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TERM:. INVARIABLY BASIL
*PnOtr,ictal,ani.Bu4neza Car&
IT. STREETER.
LAW OFFICE,
hug:o
OZ ERTON & ItERCITR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TOWANDA. PA. •
019oe over 11 , i:t2lly - es Store, [tnay67s
D'A. OVERTON. ROME'S' A. MERCUR
MONTANYE, Arroa
kJ NETS tit LOC—Office. corner of Main • and
Floe SL oppoat:e Or. Porter's Drug Store.
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_ tt r .• PATRIQK, ATTORNEY AT
LAW. 4 ):',l4;t—lfereurs Block, next door
'to Express Office, Towanda, ra.
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WOOD'
& SANDERSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. - TOWANDA. PA.
AS. WOOD. Ernay2l ,ISO. F. SANDERSON
T l 4 C. GRIDLEY.
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,ATTORNET AT LAW,
TowAx - DA, P.i.
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A prll I. ISt3
M.% SON".
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
TOWANDA PA.
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Office first doer south of C. B. Patch E s p.. sec
ond 'door. Nov. I. 'Th.
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• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
TOWANDA, PA.
(on tanr. (nor
Office 'with Smith k
GEOGE S
ATTORNErnier-LANT,
33 Chestnut St. TOWANDA, PA.
LatB of Pbilafloqplll4, - per. 9, -73
VILT MAXWELL,
ATV/I:NE YS k COUNSLORAT-LAW;
Cntfee over DiOlt , TrA Store, Towanda. Pa.
J. A NDREit" LT, WM. ]IIX ..
ELL.
(May be consulted to German.)
apr2975,
AIPPITERSOM & KINNEY,
T Try 3 SETS-. 1 T-7, A IV,
TOWANDA, PA. ()ince lit Tracy & Nob:es Block
Towanda. Pa.. Jan. In • ISM
vH. TITOIPSOIN, ATTORNEY
• AT LAW, WYALUSING; PA. Will attend
to all' busineAs en!rusted to his care In Brad Ford,
ullivan and . Wyotning Counties. 011ie:: with Erg.
Porter._ • Cuuclsti74.
ELSfI EE,
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TOW ANDA, PA
=ma
riVERTON & ELSBREE, Arroit
-I,f N SAT 1..\ sY, Towrorns.iP.s. Ilnt - Ing en
tered into troixtrinorship. offer their prof.es,ional
son - lees to the pahne. Special artentlim f.tiren to
hairless In the rri end Iteign•ter's Courts.
E. °VEY:TO:C..Iu . (aprl4-70) . N. U. ELSIIREE.
Tipaitt, CALIFF, ,
LAW.
- Tow ANIA, PA.St
(Mire In IV< od's II!Ac k. first dc•orsouth of the First
ational bank. uO-st airs.
lIA 1)11. rianS-731y-I . J. N. CALIFF.
JOHN
ATTOPoNEY AT LAT,
c eANtiImiSSIONERC
ToWANIL. "
06ce—North slat. Public Square
DVIES I
&ICARNOCIIAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ,
. INIERCUR BLOCK
I)re `23-75. ToWANPA,
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ToWANI, r hno-7o
E01.101:.' BLINK, Justice of
018 Peace and Conveyancer. ' Insular'Fe
AR , nt. 11 , 61.tay,v:ne..Pa.
1! , I arch li-i:.
(-IIF l EO. V. `PIER. C. E.. COUNTY
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vrf,::.—partteular atteiali , a glreu to
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(.. , 11,.t. over Po,: 0:11've.
i. y.1.13-7.7. t Towmt,la Pa.
1 . 11 - 1. S. M.' WOODBURN, Physi-
L 7 . elan a!l'i 5.117. , ca. <Knee over U. A. Black's
i : .-k..ry store.
T..watida. May 1. 1.721y*. _
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IVS. JOHNSON k NEWTON.
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T. I% .101INSON. 31. D. D. N...NEWTOS., 31. D.
MEM
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- E)ODSON, DENTIST.
On and S • 21. LISAV be folligi In th e
n-w rowit% tl , or 0"f Dr. Pratt's new
• n • Buf-inz,es JUnCited.
T .111 in,t•rto , l (;‘ , 1,1. Sllver. 11111,14:r. and Al
11,•,:•Pun base. esti - az:ea wlthoui rain.
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pit. C. AI. STANEY, DENTIST,
!•,I4 11Pntal 1.111 , e lnlo Tr2cY
%1 11, - R 4 4• . , over Ke'lt Sr. Wa:11015 . at are.
prspa:-. to , tli• all kinds Uvula) work
pal in a It .w tas aparatu..
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ITA 1,1:f PATTO i S, Agents for
S' ?li"ri - At. J;IFE INSUILINCt
coMP:ANV.
No. 3 ; rl , lllll 1.1r1,1g2. Sts.
;I rrh 2t;-71.
S-."II.I",:iSELL'S
GENERAL
INS'ITRANCEAGENCY,
. ‘.1,1r2:-7firt. {roiV.I.:CI)A, PA.
VNI)SIISIGNEI). AIICIII4
It Trcr- ; J :r tilttra. 1." inn,rui;
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~ . 71-71. liox 511. Towanda. ra.
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- - ,1:! . \ - 13EE, CAIIIIIAGE
• . PVINT::!: s. Nt) DECABATER. Ml..° wan
, .ll re! . 01 0 1 ~O •Iltat, l;:1 , ..: Show Cartl.s, a few
~,-q - ,l 'a, t of th • 1:.;..1., , n•Tr.1c Oflice. '
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'IN SURANCE AGENCY
T 1 fo::oAlsiz .
RELIABLE AND' FIRE TRIED
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DEAL ESTATE, tart. FIRE & ACCIDENT
ISSUWANCE AGENCY.
; corner Mn.3l St Stato
Mr. h 13, W:2. TOWANDA. PA.
IRST: . N A TIONAL BkNK.
OF TOWANDA.
IPITAI
SIOLPLUS FUND
Tl;iv flank . off4s I:SUSCAL FACILITIES for
4`.• tr.n.firtion or a •
; EN ER A LTA NKI NG BUSINESS
1% 9 ' kiIEST l'.llll ON DEPoSIyS ACCcOrDING
T'} . 4 .GIMEMENT. ,
CYLIti! c.trEN TO Tlrg O:OLLECTtON Or
N'. ANWrirt.cKs.
P. xllO9 W1 , 11" , Z.,0 SENT) 31(VSF.Y to any pari of
Faz!and. 12 - 03 - 0. Sroilat2,l. nr
and towns of Europe, can belie
drafts for that purpose.
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ASSAGE TICKETS
, 4r from the (V Conntry t 'by thebest iteanior
ai,craysna hand.
FAMILIES "ROOMS OVER AT REDUCED RITES;
hest price paid for U. 5.,-Bonds
Gold and Silver.
TO WELL,
Trodden;
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MARK -ED DOWN.
We have this day " Marked Down" Our
ergo and comptee stockpf
TOWANDA, PA
as possible .before removl
ROT.
CLOAK'S & CLOAKINGS.
'Buyers of Goons, will ;find
this a rare Opportunity to frocure
Jan. 1, 1575
Bargains.
.15125,000.
50,000.
N. N. BET r, JE.
. Cutler.
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VOLT Ill , ; NXXITI.
;raw klttroth.
D G _0 -0
In order to reduce st
EVANS & 111
MARKED DOWN.
w• bays " Marked Down"
DRESS GOO)S,
SHAWLS & SKIRTS,
CLOTH'S & CASSIMERES,
FLAN'nI4S &ITNI/ERAVEAR,
EYALI)TS & lIILDRETIL
MARKED DOWN
WHITE GOODS,
TABLE DAMASKS,
NAPKINS. & DOYLIES,
EMBROIDERIES &R. S.C. &C.
