THE
E. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor.
guoincoo outdo.
DR. W. W. sffnu,
Dorm?. ROOM nt his direnlo2, next door out of the
Itepublican printing once. Omen hours from BA. it.
to 4 P. it. /lento:Nee, Hay 3,1371-1 f
THE BARHEH—Ha! Ha! Hall
Charley Morris le the barber. who can•bace your Ikea to
order; Cuts brown, black and grizzley batr, to hte
oldcodast op stales. There you wW dnd MIN am
Gere's store, below McKenzie—Just MS doer. •
•
Montrose, June 7,1811.—tf C. ROHM
J. B. & L 11. NeCOILLIMS,
ATTOINITII AT LAW ODee over the Bulk, Iteatraim
Pa. Montrose, Mai 10, MM.
DR. D. A. LATROP.
Ilas opened an office, at the font of Chestnut street, ussi
the Catholic Church, where ho can Do =stated at all
[lmes.
!dontrose, April MI, UM 17
CROSSMON Ac BALDWIN,
ATTORNETS AT LAW—Gales ever the ether of W.
' .I.llaltore, on Public Avenue, Montmee Pa.
W. A. CELOSZNON. B. L. Da=mut.
Iktontrose, Mnreh 1,1871. tf.
J. D. VAIL,
UONLOTATKIC PIITAILIAN AND 801201:01. Has pernirszia
located himself in Montrose, P. artless he aril!
43 , attend to all cadets% hie profession erithiddebbe=
be favored. Ogee and resilience west of the
noose, near Fitch & Watam's office.
Montrose, February; ISM
LAW OFFICE•
FTTCH & WATSON, Attorneys at Law, at the old calm
of Bentley & Flick Montrose. Ph
Ran, It, 'IQ w. w. warm.
• CHARLES N. STODDARD,
Mader In Soots and Shoes, Rats and Ceps. Leather aid
Findings, Main Street, tat door below Iloyd's Store.
Work made to order. and repairing done neatly.
Montrose, dam 1, 1810.
LrnmEs & BLAKESLEE,
Attorneys and Connaellorn at Law. 011 lee the one
heretofore occupied by U.A. & 0. P.Llttle, ea Nab
MORLSORR, PL (April2o.
R. B. ifTTI.Z. ORO. r. LITTI.X. IL L. ILAILLI7J3.
E. IdcKeszis. C. C. Faernoe, W. 11. Wean.
McKENZIE, FAIIROT & CO.
Dealer. in Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladles and Mum
fine Sheer. Mao. nente far the great American
Tea and Coffee Company. illiontroaa, Pa ,ap.1,10,
LEWIS KNOLL,
BRAVING AND lIAIR DRESSING.
Shop In the new PostoDice building, where he will
be round real,' to attend all who may want anything
to hi. line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13, ISO.
0. NI. UAWLEY,
DEALER In DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY
Hardware. Hats, Capa,l3oota.Shoes, Rualy Made Cloth
tog, Paints, Oils, etc., New 2111tord, Pa. 'Sept.; 459.
DR, S. W. DAYTON,
PHYSTCIAN & SURGEON. tender* Ma services to
the eitliens of Great Bend and vicinity. MSc. at his
residence. opposite Barnum Honor, G't. Bend vtilara.
Sept. Ist, tf
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A, LAW. Bounty, Bunk Pay. Pension
and Ese•u on Claims attended to. Orate fl
oor bolow Boyd's Store, liontrose.Pa. (An. 1.101
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
and 69Cf Frlendimille, P.
C. S. GILBERT,
.A.uoticoas.cor.
C real Bend, Pa
17. St.
■ngl r9lf
Ant ELY,
V. SS. 812..otioatie.c):-.
An:. 1, 1!69. Address, Brooklyn, Pa.
JOHN GROVES,
FASIIIONABLE TAIIOR, Montrose, Pa. Shop ovei
Chandler's Store. AP orders tilled In first-nue stylei
uniting done on short notice. and warranted to dt.
W. W. SMITH,
CABINET AND CHAIR MANLTFACTITRERS.—"exo
of Main street, Mout/woe. Pa. ]au=. I. 1103.
H. scattrrr
DEALER In Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Crockery
hardware, Iron, Stoves, Drn ga„ Oils,and Palate
Bootaand Shoes, flats t, Caps, Furs, Buffalo Robot
Groceries, Prorisions.r.:e., New Milford, Ps.
DR. P. un-Es,
Has permanently located at Priendswillefor tali par
pose of practicing medicine and sargary la all its
hmachsa.. Lie may be found at tba Jackson llama
Odlee boats from 5 a. m., to& p. m.
Friesiderille, Pa.. dn. 1. 11369.
STIIOI7D & BROWN,
FIRE AND LIFE ms3.4.ANce ADMITS. Al'
baldness attended to promptly, on fair tams. OM*
Arst door north of 'Montrose Motel,. west Mils o•
Public Avenue, Montrose, Pa. Diag.l.l//0.
Butzwas STisoun. - (.'ears, L. news.
WM. D. LUSH,
ATTOILNEY AT LAW, Montrose, P. Once oppo
site the Tarim]] House. near the Coati How.
