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r4ARM FOR SALE.—The Farm
'. lately owned by 'Matilda Vangorder. of Asy
lum twp ,li off: red at private sale. The farm con
tains ai acres, all Improved, well watered aid fenc
ed : fiNe ndle4 from Towanda, and (tom etrient to
school and church. Fur terms: .S:c.„ Inquire Of PE
TER' VAN GOlt DER, I..ll)erty (orners. E. 11. I)E-
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Lion SALE.—A farm of 100 acres,
itnt;roi - eti. son th-west part of Smithfield
it , wnsb:p. It rad ford Co., I'a. TWo orchard s, m ostly
grafted fruit. how,. of it rooms, arranged for ohe
or.two fantilios. two barn.. For particulars, en
quire on ~atti premises, or of
ang - 2
FRANCIS FRF.NOII
FQR SALE AT A BARGAIN.—
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A good tam, ccntainlng t,G acres:, in Orwell
mwm.ll;p. ' 1.1-rxelleni .trait. a good house, ...te•
Well adapti-if to either grain or dairy purposes.
Terms to stilt purcha s ers. Enquire of
JOHN nt,lOOK,
Leßaysville,Ort. 30, 18713.
I bare also a latv farm, on which
,I now live,
which I will :ell cheap.
JOHN BLACK
Q,,,2 1 77 a Week to Agents. Samples FREE
, t7t/t,r-• 0 I I P.(2,. VICKERS. Augusta,
THE CHEAPEST
'HARDWARE sTor,r
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IS TOWANDA.
IS IN*MERCUR BLOCK!
Farmers catilmy their
SCYTHES, • SNATHS,
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GRINDSTONES, -
FORKS, FIXTURES, . ROPES,
&c., &c., &c.,
Cheaiwr Than al Any otiaH Place"
I hare a!ways on hand I:f.pairs for the YOUNG
WARRIon and cll.l3lPlos Mowing Machines:
PERRIGOS SIDE lIILL PLOWS,
Best in Use.
All kinds of TINIVABE on band,
and Tin work of al' tlvLe.at lowest p: Ices.
Towanda..Tun. 28, 1874
o WALLICK,
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N0..729 NOIZTII SEC4'3I) STREET, PHI 0-.1,
Mani fac:arrr and deal.•r in
FRENCH PLATE MIRRORS AND
LOOKING GLASSES.
yr every !lbw rlpt
WINDOW CORNICES', SQL - AILF: AND
. OVAL FRAMES FOR PORTRAITS _
I'llo ToGRAPHS AND OIL .
PAINTINGS ; FLOWER
FRAMES, Etc., Etc.
Nov. :i4"l-:tp.
4s,
Yarns, &c
CARDING. DRESSING,
Done to ordor
Cash pall for wool, also cloths exchanged for word
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STATE NOlpiAL SCHOOL
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orphan> re.r.eiN,. 1-14 ilt.thwt int/ T/A. frrui. At gr.ol.
nation ,tmlent , receive and i•oardiog
In *54 p,r term. Far ratakzut , , or
other it/roma:len. ml.lte, the Principal. -
CO)VEN A: CO
I lave re moved their
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Clothing Store, 01:..2 d.. t South of EvANs
DR Eprir,„ Towanda. Pa.. where found
full line of :hr very I,est
CILOrKEI:Y. I; LAS ,, WA I:F., FANCY GOODS,
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‘: Atli the very In.st
A line x,, , ,rtuient (.(
KNIVES and F. )IZES
'l EA and TA.151.1; SPOONS,
POCKET KNIVES, &C
A full Ilee'of the fineNt
PLATED WARE.,
IsNIVE ,
'01: S.
YANKEE NOTIONS• OF Altl,
Stationery, Blank Books, Pass Rooks, Ladles and
Gents Hosiery. Handkerchiefs, Table and
Towel Lawns, Towels and sap
kins. Suspemlers, Collars,
Aral
A thousand other articles loonumerous to menthe.
AUCTION SAT.UUDAY . AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
AU pants must give satisfaction ac the money re
funded. 41eliven.,1 hi the corpora:hut free:-
Soliciting the sale. at Auction, of Real Estate,
Llye Steck. Farm Utensils Household Goods. or
any thing tot ,• sold at Auction in town or country,
at prices to 'suit the times.
ricaurr AND ACCIAtATEETL'ENSXADY.
On all goods left on eomnsbilon
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MI=ZEM
ll
• AT FIFTY-OSE.
Jesting Is (.7er with me hweirer
Lltr is. too s‘olsr at fatpone:
leoger I worship the witty and clever;
Things that aroused to, I loathe and shun.
I have come tithe souifolt and uow begun 1
To sink to th vale on the other side; Dm
There's a danip In the air—there's a gloom on the
Whose"waning the vapors of Orchas hide.
And my fellow-tr.:A:eters. left and right,
Fall away from the track.-as we downward hte.
To their several brow , : they are nut in sight—
'pin I hear the bell; as they bid pxdile
How lonely I feel . get more high
To my destined Inn—a dismal place
Shut from all gllmpbo of the hky,
And the sun,hine of every friendly face
Yet what la to dread'? the ro's a Master th#TO :
Full of pity, to welcome the weary g❑^dtt
• Who will bind the footsore, and have goal care
Of ovary poor soul that seeks Ills rest.
I tremble to go to llho, unminfessetl—
' I bear him Ho 112 L b rS from priest or pflpe.
DU( I earn a p.p,port m - ittitu my breast
Of Ills °vim sun• word—and a tlilthless hope.
—Thomas IYifliun. Parsons
A dial, hotting from a siately tower, .
While from her cluudle;'s path :10 heaven the sun
mi Its (11:.k. as hour suee , eded hour;
Faithfully marked their night till day was done.
Fair Was that gilded disk ; jut when, at last, -
Night brought the :-:ll:aletry hours 'lwizt eve and
_
No higi-r that fair dirk for those :who jiassed -
-2lea,ured and marked the: silent night of time.
