J- . ruMlnhed every Thursday Evening by JEBEMIAlT CROTJSB.JTopT. Terms of Subscription, TWO POLL RS PER ANNUM. ray- pnirt within the year. No paper dis continued ur.til all arrearages arc rnid unless at the option of the pub lisher. ... Buliwcrlptlons mitVide of the county PA7ABLR in advanci. MT'roraons lifting and using papers addressed ' othr become milserilirs mi'i re liable fortho price ofthepnper Vl At.t.WA. WOAOB ALlniCAW S. AIXEMAN & SON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Nellnarrove lti. - All professional bnstnese tnl eot1ellnt .trusted to ihelf oar will he promptly lenedlo. Can be ennsnlled In English airman. Office. Murk'. 9.ir. gAMUKL II. OUW1G, orrn:e,Tif waiatt street, raii.ADai.raiA. J. SMITH. ATTORlf FT ATT.AW. T MIDDLtnt'Rtl, BNTKDR (!lt., PA Offer hit P rlnn1 flervlrae to the pab'le Osa.auuoas in casus . ana usrwsa T N. MYERS. moRm t consEinit at lw i rlHtrict Attorney, Middloburg, Snydor County Pcnn'a Office few door West of Iho Cnnrt House on Mln street. Consultation In English end 0rmQ language,. 8ep.'C7. WM. VAN ft EZ RR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, T,nwinhiirc Pa.. Offer hU professional rvio to at pub- rllUMitnMa n,l all nlliar lt Atpiiin. l business entrusted to hit oars ill re ceive pr.iinpt attention. T P. CRONMILLER. V ATTORN ti AT LAW, Middlebnrjr, Ph., Offer hie professional crvlre to the pub lic Collection and nil other professional bitaines ntruted to bit cure will receive prompt attention. f Jon 8, '17lf ii. ii. (iimnr, Attorney & Councellor AT-LAW, Office X. E. Cor Market k Water St'it Frrelturv. Penn'n. Consultation in both English nj Herman Lsngiuigea. Deo. 19, '"-If. I jARDINa & FERRIS, Patents General Claim Agency, AVnHliinjjton, T. C Mr. Hardin- llf.ll known thrnnah this see tlna of ttm country sas thoroughly rallaMin, d boelnsas entrusted tu Mm wl:l rnrr Mnjit attention. June 111. '73, T M. LINN, A H. DILL tie (Successors to. F. k .1. M. I.lna,) ATTOIINKVS AT LAW. I.ewil.ur(t. T Offer their prifealonal aerrirea lo the nubile. Colleotlom ami all other .rn fionl bualiioM entrusted to their eare ill reoeleproniptaiteniiun. JfJan. 3, 'CTlf P J. R. ZELLER, A TTORXRV'.t T-LA W Ctntrrnitle, SwioVr 0wy, Ftnna. AM Wlni'M otitrn.tMt to bif M1 well n1 f iltiifiillv attenlr.l ti. Will .r,-tlo.' tt tba Mararal o lUrtx uf Nnyler nl Anioli'lnv m'li t.e.. Han t ennaulta.1 lu th Knyll.h nr Dormaii lauauaxo Oot. 9. "Tall CHARLES HOWKR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Solinsgrove Tu. Offer Marofemlnnalaerrice" to Ilia pub lie. Ciilleotinna ami all other profeaviona iiiinoa rmrimel lo hi" rare will re (fire prompt attention. Oflioe twoiloore urlh of Ilia KeyHinne Hot el. TJan 0, '117 JOUN II. ARNOLD, MIDPLKItUItO. PA. Profetatonal uualoeap entriiHted to hi rare !" bo protuptlr attendcij lo. Fab 0,71 r Thompson!) aker A.ttoniejr'-n.t-Lnw, Lewiahurir, Union Co.. Pa. trW-Oan bo consulted in tb EuglliU and Uerman langitac.a tir rK'r. Market Street, oppoiile Walla flmltb x i;o i Htoro o .tjr W . POTTER, A TTOR.Vmr A T LA IP. SelitiHKrove P , Offerahia profusion! fereioea lo (he Sublio. All legal buaine eutruatO'1 lo hi trt will rooeire prompt attention. Office door above the Near Lutheran Church. July, 4th '72. d t. parks, A ATTORNCr AT LAW A iiisirniPT iTTnnvV. VlDDLBnURO. SNYDER COUNTY. Pa floe ia Court II me, dept. 16, 'H7tf It w. KNioiiT, W ATTORNEY AT I. AW. Freeburi? Pa.. Wer hi Profioiutl service lo lb pub- fie. All DUine enirnsieu to un oar 'ill be promptly attended lo. J an 11,'umi A C. SIMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Solinsgrire Pa., ilffere hlr professional eervice lo Ibe pub- Bo. AW business entrusted lo bis oar p ill bf promptly attended lo. . if. eai JORGE A. BOTDORF, "A.ttooiieynt-I-ix-v- kALM.VTlA, Northumberland Co.. fa (Praetlr. Intkeaevaral eourt of NorlbM h piyrtor faun' jr. All boalnrs. sntiuaua to bis sr. will r.'Mve nrumnt aiisntlon. Dsn b. eoa lt4 In the KuglUb k Uarioaa lantiuagos. asr. 