Ini -T El:Las - op PUBLICATION. • to published every sorsa-Y._ Blotriit.g S. W. At at Two anuunly Save:J.l34l Will cases exclusive of sabscrip t, to tni. , paphr.' , srEcIAL NUTICES inserted at rirrima omrrs per ,cc .4 . first -insertion, and Errs marrs per lino for 000t'-insertions. NOTICTS. same style as reading matter, VI :STY CENTS a 111 Se. A DvErtnrnitNTS will be Inserted aecording to follouing tablo of rates : , _ IMF l W trl i ff I $1;5 0 I 3.001 6.001, 6.00 110.00 inc)loo 2.00 1 5.00 I .8.00 1 10.00 15.00 1 20.00 i.r;6l - 7.6 - Do l oo =I - 5.00jiii,i0Ti74:450 I illi 3 tatnn 1 - 5:60 1 - 12.00 flsaio—f .1 10.00 x_o.oo 1 80.00 1 40.00 60.00 '-0.00. A I:;ii.ligratar's and rs •<aator's ICoticcti, $2l Audi t N-tiocs. t 2 50 ;• Busineas Cards, five lines, (per v ,. a` 55, additional lines $1 each. • naVeTtipers are entitled to quarterlyclianges. Tr,e -crtiscrecuta mutt be paid for in, advance. R„,mtions of 4.mociationa ; Communications individual Interest, and notices of Marc • and Deaths, eiceeiling five lines, are . chairge,i rrs crt. - rs per line. ' • having a larger cumulation than an r pr . .rs in the county combined. makes it the hetet medinnY In Northern Pennsylvania. • ! • TRINTING of every land. in Plain and Vane; a. me With neatness and dispatch. Ilattdbills. • (lards. Pamplilets,Billhends, Statensents,lcv: even' variety and style, printed at the shortest The Tivroarrn Office IB well supplied with '• Presses , a good rissartment of new type. and thing in tie Printing line'. can be .exectite&in manner and. at the lowest rates. INVARIABLY CASH. .t BUSrITESS CARDS. 1 'E. TINGLEY, Licensed .Atte= • itnnerr, Rome, I'a. All calla promptly attend . t 7Say9.l/170 lir BLACK, .G eneral Fire, Lire, . dn , l Arcidental liasitraner Aged. Office kJ. i'prn.trn's Hotel. Wyalustna•St3. •inn9••• • 7 o —Gm ttr 11ALL ACE KEEVEIi, • • • 111 SE. SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER j Sept. 15, 18'40-yr is: VINCENT, INSURANCE formerly occuphol by Mercur one door south of Ward House. ):. malo-'7O • s. vrscENr. - - - T? FOWLER; REAL ESTATE Pr.\ LE% No. IGO Washington Street. be tatirdeimti-Vells htreeta. - Chicago. Illinois. I:A3o.l , lin:based and sold. Investments made tomed. MaT /0,'70. iING, PATTERN 'FITTNG In• ell fashionable . RES'S - Iclyl - rrENG- AND .tv l l '‘.ll.• , rt notfm. over; Po • ';'-.1:1,1a.'Pa.. i BOOMS in 71tereur'R 'New rteik Drag titdre. MRS. li. E. GARVI".Z. 3;4870. • TT-Arr,,iv . ORit oF; ALL' RDIDS .. •F , :..:, ap SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, FRI 7 1- . --,N. kr., made itt,tl best manner 11,,ndlategt style i ' t, ,, NVILLII.IInuse BarbOr Shop. _ Tepps rensonable -i•no.v-,1,1:1. D..,.. 1, ingi, . -- ---- • • VIIANCIS POST, PAINTER, A t,warl.la. Pa.. with ten.years expertenm, i 4 cox a 1 • rite can give the bc•st satisfaction in Painting, r;r.Staining, Glazing, Papering. kg. ; attention paid to jobbing •In the apt' il 9, Toits DUN FEE /ILA CKSMITTI, iNT,i)ETON. PA.. pars particular attention io ni i. , i,z,.Wag6ns, Sleighs, de. Tire W. and I..nc on short notice. 'Worl; and chargos .1 sati , daete , ty. 12,15,6% IME • - ( 2.ros ' I 3 ENNYTACEIEII, HA.... ..1 -. ,-.:-. t -,,,bi:, , ....--11,i,,,,di - in I, mmonrsa ,-.- .„0: : .-4,,,„„„.1,„„.1,,..11.,. st..re. v,•,:tpr .\.„...,.!,•,,, 0,,,,,,, in the 1at.....5t 1•.ty1( C. , • •••• .• ••• - 4. ' .. ,••71 21. 1 , 70.---tf, , T F .- f Ni s - "lI.LE WOOLEN MILL .1.4 r /::::-.i n , ti - w,1,,i,1 1,-pectrully ttr41,111 , .., , tc, .. 4., -, , .1:.0 1,1,,, V-, - !. , omit-tat-At:is nn 1•,11 , 1 • r.....,!.•11 „ •,. •, ~.. :••1 31 1 1 1 1 1 .:1,,, Ya;n1.1.1171 , 1,1i Li wis at 0, r• 1i 1 1:;1- & 111101L-PLEY, .• - PrszfalPtc.r. r; :TNI - ,--:: - sl':.,c• , 0 YT .S I-AT:CT-EON A. A'u,. Ote:lo,eiitb and F.ati,t'acticn Mon, Monrouon, G 4. ME I t 1 - 1 Call or a I ,',tinty, PA. "NATIONAL rA.IN 1111. +i , :,/ th:..F.r , • 4t Family .h•01:1e. in eVi ry 35 3 n,re of ti,P c,,nthion in the- marl:ct. Roll .e a?nom-tills . ITannfa,turr..l pl l ,l 113 31T-in n.r.,1111, •:n _;s:. / 1 I FIORD'S ": 1„.1 . E.!:,7).11,1. i.',. 111:1 \ :1) ,ny . othr 7, ,111 , In Alw'r , I,IFI, N SE L L C,. „t; S . • C• GENC I", ,• • TowANDA,- A lEEE • - 1 11,11-liS 111UTITAL n. IL':.• qt a,ath $ . 2.,c;: , 11 M. 19 t,c) /'i) , .)'•) TEN . ,t tt.t. ttt , t , , 75 "1 10 •• •• '2ll' to t.G 1 t •• T " 4G t 0 n 1 county. • Focal Azt•;•tcf Et pt. • 1 . 1,. I MEE ENTA.I, LIFE.IN • of Ilartronl. Colin: Pay rtr. inwzratl2o tr, WILLIAM BIL1CIIIIN; • (ipnoral Agt•nt.- .FAIIIE CONTI._ ail r.nipan: .plawation '7'l. -.1 yr2l',. ) If, A.(!KSMIT • slop, !leaf my et, I am now pri_ltUrod Parti,7ular atttutlon paid to?!s. Ha:lug spmit trutly y, iu ibis business, I trust ute of iny recr•iviug. a liboT ratrrrnze.•,„„l EssEN:wisg. i•. '.7.1g• cc411.1.11.A.:.: in • bratm-1.11 , anal cd!Tn s • in thii 'coma:inn t sntlirent g'oz ‘la,nount of the pub] 7., , vaaila. Nov, 3,1. 1 it' .1.-T EN T -I' .. N. DPATEs, Solh;itor of g0i1... , ; I.? , ::ti ......,:-.1-2.0'..,:p Fin ,W IA ATER', . '..;•. ,-e , 41H,wirigs. speelfications an.l co-I , in rualcing nn properly copilu.,l ..-,.'or.Pr*:crs inithe UNIT1:1) STATYA elt - '" , 71: i''.: l . NO: criareik.a. n: 1 - NIL NI , F, = 4 , .. Vrxer..N. - 's i'METO FAT 'CNT 'L • ' =ME ) CALF _ FEINT, r • cash pt'•!re is pa . r..l at all tlrnrs. (.. . StOrt., - • STENIENS, COUNTY SUlt# , #i vi - catt. I:•ampt.irrn, Bracilard Co.. Pa. 'l2ll , I;e:ny e mpTy-era for Mst patronaen, o,:ad r 11 . * it,tqnl t citizensof Badforti Cordat.7 . . 1,, rail,' t.) do any Watt iultis line of 141,1 , 4 r.Lly 1,4 etrtistett -to hint. - ',Those.lta . :lng 14,4 yr,nll,i do well to 'have their property : y. , tl l, .4ute anowinz therigio. - xA to; - theii ueighlx‘ra. worls Ka rar_t far 4. - ; the natnre,tocthe, case will per uttene.td aq .t 1_ .70. tr. STEVENS. ME MEM =OM . , . , rr li .I''. .: ITNIXERSICI,NED - fi A V IL' _, •• : ~. ,I..,1;.;:,1„1in:r H.,11,..'it.1 T.owar.,:a, un;.l. : the 1!..' , .. :.. 1,. F. v..11 , '.,ti N• 1:,,. , 1.::;.". z. , r. , :,-.. pat 1-.1 to tirwv Eirs. or E.N.cha:r.2 ,- . v:11 I_, . : '.. :-, r.... :,,, .u; :•:,•.., y,: , :. rhv.adetrbia. si - 2 , 1 1111 1' , t,.' ,- :.1 t'.,• •,..1 - !_..'..1 5'5......1,; ^Q als.O Enc,lrtid, Ci.,r -l".••• • !...1 Fn.' r, i To loan tuent.y.rexive.deliosits, ;. h 1". t ''. • a .11 r.. 13znIing hnsitiesi. 4'. '1.•.,:: v...2.,,,,:1.-. ..): the late firm of T.711 ,, rtP. ) 1 4 , . , ... , ...., ,‘f T. ) ,,,.,:i(i.a.T;1:, e_ta his Inowls , lgv .it --;-,, n - ... , .. '..1 Ilra,iford and adjoining roznVos iii I , r.nleirig 1)1:gluons for about tl..ll:qisq a d.estrable ono thro'.1::;11 ' G. F. MAS , IIs:. . ^At'G. 31.4.5L1N.. 3:. to mi i:ft'cl.l Lar, , ,an.ii: Cwt. ORD ~ 'CO-'V NTY r) .11)--t:,:.VDP = ENE .:Y N , REAL EST,VrE : AG E..!..7 11. 11..i\feK ,11 Profurties, City sad TUNVII Fa. - r r" ? : - -: , 0,;: iroperty for 601.12 will flndilt to thelr deieription of the isms , . with •." : ale :it tt.la tv,t - en , y. nn partteg are t'angtalgt 3 Y ff - r fsr e. Ne. * • if. B. 'AlcKaklit • Real.F.atate Agetit. r Bank. TowatiLla., rm. lgr7 Eli 8 k - 1: I -V:: 1 1(;‘)OLISAND LOW PRICES.' AT 71,..:".,:11.0ET0N, 1 . 