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a. - tve.thvmenta voradvaallv wit land additional chary:,
lttlamema 43111 k telt V; reeding dm iholL Inserted at pa per atiWilba.
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. lob 111 1 'ork:—The office of. the Isor.pr.somr;
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fsvh Wrkrlc wadi. Canla, Ctimular4 rtedent„ tbadbllbt, Lat.*,
will Ue ,bine ncaGy mad Idvntpt!i, - .
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BUSINESS CARDS.
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' fr ...l..rnentx of ail kind, NotA , I••••IVetluTel , .•
ona.ertrii grA Entlng ittnre, 'Waverly, N. Y. •
Vin,erly, N. S., ]Sap 3. 1•1•71..-In,
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H. Garrott, .
trivoLESALEitiitti nETATI, IDEA T,ER In FLOTITI,
VI t•ALT. Se. fee 2411.r0wn. Pa. 2•Aler room. Frain. °ter.
1zne1.01,..t.11, land the boot Lend. of Flour, by tie
:Nut or Unwired harr•lt nt the lowent 1.11.1., /den Salt by
l'lnnu: .r to t. .111 order, fn of lierrhant• urni thule i F
be pr.:noir uttrugled to. Vg - lob for Gran. Wcyl.P.l
1 1. no t Fnervern Arnhee In inelr
AlmokA, Y.l.,Nalen 11../4.4g
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"Dr. A. Gifford;
QFROTAVS . DrAt/St.. Mee orer F. R. Chlndlren
Particulgr attention will be given in lrourting Teeth on Gott or
~, Ir"Ptl.k--Ilirogn PZ3.11. At orvratbr Good
Ilvlervilrev /gem ft netisir-11.
V.vntroi.e,
, . lifihn W. Cobb, IL D..,
T-)Elso now prertml t., pr;enev'StEPtellirscad
AI Ia• lo•rati.,ltdra,lt In 31,mm - ow. P. .W 1 ." , 2 1 *4 , 1 , 4 ,turd
the 4,71, wltti whislt tt may IK favort.d. t/fTICE yvar Z.
z.ts,re. uppokitz SCAtlr'g Th Icl.
Sivq. Co.. Mora T. V.79.-tf
• G. F. Fordham,
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Vash 1552.
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' J. H. smith,
New Miltord..lalmary 19.1559.4 y
William . tt. Grotet. _
TTOIINNY AT LAW. Sr tnt.,‘,llt.oret. Prwrilet-s ottlr in
/IL the V. 1.& C.rltts t , f Ram., rc.l ticrotle, I. srrlf rhle* to
'.1),Yrt..1...1.. ?m.% 10.1,11 V.ll rrctive ktiotrt at•
t• ratc4t. VrFICE. Nn. 46 C , 14,15t1 St rttt.
St Lout, llcttptt.: IS* . i'. -• . •
• 6. Winkler,
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Tin An. , INww• 3tuaor.n, P.u..". C., Pa., oppol•Ite E. A. A: 0
• Pr..tre
New 1111ficA.Nov.!4,1,Z8.-14a
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/ . ,E. IL Rogers, -. •
i;.: TILL i , mt!rmfl the MANCFAT:rIIt r.f nit deserlptlow . of
if CfAltlilA GES. 'WAGON SLEIII HP. 4tt,
1.. tl,:bc_Ttsivle of Irbtkalarnht p owl ortbe beat moteeslN at Urea-el;
t - n all ...ta..l a fo4 - 1,1.....4 i..r....t0r1e.1f off . f. In 3 1 .d . r. , ... Where
I , UT.: '...e happy to receive IBat-01f of ad a - ba a - not anything It Id,
Ilaatrna,-.Sebtecobet I:".:lSfa—.-1y
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- H. IL Bennett.
T,4)OK ITUCTfEIp. F,Lller, Sirenlar.t.
/JP 1%. infortwll4 people. r:f Summ I:Au:aim/1 nAsht.rihgcovutir,
i,rerrd to I•lrrd Pc:lnd:4,a tn+l r.tsC Erpair
It E. W. Ftlglu. rezindimae, 1;.4.4,,ae_ for IL
Pt,innt. 1,1. 4 7 , P..-tf.
- 11:12.111 B. Sim pson,
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,!.• the ni.rkt dilne-al:101 , ;' on sh . or: 11a1t.,: All wriziwatr.,4,l in
rivt nristsetinu. .!kre!rr reraln.4 nPatty said on 5va...na14r1.111.1.
rnmer 31air and T,u^.
rs t Scarlex Mtnitn”,r, 4..
W.l l . SrirroS hns worktrl for nlifor porne ling ant 1 ma me
o=sr, , ,ltitiA, .k. 11111.11 Troik a / a n, rm.:4.0,1A It. tin ar
[t..l taut C 3-71 I.r ilnur In thc cocnary.avii wroth. ef cos...lcleute.
Twormula.Juuc Wx.
rtrr...in Wm. F-4,11. E. W. Alin:: E. P. Mortnyve. £. l O.
BrKlaw.bers.. Trilkitnita; C. S. Dettley. L. Stark, C. D.
Wiltralbtrr...3/61,1rube.
54:.1.1.1h75.-tr • • • '
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CABINET AND CBAII: )1 ANTFA(*.
K cep cra”-tanny Imcdtdi
cf CArcarcr fcm-rcas... cr ftzral.er: at
.11,111. cctia, Steno and 1 ,1 - 0..-c It-atur, bx 4. c.f !lulu xcrcct. _
ZYcgtm,e,
Hayden Brothers,
W II .I O ,..w LZLIZ Wardes,
I.7thot,aul Pe,ll..antumpiltiolui.ar4C.Z: Tort R1J1..14; Prices.
'rico. Intro.!, 31sky,
via.u.wrD r-
Boyd dr Webster,
EALERS In Storm Store Pipe, Tin, Copper, and Sleet 7r.
I : aleu. Illturtee.S.Tet. I'd IV! POOIK, WitilinW Mitre!, 1.401.
tuber. mad alt dada or lull:ling Siat'reel,!...tioy Suet!!
vf \ r.riee liotrL mud r!ameuter She? ttglt IletbaMtt Cbar.6.
.STCOIS4 IS.. Apra
.) . Dr. 0. - Z. Pimock, ..
