H. H. FRAZIER, Publisher.
VOLUME 11.
luoineso girectorg
Da C. J. DRINKER,
iTeiletAW •ND SURGEON, Ifoot.can. Ps Oftsr with
P
ow W. J. & S. H MulfortraiStore. Yohlta Amu.
liarph D. Winker.
oLtlmee. Sep'. tt4 ISSR.
DR. R L BLAKEBLEE,
to AND 5131018 , .N, , ocated M Brork'm Bea
qqtbs..be Wlll attet.d D^ tol-nly to eh milt
vett erleb be may be acme. UClce et L. M. Baldwin's.
g+oaLlYv , , Jely 10, 1.160.—y1.
DR. E. L. GARDNER,
inonsunen AND BURGEON. Donbas, Di. Once Ara
r wow. AtATA Board. la attn.% Uotst.
, Mos tn.e,Jtan 0, 11118.41
GROVES & REYNOLDS,
FORIONARLE TAILORS. Shop over 011um4Ice*
more, Sohlle ♦Y.oas.
llontrose. June It, Ills
Da. CHARLES DECKER,
pTqll/LN 511.78.11a7.111. Wan. located httnaelf at
j 51r, tiva`.ll*. Elaaquahanna County. Pa.. enll as , end to all Um
walell be may be ht wed -lab g11 , 111DUISIII•ild attention-
OS , er ti• • a Ideaea near ”r•age Mull* 111.11
b.rchaniviile, Snug. Cl.. Pa. /day 29. 1843.—tf.
JOHN BEAUMONT,
os.R.ER, Cloth Thum, nod Nlaunrootorn, al th e old
ky nand known na Smith's Carding Macktao. Tenn nude
',lna when the wort to bronet,
Jesup. go,h s 4 1065.
DR. G. Z. DIMOCK,
PRDHLTSICIAN and SURGEON, MONTROSE. P. Mee
street. ODPOilit the Eircraucaio OM= Board. Ai
stariel 11 de I.
unman, rebraary 6th. 1666.-171)
C. M. CILINDLLL,
Jtkr ACV:MICR of Llnemowbools, Wool wheel., Wheal.
o mar, CIOCk-revia. At. as Wondiurnlog dons to (oder. sad
oa4noef. 7 runtrot Shop and Wheel ractot7 In Sams'
To , aft' Bot.doos. up Mate.
it out Janney Eatt4l& ..t1
II S. BENTLEY, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC,
MOYVTROSEC.
T , IEB Ackanwlediream of Dada Mamma., ke., for may
v.e.e in the Oohed State. P... Vouchers amd Pay c.or
=feet ...o.ehlud bears blot do mot napalm the contd.. of ths
i.nf the Oourt. Mootrusa. J.. 1, /846.—tf.
Ds. a L. ELiNDRICH,
rbrraltllAv and BO FIOSO2I, relpeafully team Ms prates
r services to the eltisens of Meadville and Yllialty. Of.
ea. toe <doe of Dr. Lem Boards al 3. //Word's.
July 27. 1884.-tf
It W. SMITH,
rroltN n & COLIWBELLoR AT LAW asta LAwand Oslo
EL tan+ OE. OM Lea's Drag Cam
,aavelWS NMI Julian ILL IBM
H. BURHITT,
ye
LA IR In Staple LI Fancy Pry Goods. Crockery, Hardware
stoves. Oda. and Panda. Boots and Snots, Hsu
Pun. Bod oOw,onetw, Pew/Woos. dm-
Ia 51111.1. Pa, April 11, U..54.-U
8. H. SAYRE BROTHERS,
ViCY MITI, RIM of Mllltlaitlnica. Casting, of all kla
Stoves. lit and Skeet trot Ware, Agricultural Itopletoebto
Llellerr In Dry 004nals,Ohnettlea. Crockery. Ate.
llrtrose.
P. February te.1664.
BILLINGS STROUD,
kaki VW L. 11% I.2ll3lialeCtli AOLIBT. O. In Lab
=NI Imadlni, P.M end of Back Block. to EL ebseace. bur
m.l tot Alm Mil be treanc- I by C. L. Brow&
lloatrree. Fr hmar7 1, 1914—tt
J. D. VAIL, M. D.,
riowsurerilio eErratcu.N. tasty located
mmelf le If ontrom, Ps., where he cif promptly attend to
htsprofesion wall which he any be favored. Iltke
lindruce P , eat of the Court HOMM, star Bentley di Malec
Febemry 1, 1.9154.-Oct. 29, 18111.
0. WARIM,
rroftwii AT LAW, BOUNTY, BACA PAT
SKIN CLAIM AGENT. All Paulaa Cllll. caret_yl P"'
= l l Bar d " r 4. " 1 - B
Px.. Feb. 1.1.644.-4boyl 1e43.
LEWIS. KIRBY & R. BACON,
r ,oenattely ott MEI • eall amply of every Palely a
a.l my:. Letll:s wed 002111.1V3TI0NP.111IS. By stela eater •
,ste•e• •ad (strew in deal they hope to malt the Myers
pe-:ale tete public. On OYSTER and RATING Stil..oo?.e
eeee.4 t ete Grocery. where blvalyee 4a mutat, are served In ey.
• - e eel, co: te tate, ofthe public derosad. Remember t eplace.
,et• • , tt 0 - Peery atarfta.oa Malt Street. Delo. the Postoltltee.
.o.ty. Soo rt. 1.803.—pecte17,113.-tf
Dx. CALVIN C. HALSEY,
PEISICIAff AND .13MOSON, AND EXAMINING PIM
G frr PENSIONERS. Office overt. ..fax of J. Lyon
Ptblir avenue Boards At Mr. itherldicea
, ntnme. O elDer, 7551.41
D. A. BALLDWEN,
7T0R13 KT AT LAW, and PA.., BomtT, .4 Back R -
P Atm, .3restSonqunhanna County. Pa.
Meat .5.n4. Aug. 10.1144.-11
BOYD & WEBSTER,
RZALERS tltoves, Stove Pl-pe.
el Door Cop_par, and Shoe
LP Whre, also, Window Sail. Pans, Wlndo •
3,4, Lath, Pine Lomberand all lull& of B.lldloir Ilavatalk
ir =n t r n i t : lsfearle'. Rot 4. and Csrpe.tar Shop en, tto
IN, hmstry 1. 16133.-1 f
„, DR. WILLIAM W. SMITH,
S ) 12161LOLI DENIILII% Omni over am Bee tl e.
•• • • ,„'S . b : =••r m aul
Bad rig : ill Dents.
Itetnem bet% offwe formerly tr Boa.
"I' a.
