ME T VIONTiZOSE • DEMOCRAT.
E. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor.
§ttointoo eardo.
DR. W. W. SRITH,
Thannorr. Rooms at his dwelling. next door east of the
Montrose, May 3,
to4r. itepubll ß. eau printing odlen. Office hours from
—tf 9a. N.
1871
THE BARBER—Ha! Ha! Elan
4Charhe7 Norris lathe barber, who eau Oafs your tees to
order; Cats Drown,
Week and viscley hair. In his
edlea.just ap stairs. There von will and him, over
Qere's store, below NeKenzles—jast one door.
Montrose, Jane 7,1671.-0 C. ItORIIIS.
I. B. & A. H. IIIeCOLLIMI,
Arrowsrm AT Law Once over the Bank, Montrose
Pa, Montrose, May 10, ISM tt
DR. D. A. LATHROP,
ilea opened an cam, at the foot of Chestnut street, near
the Catholic Church, where he can be consulted at aU
times-
Montrose, April SG, Ism ly
CROSSMON & BALDWIN,
ATTORNEYS At LAW.—Office over the store of Wm
A. Mulford, on Public Avenue, Montrose Pa.
W. A. ennasznar. B. L. Ilscrons.
Montrose, Nara I, IR7I.
J. D. VAIL,
Beintorsmuc PIIIITICIAN ANTI SMOILVS. Iles permanently
loaded himself In Montrose, Pa.„ where he will prompt
ly attend to all calls In bin profession with which he may
be flavored. Office and residence west of the Court
Rouse, near Fitch AG Watson'a office. •
Montrose, February 8, 18:1.
LAW OFFICE•
men a WATSON, Attorneys at Law, at the old oak*
N Bentley & Fitch. Montrose. Pa.
L. P. RTCII. plan.ll, "M.( Ir. w. warmest.
CHARLES N. STODDARD.
Dealer In Boot' and Eitimts. Hats and Caps. Leather and
Findings, Main Street. tat door below Boyd's Sum.
Work made to order. and repairing done neatly.
Itiastroste, Jan. I, ISW.
LrrruEs & BLAKESLEE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office the one
heretofore occupied by B. B. & O. P.l.lttle, on Main
street. Montrose. Pa. [April "A.
I. LITTLE. GEO, r. LITTLE. L L. 111./11E MAIL
liclErsza. C. C. Famaccr. W. IL. McCann.
FAIIROT & CO.
Dealers In Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies and Mines
Ina Shoes. Also, agents for the great American
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose, Pa., ap. L'itt
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSLVG
/bap La the new PolitoMee building, where he will
•listitand ready to attend all who may want anything
la hts line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 11. 1869.
0. M. IIAWI.EI,
DEALER In DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY.
Hardware, Rata, Capp, Boota.Shoen, Ready ]tads Cloth
ing, Riots, Oils, eta., New Milford. Pa. Sept.l 8,'69.
DR. S. W. DA'ITON,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, tender* his services to
the eltisens of Great Bend and vicinity. Mice at his
residence, opposite Barnum House, G't. Bend Tillage.
Sept. lot, 16U9.—tf
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTOANNY A: LAW. Bounty. Back Pay. Triodes
and ET= on Claims attended to. 011ise Or
..eor below Boyd'e Store. Moutross.Pa. [Au. l,
• M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
sal 69tf Firlendaville, Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
Q. O.
earl NH
.41167.2, , 0tic05a.e.c0r.
Great, Bend, Pa
ICEZEM32I2I
.. IS. 811.4,111.f0 0 12.00 1 r.
/Log. 1, 11019. Addrern, Brooklyn, Pa
JOHN GROVES,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR, Montrone, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's Store. AP orders filled in first-rate style.
Cutting done on short notice. and warranted to AL
W. W. SMITH,
ciao= AND CHAIR MAID7PACTITRILII9.—foot
Of Math street, Montrose, Pa. Jung. 1. 1849.
H. BURRITT,
MISLEAD' Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. Crockery
Hardware Iron. Stoves, Dra gs. Oils. and Paha.
