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A T TOR.VEY-AT-L ATV, ,
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AV H. it, E. A. THOMPSON,
• ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. TOW AN DA, PA.
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Torii;nda, Pa., Sala';try 6, 1661
ADl`_
& KINNEY,
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW.
Onace—Rooniiionnerly occupied by M. C. A
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office over Kirilir's Drug store:.
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ATTORNEY-AI-LAW;
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, ::ire with rattiek and Foyle
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ATToliEss-.+•cbaw,
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OVKRTON,
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ATToItNEY
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soheitor of Patents. Particular attention paid
to business lu the 4 irplrans Court and to the settle
n,ent of est3teS.
attire to Nioutanyes Block
V . ERTON §ANDERSQN,
O
ATToIts:EV-AT-LAW
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EitTON.
W . -11. .1 ESil.Tl',
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MON T - PA.
.1 edge having re•nmed the prictlceot the
law In Northern renmiy/vania, will attend to any
I egal nos:, i nt note,' to him In Bradford county.
w l,lll tM to eonstilt him, can call on 11.
roeter, TO:Vail/4, Pa., when an appointment
can male..
ITENRY ST Et ETER,
' ATTORNEY. NI 'COENSELLOII.AT-LAW,
' TON ANDA, PA. '
Feb 27,'79
14 ' L. lIILLIS, •
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•
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T_TI7IA.3I E. BULL, II
stitvEtoit.
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A WlTice .t:;-1 over Patch & Tracy
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'TOWANDA., PA.
fll ce—Ncirth sl(leirliblic F•quaro.
j ANDREW WILT,
ATionNyx-gr-LAW.
s Mee—Means' Block, Ma over .1. 1.. Kent's
store, Towanda. May be consulted In 111dinian.
[Aril 12,'76.1
W J. YOUNG,
kTIOILNEY-AT-LILW,
TOWANDA, I'•A
)111c1-sSereur 410eiT, k street, up stairs
I R. S. M._WOODBURN, Thysi-
L 7 clan and Surgeon. Vince at residence, on
Mato street. first door north of M. E. Clattich.
Towanda. April 1, 1SSI:
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over M. E. Rosenfield's, Towanda, Pa.
Teeth insertkd nn Rohl, Silver, Rubber, and Al
ninium base. Teeth extracted without pile.
Oct. 34-72.
V D. PAYNE, M. D.,
14. PIIT - SICI AN AND . St'ke.tinN. •
Olen over Moutanyes* Store. ()Mee hours froth 10
to 1: A. ILL, and trout 2 to 1 r. m.
Speetal attention given to
nisERKEs rsrAsEs
or ; ' and fir
THE EYF. THE EAR
aU. W. YA N ,
ki
COLi.NTY SUPERINTENDE
O Dee ehty last Saturday of each niohtli. over Turner
& Gordon's prng Store, Towanda, Pa.
Towanda, June 20. 1878.
AIRS,. E. J..PERRIGO,
TEACDCIt 01 , NAND AND ODG,AN.
lc , 'Z r or, given In Thorough Ras :red 'Harmony.
Cniti‘atitt of Ur. ..voice a specialty. Located at J.
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& Passage.- Towanda, Pa., hlarch 4, '
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GENET AL
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TOWANDA, PA.
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WILLIAMS,
Pfi.I('ZICAL PLUMBER & GAS FITTER.
riiirts of
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Gas Fitting. Repairing Pumps of all
k and all Muds of Gearing promptly attended
t°. All V, auttng 'sock in his line should give him
all. Dec. 1. 1879.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
TOWANDA, PA
c PAW IN
SURVLUS FUND..
Tlik Bank offers nunsual raeilities for the trans
act.oll of a general banking business.
os . . 'ow E. 1.1., President
TIENRY 110ITSE,
UUN 4 . ' ASHINGTON BTREiTS
rii:,T WARD, TOWANDA, PA: I
Melia AL Zll hours. Tents to suit tbs . Uses. ! Law
stable attached. - r
wit. tiliNitY, TizoP*lr
T.manna. Jrt/V S. "MSC
AF EW COPIES OF THE ROAD
LA can w kW/ st tLft Oise.
'f'HE MYSTERY OF 'THE EUMAN
• HEART.
Midnight past! Not a sound of aught '
'Through the 'tient house'but the wind at his
prayers
I sat by the dying fire and thorighl
Of the dear,ile 4 ad.Werfian_up-stalri. . • ‘,
A. night of tears; for'the gusty rain
Iladeeased, but the eaves were-dripping yet, " •
And the moon looked turth,,as though in pain,,
With her face all while and wet,. , • •
".. TOWANDA, Pa:
'Nobody with me my watch to keep, -
But the friend of ins bosom; the mart I love;
And grief has sent iliri . fast asleep
In the chamber up above.
{-
Nobody else, In the country-plain - "
All round, that knrsv of my basis beside, •
But the godd young priest with the Itiphael-face,
Who confessed her when she died.
That good young priest Is of gentle nerve,
And my grief had moved him beyond control;
For his lips grew-white, and I could observe .
What speeded her parting soul.
I sAt 11 the dreary hearth alone ;
.1 thought of the pleasant days of yore ; '
I said,." The staff of my life is gone ; -
The woman I loved Is no more.
`On her cold, dead bosom, my.portiait
Which next to her heart she used to wear, •
taunting it o'or with her tender eitis •
When my face was not there. _ •
March 1, IEBI,
"It is all set around with rubles red, • ,
And pearls which a Feel 'night hate kept ;
For each ruby there my heart liatt bled— ,
For each pearl my eyes bath wept.'
A. I Li
t - 4 said, " The titri Is preclouk to e -
They will bury he soon iwthellurch - clay;
It lies on her heart: - lid lost mas t • =
II Ido not take it asviklYr4l,__:' -
•
llghtcil my lamp at the dying Rime,
`Atul crept up the Malts that cracked for Welt,
Tllrluto the chamber of death f came
Where she lay in all her ivhlte.
As I stretched my hand I f;mlernybreath
I turned as I drew the ctittaln.apart ; .
I dared not look on the facly. of death,
I knew whereto find the heart
I thought, at first, as my touch fell there,
It had warmed that heart to life with love ;
For the thlog I touched was warm I swear,
Aud I could feel it move. •
. .
