THE MONTROSE . DEMOCRAT . E. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor. Viso Card. DB. W. W. 81111TH, Dorm?. Rooms at hls derelltne, next door toot of the Repablkan printing office. 0111ce hours from 9 a.. Ir. too T. IL Montrose, May S, le7l—tt THE DAUBER—un: ! Ha!! Charley Morels hi the barber. who eau share your face to order; Cuts brown, black and grlindey hair, In tits afire Jas op Maim These you will end him, over Iriere's store. below hlcSenales—just one door. Itentetlee, Jane 1, C. !WARTA. S. B. & A. U. IIIeCOLLIOIII Arreascers AT Leer Ofsre over the Bank. Montrose Pe. iteotztie.,lll7 10. tt DR. D. A. LATROP. Has amed as office. st the foot of Chegnet street, near the Catholic Church, where he can be consulted at all times. Yonmose, April Vi s tni. 11 CROSSMON & BALDWIN, ATTORNEYS AT LI.W.-olllee over the store of Win. 3.llolfort. on Pahlle Avenue, lloutroso Pt. W. C 110415.1105. B. L. 8....t.05na. Montrose, Stara 1, Mi. if. J. D. VAIL, 11011LOPA11110 PIITSICIAX Ala) STJUGEOX. Use permanently Located blorself in Ifontrore, Pa , where he will prompt ly attend to all mile in hie probation with whleh be may . he herded Office and residence %est of the Court noose, Dear Fitch & Watentraornce. . . liontrose, February 9.1 971 LAW OFFICE' PITCFI A WATSON. Attorneys et Law, at the old Gillet If Bentley &Mel. Montrose. Ps. P. men. Van. 11 , "71.[ v. v. or ♦TeCnt. CHARLES N. STODDARD. Dealer ht Boots sod Shots, fists and Caps. Leather and PiedMr, Wlln Street. Ist door below Boyd's Store. Work made to order, and it:paring done neatly. 3t ottrose„ Jan. t, 1570. LITTLES & BLAESSLEE, Attontoys and Counsellors at Law. Omen the ono beretotore mewled by EL B. a 6, P. Little. on Men street. Montrose4 Pa. [Aprll93. ft_ s. melts. nem e. terns. a. t. lII.AILMBLZI. -- - E. XeEsau!. C. C. Faunae, W. H. Wean,. & CO. Dealer. la Dry Goads, Clothlog, Ladles and Mines due Mums. Mee, agents for the great Amer - team Tea and Cepa Comany. Montroee. Pa . ap.l."111. LEWIS KNOLL, 813AVING 'AND ttAllt Dfit'SSING. Shiro to the near Poatritilcit *here be will tiled !natty to attend all who may grant anything la Ma line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13, lath. 0. Ni. HAWLEY, roman in rEtlt OitOCERIP.B, cuocinzmr ilardltafe, Hata, ear. BootP.Sh dee, ItestdiT Ma& Cloth tig. Paints, Oils, etc., New Milford. Pa. 'Sept. 8, 'B9. DR. S. W. DAYTON, PAYSTCIAN & SURGEON. tender. his services to the citizens of Great Bend and sit lofty Omro at hit residence. oppostte Barnum [loom, 131. Bend Tillage. Sept. Ist, 1869. tf LAW OFFICE. rtragt.tio a stevnitm, Attpmey. arid coon ots at Last. °Mee in the Brick glikk over the ok. [Slonttate Aug. 4. WM. A. Caasassus. . J .s.llcCouLtric. A. a D. EL LATHROP, DEALERS in T/ry Goods. Groceries, crockery and glarsordre..table and aet cutlery. Paints, oils. dye .tdff.. lime - godshoes. bole leather. Perfumery trfteit 'Mock, ortlolning the Tank. Montrose. [august It. Itiett.—tf A. LlTII110?, - • I). R. La (nor. A. d. illAdittlit, ATTORNEY A. LAW. Bounty, Beek Pay. Pantiles dfld Stern on Claims attended fa. Otter d oor below goyd l a Start, Ifontrore.Pa. [Mr 7,'69 IL C. SClrrolif Anettaneer, and Insurance Agent, att Prilend4lrtne, Pa.. C. 6. GiILBEUT, .Atiorscrtia.22.e.Dr. GreaL Bend, Ps tt. a • ate elf A 111 I 16 LY, 17. A. .A.‘acrildrascror. &lc 1. 110. Addres., Brooklyn, lire. 501E1 GROVES, F ARIIIONABLE SMI3R, ',lantern*. Po. !Mop over 012/1411111'11 Store. Allordere tilled la first-rate style. o emir, done on shorfoolice. and warranted to at.. w. yr, tilirrn, • t6INgT AND CilLlll. MANUYNCTUDERS.—rao e 1!! % lame% 14011M110. Pa. Mtg. 1: 186). H. surintier, DEALER tit Staple aad Paaey Dry Goods, ereeter) antrderara, Iran, Stores, Dta gs, Cf!h_, arta Paints Bestsaltil Slims, flats a C 09,140; Buffalo Sober Groceries .Pfdrhrlons. c;e., elm Milford. Pa. fig. La P. EtiligS, itra partuancatly located st Prim:otosiiia for the par arpracticlng medicine and surgery to all ay haw Da may be Bf. fO lomatg. f L at elm aucketrti Iddrlfe. E Ufa& &oft 8 ?Assassins, Ps., Aug, STROUD & BROWIII, Flat' EqD Lutz INSUelfrNett ACENTB. er bn•ltt4OattiTeded tfriptiltiftail,erfiAlf , tett!. Office trot dattf donftut • Mcmtroso Liotol," wen Otte 0 , Public Avensie, ISMitIOSe, Pa. [Avg 1,185. Bmusas Sysoro., • • Ctitras. L. Duovi. WIS. D. MAK, ATTORNEY AT 'LAW, Monttete, °Meer oppo. site the Tubell Bosse, sear the Cowl Hansa. Aug. 1. tha.—tt ABEL TERRELL, D LALBB to Drags, Patent Idedicors, Cittemleals MOM% Paints, 0113,Dye ,turn, Varnishes, Win • Glass, Grooerles, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa, d~eerr.Stone-ware, Lamps, Kerosene,. Deftfeety 01h. Guns, Amami:titian, Lathes. Specueles liiifstiseq Pane, Goods, Jewelry, Porta es, de.— being fans elate lost numerous. atetutive, sad . ..doable collet:11=i of Goods In Susquehanna Co.— Established In 1869. Montrose, Pa. D. W. SEARLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. office over the Store of A. WA:op, to the Beek Block, Montrose, Pe. [AnITO MI. W. 1.. lIICRATI.DSON, rliTsianar 6 KTRGEON. tenders hie pro:elflike:a services to the citizens of Montrose cod vicinity.— Oftlee at hie residence, on the corner east of Ham 6 Bros. Fonndr7. [An:. 