TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
Tor Enanvoan Brew= is published every
net eday Morning joy 8. W. &MOM at Tye
Defiers per annum, tfradiranes. • •
IfTAdrertlaing in aII _eases exclusfre of subsorip.
ton to the paper.
- LNOT ICES Inserted at !nen= mos yer
tine for flrat insertion• and PM =WM prelins tor
seb.eonent tasertlons.
LOCAL NOTICES. same' style as reading itiMier.
TWFICTI nraTs a lines
A'DvERTISEMENTS will be inliertot according to
the f.llosing table of rates : ,
If' 4P+AU1P±.1111.1...1.1=14
I.lacb I $1.601 3.00,1 '6.001 LOCI 1 10.00 1$ 15
1 larließ I 2.001 6.00 1 8.00 I 10.00 1 15.00 120.00
Sim _
1 — i.50 I 7.00 10.001 n.0)120.00180.00
4, altles I 11.00 I 8.60 14.00 118.13 i ss.oo 35.00
coilurin - t - s.to 1 12.001 WOO 122.00150.001 45.00
;n - I 10.00 1 70.00T80.00 140.0 D I 55.00175:00
c obiititi .- Ti0.60 40.00 I 00.00 I 80.00 I $lOO I $l5O
tdoliniiitratme i a and ticientor's Roller*. f 9: Audi=
t liroticea. $2 SO Tinalnema Cards. Ave lined. (per
each. -
.Vrt_kr advertifteriiare entitled to quarterly change*.
a'la,rtiaement'amnatbepsid tor ia Manna.
to Itp.olsittons of roisooliiitlona . : flinnututdrorttona
of nr individnal intoreat. and notices of Mar
ezeedina 1111511 nm are charged
nor line.:
r , orrrn bovine a larger circulation than all
o.rfi ir th a ronntv romblnai. manta It Om beat
• ;4,17 ynoll inn In Northern firmnalivattia.
PTITVTING of every hind. in Plain and 'Kano.
,I.no with ripstnals And /Henan+. Tranithina.
a. !`aria. Pamphlets. liriTheada. fitsteraente. ke.
ry vnrirtv an.l siTIP. minted at the Armlet*
The rirromrtit MAN. to vPil soloolitri with
rood itromorhtiont of new t~nP. and
In the tirintiur line can be Pxoents4lln
ir ,t mi.enor and at the .Icoiropit ratan.
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crrrvc‘; rvrivrs in 01 frialOnngblf.
nn plirirt ytorracfn IlTerrnr'al NPR
T.'ortpr Trni , Star..
MRS. R. E. GAuvr..l..
Pi.. April 13. !RTC,.
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ATTI "t\ - (IT?TC (TF ALT; NTNMS.
Ano SWITCITEC. rrnT.R. TIR47 - 1154. - FRT7
!I'll!. in thr hr..t manrwr nnfilsdrtt.trylr.
-Ward Tro•divi Tlarbpr shop. .Termr-reaponAblrf
'rub. Pro. 1.
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A YT.C)i?r) BROS:. Grnrra/ Fro
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TIN DYNTEE. PTA('317777,
vcrtnErris. PA.. pars oartionlar attontion to
W , xfons. Stofolls. ko. Tiro set and
,i7!littne nn ql:Ort notice. Wore and charges
satlsfartsrr. 12.15.0.
Oil
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TOS PF,'CNITACSER. HAS
himgAlf in , VIP TAIIAIftrISP
ovor r,o,twoll•ft 'tore. Work of
41,11 , in OW I:Arca stylot.
1.7-0
. .
13 I)'SWIT,T,I', WOOLIrC MILL
, tr. .1 ;I 1 r 9‘ , ,tfillly6nnnnr, ,, to'
0, !,,- tk,t"),. on linnd Wooton
":• I' l /. en ,-, 0n0r , . rannrl Varna. and all kinds at
,!, ant 11.11611 & BROADLY'S . .
- Proprietor.
IM
CH; 11T.7f-;SELL'S
IIAL
.3 U :INCE
EMI
T . Ok YTON k BROTHER
=El=
-.vQ')l,.. RIDES, PELTS, CALF
SE/NS, runs, &C..
r l h;. cv•li prlce is paid at all tinioa.
•.li7l V,. Store. Malu-at .
,•. . DAY - I . ON,
ItSVT ,, . I iw5.14..711
. .. .
.l • .
rr'qE 'UNDERSIGNED HAVE
_IL ...pened a P.anking Honer la Towanda. under the
iisi,eiiif 0. V. 'SlXtit . iN te Co.
7 ::,•4%. are rrr.pared to draw Bills of Exchange. and
ri4-. . i .ilie , tirir.P in New York. Philadelphia. and all
1
r ,, ,:, 1s of the Und...l States. as also England. Ger
t:,.,l7 and Pram,. To loau money, receive deposas.
a:.' j , do a Izoneral lianking business.
.?,' 11:1 , „n was one if the late firm of Laporte.
,:•,, t 1 x to., of Towanda. Pa.. and his knowledge of
t. , I Wile,: men of Bradford and adjoining, counties
:.. i !.hving b"-en in the banking business for abouf.
'....1: - 5 , 313, ::13;:v this 11. - Juse a desirable one through
••,' , 'i t.. !rake i'olle,ti.ms. 0. F. MASON,
'1 4v:41. oat. 1. ISl:ki.. i A. G. NIA.SONi
F I It
t ;OODS,I,Oir PRICES !
r MI ‘Nr.orroN, PA
kCY& lIOLLON,
1 • '
I .fr In ;,,,i'erles am] Pro% is!ons, Prima
p. , E,r( l ,lle .r.ahll/4,
neut., Oi!s. Varnish. Yankee No.
t. ' I • • NI. ('i;ars oud Snuff.. Pure Wines mid
L 1.. -, quallty. medieintl purposes
In--t
the .1,17 lo , vest Pre
' tun) relny•nunled at all !IL,.
I: L• us a nail.
I=
TrINCT S lIOLLJN
24. 1 .itl9
0 . 1111%1= I'kSSAGE FROM OR TO
in:LAND on
t.F STV:4.M.RIIPS FROM cl.r. TO
1
• I:. , 17 - " Star I.lnr" of Lit'.
f.v4-ry wick.
L.OO c•I Pacii'...ts from or To London,
100
uttro.i, h - rlan,l antl. Scotland pay•
n .1,-L.c.A. •
rar•l6,, apply to 1V1.1?-anla Guion.
:• ow I••••::. or „
Er ,11..V0N t ~
CM., 12,tnkf•rs,
' " Towanda, Pa.
MOE
VERSIVGIKI MILLS
ItY
0 v Ri • !
1t P,A.11, AND FEED
I fl.r:;
I :nil 1 , ,r Sale cheari for CASI
WOM: WAILIL'iNTED
1. i-.rge quant4s (GI:OUND C.-IYcGA
kS1111:, from 0!d. Your Beds
, Co:u an I Oat,i te:en in ezehango for
MOEN
MN' sTEAII FLOURING MILL
I :s; : . : LiErilifiQUlN, Pk
.ireire4 notice that Lift new
i.. \lt FLOURING MILL
• 1 ,. 4 ., 5a[U1 iTeratiOn. and that he is rry-
Lig ling on .hart notice.
