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And ids weary eyelids weleoreethe Illgbeet:,4lle
sec , ' —Blainea.Moctich."
From that death-haunte4 chamber they . issleninly
• bore _ ' • • . '
To die in .their arms It might , bet
But strong-winged angels fleurseairird herotti
To move the great heart at tor*Ore .
him.•
'louse, nourish and rest* him;- breathe' thio , YIIIM
and Wei hint, -* .
-The blood-thrlUlnkhalts Uttho sea— -
The life-giving breath and the, stiongth of the
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towANDL, PA.
Stern Science grew motherly ', thoughtful Mid ten
, der,
As his own loving mother might be
And day and nightpundered how best she ebuld
sender
Assistance, rohonght merely human would . Mader
The brave heart to that body so pallid and slender
From sounding its thaiks to the tea—
From trilling Its drmn-beals of Joy by the sea.
The face of young Autumn was flushed as with le
rer.
And erhuson as simmer's might be
And her tench was so scorching they sdarce 'could
believe Lcr
Sweet atitumn.to l 4; yet she was no deceiver— -
Our burden of sorrow seemed greatly to grieve
her,
And she raved falba run to the sea;
But at sunset she atulked—the 'lair_ bride of the
That day through fair autumn's delusion he dal
lies
With dreams of a blessing to be
Though nature is drooping, the Fresh - lent rallies,
And they run at rapider rate through the valleys,
And the good engine glides down the hill-tops and
sallies
Forth of:woodlands, fast nearing the sea,.
Till '• his w:il2y eyes welcome the sight of the
sea."
Yet smoothly and tenderly tnlther.they bore him;
To ale was not heaven's decree,
For the swlft-Wlved,angels flew seaward before
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lain, _
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And btirred the great heart of the deep .to restore
him, , . .
Nurse,nourisb and rest him, lima al . through him
and tqr hlm . -
The life-ghlug breath of the sea.
And lie gains: by the graceof our God an l Ills
sea —D. N. df ze.
Wilkei,-Barre, 'September 9, ISBI.
The Last - Resting-Place of the
Author of the Great Proviso.
BENJ. l'ik-serc
RecollectionPG of his Active Life—The
Truth 4Ahout. his Proviso How
Grtin First .Went to' Congress—
Wi'Mot as n Lawyer, Judge
And Statesman. . •
May 1, '79
From a Staff Correspondent of The Press
TOWANDA, Pa., September •
a People too often read" the inscrip
tions upon tombstones without
genius know
in aught of the of those who
Sleep beneath them." The first news . -
paper writer of Cliffs vountry made
this remark to me recently when' full,
of wine -a-t He made the harsh
ratectipic upon mankind .becatise of
their lack of historical - knowledge or
their forgetfulness—perhaps kith. I
am almost ready to believe it- just,
however} fora few clays after it was
made it"." : took a whole day in one of
the principal cities of Connecticut to
find a- _man who even remembered
James Dixon, one of the most emi
nent-men the Nutmeg State ever sent
to Congress. It took another drti iu
the - city where U,e lived to find . one
able to eve information of . the family
he left behind. , To be sure, the fain.;
ily has been - scattered. Only one
daughter, I believe, remains topre
side over the. old' household at Ilitrt
ford. The two ions never even at
tained local distinction. One became
a line Meer in the army and, the
other died from drink not long after
his father's death. James. Dixon
served two terms in the Senate and
wrote,much of Connecticut'S politi
-cal histoiy during the trying days of
war, and yet, little more than a de
cade after his death, it.takesta hunt
to find a man who remembers him or
his deeds; Thousands of* citizens of
h;s own State look upon his simple
monument, - at .this short distance
from his death, without even know
ing whose remains it , marks, and
much leSs.of the qualities of the - man
who sleeps beneath it._ did, not,
however, intend to write of Mr. Dix
on, but, recalling thesying of
friend, these refleotionsTruituraTly
fal
lowed, not more, however, from my
visit to Connecticut than from - 4 - n in-
cident which followed my opening
the skeleton-closet of the, past in this
little - town of to-day. _
A visit to the coimtty traversed
by the Lehigh Valley 'Railroad is
always a pleasant one, because there
is such a variety of scene and inci
dent as to relieve the tedium of trav
el, even in the'hot, sultry weather of
the- past - week. In this great State
of iron, coil', oil, attractive scenery,
and matchless agriculture, there are
no more beautiful spots than can be
found in the northern tier of counties
skirting the New York line. Comin,9, -
down from . Elmira a'day or two since,
I could not but remark the similarity
of Northern Pennsylvania to West
ern New York, ,The country and the
people are intich alike,
"and yet you
can .almost separate tlle.two as soon.
as the 'imaginary line 'is. crossed.
Athens, in Bradford County, is the
first place of note" and is not more
than three miles from the New York
line. It
,is ' , a- queer little place,' Situ
ted- 'upon. -a. narrow .peninsula be
tween the Susquehanna and the Che
mung Rivers, For nearly two miles
the town straggles over a narrow
strip of- fertile .land, which reminds
one of a tongue of sand which divid
ed the two streams : when making a
greedy lap .for water. This 'queer
neck of land upon which the . village
is built is - guarded on either side by
beautiful ranges of fertile hills almost,
large enough to be dignified as moun
tains. The country; whether hill or
vale, is rich in its garb of tiinber;, or
in its cultivation, and the - scenery is
marvelous. The road beyond Athens
toward the point from which 1 wife
runs nulr the bank of the ChemUng
River and cuts through the gap in
the hills a shOrt distance below Ath
ens. Passing over - this charming
spot in an - easy - going train the other
evening in the very mist of the t
light the seen° was exceedingly
pleasing. The great elms and maples
that stood in regular rows on either
Side of the river mirrored their beau•
tiful briktithiA Niogg Lim Vie
PAM94I' elitist ICHAVIrei
Feb 27, '79
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GOD AND THE SEA.
DAVID WILMOT.
