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S XV Rfi Doa,er in NOT10 FAXCYGOODS. LADIES Jt
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()t.It,'73.tf.
ESTABUS
1853.
THE OLD C OKXEIl
Uebum and rtefurniabed with lb Finest anJ CheaptitV Assortmenl
DEY GOODS!
NOTIONS, TRIMMINGS, QUEENSWARE,
Hardware, Groceries, Cedarware, Hats & Cap3
K1mh, Oni-ptitw, Oil Clot hM, Hhoo I 'IikIImm,
WALL lAIlltN, (il.AKS, sJt'.,
EVER OFFERED TO TIU9 COMMUNITY.
The subseriber haeiac removed Into bis
Market aud l'ine Streets, is new prepared to
one tbrl may favor bim witb ibeir patronage,
THIS- OLD COHMMt
SHALT. STILL CONTINUE THE MOTTO FORMERLY ADOPTED,
"the c?iii:ai c:I2Ir.
By a llriol attention to business, and keetilnv at all limes the moNt eomnlela atonk
ami selling at tne loweal prices, be bopes lo
NTAii iiij. si uuuNUU l-rnjuiXK
8etins,;ri?o. April 2l. 71.
l7. VliTi:it.
IN M1DDLEDURG, DY
(breo. Alfncd cibiocli.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
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Parauola and White Good.
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I aa aeteeteil tb atioy goods with are! ear,
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OULD k CO. sell lb Strongesl Knurniliire.
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OULD A CO. have th Newest Piinerns.'
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OULD ft CO. ba tW .Store.
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or
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 1, 1830.
laactts, . . l 80T.OOO.OO
David M. Rank, Proa. G. F. Mcily, Trea,
Jae. G. Heilman, Sue.
polle'v Farpaiual. N dangaroai or brd
OVIprufrtr laild. Tha Inmtta of tt,.
Fo aa taftwaMtlnn a4tr. th uuilar.lKud
agsut for sojfJar sud bJubauUjrlau nouull.
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rotlllUW, NMTKPS Oil.. FA
Offer hliKetMstoaal Srela ta ta aab'l,
aiMa if Mffiif 4 a4 rAMH
r
mDDLEBURG, SNYDER COUNTY,
AI'llIL
1872.
t. wt'tw s, .';... tv,
REBUILT 131
NEW HTORE tmmf n ibe Cnm.r of
offer, lo his old customers, and all new
great indueements. Me is determiued Ihn
merit a full share of pnlronagn.
tnken in exchange for ao ls.M
WM. F. El'KBFR f
and ask axi oveatlaebfon 01 thasane by those
Cum nana mt n-lrt. with older..
past, t rsM'.oifully solicit a evotlnu.no el
U. ALI KKD tiCHdCH.
AW 37 and SO JV. SB CO YD
VALUABLE
Mill Property,
TWO
GOOD
HOUSES,
PES III AH LH
IV U o rp h,
FIVE
el's a"T VV
AT'
PRIVATE N ALI,
The mill )A3 a lare custom, in in
M)d running qrcjor, with never failing
water power. ,
; iwij, iuui,i)r.pci) w rvciga igoon
dwelling hiauie, will) gllfpr neoosartry
injrrpviiiiiinte.
Fivp town hia fayqrally located, and
well suited fir building purpogpa.
'Flis ahovo named propurtie are sit
uate in the thorough of New Berlin,
Union Co., Pu. For ftirther particular
a a aw v wn a eara IsniMMi
norauurea AuobHt nuum
" " New Berlin. Union Go.. Pa.
fit r A Ff
Je is
I U1.I QI ILT.
A Story Ciiwnntfantia! Eoithnre.
Our district rotii-t was in session,
and in tho evening, during the recess
a small party of us were assembled
in tho pi 1 vu to room of tho presiding
jitdi. n man fully up to three
Hoorc-and-ten, with one guiding light
while upon tho bench, juNtico, strict
and impartial t and ta while awav
the time he told tu a story as fol
lows:
"Years ago I waa ProsecHting At
torney for my judicial district I
was young then a little more than
thirty hut had worded hard to in
struct and improvo my profession.
When I hwami! District Attorney I
meant do my duty, and as I felt
myself in a measure, pitted against
tint whole h.ir, I gnthored inv
strength and prepared to marshall
a1 the forces at my command.
