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B LACK SPANISH EGGS FOR
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( Irarraatni Pure Blood.)
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•t of 1,71c9. Address Box 146. i . ,:trolra. New
apl6-2m
011 YES! OH YES !AUCTION!
A. R. MOl. Licensed Auctioneer
‘ ll promptly attended to and satigfactlon
Call or addream, A. It. :dor, llonroetma,
omnty. Pa. 0et.26, 69.
RAYSITILLE MILLS !
Lasing pnSehased the L.Raysville
*+..
n::,1 r,fdt.,l the same in good order. in now
• to do gout' work, and to give,,general ratit
M. J. PRITTCHEV.
7 • S. - pt. 22, 1869.—1 y •
1 iFF()ITIYs NATIONAL PAIN
X 1::!;. , r ::ad Life Oil. are tite Great Family
• th.o 010 l a welcome In 'every home 138
-3 medy for more of the common We of
nny other nn.dienr , in the market. Sold
Jere in medirine generally. linnufextured
!• T GIFFORD. Chicago. 111., and 143 Mairi
N. V. March 10, 10-5*
p RICE LIST -CASCADE MILLS
-; ,;;;31;ty Wit;;; - . NTheat Flonr pc.r. P 52!.;
I., , narmlpontide... 49 25
'• arrrl
por bunitred ',numb;
=ME
Itvt.. Co m and Oats per hundred lbs... 187!;
-yen in - noting usually done at once, as the ca
,.f
the mill is sufilcient for a large menet of
11. B. IN6ILk3f.
Mare% 23, IR7O.
To THE LADIES AND CHILD
.. !ZEN OF AMENS.
KILLINErr AND PRESS .1 ND CLOAK
MA 61SG ESTABLISILVENT.
1, A LL TUC LAT'''T STYLES FOE Sax.
Post Office—Mrs. Hoyt's old stand. t
MILS. )COSH A. WAGENER,
%111 {l4 lew•. 20. letia Agent
I)IZESS MAKING!
'the Itudereltm.,t Inc,• fear.• n. teform the ladles
l valuta and N:ettlity that t , hynts just received
....
r ra4nu Ns rnom NEw YORK
for past favnrn, .ho hoprA to roceive a
r;.•!: of 1.1111:1,• ptdronspr. (Iw door POUth
I ~ SI , Meircilr k Co's, over 'Mims E. 3.
n,nin• 17 store.
MLSS d. S. moscair,
I I' Towanda, Pa. '
\r. WA 11 ER
• .
01- + , •rw- n of Mr. G. A. MorrroN, a
.1 W.A:h:oater qnd Eneruver. He la prepared
h n.portng and tom-wring In all its branch
• .7.0v4.1N. or sillier) Sleeve Bottons.
l• to voler. Part!tilor attention paid
I 1 IN V , . S. 'll:Ef t'S STONES, ,Pc. w.
.• •.::. littrust..4l to hit. vary will by promptly at
? 41ili warranted. All kiuilp of Clock.. Watch.
A 1 iry tor A. M. WARNER.
la. April 71: 1870.—Gin.
iILICKSMITHING !
liry new brick shop, near my
Nl:lin-street. I am r.otr prepared to do
• i - , its branches. Particular attention paid
;7,1, and edge tools. Hating spent many
community, in this business, trust
/tlnrauter of my remising a liber
, ••Int ,t — the pablic patronage.
HENRY' ESSM:WINE.
r• - -••::,. Not. a, isr,a.—tf
7 \l V Ellsl3Uß G 'MILLS!
er, nmr 11 , .121g 11112411 , 59 in their
•..-
I EAT 07AL= at the licKasuunG
o :rid Itnektvbcat flour. an'a Feetreon
:• for sale at market rated.
ovo sptattty of GROUND PLAbil.ll of
th*y from the old Yattarn 13EDA.
MYER k FROST.
E 'DYEING ESTABLISH
. NIFN..
u‘ -• rd,r taker this inethinl of inforrifina the
Tt.w.niu and vicinity that he hail opened
• i.-tublishriteut In rot. Mr-on: new build-
=
“site Gen. and Unit Ile jA now pro
-4i to do all work in his lane. such as CLEANING
• a ai.l GIING ladles' and gentlemen's r.-. a rrn ents.
111 the nostest mauler and on the most
•• terms. Give the a salt and examine my
• REDDING.
• t fa. 1,10.
'T~j;l
i
s
T:NDERSIGNED HIVE
1 , -1 a Pankina Moine in Towanda, under the
r C. MASON k CO.
.os , ;raepa-ral to draw Bills of Exchange. and
tit New York, Philadelphia. and all
.r the rutted States. as also England. Ogr
e.; r,al,—. Ti loan money, receive deposits,
'•.a I.:..traral Banking business.
was on , of the late firm of Laporte;
. id Towanda. Pa.. and his knowletlgt , of
men of Bradford and atljoining counties
i. od2 been In the banking business for about
• ears. nod, this house a desirable one through
• -bons. 0. r. 3IASON.
, _•••1-4. net. I. I sell. A. 0. MASON.
V EV: SPRING GOODS
.Gas E. J. KINGSLEY,
, I.umed from New York with a first-class
h .1 litihnery G‘ssls, consisting of the
West imported styles of
=ENUMIIM!
p..trall) invite the ladies of Towanda
o..ty t gite her a call before pnr
sn.: .Itewliere. Work done to
, eb r and on the shortest
toner, in a neat and
tasilionable style.
oval tnior to Fox. Stevens, Itlercur
Towanda, April 14,10.
'tDFORD COUNTY
=9
Hlt 111, KEAN, REAL ESTATE _AY ENT
nicutz4 31,11 Propertim City and Town
r ra!e.
having property for sate will fail ft to their
• was.", I.y leaving a description of the same. with
sale at this atieney, as parties are constanctly
airing for tamps. &c. 11. R. IIIcKF..k.N.
fteal F-qato Ag.ent..
Bank. Towar.ila,
V E F I It!
comos AND LOW I'/?/e/ES!
]li N OETON, PA
lII.ICY & HOLLON,
to-:d,•a In Groceries and Provisions, Drugs
liero,me Oil, Lamps. Chimneys,
by• Stuffs. Psints, Oil., Varnish, Yankee No.
• . • _ _
• 1 -1. and Snuff. Pure Winea autl
• , • •t• tls quality. for inedietnal purposes
• • MI 411 at the very lowest prices. Pre
- • , ..•!-•,:e-rfuily cozlqu.n.tleil at all hounr of the
Call.
TRACY tr. HOLLON
n. Pa... June 21, 11162-Iy.
( if TEA P PASSAGE FROM ONTO
I I:ELAND OR ENGLAND
NTELULbIIII.; 1.11011 OR' TO
c: - its,:roirs on LIVETIPOOL.
••'.' "111 , 111 . 14
oil BlaeleStor Line'? of Lit
,iliutz every week.
v IE2 17.1: , of Mokel4 from or to Loudon,
' , lf • a 111..e1/.
Eu:.:1111, Ireland and Seotiend ray
,
r,,t10:0.7.2,. apply to Williams .l• Onion,
1 , ..rk. or
I•. MASON & Bankers.
Towanda.
