- 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,.
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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. - `' •