TEIMSOv li.esuiruitA•sote.
isiaDrosp liss.wirsa Ls pubusbarinn
Tbstiedal Ildurub...o M w IW. umpar..l Two Dollar.
PCT an als W so.oono
-att 44.^03.1144t to aitaliallsezoloanreolaltm eri p
tam Iv i* yarn . .
tiPI4IIA I. No Ekl
arkliuserteo at irtrilair CZNlapes
4ini - for snap t0...ra , w6 sod Flys inurn , per line for
subsequeut
LtICAL. NnTltlk t. !Istaiitylr aseeadlnit matter.
t.o:t
ADVERTiottf.WENTO oot_onertedocoordltio to
t h. 'following tahlr of "ate!:
o, 1 ; Ms I Szu
web $1.64 1 '1, id/ II 6..01. I
. 4.1#. 1 10.01 1 1 # li.
tele I 5,0. j Coin 1111./n', .16,C1 , 1 W..
luchp't
I i Lich.* I 1.N.1
brim* I 3.1 x) tliso Lx /kill $5.0 1, 1 *Li%
14- ' ffinran I kw 1 11M 11sLM i 22.nnT911.0n 41.0.
In.iw. 11,66 , VI OP tri nr. i %firm 176 IT,
v,lnnat, I 7n. 110 I fin!*.,oo 41 INA lit.,
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dadaistrstors sod Itiecdtries Viddited. 11 Add ,
Or's V 4.1 , es 19 41 ' 5Th. ll4 . O "a sTMlB 44. "Ai. M P '
$l. seldltions l lines $1
, r sehrsetiser• aro. wintiMpri to qrliff.PliyeillitUrp i r
Trausirra Auls.rrissmue•rds m ) mnniratl m.
ust ho fnr• Notruslen.
ok 11 .1,....ru..rums ..1 sacs - 10 , mm; :
O r --nrusrinst .rool , .pbrst snd nntfrers , off Min
ages Ina Dsaths, stranding avaltnia. suer:harps,
glen •Idarr. Lmr Itus.
I. 4P PRI`ZMI4 of sx;r7',. tend" In Man and Vic'
dnnd ad* nrstn.ror .suri.‘ll.l.rstrb Randhill,
Ra m phl.o., Rillhowll4 4t3itPlin.tits./ta
43f .VPirf Valiptirrttei . 4 , 41. ;WM1 1 . 41 4 1 OH' .0 04 . 0 '
Dodos. , rh.! Ritrria:rlat rbl‘n. .0.11 dunpltrA srlft
Po.sr e.. 1 .smorrmsut of n.t Ivtis. sue
'evarrrtlAns In eh Prirrusur RD. min
hr + 7.TMrI I,
4. hr. Tin.? trtintlt! 41.40nnr snd • thr• loarsut, 7 ratos
r‘. • 011 s "“rur .
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Pin+ qtroakta.mr prortto Prorl.!•• r..n• gin**
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k,rvi• nlvtti. vonrir lipantsltv. Zeal 1g'751
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Ot.rlinn rat') to htipinoss In the. nrrhan.
I eptint.
. Inlv2n-7441
AP TP.T Trilrogvy . -
I Tilnek, next door to
( Wu,. T , tm•iiia. Pa. .
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fnvi onniityl Trnv.Pa Mliprtinna msrlp nnel to YMTIPt
lV • • '4o—tf
WOOD & S yNDERS
?TO TrNrA rA. PA.
.13 Ntt',.. wyn). HT V. avnystanv
WR. TT Rt . :7,7 'nll7NTlST.—rosep
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H. J. mot &DILL. - J.' 5. CALITIF.
Ofnep Aria dnor anntt, at First
Rant fi.T4-t♦
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TittrAn'itti. Pa. harlnp
Int rt.-oparttierthtv •Iffny tljntv nrnfnam ems' •
to th. otthlt". r 3purlalj t.ttelfinrt 4iven to P.
in th;. arni RAnintftn••llnnrt. apt ten
trTierAn flit tt• .
joffs
A 7TOR.VEr-A T-LA:Z% 1 ORkliliA. PA
• Spell atipntinn givem tr• Ingttr.
I7.mpaninm, ^r Public
S-•nnre.
W H. TITOIPBON, VT - roßvv,v
• ATTAR' Iry ..F.T.-75G P. .1.1 nttpnrl
all I.n4neft. entr , st, (I to . h , inA. in 1 1-;yi‘nrii.. go , .
.nd Wyornlng Counties Ottic- .‘ ,6 •h
T'4 - 4rerr. 6' '1 4 I.9nv 19 'l4
& ST EETER,
p EC
LA W OFFICE. irowewni. .1"
PEez. • I'lll TI• 'IV , T.
T 1 C. ORIDLF,Y,
A : TToRNEY;.A.T.LANS,
April 1. 1 A7l
p ET 4 k D. 3 I`VIE,
]IEI~CUE'S
C ' LOCK,
Apr l' 4.
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PATON, AGENTSt Fk
1
CoVVFOTIr.I , II NIVT.I I AL !LIFE INSCR . kNrT.
ofn , 3 , ll•Tith . k. Bridge.Strert
11 - ireb W;.
I) A QCr Trifi , M. D., Cl:0u ATF
nstcrasrry rip.Bf-Fr; , a.n, N, Y„ -
P.FiTsICI A !s7; 1N:? SURGEON,
F,l7(i RTIV, PA.
011ie. sT qtore of:J. ST ~,WELL.
`Ta-Clf '26. 1 , 74- 3 m s: t
1% n 1 r t , ' DQD4nv. DENTPAT.
Pla , ftr , cent Zl. may ho 6, 1 n lin tlip
rA zint tp.vr room. door of Dr Prattci new
de St.cet-•,lSneineee gclietted.
Rept. 3 474-tf.
T)TI. A. G. RUSHi
Lif %.1,1-IRD cut:NTS' PA
Tre , ts Chronle c. ,, thads. Vic t.r
byietter. , rAnc.
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it P. v:o.or
n pr...f.-4.1 , "1 , 1 3
Aug 27 '743n1
BUSINES:.: CARDS.
•TO;TN DrrNFEF,,I
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"11•14:Un, eft. Tirrsel mind
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store. icark at
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10 1 .1 - virnotelt.leie:e .[lTlkia for
'... + 11 1 0 2.14, , ,e• N. E. corner of
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NV. KINGSBURY,
It FIRE, L k. ACCIDENT
`iNSIIR,AN'O* AGEN.C.Y
U :".ice, corner ni 3fsin'and State Streets
M 'lt (3 1 47
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.13 oc••• fh.' 77 .‘ .IrTTER. now La
.- • all tit or , ino• Iv. at
if)Wmcni. PA.
1.14 . 14 '74.-4 . i' '
psutilsuE T The toliowni 4 reli-
FIRE TRIED
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VOLUME XXXV.
CTIOIiCII, SOCIETY AND OFFICIAL DI
Rizrour —The following' directory is published ter
'tb. tntormstion of the public. We •will thank our
friend. for notifying us of any errors they may dls
FZM
8.2 nye enuncn-.lgain Street, below Washing
ton. Re vices Sundae at ION; s-st and 7% PAC
4onday Robot)! at 12 o'clock. Prayer Meeting
Thursday evening. Pa-tor. Rim. 8. J Ltrsl. •
Eeiscoe.t. • miscvt.—Cor. Main and final Streets.
mthylay at ' U and at. Humbly
Rchool at 12:15 p. U. Half. CUAULES E kiCkesist.
Pwstrir.
6lnnen—Main 5t14 . 44. abov . e State. Services
'4,113423, at 1 8 4 a.m. and 74..4.s Prayer Meeting
Thursday evening. Runde) , School at 12 o'clock.
ps.tor. BST. 51- C. MAN
Pg. purr= .p Cu arg--s7olllt Street, near Court
RerTicee *noisy at A.X. and 7 vat.
'Prayer Meeting Thursday evening.- Sunday School
12 m. Pa-tor. Rev. S. 8 Rrswsnr.
ft.S pe t i t s a po. Pirrt..-11srrlors even , two weeks.
