Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, November 17, 1870, Image 1

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TERMS IN. - VARIA1111( CASH.
BUSINESS cam
r. M. TINGLEY. .A uct,
• Pa. All cal pr,rnntly attptid:
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T BLACK, Orneral Fire, Life,
a „, l burrorem, A fr.nt. Offire it J.
•.7 MAO, Ws -Musing Pa. jun2,"7o-Gm
A yr WALLACE KEELER,
g e,r-sF. SIGN AND Fnrsco PAINTER.
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R. REAL ESTATE
1 N.‘ Wasbine Street. be-
.$ and Wells iNtrcets. Chicago, Illinois.
1 pa-ohn d and sold. /11VC0111Pbtf. 1111th ,
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C
I~- MVEING. PATTERN
,-T-171Nii AND EITING in all faslu,nable
--• :• ROOMS in !demur's New
k Drug Store.
MRS. H. E. GARVIN.
. ‘pril 13. 1570
T \IR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
SWITCHES, CIE S. BRAIDS, FRIZ
. m the best manner and latest stele
• wr.-I House Barber Shop. Terraereasonaide.
e• Per. 1. 1!(1..).
1 - , , I'ANCIS E. POST, PAINTER,
uan , ll I's_ with ton year%l,perionee„ la (*.
• • r'• oar, eive the trst sautifacLion in, l'ainting,
staining, Glazing. Papering,. hr.
r.ttor.tion• paid to, jobbing In the
1111111 9. 'I A.
)1 - IN Pt NFEE, BLACKS.IIITII.
.; 11..NlItlET1 1 N. PA.. pays partienlar att. ntion to
•- • g; Buggies. Wanons. Sleighs, ..to. Tiro set and
-Ting done on short notice,. Work and' Charges
. hatsfavtory. 1`115,49.
MOS PENNYPACRER. HAS
establlshe.l h f In the TAlDirasa
I ,-. INE s.; ~hnp over 11,1 m -ell's Store. Work of
vv. -7 deseription dolls In the latest sty's. S.
- antis. April '2l. 1 , 74 , if
LERANSVILLE WOOLEN MILL
..e undersustned arontdinfspootfulLy announoo to
zAr that ps ront•tantly on band Wooten
t'assamoros. Flannels. Varna. and all kinds at
. lo
PROADLEY.
Proprietor
OH YES! OH YES!
In=li
r.rornptly attended to and satirdliction
Call or address. A. R. Sion, Nlonrolott.
-• - , :ntv. Fa.
0ct.26, 69.
( -1 IFrOTITYSI::ATIONAL PAIN
I~
and LIST ad, are the Great Family
. i! nth! a welcome in every home as a
itelhody for more of the common ilia of
..- .117 other medicine In the market. Sold
In modoiue golf - rally. Manufactured
• 1 II ('!bongo. 111.. and 113 Main
h ! N. Y. Man h 10,
r! R SSELL'S •
G FLATILTI AT
1'1: .1 . 1 ; E
(11 )1) TENIPT,ARS
t I...toe:at on
fo• t, SZ,...urr at :oath $2.&00 $lO On
2 00
••‘• •,,. 1 . 17 , 111 15 to 55 1 10
•• ••• - 10 to 4.1 1 ito
• •• .• 4.4 to 2 10
county. 1..••ool I.^nnts
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tivc,ral
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WArru . l.Y. N.Y.
••• •at).l all palwl,
• is.,,,,hirtinn
,: F. , 17Y1 , Sr All, atz3.l FOR.
N i t 11,^. , :£. 7N rS , I7CCE.FT - 1
• • 11:2..10 PAY UNTIL PATV—N-3
( 1 . W. STI:V ENS. CY .IUNTY St.ll
- • • , . . az F Itr4f trd Co.. Pa. Thank
.- : - . 1:'••••4 tor lust T4tronst..m. trotlld
ft. ...:tt•..11- of Bradford (bouts
- i I do any work Itt lus hue of hurl.
1.• t ntri-t.‘i to hita Those hat rt,
• 't , 1 d.t Wvn tuhr property
' •': , .•14.f0 ., an. wlus thenlselres tr
. ' • tltt•ir ueiuhl•ors. work warrant
, •-• t ftr oo:tux:um of the easst t•••r.
• • l - .lzls u:tuu e let.l to as at - tom as
• - , , 0. W. STEVINS.
N - T.W MEELNG ESTABLISH
%!1:‘:r.
r he- tato, this mothod of informing tar
.113.1 that he hats opal:tea
' ' :it 1.104" 1111i14-
; • 1
IrAIN STREET,
n an-t that nr,r per
Ll+ hne Intoh as CLEANING
!sha 13.1 , -s* ani tlemen's n7,-menta
11 i ❑•• z;< , t manner And on the rmwt
.11, a anal exvenne my
T"E NEI) HAVE
a F,lnlon2. Ton-arda, nntl4 , rt.ll,- ,
- of NIA-CI I N If CJ
srt , r,reparod t, draw 11.0.1 x of taZ.hanze.
• .1. • o-114,t0u,,, tn 'New. York
of the Putt/.1 FA. -land.
r111.,.1% . an.l i`ranc , e. To tosnm , r247 rroe:ve
,
M 1... c wa, .•rlo tllf , late firm of ttp, , rt.,.
&Co, of Towanda. . 4,1.1 tos tz,..1w14, lcc to
.51 and 3.1„f0zr....11.1; colnt.w.
in tt« t`1,11111,2 hro , in • 4 . for thllra
• • • a /I,lf di:S!,-I‘it , 4 ,1••
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11.1:A.DFORD ,COVNTY
ItIAL ES lATE A6ENt2Y
MKEAN, REAL E-r.'T: JksNr
Farm.. Mal Propeste4, City sad Town
property for We Will goad it to their
t y avanz a'description of the tame, with
es , .. at tin.; agency, as parties are cons.atly
• • e fannA, NicKEAN.
Berl Estate Agent.
M•S , T,'S Sank. Towanda, Ism:
\ I' I 1 . 2 !
40DS A ND LOW PPICES!
AT :kiON:'..JI:TON. PA.
TIIICY k UOLLON,
71. rat Proxicer.s, irrupt
•F...t-rre.-ne Oil. Limps, • Chtrar.eys,
Oils. rarnight• make., No
and Srattl. • Prrre
.jr.altty, for mi....lt:U=2. purposes
at t;:e very lowest I•nr ,
- t - t at i 1 hours of the
tity,
' TRACY Ic TICILON
P, IC E LIST-CASCADE MILLS
for
tuTrel
antto at °am as Lb.> ca_
tar. a 1.1:,:e aziorttit
11. I.7stillt'Af
MEI
that the ea
13tely th chsen
.11A4olved by
1.n4 r.(VO:111t.11
s:t.l tar.•: be F - Ailed
7 -. • • 12 - 70., . S. CT:ANNIF.R.
BEST FRUIT JARS IN USE
1.107 ABE .51
an 1 Ur
S. W. ALVCOR,JD O Publisher.
, VOLIJME XXXI.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JAMES WOOD, Arrow= slip
comm.t.on AT LW Towanda,-Pa.
