S. W. ALVORD, . Publisher.
VOLUME_ XXXVIII.
Business CardL
pt.INTINGS..
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PORTRAITS ;AND LANDSCAPES
Stinted to order at any price from to
91.1 Paint Ingslie-Priinted. Ile-Touched', or changes
made as desired. •
All work done In the highest style of the Art.
JOHANN F. BENDER.
- Towanda; Pa.. April 18. 1878.
I
T ROGAISKI,
Employed with -M. Mendelman for the past four
years, begs. Jeave to announce to his friends and
the peptic generally that he has rumored to the
Boston 99.Cetit Store. one door south of the First
National Bank, and opened a shop for the repair
of Watches. Clocks. Jewelry, dm. All work war
ranted to give entire satisfaction. (Apr4'7B,
Iv J. YOUNG,
A TTORNEr-AT LASS',
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tither-4ecitiit d.4r south of the Firbt National
Dank Mali' St., up aialts.
fl D. KIN4EY,
N__,•
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A TTORNEY-.4 r -LA
Ciffig—Rooms formerly tmenMed by Y. M. C. A
Reading Room. fjan.3C7s.
1P B. SWISHER,
ALE N 1' TS T
ilthee over Mrs. ;St Ingos• store, Tracey & Nnhle's
Biopic. Treatment of tilminsett teeth atperlaltv.
Gas and ether admintateml when deslred.-Inch.is.
ILLIAMS k ANGLE,
AT To RNA' FS-AT-L.4
FilCE.—Fortnerccupleil by Wm. Watkins,
(De1.17..77) .1. ANGLE.
:IrePHERSON,
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ATTO - lINEN AND COr NsELI.OII. AT-I. AM',
ToNVANDA, l'A
.4try Ern , ' ro.
LASOI'C Lit HEAD,
A TroRNA• I'S-AT-LA IC
.towanda, Ca. 9111ce over Bartlett &Tracy, Maln-et
U. F.NtAsmi.. [x9.77) A H
E. L.
ATTANEY-AT-LAW,
TOW ANDA. PA.
Wilco with Smith St iirpntatise. rtiovll.7s
E.. F.
GOFF,
ATTORNEY-.4T-LAW.
aln Strect. 4 ".o doors north of Ward !louse). To;
vanda,tPa. [April 12, 1877.
VV—; H. TITQINIPSON, .NTTORNE 1r
• AT LAN, WT A L CST NG,.P A. Will attend
to all business entrusted to his care lin Bradford;
Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. Office with Esq.
Porter. - - - [nor 19.274.
ELSBREE,
ATTOR,N EV-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA
EN
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ci L. LAMB,
J•. •
ATTORNEN,"-AT-LAW,
tI.KES-UAttitt, rA.,
f)ollectlons prornppy att~:ndel to,
SOIIN:W. MIX,
ATTORNEY ATILAW,
, . .11v IY
- ---' t; 5. COMMISSIONER,
_ - TaNVANDA, PA,
Office—Norm Side Public
.Square.
D AVIES t CARNOCIIAN, •
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
14OUTII SIPE OF \YAM) HOUSE.
Pec23-7.5. TOWANDA,-CA
Crockery store.
Towanda, May I, 187217 . . •
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MADILL A: CALIFF,
. ATToltNp'S AT LAW,
i TOWADA, PA.
Office In Wood's Block., first door sout'd of the First
National bank - , up-stairs.
14.4. MAW L 1.... rjaqB-731y) .1. N. CALIF?
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IP RIDLEY A-, PAYNE
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ATTnRSF YS-A T-L Alt'.
!South side Merear Block formals formerly. "(maple(
by Davies &l'anmellao), •
TOWAN DA. PA
MED
x. . L 4,4117
JAMES WOOD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
- TOWANDA. PA
'lneti946
CHAS. M. HALL, -
Attorney-at• Law and Notary,
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Wlll give eArernlattention ' to any Lit s,lnes. entrust
ed in hint. 0 inre with PatriFA_& Foyle, (over
.roournai °Mee), Towanda, Pa. iiinne7'77.
JOHN - F. SANDERSON, -
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE.—Meam: Boitding (over Powell's S tore
rOchf+.76
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RGE P. STROLTD, ,
.4 T TOR .VE FAND UNSELLo R. AT- A I
—Maln-st., four door, North of Ward pouse
frraothn, in Supreme Court
of Pe-unsylvanla and rutted TIIW A NDA, PA
Statos.couri,—(Doo7.ln. _
[J STREETER,
LAW OFFICE,
TOW AND A. P),
aug2o. ,
nVERTON k MEACIIR,
Arrimt,NEys AT L AW,
, • T - OWAN DA VA.
Office over Montanyes Store. I (mayfi7s
WA. OVERTON. RODNEY' A. MERCIIIt
\STM. MAX
A TTO R.VE Y-A T-LAW
OrEICE OVER DAYTON'S STOrtr., TOWANDA, PA
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April 12, IS7fi. .
pITAICK. FOYLE,
• ATTORN I E TS-AT-LA TV. --
Otte*, In Melva's. flock. t
j ANDREW WILT,
A TTUR xF A. COUNSELLOR-AT-LA
fifties. Over Cs os Boob Store, two lioOrS north of
Ve,ses & Long. Towanda, l'a. May be consulted
Is Gen's:in. '7U.)
ntiF,RTON ELSBREE,Ton
y NEYS AT LAW, TOWANDA, PA. - . ring en
tend Into co-partner,hip, otter their p fesslonal
services to the public. Special attention given to
hn , lne,s in the 4.rphan'l , and Register:it:4+lmM
E. ttViiitT(P.l.Jr. (aprll-70), 3. C.-I.III,SIIREE.
Cl . S. RI: E L L'S
1:11161333
"NS: TRANCE AG
TOW A
U 1 ay2R-70 t f
INSURANCE. AGENCY.
' t The following
RELIABLE AND: FIRE
empantes represented;
A !CUSH! I X,IIOME.
March it, IA 0. 11. BLACK.
