f .. .14/IPr , riiilW,iorion.
Tine Bauman Itisorrn Is 'published Ma
Vivant 11011111 n b7:11 ..Azlnsp,aan 11.
cavion. In Tito linens vernal:om; In %Mims
far Adveltbob
n! ln pion encAmire it inprielp.
lion to tto good& •
SPECIAL NOTICES bisseted stratus ems par
Ins or int insertion. and Fru nem per lino Mr
subsequent Insertions. ,• • • t , • ,
LOCAL NOTICES, same -style is telling 'matte.
TerIINTS MRS II UDC
ADVEETUCEDIMITS wUI tie insetted sottrabmg to
be following table of rates .
Ilw_ll4witekt
bleb I $1.50 I slit — lTUoi moo I axe i$ is
s.oi s.OO I woo I vs.ooj 20.00
sliTehes ( 4.00(( 10.. 13.00 i 20.001 30.00
tiichos 510 1-. 8.50 I 2561X01 3.5.00
1,( - 301ntan 1570,i)1T100 - 1
18.00,1 XT -00 3(ai*
hij:',Amon I 10.00 120.00 30.00 130.0055.00 1 75.50
I column 20.00 40.00160.00 180.00 t $lOO I $l6O
Adoiloidsator% and trecator's Nofkes. $9: Audi-
Notices. If AO r Saminom Carda,lite
xearl lfta, wer
96, additional linos 91 each. . -
Yearipadvertiaars areatotitiodto q‘unterty &sops.
Tzaailrpt alrertisemeata melba paid for imam:ft
Reaslatlerna of Maociationa Oormartidodiolla
ef Hearted or tudtridaal Intereat. and - notice. of Mgr
risen and Deaths, eacoadiag Sts usteo. aria tater&
tinwas per lino. • t
_ turrit_g eloper virCal,4l4s)? nati
7'66ltcniatLarig • a...,
the pipes in the calmly combined. math it the beet
itobbertes medium in Northern POlrraptiorda.
A lig TRINIING et *esti Viet Is Plain slid Teary
rumors. done with neatness and =itch.
RmdblUs
:Wanks. Cart* ets
Pamphl, BM Stateeseete, ke.
. f every tinkle, and style. printed at the *brat*
notice. The Export= Moe is ere' supplied with
' Pawn . Yemen. a mod assortment of new gyps and
• 4, verything in the Printing line can be 'executed in
thri most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
TNRICB INVARIABLY CABIL
BUSINESS C/XDS.
Air BLACK. General Fire, Life,
MI Accidental huvrance Agent. Oface at J:
M. Brefuna's Rotel, Wyalusing. Pa. jun2.'7ll-tlrn
OH YES! OH YES!-AUCTION!
A. IL MOE, Limited Auctioneer
XII cans promptly attended to and astlatactlon
roarantred. CAR or address, A. R. Mot, Idearoeton,
grad:ord county, Pa. 0ct.26, 69.
LB RAYSNTLLE MILLS
The subscriber. letting pnrehasee Loltaymrilla
Mills, and milttcd the same in rder, la now
prepared to do good wort. and to give general wais
t 3ett 31. S. FItUTCII.Er.
LeTtarsville. Sept. 22, 1869.--1 y
ECTS' COATS, VESTS, AND
T pant■ and Shirts. also Boys' and Children's
clothing, Ladies' Underclothing Loa Dreams made
he Madam Otaisren, klercar's Block, second door
ti;An the Ewell Boma. Satisfaction guaranteed,
Tesranda, April 11, 18:0—It
C IFFORD'S •NATIONAL PAIN
r Killer add Life Oil, are the Great Family
Spevinee that !Ind a welcome in every home as a
Smerelan Remedy far more of the common ills of
life than any other medicine in the market. Sold
to - fie dery in medicine generally. lifannfartured
e T riIFFORD, Chicago. Al., and 14; Main at.
ThiIiNELLSVILLE. V. Mareir'lo. *m
-se
C . S. RUSSELL'S
GM:RAL
INSURANCE AGENCY,
rnly23'74—U
PRICE LIST-CASCADE MILLS
bent nuality,'per Nark
hundred 11314
barred
Custom c:rinding tumidly done nt once. as the ca..
putty of the mill is sufficient for larke amount of
• ork. ' H. D. mamal.
Camptown. July 73. 1870.
TO THE LADIES AND: CHILD
REV OF ATHENS.
seer Am.LINERY AND PRESS AND I jukAK
MAKI NG ESTABLISH-11 ENT.
PATTEILNS OF ALL TUE LATEST STYLE& rtn,
Etx , ms over Pogt Office—Mrs. noyt'a old stand.
MRS. IIApX - RAGEziEn,
Athens, Dec. 20, 1802. Agent
BLACKSMMMr i
Haring oompletod my
,erbrick shop. near my
roiOdence on Main,,tr , A, tam now prepared to do
work in all its brun,b A I......timuar a t trn dn n paid
}[ill Irons and ed 4( tool.. liming opont many
•••am in this co w - Amity, In UM. bthrtneam, I tragt .
n• guarantee of my reoiMnz a libor
4).mintint of pnblie patronrum.
HENRY ESSE:MINE.
Nov. S. IS63.—tf
r i ff,RSBIERG MILLS!
The allxeribera are new doing bnainess in their
Lee , ef, the BEST QUALITY at the 9ixsracncca
t.
wheat, Rye. and Buckwheat Flour. and Feed con
~ n hand for sale at market rates.
Al,. a large quanEty of GROUND PLASTER of
,:oprrior quality from tLe old YAUGE.St.
Xyprwl,tirg. 2(.!.'611
DYEING EST XBLISH-
AEW
'ENT.
Th.. subscriber Mikes this method at informing the
voile at Towanda and vicinity that he has opened
a Dyeing Establishment in Col. 31nots' nee" build-
IG6 31. M STREET
(opposite Geu. Patton' a). and that he is now pre
pare•! to wort in hi. lino, tomb as CLEANTSG
sad cOLORTNG ladies' and gentlemen's r, arruent..
cloth+. ke.. in the neatest manner and on the moat
reasonable ternm. Give me a rail and examine my
wort. RESES REDDLNG.
Spt. 23. 1339:
THE UNDERSIGNED RAVE
opened a Banking Home in Towanda. under. the
'woe or G. F. MASON t CO.
They are prepared to draw Bina of Enehan,r,e. and
make eolleetiona in New York. Philadelphia. and
port:tong' of the United State& as aim" England. Ger
mane. anal Franca. To loan money, receive deposits,
and to do a general Banking linaluess.
F lan was one of the late firm of Laporte.
Mason k Co.. of Towanda. Pa., and hie knowledge tat
t ho linsinese men of Bradford and adjoining counties
and haring been in the banking tinniness for about
fifteen years 'mke this honer a desirable one through
which to make colleetione. 0. F. MASON,
Towanda, Oct. 1, IR(d. A. G. MASON.
fp - A D i ' - 0 RD - t
COUNTY
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
H. B. McKEAN, RE.\ L ESTATE AcErr.
Va! a6le Farms, 31111 Properties, City and Town
Lots for sale.
nroperty for sale will find it to their
r..chrtt2 ; :, by Lasting a description of the R311:14..
t rri.l• of sale at tit!s a,tt•Dcy, as parties are constaltly
esstoinuii for farina, fge. H. 11. MCKEAN,
Real Eetate Agent
r):11.-e over 7dason's Bank, Towanda. ra.
29. lAGT.
V - EW YIIIM!
NT 11 - GOODS A ND LO TV PRICES!
