- k J. atiIRITSON, PUBLISHER, GROVES & itAltl6l lll * ,CELEIRATED FAMILY SEWING MACHINE'S. New Sty les—Prices from $3O to $1315* EXTE.CCILIEGE OF $3 FOR iIEXIIERS. . '495 Broadway - -New York. F. B. CLIANDLER; AGENT, MONTROSE. These. machines sew fruM two spools, as iihr ehased from the store;, requiring no rewinding 4 'thread ; : theylicm, Fell, Gather, and •Stitch s in a superor style, finishing esc.it seam 'by their own — openttion, Without recourse to3tte handneedle;as is reqniiedloy other machines. They will& bet. ter and eheaper sewing than a seamstress cart, , eren if she works 'for one cent an home, and are. namiestAnably,the 'hest Machines, in the market for family sewing, on account of their iialplicity, durability, ease cf martsgvknent. and adaptation i "This is Mr. Leßoy, Miss." 'to all varieties of family sewirg- , •exetuting , Tte young lady, -whom dark bee eyes had either heavy ortae vow k with equal facaity, and been scanning ine.fill I could pereOve through without special adjustment.' her blue silk ,veil, now lifted i: with lin ex- Asglovd little hand, and extended the e evidence -of the ertuestioned superiority quisittly ._ , _other to Md.WiT h a charming mixture of frAok lLif their MacllinEs, * the Gtovv...s.A... St* BAXER . .!--ness and tiroiditv txo 31scuisE - Comrtxr beg leave to respect f ully 1 „ vain very i. ,... 1 k ad . to two , you. N ir.Leß43s , : . 'refer to the following . said she, ..1 thought I should know you in a tESTIMOIVIALS: I moment. Jetny described you 5.:4 aceuratelr. der to take - "'riving had one of Grover & 133ker's Ms- [How 'Lind it w" for you to g chinei in mffatnily fo r nearly a year and a half,) Omen of me. 1 hope .1 shan't !trouble you I take pleasure M coMmending it as every s way i much.' reliable fur the ran . tese for which it is des . iiined Mrs. J osh at Leavitt, wife of Rev. Dr. Leavitt, EJitor of N. lodepen -Jent. . ' '• I confess trivself de? ighted with your Sewing Machine, which has been in my family fur many month.. h Ir-e always been ready fur duly, requiring nu adjustment. and is easily' adapted to grery Variety' family uewine, by simply vhangin7 itie-s p ools of thread.''—.lle,. Elizabeth Strickland. wife &Rec. Dr. Strickland, Editor -of N. V. Christian Advocate. "'After tit lug sev , gral good mtehines, f prefer "i - ours,"en aecoura ef.its :tad the per fect eink• with which it is managed, as well as the strength and dc-.ability of 'the seam. After lung experience, I feel competent to speak in this manner.e l to confidently - ree - ornmenci it for every variety of family. sewing"—.Mrs. Spooner,' tcee -or the Edttor•of BreAV6,B4.r. ".t have used Grover S. Baker's Sewing Ma. chine- for Imre years, and have found it adapted to all kinds of farraily ,ewe, from Cambric to Broadcloth. Garments have been worn out la ith nut the giving was ota atita h. The 31aef.ine is 'easily kept in order. and ea,ily Ufed."-- , -Nlnt. A. B. Whipple, wife.of Rev. Geo. Whipple, New Witt. Your Sewing Machine has been in use in tuy, fanSily the - past two y‘ars, and the iidips-rerettest me to give you iheir . testimoniato to its (*acct! sitiaptednesi, a., welt as labor saving gualitke4 in tie performance hf family and household sew riing."-tßobert loorman. New York. • -" For several months we have used Givver d. ttaker's Seeingmachine, and have come to the conclusion that ectry lade .who desire. , her sew- ng arr 3 qu ickly done, wonid be eusyst fortunate in po9, , enAng one of these reliable and indefatigable • irnt needle-women,' whose corn. blood qualities of - 1 beauty, strength and situp/lei ' iy, are. invaluable."-1. Morris, daughter of .tien. Geo.. P. Morris, Editor of the Horse Jour. • F I:Extract of a letter 'from Thos. R. Leavitt,. Esti., an American gentfiman,.noW resident is Scdneys, Nkw &real WaleY., dated lamaary 12th. - 1858.] ° • 1-. bad a tent. wide in Meniourn, in 1853, in irhich Bieri were over three thousand .yards of sewing done milli one of Grover S. Baker's Ma chines, and a so , •l^ seam of that has outstood all the dAtble svred by sailors' with a needle and twine.'. "If Homer.coeld be called ap from his rwerky hades, be wouldain,g the advent of -Grover & Baker as a more benignant miracle of art than liras ever Volcan's smithy. He wouldienostnie midnight skirt•making as the 'direful spring of woes annambered."—Ptor. North. _ it I take pleasure in tetyng, ttAt the Grover & - Baker Sewing M3chiwes hare more than sus stained my expectation. After trying end return. 'tog. others, I hare three ortheM in operation in Joy drlerent pieces, and, sifter fuer years trial, hare no faurt to End."./. IL Hammond, Senator bf Sooth Carolina. • "Mx wife has had one of Grover& Baker's nem ilySewing Machines for spate tie end tam satis -sed it is one of the best Jabot-saving inarhinel that has two" invented. I take mirth pleasure in recommendior, it to the pablielJ..G. Mar lin, Governor Of Tennesse. "It is a beautiful thing, and pats e•erybody /nto as excitement,. of good. bunter. Were I a !Catholic, I should insist upon Saints Grover and Baker having as eteiSal holiday in commemora4 lion of their good deeds (or hunaanity."--Cassiis M. Clay. "I think it by far the best patent 'in ese. This Machine can be Adapted from the finest 'can:bile to the heaviest cassitnere. It sews stronger, faster, and more beautifully that: any. one,can imigine, If mine could not be replaCed, mosey could not buy it."