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Administrator's And Phemitor'srgotiosa, $2 ;
aadi
ius Notipes. $2 50 : Badness Cardif. Ara lines; (per
re) 25, additional lines $1 each.
y ear ly edvertisera are entitled to quarteripelunigto.
. Transient advertisements nntatbepidd for is eidrasot
aR gesointiorui of AielaciatinnTLOommunicationa
Waited or individual Interest. Indinotioes of Mar.
osees and Desthit ezosediaglive lines, are charged
Tprg CEngPe r
The nErOSTRIt li
haling a larric embalm than ail
tb^ papers in the county combined, mates it the boat
siireusing Medium in Northern Pennsylvania.'
4011 PRINTING at every kind. in Plain and Taney
repri, done with neatness and divifth. Nandbills,
;4311001, Girds. Piumphlets.ll
its
he.
o iTtrry variety and style. printed at the shorted
toicce. The REFORrat frilioe is well supplied with
yr , ii:er Pressed!, a good assortment of new type, and
,„.. ff thine in the Printing line ean be executed In
t ar ,Yolit artistic manner and at the lowest ratea.
T ?Jam rN. VARIABLY CASH.
stnrwas calm
TINGItE'I, Licensed due
•• Hower. Pomo, Pa. .M 1 calla promptly attend.
•
co to. •Ma79.187 0
BLACK, pen effil Fire ; lye, m • .f;; .A
rmee
Ljb : o wn.ouota. Wyalnaing. Pc inn2,lo-4m
WALLACE REELER,
ROCS'S'. SION AND FRESCO PAINTS&
Towanda: Sept. 13, 1870-yr
AMP & 'VINCENT, INSURANCE
aorrra.-0111Oe formerly cavorted by Mercer
Morrow. one door month et Ward Hone.
2. R. CAMP.: May/0.10 W. R. Trec:Ovr.
IL'POWLEA, REAL • ESTATE
DEALER. No. 160 WarldngtOn Street, bo.
tw•rt Eagan° and Wella Streets, Chicago, Illinois.
goal Estate purchasedond sold. Inivatroenta made
and Money Loaned. May, 10,'70,
DRESS MAXING, PATTERN
CUTTING AND FITING In an taablonable
ptyles on short notice. DOOMS in Namur's New
SUN% Main-et.. over Porter &111rbra Ding Store.
11113. H. E. CIADVEC.
Towanda. April 13,1370.
T_TAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
I_ melt as SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS..FETZ
kr., made la the bent rastener and West rtyle,
at the Ward Howe Barbet. Shop. Terms reesotsable.
Towanda, Pee.,l, 1869_ ,•
FRANCIS E. POST I PAINTER,
towanda, Pa., with ten years expliritume, is con-
Mont he can give the bent nathitactlon in Painting,
(mining, Staining, Glazing, Papering. fro.
al.:Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
rmmntrie. april 9, W.
TORN DITNITE, BLACKSMITH,
MONIIOETON, PA., pays particular attention to
jrnoing Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, &c. Tire set and
nitaLting done otrahort notice. Work and themes
gunranteed satisfactory. 14a1Sei9:1.-
AIOS PENNYPACKER, r t . AS
wain retabliehel binlAelf In the TAILORING
itr.sINESS. Shop over-Roekirell's Store. Work of
rvr•ry drArription done in the Istetit styles.
Towanda: April 21, 1870.-0 •
T ERAysvna.,E, WOOLEN MILL
The nnderatnned Would treppetftdly annnnnen to
the public. that he keeps constantly on hand Woolen
c 1.414. eamPimerctil, flanneht. TIMM awl all kind's at
.w!lelesale and retail: IfAIGH & "WADLEY,
Aw.10,'70. , • Proprietor.
OH YES! OH YES,!-AUCTION(
, A. E. MOE, Licented Auctioneer.
All calla _promptly attended US and ea tow
riarantred. Call or address, L. B. Mot, Me ton,
ltrst:oid county, Pa.
•
1
IFFORWS-, NATIONAL PAIN
1:11 - Killer and LifS..oll,slre, the Great Family.
Spentles that end rielnetine• in every home as a
SetereisnjtemedylorMore of the common ills of
Dr. than aft other medians tn. the market. Sold
ht dealers in medicine generally. , Blannfactnred
pr C. T. GIFFORD, Chicago, 111., and 149 Main at.,
IIIttKIILLSVILLE. N. S. : March 10. '7O-5*
fl S. RVSSELL'S
,
GENERAL
lA' SrRAYC•E AG E NiC,Y ,
tanylllo--t[
OOD TEMPLARS MITTTJAL
Benedl Association.
'embership tea to 'secure at death $2.000 $lO 00
iteniial A ent... 2'oo
56 , ftity Assessment, ace . from 15 to 55 1 10
•• • •• •' 26 to 45 160'
• • " 46 to 60 2,10
(1. F. JONF,J3, Wyainning. Pa,
1;01.ral Agent for Bradford county: Local Agents
whntoll. Rept, 29.'70.
Tar, CONTINENTAL LIFE IN-
A_ entwine Company of Martford, Conn. Pay.
front, and application for insurance to be made al
Pn. !Alice, Main at,.. Towanda.
WILLIAM BRACKEN,
General Agent.
h.t. 13.10.-lyGm•
BLACKSIIITIIING
Having completed my new brick elm. wear my
ro.idence on Main-street, lam now prepared to do
work in all its branches. Particular attention raid
Mill Irons and edge tools. - Racing. /rot ninny
rears In this community; in this business, I trust
Till be a ironic : 4nd guarantee of my receiving a liber
slaotount of the pnblie patronage. •
Towavita. Nnv: t, 18(1.9.—tf
pA TENTS!
d. N. - Di ,Vicitor of Patenbi,
73 ISROAIS snErr, WAVERLY, N.-Y.
Prepares drawings, apeelfleatlons and all papers
rnpn In making ana properly • conducting Appli
rat e‘na for PATENTS in the I:I2II7EDSTA.TEK and Fon
/M N CO( 7 24"TAIES: I;C:1 manors is uirsuccEsarti.
Jcen ww-Arroliicta'a FEY TO PAT t - Nlll. PATEIT
IR ~l iTATSPIS:. ,
' tirpt . 1641865-tf .
DAYTON & BROTHER,
Dealers In
COOL, !HIDES, PELT, CALF
SKINS, FI7IIS, kC
`T"r T0T1 , 1% the highest cash price is paid at all times.
Otrys in M. F.. Rosenfield's Store, Main-at.,
1.. A. DAYTON.
~. F. DAYTON. A 0r".14 - :70 TOWANDA .PA
•(1 W. STEVENS, C()UNTY SUR,
• YE TOR, Camptcrwn, Brag.trd Co., Pa. Thank
tobin many employers for mit patronage, would
r.epnetfully inform the citizens of Bradford County
that he•ta prepared to do any work Whin line of btuti
, neiin that may be entrusted to him. Those laming
iti•puted lines would do well to have their . property
ai , arately Frulry...l before allowitigt themeelvee to
fn• 114;1.1:mired by their neighbora. sAll work warrant.
r.lf-erreet, v . ) far as the nature of the cane will per.
