!.a it to their
. by lea% lug a tl,....,ription of the wine.
-r•fitale st thlh aaorwy a, parties an. ronstastly
114 P.r tam H. I:. :11,-KEAN,
Ih F.,tate
ThwanAla. I. a.
V
F
V - NI) LO PRICES!
Sr ',.: , ):s:noi:Tos, PA
MEE
HO LLON ,
in ii.uoeu-ies Drtnnt
reinu..ine flit, Lttnipu, Chintrielui
• I -thqu. Paltitg, I'arnoili. 'Yankee
. 'en:ars i..nd Snuff. Pare "%Vines and
tr..- 1,-; quality. for unrdirival purposes
ut• ut the very loweSt prices- Pro
. rroia:n at all tionrs of the
• r: (ovo iI a ra!l.
TRACY x HOLLON
24. vcr);._4o7.
' i;AP P %SS -I.GE FROM OR TQ
IitEIAND 011 ENGLAND
.oF SlTAlNffirc Tao): On TO
• on Livi:npooL.
011 •• Bla,A Star Lino" of Liv
evrry
I....wketa from or to London..
•• • t. , Ire:awl ac.l S.•otlatld
t.
s apply to Wlllituua 4: On:on,
V01...E. or
o, 'Af kSOI.: ti Co.. Rankers.
Towanda. Pa.
s. 1 K3IILLWRIGIT'r
• Willa built
• :•, • st in the li•-t.t
of tom owner,:
w
t!... • le t.r la.. Of 3 firi.t-o.llArcluOttl.T.
.. • .
etreh.4l,
;te,nte,t 3:ll:Klest of power for
: 1 • • ;•4•re:l. rohnint: under iMeknr.ter
• r daniuutich of
:.•r , Gi in 1a:11 framed or addl
.
•' ho ‘ti. and rondo of
to. fitrutEheit,
•.••••••t Roy other fret-elass
. •
-•' t. , I.orforni all that
t!.• 1 will nil,l , for
• ..a ras, 1,1 /.port notice, of tlio
. ;I`, I.lreet o , er:squire e,t the nnlet
u. S. PLR'S, To‘rawls.
wln,cl, can be e.... 13 iu oprration at
V"ltt,' Mill. Towentla twp. The
••• ¢ ,, o::,e3tii Irou as Ulm Lunde,
1%
- , .
A.I;VORD & cr..AT3l34N,APutpligtherho. • -
VOLUME XXX.
•
JAMES 'WOOD, .A!rroaNzy AID
coma:mot AT LOW. Tenralidarft•
HENRY PEET, ATTORNEY
Law. Toanda, Pa. • Jane 27. 111.
NV3L . FOYLE, ATTORNEYS AT
LAW.. Timid*: Pa. 01lice with Mans*
Smith, south dde Marne' Mock. hist% U. 70
1 - IEOItGE D. MONTAN - IT h AT.
ninsrs Of ice—ookner of a
Pine Wee* opposite Partees Drug Mire. kin-
A. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
• Lev Tom.* Ps. Mee ,ovee the ita
kery, south of the Wad Ifonee, and oppoLite the
Court Roue. tow 3,
T . P. WILLISTON.
.1-.4 J . - ATTORNEY ex LAW, TOWANDA.
South ohlo of Detour's Now Block, up stairs
April 21. 10—tf.
w CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• az: rt. Law (Diibi4 Attorney tar Br a&
ford County), Troy. Pa. Colloctlau made aad prcoapi.
ly remitted. feb 15. 4111—tL
OVERTON & ELSBREE, Arroß-
Kra-.5 AT roar, Towanda. Pa., baying entered
Into copartnership, offer their professional services
to the public. Special attention given to busbiea
in the Orphan's and 'Register's Courts.. • *014'70
r. ornerow. att. c. taco* :C.
lIENJ. M. PECK, ATTORNEY
/ AT Law. Towanda, Pa. All business entrtuted
t him care will recelvo prompt attention. OThco in
t Aim lately omnpied by 'Mortar k Morttor, smith
of CCartl LIMBS. lip Stairs. July 18.'68.
xrEncuß & DAVIES, ATTOR
/* ATVS AT L. Towanoo.Pn. The turlersigned
towing +teem-1.14M themselves together in the practice
or I.W. oiler their penteeelenal servicne to the public.
ULYSSES srErtern. IV. T. DAVIES.
March 9, 1870.
TORN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
Laar.,Towatida., Bradford Go., Pa.
GENEBAL OSURANCE AGENT.
Particular attention paid to Collectiontand Orphans'
Court business. Office—llercur's New Block. north
a! , 10 Public Square. apr. 1. 'P.
MEI
IT B. MoKEAN, ATTORNEY
• ATM, COI7NALTIOR ►T L►W. Towanda, Pa. Par.
th-rdar attention paid to business In the Orphans'
Court. Jukrad, WS.
W: B. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• flre ore? 'Wickham & 131ack'e, Toa-anita, pa.
May '4,1.
TIR. H. "WESTON, ' DENTIST.-
Mon in Patton's Block, over Gore's Dm? and
Chc,nkal store.• Ant, 'M.
DR. H. A.. BARTLETT, Physi c ian
and Surgeon. Sugar Bun, Bradford County, PS.
°dice at residence formerly occupied by Dr. Ely.
arm.lo,lBsW
A MOS PEN.NYPACKER, HAS
main established htmnelf in the TAILORING
)bop over Rnckwell'a Store. Work pf
every description done to the latest styles.
Towanda, April 21. IBltt—tl
T U. BEACH, M. D. Physician
anti Surgenn. Towanda, Pa. Particular atteo.
Len paid to ail Chronic Diseases, and Plaeases of
Fentah•a. Office at him residence: on State at., two
d. ore east of Dr. Pratts. n0v.11.69.
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRAM
ate of the College of ••Pbykdeisunt and Surgoona,"
Nev York city. Claos 1843-4. gives exclusive attention
to the practice of his.profesml on. Dare and re/gel: t ee
on the eastern elope , of Orwell. Mill, adjoining Henry
Jan 14. WI
B. CAMP, INSURANCE
7i • A.r:a-v
o.—Mee formerly occupied by Mercur
.tc Morrow, one door eonth of Ward House.
July 1R 9.