'is.il. DR J F KANAWKL. T.irvairiiv mn irinrns eatrstvllle Injrdcr Co.. Pa. Uli. 0- 881 r fTM sVI B.aaifAiatnlsa.1 I A K nit. A. M. HM1TII, IIYSWIAX AXD SUHQEON, jre hi professional srrvleea lo lb oltl- of Adamsburg and rlolnlty. Sep, 73 r.rt. J.Y.SHINpKL, W. HURflKOM AtiD PHYSICIAN. ! Jliddlebtirjt Pa., m Iik rrlna1 soreUos le Ike oil' ,s Sf Mb. jra eal ieiBlty -T (Harsh Hi VOL. 13. Dr. J. Vnlkor ( Hlifomla Yin fRRr ltittetn are n piurly Vctietable iMTtianiiioii. mmlo cliwfiy from tlio nn- tiro Itorba foimtl on tlio fowor raturot of ll:c Siorr.'i NnVittI.iitiiiuiit:utiR(if i. ullfor-nl.-. tlio niciliclnal iiittpei tlos of which nro rxtrartftl thciffttim without the no nf Aleoltol. Tlio iiiF(litii ia nlinoat thiily aakt'tl. ' Wlt.it in thn catisf! of the Miii'nr:illck'd aurtosti of Vixkoak Hit i Kitst" Our nttawor is. Unit thf.v roinovp tlio rp of iliatMMo, nmt the ptitiont re t'ovot ii hla bcnlth. Tlicy nro tlio ureal IiI'hmJ iMiriliiTiinil a lifn-clvliiif prtnciplo, it prrfort Keiinvntor mul Itivlorator nr the ayatutti. Never IhThio in Iho history r thn world hits itilUiiie nrru ruiMinitiit.lril im4i4Mini! tho rriimrhulili' ri'iahtiiH nf ViNHua HiTTKHa in hcnliutr tho au k of evrry iIim-kms nnm in beir to. They aro a gi'iitle I'uritntivo a wuli an a Totiir, rdirviim ton (fi'si ion nr Iiillniiiniatioii of tho l.nir and Yiaivral Oiifii in J'iliuiu llioaoi t I no proportips of Dr. WAt.itr.ua VIXWIAH lllTl KKM Hl'l Apl'I'ii'Mt. Di.ipllorotip, Curiniti.itiv,., N iitritif.it Lnxutivi'. IMiirttio. rii'cl.mvc. Couaior Irritant .Smloritic, Alter tiro, and Artti-KiCrna. n. n. itK-nojAf.n a on.. Ini)rrl. and itm. A rta.. Hitn PrarirUoo. Califnfflla, Mil f Wwtiinru.il ami t'hnrltnn St... V V. Kvld br H UraaalaU aiai4 ItasUra. O0K HERE! C. C. Seebold, MIDDLEBURG, PA. HAS OPENED A STORE OF HOME MADE WOOLEN GOODS. QAS7MERS, kATNKTS, JEAN7, LU.ANNELS, JJLANKETS.gTOCKINO-YARN, HATS For M EX B0YS CARPET CHAIN ALL KINDS k COLORS, CARPET FILLING CARPETS WOVK AT 6U0RT NOTICE & . DEDUCED PRICES. U will la ikort tine esavaae the eoanty and pa, easb or sekn goods for WooL All are Invl'ari to noma antl sra mv vnotls and be eoDvlaoatt tbat I ssll tbeia at n re.Ujr rolu. Kl (irUea, All mv tootle Is manuraotura.1 at the Whlta Dsar Alllls, Union Co. fa. Ur It, !. Dr. R. LWalcott 181 Chatham Square New York WOLCOm PAIN FAINT, atop, pain In.tantlvt abclua tallamalloa. baal. oid Borssaneera. and all ul.rUin. It wll not statu smart or bars tbe skin. WALC0TTS Catarrh Annihilator. For Oatarb. aold la th bead, weak nerve. F ral,sls, aatlafaothin -lve or mass, roturnad. Doth Jtftimdif HM by ray Travtling Agrtd, Wholesale nd Retail. (ina trial sanelsat Tsrta.1 rraa nf liav al tke Hn,4srwant, Aaaoof. T.iwn.hlu rbtkts will na arsalad on lluaral U'm., la Uaylar aad Mortbumlierland osnatlei, by tbe undorsiaaed. Alt orders will bopramptl, ailed b, addre " - - Mt. isl stUls, jaaisae iif mi play ll.ttll. mm MIDDLEBURG, SNYDER COUNTY, l'ootry. What I Live For. Ilite for Ihoa who lor mo, Far thoa 1 kn.ar art true, For lha haaven tkat smile, abore mo, And await my pMt, loo I For all bntnao Ilea thai Mnd mo. For tho tak by Ood amignod ma. For tho bright konra left behind in, And lb good that t on do. I lira lo learn their etory, Wbo'ro ouffered for my take. To emulate Ibeir K'ory ; And follow In Iho wakt Itarda, martyr, patriot, tag, Tho aobU nr all agea, Aad tltne'i great folont mak. I tie lo hail lhal aeneon, Dy gifted mind foreiold, Wben man ahall lire hf reason Aad aol alooo by gold- Wben man to man united, And every wrong thing righted, A Ediu was of old. I tire lo hold eotntnuninn With all that ia divine. To feel I hero ia a union Twixt nettir-' heart and mine, To profit by Affliction Grow wiser from toaviclion. And fulfill eaob great design ( live lo tho. who love me. For tboae who know me tnte. For Ilia haovrn tbtl amllea above me, And awaits my spirit, too ; Fur the wrong inn need resistance, For Ibe cause that look asaistauoo, For the future In lha distance, And Ilia fu that I can do. A QUIET BEDFELLOW. ii v ji'ixik cr.r.K. I don't think the trains on the IU laamsi)rt nnd Hinnomdale railroad overti'i' make connection at Skimp- town. Some sai l the secret was that old Tidelist, tho president of . l. ., road, conspired with himself aa k'n- 11,1 or of tho Scantjirog House, to add to tho revenues of tholattorby "topping travelers on tho highway. I5o that as it may, I mado it a rulo, r 1... I a i ii . v.... a . vo i.y tuai .7. V r..