TERDWIAIP
./PLICAIIIIOI.
Taz Ramo= Ravaint• Is pabllstal seers
Thasd4 br 8. :W.' WIRD
cua rdt, at Two Dalaspor =dam a slava& •
Aartztuang is all Mee 10101111dri of sold alp.
Con to the paper. •
SPECIAL NOTICES Waned el Maar 011121 pa
tine or fret imerffan. and TM cU per Ilda for
subsequent indultam
Loc.A.wicaras, aamo stile ad routing =jitter .
rwryrr creme a line.
AJWERTISEAMTS will bo Inserted aceordliglo
the following table of Mee :
wrwrwr.uniortliw7
1 inch 1 $1.150 I $.OO 1 5.001 -$.OO I 20.001$ 15
2 inches 1 2.001 15.001 8.00 1 law I moo 1 moo
3 lncheS - I 2.50 I 2.00 I 10.00 1 13.001 20.00 1 2D.00
4 Inches - I 3.001
. &50 1 14.00 MIS 125.0035.00
colamn 1 5.00 1 1200 1 IBA 22.00 150.001 45.00
cC;Diumn 1 10,00 20.00 30.001 40.00 1 55.00 1 75.00
limn I 20.00 ► 40.00 ► 130.00 ► 90.001 $lOOl $l5O
Admirdstrator's and Exectdor'it Notices, $2: Audi
mr's Notices', $1 BO; Badness Cards, fin lima, leer
F ear) $.5. additional lines $1 each.
Yearly advertisers are entitled to quarterly changes.
Transient adverb sements most be paid for Nada:nice.
All Resolutions of Associations; Comma:Watkins
et limited or individual interest, and notices of Mar
rages and Deaths. exceellag five lines, are ablated
xxx cram per tine.
The REPORTER having a larger. circulation than all
tits' papers in the county combined. makta Mho best
advertising medium in Northern Pennsylvania.:
IDlit PRINTING every kind. in Plain and Fancy
rothrs. done with neatness and divatcb.
Slants, Cards. Pamphlets, Iffilheads, natal:mints. kc.
of every variety pad style, Waited at the shorted
notice. The RaPoirran Office is well supplied with
power Treaties. a good assortment of new type. and
everything in the Printing line can be executed in
the most artistic manner and at the lowest rate's.
TERMS INVARIABLY CASH.
BUSINESS CARDS.
r BLACK, General Fire;.Lifei
L• and Accidental Insurance .Amt. Ontee At J.
Brown's Hotel, Wyalneing. Pa. 7nn2.10-era
OH YES ! OH YES !-AUCTION !
A. IL MOE, Licensed Auctioneer.
All calls promptly attended to and aattalhetton
olarantnA. CO or address, A. R. Mos, Mrsaroeton.
, traMord connty, Pa. 0ct.20. 69.
- r E R kYSVILtE
The suhicriber, having parclutaed the Lallayavilla
end reetted the game in good order, is now
prepami to do good work, and to give general Path,-
I action. M. J. FUUTOHEY.
Leßaysville. Sept. 1869.-1 y
ENTS' COATS, VESTS, AND
OrrAntA and Shirts, also Boys' and Children's
cl,ut,ing. Ladies' Underclothing and Drosses made
tw Madam Ot.ms - rEn, Mcrcnr'a Block, second door
the Elwell House. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Towsnda, April 2 , IF7o—tf
IFFORD'S NATIONAL PAIN
T Rifler and Life 011, are the Great Family
that find a welcome in every home as a
~,•rr,;,m Remedy for more of the common ille of
f.i,• than coy other medicine in the market. Sold
tlealern in medicine generally. Manufactured
1 r, l. GIFFORD, Chicago, EL, and 143 Main et.,
tt„i;Ni7S.SPILI.E. N. T. March 10,'705'
C . S. RUSSELL'S
=CEML
INSURANCE AGENCY
=BIM
PRICE LIST-CASCADE MILLS
qualits Winter Wheat Flour per sack-- $1 75
l'er 3 50
per barreL • 700
It), Flour per hundred pounds
i
Feed, Rye, Corn and Oats per hundred lbs... 200
Custom grinding tumidly done at once. as the e.s
-I,,edy of the mill is sufficient for a large' amount of
• ort. H. B. Vf.inA.M.
Canaptown. Mandl 23, 1950.
TO Tilt; LADIES ji.ND CHILD
F.F.S OF ATIIEVS,, ,
,VKW MILLINERY AND PRESS AND CZO
MAKING ESTABLISIINENT.
TIM DUSENBERRY, would an
nounco that In compliance with the request' of
his numerous friends, he is now prepared to admin
ister Nitrens Oxide, or Laughing Gao, for the pain
t- eon extraction of teeth.
PATTEIWS or ALL TICE LATEST STELES TOR SALE. Leraysville, May 3, 1870,—1y
Looms over Post °dice—Mrs. Hoyt's old stand.
MRS. MARY A. WAGENER,
Athens, Dee. 20, 1869. Agent.
B LICKSI=ING
Having completed my new brick shop. near my
rc , clencc on Main-street. I am How prepared to do
work in nil its brancbes. Particular attention paid
Irons and edge tools. Having spent inans..
ar , in thin community. In this business. I trust
I) , a sagleent guarantee of toy receiving a liber
v,coint of the public patronage:
=
=
)Iii'4RSBURG MILLS!
T!e.enbe,r3ler a are now doing brudness in their
f• U BEST QUALITY at the 1111-4sunna
MI: L.,.
What, Rye. and Doelmheat Flour, and Feed con•
.tzntly 00 hand for sale at market rates.
Ai-n a large quantity of 0110IIN. D PLASTER of
quality from the old YAIIGER nine.
Xly..rshnt-...., Dee. 20.'69. MTEIt k FEOST.
• •
EW DYEING ESTABLISH
nErr.
The finbe,riber latex this method of informing the
•7•1•• of Towanda and vicinity that he ham opened.
n r.stablishmeist in Col. MF.ANS • new hnfld-
NO. 166 MAIN STREET,
.1 , p.),.,de Gen. Patton's), and that he is now prv,
a a, do all work in his line. aneb as CLEXNECO
a, I I'OLORINCI ladies' and gentlemen's garments,
kr_ in the neatest manner and on the most
ron. ,, nable terms. Give me a call and examine my
lEMARY REDDING.
sspt• 23. 1869
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
openod a Banking How. , in Towanda, under the,
maw of G. F. It.A.SON & CO.
They are prepared to drew Unix of Excluinge. and
malt, collections in Nev York, Philadelphia, and all
p.,it,min of the United Staten, aa also England, Cver
,ll3llV. and Frame. To loan money, receive deNsita,
nod I. do a general Banking businena.
P. Mason was one of the lato''.ilrm of Laporte,
Mason k Co., of Towanda. Pa.. altd his knowledge of
the business men of Bradford and adjoining counties
a•id having been in the banking business for about
ulte,ti years, make this hence a desirable one through
o isch to make collections. F. MASON,
Tewanda, Oct. 1, 191:lt. - A. G. MASON.
BRADFORD COVNTY
SEAL ESTATE AGENCY
B. I'tIcKEAN, REAL ESTATE AcEvr
V.:laid 1, Farms, Mill Pitipertira, City and Town
for sale.
l'a.rt , ..s having property for sale will find it to their
a I%•ottacc hy-lcaring a description of the same. with
of sale at this ktency, as parties are constaNtly
• , far farms. kc. U. B. McKEAN.
p . Real Estate
Over 3fazon's Bank, Towanda, Pa.
24. lss7.
N E AV PI R .A.EI
,VEIV GOODS AND LOW PRICES!