Aug. 1. 1869.—if
ABEL TIIBUELL,
D TALER in Grecs, Patent Hedlelaes, /Mended'
Liquors, Paints, Oils,Die stuffs. Varnishes, Win ..•
Glass, tiroccries, Glass Were, Wall and Window Pa,
per, Stoneware, Lamps, Kerosene, Machinery ODs,
Trusses, Guns, Ammunition, Knives. Spectacles
litrastios, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, Peenry, Sr--
belay !one of the most numerous, extensive, and
valuable collections of Goods in Susquehanna Co.—
&dab) !shed In 1858. [Montrose, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. office over the Store of A.
Lathrop, In the Erick Block, Montrose. Pa. taall3
DR. W. L. RICHARDSON,
PHTSICIAN & SURGEON. tenders Ms professions
'orrice. to the citizens of Montrose and vicinity
.
Office at his residence, on the corner east of lasyre &
Bros. Foundry. [Aug. 1, MIMI.
DR. E. L. GARDNER,
PrIYSICIAN and SURGEON. Montrose. Ps. Glee.
especial attention to diseases of the Heart end
Lungs and all Surgical diseases. OElee over W. B.
Dean.. Boards at Searle's Hotel. [Ang. 1. 1110.
BIIIINS & NICHOLS,
DEA LAItS to Drugs. Medicines. Chemicals. Dye.
..da. Paints, Oils, Varnish. Liquors, Spices. Fancy
nr: cies, Patent Medicines, Perfumery and TolletA"
tines. Cr - Prescriptions carefully commanded.—
Pantie Avenue, above Searles Hotel, Meatus', Pa
A. B. Boas% • Axon Nimma.
Aug. 1, 1669.
Dli. rE. L. ItiLIVDRICK,
PEITSICULN 6 SURGEON, respectfully tenders hi,
professional services to the adtizen of Frienttsvine
and vicinity. 128^0flice lathe once of Dr. been.—
Boards at J. liosforirs. Aug. 1. MD.
HUNT BROTHERS, •
SCIIASTON, PA.
Wholesale I Rat* Dea lenin
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIEPS', SHOVELS,
BUILDER'S HARDWARE,
AtErz RAIL. COUNTERSUNK d T RAIL SPLirEe
RAILROAD tt lILVING SUPPLIES.
CARRIAGE SPRINGb. AXLE'S, SHRINE Ain
BOXES. BOLTS, NUTS and WA simpg.
PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE
IRONS. EVES. SPOKES.
PELLORS. SEAT SPINDLES. DORM, &c.
ANVILS. VICES, STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS
GASSERS, SLEDGES. FILES,Et.ita.
CIRCULAR AND SILL SAWS, 11FLTO G. PACERSO
TACKLE BLOCKS. PLASTER PARIS
CEMENT. HAIR A ORIENDSTONES.
PRIM= WINDOW
PAER GLASS.LE SC A A T
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wanton. Mara SLIMS. 17
IHROVED HUBBARD ! •
PATRONIZE HOKE ICANITHAVIT33I)
CHANGEABLE Speed arid Double MOS Wheel -- It
holds the Qreat New York State National Proud= t
Alsoftbe Grxkt Olitc*tlonal Premtums. hebAat Mos
Aeld, fn 1870.
end the Penneyleaula, Wayland amd Vlrelda Stale
Premiums!
The faring Ls simple. compact, maltreat entirely trots
the drive Wheels. sad enclosed In s neat cam. Is the
cadre of the nutchhie, cdectaally semdns u from grit
and that.
The operation can be clanged budantiy front a WO
epeed to one a tlankakorer, without atop, Mar 840-
bn! itself to tad places and light and beavy ow. -
One cattiug appattana is perfect. Ito baU and op
went knife-head. It ta beyond doubt the
bee bine in the world, and you can depend upon=
perfectillWable in every partladar.
• Nonute, 2(ay a. tri..-41 • - Vann SEC%
'tom.
The Dying Boy.
The Idea of the following lines is said to have
been realty expressed by a little boy five years of
sge
Oh, I long to lie, dear mother,
On the cool and flagrant gran,
, With nought but the sky aboTe my head,
And the shadowy clouds that pan
And I want the bright, bright =shins,
All around about my bed;
I will close my eyes and God will think
Yonr little boy is dead!
Then Be will send an angel
To take me up to Lim;
He will bear me, elo* and steadily,
Far through the ether dim.
He will gently, gently lay me
Close to the Savior's side,
And when I'm sure that Wee In heave;
Hy eyes I'll open wide.
'And I'll look among the angels -'
• That stand about the the throne,
Till I find my sister, Nary,
For I know she must be ona
And when I find her, mother,
We will go away alone.
And I will tell her that we've mourned
All the while she has been gone!
Oh l I shall be delighted
To hear her speak again—
Though I know shell megr return to in—
To ask her would be vain I
Bo I'll put my arms around her
And look Into her eyes,
And remember all I said to her,
laid all her sweet replies.
And then I'll ask the angel
To take me back to you—
He'll bear me, slow and steadily,
Down through the ether blue.