1 •
Twas the hand of a man, that was moving slow
u'ex:the heart of the dead—front the other sitle:i
And - 4
once the sweat broke orer my brow— - : t
“ Who Is robbing the corpse r' I cried. .
5ep.25,":9
..Orposlee me, by the tapers light,
The friend of my bosom, the man 1 loved,
Stoat (lice the corpse, and all wiswhtte— •
And neither of us moved. • •
Itxs.i; M. Prcß
• What dcryea here, my friend ?•' The man
;Leokeil first at me, and then $t the dead.
HThere is a portraltitm e," he began ;
•Therit le. 'RI; mine :" I said. •
Saul the friend of my unsoM,
"Yours, _Do doubt,
The portrait was, till a month ago,. •
When this sod. ring - angel took that out,
Anil p4cett mine, here I know."
.3 , laY 19
And, whoeer the inlrtralt: prtwe,
Ills shall•tt whi , nthn.eattse Is teed
Where Death Is airaFiged by Love."
We found the portrait - there, in Its plate ;
We opened it in the taper's shine ;
The gems were all unchanged ; the face.
Wasr-melther ills nor mine.
"One nal, drives out another, at least 1
The face of the portrait there," Terled.
"Is your friend's the Raphael-faced young priest,
WOO confessed her when she died."
SCENES IN OUR VILLAGE;
• .
The romantic' littleNillage of
contained :between one hundred and ,
two hundred inhabitants. • .It was a
manufacturing place, with a floating .
population. N— was not disa
greeable as a plhce of residence, being
pretty and picturesque. in its scenery,
healthy, And with many conveniences
On account of its being accessible to
'the large city Nature had
favored it with a beautiful river, rp
mantic hills for a background, - and a
deep, wide valley, in which the houses
of the villagers nestled.close together
'near the large works from whichl_they
obtained their livelihood, and whose
proprietor had much influence over
them.- Their homes were pretty and ,
picturesque,with their white ;wails,
rustic porches, 'pretty , gardenS, and *
yards filled with
_gaily
,colored` flaw- ;
ers, consisting bt blue and pink
I morning glories, sun flowers, lady
slippers, cockcombs, and so. forth.
Indeed, Mrs. Mitson said to one of
her neighbors, "N-- wasjust the
place to come for a choice bouquet,"
or " bokay," as poor' Aunt Polly
called it—for everybody in
called her "Aunt Polly." She . verY
often pronounced her words wrong,
and when Tier friends would kindly
rcmonstr :te, would reply : " . Laws-a-.
me ! jist like to know what direr
ence it makes; Ain't one wordlist
as good as another ?"
TheOlowers of N-- were sonic
thinikvionde'rful, and displayed their
charit4i.,4bunilatitly to all admirers,
without ;timidity, like sonic pretty,
bold maidens, who„, gaze at you as'
much- as to say, ‘• Look at me; ain't
I -handsome?". thus destroying the
charm of the flower with the knowl
edge .of its power. .
. One the oldestind wealthiest
families of: N were the Thorn
lions was an English .
gentleman who had married an.
American lady. They had a, large
Molly of boys and girls. ,blooming
with their-rosy cheeks and dark eyes
.in the valley like blossoni-•
ing clover. :A happy, well-trained
little band; the pride of their father
and the idols of their mother.
There was at N— two churches,
one a Baptist and - one, a .11.ethodist.
The pastor of - the latter resided: in
the village, whilst the lorineigentle
man came as a supply from another
town. There was a great rivalry be
tween the two churches which went
so far that on one occasion - of their
'extra -meetings the (Baptist had,. a
.great revival following thekethodist,
and received many meinbers,
so . enraged one of the members,
Steellsour, of the latter denoininatitin,
. that he : used profane langifige and
d eel 'Jed that-the- - Methodist had
shaken . the'ireCwhilstAhe Baptist
gathered-the fruit" - Buti.inch little
unpleasantneseirill occur sometimes,
in denominations, as well. as 'Monet
indiAduals.
The people of 117,4 - . were hard to
please with a pastor. For, instance,
when parson eaine-44 ,the
Atethoclist clairsi • he wits not treated
Jan. 1,1875
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' This wontan she loved too 'well," I
"A month ago," rstf4l my friend to me.
' And In my throat," I grnaml, "you Ile:"
He answered, " Let us see:"
Enough !" Crecnnled: "let the dead decide
Or, The Pastor's Wife
BY MISS AMELIA:TUROPP.
M
.
with fever. Some of the young ladies
declared he squinted; others said he
had crooked limbsp another, that he
had red hair. Whilst they did not
admire his wife, its they had heard,
before she arrived she mei -aristo
eratie and proud. There are a cer
tain class of people who have an en-.
vious hatred fur those who happen to'
occupgo little better position in life
thanAhemselves. The minister's wife,
Was. a large, dark-eyed; superior look
ing lady, much loved, much loving;
too refined , and cultivated for the
general circle of N—:-- by which she
was surrounded. ..Her 'father was- a
man in good circumstances. Added
to her natural mental' gills, she had
many aivantages; this enraged and
excited the jealousy of her inferiors,
who gave way to their petty spite in
all kinds of false assertions. hiss.
Stublas, the elder's wife, declared she
had "five apankin' new silk dresses,
and•dear only knows how many bon,
nets. Now I'd like to know if that
is becoming • in a minister's wife in.
N— ? She' has come here to show'
off her fine feathers ; to , make - as think
she is something I She might have
saved herself the trouble, for we are
not ir
. e kind to make account of such
torn olery." " Did I ever hear the
like,' replied Mrs. Da*son. " Poor
broth Jones! the Lord has afflicted
him'surei Why she plays the plan
ny, paints pictures in oil, makes wax
figures, jist as if we hadn't natural
flowers enough, that she must dis
grace herself by making
_artificial
ones,; ,:;and worse than that—why
what:do you think ? I must tell you
—I cannot keep it to. myself any
l longer—slic writes for the newspa
pers !"
Mrs. Stubbs' raised her little grey '
eyes up to Heaven, with a look of
utter despair. " The Lord s ive us
and preserve us!" she exclaimed.