1.1.:V!07i.b:, 11OLLON, alf•rii iIl finwerics awl Provisiona..Drugs rL' Kll'OS.fle Oil, Lamps, f..;liiraneye; ' If )(• stwiL l raiuta, 1.)i114. - Varni...4l,Yarace No- Cq , ,ana 'add .Pere Wiaerr and of 01 , bi f l aalfty, for trwillaival puirosea 'Y• An tt . c . old tr,,e .Very locreat price. Pre ff. , r r.tre•fan .-.ortzixrcincled at a:6-boura of the nt,r u 4 3 cal!. • . TRACY !: IioLLON 24. PASS.WE 11:10111 OR TO I,IIELA.NI) OR ENGLAND. .•`::oz , i.a CO:a [NICE OF aTEASISHIPs Mos! c.. 4 TO • ' ctxx,S4,T6WN OIL Lrrxteroot.. v. , Yr.anta & OWOn's oid "Black titar Lim"- of LI v. Nekr.ta, sailing ovary wrek. ' of kaaetA from or to Loti.lud, t - A - tet• a forth. • • •ru:ttalic , ..lto Eag:ana, Ireland :AA Scotlsr.d. 1•• on 4 ,, .uatvi. fttrth•!: partinitars. apply to Venni:XlS .1. C. allh. 2 'or Al. F. ILtiSON Et C 4 1., Data: , --n. Toirunda, U A. l . 1 (00.1) - 110 LASSES FOR. 50 _Aor tag gialau at FOX SIERCUU*S. OctG,' 20.00 i fo.oo S. W. AX..4Voiti:} l Publisher 18.25] 25.00135.00 22":15ciTio.o . ii=fe 40.001 55.00 I 75.00 80.001 ,$lOOl siso 'VOLUME XXXI. PROFESSIONAL CAPS. TAMES WOOD, • Arronszr aND comigrizon AT LAW. TORIIII4II. TTENRY - PEET, 'ATTORNEY AT -1 JL Low, Imrands. l'a. j juna 27, '66. W • k. FOYLE, ATTOR NEY 'AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Office with Ethan= Smith, eonth aide 3lcrenr's Block. . April it, 70 aEORGg D. MONTANYE, *AT .4.IA inswEr AT LutiV. OfnetY-4XITI/CM of Main and Pine Streets, opposite Porter'. Drug Store. . ~.. ;f B. BELLY, DENTIST. OF • See oral.. Mall= & Black's. Towanda, Pa. May 2d,'70. . ;nit. H., WESTON, DENTIST.- Office in ration's Block, over Gore's Drug and Chen:de:ll Ettore. Jan 1, '63. • T P. WELLISTON" • .• ATTORNEY AT LAW, TOWANDA. South side'of Mercer ' s Block, up stairs April 21, '7 o.—tt. B. 11-c KEA N, ATTORNEY H • AND COMSELLLOII wr Law, Timm da, Fia. Par ticular attention paid to knainees in the Orphans' Conti. July 20, '66.: CAIWOCHAN, ATTOR= lkir• NET AT LAW 05f - strict Attorney for Brad ford Coon ty), TroY, Pa. Collections made and prompt ly remitted. fel) 15. '69--tf. T -& D. C. DEWITT, Attorneys-at •Daw. Towanda. Pa.. having forted a co-,part-, nership. tender their professional- services to the Special attention given to ETXRY DEPART- IdENT of the business, at the county feet or ;else where. JACOB DEWITT. D. CLINTON DuelTrr. Tow.eiwnA. Da., Dee. 12.1870. AW: ARMSTRONG, Fashionable • - Barber, neat. the Elwell . Itonse, Towanda. Pa. Public patrodage solicited. . JOHN N. • CALIFF, ATTORNEY AT Lew, Towanda, Pa. Particular attention Fiv er' to Orphans' Court 'business. Conveyancing and Collections. Atie-Oflice in Wood's new block, south of the First National Bank, up stairs. • Feb. 1, 1871. - • ,• H. 'WARNER, PhysiCian and C • Surgeon. LeleNlle, Bradford Co., Pa. All calls promptly attou d to. Office Ilrst door month Le.Rayaville House. Sept. 15,1870.-yr . _ lAU. BEACH., D., Physician and Surgeinu Towanda.,Da. Particular atten tion paid to all Chronic Diseases. and Diseases •of Females. 01llee at his. Chronic_ on Weston Fl tr , cast :of D'A.Ocertou's. nor.ll.V. TIVERTON: & ELSBREE; ATTOI as.'n .tcr Iw, Towa.nda, Pa.. lanving'entered into copartnership. offer their - pcpftISSiOTI:II NOl : Viee9 to the publie. Special attention given to business In the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apl 11'70 El= VERCUR DAtIES,, ATTOR i- ATIIAW, T0W:146, Pa; The nnlersh!rwl ass s ooiated themselves together in the pta , tior of Lim. oiler their professional serViCeS to the ' , abbe. ULYSSES KERC3.3I. W. T. DAVII.S. March 9..1R70. NAT A. B. M. PECK'S LAW • OIFFICE. Main strcet, oppo.s:te tho Court Slnucp, ToNcanda, Pa. B E N 4- MOODY, Otf:rs his prorvssional services to tilt. people of Wy aniqlng :in 1 vl , iuity.. r , 4,l^nee' at A. J ffill r 'l - I FUG- I. L PAr. • lER, 13 It 0 `c. , xn TOWAN : DA.PiO CM (let. 27..70 PHYSICIAN AND sr.n.GEoN Llnya's. Chntvli +4-rect TOHN ATTORNEY AT LAw. l Tov. r an,la, Dr2.lrora CSIAL, In 4 T:ILANcr. :MINT. • • Particular p.tt , Attl,u ,I:, , ,•tif an' f'usl ,l . 3 ' 2 c . Court buf.ill , -5-s. Ittnek , north 5q112 . 11 Tlll. DU ( SENBERRY, Iti an .7,tiltcP that in cornp)ain., rogin,t 1i , 5111:n,.•r07n4 f t now prepar,l to I.tr,llA r.r 1,: , 11g1;i41.! ti:., , , to tho tr•• 11.: , May '2, 1;-70.-13- A: - KEENEY, - COUNTY SU- To-uuda, l'a. Otn•-• It. M. 1.••,•li, be:ow the Warl W.ll In at t:1 , :•ofh-..;thr i• .t S •Irtiar 4 - 4 v:. , .11,311 , .Ti tit altd, at ill 'A1....rt.:1u,, when u..t eallei away on e. - ,nnect.,l with th.• y. I,tt,rs hor'eatt,r ajhir.....‘. a14.,v... E1ee.1,76 - DOCTOR 0. LEWIS ; A ate of th- r•f" fitrpeputt," New Tork city, Clams 1143-4. giveti exclugiveatknition to the pra...tie4 of his profea.;ion. Office and reFidn'nce on the enetrru ilope or Orwell Hill, culk , ining litiury 11owe'it. Jan 14. 'O.. DR: D. D. SMITH, //enlist. has iarolms,d G. H. Wood's property. between and the Elwell Hour A, where helms I , ,,atei his ornee. Vstrurt. ,, i wa bout paiu by la:e of rts r : Tolyat,ll. Oct. '2O. 17. U.—Y.. 1 EE NWO CO COTT AGE. —Th i s w..11-known house. Infising reccul.l3 - been refit tea and wan nell" furniture, will be 'found a pler,:ont retre3t for rleagfirt; P 4 ekers. • iluar,l,,,ty tae or month ou ruag'o4l4ll , te.rms. NS. NEAL, Pwap*i. •-- r Art - . Cf . IIOUSE, TOWANDA, PA • - pu .strez.L.ne6r the Court House. C. T. SMITH, Proprietor C.l( t. MEE 91EXIPERANCE HOTEL tedon the north-treoVenruer of Main end streets, opposite 'Tryout's Carriage Factory. jurynieu and others attepetr,g court will especi ally find it to their odvantor. : to patronize the Tem perance Motel. 2.1. BITOWN, Jr.rsp Towanda, Jan. 11, 1870.:;::-1y... < r DiNI-NG. Rbo - 2,ts cilre,itNEC'flt)N WITH THE BAKERY., Near the Cr,97t airpr( parici to feed the Inin;,-r}• at all tinics of ,lax and eiver.ing. ,Oyker, and Ice 4...te.atii in ;Mare ty,v), • D. W. SCOTT CO. ELIVELt HOUSE, TO Ps. • '.Tolrs C. ' • thts /holm.; tiLftl: rear I. clite the ffaverdug prite. n-•v e,rete., ral hr ipr.red to gtv,..l-4 , tirvitt. - ti , ll ti.t*th. - me Ll:ty gl , ha`l um - Ariz - FIELD cREEI HO- PETER I.ANDSTL'SSER Ravin purchased and thorotigh:y Illit,trq tit', 6:4 and Ft.aud, forme:ly Iv.pt by :i;ller,rl at the mrmth 91 . Itnuamcrtiell Creek. to r e l,iy. t good 4,-cenrhodattons and sat s factory l A , all who mad• favor h!in witlaa c.ll. ( Dee. '2.3, AF iNs HOUSE, TOWNYDA, con. Si A,ll Tile 1i0r.(.7., Harne,g. i,f all gur..ts t in.nruZi ar,aitiet loin by fire, n-.tb.f)ut tra charge.. A icuperior qattlity of ()1 , 1 Ale. just T. It. JOIIDA,IS. Tw.vantia. . Proprit 4 '.ll Ell .1 . (..!:..k..15; HOTEL, riaDGE STE:MT. TOWANDA. P... If. C. i• . , . . ' , This Flotel-ii.srrug be,ln leased by the' sobscriber, has been repainted,. papered. awl recungshed throughout, with n... , w Furniture. 1.3.;.1.1ing. kr. Ain Table will be 'supplied with the best the warket af fortis. and . the liar with choicest brands of Liquors. This - house now offers the comforts of a home at wmtaan: raters. Jurymen awl others attending' Cont. will and this lionse a c:.rap and comfortable plao.. to stop. Good ' , Wiling att.i...