Mt unpatented lands attended to an soon at
anititn air nhtaitirt. . 0. W. STEVENS.
f b. 21. 1140-1 y
-THEUNDERSIpNED„ Hll E
op(mm a Bankmg lionae in Towanda. u er the
Dante of G. F. 111ATON k
"fliey are prepared to draw Baia of Etc age, and
Take 011ection, In New York, Philadelp is, and all
portion!, -01 . the Untted. Statea. aa - alan gland. Ger ,
many. and Franca. To loan money, ire dePOilitg,
and to tin a general Banking btutincea:
G. F. Spoon was one of the late firm of I.aporte.
Mason /a Co.. of Towanda, Pa.. and his knowledge of
he business men of Bradford and adj.-caning counties
and haring been in the banking bngjlrtrfil lor about
fifteen year)), make thin house a deairahleone through
which to make collections. O. F. MASON.
Towanda, Oet. 1, IVA. ~ A. G. MASON.
BRADFORD COVNTY
REAL ESTATE AGMCT,
H. B. MckEAN ; lir..u. ESTATE Ac&vi
1-
tamable Farms, Mill Properties, city and Town
Lt.' for sale.
Parties having property for sale will And it to their
ahantaße by gearing a description of the wane, with
'rrm■ Of sale at this Agency, as parties are constantly
rooming for,lfarnis, 11. B. HOMAN,
ItearEstate Agent.'
offe.e o‘cr Mason's Bank, Towanda. ra.
Jan. 21. Iftir?.
FIRM!
NE IV G 00h S A ND L 0 TV ER ICES !
AT MONLOETON, rA
TRACY & 'HOLLON,
listail.Dealora in Groceries and Provisions. brags
and Medicines. Keroaand Olt Larapa,trleYs.
ahados. the :Stuffs. Psinti. Ms. Vannati. 'Yankee No.
nous, Telmer°, Cigars and Snuff. Pure Nines a nd
Liquors, of the beat quality. roT raNtletnal purposes
only All tiontia.nold at the very lowest pries& Pre
si-riptions carefully complintated at all hours of the
day and night Otto us a esti:
' TRACY & ROLLON
dlnnr~ P!‘.. Jun.% 21, 111611-Iy.
CHEAP,I I A.SSA_GE FROM OR TO
. IRELOp OR ENGLAND. '
ovine" . a 66.'1 trtm or 'mai-Souza rams oa TO
guritxsTowN
Williamsollio" . 6 old 4 , Black Star Lino '• 6f Llv
repool Packet., Railing emery week.
Swallow-tall Una of Packet. from or to London,
twice a month.'
Semittaincela to England, Ireland and Scotland pay
able, on demand. I •
For further particulars. spplyto Williams k Guinn,
lircedway,.New 'Fork, or
RON k Cat. Bankers.
Oct 1. HMO. o
• ' Towszda; Ps.
OQD MOL ASSES FOR 50
cents per gallon FOX k NEISCUIrS.
ncte,lo.
" . cs'
S. W. AIAVOIELD, rou,bliisher.
VOLUME XXXI.
TAMES WOOD, , irroaszy AND
COCTITLLOR AT LAW, Towanda. Ps.
HENRYPEET, ATTORNEY AT
.1.1. LAW. Towanda. Pa. Pm Sh
N iric FOYLE, 4TTORNEY AT
J.W.L Towanda,. Pa.. (Mee with Mantua
Smith, south aide Moroar's Block. April U, TO
GEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT
TOWIM AT LAW. Otline—ownow Or Kan Mid
Pine, Streets, opposite Potter's Dreg Store.
B. Trvir.T4Y, DENTIST. OF
: Bee cmtr Wickham & Block* Tl7wands.l%,
]lay 24.,10.
DR, IL WESTON,. DENTIST.-
Mae PattoiElock, ore: Gorier Drug and
Chendeal Store. • jam 1. 'id.
•
LP. WILLISTON.
. ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA. .
South aide of Mettur's New Biota. up stabs.
= Apr1121.10.4E 6 •
A B. McItEAN, ATTORNEY
ILL, mai Coriaritzos Er lAir. Tc;amid& Pa. Par
ticular attention paid to baldness 1p ate Orpbaaa•
Court. .11113'20.114.
N v CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• NET AT Lew (District Attorney for 'Bra&
ford Conran 'l'm, P. Ootiestioss mode Mid prompt
ly remitted. 111, 10-41.
JOHN •N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
sr Lsw Towanda, Pa. Portkelak-attentfon sta.
en to Orphans' Court Vastness. Otiamasetna and
Colleithnks.' BTOece at the Itogister and Reece
der's office, south of the Court Bow.
Dec. 1, 1861..
H. WARNER; Physician and
C • Surgeon, Benayarate, Bradford Co., Pa. All
calla promptly attended to. _Office first door south
of Leßayarille House: . -
Sept. 15, 1870.-yr
U. BEACH, M. D., Physician
de and Surgeon. Towanda, Pa. Particular atten
tion raid to ail Chronic Diseases, and Dismiss et
Females. Office at his residence. on WoatOn street,
east of D'd. Overton's. , n0r.11,69.
OVEIRTON & INABREE, Arron-
NET'S A 2 LAW. Tovrandi. Pa.. haring entered
Into copartnership. offer their profeseienal services
to the public. 'Rpecial attention given to business
in the Orphan's and Itogipter's Courts. apll4'7o
OP :1. Jn. N. C. SLIMItr.r.
UR
ATT
AT ERC AT LAW A:To DA BS ,
Aenndersi9Rned
xira
having associated themselves together in the practice
of Law. offer their professional services to the public.
ULYSSES MERCL'R. W. T.yAVIES.
March 9. 1870.
WA. & B. M. PECK'S LAW
e. OFFICE.
Main street, oppoelte tkt - Cotirt Home, Towanda,
iCiet. 27.'70.
D EN. MOODY, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
• 2
Offers his professional ser.vices to the people of Wy
alusing and. vicinity. Office and residence at A. J.
Lloyd's, Church street.. Aug.lo.'7o
tOIIN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa.
GENERAL' INSURANCE AGEXT.
Paridenlar attention paid to Collections - and orphan.'
Court bnalness. liew flock, north
side Public Square. apr. 1, 'SO.
DM DUSENBERRY, would an
nmince that in compliance with the request of
his numerous friends, he is now prepared to admin.
WC'? Nitretis oxide, or Laughing Ras. for the pain
less extraction of teeth.
Lehaysrille, May 3, t 870, —ly
DOCTOR 0. 'LEWIS,- A GRADU.
ate of the College of ePhysightris and thinteens,, , *
New. York city, Class 1243-4. given eiritlei2ciatentioll
to the practice of his profession. Office and residence
en the eastern siolzf Orwell Hill. adjoining Henry
Rowe's. jan 14. '6O.
0et.26, 69
DR. D. D. SMITH,. Dentist, has
purchased O. propeity. between
Met-cues Block and thetlimll Honae.imbere he has
located his °thee. Teeth extracted without pain by
nice of eae. Towanda. Oct. 20. 1870.—yr.
TOWANDA, PA
GREENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
well-known house, having recently been refit
ted and supplied with new furniture, will be found e
pleasant reffeat for ploaeure seekers. ,13uard by the
Vreek or month on reasonable. terms. ' .
E. W. SE AL, Prop'r:
, cGrrpnsrotki, April 20, 1870.—tf
JED HOUSE, TOWANPA, PA.
Oct ft. fact. .
