,youltE Ensitess cards. - - ~~ P. K INnY, 0 . • • • A TroßsEr-AT-I,Air formerly occupied by T. M. C. A : rjau.3llB. WILLIAM ANGLE, ITTUfSSYS-AT-LAW. • octupled by Wm. Watkins, V. WILMA MR. (0Ct.17; '77) I:. 5. AXGLS McP.IJERSON, I. ATIORNIAN AND COUNSELLOWNDLAW, Viltii - rA Si DA, PA 1,,, t Mr!, Brod: Co HEAD, .4 TTORIVEYS-A r-I;ANT 0111 r,, over 'twitch & Tracy, Maln-st. MEE G. F.3IAtION _ . ~ • 7 1 L. 'HILLIS, ~ • l_J• ' .' ATTOMMY-AT-LAW, - TtwitiotD...., PA.-' - Office with Smith & hiontmiye. - Enewll3l, . . L I F. GOFF, 6.- • - ..v.t• , 4 .. c i ; A t.TORNE 1"-A T-LA W.: . . • , ;lin St - met (i doors north 6j Ward floase),,,To rou.la, Pa. • ,;‘., , [April =, 331. ,": W o, A I T I. hA TII I,‘ O .,. .. I ,A E L P „ B , O s, r i 1 A ATro wra lit at NEY lrini3 lo a:I business t ntrasteil to his care in Ucadrotd; t•o:lvaicand Wyoming Comities. °Mee. sloth Es; I.orter.- a • [pact9-7,11. !..,' - -4, ELSBREE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAU% 0•t1775. • • " TOAVANDA, TA: . . f 113, • ATTOIEN EY-AT-LAW, Wmars-Itanna, pi. 4 .:lllections promptly attended to. July 27,-76 wiN w. • ATTORNEY AT L W, • `AND U.S. CONIMISSI6NER, TOWANDA, PA. -- .--oMce—Noita Side Public Square. -Jan. 1, 1575. - DANIES & OARNOCHM, • ATTOTtNtliql AT LAIC, SOUTiI SIPE OF WARD' HOUSE TOWANDA. PA. ,—, pllET,ATToßNE, ;72 Av. ii.l.pr.paredtopraeike . ;r:te.. , m. ~,„,„,,„.. ounce, 111ErteITI{ fO,OCK, (Antranee on math alde) TOW A NDA, PA. . ijang.-74t.: , • .-- pR. S. M. WOODBt. 7 IIN; Phyqi- I . '_.. clan and Surgeon. thrice over 0. A. flact's "r, ,, kery ktfire. . , TOveatula., May I,lr '2ly*. - • , MEW _MADILL Az. A c,'/V 4 11 ..0, F, - I. LAW, • Tow". KDAt Va. ()Mee ITCAVcKars first door :iout:i of the First T•Zational hank, up-,taTra. MA.PII.t.. !'is3'B-7315] .14 N. CALIFF. , k s P,AYNE, l Ufy A T TOS.SE FS-A T-L A TV, - • IF 1, TitACl" k .NottLKN BLOCK, .3t AI X,ATitESP.I" • 1 177) B. PAYNE. W(),()/?, ATTVA\ET-A'l'-T.. W.. . TOWANDA. Pa. It 2 "6- CAS; M; Attorney-at-Lavil'and' Notrify, will give cnrefnl attention to atly`At vl , tess Cnt rust r.l tn lint. 0111 , ••• w ltt- Patrick. & Foyle. over Jo.ura,k(fMee),;llo,wantia, Pa. (idne777. JOHN E. SANDERSON,, ASV, 1, ' oyFlCE.—]leans Building (over Powell's gtore). • s w.• & IvNI. LITTLE, • ,_ . . -.../ - • A T roilsE,Ts-A T-L 4 ir,, To It'.4 NDA, PA tittre flyer Decker's Provision Store, Mnal Street - -- ' l'oiranita,.PA„ April , lg. '76. • fIEORGIE 11. STROUD, , -. ' - - kir t • ; ~ A ITOR:NT AS P CO (INSE LI,OR- . A T-LA TV. Ofn,•,—Mtn.M., four 11,,,,r. North rd \V rd Houcie. I' tact Iv z. eiwSupre.rou. Court of 1 . ,1111A - ilYit ' llia 41111 r Iliteli TOW A N DA, PA. 5tat, , ..c. , 015.=,71).• , •7:•76A. 4 ,1. fr - ..:III.EETEIt, - _ . .1...,L• • ,L,4.1% . OFFICE, - ... il.tg23. • . . TWA'A tiDA, PA. - _ I • t . A Fitt TOX -R .MERCUR,, , N..__/! si. - i ATTOIVNEYS AT LAW, r TOWANDAYA. ) 4' slro over Mont:thy - es Stord. [triapl7n. Ir A. OVERTON; . RODNEY A. ]IERCtilt. iA T.Ni. .\?4 , IXII' , ELL, - • T ; ' ': -:- ~4TTORNEY-AT-L.411% - • - ~ , OFTICO , WEB DAYTON'S STOUR, TOWANO,A,PA - 7 • •April 12.. 1576. .___ _ ' P . Vl' R IC KA FOYLE, ; irTaX.vE its-A T-L A IT'.. Tiiwanai, Pa: pyi7-73 =I .k.:C DitETVW.II2r, . , .. r . ~ ' 'ts t '• F .1 T TOR NE r ,t, co t7NSE h 1:0 R-A T-L AW, • to' -s or Cros,',ltoot.: Store, two doors porth of ft ;!•-, ..!.• Sir..Co,z, yowanAa, Pa. :dal t. zinimAtoll . ots.ort.ss, ; trio!! 1., '7 , 3.1 • !, t ':' • . ' *, A r-, El ... , AT LAW, TOW A 7k; DA. ' PA: 'Living en .. n 1 2.11 , , co-partner:ship. offer their professional I - .., rv. , ....:, - , tho pitille. Special Mt:sotto:l, given to .., t , ..0.0, in the ttrplotu's and ItegttSp.tr's Court.. F. i, V EIZTItN..Itt. (oprl 1-70) ?.C. C. ELSBREE. 7 T C WHIT A.KFR - . _ - TINDER. TFI: 131'11,1.1 NI, iI'IIIRV FLOOR, TOW A N =MEE G EN F.R A T. , . ~17 C E AGEKCY '5l-1 ....1 704 NS•I7BANCF: 'AGENCY. A The followin Tz E.LIABLE 'AND FIRE TRIED . . , i; ,, mpatileh Il•prisciiirrAl; ' • _ ‘‘,.:IIIIII..I.II.ENIX.IIFI'ME:rXIEIteIIANTS, ,sl - .r • ': 1 p'. '7 I - • • ' *l4, 11. III.A(.17. -, lx , t.' - - :', 1876 . T ..wANDA. INSURANCE A9EI4Cy . - . `f •+n ! . 1 riot . , ropp•ga(tt thr Cnur UOUV . , S:VINC.47c I r, NIA:CM:ER. , DR. T. B. 40IINSON', ITYSICJAti AND SungEON Dr.forter ac Son's Drug Btore,K . owanda. :a7r,f • A L D. L. DODSON, DENTIST: .1, and after Sept. 21. may he found fn the mnns on 2n4 - floor of 1)r Pratra new `fate,. trcet. Business solicited. ' • WKELLY, B. DENTIBT.-office' ii - ovpr 711\ E. Itowitfteld's, Towanda, P. Th bold, Fllver, Etithher, and Al kA,.. Teeth extracted idthtiut path."' • F t D. PA YNE, M. D-, .PHISICIAN A ND SURGEON. -err Montanyeto Store. Ofnee bours - frinn 10 rf., A. 4,. and from 2to r. m. Special attention t". ll ' , ..‘es of the Eve and Ear:4)(1.19,184f. ct : BROADLEY, NI a% tl&ctuie.rs eT Woolen 0004 S. Yarns, RC CARDING &DRESSING, Done to order Cash paid for wool; also cloths etchanged foram ; ~3 7,5 itu ,-, ....- • - • - , ... , , . .. - . 1• - • •t , ~ . . - , . . . . . . . . . • . . . •e. ~.. . .. , / • • .-- 'i. ji 1,,......r4 , . - . • • . • , 4 ;- • , . . - _ . . ~ - 4 ,7 A,...N....-- •'' . . - ..• • ' • . . ~. - . . . I • ' I . . . . . . . . I. . . . . . / . . . . . ..... . ... .r , . . . , t• . ...."-....-......_ --- .„‘ • ' , r - ' • .. • .... -----.........,‘ • . , , ~ . , ... \ -.. . ' • - . , . . , . . . . . ; • • '' ,'- . ' ..' 0 " • , . . t . . • - . . , . • ... JO , , .- ; \ , ... s \ ...$) • CI j .... I) r '''' r " r'N • . 1111 .-_ - , - . . ../ , . _ - • 1 .-... ' -. , Th i, •,.. \ . ---- -•-- „. II _ . , ''' 7 I 1 * 11 4 1. 1 - - 1 11. . . ' ' 11 4- • . . . . ..... 1- ' . 1\ \1 I Lil * •.• _ . t .r. . . .. . _,• . . ~ , .. .. . ~ . . . . . . . .. ... ....• ... . .. . . . .. . .. ..,, . . ... . _ EMI L2I r - ASSIUE'S 'SALE.. 'The verdict . or the people 'is. that M. E. ROSENFIELD”.3- is the CHEAPEST. PLACE TO BUY CLOTHING: [feb.llB And now I am again before the people with thO. ARTHCIt HEAD BIGGEST ,INDUCEMENTS Tissiitave aver been offered to the . CITIZENS' OF TOWANDA. A large TASTE N CLO I i7H4Y(7 HOUSE being obligcd to' . • MAKE . AN ASSIGNMENT" For the benefit of :Their the assignee has, seat to nth ' • • . 