BootsandBtioes, Bats & Caps. Furs. Buffalo Robes
Groeerles.Provlst one. Ness It Ilford. Pa.
DR. Et P. HEIES,
Has permanently located at priendeville for the per
itis erpructiclng medicine and surgery Ie all Its
branches. He may be toned at the Jackson lions&
Ottim hours from 8 a. m., to 8. p. m.
Priesdeville, Pa., Aug, 1. Mi.
STROUD & BROWN,
llßi ' AND LIFE MID cIANCE AGENTS. Al
business attended to promptly. on LOT terms. Olnce
Iris door norther 'Montrose Hotel," west side or
PaldleAvenne, Montrose, Pa. (Aug. 1.1869.
ammo &mom% - • tnusans L. Baown.
D. Vega,
ATTOBBIT AT LAW. Montnne, Pa. Wed gyps.
fete tits Tarbeli noose, sear the Court Bosse.
Aug. I. 1810.—tf
ABEL TERRELL,
plum= to DTugn, Patent bledicibiesh, Chemicals
Liquors, paints, OLKOTe Staffs. Varn libel., Win
Mato, Groceries, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa,
par, Stose-ware, Lamps, Seri:melte, Machinery Oils,
Tresses, Guns, Ammunition, Enives, Spectacles
Brushes.. Panel Goods. Jewelry, Perla +cry. die.—
leen/ Vine of the m
Goods numerous, extensive, and
valuable collections in Snaquehatme Co.—
gatabllsbed in sus. [Montrose, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
Arroas
rosir AT
th LAW., office over the Store of A.
Lathp, In e Brick Block, Montrose, Pa. [anll39
DR. W. L. RICHARDSON.
wiciAN fiLIZOSON. tender. his profession&
service. to the citizens of Moravec and vicinity.—
Mice at his residence, on the corner east of Sayre
Bros. Fou n d r y. [Aug. 1, ltiGh.
Dg, E. L. GARDNER,
ram:RAN and SURGEON. Montrose. Pa. Gives
especial attention to diseases of the Heart and
Deans.sad all Surgical diseases. Office over W.
Board. at Saaries Hotel. [kn.]. 18 69.
BURNS & NICHOLS,
DZALLES in Drugs. Medicine., Chemicals. Dye
at.tlls, Paint., Oil., Varnish, Liquors. Spices. Fancy
am-cies, Patent Medicines, Perfumery and Toilet Ar
ticles. far Prescriptions carefully compounded.—
Public Avenue, ahoy° Snarle's !Intel. Montrose, Pa
• . B. Baum, .41103 Silletuara.
An. 1, IBD.
DB. E. L. HANDRICK,
hb
rEENCII, Lig SURGEON. respectfally traders
oral services to the citizen or Friendsville
im Pla rgialty. or °Mee intheottice or Dr. Leet.—
Boards at J. flosford's. Aug. 1,18 .
HITN.Tr BROTHERS,
SCRANTON, PA.
inugesala I ROAR Dealers In_
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS,
BUILDER'S HARDWARE,
VINE RAIL, COUNTERSUNK Q T RAILSPIE2ts
RAILROAD et XINING SUPPLIES.
CARRIAGE SPRINGS, AXLES, SKEINS AND
BOXES. BOLTS, NUTS and WASHERS.
PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE
IRONS, HUBS. SPOKES.
TELLOES. SEAT SPINDLES. BOWS. Sc.
ANVILS, VICES. STOCKS and DIES. BELLOWS
BANNERS. FLEDGES. FILES. En. ie.
CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS, SILTING. PACKING
TACKLE BLOCKS, PLASTER PARIS
CEMENT. FLAIR & GRINDSTONES.
TUNCH WINDOW GLASS, LEATIIICES FINDINGS
PAIRBANK'S SCALES.
Malan. iamb 24. 1883. 17
MVO HUBBARD!
