S. W. ALVORD, Publisher. '
VOLUME XXXilll,
Business Cards.
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Vie
ATTORNEY-A T-LA IV.
office—Rooms formerly oecupied by T. M. C..A
Reading Room. ' (Jan.:ll'7B.
WILLIAMS & ANGLE,
4T TO R.VE TS-.4 T.-LAW
OFFl('E.—Formerly occupled-byWm. Watkins,
IT. N. WILLIAMS. (0C(.17,17) Z. J. ANGLE.
I.
McrIIERSON„.
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ATTORNIEX . AND COVN SZLLOR. AT'#,A
TOWANDA, A.
Tio4t:.4try Bind. Co
MASON it, I,I.EAD,
ATTORSB YS-.42.-LA W
Tewanda, Pa. 0 race ore r Bartlett & Tracy, MalnAtt.
nz .
0. F.Mistrc
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EL. HILLIS,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,.
T9wANDA, PA. .
Ottice with Siat• ai ' Montanye. • rnovO-75
E F. GOFF,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
ale Street (1 doors north of Ward House.). To
tauda, Pa. - Aprll 12,1877.
WH: TTIOMPSON, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, WYALUMING, PA. will attend
an all business. entrusted Co his care In Bradford,
aulllran and 'Ty - ailing Counties. Office with Esq.
eerier. Enoyl9-74.
ELSBREE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA ,
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L: LAMB,
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WiLxr-s-IlAturis, PA
Collections promptly attended to.
JOHN W. MIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
U. S. COMMISSIONER,
TOWANDA PA.
,Office—North Side Public Square.
Jan. 1, 1875.
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DAVIES - k, CARNOCIIAN,
- ATTORNE`ii , AT LAW,
SOUT!I S,IDE OP WA6I) IforsE.
Dec 21-78. TowAst.A. PA.
IIPEET, A TTOR EY-AT-LAW. ,
i) Is prepared to practice all branches of his
profession.
OffiCe, MEROPA B LOCK ,
, (efitrance on south
side) „ TOWANDA, PA. • . (Jan 6-76. ,
fllt. S. M. WOODBURN, Physi
cian and Burgeon. Office ovq..r 0. A. Black's
leery spire.
Towanda,May I, 18721y0.
31ADILL Sz•CALIVF,
ATTORNEY% AT LAW.
TOWANDA, PA.
pence In-Wood's Block, first door hunt:tot the First
National hank, up-stairs.
(Jar's-7:11,7) .7. N. CALIFF
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GRIDLEY Az I'AYNE,
Aar - JR-VA' rs-A T-1-4 W,
NO. 1, TRACY & NoisLV's Ittot : K, STREET
TOW AV PA, PA
(14.,77)
P., c. c.rtint.ET
1E, 31E5,11 , 1),
ATTORNY.Y-AT-I.Alc, •
TOWANDA. PA
Irreh9-76
IIALL,
till Attorney-at-Law and Notary,
Will give careful attention to any I;IISIDeSS entrust
ea to hAnt. Oft •with Patriek & Foyle, (over
JorrrnorOtitee), Towanda, Pa. EJune7•77,
JOIIN F.•SANDERSON;\
A TTOlt NET-AT-I. A WI
0 F FIC E.-31eaas..Building tow Powell's Store
mehe46 . . Tour.LND4, FA.
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W. & Wm. LITTLE;
4 ' l '`‘' ,, • Si lt rroRNE T-LA IV, TO*AyDA. PA
Ornee ovi'r Decker's Provision Store, Main Stmt.
' Towanda,l , :t„ APril IR. .76.
GEORGE D. STROUD,
AT-TORNRr AND POUNSELLOR-A T-1.411".
Ofriee—Ntalrioit... four doo omit of e Ward House.
,PrA.-clees Supronio curt •
Poilil.thranla :111(1 1, Ited TOIVANDA, PA.
State,
FT STREETER,
LAW OFFICE.
TOWANDA. rA
ME
OVElti f ON & MERCUR, 4
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I
TOWANDA PA.
9018ee over 31ontanyes Store..
D'A. OVEItTON. RODNEY A. IS.LERCIIR
WM. MAXWELL,
ATTOR.VEY 7 AT-LAW
OPPIC% OVER DAYTON'S SToitE, TOWANDA, £A,
April 12,
P ATRICK & FOYLE,
?TOR FS-AT-L.4 W.
°Mee; , In Meteor's Block
ANDREW WILT,
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-A TTORYMY COUNSELLOR-A T-L4 W.
tlfflee or,q- erop:' Book Store, two doors north of
-Etor,tn, & Long, Townnda- Pa. May he eokukulted
0 tierman, [April I'2„ '76.)
(lEItTON ELSBREE, ATTOR
• / NTTS AT LAW, Tow ANDA, PA. Having en-
Into co-partnership, offer their protesAtonal
se: Aires to the fofille. Special attention given to
t.114i711..S in the ot:pliatei , and Itegtster , , (•ourts.,
F. ()V ERTON. Jll. (apt') 440) N. C. F.1.5111:E..E:
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MILITAKF,'It,
• ROOK Rt.vhglit. . 1 k- •
itrrouTrAtlll7l4l/ING.TIIIIID FLOOIC, TOWANDA.
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S.-RUSSELVS
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GENERAL•
:NSITRANCE'AGEN . CY
may2446tf. _ 'TOWANDA - , PA..
INATRANCE AGENCY.
The following
RELIABLE A.D FIRE TRIED
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(•ornpaniereprriseme,.:
, A NrsIIIHK,PIItENIX,IO)3I - E,NtERCII - ANTS,
31 arch 1.:.':4 O. 11. BLACC.
ICE
ToWANDI INSURANCE AGtNCY
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Nit in Street opposite th Cox /Atli*
W. S. VINtENT,
s MANAGER
D R; T.-_B. JOHN SON,
'PHI:WIC:AY .A.VD SURGEON.
Office over Dr. Porter d Son*" Drug Store, Toiranea.•
' jani-751f.: -
n. L . a l t ) te?S p ei . ) B t. 21 : r in'ar f ti n t r d . in the
elegant new rooms on 214 liotw of Dr. Pratt's new
ern , •e on State street. 'twine's solicited. "
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3-74tf.
° B y; , K Bl ET l; Y init p lirENti,TTlST;n — da,PPL in e e
Teeth Inserted on Gold, stig.er, Rubber. and Al.
unntinnt haw. ' Teeth extracted without
Oct.
Ti D.I'Ai'NE, M. D., •
PHYSICLiN A CD 6CRGEOY.
Mice over Montinyes* Store. Office hours from 10
to 12. A. At.. and from 2to Y. M. Special stteotion
gkrou to Alrease& of the Eye sad Ear.-i1eL19,7164t.
H)c:,BROADLEY.,
1.1. Manufacturers of Woolen Goods, Yarns, ito
CARDING & DRVSSING,-
Dona tD order.
Cashpakt Coe wool, also cloths ex for woo
• junBlB4o2 -) LsILLY, - LE, PA.'