1, UM. DE. E. L. EIAILDNE9, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Montrose. Pa. Glirer eipeelal attention to diseases of ttre Tlestrt sod LADS. sad all Margkal diseases. Deana Odle* over M. B. Boardsat Searle's Hotel. [Aug.'. MM. BICIVIS a 151M11101.13, DES.. .sall Ln Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Dy& asAU.flint.olls Varnish, [Anon. Spices:Pam sr: ciel, admit Stellloines. Perineum and Tolle Ar incees. farPrestaisclons carefully ecenyounded•—• knells ilosaus„strivo tsearls's Newsom Pa Bow. Arcs a s ' • 1. LIM OIL IL L BABIDUICII, retractor a 508080 N. res. unrany• ht. ponendonal services to the ant= of irdecnbrlno tad vicinity. isr.o Oleo tatioolllce of Dr. Lan karts et J. Ilonlorrs. Ang.ll.lBo. PROF. NORRIS, Tn. igsatt Saber. retinae Ids thanks for the kind mt. roan* that Yu enabled him to eel, the belt ran—U he I I ber'at time to tell the whole story. but come earl see for roQrnpes mat the Old Sum& 5o loud Cinching a llo yed 111 tu shop. [April i HUNT 13130TUEBS, • sell/011'0N. PA. Micieside B Rabat Patent* HARDWARE. LEON. STEEL, NAILS. Spy. SWIVELS, nerwurs HARDWARE, sane SAM cap= ra T S4.II4TIZZa AILBOAD & [NO ItrPrides. cd2lBl4&E SITING& &SLAV, SKEINS 4,9 b &0728. BOLTS IfilTB al& W41117=1. rz.saspis_twas. Ar.u,zgams uNs. eacepwres. FELLOEs. &BAT errirmes BOITRaIe. VI • • MIMI and dim. mums . SLIIDEIDS. KUM /0.46 a. COGAINAIt • p mussiare. ustmeko. ?Ammo Mk MOCK!. PlAiitElv PA!!! Mum!. GANDA GILINDeMtim papa wapoW WAS.LINATHEIGN FUNDING! - PAINIULDNIIIIO I / 6 131. awasm. 'WM. stmt. Nestross, AL • —At Sher-Wood's, the Watch-Maker, Halo rafts taut WHAT HSTSET SAID. A earlaiimirr TO "BIM= Atm I Alta CO?.•r Some days ago we published a hit of rhyme from the Toledo Blade," entitled " Betsey and I are Out." Those who read cannot well help but remember it, for it was a well told story.— We are not partial to " attsWers" or "supple ments" or continuations of poems that are pop ular, but the subjoined from the Rochester " Un ion and Advertiser" taw true to nature and gives such an apt conclusion to tho affair that it is worth following the original. Well, John, you've bra' the 'greement, and read it to me twice The more you read the worse I feel, although it does sound nice; I wish we could ha' got along, but we can't I plainly see; So'l 11 have to sign the pesky thing, 'though it dues part you and me. We need to talk of heaven, John, and get so tarnel mad, But I was ar.wats right, Jgjan, 'caule why, my poor old dad Would never ha' tmched me anything but what he knew was true; Ile was a mighty good man, too, John, and the Bible knew clean through. Cid Brindle died, pod know, John, and thee. we had a spat' But I was right again, John, 'cause why, you know I sat Where I Could plainly see just " how" she done the thing; Why, I know it just as well, John, as I knows anything. Then next you "played your little joke"•—yon thought it mighty conning; I didn't see the pin't, John, nor didn't know you's funning,— But when I fell, and broke that worthless little bowl, I REALLY thought you's mean,John, or else what made you scold? Now, John, rve been a faithful wife since you and I did wed, But seein' we have got to part, I wish that I was dead. I think that lawyer might have fixed it up some other way, - Be doesn't know his business, John, that's all rve gut to say. We can't part the !Attie, John, there's not an even number, And it rm ring of, John, rm not a going to cumber Myself ifith none of your fanning tools and things ; I'll only take my clothes, and this poor wedding ring. I know you're mighty good. John, to offer me the home; But I do not care to have it, If I've got to live alone. No. keep your houses and your lands, I'll go my self sway ; I hope you will not marry, Sohn, for baby's sake, don't, pray. I shan't live long, I know I shan't; for wheal I once am gone. ru ❑et and worry so—for I know things will go wrong, The house will soon get dirty, too, and filled with rats and mice: You'll miss me, John, I know? yoci will, If Tor try to keep it nice, Tvc washed and mended elf your clothes, and packed them In the press; And sewed, too, every button on, so when you come to dress You cannot say, I didn't do my duty to the last; Fre always =ran to do it, John in truth I've done my bast. If you ever get the fever, Jdhn, Y trope you'll send tor me; I'll come and nose ydti,—bett I can, Just try me, you will see; But I cermet stn the 'greernerit, Jdirn 'twonid part us bblb forefet Oh, do stop bawling so, Jolt's', rm willing to etietc together! Madison, May 5, ism w. c. 0. grcritio anti Wititiono. —The inhabitants of Sardinia are not Sardine& —An editot received a letter in which weather was spelled weilinr. He said it was the worst spell of weather he had ever seen. —At o New York weddin g reception iv young lady aCcidentifily set ber back hair on fire. When it was extingnished she said she was glad it wasn't her best. —'A little boy having broker/ his rock ing horse the day it was bought, his Moth , er began to scold him, when ho silenced her by inquiring, " What's the use of a horse till it's broke?'' —" Are the jury agreed ?" asked the judge of a court attache, whom he met on the stairs with a bucket in his