=I stittlforq 121 Tvgazda; P. Thursday, • - 117. • • A PiII.A34BERLIN. • beal . 6.r lu . , • • • !FINE jEWELRY.• I WATC 1-1 E S ' 4 ;11:tEI.1 A"g1:1 IiLATEOVARE, I.- • ',TOW A... 4 rip., PA: .18n.'1 +4, 1877. • TOW A DA POST OFFICE.. 7, I N N t,F TIIF._PUHLIC 'The Pm.t tofnce .0111 be kept open from 7 o'clock. A. 1.. tlll Money Oider and Registered 1.. r close at 6 o•rlark. P. .111 oN D AVS the Ottlce wtil be' open from 9.30 non. A. 31. 'ARRIVALS. A'D DiP.k 4 fiTFRES OF MAILS:- 11'01.: will arrive and depart. from Towanda roar vino. ai follows until further Motlee lEEE From the North. Pa. & .N;N: It. It.; at 12.30, I.M. 1„4 Led_ mall from Elmira andeast and west $t 10.20, r. th&Sonth at N. rot, Through ntaiNrom Philadelphia, 'l.4.ew York ainl Eament Stales t 4 A.M . From State Line..VS. It. It., at 10.4 1 1, M. • Barclay at fi• Vv..ni Canton at 3 P. M. Troy of 12 M. 4 1 - 1 - 40 n I,eltariyttle, Rome, 3 / 4 c:, at 12 Y. . 1 7 1,0 n ShoOlegillti at 16 A; M. Vl - 111 Melmoitany (Monday. Wednesdaytand Frt t{,ty a: 12 M New Era Tncsday, Thursday and Batur II A: EMIEUE . . - . ph. .t: 7.: . 'VAL IL, 'mouth. l „an A.M. T1,,,,,, g n matt to phlladelphlw, New York and F.,:”e ern Slate,. 1. o'clock, 1% M. North. 4.30 i). N. ' . 4 " . • Through 'nail to Elmira and points on N. C. It. 1:., mao A. Nt. . . ~., 1..&5, H. It., Uortilee and intermediate points 11 : :1111C " - Z, A. N. ' 11:ire13y, 1^ an r. Ni. ' , hm ..... 9 k. M. . 1 •rrny. I r - . M. - , . •,11,•••lielpilit. 12 M. • . . 7 ' • .'I7AVS‘III(.. I 1 . ... M. • - Menoopany (Monday :Wednesday and Friday,) a! 'IT. Al., 7 , \,-w I:ra (Tuesday. Thursday anti Saturday). at S. IV. A I.T00): LOCAL AND: . CENE.R AL. animal fair ; Of the, Troy. Farmers' Club is being held at Troy this•weck., CARNOMIAN ias }leen ap i“ 'lilted member of the State Central Corn- mittec. 1: 'erection of a poor house will f di minislrthc numher (:)f " trampß,'" which ilifest.tlieicouht.y. • .I`nr: Eoi.;eopi4 Church edifice if , to be enlarged by the:poditfon of about twenty ; feet on tir. east. enu..r,,N. Tnk: ('hutch gociable will beheld lit the basentent Pf the church on rriJay evening next. EsTY.CIAL atteN . tion is directed to' our pew advertisements this week. Co. invite especial attention to their pow Stock; A PAIR of gOld-bowed spectacles were picited np Pst-011ice a. 'few days ag,i, The, owner can recover ;them by -calling at this otiiie . EISEK . AII.-Ik2glilarnpetin.„7 of Leah 1, - vige, No. 29, jQ. O. F., Friday eve uPu„ dept. 21st, 1S 7j. A full attendance iL (I chi! ed S -~ ~- -- Tit]: M. E: Sociable will be held in the (Warell Parlors on Friday evening. , Ite-- I`e.tonents will be served, and all arc in vited to be presen.- --- it c ri - riN of the Managers of the ' rounty Agricultural Inociety r.i4l ou tLu exhibition,groun(hl on soh" !lay,. Sept. 1.1111 insf., at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. T n wELC, Wm gentlemal4 aiul in it •Iligent agent of the Binghamton Ihrily 1 . Maid tis a visit the other day. The 77)1.,5, is gaining, as it de'Serves, quite all il):fintsive sale here. . _ U. iinv,..zof Spring .11i1, is-one of nr,st extystsive and responkible (Nal ers inTaledliay in Northern entssyfra .'l,Ve direct the attetit.iop . ,tif ow' read t is `l'nE animal_ tiar'xie of the Towancla - rirc:-Department mines on . ~cll Ttlesday next.. "Triton 1105 c.," of Tnnkhannock, tiesihe guests of Naiad. No. - 2 on the oe(asiln... 