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VOLUME
"There le ono who has loved, me debarred from
. -
[The following poem Is ono of the most beautiful
said touching of atm fleott'svrrttlngs.. sod mill be
read with sorrowful Interest by those who have
been similarly bereaved during the prevalence- of
the epidemics which have brought gloom to Many
a household.]
The foot of spring is on yon blue•tort mountain.
Leaving Its green prints 'Death each spreading
tree ;
Iler volte Is heard beside the swelling fountain, •
Giving sweet (ones to its wild melody. .
Prom the warm South she brings Unnumbered
'rases ;
To greet with smiles the eye toi and care:
Ilcr balmy breath on the worn brow reposes.
And her rich gifts are scattered weerysiherei.—
I heed them net, my child.
In the law vale the snow-white daisy springeth,
'The golden ffandtflion by Its side
The eglantine a defy fragrance flingeth
To the soft breeze that wanders far and wide.
The hyacinth° and polyanthus render,
From their deep hearts, an offering of love;
And fresh May-pinks, and half-blown lilies tender
Their grateful homage to the skies above
I heed them not, my child. •
In the c lear brook are springing water-cressos, _
And pale green tnshes, and fair, nameless, flow;
e• • •
,
While o'er Item dip the willow's verdant tresses
Dimpling .1 surface with their mimic showers.
The honeysuckle stealthily is creeping
Round the low \ porch and mossy cottage•eaves;
Oh ir Spring bath lalry treasures In her keeping,
And lovely are th`elsindscirpes that she weaves ;
"Tis naught tonic; my child.
[novll4s.
j1y1742.
Down the green lane virile pealyol heartfelt lau.gb
ter;
The school bath sent Its eldest Inmates forth;
And now a smaller band muss dancing after;
Filling the air with shouts &infant mirth.
At the rude gate the anxious dame is bending,
To clasp her rosy darlings to her breast;
Joy, pride. and hope. are In Mir boSom blending
Ah 1 peace with her is no unusual guest;
Not so with me, my child.
All the day long I Ilsten to the flinging
Of the gay birdlt and winds among-the trees;
But a sad under•strain Is ever ringing
A•taie of death and its dread mysteries.
Nature to too the letter Is that Itllleth,
The sprit of her chat ins has passed away ;
A fount of nibs no more my bosom !Meth ;
Slumbers Its idol In unconscious clay.;
Thou•rt in the grave, my chlr„
Eisnass
For thy glad voice my spirit Inly pineth,
1 languished for thy blue eyes• holy light ;
Vainly for me the glorious sunbeam shineth;
Vainly the blessed stars come forth at night
I Walk In darknOss, with the tomb before me,
Longing to lay my dust beside thy own 7.
0, cast the mantle of thy presence o'er me
Beloved, Mare me nut so deeply lime ;
Come back to roe,zny-chllll.
[feb.llB
Upon that breast of pitying lose, thou leanest,
Which ott on earth 11Id pinewanch as thou,
NM' [limed away petitioner the meanest;
Pray to lilm, sinless ;Ile will hear thee now.
Plead for thy week and brokeu-hearted mother;
Pray that thy voice may whisper Words of peace
Her ear is deaf. and can discern no other;
Speak. and her bitter sorrowings shall cease ;
Come back l ao me, my chlld.
Come Mit •in dream:—let nu; once more behold
•
Ihee,•
As In thy hours Of buoyancy-and glee, .
And one brief moment In my arins'enfold thee—
Beloved, I will not ask thy stay with we. 3 -
Leave hut the impress of thy dove-like beauty,'
Which memory strives to vainly to recall,
And I will onward In the trattior duty,
Restraining tears that ever fain would fall ;
Come but In-dreams, my child.
1M
• The last \ recitation of the last day
of the distect school term Was over,
and the boy athlAirls shut -their
books and put awdy their slates and
pencils, with a lad sense of liberty
immediately at h nd, which made it
\
doubly 'hard to si still for the few
remaining moments. Jean Thomp
son, their teacher, wa almost as im
patient as they. She w s but seven
teen, scarcely older than her oldest
scholar,and in her joy a getting
through the
. term would it übtlesa
have made short work of the osing
exercises, had not M tr. Gillicraft een
c ,,,tx
there. Mr. Gillieraft; was the se 'or
member of the school board ;-...a slo
formal man, who liked things cere
moniously, so for his sake'there had
to be alittle delay. He made a lit
tle speech to the children, speaking
at lehgth and deliberately. They
were all pleased to have vacation be
gin, no doubt, but he hoped, etc.
He was sure they would join him in
thanking their excellent teacher,
Miss Thompson for the judicious
manner in which, etc. He trusted
the moral discipline inculcated dur
ing the term would not, etc. And
he hoped some at least of them
would find time to study somewhat
during the vacation, and thus redeem
time which' otherwise would be idly
'spent. The children fidgeted dread
fully during these remarks. The
bine sky and bright air wooed and
coaxed them through tbe'open door;
•their 'feet were dancing with impa
tience; `,
,bow could they attend to
Mr. GillicraM At lit.st the end
came, the Tong-desired bell tinkled ;
and whooping, jumping, rioting, out
they all rushed into their twelve
weeks' freedom\ One .or two of the
lesser girls waited to kiss "Teacher"
good-bye; then they followed the
I Tit. .
When the last child was gone, Mr.
Gillicraft approached Jean, who was.
setting matters straight in her desk.
His hind w , = 1 , his pocket, from
which- he > sently drew a fat leath-
ern walle , .
"Abe.' !" he said. "It is my
duty a %."- , y privelege, too, as I may
say, to hand you this, Miss Thomp
son." Mr. Gillicraft called her "Jean"
usually, having known her all 'her
life, but this was a formal occasion.