hatoL— " Yes" replied Patrick, "they have agreed to sind oat for a half gallon." , —" That man," said a wag, " came to Nashan forty years ago, purchased a bas ket, and commenced gathering rags. How much do you suppose he is worth now ?" It was a connundrurn we could not ans wer. "Nothing," he continued, atter a pause, "and he owes for the basket." —lt is common to speak of those whom a flirt hasjilted as her victims. This is a grave error. Her real victim is the man whom she.ericepts. This reminds us of a smiler "A coquette is a rise-from whom every lover plucks a lest==the thorn re mains fur her futtirehnsbrind." —At a school examination the teacher asked a boy whether he could forgive those who had wronged him? Could yon," -said the teacher, a fomire a boy..for caesurae, who bad iusult.d or struck you?" a Y.e-e-e, sir," replied the lad, very slow ly, "I—think—f—could—if ho was big ger than I gor _ Well; Tons," said a blaeksiith. to his spmstket, (lon have been. with me now mouths, and have been all the different point' in onr trads. I wish to give your ohoiceof work fora while "Thank'f, air." gkilta, now whatiort of abbot. apn do you lik beet. ' bluttiu' up MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 1811. Piornantati. THE STATISTICS OF HYMEN. "The bard and unpleasant truth may as well be stated," says A peeton's Journ al, "that marriages occur to accordance with large general facts, over which in dividuals can exercise no authority, and that in numbers they are in no wise af fected by the temper and wishes of the people. This first fact about marriage is not only prosaic but humiliating. Shall not these people choose companions for life, and listen to the clesical 'What God hath joined together let no man put asunder,' at such time as they may mu tually agree upon ? By no means. The law says they shall do neither of these things; and peculiarity of this law is that it can not be violated. Furthermore, all who desire it will not be permitted to marry. What is to he said of such im mitigable tyranny as this? Not marry when we choose, or whom we choose! Not to be consulted as to whether we shall marry or not! What is life worth if these things are to be decided without our knowledge or consent? Not much, . perhaps ; but we might just as well learn the disameeable fact at once and submit to it. .N attire is fond of cheats, and dis plays her charlatanry irrespective of per son— "Men are the sport of circumstances, wbett The circumstances seem the sport of men. Prospero, and that Puck is after all noth ing but the personified of corn. These illusions and hallucinations are results of the operation of law, and, we can not disturb them, though we pile formula on formula, and equation upon the revolving earth is light us a feather, compared with the weight of the argument. Per contra, what cares passion fur the multiplication table, or love for the differential calculus ? A tico for you, law of statistics Never theless, Maud commits an unintentional perjury when she vows her husband shall be the men of her choice, and we all know that Adolphus Pitzherbert will re peat Itome's blunder. • Leaving the domain of fancy, we find the plain statistical facts concerning mar riage running somewhat in this wise: ROMANCE VS. SIATIEMCS. Youth has its illusions and middle rigeits hallucinations, wherefore these tea - ' ings of statistics may go hang. Does not Romeo actually know that he chooses Juliet in preference to Rosalind? Is it at all probable that Marinda would have escaped marriage with Caliban if she had never met the shipwrecked Ferdinand? Where and what is the tricksy Prick that makes maidens see as he wills and trans- forms Demetrions and Lysander, subject to no law save his own? Alas! this plodding and prosaic statist, this withered and be-spectacled matehmatician' will prove to you that Romeo is mieteken. "The average age of women. when thoy marry, is 24:46 years, and of 100 who reach this age 21 will never marry. With men it fares differently; for, strange as it may seem, more women than men get married, and, of 100 of the latter who reach the marriage age of 25:9 years, 22 will die bachelors. Thus, about one fifth of our people are doomed to die un wedded, whether they prefer it or not. WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS. " Now, the marriages that occur iu ' New York number, year by year, about 9,280-18,560 persons—and fur every one of these marriages there will at some time be left a widow or widower; fur it rarely happens that husband and wife die at the same moment. Softie of those wid ows and widowers will remarry—more of the latter than the former—and because of this Fact the actual number of women who marry will exceed the actual number of men. The rule seems to be thetabout one in three widowers and one in four widows remarry. "01 100 marriages, about 13 of the men wilt be widowers, and only 11 of the ivotnen will be widows, the bachelors numbering 87 and the spinsters 89. On general priuciptes, there may be no seri ons objection to old Weller's advice, gletare of ridden ;' but we, not basing our conclusion upon domestic experience, bat upon a series of mathematic calcula tions, can absolutely affirm