AT MONTWETON, PA
TRACY & HOLLON,
Dealers in Groceries and Provisions. Driigs
an.l M urines. Reres2ne Oil. Lamps, Chimneys,
Dye Staffs, Paints, OUR, Varnish. Yankee No
t, T..baero. Chlars and Snarl% Pare Wines - and
of the best quality, for medicinal purposes
All Goota sold at the very lowest prices. Pre
s. - carefully compounded at all hours of the
and night. Give ua a call.
TRACY & FIOLLO,.;
M , .mwtnn. P 3.. June 24, Iltn9-17.
CHEAP PASSAGE FROM OR TO
IRELAND OR ENGLAND
rrON JI CO.'S LINE 07 FREW:MIPS FIIOII OA TO
oryro3b - rown on iarunroot..
Ggion's Old Black Star Liao" of Lit•
rep of PaCkola, nailing every week.
ltwallow•tail Lino Gf Pockets from or to London,
Paihng twice a month.
Remittances to England, Ireland and Scotland pay.
able on demand.
For further particulars, apply to Williams k Onion,
21 - Broadway, New York, or
0. P. MASON k CO., Bankers.
Towanda. Pa.
pATENTS!
IMEIE23
I. N. DEXTER, Solicitor of Patents,
I'3 13110.1,
.STREET. WAVERLY. N. Y.
I•n-rarrA drawmgp, opeciflcstions and all papers
r. •! . .1.r,1 in making and properly conducting Appli-
PATENTS in The rwrrEn Stairs and Fon-
LI , • CovsTaira. NO CRAUGES IC rICSIICCENHFCL
twt AND NO Arrowirs's TEE TO PAT trA. - ZIL PATEXT
:•••11. 16. 186941
W. STEVENS, COUNTY SUR
r • va - ron. Camptown. Bradirrd Co.. Pa Thank
t., many employe:iv for pest patrotutgek, would
Inform the citizens of Uradford County
prltared to do any work in his Unit of bust
1, -, that may be entrusted to him. Those Laving
,1. 9.m...111nes would do well to have their property
, ::rawly rerreycel before allowing themselves to
'• • by their neighbors. All work warrant
, so far a the nature of the ease will per
-1...t All unpatented lands attended to as soon as
u..rranta ar e othimod,
.0. W. =MIS.
24.
VEW PLANING 7,17T,T4!
mATeviNa, ns-s.mato, moVi.Dmos, ke,
, Arl *tar! of H. rt...lnglnun'e Woolen Pnctory
Sarmill, in
CANIPTOW&', rs.NrA.
A in:y. - y SIX ROLL PLAN.NG AND MATCHING
ILLCITM
et an experienced Mechanic and Minder.
1,04. xnay expect a
GOOD 7011 EVERY TIME.
th' t , ent enlargernentof this water poker.
.•,;;„ , t o no s.ll sesfons of the year end soon
eonnertion vrath the saw-mill we era
t ,, Pletitth tans of sawed lumber to order.
STEWART BOSWORTH.
rtptvwn. tiet 23. 1870.-17
f I AN N E b FRUITS OF ALL
r at C. PATCH'S.
LiP,(4E ASSORTMENT OF
_ Ware at COWELL k MEW&
___
A NICE STOCK OF CHROMOS
)) , gravin g s at YEosT 8.
fIE BEST SYRUPS IN TOWN
at COWELL & MTEICS.
11 "";.
4%1.V01ti)
VOLUME XXXI.
PROFESSIONAL OARED.
TAMES WOOD, ierroaw
it LAM. TIMMS. Pa. -A •
"TENET PEEP, .ATTORNEY •AT
Tos - audi, Pa. Jane t 7, '
FOYLE, ATTORNEY AT
NVLAW. Towaxids, Pa...0,26;01RM Elbsciaa
Smith. south aide Mermen Block. Aprill4.
GEORGE. D. MONTAtitt,
AT
aoffiat AT LAW. Offkoo—oomor of MAID and
Pine St:recta, opposite Porter's Drag State.
W A. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
• Law, Towanda, Ps. Addeo over the Ba.
kery, south of the 'Ward Honae,ttnd opposing the
Court Home. nov 3, 413.
T P. WILLISTON.
1J• ATTORNEY ATLAW, TOWANDA..
South side of Mercer's New Block, np stars
Aprtl2l,l2-41.
IV H. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• rwr AT LA (Diotriet Attorney for Brad.
ford Coonty),Troy,Bi. Codectionomadoandprampt•
ly remitted. feb iti v-tr.
JOHN N. (MIFF, ATTORNEY
AT LAW. Towanda. Pa. Particular attention gly.
en to Orphans 0 Court business, 'Ostyreyaneing and
Colleettons. 'Er Office at tho Register and Room.
den's office, south at the Court Remo.
Doe. 1, 1864.
nVERTON & ELSBREE, Apron
war's AT LAW. Towanda, Pa., haring entered
Into copartnership, offer their professional cortices
to the public. Special attention given to bnainese
In the Orphan's and Register's Omits. • apll4lo
E. OVERTON, an.
- 11ENJ. M. PECK, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, Towanda. Pa. All business entrusted
to Ws care will receive prompt attention. Office in
the office lately occupied by Mere= & Morrow. south
of Ward Bowe, up stairs. NIT la, '6B.
MROM, & DAVIES, ATTOR
:F:. EST AT LAW. TOPranda. PI. The tinder/dirtied
having associated themselves together in the practice
of Law, offer their professional services to the public.
ULYSSES MEZICUIL W. T. DAVITS.
March 0, 1970.
JOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
taw, Towanda, Bradford Co.. P.
GENERAL mutual= AGENT.
Particular attention paid to Collections and Orphans'
Court business. Oftice—ldercur's New Block, north
aide Public Square. apr. 1, '69.
TOWANDA. FA
HB. 31 cKEA N a ATTORNEY
• AND COITNREI.I4OII AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Par
ticular attention paidito business in the Orphans'
Court.F july 20, 'U.
Nv- B. TCF.T,T,V, DENTIST.. OF
• flee over 'Wickham & Blapre, Towanda, Pa.
212ey 2d, '7O.
D RS. ELY & TRACEY, associate JL");:tractitionera, permaitCritly located. Burlington,
B oraxotinty, Pa. mays7o.Bm*
M. TINGLEY, Licensed Auc
• tioneer, Rome. Po. All calls promptly attend
ed to. Stay9,lB7o
DR H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
Office in Patton's Block. over Gore's Drug and
Clynneal Store. Jan 1.'69.
DR. H. A. BARTLETT, Physician
and Surgeon, Sugar Run. Bradford County, Pa.
Offico at reaidence formerly occupied by Dr. Ely.
ang.10.1859,rf
A MOS PENNYPACKER, HAS
oxain established himself in the TAILORING
Iit'SINP-Sti. Shop ores Rockwelni Store. Work of
every debeription done In MI latest styles,
Towanda, April 21. 11370.-4tf
U. BEACH., M. D. Physician
J• amt Surge's'. Towanda. Pa. Particular Allen,
hou paid to all Chronic Diseases, and Diseases of
Foluale's. Office at his residence on Weston street,
cant of D'A. Overton's. n0v.11,65.
fOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADU
ate of the Colleen of , Physicians and Surgeons,"
Sew Tork city, Clans 1543-4, gives exclusive attention
to the practice othln pretension. Ofilce and residence
en the ea,tern slope of Orwc 7 ll mu, adjoining henry
Bowe's. Jan H, 'CK
CAMP 45: VINCENT, DTSUR ANCR,
AMIENTR.-0113.., formerly occupied by Illercur
& 3forrow, oue door south of Ward House.