°
E.vvrr. c
B. J. ROGERS,
If LW, aCTUIL6II. of all dm/Uttar. ofWAH
..YL CAfialgifigS, SLOLIGHS, in it. iMfr4
r.vlt ne Wa . kinanatOr and of the bast material.,
"ff . /. lenowo stand of E. H. ROGERS. a fear roda out
.• ...fel Hotel to Mont... whore he orin if• SOPPY S.
ale mils of .11 who want anything In his Una.
liono . ost. Jana I.IIAL-if
Da. JOHN W. COBB
ORTSIC'In A end 1111,131L0N. reap:at:Hy tenders hit !terrine
L Int otettens of eloaquettoons County. He .11 , medal
1: to rare eel .13 , medl*Lr.staelat of tatearo ot the
g -t+ to ti• 01110.1 reiVilra to 0011.. No , l6tiOrie
centre st • 4
over W J R S H 4tulro. e'e Hu re.
E... 1011,00 0 elapte wett, ear of 1. Hovel.
I '4,0, hunk,. County, Yto., loot CIL 1813.-tr
BALDWIN & ALLEN,
rILLLSEtb is irl..01.;11, Celt. Pock. Flail, lard-Grain. Vern,
Oeiidiee. MOM and Thornily seed. Mao GllloCliTtlgle
Atzp,ry llohusees. Syrrnie, T. end Coffee. wed idle a
hlk ernnue, one door below 1. Etheridge-
Yourose. Jemmy I. 1814.-tr
Ds. G. W. BEACH,
PFTSl'ltai &ND stITUILON . Itavtait pen....lY totata
a ',awl! al Brooklyn Galatea. Pa.. leaders hie profiankraz/ an
a.aau. mixt. of Iduaolaatbama Comity. on WM2 COOOIIIEI.II
o, lt, we time the office Of the Into Dr. B. Radian
nbnntlem sa, , nrds at lira. alrialardsme.
Cents, Pa- Jam. a. lait..ll
F. B. WEEKS,
phaCTIOAL HOOT aNI) SHOE MAMIE: also Dealer u
Sane. Shwa. Leacher. sad Shoe MuUnies. Relish-las Hon
eat nesitese sad dispatch. Taro doorsabove Searle's hotel.
Imtrose. January 1. 1814.-t3
& WM. H. JESSUP,
TTollandrla AT Mloutrome.. Pa. ?make la Rum.
.aua, Bradford. Warne. Wyoming and Lunen. COl:Raft
Ilunroae. Pa.. January lat. 11311.
ALBERT CHAMBERLIN,
rusratar ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY AT LAW.
.10tee ove• the atom I innerly teeempied by Poet Broth
Neutron. Pa- January I, 1660.
J. LYONS & BON,
11 Z&LICRS IN DRY 000D8.. Grocerles.Crockery. lisrdwan
IJ Tinware. Anoka, Melodeons. Fianna and all kinds of this
:naromeoLo NAoet Musk, se. Also MIT on tbs 1.14.ek Blot
00 sae lo all Its branchea. J. 1.1 . 0.,
1864. 0. A. tours
===elEl
ABEL TURRELL
D _
LUAU. IN DRUGS, ICD/Clfi Se. CHEM ICAUS.
Pew.. an. Ve stuffs. Varnishes, Wind. , Mega
ream a. Gla , cerita rockery, Glassware avy.f.gl,,r. i e .
row , Gaeta, Perfumery, Surgical instruments. True
e. •iiecke Washes. Oce---and aria ter oil ut th.
a , Pu,nt gevitelnec Illantrose. January 1. I
C. 0. P
•31 °I", .A.c.,7Vl4llr.. } T.Tll`k`fiLM
ukd repuarlud door ucatly. Work dune . pM
h oo r r o okt
prom
oied. 11..ntro.e. AD4I 2222-0
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
to BOOTS a SHOHS, Leather and Flndt:
Le! “a. .r o o rk el m ula ildrd door rodow Searlea Hotel. tide
to m ordeir i a i rg o rapatriag dote neatly.
•
L EL BURNS,
TTOEVET AT LAW. 019 or Wllliam Tnerea. Iraq
1pp,....t.8.110.k1e flfneL rete.l.l a..d Bawdy Callus weal
Drilasd. Co'lectl aro DroitipqY nude
-2110,.21.1,04. U.
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B. R. LYONS & CO
InDILY GunDS. 01100W8IES. BOOTLX.MIIOLb
n 4, 11_, es' Gaiters, Carpet,. On fifotbn, Wall and Window Pr
"""." . •OIU, en. Store on the east Ede of Public Avenue..
Lunn., - • - -e. Y. LiClll
Montrose. Januar) a Allig..tf
READ, WATEQUE, & FOSTER,
ntikLERS UV DRY ,'YODh, iledlelnea. Paints. Dltr
tirocerlen. IlardwAre, .Lottery.
D 07.; J.
irr Pertuarery. 6C.. BritX
..._IF•1110IIN 1. in_ IfIATZIA
neutron. January L. 184.
mitWILLLild N.
CARLIN= AND WU= 11101121.
=Wu. lioeps omits/ly sax bud all
glad. of Oasrarr Pourrtrai. for
'Quad ushun sot* s. tlhop and ware Boom foot of Math ISi
Montrose. Pa, Kara a, Leal.-tt
PHILANDER LINER,
FV 3l ll9matiLt t.1.1601t. &kit 131pAomot
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THE PELOE AUTUMN.
Think God for rest, where none molest,
And none =nib:take afraid,
For reIICO that sits as Plait)? grow!,
Beneath the hOmestead shade I
Bring pike and grin, the sword's red scourge,
The nvgro's broken chains,
And beef them at the black,mith's forge
To plowsharee for our plains.
Alike henceforth our hflis of snow,
And tales where cotton flowers;
All streams that .ow, all winds that blow,
Are ifreedom't motive powers.
Henceforth to Labor's Chivalry
Be knightly honors paid;
For nobler than the sword shall be
Tee sickle's accolade.
Build up an altar to the Lord,
0 matelot hearts colours!
And shape it of the greenot award
That ever drank thetthowers.
La all the bloom of gardens there,
Aed there the orchard fluke:
Bring golden grain from inn and air,
Prom earth her goodly roots.
There let our banners droop and now,
The stars uprise and fall ;
Our roll of martyrs, sad and slow, •
Let sighing breezes cal L
•
Their names let bands of horn and tan
And rough-shod feet applaud,
Who died to make the slave a man,
And link with toll reward.
There let the common heart keep time
To cult an anthem sung,
nevetrawelled on poet's rhyme,
Or thrilled on singer's tongue.
Song of our burden and relief,
Of peace and long annoy grief
Andpamion of our mighty grief
And our exceeding Joy.
A song of prams. to Him who filled
The harvest sown in team,
And gave each field a double yield
To feed our battle-years I
A song of faith that trusts the end
To match the good [wenn,
Nor doubts the power of Love to blend
The hearts of men In one.
Far upon the unknown deep,
Where the unheard oceans sound,
Where the unseen Island' sleep,
Outward bound.
Following toward the silent west,
O'er the horizon's curving rim,
To rhos.. island* of the Birst—
Eta with me, and 1 with him—
Outward bound.
Nothing but a spok we scent
In the wait. of .watera round;
Floating, fl oating, like a dream,
Outward bound.
Yet within that tiny speck
Two brave tisa‘la, with ona accord,
Past all tumult, grief, and wreck,
Look up calm and pralss the Lord—
Outward bound.