EMI
~I:INDINU DONE, UN THE &VILE DAY
ritt r IT 1.4 LucrivED
;; an.,l I:ye Flour, Coru 3real,
n. alwav, hand and for sale at
Eli
on the
to patronize my
• ;.• r p 74.1 both ways, when they
t bc-••::, , :a and upwarde. .
4' . B. AVERS.
lIIIABLES F. DAYTON,
:;'1 ,, , , L4 or to Ilumpbroy Droi
i t .1 'R NE S S MAKER,
C,'r Moody'a Stare,
i. , °10, a lull aig , :ii.tnetit of DOUBLE and
ail alt other goods in his line
ansitu:niutloturing done to order.
A". 1,71. -
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11'.3 11:11'e W. Dr. C. sTAN
. a r irirtnersliip for tho
IN ALI. ITS p.r.iscami
:v a r b.
..t 02.11N4 of It:. Ktlly. over
i;i ... •-•,l,t3rt? Pr , Pared at
t., ent, i 3 a first-dgeitl niazu,cr.
.tri
" vv:th , ,lLL pain, by the laSc ut
r. Att.ene on Sat,
I'. a 7 acul !.itAtt,l,ye 1:14:1 ttirtiter notice.
• ;;:5i0,71.-tf KELLY A. STANLEY.
S. 'W. ALIVOELDi Pub!lisheit.
VO6ME XXXII.
JAMES WOOD, ATTimusrEr -AND
Coma:mot AT Lag, Towards, Pa.
"FEWY PEET, ATTORNEY AT
Towaads. Pa. Juno 27. 'Ed.
FOYLE, ATTORNEY AT
W i LAW. Towanda. Pa.. Oboe with Mumma
Smith, south aide Nerctir's Block. Apclll4, 70
smuts 1:, moNIiANTE, irro '-
arts ♦T LAW. Otecw7Cirbet , of MAUL and
Pine Streets, opposite Porter's Drag Store.
NV' B. 'KrTax, DENTIST. OF
• ace over Wickham t Black% Towsads, Pl.
Mar ad. '7O.
R. IL WESTON, DENTIST.-
..Ex Mice in Patton' . Block . over Gore's Drim - mut
Chpmliml Store. _ Jan 1. 'GAL
LP. WILLISTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA. .
SonO t afde of Mercer's Nov Brock. up stairs
April 2 .10—tt.
Tr B. Arc B E AN, ATTORNEY
a 1• AND COUNEZLLOB AT LAW, Towanda. Pa. "Par
ticular attention paid to business ln'the Orptiarts'
Court. i • July2o, '66.
NV 1 H. CARNOCHA. - N, ATTOR
•
ICIT A•r LAW Oltenia Attorney for Brad.
ford County), Troy. PS. Collections made and prompt.
ly remltted. feb 15. '69--tf.
I=l
T ALI D. C. DEWITT, Attorneyst-at
• P • /am Towanda. Pa.. ha Tina , . formed a co.part.
nership.ltender their tirofeasional Perricro to the
itoreial attention Oren to Ernes , DEPART
MENT of the business, at the eonnt7 Pest or else
where. - • JACOB D. wirr.
D. CLINTON DEATIT.
T0WA.16.1.. Pa.. Dec. 12, 1870.
TORN N. C.41,171 - `, ATTORNEY
•AT Law. Towanda. Pa. Particular attention giv
en to Orphans' Court bust:teas. fkutverranciris and
Collections. W Diller. in Wood's 'new block, month
of the First National'Bank, up stain.
Feb. 1:1871.
C•
H. WARNER, Pliician and
1....)• Burgeon. Leßayarille,.Bradford Co., Pa: . All
calla.proinptly attended to: Office first door south
of teßayavillellonae. ' ~
Sept.
1.5, 1 . 67 .-yr . .
' ' .
OVtRTON ELSBREE, ATTop.-
AT LAW. Totranda. Pa.. haying entered
into copapitnership. offer their .protessional services
to the Special attention given to -business
in the Orphan's and Register's Courts._ apl 14'70
E. nvgaitiott ra. c. rcsitare.
M&D - WES ATTOR
ESTRCAT LAW. Towanda . ra. ibe undersigned
having associated themselves together In the prtictlce
of Law. offer their protesslOnal services to the public.
ITT A. Ar, B. 31. PECK'S LAW
v
• OFFICE.
lfain street, opposite the Court House, Towanda, Pa.
- --s.
AA . KEENEY, .COUNTY 4U
di PEPINTESDENT. Tawsnds, Pa. Office with
It. NT, Peek. second door below the Ward Howie.
Will be at the office the last Saturday of each month
and at al other times when not called sway on busi
ness con ected with the Soperitendency. All letters
should 11 reafter be addressed as above. dec.1.70
BE
•
Offers MS- professional services to the people of Wy
alnsing and vicinity. office and residence at A. J.
L'ord's, Church street. Ang.lo,lo
.I.GENCY
1) 31, w. LYMAN,
TOWANDA. FA
PHYRICIAN AND Sruutiree.
Onlee rine door east of Reporter building Rest
donee. Emer Pine and 2nd street.
Towanda. June 22. 1871.
JOH I N t i 3IIX, ATTORNEY AT
Taut Towanda. Bradford Co., pa,
iGENTRAI. tIfSrEANCE AGE CT.
Partietr attention paid to Collections and Orphans'
Court bu iness. Oftice—M s ercur's New Block, north
side Public Square. apr. 1. 'le.
TONVANDA.PA
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADlS
atelor the College of ..Physicians and Surgeons."
New Yell: city. Class 1144.3-4. gives exclusive attention
to the practice of big protosslon. Office luta residence
en the eastern slope of Orwell trill, adjoining Henry
Howe's. I Jan 14.'G9.
ItiCKWHEAT
E. it. !TIME.
ISOMMIONAL Jbl,lOL
rrxssEst MERCtlit.
March 0. 1870.
Oct. 27.•70
MOODY, 31. D„
PHYSICIAN ANT) SURGEON,
TIR.I D. D. SMITH, Dent's!, .has
pirchaned G. Wood's property. between
Nerenek Block and the Elwell House. where he hsa
located Lcia office. TetAb extrwted without pain by
tire of ea.. . Towand . Oct. 20. 1870.—yr . .
Hotels.
NING ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY,
Near the Court House,
We itro prepared to feed the hungry at all tithes, of
the day land evening. Oysters and Ice Cream in
their aeaiion,
March 130. PTO.
D. W. SCOTT CO.
VIA7ELL HOUSE, TOWAND.A.,
JOITN C. WILSON
Having leassd this House, is now ready to accommo
..No pains nor expense will
,• ,pare.l m glre satisfaction to, those who may give
him a call.
/fir North side of the public Equare, east of Iler
ITNEMERFIELD CREEK HO
TEL..
PETER LILNITYMESSER,
Raving purchased and thoroughly refitted this old
and sell-known stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis. at the mouth of Rumnaerfleici Creek. is ready to
Vivo good accommodations and satisfactory treatment
to all who may favor him with a call.
Dee. 23. BGS—tr.