4 . are pained to learn tliat our estOeni-, ed and ver.eraole townsman, )Vti.t.lA.Ni is in a critical condition af.liis residence: His _condition is such !es to allord little hope o f his recovery: I 1 Is two weeks more remain for pro ation for the Agricultural Fair, and we trust the time:may be pi-otitably em ployed:by Eti:lners and Mechanic!: in a effin:rto make the exhibition pleas mt and profitable. \ L ZEV. G. W. ( . 11XN1)1.1 7 .11. - Will prpaelt cwol sermon a 4. pastor M . the M. E. hlrch, On Sunday evening Mr. C. ing• .. been :,:tatioliol on th.i.s. charge the. Gill time allikweil by the la*s" of the Lvelh., will he as , :igred to a nen,' Heidi "Cm) sketchinf 91e Wool) family pie-nie, wtii,.:lii,appears in anotliercoluMri. "Ord'rove.idteri.sting to_ many readers. 'We `regret tlyit its great length precludes of printing tlOcliole of it. The I.ldanc,F;‘ii-ill appear 1:1'“ neck. NimEw of thityplace; li•rviVt`a a tele , ram Mt;ndlty ii the sudden death of his mother,,in li , •rton township. • Mrs. W. had been in 'fh.• I: lj.)yin...it of her uspal health, And dnai§e was a severe shoek.to her film ;•••••he was ah , nit seventy years of age. A mariied man residing, in Cite voiity„ New York, wawin lown on foi his wife, who had his '• Led • and board" sever-al shire. inquiry he found iter in house. 'Visiting her,- that she was leaditt ,, tt life " -11:111)(.. THE annual,tneetlng of the Disciples comities of Bradford and 'flogs., \%..•;.1fr , ..he1ti at tichtield. Sept. 21 and •S E.Stitic‘ttn:ol. 11. II Avrtrti, 11. I'. II! 3411, t.;;ltt , ..Ntiat and, otller s;•,tl-...is are i. -7 .'"x).teted to bii• present he 1:1 1 .1 , 11 at extends a cordsa) t thepublie generally. j • f" 1 . 111: Annual Exhibition of the Amid ajt'l .S , ktieV wires place the 20th, 2711, ati•l` , lll of this 7 Jnontli - : le entries •al.- ra.:ll y 1 lOW le thy geneht interesttin!ul 7 tit-led,' indicate an extensive and desertv-' hi 41I;Mila,y--of stock, and of farm producits We believe if the weat•Ler is f'l ,, uralile, this fall mect4o.will be one 'OE ' l c t119,t sticcessrut in the histQry of, tlui ' - • y Sta 1.11. TI 5 11. 1.11 . AN , 1", 11Aft r. 1 .1 , 1;N will aqiIICS3 a tts•mper- Teti at , Lt1.41 . 1y l'ttitt., in the Friday evening:. Septeu . ber —Tlh. Temper.tece Gri)ve 2lteCting . in (irm, uu Sunday flex t, will no hi hp laiLtely :mewled, slionl.l.,tliA, piosit fair. 11111.:::sni. 310 E,, 1.14 it -; ' ALLEN will positively lie regent ant! 1 , 1, vy'i. 0W.1240 . to the etorm which prevailed ThArsday night and Friday, it was deem ed expedient to postpone the pic-nie of Christ Church Sunday School until next. Saturday afternoon. The, scholars and their s parents are invited to meet in ST.E -• v ENS sk, LONG'B eve at 11' 4 o'clock on that day; when a pleasant time` is anticipated. gotta . . . _ . ,• • Macbeth shook with teiTorlacthe sight of the Birmati wood moving. teward Dun: Milano Rid. - I saw de signs Of direr yes terday; and am sum there were ito Mac beats with" dark blood spots on their hands or - ;tormenting •memories M - their hearts; Mit certain it is, there was 'a -stir among the Woons They came fronithc east and the west, from tile north and the south: ' They•were oil all ages and llir.*• 'from the venerable Monarch of the wood to,the little serout of a month's growth. Some were %tons by natate—some only in uaine. - Sothe were married- to Woons and soMeexp'eet M be.. • ' . ' Of thOse present. from a distance, I re-- call tlurna.lnes of t .tt,,, S. llam:!and wife, 'of Lyons, N. 'l'.', W. 11. f/tita*: and 'wife, of Waverly, N 'l%; M. B. 0-Fnout.