- EVANS & lIILDRETII.
730 c 23, 75
Zest b Bliss. _
NEW PRICES,
.K.ENT.& BLISS'
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
bt all krnds , from cheapest to best
ilie:l?ebt line of
BLACK GOODS
in the market, embracing our favorite brands.
BLACIt XtrArl%s, MOIIAIRS; ANSI BRIT.
lAA NTINES, - „at - 2.1 e tool SO
'MACK I'ASIIMI;RES at . 75e to 2 00
SLACK : 4 1 LKS At
TAMISF.. - HEN iHETTA CLOTHS. 110.11DA
ZINES, CREPE cLOTHS. &c., &C.
We feel eertalif that 23 examiaatlua of oar
SLACK GOODS STOCK,
will convince you •that we are instifled In claiming
fur ourselveaabe Cheapest and best line of
BLACK COODS
t . in town
FANCY GODS,
Inxmat varlet Y -with many lobe and bargalt,
TRIMMINGS,
Of all Kind& including Silk and Worsted Frthges
Silk arid. Yak Laces, 13r21,15,
ME
IN DOMESTIC GOODS,
Wis have reduead Brown Muslin, from I to r. cyan'
a yard. Bleached lilaalbas from Ito a cents a yare.
KENT it BLISS,
Towanda. I% Bar. 1i75.
cl!s,
MY B ~ ETEDAY. •
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Who is this 'Rho irently'slips 7: '
t
Thn.'ingli !try d' ,r, and stands andlgint,,
Hovering tn a so t eclipse, .
With a anger on her lips,
And a meanie In her eyes t .. ,
•
Once alr.l came tol, visit ins
In white robes kith festal airs,
1; .1 arprises, s ' ngs of . gleti ;
:. ~!a silencecicseth Sc,
i., :of 3 somber garb she'wear4.
k as much
Luartect an
(*till her 'visits
(rownle%s vow a
Slic to seek nit I
Oftener than s
1:3
DRETH.
Grave her comic
cr her bpi*
Tender thoughts
Bat I Fliuddvr. a
When au (VW
whemf ore, f fleet]
Should I wrong
"Wherefore push tl
Of 61± morning t
Be a 1.311, too,
Se, I doll my Ira:
That 4001, o- la
nom L tl.ruey. It i
Tlnt3 to cla=p and
. ThongL no nor:'.
Cuts :AA freely : 1
I will open Willi
I will able tho p. l
Looking to ii tii
Led by pathway
• ..1
There could searerly be foli id an
,or:eur
patitm more delight]'
some one of the m
iterhi c ; the Susquel
i!ito.the vast, far-s
bunt i ful land.se.ipe
ing upland, meadow
and wooded mounta'
"Arpuud lov by valleys ril.a
The pip - plis hills or or Paradise."
Surely that fancy / could nothe so far
fetched, that would Suppose the charming
Susquehanna one of the. rivers banished
with Adam from the angel gfiarded gate.
It: majestic and varied. beautieS are
worthy of such an origin, for neitinh. Pi
son
nor Gihon nor llidtlekcl could have
surpassed itin poeti or pictorial efliNt-,-
and it is one of the Multitude of proofs of
God's infinite gf;( xlm i +ss, that he permitq us
to feast eye and sold on such charms-of
scenery.
On'the _ktlantic gidc of the continent
there can be no in?re beautiful Stream'
than the Sas - quell:num. and very peculiar
in its charins--no Ihlt. monotonous 4tretvii
of nearly waste land, or bare, tin:it:Tessa
ble peaks. These independent and beau
tiful valleys, as the Illev.;br. Sehweinitz
-remarks, "well illu:n.rates an anomaly of
unfreitnent ocemrr C nce in jift) . :sical ge
ography, that of a lifer of the first magni
tude, witli4tio valley' proper of its own."
Such peculiarities Nmlbr it probable that
there was once elniia of lakes along the
river; and ley some 'convulsion of nature
the iniglitY• Orren 4 broke through the
strong monntains and forced their way
onward to the reipilnt ocean: Observers
havb noticed various signs of such an
event. The great rocik now lying at Pitts- ,
ton bridge. Miner supic)ses to have been
torn front Campl)ell' Ledge, by the rush
ing torrents, aml borne to its present rest-
At Shickshinny the coal mine south of
the village; away npl on the precipitous
i.
face of the mount ain'appears to be a con,
tiunation of the Mottomple mine on the
opposite side of the river. The river'
seems to have broite l ii through and sepa
rated them.'
- • But whether bed of the stream has
been •torn oat by- one of the most power
ful of Nature's ag'onies, or more gently .
formed by the finger. of Prolenco. it is
Certain that the gri!at Hrri 1 artery of
Pennsylvania has lic i on the - I s henie of p
ets the attraction 4 pioaeers. frail' the
( lawn of Gil n.i.tl hisi l wy,downwards, ant
tong before. its hatil.-
bannls of the wigwan
its very 'natu2.
gestive of thought,
And thui tve are
excusable prolixity
CD:ninu 1110 U lo:l--:l
origin and :4ignid.:at
name olSusc
co:9nial rvcord:-:—.11(
not prepared ty)
of history, an aneten
per at hand are a; c
ken front the '•Lone
just 1 . 21 years ao.
it CO to 4 00
refers to the pr.pkos
Alvonlizif , A - alley. a
r•
the "forest primeva
"1/4.31
" (4 - autectieut t .T!
Bred people of this
purehafe a large ti
nat ion:. of
31)t) It aguus to the ‘•
the bounds of their
it. expecting that it
be a diftinct govern
There was propli
of that itent. The.'
enough, was a sort
the presevartion of
(July).—A.
forbidding any fpit
carried or 'Sltid at
countries, or any of
of Indiasoc as alt . () t±
(flaps, as it will be j
most rigour of the
ey's officers arc ftri
tics and vigilant in !
NV hiell amatiun
(vett of tilotehpli,
tal,confcquences tb
pernicious practice,
We do not cite tl
the earliest use of t
communication is
that we shall find a
A slight review
your columns pearl,
be next in order.l
The "Teachc43's Annual," published we
lv,
believe, in lt 4 tVi, utl' i ted by A. T. Lilley,
containcd . among tl e geographic names,
an item stating tha "Susquehanna' sig.-,
nitied ."mutitry;' , rile... rivotOr .4 . &Jrres...
paiulent from Rome assertCd,that it meant
"broad, shallow," nstead:of muddy; ri-h
ley. A Sylvania corre!ipondent :(3tiletus)
ips:sted that Su.A 4 a(Aiainia did mean mud
dy,t Kiley, on, asbe as "credibly inform
ed," Ileckwelder's authority, "Yellil"
then produced a statement in Chapman'ii
History of Wyoming, verbally, (according
to Chapman) proctuied from Ileokvidderi
that Susquehanna #ignilled ''muddy, ri-
I=
rr srsA;:k: cpoLIDGE
tircvl,
too few':
undebtred,
e used to do
is apt;
Sing mien,
ter glancrs till;
Otte
rate Is seen;
1, for (dew! thou art,
lite Massa.] grieve?
!tee front tit:ti heart?
on Avert part;
l•
it lily eVe. •
:(1 to tweet '
wy 1111114 of illi:It!