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perched aiiiCiesseenied: to 4011 e
sweetly- hai.V. mall!
trying; to MOO
the.ieene mOie_pee4a picnic party
a 41,410 . 40 - 0;-
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_Coffee; by a temtifire,:eli#ad
tbeir.:.-Overiing meal opoot4ogrOW
award and _sang - iciYo*songs while
Sitting npthf.the
. I:?ank watching the .
orb of the ' nigit ae . it iimi.4efleeted
in - the beautiful' water; rerhipe-they
Wondered if the .Man .. iii.;the moon
was. looking.at and s.ediniritig 'theft,
pretty . faces. and . :_ltieeoming white
dresses.. The 'atmosphere was hot,
almost torrid, andi- yet the - Whole
scene was refreshing, and the swirig
ing hammock with its brace of happy
girls : kept time to the.sweet songs, -
in which all joined, while on the easi
.est g rade, I hope, to a happy , future.
Beore the impress of the beauties
about the place just paSsed had friled
the traindashed. on over a plea. It
country -and .stopped at a station
close under the frowning front. of a
bluff mountain. The Susquehanna.
sluggishly tumbles over the stones
between
~ , the statiqn and the mom- -
tain. The conductor shouts, "To=
wanda," and we fall out.
This is the county seat of . one of
the best counties of Northern Penn
sylvania, but it takes - a ride of a mile ,
or so to bring you to the pretty little
town, which cannot be seen from the
railroad. This 'place in the moun
tains is full of interesting history,
but much of it must be read from the
tombstones of the - men who sleep in
the, village graVe-yard. Those who
are yet living have most of their his
tory yet to makel Judge Mercur of
the Supreme• Court lives here, and so
does Senator W. T. Davies,i who has
for the - past year made a strong mark
upon State polities. It is not of the
living but of the. dead that I would
now write. Being after the language
of another world, I sought a grave
yard.
WIL3IOT . S RESTING PLACE
Nearly upon, the outskir s of the
town, 'almost .under the shadow of
-the frciwning4nopritain•which stands
great 'Satinet over this charm
ing inland I,,tOwn, and down near
enough to the 7Stisquehanna. to hear
the Tippling of the waves, I fOund
the. principal burying-place of the .
town. It is anything but a preten
lions city of the . dead. It is quite
iinkept,. and the straggling forest
trees as well. as shrubbery of the
place do not•strike. one as a fitting
companion, of the tidy, well-kept
town from which " the silent. city
gathered. The old hoard-fence which
surrounds it is broken inrmany
places, and the gate through which I
passed was not - only.off iss hinges .
but flat Orin the ground. 1 . -wandered
over .the quiet, dikliidatcd home of
the dead until I car zi upon one plain
marble Slab hich a acted my at
tention. - It bore the inscription :
This grave-stone called to mind
the saying, above quoted, of the dis;
tinguished journalist. Underneath
the• above-quoted words, in -small
script, - was the following :
'Neither Rlavery nor involuntary servltOdo *ball
exist In any part of-said Territory, except fur
clime, whereof the patty ahall first' be duly con
victed.
- It is only thirteen yearS since — the
man died above whose „remains .e
stone arises upon which are carved.
these words,. and yet, hOw many of
this immediate attnosphef i e are. here
to-day who remember wiM or • what
he was or what the meaning of that
'disconnected sentence is which is cut
upon, the grave-stone as his epitaph ?
David-Wilmot was a character ; a
strong, powerful firice in starting ,
and puShing the 'agitation which
finally destroyed the old Democratic
party i and created the Republican.
Re ..-was not an A bolittonist.. Many:
filen Ahere are who can claim an
hostility to slavery than Mr._
Wilmot, but none_ever had a larger
hand -in starting the - contest which
finally ;resulted in its abolition. Mr..
Wilmei`, never claimed a place along
side of Wendell Phillips, Marlow
Weed; Williamr Lloyd . Garrison, or
'Horne° Greeley, for be fought slav
ery a longtime within the Democratic
party andi hoped to maintain hisp-o
sition and influence:in that. organiza !
Sion while - making the battle. He
oon found that his timber was too
knotty to work, but not to split, and
he put : in his wedge and began the
effort, 'which was successful. In
many respects this rugged Pennsyl-,
vanian was a remarkabl man. Early
in life, soon after coming to the bar,
he developed great strength with the
people. He had a fine voice, a good
presence, -. .and an eloquent tongue.
He was never a. great lawyer except
before a jury, and relied upon his
latent resources at the moment to
make-up foihts indc hence and dislike
of-study. He, therefore, soon devel
oped into a politician, and was elect
ed to Congress by -the Democrats.
During his second - term he introduced
as an .amendment to the bill perinit
ling the extension of slaV,ery into
the Territories the few - words above
quoted,•whichare 'marked
that
his
tombstone, and from that day till
this hai, e been kno.vnin the history
of the bounty as "1 Wilmot Pro
viso.!' - It was the wedge which split
the Democratic party upon thehlav
ery question. In a pro.slavery Con
gress suclian amendment found - no
favor awl was not seriously consiil
ered.- Even at his. own home the
Democrats made a bold assault upon
,him and undertook to:. defeat his, re
election to Congress. He had.tWice
been_ elected, and - this proviso' was
the work of his second term, which,
according to party usage, was the
extent of service accorded any. one
county- in that district'. He 'mine
home and made a canvass for re
turn upon the sentiment oriii4 pro
viso, and after a struggle was returned.
MD. GROW 9 B GOOD LUCK.-
Wilmot undertook- to secure a
fourth, term in the same way. Itis
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AND A : i3i4AD '.- FORD'CaIiNTY PA. v , THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1881.