ISi 1876
T oWANpA INSURANCE AGENCY
Main Sh•el opporite the Cour ll;rug*
ST.'S. V INCE:NT,
MANAGER.
DR. T. B. JOHNSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEO3.
Orrice ofer pr. porter 4ft SoWs D rug Store, Towanda.
janl-7.Stf.
Atr DENTIST.—OffIc©
-• o'er M. E. Rottentield's, Towanda—Ps.
Teeth inserted on Gold, Silver. Rubber, and Al
atnnlnra taut. Teeth eiG - acted without pain.
Oct. 34-7.
D. PAYNE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND.SORGEON.
Offeeorer Hontanyes . ' Store.. Office hoorelrom 10
to A. at! froth 2Co 4, Special *Utah=
Cr eate direaees of the Eye and Ear.-Oct.lo,loqt.
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H VEGETINF:,"
says a Boston_pbysician„ `has no equal a s a blood
purifier. Herring of Its many •ironderful ennui,
after all other remedies have failed, 1 visited the
Labratory and - convinced myself of its I genuine
merit. It Is prepared 'from barks, roots imp herbs,
each of which is highly effective,-and they are
compounded In such a,tuanner as to produce astral
.
shlng results."
VEGETINE
Will cure the wend caul of Scrofula
VVIETINE
43 recommended by physteLzus and apothecaries
YEGETINE •
as effected sonic marvellous cures la cases of Can-
• VEGETINE
Meets with wonderful success in Mercurial diseases
VEGETINE
Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the syatetu.
Cures the raost'lnTaterate cases ta! Erysipelas.
I:eitioves Pimples and Humors from - the face.
VEGETINE.
Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels.
Orelt.l'74
VEGETINE
Is a vahlahle remedy for Headache
VEGETINE
...stores the entire system to a healthy condition
Vg6'EAINE
Effectually cures.Eiffney Complaint.
duly 27,16
• VEGETINE •
le effective In its cure of, Female Weakness
VEGETINE
Is the great remedy for Genoral Degillty.j
Jan. 1,1876
• VEGETINE 'r
Is acknowledged by all classes of people to be the
best and most reliable blood purifier In the world.
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OLD ESTABLISHMENT
STILL-TAKES THE LEAD!
.0,,
Carriages CHEAPER THAN EVER, and Ina
!emu Wagons at a GREAT REDUCTION.
CIENEE3
,
Proprietor.of the Old Carriage Manufactory, cor.
Main and Elizabeth„ftrcets, would call the special
attention of FARMERS and others to his large
and complete assortm - nt of
OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES
AND PLATFORM WA'ail7,
All of his own manufacture,, and warranted In
every particular to in• equal to the most expensive
city nork.
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NOW IS'YOUR TIME TO BUY
• Lank at the tignres, and .reenember that every
vehicle In warranted :
PT,ATFORM WAt;ONS.... *op to elm
OPEN BUGGIF.S
Tor BUGGIES..
The prices are far below the cost of manufacture.
and will not be maintaincil after the present stock
is tllspo,ett of. so you must make selections. NOW.
Don't be imposed upon by Inferior work an(
ik.tr materials. but purchase at the establishmen
which ilaS helm in operation for nearly half a cen .
tury and Is permanently located.
REPADUNt. PROMPTLY - ATTENDED TO
°Mice and Factory cor. Main and Elizabeth streets
Towanda, Pa._
pyl7-13
Tommds, June :I, 1877
NEW
- _CARRIAGE FACTORY
ficFpeit (idly and once to the public that they are
prepared to bulb all kindi of
PHAETON & I'
TROTTING
Made of the he
worrwarran.
We have one\of the best earrlage.Palnterith the
country, and de 101 work In this line at the lowest
rates. \ \
Neatly and promptly do
Making new springs ant. rem._ .4nei
specialty. All work guaranteed. Please the a
Towanda, April 28, IBM
MQCiCiL
VEGETINE
h ihe great B lood Purifier.
• VRGETINE
Cares the Worst case of Canker
VEGETINE
fEGETINE
VECIETINE
win cure Dpspeleila.
VEOETINE
Cure:: p.‘lns In the side
A - EQUINE
Removes the cause of dizziness
YEGETINt
Falntness at the Stomach
YEGETINE
Cures pains lii the Back
Wagons and Carriages
JAMES BitY AN T
JAMES BRYANT
East of the Reporter Office:
Mclntyre £ Spencer
Ly cAmnums,
EMU
tiD OPEN BUGGIES,
ATFORM SPICING WAGONS
WI
rLKIES h SKELETONS,
t material and In the best style
ed to give perfect satisfaction.
AINTING A SPECIALTY.
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HIE FOR
,TRE WEST!
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And-the best thing In the West Is
A HOME IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY,
Through - which runs the Atchison, Topelts& Santa
Ire B. R.
20500,000 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE ON,
ELEVEN TEARS CREDIT WITH 7
PER CENT. INTEREST.
The abundance of excellent Water, In Springs'
and running Streams, combined with Cheap Land
of Superior Quality and the Finest Climate in the
World, make it the most desirable In the West.
Before locating elsewhere, apply for. Cinder
3laps,kic., to 1.111A14E.
Agent Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. 8.,
Canton, Pcnn'a.
Canton, Pa., May 2,1878.
.OUR COMBINED CATALOGUE
FOR 1878.
-or-
EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN
• Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, •
SENT FREE
To our customers of past years. and to ail mirchas•
ers of 'our books. either G ART/ENING FOIL
PROFIT, PRACTICAL FLORICUL'T'URE, or
GARDENING FOR PLEASURE udce e 1.50
each, prepaid. by mall.) To others, of ecelpt of
:Sc. Plain Plant or Seed Catalog) . t withont
Plate, free to all.
PETER HENDERSON & C , .
SIcE.DSII RN, MAI,KF.T GARENICOS AN.' LORISTA,
a 5 Cortland Street, New York.