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HORSE,
CORNER MAIN A MIASIIINGTO STRWB
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TOWAINDA, PA. / , •
This lar MtvimodbiV . and eleganilylturn . laterd
house has ju ge.
st , .been open td to the *meeting put7lle..
The proldietorJias spared neither pains nor expelNe
In making his hotel nrak , elass In all its apprilnlo
Inman,' and respeettullraollclts a share u( publle
tronage. 31.E.31.S AT A.L . L .
t pa o suit the times.. Large stable at ta nouns
chid, Terms
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W3l: 11 E NRY , Pnortit
Towanda, Juno 7, "174 f, •
MEANS HOUSE; TOWASDA.
Ta., •
cows= WAIN AND BEIDGE gTIZIRSTIL
The Horses, Harness, de., of all guests of this
hosuse, Insured agaln4 doss by rue, without any
extra charge.
A superior quality of Old English MUM AR', 'UM
received. T. R. JORDAN, _ ,
!Towanda, Jan. 24,14; Proprietor.
~ cfeb.llB
THE CENTRAL 11 •
ULSTER, PA. •
'The undersigned haring taken possession
Of the p.bove hotel, respectfu llyt solicits the patron?
age of his old friends, awl the public nerally.
augl64l l . M. A. ORREST. •
QEELEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
EUROPEAN TIOUSE4.—A few doers southof
the Means House, Board by. the datpr week on
reasonable terms. Warm meals served*, all hours!.
Oysters at wholesale and retail. fetal?.
iXII.TItt It It FAD
EAGLE HOTEL, .
- - - Arown..NDA, 1
.141 the corner of Court and River-d i a. . , directly In
the vicinity andaouth of the Cotirt House.'
•• • JOHN' BURH.E,l•noenurrdn.
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The above house has beei re-furnished and re
fitted. and Is now open to the traveling public.
The Bar will at all times be supplied with-ttzo, , lwst
'of Rimers. Good stabling attached. tuthe premises.
Boarders by the day or Itieek accommodated.
May 10,1876.) • , , . JOIIST BUlfa..
ELWELL4IOtSE, TOVANDA,
PA., - •
r 401IN•SITLLIVAN'.
Having leased this house, Is now ready toilworn
zitogautoe‘titeretr
t ' o eT t rz I , : a uLl s i f eLtof o al t tr os nor e
ii er t irnee y
give 111' 8 11 a call. , , •
.
dfirfiorth side of Public Sp are, east of Mesvar a
new block.
J ul y 27,16
IHOICE F.L . pWER AND
X-)
STRAWIItRRIES,PEACIIES ttc
. , •
remis of tinfitewesi and finest Improved
, arefelly parked and prepaid by mall. My coney
ion of Strawberries took the first premium for the
wst Collection.. at-the great show of the Massactm\
ettk Horticultural - Society., In 'Boston. I grow over
.00 varieties, the most complete collection In the
country. Including all the new, large American and
Imported kinds; Priced descriptive Catalogues,
.gratis, by Mail. Also. lliuthi,„ Fruit Trees, Roses,
Evergreens. Cholee Flower. Garden, Tree,..gy,r•
green. Itarh. or Fruit S e eds, packets 'of either
fbr ii.oo;
C. The Tenet-Cape Cod Ilranberrv, hest sort
C. berry, hest sort 'fur rpland, Lowland, or
Garden, by mail, prepaid. It.oo per 10043.00 per
Ir - O„Wholesale Catakue to the Trade. -
Agent", wanted.
S.M. WATSON ( ml Colony N-ursertessoutl
ierd Warehouse, l'ipo".uth, Maswaehusett o. Es
abllihed 11442. MAIL
FrI:ST,NATIONAL• BANK,
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C APIT M. PAID IX
..VIIPLUS FUND..
This Bank offers untasnAl faellifles,for the trans-
acttup of a ggaerall , atiking buslneac.'
JO S. POW ELL, Presideni
WATCHES ,AND .tEWELItY
EPAIRED.--Mr. E. Montliesseaur , ,, the
welt-known repairer of Watehe. mid Jewelry. Who
was tot merle empfoyeit with XL Ilendelmau, up to
the time-of the recent : sale. has rented the same
window In' the old stand where he fhrmerty worked
and where be will Ire pleased to serve those *ant
tug anything In his line. All work 'entrusted . to
hLa trill he well and promptly executed.
Towanda, Pa.. Feb.-7.3W5.s
ATTENTION
,FAIOIERS!
N -
If you Wl5ll tO sell your
HArY, GItAIN, Ij,eTTEII
8.3111T11A PARK'S 11VSUKING, PA.
where yon AISO : finct a v.A.11 [:elected
gro,thi, alhottonlyticrs.
georrttity for REAt,y cAsll. at the WOO
tire( rail at -
Wyanukilm, Sept. 20. 1877
$(.1(i(I CAN'T BE MADE
I tr,7 every agent every month In the bust
to., we' furnish. tuft those willing to work can eas
ily earn a 4.7. en-dollars a day right in 'their own
Have no more room to explain here.
Business pleasant and' honorable. Women, boys
and girls do as well as melt. We will furnish you
a complete Outfit free. The business pays better
than anything else. We •will bear expense of
starting p.a.. Particulars freq. Write awl see.
Farmers and mechanics. their sons ind.daughters,
and all classes In need of paying work at home.
should write to ns and learn all about the work' at
ow,. Now Is the time. Don't delay. Address
& Augusta, JLalue.. Jan11.1;11%.
AVIL DODGE,
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Tuwaudi, Pa.
pyt7.7,3
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, TOWANDA, PA
GIRARD FIRE INi:q:ItANCE CO.; of Ph
AXI
MUTUAL 1.1F47. INSIMANCi
Over e 130,000 Insurance on lives In Bradford co
Towanda, Pa., Feb - . 1, vin
TILE , FARMERS' - MUTUAL
INSURANCE CO., OF TUSCAROIIA,
Is nosy Issuing perpetual policie on
FARM PROPERTY ONLY..
Each member pays a for, at the time of Insntiniel
to cover charter and itieidental expenses of the. Co..
after which no fuetlier payment Is required. except.
to meet aetna r..es hy fire among the meinbership..
This pia* of insurance for PROPERTY,
la cotolng rapidly into favcir.
:lace of Business. SPRING HILL, PA,
'The Agent will ranrasx the Townships of Tusca
rora, Pike. Herrick. Wyalustng,' Asylum, Terry
and Standing Stone, and fanners in those Town
ships wishing insurance or information, may, ad
dress,
A. T.. SUMNER, Sec. and Agt.,
Spring Hill, Bradford Co.,Pa.
W. M. SVC/TWAY. Pres. (eto74m
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rtE SUBSCR!BER I TAKES
Pleasure In calling the attention of Ills nuttier
oospatiung and the panne generally, to the lac'
that he still continues a
1876
GENERAL MARKET BUSINESS
At thi, OLD STAND of SLYER do MUNDELL, In
Carroll•s Block, nearly (Impolite the Means House,
and that he Is prepared to furnish
VEGETABLES AND BERRIES
0t the very best finality, at as low ratesas any other
et ta4Ublitneitt.
