THE MONTRS- SE ...:1 EMOCRAT.
~~.v~ _
E. B. HAWLEY , Proprietor.
gluointo stark.
• • - ILISMALISS N. STODDARD,
Dealer hrßool s and Shoes. Wits and Caps. Leather and
Finance, Main Street. dd door below Searle 's Marl.
Weft MO, to ceder. and orpatring done madly.
, „Montrose, Jan. 1,1870.
LEWI KNOLL.
SHAVING AND 11A113 DRESSING.
*top 10. the Dew Pcritoißce a - hcro ho will
he farad sway to attend all who may want anythiag
lahlaline. x °arose, Pa. Oct. 13, Re/.
P. REYNOLDS.
AUCTIONFtER—SoIIa Dry Gooch. and Lerchintre— also
attend% at Verninea. AU orders left at Iny Iron.e trlll
recahrt prompt attention. [Oct. I. Isar—t
0. 31. HAWLEV.
scum! in DRY OOODM, U ES. CROCKERY
Itaidwate, !Ws, Cap, Rootn.Rboes, newly Made Cloth
Ons, etc.. New Milford. Pa. 1;:i.
DR. S. W. DAIPTON.
inWSICIAN't SUIRIF.ON. tender+. him .ervire;.
the cilium! of Great Bend and eh inity. °dice at
realdenee, opposite Barnum (rt. Bond villagr
Sept. lat.
LAW OFFICE
ICTLVAIBRRLIN S McCOLLEM, Attorn.yr and Coan
ninon at Law. ()Meths The Brick Block over the
IMontra.e Ang, leollo
J. MeCol.t., ar
SEEM!
A. & D. R. LATHROP,
DEALERS in Dry DOW'S.
croekery and ginerware,lable and letchel cutler,
Paints, elle, dve atufra. nab , . ' loofa tool shoes. ,oic
leather. Perry - suer, Sc. Brick Block. adjoining the
Bank. Vont:yen. Magnet !I, IsPr+ —tf
k. Lawmor. D. It. 1....tnn0r.
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A . LAW. Bounty, Una Pay. Penelon
a•nd Elm on Claims nttended tn. Ottire fit
oor below Bo)d's Store. Slmnroee•.Pn. 1. To
W3ll. CUOMMON,
Attorte7 St Lag. Montrose. Sorq'a Co. Pa.. ran b.•
towel at all reasonable bnelnerr boars al the County
Commtsamaera' Olbrar. Montrose. Aug. I. PDX
W. W. WATSON,
ATTORNEY RT LAW, Montro.... M. Othev with L.
P. Tart, pd.mtrone. Atig. .1. Pte.%
M. C. SUTTON.
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
ant OW PrleatleFtila. Pa.
C. 14. GILBERT,
Au0tic.33.413 ex-
Great Bend, Pa
V. 113.
earl Ott
CAI ELV.
IT.
LUZ 1. teCJ. Addreaa, Bra.alyst. Pa
JOIE GitO'VES
rwrnrrrATlLETAtzar, Monts'', R. Shop occi
eltutidines Store. AP orders firrt-tnte stilt.
Iliting done on short notice. and tcartantesi to
W. W. S7ll ITII,
C tomer Am, MANUFACTI PEW.—F..
lor Mitts strcei, Montro., Pa Jam:. I. INZo.
H. BURHITT,
DEALKII n Staple and Fancy Dr) Good.. t`rntk,,
Ilardurate. lon, St.va. Dr u Fr, olio, and 1.3 t i nt.
Boot, and Shot,. Hat 4 Ow.. Fur, l:odn to Ruh.
Grocerlef .I'r..cit.; 0n..... . AI 1I N.H. 1..,
DR. E. P. HIES.
111. permanently located t Ineadovi l for the pnr
pose orprneticing medicine and •urzery In all li
b:anther. lie may he found at the J..rkmm
Ot!1oe hours from e a m.. to n. p. m.
Prfendevllle, Ps., Aug, 1. Itan.
FoTROUD & BROWN,
rug AND LIFE INS - ....tANCIL .ktiENTS. A:
bnilaxe.e attended Lu promptly. "n fair ',ram. Office
first door north or • Mont:rove great nide e•
Ratite Avenue. Montrose. Po. [A [lg. 1 : trc.9.
BaLtsoi STriory. • - CIIARLICI. L. BMW),
JOll3 SA UTTER,
BESPECTPULLV noon tturt he in n..er p..
pared to cot an kinds or Cotropentp in the mo•.
fashionable SLSIe, warranted to tit with elegance.
ad moo. Shop over the Punt °Mee, Montrone. Pa
WIN. D. LICS6K,,
ATTIWIET AT W.
liontrou. Otitire oppo
site Me Terholl Flours, near the COUrt
180A—lf
DIL W. W. itlirrif.,
DincrisT. Rooms orcr Boyd & Corrrirro Bard
mere Stare. 0111 co boors from rromv a. al. to 4 p. m
Montrose, An:, I. 1869.—tf
ABEL TERRELL,
DIALER in Drum Patent bledidnes, thezoicids
LlquoraArainta, Oils,Dys Stuffs. Varnishes, Win
Glass, Grer,ries, Gime Ware, Wall sod Windoo Fa,
mitre -ware, Lamps. Kerosene, Machinery oils.
Guns, Ammunition. Raises. Spectacles
ICsiaties, Fancy Goods,, Jewelry. Perin re. de—
being TORE of the wort numerous. extensive. and
valuable collections of Goode In 'Susquehanna Co.—
Established In 1848. [Montrose, Ps.
