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VOLUME xxrn.
J. O. hut
SPRING OF 1875.
J. TRoST &.soNS
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eta
DOWrecelF
lit their anal eaL „,
ply at Geode fee the
'Trade, sod bar& as ammiTOrtlietr
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) MARKET IN THE WORLD
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Largest and
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OUTSIDE OF NEW YORE
While our assortmenlof
CHAIRS,
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BUREAUS,
STANDS,
TABLES,
LOUNGES, &C.,
Was, never. better
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
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If you are In need of anything In the line of Under
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AND
LOWEST PRIOES,-,
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*irgemenber, in, are sailing 'goods cheap, far
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Clivi Us A CALL.
41. 0; FROST k SONS,
Main Street.
ISl==:
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The grim b heavy wlthlbe dew,
The siy Is Kitt Above her.
The'snollght deters en her Toth,
The ionthhite seem total's ber•,
They tilt obint her Wealth the ste,
And elni their meted pralsei,
The gusset ipetnt to klu bet feet, -
The clover and the daisies.
Mil
Oh. happy days; Oh S joyful past
Too dear to be but fleeting
For little ]land Zoog years, ago,
First heard the angel's greeting;
lint when the children home from Pcboul
Come trooping thrdtrgh the rimer,
' ' , Agala I feel !melt ahoy,
. And lire the old days over. -
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4.
MISS DOLLY COED.
I shouldn't be surprised any day,
Dolly * to see David Wiggin tying his
horse at your gate," said Mr. Blount,
rounishly, gathering'up the reins.
"ionsense, brother! anything the
matter with his own hitching-post P "
retorted Miss Dolly, turning to the
doorway.
Mr. Blount laughed. Everybody
felt bound to laugh at Miss Dolly's
crisp saying. She t had kept her
friends in good humor these forty
years. • i r
"And when, David' does call ;on
you," pursued Mr. Blount, more 'seri
ousy, " I do hope; Dolly, you'll give
him a chance to do his errand.
That'll be no more'n fair, and the
man won't be easy till he has freed
, .
his mind."
"What mischief are you the foie.,
runner of now, James Blount?" cried
iss Dolly, facing about like a gid
dier in a dream. " Whit upon earth
have Ito do with David's errands "
`‘-‘ Well, his wife's been dead a year
or so," said Mr. Blount, suggestively,
shutting one eye ani.l.squintingdown
the length of his. Whip-stock, "and
lately he's been asking about you.
Yon can put that aril that together
to suit yourself."
" Fiddle-sticki!" 'Said Miss Dolly,
energetically.
" I shan't say have him?. or don't
have, him—but there isn't a likelier
man living than David--but I do say,
Dolly, you ought to give him a hear
ing." And having r convinced himself
beyond a doubt that the whip was all
right, Mr. Blount tickled his sleepy
horse with it and drove away. . L
" Oh,my sorrows !" ejaculated Miss
Polly,'closing the door with an afflict
ed . countenance, and sitting doWn
so quietly for once that a photo
grapher might have copied her then
and there.
Not that. he could have done her
justice; for her eipression wasoi
.quick and varied to be caught by any
trick of chemicals, and without it
Miss - Dolly's physiognomy' would
have been rather characterless hut
fOr her prriminent Roman nose. This
organ gave tone to her face. By
i l whieh I would not be understood lit
erally as saying that she talked thro'
'it in a nasal whine. I mean simply
that in .a metaphorical sense this bold
'feature spoke loudly of energy. And
Miss Dolly had;always had abundant
need'of energyelse wflY the nose?
Every two years during her child
hood she had been tip-toed into the
east bed-room to see a new baby, till
at her mother's death five little
ROCKERS,
brothers fell to her charge to be
coaxed and scolded into manhood.
"You can't bring
,up them boys,"
eroked a dolorous aunt. "They'll run
square over you, DorotAlmeda.",
Dorothy Almeda was Miss Dolly ,s
baptismal name, but it was so mani
festly too big for her that most of her
Mends would as soon have thought
of labeling a tiny homeopathic vial
with a quack-medieine advertisement
as of calling her by, it.
"Let 'em run over me as long as it
doesn't hurt 'em I" laughed Dolly,
skewing her flaxen hair with a goose
quill, and tying a tow apron over her
calico long-short, preparatory to
"bringing up" said youths.
From that day forward she went
cheerily or, making the best of eve
rything, though it must be confessed
slie often had odds and_ends to work
with, as people usually do who are
born pith a faculty. Somehow she
found time for all her duties except
matrimony. If that was a duty' it
was • one she couldn't and wouldn't
attend to while ber father and chil
dren needed her. Divers young men
thought this a great pity, among
them David Airiggin.
" Don't be slilY, David I" said Dol
ly, when he hinted. Its much to her,
whereupon David went off straight
way and married Olive Searle, the
plainest girl in,the parish. This hap
pened thirty . years ego, and now Da
rid was again wifeless, and again the
current of his thoughts turned 10 - -
ward Miss Dolly, 'who lived it the
f,ld homestead near the foot of Bry
ant's Falls. Her. &tiler died' some
monthfc'before. Of the boysi - likunii
and Ezekiel had settled on neighbor
ing farms, and the remaining three
were in the West. David's berm*
PLUSH
AND
lent heart warmed with comismisioit
as he remembered' Dolly's lonely
condition and he felt that it would
be exceedingly kind in him to offer
her a home, especially as he owned
as good a place as you'd find on the
river,
while the Blount cottage vie
fast filling to decay. He wouldn't
let her former refusal of him tell
against her, for, now he looked Nt*
he really didn't - see how she could
VieOa.
MEI
TIN omit - mos WA il. c
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anapelybeetianel apt* white, '
And neatly-attire dreams,
vnth braided bat that Inanely shades
Her =of Wain tresses;
Down the itaintdotry% fair and prat. =
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• The Country' leheokitalm prism
Eaeb morn, with mmHg heel to greet
The biddies and the Wats. ;
The children roanit the icboo46oose door
Make haste to 001 theft flreetinifi
Their sham feces itusheit with joy.