-W.l. tri.g.lo.'7o JEW PLANING 4111. MiTc.Lthai RE:SACh:NO., MOULT.sECGS, lc 1 tl,e 011 littll,l Woolen Factory and'l'avonill, in PENN'A. , . • A IT.fr-tyli riIAN.No : AND ILATCHINU mAcirrst; In t:hargc of an capericno4.l Mechanic and bnii.ler, the 'public may expect a. • 0001) JOB ;ETElli* TIXE. Troia the recent eialargeanent of. this waterpower, work can be done at all seasons of the year and soon as srnt in, In connection with the saw.fnill we are able to fur.tah - bills of rived Inniber to order. - STEWART LOSWQRTIL Canaptown, May 23, 1870.—1 y , NOTICE .? TO CARPENTERS ! Tht otelervlgnod have made arrangements -to in- Num CimentPr's CHESTS OF TOOLS; oovetigt them wareErra MAT nr... AM desiring welt insurance are re , ettiilly invitea to give ns A oat, .' CAMP & WitilLNT, • . . _ tierio'7.o . - ben. Illicit-Ewe agta., Towanda, Pi. FRIED F_RIAT OFcOALL,III= MA ' A' 600 D IitITIM. - ' . --4--!. i • , A farmer who :owned a•Illne orchard, one dsT, Went cut with liis two soils to take a; suirrey, Tho time of the yeir being Avg pr M9'. • • • t The buds were beginning to breakinfo ! _.bloom, The air all about him Was ! rieli With positime, And nothing, at first, waked a feeling of gloom. 1 1 But all at once, going froin this place NI that, lIe: shaded his eyes with the brim of hilt hat,. Saying, "Here is a tree (1) - intiont, that lis fist I" ! ' I . • Ho called his ions, Joseph and John, an d said ! he . — "This meeting, you knew, was. my ifavorito • tree— ! : I Just look at the top, now,; and see what you see': ,I "The bloiosoms l are blighted, and surelas you live, I • . !.. • •i I - • It won't have al bushel of apples to givol What . ails it.? the rest Of the trees retu to • thrive. • i -. . , ~ 1 ''' • "Rum boys ; biting hither your toohi, and don't ' , .. ! L stop, ! . I i sl , Bnillake every branch that is falling atop,. And saw it out quickly from bottom to I !topin "Yes, father," they said,Land away they' both Iran— For they always said fall,4er and'never d i ll man, And fOr my part I don't see how good children . ' can. I, i, \ .. .And bcfcre . .a half-hot:al of the monting, t was gone,• t - • They were bas 4: in the ';orehard, both' Joseph and .101111; t • And presently all tho dead In\iches "Well, boys,"z said the farmer, "k thiektenvni share, • If the rain andl.the sunshine but s\ccond .eur care The old sweet4g, yet to bt ind so when a month, May be more, - Inta PS I;:rue out tat. June, atul brotu_:lit iu the jit!y i • tILY to trx. Anil Li! v. 11 the ol,eting was found • 17i C trevs 4 . 1 over the I= lini ut:v..r - an apple all I:At:slang, and situal '2 . 1L,11 tiic ra7:ller rx.tiotis to _ l'i:st t 1 -n duNkit. the fruit, " Julway,,,Culue ..fasellll, and dig to th r I" - • . 111.1 itraightway they carne with their spade. • acid thiir .indtlaClT GfitLeir jackeW, and F.ll.m.ting licre - _ T!...: and the stur , bi.)\\ F. M.D . , 111!&M'il grubl.,:ng botedrew 11 - 01,1 the f t'.l Old the "Vather, - , N.,ttx the Ve ' of bin • I urr. 1, 'S3 And It he NI znc r Saul, ; 1 411ivii.g a :Nsture to Ellitf, ‘• I Wl , y oar I.as br,..ught RS 11(:! .< . ri• Ara Nvlif..n tho !lent Tqarrapie, it ;may fair . .170 , ;ay tliAt rewardolthe care, „:)e.(l and to Amliti..tw, my clear elW,lrela: r• heticrcr colt sec A. life that is pr , ltitlem, think of that tree; For mit ttni eltan-t,s tlacro will Le nouta inwit indulgiNl day by clay, _1n•1 Lid as the uarthiwonn was hid to the clay, That ad v tholl•rbLtot" Avay. • T;ic the Ibliissoia is blighted, will fall— Ti, sin will b,: - se.c.re.h.2l clatter flow sma 1, ; - I IMI greilicteir tottrl4,: = ‘trip the sap. - at :114 1 1 i- with j r..11 awfv.l„ ou: .t in 'a yuu'rc asilame II to dn, (10:it do at ail . Ar..ica 'CART. tstcllanecus. ONE EVENING. Faith polished the last tea-cup, counted the lipeons, brushed a little ' lint.frem one of the - tumblers, and then, tirrangini them upon the closet shelf to her entire satisfaction, closed the door upon them with an air of relief. Then she straightened th • • cantub-cloth, spread the crimson ta ble-cover, placed the lamp upon it ready for lighting, And laid her fath er's' daily paperibeide it. This done, she went to the door and looked out. It had hen a sultry summer day. The bei - tt , ..,1 the meadow bad setl pe,l to vibrate visibly; and the h•l4 stood all . clay knee-deep in the wo.:etr lazily brushing/ away the flies, and brOwSinur the thick herbage upon the bank; anti the termer shoots o! the overhanging villows. Faith :,-iwas livid,' The children had been . 'iroublesoine : . tiud her 'young step atotlier—herself only ten years older than the girl of eighteen of whop . 1, v.-ritiir,;—hid a headache. " To' tell the truth, she 41ways bad one or some other ochei—whenever it *as . hot., or the Children were cross or any unpleasant domestic 'exigenCies arose. .3.Es's Qphelia might pronoun ced her " shiftless," She do - Clared herself a marts to feebleness and . to her nerves. Bu now,the sun was lying low in ' the west; Et: light breeze was dimpling the river; aid; the tree-tops nodded and beckoned; invitingly. Tom said Janet would not want to go to bed for an hour, and Faith caught ,her little white sun-bonnet from the peg behind the dOor. She wanted to be alone for a while, to be free to think her own thoughts, aie to open her heart to the Ministries of nature.. She needed rest and medicine such as she could find nowhere else- No. I hin not speaking at random. Imean just what I say—such as she could, And uowhere - elsed God reaches a: young girl's heart mpre nitarly through His woods, Higcflowers, His dews, His stars, His sacred golittides, His holy calms, than through the lore of books, or even the revelations of His Word. These things ton it as with a ha. man tendei-ness„;and the dosed doors fly open 'at; their approach: She had jolt got, at the gate: "Faith! with! Tenn says he wants to go to boil," called Mrs. Harrill. " Come and get him. He fa driving me craz y." Faith went baidr to the house and hung up her bonnet wino:wain' g one lingering glance ut the cunt, leafy recesses beyiincl the river; ' =I " You will not go to sleep -yet, Tom," she said. " It's a whole hour before yciur bedtime. Where's Janet?" Nit Miss Janet was not readyto go to bed. She was slowly shaking the sawdust out of her dolly, sitting with'lscr.fade`to the wall in a dark corner. - "01 leave Janet for the present," said. Mrs. Harris. "She's quiet enough, and I'll send her up by and by. If Tom - doesn't *ant to go to sleep just yet, you can tell him sto ries." Till him stories ! Faith knew just what that meant. She repeated " Mother Goose," and the " House that :Jack Built," and " London Bridge," and " Who killed Cock Ro bin ?" until her 'head swam. Then she began with " Noah's Ark, and went straight through to 1 .. 