D. W. SEARLE,
ATTOMIET AT LAW, oftlce over the Morrill A .
Lathrop, in the Brick Mock. Montrose. Pa. ilturtb
1C L Weems.
E. L. wEt Ki 451 k CO,
Dealers In Dry Goods, Clothin7. tadiee and 14‘..e,
ace SLnea. 11,1ao, ammte fur the grant Amenenn
Tea and Coffee Company [Slontro,e, Pa , an;;
DR. W. L. RICHARDSON,
PrITSICIAN B SURGEON, tender' , hie prole,. ioaal
'mien to the date'. of Mastro and vialaity.—
Oaks /tide otalikeee, oe the corner net of Sayre it
Toondry. (Ain. 1, 1.+W.9.
DR. E. L. GARDNER,
PSYMICIAIq avd SVIIGEON. Give.
pr aUention to din..Aee of the near!. nvel
Wings WA all Bar4lcAldl.ea,ap. war, ovu. W. It
Soitda at kimaric'e Uotrl. [Ant!. 1. 114:9
SWIM & NICHOL*,
pEi. ARM IA Drugs, 31rdicinco, Chemical, Dye
r: aii, Paints. Olif . Vorn lab., LiquorA. Spire. Fancy
•r i lea. Patent Medicine.. Pr, I U rilery and Toilet A,
tides. r4r9Pr,crtrairan• CAl...fully rnmimand..d.—
roolle Mauve, .thuvc Nutill•• • • l/.11.1. Misot In.-, 1 . ..
A. b. Itcrana.Anus Nic./11412.
• •
AAA. 2. lAEA.
DR. E. L. UANDRICE.
PLITSICiAN . JIE SUMMON. respectfully tender• hi.
professional services to tto citizen of FrlenA.vllle
end vicinity. rff'ollice facto, ortlee or Dr. Lew,
Boards at J. Uostord•s. Aug. I.lsta.
SOLDIERS' BOUNTY,
PKYRIONS. and HACK PAY
Thetteoletsigned. IJCEsiiED ,k6ESZT of the GOV..
haelog obtained the necessary forms.
£c.. 41/1111eve prompt attention to all claims Introstita
taidassra. No ammonites sucteeesthl.
tiNCO. IP. LrETLE.
11101grOie. 41110e6tb. UM.
DENTISTRY
All these to want of falae Teeth or other dental work
'kookiest' at the office of the robecrlbem who are pre-
Wait* do all kinds of work In heir lino on short armlet.
'Particular attention paid to t making fa and partial
setts of too ran old, silver, or aluminum plate ; shoo on
Weates'e oast coraposlllon • the two latter preferable to
aM IllrfithoaPar ratbalaoces now need for dental plate..
Teeth youngpereous regulated. and =ado Loewy in
natural shape.
The advantage of having work done bn permanently
rated sod raapoustble parties, must be apparent to all.
Arturnelr inunated. Phnom call and examine morel.
meeworpiate work at our Mace. over lloyd 6 Ccee bard.
Mire /LON.
W. W. SWIM 6 BROTHER.
Bracover. Aug 1R,160.—d
PEBBLE SPECTACLES—aIso coat
man epactaeles, a see atpply. for rate by
*entrees, •Nor. 10,1819. ABEL TIMM.
forfo tiorner.
How sweetly through the lengthened dell,
When wintry airs are mild and clear,
Floats chiming up the sabbath bell,
In softened echoes to the car
Come, gentle neighbors, come away r'
so cloth the welcome suramons say;
" Come, friends and kindred, 'lls the time r
SO seems to peal the sabbath chime. .
Done are the week's debasing cam
And worldly ways and worldly will ;
And earth itself an aspect wears
Like heaven, so bright, so pure, so still'
Hark, how by turns each mellow note,
Now low, now louder, seems to float,
And thlling, with the wind's decay,
Like softest music die , away.
" And now, - it says, " where heaven resorts,
Come, Nk Rh a meek and quiet mind ,
Oh, worship in these earthly courts,
But Imre your earth-born thoughts behind
And, neighbors, while the sabbath bell
Peals slow!) up the winding dell,
Come. friends and kindred, let us share
The sweet and holy rapture there.
The Pilgrim Child
.► stranger child, one winter eve,
Knocked at a cottage maiden's door
A pilgrim at your hearth receive ;
Hark ! how the mountain torrent.. roar!"
Hut eer the Loch •• Forbear :•,
Cri . epl the pale papalt from abort.:
The pilgrim child litat%; eeping there,
The Spring tide tame, and once again,
With garlands crowned, a laughing child
Knocked at the maiden's casement pane,
And whispered," let me in !" and smiled.
The casement 1...nt was opened wide—
The star,. shone bright the bower above
And In ! the maidens couch beside,
Stood lore !
And smiles, and Mee, and kisses sweet,
,IleguilN brief SUMmer's careless Lunn , ;
And .Autumn'. L•lLnr++ons to gret,
Conte forth with vurn and fruit, and flower,
But wh}• grrw pale her eh..k with grief
Why watehed ,he the bright star above,
Seine one had .toir her heart —the thief
\ ❑- love
And whiter 311 , 1 hop, a11.11.-tr.
Alternate elle,' her virgin hn•a•t
But p.m, Were there to dry her tear,
I tr. Ludt her WI N 1011 S (VP, fo re,d.
And often ft. the opptt thy. door,
Roared We wild torrent from :Wove
But newer to her cotiagg mon•
Precept and Practice
A nar,on of too fro, aAle
W ; i4 set renowned for noble preaching
And many grieved I" ..r anch strife
PO.l wutn hl.liping and his teaching.