" Poor brother Jones 1 I tell you it
would look better for her to go to
the wash tub; he'd be a clever man
if it wasn't for her; she jist rules
him," replied her neighbor, sighing
so loudly and violently , that she al
most blew Lori tall skinny listener
away. . '''
" Another thing," said Mrs. Cheat,
who kept, the village boarding house
and was - never known to tell the
truth, being above such a small sc.
eomplishment,' " they are hoarding
with me until they can gbt their
bouse ready foi: them . she is called
good , looking, but don't I know ti
thing or two! Don't I knew she
painte, ,, blackens her eyebrows, colors
her hair, uses the ' Bloom of Youth,'
and all such things to make herself
appear party, and after all is not!"
" Friends," said the sweet, low
voiced Mrs. Thointon, "I have heard
your- remarks .while passing * and...l
think' it my duty to inform youthat
I have' known our new minister's
wife, Mrs. Jones, since she vies a
"child. She is not of an age to render
it necessary to use the ' Bloom of
Youth,''or, color. her hair, and would
not disgrice herself by tainting her
cheeks. In fact, she uses no art
1
wh ,- afever. She is • refined, amiable,
generous to a fault, a kind-hearted
lady, always ready-to do any act of
kindness in her power, conscientious
to a fault, and - we should not 'perse
cute her on account of her superiori-.
V."' Gentle Mrs. Thornton 's • eyes
had • filled with the , dew of feeling
whilst vindicating her lovely.friend,
and unwilling to wait for any excuse
she bowed coldly and passed on.
" She's no judge," said Mrs. Stubbs;
" she's just an angel, that's what she
is.; anyone can deceive dear sister
Thornton ; she is
.so good she can't
think anybody is different from her
self. - But 1 pity brother Jones." -
SO the parson and his wife com
menced life under difficulties at
Mrs. Cheat, as already stated, kept
the boarding house of the village, and
no one ever•left her without eing
the worse off in Ouse for their stay.
She bad a cunning trick of borrowing
Without committing the folly, as she
Considered it, of returning, and never
stooped to pay her baker or grocer,
ar in fact any one she could trick
out of their money. - She was a wo-
man whom Mrs. Jonei treated with
great kindness, assisting her out of
many difficulties; she had, cheated
the tender hearted lady like every
one else, then slandered her. .Alas !
poor Mrs. Jones!'
There
.was - another lady greatly
vexed about the. . young; minister's
Wife. This was Mrs. Spriggini, or
" Aunt Sally," as every nne . called
her ; even the little children, which
pleased
.her. Milt ' Sit*, or Mrs.
Spriggins, was greatly exercised over
Mni. Jones' extravagance. The old
lady was a widow, residing in a little
stone house upon the hillside, the
land of . whiCh- she :cultivated,, for a
garden. At the base of the hill was
another old'house in which she did
all herrough work,-such as washing,
ironing, etc. When occupied at this
place she would leave the door Of her
hawk unfastened, trusting to the hon
esty of the public., marking in chalk
upon . it—" Not at home; down at
the old house." She 'kept a' little .
'cigar and tobacco shop , with candies
and „nuts by way ,of variety. . The
little Thorntons, on their,Way to and
froth school, took great pleasure in
calling to see Aunt Sally, andtdepos
-Ring all thcirstray pennies with tier.
She was very folid of the'little groupi:,
and put as much confidence in, them:
as if they had. been.grown,peOple.
Wileji • the pastor **it to house
keeping, after leaving 'Mr._ and Mrs.
Cheat, his wife's fathV sent her some
furniture, among which - Was A hat
rack witti.alnirror inserted. The day
it arrived Abel wind . blew - the tall.
frail structure over:' , ..and.liroke the
'glass ' as it stood "upon ,the porch
afterbeing taken outer* furpittfre
car. .
w 0" Laws, air me l" said
_Aunt Sally
to little Emily, the youngest of Mrs.
Thornton's daughters, Who had
stopped to piirchase on hCr way to
school, " did ybu bear the news?!
"No! Auntlsally, what is it V'
•
I' Well, yesterday, as ',was passin'
• Parson Jones' house, they. had just
been gettin' -mew. Ilirniture, - which
they had. standin' . on thil;' porch to
showoff; of course her oin' s. There
was a grand .planny,nd the !rind
blew it... over and smashed its glass.
..NoW,..'yousee, in olden that thy
Ingi
TOWAND+, ` =BRADFORD 00UNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, ME 23, f 188 L -
worshipped the golden calf and the
like ; now the Jonses 'II worship that
pianny ; nq more devotin' themselves
to the ehurZh.” • ;
" Aunt Sally," said little Emily,
"that was their hat-rauk; you eee,
you never saw a piano." )
" There's sqme talk about my 'Pa
mills gittin' married Agin," resumed
Aunt Sally ; "you know her first
husband's in jail; but she'll never
marry, she's too'much of a coquil."
Poor P T amills attended a store in
the city of P-- and considered
herself very much of a belle. After
her husband, for his primes, had se
cured a home for life, his fair wife
was on the lookout for another ; and
although she considered herself a
great coquette, the young men were
not at all afraid - of this very coquet- .
tish but not dangerous young lady.
The fair Pamilta-was home on a. visit
and tried hard to captivate _Thomas
McFarlin, an Winker of her mother's.
There is certainly no accounting for
tastes, for he married Aunt Sally,
preferring her to the daughter, tho' -
twenty-five years younger- than his
bride. This trifling disparagement
was accounted forbyPamilla in this
business-like way :, " Everybody
knows that Thomas never married
mother for love ; it was for her
money." ' -
- When Aunt Sally died 'the house
and lot were sold, and it was found
that everything was coveied bymort
gages to more than three hundred
dollars, being its full value.
Poor Mr and . Mrs. Jones tried
hard to conciliate the people of N—,
bat the task was difficult. Mrs.
Thornton was always her friend, as,
indeed, were all the refined and culti
vated everywhere, and tried hard to '
assist the lovely creature to bring
order out of chaos. " Now, my love,
she said, after hearing Mrs. Stubbs'
remarks about her spankin new silk
dresses, "I think it would suit some
of the good people of N— if you
would dress more simply; we are a
plain class, my dear, and you must
make allowances for us."
Mrs. Jones thanked her kindly as
she turned away to conceal her tears.
" Now see," said Mrs. Thornton,
apologetically, her eyes filling also,
as she threw her' arms around her
neck and, kissed her wet cheek, "you
must not allow trifles to grieve you;
it will all be right in time- the better
class of are goo d and kind,
and . the others will be convinced by
and by."