6 Malachi," 13kIt all to no purpose. The great brown eyes rooked at her unweary ingly from over the low foot-board, and' the persistent little voice still pounced upon every omission and de manded the correction of every blun der. "Ah, Tem!" she cried at last; " I knew you were _not sleepy—and I am so tired ! Do be a good boy, now, and let me go down stairs. You can go to sleep without me if you have a mind." " Nb, I ain't a going to sleep for ever so long," said Blaster Tommy, kicking his feet against the wall. " Not for six or fourteen hours; and there's lots and lots of stories you've got to tell me you don't; I shall holler and holler, and .that makes mamma's head ache." Faith resigned herself to her fate, and began to improvise a fairy. tale: That was,ntMeast better than ringing the changes ani• longer upon " As • I was Going to Sell my.Eg,g,tt,""er " Lit tleljack'Horner." Bitt just Alien a lady and gentleman upon • horseback swePt by,. the latter raising his eyes to the Ayinilow he passed, and then, lifting Lkt hat N%-itli a smile, having until his ;dark - liair neatly touched his horie's elteslnut mane. . The c,,10r lbshed to Faith's face; for an instant i e drew 'back antll4d herself in the shaddw of the curtain. - Then, as the ridet . •,§wept round the coiner, and - contineed a more lei 7 surely-ascent of the hill 3he If forward and watched with look of pain_ant' "What are you stair . i came a voice ftotu tli don't You tell Inc v:1, princess?" 'Did she e' No,"lried Faith, neverlound what shy, after, never, never ! Oh, Tom, Tom . do let me he ! I :caul tell- yott, any, more storiCitto-night." - • "But you must, you see; beCause if you don!tj shall cry and scream aud get sick' and :then—" • Faith. rose iu her desperation and went np 'to the bcd. - " Tom Harris, you will do no such, thing; and I shall not tell you . an other,story this night. Do you just tin:a' over and go to sleep, or I sh ' all go • c ; strai ,, lit down stairs." „ Aiitonished out of his wits, for Faith. had - never so dealt with him before, Tow turned quietly to the wall and said never_ a Word. Faith went, back to the window. • : They were goino. b up the hill—slowly, 'like those to whom the present moment is golden, and who would prolong its sheen. , The lady. was young, only a year or two older than Faith, probablv, and very beau tiful;, so beautiful, that the child.who sat cowering there - behind the win dow curtain, gazed= at be; keith a strange, sinking of heart; for' the gen tleman who rode by her , side was--'- Kenneth Marston. ; ,Its they reached the brow of the bill they reined in their steeds,, and Fa4th knew by the wave of Kenneth's hand that he was pointing out to his etfinpanion,ail that was worth seeing in-the valley below—the wide Igsweep of the hills, the uplifting of theikrtoun tain petiks,.the glories of earth and air and sky. She knew just kow his eye dilated, how his form seemed to expand, - how his:voice grew deeper and ; tenderer. There was the stung of it. • But how could he help it ?, :How could Faith help it that this beauti ful, cultured, graceful woman had dropped down,--out of the clouds, as it were, and for three or four weeks had sat beside him at the board, walked with him in - the dim / old woods, .rcal with him out of the self same book, rode with tibia over the hills and rough the valleys, and knelt4y his side in the same pew on Sunday'? No ono was to blame, but that - did not plake it any easier. lookit.d at her as she sat there on her white horse, outlined against the sky; with her dark blue drapery falling in graceful folds. She was not so far off but that it was assy to -see how" her wary hair; so wondrous fair, was with the sunset glowing;" and how white were the little nnglov-, ed hands that were fastening back .some strays tresses that had beconie loosened by the rapid motion. Poor Faith! " There is such a difference in people," she 'sighed,, as the riders passed out of sight. Now my dress will never falf like that, every fola in the right place. If my hair comes down it will riot wave and , twist and coil itself until its disorder is prettier and more picturesque: than another 's painstaking. And JuV, look at my' hands!" The smrwent down and the gray twilight crept upon the earth. Ja net came sleepily up stairs, holding dolly clasped to- her heart, bottom upward, and scattering, sawdust all the way. Faith. undressed her, and in two minutes she was in the land of Ned, to which place Tom - had Al ready taken himself. Faith was freeNitovr, for the baby was already asleep, and Mrs. Harris was - reading the lastretne undis turbed by nerves or hea es. But she bad boat the .desire fer a walk. She wanted to think( ' It was all over between her and Kenneth Marston. Of coureelt was. Or rather it had never been' began. ' Only she had tliought—shehadhoped - --Lshe bad been sure— • But she dhj not blame hi= Oh no! Whylthunddshe ? Shall a man stoop to pick np apebble when a dia mond has fallen in his way ? Shall he prick his fingart in attesting to tOW,ANIjA„I I )F9RD COUNTY, 'PA., FEBRUARI"-.16,1871. IMIIM ME foluck a Wild sweet-brier when there Is a moss rose, dewy and fragrant,. bloOming at his feet ? Ah, Faith! Men hare preferred sweet-briers to mess roses: But - you Iltare not learned that yet. She had always known, that she was 'not good enough for - Lim. She hiul always wondered,why he sought her companionship. He was so much -wiser than she—he knelf so much more of books and of the warkt He had been—why,Averywhere; -and she had never been farthet than Burling ton* all her life. When she came horde frOm Mrs: Worcester's sehool, whiph wa all her father could she I had intended to , do so much: There were her . French books on Ilia" little, shelf, and her Botany ana cient History, and Literature, and; 'the meant to laave gone on with them:. 'She had come with 41 a girl' eager. eagei. ambition --her desire to do '6il , to' be, 13ut, elie had washedthe 'dishes, and tended - baby, and skimmed the 'Milk r ould put Tommy to bed, and darned Stockings,' and hemmed - ruf fling or Janet; and the French books werelfinoperied, and she was forget: , tag who built St. Paul's, and what year Shakspeare died. That was the end of it. Her time was all frittered away, and there was nothing to show for lit: Yet she had thought—she had re ally thong,ht sometimes that Kenneth Marston loved her • . and she had dreamed—she vas ashamed of it now, but she had acknowledge.d it bravely as lie communed with her own „heart, sitting there with her head buried in her arias—she had - dreamed of a `beautiful borne with him, where her innocent tastes and fancies might find free indulgence, and where a gentle guiding hand would lead her in the' flowery paths she loved. And now the dre4un was over. She awakened the first, time elle saw him and 'Ju dith Grant together and she should never dream again. If she could only go some where find do something!' teach, or make bonnets, or gointo a o 1;41) books, she did not care what= anything that would take her out of LuiseL',c A nd open ii..r.eNv life for her. But there was no eccape l She must stay ,itist there and listen to her moth-, er a s complaints, and tell stories to Timmy, and mend Janet's doll; and grOvit yldd and homely, and . fretful, maybe! That was the worst of it. Td - feel that she was growin.... ° down rather, than up. Dwarfing herself, when 6he liadeo longed to grow to full stature of a. perfect woman hd'od. r 'She, stopped thinking for a `mo )nent 1 and listened. There was a strange, preternatural hush abroad --a\pOrtentuus silence that • startled her. 