,youltE
Ensitess cards.
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P. K INnY,
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formerly occupied by T. M. C. A
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WILLIAM ANGLE,
ITTUfSSYS-AT-LAW.
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octupled by Wm. Watkins,
V. WILMA MR. (0Ct.17; '77) I:. 5. AXGLS
McP.IJERSON,
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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
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7 1 L. 'HILLIS, ~ •
l_J• ' .' ATTOMMY-AT-LAW, -
TtwitiotD...., PA.-'
- Office with Smith & hiontmiye. - Enewll3l,
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L I F. GOFF, 6.-
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c i ; A t.TORNE 1"-A T-LA W.:
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;lin St - met (i doors north 6j Ward floase),,,To
rou.la, Pa. • ,;‘., , [April =, 331.
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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
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ELSBREE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAU%
0•t1775. • • " TOAVANDA, TA:
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ATTOIEN EY-AT-LAW,
Wmars-Itanna, pi.
4 .:lllections promptly attended to.
July 27,-76
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ATTORNEY AT L W,
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`AND
U.S. CONIMISSI6NER,
TOWANDA, PA.
-- .--oMce—Noita Side Public Square.
-Jan. 1, 1575.
- DANIES & OARNOCHM,
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ATTOTtNtliql AT LAIC,
SOUTiI SIPE OF WARD' HOUSE
TOWANDA. PA. ,—,
pllET,ATToßNE, ;72 Av. ii.l.pr.paredtopraeike . ;r:te.. ,
m.
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ounce, 111ErteITI{ fO,OCK, (Antranee on math
alde) TOW A NDA, PA. . ijang.-74t.:
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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*. - •
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MEW
_MADILL Az.
A c,'/V 4 11 ..0, F, -
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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,
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A T TOS.SE FS-A T-L A TV, - •
IF 1, TitACl" k .NottLKN BLOCK, .3t AI X,ATitESP.I"
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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,
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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.
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fIEORGIE 11. STROUD, , -.
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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.
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fr - ..:III.EETEIt, - _ .
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... il.tg23. • . . TWA'A tiDA, PA.
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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, -
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OFTICO , WEB DAYTON'S STOUR, TOWANO,A,PA
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•April 12.. 1576.
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Vl' R IC KA FOYLE, ;
irTaX.vE its-A T-L A IT'..
Tiiwanai, Pa:
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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
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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 -
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- TINDER.
TFI: 131'11,1.1 NI, iI'IIIRV FLOOR, TOW A N
=MEE
G EN F.R A T.
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~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.
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lx , t.' - - :', 1876
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T ..wANDA. INSURANCE A9EI4Cy
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`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.
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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.
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WKELLY, B. DENTIBT.-office'
ii - ovpr 711\ E. Itowitfteld's, Towanda, P.
Th bold, Fllver, Etithher, and Al
kA,.. Teeth extracted idthtiut path."'
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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
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'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
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'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
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A 0353 S
TowANDA, PA
is now recch:io n ghis ,
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FALL A:ND WINTER s.rgex
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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
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M. E: ROSEN FIELD
3. DAVIS
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LESS OF COST
ISM
poll% imiy your n
FIURNIOLING
Every bo(ly say.he gives the
T.. DAVIS
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C L 0 T I N. 11
QUALIT
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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. \
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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 , .
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Curet the worst cas..s of_Canter.
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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
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Removes Pimples sad Homers from thespee.
•• G.E TINE
Cures Col/stip:Mon and fegulates the bowels
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EVET.INE •
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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"
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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
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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
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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,
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litil matt' isn't worth very much, kw, when his
•t •• Is turning.to snow: .
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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.
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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.
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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
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•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
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•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
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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
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ton once laughed. Th
class' '.
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