.t 9 *tad 11 s.at. and 7! r i P M Sunday School at
P.M Pastor. Rev Pcrater. Toluca.
1.711 E (`riVßCH—Flt•te Rtr , et. above Second.—
N....f l ing Runde,. at 10% a.m:iind 731, P.Y. BUD.
.lay tzeboo) it 1 p r.
1'.1.1.—ti..tg.-rns er.srmaereZitT:ll.T.. We. 16.
Mssotdc Hall. over Patch's store. at - 7 P.M. J. C:
TATING.
limns Lower. No. 100.—Once in two weeks at 7
P.M 3. CI Itivroo, W.M.
Cwarr•it No 'M.—Once= two wecko,
at 7 P.M V.P. V. (Una.. HP.
t 0. n• 0 F —Bout , P 4.111. Lnmx. "No. 167.—0dd
v e ll ow p. wail, over rro.t k Amp. Furnitnre Rooms.
lie+eits every Moorlai ovptlitig 'V 7 o'clock.. Wtd
Jo• Es. N WAkrati titu... sex:
lituovrbnp Exc•Mrxa•r. No. 4t.—Mesta sectimi
hmrth %edue.rlay : evening of each month.
WM SNYDER. C.P., h Alm/0v Elm.. H.P , Joaira.
T. VePTITAR,et
K. or P.—ToWSIVDS TAME. No.29 , l.—Meets every
Tufwoay mr..ning In Temperance Hall. ”, o'clock.
Jr P. W.1vE1y.,7 W C.
K 11 EI.C. —TowANDA LODO4E. No. 340.—Meets !sc
owl son fourth Thursday. of each month. J,...szra
VIDGLY,
. .
OFFICIAL DIREWORr.
Prelident Judve—Bon: P D Towanda.
A ”vat,Judr..—Hon H.D. Ebuuutri,tl.Bprinuffeld.
C lit'EnKLL. Torginds:
Di:riot Attorn.y- .1 13 hr... vet ~A.benn.
Prnthfm , .tary and Clerk of Ilnx.t M. Pact.
Ilrgister and wecora.r and Clerk . of the Orphan
Court—r)..l. Carmuncx. - ,
IIoNeA,E tiyirEs. •
•
Commi.tAiarre'rs—lifoßßlA ' , HEPARP • WPI/S: 13M
Allit•11 SHREA., Taw.nda.
Jury Conemistioners —b. •F. •Srease. Columbia ;
C E 'FEEncs te I.tr.r.
Tr-asts , r—Vl A THEW 11A4SHALL; Deputy, WHAM
ELKBR , E. 10 , ..nds
. A whinrs A R Damara. Eterriok: IRA, CTLANK
South e'rePk ;E. It. North Towanda,. ..
Cou,comtn—lnlilex IlicyANTI .TO/IS D.IfoSTANit,
m. cr,id., .1,61 E. Me 'Alit. T. R. Juirmax, E. T.
D S Pk.TI, T. Si W,K)Drlcry '
•c. y' and 7 reano,r--.Jastru
BoGAI.r.-M lUD.
L. T. tioy.E.
Polio-rn.-n—.4 1.4 hoes 1 .04.6 C
• s;cl,,,,,iarrrtors—J A. i!ODDINO.F.TPAIiir 111 Of Board
N. rani. Tilvamqin-r; J. P See); S. W
D ti C•LTF'.
o,r,rers of l'our—hr J. W., LI - MAN. WIS. M.
uthibrs—Vi'M tl. VV.:CENT: J. A. RECOLD. OEO
RID..W T. •
A ssss. , r--JAlnr.s H. NEVINA.
Frank/in Steam Fir' Engine , No. I.—Metto
drat Weinieinlay evening In •••••I, Month In Borough
Engine . Hon-e. I IL 111:11.111iLY. Pre;lilellt;. J.
V • in•Ll...j ,
,Vaituf Eno . lie 2 —Mort first .Ifonday even-
In,: In e•ch twitittl. 11l Boning') Engine House, E. B.
(4. F. Fe. `fie'y,
Luz-fa Stenm Fire Engin. Co., 3.—Meet first
T ev e nt. g. to e,ol l Inman. in lan-ta
,Eugine
A, Pnelmu President; R.; A. lleoctu•
S c'y.
.Wantua lic”Jrand Laddfr Co., Ni. drat
rveuinu to alleta mouth, in 'tumult!'
.IA IL H. tiLVINia, Prestaleut; E. C.
11:1 /NE. St.C.y.
Posr• FFICE g. lug 43nnta-closo
dt 9 39 w. - IV. , rig North, at
.1,1 39 P 4 my.• tr. zu ,Nor9ll at 1 0 :39 • M
4:30 P. It.: 5:15 P Y Au.. 3:3.1 A at
TOw.la . da. ' "rn
Towinda. Pa.
New t• ra Arm,. rtteada3 a. Yttur,tl.3 aud tiatur
dap. xt t 2 at.; detiart. ast, I Y.Y.
Itehu.u.any a,nves "oudays. Wednesdays. and
rn L.:. st 12 u ; departs at I PM.
Shtn-tio-tilitu arriseN Turmiwyto. Thursdays. and
z 4 aturdAya at 10 .a.Nt., departs at 12 -M.
- -S. W. Alsonn, P.M.
Mufua Buthitrty and Sartng Fund Associe.ion.-,
- •••rt... In I /rail. J,,r) pasynieut of it.tall
tu..nts. thlrit . ItS the tuopth. !rum sto 7
N Jr,
n , 14 Hu ildtng Asmcidtiron.—%tertg' in Grand
Flry : ho•on tor p.+3 mett of luetalluleutft, forirtb
to e.wit wortttl. from 5 to 7 ,JOAVPTI
1 0, 1C1,1 Pr....1/1.,1t
N° TICK HEREI
But the vary be.t of ail kir.dw kopt by any
org eas..! grn.:er, ,old Down, All, Down,
Tt:AS, SPICES, SYRUPS
1 7 1,01 lrnm thA New York Mtaket
Lad lwaght at VI, very howest cash pricer.
Ravinvb"pri,enuao-d to. the lad thrvo years with
Ird tl stl gre.....r tivw Y.tk,
*gm I, 3me u.or •n that I '51•15 ,,
.1 AN t LJkIT FOl ALL CA.Li Bt YEltm 10 CALL AND
sEE MY STOCK AND PRICES
TOWANDA, PA
- M. B. OWEN,
RED, WHITE AND BUT STORE, BRIDOr-ST
FANS HOUSE; TO WANDA,
-IL Pa., .
COIL NAIN AND BILIDON STNNETIL
The florae., Harness'. &c. of all guest. of this
Louse. Insured against lona by Fire. without any ex.
cm charge.
superior qUality of 013.Eugliab Bus Me, Ins,
r.etvasl,T. B. JORDAN,
T.eganda. Jan Pronetetor.
EL WELL HOUSE, TO WA.N.DA ,
1.4 PL.
JOE'S C. WILSON
Having lessed this. Hoose._ts aow roody to Itccommo•
Oat.. the traorplliag public No patty. porPnwtote will
to- 4porpd to inc, satisfaction' to those who may give
Inus a call. • •
v"rth.eide of the public spare, east of Mee.
r.ur`r-trew block.
4 E.. FLEMMING,
. I. , w►ml►, Pa
BET 1.1 LEHE 31, PA.
OLD 11011 AVIAN SUN INN,'
TOWANDA. P•
N - rs. -
w A. &dram
risceilanocce.
r.unhq--,PEET k ['Actors.
TOWANDA BOROUGII OFFICERS.
Eurgots —J , Mts BRYANT
FIRECOJIPANIES
F”yinefr"--Cllief, tt - 31. .Perch A66istant,3l.4lnoN
•• 11,N
.IfAiL AR izA.vc;Ear ENTS.
1111,14 y clot. es p : arrisrai at 6.3 u P.M
,8 E. at' 2.3.. P 4.1 ; arr.ve. '4 10:3U A.M.