'She raisedler head. The soft, rosy tikas had faded' from the sky, and dense black clouds were gather ing Overhead. Presently window blintlS swunito with a' crash at the. !.other side of the house, and the trees I swayed and benkbefure the couri rs of tile approaching tempest. Faith went dow4tairs to close e windows and fasten the doors. Just as she did so, S. heavy peal,of thun der rattled overhead,an \ lightning seemed to dart from ever) quarter of,' the' heavens. Thia.little girk.of ,• ours was Physically brave. She did not knost the meaning of- fine-lady, trel, l ine' or what it W 9.8 to shrink om realer imaginary dangers. In r present mood she rather enjoyed th fiereoconvulsin of the elements and I deliberately seated herself -upiu the 1 door ; step to witech -the, progress of events. Not-a drop of rain had fal le;; ibufnow the rumbling of ' thun- I der Was incessant, and 'the black clouds were rent and driven by the fierce forked lightning. ' At one mo ment the darkness was intense—the very blackness, of, the densest mid night; the neat both earth and heav en were lit with a lurid ,glare that seemed to come from the regions of everlasting fiamt.., ' ' She had forgotten - Kenneth Mar atoll, forgotten Judith Grant, forgot- ten Faith Harris. Herthon i ghtshad gone on the wings of the ligh!ning to the uttermost parts of the earth. Man's voice is so small, so weak, when God speaks. But just then the sultry fires lit up the brow of the hill and for one moment she beheld a vision. A flying steed, white as the driven snow againstpthat background of eb onY clouds,l mass of tossing qapery a gleam of golden hair streaming out upon the night wind,' a white face fixed in terror and despair, and two hands clutching the silvery mane. Faith took it all in 4 a glance: She thought as the dro'wning think. A lifetime was condensed -into" one moment's Space. Straight dorm the hill came the frightened horse. At gm bottom: of it if 'ho kept the road, there was a short turn, sharp and sudden as a right angle. If he did not keep _it, &ere was a deep ravine straight ahead and stone at the bottom. Faith Hai rii.know that Judith Grant was rid ing right into the jaws of death either way. For one instant she claspedler hands : over her eyes,- as if to shut ont some fearful sight- then she - darted across the road lis if, borne on the wings of the wind. the said afterward that she could I not account ' for it—that. it was like., an inspiration • but that during 014 1 one moment of' doubt or irresolution' she seemed to see herself standing' upon the smooth stump of a tree that, had 'recently.beeu cut down close to the roadside, with her left arm wound around 'a large sapling; an offs/rot' of, the parent tree. That gave hert the thought, upon which she 'acted. In. far • less time than I hare been 1 Ming this paragraph—in less time, i perhaps, ' than vou ha.vei been reading it 'shelnid taken her posi tion, and was waiting Judith's ap 'proach. ;• . On swent „tlacehorse.- . A second ,more and sTeHiliouted;sttuling there like a young pythoness upon the tri pod, with the lightnings darting about her._ . r" Judith Grant I I etixit i saVe youl Turn gutt this way? ' _ .-' , H Thi) shim) somata pierced the near \V deadened ears, and, looking bp, the '.white-faced rider_saw Faith most within-reach. ' Intinct rather than ,taught her togive a eta deg ind 4 on the, rein upon the iddet It now Airy warn& nearest the stamp. The horse swerved. -Faitleaarm was - extended, and clasped Judithis waist; the'steed rushed onwards, did .the two girls fell to thogrottnd shinned and sense- A. while afterward—Faith !never knew how long . --aha' sat ,up in the darkness. Her clothes were wet. The storm had . apent its , .fttiy, and the moon was breaking thteugh-the clouds. At first she cotdd not tell where she was or what had:happen- ed._- .• . The girl's had not falleti together.. Judith breaking from Faith's clasp ing arm, had dropped upon the side of stump nearest the road. Faith clinging to the little tree had swayed around and felled behind it. As she sat the nowitry,hig to collect her sen ses, she heard foosteps and voices. and the rumbling of wheels. • Here she is, Mr. Grey. Kenneth Marston's voice. Oh, my God ! Faith saw hini drop upon his knees beside the' body that looked so like, death as the dim irayq of the lanterti fell upon She' saw him' put his hand upon Judith's heart ; she saw him put the hair tack froM the fore head with a tend r touch • she saw him stoop over, 'a .kistV.tho' pale brow, ere he lifted the- alight figure in his arms and bore it to Mr. Gray's carriage ; she her4d him speak ii few low words, and there was something in his voicelhal she had never heard before. ' _ - . - The wheels rOed - away in thndis twice, and Faith ,Igot up, went home and to bed. She; had saved a life— that was- all; for the next „day Judith's horse ii,c4s found in the but- - torn of the niviriet . The next' inorriing , Faith was paler than usual,and• there were dark dr des around her. eyes. " Mother," she said, "if you -are willing, I will - Pat the baby in.:her carriage„ and ber up in - the woods. I can se:iv just as well there as here ; and.l - -4 'can't 'breathe This . morning." "Gd, if you w4t - to,".sho answered.' "Brit I expect 610 ga all lung up by the.)nosquitoe:k." Faith went niiveriheless, and be fore long Kenneth Mar4i):l joined .her He did net; spedk •tirst, but held out his hand sllentiv, and looked at the patient little face very much as one might loc . & at a pictured saint. At - last he said: • • .. . " \j hero last night, Faith, when I found JUdith and took her away ? '._ • • " I was—ther6; said• Faith besi tating, "on the other side - -of the stamp." "And you did not speak to, mc---- would not let ine thank Son V Oh, Faith 1 .." She did not ; answer, but her face was hidden in her hands. He re moved them• • with gentle violence, and held them close prisoners. • "Judith bas told me all about it," ho ' whispered' : " How brave and noble ,yon were, and how you saved her from certain .death. Yon' know where they fonud the horse.", Faith'nodded, shuddering. " She want to know you better,." he-went on. •!" She told me to bring, you to her today, for she is not able to sif.up, and she wants to thank you and bless you. • Faith shook her head. " You won't refuse, Faith. i, It 'is not like you,--you have saved 'her life. See, she has sent yotuthis,"' he \ added, slipping a costly ring on her finger as he spoke. Faith dreiV it off and laid it in his hand again; while her face grew as 'white as ashes.,4 "I do not wish to be paid for what, I did,"'hhe said, while her lips trembled painftilly. ' "Paid i Faith, she never dreamed of such a thing. How could she? She sent thering simply because :she could not con:te l t° you herself. She said, 'it was less than my simplest word, Kennet.W _ But place it On-her finger and beg her to come to me. She has the gentlest, truest heat, ,Faith. Do , not misjudge her." ' . A shade of Color had stolen back _to Faith's faiieS Bnt.at these words it blanched again to the very lips. "I cannot wear your' wife's ring," /she said presently, in a low, self-con strained voice "It is impossible. But tell her I that I, am glad that I was able to be ef service to, her, and that-I hope there are many years of happiness in store for pia both." - "My wife- 7 -my wife's ring!" en claimed_the pun.' man, detaining her as she - was ago' ut to. leave him. " My ? e? What do you mean, i A Faith '. Her eyes *abed, then fell asi they met his. " I mean-s,that I saved, your wife's life t night, 4: ..8 Kenneth Marston, and —I ant to go.. home now. I am tire ." i . S e looked so, poor child 7 . - IBut, Faith; dear • Faith "—and ho twined ane arm about her waist, while he,tried to turn her face toward himl--"look at No' and listen to me. Judith Grant and my brother Hal are to be married as soon is he cotaes back from South traerica. They have been engaged these two years. Did youlnot know'it ?. .. .. What cent' our little Faith do but shake ter bead;while theoft color wet and came upon her -eLeek, and her heart iltittered beneath his:hand like, that or a frightened bird. ' . Kenneth Marston read the face for an instant. Then clasping her closer he kissed.her lips. "Faitli,tl love yOu,,and you Only!!' And the - baby looked-, on in wide eyed wonder. .; ' . 