March 7, tf '
THE SUBSCRIBER TAKES
Pleasure in calling the attention of his nuttier
oos patrons and the public generally, to the fact
that be still continues a
IGENERAL MARKET B.U§ NESS
At the OLD STAND of MYER & MUNDELL, In
Carroll's Mock, nearly opposite the'', Means House,
and that be Is prepared to furnish •
SALT AND - FRESH MEATS,
FRESH POULTRY, •
.VEGETABLES AND BERRIES
Orthe very best quality, at as low rates as any Other
establishment.
\ • C. M. MY ERR.
June 1, , ta7S-tf
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Neer York, and 922 Chestnut Street, Plata
Sept.e„77.
G REATLY REDUCED PRICES 1
The undersigned is doing
,ANING," . 3IATCDINO, AND Itk-5AW11,:43
And all kinds of Planing-mill Work,
AWAY DOWN! DOWN!! DOWN::!
So tar you:can't sec It
I have also on hand a large stock of
SASH AND DOORS
Which I am selling at prices to stilt the (Imes
WINDOW-BLINDS
.
Made promptly to order, at a low price, for CASI
IF YOU WANT TO GET RICH QUICK,
Call and see my Goods and rrlees
Lrimber brought here to ipe milled. will be kep
under cover and perfectly' dry until taken away
Good sheds for your horses, and a,dry place to load
SO ". 100
125 " 150
Towanda. Jan":'lB, 1877
NEW FIRM 1 NEW GOODS!! !
-L.
MISSES SNELL & FARNHAM
Take pleasure in inviting their friefids to call at
their New Sihre.
A VT doors north of Mercur
And examine their stock of
NEW MILLINERY GOODS. •
Dress Making:Alone. , Prices to suit the times.
Straw Work and Bleaching a Specialty.
Towanda. Pa., April D. 1878.
TROY WOOLEN MILLS.
J. C. Loveland & Son.
WOOLEN' GOODS, -CARPETS,TARNS, AC
Frilled Cloths, Flannels and Yarns manntacinr
ed by the yard on Aura, or Wool taken. in ex
change for gods,
Yarn taken in the akeln of customers, to be; tPled
on cotton warps for Blankets, Sheeting or Men's
wear.
We are alsvais prepared to do Roll -carding. Fancy
Dyeing (all colors), and Carpel Weaving.
• .1. C. LOVELAND & SON.
Troy, Pa., May 2. la7a-ani.
FIIIST NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL PAID IN
SURPLUS , FUND...
This flank offers unusual facilities forthe trans-
•coon of g general banking business.
JOS. rgivELL, President
PASSAGE TICKETS
To and from Europe by
INMAN* AND NATIONAL STEAMSHIPS,
Mao,
FOREIGN DRAFTS IN ANY AMOUNT .
. For tate by
WM. &VINCENT, •
Main Street, - • - Towanda, Pa.
ESTERN ,TICKETS: Pee.W
sons pre to "Go West"- win pur
chase tickets to all points South and West at as low
rates as at any other office, and Aare
checked; by Wan Ins at the Writ nitna bi r,
pot re .
W. KINTNEL ,
Nardi it,
TOWANDA,
,BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.,
A Rt moray,
Physiology,
Zoology.
Electricity,
Goography,
Comtnerce,
Theology,
Sculpture,
LI lora' ttreT
L. 11. ILODGERS
Manufacturers of
TOWANDA, rA.
$12..a►0
80,000
N. N. BETTS, Cashier
Feb. 11, 18Th
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STANDING ALM
"The baby iseturding all limey t" • •
The children shoal in their glee-.
And father and mother and auntie ,
Most hurry and come to see. - -
So baby—the cute little darling!
Is put through the wonderful feat.
And fondled and kissed and commended
For being so smart and so sweet.
•
With theeunningest air of triumph
She stands in the midst of us all— -
While the outstretched arm of her mother
Is rpady to save a fall,
And whenever the little one totters
Around' her Is hastily thrown.
'Tis very fine fnn.thinks the baby—
This frolic of Standing Alone. •
Ah. many a time In the future
She'll long for the aid In that arm,
When the love and the care of a Mother
No longer can shield her from harm 1•
For oft When enr need In the sorest
There's no one to whom we can turn—
And Standing Alone is a lesson
'Tin hard for a woman to learn. .
And often and over. My baby,
Before life's long Journey is done,
You will yearn In your hours of 'weakness
For something to lean upon. .
When the props upon which you depended
Arc taken away or o'erthrown,
You will find it Is wearisome, baby—
So wearisome Standing Alone.
—3lrs. .V. P. Handy
WE'RE ALWAYS BOY@ ATTOXE.
Dear brother, I have wandered far, .•
Far from the old root-tree ;
And miles, by mountain, in and sear,
Have itarted.you and me !
Though.storms may drive us where they will,
O'er land of ocean's foam,
One happy thought can cheer us still; '
We're always boys at home '
Though time may set his signet mark
On heart, and hand, and brow;
Tho' Blonds may rise and skies grow dart,
E'en as they're growhig flow: •
Far from a mother's love and pride,
Our steps can mover roam—
Though men to all the world beside,
• We're always boys at home.
You're sitting hy the dear old hearth
To-night with all Its Joys;
Our mother, 'told the scenes of mirth,
Iwtalklng of "her boys "—;
And oh, no'hander spotis ours
Beneath heaven's sheltering dome,
Where youth renews Its colder! Amts.
We're always Aoy""a at home.
The fabled fount by Leon sought,
. This side the stormy main, -
Lay like a fond-dream, fairy Wrought,
In his own Isle of Spain;
In vain tho dreaming chemist turns
The leaves of many a tomb ;
The alemide, where, the yule log burns,
Is only found at home.
Dear niotlier, In this world of woo,
Though fickle Minds may flee,
And though thy.children's children grow
In clusters round thy knee.
Safe anchored in a mothers heart,
Thy grown-up boys may come,
And, claiming chlldhood'S dearest part,
\May still be boys at home.
