2 lje mc0, New Bloomficlii, f). self bcBide Mr. Page, cjooting from the settee a young man of unromemberable ap pearnnce, with whom he had been exchang ing newspapers. " I think all the better tf you that you ate not incliued to politics, Mr. rage," said the old lady, " where's the use of it ? a paok of nonsense Just got up to help the elections, and empty people's pockets. But I suppwe Mr. Westover thinks he bad better get himself excited about it now, for when he's sent away where they catch whales he'll have no chance. You don't go to sea, do you ?" No, ma'am." "Then pray what may your occupation be?" Clara started, but Mr. Page, though his eyes snapped very rapidly, answered grave ly, " I am the editor of the ." '01i dear! that's a poor business, isn't it?" " It suits me very well, ma'am." "You are not bard to please I daresay," she returned, when, to the great relief of Clara, the nowspaper reader, who bad been hovering near, advanced exclaiming, " I am happy to And that I had the honor of conversing with a congenial spirit let me grasp your hand, sir I do something in the literary line myself. My name is O. ' Goldsmith Twiggs I presume it is not new to you." Mr. Page submissively yielded bis band. "Glorious places these publio rendez vous are for persons of our calibre," pursued Mr. Twiggs, " to study human nature and shoot folly as it flies ; but there may be too much of a good thing, and I always carry tho beauties of Shakspeare in my pocket, to pore over when I grow weary of tho dull realities of life. Con fidentially speaking, Mr. Page, what do you really think of Shakspcare's Plays?" "That there's a good many of them," said Mr. Page. "Exactly I understand," responded Mr. Twiggs, winking and nodding signif icantly, "not quite so great for quality as quantity ; I am glad that I have such good authority to agree with me. But between ourselves, I bave now a series of papers tinder contemplation," and as the roan of letters began to speak low and look mys terious, Clara thought it a good oppor tunity to draw her aunt away. " There, now, the matter's as good as settled I" said the triumphant Mrs. Cripps, ' when sbe bad followed the hurried stops of her niece to tbeir room ; "you don't find me long hemming and bawing about any thing I take in band. I've managed to get acquainted, and all you'll bave to do will be to talk a little kind to Mr. Page, and rouse a bit of courage in bim, and you'll bave just the husband you want." "My dear aunt, you are entirely mis taken in Mr. Page," said Clara, drawing her hands over hoc burning cheeks, and then she stopped, for she knew that it would be vain to try to make the old lady comprehend the force of what was very clear to ber memory, the moment she beard bis succinct account of himself, that be was celebrated as one of the rarest humorists of the day. " Why, what under the sun is tho mat ter with you, Clara?" exolaimed Mrs. Cripps, in much surprise ; "I've not made a shadow of a mistake ; Mr. Page is every thing I supposed bim to be at first sight He cares nothing about talking and eating, as you bave seen with your own eyes, and heard with your own ears, and as to books, could you bave desired any thing better than the way he answered that long tongued, dirty-collared little fellow about them, and tried to cut the subject short t If you bad ever listened to husband Diden . hoover you'd have known how to value it. If the bime of a book was broached to him, he would tell what this critio thought, and what that one said, and how so and so differed, and then be would spend his own opinion, the longest, most mixed-np rig marole of all. No, no, Clara, Mr. Page is the man and he's right good-looking, too better than might have been expected of him." "Aunt Cripps," said Clara, solemnly, " I don't think that Mr. Page will have any desire to pursue the acquaintance into which you bave so strangely forced him." " Then he'll be even more of a fool than I think him, and the proper person to fol-' low up so you needn't cry about it. I thought you bad a better oonceit of your self." ' ' ' . ' Clara for a moment was in despair at the impracticability