EMIS RHEBEIN, FaAiontzhle
Tailor. Itoonnver Aspinwall'oStorp, Towan
da, Pa. oct.s.
RFOWLER, REAL ESTATE
. DEALER, No. 160 Washington Street, be
tween LaSalle and Wells Stteets, Chicago, Illinois.
Leal Estate purchased and sold. Invostinents mado
and Money Loaned. May 10;10.
DRESS - MAILING, PATTERN
CL'TTTNG AND FETING in all falthionablo
styles no short notice. ROOMS In Iderettr's New
Nck, Main-at., over Porter l Kirby's Drug Store.
WEIMMEMM
1 - 1 B. HOLLETT, MON ROETON,
• Pa.. agent for trio Hubbard Mower, Erindra
Drill, Ithaca Wheel Rake, and Broadcast Sower for
sowing Plaster and art kinds of Grain. Send for eh,
citlars to B. B. HoLterr, Monroeton, Bradford Co.,
Pa. Jane 21,
HAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
each as. SWITCHES. CURLS, BRAIDS, TRIZ
ETTS, Ac., made in the bent Elanner andlatest etyle,
at tl:e Warn Howe Barber Shall. Terme reasonable.
Tesranda. Dec. 1, IV&
VPANCIS E. POST, PAINTER,
Towanda, Pa.. with ten years experience. is con
lident he ran give the beet satisfaction in Painting,
Graining, Staining, Glazing, Paixiing,
r,n_Paticular attention paid to jobbing In
country. spill D. TA
JOHN DIINFKO, BLACKSMITH,
310,1110ET0:7, pays particular attention to
Ironing Dllggieff, Wagons. Sleighs, kg. The set and
repairing clone on short notice. Work and charges
guaranteed satisfactory. 12,15,69.
TR. DrATATICK D. SMITH, Sur
-I_l genii and Dentist. Dr. Sarrru would respectful
ly inform the inhabitants of Towanda and vizinity,
that he has permanently located himself here. where
will be happy to serve all who may stand in need
cd 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 do the most diffi
cult work in his line of business. - Teeth inserted.
from one to a Pall set, on all kinds of material used
in the profession. Speelal attention given to the sav
ing of the natural teeth Teeth extracted without
- 1 , 11111.. Dr. Smith administers Nifrons Oxide Gas.
Chloroform, Ether and the Freezing process. Give
him a call. Dr. Smith will not be able to open.his
offie until about the first of May next.. Rooms op.
posits McCabe /k. Mix's store, Main street.
Towanda, April 21, 1870.—tt
R NIVOOD COTTAGE.—This
well-known house, having recently been refit
ted and supplied with new furniture, will belound a
pleasant retreat for pleasure seekers. Board by the
week or month on reasonable terms.
E. W. HEAL, Proper.
Greenwood, April 20, 1810.—tf
MTARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Main Street. near the Comrt Roam
C. T. SMITH. Proprietor.
Oct. 8. 1888.
TE 3 LUP
ERANCE HOTEL 1---itun
ted on the north-west corner of Maiu and Mal
beth streets, opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory. .
Jurymen and ethers attending mart will especi-
ally find it to their advantage to patronize the Terns
peranco Rotel. S. 31. BROWN, Propr.
Towanda. Jan. 12, 1570,-,,,1y, "
DINING ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITH TILE MISERY.
Near the Court House.
We are prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the day and evening. Oysters and lee Cream in
their seasons.
March 10. 1870, D. W. SCOTT k CO.
ELWELT, HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA.
mr a
C. WILSON
tiering leaeed, thi House, ts now ready.toccontroo.
date the trave pribile. Nopains nor erpenec will
be spared to give sathcfactlon to those who may give
him a calL
tar North side of the public square, cut of Men.
cur's new block.
RUMMERFIELD CREEK HO
TEL
Having purchased and thoroughly refitted this old
and well-known stand. formerly kept by klhtniff Grif
fis, at the month of Utunmerfleld Creek. is ready to
give good accommodations and satisfactory treatment
tr, all who may favor him with a call.
Doc- 2,,t 86A—tf.
JEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA;
PA.. JOIIDA.II k Horn c, Prtnnietors. • This
popular Hotel having West thoroughly tiled And re
paired, and furnished throughout with now and elo•
gent Furniture, will be open for the reception .of
guests, on datrunar, )far 1, 1863. Neither expense
nor pains has been spared in rendering this House
• model hotel in all ita arrangements. A superior
quality Old Burton Ale, for invalids. just received.
April 28. 1869.
WISH. - SHAD, MACKARELL,
ib- 11 ,. ;: 1. r r1911 ( ... CiEWOeR, Habtbul, Codfulb. kr.. at
W. A. ROCKWELL'S.
may 10.'70
02=2
Hotels.
12 , olvilfIl.1,10.1ir: 4 021
.';: . ,;1-.1; : >1 . • ~-,:.
7. 11r.:1: .4
---4:. , T , rf :-d..'.. E
;
Veda futrt
ABIDE WITH 111.
_ly
"Abide with as; for it is towtird eriming, : and
the day is fils'alent. And . Re went in to tarry
with them. •--Luke Si .
•
Abide with tie, dear tiariour.
- We feel im much akne, • ' • • '
AndweeliThy bleued presmee •
- It cheer oar transient hone.,
I
Per we ehrongers 'before thee - and so.'
putters, as' were all our fathers; our dap on
the earth are as a abadow, and ,there is none
abiding."-1 Clatin. 29:15. . .
Abide with us, dosr Barlow;
This world dsth seem so &ear,
With all its joie and pleasures;
We're sad without Thee hon. .
"Lord, thou hut been our dwelling plice y in
all genorations."—realm 90: 1.
Abide with u, dear Saviour;
Our hearts aro sore oppreat ;
Toinpiation, sin on every aide,:
We look to Thee for Test.
"Ho shall call upon me, and will simmer
hint; I will be withlizn in trouble; I will de
liver him and - honor him.' —Psalm 91 : 16.
Abide with na, dear Saviour,
Onr dear, our only Friend:
The promised,Way, the Truth, the Life,
Our Comfort to the and.
"Jens said unto him, I am the Way, and the
Truth, and the Life."—John 14 : 6.
Abido with us, dear Saviour ;
Our hearts do long to know
Moro of Thy joy, more of Thy grace,
While journeying hare below.
' "For through Elm wo both have acel. ea by
one Spirit unto the Father."—Eph. 2 : 18.
Abide with rts , —'tis eventide— .
Thou glerioris Star So bright,
Thou Dapepring, San of Righteousness,
That lights the darkest night.
"But unto you that fear my name shall the
Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His
wings."—MaL 4: 2.
,4 is tellane ono: „,
[For the ItsPotrrEn.l
A TRIP ACROSS THE WATER.
" With magic charm, these waters still reflect
Thu verdant glories of their wooded isles,
The castle's turret and the whiten'd cliff,
As when within yon abbey's ivied wall •
The steel clad knight and 'cloister'd monk lay
down
Unto their long repose."
The admirably preserved ruins .of
Mum Ross Assn- are within a short
walk from the Castle Lock Hotel and
allomid in interesting memorials of.
the past. They stand within the do-
Mains and near the country residence
of the Herbert family, by whom, some
forty years since, a large amount was
judiciously expended in general re
pairs according to the original plan
of the Abbey, and especially in res
toring the beautiful but dilapidated
tracery of its arches and windows.