=EI
•
s. PECK. MILLWRIGHT
• •elii‘c.:r. T•orantin.. Pbs. Mill built
" .• • • ! am, Boilers net In the best
• ! t ail tit, atbmtim of mill umbers to
V. 'A . vt tin' Ex W.tTEt
• al: th,. elcutents of a first-class mutter,
os•tmotlon. aece. , liblllty.erest atrcursth
• the cryatest amostut of power for
.1. ,a,i3 ruuniui under backwater
• powcr etcept dintittutiou of
• , o ..; t o .iluTation igtmll fcsnaca or addl.
ron nedcr low head, and made al
• I ty. Tbi•lte wk.c.bi will be furnished
• — • the et,t of 'any other Drat-class
• •:. I .•.rli;t, and narrantcd to perform ail that
• wbet•ltt wit] be 'made for
, to •C %dhotis caeca . on short notice. of the
addrc4s or enci nine of the under
ti. 14. PECK. Towanda, Pa.
can be tiperatlon at
rton L WU:A' Mill. Towanda twit. The
wholly c2zop,,ed of Iron as nisw made..
.1 to 11 . 1,14 -it. •
ME
io.oo I 15
MOO
.A.L.V011.121 & CLAA.USON,
VOLUME XXX.
F=F=:, rirr:l7l
TAMES WOOD, .A.Trolusnor Axe
re/ COMMIELLOR AT LAW, Towanda, Pa.
lIITENRY PEET, ATTORNEY AT
JL-I- TAW. Towanda, Pa. JUDO 27, '6B.
FOYLE, ATTORNEY. AT
LAW, Towanda, Pa., Office with Elhanan
Rmith, south aido litertmes Block. April 14,
GEORGE. D. MONTANYE, AT
=CMS Afr LAIW. 0200-011111er of Main alai
Pine Streets, oppodte Parkes Drug Moro.
N v A. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
• Law, Towella, re. Mice over the Bs,
torn south of the. Ward Honed, and opposite -the
Court Howe. nov 3, Wt. .
T . P. WILLISTON.
_ILI
• ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA.
South side of klercur's New Block, up StAill3
Aprll2l,lo-11.
- Wr H. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• NTT rr Law (District Attorney far Brad
ford County). Troy, Pa. Copectiona made and prompt
ly remitted. • feb 15. '433-1L
JOHN N. CALM', ATTORNEY
AT LAW. Towanda, ra, particular attention gtv
en to Orphans' Court bnainesa. Conveyancing and
Collodion& ifirOMee at the RegLstcr and Decor.
der'e office. south of theCeurt Howe.
Dec. 1, MI.
(AVERTON & ELSBREE, Arrou
x.. NlErti AT Law, Towanda. Pa.. having entered
into copartnership, offer their professional services
to the public. Special attention given to business
in the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apll4lo
E. ovrwrox, an. N. C. ELICLIIIEE.
BENJ. M. PECK, ATTORNEY
Ltw. Towanda. Pa. All business entrusted
to his care will receive prompt attention. Mice in
the office lately occupied by Mersur & Morrow. soli*
- of Ward Mouse, up stairs. July 16.'68.
ATERCUR & DAVIES, ATTOR
.L. :PICTS /1:T LAW, T0N111.12111, Pa. Theunderaigned
having associated themselves together in the practice
of Law. offer their professional services to the public.
ITLYSBI4B MEIICQE. W. T. DAVIES.
March 9 lEad.
TORN W. ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa.
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT.
Particular attention paid to - Collections and embalm'
Court bneineas. Office—Mercur's New Block, north
side Public Square. apr. I. '69.
•
ilOr B. McKEA N, ATTORNEY
11 AND C017:011CLLOII AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Par
ticular attention paid to business in the Orphans'
Court. July 20. '66.
B. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• flee over Wickham it Black's, Tcrwanda, Pa.
May 2d. '7O.
DR -H. ASTON, DENTIST.-
Offim In Patton Block, o'er Gore's Drug and
Chemical Store. Jan I, '6B.
Dl3. H. A. BARTLETT, Physician
and Surgeon, Sugar Run, Bradford County, Pa.
Office at realdeuco fortnvly occupied by Dr. Ely.
ang.10,1859,t1
A MOS. PENNYPACKER, • HAS
Jlgßill established himself in the TAILORING
BUSINESS. Shop over Rockwell's Store. Woik of
every description done in the latest styles.
Towanda. April 21. 1870.—tf
U. BEACH, M. D., Physician
J• and Surgeon. Towanda. Pa. Parttealar'atten
tiou paid to ail Chronic Diseases, and Dlseaseii of
Females. Office at hie residence.; on State et, two
d tars east of Dr. Pratte. nar.ll,G9.
=UM
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADE
ate of the College of -Pbysiensna and Surgeona,"
New York city, Class 1a43-4, gives exclusive attention
to the practice of his profession. Office and residence
on the eastern gene of Orwell 1411, adjoining Henry
Ltowe'e. Jan 14, '69.
. _
0.1....11P . 1 / 4 VINCENT, INSURANCE
AGENTN.-0111ce formerly occupied by Mercur
Morrow, one door south of Ward House.
T. FL AMY. 1113)10- . 70
LEWIS , RHEBEIN, FaAionable
LI Tailor. Rooms over Aspinwall's Store, Towan
da, Pa. oetS.
LER
PL• D F EA O L I E I it, ' IGO R W - Tell ‘ i T ngt 1 o E' n
B St T rl l i T b
be
twren LaSalle and Wells Streets. Chicago, Illinois.
Real Estate purchased and sold. investments tondo
and Money Loaned. May IO,'TU.
p B. HOLLETT, AIONROETON,
Pa.. agent for the Hubbard Mower. Empire
Drill. Ithaca Whcel Rake, and Brontlatst Sower for
cowing Platter and all kinds of Crain. Send for cir
culars to 11. B. Ilaux - r - r, Monroeton. Bradford Co.,
Pa. Tune 24. '65-Iy.
AL
Rsueh l as S y NI 9 ITCHES O .C F U D L RAIDS I ,
ETTS, eve.. mule In the hest wanner and latest style,
at the Ward House DarlAT Shop. Tenns reasonable.
Towanda, D. 1, ISGS.
'RANCIS E. POST, PAINTER,
Towanda_ Pa., with ten yearn °aperient,. is con
fident he can give tha best satisfaction in Painting.
Graining, Staining, Glazing. Papering, kc. -
.
..Ivt• Particular attention paid to jobbing In the
country . . april9.'66.
_ _
TOHN DUNFE.E, 111,:4()K8.1117'II,
• 3oislp:ol,lTON. PA., pay. particular attention to
Cronin:, linagiee. Wagons. Sleigh& tee. Tire Pet and
repairing done nn tillnrt notice. Work and ebarges
guaranteed eatierantory. 12,15.G9.
1)R. DIMMICK D. SMITH, Sur
frwo ,nd Prhitict. Dr. Slum' would respectful.
ly inform the inhabitants of Too ands and vicinity.
that be loss permanently loeated himself here, where
be will be happy to serve all who nfay stand in need
of his professional services. Dr. Smith has recently
removed from the city of Philadelphia, where he has
had a city and country practice for over twenty . years
which he thinks will enable him to,go the most dia.
cult wort in los line of business. Teeth inserted.
from one to a full set, on all kinds of material used
in the profesAion. Special attention given to the sav
ing of the natural teeth Teeth extracted without
pain. Dr. Smith administers Nitrous Oxide Gas,
Chloroform. Ether and the Freezing process. Give
him a call. Dr. Smith will not be able to open his
tithe until about the first of May next. Rooms op
posite McCabe A: Mix's store, Main street. .