"lifne—ten--eleven," be went on,
counting the bills which he had
drawn from his wallet,—" twelve,
You will find that correct, I believe,
$l2O, and I. desire to say in the name
of the board, that we are quite satis
fied, with the manner in which you
have conducted the school, and grat
ified at your decision to continue
with us during the ensuing year." -
"Thank you, sir," said Jean most
modestly.
"Count it," remarked Mr. Gilli
craft, dropping the official and re
suming the friend," always count
your . money, Jean, it's business-like.
And don't put itoose in your pock..
et--that's a ca less trick. You
never had so mu il money at a time
before iii • your lie, did you? What
t
are you gomg to do with it?"
• " I don't quite know yet," replied
Jean. "I shall have to talk with
father about It. VII lock the door
TOWANDA. PA.
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UT CHILD.
nr 111111. JULIA 11. SCOTT.
the day.'s
( Oelcrled Tale.
EAN'S MONEY,'
And Wind It fought.
he
novr, Mr. Gillierafti.if you're ready;,.
and give you the key."
" Have you got it ?". whispered her.
brother dames, as Mr . G il lierait and
.
the key disappeared" around the cor
ner. ." Have you got it, Jean ?."
Jeari-nodded. - . •
"How splendid! " said: Elsie,
younger sister, coming toJean's oth
er side. "Show me Oh, what a lot
of money!"
" What will you get with it P'
asked James. "Don't I wish it was
Mine I I know well enough what I
would buy."
•" So do I,'i chimed in Elsie.
" What ?" said Jean, with a pleas
ant smile.
"A piano! And the dearest little
dog just like Rath Parson's dog, if
I could find one. And ever so many
books. And a watch." And Elsie 's
list was interrupted by the necessity .
of taking breath.
""Hoot Isn't that just like a girl!
Why, you couldn't get half those
with that, you put in her
brother. ' . l'd get 'Fomething quite
different. I'd get a pony, a real
strong,- useful pony, which father
could plow with when I wasn't rid
ing hid. That would be something
like."
. " Your pony would cost as much
as Elsie's pi 'no," remarked Jean..
" Well, what would you get? "
said .Tames. " Will you get some
nice clothes ? "
" Pshaw I Clothes ! Will you get
a watch, Jean ? "
"Or a breastpin and ear-rings ? "
" Now, what use would earrings be
to her when she hasn't any holes in
her ears, Eiere ? Do tell. us, Jean—
what will you get? "
Jean laughed. It seemed as if all
the, world was bound to find out
what she meant to do with her'
money.
" tell you by-ar.d.by," she saki.
"I've made. up my mind, I think,
.what I'd rather do, but I . want to
talk to father fi rst." They reached
the top of the bill as she spoke, and
she pushed Open the gate for the
others to enter, paying no . attention
to Elsie's rather fretful=
" By-and-by. That's a long time.'
Tell us Jean, please do."
After tea was the best time to
catch farmer Thompson at leisure.
At that hour he usually treated him
self to half an hoiir's rest and a pipe
in the porch, and there Jean found
him on this particular night.
" Mr. Gillicraft paid me this to
day," she said, handing him the roll
of bills.
",,Ay. They are prompt with it,
but that is but fair. 'Well, my lass
—it is a good bit of money. What
will ye do with yohr gains?
" I will tell you something I was
thinking of, father—if you approve,
that is. It is a great many years
since mother and you came from'
Scotland here, and she's never been
home, you know."
"Twenty-one years come October.
'Tis a long time truly," replied her
father, letting a curl of smoke escape
from the,,corner of his mouth.
Well—there was an advertise
ment in the paper, a while ago, about
a steamboat line, the Anchor Line
it's called, I think, *bleb goes to
Glasgow, and it said great reductions
for this summer, and people could
go and come back in the second cab.:
in for forty-five -dollars. Now , if
mother'd like it, and I know she
would, she and I could go for what
r've got, and she could visit grand
mother, and there'd be thirty dollars
left for other things, such as going
down to New York and from Gins
gow to Greenock.' Grandmother
lives in Greenock, doesn't she? Do
you think it's a good plan, father?" 1
" Well, it depends on your mother.
If -she likes to
,go, I'd say naught
against it," replied her father. Then
his habitual Scotch caution relaxing,
he added, " You're a good lass,Jean.
A good, dutiful lass to think f this.
'our grannie's an old woman by
n *, and I've , known - this long back
tha your mother was wearying to
see -Iter again before she;dies, and
I'd haite sent her myself, only I nev
er could\see the way to do it. Scot
land's a \long travel and money's
none too pleoty now-a-days with any
of us. I'll just smoke my pipe out
and then you\and I'll go in and talk
it over with matter."
Mrs. ;Thompson heard the propo,
sal with a tremolo s mixture of be
wilderment and joy. 'She was not a
4.
strong woman, and f -er and ague,
that insidious scourge \ f
so many
country districts, had st uck at the
hill farm the year before; and' had
\ tf ,\
left her weakened and languid onths
afterward. The neighbors we told
this new plan, and preparation\ set
on limit at once, that Jean might lope
as little as possible of her brief vacl
tion time. Everybody was interes:
ted and excited. Mrs. Parsons
brought warm s -knitted hoods to be
Worn at sea,Mrs. Wright a water
proof clothes-bag antra box of'A yre's
Pills, Mrs. Gillieraft two linen catch
alls for stateroom use, with pockets
and pincushions well urnished-witli
pins. -
envy yoll," said - Maria Par
sons,lWho vas .Jean's special friend.
" I always was wild to travel, but—
there 2 I don't suppose I ever shall
so long as I live Some folks are
born lucky. You'll have a splendid
time, Jean."
"Do you thirik so? " replied Jean
rather dismally.
" Think so ? Why, girl alive, don't
you know it?"
" Weil,- no I don't.. The fact is,
Maria—the fact is—well—l hate
traveling. I don't look fOrward to
it one hit. I shall be horribly sick
first, and then I shall be horribly
homesick; I'm perfectly sure of it.