AirOOL CARDING.—The sub
v scriber will card.rolls the present season
sr his old ,-estriglahment In Caniptown. Pa. Prom*
Ills or capetience the putlic way b• antra of has-
Ing their work done in the best pswsible manner.
and with dispatib-as ke will give his personal anti
close attention to'ilie business.' Price 6 ets. per
poiind. • Wool taken itipwynient 'when desired.
Catoptown. - Jude s, IS L H. H. ING TIA3f.
T 11. CAREY,
J
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TAILOR
Gent's clothes cat and made to order In the new
est fashions. Cutting and repairing dole on short
notice at reasonable rates, and satisfaction gunran•
teed.. Please give us a call.
Towanda, Oct. 1, 77. JAiIIES H. CAGEY. •
Mil
Edda.
(ON TUX ELTOOPICAN PLAN,)
New Advertisements.
,GARDEN SEEDS
NE;W• SORTS BY MAIL
TOWANDA, PA.
NM
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of Hartford
SALT AND FRESH MEATS,
FRESH POULTRY,
C. M. MI
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. HIGHEST AWARDS!
J. REYOLDtik*'IB9N,
TELIIITEENTII AND FILBERT Ern, PDLA
.Manufactures of patented
witolrGilT4RoN AIR-TigHT
\s, HEATERS; • 1
Wl* Sitaktnuand Clinker Grinding Grates tor
burning Anthracite or Bituminous Coal.
CE,rENNIAL
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS.
IYRO6HT:IRON HEATERS;
Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Green, Etc.
Descriptive circulars SENT vitas to airiddress
EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING
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Philadelphia, April 211, 77.17
TIIE GREAT
• WEDDING CARD DEPOT
. • The latest styles to
WEDDING.
rricea.lover than any 'tone In the Country
- ORDERS BY MAIL
PB.OMPTLY ATTENDED TO
STATIONER. AND ENGRAVER,
April 1677
days a Boston physician, `has no (nazi as a blood
further. Hearing of Its many Wonderful cures,
ter all other remedies had failed, 1 visited the
tMboratory and convinced myself of Its genuine
It Is prepared from barks, roots and herbs,
\Orb •of which I X highly effective, ind they . are
compounded In such a manner as to produce aston
blislag results." .
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VEGETINE • '
"I the great Blood Purifier
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\YEGETINE
Will cur,.
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'4:4123,000
' AO7OOO
Hag Cffected son
n' iat casesof Can ,
n
V EGR'rINE
Cores the worst cases of Canter. '
VEGE - TINE
Meets with - wonder succesl 3terco t !al dI so ises.
Feb. 11, 187 A
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VEGfaINE .
"Wlll eradicate Salt ltlicutp 'from the system
VEOI.:TINE .
Cures the most taw:aerate Cars or Drysirelas
YEGETINE
liemores Pimples and Humors from the taco
VEGETINE •
Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels
=NM
VEGETI NE
Is a valuable remedy for Headache
' VEGETINE
Restorea the entire system to a heaßT46,conclitbii
VEGETI NE
Relieves Palntnesi at the Stomach
VEGETI NE
Effectually cures Kidney complaint
• VEOETINE
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In
Otectlve In Its CUh• of Female Weakness
VEGETINE
Is the great remedy (or General Debility
Is- acknowledged by all classes of people to be the
.beat and most telibble blued purifier In the world.
VEGETINZ IS SOLD lir ALL DRUGGISTS
G REATLY REDUCED PRICES
MI
PLANING, 31ATCHING, AND RE-SAWING
AWAY DOWN . : DOWN!! DOWN
Which I am selling at prices to sult,the times.
Made promptly to order, at a low' price, for CASH
It YOU W.11:::T TO GET RICH QUICK,
Lumber brought here to be milled, *lll be Yep
under cdrer and perfectly dry until 'taken away
Good sheds for your horses, and a dry place to load
Towanda. Jan. 18.1877: 't
THE REPORTER OFFICE
Of any= estibUshment Ya NcrrthernPe;uisprania
-111ecCummt.
CETENNIAL EXHIBITION:
Northwest eornor
For Bituminous Coal.
KEYSTONE
WJL H. HOSKINS
913 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
` 6 VFGFTINF I "
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and atiothecarion
YEGETINE
Will cure Dyspepsia
_ 'VEGETINE
Cures paps In the side
VEGETINE'
Removes Hie cause of dizziness,
VEGETINE
Cures Pains In
VEGETINE
The Undersigned is doing
And all kinds of rlanlng!mlll Work,
P.o far you can't see it
I have alytaii band i.large stock of
SASH AND DOORS.
WINDOW-BLINDS
Call and see my Goode and Priem.
L. B. RODGERS
Does_the
BEST JOB PRINTING
REGARDLESS OFD EiTUNCLATION FROM ANY SMARTER. I'4
TOWANDA, BRADFORD
. 00UNTY, PA., THURSDAY MOiNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1878.
foshig.' ,
'BIGAUC OrDAY. '
Crue } lwhiie prime in-ita(l unkler-tope
Break at lily feet stith domestic MOIL,
Far In the distanie as eye can reach,
Only a long strip efsandy beach.
Backward - and forward, to left, to
Blacker the darkness upon the night,
Rugged and silent the mountains loom,
Pitiless shadow of coming doom: • .
Is there no herald of dawning day
Orcr the comas ao cold and gray?
Waiting, I watch Ob the aboro. In lain _
.Fast throbs my heart with Its bitterest twin.
Turn from the desolate moaning sea,
It hath.no part In thy life or thee.
Dreary the path where no flowers bloom
Ely ragged shore through the mountains! gloom
Thine Is the burden : with weary feet, .
Brave, not despairing, thy Fate go meet.. "
From pain no longer a coward shrink ;
Though'She cup Is bitter, thy lips must drink.
Earthward no more tutu thy tearful gate ;
Who yolks In cultist, In earnest prays.
The rough dark road thou Wouldst fain forget?
Ilpwanl and onward: • The end Is not yet. -
to: the mountain's crown, on the ebony night
Glows with a glory of rosy light
Dark In the valley ; the sea Is gray; •
But the hill-top burns, the beacon of day.
A fiery shaft from the golden East
Enkindles the altar where God is Priest.
Rosy lights creep rlownthe tnouatain-side,
Flushing the slow heaving, swelling tide.
Italnhow of promise high overheard.
Tells the Day coming with silent thread.
Slowly the certain of nigh is forted ;
Slowly the light of God blessis the world
Through theidlimmerintgold of breaking day
A whit-wlnged sail Is speeding - Its way.
Ah, blessed Day, full of hope new-born,
That brings gay loco In its happy dawn
Shine out in the sky: 0 glorious sun
Ttto'end Is not yet. Life has Just.begtin.
Ellis Gray in ilurper's illigazineyor .I.anuary
HIMAS NATtIBE.
Two c4llldren tire yearwold, -
Marle the gentle, Charlie-the bold: •
r.weet and bright and quaintly-wise, ,
Angels both, in their inothees eyes.