TICENRY PEET, ATTORNEY AT
11 L.icir,Towands. P 6 - Juno 27, 'O6.
•
AVMZSW.. FOYLE, ATTORNEY AT •
Towanda. Pa.. Moo with Elhan4n
Smith, south wade Mermen Block. April 14. I'o
aEORGE MONTANYE, AT
TOILNET AT LAW. Mee—corner of Main and
Pine Streets, opposite Porter's Drop *deo
B. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• ace °Ter Wickham & Towandi. Pc
clay 2d, '7O.
DRS. ELY Sr: TRACEY, associate
practitioners. perrnazonyy locntediturlington,
Bradford county, Pa. mayte7o.3na•
TI --
R. H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
1.,' Office in Patton's Block, arm Goro's Deng and
Chemical State. Jan 1, '6B:
P. WILLISTON:
AtTORNET AT LAW. TOWANDA.
South Side of htireur's Ncis Dlock, up stairs
Aptil2l,llll-,tr.
.
B. McKEA. N, ACTTORNEY
H
AND CM:NM:LLCM AT LAW, Vorszubs, Pa. Par.
tieular attention paid to business in the Orphans'
Cont. July 20.'60.
11,8 .
T
H. CAIINOCHAN, Atroß
• Nat A - t — Lom (District Attrimer for *ad
ford ennoty), Troy, Pa. Colloctions mode and prompt
ly remitted. fell 15, '69—tt.
TOHN N. C. ATTORNEY
AT LAIT. Towanda, Pa. -Particular attention giv
an to Orphans' Court business.' Converastctnet.aud
Collections. agr Otßce at the Register .and Recor
der's other, south of the Ceurt Some.
Dec. 1,._1864.
MEM
H. WARNER, PhysiciriT6 and
Surgebm LeßnyKyille. Bradford C01...4. All
calls promptly attentle4 to. Office first doo? south
of I.cßaymille House:.
Sept. 15, 1870.-yr
11. BEACH e ,r,3I: D., Physiatizi
-1-4 • aad Surgeon. Towanda. Pa. Particular atten
tion paid to ail Chronic Diseases, and Diseases of
Females. Office at his residence on Weston great,
east of D'A. Overton's.
.n0v.11,69.
()VERTON KLSBREE, 1 krron-
NET'S AT LAW, Towanda. PL. having entered,
into copartnership. offer their professional services
to the public. Special attention given to business
In the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apll4lo
tIVEILTON. Jll- N. C. =MIES.
IVrERCUR & DA.VrES, ATTOR
iv rrrs AT Law, Towanda, P. The undersigned
having associated themselves together in the penetico
of Law, offer their professional services to the public.
TI.TSSEvi idttletlt. W. T. DAVIF-S.
March 9. ISM
7 A. .k B. M. PECK'S LAW
IV • .01-110 E.
3fain strert. orpocit, th. Court House, Towanda, Pa.
E
B E N. MOODY, M.D.,
-AUCTION!
Offcrs his professinnsl services to the people of Wy
singing. and! sieirdty. Office and residency at A. J.
Lloyd's. Chlircir street. Ang.lo4'7o.
TORN W. IMIX, ATTORNEY AT
• Law, Towanda. Bradford Co.. Pa.
GMFAI.AL INSIMANCE AG T.
Particular attenton paid to Collections and litrptians'
Court business. Office--Mercar's New Block. north
side Public Square. apr. 1. 'V.
DR. DUSEYBERRY. would .an
nounee that In compliance with the request of
niunerous frignds, be is now prepared to admin
ister Nitreuii Oxide. or Laughing Gas, for the pain
le:, extraction of teeth.
Leltaystille. May 3, Iti7o,—ly
_ _
nOCTOR 0. LEWIS, 4 GRADII
att, of the College of "PhYsielatif and Surgeons,"
New York city. Clm. Litt34. gives exclusive attention
to the nraetteo of has profession. Office and residence
en the ea•ttent ~lope of Orweli Hill. adjoining. Henry
Homo 'A. jan It. '69,
_
AGENCY,
=I
D. SMITH, imithst, has
purcht,•l G. H. Woo.En property. between
D' D.
M. - ritar's IVock and the Elwell Hoare. where he has
1., atel Ids officr. Temb,extrr..ted wlthont pain by
0 - 4 ' 21 rae. Tostanda. Oet.. 21) 1:270.—yr.
fl REENIVOOD COTTA.cIE.—This
well.knnwn Louse. hating rece'btly been mat
ted and supplied with now furniture. will be found a
pleamid rytreat for pleasure seekers. Bard by the
ug.ek or mouth on reasonable terms.
E W. Prop*r.
tireenwoo.l. April 20. 12r70.—tf
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA
On Mn3.l Stl near the Cemrt 11,nse.
C. T. SMITH. Proprietor.
lIIIIIIM
rrEMPERANCE HOTEL !-Sittin-.
ted on the north-vest corner of Main and
t to Streets, vqtposite BryanCs Carriage Factory.
Jdrymen and others attending court will espeei
illy find it to their advantage to patronize the Tem
peranet•Ent.ll. S. M. BROWN, Prep:.
To:vat:lt, Jan 12. 1i.76.-Iy,
DINING 1.10031 S
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY,
Near the Court House.
We sec , pro 1.11.1 to feed the litradry at ail Cm, o
.may r
the .T mid ...Veiling. Oysters aml Ice Cream In
March Jo. Is7o. W, S`:"_sOTT CO.
r 4 LwELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA. •
JOHN C. N1.11.6C1N
Ilay..ni.tlea•ed this lists.'. is 110•V'r,lay
the it - melt:n:7. puLlic. pain+ nor otte,n, viii
h. pored to got" 6AtisLtetton t. thew ato 1n.13 gne
nn a call.
no- North ride of the public square, east ef Nor
fllr's new block.
pI73[IrERF7T.I) CREEK HO
TF-.1-
Having purchased and thormighly redtted this old
suil will-known stand. formerly kept br Sheriff Grif
fis. at the mouth of limumerteld Creek. is - ready to
give good accotinairsdatior.s and satisfactory treatment
to all who mar favor bun with a call.
Dec. 23, SG.S—tf.
y[FANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
111- Pa.. T 71011.19 R. Jonosii Proprietor. Thls
pcquilar Hobs' haring been thorouglike fitted and re
oaire.l. and furnished th.r.onahont with new and ere.
:ant Funuture. will be open for the ..meeption of
nt,t,. Stir unit. 31. iv i. 18t9. Neir elpeuse
cdr pains hos been spared in rendering this Hattie
a model higtc! in all Its arrangernents. A superior
T.:al:2y Old Bu ton Ale, for :near, Just received.
A)IFRI, AN HOTEL,
This 11. tel having been leased by t.be subscriber.
reruinyed, papered, and refurnished
throuhhout. with TIT: Faimiture. Bedding. kc. flie
rabbi will with. the bed the market a
•.riti and the Bar w:th eho;ce.,l brands-pi Liquors,
the Louie at
ralora. Joryther. an.f otlierif attending
corn. will bud thi, hour J cheap and comfortable
i la, to st p. Goosi stabltim attached. amt,lo.":o
\TEW PLANLNG MILL!
mArcuisu. ?aorumsGs,
Vt the old ltanA iti 11. B. Int;ham's Woo!rti Factory
and Sawmill. to
A IMAVY 3IT RpLL PLAN .2:6 AND MATCHING
in. charge cd an crieriencel Sle i n c and bolder,
rsp-N4
From the recent enlargement of this water porm',
worl can be done at all s...r.Sous of the year Mul soon
as .r.nt in. in connection with the sawmill we aru
alLe to furnish hills of awed lumber to order.