The [lnman mind, on which no hallowed light
Shines from th, sphere neyona the starry train,
Is like the glitl,d disk at night,
..Whof,: , cunning tracury exists in vain.
—WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
•••Tis not for roam to trine,. Life brief,
- Ana sin Is
..Oar ag.• i, but a fallit:g of a kat";
A clropplretear.
We hare no time tr, spurt away the hour , •
All must be earnest in a world like ours.
Nl4 tn , /;17/ 11 Vet', but only one have we;
emeV,,ay -
How sacred should that one Ilfe ever be,
That narroiv syan 1•
Day.aft , ...r day till'up}pith b 1 A:A toll, •
(lour after hour still hringli,g in UCW
Mary Grey's Mother-In-L.
"So your mother-in-law is coming
to live with you," remarked Miss
Susan Skinnef,.contemptuously,
heiiiiiead a toss which set all the
little pink bows on her cap a dancing.
- Pretty, plump,- little Airs. Clrey
opened her brown eyes in.mild sur
prise at her visitor's tone..
“Why, yes, Miss Susan ; mother
Grey's last child has,-married and
moved away from her, :Ind . ,' now-she
is left quite ':done. Henry was, al
ways her favorita, and I, knowingit
would please him, suggeqed that she
should rent or sell the farm,. :Ind
mal:e her home with us ; a& she
has consented to do so.”
Humph! all the mire fool you!
Yon have got yourself into a pretty
fix now, Mrs. Grey: She will never
leave you, as long as she lives; yon
can make up your mind to that, and
bid good-bye to peace for the rest of
your days."
"IVIly, - Miss Susan!" :Said Mrs.
Grey,. regarding. her old neighbor
with surprise. "I don't understand
you. I ail sure I never wont mother
to leave. EIS ; and as for peace, what
difference can he: comin . ir make?"
T. JUNE
"Oh. you'll see," replied Miss
Su
san, undoing her head wisely, -while
her knitting-neelks kept time to her
shrill tones pith a sharp eliek-click.
"You'll sec! yob will repent of
vonr bargain before a monthis over,
.mind what I tell you. 0f all the
meati, conniving, meddlesome women
in the world, it is a m'other-in-law."
Mrs. Grey began to feel a little
atinoyed. "What do you know about
it r she could not refrain from saying.
"Ilunaph! you. needn't twit Me
with being an oldmaid, Mary Grey; !
I thank my stars that I am IPA tied
to any man. nOr what's worse, to any
man's mother. -What do I -know
about, mother-in-Lws:' More than I
want • to, goodness. knows! Why,
there was my cousin Lucinda, who
.was ohlif - red to leave her buSbaad
'arid go home to her father, just on
_account of her mother-in-law ; and
Alice Lawson—poor, little, weak crea
ture, who used to live in this v,ery
house, was so imposed upon and ill
used by her husband's mother, and
they do say that it killed leer; any
way.she died just three months after
her mother-in-law came to live, with
her. .Why , kpow of lots , of such
cases, and, if a 'woman isn't;:awfillly
strong-minded, they are continually
janglin! , and quarrelim2;; so you see
that altogether. a woman': best way
is to keep entirely away from her
mother-in-law."
=I
"But, Mks Susan, these are only
exceptional cases," said Mrs. Grey ;
• am sure there are good and* truci
women in the world belonoin.* to
this class.'' •
- "Well, I'd just like to see. one -of
thats all ! I see. its , i-no use
ar , uing with you, Mary ; you're too
set in your `own way. Mark my
words, my dea'r. you will rue the day
that you', ever. let that woman come
.
140 your house," Said ! Miss Susan,
int a tone of . settled convictions.
"When do you expect Mrs. Grey ?"
' she asked. rising analfolding up her
knittin2. work.
"To-morrow evening."
"So soon ? \\",ell, I am sure, I hope
you will be able to get along with
,:her," answered Miss Susan, with a
little sympathetic sigh. •
• Oftem__Ouring the remainder of the
day and Ehe next, Mrs. ()hey found
herself wondering what her husband's
mother was like. Ile - had .always
seemed so proud midi fond of her,
that she was predisposed to love her;
to regard her with that reveyence
and affection Which she had the fished
for her own dead mother. -
She thought how nice it would be
to hare- some one to whom she- could
go with all her little troubles and
„
anxieties, some onelwho would lyre-
Pathize with and, counsel her; and
how pleasant it would be for Henry
to 4%-e his mother always near him,
where he could watch over and care
foil her. TheY would make such a
happy fatally : henry and herself;
grandma,: and baby
-Itnnt--IVlVPOOthOgiatbsel
SPOONS,
CASTE:IRS, C.
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THE DILL AND TEE SUN.
,Blirelkutrint.
1101:1DAY ;;TultY.
1 'ANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY,'P4., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18. 1817.
pleasant thoughts, would come up, in
spite of her, the gloomy warnings
and forebodings which Miss Shsan
Skinner had uttered: CoUld,lienrY's
mother be "mean, conniving, meddle
some, or disagreeable in any way ?
a thousand times no. And yet
the sharply-spoken words had left
their sting, and she could not drive
the-memory of them from her mind.
When train time arrived, mamma
and baby took their .station at the
r window, to watch for "grandma."
I s e Soon the sound of wheels Was ltear'd,
and Henry drOve up to the door and
handed out a lady.
- - -
"MOther, this is your daughter,
Mary."
Mary looked up, and met a pair of
(retitle blue eyes looking outwistful
leY from a kindly old face.
"Mary, will you let me • be your
mother as well as Henry's ?" asked
the lady, holding omit her hands, and
Mary answered, emliraeing her• warm
ly
"Imleed,l . will l Welcome...lime
mother."
Miss Skinner, peeping fiOm be
tween her blinds across the street
saw the act and understood it.