PATRONIZE EOM ILUMPECTUBE •
MlGeditta speed and Double Drive Wheel. It
the Great New York State National Premium
Algona Great Ohio National Premiums, held at Mans
tri
Preati .Aa4
ams City BeIv:Owls, Illigyland and. Virginia filtato
The feeder 15 simple, enmpart, remolied enth'ell Melt
the dare wheels. and enclosed In a neat eine, 4 4 till
centre of
the mauttlue, effectually securing it loom grit
and dusL
The operation on be einni,wd instantly from a high
speed to ooe a third slower, ',Mimi
o c stop. thin, adapt-
Ilecit in bad places and light and he gage. ewe ceplue aM: . uttga le perfect. No brake and one
is beyond doubt the stroeunet
lq the 'mid i and you can Ostend upon it, being
y reliable tu every partieular.
Mintraw. gay 1111 M-34 nATRII
Naar; forum
Tragedy of the Night Moth.
BY =MU! CAILLTLE.
'Tis placid midnight stars are keeping
Their meek and silent course in haavan ;
Save pale recluse, all things are sleeping,
Ills mind to study still is given.
Rut see! • wandering night-moth enters,
Allured by taper gleaming bright ;
Awhile keeps hovering rouhd, then ventures
On Goethe's mystic page to light.
With awe she views the candle blazing;
A universe of fire it seems
To moth-savan with rapture gazing,
Or fount whence life and motion streams.
What passions in her small heart whirling,
Hopes boundless adoration dreaded;
At length her tiny pinions twirling,
She darts, and—pnffl—the moth is dead!
The sullen flame, for her scarce sparkling,
Gives but one hiss, one fitful glare;
Now bright and busy, now all darkling,
She snaps and fades to empty air.
Hcr bright gray form that spreads so slimly,
Some tan she seemed of pigmy queen;
Her silken cloak that lay so trimly,
Her wee, wee eyes that looked so keen.
Last - moment here, now gone forever,
To nought is passed with flry pain ;
And ages circling round shall never
Give
. 4o this creature shape again.
Poor moth I near weeping I lament thee,
Thy glossy form, thy Instant woe;
'Twas zeal for " things too high" that sent thee
Prom cheery earth to shades below.
Short speck of boundless space was needed
For home, for kingdom, world to thee l
Where passed unheeded as unheeded
The slender life from sorrowlree.
But syren hopes from out thy dwelling,
Enticed thee, bade the earth explore;
Thy frame, so late with rapture swelling,
Is swept from earth for evermore;
Poor moth! thy fate my own resembles;
Me, too, a restless, asking mind,
Has sent on far and weary rambles
To seek the good I ne'er shall find.
Like thee, with common lot contented,
With humble joys and vulgar fate,
I might have lived and nc'er lamented,
Moth of a larger size, a longer date!
But natures majesty unveiling
What seemed her wildest grandest charms,
Eternal truth and beauty hailing,
Like thee, I rushed into her arms.
What gained we,Jitte moth? Thy ashes,
"I ily one, nnet parting pang ...sy a— ,
And withering thoughts for soul that dashes
From deep to deep, are but a death more
slow.
N'lcolacrerres is ete Latter,
Blue eyes that opened first beneath the skies
Of distant prarits, spangled with their bloom:
Gaze in mine own, with looks of sweet surprise,
And speak in smiles mysteriously wise,
That I should take them from their quiet tomb.
Sweet lily-cups of white with hearts of gold,
Half hidden by their fringes closed in sleep,
A richer fragrance in their petals hold,
From being crushed, and tenderly unlojd,
Their perfumed secret from recesses deep.
And cresmy bells, with tongues of scarlet hue,
Each one repeats a poem to my soul
Of love so Imre, devotedness so true,
Of tender trust that mortals never knew,
Until my love had found its destined goal
Blue eyes and golden hearts and creamy bell—
Ye cotne to me as pilgrims from a shrine!
I read the words your silent language tea—
-1 take the kisses from your inmost cells
My love has sent me with a joy divine !