I.EAIPETLCNCE HOTEL !--,Sitris
t.d ou'llie north-west corner. of Main lind Ellz
both Btroets, opposite ItrysrAt's Carriage Factory.
Jurymen and others attending court will especi
ally And it to their advantage to patronize the Tem
perance Hotel. B. M. BROWN. Propr.
. .
11V , 4TY ESSENIVINE.
DINING ROOMS,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BkIIENS, •
Year the Court
W.e are prepared to toed the hungry at all of
the day and evening. Oysters and Ice Cream to
their seacona.
March 30, 1870, D. W. SCOTT k CO.
1 •
LW ELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,.
r.t. •
,JOHN C. WILSON
Having leased this Howie. is now ready to accommo
date the travelling publin. No paink nor expense will
be spared to give satisfaction to tholes . who may.girs
Mn, a call. -
NV' North side of the public. square, east of Met
ering new block.
T UMMERFIELD CRETIN •HO
Having pnrehaaed and. thoronghly refitted this old
and well-known stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis, at the mouth of Rummer&ld Creek. is ready to
giro good accommodations and matimfactorylreatrnent
to all who may favor him with a call;
Bee. 23, sfis,z-ti.
j S o E rj) , Ax T rr ql r y et Ali or. D Th A is ,
popnlarAotel baring been tboronghlrtltted .and re
paired/and fnrnisbed throngbout with new and elf..
giant Vurnitnre, will be open for th:e f ree,Ttina of
guests, on SATIIIIDAT. Mtr 1. 1869. Neither expense
nor pains has been spared In rendering this Hodge
a model hotel in all ita arrangements. A aniwrior
finality Old Burton Ale, for invalids, just recnired,_
April 28, iso.
VIERI±4N HOTEL,
This Hotel having been by the subscriber,
has been repainted. papered. and refurnished
throughout; with new Furniture. Bedding, ke. Mia
Table will be supplied with the best the market al•
fords. and the Bar with choicest brands of Liquors.
This house now offers the comfort/ of a home at
;formai - it PIIIOES. Jurymen and others attending
Court, will find this house - a cheap and comfortable
',lace to atop. Good atabhng attached. attg.lo,'7o
=I
PEOFESSIONAII CM=.
Hotels.
On Blain Street, near the . Cenrt Rona&
C. T. SMITH. Proprietor
Towanda. Jan. 12. 187n,-13-,
PETER LANDMF74ER,
FiTlik:&, TOWANDA. l'A
11. G. G . 0"!1F.. I`roprielor
NEW • PLANING MILL!
IttATCIIING, RE-SAWING, MOULDINGS, ke.,
At nit oldodand of 11. It, Ing Woolen Factory
and Sawmill. in
CAJIITOWN, PENN'A
A LIEAVY 51X RULL PLAII.NG ItA.TCHINO
MACIIIICE
n-charge of an eXpericnced Mechanic and builder,
be public may expect a
000 D JOB EVERY TIME.
From the recent enlargement of this water power,
work ...an be done at all .leasons of the year and soon
68 .1. , q1t. in. -In nOtin,tion with the sawmill we are
able to furnipti bills of aimed lumber to order..
, STEWART BOSWORTH.
Camptown. May 2h, , -
At cLEAN! & HOOFER,
ii.urrt Loot arrrcn
FAMILY .iSE ING MACHINE,
Prim 53•5 00.
• .
• .
T Machine will stitch, hem. tell, tuck,
cool, bunt. embroider and gather in the most ;wrier*
manlier. and will pew from the lightest to the beetle
- 7
eat goods •
!ram° C'T cH.i.voz or ritysio.v.
It a not a Cheap Machine," but In all respects
equal. the higher priced ones, while In simpriciti,
nog-liability to get out oforder. - and ease at manage
ment rr arm...sem ALL.
An exandnatioitts dealred from all to test the truth
of our sasertions. ALL Mammas WAILILIMMD Pea-
MARY !E. 'WAITS. Agent.
Ttrasada. Sept, 1. 1870. '
la • ICE LIST--CASCADE MILLS.
i. .
Fl , mr, best finality, per lack $2 00
bandied The - ',' 400
.... " " "• WM .3 • . li SO
Caxton] grinding =tally dens at !nee, as the ei•
putty of the mlll la sallicieat tor • large meonnt .Iwork. R. B. MIRAN.
CaroptOwn, July SS, LEO. .
~~
Petteb
"JUST PVT. Tons= Es its rum,.
Before you place on your neighbor,
The stigmi of his dilation,
Just try to Wince your Judgincit,
By " Pattineyonrself In his Owe.°
Look well at his sarrotiadiap,
At his plormires, and his cares ;
Don't crush the man with you earses.
When he can be . sarol by prayers.
Look at his itrougth—his weakoesa,
Teit the surging of Ws blood;
Mx* It flow Do a gentle streamlek
Or rash like a tactraloot flood ?
Perchance all the early training.
Of the min, nu the kista to bend
Ms mind in the crooked channel -
That led to the bitter nod.
It may be, in s single hour,
Borne pc - sirOd burble cum—
•
It may be for action of others
Thst he ifiessj! e heakitiethe *Mum.
Then look with !Midwest mercy
On the enineof our rue, .
And ere you pars judgment span him
Just " put yourself in his plsoe.` •
•
MHOS WORTH ITOWING.
In 1662, the Goctaw of Maissa;
chusetts, Sir Henry Valle, an, aristo
cratic Puritan as austere* a
ti V;,
and ambitious as Napoleon, was ha*
-
ed for high treason.
In 1663, the Prgvince 'of South
Carolina was erected, with a free con
science clause in its charter.
In 1664, Nom Cassova, or New
Jersey, was Wattled by tord Berkly
and followers.
In 1673, New York and New Jer
sey, then belonging to the -English,.
were taken by the Dutch; one year
after they were restored by treaty:
In 1682, the settlement of Penn
silvania was commenced by William
Penn.
z The Persians give a name to every
day of thomonth, the same as we do
'of the week.
April is se \ called from Aperit, the
sp .
Ten beats of a healthy pith* are
equal-to nine seconds oftime.
The first writer who of,
algebra
ic signs, was a Nuremberger, named;
Stifelins, in 1644.
The leist friction is found in pol
ishediron and brass.
A man five feet five inches , high,
on level ground or on Eghseashore,
can see about three miles distant.
Black rats are tamed in Germany,
and have bells hung about' their
necks. They drive away-other rats.
The Angora cat has one eye blue
and the other yellow.
The pip in poultry is a disease that
produces a thin film • under the
tongue.
Perfectly white cats are deaf.
A horse sleeps while standing.
The bones of birds are hollow, and
filled with air instead of marrow.
Fish and birds can see through th e
nictitating membrane that they draw
over their eyes to screen them from
the snn.
A louse lays sixty eggs or nits in
six days, and hatches them in six days
more.
The ilea, grasshopper and locust
jump two hundred tunes their length,
in the ratio of a quarter of a mile to
a inan.
In the migration of birds, the males
arrive several days in advance of the
females.
Hair has been "sue cessfully trans
planted from one part of tile body to
another..
The_stoms composing the "human
foriddivine," are supposed to aisle
go an entire change every forty days.
The pulse of children goes just dou
ble as quick as in a person of sixty—
the one, ono hundred and twenty to
the minute, the other sixty.