"You're so stupid! itta.lt terrible thing to me
that you are not bright; like other children "
It was a terrible thing to Janie too. She stood
looking from the window into the wet garden,
and wt,hing lhat she could die. Meanwhile her
aunt vigorously ripped t. picccs tho
she had worked on fur half an hour, and sewed
all wrong.
"Heaven knows I've taken pains enough with
you, Janie," said Miss Pales. "If your mother
had been alive, she couldn't have taken more;
hut yoe're one of the kind that won't learn.
You're not a Pairs, Janie Graham; you're no
blood in you but that of your unthrifty, crotch
ety father. I wish sometimes that I'd never set
eyets you_"
She was not looking at the child,' and did not
see how the veins swelled suddenly,in her small
forehead, while the muacles quivered painfully
about the pale month. Perhaps Janie, small and
helpless as she looked, echoed the wish of her
good aunt.
"Though the Lord only knowk," want on
Miss Fates, jerking the unfortunate waist into
shape, " arliat-you would have done if I hadn't
taken you. That father you're so fond of never
left you a cut to keep you out of the poor
house. When you came into my hands, I ac
knowledge I did have some hopes of yon, in
spite of your mother's wretched marriage; but I
own now that I'm sick of my bargain. You
never were good for anything, Janie Graham;
and you never will be. Take this work pow,
and see if you can sew a straight seam that's
basted."
Perhaps there wax some reason for Miss Pales' s
exasperation. The work was a simple cotton
waist, with four principal seams, and nothing
but the most flagrant inattention could here
misplaced them. Janie was twelve tears old,
and fur the last tour years had been thoroughly
drilled in needle work. In one sense the mis
take was almost inexcusable; but, in another, it
was not strange that it happened.
The child uated her tasks, sewing particular
ly; and never from their commencement at her
eighth year, had she taken any interest in them.
Miss Fates declared that she didn't like any
thing hut to be idle. Perhaps it was true. Ste
certainly slipped away from the needle and
ihe book, often, to wander leisurely up and
down the old garden. To be sure, she found
there themes for thought of which Miss Vales
never dreamed. She would sit briars watching
he four-o'clocks shut up, break opeu the little
„ i c e d ve asela of the lilies to examine their small
compartments, dig up the shining black beetles
to aee them stir and triirrow into the earth again,
and fall into absorbing meditation of what the
sunflowers, standing stately and tall, were
diiaking about. In her own way she learned;
out in Miss Pales's site did not. So that good
lady was incensed, and the child very wretched
hue would have dreams of running away; but.
hough imaginative, she was not courageous, and
oer plans never came to any more than ex
quisite concepti o ns of ease and freedom. bits.
Falea declared that she was not practical, and
oad no ability for use; but it is to be considered
but the child had as yet no motive sufficient to
call out her capabilities.
There were people, who, understanding the
La:inflection between aunt and-niece, made it a
business to remark to the child, "Never mind,
Janie; don't cry. Keep on the right side of the
old lady; there will be some property for you
by and by. Then you'll be y6ur awn mistress,
and can do as yon like." So Janie, with this
idea dimly in her head, lived long in utter mitt.
conception of her p *shine • for, atter the day of
the ill-made waist, Miss Fades had no thought of
ttequesthing a cent to the: girl. She altered her
plans and cm her off with a shilling.
If poor Janie had known this, I think she
would have humbly demanded- her shilling, and
gone out upon the highway seeking her for
tune; for life became intolerable to her at Oak
ley. Miss Fides no longer molested or made her
afraid, but she seemed to cast her airift from all
claim upon her. She no longer set her at tasks,
no longer scolded her, no longer noticed her
idle ways Her mind seemed absorbed by some
secret subject; and Janie, feeling vaguely some
portentous change, felt her heart weighed
down by a secret dread. She did not doubt but
what she was a very bad girl; hut she wondered
what Mias Fates finally anticipated doing with
tier.. She fancied that the trees breathed in
slow tones of danger, and that the four-o'clocks
and daises looked at her pitifully. These things
were her only friends. •
At last Miss Ftiles broke silence. She called
Janie from the hollyhock walk.
"Get your bonnet and sack," said she, "and
come into the city with me." •
Janie grew pale. liras she going to be sent
In the Reform School? But she obeyed in si-
V:iv..drove into the city. The buttercups
nodded 'gaily to Janie, but she looked at them
th Seol
ha f eo ayes Suddenly Miss Fales ob
served
" Hon'ti be a little 1.4: 0 said she. "I don't
mean yott any harat.,flut voute, lama I m m o.
*big tO 00 diet Ws, Zogijoillwa.,4777*.'".
MONTROSE, SUSQ. CO., PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1865
DT .1001( 0 WILITTIEE.
OUTWARD BOUND.
DORM GUARDIAN:
" Freedom and Right against Slavery and Wrong."
Scarcely relieved, Janie saw the city appear
in silence. They drove through the clattering
streets to the orphan asylum. What was going
to be done there? Was she going to be realgned
to the ePtAbliadment 7"
Miss Fslea descended, but told her to sit in
the carriage. This was a relief. She leaned
back In her seat, and soon the door closed upon
her aunt. '
Ffteen minutes passed ; twenty, thirty. Janie
never forgot the place, she regarded it with such
anxiety. It was a large, square, handsome btick
building, with green grounds around it, and no
signs of a child In sight.
At the end of nearly an hour, Miss Pales ap
peared, leading a little boy. She brought the
Child down the walk, and put him into the car
riage_
She followed, gathered up the reins, and turn
ed the horses' heads to the country. The little
boy gazed about him almost wildly. As for
Miss Fates, she never opened her lips until they
were In sight of home. Then she suddenly
spoke:
"Janie, Tye adopted this child. I am to bring
him up; and he is to be my heir. As for you,
there Is no use of saying that I am dissatisfied
with you—have been for at long time—end,
whatever folks have told you about inheriting
my property. believe no more of it. I shall keep
you to take care of him. Do this well, and we
shall get along. If you refuse, don't look to me
for your bread "
Janie did not realize that this was a severe if
not a cruel thing to say. The child had taken
one of her hands, and, looking at her wistfully,
smiled. He was a frank little fellow, with a
bold forehead, and silky black curls hanging
over his little plaid sack. A mere baby too—
not three years old.
"You're moat thirteen, and able to take care
of him," said Miss Pales.
The little fellow hsd mounted upry the scat,
and stood with his arm about Jatti“'fil neck.
"I would like to take care of him," answered
" Very well," answered Miss Pales, grimly.
The gond lady made no more pretensions to
loving this child than she had done the other;
but she was proud of him. He was a very hand
some little fellow. When they asked his 111111 W,
he said "Dore;" so they called him so. But
from the record book of the asylum Miss Fates
had taken the name— 'Theodore Varrence"--and
it was written in her will, a month later, "Theo
dore Varmint: Fah s."
It became noised about that this was the heir;
and then there
.was great indignation am..ng
the country folks, among whom Janie was a fa
vorite. But Janie had never twine.e in her life
been no contented. The child loved her. He
would follow her about the house all day, and
search the rooms in dismay when she dleop
peered. His Wile crib was beside her bed; and,
like her, he delighted in the rank old garden.