of her aunt, and then sbe thought, as she had often done before, that it would be wiser to take a hearty laugh at it, which she did, though with tears in her eyes. The graces of Miss Bumey were by no means impaired by the exbilerating breezes of her healthful retreat, yet before the month was half out. it was questioned, particularly by certain young gentlemen, whether she was really beauty after all. A strong proof in favor of the doubt was, that she quite forbore to exact the tribute, which, as a beauty, was her prerogative, not withstanding each of them had sum moned resignation to yield it, and appeared satisfied, simply, to walk and talk with that quiet, plain Mr. Page, who, to be sure, was a good sort of fellow, and capital at a dry joke, but still was, In short alto gether inferior to themselves. Mr. Page was not what Is called a ladiea- man, but he had too much taste not to be an admirer of loveliness, such as was ex emplified in the person of our young he roine. Therefore he had no unwillingness to second the advances of Mrs. Cripps, and he did it with a tact that gratified Clara, by assuring ber that he placod her attrac tions quite apart ' from the old lady's ma noouverings. Then, when, afterward, be found, by reading the most expressive of fair faces, that be was understood .and ap preciated, and when his delicate humor was rewarded by the sweetest laugh that had over mug in his ears, be began to ap prehend that it was all over with him. And Clara, it was strangely unaccountable to her how she had missed discovering at the very first, how handsome he was, and she often, by way of extenuation, repeated to herself that she had done justice to his eyes. As to his conversation, she could not pretend to do it justice ; she regretted he did not talk more, but what he did say she considered all the more striking for being so condensed, and the manner of it that was irresistiblo ; she wondered whether Ella, the paragon on her imagination hith erto, could havo been at all oomparable in play of fancy, in droll humor, in quiet, simple, natural wlttiness, to the charming Mr. Page. But sbe kept all this to her solf. Aunt Cripps soon grew impatient, and began to talk about going home, especially in the presence of Mr. Page, and to Clara she became more and more urgent in her charge to "hurry, hurry, and make good use of ber time," which charge was now heard with blushes instead of smiles. Though Clara had always insisted upon ber matronly supervision over her rambles with Mr. Page, the old lady showed an in creasing proneness to loitering behind, hurrying ahead, and diverging to opposite directions, and one day, near the termina tion of the period to which she had actually limited her sojourn, after inveigling them to a shaded bench between two sycamores, with a tall screen of young locuBts separa ting them from all other loungers, sbe en tirely disappeared. The two) had ventured upon the perilous undertaking of analyzing each other's characters, and Clara wound up an eloquent disquisition by remarking laughingly that tbero were times when she bad observed her companion to assume an air and au expression of countenance, which made bim look as if he possessed not an ounce either of sense or spirit. " I have more than once suspeoted that the manner was put on voluntarily," added she, " and would think so still, if I could see any possible reason for your doing it' Mr. Page merely smiled, and then, ap proaching ber more closely, he said, color ing and stammering, "I learn from your aunt that you will leave this in a day or two, and I have been anxiously waiting for an opportunity like the present to express myself on a subject nearly connected with my happiness. Yet now that I have it, I cannot summon words for my purpose. I believe I am a fool In reality 1" and then he slopped until Clara bad tied six or seven knots in her bonnet strings. "Never mind that, Mr. Page!" inter posed Aunt Cripps, appearing from the further side of tho thicket, where she had stopped, unable to resist her desire to listen to the result of hor stratagem ; " Clara and I won't think any the less