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PYSICI All AND SURGEON, h. rertr.u.trent I r located Lirtuelf
zt. SlG:lrmo, SrAtimitartrra amrctr.l . r., 011 , 1(7£ over IVl.Latz
A - Sat *5- Stun, T-.A.lrats at Scariee Huta. . .
Montrose., 3.!..treb It, IS:d. • • .
L-MUchardson •
9 Riri,‘ .;, ?* , ° M4T ° "aTt "1"1
at'Llet',y4SObe ir tioiel,
Ott. IS, We-47p .
• Di. E. F. Wilmot,
4 F..IIr I 4TE it a.! Allni=thle and Irotneopathic Co!"lera nt
IA now pernnakently located In (Iwo? nencl, Pn. 1,1
.11.11 at atul Eltiaktl, I.o=rty oryn.,lte the. It. E.
May Ist. 1.557.-13"
• ' Dr. H. Smith,
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m illit m. re e.
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.. ri.c. Particular tatrutiou will tr circri to tcrcrt•
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LE t 0.% fm Cciii.t. and Lityrru piale, tad to tallug decaying teeth.
Al `Anse. JahiLu - y1°..1.4.-if . .
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D. D. "Tagil, .
- IfE.ID.4"CT DENTIST. IrOrfIOYE•E. PA, Of
' t ak a tre :II the Inufkruill.dtt, r.owm
lt.ertiug teeth oa livid or hares p:Zedtme In the
-ql,.'nt the Ad- Alljobs irarranted.
April 7, 1.3.23,414
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WYSICIAN AND 5T1MGE0N; 26 3 112 0 6 4 ?L. ( " Ea i ° The
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A: Bushnell,
4 TTYP.NEY COCFS.V.I.LOB A LAW. Oillee car 5.,8
Wvt's Dr. 4 Store, Scamittuurs. Thaw. Fu.- 11 %. 1
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keeler.it Stoddird.
TI,EAI..nIs g fIOUTR & Letabcr and Flndthra,
I Sot dour below Sestles Butel,Sloutroor.
FLAIL .e. N. 111,33)D41rD_
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AT LAW A NOTAP.I" PUMJC. oGGeew Pab-
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TriP.YETF..LT LAIr, S\l) LANls,,it
c,ak, svg2 of the Ciourt Lour Itenttor,
c. n. ra,:raxt,.
Albert Chamberlin.
A TTORNET AT LAW. &NIS .ti.:;;Tlrr or THE rEAcr...-
21. /Nn3 A co:n awe, Ibta-.
J .WmAl...7eitsup;
TTOWEEMT LAW lin) rANDIIMIONITIt 9T IlrEcts,
II fur th, suipor atte..l to all Inolliress vistrusteg
tto,s. vim pratot4Nertsrml Stk.ll. IMlce till Public fiqvart, otcr.-
A by nail. William Seacap. •
• - Abel nrreil, _
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Dremortate. Groceries, Dry 01.1., 244.tiim
elock& Nl'ieshas.Joireiry,BrsrSpouste.Spectsc4i.,Ata
.- 41, tra.meErtz. Trims..l.rotrwartits. Ligur, l'afaut.
F . haottersi tihor, Tisnkm 2Catious:lce.
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DF,..tr-12!, IX BEY G43IIDS. Read, Made eiOthini. (*eerier
t^.. t , nil Stationer , , etc, Pribiic Avenue, 310 E+CM; /...
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Post Brothers:,
.I)ZILERs Ind OWlltr, Growler.: Cruekory narierare
/Them de.; comer at Tung!lee etreet sed . rubilc Aye
J. Lions & Son.,
inty GOODS. Gracviaa ilaidime,errakarY•
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tqwat Mat.. AC; ale*. cam'
• t.a• Lta.aLie buataar.....rabile Aveul..)! arrow; Pa.
x. zrore:
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iv.m.r.ts Li DRY GOODS. Drags. Reattictes., Tr.isttp.
(truckery • Maki, Roth., Jew.
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ant William map, .
A TT ,) II.NETZ4 AT UM 'rrgetk. is 1 5tioqui!
Luais. Reulf tad' Way Ar., WronulAg and Ltiscrac oovatlic
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-41.11,,,, (lover shg u i l la r way steit. Also
..."•• 4 4-41—.1 N 10.4 MOWRY. Syrup., To. Co ,tot
'uthi.h.v.g4 . one doot Wow J. Xtbericlges , •
- • 2.' CO tib t .' • ~:- , : •
riir.a.Ltß ve citociEfis.*.e_ a the glom reetestroympled
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VOL. 5.
From de Atictrotie ilfb;othiy.
THE WALKER OF THE SNOW.
_emit on, speed on, good master! ,
The camp lies far away
'We must cross, the hnunted valley
Before the close of Jai.
- Bow the snow-blight came upon sue
A
I will tell yon,as we go,— - 1:
Thh blight of the sfiadow, hunter
Who walks the midnight snow.
•-
To the told December heaven .
•
fame the pale moon and the stars , _
As the yellow sun Was sinking
Belden the purple bars. • - -
Tim snow was deeply drifted
Upon the Ham drear
That lay for milmt between me
And the tamp lbr which we steer.
'Twas silent on the - hill-side,
•
And.by the soiezen rood
• No sound of life or motion
• To break the - solitude,
save the wailing of the maose-bird
With a plainti re note and low, .
And the skating of the ?ea leaf'
Upou the frozen snow.
And 'said thonttil dark is falling,
And fir the camp must be, •
Tet my hears it would be lightsome,
If I had but emnpailY•" ' •
And then I 'swig and shouted,
• keeping pleasure, as I sped, •
To the harp-twang of theamoir-shoe
•
As it sprang beneath my tread. •
iNor far into the valley. - .
Had I dipped ntrn.my way, •
. ;When a dusky figure Joined me i
i • Ina capuchin of gray,
•
- trending upon the snow=shoes' •
with a long and limber stride ; •
And hhailed thh dusky stranger,
i t As he traveled side by side. .
nt nello'ken ofcommunioia
.
Gav'e be by word•orkiok, • 1.
And die feapaill fell upon etc s
At the orco•-ting Of the brook-
For I saw by the sickly rimonlight,
As I followed, bending lo*,
That the walking Of the stranger
Left no foot marks on the snow.
Then the fear-chill gathered o'er roe,
Like n shrouidaround tne cat,
As I sank upon the snow-drift
Where the sballosehnitter passed.