Waft back upon the wings of dewy air,
Freighted with odors of your dying breath,
An answer full of love and fondest prayer
That God may bless this love beyond compare!
My heart's devotion, faithful unto death.
ANNA R. HALLIDAY.
C4-c)clizietto'iss ratessascsa,
Godinette, the sly young beauty
Used to hair her grandma state
That it was the christian duty
Never to retaliate.
" Thorgh," she'd say, " the world should
Be of meekness not bereft; [spite thee,
If one on the right cheek smite thee,
Straightway turn to him the left,"
In such wise the pious lesson
She'd impress on
Godinette.
Godinette ran home one morning.
Rosy-cheek'd her grandma sought,
Baying, " I fecall'd your warning,
And have acted as you taught.
Jaquot kiss'd me by the gateway
But I nem avenged the theft.
As it was the right cheek straightway
I unto him tured the left."
'Twos well done; no man could stop her
In this proper
Sort of deed.
And she found her grandma'reammsel well
succeed. [—London Orchestra.
gatitito and Witiciomo.
—Harmless pugilism—Striking attitudes.
—The public singer that "draws" the best—
A mosquito.
—What is the greaUnt want of the age—
Want of funds.
—People speak of the sun's breaking out.—
Will they account for the spots on its face.
—What is the difference between a pill and a
hill? One is hard to get up, and the other is
hard to get down.
—Have gou a sister? Then love and cherish
her. If you have not a sister - of your own, then
love somebody elites sister.
—Spriggins says be prevented a severe rase of
hydrophobia by simply getting on a high fence
and waiting there unW the dog left,
—The proprietor of a Boston bone-mM ad
vertisei that " persons sendin,g their own bones
to be ground will be - attended to with puoctu,
ality and dispatch."
—Pat Donlan, at the battle of Chancellorville
hewed low at a cannon-ball which whirred just
six inches above hie bead. " Faith," said Pat,
"one never kegs anything by being polite."
-4oices, like pip, should base good points,.
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30, 1871.
pioctilattrouo.
THE MISER'S HEIR,
The hour hand of Philip Acre's old
fashioned silver watch was pointing to
the figure eight; the snag red curtains
shut out the rain and darkness of the
March night, and the fire snapped and
cracked behind the red-hot bars of the
grate, in a most cosy and comfortable sort
of way, casting a rosy shine into the
thoughtful brown eyes that were tracing
castles and coronets iu the brightly burn
ing coals.
For Philip Acre was for once, indulg
ing himself in the dangerous fascination
of the day-dream.
"If I were only rich !" he poftdered to
himself. "Ali I if. Then goodbye to all
these musty old law books; goodbye to
mended boots and turned coats, all the
ways and means which turn a man's life
into wretched bondage. Wouldn't I revel
in new books, and delicious paintings, and
high stepping horses? Wouldn't I buy
a set of jewels for Edith—not pale pearls,
or sickly emeralds, but diamonds, to blaze
like links of fire upon her royal throat
Wouldel I—what nonsense I am talking,
though !" he cried suddenly to himself.
"Philip Acre, hold your tongue. I did
suppose you were a fellow of more sense.
Here you are, neither rich nor distinguish
ed, but a simple law student; while Edith
Wyllis is as fur above your moon-struck
aspiration as the Queen of Night herself!
She loves me, though—she will wait—and
the time may one any come, If only Dr.
Wyllis were not so distrustful of a fellow!
However, I must prove myself worthy of
the sweetest prize that ever—hallo ! come
in there, whoever you are!"
It was only Ole serving maid of the
lodging house, carrying a letter in the
corner of her apron, between her finger
and thumb.
" Please sir, the postman has just left
"All right, Katy. Now, then," he add
ed, as the door closed behind Katy's sub
stantial back, "let's see what my unknown
correspondent has to say. A black seal.
eh ? Not having any relations to lose, I
am not alarmed at the prognostic."
Ile broke the seal and glanced over the
short, bnsiness-like communication con
tained within, with a face varied from in
credulous surprise to a sudden gladness.