Towanda, April 21. lB7o.—tf
PATENTS!
J. N. DErrEn, Solicitor of Patents,
73 BROAD STEM, WAVEILLY. N.
Prepares drawings, specifications and all papers
required In making and properly conducting Appli
cations for PATENTS in the Um= Smarts and Foa
my COMMIES. No CHARGES IS lINSVCC£SSIII7L
CASES AND NO ATTOBNET'S FEE
- TO PAT trsrm PATENT
IS OBTAINED.
Sept. 16, 1849-tf •
ON. STEVENS,.CI)I.7NTY SUR
. vrron, C'amptown. Bradt ad Co., Pa. Thank
ful to his many employers for past patronage, would
respectfully inform the citizens of Bradford County
that he is prepared to do any work in Mahan of brisi
ness that may be entrusted to him. Those having
disputed lines would do well to have their property
accurately surveyed before allowing themselves. to
feel aggrieved by their neighbors. All work warrant.
ed correct. so far as the nature ef the case will per
mit. MI unpatented lands attended to as soon as
warrant* are obtained. 0. W. STEVENS.
rob. 24, 1665-I.y.
GREENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
well-known house, Living recently been refit.'
ted and supplied with new furniture, will be found s
pleasant retreat fur pleasure seekers. Beard by ths
week or month on reasonable terms.
E. W. NEAL, Prop'r.
Greenwood, Aprll 20, 1570.—tf
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Main Street. near tho Court Home.
C. T. SMITH. Propribtar
MIX=
TEMPERANCE HOTEL 1-Situa
x. ted on the north-vest corner of Main and Etat
ben streets, opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory.
Jury - men and others attendinii cx;nrt will raped
ally grid it to their advantage to patronize the 'Tem
perance Hotel. IL M. DROWN. Propr.
Towanda. Jan. 12. 1870,—1y,
D INING• ROOMS
, IN CONNECTION WITH THE BALMY,
Near the Court Holum.
We ire prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the day and evening. Oysters ■nd Ice Cream in
their seasons. !
March SO. 1870. D. W. SCOTT k CO.
VLWELL HOUSE, TO:WANDA.,
Having leased this Hones, is now. ready to acconuno•
ilatelhe tritvellireflmblie. No pains norerpenwe alll
be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give
him a call.
frd- North side of the puliMl square, east of Mer
cur's new block.
DUII3IERFJF.T.D CRJ:U". Hi;)-
TEL
PET£.I3 LANDILESS'Eft.
Raving purchased and thoroughly refitted this old
and well-known eland, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis. at the mouth of Itummerfluld• Creek, is ready to
give good amommodations and satisfactory treatment
to all who may favor him with a call.
Dec. 23. I&lN—tf. .
ATEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
Hourea, Proprietors. This
popular Hotel having been thorongbly Atted and re.
paired, and farnishorl throughout with new and ele
gant Furniture, will be .open for the reception of
gliedg, on ilarcersr, 1J it 1,18 GO. Neither expense
nor pains has been spared in rendering this Hoses
a model hotel in. all its arrangements. A input*
quality Old Barton Ale, for Invalids, just received.
April r 4.
, '1 ,--
EMI
I=
Hotels.
lOW'S C. WILSON
, •
Mill
MEI
teledett igetra.
THE FIFTEENTH ADITENDDIENT;
The day of the Lord is
That day 16 long fbrotoltl; - .. - .
When man; in his Makhr's
Shall be worth far more than gold,
Than the precious gold of Ophir,
Than the diamond dashing rare;
For the impress of the Master,
.Is stamped in glory. here. • ,
The day of the Lord is coming,
When oppression, with its train,
Shall flee to the outer dariless,
And humanity shall reign •
When that gentler, higher gospel,
• Of love `twixt man and man,
shall receive its true exponent
In the lifting of the ban. •
And the patient outcast races,
By the years of waiting worn,
Shall lift to the light their faces,
In the calm of Freedom's morn.
And mamas erst in Eden,
In the rain' hours Of earth,
Erect in his Father's likeness,
Shall stand by right of birth.
toil 14, 1870. • Tow; It. Ammo::
t9teUmteone.
THE WIFE'S TREAI3I7ItE.
BY THE AUTHOH, OP "PICTURES IN TYROL."
"Heinrich, run and see if they are
ready to change guard, and whether
father will soon be home ,to supper;
the porridge is ready, ana the •poer
man needs fattening sorely, for what:
with standing upright all day like a
stick, watching on The ramparts, and
dodging behind a corner of a tower
when those base Hohenstaufeners,
make a target of his honest face, he
needs.good oat meal to keep his cour
age up. It's ill fighting on an empty
stomach, and one needs to eat and
sleep, whatever happens." •
"0, Mother !" cried a little child
from her stool by the fire, "whenlvill
the wicked soldiers go away ? I do
so want to run out into the fields
again, and gather the flowers, and:
see our poor cow. It would be - so
nice to have some good rich milk
again; I don't like porridge without
any milk in it, and the poor dear cow
must be so sad and lonely without
her seeing us; she must long for
some salt as 'much as I long for the
cream, mother; and I waist to show
her my doll. I:611y hasn't had a walk
for ever so king."
"I'll tell you what will happen if
you walk in the fields with your pre
cious old Moll," cried Heinrich, "the
soldiers will catch you, and they'll
make a big fire, a-huge fire as big as
a house, and they'll lay a spit across
it where it's hottest, and they'll put
the doll on it.—so—and then it'll friz
and smell horribly, like the shabby
bits of old fleece when mother burnt
them; and then won't you cry! Oh!
oh ! oh! oh ! what fun! I'd go walk
in the fields if I were you, wouldn't
I!" And Master Heinrich turned
heels over head across the kitchen
table.
"Go away, you naughty boy," said
little Elfrida, beginning to sob; "how
dare you say my - would smell
horribly? She's a beautiful .dear,
and they ehouldn't burn her; they
should burn me first!" and the little
five-year-old maiden stamped. `her
tiny feet and shook her fist defiantly.
"They'd burn you afterwards,"
teased• Heinrich; "when. Dolly was
frizzled, they'd cook you: you're so
fat you would be first rate, and salon
you were done real brown, they'd
take you to the great tierce Conrad,
and he would open his mouth—so—
and swallow you at one gulp. They'd
give the doll to the soldiers; she'd be
tough." I
Heinrich made a horrible contor
tion and snapped expressively at the
:air. Elfrida, cried, hot, angry tears
chasing 4 , ach other down the round,
pink cheeks, till the mother, who had
been gazing from the door, heedless
of the children's talk, turned round,.
and seeing her little daughter's dis
tress, and vaguely comprehending it,
administered swift justice to the cul
prit with a sounding blow from the
porridge spoon, and taking the little
one into her comfortable arms, she
kissed and consoled her.
"A plague on the boys! they are
worse than auy one. Havn't we trou
ble enough outside the walls, but you
must needs make your sister cry, and
worry my life out! What is it. my
lamb? tell mother where ho hurt you:
Ah ! here's father; now it's all right,
then, and father'll give her, some of
his supper and we'll dry our eyes.