"Oh, that's all eery tine," she mitt
, ered, '
contemptuously " A new
.woom sweeps clean. Wait a few
seeks, and then we shall see."
It was two Weeks before. Christ
mas,' and Mary was btisy preparing
fOr the holidays. One evening, after
putting baby to bed; ihe ran crown to
the. parlor to get her sewing, which
she had left, on the table before tea.
The - door did not open readily, and
she tried it again, but found it was
locked. She.was sure she had heard
Henry's and his mother's voices
witlfin, and thinking the door had be
come fastened accidentally, called'
out to Henry to open it.
"Oh, is that you,. Mary?" he an
swered. , "I{,ua up stairs :tad get "thy
cigar case, gill you r
Mary did so, and when she came
do,wn again,- found the - door open,
and 'Henry sitting by the table read-.
"Where is mother?" she,asked.
"Wasn't, she up stairs with you ?''
replied Henry, keeping his eyes fixed
on his book.
I thowvht she was heie'
"Wh V. no
"Well, you see you are mistak6i,"
e answered. •
i\lary did not reply, but took up
er work and sewed away busily, her
hOudlits• keepingrtime with her lin
ers. tihe was.positively certain she
ad heard Mrs. Grey's voice hrlow-
toned con'yersation with Henry,. and
yet he had the same as denied her
presence
. there. It was•the time
11:1(1 ever equivocated. to his Wife ?
and she could not overlook it lightly
without knowing the` reason. Why
had he done so ? Was there any
thing secret between him and his
mother from which she was excluded,
and if so, what could he the nature
of it?
"\Vell,,never mind ; it might have
been about Mrs. tirey's affairs, and
1;1(1 nothing to do with her; but then,
rhy need Henry have equivocated
ahunt the matter'"
The little r.lfair troubled her corn
sideralkc'„ u 1 her uneasiness was
very much augmented a few day
afterward. .
She was in the kitchen one thorn-
ing. putting the finishing touehes
the preparations for breakfasti , when
she heard Mr rev and Henry enter
the e. g•L room.
"Are you sure Mart knows nothilig
about this matter'?'' * Hem v was say-
"Yes, I am quite certain of it, and
I think we have bun so fortunate to
keep - it from hey.",
"Yes, it would never do fur her to
find it out now i " . lienry answered.
Mary 'wanted , to hear no more, but
ran Out into the back hall and up
stairs, whence she appeared in the
dining-room •as the breakfast bell
lookin! , r. little thished and ex
eittd, bit not enough so' to cause
comment. •
After breakfast Mrs. Grey went
out to make some little purchases,
and Mary .sat dowil in her husband's
arm 'chair in the sitting-room,
and tried to reason herself out of her
abstml fears and suspicions. What
was it that her husband and his
mother were trying to keep from her',
Why did they treat her like a child
in her own house? she thought, in-
diunantiv ; it was shameful!
Iler meditations were interrupted
by the entrance of Miss Susan Skin
ner, who "had run over to have a
chat with her," as, -she said.
"Why, my dear!" she c.elainied,
at first sight of Mary, " how - poorly
von are looking! What is the mail
ter ?"
"Nothing serious. 1 was very busy
yesterday, and am a little tired."
"Ali, one more in the family makes
more work, I know. It won't; do -to
wear yourself out this n•ay ; yids mug
let your mother-in-Lt`w do belt share
or the work".",
"Ali, indeed, she dock" exaaitned
Mary, quickly : "even tho - re that:
wish her to, sometimes "
"Well. it seon3 to me she aoes out
more than von do:"
"_Anil so she Ought. I have.llarry
to claim my attention."
"Ana she receives callers. toq?"
"I think you - must be mistaken,
Miss Susan. the has made no ac
quaintances since coining here."
"But I certainly saw a gentleman
come here, two days ago, when you
were down town."
"A gentleman !"
"Yes, and shi! met him at the door
herself. Mr. -Grey 'came home in
about half an hour and took him
away- with hiM."
- '4oh, it was probably some fridud
of Henry's."
"Perhaps so," replied Miss ? Susan,
doubtingly. :She Soon took her de
parture, leaving Mrs.•birey's mind in
a Very troubled state.
In vain` did site try to reason with
herself; to persuade herself that'all
this was no concern of hers, it should
not trouble her l ; still she could not
help conneetin2.the visit c'tf this gen
tleman with the mysterious private
conversations.- Why was she not
thought worthy their confidence
Why all this secrOt plotting-and
scheming ?.
Inlspite of herself, all Miss Skin
ner'S-maroings of*.feli weeks befere
came back to
REGARDLESS-OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
herself deaf before ever listening to
that hateful woman.;•'
Suspect:her husband's mother, that
sweet, gentle-faced woman of any
trehson toward her I No, indeed, she
would not ! -
Still almost daily _Mary fomut her-
self interrupting stolen conversa
tions, and stumbling capon evidences
of the secret; and add to this Miss
Skinner's almdstdaily chats " with
her, which always left; her feeling un
comfortably with the world in. gener
al-and her mother-in-law in particit
lar, no wonder that she . grevr thin
and pale, and lost her appetite. Mr.
-Grey and her mother wondered at it,
and tried in vain to raise ber spirits.
ller husband took her out driving
daily.
The day before Christmas. came.
Mary pleaded that she was too busy
who the time for her drive came •
but lipnry would not listen to it
and .she put on her wraps and went.
The air was clear and keen, and Ma
ry felt much refreshed and invigorated
when at last they drew up before the
door.
wraps off, Mary, and then conic right
flown again ; I want• to show you
somethi►ig," said Henry, as be helped
her out of the sleigh.
When she came down ' , stairs, he
was waiting in the hall, and; drawing
tier hand through his arm, conducted
.her to the parlor.
"What is it you wish me to see,
Henry?" she asked, as they entered
the room.
