tiF PUBLICATION:
71 7 E 13EAPTVED REPORTER is PUblishOtt CVCI7
ILukt.day'Fiderning 6P 13. W. &moan at Two
u..ilart. per jannron, In advance.
't. r.' A dveriisillg In all ales oselrurtro of subisarip.
t ions to.the !vapor. • 4,
FrEctxL NOTICES Inserted at arrrnsara CIRRI per
ILC frsti insertion, and FrVE CENTS per Una for
llnvrtious.
1 OCAL VICES, same style as rea di ng matter.
CEN tine.
I)VERTIF..3II2:r4 willl2,e_lnsortod ling,to
;:, Alowini; table of rates: -
• •'
t l t ,V I 4 7 5 , I 2131 I Idm I lyr.
.1151.50 3.00 'O.OO 1 8.00110.0 Q I 8 15
11 2.00 I .6.001'
• ji 2.50 i• 0 0 1 10.00 1 . .13.00 1 20.011 130.00
8.50 I 14.00 1 18.25 I 25.00. citwo
rohlun f a.ro 1 1100 I IS.OO-1 22.00 1 MOO 45.00
,-,;.:7.7i - aiitv..2o:6o I 30.00 140.001 55 - 00 i 75.00
. 1 .20.00 1 V 1, 09, I C 0 •90 I 80 . 0 0 sleo 1 elm'
. -
A.ii-EAL.i4trAt , . , r's nnti. ExeentoenliOtlaqi, $2 ; At.tdi
,,r.s N „t.,,i. $2, 50 ; Businbss Cande m fivo lines, (per
~..... n. ad 114'AM:11 lines tl elleli. •
' y,- 1 7 1 y a b Prtl. , 7s - are enUtled to quarterly chlsnree.
ini'l ',or( t 3tortiv , metttstrtnst p 3.41 for in ad ranee.
•. A r i t . ,:r... ions of AsF.Ociations 1 Cbmmunications
~,, ~..i 0 ~.•.I . i•ddual interzet ; and notice:. of Mar.
• .... ,-.01 'I WiF . • , I , Vellillf' Me knee Ti ettsratil
- . •'• .••••-, e-1 et 11TIP. _ .
i,,
1; ne :Tiiit hak - ing a ttrtfer circulation than all
1 1 tin' COllnty combined. inatt% It the best
.••.1.., • , o „hour onin 7,tiortilern Pennsylvania.
n: rill. Trs.l .f every_kind, imPlatn and Panay
... , 1 ., .. w,th r!, stores and alspatchs Handbills,
,k. • ca.. !.4. I..m:thlcts,Dilibeads. Staternenta. Am.
••••,•-•• •ct 1 - ni , d . ,4 3 10 . Printed. at the shortest
- n . Li:p.a.:rip.
assortment
is well supplied with
~... a co• - s 1 assortment of now type. and
a the Prir.ting line can la executed in
.tie . tevrnee and at the !ascot. rates.
'AIIIABLY CASH. •
IllEili
L,J-t +lt
,T 1.71,,,..; IN
USINESS CARDS.
TINGLEY, Lireimpti Aue
r . R. , mo . Pa. An calls promptly attend
11ay9,1R70
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v., •
vcr
!iLLA.CE REELER,
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SYIN A !TD FRi-SCCi PAINTER
1 9 :70-3 - r
=ME
tDD,ELL &.SANDEI3SON
ME
Shtppt , rp of (ho
I i
AN ANTERACITT, COAL.
Tocranda w ! r
Pa.
k VINCENT, INSURANCE
formerly cicenptod by Mercer
.
Fonth of Ward nous°.
may - 10-'7O a:. a. VINCENT.
rd)
'DITti3gIC I K, De - rtler in all,
r,f SiatnP. Towanda. Pa. All
rtly at t,- , 11(1(y - tn. Pea tientar
n to Cnt tare <.nct Frerrh poerirr,.
- 1 - ,. vs
)AVLER, ItEAL, ESTATE
:CO R'a>+hineln i Strc , t, LC
Struts. Chimen:llllnolFl.
1 an] ari 1. I.iniFtrite:lts made
1,117:1'1. May 10.'70.
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vnua in 'lurk. Philadelphia. amt all
as also Kurland. Gr.r
,raliCe. rvenit e d r posits,
71 - 11. 7111 1:.17.1c1ug
ofio the lato firm of I,trirmto.
ar“l kat,:lolff, of
f .e;.en of ltradfor:l and adjoining counties
ee,u •:n the ban;:ur, 1111FifIPS4 for about
fhb: heus.. - a die•irable on. through
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'.,' , a1 . ,•, - ay, , ,' on Ir. - . 11.1 INA for sale at
II
livinge on tho
, Trritl4 toaLz my mill.
z.• paid ,
.•ays, vda , n they
t I.Lid r.r.rar(ls.
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srATE :NORMAL SCHOOL,
m
Vifdi C,141211.1.!:1"01. Wf±Z.71(114.13y, A rlgUit
/..1" 311 , 1 Y to
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CHAS. 11. VERRILL. A.L.5
Pranciiml.
i.:Ciy 2x':l
Di Hp.tuA. Lard: Dried-Beef,
T:ont, at r-Ltil.
FOX k MERCUIt,
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TRY OUR TEAS A:s.Z.l) COFFEE,
Mtn.. .
Sb AI.V®RD,
VOLUME XXXII. I
•
W00)74 Arr . ommie Am)
COUIRSICLLOII AT LAW, TOWalaall, Pa.
xENRY PEET, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Towanda, Pa. Juno 27. 'O4.
I. FOYLE; 'ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Towanda, Pa.. Office with Elhanin
-4
linaltlt, south aidealercnr's Block . April 1 , 70
RAITH & MONTANYE, . A "-
k... ,
heir Al' LAW. Offioe—eon er of data • alla
Pinetreets, Opposite Porter's Drag 'Stare.
ANT B. ITPLLY,.DENTIST. OF
• are over Wickham & Towanda, Pa.
May 2d, •70.
DRTIE. H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
.
Office In Patton'a Block. over Gore's Drag and
Chemical Store. Jan 1. 'CI.
P. WILLISTON.
• ATTOILNEY AT LAW, TOWANDA.
South side of Iferciir's New Block, np skiing
April 21. '7O-11.
yr B. McKE AN, ATTORNEY
• AND CODNSELLOII AT Lew, Towanda, Pa. Par.
Urn' ar attention paid -to banners In the
_Orphans'
Cour. July 20,16.
NvCARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• .'ET AT LAW (District Attorney for Brad
ford Coniaty), Troy. Pa. Coltecticsta made aad prompt
ly remitted. feb 15. '69—t4
T C. DEwn7,. Attorney . 8-4-
Towanda, Pa., having formed a eo-part.
nersißp, tender their professional services - the
imblic. Special attention given to EVERY DEPART
-WENT of the business, at the county seat or ;else
where: JACOB De:WITT,
D. CLINTON DERTIT.
TC , WANTA, Pa.. Dee. 12. 1870.
•
TOHN• N. CAIXFF, ATTORNEY
AT LAW. ToCianda, Pa. ParticnLar attention Rte
un—to Orphana' 0 , 1111 business, Conveyancing and
Conte bons. ()Mee in Wood's new block, south
of the First Nationr.l Bank, up stairs. .
Fob. 1,1871.
