THE "MONTROSE DEMOCRAT;
E. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor.
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CIIOSIIION & OALDWIN,
ATTORMILTS LAW.—Othee am the stare of Wm
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PII'CII it WATSON, Attorneys at Law, at the old case
of Bentley & Filets Woolson, Pa.
s. S. rrecs. tt, 'TLC w. w. wasps.
CRAWLS'S R. STODDARD,
Botha In Boots and Shoes, Hata and Caps. Leather and
Endings. Mato Street, tat door below Boyd'. Som.
Work wade to order, and repairing done neatly.
leatedea, Jan. LIMO.
ILETTLES & BLAKESLEE,
Alton .rid Counsellore at Law. OM= the one
haatofore oecutdret by U. D & 0. P.l.lttle. on Main
Street, Itourese. Pa. (APO 20 .
a. /IL ' 010. r. MMUS. Z. L. FALLIGOLII.
E. Mama. C. C. Farnot, W. IL McCain.
RcRENZIE, FAUROT dG CO.
Dealer, In Dry Goods. Clothing. Ladles and Mimes
*no aeon. alto, agents tot the great Ammirso
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montresq. Pa., ap. 1.10.
LEWIS KNOLL,
- *Kerma, AND RAIR DRID 3 / 3 0i13.
Shop la the newtlicitoltee bulkUno, where he will
be found ready to attend all who may want anything
is his line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13, let t.
P. REYNOLDS,
AUCTIONEKR—SeIIaDry Goods, and Aterchanize—al•A
attends at Vendnea. All coders tall at my house will
receive prompt attention. [Get. I. 1819—tt
0. M. HAWLEY,
DEALER In DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY
Hardware, Hats, Caps. Boots, Shoes, Ready Made Cloth
log, Paints, Oils, etc., Hew Milford, Ps- IScpL 3, '69.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
& SURGEON, tenders his services to
the citizens of Great Bend and vicinity. Office at his
residence, opposite Barnum louse, 01.: Bend village.
Sept: Ist., 18113. tf
LAW OFFICE.
CA AMBERLIN & IdoCOLLUIL. Attorney. and Coon.
wellora at - Law. Odic* Lit the Brick Block over the
Rank. [Montrose Ang. 4. 1569.
A. CnAnatscret. . - J. B. 31cComma.
A. & D. R. LATHEOP,
DEALERS in Dry Goods, Groceries,
crockery and glassware, table and pocket cutlers.
Palate, oils, dye stattni. Bate. beau and shoes, bole
leather. Perfumery de. Brick Block. adjoining the
Bank, Montrose. ( August 21. 1862—tf
A. Lamm., - D. B. Laaaracr.
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY Aa' LAW. Bounty. Use Pay. Pension
•nd Stem on Claims attended to. 0111 re S
oor below Boyd'a Store, Montrese.Pa. [Au. 1,'69
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
sul Ott Prleadvvil le. Pa.
C. A. GILEtERT,
Ahotacitzt.erzacoor.
Great Bead, Pa
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AWI ELY,
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Aar. I, IVO. Andreas, Brooklyn, P.
JOHN GROVES,
taITIOIWILE TAIIOII, Montrose, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's Store. All orders !Med In drat-rate style
'Willa& done on short notice. and warranted to et.
W. W. SMITH,
C AWN= AND CRAM MANUFACTURER.—Poo .
!WA woe& Montrose, PA. }Aug- 1- Mg.
EL BURRITT,
DRALER In Staple sad Fancy Dry Good.. Crocker)
Ilardware, Iron, Stoves, Dra Sr, 011 y, and Palma
Soot,. and Shaer, nat. & Cap*, Farr, Buffalo Robes
Groceries. Provisions, New Milford. Pa.
DR. E. P. IMIES.
Hapos.s permanently located at Priendssifle for the pm
sof practicing medicine and In ail Its
%machos. He may be found at the J ackson Haase-
Odles heirs from 8 a. m.. to 8. p. m.
Triendsville, Pa.. Aug. 1. 1889.
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FIRE LED LIFE INS74ARCE AOENTM. Al:
sitendad to pmaptly. on Mr tem.. Ofbee
trot aeon north el . Moutrova Rota." met aide to
Public Avenue, Rantrosa, Pa. [Aug. LIBEL
iitu.taa■ Smarr.. 1.. Emma.
wri. D. LUSE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Mobtrose, Pa. Oflee one..
site the Tarbell [louse, near the Court Houle.
Aug. I. 1869.—ti
DR. W. W. sum',
Dgrrtsr. Booms arer Boyd 8 Carolo'l Mord
.are Store. Ocoee hours bowl a. to- to 4p. to.