Their little hearts fast Wain; f
Alit ye who claim lifeb nlessures vain,
Have Deter known what teas is, . '
Unless your youthful lips torte felt
' . The country school tnab.m's kisses. •
•;.
Alt 7. well do 1 remember saw%
In other stammer weather, t
fair Ilttle Maankand I trastred down
The evantry mad together,
Iler dinner' pall swung on her 'nits' , k
The meadow larks were Winging,
While from Its !mar perch, the thrush
Had act the hedge-rows ringing.
1=;l1
Mill
TOWMD
have *Tried anybody at Ahat-petkid4
She Ought to be rewarded forthe do;
%rod= she had shown to - the.. ihmikfi
and, 'ger his- pirt,,• he felt mr4pa!riit
nous I enough ; to give, her. if .aecond
chance to accept him.. , Such *as the
Worthy' widower's utiitecf I mind
whea he asked James 131Ormi, With
mocked humility, whether it: Wotild
be of ant nsa Mr hint to try to make
a bargain with Doily. 1 { 1
"That's MOO I can tell,',' Mrj .
Blot hid • abs*ered; "Dolly's a
merle.. You'll have to find 6 t for
ycarlf." - • • ; . .. i
antic W
Wiggin'smiledi-in com cent
3fi l idg
ish tlf iteeeplanO. ' eed;
IT it = ht not . seem like a renioach
to . e 'memory of his Wit Olive v 'I.
.should say that -the . kind-hearted
man (rejoiced in this opportunity of,
=kin Miss Dolly's happiness.
Permvoience was in his face,', be
nevolence was in. his spirit, as be *al
lied forth at.an early day to acquaint
her With her good fortune The bro
ken. harrow which he had strapped
Into the wagon to give the neighbors
a plansibleleason for his trip to. the
Falls was by 40 means typical of
Mental laceratft in its owner. ' Its
feeling - 4 he Ipproached Miss Dolly's
Moss-growntottage. was purely .one .
of thankfulness that it Was in his
power, to provide her a better home.
Not that he was grateful to his dead
wife for leaVing a vacancy there. Mr.
Wiggin had mourned faithfully for
Olive a year and a day. ; - •
Miffs Dolly was out in the garden
gathering catnip. She never used it
herself, but there were nervous old
ladies in the village who looked upon
this herb •as the substance Plensant
dreams are made of, and Miis Dolly
dried t every year, and o ft en le ft lit
tle bundles of it when she';Made vis
its of Consolation. She hid built a
ichip fire .under the tea-kettle, and
then whisked off to pick ati apronful
of the 'pungent leaves while' the water .
;Was bOiling. There she was, stooping
:beneath the haves of's log-Cabin sun
bonnet, and humming 'a liVely fugue
tune, w h en Mr. Wiggin drove up.
"1•0;ine. my beta+ , haste away.' "
:piped 1 31iss. Dolly, eheerily, snapping
.briskly at the stalks. • •
•-• Cut short the honprot the delay.
Fly Uke a youthful— , " i
" 'fly ftke a youthful--" 'struck
in a wheezy bass.
The I sun-bonnet tipped bitoit like a
cart body.
" Sakes alive 1" cried Dolly, not in
the words of the hymn, as,'Mr. Wig..
gin str i cale toward her on his slightly
rheumatic legs. '
'.." " I don ' t mean to put yo u out," he
laughes4 shaking hands heartily,
".but it seemed kind o' lateral to
taken party With you in Invitation."
-:'
"You always had a way of falling
in at the most unheard-of time, I re-
Member," retorted Miss Dolly sauci
ly, recovering herself, and 'going, on
gathering catnip. She was fifty years
Old now, and hoped she had her Wits
about her.
" You used to say I kept good
time, only too much of it," pursued
Mr. Wiggin l with a . sudden inspira
tion ; "but I tell yoti whit, Dolly,
time never dragged with me then as
it does', these days !"
i .".It is a dull season," said Miss
Dolly, With 'exasperating simplicity.
',f,l suppose the grasshoppers have
eaten most of your wheat, haven't
they,l4o it'll hardly pay for reaping?"
' "Just *so " assented Mr.: Wiggin,
discomfitted. lie .had not: traveled.
five miles in the heat. to discuss the
. State lot' the crops. ' 1 . -
" Walk in and sit down, won't
you?" I said MiseDolly, with reluc
tant hospitality. Her apron was
crammed at last to its utmost :capac
ity. She devoutly wished it had been
Well,. ;" yes, I don't care if .1 do,"
answered Mr. Wiggin, after n hypo
cOtical . show of hesitation. "No
hurry though; as I know of,". and he
turned to let down the ban for Miss
Dolly, who meanwhile slipped nimbly
through the fence, catnip and all.
.."Bess my heart! I don't see but
what you're as spry as ever, ydu
said he, admiringly, ingly;as he piled along
in her Iwake. "Still you Must he
getting into years,l3olly, nt3 well as
offence, I hope—and I Was
wandering whether or no , it was n't
lonesorne for you living alone here---
O. woman so ?" I
Oh I was never one of the lone
. I
sotne kind," responded Miss Dolly
briskly, , seating her guest in the
patch-work cushioned rocking-chair ;
and, for that matter, hardly a day
passes without some of aims' folks
running in to see me."'
" Yes, I know • but if on was Ito
change your 'situation wouldn't yen
enjoy life better,,tliinir I '
Miss Dollylidgeted at the green pa
per: curtains / and intimated that her
prOent happiness was aamPlet t e if
the. grasshoppers would stepleeding
on her garden sauce.
"':That's just it," continued - Mr.
Wiggin, 'eagerly; " yon .do seem to
need a man to look out for yonr
farming 'interests, now don't you,
Dolly ?—a man that'll be ready and
willing to do for you, and make Tim
comfortable ?" I ,
"I don't know," said Dolly, dryly.