And you'll only think, dear mother,
I have been out at play,
And have gone to sleep, beneath a tree,
This sultry Summer day.
The Cottage Emigrant's Farewell.
HT MSS AGNES STBICKLA-11D.
In • lone mossy dingle,
By green treca o'erhnng,
Their wild song of sorrow
Three lligland maids sung,—
Who were doomed, with their people
In exile to roam
O'er the stormy Atlantic,
To seek for a home.
For the hearth's of their fathers,
By Want's chilling hand
lied been sternly extinguished
That morn in the land,
And they came, for the last time,
All weeping, to bring
The cool gushing waters
Prom that pleasant spring.
It was piteous to see
How their sweet eyes grew dim,
With their fast flowing tears,
As they hung o'er its brim,
And looked their farewell
To that beautiful spot,
Endeared by those ties
Which could weer be forgot.
And oft from their vessels,
Replenished In vain,
They restore the pure stream
To the fountain again ;
As fondly they lingered,
And, loth to depart,
They sobbed forth their grief
In the anguish of heart.
"Dear fountain of our native glen 1
Far hence we are doomed to go;
And soon for other urna than cans
Thy crystal autumn will glow. -
" Thy snowy Mies still will bloom
On this : delightful spot,
Sweet fountain of our native glen!
Though we behold them not
"And thou wilt from thy sparkling cell,
Still softly murmur on,
When those who love thy voice to bear,
To other lands bare gone.
"Dear fountain of our native glen
Beloved by us in vain,
That pleasant sound shall never glad
Oar pensive ears again.
"Dear fountain of our native glen!
Which we no more must view,
With breaking hearts thy children pour
Their long—their last adieu."
gtritities and Witivismo.
—A Buffal , :i girl in response to the Cal
ifornia cry "come over and marry us,"
says, "send along yourtickets if you mean
what you say I"
—One incident connected with the bu
rial of Mr. W. W. Sharp, of Norfolk, Va.,
is deserving of mention. The body:of the
deceased was borne to the grave by eight
colored men, former slaves of Mr. Sharp,
who desired to testify in this manner there
love and respect for their old master.
—+" I've three cents left," said a loafer,
"so I'll buy a paper with them." " What
paper will yon buy?" etsitt:a friend, curi
ous to learn the literary taste of his ac
quaintance, "A paper of tobacco," replied
the loafer.
—Thomas Jefferson, when Minister to
France,
being presented at court, some
eminent functionary remarked, "you re
place Dr. Franklin, sir." "I succeed him"
was Mr. Jefferson's prompt reply, "no
man am replace him.
—The driver of a wagon engaged in
drawing blasting material to the Mow
tunnel was discovered by the Superkt
tender& coolly smoking his pipe On the
top of 3,500 pounds of powder. He is
now looking for another situation.
=The writer of an obituary notice of
an estimable lady, says that the bereaVed
husband was " Ba ldly able to bear the de
mise of his wife." Imagine his _disgust
on reading in print that the bereaved hus
band was "hardly, able to wear the chem
ise of his
—Somebodysan the Miesiiippi has
rain' one foot.. When it raisesthe other,
it will iliobablyttm.
AIONTROSE
A THOUSAND POUNDS AND A
WIFE.
Mr. Horatio Holt was a bachelor, aged
thirty years or thereabouts, and possessed
of a fortune which yielded an amount at
interest not only to maintain himself in
comfortable circumstances without work,
but also to allow him to add yearly to the
principal the sum of a hundred and
twenty pounds. Thus he was considered
to be independently wealthy, and was
looked upon as a very handsome and ex
cellent young man by various "disinterest
ed" papas and mammas whose daughters
were of about the right age to begin to
think of "wedded bliss."
Among other peculiarities to which
Mr. Holt was attached—or which were
attached to him—was the very skeptical
idea that there was not, or ever had been,
such an improbable thing in existence as
love. He believed in that matrimony, as
well as other/ matters , call poor& -wore
actuated by m otives of self-interest; hence
he regarded with suspicion all females
who approached him.
"For, muttered he, "they are after
my money, and do '
,t mach care how they
get it. They would' like—to—marry me
confoundedly well.
One day Horatio was sitting iu the sit
ting-room of his chambers, with his feet
occupying a comfortable position on the
table, and he himself reclining back in
an easy chair, alternately enjoying the
flavor of a choice cigar, and partaking in
genteel sips of the contents of a wine
glass supposed to contain the "pure, gen
uine and only port." While occupying
this position—which is well known to be
one of the great prerogatives peculiar to
the masculine gender, and which, of
course, confers an immense amount of
credit on the sex—he was considerably
startled by the sadden opening of the
door and the unceremonious entrance of
the maid-of-all-work, who bore in, her
hand a letter which she stated the post
man had just that moment left.
"Confound the girl," said Mr. Holt,
when alone, as he broke the seaL "She
might have given a little warning before
she intruded upon the sanctity of my
solitary feast. I had my feet somewhat
elevated into the upper regions, and I'm a
sinner if she don't report the same to the
landlady. However, open 'Sesame,
and—"
The completion of this speech was lost
by reason of Mr. Holt at this instant be
coming deeply absorbed iu the coutents
of his epistle, a verbatim copy of which
we take the liberty to make public.