'At - N:1 •
ha, t greet,
In Doi! sun,l,lne
k in) door,
.t. U V ippre,
igs
k 11014111 u t 11,,0
SIISTIEHANNA
'ul tau to stand on
nuitain summits bur
lanna, and look over
retching expallse of
r fruitful vilely, slop-
ritvine, gAge
MEI
.s %I - ere the favorite
ahorif hies;
of. euphony, is sug
f p.:..Jtry, nail beauty.
brought, after softie
o the purpose of this
.
eousnieration of the
of. Susquehanna.
uelianna is found in
1W far %back, we are
but it is for ou r span
I name. Fri n) a pa
llluple or;exgra , .ts, ta
.
on Magazine ; " 153,
t of the extracts
1 .,1' settlement tif the
that time a part of
RICA."
ly :7„-,-- 7 `,1 4 .3,ver.t1 hull
olony have agreed to
.art of- land, of the fix
at Solijuiliana,about
eft ward,. lying within
h g rter. to fettle upon
will, in a short time,
Aleut."
cy in the conclusion
'ext. extraet,'curiotisly
''fJocal option law for
he poor initial':
proclamation Is ined,
rituous liquors to be
the earth's, or iu the
'pie live upper nations
p the ~tt.iiiiehatiocr
Jo
i>uuishetl with the ut
law, and all his . MAjef
!ty enjoined to be ac
he detection thereof;
, Was issued at the re
,•n,•,2 to p;event the fa
tt follows that
'ese extracts -to show
ie 11311142. Before this
finished,- we believe
earlier origin
of the discussion in
live years ago, may
TOWAN . DA, BRADFORD
ley.t' The corresrondent alio Stated that
the Italians on the iheadWaters of the
(Iroquois undoubtedly) say tbat Sus-
quehanna.signifiedf"erooked river." The
Rothan co . rrespoutlent then follows by
prOnting as autl+ity, for his statement
;the" of. Laterite Co., by Stewart
`Pearce," and clahning that broad, 'dial=
low; "was a general 'characteristic of the
river, but, that ‘maddy,*riley' was guile
e#eptiointl; and therefore not likely to
have given - a .nand to the ri'ver." "C,"
the next writer, gi.es au item to the ef
feetjhat he had had an opportunity of
looking over Helkwelder's mannseript
list 'of Indian names, and that Samna:an
na" was, not among them. lie (C.)be
lieves it to be an liquois word. It may
be added that th Rome cory .ipondent
gave' frOm 3torgau'r "Lea6rutcof the Iro-.
quoii,",,a name in the OuSndaga dialect,-
Ga-tia-no-lect-na G i l-hunlia,or "Greet Is
land:RiVeoi" the suffix, Gthun-da, mean
ing.river.
The interchange fir opinion among the
correspondents, didi not settle anything as
to the occult "meaning of Susquehanna.
That in penes "muddy, riley," is not
reasonable; even suiqmsing that ifeckwel-
Ater did :Sap so. . ',Broad, 'shallow," has'
no other proof than khe statement of Stew
art Fear& For "ffooked. river," " the
Indians on the head waterssay," is scarce
ly a reliablii ‘ l,roof.-1 But two facts icsult
ed from thedisciassibn; one that the name
was not to be founii in Heckwchler; the
other-that the Oramdages, .(1 branch of
the Iroquois,) gave !their part of the river
a name as quotcd, Ga-wa-no, etc. The
sipiiiieation of which, "Great Island Riv
er," we can place some confidence in, from
the fact that what i. called "Big Island,"
about 'four miles above Owego, was in
theirteriltory. A %-ielv of the ishnid is
to be seen on the atlas map of Bradford
Co. Currier & tveS have also publisheita
largo lithograph of it, as "A view on the
S n quell a Ma. '
EIII
If the name was of Iroquois origin; as
"C" lieliev(4, it is then likely that Heck
well in. was nOt :mgt/:tinted with its signf
lication, as his special branch of knowl
edgel. in Indjan diale .ts was in the Lennio.:
Lenajle, orL I)elawar . tongue.
But we clOubt- the theory that it is of
Ir&piois origin. 11 1 Lewis H. Morgan's
work referred to byl
one of the. correspou
dents, there is a closely printed list often
octavo pages, givingl an immense number
of geugraphie names, with their mean
ing, in the various iroquois dialects. In
'all the long list theri is but ono reference
to the Susquehnuna,as stated above, un
der its Onondaa ty me. As we • cannot
i
find it better. alithdrity. on Iroquois geo
graphic names than Alorgan, it is perfect
=ly.l-
sale to say that Sn.squehanna is not of
Iroquois origin.
A writer (I.'?. W Binger) in one of the
West Branch journals, asserts on what he
suppOses Ileekwel&r'S authority. that
Susquenanna• means! long, crooked river.
The iklaware Indiaiis style it Soh, long,
rwmiZt, CrOtiked, 'Whet or hanair, river.
By: this it air r wai-s that we can cite
Heelvelder "1,.:1tg .:.rooked," OM Ireck-:
welder "muddy. ril'ey - ."• As Ileckweld
er's Writings, so Itii as : known, are silent
on the subject; we! can `reasonably say
that his suppoSed .t: l ithority is both mud
dy MO crooked: I
Thitt the Delawarti Indians had a name
(' naMes for this rivr; is untinestionahle,
but that the name Wits I"Susquehanna,"
N . .. WON c - :'itr.alietar • meanings is moil:
I ban Ulm In jl'd. -
In l\ - tn. C. Reicheys printed catalqgne
of RO:. John I feckwkilder's "names of the
DelaV,•,:re Indians fcP• Rivers' streams and
10c.:116e5," occur theLse words:
•• (i , ar ~ ;, - /:,'t ,rict,l,:i—This name was
rived by the Dalawares to the Long Reach
in the West Itrane:i!of the'Susquehanna
in Lyetneing county; Bence they called
the :West Branch iQuenischaehachgek
haunc, which turd ;Isis beep corrupted
into liasquehanua.', I I.);› , e-11.
Ti t- the word, ma • • lean 'long crooy--
ed,"J - w anything" i e., we will not ques
tion,; but .we are'•;skeptiele about the :tl
-
I ... g ..... "ecn•rtrption• nd think the reader
will agr'ee with us act .1- a unite. • • -
C'Jnrad W4iser tubed the river Li:tat:ll
-1 and Su:vv.:lt:ulna.
niniss, in his "Otzin
tne West Branch,"
ignitication of the
at, band?) . .
Otzia:ihson,
((
C Hi:gory ot i
givethe
the wotrk ii 11(`
We hare, therefo I
ting at neither the si,guitleation nor tht
origin of the name S l usquolianna, but part
of th'o result of reseitreli so far, is piuling
iio loks than four naives fur the river:
Sui:quebtinna
Ga-wa-no-wa, etc.
Zinuchson or Otzi
(Muftis, etc.
\\ - ben we reflect that the Susquehanna
river is over iisti miles in length, that in
aboriginal days it 4)110 through the ter
ritories and tribal limits of scores of In
dian nations— through the various brandi
es of the Iroquois (at least one branch on
its head waters), tln, tribes of the Dela
ware's lower clown t u both branches, and
the '3laryland and
( r:,Tirginia Indians . near
its 'entrance into :hesapeake Bay, fre
quently visited i; it .does not appear rea
sonable that such alvariety of races, diff
ering widely and radically i in dialects, in
constant ivarfare, itdoes not seem reason
able, we repeat, hitt all these differing
nations should unit in giving a common
'name, be its signitit l Ation, what it may, to
this long, beautifully meandering- river.
It is entirely foreign to all Indian cus
toms. We quote Horgan again:
"The same milt!
queMly arose in re
rivers, where they
diodes or more. ti
Mohmik river was
of mimes. This m '
nehtlythe ettge trith
We have taken the liberty to italicise
the conclusion of the gnotation, , and in
connection therewith will ask, how does
it happen that this noble river from its
insignificant...source. to, its broad; bay-like
entrance into the p4tals of the sea; in all
its titmillings and turnings, on both North
and West branches, bear a common name?