"The year before my &tiler diedl:
did ( haye 'Silas POtter, and Ale', is t e
mod creature living; b t
Whit with the extra 'cooking and
*milting I had to do for liim,my work ,
war.:about doubled, and when muoil
time came I was glad to send him off
and hire by the day. iabOut male
up my mind' that mei= folks :"round
the house cost more% they kxine to!"
"I guess we don't underntand one
another," said .Mr. Wiggin,
.slightly
discOncerted by this tmftttcring vier
of hiase " I *asn't 0e 1 44 31 g pf
hired help, _MO. youid
get tired with that; ft's. wioryino
a wdman.l Bnt if ynn th have*
veatapsnioti; new —= one Wo d
givelyou.it kook** with', w
Andwateituuleicover—"_ _
"Shoo! shoo! " cried Miss Dolly,
flying out ,lkfter On hiqUltingchicken
' on the deerstep. ' I ,
drei Ids red *l[o7
I haudkerelAif froin his hat to wipe MS .
glomming fad
How's iour health nowadays '
iaked
Tay good.; msailtablir good ! I
don't - A:now where you'll find a mart;
Dolly, with a tongher constitution
than ,I've - got."
" Ah !" • Mu Dolly blushed like la
BMW in October. . -
**Rims orbtait*curtoN 011 AsT ,
.BRADiORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING.'
" " pursued Mr. Wig:"
gin, persever ingl y , " and I'M tolera
bly well
nothing to hinder
me from manying again; provided I
can see a Woman to my mind."
- "There's the„ deacon's widows"
suggested Dolly t officiously; ." she's.
pi 0011; ecOtiotniw—"
"She's left with means enough ,to
earry her through handsOmely,l in
terrupted Mr, Wigtin, quickly. "Sow
I'd rather have.a wife to provide for
—one that needed a home. In fitct,
Dolly, I have my eye on the 'little
woman I want this, minute I"
• 110 had both eyes on her, for that
matter, and Miss Dolly wasgroiced
to recognize the Zituation, whether
she accepted it or not
" I've managed to itaptr. 'my tea so
far, David, without calling upon my
neighbors," chirruped she, stwping
to lay straight the'braided mat, and
I might as well keep on. I don't feel
it a tax, as some folks would. Bllt
there's Martha Dunning, she's having
a hard time to get along. Why don't
you take • her, 'David ? She'd' like
your house."
"It , would - seem as if 'most any
woman might," said Mr. Wiggin, in
an injured tone, "all finished off com
plete, painted outside and in—"
-"he'd be delighted with it, I'm
mire of it !" broke, in Miss Dolly,
with an air of conviction, as she
darted into the kitchen to lift the
boiling kettle from the -crane. •
"Bat_ you don't mean that you
won't marry me, Dolly!" pleaded
Mr. Wiggin, anxiously, following to
the door.. " I've been letthe on stein'
you at the heid Of things in my
h ous e •
" Martha is a grand manager,' said
Miss Dolly, cooly. ,‘Ravid needn't
think he can buy me a set of
new buildings," added she, mentally,
snapping down the lid of the pug
nosed teapot.
" I tell you, Dolly, I won't have
Martha; I don't like her turn !" cried
Mr. Wiggin, testily; balancing him
self on the threshold, yet not daring
to step over it. 1
Miss Dolly gave her undivided
attention to winging the hearth.
" You know you [ was alwitys the
!woman of my choice. Dolly," pursu
ed Mr. Wiggin, as tenderly- as he
,could consistently with the distince
;between them, and we were both
young—"
u Psiusw 1" snapped Miss Dolly,
'scorching her wing; " that's beyond
the memory of min !"
Mr. Wiggin's position was becom
ing painful. ! Ile grUiped - the, door.
Post in either hand, looking wretched
enough, to slay himself on the spot;
after the faShion Of Sampson. Evi_
dently.he had not touched the' right
Chord ns' yet. Miss Dolly was not
to be won by the attractions of wealth'
and position, nor even by tender allu
sions to the past lie would appeal ,
to her kindness Of heart.
" I used to believe you had some
feelin',, Dolly," said he, tremulously ;
"but you don't seem to have any for
inc. Here I am left alone -in the
world ; children all paired ME 'thout's
Matilda, and she'll go before
_the
snow flies; house empty—" -
" I suppose you can have a home
with unyone of your boys, and wel-
Come," put in Miss Dolly,Asin' tly,
still fluttering about the chimney like
ti swallow.
1 "Yes, if worse comes to Worse I
Suppose can, " assented Mr.*g
gin, mournfuly, anything but' Con
soled by this reflection. - "It Would
break me down terribly, theinglii you
May depend, to give up my Vain
that I set so mach ,by, and Crowd
myself onto my children." '
No response save the elatteritig of
the_.tongs.
1" And it's dreadful melancliolbus
iness for, a man at my time of life to
drag along without a partner.,l'm
getting to be old, Dolly.' Mr. Wig
gin brushed his sleeve across hit eyes
a sehtool-boy„ might hare , done.
wyes, I'm. getting to be old,:D011y,"
hp repeated, brokenly; "and it - stands
to' reason that I haven't many years
tO live •'
but I did hope we might go
&Own hill together; Dolly, you
ebirkin' me up with that spry way of
yoUrn that I always took to, and I
carryin' the heft - of—"
Mere Miss Willy gave a little snuff,
nothing worth' mentioning 'only for
the effect it produced On Mr. Wig
gin. Indeed, had his ears been . vs
old as he pretended,l he would not
have suspected her of being affected
by anything more, serious than a cold
in the head.
" Can't you - maim. up your mind to
haire me, Dolly ?" pleaded he, cross
ing the threshold in his hopeffil eag
eniess. "I don't see how I'm going
to '
stand it if yoU can 4 t."