He would roll on the grass while she made him
daisy chains, or chase the bees down the walk
'with such merriment that she benched, too, un
til her cheeks were as red as the roosea.
So three years passed, and Janie was sixteen.
She had overcome one of the bugbears of
childhood, and loved to read. Out of books
D
and little ore's love Mite mad°
life. She did not realize that she was near wo
man hood. And it was not strange; for her
life had not altered in any way for the last three
years. She read in the house, or played in the
garden with the child, day after day, and was
quite content to go on so forever. But then there
Came a change.
otiri4lea with tha palsy, appa
rently not fatally; but she was confined to her
bed for life. The radvillage practitioner was
just deceased; and by signs, for her organs of
articulation were useless, she signified her pre
judice against ilk successor. lie called once, in
the first alarm; but she strenuously refused to
be attended by him.
"Go to 1./..0131.X for a physician," she signified
by pointing to the west.
Janie developing ' a sudden responsibility
which surprised them all, ordered the carriace,
and placing Dore in the seat beside her, for she
never went anywere without him, drove to the
next town. it seemed to her that her aunt
would die belie e she got back ; but she dr,ve
rapidly down the green roads w hose brighten ss
and singing suddenly seemed very strange to
her, tied entered the town, vonfia.d and per
plexed enough, but intent upon her errand.
All the way she had not heard the boy's prat•
tllng ime•lions. blay ing merely "Sit still un•
til I come back, Don-," she sprang nut of the
carriage before the door of the town's pracd•
tinner, and entered the ottic,
There was a confu..ion there. A lady who
had swooned lay upon a lounge, with several
persons bending over her, arming them Dr.
Stone. Janie teadtsted; for the homes appeared
restive, and shedid nut like to leave their lung.
But suddenly the doctor turned, asking—
" Did you wish to see tee, young lady? "
" Yes. My aunt is very ill at Oakley.''
"1 wid be there 500 n..."
"Cannot pu come directly 1' I bare a car
riage at the d.so."
"Not immediately; but my chaise is ready
to go out, and I will follow yun iu fifteen min
utes."
Ile was a tall, pale man, with such a red
mustache, and such a waxen skin. that he lia.k•
ed !hough has beard had drawn all the odor
out of his body. Ile turned away as he uttered
lasi p-reMptory words; and Janie was nlsk
fug her war back to the door, when there arose
a shout and a crash outside. Chiding with a
sudden fear, she sprang out upon the piazza
just in time to see tie, carriage, nicking fearful y.
disappear around the corner, at the heels of the
affrighted horses.
Sharon and cries is.ued from every part of the
Wreet, and a crowd tu..tied in pursuit; but in
oantly the word spread that the Mures were
stopped. Janie pushed her wav frantically
through the crowd, as the carrtage appeared,
wane one leading the horses, her dilating e),
searching f , r that little form which should lie
upon the velvet seat. She turned Mut and sick
as she snw it was n• 4. there, but still pushed her
way to the Carriage tis it FtAlpfted helore tin
door. No one noticed her till she took from tht
hand of a man the bit of her favorite horse, an
stroked the trembling animal, while she said
calmly, though bar heart was dying within
her—
`. WM re k the child?"
" Here," repdeil the Pileery , voice of a by
stander; and I) ,, re, crying with f. ar, and laugh
ing with Joy, was put into her arms by a gen
tleman.
11,-'s not hart at all," observed the latter.
with kind assurance. " I caught him when he
was thrown out, as the carriage tripped in pas
stag the corn , r."
"Oh, I thank you f" cried .lanie
',Not at all. My dear your lady, you are
faint with the fright. The Oakley uirrriage; al•
low me to drive you home."
Janie np, very pale but not faint ; though she
yielded to the ready hand which put her and
the child hack into the carriage, and turned the
quivering hor.es out of the crowd. As they
cantered out of the town, she heard the doctor's
chaise behind them, and composed herself to
realize her p. tail it /IL
"Oh, no r she said, "I must not trouble yot
to go trick with me There is trouble and con
fusion vn .ugh at Oakley now, without my adds•
to it. I'm is little weak from the fright, but
can drive very well. Indeed I bad rather no
trouble you."
If Janie realized that her companion was
young and handsome, it was very dimly. To
make the best of the accident was the idea up
permost in her thoughts; and she knee how
startling the account would be if made. She
wished to say nothing about it, so desired to go
home as if nothing had happened.
"As you like," said the gentleman, sla , kening
the spevi of the bows. " I think you bad hetter
allow me to accompany you. You are still
pare and your hands tremble."
"Yet I can drive quite well. It will be better
fur me to go home alone."
"Very well,"he said, leaping out.
"But I thank you," commenced Janie, giving
him her hand; and just then she realized that
be tau handsome. Ile bad warm brown eyes,
and a cheat as purely red as a girl's. It Was
..y a Ibuthes trcel tottOrtsllatilMlDA,
brow althost stern ; yet the month broke it up
with a frank and kind smile.
"Alt 1 you are right, I dare say," be laughed.
" Women always are. Good by. h And ho was
gone.
" Perhaps it will be an advantage if ',precede
ynu," said Dr. Stone, passing her in hisichaise.
It was better. Me held the lines easily, and
the horses followed the chaise indite most docile
manner. She wondered if it was quite right to
set the gentleman down a quarter of a mite from
the town, and her cheek burned very uncom
fortably. Who was he?
She never told any one of this episode. At
home all was absorbed with theons idea of Miss
Fale's illness: Dr. Stonevronounced her in a
critical state, yet she might live for years
She lingered through the summer and the fall.
Then came a change. She regained the use of
her speech, but her strength was sinking fast.
One midnight In November she died.
Janie shed tint few tears She, had never
loved her aunt. But her sense of calamity was
terrible. She clasped the boy murmuring—,
"Dore, what will they do with us now ?"
She had heard the will real. Little Dore was
indeed the heir; but, "Ca fsidtfol services ren•
tiered," she was bequeathed the sum of five
hundred dollars. P•ple were scandalized by
this proceeding on the cart of the aunt. But that
was the least of Janie s troubles. Would they
not take Dore from her now? She could live
somewhere, and ma) be tench a village Befitn.l;
but she could not bear to think of having the
boy Mken away from her.
She sat alone in the old parlor, the child
clinging to her with a sense of fear and loss,
wh en Dr. Stone was shown in. She rose fa
miliarly hi meet him. Lie had attended her
aunt faithfully from the day she had called upon
him. There was a little extra color in his face,
though it was nothing compared to the brilliancy
of his mustache.
Pretty soon he said: "Miss Graham, will you
allow me the liberty of a friend to aek you a few
questioner' _ _
"Certainly. You have earned it. Dr. Stone."
"Do yon intend to remain here?"
"That I esnnot answer. I know nothing
more than it is my wish to stay with Dore."
"But he has another guardian now—one ap
pointed by the %ail, you know."
"I know,' paling slightly.