We cannot find thisluaine among the rul
ing, tribes of the irokuois; there is, as yet,
no ptisitive proof fiat it comes from the
pclawares; its universal application. to
the Whole river, in,direct contradiction to
• all aboriginal custom, would argue that
it has been bestowed by the supplanting
white race, •
haie. very st rig reasons for doubt
ing, not that Susqu Inuma is •an Indian
name, but that it • an Indian geograhic
name. In that case the signification; be
it wl4at it *ill, - would, y in all probability,
have no reference iviatever to the river
or its characteristics. An extract from
nEGARDL • : 'OF D
succeeded in ge
tachson.
• f
plieity of names" fre
qation to the principal
atfseci through the ter
!au One nation. The
npsvr under a variety
ott hate &en preenti. :
the Suz?g,tehaltna.
cIA.TION.FRON. ANY. QUARTER.
Aof TURSDAY -MORNiNG, JANUARY 20. 1876.
COUNTY,
. .
ISchoolcmft's ndian - Tribes of North
'America, Will, we think, give us the' ori
.
Igin of - the name, at least so far as white
men's history in America is concerned:
stt.qtimit.ittiNOCKs.
"When in 1 8, Captain Smith made a
voyav to the mad of Chesapeake Bay,
'and entered t e- magnificent river which
debouches int it; ho fourathat the Sits
quehannoeks, lwho were located ou its
western shore -comprised - 000 warriors,
which ; would d:tuote az population of 3000
souls;;and ho • lis struck with admiration
of their splend'd 01461 proportions and
manly voices. I -
1 At that ime(23•yeara had elapsed from
the (late of the first voyage to Virginia.
Whether a chhngo had taken place in
their location, Or the Virginia band had
{been but an outlying branch, cannot
now be determined, but it is more than
probable that the Susquehanna never was
(their original iesideuce. At the', era of
;the settlement Ofjamestown, the S. usquo
ihaunockH . claireed. the country lying-he-
Awcen the Potornire and Susquehanna riv
ens, tan area comprising the entire west
, cru . margin of Slarylaud. This was their
.huntimr 's ground ' and Marked the bounds
-
.r a y linebetweentheirjiirisdiction and that
of the Powhittanic forth kingdom. What
ever was the oval names of the bands
occupying the Ranks of the several inter
!mediate rivers,they were merely subordi
nate to the reif wing tribe on the shores
of. he Susqueh. una.
, Subsequently ; they - transferred their
'council tires d ,wn the- western shore to
Patuxent. in a position less open to the
incessant inroat s of. the Iroqueis. Jealous
.if their - tribal sovereignty, the Susque
liannocks addet by intestine wars, to the
natural deaths reduced by decay and in
temperance, a d when, like the other
tribes, they be an to assert their rights,
they lacked the ability to maintain, their
v round. They were outwitted in diplo
timey by a civ lined nation, and if they
did not disappear before the • steady
progress of ante,' industry and genius
ninon , * the colonists, they were over
reaelred during peace, and conquered iu
war. • '
it hi proved
dam] at the tre
fitted sin t 714, th:l
I'anastogas, an I
ay, Colden frorn data prO
pay of Lancaster, negoti
t they formed part of the.
kiginal Oneida tribe and'
nally cpuveyed to the
' fi t nation, in Western New
tlgrt tlicy. . were(
territory of O'
'ork."
tik that the, name of this
is the only memorial in
lust tribe. Perhaps 'not
;lyphic of an arrow head,
ltmuul, or column,. or mum
, calm, or household uten
'weapon—nothing, abSo
-cmains to rescue them
• on, but this single name,
full of beautiful euplio
rgiven to the beautiful
LtAtt"; ER.
It is sad to toll'
beautiful. river
existence of a
etch the liierog,
emains . . No in,
!.1' meta, or lone
Ml=
utely nothing,.
rum utter obliv
;ius.lueltaona,
iv, so Sitting
,
FACES
nloiig the street they
in an endless palm
ire -all made by the
y all have the inipress
upon, them, and yet
different.
As we walk,.
lss before tu
ama.. They
ame hand th
l ortheir maker
they are all 4u',
There's'the
i)usiness inhn.
rea,zes. Thee
life's battles f
face of the successful
all full of lines mint
e are traces upon it of
tight and won, of knot
:Avec], of days of pa
sleepless. nights of,
are little dots and
face wliieh tell of sue
wor4ing failures,
ke s , responsibilities
ne, and diOculties
iered. There' a eon
power in iValso, as
ler• were not afraid to
life's conflicts. We
ttcli a face; it inspires
of rest and safety;
t,.y problems 's
;tient labor, an
!anxiety. The.
crinkles - on hi
cessful ventur
rect i tied mist,
milinQhingly I
net and eungil
,scionsness or
though the ow
ioTapple with I
Ilike to look at
Itts with a fedi'
i close behin
scholarly face,
with the light
these follows the
..elined and cultured,
of intellect beaming
this iitee We readily
[dace. and bowing our
pass on: Now and
otherly face beams out
-the incessant crowd
1.
o the very hearts core, ,
harp, knowing, dirty;
rr, • half repulsive face
-1 / 4 ,' passes like a flash.
seanty drifts slowly by
ie ofpicontrolled paSs
sely'j'after. The face
• „.
)es ..:I)nd lofty aspira
,l with firm carriage;
t'grirri despair stalks
Then follows a long,
C gluttonous and the
march side by side;
i inkled faces with fresh
!iltes nestled close up to
10, and one after anoth
varying. throng We see
the humble ace, the
hopeless face, the glad,
tr sad,.wistful_one, the
ig one. The innocent
ity ape, the reckless,
sensubus, the sehem-
•oin it.
rant the first
kntas meekly.
len a kind, ni
upon us from
and yarms tra
:Ind next the :i t !
half interestinu
of the newbol,
The flee. of a 1 1 ,
and the evil fad
ion follows el
full of firm lmo
tions moves w
nil the face o
along beldn:l.
long train ; th'
:inrying lace
old, brown, Nrl
our_. sweet
them ,t in li
er in the ever
the proud fact
meek faee,thel
joyous face, th
mad, despairu
face, the guil ,
the vuirrar. th
0 •
MEM
(faces were all young,
mom') t. Behind them
angel which we call
Aire and sweet then,
itself to love's fond
idred witching smiles
In some of these faces,
angel glances out in
'Once these
and fair, and
there slept a
soul ; it was
awl revealell
eyes in a lul
and dimples.
even now, tll
miles and loving acts
in some it has been
util only occasionally
; aftavery often there
its a cold, dead face,
he angel has foreyer
little tender.
of 4itulness;
crowded out I ,
it, shows itsel
is borne• pas
from Which
flown.
Ever• and a
which the an:
ion we 'meet a' fa6e in
!el, with fettered wings
and sore, is forever
be seA and felt.: 'We
tk fake, and we sigh
all wonwled
strung inglo
call this a we
when we see i
we meet the 11
ing missionar,
ich makes
see the angel
ful and entire
And so t
moves ever of
:alike, no two
,from each we
. But once in a while
cc of some self deny
, or patient mother,
is glad. for there we
'out hofibi quiet, peace
possession.
ie endless procesAiop
and on ; no two are
ire to-tally unlike, and
may f if we will, leain a
m, warning or pati-
lesson'ofl.wis
EEMI
TILE SURE '1
usually by of
the esteem of
lint the real t
lfeeling of tho.l
no put. If a
iii him,—if al
anti in his bu
of thought an
,for brethren,
!perceive the *e
land draw nea
;ter,' "honor an
!more, we may
has the nob
;whose influen
to us forever.
Esr.:—We aie judged
r.public successes, by
distinguished persons.