"Find out for yourself," he an
swered, playfully.
:She raised her eves, and then gave
a, shrill scream of delight, and, with
a bound, wits across the room, stand
ing beside a superb pianoforte.
",011,. Henry, where did this come
froM ? What a perfect beauty ! Is
it really for, me ? Oh, how can I
ever thank you ?"
"One question at a time, my dear;
answer -your last one first.
You have no right to thank Inc for
this Christmas present., Hero is the
giver." replied llenry, going up
,to
his mother, who had stood : a quiet
spectator of 3lary's pleasure, and
tittim; Li 3 arm a+ound hei
.".Nlother ! is 'it possible ? Oh,
you darling! how ean 1 ever thank
ou ?" cried Mary,.. throwing her
arms, ton, around M E. Grey, .and
vt,
g n ,
giviner a rapturous'etnoritee.
"1 am well surrounded, I see,"
said she, smiling on them proudly.
"1 am glad 'are pleased with
your piano, Mary, anti you shall re
pay me . by getting 01 the enjoyment'
from it von can.'
"It is something I 11:11 - C wanted
ever- since w•e were married," said
Mary, "but Henry could nut quite
afford it.;'
" Now you have your heart's..tle
mpi
sire,". said flenry, "but at the expense
of a little sinning. lam afraid. Do,
you remember one evening . , abotft
two weeks of o, when I you found the
door - lucked i! Mother and I were
holding. a consultation when you
came. and I sent you after the cigar
case when you came to give her time
to run away. I (fame very near tell
a fib that night."
"Ycs."
. said - his- mother, "mitt:
pianning and plotting as: we have
had. The other day, when the man
came to make the final arrangements .
about brining the piano, vim were
down town, and I was so afraid you
would return unexpectedly; snd this
afternoon they -came - 'find put it up
while you were out driving ; but I
knew Henry would not' bring you
home too soon."
Mary;felt hersolf. turnin , sick and
faint. This, then, was the secret;
which had tormented her so; these 'in
nocent plots and plans prompted
lovin[r hearts! What a monster she
was to have snspeeted
.this noble
woman of any wrong! She felt like
humbling herself in the dust betbre
her.
" flow white you: are, child ! The
excitement has been too much for
you!" said .Mrs. Grey.
But Mary knew better. Still, she
kept her secret locked in her own
breast-; not by a word would she .li4,
tlds gentle woman know how she had
been tempted to donlit
Mary has gradually dropped Miss
SusaL iSkinner's acquaintance, ;Ina
that v-orthy soinster.,often complains
how " dreadfully nppisll soMe folks
have grown ;" lint Mary is only top
glad to be able to keep out of the
reaeh of her ti in and finils unal
loyed comfort .and delight in the
sos!iety of
.her motlmr-in-law, whom
he thinks truly, .among the best
women -en earth. '
We l were much impressed by a re
cent attributed to Governor
.Moraan t that under certain cb cum
stances, which were mention&l', but
which it k not necet. - 'sary to recall,
he did not see why the American
people could not enjoy a period or
prosperity lasting ten or twelve years.
That which impre'ssed us was the
recognition, by an experienced busi
ness head, of the periodicity of pros
perity in this country. We go head
long into bus•iness - . from a: period Of
depression, run a certain round, affd
then down we-go :Tab', to rise and
fall indefinitely in the same. way.
That has been the history of Ameri
can business as far• back as we can
remember. The question never seems
to rise whether this - periodicity_ is
necessary, or can be avoided ; but
every time we work up to a crash,—
to a great and wide-spread financial
dis'asteN—froin which we - slowly re
cover, again to repeat the old mis
takes, and receive the accustomed
punishment..
Is this lamentable periodicit2,-.nee
egsary.! We cannot believe thatit is.
When we,suffer.as a community, it is
because, as a community, we have
done wrong. When legitimate busi
ness is properly done, antrnot im
properly overdone ; When credits are
not illegitimately extended, and spec
ulation is :not indulged in ;' when
public and Corporate trusts are man
aged without corruption.; when true
economy is praCticed in public and
private life, a great financial Calami
ty, or crash, is simply impossible.
`that q overnorXorgan, or: any other'
wise anct obseriing maiL,l'ibrescnsis:
the,'OnsOottioes:.6ti-tbitS*
z.,7;
19
"Hun up stairs and take your
THE BETTER TIMES.
of the spirit of speculation, n growth
of fictitious values, an over-produc
tion of manufactures, a multiplication
of middle-men, awide _extension of
credit, a feverish thirst for large pro
fits, a stimulation of extraVagant
habits, an increasing love of luxury.
There is but one natural and inevita
ble end to all these, and that is dis
aster. It domes just asiaaturally as
death follows a competent poison.
There is no mystery about it what
ever;. and the strange thing • is, that
a nation of men arc so much like ,i
nation.of children that it will not
learn.
The better times for which we have
waited so !Ong that we had almost'
becOme hoikles, seems to have
dawned at last. 'Business is reviving.
The spindles begin to whirl again ;
the merchant has his customers'',
once more that which is produced
finds a ready market; and once more
there is labor for, the workman, and
bread and clothing for the labor.
After the terrible lesson we have re
ceived, it is a good time to talk about
the-future. Are we to go on again
in the old way, and fill up,. within a
limited period of years,the old meas
ure of foolishness, and tumble again
into the old consequences ?
. It is not necessary that we should
do so. We have, from sheer necessi
ty, begun to be economical. Let is
continue so. • Let, us build smaller
houses ; let us furnish them more
modestly; let us live less luxuriously;
let us tune all our personal and social
life to a lower key. We have bravely
begun reform in public and corporate
affairs. Let us continue this, and
vigilantly see to it that our trusts
are placed in competent and, honest
hands. We are committed to a re
form in the civil service,—a reform
which will extinguish the trade of
politics that has done so much to de
bauch and impoverish the country.