Cass roots are made into bread
in Bralll, and the starch . is our ta
pioca._
Wiseat and barleq grow more in
the day time than night. -
'tops entwine to the left, and con
.
volvulus to the right.
Deciduous trees are those whose
leaves wither an fa ll once a year, in
contrast with ev n.
Extract of lettuce is a cure for
coughs, and an effective sedative.
Galena is the native stilphtiret of
lead, and contains antimony, silver
and zinc
)1(11.11t Ath&, in. Sfaceilonia ; a
It luta tiventy-four Grepk
in wins ri es,with six thousand monks.
The metals retaiiiing heat longest
are, in their :order, brass, copper,
iron, tin and, lead.
Quicksilver freezes at 39 degrees
below zero, ether at 47 degrees.
A poker laid over a fire concen
trates the heat of the passing smoke
and increases the draught through
the fire.
Frost goes downward, heat 'up
ward.
Eggs arc hatched at 104 degrees of
heat.
Bell metal is three parts copper
and one tin.
The first tragedy . written in. Ame
rica was by Benjamin Coleman, while
a student at Harvard. It was enti
tled Gustav; Vasa, and was enacted
at a regular commencement of the
college. Coleman, afterwards - be
came a'noted Boston divine.
Penn't charter was ,dated March
4th, 1681, and his first colony com
prised Bve hundred souls..
:The Greeks and Romans had no
standing armies in time of peace. In
time of war, every citizen was a sol
dier.
The Romans lay on couches at,
their meals, resting on their left arms
and eating with the right. The sex
es ate separately.
William the COnqueror was des
cended from Rollo the Danish - pirate,
in the seventh degree. '-
Fahrenheit, who invented the ther
mometer in 1720, was a Dantzio mer
chant. • •
The report of a gun is heard before
the word, " fire."
Echoes cazuiot be heard in a leas
distance than forty-seven feet. To
distirkgrdsli syll2blea, it requires oni
huiidttd arid sixty-one feet for each,
.tbell in water produces a sornad
like two knives struck together. '
sy,stikaT L Trani'.
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 19, 1871.
In the Arctic regions, you can eon.
Terse a mile distant.
The crier's " O year is a corrup
tion of the French ". Oyez," to listen.
Magna Charts was a charter ex
tending the right of , petition to the
people. It was first extorted from
King John for the NObles, and in
1688„ under Charles I, extended { to
the people in a bill of rights. This
prondes that fines and aniereements
shall never destrey a man, and sires
a—ikeekader's estate, a merchant
goods, a workman's tools, a scholar-NI
books. /cc.,
The first Eturopeah settlement was
made in New York, in 1609, in Yir
ia in 1607, and in lifassachustftts
in 1620.
WOEX MIL
Of the wont loes that woman has
ever had to encounter, wine stands
at the head. , The appetite for strong
drink in mangy has spoiled the lives of
more women—ruined more hopes for
them, scattered more fortunes for
.them, brou6t to them more shame,
Sorrow andhadship—than any oth
er evil %saliva& The country nrim
bens tens of thousands—nay, hun
drab of thousands—of women who
are widows to-day, and sit in hope
less weeds, because their husbands
have been idain by strong drink.
There are hundreds of thotucandtt of
homes, scattered'all over the land, in
which women live lives of torture,
going through all the chinges of sal
faring that he -between the extremes
of fear and despair, because those
whom they love, love wine better than
they do the women they bare sworn
to love. There arewiimen by thou
sands who dread to hear at the door
the step that once thrilled them with
pleasure, because that step has learn
ed to reel under the influence of the
seductive poison. There are women
groaning,with pain, while /we write
these:words, from bruises and bru
talities inflicted by husbands made
mad by . drink. There can,b6 no ex
aggeration in any statement made in
retard to this matter, because no int.
man Imagination can create anything
worse than the truth, and no pen is
capable of portraying the truth. The
seirowsind horrors of a wife with a
drnnlienilmsband, or a mother with
a drunken son, are as near the reali
zation of hell as can be reached in
this world, at least.. The shame, the
indignation) the sorrow, the sense of
d'kegrace for Iherself and-her children,
the, poverty—and not unfrecinently
the, beggary—the fearand the fact of
violence, the lingering, lifelong strug
gle and despair of countless women
with-drunken husbands are enough
to make all - women curse wine, and
engage unitedly to oppose it every
where as the worst enemy of their
sex.
And now what shall we see on the
New Year's Day, 1871 ? Women all
over the city of New pi'ork---Lwomen
here and:there all over the country,
where like social customs prevail—
setting out npob their tables the well
filled decanters which, before night
shall close down, will be emptied in
to the brains of young men and old
men, who will go reeling to darker
orgies, or to homei that will feel
ashamed ofithern. Woman's hand will
fill and present the glass, woman's
careless voice will laugh at the effects
of the mischievous- driMght upon'
friends, and having done all this,
woman will retire to balmy rest
hiving reckoned the number of those
to whom she has during the day pre
sented a
_dangerous temptation, and
rejoice-over it in the degree of its
magnitude.
0 woman ! woman ! Is it not about
time that this thing were Stopped ?
Have you a husband, .a brother, a
son ? Are they stronger than their
neighbors - who have, one after anoth
er, dropped into the graves Of drun
kards? Look around you, and see
the desolations that drink has wrought
among your acquaintances, and then
-decide whether you have , a right to
plaCe temptation' in any man's way,
or do aught to make a social custom
respectable which leads hundreds of
thousands df men into
. bondage and
death. Why must the bottle come
out everywhere? Why can there not
be a festal occasion without this vul
gar guzzling of strong drink ?
Woman, there are some things that
you can do, anti this is one: you can
make \ drinking unpopular and dis
graceful among the young: Yon can
utterly discountenance all drinking
in your own house; and you can hold
in suspicion every young man who
touches the cup. You know that no
young man who drinks can - safely be
trusted with the happiness of any
woman, and that ho is as unfit as a
man can be for a woman's society.
Have' this understood: that every
young man who drinks is socially pro
scribed. B ring ,pp your, ehildren to
regard drink' as not only dangerons
but disgraceful. Place temptation in
nd4nan's way. If men will make
beasts of themselves, let them do it
in'other sdciety . than yours. If your
mercenary husbMads treat theii cus
tomers from private stores kept in
theirs counting rooms, shame them
into decency by your regard_ for the
honor of your home. Recognize the
living, terrible fact that wine has al
wayi been, and is to-day, the curse
of your sex; that it steals the hearts
of men away from you, that it dries
up your prosperity, thatt endangers
your safety,lthat it can. on' bring
you, evil. If social custom
_compels
you to present wine at your feasts,
rebel against it, and make a social
custom in the interest of virtue and
'purity. The matter is very much in
your own bands. The women of the
country, in what is Called polite so
ciety, can do more to make the na
tion temperate t/um all the legisla
tors and tumultuous reformers that
are struggling and blundering in
their efforts to this end. At any rate,
if they will try, they shall have Scrib
ner's Monthly to help them—Dr. Hol
land.
Tams is no standing still place in.
nature. Progreseion or rein:lrreligion;
one or the other is man's destiny.
The business home, the class; the
town, the nation that does not move
on, must elontrially be trodden out
under the foot of irresistible advance.
This is a fact that cannot be, set
aside; and wise people will make
note of it accordingly.