510 1 0,00.9-00 - IVORTII OF READY-MADE TO BE SOLD WITHIN THE My positive Instructlntik from the aftSigllCC Ito to s.-i 1 these goods for cash-, ‘lts noun as f)osstble, _ WITHOUT EEO AIIII TO. WHAT • TFiEI COS I. GENTS' '99ODS, HAT'S; CAM ItC:N ' Lome Pimly ti Yon Want Bargain's. TOWANDA, 1'..1 ands, Der. 1:77 SELLING OUT • .T" • 'ls-selling out his entire'stoek of WI TER CLOTHING 'eIiEGARD ITE=I Until you IKaye examined his stock B IG ST R G A EVER OITA/PE D W.ef NDA J _ A 0353 S TowANDA, PA is now recch:io n ghis , ' FALL A:ND WINTER s.rgex •- Which haS never been EQVALLED..bo fore-in this' market, either for I.ar.R . ICYBVILLE, Clothing And lis surroundings/ CLOTHING, ,NEXT TEN DAYS. 'Wi hale alsb tjarge flue cif S• M. E: ROSEN FIELD 3. DAVIS • •,-.1 LESS OF COST ISM poll% imiy your n FIURNIOLING Every bo(ly say.he gives the T.. DAVIS I C L 0 T I N. 11 QUALIT 4‘ OA LOW PRICES. If you doubt, call and examine. Patton's Block Main Street. Towanda, Sept. 4, 1877. HIGHISTAWARDS' 1 CBTENNIAL EXHIBITION. • J.\REYN 01-DS itSON, -NorthirOst corner \NO FILBERT STS., PIMA.; tIIIRTEENTIf • Manutaet \ urers patented • WROUGHT- R9N AIR-TIGHT • / • II F ..t7I.I:AS; With Shaking and Clinker-Grinding Grates for burning anthracite or Ititrluoins Coal. WROUG irr-I 11 . 0. N HEATERS. For filttinilnous Coal. \ \* • WROUGIIT-IRON HEATERS , Cooking Ranges, I.4 . 2ni:Down Grates, Etc. Descriptive ciretdsis SENT FREE to Any address EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING Philadelphia, April 26, •77-1 y THE GREAT ' ,• irEDDTNG CARD DEPOT WEDDING IN VITAITIONS. Pries flower Matt any house in, the *Country PROMPTLY A TTENDED 40. 11 7 / 1 /,'• H. 110 S KINS:" STATIONER AND EA;RAVER, AVrII 12, 1677 Says a Boston physician. 'has no ecfaal as,a blood purifier. Hearing' of its many wondertol cures, after all other remedies had I visited the Laboratory and convinced - myself of Ito genviue tovrit it Is prepared from barks, roots and herbs; each of which is highly effective.. and they arc compounded In suehla manner as ta t preduce lshfrig resulta.', VEGETINE ls the - great Mood Purifier rfflZ=l2 T E G ET I ,N E wAi I cure the worst ,-ast; of Seiofula VEG ET I NE Is recompended b Idly:lei:lns and apothecatios EG ETI.,N E 11m, effected some nnirvellons cures in cases or can cer. VEGRTINE , . • Curet the worst cas..s of_Canter. \• \ • E NE .Ifeet , ,with wonder s'neeess lu Wren! la! disease • VEGInINE erati s leate Salt I; Thom the system. T INF) Ceres the most liiveterat ,, ca , o, (it 1)a - $ . slyelas . . Removes Pimples sad Homers from thespee. •• G.E TINE Cures Col/stip:Mon and fegulates the bowels , EVET.INE • , 1.; a valoalrie remedy for Headache t , • yEGETD:E Her tnres the entire symtem to a healthy condition VE(4 ETI NE ' , fibres pal !”; in (Le side VEGr'll yleiences the came of dizzittes.! • V, EG E T N I B s Relieves Faliquesa at the Stomach V FS: P. TINE tTec Wally pups Tih ive)* Cottplaltit • EfiIETINE Is orecK6.,j 4 .lls,ctire Female IVeSknei.s - VEGETINE • • . J the givat remedy for Ceneral lief:1111y ISM Is af , lolclrledg,l ly'y all classes of people to tie the best and'inest reliable blood purifier lu the • µ •DAL. Emerson was a seedy little bit of a chap-red-headed. Mr. Holmes was'as fat as a balloon-,-hereigheiggs much as '3OO, and had double Odds all the 'way down _to his stomach. - .31r. Long fellow was built lite a prize figher. His head - .:was cropped ' and bristly —lilts-,4s it he - had a NO:r.*, maile'of halr;britshes. His nose lay straight down his face,like -a linger with the end-joint tilted ufi 4 They, had been drinking- 7 4 could see - ,that. And `what queer talk '-they used ! Mr. lyines inspected this cabin, thew he took' me by 'the button-hole,.' and , says be: I bare also on ban to large stock of - E6'F.TTSZE IS 5.11.1/ '111" • • . REAILY MDUCED - PRICES ! N -LP- • • AILASINA, MATCMING, N Wit F:-SAVVIN.O Aucip 'kiwi* of riant , AK.MSU Work, „AWAY no w Dows.:l..kwwN Whicltl am selling :•it . prices to butt the times ludo promptly to order, at a low prig, for CASH IF YOU WANT TO GET RICH QUICK, Lumber brought here tp be mthed, will be kep un'der covet and perfeerly dry mall taken +away Good sheds fur your horses, and a dry place to load Tolianda. Jan. 18, 1877 TIIE , 'RE PORTER OFFICE 'Does the. , BEST JOB PRINTING Of any caniblfht!ment ItorthernPetuutyvanla Mis;efaneQz.& CENTENNIAL \ . KETST,ONE The late'st styles in ORDERS lIY MAIL 913 Arch StivAA,Tlilladt;ipliia EMI VIATI 7 VEGETINE win cure Dyv:,psla IMIMI 3-"EGETINE Cum , Pallis.in I h. , Mick VEGETINE The undeeidgneil Is Being So far you caul see SASH AND 1)001iS W IN DOW-13LINDS Call awl sch: my Gods.and Prices L. D. RODGERS TOWANDA, t • • otfro. Yes, lam a ruined man, Kate everything .ne at lag.; 'Nothing to t•bow for the tropic and• toll of e weary yOtrs that are past ; Houses and lands and money have taken wings and Sled, . ?AILED This very morning 1' signed away the roof ,frona ", fiver uur.head. I shoultib't care for myself, Kate ; used-to the world's rough ways, Prating. and delved, and plodded along through all ,rn‘ c u.,nitood days; 'lntl thin of you mid the children, and It almost breaks s heart, For I 11,ought at. T.tirely to give my boys and girls a splendid start. So tunny years en the ladder, I thought I was near the tor—' Ooly a few. years longer, and then I expected to st,rp, And put the boys In my place, kats, - with an easier Itre ahead, ' lint non I must give the prospect;up that cnm forting drcant Is dead. 'to worth more than my gold, — (.11? 'You're good' to look at It so, .„\ litil matt' isn't worth very much, kw, when his •t •• Is turning.to snow: . t My toorilttle girls, with theltrsoft white hands and '\ .totocent eyes of blue, tlt4t. In the heart lees tvorld-'—what can and wha wth they do . i ..An honest talln iar paid, - Never a creditor sul,T(l.whatever people have said. , • Better are rags and a.e(,it:lenee-clear twin a pal_ • are and IlllsheN of shams, 1 41.1thilfg I sivdl have to 111:111.1reit, Kate, and Iti.j li, an hottest nante.'•, , What's that ? n The hoyi are no\t. trottided ? They . are now ts.Lbegin Anil galti Its another fortune,. nod W n't through. 