I=
TRACY HOLLON,
1.. latalvra in Orocenca and Proviainno. Draw.
Keno...tit. Oil. Lan - 11K. Chonney,a.
, (1
stuff, l•amt1114. Varnili. Yank, N.,
Cozara and Snuff. Pure turd
of Ow beat quality. tor medicinal purpn....en
.1;4 at tile s..ry lowest prices. Ire
-I'll, ear.4ll;ly odapounded at all hours of tL
Give nay a call.
TRACY A lIOLLON.
nr , .1.1, June 24. ISO—ly.
CHEAP PASSAGE FROM OR TO-
IRELAND OR ENGLAND. •
o CM!: A CO..ti LLNE OT NTEAMNRIPS FROM OR TO
=ll
Union's old Black Star Line of Liv
Packets. aallaw every u-eek.
Lino Packet !rota or to Loudon
vollrvz tw, a month.
It..outtancca to England. Int:laud and Scotland pay
ahlt. ou demand.
further parlieulars. apply to Williams S: Cosion
timid's - ay. New York. or
6. F. SEASON It. CIS.. Banters.
Towanda. Fa.
MEM
p A. TENTSt
J. N. DEXTER, Solicitor of Pottothc,
73 nnoAR STREET, WAVERLY, N. T
Trepan'' , driniinge, 'peeing - atone and all paper',
in making and properly combusting Appli
,,toms for PATENIN in the UNITED STATES and Poll
-1•.,. Cour:rum& So cuktuit Lti L 4 NaUcrNSFUL
c AND NO ATIDENET'S FEE TO PAT UNTIL PATENT
p.,TIINED.
&Vitt IG. 1 eeD-ti
(-) w. rEv ENS, COUNTY SUR
.
• VEYOR. Caruptown, Bradt-int Co., Pa. Thank.
b,.lus many employers for -past patronage, would
r. , roectfully inform the citizens of Bradford County
that he is mein:red to do any work in Matins of bind
that may - be entruated to _him. Thaw haling
pntod hues would do well to have their property
a...nrately .ura melt before allowing themselves to
~! ..tmeved by their neighbors. All work warrant.
so far ea the nature of the ease 'will per-
All utipateuted lands attended to as soon as
,A . r.ute are otgoune.l. 0. W. STEVENS.
lhb
N'EW PLANING BITLT, !
mATeLtING. RE-SAWIItG, MOULDINGS.
B. Inghsif• Woolen ractori
Sam nitll, tn
C.iMPTOSVS, P&VN'd:
IIEIVY SIX ROLL PLAN.NO AND MATCHING
MACHINE
in .!larg v cf an experienced Mdchanin
inis"nc may exp e ct a .
GOOD JOB EVERY TLIII
r•rti the. I:..estll eniamenieht of thi.
1. - ..ne at all !masons Of the
• • .7 4 II I . ll lUM . tinn with the imp
1.• ut folnher t
STEWART IB
,A 0. \lay !WM.-1y
CA NNE I) FRUITS OF ILL
C. 11. PATCH'S.
EIS"
t lARGE ASSORTMENT OF
' -.ten Wtre st CVMP3.I.
popular Hotel having been thoroughly fitted and re
paired. and furnished throughout with new and ele
gant Furniture. will be open for the reception of
A NR'E STOCK OF CHRO3IOS i g ueet., On SATCIIPAY. ALLY 1, 18419. Neither expense
-I , -:iii Liigravilige at ~,„„. 0. ... I nor pains has been spared. in rendering this Roust
'...f.f.`f___. a model hotel in all its arrangements. A superior ,
THE BEST SYRUPS IN TOW . N : quality Old Burton Ale, for invalids. just reseired. ,'
, April 211, 11 4 e9.
-L ou drauglit at COWELL k BITER'S. ' -
_. . . _.
--r--
I cLOUR, FEED AND MEAL I FISH- SHAI), MACKAREEL,
Icerrng. Ciseewa, 11alateut, Codfoli.
- sold cheap. at OUWI:I.L A 111T.W.S. March 1, le. W. A. ROCKWELL'S.
ALVORD & CLAVIWOM
VOLUME XXXI:
Pligissiotta CAI*
AMPS WOOD, Arroluna. Ant
Comicurts, as LmTerwasaa. Ps.
it : • • ar "
Wif. FOYLE, ATTORNEY AT
.s.v..Towatida, Pa. Ofibm with Masan
Smith, south aide 'germ's Block. April 14,10
GEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT Le It e W. Offirairtier of Main and
IffL EC9I4.
Pa. ATTORNEY AT
. Law. Y
Towanda. Cllice aver the e.
kery..south of the Ward Housk end merits the
Court.Homme. tart 3, '63.
LP. wirsaisTort.
• ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA..
South elide of Ilerctir's New Block. up stars
April 31,'76—t4
XV' 41. CARNOCEAN, MOE
.. • XIV AT LA gletriet Attorney for Bred ,
lora ColtuffbrfoY,Pa. Ilectionsmedeand i roPix
ly remitted. feb . lB,' If.
JOHN N. CA_LIFT ATTORNEY
EN AT LAW, Towands„Pa. athrdion pit
on to Orphans' Omni. brininess. Ordineyanring and
Conectinins Mir Otlice at thn fterAider and Recor
der's Waco, /tenth of Um Court Howe.
• Doe. 1, W 4.1
nVERTON & XESBRtE,
NET'S AT LAW, Towanda,. Pa.. baring entered
Into copartnership. offer their prolesslenal services
to the public. Special attention given to I:canines'
In the Orphan's and Begtster's Courts. - apll4lo
E. OVERTON, IR., N. C. RUM
P ENJ. M. PECK, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, Towanda, N. All bnainess entrnated
to his earn will receive • prompt attention. Office In
the office lately occupied by ?demur A. Morrow s south
of Ward Holm, up stairs. July 16,'68.
AfERCUR & DAVIES, /MOR-
I-TA ♦'r Law. Towanda. Pa. The undersigned
having associated themselves together in tbopiartice
of Law. offer their professional services to the public.
ITLYBBF9. VERCUIt. W. T. DANIES. •
March 9. 1870.
TORN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
Law, Towanda, Bradford Co., Ps.
GENEitAL INSLTUNCE AGENT.
Particular attention paid to Collections and Orphans'
Court bnsineaa. Offlce—Mercur's New Block, north
side Public Square. apr. 1. 'GD.
TOWANDA. PA
ior . B. MoKEA N, ATTORNEY
AND CoI:MAT-MOE AT LAW, Towanda. Pa. PIU ,
Dentar attention paid to business in the Orphans'
Crout, • July 20. 'M.
EfEl
INT B. KVA 4LY, DENTIST. OF
• Bee over 'Wickham k Black's. Tomulda, Pa.
May 24. '7O.
D" .
ELY & TRACEY, associate
rrectitioners. permanently located.Burllngton,
lirwifor‘l county. Pa. mays'7o .3m*
DR. DUSENBERRY, would an
uounce that in compliance with the mimed of
his numerona friends, he is now prepared to admin
ister Nitrous Oxide, or Laughing Gas. for the pain
less extrartion of teeth.
Leltaysville, May 1870,—1y
M. TINGLEY, Licensed Auc
' • Unneer, Rome. Pa. All calla promptly attend•
rd tn. • Mayo,lB7o
TAR. _H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
01110. in Pattou'S Block, over Gore's Drag and
Cb'Smical Store: Jan I, 'GR.
TE. H. A. BARTLETT, Pit yxician
and Surgnm, Sugar Ron. Bradford County. Pa.