"At length came what 1 had long
desired a capital tiial. It w.w a
case of murder seemingly of the most
atrociotiH character. Tho Attorney
(leneriil camo down to attend, but
when he found how well I under
itoo l the niso. nnd how tlioroughly
I had prepared myself, ho did not
propose to bother hinsilf. He
9 j would leave inu to conduct the pros
: ccution, holding himself 111 readiness
t i render assistance, urolTer stigges
ti ns in case of need-
"Tho casu eamii on, and I present
o 1 the O vrnment-H complaint, and
the grounds thereof. Tho prisoner
at tut; I ir was Charles Ashcroft. 11
vouni! man of uvc-and twenty in
J telligent and haudaon)i and about
the last man in tho world ouo would
h tvo scloeted as a murderer. Yet he
itoo l tlnu charged, and tho evidence
vVhs overwlu'lmiiig against him.
"Tho facts uh ol le ted in the evi
lence were these: Ashcroft hid
been n teacher in tin; academy of the
town where ho resided, and where.
tho killing had boon douo. He had
waited upon a young lady, named
Susan Lattimor, and hid evidently
loved her very dearly; but it seemed
that Susan was not inclined to be
constant, A wealty Buitorprojjeutod
himself for her hand, and sho cast oft'
tip' p.Hir pedagogue and accepted the
new comer.
"One Saturday afternoon Susan
Lattimer went 011 foot to visit an 1111
do who lived two miles distant, and
to shorten tho way she took the carl
path throuurh the woo I that stretch
ed down between the two sections of
the town. Miortly after she was
seen to enter this wood Charles Ash
croft was seen to follow her with a
double barrelled gun ujmu his shoul
der. Susan Lattiiuer went to her
uncle's, but finding only a servant of
tho family at home, she started hock
at once l.y tho way she h id coin-..
"In the wood on her return, she
was met by Ashcroft, who stopped
her. and upbrai hid her for h 'r deser
tion of him. Two eirU ouo four
teen years of ago and the other 11
year younger who had gone to the
wood for I ko purpose t,t gather
iug beechnuts, passed tho twain
while they were conversing, lit, 1
heard Ashcroft "swearing terribly,"
as they express it, at Miss Lattiiuer.
They heard him declorw that ho
"would a litf die as not ; ' and thev
heard her sav, "lou t kill me! at
this point the altercation frightened
them, and they ran away.
"Churlc Ashcroft returned to his
boarding ploco, pale nnd agitated,
uilh both barrels of his fowling piece
I'lUptyli
body of
empty hut with no game. Later, tu i
body of Susan Lattiiuvr wot found
11 .
in 1110 wood, not Jurirom wnere tne
altercation had taken place She had
been shot dead, the whole of one side
of her face nii head having been
shockingly torn by a 1itvy charge of
pigeon-shot, evidently discharged
with deliberate aim, and at a wry
short ditrtiueu. Konjo of tho shot
were extracted and exk&itod to a
store-ker JO tho village, who un
hesitatingly declared it wr exactly
such shot as he had sold on that
same Saturday to Ashcroft.
"In response to this Ashcroft could
only dcvy.ju the iuut solemn man
ner, that ho had uot thought oroii'T
ed harm of any kind Ut the deceased
lie admitted tho truth of tho state
ment made by tbe two girls 1 and he
admitted that he had purchased the
shot as the store-keeper had said.
His story was, that on Saturday uf?
teruoon no had gone into tho wood
to shoot pigeons. He did not know
that Miss Lattiuier had gone that
way. IIo met her unexpectedly, and
foolishly allowed liimaaif to give vent
to his feelings of indignation For
words spoken on the occasion he
hardly ut himself responsible. In
fact L,c could not remember what he
did buy. After talking till they had
both become rxljipiKtud by iuleusity
of feeling, and Miss Lai timer had
f illeu to crying bitterly, he bade her
farewell, and told her (40 had troubled
hir for the last time. ftl)Q sat down
upon tho log by the side of tho path,
still crying, and asked him to leave
her. lie obeyed her, and sav her
not again until he saw her dead In
explanation of the empty barrels of
bia gun, and 00 game, 140 said that
be had m.ot Miss Lattimer before he
had seen any pigeona, and that after
leaving her he had no heart to "port
Ha had discharge bis. piece io the
edge of tha voqd into the empty air,
as ho had qeyer allowed tiiraaelf to
deposit )oded gnu n dwelling
house.