, _
,w.ere IttuniMited;,' :Ile an rep
reientittive-or'l.ll6::Free-.801: Dema -
:plata and His
tiPponent.:wia - a"-"toro4laye y Demo
MO. The :'COrkteat was a - cry- bitter
:one,-and it bad-gone on ner ly to the
dtiy ot , eleotiou when Wilmot, in a
.speechfitt Montrose in -answer to a
eharge'that he,iiasirying to distract
th - DeinOcrat4,:party, offered- to - re:
the -from-the 'contest if any Other
good and acceptable DeMocrat could
belciund to take his place. The Dem
ocratic managers unewee,tedly.-teok
tiltn'at his word, and ; afterilmuelt dif
'lenity, withdrew their candidate and
agreed upon .Galusba A. GroW, Who
was partner. ,Thus was
Mr. Grow made famous by an 'acci
dent. Grow. waselecte t ti and Wilmot
was made President 'Judge of the
District. Wilmot as Judge, the peo:
pie say, was very different from Wil
mot, the lawyer and politician. -
"He was a much better Judge than
lawyer," said Judge P. D. Morrow,
who now fills his place, to me to-day.
"I was his law partner for quite a
time and knew him very well. He
had one of the best analytical minds
of ,any man I ever knew, also rare
good judgment and great nerve.
While upon the bench he virtually
organized the Republican party in
this section of Pennsylvania. He
.Would hold .Court in the day and
make speeches at night in the school
houses throughout the Country. He
• s'• a 'man who - feared - nothing•afid
id what he thotight to be right."
He had great strength among the
people of the district composed of
- ttie Counties of Susquehanna, Brad
ford. and - Tioga, and these three Coun
tie's - are still called the old Wilmot
DiStriet. Be was a man of genius'
and eccentric habits. He was a great
eater. it is said of him that he
would . fillfiimself at-any hour of the
day or night. A wag in,town by the
name of Thomas, who
.was also a
great eater, tells of frequent encoun
ters with Mr. Wilmot over the feast.
table. .
A UEARTY FEEDER.
" I I was," said he, "sitting in the
restaurant one-, day waiting for. my
dinner to be served. I had not eaten
,anything morning, and was
very hungry. Mr. Wilinot came in
rubbing his stomach, and complained
of baying too much dinner. I
now is - my time. I am
hungry, while he has eaten heartily.
If 1 cannot sit him out now I never
can: I invited him to a seat at the
'table, and be ordered a pate of raw
oysters, and L did the same, the . un-,
clerstanding W 7., that the one who
first , got; tired: should pay the biILE
We ate the raw oysters, and then
boiled eggs-and a half a dozen other
viands, until I'vas not only satisfied
but gorged, when Wilmot liaiked up
complacently and 'said, 'W‘ll, Thom
as, I think we had better have anoth
er plate• of raw.' (Ireat heavens,
Wilmot,' said I, 'let's quit and I'll
pay the bill.' But ,Wilmot insisted
upon
.having another plate of raw,
and 7 he. ate it with - - apparent relish
while I paid for the meal." ;.
TILE FAMOUS PROVISO.
The four lines above quoted, vtioli
stand as Mr. Wihnot's'epitaph; it has
been claimed, were not Mr. Wilmot's
work. Judge Morrow contradicts
this oft-repeated assertion with great
force. The facts about that arc these,
said - hd to me to-day : •
"; When the bill to which this pro=
viso was offered as : an amendment
was under consideration in thegouse
several Free-Soil Democrats met to
gether to, i; ) determine their action in
relation to the 4ending measure.
Nearly all *of thlem had prepared
some sort of CU' amendinent, all of
which we're snbinitted to the gather
ing. The lines which. - aPPear . upon.
Mr. - Wilmot's'tomhstone are from the
original draft, made by Mr. Wilmot
and, submitted to the conference Of
Free-Soil Democrat's; adopted by
there, find then offered by' Mr. -Wil
mot in the House. I
" That became the pl:Worm of the
Free - Soden,. although' rejected by
the Democrats. When Mr. Grow
Was elected to Congress by crowding
Mr. Wilmot off the track, and Wil
mot became Judge, he .begari laying
the foundation J of the ,Republican
party in this stiaion. • kept up a
continual agitation or • the slavery
question, and in 1856, Nihen Mr. Bu
chanan was, the Democratie candi
date and . Flemont the Republi
can, he carried hig district by over
ten thousand majority for Fremont,
although it had been largely Demo
cratic for many years. Isis =oven
County gave more - than fitly-four.
hundred Republican majority, whet.
it had something like one thousand
Democratic majority theretofore.".
. Up to 1858 ,AlrAVilmot's political
life had been one series of successes.
When he kept within the rangeof
his own district land among the peo
ple who 'knew him he never knew
defeat; even thoiigh he ofttimes ran
counter to the party machinery. All
through his younger life, and . up to.
the time - when he was elected Judge
and became Cetivineed that there was
no hope for ,the anti-slavery men
ex
cept in revolution, he hail been bit
terly hostile to r tie : Abolitionists:
Not long before, he was elected to
Congress and united with the Free-.
SoilerS he led a mob which prevented
the - handful of Abolitionists then in:
the county from holding a meeting
in- the CourtAouse. An old gray
headed man who was of
..the party .
refused • admission .that night said to
me soon after I had looked upon Mr. -
Wilmot'sburying place
" I neVershall forget the eloquence
of the man.' I stood spell-bound
derhis words, and I shall: never
.for
get -• his appe .1 to hiit - -Demeratie
friends not to. perntit'us to. assemble
in the Court-house. 'I lived to know.
leiutyears afterward, - and worked side
:by side with hini in the . establishment
of the Republican party."
---- von mieot.N AT:F[IOMM.
'!'lit -- -1858,111 r, Wilmot was the Re.
!ptiblican candidate for Governor of
PermsYlvtinia and was badly beaten'.
.His defeat, however, sounded Aim
death-knell of the Democratic party
in the State and made Mr. Wilmot
murii praamlnen than areiti 114:
thlogitie Ito thy COMVOIKa
~`~. .~k
~,,- f.,:-.t.,:;,?,:.,1.,4.,.31,,,,
•
instructed to vote.fer 'Simon Camer
pa for President. Preston King vis
ited him here in. this 'little hamlet .
and for three days labored with him
.to induce-him to SuppOrt Mr. Sew
ard.- Mr. , Wilmot declined, saying
that .he had no donfidenee whatever
in ~the - 'New York statesman or the.
men .who acted with hitt'. When. the
Convention met Mr. Wilmot, with
-ez- . Governor Curtin, deserted Mr.