" God bless you, Mrs. Thornton,"
she replied ; "you are a true friend,
arid if all the faults that, the good
people accuse me of are true, you
will find I . have at least one virtue--
grattiude."
After she had ' gone Mrs. Jones
buried her face in her hands and
burst into tears. She never reproach•:,
ed otheis so much as her own noble
self,--" the fault must be surely mine;
they would like me if they could, I
am sure. I(must be an awkward
blunderer, although I try to be good,
and'do a noble work in life, but it
seems my life in N— is to be'. a
failure." • •
Rind, unselfish human being, thus
her tortured heart accused itself. She
was so sensitive and loving; she want
ed to love 'them and win their love.
She was an orphan, just having lose
her surviving parent—her indulgent
father, whom she idolized ;, at her
a household pet, and there,
though all tried to spoil her, she had
come out 'of the fiery furnace un
scathed, With a heart pure and warm,
tender and_lovingf; although some
times a little grilck tempered, her
anger passed away as quickly .as it
came. "I will try to do right," she
said ; ," perhaps they will 'learn to,
endure Me for George's sake, for no,
one can help loving hits . will con.'
suit with sweet little: Mrs. Thornton ;I
she Must have bad difficulties to con
tend With, for she is . so superior to
me, and with my dear husband."
Determined to please, the , next
Sunday at church she dressed in the
plainest attire. This now annoyed
the good people, affecting them in a
different way. "Itis a reflection on
us to have our minister's wife dress
that way. It looks as if we did not
pay :salary enough to have her look.
decent," Said Mrs. Cheat to her him-,
band. '‘ She is a miser, and wanta
to get rich off of us', she has just got
money from her father's estate, and
if we could not afford to dress. her
there is money enough of her own to
do it with." -
"'Well, , Elizabeth," replied her
meek *band, never being known to
'differ with her,"" I reckon slug thinks,
with her big-bug airs, and - elegant
ideas, vie are such-common folks we
are not worth putting on * fine clothes
for." '
" Well, we'll teach her better, I
guess. The people of N— are not
so greekas they are green looking."
The summer ,passed, followed by
the autumn; then winter, severe and
icy. The parson and his wife were
happy in good works and the society
of Quell ;other. One evening he was
called mit after tea to see a sick wo
man. Airs... Jones sat in her little
tlrawing.roam the cheer.ful hearth
fire.
.The - figh. fell cheefily on the
pretty,White and crimson el.,rpet'artit
dark covered furniture,ftom man
ile and table, whilst a handsome
shepherd dog stretched , himself at
length upon the 'rug before the fire.
Choice flowers adorned the windoWs,
and a pet canary slumbered upon its
perch. • _
" What a night!" said Amy, as she
went to look out to see , if there was
any sign of ner husband coming. ,4
do wish Geoige was here." She went"
back again and seated herself, after
placing his dressing gowli upon the
back of a chair to get warm, and his
slippers upon the rug: She listened;
the chick in the hall struck ten.
"Wilt he never come? and he with
such a cold!" D#ar George! If there
ever was a good man, ho is one."
Just then the dog sprang-4i with
a lyark. Solite one had opened the
garden gate and opened the door of
the hall. She flew to meet 4lui ; she
felt him tremble as he supported her.
" George," Said she, anxiously,
" what hits happened ?" -
Poor lira. Harvey has, gone
hOme, my love...gone to her 'sternal
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home! . : Yon must go to see her fam
ily." 'f , . .
- "lndee dl will I Let me See, how
many; children has she left Y" , '
" Four girls and a boy. Poor. Wil
lie •is the youngest ; a bright little
fellow, Wit too young to be of any
assistance. yet; then Sallie, the eld
i widow with two little, girls to sFtort;_ - But they'. all live together,
and have carefully and kindly attend
ed to and maintained.themselves and
their invalid mother, earning 'allying
by the needle, maintaining a thor
ough respectability and untarnished
reputation amidst all their privations
and Sufferings. - Their mother was a
1121 y woman, patient and kind,,,who
h seen better days, and, -in her
hband's time, was surrounded with
e ery comfort." ,
" Dear, unselfish, human being."'
eits
claimed ' Amy with feeling, " I
trust she has berm taken to, a. better
land than this." .
"There is no doubt of it, my love,"
replied her husband 4 ' • .
" How comfortabli it lobks, wife,
in this pretty hall 11 isaid he, looking
proudly around. IZ was neither nar
row nor long—resembling more a
ismall room ; the floor was covered
with a white and grey oil cloth in a
diamond pattern, a large, old-fash
ioned eight-day clock stood in the
back corner—a relic from. Amy's
home—whose loud striking could be
plainly, heard - throughout the entire
house.
" Yes, it is comfortable and cheer
tul_ loOking• here," replied Amy,
Witshing with pleasure at his compli
ment, as she
,assisted him to-remove
his great. coal. If the hall was invit
ing, more •so was the pretty little
square parlor, inside of which the
cheerful wood-fire crackled and blazed
upon the hearth, whilst the brass ten
der fairly glittered in lamp and fire
light. A few choice books adorned
the crimson covered centre table,
where Amy's work basket stood tilled
with gaily covered zephyrs, for she
never allowed herself to be idle, and
was now busily employed in some
delicate- fancy work for the village
fair. •
" You see, Georffe, I mended the
socks firat," said she, pointing to a
pile of h i neatly mended hose upon
the, table, " the useful before the or
namental, you percei%e."
Ile laughed as he seated himself in
a great crimson arm-chair, which she
had placed for him, placing hie slip-
pered feet, uyithi the fender. The
dog jumped around him fin a few
minutes, then stretched hiniself again
before the fender. 'Ainy, with het
soft black cashmere dress; carefully
fitting her figure, with a snowy frill
ornamenting her neck, whilst a crim
son bow was pinned at her , throat,
corresponding with, a similar one in
her. hair, looked lovely, sol at least
the pastor thought as he watched
her quiet and graceful movements,
as she walked through the room.
don't know which was most
pleased to see you, Leo or I," said
she, bending over the back of his
chair and kissing him.
1 " Amy," said , be, fondly, "how
happy you make mei our home. is a
Miniature Eden. I often wonder at
my good fortune in getting you."