-.'""'""land I was detained Heiico I wns not surpris.id one night, on reaching that impassable point, at hearing the conductor call ont : "Ton ininulcH late ! no up train till four in the morning !'' Old Tidofist'a ugly cvoa, that look ed like a pair of faded dogwood blos soms, they allowed ho much of their bleary whiles, twinkled with pleasure us he witnessed tho rush of grumbling passengers, each anxious to nocuro tho least wrctchod of tho SoantprogV wretched quarters. 'Must double you up tonight. gents," said old Tite. "I)own train missed connection, too s bo, you aee, we re pretty crowMod. . And the old sinner went ou taking iu money with both hands, and turn ing over his hapless guests to ho stowed away, two and two, like tho unclean beasts iu the Iliblo. "Can put you with iiico elderly gent single room with double bed." said Tite. aa I crowded forward and laid down the required au.n. " You're lucky, too-only Vacancy left-resfll i rl . ; 4. en iiava w ruuuii lb uu uiu nuur, i.i derly gont came on down train. Put young gent with him, but lucky for you, young gent got up after nn Lour or so, and loft by private con veyance. With n grunt, not exactly of satin faction, I followod a rugged boy and an inch of candle to an apartment at the door of which tbe boy tappod. No answer coming, my conductor opened the door and loft me to enter, handing roe the bit of candlo by way of liotry ofteitin. I be "elderly gent lay at the back of tbe bed, with bis face to tho wall evidently sound asleep. Not wish ing to disturb him, I hurried off my clothes, blew out the light and lay down quietly. I had never boon partial to bod follows. Two-thirds of those with whom it had been my fortune to sus tain that relation either snored or kicked. The "elderly gent" did neither. He lay as atill as a mouse i and I thanked my stars and old Tite for tbe Inck I was in. And here I may as woll inform the reader that I was on my way to bo married- It will enablo bim to an precinte how much obliged I felt to the old gentleman for not diatnrbing my reflections. I went over to my self the marriage sorviee rooalled what tho minister would have to say, and my own and Margie's parts re spectively. How I chuckled over tho plaee where tbe word ''obey" comes in, and thonght how pouting ly the little vixen would say it Alter sevorai LUbo starts, i loll asleep at lout, just sound enongb to be iu that happiest of eartbly states that of dreamy half connciousnens. A plague on the diabolical voice that recalled me to waking, yawning reality 1 "Passengers for the fouro'olock train I" ,1 "startod like ft guilty thing upon a fearful summons. ' One s first im pression, nnder such circumstances, always in, that he is ten minutes too late i his second, that unless be makes baste, he will be. I would have called my bedfellow, but I knew be was to go by the down train, whioh didn't leave till an hour later. And it would have been a sin to torment him before his time. lie still lay with bis faoe to the wall, as quiet as wben I bad taken my place Ixside hiui. Apparently he bad -4 CT not ntirrel since. I lit tho rmunius of the bit of c.n lle, droasoil htrrie-llv, oenol and cloaod the door softly, aud went itown atttira. I found mrsolf in the raiilnt of a ahirerin crowd, calltij an I had boon, half an hour too soon, and execratiufr the l)ifht thoy had panned. It Wtta plain that few of thutu hitd found ampaniona as inoffuneire ae mine ual bono. Tlie iip-lrain enrno, and wo ecramb led on board, Kla4, at last, to bo able to ahake the dust of Skitupton from our foot. "fifteen roitnite tor breakfast 1" nhoutod the conductor, an we ntop pod at a plnee tliat ought to h:.ro boon calloil Mitjvby. I K"t out and waa . in woful con templntion of a in or aid of aotno inod iblo miliHUtloe inianatnod booftonk, wliii.'h had boon aut bofore tno, when Homo ouo Uppod me on Uie nb.oul dir. "Take