M. newt: it tzt.t reheliioe. ZieW.
My 1'11,1,1.: h, the .limply taut
t , 41 NO ) thing. Jn ;
!tut I eau prtlu 11 nod you ran
Humble Origin of Great Ilea
Honor and stninic fonn no ronditions rise
\el well your part, there :dl the honor lie..
Lops. flirts and fools are they who attach dis
honor to honest toil, or affect contempt for men
or women who perform the labor of any ne* ,, -
aveMtion. however Minable, whether in the
field, the shop. or kitchen. To all such, though
it mad• be like spreading Pozarls before Swine, we
commend the following respecting the origin of
some of the great men who have been conspier
"us hi the world's history : Franklin was a
journeyman printer, and 'a son of a tallow
ehrnller and soap-ledler Cineinnatus was
plowing in his vine-yani when the Dictatorship
of ROthe win offered him. Bolivar was a drug
gist. Mahomet Ali was a harbor. Virgil was
a son of a potter. Milton was the son of a
scavenger. Horace was the son of n shop-keep
er. Demosthenes WAS the NMI of a cutler. Rob
ert Burns was a plowman in Ayrshire. Shakes
peare was the Walt of a wool-stapler. Cardinal
Woolsey was the son of a poor butcher. Oliver
Cromwell was the son of a London brewer.
Whitfield was the soa of an inn-bin-per at Glow
chanter. Columbus was the son of a wea vet,
and a weasel' Jat,i, Astor once
sold appb s the stteets of New York. Corn- .
'mature V.unkrldh a ti-revntan. and rowed
a small hum to Staten island. Grant was a tan
ner. Simon Cameron was a journeyman prin
ter. Abraham Litittoln was a Itil. i sissippi boat
man. llorne,• Greeley was 'a printer's de, it
Stephen A. Douglas was a cabinet maker
IM=11:1E
The Great and the Small
From the rot Lagi to the palace:, from the cas
tle to the hovel, through all the impertcptibk
..shades and grades of lire and station that inter
vene het wren grratuts and littleness; from the
sage to the idiot, (nun the conqueror to the
worn, fide. in darisliew , and silence. with Move
ments that Melt .Idofll see and never appreci
ate, is splinting; that small, fine, but binding
thread, which weaves their common destiny in
to one inextricable web.
It is not alone that the mouse disentangles
the lion from his thrill. : it is not alone that the
stronger saves or destroys the weaker; bttt it is
that every• step. affeets the destinies of millions
of others, present and to come, and ranks on
the train of cause and event that is going on
from eternity to eternity. The dependence of
the great upon tile mall, and the continual re
ference of our fate to petty cirennudances, is a
consideration full 01n - eighty tn9ral, and Is never
to be forgotten.
mot Posted in Moon,.
A youthful applitlint for a certificate to teach
school pm- wilted herself before the Superintend
ing Selool Committee of a town in Maine, and
haring answered correctly several questions in
mathematics, he was asked--
" In what.-year did Cotunibus discover Amer
hut r
Th e yo ung mus paused, scratched his head,
and replied :
IVelk Inkster, you're got me sow !"
" Was it before or after the birth of our buy.
lour?" continued the committeeman. The youth
spent a moment in thought, and raising his huge
fist and striking it upon the desk, exclaimed—
" You're got me ?iv:a, 3 , 4, pi:lnds? P
The certificate was not granted.
The Sabbath Bell.
lovelw
('stile.
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1.870.
pioccilantouo.
A MILITIA NAN.
"Now titi)ie care of yourself, Painmy, -
said Mrs. Sparkes to her husband, as, in
somewhat airy costome. she stood upon
the doorstep of primrose Villa, Primrose
Road, Notting Hill, on the 20th of April,
IS6-, at four o'clock in the morning.
A smack followed these words, from
which it will probably be inferred that a
chaste salute succeeded them.
A moment more and he was gone.
Clad in the martial garb of the 90th
Itiddlesex rille volunteers, full private
Eirimitionous Sparkes passed out of the
little wicket ithich gave access to the
grass plot he called his garden, and struck
his padded chest wildly a it), his list, as
he shouted orit at the top of his some
what cracked voice :
-My homes on the ocean ace.
lily heart's un the vasty deep.
Were England'i banner. brave
The cues that round thew sweep"
This was hardly the fact. however, con
sidering that Eparninondas. who mas a re
tired :nouer, had never been on the sea at
all, but he was naturally too ninth e vetted
to be careful in his statements, for it was
the day of the great volunteer review, and
the Nineteenth Diddlesex were to aasetn-
We at tile Victoria station at five A. M..
and to proceed to Brighton together.
The sparrows, who had only lately
awakened, were chirruping lustily as Er
atninundas stepped briskly down the road,:
and seemed to the animated grocer to
furnish a delightful chorus to his song.
All tbinga, in short, wore an aspect of
• rote/ear de rose.
Rut as he had a long day before him,
11111 as his legs, instead of living l ong .
wfire short, Eiraminondas took a 'tins,
hich, in reference to this very event, was
1.)1 lug dins unusually ..any on this par
tlellinf morning.
The inside was hill, so he had to go
outside. No one knows, who hasn't tried
it, how awkward a thing a rifle is to var.
rY about to those not much used to it.
Eleiminottda* thought.
In clambering IT to -the knife ho ar d."
he contrived to give the conduetor u se
vere Mow with the putt-end weup
on thereby knockitil., , hi, hat off.
...Now, then. uul,id !" e‘el:ii nted the
arrgrie%ed cad. -IV hat do . n u mean by
that?"