Montrose, Aeg. 1, 180.—tt
ABEL TERUELL,
D LUSK In Drugs, Patent Idedhdnes, Mendenla
Liquors. Paints, Olds,Dya Ruffs. Varnishes, Win
Wass, Groceries, Glass Wore, Wall and Window Pa,
per, Btol3o.lnre, Lamps, Kerosene. Machinery Oita
MMES, Chas, Ammunition, Entree. Spectacle*
Mashes, Finley floods, Jewelry, Pezfn • es. de.--
brain lane Of thO most immeromr, extensivo. and
valuable collectinas of Goods In. dosqueksoss Co.—
Established In VIM Montrose, PL.
D. W. SEARLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. ogles over the Store of A.
Letninp, is the MAGA mock. Montrose, Pa. [aulTS
DR. W. 1.. RICHARDSON,
rtivinciaN & SURGEON, tenders bit professions
sersiera to the clams of Montrose end vicinity.—
°Mee et his residence, on the corner east of Sure a
tires. Foundry. [Aug. 1. MS.
DR. E. L. GARDNER.
KITSICTA.N and SURGEON, Montrose. Ps. Gives
especial attention to diseases of the Heart and
Lange and all Surgical dinosaur Office over W. B.
Deati.a Bawds atikaria's Hotel. taog.l. 181.
HUHN§ & NICHOLS,
LifL.ls.ißM In Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye
st ..11s, Wats, 0111, Varnbib. Liquors, Spices. nine/
arz_ciea,Pattust Medicines, Perfumeryand Toilet ta
lkie,. larPrescriptLons carefully compounded.—
f'abUc Avenue, above Scathes natal, Montrose, Pa
H. Bums, - Aiwa Menem
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DS. E. L. HANDRICK,
rIIYSICLAIN a SUEZ/EON. respectfully tenders ht.
professional serrices to the Gillet= of Friendrrille
and vicinity. piroaloa laths (dice of Dr. Leet
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THIS INI3TITIITION awe, be the
SPRING TERM OP 24 WEEKS.
Oft Friday, rebsmury 10, 1871.
Ain gaud chemist, %Wog= and otl in-
THOS. IL litrialSWlL,Preddenk.
Agricultural College, P. 0.,
Jut, 25, 1870.—te Centre Ca., Pa.
fott's foam
Alice Cary% lipmetest roe=
No apology is needed at this time for repo.
&Icing the following exquisite Mies by the la
mented Mice Cary—Tina which, In the judg
ment of so competent s etitlo as Edgar A. Poe,
deserve to rank among the very Must contribu
tions to the poetical literature of this country
Of all the beautiful pictures
That bang on Memory's
h one of s dim old forest,
That seemeth best of Ell;
Not far its gnarled oaks old?n,
nark with the mistletoe;
Not for the violets golden
That sprinkle the vale below ;
Not for the milk-white lilies
That lean from the Pageant hedge,
Coquetting all day with the sunbeams,
And stealing their golden edge ;
Nor thr the vines on the upland,
Where the bright red berries rest :
Nor the pinks, nor the pale, sweet cowslip,
It seemeth to me the best.
I once had a little brother
With eyes that were dark and deep—
In the lap of that olden forest
He lieth in peace asleep;
Light as the down of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow,
We roved there the beantlibl summers,
The summers of long ago ;
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And one of the autumn eves
I made for my little brother
A bed of the yellow leaves.
Sweet his pale arms folded
My neck in a meek embrace,
As the light of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face;
And when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the treetops bright
He fell in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the gates of light.
Therefore, of all pictures
That hang on Idemory's wall,
The one of the dim old forest
Seemeth best of all.
The merry birds are singing,
And from the fragrant sod
The Spirits of a thousand dowers
Go sweetly up to God;
While in His holy temple
We meet to praise and pray
With cheerful voice and grateful lay,
This Summer Sabbath Day
We thank Thee, Lord, for one day
To look heaven In the face !
The poor have only Sunday ;
The-sweeter fa the grace.
'Tis then they make the musk,
That sings their week away,
06, theze's a sweetness infinite
In the Poor Man's Sabbath Day
"Ca as a burst of sunshine,
A tender fall of rain,
That sets the barest life a bloom ;
And makes old hearts young again
The dry and dusty roadside
With smiling flowers is gay :
'Tis open heaven one day in seven,
The Poor Man's Sabbath Day!
'Tis here the weary Pilgrim
Doth reach his House of Ease I
That blessed House, called " Reautitbl,"
And that soft Chamber, " Pustee."
The River of Life runs through his dream,
And the leaves of Heaven are at play I
He sees the Golden City gleam,
This shining Sabbath Day
Take heart, ye faint and fearful,
Toni cress with courage bear:
So many a face now tearful
Shall shine in glory there;
Where all the sorrow is banished,
The tears are wiped away
And all eternity shall be
An endless Sabbath Day
Ah! there ere empty planes,
Since last we mingled here;
There will be missing Lines
When we meet another year
But heart to heart before we part.
