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JAMES. WOOD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tuch9-76 ' TOWANDA.
L QMITH & MONTANYE, ATTort
-7 NETS AT LAW.-015ce, corner of MAID and
I Pine St.. Opposite Dr. Porter's Drug Store.
JOHN F. SANDERSON,
ATTORNEYrAT-LAW,
OFFICE.-4leans Building (over Powell's Store)
DD. SMITH, DENTIST,
• Towan
mi ce on Park street, north side Puplle Sq•tare,
De t te, Eluell [lncll9-70
W. Ar, Wm. -LITTLE,
' A TTOR.V.E; W, TOW ..LVDA, PA.
Office In Pan.. cnr. Main navillridge-StR.
T.%•31n14..P.1.....i..pr1l I. '76.
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LAW OFFICE,
TO ANDA, F.
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OVERTON :& MERtUR, c ,
ATTOWS Fri AT LAW.
TOW ANDA PA
Ohre over Montanyes Store. [may - 675,
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April
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Tolatnia, Pa.
jlyl7-73.
Offic,•, Block.
c. GRIDLEY.
A. •
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
- TO WA SDA,' PA
1012111CIE
(II: F. MASON
k_A •
ITTORNEI . AT LsW
TOWANDA I'A.
Off;cc En,t , tloor south of C. D. I'at4 h Esp., sec
m:l tor. ' • Nov.
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TowANDA. PA.
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ANDR'EW WILT,
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rlnce ov-r Store,.,tv,o door, north of
Lol,g !Ton I'4. May be ,00bulted
n .11113'4 t 12, "76.:
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V qi. kT LAW, Vil - ALUsISt:, PA, \VW attend
An•—•: cuts-:rd to llis ear.? In Itholfortl,
.nol Wponing counties_ °thee iet:n Esq.
[toe:II/4.1.
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ELSBREE, .
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TOwANDA, PA
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prfn:ll.Cy :Ltteialod 111
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TOWANDA. PA.
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Avrof:N Er AT LAW, ,
U. S. r( , II3IISSI6NTR,
TOWANDA, PA
r. Shle Square
1)A TIES: RNOCIIAN,
- ATTORNEYS' AT LAW,
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TowAxDA, PA
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NEltrUlt VI.I)CK, (entrince on south
Ei•fri Tow can c. I' Clall4-76.
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ore;
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am! surVon.. Oftee ov.q' Ilr
T. L.. 1, •11.
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07, and X.:ter Se pi. 21. iday l•it found In the
et_ tis.a nec toil:: on 2v.. , 2i.or of Dr. Pratt's clew
on S'ste Sscot. Muidueas udiclted.
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INAT KELLY, DENTIST.—Office
.scer M. E. Itoventleld's, Towanda, Pa.
Tot-th I.o.otted 101 Gold. Silver. 'tubber. and Al
titult.uul bahe. Teeth extracted without pan.
Opt.
R. C. M. STANLY. DENTIST,
Ou Into 71.:„.y.
& iot *1 n “tt Kt•nt k Watrods' store,
Is o r pr-•4r...1 d.,"") all kiwis or de l l tai work.
Fie tmw al., put to a near g s 2iparAps.
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_HALE l PATTON, Agents for
t-t , "•:.;.:ECTICUT 74rTrAL LIFE IXaURAXCE
t , 01PANY.
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Mare?.
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VURANCE, AGENCY.
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SIERCHANTS.
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PHILADELPHAL.
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Supt. Adaws'Express CO.. New York.
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I:OIVER PRICES !
Dec. 9, '75
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE
=I
BEE
STEW GOODS !
Jan.-I, 1675
Have just received their tirst invoice of
FALL & WINTER GOODS !
DRESS GOODS-DRESS GOODS,
HERETOFORE UNEQUALED!
3ranufactures the cele
CALL AND .EXAMINE OCR STOCK
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BEM
MIM
8.. W. ALVORD, Publisher.
VOLUME XXXTIL
Taylor k Co.
TAYLOR k CU! •
Are receiving, this week, a
LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE !
Assortment of,
DRY GOODS
For the
FALL S; WINTER SEA SON
EVERY DEPARTMENT
IN OUR STORE
WILL FILLED WITH
DESIRABLE GOODS!
And we propose:to sell them at
THAN HAVE YET BEEN
OFFERED IN THIS SECTION!
OUR STOCK
TAYLOR & CO.
Tonando. St•rt. 20. 1876',
Lent is Batt.
NEW GOODS!!
NEW GOODS!!!
KENT 1 BLISS
All the new styles in
GM
Sc , tte
We offer Bargnins
Audi cqurlnce4 fur yeurselves,
KENT d; BLISS.
Mal
THESOLD MAN It din:MOH.
Well, Trite, l'v,;been to churchi to-day—been to
stylish one—
And, seeln• you can't go from home, toll you
what wa3 done; a
You would have been aurirtsed to see what 1 saw
there to-clay;
Trio sisters wire fixod up so flue they hardly bowel
to pray.
I bail On these coarse clothes of mine, not much
the worse for wear,
And then they knew I wasn't one they call a mil
lionaire;
So they let the oiit man to a seat away hack h e y the
door, •
'T was ho,..kless and . uncusbioncd,• a reserved seat
for the pour)
Pretty soon came In a stranger, with gold ring and
clothittg•line:
They led Vito to a cusiiiioned seat far in advance of
mine,
t thonght that was n't exactly right, to seat hint up
so near,
When he was yourig, and I was old and very hard
to hear.
I couldn't hear the_sermon., I sat E.) far away,
So, through the hours ut service, I could only
" watch and pray."
Watch the of the Christians biting near nie
round ab<mt;
l'ray that. God would' make them pure within as
they trere pure without.
While I sit there, lookhe all around upon the rie
and gr4a .
I kept.thitatifigitt tbe.rlch man and the beggar at
his gate:
How, by all but dog 4 forsaken, the poor beggars
form grew cold,
And the angels bore Ids spirit to the mansions built
tai gold.