Let us SL , e, to it that phis reform is
thoroughly effe . eted. Our cobble;
houses have tumbled about our ears;
let us not rebuild them. Our, spcca-
lotions lie in, ruin, with the lives and
fortunes they have absorbed. Our
fictitious values have been extin
guished; let us,not try to relight the
, dathour that made them , r
. Our lotl
credits and . 0111* depreciated currencyl
have wrought incalculable evils ; let
us not continue them. Let as cease
to de:il in paper lies, and r iay in gold
our lionest•debts. Above all, let us
Lc content
molest gains, f•L‘re
tryino' to win wealth in a day, and
, ret something out of lire besides ev
erlastin4, work and worry. Fullyone
half of .our wants are artificial, and
thttie terrible struggles for money
are mainly for the support ofwants
that we have eri•atetl.-4),. J. G
171.ilaml.
_____-.. -4. e• ..-____
IRISH WAKES.
There is no 1106 ht that the custom
wakin ! , an,r watching oritrinated
vith the Irish in an affectionate feel
towaatheir dead relatives, whom
heir natty rand lid !less prompted them
.ot to desert., as it were, not - to leave
o the attacks of evil spirits. who
lover in their flney round tlitt body
odo it. an injury. Hence the lights
nd holy water. The same,idea, in
lmost the identical .form prevailed
n Cleveland. in Yorkshire, bell.. in-
peal, it is only just extinct. " The
)ylie Wake," or '• Lake Waite," was
maintained sometimes for a few
.days after the body Was laid in tiw
grave, and , there were more supersti
tious praetices than in Ireland. In
addition to the lights and the.holy
water a plate of salt was placed on
the breast; these were held to b e
efficacious for the watcher as well as
the dead. Above all, the door was
always either wide open or carefully
closed. lest some fearful apparition
should- enter. The reader of '• Guy
Mannying" will remember _Mel•
Merrillies opening the door wide
when she was busy in her ghastly
ministrations about the sunrggler's
corpse. She also chanted some dis
mal verse; something similar top-h+,-,
"Lyke Wake" dirge • which is sung
in Vortshire, but properly belongs
to Cleveland: •
ac• night, this au nicht,
Eve:;. Light and ago.
A tip. apa leer, and candlelight, •
And Christ, r..reire thy salle."
In parts of the North of Ireland
there was at one time, some forty
or fifty years ago, a rather romantic
custom, that when a very •your
married woman died.her coffin Should
he carried by young girls only to
the graveyapi. As this was situat
eel perhaps some Mecil or twenty
miles from where she- lived, it follow
ed that the bearers should he chang
ed every second mile, and on these
occasions there was generall an es
cort of mullet! , volunteers, who, in
this way often did their thirty miles
in the-day. This custom was called
" shifting: the' coffin," and a good
many marriages was the result of
theSe 'excursions, but the idea was
neverine , mss pretty and pastoral.
The Irish peasantry have an inborn
taste lbr funerals, and in the amount
of honor done to the devilled they
lose sight of the actual loss they have
suffered.
" Och, sure, thin, it was a fine
burr y in';' there was a sight of pcaple'
and a jn)wer of ears," is as great a
culogium as can be accorded any
man, and will quite console the stir-.
vivoi - zi. And the reverse, " Och,thin,
he did not leave enough as wosild • There was nothitig - rtimarkable in
bury him di,cent ;" in fact, they think George's cliildhood, except he was always
more of how. they are to be buried toted f6r his thoughtfulneSs, generosity,
than of kepping life itself. The poor- and practical
,judgment— a remarkiible•
est and the most iimpruvident lays characteristic throughout his entire
by something for his Or her 'take, life. In addition to the advantages
and I havemyself known eases of • i
. affort.ed by the - Schools/here, he attended .
.
paupers in the hospital who were ac- 'school awhile
at Williamsport, find after
cumulating under their pilloWs a wards, the Moraviaa school at . I.:azaretli.
little store to save ll
the disgrace of a .-.•
is preparation for college was complet
parish „chkin, that being the greatest
ed here, and at the age of seventeen he
and last misfortune that could befall
entered the Sephomore Class at Hamilton
them: - Douglns .1 errold was much
struck by th i s phase of t h e hi s - h [ College, and graduated in , July, 1:336'.
character, and it is Ix, I think, who During Lis College course, he was,distin--
tells in affecting story of a girl uished not only for good scholarship,
whom • g
he .found in. a cabin, busy at her but ~'for ; urbanity of manners, sterling
needle. " I see, von take in plain good sense and social accomplishments,
sewing this this is some bridal grand- which endeared him as well to professors
cur," he said, taking up what looked as to his fellow-students. His generous
like an elaborate night-dress. 1 disposition, • gentleness of_ manner, his
, `'T is no wedding -grandiur,"j re- sunshine' of love and faithfulness to
plied the. girl, proudly. "Sure 'tis friends, gave him a position Wet few are
my own shroud ; let life bring what able to attain. And it matters not, where. ;
It may; plazo.Cro&I'll: have .a daeent i‘ xliti:iide-World, a, college a*uaintance
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•LIFE'S ISEASURZ3.
"Ile livlth long who ilreth well."
so ran the legand tem., and bold ;
To keep this truth In wind were well,'
For truth is better kept than gold.
The one will perish In an hour;
One never dies ; tett bright and pure
AM heaven Itself. when earthlyfower
Has passed, forevor :dal endure.
Not by the year of lire is told
The length of life, but by the zeal
And kindly norkr. a.. growing old,
Men tor.each other do and feel.
Ills ills Is long whose work Is welt,
And, be his station low or high,
Ile who the Moot good works can tell
Lit'ett longest, though lie soonetit din
Then. as the swift-winged mot - P.:rite speed,
Freight them with wealth of truth and love
IVlth gitrnered sheaves of thought and deed
For the glad harvest-hotnealyove.