.st of character is the
e before whom we play
an 's condition confide
he employs at home
ineSs fed that he is full
,I sympathy for them as
I if those who meet him .
liana of his
. urbanity,
er and know him het
-1 love hiin more and
Ibe very sure that he
lest human qualities,
e will be a possession
IG. jir. Curtis. -
THE DULLS OF TEE BLESSED THIN'
ITY." i
We Copy by imtubtsion (frota the advanced theote
of Soo ustucti MONTHLY tor IFebrustry) the tul
Pkwlrtgrtteitlngluchleht lu Itiet parrs Serial sto•
ry,'•tluhtlel Conroy. 7 , • .
The absOlute freedoM Of illimitable
space,: the, exhilaration of the spark
lingsunlight, and the excitement of
the opposing wind, which was strong_
enough to oblige Arthhi to exert a
eertaiii, degree of physical strength
to overcome it, so wrought upon Lim
that in a few! moments he had thrown
off the mysterious spell which the
Rancho of the Blessed Trinity ap
peared•to have cast Oyer his spiriAs,
and had placed a' material distance
between himself and it's gloomy tow-
The landscape, which had hith
erto seemed monotonous and unin
spiring, now became liggestive; in
the low, dome-shaped hills beyond,
thatyere huddled together like half-,
blown i earth btibbles yaised by the
firey breath of some king-dead volca
no, lie fancied lie saw the origin of
the Mission architecture. In the long
sweep the level plain, he recog
nized; the calm, uneventful life that:
had left its expression iin the patient ,
gravity of the people. In the fierce,.
restless- wind - that blew over it—a
wind's() persistent and 'perpetual that
all umbrage, 'except a narrow fringe
Of dWarfed willows defining toe line
of an extinct
. water-poiirse, was hid
den:in sheltered canons and the lee
ward slopes of the hills—he recog
nized something of own restless
race,:and no. Ibnger wondered at the
barrenness of the life that was turned
toward the invader. dare say,"
he muttered to himself,l , ''somewhere
in theleeward of these peopleXna
tures may exist_ luXiirious gfoivtli
that We shall never know.. I wonder
if tho• Donna has not "4
-but here he
stopped, angry; and,' if the truth
must he told, a little 'frightened at
the persistency with which . Donna
Dolores obtruded herself into his ab
stract philosophy and sentiment.
POSsibly something! else caused
himXor the moment . to dismiss her
from this mind. During ,his rapid .
walk be had-noticed, aS an acciden
tal, and by no meank an essential
feature of the. bleak landscape, the
vast 'herds of crawling, purposele4s
cattle Au entirely nefy and distinct,
impreSsitin was now forming itself in
his consciousness—naniel2, - ,llat they
no longer were purposeless, vagrant,
and Wandering,, but were actually
obeying a certain dellnitolaw of at
tractibriond were moving deliberate - -
ly toWard all equally definite object.
And that object was himself!
LoOk'where he would; before, be.:
hind,'.l.'on either aide,'-north, east,
south; west,—on the. bleak hill-toits,
on. the slope of the fabya, across the
driedinp arroyo, there ;were the same
converging lines of, slowly moving
objecti4 toward a single focus—him
self! Although walking briskly,
and With a certain definiteness of
pin pOse, i he was apparmitly the only
unelninging, fixed, turd limited point
in the now active landscape. Every
thingithat rose above the dead„ bar
ren leyel was now moving slowly,
irresi;tibly, but unmis,
takablY, toward one common centre
—hitli.self! Alone and unsuppoi ted;
he wns the helpless, unconscious nu,
eleus'of a slowly gathering foree; al
mostdmmeasurabie in its immensity
and newer!
At: first the idea was amusing and
"groteSque. Then it became pictur
esque, Then it became something
fill' Practical consideration. And
then-i--but no!—with- the quick and
unerring instincts of a powerful will,
he choked down the next considera
tion before it hail time to fasten. upon
or paralyze his stren g th. lie stopped
and :turned. The ,Rancho of the
Blessed Trinity ' was gone! . Had it
suddenly sunk in the earth, or had
he diverged from his path.? Neither;
he had simply walked over the little
elevation in the plain beside the
terelio and corral, and had; already
eft the. Rancho two miles behind
im.
IC was not
,the only surprise that
came,npon litin suddenly. like a blow
between the eyes. The same myste
rions!attraction had been operating
in his rear, and when he turned to
retrace his steps toward the Mission,
he faced the staring, eyes of a hun
dredbulli not fifty yards away. As
he faced them, the scares turned,
the next rank followed theirWample,
the next the; same, and the next, un
til in dManee he could sec the
movement repeated with military pre
cision and sequence. With a sense of
relief, that he put aside as quickly, as
he had the sense of fear, he quickened
his Pace, utitil the nearest bull ahead
broke into a gentle trot ':which was
communicated line by line to the cat 7
tie beyond, until the whole herd be,
fore him-undulated like a vast Inc.
notonotts sea. Ile continued on
across the arroyo and past the corral
malt the blinding and penetrating
cloud of dust, raised by the plunging
hoofs of the moving mass before Lila,
caused him to stop. A dull reverter,
ation . of the plain—a sound that at
first Might haVe been attributed to a
passilng'earthquake—now became so
distinct that he turned. Not twenty
yard behind him rose the advance
wall of another vast, tututittuotts sea
of toSsinghotus and undulating backs
that :had been slowly following his
retreat !•
, lle had forgotten that he
was surrounded.
• The vearest were now so close up
on hint that he. could 'observe - them
separately. They were neither large,
powarft d , vindictive, nor ferocious,
On the contrary, they were thin,
waited, haggard, anxious beastS,
economically equippedand gotten up,
the ;better to - wrestle with a six
months', draught, occasional , famine,
and 'the incessant buffeting of the
winti.4=wild and tintatimble,but their
staring eyes
. and nervous limbs ex'-
ires4cd ;only wonder:'airl curiosity=.
And iwhen . .he ran toward them with
a silent, they turned, as had the oth;
erS,. file.,by tile and rank by 'tank,
and in a''moment were, like the Oth
ers, In full yetreat. Bather, let me
Say, retreated as the others had, for,
when be faced about again to retrace.
his Steps toward the Mission, :he
fronted the bossy bucklers and Wei
tricable horns of those he had driven
Only - Ea few moments ago befoie , hira.
They had availed thernaelves of WS
diversion with the rear guard to re
tarn,7, •:: ;• • - `L
With the rapidity of a quiek
leet and sugft perceptions, 4rthur
saw at once" the resistless logic 4nd
utter liopelessnes3 ; of his situation.
The inevitable culmination of. alt this
was only a question
.of time—and a
very brief p'i!riod. Would it be suf
ficient to enable him' to reach ,he
case ? 'NO !i Could he again regiin
the corral? Perhaps. Between] it
and himself nireadY were a thousand
cattle. Would they continue to !re
treat , hel advanced ? Possibly.
But Would. he be overtaken nie4ll
- by thoSe in his rear ? •
He answered, the question hirrigelf
by drawing from hiswaisteoat•pocl'et,
his only Aveao'on, a." Derringer," a'
taking aim at the foremost ball. '
shot took eif4et in the animal's sho
der, and he fell upon knees. .
Arthur. had. expected, his near
comrades stopped and Knitted at till
. ,
helpless companion., But, as Arti
had not expected, the eager cro
pressing behind overbore them a
their wounded brother, and in ano
6' 4 ' instant the uul'grtnnate ani
was. prp,trate and his life beaten (I
by the] trampling hoofs of the resit
less, blind, and eager crowd that ti
lo*ed. With it terrible intuition tli
it was a fortishadowing of his 0 ,
fate, Arthur turned 'in the direeti
of the,carro4and ran for his : vei
fe ;
•
As lie kan' lie was conscious ti
le act precipitated the inesita
=
nothing better. As Ire ran, he ti
from the shaking of the earth bOe l .
his feet, that the act WO' Concc inc
put the whole herd in equally acti
()Lion behihd hitn
noticed that:.the cattle , -behind 41
retreated with something of his o
precipitation.' But as he
.ran,
thought of nothing but the awful f:
that was fotloWing hiM, awl tl
thought' spurred hlin to. :m almt,
frantic effort: I have 'tried to ma
the reader uaderstand that Arth.
was quitb intMeossiblt to any of tiro,
weaknesses which mankind regarn..