" Then Martha wouldn't snit ? "
said Miss. Dolly, archly, making a
great'pretence of wiping a cinder
ftoin her eye. "What a shame, now,
when she needs the, prOperty so
ninCh I "
" i llang the property 1 , l'd'mortgage
thew hole of it rather than not get
you, Dolly !" cried ',Mr. Wiggin, with
a vehemence that . . quite close d her
mouth;
4nd so at last We had Miss billy
cornered. . • ,
I i never ran for office but once. At
the :earnest Solicitation of my friends,
in an unguarded moment, I allowed
myself to ' be announced as a candi
date for the office of Justice of the
Peace. Previous to this fooliiih move,l
hadlbeen considered a decent sort of
a man, but the next day, when , the pa
pers came out they were filled with
accounts of my previous history that
would . have curdled the, blood : of a
Digger India' n. A, susceptible 'pub-.
lie was gravely informed. 041 was
not fit torliie that T„Wlis
most n fool, beildes .I come West
tinderverrsttapielcus circumstances
I had, `starved yky. gni) idniotbSy zto
death and then sold her remains tot
saap[factory. I had dtolen
and
and
organ from a blind' cripplet: and run.
tiwayi, With the - pOceols of 'a - charity'
!kir. 'I had sold my grandfathees cof
fin forsl4 l and 'buried the old gent in a
boot,box. In utter despWir I nisheil
around to headtptartent, withdrew
my.nande and "swore a swear tiniti
would *ewer indulge in polities nil&
And 'I never wi11..--trohn Quill.
A LoneßriwA • balor_ lea received
twit X. a ten ,ftuland dollar legaey t
plobablt knead it. •
JULY 1, 1
131
WIT dI~D antbitstit ifMnw
r
It ; is WellitHOlrn,that some of the'
judges in. **loud were very relue.l
tent to engpree-the, law againtit: the i
ministers of the 464101.f0r eze„rPiOng
their profession *Merin 'fairing talp' l
en the test i:4l lid .livallid" the
4elYes.9offearebeneftto
hOse Iflm,vteroseetted4, We tattle
following'as told to us, vouching ,fpir
bothing: . !'
Three miiitsteis'ehargid with ti e
crime of,lheagl earlijs
Del of t 4 8 5n. 0. - 900vIre
pct before a ,#tcbtin. pdge;-.. - ,l l lley
were regratirly, indieted, f etid it
..era
understood: bit the •prbOf s?gainsk
thetnwatiierYelettf,
you. a pieseher?" said :
dudg.e.to - ounef.then-
YeN 8 1 4 P .feplied,the culprit.; -
"'To what denominitticin .do you
belong?" •
"I am a Christain, sir." (With
dignity.) • r
".A Christain I :'.
,What ~do-you
Mean by that f, Are not ell pkese4l ,
esif Christains?"
" belting tO the'seet us' tially 'Oilt
edi but wyongly
( Not ao.ittueb,digniiy. )
‘‘ Alt! Then-you bellevelpaptizing
people, in order that they may,.be
born ligaWdri you?" ' " •
doodr." (Defhintly.).
4 Mraerifk.difitehatge that man f
lie, is, .an inflow:Annul! Ile isindlet.
ed for lireitehifi,g :the, govelould
there is not a irord'orgospel itpthe
stuff he Te is only some: of
Alexander Campbell's nonsense.
Discharge the man 1" •
Exit Campbellite,_ greatly rejoice
ing.
"_,are you a preacher!" said the
Judge addressing the second crimi
nal. , -
'"I am, sir," said the, miscreant.
"Of what denomination are you ?"
"I am a.' Methodist, . ' sir." (His
looks showedlt4 - , -
"Do you belive . ; in falling from
grace ?" . 2
"I- do, sir." (Without. hesitation.)
"I? l o you believe in *prifilding peo
ple instead 'Of briPtizing them?"
" I tenure that peoployeanlie. bap
tized- by sprinkling." (Muchoffended4
"Do you believe in baptizing
babies ?" ,
"It is mi Opinion, sir thatinfants
ought to be baptised." (Inillgantly.)
"Not a word of Scripture for any
thing of the kind, sir!" !shouted his
Honor. Mr. Sheriff, turn that man
loose! He isno pracherof thegospel 1
The gospel is truth, and there is , not .
word of truth' in what that man
teaches ! Turn lira loose r It is
ridiculousto indict men onnuch friv
olous pretences! Turn him loose!"
Methodist disiappears, not,' at all
hurt in his feelings by the judicial
abuse which he has received.
"Whitt ire you, sir?" said the
Judge to the third felon.
"Some people -.call me a preacher
sir." (Meekly.):
" What is your denomination ri
"T ain a Baptist." ( Head up.)
• 'His Honor's countenance fell, and
he looked sober; and after a pulse
he said : •
gra " ce DoI" you believe in saltation by
cc I do." ( Firmly.)
-" Do , you teach that iimmersion is
the only baptism ?"
That is my doctrine," (Earnestly)
w And yon baptize none but those
whO believe in Jesus Christ?"
" That is my faith and practice."
( With emphasis.) 1
" Hy,friend, I fear it will, Godard
with you. I see.yon are indicted.for
preaching the gosikl, - Mid. it apOars
to nie thatltl - yOni`owil Confession
you. are .guilty."
11apistioaed pretty , blue.. 1.
"May.it Pisan Your, honor," • said
the Iraptist's_ counsel, springing to
his feet, " that man 'never preached,
the gospel: have - hotO him say a
hmidluttinies that he only 'tried. I
have heard hip;kiry, myself."
Sheriff,discharge this man
He isr:nOt indicted for trying ! 'There
is nothing said about mere effort !
Let him go, sir-! I am iuitonished
that the'State's attorney 'should an
noy the court with frivolous indict
ments!"
Exit Baptist, determ'ined to " try "
again.