• And the otter-trappers !blind Inc,
Before' the break of day,
' With tnt dark hair hlanthed andishltened
•
At the 'Snow in which "I lay.
Bat they spoke not, as they raisedine ;
For they knew that hi the night
I had seen the shadow hunter, °
- And had widieiWil in his blight..
&nem Maria speetfusi •
The sun is tilling low, -s- •
Before u• lies the :Valley •
-Of the Walker of the Stiow!
THE COTIBLEVO 'TEMPTATION.
Elt GROPe Slit in his sliAp upon his slow
bench, and he pegged and tapped away mer
rily upon his well worn Ince.. He was a
jolly felloW, this Jamb. Poor; 'tis true, ltul
just poor enough to be . free of care. He
owned the italiox in which he worked, and
so he owned The little thatched cut joining it.
In thecut he lived with his u He_ and seven
Children; the shop ae worked 'cheer
fully all the daylong. Was-nut afraid of
roblit:rs, for he had nothing worth carrying
off-, and he feared no man, for his Dever did
man a wi-okrg.,
A merry felloW was this Jareb Gropp.-7
He sang as he pegged, and Ilia joyous notes
lacked only masteal sound to make them at
tracti_Ke. "He was short and dumpy.- and
witlia bald pate, though he was five and for
'tv,years . •
"Troll.de-rol-de.lol-lardur sang Jareb.
" Fol-de-rol de—riddle—de rol—rinetunt
linded - a v4,iee from the inner door.
Just a match fur Jareb, for all the. world.
Short s fst, Clean, good hawed., and as happy
.as a queen..; She was dressed neatly for all
her poverty; and the'fltoh of health glowed
upon_ber plump checks:
"Duck,'" said Jareb, "the like's o' this
never happened af0re."....,
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"What is iti.iny Own soy. plumr asked
Thepsebath. . -
llepsebath was_ her - name, though- she
hadn't . heard it pronoanCed in full for years.
"D'yo see ibis shoe, delight!"
." Yes, my,love."N - •_ •
"'rig the last work in the castle. Not an
other place to put a peg have I got by' rue.
We'll shut the gates, lower the., drawbridge,
puttheiardeponguard,tuadcalluii,our
coach, eh . • .
"Shall put on my silk, or satin 3or my
new velvety", . . .
" Put on nil of them, my' dear. We'll
_make an appearance. . Hi-101-de col-do-dp l
There (tap) that's the last peg, and old
Smith's shoes are" done: • Simi/A—Smith
didn't you ever I'4l thankful that your name
watort.Smith. - Happy, eh ? There was , a
stha , put in jail only last week for robbin'
somebody: But ye never heard of a Gropp's
&in' put in jail, .never. • Now. my maple
sugar, we'll be on: Bring .up the little
Grogpses." 5 • ' -
Hardly bad neppy departed, when a man
made his appearance at the shop door. He
was an old man, very well dressed, in black
throughout, earryitig a gold-beaded cane, and
Ilyearing a watch chain of the same precious
material. -
"Afe youa . cobbler ?" he asked as be en
tered. '
=I
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." wag two :minutes ago, sir;_ but I'm an•
old . feudal baron riew; sir.! Lady Gropp is
going to ride out, sir, and I'm to, attend to
her. • . • -
"Eh—are yon the man that does Mend
ip& ? 'mending of boots .and .shoes?" asked
the visitor, moving back 'a pace, as though
lie feared the strange fellow before - him was
. •
eiszy.
' " Yes sir,' ans'sered Jareb i "I'm - the Man.
Rut, ye iee, my wife hasn't walked out for
more'nfi month., 1 just tossed- off the . - last
bit of work . I bad in the slop. I'd hUrried
it . aniasingly, and was - just egoin ' to take
run dminby'tite . river with her and the little
Fee," said the; 'geptlemito,
"Now pia _lust run ,in and :tell
your lady to wait fur.you Jialf an hOur,
I'll siitiaty„ber for it:. 1 kith in a`baoy. The
stage Jeairem iri an boor , anid . ri boot has giv.
`fn Out. you refuse: to • assist
Me . under-aneikeireutnstances"l"
" 47p05'.... - /
must stick to my business
Thels'pealciag,` Jamb left forWe stop, end
what' be teraedjta pat - en =his .-aproii: spin,
and settled iota' his :low< seat, the 'obi , taar,
took' tiff laii4.losik laid eat :tiatrai and tbe
cattier pilled GO the *Aired jamb
tude Idta a stout *wazeixl,. &Ow misrily
/4- .•;.r-,_ll--7:3,.
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"FRERDOINI LIMED ROOM' nonoMir ©LaCERY weßominog?,
the wh,ile, and ithep.it was ready ha took up
the boot.
" Y
. ou' seem to he p happy fellow," re
mnrked the visitor, after he had watched- Ja.
reb's good natured . face awhile.
" IYhy shoti!dn't I 1)13? I owe no man
anything—have my health—and love to do
my work. tol-de-de-latdo."
"You hive laid . by something, I supp6se,
for a rainy day 1' pursued the stranger.
-" Ay, thousands unon thousands of dollars,
sir !" cried Jareb, giving his awl a furious
.
mitten. - ,
" What ! so much' as that ?"
. _
I I'd like to show 'ern to ye, air, only
they might have dirty. &vs. SCPen of s emi
air! Seven of the best natured children ye
ever saw, sir, and stout and rugged too."
'Ah ! I meant to ask_you if you had not
man!igell tit lay by a, little money, my good
man. • You seem steady and industriims."
" Money !"...repented Jareb, with a conic•
a! leer. "Does a man bay up money when
he is icuilding himself houses and garden ?
No, sir. Nor does a man lay 14 money
when he makes half a crown a day, and rids.
es seveu•chifdren. Them leetle 'uns will
take care of me Wheti I nm old, never fear.
No, no—
. Money migold in hoarded stoi . e-" - --
I hate none of it-=I hare none,
I lire an 4 breathe—l do no more—
' mshly a curse, emmennw a bore,
NAteld I'm the happiest nun alive—
Fokle.rol•lol•de-Lido." •
"Then yoti live contented on'your scanty'
store?" said the man, regatding the cobbler
rather enviously.