Vroy clo.wo At ) 4 • 3,1 ; arrlvtu4 At 1 P
M==l
B CIL PING A sseirlATloNs
STE:CILY FOR CSiUI
Tlu CLOiC. Ft
JEOLASSES, SUGARS,
"COLEEES,
11-fore ipnr,has ng elfielliepe
1 will pay •C ASEI fur Prig.tic,
25, 11,-74
BUILT 11",;S
I:!,h to hlatnricr.al IntnreAt. it nu the-only bonding In
etept Ft , 11. intuo , tll hy
• h. l witttiti Ln6"-
,:! i.re. 1. 11W...4211i ottnpr patrim• of the
Tlil popni sr hotel .....rutly change.,
hands '4•.m mirror...l untir..l, •toi
prlprirtgbr ....min.'s Inuit.. b.p trlPts.l- mud trav
oling Mtn • 4, 11-11 , . p.n.., .I,i fk
-nand GI retuipr their cuult•trta• lw Pad,pl.-
.Ati route for Phitute.phi. will fibd it to
uprudl the night be..., rh. my otgLl 4
ill the morning 0, putuslip room on drat door tot
a..c.tnitmodation of coLowercialageuta
Sept 4. 1473' C- T. fITII,
Proprt.tnr.
DINING ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITH. THE BALERE.
Neir the Cnnrt Flom*:
We are prepared to teed the buttgry at all times of
tre dad and evetilllG. °WWI and ice Crew to
Cara seaatdat.
Massa ay /OM - A iv, OW= II C 9
,
fh r
Orb from a chaos of g , iod, thing. evolved,
11, , iunded, while plastic. in a lightened ran;
Gabe whose creation's not in doubt involved, -
Whosemold and Matrix was a pudding bag,
No sohpre of which re. amy can brag,
Compares
Compares With thine. Perchinco the sun
may be • •
A world half fire, half scoria and slag, '
Or it May not : what is the sun to mo,
hum for my system's centre I have thee.
I know thy '•elemonts"—when mixed and bow-
Work of a cnbuary Providence. •
Methinks I see the raw materials now,
Fluid and solid, to a batter denso
Turned by the cook's supreme iutellizence-"
Such was thy ortgan. Upon my life,
In, thy concoction there wee common sense.
Toward thee I yearn, thou tub with name's'
rite, - -
'Planned, ordered, and perfected" by my
wife.
Peob3rs.or earth,' geologists, avannt!
wain all your strata -granite, thut, or slate;
Lo .k at this 'ilia ire," as with kuira adetaut
I hi "dottel globe?' I glibly ex :Irate.
Wn -re's your' for nation of remotest date,"
Co upared with this bat now together
thrown? e •
Behold the "specimen" upon my plate,:
I• it nut wuriti=the bort impeeechumitit own—
Tots (It your ''Lard-pan" and your ''t uadiug
stone ? '
Sir J. New too was a vroudroba matt;
Wna trauleo, ditto T. , eho Brahe;
Fei:oas that knew of orbs the girth and spau,
And hua . to cook the public up a star. •
But cuu d they make a good plum-pudding
• baii I
What was their spice of learuing good for ?
°: • -
What use to to aro twinkling spheres afar e
From 'Charles' Walla' our beeves derive Po
hay,
The 'Dipped" empty, dry the "Milky Way."
bend your philosophers with me to dine,
I'll teach them 'something that will do them
good—'
Flow to enj. , y a meal or proper kiud;
A id. that a dinuer, understood,
Id not (Heay.•u ble.s us!) a mere Mll.OlO fend,
l3tit'fsste'd rich utiering, ; svorth it's weight in
gold,
llciinwhlie, my dinner waits--I niu-t conclude.
Orb of my heart orba Chat tha.tmuua•cbah Id
Are wall./ one segment from ; thy e.n ie mire.
OYRU FORD'S-TEMPTATION.
" ion 'll. be expecting company to
day, sir 'l.-"
SIWOLi ulaytoti looked over the top
of th,• uew,•pt t ,er be was readieg, to
see his housekeeper waiting for an
i t ti,wer
" Why to-da) ?" he said, in a surly
toue, us if annoyed at the inierrup•
tun], " Why to 7 day,. more than any
other day? Lo I ever h,ve company?
" Lot it is Thanksgiving Day, sir,
and Tout folks have rheir kin, around
them, or perhaps von are going out
ionangst your own rtlativra?"
4rnvcwat 12 M
"\o! I. have u( kin! There is
'Jo relative. of mine with whore I
hre:,k bread, , either,on this day or
any other." .
the newspaper screen came be
co en the inustPr of the hou4e ud
lie obi housekeeper.onee more, but
It could not.qui.e shut from his ea.l4
the murmur_ of thei good woman, a• 4
she left the room:,
" dear. dear ! What a pity ! And
, o rich, tocil"
Smarm Cuts ton was roused' rom
thought by a 'Nock at the door, and
in answer to "C re me inra lad enter
ed carrying a letter. It was a brief
lota., scarcely more than a note,
reading.:
"DEAR SIMnS t I am dying, and I
may call you so now, will give a help
ing
,baud to my s m who. will bring
this !it.) Noll atter. I have left this
world. Five t+iildren lay beside my
hin-blud in• churchyard, but my
Cyrna, my only one, aita
beside me while I write. We have
-c enough 'of wealth to
save me from a parwer's grave, and
my son to you; but by year old
love, Simon, I implore you .to help
him to obtain an honest employment.
I have been a true wife and a good
mother. as. far 4 I could, Simon, ye ,
on my deattibeilf know that my only
love was gixen to yoa whet' they
oarted us, and will be. yours if we
meet in another iworld. MINNIE."
There was deep s lenee in the room
Qlayton read / Ifi letter, and
he was Forced to wait mutiny minutes
b.-fore hiti voie4 would ob.-v him to
tsk: Your mor i her iH deal?"
" Sh. died in the summed, sir."
Why have you waited so long to
come to ine ?•'
It io'ik all we bad to pay onr
;lebtm and the funeral etpenses . and
I had to•work tt Fart' my travelling
money to C ,, 1130 from Illinois."
-•-- - - - -
" You want eniplo!, went now ?"
."1 . shall he very grateful, sir, it
you will help w to'fiud work . .."
" To-day is alboliday. You will b
my guest for th 4, 'present, and I will
ri-e what I cm do:for VOA."
As -Simon 'Clayton spoke, he
reached out his baud - and touched
heti upon ttiti table near hint. 'Hi,
lions. t -keeper auliwered the snannons.
" YOU bee I have company, Mrs.
Gritty." he said ; and the housek.-eper
wondered at the change in his lace
A nd voice, lacking all st verity, Set so
sad. " Yon will liave a room wade
etal.fortable foriMr. Ford."
. The woman conrtesied and was
gone,and Siruori questioned haky outtg
guest. His eyes were misty wore
hen once over aid straightforward
story of t . rivat',ion the boy told, hie
• vith-vit devotiOn to,his mother, who
had been Widowed whin be was a
baby. It was not difficult to,see that
►he boy, ground down by poverty.
had yet a craving for education, and
had profited all Ibis mother could
rea . ehlim. His very touch upon the
b•toks on the eyes, when
,h.-vrested upon the well tilled hook
ease, toll the (brain buritter better
than spoken words. S before Mrs
Uray eated he l m to , dinner, Simon
(114)t0n was planning the lau's -1u
lure as his acloi?tecl! sort.
True Tbank.giving fkire .the kind
be!trreil honsek , •eper had prepared
fir the nnexpeetetl'gnest, and Simon
Clayton's heart . ;' was nearer thiPikful
;Layer than hitO b -en for matt)
b ong years, as be lottked at the bright,
gratehil face , nppoite to him, and
knew, Milinie . k child looked up to
Nina for /stud* 001 prutintlio&
°
telecteb = ink).
TO A CIMISTIRS PEDDING
isccllanote.
A THANKsGIVING STORY
Before a week hid passed the lad.
was entered as a student in onei of
the city college* living with his new
friend. •
1
"Yon bad better call me Uncle
Simon," the latter had said to hint.