"It is not probable that Mr. Golding will
leavo the elti4l with you. Ile will, most likely,
send hint to .ehool.”
" But he may; I have been wilh fore so long,
and he loves me so I And he isn't old enough to
gn to school; he is only nix years old."
"Oh ! my father taught me the Greek alpha
bet at six years /lid." sai.l 111% Stone, laughing
slightly, and walking the 11 ,or, evidently an
noyed at something. Ile is quite enough "
"D. you know Mr. Golding?" asks Janie.
"Oh, yes I lie's a lawyer at Lennox," he said,
absently "Ho'❑ do well by the boy, Janie. I
am sorry you are so attached to him."
" What Y" surprised at his calling her by her
Christian name.
" peenig: I want you to be my wife,"
An ,•ffr of marriage 1 Janie took it very calm
ly, though,
" Wino. difference does my beinr fund of Doe..
make? she maker!.
" Why, even if Golding wag willing. I should
not like to be encumle red with a child which
wasn't my own," rtmarked Dr. Stone, Indis
creetly.
Janie Unshed a little.
"Such a disposition would be an objection
between us, if there were no other," said she.
dr, rrtst ttps e
" But I have a good home. Janie, and will do
my best to make ion heppy."
Thank you," she sell, coldly. "But I cannot
marry you, Dr. Stone."
"May I a"k what you intend to do?" a little
irately. " Your fortune won't support you, you
know."
. .
I can work. I have myself, Dr. Stone. I do
not intend to sell that."
" But I love von."
"Pardon me:" seeing that he looked inclined
to give ber a go v shaking. He was evidently
quite unprepared for her o jection.
"Very well, Mica Graham. It isn't likely you'll
have the opportunity id musing a better utlior.
I hid you good morning"
Wh( n he had gone, Jmic cried so that sbe
frighteue d Rule Dore. What wtis there attrac
tive in-her to a man lily , Dr. Stone? She timed
henzelf that he had said "1 love you." A n d M r .
Golding would take Dore away He would send
the baby to school, and she would be left dew
late.
•
There was the sound of a carriage stoppme
before the hou.e, and the door tell rang. The
noise echoed eminously thrmigh the halls to
lisle, The n at moment a gentleman was
'flown into the parlor.
He bowed.
"Mv name is Golding. I am appointed as
this little guardian, I believe."
Janie's heart beat, so that she could hardly
ap,ak, at the words.
"I am sorry—l hog your pardon—l am wry
glad to see you, Mr. Golding."
Then she saw who it was the gentleman who
rescued Dore upon the day of the aeeident.
Somehow the whole matter seemed better for
ui.4 bright nmile.r In a very few minutes sae
-aid
"Mr. Golding, I don't think you will take
away trout me r
"You don't wish to part with him?" looking
at her keenly.
. . .
No. I nave taken rare of him tor more than
htee years. Ile is all I have. My aunt was not
fond of me. And, Mr Gelding, he's not old
enough to send to school; he doesn't know hit
letters. Perhaps I ought to have taught him.
hut I have no.; and all that he can learn for the
hest f fur yearn I can teach him."
'Alt!'
Still watching her closely, Mr. Golding saw
how pure a blue were the earnest eyes, and how
broad and white the f 'retired was. He n o ticed
how simply the soft hair was arranged, and how
different Janie Gratima's whole appearance was
from that of ?wait young ladies. He remember
ed the face vi ry well. It had hall LIUNI hint,
somehow, since the day she had Bent him back
to town when he wanted to ride with her. Ile
was not u.ed to being treated like that—the
nandstimest man in Lennox.
"But it was the wish of Mks Files," said he,
"that the child should reside is my family, or
tie sent to school. Now, as I have no family,
and never may have one, it follows that tie
must go to schooL"
"He's so young, Mr. Golding," pleaded Janie,
trying not to cry. "Oh! I wish you had u
homily ! I could bear being separated fofm him;
but it will be cruel to send him to school, he
tots been petted so, He's nothing huts batty."
"I aid) I had a.family, lam sure. If you
would marry me now, ----"
Somehow it did not offend Janie to have
Mr. Golding say "I love you." So she married
Dure's guardian.
rff""Now, girls," said Mrs,. Partington the
'alter day to her nieces; "you uiu-t get hus
bands us sou as possible or they'll be murder
ed."
"Why so, aunt?"
- Why, 1. taw by the paper that we've got al
most fifteen thousand post offices, and nearly
all on 'em dispatches a mall every day. The
Lord have mercy on us poor widows," and the
lady stepped qatckly to the looking-gloss to pet
on her new cap.
rirßrown on his that journey per coach, now
long avo, worried the driver beside whom be
sat, with ibcessant childish questions about
everything on the road. At last be got his
quietus thus:
Driver—There's been a woman lying in that
house more than a month, and they haven't bu
ried her yet.
Brown—Not buried her yet! and pray tell
me why not.
Driver—Because she ain't dead,
WA young lady " burst into tears" the
other day, but has been put together again, and
ho now wearing hoops to Format a • mum:4W
Of the mune sookteribb
MR. NAM HAS A HORRIBLE VISION
85nsT's Rzwr, (which iz In the
!Unit ay Noe Gersey) Octabur 10th, 1805.
Last nite, weary and disgusted with readin
eleckshuu returns, I picked up a volum ay Vam
mell's poems and red that spiended pews, "The
Last Man." Cammell's is a poick —there slut
no doubt uv it. Ef my too patio] friends slot
to partal, I can whop him on the sublime, hut
on the pathetics, I acknolidee him ez my soope•
rior. Be that cz it may, the poem made a Im
pression on my mind, which is proof that trier
is suthin into it, and my mind was a dwellin
onto it et I sunk into slumber.
- - .
Ez ynttsual 1 bed a dream, and sich a dreem
may I never hey Rein.
Methaut the epidemick, wich Is now devastat
in trope, hed struck Noo-York. For a time
it struck down all classes. The proud Can
cashen, the bieljus niger, the noble, red man uv
the west, and the almond-eyed Chinese, all, all
fell afore the ruthless destroyer. Rut, at last, it
abated, except so far ez the nigger wuz concern
ed. The white man wuz spared, so wuz the In
jun, and the Chinese, hut among the Atrikins it
raged with redoubled btry. oit wuz cruabin I
The planter looked abroad, and lot the stalwart
fend band wich wuz worth $1.500 wtiz a cold
corpse,
and the fee-Id wuz unplowed. Agin he
looked, and alas! the brawny wench, wich aluz
bore him a piatoinny which wuz vroth $2OO ez
soon e z weaned, wunst per year, and by a little
extra whippin, diet a full year's work, Wll7. pros
trate In the cold embrace uv death. Agin he
looked, and wo to him ! the octoroon, for wich
he. paid $2,51/1, and whose girl babies he could
sell in lqoo-Orleans ez soon ez they wuz 16 fur
$3.000, on akkount uv their havin his blood in
their vains,wuz torn from his lovin grasp by the
strong hand ny disease, and WUZIA wuth a cop
per for any purpose.