STEWART F.0.517.113.T11.
Slay 23,, IS:0.-1y
WYAL USING ACADEMY.
The all Tarn will Cl74:c.race on the Int Mon
hay o4,s , 2ptriuber, 1S 0, and continue 12 sects.
TER:XS—For Common En; ash $ t GO
Far Higher EZIZ.IISII and L 1 ee y 5 loon
DIV 11)
ang.l7-Gw Pane jaL
To THE lA.DIES AND CHILD-
P.Mq.OF ATEEM.
SEW MILLINERY' AND DRESS AND CLO4k.
S 2 C.O
4 C
N ii,t)
MA ICING ESTABLISHMENT.
EASTEENR OP ALL THE LiTnb - T SMITES Lou SALE
Mx - ex.e over Pmt Off.cr—lrraar:rt's ,1J eb.td.
IfArea. IrAG - Ett,
Ather.e. Agent,
.A FULL ASSORTMENT, OF
17/._ DS.:ED sal cs...ca - sa c.rrr si
318 1 - 04-;a 1 , 3,71 LONG & MEIER s.
THE - GEM FRUIT JARS, THE
best In istalesale szd retail.
Jell I MoCABZ k MX
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PHYSICIAN AND SrftGEDN
Motels
PETER LANDSIMSER
L'lgiv;E REET. 'TOWAN PA. l'A
It B. G , IFF. Prppri,b,r
.LNIPTOSV2i pENN.A.
MEM
GOOD JOB EVERY TIME.
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DON'T DRINK TO•NIGIIT.
I-left 'my mother in the door,
eastcr by her tide.; '
Their Clasped bands and loving looks
Forbade their:doubtaio bide;
I left and met with comrades gay,
When the moon brought out her light,
And my loving mother whisifred me,
"Don't drink, my boy, to-night"
Long years have rolled away since then,
Hy jetty eurl, are gray ;
lint oh I thoserwords are with me yet,
And will not pass away.
I see my mother's loving face,
With goodness radiant bright,
And hear her wordi rise in mine ears,
"Don't drink, my boy, to-night."
My mother is now resting sweet, '
In the graveyard on the Nil
But mother's words come back to me
And haunt my.memnry still.
Tye often passed the cap ;
Oh! then my heart is right,
Porc,nse I heard the warning words,
" Don't drink, my buy, to-night."
I've now passed down tho road of life,
And soon my race is run, •
A mother's warping listening to,
An immortal.gown is won.
@h, mothers, with your blessed smile,
Look, on Your boy so•doright,
And say as you alone can say, • "
" ain't-, drink, my boy, to-night,"
Tbeste wOrits will prove a warning, when
In the thorny paths of life, -
The boy is in the tempter's wiles,.
And warring irAte strife.
Them words will stop the morning cup,
And the revelry at night,
By whispering back a mother's voice,
...Don't drink, my boy, to-night."
iscellimeous.
THE YAM:DE*OI) - ITM MAN' OF
• TO-DAY.
An Address delivered before a Harvest Home
Picnic on Spring Hill, by B. W, Lvvis
All men need relaxation . and re
creation ; and none can appreciate
and enjoy these better than the in
dustrious, hardworking farmers and
their hardworking families. Now
the golden sheaves of sour harvests
have been gathered in, so that your
barns stand, like well-fed aldermen,
filled to repletion with the " fat of
the land." And, as to-day we grasp
one anther's hands;
. hardened rand
begrimed by honest toil, and , think
upon the many dayS of scorching
heat, in lich, not only bathe sweat
of our br ws, but by that of every
inch of our anatomical construction,
we earned'Our bread, it seems meet
and fitting that we should turn aside,
for a day, from these coxes, 'and in
the light of this festive occasion re
new that friendship and good feeling
,which has ever so abundantly char
acterized us as a community. And
where cau we do this better than to
seek out some sylvan retreat, and,
shutting ourselves in from the busy,
careworn world, give ourselves np to
Nature's teachings—listen to the
whisperings of the trees, as they twine
lovingly together and drink together
•
of the e% dews of heaven, whilelogether•
they stand and grow
.• In sunshine and in storm "?
And, as the thousand different trees
unite and blend and form one forest,
so let the hearts of the people min
gle and flow together and make one.
The old Greeks and Romans had
their treat national games When they
came together at • their capitals, and
gave themselves np to the enjoyment
of the occasion. The great object of
these games was to encourage the
develupmentiof muscle, by the exhi
bition of contests between trained
athletes. They were each sacred to
sonic guardian deity, and were car
ried on by the goyernmeut at "great
expense. The HebreWs had their
national-festivals, when every devout
Jew went up to Jerusalem to worship.
They spent their time there in thanks
giving and prayer, thus cultivating
their higher, or spiritual, natures.
Now it is a fact that has been abun
dantly demonstrated, that both the
physical and the moral. nature 'inust
be fed and sustained,.or we fall short
of .. manhood ; and, to-day, learning
wisdom from the past, we will do well
to form a judicious combination of
the two. So let it ever be;with us.
We have spread out before us the
concentrated wisdom of ages, - 'even
from the time of Solomon, the wise
man. • This vast treasure, more pre
cious than the..fold Ophir, stands
ready at hand for" each one of us, and
only requires of us to lay hold of it
to make it our own. We can hardly
estimate .the benefits derived from
this source by nations, as well as in,
dividuals. The first nation, the f.,-,t
individual, on this rolling orb, had
not these advantages.
Let us imagine ourselves, as the
first man, placed in a garden with
none of the Implements of modem
horticulture. What would we do?
The bap and the weeds would enter
the lists against _us, and ten chances
to'one we should-come ont at the end
of the season with.only one solitary
cabbage-head, and that, alas! fol. our
soar krout, would probably be set on
. our own shoulders. We would wan
der up and down with no swallow
tail coat or silk hat ?to set off the pro
portions of our manly forms. We
could not sit on onr own door-stones
and smoke the pipe of peace, for these
are intentions of a later day.. And,
on wet afternoons, we could not sit
by the kitchen stove and read, by the
aid of our gold-bowed spectaele;, the
philosophy of Aristotle, the Republic
of Plato, or the NeW Tork Tribune.
We could not.spend the long winter
evenings in alternately drinking ci
der and playing backgammon, or
above all listening to the dulcet sym
phonies of a Chickering piano. But,
methinks some one might say, that
the first man in his loneliness could
listen to better music than that ; for
had he not the music of Nature? Alt
yes, the music of Natfire! that is fol
. erably good music. But yet I believe
I shall utter the sentiment of every
cultivated musician in this audience,
when I say that Nature's music—the
croaking of frogs, the chirping - - of
crickets, the raspiqg of katydids, the
singing of mosquitos, the gabbling of
geese, the roaring of the winds, the
murmuring of brooks and the shot:l
ing of 'starsis no to be com
pared with the performance -on' the
f
Mil
piano. oL 8119 ° , iqy on captain ginb,
y . a- beautiful girl' with a Pleasing
voice, a Greehin bend; chignon and•
an ounce and'areeluarters of, brains,,
than a barrel of dried electricity is to
be coinpare,4 with :cup
,of genuine*
Dutch sccurlraut. • .