MEANS HOUSE, ...TOWANDA,
/PA.,
CCn. MAIN AND MUDGE firIIZETS.
The Horses, Same's. ke. of all guests of this
honee, 'lnured against loss by Fire, without any ex
tra charge.
A superior quality of Old English Bus Ale, just
received. T. It. JORDAN.
Towanda, Jan. 2.4.'71. Proprietor.
B RADFORD HOTEL,
TOW oiNDA. PA
The sulswilber having leased Ind lately fitted np
the above Hotel. lately kept by him as a saloon and
boarding house, on the .south aide of BRIDGE
STREET. next to the rail-road. lir now prepared to
ententain the public with good acconiadations on rea
sonable charges. No trouble or expense will be
spared to arommodate those calling on him. His
bar will be furnished with choice brands of Cigars,
Liquors, Ales. &c.
tio..d Stabling attached. , W3l. HENRY,
Towanda, June 1.1871.' 0 101 .11ay72 Proprietor.
I NTA D H 017 §E,
TOWANDA,
BRADFORD COUNTY, PICSN'A
This popular house, recently leased by Messrs.
KPOS A MEANR, and having been completely refitted.
remodeled, and refurnished, affords to the public
all the comforts and modern conveniences of a first:
C13.14/4
_lfotel. Situate ,opposite •the Park on Mai%
Sfreit, iris eminently convenient for persons visit,
Sag Towanda, either for pleasure or business.
sep6'7l • SOOT k MEANS, 'Proprietors.
AIANSION 1101JSE,
LERAYSVILi.t. PA. --
INV. W. BROWNING, • Panrnirroa.
This Ilouuc is condnotod in strictly Temperance
Principle,. Every effort will be made to make
tineste comfortable. Good rooms and the table will
always be supplied with the best the market af
fords. " Nor. 1, 1871.
LOSSES LIBERALLY ADJUST
ed and proniptly paid. Insure In the
GEI3MAN INSUILANC£ COMPANY, OF EMIE, PA
-%tuthorized Capital
Cash Capital $290,01.0
M. SCIILV.IDECEER, Pres. P. A. BECHER. Tress
G. F. 131tECLLLIElt, Vice - Pres. D. D. KLINE. Seel'
RECORD. Agent.
ang2'7l Towanda..Pa.
NEW FIRM
41.. ND NEW :GOOD,Sit
&-. Co
R es peetfallF announce to the public in general, that
try hareoPened a large and choice stock Of
GROCERIES .AND PROVISIONS
In the store fotquerly o, , rnlded by John Meridath,
tx,ruer Itaiti and Franklin struts, Towanda, which
th,l will sell as cheap as the cheapest fur
CASH!
'Ton will always tincl Tom 11E1111)=n there, justits
happy as ever, to wait opon tal old cnstoniere LtOil as
tasny new Oties Id Will favor them with a call.
==l
TUOf3.
TRY OUR TEAS AND COFFEE,
„ cow= /r. NYE&
, • Miscellaneous.
&MI:IIMmik.NNA COLLEGIATE
INSTrruTE.
TOWANDA.. BRADFORD COITNIT. PA.
I L
.I.titation.ol.o..e... Its Seventeenth
Ye
MONDAY, MUMMY 28. 1811.
e course* of study are English,- !rotund, Caro
m . Academic. Mennen and Claerdcal. In all of
whrth the instruction Is imamate end thorough.
e Principals — will bed ssisted in the - various
departments by a large and very excellent carps of
Instructors—three graduates experienced teachers
land been NOM!, emesued—and no abet win be
to make the Institute. In . col:dent disdpllne
and mineral efficiency, - second to no:attest elmlkuß
inst tenon.
Musical Department will be under the charge
of fowl 11. Fr. Jobannessen.
- - a Institution Is now in thorough repair.
1 addition to tbe extensive tinfrrovemeaste daring
the sat year. new apparatus, maps and charts, and
molapproved patent desks and seats for all the
stn y and. recitation rooms have Just been par
ch l.
Bite Principal of the ?formal 11cpartment will
organize August 28, a Teachers' Claw, and by
warier., arryartiow aid to complete the most thor
°nab course possible during the time. •
TOtt%ou from $4 to $lO. Board and room In the
Institute $4. If desirable, students may obtain
roams in town and Ward themselves. Early impli
eatles for board and rooms at the Institute should be
made. sa the rooms are being rapidly engage&
.
For farther particulars or eeralnime , apply to
Pa. 1
0. W. Ryan and E. E. Quinlan. Pri MlL ncipals, To ads,
- LER FOX.
President Board Trustees.
ERCURS
(Successor to B. S. Saudi AC Co., Makers.)
Bicelves Deposits, Lome Money. Makes Conee-
Vona. and does a
GENERAL BANEDIG BUSINESS,
same as an IncorporMed Bank,
-T persons desiring to send money to 'ANT ran:
of the United States. °mad* or Europe, this Bank
racks the best tadlities and the lowest terms.
, ASSAGE TICKETS
T and from soya Scotia, England, Ireland, Scot
lac or any part of Europe and the Orient. by the
ELI3RATED EiIIAN , LINE _
lo and sells Gold, Silver, Vatted Stales /loud'
at arket rates.
AFent for the sale of Northern Paella 7 3-10
Bourlt.
WAL S. VINCENT. Caahler
MIIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF TOWASDA.
A.Prre.r. $125,000.
Sunpurs FEND 40,000.
This Bank offers trNL`StrAL FICILITIRS for the
traneaction of a
GENERAL RANKING BUSINESS.
INTEREST AID ON DEPOSITS ACCORDING TO
AGI, EF‘l 3 -NT.
SPECIAL CAIII CIVITI TO TUN COLLECTION 07 Nolte
AND Cancu....
Parties sighing - to WED ISONET to any part of the
UnitCd States. England. Ireland. Scotland. or the prin.
dila cities and towns of Europe. can here procure
draf for 'that purpose:
• PASSAGE . TICKETS ,
To or from the old country, by best steamer or sail.
ing 'nes, always Goland:
DLOL I OBT OVEN AT ELDECINI RATES. •
11 /test Trice paid for 27.5 Bonds, Gold and neer.
• s YELL. President. N: N. BETTS. 37E..
naa, June 26, 1869. Caahlar.
W. T. DAVIES.
ihe oldest, largest, and
:fest purely Mut.u.al
ife Insurance Com
any in the United .
ates I
ife Insurance Co.
W. W. KINGSBURY, Agent.
Attorney in fact for
Mrs. WM. H. MILLER, in
t e settlement of her in-
t :rests arising Out of the
Estate of the late C. L.
EARD.
.air. Main & State Sts.
TO WANDA, PA. -
•
NO EY S&VED,
BY PUTCCti.4-SLVG TOUR
TOVES AND HARDWARE:
~~
I R. J. S. S
DETERGENT POWDER,
E' CWELL & CO'S, TOWANDA,
-Try it and be conviinvd
t^ MIMES WILL NOT LIE !