0, whytshould titan look down on man hleanse of
lark of gold :•
Why aim him In the poorest pew, 'because his
clothes are old!
A heart with noble motives--a limn' Mar God has
blest-;- •
May b.t Leann' heaven's muste 'Heath that faded
Coat and,vest.
My inktakes 111, tune v.:11 rot et..
. My Ails he will wash away;
And the feet that !Atrial: ?A.!! tatter,
Shall walk through the gatts or day
I turn uoi from Ms whiNVvr,
It i let tint go Ills
I shall see Mtn to 111 Leanip,
The HINT in the taint:
i {
]!1• Leart was galled with liltfer wroirg, •
Ite~aageful feeltugi And of y Wood. '
I tire .de it hate with passion strialg,
While riathil <orrh Mark <l,--mon. stood
King Morpheus WOll $1 any eyes in vaiir,
My burning biath titivels*.s) a paltl :
It.ivetige : I rtL••d.ln liter stralii;
Mti: l,•u< , a, inaii !"
Forgive: a g , lith..plrit crk.ll,
I yie4rd to toy niihier
and to my fire I ha r d.
Forgave him freely from thy heart;
The hig t-ars !min their fountain r,eo,
Ile melted., vovi.il my (richd to bo;
That algal 1 lo sweet n jwiNe
'And ilte:whett •ha: stalled on of
We met at the Wells mansion at Athens,
which is at present under the control of
Mr. Abram Morley. The party chnsisted
of his srm. two daughters, three brothers
and finer sistei s. myself being, a cousin,
and other relations swelled the number to
twenty-two. The brother frrin 3lichignn
had with him his four lovely daughters,
while the Batchelor brother, wishing to
shOw his patriotism 'during the cam..aign
of 1876, offered his iscrvices as guardian
of sis ladies. After the very early and
very daintily got up breakfast, we were
furnished with 'wen filled lunch baskets,
then proceeded to the depot. The cars
were crowded, as ail excursion trains are,
but at Towanda two inure cars were at
tached to the, already long train and ev
erybody was made comfortable. -The
scenery on the Lehigh Valley Hail Road
is `charming. 'The view from the moun
tain, beyond Wiikesbarre, of the Wyom
ing Valthy, is picturesque beyond tleserip
film. We . we're whirled past 'immense
forests, with a grand view of the blue
mountains in the distance ; then through
coal regions, and past iron manufactories.
A" shortpause at Mauch Chunk; and we
have' a view i of th s city built among and,
under the rocks. Can anything in the
Art Gallery vie with this picture of -na
ture ? But on we move, tne train mak
ing beautiful curves around hills, passen
gers in, front waving handkerchiefs to
those in the rear cars. "Alt " says a
man from a far western city, "how I wish
we had s,me of these mountains of stone
to build our churches with. There is
nothing so good to build such cditiceg
with," And, now a gentl,,Man announces
the result of the vote taken on the train
for president. I .suppose we are on a
Democratic road and from the Demo-.
cratic town of Athens. -Tremblingly
listen for the- result, but: settled myself
quite easily again after hearing the report
of a large majority for' the Republican
candidate: And now we are in the su-!
bUrbs of Philadelphia. Our hearts throb'
-with enthusiasm as we near for the first
time Pennsylvania's metropolis. But it
is getting dark ; we have ridden all day ;
trains late ; we are just tired enough to
resL.nell :'lint will each one of this un
ceremonious„crowd find a resting place in
this beleaguerd city? We tarry a short
time at the delmt, when our fears are put
to flight by the appearance of our host,
lie recognizes our two- chief men at a
,glance, for some one bad foretold him
(gracious'knows who), that one was ex
ceeding tall 'and the other large and un
usually handsome. We wend our way to
our boarding house and find we are in the
neighborhood of a 'party froth Waverly,
started the day before. Sure'ly We shall
not get homesick with so many familiar
faces about. Some of these are our cous
ins. Here is the irrepressible Mrs. M.,
with her ringing
_laugh, putting to shame
the prim airs •of some who ate a little in
doubt as to city proprieties. In the morn
ing we are all wide awake and ready for
the early breakfast. tpon glancing
about andlistenfog to t conversation,
we discover that we bar* , :tour compact:
tititir' • " 1014114: 1
-4gEar,v;-;
WiNJ
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Vet.d I
,!oe ty. ,
THE OPEN DOOR
The• miNtakes of 14 life are ninny,
The bins u( my heart are more:
A:1li I , earce ran s.!e (or weeping,
'ut I 1 . 0111. to the open lima . . • '
18111 lowest of ttnYSt. who love blm
I am weakest of those oho prit3
nut PM 11/3.11g a% he has Wilde»,
And he will not say me nay.
The mistakes or my life are many,
Awl tny, me.ti tx :iitk witlisint
And I scarce can Elbe for weeping,
•
Islll will tel me in,
PORGIVENT33
RNtellanratrii.
:ro?
OUR CENTENNIAL.
.10s1A11.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9. 1876.
BostOn, Kansas; Vermont,. and ..,Tefines
s o, i These people of the United Slates
seem', to feel quite at 'home in this city of
brotherly love. ;'Breakfast dispatched, we
crowd into a street ear with about fifty
others and hie fiir the Centennial grouns.
Alighting near the southeitstern entrance
' we pass - with. (corn the many stands
; heaped high Vt.h canes, thinking we are
quite ; strong enough to see the show with
out the,aid'4ll: such an helpmeets Passing
through the gateway, we first enter the
Main Budding from the eastern entrance.