The ancient Kings of Munster were
buried within its walls, and their ar
morial bearings, in a rude and primi
tive style of carving, are still plainly
visible on various tombs and moms=
ments, among which is that of the
celebrated O'DosonuE MORE, the last
of the royal race. The Abbey is still
a much esteemed place of sepulture
with many families in the surround
ing region, who for centuries have
held the right as prescriptive and un
alienable. Ancient and majestic trees,
where the heron builds her nest and
breeds her young undisturbed, invest
with their solemn shade this venera
.ble relic of the religion of a distant
age—a sanctuary of the past about
which, with its remote and hallowed
associations, the odor of sanctity still
• seems to . linger. •
The various uses of its nutherous
and spacious apartments, public and
private, are' readily, to be compre
hended. In the portion once devoted
to' public services and the celebration
of miss, the floors and walls are thick
ly interspersed with sepulchral , ta
blets and monuments, their rude in
scriptions in some ease's' hardly de
cipherable and in others protected by
transverse :rods of iron. Adjoining
the chapel was the in fi rmary where
the sick monks, upon heir couches,
were still within hearing of the pub
lic services.
The ample kitchen and dining hall
(whose broad fire-places seemed to
speak of former comfort and good
cheer), with a recess in the latter,
where, while his fellows dined, one of
the holy brotherhood, it is said, read
aloud from some book of devotions,
—the Abbot's private apartment and
his reception room for visitors, the
courtyard in the interior, with its im
mense yew tree, said to be 701" years
old, still growing in the centre, and
its cool surrounding cloisters or ar
cades, where the brethren enjoyed
their silent walks of meditation,—
all speak of times, circumstances and
men long since passed away.
View as we may the effects of priest
rule2apon modern Ireland, we can
.
of but concede a decidedly favora
ble influence, enlightening and paci
fying, to her ancient religious estab
lishments. Nor was this influence
confined to the country itself, for it
is a well established fact that many
men of zest, intelligence and piety
wentcforth from this Island, as epos-
Ales of a purer faith, to portions. of
continental Europe in those days less
f
enlightened and , not yet from
the bondage of Paganism.* 'ler-ab
beys and monasteries were the sources
and rbpositories of that learning, the
fame of which was once so great that
when a prominent man was missing
from other European countries, it
was a natural supposition• that he
had gone to Ireland to perfect his at
tainments in science.
Could the patron saint of Ireland
arise from his tomb, to acquaint him
self with the prevailing ideas of his
successors, we eSuncit doubt his?be
ing overcome with 'surprise at „the
miracles attributed to himself—and
no less at the modern dogmas of an
infallible Pope and an immtcnlate
Mary.
—The peaceful shades of Killarney
hare not always been exempt from
turbulence and warfare. The strong
walls of a portion; at least, of -Muck
Ross Abbey display the small slant
ing aperture intended for observation
only from within, or perchance the
passago of an arrow ; the circum
stances of- the times, during a part of
her history, rendering it necessity
for her inmates to be pxpert bow
men. As for IxxISFAIL, the lovely
Ell
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and aeclndea Mind Abbey,' it- was
once at least doomed to the.fate of
sack and pillage IS , an arineraptderus
Irish ehiedtain. Here were: , ,irrittea
by tone of its brotherhood , hand:reds
Of years since, the "Annals °Urania-
Wien," irlich are stlittabe seen in
the lkidkian Library at Its
DOW crumbling walls were meted, it
is said, by St. "1 Wien about LD. 600.
Moore thusapostrophiz es this ancient
foundation, stilibeautiful in its decay:
"Sweet bultsrallszi i mre thee well,
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Nay calm and ennaldne long
_bo throe ;
ihnr nh , thou ad, let others
while ton to feel Ix, fair, be mine V'
=--The Round Tatra Of. Agbadoe,
situated a mile.or two from the' lOW
er lake, on rising ground, is one: Of
those primitive structurek of which
there are at-number in Ireland, fre
quently ascribed to the Druids, but
really of an origin and use unknowO.
They are frequently of great height
without any appearance of stairway
or means of ascent to the summit :
near which, it is said, are invariably
placed four windows, looking-sever
ally in the direction of the four car
dinal points of the compass. On
many of the stones of that at Agha
doe are hieroglyphic in .ssiiptions
which, could they be deciphered,
might cast some . light upon the ori
gin of the tower and the names and
history of its mysterious founders.
In its immediate vicinity are the
ruins of the Abbey of St. Aghadoe.
From the circumstance of round tow
ers being frequently met with near
the site of some ancient Christian
church or abbey, it has been inferred
that they themselves' , were of Chris
tian, rather than of Pagan, origin.
But it is argued on the other hand,
that it was the well known policy of
St. Patrick and his companions, in
introducing the Christian religion,
to erect their churches at or near the
scenes - of former heathen worship.
The most probable and prevalent idea
in reference to the Round Tower is,
that they were connected with Fire
Worship, believed to 'have been one
form of the ancient' Pagan religion of
the country.
On the second morning after arriv-.
ing at Killarney, I undertook an ex.-
cordon to the famous Gap of Dun
loe, in company with two young gen
tlemen—one from sunny France, the
other from " bonnie Scotland?' Our
guide on the occasion was a stalwart
young Irishman, claiming to be of
the ancient royal race of the O'Dono
hues. Ho was " full of music " in
more senses than one ; for besides
his unceasing flow of genuine Irish
wit and hearty humor, be bore with
him a bugle, with which over ind
anon to waken, for our edification,
the wonderful mountain echoes for
which Killarney -has ever been fa
mous. Was it not here that Paddy
Blake found his? which, when he
called out, " The top of the mornin'
to ye !" would reply, " The same and
long life to ybu, Paddy Blake 1"
Our jaunting ear soon after break
fast rattled off accordingly with its
five occupants, to the lively tune of
" Rory O'More " upon our guide's
bugle, along the smooth avenue of
the Castle Loch park, and thence be
tween the. hedges and shadows of the
two miles to Killarney Town ; beset,
as we were, in it and near it, by nu
merous mounted gossoons ' anxious to
favor us with the hire of horse or
donkey to ride through the Pass, too
precipitous and rough for the "low
backed car," but which we had made
up our-minds to traverse on foot ; a
feat which they, in their kind consid
eration for our comfort, were ever
#ady to assert was too difficult kir
us to. accomplish.
Passing out of\ the beautiful sub
erbs of Killarney we met, in an open
but stylish turnout, Mr. Maurice O'-
Connell, nephew of the celebrated
Derma., whose home was near the
Western Coast, beyond the hills of
Kerry, and whose statue adorns a
square in nearly every city of Ire
land. Farther on our way we.passed
the aristocratic residence of the
nephew, who it seems does not scorn
to hold an official appointment under
the British Government. Along our
way, Irish nosegays,Killarney "dia
monds," and mountain ponies were
incessantly urged upon us by the in
habitants, to say nothing of various solicitations for sheer charity's sake.
A ride of alxait six miles (passing
on our left Ross Castle and the mag
nificent " Victoria Lake Hotel," and
on our right the ruins of Aghadoe,)
brought us to the entrance of the
Pass of Dunloe; with its rugged walls
of rock rising on either side to the
height of 2,000 feet and upwards.
A short distance from the thorough
fare, at the right, here stands a little
vine-clad cottage, where once dwelt
KATE KEAretzr, rendered- famous, by
the poet Moons in his Maid of il
larney— .
"Beware of her smile, for trice's many it wile
In the smile of sweet Kate of Killarney!"
The modern Kate, said to be a
granddaughter of the origins& occu
pies a little domicile by the roadside,
where every traveler is expected to
halt for a moment, while for a small
" consideration," she dispenses to
him a cup of goat's milk, with a slight
admixture of the "raal Irish potheen."