"Just as contented as the day is . long, sir
—and why shouldn't I! I wont starve vi hile
there's a crust of bread in the house or a
ripped. shoe in the. village. I sheuld like
money if I mild have it; but I wouldn't
paiii one dil l y or night of discontent for all'
the money in the world."
" And if you had money, what would you
do with it I"
For the (lilt time Jarel, looked sober.—
Ilis awl was stopped in the puncture it- had
made, and his eyes rested vacantly .-on. the
floor. When he spoke, all lightness of man
.
ner was gone, and his voice was tremulous.
Well, I'll tell you," he said, Whale the
twitching of
.the nether lip told that he . lel:
deeply. "I can't help thankia: that - my little
ones arn't a coming up as sonic folks's little
ones are. , They are good and honest, and
baripy ; but if they could have a chance -to
get-a little more larnin' than their poor old
father has got, I should not mind. I cannot
help-thinkin' as how there might be a bright
mind or ty,o among 4 them, that mightlnuke
a doctor, or a lawyer, or may be a minister.
But never mind—=they're in God's hands. I
don't complain. Complain 3" repeated Ja
mb, thrusting his awl through; and then pull
ing it out—" why should I I How many a
rich father w',uld give all he's worth .if his
children could only he different from what
theyarel, Sickly and weakly, may be, or
perhaps bad rand wicked,
There's no such word its complain, ,
For by it we've nothing to gain,
Sure trouble Mal all mental pain,
With a—folle-rokii-di-dol
No sir• l'fe got enough, and that's Innen
,
every onuy's got."
I' The boot was finished ; and the old man
took out'a golden guinea.
" Vve do change for sheh a piece, sir," said
Jareb.
" I don'ts want Any change. Take it 01.—
A shillink.is to pay you for mending my
Loots, and tho' rest is for your wife.ind
child
rent to pay them for the iligt4 of their walk.
Come, don't disappoint me."
data) took the coin, and though his thank.
fulness was deep, its expression was simple
and - polite.
The old man put on his boot and went
„away. The wile came ,-and Jareb slinwed
1 his treasut e. They were :ts rich as Monarchs
I now. Titey danced and sang, and then each
' called the other a fool. '
However, after this they went and took a
wafk=they and their rtulden. The oldest
was only, twelve years, and the youngest was
two.. Tommy and • Johnny were twins.—
They were a jolly looking family. •
When Jareb teturred and entered his
shop, the first thing he aw was a green bilk
,purse. ' Ile picked it up and found it full of
gold. Quick as thutight, he. put on his hat
again Mid ran froth the shop. He : reached
the hotel init the stage hid gone, and the old
gentleman had, gone in it. So the cobbler
returned to.his cot and there sat down with
the purse in his hand. -
"What shall.welo with.it ?" he said: un
easily. •,.. ; . 1
• The wife pondered a long while and finally
replied—
" Let's take iedown Cellar and , hide it:—
Then we stunt be robbed of it, nor we shan't
lose,it; and ,When he eAnnes .we' Shall have
it for him."
" But supposing he tlould never come,
.Heppy 1" - ' •
" Then we will leave it for our children
and they may use it."
" Ileppy, my delight, you are right."
-813 they Went down into their nuriow-
Jar and having looked till.around they final.
IY/removed a stone from the wall, put the
purse inluiving first rolled it up An many
thicknesses of stout paper—awl then put the
stone back as it was,betore.
- On. the full - owing day the cobbler watched
f o r the stage, and when it tame be went .up
to see If the old gentlemen bad come back.
This he did every day fur two months, but
no old man mute: •
At the end of that time, dareb was taken
sick.. Me was very, very sick, and fir a
long time therdrictor despaired of his
And Jareb was'very poor, too. Many a
night itie children wentsupperleas to bed.
"lareb,"whisNred Heppy, with frighted
look, "there's gold in the
"Don't! Don't! Qh ! nevlr speak of it
agalri !"-* gaited 'Jarcb,i " I've tho't.
of it! Api—theee's gold there, lidt
oars,'tisn't Mirk Ileppy V' • , •
I -- 43idit't Mean we'd sake it;Jareb; i only
thought viiu mart
bai4'sboul4
die if . We took dal. :t‘ 'Tisn't ours; Llepp,f!'
.4er man,y days,jarcb Groprias able.to:
walk'out:, 'Pne'pleaa.4)t day as he: hobbled
atotig,on'a (silt& and s -stafr, he : saw tbe i
stagecoach et:gulag. kpas , ;ed him,'.and be.
"saambe fame whitelaired pld mite - ere the,
box, with the idriver,' .-The poor.co_bbler flur
ried' tort, .arid wleu Iff . reached- tavern,_ be
found thiioldirouvogoajug ixo 4 . - 4 411,
Alll4.****try toolOer,l7.
-Me'. swinger.
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 12,.1859.
ME
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"I am the cobbler who mended your boot
last spring, sir," said Jareb.
" Yes, I knew," added the old man ;." and
the driver ssys'you have been very sick, and
flint your family suffered much during your
illness."
"Some, some, sir. But that isn't the
thing. Didn't you lose'something the day
you came to nty . hop r
..
"Laser repented .the old man, starting.
"Ilia you find anything?"
" Yes, sir."
" Was it a purser ~
" Yes, sir." .
~ Of green silk 1" '
Ye l s, sir." ~
" With filly gold guineas in ill"
" I don't know what was in it. - I found it;
and if you will 'go down with me, you shall
have it." - - • . .
. .
The stranger , regarded the cobbler for
some moments'in silence, and finally said' he
would go. go iamb Ica the way to tis little
cot.
Here my Imo," said the cobbler, nde
dressing his wife, "let us h9ive a candle; the
gentleman has come for his purse."
"We haven't got a omdle, but I have
something that will answer."
Thus speaking, tieppy went oat, and when
she returned she brought a pine knot, which
she lighted by the fire. Jareb toil; this, and
turned towards the cellar, and the stranger
followed him.'
• " I can get it, sir."
"Go on—l'll follow you?,
.The cobbler said no more, but hobbit()
down the-narrow steps, and when he came to
that part, of the wall where the purse had
been concealed, lie rvsked his- companion to
hold the torch. The latter-did so, mid then
Jareb removed the stone and ,drew 'forth a
pr;per parcel all ilarvp and mildewed. They
returned• to the upper room; where Jamb
folded the stout - papers and produced the
puree uninjured.