Attracted by the music of the.grand dr
. f
gan .0 the gallery we wend our way up
the stairway and listened entranced to the
beautiful tones of this grand instrument,
while '.our eyeS gaze with wonder at the
panorama before us. As far as the eye
can reach are 'Stands of sligwy goods,
flashing fountains, rum• and tastily ar
ranged flowers, costly vases, flashing jew
elry, rare minerals, gorgeous plumes; a
variety of castles,' some built of small
spools of sewing silk, some entaly of in
digo,
Otliers of alurin
===
Our, curiosity soon prompts i 4 to descend
and join the throng of people constantly
'Passing up and down both the middle and'
side aisles But now a ne‘ftrouble seizes
our bachelor friend. flow shall he keep
track of his six? The younger members
are happy watching th 6 clock work toys,
the as, riding a velotiriede in a daring
manner; girt driving &SOU at hories at
a breakneck speed around the large table;
the fOl engin& with a long train Of ears
goes Crashing along. No wonder ;the
children canOot be induced to go farther.
Each of the otherti are attracted to as
many different stands. " too pretty
fur anything." Ho submissively turns
his head and counts' six every fifteen 7C
owls, inwardly comparing' himself to an
old l+en with • lk broad of .chickens chas-
ing grasshoppin.s in a meadow. At noon
with throbbing brow he marshalled i fils
proce.ssion to cafe Leland for .refri-ish
.
mcnts; after whieh he wisely divides into
couples, the parts to meet at a certain
hour at "Public Comfort " to return
home. Ant . now he is comparatively con
tent, with ottly two instead "of six to pinch
his arm and cry " Do see- there !" when
his eyes iro already rivited on some love:
obSeq,:thitt he knows lets no rival.
The'artistie ttirangertient in the Ameri
can Departmetit shoivs cultivated taste:
Is it selfishness that causes me to admire
Our own exhibits more than the grotesque
shape's in China and Japan One bed
stead in China that must have taken
scores of years to construCt,, will only
hold two persons, after all; but oh, the
intricate carving is enough to skit one wild
with woniter and delight: The cunuinti
little watches in Switzerland are very :cu
rious. Imagine upon your tiuger a ring,
with a gold witch for its setting. Do you
wish to ff,now-the time of day, raise your
hand and the little open-faced me:titer
gives the eorrcgt information. But we
nut nol try to see too much in the Main
Building. in One day, lest w•e be conftwd,
at:d uttalile rettleuther what 'we hay(
si en. So we crossover to the - Art Galle
ry, and ,here we arc in more danger of he
ing more daulcd and bewildered Um
b._ fore. Groups of statuary, life-like por
tra i ts, and paintings of great variety and
beauty. A scene ft,•nt Yosemite Valley
is a rare study. 'roweling mountains,
roaring cataracts and tall trues, while the
rays of the sun in the distanee'strike upon
the scene in such a manner as to be al
most dazzling to the beholder. And here
we are at the marriage of the Prince of
Wales. ',low perfect]y natural and,life-
like. Ice him clasp the hand of hiS bride
as he promises before the low robed
plies.t and hi; queenly mothers, tm love,
hoodr, &e. And here is the faschhaing.
though jminful Net-fire o the anotimist.
Intett represents a Kent: in the
Revolutionary War : the smoke and lire
of a battle in the ;distance, while in the
:foreground at the head of their company
are tw.) old veterans, with patriotism
marked on every feature, one with a life,
the other with a ,Irum, playing 'with a
determination t o meet with victory or
death. But we will leave this delightful
place for -another day and take a glimpse
of Machinery Hall. Here our excited
fancies are lulled to quiet brthe clock
trot k precision of.all this machinery. Nti
mistakes are made 'here. Ileautiful silk
book-marks, with mottoes and many col
ored tlower:i`Fit)Vell in; neck-ties of every
hue; silk hagiikerchiefs ; Brussel carpetrs:
and cloth of various kinds are being min
ufaclured as by magic. I wandered on
with the toiling crowd till I reached the
great .engine. The gigantic production of
the brain of Mr. Corliss. lam not a ma
cpinist so will not attempt a description;
tit dropping into the ne.trest seat, with
luckily no one to hurry inc away, 1 sat
for a long time watching the steady poW
erful motions of this king of giants. I
thought what an immense amount of work
he is now perforthing, while to the, an,
idle looker on, it seemed as easily done as
for the moon to sail unljestieally vound
the earth. Glancing at my Swiss ring-;--
no at my prosaic watch-1 ate that it is
time to be moving. We will glance at
the Government building. We torn from
the wicked looking guns outside.and en
ter the building,, I looked with pride
upon, the tasteful arrangenient of the
stars and stripes, our national banner,'
and the litany portraits of national he-
I • •
~iroes in rich, massive, frames. Here Were
*hole lines of soldiers in wax and thous
andsof other things that will require a
week to see. Such a sight gives one a
new pride for his government. When we
realize the vast territory and great wealth
of our •c,untry; when we lebold the'se
masses of poi natured and intelligent
sight-seers, we sincerely hope that no one
will lie so unpatriotic as to refrain from
voting the right ticket this year, but in
honor of the Centennial Commissioners
and the hospitable Philadelphiami wad
our present faithful President, let us se
cure the life of our grand Century Plant
four years more by electing llajes ar.d
Wheeler.
Availing myself of a Centennial cane
that looked far less insignificant than in
the morning, I hastened to my boarding
house, just in time for the chair reserved
kr "just one mono 7 at the crowded tn.
We, One of our party bad just received
aletter from home saying in the P. 8.,
"stay till you are satisfied, and when you
have - an hour or two of leisure, give my
•
love to all the relatives."
Each or the , Varty had seen so t i
dittemit from the others. and it
‘4ll.o,oatocOnOir! note 4t.
'
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
Put Yourself in my ilace
"I cannot Wait. any longer. I must
have'my money, and if you cannot
pay it I must foreclose the mortgage
and sell the place," Said Mr. Morton.
"In that cast," said Mr. Bishop.
" it-will, of course, be sold at a great
sacrifice,
..and •after all the struggles
1 have made, my family will Derain
be homeless. ;at is very bard 7
only wish you bad to earn your mon
ey .as I do mine; you might then
know something of the hard life of a
poor man. you:-could only in
imagination put yoUrself in my place,
I think you would ha 4 a little mer
cy on me."