) ,ure I Iwg •qt
tnrniu¢ sli , 11.•111i r..lititi, at,.l
th,robv forcing the nilizzl. nt rill, in
to tip• face of a fellow-int,,%11;1..r.
-HI tell you what. yoritig' chap."
this hitter. a burley individual. who looked
like a prize-fighter, speaking ‘ery slowly,
and at the time, liy a ":11.1(len jerk.
the %teapot] out a hi. hand.
"pal ain t lil t4I trmteil itli artii4—
‘Oll .1.1:1 N.. 111 1.i.1 .1 „1.-1,.,.t.
ENIMIMI
Epaminondast turned very red. as he
measured the brawny pr,,portion, of the
speAker, and hesitated t, begin a ik•rnonal
Uilll hint. itt - OW '1.014,-
.1 an omni! , m , ' :ot
r1a..0 for -itch a struggle.
-It is inglorionQ to strrigzit. with :n..11
a low fellow." he said to himself as an ex
cuse for a more pacific
"Come, my man ; give me my gun." he
called oat, loftily.
"And what if I don't ?"
judo id ual in question.
"then 111--call the uerhee," muttered
Epaminotada.4.
"You're a nice young man to tight the
Roosians." pursued the aggravating prize
tighter, as he handed hack the rifle, with
an air of condeeension, ami(l,4 the sup
pressed titter of the hy-standem or rath
er by-sitters. "Wy don't von stay at home
with your mammy r
Eiaminondas Cook no other• of these
remarks, but endeavored by an ill-assumed
air of lofty indifference to impress his fel
low-passengers with a general impression
of has own superiority. Nevertheless, he
was nut sorry when he reached his desti
nation, and observed various individuals,
dressed like himself, standing about the
station ; he paid his fare :, , oinewhat hasti
ly, and descending from the roof of the
conveyance with care, holding his rifle
gingerly in his hand, disapp-ared within
its portals. As he did so. tie fitncied his
ear caught the sound of a forced and un
natural fit of soughing. in a hick his late
toitagonist indulged. and n Melt i iip eartq l
to him like a parting malediction.
Brighton on the day of the ref iew is as
full of life as an egg is full of meat, The
hotels are Trammed. and streets jammed
%%Hl' people. Volotiteer- in iiirious cos
tumes. mid ith side arms (i lieu are artiv
unl side amis . :). parade the cliff, and fra
ternization is so rife 1,11.•Ist, that
they mostly consider it right to aalk four,
if not six. abreast upon the pa% Oiling.
Brighton belles come out in all the glori
ous abandon of beauty and costume so
peculiar to them. As the sun shines as
brightly as it generally does at I lrightmi,
and. abo%e the litintati hium. the ee a s e li- 88
hum of th. ea forms a pleasing aceoni•
paniment, to the unaccustomed ear of the
Londoner.
And then the - Downs '.. a cunt...taw is to
be seen there a little Liter in the day!
The Grand Stand chuck full, and row tip
on MU' of carriages. Mounted officers.
galloping fanatically about on special
missions, in addition to all the usual eX
eiteltionts of Ascot on a cub day.
So thought little lipittninotela4 Sparkes,
as. in the rear rank of No. 8 Company,
30th Diddlesex Rifle Volunteers. he trot
ted past the Grand Stand. enroule.for the
ground his regiment ir ILS to occupy at the
commencement of the review.
Weighted with his rifle and oppressed
with the heat of the day and the long
strides he was obliged to take, in order to
-lock np" properly with his front-rank
man, Epamitiondas* thoughts sometimes
would irresistibly stray in the direction of
Primrose Villa and his excellent arm-chair
in the parlor; but martial ardor soon ex
tinguished these diispiimble considerations.
And. besides the honor and glory of the
thing, lie was aware of the advantage a
uniform of any sort gives a man in the
eyes of -a British female and hulies—yes,
lovely ladies! were (as he saw) looking at
his regiment, and'Epaminondas fancied,
particularly at himself! as they defiled
past. He strutted out snore proudly than
ever as he thought of this and in hie en
thusiasm lost Me step. 0, what a miser
able semr.stion it is to a tyro l the mili
tary art to lose the step! and how diffi
cult it sometimes is to regain it!
During his frantic endeavors to do so,
liptiminondas observed that a young wo
man, dressed in what he thought a beau-
Witt mauve dress, was really watching
161/1. This increased his nervousness, and
in his contusion he caught Thomson, hie
frant-rank man, a smart kick upon hie
calf. The latter lunged out behind in re
ply, and the line of-.the company became
somewhat disordered.
"What's the matter here?" said the I I
adjutant riding up ut this monent. "Come,
come, steady, my man! Look at the Lon
don Scottish ! they march like a wall."
On again they went. this time in order.
Halt was soon afterwards called out,
and a deploy into line took place.
The t Raps had now mostly reached
their appointed stations, and the evolit,'
110110 COllllllOlOll.
The speiitators had been left some dis
tam,. iitl, all Sale a little kiiiit of persons.
who, ut spite or the regulatuno , . persisted
in following the troops. nuotipt them
that a rehit Epatninonaas ( w h a t won Id
Epantinonilas ?) thought le
could dist ing.ttish the b o lt in }name, and
the audacity to It ink at lu•r. The word
was now given to load, and tile tiring from
the right of companil•• %%as the next word
of o,llllllatlld.
Now tib• tiring to be good, should be
e.,111111111/11S :111(1 regular. \' irk 111 ,- se pro
,oursc, th, r a i the
Th e DiddleseN
upon the iiillineSS of their file firing.