114 k nod (1:114:c4, The nohli.,tellows: alrady I reel I haven so loud. . - _ h, h-nr, Their courage itglittAt to heavy load of t`t sery ' and despair. n And the girls, are so glad It was honest': They', .t rather nut 4ress so fine And think they ;lid It with shitty that wasn't hIRF Is In • Indeed It was, dollar for dol- rototy to slttow what they're ttut•le of, qultit to .*;irti and ai s.av,. My ihughtt , rs : genurrts'autt INEZ And pat taeliwe'hae,ln't. fret, Kate, while we Itayt. vault it t, Su rnat t4.r ..f.AN ii.ms,..stlon.4 our Ives may i.e be , refl., are right. With a quiet conscience:and a wife atltifio, put lily hand to plough again, and I know • that a thrum:h. , 7.'., in f,7.1,ag0 bar r-l-h:0771... rcl /,ur!o rr, ~. TWAIN AT THE WHITTIER DINNER. HIS FIRST AND ONLY AETENIPT' TO TRAVEL :ON: 111 S. SUM DE PLUME— TILE EXTRAORbINARY GUESTS . AEI OLD MINER. HAM _ . The Boston Adrerti:,r give. s the follo . wing report :of the retuarks•of Samuel L. Clemens • at the haneinet . . • •criven in•honer of John. G. Whittier t- • 6 - reeentlY :. , He Chair:Jun) :. This -is an. occa sion peculiarly Meet for the digging tili pi: pleasant reminiscence coucern ing.:;literary fol ::I therefore. I will . drop lightly, into history myself. Standing here: on the shore of the Atlantic and contemplating certain of its biggest literary billows, I,am reminded of.4.thitlf , which happened r, to me I.) yeaf?, ago, lylien I had just succeeded in - stirring up a. little Nevadian literary ocean-puddle my self,"whose spume-flakes were begin ringto blow :thinly Californiaward I started on aftinspeetfon.tramp thro' ' the ,Southern'Aines_of 'California. 4: was callow.and conceited, and I re solved to'••trY the ivirttte of my non/ Jo phnue. I . verS' soon had an op: :portunity. .1 knocked at a miner's lonely log cabin-in the foot-hills of the Sierras just at night fall. It was snowing at the tiint.: 4 jaded, mel7 :include . mati of fifty,- bard-feoted, opened ti) me. -.When he heard my • • •pofir de id-oi ,, n , he looked more de . i . jected than before. lie let me n— ' pretty reluctantly--=1 .thought, and after the customary bacon ari,beans, black 'coffee and a-hot whisky„l took a. - pipe. ,Ifhis sorrowful man had not said tino. 2 . - words up to,' s this tine. - Now lie'skike up and .saki in the voice.of •oat who is secretly suffer ing: " You're the fotirLtH—l'm a going to move.";" The fourth what?" said 1. - " The here literary man that'sbeen here' in '2.f hOurs—Pm; a goino to move." " You don't tell me !" said - I; "Who vere the others?" ".Mr. i T.:ongfellow. Mr. EntersOn, and Oliver Wendell ITolmes—dad fetch the lot !' . You op enSilv Believe i'wn i s in terested. 'I supplicated-L-thsc.e hot whiskeys d;hl thO rest—nr4 the inelanehoi): nrinjr begr. . affil he. . •.; p: " They= 'mile here just at,ilark yes- terday evening, and I let . them M,61 . - eoorse. Said they were o±oing : to Yo Semite. " They were a rough lot that's notitinrr— everybOdy loOks rough that travels afoot. Mr. " Tiliotigh the deep raves of thought 1 hear a voice that sings; Hui id thee more stat elylnauslon`s4 0 my eoul t" Says I, " I can't= afford it; Mr. Holmes, and, moreover, I don't want to. Blamed if I liked it pretty well, Other, coming from a stranger that way. However, I started to get out my bacon sad beans, when Mr.. Eme rson came and looked on a while, and then he takes me aside by the button hole and s:ay . i: . " • Give.ine ngates ffif - tny t meat Give me enntliarides to eat ;ie From air and nceatiliving we foods, From all zones and all4udes.' • Says I, " Mr. Emersen,. if you'll excuse me, this ain't no hotel." You see it sort of riled me; I wasn't used to the ways of literary "swell's.: But I went on a-sweating over•iny work, and next comes Mr., Longfellow nad button holes Ike. Says he .; -ADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNI But I broke in, and says 1, "Beg ging pardon; Mr. Longfellow, if you will be so kind to hold. your yawp I for about five minutes and let me g et this grub ready, you'll do. me proud." •Well, sir, after they'd filled up . I 6,0, out the jug. Mr. Holmes N oks at it ; and then tires •up all of a s Men and yells : . ' . . lash out a stream of bhir. , d red wine r I would drink to other days.” ..' . .•" B y George, I was getting kind of worke I_up.. I don't deny it; I was 11 % . getting kin lof worked up. I turns to Mr. llol' si and , says I, ' Looky. here, my fat riend, I'm- a running this shanty, an if if the, court knows herself; • you'll tae whisky straight, or you'll . go dry.' - Them's the very words - I said to him. -Now I didn;t want to sass suelii.a ..mous. littery \ people, 7 but you see tley kind of forced' me. There ain' othing-bn \ masonable about me; I d 't mind a passel df guests . a-treading on my tail three or four times, but hen it u\l comes' o standing on it, its, diff4ent, ,and` if the,court knows herself, yo 'll take whisky straight or you' go dry. Well, between drinks, they'd swell around' the cabin and strike at titudes and spout..: Says Mr. Long fellow,.. • , . . " T 111.4 lathe forest primeval, Sayi; MIL Emerson : `• •.(f,ett once the embattled farmer stol4 " Says I : blaekguard the premises as much as 31bu , want to-- it don't cost you a cent.' Well they went on, drinking, and 'pretty soon they got - out a greasy old deck and went to playing cut throat euchre at 10 Cents a corner—on' . trust. 1 be gan to notice some pretty suspicious things., ,Mr. Enterson dealt, looked at his hand, shook his heats; says: , 'aut the d.thter a n d the dot ht—' atilcalnly hunched the hands and w'ent \ .to shuttling fur t 1 new lay out. ;:sa.yrs : " , Tirii mekon in wii.) ie'llW3 n 01It ; Tti,x know not well th,L , Fllbilll WaYS ' l' . kl'l), I 1 , 3,-. :V;li (1.•al ngoin 1 - " Hailg ' d \if hc, didn ' t .go ahead and do it,. ti.ig. .Oh, he was a cool one. Well, in &hout a minute, things *ere running ..pr:itty tight, but of a sudden I tee by Mr. F.merson's eye that he judged he •lnUl 'tln. lk had \\. already corraled two t :eks, and each of the others one. So r; he • kind of lifts a little in his eltairand• says: ," 1 tire of globes and aces t'..