"It is useless talking ; h extended
this one year,! and 'I can do so no
longer," replied Mr. Morton, 'as he'
turned to his desk and continued
writing.
The poor Mari rose prom his, seat
and walked sadly out of: Mr. Morton'i4
Office. Ws last hope . was gone. Ile
had just recovered from a lOng
ness which had swallowed up the
means with which . he had intended,
'to make the last payment on :his:
house. True, Mr. Morton luul waited
one year when he had failed lo Meet
the demand, ,owing to illness in.his
family, and tie had.- felt very much
obliged to him for doing • so. This`
year he had been laid up fur seven
metal's, which time he could 'earn
•lithing, and all his savings were
needed for the support of his family.
Again he failed, and 'now he would
again be homeless, and have to . beoin
the world anew. [fad ',heaven, for
saken' him,and given him over ti? the
tender mercies o . f the Wicked ?
After he had left the (Mice, Mr.
Morton could not drive away froth
his thoughts the remark to which
the poor- }anin his grief gave utter
:nice, "I wish you had to earn your.
money as I do mine."
In the midst of a row of figures,
"Put yourself in my place" intruded.
Once after it had crossed his mind .
he laid down his pen, sayiug : "Well.
I think I should Lind it rather hard.
I have a mind to drop iu there this
afternoon, and see how it litres' with
his,family ; that man has roused my
eurioSity."
About live o'clock he put on a gray
wig anti some old east-Oa: cloT,lies.
walked to the resilience of M. i% Bishop
andknotked at the door. M'es2 Bish
op, U pale, weary-looking woman.
o i )e . tied it. The - - - -poor--ohl- -mall re
quested permission:to enter and rest
awhile, saying he was very tired with
his long journey, - for he had walked
many miles that day.
Mrs. Bishop cordially invited hint
in, and gave him the best seat the
room attuned. She had just begun'
to make preparations for tea. •
The old gentleman watched 'her
attentively. Ile saw there was no
elasticity in her step, no hope in her
movements. and pity fur her lxszan
to steal in his heart. When her hus
band entered, her features relaxed
into a smile, and she forced a cheer
fulness into her manner.' The trav
eler noted it all, and he.was tJrced
to admire this woman who could as
stune a cheerfulness she did not feel.
for her litiAlatmrs sake. After the
table was prepared, there was noth
ing on it but bread and butter and
tea. They invited the, stranger to
eat with them, saying " We' have
not much to offer you, but it Cup, of
tea will refresh Fou after `your long
journey."
Ile accepted their hospitality. and,
as they discussed the frugal ,meal.
led them, without seeming to iio so,
'to talk of their affairs.
" 1 boneoht this piece of land," said
Mr. Bishop, " at a veiy low price, and
instead' of waiting, as I ought to
have done, until I saved the money
to build, I tliought I would borrow
a' few huntlied, dollars. The interest
on the money would not be near as
much as the rent I was paying, and I
would be saving something by it. I '
did not think there Would -be any •
difficulty in paying back the money;
but the first ye:i.r my wife and one of
my children were ill, and the ex
pense left me without means to pay
the debt. Mr. Morton agreed to
wait another year if I would pay the
interest, which I did. This year I
was' for seven mouths unable to work
at my trade and e •rn anything, anti
of course when pay-day comes round'
--awl flint will be very soon—l shall
be unable to meet the demand."
" But," said the stranger, " will
not Mr. Morton wait another year. if
you make all the circumstances
known t 4 him ?"
No, sir," replied Mr. Bishop. "1
saw him this morning, and he said
•he must have the money,. and should
he obliged to foreclose."
" lie Must b. very hard-hearted,"
remarked' the traveler.
Bis T..
ot, necessarily so," .. eplied Mr.
hop. " The fact is, the 4? rich men
know nothing of the struggles of the
poor. They are men just like the
rest of mankind, and 1 'am sure if
they had but the faintest idea of
what the poor men have to pass
through., their hearts and purses
would open. Yott know it has passed
into a proverb: When.a poor man
needs assistance he should apply to
the poor:' The reason is obvious.
Only the fumy know the curse of
poverty. They know how heavy it
falls, crushing the heart of man, and
(to use my favorite expression) they
- eau 'at once place themselves in the
unfortunate one's place and appre
ciate his difficulties, and are there
fore always ready to render fu;sis
tanee as far as they are able. if Mr.
Morton t,ad the least idervhat I dad
my family had , to pass through, 1
think he would be willing to wait
several years ,for his money rather
than distress us."
what emotion the stranger
listened tear be imagined. A stew
world was being: opental to hint.7 . - lle
was passing through an experience
that .had never been his before.
- ShOrtly after the conelusion of the
meal, he rose to take . his leave,
thanking Mr. and Mrs. Bishop fur
their kind hospitality. They; invited
hiin to stay all night, saying . he was
welcome to what they bad.
He - thanked them, and said: " I
will, trespass 'on your, kindness no
longer.. I think I can reach the ng..at
village,berm: l asi* 'and - be so.mucti,
ethlng
very
• dist!,
.-
'
- .
that night; he lay awake , thinking
lie had reedited a new revelation.
The poor had always been associated
in4his mind with stupidity andiguor;
ant*, nodthe first poor family he
had visited he had found far in ad ,
vance, in intelligent . sYmpathy ,and
real politeness, of the.equisites and
fashionable butterflies of the day.
The nest. daY.a.boy called at the
- cottage, and left a package in a large
blue en veloiraddressed to fir. ;Bishop
Mrs. Bishop. was N'try much
alarmed when she took it, for large
blue envelops was associated in' \her
Mind with law arid lawyers, and she
thourrht that it boded no good. She
put it away until her husband came
,home from his work, when she hand
ed it to hiM: . .
lie opened it in silence,: read its
contents,and said, frequently, "Thank
Ifeaven ! "
"Ira is it, John ?" inquired his
anxious.wife.