" Am I dreaming?" he murmured, rub
bing his . eyes and shaking himself, as if to
insure complete possession of his senses.
"No, I'm wide awake, and in my right
mind ; it is no delusion—no part of my
waking visions. But who could have
supposed that old Thomas 3Lortimer,
whom I haven't seen since I was a boy of
I tckeelitPAL*. hit=.l9l4
d d
woulie and leave me all his money ?
Why, I'm not the shadow of relatiot ; but
then'! never heard that the old man had
any kith or kin, so I can't imagine any
harm in taking advantage of his oda
freak. Rich—am I really to be rich ? Is
my. Alladin vision to be an actual fact?
Oh, Edith! Edith!"
He clasped both hands over his eyes,
- sick and giddy with the thought that the
lovely far-off star of his adoration would
be brought up near him at last by the
magnet gold. All those years of patient
waiting were to be bridged over by the
strange old miser's bequest; he might claim
Edith now.
How full of heart-shine were the weeks
that flitted over the head of the accepted
lover—brightened by Edith's smile—made
beautiful by the soft radiance of Edith's
love. There was one alloying shadow- 7
the most imperceptible touch of distrust
and suspicion with which stern old Dr.
Wyllie regarded his future son-in-law.
Ah ! be feared to trust his only child to
the keeping of any man who had not been
proved in the fiery furnace of triaL
It was precisely a week before the day
appointed for the wedding, and the soft
lights, veiled by shades of ground glass.
were just lighted, in Dr. Wyllis' drawing
room, where Edith sat among her white
roses and heliotropes, working a bit of
cambric rutliing, and singing to herself.
She was a slender, beautiful girl, with
violet eye; a blue-veined forehead, and
glossy curls of that pale gold that old
painters loved to portray.
" I wonder if Mortimer Place is so very
lovely?" she said to a silver haired lady
who sat opposite. "Philip is going to
take me there, when we return from our
wedding tour, aunty; he says it is the
sweetest place a poet's fancy can devise;
with.fountains and shrubberies and de
licious copses. Oh, shall we not be happy
there!"
She started up, with a bright, sudden
blush ; for ever while the words were
trembling on her lips, Philip Acre came
irto the room. His handsome face was
grave, lookin„ ,, a little troubled, yet cheer
ful withaL Ifra Wyillis, with an arch
nod at her niece, disappeared into the
perfumed perspective of the conservatory.
leaving the lovers to themselves.
" You arc looking grave, Philip," said
Edith, as be bent over and kissed her
cheek.
"I am feeling so, darling. .1 have a
very unpleasant disclosure to make to
night—our marriage must be postponed
indefinitely."
" Philip, for what, - .icason ?"
"To enable me, by diligent labor at my
profession, to realize sufficient means to
support you, dearest, in a manner satis
factory to your father's expectations and
my wishes."
" But Philip, I thought—" '
" You thought me heir of Thomas
Mo timer's wealth ? So I was. Edith, a
fe ours since, but I have relinquished
all claims to it now. When I accepted
the bequest I was under the impression
that no living heir existed- I learned to.
day that a distant cousin (a woman) is
alive, although, my lawyer tells me, in
ignorance of her relationship to Thomas
Mortimer. Of course, I shall transfer the
property to her immediately."
"But, Philip, the will has made it le
gally yours."
Inally it has; but Edith, could I re
concile it to my iaea of truth and hon
esty to, avail myself of old Mortimer's
fanciful freak, at this woman's expense?
I might take the hoarded wealth, but I
clever could respect myself again, could I
drown of legally defrauding the rightful
heir. Nay, deirest, I may lose name and
wealth, but I vould rather die than suffer
a single stain pn my honor as a Christian
gentleman."
"You havi done right, Phillip," said
Edith, withtaparkling eyes. "We will
wait, and hofe on, happy in loving one
another moretlearly than over. But who
is this distantrelative and heiress ?"
- "That's ju4 what I didn't stop to in
quire. I will write again to my lawyer to
ask these quel.ions, and to direct that a
deed of conwyance be made out; and
then, darling- 7 "
His lips qtivered a moment, yet he
manfully completed the sentence—
" Then I vill begin the battle of life
over again."