— \ Too long the game Is playt4y7 • —ancl down he fetched a riglit\bow er. Mr. Longfellow smiles as sW ‘ eet -as pie, and says : `,, ~,T h.inks, thanks; to thee, my worthy friend, For litelessou [tutu has Light t —anti dog my eats, if he didn't down wit anotlier right howeill ['ell, sir, up jt nps Ifolnies,z4 war-whooping, as asua , and says : . 'Gad .clp thetcy the tempcst sulngs ,• Ttle p. c agattuit the pain: r —and may - wish I may go to grass. it' he s op down with another right I.iowei- `t:inerson clasps his hands on his, .Longfellow clasptis on his reYolver, and I went under a bunk. The-se was going t t o he . trouble ; • hilt tl monstrous I Vol mes, ri3.ee up, wobbling his &Mile chins, and' says he ' Oriltr, gentle men ; the first man: that draw% lay clown on him and smotheiiim All quiet on ti e Potomie, yo bet your life ! • • "They were 1 retty how-come-yo so, how,. and hey began .to blow. Emerson :—" The bulliest thing I ever wrote was " Barbara:4'llot chic.'" Says 'Longfellow :—• It don't liegin with my " BEglew Papers."' Says • Ilotmes, My " Thanatppsis lays .over 'ern both.' They mighty - near ended in a fight. Then they wished they had some more com pany, and Mr. Emerson pointing at me says : ' 'sr) "• Is Ifelid,r mtudid pheasant all That this proud nurs4:ryerdd breed?' " He: was a-whetting his -bowie on hid briot-,,50 I iet'it pass. Well. Air, next they took it into their-heads that 'they would like some music; they made me stand, up and silt • When J onny Comas Marching Horne' • tilf I •dropped—at thirteen -minutes past four this. morning. That's wleit I' -e lken, through, -My friend. When • I awoke •at 7 they were leaving; -thank, , goodness, and Mr. Lom=fellotV had my only boots on,- and his owteundcr his arm :Says I, • Hold on there, Evagelinc, what yon gain to 'do with petn.r Ile says: Going to ..make tracks with 'em ; because— ' •c' .• • IN,`s of great menremSoil os, . We can make mir IlVes sulillnie ; - A nd il•parting Ils • YO , :plintS ny the sands'of Timl:7 " As• I said; Mr. (r wain, you are the Caudill) :2 I hours—and rm going to .trove-4 ain't suited to a literary' atinospliete. I said to the mi...cri• "Why, dear sir; these were not the gracious singerstO whom weland the World . pay homage ; these„were, itnposters." The. miner ii)vesti_eate'd• me with a, Ibalrn eye for a wbile . ; and then Said , he, " Imposters, were, they?— arc you ?". I did not !My sue the sub ject and since then I haven't travel -I:n*lny,' nwivie •hru'!ne enough to hurt. Stit:h was the ioniniseenee I movenb tOntribute;;lMri Chairman. In my enthtiiasm I May have exag gerated the details a age, but you will easily forgiVe that fanit, sincej 14lieve it is the first time - I' have ever defiected . from perpendipular 'fact on, an occasion like this.- Honor be to MORI/mewls "roe shaft hear how Pau:Puk-Keewls— And fired the shot heart round the Trotht.,' Now, conscience, is God's alarrit c'ock. God has wound it up solicit it mak warn Us whenever We - are' teMpted: to do - that. which is wrong. giveTthe.alarm. • It seems to say,. ." Take care, God sees you.- Stop!" How important it is to have a con• science that will always warn us of the' danger"of sin! But, if we desire such, a conscience, we must be will ing to lis‘en to it,. If we stop when it says "stop,', itwe do what it tells us to do, then we shall always hear -it. But ift we get into the i habit of pot heeding its warning tnil not doing what it tells us to do, then, by and by; we shall cease to hear it. Our conscience Will- sleep, its voice of warning' will be hushed, and we shall then, be like a' ship at sea Ahat has no 'compass to point out the right ,way; and no rudder' to keep it in that Way. , G, FEBRUARY 7, 1878. FUN; Dn. SYN - AKLE wants to know whether Job ever tried to color a dollar-stogie weer- MEM CALL to mind the beavier• sufferings of others ; so may'you better bear your own smnll troubles. TEN .to one it used to take Eve three; hours and a half to pick, out a leaf-green dress to suit her. . - • • • As envious paragrapher remarks : "It has been observed that the lady with a diamond ring will scratch her wise, in a given period, four tunes as often as any other woman." Witgx a St. Louis man has been ad judged a bankrupt he is at once over whelmed with subscription lists for churches etc. Christians in that burg knoW wh'n to - tackle a fellow. You cannot be buried in obscurity ; you are exposed, upon a grand theatre to the view of the world. If your actions are uOright and benevolent, he assured, they will augment, your lslwer and happiness. IT's well enough to-be fashionable, and all that sort of thing, but•aristo,s,racy can grind us into oblivious dust, and shroud us In solitary dark, before we'll ever try to eat custard pie with a fork - again un less wo have on a bib. BEFORE starting for the river" fior the purpose of taking a bath or a swim,, or to the,garret or barn to indulge in a , swing, please send your cards to this office. We tate exceedingly to spell a -man's name ong in an ohituaryv local. . n bore all sorts of privations and yet was Aleut, 'Washington underwent all the ha dships of a long war, - am& yet was always ecrful, but it utterly crushes the heart o a. pretty 3,:iting lady' if her " bang " I 'es nut of order just before she enters the par. DMus. Ila Nat. 1, a Christian kly t of the gloonitest 1 the afternoon. she- : gallery of the_ House n surveying thirlicads o .. : lators, 1, Cirmnirm niust have .I \, o \ house, and , fresh 'air and go, :. some wood Comp4nionsfiip of t erwisc young life, runs the grc: , .1 ger in the worliPof withering or b .