ST1)C tmc0, New Bloamftcfo, la. Annie Fairfax. A Story of Hie Revolution. AMONG the beautiful hills that over shadow the upper waters of the James River, in Virginia, there might have , been seen a dozen years ago, a stately mansion of brick, with white stone fac ings, and surrounded with spacious and beautiful grounds. This was known to all ' tho country round as the Peyton House. If you should journey thither to-day, you would see nothing save charred and crumb ling walls, and gardens torn and covered with weeds terrible traces of the march of desolation over this beautiful country. For the red tide of war, bearing with it fire and ruin, surging back and forth over this fair home, receded at last, leaving It the wreck that you now behold. In 1785 a scion of the old English nobility dwelt here, and bravely upheld the proud prestige of its inheritance. IBs name was Sir Thomas Fairfax. Years before, young, gay, wealthy and handsome, he bad left his ancestral home in England to seek a now one in this vir gin land. Then a fair English bride was witli him. Now, at the time of my story, ' she had lain in her grave many years. Her only child, sweet Annie Fairfax, grown to womanhood, had taken the task of superintending the household with its great retinue of servants. Sir Thomas, worn out by much drinking and dissipa tion, was an old man bofore his time. Gray, . wriuklod, gouty, ill-tempered, devoted to the bottle and his king, hating the colonial aimy as he did cold water, and never wearied of cursing Georgo Washing ton. That was Sir Thomas Fairfax. Fair, sunny-eyed, with rose-pink cheeks, graceful as a lilly, as good as she was love ly, and as sensible as she was graceful, praying for Washington and . his army as devoutly as her father cursed them ; that was Annie Fairfax. This Fairfax household might seem to be rather unequally divided against itself, since on one side was the baronet, with the help of a most savage temper, and unlimit ed profanity ; while on the other there was ouly this gentle maiden of scarce twenty years, loving, gentle, tonder-hearted. But Annie Fairfax, though gentle, was strong, and thoroughly fearless, and her father knew that neither in word or deed would she ever flinch from upholding her princi ples, when any need called upon her ; when the only result of speaking her sentiments would be to open the flood-gates of his profanity, she shrewdly kept silence.. On the morning when our story opens, Annie Fairfax, sat before a small writing table in the large and handsomely adorned library of Fairfax House. Suddenly a tread was heard in the cor ridor without, and her father entered. In his hand he carried a letter. Greeting his daughter in a gruff way, which yet was as kindly a way as be was capable of, he went to her side, and placed the letter in her band, only remarking : "This was given me this morning, Mistress Annie." The girl knew what it was before she looked at it, her blood turned chill and cold about her heart, but she opened the folds of the paper mechanically, and read the letter in the same way, while her father . stood beside the table, his eyos fixed steadily upon her face. Her numbing pulses told her beforehand the contents of the letter, and yet she read it through three times without raising her eyes from the page. . Perhaps she waa schooling her face, meanwhile, to express nothing of the feelings that swelled within her. If so, he was certainly successful, for her father, looking down upon her with keen eyes and bent brow, could not divine the thoughts that passed within her. At lost he grew impatient. "Well, Mistress Annie Fairfax," said he sharply, " has loit thy tongue of a sud den? 