*\of 'Rockford, • 11l •\lFlrs..Lots HoMotEi, of I •\ - Wilkesatm3, Pa.,. And litttloir Woon, of T6 F , inth4pOntity. , Tablea were sriMail \ under the. trees in' the yard, andint ampldinnor discussed with 41ktingtioed abilit". ; The satire / coMpTai to tile number of 194 particip ted in qui dQussion, and' it . tthaeltebtls Conclusietr ; was • reielteri, viz i' full:- atom-- at* and depleted, tbotigh by . too / Means', emptied, tables: rtes the tats the bad beett . .rtlimied et their btirdetk the ' exliftpany gathered' abdu't Ali / stand\ for - in Ore• dntellecttial portion -:cit the ' feitgt W.A.' Woon was appoin te d • Master of.: Ceremonies: After ~a Pie 7 ce, of manic on the organ - by CitiamPittnei.,' 'B. S,, DEAN, pastor of thefeongregation of Die , ciplciin Smithfield,./‘ea,d the folloiing, (prepared. by lir. 131.q.t.0ca) : .. • ntoiatAx4itcaL-skwn. ' Raving been/equested. to Write so e sketch pertinent to this merision, o, I might sat, 7it4 more propriety, to give - a , brief history of the life iicthe late SVsttf:r El. W001?;Esq ~. who watithe common an , cestor of this, large assebiblage, the task is undertaken with unfeigned diffidence; '''ilte atWanced ago of the writer, bodily inli s t•mitieS and limited time, might forbid the attempt, and it has to he".ntade with , mit''any regard to "form or comelinem" - Ilis,' native place .was Westminster, Mass:, and he was born June p 0,4761. _ - His parents - Were then-subjects of 9 EOIW.E . 111., King of . Great , " Britain.. 'Tito en-i. , 4 r , croachments of Olaf nation upon the rightsand libefties of the A / eriCan colo nies began by the - passageyof the stamp act in 1111-1, and were contutued with un tiring persOcrence tint il/forbearanee'and sub Mission 0 - „ the parof the .colonists. ceased to be vi r tue and independence, z t / Was declared. Dur i ingall this time, the little-boy whose birth has been announced above. and' wh/se intellectual powers' were steadily it creasing with his years, was a eohsta 1 iand'e,,,Teed - li -tener to the / . 5- h discussions of 'the subjects that then en: grossediltiattention of the inn-blic, vi: Of WrinigS inflicted and of rights invaded; and he>thenimbibcil the principles of a rat ional ltberty - *Melt had m controling intini.nce upon the whole, ?(Thin sultse; etutait life. . . , -- f ht - te not in mind the - exact date on which he first...assumed the duties of a soldier in the war of the. revolutbin, but luive heard him 19y that in September, r 17s0, he bellitiged' to a regiment-of Mass._ :whin:cps State Line, and was Stationed at North Castle near the illuilsan river, abont•thirty! Miles !tarp of. the 'city of New York. - While he was there, three men brought In a 'prisoner, saying they belieVed lie had ben adtingzas a spy, as -- would appear froti4apers;' they found in 1 one of - his boots, 'lbis . prisoner proved, to be Major :‘..131:1 ! : - .. Orders came trom -Gen. WasitiNcToN to have him In4mght i to`West.Point without a Moment's delay. l i fe was securely fastened upon, a : horse and left North Castle in - a dre . efiing,raln about midnight undta. the barge 'of ai . : strum guard, of 'which SAstt-tm Wot 4 - -r - " --- - . ... -,' I was one.- The guard , had loaded gunsi IltrAwonn Cm: .);Tv An ILICI - I.Tl'fitAl/ - , and fixed bayonas, ' , with, orders to kill SprigTvl—List of Judges eltsea,. to aet,,l him ,n.. once .l -•• if tI erekshould. he any at- At the. annual exhibition, of tho, eradfordl 1 ' '. ..,; - . ~. • . ',C'i tempt titi:scape or rescue. Jib was con- - Count 3; Agricultural Society,.tobe heldi,. .Signed to Is merited doom; - -tlie gallows. Q . n the • grounds of the Society, -at East ToNThe suliject Of ;this memoir servotUn ' vanda,on the 2ffth, 57tli and i2Stli days ; ; • ; , the army, if r I rightly recollect, . in_ all I. AS'i I—lior , K,i of Septemher, 181'7. . • „ about two years, 'rind would have 'been .