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A striking instance of - the myste
rious working of God to accomplish'
His providential deliverances, is re
lated by Horace Bushnell, in the kw
teerith chapter of his work on " Na
ture and the supsrmturca, as together
constituting the ones stem of God."
"As I sat by the fire," says Dr.
Bushnell, " one stormy November
night, in a hotel parlor,rin the Napa
Valley of California, there came in a
most venerable and benignant look
ing person, with his wife, taking their
seat* in Ur circle.. The stranger, as
I afterward learned, was C.aptain
Yount, a man who came over into
California, as a trapper, more than'
forty years ago. Here he has lived,
apart froze the . Feat world. and its
questions,acquning an immense land
ed estate and becoMing 'a kindof so
k nowledged 'patriarch in the country.
His tall, manly person, and his gra
cious, p.Wnal look, as totally 1121..
sophisticated in the expression as if
he had never beard of a philosophic
doubt or question in' his life, marked
him as the true patriarch. The con
versation turned, I know not-how, on
spiritism and the modern ,neeroman
cy, and he discovered a degree of in
clination to believe in the reported
mysteriea. His wife, a much youn
ger and apparently chrisdian person,
Intimated that probablihe was pm
disposed to this kind of faith by a
very pectiliat experience of his own,
and evidently desired' that he might
be drawn out by some intelligent dis
cussion of his queries.
"At my request be gave me his
story. • About six or sevenyears pre
lim:ls, in timid -winter'snight, he had
a dream, in which he saw what ap
peared to be acompany of emigrants,.
arrested by the snows of the moun
tains and perishing rapidly by cold
and hkingen He noted, the very cast
of the:seenerY, marked by a huge per
gndiaular front of white rock cliff;
saw the men cutting off what ap
p 'elji, - Esi to be treo 'tops, rising out of
d p,gulfs of snow; he distinguished
the very features of the persons, and
the look' of their partieu*. distress.
Ho woke profou.ndlrtm . pressed with
the distinctness and apparent reality
of his dream. At length he fell
asleep and dreamed exactly the same
dream again. In the morning he
could ° not expel it from his mind.
Falling in, shortly, with an old hun
ter comrade, he told 'him the story,
and was only the more deeply im
pressed by his recognizing, without
hesitation, the, scenery of the dream.
This comrade came over the , Sierra
by the Carson Valley Pass, and de
clared that a spot in the pass answer
ed exactly to his descnpti9n. By
this the unsophisticated , patriarch
was decided. He immediately col
lected a company of men, with-mules,
and blankets, and all necessary pro
visions. The neighbors were laugh
ing, meantime, at his credulity. No
matter,' said he, I am able to do
this, and I will, for I verily believe
that the fact is according to., my
dream.' The men were sent into the
mountains, one hundred and fifty
miles distant, directly to the Carson
Valley Pass. And there they found
the - company, in exactly the 'condi
tion of the dream„and brought in the
remnant alive. I
" A gentleman present said, ' You
need hate no doubt of this; for xt:e
Californians all know the •frcts, and
the names of the families brought in,
who , now look upon. our venerable
friend as a kind of saviour.' These
names be gave, and the - places where
they reside, and I found afterward
that the California people were ready,
everywhere, to second his testimony.
" Nothing could be more natural
than for the gOod,hearted patriarch
himself to add, that the brightest
thing in his life, and that which gave
him greatest joy, was his simple faith
in that, dream. I thought also I could
see in that joy the glimmer of a true
christian love and' life,
into which,
unawares to' himself, he had really
been entered by that faith. Let any
one attempt now to account for the
coincidences of that dream by' mere
natural 'causalities, and , he will be
glad enough to ease his labor, by the
acknowledgment of
_' a ,stiliCThatural.
Providence.
The Chrixtian, ,of ' Boston, com
menting on this incident, remarks:
• "So much we learn. from Dr. Bush
nell, but who can tell the rest? Such
histories are never fully written; the
inside view is.only seen by God
\Him
self: Who knows what prayers ent
up that night from fathers, moth s,
wives, and friends in far-off caste
homes, in behalf of those emigrants
who h ad set forth upon their long
and dangerous way ? ,•,:. Whc,) can tell
the midnight groans and secret sighs
of hearts that held communion with
the Lord, and craved, His blessing
over the absent ones? And who can
tell the uttered or unspoken plead
ings that arose from that storm-be
leaguered band, who, perishing amid
the rigor of that awful winter's cold,
looked up to God when every earth
ly hope and help had failed ? Doubt
less, itthose rescued ones were call
ed to tell Their tale, we should.find in
this account not only 'a story of the
wise direction.of God's guiding hand,
'which selected perhaps i the only man
in California who had'keens to send
deliverance to these dildressed ones,
and:faith enough in the -unseen to
heed a divine monition, but also a
Most striking record of the wondrous
virtue of prevailing prayer, poured
out b?' souls in' sore 'and aecp dis
tress. ' ,
Wno ART %toe few Sabbaths
since a stout, fatherly looking man
was pressing his Way through_ the
crowd in Plymouth Clinic'', in order
to get nearer Bracher, when he was
arrested in his progress by the great
preacher's voice, singing. out ,the
words - of the text: "Who art thou?"
" Who art thou ?" with cried, out
the dramatic preacher. The stout
party, thinkkg himself in the wrong,
perliiiin, by pressing forWardi and
believing himself to be personally ad;
dressed, startled the brethren and
nonplussed their riperend chieftain,
by sedately" I'm a , pig
merchant from Ckmgo, sir; : I hope
you . ain't mad. There ain't narry
chair, or else rd 'a sot down. •
A HEN is not immortal, and yet her
son Beyer sets!
Mum.
No disease to which
it our children
are subject, is more &tfnl to be
hold, or leads to more hi
dg re
sults, than croup. Indeed, the clan
ger of the-disease is so well under
stood and the symptoms so •readily
recognized that the , first .hcerse, hol
low•_•waA indicative of the approach
of the .se , is a sigma for th e fond
parent to hasten to the , little; one's
crib and commence a rigorous treat
ment for its relief. •
If the child be frpm one to two and
*Audi years old, the croup is apt to
be of a spasmodic nature, the result
of dentitum and t irritation
of gems, stoniach, an bowel& To
such a. child should be atbninistered
from one-half a teespoonful, of the
syrup of ipecac, every
. quarter of an
hour, until free vomiting is preduced
end the stomach thoroughly.=
Cloths wrung out in hot water
be 'applied to the child's breast and
throat, as hot as can be. borne. Let
the cloths be applied every Ale min
utes for the apace of half an hoar, af
ter which rub the, skin thoroughly
dry, and inoint the chest, throat and
nostrils with warm sweet 'oil or goose
oil. Next wrap the child in a warm
blanket and return it to its crib, when,
if it breathes easier and is disposed
to sleep, no further interference Will
be necessary. The following evening
it should, be thoroughly anointed
r. for fear of. a relapse, which is
ely to occur for the follo wing _ two
night& ' • - .
But, should not this treatment re
lieve the child, or should it be older
and have a more severe type of the
disease, 'With inflammation of the
windpipe, extending to the throat,
and downward to the lungs, accom
panied with great hoarseness, a
wheezing, hollow cough, great rest
lessness, hot skin; flushed face, chok,
ingi and expectoration of strin,
tough phlegm, which the child fi ns
impossible to expel from its threat,
then must .more- vigorous measures
be resorted? , to. Send at once for your
family physician, and guile the mes
senger is in search of him do not bet ,
idle - . Procure, at' once, a piece of
unsitickedlime, the, size of . two. fists.