Well, my man, you must be tired
enough, and hungry too. What,
faint-hearted, father! Why, I never
saw thee come home with such a
hang-down face before. Hast left
the walls ruins j Why, pluck up'
heart, man; as long as the old town
stands we'll show fight; a cheesy
face_goes a long
_way in this world,
and glad eyes make a glad heart. I've
no patience with folks who declare
its always raininr , because . they are
crying behind their own windows.
Eat the porridge, father, and then
thou wilt shout 'Down with the Ho
henstaulen• with the best of then4'
"Eh, easy talking, wife," said
the burgher, so, drawing off his hea 2
vy cap he sank down heavily on the
settee. "'Tis hard to jest with a hea
vy heart; who'd care to make fight
for the saucepan when the soup was
eaten ? Don't bandy words with me,
but kiss thy husband and give him
his sapper;•lis the last thing thou . %
do for him in this world, unless may
be thon art up in time to cook me a
breakfast.
"Now, sure as I live, .. the man's
gone clean daft iu 'his - head! i 4 It's
liker a cuff than a .Idss you'll get if
you come home with such talk as
that as a relish_for supper. Eat your
fo'od, and thank Heaven for it, and
.for giving yon a wife who will give
you another bow lful for the next fort
night, an' the meal hold out."
' "Nay, nay, then, Elspeth. It is
no joke of mine, or wanderings eith
er. The town sent a flag of truce to
the Hohenstaufens at 12U-day, and
Conrad's answer was free pardon for
the' women and Children, who Should
depart unscathed, each laden with
her treasures; but for the . men,' nn-
conditional surrender; and 'kg tho't
it' will go hard; with ins and the town;
for- the soldiera are angered by oar
NM
long defence, ;`and . ` their =later is
hard to deal with when his will hss
been arosseil."
"And - you sit here and tell such ``a
tale as that tI your' own wife," 'cried
Ebipeth,,"and think you •eattlookme
in the face while yon do- it r What
do yon take me for, - father, -"who've
looked after you, •and loved you, and
mended, and cooked for you all these
years," and her Yoke shook—"l who
have vowed to care for you 'this side
of. Heaven (and - precious hard you'd
find it to get there , without me;--to
say nothing of the washing); and
have stood by you and the children
through thick and thin. Yon are go
ing to say,'"Good morning, Ehipeth;
a fine journey to you,' and I'm to go
from my .own home and my own
house, and leave you and the Hohen
staufeners to sup off schinken togeth
er ! Yonv'e not got to the bottom of
the wife's mind yet, my toaster. If 'I
go from Weinsberg to-morrow morn
inp, I ' ll with me!" •
The father oily answered, "Eh, eh,
'tie easy talking," and smothering
something that seemed like a groan,
he held out his arms to the child.
Elfrida seated herself cosily on his
knee, and stroked the sorrowftd face
and fed him with great spoonfuls of
porridge, as it was her nightlypleas
ure to do. She was a very fair little
maiden, so short and fat that, tams,
are her where you would, she waa
the same length all over, her eyes
were very large, round - and blue, just
like the bluest summer sky when yeti
have forgotten there can ever be:
clouds again; and her cheeks were
round, also, and, summer and wi;ter
tworoses bloomed there from mrn
ing till night. The child laid her
face against her father's shoulder,
and whispered:
"You won't let ine go? Heinrich
says they'll cook Dolly and me, and
he says she's tough ; it was very en:-
el of him. Oh, father, don't let them
have Dolly and me !"
• A great sob came in her father's
throat •, he tried to loOk as if the por
ridge had choked him, and , cleared
his voice ; but, after all, the words
would 'not come,so he only held her
very closelran kissed •her shining
hair.
Meanwhile, Elspeth, was restless ;
she walked about the house with an
air of strange excitement, pacingiur
riedly up and down the rooms:. At
length, flinging a hood over her hea
she cried :
" Don't speak to me, or wait for
me, but put the child to bed 161 let
those sleep who I must speak
a word. to the Town Council before
ever I clo%e my eyes."
" Poor soul !" sighed the husband ;
"thy mother's a bit sharp, little one,
at tunes, but she's true as steel.' I
knew it would-go hard with her; let
her talk at; she will, she'll find' the
deed's done and the terms accepted,
and before the sun sets to-morrow
every wife and child will be safe out
of poor old Weinsburg, and Heaven
help those who are left! You'll have
to begin a new life to-morrow, my
son," he said, turning to Heinrich,
who; astounded, by the sudden turn
matters had taken, sat quiet and
open-eyed by the fire, having swal.
lowed- the last morsel of supper.
" Thou must care now for thy
mother and the little one, and Work
hard to- earn them a piece of bread.
It'll be lucky if poor father's head
isn't stuck on his own pikestaff."
At this awful prognostication Hein
rich began to cry, and his sister join
ed chorus. The burgher found that
he had hardly improved matters, and
so proposed as a more cheerful sug
gestion, that they should all go to
bed. This the children did accord
ingly, dying lustily for the first five
minutes when they were laid down,
'Mid, after the manner of children,
forgetting all their sorrows in sound
est sleep at the end of the next ten.
Elspeth was back again before mid
night ; she found .her husband- wea
ried out and lying asleep by the cold
hearth.
" Let him sleep, poor , soul !" she
said • " he'll be more out of the way,
and there is plenty to be done be
tween this and cock-crow. What!
thou thought I should didst thou,
with bag and baggage, and lby your
leave' to the army out yonder, and
let those bloodthirsty .soldiers walk
over the threshold and fire a good
two dozen arrows into my husband,
and I not there to cover him ? and • a
woman of my figure is a brilve target
and a shield not to be despised.
Bless thee, dear heart!" and she
stopped for a moment and ii sudden
tenderness pressed her lips on the
tired forehead ; " please God, we'll'
march out to-morrow with all mu'
treasures, and who would be the man
who dared turn us back?"-
Slovay a glimmer of light came in
the east, which deepened and spread
till the morning sunshine streamed
upon the man's face. He smiled, and
shook himself, and then awoke with
a start, and a look of uttermost sor
row, as memory returned, and he re
alized that. •the moment of parting
was very near. .
There was a sound of steps and
suppressed voices in the street, which
increased momentarily ; soon there
was a crowd of eager womenpassing.
and repassing the door, and whisper
ed consultations with Elspeth, who,
with,her strong, vigorous face and
figure, stood like a tower of strength
amongst them all She lit the fire
and prepared the breakfast quietly
for the last time, tied on little Frida'i
hood and her own, slung the bundle
she had been preparing to her waist,
And then,' turning to her husband,
said, in a strange, firm voice : •
"I am ready . ; let us go."
Like a man in a dream, he follow
ed her silently ; only as they crossed
the thresh Old, he took her hand and
said :
"Wo have been very happy here,
wife ; Heaven keep and bless thee!"
and kissed her cheek.