Now nitogeter pray
That we may meet in Heaven, to spend
The Eternal Sabbath Day!
p r neito and Wititiono.
—The best share in a farm—the plow
share
—Take your standard of a man from
his mind, and not his dress.
—Act uprightly and fearlessly, and you
may defy the devil and all his work&
—Let the bent of thy thoughts be to
mend thyself, rather than the world.
—Many have been victorious in great
temptations, and ruined by little ones.
—Life becomes useless and insipid when
we have no longer either friends or en
emies.
—lf the best man's faults were written
on his forehead, it wad make him pull
his hat over his eyes.
—lnnocence is a flower which withers
when touched, but blossoms not again,
though washed by tears.
—Tbe repentance that is delayed until
old.age, is but too often a regret for the
inability to . commit more sin.
—Tale-bearers and tale-hearers are
alike guilty; the one bath the devil in his
touge, the other in his ear.
—Dare to thane your mind, (*Mess
your error, and alter your conduct, when
you are convinced you are wrong.
--Why is the sheriff laces coquette?
Because be gets a new man on the string
every once ins while.
—Wby is a baby a poor euchre player?
Because it can't "go alone." Of course
net, when , its mother " takes it up,*
I—Beattie; of life—" Real estate, real
mone3r, and a reel good dinnent, none of
which can be seabed without real bard
work."
"—The Ikanbuq News says thstthe les
son sehooLtsgs delight to dig and apwe
cores and sand banks, is booms of the
recesses there. •
that: thinks himself the *pled
insu redly is se; but be tbet Web Wm
self eft must is genes* chemist:est koi.
MONTROSE, PA
loallantouo.
BY J.LWE HANLEY.
How gloriously beautiful she was! As
she came up the broad aisle, every one
turning to look at her, I among the rest.
I little thought I was to meet my fate.
I bad never seen such a face. It was per
fect in contour, with a complexion of
transparent purity, and the eyes were of
thatdeep violet blue, that is so very rare.
Tenderness and refinement, and the no
blest womanhood, shone out in every
lineament. I had lived years abroad, and
I had traveled eveywhero in my own coun
try, but I had never before seen such an
exquisite being, such a perfect blonde.
Throughout the whole sermon I remained
like one in a trance. I heard nothing
but that face. I loved her from that mo
ment I, the cold, almost cynical, man
of the world ; I, who heretofore had cared
only for my profession ; I love this peer
less creature with the concentrated ardor
of ymrs.
I lived with my old friend and partner,
Dr. Potter, and, that day, at dinner, he
remarked :
" What a beautiful creature Mr. With
ingtou's wife is ?"
"Where did they sit ?" I asked, with a
great dread stealing over me.
"In the front pew to our right. You,
fastidious as you are, would pronounce her
face faultlessly beautiful had you seen
it."
Had I seen it? Oh! that I never lied!
She, the only woman in the world to me,
won and worn by another! She Mrs.
' Abington !
I left the table. I went away alone.
For hours I struggled against the passion
that had taken posaesion of me. I was
resolved to crush it.
But crushed it would not be. Con
cealed it was. After a time I learned to
hear her name calmly ; I even made her
eq (lain bin co ; then I became the inti
mate friend of her husband. Again and
again I tried to conquer my ill-fated love.
It was of no avail.
But one honorable course remained for
me, and that was to go away, and in new
scenes to Bad forgetfulness. More than
once I spoke to my partner of my wish to
travel again in Europe, and to remain a
wear or twp in Vienna, at the hospitals.
But Dr. Potter wassold, and relied on me
almost entirely; he could not think of
sparing me, he said. Of course, I could
not WI him the true reason why I wished
to go abroad. So it came to pass that I
remained.
A year went by. I had become but a
wreck of my former self. The necessary,
constant guarding of every look and act
was wearing away my physical strength.
The war broke out. Ilere, at last, was
an excuse to go away. Surgeons were
greatly needed in the army. Even Dr.
Potter could gainsay my departure no
longer. I was about to apply for a com
mission, when I received a profes3ional
summons to the Withington mansion.
I found the husband down with one of
the worst cases of typhoid fever that had
ever came under my experience. For days
his life hung on a thread. Now came
my great temptation!
One night, when his delirium was at
the highest, I determined to remain till
morning. His wife watched with me.
Oh! what misery it was to sit there,
and sec her striving to talk with him, beg
ging him not to send her away—to speak
to her, his Elsie! He would laugh wildly
and thrust her from him, and she would
sink on her knees by his pillow, sobbing
as if hor heart would break.
At last he became so violent that I beg
ged her to leave the room. She refused.