H. WARNER, Physician and
• S ' rErlzFoti. Letaysville, Bradford Co.. Pa: All
calls promptly attended to. Offl:c first 'door south
(.1 Itaygvilli• HotiFe. •
• Sept. 15, 1870.-3 - r' •
fiVERTON ,S; ELSBREE, Arron
\ N-Evkt AT Towanda, Ps..%Wing entered
, J•dri oc , partnersLip, offer their proerstemal services
t , . the.publi.4o/Spocial attention given to business
in the Oirr.haii/ and itc:Nster's Courts: up] 14'70
I:. oN'ritTON. Tr.. - N. C. LLF , I3III:E.
ATERCUPb & DANTES, ATT'OR
1. FETs Ton:ands. Pa. The undersigned
angoviated therflSAVPßtogetli(l. In the practice
of TAW.o ffer their profesSional seniexst to the pnblic.
MEECUR. W. T. DAVIES.
Alarch 9, 1879.
TIT A. & B. M: PECK'S LAW
v v • OFFICE.
•
M.uo Ftret t, ei:po site the Court Iloneo, Towanda, Pa.
ME
MEM
•
A A. KEENEY, COUNTY SU
PERINTMNDENT,, Towanda. Pa. Office with
B. M. Peel:. second, door y -iefew; the Ward House.
W 11 be at the office the last Saturday of each month
and at all collier times when not Called away on bnal
nes., ennr.ertrd with the Spperitvcteney. All lette:rs
sbottLl hereafter be arbirettseti its 0•oce. dec.1.70
BEN. 'MOODY, ;M.D.,
Or , •rs hia profeinnal cervicnc to tbn people Of W.
allisanz and vicinity. Office and residence at A. J.
Church stri.i.t. Ang.lo,'7o
TIM J. :W.
AND Src , :wyg.
:I=l -f 11 , port. , r Imihtnr Rest
dt earnrr ant 2n , 1 btiTf t.
I=3
Tmvandi. :June 22. 1671.
TOTTN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
0 J I,Aw, Towanda, tradford Co., Pa.
ENE.II,II, SUItANCE AGENT.
i enlar„attent i pftid to collection s and Prkb ens'
(I t •Gine",-51crcur's New 131 , x1. north
Square. apr. 1,'6.
•
TIOCTOTI 0. LEWIS, A GRADII
IL, at, of the College of •Thysi dans and Surgeon,"
"
w York city, Clx , s 1513-4. giver; excinsivo attention
to the ',mot its. of his profession. Office and residence
*on tho oaf,tern slopt. of Ord 1t mu, adjoining. Henry
jr.n 14.'G11.
1). D. SMITH, Dentist, has
imrchaßed CL ltd 'Wood's _property. between
Nlerefir's Block and the HOW,C, where he bed
his office. Teeth extracted without pain by
'n-er)f Towanda, Oct. 20, 1870.-3 T.
TWANDX,VN_
DINING ROOMS
---
IN (ONNECTION WITH THE BAKEItY,
Near the Court House.
We are prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the ',lay and evening. Oysters and Ice Cream 'in ,
their etia.tirliz.
March 30. 1871). D. WrSCOTT & CO.
VLWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
A. tq. M.4",TON
„Toms C. WILSON
Having leveed this in now ready to nocoutmo•
dm,. the travelling public.. No pains tor expense will
1., • maned to give Aatisfaction to thoce who may gtVe
trn-Nertli Fide of the public imputn., men of Men ,
eiir's new bhx•k.•
p t iiHMERFIELD CREEK HO
ii~T~l:(i'.' e
T .;
:.. i ;'
fi:.ire rnrchat.el and thoroughly refitted this old
we',ilui.r.vrr slaw'. formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis. et Vie iiimith of Rommerteld lw ready to
11 - nme,,lntlf.n and *ativfartnry treatment
a:t 1,0 mac 13‘ Or him Wllll a call. •
I tr iE.SNS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
=I
11,. 'llarnr , sA.F.:e.of all Fraesto of this
In,need against . loss by Fl 7. without any ex-
lEEE
A rior quality 01 Old Itaim Alp, jlErt
p•eciv,d.' I. R. }JORDAN. •
T Prupriethr.
T) .tDFORD HOTEL;
TOWANDA, PA
Ine siii,,riber having leaded and lately fitted up
fl.' al, , ,ve lately kept by him as a ea]non at'
I..,rding house. en the south side".'. of 11111D11M
STItEET, next to the rail-road, is now—prepared to
°nil - mil:in the public Oith gondaroomadationr on reti
,•scalde char:lY - s. No _trouble or expense will be
eparell to zieunibuiazite those.: calling on him. Ms
bar •sill be ftirtif,heil r:ith ebolea brands of Cigars,
.Drizior4. Alas, kr.
IMMIE
NEW PLANING MILL,! • .
MATCIIING, RE-SAWING, lIGULDINGS, ba, -
At the . - Atl kand of 11. 11. 1 Ingham's Woolen Factory
a^..l in
HEAVY SIX LOLL PLAS.NG AND MATCIIING
c.l 7,tecl.:.:.r.ic and builder,
t twly t 3
lIMI=IIME
From the recent enlargement of water power,
w..rk can be dem at all seasons of the yeaoand soon
a. sent in. 10 odimetion with the saw-mill we are
sine to It-LT.lth bills ut sawed lumber to order. •
STEAVART BOSWORTH.
ENNIMIII
ft.: . ti:%t pen
Ja sh,rt
F. S. AY}4.9
OE
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
El
AND. SURGEON
Motels.
PETER LANDMESSER,
I=
t,,.s4lStAbling atta,lied. WM. HENRY,
Towanda, Jun., 1,1S71.•to1 1113y72 Proprietor
CAMPTOVN,
likelTINF
COOD•JOB EVEBN TIME
Campt.nra. May '2
rON EY SAVED,
BY Iritenairici YOUR
STOVES AND HARDWIIRE
Orwell,Pa., July 21;71
LOSSFS TITIERA - VTAY ADJI:rST
-14 ed and proli i ptli paid. Intitire in the .
GEPAIANLiStcIiANCE COUPANY. OF P32IE, PA.
• Nilthortted Otipital 5500.000
Caeli Capital... 5200,000
!it. SCIILAUDEdKF.P., Pres. P. A. BECKER. Treas.
G. F. tiIq,FILLId:R, VieePres.
D.
01121EPA5E. Beck..
S.
A.
,
Agent,
ainer7l - _ - . -Towanda. Pa.
. - •
. ,
CHARLES F. DAYTON,
§voc.t•sgui tO Humphrey Bros..
JIARNEgS,ITAKER,
• -
Ov:r aloosi) . '4l Store.
Eeellf-Ort hand a full assortoicat Hof DOTTBLE and
SINCiLr.IIB.BSESB, and all other goods in his line
• Repairing and manufacturing done to order.
Towanda, August 23, 1871.
CkKES AND CRACKERS.--GRE
cian Bend, Scotch Honey; Orange, Raison. Mem.
on in.). Ginger Cakes, Washington Jumbles lad
cad,* Biscuit, and all kinds of Crackers at
Nisrch 4, 'VI W. A. BOCHUM:EMT.
.L . a.
A VIIL.L ASSORTM E NT OF
DRIED and cars= /mum. at
21arch 10. 1:49. LONG & & EEL1:11 S.
- ik , \ \
I
EZ2
-AY. Jan. 23, 1871.
Arrawkw. riATIONII. . '
xarruwaam.