'Tis a pretty old father waiting thus for thee to pass, I think, when thou keenest words." " What do you wish me to say, father? ' he said, without raising her eyes. "Say?" replied the old man, "why, what thou wilt. Do De Courcy's words, please thee? What answer hast thou to his suit!" , w The girl looked up. "Am I to reply to this, father ?" she asked. "Thou must reply through me, girl," aid the old man, " and tbou would'st do well to reply quickly, for De Courcy is no idle carpet knight whose ouly task is to sue for a fair lady's smiles. He has returned to liis home on a leave for but a few woeks ouly, and in that time, Mistrtjss Annie, it is bis will to woo, win, and wed bis bride. What hast thou to (ay to that is it not thus that a soldier's wife should be won?" The old man spoke earnestly. He bad now advanced to his daughter's side, and stood resting one hand on the back of ber chair. She folded up the letter calmly, laid it down, folded ber arms across her ' bosom, and said, as she lookod into her father's face with clear, fearless eyes : " Let us understand each other in this matter, my fathor. Am I to have full free. aioin to give . what answer I will in this matter ?" " Freedom I pugh I pshaw 1" said the old man angrily, " where hast .thou caught such words ? This is the vile cant of those wretched Rebels. I fancy. Give me a straightforward answer, girl, with no pre liminary remarks about freedom and the like. What hast thou to say to De Courcy and his suit? Come, this is no new thing to thee, thou hast known of De Courcy's love for long. Can'st speak?" Annio Fairfax, with arms still folded and her clear eyes bent upon ber father, replied , at length : " My answer could not be otherwise than straightforward, my father, and Louis De Courcy knows this well. To his suit I have but one answer, as you and I well know. I do not love him. I will die rather than marry him." " Foolish jade 1" said tho old man, bringing his fist down upon a tablo with such force as to almost overturn it, and ut tering a fearful oath as he did so. 1 "Thou ihalt marry Louis De Courcy 1 Dost hear ? I swear it, and if that cursed young rebel who has dared to pay court to tlioe appear again before my door, I shall lay him dead at my feet I" As the old man spoke, in his excitement he struck his gouty foot violently against the leg of the table. The sudden pain called from him a sharp cry and another savage oath. His daughter sprang to her feet, and would have aided him to a chair, but be waved her off with a threatening gesture, himself hobbled to an arm-chair, where he sat for a moment quite speech less from pain. When, however, he bad regained his self-control he said with fiercer emphasis than before : " Understand me, then, thou bast but a few hours of grace. Louis De Courcy will come to thee, to-day, to press bis suit. If thou darest to say him nay, I will break thy proud spirit for theo, or thou must leave thy father's roof, and find a home where thou canst. Mark my words, An nie Fairfax ; I have commanded, and thou must obey I" " The old man now rose and left the room. The girl with cheeks pale and cold as marble, and with lips tightly set and color less, seated herself at tho writing-table and wrote a few hasty words. " Edward ; As you love me, come to me. I will consent now to be your wife in spite f my father's commands; only oome and set me free from torture. . -Your own, . . Annik Fairfax." Tho Bhcet containing this, she folded in as small a compass as possible, and con cealing it In her bosom, she left the room. Pausing in the hall, she took her hat in her hand and walked rapidly forth. Down the path towards the Bhrubbery she pursued her walk, but when she entered its green shelter, Bhe turned asido, and quickening her steps even yet more, Bhe left Its bounds and walked over the brow of the hill, and under the old trees, never pausing until she had reached a little log cabin, that was almost hidden by trees and vines. There was no one in the but excepting an old and quite infirm negro woman, and a young aged lad. " Miss Annie 1" said both at once with a cry of surprise. The girl hushed them with her uplifted hand. "Say nothing, and listen to me," she said, speaking in low and rapid tones. " I must send a word to Mr. Edward Peyton, immediately," she said, " and no one can take it but Jake. Can you spare him, aunt Hannah, and will he dare to go?" 1 " ' ' ' The old woman raised her hands with an ejaculation, " De Lord sabe us !" Jake's dark cheek lost a shade or two of ebon hue, but be answered, rapidly enough ; " I' so all ready, Miss Annie." " , '. ' ' " Take this note then," said she, giving it to him, " walk over the river to James Peyton's, and tell him to give you , the fleetest horse in bis stable Keep dear of the redcoats, and ride for your life, till you reach Gen. Green's army beyond the