'But I gazed in vain upon her features
to discover any traces of the bewitch
ing beauty with which the poet had
invested her grandmother.
We were soon obliged to leave our
jaunting car for a more primitive
means of,progress ; previous to which
our escort' was materially increased
in an =looked for manner, by a num
ber of t,he bareheaded, barefOoted,
brown-faced and buxom daughters of
Erin, who pertinaciously accompany
travelers through the Pass, reaping
some compensation from the sale of
tlMir supplies of potbeen, goat's milk,
aril photographic views of Killarney
scenery : abounding in complimen
tary expressions for our benefit in
the English, and indulging (as we
had occasion to suspect) in more
criticising discussions and remarks in
their Gidic tongue; to our guide , and
to each other. At - first somewhat
annoyed, we finally concluded to
make a merit of necessity, and to de
rive amusement from their genuinely
Irish parlance as we trudged along
(a somewhat motley crowd), with the
exception of our friend, - Ronsx CHA
IM) COUNT DE Possum., who under l
Mood 'English but little, and Irish
still less. It must be confessed that
muw?ms or,Dionntatxxiox nox ANY. QUARTMIL
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the titter - vexation he' continned to
display at the persistent and unso
licited compliments and attentions of
oar fair retinue, only added to the
aMllttlikg character of the occasion.
Yet - in justice to - these Irish mai
dens,- it must be said that there was
nothing coarse or indelicate in their
demeanor ; -they, are probably induc
ed by the ad of other employment '
to seek' thus, during the season • ,of
travel, a scanty and precarious com
pensation. , " Black-eyed Bridget "
(the Queen of the Glen, as she is some=
times called, a stout, cheerful, bare
footed lass of 25), whilorcarrying with
her for sale 'a variety of other photo
graphs, to her .credit be it said, had
none of her own : though I after
wards saw them for sale in the shops
of Killarney..
Our guide and trumpeter, O'Dono
hue, did not• fail to keep us well post
ed along the way, in the legendary
lore of this wild and picturesque. lo
cality. Among other wonders, he
pointed out to us the dark, deep pool
into which, it is said, St. Patrick ban
ished the toads and snakes of Ireland.,
" But there was just a pair, mind 1 o
the spalpeens he fail'd to of
; and
so. there's a few families of the frogs
still left in the country. And the
ouM snake of all (as big AS the 'Hill
of Howth) dwells there yet at the
bottom of the pool, but ho can't got
out, d'ye see, at all, at all
Farther on was the little lake where
it is said Aileen - O'Connor, better
known as the Couzes Rm.: (or fair
haired maiden), actually met ber
tragic fate. Privately monied to her
lover, the young heir of a large es
tate, who dared not •inform his par
ents of the alliance, the cottage he
provided for her residence in •
(then at least) solitary glen, is sill
fr
pointed out. A splendid match e
ing subsequently arranged for him by
his aristocratic parents, ho was in
duced to deposit a large sum in the
hands of a faithless agent, for the
purpose of her removal to a distant
land and her ' support there. But
avarice prompted the person employ
ed to plot instead her destruction,
which he accomplished by drowning
poor Ellen O'Connor in ' these dark
waters. Such is the sad story of the
Colleen Bawn—since dramatized with
some variation of the •facts—which
are said really to have occurred here,
about forty years since.
'From the Abbey of Dunuoon, in Ireland,
came the founder of the famous Monastery. and
school of fooLitaim., or Columba's bile (at lona,
one of the Western Islands of Scotland), of
wide]; an English writer says : " There is scarce
ly any other institution which Englishmen have
reason to remember with feelings of equal grati
htde; for from this retreat of piety came forth
those heralds of the gospel who taught the
greater part of our rude forefathers." Atoms
of Canterbury (about A.D. 700) states that the
learned teachers of Ireland came not only into
Great Britain, but into France and Italy, to in
struct and edify the Christian churches in those
countries.
CTIARLIA ThereNs—Died at his residence,
Gads Kent, 'Thursday, June 1879, aged
58 years.
" Dead, yclur Majesty. Dead, my
lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right
Reverends and Wrong Reverends, of
every order. Dead, men and women
born with Heavenly Compassion in
your hearts. And dying thus around
Ili every day."--Bleak House, Chapter
67.
" Thu golden ripple on the . wall
came Rack again, and nothing else
t ri
stirred ': the room. The old, old
fashion The fashion that came in
with o first garments, and will last
unchanged untir our race has run its
course, and the wide firmament is
rolled up like a scroll. The old, old
fashion—Death! 0, thank God,- all
who see it, for that older fashion yet
of immortality 1 And look upon us,.
angels of young children, with re
gards not quite estranged when the
Swift River bears us to the Occan."—
/knnbey, Chapter 17.
"The spirit of the child, returning,
innocent and radiant, touched the
old man with its hand, and beckoned
him away."—Chinics, 24 quarter,
" The star had shown him the way
to find the God of the poor ; cand
through humility, and sorrow, and
forgiveness, had gone to his Redeem
er's rest.—Hard .7zines, Boqk 3, Chap
ter 6.
" A cricket sings upon The hearth,
a broken child's toy lies upon the
ground, and nothing else remains."
—Cricket on the Hearth, Chapter 3.
"I felt for my old self is the - dead
may feel if they ever revisit these
scenes. I was glad to be tenderly re
membered, to be gently pitied, not
to be quite forgotten."—bleak House : ,
Chapter 45.
" Fiom these garish lights I van
ish now forevermore ; with a heart
h'', grateful, respectful and affection
ate farewell—and I pray ,God bless
us every one."—Last Reading, Lon
don, March 6, 1870.
" When I die, put near me some
thing that has loved the light, and
had the sky above it always."—Oki
Curiosity Shop, Chapter 71.
",Lord, keep my Memory Green !"
—Haunted Man, Chapter 3.
" 'Now,' he murmured, s tam hap
py.' He fell into a light slumber,
and, waking, smiled as before, then
spoke of beautiful gardens which, he
said, stretched out before him, and
were filled wits figures of men, wo
men and many children, all with
light upon their faces, then whisper
ed that it was Eden—and so died."
—Nickleby, Chapter 58.
—" died life a child that had gone
to sleep."—Copperfield, Chapter 9.
—" and began, the world—not this
world, 0, not_this. The world that
sets this night."—Bleak Home, Chap
ter 65:
" gone before the father ; far be
yond the tmlight judgments of this
world ; high above its mists and ob
scurities."—Little Dorrit, Book 2,
Chapter 19.
—" and lay at rest. The solemu
stillness was no marvel now."—Old
Curiosity Shop, Chapter 71.
"It.being high water, he went out
with the tide.' —Copperfield, Chapter
30.
A BesroN woman refused to .por
mit her husband to go on a fishing manikin,
"because ho was very apt to be drowned 'when
ho went upon the water, and moreover, did not
know how to swim any more than a gooie."
C. C. P
CHARLES DIOXINS.
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OIIEP Vote •iruivrizan.
0 hearts that never cease to yearn!
0 brimming eyes that neer are dried!
Tho dead, though they depart, return
As if they had not died I . '
The living are tho only dead;
The dead Ilvcr—neveimore to die ;'
And often when We mourn ttiMix fled'
They never were so nigh. -
And though they be beneath the warm
Or sieep'within the churchyard dim—
(Ah, throngh how many different graver
Oars children go tilfhim!)
Yet every grave gives up its dead
Ere it is overgrown with gran!
Then why should hopeless ' , tears be shed,
Or need we cry Alas!