P. M. A. M. P. U. P. X.
9:80 II :00 TOWANDA 12:20 1:10
230 8:10 11M1CLAY ntIiCTION 12;10 700
8:00 8:30 . MONSON 11:80 6:40
3:35 9:05 WILOOXII 11:15 0:01
3:13 3:65 —.NEW ALBANY.... 11:03 5: 66
3:55 9:25 MILLERS 10:58 5:43
4:10 940' DIISBORE.,. tom 6190
P. X. A. X. 6' A. U. P. Y.
R. 'IP. GOOD
Gen/ Pameager Agi6t.
Tifi
NEw ROy re TO PHELADEL-
NORTH PE! BYLVANLA RAILROAD.
ilhortest and mat direct line to Philadelphia, Del.
timer., Washington. and the Smith.
Passengers try this route take Pennsylvania k
New - York Ra il road train. pursing Towanda it 7:16
A.M.. make close eanneetbn at Bethlehem with PM•
train of Berth Pearn'a BaUroad, and antes In
at MI P. If.. In time to take night
trains either ter the South or West.
City ears 'are at the Depot on arrival of
a 1 convey gers to the various Depots
d ail. pi rta of thugy.
arrunzate.
Leave North Penn% Itanread Depot, earner Becks
anti American strew. Philadelpliia, at 745 A. It.
arriving at Towanda :59 P. ')/.. alone 'evening.
lidann's liaggage Ettpre.a colleeta_ and delivers hag
gle% teal No. 1O Soot l fifth street, Philadelphia.
Freight received at Front and Noble streets, Phil'
delphia, and forwarded br Dail] Fast Freight train
to Towanda, and all paints In Eltuminehanna valley
with quirk-dispatch. ELLIS CLARKE.
Gen- Agt. N. P. R. It ., Front and Willow Sta.
Nov. 21, 1870. Philadelphia.
pA. & N.Y. CANAL & R.E. CO.--
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAM.
To take effect Monday, May 15.1871.
Sorllll***D. 1 11101THIFAID.
1 PTO24CIPAS.
No.i No. i No. No. No. No.
35. 9. 7. STAT.IONI3. 34. A. 30.
.
Plt 6lt /31 1 Pld PII Plt
• . .
243'11 58 ,-- 7 . 4,i......E1tritra ..... tl2 40 53341 i 5
3 3012,40 8 30 1 Waverly 111 45 500 000
34( 12,48 840 .Athens ;11.35 4 5118 50
4'20; 1201 925 Towanda 110 48 420 819
5 161 2 09;10 15, .....Wyalusing f 950 835 720
5 35'. 2 2;110 35 Lacerrille. ... 931 317 700
6021 2 3711100 1. ... Meshoppen.... 908 300 688
6 091 !II 071 Mehoopany.... 900 630
6 401 3 21111 251...Tunkhannock... 835 230 600
7 50. 4 25112 55, .....Pittston. 733 135445
8 151 4 451 1 151 . ....Wi1kes Barre... 710 115 420
.... 7 151 4 101, —Manch Chunk... ..... 10 45 ....
1 , n; 812 535; ' Allentown._ —a st 9 45P 34
. ' 825 5 50, Bethlehem .... 930
8 50' 6 25' ... —Easton 1 9 001
1 ,
10 20 815'...
- .Philadelphia.— . 735
1 ! '
.-
111 45 1
930 i. . New York 600
Pmirm , ..- • la
No. 30 leaves Towanda at 710; Athena, 7 54 ; Wa
ver/Y. 8 05; arrive at Elmira at 9 10 A. at.
No. 31 leaves Elmira at 5 30; Waverly. 6 30; Ath
ens, 640; arrive at Towanda at 725 P. 1.1.
Down Trains dine at White' Haven. Up Trains
dine at Pittston.
Passengers to and from New York and Plal
plata without change of cars.
Down train connects at Allentown with Through
fast Express for Harrisburg, Pittsburg and the West.
R.; A. PACKER.
Superintendent.
•
Driscella:won&
MERCURS BANK,
TOWANDA, PA.
(Successor toll S. Unseal & Co., Bankers.)
Receives Depoeita, Loans Money, Makes Collec
tions. and does a
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS,
same as an Incorporated tank..
To persons desiring to send money to sat PAWL'
of the United States, Canada or Europe, this Bank
offers the best facilities and the lowest terms.
PASSAGE TICKETS
To and from Nov* Sec:4la. England. Ireland. Scot.
land, Or any part of Europe and the Orient, by the
CELEBRATED INMAN LINE ,
Of Steamers always on band.
Btfys and sells Gold, Silver. United States Bonds
at market rates.
Agent for the sale of Northern Pacific . 7 3-10
Bonds. '
31. C. 31EIRCErB, President
'WM. S. VINCENT. Cashier. znar.ls'7l
RHEUMATISM-NEIIRALGLI !
to any person producingany Medicine &Owing half
as many living, permanent cures as Dr. .Frrgra's
'TIGETAELZ RITIVITATIC RENZDT. , Used inwardly
only. b pleaaant Medicine, tree from injurious
drugs. Warranted, tinder oath. to have permanent
ly cured 9d in every 100 patients treated in the past
ten Yews. Mee testimony). It la the scientific pre
kription of Prof. Jos. P. Filler, M. 11., a graduate of
the University of Penney - teeats:U. D., 1033,—n0w
one of Philadelphia's oldest regular physicians, and
Professor of Chemistry, and Toxicology.—wno has
made icnrlgla. Chrome and Inflamatory Rheuma
tism the specialty of his entire professional life—a
fact vouched for by the signatures accompanying
each bottle. and other testimonies of many promi
nent renowned physicians and clergymen. To pro
tect sufferers from poisonous quac.k nostrums and
useless expenditure of money. ariegat signed gnu
antee, stating exact number of boWk warranted to
cure, will bo forwarded gratiado any sufferer send
ing by litter a 15111 description of aMetion. In case
of failure to cure, =aunt paid positively refunded.
7/calcine sent anywhere by expresa. collect on de.
Afflicted invited to write for advice: all . in
formation and medical advice sent by letter-v . l.sta.
Address Dr. J. P. FITLER, 29 South Fourth street.
Philadelphia. Pa. The P.cluedy la' sold or obtained
by Drtigct.qt.o. •
pATCHEN.
This well-bred stock horse will serve mares the
prevent season, from April 1, to Aug. 1, at the Liv
ery Stable of Exxosnony tr. Bowman. Towiinda,.Pa..
from Monday noon to Saturday morning • and at
Bbesliequin, Pa., at the farm of L. 8. Ellusanwr,
during Saturday and Monday forenoon.
Tratuv.—i l 2o by the season. Monet dtie at time
of service. $3O toi ns u re one mare, and $5O for two
mares owned by one - Person. • Money due as soon an
the mare Is known to be wit foal. Any person
having a mare insured, and parting with her before
the time of Naling. wile.be held accountable for the
insurance.. Pasture furnished for mares from a dis
tance at $5 per month. All accidents and escapes at
the owner's risk,
PuntUngz--Patchcn Wan sired by the . celebrated
trotting riallion, Cleo. M. Patchen, he by Cassius M.
Clay, he by Henry Clay.. he by Andrew Jackson. hs
by Young hashaw..ke. The dam of Patcben was
Durock. grand darn Messenger.
•
- May 1L
TAYLOit'S CELEBRATED . OIL!