" Good news, wife," replied John,
"such news as I 'have never hoped
Ibr or even dreamed of."
" What is, it—what is it? Tell me,
quick ; I - want to hear if it's Any
thing good." .
" Mr. Morton ha's canceller the
mortgage—released me from debt,
both
,interest and ' principal _ and
says any! tithe 1 need further assis
tance it' I 'let him know I shall have
it."
"q am so glad.—it puts'new life
into me," said the now happy wife.
" But what could have come over
Mr, Morton ?" •
" I do notcknow - . It seems strange
after the way he talked to one yester
day morning. I will go right over
to Mr Morton's and tell him how
h4ppy he has made us."
lle found Mr. Morton in, and ex
pressed his gratitude in glowing
terms:
I followed your seg,gestion," re
plied' Mr. Murton, " and put myself
iti yenir place. I expect it 'Would sm.-
pti,ise you very much to learn that
the traveler to whom you sliowed so
much kindness yesterday, w,asi my
self?" , ,
Indeed !" c.Nelaimed Mr. Bishop,
"can that be true ? llow did you
disguise yourself so well ?"
I was not so much disguised, af
ter all; but you could not very read-
UV associate Mr: Mofton, the lawyer.
with a poor way-faring man—ha! ha!
li!!" laughed Mr. Morton,
Well, it is a good joke," said `►;•.
Bishop; •`good in more sen.se. than
one. It 'has tertninated very pleas
antly for me."
"I was surprised," said Mr. Mor
ton, •• at the broad and liberal views
you expiessed of men and their ac
tions generally. I supposed I had
greatly- the advantage over volt in
means and education ; yet !how
cramped and narrow-minded liave
been my'views beside yours) That
wife of yours is an estitnahl6 woman,
aSul that boy of yours will be an
donor to any Juan. I tell you,
hish ;
op,'' said the lawyer, becoming
ani
mated,' " yon are rich—rich btiyond
what money: can bring you ;- you
baYe treasures that !rold will not buy.
I tell you„ 'you owe me no thank.'
SoMehow I seemed to have lived
sin'ce Testerdny morning. I
have got into a new world. What
learned at your house is worth more
thakyLou owed me, and I am:y•p - ur
debtor yet. hereafter I shall take as
my motto, • Put yourselfin his place,'
and try to regulate my actions by it."
—Christian at Work. .
THE 'TRUTHFUL PILOT
Tin! pa'sselerer, who was goiror
down tht hig, rircr fur the first time
in 'his life, secured ilermissitm to
climb up beside the pilot, a grim old
gray buck who never told a lie in his
" Many alligators in this ricer ?"
niinired the 's - tranger, alter a look
_
around.
Spt so many .now, si - lee they got
o shoothe 'on for their hides and
:tiler was the reply.
Used to be Icas, eh ?"
`'l don't want to :tell you about
e»), otranger, replied:l : the pilot, sigh
-1
n heavily."
'.Vi . h v• ?"
Cause you'd think was a-lying'
to yun, and that's stunthitv , ' I never_
do. I tiin cheat a keerds, drink
whisky or ebaw poor tertmeker, but 1
cant lie."
Then there used to be lots of
?" inquired the passenger.
" most afraid to tell ye' mister,
but I've counted 'leven hundred ally
gaters to the mile from Vicksburg
cl'ar down to Orleans! That was
years ago,,afore tr shot was eveifireO
at 'ern." •
" Well I don't doubt it," replied
the stranger.
"And I've e3unted 3,459 of 'em on
one sand bar !" continued the. pilot.
"It looks big, to tell, 'but a Govern
ment surveyor was aboatd,nnd cheek
ed 'cm oil' as I scalled out."
I haven't the least doubt of it,.''
said the passenger, as he heaved a
sigh.
" I'm glad o' that, stranger. Some
fellers would think I was a liar, when
I'm telling the solem truth. This
used to be a paradise for allygaters,
and they were, so thick that the
wheel of the boat killed an average
of forty-nine to the mile !"
" Is that so ?"
"True as Gospel; mister, I ir,•cd to
almost feel sorry for the cussed brutes.
'cause they'd cry out e'enamost like
a human being. We killed lots of
'em, as .I sail, and we hurt 'a pile
More. I sailed with one captain who
allus carried a thousand bottles of
liniment to throw over to the wound
ed ones:" -
"lie did ?"
".True as you live. he (lid. I don't
'speet I'll ever see another such a
kind, Christian man. And the ally
gaters got to know the .Fancy Jane.
and to know Captain Tom,and they'd
swim out and rub their tails agin the
boat an? purr like eats: an' Wok up
an' try to smile." .
"'They would ?"
"Solem truth, stranger. ' And
once when we grounded on a , bar,
with an opposition boat right behind,
.the' allygaten gathered arbunci, got
under the stern,
,and : humped: her
0:)y0. the , har: by, a grand: pish f It
like.a big stars = bud' I, *Oaf
•
wouldn't for all the Money you eoulfl .
put aboard this boae 7 :
There was a painful pause, and
after awhile the pilot continued : •
" Our injins gin out once, and a
crowd of allygaters took a tow-line
and hauled us forty-five miles up
stream to Vicksburg."
"They: did ?"
"And when the news got :don*
the
. river that. Captain Tom was dead,.
every allygater in - the river daubed
his left ear with black mild as a badge;
of mournin', and lots of 'em Pined'
away and died.' •
• The Passenger left the pilot-house
with the'remark that he didn't doubt
the statement, but the old man gave
the Wheel a turn and replied : '
" Thar's one thing I won't do for
love nor money. and, that's
make a liar of mvelf. I was brought
up by a good mother;' and I'm Ong
to stick to the - troth if this boat
doesn't make a 'cent."-- VieZAsarg
Lkrald.
MR. MOODYI3 WORK,
-f‘
' THE MEN AND TIU MONEY
Any one •who had . seen Brother.