Dear me,-how I wish it was , over,
and we safely back I "
" Good ' gracious I." cried Maria,
opening her eyes—" What on earth
do you go for, Jean, if you feel that
way ? "
•
Only to take mother. She want
ed to go, rand I always said she
should, if ever I could earn any
money tojtake her. Except for that
I'd gladly give you the chance, and .
stay at home instead:" -
'Phis was not a very , bright begin
ning for so long a journey. But
Jean did not think about that. She
had the sturdy old Scotch blood in
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, , PA., ' THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ^ ,27,:1879.
her; and once having pat her hand.
to a task, did not look 'back.
• Her expectations were realized so
far as the voyage went, for they hsd
a rough _ passage, and both she and
'her mother were sick for more than
halt the way oven It was dull work
enough for a strong, active girl to
lay day after day In a narrow berth,
watching the curtains swing and the
vessel rock, and very often Jean said
to herself, "I can't imagine what
people want to go to Europe for.
It's horrid l I only wish Maria were
in• my place, since she wanted , to
come so much, and I at home instead.
I am sure I'd change in a minute, if
I could."
Matters mended , toward the last,
and by the time the'steamer entered
the Firth of Clyde, Mrs. Thompson,
as well as Jean, was able to be on
deck. It was a fine day, and as they
slowly steamed up the beautiful Firth
between richly cultivated shores,
with wooded hills dotted with coun
try seats rising behind, and purple
mountain outlines still farther back,
something new . stirred in Jean's
mind, a quife unlooked-for excite
ment and pleasure, which roused and
woke her mind t 9 the glad reception
of fresh impresliions. • It was the
first reward of tier unselfishness, so
it came with theixest of unespecteid
ness and was doubly delightful.
" Mother, there's a castle ! " she
exclaimed. " I truly think it's a real
castle. It looks just like the pictures
of them."
And what for no? " replied her
mother, whose Scotch seemed to re
vive, and broaden with the very as
pect of her native shores—" what for
should it na' be a castle? lilony's
the castle I've seen in my childish
time. Oh 1 the ers the cathedral,
Jean, and the Custom . House, and
the onny • monument. - 1 remember
them a'weeh, lang as An'd there
—jean,•see by the pillar—l'm most
sure that's your Uncle Andrew. I
know him by the bonny shoulders,
and the head above everybody else's;
btit - dear, he's grown - much older since
—much older."
This was no unnatural result of
twenty-one year's separation, but at
that moment Mrs. Thompson did not
remember this: • " It's like a dream,"
she kept on repeating. "This is
Glasgow, and that's my brother that
I never looked to see again I 'lt is
like a, dream, Jean."
If they had
.turned back then and
there for thirteen more days of wea
ry sea, Jean would have felt reward
ed for her journey by the half tearful
rapture which. shone in her mother's
face at that moment. But they did
not turn back: They landed instead,-
and With Uncle Andrew's assistance,
were soon in the train for Greenock.
lie and his sister plunged at • once
into conversation in Scotch so much
broader thin Jean was used to, that
she could hardly follow it. So she
looked out of the window instead of
talking, and there was plenty there
to keep both eyes and mind happily
busy. The trees, the. buildings, the
silver links and 'windings of th:Firth,
the pearl-gray, shimmering atmos7'
phere which enveloped all—it was
unlike anything she had ever seen,
and gave her pleasure which she
had not expected to feel. -
Grandmother's hOuse, or flat, was
in an• old-fashioned street. It was
rather barely furnished to American
eyes, but very clean and orderly,and
there was nothing bare in the greet
ing given by the sweet-faced old
Scotch woman. to her long unseen
child and that child's child. Jean
was amused to hear her in ither spo
ken to as if she were still almost a
baby, while to herself granny aecor
ded a certain respect and distance as
to a stranger and a woman grown.
Her size and age, seemed an entire
surprise to her Scotch relations, who
lad apparently never realized a
growth of which they had heard only
in letters. , •
" She's a big, hearty lass, indeed,
abe's a very good lass 1 " granny
kept on saying. " She's as large for
a maiden as Sandy is for a lad. A'
wed, I can't understand it, Maggie:
Ye were always the - least of my
weans, always the wee one of the
Hock, and: it's rnuekle strange that
your lass should be bigger than any
of her cousins. and your sisters all.
bigger than yoursel'. I'm clear puz
zled about it." • - • •
But pUzzlement was lost in pleas
ure when she understood that the
whole journey was the gift of Jean,
the earnings of - a year's hard work.
She took the girt into her - arms, held
her tight and kissed her heartily. -
'!She who goes a mithering shall
find violets in the lanes," stie said
quoting the pretty-old English pro
verl,. " Yell find it so, my dear las
sie. Ye% be the richer all your life
for giving your mither and me the
ranee of meeting again once more
o , this side of the grave, trust me,
Jean, ye will."
- " rm richer already, granny,"
whispered Jean, warmed through and
through by the words and the em
brace. There was no stiffness be
tween her imi her grandmother after
that. So ny's love was the first
thing bought with Jean's money.
" Sandy " was 13'ne1e Andrew's
son. His mother had long been
dead, and he and its father lived
with granny in her at. He was a
manly young fellow, steady and chee
ry both, and doing *ell as clerk in
one of the large Greenock shipping-
with good chanties of promo
tion. The advent of ,a cousin from
America was an event in his life.
He liked Jean at once and Jean him,
so theygrew, friends speedily.
Udder bis guidance Jean's "violet"
gathering . went on prosperously.
1 There were many . interesting things
to see and do in the neighborhood of
Greenock and bf Glasgow, to Which
place they ran down more than once
in a 'cheap train. There wore rows
on the Firth, and walks into the
lovely hill country, and visits to the
different - aunts and cousins, all of
whoth wanted to see Mrs. Thompson
and make acquaintance with Jean,
and, once they went as far as Edin:
burgh with third-class return tickets,
and Jean saw the wonders of Holy
rood, the Cistle and Arthur's Seat.