of you for being a little foolish. If you wish to pop the question, just go on, and don't mind me I'm used to such things." " Ob, aunt ;" faltered Clara, growing pale, and leaning her face in ber hands. "Miss Burnoy," said Mr. Page, earnest ly, " I have given you the entire devotion of my heart will you allow me to oflet my hand also?" . " Clara, say yes," whispered Mi's. Cripps, peremptorily ; " don't be ashamed ; who'd bave thought you sncb a baby ! if you don't say yes, I'll take Mr. Page myself ; and frowning with a severity she bad never before shown to Clara In ber life, she flounced away. Clara had not seen the frown, but she had heard the threat, which appeared to her ao supremely lu dicrous, even beyond the usual devices of ber aunt's, imagination, that, in spite of ber mortification, sbe burst into an irre pressible fit of laughter. " I am glad to see you laugh, dear Miss Burney that is, if you are not laughing at me" said Mr. Page ; "it seems to be an assurance that you will listea to me, with good humor, at least." - " That you may begin fairly," returned Clara, "I give you permission to withdraw your proposal." " Do you wish me to do so ?" asked Mr. Page, looking In her face so anxiously, that abe replied, in great trepidation, " Come, let us go to the house ;" sbe did not, however, draw away the band which be placed in his arm. " Well, Miss, I hope you have come to your senses, " said Aunt Cripps, swelling with dignity, when Clara, all blushes and confusion, came into her room ; "do you intend to bave Mr. Page, or are you de termined to leave him to me ?" "I have agreed to take him myself, aunt," replied Clara, not certain that sbe durst venture to smile. ' " Very well ; I'm glad you've got; over your nonsense. Mr. Page 'is a man in a thousand, and I bad no notion that he should be lost to the family. Now, we'll have to bo off to-morrow, and begin prepa rations forthwith. There's no end to the sewing and trouble when people make up their minds to get married. And you'll have to oommence tbe house-keeping part of your education, which you can do at once. You couldn't bave abetter time for it, this being the pickling and preserving season. To be sure, you won't bave so much to learn aa if you were getting another sort of a husband, but, I dare say, you will like to have nice things yourself sometimes, and it would be as well to teach Mr. Page to care a little about them, just for the sake of appearing well in com pany. You'd feel queor if he would make such a blunder at your table as not to know a haunch of venison from a sirloin of beef." The old lady opened the door to go down stairs, and Clara heard her exclaim, " Dear me, Mr. Page, do you lodge in that room ? I didn't know it before ! It's well you are to be one of tbe family, for you have no doubt heard plenty of our little confabs." A new idea struck Clara, and wheu she met Mr. Page at the foot of the stairs, waiting to conduct ber to tho tea-table, she asked, " Was Aunt Cripps right in her conjecture just now? and if so, pray con fess all you have overheard." "The most important item was a very original piece of ad vice' ' " Which you have just been persuading me to follow," added Clara. " Just so," answered Mr. Page, smiling : "for by undertaking, for tbe amusement of tbe moment, a novel experiment, without a single thought as to how far I durst pre sume to carry it, I very clearly identified myself with the respectablo character I at tempted to personate." " I should think you must be disappoint ed in your niece's match, my dear mad am," said an old friend of Mrs. Cripps, who met ber, for tho first time, some months subsequent to Clara's marriage ; " after knowing your opinions about a bus band for her, I confess I was surprised to hear that she bad taken a man of so much character as Mr. Page." " Pooh 1 pooh I" said Mrs. Cripps eleva ting her eyebrows, and lowering hor voice almost to a whisper. "Mr. Page is the very man I thought him at first. People bave got a great idea into tbeir heads of his wit and wisdom, and it's well enough he can pass himself off for it but between you and me, it is not all