RHEBEIN, Fashionable
L EWIS I.I Tudor. Rooms over Aspinwall's Store. Ttruan
dm. Pa. 69.
lOt F l VLER Sr. CO., REAL ES
AI,. TATE. DrALEFIA. No. TO Washington Street, op.
posits Opera House, Chicago. 1:11. Real Estate put ,
cLued and sold. Investments made and ratoanyloan.
el. EL FOWLER,
April 21. leo. S. X.IND.
p B. HOLLETT, MONROETON,
a- Pr, anout for the Hubbard Mower, Empire
Drill, Ithaca Wheel Itake, and Itroadmat &WCr for
cowing Plaster and all kinds of Crain. Bend for etr ,
en:ars to B. B. lbst..t.r37, lifouroston. Bradford Co.,
Pa. -
June 24.'q-Iy.
TTAIR "WORK OF ALL KINDS,
anal as SLIMY - IM, CURD, BRAIDS, run-
ETTS. ke.. made in the hint manner and latest style,
at the Ward Brew Barber Shin". Torino reasonable.
Tt.e . nr..l2, Dec. 1, 1869.
vitnycis E. POST, PALNTER,
Towanda. Pa., with ten years experience, (sena.
an cue the beet eatisfaction in Painting.
tirr..niug. Staining. Glazing. Papering, ke.
tr. - .N. Particular attention paid to jobbing In the
snitry. apt II 2, '65.
-r ITT7‘: I)[7NEER, //LA K S :111 771,
P.t., pays particular attention to
romte.; Ile,.;gers. Wee as, lilcil,hs. be. Tire set and
do ,on shot notice. Work and charges
12.15.62.
DiMIITCIi. D. SIITH, Sur
',l'd Dentist. Dr. Saar t would respectful-
I, infor m the inhabitant's of Towanda and vicinity,
that he has permanently located himself here, whore
he ail] be happy to serve alt who may stand in need
of hie professional eery:yrs; Dr. Smith hew recently
re moved from the city Of Phiblelphis, where he has
had a city and country praetiee for over twenty year.
which he thinks will enable him to do the most dial.
ealt work to his line of brash/ens. Teeth inserted,
from one to a full s:et. on all kinds of material used
in the piotession. Special attention given tothe RAY.
my of the natural teeth Teeth extracted without
ram. Dr. Smith administers Nitrous Oxide Gls,
Chloroform, Ether and the Frerming process. Give
lulu a rail. Dr. Smith will not be able to (Ten LW
until about the first of May next. Rooms oLtr
ro - site lileCabe & Mix's stare, Main street
Towanda. April 21, 1870.—tf
•
PATENTS!
J. N. DExTEn, Solicitor of Patents,
73 BRakle STIMET,. WAMLY, N. Y.
Prepares drawings. specifications and all Turn
rcquired in making and properly conducting Apra&
.Itions for PAITNTN in the UNITED STATIZ and Fon
t:MN Commas:a. No MUDD= la LINSVCCES+OI77,
CASES AND NO drreinuck's FIf.S.TO nal num Panforr
LS OBTAIN - ND.
SODS- 16.
W. STEVENS, COUNTY SUR
• czron.' Camptown. Bradt Att Co., Pa. Thank
ful to his many employers for put pstronage, would
respectfully inform the citizens of Bradford County
that he is prepared to do any work in biotine of bald
neva that may be mat - rested to him. These haring
divided Rites would do well to hare their property
a,uretely aurreyed before allowing themselves to
feel aggrieved by their neighbors. All work warrant
et comet, so far as the nature of the case will per.
mit. All unpatented lamb *Beaded to as soon as
war•ants arn.ribtaini4 0. W. if ta
2.1. 111163—ty. •
Eotels.
ft_ItEENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
wa.k...0 Loam. having recently been rent
t•..l mid supplied with new furniture, will be found •
pleasant retreat for plea rare cockers. I,••ard by the
week or month on reasonable term.
E. W. NEAL, Prop'r.
(i ree ti • ',NO. April 20. 1870.
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
071 Ilatn Street, pear the Corot Fromm
C. T. MIMI, Proprietor.
Oct. 8, 1366.
TEMPERANCE HOTEL !—Situa
ted cm the north-went corner of lain and .gitzi
bcch atrecia„ opposite Be3rint's Carriage, Victory.
Jurymen aud others attending court will aspect
to.t
S.
advantaget . patroin . the Tmn r. -
wands. Jan
DINING ROOMS
it CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY.
Near . the Court Hoare.
We are prepared to Seed the hungry at all tinaei of
the day and evening. grater and Ice Cream in
their semen....
Mardi 30. 1870, D. W. SCOTT * CO.
F A LWELL HO3SE, TOWANDA,
•
• Jorer c. wiDicat
- this Haase is now ready to accotamo.
liariol; 103.0.1 'the trarelil
date •.; pains norespeisse wit'
te iag poLlie. . o
be spared to giro f.atudaction to those wbo' may give
Lan a call.
AarNorth side o tho public square., east a 3ler
cues new block.
RI , J , MIERFIELD CREEK HO-
r 2 rt is I. NDM SSEr
Slaving parebaaed and thoroughly xellttod this oltl
and well-known stand. formerly kept by Sheriff Gtif
n., at the mouth of Ullunuerfield Crock. la ready to
giv,. good accommodations and satisfadorytreattnent
to a:i who may favor him with a call.
Doc. niug—tt
f FANS HOUSE,. TOW/IND!,
11.1_ Pa.. JORDAS & Mums. Proprietor. This
runnier baring teem thoroughly fitted and re.
paired. and furnished througliont with new and ele.
gnat Furniture, will be open for the reception of
guts, on tlArnanair, :NIAY 1. 11169. Neither
e
nue paLus has then spared in rendering this
a model hotel in all its arrangements. A =peril)?
quality Old Burton A/e, fur invalids, Just received.
April 24, VA%
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Mr
!fp,. looking backward from his ManlMod's
• prime,' •
Sees not the wet:o of his misspent Stine,
And through theishade
Of thneral morose, planted thick behind,
Beare no represeldhl i►hteper on the 'wind,
• From hla loved dead? •
Who bears no trace of faibion'a lime?
- Who share thy sting. 0 terrible remorse? -
Who does not out
On the thronged pages - of his memory's book,
At times a sad and half reluctant look,
. Regrettal of the past? •
Blast the Oil whieb.we fain would shun
We do, and leive the Malted for good undone ;
Our strength to-day
Is but to•morrow's weakness, prone to fall';
Poor, blind, unprofitable 'errant' all
Are we alway.