The Great Rheumatic Rrokedy should be kept and
used by every Farmer that keeps either Cattle or
Horses. every Teamster and Livery Stable Reey,r,
every Physician and Hone Farier for it will many
times cure pain and lameness when all other medi
cines have fitted. Miners and Railroad Men
should certainly keep it. for it is =surpassed for
brawn and sprains. Blacksmiths should keep it
for their own use and for their customers tender
footed horses. as nothing 'equals it for tender feet.
Every body suffering from pain and lameness of any
kind, burns,. cuts, wound, or any eruption of the
skin, Conn, Chilblains or any disease requiring an
outward applicaUon shenid certainly keep this cele
brated mod Mine. Every bottle . ' warranted to give
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This new and beautiful Perfume la ten times
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_ Also Powell's celebrated Cocoanut CO. an elegant
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..NIIR WA - NN'T INVITED."'
A c!wnteoitsort of woman she was.
With i common sort of way—
Sbo washed her dishes, end swept her stain.
Atid sewed the rest of tho day.
She had children, the foolish, fretful thing,
The nicest over were born, _
That tilled the house with a hum of joy,
Like the song of birds in the morn.
Tho coci i and clatter of childish tengues,
The patter of tiny fed, 1 / 2
The wrestling and coaxing of baby
irms
-0 mother, isn't it sweet?
And does n't it fill the intervals
01 life with a loving din,
Leading us on, with its hurrying hope
From the borders of idle sin?
She had it all, this mother had,
lind she might have been content
With home, and health, and butter and bread
Andloye wherever she went.
She needn't have thought of tho dingy house
Fronting the-shining west, •
For the angel that guarded the souls within,
Had wings as good as the best . •
Wth every feather of snowy white,
And pbbial with the lovingest care,
Forever Darning, forever Intent
On the breath of hei mother prayer
But she crowded him out, ono naughty day,
Out of the farthest door,
As if she never eriie °tad to need
His hoverings any more.
And throngh•tho door the angel went oat,
Came in, with s worldly sir,
A woman with gray, green knowing eyes,
And a coil of Japanese hair.
Ah, she was wonderfnl in tior way,
„And wonderful in bur walk,
Wonderful were the clothes she wore,
And wonderful was her talk :
She'd seeg,in all the length of berllfo
4 pound of gcnnine lace, (black,
She could loop oror skirts, of the blackest
White ones with infinite grace.
And the crowning gem of her speech this day,
Was the newa of a jubilee--
Of s jolly riao, &I' a jolly eat,
And the jolliest toasts, could be
And she was invited all over, she was,
Her jute and her freckled nose,
Her bustle, her black silk petticoat,
And the very corns on her toes.
Poor mother of little children three,
Poor wife of a loving man,
Poor heart that has pushed an angel sit,
- As far as ever it can :
Yon are not invited—)nti cannot go
And of the dinner free
Open the door and let out the musk,
And get your linthanil's tea :
-
But when ho came, there wasn't a amile,
And the baby got the kiss, [found
And who was to blame that the good man
- An atmosphere like this ?
And what °cult), she do, but frown and say—
The poor, neglected soul—
She never would burn to the end of her life,
A peek of Sullivan coal!
ttisallan
, [For tho BErorma]
A TRIP ACROSS THE WATER.
No. XXVIL
"ra show thee every fertile inch o' the
Illand."—Sh Warfare.
—"The best laid schemes of mice and Men
Gang aft aglee."—Barn.s.
, EREATA.—The liver mentioned in No. XXVI
sal xceren should be Leren. Instead of "Mr.
Robert, Mayor of Sheffield," read Mr. Robert
Mayor, of Sheffield.]
The agreeable project of 'a pedes
trian excursion of some'tlays through
the Isle of Man, was nipped, as it
were, in the bud ; or, in other words,
at the end of the first six miles, while
breakfasting at Crosby, a rain storm
came on : but with it came also the
stage coach on its way to Peelfor
tunately, for myself, as trusting in a
continuance of the fine Feather with
which I had so far been favored since
first landing in Ireland, I left Doug
las, armed with cane instead of um
brella. This, be it understood, is
rather at variance with the prevailing
custom in Great Britain, where gen- .
erally little dependence is placed up
on favorable indications of the sky,
even fora day.
The country, generally pleasant
and productive in appearance "along
the route, became more hilly as we
appivached the western coast of the
Island. Two and a half miles from
Peel, on the north side of the high
way, stands one of the most revered
and important monuments of the
past which the Island affords. This
is the circular, terraced . mound,
known as the TYYWALD HILL : being
about 12 feet in height and 80 yards
in circumference, and said to be coto
-pgsed of earth brought hither from
th 3 various sheadings or districts of
the Island. A thousand years • ago,
this was used by the Norwegians,
then masters of the country, for the
holding of courts and the adminis
tration of justice : and to thig day,
the laws of the-Three Estates must be
promulgated here, before they are
considered of binding force. The
Tynwald Court of Man, which can be
convoked only at the will of the
Lieutenant Governor, possesses both
the judicial and legislative power.
It was probably with a view to the
protection of public liberty; that the
Scandinavian optirts,s' (or Things, as
they were called, at which all the'
freemen of the nation had a right to
attend), were thus held in the open
air. In England, Scotland and Ire
land, as well as in the Orkney and
Shetland Islands, similar mounds or
Thing Hills still remain, and also for
merly existed throughout Iceland and
Norway. The Trnmart Mu, in the
Isle of Man, is, however, the only
one now 'retaining its -original Ilse.
It is covered with a beautiful green
sward, and,,as a modern writer -re-
marks in describing it : "The place
is situated in the calm, green bosom
of a lovely vale, walled in on all r sides
at irregular distances by lofty hills
and the view from themount, around
the circumference of -`4ts boundary,
has an air of security "'beauty and.s6-
elusion, thit is extre mely pleasing." .
A short distance east is the Church
of St. John's—a fine edifice- built of
granite, on the site, according to tra
ditikm, of an ancient temple dedicat
ed to Thor.. On the 6th of July (or
Tynsidd day) of each year, the Lisa
tenantr Governor and all -the • high
dignitaries of the Isle, after attend
' ingpublie services at - this Church,
iItOABDIZr Q 7 pinnnterveriow intou ANY ;mean&
walk in procession to the Tynwald
Hill, on the summit of which, provid
ed with a canopy and chair, the
Lieutenant Governor is then seated,
(" with visage to the esst, and sword
before him, holden with the point
upward,") - while the chief ofticials,
the Keys and the Clergy occupy the
three terraces below.
The laws,l(or theirtitles), enacted
during the iprevious year are• then
read to the j surrounding multitude.
Such are the preliminaries of the
Tynwald Curt. Its dignity and de
corum were 'enforced with such strict
ness, that according to ancient usage,
"noe Man shall make 'any Disturb,
ance or Stin in the Time of Tinwald,
or any MUrinur or Rising in. the
King's Presence,' upon Pa . *
Hanging and Drawing."
The first laws enacted under the
new Charter of the Island, giving - to
the people the right to elect members
of the " Hotise of. Keys," were thus
promulgated from the Tynwald Hill
ten days before my visit thither. '
Iu full •view from this spot is the
Hill of Slim., over 1,000 feet in
height. Tradition says, that in the
dark days of superstitions, cruelty,
those suspected of Witchcraft were
taken to its summit, and after having
been placed] in a barrel with sharp
iron spikes inserted around the inte
rior, were rolled down the northern
declivity of the mountain.
—The town of Peel, seen • for the
most part throligh the medium of a
rain storm, did notpresent to me
anything very attractive in•its goner-•
al appe,arance, altho' said to be im
proving. The herring fishery consti
tutes the most important item in the
trade and occupation of its inhabi
tants.