For a moment her heart failed her,
and she turned and clung to him—
for a moment only, and then she set
he! teeth. bard, and walked steadily,
forward. The gate of the town was
open ; in the plain below you-could
see the great Conrad's army drawn
up in proud array, their tents gli*
tening in the morning light. In the
town the burghers crowded round the
walls and thronged the gates; an - the
sedund !Rent procession of women
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andlittle dildnai adwittftd toimb
'When Elspeth reached the War
der's tower, iale stopped and placed
the hind of the - little danghta
Heinrich's, bidding him =to see to the
child ; then in a clean-fond voice, '
she
" Women of Veinsberg ! 'I have
mid the edict ; it is true and sure;
and the Hohenstaufen bag -pledged
his honor to keep faith with us, The
women shall depart in -safety, and
may carry with them the greatest of
their treasures! So be it Conrcull
and thus we women of Weinsberg
answer your proelamation;" then
suddenly flinging her arms around
her astonished husband, she raised
him on her Tact;, crying to the neigh
bor at his side :
" Lend a hand there, Jacob, and
place him firmly; and thou, husband,
hold fast and fear 'lathing, I'll car
ry thee to the tent of Conrad 'him
self !"
And so from the beleaguered town,
in quaint but solemn procession,
moved men and women} two and two.
Many were the slips, and haid the
task to be accomphshed, but with un
faltering steps the brave Elspeth
marched at their head, with her 42-
dren beside her, and her husband's
long legs dangling helplessly-beside
her apron; on she " went, stern and
silent, with her face well set tower&
the plain ; only as she passed the
great Hohenstaufen himself as he
stood before his tent, she paused to
.
say : • .
"Pardon, gciod Conrad, that I can
not make thee fitting obeisance, but
my treasure is fairly hemy, and I
have much ado to carry him ; so I
wish thee a good even, and many
thanks for thy courtesy." -
" Potz tausend! Donner and Blitz!
Hammer and tongs, and three dozen
ten-penny tintacks!" cried Conrad,
using the favorite expletives of his
time, " that I, the great Hohenstau
fen, should live to be outwitted by a
woman !"
CAN WOMELN FIGHT 2—Dr. Lord,
who since the opening of the year has
been giving historical lect*es in
Boston, had for a subject, icently,
" Phillippa " (the mother of the fa
mous Black Prince), and in the course
of his remarks, said : " The annals
of the Middle Ages are full of the no
ble deeds of women. When Edward
111 was engaged in his Scottish war
the Countess of Mardi defended Dun
bar, with uncommon courage and ob
stinacy, against Montagne and an
English army. And, contemporane
ous with her, Jane, Countess of Mont
ford, shut herself up in the fortress
of. Henneburn, and defied the whole
power of Charles of Blois. Clad in
complete armor she stood .foremost
in the breach, sustained the most vio
lent assaults, and displayed a skill
that would-have done honor to the
most experienced generals. -And
Marzia, of the illustrious family of
the Maldina, sustained, honorably,
a siege against the papal troops at
Cesena, ten times more numerous
than her own. Jane Hackett repuls
ed, in person, a body of Burgandians
when theybesieged the town of
Beauvais. in the chivalrous ages
women not only attacked and defend
ed fortifications, but even_ command
ed armies and obtained victories.
Joan of Arc, a simple and nueducat
ed shepherdess, was the instrument
of that sudden revolution in the af
fairs of France Which terminated in
the establishment of Charles VII. on
the throne. Agnes Soul aroused the
king to .deeds of glory when sunk in
enervating pleasure. Altrude, Coun
tess of Bertenora, advanced in !per
son, with. au army to the relief of An
cona. Bona Lombardi, at the head
of her brave troops, liberated her
husband from captivity and impris
onment. Isabella of Lorraine, when
her husband was taken prisoner, ral
lied an army for his rescue. Marga
/et of Anjou Was the life of the Lan
casterian party in the wars of the
Roses, and defeated, herself, the Duke
of York at Wakefield. The Countess
Matilde sustained sieges against Hen
ry IV., the great Franconian Empe
ror.'
A Drnco Wife GPILNG 11E4 Hus-
BiND TO ANOTTfEN WO3I6N—HOW SHE
GOT HER Fool. INTO IT.—Just in the
outskirts of Poughkeepsie lived a
man by the name of Warren, who for
years has enjoyed a plurality of wives
much to the disgust of the entire
neighborhood. 'Warren many years
ago married a young lady, and for
years they lived on in perfect har
mony, but one 'day she sickened and
she and her friends supposed she
would die ; at this crisis she became
anxious about the welfare of her hes
band, and busied herself in selecting
her successor, who was to share with
Warren the joys of matrimonial bliss.
This difficulty she at last overcame
by selecting a Woman she 'thought
worthy to follow her footsteps.
Once settled, in her mind, she de
sired the twain to be made one flesh,
even before her death, that she might
be made happy in her last moments.
They were accordingly married at .
her bedside, and the sick woman;
havilig her wish gratified, turned over
to die, but it was not so to be, for
she grew better, and soon recovered
her health only to find her husband
given to another.
This was more than the woman
bargained for, but the two females
fixed up the matter, audit was agreed
that they would live in harmony in
the same house, and thus they lived
for years. Both women raised a fam
ily of children—one had six and the
other five. Some of these 'children
are grown up men and women at the
present time.
About six months.ago the women
quarreled, and the husband was call
ed on to settle the difficulty ; and he
espoused the cause of the youngest
wife, and it wag determined on by
the two to get the old We out of the
house, which was speedily accom
plished, and she is now doing , house
work in the neighborhood • while the
second wife enjoys the be d board
that were once hers.—/Ifattewan -Her
ald.
" WHAT _MA= the milk so vir al !:
Add Betty to the milkwoutaa, 'when she • t
her pits to the door 'one mas h ing. "Plena,
mum, the water the
the M pumpliaadle le broke. Ind mines
toot trom u."
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[For the Itßoirrza.]
FOIMEMLUIOE.
Aa Adaiesi reid 131 E. 0. Wasai, before the
" Frablaidale Lodge, LO. of 0.T."
. officer : '
Temperance alone is not die
,only
theme calcidated to be inculcated in
our noble Order, and I believe that
other ' ;ponds may be looked after Iyith
interest and advantage.
Though justice ho thy pies, consider this—
That
in the course ofjustim, mine or us •
Should see salvation: We do pray tor mercy,
And. bet same prayer doth teach us all to ren
der
The deeds of nierei." —Sludespeare:
The dispoSition to pron Ounce judg
ment rashlyond not only . to do this,
but to carry out the decision by 84#8,
is at once unwise, unfair, and un
christian. Human nature is, in
best condition, liable to err. We are
all, more , or le:as, the creatures of.cir
cumstances, interests, , prejudice and
passions. Fallibility is a portion of
our lot-and destiny. There is noth
ing perfect this side the grave. The
man who to-day arrogates to himself
high,claims and merits for his self
denial, self-restraint, and unfaltering
integrity, may to-morrow be subject
ed to some fiery ordeal, some fearful
temptation,' and- fall never to rise
agam. Few of us know ourselyes—
know all our weaknesses and infirmi
ties. It is only by adversity, by inos
perity, or by being subjected to pe
culiar influences at peculiar, times,
that we are fully tried and tested. It
is an easy thing to pass judgment
upon another ; to denounce this man
because he has wandered from the
path of rectitude, and that because,
in a moment of awful sufferin,g , pri-
Nation and poverty, he faltered from
the way , of integrity and duty. It is,
we contend, an easy thing for us all
to affirm, nay, to believe, that under
similar circumstances we would have
wrestled, resisted, and prevailed.