THE CHEAPEST PLAGE LN TOWN TO BUY
DONT DOUBT YOUR OWN EYE ! rtEnE ARE
TEE FIGURES, AT GREATLY REDUCED DAWES'
Gehts Kip, 2 sole Aoot, home made,
warranted
do I
do 2
' do double sole
do Calf peg do do
Boys KIP. 2 sole andtsp,
Youths Kip, S double sole.
merchants can be supplied with the above ails of
goods at very reasonable prices- We are prepared
to make Boots to Measure. -1.1,10 First Class Repair
ing at reasonable prices.
N. D.—The above very low pride system must be
understood CASH invariably oa delivery wir Call
and see before you buy. Shop opposite methodist
Church, Main Street.
Theanla, Nov.
C 010E'
.¢SIV,(XV
The BEST. most DESIRABLE. and moat ECO
NOMICAL FUEL for culinary purposes during sum
mer. For sale by the
TOWANDA GAS COMPANY.
Twelve cents per bushel at the Gas Souse, or fif
teen eents delivered. m5y30.1670.
LAKE` TROUT, • some very -fun
ones, at si very low price, by
June 15, len. 1(011 k MEBCGE
CA' RS AND CRACKERS.--GRE
cian Bend. Scotch Honey. Orange, liaison. Lem
on and Ginger Canes. Washington Jumbles and
Gone Biectut. and all kinds of Crackers it
March 4.'70. W. A. ROCHWELLI4.
AILORESS. -T r y 'Ai m F mstx .
innel3 work and prices. Shop In first yulleir
Londe between Ward Howe and Bakery. opposite
Poet-Otbee. Towanda Oct. 22, lii72,—Cm ~p
FA.RIfERS, bring your -produce
and sell to kca k SLEUCIin.
Jan. 19. 1871.
PORK, Earns, Lard, Dried Beef
3lacicg~ I, Clecoea, Mackinaw Trout, at retail
Jan 19. lls7l. • FOX k MERCUIL
COFFEE, TEA, SUGAR, FISH,
&c., wholesale and retail
-,lnly 1.
ruin 311.U.11 . dt aR
Oet 6, 1671
FISH PORK, HAMS AND LA,RD
• COWELL k KM&
EIS
TOWANDA, PA.
Of Steamers gyms on band.
31. C.•3QGRCUB, President.
THE MUTUAL
OF` NEW YORK.
-ALSO--
OFFICE :
IV. L. PMDLETON
For sale at
CLEANS "E'rEBYTIIING
BOOTS
do do
do do
- L
C. NELSON
3ItCII3E k XIX .•
idetto fedtp.
A cuvacu-ocrora !MLLE.
A little dainty bonnet,
The sweetest marabout,
A sea of tawny wavelets
O'er forehead white as snow, .
A brace of sparkling sapphires,
Two cheeks of rosy dye,
A pair of lips 'of ruby..
And a fascinating sigh..
•
• 'Thinkst thou she goes to worship ?
Ah l it is difficult to tell,
Eat it's plain both saints and sinners
Worship that Sabbath belle.
A tightly-fitting boddice,
Costume all brocaded,
Short petticoats with flounce",
In endless colors braided,
Enamelled shoes with buckles,
Stich as the Frenchthen vend,
With lofty taper beeVtape,
To give a Grecian bend.
Thinket thou it's for God's glory
She dresses out so well?
• Or does shewant some saint or sinner
To love tho Sabbath belle?
bee e
on '
[For the lima - m.l
THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LIT'
Philosophy has for centuries had a
high name among echOlari, but' she
has remained comparatively unknown
though her memory is of high an
tiquity, until standing forth - bathed
in the the bright and increasing light
of modern thought, defined and ana
lyzed by' the penetration and mear
logic of modern minds.
In like manner her younger sister,
Philology, though long honored by
scholani with a formal remembrance,
has been practically a stranger Mltil
mar.ls'7l
in our own day. she has risen to a
more appropriate and'deserved prom
inence, and assumed a position more
nearly in keeping with her import
ance. It is true, however, that the
present state of philological research
is not a complete and perfected sci
entific construction 4. its elements ;
but it is rather a magnificent pr' pa
ration for such a construction. The
opportunity for making fresh acqui
sitions is yet very great; and, more
over, the discoverieS are too new and
in a condition too much disconnect-
od to render such a cothplets4 con
struction practicable. What were
the beginnings from which; what the
ways, through what means her prep
ent exaltation has been secured, con
stitute a subject - of both pleasant,
.and, at the same time, profitable
study. The chief phases of the histo
ry of Philology, are faiutly exhibited
by the various senses of..the word it
self at different times. In its old
classical usage it expressed the love
of literature . ; subsequently, a scholas
tic exposition of language and mas
tery over it; still later, a kind of ama-
tear study of language as a pleasant
gratification of curiosity; and, finally,
a comparative analysis, an explora
tion on scientific principles and a
comprehension f its mechanism,
touching its transformations, and, as
well, its original element's. As we
well know, the basis upon Which it is
founded as a science, central, deter
minative, essential foundation, is
grammar. This the Grecian scholars
at Alexandria, in Egypt, first con
structed into a distinct, scientific
form. A. certain writer rays : " With
both synthetic and analytic thor-
ouhness, they collected aud compact
ed together the materials furnished
them by their mother tnngue ' • and
defined with'clearness the actual in-
ward structure of their own language,
as an independent` InecliMlism by-its-
ME
The cloisters of the middle ages
have the high honor of watching with ,
scholarly eyes and jealous care over
that firm and broad support of all
the drapery of language, which has
been likened to a "rich vine with its
clusters of fruit and flowers upon this
strong frame beneath it." It was
here rightly valued .for its noble uses,
and was carefully handed down from
one age to another, for those who in
better days could properly appreciate
and employ it. It required the Re
formation of the sitteenth century,
howbver, to bring forth in its mighty
and 'accumulated energy, the scholar
ship of the world, concealed and con
fined in the exclusiveness of ;these
living vaults. We will not in this ar
ticle trace further the important his
tory of philology In general, as there
will be occasion to refer to it agf,in,
and, perhaps, to take it up at the
point where we now drop it, the
birth-period proper of the German
language, and deal with it in connec
tion with the literary productions •of
Gerthan scholars, who most of any in
the 'world have turned their attention
to, and labored for its development.
Possibly, however, the following quo
tation from an eminent American
Professoeof Philology, may not be
inappropriate just here : "As infidels
also have sought to make each one of
, the
. natural sciences in their turn,
1 when they first began to make any
1 clear n•terances of their own, bring '
in their testimony against the Scrip
t tures ; so too in Philology they hop
ed to find a victorious enemy to
Christianity. But Chronology, Eth
nography and Etymology have all
been tortured in vain; to make them
contradict the Mosaic account of the
early history of man."
The division of language by Com
parative Philology, is into two great
classes : the old or primary, and the
new or secondary. We hive touch.
ed in a previous Article upon most of
the groups composing the former, as
the Indian, Graeco-Latin, Lettic,
Slavonic, Gothic and Celtic. The
secondary are the more recent lan
guages derived from theta, and usual
ly adulterated with man admix
tures. This class is sub-divided ac
cording to grammatical, rather than
to lexical, resemblances. SO the
English, althOugh its constituent ver
bal elements are so largely Romanic;
is. nevertheless, German in its gram
matical character.