From time "whereof the mem9ry
of mart rupneth not to the contrarly,"
a certain day known as St. Sti•ithius%
has been considered in England, an
important index to the weather for
some time succeeding : or, according
to the old Rhyme,
" 't. gwitliins' (lay, an thou tot lair,
Poi- Forty days 'twill rain nae niair
. St. Switlnq day, an thou dos:
Fpr forty days it will remain." ,
Aruerican,Almanacs had failed to
inform me s to when St. Swithius'
might be lobked for; it chanced, how
ever, at Peel, on referring to the
heavy rain, the remark was made
that occurring as it did, it was likely
to continue for some time. On en
quirinc, why, I was told that this—.
the 15th day of July, was known as
St. Swithius day. Although subke
(pent- observation did not fully con
firm the idea of for forty days
thereafter, yet it might be said,-, that
it rained enough in the; our days fol
lowing to ans•ver ordinarily for . frry.
On a rocky islet but a little way
from the town, and known as St.
Patrick's, stands the old Ctstle of
Peol—" grand, gloomy and peculiar.",
Its walls,embrace an area of about
5 acres ; their material, as well as
that of he Church of St. Germanus,
built upon the same rock in 1245, is
principally of red sandstone, consid
erably WOrlt, by the-wars of the ele
ments. The furious winds, which
prevail on this " lone, barren isle,"
sometimes dash the -ocean spray to,
the very summit of the towers. 31ucht
of historic interest as well as of wild;
superstition, attaches itself to Peel
Castle : and some of the most
ing scenes of Scott's Pererd of the
Peak, are hero laid. .
We descended down a narrow and
utterly dark passage to, the :dungeon
occupied by Eleanor, •Duchess of
Gloucester, for fourteen years, during
the 15th century. The charge against
her was, that by the arts of 'Magic,
she had plotted against the life of the
king. This was done, (as alleged at
cording to the incredible superstition
of thoSe dais), by her exposing, with
malice and prepense aforethought, a
*amen image of the royal person to a
moderate heat ; that so,- according to
the rules of magic, the king's health
and strength might graduallk, decline
as the image melted ! Her fate is re
ferred to by' Shakspeare in his "Hen
ry V 1.," also in 3liddleton's legend of
Humphrey; Dnke of Gloster, about
1600.
Superstitious tales of Giant, ghost
and Fairy are sufficiently abundant
throughout Ithe Isle of Ilan. It would
be unprofitable to devote much time'
or space to them : the-legend of the
3foddey Th u, however as ; ' connected
with Peel Gdstle, has been often al-
lnded to, and I will .give it in few
words :-
An apparition known by the name
of the MOddey Mad (or Black Dog);
formerly haunted Peel Castle. More
frequently than else Where was it Seen
in the Guard Rooni, Occupied by the
soldiers of the garrison ; who at
length becanie accustomed to its . sp.
pearanco there, as it lay down before
the fire at the lighting of candles for
the evening, and disappearing With
the dawn. They however •believed
it an evil sjirit, which only , waited
permission to do them h:lrm, and
they ge4rally forebore any profane
discoursb Whi o it was present, and
no one cared to be leftealono with it.
The passage from the church, thro'
which the Moddey Dial ,was general
ly ,observed to come, being the same
through which it was the duty of
each soldier in his turn to carry the
keys of thel Castle to its coiumander,
after the cibsing of the gates at night,
it was agreed that each, in the per
formance) Of this duty should be ac
companiedjby his successor for the
following night.
It chanced, howeler, on ono occa
sion, thatltho soldier who was to
bear the keys, being':excited by liquor,
persisted in going alone, notwith
standing the earnest ilissuasions of
his companions ; swearing that he
desired nothing more than that the
Moddey Dhu should fiElow him, and
that he wOuld ascertain whether it
were dog 1 or devil. After indulg
ing in further profane 'expressions,
he snatched lip the Castle keys,
and' departed on his errand. Soon
after, a strange noise was heart in
the passage, but none had the cont.-
age to follow their conipanion to as
certain its cause. The adventurer
finally returned : lend and noisy as
IM-had been,, he was now sober and
silent enottg,h. He made no reply to
the earnest inquiries' that were- ail
dressed to trim, and seemed- to .be
suffering tinder, strange, contortions
of featurei and limbs. Nothing in
telligible Could be got from him, and
on the - third day thereafter ".he dial
and gave no sign."
The Moddey Dhu, it is said, was
never afterwards seen in Peel CasU
nor would any ono again - venture
through that passage : it was accord
ingly closed up and another made.
This is said•to haio occurred about
the yeariltiso. And as if the high
born captiie`had not suffered enough
from superstitions injustice during
her life, (whieh terminate 4 in prison
here), the vulgar assertion still pre
veils that the li&ldey Dhn was nei
ther more nor less than the t oubled
spirit of the unfortunate Du in of
Gloucester.
I had, wjth a - coinpanion, reached
the' Casti€ by a long detour, and
across a bridge connecting with the
main Returnince, we embark-'
ed in a little boat, with r •as rough a
passage for-one so brief, as I ever
encountered, to the opposite pier.
Social, comfortable, and, picturr
esque, the old 'Stage Coach yet holds
its own thronghont the Isle of Man,
ai in the. days of Samuel Weller ;
railro4s being there unknown, un
less the'one contemplated from Doug
las to Peel has recently been. guilt.
For the sake of old association . S, as
well as, for the benefit of the traveler
who May not haPpen always to-be in
a desperate American hurry, it is to
be hoped that the , institution May
still for a long time flourish in its
pristine glory, at least in some por
tions of the British Lsles. I took
passage in one of the two which re
turned in the evening t? Douglas—
each with accommodations for about
30 passengers, 12 of whom' could oc
cupy,scats arranged npon the top.
• One of the " Wellers "- is said to
have seater' that forN.the most part,
the " pike keepers," or toll gatherers
on the highways,. were individuals.
who hail met witli disapp6intinents
in life, - and chose that occupation as
a means ot - at - eng,iD thenal;elves up
on mankind at large. Iu man
ner, coach driving ‘vouid t.eelu a net-
Ural resdrt for insolvent sportsmen:
To this class, I wai told, belonged
the driver of the cuaelt immediately
following ours as we returned. Tall,
manly and erect,. well dressed, and
still in the prime of life, 'he certainly
had the manner and port of a gen-.
tleman., A merry greeting, if not a
practical joke,,was ready for .any- ac
quaintance along a road where all
seethed to know him:
-Years before, as I was informed,
he had been the 'owner of a hand
some esta — te, but became involved by
fast living, lost all his , property,' ana
took to the road as a mear}s of sup
poyt. Gaining ptudence b* from
disaster, he had saved enough from.
his stipend .to have become recently,
the proprietor of the estallishmcait
he still drove : and in. rememlsl. - : -
of the past, caused the title of "The.
SpOrtsinan " to be placed on the out
side: His carriage with its four
pi-ancing bays,_ was all in good styld
aild perfect order, and he Wielded
the reins apparently. with as much
pride and enjoyment, as if controlling
the destinies of an 'estate,
.or an eni
pire. C. C. P.
LETT:MS OF R ECOMM ENDA
gentleman advertised for a boy to
helii Lint in his office, and nearly fif
ty. applicants prcrented.thc..ruselves to
him. Out of the'wholo number he, in
a s.,hort time selected one and dis
missed the rest.