- , • C 31t•• li.w.e ii .e. smith-kt : .I F salti•riei., mnirtiv . entitled to a full,penk!on )f he hail lived Ii r• IZ.[.• - well. We.t Iturlinglon; II It Nl"rgait, . 1 Wcsg.N; '. A Al--It, Warrvii!: .1 5 1 rawnirit Ilerylek , till the.law of 143:.; granting pensions to.! t - - c LASS 2—CATTLE, 4 • soldieps who served i n the State I ines - (so V F 111 11 , t, Wys.. , WWlti. It Stri , hel:%.l.l.ltay:- ' " • , `-- ' , 4 1 1 1 . : o , i ' i...i. , ` 1 .• I , II"Y: V% . S 11 . 14 4 1, Tr , Y:..ealle4l) bid bee& Cijaeted. , The surrender, Ale,. Eilltt, Sl:m.3lllg .Stoile ; !11:01,,tti Elsr.rer..' Alto ql,.. - _ * , of Cornwallis in October, - Jrisl, virtually MIIM!I STEvplqs . and,family, started on Tuesday.for a visit in N. Iris Jr., of the First. N ational, and kr.quEnNs..Y i of The Citi zens'National Aank, aO-In New York attending thil Bginkers' Convention. -IV., B. Shaw and family, who have. been spending a few weeks in- this place, left for their home in Washington on Tuesday. • .—EII24EAT FROST, of Ithaca, N. Y., iB in toWu, aud : a well authenticated rumor s:iyS when he takis his departure, hg ill be ,accompanied by one of our fair young ladies. r -73.1158 JUISA ME/Mika, of 01113 Pelee, visiting friends.in " -Bishop STEN : EsstatiA*ifo were regis tered at the Ward House en Frilpy last. .• `ißomp IT EDITOit Pzipp Sir : The lastxcitenient tins pass- Ned a4ay, and the smoke_ blowA moray, and tfiere-•still scent's to be i(omti lito*tiag spott the most of it however, - dotte'l3yrthose tha:, got so awftillyetowtted in tiro eat* on, sire excursion t.cf Eldridge Pitrk.. Those; . Same ones that find so much fault arc - the "very last ones to bUy their *lets. The utt m it to:: took the Most ex-c*cialinkfrains (as JERO)IS G saytooin Or their friend's this .:1 - 4utiful trip. The t y'ailvertisett to have the riato of tick ets dose two days before the starting titne in order to make* sure thing of The , figures showed that we would Want eight cars-knowing,ftill well by the ex- - perienee of-others that: many, slow to de cide beings in. the world,would Wait until the last hour, and even_ the last minute, before . buying their tickets,. said Om— mittee engaged nihe passenger and- ne baggage car, and atie r tig,ine; hoping that this .Nruld be. ample for this occasion., another set of grtimblers, are' those that gotteft . :it the . 11. 7 epot on'the startout, or by jumping off at every station to get a cigar Or a mrig of ale. In answer to our friends in I loin-ltrooic, that by some hook or crook got left at ToWanda, and asked' said h-Omit-to to refUnd ;their , Money, would say thht three ofrUti , warmest,:and ' most active friends ..ime got_ left at Elmira, and ,had to pay ; to'.gctdown t6.,Towandaton the 10:1ii that' night, and bare' the expense of a telegrafn and ate:mi.' to Tneet thent at the train, and. feel well paid for their trip. : In' :behalf - of Rome Lodge, No. , 60, ; ,T.0.0.F. would, through • - the committee, take thi S oppoiltunity to thank their very many warm friends for; this demonstration of theirs b.,}l,joining us ; in our pleasure trip to the' park ; .Our gratitude to our friends wilt !fever (lie,. and most eyeeially to those that gave us • 'so much "valuable - aid- selling. tickets and making, such promptlthttirns. ThMeomMitte has resolved to' make a fitting emblem of the net proceeds of said/ excursion by furnishing our new hall in •a bediming inatmer,. That we' may ever have before us the'fruits of our labor/and' -the esteem of 'our Warm • fii . 