% stunted, or at bc:St, of prematurely -. ing old and turtling.inward on itself "Drivl not give yen a flitgin,g the Otk i er a , day 9" asked a sehoolniaster of , trembling boy. "Yes, sil-,” 'answered !ill says yon can judge of "-k shape of his head. One lriixls of her L liie Tias vsse,d in the ladles' \of t,llepresentatives, 'the national legis- the bOy. " Well, what do the Scriptures say upon the ft uldeet, ?" I don't know,, sir," raid the boy. '' except it is in that; passage which says, " It's more blessed to give than to receive.' " A Ift'vE-year gild teti, who_ bad always closed her prayers Atj, night with "And God help Katy tolie a`gwid girl," opened her eyes on that point one- night in green apple tithe, and said, very decidedly, " ain't going to say the rest, , for I don't want to be a good girl ; I want ,to...eat green apples and swallow 'cm." Smut - wr:: says he has often thought, when hearing certain preachers of high order speaking to the young. that they must have understood the Lord to say. "Feed my eamelleopards," instead of "'Feed• my lambs," for nothing but gi rati could reach any spiritual food from the lofty rack on which-they place it. 4 11Ems - the education of the heart, not with the cultivation of noble prOpensities, but with the cutting away of those that are•evil. When once the noxious herbs are withered and rooted out, then the more noble plants ,stronz in thernsidves, !will shoot upwards. The virtutes,'li i ke the body, 'become. strong ;Ind bealthy more by labor than nourishment. . . A VENETI3I3LE- Collector for, a religious benevolent. society .fai)ing, to gets , arty money from a Roman of benevolent means, intimated, that the Homan could carry no wealth Ao lleaven. "!leaven I" retorted the victim, " where all the missionary am tract tfhrl Bibfe { society agents ? , Why, if a Man,went there With live cents in his tioeket,they wank! worry Ilk life, out. in ,less than a week." LTIVERALITY, . courtesy, . benevolence, under all circuniStancfs. and toward all men—tlmse qualities ttire `the world what the linchpin' is tote ing chariot. And, when these quail . - are wanting, neither father nor moth er wtkl receive honor and'support from •a son. And because wise mcn foster these thereforb do tlfey prosper and receive praise. • Ft71,7.1i1t; in hiS description of a., good wife, says—' lie commandeth her' bus band in equalon ; atters by cons,antly obey no. him. 'She rki-r crosseth her husband •in the spring tide of s his- auger. tint stays till it be ebbing . zvater. -Her clothes are rather comely than c‘o.sly, and she makes plain cloth to be velvet\by her husband, wearing it. In her husband's sickness 'she feels more grief than ilu; idbows. • IT is a grateful moment, that of being well nestled in bed, and feclin. that you shall drop gently to sleep, • The good is to come,',.not past ; the 'limbs ha e just been tired-enougri to render - the .reynain- . in in one posture delightful ; the Iltbor of the day is done. A gthitle* failure of the perceptions creeps- over you,; the spir• it' of consciousness disengages itself once more, and with slow and hushing degrees, like a Mother detaching her hand from that of a sleeping child, the mind seems to hate p balmy lid closing over it. Like the eye,'it is closed—the Mysterious spirit hm-- T gone to,take its airy round. .. ' • .-. , ..Vsx husbandman can get a good cfnp out of good. Soil ; lettiloil is the Imsband man who can grow cellars on rocks, wlici eau out only put the hyssop on the wall, but put the oak there too; and!mitke the. gicatest faith spring' np`in 'the mo s t un likely position.. •All glory to\ Ills grace.' tile great sinner may become 'great, in '.IT- - ,:itli. lie of great cheer, then,.,in sner !. `lf Christ should make thee repent.i.tbou bast no need to think that thou shalt be the least .In 'the family. ',Oh I no ;, thy ,liame may yet be written anion- the ~ mightiest of the, mighty, and thou mayeAt Stand .as a memotable - and,itriumphant in stance-of the power of faith. ' - ' IN,Vot,tcr or smallithing%lg the rock 'on ' which tie great in.ajority of . the -human rate hale split. lliunanlife consists of a smccessum of small things.. .each of which is., comparatively unimportant. and yet 'the -happinesS'and success of every mail depend on' the manner in which th 'se smallevents are dealt with: iliar.lcter is bnilt upon little things—little tangs well :did honorably transacted, he suc cess'of a man in business depends on his attention to little thins. The comfort of a household is the Asult of small things well arranged and duly provided for. - Good,government can only be accomplish c( in the same way—by well — regulated 4 totisions for the,deing•of little thingp.— "' • - - Sniaeg: • . =I ‘l,oos on the bright side. It is the right side. The times may be hard but it will make them no easier to wear a gloanty and sad countenance. It is the sunshine,' and hot tlits cloud, tha gives beauty tothe flower. There.. is always before - Mid aroind us that which should cheer and fill the heart with warmth end gladness.. The sky is blue ten times where it is black once. Yon lidve troables it may be. .So. have others. None are free from them— and 'perhaps it is as well that none should be. They give sinew and tone to life— fortitude and courage- to man; That would be a dull sea and the sailor would never acquire skill, where there was noth ing to disturb its surface. It is the duty of every one to extract all the happiness and enjoyment he can frdm within aud. without htm ; and above all he should look on the bright side. What though things do look a little dark? • The lane will have a little turning,' and the night will end in broad In the long . .Fun the great balance rights itself.. What ap pears ill. becomes well—that .which ap- Tlry are Slipping, away:4llo%e sweet, Swl f t years, ,-.1.11te a leaf on thescurrent cast, ' • With never a break In theft-rapid' flow, We watch Mein as one by one they; go, ' • Into the beautiful past. As Went and swift as a weavers thiisid,t Or an iriew's (lying gleam; As /soft as the languorous breezes lild, That litt'theWlllow's long golden lid, Ant} ripple the glassy streata. As light as the breath of the thistle down, As fend as a lovers dream ; As pare mettle Hush In the sea-shell's throat, As sweet as the wood-bird's Wooing note, So tender and tweet they seem One after another we these pass, Down the tilm.llghted 'We hear the sound.of , their steady tread In the steps of the eenprics lung since dead, As beautiful and a.s fair. There are oily a few years to emne.. Shall we watch them lu idle btrl fe.? Mean we trample antler uor rnthless . feet These beautiful blossttm; rare and sweet, the dusty way of lire?. ' There are only a few swift years—all, let ,No envious taunt.. , be beard . 