"Dec. Bth, 18—
Cousix Honarto.—Chirstmen will
soon be here, and we want you to come
and spend the holidays with us. We have
invited several friends whom you knew
in days gone by, and we shall have an
excellent time. There is a very beautiful
and accomplished young lady friend of
ours, who lives in the second or third vill
age beyond you, who will be sore to be
here. We are sure you will be pleased to
make her acquaintance. Perhaps you will
fall in love with her. Just think of it, a
crusty old bath, like you falling iu love!
We most humbly beg your pardon if these
linesoffend you, but you must surely come.
With sincerity, your cousins
P. B.—Father sends regards, and says
that bankers here are paying one per cent.
higher interest than tho bankers with
whom you deposit. He says you had bet
ter bring some money and invest it here.
Yours once more, JOHN AND SOPHT.
Mr. Holt carefully perused this letter
four distinct time; and then, folding it
with great precision, thoughtfully and de
liberately inserted it in the envelope and
put both in his pocket.
"The immortal Homer has asserted in
hie never dying Iliad, that the best part of
a woman's letter is the postcript," said
Mr. Holt, half aloud, as be resumed his
cigar and scientifically blew a cloud into
the air.
"The famous old fellow. It is certain
ly very true in this case. Let me see, if
I visit my excellent cousins and take with
me thousand pound; I shall get one per
cent more interest, which is just ten
pounds! Quite a gain. I shall surely
have to pass the holidays with my dearly
beloved
,cousins, for whom, of course, I
entertain the highest regard and affection.
Oh, I love them dearly—and the ten
pounds too! As for the yotmg lady they
are going to have there, I'll teach her she
can't get me, in spite of all the beauty she
may bring to bear! Well, I will pack
my valise, take up my bed, draw a thous
and, and then take the train, which will
leave in exactly two hours from this time.
When the two hours had elapsed the
train came puffing info the station, and
among the passengers that entered the
carriages was Mr. Horatio Holt, carrying
in his hand a not very large valise, iu
which were what change of clothes he
would need during the coming ten days,
and also the thousand pounds.
"No one knows that this carpet bag of
mine contains a small fortune," said
Horatio to himself as he looked fora seat,
"and if I act carelessly with it, and as if
I cared not where it went to, all suspicion
will be avoided, I shan't be robbed, and
everything will be lovely, and the goose
will dangle in the air.
The train was nearly full, and after a
very extensive search, Mr. Ht.lt discovered
that there was only one seat that appear
ed to be available; but alas for his good
fortune, if he occupied it he would be ob
liged to sit by the side of a captivating
young lady, with the most bewitching
black eyes and ravishing curls that Mar e 8
eyes ever gazed up.
i
"She s a splendid creature," said Ho
ratio, looking at her from the op ...le
side-of the Carriage,• "bat shetis pro • .ly
after a husband, and I'll be hanged if I'll
have any thing to do with these confound
ed man-hunters. However, as standing
up is worse than being hanged, I'll see if
I can getthe seat," he added, as he cross
ed over to where the young lady sat.
"Are
.Toll—beg your pardon ma'am—
but is this seat engaged?" said - 'Mr. Holt,
with some embarrassment, for his acqnain
tome with ladies had not been very es
tensive.
Tholono,,e , lady turned towards him a
face ,. whOse I!earaltloyeliness, at son*
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 1871.
gliortuantous :
JENNY AND SOPHY STEWART
thing of that Sort, caused even the heart
of Mr. Holt to thump with greater vigor
beneath his vest pocket
"No, sir," she said in the sweetest of
voices. "It is at your service if von wish."
"Thank yon, ma'am," said Horatio, as
he placed his valise on the rack overhead,
and took his seat "Pleasant day, ma'am."
" Very," said .the young lady, quite
calmly, as she looked out the window.
(Yesterday was quite a pleasant day,"
said Horatio, who had an unaccountable
desiie.to keep up a conversation, and was
rather in want of a subject.
"i thought it rained a little in the
morning," said the young lady.
" Well, perhaps' it did, ma'am," said
Mr.
morning,"
with sonie hesitation. "The
fact is; I derived my information solely
from a barometer, which might have lied,
as it belongs to my landlady, and I am
sorry to say has caught some of her pro
pensities."
" I should judge from what you say,"
said the young lady, very demurely, "that
the habit of telling tibs was Quito con
tagious At yourianntady's house."
"Yon Are correct in your opinion,"
said Horatio, bending down to catch a
view of her face, because ho was not at
all cdrtain about the last remark. "The
fact is, the barometer began to falsify
about the same tines the man inherited
from his father the wooden limb as a
legacy."