2tuls, iropitig they may not very 1(oon „be forgotten In the outset of this enterprise we hoped ti,), - , • make fifty a'hundred dollarslo help us, • o buy a good carpet, and worked hard (4-attain that end, but to our ratter ai?ton istimemt, on the final footing, it reached. the handsome sum of 'three lftindred and seventy dollars. With mahy thanki to the, foUr presses in Towanda, and to It: A. i'AcKnn, *Mr: 'IL F. Goopm.s,•anrl. our gentlemanly conductor, Mr, ottET, we remaifilryours. very thrly, 3I n: T . it 'William Irving., rkter: Furman 11,.tirrie B Nlvuotil. Burlington: 111,10Ntry. Frank. , :lin:l:tut ard, S.ylvanfa; tt , Ilarkiirist , ,.Spt Ingrid& ; I—StrtivE. •F 11 lingo•iulian, N 4 ,1.1 KII.Ipp, .1% , •1 W lib, "“....b. pulp *nil., urn 'Wier A 'lloollas, Troy: 1:opl, N(erpo f T. A s - 7 ,; Gorr ~,,, I Yrlvanrla: I I r. Park. A A I r..1/ , ‘, C FefgllNl/11, Ukter; hilmor,slorslo CLASS k-41‘ l'torrirt•T•tr PIIP'Iek• W l'irwarola: Nowtort Itarm , ,lierilitk: John Boar damp, Warren: I) Il thOge. Mi . 1...tvr,11411111801. • 7—EARN Pl:Orttr T. P'irrir.;At.yfulo: .1 Erlarrt, irvonshlre: Sirr , ro , .r. Triptir-r. Ilk.: A 11' Litoltlkkl... II Ar•kloy,Tilirearaira: .t II 'Fironias, Troy, ; CLASS s..—FAirm I t S Il 11 ill, ItorlIng:ori: 11-la Cogstsoll, Tuscirrnra: E .1 yrot.. A,yilitir: Chas Steve!,.. Sraroliarg Stour.; NAsrin itlt i nl , Franklin: David Gardner, 9—)l &NI Fat Vl' LEA Til :la. V \Vint,. k, Towanda: Elmore Horton. inor: Nathan Vsansg. AVastatn; lyin,Stryirlor: ',lstvan; C I. Tram, Ttavatisla: Valtalatie Sailors, - • . 1 LASS In•-'-:•11 A NrI'ACTIA:EII A i l: rm 14:s. I: A Packer. gay r. A Cr:tinnier, Mnnroc:, 11r.,-P: 1' if , :rnal, Terry; A - N Mrani,'l'rns: G IV Fl oil. Merrick. 11—M1.s1i:s11, NIA SI I'M TIA4:S. Mrs\lo.,o4l t'onclt. Tniainnl.l: Mr. 1 . 1 ICAlorcan. Wyysz-..Nlrs Nancy ilnlglev. °melt: -Nlns II I. te7A), 'f*saii.l:l; Mr. t. II Vaiillyk , ,-Urster; Mrs E W NriA, • 4 . r,..kisOitt- , -NSrl/I.l.:\k,:nie. ETC. • M r, l'l`h"P• N 1:. V. in Mix,' To- Ml', Alice s•nr 11 1 111,11 1: A - Arrs A . 7 MI, Al uy~Allrrler \f Vl.A'srt Et—IAAINTINI. AN!. N Wei):X . ; 111 , 711 W Ity.ii\y•masula: F r."Nt . I:nine: Mrs .1 II Ward, Tor\antla: . .. NI is. l'ar..Vitn• A Airs I It MO Iphl e_y. oti•ainkf: 1: I. II Illis, Tnnainra. • I ,l.A'sr: I I—Evi. - IV Irl.D flan,. Towanda: , Mrs .1 It -.111.1:1, T"- wainla: -Mrs 1..1 I'illsl.r, W1:::‘ , 1: Mrs: 7 ' Ntali:1 1 : 1 ', Moiti)a.: Mrs II AV Ti m, • r-ANinllng :stony: NIT, lir A Johnson, Tess 15--ST..VEss, Orc. It NI AVellcs, Tovraii:la: Il AV Nlonrov: 'Win Kingsley. Siitinting Sims.': tinnier, lV3a Johk‘v Wo , Nlhurn, Itwite;\!' L Ward. t"- 1,311413. • ‘s life. Ile had decided opinions on all the .offal and. political questionS\\4* the day;'which he made known with fist' tress and and'his. friends and opponents at. all times knew .where to 1111(1 hitit. ISO 9 he etrnifinded to change his plaitetof res.idence, and left his home on an expler t , Ong tour in the vicinity of the Sus!melum n. river. In the*course of his travek.i sl'qled for the , night at the -tavern of . .T(firx \ 7. - .e.‘ no, Esq., . about three miles A MONO TRY. WootiS.