Taking up, now, the Gothic, with
the divisions of which article No. I.
closed, let us-bestow a little attention
upon the various classes of this noble
old - mother tongue, as they are all more
w.p.ro'n
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BRAME.
fIIANE SMALLEY.
No. IL
j.L'Ts"A"'
lii
or lees closely allied to, and insepara-'
bly connected with, that member of
this family with which we have moat
to do, viz : the German. By the
ninth eentur - Y, A: D., most of the
Scandinavian and German tribes
were settled within their dominions
as they now exist. There their dis
tinct but related languages, literature
and nationalities have been develop
ed. The language of Iceland, con
stituting the first division of the
Scandinavian, or Norse languages, as
they 'are sometimes called, is of a
high antiquity. -• It bears also the
designation of the old Norse dialect.
It came originally from Norway, and
its early characteristica have been
wonderfully retained to .the present
time. Its national epic is tbe Edda,
written probably in the tenth centu
ry. The` heroes of the Edda ;are
heathen. The Swedish and Danish
properly constitute the new Noise
languages. Unlike 'the Icelandic,
these have undiergone many changes.
The Danish More - particularly has
been greatly affected by contact with
the German. Its old fall a sound 'in
many words is changed to e: The
Norwegian dialect has sunk into in
significance. There are two remark ,
able characteristics in the Norse fami
ly. It suffixes the definite article
(hinn, bin, hit) to the substantive as
if a part of it, as in soeinifin '
i the
young limn; eignin, the possession.
There is a pecul i a r passive flexion.
Like the. Latin, an original reflexive
pronoun is immediately appended to
the verb without giving it a reflexive
sense, but a passive one. In the Lat
in, however, the fact is much more
disguised. Thus brenni, " I burn ;"
passive, brennist, "I . am burned " ;
'brennum, "' we"burn " ; brennumg,
"we are burned." The singular and
plural forms jor the other persons
arethe same respectively as for the
first, and are 'distinguished only by
the different personal pronouns pre
fixed to them.
The Low-Permanie constitutes the
third divisiotl of the Teutonic branch
of the Clcithi& It embraces, Ist. The
Anglo-Saxon and Modern English.
2d. Old 'and Modern Frisian. 3d.
Modern Dutch. 4tl. The Old Sax
on and the , Platt-Deutsch or LoW-
German, strictly so cal!ed..
.Some
divide the Lower from the Upper : .
German dialects; by a line running
from Aix-la-Chapelle to Berlin, • the
former occupying the " low, sandy
plain which lies between the German
Ocean, Denmark and the Baltic Sea
on the north, and th'e line above in
dicated on the south-." They are also
bounded on the Weitiby the French
province of Flanders; and on the east
by the Russian confines on the ,Bal
tic.
-Ist. Anglo-Saxon. This language
in the place of its !nativity, bas, as
such, disappeared. The Anglo-Sax
ons went to England first in the mid
dle of the fifth century. In a few
Low-German dialects we find yet
someerelics of their language on the
continent. The predominant element
of the English language, the element
from which it derives its great
strength, the element which, despite
the large admixture of words deriv
ed froth the aborigines of England of
a Celtic character, and moreyet from
its Roman and / Norman invaders and
of a Latin origin, persists in holding
its own and giving character and
force, is 'the Anglo-Saxon element.
The English is " ribbed *ith its oak
en strength." The:original Britons,
who were Celia, were at last repulsed
by the Saxons or ',Teutons' (A. D.
450-780). These also finally yielded
to the Normans (A. p. 1066). The
language records and treasures up in
its monuments these historic facts.
Teutonic is its grammatical constitu
tionl; teutonic 'are all its " inward
chemical and vital agencies." At very
small part of its vocabulary is Celtic;
and England absorbed far less of the
Latin, as a constituent element of its
language, than any ' other Roman
province, and yet we know that it
absorbed much. Harrison, after mak
ing an stimate, concludes that the
proportion of A s taglo-Sazo'n terms in
English I is about fifteen-twentieths of
the entire bulk., This estimate is,
perhaps, too high; for thentis a great
tendency to 'regard all short and
forcible words as of Saxon origin,
though many are from the Latin; as
examples: much (muitus), sex (secus),
ay I (aio), very (verus), etc. In the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries oar
vernacular became in every essential
particular an independent language,
and, for all the wants of human
speech, where has it. ever found its
superior? "In no language has a
pyramid of literature so high, so
broad, so deep, 13% wondrous, been
erected, as in the English. No other,'
nation has wrestled with Man, and'
Truth,' and , Time, and everything, '
great4nd diffiatilt; and no language
l
accordingly is 'so full of all expen
ences and utterances, human and Di
vine. I Xt is more difficult than - any
moderb, if, not also than any ancient
language, to lbe thoroughly master
ed."
The 2d bran6h of the Low-German
is the Frisian. The people whose
vernacular it is, still live Fries
land, and their language closely re
sembles the English,' frott). its prox
imity and dialectical similarity to the
Anglo-Saxon. It s kindred also to
the Old, Norm, and yet separate from
it. Formerly it was spoken on the
Elbe and along the northern coast of
Germany. There is no literattze,
and, as must be the case; those speak
ing it are uneducated and rade. It
consists now merely in local dialects.
3d. !The Modern Dutch. This lan-'
page Is spoken in, Holland. Though
connected with our own, we are very
ignorant, as a people, of its grammar,
vocabulary and literature. It is re
garded by who have ,made it
somewhat an object of study, as a ,
fine, rich language well ..worthy of
study and research. The Flemish,
though separate, is very closely re
lated to it. Its native home is ~Belg
ium. The Trench islast supersed
ing it, and it will soon pass into the
list of dead langtages as nobler ones
have done before it.
The Platt-Deuticli or Low-Ger
i:man:Sometimes called the 'flat or
vulgar German, , ,is 'spoken by those
whose aucestoni Ispoke the Old SaiOn
in northern Gdmany, in ‘ Holstein,
in' Sleswick, and in Brunswick.
Hence the two terms appear to be
applied to , different forms or' stages
TEOZ, ANT QUA/Map
of the same dialect. Its most flour
ishing period was just before the Be
kormation.,4 The old Saxons chiefly
remaining in their ancient localities,
retained their low, soft dialect in
great purity.. The .Anglo-Saxons, a
branch of tta Old Saxons, wrote and
matured their language in England.
Hence it differs both frotn the Old
Saxon and also from the Platt-
Deutsch. It is a fact that all lan
guages in low and plain countries,
are very soft to the ear, are free from
gutturals almost entirely, and full of
vowels and liquids. Thus are the
Low-German dialects distinguiihed
from their mountainous sisters, the
Hight erman dialects. •
, This 'Closes the geographical, eth
nological, and very limited etymo
logical description of the Low Ger
manic' languages. Their literature,
of which there is but little that we
care Specially to notice, will find a
place in the discussion of the High-
Germanic literature. If there were
not the English language, as a grand
child of the Low-Germanic, and. its
literature - so rich and extensive, to
give importance to this fertile branch
of the old Gothic, the name' alone of
Erasmns,oif Holland, who held high
the banner of classical study, and
whose reputation for extensive erudi
tion is world wide, would be enough
to commend it to the careful study
and investigation of the scholars and
lovers of philology in .every land.