31alo life'm fair pattern 4.f rare design, And nil up the.tuca.urewith lo're'a Sweet wine, But never an angry wont: , • —Staiona/./tevorrifoiy. • .WRITING FOR A PASS. , The followin„,cr - correspondence took place between the ,superintendent of an asylinn for' the feeble-minded in Illinois and a Ave.ll-known railroad superintendent, Win. 11 ; ., Strong : . . r Sir—'o sent me a few days since a half fare permit, which please fully lierin;t, me to thank you fair.. Ilalf-tafe permits, are usually sent to preaches', and 'wimps you have mistaken my calling. At, all events as.yon have ,lassitied niemith the preachers (though I am not one,) I will take the liberty of quoting arlpturc to yoN an4i of drawing such conclusions s from said Scrip tares as seqta applicable to our rcht ti6n to - each other. v,&" inside tho .d play and tside—oth. 'est dui . - wornit!,7, sgrolt- If my authoritieS• me inapplicable mil my conclusions unsound, plea•se remember that the !principal of ail 'vh , for feeble-minded children is • preach because an Sti•ong, very early in life, qrternal or maternal ances si insinuated that be is a preache \ i\' • - .1 respectfully call your attention to the ('uli wing passages of Serip ture: 1 1- 4, ,, • : strong hand "shall let of to go;' dodges 14—.."Ontsof1111e strong canit: forth siveetness.'% ::Chrmde l res %Nit ; 'Strong / In behalf of thmi." Qlalf tOls rase moans tot gho half I now *hay,, but the other half of a pe 'Ill.'s:: that 1 shall expect a full free paSi fur the ye:. . Psalm xxs.! 4 1:1.—" 114 Oath Shun Inc his kind. nest In a St 1 , 121 k 1 Kings ti : He strong and s n man." , tv 20 :Wm.) Hue) Shrong 11'm. iv :'lO--"Wo art tire:A.lllll , 4,7ms sing. J eremiah :ix: 14 -'1 make in s. " `Exeklel xvv.Nti : And ram.o I tns t Ara.lina v.%. fuss I 'so r." • . Special (ioniment is unne,cessu l rv. • • -li the above past4Uges Flo .no.t tied or a cioi , t)olne responsive chord in youebosofn. ()pier language will, of course, utterltr faiLto impress' you. few pra(ftica.l4plications,. and I am done.,. , First—What I want, and I think You:might send me, is an antilual pass over the Michigan Central. Railroad and (;rest Western (if, in 3 - o4r pow er), because SaMuel.:Jerlgniali, "Eze kM, Joushua, and Judges. plainly Instruct you to do soi,(as 1 construe theta).: Secondly—The '.:' aforesaid *road; will net, lose anything by it, , but probably gain, fir if I have this PaSs it is more than likely that I shall go east once -or twice this year,':and take -parties'•with me who Will other wise go,by tlie • Toledo, Wabash and i Western, ami the Lake Shore,tithey 4. „ - In IsAA:c. NEW. , are deviated from that course 'to ac--! AN - A NEC DOTE I if , ' •, Company the..: • -:- . ' I . -Tox.--•-The liOnSci which 'Newton 0c0u ,:., . Thirdly and lastly-, (in 6r-del : that ' pied•on the - Sotah side (*Leicester I may, as Mr. Mbody recommended to, Square. in london, 'is still n „ t ,-, and his.observatOry isshoWn to Visi the preachers 'of PhiladelPhia, ext:eed thirty minutes in, mi . j• di tors. -NV hen,he,tOok up ids residence. s-: course, and ldse something- of i ts : • J - s liere,his next door neighbor wits . a -pokver,l),,' exee.;sive lengthki wou i,i, widow 1.a(13'.-who was =eh •piiz•:1(1 sug.gest that I desire to operate n'pOii. by the little she had 4 - )serred of ,the m ieh i gt ,„ ,‘to see AA caimot ,4 l ,„ late philos'ophen'. One ofthe FellowA .of them to builu '-an a - syitun: for idiot.,-:. the Royal ,Society- of London cii)led. Lhaye Slice - cede& in getting._ the leg, upon her . one (ply, - whertamong others islature of briot4 to g ive slss.ofo dome6tie news, She :mention4 that fork a new bnildi4g for its fisvium ; - some one had Coule 'to reside iir the and as this is'inprooess Of ekinstruc.:. ad.joining ; houi“.: who, sine f6lt certa in; tion. I would like to - visit the ehari- was a 'poor. crazy gentleman, ." be- . citase.7'• she. continued, 1M diverts table institutions in Michigan-, Can ada, and 'the east, to see what 'should himself in the e'idest way inlaai"a'- 1 he done to make ours What it ought i hie. Every jnorniag,s'when 01.6-san 1 to be'. I canna - go unless I get I shines tic( krightly that,'*C . are oblir ' - l 1 - iaSses. . ' - ' .ed to draw , the window blinds. he Ton . pirobab' eltri, itiyou will,,,ret. tlikes his seat in- front of a. 4 id; of i • -. me the aforesaid •r if you do not, so:ipsuds, and occupies himself for in .the hear4fter, When you *are are: i hours lilowii)g soap bulible throng]].] seeking' a free pass to the better a. coninton 'clay-, pipe, nail latently world,lOok cut that Soinebody don't watches them till they burst:- He is send you a nal f-way. pertnit,-amt land I doubtless now at .his favortte ariurse-- you censiderablv - §hort cif your tie- meat," she fultLni-;• . "do come and.. . • - . I sire. (Pfirdonnhe ), `i . ' :'; t. -. look-at him." . f - ~ , i , TIIE ANsw - ER. , t ' ‘, -the entleman smiled and then ... g. went - up, stairs, 'when, after ling ~ . „ . Pear Sir—My alAefice from the city through the •wi ado into; the whin - last week preYented a Prompt,answer ing yard, he turned-apound and said: to yours of tho 4th int..', It is an old fAty dear makitu, .the Pers'on - whom.. experience that We seritSure can be 3on saPPOse:to'be a poor lunatic is made to sustain any'dogtrine or dog- no •.other than ate great .Sir Isaac ma if it, , l.ie ingeniously pplied, but Ne:wton;. studying the : refraction of -I conies that I• was •nstonished at light upon thin plateS,'h phenomenon such annrra',. of te,:asi-ppon which which is' beaUtifiilly,.-exlibited upon to I base n'elaim foit travel -over our i the surfat i n)Of a (Ntamon soaphubble. 4 T0.4(1,,aml Alm more so' because_inl ' sedilio• you 'the lialf-ta),:e permit;' I tholiglit-I Wass, complying stric.ly with tue•mbst liberal ott(.!rs of tTa Is portati6n to be found! in th e Mil 10. 