He peered mischievously up into her
face as he said this, and she, glancing
quickly at him for an instant, turned
aside her head, and burst into the most
musical laugh that ever completed the
conkuest of a man's heart. Then she
blushed so rosily, and looked so pretty
and bewitching, that Mr. Holt was oblig
ed—although he hated to dreadtnlly—to
acknowledge to himself that there might
be something in love after all, and that
this getting married was not such a very
great humbug as he had tried to make
out it was, especially when the bride had
roguish black eyes, and wore such cap
tivating curls. In short, we find that a
strict adherence to truth compels us to
record the fact that Mr. Horatio Holt,
the crusty old bachelor, who had no faith
in womankind, was about—though not
quite—"over head and ears in love" with
the sweet, dear, irresistible little witch,
whom accident had placed by his side ou
his journey to the city.
In half an hour after having first spok
en to the young lady, Horatio felt so much
at home that he chatted quite freely with
his fair companion, and even went so far
as to give her his confidence, and impart
the information that he was going to the
city to spend the holidays with some
relatives, and did ncit expect to be back
fur ten or twelve days at least.
Now it happened, as a very remarkable
coincidence, that the young lady was also
going to the city to spend the holidays,
though with this difference, that it was
friends and not relatives whom she intend
ed to visit.
Having thus established a sort of mutu
al confidence, though it was not on a very
extensive scale, they got along still more
finely, and by the time they arrived with
in twenty miles of their destination were
far from being strangers.
"Bless my soul!" cried Mr. Holt, sud
denly, as the train stopped at a small
station, "if tin; is not the place at , which
I've got to get out and stay fur Bevels!
hours before I go to the city.'
" What!" exchnined the lady. "are you
not going to the city now? I surely
thought you were."
" No, no," says Horatio, hurriedly rising
from Ins seat; "I have a friend here whom
I very much wish tp see, and so I shall
have to go. lam ter." sorry, but I hope
I shall see you in tle city. If I do not,
why, then larewell 4 and if for ever, fare
thee well, even thotgh unforgiven'—and
so forth. Adieu !"
And Mr. Holt, seising his valise, rushed
with precipitous haste out of the carriage
just as the train moved away.
It was about half an uour before din
ner-time that Horatio, carrying his valise
in his band, walked op the street of the
little village, and stopping before his
friend's house, rang the door-bell, and was
admitted.
He was shown into the sitting-room
and left alone a few minutes, until his
friend came down from up stairs, which
ho very soon did,"and they had a very
sociable" time together, smoking cigars,
sipping wine, and behaving like gentlemen
of wealth and independence that they
were.
"Do you know, ni dear vagabond,"
said Horatio, knocking the ashes from his
cigar, '-that I have a sret to pour into
t
our ear, hoping it w I not go out of
;idyour month ! I sat in kthe train to-day
y the side of the love est, most divine,
fairest angel that ever li wings. I could
hardly tear myself own and should not
have done so, only I w afraid thy heart
would have gone astny if I had stayed
any longer, which is asort of rhyme. By
the way, I wish you would keep an eye on
my valise, for I don'tiknow mach about
your servants. Mire is a thousand
pounds in it that I an going to take to
the city. •
"A thousand pounds!' exclaimed his
friend, starting up. "Why did yon not
tell me of thus befoie ? Where is the
valise ?'
"In the hail, I suppose. Anyway, I
gave it to the servant when I came in.'
" You are the most careless fellow I
ever knew," said his friend, impatiently,
as he hurried out of the room.
He soon returned, btriug the valise in
his hand.
"Is this it?"
" Yes."
"You had better uniock it and see if
your money is safe." '
Accordingly Horatio took the key out
of his pocket, and opening the valise,
thrust his hand therein.
" Bless my'sonl I" 'Mid Horntio, sudden
ly withdrawing his arm.
" What is the matter?*
"Why, look here; 'don't believe this
valise is mine."
And Horatio drew for a half complet
ed lace collar, some erebmidery, a , pair of
white cotton hose, and other garments
belonging to the female wardrobe.
"The thousand pounds are gone r
gasped Horatio,: turning pale.
" Soldr cried Ws fnend, springing to
DEMOCRAT.
his feet. "Outwitt&l by the divine angel
yon met in the train
In the meantime, the train containing
the young lady for whom Horatio had ex
perienced so violent a fancy, whirled
rapidly onward towards the citbot which
in less than half an hour itarrived. The
"divine angel" gave her valise in charge
of a cabman, and seating herself in the
vehicle, was driven to the most wealthy
portion of the metropolis, and finally
drew up before a "stone front," on the
silver door plate to which was inscribed
the name of "Stewart."
Two young ladies rushed out of the
ball, and affectionately embraced the
young lady.
" Oh, Rose Mellington, you can't think
how glad we are to see you I" ezebimed
one, rapturously.
"We almost thought you were not
coming," said other.
"Did you bring that embroidery work
you wrote about asked the drat, whose
name was Jenny.
" Oh. I hopo you dld!" I'm almost dr
ing to see it!"
"Well, then, yon must certainly see it,"
said Miss Mellington. "It's iu the valise
and I will go and get it now."
The valise was placed upon a chair, and
the "divine angel;' producing a key, pro
ceeded to open it.
"Oh, gracious me?" exclaimed Miss
Mellington, as she peered into the valise.
" What's the matter ?" asked the two
female friends.