And Edith's loving eyes told him what
she thought of his self-abnegation a sweet
testimoniaL
"Hem," said Dr. Wyllis, polishing his
eye-glasses magisterially, with a silk crim
son pocket handkerchief, "I didn't sup
pose the young fellow bad so much stam
ina about him—a very honorable thing to
do. Edith, I have never felt exactly sure
about Phil Acre being worthy of you be
fore—"
" Papa !"
" But my mind is made up now. When
is he coming again ?"
" This evening," faltered Edith, the vio
let eyes softly drooping. _
" Tell him, Edith, that he may have
you next Wednesday, just the same as
ever. And as for the law practicing, why
there's time enough fur that afterward.
Child, don't strangle me with your kisses
—keep 'em for Phil."
Ile looked at his daughter with eyes
stranmily dim.
" and not found wanting he
muttered distinctly.
a a *** ****
The perfume of the orange blossoms
had die 4 away, the glimmer of the pearls
and stain were hidden in velvet caskets
and traveling trunks, and Mr. and Mrs.
Acre, old married people of full a month's
duration, were driven along a country
road, iu the amber of a glorious June
sunset.
" Halloo 1 which way is Thomas going ?"
said Philip, leaning from the window, as
the carriage turned out of the main road.
" I told him the direction to take," said
Edith, with bright sparkling eyes. "I.et
me have my own way, for once. We are
going to our new home."
" Are we ?" said Philip, with.a common
grimace. -It is to be love in - a cottage,
I suppose.
" ait until you see, sir said Mrs. Acre
pursing up her little rose-budof a mouth;
and Philip waited patiently.
" Where are we ?" he asked in astonish
went, when the carriage drew up before a
th - t74 - iniliseidarr - lir -a rah = - cult
must be 3lontimere place.
" Shouldn't be surprised if it was,"said
Dr. Wyllis, emerging from the doorway.
"Walk in, my boy; come, Edith. Well,
how do you like your new home ?"
"Our new home!" repeated Philip. "I
do not understand you sir."
" Why, I mean your little wife yonder
is the sole surviving relative of 1 homas
Mortimer, although she never knew it
until this morning. Iler mother was old
Mortimer's cousin, and some absurd quar
rel had caused a total cessation of inter
course between the two branches of the
family. I was aware of the facts all along;
but I wasn't sorry 'to aysil myself of the
opportunity to see wird, kind of stuff
you were made of PhiL Acre. And now
as the deed of convenysnce is not made
out yet, I don't suppose your lawyer need
to trouble. himself abort it. The heiress
won't quarrel with yoi, I'll be bound.
Philip Acre's cheek flushed and then
grew pale with strong hidden emotion,
us he looked at his wife, standing beside
him, when the sunset turned her bright
hair to coils of shining gold, and thought
how unerringly the hand of Providence
had straightenea out the tangled web of
his destiny.
Out of darkness came light.
Death of the Nerves.
When a man is wounded in battle, even
slightly, he is likely to be knocked pros
trate, which is in fact often the first in
timation that he gets that something has
happened. It is nut the force of the blow
nor the wound that brings him to the
ground, for he may presently get up and
walk away, or fight again if he is very
determined; but it is the shock upon the
nervous system. A similar shock may
come through a stroke of lightning.
Sometimes it may be so violent that death
will overtake the victim beyond recall by
any reaction, while there is no sufficient
injury to the tissues or organs, or loss of
blood to cause a fatal result. A sudden
death occurred recently in a prominent
family, where the }toting man lad no dis
ease of any tissue, that could cause alarm,
and no one could have predicted the re
sult. Nothing could be said of it but
that some violent shock fell upon an en
feebled nervous system and took life away
before the trouble, whatever it was, could
pronounce itself by disorganizing any
part of the body. Civilization , and its
intense activities bring a great strain on
the nervous powers; physicians have to
bear this in mindand direct their counsels
accordingly. A great desideratum is to
discover some remedy which will act
•
promptly as a counter shock.