But you, If you follow my verse, shill see .1
That they were as human as hutuan'can
And had not learned the Irlaturer art '
biding the . "self " of the finite heart
One day they - found in their mop and play
Two little rabbits soft and gray—
Soft and gray, and Just of 1 . 1 SUN •
As like each other as your two eye•,
AD day long tlie children made loco
To the dear little petei—tl?cle treasute•trove ;
They kissed and hugged them until the night
Brought to thd cronies a glad respite.
Too notch fondling doesn't agree
With the rabbit nature, as we shall see,
Fnr ere the light of another day •
Had chased the shadows of night away.
of,e Ifttlo IMI had gone to the shades,
Or, let u+ hope, to perennial g lades
Itriglite; sorter than any below— •
A heaven where good little rabbit's go
Th,..ilving and dead lay side by side,
And still alike as before ettie.died ; , •
And It chanced that the children Canto singly. to
• sieve
The pets they had dreamed oral] thp night through.
First came Charlie. andcwith sad surprise,
Beheld the deol with streandug eyes ;
liOwe7er, eoaollugly, ho sud,
"Poor little Marie--Nes ruPAir4 (.4,14!
Later came Marie, and :Mood aghast ;
She kissed and earessfd It, hat at last
Votand yolnito say, **ale her young heart bled,
"I'm sorry for.Charice—hix rabbte's dead!"
—llarpeelf Alagafauf for Febro!arY
Ni c icellanem4.
[POI the RRPOUTILII.3.
BERRY POMEROY OASTLE, - BEV ONIMIME
•
Devonshire, or the County of Devon, is
one of the largest in England, and istitu
ated midway of the peninsula which ter
minates at Land's End in Cornwall at the
extreme southwest of the Kingdom, The
Bristol Channel, which is a widening. of
the Severn river, separates Devonshire
and Somerset from Wajes on the North ;
and on .the Southlies the English Chan-
nel.- Devonshire bas-thus a line of sea
coast on the niirth 60 miles—and on the
iiontb, about 100 miles in length, with
high cliffs and-i r sonie good seaports. It
also has'ntimerthis rivers up which the
ocean tides extend for many mileS, and
is favorably situated for commerce:
The county of Devout is principally'
known to us in America on account of its
fine .breeds of cattle ; and it is believed
moreover that some good breAs of men
have been imported from the same terra.
tory. Its chief city is Exeter, and among
its towns are Dartmouth, Ashburton, Sid
mouth, Totness, Tavistock-and Plymouth
—the last port in England from whi h
the Mayflower sailed (6th Septem r,
16'20), on her voyage to the "wild ew
3 ;
England shore," and from whFch t first
Pilgrim settlenient received its na e.
There is also Roniton,, famou / for its.
lace ; 41 ; a little, farther *est on the
coast ortornwall is St. Ives Z—its name
long to be preserved, like's, p) , in amber,
in the ancient riddle-of the "(seven wives."
The g,enei-al surface of/ Devonshire is
hilly ; its loftiest emine •tf is known as
Yns Ton, in Dartmoor forest--491) feet
high, The,lower hill are productive; as
grazing and meado w lands. Its mineral
productions are of/considerable interest
The are value. The are many remains of
the ancient . Britns -and Romans, such as
stone-circles, romlecks,- barrows, and
military cam s. , ' . - V , .
.
The grey mildness of the climate along'
the south oast has made it a conSidirable
resort fo invalids in the winter Benson ;
c
myrtl , flourith in the open air and with
/ s
a little care, the orange and the lemon.
/
.And/yet this is more thafB degrees of
la9tude, (or :15 miles,) e. th of the north
line of Pennsylvania. --- •
/
/ - The town of Totness, with a population
of 4,000, ift pleasantly situated on the River,
Dart, flowing south into the English Chan. ,
nel,teu miles from its mouth, where we
IN
may naturally find the port of Dartmouth,
Totness is a place of great antiquity, with
some quaint old dwellings and a - church
built several centuries since. The' old
Norman Baron, Joel de Totnels, who
'gave his name to the place, was one of
the followers of William the .Co'nquerer,
and the Keep or stronghold of his ancient
Castle still ovcrloooks the town. Two
Miles distant are the more admired ruins
of another'Norman Castle, known as BEE
RY PO3IEIiOY. It was some years- since
that sojourning for a day or two at Matlock
in Derbyshire, (a place spmewhat celebra
ted fur its caves, pctrifactions and miner
al baths.) 'I met aedinier with an intelli
gent English gentleman, — who had been
something of a tmvel i er. Our conversa
tion chanced to turn upon the old caitles
of England, and he glke me an interest•
ing account of this one in Devonshire,
which he h 4 not long 'before visited,
known as Binnv-Poltenonv from the
names of the families by whom in its day
2=1!!!M!!3!
(or rhther its centuries) it had been in
habited. Failing to make as I had intend-.
id, a memorandum of his description, it
has recently been in part supplied from
another source, and.the brief account may
perhaps not be devoid of interest, espe
cially as the old castle was for a long Pe
riod tharesidence of a family whose de.
seendants.fire to be found in various por
tions of the Union, and which is repre
sented in our own county.
"This ancientittronghtdd of the rem
eroys, stands on tt_ platform or natural
'terrace high abiwo a small feeder of the
'Byer. Dart.: Thick woods have closed up
around.it; the walls are mantled with ivy
and the wide courts floored, with green
sward. The Tudor windows of the main
ruin, the varied outlines and the touches
with which, Thne .has 'imoulded into
beauty," the whole great
_mass of . build
ing, are all so striking, that it is scarcely
possible to visit Berry Pomeroy „without
l a wish to know something of its` history.
The ruin is of two periods. The entrance
gateway aid the wall on either side of it,
are Of the thirteenth-century, am' were
portions of theACelosing wall of ore of
the courts of the castle of the Pomeroys
—whose ancestor Ralph de Pomeroy is
recorded in the Domesday book as the
lord of this place and of many a wide ma
nor on the West. The Pomerays held
Berryuntil the reign ofEdward VI. when
. it passed into the hands of Lord Seymour
of Sudely, brabef`of the Protector, Duke
of-Somerset., It still belongs to the Sey
mours, and is thus one of the very few es
tates in the Kingdom which have been the
property of no more than two great fam
ilies since the Conquest (1066).
The mass of ruin is that of a stately
house, built by the first Seymour owner.
"The apartments," says John Prinie, au
thor oftlfe IV4 - rthies.of Deron, who was
vicar of Berry Pomeroy, and Saw the place
in its glory—L" were very splendid, espe
cially the dining room which was adorned
with statuesand figures cut in alabaster.
The number of apartments of •thh
, Fhole
may be collected hence, if report be true,
that it was a good day's work for a ser
vant but to open and shut the casements
belonging to them. Notwithstanding
which, 'tia now demolished and all this
glory.lieth in the dust."
The house, it is' said, was struck by
lightning, and lip greatly injured that the
Seymours removed from it rather than be
at the cost of restoration. 'this was after
the time of Sir }award Seymour, the
leader of the "Country party," whose im
posing presence is drawn for us by Lord
Macauley,_and who lived at Berry Pomer
oy in great magnificence.