" Why, this valise is not mine—at least,
the content are not. Just look here l"
And Miss Rose brought to the surface
two mammoth silk pocket-handkerchiefs,
and a pair of men s coarse stockings, a
necktie, five collars, and two shirts.
" Why girls, I don't understand it at
all," said Rose "I must have taken some
one else's valise—Oh, I know! It belongs
to your cousin Horatio."
And as the true state of the case burst
upon her, Miss Mellington threw herself
upon a chair, and laughed long and
heartily.
"Belongs to cousin Horatio !" echoed
Jenny. "Why, Rose, what do yon mean ?"
" tour cousin Horatio came into the
train, and took a seat by me," said Rose,
repressing her mirth. "I knew him in
stantly from the description you wrote,
and such a duration as we carried on ex
ceeds belief. I suppose he took my valise,
and I took his. The mistake was natural,
for they are just alike, the key to one
fitting the other."
'Hui where isHoratio now?" asked Sophy.
"I aril sure I don't know," said Rose,
laughing again. "He got out at the
second station from the city."
" Well, we can soon tell if this belongs
to Horatio, for if it does, his name will
be on some of the clothes," said Sopby,
examining the shirt bosom. "Yes, here
it is—Horatio Holt. Oh, my !" and the
throe girls burst into a chorus of laughter
that rang merrily througll the house."
" I wonder it ho brought any money
along with lilni to put in the bank," said
Sophy, as soon as their merriment had
sn bsided.
" I don't know. I mean to see," said
Jenny, jumping up, and plunging her
baud into the valise. "Who, here is
something. Just look here, girls!"
She brought forth a not very large com
pact package, and undoing it, found it to
contain twenty fifty-pound notes.
"A thousand pounds!" exclaimed Jen
ny, with eyes wide open. "Why, what a
monstrous sum, and how careless be is!
Now, girls, if you will only do as I say,
we'll have lots of .fun. Did he know who
you were, Rose ?" •
"I don't think he did. I did not tell
him," said Rose, "though he might have
guessed."
"Well, that is good. Let me put the
things back just as we found them, and
when he comes, Rose, you must keep out
of eight for the first few minutes. He
will be here just as soon as be can after
discovering his loss."
" Why, here he comes now!" exclaimed
Sophy, who sat by the window and bad
been looking out.
A vehicle drew up before the gate as
she spoke, and sure enough out got Mr.
Horatio Molt, valise in - hand, and run
ning furiously up the steps, he rang a
violent peal at the front doorbell.
" Now, Rose, go into the next room,
and take the valise along with you," said
Jenny excitedly. "Don t come until we
call you. Why, Cousin Horatio , how do
you do ?" she added, openin,,, ,, theCloor and
extending her hand to Mr. Efolt with ap
pearance of great cordiality.
"Do!' said Horatio, as he strode ner
vously into the hall. "I don't do; I'm
done. From this time forth," continued 1 1
Mr. Holt, elevating his arm, "I solemnly
promise and affirm that I will have noth
ing to do with Christmas holidays—that
I will never again look at a pretty girl—
that love and affection are great humbugs,
and that the world is as selfish as a hog!"
"Why, Cousin Horatio, you appear to
be excited," said Jenny. "Pray, what is
the matter ?"
" Matter!" cried Mr. Holt, depositing
his valise in the hall. "I've lost a thous
and pounds just by taking a fancy to---
I exchanged valises with somebody, that's
what's the matter."
" Why, cousin, how you do talk!" ex
claimed his fair companions. "Is it pos
sible? But surely you are not going
away r"
"Yes, I am," said Horatio, moving
towards the door. "rm going tofind the
chief of police, and see if I can't get my
money back."
"Stay, cousin," cried Jenny. "You
ought to offer a reward for its recovery."
"11l give a hundred pounds," said Mr.
Holt with his hand on the door bell.
" Witness that, Sophy," said Jenny.—
"Como back, Horatio, and sit down: We
are good detectives, and see what we can
do for you."
Accordingly, Mr. Holt, with much won
derment, complied, and mechanically
came back into the room, •
"Now Rose," cried Jenny, "come in.
You need not brino' anything with you r
"Hr. Holt, Miss" Mellington," said So
phy.
Bless my soul!" cried Horatio, in as•
tonishment, as his Divine angel" of the
train stood before him.
Oh, dear me?' exclaimed Rose, in
Iva counterfeited surprise.
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"What is the matter?" asked • Mr.
Holes cousins, apparently amazed, and
looking from one to the other.
" This—this is the lady whom I sup
posed took my valise,' said Horatio,
aghast.
"And this is the gentleman whom I
saw in the train," cried Rose.
"Here is your baggage, Horatio," said
Jenny, bringing out the valise. " See it
•
your money is safe!"
"It is," cncd Mr. Holt, joyously, as he
eratnirte4 it. "Hero is your hundred."
"No, no! We don't want anything!"
exclaimed the two girls, both together.—
Give it to Rose!"
"Give it to Rose ?" said Horatio, look
ing at her thoughtfully. "Well, I will—
and I'll speak to her also, if you two girls
will leave the room.
They left accordingly.