" for your mother was dearer thafi a
sister to me.-lily boy. and if the peo
ple who hear yen think you are My
nephew, leave all explanat . ona to me."
But the world tronbletlitaelrv - i.ry
little abotit Simon Clayton'et new rel
ative,some of the more kindly-hearted
hoping he would have comfort in the
lad ; others pitying poor Laura.
whose chance of forgiveness seemed
lessened by the arrival.of this hand
some boy. ;
Four years glided by uneventfUlly
and happy The sterp old Man
seemed to renew his youth in hieln
tercourse with the son Minnie had
sent to him. the talented scholar Who
was winning college honors, and Who
kept himself singolarly pore in the
whirl of the great city's vices.
The fatherly love that Simon C4y
'ton had.thought buried in the graves
Of his own bikis at Green woOttaprtihg
to new life and vigor, as Cyrus giiiM.d
a firm stand in his heart. He kept
the boy from the temptations of.
dons company by giving him Uee
permission to extend the hospiti4li
ties of his home to his fellow slit
dents, and the boy's own refined iu
stincts led him to seek only the asSo
ciation of
,gentlemen. His love !of
animals being discovered, he beca.nie
the,possessor of a fine horse-, He
was encouraged .to j an a boat chit),
and Simon himself accompanied him
to such pleces.of emusenieut as 'he
desired to visit. Yet, suddenly -lif4l
from poverty to riches, front biter
self-denial to au indulgence of every
wish, from the necessity of brelid
winning to the supply of riches, (ly
res Ford was not spoiled.
With his heart, full of gratitude,
he looked upon all his opportunities
for improvement .as a preparatilin
for making Cis own way to the world.
lie was studying law, and he studihil
with the thought that his daily brend
would soon depend . up. It his le4al
knowledge. The idea of ever Inbar
itlng any portion of the w-altb that
was smooth ng his path in cillege,
never 'presented itself to his Mind,
and his n ost constant thought of fu
ture prosperity, reeling upon his owu
exertions, was the hope of one dity
provingt his gratitude by repaying
the money spent so freely for hire,
though be, could never by a lifetirbe
of devotioh return the fatherly 'd i ve
and ss lavished upon . horn. 1
.He had heard r.f Laura Ciaytki
from one of those dear friends wbo
try to !Humor, all happiness by antio
- of. misery.
Yon had bet er keep on the right
side, of your',une_le by never contra=
dieting him," this friend hail tend
him ; "he was awfully fond of lets
daughter, bift he never forgave her
for marrying against his will."
I thong* his children were ' all
;dead," was the reply.
'• Not at all. Airs. Cameron lit'es
in a little room in Pearl street,
runs a Bev/4)g machine for .a
She has one daiighrer, but all the
rest are deld. H tril hues , anit lit,
sewing for a living tvi.eu her father
is rolling iti wealth ?' I
"In Pearl street
"Yes. She mikes my shirts:o I
her addresi. She is a,-No.
Pearl."
The conversation left a deep jai
presston upon . Cyrus Ford. Once,
in the generous iwpnle of pliVh,l he
had approached the subject with his
adopted uncle..but he was so sternly
silenced that he - never dared 144311
again the name of the disobedlimt
daughter. In 'October, when ibis
twenty-first birthday came, Sitnon
Clayton ltd the young man one
morning to his-library.
" Cyrus," be said, " you are a man
.to-day, and you have a right to know
whitt_tire iu intentions regard i nig
von. In the coarse of the next year
will be admitted to the bar,- tiid
I shall make yon Ai, agent ofiniy
property. Tog,ether we will go over
all my investments, and you will] be
able to relieve itie of some burden of
care, as well its to learn where your
own property will one day lie. For
"o
-day I male my will, and you fvil;
ray sole heir. Not
,tt word! "I:.ur
mother gave you to me ! Be wy lov
lug a in, Cyrus, it is all I ask of y4u."
" daughter—:'
't Nut a word of her! -She died to
we fourteen years ago "
;
The tone Was so stern, Cyrus cdnld
only, bow his bead in silence, and
register a vow in his heart that! his,
life service should never waver; to
waad his benefactor.
It Seems a sudden adoption when
the linlits of my i:•tory ;
iu truth, it was no caprice that !Lila
...I-ImA Simon Clayton in his resOve.
During four years of constant inter•
course, he studied Cyrus Ford With
the close scrutiny of a stern nature,
soured by many disappointruentS r aud
keenly alive to every defect iu humat.
nature..
He found in the closest study of
th e yoting prolegee, su unexi*ctly
pia-et in his care, no deceit, no 'time
netting, no servili.y. Au honorable
,atiihitn•Ll, a respectful gratitude, that
was never --.favoring nor cringingi and
upright integrity, anti a close etteu
!ion •to the studies that were no
c'iild's task • filikt 'country-bred lorkons,
all wakened the respect of 014 old
man His love was wore easilylwou.
Nlinnie's son, lobking into -ttisk face
with Nlinnie's great, tender ley . es,
moved his heari• to aft .ction ti:etore
the first hour of intercourse! was
over ; and, onc-4 given, the tiff 4tiou
1 n ,, vtr wavered, growing a r Inger with
every dar's in. eremrse, till the atiaNv
lug pain for his own boys gonr !was
lost in the love for the eon Sept to
cowfort. his old ago.
Thanksgiving came again , —the
fourth since 'Cyrus Ford exile to
Clayton—and Witt) it C 411.1,1 a stirrow.
For the fist time in his its. Simon
Clayton felt. tie pressurr, of t lipacal
pain. He bad been a model-of aran
iy.strength during the entire sixty
%ears of his Id-, but some nna);onted
exposure bud b - ought on en attack
of fever that, setting its .f ,n. 2,4 deep
i th
the strong frame, brorni. t v. ry
nigh the grave. Cyrus hid been
watching all night when thauksLiving
day dawned.cleax ado bright, though
the kit of 11119 W kit/
A
au rot.
. •
•I Vi• A.... 0 • 4 , • # .
'p:)WANi)A, KRADFORD COUNTY. PA., DECEMBER. 24. 1874. ,
streets. The invalid; tnining rest
lesaly upon the pillow, spoke of some
unfinished business his illness bad
delayed. and seenzed to have his in
tellect clearer than at any time be
fore during his illness. '
" I wish you would call upon How•
kins this morning, Cyrua," he said.
" I want him to understand abont the
lease of those Grand street stores,
before the last of .the month. Yon
have the papers ready?"
" All ready, sir. Bnt are you well
enough for me to leave yon ? "
' " Yes. I shall feel better when
that is settled."
It was a relief to be out' in the
crisp, cold air, after thee long con
finement in,a close room, and Cyrus
felt light hearted in a certainty that
his 'friend was better. Surely this
attention to business was a good
symptom, and the fever.was certain .
ly gone. Mrs. Grey was a good
nnrsc, and there,was no especial bur
; sn a ter settling the bnainess.
with Hoskins, Cyrus came leianrely
np Broadway. It was' hill of boll
day seekers, the_stores be,
lug closed, and . .the - clerka and sales.
women in their beat attire going to
family gatherings. • Cyrus was think
ing of the day four 'years ago. when
he came friendless and lonely to the
great city, when, ju4t beforehim, a
girl hurrying past with a lege bun
dle slipped upon thl frozen pave
ment, and MI heavily o the ground.
In a moment Cyrus was bending over
her, helping her to rise ; but her
ankle was sprained, and she would
have fallen again but for his arm
`1 eta afraid you cannot walk;" he
said 4indly, noting with deep pity
her thin "girmentt , , her pincile.d
mina, and the look of .pain opal her
face.
" I must try," she answered, stoop
ing to secure the big bundle; •
" Lean upon me," be, said, taking
the burden from her. "Ifon cannot:
he said, as
,the el in to put the in. ,
jured foot down, -brought an salty
paleness to her fery lips. "I will
call a cab."