Laying her hand on my arm, she looked
up into my face with a world of sorrow
written in those eyes.
" Dr. Griffiing," she implored, "you
will save my husband? You must save
him; he is my all! Tell me, is there
any hope?"
That pleading face almost unmaned
me ; and I needed all my strength then ;
so I said quietly :
" I will &min I can. But this is only
the beginning of the sickness. It will be
necessary for you to husband all your
strength. Seek rest to-night. If there
is any change fur the worse, I will call
you.
She left the room on this assurance.
I watched by my patient until the par
ofysm passed, and then, in that room,
alone with the sleeping man, the Tempter
came. •
Faint and wavering at first, evidently
trying the suaceptibity of my heart and
integrity of character.
I repulsed the thought with horror. It
returned with double force with startling
sophistry It would be so easy to let him
die—die he would, unless saved by mere
skill, for constitution he had none. Why
not let him die ? Then Elsie would be
free!
I strove against the temptation with all
my . streng th . But the Tempter came
again, and gained ground. The enormity
of the crime passed away. I began to
question myself as to what I should do,
or, rather, should not do, to obtain the
desired end. After tho end, Elsie mine,
only mine !
A movement from the patient, and the
spell broke. Elsie's words, "Save, ob
save my husband flashed across my mind,
and my promise. Was I keeping it?
I rose and walked across the room,
striving to banish the horrible night-mare.
Then came the reaction, I sank to my
knees and prayed, prayed for the first
time in many years. !prayed for strength,
strength to resist this horrible temptation,
and for forgiveness, for had I not commit
ted murder in my heart? I felt as if the
brand of Cain was upon me. I asked for
strength to banish this wild love, and for
knowledge to save Elsie's husband, for
saved he must be it or I should forever think
myself aunssassin.
"I worked faithfully with himall night;
and when Elsie came in early, there walla
decided change for the better.
I must flee now,l felt, lest I should be
tempted again. So I made my prepara
tions togo away. My ptient recovered
rapidly, awl was soon out of danger.
J paid mylast visit Mite, putting ,her
hand in mune, said :
, WEPNESPAI - MARCH 29, 1871.
" Doctor, I can never thank you enough
for the- efforts you have made to save
Rolfe. Perhaps .1 may never see you
again. God bless and reward you!"
This kindness was more than I could
bear.
"Pray for me, pity, forgive me !" I cried,
madly, and losing all control over myself,
caught her to my heart, took one last
look at her white, frightened face, and
rushed from the house.
This is not a war story, so I will brief
ly passe over my life in the army. I worked
hard, I courted every danger; but reck
less as I was, I could not the, death would
not take me.
For four years I heard nothing from
Elsie. f had grown, at last, to consider
my love as a thing of the past. But no
woman, I felt, would ever be to me what
Elsie was. It was sacrilege to think of
any one occupying her place in my heart.
Well, I was mustered out when the war
ended. Once more I found myself at
home. My old friends crowded around
me, all but Mr. Whitington. So, one day
I asked if he had left the city.
" Why, Hal" said Dr. Potter, "didn't
you know he was dead? le died two
years ago."
"Dead I Where was his wife ?" I asked
breathlessly.
" Gone to Philadelphia. She was al
most broken-hearted when her husband
died, and some friends here insisted upon
her going to them. I had a letter from
her only last week. Let me see, I have it
here, if you would like to see it?
I seized the letter, tore it open, noted
the contents, and rushed to my room,
proceeded to pack my valise, as if life or
death depended upon my expedition.
That journey to Philadelphia was the
longest in my life. It was so hard to wait,
even for a few hours, now that Elsie was
free. I went up the marble steps with a
palpitating heart. Yet, strange to say, no
doubt of my success occurred to me. My
great love would surely awaken an echo
in her heart, I said to myself.
The back windows of the parlor open
ed into a beautiful conservatory. i en
tered it. There, amidst rare exotics, said
Elsi, the choicest flower of all.
The soft carpet gave back no echo to
my footsteps, and she did not perceive me,
so absorbed was she reading.
She was so beautiful, so much more
beautiful than ever, that the first glimpse
of her face brought back, with overwhelm
ing force, the love I had so long struggled
to destroy.
" Elsie !" I called, softly.
She looked up. The color surged over
the sweet face. Rising, she came forward
and welcomed me, but with embarrass
ment.
I led her back to her seat among the
flowers, and standing there before her,
told my story as best I could. I went on
rapidly, lest my courage should fail. I
told her all. How I first met her, and the
result; how I struggled to conquer my
love; how I was tempted by the bedside
of hei husband; bow 1 was &AVIA from
crime. She gave me a look of horror at
this, and buried her face in her hands. I
could scarcely go on. But the truth must
be told, so I continued to the end. Then,
with all the eloquence I possessed, I plead
ed my case. "Only a look," I said. "Any
thing tp give me a hope for the future—"
She gave no sign—no reply, but tears.