it away I" I Raid siipponiog I aldreBHfl the waiter. "You must come with tnv" Raid tho man. in a tone of authority. I Lf 'ro hint utt iudiu nt look Suelt libcivtivH wore unbearable. "You an my priaonor,'" ho fcddod 'Your prisoner T'' 'Yoa mv priaoner. I liavo boon to!emphod to arrest you." "On what chargo T' I oakod, ria ini?. "It bbory an 1 murdor, was tlio nnewer. I can hardly tell whether I was morn amazed or amused. "Whether a' joke or mistake," 1 mid, "vuur conduct ia all tho aame. stupid." "J t will be all tho same lucky for you, the man replid, "if it turns' m tj noon, without previous warning, tho either joke or misUko. Tlio nun 'darkness stole gradually on, with a. i'i... i :' i - . i . . .i - " . L, I you slept with last night was fnud u'.n'i in inn ..tjit wilin lllifl lllllir. A lltliu . . . . . . i .M i.m.l'n. I, , tl,,.., i.,.l,rtni;.... that he was strangled, and Uitiiuoucr and effects are missing." I protested my innocence, offerol to Imj Hcarched, recouutod the occur rence) of tho niirht i but nobodv ... v n.-r. i. ii in, .ii,i,u i ii. in i.i 111 t)k t ,j The train went on, and taken back on the next one down. Skitupton waa in a fermont Aa I was inarched through tho streets to the magistrito'a offioe.moro than one oxoited citizen suggostod that nir' coso waa ono demanding the nnplica.! tion of tint rulo of the higher law whieh prescribe trying afterward. baivgiug first and Old Titefist deponed to my having been put to sleep with the "elderly gont," nnd to bis being found doad in the morning. He had further ob serve! thai tlio l(H?easea linul a watch nnda considerable mm of mnnnv twit.li nf twliicli wma tniuinrv While a half llodgod dictor gave it as' liiu niiii.imv enrlaln ,IIu.A.m ' tiona about tho Dork, that the man haI been choke4i to death. O Trno, nothing belonging to tho do coasod was found upon mo. I ro- conntiKl my own version of tho facts, calling attentioa to the circumstance thatanotbnr norson bad sl.uro.l the ! If.". n',ln ' "! W t .. sp.ciously. A brief delay till an o load man's nouirtment befommn and I liogged for experienced phy eieian, then ongitgod, as I understood; in i.itilViikrv a tk,f im.ii'. ... oviuninn. I tion, should bo roady ti report. Hut i SUfcUSSl UK 'll'T 11 V bll'lll '- I my wordn made no itnpresaion. Tho iiia''istrate deemed the case comnlelii. and my full commitment was ou tho point of being mode out 1 was nearly frantic at tho thought that another hour's detention would prevent the kooping of my wedding engagement; and what would Margio think when she loarnod the causa f "Stop a moment" interrupted a stranger, entering in company with another whom ho held by the arm. "This man, he continued, is a no tod thief, whom it has boon by busi ness, for some tirno past, to 'shadow.' I came down hero with him last night i and when after stopping an hour or two, he started my private conveyance to catch the traiu as it came up, I kept my sol f informed of his plans, and knew exactly at what point I should meet him agaiu. When I saw this gentleman arrest ed this morning, and beard the cir cuiastanoos, I immediately suspected who was the real culprit i and when my man bore got al(oard at the next station above, I arrested him at once, and found iu his possession this watch and packot of money. Engraved on the watcn was the dead man's name. "I confess to the robbory," whinod tho other prisoner, "but the roan was dead when .1 committed it. He died in a fit just as we laid down together, and the opportunity tempted me to tako Ins watch and moneys And thn thief story was tme i for the doctor's examination proved that the old gentleman bod died of apo plexy, and that tno supposed marks of violence had resulted from natural settling of the blood after circulation had ceased. I got off in time to keep my en gageuiont, and had quite an adven turo to relate bosidos. .V. 1', Ledjer. Parson Talmago says, in his sub dued style, that Brooklyn eatM,drinka, swears, lies and sleeps scandal t that it is as bad as Sodom, and that Ave thousand carrion crows collect on top of the lloechor Tilton court bouse every morning and stay as long as the lawyers do and then, like the Isiwvara. adinnrn with theilr aioken lug .wt- ptU the next day. SSII'T-,'.' PA., MAY 6, 1875. THE DARK DAY IN 173 J. by d. t. rtvw,i On the linh of May. 17H0, the in hnbitanU of Now England ami the adjiMotit parte wore tliu trembling witaoasca of a phonotnenon nover mon before or miiee. and whioh to thin day remains unoxplainnd. The year woe celebrated for iU nunierotw auroral oxhibitiona in tliiet lutitu In They coverod the midnight h. ftv.