"No, no! I have no' money "
Again the deatly .pidlor gathered
ou cheek mittdips till Cyrus hr ed
her gently into the el' that came at
" Wham sball I take Sun ? " Le
abked,
•• To No. —, Pearl s're't."
Directing the Cabman, Cyrus got
into the cab, with a face almost as
pale as the one beside hi if. The
nntuber was the saute his, friend bad
nfeintioned as the, address of Simon
Clayton's daughter, and lookitig at•
teutively Muter the shabby. bonnet.
Cyrus saw that the face, pile and
thin, was yet that of it child Of not
more than thirteen sunni-rs. When
the cab's opped before the tall, nar
row tenaweut• house, the young man
lifted his charge in his strong arms,
and bidding her hold fast to the big
bundle, carried her to the room tp
which she directed him. -
It was 'II poOr room, shabby to the
evrenle of stiabbiurss,'with no ro-
Mantic air of poi: , eriy, brWthe, real
fit&s of extreine penury staring the
beholder in the face A. untnau,pale
and emaciated, was stitching upon a
sewing waelvne, hut. exam forward
treuitiltng when Cyrus entered with
(he cold. •
"Do cot be frightened." he said,
"it is curly a.spr , otied uukle. will
send yGn a doctor if you will tell Lue
for whow he is to inquire "
. 1 Mrs. Cameron. 0, Dollie, child
are you much hurt ?."
" My foot aches," the child said.
but the geutleuniu bas`been so kiwi.
The work is here mother "
"-I will set,d d dotter;" Cyrus said,
hastily pat , itig the child upon the
bed, '''he hid better dome at once."
As he spoke be slipped a(note for
fifty dollars into Do Catuerou.'s
baud and . left the r(aan before she
e[aild speak.' It 'us to() bitter. He
could nowt if at once, but the
clue] truth . pre , sed harder and hard.:
er as he neared home. This was the
child and grandebild of Simon Clay:
toe, starving in an attic, while lie
commanded their rightful inherit-.
Mrs. Groy met him at the door
with a pale. frightened face. There
had been a - suddenichange for, the
wors,i since he had left, un'ii Simon
Cliyton was sinking fast. Hurryttig,
to the-rootn, Cyrus found the news
only too true. Eagerly the dyiitg
man 'Welcomed him. He_ had lot gut"
ten all business cures, but he craved
the love of his adopted son.
It is Thauksgiving'day," lie Said.
when they had "talked a little
"the dayd'or the for.tiviness of itija
ries. Cyrus, I would I knew where
Laura is to-day. I have destroi-d
all lettera from her; lost' all 'clue to
her. be poor. Cyrus. She,
`may longlfor her
. fa her's:fprgiviness.
My pout. Laura I bad never
(Tossed her. Corns, and ,she did clot
(hulk I 'would be' unforgiving. I
could dii, easier if I cuuid .tell her
that I forgive her."
Corns did not sped:. Literally be
could not. All those gasi)iugwortis
implied pressed upon his brain with
re-I,ntless elearut•ss. Lsura at home,
Laura forgiven, meant, the loss of all
the fair inheritance now his own
Ile could provide handsomely for the
wifhiw anti her child when 'he was
the heir, and he, waSSurely better tit,
manage!ONOa
great estate than a
weak woman.
Swoon Clasterf did not notice the
whence that fell. upon the room while
Cyrusiwrestlia with the-hitter ttnp
ration in his heart. He was very
weak, and time was short for prayer
and preparation for eternity, so,the
pilenee suited him well. But when
the very F. omid -of his l'reathing was
audible in the ,stillness, he p•b , hed n
it' from a breaking heart, My poor
Laura!"
Like clouds disper4erl by sunlight,
the shadows of evil 'sped frotu rus
F.fro's heart.
'Uncle . Simm•n " be' •crge&l, " T can
bring Laura to you if
,ori
- Th 6 dying wan earressed no snr
The end was to neur4Or that.
seenied nothing strange to Lim
thal. strt,ng d.Oug wish should be
ati,iken-il. •
..y con fi , td her'? Beni; her
quiklY; Cyruq, or you will he tco
bite.
.But . b.-fore you tue guy
desk. tiud .etui Mrs. Cray to we." '
" BIWA t open row dusk t" •
~ ~
Yes ; I only wariUmy will. Stu)
is my 'only child , Cyrus," he said
pleirlitigly. •
" And if this' , Cie destroyed he will
have her rightful inbilitauce," said
Cyrus. "Shall I lay it here on the
live e bats? "
"Yeti. God will- give me an hour
or two More of life. Born it Cyrus.
and send at once for Mr. Pearsons."
80, while the Mimes curled over
the paper that would have made hiw
master of 'nearly a million dollars,
Cyrus Ford started to • bring Laura
Cameron to her father, and sent his
lawyer to the d3ing man. But few
words sufficed to explain ..his er
rand. Duni° was carefu'ly carried
to the easy carriage in waiting and
after a long drive the stately hone
was reached when twilight was set
tling over the great city.
It was thoroughly in keeping with
the delicate instincts of Gr i ns Ford's'
charaeter that he Emit Laura
alOne to her father, while he earried
Polite into the parlor, and made her
conitoksble upon a pofa. The grave,
pale child looked earnestly into his
face.
Do you live here with my grand
father?" she asked.
• " I have 'lived here for four yefirß.
I ate my first ruPat heie oit Thaiis
giving D 4% four )ears ago."
" Thatilo•giving DA). ! We meant
to make a little holiday, too ;' but I
was not paid for the work I took
hotne,.tind I hurt my foot. I was
not in a very thankful frame of mind
before I met you,, add you were so
kind and-generous 1 .." •
"I hope thia_wid be the first of
many thankful days for you," he an'
swered. " Your mother will not
leave her home again, I trust."
There was stilla long talk before
they were summoned to the mirk
room.' Here the rcconeiliatioir had
b en,perfect, and' Djllie was placed:
in. an arm-ehajr Where her grand
father could look upon her face:,
"You will trust everything to Cy
rus, Laura," her father
knows how all my prop, rty: is li g iveEt
ed. Crtis, sou will be faithful to
my child ?"
" Goddeal with me as I am faith
ful to your trust," was
,the7solewn re
ply.
Before midnight, sti'irOunded by
those be ,loved, Smorkt,laytou died.
Not nutil three days later, when the
funeral was titer, dd, CYrus know
that Mr. Pearson had. made a new
,
whli ho was seeking Laura-
Ciimet)on. .By this will 'he beciiii4
heir to half of b4inihn•
tate, the other half and all personal
property becoming Laura's.
My story may not tad here. FiVe
years later, op Th'aukagivina. Day,
there was a wedding
.in -th°o,llo,nst
.wht-re Simon Clayton had spidut ref
many leUely days , and the bride
groom was the rising young lawyer,
C.%rue Form who 'wedded the grand.
child of his benefactor, sweet Dottie
Cameron.
FOOLISH HAIHTs. Hall Pall
nieraTes several prabticea of the care
less public, which are Sometiwes
dangerous as foolish :
Walking along the streefspith Hie
point of au unibereil , zi sticking one
under the arm or pver the shoulder.
By suddenly stopping to speak to
friend, or other calise, a person stalk
tug in the rear had his- brain peue
traced 'through the, eye, and died in
a few dais. •
To carry-. a long pencil in vest or
out side mit pocket. Yit, lung since
a clerk in New York fell, and his long
cedar pencil so piereed au important
artery that-it had, to he cut down
from the top of the shoulder to pre
vent IA bleeding to death.
To take exercise ; or walk for the
health,' when every step is a drag,uud
instinct urges repoSe.
To Ifuziel down a glags of eold
water on getting up in the morning:
without any, feeliu,; of thirst, ;Baler
the iinpreek4oU a the 'health giviug
nature of its washing -out finalities.
To sit .down at the table fore ,
yourhclf to
.eat, wbeu there is 1101
only no appetite, but a decided aver
sion to food.
To take a glassl of soda, or tady,
or iquigare, or usiint drops on a 411 u
saferday, und4r the belief, tbatilt it
!safer and better- than a g,lasg of vC . a .
ter.