,Tlie fern hun
ter will find his -account in wandering
through the woods that surround the Cas
tle.'" '
Probably few American'families can
trace so clearly as the Pomeroys their
line of descent for a period of more gum
eight hundred years, to the times when
their knightly ancestor, Ralph de Pomeroy
left his native plains in fair Normandy to
acconipany his liege lord in the invasion
of Saxon England: tlarold, the last Sax
on King, was slain, on
. the field of Has
tings and the domains of Jiis followers
were apportioned among the Norman Bar-)
ons. Ralph de Pomeroi having received
-considerable grants of territory in Devon
shire and Somerset , in the latter pa of
the eleventh ceutury erected the C • le of
Berry PometoY. His lion Willie ni mar
ried/ a natural daughter of King enry I.
—who was also a :dater of th Earl of
Cor.wall, and seven Henrys iri succes
sion inherited the Pomeroy es to and title.
Farther down the line of d nt we - -.find
the - names of Sir Themes, ho was crea
ted Knight of the Bath the' coronation
of Henry - I/IL—and Si Edward, on whom
the same holm was conferred when Hen-
I )
ry VIII. became rim. The mother of
I
Sir Thomas was t e daughter of Walter
Raleigh, of Fend lt—the same stock it is
probable from whence spiting Sir Walter
Raleigh, whose achievements and explo
rations adds lustre to the reign of his
royal mist ss,Aueen Elizabeth.
. Record she that one of the descend
ants of it Italbh accompanied the expe
dition/of the Earl - of Essex into Ireland
er
, and . me into possession of large estates
the ~ with the title .of Lord Harburton,
19 ich; property, still remains in the pus
•f ssion of;the English representatives of
the.pimili. The present Lord Harburton
is an Irish Beer, and is spoken of by a
member of the American branch of the
Pomeroy family, "who recently visited
him, as a man of the highest character,
and an earnest evangelical Christian.
From ELTWEED POMEROY, who came
to America ten years after the landing of
the Pilgrims at Plymouth, we may con
-elude that the leading Pomeroy families,
in our country are descended. From Dor
chester, near Boston, where he first set
tled, he removed to Windsor, Conn, in
1636, and subsequently, at the amof 90,
to Northampton, , where ( his sore' Eldad,
famous in creating implements of war,
had received a , grant of 1,000 acres of land
in consideration of hisTidablishing there
the manufacture of guile.. This business
continued_ through several generations as
the family specialty; and was brought by
Gen. Seth Pomeroy to a great degree of
excellence for those days of flint locks.
Ho employed a large number of workmen,
for the reputation of his fire-arms had'
spread far and wide; the ? Indians
, from
the far Western lakes tluitight themselves
especially fortunate in the possession of a
Pomeroy gun, and with these weapons
the Colonial troops of Massachusetts were
largely armed in the early and desperate
'conflicts with the French and Indians.
'The gun which Gen. Pomeroy used' to
very good purpose's at the battle of Bun
ker Hill was made at the Northamiiton.
armory, and is said to have been entirely
the'work of his own hands."
Gel. Pomeroy furthermore rendered an
important service to the State and coun
tryiby laying out and constructing 'the
great highways from the Conrc..cticut ri:
Ter into Berkshire County—thus facilita
ting the movernelit, ofthe Colonial troops
in the French and Indian wars. ' The
first.record of his military service is still
preserved in a commission appointing hlm
to the command of a company of,troops
to be employed in the reduction of Cana
da. - This was granted' by Go;. Shirley at
Boston June 13, 1746, "in the Twentieth
year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord,
George the Second."
Col. Isaac, N. Pomeroy and his brother,
Deacon Ebenezer Pomeroy, formerly of
Troy, ' in' this county, were men long to be
remembered and esteemed as early citi
zens of Western Bradford. They settled
about the year 1818 . at Troy, where their
descendants' for the most part still reside.
Their line of.descent from. Eltweed Pom
eroy who came Over in 1630 is as follows::
I. Joseph, son of Eltweed, born in 1952 ;
IL Noah, dr Colchester, born 1700 ; 111.
Daniel, of Colchester, born 1728 ; IV. El
cazer, of Coventry, born 1752 ; among
whose twelve children COI. I. N. Pomo:-
oy, and Ebenezer Pomeroy, born at eoven
try,-1791 and 1794. A sister of theirs born
in 1783, was the wife of Doctor Nathaniel
Aspenwall, and mother of N. P. Aspen
orElmirarand of Edson As-,
penwall, Esq., formerly of this county.
Their youngest brother, Chauncey Pom
eroy, Esq., born Dec., 1799, was for many
years a prominent merchant of Montgom
ery, Alabama, and still continues a hale
'and active business man. •
We will' here briefly refer again; inelos
rig, -to the .
DOMFADAY BOOK,
which was a statistical survey of the coun
try by William the Conqueror, completed
in 1088.. "The origin of the name seems
somewhat uncertain, but has obvious re 7
fereive to the supreme : authority of the
book,' in doom or judgment on the matters
contained in. it." For its compilation,
persons were sent by the King to sill parts of
England to ascertain in each 'county the
number'of hides of land it contained, to
gether with the cattle and other products.
Also how much land belonged to each
Bishop, Abbot,'Earl or Other proprietor
of the soil, together with their other pro::
petty, that he - might`know how much
revenue he ought to receive from each. It
was in, fact what we would s call'an assess
ment.
• The record is otgreat valu ,- as show
ing the ancient. condition of England—
containing istatistio accounts of various
kinds,—of families and their landed mem
bers, together with innumerable matters
highly interesting to inquiring • posterity.
It is believed that no other country of the
world can show a similar record, of the
antiquity and value of this volume—which
is still kept in a*good state of preserva
tion at the Chapternionse of Westmin
ster Abbey in the City of London.
FUN, FAOT AND rAOETLE.
Pot.rrExr.ss is a social passport' l ov,
the world, and,good society isbe' best
z i
school in which it can be•kmin' .
t,
i
i "1 DE RAND equality, -
er of Paris. "Yes," 1
ion, "that's it, every ;
pickers."
• • r
REV. JOSirn c!lut says that for the
next 500. years the men who' will fall
among thieve. will be the young men
- from the con ry.
,)
•
,
. •
Is a Case tied at Liverpool recently a
e 4?
witnesski ribed a man as having been
so drunk
,hat he "could not - crush the
sugar inihis whitiky."
"I,lBn . em.n 'Wave no - objection to my
wifejs_reigning," said an affectionate hus
band, "if it were not the
.fact that when
she reigns she is so apt to storm also."
. AN old negro cook says :
erful good in everything
Dey needs some other kinj
GRAPES are healthy. Taken inwardly
they quicken the digestiiv organs ; step
ped on with the bare foot in the early
dawn they quicken the mental powers.
THE name of the potato bug in Germa
ny, is Pffischtencliriw.ectiteniawbedenach
tosehooptensehafflichtheit. This is what
make's it so hard to kill them.