The democrisy hekum alarmed. The Indefa
tigable leaders whispered : "The niger is Win
away! sposin he becomes extink !" whereupon
a consultation uv the head men wuz held. In
view uv the crisis, a pair, wun male and female
wuz selected and examined by a committer of
expert examiners In life insurance companies.—
They witz pronounced perfeespecimenti—entire
ly sound and free from disease. These two wuz
locked up in a room, In a helthy iocashen, and
twenty-four uv the most eminent physicians
uv the Conran , wuz detailed—one to stay with
them one hour each day, that, in case the dis
ease struck em, the remedies might be milled,
that from these two the race mieht he propagat
ed, and the cappytle eiv the party be preserved.
But all to no purpose. The last nigger in the
Toonited States perlshed, and finally these two
war struck, and not wahstandin the precautions
adopted they too died!
There wuz a season Nacher sympathized with
the party in its afflictions. The heavens %liz
clothed with leaden colored clouds, athort wich,
ever and anon, dashed gleams of lexerid lite.—
Low-yoiced thunders muttered ominusly, and
birds and beasts run howlin over the feelds.—
Dray horses fell dead upon the stony streets,and
add beasts rushed frantickly from their coverts,
and snapped fooriously, madly, at whatever
came in their WaY.
we, mat 01 the Atrikins were layin prostrate
in the hall. Fernandywood entered, and ez he
seed em, lie buetd into tears. "Farewell," gush
ed he, "a long farewell, last of a cussid race! 1:
wuz our tower uv strength; you wuz our corn
er stun; on yew we hided ! Hatred uv you give
me the Irish vote uv Nem-York. 0, how cheer
in it wan to see them lambs bust yer heads and
innocently hang ytio up to the lamp posts! But
vo n '. ',tong-, grnac-- ixnettek , h
life's a blank to me. Farce ell, vain world I fur
wat is life without a nigger I" and se-izin a jack
nile he saw stickin out of the nigger's pocket,
he stuck it into his gtummick, and, falling across
the deceest Arrikins, lie expired pencetully.
Franklin Perse approactil "Alas! and art
thou _one? To wife, them art ! In life thou wart
lovely ! 'Twits thou, alone, that made me. Presi
dent; the woolly bed waz my steppin.stun to
place and power ! Thou wan my right bower,
toy lett, and ace! Ef I wuz a democratic Samp
son, thou was the hair which the Deliler, death,
hez sheered oil. Fernandy, I hum ! I kum l"
and set-zin the jack-rote from his hand he plung•
ed it int., his bowels, !allot across Fernandy.
Vallatelygum appreachel. "I, too, must say
farewell," sett he,kissing their cold features, ''hur
thou wugt my anker. Thu 'wrist who made
me Congressman —then exiled me, and hate uv
the gave me $30,000 in ten cent pieces when I
wuz in Cauady. Do 1 want to go to Congress
agin ? Nei! no! no! I shood be dumb, for the
main-spring uv my elokence lies here I" and,lak•
in the jack-knife, be immersed It in his bowels,
and fell across Pearse.
Old Jean. a llookannon and Voorhees, Brite
and Florence., and, in tact, all the leaders tor the
party, north, to the number uv militia over 200,
kum up, and each makin a short ortshun, stuck
thetnielves with the jac-knife, fallin across each
other, as cord-wood m piled . F ina lly . I kit. it u
looty I owed to the party to roller Boot. Seezin
.he lack-knin., l made my oraihun (which watt
leclmu!) and was about to never my
hen I geed a quxrt bottle aitcrkn out uv the
nigger'P pockit. Drawine it 4 , 11, the
cork. Glory! it wuz whisky; two sucks and
wuz cone ! the room span round, and 11,
senselt-ss on top uv the pile uv ded democrats.
Just then Horace Greely cunt in. Behol
Donocri-y," said be; "ez wuz in the beginni
ao it was in the endin. Nigger at the bottom.
whisky at the top, and a Btiuk in the middle,"
and holdin his nose, he shambled out of the
DIM
I awoke in a cold sweat, happy to find that it
wuz only a dream; that the aigg•-r will lived In
all his cussitood, and that we still had stithin to
go un. PETROLEUM V. NASBY,
Late paster ue the Church uo 016 Noe
Diep,nsaehtin.
A NEGRO MARRIAGE.
The following marriage ceremony, writes a
correspondent, I recently obtained from one of
toy mgroes, and if you think It will interest any
ot your readers, you may publish it:
"Here is a couple who have walked out to be
jived in and through love, and wishing all dem
dat have anything twixem hold peace now and
f,reVer more. I wants every One to hear, and
heart to enjoy.
"Mr. Jim Thompson, whomsoever stands last
ly by your left side, do you take her for your
dearly beloved wile; to wait on her through
sickness and through health. safe and be safe,
holy and be holy, loving? Da you love her
mother? Do you love her father? Do you
love God the best !"
Answer.—"l do."
"Miss Thompson, whomsoever stands by your
side do you take to be your beloved husband, to
wait on him through health and confliction, safe
and be sate, holy and be. holy ? Do von love hi■
father ? Do you love his mother? 1:1.)p.m love
his brother? Do you love God best ?"
Answer.—"l wilt"
"I shall pronounce Mr Jim to bold Miss Mary
lastly by the right hand, and I shall pronounce
you both man and wife by the commandment.
of God. We shall hope and trusting through
God that you may die right now and forever
more. Now, Mr. Jon, slow your bride.
"Let us sing a hime—
"Plunged in a gut of dark despair,
Ye wretched sinners are; itc: Amen."
TALKING ENGLISIL —AL doctor waasummoned
at a cottage in Harwood. in England, and tuund
a boy in Decent' his services.
"Rhow me your tongue," said the doctor.
The boy stared like an owl.
"41y good boy, let me see your tongue," re
eated the doctor.
"Talk EnglisheDoctor," said the mother, and
then turning to her son said:
" Hopen thy gobler, sad push out thy loliker."
The mouth dew open, and the doctor Was
terribly "taken in."
vrA "conundrum by Induction" mast have
coat the Enkkerboeker a good deal of labor:
" Why is a bee-hive like a bad potato?*
" litctutho a liee•hlve is a bee-holder;
And a bee•kolder is a spee,tator; .
Is slittlatt le ClAti yowl: , I"
TEE LANDLADYS DAUGHTER,
There came three students over the Rhine,
Dame Werter's house they entered In ;
"Dame We•ter, haat thou good beer and wine,
And *bare is thst lovely daughter of thine!'
"My beer and my wine aro fresh and clear,
My daughter le king cold on bar bier "
They stepped within the chamber of rest
Where aht feed lay the .naidefi In black robes drest.
The drat—he drew from her fare the veil—
"Alt, Wert thou alive, thou maiden. so pale,"
H« .Id, ai be gazed with aaddened brow—
" How dearly would I love thee now."
The second—he «rovered the face anew.
And wee;sog, be turned aside from the view—
"Ab, me! that thou Ilest on the cold tiler,
The one I have loved for so many a year."
The third once more op`irted the veil—
He the lip. so deadly pale;
"Thee loved I err?, still love I thee,
And thee will I love through eternity."