A Mothers homely Punsh In° spread,
A sister's trust and truth,
A fathers benediction shed. ,
itenewa4rnmortal youth I
. 0
There sarelrom every toil and care,
A selfish tiorld and cold,
We'll meet In other years. for there.
We never more grow cold.
—O. E. Jf., to Washirigton Capital. • -
effliplellaneoo.
Elara's Adventgre.
.1" Can't you some of your
adventures ?" I asked of mi\friend
Elam, who' had returned •froin, his
many years' travels in the bush and
other outlandish places, and wasiit
ting with me and my. wife. And;
though absent so long, he was, so to
say, a young man yet.
" Adventures ? Well, I have had
plenty. Rough ones, some of them"
" Please tell us one," chimed in
Mary.
Elam laughed. "I can tell you of
a curious.one that I -met with, in the
mountains."
" Oh,yes; do. Which mountains,?"
"In Calitornia; up in one of its
wild districts."
" That will be the very thing."
" Well," said Pain, running 'his
tapering fingers through. his hair and
smiling at my wife, " I'll soften down
things in the telling as well as my
blunt speech and unelvilized modes
of thought will allow of, and you
must excuse the rest."
" Oh, I'll excuse anything. Please
begin.' °
` 1 When I started from home to
settle in .unfretfuented - distriots," be
gan Elam,. " I set up a theory that
no young man should ask a woman
to marry him until he had'prepared
a home for her.. It is surprising how
much you begin to think of a wife .
over yontler, arising, I suppose, from
the extreme loneliness of one's exis
tence. I was no exception. The
land I took up'was in the Rogue Riv
er Valley, and' :after I had got.it a
bit ship-shape I worked away with
that object in view—to bring home
a wife."
" But, Elatn, bad you selected a
wife ?" I asked.
" No. I intended to do that as
soon as I could, though you may say
I was full young to be thinking of it.
worked on, find was pretty success
ful. I built me a house, got a con
siderable quantity of stacks, made a
flower-garden for my wife; even put
the pegs and nails she would want to
hang her dresses on. II intended that
same Autumn to get :Am my horse,
ride through the Wallamet Valley,
and find me my wife, marry her, and
bring her home."
At the notion of courting in that
off-hand style,
we laughed a little.
Elam laughed, too, as if the recollec
tion pleased him. •
" You think it strange, I see. It
was not so strange over there in those
days, where girl's were as scarce as
angels. There was not a girl within
forty miles of me; and I assure you
that the very:thought of one, as I
drove in those nails for her garments
to bang on, went through me like a
thrill. You don't believe ? Get out,
yobrself, and try it."
" But I do believe."
"I had about two hundred and
fifty head of cattle, a goi:od house,
with a garden, a young orchard, veg
etables growing, sweet4scented flow
ers—all in readiness for• the wife I
hoped to bring home to bless me and
to take care of this, my possession.
And what do you think happened to
it?" • -
We could not-tell. •
" There came such a plague of
grasahoppera upon: the valley that
REGARDLESS OF .DEMECIATION FROM ANT,QUARTER.
everything. perished. Crops, orchard,
flowers, grass, eve ry : green and de
lightful and prom ising thing; the
grasshoppers destroyed all. You re
member the second chaptei of Joel ?"
I nodded.'
" The land is as the garden of
Eden before them, and behind ,them
a desolate wilderness." I wag ruin
ed. My stock , died ; at least, the
greater portion; they had nothing
to feed upon. Yes, it was complete
and absolute Vain."
Elam panifed a moment, mentally
oohing at the put.
" I considered myielf disappointed
n love, too,'" he resumed in the
quaintest of 'tones. " Though I . had
not yet been out to find my girl, 1
knew she was somewhere in that oth-
er valley waiting for me; and when
'the greedy gmsshoppers ate up bye
rything, I felt that I had been jilted.
It actually gives me a pang now to
think of those, useless pegs on which
my imagination ' hnd so often seen a
girl's pink cotton dress and a white
iurvbotinet."
Elam gave a great sigh. He was
an eccentric. fellow.
" I became misanthropic ; said to
myself that between fate and the
grasshoppers Iliad been used hardly.
Packing up my books and a few oth
er traps, I bade adieu to the Rogue
River Valley forever, and started , for
the mountains. It was a longish
journey, as I had to drive before me
the stock I had left, There, in - the
Mountains, I settled down again,
built myself a fort, and played her
mit. No jilting girls, could come
near me now."
" A fort ?"
" A regular fort. A stockade eigh
teen feet high, with an embankment
four feet high around it, and a strong
gate in the middle. My tent was in
the midst, of the inclosure, with my
books and household gods, fire-arms,
and all the rest of my property stow
ed away in it."
" Were you afraid of the Indians ?"
" Indians and white men. Yes, I
saw 'a good many Indiahs at first
within "the hinge of my rifle. They
learned to keep away from my fort,
finding it did not pay to attempt to
invade it. Down in the valley below
there were mining camps ;\ and you
perhaps know what some of the hang
ers-on of such camps are. I sold beef
—that is, heads of cattle—to the mi
ners ; and is I had sometimes a tidy
sum of money by me, it was necessa
ry to be careful.' •
" What a strange life for a young
man. For you, Elam !"
" I herded my cattle, drove them
to ' market, cooked, studied, wrote,
and indulged in misanthropy, com
bined with some rifle practice. By
the time that I entered upon the sec
ond Summer in the mountains '"I felt
quite at home and was getting 'rich.
After all, the life had its charms. A
man cannot quite tire of it when he
is but a few_ years out of his teens."
" And the girl-wife ?" °
"I am coming to that. Having
had time to forget my ill-usage, a re=
action`set in, you see, and I thought,
after all, I must ride to the WBlamet
to see - after. my g4l. But I was not
in the hurry over it that I had been
before. This is all very dull, you
will say, but there'll be some stir
presently.
" It is not at all dull."
" One Sunday afternoon— how did
I know it was Sunday, you ask ?