"Elsie," I cried, in my anguish, "can
you forgive me? Spare, .h! spare me
another trial. I, who have suffered so
much already! Have mercy and answer
me!"
At last she spoke. Laying her hand
among my once black locks, that were
now prematurely gray, she said:
" Harold, I have pitied you since that
night we parted, years ago; since I have
had a right I have thought of you often,
and now I—l think I might love you."
At lust, at last, I had - won my heart's
desire !
I caught her in one long embrace, and
thanked God for giving me such joy, after
such sorrow.
We have been married five years, and
my life, since, has been one of unalloyed
happiness. The possesson of my lovely
wife has left me nothing to wish for, and
her pure example has led mo to look with
faith to the God who so mercifully bless
ed me, and whom I so long ignored.
A Day With Hawthorne at Concord.
I remember walking with him to the
Old Manse, a mile or so distant from The
Wayside, his new residence, and talking
over England and his proposed absence
of several years. We strolled around the
house, where he spent the first years of
his married life, and he pointed from the
outside to the windows, out of which he
had looked and seen supernatural and
other visions. We walked up and down
the avenue, the memory of which he has
embalmed in "-Mosses,' and he discoursed
most pleasantly of all that had befallen
him since he led a lonely, secluded life in
Salem. It was a sleepy, warm afternoon,
and he proposed that we should wander
up the banks of the river and lie down
and watch the clouds float above and ip
the quiet stream. I recall his lounging,
easy air as ho tolled me along until we
came to a spot secluded, and oftimes sa
cred to his wayward thonghts. He bade
me lie down on the grass and hear the
birds sing. As we stepped ourselves in
the delicious idleness, he began to mur
mer some half-forgotten lines from Thom
son's " Searons," which he said had been
favorites of his from boyhood. While we
lay there, half hidden in the grass, we
heard approaching footsteps and Haw
thorne hurriedly whispered "Duck! or
we shall be interrupted by sorpebedy."
The solemnity of his manner, and, the
thought of the down-flat position in
which we had both placed ourselves to
avoid being seen, threw me into a foolish,
ball-hysterical llt of laughter, and when
he nudged me, and again whispered more
lugubriously-than ever. "Heaven help
me, Mr.— is, closed upon us!"
,I, felt
convinced that if the thing went further,
suffocation, in my case at least, mast en.
sue. •
—Love like a lire, is always the Gera
eat when opposed, and the more it is
bknra the harder it rages.
—Cure fur a" brain on fire"—Blow it
out.
Those Troublesome Childress.
EY EFFIE JOIISSON.
" Dear, dear, these troublesome child
ren 1 What a racket they do make I Can't
you keep still, boys r
Brimfull of fun and mischief, the tWb
rosy checked boys were tumbling over
and over upon the handsome brussels
carpet, while the mother, with a scowl
upon her face, sat looking after them the
picture of discontent.
" Hurrah, John, let's be off, mother's
so cross we can't have no fun here," and
the two crazy pates started for the street,
slamming the door after them.
Mrs. Connor drew a sigh of relief and
took her embroidery from her basket,
looking op to her friend as she did so
with, "those boys are the plague of my
life, Mary."
" Indeed, I thought they were a bless.
" A blessing! with their noise and dirt ?
why Mary, the only peace I have is when
they are out of the house. It's bedlam
when they are here."
" Where do they go." •
"How should I know. They're out of
the way and I can finish my embroidery.
See how beautifully this rose is shaded;
is'nt it lovely?"
" Yes," answered Mary, mechanically,
but her thoughts were with the poor lit
tle boys for whom there was no room in
their mother's elegant parlors, no room
at home. .
Let us also follow them. We shall find
them in a billiard saloon, for there boys
will go where fathers lead—and "father
plays billiards, and he drinks beer too.
We'll take some wlue I guess," said little
Ned.
"But where did you get that mo.ney ?"
asks Johnny,
" Keep shady, I got it odt of the mon
ey drawer. Two glasses of wine," calls
out the little hopeful at the bar.
You will not give those children wine,
Snooks?" says a portly looking man,loting
ing on a chair and puffing a cigar while
he is looking over the chaste columns of
the "Police Gazette." "Why not Guz
zler ? you drink brandy, and these "young
uns" have got to learn, so they may as
well begin. I think its real cunning now."
"That's good wine," says little Johnny
smacking his lips as he set down his glass,
"brandy is such plagny fiery stuff I don't
like it . ' " Well, well, you're in a ta:r
way to learn," says Guzzler laying down
his paper and going forth into the open
air.