—A man in Ashland, Pa., recently or
dered a " fine gold watch" from one of the
swindling agencies in New York. Pafing
ten dollars express charges, he meowed,
well boxed, a beautiful " glass marble"
clock, with a note attached, reading thus:
‘iDsmi Sin The mystery in regard to
this is to find the key-hole by which to
wind it up. Numerous persons have been
searching for it during the past year and
haye failed in finding it, but we hope that
you will be successful.
"Respectfully, Williams & Co.
"P. 5.—A1l fools will learn by exper
ience." •
—An lowa toper happened to ignite
some matches as he was awaking from a
drunken sleep; and snuffing the air, he
muttered something about being in the
lower regions, "just as I expectei, by
hokey?"
A Real Lady.
Going down one of the very steep
streets, where the pavement was covered
with ice, I saw before me an old woman,
slowly and tiredly picking her way. She
was one of the poor, but respectable old
ladies, who dress in rusty black, wear old
fashioned bonnets, and carry big bags,
Some young folks laugh at these antiqua
ted figures, but those better bred treat
them with respect, and find something
touching in the faded old suits, the with
ered old faces, and the knowledge that
those lonely old ladies have lost youth,
friends, and often fortune, and are pa
tiently waiting to be called away from a
world that seems to have passed by and
forgotten them.
Well, as I slipped and scuffled along, I
watched the little black bonnet in front,
expecting every minute to see it go do
down, and-trying to hurry, that I might
offer my help.
At the corner, I passed three little school
girls, and heard one say to the other—
" 0, I wouldn't; she will do well enough,
and we shall lose our coasting if we don't
hurry."
"But if she should tumble, and break
her poor old bonnet,l should feel so bad,"
returned the second, a pleasant faced
child, whose eyes followed the old lady,
full of a sweet, pitiful expression.
"She's such a funny looking woman, I
shouldn't like to be seen walking with
her," said the third, as if she thought it
would be a kind thing to do, but hadn't
the courage to try it.
"Well, I don't care; she's old, and
ought to be helped, and I'm going to do
it,' cried the pleasant-faced girl; and
running by me, I saw her overtake the
old lady, as she stood at a crossing, look
ing wistfully over the dangerous glare of
ice before her.
" Please, ma'am, shan't I help you, it's
so baitiierc ?" said the kind little voice,
as the ands in the red mittens were help
fully outstretched.„
"0, thankee, dear. I'd no idea the
walking was so bad, but I must get home,"
And the old face lighted up with a grate
ful smile, which was worth a dozun of
the best coasts in Boston.
"Take my arm, then ; I'll help you
down the street, 'cause I'm afraid you
might fall," said the child, offering her
arm.
"Yes, dear, so I will. Now we shall get
on beautifully. I've been having a dread
ful time, for my old over socks are all
holes, and I slip every step."
"Hold on, ma'am, I shan't fall, I've got
rubber boots, and can't tumble down.'!
So chatting, the two went safely across
leaving me and the other girls to look af
ter them, and wish we had done the lit-
"I think Baty is a real good girl, don't
you?" said one child to the other.
"Yes, I do. Let's wait till she comes
back. No matter if we do lose some
coasts," answered the child who had tried
to dissuade her playmate from going to
the rescue.
There I left them; but I think they got
a real lesson that day in the real polite
ness which comes from haying kindness;
for, as they watched little Katy, dutifully
supporting the old lady, undaunted by
the immense yellow mufl; or the old socks,
or the queer bonnet, both their faces were
full of a new respect and affection for
their playmate.—Youth's Companion.
A Horrible Story.
On Tuesday last a Franch boy named
Bouillon Wood, made prisoner by the
Blackfeet at the Saint Cloud massacre, in
1864, arrived at Manistee, Michigan, on
his way to hie uncle at Grand Haven. At
this point he gaiqed the first intelligence
of his relatives. He tells the following
story, and from a rigid cross examination,
and the fact that it is the true story of St.