Coijrt adjoMrned.
kl4J.l o 4,l4Aaihb:l4;l:4m:4:iefil
I will not try to tell over again the
story of the battle, for it is in every
school history. It is enough now to
know that at one o'clock the British
army' landed' in good order at 'Moul
ton s Point, and immediately formed
in three lines, while the barges re
turned to Boston for more troops,
who arrived at three ; that the British,
some three thousand strong, advanced
upon the American works; that they
were driven back with fearful slaugh
ter; that they adVanced again, with
the games of the' burning town to
veil their mo4ements, and were again
repulsed ; that they rallied again with
reinforcements against the Ameri
cans, who were not only worn clown
With labor and testing,. but out of
ammunition ; and at about .five o'clock
after this bloodyContlict of an hour
and , a half with raw voulnteers, these
picked soldiers of :the' British army
took possession of thehill theit had
served:them for a..retreat.pn the &-
Mous 19th of April, with more than
a thousand dead and wounded as the ,
price of their iiictoity, among these'
129 being among the killed. The
Arneric4o had 7 140 killed, 271
wonniicd, and 30 Captured, qr. 441 in
all, in a foreepiobibly net exceeding
fifteen hundred Mi4fictuallyTengliged.
' The "'Btitis4, 'fife - limit' tridhful
hart lek "--hiraciuf 'thous:
acid iodetrbti otttlieNkiarril
lig' re itietaid p t u'
eiCAliefit pf ='.
iiPtiiitenly 'doe; nonieldapthe
Ballo* Itiurgtninein tgllcritish
shiPsfirTif) iiitre so naive in thWilght,
and wlln killed the Sint Aniericxin in
tliti fejt - •
`, 'That *atr.a sad width* for lioston
and" pe43pyi'aread
end • that *eat down jkariendor be !
biiiriAi •rtiCna ar;that Earned town .
ikftOltuiC olr
oldie" dim - I'lJ a' eh/ ,tr - death:
Brits ai YO Am cannwhalnui been
in Innis other due
iii"thelvdd otwocklistifi; the agony of
bOitilltkl,Rd; and the need of the
IMMO
■
Ilivine 1 , , oinforter. The chimes ,of
Christ Church did not probabl , ring
out afteri the din of battle titpea led
and night_Clunei on_ t - bat theylintst
have ' tolled when MajorPiteetires.
body.waS - brought therefor. thiiiairie.
at service„ and interred ander the'
nrch.l Iffe'was'a braii'andlindly
man, !be las Apparently lieeninis
iunierstniikand intitled brit acts
of atroeit) , Irbil% he abhotTedi -Ilia
natio heads the largelist ofj Otis!'
pfficeri who Were killed or io ed
in the'. ttie#thirteen; kilt `and 1
t aril
seventy ounded, • a pmporti ft-gni{
lugs as 'put thit battle-oriel foot
inig with the carnagcoffbebeeend,of
Minden: ,I The lossea on Vic .Al4erit
,can.sidO iere not so many nor so emir]
splettoils i but one num melt 2 Whose 1
'death wati life to his cutfiPanions - tind 1
kis cause, and, with All alloWitnee for
local and rsenid rriendobiNutPat"
riotic eia ratioNthere is no, unlit
that.Arlien r. Joseph. .Warren I died;ll
New England liberty had its!nuirtp,
and Anit*lcea hero who :might for
her thenceforth with weapoaa tkat are
weal, and with a. valor that knows
• . , .. .• .
no weariness, , and wants no rood or
Clothing or anus:.
_Warren , . was a
noble . MO, and did a great deal for
the . pi4riot eatuis but his life owl his
deatiOpoliA _Pore.. thali 'he i.Or- any
WIT, ele . ,e *new at the, time. .11e....ip5,
as we Aigill see,, a , text mit of the
book of humanty and of God - tbat
Maori i: was' then enrolling:—Dr.
SAMVX,TAPEICIOOD, in Harper'ig Maga
zine forlJaly.
=
lil Y~DlaiQ~ imam
`.
Prodding to. QuimPerle, I round
here ansither.curious and very pretty
little_ town strugglihg up` a hiltaide,
and often *.ntioned. in the igloWing
Pago 'of- Froissart. - A faraousTari
don, or
..:saint's festival, is held. ;here
in summer, apPropriately . celebrated
in the foreSt of St., Maumee; becanie
it is ealledthe "Pardon des Oiseanx."
It is estienUally a bird festival, for
all kinds of. birda, not-only fewls,but
orioles, ivoodpeekers, larks, not only
fowls, but orioles, woodpeckers, larks
and various wo odland songstera,:are
brought lon thii -occasion in cages,
and are' bought and' presented. by
- levers .to'.- - I their _sweethearts. We.,
should,pallithts.a bird fair, but they
managother things better in
St. Maurice, who'seems to have
beeni_bird fancier, possiblya natur
alist-and ltaxidennisthas been named
the patron of this festival. Such a
saint is in .one worth having !
Political ecOnomists pretend that the
division of labor is compratively
a modern device, suggested by .the
highei civilization and increasing
needs of ISoeiety in these latter days.
It is timethat these gentlemen i shiould
be informl that they labour Under a
mistake. ne has but to look Over
the saints'. calendar .of Brittany to
find that a : es ,ago,the system'oflithe
division of abor was introduced into
heaven, and to each saint Waal as
signed •. :a specialty to ; which
I
he, was' ,: t devote his undivi
ded attention for the remainder of
eternity-. to, one ^is awarded I the
cure Of lunistics; to another the *e
of rhumatieS, another yet must li4en
to the prayers. of those afileted With
earache or chilblains; one takes care
of, larribs,iao another: protects lasi
ry-maids ; 1 ! another . makes a specialty
of healihg cows, horses, or pigs; And
veterinary siirgeons may stand aside
for in linttitily their fees are; small.
compared i "th those paid at 1 the
shrine of St. Mathurin, the., patron of
sick cows.i ,it only St. glolln. l o
'eOrisulted a nd well feed when thep...
itiiioty was iii &Iv" York, hnw Ininch
might ;been saved I As things
are puncied in Bzittainp the -doe
torOnve lint a poor time of fit s While
the aaints:'.gTow rich, or the prieitti
*lib tend their Shrines.' the Chu rch
_ A
of St .',Arnie 1 ati•Auray is called he
tuna ;t
sow q, the Bishop of,Munies,
such is thcwealth it brings into his
I coffers._ 'Poi' _every possible need of
succor a saint; exists , to grout the hid.