-tiM with coriiincationa of red and mtvi-r. and alroamed out. like lightning, aeeioing e tys onn writer, faifly to flanh Wrtfrotli in t!to f.iea l lm winter precoexlintf waa in liko 1 by cxlraordi nary eetfrity. Snow lay on tho ground from the middle of Novem ber to the middle of April. Iu I)e ccmlwir and January a atorra con tinuoil for aoven aiiecenaivii daya, and the anovr full to a ib pth of four feet on a level iu t!)U single etorui. and with drifta eii;lit and ten fort hih. Sheep wero buried in tlio drifU for m ny d iH, and even tnn and ani- !in ila p'lrished with tlto cold. Ii n Island Sjund will irifflii'.i uy n mvy artillery on the ieo. Narragansi'tt suuking tho syiup.ithy of his fellow i Ray froze over no lrird that men men as one imposed with a st'ii-t.-traversed the ieo from Providence to1 of impending p -til, p it up attlti'' Newport in sk ititig parties, uti 1 form nearest It nise, uu I itjiti'.'le 1 Iim a-ixi i Fall River to Newport l.'tds of w to 1 !ous questionings aid foi b linga wit!i wero convoyed on the ieo through 'Hi-mo of tlei family. Sir.mg m -n ' Bristol forry. (met mil hpoi;, uitli Harpns.i e.i I'revioua to tlte 101H a v.tp r lill 'd t t'leir couiitMiiaiic .'s, an I little child the air fir several dtys. Tlien- w.ts a ivn peete I tintedly into the iLip.it Htnell of sulphur. The m li ning of in ,' glo uu mid t'.ien h night the uliel tho l'.lth was overcast with Home luting paronlal arms. S.'h.tols broke Ion Is, an 1 raiu fell over the country, J up in atlYiglit it'l l the wandering pu. with lightning and thunder. Scarce, pils sMiipere 1 h tu -ward with in my ly anv motion was in tlio air, what expression of childish fear. Tii" wiud thero was came from the aouth- iuevittlilo caudle elionc mil of the west. Hv nine o'cliwk iu tho foro I windows of all dwellings -verv I i luminous nppear.tnce near the horion as if tho olisciirtug cl in I lia I drop- i HTH IHII . .1. ...... from overhead There was a yellowness of toe attnospiiere elou i. su -li its h (uietunos, with ,,r" "'ten lost f v not ticoi.' in evtiost. thtt ma'lu clear silverassumo it grass ! frightful agitation, bro,tks.KVer a sin i'l''"'' '' a roal wo'-l I -n world of res I green Into. Then it dense miclelin i gle city ; it was tlio silnnt spre.t litig 1 '"'''. r al ci't real convicts, reul ble vapor Kettle 1 rapidly and with , of tlto p ill cloth over the cirlh ,y , lai'eres, real triumphs, real defeats, aerial movement overall tho lau 1 , strong, invisible h.ui Is. M my unmi- 1 ' '" one be si over-cmfl lent in and ocean from PennaylvanU to the dotes of terror are related. In Ilos own ahilitioi ns to lo'cwih in (lulf of St Lawrence, the dtrkuuss itit-'ti, from tho hours of ll of 1 till :i diuVronnc upnti tho diuitihics hcl. -o caused sinking by degreos until tlo o'clock, busiiies was ge-i ': illv sus j h'"' dnng'r an I trials ilm. hn sunlight was otuictuntly uliut out. iMmdo l aud shops close I. Al iro """"t I"'" ' order t rnac'i the n ( Ordinary cloud it wis not. Tho, ton, a court was in Hessi :ti in a meet P"" which the oyo is fixed .i'u1! rapidity with which' ho large an cx- tout of country was enveloped pro- eludes tho possibility of supposing this to liavo been a natural cloud moving laterally. day woe too calm to imagine hiicu a thing. Iwii came ino uarKiiess thicker and thicker. Hy ten o'clock the air was lo.v (ed with a thick gloom. The liavon-i wero tingnd with a yel lowish or faint rod ; the lurid look increased, few, if any, ordinary clouds I tuiini vioi'lllfl. Tho Still, ill llisatHNrir ing, took on a brassy hue. Tho luri.l, l.rauar e.ilor noma 1 evervwlioio. o - bovo and below. The grass asau nod I the color of tho sky, an all out i doors Wire a sickly, weird and inel- uucliolv nspeet, -a dusky apoearance las if aeeti through a smokodglasi 1 Rv cloven o'clock it wan as night it self, and from this time until thron in tho iiftcrnoon tho darkness was 1 extraordinary and frightful. Tlio extent of tho darkness was! greater than in rolato I of any other! ui m lint ntwdtt .mi.iii.fi fin riWV.r.l fli f I IUIAMI irtiH"IM"K'ri via '.'