Because I had kept'a count of the
days all along ; kept my diary reg,u
lady. One Sunday afternoon, I was
sitting outside witing, when a sha
dowacross fell t he paper; and, look
ing up, there stood a skeleton. Ac
customed as I was to lonely encoun
ters with strange men of all kinds,
my hair stood on end as I stared at
the spectre\before me. He was the
merest boy in years, pretty and deli
cate 'by nature, and evidently reduced
to this shadowy litate by starvation.
His story wis soon told. He bad left
Boston on board a vessel bound for
the north-west coast, 'had been
wrecked at the mouth of the I.Tinpa
qua, and been wandering about the
mountains ever since, subsisting on
roots and berries."
" He was—"
" No, I assure you," 'interrupted
Elam; with an amused look at my
wife, " the boy was not a young wo
man in disguise, if that's what you',
arc thinking. He was just a poor,
weak, half-starved lad, named Ed
wards. , 1 fed and nursed him until
he was able to work for himself, and
then I got Sam Chong Sung to let
him take up a claim alongside a Chi
nese camp, promising to , favor the
Chinaman in a beef contract if be
would be good to to the boy. I still
continued to see a great deal of him."
" And did Edwards succeed? "
Yes, he got on. One day tiro
Chinamen stole some of SainThcing
Sung's horses; and he offered tour
hundred dollars to
_Edwards if be
would go after the thieves and track I
them. Edwards asked my advice,
and I encouraged him to go, telling
him where I fancied he' would find_
the men. So be started in pursuit;
and 1 confess I missed
Again Elam paused. We did not
interrupt hjm.
" A man came to my fort one day
who was naked and starving. He
'was a bad-looking fellow, very; -but
you will say a man naturally does
look bad when his clothes are no
where and his bones protrude thro'
his skin. - I clothed him, fed him,
cared for him kindly until he Was
able to travel, and then he went, away.
The next Sunday-I was sitting out
aide my fort, as was customary on
that leisure day, reading some trans
lations-from the Greek poets—for I
dare say you remember I could never
make much of Greek itself—when,
chancing to look off my hook, I be
held a vision."
"A what?"
"A.vision. A vision of a. lovely
woman.- And I can tell you I should
as soon have expected to see a vision
there as 'a woman.' I had seen nei
ther for a. year or two. She was rid
ing up the approach to my fort on a
fine horse ; riding gracefully and
very slowly,- as if to give me time it,
get over in surprise.; and I believe
I needed it. The picture she made
is in my mind now; .I• can see the
very nicker of the shadow and the
sunlight across Lipp road and• the gilt
ter of some steer that fastened her
-
'
horses tappings - as- he - arched -his"
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THURSDAY MOANING, MAY 30, 1878.
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neck in impatience of her restraining could for not readmitting
band Are , you tired, old friend V* •we should perhaps have fig.
" Never s less so hitny life.", Murder—and was not—in. .
. "You •seel brui been alone so long:
.that night; and it whuld be m.
and 'I think 1 0 must be susceptible. or scene for a delicately-bred wt,
That vision, breaking insuddenly, as The pretty and modest•girl, Who
it did, npon my solitude, gave me to Come from Wallamet -Valley in.
the queerest sensations. - I was just bang up her pink :garments on 1%
spell-bound. ?stet 843. she. Reining. pegs, had rushed' into my mind, you
in her horse at my gate, she squared . see , hut I never like .to confess to
round on her saddle and looked at
_this part of • the story, because I get
me, silently asking my assistance to laughed at. - But don't you . think I
'dismount. - I helped her down—what Aid right ?—hating my reputation to
else could I do !-and then, at her keep up r' , • .
request, gently preferred, went to While we bad our laugh out, Elam
put up and feed her horse. Had she was pushing his soft, fine hair off his
dropped from the elonds ? I did - not
.brow With thOsislender - fingers, that
know." . ' ~ - loOked as if no rough work hed ever
"Well?" , come near them—and whit must.
"If you'll believe me, when I re- they have been before-it Aid come?
tumid in.-doors; my guest had got lie wentOn thoughtfully.
her habit off. Evidently she meant "She.finally rode away, hot hay
to 'make _herself at home. A • tall, ing been invited to get off het horse,
youn g , - 'beautiful, well-dressed wo- leaving me in anythina b but a pleas
tuna! Just a goddess she looked to ant 'frame of mind. From. telling :
me.. Her eyes . were large, black; myself I was a bear, I tui ned to the
and melting, her hair was grand, her •other subject—my promised robbery'
manner easy. She was huagry; she .and mutder. , Had she simply invent
aid ; would I give her something to 'ed that little'. fable, or was it a true
eat? And while I was making prep- bill ? I felt inclined to believe it the
arations to give her. my best, she latter. Any way,l' deemed it well
read aloud one Of the Greek transla- to be prepared for all contingencies,
Lions, an ode to Diana, commenting barring and bolting my fort against
upon it herself. That, she was a wo- ' intruders, and sitting •up rate ovei
man of culture and edfication, what- - the fire.- This' was Sunday night.
ever might have brought her into her On the TUesday morning • three of
present strange position, was obvious. our mounted men rode _up. One 'of
"-Well, now," continued Elam, "you whom was the traitor, my former na
can guess whether a young man iso- kid and • hungry protege. Re no
lated on the mountains, ruined by longer attempted to conceal his true
the l'graashoppers, and •jilted by the character from me, but said be and
girl of the Wallamet Valley, was be- his • comrades were intending to
wildered or not. Entertaining! god- `clean out' the Chinese camp and he.