Yet who, thus looking backward o'er his 'ears,
Feels wilds eyelids wet with grateful tears,
If ho bath been
Permitted, weak mid sinful as he was,
To cheer in some ennobling canto
His fellow men?
Übe bath hidden the outcast, or let in
A. ray of sunshine to tho cell of sin ;
If he hath lent
Strength to the weak, in an hoer of need,
Over the buffering, mindless of his creed,
Or home, lath bent,
He has not lived in vain. And while he give.
The prai„%to Him in whom he moves and lives,
With thankful heart ;
He gazes backward, and with hope before,
Knowing that from 111,11 works ho never more
Can henceforth part.
During the summer of 1814. the
British had not only laid claim to all
that portion of the district of Maine
lying east of the Penobscot, but Ad
miral Griffith and Sir' John Sher
brooke, the latter then being Gover
nor of Nova Scotia, had been sent
with a heavy force to take possession,
and occupied the town of Castiue,
which place commands the entrance
to the Penobscot river. Shortly be
fore the arrival of the English squad
ron, Commodore Samuel Tucker had
been sent around to Penobscot' Bay
to protect the American coasters, and
while the British sailed up to Cos - -
tine, he. lay at Thomastown.
It was a schooner that the Com
modore commanded, but she was a
very heavy one, well armed and man
ned • and that she Carried the true
Yankee " grit " upon her deck, the
enemy had many proofs.
On the morning of the 28th of Au
gust, a messenger was sent down from
Belfast with the intelligence that the
British frigate was coming from Cos
tine to take him. Tucker knew that
the, British feared him, and also that
Sir John Sherbrooke had offered a
large amount for their capture.
When the Commodore received the
intelligence, his vessel was lying at
'the lower wharves, where be would
have to wait two hours for the tide to
‘ set him off, but he hastened to have
everything in readiness to get her off
as soon as possible, for he had no de
sire to meet the frigate.
The schooner's keel was just clear
ed from the mud, and one of the men
had been sent upon the wharf to cast
off the bowline, when a wagon, drawn
by one horse, came rattling down to
the spot. The driver, a rough look
ing countryman, got out upon the
wharf, and then assisted a middle
aged woman from the vehicle: The
lady's first inquiry was for Commo
dore Tucker. He was pointed out to
her, and she stepped upon the schoon
er's, deck, and approached him.
"Commodore,". she asked, "when
do you sail ?"
" We sail right off, as soon as pos
sible, madam."
" Oh, then, I know you will be
kind to me," the lady urged in per
suasive tones. ,-" My poor husband
died yesterday, and I wish to carry
his corpse to Wiscasset, where we be
long, and where his parents will take
care of it."
" But, my good woman, I shan't go
to Wiseasset." -
" If you will land me at the month
of the Sheepseot, I will ask no more;
I can easily find a boat there to take
me up."
" Where is the body?" asked Tuck
er.
" In the wagon," returned the la
dy, at the same time raising the cor•
ner of her shawl to wipe away the
gathered tears. , " I have a sum of
money with me, and you shall be
paid for the trouble."
" Tut, woman; if I accommodate
yen-there won't be any pay about it."
The kind-hearted Commodore was
not the man to refuse a favor ; and
though he liked not the bother of
taking the woman on board, yet he
could not refuse. When he told -her
that he would do as she requested,
she thanked him with tears in her
eyes.
Some of the men-were sent on the
wharf to bring the body on board.
A long buffalo robe warelifted off by
the man who drove the wagon,
,and
beneath lay a neat black coffin. Some
words were passed by the men, :as
they were putting the coffin onboard,
whioh went to show very plainly that
the affair did hot exactly suit them.
It may have been from prejudice on
their part ; but then, seamen should
be allowed a little prejudice once in
a while, when we consider the stern
realities they have to encounter.,
" Hush, my good men," said the
Commodore, as he heard their mur
murs. "Suppose you were to die
away from home—would you not wish
that your remains might be carried
to your parents? Come, hurry now."
The men said no. more ; aml ere
long the coffin was placed in-the hold,
and the woman was taken into the
cabin; In less than half an hour the
schooner was cleared - from the wharf
and standing out from the bay.
In the evening the lady passenger
came on deck, and the Commodore
assured her that he would be able to
land early the next morning. She
expressed her gratitude and satisfac
tion, and remarked that before she
retired she would like to look and see
that her husband's corpse was safe.
This request was of coarse readily
tied* I**lt.
Tsui! aswiuui:
at roux o. mummy
ett!humans.
THE MYSTERIOUS WIDOW.
A TALE OF Tar. SPAS OF 1812.
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granted, Nur one of tbea lifted, alf
the hatch that she might go dolniin
tattle hold. •
I. declarer muttered Dill Car. '
ter, an old saßor. who was at the
*heel "e he takes on drndfulbjr: -
" Yes,, poor thing!" said Tftim,
when ha heard her sobs and puma.
" D'ye notice what% ve &es got?
continued Carter. ••
"No," said Tucker, "only it was
swollen with team" •
"qty eyes! but they shone, though,
when she stoodhera looking at the
compass!" .
Tucker smiled at'the man's quaint
earnestness, and without further re
mark be went down to the cabin.
When the IMO= came up from
the hold, she looked about the deck
of the schooner a few momenta, and
then went aft. There was something
in her countenance that puzzled Car
ter. Ile had been one of those who
objected to the coffin's being brought
on board, and hence was not p
posed to look favorably upon its own
er. The woman's eye ran over the
schooner's deck with a strange quick
ness and Carter eyed her very IsharP'
ly. Aeon she went to the taffinit and
looked over at the stern boat, and
then she came and stood by the pin
nacle again.
" Look out, or you'll jibe the boom,"
uttered the woman.
Carter started, and found that the
mainsail was shivering. He gave the
helm a couple of spokes apart, and
then cast his eyes again upon the wo
man, whose features were lighted by
the pinnacle-lamp.
" Thank'ee, ma'am," said Dan.
Ha I hold on—why, bless my soul I
there's a big spider right on your
hair. No—not there. Here--I'll—
ugh I" •
This last ejatulation Dan made as
he seemed to pull something' from
the woman's hair, which he threw up
on the deck, with the "ugh" above
mentioned. .
Shortly after,' the passenger went
below ; and ere long Tacker came on
deck.
"Commodore," said Carter, with a
remarkable degree of eagerness in
his manner, "is the 'oman turned
in?"
" I rather think so," said Tucker,
looking at the compass. "Look out!