WHEN you see a child that lias no re
spect for his parents, you can make up
your mind that either the child or the
parents should be lobked after right
sharply. •
"VE .have always—loved you," says
Grant in ever' one of his speeches to the
English. es," says-the Detroit Free
Press, with a great deal of ferocity, "and
•
we can do it again'!"
SwEalSon—" No, don't like her at all ;
horribly vulgar woman. Call her husband
'Enery?" Self-made Father (vaguely)-
"Ah !" (Pause) " Well, 'but ain't 'is
name 'Ener3l?"
tho burning of a Louisville brewery
75,000 gallons'of beer were lost.' It will
now be in order, for some charitably dis
posed person - to start a relief fund for the
Louisville, ieporters.
_
BOUCICAVLT says that the Shakespeare
of these days is editing a newspapei.. Ho
has made allusions to us,before, but we
appreciate, the compliment none the less
highly on thdt account.
THE President of a Philadelphia street
car company has'stolen $3,000,000, and
they hays only just now found it out. Ile
is probably the man that first recommend
ed the use of the bell-punch for the con
ductors.
AS thieves be loth to nisaul a house
Where. they know there be gOd . armor.
and 'artillery, so wherever the books of
the Holy Seilptures be wel4oceupitul,
there neither the devil nor any !of . lkis an
gels dare come near.
• •
THERE. are many who say, 0 Christ is
my King," who know, not what 4they say,
they do not obey Him:. Ho is the servant
of Chilst who trusts in Christ.,'Who walks
accordingln Christ's mind, and loves the
truth which Jesuit revealed. All others
are mere Rretenders.
TuAi true civilization which gives us
sympathy with every form of human life,
and enables us to work mast successfully .
for its advancement: Refinement that
carries its 'away frem - our fellow-men is
not God'ifirefinement. . -
,
WHY slouldirott call upotrlthe earth,
you who are mado for heaven? Keep your
self in the noble position in - which you"'
were born,and let your soul resemble your
body, which touches the earth only by its
extremities.'
MONEY unsanetified makes nobody hap
py, 'neither does. big houses, big Ihrms,
largo acquaintances, power, fame, but ho
only is happy that enjoys religion—he that
knows his sins are forgiven, he and he
alone is at peace.
"1. CAN forgive,"
.say some,"hut I
cannot forget." Woe to us if od should
Make the sane distinction. Rut forgiv
ing and a disposition to forget, • are the
same. If the memory of an injury is chez
irked, it is not forgiven.
•
• ;-tIE who comes from the kitchen smells
of its smoke; he who adheres to a wet has
something of its cant ; the college air pur
sues the student, and dry inhumanity him
Islip herds with literary pedants. •
AN old gentleman who was dabbled all
Ois life in statistics, says ho never heard
of more than one woman who insured her
life. He accounts for this by the singu
lar fact of one of the questions on overt'
insurance — paper being, ." What is your
ago?"
WE gladly welcome to our exchange ta
ble, once more, the log-.absent but fa
miliar face of that spicy andnevisy sheet,
the Congresitiohal Globe. The Globe is the
official organ of . the . American Paragraph
ers' Association, and its columns arc re
plete witliexpensire nonsense.—Hatcheys.
- '
(For the Its,rontrit.3
y }THE DYING CHILI --
'CA few days since
. a bright and interest
ing little girl of this place was dying of that
terrible v disease, diphtheria. Although but
a mere Child she had put her trust in a
merciful 8a itiur, and in perfect trust con
fided ber soul\to Ills keeping. Almost her
last breath waispecupied in comforting her
weeping parents,> and designating a hymn
to be sung at her funeral. • A friend has
vividly portrayed-the iteene in the follow
ingbeautiful lines.—Enrron..l
The good-byes had all been spoken, a
Ipying message toeach had been given,
when suddenly, the dear child, lifting
herself in bed, called her mother :
"Can you no hope, my dear mama, '
• Unto your darling giro? _ '
I feel a little, a little stronger now,
• Think you that I shall live r ,
' With anguished hea42.the mother cried,
We fear no human Skill •
; Can now avail, my preelou \ S child,
' All that we can, we
A gentle.aigh the answer : drew, '
Anotbet sweet "sweet goon•bye"—
Then quickly. "meet me nil In heaven,
' not afraid to'clie."
"But tell we,—am I almost there?
r hard to antler so,—
Oh clog that song of Jesus' love—
;Me lures ,me, yes 1 know."
Aiglorpnot or earth o•crspreais
'The na'rling*s pain-worri - hroW,
Angelic spirits all unseen,, .
Assist the watchers now., •
(Jintly they disengage the soul,
The suffering `body's pient,' ,
While human voices, low and sweet,
Are lulling her to rubt.
' No battled hope, dear
eau cause thee, now, to Mgt) ;
non lisest, yea, toraverniore,
713 we, who " datty die.,
With tender rererenen, wn lay.
s ‘v
The cherished body low,
O'er which,, stern winter pityingly,
Casteth her robe of snow. '
C. C. P
Its echo trael.lng unto heaven,
• ..tagels unite and sing.
es 'Where Is thy ylet.y; oh grave, /-
Oh death. where Is thy sting??
Towanda, Feb. 18,,1575.
Sas is povr.
out ,ehildren..
of dressin'."
IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINOPH
said a.rag pick
.plied his corepart
iy to become rag
The corters door-keelier at the
main outer entrance guides us to the
elegant elevator, and we ascend noise-
I,essly,' our pulses quidioning
approach the seat of power. Let us
proceed at once to- the room set apart
for - coMmissions.and pardons: Here'
is kept the great. seal of the nation,
and here all commissions are execu-
ted to th ministers and counsels - for
foreign,. ''countries,• Perhaps you
„
never beforedreamed the world was
quite as large. , Surely no district
school geography overwhelmed yoir
with so long a list of proper names.
The walls cf.; the great apartment
from floor to Ceiling are li6d with
pigeon -holes, and every pigeon-hole
wears a label. lion read, your ideas
expanding meanwhile , You dwell
upon the army of—men it must needs
take to fill all these appointments.
Consulships and agenCies, at • least,
must be easy to obtain. YOu dis
cover that Nongpo. and Wequill, and
Oajaca, I)andlekeen, and the Canni-
bal Islands are minus counsels at the
present moment, • and modestly in-
quire if they are eligible posts. The
clerk turns the.leaves of a huge folio,
and reads for your edification, com
mencing alphabetically •." Cannibal
•Islands—counsel mysteriously disap.
peare(l; natives reticent on the Sub.
jest; fees twelve dollars. Dandle
keen—counsel lost in an earthquake
fees nothing. Nongpo—counsel shot
by mistake; fees five dollars. Oajaca
—counsel died of the plague; fee—"
You decline to trouble your ,infor
mant turther in that direction, but
have' the curiosity to ask if there are
any applicants lOr the vacancies.
"Oh, yes,'! is the reply.; "for, the
Cannibal Islands alone there are three
hundred." Therefore you decide'not
to apply for yourself, and pass 0n...