Offiee at reAnlence formerly occupied by Dr. Ely.
ann.lo. I 559..tf
A 310 S P - ENSYPAcKEH, HAS
471.. inzain established hiinsidf in the TAILORING
Shop over lirkwell's Store. Work of
every description done In the latest styles.
Towanda. April 21. Is7o.—tf
7775
T U. BEACH, "M. D., Physn,tan
1.4• and Surgeon. TnWanda. P 3. Perticular Mien
tiou paid to ail Chronic Diseases, and Diseases st
Females. Oftlee at his residence on Weston 'Urea,
east of WA. Overtou's. n0v.11,69,
MYER k FROST
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADU-
Me (Idle College of ••Physicians and SW - genus,"
New - Tort city, Chum 1343-4, gives exclusive attention
to the practice of his pmfession. Mee and residence
en the co-tern Mope of Opisell 11111, adjoining Henry
Llowe'a. jun 14. '69.
OANIP & VINCENT, INSURANCE
.tocrirs.—Ofilce formerly occupied by Morcur
)I.irrow. one door south of V,*arti flour.e_ •
T. 11. caur. mavlo-'7O
w. a. visa - ENT !
LEWIS RHEBE,IN, Fashionable
Tailor. Rooms over Aspinwall's Store. Towan
da. Pa. oet.S. 69.
FOWLER. REAL ESTATE
IL• DIALER. No. 160 R'sahington Street, be
tween LaSalle and Wells Streets. Chicago, Illinois.
Real Estate purchased and !gold. Inveannenta mad°
and Money Loaned. May 10.'70.
TRESS - 11AKFT.s,TC4, PATTERN ,
111 CrTTING AND FITING in all fashionable
stvh-s on short notice. noo3ts to Mereur'a Neer
Irock. Mutt-at., over Porter k Kfrhy's Drug Stgye.
MRS. IL E. GARVIN.
Towanda. Pr... April 13. 1870.' '
11 B. HOLLETT, MONROETON,
1.1• smut for the Hubbard Moyer, Empire
Drill. Ithaea Wheel Rake, and Broadcast Sower for
snaring Plaster and all kinds of Crain. Send for cir
culars tq It. i ii. lioLurrr, Monroeton. Brarßord Co..
Pa. ; june 24,419-Iy,
ITAIR WORK OF. ALL KINDS,
1 .ut h ae soxrrrnEs. CFRLS. BRAIDS. FM2-
FITS. A.C..; made In the beot 11.11.11 UT and latent atyle,
at the Ward Holiae Barber shop. TerlllMreaaonable.
Towanda. Per. 1. If. 9.
- 4 1 lANCIS E. POST, PAINTER.,
Tiny:mita. Pa.. with ten yi.arm exii.trioniv. In con
tidrn: ho nive tin: 14. st In Painting.
ralnitw, Staining.. Glazing,
ta.P a r ctthar attention paid to Jobbinn in the
'entry. aftril 9. ',la.
TOHN DITNFEE, 131,AI! IiSJI I TIT,
iNitoETON. PA., paya partieuiar attention to
ironiniy llneniea. Wagon... Sleigha. ka. Tire act and
requiriuedone on ahort notice. Work and charges
guar utrnl satlxfactory
DR. DIILIIICK D. SMITH. Stir
g•wn rtml IMraflsf. Dr. SMIT i WOW(' respeetful
ly inform the inhabitants of Towanda and skinny.
that he has permanently heated bingwlf here, where
he will be happy to serve all sato may stand in need
.4' his professional services. Dr. Smith has recently
removed iron, the site of Philadelphia. Vibere he has
had a city and country practice for over twenty years
shish be thinks will enable him to do the moat diffi
cult work in his line of business. Teeth inserted,
from one to a full set. on-all kinds of Maternal used
in the profession. Special attention given tothe say
ing of the natural teeth Teeth extratded without
pain. Dr. Smith administers 7lf growl Oxide Gait.
Chloroform, Ether and the Freezing process. Give
hint a call. Dr. Smith attracts the natural teeth and
inserts astincial sad for twenty dollars. Rooms op
posite McCabe k Mix's store. Main street.
Towanda. April ; 21. 1870.—tf
REENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
N.JI well-known house, having meently been rent
toil and supplied with new flu-Mt:ire, will 1* found a
pleagaut tetreat for pleasure seekers. Board by the
week or mouth on reasonable terms.
E. W. NIIAL, Prop'r.
(ireemeboil. April 20. lA7o.—tf
WARD HOT:Sp., TOWANDA, PA.
123:11121
TEMPERANCE HOTEL !—Sitna
tf.4l on the north-west corner of gain and, FJizi
heth streets, opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory.
Jurymen and others attending court will especi
ally find it to their advantage to patronize the Tem
perance IfoteL R. M. DROWN. Propr.
Towanda. Jan. 11
DINING .ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY,
Near the Court House.
We are prepared to feed the hungry at alDtimes of
the day and evening. Oysters and Ice Cream in
their seasons.
March 30. ISTOI
ELWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA-
JOHN C. 'WILSON
Raring leased this House, is now ready to &cool/Imo-.
date the travelling pads' . No pains nwretpense.
be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give
him a ran.
4-North fide of the pubbe square, east of ker.
new block.
UMAIERFIELD CREEK HO-
ink purchsand and thoroughly Milted thla old
well-known stand. formerly kept by Sheriff tirif
st the mouth of Rommerneld Criek, is ready to
good accommodations and 'satisfactory treatment
all who way favor bins with a call.
Stki—t(.
11 EA N S HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA.. Jomor S liorrox. Prctprietnrs.. This
s ~:;:~~^
, r
EMI
=I
Hotels
On Main Street, near the Court Hauge
- 4, C. T. &MTH!. Proprietor
D. W. SCOTT k CO
TEL.
PETER LANDIT&S.SER.
etuthb_todtp.
AMILY icnieui roam.
-- • .
Me rodi Eyeing
tchulden Upon in incident whore a :olook
bor offered to znake's Teiorlarogy conift*table;
and provide for the child, it ono of seven iron
given to him:)
"Which shall it be? Which shall it ker,.
I looked at John—John looked at me t
(Dear, patient John, who loves Me yet,;',
As well as though my /oda were jet,) "-
And when I &mid that Imndspeak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak;
"Tell me again what licked said r
And then I listening bent my_ head;
"This is his letter s—, '
'twiner o' -
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, D:uns oat ?lint Seven,
One child to me foe aye is given."'
• I 1613ked at John's old garments worn,
thought of all that John had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven months to feed,
Of seven littlo children's need,
And then of this.
"Come, John," said I,
" Well choose among them as they lie
Asleep ;' so„,walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our blad e —,
First to the 'cradle lightly stepped, . .
•
Where Lilian the baby slept.
A glory saint the pillow white ; •
Softly the father stooped to, lay
His rough hand down in loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily ho said—" Not her, net her."
• We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of lamplight. shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so pitiful and fair ;
I saw on Jamie's rough, red cheek,
A tear uudried. Ere John could speak,
" He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him' as we hurried by.
Pale, patient Itobbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
"No, for a thousand ermine, not him,"
He whispered, while our eyea were dint ;
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward sot!,
Turbulent, reckless, idle ono—
Could he he spared? "Nay; lie who gave
Did us befriend him to the grave ;
Only a mother's heart can be
Patient enough for such as he.
And so," said:John, "I would not dare
To send him from her bedside prayer."
Then stole we softly up above .