—En. Itio(oirrEit : ninth o present village•of • Athens. I think few, towns in illradford.county can fThat. "gent thanhad in some way obtain boast Of less timber Or More Wooly.: than ed a logmceAxit \ it right of a let of laud in [I- Smithfield. At least enough of them i stet (nowAttnatklield) which hit Wished to congregatO yesterday on the hill over. ?sell, it being the \same lot on which we looking our village fr t ini the west to make I are non• . conveneih, and a. bargain was a veto- especttible grove..it chance.' that soon conelndiA betw s een them, by which a feW members of ',the extensive Worio the right of Esquire Sk.:eAtio to the land family, none- residing in distant 'mines, I became vested in Esq. 'ooh. It may were revisiting the home and friends of here be minority(' that - snip sales were childhood 4 It pipped into somebody's frequent in those days. 'll4 gave no head .elliowas'the father of the 14py real title hi the land sb bought, N 9l(t only thin g' lit I cannel say) that a WOOO Pic- 4.tlie right for the 'purchaser to go on to it Wie would be in order. Almost on the and pay for it if lie could. Esq. Woos Simi of the moment, therefore, the scat- did'itot even go to look at his 'new farm, feted (ranches of the family tree were but immediately returned to Vekmont fig biought teethe r. at the biome of Wit.- his It was then a long and weary i.Ano A. 11 'NM, ES4I., on the very spot journey to reach-this)county; tshicL, flow where fis3 'years ago it was first plaittecKin ever, they performed without any acci- Smithfield As will be seen from the dent or incident of any importance. '1 biographical \ sketch given bedew, this have reason to believe he left. the, feta:lie spry:nine.; and towering tree originated in and yntinger portion oft the family at Cp. the honored soil ofstllasssackpisetts. Thence per Ulster, now .Milati; -3 whilitlle w ith his itykastransplanled tO :Vermont. Fintilly older sans cvne here to prepare a place 11:f t stmid its,.lKrsnauenti s iitice among these for their reception. I suppose that trees. of.)lorthernl'ennsNlVOnia. Here it Kaa Lobe felled and a small clearing made told: (kit r'itot,ontl, 'lke the far•famett to give fOOlll I . lll* the log house that was Ihtoyao;, 4:,•e, has stretchtqi\forth its ;,soon thereon, erected, Junl vide!' was brabeht's ati,l dropped them to \ take JIM SlArtly after - occupied bY\ the .family of root, till it spreads frimi fl a ieSznsquOianna .I . lle ancestor of most of those• present; to 64: Pa4...ith: slo_ pit. thitiebn persons, When 1 ;..0•A Stolen-.:landing 4; r.Fler.Sho-. sheptluz Esan Ukrer; II Fox. tr ffl mavila: P , , CLASS 17—Mi•cr LI. 1` , 1 ,, t ~. - s II , n) 4 .., flailqiril. lll'rro..l.': lion .las II XV Irl . ....,,,iting,. , ..d, 11.11 F. 1: Myer, NV:........ , .: .I:rs W.N li'll , 14tr , .11.14:am; tapt .1 11 i:et•ve„l.lliviv.: S. 1),so•r. ;.; , •t....%11.a115. ', • . II ',mull, North lltrain , +crrt Ml/11 r..: L'aelti, FranUlm: ~ able :\llrn • ()I "Ing,berry, 'row :11141a E 1•1„k•;s 1,1-I•LowiNta '•1. 1-I;'. 11 - II I closed the, war, and 'SA NIVEL. Won rg- turne,lio the family lit. his lather. he vas•married to 3liss kINNA C.tr rare; and they lived together, in happy conjugal xuuion and :iyectitin till „Iv death on the lt?th day of March,. leaving eight' children that survived hir t and having.,lost . three by death. I hayli, MO means of ascertaining, , the year 41' wl4ch lie became, a re;fident of !Lahr:ix, the State of Vermont, but•believe it lbout 1790.: I also 'believe that about that time, ',primps some 'years earlier, he be canni:a member , of the Baptista church, and was ever after a • pr6rainput, and use ful member •to the time of his death, which occurred on the Nth day of Qctoher, ls!.!8,- in this township. . , I do not recollect any.sppcial incident' • of his life during his residence .in I lalifax wh'ch -requires notice here. lie was, while thitre, an honest, Industrious fart* er, "earning - his bread by the - sweat of his brril,v;*%, and his family were all brought, up with habits of ;tulustyy and frugarity. 