that widows do not, by any means, monopolize the matrimonial market, and that there is more to be feared from one spinster than' from a dozen widows (let bachelors make a note of this fact), for the truth is that spinsters have a better success winst widows ire the hunt for husbands , than the baebelors Wive against widowers in I the winning of wives. And, as all the hunting and winning is above the will, and superior to it, we can not say 'beware' to any, but simply admonish all to accept the condition and to yield es gracefully as possible to their • predestinate fate, whatever it -may be—whether single blessedness or wedded woe; conjugal felicity or nnwedded discontent. •itAtittr Suppose there be a hundred weddings in New - York within a given time, in all respects of the °lenge kind, how many of these persons VII be minors? From Paracelsus and Cagliostro down to Home and Fox, not one of all the soothsayers and clairvoyants can tell' you that. Isio palm reading gypsy, no spirit from the vast deep, let him be called by no matter what boasting Glendoiver, can tell half so much of these occult events as this in terrogat ing mathematician will learn from his curious figures and bewildering signs. Ask him, and he will reply, without any mummery or gibberish, twenty-four will have been married and about nineteen will be under age. Of thus latter number all but one will be women—spinsters net yet out of their Wens. At all events, this is the result of his present calculations, and if time and increased nnmbers should alter the averages, he will learn the fact sooner than any one else. The remainder will be bachelors and spinsters of the average of 29:5 for the former, and 25:46 for the latter. "What the law is that makes bachelors so much more prudent than spinsters we will not undertake to say* but certain it is that maidens nuke-ma woo haste than young men in gettieginto the enetek. anotibil net 80,it innate Annembered, relark wiletbisr pendeaters, =kin ed se niarriaghble et fifteen, gig are certainly BO tit severileeni so that. in view of the fact that only eighteen in every hundred of the delicate creatures who marry are under twenty pars of age, while forty-three of the same hundred are between twenty and twenty and Oven , ty five and thirty, we must caudid4 con fess that they manifest a degree of pru dence in the matter that would seriously disturb Mr. Malthus were he only aware of it. We will not say that Marriages previous to the adult Age is invariably in discreet; but we will defy any man to form a just conclusion in regard to the age of discretion from the study of mar riage statistics. To find this result, the martia"e,„ and mortuary,tables must be studied together. The , question is of some importance, but it must be unwill ingly deferred. THE ELIGIBLEAGE3. " But if women come upon the mar riageable list earlier than men, they suf fer the inconvenience of being striken earlier from it. After 45, women are no longer regarded as eligible, matrimonially. and the demand for wives of this age is so slight as to be hardly worth consider ing, although we find an occasional widow —still more rarely a spinster--willing to marry even after having passed the sprightly age of threescore years and ten. Under 25 years of age the number of women who marry is a little more than twice as great as the number of men ; but, after 45, the number of Benedicts is more than thrice that of the bride& In 1,000 marriages of the average kind as to ages, 14 women and 49 men will have passed their ninth lustrum. Widows re marry at an average age of 39 years, while the average of widowers who again take to themselves conjugal partners is 41 or thereabout A TABLE OP CHANCES. " We will not undertake to tell each of our fair readers how old she will be when led to the altar a blushing bride, if that should prove to be her destiny; but we can tell her what the chances are at the, present state of our knowledge of statisti cal facts. If we take the weddings that actually occur, we shall find that, in every thousand, there will be 179 wives under 20 years, while there will be only 9 has bands of that age. But perhaps these facts will be better stated in statistical terms, thus : In every thousand marri ages there will be Husbands. Wives. 9, : : : 179 • : Under 20 years of age. 292: : : 434 Between 20 and 25 years of age. 848 : : : 826 Between 25 and 80 years of age. 172: : : : 81 Between 20 and 35 years of age. 83 : : : 43 Between 35 and 40 years of age. •44 : : : 20 Between 40 and 45 years of age. 25 : : : 8 Between 45 and 50 years of age. 12 : : : : 3 Between 60 and 55 years of age. 6 : : : 1 Between 55 and 60 years of age. "The remainder, nine men and five women, will be scattered along . between GO and 80 years—an age at which almost cusp c.a.. ....old be expected to know bet ter. It win r that the desire as well as the 4,l;ari6ficTy tor .mar riage falls off rapidly in both sexes after 30—up to that age both seem to increase. In 27,500 marriages, or thereabout., there will be 119 nice and oily 16 women GO and 70 years of age, while 14 mrti and 4 women will be between 70 and 80. OLD MALI'S. "Interesting as these ancients are, there is still another