But your advanced geographical
notions plunge you into an abYssltf
reseirch, What of the immense cor
respondence involved.? The solution
of the problem is contained 'within
the Walls of four apartments, alike
in architectural finish, and each about
I tfifty-fiVe feet, long 'and fwenty-five:
feet wide. These apartmentS are de-.
voted to the Bureau of Indexes
. and
'Accounts; . under the .immediate
chage of John. li. Haswell. This
bureau is the pivot upon which the
whole paraphernalia of the depart-,
ment turns. . Here the mails are
Opened, and all -the letters of the
Secretary and his officers indexe I
before being delivered to them for
perusnal, then returned • here for, fur
ther disposition.. Here, are *register
ed daily full abstracts of all column-
Ideation's to and from the department ;
and all letters are indeked - both 'by,
subjects'and persons: The work is
divided into three branches--thes-dif
plomatic, the consular, miscellaneous.
Each branch . has its subdivisions;,
for instance, the diplomatic Corms-
pondence of Austria, Belgium-,
France, Germany, Great Britain, and
Italy is placed under one head;
that of the 'Barbary Stat'es,. Central'
America, !China, Egypt, Vcejee
lands, Friendly and Navigators Is
lands, Hawaiian Islands,•.llttyti, da
;pap, -Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico,
Muscat, San Domingo, Siam, Society
Islands, Turkey, and other countries
is placed. `raider, another head r cte.,
etc. The consular correspondence is
dist4buted under similar. heads: Out
side of the diplomatic and cOnsufai,
the• miscellaneous register covers all
communications, eve? the mast trio-
And, these streams of torres
pondence have been ebbing and flow
ing ever since friendly relations were
first established with the various
. countries. The vast accumulation of
material would seem enough to : ap
pall the common ruind.i With its
perpetual increase—we are told that
instructions to .counsels alone swell
into two • immense volumes every
month—the wonder is that it can be
turned to account in the multiplicity
of extrergencies where instantaneous
reference is demanded. The perfect
order and methartifatrangemont„
ho never, achieve this triumph.. The
19
Cease watchers: for the teeming breaks;
Her night of reiln . ls o'er,
Be comforted ye biulsed hearts
sho lives, whom you deplore.
No dreary requiem, was snug
4:Dar'stret flower-sttenn liter,
Hut at'ln4 U'ivn request—the sung
Of ' 4 P4indlse . , - we hear,.
•
•
system ofindexing has been brought
to such a high science that any docu
ment from any country or person,
upon any snbject, snd of any date,
may ,be. found within half an hour. It
is the duty of the employes
,in this
bureau to answer, calls for 'cones-
pondenco, from the Secretary and
other oflibials.of the department, and
if you loiter a few moments - you will
learn somewhat of .the variety and
character of these wants--a letter
concerning the Cuban Claims Com
mission, dOcuments from France in
1840,, the charter of a college in iVis
eonsin abodt which there is a curious
litigatiOn pending, correspondence
with Spain concerning the extradi
tion treaty - and . Tweed, letter trim
the Mayor of Boston in lBo,,papers
relating to the Italian Labor Society,
documents concerning the: Texan.
. _
trontier Qotrunission,.and so on fn.
definitely. Inquire for the letter you
wrote the Secretary of State' a year
ago on simile 'private aspirations; of
your own,.and, beholdl it. is at onde
iVrthcoming.-31AliTUA J. LAMB, in
'Harper's Magazine for March-.
SIR JOHN smouru, AND HOW -H£
WON HIS WIFE. •
The seeds Of much of Sinelate's.
success were sown;, by - his excellent
mother, to whom he owed his early
taste for agfieuitdre - - and ruraLman-
agement, His first .school was the
famous high school of Edinburgh;
and at the early age of sixteen he
wrote on rural affairs in the. Ogicedo
•Meroury, Under the 'non d
plume of :"Julius Cesar," in delene
of , the iligiklaitst proprintors, w.rxise
conduct in the treatment their
tenantry had been aspersed
_Unjustly
by "Mercator. Caledonius." Few
proprietors of the present'day could
caudate this ; example, even` with the
assistance of their mothers, Ile
'entered the -University of Edinburg
..at the- early age of thirteen, when
Bobertson, Adam Smith; and Blair
performed their. part in faShioning
the young laird :-of ester into a
satisfactory scholastic•shqpe; without
rendering him . a- rhetorician- or a
great philosopher; and without doing
very much, perhaps, towards render
ing him—in the word's of the, Bishop
of "the most indefatigable
man in- Europe." To his mother,
more than - to any other teacher, he
owed the 'strong: features-of his char=
acter. From Edinburgh he prolteed
ed first-to GlasgoW and-then to Ox
ford ; and we may . observe: here that
lie read for the' bar under the follow-
A. 11. 11
ing arra:.gement; for the disposal.of
his time ; Sleep, 7 hours ;
_dressing,
meals and relaxation, ,• 'eXer
cise, 2 ; :study 12; total, 24 hours;
and that his studies - were „always
successful, His summers, during
this period, were spent at aithness,
where he amazed even 'his mother by
his tact in gaining the consent of the
neighbdring proprietors to the
straightening of a road across some •
of his best fields. Lady Janet—she.,
was sister-to the seventeenth earl of
Sutherland- 7 assured her son there
was not the .slightest prospect of ob
tabling this consent, the. neighbors
being - too much 'under the influence
of the usual feuds andl hecustomary
jealousies. Tlieywere invited, how
ever, to Tnufsp Castle, and Abe
rather solemn yonfig enthri e siast,- then
less than eighteen , years Old, makes
this entry of the: circumstances in
his private memoranda "They
came . aecordinglf; and to ILidy
Janet's utter amazement, at I once
unanimously sgreed to my propoSal.
- This circumstance gave me an'early
impression of the happy influence ex
erted by attention and - civility."
These early. undertakings were good
- training for a - luau who had to be
made as well as, born,sinee he was
totally'devoid of. that heaven inspir
ed genius, which acts by intuition
and never condescends to' plod.
When shill a boy—:a handsome yonthi
with a Grecian face, and not less than
six feet two, inches in height—his .im
provenient about, home bad- been, too
numerous.and substantial foros to
notice here. c-'" ;And when,.:Wilh "all
your improvements;" said a neighbor
one day,. " will you show us a toad
over Ben Client?"' The time arrived
- Tor surmounting• this bugbear of the'
distriet'foonerthan was expected. it
happened, dirring,a visit to London;
that Sinclair paid his addresses to an
heiress of Stoke Newington,- the
daughter of Mr. Alexander.Maitland.
The lady admired her suitor, but dis..
liked the idea of residing so far north
us the shores of the Pentland Firth.
- +.-xplanations ensued, .which induced
him to.return home with that 'awk
ward mountain in the centre of
CaitimesS weighing, continually on
' is-mind: lie at once repaired to
the spot, examined the ground, form
ed a summoned - his neighbors
and retainers assembled an army of
1,20 men, and led them.against this
obstructive. mountain, armed with
spades. At sunrise on a summer
day their work commenced, and at .
nightfall the • ancient horse,, track
across Ben Cheilt had becOmen road'
for carriages. - This was. one of the
few 'of Sinelair's ,public services
which brought hiM a substantial re-
compense. , It happened
. .that. a rival
suitor of 'Miss "Maitland made a tour,'
into the flighllnds.about tlils tithe,.
ats flie as Inverness, and on his return
the ladies at Stoke Newington were
gratified .with an aecount. of his
travels and of the remarkable charac
ter of It renowned improver in, the
libperboreali *regions of .Caithness
his name, the youth said, Was Sin
. clair ; his residence, Thurso • cas,le ;
on..the-shiire-of the ",Pentland Firth.