It seemed to put new color and life
into history and all the put, this
glimpse of the places where great
things had happened. Jean's inter
!
RZGARDLEBB OF DENUNCIATION' FROM ANY QUARTER.
est in books waked up, and as Sandy
owned a share in the People's Libra
ry, she was able to get at various
histories and fictions, which, read on
the spot, bad a value and meaning
which they could not have had elee-
Where. Her mind broaden 4 she
took in more of the width and grasp
of life, and this mental growth sold
stimulous was another thing—and' a
very good one—bought with Jean's
money.
So the` short two months sped
swiftly away, and. the time came tai
go hack. It was a hard parting, as
partings must be, where seas roll be
and old age makes fresh meet- .
ings improbable. But with all its
hardness, all of them felt that it had
been blessed' to meet. Sandy was
even more cast down . than granny,
but he consoled himself by a long,
whispered talk with Jean the, last
evening, in which he promised.- to
come out to America in two years
from then ; and Jean,l am inclined.to
think, half promised to go back again
to Scotland with him. But this is
neither here nor there in our story,
and as-we all know, it is not polite,
to listen when people whisper. So
the travelers sailed again over the
wide Atlantic, the journey not seem
ing half so long or so hard, now that
their faces were set the other way;
and in a few days after the home
coming, all they had seen and done
began to recede into dream-like dis
tance, and they found it almost im
possible to realize - that they had gone
so far and achieved so much. _ .
"I told you you would enjoy it,"
remarked Maria Parsons. " People
always enjoy being able to say 'I
told you so.'"
"And is your money really all
gone ? " said little Elsie, "every bit
of it ,gone ? .-4n..1 you haven't got
one single thing of your own to keep
out ofit, Jean. What a pity I"
"alb,_ but 1.-have," replied Jean.
But she made no answer to the fur=
ther 44 What 7 "
" Elsie is sorry that I've spent all
my money," slid told her father that,
night. " She doesn't think I got
much for it. 13tit it seems to me no
one else ever got so muclras I have.'
I never thought I . should learn to
like traveling, father, but I did ; I
enjoyed it ever so knuch. Then I
know granny now, and Uncle An
drew,
and I've seen ever so much of
Scotland, and mother is so much
stronger, and. we have so many nice
things to remember and think . about
—that's a great, great deal to get
with a hundred and - twenty dollars,
don't_ you think so, father ? And
besides--"
But here Jean stopped 'and blush•
ed. I think that blush meant—
Sandy.
(Read by A. 7'. TALLny. at meeting »f the Brad
ford and bunts - an rO/110113 Grange, held at West
Burlington February 6th, 15.7.9, and published by
request of the Grange.)
In the early days of last autumn,
it was our happy lot to visit an out
look on the top of one of the highest
elevations of the southern - part of
Bradford' county. There we found a
resting place on one of those him I
bowlders, whose history reaches back
to the formation of the sub-carboni
ferous system of rocks. While sea,t
ed an that gray old relic of the pelt
and
.beholding its associates of an
age dating thousands, yea millions,
of years prior to the creation ornian,
and while reading on their faces the
unmistakable footprints of oceanic
waters and glacial fore; we gazed
upon the scenery of Western Brad
ford and reviewed . the history of the
past. Before us were the orchards,
meadows, harvest fields, gardens, and
homes of the Bradford Yankee, whosei
history lies-within the past century,
and' has been written .by one of our
Patrons lest it' be lost to our children
and our children's children.. Moun
tain and valley, hill and dale were
' around us,—but why have this
- unevenness of surface'?
_Why have
all these mountains, hills and-valleys ?
Whyl - To fit the earth for the needs
of man. If the earth's'siirface were
perfectly smooth, forming an exact
sphere, it would be uninhabitable,—
nothing more than a barten waste,
without .a rivulet or rill to supply the
wants of• healthy animal and, vegeta
-1 ble life so necessary to the existence
of man. '
How were.these hills, mountains
and valleys formed? . By fixed laws
established by the Creator and Pre
server of the universe. In the begin
ning he created the heavens and the
earth, and by His laws we learn that
ehancve chance is the continued -des.
tiny of all things, whether animate or
inanimate. yes, since that beginning
the surface before us was for a time
lev a el, having no animal or vegetable
life thereon. The surface hardened
only to be broken up by the internal
force created by the Author of all
things as an agent - to prepare a home
for the future family of man. Up
heaval and depression followed each
other. VegetaVe life made its ap
pearance, inheriting the same law
'of change ; then came animal life
possessing the same inheritance.
`Still the inner forces of the earth
were at work forcing an elevation
here and there, mid as a natural con
sequence, depressions elsewhere. As
we viewed the scene we could but
think of the countless years required
to form, to accumulate, and to min
gle the vegetable and animal life that
now lies imbedded within and upon
the rich old Deovnisn system of
rocks, that has not failed to give of
its substance to make the green fields
and bountiful harvest of the husband
man. • Slowly but surely the Age of
Fishes ( Devonian ). prepated :rich
garden for the Patrons of to-day.
Then came the sub-carboniferous
formation, burying all around the
depth of thousands of feet under its
immense weight of sandstone and
shole. Time_passed on; but flame
Nature would not permit such a
_con
dition of things to remain always, so
she adjusted matters by a mighty
convulsion -that rent assunder the
foundation walls of our old Keystone
State from its , northern to its south
ern, from its eastern to its Western,
limits. What a confused mass 'was
to be seen!-Rugged mouttains,
precipices and unfathomable chasms
were to be found. on either hand.
Then the waters came; yea, the very
AN ESSAY.
floods descended and rested upon the
scene. Having • accomplished , their
work, by filling many a frightful
chasm and by rounding or destroying
many an , unsurmountable - precipice,
they too were cast aside so the dry
land might again appear. If drop af
ter drop weanraway the hardest rock,
who shall doubt the work done by
flood after flood ?