gold that glitters if you were at home in their house, as I always am when I go to see them, and had a chance to know how he pets his wife, and lets her have her own way in every thing, you'd agree with me that if he is not a fool, be is so much like one that it would take a wiser poreon than either you or I to find out tho difference." And to this day, Mrs. Cripps thinks Clara owes her good fortune, to having taken the advice given her, in the first paragraph of this story. A Spelling School Lesson. As tbe season for spelling-schools is ap proaching, we would suggest the following lesson. It contains very many words in which mistakes are likoly to occur : "Tbe most skilful gaugor I ever knew wai a maligned cobbler, armed with a poniard and a ferulo, who drove a pedler's wagon, uBing a mulloln-stalk as an instru ment of ooercion.to tyrannize over his pony shod with calks. lie was a Galilean Sad duoee, and he bad a pbthisioky catarrh, diphtheria, . and tbe , bilious intermittent erysipelas. A certain sibyl, with ( the sobriquet of " Gypsy," went into ecstasies of cachinnation at seeing bim measure out a bushel of peas, taking up two peas at a time, and trying to separate saccharine to matoes from a heap of peeled potatoes, without dyeing or singoing the ignitible queue which be wore,' or becoming paral yzed with a hemorrhage. Lifting her eyes to the ceiling of the cupola of tbe Capitol to conceal ber unparalleled embarrassment, making an awkward courtesy, and not harassing him with mystifylngs, rarefying, and stupefying innuendoes, she gave him a couoh, a bouquet of lilies, mignonette, and fuohsios, a : treatise on mnemonics, a copy of tho Apocrypha in hieroglyphics, daguerreotypes of Mendelssohn and Kos ciusko, a kaleidoscope, a dram-phlal of ipecaouauha, a tea-spoonful of naphtha, for deleble purposes, a ferrule for a cane, a clarionet, some licorice, a surcingle, a cor nelian of symmetrical proportions, a chro nometer with a movable balauoe-whoel, a box of dominoes, and a catechism. The gauger, who was also a trafficking rectifier and a parishioner of mine, preferring a woolen surtout (his choice was referable to a vacillating, occasionally-occurring ldio syucrasy) wofully uttered this apothegm ; " Life is checkered ; but schism, . apostasy, heresy, and villainy shall be punished." Ibe sibyl apologizingly answered : "There is a ratable and allegeable difference be tween a confcrrable ellipsis and a trixylla- bio diuresis." We replied in trochees, not impugning her suspicion, nor harauguiug the audience. Thus "Gypsy" remained in the ascendant Her ascendency can nev er again be .queried by any queasy vulgar quean. , , tJT Religion is to live according to the commandment of God, which la in ac cordance with the laws of love. The Hoy's Investment. " riMIE following stories are told of two JL Nantucket boys who afterwards be came famous in their several walks of life. Both died within a few years, upwards of 80 years of age the one, Capt. Stephen West, sailing as a whaling captain for most of the time, and always, except on his Inst voyage, in the employ of Beth Russell ifc Sous of New Bedford ; the other, Jacob Barker, as merchant and banker in New York and New Orleans, achieving and losing a colossal fortune, and well known in this country and Europe for bis sbrewd noss, energy and capacity. " Captain West commenoed his career as a boy on board tbe sloop Speedwell of New Bedford, and it was while in tbe Speedwell that Jacob Barker, then 8 years old, came to him with a ninepence (twelve aud a half cents) which bo bod had presontod to him, and said : " Stephen, I wish thee would invest this money, on thy arrival in Boston, in somotbing that will pay." Stephen ac cepted the business, promising to give it his best attention. On the arrival of the vessel in Boston he looked about for a prof itable investment. Going up Long Wharf he passed a table where an old woman had exposed for sale in tempting order ber stock of apples, nuts, and candies. Amongst this assortment Stephen's attention was at tracted by the sight of some beautiful sticks of sugar candy white in tho centre and entwined