The younger of the two ladies who
were present :Outing this narrative
liStened withiAincOmmon' interest to
all the details; nd especially to those
connected '• with the road .making ;
and, dialyzing her mind on a certain
subject, she soon found 'herself in the
.hyperborean
..regiOns, residing in a
castellated.. edifice, situated on a hock
-sdeiose tt the Pentland jirth that
!,the spray from • the stormy
weather,passes over the roof.. And
thus:one •of the first of , Sinclair's.
'numerous" disinterested "public.--ser
vices met with an Unexpected Teemn
peuse. The- marrjage took : pjace in
177th—rite New 9uarterlY Ndtla zini%
•
Aft
.effeetive Way of, committing suicide
13 to get well heated and then gulp down
a pint .)t• ice Ratei. . .
$2, per Annum In Advance.
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4 TaoTimm Siczicn.--Let a man
fail in business, what an' effect it has
on his former creditors;! Alen who
have taken hint by the arm, laughed- •
and chatted with him by the how '
.
shrug their!
,shoulders and pass on.
"
With a cold flow do you do?"
Every
-trifle of 'a bill is hunted up
and presented that would not have
seen the , light for months to come'
but foi the misfortunes of-the debtor.
If itr is paid, well and good . ;- if not,
the 'scowl of the sheriff, perhaps,
meets him at the corner. A. man
that his never failed knows butlittle
of Inman nature.
In prosp,erity he sails alOng gently,
wafted by favoring smiles and kind
words' from everybody. He prises
himself upon his nahie and spotless
character, and makes his boast that
he has not an enemy in the world'.
Alas 1 . the change. lie looks at the '
world in a different light when re-:
verses. come upon him ; he reads sus
picion on every
~brow ; he , hardly
knows how to move or to do this
'thing or the other There are spies
abmit him, a writ is ready for his
back.
To know what kind of stiff the
world is made of, a person must be
unfortunate and stop paying once in -
a lifetime-. If he haS kind friends,
then they are made manifest. A
failure is moral sieve Lit brings
out the wheat and'shows the chaff.
A. man thus learns that words. and'
pretended good-will are • not•iiiii - do
not constitute real friendship. -
THE °along of postage stainps had - •
a tinge of romance in it. It was
thirty seven years ago tbat-Rowland°
Hill, While crossing a district .in the
north:of•Englaral, arrived at the door .
ofan inn where a postman hadstop
ped to deliver a lettor. A yang girl
came out to receive it ; she turned it
over and over in her hand.and asked •
the price of postage. This was prop-
ably a large aura and the g irl was
evidently poor, for the postman de
manded a shilling.. She sighed sadlY,
and said the letter was. from her
brother, but that she-had no. money ;
and so she returned the letter to the '-
postman. Touched with pity mr:mll •
paid the postage anti gave the letter
- to the girl, who seemed much. embar
yassed. Scarcely bad the postman ,
turned his baiik when the young inn
keeper's
daughter confesSed it was a
trickbetween -her and .her •brother.
Some :signs on the envolope told
-her all she ,wanted to know, but the
letter contained no writing. "We arc
both so poor" she added, that we in
vented this mode of earrespondinc ,
without paying for our, letters." The
traveler, continued bis road; asked '
himself if a system giving place to
sush frauds was not, a vicious -one.
Before sunset Rowland had planned
to orzanize the postal service on a
•
new basiswith what success is
khown to ,the Weirld: .
COLDNESS 01...31A-ssatt;.—There is -
no other way by which friendship may
completely be broken,or so thoroughly
or tom pletlycrushed out of existence,
as coldness of manner; hard words
are no cainpetitors at all, for they are
so often satisfactorily explained. It
is- frequently said that "like begets
like," and we believe that
,it is often
'so. If we meet with an acquaintance
who grasps our hand cordially, and
gives it a ; generous and hearty shake,
and his countenance lightSsup with a
cheerful smile as -he utters' a pleasant
and welceme , salutation, .if we are
_feeling
. 01111 and moody,-we are, or at
ieast should at-once be, ashamed Of
that feeling, and instantly
. put forth .
our energies to disguise and banish -
'it. .11, -on the contrary, we meet
with ,one who repels . our every...at
tempt to be cordial by a sttaliedeool-.
ness of manner, we very soon become
impervious to any genial feeling for
him, and a larger stock of pride
springs to our aid than we ever
dreamed - our - ,heart possessed, and , a
• gulf is then and' there formed over
which a passable bridge can neverbe
erected,.
A "TavisT SCHOOL."--A "Truant
School," the idea of which is said to
be.boProwed frcim the Stsofr, &hide:
system of Millburn., is about to be
instituted at Hackney, London.
Truants 'are to -be brought .1 before a
magistrate, as at present ; -but in-;
stead of being sent to an industrial -
-school they are to go- to the• Truant
There the "silent system":
is to be rigidly enforced. The child
ren are not to be allowed to utter 'a •
-single Word,. either by- day or by.
save to their teachers, or when
saying their lessons. -They are to be
kept for the space of one week in the:
silent school ; . and are then to be free.
to'return home and' attend-' the ordi
nary schools of-the beneficent board.
1-f- thekagain..play truant they .may •
be coninitted . to the place
,of mute
torment. for- a fortnight, or for three
'weeks, or even for a month. -
• CLERICAL Wrrs.-Bishop Clark, of
Rhode Island will always hive his
joke, and -it's always worth having,
too Once - upon a time LAS brother
was visiting him, 'and• the good .
-bishop showed him to his bedroom,
in, due course of time.." Good night!'
I'll put my boots outside the d00r,."
said his brother., -'t All right,-Sam;"
replied the-bishop, " nobody'll tench
'em." :By the way, that Same broth - -
er Of Bishop clerk was one of the
wittiest men alive. It riins . in -the
family.
_He once went to see one of
his parishonerS, a lady - with s pro
digious 'family, which, had recently
been increased.. AS he rose to leave,
the lady stopped him with,'" But
have not seen my last baby:" "No,"
he quickly replied; " and I never ex
pect to I" Then he fled. , •
- . THE fox and the ass Made a mutualinsrance company: After it, had
"succeeded" some years they per
suaded the goose to join them. Then
there Came a tornado,'an earthqhake
and a fire. The fox went into his
hole and the ass into his stall, - and
persuaded the goose that it *as his
business . to feed them; t er Use
rules — Of mutual insUrnnce, until the
company was dissolved. This the
-goose did. But he had the company
dissolved as soon as possible. 'Then
-the fox and ass made another cm: .
pany, and they sent a -postateard to
the goose to. ask him -to join them.
But he-,didlit. - • :
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