1 Sour. TEARS ago, in :Due of our Western 4ourts, three men—an - En-, glialuoan,;an Tri4liman and'a Scotch man--were fou4 guilty of murder and scentknced to be hung. The judge told thud they could choose the tree on which' - they ' would like tp be " strung 4. up." The Scotchman promptlichoose sul ash-tree, and the Englishman an oak-tree. i Pat, what will you berhung on?" asked the Sudgf) 4. l • "If it please your how, rd rather be-hung on a gooseberry bush." , "Oh;' said the j'udge,‘• there not big enough." "Begorra,thin," reqlied i Pat. bright ening 1114(T11 wait till it grows." • .)-‘ MIN [For the ItErezrrzu.] 4 A 'SHORT SERMON. .; I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down : why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and comae down to yoo?"-Neheminh In:order to understand this sub ject more fully, it.becomea•neecthaiy .. to refer-to the hooks of the„prophets Ezra and Nehemiah, who were among the chief men engaged in . the great work of rebuilding,Jeruaslem. ' • The prophet Ezra , commences by saying, `.` Now in the hrst,year of. Cy rus, king of Persia, (that the word of. the Lord.by the mouth of Jererniah might be fulfilled,) 'the Lord . stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of - . Per-, sia, that he. made .a Proclamation throughoutall his •kingdonx, and put it also in 1 - Truing, saying, Thus saith CyruS, king of Persia,-TLord God of l)eaven bath given me all theliing dome of the earth, and bath'" charged me to build him a house at Jertuia- - ion, which is-, in JULIA,' Thii,' it will be understood, was a -deerce kohl ,CYrus,.king' of Persia, and that' ill de - ere - es Of the -ledeii of Persians were up.4,e/titc - and -unalterable: -' -4 Now Whea - the adversaries Of•ju- dab and. Benjainin: heard that the children of the / captivity blinded the temple unto the Lord - Go&Of. Jsreel, then - they camp to Zerubliehel, and to the chief of the fathers of ,-liiiiiel, anti said untothem, - -,Let - U. , i b uild' kith ~ you flit we sack your. God a s ye do," ikc., - , '93ut they said-Tinto: them, Ye have nothing to do with us, to build a berme unto our God, but we' our selves together will ; build unto_ the Lord'Goct-of Israel, as kind gyres,- the kir.' , .. - of PL.rsia, hath commanded us."• "The the, people of the • land. . weakened 411 hands of the people of Judah, and t Glibied them in building, itwi hire(tekounsellorsi again :A them,. to frustrate their purpose t all the days of Cyrus the king of Persia, even un- Ail the reign of Darius, king of• Per sia.", -: . - :. - . ! . " , Then Darius; the king, made decree, and search was Made in the house of - the mile, where the treasures weredaid up in Babylon, and there wits found itt Aehmetha, in the pal ace that i in faze' protinces of the Mckles, 'a' roll, and. therein was -a yecord, thus Iritten: . In the first year of t evras the Ling ' the same Cyrus. the king made decree concerning the: house of God .at Jernsaiem. Let the house be briilded, the place yhere they offered sacrifices, and let the foundatibns thereof he strongly laid; the height thereof threescore, cubits, and the ;breadth-- thereof threescore . cubits." . . . Among the chief men that opposed the•building up the wails of the city, was Sanballat, who when he heard of the building of the wall, was wroth and took great indignation and-mock ,ed. the Jews, and spake before his brethren and the army of ~ S amaric, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they' fortify themselves?. will they make an end in a day? revive the stones out of the heaps of 'the rubbish what are bur Ned? Tobiah, tLe Ammonite,Was anoth cr, and he said; " EVen that which they build„ if a fox go ;up, he shall even break down their stone - wall." ".NOw' it came to - pass, when .San hallat,. and Tobiali; and- Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies; heard that I had builded the . wall, and that :there was no breach' left therein; that Sanballat and. Ge?hem sentuuto me, saying, ' Come, 41 us . .. _ meet together in some. one of the vil lages in the lain of Ono- But they thought to de_me mischief. • And I sent messengers auto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come-down: why should the workciase, „whilst I leave it, an 4I come cl wn ? ' Yet they scut unto me four , ti es' after this' sort; and I an-. -saver them afterthe same manner." s we - find, by consulting his ) to , that human nature has been the same in all ages, and that -men have not scrupled in their endeavors to advicace their own interests and de-- sires, to resort to means not approved of to secure their object. . • 4: , • In the circumstance under consid eration Nehemiah was, engaged in not only a great work, but a good' work:---a work that had mot only the approval of men, but of God—a,work no less than that of - rebuilding the city of Jerusalem. It is to be' seen that even hi this great work lie had enemies to contend iwitb, and com plaints had been made , that he was ambitious to build up the viii- in or al' to entrench himself in it, and "to throw off the Persian rule -over the Jews, and become independent and he made king. . In this, nothing brit the decree of the king was suflicieut to restrain those individuals in their opposition, and Nehemiah sent unto them, say ing' " There are no such things, .done as thou sayest, but thou fegnesd , them oat Of thine own heart. - `_l Here we have an instance of , vre- 1 tended' friendship, when all other 1 I means had failed in order. to. throw further difficulties in 'their , way, and to - hinder the execution of :the work ,l engaged in, In this circumstance, do we not see men in this day. en gaged in speaking lightly of ' the ef forts of Others, and to - all appearance wishing to engage in the same bust- - \ • I liens themselves ?' Iln this our land-we have'ne decree .of a king, but rely much on the voices; of "Public Opinion," which strongly , remonstrates against 'misrepresenta tions, and we have the voice orGod, by the mouth of David, saving, 1 ' If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord. will not hear me." . Then let us endeavor to Profit by all the exaMples - left us . on" record, and by alll the light that, we 'have re ceiVed in this our , day and genera tion, and be prepared to '" Render unto Cesar the things that are r ete ear's, and unto God the things that are God's." . , . Damn; and Otway lived opposite to each other in • London. Otway, coming, One: night from the tavern, ehalked upon Dryden's dcar,"llere lives John Dryden; he is 'a wit„."