." I married you out of ,pure com
passion," sue replied, laughing mis
chievously, "for of coarse no one
else' wanted you." '
"And,"' he replied, laughing also,
." that was my case, too. , But seri
ously,", he continued, "you know ,
,what rivals I had, and at one time
,you were engaged to Charley Lee,
besides yOur other admirers, Frank
'Ellegood and Harry Levering."'
" And relinquishe.d them all," she
replied, "for Parson Jones ,
l ir poor,
brother Jones, as 11Irs. Stub s says."'
" George," said his wife, changing '
the conversatiof4 "I think , if people
under4tood the real secret of happi
ness, and would make home life - more
attractive, there would be less wick
edness in the world. Wives are often
to blame ; a- man often finds so-little
comfort in his home. Sisters, too,
are at fault. I have visited young
ladies whose brother's 'comfort was
nothing to them. Just' be(ore I mar
ried I spent an evening, with - Fannie
Green; her brother came' in ,and
asked her to play for him on the
piano. ' I don't want to!'. she said.
He coaxed and persuaded in vain.
Presently a gentleman! friend caw
in, making the same request; she
complied at once with great sweet
ness."
The clock in the hall struck eleven.
" I had no idea it was so late,", said
the parson.
Just then the village bells rang
loudly upon the air, and noisy foot
steps were heard over the -frosty
roads. The parson went quickly and
•
opeped the hall door. The words:
"_Fire tire!" rang out upon the mis
ty eight air. -Looking toward the
village they beheld great volumes of
fire issuing from the largest` (tic:tory
of the place. "I mustigo:mygie l
said he, hurrying .oti: his overeoat,
And his wife, with her husband'i
consent, followed, 'Oceompanied by
Margery, the servant. .
When , they arrived the windows
had ~ falleif ; the flames shot. out
:through them like- fiery serpents,
- kissing and cracking as they leaped
upward into fantastic shapes, then
lost themselves in smoke. The build
ing stood like a great furnace 'with
its mass of heated masonry. The
scene was grand ond terrible.; the
.night was intensely dark, butelighted
byithe flames. They were efideavor
mg to remove,the machinery, and as_
they did so a portion of the building
fell in. The shrieks of the - women
and the groans of the Men were fear
ful ; the excitement was intense.' The
papon risked his life to extricate the
men from the burning mass. No
lives were bolt, but a number of per
sons were injured, among their five
single men, boarders of Mrs. Cheat's.
Amy • sought her husband, and
said, "My dear; why nooend them
to our house; I am afraid' they-will
pot get the 'proper,- attention else-
There." • "
"Are you equal to the task, my
love ?"
• "Certainly."
Very well then ; it shalt be u
you ea y." -
"I will go and prepare for them:"
ESE
Misr she went followed by her
faithftd Margery. The house was
ready in a short time, beds were re
made, rooms lighte d, fires made.
The great greasy, bleeding men were
placettupon her snowy couches; but
she murmured notonly too anxious
to relieve suffering 'humanity. All
night she and her husband, and the
good Dr.' Linwood waited and tend
ed the suffering creatures. 1 .
The building was partially de
stroyed, but much-of the machinery
was saved. The_people from the fire
were all entertained with an abun
dant breakfast at Mr. and Mrs.
Thornton's. _ _
The next day groups of men in
their shabby working clothes visited
the ruins, standing listlessly viewing
the scene, as it in their almost penni
lesis_cotidition -they were helpless to
act. "We must do our best for
them, gentlemen!" said Mr. Jones to
Mr. Thornton and Bennett, the' pro
prietor. Every ettort was made to
obtain employtunt until the building
could
.be rebuilt. In the meantime,
Amy and Mrs. Thornton were iibt
idle. Ainy organized a sewing !moi
ety in which a good price was paid
for all who assisted. In order to do
this she visited the city: of P—and
obtained the work of several large
establishments, superintending the
cutting out herself, for the poor we'.
men were mostly inexperienced, then
taking' the made articles herself to
the city, receiving the pay, and di
viding it fairly to all as their
labor merited. She also, gave her
entire' income to the poor, always
advising carefully 'with her,husband,
and carefully relying upon his ju dg.
med.
When Mr. and Mrs; Jones' time at
N,"— was ended and according to the
rules of the Methodist .Conerenee
they were to be sent elsewhere, the
p9ple of N— had become so at•
tached to him and his- lovely wife,
that they sent in a petition to that
body to have their time extended,
and when at last they were really
obliged to go elsewhere they parted
with „them . tifjth the greatest reluc
tance. i3iitWrs. Cheat, in • her own
heart was jealous ( of Amy, but
was afraid to express herself so on
account. of that lady's popularity,
consequently was forced to keep her
thoughts to _herself r and Mrs. Stubbs
also, although she: would whisper
very softly to her daughter Sophia
for fear of being 'overheard, My
opinion of her is not.changed . and if
she deceives . others, she don't me:
Poor brotker Jones."—Norristown .
Herald. .
The Lime Kiln Club.
At midnight last night," said the
old man in a solemn voice as he look
ed! up and dOwn the aisles,." - at mid
night last night de speerit of Brud
der Charles Cliinax Ooshport, a local
member of dis club, passed from
y'arth to de unknown. Only a week ,
ago he sat in .dis hall, to-night he am
dressed for de grave, What ackshun
will de club take ?"
"I %pose, sab," said (Bev. Pen
stock as he rose up, "dat it am in
order to present resolushuns to de
effect dat he was a man of de highest
integrity, liberal-hearted, high-mind
ed, and dat his loss am a sad llo* to
de hull city."
• "Yes, such a resolushun am in or
der, Brudder Penstoet, can you re
member dat you ever took Brudder .
Goshport, by de band an' gin him
one world of hard praise for his hard
work/an' honest ways?" •
" remember dat, I ever
did; aah ?"
"'Am dar a person in dis hall who
kin remember dat he ever put hisself
out to favor Brudder 'Goshport?"
Not-a man answered.
"Kin any of you . remeinber dat
you took any partiekeler interesi_ in
how-he got along ?"
Not a word was heayd in reply.
"To be a little plainer," continued
the President, "am dar one single
pusson.in.dis hall who ever felt five
cents worth of ianxiety for Brudder
Goshport's worldly or spiritual wel
fare ?"
The hail. was so quiet that the
sound of Eider Toots rubbing' his
back on the sharp edge of a
.window
casing gave every body a start.