—Mrs. J. H. Brosn, Nashville, Tenn. ' .. • 'lt is speedy, very neat i and durable in 1t..4 'irerk; is vasily understhod, and kiln in repair. tarttatly recommend this Machine to all my acquaintances and others;"—)lra. M. A, Forrest, Alerphis, Tenn.; 'f We find this Machine to work to ottr satis faction, and with pleasut.erecommend it to the public,. as we believe the (hover & 'Baker to be the best Sewing Machine in use."—.Deary..Broth ers, Attisooisy Tens - 'irused etelusirely for family purposes, WWh . ordinary rare, I will wager they will last ohe `three SCore'pestrs and ten; and n e v er get out of fix,"--Johii laskine t , Nashville,',Tena„ "thare had your. lifsehige for several weeks .sadd - am perfectly satisfied thit the - wek it doe; is the best and mo-t beautiful that ever was Aimisop. Nash ville, Tenn. "1 has my Machine uisto contsolressmakitig, end fine linen stitching; and the wol is admi rable—tar better than the beet tisid-iewing, Or soy aher 'Machine I bare ever - seen."—Lucy B. Thompson, Nashville. Tenn. • --"I find the *lark }be-strongest and most begs _ Will I have ever seer/. made, either by hand or machine, and regard the Grwer &-Baker Ms whine:its one of the greatest blessings to oar Taylor; Nashville, Term,. Eff' ; 'SEND FOR A I.3RCULAit.JEL. :•feb17.27"t0e.13 4 WE JOfrl titattELvigs TO 140 PARTY *rum DOES how oalrltv S3E rtAci Men dm sertir TO sum *Mao or Qzw tfratoich\ A SLIGHT InSl 4L)4. One cool afternoon in the 'eiitly Fall, 'Chester F. Leßciv,a gentlema'n+stood on the -platform of the Albany depot, watching the procession of passengers just strived itt'the Hudson boat, who defiled pastpe on their way to the cars. The Boston 'train lty which I had come, waited patiently Rs steam- and fire might; for their leisure,with only occasion al and faint snorts of remonstrance at the delay ; yel still the jostling eto`twd huTried past into the cars, ,and flitted through them i n search of seats, their inerea-ing numbers at last warned me that I might find it dithcrth to regain my own, and I followed them. ."i beg your pardon, air.", I yarned in obedience to' a teach on Vav arm, and saw a re.peciable lookihg negtiornan before me, who bOrelthe travellng bag and shawl, any war, erideraly;the attendant of a slender'and stylish girl,bebind him. "bo I speak," he said, bowing re.p4.letfullv, and glancing at, the portmanteau ;I carded. 1 ,.)n which my surname.was quite legible, "do I address, sir, Mr. LeJtoy r That is my name—at your service 7 —What - can I'do for you I" - 1 -The yoring lady, Mbls t!..lorenee Dundard, sir, who was to join you at Albany at Ali I O'clock, this erening—t 'have' charge of! her." Ile turned to the young . I ridy behind In the midst of my bewildeonient, a; .thrf.., being eildreme I by the sweeteA •oice in the world, I Managed' to see that I tnnst make a liropei reply, and proceeded to stammer out what I thought an approuratte sgeeoh, when theservant, alto had left us a timment, turned-, and I abandoned it unfinished. “Ilid you see my baggage, EdWierd I" ed his in's: res.. • Yes, Miss, it all_ on." i "Then you had better harry toswricbtbe 9 i o'clock twat. Good (lye, and tell them you . 1 saw me safe IA". I It oaf like one in a dream, while tlie-raan hand e d M e tw o checks fur the trunks,. an'd endued me with the light - baggage •he hadhl carried ; hut. 1 was aroused by the young tray". &skewing-it we-had not•tritter secure our seats iu the cars, and answenid by offer ing her my arm. . • . Inien minute: we were sealed side by side, and trutidling out of P.lbany at . # rate that grew fa-ter and taster... I rind no time to reflect, with that 'lovely face opposite me, btit*where - vrk; the use. Some strange mistake bad undoubtedly hap tsened, and I had norrleut4" beria taken for another person of the saute name but *ow to remedy this now, without alarming the innocent young lady in my vAl'arge, h.,w to_ find the right man, wth the right time, a mong several hundred persons, and bow to transfer her without no onplertssnt scene and explanation, to the mire of some ;one whose person was no less strange than mine! While these thoughts whirled through My head, P .happened - TO encounter those smiling eves fixed upon mez-and their open, unsuspicious 1 .. gaze derided me. ••1 will not trouble or distress het by any knowledge of her position," I cOndluderi,' - out will just do my beat to fill the place of the in= divider(' she tool: ma for, and c4nduct het wherever -she wishes to go, if 1 can only find where it is Y." ' • I turned to he with an affectation °Lease, which I was very t a r from feeling, and said : `-It it' long journey." !Ito you think so I . Wit it is ;very pleas ant, it I Cousin :Jenny enjoyed it so much !" . "All, indeed I" "Why, what a queer man !" she said, kith a little laugh. "Doesn't she nevet, telLyou as she does me in all her letts is', how happy the is:: and that. St. Louis is the sweet t. place in the world to live Dear me! dint Ishoula have to tell her own busbaud first. Bow we shall laugh 'about it whe:n . we get • there." • - So it was St. Lonia-we. were go . mg s to. and I. was her cousin's husband. I n ever was at, thankful for two pieces of infurtiistiou ia'my life. "And how does dear Jenny, ;look and what is she doing I and bow is ruy dear Aunt Liman I do tell me the news !" "Jenny," said I. mustering_ courage and I I words, •i.. 4 "Jenny," - said dearest little wife the world, j i you must know; only far,.too fohd of her scamp of a husband—as to looks; you can't expect me to say anything fur She always looks lovely to me." "Bravo!" said the pretty girl ..wiCl a walk ious smile ;.."buts about my dells Aunty's rheumatism I" - - • "Mies, I mean, - of course, Mis.l Bernet is very reel!" "Well !" said