I shquld like to know," said a
friend, ".an what ground you select
ed that boy,' who had not a single
recommendation."
1.1 You are mistaken," said the gen
tleman,." he had a great many. He
wiped his feet when he came in; and
closed the door after him, showing
that he. was careful. He gave' up his
seat instantly to that lame, old. man,
showing that he was kind and
thoughtful. He took off his cap when
he came in, and answered my ques
tions promptly and . respectfully,
showing that he was polite ;and gen
tlemanly. Ho picked 'up the book
which I had purposely laid upon -the
floor, and replaeed it upon the table,
while all the rest stepped over it or
shoved it aside ; and he waited_ qui
etly for his turn, instead of pushing
and crowding, showing that ho. was
honest nand ,orderly. When I talked
with him I noticed that his clothes
were carefully brushed, his hair in
nice order, and his teeth as white as
.inilk ; and, when wrote his , name,
I noticed that his finger . nails were
clean, instead of being tipped - with
jet like that handsome little fellow in
the blue jacket_ Don't you call those
letters of rerornmc!ndation? I (To,
and I would give .more for what I
can tell .about a boy by using my
eyes ten minntea than all the fine
letters he can bring me."—Littk C?r
poraL
- CHANGING STEP.—Who has not seen
an awkward couple walking arm in
arm Whose failure to "keep step"
results in mutual misery! Occasion
ally, by accident, they fall into keep
ing step for a while, and for a time
they move harmoniously and hlppily
with.graceftil identity of motion. But,_
for the most part„, their progress con;
sists of a ludicrous jogglety jerk,
fearfully trying to comfort and tem
per. This is but a typo and illustra
tration of the discomfort which some
men endure throtigh life, for the sim
ple want of not knowing when to
"chan,ge stop." For example. A
man'marries. His wife is iu almost
everything a fit help 'mate, but` she
has, and who has not, her little -in
ffrmities. As long as they jog alonr ,
life's road in double harness of mat-'
rimony, "keeping step," they are
happy and comfortable; suddenly
some little eccentricity, a foible in
one or the other interferes with the
pleasant concert; there is annoyance
try] confusion. They have "lost step."
Ndii, my friend, is the time to
"change step." Don't stnbbornlv
trudge along at your own . 'pace, but
skilfully, for the moment, humor
your yoke' fellow; "change step."
Yon will soon fink by a transition so
easy as , to be unnoticed, that, both
havq, returned to the original• and
na4tral order of march, and you have
escaped onaof the "breezes ' which .
trifled with, sometimes swell into
fearful storms, in which the fairest
hopes and affections of life are wreck
ed forever. •
-c„. • • \4 4 0.. •-••• ,
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ON THE VERGE.
About ten years ago, I '.travel
ing Ohio as an agent fur affirm in
Boston. The train stopped at
abont 'six o'clock one afternoon, fir
teen thinutett being annonivled . for
" supper." 1 hurried into the Itineli
room. with the throng, who 'all seeni-'
ed as bling - ry e' 7 ,1 37 self, and was soon
devouring. a. sandwich, 'a pickle. arid a
hard bk:oded egg, which -last I made:
as pallteable possible' by flipping
it into a miniatitre pile:of malt, which:
I had royiSd on the' tablecloth,
no plates being supplied. :The "fif
teen milifites" were remarkably short,
for which.coAtingency:we were gen
erally prepared—most.of us had had
experience in these tantterg, and our
jawsloved - with a rapidity which
can ou y boAttCaO4 by travelers who
uro accustomed.to stop fo l r lUnch at
way stations: Tu fact,l had finished
`fist two 6r three minotes be-
bell rang for the start, which
my rei
fore th
tithe to glance over a local
gave
,nblished in an adjoining town.
ng the items in 'this paper was
!vent that the authorities of
had offered thonSand dol-
paper
Am o
a state
II
the apprehension:of the lier-
Irs of a burglary - and. murder
and been committed in:thiit
leis fo
petrat
which
l•xv 'nights previous, and was
cation in this region,as alma:
,ourse.
aboard!" ishouteLl the eon
and there was a stampede for.
place aL
the sell!.
ter of c
ductor, i
the trai
Asl
sight o
muddy
picked
my Etcz,
(started 4 nith the i r6st, I caught
f a letter, Well • : tra:mpled by'
feet, lying on jh'e floor. I
it ttp, anti iustiite!ive!y held
ps, as I'ra4-ray cr . e over., the
first 11:4ce to see wlietlier I mhould
baud it
to the• proprietor Of the lunch
rooLa.
. I
N.l/,1(2
•
1 .
over a h . !cmid time, and
fdt a r . ptreeptiblp flash iu my
_
1
face, thrust it into my ilocla.A.
'This M what I read: • - ,
"Tell Bob to meet- . na'..Tat Die%
Sliano)'s shanty Thursday ul - glit. It's
gatil.g toy hot for us. - Ii isa
ho,ain I , and war-whooping; as' if a
man m ightn't as Is - unclear the efulh•
with cie.of pur pills in his body car
cass aE to have his body riddled with
old , Bilandreth's medics l: ammuni
tion." i
I was now obliged to. run for it, as
the train W:11i 11.1‘1140i1011:
Wheu I- leaped upon the step of
the reUivicar, a gentleman with rath
er a•stnnuing style of dress extended
his hand`to help me 'aboard.:
" It don't do to stop' to read love
letters with the engine crying
`off wi) ,, o my boys " exclaimed
with Ofliit langli, at the same time
bendi4g.unon me a quick, searching
glare ..• •
.2ly tirst impulse was to lower m'
eyes 'from his glance: but in another
instant I had col !el myself ; - and
lookin'; -, him straight-in h e : •faccc . I
sinil4 . and said:
• " >L Man is 'apt to catch at the odd
i2st nnim'cnr to n.;:iti a love letter."
- :I ti.bn hiui anti .00k my
seat.
As the train sped on I thought of
the words I. read in'the ominous let
terl. had picked up, and wondered if
it were'possible that I had a clue by
which I might make at least_ a part
of theltive thousand dollars. I kept
repeating the name in Said letter to
myself: .Duk shamii. , :-4Dick ,%;hany,
—Di,t% Slianip.i. What part of the
• 1 -
country does this man live in—this
Dick Itanips? . • " That's 'for me to
find out," I muttered to myself. ,
It'w-as iu the fall of the year, and
as the' night advanced some chilly
passehgers.filled the stove with wood,
and in my rather excited 'state 'of
mind the heat became .ruaendiarable.
"I Will take some Of . this outside'
air," Ilnwardly exclaimed;and suit
ing
the action to the Word, I rose
from iy seat and went to the rear
end o ; the car. As I neared. the door,
I observed my facetious friend . with'
the . strunaing dress, snuggled 'up in
the comer, where the faints rays of
the • MUT' just readied..him, direly:
lighting-up his hose, brows, .cheek
bone§ land beard. lie seemed .in a
doze as I approached; but just' as I
passed him I glanced back, when his
lids were half-raised, and a' pair of
sinister eyes gleamed upon me,
such a manner that even in that faint'
light I shrank from their look.
I opened the door and closed it
with 4 bang, as, if . I would, cut off
that disagreeable gaze' between the
door's edge and the jamb.
..'
" This letter has made me suspi
cion. 4, I presume," I muttered. "Nov,
I pick; it up in one Moment,. and in
the nakt I meet a man who, I could
swear, lost it." • L-• . ' • •
"'lather dark nightthis," inter
rupted the brakeman, who rested
againSt the end of,the car smoking a
PIPL%
"les. - It's drizzly,. too, I perceive."