'There it no need that I ahould
NOVEMBER 27, 1873.
j
fice it for mo t say that I felt ray re
putation at stake as IVociUtng At
torney. Tuo State was my client,
and alio demandod that I should sue
cood. Ablo lawyers were arrayed
against tun, with money and social
power to back them, an 1 1 must over
come them in the combat if ( Ouuld.
I marshalled my forcen and disposed
of them in the bust possible manner.
I threw my whole soul int the work,
and used every means possibly pres
ented. I t sk tho eqniuotiou of the
prisoner with the homicide as grant
ed. Then I drew a picturoof the
murder which made tho jury shudder
and j uake as they sat ; and I demand
ed that outraged justice should be
vindicated ; that the community
shnld be protected ; that our homes,
our highways, and by ways, should
be safe to the innocent ones whom
we loved. I held the prisoner up in
colors so frightful and hideous that
he fainted outright in his box : and
then this circumstance I 0 night up
in.l turuud ag.iiuut him. If.iiilv car
ried the jury by storm ; umi our
sympathetic nnd good hearted CMuf
j muconaii allowed ail ins sympathies
to be expanded upon the distressed
and heart broken pircnti and broth
era and sisters of the do'.'g.iuud. I hc
counsel for tho prisoner were out
ranked aud overpowcieJ, aud they
struggled hopelessly. In the end a
verdict of the first degree was rcn
dcred, ami the pntiguvr was sentence 1
to be executed.
"I was jubilant nnd proud at thoftraeo of the fugitive could be found
close of tlie trial and loth bench an 1 The time sot for the exoaution pass
bar complimented mn. I went toN'd. and not many dy thereai'ier an
my home expecting my wife to con 'honest farmer, living near t u"
giatuliito mo warmly. She had been j'!p wh ni Sunn Itiirn -f w'Ht t '
present through most of the trial, visit on that Saturday at'icrnnn, name
and had witnessed my tii'imph. Mut to tuo in croat tribulation, nis fnn,
she said not a word. When I asked I a bnv ol f.iurlccn. h id cnnfessel tl)'
henf she did not ioin me in aratitndn shooting of M' La'iiner. I wcnl
for my success, she shook her head
m
"Iain proud of my husband s legal
fame.'' she said, but I cannot fcul
grateful in the present instance. 1
think Edward, yon hare comfrmned
a1 iitinicfnt man '
"The words struck mo like a bolt
of lightning, not only the words,
but the more than hntnan feeling
with which they had been spokuij.
i recovered myself, and laughed at
the geijtlo woman for her misplaced
sympathy I uk"d hr to look t
the evidence."
Look at the evideneo?" she d
maudo I. "There are unsei evi
dunces in strong as those which are
D ilniible to si''ht and hcurinj;. The
heart feels them, aud the calm judg-
uK'iit e:ilorses them. Am 1 live I do
lot Icilieve llmrles Asheroft ever
Lu iwingly or willingly di I harm to
that dead girl. Jle knows no more
how she met hur death than do I."
"The Hurry of conquest was over,
and in my own sanctuary 1 sat do.vn
and reflected. 1 took up now the
case of the Ocfcudcut, and went over
tho whole business from beginning
to the end. Shutting out t'.ie evi
dence directly implicating the prison
er. there was no human Is.iug who "I returned noma nu I att.i uiv
could httvebelicvedhiiti guiltv. What i "'''' "1"' kno w,",r', c,,',' Askarofi
then, was this evidence f id it di- i w x- ' 1 kncw' 1 t"1'' h"r
reetly connect him with the killing f wl"r 1 had discovered and hado her
So. Only cireumstaubially washelhfnj hitu hunk. On the very noxl
connected' therewith Was it possi M .V hernt nppeared, anJ dlorod
bio that Honioone clso could have ; himself up at th j til.
done tho deed ? Ave, a thousand "The finil result yog rmn rftiv
tiimm W if nmr.,' i.i-nl,.!,',. oomn1 cheiid. At the r.ewhl il the
pre
some ouo else did it lhu tl.ut A
eroii inn u : 1 1 ere was tne run.