No,it waging dern44o .P 44 1,00 . 3 1w
the first man, with , no anteeedents,
with everything to tonic and' invent.
It required brains 'to fill that posi
tion, -and that' -is where you and I
would 'have been found wanting.'
Adam ,filled the position to better ad-'
vantage than any other man ever did.
T say this- without fear of contradic ,
tion ; and without doubt he filled it :
more creditably then any of us could
have dope. : ... :t ,
We cannot,lheir," be tee r thanidul
that we have the past, with all its;
hoarded wealth of Philosophy, Liter
ature and Art, to look back upon.
We are peculiarly favored in having
these advantages, and to the fact that
we do have them, may be attributed
the prodigies performed bythe " Uni
versal 'Yankee Nation.' The Yankee I
that man who was : brought up among
the shaip rooks of New England, a n d
. who can make a comfortable livrrie,
place him on whatever . . boulder .iyoir
will. 4. • J.;
A.h! my heart - kindles at that- glo
rious name of- my ancesfora, Would
that I had the eloquence of Demos
thenes or Cicero,. that I might pic
ture to your minds the Yankee as he
is. I would invoke the classic muse,
and sing to you in the lofty strains
of Homer or Milton of his eccentricil'
ties and hie excellencies. For the
live Yankee is a great institution. He
calculate's to be.a " ahead of
anything you can scare up. He is
always wide awake ; no one catches
him napping. Hence we might in
fer that he don't sleep, or if he does,
it is when. other people are. asleep
and don't see him.-If anyone expects
to get ahead of the Yankee, he must
get very early in the morning and
eat a light breakfast; and then he
can't do it. -
Years ago, therc was a British man
of-war sailing lazily along on the
high seas. 'Twas just after dinner,
and the old captain,
Brimful .of pomposity and tipet,
was pacing the deck, when suddenly
he descried the . ragged outlines of
land in the distance: -He was aston
ished. He ' calculatedhis latitude
and his longitude, looked on his map,
and found no land ',there. His as
tonishment increased: He called his
wise men around him, and after de
liberating an hour or more they con
cluded that they , had di,leficered an
island. ,A vpry sensible- - ,eonclusion,
and one that would have dawned on
,a Yankee like a 'flash of lightning.
The captain concluded to take pos
session of it in the name of the Queen
of England. $o he ordered out the
standard 'of Great Britain, put on his
best snit of reTimentals, and brash-
ing the cobwebs from his rusty stvord,
he prepared. 'for the imposing cere
mony. They had almost reached the
island, when, around a point, there
hove in sight a Yankee apper e svhose
crew had also just discovered the is
land. The Yankee captain saw the
situation aka glance. Here were two
discoverers. There might be trouble;
tvvo nations might be plunged in war
to decide which had the prior right.
The Yankee knew what to do. Sail
ing
quickly up to the man-of-war, he
shouted : " Halloo, Sir! want a
-pi
lot?'/' The old captain was thunder
struck. Here was a jankee craft
that knew all•about the' island he had
discovered. A big tear stole down
his cheek, and buried itself in his new
regimentals, as he thought of his de
partecl glory. He ordered the stan
dard back.;__ He concluded that he
wouldn't take possession in the name
of the Queen. No ; he didn't want
a pilot. He sailed on ' • and in five
minutes more the " Stars and Stripes"
were waving over the island, saved
to the United States. That's the
kind of man to build up a country. •
The Yankee is a high-pressure
man. He is all activity. He has dis-
Covered that it is a Bible injunction
to do with all your might whatever
your hand finds to do ; and he does
it When he walks ho reminds you
so much of a steam engine; that you
expect every minute to hear him
whistle. When he talks the . words
come down like a hail-storm. He
eats-like the American Eagle—gives
one grand swoop and is gone,, and a.
goodly pile of provision with ' him:
He smokes like a locomotive. He
chews tobacco like an alligator, and
scatters the juice like a fire engine.
Halioes business with all his might.
He deftly lays many plans, and goes
int business fully determined to elar
ry out those plans or—fail.
That was a Yankee, who, at the
time of the Pike's Peak excitement,
left hiahome " up in Vermount," and
resolved to go and make his fortune
by 'prying the golden bars -from the
mounts i in' tops. When he flame 'to
the hatandarieS of civilization, he pro
vided himself with a yoke of open
and wagon, covered, after the tuttom
of emigrants, with white =lilts.
Laving in a stock .of provisions, a
piclaxe, a shovel; and high hopes for
the, future, he started out. The prai
ries Were covered with luxuriant her
bage, and sniped here and there with
silvery streams. . Bubbling springs
welled up by the Wayside, birds sang;
flowers-bloomed, and all was joyous.
Our Yankee was determined to reach
his destination, and as an evidence
of that determination' he wrote, with
a black dial, on the white cover of
his wagon (after the manner of the
railroad men, whenlbev Cheek Sour
baggage through); "Pike's Peak - or
I bust!" • --
• .
Time passed on. • So did the Yan
kee. He passed through the ' grassy
prairies, ore: the silvery streams, by
the bubbling springs, and came out
on the d es ert. day long he toil
ed on beneath the broiling sun. The
roads were rough, and at last'-his
wagon broke, his half-famished esen
sickened and died, and in the night
the wolves einne and left only their
bones.. The morning was to the
Yankee.' He lit his 'pipe, his only
consolation now, and as he stepped
oat to witnessihe wreck of his !lopes,
his eye , chanced to fall on , the cheek,
" Peak or bust." He began to
think th4perhaps he woaldn't get
to 1514'8T - eat after all. SloWly.and
sadly, yet-Arithout shedding a single
FIEW
, , . • : " :"‘ -(,
TOIVANDA, BRADFOU - COUNWPA.i 'FOTEMIWIt 14,;1870i
•tean walked up and wroteheneath
it;- - "ltliisfektiir-311rIndeifif Ef '
But bedougti , werroftenlfail phis,
resistless energy generilliqtives,-him;
force enough:la . -go tlironffi anythlng,'
except a two-inch ,plauk, or,
JPOils*' •;;' --,.; ,; S"._!:;• „ 7 ,
' 'He isiTilndSmonerrijukins
Lahould say. tbat...thin":wasT bur,
fielliarforte, *ere it: 11 0 10 T .I. l ,lJact
that'lie does - everything:else, ilawelL
1 9.:x0t,(9, 11 7 ltactim. :Oft= ' l4 rOten
wayJof - raaidng moneyAsttime: oven
invented new waye,, widckbefove . his
thee - wore unknown. , 1 117 never heard,.