'I recollect that he took an act ace hart there in the -building: of a large meeting k luAlse fur • the: Baptist. church; - and) also .remember being ike s Sent at its cool etiott and the - allotment of pews on ~the day of Oct., . 180-I. It. may here 4 I be stated that it .was not his nature ( to be a mere cipher hi any of the relations of , . fully s ettled :in their new iiinne, their sit uation was more orbidding than Mel had expected or than r ti:;irettlited }{yi-Abase now on die stage-'ef adieu. Tlieir were literally in - the midsahowling wilder n.tl jr ness, for the nights we made vocal with looting'thlooting of ;Owls . and .• lel 'howling of wolves. The inhabita - re,were quite i limited in numbers , an fwe generally pour and destitute. 1 bey W re almost wholly secluded fro 1.,, t o_outer °rid., It cost s4o : periton to/t .it port any rticles kept in Mores fnetn th North lii er to %. Athens iiir Tiogi Polk, cas It was ti en Called. `, It wenld reciuir a lear or mo . to chop and Lear a fall,* wpd raise any grain; amlfwhen rd!- • they bad no barn I or any Saco of sheltee wherein to put it. nut I Wlll net „UM , ~ .t to describe the_ ptiVilti l ens through .-hich4hey had to pas and iyhicif w ,- Id not be bilieved if . t4,),1. :It' may, li+'; Weyer, be stated' that, in 'meal -. roe, they • nailed thfir flag to the mast, With the \ atterminatiOki to overcome_ all ebittellieh they, might lldve to" Enteuttlet in theii battle-field for life. 'the Peal result itte3r - he he exi)lair.od by looking - at the Well-filled lables .of This plinie;•ainl, .1 . tnighttadd,,:4tini fine dis play of this assemblage of : Which any con.,- tiezion may wolf lib prOta,i - f. )By steady' and sturdy persayerence, af d by a course of unmitigated lahor.'latid , Inibistry ) 'their, proipects withina-veiy fenr years began \to improye, their clearings to expand and plenty to takel the/leetr of leatiiity did Want. 'I hurts .w.er lio religious meetings - Itelti\, statedtiMes'ilt:the township when thepcame -here; and very , feW persons' within iM limits that had evet been ehuitlN. members. \A - iiieeting in reference to the stibject was geld at the house of BEtillutY , 3fircil ELL, near the 'Pres/int 're . slderice'uf- Lkwts Il Gtrau4n,` l in DeeettilMri the result of which was that' another' mcctiug was heill a4,1t0 houAe of-Jim:Pit tu Ulster, .alert# three weeks thaacter, at which a ch,uch. oC fifteen , firerlybers was organtze4 \ five of whom - were inhabilanti of t;.itnithindd. This was the oligiri of the present large and ftiour: ishing Baptist church of this plsce. The family Woon. so fat proSpered that inlt+l:l they concluded . tb make a boldbfforeto pay for theirhpid. There was piebty of pine timber groWing upon it-that Might be made into shingles and tioatell down the river on f raft-l' and sold ftir a good price. They went toworb i terefore,..in earnest, in .the etis'abig fall, and manufactured, I 'think, about. fifty thOusarid long, shingles, I sundt. as Sold, in the southern market Om ne,xt spring for or 'more, per th.o r wantl. tnfortty , ,pately they were not preiwed'to take ad vant'age of the 'catty: tptibg freshet,. and had to wait for a . summer - th.l to float • them to market. in themeairtime many hnportant events ,had transpired iwthe world to their. prejudice. Our kWir with GreOt Britain wagoning fu