And knelt by Mary, child of lore,
"Perhaps for her 'Would better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently ,
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in wilful way,
And shook his head, "Nay love, not thee." ,
The while my heart beat audibly,
Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and faithful, good and glad—
So like his fa;ther. "No, John no—
I
cannot, trill not; let him go."
And so we wrote", in courteous Ivey,
We could not drive one child away ;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth. that not one face
We missed from itssccustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the Hhvcn,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven !
titsallantows.
RISTORIOAL ADDRESS.
[The following was read at a meeting of the
Bradford County Teachers' Association, held at
Orwell, by Dr. t. P. Com-nri
The three townships of which I am
to- speak, viz : Orwell, Windham and
Warren, are bounded as follows : On
the north by the State of New York,
on the east by Susquehanna county,
ou the south by Pike, Herrick and
Rome, and on the west by Litchfield,
containing about 108 square miles.
The surface is very uneven, still
there is but a small . portion that is
not susceptible of cultivation. • The
timber is prin&ipally hemlock, birch,
beech and maple, but in some locali
ties, cherry, whitewood, basswood;
pipe, and white and black ash are
found.
The soil is principally gravel and
loan).
The streams which drain the wa
ters to, the Susquehanna rise here.
They at•o the Apalachin, the north
branch of the Wyalusing, the Wysox,
and the Wappasuning. They afford
good water power for running ma
chinery on a small scale.
The soil produces very good crops
when properly tilled, but winter grain
is quite subject to winter-kill, except
the first. crop. They consist of wheat,
rye, oats, barley, corn, potatoes, grass
and flux. The farmers, of course,
raise good cattle, horses, sheep and
hogs, but as yet the expense and 'in
convenience of marketing their pro
duce is-a serious hindrance to their
prosperity; but notwithstanding that,
the energy and untiring perseverance
of the inhabitants have brought them
to a state of independence scarcely
exceeded by their more fortunate
ne4hbors who settled along the val
ley of the Susquehanna. Before these
lion-hearted men the forests bare
disappeared and given place to broad
meadOws of grass and extensive fields
of grain ; and now, instead of the
forest.:resounding with the axman's
blows; is heard the click of the mow
ing machine and the rumbling of the
thresher.
187122
Previous to 1798, the territory
which is now known as Orwell, Wind,
ham and Warren, - was an unbroken-,
wilderness, inhabited by a very few
Indians and the wild beasts which
roamed unrestrained over the hills
and through the valleys, iu search of
the food which the God of Nature
had furnished for them without any
care or forethought on their part.
In 1798, James Bowen Wm. Ar
nold, Mr. Harding and Mr. Gibson,
came into what is now called War
ren, but then it was called Martell,
and made a clearing on the south
branch of the Wappasuning creek, at
a place called for many years "Ahe
old clearing." But they ascertained
that they were not on the tract of
land that they designed to settle on,
and after .obtaining the first
abandoned it and went farther north
to a place which has been known ever
since as " &men Hollow," where
James Bowen built a grist mill on
the Middle'branch of the aforenien
tioned stream.
In the spring of 1800, Ebenezer
Coburn, and his brother, Jonathan
Cobttin,-and their sons, came from
Coninkticut and bought under Con
neCticut title 23,040 acres of land,
,and made a clearing .on the same
farm where Ebenezer, Jonathan, and
and their sons—at least some of
them, viz : Ebenezer's sons, Parly,
Ebenezer, Amos, Andrew, Nehemiah,
and Jonathan's son, George—lived
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they-learned that thbir title to land
Tras good for' nothing ' e iif
you bon, tho effeot•that it idiot have
had tilt thenitia 'how 'thiiitheirine;
ney 'was t3lent and theix antielpations
at once dashed `to` the - earth, and they
left here n si viildernessEiof lilmosetat-
limited extent: Withott Money, with
but land, and almost with Out
nOiSarten bf expotted not , only to
thepriyationt andltarkhipa of pio
neer life, but to -- Inthleed attacks of
wild beam' I think that men of less
=fair and eneraWcitild have quail
ed Underr‘snehffiale j. " not so with
our pioneer' fathers. hey, `were'the
men • who COCK with courageous'
hearts and stalwart Arms; c ourageous'
grapple with andnvercome - evee'y ob
stadi in the wet of their - making a
home for us their deicendants.
In 'the spring .of 1801; Ebenezer
Colinna and family; Jonathan Coburn
and family, and Clement Corbin and
family, moved from Connecticut to
the new settlement in Martell-;4fter
ward Warren—where they found
James Bowen, Wm. Arnold, Mr. Fair
banks and Gibson, with their
families, who had moved in the sea
son before and made clearings in the
previously unbroken wilderness. The
:wild beasts 'of the forest supplied
them with meat; and they lard the
whole .country on the Susquehanna
river from Wysoz to Binghamton un-,
der contribution.for their bread, and
at times found a scanty supply there;
and the difficulty of obtaining it we
who have roads and horses and wa
gons can have no adequate idea of.
One of the first settlers of Windham
told me that a comrade .and himself
carried four bushels of wheat on horse
back over two "hundred miles to get
it ground, and Seneca Allyn, who is
now living in Warren, says-..he went
with e horse to the Wysox fiats,
thence up the river to Owego, before
he could find any grain that he could
buy; and he bought two bushels of
wheat, put it into a skiff because there
was no' way to get his horse across
the river. He then took the grain on
his shoulders and carried it two and
a-half miles to get it ground, then
shouldered it again and brought it
back to the river, where - his horse
was left fasting for the very good rea
son that he could get nothing for him
to eat. By this t' e Old Sol had re
tired behind the • . tern hills, and
left Owego—which wi • then a village
of one house and g store—as well
as the mill, lying hi total darkness.
How, then, to get home, which was
at least 13 miles distant and no road
except marked trees; was the ques
tion which would have puzzled a phi
losopher; but there was no time or
place for philosophizing and imme
diate action was required ; so the
young hero put the bags on the horse
and started down the river. After
traveling about a mile he came to a
house Where he put up for the night,
got a sheaf of oats for his horse, and
went to bed supperless. Morpheus
soon had him in her sweet embrace,
from which he was not released until
Old Sol, as if ashamed of the abrupt
manner in which he left our hero, be
gan to send his golden rays athwart
the eastern horizon, as much as to
' say, " I will now help you out of your
trouble "-; and Allyn, taking the hint,
arose and started, but not quite nn
derstaudiug the directions about the
path; entered the wrong one, and af
ter traveling two or three miles, came
to the end of it, and there was no al
ternative but to right-about-face and
retrace his steps, which he did, and
by the time he reached the house
where . he stayed, the demands of his
stomach for food were too imperious
to be longer disreg arded, and he call
ed for breakfast a nd obtained a small
piece of johnny-cake and some milk
which was soon disposed of, and he
started again for home where he ar
rived in safety that day, having, how
ever, called at Amos 'Coburn's, where
he was cordially received and quick
ly supplied with food for himself and
horse ; and he thinks now it Was the
sweetest meal he ever ate in his life.
During Inc summer - or fall of 1800,
the first white child was born in War
ren—a son of Janies Bowen—and
named Harry ; and a few weeks . la
ter Benedict Arnold was born ; and
August 10, 1801, A. S. Coburn, son
of Party Coburn, was born. In 1801
there were 14 taxables, viz : Ar
nold,-J. Bowen, Henry Billings, Eb
enezer Coburn, Party Coburn, Jona
than Coburn, Moses Coburn, Jr,
Amos Coburn, Pason Corbin; Thos.
Gibson, Ebenezer Lee, Roswell Lee.