" Not a man -in dis hull 'Club—not,
a man in dis hull city, so, far as we
know, ever - put hisself out to do a fa
vor for or speak a word in praise of
our lamented brudder, and yet we
have de cheek to talk of a resolushnn
settin' forth. his emariy vartues and
our heartfelt sorrow.. No, sir-1 We
doan' pass no sich bisness beak! I
should be ashamed to look his wid
der in de face, if we did. It am de
way, of de' world to let men alone'jist
when,a leetle help Would give 'em a
bioad and easy irdad. We_ h'ar of
di4 man of datufs.n liavin' de grati
tude-of de people, but we iloan 4 , h'ar
or it until he am dead. When a man
ha:s gone from y'arth de papers and
`de public suddenly diskiver how hon.
est.he was„what a big . heart he had,
how much he was always loin', an'
what .a loss to de world his - death
will prove.
"Deotime to rain a man is When
he am beside Ifs. Praise hurts
nobody, but many te good man has
grown weary for de want of apireci
ashun. Here am seventyFtwo of us
in dis hall to-night, an' ,we have to
own up dat not one of us eller went
outer, our way to prove to our brud
der dat his gentle ways, his Nur'
dealin' an' upright life war' any mo'
'predated by us dan,as he had bin a
hoss-thiefl An' to pus a .resolu
shun'would be to brand ourselves
-hypocrites. Let 'no man dare offer
•
one."
f, SENATOR ALFRED. PERKINS, has
kept. out of the newspapers in this coal
try, but a French journalist indentified
him on his arriial in Paris." "This Yan
kee," says INgaril, "is celebrated on ac
count of a duel which ho bad some years
back with an Indian chief, also a Senator,
whose feelings ho had 'minded. The
arms chosen were unusual, being two bar
rels of dynamite, on which the two adver
saries were placed, . and to which two
slow matches of equal length were at
tached. These were set on fire by the
seconds.. Ten minutes after the Indian
fienatorwas blown into the air, and then
Mr.. Perkins was immediate) y eleitrzi
from his perilous position by the
who,deedated the alms of hotormtisi=W
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A Temperance . Story,'
Governor St: John L relates -in one
of his , speeches the followiq inci
dent :
"A. poor womci with a baby in
ber‘arms came to me with a petition
for'the pardon of her husband, who
was sentenced to ten years in - the
penitentiary for homicile. After
examining her papers, he said to the
woman : lam bound by my offic
ial 'duty, and must not consider my
personal feelings.' The poor woman
standing, with the child in her arms,
made the following plea : • "Hear
me, I will tell you the - true story
We were 'married seven years ago.
My husband was sober, industrious
and thrifty. By great exertions and
self-denial we finally got our home
paid for, and were happy and pros
perous. In an evil . hour the State
ficensid a saloon between our happy
home' and his Workshop. lie was
,solicited to enter the saloon and
weakly yielded.. , , Hour after hour he
spent - there playing cards. One day
he became embroiled in a drunken
quarrel, and,'fired by drink, struck a
man and 'killed him. He was tried
and sent to the peniteptiary for ten
years. I - had nothing to - live on ;
and by and bye the Sheriff turned us
out of our comfortable horde into a
rough shanty, neither lathed nor
plastered,' The cold wind came in
through the walls and ceiling. My
oldest :boy took sick and died. Then
little Tommy, my next, fell sick and
died. Now this babe in my arms is
sick, and I have nowhere to take it.
The State. licensed the saloon;.the
murder my children ; and now, in
`God's - naine, I want you ito set my
husband free.'
"I said I would, and I ditV"
" If I Only Had Capital:"
" If I Only had capital," we heard
a young man say, as lie puffed away
at a' ten•cent cigar, "I would do
something." • '
" If I only had/ capital," said an
other, as lie walked away from a
dram-shop Where he had paid ten
dents for a drink, " I would go into
business."
The same remark might have been
heard from the young man loafing
on the street corne r . Young man
with the cigar, y u arc , Smokinc ,
away your capital. You from the
dram-shop are drinking away yours
and destroying your body at :the
same time; and you upon the Street
corner are - wasting youts - in idleness,
and forming - bad habits. Dimes
makes dollars. Time is money.
Don't wait' for a fortune to begin
with. if you had $lO,OOO a year,
and spent it all, you would be poor_
Still. Our men of power and influ
ence did . not Aid with fortunes.
You, too, can make;your mark if you
will. But you must stop spending
your.money for what you don't need,
and squandering your time 'in idle
ness. -
. About Five Young Men.
In the darkest year of the war, five
•oung men were sworn in as newly
elected representatives in the Thiity
eighth Congress. James A. Garfield
was 32 years of age, and born in
Cuyahoga county, Ohio; James G.
Blaine was 33, and born in Pennsyl
vania; Wm. B.' Allison was allound
born in Perry; Ohio; James F. Wil
son-was 35, and born in' Newark,
Ohio, and Wm. Windom was 36, and
born in Belmont,„ Ohio. Mr. Win
dom alone had served before ; all the
others then entered Congress for
the first time. Four were born in.
Ohio, though the five then represent
ed four different States. They came
to know each other *ell. The fierce
struggle of civil' war, the glories of
victory, the anxieties and doubts of
reconstruction,lthey shared, together.
To-day,the youngest of the five is
President. The next in years, his
former Speaker, becomes Secretary
of State. The oldest in years and
service becomes - his Becietary Of the
Treasury, because the third in years
declined. And the 'fifth Member cif
this group, Mr. Wilson, of lowa, will
probably take the seat in the Senate
vacated by : lowa's` War Governor,
Kirkwood, 'who becomes President
Garfielsrei Secretary of the Interior.
With two in the Senate, two in the
Caliinet,• and one in the White
House, the little party of five young
men of 1863 will have some part in
the' gOvernment.--N. Y Public.
Out-Door Air anttExercise.
The surest of . 411 natural prophyi
Tactics' is active exercise in the open
air. Air is a part of our daily food
and by far the most important part.