And that kiss, tbat kiss! with Promethean name
Thrilled with new life that qulacting frame;
And the maid uprnee end stood by his side—
That student's own loved and loving bride.
THE KING AND THE minim,
I=l
There dwelt a mili , •r, hale and hold,
Beelde the tiver Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till night,
No lark more blithe than he ;
And tbl, the burden of his song
Forever wed to be:
"1 envy nobody—no, not I!
And nobody envies me."
:Thou'rt wrong, my friend,' aald old King Hal,
"Thou'rt Wrong as wrong can be ;
For cou'd my heart on light as thine,
I'd gladly change with thre;
And t.. 11 me now what makes thee sing
With vide• so lond and tree,
Wtile I am sad, tbouzh I am King,
Beside the river Dec."
The miller amIINI, and doff'd his cap—
"l earn my bread," quoth h.:
"I love my wile, T love my friend,
I love my children three;
I owe no penny I cannot pay;
I thank thy river
That tarns the mill that erinds the corn,
To feed my hab..a at.d me."
"Onod friend," said Hsi. and sighed the while,
"Farewelll and hapuy be;
But say no more, If thou'dat be true,
That no one envies thee;
Thy ma , ly cap is worth my crown ;
Thy mill, my kingdom's fee;
Barb men as thou. are England's boast,
0 miller of the Dee."
HOW JOHES POPPED TEE QUESTION
Ton bashful to "pop the question" In the us
ual way, Major Jones persuaded his sweet-bear ,
to put np a stocking, which will hold a coup!.
of bushels, on the night that Santa Claus pay.
his visits, receiving her promise to keep foreve ,
what he plavit leer la this the gallant and love
lorn Major contrives to introduce himself at the
"witching hour of night." But we will let tie
Major speak for himself:
remained up.till midnight, and when they
were all gone to bed I softly went into the bact.
gate anti went up to the porch, and that, snr,
enuli, was a great big meal hag hanging tri
jice. It was monstrous unhandy to get to it, but
t was determined not to hack not. So I sr ,
"ovne chairs on Si..' ton of the bench and got hole
of the rope and let myself down in the tttifti be.
just as I was getting in, the bag swung against
the chairs, and down they went with a terribh
rocket. But nobody didn't wake up but Mist
Stoniness' great big dog, and here he cum, ripin .
anti tarin' through the yard like rath, and mum'
and round he went, tryin' to find out what ws'
the matter. I sot down in the bag and didn't
breathe louder than a kitten, for fear he'd fine
me out. The wind began to blow 'horninabl.
cold, and the old hag kept turning around
swinging so as to make me sea-sick as the mie
chief. I was afraid to move for fear the roc,/
would break and let me fall, and that I sot witl
my teeth rattlin' like I had the alter.
It seemed it would nev'•r come daylight. am
I do believe if I didn't love Miss Mary so pow
erful, I woull have froze to death ; for my hear
was the only spot th d felt warm, and it did n'.
heat more an two licks a minis, only when
thought how sbe would he surprised In the
m'•rnin', and then It went on a canter. Bimeli)
the cussed old die!, came on the porch, and b.
elm to smell about the hag, and then be barker
like he thought he'd treed sornethin'. "80.,
wow, wow !" nez he. "Be gone you abomitiahl‘
fool," sez 1, and I felt all over In one spot, for 1
'speeted he'd nip me; and what made it worse
I didn't know whereabouts he'd take hold.—
"Bow, wow, wow r Then I tried coazing.—
"Come here, good fellow," sez I, ana I whistle , !
a little to him ; hut it was no use. There h.
stood and kept up his eternal whinin` and hark
it.' all the night. I couldn't tell when dayhgh
was tireakin', only by the chickens crowin'. and
I was monstrous glad to hear 'em f,r if I'd hac
to stay nne hour more, I don't believe I'd eve
vot out of that 13,144H1ivR
They got him out in the morning, covered
with meal and almost frozen. But Miss Mary does
not refuse his present And he says, "I tell you
Ant, it was worth hanging in a hag from oni
Christmas to another to feel as happy as I hay,
ever since."
ANDODOTE OF GEN. GIANT AND BISHOP
GEN. POLK.
While the General was in command of the
post of Cairn, Bishop General Polk, General
Pillow, and General Frank Cheatam, of the reb
el army, were at Columbus, Kentucky. Flare
of truce were occasionally sent back and forth
between the two places, and the opposing gen
erale were generally present Alter the conclu
sion of business, It was fr« qnently the case that
wine would be brought forth and toasts drank
at parting. On one occasion General Pulk pro
posed a toast, which, he said, all could drink.
Those prtsent tilled their glasses, and he gave to
'General George Washington. As he paused
purposely, at the end of the name, the compete)
commenced to drink, when ho added, "the flrst
rebel." General Grant had his glass nearly fin
ished by that time, and It was no use to stop;
but he exclaimed, " That was scareely fair, gun
ere); bet I will be even with you some day."—
The laugh was, of course, somewhat against
him, but the party parted in good humor. Borne
two weeks afterwards, another flag of truce WIP
sent down to Columbus, General Grant emote
panying It.
After business was over, the rebel general pro
duced the wine, as usual, and General Grant
adroitly turned the conversation into State
Rights, on which 'subject. Bonfheniers always
loved to dilate—their rights being the alleged
He
for which they claimed to be lighting.—
He allowed them to proceed at considerable
length, without attempting to refute anything ;
and they were, perhaps, flattering themselves
with the Idea that they were converting bin)
from the error of his ways. At length he arose
to go, and proposed a toast at parting. Glasses
were filled; and the general arose and gave,
"Equal rights to all." He then made a pause,
as General, Polk bad done, and when all wer e
hurriedly drinking, be added, "white and black.'
The horror of the chivalry at being inveigled in
to drinking such a heretical Puma may be easily
imagined, and they were rather disposed to feel
angry, until General Grant remarked, "Now,
General Polk, I think I am even with you for
that rebel toast von made me drink at our last
conference," Quick to see and appreciate a
good Jake,theanger of the Southerners was Mim
ed Into a laugh at the expense of their reverend
general, who gracefully acknowledged Miami'
flanked. -
Irir."Efow do you like the character of St.
Paul ' asked a parson of his landlady ono day.
"Ah I ho was a good clever old 644,1 know,
for he once Raid you, know, that we must eat
what is set befor e ugi, and ask no questions for
conscience sake. r Always thought I should like
film Ibis ab000lte"
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$2.00 per ann In advance.
mn BER 46.
"BIBE . MEEW FOB OLD Z1If;
nrealung dowa lb. eritegas
In a remote county of Pennsylvania the
scene is laid. The time was the year 1842,
when party spirit rose to 102 d.gres In the
shade, in every hamlet throughout the length
sod breadth of Uncle Sam's glorious domain.—
The respectiie political parties met at Bug.-
town, the county eeat, and made their tioutiner
lions for county oftleem As there were Man/
aspirants for the few nominations, it follawriona
a matter of course, that there were some bitter
d . asppointmema—lo no one more than to °old
Zim." who was confident of getting a nomfale
Lion for sheriff.