"Now, Miss Mellington," said Hora
tio, when they were alone, "I did you the
injustice, to suppose that
. you captured my
property! Will yon, forgive me r
"Yea; ytis, Dtr. llott. - - -
"And that the mistake may never oc
cur again I hereby respectfully invite you
to change your name to Holt," said Ho
ratio, with an air of great importance.
"So very sudden, Mr. Holt, that really,
I
She hesitated, blushing very bewitch
inglv, and looked more lovely than ever.
"So is this very sudden," said Horatio,
clasping her in his arms and stealing a
kiss. " Now reply in the affirmative."
" Well—yes!"
"Good 1 The thousand pounds shall
be your bridal present, and I'm blessed if
there ain't something in love, after all."
TO THE PEOPLE.
ADDRESS DP THE DEMOPRATIC STATE CEN
TRAL COMMITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Executive Committee of the De
mocracy of this State, to whom the fol
lowing address was referred by the recent
State Convention, now present the same
to you as embodying some of the reasons
which actuate and control the organiza
tion they represent:
We here solemnly renew our often re
peated declaration of fidelity to the great
principles upon which our party has acted
from the time of its first organization.
Our ultimate objects are those of our
fathers when they adopted the Federal
Constitution, viz: "To form a More per
fect union; to establish justice; to insure
domestic tranquility; to promote the gen
! eral welfare; to provide for the common
defense; acid secure the blessings of liber
ty to ourselves and our posterity." We
sincerely believe that the government of
the United States, administered, as it was
in former days, with a direct view to the
advancement of these principles, would
do for us and for our children, all that
any people can reasonably desire from the
political system under which they live.
We ate equally sure that, if nut carried
out in the spirit of tjipse by whom it was
framed, it must become a curse, instead of
a blessing. Situated as we are, obedience
to the fundamental law, means. not only
the honest perforinance of sworn obliga
tions, but freedom, peace and prosperity
to all classes of the people. On the other
hand, the usurpation of interdicted or
undelegated power is not only a crime in
itself, but the fruitful "parent of other
crimes, and will lead, as it has already led,
to indefinite misgovernment, corruption,
and tyranny, subverting all liberty, and
rendering the rights of all men insecure.
When we speak of the Federal Consti
tution, we mean the whole instrument, I
with all its amendment, and acknowledge
the equal obligation of every part. Sev
eral
of those amendments were carried by
brute force, and by frauds upon the pub
lic will, so glaring as to take from their
authors all claims upon our respect. But
we cannot deny that they have actually
become a part of the Constitution ; nor
can we avoid that fact, or get behind it,
by showing the corrupt misconduct of the
men who at that time controlled Con
gress and mastered the State Legislqtures.
Whosoever swears to support the Consti
tution must perform all that is "Domino- '
ted in the bond." Any change which ex
perience and reason shall prove to be de
sirable must be made in the prescribed
way, and not by revolutionary or disorder
ly means.
No candid person will deny that. the
leading men in power at washing ton have
been unfaithful to their duties. They have
broken the pledges they made to the peo
ple, and, in reckless disregard of their
oaths, they have violated the plainest pro
visions of theCohstitutioii. They have
deprived the States of their sacred right
of self-government in matters purely lo
cal, and disarmed them of the power to
enforce their own laws for the preserva
tion of order within their own boundaries:
they have passed bills of pains and penal
ties operating on millions at once without
regard to the guilt of innocence of the
parties; they have trampled on all the se
curities of life, liberty and property;
treated the habeas carpus law with con
tempt, and denied the right of trial by
jury; they have sent. out swarms of their
hireling °pats with instruction to kid
nap, imprison and kill free citizens for po
litical offences, withoutjud icial accusation,
without warrants and without legal trial.
They have not only trodden upon the
great principle embodied in the original
Constitution as it came from the hands of
its framers,
but even the amendments,
which they themselves interpolated, have
been broken without remorse whenever it
suited their interests. In defiance of the
XIIIth, they have doomed many persons
to the worst kind of "skivvy or involun
tary servitude' in the. public prisons,
without the pretence of any "crime where
of the party was legally convicted," in
the face of the Xlilth;they have abridged
the "equal rights" of whole masses; of
white citizens; without the least respect
for the right of universal suffrage guar
:ranteed by the XVIII, they have both for 7
Cibly and frandeutly to prevent fair elec.-
lions,,and to set them aside after they
were held.
These ouhuges upon jruitice, liberty and
law have been perpetrated, and, during
the conflict of a civil war—not in mo
ments of wild passion, or heated excite
ment—bat in cold blood, upon d e illym i t o
reflection, in a time of profound peace, in
fall view of the coneepencee—aud their
authors have followed out this iino. of pol
icy, step by step, with a persistency which
shows their fixed determination for the
future as in the past, to be bound by no
oath and held by no promise. •
The two last and most important of
their anti-Constitutional measures shoe
more distinctly than others their settled
design to strangle the liberties of the na
tion, and take perpetual power into their
own hands. • The force bill authorizes
tlui President, not only to invade' the
States at his pleasure, but, •by declaring
martial law, to subvert all government,
except whet eonsists of his mere will.