Or why ahould memory bo veiled with gloom,
And tile a sovenlgn mourner crapcd,
t 34 weeping o'er an emptj tomb,
Whose captives have escaped/
but•a moundr-land will be moaned
. ..When o'er the summer grass appOars.
The loved, though wept, aro never lost ;
We only lose our tears.
Nay, Hope may whisper with the dead,
By bending, forward where they are;
But Memory, with p backward tread,
Ccrumanealrith Hum afar!
The joys we lose arelmt forecast,
And we shall find them all once more; '
We look behind as for the Past, -
But lo! 'Us all before! ,
A WINTER NIGHT'S RIDE IN THE
3IEREA.
My medical friend had puffed away
vigorously at his cigar for some min
utes, in silence; and then, throwing
away the stump, quietly began:
It was in the winter of 1868-9,
when. I bad just been placed in
charge of a division near the summit
of the Sidi. a Nevada, on the then
half finished Central Pacific Railroad.
After a long day's ride, I came back
to the boarding house at 10 o'clock
in the evening, and was told that a
messenger had bee 9 therefrom Camp
No. —, with a request that I would
lose no time in hurrying over there
to attend upon John Smith, who was
in a very critical condition. The
messenger had been very urgent, and
it was evidently a case of life and
death—nothing less. I took a few
minutes to consider. I was tired
out, and wanted sleep badly; but I
could, on a pinch, go a little farther,
'without breaking down entirely. The
moon would be np at 11 o'clock,., and
the night was still and clear, th ough
the snow had only just ceased falling
and was from five to eight feet deep
on the level, if you can use the ex. ,
pression properly where there is no
thing like a level to be found, and
the roads—or trails, rather—are ob
literated by the drifts. I inquired
about ,the location of Camp No.
It was twelve miles away, and direct
ly over a ridge or spur of the mouri
tains. My own horse could not stand
the trip, but a big lubber of a cart
horse, that they said was a good sad
dle horse, was- offered me. I got
supper, put on dry socks, and an ex
tra pair of fur-lined overboots, and
just before midnight was in tho sad
dle and off.
A good saddle-horse I The brute
belonged to the nightmare family;
and his-mother must have taken spe
cial pride in him. Great heavens,
what a gait ! i He had traveled so
long in the cart that the steady jolt
had communicated itself to his spine,
and become chriinic. At every step
he jerked his back np as if expecting
to feel the girth strap strike him un
derneath, and neither _ curses nor
blows would indUce him for a mo
ment to recognize the fact that he
was out of the shafts, and abandon
his eternal hippSiy hop. When I
started out there were hard lumps iii
the saddle, as large as chestnuts; be
fore the twelve miles were half corn
-pleted the limps had grown to the
size of paving stones, and awfully
sharp-edged and rasping. The snow
which had just fallen filled the trail,
but, the old snow undeineath being
hard-packed; and the trees along the
route well-blazed, I had no difficulty
in keeping in the right track most of
the time. l)ut when about three
miles from my place of destination,
as near as I could guess, clouds ob
served the moon for a long time, and
I lost the road. - I kept on as well as
I knew how, guessing at the location
of Camp No. —, and after rolling
down the steep side of a ravine, and
working half an hour to get old Jer
ky back upon the ridge,. filling my
overshoes with snow, and fairly ex
hausting myself in floundering "thro'
the drifts, I was rewarded with the
sight of lights in some cabins half a
mile away. Not doubting that this
was Camp No. —, I rounded a:small
canon, worked my way`over a 'point
of rocks, Jerky stumbling and failing
repeatedly, and reached the cabins
at half past 12 o'clock.
The lights had disappeared. Hal
loo 1, the house, there 1" No answer.
" Halloo I the house !" louder and
longer than before. A panel in the
side of the nearest cabin opened
slowly and cautiously, and after time
enough had elapsed to allow of a
critical ex.amination otthe party out
side, a voice demand ed; "Who you,
John ? What you wanteet catchee
here ?" It was a Chinese wood-cit
ters' camp, and there was not a - white
man about the place.
The Johns told me that there was
a camp of white Men on the other
side of the ravine I had just crossed,
and Perhaps a half mile further up
the mountain; they thought it might
be Camp Numble Milian hoes
floundering through the snow bro't
me back to the point' where I had
sighted the lights, and soon after 1
a.m., I was at the white men's map.
I roused the inmates more etially
hers, as they were indulging in a lit
tle game of "pich," or " draw"—that
being Saterday night—and had not
retired to their virtuous bunks. -No
that was not Camp No. —, my in
former told me, and, what was worse
Camp No. --- was right - over the
summit of the mountain, a mile -and
a half away. I could go around by
the trail, three miles, or ride up to
the railroad track, tie my horse, and
walk through the snow sheds,: a lit
tle more than a mile—it was contra
ry to the rules to take an animal in
side the sheds.'
I started up toward the tiack,•and
reached it at 2 a. m. The'night web
now clear and still; not the slighted
ME=
noisneould be , heard, and the silence
Was something awful and oppressive.
The last Man and the last horse on
earth will not feel more completely
alone than did Jerkey at that mo
ment. As 1 waa about to dismount
and tie him to a tree a'. &Ought
struck me. I knew every" regular
train on the road, -and there were
none due for hours from eitherdirec
tion. I had a time table in milk:a
-d, and I tookat put and examined it
carefully by the moonlight. The
track was clear; pliy might I not
venture to save in? strength and that
of my horse, and, by saving time,
perhaps save a valiable human life
as well? The more I thought of it,
the more satisfied I became that it
was a safe thing to de. - -
The moon, now =obscured; was
high in the heavens as I entered the
snow-shed, and it was not very diffi
cult to keeP the way, as the light
came scintillating through a thous
and cracks and crevices in, the rough
timber, structure.' Three or four cid
verts, to allow the pakiage of moun
tain streams when the snow is melt
ing, checked my progress for , a brief
time, but there was a plank stretched
across one or two, for the conven
ience of " foot passengers," and - as
the water was hiiiil frozen, I got old
Jerkey around the others in safety.
The worst was over, and I was al
ready beginning to ch uckle over the
adventure, and pride myself on my
forethought and pluck in making the
venture. I had, undoubtedly, saved
at least an hour of hard work wading
through the snow, and possibly-not
improbable, in fact—saved a life.
Just then i heard a low, tremulous,
humminn• b noise running along the
li i
frost-laden rails, and instinctively
checked in horse to listen. It had
subsided f r the moment, and • lwent
on in si ence. Suddenly .it com
menced again, and seemed louder
and clearer than before. I halted
again.od have mercy upon me 1
I exclai med, involuntarily. It was'
the rumble of the wheels of a coming
train, beyond a question. I sprang
to the ground and placed my ear to
the mil The train was coming from
the west; it must be a'" construction
train," laden with Materials for the
road, and possibly with laborers, as
well. The track occupied the full
width of the shed, allowing only for
the overhanging of the cars. A man.
might escape by lying down; but -a
horse was almost sure of death, and
if the train struck him, it Must go off
the track almost inevitably. I was
upon old Jerkev's back before I was
even aware of what I intended doing
and started down the 'grade, to the
eastward, as fast as I bis stiff and
clumsy legs, urged by the whip and
spur, and the attraction of gravita
tion, could move. Clearer . and clear
er came the humming noise; and I
heard, at length, a short, sharp whi--
tie, as the rushing train entered a
tunnel, turned a curve, and passed
out of the tunnel. 'lt 'could not •be
more than two miles, or three at
most, away. Jerky skated over the
ice-patches, and floundered through
the sniall snow drifts' which had fil
tered in through the crevices in the
shed work, but, reckless of danger to
limbs alone in presence of the greater
danger to myself, and perhaps hun
dreds of my fellow-men, I whipped
and spurred unceasingly, and drove
him on at the height of his speed.