Deep River, and give this yourself into Massa Peyton's hands." '','., The faithful servant waited for no further order, but vanished from the cabin, and in another moment, was walking rap idly down the river, whose silver waters were plainly to be seen from the cabin door. The young lady only paused to caution the old negro woman to secrecy, ami to assure her that everything should be done that her necessity demanded, and then retraced her way to her home. That evening, she assured the young British officer who called to see her, that she would never willingly accede to bis suit. The next morning she fouud herself a prisoner in ber own room. There she re mained, day after day, and even her father refused to oome to her, and her only hope was in the faint possibility that ber mes senger had paused Cornwall' army un harmed, and that Edward Peyton would brave all danger to come to her. Though she knew not how he could free her should be come. The only face that her father permitted Annie Fairfax to see was that of her old nurse, and, lest the womau might be temptod, through her affection, to let ber caged bird escape, a close watch waa kept upon . her movements. But two months, and more, went by, and spring bad given place to summer, and still no answer came to Annie Fairfax from ber lover, and the foot-page that had been sent to bear word to him from her, came not back. And the chock of the prisoned girl, bad grown as colorless as the snow, and hor eyes grew luminous in great rings of shadow that care and sleeplessness had traced npon hor face. Meanwhile, the troops of Cornwallis were spreading misery and devastation in their path, and Green's army had turned southward again. No wonder that the weary, prisoned girl criod out in her griof : J' O, when will the end come ?" Tho ond was nearer and more terrible than tho weary girl thought, for it came one fair, summor night, in flames and ter ror, in the shouts and curses of a ribald soldiery, in the shrieks of the frightened servants, and the bootless rage of a holp less old man. But Annie Fairfax, no long er under watch, was by the old man's side, and as she stood by bim, like a guardian angel, the rudest soldier dared not lay a hand on her or him. But when the robbers, gorged with booty and ruin, bad passed on, Annio Fairfax found herself looking upon the bare walls, which were all that remain ed to her of a home of luxury, while, on a rude couch in a negro' cabin, whither they had gone for shelter, lay. her father, now quite wrecked in body and mind by a palsy stroke which the terror bad caused. . The days that followed this terrible night were far loss irksome to Annie Fairfax, in spite of her poverty, than those of her forc ed imprisonment. : ' She prooured A modest house near hear ber old home, whither sho took her father, by whose bedside she was occupied night and day. . . , , ,. Busied thus one August morn, ber old nurse entered the room,, and informing her in a significant whisper that " a gemmau wanted to see her in the odder room," took ber place by the bed. . Annie went out in a maze of mingled terror and hope, and almost on the threshold without, she was clasped in the strong arms of Edward Pey ton. ., ,: When the girl awoke from the glad swoon into which the unlocked for arrival of - her lover had thrown her, she saw the black face and gleaming white teeth of the boy Jake at the open door, and eagerly asked about the message she had sent, and tho delay which the messenger hod made in re turning. It was a short talo as Jake told it, though a clover writer might have made a three volume story of it. The second day after the negro left his home he was captured by some of the British scouts, and his borse taken from him, and he was beaten so cru elly that he was left for dead ' upon' the ground. But recovering from his uncon scious oondition he hid himself in' the woods, and the next night found his way to the shelter of a cabin where a good friend of his own raoe took care of him until his bruises were healed. - 'Then he set out again npon his journey afoot, but was again cap tured, suspected of bearing communica tions to the Federal troops. He was search ed, but fortunately bad concealed the note, wrapped in black tow, in his mat of curly wool. He