A man can live] on seven meals a
week-and survi4e the warmest sum
mer day wittlseven draughts of fresh
water; but his supply of gaseous
nourishment has to be renewed at
least fourteen thousand times in the
twenty-four hours. Every breath
we draw is n draught of fresh oxygen,
every emiss", n of breath is an evac
uation of ga ous recrements. The
purity 6f o u t blood depends chie fl y
l e
on the • purity of the air we breathe,
for in the labratory of the lungs the
atmospheric air is
.brought into con
tact at •eget respiration with the
fluids of theivenous and arterial sys-..
tems, which absorb it and circulate
it through the whole body; in other
words, if a man brenthes-the vitiated
atmosphere of • a factory all day and
of . a close bedroom all night, his life
blood is tainted fourteen thousand
times in the course of the twenty-four
ho - urs with foul Vapors dust, and
noxious exhalations. Wei need not
wonder, then, that ' ill-ventilated
dwellings' aggravate the evils of so
many diseases, nor that pure air
should be almost a panacea..._
Out-door life is both a remedy and
a preventive of all known disorders
of the respiratory organs; consump
tion, in all fiat the last stage of the
de/Iran ni,cin be conquered by trans
ferrtng the;bittle ground from the
sickroom to the wilderness of the
next mountain range.
, As honest tradesman hung out the
motta -one day "Ness conseia reeti."' His
rival in business, not to be out done, hung
out the-next moping the sign "Men%
and women's coapsia radii."
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PLAYER. -
itY MILS. uwsrxart. vaxcoox.
Player, play that olden banr,
- That sets the merry:faces
' • . Back in the happy places,
Back in that golden June. •
Player, send those bilthesomiFfeet
• Down thrti the Meadows reaming,
• Datum thrd the tender gloaming,
"Vitt In the woodlands sweet.
Play er,.play just aoft and Might, .
Like annimer man unclotws
In the tweet month of roses;
';,lust tender, pure and bright.
• Player, now try each fond tone,
Wooing the very rarest ; -
Ideyes Um shyest, fairest,
Brown ones arsquestlontng down.
s • •
player, now just touch the chords
Your tenderest and sweetest,
. ' * For love—When love completett
Is never set to words.
Player to thine art be leal,
Such trays await thy winning
Just paint those fair eyes shining
"Thine ever—woe on
Player, now ring joyous peals;
Carotid to suit thy timing
Into the tender chiming
Of merry wedding bells. . •
Intyer, now the funeral keys : • •
Low are the mourners weeping;
Brown eyes and fair are sleeping,
Under the lone Yew-trees.
Party Prim . aries Regulated by
Law.
One • of the most important laws
passed by the late Legislature., is the
act to prevent • bribery and- fraud at
nominating elections, approved by;
Governor Hoyt on the Bth instant.
The following is the law in full :
- An act to, prevent bribery and fraud
at nominating conventions, return
ing boards, county or executive com
mittees and at •election of delegates
to nominating ennventions, in the
several counties in _this _ Common
wealth..
SECTION L Be it enacted, etc.; That
hereafter if a candidate for any-office
within this Commonwealth shall di
rectly or indirectly give, - (der or
promise to give, or procure any other
person, to give, otter or promise to
give to any elector any
_gift or re - - -
ward, in money, goods or other Vito
able thing, or any security for the
payment or the delivery of money,
goods or other valuable thing, or any
office, emolument or employment on
condition expressed or implied -that
such elector shall cast, give, retain or
withold his vote or-,use his influence
at a nominating election or delegate
election; or cast, give or substitut
another to cast or give his vote or use
his influence at a nominating conven
tion for or against the nomination of
any particular candidate for nomina
tion so as to. procure such person to
be voted for at any election to take
place, the person so hiring, procur
ing, influencing, abetting, endeavor
ing or offering either directly or in,
directly through others`, their aiders
or abbettors .to procure the person to
be, voted fur by such electors, shall
be 'sentenced to pay a fine not ex
ceeding three hundred dollars and
be imprisoned for a period not
ceeding three months.
Sac. 2. If any elector authorized
to vote at any public 'election after
wards to take place within this Com•
monwealth, fora any _office shall, di
rectly o a r indirectly, accept or receive
from any person desiring to be-nomi
nated as a candidate forotlice, or
. from
the friends of any such person, any
gift or reward in money, goods or
other valuable thing, or• any office, or
employment under an agreement of
protnise, expressed or implied, that
suchi elector shall give or withold his
vote tor the nomination of such a
person as a candidate for onice at
'such election, or 'shall Recent; or re
ceive the promise of any person that
he shall thereafter receive any gift or
reward 4n money, goods; position or
other valuable thing if he will vote
for the nomination of such a person
as a candidate for otlice, and shall
thereafter vote for the nomination of
snch person,,he shill be guilty__ of a
misdemeanor, - and, on conviCtion,
shall pay'a fine) not *eiceeding-three
hundred 'dollars and be imprisoned
for a term of ,time not exceeding
three months. - •
SEc.-3, If any elector shall direct
ly or indirectly offer t 4 give his vote
or influence at any nominating elec
tion, delegate election-or nominating
convention to any person desiring to
be nominated as a candidate for
Office, or to the friends of any such
person, in consideration that fur such
vote or influence he is to receive any
gift or reward in money, goods or
other valuable thing, or any office or
employment, be shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall
pay . a flue not exceeding three hun
dred dollars and, undergo a period of
imprisonment not: exceeding three .
months.
Sec.. 4. If any person not qualified
to-vote at _a ',general election shall
vote at a nominating election held
by , any political party, or if any per
son shall ,_procure, advise or ?Worse
such disqUalified person to so vote, -
or if any person shall vote at more
than one election district or other
wise vote more than once on the same
day for the nomination of a candi
date, or shall fraudulently vote more
than one ticket for the ame candi
date at the same time, of if any per
shall advise or procure another so to
do,
he or they shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on,conviction shall
be fined not exceeding the sum of
two hundred dollars And imprisoned
for a term -of timei not exceeding
threemonths.
Sze. 5. In alicases where a person'
is elected or chosen, or shall act as a
delegate to the convention to make
nominations for offices, and shall re
ceive, accept or solicit any bribe in
money, goods or other tiling of value,
or any cake or positionos,.- an in
ducement to make or join Lin ally.
nomination for any person to be
voted for as: an---officer'or candidate
for office, or shall, in, like_ manner and
for like reason, agree to abstain from
voting for any particular person, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on
conviction, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more thin one hundred
dollars and be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding three months.