In 1802 James Bowen built a 'grist
mill on the middle branch of the Wap
pasmiing. creek, near the center of
Warren, the' materials for Which were
furnished by the landholders, Baron
& Ives. In 1803 Win: Arnold and
Mr. Harding'went to "Sheshequin to
buy meat and bought 100 pounds of
pork, divided it equally and started
for home. Snow having fallen to
some depth and no track, Mr'. Ilar
ditg being the weaker man; failed
when not far froth where Potterville
now is, and Mr. 'Arnold left him to
get help ; but when help came they
found him a . stiffened corpse. k
At this time they had to go to Owe
go to have shoes set on their horses.
In 1807 B. Leo taught the first
school. First death of an adult by
disease was Thede Corbin. About
this time missionariee visited the set
tlement, hunting up the lost cheep of
the house of Israel. Among these
self-sacrificing men were Rev. Wood
ward,
Rev. Seth Williston, Rev.
Kingsbury, Rev. Hill, Rev. Treat,
Rev. Bascom, Rev. West, and per
haps some others, and the .zeal and'
perseverance with which they laber
r ed in their Master's. Mille, I think
might well be held up as an example
for the ministers of the present day.
And the untiring'energy,exhibited by
the people in collecting together to
hiar the gospel, from miles around,
, on foot or on ox-sleds, without roads,
. or through the mud, in little log ca
bins, is a standiegreprootto us, their
descendants, for the indifference with
, which we treat the preaching of .the
I gospel and the means of grace. In.
. the Coburn settlement they establish
, ed and kept a reading meeting, as it
, was called, for years before there was
a man among-them who could pray
in publie. They obtained a prayer
book and used that. They were far
from being Episcopalians.
Oh ! hOle vivid are my recollections
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of theeditis little' later • iaY
mother busied.berself is her tlooin;
making with het; 011111 buidath3 cloth
nefeAluu"Y` tqallield her little ones
fion3 the winter's chilling - windi,
ishile I was to hind - quills or pickup'
the shuttle if it dropped wider the
loom. I remember, - foo, how cheer
fully she sang as she darted the shut
tle from side to side of the.' web, or
picked up and tied the broken threadei
We are s garden willed arm,
Chosen and made peculiar ground;
A little [pot enclosed
wilby=ese."
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sant reco ll ections forther,-hat I hope
I shall be pardoned for the expression
of an earnest -. &mix' e ere long O. see
that sainted mother and hear her
sang another - and better AB•iing,. aye,
and be permitted to join with her at
least in the chorus!
I cannot recount the privations,
tons and hardships endured by those
pioneers in the wilderness, but .I have
reasonlo believe that they were so
well adapted to their circumstances
that they had a large shire Of hap
piness in anticipation of future com
fort, rest and ease, yclich seemed but
oat before them.
'As ,there is such similarity at the
muniF time and under the same cir-
cumatances, I will not weary you with
the repetition of what I have said of
Warren, but simply say that Truman
Johnson, Asahel Johnson, Major
Wells, Theron Darling, Frisbie,
Francis Marsuson, J. Marsuson S.
Griswold, Josiah Grant, Cyprion
Grant, • Win. Rainy, John' Rainy,
Libbeus Roberts and Curtis Robert,
son, of Orwell, and Jeptha Brainard,
Darius Brainard, rovi Brainard, Dan
iel Doan, Thomas Fox and Edmund
Russell, of Windham; encountered
and overcome the same privations,
hardships and toils that the Warren
settlers had to meet, and there is a
striking similarity in the prosperity
of the three townships, as shown by
their records, viz :
No. of inhab. in
Yr. AZ Warren.
1814
824 • 129
831 221
844 304
8.51 , 395
It6B
Orwell
19
824 148
1891 214
lIIMIEZI
1854 ffi3._
IVindharu
8
1831 166
844 207
83 , 1 ' 282
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During this time the immense for
ests have given place to extensive,
verdant meadows and pastures, as
well as luxuriant fields of golden
grain. Log huts have disappeared,
and commodious, comfortable houses
have been erected on their sites.
Hovels to capaciods barns, which are
filled with hay and grain, horses and
cows. Stone walls and good ' rail
fences, where log and slosh fences
were the divisions between farms and
lots.
Neither did those noblemen neg
lect to cultivate the intellectual, mor
al and religious faculties -Tof them
selves and their families, en. I find
that a Miss Clarissa Woodruff taught
school in Orwell in 180 and Laura
Frisbie a year or two afterward, and
as early as 1807-8 Roswell Lee taught
a school in Warren. In 1805, A. S.
Coburn was sent to Orwell to Miss
Frisbie, and he thought at the close,
of three months it was hard because
he eould'not stay and play a week
with Mr. Frisbie's boys ; so you Secs'
boys were fond of play then as well
as now.
I think there were no school-honses
until some time afterward, but the
schools taught in part of the dwel
ling-houses. I will describe one of
the school-houses in those days, when
they were built. It was built of huge
logs laid up cob-house fashion, so
high that it would ,be About six feet
between floors. The floors were laid
down loose, BO that the scholars
might take up a board to obtain
whatever they dropped through the
cracks. The crevices between the
logs were chinked with pieces of wood
fitted for that purpolle, and then an
abundance of mud was spread on to
make them tight The fire-place was
from four to six feet long, and about
the same height, with large flat stones
set up on the edge for the jambe, and
the mantel-piece was of wood, which
would frequently take fire in cold
weather. Many a time have I been
`sent to get snow to put it out. • The
desks were made by boring in the
logs and putting in pins for the shelf
to lie on. The seats were made - of
slabs, with pegs put in for legs. They
used to be furnished with a cross
legged table 'and a borrowed chair, or
none at aIL Thus fitted out we were
ready for a teacher, and they would
not employ one unless he could read,
write and cipher'es fir as reduction.
Allow me to contrast the present with
the past in this respect • Then there
were perhaps 20 scholars in the three
townships—now there are 900. Then
there were two jog school-houses—
now there are 34, most of them good,
convenient, comfortable framitd and
painted houses. Then the teachers
were not required to understand
grammar, geography or. philosophy,
and a very limited knowledge of arith
metic was sufficient. Now the teach
er is required by lair to have a thor
ough knowledge of theft' all, and be
able., to explain the principles on
which - they are based. Then the
school-books were limited in quanti
ty and inferior in quality—now they
are plenty and of a.superior quality.
Then there were no tract societies,
temperance societies; bible societies,
or any charitable institutions. Now
we have then} all. ' Then they had no
houses of worship—now they have
tolerably well finished houses dedi-,'
aged to the worship of God. Then
there was but very little, if any,
preaching—nOW they have more or
lea religious service every week, land
• about ten preachers of the- gospel.
Then they had no Babbath-schools—
now there is one in almost every
neighborhood. The following de
nominations are represented i namely:
Prest7terian, Methodist Episcopal
and Wesleyan Methodist, Baptist,
Free-will . Baptist, Universalist, but
quite too large a proportion of the
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peopl
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The fast church was on Cori
well ;Hilt At wrui, &Methodist church.
The second in Warren—Presbyterian
Since tiine. - Warren
has' built three, Onvell ?three; and
Windhamtwo houses for ,worship.
' I will recapitulate :1816, Congre
gational church: organized with 14
members, Of whom 8 lived in War
ren and 6" in °rive% '.with Rev.. S.
King,. pastor. 1822, there visa's re
vival In:Warren, and 43 persons join
ed the church,. Soon after this the
&MTh was divided, but Mr. King
continued to preach in both church
es. 1836, they numbered 112 ; in
1846,. 135 ; in .1858, 90 ; 1868, 55.