Conseqnently fniutie were the efforts
of some of the men to gig their pieces
loaded in time to take their alai. No
one', eff.,rts wore more frantic thin Ep
ami ))))) Was'
Nnthienly the tingle '•('ease
A commotion was ob,rved at the same
time among the little krua of reopic be
fore mentioned, and a mounted Aker be
ing dispatched to inquire the cause, soon
returned with the news that a man had
been killed—apparently shot by a volun
teer!
in Inet. tlw p.n. fellow to a, plitinly hi
be seen lying tip4,ll the grus4. with a
entiple oif surgeons bending over him.
ofltoer cootnitintliiitz the ttOtli
N % 0 ., an old Imo! lost int
tint, re::itnent it as Il t ro‘t n into
open ord,r. ;in! IrEtit r ‘‘ti , it .11 1. ,
:inns.-
A, doe captain of No. down
tilt. rear of his contiuttly ollst•noll ot•
of the privates apparently in an ague tit.
It was Epaininontias. awl he hwl iea raw
rod to Flair !
Where is your nunnnl. Sparkes r
asked the rapt:ill!.
, ir- -1-
stammered 14.paiiiilimmas,
54.-tliwtl suddenly ricken +u6 palsy.
.-Fall out, s,r:".-aid tli( captain. ..,terilly
The conscience stricken lipamitiondas
wa- .Lt on, made over as a Inisoner, to a
cot-pond four men of his regiment,
%%hi, wen fur this purp, . The
parts Was 1 11• n diyrtt ti vl to I'4'Mb ton.
A. sheet passed by the spot It here tits poor
victim still law extended Oil the grass,
Erralfilnondas beheld a female figure }wh
ited in mauve. bending over the prostrate
form. apparently dissoki.ll in agonies of
Ili,: own feelings were hardlr leas ex
eructating. lit imagination, .he beheld
himself as already tried and convicted,
and shortly to be executed. or, at all
events, transported for life. Quit a crowd
of small boys and the usual idlers ere
lung collect :d ronnd the little party. and
accompanied it to the town ball, where,
after the charge had been duly taken
down, Epantinondas was locked np fur
the night, prior to appearing before the
magistrate on the following morning.
Before this, however. be implored and
obtained permission to dispatch a tele
gram to his wife. This was it:
"From EPA MI NOS DAs SpAulim,
:aid the low
Pritkilier. Brighton Police Station,
TO SARAH JANE SPA nit ES,
Primrose Villa, Primrose Road,
Notting Hill.
- I've killed a man, and tun in jail. Dear
Sarah Jane, pleas, come at once."
(1. the horrors of that night ! It is a
wonder thin his, hair retained its colcir
not all the k•rn,rts of his gu a rdian polar-c
-m:tn. A 2: I. could airu his agitation.
After calling over in his mind all the an
ecdotes of eriminals he could recollect,
artd t h e way tier Tent their time
to pri,-
oa, he procuirt a sheet of am i a
pcncil from his companion :nut proceeiled
to make his la-t null and mstament.
remark:o)lc docummit was handed OVOT to
Sarah Jane upon her arti‘al in the
lug, atter the couple hail embraced as if
for the hist time.
_ .
"And, :iamb Jane," said the wretched
Epaminondas, as he withdrew from her
anus, ‘-rememher one thin 7: as I don't
know who it is I have killed, it can't 1,,
murder so the io•poctor I,lls, me hccan-t•
he says them can't he any malice pr pans.
That% one contort," he murmured, as
Ranh Jane's feeble intellect tai nly en
deavored to extract the meaning of these
words, and as she cast her eyes up to the
ceiling. apparently in search of an expla
nation —"that's one comfort," the little
man sulilotptiied, "that can't scrag me, at
all events.
Here they were interrupted by the en
trance of theinspector, who summoned
Epaminoudas to appear before the pre
siding magistrate.
The stipendiary magistrate for the bor
ough of Brighton one Mr. Range,
a limb of the Jaw much respected and
looked up to by his brothers on the bench,
who had not received his legal.
In person he was tall and thin, and of
grave and solemn aspect ; and demeanor.
Before this imposing individual all that
remained of Epaminondas (and that 'lit
tle much in want of a good brushing)
was brought on this eventful morning.
The usual curiositv-mongers, who are ac
customed to attend these courts. were of
course, there—brought apparently (if a
guess may be hazarded from their general
aspect and behavior) from feelings of Self•
gratulation to find that this time they
bare not to put in an appearance as prin-
ciple. An imposing array of constables
and poliCemen were also present, and sev
eral of Epaminondas' comrades had also
arrived, in order to support him by their I
countenance and sympathy in his trying
situation.
As Epaminondas stood in the dock,
and realized the position in which he was
placed, lie stifled a rising tear, by pretend
ing to blow his nose, and then screwing
his courage to the sticking post desperate
ly determined to overcome outwardly the
tremors which inwardly convulsed him,
and to bear himself as a man and a sol
dier.
With this view, he assumed a calm and
immovable expression of countenance, and
fixed a firm and unblenching eye upon
the magistrate. So much so, that the
latter, suddenly becoming aware 'of the
steadfast gaze which was fixed upon him,
started 'violently, apparently under the
impression that some impertinence was
intended, and hurriedly gave directions
for the opening of the case.
-Your worship," said Sergeant Bum
bles, the inspector of police, “the prisoner
at the bar is (1:1 rgrqi with the shouting of
nne.Jos,Th Cork A, of Seven Dials, Maryle
b,,ru."