To persuade yourself that yon art•
destroying ,one wipleasant odor 1)%
introduciiig a stronger one ; That ta,
to sweeten your nu ww4hed izattnt-nt;:
and person by enveloping yourself in
the fumes of runsli, eau de colegne,
orrose watez; the be. , 4t, pt-rfutue lin
ing a clean skin and well washed
clothing.
•
FLOGGING Scu.ootßozs.—We' once '
knew a luau who set out to write a
hook entitled "Pedagogues who have
Flogged ,Me." That book contained
some of the, liveliest recollections of
his life. titne with effacing
sponge had rubbed out every remem
brance of the -sums" he used to do ;
his history lesson had retreated into
the dim past: 'until they mingled
•theruselves with fable and tradition
iu unresolveble nebulae; his sielling
book had been throWn to the bat-and .
oo,.:1;. but the impression of his wi
n-rolls ft.ggings remained. - He- bad
classified Ws tihj-ct into "Deliberate
Floggers," "Rissibnate Fibggers."
Floggers' for Fun." Mal.efous'
Doggers," " Floexers with a Pro
atid "Pautoinonic Flogger."
tre wrote reppidly. for he had a good
catountud of language, and was tiev
er in' want of lints. But, alter a
while he began to grow.nervons, and
before he had finished a huiidred
pagea be Was an, , acute sufferer. - He
could feel the old welts rising lig:Am
on .his back in one vast swar ii.g,
tingling throbbing net work fo
.raw
ness. 'Broad blisters ne , u,illy . caTt&
otit on the palms of his bands. Sev
eral time' he upset e nd
spill.d the ititt over, his uinu , cripf
by suddenly je'rlring.rip his kue s, as
'it sbwedody w ith : A l as h had en , . his
bare ankles from behind. He 'could
never hear a step-beside him without
involuntarily dodging . his' lead and
protecting it' with' his rairecl c bow.
The strain*npoti his nervous system
became too i r at, and be Wail obliged
to desist. .114 manuscript is . .I)ke
the window iu tower—no
Munn! wan car t ever .fluish
ANIMA .
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(F.T the ELPOIITER.)
SKETCH OF THE EARLY DAYS OF
PEEKSKILL AND VIOINITY.
Mu Enrrou : As several of your
readers hive written me doting the
past No Years, salting questions c,m
cerning the early history .of this
place -sad its surronndit gs ;
your permission, I w ll answer them
to the hest of my ability, through the
REPORTER, giving them the most re-
liable and trustworthy "information,
gleaned from history% and more es
pecially from the lips of the older in
habitants here,. for .we have, fortn
nately, three or four " among the
nineties,"' in age. • •
On the bafks of the beautiful river
which flows throngh there mountlins,
emigrants frdm Holland established
themselves and the first Protestant.
chnreh in North America. - Bt4ore
the revocation of
.the edlct of Nantes',
as_earty . fisl.62s, 'some French
. with the
The first white man that ever; sailed
up this ricer; was.; a Dutch navigator,
Hendrick Hudson, and 'the first sp-I
where he - cast: aoebOr, after 1-aving
the month of the river, Was off what
is now (idled Verplauk's Point—four
miles: below • •
The Half Moon!' was speedily,
surrounded. by the • cknoes .-of tl e-
Elighbuid Indians,.druwn by curiosi r
ty and amazement atz ! the strange lip
pearaiice. tooreadven
ierous than his fellows, wade hull to
°raw' up. the ruddt.r into a cabhr
window„ and Alien' not get back
without stealing a pil ok- and other
articles. The thief put .d oft, bu' :
was, pursued and shot; * - -tollito the
melee that folligved, the Wind of a:
native, who had kid hold. ef the
yawl, WaR severed with a -sword.
.This.was the first Indian blood, I
know of, shed by-the Dutch; but for
, hisorausaction;in this vithnitY, the
Indians eier hat tll- the' white man.
Hudson was much iwpres-ed with
th e hint that in less , than sixty miles
the river shores rise from a' few feet
.6 the lof , y he•ght of fifteen hut:Ore:l
feet. This he thought, ended h'e
covery, nut°, in searching, he tunud.
a. passage, narrowing, deepeutng.
told winding through ; the mountains.
lie proceiidt d as far . as the site. of
Albany: Nut ling: after, the tradi
tio'n - goes on, a Capt...1 3 ,-eck, clam
by the accounts of ilutit.on, anti
having a wind to see-for himself, at:
tempted to follow in ' l bis' wile. He
on, found . the lmouutl'.n3 ---"t hest
-very nmuutains—but liustead of the.
river passugs ; 'he Wildly dAsheil, up
the b oad creek just ii.bLive here
which, it 4 fact,ilooks, more Ile the
river than the river itself. A -fe.w
hundred yards, however; Stopped his
rtitUruel, i douht les
ioeditatiug on the ins, velons,cl-eep
taons of travelers tales. TO
tillize - his penetrative - genius, his
*name wa4 giyen to the creek, as that
cf Hudson to' the rivtr, anti this
stud to be the Origiu of tte nave
Peekskill, kill being the Dutch fur
cruek. The Indian name was Mich
()DS.
On these hills they- built their
council - tires anti Knotted their calti
ineis of - peace and .war . long aft -r
bey had letsportions of country.
up the river settled by the whites:.
Oue hundred and fifty years ago, this
region wits famous fur its Venison;
but as that disappeared the Bons of
tie forest moved - off, ' till, abOut t otte
hundred and _tWen , y y e ars ago the
I rst of them. were rarekv seen in, these
earl,s except iu fishing - titne2 Owing
rti these facts, I have'no Indian was
sacres to chrourele, as the Stisque
nanna Valley had. -
At an early date
. o.len farm houses
prang op here and, there, the farm-'
era - pining rent in grain, which, iit
'Heise days, I am told, often'passed
from hand to hand, as. bank-1311e
now do, .instead of Coin. The first
irtenipt at a village was on tln
Peekskill creek Which was then.navi
aable tench - farther . than it now is.
rile-'firesent 'villege was founded in
1764. The first. sloop, was sailed from.'
Here in 1773, by a tuan rejoicing in .
the appropriate nawu of. Capt.
The houses of those' days were not
the massive stone houses so 'oftei,
seen farther up the river, but t'tey
.vere comfortable. . The great ,
place—such AS is seen at Wash ing on's lieticlquarters.at Newburg was
the heater of those times. But rth
!Written fire-place bear all. Huge
'i o gs burnt flu - WO; books awl tram
mels swung from the immense void
that yawned above; while . ctidtilinu.
~ hour' its cavern-like throat, might,
oPen have hem' seen, .ball a dozen
dung negroes with no, fear of the .
't-ffects of heat and smoke on their
compleiions. The best room in al
most every ,house contained, a bed.
There were no carpets in Common
lise;,but the.lushry Of a rug in front
of the bed, was sometimes indui4ed
in: Tiles, wilt delineati-us of Scrip
lure scenes, soatetitnes adorned the
mantel piece. Two of these struples
are fOuud at the. "fleadtpvitters" at
Newburg. ' Mr. Thomas A. Whitney,
Peace, hero, is nos e ID
possession of due of these; mid also
a chair, ,ouce : a part of the furidiure
of ,the rt»ita occupied for a brief
space by 'Washington when in Peeks
kill..
Spinning wheels aliouuded, and
the ambition of the dames Awns to ex
eel in the :pan ufacture of h..ine:tle t de
elo. h. %Chore we .use cotrou, they
nsed linen, the latter being cheaper.
It was theirs honest pride to exhibit
rows of col/ter and pewter,' itr shin
ing sp!eudo.c. Cltr,l oeetsi o es,
wits brotittltt , eur blue and white Chi.
,ne, with yievs of stitlis saitiug.iu the
am nod itreti watkitis , Ou ale- tops of
trt•t-s. .Stit'eitneLs of thet:e yet I tic .