my fair questioner,regarding me With surprise; "I thought b 445 had not been well for a nornber of years f" n 1 mean well for her," said I, in some trepi dation; the, air of St. Louis (*Btch I have I since kernel is of the misty twisty order) has 'done her a world of good. She is quite a different- woman." "I rim yell glad to hear it.'' said her niece. She remained silent for a few natirneuts,and then a gleam of amusement seemed, to.dance in her bright eyes. "To think," said she., sueldelsly taming to i me with a musical' laugh, "that id all-this time you have not mentioned the Baby." I knowl gave a violent start, ana I think I turned pale. ',After I bad run the ggauntlet of all these questions-Mutepttantlyos I though!, this new danger stared rut in the face. Lbw was I ever to desot ibe a baby, who! never no ticed one I lty courage sank 14Ioei zero,' but in some proportion the, blood rose to my face, and I think my teeth fairly 'a:Masted lb um hied. • - - ' . .Don't, be afraid that! shall notsyinpstbite in your raptures," continued my tormentor, •as I alMoat considered her. "I am quite pre pared to believe anything • after Jenny's letter—yoir should see how she 1 cares for j him?' "Him l" Blessed goodness, then it must be A boy 1 "Of course." said-I, blushing and etarnmet ing, but fueling it imperiitim to say' some thing ; "wesonsider him the find.' fellow in the world ; Ink you might not agree with us; and" in order to - leave your judgment unbias ed. I shall not_deseribe him to you." but I know Just how be looks, for Jenny- had no such scruples—too you may vale yourself the trouble or.happiness,which ever it is—lbut tell me what you wean to call him? "'.Ve lutventit (Molded upo;.`: a narne,"—l re plied. • "Indeed 1 I thought she means to give him yours." "The 'deuce she did r th s oneit 1. " No,ooe of t 1 is enough in a &lolly," I au _- . sacred. ' • I confess , and the knowledge of the Estimation: The demon of tnquisitt envie, that to -mit] iii which she would forever hold me, after thinking, had instigated my fair companion; i my imprilition was discovered, agonized, an•l heretofore, now erased io possess her, for we. I I would hive given all I possessed toi own it talked of %%slim's indifferent things, and I had' to her and leave her sight at once, though the belief of not bag compelled to dratv on ,'the thought of !rel. seeing her more was my imagination at the expense of my con• !dreadful. Burthateouldnot be. science, when I gave the par ticulars of my ! At last we'resehed st. Louis. Do I say recent journey from Boston. Yet, I was far "at last I" When the sig.Jn of those spires from feeling at ease, for every s soutel of her and gablCs warned me that my brief dream voice startled me' with a fresh question. of happiness was over, and that the.remorse neressary,..but impossible to be insreredosed j ful. reflections I haffbeen staving off sts long I felt a guilty flush stealing up thy temples. i were now tocommence in earnest.thethought every tune { met the look o f thot a 'beautiful ..ot the coming banishment from Florence was blue eyes. j dreadful to me, anal the time seemed to fly . It was late when we stopped for Supper, and soon after I saw,the Jark fringes'ef my fair companions eyes droop lone and •often, and began to realize-Attat she ought to be asleep. I knew-perferaly well that it was•mr' dirty to offer her a resting placo on my shoulder, but I hardly hau coursge to ask that innocent face to lie on my arm, which MIT not ...lett to she' thought it, that of , st cousin and it -married man. Recollectihg, how - ever, that it was my - duty to make her condlirtable, and that I. (meld scarcely ' ceivedter inore than I had already done,.l. proffered the tato"! civility. She slightly- , bloodied . hy.tt thanked me, and accepted it by leaning her head lightly against myslion,lder, ami:looking up In my eyes with a smile Aid, "M you are my cousin." Soon Ater, her eyes al6Sad anal she slept sweetly and calm- , tr i as if teting (in snotty an( pewee. -I I looked down at the beautiful face, sightly paled with fatigue, that rested :against . me, and felt a..-1 not -touch her with my arm-although 4he bounding of the citrsi.stled her very much. I sat re rnorseless until th e sleeper Settled the matter by slipping forward and awakening. She' 14orlayea ins•hotly. ROd • Milled. is no use for me totry to-sleep with My Pon- ? "what can you mean I". ... bet an," sae said ; 'for it is very much in Lb/if 4. told t:.et irmia l ,. l o . of *a what way for nle:I em Aare it trosstsl.• 7 ,....--12,0-Timetatir,••• , n* . r . 1 ere, e she removed-it, giving me the pretty llids. I eii"'S "things and concealing nothing. nut toy, with its gtacefof ribbons and flowers; to I even the uselessiiess of my love for her. When put on the rack above us. I pre erred to i the brief recital was ended, we both remained bold it, telling her it wouldhe safer witl k me, , silent, but although she had hidden her face, a n d after a few objection*, She resigned it, 1 I co' id see that she trerniiled violently with being- in fact too .sleepy to contest the point; ; shame and repulsion: The sight of her di-- then Rio!, the bhie silk veil over her glossy i tress was agony to me, and I tried to say a hair she leaned against: my 'shoulder, sad ' few words of apolo,gy, slept again. This time when the'motion be j "You cannot blam er hate me, Miss Dun gan to shake and annoy her, I stilled the re-1 dard, more than I hr /or idameesinyself," I proaches df my conscience, and passing ny ; said, "for the distress I have so unwillingly arm,-ligh4 