Cameron'and assisted in the nomina
tion of 'Mr. Lincoln, and. always had
great influence with . him. Wilmot,
had preViously been a candidate for
the. Senate and been.defeated.. After
Mr. Cameron's nomination - as Set re
tary of War, Mr. Wilmot was elected.
as his succegor, and served the _bal
ance of his term, when RI-health pre-
vented his' being a Candidate for• re
election, and Mr. Lincoln appointed
him a member of the Court of Claims.
-A few years afterward be died- here
amid the scenes of his. political tri
utnpris. . I e• •
Ile was a .member of the Peace
Conference of 18e,l,and - When coming
down from one of its meetings said :
"There is no use, we cannot agree,
and I_ am not sure that a war would
be
. the. worst thing that could happen
this country: I fear it i 5 near' at
hand." - •
•
"Wifmot matured . young," said
one of his admirerEL to me to-day,
and althougli_kit tr-vlien: he died he
was older than most' men at .I
do not believe his habits killed' him;
He loved to eat and drink, but I be
lieve Ire i died of softiping of the
brain."... Such is. the story a visit to
a grave in the quiet church-yard of
this Northern Pennsylvania 'hamlet
revives i• !N.-course_ the hiStory of
this . p , -man-recalls much more than I
have, told, but I have said enough to
giVe so - me insight - dinto the character
and labors 'of one of the most noted
men who ever lived in.l'ennsylvania.
Others who may - Chance to look :.t
his bumble monument,may also be
glad - to:have some knowledge of the
man• other than can be gained from ,
a look at his unpretentious
_grave
stone. It is a pity, that ,in this
wealthy community, where during
his lifetime he was revered 'Nr his
,qualities of head and heart and
obeyed for his wisdom and - sagacity
in politics', there is not spirit enough
to raise n stone to mark the spot;
where his remains lie, that would at
tract. the - 1 attention ..of the ; passing
traveler or seeker after infOrination.
Inside the little iron -fence ineld - sing
the yard where he sleePs, rest his
three sons, all the children lie - had,
amt the , stimirier's. sun and-the win
ter'l blast fall upon a•hundred more
fittiug Monuments for the-dead tha
the one which - marks the resting
place 'of the leader of - the Free-Soil,
Democrats in a crusade against slav
ery' which created the Republican
party,- brought on . the. war,. named
the Ooverilment, destroyed the doc
trine of State's rights, and " nation
alized the Tinimi." . F. A. B.
The Scratch My Back Club.
"Thrice the Brieded cat mewed."
. .
a meeting of the' S. B. Clu.b
in; Mr.- Jones' back yard the other
c'vening the following was j)ropound:
cd'by, the President, tval ki a, Esq.:
• l'What classic number in inytholo;
gy do-we representr.' . -
Tabby. Zones, who felt
. nfore at
home_ than the•rest,heing onher own
back fence,
_instantly tespontled :
"The nine inew'ses!'7
"Categorically speaking you: are
correct," answered the' President,.;
"we - pawn for .another. .con-undruut.7
"W hen.. are we fair barbarians?"
.
asked Madame • Tortoise lli r ghtone,
looking askance al,...Thowat3ll. Cat,.
the:secretary.
"When we mew till late," said pert
Tabby Jones., while the brindle cat
got his backup, and the Whole.com
pany cried in chorus :
"spare our felines."
"We are kitten very sinart,"ain't
ure ?"- 'said Mss. Maltese, her eyes
turning green with envy. - "Perhaps
some of- you literary ladies can tell
me why a` cat's tail is like a:jont Hey
round the world ?" •• i
. ."Fiddlestria,gs I" answered; the sec
retary; "I read the newspaiiers, and
that. is :old-Lthe answer is: becauSe
it's fur to the.end-see ?"
"I cat-ch on," said young Thm,
slangily.
"Are you mouse through ?" asked
a yellow eat, who halt been chewing
her whiskers contemplatively. *".lf
so, I will move that: a 'claws be -in
serted in our constitution—"
Cries-of "No, no! No claim put;
mitted," etc. • i
A timid meiliber, in black asked
the - suffrages - of the club on the ori
gin of . the word eats - paw, whether it
Meant a. pateinal feline, etc.; a com
mittee of three was appointeil, to
Make an analytical examination.
The President, wishing to signify his
approval of the movement, began :
ain glad to , rat-ify..—.- 11 lint in
an instant disorganization took` place
which . was only. quelled - by the an
nouncement that Mrs. Puss Angora
had thought of another conundrum.l
"Why is n, niniise hhlikii in the
hay Oa barn in danger?",
No, Jiving eat eould :or would tel
so Mrs. Angora gave the answer he
self -
"The eat'tle eat it." • • . •
- •
The. ThomaS orchestra' -
them an
nounced that it would -give recita
tionse from:the opera of "O!Purga
tory"'every night in the week, on the
roofs and fences that locality.
The - Misses—Kitty Kats, who had
brought their music with them,'Sung
a dnett, their voices blending so well
in the higher retisters that the neigh
borhood- tyas aroused, :.nd amid a
perfect' shower of brickbats the S.M.
clUktook a S-cat-tering vote, and
adjourned sine Paq
and Tribune. •
•
A STRANGER in St: Louis, thinking lie
recoOlized his Coat ou the back of a. pe
destrian, shouted, "Stop, thief!'' and
about thirty of. the inhabitants suddenly
disappeared down a side street.
,-;
SPOIT.T33IA'S : 18 blOWthrs.„ into a gun a
satisfactory method of ascertaining if it
boloadcd? I)ort't know, those ak hare
triefkit , blavee , t, haul eleolga to ethte
IvbeVitirti.itimm944llMity vt ant;
DIES
ISES
-8;r (!;..tpece re.
MN
' DAVIES ON woLrr.'
The Defeated Candidate Will
• Support.Bally.