Where is Joseph Corks?" said the
magistrate.
"Please, sir, he's too desperately
to 1,. resent."
Hon• Itpaminondas' heart jumped for
joy at the word wounded. Then he
wasn't dead after all! At this stage of
the proceedings some commotion was oh
served near the entrance door, and a big.
hurh• man was observed to be foreing hi
wayin. He was accompanied by a young
woman, dressed in mauve.
"Silence !" Lulled out au infuriated of
ficial. -scandalized by such a scene.
The big man, adv . :mein to the front
and pulling a lock of hair that lay upon
his forehead, by way of salutation, here
called out—
••1 am Joseph Corks. your worship."
It was now observed that his head was
enwrappisl in bandages and that he was
deathly pale. lie was instantly aeconi
tactilated with a seat in the witness box.
It appeared that the ramrod, which
had truck him on the side of the head,
had stunned him hence his death-like
appoaranee on th,• ground. The wound
indicted, however, was but a slight, .one,
and alter some medical treatment he Inui
been enabled to appear in the morning.
As Epaminondas gazed upon the low
brow and round bullet head of the indi
‘idnal he had so mitt injured. he
•tarted to recog nize the lineaments of his
friend of the omnibus, whose rough man
iter4 in the morning had well so distaste
ful to him. "Ali, - he murmured to him
self. despondingly, -les malice prepuns
after all."
Joseph Corks, being then duly sworn.
deposed to the events of the dal, with
whieli we are :dreads: newt:Mia'.
- A ad this voting female ." continued
Joseph Corks, pointnig to the Young wo
man in mauve, who was stanaing near,
"as is the lady I tun a keeping of contpa
ne with, went along u ith me to the ri view.
As we was standing iiromiscons like a
looking on. she says to nte, says s he.i
'Whoever is that ill-conditioned little fel
ler' (here Epatninouthis winced) .a mak
ing eves at its?' Yer honor, I looked at
him, and knew NIA again directly. 'Alt,'
thinks I, 'you're the young cock us
couldn't take care of yer rifle;
,yer knows
me again, I see. I little thought the ras
cal bore me such nudic as to try and
shoot me. '0 you willin,' continued Mr.
Corks, shskiug his fist savagely in the di
rection of Epantinondas who was making
violent efforts to interrupt the narrative—
"o you willin, if I could only get you by
yourself on a handsome bit of grass, I'd
pay you hoff for this."
"Mist have you to say to this ?" asked
the magistrate of Epaminonthis, when
Mr. Corks had finished.
"1 assure your worship," said Epatni
noncias. earnestly. "I never saw hint at
the review, and it was all an accident,
there was no malice preptins, sir, there
wasn't indeed sir."
"I don't quite understand him," said
the young female In mauve, "but I'll
swear .I saw hint a lookin at 118 before he
did it, sir. Do you mean to say," she
continued, addressing Epaminondas di
rvetly. "that you did not see us ?"
.S;ot Fall Eraminondas.
"Then what were you Oaring at'" said
111.. voting woman in mance.
'•lon,' replied Epaminond:m
"U Pammr, Pommy!" . lumbered Sarah
Jane, x..l n ewe. "von ought to be ashamed
of Non Nell fii le Joseph 0,4,A h,,,ked
unutterable things:
••.% yoi a good shot aSked thi• mag
, ist late, oio•rrupting this irregular discus
: sion, and addressing the prisoner.
••Your honor, I don't kwon, -Ie
never [limi t - replied Epaminondas.
"0, you inner tired with. ball r said
Mr. flange.
"No. your honor." answered Epami
; nondas ; -Sarah Jane—l mean Mr&
sparkes'—be added, correcting himself.
••iionklu'i let 1111. go to hall !Wad ice— she
it was dangerous. -
di, ease," said the
magistrate, majestically and decisively.
"it is evident that, had you borne any
to Corks, and had wished to shoot
him7ou (-odd not have dune so ; but be
careful, prisoner," he added, "be careful
fur the future; and mind you,- if you'll
take my advice, you'll give up volunteer
; Mg and stick to the shop."
"Which 1 have often said the same
thing, your honor," 4aid Sarah Jane, as
the unresisting Epaminondas was borne
off by his better half; "a man like him
without the pluck of a mouse. to-s."
I -He'd better not be making eyes at my
gal, though" growled the Injured Mi..
Cork: as, accompanied by the female in
i lmouse, he made his way out of the court,
casting vengeful glances at Epaminendas.
Guarded by Sarah .lane, however the
latter, safely reached the railway station,
and, lifter a much-wanted meal, started
upon!bis homeward journey.
;due course they reached Primrose
Villa; and there in the enjoyment of that
delightful domestic retreat let us leave
theinP safely predicting that at the next
annual volunteer mien( Private•
nondmJ3parkes's place "knew him .no
more',"
He often often explains around his cheerful
VOLUME- XXVII,. NUMBER
hearth, to an admiring circle of friends;
the adventhres of that day, omitting as
much as possibleall allusion to the mauve
habited one, and ascribing his ultimate
escape front panishment to an absence of
"malice pn•puna"
BOOTS UNDER THE BED.
3lis Lydia White had two lovers.
Tom amen and Willie Junes
Both were good-looking, well-to-do
young mechanics, and both loved her de
votedly if their own vehement assertions
could be credited. Lydia was in some
thing of a dilemma concerning. them.
