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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."
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