round her slender waist, - drew Ter caused, you. Ileavyn knows that if Ii ac head upon my breast, where it lay all niit. copied the charge ofi so much innocence and She slept the sleep of innocence, serene and 1 beauty too lightly, I have heavily atoned peaceful, but it is needless to say that I codd since, in having occationed this suffering to not close my eyes or ease my conscience. I i von, and my own punishment-is greater than could only gaze down on a beautiful, .II 1 i car. tear.'" face, and imagine how it -wou!d confront le, 1 The coach stopped as !spoke; she turned if she knew w'hilt 1 was, and how I had le- towards the eagerly, het face bearing traces ceived-her, or dreaming more wildly ell, of walk and said, in a tow voice : reproducing it ins,. hundred. scenes whin!! .."Do not misunderstand me if I was so had never before paused to imagine on se silent."- face of my I*z. I had never loved. unks The coachman threw open The door, and the butterfly loves-of Saratoga and S'ewpit stood waiting: I-was obliged to descend and might be so dignified, and still less had err assist her out. I hardly dared touch that I dreamed or thought of marrying, even- am little hand, though it was for the last time, possibility and far pff contingency. 'New but I watched her graceful figure with sad before, i solemnly aver,had I seen the W 01133 i d•Teag. She was already recognized, for the i whorl I wished to make toy wife—nif i ver I. door of the handsome hOuse before which we fore hail I so longed to call anythihg g stopped was rtbrowo °pen t - and-a pretty wo own, as I did, that lovely face lying on V -man followed -by a fine looking, black whir heart? No it was impossible for me - s keret' gentleman, whoml supposed to be my sleep. namesake, rushed down the steps. There_ . In the morning we reached 'Buffalo, al seals a loud exelamation of estonistonent -and /Pent the 'day at Niagara. If I had thond pleasure,-a cordial welcome, and some rapid her lovely while sleeping, what wax she wb questions to which Florence returned very the light of feeling sad expression played- i low and quiet answers, and quickly extri on her fame, Mahe - eloquently admired 4 , eating herself from the confusion, preliented scene before us. ; or, sass even more eloqus • me, '• Mrs. telloy,.your husband's nettossike . st,ll. I don't think I looked at the Catart and the gentleman who kindly took charge of as much as I looked et - 'her, or :thought I the." I glanced at her face to see if she one creation more beautiful than the other were mocking Me, but it way pale and glare. She was now quite familiar with roc, in); Mrs. Leßoy, opened her pretty eyes widely, innocent way, calling toe "cousin , Fran' but was too well bred to express surptise, and and seemed to take a certain pleasure in I- after introducing the io her husband-if. the society and protection. I a - as delighted mote terms, invited ineibto the house, Hard be greeted so gladly by•her, when I moot ly conscious of what I- did, or anything: ex the hotel parlor,• to have her come fort dept that I was still in the presence of FlAT from the lonely seat where she bad . euee,_ from, which I could not endure to ban= waiting, not unolaservel or unnoticed, to l l ish myself, I followed them'into a handsome ceive me—to bate her hang on my aria : parlor, where sat an old lady, who my cob- to up into my face—tell rue all her Hsi science told me was the rheumatic aunt I had a&enteresalone and chide me Tor learn so cruelly belied. Florence herself prevented her so lung, '(how_ long it seemed to . it me to this lady, who was a fixture, and dna while every word , look, and smile, seem ble to raise from her chair, and before I doubly dear to me, because I knew the p ceuldstainmer en apology and retire..relatrl carious tenure by which I bold my right•in her own way lhow differetit froth mine) the them. She busied heiself, too, while lel ml-take by which. she had been placed in way .gosh out, with our joint baggage; sod imeare, and the history of our journey, in which waged all over ber trunks to find a holit appeared our_bost, Mr. Leßoy, had been a which I had expressed a. desire to see-eisfellow passenger. When site hail ended, they mended my gloves, sewed the, band on all crowded about me, warmly expressing' travelling cap, and found my cigar-c their limb for-my "kindness and consider wheoever I 'had lost. it, which was ab tioo," to my utter bewilderment and surprise, twenty times a day, while she acoldedme nd cordially inviting me to remain with I the carelessness, which she declared almhem and , make the aequaintance of my equalled her own: Long rn ago she, bad giv aetake and, family. I - detached myself elegant and lit c orn all this unexpected kindness as soon till pUrtmonnaie, "with all her mohey in could, for -I funded I read aisersion in ilia .which she was sure. she would lose, as a milting, and paling face, and drooping eyes could Bever keep anything," and as she hit Florence, with one last look at her, and left ordered me to take out what was wanted Nits room. A moment after, I felt the touch hertravelling expenses lOOned It with trem f a light band on my arm, and turtling, saw, ling hands when I was alone, and exiOninlith mute surprise, that elm had-followed me the a:intents., There were, besides 'all. tto the vestibule- , - - - ' - , bankbilis with which she bad probably "Mr..Leßtly,rebeiaidknrritidiv, ".f ettnitM furnished for lief journey, and which wit you go : away misunderstanding me- aa.l pious etre, she had packed into the ethane you_ do., If I was silent While _you" Kt possible compass, as much-gold als her prey itibly /apologised for` the noble, generous, toy could carry, a-tiny pearl ring - too Ern dbithorable delicacY of yohr Coaduet, it to fit any fingers hue.hers—which -I ant snot from . Amer, believe me; lititliegabsti (raid I kistied—a card with her name on " as at first too ineehastonithed,kfeetwarda and memorandum in ' s pretty band. ."No moth/moved/Old-grateful to*ak. i owe, Olive Street, St. Louis," which, as I tight u more than_ I. canj say, ,and aholild be conjectured; was the residence of ber - enn afirahlW indeed, if s , false swum, which Jenny whose husband r. .; a very fortn see - les not - pr e vented one telling 'ato ditecotery for' - me: indeed; - tbus''fiir,- this, alttinblirrerent yolifiiti'continbing t, bad not yet found the way Of the tren acqoaietaimer so stran F ely begun. Thisti hard, io tateroal circumstances at least; a sir, I sneak the truth.' • , P when - elith het' I forgot every thing b don't know what answeni made, for the 'Nee and heint,Vl arid my ftrni isioltritoli, Won Of feelings was almost to great for MONTROSE, PA., MARCH- 31,1869. be no more to her than hei cousin shotild be; bat out of - that charmed presence my cone seUnce-made me miserable. 1 am-afraid 'must sometimes hive betray ed the conflicts of feeling I bed; by my Man ner ; but when lwas reserved and ceretnoni out with her, 'Morays resented and begged me so bewitchingly not to. treat heir so. and to (mil her by. her, own sweet, name, "Florence," that bad I drahmed much as I longed to do, reould opt have Vefused her. Rut the consciousntht that was not what she ttiought me, bet an : imposter , of whom. after our connection had ceased, and she had disadvered the deception practiced upbu her, she could think or remember nothing that would not cause unmerited self reprßach and morAcation, all innocent and trusting , as she was, this reflection, 'more than shy other , •,1 j on lightning wings alit drew near, She ~pl , , j all gayety and astonished at my sadness and . `absence of niind %Whet) , so near home' and [Jennie, and when we entered tho carriage 1 that was to 'convey us to our destination, I j had half a Mind to take a eoward l,y flight, i rather than encounter the scorn, a i mI d.4np. pointment of those blue eyes;hut I mustered courage and follqwed her in, gaming the ad dress found in , the port mons i ai e , whi c h fortunately Vas the right one, to the j i driver. i I ''"Almost borher." said sihe, turning bet [ bright face town* me—we tvero rattling up the street and mt time was short—"loss can you be so cold AI Iquilt I" -. "Because, Misi: loreuce," I answered, "the tlirdo has come itlNirbicii 'I mast confess to you dual have irb more right in the house to which wo aretelling, Allah to the name d by which you a , as me,, end that my only r clam to either, isi that of RD imposter and ' de (wirer." ir • She turned beaciiely face, wondering and puer„led, toward me. ' - Thank Heaven,/ did not read fear and in . a version it. ~ . "No right? 4 .1,6,:" she' repeated worda, &od the rapture of knowing, as I look ed down into that lovely face tha 4 t-it was not for,the last time, quite took, away the little sense I had remaining. If you want to know how I fgr, ask a Matt who is goint to be hung, how he would feel to be reprieved. ' Well,:how time flies! . It certainly does not seem five years since all this -happened, yet cousin Jenny, (my coltimiii Jenny now) so bitterly reproaches um in her last letter, For not visiting her in all that time that, we have again undertaken the journey, but tinder dif• ferent auspiceS, and since 'Florence is Floren'ce bundard no more,•and sleeps _upon my aim in the cars no more blushingly, but with the confident° of a- wife of nearly tie years stand ing. and I register our names- in the hotel book, as "Mr. and Mn'. Leroy," and bless my lucky. stars, as I read. it over. Even while I write, Florence, lovelier than ever, as . I think, makes a grand pretence of arranging our baggage at the hotel where we stop, (and which has reminded me, by past transaction, to writ° down this• story) or comes leaning over rue " dear Chester," ins - lead of " dear cousin Frank," as five years before, and to scold me for being FO stupid as to Sit and write, instead of talking with her. StUpid, indeed, to prefer a black pen to those rosy lips. Was ever a man so happy in a "Slight Mistake!" GETTING IN AT NIGHT. "The door was locked when I got home," said Torn,"and bow to get in without waking up the Governor, , was 'the difficulty. I 1 knew he'd give me particular St+, if.he kuew : I was out after 10, and the clock had just -'struck one: The back yen] Was an impossi ' bility, and but one chance remained. There was a _porch over the front door, the roof of which was but a few feat below the two win dons, one of ,whicli I knew was fastened down, arid the other — opened from the bed i romn,which might or might not be occupied. 1 Arrold maiden .inter of Ton's wife bad Artie ed thereon the se i ne diy, and it was very 1 probable thk She was in that - room ; but.l ' knew the bed was in the corner farthest from the windowi and hoped I sbould be -able to I get to and through the room without waking her,. and then had a comparatively easy thing of it. 