She had no particular preference for
either of them, but she wanted to be mar
ried sometime. and Mr. White was op
posed to lung courtships, and Aunt Jane
kept assuring her that her bed and table
linen would h ”et yellow by being packed
away in the bureaul so long; and she also
took frequent oppori unities of saying that
-none of her girls e‘er was single after
they had !viler/v(1 the age of eighteen; no,
not a ininit
And as Lydia counted her year: four
•
more than eighteen, of course this latter
insinuation of Aunt Jane's citt deeply.
Lydia turned the matter over seriously
in ber mind, ar4ued it with herself pro
and ron. Whit-h should she take, Green
or Jones?
She was in stone degree romantic, and
she. had indulged in gorgeona dreams of
marrying a - second Napoleon as to cour
age: iu fact if there was any quality that
she especially admired ia a man ; it v t
Imagery.
When she said anything about this in
the hearing of Tom or Willie, they begged
her to put them to the test—they would
joyfully die for her if she stood in need o f
such a sacrifice, they assured her over and
over again.
On Sunday evening. as indeed was fre
quently the ease ; Joliet; and Green both
happened to call at Lydia's ut about the
same time.
l.tdia went out of the room alawit nine
o'clock on the pretence of bringing a book
of engravings, but she 6hurtly returned
in great preturbation.
`•\Chat is it' What is the matter?"
cried the two lovers in * eager vious.
-Oh! dear un• sighed Lvtlia. -such a
dreadful. dreadlid thing! Who would
have thought it in uur
IV! Oh, You call
nut think bun - Lila relitqed I ant
that vim are here. 1 Should he frightened
to death were it ntherwke'. - anti she clung
to one and then to the iither ctilh
confidence perfectly infatuating.
us what it.:i.7?" cried (3F-reel'
as to the cause of this
oksotioli . said Jones, who had be.•u to
the thicken Valley Academy two '-quar
ters." and used some large words.
Oh, you are both su I.ra%e cried Ly.th,
re... 1 if I a ,•ri, prob•vtiql
hr an arm,-!"
Green drew himself up to his full
height, which was just tire feet, and it
must be confessed that beside the Ilercn
lean Jones. Ino looked lik.• a Bantam roos
ter Ipe,ide a Shanght.
- Command me' said Breen, - only let
me do sour bidding!"
"Ask nip assistance," said Jones, "and
it shall be given free as the streams give
to the sounding ocean,"
"flush!" cried Lydia. "don't speak so
loud! lie may hear you, and take the
alann and kill us all before you have a
chance to capture him."
-lie? who? what ?" demanded Jones
in a tragic whisper.
-flush ! for pity's sake," said Lydia.
"he's up stairs in the spare room! 'Coder
the bed! Father had a hundred dollars
mid him yesterday for a cow. and this is
a plan to rob the house. I saw his hoot s
stick out from tinder the counterpane."
.•Good heavens!" cried Green. getting
behind Jones.
"And snch big boots, too," said Lydia,
"twelves. I am RIM !"
"Jupiter! what a giant he must be!"
said Tom.
"Tom! •olt Willie! protect me!" cried
Lydia pathetieully. und they both protest
ed they would shield her with the last
drop of their blood.
"Then go up stairs and seize the vil
lain," Mid 14
•.You had lvtter tirs.t,'' said Jones,' I
—don't. know the way."
-Sttr I." suit Green, -and you're the•
Itiggek : it het/mgt.: to cult to lilal oil."
I will show von the way." said Imiitt
A lid tilt• t yoi;ng 111011 reiteet
aptly fidlowed her up stairs. She opened
the door of the spare phaniber softly. and
they saw the hoots lery distinctly ; it most
extremely dirty pair of cowhides, whieh
looked as though their owner had tramped
through twenty miles of swamp. "and
inadt un aequnintanee pith rugs or
Sl•railes allot - want.
“.1.--a mighty big man he 11111 D I,
nilh such a pair of fet," said Junes.
••Ilude,t we better call your father anti
Mr. Berry, lbw hired man ?"
•'I think we had," said Green
'•I dou'l," said Lyn - a. decidedly. "Seio.
I believe the Loots are moviiig. Oh,
ss we I"
And, as she sem:tined, Joni% and G reen
simultaneously made a rush for the cham
ber door. Jones stumbled over a wash
stand and went bewillung to the foot of
the stairs, washstand and all. Anti Lydia,
by clinging to the skirts of Mr. Green's
coat, kept him from following - his rival.
"What in the deuce is to pay here?"
tedied Junk Berry. appearing on the scene
in his shirt and tvowsers and his curly ,
light hair standing out all over.his, head
like the lobiles of a lamp Ai:lmq brush.
14vdin, points to the hoots.
'1)0111 lunch him,". whined Green.
**lie may have a pistol or something about
him. and hurt somehodv." •
"You ►hicken li►•ered whelp!" cried
Barry, "you're afraid to see what's behind
the hoots. are ye? Wall, t'll show you."
And Barry seized the frightful objects
and gave a pull so strong that he went
over backwards on the door, with a • boot
in either hand,
"Jupiter!" he cried, "I never saw any
boots cbtne off. so easy as,that.- -Lees ace
the feet." And•diving under the: bed ha
lifted the counterpane and displayed—.
nothing.
"But where is the owner of the boots?"
cried he, scratchirign bruise on his nose
and looking infinitely puzzled,
„ Here!" said Pa White,' Wearing,
the door. "I am the owner, and here IN
been hearing this terrible noise for
,th
la.t ten minutes, and thinking ' fbeie - wa
' a fire over to the corner. But dot tt,;lrig,
of lily hoots could I find. Who put then
' there. kiddy?"
But Lydia was bathing Berry's no,
' reetraiid Jones had sense•eimicgii to NLA
that they were de drop.