THE DILEMMA.
,Bead before the Bradford County Teachers' As
sociationi and Published by Request.
Who does slot like to see. a neat
school-house, a fine yard lined with
shade trees,. and children playing be
neath them a Warm summer's day in
the recess of school hours? There
may be such persons; and this bringsbrings
me to my story. Some five . or six
years ago the sehool directors in the
township where I reside, bought half
an acre of land, built a good school
house on one corner:of it, fenced it
in on three sides, leaving it open to
the road. ' I asked the district why
they' did not set out some shade
trees ?, They said they were'. going
to; but time passed on, and nothing
was done about it untilthe spring of
1869. I was. then 77 years old, and
told the district that I would furnish
the shade trees necessary on the
ground if they would set them out
and protect them; to this they agreed.
I had some balm-of-gileads, but no
locusts. So I went to an industrious
acquaintance in another township,
who cheerfully gave me'all the trees
wanted, and assisted ine to dig them;
and his son took his team and carri
ed all the trees on the ground, and
would take nothing for his trouble,
although I offered to pay him. Here
was public spirit. The district met,
made a good substantial fence on the
road and set out the trees on three
Bides of the ground.
Yarly the n,ext spring,lB7o, I went
over -the groind and found , some
trees had died; but more had been
broken down by cattle. I went to
ms friend who, had the locusts, and,
although 75 years old, with thenlac
rity of youth, helped to dig thetrees,
' and cheerfully gave. them. I backed
them between two, and three miles,
and set them out, I think, 8 or 9
trees.
Last spring twent over the ground
and found more trees gone than the
year before. I went to my old friend,
who helped dig, I think, eleven trees
and gave there - , and said, "If these
get killed I shall probably have mere
to spare." I carried these on my
shoulder, and a man helped me • to
set them out; but this''season there
have been more trees destroyed thin
any before. ,
What shall I do ? • You who carry
the keys.of knowledge!—and I hope
with *much „more honor to yourselves
and the immunity, than did the
Lawyers of old. (Luke,- xi : 52).
Please give your advice; my situation
is disCouraging. One may back trees
twenty years and set out, and not at
tain the object aimed at. We read
that " hope long deferred maketh
the heart Sick;" "but when the de
sire come.h it is a tree." Perhaps it
may be so in this case.
I suppose that one man's cattle did/
most if not all the damage that was
done. Bat who wants a fuss in the
neighborhood? Besides, I have heard,
that we should forgive till seventy
times seven, where there is professed
repentance; but no repentance has
appeared in this case; and I do not
expect to live to exercise an annual
forgiveness for that length of time.
This subject involves an important
principle. I think there is not the
pains taken to beautify schoolgrounds
that should be. Parents place their
"children, as God did Jonah, under
the glare of a hot sun; and while the'
Lord did this to cure Jonah of his
selfishness and folly, and proclaim
His own goodness and mercy, .they
do it to proclaim' their laziness and
want of love for the culture, refine
ment and happiness of their children.
Let me know your opinion, and
yon shall have my thanks,) and
by
-
by those of others in my situation.
OLD Mx.
P. S.—l am willing to work on as
long as I am able, if there is any
prospect of succeeding. Perhaps in
your wisdom, you can devise some
way. . OLD SAN.
DOWN.III THE' MINES.
We are now in the coal miesn,says
one who has been - there, and the pas
sage we walk along sa freely was the
bed of a seam of coal, long "since re
removed by the miners who have
pushed on into the bowels of the hill;
and are now at - -work miles away
tearing out the e shining walls that
dispute their further progress. To
the Tight• and 'to the left narrow
chambers, such asxe are in, branch
off, some on upward. grades, some
downward.,
At int. r‘::ig At-et-tro confronted by
massive wooticli tl to con
trol currents of air and becure ven
tilation. After Walking a good mile,
and seeinn , p nothing but mules haul
ing the coal cars along the track to
some place in the mysterious dis
tance, we come at last to the -cham
bers Where the miners are at' work.
We find these chambCrs to be pas
sages like those 'through which we
entered; some broad and high, some.
111
~. i
low 'fin' d craniriec, all supplied with
iron tracks leadihg to the end. ' At
- the extremities 4f these chambers or
workings, the miner stands, pick or
bar in hand, delting and wrenching
to remove huge masses of coal from
- the seam whose lead he is following.
'Here is.the coal we seek, and here is
the miner, laboring patiently by the
dim light of his single lamp, isolated
by walls of rock 4nd earth from his
companions, wa r dripping from the '1
roof and Stan ' g in pools at his
1
feet, in const ant anger, and alloted
to incessant toil. The huge chunks . '
of coal , wrenght nt by manual force
or blasting :lowd(iir, fall into heaps on
the floorair are loaded by the miner
Or his help into Is car that stands
ready, then draaii by mules along
the gangway to the shaft, and-hoist
ed by maehineri to ' the surface
above. Thu; shalt, is the commence
ment of operationsin opening a
mine, and
_is conniactecl by gangways
with every ; chaber worked, and
sometimes este r §a, hundred fath
oms into the eart .
A mine Many niadred feet deep in
in splendid wo ing - .order; men,
boys, and horses filled with anima
tion and industryVthror.g the chem
bora; the sqund oflthe busy hammer,
pick and car enlivens the scene,, and
everything lis in- !Cheerful contrast
with the gloom that envelopes all.
Suddenly, by some/ unseen cause, the
circulation pf air i interrupted; fire
clamp immediately Cccumnlates to an
explosive degree ins some portion of
the mine, and an unthinking , miner
enters the region ri t tt:ts the whole
in, a' blaze; which i tes and con- 4
smiles everything i i. i reach. Such is
the force bf this co cnssion and those.
succening, that tho+p out of the range
of, flame are sunned or prostrated
by, the shock. Their lights are blown
out and the warning that the explo
sion may l rollingialorig the Cham
bers to meet them, I causes many to
hurry to the nearest shaft. Unusual
heaps of rubbish impede their pro
gress, and they mender in the' wild
confusion io , uncertain alleys, and
sink down, evercoine by noxious va
pors, or are swallowed np in -the
seething atmosphe e of flame 'that
may . penetrate eve part of the
mine. • I 1
1 -
• The min e rs of 1 this region earn
very high lwaves the year round ,
when they work. Those who are so
ber and frugal own their own houses
and save money. The life is rather
an adventurous one and the tempta
tion is to spend their earnings freely.
The grocery bills of isome small fami
lies average - fifty- laud sixtydollars
per month, the women declaring that
their good men mirk: hard for their
money; and their only comfort is in
what they eat- and drink. - But this
under round work is - not necessarily
more severe than Certain kinds of la
bor doie upon the surface. It is , sel
dom that a miner wilt leave the
works land come to t e sod to earn
Ins living. The mining is done at so
much !per car, and they can have
their own way, and lin a dry,• well
ventilated mine, they suffer no severe
extremes oft weather, .-and are gene
rally healthy. But in mines where
'the beds are thin,' Ind •the way in
and out is thrdligh arrow, cramped
alleys, filled with. foul air, water
streaming from the_ roof and kme
deep on the floor, and the air. so
,heavy that'a candle ' sheds no light
ten or fifteen feet away and must be
.constantly swungi, to keep , np the
flame, then the miner's life is one of
unending hardship', and must be en
dured to
I
" ' FAILURE NOT - A FAILURE.