Zimmerman, or "old Zim," as he was fiunillai
ly called, was a miserable old codger. Who was
well to do in the world yet had an all powerfig
thirst for office, and he was up at everjrconven
tint for a nomination for something, from' **time
wto-renf the memory of man runnettr not to the
contrary."
He wax reputed wealthy; that is he owned •
farm and had money, hut he never sheered the
color of it, except he unfortunately got en
puree, then he would sow. it bromicaid—but
that was only a biennial occurrence.
A few eveninea after the nomination above
noted, a knot of the disaatisfied wire congregat
ed at the Black Rome Tavern, discussing the
merits of the fortunate nominees.
"Gentlemen," said old Zim, "merit and long
service to the party is no recommendation in
this country. The wire-working schemers have
it all their own way."
"Aye," responded one of-the bar-room loafers.
"they does the pickin' out and they expect sate
do the voting."
"But, gentlemen," continued old Zim. "they
will fetch up agin a snag or a sawyer one of
these days. yes, gentlemen, by the eternal, ra
upset their apple cart and spill their peaches 4—
I'll see whether its the 'people' or a set of brok
en down political hacks as makes the county
nominations. By Judas, I'll break down the
system run as a volunteer candidate for
sheriff. and if I don't lay 'em nut, then my name
aint Zimmerman, that's all."
This determination wee received with favor
by the crowd, and Zim sealed it with a "half for
a red eye."
Full soon be was in the field, announced Oro'
is card in both papers- to his fellow citizens,
pledging himself to discharge the duties of the
office with impartiality—in ease he was stetted.
Right lustily did old Dm go to worlt„ and
'hinge appeared to go swimmingly. He can
wets& the country, and the people were profuse
in their promises of doing their very best for
In one of his pereerinatioru; he met Wet.
ties, the nominee for Zim's party, who was also
on an electioneering tour.
"Fin, Wattles," said he, "my fine fellow, I'm
sorry to see you allow yourself to be the tool . of
the unholy and corrupt cabal—l say I am sorry
rn see von sacrificed, but you're bound to be
twat toll show them that the freemen of this
,nun try will not bear dictation; so my friend, if
coo want to save yourself from the dis g race of
defeat, you had better resign in my favor."
Wattles expressed his conviction that he
should feel very much used up in such an event,
an
' at the same time he had made up his
to stand the hazird of the dye.
Eleotion day at length came, and my worthy
rriend, armed with a hat fall of tickets. stationed
, limstif on the ground of his own precinct, and
-ourmeneed dealing nut his tickets, and urging
claims in the strongest kind of a way ; miser
is he was, he made his friends swim In Morton
brfure We polio were closed.
The election over, evening cams on apare,and
, he eager exoectants gathered In the har4ooMlll
io await the counting of the votes, and the re
urns to come in from the different township%
Old Zim was flourishing ahout, treating the
crowd, expressing his full confidence in the pen.
ole and suocess of his effort to "break down the
„poem”
Seated in a remote corner wen a number.9l
wags, in low but earnest conversation, and ay
,n e who micht have chanced to see them would
t t once have concluded that something was to
follow. The consultation soon brake up, and
•he plot began in about fifteen minntes to devel
'p Itself. The clatter of horse's hoots were
ward on the fn z-n ground—a solitary horse
nun rode up to the door, and flinging the reins
'ver a post, rushed into th.,bar-roona, where he
was soon raised on a to .e, and silence outn-
molded.
"Here," said he, drawing a strip of paper
'mm his pocket, "are the returns from Lower
'toffaio township: Wattles, b 0 ; McGregor, ick ;
Zimmerman, 190."
"Nine cheers for old Zim r
"Hurrah I hurrah! hurrah!"
"Gentlemen," said old Zim, taking off his hat,
-I'm obliged to you for this expression of
;our-that is to sar,let us take a horn all around."
Of course the crowd acquiesced in this propo
,ition, and the welkin rang with the loud how.
Rut, hark! scarce had the eager crowd imbibed
'wforo another horseman came galloping op to
he inn.
"Bcgom township one hundred majority for
Zimmerman I"
"Nine cheers for old Zim I"
"Flip, hip, hurrah r. •
Again .did old Zim attempt to speak, but big
feelings overcame h;m, and he ended by Invit
ing the entire company to Just call for whatever
they wanted. Again the glasses jingled u the
°ached multitude wedged themselves towards
the bar, and again was heard the clatter of her
se's hoofs.
"Dnhlin township, one hundred and thirty
majority for Zimmerman!"
"Nine cheers for old Zim!"
"Hip, hip, hurrah r
The excited candidate waa wild with joy and
excitement, and he again incited the party up
to drink.
Another horseman came I another. and Still
another! each one bringing an overwhelming
majority for old Zim from the township he rep.
msented. Alas t that k should be the same
lorse, who performed the feat of a grouter race
-very hour that night, and that it should be the
-lame mad wag under various disguises that
.Irought old Zim the giorionametvai The
as footed up, gave Zim a cool thousand
majority. Didn't be rave and pitch? Well, he
lid 1 Didn't he spend a cool thirty? The land
lord's till groaned under the weight of old Zinfa
leposita.
"Gentlemen," said old Zim, "My heart Is fa%
(his head wasn't anything else,) and can only
4ny that the glory of this contest, belongisto
you ; but I feel a (trick in your hat: ,said a
sag.) pride that I have been the humble Mum.
mint of breaking down the ondom." Minis
cheers]
Thus matters progressed until those Who
were completely "sewed up,' were laid out and
the remainder found their way home—arne
charitable friends of the sheriff elect toting-him
on a shutter to his
Early in the morning, the village wags with
thrubbings temples, met at the tavern to take "a
hair from the dog that bit them," and to laugh
over the "saw" played on old Zlm ; but scarcely
had they commenced worship before in stalks
the old gentleman, still under Jae delusion that
ho had carried the day—ru.V. more, he insisted
on spending a V by war ofa rat-rang
The wags were d.termlned to keep it as
w i again drank. and congraUt
long as possible,
laced him on bh encomia In the midst of the
noise and confue"a, in bounded a printetlrdevil,
who- deporjr4 an extra on the table, am' tatting,
_er
the returrN Eagerly did old Zim sefteind
hover mar it, but a minute. The conelttaic of
a d sufficient for the rmder. It read attiol
lore
"By the above it will be aeon that the Deutoo
racy has again triumphed, to Wattles (Dam.)
majority over Thibbeta, (Whig) is one hundred
and- fifty. Zimmerman, I/Olt:nicer, bait - throe
votes in Begum, two In Dublin, onoin Lower
Buffalo, and ono in this borough, tsuppased to
be by htmaelf,) making a total of arvert,vocet"
The extra dropped fmm Z.keti tiarithh be
moved towards the door, then looking aromdfull
at the gaping crowd, he said leisurely
'Gentlemen. you marail go to Ana
rushing f , om the ,bar.•l 4 ; :Mlk bjt,rtEitttlpati
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