hefike the dayil:•of , I•Yankeei,T4if
.shatpening - the: other: off Mice
pegs and sellingdhem`fiw , o*l or - k 4
those 'other tietikprittit,hiPltoi r
.att
wooden..hanzi and nutniegai ,,, lhe
hams W l / 4 )tddlidie made linod,';afAsk
(stake) for fence;ad..,they 'en: long
'enough; .but those. liiiitmevi were - /Cr
ribly hard.on tbO,Srater. '' "
Yankee',•first, asks:Lite ` 44u-ca
tion, "Will it pay.?" audit he Ends
it•will; he -goes in.. - ••,
Jars. Partington says.; ".The Yan
kees have actually manufactured'
Plymouth Rock•up into 'whetstones,
and sold it to the ritstim." Alas for
the tragic ends' of the door-stones of
New England! r'Thelatest'fremy,a
rope is that an enterprising. Yankee
is trying to buy the crater of the'vol
rano Nesuvitui. so,that he may start.
a bakery over itr Ho declares its
just the thing—anplendid fire"—and
won't cost him a cent. •
' If Niagat* were a little snialler. we
might expett tolee, it 'fenced in;
a polite YatikeeOtt the gale to take
an admittance fee. We have yet to
hear of the Yankee who will take pos
session of the Natural Bridge and
collect toll, or'the one who will rig
up Mammoth Cave as a grinid .place
to store potatoes And pork,; but
they're coming—if it4will pay. Yon
might banish a Xankee to the top
the highest . and:ideliestrak in New
England, audit' less than a week he'd
have a grindstone manufactory start
ed there. l- Banish him to the pole,
and he'd soon have a contract to sup
ply the tropics with icebergs.
The 'Yankee don't confine himself
at home, but scatters himself in every
land and clime. He may always be
recognized by his eagerness for a bar
gain, and by his piceasing desire to
see something kohl' on, even — if he
has to go on himself. It- is his ae
tivity; his ;drive, that is patting him
through the world ; and so great is
it that there are those,who say that
it is putting him out `of
-the world.
Many times and often o we hear
those• who mourn that the good old
fashioned Yankee, who said " &vow"
and "demon," and nained bis'
ifentimo and Jerusha, is daily becom
ing scarcer and will soon become ex
tinct •
I never listea to their wailings
without thinking that I see before me
a very small boy dropping his tears
into an autumn frog-pond And mourn
ing because the pretty tadpoles are
air gone. .
The Yankee is the tadpole that has
ripened into the Mau of To-day ; and
as the likely tadpOle matures into the
likely frog, so the man of to-day
herits all the virtues of the Yankee,
with more of polish, clad in the ha
biliments of a highbr civilization; and
possessed of still greater capabilities.
This is an. age of adiancement and
progress. It is a great age—and the
age makes the, men ' • or; rather, God
makes the melt ; and them abfli
ties commensurate to the agein Which
they lire. It‘is ric.Msary that the
men ,of to-dav be men of grO.nt capa
bilities.
If we reflect aright,there is not one
of us but will think- God that we have
been permitted to live ill this age in
preference to all others, and in this
country above every other on the
globe. ItLseems to me that we are
destined to play a great, a sublime
part in the history of the future.
Why was it, that in the course of
a mysterious Prodence, this conti
nent, with its mighty rivers, its grand
old mountain chains, its broad, fer
tile valleys and its rolling prairies; its
delightful climate, and all its great
capacities for sustaining a numerous
population—why was it, I ask, that
with all these advantages, it remain
ed for so long a timd' unk nown and
undiscovered? Fo r thousands of
years men lived and , labored, kings
put on their royal robes, held the
__scepter of power for a brief moment,
then mingled with the dust ; nations
rose and fell, adding their mite to the
world's history, awl yet no one even
dreamed of the existence of this wes
tern world. Why was it, but that a
Higher Power was reserving America
as the theatre of events which should
establish a new 'era in thenforld's his
tory-7.paserying:itlill the tune When
men, under the pure teachings - of
christianity, should be so ennobled
and elevated that they might govern
themselves '. l And to-day the world
is looking upon Americans the grand
center about which its interests
gather. '
"Westward the Star of Empire takes dainty."
Its starting point was in Asia,
Where it shone on the old emPke of
China, the land of the celestials.
the course of long ages, iLlested, in
its westward courFie, over the .plains
of Persia ; then passed onward to
Greece--grand. old Greece!—that
gave us our models' in Poetry, Phi
losophy and Art ; then Rome blazed
with its light, till her own corruption
sunk lwx in darkness. Moving west
ward,, its light dashed from the sword
of Napoleon, till it rested over Al
bion's.hills and valleys, and gleamed
out over the sea, watching, waiting
for the development of the new world.
And now it. lute, crossed the storm
tossed Atlantic and formed a constel ,
leion in that fla,g.which • ,
We have ever held out a welcom r
lug hand to the oppressed and down
trodden of every land, to those who
feel a,longing for liberty, and that
higher culture which is denied thew
at home. Every day they , ark com'-
ing by hundreds and by thousands ;
men who have left home, friends, all
those, tender ties that are anchored
so deeply in our , hearts, and hiiie
come .seeking a _better manhood—
have come where they will be treated
as men, and where they will be enti
tled to the rights of men. They come
froni , every land. The ; represent
ral 1
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1110 / 110 / 1,1011- or..!ouvicancox.nogfar.V.Fm: ,; .1 -
" Fioata o'er the land of the free
'And the Leine of the brave.:
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ImAte*inetiolnkher citi*4:lle
thO Pntogio9l . ,aimilare
Oil th 440141147: and, Orti„to Bwitil
••1f :•er,
!gotirical 4y of land 4f wArti..
I -Whist aftspietiCkiPisheit:zthe old
eitkittidempire WI the enith stretch
twoutl-lis liandsilo the .neiteet;i taut
mikes; its% wealth. Aunt -industry. ,
Thecae Wm brinkeir With theme too; thew
heithenitrheather,,thidol-iership.: a ,
'The repeesentatiireit Of every tuition
bring-with than. their , mliac
ionisindinanueirs,Land: their sloes.
`Yriluviviithatlftef= l .W•iic shall we
dim& Musevit , conform to
theitqott shall thii , confoim to g us?
nag are thelehmingiquestiOns,• and
our these :grounds wilt be -waged Ale
&tree recatteste - of the futinii; : , not
those Of the bullet and, bayonet, but
the " Our of ideas?! • ,This - is a grnnd
crisis,: not; only in: -
.the:: history of
Ameilea, but in the history •of the
Upon the mini otto-day rests
the responsibility of fighting time
battleit4battles Whose decision must
shape - and mould the woild's future.
Are we prepared far- the struggle?
Rua, let us prepare no*. • The eyes
of the world are fixeditlion rts to see
if we apemen. Our ancestors, shroud
ed in the dim pakt.point aith solemn
fingers to our advantages, aid urge
us to lige into a higher sphere _thin
did ti;Ley, to Work , moro earnestly, to
malteer sacrifices for (cod -.and
humanity, that we may at last enjoy
amore glorious reward. • •
Posterity loqks back upon us froM
the future, and mutely, yet eloquent
ly, pleads with us to perform those
drama which God has placed before
nil Let us, then, armourselves with .
the weapons of Truth, Justice, Ek):
briety and Purity, and in the right
improvement of-the _faculties which .
God. has given us, and by His' Weis
ing we may yet, in the coming time,
other around us this heterogeneous
mass of population and mould them
into:men more„powerful for good thAn
were the heroes and demigods of old.