. Sic. 8. Any person,elected, chosen
or acting as a member of the county
or executive committee of any pally, "
or as a judge of s return boxed to=
count up and cut the votes Oiled
at . iFimary election, held to make
nounnatione for office, or any person
appointed a clerk of such returning
board, who shall directly or indirect
ly accept, receive .or solicit money,
office, appointment, employment,
stimonial, • reward or any --other
thing of value, or the promise of all
or either of them to influence his
vote or action in the discharge, per
formance-or non-perfOrmance of any
act, duty or obligation pertaining to
such office shall be guilty of a mill
demeanor, and on conviction there
of shall be sentenced, to pay a line of
not more than one hundred' dollars
and to Li imprisoned for .a time not
exceeding three months.
Any person or persons who 'shall.
directly or Indirectly by offer or
promise of money, office, appoint
ment, employment, testimonial, re
ward or other, thing of value, or who
shall by threats or intimidation-en
deavor to influence a member of a
county or executive committee of
any party, a judge or clerk—any
returning board- in the discharge,
- performance or non-performance of
any act, duty or obligation pertain
ing to such office shall be guilty of
- a, misdemeanor and on conviction
thereof shall b e , sentenced to pay, a
fine of two hundred dollars and to
undergo an imprisonment bot ex
ceediog six months.-
Approved the Bth day of June,
1881.
IlEsgY 31. HOYT
Bread Cast upon the Waters.
They tell on the,street of a hand
snme fortune that {has fallen to Mr.
W. H. Augur, ;nil the story goes
that while in the :Limy he met three
Virginia ladies .who were in get/at
distress . for lack of money, and he
gave them $lOO. They bad been.
very wealthy, but found themselves
in money- difficulties. The money
was afterward returned, but they
kept up a correspondence until three
years ago, =when the last of three
sisters died, - leaving a will that their-
property was to be kept in trust for
certain missing heirs for' a certain
term Of years, and that at the expi
ration of that time it Was- to go to :
Mr. Augur. The tame hai now ex- ,
pired, and it -that Mr. Augur
finds ~ h lmserf in possession of the
handsome %um:of-1100,000, and that
he goes South to.,take possession of
it in a few daYs:: Meanwhile he,has
bought the; large lot on the corner of
Maple and West Main streets, and
has ,contracted with A. D. Cook for ,
the foundation to a house, and with
C. L. Little for the house itself, the
whole to cost about $lO,OOO. The
plans for the house were 'drawn by a
New Haven architect, and work on
the foundation is to begin immtdi-'
ately.-31ii.riden Republican.
An Ornithological Puzzle
The names cif,thirty birds are con
tained in the following and it will
take a moderate' knowledge of or
nithology to enable ti,e student to
place them on paper in as many min
utes : " The western sky wr s robing.
itself in sunset hues, - which shot
Ming over the -tree-tops, wbn a
singUlar kind * of . accident happened
in Itavenna, - N.IT.. A bowl that Miss
Dorothy Jay - had with her_On a pic
nic was .broken by one of the twp
boys' wandering around with kites.
and guns. Such awkwardness in
the garcon," Dorothy learnedly said.
The boysin wrath rushed through
the ; wood, cocking - their guns. The
dog - , Snip, 'escaped lately from the
Merrimac, awakening roused the
echoes by„ his bark, leaped over a
brook and followed the trail. " Es
cape with ,your lift', do,. Oorothy,"
cried Jr. Jack Dawson. -Miss Dor
othy simply said." Chaff." Inch by
inch the boys crept. nearer,:shonting
" Whoop', - o,"exactly like - mad
- So wary, - however; was Miss.
Dorothy that the boys in a pet relin- -
quished. their design. and contented
tiOmselves with • stealing a Mint ,
elisp, arrow shaped and of fine work;;
manship."
Thoughtful Thoughts.
MEN are never so easily deceived as
when they are plotting to deceiVe each
other, .•
Titz world is made up of appearances;
so that things seem right no matter what
they are.
.11F: not'given to change, bat change
fearlessly, if .an enlightened conscience
demands it. - •
To reason with folly, self-will, appetite,
or, passion, is often as fruitless as to bat
tle with the winds.
PAY a descent respect to the opinions
Of the world ; hut' despise and reject its
false cons entinintlism.
To marry a man without wealth is ono
thing ; to marry wealth without a man, is
quite another.
. A wise man's hem t is at the right side,
but a fool's at the left. That is to say,
wise people are very scarce.
IT is a sad thing when .a man has ei
ther a reputation beyond his merit or au
ambition beyond his ability. .
TIIE truly illustrious are they who do
not court the 'praise of the' wotld, but
perform the actions which deserve it.
•
iFi t owEng arc the banners of the veget.
able world, which march in various and
splendid triumph before the coming of its
fruits.'
MANY women s4eritice health, wealth,l
beauty, - honur, integrity, virtue, happi
ness, and oven life itself at the shrine of
fashion.
DREAMS may SerVO as monitors, by iu
(Heating -our preSent moral state • but
must not be reliecE..- upon •as
.foreshdow
ing.future events,
Fun, Fact and Facetia.
NEW York shop,girls carry books With
them to and from their places of business,
to give pedestrians the idei that they are
school-girls;
but the trick deceives no
one. They behave too*well. •
A Wall street operator,- sympathizing
with au associate who had got a particle
of dust in his-eye, laugbily recommetideit
Colonel Seller's Eye Wash, with millions
in it. No: thank you, said the afflicted
man with emotion, one "spec "-is enough
noW."
"Do you want to. kill -tho child ?" ex
claimed a gentleman as he saw a 'boy tip
the baby out of its carriage on the
" No, riot quite,"_replied the boy ; fi but
if I can -get him- to bawl lotid enough
mother will take care of him while I- go
and wade in the ditch with Johnny' Bra
cer."
DURINO a celebrated - trial in goston
-years ago, in which Jeremiah 34son, a
brilliant legalist, was counsel, his client
remarked! .to him one morning at ".tho
opening, of the court that he had bad a
vision, in which the angel Gabriel had ap
peared and given him.important informa,:.
tion. "Servo a ›subpama upon him at
once :". exclaimed Mason. :
• - .
HE' Norwich Duilefin Bays: "A
French family- with twenty-one children
arrived in a neighboring mill village from
Canada, recently. The next day the
father presented imself to -the enperin
tenctent, and addressed him thus: "I
wants to put the woman and children in
se wills to work. It they suits, by gar,
den I Hafer se rest of se familia."
CI