'So getting a short plank from, . a neighboring board pile, I rested it against the save of the shed, pulled off my shoe*, put ; them in my packet, end then teemed I All right, so, far, but I thought it neeetutry. in order not to arouse Any suspicion is the morning, to remove the plank, so drawing it up, I threw Off the end, and down it went with-an awful defter (nisi stray dog theater] followed me fob two or three rat i oms,whot t m i l At i tta ever gave' o ' r.:;u n s i r l t r o u . This t n ate " r b te l' : halt a dozen other dogs in the neighborhood harking; a mocking bird in •the window a• rbove commenced - Singing kir be intended to split his-throat at it, and an old--woman,. in i her night clothes, with a candle in her grind, I appeared at the window across the street. I I knew I was safe as far as she waiano'ncerned, bet if any one came-to our wiris,,the cap ; die gave enough light to very probably die• corer me. Nobody did come, however, and ! the old lady, after peeping op and down the street for a minute or more, popped her head in and retired. The mocking bird still kept 1 up its eternal whiatle,and it was fully half as Froar before it and the.clogs settled down and gave we a chance to move. Creeping slow )v along the 11 , ti ll l reac hed the Window, I put my hands on tbi sill, and with my head 1 and. shoulders within, and my`legs hanging! out, stopped-to listen, , Yes, she was in' that room, for ['could bear her breathe, - After waiting for a minute, I cautiously • drew up one leg, and then the other, slowed them round, and putting down ou the floor, was just conscious that I had stepped' on some thing Soft, and yielding, and was about with- 1 drawing them, when another yell' broke out ':at my feet, the old maid jumped nut from her bed crying Murder! murder ! and the dogs, 1 and mocking : bird started up again. I saw through it all; I had put my foot_in it mores ways than .one. A little (Macey _was lying on - her back under the window, and I had , stepped oil her face, and of course waked. her op. I decided in a flash what to do. The house would be aroused, and caught to e certainty, unless I could get into my tooth before the governcr got uP. Bat I hadn't a moment to lose, for the little niggerwas'velt ing and the woman screaming. I started for the door,went three steps, and struck a chair; tumbled over, made the awfullest racket you ever heard of in the deakhour of night, in 'a 'peaceable - house ;' the nigger and old maiii screamed louder than ever, the mocking-bird whistled like a steam whistleottid the dogs' fairly made chorus as loud as Jullien's. I reached the doer, however, 'swiftly and quickly opened it, and just grit out in -title to see the old gentleman open his door with a candle in his band, and come burrYini np thestairs. Not a moment was to he ,lost. There was a wardrobe near where I Mood and' I sprang , bellind it. Up came the governor ; reached the door, opened it, went in, and i n the meantime there was all sorts of confusion and Inquire down stairs sato what- was the I matter.. Notiody else came up though, and from Where I stood .I heard every word of iu -1 'airy and explanation in the room. Of course they couldn't make much out cf it. Thri 1 little darlVey was too frightened and toosound asleep at the time to understand the trath, and the epshot of the business was, that they concluded - she had been dreaming, and the tremor, after giving her a sormd spanking. and explaining the Matter to the aroused neighbors from the'vvindow,weht down to the room again. "So far, so good. I now bad go down stairs, reach the back 'door, unbar it, got into the pied, make for thy room, which was in the second story of a back building that atocel new:me-w e d with, and about it dozen.- yircla front tile main one. After giving everybody anotber.,hrslf hour to settle down again, started. , "Boys: Al Yon cvel..try to get-tip or down a pair itaira at midbight, without making noise t . Yon may try all sorts of ways, but every step is sure to creak, each - with a,peou- Aar ricise of its own ; and loud enough, you ere certeiti, to waken everyhody.. I bad got nearly to the botian When k little Hite dog Mmie trotting op tbeeittry" loiritde Me,- . siippressed.t'qoue here, Bik you Zito."Atenced him, for bot,rooogoind ute ;,htit , tse Sze started the Mooking-bird, and the dogs in .the neighborliood fleeing learned to titice the cue, ,Of Course all joli3ed 'chorus fcr tioi third lime. • "I ran along the passage, reached the door . A 4tiaket Cornerqd., and 'unlocked it, jpFt as the governor,' roused Ohl Jacob a shrewd Quaker a second time, opEinifd his- door and seeing a merchant, in 13urlington, N. J., and; like all man escaping froth die honse by A back ways-, other shrewd - inen, was often ajittle too - amart of course Mied 'Thieves ! This's - vas W and matie - 1 for himself.- An old Quaker lady of Bristol, a- rah after Me. i tics, just over the river, bought some - goods. at "I wee too 4 nick for him though, opened cfacob's more, when be was abserit, and in the &for, sprang out, broke for the dooi that crossing the river, on her way home, abe met opened into the room under mine. and hadhim aboard the boat , and, as was utist i i with I just reached it, when crash ! within a foot of him -on such ocemions, 6mediately pitch my head went a brick, and another voice, led into her b6ndle of goods, and untied it, to that 1 knew belonged to the next door neigh- 1 ee what she tied been buying. • , bor, Tompkins, jeineti s .the, 'governor in the - "Oh, noW,"' says he, "bow' much did ioti cry of "Thieves ! Thieves I Murder ! Thievesi7. / give for that . . and that, and that, 1" taking up 1, was safe-though. • I the se - veral pieces 'of goods; She told - him, Pushing. up the stairs, I ehell'e4 rnyOelf I the price, without, however; 'felling, "*litre quicker than I ever did before or Wince. and she bed.got them., • • wa'a in bed and asleep in less than half a "I Could have sod thee those for so minute. 