Nearer and nearer came the train; I
could already hear the cough, cough,
cough, of the locomotive behind me. .
At last I saw an opening in the side
of the shed not many rods distant,
and, with a triumphant yell, I urged
my steed to put forth_ his utmost ef
fort. Sixty seconds more and I would
be saved, and the danger • • • .in
avoided. The seconds seemed ho,,
in the feverish excicement of therair
went, but they were over at last, and
I sprang off my horse on the instant
that he reached the opening, and
rushed with the rein in my hand,
through the aperatnre. Old Berkey
snorted and sprang backward, throw
ing me down and pulling the -rein
from my hand. _ I saw the trouble at
a glance. The openihg was not of
sufficient height to admit of a horse
going through it erect, and a. heavy
timber to which the planks were
nailed, ran across the top. I sprang
inside and took a survey of the situ
ation in an instant. The beam
would have borne ten times the strain
that I could have brought to bear
upon it, and it was a foot thiO.k,
sound and firmly placed. I threwidl
my strength and weight against the
planking a little beyond the beam,
and fell back upon the 'icy ground;
the planks were imbedded in the fro
zen ground ht their.lower ends, and
I could not start them in- the slight
est degree. I sprang up and ran to
the other side of the shed, to try if
the planking on that side was less
firmly secured. Through the crevic
es I saw a precipice running hun
dreds of feet„ sheer down from the
side of the shed. I could not„eseape
that way, and if the train went off
there, no person on it would survive
to tell the tale.
I fell on my knees to pray, but be
fore I had uttered' a word, the
thought passed threngh my brain
that I might throw the horse down,
and pull him through the opening by
main strength. I had the rove, front
the saddle in my hinds in an.mstant,
and throwing it around his fore-legs,
I sprang to one side,. and. with my
whole' strength 4tempted te trip
him. The brute • jumped backward,
and refused to fall, while the rope
ran through my hands, tearing the
.skin, and searing the flesh as if I had
a red-hot iron. 'I remem
bgreaXd at that moment, having seen
a Mexiam vaquero . showing off , his
skill at horsemanship, at San Jose,
amid an - admiring tluong, and -mak
ing the sn• 'mai kto 'a Mend,
"And he is not n g
but a bull driver
after all !" .In that time of supremo
agony, I would have, sacrificed every
advantage of birth, education, talent
and professional skill, and &cowed
places with that uneducated,
.despis
-14 bull-driving Greaser, merely to
have received in turn ths gift of 'the
ability - to perform the trick of throw.
ing down a hors* My foot - struck a
stick of wood.. such sa is used - for
burning on tho locomotives, which
was lymg on the greand, and I in
stantly stooped to get it, determined
tp beat the brains of tho brute out
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with it, or at least stun him into in
sensibility, and -then pull him into
the the opening; It was froien fast
in the ice, ..and could not tear it
though I put forth strength
which seeirked herculean, in the fren
zy of my excitement. It occurred to
me that I . had a pocket knife, and
might &It his throat; but the train
was ilmost upon me, and there. was
no time - for Wm to bleed to death;
this reflection did not consume a
second and a half. In My despair, I
gave one long-drawn yell—Help! No
answer came. .
The train - came on, as` it seemed
to -me, with lightning speed, upon
the zlown-grade, and the light of the.
locoinotife head lamp already fell up
on me. Ten seconds more, and there
Would be a terrific crash, and a Tile
of broken cars; and crushed, blgcd
ing, and dying men would *Hirst
throng the side of .the shed, and go
rolling down the 'mountain-side.
Deadly faint, and convinced that all
was nearly over, I staggered against
the-side of the shed, closed my eyes,
and sank half down to the ground.
I heard Jerkey give a "sudden snort
of terror, and opened my eyes. He
haAl 'discovered' the danger -at last,
and comprehended it all in instant.
The train could not have been more
than thirty, feet from him, when be
made one tremendous jump, and
went through 'the
.opening. The
beam caught the high Mexican sad
dle, tore it into fragments, and fright
fully lacerated his back, 'but his
'weight, and - the strength which -mor
tal terror gave hita„carried him thro',
and.he fell-in the allow, outside. I
sprang alter him, just as the locomo-
tire cane abreast of me, and fell,
trembling and fainting, beside him.
I dOn't - thilak the engineer saw us
at all. I did lnot see him, so far as I
could femember, afterward. It was
half an hour :_before I could gather
strength enough to regain my feet. ,
When I did so, I got my exhausted
and bleeding horse npon his .legs,
and replaced the wreck of the saddle
upon his lacerated back, securing it
as well as I could, witlr.some thongs
but from the edge of the 'rein, and
my pocket-handkerchief, torn' into
strips, and prepared to resume my
journey. In 4 canon, filled with the
black shadow'of theinountain,,.T. saw.
what appeared to be the dim out
lines of several cabins. That must
be Camp No. --r - Pulling my limp
ing steed after me by the bridle, I
-made my way slowly and painfully
down to the nearest cabin, and
knocked at the door. " Git !" was
the reply . which came to the' third or
fourth knock. I-repeated the knock
ing. Chit! you' drunken sot of a
guu ! ;You have been yelling around
here long 'enough ! Leave—or I'll
put a bullet through you!" came in
decided* and most emphatic tones
from within. I called out that, I ivas
the doctor from Camp No. —, not the
than they mistook me for, and want
ed to know if that was Camp —; and
if John Sraitf...was there—John Smith
who was dying, and wanted the doe
tor so bad, There was a moment's
debate, in whispers, between two or
more persons inside,. then I heard
the scratching of matches, and the
shuffling of heavy slippers over the
floor, and, at la 4 the door was open
ed.
ed. "Be you the. doctor? Well, yoff
are a poiverful weak-looking young
chicken, for a doctor 1" said John
Smith—for it proved to be him—af-
ter he had held the candle- to my
face, and deliberately scrutinized my
person for some seconds.
" You sent for me, I think, Mr
Sm4h?"
•
l r 'ir
" ell, yes, I did send for yon;
bii m.kinder sorry now that I did,
foli I have conelMled to go over thar,
to-morror; on buOness, anyhow."
' "But the messenger said you were
dying, or the next thing to it - almost
dead, think he said."
" Well, _yes, I was pretty consider
able scared at• the time. Yon see, I
had an eruption come out right bad
on/ny leg, and I was afraid that it
might be pleurisy, of new-amonia,
erysifilus, or snthin' o' that sort, and
if-I come over in the snow and catch
ed cold in. it I might a gone in."
He sat-do rn on the side of his
bunk,, and palled the draNfer from
his right shin; theer was a patch -of
ringworm there, about the size of a
silver ddllar=atid that was all. I
made use of some strong expressions.
I don't -offen swear, but I felt_ aagra
'rated, tinder all the circumstances,
and considered myself justified. I
still so consider. Mr. Smith',hard
me through. Then he. arose Inajes
itically to his feet, and thus relieved
himself: .
" Young mail I .‘ - I jest put yon up
for ti derned fool on first sight—an'
I ware't sold much! Ef yer han't
got no more sense nor ter git mad
'bont trifles, you'll have many a long
day ter wait 'foi;e you'll be &Wed on
agin to visit this .camp—an' goin'
to be a right lively camp in the
spring, you bet I.; I did perpose ter
ask per ter take a drink, bein' as hoi
it's late an you. must a' had a party
good ride over the mounting; but
now, rd fist see yer blessed first.
Thar's- the door; git you derned,
ornery,' wizened,' contemptible little
scrub, sun' don't come foolin' round
here no more if yer don't want ter
git hurt ! (}it !'