SLEEPING WITH THE LANDLORD'S
We give the annexed incident in
regard. to Rev. Zeb. Twitchell, a Meth
odist minister, in full and regular
standing, and a member of the Ver.
molt Conference : ,
At one time he represented Stc.ock
bridge in. the 'Legislature. Zeb., says
our informant, is a man of fair talent
both as a minister and a musician.
In the pulpit he is grave, solemn, dig
nified, and: 'a thorough, systematic
Ikermonizer but out of it there is no
lien living more fond of fun and
drollery..,..On one occasion, he Was
wending his :fivay towards the SO4 of
the annual conference of ministept in
company with another clergyman.
Passing a country inn, Zeb. remark
ed to the other :
"The last time I: stopped at that
•tavern, I slept with the landlord's
wife."
In, utter amazement hie clerical
friend wanted to know what he
meant.
" I mean just what I say," said
Zeb. , , and on went the two travelers
in unbroken silenoe,:, until they reach
ed the conference. 1 •
In the early part Of the session the
conference sat with closed doors for
the purpose of transacting some pri
vate business, and 'especially for the
annual examination of each member's
private character, or rather conduct,
during the liit43t year. -
, For - this purpoie, the clerk called
Zeb.'s tame.
" , Doiiiiny one know aught against
the character of brother Twitchell
during the past year?" asked the
bishop, who was the presiding officer.
After a moment's silence, Zeb.'s
traveling companion arose
_with a
heavy heart . and grace, countenance;
he said he had a di* to perform—
one, he owed to God, the church and
himself; he must therefore, proceed
to the discharvotof fearlessly,
thomh—tremblitigry. then re
lated that Zeb. told him while
passing theTaiern, that le had slept
with the landlord's wife, etc. .
The grave body of men -were gni&
as with a thtmderbelk, althougli a
few smiled and looked first at Zeb.
and then at the 'presiding officer
knowingly, for they knew better than
the others,the - character of the ac
cused.
The bishop called upon brother T.,
and asked what he had to say in re
lation to sucks serious 'charge, Zeb_
rose tad said :
" I did_the deed I never lie !"
Then pausing with awful serious=
ness, he proceeded with a slow and
solemn deliberation":
" There is one little circumstance,
which I think made the act justifia
ble: I did not mention to the brother.
It may not have much weight with
the conference, but although ft may
be of trifling importance, I will state ,
it. When I slept with the landlord' s
wife, as I told the brother, I kept the
tavern. myself."
SIONS.—When you see the sun ris
ing before you get oat of bed, it is a
sigi that you'd ilia do.for a farmer.
When you see a man yawn and
close his eyes during the sermon, it
is a sign that he is gettingsleppy. .
When you see a naafi tiling to
convince a lamp-post that itis impo
lite to get in the wav of gentlemen,
itis a sign - that he basbeen drinking
something--lemenade, perhaps.
When you see a , bov throtwing
stones on the Streets aid speaking
impudently to old people , it i s a sign
that his parentidon't care much for
When you see a girl throwing kiss
es and winking at the boys as they
pasi her window, it is ' a sign that
she is too young to be out ,of sight
of her maternal relative.
When yon see young gentlemen
and ladies whispering giggling, and
_writing, notes i n chu rch, it is a sign
that the man who teaches good man
ners omitted to give them a mil when
he came along last time.
MOTZEPS used to provide switches
for their daughters from the nearest bush;
now. the daughters get their own switches from.
the milliner. .
-: ;t
ta~~ as ~.~'''"`d~t:
WIFE.
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; • t JkIITIDJILII;7*
The fete leaves irldrl across the lain,
The garden.lrenn are dun and.:rod,'
TheTedlowing flowers regretful fall, •
tualdea 4 s golden bead:
.• :
As.iritb hands she *es slow,' , •
And tearful eyes, the shrubbery walk_
Her faeountinged with roseate glow,• '
gei,v4se - tureharmed by lovers'
wciuldst thou give that Hum
Unsaid hadst left those bitter words?
, Thouovall'at is yarn oar his doer tonne,- _
Thine only listeners the birds! •
.Thou tidelest thou sand recall , the driNi.ru
Of love; thou dreamt in spring-tido twine ;
Vain'tiotie! din snitinor bring again
Toe scent of4ast yeses tided Sowell? •
No, maiden fair! the ones brushed ' .
.. From off the fruit, is past recall ; - -
The rose, once gathered, knows no' more •
Thijmnshine of, the garden wall.
Thns young and fair oft trifle with.
The happiest hours of human life ;
'And she who breaks a score of hearts
May never know. the name of "wife" ' '
- Weep; broken lily—larely stia;
Some proud man's breast thou migh'stadorn ;
Reap 48 then sowest. Gone the rose, .
And thy white breast must-bear the thorn f •
For the Itreowree.)
THE " OIL REGIONS" AS THEY. ARE
MR. Eeiroa: Your kindness and
consideration in remembering me one
day in seven; - as evidenced by a wel
come copy of the _old home paper,
has- awakened. in 10 e. a 'ieciprocity
feeling, and casting about for some
thing by which I might Out this seri
timent in practical shape, I
_ finally.
decided tosend . you n couple of
pages . of manuscnp in days " hing
ajne " you had talent in your office
that could read it well- r t. - pod ene ugh.
What changes time has wrought
therein, as he has laid his wasteful
course through_ the shadowy arches ,
of the centuries (allegorically), I can
Mit know. I thought I would send
you a. brief description of the oil re-'
gion of Pennsylvania as it now is
In the place I beg to inform
my numerous friends and patrons,
all who have never traveled or lived
in' this country, that you know fully
as much about this country as a Dig
ger Indian does , about sewing , ma
chines.
,To most of the outside 'world the
oil excitement has "played out," and
as a science its development is a
thing of the past. Citizens of this
country will tell you it is justplayinfi
in and its development as a complete
science, or rather art, is a thing not
of the past nor, present, but of the
future. At hotels yon talk: oil, at
parties you talk oil, at—l was going
to say church ! no; but on the street
it is oil, and where you will "oil" is.
great subject of conversation.
This vast and almost inexhaustible
store of wealth which is found in this
section ] underlying a portion of War
ren, Crawford, Venango and Forest
counties, has done for this country
what a rich silver or gold mine open
ed in the ribs of Bradford would do.
Cities have sprung up as if by magic. .j
Twelve years ago who would have
recognized anying familiar in the
sound of such words as, Tidionte,
Titusville, chi City; the first of
which is nearly as laige as To
wanda (a part of this place indeed
is more ancient); the second has
neatly nine thousand inhabitants,
and the. third, with its subarbi on
the opposite side of the river, nearly
thirteen thousand. This Oil Region
proper, (and Isdo not now speak of
the successful fields farther towards
Pittsburg), might be said to lie in an
oblong block on the Allegheny river,
thirty miles wide, by fifty or sixty
long. This would include the cities
Already mentioned, as Well as the no
less faulty-soil produchk towns and
cities, otsPrinklin, Rouseville, .Tarr
farm, Mcltay fern', Fagui.das City,
Pit-hole and Pleasankville; and I
- might mention two oth& townsmore'
distinguished for the propriety of
their names, and as illustrative of the,
character of the pioneers who chris--
tened them, perhaps, than -for their
great comparative importance—l re
fer to Shandourg and Red-hot!