ful) fury, anif by reason of the downfall 'ef ,IS'.cporißoz.; _lto,N.u , Airrt in April, ISt I,' that nation was enabled to send about forty thousand, veteran troops to the' United States, with the full expectation arid belief tbi a t th e y could conquer and hold theeetintry. All business waS paralyzed; the bankS in the Union had suspended payment when the Summer 'freshet ca me on;--and : their shin gles reached.their destined place of. sale, I think, alMut,fhe timeillie eity . of Wash ington .was . hurned by the enemy, and in ste;ul of commanding pet . thp;usand, they • A'areely brought a price\ sufliliebt to pay for . transportation. Thus" their, hopes of p4ing for theii 2 farm at that time and in that way were filly blasted. :tiothing daunted at their disaster, they ciintinuedt theiryttorts till the detit was fully paid •M.d i the bumf was clear of all tictrni brattee. ' - . . 1 • E. Wool) had married a second wife,' - .Nlissi'llritm.ti C01.r., who 6111livOl hint , [;1.1111 rstnamed a widow almost 21 years. She died 'July :39,iiti-ill, leaving eight Oil dren,,and having li;tst, one by death. Of histlwenty children by his _two wives, i three only are now living, viz : 3ttittxm, •.T . :4l7,tintl Ihics. Ai:-the seventeen who have departed by - death, three; (Bed at llalifax, nine in SthithliCld, one at Arnie i - thia inthis county, one in Illinois acid ?ne 4 in the' State of New • York. It niay:: be said With fine., propriety of Esq. Wpon ,that he was-a quiet, peaceable citiien, 'I am ethjaiti that he 'vas riot at any time in . his life, a party to At law snit, and beliiive he waLseldoinif ever sworn as a witness in any , case. But the writer finds that. this is becoming too long for his strep;4th, and probably for the pat ienee of the alidi nnee, and will oftly.tidd ‘ that itNtl . s/ his r fortnne or fate to*, he'll' the mail who ' has been the subject of thi.; ,Sketch as he lay upon his bed of sickness 'which terini. bated in death, and to witness almost the last struggle of•expiring- nature. No.per son could meet death with greatci :otn posure. I-Well Temember his solemp ad monitions to his filthily, and to these preS ent when his strength would permit,. and ilk full expressed belief and confidence of Salvatcon and happiness beyond tire AtVe; and I could then sly in all sinf,erity, as watcsaid by Balaam to- 'llalak, "Lot me die the death of the righteous, aqd let my last end be like his."' • D. B.; .. ' • (In the -Stith year of . his age). • Sept. 4. 13 • 7. • . Following the above sketch which iims heard with deepest interest and attention, soine stanzas also prepared by Dr. Bri.-- Loi•K SiTle sung to the grin of Auld Lang Sync, While a duet at.;c4mpaniment was played loy''tlsses L Autt.. atoll Hunt GEIP• OULD,greatitiat-granddaughtersrof Esq. Wool). Then cr.ine the Nailing of the . . following, , LETTER Rl:('iN! '7._ E. wool% 111:mam:AmE, Kati:, AttansVlo, '77. ' Pear ( . ouginx, 11.7tisf(0\014 Friends: . Ilavin,g received an invitation to be peesent at the proposed pitliering of the elan Wooi', we make haste , fo \ report our selves that- when . you call thp roll you may be able to retort (114 pfeseA , or as::- . r,,inifrd r , ,):: '\4, We send yin oita,„regrefs that we cannot comply with yonikiii(l. 'bidding, :111(1 although we canitardl.3,Xile ny ourselves the pleasure ~e, being Wilk pin, yet circumstances winch we eannot:, control positively .forbid. So'we make a virtuesofneeessity, and do the next nest thing, l --wite you a letter. First,. then, We desire to send you all our cousinly ' greeting-L r if