1 Early in the hiseory of thcJewzi i\ we find the account Of their emigration front Egypt, and! certainly ( going in suchnumlOrs, they would'Pe - entitl- , ed to as Ofiw -a rate of fan - Ft-il l s could be consistently asked by, or*ratitcd. by;_apy one; yCt in the 13111\yerse of the 30th chapter. of, Exodus;. I find the following :*" .l . his they shall give—every one that - passeth—a half." If this , doeS not cover? the eai , e,l know ntil . where to ldi& for authorities., . - - ',.. In one of your eitatitais you 4fer to what - you are pleased to call the " other half" of the. pei-Jr.it which I sent you. I fear that it woufillie of lit tie service since our conductors, be ',Mg better versed 'in 'Mathematics than theolo,V;.wouid be sure to col lect full fare from-any one, travelling on two half-fare permits. . Butlo.convince You that I look to HOly - .Writ"is . " an authority for declining free passes 'permit' me to quote a few precepts on the subject, of passenger . titariportion. 100` - MI SLIPPIY•AWAY. rhystlf ~'` as seem estiecially, addiessed to the passenger: . • , I ,Kings xx :12-=" Thou shalt pay." - Xing Iv. 7, b: I Sam uin " and pay., E , eletila+tes v 4—" Defer not to pay.", Xnti X.;(1 ; 39-4" . 1f0 shall pail.' 'EN„mitr , xxl : shall !surely pay." Nttluberslx . : "Thou shalt not pass.: • With the following from the third, verse 6•lthe first chapter showing'.that passes weve'. no. easier to procure then than now: Bat -he paid the fare, and went. . In addition., to these , : precepts to the passenger, I find the following injunction to the railroad manager: Jlidgea vut.: `2.3—` , snrkr not a man to pass."„„ Nahum I : nicked no more pass," Isaiah xxx : None'shall or pass." MAtt In-a: x 3.13 x 111 : ;- • "This goieratloa shall not paws;" and 11,i rm. ng from tlnr prophet Jeremiah, mugh tlmy roar, 'yet shall they 'cavil •• l tt Perhaps after this array of serip, titre authority I shall not he justified in sending,the annual nos desired s yet I' find my syMpathies 'stronger than my 'theology, ant so having . overwhelmed you with thy citations, and convinced you tia - kt \ a ..ebneor- Alanee is an article as well known in eldeago:as in JackSonville, II take pleasure in sending you the paSS re questkal.--Betroit Free Pre. s 4 THE VATICAN LURAY . Passing down the right colonade of at. Peter* the visitor reaches the chief entrance to thc .Vatiearr,' the Scrilaßegia, a gigantic 'and highly adorhed staircase leading to the audience ha:C- After traversing vari- - - tis broad and ;interlacing passages, one comes into a corrido 0 ect 1.") 0 ( inthe of whi'vh are :1,000 Albs, covered with ancient: inscript ions. This' - ls the famous Lapidarian Gallery.i !the fragments of .parran origin on the right' are-confronted - on the left- with early Christians .s•pi tapirs.l. While -walking through this gloomy corridor 'toward the helwv iron poorfpnear . further Ojf c eari but feel that, the striking eicin ' trait between th.e.pagaft. and Chris-; Snail e_pitaphs, forms a fit 11pm:ten to theltalls which entomb that vast collection of heathen and Christian liteiatures. the ./Arkia-,l 7 ;ctia.no., The scene bursting upon the view as isthe yisitoitenters.this library is one of ideal sPlendor>- Imagine l a grand hall over 200. feet long; divided by . I seven large ornamental pillars: its Walls and high arched ceilings act,- rated with : graceful frescoes and ilia niinated in gal, and brilliarit colors; its huninou,.• perspective extended to a junction • ! vith two long transverse aallerics, etich as richly •adtirned the main hall ;the - whore displaying a Tine of over it:f a mile' of magniti-: I cent paistitigs,,.while in the recesses are shown -cOlections 'of costly and royal presents', vases of malachite; porcelain 'and alabaster ; mosaic ta-, Wes, ealiinets.of enaincis: .. carvings ivory, and numberless other precious objects Of art. There is no,. visible suggestion that these .balls are 'a b - arr. Nowhere' is a book to be seen. le. these ~ ..4 . o.lleries hold, more . than. 125„: 00 books :Intl manuscripts, corn ; prising many of :Tar ... est literary . treasure.• in the wvid. But all locked up' in gildd and : decorated cabinets. al 1 seem to be . made as dif ficult of aces Only • one small„obsclve.' room is assigned tor literllry anfli this, i ,open but three•honrs hr the daY, and from' theseorlays are excluded all the nu merokis church festiVal days., The, Vatican Library is a' vast tomb of books; the tomb 'is a splendid one, lint its decocrations anih external beauty' by no inclins, 'compensate' for the, 'entombment' 'Of' the treasures . „which it shirts up from public I ;;;;;..rti; After/row/. , nit your • "II rntur;ri sr) ea ItLECT." "II emember "recollect" are used, hiterehitii7ably# as if they :were, sync,- nyms and tbe.prefereneq.scems to be most .generally given s tOhe latter. But they . are not 'synonymous, and tlidistinctionbetween them is,on ima . portant one, ,which -anight to lie ob se' vol:.That which lies in our mew-. ory t hand-yeady for use at any mo ment, 3•e" ref - nen - dm, but weatsa really rempriibq much. that •we cannot, find in oitrAnirld's Storehouse.oli •the instant.: and - thin we try to reeollect, that is, to rt= , eolleet. Therefore; the expression remember but I will try to recollect, is. dot only cor rect, but it sets - faith,eonditiOn of 'the mind expressible,in no.other . NN'ay, and to speak, of whielt;, - we have fre (plait necessity. The`ability to-do so' will be impaired, if not, altogether lost, when the distinction between them is done away.—misha r‘'d G t White. ,0--.. , -.4.1i • A whole mince pie wa.4 givento each of, tOe convicts in the Connecticut State Prison on 'Thanksgiving. The itithori ties-evidently intend that the isonerzi 1=11:01 =I NUTEER 36: CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY . .Corigratulat*e *dear lteme-Read er, that we have been . permitt4 to spend one Christmas at least. in •a 1- - . land where its 'observance is as' uni- . ... s;ers , al as the "good tidings" uttered- ~ . • by the angell,_tcf, the ••shepherds over- ' _ 1 - 800 years ago.- ' -* • : , • • .. '..- We are told that- one - mile from • Bethlehem is a little' plain where, .. .. • , under a. grove of olives, stands . a .• : . bare and neglected chapel known by . • - thereon° of the "Angel to the Shep- .., • lierds." . . : Here, aecording• to tradi- - ..