Look out! Carter. Why, man alive,
you're two points to the southward
of the course."
"Blow me, so I am," said the man,
bringing the helm smartly aport.
" But say, didn't you notice-anything
peculiar about the old 'onion?"
" Why, Dan, you seem to be great
ly interested about her."
"So I am, Commodore, and so I
am about the coffin, too. Wouldn't
it be well for you and I to
_overhaul
it ?"
" Paha .v ! you are as scared as a
child in a graveyard."
" No, not a bit. Just hark a bit.
The 'ors= ain't no 'oman."
The Commodore pronounced the
name of his Satanic Majesty in the
most emphatic manner.
"It's the truth, Commodore—l can
swear to it. I pretended there was a
spider on her hair, and I rubbed my
hand agin her face. By Sam Hyde,
if it wasn't as rough and bearded as
a holy steno! You see, she told me
as how I'd let the boom jib if I didn't
lookout. I know 'd there wasn't no .
'omen there, and so I tried her. Call
somebody to the wheel, and let's go
and look at that coffin."
The Commodore was thunderstruck
by whathe heard, but with that cool
presence_of mind that made him what
he was, he sat coolly thinking. In a
few minutes he called one of the men
aft to relieve Carter, and then he
went down to look after his passen
ger whoJiad turned in, and seemed
to be sleeping. Tucker returned and
took Carter to one side.
"No noise now, Carter ; follow me
as though nothing had happened."
• " Sartiu."
The two approached the main
hatch and stooped to raise it, when
Dan's hand touched a small ball that
seemed to have been pinned up after
breaking of the batch.
It's a ball of twine," said he.
" Don't touch it, but run and get a
lantern," replied Tucker.
Carter sprang to obey, and when
he had returned, a number of the
men had gathered around the spot.
The hatch was raised, and the Com
modore carefully picked up the ball
`of twine, and found that it was made
fast to something below. He des
cended to the hold, and there he
found the twine ran beneath the lid
of the coffin. He had no doubt in
his mind now, that there was mis
chief boxed below ; and he sent Car
ter fur something that might answer
for a screw-driver. The man soon
returned with a stout knife, and the
Commodore set to work. Me worked
very carefully, however, at the same
time keeping a bright lookout for the
string.
At length the screws were out, and .
the lid carefully lifted from its place.
" Great Heavens !" burst from the
lips of the Commodore.
" / knotted it 1" uttered Dan.
The two men stood for a moment
and gazed into the coffin. There was
no dead man there, but in phice there
of there were materials for the death
.of - a- score. The coffin was tilled with
gunpowder, .and pitchwoodl Upon
a light frame work in the center were
arranged four pistols cocked, and the
string entering the coffin from with
out communicating with the trigger
of each.
The first movement of the Commo
dore was to call for water ; and when
it was brought be dashed three or
four. buckets full into the infernal
contrivance, and then he breathed
more freely.
" No, no," he uttered, as he leaped
from the hold. No, no—my men.
Do nothing rashly. Let me go into
the cabin first. You may follow me."
Commodore Tucker strode into the
cabin, walked up to the bunk where
his passenger lay, and grasping hold
of the : emale dress, he dragged its
wearer out upon the floor. There
was a sharp resistance, and the pas
senger drew a pistol, but it was quick
ly knocked away—the gown was torn
off, and the man came forth from the
remnants of the calico an linen.
• The fellow was assured that his
whole plot had been discovered ; and
at length-ho owned that it had been
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hit plat to tunioni in the loom of
the flight Old get hold, of the tiall of
twine, width he had leftin e conven
ient plate; helhat intended to haw)
Wolkeerefally 'mein' ding 'the
shire ma he went tlongv then :to
have got into the.book cut the Ms,
and u the boat fell into the linden
he would bare Pelted..smartly uPon
theiwine.
"And !think you know," he eon=
tinned,. with a wicked look, "what
would have followed. I ehouldn't
have been noticed in the fuse—l'd
have got ent of the way with the
boat, and you'd have ;been in the next
world in short order. And all can
say is, that rm sorry 1 didn't de it."
It was with much difficulty that
th! ComModore prevented - his men
from killing the villain on the spot.
He proved to be - one of the enemy's_
officers, and was to have a heavy re
ward if he succeeded in. destroying
the Commodore and his crew.
The prisoner was carried on deck
and lashed to the main rigging, where
he was told to remain until the ves
sel got into port. •
In the morning, when Tucker came
on deck, Seguin was in sight upon
the starboard bow ; but wl. en he
looked for the prisoner, he was gone.
" Carter, where's the villain I lash
ed here last night?"
" I'm sure I don't know where he
is, Commodore. Perhap he's jump
ed overboard."
The old Commodore looked sternly
in Carter's eyes, and saw a twinkle of
satisfaction gleaming there. He hesi
tated a moment—then he tumid
away, and muttered to himself
" Well, well—l can't blame them.
If the murderous villain's gone to
death, he's only met a fate he richly
deserved. Better far it be for him
than that my noble - crew were now
all in the ocean's cold grave."
' WasEtINGTO9, D.C., /Jar* 1, 1870.
" Bighteowness exalteth a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people."
The manifest versification, in so many
larva; of this _familiar old iroverb,
which has been handed , down to us
from the highest authority, should
serve as a warning to all, both in pub
lic and private life, to act from prin—
ciples of strict justice and integrity.
I was nevoi more strongly reminded
of its truth than to-day. Passing
along one of the corridors of the Capi
tol, in the Senate wing, Adjacent to
the Folding-room, I noticed two di
lapidated old deer-skin covered
trunks, and. small chests or box
es, all showing the marks of age, and
upon each was pasted a card with
the address " Hon. James M. Mason,
New Alexandria, Virginia." Not
having heard of him since his return
from Europe after the collapse of the
slaveholders' rebellion, my curiosity
was somewhat excited to know some
thing of the present status and con
dition of the man, who, next to Jeffer
son Davis perhaps, exerted more in
fluence than any other of the South
ern leaders in urging the people of
the Smith into secession. Calling
upon the Superintendent of the Fold
ing-room, I learned that the packa
ges above referred to contained books,.
papers, etc., which had been stowe d
away in one of the rooms in the base;
went of the capitol since the time Mr.