re,clulreil ;• 4i, for example,a legend
on One of the stained wi ndows ),0 8 t ,
put pp in **shrine of St Anna runs
as follows :, , "Santa ns, port aisnre
aux havigatlUllii.' .7 M While the saints
thus have their allotted departinents
the 'Virgin Mary exercises general
superintendenee' over this corps] of
ministering spirits, and, affordi'i a
a source olf;final snplication and 'aid
.in extreme eases; hence no one nqed
apply for assistance to Christ or sod,
who arelhtis set aside in the conduct
of human Sitairs . ...--Prom " Wander-.
ings in Brittany," by S. C. W. pis-
JAMIN, in ilfarper's Magazine for
~
July. , i
- 1 '
i'''•
1
THE TRUE LADY
A lady - COrrespondent writes very=
sensibly: abont the , duty of a woman
to'be a ladki when she says . : " Wild
ness is a thing which girls cannot 'lid
ford. beliency is a thing Which vitn
not be lost 'awl' found. No art
restore to the grape its bloom. -
•miliarity without lore; without con
fidence, without . regard, is dot*.
tivt , of La th s& makes woman einit
ing,and ennobling—' •
"The world is Wide, these things ate small,
They may be nothlwg hot they're
Nothing! 'it is the, first duty et a
Woman to be a lady. Good breeding
Is goo!i. Sense. Bad 'manners in Ito
inan ,is immorality. Awkwardne;F
may be ineradieable. Bashildnessiis
constitutional. ignorlince of eti
quette the' result of circumstances.
All can be condoned, and do nOt
banish man: or *email from die
'amenities .of their kind. But sel .
Pgssession, unshrinlting awl aggres
sive coarseness ofl demeanor,-.may
reckcliefl as4,peindjilence, and cer
tairqyalipe4ts -.the .mild: form of
st hint Alec ' imprisoinient for lite;
lerl44iiiiemertor -Wifien tee.
tared oittheir... It 14 1.
teg, f4l4l.nethatv :they. peed it. - Ayo-;
men um the. *wires. of society.
is they .to, :Whom' all mooted poi
iboidd be referred. TO be a ladyt t is
inesit tliafilo'be a initice: 'A ladyils
alwayalitleT tight inalienably wor
thy.
_qf ,reset,. a lady t prinbo
and iitike 'Fbow. Do, notlie
tiltrained. DO pot have iffirdsps
t need restraint. Do not to
dance With'the prince insoughi. Psiel
difereatly. Be sdelt that yon eon*,
bettor.. *T& younielf bo lofty' tho
urea will look up- to you , for
. .
EIZIZZIffi
111
.
=I
=EZ
' '(I
ti
ir
not at you in
8 entiMent
reverimee.
.btgitee whe'• i
'cotnither..2t,,
,propriety.
r 7f9pitdeit .*4
• fitcirld!y, 1y tot .1
iseriEliteat, hi
she , shiradd be'
ecives; an-
Col. Ora° •
of:Congresi
'Story abant,a
at his_ office,
to, be, an edito
was a yery s:
looked as the
conic off re°
Bowfin Prof°
attitude, with
and the citpe
- used Plug hat,
inatie air: ,
"Hare i ;th
the Mon. OrzQ
".My name
longer an hon
nel.
" Not an I. h
nn .1 1 9n9nible
when scan.
'Well all the
their seal, 1 .re
ble."
"That's rig .
er_read anythn
to businese
"__Yes, -
am a printer
unbecoming bJ
front:the nobl ,
the °lily Statel
willing to sum
at the same tii
unfortunate:
tossed' about
Suno, and—,"
" You lino*
cried the eplon
111
"Buffeted
storm, yoil See
wreck. Scare
I left niy_ofllee
thy foreman.a
;s = ales. and
kiriguralley
sported. Bett
1
and—but
Enough that. heartened, rini
scorn fo point -1
ger at. ,As ;1
in despairhae
else I bid—l tl
aln.here. YOu
bOt I have, 'co
is known and
of this great
It r,
ras about to give up
gW,en up everything
F ought' of you. Sir e I
have, not sent fori me,
ne ! Your name, sir,
onored from one end
epuplie to the othcr.
toms tti Stan':
Refreshe
Warms Wrk.
,
`: ',,When tire;
threatened by
Cotingressmen,
of adamant be
those - infamd
Lend me a &dill
My deai sr
ned to explaii
ease eotirely,;
is You wO - re !
Tiers hand 'lFa .
better ! "Let,
that -a . parpimon
frighten you ou
muneration foti
vices. I am gl
ark eirentnntand
-than I 'al:4)oo4e
lar:sl."
-. And ; the coin,
'only
wHATit
• . -gounnerce'- , iS .an ',occupation in
which mensery . each other ; i t is an
exchange in * '' lk*ith partieSinthe
transaction gat' something Which
they desire zoo ', than. the thing' he*
part with. - It ' ysotaetimes be that
the desire .whi ch, is' satis fi ed on the
one part or
- the -, the!. is one that had
better not be ',se ' ed ; Ithat' is a ques
tion of moral s' itli which we are not
now dealing. . ch exchanges are,
horreirer,.the 4 epticiti.. - The traSfic
in Commodities hat work permanent
injury.constitu ,-. but au insignificant
proportion of t' e vast. exchanges of
the world ; true i commerce -in useful
things lies at th,. very, foundation of
hiiiiian -welfare. Unless L a - good and
wholesome sill -, stench is possible,
there can be , nel her ' spiritual, Intel- i
lectual, nor ies i etic culture, .and i
sueh a subsisten 1 . is only possible to
the mass of nien by mans pf.'an ex
change of prody ts. All connueree
is ;'the aggrega of sm all , tiansae-.,
tiOns. The m I, In Who brings the
daily tointion O mil to blip who
dwells' in city ' 1 pr i town reriyesents a
coil of yas proportion, almost
eqeal inAhis ees 1 try„ n its aggre
gate valin, to th ± whole sum' .4 our,
foreign, importations. The '. i.allie of
dairy . products I consumed in the
United Stato ',O exported 'in the
1 p
forM of 'cheese ' d butter,' is- more
than $iomoo;p 1 O . Tlie' milkman is
the; representati
I T of ; One, nf. the,
branches •of co , merec which . has
grown to this ya , proportion during
.the ;century , and i which the people
of the United St.' tes have shown-the
greatest originidi -. The cheese fac
tory represent 'a . manufacture born
of thrift and:eke riseonly . , and our ,
exports-cif, Cheitie exceed ninety mil
lion pounds a l y are- I ,ED*ARD AT
xii•3oN, in' Har rs Magazine for
hdy. 1 i
•
,i .