"}leary enough to put a than's
pipe out," he returned, striking on
his pantaloons- and relighting •the
hall-Consumed tobacco.
--:- At this moment the door ope.ne , ...
and the man of whom I have..spoken
Came :out - upon the platform. I had
scarcely time _to tarsi whenl felt a,
.powerful and strangling grasp -upon
my throat:
M'l : first emotions were of aston
ishment, that a man So, stunningly
dressed should diittlay such treinen
dons strength; for as 1 instinctively
three up thy' hand to- mildose the
grip, jI found what appeared to be a.
hugel bunch of corded iron. But ,
these emotions instantly gave' way to
intense feelings of rage and alarm. I
then !looked , toward the' brakenian,
but to niy.amazement ho coolly step
ped up in front of me, and turning
to my assn.ilant, asked, between two
puffs, of his pipe: • ,
"Is this the cove?"
" Yes," was the laconic answer. .
" Then let's have it out of him, and
make him swear not to bloiv." •
"Confound ,him," muttered the
other, lightening his j grip.; " I .don't
like Ibis looks. Besides, he's „read
.the letter."
. The brakemer(took . his pipe from
his mouth, and putting his face cloSe
to Mine, ho lit a secend' . match c and
holding it from stirring air,he passed
it over my features one by one. Then
throWing it down /With - ina oath, he,
excleaimed: -
"Batch; - I'm thinking Ave"txl better
risk Ihim."
")'ll be hanged if d will! =.
02 •per minim in Advance.
These w rds now changed My feel- 1
111"71 from taigo to dread.. :.
, The utter
:.c of them had caught ni . e at a disad
vantage. and, theugh noes weak man
myself, i.e so he (1-me - that, with the
jolting of, the -car, - any- decided 'effort
oti my part threate 154.t0 precipitate
- WO :from- the itlatfor . Liras virtual
ly suspended by hi, \ powerful 111111.
As - .1 thus found. myself held over the
very verge of death; .fast suffocating .
under his merciless grasp, his answer
to the-brakeman impotte4,,a terrible
closing of this brief and unexpected
Scene. : The part I bare described
had occupied scarcely a mothent of
time; and it-was evident that 'if the
intcrition was to throw m© under, the
train it would have Obe accomplish-
Speedily. - ) N,
"Well, Batch," said the brakeman,
"your: judgment's generally about .
lie's,not a bad style„ but. if
you say it's not to be; whf over he
goes.
The coolness of this. brak4man was
more appalling than oven the healthy
grasp of his - conhderate.
"We niust , have this letter, first,"-,
answered the other.
" But look lxe,
Batch," added the brakeman, •taking
his l,ilio.again from his -mouth arid
bending his hail toward me, " why
not - take the letter and let him go Y•'
"Damn him! -I ivatc...hed hint! He
knows too . Innehl It's in his' breast
cket. Take it out •quick,. .itud off•
with him." •
The secured :the letter.
Closing my eyes;
,nutercil and in-
Ward prayer.
"Now," said cool fiend in
stunning olbtlit: - ;;;: , `"yOu'll be. picked
tip it the inorning,• and then they'll
giye you:a free pass to your . family."
Here lie made it movement t- linrl
me.over the edge of the platfoinl.
I,:ut those words hail produced a
reniarkable , effect un 111(4. Help,
heSS and,nearly - dead with suff , ication,
the demoiliacal reference. to in-,' fain-
ily my
. dear - wife unci child, ;who
were awaitim.rmy return home with
the most affectionate- hearts --thUbe
words seemed, with the prayer I, ut
tered; to-itnPart to dy soul an irre,
sistible power that was at.once com
municated to Jay body. With one
,
prodi,gious,despairing emir str l e
tcli
ed out my arm to a'Jost; and,
seizing the brake T handle barely' with
`the ends of my fingers, I gave a -poNV
erful lurch forward..' The.grasp
Joiisened Trigh my. throat°, sad o i Ii 'a
loud cry I ltur:ed the monster from
me. He reeled backward, and with
outstretched arias esSayi - Al t.. siLve'
himself, But he miF:ced anal
fell headlong over the other f:id.o
the platform.. .I . t the same instant
. .
the starved passengers, who had
heard my cry, rnshe'd fiat, itnd in :m
-other moment the hralieinan•wni4
cured. . •
. .
INlfbtory .was bkld in a -few werds,
and- the. train will; put. - baCk the
villain. who lizobSti.marh: closed toy
agency. ....Ile was found dead with
his skull fractured and the clothes
of which I made Eparticitlar attention,
half torn from
. his back,- he haying
evidently fallen in an oblique direc
tion on a sharp protuberance Or one
of the sleepers.
Papers-were found on, his person,
which,. with the letter, , and what
.-ev-
deuce. could be forced frobi the
bfaiiemaii,- soon piaeed the robbers
and murderers, for whoiii the reward
had been offered, in the - bands of tlia
the law; and a satisfactory portion of
the reward came to me as my 'share.
To' underst4 the. philosophy •of
this phenomenon, essential; to_ tho
very existence of plants, and animals,
a few facts, dZirived . from observation
and a long train' of expetiments,mtist
be r.emembered:', • . • .
W=ere the atmosphere everywhere,
at all times,at'a uniform temperature,
we , should never_ have rain, hail, or
snow. The water absorbed by it in
evaporation from the *;ea andearth's
surface would-descend "in an imper
ceptible vapor or' cease to be absorb
ed by Elie air when it,Avas once fully.
saturated. The. abgerhing power of
the atmosphere, 'ancreousequently its
capability to retain humidity', is pre
portionablygreater in
,cold than warm
air. The air, near . • the.surface of the
earth is warmer than it isin the 're
on of the clouds. The higher we
ascend from-the earth, the colder We
tind the atmosphere.- Hence the per
petual snow on high mountains in
the hottest climates.
Now,., when frolu evaporatitaa "the
air is highly, saturated with vapor,
though_ it be invisible;-if its tempera
ture is suddenly reduced by cold cur
rents descending from aboye,or..ritsh
ing from a higher to a lower latitiide,
its capacity to retain jmoisturo di
minished, clouds are forreed,.and the
result is 'rain. Air condenses as it
cools, and - like a sponge filled with
water and compreSsed, pours out wa
ter whieli . its diminished capacity
cannot hold. How singular yet how
simple is such .aU arrangement for
watering the .earth. .
ssL
. ..;\: - "so'roluous scamp vas once up
before' an Onondaga juStice• of the
peace. He
~ , was accused. of having '
- "come the strap 'genie" over a native.
The portly justice, wishing.toilecide
understandingly, asked to•see -a sun
.plc of his skill. "The party" instant
ly preanced a leather st , p, eve it a
seientific . whisk across e betich,and
remarked: •
"You see, Judge, 'the( quarter' utiL
der the strap ?" • _
`'What!"interrupted the...dignified
functuary; "do you mean to say there
is a quarter under there ?"
"Sartinl," was the reply. ... •
"No 'Such thing 11 said the Justieo.
"I'll go you a dollar on it 1 3 " ex
claimed the prisoner:•
"Agreed !" Said the Justice.
With. accustomed adroitness, the
strap was withdrawn, whealo! there
was the qnarter.
(Ix
"Well!"Said th 6 tistonished Shal
low, "I wouldn't have believed it if I
had not. seen it with my own eyt.i.