Mason retired from the United States
Senate as a representative of the
State of Virginia, to assist in orga
nizing the Southern Confederacy, and
that they were now about' being for
warded to him at his residence near
Alexandria, within twelve miles of
the capitol, by request of Senator
Bayard, of Delaware. He will be re
membered by every one familiar with
the history of the late rebellion, as
the man who, in company with John
Slidell, was captured on board an
English vessel, bound for Europe,
whither they were going as the finan
cial agents of the Jeff Davis govern
ment. It being decided, however,
that our government could not de
tain them while sailing in an English
vessel, they were again placed on ,
board andallowed to proceed on their
way. For years this man Mason was
pre-eminently the leader of the Dem
ocratic party in the Senate of. the
United States. A thorough pro-sla
very aristocrat and one of the weal
thiest of the southern oligarchy, he
bore himself with a haughty mien,
and looked with disdain upon the
" mud sills " and " greasy mechanics"
of the North. But how changed his
condition now. As the former rep
resentative of the Southern idea of
making slavery the ruling element in
our government, and fi nally as a lead
er in the attempt to establish a new
confederacy, based upon slavery as
the chief corner-stone, he now shares
a full measure of the" reproach "
which in the justice of God is cast
upon the rebellious people of the
South, for' their political "sins."
From the high position he once occu
pied in the councils of the nation, he
has descended to a condition ef com
parative poverty, and is now tilling
the soil in a small way, as a sort of
market gardener, and sells his vege
tables in the Alexandria market,, a
political outcast, having the " mark "
of the pro-slavery beast upon his fore
head. A type of his class, he will go
down to his grave bearing the " re
proach " of the " sins "of slavery, and
its direful consequences. Janos.
;isewi'mieris DIMOIti3IOIII'IIIOX AMMIEL
SCRAP OF HISTORY--THE REBEL
MASON.
Correspondence of the Binghamton (N.Y ) Re
publican.)
Tus following story is told by the
Middletown (Conn.) Sentinel and
Witness: "In the Revolutionary War
there was a sergeant by the name of
Arnold. On an occasion of the troops
being reviewed by Baron Steuben—
who was a great disciplinarian—the
name of Arnold was called. The Ba
ron inquired of the commander if he
had one in the ranks that bore the
name of that arch traitor. The re
ply was he had. 'Call him • to the
.font,' said the Baron. Sergeant Ar
nold was called and the Baron said :
Are you not ashamed of your, mane?,
It will be a disgrace to you as long
as you live ; drop it.' `But , what
name can I. takel l was the. reidy,
Take mine,' says the Baron ; there
is no one in the country to bear. it af
ter I. am gone? (The Baron was a
bachelor.) The Sergeant consented,
and he and his descendants were ever
afterward called. Steuben. Sergeant
Arnold was grandfather of our late
eiteenied P. Stetiben. A large
traatrof land Was Voted to the Baron
for; his valuable services, and the
enmity. in which it lay is called , after
him. The Barmbelueathed a lor
d= pf this land to Ins namesam"
max =gra iVist EDITOR s
818 IlcifirEl3B to (=tampon's:rm.
Fred. Yew aint obliged to ask the
girl's mother if you may go home
with her from a party; get the girl's
endorsement, an go in; , it is proper
enough to ask her to take your arm,
but you have, no right to put your
arcs around her waist unless you
inset a bear on the road, and' then
you are supposed to relinqritsli your
hold as soon as the bekr gets safely
by
Whip. You are right; mules live
to a lonely age; I have known them
myself to live one hundred years and
not half try. You are atm right
about their being sure-footed; I have
known them to kick a boy twice in a
second, ten feet off.
Gertrude. Your enquiry stumps
me. The more I think about it the
more I can't telL As near as I can
reeolleet now, I think I don't - know.
Much might. be said both viers; nei
ther may she right. Upon the whole,
I think that would _or wouldn't, just
as I think best or otherwise.
Plutarch. You're mistaken, the
Shakers don't marry. If young Sha
kers fall in love they are set to weed
in onions, which cures them forth
withy. I can't tell you how much it
takes to join the Shakers, but I be
lieve the expense used to 1-e, include
ing having your hair cut and • learn
ing to dance about 65 dollars.
Sportanian. Your enquiry, is not
exactlr in my line, but haste to re
ply as follows to wit: The right
length to cut off a dorg's tail has nev
er been fully discovered, but it is un
doubtedly somewhere back of , the
ears, provided you get the dorg,'s
consent. N. B. It isn't - necessary to
have the dorg's consent in writing.
Kitty. To my ownpersonal views
in the . premises, it appears that the
best rat and mice exterminator is a
well regulated Thomas cat; beware of
base imitations sold by the respecta
ble druggists.
SCLENTWIC RECIMATION.—The Cos
mos gives aunccount of certain ex
periments made by two French doc
tors on the head of the parricide Bel
liere, who was recently executed at
Beauvais. The head was
. handed to
the medical men within five minutes
of the execution. The expression of
the face was one of stupor, not of
pain. There was no evidence, we aro
told, that either the jaw or the tongue
had made the least movement after
the knife had fallen. One of the ex
perimentalists began by shouting in
the earlthe name, of the condemned,
but no Contraction of the muscles of
the face was apparent ; a similar re
sult attended the placing of a sponge
dipped in ammonia under tha nose.
The head even submitted to the cau
terization of an eye without blinking.
Electricity by means of Legendre's
pile was then applied, and a variety
of tricks r performed, not quite to the
doctors' satisfaction we suppose, for
they do not seem to have discovered
what they half expected—that the
brain retained its consciousness. In
conclusion, we are told it is proposed
on the occasion of the next execution
to inject fresh blood into the veins of
the guillotined roan's head, and to
discover, if possible, whether the phe
nomena noticed by Dr. Brown Se
guard in the case of a dog who had
been subjected to the process, and
thereupon gave signs of voluntary
movement, can be reproduced ; all
which seems to us a ghastly sort of
trifling.
THE TOWER OF BAnor...—A writer
describes the present appearance of
the place where language was mixed:
After a ride of nine miles, We were
at the foot of Bier-Nimrood. Our
horses' feet were trampling upon the
remains of brick which showed here
and there through the accumulated
dust and rubbish of ages. Before
our eyes uprose a great mound of
earth, barren and bare. . This was
*Bier-Nirurood, the ruins of the Tow
er of Babel, by which the first buil
ders of the earth had vainly hoped to
scale high heaven. Here also it was
that Nebuchadnezzar built, for bricks
bearing his name have been found in
the ruins. At the t,cp of the mound
'a great mass of brick-work pierces
the accumulated soil.