[ I_l
FUN PIOT • FAOETIE.
A BOSTON viol, ! I gazing at liciad'it'
statue of "Baia:4;J ~ 4 nt , :the '004(104
the StaWiTeemp'#: outplieresebtlitiedi
_declare, about We mean
'esi ldetiir' Of Alee'' Was hin gton I ever
4 ; . ,;.,
•
t o
say his 'subject ,was y, able Mlnl to
the'deraise of bla i wil4:: was - made .by the
inexorable ypibater gay, "wear' the
" chemiie of his "
A PIIMER
two range from any
whir Magi his sign
• advertises for a baYl
lioa the country. pre
Art DastittO, wi
his shoulder ;
hortrar ii i, o . s wes. • •
Lis On the
t the'.
4rits*.:l;.il.CAlTT:.
I
111
Urn In Advance.
NUMBER 4.
_rebuke. The natural
• towards woman is
loses a large means
he is-obliged to ac
g to be trained into
-lnan'!i. ideal ,is not
'ln It *omen fails. in
; but if in grace; in
delicacy, in kindness
'rind wanting, he re
f 'hurt,
HIM.
•
1, • .
Dodds, late member
(mil Ohio, tells a good
I hp recently received
*mati.who claimed
'• m Arkansas Re
• - •
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Lb he had but recently
I a. 13ix - weeks': spree.'
tully,.then str i k ing an
one h . and ou hiwheart
1.. extending a. badly
e exclaiined. in. a dra-
I
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d. Dodds ? " •
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gable," said the iColo=
inornble Dodds not
Now, by fit. Paul,
that honest face on
gcslS do seem to set
d nothing-.dishonors-
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g di shonorable. , gut
I 1 say, to business. I
might say, with no
ush. an editor. lam
State of Arkansas--
by the way,
able and
4
1 rt two governments
e but I have been
MuCh have I been
bra' the ire of eruel
how it is yourself,"
I. 1
the world's rude
me , here a stranded
three mouths !past
lilin charge of my mor
sought the peaceful
retreats ot Abe Mus
where my childhood
nth*, 'i stopped in
ell into bad company
" dwell, on details'?
am,. that I am-dis 7
1
, broke ! a mark for
'er slow unerring fin
_
In Mei breeze
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tional treasury Was
a horde. .of greedy
iu stood like a wall
'weep the people and
s . salary-grabbers.
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" the colonel haste
i. .-
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1 was:one of . .the grab-
grasping the cola.
j y, SO, much the
e congratulate 'yOU
MS public could not
of what was fair re
.
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▪ d-fhat your.pecuni-•
are so Mitch better
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tel. did. It, was the
telt:for him to do.
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other, building, `and
the Endo of a tree,
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1- 1 ; •!---1. • 1 • -
The fourth gospel is proved by internal
signs . (I: ft 7, 40; xiii: 21; xxlr7, w; xviii:
.:.:
IN 10; xx: 2-8 ;) , and by the uniform testi- E'
numynfaatiqUity, tobnibe , Work of the
apostle John. ,T here is o".roso!l j to doubt .`.'
the statement' of lien+ and others, that r r ,
it was written; at' ;Plitsug- and the date a '
May be assigned from A.,:1).1 70 to poi '
Much has been, written as to diversity
Of 'styli and matter wbicii obtains be- -'
tweet} thks and the Synoptleal (i. e., the 't
first three) gospels; - but it is si tUdlicient
~
explanation that - the l4tter occupy them
selves mainly with the nature and moral i
requirements. of. Chrhit's kingdOm, while
St. John's 'gospel 'deals 'with' the deeper
spiritual verit" , 'Christfs, prson and
office. .It t ,;• • inlY of CbOrhit's,Jndic
an ministry, A . puraus a special and in
&pendent p ,' ; he great design being to
show that Jest's is the Christ,' the Son of •
God through faith hi . hose name eternal' 1
life is recitied. '-. ~ , •
-t , ,ei,
'The first eighteen 're ' are :known ors.
the
the prologue:. "It; is a condensed state- .
went of the results of . bin's contempla
,
tiou and experience as. faithful witness
of tii . e life and work of Christ on earth, •
and furnishes the key that unlocks the
truemeaniug, of the following narrative."
It treats '(1) of the. eternal existence of .
the Logos (vs. l-4i), and (a) of his histor- '
ical manifestation and tiork (Ts. 6-18).
I. The Eternal Existence of the Logos; _
(1 - sF t 1-1). These five ries' almost fall
intO poetic form, as any reader of the
Greek TeStament can see. -The sentences
- T
are short, i but they are raced and strain-
ed with the profoundeat - reesinio , i• t V. 1 :
"In the bitinning wai l (orlexisted) the
,
i Wa
Word ( Logos ), and the Werd s with_
God, and the Wonl Ira 4 goa) , L "In the'
beginning,"--tilis ca • 8 us back to the'
sublime opening of the ible' (Gen. i: 1).