was kept a prisoner, however, for in many, many weeks ; but at last escap ing, he passed through numberless dangers, and safely i reached the . Fedoral army in South Carolina. . ;. n I v. 1 ": , Capt. Peyton being . high in favor with the i authorities, easily procured a leave of absence, and returned to Virginia- with the faithful servant. Their way was full of peril, but their fortunate stars 'protested them, and they came to their journey's end in safety. . . , . ,..; , i Edward Peyton ouly daring to linger in the presence of his beloved girl for a low days, then returned, to the scene of war in the Carolina. . But the probation of the devoted lovers was soon to come to. an end,' for in the autumn days came the surrender of the British troops at York town, and .with tho falling snows, Sir , Thomas Fairfax, last of his name, fell into the grave, , And when the daisy bloomed agnin in - the spring, Edward Peyton claimed, his bride, and when the old home of her childhood was rebuilt and called by the name of its owner, it became the abodo pf loss elegauce and luxury than before, perhaps, but of more happiness and virtue. Badly Sold. ' 1 ' In the fur-back days when the School craft Herald was eatablihhed.crusadei-s had not been heard of and some editors kept "a little brown jug" in the back room to stimulate their energies. The founder of the Herald was such a man, though be didn't care to have it known, Und instead of a "brown jug" he had a kerosene can which be used to take up tj' Kalamazoo and have filled occasionally. The boys in the offloe discovered that he was drinking a good deal of "kerosene," and they pur chased a can of the same size, Ailed it with the real fluid and put it in the place oc cupied by his can. The proprietor ran in one day, snatched up the can and took a heavy "swig" before be discovered the cheat. -The next moment he appeared among the boys shouting : "I'm pizened to death !" and overcome by the taste he fell to the floor. They lifted him upon the table, threw water into his face, und he finally revived, and the foreman of ,Ui9 oflloe said it was perfectly heartrending to see how sad and melancholy he looked for the succeeding ten days. He "swore off," threw the can out doors, and ' they say he nevor drank a drop afterwards not with out sraulling first to see if any one bad put up a job on bim. 0 Coolcy'g Hat. ' 1 - . When Mr. Cooley came into church last Sunday, he placed his new high bat just outside the pew in the aisle. . Presently Mrs. Pitman entered, and as she proceeded up the aisle, ber abounding skirts scooped Cooley's hat and rolled it up nearly to the pulpit. Cooley pursued hit hat with feel ings of indignation, and whon Mrs. Pit man took her seat, he walked back, brush ing the hat with his sleeve. A few mo ments later, Mrs. Hopkins came in church, and as Coolohad again placed his hat in the aisle, Mrs. Hopkins' skirts struck it and swept it along about twenty feet,' and left it lying on the carpet in a demoralized condition. Cooley " was singing a hymn at the time, and he didn't miss It. ; But a moment later, when he looked over the end of the pew to Bee if it was safe, he was furious to perceive that it was gono. He skirmished up the aislo after it again, red in the face, and uttering sentences which were horribly out of place in the sanctuary. However, be put his hat down again and determined to keep his eye on it, but just as he had turned his head away for a mo ment, Mrs. Smiley came in, and Cooley looked around only in time to watch the hat being gathered in under Mrs. Sniilcy'a skirts and carried away by them., He started in pursuit, and just as he did so the hat must have ; rolled against Mrs. Smiley's aukels, for she gave a jump and screamed right out in church.',' When her husband asked ber what was the matter, she Baid there must be a dog under her, dress, and sho gave her skirts a twist. Out rolled Cooley's hat, and Mr. Bmiloy being very near-sighted, thought it was a dog, and immediately kicked it so eav- agoly that it flew np into the gallery and lodged upon the top of the organ. Cooley, perfectly frantic with rage, forgot where he was, and, holding his clinched fist un der Smiley's nose, he shrieked : " I've half a mind to bust you over the snoot?" ' Then