The Allegheny river enters Warren
county from the State of New York
and flows in a south-westerly direc
tion nearly forty miles to Tidlonte,
then thirty-six miles through Forest
and Venango county to Oil City at
its confluence with Oil Creek, which
flows down on the other belt by
of Titusville, Rouseville, Tarr -fermi,
eta; then six miles farther down - the'
river from-Oil City is Franklin, Ne
nango,county, known as the Einpo
rium of "lubricating oil," for it is
in that district that most of the
" - grease oil" iii'found.
Having premised so much I might,
say further that - there are two dis
tinct species of oil Produced in this
conntry, the one called light oil (such
as we burn in lamps), the other " In
brinating " or " heavy " oil, used, al
most exclusively for _machinery in
mills and factories. TheSe two kinds
of oil are not found in the samolecal
ities nor at the same depth, but the
explorer in looting for them, is gov
erned by different -ruid peetiliar
" signS," shows " and geological form
ations. It were useless, of;course,
to enter into the, endless and myste
rious vocabulary 'of the explorer to
describe,the " first sand,!, the "'sec
ond sand," the third, etc., and the
"mud vein," the " water" vein,"' the.
" hard rock," the " shell rock,"
. etc.,
of which the earth is composed; but
all - these are watched and comment
ed upon sufficiently on the putting
down of every well. The depth at
which oil is found is usually, in this
iormtry, five hundred feet, but varies
with the district from four hundred
to eight hundred and fifty. The pro-
duction of oil varies of course,• all
the way from zero ito one thou_ sand
barrels of oil per day, though there
is no - well now pumping so much as
the outside figure mentioned.
I have often seen a well throWing
a stream nearly as large as my wrist,'
with-a forte that would almost 'Mock
a man down, day after day. , IThe
price of oil hasi averaged alum the
tu-st of. July a trifle better than three
dollars, at the wells. 'lt has ..been
from the first day it - Was proddeed,
(with exception of one-or tivopanit*)
as ready sale as Government bonds,
and when light oil is three dollars;
-lubricating is about seven; no lubri
cating wells have been found t 6 do
mach above seventy-five bartehi per
day. The Sttpl. of the old United
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Stites Well told me that' - the 'first
thirty days she flowed a hundred
thonsand dollars into' thitir bank ac
count. Flowing wells are now sel
dora or never struck, for the reason
it is supposed, that the ground ie
'sufficiently perforated so there is no
more such a pressure of gas as exist
ed at first. The , economy with which'
this vast fortune is brought up from
the.bowels of. the earth; is surpris
ing. Suppose, my friend;' while _the
mudis only a foot and a half 'deep,
(it May; be.' deeper to-morrow);- we ,
step into the stage for Fagund as
City " and visit the wells , on the ' fa
mous "-Fa,;,finidas farm.": This is t, a
city set on a hill, two miles from the_
-
river, and taking its mineral wealth
&Wray., you, if you are a trifle home
sick, could not be hired to stay over
night - for the whole place, people and
all. You need'nt be fumbling in your
guide-book, my friend, for informa
tion about the age of this city, nor
whether it wls , founded by Romulus
'and Remus, as a breakfast spell, the
.day they did such a big day's Work
on the Tiber. Oh, no;--there's a
man—ask him: he tells us that'when
the 'songsters warbled their first
notes in the spring of 1870 among
these oak trees, there was no one
here to, molest , or make them afraid.
On certain and a very eventfulsday,
some man:smelt oil'—being a man of
peculiarly sharp olfactories, and
some othej man having smelt that he
smelt oil, came right up on top of
this mountain, and paid 'that widow
woman over there, (don't you see
her feedi the pigs therein the back
yard, with a diamond necklace on—
the necklace on her, I mean), for
this farm of 160 acres, one hundred
'and 'fifty thousand dollars, and had
the madness. to refuse twice the sum
the next day. You thotight it was a
joke to call a thing a city less than
eight months old, didn't you? My
dear sir, just look at the streets. It
is now night. At every corner tall
pipes start up., from the ground and
flame with a flame of gas, (none of
your got-up stuff, but '
just from be
low), two or three feet high perhaps,
and as large as a large broom, that
roars and throws its glare on the
houses, the trees, the distant forest,
and even the clouds above, giving to
all that peculiar appearance between
gayety and gloom that is impossible
to describe.. ' . -
Now do -you see where this gas
comes from, and how. riviich, it costs
a foot? Why, it comes freer-that oil
well on-the street; let's go and look
at it! Here We are; we go , into the ,
engirie house and find a lazy engin
eer lying on a lOringe, reading the
'ew York Weekly,.who gets up and
offers us a chair'.or bench, -as the
ease may be. He reads by a gas
light. There is a. huge gas 'light
burning, at the front docfr; there is
neither wood nor coal to be found—
the gas which he pimps with his oil,
fldws into his fire -place. Another
pipe is extended to the corner where
his boy is frying meat for supper;
no fuel in- the- cook-stovii but- gas,
arid—here, what'd this?—a pipe run
ning across-the fields to some poor
- neighbor's well that hasn't as much
gas of his own as he desires to use 1
Well, friend, how much is your well
doing to-day?-35.0 barrels worth
$l,OOO. I said -" ecenonty,",didn't I?
If one looks for gardens, and
groves, and fountains, and such beau
ties to be found in the older settled
portions, he must look for them,heie
in vain.- I speak now. of the rule.
Through the country, there are some
magnificent ,exceptions., In Tito's
..vine they pave their streets, burn
gas, build fine`brick blocks, of the
'most approved design, have a Mayor,
kill their surplus dogs, and send
their criminals to State prison, all of
which is more than can be said of
some other places in the oil region.
Titusville is indvd a place of. such
magnificence as one must look long
for in hopes of finding outside the
older Eastern cities. The more suc
cessful operators have taken up their
residence there-permanently. I know
of several, individuals whose income's
are front five htuadred' to One thou
sand dollari per day, and one, the
owner' of the Meßay farm, whose in
come is said to be ten thousand. It
'is wonderful to know the history of
those (fillings; some of them were
hack drivers, some raftsmen, some
lumbermen, and indeed some were
wealthy long 'before the oil ex
citement. ' But I presume rshall as
tonish some one when, I say that
nearly all the prosperous . business men
of all briinchies, of business and pro
fessions .in his whole ran-ion of coun
try,i. are y ting men', (a lame majority
of whom, e unmarried of course),
and ten ago 'were poor men,
as indee ' me of them are yet.
A large share of the po . pnlation
are, as it *ere, amblers—to-day
rich, to-morrow poor, next day rich,
speculating in thou Sands, .swamped
under tens of thousands, jndgmen
piled on their backs_higher than the
blimps:of a camel. I saw a deed of
assignment for the benefit of credi
tors only- last week thatliad revenue
stamps en;gli on it to have gone
w
far toar settling up th e " old
score," namely, one hundred• and
thirty dollars.