Bensons Why. the Nominee Should be
'fleeted—The Hanger to theln
dependent Republlein Move
,
went—An Ill• Advised
Step.
Frbai a Staff evrreskaient PlithalOphia
:•TOWAND4 September 14.-It is
strange to see how the people of dif,
ferent localities are affected by -an
event. interesting to all alike. Up
here in this northern tier of'cotinties,
known as the" Gibraltar of Republi- .
canisin," where the . fight against
what iti - callesl the machine really be
gun:and is most aggressive, the revolt
.of Mr. Wolfe against the• Republican
nominee for State Treasurer doeS not
create as much apparent interest as
it does in the centre of the State
where there is lesS reform - sentiaient.
There is some quiet feeling 'anti talk
here,- but . I doubt if Mr. Wolfe can
get any considerable number or Re
publicans of standing in this section
to support him at all; much' less take
an active interest in hii canvass: It
is by no means easy, to get these qui
et, industrious' citizens, wedded to
the party; to join in a revotntionary
movement against itoicymatter what
the provocation. Tolbe sure, Mr
Wilmot once led them, 'Democrats
ape( Whigs alike, into ,the - greatest
political revolution of the age. But
that was upbn the great slavery
question-,an issue too broad to be,
coupled with a - single struggle as to
'which faction of the Republican par
:lN shall control _the naachiuerv. and .
dispense the - patronage. The _Retain:
lintins of this 'end of - the- ; State are
very strong in - the -faith,' and will
kick very hard inside the 1 - .races' and
do a great deal of prot4sting, but
voting for an independent . candidate
is not in their lire. When a candi
date is "settled," as they tail it, he
is sure enough 44 settled " to;conttol
their political action. 'Yet Slr. Wolfe
will get sonic vetes ttie • northein
tier, but, they will be,'quiet' fines' and
dropped in With cantidn. 'There will
be now and thena man who will help
him this much, but he will get little,
if any, active support, unless appear -1
.ances e , very deceptive. The party
seems in good shape- and -heart, and
a_revolution against it strikes the'
rank and file, even ,more : than the
leaders, much' as would a ernsade
against their i•eligion.'
The place from which I write is
the home of Mr. W. T.- Davies, the
Reform. candidate, whom General
Baily defeated. Mr. Davies is the
State Senator. from-this county, and
has always held a prominent - place in
the party here for . years. There
,is
even little apathy here, much less
any decided expresSioes in favor of
Mr. Wolfe. If, 'then, the home
~ hom of
the defeated candidate, -where there
past . necessarily - be disappointments
and the, pride of the party more tor
less hurt, furnishes no distinct evi
dence of comfort for the revolution- -
ist, it may be well taken for granted
that General Bails- will not - starer
materially in the Reform end of the
State.' 'There is nevertheless a great
deal orfeeling and some resentment
that might be nursed'into active lift;
if some strong Republican whO has
the 'confidence of the people would
stand out and make the light: -
such man car,. I think, be foUnd; for
all the leaders I have seen, while
they are crass., and full of fight; pto
pose to stand by the party and con
tinue their. contest strictly within its
Towanda is a pfettly little place,
ile'sffing dowa among the mountains
in a fertile little Valley along the Le
high, It has . Many fine homes and
pleasant people. But I have told
the rudders of the. Press all about its
people, wealth, etc., recentl" . in recit
ing some of David Wilmot's history,
suggested by a - visit to his grave,
not a fun-shot from where I write,
so J. will devote. Myself to 'the object
of my visit and talk polities. There
is a natural' desire in all parts: of the
St:nte to know where Mr.'Davies him
the'defeatett candidate for the
Treasuiefsbip,.stands, and I tlroppcd
off the train hete at •an early, hour
this morning, on my way north, to
find this out. Mr. Davies sat in his
spacious library in almost as.preten
tious and 'elegantea . hoMe as there is'
in Vivanda as he welcOmed me.
Neither of us lost - any' time iti ap
proaching _ the 'all-sorbing subject.
Our talk lasted for a long time and
Mr. Davies spoke with' great freedom
and frankness.
"1 am unequivocally oppoSM to
the course Mr. Wolfe has taken,"
said he. Nosingle individual, no
matter what his position, after act
jiff; with others in a -great cause,
'should, without consultation with
his associates, take a step calculated
to. bring reproach upon •it. Much
less luis hen right to.run • , eounter. to
the expressed wishes of; I Might say,
every other man in it. I. regret sin
cerely.that he should have thought
differently.
" Will his candidacy have much .
effect or get. much support in .this .
section?"
" Our people are Republicans, .
There is'a, great deal of. feeling here
against theTaction ofthe HarrisbUrg
Convention. Our people 'thought
and still think that when a man has
created' a folldwing - and' become
known throughout the 'State, there
is no:good reason tor his being set
aside for one unknown simply be
cause he does not suit a few leaders,
bdt that feeling will find expression
in some other way than by rebellion
against the Republican panty.
Wolfe Willi no doubt, get.some votes
in this section if he persists in his
candidacy, but not many 1141ess he
can hive - some active,_ well.known
Reptiblieans to take hold of •his can
vass Which I do not think at all proba
ble." .
you "support General 'Bal
.
ly?" . .
"Most assuredly. I shall.. I Aral!
take an active . part in the can,
vaes here at bouie.and do what I
.can
to tieutim hie ulentioni tigitu4.pqn,
ably lea ithot Mi. • Ott 04,
• '
h
. . - -
gain by- a different course. Suppose
he should succeed in defeating Gen 7
Oil Bally, see what ho has. done to
the party. He will widen the breach,
already,, to great, and, aboveall, will
bring into ridicule the movement he
professes - to have so 'much at .heart.
:The vote wilPitot re
.present-.,.-a hundredth part, of the
strength of the reform. element, and
yet it will stand before' the world . to
a greater or less extent, as the power;
of the opposition to the machine. It,
will almost make it ridiculous; when
in realityit represents'a great major
ity of the .party."