"Here, sir; here is your purse, just as I
found IL" - • ,
The old mamemptied-out the broad gold
I pieces and counted therri 7 -just fifty of them.
Ire returned them to his purse, and then
; looked into Jareb's -face.
-"Flace you suffered for want of money
during your he as-ed.
=
" And you had this giild by you nli the
while V'
"It wasn't ours, sir. Oh, •• I may 'have
suffered, hut not as I would have sufferini had
1 taken that. ,It wasn't mine, it was yours.
Take it, sir ; and when you remember poor
old Jamb Gropp and his seven children, and
his own Wife, will you say they weren't very
lamed, but you'd say they weie honest."
" Gropp ?— Grupe t—Gaol.o" repeated
the old man, fixing his gaze nut upon jureb,.
but upon his wife. "You are not from Eng.
land. are you turning.64;frob.
" Yes, sir," answered the cobbler.
"From what part ?" ,
" From Davcntry, ant mg the lulls of
Northampton." _
"And what was your 'name before you
- was married 1" the old man asked of the
good wife:
- "My maiden name was Hepsebath Mun
son,-sir." , -
"Were you from Daventry.?"
"No, sir. 1 was from Kibwarth, in Le
eister. I went to,Lblventry to live when
was sixteen."
" Ytiti never had a brother ?"
" Yes, sir. 1 had one—George-4e went
off to India, Mid there he died ! Poor Gee4e.
He wa4 a good boy—he wita very' good to
me. lie was a smart young man when he
went away." •
. i
" How do you kno hees'deadl" •
" Because we never heard from him, sir."
- " Hepsebatb ! cried the Old man, starting
'o his feet," look at me! look at me, I say !
See it' you. can't tell me whO I am ! I re
member now of. hearing tha% you . had 'mar
ried a than named Copp; but I could nut
find where you had moved. I was negligent
But say do you know me ? y '
" It ain't George Munson !" gasped Heppy,
starting Mini her chair, and . trembling like
an aspen.
" Look at that. purse!' D'On't" - yoil see
that name? And as the old'man :spoke he
showed 'her a name worked In'golden thread,
but which she had not detected. '.. But, she
read it noW . —George Munson..
Then she looked into the timeworn face,
and gradually the features -of one she had
'loved ieyears long gone, Were revealed to
her: It was her ,brother- 7 her'. own dear
brother deurge... • - 1. .
Presently Jareb Grupp. sawhis wife in the
old man's arms, and with' . one bound he
reached the middle of the floor.. . •
-" There," . he cried, "now see SuPposing
I'd taken that gold? ; If I. had, we'd never
have known George Munson. f tell .. ye,
there's always a sunbeam sure to tall upon' a
good action. It'll come sonietime, ye may
depend. . George, how d'e do.. Ain't.! glad
now 'that we didn't use' your gold. How
Could I ever have looked my. delight's broth
er in the face after it. How d'e do—How
d'e do?" 4 -
The last half of this speech had•been made
With the old man's band in his graiP, for
even the thought had not worked: itself. into
Jareb's honest .ntind - that any .. pecunisry good I
was to grow out of this. = ,
But it was - Ileppy's own brother, and, one
of the chief objects he had in view. when he
first set out on his travels, was to find his
sister, if possible. lie. had forgotten her
hasband's name, havitig heard it, but (Mee. in
India,_and
,then .only casually . in conversation
with a man wholiad jest comes:nit. • The old
Man was rich; and now that le had found
the only living relative he had on earth, he
resolved to settle do vu with her. •
A large house on a beautiful eminence, the
wealthy owner Of wijich lad died,- was for
!sale,
,and Uncle Geprie lA:night 14,2.• And
;thither he took ids sister's family,- And in
after. times, there were some great, doings in
that great house.. ,The little -- GroPps,had a
00i:relent teacher,
and; hey,
_because, prodl:
gies of learning.. ,Jaieb,Was utterly toin:
jailed at thi wohdroutkintellect they displayed.
_ 'S..
order lore maniac!, expect
but little from them; in order to vial ; their
faults triftiont bitterness, we must. accustom
,ourielves to pardon ; them sod, to:perceive
ilatt,indolgence is* justice which frail. hu
manity hada riglitto demand from wisdom.
The wisest Than have always Iwo that most
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There are not many we may trust,
In such a world' as this;
For sWeeteSt smiles, and loving words,
Arc oft like Judas' kisil •
But 'O, there are a predous few,
And we can doubt them never,'
Those !marls wo know will be the same
E'en tho' we live forever.
We know it, not because their, lips
'Fond words of love have spoken,'.
Nor that we've cherished for them long
Nome priceless pledge or token.
We know those true and changeless hearts
By sympathies how sweet!
And 0, it needs not words to tell
- When kindred spirits meet.
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We know them by a secret chord, .
Which in the heirt, lies deep,
And vibrates ever at our touch,
Bidding us joy or weep.
From Me Gleanei, 1811.
ESSAYS
Prom the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe.
"HE LOSES ALL, WllO OILLSPEI s TOO MECH."
A SPIDER one-night toiled with great in:
dustry to finish his web, and early in , the
morning as'he retired to his hidingplaee; he
thus spoke to himself:—"Now, having set
my snare artful and strong, I'll have a fine
breakfast." - •
It was not 'long before a promiscuous
swarm of flies, gnats, and bees,,attracted•• by
the beauty of the morning, .atme-buziing
arontid, and two or three small flies ,got en
tangled in the web, but with a little struggle
released themselves from the mare. The
'dainty spider, in the mean-time, 'neglecting
tti seize ou the little flies within his reach,
kept back, waiting fur a daintier 'bit. A
honey-bee-that was buzzing around, pretty
soon, unconscious of his danger, flew into the
net, aril was, by his fluttering; deeper and
:deeper entangled . in the toils. Fat and plump,
• and swelling with honey, the delighted spider
ran from his covert, and' eagerly seized on
his victim.
As he Kwhed forth, he erid with exultation.
" got the finest breakfast In the nation."
No sooner did the spider•seize his prey,
than the bee; turning to defend himself,
plunged. his sting deep into the foe.," Alms!"
groaned the spicier, (in plain prose, for his
spirit of poetry Was gone) as he hobbled hack
in agony to his. hole, ." what a fool was 1 to
let go so Many opportunities of satisfying a
reasonable appetite, 16r the sake of a feast.—
Harll been content with a competence, 1
night still have lived ; but by. seeking to.
gorge on a honey-bee, I have got nothing but
the sting."