I
had huou guilt in many forms, and!
h:i.l seen innoefoco accused. 1 had i
seen the guilty wretch attempt to
hide his guilt and had heard him deny
it in totit. And here came in the
evi(ebc which, u;y wife had ex
perienced, and which I could feel,
but which could never be presented
to a jury of ordinary men with mov
ing power. In tho bearing of the
prisoner fhero had not been ono
sllildou' lit Iti-il l.i'oi.ii iintiiiilmu
which is sure tocron out hon.ewhere !
and somehow, in tho demoanor of
guilt Jovg Htriiggjjog la effect inno
cence. Nor had he displayed tho de
spair of the hopelessly entrapped cri
initial. Oo the contrary, lie had
presented, as J could calmly review
the scene, a crushed and broken
heart a manhood staggering under
a frightful incubus, and a shivering,
shuddering sensitiveness tin lor tho
suspicious resting upon hitn. Now
that had won the victory, I could
afford to judge without prejudice,
and 1 found myself, ore long, in
troublo. I had condemned the man ;
I had consigned him to tho gallows.
"How how could tjhe have come
to her death if ho did not kill her ?
Yh it other wny is possible 1"
"I had mused lou I at this point,
aud my wife had heard tue.'1
"There are many ways," oho said,
with a directness which showed thai
her thoughts had been in company
with my own. Ashcroft left her
sitting upon a log crying. When
she got up to start for homo sin.
blundered along almost blindly thjnk
ing of nothing but tho betrayed
lover eho had sent from her. There
havp been plontv of pigeons in those
woods, nnd others besides Charley
Ashcroft wero in all probability hunt
ing there on that Saturday afternoon.
Did you never hoar of porqons be
ing shot by sheer accident iu such
places ? What rqorc sy than for
Sisaq Lattimor to have, mjdunly
come into range of a guu already
aimed, witb tbe finger of its owner
pressing the trigger 1"
'But' ' I criod, etartled at the
thpught, had suoh an) aoeideat oo
curred.the man would have come
forward and owned it'
3$ ww t9 man- but bo"
:r- m wi But
NO. S8
said ny wife t 'and tha cataatrcpb
frightened him out of his wita a
loy who knovea not the grades of
homicide who fears that the gal
lows would follow a ray elation of the
deed,"
"I cannot toll you, genVlcrnan, how
that tiling worked upon rnj mind. I
came to believe that my wife bad
truly solved the problem 1 and the
more I reflected the more firmly be
came that solution fixed U my faith.
The time for Ashoroft'e execution
was drawing qoar. How could I
save him TUore was but on.t) way.
A new trial without some new ovi
dunce was out of the question. I
must set him free. I could not see
hitn hanged. I visited him in his cell
and came away sure that he waa in ,
nocout I a9ko.1l my wife if she had
the will and eourage to help that
man to break his bonds. She flash
ed In the glory of her woman's prw
it IsLeA nit Srt tin ictit atliliaae T
told
her I would sot bar on the track, but
I mut not know how tho work was
done, nor huro the prisoner had
mm. ,M.,e,.i,on,l.,i ,i
'Kno
agrood. I lent my ofilcial influence !18 Ui ,ne?n.,ng 5f, tl9 extraordinary
to gain her access to tho jail, and she ' "'V'1' M,H8 ',unV."T.. d("n.ttn'leJ
did tho rest. She ca.no bom- onoj!5.totosb:V'Jr' . h' Mr. fctotcsbury,"
night radient like a giant who ha 1 a
glimpse of hoavr n. On the following
morning 1 was informed that the
condemned man hal qsaapol. I
asked my wife no questions end fho
offered im information.'.
"Search was iustitutid, but uot a
.a
over vsitn tho lut'ier. nnq saw mo
hoy. I fou nl him kic k and nigh un
ti iletitli his life worriel Al)r by the
I'-arful secret which he b)tl I gnawing
io his bosom. I proinisod hi it), that
nn hnrm. aluiiill porno lo him, and he
brightened up. It wis exuotly ns my
a-ife Ihd sijested Tho lad hiH
snn a pigson upon a tree, and had
crept into n olijmp nf ttihc upon the
opposite wide nf the cart palb, in or
der tint he infill rais his gun with
out fi icliU-iiitig tha I'll I . Iu cooked
the piece, haJ tslicn aim. and his Gn
uor was prosinu the trigger, whon
,1iss Lillimnr with her lioaJ hiit
down. c:iine directly hefxre thy nnjule.
She ha l onfue like ti dark l.lo b..