But titrie passed on. The earth
became luxuriant with its 'dense
growth - of.vegetable life, which has.
been hoarded by our Great Provider
and condensed for the Alays of the
telegraph and the steam engine. Oh,
how true. • As good and evil chase
each other the world over,: so heat
and cold are ever scrambling for the
ascendency, The summer passes and
the minter. must come, and it did
come, and that, too, with a power
that did the work it had todo. Tru
ly, the footprints .of the glacial period
were made among the sands and in
the rocks of time, reminding us to
day of , the giant forces that play _up..
on the earth's surfaces in times past
and present. .
The wants of man are varied, so - it
needs must be that his Creator would
do as Ile has done by providing the
means to supply them. But it seems
that if any people on this earth have
been given the means by which to
supply their wants, it is the husband
man dwelling in the region of such a
variety of Ibrtile soil as has - been
formed by the action of the elements
on the rich clays and shoals of the
Chemung formation of the, Devonian
epoch, which extends over the great
er part of ;the comity ; but as if this
were not enough, the elements have
floated gypsum, lime.stone, corals,
site; Itc., from the north upon the
surface, to be mingled with the al
ready rich soil. Under such condi
tions with our climate s it seems al
most impossible to find any other
place where the° combined efforts of'
the laborer iu the garden, in the dai
ry, in the orchard, and in the agri
cultural field .arc so well repaid. But
with all the means at our command,
we need more skill in the work which
has been left for us to do. We should
not forget that life is' action, and
that we must act if we would be hap
py. So let us not forget that each
vegetable • production requires its
particular- food, even so much as is
required by animal life. This being
true, it becomes the wise husband
man to — plant the seed where the
reqUisite food is, or else provide It
in some other, way. , The garden,
and the food for the vegetable life of
the garden, have been placed at our
command, and now it becomes us as
laborers in the Master's Vineyard to
out our own salvation, remem-
bering it is • hardeestill to have no
work to do. . -
AFTER TUE MONEY.---A correspond
end who signs herself "..Marie," asks
the New-York Tribu»e bow she shall
raise money for a .small country
church, and says "Do you think it
would be advisable to attempt a con
cert? We have had calico partie.s,
sugar parties, fish ponds, mock post
offices, and the like. If you can sug
gest some new forth of entertainment
you - will earn our sincerest thanks."
The Tribune answers: "We recom
mend a. revival of religion." This
will never do; at least, hardly ever.
"Marie" wants is tb raise money,
and to - de, it by Means of an enter
tainment. It sounds pious to recom
mend a revival of religion to accom
plish this, but we must remember that
a revival of religion is not, when
properly conducted, a money-making
busine3s. One Simon, of Samaria,
thought he
,saw money in it, but the
Apostle Peter said to him: " Thy
money perish with thee," and told
him that his heart was. not right in
the sight of Ciod. There are hun
dreds of legitimate entertainments
which are in accord with the growth
of true religion, and some of which
can be made peculiarly Orofitable. A
revival of religion is not generally .
considered an "entertainment." Con
derts are almost always in order, nit
less the singing is too bad. Lectures,
- by sensible lecturers, can be had at
moderate expense. ableaux and kin
dred entertaintrients may be conduct
ed wisely and turned to' account in
debt-paying. There is an immense
field for ingenuity in this direction,
and anybody who invents a new and
wholesome means of making money
has a right to be considered .a bene
factor 'of the church-going commu
nity.
"Some day," we say, and turn our epee
Toward the urns of paradlee,
Some day, some time, a sweet, new rest
Shall blossom. flower-like, in each breast.
some time, some day, our eye. shall see
The faces kept In memory.
Some 414 their hands shall chop our bawls
Jost ever to the Montag Loads.
Some day our ears shall hear the song
C 4 triumph over Mn and wrong.
Someitay„ some time, but oh 2 not yet,
But we will watt and not forget
That *moo day atl these things shall be,
And rest be gtren to yon and toe.
So wait, my friend, though years move slow,
The ham time will come, we know.
ROVit TO DIVIDE THE PROPERTY. 4
He had been sitting still so long
that his mother expected to find him
asleep when she looked around , and
asked :
" Well, Harry, what are you think
ing of?" .
Ma, are we very' ich ?"
emnly inquired by
_way of,reply.
"In one way we are, she said;
"your father says he •values me at
three million dollars, you at two mil
lions, and the baby at one."
That closed - the; conversation on
that subject, but nett morning as
Harry was getting On
. his overcoat,
he examined' the new patch which
had been added, and' coolly obser
-ved: • . • •
6, Well, I think rather had better
sell - off about halt of you or the
whole of the baby and get the rest-of
us some decent duds to put on."—
Detroit Free Press. - - -
A trrrt. five-year-old, hearing of the
Acts of the Apostles, said he thought the
Apostles roust have beenlpretty bard up
to have had only one. am autong so raspy
of 'em. • „ - -
Sum:KY-sawn, and Sunday's cool. Ire
might have made a joke ot this last sum
mer,-but the opportunity.like our money
at the late races, his been thrown away.
t I
• ,
BELIITMILIECIMIL
Beantifal faces are thawtbaL wear-!- '
It matten little It darker fatr—:
Wholoaouled honesty printed there.
Beautiful - byes are those tbst show, ;
Like crystal panes where besrEb•Rres glow.
'Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful Bps arc those whose words --
Leap from the heart Mae songs of birds,
Yet whom utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful bands are thaee that do -
Work that is earnest and brave and true,
'Momently Moment the Meg day through.
Beautiful are - those that to .
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest ways, if God a ill it so.