And they took their departure,yntliou
limy very cra-bontte farovellg,
"By jiuks," said greeli: to Jones,
their war hianie; 9're got - an idea : it's
my opinion that jade ora.giii =puU th'ein
boots there herself. On purpose to
-Of course she did," said Jones, staltily
"women are as deceitful as, the.4e-01..!
The Woman and The Crow. ,
At n certain cross roadti itl the'State of
Alabama stood a small groceryor vhisk -
bitop, previous to the rebellion,- wher.•
..htt.,,t-head" and chain-lightning" were
dealt out to the thirsty nuwashed, at live
cents a drink or twenty cents a, yugrt.
The iresid ing genius of this delectable in
stitution was one Bill Sikes,. who,-among
%ariutti other pets, had a domesticated
crow. Wadi as the ace of spade. , This
cross had learned, among other things.,,to
repeat quite plainly the words "damn you
which he of course heard frequently' used
in the grocery. During the -prdvalence
of a knock-down-and-drag -out-fight one
day. however, the crow was frightened
from hom e , and flew off into the wood,
never to return.
About three miles from the grocery was
a settlemuut meeting house---an old Inni
ble-down, dilapidated affair, only used on
cei Milt occasions. whcu a "circuit-ride"
happened that way. Into this building
went the crow, taking peaceable possession
and two days thereafter the church was
thrown open fur preaching, and a large
crowd assembled, among which:warm very
old lady who was compelled to use crutch
es in walking, who took her seat in the
" front pew," and was soon deeply absorbed
iu the eloquence of . the preacher. The
re% erend ..tattlianau had scarcely .got.un -
der full Crud way, and commenced than-.
dering his anartieums at all grtules of sin -
nen :, u he n a h,,A.rse, croaking voice .fi'din
:thine, uttered hese words:
Damn you."' •
The preacher and congregation lookea
aghast at such profanity, and each pee.rod
int,. his neighbor's face in vain to detect
some signs of ;milt. Quiet was at - length
restored. however. and the sermon 'ht
length proceeded hut era ten minutes
had elapsed the otuniutia datum you!"
again electrified the audience, and just
preaeh.•r east his eyes upward to search
for the delingnent. the crow new dowii
from his perch. and lig,liting on the Bible,
..ar‘VNt'd ahe terrified crowd, and
"Damn gut:.'
The effect was electrical. Giving ,one
startled and terrified glance at the intrud
er, the preacher sprang through a window,
Barr} icg sash, glass and all withihim, and
,et on' at a break-neck pace through the
woods, closely fiAlowed by his i liorror
emigreg,l tion,.. who had Piled ottt
of the building pell-mell after him. - In
the general scramble the old My with the
crutches had been knocked down in-the
church, where ehe lay, unable to rise, and
on obserVing her, the crow (who was after
something to eat) flew down hesii,le her,
and cocking lip his eye at hervery
ingly, croaked out :
Anna you .:!
The old ludy eyed 'tint savagely..rof l p
few moments. mid then buret forth iii~t
toor of reeklesd defiuues:
" Yes , and damn you, too ! I had
nothing to do with getting up this.liteth
odist meeting—and you know it, t00.'.-
The poor old soul had , miatak-911-*?
crow for the de'vil; and eciusludedjo pro
pitiale. if possible. the wrath othis Satan:.
in majesty by denying all 'domplicity
that affair. The world is fUllitifjust With
people.
Oar The following illustrates thii . o4
saying," for better or for worse" ildmita
lay. Here is the latest story .fmtn-rPirii
—a conversation between two ,:frlewlstoil
the Bourse:
" How are von ?"
"Not as nen as might be."
"'o much the worse. Whitt have you
been doing that I haven't seen yuu lately."
1 haNe got married." .
So much Ilnt better."
Nol at all, tor 1 lane got a etiquette
for a wife."
"::40 11111Cil the worse."
Not at all, fur her dowry is lime
thousand francs.•'
SI I in n u h Ib.' IIcIU • r. •"
X,•t al all, for I risked the ininiey,,t,
play."
. :
- sk, much the .worse."
6' Not at all' for 1 doubled EL'. ''' : .. .
,
6. SO nitiell the better!' ' ,
'' Not at all for fly banker liusct4eof'd-
so mach t lu• worao."
Not at .1.11 for my Hire has gone with
THE MisEity or AN A1M10.38 !AYE.— h
is the lack of object, of all aitn, in the ,
lives of the houseles waudears that gives.
to ttiem the most terrible elementof their
misery. Think of it! To walk fork ;
with, say. ten shillings in your pocket—
so that There need be no instant Bllr c eri ,
from want of bread or shelter.:-.04,
no work Loh). no friend EO set, tio' Tai o,
to expect you, no duty to ueV9lPPlbihs
hope to fohlow, no 'htitirn. to Which yott . ,.
can draw , nigher, '
,except 'that' liourti
which, in such eircutinitincetOlie,traveler
must sorely regard - as simply'the 'end' iii
his weariness'! Rut there 'is nothing.
which humanity tiannot.:. attune Welt:,
Men can live Upon :poisOn; - can'
endure absolute solitude, can'bitir
melt', scorn and shame, and never Atm
it—Lippineoft's
Ve - it is not work that klllOl men': it-int 'd
worry. Work is healthy ; :you can . hardiri
put more upon a man-thaculte-,can!:beak , '=
Worry is rust upon the blade. it. is lase;
the revolution that destroys the mach iit - - -I
cry, but the friction. Fear secretes acids ;
hut love an truth arc sweet juices.
EOM