-(, " I excepting the celebrate! dark dtys over E jypt and Judei. It roichod 'south to toe iintrrn half of I'enn-1 svlvania, and from th mco along the coasts northeast to tho wilds of Maine, eitstward to tho Gulf of St. Lawrence, and out at sea lit) miles southeast of M iston, and undoubt edly much farther i west to the val leys of Lake Chainplitiu and the Hudson river, and north iuto uu dell nod region in Canada. Port html, Roston, Hartford. Now York. West Point and Albany wero effect ed by it. Hut tho degrees of d irk uoss differed in dilloi-nnt places tho doopest night Bottling ovor Now England. A tract of Ian 1 at act 8.) j miles in lougth and 4'JtJ miles in breadth, omhrociug an area of 32 , 000 square miles, was known to be covered by tho cloud, an 1 so far as can be ascertained a population of 700,0i)0 souls sat for a portion of tho day and night in a gloom nioro or loss profound and inexplicable. Just now darn tno nay wan is nt tasted by indisputable evideuco. The hour and minute could not bo dis covered on the face of a clock or watch by persons of uuiinpiire I eye sight Candles became an absolute necessity both out doors and in. as it was impossible to transact ordinary business without them. Firos on the hearthstones shotto as brightly as on a moonless November evening, and all dinner tabloa were sot with light od caudles upon them an if it were tho evening repast. Iho koonost eyes ia doors could not see to road the common print So far beyond any ordinary fog was tho effect that stagos on the road eithor put up at Uie nearest hotel during the mid day hours or carried candles or lanterns to euable the perplexed driver to well see bis way. Aud the brute and foathtirod croa tion seemed puzzled aud agitated. The birds coasod to fly, aud bid themselves in the branches of tho trees. As tbe darkness increaed they sang their evening songs as they do at twiliirot and tneu buoamo silent. Pigeons on the wing took to tbe shelter of tbe forest as they do at night. Tbe whip poor-will, aa if it wore truly night, cheerfully sang bis song tbrougn the gloomy uourw. Wooiceeka. whioh are night birds. NO. 4. whistled us tiiuy only do in tlio uilit time. H its c.ima out of t'toir hiding pi 4' .. an I :!e iiboitl,. The fowl inarched noloinuly to their riKista ns they do only at nightfall, and. after caeldiiijf a while over tho mysteiy of ao nlun t u day, became still. Cocks crovved IU is tlieir custom at nightly intervals and the early breaking of the day. Fros pipud their evening concert, and dogs whined or li owlod and rati awav its mi tho nppro.ich of an pnrthii:tke. The herds of cattle on New England'- t luitsand hills, nought tho slielter of tlio elmd or Imniviird, lowing ns they ca:u lo the gate, and sheep huddled around the cirelo with their ho.v.ls iuw u d tho iuvariablu tokuu of uppruhoudod danger On tho liuniin family tlio clTeet was still more cui iousand terrifying. ' Tho meehanio left his toola in the shop, the farmer his plow iu the fur row, an I each move 1 iti silent nti l marveling mood toward the barn on dwulling. On tho threshuld thev wore iiu.'t by pale an 1 ifixiotH w itn.m. ' wli.i treriililiiorlv ii 1 .'A't... :. I "ry'J I ii.o.,, . ft ,1, i tpiiiiiii; i iw tvui linn traveler. countenance g.ttheru 1 hi ii-kiv-ss ill 1 hearts wero tilled with nil itpnro ieh-' mg unp irall-.ilu I storm, or I h i mvitr reitce nf u teiresti.tl convulsion but it was not the blackness nl tlte storm. ing house full of l irg win 1 ows, as waa tho old atvlo lioti u s of worship : ; but at half-past eleven ull f.teos bo ; iran to wetr sombro hue. wheroiii) Uesidoe thie. tliOion