Iwcpn him and tho bird, and not un
til his pew had l)"C0 disc!.nri?l
i M '' know what hal thus sudJenlv
obstructed his ieirlit, Vhn Im luid
leaped mil frm his ever, and hnd
hri'o tlir fcarlul work hi hid dni. Ijc
was fr n moment pmilvzed with n
terror tint was owlul. Soon the
phantom of Murder appeared to hi
appalled senso, nnd he run wy nnd
jUd A ill from thattlm he halstif
I fored, uu'il his scrot was so near kill-
liiHtljini that ho had In lot it nut.
hn- wis able lo attend. nnd Tins Ash
(roll, win set at liberty wili hot litil"
cormony. his rharactar filly clon-n!
rr'"n flV 'n 'l,n "l'l,',"J 6f ff' it,
ami ins tr nns muiiiiii.-n iu inuiruu'-,
"And so tlio lil'o 'if on in oonf,
hi'.'li "'in b'd m'i was sovf. He
wiiilcf" have H'tri-iy heeu iiau:f d hiu
ho iciuiiiiii' in prisou to tl.f iippnini
ef (fuy. rcnpio sav ir " an inter
pos'uign of i'rovif"0o. Th.y little
r'nrneff how much nf thai precious
Proviifence lay the subtle instincts
nnd in the heart nf 4iiy wife ; nor riif
1 '"V Suspect my offi treason,
Hi'
""' h'amwf mysoii never.
nd
th tetirh:nir nf that esncriennn has
served mo well in the litter year."
Which no Yon Vap.rr.nT 'if yon
prefer the keg of lagur or tho bottle
of wine to me," s aid Mary, "just
take them to tho magistrate, and get
married to them."
"What do you mnau T" asked
John.
"Just what I say. I don't want
a young man to come here evoniugs
chewing cloves to cover his breath,
and hide his habits of drinking. If
vou like lagor more than you love mo
just rnairy it at once, and don't
divide your affections betwooa a
woman and wino or woman and
lager, l-ovo and liquor have no
affinity."
Why Mary, how you talk' ex
claimed John.
"Yes I moan what T say ; unless
von sign tho plodge, and keep it, you
had bettor not call hero again.''
John did nign the plndgo, and he
kept it, and ho mat riod Mary.
Ejeih'inpe.
A Pennsylvania landlord, who cmild
not ft rid of a nonpuying tenant,
nt Aro to the hmiso aol had the
leaoior drowu hioi nut.
An escliango says man will never
kuow what effoot it wquld huve had
on Job if eleven little girls had call
ed on bim, one after another, and
tried to ell Stqdy nohoql picoio
tioketa.
A Virgioia Darkey aivritho follow
inn resaaq why tl Q.)rdF race is in.
poriqr to the white : t'AII man are
ta'e of olay. anV, 'like Ibe maer
sebaum pipe, tbe are more valuable
whf blbly 00atf4'.'
Aavmitffjjtfj.
One column one year, 00.00
One-hair, column, one yoart tO.VO
One-fotu tU column, one year, )6.00
One sqjjare (10 lime) 1 insertion, 7ft
Evary additional rnawrtion, M
IVt3faaaKnaland Business earn of
net raorethan 5 lines, per year, 6.00
Auditor, fyecutor, Adnuniatrator
and AKvifcnco Notices, tJBO
Editorial notices per line, . 19
All ndvenum'.-nt4 for a ihorter p
riod than ono year arepavable at the
timo they ae ordered, and if not paid
the person ofdin them will beheld
responaible fog th. tnonev.
Tha I 'a aretT U004.
Stotesbnry host hie nose in early
life during an intorviow with
patena hay chopper, but he succeed
ed in procuring a wax none of audi
marvelous consinvatkn, Usat only
keen scrutiny could detect the fraud.
One night last winter, while otcfea.
bury was on his way to Mist John
eon s, a tremendous fire brqjte out,,
and Stotesbury stopped tobofcat it.
He becam) deeply interested and,
drew quite near to tbe flame.
The boat was so great that Stotes
bury 'a nose gradually softened, and
aiisumed something of tbe shape of
a raw oyster. He did not notice it,
but went calmly onward to Miee
lohnaQu's. Whou he entered, tba
servant girl at the don gave one
startling look at him and began t
laut;h in a niost boisterous manuer.
Stutesbury, indignant, pushed on
ward to the parlor, as he entered,
miss Johnson roso to receive him.