Belie Orel shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens or hone care
With percent g"ee and daily pesysr.•
Bianittel.llves are those that _
snout rivers of happiness,
Whoie bidden fountains bat few way guess
Beatittfuitwillgbt as set of Sim,
Beautiful goat, with race Well won,
Beautiful rest, with work well done.
Beautital. graves, where groves creep,
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts tie deep
Over worn-out hands—oh, beautiful aleept
. —Mien P. 4 Herten.
TIE CITY SUBSTANTIAL
And th Besting-Place of. its
_Great Men.
I am fairly boiling ore with . the
enthusiasm of a first visit to London.
It is, therefore exasperating beyond
expression to be coolly asked, q.:kb
you not consider London a. dull, stu
pid place ?"
A sudden resolution; as suddenly
carried out, found us in this city of
cities". Ten hours before we bad
turned our faces from the "City
Beautiful" and its Exposition.. Paris •
we thought might keep for us and
the good Bostonians, even should the
Exposition_, like others of its kind,
have passed away.
We started upon a night train,
'reaching Dieppe at that most uncom-,
Actable hour, when it seemed too late
to go to bed and too early to sit up,
and when, moreover, we must face
the unmitigated wretchedness of a
channel steamer. It is impossible to
abuse one of these steamers properly.
Adjectives fail. I draw a veil over
the hours. which . intervened until our
landing in New Haven; not the
haven where we should be, but where
we shortly /ere. Let us hope that
the lately completed harbor at Bou
logne, with its new steamers, will at
last give the traveling public what it
has hitherto never enjoyed—an easy
and comfortable communication be
tween France and England. •
In London at last, and crossing
the Thames. -.
Our station, Victoria, brought, us
to the West End, desirable consum
mation, whenjone considers how last
ing are first impressions. On the way
to Queen's Square, our destination,
we passed Buckingham Palace,'
where
_her Majesty resides in the
winter, The royal standard waving
from the top.iff this imposing pile,
the spacious gardens and pleasure
grounds, the famous stableS and car-;
riage-house, the grenadiers in their'
stately Busby hats, made a must in
spiring picture. Many of the quiet
houses of the nobility were pointed
out to us en route, also the old Hay
market Theatre and other buildings
of note. We had expected to be met
by a London fog; but this is the
season when even in London old Sol
is irrepressible. Sunshine therefore'
reigned supreme. No contrast can
be greater than that afforded by these
two cities, Paris and London; each
so typical of the national differences.
The Change is a change complete 4.1
There is hardly a point of unity!
Paris is champagne ; this is the roas •
beef. One pleasure; this is busi
ness. ,
But London .ein - do - More for one
in the way of culture than Paris or • a
score of expositions: This mammoth
city, containing as. it does an area of
one hundred and fifty square miles,
with a population exceeding that of
the whole . kingdetn of Scotland,
gives an idea of indescribable vast
ness. Ken we realize "All that hai
been, sum and histiiry•; all that shall.
be; sourceand prophecy. The-living
past, present, futurity, The was and
is, and shall beso." •
Not long since- the Quarterly Be
'riew gaVe a measurement of the food.
supply of London for a year.--. 1 sub-
join it for the benefit of those
. who
may not have seen - these ingenious'
statistics: "Seventy-two miles of
oxen, ten abreast; one hundred and ,
twenty miles of sheep, ten abreast.;
seven miles Of calves, , ten abreast,
nine miles of pigs • ten abreast;
twenty miles. - of hares . and rabbits,
one hundred. abreast; fay,,acres
poultry, close together; .a, pyramid
of loaves of bread sit hundred feet
square,and three times the height of
St. Paul's; one thousand hogsheads •
of beer; each one a mile high". •:•
For what we did grasp of this
stupendous whole, We are indebted to
that institution pat excellence, the
Hansom cab. All reverence to the
genius of the Hanson inventor.. This
means of locomotion is second only,
in exhilaration to horseback riding.
It seems strange that these cabs have
not elsewhere.came into universal
use.
Having learned one lesson in -life,
that the mind 'cannot digest a tithe
of what the eye can take in, i resolv
ed to concentrate my attention upon
only a few of the wonders of this
wonderful city. Can you doubt what
spot was the first attraction ?
Wentminister Abbey is in itself an
edupation, and is alone worth a visit
to London. Dean Stanley may envy
if he " the sweetest and spotless
flees of, the brannew ecclesiastical
structures" of which America can
boast; give me rather the damps and
moulds of Westminister Abbey.
sever, never to be forgotten is that
Sabbath morning, ' memorable from
its association with that grand old
Cathedral.
“ns service bigh,and anthems clear
That did with sweetness tbrough mine ear,'
" Dissolve - toe Into ecstasies \
And bring aftheaseu before mine eyea:‘ , _
The sermon, grand in its'simpliCity,
was from the test, " itejoiee in the
Lord always, and" againb;- say, re
joice I" After stating that religion in
this world was too often divorced
from joy, the speaker related an
aacedote told; by Sir Walter Scotty;
the moral of which was that happi ,
ness is in nothing that" we have s but
NI
1111.50 per Jinnuen In Advance.
is something that we are. He said
,that the ,world had too long taunted
the Church, and with reason for its
gloom _in things religious 7 It had
too often chanted the Dies' I'm and
the ' Sabat Mater, .rather than the
anthems of joy ; • preferring. Good
Friday to. Easter; discarding the
joys of religion to - Are.ad , the Via
Dolorosa. Such was especially the
Church alter the Reformation.
Joy is not a thing of temperament,
of character, but a religious accent,
plishment, a fruit of tile Spirit. Fruit
is the result of patient, nourishing
care, and with ' culture, sunshine and
showers grow to greater or less per
fection. It is not possible to mann
fae,ture happiness, bufove can culti
vate, screen and subcor our spirits.
Weare too apt to think ofjoy'rather
as the evidence of , things to_ come,
than as , a. present recompense ; This
world is as 'much a home of delight,
as jt is a hospital of sorrow. The
heart of joy should move the hand
oftoil, ennoblingeach day's work.