With your fingers you touch the
very bricks—large, square-sha
and massive—that were thorougZ
burned, the very mortar, now hard as
granite, handled more -than 4,000
years ago, by earth's impious people.
From the summit of the nionnd, far
away over the plain, we • see glisten
ing the gilded dome of ronosque, re
flecting the bright rays of the morn
ing sun. This was the tomb. of the
holy All. To pray before this at some
period of his life ; to kiss the sacred
dust of the earth around there at
some time or another ; to bend his
body and count his beads, is the dai
ly desire .of every devout Mohamme
dan.
A POLITICIAN BArrizzo.—A capital
story is related concerning Jim
He had - been elected to a series of
subordinate offices, and finally was
sent to Congress. Defeated in a re
election, he aspired to's seat in the
Legislature, but so slight had become
his hold on popular favor that ho was
defeated even for this position. At
last, to recover his waning populari
ty, he joined the church, and when it
was given out on Sunday that, in the
interval between the services, ho
would be dipped in a neighboring
creek, a . large crowd assembled on its
banks to witness the ceremony. The
preacher waded in the neophyte, and
plunged him under the flood.- As he
came to the surface, an old farmer in
the crowd turned to his son and ex
claimed : "John, when yon water the
horses take them in abovd where old
NM dipped."
Tas young lady who loses a bean,
shouldban up - her SW or take tos tewsioL
MIEN=Z=B
M=MIME
MIME
MI
, LITT, I.IE PII,ET.
Li castle Wahl, or cottage homes, - •
Wherever guileieseehildhood roams, ‘..•
0, there la nothing half an sweet 1
ha busy trond . of littler feel.
When forth we go`at early time,
To meet tho World and kart its scorn, •
Mown the garden walk gamma.
Wo ace the prints of little feet. •
At eve, when homeward we: repair,
With aching limbs aud brow of care,
Tile voices ring out cleir and inieet—
Then comes the rush of litho feet.
The knives aro lost, the dialua.stray,
The tools are spirited airpy,
And when we go the lost k seek,
We take the trail of little feet.
But when the angel death bath come
And 'called the floe:rots from our home,
'Oppressive silence reigns complete ;
We miss Abe sound of tittleleet.
Then tools are safe, no diahes o stray i
I 'No doors go slammingall the day ; •
• Bat 0, 'twotild give us *sore sweet,
To hear again those noky . feet
tOzt,t ~•51
"Here you are, sir, wasting your
valuablotirne—as they Say to me,"
said Charles . Dickens one morning,
many years ago, as his little boy ran
up to him on the Breadstairs sands,
spade in hand. And we haye . often
wondered since hqw -many Aleople
there are who know what is meant by
wasting time.
It is very easy to makd mistakes
on this subject, for nothing is so de
ceitful as appearances. We all know
that Penelope, that classical model of
propriety turd all the virtues, employ
ed her time in weaving a garment by
day, and Unraveling it at night. She
did this to- keep off her lovers, who
wanted to persuade her.that her hus
band Ulysses was dead. When the
t
suitors found her ont, of course they
accused her of wasting time— tat
that moment Ulysses knocked t- the
door, after seeing many me n d cit
ies. In fact lie had come h le, and
the fair Penelope had hers ward af
-ter all,
. Surely it is waste of 'time for that
old tortoise to try and. beat the nim
ble hare at racing, but the silly old
thing will crawl On,without stopping,
at about the pace one gets down 'the
Strand on a rainy day. - ,Presently,
down comes the hare at '.,a, furious
pace- 7 -there is no wasting time. with
him at all events—but, Owl!, when ho
arrives breathless at the 'winning
post, he finds the old tortoise the -e,
before him, and fast asleep, too: Ah I
says the hare,,q. wish I had tak4h
my nap at the end instead of the'-be-
ginning of the race ; and then I
i
should have v on it and that tortoise
might have c l lvied in vain; as it is,
he has made good use of his time,
and I have-wasted mine."
What an idle man that is yonder,
fishing hour after hoar! Truly a
melancholy apectaele, as stern old Dr."
Johnson would say. "A litre with a.
worm at ono end and a fool at the
other." Wrong again !. That man
is an eminent Statesman, who has es
coped to recruit his weary brain in
the company of the kingfisher and
the heron. What eloquence, wisdom
and - wholesome legislation do not we
owe to ;such hours of idleness ! Nay,
do not some of our best and kindliest
thoughts often come to us as we sit
on the beach and toss pebbles into
the shining sea covered with its "in
numerable smiles?" Recreation is
not waste when it is a iest.from real
work, and a preparation fthr more.
We confess 'we never feel at home
with - a man who 'must always be do
ine-'somethine.. There Was a Freseh
statesman wa wrote a' huge book by
snatches, in those occasional intervals
when hehappened to be kept waiting
for dinner. We have not the slight
est wish. to see this ante-prandial per
formance. We do not doubt° it was
A very dull book, for men who, are
never at leisure are always dull.
Fussy men and idle men are equal
ly insufferable to us. The real work
er is never in a hurry, and the real
idler, we may add, is never anything.'
else. Who ever heard of Lord , Pal
merston, or the Duke of Wellington
or - Lord Brougham being in a hurry ?
When we see a man in a great hurry
we may be pretty cert.iin that his
profession consists in doing nothing,
and that he isdoing that badly. The.
idlest man we ever 'savii was always
so much 'pressed for time that he
never had five minutes to spare for
anything. No one need. ever be in
such a terrible hurry as this. If we
ever find ourselves so, it is probably
because we have been wasting our
time. We have had no system, and
have, therefore, done in an hour What
ought to have been finished in twen
ty minutes; or, like thehare, we have
loitered on the way, and then we
make a push for it, and arrive just in.
time to miss the train. How many
hares,there are every .morning who
arrive breathlesS in the city, because
breakfast was half an hour late, or
because they would not get up when
the clock struck seven.
But our readers have alight to ask
what constitutes, as a' general rule,
waste of time. We answer in a sin
gle sentence—whatever hinders or
prevents you doing your work in life.
Every one should realize that his du
ty here consists in applying himself
to some worthy work, and his time
may then safely and. without waste
be divided into three periods—pre-
paring for work, doing work, and
resting from work. Waste of time,
then, becomes a thing purely relative.
What is mere waste in one case is
real profit in another. The idle man
who travels simply for pleasure, is
simply wasting his time; the man
who travels for Safety, or the man
who travels to get rest from work, or
for the Sake of his health, is not wast
ing or abusing his time; he is turXiing
it to good account.