Ihysiettl cow4.dice. In the dere'
.of what- he believed .to -be an jilt *
icetual truth, the interests of
pride or his or -in a mome
of passion, he 'Would have faced dea
with unbrokeh fortande •and eah!
rtess. But to he the vietiui of au
e . ident ; to be the lamentable segt el
of a lii, , ,!ical 'succession* of eluinek.s,-.'
without motive or Ipurpose ; to , be'
sacrificed - foe. Uothingwithout prov
ing or disprOving anything; to . Je
trampled 'to death by idiotic beas:s,
who had ifcA even .the -instincts of
pission or reVenge to justify theii;"
to die the death of an igrwant tran p,
or any if eglirent cloWnleatht.ltt
had; a. ghasttl •.ludicrousnes , .f. in its
methyd, a death that 'would It I
body. a shapeless, indistinguiShab 'e,
uhreuoifnizable clod„ - which allecticiii
could not idealize nor friendship reAV.:
crellcei — a ll ibis brought a horrk
with it,'so Lee)", so exqnisite, ; r so T 7
eruciatimz, that the faStiehouS; proud
intellectual being, 'fleeing, from fit
mi!Tht. have ben the veriest ilastaFe
that ever turned his back on dangt_r
Awl silver:idled tO•it was a siipers i
Lions thoiw.hCt.hat fbr its very hor
ror, perhaps it wat'i a r!Arilintion . I,lw
something th:it he dared nut contem
plate 1 . '
And it waS then that his 'strew=
stublenly lla:rged. His s6.uses 1)4 1
to reel. lik 'l)reatlii, which 114)1, lie 3
pace with 00 quick benting . of li :
heart, interrijitled,', hesitated ---w.):
lost! AblveAlle adi - aneinfz thulyll•
of hoofs behirld him, he thOught l
hea'rd a woMati's Voice. lie kneor
no he was . Ding crazy ; he shouttld
and fell, he rose again and staggerid
forward a fe'r.• steps awl fell agail,
i .
It was over il . )Jw! ~ A sudden- scn. e
of some stinncre l - subtle pet Tum ,
~i ,
beating up through the acrid: smay -
tug dust of th plait). that choked It s
mouth and - Winded his - eyes, can e
swooning ()Or him. And then - ti e
essed interposition (ifun.conseipu
uess and petMe.'
stru:rgled back to life atrain
with the word in hisear - ,
throbl.inlf brow, and the sensation
of an rtlurt tO do something that
1 . 6 i -wired of
. him. • Of all his experk
epee of the ,last few Moments may
the perfume remained. Ile was lyin4
alone in the e:iry bed of:the - arrdyij i ;
on 4,h k e ban a horse was standiu l .r,
and aboye hitn bent the dark face an 1
darkin• eyes Of Donna Dolores.
A SCENE IN THE SHERIFF'S OHIO
The newl'-elected Sheriff was:'sii
ting in his alliee, .sad-faced and ha:
gard. Ile held in his hand a sta4
of manuscript representing the appll
eations of eil_tht hundred and sevent3 -
nine candidates for positions of del -
uty sheriff, eak!ll of whom said he linil
worked for Mm at the polls, and ifacl
gabled him all the . way, up from tw
hundred to otle thousand votes froi
their persomil friends who did mit
vote the part'y ticket.
A. man attired in a blue shirt, it
a paper ; eollar and a red: ttbse, e l ite
ed the ottiee,!and, grasphig the haul
of the tired - greeted him co •-
dially: "Al 4 Mr. Sheriff. but
glad I am to i-;ee you looking so !wit; -
ty ; don't yot,i remember me r' ,
:.I don't think rentarked
the.offleial, 'talthough.there is somtl
thing in yonr fake which .k
O tut."
. .
' ." Alt, Mr. Sherir,4 thought yon'e
know me. lAworOd ,for . you all da'
election, and42;ot von ono thonsam i i
votes, and I come iot that place." ,
" Well, I am sorry to say . that.
have Promisid.all the places at An •
disposal." i - •
" Oh, give ine a place ; I don't car
what it. is." 1 s ,. .
"Oh,.by the by," . said the Sherit,
with a ntaliCious.'riqw in his cyc
"thertris.a place, but it's not wort
much, and T don't think you'd.tak
it." •
" Ah, Mr.; Sheriff. . I'll take anti
thing; I dot care what kind of
plaCe
,it is,
.!lid jtunp•at it wits
my coat off ,7. . I
" All right," .said 'the SheritTl
" there is a ;Vhinaman going to hi
hanged at tile jail next month, , an
he. wants soniebody to take hiS
lithink it will snit on "
The illaTl With the red nose cease
to smile, and( asking the Sheriff f r
quarter to, pay for lodging th
night, he lefti the. office and mimic
with the thiplig of, would-he . deput
sheriffs on the outside.—Ex. -
I $2 - per Annum In Advance.
lAN: OLD-FASHIONED GHOST STORY,
i. BY-MART; N. ROCKWELL.
It-Wag told niediran old-fashioned
.. •
narrator„ -Her dreassof quaint plaid
flannel, such as was in. vogue among
fanners' wives t,hirty years ago, was
neat, and fitted tire
wea - 7,oedform with a trimness . Which
was . 'not _to be dispised. =Het hair,
made:in :beaurean. knob %behind,
and wound on_ two pinS (not, hair
pip4 in front; 6, clean white IProp
with big bandana- handkerchief
Spread over it, on which rested hon
est 4fashioned knitting work ;none
•of yonr modern fid-dals, but a woolen
stocking, evidently intended !,for a
wearer who possessed , a .foot and
ihi.tsideS ; with its
.vo
luiniribus. folds.gatuered into a - Square
yoke.: 1 had hung reilerently,behind
the . : kitchen door. The bonnet' of
sttipelidous size, and "fir trfillly and
wonclii.rfully" .made over • a timber
work.* bamboo, so overcame me,'
that, Hein; in rather a Cilia e , l slate of
mind,!Lstarted. with it fur the:china
ant. ended by depoSiting it in
the,starcit pan, which providentially
was empty.
." think lie was a UniiywaleiT,
ur soine.sueh; leastwise he•didn't be.;,
lies•e in noddle, Elkinor didn't the
Bible nor nothin' else. Why, i,,noW l
there
,Was Uncle Daniel Cluilk4tontl
hith that. lived out to dmeonut,lbfa
kilOw'd the story
,to b d
e true knowi
John Beam and the old man and lan.
of 'enl';- and my (:!ousin was Onti, of
the'wimen that ;seel• John Peam
on' hid horse ; appeared to hci
ino:st likely. he;was dead he:.
lure h'e fell. .
The ghost story? 011, yes; I for :
got. Lhadn't told it., •'! Well, yon sc;e,
the old tavern and the new one stood
side' and Side `; the. old one • was so
hannted that they eouli_ln't . livein! it
and When the Minister came 'along
the landlord 'said; "Ile - house i! 1 •3 CO;
and I..ean't keep you unless .you sleep
in the old tavern; and,nohodyeando
that.', '.7Why not ?'says the minister:
• Because it's haunted, .and nObod . l,•
can tth. what ailS . • I'll find out,'
saws the Minister. '
As he ran.