His meditations take an unusual turn,
"children are worse than • monkeys," he
growls. "How carefully they do troitiate
us old sinners.
Zounds I've half a mind to give up
drinking. What if my little Freddy were
such a precious scamp as that but he loves
me, the little innocent—and if he imitates
me what then ? He shall never know.
How I wish I'd never tasted the infernal
stuff?"
Joc Guzzler went home entirely sober
that night, but ho did not tell his good
wife of the temperance lecturer he had
been, and she poor woman was too thank
ful, and too prudent to ask him how it
happened. The years rolled by and the
little conies ripened fast.
They could toss off a glass of brandy
now as easily as they could drink a glass
of wine when we just knew them, and
the lady mother was more fretful and
fault-finding than ever, for "It's sucti a
disgrace she said to have the boys come
home drunk as they do every fuw days
and they keep such low company. Where
lies the blame ? The father is too much
absorbed in money-making to mind his
boys, and besides he belongs to, the town
board and gave the license. He ought to
complain of
. his own work surely.
The rich merchant and his lady wife
woke up to their shame, when poor Ned
was arrested as a street drunkard, and
Jonny found a long home in the penit
entiary for the crime of forgery.
" Shall I tell you what made
me first leave off drinking said Joe
Guzzler, patting the rosy cheeks of his
happy looking wife.
"Yes if you please."
" Well it was those young (*vies. They
drank like topers before they werea dozen
years old. I thought of Freddy and I
just quit."
" And I am proud of you" my husband;
"said the little woman, throwing her arms
around his neck and kissing his brown
cheek. "Look at Freddy now, as noble
and true a boy as can be found in this
village, and only think what might have
been.
" Yea wife think what might have been
but for a noble loving cbristain mother."
Valley Home, Feb. 21 1871.
A 'Fine Old Man.
The following description of u a fine
old man," is by Murk Twain John
Wagner, the oldest man in Buffalo —one
hundred and four years old—recently
walked a mile and a half in two weeks.
Ho is as cheerful and bright as any of
those other old men that charge around
in the newspapers, and in every way as
remarkable. Last November he walked
five blocks in a rain storm, without any
shelter but an umbrella, and cast his vote
for Grant, remarking that be had voted
for forty-seven Presidents—which was
not strictly correct. His "second crop of
brown hair" arrived from New York yes
terday, and he has anew set of teeth corn
ing_from Philadelphia. He is to be mar
ried nest week to a girl one hundred and
two years old, who still takes in washing.
They have been engaged eighty years,
but their parents persistently refused their
consent until three days ago. John Wag
ner is two years older than the Rhode Is
land veteran and has never tasted a drop
of liquor in his life, unless you 'Count
whiskey.
WATER on Bana?—A devoted minister
of the Gospel, whose efforts for the Amuse
of temperance hare been much blessed by
God, was once dining with a family, when
the lady who presided at the table said,
"Ah I do not like your doctrine, you go
too far in refusing the good creatures of
God."
No notice was taken of the remark by
the minister at that time. At length he
said, "Pray, madam , can you tell me who.
made Ma r holding up a glass of water.
VOLIW XXVIII,,NIIMBER la.'
" now IRother Dtd
If we were to suggest one which above
all other things combined, would most
contribute to the happiness of the young
house keeper, it would be to learn how to
cook as a husband's inothercooked. Moth
er used to make coffee so and lie; mother
used to have such waffles ; and mother
knew just how thick, or how thin, to make
a squash pie •, and, oh ! if I could only
taste of mother's biscuit. Such are the
comments or the husband and of too
many meal tables. It would be only a lit
tle more creel for the husband to throw
his fork aeross the table, or to dash .the
contents of his tea cup in his wife's face.
The experience of a contrite husband is
good reading for those men whose daily
sauce is "how mother did it." Re says:
I found fault some time ago with Ma
ria Auh'is custard pie, and tried total her
how my mother made custard pie. Maria
made the pie after my receipt, it lasted
longer than any other pie we ever had.
Maria set it on the table every day for din
ner, and you see I could not cat it because
I forgot to tell her to put in any eggs or
shortening. It was economical, but in a
fit of generosity I stole it from the pantry
and gave it to a poor little boy in the
negbborhood. The boy's funeral was
largely attended by his former playmates.
I did not go myself.
Then there were the buckwheat cakes
I told Maria Ann any fool could beat her
making those cakes, and she said I had bet
ter try it. So I did. !emptied the batter all
out of tho pitcher one evening and set the
cakes myself. I got the flour and the salt
and water, and, warned by the past, put
in a liberal quantity of eggs and shorten
ing. I shortened with tallow from roast
beef because I could not find any lard.