he flung down his hymn-book and rushed from the church. He went home bare headed, and the sexton brought his humil- liating hat around after dinner. ' After this Cooley intends to go Quaker meeting, where he can suy bis prayers with his bat on bis head. '-' ' -:- '" " t Anecdote of Alexander Hamilton.. Hamilton , was once applied to for pro fessional assistance by a man in, New York city, who held the guardianship of several orphan children. These .children, then very young, would on coming of ge, if tuey naa weir pgnts, succeed to tlie pos session of a large and valuable estate. In the title deeds of this estate, the guardian bad discovered material defects, . and de thought he saw a way, with the assistance of an able lawyer, by which he could se cure the title of the whole property to bint self, He opened , to Hamilton he. whole deeds, , and, 'exhibited copies of the title deeds, and explaining bow he would like to proceed,, (, And he promised to the, groat jurist a. large reward if, he would under take the business. , Hamilton, said he must give to a matter so important due bought before be decided, and set a time for bis client to call again. The guardian called again according , to appointment., Hamil ton had put in writing faithful minutes of their former conversation, which upon his second visit, he read aloud. '1.' .'" ' 44 1 think," ; said Hamilton, when he had finished reading? " that is a true statement of your plans?" ' '' ' "' " Yes, sir," answered the client. " That is correct Arid 'now if I may ask, what have you decided ?Y "I will tell you, sir,; replied Hamiltop, sternly; "you are now completely in my power, and I consider myself future guardian of' these unfortunate orphans. I have deoided that you will settle with them honorably, to the very last penny, or I will hunt you from the surface of the earth I" : ' ' ' !' i; " 1 " It may be unnecessary to add that the false-hearted guardian did not pursue his nefarious scheme any further. ,!" A Determined Editor. ' ' There is a newspaper man in the eastern part of the State who is being bantered as the champion railroad pass beggar. Pass ing him by, we want to toll a little' story about an acquaintance who once published a paper on tho line of the Detroit , and Milwaukee road. '" He was a mighty poor compositor to begin with, and the first issue of. his paper was "a sight to see. He bad borrowed old bitters stereotypes to fill tip with, and his "salutory,", as he called lt,contained two hundred typograph. ical errors aud half that number of gram matical bluudors. But it was a foundation, and be went to receiving subscriptions and sending for railroad posses. He " went for" superintendents until he hod a pass over every road in the State, but these were not enough. He sent abroad, and finally addressed the superintendent of an Ohio road. No answer. The editor wrote again. 'No answer. He wrote a 'third letter, and the answer came back, "Go to!" The editor turned the letter' over and wrote, " Send me a pass oyer your road and I will." ' Tho pass came, and be was made happy. , (: 'ZSr A farmer named Earlo, living five miles from Kansas City, Mo., while on the top of a load Of hay in his field, was shot and killed on Saturday by an unknown i party concealed in an adjoining woods. llEAlr ESTATE At Private Said The undersigned will sell at private sale Ms val liable farm situate In Juniata township, Terry co.. Pa., adjoining lands of George Tliell, George Ickes and others, containing . ' 91 pf Red Slate land, about 76 Acre are cleared, and in a high state of cultivation. The balance Is well set with timber. ' , 4 "" T.e,,l"V!.r0Y'm,'?t!l re a a"00"1 tw story l!0g and Weatberboarded , K ' 8 DWELLING HOUSE, LARGE BANK BARN, TENANT HOUSE, CASHIAOE TIOITBE. NEW HOU PEN and WOOD HOUSE. ' There Is also a Well of good water near the house. There are also TWO GOOD APPLE ORCH ARDS on this tarm, with a variety of other fruit trees. This property Is near the village of Markle vllle In a good neighborhood. Any person desiring to purchase a home, should see tlili property before making a final invest ment. Price $5,000 1 payments. 12,000 on the 1st of April. 