It is not enough, as Ruskin Says, to
have great things to say, but to - say
1 them greatly. He spoke• of Faraday
who glorified all which he did and
said through his love to Christ. -He
never ceased "to rejoice in the Lord.'",
Tasso blotted the last leaf of his man
uscript with tears to-think that his
work was done. , It is a misfortune
for any one to feel that their work is
done when it is only half dent.. Let
' our work, whatever -it is, diverse or
monotonous, small pay or great pay,
be done with joy as unto the . Lord,
and not as unto man. -About the
throne of God are joys ant i pleasures
forevermore. Re would that all might
go forth from the great sanctuary as
missionaries of joy filled with the fruits
of the Spirit; love, joy, peace, remem
bering ever to bring joy into our
work and into oar . worship. Such
are a few of the thoughts in -this
beautiful sermon.' ':I wish I could
remember more of it.
On Monday iollotted a general vis
itation of this mighty City of the
Dead.. Here especially the need of
concentrating hacomes apparent. To
the various chapels alone, a full day
should be devoted, and two woad
hardly exhaust that of Henry VII,
crowned with Its sixteen Gothic
towers, jutting from the building in
different angles. It is situated on
the east of the. Abbey, and joined to
it so neatly that it appears to be one,
and the same building. It is beauti
fully lighted by 'a double range of
windows. In this chapel, that Shakes-
peare of divines, Jeremy Taylor,
though dead', yet' preaches his in
imituble funeral sermons not through
his epitaph. _lreland has: the honor
of containing his dust and his mon
ument. Royalty could not perchance
tolerate the near proximity in death
of one Who so constantly reminded
them of the king of terrors.
, A plain - card suspended here at
tracts irresistibly the eye of each
passer-by. The name, inscribed in
large letters at the top is in itself a
sermon.. Jeremy , Taylor, 1651.
Listen to what he says: "If 'a man
but enter into the sepulchre of kings,
he may read a sermon the.
,best and
most , impressive that ever man
preached.
"Where our kings have been
crowned, their ancestors .lie interred,
and they must walk over their grand
sire's head to take 'the crown. Here
is an acre sown with royal seed, the
copy of the greatest change from rich
to naiad, from celled roofs to arched
coffins, from living like gods to die
like men. Here the warlike and the
peaceful, the fortunate and the miser
.erable, the beloved and the despised
princess, mingle their dust and lay.
down their 'symbol of mortality and
tell all the world that when we die
our ashes-shall be equil to kings; and
our accounts easier and our pains for
our crowns shall be less."
Thou eloquent discourser of death
and doomsday, terrible in thy im
pressiveness, "sublime as 'an organ
motet, thinking in the lump . while
we think piece -meal," tell us, we pray
thee, of that undiscovered country to
thee discovered ! soive us' "this
mystery so rife with mysteries; this
life." Time is with us. Eternity is
with thee. Thou answereth not ;
silent is thy - Voice, silent ,as that
silent land, that T.unreturning bourne
towards which- we too are hastening.
The summons of Him in whose outer
chamber we dream and ponder,
weep and yonder, shall ere. long
come to us Then shall this mystery
be solved. Be it ' so. "What we
know not now we shall know here
after.
Do you wax weary, dear 44 Ho me
Reader" under so much sermoniz
ing I 'I am standing where each grave
is s homily. I could' preach one
every step of the :way to St. Paul's
Corner, where I will take you ere
long, and which I trust you will
leave as reluctantly as did I--to
meet again-- - -to meet again: - •
LONDON, 1878. . A. H. M.
.z*:i; =S;tl)4l)Ndill
Ki...NsLs CITY. Mo., February 10,18:4
After "doing" Kansas pretty thor
oughly I- find myself in this some
what notorious, or at least famous
city, where everything presents the
appearance of prosperity and busi
ness enterprise. The_ giant strides
the city has made during the, past
five years, and the prospects for still
more rapid' groWth in the future,
leave no room to doubt that; ill the
near future Kumasi City . will Ibe the
leading 'city of the 'southwest. In
addition-to the many natural advan
tages,which the place possesses, the
leading , citizens' are men of great
liberality and enterprise, with the
wisdom and foresight to take advan
tage oleverything which promises to
add to the wealth and growth of . the
city. ' -
Some ten or. twelve different rail
roads center here and a neW line to
traverse the. southwestern portion of
the State terminating, at Memphis,
thus reaching the Missiisippi below
freezing point; and ensuring an (Mt
let south durinit - the entire year.
This • proposed road. passes through
some of richest coal and mineniLter
ritory in the State. 'lt may be , inter
esting to your reideritoknow that
'a prominent Towanda gentleman is
.interested furthaprojeet.
\ The business of KAMM City tom
,
4 - ' ' .-
prjses, every ,hransb of: nrematgk
ankatancasetrang enterprialit.ll4nie
little esthiste: Of the magnitude: of
transactions in- graki-"may he gat&
erect front the Ala that there is now
stored in the elevators here IOWAIII
bushels of wiuna l -I,o99o:ooibushelis
of_earn; etc:. _ The anveraVelivitors
ME
harein.cvacity of 14300^anshels. • 5
Thd packing house, of which there -
are three large 011ea l slinigbkr, and
Pick
.1,500 hogs daily, and WO lass 4
of cattle. These establlahnients run
111
day and•night and employ 200 Men.
At the largest of these 01181111,11114 S
500 hippffiveig day.. Times:o4 spice
forbid my giving you a detailed, de:
scription of "the twins operitSik
Suffice' to say the magnitude of the
transactions of these`establishments
NUMBER 39,
are simply • =melees. Of.; 43041rie
pork, forpts no inconsiderable poFtioxt
of the business 'of the city, and fluc
tuations in the market are watched
with much interest.. During:the past
month the price has advanced about
s3* per barrel, and the packers have
reaped a harvest - by tudoluilng. Com
mission men say prices will' soon
have it 'downward tendency. So you
see there is just the same speculation
in pork that there. is in railroad
stocks, and , fortunes aie made and
lcat in it.