The batter did not look right, and I lit
my pipe, andpondered yeast—yeast to be
sure. I had forgotten the yeast. I went
and woke up the baker and got six cents
worth of yeast. I set the pitcher behind
the sitting room stove and went to bed.
In the morning I got up early and prepar
ed to enjoy my triumph; but I did.tet.
That yeast was strong enough to raise the
dead, and the batter was running all over
the carpet. I scraped it up and put it in
to another dish. Then I got a fire in the
kitchen and put on the griddle. The
first lot of cakes stuck to the griddle.
The second dittoed, only more. Maria
came down and asked what was burning.
She advised me to grease the griddle. 1
did it. One end of the griddle got - too
hot and I dropped the thing on my tend
erest corn, while trying to turn it around.
Finally the cakes were ready for
breakfast, and Maria got the other
things ready. We sat down to the table.
My cakes did not have exactly the right
flavor. I took one mouthful and it satis
fied me. I lost my appetite at once. Ma
ria Would not let me put one on her plate.
I think those cakes may be reckoned a
dead loss. The cat would not eat them.
The dog run off and stayed away three days
after one was offered him. The hens
won't
. go within ten feet of them. I threw
them into the back yard, and there has
not been a pig on the premises since. I
eat what is put before me now, and do
not allude to my mother's systemof cook
ing.
- - --.0.111111. ..
War Anecdote.
As a "war anecdote" bow is the follow
ing: During the "troubles" a young
Confederate miss was passing through
one of the hospitals, when it was remark
ed that a prisoner, a lieutenant, had died
that morning. "Oh, where is her Let
me see him . Let me kiss him fur his
mother !"
The attendant led her intoan adjoining
ward, when, discovering Lieutenant 11.,
of the Fifth Kansas' lying fast asleep,and
thinking to have a little fun, he sointetl
him out to the girl. She sprang forward
and bending over him said :
" Oh, you dear lieutenant, let me kiss
you for your mother."
What was her suprise when the awaken.
ed "corpse" ardently clasped her in his
arms, returned the salute, and exclaimed :
"Never mind the old lady, miss; go it
on your own account. I haven't the
slightest objection.
Nir Bing William of Prussia is not
lavish on personal apparel. His valet re
cently gave him a hint of substituting a
new coat for a garment which he had worn
two or the years longer than ho ought,
and was thereupon summoned to the roy
al presence.
'Where is my old coat, Jean ?'
4 I have taken it away, your majesty, it
is no longer 6t to be worn.' •
4 What are you going to do with it,
Join ?'
' I believe I am going to sell it.'
' How much do yon think you will get
for it ?'
This was hard to answer, for no " old
do" Jew in the world would give a dime
for the coat. Jean therefore hesitated for
a moment, and then answered.
I believe I shall geta dollar for it, your
majesty.
Thelieg took his pocket book from the
table, opened it. and handed Jean the dol
lar.
' Here is your dollar, Jean, said he,
'That coat is so comfortable; bring it back
to me; I want it yet:
No SMOKING ALLowsn.—Old Doctor
Stearns, of Now London, in his latter
years, kept a drug store. A gentleman one
day purchased a cigar of the Doctor and
lighting it, began to smoke.
" Please do not smoke is the stoso,"taid
Dr. S., politely, it is against our role."
"tat Ica sell cigars," rejoined Mogen
tleman,—" selrem to smoke, don't you r
" Yes, air, wo sell cigars," replied the
doctony's• little sharplir—„and me {ell ph
do ;‘ but we doul" allow it to operate i n the
store." :
—Slightly sareaaie was the eleigyrosa
who paused and addiessed a inameomlug
into the ehureh after thenera
W hisi_he.
remark:'gen with the r emark :' ¶' Ol ale:You,
air; come ill • ,aiwaya.,glad to ,see 'those
here late wh o can't woe early;' "lade.
cidedly self,possessed, Rae, VP men this
sasessal in !he preseneklif au aatenish•
essgeggstsee, salmi zespamig Mina
yea; foal& yen farm tea, with the te4t ?'
A Singular Faschsalloa.'
A WOMAN IN LOVE wrrrr A NTCLUAIi I.