I have never met .a mom shrewd,
able, intelligent class of businese men
anywhere, than Lere. They i are con
gregated from almost .every nation
under*aven. One African (amend
ment),'.'who came up from slavery, at
the time of the war, now rejoices in
being the owner of a well. He sells
his oil for just as much per barrel as
anybody, takes the Tribune, and
votes the Republican. ticket;—he'll
do.
Society,l-ofterilear it remarked,
is not so . good here al in the,F.a.si.
There isless refinement,' (I refer to
the female portion of it), and fewer
ladies in proportion; but. it is also
said thetOs na-p.laee in the world
to which young ladies enjoy having
an occasional visit among their
friends, better than to the Oil Ile
gion ;—noWN thatmay lie-true, I sup
pose, though;lis bird to under-,
stand (?).
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If your . aluable space, or my val
uable time, would permit *-I might
'say much more about qhe 13:winners
and customs of this' country, . but I
foi•b6,r„ fearing, that.l-halo already
crowd out more important matter.
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~" I have Wilhe lm*ohe
aped*, ofituinithtftethst,tel
eqraph to the 40een, Ads
wife, iiliieb briefly but elarsethirde
pieta a great scene in the drama of
WAery, • There ie Indeed, something
highly dramktietirk Una"
_gift ta"* . bro.
lawman. what.'man
ner of place is Nrdhelroshohe.l" many
readers will ask. It is the Venailles
of Cassel. It is a Chateau and. pleas
ure,pezk on the east elope ~of of the
HabichtsWald mountains; and bas
for the capt ive . Emperor associations
of Peculiar interest, forgo:mot is it
was once the favorite residence of.
his uncle, Zerome some:_ thie the
King of . Westphalia.
retreat and its "sizeroundings are in
the luxurious taste of the last comtu l
rv. There are hot houses on an
amazing plan; there are temples of
Apollo and Mamy; there are water
falls, pheassitries, lakm, and
nese htliage. 'There is a great loan-,
tain, perhaps the ". greatest.' in the
world, for its whims of water; rais
ing to a bight, of of 190 feet, is twelve
feet in thickness. : And lastly, at the
farthest and , highest ponnt of the
grounds, nearly 1,400 feet above the
Nide, them is a 'strange -if not pre
posterous building of octagonal shape
with a series of cseeades - descending
from its foot, thrmigh five basins, to
a " grotto of 'Neptune." The build
ing at the top of the amide is tarn
edthe Biesenschklcs; from a colossal
statue - , which is an-. immensely- en
larged copy of the Farnese /Lemke,
the club having a cavity in which
nine people Can sit. Such Wil
helmshohe, whose precincts -- are
reached from Cassel by a straight
avenue of lime trees.
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NUMBER 25.
pEATII DRAMA AT Efet.—A. Panima
letter, 'dated October 19, Contains the
following reference to a thrilling
tragedy enacted off that coast: -
" A homicide of unusual interest
has occurred here; ;pi which two
Americans named Newcome, are the
herbes. They started in a small
schooner, the Bremen, on a trip
down the coast to - purchase -india
rubber. Their crew were two men
and a boy. They took, turn about.
at the helm. When about oncV...hiur
dred and fifty miles out, the two
hands, in the middle qt a dark night,
fired with repeaters at the brothers.
After emptying their piitols it was
found that they had severely wound
ed, but not disabled ,the owners, mo
they advanced. with the cut-throat
machetes, which every native born
' peasant oriailor carries in thie coun
try. The hrothers, . however, suc
ceeded in wresting the knives from
the bikodthirsty miscreants, and_
then occurred a hand-to-hand • strug
gle for mastery. This is a small ves
sel in the waste of waters and in the
dark=ness of a moonless night. The
result was in favor of right and just
ice. One of the scoundrels was trip
ped up• and tumbled 'over the low •
bulwark of the little craft, and he
sank; the other followed him volun
tarily., The boy, who, had itgared
himself away in abject fright*,- was
roused out, and the brothers, wound- -
ed as they were, made their way
back to this place. Who shall say
there is no romance in modern life ? -
DAY AND NIGHT DI 13WZDiDi.—The
peculiarities of th& - day andtlight in
Sweden strike the traveler very for
cibly, after being accustomed to tha
tstaperate zone. In June the sun
goes doyen in Stockholm a little be
-fore tem-Velock. There is a great il
lumination All night, as the sun pass
es round the earth to the north pole,
and-the refraction of its rays is such
that you can see to read at midnight ,
without any artificial light. There is
a mountain at the head of Bothnia,
where, on the 21st of June, the sun
does not appear to go • down at all.
The steambo at goes up from Stock
holm for the purpose of conveying
those who, are curious to witness the
phenomenon. It occurs, only one
night. The sun reaches the horizon
-you can see the ,whole face of it,
and in it it begins to rise.. At the
\girth Cape, latitude seventy-two de
grees, the sun does not go down for
several weeks. In Jane it would be
ribput twenty-five degrees above the
horizon at midnight. In winter the
sun disappears, and is not seen for
weeks—and then it comes and- re
mains for ten or fifteen minutes, af
ter which it descends,' and finally
does not descend at all-13nt almost
makes a circle around the heavens.
Tan InPour , Max.—This
tad is mean in small ways.. He will
help a pretty girl, but never an old
lady. He will keep his seat and sut
ler a poor woman with a,4ild in her
arms to stand. He will assist a
seemingly rich lady i to pay her fare,
but hem ooks the other way when
want and poverty appear. He often
finds himself without funds or tick-
eta, and tells the conductor " he will
pay next time." He never helps any
but pretty girls, and begrudges
everything he is called upon to do
for others. He opens windows when
others do not want air. _ He is a per
verse, selfish- being, madly, and,
seems to think that the railroad was
built entir4- - lar hiniselt He will
not budge in inch - to permit a.. par
son to, pass I out.. He is a natural
born boor.
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• As ALLFGOBY.—An old man was
toiling through the burden and heat
of the day, in cuhivating his own
land, and depositing the promising
seed in the fruitful lap of, yielding
earth. Suddenly these stood before
him; nnder the shade of a linden
tree, a vision. The oold min was
struck with amazement. -
• " I am Solomon," spoke the phan
tom in a friendly yoke. "What are
you doing here, old man?"
"If yon are Solomon f " replied the
venerable' laborler, " how can you ask
this? - In my youth you• sent me to
the ant? I saw its occupation, and
learned from that instinct to'T be in
dustrious and to gather: What I
then learied I have followed ant to
this hour:'
• "Ton have only learned half your
lesson' replied the . spirit. "Go
again to the ant and learn to reo, in
the winter of your life, and to . enjoy
what you have gathered
How HE • Pain Tam —Zadock
Pratt, the milho . , nairetanzer of Pratts
vine, Greelae county, N.Y., has a
hearty'contempt for stuck-np people.
Learning one reaming that some
young men in, his employ were ex
chided from a ball-roota': - because of
their occupation; he repaired forth:
with to the hotel where die bail Was
in progress,' procured an axe, and
with his own
. hands cut down the
stairway leadibg to the hal Telling
the dancers to stay there and enjoy
their exclusiveness as long as they
chose, he turned to the landlord and
told him to employ a - carpenter after
the ball was over to rebuild the stair
way; and bring a bill of expense - to
him.