desses was not, in my line." asked me to 'join - them in the raid. 1* I
"How long did she stay ? ''
Was on my guard in' answering him,
Wait a .bit. What with', reading simply saying that I would have
and eating; our acquaint nee im-' nothing to do with robbing the Chi ,
proved fast. She offered t sing a nese, that they were my friends and
song, and gave me 'Kate earney.' customers, and ti thought they had
I might have lost my head to her, best be let alone. - With that he. went
perhapi, to say nothing of ,I.l' heart, oft That same afternoon Edward's
but for a certain inward late , t doubt. canoe in, having recaptured some _ of
I did not care that my gi I should the horses. lie was very tired, 'and
ride• about, elegantly att, red, -on and asked leave to stay with' the
prancing horses, and drop Own un- licirseB at my place till next•day. -I
expectedly upon hermits:l 'Still it said nothing to• Edward of the pug
was a pleasant feeling tot fin', i oneself just gone away, or that (what I sus
, near her, and certainlya n, vet, one. petted) they had talked of making a
' I asked her her history, And she told raid on the Chinese only 'to . throw
it me. She was of a good ew-En- me off my guard, that it was my fort,
gland family,, reared .in , ffluence, on which the attack was to be, and I
well educated and accompll 4 ed, but hoped the fellows 'did not know of
by a freak of fortune she I 'came re- the arrivial• 'of the horses, as they
dueed to poverty and to b an exile would be', an additional .temptation
from hOnie" i , for them. ,
, • " What was the freak o fortune, '" I'd , not live in those wild, lawleSs
, Elam ?" 1. . -: regions for the whole world," Cried
" Ah, what indeed ?' Tb old sto- out Mary.
ry, I suppose; liut I did not ask her: . "Dusk eame on, I sent .Edwards,
She had made her stay to California, dead tired, to bed ; made a great
resolved to get on and get money:— fire in - the tent, And sat by it facing
and she - got it. She went about from the window. My expected
.visitor'
camp to camp of the miners and-oth- - came,
the villian. He made believe to'
ers with stationery and various.arti- have been drinking, and put' that for
cies needed by them; sold them these ward us a plea for asking shelter un
things, wrote letters for them, sang til the morning. The instant he was
to them, nursed them when sick, and inside, I made the gate fast driving
carried'their 'letters express 'to San thehig wooden pins home with an
Francisco to be posted.. For all.these axe. . Leaught a gleam from his
services she received large payments eyes.as I was doing this, which—"
—money is not much valued over "But why not have made the gate
there, you . know—and she had also .fastbefore he entered ?" • . •
had a good deal of rough, gold given . - " Because he was safer inside than_
to her.-as 'specimens. ' Did she like out. -,,%! conviction had come over
that kind of life, I asked her, so con-
: me that this man was some desperate
trary 'to her early habits, and she an- character. His comrades were no
swered me quickly: "It is of what doubt waiting near, and his plan had
we choopte that we do in this world, been quietly ,to open the gates to
but what Fate choeses for us. I have theM."
made a competency, and gained a - " Had no. arms but your rifle ?"
rich and varied experience. Life "I wanted.none, for we understood
may not be what I once pictured, it each other—my rifle . and I. This•
would be, but I am Content.' She villian understood us too. I don't
sighed as she said it, and I didn't think. either, he liked to see Edwards
believe in the ' content.' " sleeping in the tent. The lad was
"But what had brought - her to you. not g oad for much.; but still he was
that day ?" . . •
somebody. It would now' be a con ;
" She had not told -me herself then, test of skill , between the fellow and
Presently
,I asked her; asked 'her me. He was waiting-his opportuni
why she came to see one. I never ty, and so was I. Of all villainous
shall forget the 'smile with which she looking men, he was the worst. .Tall
turned to answer. It pretty nigh swarthy, black-bearded: with a hard
: disarmed me. We were sitting some- face that - must have been handsoMe
what close, too; • her - flowering silk once, and fierce black eyes gleaming
gown touched my knees. Alto- with evil. He sat on one side the
gether, I began to think - of those use- hearth, lon the other, our eyes fixed.
less pegs in my.house down in - Rouge on one another." - • ,
River Valley ; - But wilat she said Elnm paused. I wondered- what
pulled up my wondering thoughts, was coming.
-and tairned them to present - things. ___ " Ton guess, I dare Say, that I have.
"Shall you be surprised to bear that a quick ear, for you know what my
I have' come to :do you,..a, real ser- temperathent - is—all sensitive con
vice?" she said And she went on sciusness. My good hearing had,
to relate that, having to pais the been cultivated, too, by listening for
previous sight at a pace- not many the Indians. By-and-by I detected
miles away, inn house where parti- a very' stealthy movement outside
lions were thin, she had chanced to the fort, and then a faint, chirrup,
overhear 'a plan for my murder and such as a young squirrel might make.
robbery, the Tinian in chief -of the Up sprang the man; but I covered
plot being the starved and naked him with my rifle, cocked - lie saw_
wretch' whom I sheltered 'and sent the movement, showed- his teeth, and
away rejoicing .not many days pre- drew out a pistol ; but not before I
vious.. ..All in a moment, while rwas ordered him to throw dOwn his arms
pondering on the doubtful .problem or die. • He, hesitated ; he saw that
of gratitude, a : fancy ,came over me in my eye and/aspect. that Made him
that she might ilk be telling truth; 'quail. With the..rifle leveled, and my
that it might be just an excuse got finger on the trigger, he threw down,
Op to justify her Own entrance, and his arms—pistol - and knife—with a
I playfully hinted
. .so. "A' woman dreadful oath. I had the best of him
doesnot trifle with subj ects like these, and he knew it; for before he could
nor deceive when she goes out of her. have put his -pistol into form: or-,
way.to do - service," she -answered. rushed on me with his knife, the bail
"I rode off from ie house: the other from my rifle 'Would have been in .,
way this morning, made a'detour, him. His language was awfuland
and came here to ': warn y0u..., And we are not nice in that respect,' you
now that I have • done it, if you - will know in California—the foam ., lay on
please to get my horse, I will ride his lips. Ile-demanded to be let out
away again." All so fair, that I, full , of the house, denouncing me as a rob
of thanks and repentance, asked 'het ber and a murderer. To all his ray
to stay longer it she was not perfect- ing I had but one answer : to be
ly rested; bitt she ' declined, and quiet , to obey me, and he Should five:.