Under the election law his CM11202 15
planted directly against the freedom of
State elections. 'Already the boyonehi of
the Executive have gleamed around the
polling places of the people in the cities
of New York and Philadelphia. Who can
mistake the meaning of these preparations
fur the next Presidential election ? Who
doubts that warning and 'rebuke are
needed now to prevent the administrati_
moor rarrynly, -- aums purpose - by -lor
If the warning be not given by the peo
ple, or Lid of, its proper effect, can wo
hope for peace ? It seems to ns an error to
suppose the American people tame enough
to be kicked under the yoke of a &Tedium,
or ignorant enough to be juggled out of
the g reat inheritance of free govenuncat
which their fathers left them.
We complain of onr present rulers for
lawless usurpation of power. Power not
delegated is always abused. In this, as in
other cases, usurpation has been accompa
nied and followed by corruption., Frauds
without number, and almost without lim
it, have been committed on the public.
Men of the worst character for common
honesty .are permitted to occupy the
highest places. Of the money collected
from the people, and. not stolen before it
reaches the Treasury, a large portion it
squandered by Congress on party favor
ites, on corrupt rings and on base combi
nations of public plunderings... The
enormous extent to which this financial
corruption has been carried will becalme
manifest to any one who coniparesthe ex
penditures of thegesernment the Bil
years which preceded and. the six. years
which followed the civil war. Both were
periods of peace ' and there cam be no ex
cuse for more than a small increase Cor
responding to the ratio in which the pop
ulation has advanced. But where the
ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 1, 1870, exelusive. of Indian
annuities, pensions and interest on the
public debt, where 8148,669,922.43; for
the year ending June I,IBGO, the expend
items fur the seme purposes were. but
*5.5,918,188. 'Z2. Here is shown tho dif
ference between the ordinary eost of car
rying on our government when its agents
are honest and the cost of the same thing
when its officers are so destitute of moral
principle as to disregard all legal
llmita-
Lions upon their own authority. A free,
unpreven ted representative government is
simple- in its machinery, easily maintain
ed, and "dispensed its blessings like the
dews of Heaven, unseen and unfelt, VIVO
in the beauty and freshness they contrib
ute to produce ;" the secure tranquility
of a regal establishment,. may sometimes
be a compensation for the burdens it imp
poses; but a rotten. republic- is at once
the most costly, the most oppressive, and
the most unsteady of all political elvsZ
.ture.4.
To support the extravagant corruptions
of an administration like the present, and
at the same time pay the pensions and
the interest on the debt, would require
heavy taxation at best. •But the party in
power has contrived to make the taxes
doubly burdensome by their mode-of levy
ing anti collecting them. Great gangs of
unnecessary officers are supported - and
fattened out of them: They are in many
I cases imposed, not with any view to the
supply of the rinhlle• Treasoty,buteddir
tq operate as bounties for the• benefitzef
individuals and ' private corporations.
While the month of labor is thus robbed
o f the bread it earns, the fortunes of mo
nopolists and ringmasters are hideously
swelled, and their rapacity inflamed for
still further aggression upon the rights of
the industrious masses. The necessity of
revenue reform is admitted on all ham*
and by none more freely than by cam:Rd
supporters of the so-ealled Republican
party in Congress, but the, majority is so
completely controlled by private interests
that considerations of pnblic duty have
no influence upon them.
No people can be wholly enslaved so
long as they have the protection of an in
dependent and upright Judiciary. The
Radical party, feeling this, have tried tty
all means, fair and foul, to make the Fed
eral Judiciary an instrument to aid theta
in their crusade against the law of the
land. They have tilled the inferior Ceurts,
especially in the South, with their most
r-1-- ..itc24,-LAfleknalan.-
they have constructed au recoils acted
the Supreme Court—sometimes reducing,
and sometimes by increasing the number
of judges, always with a VIM to make a
majority which could be relied on to en
dorse their anti-Constitutional legislations.
When the judgments of that - tribunal
aginstsnstained the ancient principles t ef
liberty and justice, its authority=
flounced, disobeyed, and cont
They have interposed in a pending eato
with legislative decrees to take away the
jurisdiction of the Court, and prevent it
from protecting a citizen whose plainejit
right they desll jo invade. We solemn
ly trust that thiyhave not yet succeeded,
and will never , succeed in bending the
court of last resort to their foul purpoSe.
Their so-called reconstruction laws are •
a series of experiments for the rand*"
of the Southern States to the lowest Con..
dition of political slavery, hoping therehy
to make them instruments for the en
slavement of every other section. To this
end, they have not only refused ihemi, a
representation in Congress, but for
them to be misrepresented by Imsons who
came there to get oppressive laws-enacted
against them They have steadily struggled
to make the State governments the, tools
of- theittartisan tyranny. Whenever they
have.fullysucceeded they have debauched
the administration of justice, disregarded
the popular will, and produced the most
frightful disorders. SmlawagS, carpa
-1 baggers, and' the 'most ignomnt of the •
negro populationwelter together in one
of moral putrefaction, snourgingthe
CCMCLUDED as roma ram,