'Wasn't there A row though 1 a yiertl," said he mentioning,a prine • a great never heard so many dogs before,the mocking- deal lower then the-had paid. • "Thee knows birJ, of course, Was outadoiog all , previous I I ern tiintersell'eVeiybcxly in the PlaCe." And efforts, -the chickens even began Ito brow. I sd'he went on - 'criricisin - g and undervatueing Tomplons,-next door, was l k allcoing `Thieves!' 1 the goods till the' boat reached thistol, when - and calling the goernor. I coed bear Ihe was invited to go to the old ladj'it screams and all sorts of talking, and noises I and when - there•tly goats *ire " spread nut on among the neighbors unti' at, l e ngth, the old the`countei, And Jacob was asked 'to iteminvi . gentleman's voice was heard in the yikt call- them again, iind say - tote priee that he Wed& in•g : "Tom Tom !" - ' have sold theni at per Yard, tile' old - ar'clitieii, Tom, was sound asleep and snoring. meanwhile , fisting' a memorandanit She tbeii "Tom !",, cried the old man in a voice that went to the desit'and made • ont or the would ,have roused a man from an epiteptiu difference bete/eel:II • w i hat she he'd Paid sindthe fit. - price he told leis.; theh coining up to „flini, she said : • Now, Jacob, the is sure thee.chuld haiis sold me these goods at the. rice tbee Men tioned I" • Oh,'now, yes,' sar' lie. "Well, then, thy young man • must hive matte a rtietakeOlii I bought the geo4l'rons thy'store, and of course, undi. the circum • • stances, thee can have-no .objection to refund me the difference. • ; • Jacob, being thus cornered, could' not,. of course, refuse—ae there were several persona then present who bad heerd his aisertioirs. '•Llodged itprudeot to wake then, and jumped from my bet, rained the winnow .and rubbing one - eye, and looking particularly frightened (which I was) iskod : "Why, father, what in tho the matter 1" "Therestilieves in the honse l" mos the tap y; _"get your gun and comedown and be quick !" "Lin's in the room below you, Tom ha!- lowed Tompkins, "I'm certain of it. I saw him as ho ran down, and threw a fire-brick at him:, I know he didn't, peas the door, Mr. Jones." "1-was directed to look out for myself; the governor stood sentinel at'tbe door below, armed with a club, while Tompkins had IS ve 1 minutes to collect aid from tbe neighbors, 1 endless than half that, FO, thoroughly was every house alarmed, that tilers was a dozen or more men in the yard, armed with guns, pinto's and each. "The govemos led the attack. Opening. 1 the door, be called, 'Come uut here, you house-breaking scoundrel ! If you 'attempt . run or resist, I'll blow- your brains out ! . Nobody came however. • "Watch the door," s Was order,"srlitle I go in," and I waistold to "look and "shoot the rascal if be tame up:stairs.". A 1 momentary search was sufficient to satisfy "ever-poor Chat - she shirt_ was 'Sun. --the room. "tie's up stairs then," cried-Tompkins, "for take my Bible oath he didn't pass, that door." "So up stairs they trooped ; , but bad li►. a (turtle by that time, and-there was no bog bear there. The strktest search eveh in look- ing under a bootjaCk,didn't show the faintest trace' of him. The yard was next examined, then the bonse,ronel everybody being tolerably well satiafted that hs had escaped; the neigh bors digressed to their several hoMes, but I was appointed as sentinel for the rest of tee night r and ordered notto go sleep At my post under tire penalty of a flogging. "The articles missed on a thorough inves tigation 11ext day, were two pies and the old lady's silver thimble. Thai himble turned up in a week or two,but the pies have neverbeen accounted for to this day. On oath I could have given'very material. testimony as to the disposition of the stolen property, but as the cave didn't come before any court, I remained silent. _ "Didn't the local . editor 3 loom : One of them elongated himself through a 'quarter of a column, and beided the item,,'A Diabol ical and Atrocious Attempt 'at BQrglary and Mohler describing, with graphic pardon- . lars, the fiendi'h attempt to trottle and her - servant, complimented the coolness and resolution of R. Tompkins, Esq., and perorate(' with a withering anathema on the want of vigilance displayed by our police. ‘lt was fun for me to tee with what wide awake sagacity the watch used to, ttbpat the front•door and !Hen during their nightly rounds fur a month ' after ; and you couldn't have bribed a youngster togo under-the porch on any account after dark. The excitement died away though,aftet a-while,but I'll never forget the night I tried to get in "withont making a noise." Stowelrel'weet Corn for Mi loh Cows. I prefer Stowell's corn beause it grows larger than - Most vidieties of sweet corn. It resembles the dent ` torn, but bas more ears than auckers. tis excellent for Jablo use, and remains cod - until hard frost. - Select good land, and plant from the 18th of May to the lOth or Jobe, in far enough apart to allow - ihe cultiiator to pesi through. Keep clean rrcien weeds by - stir tog the ground often kiwi' the corn gets a good growth. Instead , of dolls; it can be planted in bills, ntiar-togi3tber In the CORR, with eight to twenty kerns to the hill. Yon will base a tine growth of:stalks; 'which the cows will eat with a good relith,'Wed supply you with milk and butter of the righttiavor,,When the pastures dti and scotched with the heat of summer. i If you don't believes it will pay, :try it. Plant a few rod's, and see what a growth you will get. If you think it wont pay ,to pleat, so thick, plant three or five .kernels , to the hill, and four or Ere feet apart each way, and you will have a fine' growth of t.talits,,-well loaded **Atli eats goad though to feed man or It reepAires conisiderable labor to get the green dtalks of an 'acre of land, bin I know of no other way,that tbo same quantity , end; quality feed for cows, can be Produced,on a &small pito of land With so little labor,' Bon can we. expect. a good supply of. rich milk and butbir; when our cows eke gnawing the groUnd.foro fair mouihrris of sun bkrot grads I .Let,us•rain more green feed for our milch cows, and,theY will repay di With 'a rich flow of 'milk; and be in better order h staid the cold-Nigh of wintei.