brought the steed round and helped dare disobey me, and -he , should_
her to mount him. Once in the sad- die. Ile sat there cowed, on the'op;
die her humor changed ; she smiled , posite si d e of the fire, nor daring to
and reminded me that I had not been make even,a doubtful motion. Then
polite enough to invite her to return. I told him `what I knew=that I had
A. week of reading, talking, riding, heard what he was, and what he had
trout•fishing, and romancing up in went. to do. `With that he broke
those splendid mountains would be down utterly,* pretended at it,
-very charming; perhaps she might howled like a child„ declaring that
come if 1 asked her."- now he knew my: pluck 'and I
•-",And did you not ask her ?" : , had been the first 'Man ever .to
."1 did not. A young man with a get the better of him, he-loved me
reputation to sustain up there in the like a brother. All the same, love or
mountain's, couldn't ;invite a young no love, he had to sit where he Was,
lady to stay a week with' him, could lin front of him, - with my rifle. on
he now ?" cried ,Elam quaintly, whioh , my knees. There was a long 'night
set its' both laughing. : before us; he could hate no liberty'
"So I parried the question as e ns- in it, 'and the restraintmaa horrible
ily as 1 could, and she - rode away. to him. • One moment he laughed
hiving slowly down the trailoshe . uneasily ; the next, cursed ; the next
turned and j kissed her hand to me cried. It was a strange experience,.
'with a gracious sweetness. I assure 'was it not? • To pass away the time,
you the struggle with my own mind I asked him to relate the history of
was great at, that
: moment, and I his life. ' He said he : would ; . but
don't know whether I have forgiven would first of all just. shake' hands,
myself yet for what happened after- for the respect he bore me.....;-Touch
ward." , ing my riffle significantly, l'• pointed.
"What did happen?" . ' 'to the stick lying across , the hearth
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_ her, saying
Ling and
y fort
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place
Ts an.
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that.' And it sent him into a fit of
sullenness.
"What came of it ?" -
" We must have remained in this
position till midnight. Several times
I heard slight- *ounds. outside the
fort, to which he listened . ; but lie
dared not respond to them ' he could
o nothing. After a while they ceas-
C,Lr - his associates rightly judging
to talking : ; I not•relaxing in my vig:
ilance for an instant. Once started
on his own history, the subject seem-
ed to have:t - fascination for.bim. He
had
. beeri:honeStly a raised," he said,
by good and loving parents, in the
State of Missouri, had passionately
loved a young girl in the town where
lie.lived;---and his description of her
was so pretty and vivid . that I de
clare it brought into my mind .&he
other girl waiting for me , down"
in the Wallamet Valley. To enable
him to marry her he resolved to go
to California and make in• some hon-
est . way the. requisite money. 11e
went, and did make it, and, 'full of
joitul anticipations. returned to find
that shahad married_ another
man—the husband—had played them
false, told the. girl - that her lover was
dead, and married her himself. When
he ea:ue out of - the brain fever which
this news gave him, he was, invited
to an evening party in the town, one
given in honor of him. ` To this par
ty came hiiloVe and her husband ;
when he put out his hand to welcome
her, their eyes met, and each -knew
then and for the first time, how they
hid been betrayed, From that hour
the mantook to evircourses,.and his
first victim was the false , husband.
His hand .was, against 'every • man's,
sad every man's against him ; and he
became a desperate outlaw. -Once
agaio he.i3aw his - love, meeting her in
the Streets Of Sacramento; she •was
Married again; and, she turned from
him with . tierkof aversion. - Yesi he
mig t be - desperate • now, be added,
but le had had - his trials. 1 asked
name what his true nae was.. Hiram
Creddin, he answered; but the on'e
he'was known by was Boone 'Hylm.
That. made me start."
" Why did it?" -- 7-• •
• ."Because I had heard of Boone
Helm befoie- - -and kriew,he was the
greatest terror of the time.#l;- sup
pose I Should. have done society • a
benefit had I shot hini as he ; sat
there ; bat ' l did not. Perhaps you
Won't believe that I felt a 'sort of pity
for the fellow—but I aid:
morning came at last. I sent -Ed
wards to..get the gate open, and
,es
coned my. isitorV out, ; telling• him
that there was not room for him and
for me in that
. part of the. country,
and that-he had better'quit it for an
'other." • .
— "And did he ?"
"I suppose:so. He never attempt
ed to molest me again., Not, long af
ter, I heard of his death. lie ret
his . fate np east of the mix*,ains._t
" And what of that pretty. Amnion,
Elam 1 I'm sure she was almost as
good to you :as .a . gnardian angell
Coming on horseback to hive .you
warning
" Was she not ? And I had aeturn
ed it by behaiing so unhandsomely
to herl- Butflow; I just..ask you—
Would it !lye been proper - for 'you
to has•e let her come in on that
week's . visit?—and I a young man
with's reputation !" . z
Again we burst out laughing.
Slam's - appeal to us_was put withlhe
Most unsophisticated air-possibl
-" At any _rate, yon did not." -
":15o," said hc, ".I did not.,• And,
taking all things into consideration,
I think I did right." • • •
" Have: you . ever_ seen her since ?'
" Onde.. It was at San Francisco.
She was married, end staying at the
same hotel that I was. Iler husband
was .a fine, tall, dashing, Man, - what
with you would be caled a gentle
man, and 7 very - wealthy. She had
been lucky, you-see. I knew .her
soon as she came into the drawing-
and in a few minutes I saw that
,she
recognized me; but she did not take
any notice, neither did:l.- She told
me with her eyes that she remember
ed ; bUt there was an appealing glance,
in them, which I- interpreted rightly.,
After dinner she went to the piano,
and sang-#l:ate , Kearney.'• We had
got
.into -;cOnversation before that,
and three' of us, just as strangers will
.do in a hotel, and - I found the hus
band a very, : intelligent, educated,-
well-informed maw. :Tin parting I got .
just a word aside with hen- . I sm
glad:to:meet you again, and
.thus.'
Hush!' she answered. '1 thank you
for your reticence. In the paSt . of
life that has -been composed Of„ . ups
and downs, there is generally some=
thing or-other going on the mem9ry
that we don't d•re - to recall or pro
claim to the world.' "
••• " And about that young girl in The
Wallainet Valley ?" °
," I never found her," replied Elam,
shaking his head. thoughtfully.