" Was there a cha'nce for it to. find
expression within the party ?"
" Cerioinly there • .was. , Tt was
growing -stronger every- day and by
making the fight this year inPide the
party and quietly instructing the
people we' would have gained
strength enough to have made a tick
et next year which would. lave been
acceptable to every element of the-
Republican party. We want .unity
and faith in the party, and these can,
only be found- in fidelity to the Par
ty. Leaders we must have. Organ
ization is necessary. The wrong to
be corrected is the arbitrary and un
just Use - of power by Our leadets, and
this can only-be accomplished by a
steady contest within party lines. It
is not leaders that'are objectionable,
but their method?. MP. Wolfe him
'self, I believe, acknowledges this." •
" Will be defeat general Baily ?"
f"fhat cannot be itold now. But
suppose be does, what has been gain
ed? If the defeat of the ticket has
been desirable there was no trOuble
about that. If the delegates to the
Convention who did not favor Gen
eral Bally had remained sullen be
could not have been eledtecl. lithe
word had been passed-that it was ne
cessary,' t. 4 correct th.e abuses of
which the '!people complain, that he
be stricken down, he could - not have
.been carrier through with
,all the .
power now in -the: hands, of the lead
ers. 1 ,-,The movement is just that
si-rong when Ihei.e is uniform action
and 'expression, but no single indi
vidual eau set up his judgment
Nainst all the 'rest, go outside the.
part}:, and carry , any considerable
streng,th . with him. But I insist:that
the - loss of the ticket this year by a
revblt is only not essential to the ef
fort toeorrect the abuses- complain
edpf, hut will have the effect of re
tarding, iE.not defeating, the move
:We. want party unity upon a
plane . _honorable.and just to all Be
publicaPs.. We went and must have
party harmony to insure - party sue:
cess,-and . it cannot b e obtained by'
destroying the Tarty *organization.
It must -be reached by a 'struggle in
side, and, I believe we have reached
a point Where there wilt be no more
trouble unless this ill-advised step of
Mr. Wolfe's -shall undo what has
been accomplished." ' lit •
" Y6u do -not expect the leagt trod
bl6 - here at your home, then , .?."
"Jiy friends will give him a hearts
support, and there will, I think, he
little trouble ankv: here in the northern
counties. The canvass, I suppose,
will be vigorous; and there oughtto
to lie no doubt-of the' result.. I - for
one, ela not mean to relax ray efforts
either in behalf of the party or Ale
movement within: it •to compel 'a
more just, liberal policy in its man- -
ao . ement. Mr Wolfe, much as he
'has done and honest as he may be,
does not represent all .of the Inde
pendent element." Mr. Davies said
much more than I have been able to
write, 'but here is.enomih to show his
position. • It seems to me to be too
strung for:assault and too fair- for
arlyerse criticism' by either side: The
It Erorrna, one of the Republican pa
pers here, will put his position thus
in its . issue of to-morrow : • • • -
" None will be mpre earnest or More
active in giving such support,lhan
Senator Davies hfinself. Mr. Davies
is a believer, and
.strong believer, in
the doctrine that party differences
should be settled within party lines.
lie counts the success of the Repub
lican party. andliki - advanceMent of
its principles, as of far more. import
ance than the victory of a ;, faction or
tire honorinir of an individual.
this, he and his, friends will
give to General Baily a cordial, hear
ty suppkrt." W. A.:B.
•
judge Pitman has a habitl of
Tip
pling his watch under hts .pil ow
when he goes to bed. One night
somehow it slipped down, and as
the Judge was restless it worked- its
way do wVII toward the foot of theThed.
After a . bit, while he vas lying his
foot•tonehed it ; it was very cold, he'
was very surprised, scared, and
jumping, from the bed, lie exclaimed:
"My gracious, Maria! there's
toad or something under the covers;
I touched it with my foot."
Mrs. Pitman gave aloud scream
and was on the floor in an instant.
"Now don't go to holleting and ,
waking up the neighbors," X4id the
.Judge.. " You' get the brobm• or
something and we'll fix the' thing
mighty quick..
Mis. l'ittuat) brought the Lrooin
and gav'e it to JUdge with the
remark that she felt as ifsnakes were
creeping up and .:;own her legs and
back.
" Oh, ,nonsense, Maria! Now 't.urn
down the .covers slowly while*lihold .
the broom and bang it. Put,a buck.:
et of fiater alongside thelied solthat
we can shove it in and drown
Aire, 'Pitman fitted:. the bucket;
gently -reinoved the • covers. ; The
Judgesheld the
_broom uplifted and
as the black ribbon of . the silvir
watch: was revealed, he cracked away
at it three or 'four' times with. the
brooM; then he pushed the thing ott
into the bucket. Then they-took a
light to investigate the matter.
When the Judge saw what it was.he
said : -
"I might , have known. It is just
like yon women to . go screeching and
fussing about nothing. It's utterly
ruined." - _
"It was you made the fuss, no
Me," said Mrs. Pitman. .
"You:needn't try to put the blame
on we," Then the Judge turned in
!Ind OM
11 1 01tt - • -•-
. - -
BM
I=
Something . in a Bed.
81.00 per Annum - In Advance.
Brother Gardner Answers Kear-
'Last nice ez I sat on de front doah
step mendin' he handle ob one ob de
ole-womanis flatirons,' begin Brother
Gardner, as the last notes of the tri•
angle died away, 'long cum dat nigga
Thornapple Scott. was puffin'
an' blowin' an' fannin' himself wid
his hat, and de minit he cotched
- sight of me be rushed in arid called
out : - '
• ‘l3 l rudder Gardner, dis kentry am
all goin' to ruin I
. tarvatiOn looks
de poo' man right in de eye, dar am
no work for de laborer, and de tax
gatherer hab got us by de froat.'
looked up to -see if, dat nigger
had gone crazy, and den I axed him
to look aroun' an' see de new houses
gwit.e up in every direlfshun. I axed
him to disremember dat kaliker wor
only fou' an' five cents a yard, butter
fifteen cents a pound, flour low; 'tit
ters way , down an' clothin? cheap
'nuif to bust half de dealers, and he
sot down and replied •
"Deed, ash, but dat's de fack—
dat's de rack.