Within the rankling breast of
In desert ways where no flowers Woo:**
In scenes where folly tits In state, •
In wan-bleed Sorrow's house of gloom,
Bow love, and ta , de Its frita,Tc+ sweet. - •
Sew bellies, and see the desert spring,
Sow wisdom for Its harvest meet,
Sow sunllght for the joy 't will bring. '
IL 11. LIHOWNE;
GEORGE D. MONTANYE, ESQ. •
The following article was prepared by
Hon. P. D. Monnow, at the invitation of
the Bradford County Historical, Society,
and read More the Society Dec. 12,1876:
GENTLEMEN OF THE HISTORICAL SOCI
ETY OT•' BRADFORD COUNTY: At a meet
ing of your Society, herd•in the month of
May last, the •death of George D Mon
tanye was announced, and through -the
kindness of your President, Gen. William
Patton, I was appointed to prepare an
obituary notice of the •deceased. I wish
this duty had been'iMposed on a more
competent person,--ono more impartial
and able to present his life in all its beau
tiful forms and proport . ons, and make all
his goodness pass before you. poi- nearly,
a quarter of a century there existed be
tween him and me, a bond of, friendship
that never wavered or Waned, and so
strong that I may be deemed not inpar
tial: But I will, as best I•may, discharge
this duty in love and fidelity, and will
weave and lay.upon his grave, a chaplet
of flowJrs, roses and laurel, holly and
primrose, in grateful remembrance of 'his
kindness, and as tokens of his worth and
"oddness. . .
George de la
,Montanye was born at To
wanda, October 3, and died here
April !:.)9, 18743.
His father, Joseph D. Montanye, came
to Tiiwanda in the year 18 - 26, and is-still
Living af the good old age of seveuty-four,
resiiected by all his acquaintances,—bas
been a successful merchant for nearly
fifty y Ors, —a devoted father, upright
citizen and Christian gentleman.
Ilis father, Abram'D. Montanye,Yresid
ed,for- a number of -years near Owego,
New, York. His • grandfather (whose
name was also Joseph D:MOnt l tiaye), mov
ed from New York City to Stroudsburg„
Monroe county, Pennsylvania. From
there he pai:se I over to the Wyoming
Valley, and i• rchaied some lands, but
owing to the great troubles between the
Conneetieu and Feamsylvania claimants,
in regard .o land titles, he returned to
Stroud,: nrif Later in life, he moved in
to what is. how . the town of Union,
-
Broome county-, New lurk, and purchas
ed land on which he continued to reside
until his death, whi:df occurred about
015. lie was engaged in the Revolution
ary war, and was frequently- employed by
Gen. Washington as bearer of dispatches,
and in other confidential relations..
The Montanye family New originally
Huguenots. They fled from Prange to
Holland, at the time of the massacre of
St, Bartholomew, and came from Holland
with the Dutch, in the early settleMent
of New Amsterdam; and took a prolnii
nent part in founding what is now New
York City. One of the family was Go
vernor of New Amsterdam, in its early
history. Others held high positions of
trust, both in Church hn:l State. •
The ancestors of the subject Of this
sketch, on his mother's side,:were from .
'New England.- Mrs. Montany maiden
name was D. Maria Rockwell, daughter
of Abner C. Rockwell, who came from-
Connecticut, to what is now Monroe', in
this county; about seventy-five yearS or
more ago. lie was the first Sherift\of
Bradford county,—and was married lie
to Betsey Fowler, and continueu to reside
at Monroe until his. death, leaving a large
family, ninny of whom are our friends
and neighbors. Mrs. Montanye, at the
age of sixty-seven, is still with us, and
making all about her feel the genial, quiet
inlluetfee of relined Christian lady.•
Her love for her generous, greful-sort,
was boundless. it in every fibre
of his soul : and often, olr ! ho'w often he
spoke of it;—spoke of it in times of chber,,
as well as in times of- sorrow; .and with
such sweet expression of gratefulness and
love, as only a true son could feel. Her
care of him during his long continued
sickness knew no halt by day Or night;
constant and watchful, loving and true,
until the cold hand of death loosened the
silver cord,—until the golden bowl was'
hroke i n,—and then came the flood of grief
and sorrow, such as only a mother can
experience. The light of the house had
been extinguished, but death and the
grave can not lade from theM his gentle
foriMand features; for even yet, as the
darkness of night,comes down, father and
*mother talk of the dear one, and in their
dreams often sea him face, to face,-7=So
real, that they sPJak aloud to him,—he,
cheerful and_hopeful,—they, happy and
•
indulgent. EVer thus, loving ones
may it be. May you bold.his form in your
arms of love, Hit be but in your dreams,
until the Master calls,—until you shall
see him face to face in the Land of Rest,
in the Home of the Redeemed.
$2 per Annum In Advance.
them,
; Mr. Towner, in noticing his death,
lit the Elmira Advertiser, wrote as fol
lows : "At the time we Were in College
together, or soon after, we wrote under
his name, 'The Sun is not so true unto
the day, as be tol his friends!. It was the
key-note pf his character
. and life, and
would' form no unfitting epitaph to stand,
upon the headstone of his grave."'
During the last year' of his College
course, in addition to his regular studies, t
ice read law in tle.r The., W: Dwight, now
at the head of the Columbia Law School
I.of the City of 'New' York. After' he re
turned &inn College he pursued 'his legal
studies in the office of Hon. Wm. Elwell,
now. President Judge of the 26th Judicial
District, and was admitted to the bar
Septcinber.B, 1857, a few days before he
arrived at age. He entered at once into
a fair practice, which 'steadily increased.
: During the last four years •of his life, be
was 'the ; law-partner of . Col, Malian
Smith,—between them there waSa strong
personal attacinnent,—as- a son' on the
part of Mr. 3lontanye,and Col. Smith
entertained for him almost tho affection
of a father.