The Philadelphia Sunday Dtspatch con
tains an account of a woman who was
fascinated bra woman which is moat , re
markable as apsycologictal study.' Ajady
was one of the teachers at a rebut in a
little country town, - and among beipupils
was a young girl who became so at ta ched
to her as to be restless when not near her,
and so marked did tbislore beconui that
her parents withdrew her horn the school,
and soon afterwards the teacher left 'the
place. The girt was • sent 'to another
school in a distant - town; but prayed so
refractory that at one time the principal
thought inadvisable to seta' her home;
she would not study - nor associate' with
the other girls, until at last a lady—her
old teacher—came to town and applied
for a situation as teacher, which was de
nied her. Then•she established 'a school
of her own. and her occasional • visits' is
her old, pupil were so beneficial that the
girl became sociable and tractable. The
parents discovered that their daughter
was again under the influence of the wo
man whom by this time they cordially
hated, withdrew her from the school and
took her home. In the next week - the
woman came to the village in which • the
parents resided and requested to be the
child's governess, but was refused, and
another was taken in her plice;.wherattp
on the girl beccite so obstreperous' 'that
she tore up her books and threw them at
the head of the governess, whoinotliking
such treatment weut ler way. As no
plausible reason.tiould. benrgettaginstal
towing the two to.see each otherriccasion
ally, the strange womatewes pertnitted to
visit at the house until lie girl's
they
became so jealous orbeithat they actiiiil
lydrove her from the tow; although:her
conduct had been"unexceptionabk- let
ters were exchanged, and as' time !passed
the strange lore seemed, to increase and
gain entire control of the girl's
Although she bad grown to womanhood
she loathed the oompany of inen, although
she had numerous lovers, .would -have
nothing to do with them.z.Her..fidend
was in a distant town. and hardly. able to
support herself, and this fact so preyed
on the girl's heart that she determined to
go to her, and she did at last• although
her parents discarded her for it. :The two
worked together in poverty.and when at
last the elder died, she said to her weep
ing friend : "Ohl - darling, turn, away
your face and let me' die?' - Eight years
have passed since that time, but her grief
yet torments her; she, sits alone and
mopes all day long in her father's houa.
to which she has been weicoraed. She
does not seem 'to be insane, and physicians
seem to think that in time she may recov
er from her strange and melancholy
plight; but her parents knowing her
thoroughly, do not believe: that ilia will
over eseape the strange fascinatiotat the
dead.
Scene In o Runway Car.
The last fish story comes from New
Jersey. Lately, in the interior of that
State, a mild-looking countryman entered
a railroad car, bearing a bundle -tied tip
in a handkerchief; which he placed under
his seat at the end of the car. After trav
eling along for about half an hour, a lady
sitting in front of the countryman was
observed to move uneasily in her seat, and
to east savage glances at a seemingly re-,
speetable Mall sitting by her. side.
In a few moments afterwards another
lady, still further to the front, "became
uneasy," and at last, vising In her seat, It
quested that some gentleman in the car
would protect her from and elderlyrkaik
ing gentleman by her side, and whom she
stand had insulted her.
A dozen persons offered their assistanCe.
and before the accused could speak in his
own defense, his hat was jammed over his
eyes, and he was dragged • to the rear
,of
the car.
While there, and carrying on with the
avengers a war of words as bilerhat the
indignity meant, still another, lady ' , rose,
also seated farther up the car, and accus
ed a gentleman sitting. behind 4er -with
improper conduct. A rush wise:lade for
insulter number two, but that gentlethan
vigorously defended binnelnyith'
stick which he happened - alum (and
which, by the way, was orie ellnftQf the
troubles, his accuser stating, thathe bad
indecororsly been rapping her ankles en
der the seat with the same,) and while the
struggle to get at bin WWI still. -in pro
gress, somebody in thatront of 'the: car
shouted there's a "snake hn the floor." A
scene then ensued. The ladies n in the car
clambering up on to the seiits, Mid many
got on the arms andliacto of 'the same.
One elderly maiden'managed te•stand on
the backs of two seats, in. - the best-circns
manner possible under , thecirounisbilices,
while a young Mother threw her
,baby in
to a parcel-rack, and then hung ',ctonyul
sively to a ventilatbr. • " 4 .
The confasien awoke the countryman,
who, on being told of the, snake, that felt
in his bundle, and then eickimed, : u rn'
blamed if that Old eel habit:got loose,"
started for the front, and soon returned,
grasping firmly an imMense‘cielv which be
had first caught; while Ontlishint,l but
which, when brought intit'zillesar c ,:had
managed to get out .14 the,.bandle p. ,and
had wended its way to the; front
caressing the different • iarietleittf'inMes
garters which nereneonntered on-the way.
Apologies given anti leceireflattni,ghten
ed eTerything in that car, but_itlielmt.tbat
was pmmed - down, end tbe< l eouriWma
leaving at the , next station, no ; bldod wan
drawn:
. . .
--Judge Portly eve- act Jlieliket:thrio
ho ever experiene4 us issumg thn
Brat number a newspaper, tern.
town. ' The peOyile..wanted - prinitlimg
stirring. **Mid Wa
tery of thelemliiiiVotitlolailias-Tithibh
ed. by their. Iriendtt ~ , T lieiT;j646,;eikys
that-for the flirt hour_lthey rushed for th.r
oier; the fir* hour, they rArlied tot
.Ose : 013110 Worst, specimens of 0b
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