Poor spicier! if it be. true that misery
finds relief in having company, `you are not
without ample sources of consolation.
When I tee a farmer or mechanic, who is
in'a snug way of business in his profession,
dashing largely into speculation or trade.--
he cautious-my friend, think:4 I, or: like the
spider" instead of a bee you will meet .with
nothing but a sting."
When 1 see a man building a house, larger
then his necessities require, or his means will
justify, and running in debt to finish it—me
thinks, my friend, though you may flatter
yourself that you are .providing a feast ,of
honey or a fat bee, be cautious,. or -you will
meet with the sting of bitter disappointment:
--(0 Robert! Robert!' ,
When 1 see a young man, aiming at more
than his t alents, his education, or his charac.
ter entitle him to expect; proud—supercil
lous,licontemptuous to his equals, and aspir
ing—l would write this caution on his lock
ing glass- , --My friend, uim at filling the sta:
tion nature intended you to occupy, arid you
may appear respectable; but by seeking too
much, you will only meet the sting of con
tempt. ,
Should I ever see a. nation, instead of
cherishing the resources within its power, in
tent on plunging the country into a war, nse
!via as to any probable:result, and with a na
tin that like a bee, is a valuable friend, but
dangerous enemy, could I•get an -introduc
tion at court, I- would certainly vrhiskt: l , in
the earof the chief—" Reflect, sir, before you
proceed, for there is a great chance, that like
the poor spider, you may, instead 'of 'getting
a feast, _come groaning back, smarting with
the -sting of disgrace and disappointment's' •
There was a', young. man at Appleiniry,•
whose_ father retired front business; leaving
him his store and trade. John Dashulell,
(for that was the young merchant's name)
was able the first year to lay uu four - hund
red dollars of clear gain, besides someolittle
profit's that stood out in debts ;=and his busi
ness, there was every reasonable prospect,
would gradually increase. 'But 'John was
not satisfied with the conipetence - Drovi
deuce had placed so fairly, Within his reach,
but sighed,-like the spider, for some great
feast at once. So he sold out his 'stocky re
moved to New York, where he entered large
ly into the shipping trade. Five years after
poor Dash:odes name was on the list :Ur- in.
solventa. Like the spider he got . bitterly
stung'by grasping at more than - necestsity,ro
quired, or foktune had placed within his read).
DIES are not acc u stomed ,
to buy books un
less - they. want. them. 14' On visiting the
diielling, of a miser Slender I find
the reason why he hascheap carpets; and
plain . furniture, Cu lie that he may purchase
he rises at once in my ekteem.„ Etooks
are not Made for furniture, but therels noth
ing else that . siberiutifelly fernishis iihonse.
The plainest roe of books thafeloth or, paper .
covers, is . inure significent of refinement, than.
the most elaborately carved elegerco; side
board.
Give 'me, a Iciuse 'f - urnished. with` becdis
rather than lurnitnre ! Both, if but
booka at any rate!;To Spend Several days
in a friend's house , and bunger`for something.
to read; while feu are, {rending on costly Car,
nets, nod sitting.Opoil 'luxurious', chairs, una:,
;leeping upon dirwn, is as if. 4 ;ne tfFib
ing your body fort 4 Etki of cheating your
I mind. _, • .
;Is it not pitiable la see inan'gjoUirig rich ,
beginning to: augaaqit thit'emixforte of
hotie '
,and,layishing. money on, ost entatious
uphOlstery,,upon the table, upon ; everything
but what the soul needs 1
We know of many-and many- tichinan's
house where it-would not be safe to 'ask tor ;
'thee eurnmanest, English , Aassies„ ,PA,7leits
-tarnished annuals!on,theotaleeefewlietwir.
monstrosiliwiptberwilitikOck,of
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• For theßidepengent Republican
DUR FRIENDS.. -
DT L .A. D. U
Books as an Ornament.
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LNO. 19
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religious beaks Of bia " persuasiOn" and dug
is all! '`No range'orpoets, no eassyrlsts; no
seleeticin of historians, no traveler, or biogri
phies-no select fictions or euriona.legenda l ry
lore . ; but then, the walls have paper on whit4ll
cost three dollars'a rollomd the floors 'have
carpets that cost four dollats a yard! BOoks
are the windows through which the sctunciblcs
out. A house 'without books Is like a room
without windows. No man has a right 'to
bring up his children without surrounding
them with books, if he his the means to buy
them. It is a wrong to his family.
He cheats them ! Children learn to read
by being in the presence of books. The !spire
of knowledge comes - with reading, and grows
upon it. And the love of knoriledge.in a
young Mind, is almost a warrant against the
inferior excitement of passions and vices.
Let us pity those poor ‘ riele men who live
barrenly in gredt bookless houses! Let us
congratulate, the poor that, in our day, books
are so cheaphat-a roan-may every year add
a hundred vcluirtes to his — library fur what
his tobacco and beer would coat him. Among
the earlier ambithins to be excitecl,in clerks,
workmen, journeymen, and, indeed 'arormg
all that tire struggling up in life from nothing.
to something, is that of owning and constimt.
ly adding to a iibrary of good hooks.
tie library growing larger every:yea - I. is an
lomorable part of a youn. man's history 'lt
is a man's duty. to have books :' A library is
not a luxury, but one of the necessities of
life.—/Teury Ward Beecher.
God's DisciOne with Nen.
•I„x Ohne of war, whet. _men left their
dwellings, there lay unused, in-an old Man
sion, a stately instrument-of music—a piano.