Nloody sitting in the abandoned
saleon-shanty on the North Side
holding a small colored boy in his
lap,. and trying :laboriously, by
. the
light of one tallow-candle,. to teach
'die little fellow the parable of the
Prodigal Son, the teacher himself
having . to stop occasionally to spell
out the longest 'Words, and being
obliged to skip seine of them alto
gether, would have been surprised to
learn that this man was One day to
become a Bishop. Bishop Moody!
Not with a diocese in the-nsual form.
but with an organized company of
the first evangelists in -England and
America' under his direction, for
whose services, in speaking and sing
ing be receives applications, and
whom he assigns to fields of labor
with, no less Of Episcopal authority
titan that exercised by 'grand old
Asbury himself. More than
this, and more than, Bishop Asbury-,
or' any other bishop ever was, - Mr.,
Noody is personally responsible for
the support of these men and their
families, whom, by the direction - of ,
the Lord and the exercise of a eon
summate/judgment, he calls to his
assistance in carrying foward
scheme :of -evangelistic. Work which
alretvly embraces two great nations.
and which he believes sill ultimately
embrace the whole Eng;ish-speaking
world. To Some of these - Men he has
paid a regular salary ; others share
with him in the gifts of the people:
and still other's, who have some other
resources, are authorized to draw
from . his treasury to . supply -any
shorteAninas of own.
. In vie-w of these questions people
aye inclined to ask two questions.
Firt,, How does Mr. Moody get his
men ? and second; Where does he
! , -et his nioneY? qpestions ad
mit the Same answer: the men and
money arc sent, to hiM from the [Mrd.
There is a very large class of Chris
tian-- people who believe O that- Mr.,
Moody is a prophet of God, raised
up to he the leader of an
. essentially
new movement in the church, which
new movement has become.. a neces
sity from, the constantly-Increasing
formalism and materialism 'which
have cursed the ordinary methoda of
religiotis work. The -means of God's
Providence are always sufficient, for
its. ends. ,• Thus the necessary funds
for sustaining the men required to
carry on this new tnovement are
placed in Mr. I 00y 's 'hands by de-,
rout anvil and women who feel moved
of Gokl to make this cliposition of a
portion of their wealth. -
ME 'Moody asks money of no - dtie
but of liim,to whom belongs the world
aril the fulness thereof. --f/Is he once
said Of him - self/ in this city years
-ago,' God is rich, and I aril working,
for Him."
Isis methodS are partly apostolic
and partly providential. He has read,
that the Saviour sent oitt his disci.:
pies two by two; therefbre, be cap
tures Mr. Sankey as a - comrade for
himself, .and sends out Whittle and
'Needbarn and Stebbins. and
now is understood to he looking out
for two musical brethren ~to join
Mc4s-4rs. Moorelione and Ingliss in a
similat dual work for • tile-q,ord.
Here _!tlan is a system, with Mr.
Moody at its head, whereby it ap
pear's that he already has the sub
stance if not form and name of an
evangelistic, apbstolie bishop. To
him seem to be committed also the
gifts of the Eoly Spirit, for on no
human supposition can the efsass'ils
be accounted for which flock toOisten
to his homelY words, or the frqdom
and gladness with which - our oldest
and most honored clergy,, as well. as
laity, accept him as a leader in the
greatest revival movement that an'y
of them, have ever seen. "This. is
the Lord's work, and it is marvellous
in oar eyes."—Chicago -Tribrow.,
A LEssris . raw' A re-
member hearin ,, e' of a little girl 'who
went to her , Sabbath-school, and
when she came home her mother
asked her what she had tionk, at school;
and she in the' simplicity of her little
soul : said, "Oh, dear mother; I cni
afraid I have done nothing; for you
know there was little Mary Curtis.
whose biby.brother was buried this
week, and she was so sorry, and she
cried so that I cried with her; and I
took her hands in mine and kissed
her ; but it quite, took all the lessons
out of My heal ; and poor Sarah
Miles, who is always behind with her
lessons, had them this - morning quite
perfect ; and she *as so happy - that,
although she got more tickets than I
did, I was quite glad, and I told her
so,'and kissed her, too." "My dear,"
said 'the happy' mother, " 3Citt . 'have
not. said so many lessons, perhaps,
but you have fulfilled the Apostle's
injunction: you have 'wept with those
that weep, and rejoiced, with those
who rejoice.' Paxton
• .
Tar love existed before'my life began.
Thou bast loved me before I had a being,
for my existence is the fruit of Thy love.
Thou hest 'called me by my name before
the world was; and when Thou didst ere
ate the world, Thou didst it not without
regard to me, the peered of Thy - ehil
drenf so that ammo* the: millyete.
oetheliteeed - tab7rstio:itil the onelbst
.I.plAilluktllll,olo‘o,llo4'
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27
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S 2 per Annum In Advance.
The Rev. John Price iThrbin,P.D.,
who died on Friday afternoon of
paralysis in the seventy-sixth year
of his age, at his house No. 21 9. West
Twenty-third street, after . an illness
of five days, .was in every sense, of
the word a representative map of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in this
country. Though born, in clays when
loud and violent conversion's werej
most esteemed, his entrance into the
church. was preceded by gentle expe
rience Which stem to have given tone
and color to his, whole subsequent
life. One day, it is related, his old,
grandfather, who *as a pioneer Meth
odist, t suddenly- turned.toward hint
with the question ".John, are you
not concerned about. preaching the
Gospel If he had not been con.
cerned he certainly became so very'
speedily, for only a few years after
ward we find him a licentiate in the
ministry, scouring - 3 ...-circuit of two.
hmulred miles on horseback in north
we ,tern Ohio, encountering plenty of
Indians, riding into all sorts of ad
ventures, carrying*Clarfte'stommen
tary in a tin can strapped to his sad
dlebags,. studying theology at nig,ht .
in the 'single room of a log eabin
with a burning pine knot for, a light,
and, - wherever he .could collect an
atidience, preaching in a fashion so
impassioned, so instructive and so
forcible
~that his converts- and his
fame multiplied apace.