The secret of hapmess is to make
the best of everything; no matter
what happens to annoy, let it all
glide along as (Assn? , and with as few
wards of complain and fault-finding
Little inconveniences will intrude
upon .the most fortunate people, so
the only way to be master of - every
situation is to make up your mind
not to notice small annoyances. Peo
ple may keep themselves in a con
stant broil over what amounts-to no
thing; and, without - accomplishing
the least good: may ruin the
_peace
and quiet of a household. • We can
not have everything just as we want
it, in this world, and the sooner a
person understands that . fact the
Bonner he may have a true basis , for
happiness.
It is thergreatest, folly
,to set the
heart upon uncertainties, and then,
if disappointed,. refuse to be comfort
ed or reconciled.
- Do the very best you can, and
then take things as they 'coin.- If a
man strives with his best knowledge,
energy, and untiring labor to accom
plish a certain object, working . with
skill and patience, he is a success,
whether the scheme fails or succeeds,
and he ought \to reconcile himself to
failure if it was inevitable. his
labors have been of brain and hand,
he is the better fitted to succeed in
otheriir—idertakin.s.
, WHAT Is EiTOXICATION?—It is poi
soning with alcohol—whether in gin,
ram, wlitsky„ or wine. The word
intexicate ' :is derived from Latin
and Greek terms, used to designate
the poisofl in which daggers and ar
rows were anciently dipped, in order
; to renderltheir, wounds fatal. When
'the poison of alcohol ,(and all leading
chemists and tozicologists o class alco
hol ElMenig the poisons) is taken into
the system it seizes upon the brain
and, as'already said, to the, extent in
which it is imbibed it disqualifies it
for service. Truth can not then be
properly weighed,-duty estimated, or
any great moral question clearly de
, cided.—Eferald of Health.
NAziarra.—From hence lie vent
with confidence to e niquer death,and
obtain iLir Posterity. From
hence fiolied Christianity—at first,
an obscure spring, an almost unper
ceived drop of -water in the boll - lw of
the rock'of liiizareth, in which two
sparrows could scarcely have allayed
their thirst, which array of the sun
could have dried up; but .which now,
like the. great ocean of the mind, has
filled up every abyss of huMan vie-
don), and bathed in its inexhaustible
waves the past, thi) present, and the
future.:—Lauurrtine.
,•"‘ •
t 1 I
Oa per Annum in Advance.
Ye who cull the /reeds and poisons,
Cropping from the human heirt,,
HOlding up the &cosi and folly;
Carping on the vilest part,
Wrapped in self, and self so loving'
That wo have but hate to . spare, :
For the weakness of a nature
liade so frail that it can err. '
Ye aro killing all the beauty -
That sin and folly hide,
And are crushing out the Bowers
With the cruelty of pride;
Ye are blotting all the lustre •;.
dr the jewels hid withilf; •
That perhaps are brightly shining
'Neath their covering of sin. t.
That which Christ has called the greatest,
That without which all is dro4s, -
Ye forgetting Cot your venom
tnder shadow of the cross:
Teach your heart somellindlieilesson,
Cleanse from soil the
i robes ye
ye not the lives of others, -
..• Lest yourselves the judgment- share.
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.
, The burglars had been very active
and bold in their operation - Er - in-our
city, but as the thermometer . had
marked above the nineties fok several
days, and I had little of -value in my
room, I preferred to risk that little
and leave my windows epen,although
of easy access, •rather than Undergo
partial suffocation. If an uninvited
guest made his appearance,and I did
awake, I could - feign sleep 'and let
him take whatever he inight find.
"This class of ;visitors, I reasoned
with
m self, "'do notgenerally com
mi rsonal violence, if they can ac
c' >list) theft and make good . their
escape without it.", ' .
These were _my reflections every
night: as I undressed and threw my
self on my bed, leaving my castle
open to the enemy. I had, been
asleep one night about an houi,when
I was awakened by the,fall of a small.
china ornament. _ Starting slightly
and Opening my eyes, I saw the gas
I tuning, and a tall, broad-shouldered_
man with his back turned toward me,
his face looking over his shoulder to
see whether the noise lad awakened
ine. My self-possession did not,how
emr, forsake, me. What followed il
lustrates the value of presence of
mind. . - - ...
Opposite the side of my "bed, and
about eight feet from it,was the-door
of - my room, two,or'': three feet from
which were the stairs leading to the
hall. The burglar must Lave used a
ladder in ascending; the roof, from
which he entered the -window. It
was some thirty feet from the ground,
and isolated. lty plan was not only
to escape harm myself, but to effect
his capture. I knew the policeman's
beat, and he would pass in a short
time:
Sitting bolt upright, then, as I
opened my eyes and saw the burglar
looking very unpleasantly at ~me, I
said, rubbing my eves drowsily—al
though, to tell the - truth; I never was
more wide awake in my life: " Hello.
John, what are you looking for?
Can't you come into my room with- -
Out making such a confounded
noise?"
The fellow, taken- somewhat aback
at being addressed in this way, said.
in a -low but menacing. voice, and
pointing a revolver at me:
"Shut' up! what do you take me
for?" ,
"I took you for John," I replied,
with a well-assumed nonchalence.
"But I didn't suppose, he was after
anything valuable in my room, ex
cept-one thing, and—by the iiay,you
,are the unluckyest fellow in the
world." .
"How's that?" groivled my visitor.
"Well, I have a very good watch;
but if you want to get it, you must
pap.a visit to the watchmaker's after
you leave here, for I had what I cop ;
sidered ihe bad, but .wliat now seems
the good fortune to break the spring
yesterday, and left it for repairs."
" You're a precious cool one !" he
said, evidently astonished at my in
difference.
"What's the use'of my getting ex
cited or attempting to resist you?
You are armed,- and you see I:tun
not.' And if you had no weapon,
your fighting weight must be at least
thirteen- stone, while mine, is not
more than nine and a half. have
no idea of.interfering with you. V
the room were filled with diamonds,
I. would not lift my finger tosave them.
Take all you can find; I am going to
sleep --- so don't - make any more
noise."
"Hold on!" said the fellow;
"where's your keys?"
" I suppose you want to make as
much - of a haul as you can," ' I said;,
so look in my pants hanging over the
bedpost there, and you'll find my
pocket-book with a few stamps in it.'
It -was nearly time for the police
man to pass,'and "paused to li sten.
I must' in a few moments pit my
plan into execution. -
•
A, glance, quick as lightnin.-, sho e=
ed me that the key of -the door was
on the outside. , •
My listening &Pression did not
cape the sherp and practical ear of
my grim visitor. It was a,- curious
scene, no doubt, I sitting in my bed,
in my night-clothes, unarmed, and
this stalwart ruffian, pistol in hand,
glaring heff-suspicionsly, half-faro-,
ciously at me, and almost -in 'the
crouching attitude of a tiger about
to spring upon his prey. But there.