Let the heart be filled with some
good principle of action, and.let the
mind be directed toward some con
genial pursuits, and their uur inno
cent pleasures will be as little in dan
ger of degenerating into criminal in- .
dulgence, as our wholesome recrea
tions into waste of time, 7 -Cassei's
Alagazise. _
A SUBLIME THOIIMIT.---The more ' we .
Rink into the infirmities of age, the
nearer we are to immortal youth. All
platoons are young in the other world.
That state is an eternal' spring, over
fresh and flourishing. Now, t: pass
02 per A.nnrun in Advance,
from midnight, into noon on the mid
den---to be.decre,Oit one minute, and
all spirit and activity the next—mist
lie a delightful Change. To tall" this
dyMg.is.an obtuse of language.
•' From Donn Piatt's curious 'article
l 'Abiint Hogs,"
.in Lippincoles Magg
tine for April, we take the following
original hog story: I once . witnessed
a fight!between-a pony. and a boar, in
which - 11)0th sidesexhibited - a good
deal of that naturalart of war - to
whichlat.'COnvin - referred as bleis , ;
ing the many militiatolonels of Con-
gress.'„: fluid ridden home one after,
noon upon my little -sturdy,. Tough
Dick, and, turning him loose in ' the
stable lot, po ured d - upon the ground a
quantity of 'Corn to swerve him as din
ner. :Upon this, a e boar, nearly
as large r end quite 7 heavy, as the
pony, trotted np, un idden, to take
a t
'part in the repast:. Tough Dick, not
liking the company • nor the loss of
his provender ; bit .the hog, who, in
return threw op , his tusk, catching
the.pony's nostril upon the point, in
flicting an ugly little wound. ' Quick
as thought almost, the pony wheeled
and planted his two ironed heels up
on the boar's side. The blow sound
ed like that of a flail, rolling the hog
over. Nothing.dannted, he regained
his legs and again made at the little'
hora'e. The plucky creature Was rea
dy. for him,
.and sent the hog - rolling.
ThiS second charge .seemed to give
the boar a realizing sense of the ine
quality of such a contest. Regaining
his feet again, he trotted some- paces
away' and, stood - contemplating . his
foe from under his long ears, grunt
ing and snapping 'his jaws in wrath
and disgust.- Tough Dick, with his
ears drawn back, eyed his antagonist
as if expecting a renewal of the -con
flict.- After some seconds the boar I
began walking in a, circle about the
pony. ' He kept beyond the reach of
his heel 4 and would at times 'walk '
andlit times trot; and all the while
Tough Dick kept his eye on and his
heels toward thefoe . _ This contin
ued for some time , and_ might have
-ended in the hog's retreat; but the
pony was hungry and aggravated at
the interruption of his meal. :In an
unhappy moment he attempted to
take a mouthful of corn. The Veir,
Seizing the adVantage, rushed . in.
Escaping the heelS, he charged in
under the telly 'of the Pony, and
worth(' have intlictgl an ugly wound
with his tusks, but the force of- his
attack carried hira beyond the point
of danger and before he could escape.
'the Wieked pony.had him by the - ear
precisely as a clog would hive caught
t him. The boar sqnealecl disinally,
and began turning-so as to bring his
,tusks under the throat or jaw of the
enemy. Slowly but steadilS , he swung
around, . suffering intense torture
in the - twisting given his unhappy
ear. Finding 0110'h - caw likely to gain
his point; the pony suddenly released
the ear. The two had been Tolling
with their entire weight ag ainst each
other, and the unexpec ted release
.staggered the:hog, and ere he could
recover a well directed- kick rolled
him. over. I thought him `killed; but
he slowly recovered, and, risiflg to
his feet, staggered away, pausing at
times to shake his ugly'- head, as if
wondering how, it all came about. •
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NU3IBI
A GOOD ROG STORY.
''. 'WAIF !—Down at our depot,
npoii the arrival of our morning train,
on last-Friday we observed emerging,
hom the cars, Constable \Vorral, of
Bristol—carefully holding in his arms
neither band-box nor bundle, pack
age nor plunder, but, still a something
cosily, concealed, whieh awakened
.our curiosity as to what treasure it
contained, of which he was-so cau
tious dud. chary. Stating our awak
ened interest to the official, he conr
teonsli solved the mystery by remov-
itig the folds ,of a filded , shawl, en
folded in which in life and loveliness
lay, vlint women of sympathy and soul '
would say was the dearest, daintiest,
darlingest 'dove on which eyes had
.ever eagerly rested. Alone and aban
doned! without legal father—A re
cently buried mother—with no sis
ter or brother—in the morn of exis
tence through no sin of her own—
Minnie! for by this name her unwed
(led mother blessed her ere she died
—at the ago of eight months only,
was ibeing conveyed to our Alms
Mouse—and there now within its
pauper walls her day of life is dawn
ing. Beauteous - as any unfolded in
the garden of greenbacks—pure as
any, princess whose ,fai . ry footsteps
spring: to the soundof liver sandals
—we well know- That this little one
will be Watched and warded over in
Most motherly manne by that Mod
el matron' of our charitable . and be
nevolent institution. 'lf Minnie lives
she may be the jeweled love-light of
sonic happy home; if she dies-straight
as an arrow to its- mark will she .go
to glotyalthongh .Only a pauper
whom nobody owns. We pen only
her present--foretell not her future'
—abruptly adding=.-such is
Doyle-down Demoerre.
" SOMETIM"—The following js, one
of Mr. Prention's - little waifs :
"Sometime.--It is a
.sweet,. sweet
song, warbled to and.fro among the
topmost boughs of the heart, and till
ing the whole air With stieh joy and
gladness as the songs of birds do
when the summer morning comes out
of darkness, and day is born on the
mountains. We have all our posses
sions in the future - which we call
`sometime.' Beautiful flowers and
singink birds " are there, only our
hen& seldom grasp the one, or our
ears hear the other. ' But; oh, read
er be of good cheer, for all the . good
there is a golden soMetime when
the hills and valleys of time are at
passed ; when the wear and fever,
the disappointment, And the, sorrow
of life. are over, then there is the phice
and the rest appointed of God. Oh,'
homestead; over whose roof fall , no
shadows or even clouds r and over
whose.threshold the voice, of sorrow
is never heard r built upon the eter
nal hills,. and standing with thy spires
and pinnacles -'of celestial beauty
among the.palm trees`of the city'on
high, those who love God shall rest
under thy shadows, where there is
no more. sorrow nor pain, nor the
sound of weeping !sometime."'