with stripes of red in a most attractive form. It was tbe first of the kind be bad seen, and be immediately decided ou a purchase and procured twelve sticks. On , the arrival of the Spoodwoll at Nan tucket, Jacob was already on the wharf, more anxious for tho result of this first ad- ventuie than aftorwards of the argosies of wealth that bore tbeir burdens to bis stores. tho first salutation was,. "Stephen, has thee purchased anything forme?" The reply was that he had, but the vessel must first be secured, the sails handed and the decks cleared before tbe cargo could be discharged. Jacob's anxious hands soon aided in furling the jib and putting every thing in order, when they " went below" and Stephen spread before his delighted eyes the first mercantile investment. Highly delighted he stepped on the wharf and was soon surrounded by a dozen boys, with whom he commenced bis trade, and with such success that before he bad reached the store at the head of the wharf be had sold the whole adventure for 37J cents, realizing a profit of 200 per cent, making what be termed " a very good turn of it." This was tbe first act or turn of business that this great merchant and financier accom plished, and not even those very heavy loans, to which our government in the day of her financial difficulty was obliged to re sort to him for aid, gave him so much pleasure as this first adventure of his boy hood. ' , ' But tliis adventure would be of slight in terest had it not a sequel in the lapse of time. Several years afterwards Mr. Bark er had become , a confidential clerk to tbe substantial mercantile house of Isaac Hicks & Sons, New York. Mr. West arrived in New York an officer in the ship Brothers, Captain Thaddeus Waterman, from Liver pool. While in Liverpool Mr. West bad laid in an adventure In a lot of beer. On his arrival iu New York he was mudh troubled and perplexed for money to pay the duties, then bigb, and tbe other matters relating to It. The adventure was in dan ger of being lost, when he recollected that bis old friend and schoolmate, Jacob Bark er, was ' in New , York. Jacob had already some fame as a clever man for business and shrewdness. As soon as West could leave the ship.be sought out Barker at thecount-lug-room of the Messrs. Hicks, and stated his perplexities regarding bis Liverpool ad venture. "Give thyself no uneasiness." replied' Jacob, "on that business, Stephen. I will attend to it for thee. Enter tbe beer at tbe Custom House . I bave plenty of money by me to pay the duties. I will not only pay the duties, but attend to the sel ling of it for thee. Thee only deliver it to my order when I send one." The next day the order came and tbe beer was delivered. In the evening while Mr. West was writing in the cabin, Jacob came 'on board aud in formed him that he hod sold the beer ex cellently well, and in proof opened his handkerchief and turned out on the cabin tuble a large sura of solid Coin. The sale was well done, and muoh beyond West's expectation ; but, sailor-like, be shoved back tbe money, saying, "Take your pay Jacob, aa much as you want" "Not a oeut, Stephen," was the response, " not a cent ! ' Does thee remember the sugar candy?" and with a hearty good shake of tbe hand they parted. 1 Epitaph. John Bpollmaa's like will ne'er be fouud ; . - He dytd tor all tbe country round i , . Tel bear with patience, Ifyoa can,. , .,, The base Ingratitude of man Wben death approached, with aspect grim, , Not one of tbtm would die for him s Bo leaving all his worldly pelf. Poor John at laat died for himself. tJT A day or ' so ago the daughter of a German grocer In Rochester, N. Y-, was married. Her father, with pride and a spice of humor, placed a placard in the window, bearing this device : " This store is olosed ou account of some fun in tbe family." Professional Cards. JK. JTJNKIN. Attorney-at-Law, .'Sim , o Blwimllelil. Perry co.. Pav. f Omce Next door to ttie residence of Judge- JUHKm. 46tf AM. MARKET., Atfrney-Rt-l.w, New IslowmSeld, Ynj const. P. -omn with a -...'"