•;-:.0 N. t*- Loornissille, Michigan. Alm rolifie :Sireet Ccon bfconsidered beiterthan- . Stolielre by all whit hkee grown h.—V. "1141:1d Am." , '/O/PRosstlieef; serenity of mind. sod et pretty. wife, Will make mnet any man ."felieitous.".Try it;•yecoPusty taeheldit VOLUME XVI, NUMBER la up your 'roil tools. The action of the weather upon rant IniL ptements when they are not piorecretl, we have found by experience, :to do nearly sa much, arid sometimes more, toorakd 'their Anti traction,- than the wear aid tear: - Ilovir, cultivators, and sucK like too e, are' in tiee ly in the warinee'parotot the season;' thiting the winter they lie tiklbsed by their Owners ; hitt, unless protected Sufficiently, the weather uses them prtuv hard. The fartiker's use of them IA sec re nt times, but it is occasional and interrupteld. The 'weather's Uti3 of - thein 4 , 1 roostatt, ceititirrtipted,- either:ll, day or by night; eery rnotbent of time ,the 'action' of the elements, hist and cold, expandt mhd contracts, Moisture pervades and' rusts theikr, tend oiYgeit Minibines with them and- forms 1 coat Offer coat'of vitt; corimifrit And rolling then.eway.-.--it sill be a good pinix "during soine of the spare monientS in iviitter 'time, say of kstormy day, to overhitur,thern, clean ; them up , and covet the hen parts with paint - ind the wood parrs too. A mixture of sutpliar and linseed II hoir ed together iith or without env I:oloring,rrial.: I ter, is a get - almpplicittion.- We . elsn find the following kenorn'rnend'hl by mn exchange papir, which will make O s good covering`: Take of coal tar, two parts; common bees wax, one part; clarified beers tall6w; two parts ; lineseed oil, one part ; spirits tOrpen . ..:, tine, one part,.and fuse . the whole oier a - stove , fire. When liquified ; sair,imlampldack; or any other coloring; Matter that'rnay he desir ed. and apply while warm, - Plows, wheels, tairaWß, crow-bars, cultivators,, and indeetl= any other farming implements, (incite-noted eitbey wholly or in part of iron-, Should re ceive a coating of this every fall. It fills the p6rd4 and prevents sill possibility of corrosion. varmer. STARTING SERDI EARLY.—Rev. Daniel Etn erson, Summit County, Ohio,- writes that he luis been successful in giving-garden seeds an. _ early start, in the following manner:- -Haring srleuted the quantity needed. each sort is tied Op by itselfin a (doh. the • palate being plainly written du a• slip of paper and. eneles'ed with. the teed, The :packages are I then betted latent two inches deep in -the earth for u week or two. - When .ready ~lo plant the kinds needed fetplantingaiw taken from the bags and used. They wilt .be found.. to haYst swelled, perhaps sprouted; and-ready to Oder. if the ground should be 'quite dry, ••• N it is best to water the drill after dropping the seed, and therkcever with 'dry earth. • ~ , WE—says by that plan ho has never fail— ed to raise plants front every seed planted, though when put up• they were often. sproht- Ifeach seed is placed where it is 'wanted to gtO%vit will save the labor -of thibning, though many prefer to thin their rows, leav - - irg the most prominent plants to grow.' . 2V One of thedeaeotta 9f a ciptain church asked the bishop if usually kissed thit biida- at wedding,.. "Always; WA6 the reply. "And how do you manage when the happy pair are negroes ' • "In all such cities," replied the bishop," ilea duty of kissing is appoiu cid to ,the'deacoinv.? The deacon caved in. la'Fanny Fern _ye, "if one half the girls knew the precious lift,' of the men they mar: ry, the list of old maids would be woodetfullt incbeatesl, l l and the Boston Post adds "that if Int?) could only look into the futurti life .of , the worrier, they this number of Old maids would his greatly . adyancellr" fair - if there is a heaven on, earth it is by your own fireside with your wife on one side, a smiling baby on the- other, a clear, con-. science, or-knowledge that you are out of:debt, antion't fear the. printer, the tailor, sheriff; ( or t °Anvil. kethe Iron called ilsesheep to ask if hii breath srhelt ; she said, "Aye." , - 4e bit off her heed for a fool ' Its 'called the wolf and- asked him. be said, "Nay." - _ ' ' ' At Re tote hini to plug...* fcir a`,llB.lterer. , last hti called the , or, mid'aikdd him ' —.--- "Truly," said he, f ; I have got a •cold'*nit cannot sqiell.',' - _. , ,Ar ot ,it.....:.l,vi s a ru ti l l 4y nothing in datigeti otliAinies. , . . ' " • • lak "No woman can be a. laire• who would. remind or-mortify-another. • No. niattee. Ito* beautiful, hog refined;' . how cultivated. Ail may be,_iabe•ia unreality cos* and the is T stria vulgarity of her - nature meelfeate Itself here. sCourteous treatment of all pommy; is lonitoark of a true woman. - `' •
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