But, we repeat, few know themselves;
few see themselves as they really are;
few recognize the weaknesses of their
own minds and hearts ; few are fully
conscious of their infirmities of tem
-per, of prejudice, of avarice, of vani
ty, of self-will. It is therefore that
we earnestly urge the exercise of.for
bearance and generosity, when speak
ing of the conduct of others. Noth
ing is more fallible than the human
mind and the human heart. All are
more or less influenced by causes
and circumstances which they cannot
rightly see, and therefore cannot ap
preciate. There is scarcely a man
who could not single out from his
Own immediate circle of acquaintan
ces, some individual of plain personal
appearance, awkward and ungainly
manner, whoneve i theless fancies that
he is a perfect A.donis In face and
form, and a Chesterfield in ; taste and
refinement. The blindness and folly
of such au error is at on amusing
and humiliating. But in most cases
it is incprable. So again, it oftln
happens that an individual imagi4s
that he is remarkably apt, ready, and
witty, when, in fact, he is precisely
the reverse. Others may see the de
lusion, but he cannot. He is its vic
tim ; his judgment is prejudiced,
blinded; and it is likely to remain so
for years, perhaps forlife. 'Who dces
not labor under some error of edu
cation, of circumstance, of prejudice,
or of habit?
. It is quite a common occurrence
with many persona to become excited
when they hear the partial details • of
a trial for an alleged offence, and to
expresrthemselves inn ,the strongest
terms of indignation—nay, to affirm
that it is impossible for their Views
to change. And yet the whole story
both sides, may convince then• that
they sadly misjudged in the first case.
They then are quite as eager to re
cant as they at first were to condemn.
They, at4east, are disposed to qualify
their former opinions, and to admit
that they were rash and hasty. Alas!
that these cases . are- so frequent—
that so many " jump at conclusions,"
and pronounce judgment without re
ference to all the fasts and circum
stances. The sacred precept of "Do
unto others as ye.would they should
do unto you " is violated or forgot
ten. Few stop to inquire, few ad
dress to themselves the query, " Were
I so circumstanced, how would I act?
Had I been subject to the same vi
cissitudes, trials and . temptations,
what would have been my course?"
But even supposing that moral train
ing,
a fair education, habits of integ
rity and sobriety, would have enabled
us to resist, should we not, before ar
riving at a decision, ascertain Wheth
er the unfortunate, upon whose case
we are about to pronounce judgment,
enjoyed equal advantages and privi
leges—and if not, should we not
manifest forbearance and liberty-?
Man is too disposed to deal harshly
with his fellow creature. We are too
inclined, by a strange 'perversity of
our nature, to crush the fallen rather
than to encourage, sustain, and re
call to the ways of well doing. \Pe
affect q sympathy, and yet we fail to
act out the generous feeling. We
deplore the misfortune, regret the er
ror and the downfall, but we do not
step forward and extend the hand of
assistance. We denounce, pass judg
ment rashly, and thus fail to make
allowance for the infirmities of poor
human nature, for poverty, forigno
rance, for trial, for= temptation, and
the? many other circumstances calcu
lated to influence the character and
the case.
Bewar4 my friends—bertreg t
rash judginents. Act a generotii
toward the. erring and ;the
Thank the Almighty for the blessings
you enjoy, the temptations you have
resisted, the calm:pitied you have as.
caped ; and remember that viatchful
lICE4B is not only necessary, watchful.
ness against the evil principle of the
hunuur heart, but a constant reliance
upon the Great Disposer of human
events. Let us forget , or' disregard
our dependence upon the Deity—let
us mock at and deride the Power Un
seen (but constantly above and around
us), and we will soon wander into the
wrong path, hesitate, Ater, and fall
WnEn DID the alphabet *get into a
raw? When Alk bet, B D cried, N raged,
bit, and X made..
Eunrrr-NINE dozen of eggs given to
a minister in Moto* at a "donation nit," is
canal "lay activity."
Tan am* moral question which
comthes Minds Is, "How to prevent bop
,pls7ing marbles for keeps?' - ,
1101110 Or THE RIVOIIII.
Clear and cool, clear and cool,
By laughing shallow mid dreaming pool; :
asol and clear, cool and. clear, , • .
By shining shingle and foaming weir. •
Under the crag where the ouzel Sings,
And the ivied wall where the chnrch-bell
Undefiled, for the tmdefiled . •
Play by me, bathe hl me, mother and child. •
j:/ank and fool, dank and foul,
By the smote-grimed town in Si mnrkyemil;
' Fourand dank, foul and dank, '
By wharf and timer and .limy tank;
Darker and darker, the I go,
Baser and baser the richer I grow; -
Who dare aport with the sin defiled?
Shrink from me, turn from
_rile, mother and
. child!
Strong and free, strong and free,
. The flood-gates are open away tante sea;
Free and strong, free and strong,
aetnsing my stream se I htirry along
To he golden sands and the leaping bar, -
Anil the taintless tide, that Wait me afar.
Ati I lose myself in thcr Infinite main,
Xs a soul that has sinned and , is pariloned
' . again,.
Undefiled, for the undefiled.
Play with me, bathe in me, mother and child!
•
—Charles Kingsley.
BREECH OF HON. GAMMA A. GROW.
The colored citizens of Philadel
phia celebrated the ratification of the
Fifteenth Amendment on the 26th
nit., by a grand parade, the proces
sion having at least six. thousand men
in line, concluding with a meeting in
Horticultural Hall. Amongst the
speakers was Hon. ic.'42isow, who
_spoke the following eloquent words:
SPEECH OF• MIL. GROW
. FELLOW CITIZEM: We meet to cele
brate one of those events in the life
of nations which Mark the eras of hii
tory and• the cycles of .civilizatiOn,
•On the 4th of July, 1776, almost from'
this very spot, fifty-six bold men,
representing an embryo- nationality,
declared as fundamental political
truths, that "All men are created
equal, 'endowed with the inalienable
rights of life, liberty ( and the pursuit
of happiness; and that governments
derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed." declar
ation that startled the conservatism
of the ages and toppled the thrones
of the world, for ter that hour man
kind had , been regarded as' composed
of two classes—one born to rule, the
other to be ruled; the one possessing
all rights in the State, , the other hav
ing no rights or privileges save such
as were tconferred by the ruling class
es.
The Declaration of our fathers was
the first gun in thewar Of ideas which•
was to be unceasingly waged . for the
nest century. The boom of cannon
on the plains of Lexington shook a
continent and bore an obscure mili
tia colonel from shades of Mount Ver
non to the highest pinnacle of earth
ly glory; while it oalled Stark from
his granite hills, Putnam from his
plow and Green from his blacksmith's
forge, to immortal fame. The sun
sets on the field of Yorktown, and the
first great epoch in the life of the Re
public is . passed.
But the hosanas to liberty are ech
oed in the wail of the bondman. For
a century more the clank of.his chain
grates on the ear of huimanity, and
justice weeps over his wrongs. The
iron hail beating on the walls of Sum
ter again shakes a continent, and the
prison doors of the house of bondage,
are sundered forever; and the martyr
President seals in his blood the eman
cipation of 'a race, and grasping four
millions of broken chains ascends
from earth to Heaven.
The second great epoch in our ilia
tory is passed, and we meet on this
occasion to commemorate the third.