Place it in a basin and pear a pint
of hot water upon it. Seat the child;
on a chair, envelop it in a blank t---
head and'alt—place
_the basin' ith
the slacking lime upon its lap, ~'".d
allow the child to inhale the _ ...-..
arising therefrom. In less than te ...,
minu eryou will' have the. satisfac
tion of seeing the little one breathe
freely, for you will have dissolved the
tough phlegm. and membrane which
obstructs, his - breathing apparatus,
and:your' physician, when he arrives,
will'tell you that you have done right
ly and perhaps sated the life of your
child.
t ot,
There is nothing equal to the fu 6s
arising from slacking lime, for
;solving the secretions that obstrnc
the windpipe and :throat of 1 9 child
suffering from croup. - Lime should
be kept lin jars, tightly corked, in,
every house, where there are small
children,\ at this season of the year:.
The wre%ched manner in which we
are in the habit of clothing our chil,
dren during the cold weather) ren
ders them constantly liable ,t 6 colds
and croup. We should always be
pi - *Tared to meet the disease prompt
ly, and• in no manner can it be so
thoroughly done as by the treatment
above indicated. -If parents would
dress their children more with regard
to - health-and cOinfort, than 'to dis
play e pretty limb and shoe, there
would be far less cause for disease
among - them. Cloaks, scarfs, and
Airs about the , shoulders and necks
of children, .with a pair of thin gai
ters and thinner stockings upon the
feet and limbs, may be. a fashionable
way of dressing them, but it is cer
tainly& very, uncomfortable and un
healthy one.—Bistoury. :: • -
NO HOME 1
NQ home. 'What a misfortune!
How sad the thought! There are
thousands who know nothing of the
blessed influences' of Comfortable
!mimes, merely because of a want of
thrift,- or from • , dissipated habits.
Youth spent in frivolous amusements
and demoralizing. associations, lefty.:
ing them at middle age, when the
physical and intellectual man should
bo in the greatest' vigor, enervated
and without ono laudable ambition.
Friends Icing since lost, confidence
gone, and nothing to look to in old
-arta . but a mere toleration in the
community where thy should be or- .
naments. No dßniie to ily, to when
wearied with the -struggle incident
to life; no w4e to cheer, them in
their -despondency; no children to
amuse them; and no virtuous house
, hold to giVe_zest to the joys of life.
All is blant, add there is no hope or
succor except 'that which is given
out by the hands of private or public •
charaties. When the family of the
-industrious and sober citizen gather
around the cheerful fire of a wintry
day, the homeless man is' seeking a
shelter in the cells of a station-house
.or beg gins for a night's rest in the
out-building of one whoi started in
life, at the same time, with. no great-.
er advantages; but honesty and in
dustry built up that t home, while
dissipation destroyed the other.
lips: 1 ) 0 11 1 4V 40 1;O'Ill
Trust to no friend if thou halt not
proved, him; they are- oftener found
at the banqueting table than at the
door of the prison.
A man had three -friends; ,two of
them he loved greatly; to the third
ho was indifferent, although this one
was the most• honest and sincere.
He was once summoned before a tri
bunal,yhere, although innocent, he
was harshly accused, " Who of you;"
he said, " will go with me, and testi
fy forme, for I tun harshly accused,
and the king is angry with me."
The first ofhis friends_at unce ex
cused himself; `and said that ho could
notge with him on account of other
business. The second accompanied
him to the door of the court-house,
then turned end went back, for he
was afraid of the angry judge The
third, upon whom he ,had le a st de
pended, went in with him and spoke
in his defence, and testified so nai l
ly to ' his innocence), WO, the judge
imed• him with rich gifts.
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Man has' three friends in thia
world; how do they conduct thorn
selvel in the hour of death. when God
summons the soul before his tan
nal? Money, his dearest friend,
lesiva him first, and does not go
With him. Ens relatives and friend*
attend him to the door, of the grave,
and return again to _their homes.
The third, whom he oftenest forgot
in life, is his works of benevolence :
these alone accompany him .to the
throne of the judge; - they go before
him'', speak in his defence, and find
mercy and favor for him.
01ILT A !MAIL.
A jeer -11 lwas only • year ago—
Here by the old where I stand— •
Here we met In the autumn glow,
Walked In the warm fields bind In hand., .
There are the trees we paned between—
Ah, God! taco/ eagy is to recall
Haw weary 11 le to hal the hears,
Calm tenth Mt a yes has changed it all.
Here is the ineadow tie went same ; • .
• Here is the hedge be puttied swans
Even the golden bettereape toss.
As if it hnd been bat yesterday.
This is thelisn'we sat beta* .
Shading, l think, lb, seiteame Wane;
The tkoners he raged, to bind tat: a wreath
There. as se rested Anse together. -
I know that ratr heed was all mine then,
Baud, sad yon were II happy ae
Whew we lingered bare in the glen, ,
,Lingered till sten came out in WA,.
Are 4 .7 as happy mar, Boland ? • _
re on as happy (wherever you be)?
"Only Jeer—and son are tired, '
And I am eloteby the green lime tree.
•
Long ago Weems to me now—
Far away waathat tendet time;
Boland, you hare forgotten the TOW
Which then you swore to me under the lime.
Yon were crushing tha seeded grass,
Ornahing it in your hand as we sat ;
Only a year age—Alas!
Is it, indeed, not more than that ? -
FAULTS.
People are wont to look at their
faults throragh the wrong end of the
teleagolle, which process has the in
evitabTe tendency to throw their ita
perfekions at a convenient distance,
and to bring them -down to 'a very
diminutive focus. This pragtice has
become habitual, and, in fact, seems
hereditary With the majority of ha
man kind. It is the general routine
of endeavoring to 'appear more per
fect than our neighbors:'
None of us are perfect., and it is
...lisp to permit our imagination to
lead us into such a labyrinth of van
ity. All parents think their children
superior to those of their nFighbOrs;
their'children are always 'incapable
of erring 6r- committing a .misde
meanor—so their prejudiced parents
avow when told that their.' children
better than other people's.
Bat this is hninan natnie.
Men may, and they do daily, pro:-
few to have fine faults, and that those
few are very innocent. This man, or
that man, peeps at his, many faults
through the wrong end of the - tele
scope; let him look through theright.
end, and he will see his imperfec-.
tions Magnified to such a degree that
will pronounce the telescope of
Truth a lying and .defective apwa
tns.' Human nature again predwni
nates. .
Women are not exempt froni en
tertaining the same fancies, the same
pr?judices, and acting upon relative
principles. If a woman be ugly and
predisposed to vanity, she is loth to
admit the fact and show heissif ItB
nature has ordained she should be,
but disgaisei her defects by artificial
means. Again, on the other hand,
men are alike prejudiced. If they
have bald heads, or: graj hair, wigs
and dye are called' into relnisition to
snit their vain and foolish fancy.
Thus every artifice imaginable is
adopted with the intention of hiding
tbeir - defects. This is vanity,. bnt. it
is a great fault. • 1 .
We all have our faults—ourimper- .
factions, be they great or' few. t We
cannot hide these from view fore*er:
they will at last ooze mit, and dun
us far more mortifiestia than they
would if ire had at first admitted
them..