- Dry den knew his hand-writing, and next 'clay chalked on Otwiy's &dr," Here! lives Tom Otway; he is oplia-site." FIGHTING is the poowet wv,te.setg tie a quarrel, bemuie it does. nothing to _sho, which is the right. I • . , . -J., .I.„ 1 , ._ I \,..,-‘ - aN ~ iti ..: 1 1 I. ', --- \._ _ * -:1 • < --i.l per .Anritkut l in A.dvartee: Not long since I l s.at at a schoolroom window, looking out upon the hill side at about tWo • hundred children that were climbing and 'sliding in ati parent glee. What busy being's they, are,. 'Continually ascending, : or . des cending the steep hillside. Some in their great haste to reach the sum rait }Hiss their footing and go rolling ; tumbling or sliding towards the place of beginning: Some of these unfor tunate onealtnally'succced in reaeh ing..the tdp'of, the hill, rlihi lOthers, left tinagalited, .seemed. dooineil. to . nothing - bus failure. :'Oecasionally contentions arise in .which 'the par ticipaiits are hurled down the declivi ty at n rapid , rate. The strong, stea dy; persevering ones are sure ; toliuo, 7. ceed the - be:it, but 'these_ even - are Sometimes hindered by the , trickery ;pi:ice:Aker ones,-or by some.-miscon ception of their own. •-• While meditating, upon the scene, I fell into a 'deep reverie, in, which the rwlicile world passed in.rciieW be forenie. . There ilieheld a _CaSt in dined... plane thickly inhabited by .men, women -and 'children, each whom had his professed: character stamped on his forehead 'or' ;printed. on a large placaid upon. the - breast ; .wile his' roil character. was printed ;on a large card hanging, u on his back. .• Truth was - there in, OF her glory, and Satan iu, all the eraftY., cunningness . of, hia. ; iiature.; Truth led her followers towards the sum mit, :while* Satin tripped. the weak ,and - them tEr.' slide towards the f00t..-.o? the. plane. Milli was ever on the alert to save the fallen and save others fion:il ing, while:Satan prepared' pits and deadfalls, in ;which to 'ensnare the de- Sired victira'S. 'As a result of the la bor's of these great - powers, the for ward inscriptions were occasionally changed froth Christian . " to Good Moral - Character add rice. rersa,.,. The rusiling,and clattizking of 'the - cards, pointing out the evil deeds, show that. t lie roost of the 'people:were de-. ceiving .and_heing deceived,'and were not always .what they appeared to be. when in - A face,to face,• At the centre of the plane libelield the.yotith of the. world - in all, their innocent Here theessen gers of Tinth.,:d!ick Satan .wcre, the most active; apparently considering this the soUree from which to. gain numbers and .stiength. -/'Conscien tionsness(Hope, Spirituality; riTene, ration and Benevolence' were,- point ing to the bright and, shininglabode, and A.limentivenes.s, , Vitatheness, Comleativeness,.Destrtictiveriess, Ac, cittisitiveness,'Seeretivenessundetin- - ticiusness were busily engaged in sow ing seed that produce ° discord - and coutedtion andaltistroy all true man- , hood. •, • • . Onlysone of the ngsits. - Of . Satan, ilimentiveness, leads to gluttony and. ittemperance. He has learned all the tricks of his trade, null evidently understands his "business; for his lortls and actions, even, are so adroit. framed as to bewilder strOtig minds. His great forte is to weaken and pql - - lute the , :mind b'y first weakening the body; conseqieritly he' claims to bq a great physician desiring" to bera.4.lit , the human race. Thus he readily aftract=ttention, and wins the con fidence Of those coming in contact with him. -He pronounces the liquid demon, alcohol, a sure remedy fat many of the diseases to which human., flesh is heir. In this manner he leads them - to drunkenness and de.rada-, tion. How he laughs to himself and says,'" Of ,suell is the kingdom uf heaven." Frequently he . dupes his, patients, causing them to roll under their tongues as a sweet morselL the vilei filthy, narcotic tobacCo._ • E - While looking nixm this scene and wondering how - so many could 'he 50.., • easily deceived, I weld but. smile at the mitrast represented 'by the climbing and sliding immuiptions as, they were changing and rechanging. Suddenly a narrow golden gate open ed at thy top of the Inll i ,,and the, whole living - mass-instantly 'moved forward to pass through the !arenas. to the bright abode, Few •bore the chris tian inscription on the back; cOnse sinently few paiseil into ,the shining residence. • The Late -keeper !said to ffany.professed heirs to the new in heritancer-o Depart ! , your real. and truthful - inscription indicates 'dr-tin kermess, and no .drunkard has a right to pass this gate." ,Such a sliding scene as followed tannot be describ ed, It is sufficient to say that they were last seen passing, with lightning speed, over the brink into, the bot tomless abyss at.this foot otthe plane. The devotees of tobacco came to, the' gate and heard their sen,tence, • "Let the filthy be filthy stid." A multi tude of excuses arose from their un clean mouths, hut. they availed noth ing; for - they too went to the boa . = with the slipperiness 2 -' of lightning Speed, and joined =the company of those passing before, Sad, 0 ho* sad l',to• see so - many. ministers teachei - s sliding down the refill to the broad gate of destrne tion, but such is the reward for pol luting the holy temple of the living _ • _ soul. i'. --- ,`'' ;'; ;.. - i:- ‘;., , ~,,-,.-, ;- ;..,, , r, ME NUMBER,3B. • [For the Rtrorrtitit.] OLllCBlifill AND 13t11)ING. " BY DULL JOSUVA. '[For tho Rzeourrs..] 'FROM A* 130171iDtY-0011VERTED IBISEMAIL. • Ifissr.e.Enrrons—Sire : If you think the following remarks ,, and well-stu died thoughts worth room your columns, you h'ave them free. saw' in one of your recent numbers a piece' pricking up your paper to, duties on political industry in time of peaCa betwien political opponents. This is all, very good; but we - must 4enlem.- ber each one has some duty-to de in strengthening good, principles. We can do this—the weakest as well• as the most bustling and . loisy politi cian: We can recognize good honest men—brave and daring deeds; men .that are not 'clogged up, by party cliques, or afraid to give vent to their own conscientious judgment by cast ing their votes as they feel it • their duty. I say this: We can, give!such men bur, hearty sympathy and appre ciation, and at time of election not forget their deeds for a' shake - of a hypocritical luind;yho will • despise yon for y . oin. low; cringing compliance with ti)); ,whilis* or sell "your 'vote 44.:fMekoniif for thenake OtetcriVisi ing Your weaker nithi by- giving up. your _Own:free,: choice for ; a- little ,• *Ong drink. Despise:B3A.* 4 that: ' offer ,sneli - indncements- 1 . 