At n very early day a Ik4ptist godly
was formed in Warren, of which I
could ;lett find:a member or hardly a
trace. They were called Old School,
and by some "iron-sided " Baptists.
I was told that a lady now living pre
sented herself for examination with
a view of uniting with that church,
and the questions propounded to her
the following : "Do you believe im
mersion is the only mode of bap
tism?" "Yee." "Do you believe it
is right to belong to 'a missionary so
ciety?'`' " Yes." "Do you believe in
tract societies, temperance societies,
abolition Fixietiek Sunday-schools,
or any other , benevolent society ex
cept the church?" to which she gave
affirmative answers, and the minister
then said. "We do not want you."
I have been thus particular with this
case to show you that progress is the
watchword of christians, and especi-
ally bf the Baptists. In 1844 a New
Schbol Baptist elnirch was organized
at
Nit
arren Centre of 28 members"; in
185 there were 90 ; 1860; Ift3, and
in 868 there were 115 members.
They have a flourishing Sunday
schobl of from 50 to 100 scholars.
InlB4l a Free Baptist church was
organized at Warren Centre of nine
members ; 1852, 39 ;-1168, 57. They
also sustain a good Sunday-school,
and both churches- hawk permanent
ministers laboring with fhem; and it
is but just to say that they exert a
very salutary influence for the good
of the - community. The M.E. Church
have two classes in Warren. I oh-
Value
i 11,148
76,156
81,979
91,594
146,550
209,464
tained the record of but one, which
was formed in 1850, 37 members ; in
1860 there were 25 and 1868, 33 mem-
24,928
32,867
61,187
® 102,980
• - 113,860
187,83.5
bers ; and I believe the other class is'•
as large or larger.
I have made considerable effort to
obtain similar 'statistics—but have
not succeededfrom Orwell and
Windham. I will say, however, that
from the information which I could
obtain, I am convinced
. that progress
and improvement is the Motto of the
inhabitants, as it was. of their fathers
and grandfathers, in agricultural, in
tellectual, moral and religious . sci
ences.
8,877
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ird2l
M2l
112,980
177,166
It would perhipa have pleased
some better if I bad tom you how
Parly Coburn and his wife went 2:5
miles on horseback, having but one
horse, to' attend a wedding or 'that
Amos built the first framed house in
Warren and had - the first house .
warming," and all the/good people
in Martell—some •on/foot, some - on
horSeback and some - On oz-sleds—al.-
tended, and how they "fiipped the
light fantastic-. toe ;;,' or how they
we'it to pal . ties in store troughs drawni ;
by oxeb, and,a, thousand ,sources of
enjoyment Which we can no more ap
preciate now than they could 'our
sources of amusement the present day
then.
I will now just refer to the incon
veniencee in cases of sickness in the
new settlements. In 1800 Ebenezer
Coburn was attacked with fever, and
they had no bed but borrowed Mrs.
Bowen's. She, however, was soon
taken sick, and the bed must be re
turned. They then look the sick - man
on a horse and carried him to. Mr.
Frisbie's, in Orwell, about 8 miles.
Parly„ Coburn then - went to Tiog,a
Point fiir a doctor, and.asihe record
has it, the doctor came anct gave him
some physic and he felt better. He
recovered, and the settlers enjoyed
good_degree of health till 1814. Then
came au epidemic fever which threat
ened to sweep off the . whole colony.
It was very difficult to obtain medi-
cal assistance. At Binghamton was
Dr. Lusk, 25 miles ; .itt Owego was
Dr. Waldo, 12 miles ; at Wa.ppasun-:
ing Corners was Dr. Gonialiel Bar
stow ; at Tioga Point was Dr. Hits-
ton ; at the mouth of Wysos creek
was Dr. Warner, and up the creek
about four miles was - Dr. Seth T. Bar
stow, and no toads to either place,
and there were not well persons to
care for the sick. Ebenezer Coburn,
Jonathan Coburn, George Coburn,
Jacob Allyn, George Pendleton, John
Pendleton, Mr. Spaulding and wife,
Mrs. Bowen and Mrs. Tripp died:..
Thenthere was no unusual sickness
--at least no epidemic—until the
winter of 1824-5, when Amos Co
burn's family were visited with fever,
and Amos Coburn and his wife, his
daughter and adopted son, and Par
ly Coburn's wife, died. These were
the most fearful epidemics. I think,
that ever visited these townships. I
think it may be called atealthy coun
try. •
T. have thus hastily run over, in a
very imperfect manner, the history
of these three townships, and I leave
this sketch, imperfect as it is, hoping
that something may be gleaned from
it which may instruct and interest
those who may hate an opportunity
to pew •
THE thus
' commei to call
the " d 4 jat thii
change is to be we do not even con
jecture; but we see in the heavens
themselves some traces of the de
structive elements, and some indica
tions of their power. The fragments
of broken planetti, the descent of me
teoric stones upon the globe, the
wheeling comets welding their loose
,materials at the solar surface, the'
volcanic eruptions on our own satel
lite, the appearance of new stars and
the disappearance of others, are all
,foreshadows 'of that impending con
vulsion to,which the entire system
of the world is doomed. Thus plat.-
ed . on a planet which is to be burnt
up, aud under heavens that are to
- passtiway—thits treading, as it were,
on tile cemeteries of former. worlds,
and dwelling in the mausoleums-of
othei planets—let us learn the lesson
of humility and wisdom.
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ERNE
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soaaLs ~ rase. ,
Ten de not epcour man,
That hla demi fa morals W. bare;'
Tell ma not that la day pillawe
Is a woman's ei7aajy,bze: i
Tell not lasl)*Jalzma*,
Thai 6ii parentage G 10S , ; •
IS be bone tiuhieapliou Y..
l'hat M all I . rim to lu2on:
t. Itie word to be relied on/ . '
-Ifailihteltarieter no blame? .
Thent I lie not it he's low born—
Then I nirt what's hid name.
Would he teen in tteitist:nothin . '
Tarn awspunth soornnit eye?
Would he, #4ll defaine another
Bawler
on the msfrold
Would he spend his had gained walks
Oi a brother is
Would he succor the afflicted, •
And the weak one's wrong redress? .
Then ho is a man deserving
Of My lore ind my esteem,
And !cake not what his birthplace,
In the oyes of man may
Let iebia s a low-thatehod hovel,
Let it be a clay-bnilt cot, •
Let if be the the parish workhouse—
In my eyes it =item not. -
And if otberiwill disown him •
As inforior to their taste,
Let them do It—fl befriend him
Asa brother to the last. •
TOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
THE RUNAWAY HORSE.
"I think George Bronson ,, is just
as mean as he can be, - and I hate
him; so
one
exclaimed Charley
Fisk, one day, rushing ..into • his
mother's room and throWing his cap
at poor pussy, who was startled out
of a snug nap?:
" Hate is a pretty strong word,"
said his mother, looking up from her
work. •
"I know it is, but if I could find•
something stronger I would use it ri
"Do tell me what las happened
_o
turn my-pleasant-looking boy in / t,tim
ugly little bear ?" said Mrs. Fisk ":It
must be quite dreadful, lam tire."
" Well, you see he is ahva • at the
head of his classes , and it akes him
rl t
such a p 'O.. I toldi him,,so to-day,
too. He ughed at me because. I
couldn't' et a sum right in com
pound interest. I don't care! I can
thrash him all to pieces; so be can't
brag about that, anyhow. • I would
rather be big and strong than any
thing else; and I should be ashamed
to be so puny as he is." - And Char
ley pressed his"big fists with satisfac
.
Lion.