" Truth to Say, I never started fairly
to look-for her. Life is composed of
ups and 'downs, you know, :as
other lady • observed, of - blighted
hopes, and all that. -Perhaps it's as
• • '
A lawyer once asked the late Judge
Pickens, of Alabama, to charge the
jury that "it is better that ninety
and Elite guilty men should escape
than that one innocent man should
be punished." " Yes " said the wit- " JENNIE, what makes you such a
ty Judge, ",,t will give that - charge-; had girt?" !‘ Well, - mamma, God
but, in the opinion _ of the gout,. the sent yon 'just . the best_ children- he
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'Taus FRIENDS-It happens- not
seldom that we ale put. to the to t,
whether• we are mere fair wether -
friends or friends in need.' The
friendship of the world is but a hol
low thing; it often fails lint - When_
friendship is- most- needed. 4 It may
last in sunshine, and may be strong
enough to• join people together in ,
the common intercourse of 'society,
but let the day of trial come, let
shame - and reproach threaten, let'
faithfulness entail losses and sacri
fices, and bow stanils the friendship . ,
Of the world then :,. To make one
sure of a friend, friendship must
have. a deeper root than• mere world-,
ly friendliness has. 'Faithful- friend's -
4re to be found--L-faithful and true, •
kind and libelsl and sympathizing,
real helpers and comforters, and
most of all In the hour of need, and
when nothing is to be looked for in • .
return: Such friends there'are, but
where! Not'in'generat, amofcr b those
who know no - highe.r principles or,
motives than those of the world, but
mainly at least amongthose who _
loye God, and, for His sake, 'love'
man. Their ttim in all things is to,
show themselves children of him
who is thankful in evil ; they : feel
themselves bound, therefore to
.do .
r l\
ood, 44 hoping, for nothing again."
I uch be their desire toward strung- -
ers, they will not desert a friend. It
is on part of a ' Christian to be a
faithfu frien& - _ _
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BuslNEs:
a fool talks.\ •
Caution isthe father "of security.
• Great bargains have ruined many.
. The sleeping fox catches no poul
try.
Never take back . discharged, ser
vant:
Never speak boaSti oly of your , I
.
own business. ,'
. Do not waste time in Qeless re
grets, over losses. . \°
rrian-Can be successful ho n
glects his business. ,
Speak Well -of your friends of
your enemies say nothing. /
Give a foolish. talker rOpe/enoug
and he willlhang himself. /
An hour 'Of triumph comes at last
to those whb watch and/ivait..
• • It is-h.irder for a * lningry 'man to
wait when he smells / the roast meat. -
lf you post Your servants- upon
your affairs they will one day rend
you. / .
1111
Do your. luisiness' promptly, and
bore nut alniSibess man' with long
. .
Systematize your, business . and
keep an/eye on little expenses . : Small
leaks / Sink great ships.
'A dry goods clerk on- main street
Was showing-a.lady some
,paragols:
This clerk has a geod command of
language, and knows how to' expati.-
ate on t!ie good •qualities and show
the best point of goods. As he picked
up a parasol from the lot on the
counter and opened it,,he. struck Ali
attitude of admiration, and holdino ,
it up so the. best light- would be„ had,
said : •
‘‘:Now, 4there. Isn't :it lovely ?
Look at that silk! • Partienlarly
serve the'quality, the finish, the gen
eral 'effect. Feel of it: Pass : your
_hand over it.. No foolishness about •
that parasol, is there ?" he said, 'as
he handed it over to-the lady; "ain't
it a'beanty ?" • . '
• " - Yes," said the lady, stuffing her
handkerchief into - her month, "yes,
that's my old one. I' just laid it
down there. •
The clerk was immediately seized
with: severe attack of quickened
conscience, and passed riglit . off of
the subject of — ..parasols on to the
Weather.
EVERYBODY'S CANOE,— "Try• to
please everybody and you will please
-nobody " is a well known •trutli and
brings to - mind the follo‘'Viag story :
A man in a forest was buikarig 'a
canoe, along came a traveler and told
him he was shapingtheliow altogeth
er wrong, and advised him' haw to fix
it. -- The man changed it, and the
traveler passed on. :Presently along
came another traveler, .anfi • Stopped
to watch the progress, suggesting
some other improvement,- which the
man made. Not long after a third
came and also tendered his..idviee,
which was accepted. The Alan hav
ingliinished the canoe after the wish- ,
es of the travelers, suspended it from
a tree, and commenced- to make - ano- 1
timer after
_his: own ideas.; so when
the fourth traveler came Aim . :, and
asked - him why he did this and that,
the man looked up quietly and said,
‘.-.See here, stranger. this is mycanoe ;,
there's everybody's canoe up in that
tree.".
• ALVICE TO • ThOSE WIIO•
Make a frill estimate of all .you owe,-
and of all that is owing you. Reduce
the same to a note. As fast as you.
Collect, pay Over to those you owe.
If you cannot,, renew your note every
year, and get the best securities you
can. Go to business diligently .and
be industrious.; waste . no idle mo
ments ; be very economical in all
:things ; discard all pfide; be. faithful
in your duty to God by regular and
hearty prayer morning and - night ;
attend Church and meetings regular ,
ly every Sunday; andi do unto all
men as you would that they should
do ,unto you. It you arts too needy
in °circumstances to give to 'the prior,
do whatever. else is in your
,power
cheerfully,.but if you can, help the
poor and unfortunate.—/!en. Frank
lin. . - . • •
Do 'T be idiscouraged if, in the out-
set of life, things do not go on
smoothly. It seldom happens that
the hopes we cherish for in the future
are realized. 'The path of life appears
smooth:and easy, but-when we come
to travel it, we find it - up-bill, lid_
generally trying enough. Don't be
discouraged under any circumstances - ,
Go steadily forward.: Rather consult
your own conscience 'than 'the •opin-.
ion of men, though the latter is not
to.be disregarded.
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