.We.may, for a time, (silver
our faults with the, cloak of perfec
tion, but this cloak- will, like all inich
cloaks, in time wear out, and 'thro'
the residue of dilapidation we =fray
distinctly 'discern the lineaments of
many faults which we have vainly
concealed.
The vanity of human nature has
the tendency to place our real char
acteristics al advantageous distances
from the eyes of our neighbors; but
this same vanity will at last prove
treacherous, and betray our habitual
faults in such a manner that we shall
discover ourselves - to be standing
upon exceedingly disadvantageous
ground. People are, loth to admit a
fault'when they know they are in er
ror.- This is' caused by either a want
of confidence in themselves, a want
• of common sense, 4:4 the fear 'grit
others will be apt to, trininph over
their acknowledgement. This latter
tear is very foolish. No sensible per
ion would laugh at or mock ' the ac;-
knoWledgement of anothees fault. A
person who admits a fault is wise; a
person who laughs at the same is'
. and should be diselirded by :
-an honorable persona • ". • _
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How To Qt-iT SwzAnnie.—A. story
is told of a citizen of Danbni7, Con
necticut, who was broken of the
wretched habit of swearing in" a nov
el mania. He_ was an inveterate
curser and gru.ler. At every meal
he neglected & blessing, and swore at
everything, from . the gravy to the
teapot. His oaths discolored the
napkins, soured the bread, and cur
dled the milk. His wife, a woman
who 'evidently believed the hair of
a dog would cure the bite, stood this
unseemly conduct "until forbearance
ceased to be a virtue." One morning
he was unusually cross and
and - Was about to take a fresh start
at something else, when his wife sud
denly broke out with a series of oaths
that made the old gentleman up and
leave his chair 'as though some onp
had introduced a pin between the
canes. As soon as she. ceased, 'he
breathlessly - remarked: l We% I swear
if it has got so yow can swear , it is
time I quill" Awd healed.•
•.. Locum congratulates herself
be
eaass she bd lad math so ism tbea 110,000
PsuPen.
0%, per
. Aaniam in Advaariee.
TEE MIMS OP MAIM
The grwth of idling means the de
mof language; the admission - Of a
unnenclabue which disregards pro
priety and ixesi upon objects um
.Inconsistent names is st
once a nuisance and a vices, and per
aistenpe in it means the inevitable ,
debasing. of the, mother tongue, a
course which the scholras of all
- have endeavored to check, while
their efforts were strenuously direct
ed to - refine, elevate and Improve.
rThere has been a grewing tendency.' ,
to incorporate into ottx already too
barbarous and incongniona language
a flood ofsant terms, American, col
loquialisms, galhcisms, sham -classic
isMS, professional idioms, ultramon-
Umbrae, and a general deluge of illit
ante
_Vilsurg is of Very modern
date. was much home li ness,
and no • cosivenamin some of
the 'saying!' of the Wanda writers,
and perhaps more fatiettiturness and
significant*sanopirdar great humor
ists than Witt 'be formd now-i-days;
but WO Wee little or 110 tendency to
gang. Even in the famous highway
man's opera, Gray, who should have
known his subject, gives. rut nothing
in the . Collinanation of Ins lowest,
characters which requires a glossary;
while Dein Swift, had such a corn
moditY as slang existedorordd never
Imre omitted to garnish his works
with it for _the good of posterity.
Dictionaries of slang have been Pub-
USW since his day, and the ta tst
-publicatio* founded on Gross's fa.
moue book, has attained to goodly
dimensions; for slang is ,on the, in
crease, and no stand has been made
against it, because everybody, from
the highest to the lowest, cultivates ,
and speaks it,. .
' Words which are not to be found
in any standard dictionaries,and
which are unauthorized by gatiatic
al - or literary precedent;, are - .slang,
and such words are used throughout
the length and breadth of the land,
by all,degrees of men indeeciiminate-
Iv. The use ofvulg.:r; equivalents
'distinguishes all Engl . Isra en, and it
would weary our , readers,- and cer
tainly not enlighten them, were we
to treat them to a complete list, cor
rectedup to date, of the. syrionynr
-for some of thp generic words in
commonest use.,, For money alone
the are 17. equivalents, , wi.hout
counting the slang terms , applied to
various species coins, .or the
different expressions used -to signify
the being rich or poor. As might_
be expected in England, the syno
nyms for drunkenness are plentiful,
amounting to no; less thin 32; and
for one article of drink, fruitful in
producing'. those names, namely,
" gin,"-we have - 10 different , eqeiva--
lenta Man is liable to be - called a
cov.a cluip, a , cull, an article, a
codger, a buffer, a " PartY;" an ac
cording to hiagrade, he has - so
'subdivisions; according to
fession, some eighty, or mo T •
',that'we have quoted is, a mere drop
in. the ocean, mere casualties, entim
crated' froin memory; and without
the least 'attempt at any :exhaustive
list; possibly, with better knowledge,
we might ' augment the list by at
least double the ammounti Slarig,
&mover, is not concluded here; low
language is not alone in-its " argot;" '-
fashion hes its vulgarity; and a good
deal of too--as unmeaning gibber,
ish as anything that we ,have given
hitherto, the great jest of the faih
ionable slang being that it is made
up of misconstrued French. idioms,
which-in their English garb are sheer
nonsense. Witness a wedding "on
the. tapis," which is twaddle; the
beau mcettde, , which is rubbish; the
dancante, which-is--rigmarole; a eke
.peress :which is foolishness; to say
nothing of the meaningless frivolities
of such win& au faux pu s, inessalli
once, recherche, and a tho u sand other
word, -barely applied. • . - -
As tolashionable, pronounciations
which in - themselves mean -" slang,"
;we take no cognizance, of them; they
\are:fleeting material, add change
their aspect every 'day. Criticism
has its special slang, which is vastly
offensive, as being born of emptiness
and arrogance. A • few technical
terms constitute the stock in trade of
every- rt critic in England; and fel
lowship-its the keystone of praise or
blame. Thts through all stations of
"seciety rtins'the lode of slang. _Let
our readers for it , moment . conceive
the diffictilty which Present's itself to
a foreigner when heen.corinters a
master of slang; .what ?tribulation,
what uncertainty besets-the unhappy
stranger. If the object of hie. enqui-.
ry is a political " move i r he -is • en
lightened to this'e frect: oh . l'it was
a' pet-up thing altogether. Merry=
pebbles- is an out-and-Out swindle,
and wanted to blarneys-:Dull, who
isn't such a flat as he-looks, so,
dodging the premier's gammon, . he
stowed the question; and, though he
looked green did the fellow drown,
on his own-dodge"—all. which must ,
be vastly instructive to the foreign '
politician. • What. hope has a resi
dent. Frenchman -to accomplish the
difficulty of our language? While
be is mastering an idiom, another
and, another has appeared, tolls ut
. ter discomfiture, and he finds himself
fighting against a strongly running
Gil i of slang, which keeps him in- a
• condition of the moat hopeless per
pleiity. Is there a reason ' for this ?
Should This, be? Idleness, sooner
thtuLruse a recognized vocabulary, in
vents one which is stannous; idlenees, ;
mutates this; and
so, according to the - apace left by
Weakness, does the vice gain ground.