The'dust covered it', and little by , litth4 the
weather contracted and expended it -till the
wood had cracked. • The different' strings. of
the instrument , were out of tune with each
other; so that not one of them was right*:
By-and-by peace was declared,,and the long
exiled owner returned to 114 house. On,
coming home, looking about-hint and seeing
everything out of order, be'_ cleansed the
kitchen, cleansed the parlor, cleansed the eft
rioua rooms through the house, and at last
he says, "I will have this instrument put in
order." He sends for a tuner, who comes
and looks at it alai says, " A noble 'instru
ment, indeed ;: by Oneof the best' makers!"
lie opens the lid, and the dust flies up in
clouds. "Sadly neglected—but a, noble in
strument !" , lie looks through-it, runs thro'
the scale, and begins to'dust, to cleanse, and
to tune it., Taking firstthe central note, oh,
how wretchedif s that is out of tune! But he
takes his tuning fork; and brings-up the next
string, and, the next, slid the next; and so he
goes, all through—flitta and sharps and all:
from top to bratom bringing every note pp
to its proper pitch. During the time that
he is tuning-it, nobody wantii,tp - stay hi the
room; bat by-and.by, when he it all
right, be sits dovin and tries it; and as - he bo
ginslo play, the first chord is-gland! Then
as he takes one of-Beethoven's harmonies
and begins toplay, the n'er(mrits run up; the
children stop in the midst of their sport to
hear; everybody stops to listen, or comes
to the.door ! the that Went out- of the
room' come bark and ask-, "What
,magniti
centi m
nstruent: is' that?". Ahi , it is that
wailing instrument that drove yon out! . That
is.what: it is, 'now chorded"! And if it were
fieethoven himself who sat at it to play out
the swelling thoughts of his own' soul, how
majestic would those melodies have been,
and how magnificent "es an artily with ban
ners" would rave been' the march of.all those
accordant harmonies! Oh, You are instru
ments of music now neglected,, sadly un
strung and. discordant!- God has., already;
taken hold of' you r and brought some of. the
principal strings up to concert pitch, an be
is bringing one after : another - to that.. By
and-by, when men; say that your heart'
strings-have broken, God ;" No; it
is.nothing but the last-touch in chording.",—
And then when every, faculty shall have been
attuned; God shall bring joys like music un
to your soul, suck-ak yon never thrilled to
iefore Do nat. impritient of, it. I Have
Pat ietice with GM : while he is tuningyou
By-and-by, when the work in done, you shall
thank. God for ever, - and for ever, that be is
willing to take suc Li shattered, wretched in
strument to tune, and to let its,notes tninglu
with the harrhonies : of , the eternal
Beecher:"‘
Quaint Beadisgs.
• Tits t only cure for hopeless affection. is.. to
.discard the article for one having a. reasontv
ble quantity of hope.. Thus if, Sally Jones -
ejects your , tcnder suit, li f e:cause she is in .
love with the knoek.kneed .barbrr. oppesite,l
it will never do to talk ,alxnit.pisiols, arsenic,
and codins..on the Contrary, yuu must draw :
on your. Sunday suit, extend your aldprmanie ,
;dignity .by. a 4inPpr...( ** baer-J o 4_, 'Sab
hap, and go , right, down •to Susan. Snooks,
.who will , teach you tlitt there are More thhts,
'tivixtheiVen and 'earth than you have ever
seen elsewhere.. Take's sample, and see.
The mightiest - events. of our: life , may • dm.
- peed :upon the iitnplest .accident: or,' chance:
Old bachelor Briggs had. lived ',fifteen, < yenta
with widow Snubbs. without ever exchanging.
a single - pressure of Arms '-.or lips, but, one
evening, iv :worm—chanced to. drop,from. a
beam overhead directly 1'00 ; 414 bosom, of
the widowi.causing , her to =faint so, speedily
that the poor tbenedict - had barelviime vto
catch her.in his nrms. , , The :ejection ofAhe
Itniani-Was effected before:olo.lBdg. recover. l
.ed,. but-not untilfan impression had been
made upon the susceptible Briggs,. whicitlitts
since. cost him *1,500 per annum. . •
• ft-hi - very. definitely settled; that - yinfilutrO,
nothing in world until you 'actuillly gote
it: There isms - Dan poor,:felkoc:
, iwhO•.married Betty Sharp, after two ittoitat
yeatwof eouttshiKwith-tho- impristion..? that
be Arasltetfing ‘.'frriomething nien i !! but r :found
t bat. het haditn ly .reeeived a dOzott. suits .of
fadiewertring apparel, a nee of false teeth, a
moo, a glees eye; at bottle Fof salts, and „the
iavagfrtipi*erofitutelent - und`•-Wrinkleir.f.fent;:'
ink* , hitutiillage cupid afford.
Let,no man deceive you,iwrefentinei,ict
lotin o,•nti4siona l . l ., Think .riett;rashly-, atilt you
•wernAleittioidiptfigurq in Me hallt-Of.tha na=
4iortisather.:•.tbitt - figura nix .a
grocery store ciathei (timer:. nor Abut you 411'i
- singlittee thattilVieeolontini
.1:or JA-..itirtoge,
when your biniied tad yo 9
ats.t4t6kal,eout.
:and tux initnut;")l7, Theraii PO"'
ing in AltitOuctd. icing juks4llalt•PW
-Ye1f64 1 4,41. otiel•ltok AMR - - driving ir-burk.
entmon'cr.op Tn Dna.
Twillnerfctutilm*rbei one inveterate
and, deadli;, AKkiheit bleekzi bear. Some' of
Ifiese - imineniecbeimi _wenk!! BOO' pounds, and
tlikeir ; 4l„4ll(Wintougb that musket-ball will
pelfetrate it. panther invariably
desqtts alklittrlOung cabl'..'which come is
134- p attk . sit dOee(the bear lake greats pains
to 'attack •the panther, . >end fortunate indeed
is- the animal wbo escapes the deadly embrace
oldie black-n*lliter. The following omit
me and interesting scene is' related by an
',1,:0. Tam edeir - rviiiiif , running iit . &IV speed,.
eloielY pitiatied'bi a panther. The Chase had
already been a long one, for ~ as they ,came
nearer I could see both,their Tong parched ,
tongues _hanging out of, thair mo,uths, and
their bounding , - though powerful, -was
. no
longer, elastic. aruaual. The deisr having dia. .
covered. in the distance a • large' black bar;
playing with herpths, stopped a-moment to
stiurth,e air', th'en coming near 'hi inade a •
heised; witithiehead - exteridtid;lo - ascertain
if Bruin kept his position,. -As the panther '
leas closingwith him the deer-wheeled sharp .
around, and turning back almost. upon hie
own trail, passed within thirty • yards of- his
pursuer, who, not being able at once to. - -stop - •
his eareer, , gavesn angry growl and followed
the deer- again, but at a distance - ol some
hundred yardis ; bearing .the grOwl, the bear
drew her body half Out. of-the bushes, re- •
:staining quietly on the look-out. Soon- the
'deer again appeared ;,-but ..his Speed was •
much_ reduced — and as he approached ' to
wirds.ther spot where the bear lay concealed,
it was evident that the animal was calculat
ing the distance with admirable precision.