'The uneven surface of the ground -
here gives the business perti% of '
the city a not very preposesaing ap
pearance. In , many places streets
have been cut through, leavingbuild
ings, standing th!rty feet above the
street grade. The city has spebt
hundreds of -thousands of dollars, in
grading and leveling streets. :There
are many substantial - businesastruc
tures and elegant residences` here, all
betokening the increasing wealth and -
permanent prosperity of the place.
It must be borne in mind that Banana
City does not depend alone upon her
railroads, : manufactories, and mer
cantile trade, for in 'addition to all
those, the unfathomable agricultural
and mineral resources of the great
States of Kansas and Colorado, are
poured into her lap, and print con
tinue to increase business and wealth
for all coming time, and I confident
ly predict that before the dose of the
present century, iltansas City will ri-
val Chicago, in population, wealth
and business-enterprise. '.
Although rents are much higher
here than in Towanda, buildings are ;
erected much cheaper than' there. "
The cost of living here is not much
more than half what it costs in large
towns east. Fresh meat is from 2to
5 cents' per pound ; eggs 5 to 25.. •
cents per dosen ; best flour about'
$4 per barrel ; butter 8. to .12 cents a
pound. But I find lam making this
letter too long. -
As iri most other western towns I
find - here -a fair representation of .
Bradford county men. John L. Mc-
Mahon is doing a flourishing busi-_
ness An the merchant tailoring line;
and stands well as a prompt busi
ness_ man. J. E. Fleming has al
ready earned an enviable reputation
as an architect and is bound to be
come a citizen of prominence and in
fluence. To Mr.. R. and hi's *good
wife your correspondent is indebted
for much of the comfort and pleas- .
ure I have enjoyed during my sojourn
here: Like all other western• people
their quarters would appear some
what circumscribed to those who are
accustomed to living- in houses con
taining ten to twenty . rooms,: but
their home is cozy, and ; those who .
know Mrs. Fleming need not be told
it is . tidy add cheerful. The gener
ous hospitalityand hearty-cheer ex
tended
me will never be forgotten.
Mr. Comstock, formerly of Athens,
also occupies a position of honor,
and-.profit here, and stands high as a
business man.
Will:Lewis is quite an old. citizen,
having resided here for the past year
and a half, ILO is prospering finely. -
Very few people who come west and
get into business have any desire to - '
return east. ,
One word more in Conclusion. If
any of your readers are thinking of
coining west it may beof interest to
them to know wha,route to take. I
have given the subject considerable,
attention, and am satisfied that -the
Atlantic & Great . Western road offers
greater attractions and better facili t
ties for western bound passengers
than any. other road leading to this
city. From Kansas City west the
A., T. & S. F. R. It„, is the popular
route and traverses the richest por-:-
dohs of Kansas and Colorado:,
DaovLa.
ruN, FACT 'AND TACCETIE.
• -
A awl who has 'plenty ,of thyme : The
gardener. •
_A. atm; may shed an ex, and yet ba un
able to shed a tear. -
, Wrist kind of pridding does a lawyer
prefer? Suet pudding of course.
Worriu makes the - man—pay a sweet
little bill for his wife's wardrobe.
Is theatrical parlance does a "decayed
actor " 'appear rotten to the corps?
IT sounds paradoxical to say of a man
who repeats an untruth that he-is re-lie
able. - -
Is it not strange that a man g y can be on
fire and yet at tae same time very much
putout?. - • .
A LITTLE girl of our acquaintance calls
her impecunious lover 'Life," beciuse he
is " short." _ .
Tun man who boasted that he was
"above boafd " occupied lodgings immed
iately over a dining-room. .
A SYRAME man calls his wife "Poor
Rule," because she won't work more than
one way, and usually not that.
Tuunu are two comforia in owning a
sawhorse. You can either borrow your
neighbor's saw or loan him the horse.
Tan man whO had married an incorrig
ible Straw declaired to a friend that ha
had contracted a dangerous scold. t ,
Tzeinanufacture of " fly paper " wrote
to a publisher asking his terms far an
advertisement on the tly-leaf Oa book.
Tan times are barder than' we thought.
It is r u mored that Sargon* Batealhis been
compelled to go to work.—Burdette.
A wzAvrax .Bt. Louis lady , bas. been
fined for being drunk. Wire now says
that women are. not capable of becoming
politicians ? - , • ,
"T.txu away woman," aiiks a writer,
"and - what would follow?' We would..
Give us something hard next time.—Ez.
elange.
.Wurcu is the oldest, the man , who asks
a question or the who answers P The
man who asks, bewail° he is the grieved.
atrium up that electric light. The min
who drops a penny in a street-ear wants
to buy foarteen yards of it.--Detroit Free
Press.
Trstz,zzl* - Iliehigan, is one .of the few
of the immortal American townsthat can't
poke fun , at the Afghanistan iv:in/mei.
—OirCity Derrick
HESS; lad ! bring forth -the trusty file.
We want to familiarize ourselves with the
ingredients of. the; Thankagiving , joke.—
Oa City Derrick
ntierrir &rya east is a "mind
reader." She said to a bashful bean the
other night : "La ! I 'believe you are
going to kin: me.!" She was tight.
Tutu= are ten sienies of red this season
in women's toastyd 847 shades of
blue about the hat ba n d and father who
foots the dzy-gooda and millinery bins!
" PLEASE give us your dellinitiatz of a
inutiotus man. A bet is pending."--Jobn.
A. cautions man, John, :is s man who
will tell a zed-headed woman that - her
hair is au b ur n . If you win, said the se
gue Wow. f