maisttst n.I ru...,,l,. f,)ll,,w,l unit with nil New EiiL'laii.I. un l r ill ed for for candles. Connecticut ! hv fc"' P,''V'V" -k 'd by cm deto went totally uu dor the clou I Tlioi,r"",,l,h' lm uir"'N m,,,t bo woU ''' journal of her House of li q.resnnta '''c,u,, wrt sud unrolaxing. II it lives puts ou record fuels that ' None 1,0 w," M u,,kt '" 11,4 ":y 10 '", e..n1.1 H.UI , roi l n, writ,, in l, 1 inactive and W.tlt lor Will i 'll f 'I'tllil House, or even at a window, or lin - tin'rilisll tiorsotis Itt A HllVltl ilisl.iltlei. (or pereoivo any distinction of dress, 1 &e . iii tho cirelo of ulleii lints herefore, itt 11 o'clock a lj iu.ne 1 , 4 M0 1 ''""'. th his in m l,n 'the House till 'i o'clock, afternoon." 8,1 his vosel sh ithjni I an I Amid tho deepening gloom 'that t,,rn hV ru""-""'1 " eirnest. wrapped about the city, darkened 'e dillleultius which daily ar.s,, tho root.u of the State House, and, w!lh 'b"er.i.i.iaii).i to cm u tr and H"t the l tw givers trembling with ap tan ,',!'J ,t""n . 'V1 n ,t ,r nroliHiisioii that tho D.iv of J il l I var'"" ' U'"J ' sleeping nr dre4rnmg m.int was at h in 1. when tlio motion1. for a Ijouru.n .nt w.ts mill. C ,1. Abraham Davenport, after war I Ju Igo of Stimford. Conn , mi 1 State t in i.itl 1 ! in Hut Tmri ulikt i it ( Vl lltl 1 lllllll.4li'l VI su "'('.wvw v..'W'. bor at Htrtford, sii I : "I am agu.i-.t the it djournuieut 1'ith'T tho Day of l.id.r.Knt is at han 1 or it is it t. If it is not there is no c tuso for n l- journinont. If it is, I wisli to b found in tlio lino of my duty. I wish caudhw brought" Tho darkness of the day having boeu succeeded an hour or two be fore evening by a partially clear sky, and tho shining of tho sun. still o'c senrod by the blc!t nn I vapory mist, tliiu iiiforvil wu fiilliiwe.l lir it re- ... j ..... th irni iter density, thai rendered tho first half! of thouiirht hideously dark beyond iiat K oevon'1,""1 h of iimhublv n! richer than 1 am!" all form ir experience nullum pjjple wno saw iaw it -.V. I. O'tjcrccr. How Dio Sub Do It. A Iloston chambermaid is said to hive got twelve commercial travelers into eleven bedrooms, nnd yet to hive 'lvoii eaeh a seporste bedroom. Hero we have the eleven be lroims : I . 3 t ( 1 7 J t I'M 11 "Now," said alio, "it" cw of vou gontlown wdl go iuto No. 1 botriotu ind wait a lew minutos, I ll iiti 1 a spare room for one of you us sum ns I re auown tno utners lotnatr rouis. Well, now, haiug thus hesto ved tv i ijonilo'iien in No I, she puts the third in No. Z. the fourth ia .x . o, the tirtli in No. t, the sixth iu No. 5, the cv- oiuh in No. G, the eighth ia No 7, tho nluihin N . 8, ths lonth iu -No. 'J, sti i tba elevi'oth in No. 10. She then oouie back lo No 1, where you will romeio ber, she loft the twelfth centteftun a lonit with the first, uud lull: "I have aw ai'O'Huinodated all ths rest, and have alill a room to spire si, if you will please step into No. 11, you will fin I it empty," Thus the iwellfih man got his bed room. Ol sours there is a nolo- in tho saucepan somewhere but we luve th reader to determine exaoily whore tbe fallacy is, with just a wsruioK to think Iwico before tie oiding aa lo which, il any of the travelers, was the "oj i man out." A uio in Wyoming, Unto, open opouiog his chiiikeo liouHtf tho other nieruiuK missel two birds, but thou, on lbs other band, he found lo Augers io lbs lrp. They bsveu'l bceu called tel. (no ccluinn one year, toO.Of) 'lie linn, roiiiinn, one year, pjo.ui t'lte-fisirth colinnn.onn' vear. L".tW One square ltd lines) I iimprtion 7ft tWi'tv additlistal insertion, CO l'n 'fesstotiiil and Ilminess cards of nut more than ! litips, j-r year, 6.0U Auditor, Kiecut'.t, AdtuiiiMtrator and Aasitcnee .Vniieeo, 2 VI hlttoriitl imtiecs per line, l. f All advert ietnenlei for a ahortor rs riisl tlmti one year are pavnhle at th time they lire ordered, and if out paid the peraim ordering tlicm will be lielit roqionsilile for the iiKiney, Hb t tv or .Irvi:siHs. -It is re Idled that Cliateaubriao l, on retitrn itg from hi4 o intern travel.'