I1' caught a glimpse of him ahe
?tcvI?P ""'M amared, and thon
, !r,nM m h-r handkerchief
in a c onvulRiou i f laujhter. "What
! sho Haul "pleasa excuse mo but
whawliawba whit e, the matter
with .Vour tiosj. Stotesb try went t
the pior glass, gazed at thit cureous
oyster qrj his faue jan)mgd bis bs,t
suddenly on his hua and fled from
the room As lo reached the entry
be foijnd Miss Johnson's litt'o broth
er just cjmin; iu tho .1 nv. a:ij ...
that urchin perceived t!ie condition
I of Stotesbury 's fact, he gavf oue
wild yell and sVieke l, "Oil, I illy,
co tuo hero, comn hro quick' and
look at old Sfcrtesburv's nosel"
Then Stotaalpiry enmrg d all at once
from the frint door aud went home.
He is now wearing an India-rubber
noso, nnd he goes past Miss John
son's without ringing the bell Max
Addtr.
4 (.'rucl lluabnod.
A Lady, of Croton, wli had some
troubles with hnr husband, determ
iuod to punish him- She had seen
in tho papors of the revenge of a
Pennsylvania woman whoso husband
hi,-.l struck her, an I sho determined
to imitate that female's action W hen
tho Pennsylvania woman wii struck
she throw hcraalf into a tragic atti
tude, and exclaimed, "Villain ! nith-
iu but death cau wipo awny the
st.iitj of vourblow " Thntj bl.i tui.li.
ed out of tho house, inn to the ca''' I,
and throwing her hat uud shawl on
tho Kink, (lnu in u bi h!..iih, which
ma 1? a loud splash. She then hid
iu tho bushes and watched wl'!i 1
uianiaj joy hnr husband and a party
of frieii la grappling for the body.
Whou she thought sho hal suffl.
oicutiy punished hor lonl sho made
bur appearance, and was received by
him with demonstrations of joy. and
he begged her forgivonens, tools hor
homo nn I promised to bo kin I nnl
loving tj her forever. The other
day tho Crytou woman had a bitUe
royal with her hasbaui Ho didn't
strike her ho was too tn mly for that
but he said such irritating things
that sho was drivtm to ma lnoss.
"lubuman ruoustur!" she Hhriokod,
"I will never again rest bminath this
roof. 1'ho rivi;r bud shall bo my
tomb its waters my winding sheet "
Out eho rus'ed to the riv...e -vhich
mu within a quart -ir of a milo of tho
boiiHo, threw her handkerchief on
tho bank sho had neither bat nor
shawl on, aud then i-tij flung hit
tho clear water a largo stone. Thj$
douo she hid in some trees and aw?it
e 1 thoc omuiing of t'leVetnorso strick
en husband. Sljo continued to wait
for about eight hours ; but the re
morseful man didn't com;-. Horrible
thoughts bogau to agitato her mind.
Perhaps he had killed tho childron
aud then committed auicido. She
could not boar thu suspjuso louger.
It was dark now and sue quietly
stole to tho house.
There were lights in it. oud every
thing looked as cheory and pleasant
as usuu). Shu crept to tho wiudow
and looked iu. There sal tho r
morse stricken husbaud, with bis
arm around the waist of a young la
dy neighbor, and he was saying t
"Jennie, the old woman got L:. b i. k
up to-dity, uud she went fill' ami
drowned herself. Now, you sne, I
don't want to break up house keep
ing, and if you'll consent, why, we 11
get hitched in two weeks. W&at da
you say V
"She shan't do anyihirg of th
sort, aud neither will you, you mis
erable, unfeeling, heartless wr tch f
came from the wife nnd she dashed
into the room. For a few rqhiut'
Jcnuio was tossed and tumbled
about by the undrownud, wo. nan
in the most homed mannor, and
when Jennie retired from tha
house she looked as though she had
been through a purding machine.
Tho Croton lyomm dosou't intend
trying any moro sonttiuontal expee
meuts on her hu&Vwd t but '
hereafter do all hor lighting '
old fashion. It need hardly
tioned that her huyband is not
in a state of perfect gnd um
beautitudo at present N. Y
patch.
fwrnj. '-s
Tho evory d.y oaree aqd
which rren call drudsory tr
wt'lghls ant conotcrpuiaes of the
nf Time, ftivinti it jienffu'urn a i
vibrotiou, ana? Its lianas ft rcy
mntioo aod whao they vaase to b
upou the wheals, the panJulum
loosar swings, the biacw oo loot
plovf t)i flook ltD( itUl, 7
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