'I.
axed him, to look across de
co'ner lot an' see de droves of work
in' men gwine dome to deir
after,de labors of de day, an' le
looked au' replied : •
" Deed, sill', but dey
work, I reekon.
:'I went inter de cabin me brought'
out my tax. receipts for di two y'are
back an' showed him dat de taxes for
dis y'ar wor five dollars less.dari
an' he 'hitched arOuni an' sed :
," Deed, sah, but de .speaches,of de
polltishus an' delacks .in de kase
hang togeder.!'-.:, - : .
".Den I stood him, tip ag'in de
house, whar I could look him squar
in in de eye, ani• 4 said Thornapple
Scott, you are a good nuff nigga for
common weatlier,--but you'd. better
kiver yet' head wid a blanket if a
rain comes:up. You talks about the
kentry goiti' to ruin, an'. yet you . loaf,
aroun' an' let your :wire. and darters
wash an' iron an' support ye ! You
talk abontrstarvation lookin' de: poo'.
man in de face, and yit you haven't'
worked a day for*.six . montsl Yoti
talk aZtout de tax gatherer, an' yet
you neber paid . ow; cent b . tax in
your life !,. hoMe nigga—skip
oaten die locality afore some pule
kicks yer ter
. death !. It am you an!
de oder loafers an' lazy•bonese'swho
am all de time-blowin' sick nonSense i
while yen fsmilieS, am cliggin' . jack
bard Work to keep ye in food an'
whisky.' .
"91ein dat nigga skipped: Ize
got six bricks handy for de next - pus
son dat comes talkin' dat no
watter what his colui% I iz looking
for -signs fiat some member of dis
club am sittin' wia.,bis feet hangin'
off a thy goods box while he talks
about starVation, ruined kentry • an'
so =fourth. When I i skiver . sign
you'll diskiver a vacancy :in de club,
an' let no man disreekollect:
Going to York State.
He was a funny old bow
backed, bronzed-faced and bow-leg
led, and when he entered the court
-room he called out :
Whoa J muary . whar's the
boss ?"
" You bet I Howdy . ? .Don't know
Sour name, but it's all 'righti -- How's
thefinaily ?"
•
"Prisoner!"
"That's rue, neighbor. What a" . .ye
want of the prisoner ?"
"Prisoner you- are charged with
being drunk."
"Charged ? What did They want
to charge - me for? . Couldn't - they
see.: that I was - drunk without
charging it ?"
" . Prisoner, while under the influ
ence of intoxieating liquor you met
an, alderman on the - Street and • offer,
ed to wrestle him for IlvOdUllars."
" You're'shouting ' l did, and if
lied had sand enough to take hold,
.I could put'hini on his back in five
seconds!"
"Please don't be so hilarious."
"lean't help it, boss.: hilario
all day and hilarious.all night. Pm
on my way to York State. Stopped
ott here to get my boots tapPed, and
I guess I took a little too much cold
tea. Sall right, - though—how much
is -the dam ages ?" • . -
" Where do you live ?"
" Town of Byron, County of Shia
wassee,-State of Michigan, U. S. A."
. Are you going East this morn.:
ing ?"
4 That's the ealkerlashun."
" If I let you go will you take the
•
next train ?" • .
"If I don't I'm a spotted wood
chuck !'
" Well, you may :go."
" That's the • checker Nothing
mean - about yon, Squar'. Which
way do Igo ? Oh, yes. Well, tod
dy—" , • ,
"The old oaken bucket. • .•
The Iron-hound bucket—' . .
The little brown Jug which hung In the well."
—Detroit Free Frees.
HE PAID IN PENNIES.-ID speak.
ing of the legal tender qualities of
money, a gentleman - related that sev
eral years ago there lived near Taren
tuin.nn old Man - of rather vindictive
disposition. He toad no Objection, to
paying a debt ifdteAhong,ht he justly
owed it, brit if he: was not; dead sure
on this point he : Was bard to manage.
A. neighbor by the:-;,intme. of Potter
brought a - claim
.6 M - I)o.Bgalflit . him,
which the old than. refused to pay.
Suit was entered, and ajudgment ob
tained. There - beitig.no way out of
it. but to pay, the old , gentleman came
down to the city and spent several
days gathering up old 'fashioned
to cents untilhenot enough to pay
the bill. Putting • - • the 10,000 " cop
pers " in 'sacks, he leaded 'theca into
a wagon, drove t0,31,r. Potter% store,
and dtimped themon the floor.. Their
legal tender qualities being unlit:nit
ed,Potter ItstV to take them. The
storekeeper was. ! ever afterwards
known as 41 Coiller Potter." • -
So "much sufferingwas never known at
Cape Mav as is experienced there this
"Beaune -It Lb terrible. A acsitea_potident
lisfellhai ate - w.• masa at Cape -May tha
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NUMBER 17
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Newispapers.
Somebody, if we know who, we . -
would give due credit,—.writes thus.
tersely and truthfully of newspapers
and their worth to the world: "Ti 43
value of newspapers is not now fully
appreciated, but the rapidity with
which people are - waking to their
necessity and usefulnesss, is fine of
the significant signs of thenimes.
Few families are now content - ivith a
single newspaper. The thirst :for
knowledge is not so easily satisfied,
and books, though useful—yesoyen
absolutely necessary in their-ptace,
now fail to meet the demannds of
youth or age.. The village newspa
per is eagery sought foriand its con
tents as eagerly devoured. 'Then
comes the demand for the country
news, state news, national and for
eign news.. Next to 'political come
the moral and religious journals.
this variety is demanded to satisfy
the cravings of the active mind.