., was act "d if l,e could ni.'n a reason why the women of tlio Jewish race wers so much handsomer 'han ih whrn be usvn the following one ; "Jewess.'.," he siid. "have acsravl the curse which sliithied upon Ihoif husbands, fathers and sun. Not a Jewee w.s lo he srcii nn in r ihrt crowd of priests and rabble who in- sitllcl the Son of tJ d; scourge I him, rowrtt'd hini with Hums, nn l nub. j"ote l him to inltttny and i!ir agmv u the cws. llie wo nun or Jo let lielicvitl In the Stvi.ir. and iiasi.t.,1 and so ulied him under a'Diction. A uiarj of llellany temred oil hi hetld precious oiiitm nt, which sb kept iu al i'uister vast's. Tlio sinner inniiitd his l.iet with pcrfumd oil. anil wiped the n with h rhiiir. Clu i't, inln ipirt, oxt'i'i lel in r y to the fewosips. H.i raised fro'n Iho dead 'he n of tlio Sn'n. 'tr i'her Lii"i II ' and Martha'a cured Si n 'a's n itlicr-i'i 1 1, no I th i woiuao wh t li'ticbe I the h"til of It's uinnmil. 'I'.i I he S un irhau w.Mnnti ho was spring of liv.it.' witi-r. and a comp issioii ito i'l Igo tu th i won in of adultery. Tho li'iL'h'ers uf .leril-ide n wept ovee li'in; I ltd liu'y w (inin :ie Hnpnti led him lo Cilviiry, hri'ig'it him halms anlspi'cs; we-iiti so'i;fh' liin :u 'lie fi'i'til'-hre. ' W eit'iu why we.-p-'-t tlimi?' Kis (ii't appcarnnci nHer the rentrfe 'ti'iit wits 1 1 M irv" la daletie. If-, s-iid t" her, "M iry? ' At t'ie o,i,. of hisvoi'M M iry Maij da'ene's eyi'S tver op -ned. B'l I sli i i-iere I, "M liter " The r lie -ti iu of Minn bnn'ii'iil rav matt have resto. 1 on Iho !! "I ,l vess What Yor l , Ii Wr.t.r. tli ise who req'iire counsel e -liuiii i ac, Wln'n VOU tlild-rt ike v do ;,nv. ,"' earnosr ;. it, , it ', w'1'' ?"r nn I'ori'iue n t luine !,ni' B'"ri us s ici -ss nnver yet c,'"wu the Imigui I nu I in durirent ox ' tho power hii I ruind of th " ' requires eifc t to uiisli one'i iCMU n'iinst tlto cirreut ol rivalry, lj""l usr a.u rio. , 1 f0 ,,r"i '""a iu r no no tveti ei w.-aiin ' nu t lu'iie, lus lost ov ry pro inse of ! ""-"""s, sail I is in lr m 'e dt-iir to nhi'nito disaster Ihin Iho tempest. . u- c d i (o tnucii ooti. i " '",CI " M"" '"" " " 1 ',r'',r" '''' 1 1. 'V 'jl ' ,,J " ! "'M til HI, IM GflPiltl t Tin: S.ti'.i'iii-.ini 15 v. Ono beautiful spring morning a morning a merry hearte 1 shepherd b iv was watching his ll 10k iu a blooming valley be tween two largo woo ly in unt tins, and was singing an l A tnciug about for very joy. The prince of tlio laud was hunting in that neighborhood, and seeing him. ctllol hi-u nearer, and nail: "Ylnt tu ike you so happy, uiy dear little ono : Tho bov didn't kn v the prince. j 1-1. an I replied : "Wny shouldn't I bo hippy .' Hovureigu is n t ; 'r most gracious I "How sof'nsked tho princo i let mo In ir about your riches. "Tho nun in tho clear bluo sky shinos nn brightly for mo as for tint prince," said tho youth ; "and moun tain and valley grow green an 1 bloom us sweetly for mi as for him. 1 would not part with my two bands for ull tho money, nor hi11 my tw foot for all the" jewels in tho royal treasury. HcsidtiH, 1 have everything 1 really need. 1 havo enon ;li to e it everyday, nnl gixkl winu clothen to wear, ond get moivy enougli ovory year for my labor and ptius t meet all my wants. Cm you say tin prince really has moro !" The kind prince smile 1, mido liiin solf known, and said : "You are right, my boy. Keep fast hoi I of your cheerful spirit " Contentment m ike one' happy nnJ rich as tho greatest king. A very tall darkey anterel tho rooms nf the relief society In Wash. iii'.'tou thd other dav and inquired : ' Ihws yon iivo out provisions heih ? ye wo si i iho poor hero," replied th spent, ' what do you want nimt r "wall mv heart Is act nn spring chickc n,'' renhrd llm darkey, -'but if do chickens ia out, I'll t-tka a can of i'lrrs and two pounJs nf butter. I isn't swine to be capuhu.s csuse it's hold time. MaasMHaavAS A bashful young clorgyn" V- centlly rising to preach for tn&rrrtt time, matte a terrible mix ol it, and announced bis text in this wiso t "And Immediately tho cock wept, and Peter wont out and crew bittsv-ly." ii 'r I i i- '
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