"No one respects a boy just. be
cause he is big ? " said his mother.
"Do you suppose people admire one
of Grandpa's oxen more than they
do Grandpa himself, Who does good
from morning till night?"
" Oh, no," said Charley, laughing.
" And yet Grandpa. isn't half so
large."
" Well," said Charley, 3 ' there's no
thing good in George Bronson.; and
I can tell you that a good thrashing
once in a while is just what he needs.
It would bring down, his conceit ,
little."
"There is a very funny thini,
Charley; which I have often noticed,"
said' his mother. , ." And it Is this: . if
we do a kindness for another, we al
ways find something good in Aliat
urson, and generally . get to likipg
"You mean that hegets to liking
us for doing the. kindness. I should
think he had bette;" said Charley.
" No, I mean that we like him bet-
ter," replied his mother. "It. is a
beautiful fact that
. a lthnd act' draws
mien kind feeling, arid opens our
eyes to virtues where we thought
there were none."
'" I can hardly believe that," said.
Charley, 'doubtfully shaking his head.
" Try it and see," said his mother.
—But now we must get ready for
tea. Go give your face and head
good . ducking in cold water, and see
if it does "not take out a few of those
ugly wrinkles. -Then Re will go and
have the first strawberries of the sea
son."
The next day, when school-time
drew near, Charley put on his ;hat,
and, stutlina-his pockets full of ap
ples, started off, whistling in the
merriest in/tuner possible. He walk
ed along, thinking how glad he was
that vacation was coming- so soon,
and that he should then go to Grand-.
pa's, where he always hid such.fun,'
wondering whether that poor little
squirrel who broke his - leg last sum
mer was well again and lived in the
Same tree, and whether his coil had
grown Much. . • :
These thoughts were - suddenly
checked by a sight • which nearly
made heart stop beating. Direct-'
ly before him in the road. came &run
;away horse, his ears laid: back, and
altogether looking as if he Were . wild.
He was harnessed to a wagon; and,
oh! how it rattled along the road,
bouncing up and down • over the
stones, and nearly
,thrOwing. out at
every.lurch a poor little boy aittipg
in it, whose face was white with ter
ror.
" Jupiter!" exclaimed Charley, as
the frightened creature. came nearer
to him, "it's George Bronson, as true
as I'm a living boy. He will get kill
ed for certain. What shall Ido ?"
" Where is all your boasted
strength?" asked something_ in him. -
"But I might get killed," said
Charley; though as soon as the
thought was out he felt ashamed of
it.
So ho gave hiinself -11-good shake;
and picked up a long piece of. board,
which had become detaChed from the
fence, and rushed out into the road,
brandishing. it with all his might and
shouting at the top of his voice. Of
course, the frightened horse could
not hear him, for he was making
such a noise himself; but he ea* the
brave Me figure marching straight
along, and looking so determined to
stop him that he begiin to think per
haps he had better rest awhile, or he
might get a . bloW froin that big stick,"
which would make him feel uncom
fortable; So be broke into a trot,
then into a walk, and then stopped
altogether, and looked at Charley as
to say, "What business
_had you to
get in my way in this *Won?" Bnt
Charley,. patted him, called him "poor
fellow;" and it last the hOrse became
so calm that be allowed himself to be
led up to the fence and tied there.
" Now," said Charley, I must go
and see what has become of George."
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Bo he went. id the wagon; and
them was poor little George ,lymg
alinowt; under the neat, looking; , so
white that.charley at first thought
-he Mint be .dead. He took' him out .
tenderly, And laid him on the me&
":Now lie there - awhile," said Char
biy,.." till I run down to the, brook
and get a little water." '
. Of comae, George could net hear
him becsise he had fainted; but
it made it' seem more sociable,
to talk, so Zharley kept ' his tongue
going as fast as he mad.
" Howlers is nay Cap hill of war ,
ter," he spid, running back again, all.
ont.of breath. -Hold on a minute,
while I take the peanuts out of my
handkerchief; and then •I will -wring
it out so, and inithkyour face. .Tnatki
what : I have seen mother do -when
Aunt Penny goes off this way. There!
-I wonder-if that makes you feel bet
ter ? declare, there are your eyes
opening now. How do you feel, old
fellow ?" And. Charley . 'nodded and
smiled at him, and looked so cheery
that it must have been a pleasant
sight to greet the poor little sufferer
when he came back to life again.
"Where aril asked George in a
feeble voice.
"In this world, fortunately; and
you, may thank your luck that you
afe.;; - I did_ not think that you would
be here long when I •saw you flying
don'n the road behind old Kick-up
hitileels; at the , rate of nobody
knows . how • many • miles a . minute
'Gracious 1 - Now. you are off. again 1
T ought to have had the sense not to
have said" such a thing just as you
were coming back."
- But / George had i only closed his,
eyes because he was tired.' He smil
ed when he heard .Charley's words,
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" Oh, I a all right . I thought
•you would be killed when I saw the
horse aldost on you; and I think
- that was what made•me lose my sens
es, for it is thelast time I remember.
•How brave you- were V."
-" I didn't do-anzt%ing much," said
Charley, looking very foolish; for
• somehow he didn't feel haltso proud
Of himself as usual. To think
George should notice his . dangel•
when. he himself was knit on the
point of • being killed, made him
feel that •after al], there was
some courage hi 1 1 a; I no.f
con
sist in thrashing little fellows. _
" We' had 'better go home now;"
said Charley, "if you feel strong
enough. You jump into the wagon.
and I will lead old Runaway by', the
'bridie, in case he should take it into
his head to .strrt off again. There,
now you are all right. Come ailing,
Old horse,_ and show us how well yon
.can gehave. -
So they went on-, chatting all the
way, till I,they came to the house
where George lived. Then Charley
helped him out carefully, telling him
he had better lie down till he was
rested, and that be would bring him
up a book to' read that afternoon.
" Gharley," said George, " I used
to call you a bully; and I ask your
pardon. I thinh you are the bravest
boy I ever saw. Will you shake
hands and be friends ?"
" Oh, bosh!" said Charley. There's
nothing brave about me. - But I'll
take back all I ever said about, your
being- a prig ; and all that; and, 'pon
my word, I believe I ;do like you,
though." ,
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"Mother," said Char -, when he
had arrived home and shed tell
ing4her the adventure, " guess you
were right, yesterday, after all. I
think- George Bronson is a mighty
nice fellow."
' If you boys and girli shake your
heads in unbelief, as Charley shook
his at his mother's words, try the
same experiment that he did, and
see what the result will be.
'old Bishop Taylor .says:
"Marriage has in it less—of beauty
than, a - single life; but more of safety..
It is more meiry, -- but also more sad.
It is fuller of joys, but also of sor
rows: It lies under more .burdens;
hut is supported by the strength of
love, so that these burdens_ become
delightful." Sornethin. , like that,
then, is to be expected in the very
;mature of things. It is to -be found, as
the shadows cast by the truest
.and
purest BOA that ever shines in a
home. The sweetest wife that ever
lived has said things to her husband
scores of times that she would not
allow.any human being to say abon
him.; or once for all that third person
must.hear a piece of her mind ; if' it
were in a prayer meeting; and the
truest husband will now and then
makelis will,laiown to his wife in
'tones so imperious that,_ if he,
heard another utter them tplhe same
woman, it would bring him leaping
like a .lebpard at the scoundrel who
&red to speak'so to the mother, of
his children.—Rer. Robert qollyer.