)
The phrase in ball pia s means in the
beginning, of ereatitmo time. The Logos
(or Wont), existed before diehj e ,iuning
of creation or time, and therefore must be
eternal. •So EWald : ' The words, 'in
the, beginning, etc.," moan first of all that '
the Logos actually existed before the
world, or that there !fever, could be con
ceived a time in which lie Was not
.'al
ready." "Was the - Word," : ' (Logos).
The Greek word, logos means lxith'reasort
land speech: Used of 6hrist, it teaches
that as to his diVine nat n re, he stands in
the same relation to therinvisible Father
that the word sustains ,to the thought it
expresses. The Son is tho revoller of the
Father (i: 18). , The Spirit is te breath
- (pnennia),hy which the 7{ - ortl Ai spoken.-
" And the; word was with (or towards)"
God."' The idea is that of, inseparable
nearness and ! 'perpetu!ated
,inter-com
munion. . 1 " 'life face o the everlatiing
-Word was, ever directed owards the.ever
lasting Father.' FreF.ternity there- ,
ia
fore the Logos existed i i reciprocal love
and fellowship With the Father. This
proVeS identity of . tiaterl. ilut"St. 'John,
goeS on to state this icreat , cardinal truth
unequivocally : , I,'Alll the Wen] was
God.". • ;The Son,' therefore; is not merely
nice Goat; he is' himself God. lie is the
same in stibstanee, equal in power and'
glory with the Father. '• . ,
v
, Verso !.1 : "Th l e same was (existed) in
the . beginning , witli(lowanis) , God."
liere the idea 'is (assmuing What has been
said of his identity of substance with the
Fatheri his distinctnessi • separateness of
personality. The same loges (and no
other bigo.4) is eternal God, and yet a dis-
tinet person of tire, Gi:oilheatt. 1 The glory
1 of Christ is i set forth here against three
great errors : 1. His flternity (against
Arianism): "Inn ;the b4inning was the
'Word." 2. Ills dist .) net personality
(against Sabellianhen) : ' The Word was .
with . (in intimate personal intercom
mullion with) God."'- f 3. His essential
divinity (against*Chtiainsm andillation
alisni) ; "And l ,.the Word wai God,
(Schaff). This conipletes"the statement
of the relation of Christ,."thin 'the Gob-;
his
head. 'Next follows relation, to the
it
world. . . , ' '
' Verse 3 1," All thing,s were made thou'
him, -and except through him ova. not
anything made that,hath been, de."; ; •
This Word, ,as the reveder ofthe ether,
created the.rniverse in all its forms,-ma
total and spiritnal ff'al'xiii: 0Y• But.
this work of creation wa effected by the
.Spirit as the, .ExeentiveOf the Oodhead; •
(Gen. i:.2). ' .So that the Scripture doe
tririe;otcreation is' that it was -the work
Of the Father 'through the SOrr - in the
- Holy Spirit., .. This is iniireated I,Geri..'i:
1-3: God (the Fath -- er) created, ete. ',And
the Spirit Moved upon the facell of the
waters. 1 And God-`'said (the Wotrd). It ',
follows from ;this that
.matter is not un- "'
created 'and eternal (against Gnosticism'
and Materialism), !, 1 ,
Verse iv : ' l ' In him was life, and the
life was the light of in en." Life here
means pure, fancreatek original life. Ile,
is the ieurce of normal lift to all created .
thing-to plants, animals and men —of
phyiiail, intellectual, and spiritual life.
And this life is the light xi mankind. The
,kite which he gives in '6. pure form is
light-4. e. it is = knewledge. It is , so 'the
'
animal creation. It was light to Adam,
, ,
' and it is now light to all ithntenst Christ
and receive the fulness of his spirit. Such
are led of the Spirit'and taught of (3od.
Verse 5 : "And the light shineth in the
darkness, mid the darknesspomprehended
it not. 4". This word "shineth" '(as Alford
says), r" describes ° the whole proCess of '
the lot , and life' in the Eternal Word
shinintinthis evil and dark world; both
by; the "0. T. revelations,'' and by all the'
mattered fragment-4 of light glittering
antongithe thick darkness of heathen;
do ll3 -I'.! - 1 ! . ''• 1
1 11. , The historical manifestation Of the
,
Logos (vs. 6-14). yire hare (6-8) a brief
' mention of Jehn,the Baptist and of his '
tchttiee.to the Word. 11 was not the
original, underiied, :light, i but was "sent
by Cited to bear witness of this' light, anti
prepare men td receive hilt in incarnate
form. i Verse l 9 : , The true_ (genuine)
light,. which lighteth (shineth upon )'every
man, was coming into thelworld;" (i. e„ ',,
in Militant form). It had.iindeed (as stat
ed in v. 5) been shiphig in the world; filet
there was the'general fornt of its advent.
Versa 10 : " It Was in the world, and the '
world was mule bhim, and the World
There knew him not." had alio been a
special form of; its manifestation. Verso
11: "Re : cause to hia On Oswego* and' :
his °Wit peopived hini not." !That
is,ille-rgewish 'na4mr, as auch; selected
him; bat viinals, all onticgli the 0 . T
dispenodion,:reooived—him.- . And ; they
were mehly.blessed.; Nerse4S: 4 tWhoso-
ever rceeived him, to them gave he power
tabeetene thereibildren ..0 TIC 4 Iml to those
be - Th*o4, in • bli,nanie." -,' privilege
iintloweetbl*Onite God'a Aißdreni was .
tlielestrit ofan inward change.. Verse 13:
" Wlio*eira loin, not of - Was (s. e., by
natnratdeseent), Doi of thCirill of the
tleslii...S., human will), - *int' the will of
man (i.e., human teachhsgaind isample)
bat of God. Now we are henOt:lo the
historiettl manifodotion- and-thaarnatlan
of the LLogoe. Verse' 0: 1110 . Word
Ms made flesh" (became vi ‘4
sitable man).
Of this St. John was =I eyewitness.
"And dwelt (taberuacled) among mo, and
we beheld: hit glory (the mad fihelmmh,)
theglmy as of an only begotten from the
Fatheri . fu ll (i.e., the Logos) of grace and
truth;' ' '
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