The ideas that made the fathers the
fanatics of their day have been incor
porated into the organic law, and are
stamped in indellible characters up
on 'the pillars of the Republic. The
Goddess of Liberty cam now rear her
altars without shuddering at the
clank of the chain riveted by her
profesSed votaries. Henceforth the
land of Washington is the home of
the emigrant and the asylum of the
exile' of every clime and all races of
men. We stand on the Lin' that di
vides the old from the new; the dis
pensation of hate, oppression and
wrong, from that of liberty and right.
Not a score of years gone by, and
along the broad avenue of the na
tion s capital, in full view of the, na
tion's chosen representatives, are
marched, under the spur of the task- .
masters lash, chained gangs of men,
women and children, to be transport
ed to the auction block, where mer
chandise is made of „the souls and
bodies of men. 7...0 day, the sun in
his course across the continent, from
ocean to ocean, no longer rises on - a
master or r sets upon a .slave. Might
iest revolution in the annals of re-'
corded time Yet.if possible, might
ier still the hand that then wore the
manacle of human bondage now
holds a freeman's ballot; and the
slave of the by-gone now sits in the
once places of power on occupied by his
-master. Haman hangson the gibbet
erected for Mordecai. The slavehold
ers of the Republic, in order to per ,
petuate human bondage,' organized a'
conspiracy, wicked in design and
cruel in execution, for the overthroW
of liberty, and the destruction of the
most benign Government on the face
of the earth: - .
Tuna by die crimes of the master
against liberty and the - rights of man,
slavery receives its death wound, and
dies in the midst of its votaries.
Henceforth, wherever" on the earth's
broad surface wrong is' done to bleed
ing humanity, every American heart
will beat in sympathy, mad if power
less to do anghtt else, drop a.
tsar on the sad fate of the oppressed.
Our joy at the consummation
this great result is saddened only in
recalling the sacrifices through which
it has been wrought. - Five hundred
'thousand hero-martyrs sleep in early
graves. Aa equal number of. weep
ing widows and orphans drop the
tear over their hallowed dust, where
Will rest the benison of the great and
the good of all coming time. Two
hundred thousand of your race. wore
the uniform and kept.step to the mu
sic of the Union; thirty thousiuid of
them sleep in soldiers' graves. They
fell battling for the life of a Country
from which they never received aught
save stripes and bonds. Grievously
'4.44 vs
4.
'per' Advtince..
the nation sinnekgeneronsly iPhas
atoned. God so. ordained in the ret
ributi6ns of His providence, that for
the sighs and tears wrung froth the
bondman through ages of sorrow, Ho
exacted the sighs and tears of a na
tion mourning its nnreturning brave.
The wealth coined in the Sweatt) ta e
laborer's . unrequited ton he scattered
to the winds• in 'the havoc and devas
tation of War. • Will the Republic
learn from this terrible visitation cf
anguish and woe that the only sure
foundation for social peace and na
tional perpetuity is in equal and just
laws administered alike for the pro
• tection of every citizen ? '"Qur coun
iry claims our fealty. I grant it so;
but then' before man made us citizens
great nature made us men. He's
true to God who's true to , man, and
wherein wrong is done to . the ham
blest or the feeblest 'math the all
beholding suu, that wrong is , also
done to ns; and they are slaves most
base whose love of right is for them
selves and not all the race."
Nations live by the practice of. jus
tice, and they dio by injustice and
wrong. We are told by theroists on,
the rise -and fall of, empires, that na
tions once great and powerful have
crurabled.lo decay by reason of the
extent of their territory or 'vastness
of their population. No nation -ever.
yet died or
. ever will; no matter what
the extent of its territory or how vast
its population; if governed by just
laws, and embued with a humanity
as broad -as the race. Any nation
will - die, and deserves to, that incor
poratos into its institutions, its cus
toms or its laws, at barbarism that
blunts the sense of justice and chine
the humanity of its people. Nation=
al disasters are not the growth of a
day, but the fruit of long years of in
justice and wrong, Ever-y sigh wrung
from crushed humanity by organized
.wrong,.ascends on the prayers of the
victim to the throne - of Eternal Jus-
Hee, and sooner or later comes back
bitter retribution -on the head of
the wrong doer.. If - the rulers and
lawmakers of a people fail to profit
by such lessons—then the provi
'deuces of God, Pharjaoh-like, they
must be taught by multiplied woeW.
A nation whose people shall practice
the great precept first proclaimed on
the sea-shore and alobg the hill-side
of Judea—" Whatsoever ye would
that others should do to your, do ye
even so to theta"—will live forever!
Fellow-citizens, called by the or
ganic law of the country to the dis-
Charge of•new duties and respcns,ibil-
Hies, remember that your rights . an d
the future of the Republic are secure
only in the security of the rights .of
all men, I. trust you will prove, by
the sobriety of your lives and the
wisdom. with which yort.exercise your
new-gained rights and privileges,
thdt it is as safe -to trust you with
the ballot.iii peace as it was the bay
onet-in war. .
LACONIC LETTERS.
Laconic epistles are naturally su,r
gested by quaint and pithy ones. The
name of Dorset reminds me of an
amusing correspondence between two
noble lords—the date of which I am
unable to specify—sthnewhat in the
.following terms :
"Mr DELUIEST nol sEr---1 have jind been mar
ried, and am the happiest dog 'alive.
"PERKELEY:
Answer
"My Drali M,Ellii£LES —Every dog has Ills
day!
Perhapii I ought to state that 'my
authority for this • correspondence is
a bachelor of more than 70 summers!
From the same source I have re
.ceived several Other good examples
of laconic letters, - some of which I
shall here introduce: -
husband to his Wife on sailii%
suddenly for North4rnerica :
'lir DEA': Wirt —I am going to North Amer
. Your affectionate hrtaband."
To which she thus replied :
"MT DFta Hysea...rr . l-1 wish you n hepr..
voyage. • lour affectionate wife.'
A yonng man when at college ad
dressed his uncle, on whose liberali
ty he entirely depended, as follows :
"My Diu 1.1.Nei.r.,--Iteady for the needful.
- 0 "Your affectionate nephew."
To which the uncle. replied :
" Mx DF,An ICEritzTheneedful is not ready
,"Your affectionate uncle.'
Mr. James Sibbald i editor of the
Chronicles of Scottish Pdetry, was a
man of eccentricity and humor. For
three or foir years he resided in Lon
don; without letting his Scotch frienils
know anything of his proceedings, or
even where he lived. At last his
brother, a Laith merchant, found
means to get a letter conveyed to
him, the object of which was to in
quire into his circumstances, and, to
ask where he resided. Sibbald sent
the following laconic reply :
" DEen BnOrnEn—l. lire in So-ho, and my
business is so-so. Yours, JaarEs
In the second Series of his recent
and most interesting work entitled,
"Half-hours with the best Letter
writers and Autobiographers," Mr.
Charles Knight gives-an amusing ex.-
ample of laconic' correspondence:be
tween Samuel Foote, the Aristopha
nes of his day; and his unfortunate
mother :.
" ant in Trison o for debt; come
and assist your loving mother, E. Foam"
•
. Reply : _
BEAU 3lovnkn—So am I, which prevents his
duty being paid to his loving mother by her
affectiimato son, • liam. k'oarE."