BE,Soctu. Hoax„--Let parents
talk much and ialk well at home. A
father who.is habitually silent in his
own house may lie in many respects,
a wise man; but, he is not wise in his
silence.. sometimes see parents,
who are the life of every company
which they enter, dull, silent, unin
teresting. at home among the chil
dren. If they have not mental activ
ity and mental stores sufficient for
both, let them first provide' for their
own' househOld. Ireland exporta
beef and wheat, and lives on pots
toes;• and they fare as poorly who re
serve their social charms for compan
ions ahroad, and keep dullness for
home consumption. It is better to
instruct =children and make them
happy at home than it is to charm
strangers or sunrise friends. A silent
house is a dull place for • young peo
ple—a place from which they will es
cape if they can. They will talk of
think of being "shut up" there; and
the youth who does not love home is
in danger. .
THAT ''ONE . two years
past nave been laboring to eavo an
inebriate. After several relapses he
became perfectly sober and gavt
good hope of permanent reform. His
wife remarked,." If he falls again it
Things went: on smooth
ly several months. That once dark
ened home had become once more
sunny spot. But one day the re
formed man met an old friend who
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iniited 4 *.to z dimiert 1- At the
wine was furniatied, — and the , enter
taitteifinapie4 irltb iefOrinidhiebriato
to take a glass With' him. ife' knew
the min's tamer: - habits. The mi
lli Min swidkieed one glare, and
'it , toiled. the. demon isi moment.
From that hour' to this my poor,
friend has hanily semi either day,
and nothing but a miracle of Ch:id's
gam will over lal bim L froni the bot
kindes. Ai pit into which one-treselir
dap glass of champagne , hurled him
in an natant. In this clime it is not
difficult to decide who was thegreat
est sinner. , The man- who urged a
reformed inebriate to touch. drop
of,intoxicating liquors, deserves to
be iniprisoned for ten years at bard
labor. He is not' a safe person to
run at large, for where is the - moral
difference of asssainatiou with a
knife, and assassination with a " so ,
.eial glass" of poison.—Dr. Cjeyler.
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DISCIPLINE OP armorciw`
Take that gracii' ms deadness to the
world, and patientlonging for heav
en, which, an apostolic , e.wenence, -
-and, indeed in all true phristaan ex
perience, is the last and crowning
meetnesa for .the heaVeady dwelling;
and observe how it can- scarcely be ,
wrought at all in the soul-save by,
the. discipline of affliction. In the
case of the banfiiins at their first •
entrance upon the Exodus; and, in
deed, afterward, and far on in their
journeys, we find them looking back
with strong desiici to the carnal joyii
'of Egypt. And :had GOd allowed
them to pitch Ornament encamp
ment in some bright valley of palm
trees, then, still more and more had
they shrunk from the dread swellings
of the Jordon, and the unknown and
undiscovered land -beyond; and it
was only at the clime of forty years
of pilgrim wandeijn' gs, amid the pri
vatior.s and dangers of that wild and
howling wilderness, that the tried
hearts of the people yearned -with a
mighty homesickness for an estab
lishment in the civil and eclesiastical
economy of a; Canaan of , rest. And
so it is with the. Christian.' Faith,
however vigorous its exercise in the
heart of a belie.ver, is yet 'not the
positive reality but only the evidence
of things unseen end but hoped for;
and, against it, things seen and tem
poral are arrayed in a sensible and
present power,'antagonistic and
overwhelming. and God's method
of strengthening the, faith, 'till the
unseen becomes more than an equi
poise - for the sensible—is not, by
bringing out the things of eternity
in positive and visible splendor in
heaven; but by beclouding, and so
weakening, the rival glories' of time. '
Just as, in the material universe; it
is not by making the heavenly really
more lustrous, but only by bringing
night over the earthly, that God
brings out the stars.
Here is, a man—may be ' called a
Christian4-whose ea.ith k r life is full
of gladness and glory:. his dwelling
is a palace; his name is a. power in
the landli language; fair and fond
children love him; honorable nien
honor him; no Corroding sorrow tor
tures his heart; no insatiate -ambi
tion embitters hislife-spring; a happg,
and a joyous mau he is on the earth.
Now, though this man may be called
a Christian, he is not ready to die.
So rich and fair in its coloring falls
around him this massive curtain of
things temporal, that ergo. the re
vealed lustros of Eternity shine lint
faintly through; and, if the fire-car
that came 'for Enoch and -lijah
should descend visibly to his portal,,
ob ! it would be almost with the ie-
coil of a breaking heart that he look
ed the last on his princely p
igpssess
ns and said "farewell" to his be
loved household. .
But now, in the contrast, look you-
der. In that cold and comfortless
hovel lives a poor and friendless man.
Poor and friendless through no fault
ef his own'; for, to the le of God's
angels,jthat hoary head is a crown of
glory. 'Writ from plenty and gladness
God's 'mysterious providence has
stricken him as with 'a thunderbolt.
His, too, were• once a princely home
And stately children, that would have
shed thiir heart's blood as water de" .
a father so honored should have been
thus left in want., But, alas! they
are nown the grave. And with no
hand to guard, and no eye to watch,
he is friendless and alone. But conic
near and talk with him if you would'
learn the mighty power of sorrow 10 -
sanctify.. "Al ! My old - friend; this
is,a hard lot of yours, is it not ?"
"Hard ! hard ! Oh, no, no !" he says.
"It is enough for the.. disciple' that
he be.as his lraster, and my- blessed,
Redeemer had not whereon to lay
His head. Y and it will be over
soon. A littirlonger and the desert
will be crossed, and then the' Ca
naan !" " And so you are thinking
of heaven, and are willing to depart?'
" r' ha says, ".Willing! will
ing to be with the beloved dead, and
the amore belovlA Jesus! m Willing !
Why, there is not a thing now be
tween me and my Savior ! I am
athirst for the living water! I am
'homesick for glory! Come, come,
Oonie Lord Jesus, come quickly! Yes,
yes, my brethren, it 'is thus God
sanctifies—he takes away the earthly
that the heart may rise to the heav
enly. He ,tearii the bark from its
mortal moorings, that it may launch
forth toward the eternal haven. He
stirs up the nest of the slumbrous
eagle, thet, with exulting pinion; it
may Soar to the sun.
This, this is the grilcious mystery
of true heavenly .mindedness! It
was when surrounded by enemies,
thirsting for his blood; that:Stephen
saw! heaven open! It was in the
depth of the Agean poverty . and ex
ile that John beheld. the glory of the
sweeping trains along the golden
streets of the City of- Holiness! It
was upon the red sands of the Ro
man arena, when weighed down with
fetters and faint with lonely impris
onment, and surrounded by infuriat
ed heathen and wild beaits of the
amphitheatre, that the voice of Paul
rang out, with the exeltatkni of more
than a conquerer—enraptured- with
the good fight he had fought, ind
the crown of, glory thenceforth laid
up for him. .!
Yes,. my brethren, this desire to
depart and be with Christ is a crown
ing grace that • grows not, like the
palm-tree in the green valleys, where
rejoicing pilgrima pitch tent in the
wilderness,'but rather, like God's
great cedars, it needs the sweep of
the hurricane and the icy rocks of
Mt. Lebanon. Like the rainbow
- round the head of the Mighty angel,
it comes not forth 'mite brightness
along the heaven's pure azure, -but
needs for its morelustrous glory a
background of cleudl- Wadsworth ' N
ISernions.
It' amour, what lave you_ done
-with the creamy Those children can't eat akifft
milk for breakfast?""Srni, audit isn't
meself that would be afte r'the seem to
yers. I that off and gate it to the cater
Tar prettier the foot and ankle the
ewer it gets up stares.
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