In the Fall of 1863, he was elected Dia
trict.Attorney cif Bradford county, held
the office for three years, and discharged
his duties with rare ability and tact.
In 1869 he was appointed Collector of
Internal Revenne of this 13th CongreS
sional District, remained in office until
January 1, 1876, when the District was
consolidated with the 12th. From that
time until he died, he was Deputy Collec
tor. During all his term of office he,tas
faithful, upright mid prompt 'in the dis
charge of his duties; and, as his executor,
Hound, in closing 'up his account with
the Government, for the: thousands and
thousands of dollars that passed through
his haitifs, there wits not a discrepancy to
the amount-of a penny:
-In addition to this.he took an active in
terest. in the schools of the Borough, was
Trustee of the Susquehanna Collegiate
Institute, and school director for many
years, an.l was Secretary and Treasurer
of the Tim' Council, and fur many years
their attorney. His influence , in. the
affairs of this growing town, during these
years, was great and salutary. He was
inspired lyith the.spirit of the time, and
was always in favor of progress.
During the last few years of his life,
his health began to 'fail. Consumption,
that most treacherous disease, began its
sh. 4 approaches, and for two years and a
half rendered hint nearly unfit • for active
business.• yet such was his• nerve and
determination to bear'up i against it, and
sp•bravely did he fight the good fight, that
Le held the disease at:bay until February
last.. 1 rememberit's...) well. It was the
first week 9-f- February lie felt a
great interest in his- client, Decker, who
was about to be tried for Murder. All
the day l'ong did hu remain iu Court and
assist with signal ability, in impanneling
the jury. • lie was a good judge of men,
and I doubt not but Decker escaped with
his life, through his skill in selecting the
jury: When the twAfth jiiror was sworn,
hei weak and exhausted, left the Court
room, and never entered. it again. He
went to his home, and but ?pee, on one
pleasant day, did he leave it, until his
friends bore him to the grave. Often du
ring those weary weeks did I visit hint,.
and often did the, conversation turn upon
his sickness and suffering, and as often ;
did Le hope the end might speedily come,
unless he could wholly recover his health:
Often did he speak of the battle with
death, that he knew ho must encounter,
and say, that_he would triumph through
the str:Mgth of his Redeemer. He felt
that he could walk through the valley of
the Shadow of death without fear •of
evil, ,for he would not be :16e—he would
have a strong rod and staff to support
and : comfort Lim. And finally, on the
evening, of the 29th day of April, like a
babe falling asleep ou its mother's breast,
he•fell.asleep without apparent pain, sigh
or angush. And as was said of the sol
dier who died on, the field,—
" Cicse his eyes : his work Is done!
Vhat to.lmo Is friend or foeman,
Itise of 1111.4,11 or set of sun,
lIa•wI of man or kiss of woman?
Lay him low lay him low ;
In the clover or the snow.
What cares he? lie Canuot know:
Lay him low
I cannot do hetteil than to adopt as part
of this address, a portion of, the obituary
notice written by Rev. Dr. .1. S. Steivart,
and published in the BRADFORD REPORT
ER in Slay 'last
''• In personal qualities, ' Mr. 3lontanye
was a very remarkable young man. His
intellectual gifts were of a high order.
His mind was acute, keen, quick and
clear. He reached truth not so much by
logical process as by intuitive insight:
He was well read in law and had a deep
comprehension of its fundamental princf-
ples,..and in the practice and coAtests of
the Court room, was the equal of any
meMber of the liar. Had his physical
state been more vigorous, . he would un
doubtedly have obtained a high position .
in his profession. He had also eminent
administrative gifts. In .politics, he was'
wise, to foresee and quick to plan, while
his energies in the execution of his plans; , ;
were tireless and irresistible. - He had the
faculty ofibeing an ardent partisan, with
out embittering, his opponents. He al
ways attached, never repelled, an antago
nist,—and was a hard man to beat in a
political contest. Ile 4rganized and sys
tematized hiS work, and the Republican
party in Bradford com'ty must acknowl
edge a great debt of g atitude to his tal
ents, liberality and cue gy.
But his strongest t• ste was for books.
Perature enthralled, him. Ile had a rare
eclectic taste, and noarshed his Soul with
the great thoughts of t ie'kingly minds of
1
the world. When all ()tier pursuits failed
him, his master passion for literature re
mained, and during the wearisome
,mouths that preceded his decease, ho
often spent .whOlti
. nights in reading. In
tine culture, and in' the sweetness and
light that flow from -books he had no su
perior in the community in which he
lived. lifs elegant library is a noble
monument to the dominant tone. of his
mind. It will long retnitin to testify of
his liberal taste and generous culture.
"Akin to his love of books, was .his
love for pictures. Ail beauty, indeeckwas
dear to him. lie craved it as the necns•
sary nutriment Of his soul, and delighted
in it with all a lover's- fondness and joy.
To him a thing 6f lbeauty was a joy for
ever. It was bettee than money or fame:
and many a thing of beauty kept a Dower
quiet for hiroi:when, wearied wit tivork,
hu
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' "It is impossible fOr te4/01011
leo to the kindneu; generoalfrnnd
ty of his heart. His devotion' tti.hia-:
friends reminds us : of the' nunantie
friendship of the old Hebeewsami °team., .=
Ilemever failed in self-sacrifice, erailter"-
ed in devotion. His friend was his other
self, and oftentimes MOM:than that.: jiff'
loved his neighbors frequently better than'
himself. There" are many in Tiolounda,-1
who are glad to bear witness to his great"...
generosity and wonderful fidelity.
truth, ho erred in too ample outgoing of:
'kindness and liberality. He was gerier-,
ous to a fault.
NIDIRER 29.
"But such men have a recompense.' Ito
did good; ho was a friend to the poor and
needy. He scattered seeds-_ of kindness,
and made many a strip of desert, blood
with the beauty of flowers and songs of
birds. Many there are, who came to him
in need,—some regulariy,"and no one ever
went from his door, without motley and
a cheering, word. Ile died, bewept with
many tears. NO man in Towanda coilld
have called forth more sincere expression.