class deserving of some thing more than a passing note. We mean old maids. flow many are there, and what are their matrimonial chances ? We have already stated that 21 out of every 100 women who reach the marriage age, namely 25:46 years, never marry. lint even this does not tell the exact number of marriageable women who are waiting for husbands, if indeed so ungal lant a thing as this may be said of any. But, then, how is it possible to expect an algebraic sign to be guilty of gallantry ? From the best authority that can be bad upon this exceedingly Interesting topic, it appears that the number of unmarried and marriageable women, within those heretofore mentioned as the marriageable ages, namely 15 and 45, is about 25 per cent. of the whole number of women liv ing between those ogee. "It seems to be a part of the creed of the discontented sisterhood, whether wives or spinsters, that one of the inalienable rights of woman entitles her to a husband. It will be seen that nature has set her face against this assumption' and makes a very different decree. 'flie truth is that every woman brine betneen the a g es of 15 and 45 has 25 chances in 100 ofdying an old maid—that is, hcsi chances of mar riage are as four to one. This is just enough to glee them all hope, and not sufficient to drive any to despair. The complaints of managing mammas are of no avail. Even the ballot will not bring them to a better fate, and, with suffrage or witbont it, one-fourth of all between the above-named ages are doomed to live in old maidenbOod and die nalnisbanded. CONCLUSION I 3. ' Our task is done. In dealing with these secrets we have doubtless been dull; but these bard facts will not admit of poetic treatment even if we were capable of treating facts poectically. When Benedick enumerted the virtues of the woman he would consent to husband, he said : 'Her hair shall be of what color it please God.' He might have trusted the sarmegood Providence—call it fate, destiny. or whatever you will—for all the other qualities just as welL An old adage says: 'llarria.Tes are made in. Heaven,' but 13enedick's was made in old Leonato's as all know ; and it is absolutely true in every case, as it was in the one we are considering, that those ,raost interested have less to do with the result than they can well imagine, or, if they knew, would be willing to admit. For the individual that which he desires is good. that which he would stain is evil; but in the grand economy of the universe the two ore so evenit balanced WA so closely intertwined that e roust be bold, indeed, who would undertake to say which is w bieb, " Talleyrand, upon being introduced to ' two young men, one recently married, the other still a hoehekw, called the form gr a happy many and the latter a lucky dttg. This is broad philosophy of ous d e a uc ti c es. The who live unwedded need_ - no sympathy; these who die lostriti are worthy of no ciamfor which of the ivasTents b bettg so one an possibly Grials4l47- The glary of LOUrts Mgr Never were foity fitinates better _spent than by the twelve men who, in San -Fran cisco, Wednesday afternoon, decided the guilt of a woman who calls herself Laura Fair. For careers less loathsome, Borgia and Brinvilliers are synonimsof womanish atrocity. We are no believers in thopmer. tice of hanging, but so long as that meth od is adopted as the highest expression of the justice of the age, we see no reason why a rationatwomaa who does deliber ate murder should not suffer the penalty equally . with her fellow-man. But we note the universal (and creditable) shrinking from the hanging of a woman as one of the strong arguments against prescribing for this crime a punishment that cannot be en forced. Are we to hold that deliber ate murderers of the male sex should be hung, while equally guilty ones, who, be ing worsen, have fallen lower to reach that depth, should not? Is it wise tobring law into contempt by disregarding it? Or is it wise to have a law the execution of which, in a case like this, will shock the sense of the civilized world, and make even good men hate it? Guilty as is Laura Fair, she is a woman. She may possible be brought to the gallows—though we greatly doubt it; but her presence there will make more clear to all the barbarism of hanging—the need of some punish ment for murder that does not make the chances of escape for such as her so error The lesson from the career of this wo man cannot be emphasized by minute de tails of her crimes, hence the full record of the trial has found no place in oar columns. Her life, however, is too strong ly suggestive to be passed without a glance. She was born in Alabama, and, through poverty and neglect, reached womanhood without knowing the whole some atmosphere of home. The family removed to New Orleans when Laura was sixteen, and here the girl resolved to enter the world under new circumstances. Bright in mind and exceedingly comely in person, she soon found fall Investment for her capital. She caught a rich hus band. She was eighteen and he was eighty. His senile jealousy drove her to the remedy of divorce ; but while the ac tion was pending the dotard died of de= lirinm tremens, and the adventuress found herself