., 5JT. Square, adjoining Mortimer's Store! JKWIS POTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NEWBLOOMFIELD, rERRYCO.,PA. rclatms Promptly secured and collected. Writings and all legal business carefully al tend ed to. ' , 81! JAMES II. FERGUSON, Attorney-at-Law, NKWPOUT, PA S-Ofllce Market Street, near the Square. 36 6 CHARLES H. SMILEY, Attorney at Law. New liloonilleld, Perry Co. Pa. . 5-.!nce wlth - A- Harnett. Esq., next door to Mortimer's store August 20, 1872 -IITM. A. 8PONHI.ER, Attorney-at-Law, TV Office adjoUtaK his residence, on East Main street, hew UloomHeld, Perry co.. Pa. 8 2 ly CIIA8. A. BARNETT, Attorney-at-Law, New Bloointleld, Ferryco.,Pa. VOrflce adjoining Mortimer' Store. 33 ly JBAILY, Attorney at Law. New Illoomrteld, PerryCo., Pa. TOfl!e opposite the Court House, and two doors east of the Perry County Bank. Refers to B. Mclntlre, Esq. June27,1871. JOHN G. 8HATTO, Surgeon Dentist. , ... New Bloomheld, Perry co., Pa All Kinds of Mechanical and Surgical Dentistry done In the best manner, and at reasonable prices. 9 -OITice at his residence, one door East of the Robinson House, and opposite Win. A. Sponsler's Law olllce. 3 2 ly M. M. HUTCH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, . New Bloomfleld. Perry eo.. Pa. WOmce-Two doors West ol F. Mortimer store 3 7 ly CHA8. J. T, McINTIRE, Attorney-at-Law, . ,New B'"omneld,Perryco.,Pa. "I7"M. N. SE1BKRT, Attorney-at-Law, V! ... New BloomUeld, Perry C8., Fa. Bloomfleld, 3 331v. -.. LKWIS POTTER, notaot.pcblio. New Bloom fleld, Perry Co., Pa. Deeds, Bonds, Mortgages and Leases carefully prepared and acknowlsdgenients taken. All kinds of Pension and Bounty papers drawn and certitled, will also take depositions to be reid In any court In the United States. 7 10 ly" "ITTM. A. MORRISON, p?J r i?n'Kf,COK JHK rEACE and GENERAL COLLl-Croit, NbwGehmantown, Perrvco., Pa. "Kemlttanceswlllbe mttd promptly tor all Collections made. ' 7 4 -yyi.LI.IAM M. 8UTCII, Justice of the Peace, AND GENERAL COLLECTOR, New Bloomfleld, Perry County, Penn'a ki81t2i5UtutBnt,l0,i'd t0 Collections of all ii?iln -Vr?1?' Bonu Mortgages and Agreements eatlyn exeouted. 7 igtf REAL ESTATE At Private Sale. The undersigned will sell at private sale his val uable farm situate In Juniata township, Ferry co Pa., adjoining lands of George Tizell, George Ickes and others, containing v.cmK 91 ACRES, ?' ?eiIi SlaU. ,an1, .ab0,lt W Acres are cleared, and w,uie1tKw.?KiemrUU1Va,l0n- The 3 DWELLING HOUSE, !iiL LARGE BANK BARN. TENANT HOUSE, CARRIAGE HOUSE, NEW . HOU FEN aud WOOD HOUSE, ' There is also a Well ol good water near the nouse. There are also TWO GOOD APPLE ORCH ARDS on this farm, 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 Inent p0,ertJ, making a ttual Invest- .Fr.','W!0v,Pav'ant"' K m on 1st of April, 1874, at which time a deed will be delivered and possession given. The balance to be paid In threeequal annual payments, with Interest to be secured by judgment bonds, . r Call on or address JACOB KLINE, Maxklevillo, Ferry co Pa., on i.kwir r-iiTTirn 2tf New Hloomltelrt Pxrrv n T. LEBAN 03ST Mutual Fire Insurance Company, OP Jonestown, Penn'a. POLICIES PERPETUAL at Low Rates. No Hrum Hair tulan Thi. u v.. conducted and most reliable Companies la the at M 00 per thousand, aud Town property at 15 00 LEWIS POTTER, H W ULOOM FIELD, PA. , 4 16 Agent lor Perry County. LOOK OUT I I would respectively Inform my friends that I in tend calling upon thein with a supply of good of my , OWN MANUFACTURE. ; Consisting of ' . . OASSIMEB8. ,1 OA88INKT8. ' , . FLANNELS, (Plain and par'd OA11PETS, Ate., toexchangefor woolorsellfor cash. ' J. M. BIXLEK. Ckntri Wooi.kh Factokt. ,17,4m j. m. oiavin. J M.GIRVIN A BON, 1 . CommiMwiou Merchants), NO. I, SPEAR'S WHARF, 1 It a 1 1 1 m o r e . Itl d . will pay strict attention to the sale of all kinds of eouulry produce, and remit the amount promptly. SiWly Anotleneer. The undersigned elves uotlee that he will ery sales at any point In Ferry or Diupin counties. Orders are solicited and prompt sttenthia will be given. , , , , . . iC. D. WELI.H, I I .. i t .. New Buffalo, Ferry oo., Fa ALL KINDS of Printing neatly PRINTING executed at the " hixmrutU
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