0 - eirion;' for. - you fnaY.friely belieVeriOne•s4l/. - are , worthy to govern:you, or dial's'' kelt ,laws, or to rut: ti niable'tiiitiOn; , We Want men to ruleun-Wlio r- ,•loifotiell .. fthenisolvisito party •toriiierations for money, or any other ) - degrading - . recompense: 'WeeWant leniknien as -'' ldereur and : Webb. " Wielelinte - men to keep rebelliondowneand„ keep • . [rebels under control till dui,treobears . ,sound fruit..- We writit--theth e to re- ••!- ! pent, and, tor adda littleOlthecatho- lic methodemak.e them do - penntlen • • before they are reeeited-intiifai ; fele:. lo9.lfip. , Let them haVe ageOdlonfr, ! probation. I for one feel that -When [ I - corm:nit - a - grievance, .',l am Justly ' dealt - with . if • severely . :chastised. e ! When a than deliberately pntii. hiss, And in the fire,-he must'. riot blame others if he gets burned or wk.:ilia neighbor to bear his pain. ee: • e - -' • : We hear men . finding fault. with . our • government almaSt : every :day, and trying to make'sothe men believe . - it. - Thoaes men.are- of , - the . - sort j that • - will not reason or be. gni — ded by their , L' own .conscience ',or ludg,ment,i,. but - suffer themselves to bailed and ruled -. by scheming Politicians, giving np all -: that-is held -eaered .and should - be . cherished by every, AmeriCan, native ••• - or . lay adoption, • and ;'that isi'free thotight e free action, fre4deliberntion • in our choice_of men.- • Why, I- aek, ' • eepeeially 'of '',rey • own . countrymen,.. what do so many. tesve their. native ...• clime for? e I-answer, To come here , to better our condition; te. seek free"- .• dome to .shake . off oppression -and . seek equalrightse where tyrants must - . and Shall not 'rule., They complain . . of oppression ! in , their - native land, and have , good reason;. and some .. , ! -seem willing to devote their - means, •.• and even their lives, to gain freedom ~ for their native-hind. • And yet they will. deliberately cast their lot and in-. fluence to give up what should Of all , • . men be cherished and. used • to emir.. Port—freedoth. .• Ho* Ow 'they , look to reeeive.or expect syMpatlay friem a•-. -true Arrieriath, *hen they spill vote for a partY that embraces bondage ; -. upholds slavery and.all thingS tend-. . ' • ine , to oppress the downtrpdden, of ' 'God's creatures?. They cry for - rights.. ' ' - What rights are not.given to all alike . . under our. present: generous ! govern- -nfent—the nobleSt Under -! heaven.? ..e.• .Thank God for such privileges ex-. ..-: tended A . to all.!- e free "worship}-no. • fithes,recodred to _support other than •-- • .., the chtirch of - your choice—a. hoine for this oppressed of e eVery nation. It make+-eny blood leiil to thinli ineTatittide, the l blindness the _, ..7., . appreeeabou - of 'my fellow•-corinteye • men '.. • Wilynot be as ireomene-use - . your eireeile,ges-think „ and act as men of/common - sense? ' ,Thiffor year . - self, your con scien ce,:ah devear a name : that an Irishman is.. worthy: of.. Vc. . Bait fight and gain a'name in history • . • • !, - ;ye canptd - do Vdrl...- . lVell. as any na' tion ; I think we Urens• honest to ow • neighbors. Then let us heehoneSt, in .. supporting. freeborn ' and• keeping !•, down monarchy and oppression: Let • : us not\ e - illow the buds of freedom or'. theapint of manhood tehe crushed, c _ or a screen 'drawn .9 . Ver s :onr, eyes .by • parties or ortettnized' clubs _to , blita. them for the purposeeOf gaining our : vot es. - - When - ye go • to.. the: 'polls leave all sensitive" feelings . behind. Let us • leave church ; influence Where . . it. belongs, and put sham. friendship - 4 , , dowu--eway e de*n in• the. bottom , 4 our beotset for -I can trulY Say- thi'.49 • 1 much—that a political . democrat .., thinks. no More of you after election .._ than he does of the abominable ." nig- ~ ger." He wants-andieFf you for • a ' • s lke ! season, and. then :say :- " Stay where; - ' Stay are till . I call- a,,ain." I have I watched thesO, things long and knew it to Iloa:fact. But_ my cciontumen. • are very . sensitive, and have a- kind. of pride of honor.. They' frequently . _ 1 imiee :4-entaek's t , ..nd throw out , . situ's •on .vel;tat .they call a ` ` turn-coat." ' NoW my Wayof .thinking' is; that it , is no disgrace to honorable manhood.. - .to leiNe bad company when pan find it to ibe,' s 6 - - It is no disgrace: , to try tO:ls,itter. one's condition; if we do it- . • litinestly and openly. , 1 1 er. my Part,, • 1,, mean to turn eny coat every time ' it geta dirty:, - ... . i Laboring men otight-lo - compare, ~ ?the present with :the past; goVern ment. Look atethe change , of. time -.. '--- - look at the price of .labor—look at it under. democratic rtile,';' the poor. laboring inan working when:be could': 13e hold thentars Of henverfsiiining on' lii:s. head in the morning, the same at night before hedeft bistoili, All this ,•_for one dollar, and; if-. 1. remember -. , rightly, seventy-line cents : , :.a: day. Ghat was. - democratic friendship: Now we. see the_Salie kind , of labor -, done; work. only.ten.' hours, and re = *ye two . dollars 'a,day. - That is un der what! onr.friendi call " Black Re publiczuregovernment." . Never, mind the color if it Wears good and don't fade. Good wool Minims sound. cloth;* and as for my part;' I can 'eat , the meat 'of a black sheet e e , :. .lemild find niedh more to. say on this subject ' and what - 1...kn0w •to be racts, but will close.. - - En , : TUE followiiag cinotation is. front Anna Dickinson § lecture at Stein Way Mali, two weeks ago. I ask the.ruar ried men 'and fathers _of Tiowanda are-these words notearnest and truth ful ? - " You have no right to love—you have no right 'to a wife, in the best sense of, the term,- if you are net, in the .truest sense of the word, a hus band in return. You haVe no, right" to love, loyalty, - faithfulness, purity, anti truth, hownver Much you may desire them,- if.,,yolf . co not. - sive for them the full -sattivalent: Love sig nifies companionship, friendship, rm derstanding. Some similarity of senti ment., of pursuits, .of interests. It is not a mere pissibg fancy br a pleas ing hour ; ituis:-not nn episode. it is son'ethiPg the, ccimmeneing here, goes oir throro time to death, and though - t ieatlrklutd the grave to the great ages beyond;' for love bithe es.: sense of Eiod, and must be salmi:aor tal awHiinself." ' - • Lcaioxvrrr . curious facts have reemitli been an nounced in regard to discoverable signs of long life. Thcse'facts hace resulted from,scientific investigations set on foot by a life insurance office, The most interesting - feature in a lemnedseries of_essays on thoyhys-, ical signs of longevity in man, is the announcement - that "short 'persons live longer than tall ones; and wo men on an wyerage,nii other things being equa4 live longer thin men. Iffarrie.d' persons of both sexes luive a longer expectation of life than the un married; and - unmarried win= live longer, on an average, than et both fell short of the 'amount of life each might reasonably look for : in matrimoMid relations: Longevity is transmitted in 'some fainilien Phy 1401M-hag 'not been able. toriplain the coniiitiOns on which it depends M EYES OPEN:
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