1874, at which time a deed will be delivered, and possession given . The balance to be paid In threeeoual annual payments, with Interest, to be secured by Judgment bonds. -C'al( in or address JACOB KLINE, Marklevllle, Perry co.. Pa., ok . LEWJ8 POTTER, 2tf New Bloomlleld, Perry co., Pa. 11 11 ' 1 i The Best is the Cheapest 1 T1IE SINGER SEWING MACHINE. SINGER SINGER MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. tllMit.lt ft ... MACHINE. SINGER -1 H MACHINE. MAOHINE. MACHINE. fcUJNU-KIt I f SINGER t ! MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. d i vt j i rf . -"f - - SINGER THE SINGER HEWING MAOHINE is SO Well known that it is not necessary to mention ' ITS MANY GOOD QVAUTIES I, , ' , : Every one who has any knowledge of .Sewing Machines knows that It will do , . ' EVERY KIND OP WORK ' Iri , a ' Superior ' Manner, Th Machine Is easily kept In order: easily op erated, and Is acknowledged by all, to be the Thf Best Machine in the World ! .. Persons wanting a Sewing Machine should ex amine the Slnper, Dcfore purchasing. They can be bought en Uie in..; ,. ... o.u . Most Liberal Term 7 OP ... rtr i I .':! .! i ! ,nVA-, IVJIOItTIJIER, : " I : HEW BLOOMFIELD, PA., ' """ ' Oeneral Agent for Perry County, ''.!,! . . - Or of the following Local Agents on the same terms : A. P. KEIM, " ; r ., : i . ., ; f , . Newport, Pa. . ,i J AS, P. LONG,' ",'"'. '' , , . ' ' , Duncannon, Pa. ' .i. ; i:.... i -: i -. I i : i. ' I : ' ' ' - '- Professional Cnrds. i JE. JUNKIN. Attorney-at-Law. . New Bloom Held, Perry co.. Pa. W Office Next door to the residence ofJudge Jmikln. , . . , i6tf AM. MARKEL. Attorney-at-Law, New Bloomlleld, Perry county. Pa. w viuua wivii vmis. a. mil iieib, x,sq., venire Square, adjoining Mortimer's 8torev , .,. . -J-BWIB POJTBB, ! ; 1777- ' ' 'ATKiRSEY A'T LAW, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PERRY CO., PA. u .' irctlms: promptly secured and collected. nriuugsaauaii legal vusuusss carvuilly attend- 32 yl JAMES H. FERGUSON, Attorney at-lJiw. '- NEWPORT, PA. ., WOfflce Markef Street near the Square. 35 6 CHARLES H. SMILEY, Attorney at Law. ' New BlooniUeld,. Perry Co. Pa. M-OfflcewithC. A. Barnett Esq., next door to Mortimer's store Augnst 20, 1872 TTM. A. SPON8LER, Attorney-at-Law,, ty Office adjoining his residence, on East Main street, New Bloouitteld, Perry co., Pa. 8 2 ly "WAS. A. BARNETT, Attorney-at-Law, 1 a I V Ul .1.1.1 1 1 n ..Off IlllHMMMtmi, I CI i y cu. rik B Office ad joluing Mortluier' Store. 32 ly J- BAILY; Attorney at Law, " i- - .. New Bloomlleld. PerrvCn.. Pa. ' Office opposite the Court House, and two doors east of the Perry County Bank. . -. jteiera w n. jnciutire, esq. j une 7, J.071. JOHN G. 8HATTO, Surgeon Dentist. 1 New Hloomlleld, Perry co., Pa. All kinds of Mechanical and Surgical Dentistry done iu the best maimer, and at reasonable prices. Att llfll.a nl hi. nul.lan.. i .... .Iaah TT ... ..v u.v WIIC UWI bfK. Ul HID Iloblnsou House, and opposite Win. A- Sponsler's "XTTM. M. BOTCH, W ATTORN EY.AT-L AW, New woomnelrt, perry co., Pa. -OmceTwo doora West of it. Mortimer Store 3 7 ly CIIA8. J. T, McINTIRR, Attorney-at-Law, New Bloomlleld, Perry co.. Fa. All professional busluess promptly andfaith fully attended to. 32 lv. , WTM- N. 8EIBKRT, Attoruey-at-Law, . V New Hloomlleld, Perry co., Ta. Bloointleld, 3 331v. LEWIS POTTER, kotabt POBUO, New Bloom Held, Perry Co., Pa. Deeds, Bond a, Mortgage! and Lease carefully prepared aud acknowledgements taken. All timinui iciintuiiBim uviiii,j uttjpcia uivu mm certified, will also take depositions to be rer d In ttiivvuuib iu mu uiiibeu oiuies. . , fiuiy" -1TTM. A. MOHIUHON, t " ' Y J UHTICK OK THE PEACE and G EN ERAL COLLECTOR. New (l ekmantown. Perrvoo.. Pa. r Remlttanceawlll be made promptly lor all Collections made. 7 41 , .T..-r,.,, -, ., ; .- yyiLLIAM M. 8CXCU, , ,, . , Justice of tlic Peace, " 'AND GENERAL COLLECTOR, '' Mew Bloomfleld, Perry County, Penn'a : i- Special attention paid to Collection's of all kln.ltw Vends, irtoiul,MorlgaKeaud Agreement eallyu executed. m ?.WH "' ' Auutlolicer.' The 'iiholeigicned gives netlre that be will cry sales at any point In Perry or DauiMii counties. Orders are solicited and . prompt Hltentiou will be given. ., ,!, , . .... K. D. WELLS, t I .. New Buffalo, : ,! . ' ! Perry co., Pa '' J ". M .3 1
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