Ignorance usesslang, because !ignor
ance copies idleness,' which is the
parent of synonym.
Durum Idrzennum—The latest
thing out is the proposal to celebrate
" leather- weddings."To the tin and
wooden weddings it is proposed to
sold the leather wedding ftlebration,
fifteen years aften mar riage , every
present to IMO W .
leather ita compo
sition:: On consideration it will be
seen that the range of choice will be
quite large, though at first it may
seem otherwise. Books, of all kinds,
in, leather bindings, would come
within the class of leather goods, we
prawns.- ' •
DrAs Swift said that our com
plaints were ihe lug* tribute which heavy
.reative from us, sal'iterith. *tiered part of
oar derotiou I - '
MEI
IRE
TICE 'mamas num
• # # O l4 dreary evezdniri Mt
tumn,)l, smell In. PoorlY elad , al
"dean anAtidY. with Pi!elt on • .
cld
Q
Qualm
quire&
y t ,
The
Was'
. -:.
s 44
.
plum ftges
of the -
end e,
said 'that_
had , and!
he we _ wanderer.
But the lad was top.tunall forthe fa=
ing of anyplace within the Quaker's"
gift, and he was forced to deny hith.,/
Still he liked the looltanst the 130,
and said:" • r
"Thee fluky stop in my house ti t ,
night, and on the' morrow.' 'alive •
the names of two' Or threti good men
in Philadelphia, tizt - whom thee may •
apply with, the assurance of'
,a. kind
reception at least. I„ am sorry that.
I have no employment for thee."
Later in the evening the old Qua
her went the rounds of his spacious -
mansion, lantern in hturd, sa was his,
wont, to see that an was 4 eafe treforo
retiring for the night. As ire kesstd
the door of the little dumber where.
thelvot wander Otiphan had'beett
placed to sleep, fie heard voice . .\
Hatebopcied andlistenek ands,distin
gulled the notes of a simple, earn
est prayer. He bent his ear nearer
and heard these words from the boy's
'0 good Father in heave n help
me to help myself. Watch oVer, mu
as I watch over myi conduci, and
help me as my deeds ,
the good man in whosehouse I ath -
sheltered.. for the night; and tip - a 4,
him long, that he, may continue Ills
bounty to other suffering *net).
Amen." -
NUMBER 34.
And the- Quaker'S heart . responde4
another amen is he moved on; fiat
as; he went 'heineditatal. , The boy ,
had a true idea ;as to- the'duties of fi
life, and possessed , a warm,, grateful
heart.
.__.
" I verily.think the lad will be, a
treasure to his eniployer,! i‘was the
concluding reflection; • 4, - '• •
When the morning came t 4 'old'.
Quaker changed WS mind conceihing .
his answer to the boy's application:
" Wholeaxned You to pray' " in-.
ilifired Friend Lanman. - .
-" My mother, sir," was the soft re 7 , •
ply. Andrthe rich brown eyes grew . I
moist. (• .
"And thee will not forget thy me"-
ther's counsels ?" -.-• • ....
"I cannot, for I know my succes
in life is dependent npon them."- 1
" My, boy, thee innyest ;stay hero in
my house, and very soorrl will take.
thee into my office. . 'Go new ? . and .'
get thy breakfasts" -,"
Friend L. was withered to Abe'
spiritual harveit rshortly after the ,
breaking out of the war- of the rebel .
lion; but he Hied to see the boy he .•
had adopted rise step by step s until
he finally assumed the responsible -
office which the lid-ling guardie.n
could no longer hold. And Ito -day •
there is no man more honor d and .
respected by his friends, an .
none
ni ore\feared by gamblers and speen-
laterslin irresponsible.stock, .than is
the once poor wanderer—no* presi-,
dent of one of the best manawd and .. -
most productive . railways in the - .. .„
"United States.. . • - '. . ._ i
„ ;
..
TEE DOORS FOR TEE OAPITOL.
, -
The. Springfield Republican de ;
_scribes the double doors for the-Cap
itol at Washington; which have been
in the hands of the
.. Ames- Company
at Chicopee for-the past time_years,
and which are now approaching com
pletion. Early autumn, lit is expect
ed,
will see' them in their :destined
place at WaShington. The-panels of
the . " p eace " side, representing'. -
" peace, the oration . to Washin
torint Trenton," " the:inauguration
of Washington," and the Masonic .
ceremony_ of laying the corner-stone_
of the Capitol, September,. 18, 1-793,
surmounted by an oak wreath and a
star, are already arranged kir i&er:
tibn in the cast-iron triune that is to
stipport, them; and something -near
an adequate idea of theirbeautv and -
appropriateness as a national 'coin- •
memoration, and of the- grid skill
and labor required to. bring them
'from the rough bronze to their pres
ent high finish, may now be formed...
T ,
e panels of the ";war!' side repro
t'• war ," " the charge at York-
to " the rebuke of Lee by Wash
in
- n at Monmouth," , kind . q the
death of Warren at Bunker Hill."'
The artist, Crawford, has been fortri 7
nate - in having the highest , skill .in ' -
the country to carry out his designs
to iy'result that_ will not suffer by'
by comParason - with the foreign
_works 'of the kind. . ' Each of; the
-doers weighs 4,000 pounds, of Which
1;800 belong to the iron frame-work, -
and the remaining 2,200 to the -pan- .
els- and 'the, pohshed bronze back. .
But notwithstanding thig, immense
weight the doors l will swing with
comparati*e easals" has been dem-,
onstrated by letual, trial; the. hinges
are ponderous, but the point -of fric
tion has been reduced to the fraction
of all inpk.. . • '
A colossal 'equestrian statue oi l
Washington, to stand thirty-tn-6 feet , ,
high, for, the Boston public, garden, 1
and a nine-feet statue of a soldier, .
for a monumental purpose at Will-;
buns College, the third of . the same,
subject; but new after,different inodH'
els, made there, are now in process
of manufacture at the Ames Compa-
ny's shop in Clibiopee. • ' .
ON FEUDING FAtir.--:Find. fault:
when you must find fault, in private;
if possible, and some time after the
offence, rather than at the time: The
blamed• are. less inclined to resist
when - they are blamed Without wit-,
peas. Both parties are calmer, and
.the accused person , 'may :,be_ - -struck
with the.forbearance of the accuser, •
who has-seen the fault, and watched
for a - private and proper time for
mentioning it. Never be harsh or I
unjust with your children or seiv
-ants: Firmness, with gentleneas of
demeanor,, and a regard to: the feel
ings, constitute that authority which
is alwayi respected and yalted. - -If
you have any cause to complain of a
servant, never speak hastily; waif, IA
all events, until yon have had time
to reflect on the nature of • thy;
offence, and, if then you must re-
Prove, it will not be under the Mu
ence of anger.
• .
Tnxar. is anew song called, * Fa=
ther 'irdliettle the bIIi. - Ybs Zones considers
it a fine composition . bit her pops can't sco it.
and Miss Jones wall' is became he is so ! loth!
deaf. ,
- - •
Wit Hale had a gra* many trans,
Wiens of the Holy S-area; the bell of all
Imola be their translation into thy daily prac
tice of religions_ people., , - ,
Baum that that is which'' hou
dolt sialcio be; °ease to fear for wind is seelite.
lad bap certain assurincsoCtiadopoltd coo
stacr7.-
and
ms's',.
lIE
Nall