the mistress of an ample fortune. She married within a month, and in less than three was the widow of' a suicide. With the resemblance of decent sorrow fresh upon her, she took another husband, Col. Fair, and the fortune of the fire. running low, she emigrated with this one to Virginia City, Nevada, where she set up a hostelry, styled the "Fair House." The amiable Colunel made way for some one else by blowing his brains out, and the incorrigible widow, sated with her matrimonial ventures, essayed fame and fortune on the San Francisco stage. Helots were the arts, however, which do not show t kE Mikan ids also her last. One conquest she made was the final cause of the present scandal, She captivated the susceptible heart of A. P. Crittenden, an ex-Judge, and an emi nent lasvyer, Practicing all the arts of a matchless cunning, she hired him from wife and home, rubbing him meantime of all she could get. With his money, she pensioned her mother comfortably and re-established herself in the Fair House in Virginia City. While still intriguing i with Crittenden she met some one else I possessed with money and made herself his wife. Without identity or apparent purpose, this fourth "httaband" flits auk lessly across the hideous scene. It suited the aim of Jezebel to remove the Naboth that she might make her way into a neigh boring vineyard, so she shot him. This, at any rate, was candid; but even Neva da frowned at it, and the enchantress was brought to trial. She was defended by Crittenden so eloquently and -ably, that the Judge seems to have fbrgotten law and the jury the facts, for she was trite umphan tly acquitted. —The favorite of fortune and favored of ,just l iee supported her melancholly widow- 1 hood a few months, and in 1563 made a new marriage feast, taking to her arms a man of doubtful month but undoubted, wealth, who figures on the scene as "Sny der." She looked upon Synder's money and it was good ; she looked upon Snyder and thought Crittenden was better. Tired of the sanguinary method, she gave Sny der the choice of a divorce, and, he, ami able man, furnished a situation which, whebn rought into court, achieved a legal separation within a month. Crittenden, during these matrimonial transfigurations/ still maintained his fa tuous devotion to the adventuress. He gave her something like 870,000 altogeth er. At the time of the Snyder episode he ; ho*ever, seems to have realized the part he was playing. lie sent for hiswife and family, and meantime informed Mrs, Fair that he could have nothing to do with her. She flooded him with letters and denunciations. She threatened an ' exposure of his relations with here Re ceiving no answers to these mving.s, she thrust herself upon him in his office and avowed herself his wife. She dared him to cast her off. The next day ebo shot him dead, as he sat beside his wife . and children. 01 the %fingerer the trial we have no purpose to speak. The worn out plea of insanity was put forth, but the pry was not impressed with it, The woman faced her judge end jury with matchless assur ance in the very face of Mrs. Crittenden, declaring her manes wife before God." She held what is termed "silvanced views of womanhood," and some of them she had put in pratice. Perhaps a sober contemplaton of this fearful case will convince ladies - of - lid wax of think ing that those' fantastic theories vbich strip women of the proverbial attributes of the sex, can have we other logical' re salt in pmetice than tC ftduce woman to the eonditicrn of a monster. If 'the life of Lau of Fair murders, who now stand convicted of one of her ls more s horrible' than the lives of others of her echoed, ft Is not because her principles are any worse than those of tho average Malaga 1re. , 1 former, but bedamse she bibs, been wore consistent and connwstirokin gating:Op to their ultinn4 tadenaesminillu*t - W. - --Torhup4eren—Bank deb, VOLUME.XXVIII, NUMBER 24. A Olken* firm, A correspondent of Notes and Queries ; writes; In the churchyard of Tewin, Herta, is a remarkable ash tree growing out of the tomb of Lady Anne Onmstone, neo Talton, daughter of lady Thanet, who died in 1713. The tradition is that, being doubtful of a future state, she ex pressed a wish or prayer that if there were aTuture state, a tree might grow out of her heart. 'What foundation there is for this tradition ? The editor adds, oddly enough, the following paragraph, extract ed from the Spiritual Times (December 23, 1865,) bearing on the same subject, reached us simultaneously with the above. To use the Words of our correspondent, Mr. Axon. "Can any one elucidate this marvelous legend ? Iro reference to it is made in Catterbuck's History and An tiquities of the county of Hertford." An Atheist's prophecy fulfilled—the church yard of Tewin in Hertfordshire is a spot of some interest to the curious, from the fact of its being the resting place of the mortal remains of Lady Anne Grimstone. The " old wife's tale" of the neighbor hood, is to the effect that the said Lads , Anne (Irimstone, was an Atheist, without the shadow of belief in the Diety, and that so firm was her unbelief in the non existence of God, that at her death bed her last words were to the effect that if God existed, seven elms would grow out of her tombstone. Whether such words were used, and in a nuinner, it is impossi ble to determine, but whether the tale be correct or not, seven elms have sprung up through the solid tomb, and have broken away the solid masonry in all directions, making the reading of the inscription a difficult and almost impossible feat. The iron railings that surrounded the monu ment are in many places firmly imbedded in the trunks of the trees. 