-" Thdre vi - as fi bed and some furni.
lure
. in one of the. rooms ..? wood a 4:
t;iken!.ovex, and a 'tire made in dhe
fire place"
. (how' I should have en=
joyed: that ghastly Bickering' fire)
" and itt ;light, and- made him eomfor:.
table.* Tim- rhinNer laid.dowa; •and
went to'sl.4)" (the sleep of the JuSt)..
.. it y rind by he ipolie up. Trarnp_—=
tramptramp ! 'through 'the empty
lmlls 7 i : 'doWn the Li.ehoing stairs, and
, 1
—Lramp —,tramp tramp ! straight
for the Minister's door i .aid , tlior
entered:three li ,, nres: two in solemn
' blaeltand one—the middle ore' of
the tlireein shirt sleeves and-brnwn
trOus. 'ih the mine of God,'
(was . the minister's solclihn exorcism)
• wha(do y.on want r ..'ind like . a putt
of szi l blie . ,,,,ity vanishe'd the two iii
black', Fuid leaving the lone in butter,-
nut. ditl a • t;,-.le unfold' of . iuitl-
•nkittLniu-,1e , . &Feting in - proof' his
:Oil his money (what reasonf
i)kt" Lit4:-,on could' ask - more !) (ton
coal:?; behind a certain stone , ill thi'
wall 4 the cellar: And wlien ,tht
niinj4dr and s landlord made seate:i.
they : ,f(itni., a skull and Sortie other
and a box enntaininHHntre
111111th:ea ' h other
take fiinioney "(the price of tliluud j,
but;'lkft3er , vainlV'tryin! , to. linty the
ri , :htftd.owner Ibr a year or two. they
dividial it between timan:'
I:0 any one di,appeared ? . •
YeS the old story of a peddlar
seen :t.j) go in' the old tavern—but
neVer:.,ti) come out attain. . •
man know whiit
beeanic of him—told you how John
f e n (y 0 his home, dead.; but Eilibuir
ArtatOa't bidieve a word of -it, nor
cke."
It Is. not very dillienit fmt a .pers(4l
to be sunny-tempered,, when every-
thing, is going prosperonsly with biro.
When 'a man has made two or three 1
liumtred dollars a day,' and all 'the
sigri,are favoralk for his Making
the' Sanie =omit to-morrow; Vow
(rood-natured-he can . be ! When the
hour: : comes to c!ose : the store,' lie,
take!: his hat from the peg.. bifttons
up hi' overcoat, draws on his gloves,
and . ,ii:tarts• for his home with the feel
ings 'of a king. :Ile feels kindly, to
everyhody, lle ~buys a 'paper
,of tliernewshoy, snaps him a ten-C!ent
kind hurries along withod wait
ing fOrd the•rc turn, change, chucklipg
tuiriiLiielf as if Le, had perkftratQ'd
firstLelassjoke. -When he cones to
his. house :he!' smiles. at the sorvanti•
10. - seis his wife—or ou!it-to,--Imtui
•ces the baby, :and fills the :entire
hour Bold with a sense of MS own
qat i ti ti Ah. MO! (!aS:V
it is.t,o lac good-natured undeP , such
1- circumstahees ! What saints ice all
~„
arc when - we' have;all we want. •
41-4 fillies change. The
. busineSs
sky ranks ,darker and beeoines
‘i;ith;Oininoin? clouds. Under our feet
rnn ruinblitigs and - the prenionitory
steadiness W,hich always precede
financial earthquake. The c•ominer
ial is motionless, and oil
pro.4e t! veryhody senses : \dan[rer.
Buyers are timid ; sellers are ,snspi
eions,,. The current o 1 trade snrinks.
Goods . remainnus'old; paper on'whieh.
you joil: relied goes to protest
liimsehohl expenses begin to crowd
: , mall bills accumulate; duns! groW
iinpeatiye.: Alt, now is the time,
friend; when good nature in von is :a
virtue"-, yea., a !r race. and a grace so
sviiiti!: _that it shall be seen in the
highest • heaven, and noted there. I
Noisyis the :time to show what,,Stiiil''
you are really made of'. Now, is the
time; if -you are a gentleman to sprotie
it. 'lf you love your wife, now is the
tithel to show it; if you have faith
in something nobler, higher, sweeter
than" this. world its 'poss(SsionS,
let" Oattliith manifest in your eon
.everywhere. l)on't take
gloomy face, and a• surly i - oice, and a
sour-temper to your household. That
household. has its own cares,
trotibles and clouds 'enotighiin its
own sky: Tell youriwife your dill
etilth,S.;- but' in -such a ibrave,;gentle
and ..ilovink - way as, instead .of Op
presSing her spirits, will cause them,
railit.r: to. 'rise buoyantly. 'at the
thought that she is cuffs trusted by
yotTiand 'may be able to, help you.
anther's one ather's burdens,' and
-so WWI: the Law of Christ.P
.NUMPtiI-'3i.
,I.EEP CHEERFUL,,,
..aseki,'l,,i.,_
~ - -4, 1 ". ',•
• ' - liiirtrlir 4174 : ,'''''rA''' ' '''''" .`''
1 Six. ss:a.cre.alettpss TAFFsi*4iii4 - :' 2. V:': t • : 1
.;:
Pine? Qvania. ,ins 1 04L'' 4 .' : ', ' '-' ;fl . 7 • : ' :;': • ;''' . :4'•'l:
.-- Our lastlessonatTbavid imnng 7 sktc., :.1 - ::
cessfully , with `the , Phihstinele- i•so. c' . .. , ...;-.
Saul's schemes to get . rid Of bliris:Sigr7:y.i,
--, ;4- - -,-
nally failed.' - and 4:0 ' the .KidleaChagriaii-:4
all Israel and - Judah:held hint, " in: fertent :':1:-::!
I. :1 .
admiration and kW - e; Bat - 'eivills , lee* ',l' If
hanstible inllefie4 and Saula neer' , V -
plan to ma:Luella/into destrne "::•ria.;: :,. - 1
by marriage with' daughter riabi :.., r , q
hi e
i But tho' David was yaliant in righting th . ‘; I
..-,
Lords battles, InOttill lived ;I' and , itrhetV 1 , ":.,i
I the time eame tor: the marriage' rialk "if'i' l
.
, .
was giveiv . .to Adriel instead 4114 1 .
~ e
I , ' , i_ , e. ' - d
.-*
-.1-
I mainly, perhaps, ~..aukshe idnot love;:. i, -
-.-:
David.. But Mieliather sister, , love .t . --,
him with all her heart; and Sa r ni, distertw '.l;- -
, -
ing this, saw a new'deor:ef, h (v. 211),- - 7 ri
i
and said casually tOiDavidz , Zalsecond.- . 1,-
,way- shalt :thou- beComel:MY seal-hWaw.",: 1- - • ,
4
Then-die' sent his:Servant to confer with :- I.
David privately as: though they, they were -
Idoing it behind the. King's. bask.. and to
(Upland as a condition of the'marriage In:: '1
, 1 ,
hundred foneskina 4 the - Philistines. Da- • -
1 vid, taking the. Eing at his wont - went t .
I out and secured trio hundred,' and Said •'...
was obliged to fillfill his pro/idle. But his
I enmity became.the more pertrianent and . '.• -
deadly ; while at the same time David's • ' '
I 'I : - - .•
reputation rose higher with the peole.
, .
So', Saul tried at:tether. scheme.. Be had . i l
. . -
tried to kill David Mid had failed- he had • • 1
put him eiitancea where.hisop- • .
. enemies.
Would
Itasca his enemies. kill him, and
this plan had failed;' and now he suggests
to 'Jonathan' and kit; courtiers that they
should try their hand. This su l eceeded no
•-,
better. The' resultiwas that Jonathan in-
• • . g
(breed his father tosWear : "As the Lord
,
..
be
liveth; he shall not slain." -David was
safe 'for awhile afterwards. I Again he, '
distinguished himself in wail with the .'