Indeed, it was first :is an orator,
and next as .an administrator of mis
sions, that his ability was principally
Manifested. And it is around these
centres that the facts of his biography
cluster. His eloquence warmed 'the
hearts and his plans won the appro
val of Iris .followers and pee'rs. " The
announcement;" says D e r. Crooks, in
hislife'of McClintock, who was the
colleague and friend of Durbin,
".that-i-he -Would address an audience
would, 'anywhere in the United
States, crowd the most available
place.of asseMbly. Ills opening •of
a sermon'was always disappointing :
his first ilirpose seemed to be to sub
dlieexpection. But soon the voice
became deep and full, and the gesture ,
broad' and- sWeeping; strong men
would lean forward arid hall' rise-to
their feet ; others *Would sit entranced
wholly oljvious of time and
One'of hisithost characteristic, efforts
ivas in the presence of both.
housed of 'Congress in the tnitetl
States)Senate, where, as the chaplain
of that body, .he presented a sermoir
in the year 1,r..i; - 1 , 4,; . 0n the hundredth
nniversary of fltj - bittltday of Ged rgt:
Washington, taking for his texts the
words: "Thon art Worthy, 0 Lord,
to receive glorY . and honor and power
for thou halt created all things, and
for thy pleasure :they are and were
. .cryated." The place, the assembly-.
and the theme delivered each its con
tribution to the etfecti'Veness of the
discourse; anal the perions who ,were
thrilled by the vea . li.er'S magnitieent
eifort never forgot' the man or the
our. Simpel and purity of lan
larige7 coipniant compass of
-natnralnes.i and vehemence
were the principal elements of Or.
I)urbin's.elotinence': lie desired ill(
DAS tery, and he strove for it with,
he persevenmee :and' self-denial of
he athlete.
When, • however, we .turn to . the
other principal, featUre of . his =life,
namely, his ability as an administra
tor, and C,l.onsider his long, faithful
and intelligent services as the col , :
responding secretary 6f the Metho
dist. Missionary Society, a position
Which he was called - to occupy in
1850, and which, aAer his resigna
tiOn„_it took at least three men.to
we find him not less o successful. lii
the thirty years preceding the date
of his appointment the receipts cf
that society were 32.000,000 ;, in the
twenty-one years after, they 'had in
creased to $:,000,000; and this in
crease was undoubtedly due .to the
skill and persistence of his personal
efforts. •
Dr. Durbin was ti gradinite of Mi
ami University, a profess'or in Au.,
gnsta College, Kentucky, a president'
,of Dickinson College; .Pennsylvania,
an editor of the (Ihristirm ..Idrocati
and .loin nal of this city, an exten
sive traveller, and a writer of books.
Ilis best known works are Observa
tions in Europe," whieb appeared in
1844, and " Observations in Ek.ypt.,
Palestine. Syria. and Asia Minor,"
üblished one year afterward. His
•
last public appearanCe of importane l e,
which was on the occasion of his
his resignation as Secretary of Mis
sions, occurred in 1872, in Brooklyn,
at the session of- the General Confer
ence, where his address was in, ex
quisite taste and deeply inipressive.
.1n 1844 the Meth - &list Church
made an amic-able arrangement to
separate on therquestion slavery.
and in 1848 set this agreement aside.
carrying on a _war for thirty years
thereafter until very recentlY,• when
the Matter was finally settled by the
northern Methodists conceding in
terms the legitimacy of the southern
churcli. Dr. Durbin .was. always op : .
'posed to_ the course taken in 1848,
being in -favor of standing fast by a
cimtract once made, mud on this ac
count he, 'like Dr. McClintoek, may
•be said. to have belowjed to the un
popular party in his church. his
opposition, though quiet, was fatal
to his securing the contiderice of vio
lent mcn on Ithe other side, and to
his advancement to a bishopric.
lle leaves 4 son and 6k - a daughters,
one 'of whomi is the 'Wife of Fletcher
lrpc4, Jr.. Of this city.— Nev-Yonl-
Ercning Po;t':.
W E request tip those who drink
carefully imported wines . to read the
following:
. . -
The adulteration of red wines
grown in }'ranee, by the addition:bf
cochineal and fueh;ine ' as coloring"
matter; has, it is stated, assumed
such proPOrtions 'that the , Govern
ment has taken the matter up, and
ordered the inspectors of the octroi
and others to - _exercise the strictest
supervision, so as to bring some of
the offenders , to punishment,poti - r,
encourager lea autres.'- One' of the
,principal physicians at Lyons writes
that several people have been poi
soned by drinking wine thus colored,
and it is nown that sufficient
sine ' is imOartett into" the - Bordeaux
.d4tilet, , ..t4,opllif a gili0:0; the wine
N LIMP ER 20.
THE BEV. DR. DURBIN.
IOTE3
BY Arr. Joint Y. "LaltaXl', P.l).
NOVEMBER 12; urn.
SACI.`A EARLY Ml/18:141r.
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Our last lesson showed ,us Sanlis mew
version; ,As a proof of Complete -,trans
formation, he cried, "Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do ?" Here we see ilia
doing the 4111 and the work of the Ford. :
fiofice that a truly renewed man will be
an active and laborious servant of the
Lord. If any confessor of Christ &moot,
work, it is a fair infereime that heichie
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only the name of living.
V. 19. Until the "great question" was
settled, Saul reeked not of bodily wants.
In his blindness be wrestled • with thi
r problems of sin and salvation,,untnindfat
'of hungerand weakness. But when light
had , dawned upon his inward and outward
vishin he received food and was strength-
ened: As the temple of the Holy Ghost,
he felt that his body needed thought and •
nurture.' He was no Gnostic 'despiser of • •
the body. Ile kept it under the power of:
a renewed will, but he did' not neglect,
starve or maltreat it.;, Notice, too, that
when ordinary n_eang are adequate, God •
never workippiraeles., Saul may be saved.