Hero is. your dollar. And , yea are
fined five dollars ler giunbling, con
trary to the statute in this case made
and provided!" - •
The elOngated countenance of the
gambler required 'no , additional evi
dence to testify his appreciation 'litho
“sem”
NUMBER N.
HoweMl is Formed.
Came of trrthappineis.
'Harsh', judgement; rough words,
'small but frequent acts of selfishness
and injustice, sonletimea _poison the
heart that pformSed to- be, • healthy,
. aria, curse .the start' thr&t promised tv
Ix, blessed.
There are familiits that poseas ever; •
earthly sonifort—health, money, and
occupation—but: are Miserable _from.
the jealottsy and (inatteling that pre
vail within. There are married' con= :.
pies whaJive in daily - sorrow, not be,
m
cae . they are' wavt,' but because'.
each other thinks the. other nkind
arbitrary, and in - cOnsideratc.u- • •-
Yoting -people s , onietimes marry
with their
. .eyes. runt;and - thus, M . -
plead of being Mated to angels, .a 3
they ,foolishly imaginened are
men 'dna yoCu'n,. with- the conanoll- •
work a day ,ivt.aliness' and faults
. of
their respedis:e This- Omni love :
easily. gets - souftd, tlien each • -
pro.kehea tle,other bur - not '
pro ! --,Ereetl with which •
they entered into th d Itlarriago - StiO.C. •
Tithe any Of tho - relationships of
life, and we should find.that for the
greater part of an our sorrows conies.
from the same cause. Get any one
to tell : -yon honestly *hat gives - him
the most'aunoyaneo and diScinietude; •
he will tell you they come from: want
of kindncss, sympathy, and 'folio's
feeling, He could tell :you that he
could bear other tbings if . he only.
met with more consideration, sap;
port, and eneo s urvement ' from the
people with Whoinole has to do.
' _
„AultAerr.—A grain of prudence is
worth a pound of craft., • . ,
Boasterirare eonsins - to lian4. -
Onfession of faults wake-. half
.
' ' •
-- Denying a
faultdonbies,it.
• .Envy, , shooteth. at othei4 . and . •
_wounds . erself. . . .
-Foolish Tear doubles- danger's. . •
God reaches tis.good• things by of r,
hatids.. \., •
—lle haa hard: work to do wItO ' Laic
nothing toilo.• .. -- -.
•It costs more \
;:to
~avenge wrong,s• .
than to bear therM :
- Judge not that Ye lie not judged. •
. -Knavery is \ the worst trade,
• Learning makes-a Man tit efirepatiy .
for bittiself. . '
Modesty Isla guard.t4., virtue. : •
'Not to Jiear . cimscieneo is" the
way to sileepe it. •.,:
One hour io:day is worth \ two ii. ) ,.
morrow. -
k ' \
Proud looks make Aunt plafon:fair
faces. ,-: - - .. .
. . -
(4114 - conscience gives sw , .!et sleep. ,
Small-faults indulged in ;ti•e lkt
thieves. • • -
Tli
boitglis licar the .nrot,
bend 10we;.4: - -
..-\
iiinlliappiucss. tire onotiier
and (lau-liter. • •
Wit‘e men 'mole motet uliporttuti• - •
ilian.ll•3y tiud. - -
You never - lose doin , •• it good
turn. •
, Zeal -without I:n•twletlge is tiro
without. tiglit.."
I=::==
•,DoWn The • - tpadows •ait day
long flifi'y at silent games of beauty. .
Everything is doulile if it; stands, ir.
the light. '.l trees see an unreve.Ll-. -
ea and nutilirli darblY
along the : .;rotin ! ii. Tii , -;l:uder.sten,6..; • <
of :lolv , r;.
ov
ran.: ~•t i d,,t,--;;;;u::co t tit t!1." , ..TV
b a and
of shadow- that ilc!; :
long ;in illoys.(!ni.lig
erne' in out ilgain...frcu.l
the tan g ' . ...E f oCm, until th .
sun. it ...Is far eastwfmrin. the •
morning. shadowy arrows
- sneh -as tilts° 'spring - front Apollo's
goldea - at every. stein
11 - sm.:, direction, they eroSs, .
interlacing each other in a sort of -
. : netwkirk• of dim lines, 'gear idnif,
the clouds dri:p shallow-life. anehors •
that roach the ground, • but 7 will not
hold'; every browsinp. : ;•.crCainre, e , yer,y
flitting- bird, -every . moyitg :i-,111,
every unconscious traver6r; „Is-titer's
atun o n , the ground in din), shad-. •
0
ows. •
• :ACS' PNN . A3I.I Ihrs iir.l.l.thr..—The
process of making Panama hats is as
follows; . The leaves of the Pandani-
Sereii pine, from which. • these
hats aro made, are gathered hefore
they unfold,tho_rilm anti coarser veins
are-remoVed, and the—restiv . ilhout
being sepirated, from the base of the,
leaf, isTedueed to shreds. After haV
Mg been put . in the sun for • a day,
and tied into a knot,: the straw is im
mersed in boilin,,c , Water until -it be
comes white. It-is then hung lip in
a "shady place, and consequently •
bleachatfor twu or three days, after
. which . tIW straw is - . ready for' use.
The plaiting . of the straw commences
at tie crown and finishes at the 1)6.114
and N. a troublesome operatiOn: The
hat& arc made on a lilech placed on .
the knees,and require to be Constant-. ,
ly pressed with the.. breast, The
coars:.r hat May lie: finished In--•twsi
or thiee days, but the finest may
ic
quire. ns many, months. '
- *.illilrbri. -.
Oxn beautiful trait of . our
tv' is the tenderners 7 with which' we
Cherish the memory . of the departed.-
Let Dcath.take-from the household'
that troublesome anr ungevernable
child; and all that isi re - membered is
:his Sweet and gentle words, his rare-
qualitit)s; hisloving ways , his bean-.
'ty, and bis manliness.. The child
stands before his parents' eyes, not
as he was ' but as he have been
had God put in him been poiect-,
ed by love andgraee.. lie is now al
ways "dear child" in their thoughts,
and not' 'selfish or mulOyiply.i The
ehibiren long for theii.dead compan
ionwith renT and tender grief; they
are surprised to funthow much they
loved. him. Iliends imp,' to have
the opportunity, new lost, to slidW
their love.-Why dill - "hot raze hirii
morel why did 1.- - not serve him bet
tor ? is - the , universal feeling.
-
A Er,hpeened to be playing > -
in the rooth where his iiwther and
a lady viEitor were crnvcrsing.
other friend .called in the meantime,
and .after she left, tlfe tivo-after the
manner of the .-_-sex—commenced - to
,•
discuss her
_peculiarities very freely:
Willie was apparently: busy with his .
tovs.;:- brit, after al . little, looked up.
slreivdly - and says to the visitor:
"firs. Butler, that'S the way Mamma,
will "talk about 'you When you o.
away !" -The youthful philoseplier .
was about right. • '.•
T.nEltr. is a story told of the officers
of a British ship dining. with a Ulan=
'Juin at Canton. Ontink the guests
wished a second helping of the save
.stew, which ho thought was some
sort of duck. . Not 'knowing a Word.
of Chinese. ho held his plate to. the .
host sdying.With a smiling approial:
"Quack,. (Puck, qua& I" - Innigine .
how his 'countenance fell when.tha
pOinkinglo- thetdis' h,rasponded,
I "bow, ow, ow r •