Philistines, but tuithing, thethe could de
c.)uid conciliate the King. On the' oth4 ' '
• i
hand, he soon ana4 a second: attack on ' 1
1 .. ,
David's life; as this skilful nui iciatiPlay i.,
ed before him while the demon once more •I:
plagued hiM. "tick discourage) by 're- . : I:
• .
prated failUre, .he :sent mes6ng,ers.to .
watch David's houle;alI that night and tn
slay him in the morning, but 3fichal let
1 •
'him down through a, window, and. by art • ,
adroit artifice kept tlie murderers- at bay -• ' ,'
• until DaVid Was out Of their reach. ! The 1
LIN. Palm', was 'written in memory of
I
this crisis, and shows that Saul was sur
rounded
I
by a number of cowardly cour- ' :
tiers who stirred tip his enmity agaiifst ,- J
David, and.', were trying in every way - to -- 1 i
put this dreaded riai - out of the way.- It
.shows:nlso that MS tly Comfort and hope I
was in faith and prayer to Jehovah.: Driv- l'
en oat of Gibeah, David .sought refuge •I
and counsel with Sabine' at Raruali., l ;Near ' ,
by this city vas tlieschopl of the prepheta -: 1
—:1 number :of dwellings, perhaps; con-
limed by a wall. ,and called in ;our-lesson :1
:Iu Nitigth..: Three i titnes Saul sent Ines-
sengers—hard, bloody men—te, take his - I
life, but each time they were seized. with . 1,
t , ae spirit of pro'pheeYing as they listened, -
'
to the utterances _of the prophets,' and
quite forgot their Wendy errand. Then Sau 1 .
determined to go to Ranedi hiMself and
seize David. On the between the pi •
S( , cliti and Eamah, :the Spirit
.. r Jehovah • -.
fa upon him also,. and' lie went :ilelrg
praelieeying until heleame to the Naloth ;
then taking off his upper garment, as was
muql with the prophets in this ecstatic
candition, lie lay on the earth all day and
nielit.. In the ease Of ; the prophets and
the servants the external uneonionsness
did not continue so long. Evidently this
miraculous seizure was designed to, teach •-••
San] and hiS hardened minions; that their :-,
nut Ede rous raging against Daviwasi fight- 'I
in, ai.ain,-t Jehovah' and his Spirit. It was . •
tin refore ''a merciful visitation. And it
was more intense hi :Sash's case, because' • .
lie had most obstinately - resisted the lead- -
iiigF ! of divine grace; and' also, in order
that. if it Were possible, his bard : heart
might behrolz:ettandsulaltied by the pow
er of this grace.. • , ,
After this David returned to Gibeah.
Ile probably wished to see Jonathan once
mire and confer with him as to the step,
h e :wa-; about to take. .A • long -..conversa
t i. el ensued—the longest reported in 'Scrip- . j
t iire,—in.t lie courseof which the plan was I
a il $ ved' which We Mid carried out in our
lesSon. The design: Was to satisfy Jona.
than of ' the real teethe; of his father to-
wavl David. So noble-mindedwas,LJona- I
t bait that lit' could not believethat his fa-'.
OA after Swearing:to him that he ;would „,
siu;i-e Dave?, would: CeSiberattl.-,a-nd per-
sisiently seek his life. The feast 'f Abe .
new Moon was sected for the trial (See '
Numb. x; 10; xx.yili: 11-15. The Saul
m ' .
r l i
was aeenstoed to. entartain then i. ndees '
Of his court; and David, as his sonar-lass
and a distinguished General,' woUld or," -
eeluse be expeeted;. to be, presentL -Mel
tirst, day Saul said nothing about Ts al).
m-
see, hot the second day he hum red of.
Jonathan as to David's reasons for not at *.
tending the feast..: Jonathan replied that •
David had asked and•obtained pen fission ._
to attend a, family Celebration at Betide- .
hem. This, threw the Bing into a parox-, :'
.ysni pf anger.. ' Ile abused JOhathaaftet , _-
the 4yle of a fishmonger. Belli tisified •
the insult•to his-son'by publicly in -nide;
tl i
hishnother. "Then son of a perve se wo:7- !
matt of rebellion,", - ;No wondorlo
_Allan ' : I
rose up in fierce anger. Then Saul. yarned
h innt bat so long as: DavidliVed, h . could'._' 1
not , secure the succession to the Itrone. •
This showS that Saul hy'this time ainder
slood that God had given the Kingdom: t 0,.!
David;• and .Tonathan's conduct indieat • es. •
that he, too. was aware of it.. It is s p'inof -•
of his great love fer David that he shon's
no sign of irritation oe envy: Well there-
fore. did Davidsing over him, " Thy love
to me was wonderful ; passing the love of
woman. When Jonathan venture(' to ex
postulate With hiS father,: the Later he-- -
came so enraged and insane that he hurled
his spear 4;_-, hiin ;. thus seeking to stroy
his own sue, bet Ween whom and =self
there had formerly existed the to derest •.'
mutual affction and regard.
. • ~:
in fierce anger Jonathan rose f m the
table and went out, leaving- his f xl tin
tasted. All, night' be grieved ,for _David
because of Saul's
morning
. treat ent of
him. The next morning he went ut into'
the field (or open epuntry), near to ,'the •
stone "Ezel" (stone of departure Or' sop- .
aration), a well-known stone nearGibeah
(v. 19). The inune4s here used by antic-'
ipation, 'as it is plain that the stone was.
so named from thiStnemoriable separation
of Jonathan and David. There-was:, most
likely, a cave in the:shine. Jonathan, took •
a boy with hint, according to agreeMent.
Bidding the boy run and find the :arrows,
he, sent one-whistling Piist hin; and as ho .
was coming to the,place where the arrow
lay. he.shot another, crying as if in sport,
"Is not the arrrow beyond, hee ?" 'And as
the boy rati after the
,second-arrOw, he
discharged . a third still - farther off, : Silent
ing. "Quickly, haste, do not stand still."
Thus. while seeming to be amusing him
with his page, heril•as really warning -Al- --
viii of the urgent necessity forjmrnediate
flight. ' When the boy returned with the
three arrows, he gave him his bbw and . I
quiver and arrows, and bade 'hint ,
_carry.
them into the city. -: - . •
:
: •Aa soon as the b a ;boy NN ot ) sight.' '
- i Od ' t
' David emereed frOm his lathing-place, fell
zr,
to the ground and 'bowed three times out
of respect to Jonathan's superior station, • •
I Then the two friends kissed each other, •-
- and wept i for one-another "until' David-
Iwept strongly," ,i: e. 'to such a Ideg,ree i .
1-that David wept Very loud, • Thep they,
I solemnly renewed their covenant of &lead-
: • -
10; David Pledging himself :titi
. show
- hnidness to Jonathan and to his descend—
' :tuts through all the generatiOns Of their.
se.d. , And so they parted, David setting.'
oukon his i journey,and Jonathan retatrn- • 1
ing to Gibeah. ',I 1 ••• I -
Jonathan, - the 'gift O God, : is an :im
age and Projection of Christ as the friend.
of sinners. Ile was a disinterested, faith
ful friend;i sticking closet - to David than
any -of his brothers. He always sought
and rejoiced in Davitrs prothoth trawl
prosperityeyen Mills own expense. l 'There
are few characters in the OlitTestainent
history which - for genuineness; chivalry,
self-sacrifice and constancy, t 4 OE4 to his
father anti his friend, can be put in com
parison - With Jonathan." But as a friend:
he is infinitely below Jesus..., :While - we'
were yet enemies 'he died for:us. Noth
ing can alienate hia.lai. , He ItivetAn. the
end. And his loge secitres to us all, that
we need. - i "Allthings arelotirs:fln
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