'rho nnmep I ens names carved in all available parts of the trunks attest the number of visitors curiosity has drawn to the spot. The trees are each distinct and seperate, and notwithstanding the strangeness of the locality, appear to thrift' well. litany suppositions to account for their growth have been started, but some are so impro bable a nature that the country people cling to their favorite old . story of Lady Anne's atheism. The Author of the "Lel, Cabin Songs. The Hon. John Greiner, ex-Governor of New Mexico, and author of the once fa mous 'Log Cabin' songs of the political campaign of iSO, died in Toledo on Sat urday morning. He was a resident of Columbus, Ohio, and was attending the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Toledo when he was struck with paralysis. Mr. Greiner was born in 1810, and removed to the State of Ohio when a boy lie was at nrto ad— s•••[11 may at Columbus, and afterward of The Ga '-40R. at. _ the same place,_ and of The, rze.szn/re Fits Times. lie took active -wt in the early Whig campaigns of the State; in fact, as the author of the "Log' Cagbin Songs" and other popular political ballads, he was one of the leaders of the party' Among- his songs still turtifiar, in their titles at least, oven to the younger men of thepresent day, are "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." and "old Zip Coon! Ile composed the music to accompany his songs; and the people seized upon both air and words with enthusiasm and eager ness. lie frequently sang his own songs at immense gatherings during the excite ment of the canrpsign ; and other tongues than his echoed them at monster Whig meetings in all party of the country, North and South. Mr. Greiner was appointed Indian Agent by President Taylor, and President Filmore afterward appointed him Governor of New Mexico. He was absent in the far West about nine years: On bia return be found political combina tions with which he was unfamiliar, and in widch he took little interest. This re lative positions of men whom he had rid iculed of praised were in many cases changed, and be has been heard of but little during late years, At the time of his death, he had retired from editorial duties, and was engaged in business of ' Columbus. THE Cnnoxonixrt.—An interesting object is the chronophet, or instrument from which all England is supplied with the correct time. Sixteen of the most important cities in the Kingdom are in direct communication with this instru ment, which is in itself in direct com munication with the Observatory Green wich. At 9.`58 o'clock every morning fill other work is suspended, in order that there may be no interference with what is called the "time current," which, precise-' ly at the striking of the clock, flashes the intelligence to the sixteen stations with which it is in communication. And not merely at these large towns, bat at every post-office thistinghout the Kingdom ; the clerks, at 9:58 o'clock, are on the lookout for the signal which is being passed along their line, aid the clocks adjusted ftecottr ingly. Messrs. Dent Benson, and all the principle match-makers in London receive time every hour from this clironopher. Time guns at Newcastle and at Shields are also fired ata p. in., by batteries con nected with the cbrenopher, the clock at tached to which is regulated for accuracy to trio twentieth part of a second. Tarts Tumme—The sweetest, the most clinging affection is often shaken by the slightest breath of unkindness, as the ilelicataiings and tendrils of the vines are agjated by the faintest air that blows iti ma;•mer. An unkind word from ono beloved often draws bkical from many a 1 heart which meld defy the battle ax of hatred or the keenest- edge- of vindictive entire. Nay, the shade; the gloom ofr the face igniter rend dear. awakens grief and pate. Thane are the little - thorns which, though mascot' rougher form may make their way, thwregb there without feeling them much, extremely :incommode per , eons of e more refined turn in their jour nay through life, and make theirtravoling irksome and troplesemt: ' .-An I:W=1 sent to - the Thiiiievin s tats , r i m was aped on to , ottookra to io% millet the - be prefer:el to 1* isilorf Chinese Wonion. Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, the missionary to China, lectured in Philadelphia recently. Of the women of China she said : The women of China are divided into two classes—the bound-footed, who are the ladies, and the large footed, who are the common class. The latter earn the burdens, do all the drudging and out door work, while their hushed& do noth ing. When a little girl is bont, the Ira . ents think the gods are angry with them, and they hold a consolation Whether, she shall be allowed to live or not. If she is, when she arrives at the ego of four they hold another consnitatiori whether site shall be a bound footed or a large •footed woman. If she is chosen to be a bound* footed, she is not permitted to do any thing, but if otherwise she has to be the family's slave. I have seen a women with four children strapped to her back and rowing a boat, while her husband laid in his cabin smoking his pipe. Girls hate no choice of their husbands; the young girl is sold by her parents at the highest price they can obtain for her, until after they are married. If he chooses he can be divorced frond het for talking too mach; if he becomes poor, or gets tired of her, he sells her again. In the coldest Weath er the large footed women efeirot allowed to wear stockings, and cannoc dress in any other colors than black or blue. The manner in which they make their fee; small is by binding the four toes under the foot, which they keep bottud up for abont eleven years, When thafxrtbecomer deed. I have walked through the *tete when the women would brush against my dress so atko see cry feet, so that could tell to what class I bele vronhl say to them, "I will show you lay feet, bnt do not pull my clothes, at it it rude." When I would expose rm !Mt to them they would exclaim: "Why, bate you no teal ladies in America r And the only way that I could make them be lieve that we bad, wits by teUitig them that the women read beoka like the men*. which utterly astouished them as them* Chinese are brought, tip in the utmost ignorance, and they only marry in the nch families, becausathey know and do so little, and need so much waiting on that it takes a rich husband to support them. If you ask a Chinese woutan host. many chiMren she has, she WM give yon only the number of boys. She he! hd be asked the second time how many gals she has, as they are thought ao little of that in many cases they are killed as soon as. born: A large footed wotrian told NUS once that her first child was a little girl, and she described to me how she lend the little one. "My husband Wont out," she said, "and brought in .a tub of water. I begged him to spare its life, but he took. the little one dud put its head in the wat er and held it there nett! it Was dead." _ • • was served the same as the first # the third child was boy he lived until be wan about four years old, the gods got angry arid frilled him; then the husband died; "and if I eat anything that is nice, and if I wear good clothed, My relatives become angry and treat me harshly." Even in our Christian chamber. in China the we. men are not allowed in the same room with the men, but are partitioned off in a lattice work room. A Fatsaiien Female. We do n'ot irsnally give gtatnitons in. • sertion to advertisements, but the folio"- ing, published in the last number of the - Monongahela "Republican,* and its genui neness vouched fel, we consider' too good to be lost. It is a novel contribution to: literature and should be preserved: $lOO inwanm—=For the apprehension . of Zents Tuttle, d tall man, about fifty years has considerable money and hig forehead, long fads and lantern-Pawed' man, a had noun with a fist like a pinto I and has often beat me, and I want him to end his days in the penitentiary where he , helongt, and he wears is gray coat, withal' very large Mouth. and one blue eye, and ' one blr6l eye, and a hideous looking men, and now living with the seventh woman,. and me huving_cde child with him. and , he has gone off, and I want him brougl_it, slap Op 1 i the with blue pants. He ought to be arrested, and has a hundred" dollars of my money, and a bald-headed rascal, full of flattery and deceit, and auk is a bad woman, and her little git) , him papa, and is called ghee Jane i t Me g and a boy blind of one eye, and he is not a man what has got any too much sense, tor her. And he stole one hundred dol• lars from me and some of ray gold and • silver, and ought to be caught, and I . will:, never live with him again, no never, he la . a disgrace, and I would like to hate bins caught up and compelled to maintain me and his child, as I am his lawful wedded wife, and have the certificate of marriage in my possession. NANCY Tufri. l 4.. Finleyville, Pa., April 1871, Clown Diimorms.—The erowa pl England contains 1,700 almond", add is valved at 8500,000. The crown of Peters contains 887 diii• moods. IL The crown of Ivan contains 841 dis wands. The Imperial croft of Emma' °Dui:still: 2,500 diamonds. The crown of Franco contains ii ; 26 diamonds. Among dealers and connoisseurs it, is unilerstoixi that the finest collection,*is whole, is that of the Emperor of ion& Ilts.,(ltspActoitt. Fellow ?" "No, sir; I've been married for ~ a weee " 1 mean do you belong to tho tiaoi. of Odd Fellows?" . "No, no ; 1 belong to Ma onierat MO', tied men." " Mercy. how dumb' ,Are you s Ma son ?" , - No; I'm, a carping& 'by trade " Worse and worm, Are you a 'Son of Temperas:co te' 4, , `t. ‘-‘ Bottler you trio, rasa son of M.r.Joha: PosliNte • ' . , The gum* went sway. --,, , - , 4—Wheitrift,thet gees up the hal . ittS aticruever morel P Tim r 5 5 "Are you an Odd,
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