I took his advice, and "gel," with
out another word, just. as the gray
dawn began to streak the sky over
beyond the Washoe Mountains.-
Overland Monthly.
From the records kept at Nurem
berg, in Bavaria, we get the follow
ing interesting
_filets:
In 1132 the earth. cracked by rea
son of the heat, the wells and streams
in Alsacs all dried up, and the bed
of the river. Rhine was dry. In 1152
the heat was se great that the sand
exposed to the sun's rays was hot
enough to cook eggs. In 1160 great
numbers of the soldiers in the cam
paign against Bela died ;from the
heat. In .1276 and 1277 crops of hay
and colts falled completely. In 1'303
and 1304 a man could have crossed
dry shod over the rivers Seine, Loir,
Rhino and Danube. In 1393 and
1394 a multitude of animals perished
by the heat, which was so great that
the harvest dried up. In 1440 the
heat
,was extraordinary. In 1538,
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NUMBER 9.
HOT SIMXMM.,
x ;1540 fiat the firth 'were
nearly,all driedup. In 1660 theie
- Was great &onth; which extended
over nearly the whole of Europe. In
1616 and 1616 there was in Italy,
France and theYetherbinds crver
powering heat In 1648 there. were
fifty-eight consecutive days of ex
treme hat.., 1678 wad ierthot, and
as were the first three years ot tke
eighteenth century..TA it' did
not rain a single time Irons Atlaun
til October ! The growing grain was
burnt, .theirifers dried bp, the thea
tres (but wherefore is not stated}-
were closed by 'poinniand a the
lice. The thermometer showed thir- -
ty-thiCe.degrees Itetuner, 'Exfuivalent
to 113 degrees 'Fahrenheit. In irriA
gated gardens the fruit trees -blown-
ed twice; In 1725 and 1724 there
was great heat. The summer of 17-
46 'was hot and dry, the growing .
grain being It" did not
rain f‘n- months.
.1748, .1754, 1760,
1778 and 1788 were years in' . which
the summenewere extremely hot. In
the lemons comet year-18114 -the
summer was warm, and the wine--pro
ducedthat season was very. precious.
In-1818 the the:Edna had to be closed
on, account of the heat,; the highest
temperature-being thirty-five Remi
t-13er, or one-hundred and twelve Fah
renheit. Miring the tlu.eo yeare- - ,of
the revolution of July; in 1830, -!,the
thermometer stood at thirty-sir 'de
grees centigrade, about ninety-seven
Fahrenheit. In 1882, during the
uprising of the sth and 6th of July,
the temperature was about the same.
BUtNUGING.
People who have been born and
bred in the city knOW' nothing of
bird-song, except as they hear cana
ries or other feathered prisoners sing
from cages, who sing rfor a living.
This, indeed, is not to' be despised,
but it is not the : singing of the fret;
wild birds.
Even those who live in the country
seldom hear' birds sing at. their-best..
People are -in 'bed when the. great,
othicert comes off. Dazing May and
June, birds' wake about half-paSt 3
to 4, o'clock in the morning. Even
if one goes to sleep again, iris worth
his while to be awakened to hear this
fonderful outburst. There is nothing
else in all the common pherioralna of
`nature that seems so admirable- and
se increasingly interesting as this.
- Birds do not sing alike at all
hours of the day. An attentive ear
will notice not only very different
strains, brit a' very different -spirit.
The mid-day. singing . is casual, - not
prolonged, a mere interjection here
and there. They sing; as it were; to
while away a little time, At evening
birds - sing next in duration and effect
to the morning song, but more ten
der, less tumu ltuous. It is in the
morning U1;1, - one must hear them,
who would' know the full ecstasy. •
It is very . still. The dew lies heavy
on all things, In the east the light
is coming fast, and, twilight every
moment gains new radiance. Not a
sound gives warning of MI! coming
song. Far off onehears th'e hoarse
hawk of a goose, or the bark of a dog ,
disturbed by some early traveler.
Then one hears a single call note, as
if the cheirister were calling atten
tion And giving out the pitch. It is
answered in an inquiring way by an
other bird, as ranch as - to say, "We
are alrready; shall we begin ?" Then
one launches out, but,has not utter
ed two syllables before a score of
birds strike in, and then, from the
fields, the forest edges, from orchards.
and gardens, from the 'ground, the
fences and the air,lhere comes such
. a Babel of sweet sounds, running in
to each other, clashing, .overlaying
and surging together than one can
not distinguish any-. single spngter's
note, but only a- wild mingling of
hundreds of birds, all singing at the
very top of their power, as if fired by
an ecstasy- of gladness. This great
sh of Song lasts from twenty min.. :
utes to half an hour, and then ceases
almost as simultaneously as it began.
The birds seem then to occupy them
selves with their toilet and breakfast:
After which, but in a fax less general
way, they sing off and on for an hoar.
Then they scatter and pursue the
regular business of the day, singing
but little till toward evening, unless
the day be-clouded. - If the morning
is overcast birds 'do not have their
grand song. But if on such days the
noon be clear or tending to clear up,
birds become quite vocal. Sunlight,
has muck td do with their disposi
tion to . sin g . The electrical condi
tion of the a tmosphere, it is proba
ble, has 'much to do'.with inspiration
of song. .
While it is true that all song-birdii
have their greatest impulse of song
at morning and evening,. there is a
great difference among birds as to
intermediate hours. The meadow
lark, the bobolink, the field-sparrow,
song-sparrow, linnets and finches,
sing far more 'frequently during the
day than do many others. ' _
The minor and domestic •notes of -
birds aro full as noticable, though
perhaps not as pleasurable as their
true song. If one will wander into
the fields and hide himself on the
verge of an open forest, or along walls
Well fringed with shrubs -and - vines,
'or in garden or orchard where': birds
resort, he will have as opportunity
hearings many conversations which,
if he . could interpret them, would
show - what is going on in birds`
minds. There are low 'notes of re
rioul kinds that axe to birds what
conversation is to 'men. They are
expressions, of fondness, of 'caution-,
dffd of alarm.
They are call-notes, notes of curi
osity, coaxing notes, notes of aver
sion, of fear, - and -of' displeasure.
There is no reason suppose that
birds communicate connected ideas
as men do, but that their feelings and
wishes are communicated by sounds,
there can be no doubt. It is., an in
articulate and interjectionallailgnage,
and not at all to be confounded' with
song.
The tendency to express inward
states of feeling is clearly diaeernablo
among birds and - animals, and al
though it is the merest rudiment, it
seems like the undeveloped germ of
that which' has' rown to vast propor
tions in the human ' race.--percher,
in Christian Union.
• " TiIERE is slide in the • affairs of
men, which taken at the flood leads On to tor
lune." .t Massachruselts Aun t . who has for
some months sold patent medicine, has, in the
just in the nick of those, turned undertaker.
Is his "Autobio.graphy," John -b.
Gough tells of a loin in - New Hampshire, who.
when be was about to be married to Ma 'fourth
wife, and the minister requested the happy
couple to rise, remarked, sententionaly, I . ye
nasally sat."
Tint following is a veritable trans
cript from the record of swill admitted In pro
bate in 'the State of New York: "I bequeath
my body to the grave, my soul to itsaker.
and tho remain cler of my property to m y wife."
A PAPER is published in tho Chero
kee Nation, one pago of which to printed in
what is aappaeed to be the Indian tongue. One
of its exchanges UWE "It's the went caso of
plekled tongue we hive new in'eontact with.
me page looks like there had been a nitro-gly
cerine explosion in s type foundry." • -