•of sorrow, from all, classei. The affluent
freightage of flowers on I his casket, was
a symbol of the respect and Sorrow. that
the Community paid him. •
,
" We need not speak fn detail .of his
love and kindpess as a son. Nothing
could be u ore beautiful than his devotion:
and tenderness , to his mother. Courteous
gentleman he' was to,all, but nowhere did
his genuine politeness slow more admira.±
bly than under the roof of home; and *-
amidst the trying scenes of decline and
suffering.
"He was for years trustee' of the Pres
byterian Church, and no onelabored more
earnestly and gladly for her temporal wel
fare•than did he.
, .
• "Bo died, not without hope. Death
•
to him-had lost all fearfulne , s, and he ex
pressed a ;goditilope in Christ as his Sa
viour. His inneral was attended by all
*lasses of the community. It was a clay of
sadness in Towanda. Eyes, unused to
tears, grew moist and din, as his wearied
body was laid down to'rest, in the arms--
not of the grave,—but of the Savior of
sinners and the Guardian of sleeping
seints. There let him rest."
1 4
7 It Would be well to stop here ; but you)
will pardon me, if I speak of some ir r tf hia
traits of character in social life; arid'also,
if I speak of him-as niy friend.,
His politeness to all was proverbial; and
a kind and apt word Was always spoken..
No one left his presence without feeling
kindly toward him, and thinkiuga little -
better 'of himself. This was I a special
grace' in his character, and no one doubt
ed- his sincerity.
His love for children was tender. llo
gaVle them good,gifts, and his words were
like ) dew on the daisies and clover. Their
innocence was sunshine and )sweetness.
For the aged he had respect and 'ever
encc. 'To 'him old ago was 'honorable, .
and the ," hoary head was a crown of
glory." Young men- sought his company
and found fileasure in his conversation
and good-fellowship,
In the society of ladies, none was more
polite„ relined or attractive, and no' ono
had a higher estimate of female character.
(Indeed, the great disappointment of his
life,ene that threw a dark shadow -
across his Path, = was experienced here.
Still, it.. was his own grief,—he never l
troubled others about it; and certain it is, .
to the day of his death, that cloud -• was
never lifted. It had no silver lining). He
often repeat i ed the lines of Tennyson : ,
• The tender grace of a day that is dek
Will never come back to me.",
•
Notwithstanding, he vas the life oilthe
social circle. His'wit and repartee were
always chaste and without a sting.
I can saY of him, what can hardly be
said of am other, - namely, I have .not
heard an unkind word spoken of him,
since his &athi—on the contrary, from
highest to lowest,
"None knew him but to love him, -
None name him but to praise:"
He was able to adapt himself to every
position into which he Right be thrown.
His fine culture made him a companion
for the learned. His knowlddie of.- inen•
and:business made him at hornet with
farmer and meChanic,. with the laborer .
and business man: The poor and the
outcast always found his 'heart in his
hand. When a friend was sick, 7 he
ways came with a word or. cheer and a
heart filled with synipathy; at times; too,
when he himself was and feeble.
it cann'ot.be said of, him, "I was sick,
and ye visited me' not." And so it was:,—
wherever there was human. suffering,
froni wrong, sickness or-aftliction, his
heart went out in sympathy, and
purse to help.
.1.
He had a rare appreciation of manlY
;Ports and pastimes; but in none of them
did he ever seem so happy, as when with
a party of friends he . went, to the Woods
and trout streams. The forests and moun
tains filled him with joy. ‘l'-fis heart
Was in the highlands." -The song of
birds •filled hini with rapture, • and the f.,
.nlurmuring brook was to him a lullaby;
and often on its mossy bank, among the
fragrant wild flowers, would hello down
and sleep like a wearied child. Around
the camp-fire, or in the cabin,hisjoyous
ness, wit and easy flow of - Mirth, made
the hours dance, lightly by, and• many a'ff
night was neatly gone, before. the weary
lingers of sleep touched our eyelids.' It
was on excursions of this -kind, with his
book and hook, his rod and sec op-net s
cares of town and business left be- - z
hind,—he would say in the words .of
Walton,2-
With my friend and a book,
- loiter days, by the lloagiiind brook : •
There sit by him and eat toy meat: --
There see the son both rise and set:
There I.ld good morning to the next day;
There meditate my time away;'
' • And angle on; and beg to have .
A quiet passage to a 'Oreleozne gratin:s.7
But what shell I say of him as my
friend? I would not speak of myself,
anti yet can hardly avoid it. I first knew
him in the fall of 1852, was`just fresh
from College, and he- was working-hard
prepring himself fOr College: When ho e
went the next year, I went with him, and
staid till' his examinations. were passed, . •
.and until after he was well'settled in his -
room, and from that day to the day he
died, our friendship was constant and . .
continually increasing. There was no
important event in either of our lives,
that the: other was not made fully ao
quainted with in advance. ' There was no
important want or wish of either, that
both did not labor to secure. I witness..
ed his first.etfort at the bar, and heard
the last argument he:eirer made in Court.
I knew hi E intimately and well,—knew
his inner life,-Ilis springs and motives of
action,—his estimate of men,—his joys._ .
and sorrows, his hopes -and fears,—afid: ..
while, lilse other men, he was not-.alto- •
getber 'faultless, Inever knew him to do,
or countenance a dishonorable aet.f
"Even his failings leaned to. virtue's':
side." .
'And now, dear friend, Goed-bye,.
Yoitr death has loft an aching space in
my heart, but my memory will always
keep 'you,
I will say as the Poet did of hisiifci.:
. .
"George we're been long together,. • -
Through pleasant and through elOndy Welitheri
'T is hard to part when friends are dor,"
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