*-: • tion, is the spot where the shepherds kept , watch:over their flock by night. - . • "And leil ` . the angel or the.• Lord - - - came upon - them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them;" -- • • .. and -to their . awe-struck ears came . , the thrilling words,-"Fear .not,- - for . r. • behold I bring you• tidings of great - joy, which shall be toil( peophnd * 1 suddenly ,. h there was With, the angel m. Multitude of the leavenlyhost prais ing;;God,.and Saying; Glory' to - God • - in the highest, and on earth -, peace, : • . good will -toward' men." Thus in-St. tuke'S beautiful lan-, . . ;cage, we learn that - Christ was born . • : : - • in ;Am -might. ^ Hence in Germany.. Chlfistmas is called' Weihnaehten - - ,- •_ . flay or consecrated night. The-fes- tkal,of • Christmas includes twelve - = r_ da'vs.' t The first, traces of its celebra-,• thin were in the second • Century. That it Was kept before ~,the tithe of Constantine - we have, rnelanehOly . • .- . proof. It-is related' of 'Diocletian, .. . . that among -other acts of - cruelty ; .... - finding multitudes of Christians. as- , Sembled ..to' celebrate' Christ's' nativi ty, he commanded the :church-doors ..-. . ,Where they 'were met to be shut and .' : •: --. fire to .be put. to, it, Which soon re- .. .. (bleed them and the church to ashes. Gut in 'the eaaliest ages - of the . . • Church it. was the .custom to cele brate the. death of remarkable per- „ . toms rather than their birth. -And so it was nPt until' the - . fourth or fifth . -_-• century that the festival of .Christ's •), birth was *ohiseryed.retrularly.• 'As no • espeeial date .cotild*„ • (! obtained, it • - was made to fall upon thciday of the - old Roman feast of the birth of Sol; December ,:-2.5th. .The eustoin;: too, , - , jof ..inakinOpresents on ChriStmas ' - ____ .eV'e. Is also derived. from the :at • heathen.usa.ge_ at this fest * • •,'. Though.elailning deseeht from the qraiolitest sect” of the Puritans, -.1. .. have :ilways, felt-- that this emisetra- thin of_a heathen custom tO - a relig-II .. ions use was most 'appropriate, acct ' . therefore smeerely regretted that the • ~ proper . .celebration l of \ Christmas ' : . should be so little regarded -by the Protestantslu.our own land. In this • . .. . particular, as in . many others, candor compels us•to' yield the palm to Ger- * Vinany. _„ • .. h.! Ilere Christmas joy is positively' . .. • ' infectious. I defy al-Scrooge .unaided .. . Iby Marley's ghost to resist it. None I are -too poor to celebrate the Christ- . ; 1 feSt. Everything else . is held in-abey -1 ;ages; - The AdTent. season is usher- - - - ed in with , mirth and ' rejoicing.: *, Things in the earth and, under the • —id earth are_ despoiled..to Make ready ~_,A. I for. the glorious anniversar o! Him . ." ' .. 1 who "humbled, himself tole born of .• a Woman." - The fir, the cedar, and . • the pine are.brosmilit froth afar, until . . ' • every street becomes - a:. temporary . . !:forest ; iniermingled, however, with .. incongruities,be 'strangest for the ''himous -Stuttgart:; iiesse (Fair) is • now hang inaugurated in the Midst, . - and the trees of every size and value , I form but a small part 'of .this, to ' : I sti anger eyes, unwonted spectacle. . _. But whatever else . is offered - for 'sale, religious q emblems .predbminate. Every „tree has its - accompanying •-*,. :Christ, hild, its star,-its Kripp.e (man- - ger, its; wisexien, and its shepherds. - • Crude and imperfect as ate some' of 1 these representations, they lead us , back. as never before to "the city of .* . , Pavid." -We - find- ourselves follow- .. ing the ' happy , shepherds from- the little Plain up the terraced hill until . , , we reach the summit„ . where'stood the village inn in,which ,there was "no - . reb.m." for Him . who was to rule the World. In haste we turn aside With them, "to find Mary and Joseph and ' '..- • the 'Babe lying in. a, 'manger;i. We - behold, -too, the star which has o .bmid- -. ed the' wise men, rejoicing with them - , • , and Worshiping with them, as they L present their gifts--gold _and frank- - 1 incense 'and myrrh. "All good *gifts • I are three," is a--faVorite' German- say- ~ lin. No wonder that -the imagina -1 tion of the early Christians . should , ' .have seen in .cacti gift a special sig.: . `iiilleance-nyrrh, for the 'human • I nature, a type of 'the bitter cup at Gethsemane; goldy for the kiou; frankiicense; for the cli,ri nit y. , "A . nit .. 'tile gOVerinnent shall be upon - his • shoulders ; and his name . shall be • , I called, Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty Got, the evevrlasting. Father, the.Prinee of Peace." - - _ . .... We have read 'that the venerable Bede gave the names of the Magi, des- 'cribed their country, and their per sonal appearance. :Melchior was an. old man,.with a long,- white - beard, wid a descendant of Shem. -Caspar, a ruddy -and beardless-- youtiOi de- - .scendant •of ' Haul. 'Balthasar, , swarthy and in the prime of life, a' de-. l*kendant of Jpheth. Thus they rep-. resented the tlitee ages of 'man - and also the three divisions of the globe,. Such accounts will not probably bear -the- test of hislOiNal . aatiraey„but they have at lealt giyertise . to sonic beautifid, produktious' , of religious art. Among the' relies in the rathedral Coloc.r,pc are. atilt exhibited ilk' . skulls of of the thred kings of °He*, si each circled with-its crown . of jewel- .. 'eel • • gills, one custom pre 'vails in Gerinany ' Which well worthy-of otiedinitatiOn. Some days before Cfiristmlis each child is pee- • -seated with :a slip of paper Which must be written a list Of its - wishes theme tliing,s they desire the .)1F the list. From. thi: list the parents, teachers, or -guar i .ans 'select what6'er they. con; der Most suitable. The pleasing y leer-., tainty of suSpense. \ Still ,reniains to • :).• the Child, with the delightfn '`certain tyAliatat least"_ - some of its 'wants will be gratified. • AN A recent article mho ton once laughed. Th class' '. Il ESE r that .Washing a.oriahea another
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