•The panther" ; now: expecting to seize his
prey.easily., followed about thirty yards be
hind, his syels so intently fixed upon the deer
that he did not see the bear.at all. Not so
with Brain. She. was aware of the close vi
cinity of her enemy, and she cleared the bri-
era and squared herself, for action=whes the '
deer, with a beatitifil and poWerful spring—
passed completely over the bear's head; end
disappeared. At the - rniartent he took. the
leap•the.panther was close 'Asian him, and
was just balancing himself fora spring, when -
he perceived to his astonishateht that he was
faced by a formidable adversary. Not. the
least disposed to, fly, he crouched, lashed his
sides _with his long tail,..while' the bear, about
five, yards from him, remained like 'a statue;
looking, at him with his fierce, glaring eyes. -
" Fora minute they remained ll* the pan
ther's sides heavi ng with eiertion agitated, •
and ,s
apparently Undecided : the bear perfectkr.
calm and motionless. Gradually the panther
crawled bacleward. tillet - a . righi distance for
a spring, then throwing all his; weight 'Upon
his hind parts to increase hisivwer, he dart•
ed upon the bear like lightning, and forced
his ehlws into her back. , The -bear - with `lr
resistible' forceseized the , panther with her
fore paws, pressed him with the weight of
her body and rolled over him. I heard a
heavy grunt, a plaintive howl, a crashing of
bones, and the panther was dead. ~ T he cub .
t% I.
of the bear came to ascertain svhst - was ing
.on, and after a few minutes' exatninatio of
the victim, it strutted down,the hill folic;
by its mother, who was apparently unhur • r
did not attempt to prevent their retreitt; lor
among real heaters of the wilds there is A
feelin. , .which testrainsthem from attacking
an animal which has just undergone a deadly
strife. •
A vz*.years ago, there was no individual
in Arkansas who caused more trouble to the
good people of that State, than. Dick. Hitch- '
er; a notorious horsethief.- Richard's el
plOts were not only daring, but -dangerous.
His movements weredunning and stealthy.
He Would come down on the barns , and cat
•tle-yards of the. commanity with Ai sudden--
ness of a night-hawk, and before yiou 'A:mild •
say "look and see!" would-be off with r hooty
.
enough - to keep him in sin and champagne
for a month. 'Things at teat reached such- a
pass that the citizens made up their minds to
offer a - reward of one thousand dolfers for
his arrest Among those who. went' in for
the prize was Bob Smithem • Bob . armed '
himself with the usual cutlery—his • bowie
knife and a revulver=end set out-ins: pursuit .
-of Hitcher. He started : at nine; p. m., and
arrived at,tbe supposed residence of_the rob
ber about' midnight - Bob approached cau
tiously,-examining the out-works, and took ti -; -
preparatory peep in at one•of the ' windows.
Things , were just- as he -,desired—no one •st ,
home but . the housekeeper. -- Bob knocked, -
obtained admission, and took' - up a .positiim •
- near a blazing fire of oak and hickory," Hav
ing done this,
he asked , for refreshments, and •
commenced l ooking around for landmarks.
- ".NYtio :owns that 'buffalb, overcoat, - and
that fox-ekin cap?" he inquired. . " The ..‘getr
denten I work for,': was the housekeeper's an
swer. 1 !I wonder how they . fa/ill:fit, me r
Saying this, Bob got up, tried them pn,• and
again resented "himself to dece4ve tmy..metn
ber of the gang who, should do-as he did,—
peep in for the itristsse of reconnoitering.—•
Bob had, not chuckled over his Well-laid strat
agem for more thin five minutes, beitiro be
saw three or fourfe*imislooking Men look;
ingin at the very window through which he
himself had obtained a glance at , the, houset
hold „arrangements of. Mr. Hatcher. '"Not,
knowing to:what it would. lead,:hc,iminedt. •
ately left his,seat and made .an 'etteMPt to
rush out of doors. Just as , he wee -
the threshold, boweier,' a fourliound Oat
knocked him flatter than the' Stock market:
The neat thing BiEkfist did was tii4sit him
with n'handanna, and thro* Kin - across' a
mule. This This was also done in a moment—
When'
Bob recovered, from - the " stannin s , "•
swoon "into which the blow had Plabged him;
he'undertoOk "to right Mtn:self; brit met with
such a Seiere reprimand'frOm a pair'of cow
hide iniots,4bist he - did not repeat it After
silting tramp thiough . mud and (Inkling, the
s*sitleadn'arnyed and halted- at - the 'asses
' trittes'Offtee. - An examination immediately a.
EWE :place, *hen it was 'diacoveieci'dtat Bob
'hadAllen.a *loins' to cireuinstances. - The
:Buffltio_civercost,-he had • robed - himself in, •
-had 'misled esconting•party of " wolvetines i "
who;having heard of " the great reward' s !'
`had -gone forth to make the some arrest that
Bob had imdertaktm.h- -Whether the explana, ,
tion Wasaatisfacto4 to: the injured party, we
never could learn: --All. Welnow, is,' that; It
was the last time Bob Brnithers appeared' in
I disgaiseor - Went a, thief-hunting.:-' : • -
Tgr. Wllll7 - HOUSE . 71% 1784.—A - Mr.
Waneiy; whose published note* of a tour in,
this - eOufitry in 1784, have recently been-the
subject of- - notioli •in - the-American papers,
give' , the. following description of breakfast
at the'Whito•House. • Will the breakfast is
-these days'bear a comparison with thisl•
Washinitim, herself, made tea and
Cciired foe us. On tha table were illWAlMili.
"plateforsliced tongue. dry toast, bread: and
butter, but no boiled fish as is , the general
tustom. Miss Custis, her grand•danghter, a
pleasing young .lady of: about , listeen, sat
F next herbrotner George. Waithimitim Cot*
about-two - year- older Aim beringf. There
was but' • little appearance afforsn"mo
A•silver urn, , for. hot:inter. was-Ebb 011 7. 101 *
pensive-thing on, the , - Mrs.,,Weshing-
Aott appears to bo.surnetbing than, fi r
President, elthough*in itmo7 - par,
In sinuou.nithora:nlino,veo -:flaik
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