I sat, coolly convening withlim,thial
necessities of the :moment - . keeping
Any wits too wide= awake to allow my
fears to get the upper hand for: an
instant
What are you. listening to?" ask
ed tbe burglar.
"I thought I heard a cry. of fire."
In that instant, and -in the dead
stillness of the night, I heard the
tramp of the policeman. It was still
some distance off.
"You will find,"' I said, "some
clothes of mine in the• press; they
will, however, be too' small for you.
Good night; the keys are in the mid:
dle drawer." \
He turned to the drawer indicated,
and as he did so, with one tremen 7
dons bound I. cleared the space be-,
tween my bed and the drawer, slam
med the door and laeked upon
him. 'Oblivion's -of my dishabille, I
sprang to the steps. I had two flights
to descend and open the door before
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coidd reach the yaid, but it was
hardly for him to descend ,
the more quickly. Bounding
rather than running down. stairs, I
'flung back the bolt and rushedinto
the yard. He was half-way .denszt %-
the ladder. Shouting ",police ring;
Hy, I seized the ladder at the bottem,
and using all my power, brought it
and the burglar to the ground with a
trash. The pistol he held in his
hand fell from. his gralp,. I made a .
dash for - it, and he, springing to his
feet like a' cat,' rusho at me, and as
I stooped, Seized me by the nape of
the neck. I turned the - pistol up
ward and pulled the trigger. , It
merely snapped—there were no niore.
Charges in it. With a terrible oath
the villain wrenched the
weapon fro my grasp, and raised it
aloft to deal we what -might have
proved 'a fltal blow, when there Nyas
a rush behind him_and he felled to a.
the ground. The policeman had
heard my - shout, and was just in time
to rescue m. 5..
The burglar was soon secured, and
in my. excitement I was about to re
late the story I haie told, when the
policeman, with a smile, suggested
that I might "ketch cold 'm there.
clothes." '
I then remembered for the first
time since I had _sprung / from bed;
that I was shoeless and -stwkingless;
and had nothing on but my night
shirt, and beat ahasty refteat. With
long drawn breath, I took my fine
gold repeater, which had such. a nar
row escape,and was not at'the watch
maker'S after all, from under my pil
low, looked at the hour, - turned in,
and after a little wlifle fell asleep.
It is almost needless - to - add that
the above story, narrated afterward
to a jury, when I was_in a better trim
for story telling than I was when the
p'eliceman had interrupted me,. had
the effect of giving the visitor lodg
ings in a public institution, and se
cured me against; a repetition of his
call for at least ten.'years.
' Earl ritswilliamand - he l'arnrr. '
A farmer called - oh the Earl Fitz
william, to - tell him that - his crop of -
wheat had been seriously injured in
'a field adjoining a certain wood,
where his lordship's hounds had (hr.:
inn. the winter frequently met to hunt.
„,
He stated that the young wheat had,
been so cut up and destroyed 'that in—
some parts he could not hope for any
produce. - ” Well my friend," said his
lordship, " I am aware that we have
frequently met in - the field, and that
we have caused considerable, injury;
and if:you-can procure _an
,estimate
of the loss:You have sustained I will
repay yon." -The farintr replied,that
raiticipating, his lordsltip's canlider
fition and kindness he had requested
&friend to assist him -in estimating ,
the damage, and 'they thought that
as the crop seemed
.quite destroyed,.
fifty pounds would not more than re- -
nay him. ' The earl immediately gave
him the money. - - ' . . -
As the narvest, however, approach
ed, the wheat' grew, din those
parts of the field whi Uwe most
s in
trampled the corn -wa rongeat and ;
most luxuriant. The armer _went -
again to his lordship, -and being in
troduce& said, " I um come, my lord
respecting. the "field of Wheat adjoin
ing. such woods.'! His' lordship im
mediately :,recolleeted the circum
stance. "Well, my friend did not I
allow you sufficient to. remunerate
von for your loss?" Yes, my lord. I
find that I, have sustained no loss at
all,for where the horses had most
cut up the land the crop is most
promising, and I have therefore -
brought n the fifty pounds back again."
1" Ahl'i exclaimed the venerable - earl,
" this is what I like; this _is 'as it
should be between man and man."
He then 'entered into conversation
with the fanner—bow many children
he had, Sze. His lordship then went
into another -room and, - returnin,,nt
presented the farmer with a - check
for 4100, saying, " Take care of this
and when your oldest son is of age,
present it to him, and tell hint the.
occassion that ' produced it." We
know not which to admire moat, the
honesty of the farmer onf the one
hand, or on the. other, the benevo
lenbe, and the wisdoin displayed by
the illustrious man; for, while doing
a noble act - of 'generosity, :he was
handing down lesson of integrity to
another-generation.-- gotden Sheaves..
THE GREAT MISSION. or WOMEN.
•
Great indeed is the task assigned
to women. Who can elevate its dig
nity? Not to ifiake htws, not to lead
armies,-not to -govern empires; but -
form those by whom laws are made,
armiei led, and Impires governed; to
Anard against e - slightest, taint of
bodily infirmity; the frail, yet spotless
creature, whose moral, no less -than 1,
physical being must be derived from
her; to inspire-112os° principles,•to
inculcate those doctrines, to animate
those sentiments which generations
yet unborn,and nations yet unciviliz
ed, will learn to bless ; to soften firm
ness into mercy, and chasten honor
into refinement; to exalt generosity
into a virtue with Ili soothing care/
to allay the 'anguish' of the mind; by
her tenderness to disarm passion; by
her purity to triumph over sense; to
cheer the scholar sinking 'under his _
toil; to be a compensation for friends
that are-perfidious—foci happiness
that has passed away.. Such .is her
'vocation. The couch - of the tortured'
sufferer, the prison of the deserted
friend, the cross of the rejected Savi-.
our--these are theatres on which her
greatest triumphs have been achiev
ed. Such is her destiny; to visit the
fars_aken, to tend the neglected; when
monarchs abandon, when counsellors
betray, when justice prosecutes,when
brethren and disciples flee, to remain
unshaken and unchanged, and to ex
hibit to this'world titype of that love,
constant, pure, and ineffable which
in another we are taught to believe
the test of virtue.
Lasea.—" Labor," says. the &v.
Newman Hall, "as a mighty magician,
walks forth into a region uninhabited
and waste; he looks-earnestly on the
scene, so quiet in its desolation; then
waving his wonder-working wand,
those dreary valleys smile with gold-,
en-harvests—those barren mountain
sloPes are clothed with foliage ~the
furnace blazes—the anvil rings--fthe
busy_wheels whirl round—the town
appears—the mart of commerce, -the
hall of science, the temple - of
rear high their lofty fronts—a format
of masts,' gay with varied pennons,
rises from the harbor—the;az are
crowded with commercial ' the
peaceful spoils which ennch' both
him who receives and him who yields
—representatives of far- off regions
make it their resort—science enlists
the elements of earth and heaven in
its service—art, awaking, clothes its
strength with beauty—literatifit,new
born, redoubles and perPetuates its
praise—civilization smiles—libdrtyis
glad--humanity rejoices :.pity exults,
for the - voice of indastryimdsladness
is heard On — every hand `
; and who
contemplathg such results, will deny
*hit there'll' dignity in laboir