I lately met with a curious account
of a courtship on, the other, side of
the Atlantic, at the end of the seven
teowith'eentur3r, in which a very brief
epistle holds a prominent place. In
1693, the 'Rev. Stephen Mix made a
journey to Northampton in search of
a wife.: He arrived at the Rev. Selo-'
mon WoOdard's, and informed him
of the! object of his , visit . Mr. Stod
dard introduced him to his six daugh
ters, .and then retired. Addressing
Mary, the eldest,llr. Mix said that
he had-lately settled at Wetheiwtield,
was desirous of obtaining - a wife and
concluil ed - by Offering his heart: and
hand. The blushing damsel replied
that so important a proposal required
time for consideration ; and accord
ingly Mr. Mix left the room in order'
to smoke a pipe with her father, while
she took the case to " avizandmn."
On her answer being sent for, she re
quested further time for considera
tion, and it was agreed that she
should send her answer by letter - 10
Wethersfield. In the course of a few
weeks. Mr. 'Mix received her reply
EMEND
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Mum wimpeaam s .":?
A feir y 1 before the deitaabie
Duke of.W . ellingtori, a
certain_ regiment of hes= '
which h a d ordered the •
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applied to his Grace, as -
in -Chief, for permission to- raistithsto
a transfer to another 'corp. „That
Duke merely turned up the corner*
thft-letter, and wrote theAree _ •
ficant words, "sail, or self," * sod sent
it back to the unfortunate writer.
According to. Punch, - Sir. Chaska: „
Napier's dispatch to the authorities,
announcing the _capture of Ekindif,„ .
was cleverly expressed in UshigleLA
tin word, to - wit, peccavi Iniya
amed). - - • •
In reply to a touching lettir , froM
a lady, announcing thealeath of her
husband, Tallyrand - simply' irrotei:
" Haas! Madame." Not - "try leng '
afterward, 'the:same lady wrote to 'n
orm him that' she had married an
o her husband, an officer in the army,
for whose promotion she urgently .,.
pleaded. On this &mien the states
man's reply was ari brief as before .
"Ho, ho! Madame."
NUMBER 51.
The perfection of the providence of
childhood is easily acknowledged.
The care. which covers the root of the
tree under the tough husks and ,sto
ny cases, provides for the 'human
plant the mother's - bietust and: the
father's house. The size of the neg.._
tier iaeomic, and its tiny, beieeching
weakness is compensatedperfeetly by .
the happy, p atronizing look 9f the
inother, who .is a sort of higli -repos
ing Providence toward it. Welcome
to theparents the puny struggle, -
strong in his weakness, his little arms .
more irresistible than 'the soldier's,
his lips touched with persuasion which •
Chatham and Pericles in manhood
had not. His unaffected lamenta
tions when he lifts up his voice on
high, or, more beautiful, the sobbing.
child—the face all liquid grief, as he
tries to swallow his vexatten—soften
all hearts to pity and to mirthful and
clamorous compassion. The small
despot asks so little that. all reason
and all nature are on- his . side. His
ignerance is more charming than all
knowledge, and his little sins more
bewitching than any- virtue. His
flesh is angel's flesh, all alive. "In
fancy,"
_says Coleridge,
."presents
body and spirit in unity ; the body is
all animated." All day, between his
three or four sleeps, he coos like a
pigeon houSe, sputters and spurs and
puts on 'faces . ; and -
when ho fasts, the little ' • • fails
not to sound his tram • fore hint.
By lamplight he delig its in shadows
on the wall ; by daylight, in yellow
and scarlet. Carry him out of doors
—he is overpowered by the light and
by the extent of natural objects, and
is silent. Then presently begins his
use of his fingers, and he studies pew =
er—the lesson of his race. " First it
appears in no great harm in archi;
tectural tastes. Out of blocks, thread
spools, cards and checkers, he will
build his pyramid with the gravity of -
Philadio. 'With an acoustic appara
tus of whistle and rattle he explores .
the laws of sound. But chiefly, like"
his senior :countrymen, the young
Anierican - sludies new and speedier •
odes of transportation—mistrusting
the cunning of his Yetis, he wishes to
ride on the necks and shoulders - ' of _
all flesh. • The small enchanter noth
in..° can withstand—no seniority of
• -
age, no-gravity of character, uncles,
aunts, grandsires -and grandmas, fall
au 'easy prey ;' he conforms to no
body,
all conforms to him ; all caper
and make months, and babble and
chirrup to him. On the strongest
shoulders he rides, - and pulls the hair
of laureled heads.—Emcrson.
Praise your wife, man ; -for pity's
sake, give her a little encouragement
—it won't hurt her. She has made
your home comfortable, your hearth
bright and shining, your foodagraea
ble ; thank her if nothing more. She
don't expect It ; it will make her eyes
open wider than they have for these
ten years—but it will - do her good for
all that, and you too. There are many
women to-day thirsting for the-word
of praise—the language of encourage- .
ment. Through summer's heat and
winter's toil they have drudged un
complainingly ; and 'so accustomed
are fathers, brothers and husbands to
this, that they look for it as they do .
the rising MD. Homely every-day
life may be made beautiful by an ap
preciation of its very homeliness.
You know that if the floor is clean,
manual labor has been performed to
make it so: You know that if You
can take from your drawer a clean
shirt whenever you want it, some
body's fingers have, ached in the toil
of 'making it scr. Everything that
pleases the eye and sense has been
produeed by constant work, much
thought, great care, and untiring ef
forts. Many 'men appreciate these
things, and feel a glow of gratitude
for the numberless attentions bestow
ed upon them in siekness and health,
but theyare so selfish. - They don't
com 4 out with a hearty "Why how
pleasant .you make things look, wife;"
or, "I ant obliged to you for taking
so much pains." 'They thank the
man in the fnll omnibus who gives
them a seat ; they thank the young
lady who moves along t i t : li the concert
room ; in fact, they everybody
and everything out of doors, because
it is the custom ; and then come
home, tip their chairs back 'and their
heels up, - pull out the newspaper,
grumble, if wife-asks them to take the
baby, scold if the fire has got down ;
or if everything is just right, shut
their months with evident satisfac
flop, but never say, " I thank you."
I felhyou wmat, men, young and old,
if you did but show an oHinary ci
vility towards those common articles
of housekeeping, your wives—if you
gave the ons hundred' and sixtieth
part of the compliments you alinost
choked them with before they wire_
married—if you would stop the badi
nage about whom you are' going to
have when number one is dead—
(such things wives may laugh" at, but
,they sink-deep soinetimes) . - . —if you
would cease to speak of their faultS,
however banteringly before -others—
fewer.,women` would seek fox other
sources of happiness than your so
call-So-so-ish affection. Praise - your
wife, then, for all the good qualities
'she has, and you may rest assured
that her deficiencies are fully coun
teibalanced by your own.—L.rcelsior
Magazine.
THE; BABY.
Pa: z 411ilwiLisvil
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1 4 AN ream being rebuked for wear
ing out his stockings el the toes,replied that it
couldn't be helped—" toes triggk'd And heels
didn't." -- _ •
THE LAST lady • who dreamed that
she adept in Inutile halls, really reposes her fes
tive form in I $1,25 lodging house.
So= or the little folks think that
swoarinimakea a nun; whereas it only makes
a fool of him.
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