C.tsiotnilly meet. I,3tit v.tiuitev ! -r you
micrtit then have - seen of Stiver . was
siil ° ltt pla.ecl). aid the %-41.1: 4
un wits de'eriiiiiftd by onneest.gentl
i
:11y at the rate, of on. duller. This
'wots re-garded as s n stir- invi-etnietit of
surplus fields, tor. t the princi
pal yiehieil no intr r-sr, tt snt2,-rtql - ..00
depreeintion. Theett were but few
wAgous. and fewer itarriggus,
The eltrly•settlerg.here wire 110' Wen
of% wealth, but they were sorrily, in
tistrioutt: (Old provtld thetuserYi s, by
subsegneut ev t -nts, to be &Tended
on tit h rdshipß.
What their general religions char. ,
acttir was, we: may .kui.v horn the
tue's that thti ' Old Church.". two.
4tivelabore Yvvkiligilh was Will tog
per Annum in Advance.
11
1 ,4
them: in J.,o f „ a' structure c sily for
those days-, that there was lsolin -
other church, three' mile '.below
Pesdiskill, of still earlier d te, and
that a third was erected nt!it, bit t y
after, in 1784 I believe.: .Tl re wini
an - 014 bona° which twenty y ara ago
stood inlilain street, literal] . tie the
.street which was occupied b Wash
ington while ;his army was camped
at the 'Old Ohnrch."' In the; parlor
of thathouse, Boltonsays:Whit field,
preached; and I find in his
,iograj .
ii,
phy the fact stated,. and it is t e very
last . entry_made in the memo andum
book of that excellent wan iby his
own -- hand, that is the month of.Jnly,
1770 : ."Through the he it, thiabon
gregittiori have been Very large,,at
tentive and .aff , cted; particularly "
arnong other placed, -at Peek' . Hill."
It seems the good mcn dui ii
the din-reflect between Heil -
I t
tutthat is no matt.-r. Blit
corisegoenee that Whitfield .
testimony declares that : the Peeks
kill C(MgrE.4atloll4 wHie " very large,
attentive and ati-,cted." 'Sy u the
tie,vialutionary war broke 61' t, and
the confidence and courage of the
settlers were put to the severe t test,
At that time the people had no in
tention 'or , desire ,to beconni itide
dependent; they admired the.
of the British govern - went all
,others; they would lay doa - vy
;inns if - England would desi.4l
unjust taxation. Bat she won
and iu the great struggle id
lowed, the. settlers of Peeks),
its vicinity, I 'MU - assured, w,
wanting. It -is claimed tit.
Lexit%ton to - Yorktown a.spo
not lye found, that in propH
its population, yielded wore a
fered-more, thin the village.
einity of Peekskill, the wh,
around me teems with thei
and meinorials. Every old nu,
its.glOrious history. Every ul
watt has its `sermons in -stones, and
the very trees— as the este s'
IT 3n the Academy' grimed
Southlt-a:4ot' the
Spy was, hung, —cell t
lent but eloquent tales. 31
old mu-kttr, or uniform, or
roll way b-3-futiud'
ed as relies of •'the days 0,
turni's
Friina their peculiar 1.1
Peekskill and Continental VI
viwn a short distance la;
Peekskill,--were deemed m
pArtnut points. • But, the eye .o
tog on first. deter ed their vs!
Sparks' Life of ‘),"l.st-liv,gton.
letref from hitu to Geu. S
writteu in 1777. in which he
c a mp,t. help tliiukieg, ranch t(;
part of ox-f , +re 2 S is dtree•eo
uppeao
a much wore proper
the troops are drawn togetbil
will be adVeutigeoosly situ'
give 81113 p at to atiyot the
"r 11. dive S they. Should
• t'.;
nay's des4u he to penetrate t
try up the Nor : h
noited to 4,pdose then.); shott
.attf:topt. to peuetrate New le.:1
they will be well stationed
.t; if th.l wove westward, t
rn euilSouthern ' troops
forn.i.a junction, :11:1, beside s
oblige tue enemy, to have,
troliger garrison ill. New Yo'
"Such was the es:tiwation
Washiugtou held Perlihkill.
lar as it may seem, the keen eye of
the British chief comprehended the
invaluable position of the s, , tne poky.
ft was:, in filer, the very ?rvihralier of
our liberty.. If the halvation of the :
country depended; upon West Point,
less true that the sabialion of
\Vest, Point depended on Piiekskill:
Had it no' been for Pee,kski I,.aud
-on of Peekskill, ( Alitjor Jon
mg), wtth two enupa - riot!
Point wonld ntivtiali , uredly
to the hinds of the British, i
wunicAion between the
troops iu= Ginada and .ST;cr York
opt-tied,' and the last lay of ?lope ex
turgnisked. "
•
•
AN ITEM FOR ti TO nvA D.—«'e
have probably all of us met wi. h ici
stances in which a word heedlessly
spoken tig:Liiisr, the reputavon , of
female has been niagnitiedlby mali,
010115 Min& uutil the cloud i hasibeeu
dark enough to overshadow Whole
existence, To those who are accius;..
turned, not necesririly fratial i i bad - Luo•
tive4, but from thonghtlesslA.SS, to
speak lightly of women, we l retotn,
wend these hints as worthy of COU
shiPration:
Never- use a lady's name in . im•
proper place's, at an iniprOper lime
or in !nixed 'company. Neer make
assertions about ;her that you think
untrue or allusiOnl that - you think
she herself Would blush to hear.
When youi meet with men who du
not scruple to tunks'use of a woman's
name in a reckles- and uniirinCipleil
manner, shun them—the 7 are Abe
very worst thembers of the comma
pity—tuen lost to every sense of hon
or, every feeling of hiimatity. Many
a good . and worthy woman's c,haract .
ter tors been forever tuinel and, her'
Heart broke' bY • a lie uni ufactored•
by come v 111441 ,1 and in tb 'presence
il
of those whose little judg ent could
not, deer them from circulating the
foul and danilging report.
A slander is soon provog,ated, and
the, smallest thing derogatory to a
woman's character will ; fly on the
wing, and m4gnify as it 'simulates,
,until its - monstrous weig ht crushes
the pocir unconscious •i - ctirt. i ) Re
spect the nainia of wo . cn ; your
m o ther and 'rasters are iv men, and
as you would have .their tilr!names
untarnished,' and their. ivei unitn
hiqered by' the slatitlerittr's i bitter
tongue, heed the ills your worda may
bring• upon tli'i3 mo her and sisteis.
or the wife of :some of ' your - fellPw
ct eat nrcg. - 1.. ' •
.!
1
eale•••---- r - , --- -• I
i% as .
Some chap has written I n. pamphlet
oil . ' Where to Go When . V.'.o Haven't
Much :dunes''.` Wo havere. 't read the
(ii
book, but them a goo tuatiy par
sous in a good i condition Ito do there
. just. now.
.It a man - wh hasn't any
money wants to know here to fto,
let him apply for Indgiutt at a fiat-.
"class city hotel, uud male knOwn his
i poverty at the 'same titre: The clerk
wilt innuediatell tell biro whet*J, to
go-and . he I .vid not want to'toke hie
i Wilo4l 44/jag 494 ei.tieri' ;.1
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NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL
LESSON&
1-9.—Clottocx Tez 11. Tut. ii
'hie book of Joihua i 3 the lint
the 'historical bOoks of 'Scripturei
These (12 is number; beginnina in
the arrangement of our Englisli c 'Bili
Wes with
,Jesbua and ending - *itl4
Esther) are designed "to unfold tl2OO
practical working of the thenCracy;
and. to show how,junder tbp'
superintendence and guidance, it ac;
compltshed the end 'or vrhicli it , watt
given. .In theeeld dories' Woks, s'
survey the course of humannventS
on the Divine rather thanon tfiiihtt4i
tua4.eide. this respect they d•lier f .
froth all other - histories. Therbook't
of Joshua records the conquest off';
-theqand of Canaan by the leraeliteo,
under Jusbos, end its distribution I,y - : A
lot.'among the tribes' that recetvedl
their inheritance on the west side of
the Jordan. Thus it stands in iinnie-t
diate ; relation to the Pentateucfi, as
showing the fulfilment of God's
promise to•Abrahain (Genesis sit.;
8.)