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ogg int
"id OcigbPs , , st
,
thane are net of ' the' Vicar' -
character: A French ' Pith- .:,
min niports'soiiieeerY *aka' linett.
in relation to milk, which -1 411;:" - pit:=':
haps; account for same of **ibis
difficulties which sofregeaftnif Act •
children whose-diet far: of :theolickiel '
Order: The writer *WU the ,
surface of fresh criima j C u :sruniiised
under the microns:pay tharrwill , :be
found among the ut of milky
and fatty globules a huge rmba' of
either timid or, oblong oorinetcles,
sometimes accompan i ed -with , finely •
clotted matter, being Piet ;,wiest m
seen in substances 111 estate of AleeeP •
He finds that thesci disaipiniiMelook
big corpuscle* lids their itAinerance
in summer within fifteen' or twenty
hoUrs after mil king, i ''_ and in 'Winter,
after the lapse of two or three - days.
Continuinghis observations until co
agulation took place, the comusclas
were found to micresae - in number,
bud, form, airmitkd ebbs, and at
length transkinn , thenamilves into
mushrooms, or fibunsista composed
of cells placed endto end illr ample
1 series, stun supported at lbeir `*sub
[ with a spherical 'knob filledwit t h gnus- ~'
1 Mons . *natter. • All American Journal'
remarks that these facts may be dis- •
agreeable to country folks• ' whose
1 misfortune it is to get pure milk and
I cream, but as to city poop* the arti
ficial character of the comundthey
use for these articles We .--y for
bids the idea that they Contain any
of the unpleasant ingredients named
by the French physician.
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lIME
El
A Fox's :Revnee —A • ble
man of - the ,county of Mon ery
resided on the banks of the : udson
river. One day he ,went to a bay on
the river to shobt diteks or wild geese.
When he came to the river he saw
six geese beyond shot. He deterrhin
ed to wait for them to approach the
shore. While sittilig there he saw it
fox come down to the shore, and
stand some time and ohnrve the
geese. At length he turned and went
into the. woods, and cane out with- a
very large bunch of moss in his month.
He then entered the water very si
lently; sank himself, and then keep . .
the moss above . the water
concealed—he floated among' the
geese. Suddenly one of them was
drawn under the water, and the fox
soon appeared on'the shore with the
goose on his back.
• He ascended the hank, and found a
hole made by the tearing up of a tree.
This hole he cleared, placed in the
goose, and coxered it with great care,
strewing leaves over it. The fox then
left ; and while he was away the hun
ter unburied the goose, and closed
the bole, end then resolved to await
the issue.
In about half au hour the fox re
turned with another fox in - company.
They went directly to the place where
the goose had been buried, and.threw
out the earth. The goose could not
be funnel. They stood regarding each
other for :ionae time, -when: suddenly,
the second - fox attac ked the other In
riorisly, as if attended by the trick of
his friend.-31urray'it ereatton.
"DoNs TAlLiza Rra."---" Oh, he is
done taking rye," is a phrase some
times heard even to this day, and is
used when a gift is not appreciated,
or a family, by some goOd fortune, is
inclined, as the phrase is, to cut t2eir
acquaintance., It had its origin in
this wise : Many years ago there liv
ed a poor but worthy fainily in a
small hamlet somewhere in Connec
ticut. One night the houie took fire
and burned, with, all the goods—the
family only escaping with a little
clothing. Great was the eompaision
of the people far and near. ,A p lace
was provided - for them to Hie ;
provisions been to flow in from 'fill
quarters, and in - greatest abundance
was rye, the staple bread and staff of
life of the poorer class In - a little
time the family was never before - So
rich, and actually began' to put on
airs, as if a degree or two h igher in
the social scale. o,ne day there ap
peared before the house a youngster
astride of a horse, with a bag of the
inevitable rye. The family, lining
him, sent out Jonathan, Jr. "My
father," said he on the, horse, " has
heard you was burnt out, and has
sent you,a bushel of rye," and made
a motion as if to dismount: " You
needn't get off," said Jonathan, " my
father sayate's done taking,vrye."
A STINGY CHRISTIAN was listening
to a charity sermon. He was - nearly
deaf, and was aecnstomed, to sit fac-.
ing the congregation, right under the
pulpit, with his ear-trumpet directly
up. toward the preacher. At one
time' he said to himself :' "I'll give
ten dollars ;" again he said; " 111
give fifteen." At the close of the ap
peal he was very much moved, and
thought he would give -fifty- dollars.
Now, 'the boxes were passed. As
they moved along his charity began'
to ooze out. He semi) down from
fifty to twenty, to ten, to five, to zertr.,
Ho concluded that he would not give
anything: "Yet," he . said, "this
won't do—l'm in a bad fix. My hopes
Of heaven may -be in this question.
This covetonsuesi'may be thy ruin."
The - boxes are getting nearer and
nearer. The crisis was upon him.
What should he do? The box was
now under his chin.---;d1 the- con,gre
gation were looking. -He had been
,holding hh; pocket-book in his hand
?during this soliloquy, which was half
audible, though_ in his deafness he
did not know that helves heard. In
the agony of the 'final Moment, he
took his pocket-book and laid it in
the box, saying to himself as he did
it—" Now squirm, old natnri
_WILL You Taus A snivel—An old
farmer about the time the the tem
perance reform was begi4ning-to ex
ert a healthful influence in the coun
try,
.said to his hired man : '
" Jonathan, I did not think to men
tion to you, when I hired yen, that I
think•of trying to do my work this
year without rum. Hoirmuch more
must I give yon to induce you to do_
without?"
"Oh, I don't care much about it,"
said Jonathan, "you`may eva_me
What you please."
nWell," said the farmer, "I will
giCo you
.a Sheep in the fall, if yon
will do without." . •
" Agreed," said Jonathan.
The oldest son then said '
"Father, will you give me a sheep
too, if I do without ramp"
Yes,lifarshal,, you shell have a
sheep if you'd° without" -
The youngest sari, a stripling, then
said :
" rather,: v4ll you give ine a BIWP
if wilt do without'?" .
" Yes, Chandler; you shall hare a
sheep also, if you do without
rum4 H 4
Present,l3; Chandler. 'poke again :
" Father, hadn't yon better take a
sheep, too?" • s
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