'by immediate revelation of the Lord, but
he must live by his mediate blessing.
His Fight , partly restored, his body
'strengthened, he 'at once joined himself
to the organizedbnily of believers in Da
mascus. He was "some ''`days with
them; and in the fervency of his nevillx)rn
love and zeal, he preached Jesus in the •
synagogues, urging specially 'his:divine:
Sonship. . Tnis seems to be 'the 'natural
interpretation of- the ieeord. But it is
probable-Hi:it this did riot continue long. • -
He had studied 'the Old - Testament as
bigoted Pliarisee;his theology was Christ
less and graceless. He needed w .season
of fresh study and revision;' , •he 'needed to
reconstruct his views of divine truth un
der the influence and iw the light of his
new experience:. • He. , needed time 'and
privacy in order to do this; and so;. he,
went away immediately into Arabia per-•- -
haps Arabia 'Pettnea) and remained near
ly three 'years. Gals. i: 15-18. 0u his .
return, no doubt, he entered at once upon '
the work of preaching the gospel, with
what result we learn in vs: 23-25. •
The tables are-now 'fumed o the. perse-
cuter becomes the perSecuted. He learns,
by experience of it what Pharisaic:intol—
erance means. He is in 'danger, of assas
'sination. A.plot is laid to effectthis, but
his disciples find it out, aildinferna him. -
So effective was the scheme, 'that it.pre=
vided.for a military guard at the gates to
prevent his. eseaPe. xi: 32. jut
his friends under ; God's guidance were.
equal to theemergeuey.• From the win-
,
dOsv 'of a • house, built against the city ;
wall and projecting in the upper Story
-over it, they lowered/hirn by night in a.. •
basket, and thus he escaped to .TerUSalem.
his first experience there was some
what chilling and Mortifying. The breth
ren were afraid of icim, and did not be
lieve that he Was a_ disciple. How shall
we explain this cold reception? Perhaps
they retained such a vivid reaollection of
- the bairn' lie had. formerly :One them,,
that they could not' believe that Saul, the
persecuting Pharisee, was also_amongthe
prol.hetS. It may be that during the
three years intervening they had forgot
ten the story of his / miraculous cancer
sion, or at least that the startling impres
sion of it had faded away.f Then, too, in
his hasty escape he may have neglected
to ;:eettril letters ~f commendation from
the church in'Damasces, and the. believ
ers in Jerusalem may have leaped to the
conclusion that his conversion was a- -
fraud: a mere trick to' help on his perse:
cuting put poses.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Barnabas, the Son of Consolation (iii:
87)—perhaps an old acquaintance of Saul
—came to his relief and introduced him
to the 'l'vpostle!, (G 31,5. 1: Ile
von:lied for thee 4 thin6--(1) 01.athe'had
seen the Lord hi . the :way;' (2) that the
Load bad spokerito him; and - 0), that lie
had,preached boldly at Damascus in'the
name of Jesus::. Behexing these facts,
they - conld not fail to receive him as a
brotler; for the man to wlrmi , the Lord
had appeared and spok4.- was surely good
enough fOr. apostolic fellowship. S) for
fifteen (lays, he was with them going in
and out :t Jerusalem.
It appeari from Gals. is 19, that his
main object in goizte; to Jerusalem was to
ee Peter.. With him he abode, and it is
&ought by many ,that his converse was
confined to him alone of the, apostolic
'body. He did not go to receive orders .
from the apostles, nor to ask 'counsel of
tiesh and blood. He was already an apos
tip; called and endoWed to-.preach Christ
among the heathen. Gals, i: 16. But
we find in our lesSon that: he. ',began to
preach in .lerusalem;.he'eould i not let fit;
teen days pass- Witliout speaking- in the
name of the Lord Jesus. He disputed
against the Grecians; or ite l Greek-speaktq
'ing Jews, the very class that opposed and
compassed.the death of Stephen. .They
remembered . how' sitccessftil they hid
been in Stephen's case, and :resorted to•_
the same means to get rid of the hated
pervert—they \ cut about, or endeavored,
to slay him.. •
The brethren in Jerusalem were not
willing that swable and zealous a laborer
should fall at the very beginning 'Of his
ministry,-like Stephen, and so counseled
flight. At thi4 same time the Lord ap
peared to him and commanded bini to &-
part 'quickly from the city • (ch. xxii: 18),
and, therefore, be yielded. to'wishes of his
friends, who brought him down :to C.
sirea (the Roman capital of Palestmo on
' the sea-coast) and thence sent him 'to
"rarsui, his naive city. On the way he -
passed Hire' the regions of Syria and Cili
cia (Gal. i: 21), and: preached the faith
whfeli Mice he destroyed. Hence, though '
a stkanger to the churches, they gloritit*
(letll'in him.•
Seed Thoughts. _Ho who knOws Christ,
will speak of Christ. The underlying
truth of all Christian experience is that.
Jesus is the Son of God. Ti e more we
do for Christ, the more we are able to do
for him: Faithfulness will meet with
- more , or less of opposition. Growth ; and
culture of Christian character demand •
quiet and meditation. We must not be
repelled in well , doing by suspicion and
coldness. God is mindful of his own, and..,
will always raise up friends in their times.
of need."; There is no reputation so good
as that of walking with the- Lora. The
Lord will direct the steps of those who .
arc consecrated to his will and service.
ALas ! how * deified in Thy most holy
sight are my' garments i and walkl No
doubt froni
. day to day
. 1 brush away the
dust, but ah ! bow 'little good it does !
Forgive me, 0 my Father, and cleanse
me, granting me so to walk that I may at
last enter, pure and utundlied, Thy holy
LOVE is eireumspeet i , • bumble and up. ,
right; : not yielding to softuess, l or, to Invi
nbt att,nclingto ; it * l O-
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