• Jewish
. tradition ascribg.• the au- 1
thorship-of the book to Joshua,
.with
the eiception of:the last five veres.:
It is more probable that it :took its
pr , •sent form after 01.4 death of Josh
on, baying been compiled from am
teritils that came from -Joshua's pen,.s
or - from -an authoritative national'
re oral, by .one ,of the ~ .614NiVing 1
riderS, It is manifestly not an
')
nal work, emanating from, , } one an.•;,
rhor;+bn a lit.rary produnt; : which,
though finally. revised with a view to i
nuity of representation, bears upon
its:face the-tuarks of its origin. ThiSl
is not' at lall — inConsistent with the
plenary inspiration of the hook.
We may study this lesson nn_clerl
two main divisions : Ist. -The
acier cif . the new leader, Joshua, the',"
son of Nun, bf the tribe of Efihraim.l
(I. Chron., 27) 14e was born -1
01.1 Egypt and grew up a slaye in its
brick fields. Hei ...was about 110 years
old at the time of the ExoluS.. Da`r-` :
jug ensuing period he: 'has the
adjUlaut. of Mimes and • his special
companion and friend. - Hence e~llt d
,j
3.l.lthster." First Mentioned .
at RiThidiin. (Elsrl. Tnea
at Sinai, (Ex.oci. xxtv: -- 13.and . xxxiii
11). He was ono of., the-. twelve 1
chiefs ehoseu, to: explore • the.l4nd
Canaan, and one of the tiro ii
gave; an -encouraging . rev:wt. Ntira.,
xiii: 8 and xiv: ,At thi's_tinie,
probably, his nanie ve's changes., 1
Origiurilly it was Pshea, of
,tio : -.4;..2zr,
( Nam 81 which meat-i--s '"salva l
tion"; bat b. c ttise of. the . eminent
faith displit3i.td by . Joshua in ehis
rtricrit etu-rgen.cy, N1.0.,es change, t i.
to Jl!hoslitti, which me , ,ns I"tiod',4
lu the !a'er - H.-brew
vast c Intraeted
.v.ts I it.to pudn,,:e sj
frequirty ' This naife -
extraordinarily couitnon among the
Jews at tlinfi of our hasiotir's-
iy of
otivn
model
,No all
I their
t from
Id not:
ill aLid
A 3 not
fri\ti
'' ; could
Lion to
ul suf
aid Ni
le 1 hd
relies
7,b Wil
1 stun.,
to +rig
on thfi
re the
bt
Li V -.ull
!MEI
rrst. rv-
ME
k eatii r,
14g0,--
Jo , bua. sfaucls en4iiieut, if .riot prb ;
eminent, umbog heroes of ; Sacred
Viistory, for h. freedom froin self
will. lie is al-ways- faithful', to inn:
.rho ea; 1,-11 Lim. He is delib'etao
- acts .iOr -
. 5 , if, i xi t' bold and deldel,•
::..'s for (.40d.,_. •He
i)at fr) - li;utf, but jtl , it..lu
c.):1/1)iealiuu of: gentleness and
streuglii, ii:udchee and
twss, of humility and graudeur of
soul, he is a rc:Cuarkable' typo of Je
was clinst.i Hence, tie • le'd the lAA,
~le of Israel lido re-st,.- as- a •type.ci
teat Jesris as toe Uaptaiu of Stilva
:lon will do for tho,..e who obey ii!.d
follow hull. •
rail of
MEM
Wti - la -
Iv, In
ae it'd
SEME
'
,co large.
1 to D
iS •.
0 MO
here, if
er, they
ited to
MEM
he cu . -
P
Will ht .
1111 tht 3
dgland,
o v. r
e Ets,;t
iu easily
it Hell
tUllat
k."
' 11. The solemn , charge of Jehoysil. 'SI. ,
lst. "A.tisl.and f:.,;0 oNer the4ordah.”
V(4tieS 2,3, 4. The . louglwauciering
ill the -wilciernezi:;; is coded: tbe 14::v 'i, '
,feneratton has grown to rounhe63.
-Israel had . become a hatioa in..-; i'l
Egypt; et •,:3 i aii,,qltey received their 1
1,1,w, their pAblie-aia , douiestic its:i- ;,
. _
tntions, the . . rship and their sane- I''!
tuary; one .pressing waut `Feliskilied, .! 1
'whieti, if uusupplied, would iendf::r
au iudependeui, ' national es.istet.c.c -r;
- impossible; th4' needed a country fi I
suited to their character, poSition,'
glad destination. That Country, •is._.•
now given tothem; it is the land of
their - fathers, , abounding-- fu 'sacred • '
associations, admonitions
,and wara-:. ' .
tugs."- The land of 'danaan is. (.I.c
•scribetl - from . its southern to its;;
northern
porthern bound (''from the ;wilder-:
aess—that is, the Desert of-'•ALrahia— . : ,
and this' Lebation,"j and:" froth its, 1 .
cistern to its western limit, ("flied
grea:t river, .the river T.aphiates, nn-1
I.; the Great Sea," the Mediterrane.-
au). It is defined as .!`all tile loud
of the Hittites,"—a general 'erur lorT•
'the Cana.anMs.
, -.
2.d. Encouragement. - Ver§es 5,:).
. - -I-
Phree times 'he is ' exhiirted to - b:i'..;
4rorig and firm. Sot to be depress-..1,. 1
ed by a sense of. unfitness or inefid.-1
ciency. Not to suppose that ip. could T
no t
.do the work . withoutalost-13. '.l: a 0
God who gave 'wisdom ..andl suce,ss.ri,
o Moses woad be with Lioni.l Aticil
he is poinved to a, sure guide{ Vs. .1 - ,J
S. . The. book , of the law 11inst bc,-,, L
,lonti'anally in his mouth. Ho turt.: . -.
-peak of it to the people—teach then - 4
God's will and procept;'and In orderi
i .
to do' this,lll
he' mumeettat +la it...b:l _
dilyand by night. . The woriof Goal
tau t dwell in him licitly, in ; all was-.j
doin' and spirittial understandiog- C . --=.l
Noticti Ist. The faithfulness of- - .
G id. -I.will not fail the& nor fot4
s. kl't; thee.'!. .1
211.-The invincibilitv.of th 9
- -- •
wllidi
Siugu-
B•itisti
God. "There shall no manrbe algel
,
ro .
stand before thee.". ,H. lipirri, ..i vi:•1
o
16. Philip's iv: 13. "bee s t ud Gcxl
always make a, insj.)rit3r.,." i J.
3d.• The nt-cessity forpourage..l
Elmo enj,,ieed. Why are Chritn.iwil
•-zo disposed to d,,nbt and timidity ?•!
1. Their hearts are onlypartial:A
I..anctitied. 2.. Their , faith in.p4
,1
feet. They will persist in t iwalkini
by sight. What is the tr
,e source! .
of courage? God's - Word. .We mnsfr'
meditate in it until woo tire fo i led. withr
its wisdom and grace, and then teach . ;
it to Others. Clear rind' fail knowlil
iedae of the 'Word gives fait in. th 4
'.tord, and thus, makes thelielieck e
strong for duty. Grace ee tl.-'ro!',
i
the truth, not apart froni: - i . ;
. I lan;
xvii: 17. • • - , 1. 1
, ~
rt)n CAnnAuc •INTonlis.—LA
rorrespendent' states that buckwhf-at.
flour sifted through a .6lave .in
evening or in the morning, when thd
dew is on will 'effectually eradieate
cAbbage "corms. Two, applieation4 „
(Ind .often = one,) do' the, work;
He has , suceeededed raisin
splendid eabbag,e,while hip wighbofp
who (114 note use the remedy, havi;
invariably failed. It is far preferable
- to hellebore, or any other article fcifF
tho...purpoSo, and has the advantage
of being harmless.
Do ygniiitainess proniptly 01
boie not a.,l4l;intss man.,withio*
I.
, ,
He who paya. Inforthss is iitiryea
bitiundlawigi
JANUARY 3, um.
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