"Newspapers are -also - valuable to
material pr'sperity. They advertise - =
the village, county or-locality. They
spies(' before the reader a map on -
-which may be traced 'character, de
sign and progress. If a stranger
mild at , a hotel, he first_ inquires for
the village newspA-per ' • if a friend
comes from a distance. the very next_
thing after family greeting, ho in
quires for your village or county
newspaper,and you feel discomfited
ifyou are unatle to find a late copy,
and confounded if you are compelled'
to say you do.not take it.
TnE train - which - - took- the
Presi
dent" to • Long Branch, run •at the
rate of seventy mileAan.hour on sev
eral occasions wh sc there was a
straight- stretch - -of , track, and the mo
tion of the car was scarcely. percepti
ble. Such a faCt speaks volumesfor
the management of: the road. , The
engine was furnished with - -a new
muffler - to prevent the noisy escape -
of steam, and a pilot engine; vith ex
perienced engineers, preceded the
Presidential train by -half a mile,
bearing a signal previously arrang
ed, which was thoroughly understood
by all station agents, telegraph oper
ators along the line, and all conduc
tors and engineera were speedily no
tifled,to look - out for this. '' During
the trip not .an "incident - occurred
which conflicted with . th e arrange
ments made; not a.train was moving
as the Presidential - train passed it, so
that no unnecessary jar should be
felt., and yet the other trailer all ar- -
rived at their usual ,schedule time.
We do not think .apy. other railroad
corporation in the world could have
done what was done by the Pennsyl
vania' Railroad Company on this oc
casion'.
. .
ROMANCE AND REALITY. - - City
Editor, readin--"The night hatli
draped its folds around the dark acid
'steely wafers; • the lightS.of the dis-,•
tant city glimmeied on}-the brink;
naught was heard save the churnin4 ,
of the paddles as 'the ferryboat Fur--
ton- plowed - her wav across the•dark
and; threatening !tide. There were
but i few passengers, wearied men re
turning to their well won rest ; -hol
low-eyed -girl, exhausted with their
daily toil in the Close and fetid rooms
•of some.city.workshop... One figure
was_ .seen to move restlessly to and
fro, his hat drawn firmly.down over .
his wild and hopeless eyes: Sudden
ly he darted' from the cabin, gave
one last look_ on sea and sky. There
was a plunge, and. all was_ still."
City Editor " Jim, t' is is all very
fine,sliut it's not the , way we - do • it on
this paper. Just say: 'Last evening
as the* Fulton was making her 9
o'clock trip, a man apparently about
forty years of age jumped from her
deck into the river. - Ike was fished
out by deck hand Smith and handed
over to the police.' Ba
zar.
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WEATHER W15D031...:= When you
.wish to know what the
.weather iyto
be, go out and select the Smallest
cloud 'you see. Keep your eye upon
it, and if it decreases and disappears
it shows a state of the air which is
sure to be followed _ by- the weather ;
-but' if it increases in size, take your
great coat with you if you are going
from home, for falling :weather is not
far off The reason is this : When .
die- air is bee - ming charged with
electricity you will see every cloud
attracting all lesser ones towards-it,
-until it gathers intoa shower;
on the contrary, when the. fluid is
k
passing off, or diffusing itself, then a
large cloud will be seen brelking
into pieces and dissolving:
CC:I
Fun, Fact and -Facetim.
THE Father; cifthe cereals is Pop Cow.
WHEN a cat gives an entertitunient
(ruin the top of a wall it iAx't tho-cat swe
object to—it S'the waul.
AT Trouville—Clever sign-:of a dealer
in small wares: "Chinese curiosities from
Japan."—Le Fiyaro. •
. A WEsmis editor, being Tisked by a
subscriber what - was- meant by the wool
'hydrogen,
replied, "Gin and wateol
explained that hydro Was the French: fur
water.—Chicago Inter -Ocean;
"ANY port in IS storm," paid'
when 'be partook of some poor wine in a
second-class saloon, where lie had - taken
refuge field the elements. -
A WEATEnx editor, being asked -by .a
subscriber what was meant by the word
bydrogen '
replied "Giu and water," and
explained that hydro was the FreuclT - for
water.
AT tho theatre f Inquiring friend—" Ix
11r..lensby in the house, do you know?
He's a large man, with a bald head." Po:
lite doorkeeper—",lt's a bare possibility,,
sir." - .
Two mothers by the sad sea. waves.
" What ? Do you let your children make
slings to.play They;ure very dan
gerous ; don't you know hew hard they
can throe , stones with tliem ?"
but the little dears don't: throw them at
themselves."
SMITH-4 once possejksed a splendid
dog, which, could - always distinguish be;
tween a iragahelid iiid4 - respectable - Per=_
sou. .Tunes—Well, what became of him ?
Smith—Oh I I was obliged to give him
away.. lie bit me.
"What rascal's got niy ?" ex
claimed Fenderson. "Oh; - , I've got it
myself," ho added, after another search
of his poCkets. And the, boys saki:
"That's right, Fenderson ;- own up like a
little man." Fenderson' couldn't - for
lite of him tell what they were driving ac.
A 2i:ea time "I've beea to see `3ln.a.
Tittletattle," said Mrs. Telltale, "and
the way she ran on about' , .. you" was per
fectly scandalous." "So she's been-talk
big about me, has she ?!' asked Mir:.
Brown, quietly. " Yes,, indeed, shObas"
replied Mrs. Telltale, with cmplia..isa,
" What a nice timer you must have had"
said Mrs. Brown, with a sleet smile.
DAUGHTER or a speculative builder v
iting her parents,--0 ! l'apa what
rug little houses you have theca building.
on the river barth!:l - have a 'thousand
mindivto take one and "settle there ..':lt
the chiklien till winter. Parent (enibra.:-
ing her with parental cruotion)--Don't t;o
it—tbiji are houses to sell, .atut to tivy
-4.6 Figaro. - •
LAW PI ofessor—Wbat constitutes hur t :-
lary St udeut--,There -must be a treak-1
Mg: ..Professor-=Then. if man enters
your house and - takes trams your vest
Fcket In the hall *mild that ' be `tiurals
-1 ttAtiO 1.-r•
sairliffit I's. /AciaAvirt
fiffl thto
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