Cloud, and his being able to minutely de
scribe his uncle, there can bo no doubt of
his honesty. His father, Peter Wood, was
scalped and tomahawked. His mother
was ripped open alive, her entrails taken
out, and her infant torn from her arms,
and impaled on the fence. His two sisters,
aged respectively 20 and 21, were nailed
by their arms and feet to the wall, scalped
and afterward tomahawked. The boy
Bouillon, then about twelve years old, was
compelled to witness the dying agonies of
his mother, and fainted at the sight. On
recovering, he found himself and little
sister captives. The Blackfeet carried
them to the western slope of the Rocky
Mountains, and on arriving cut off with
a tomahawk the left arm of the boy s and
with a knife cut the girl's ears nearly off,
leaving them hanging. This they did to
mark their captives. Hero the children
were separated and have never met since.
He remained under close surveillance nn
til the time of his escape, subsisting for
nearly seven years ou raw meat and Indi
an fare. At first, before ho understood
their language, they abused him dread
fully, hut after he acquired that to some
extent they treated him better. The med
icine men tried hard to cure his arm, but
failed, and the boy suffered with a run
ning sore until his escape. About one
year ago while the camp was asleep, he
made his escape, traveling along without.
a gun or other means of securing game,
and subsisting on herbs, roots,and Indian
potatoes, until he struck the first white
settlement, Pike Peak. Here he was car
ed for and his arm re-amputated by Dr.
Bass. He made his way by slow stages,
mostly on foot, to this point, passing rail
roads and steamboats, yet unable to get
passage, as none believed him. Here he
met friends, and was taken charge of by
Charles Paggest, who ascertained the
truth of his- story, raised a parse and pur
chased a pass for him to Grand Haven.
The attention of Senator Ferry will be
brought to his caw, and, he will beglad to
make an eflort to have his little sister
sought for by the Government The boy
is an honest, simple Frenchman, and
bears upon his person the marks of his
terrible tortures. Ile wept when he de
scribed the horrible murder of his parepts.
—Milwaukee News, June 27th. • ''
—An exceJlent old lady is much exer
cised in mmd to know how it is that lit
tle quicksilver in a glass tube can make
such awfull hot weather by just rising an
inch or two. -
VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER
The Confessions of a Vagabond.
The LoAden Daily News prints a sin
gular autobio g raphy — the confession of a
vagabond. A parliamentary report on
vagrancy, presented in 1848, noticed at
some length the case of George Atkins
.Brine, a famous vagabond. A charity so
ciety of Lohdon lately discovered that the
man was still living and continued a
course of life which hehad followed for
nearly half a century. This man has al
ways kept tip a correspondence with his
family, and his letters are described as
written in an admirable hand, with scarce
ly a single fault in the spelling, and gen
erally end with a few lines of poetry—
either of his own composition or a quota
tion Irom some unhackeneyed author like
Quarles. When he desired to get to a par
ticular place Without walking or paying
for a ridle, if that place happened to be
the county seat, he would break windows
along the road, and thus accomplish his
object. In his own account of himself he
says Unit he adopted vagrancy because he
discovered that more money could be got
without work than with it. As to the
means he adopted, we had best let him
speak for himself. The " trade" which he
says he had worked at was that of a
butcher,
"Now I mean to make a el?an breast
of it, I will candidly declare that I have
stuck at nothing. I have worked (but
very little,) at my trade ; I have been a
cattle drover; I have been salesman with
three different cheap Jacks ;'I have_heen
a pot hawker; I have been a vendor of
pens, paper, razors (Peter Pindar's,) spec
tacles, laces, etc. : I have been in the em
ploy (for two years together) of man
slaugh tering quack-doctors—for r differen t
ones (am more ashamed of this than of
any other of my follies, for the majority
of them are not robbers only, brit homi
cides;) I hare sold cards at all the prin
ciple prize-fights; I have been a 'shallow
cove' (1. e., a member of the land navy,)
also a •higliflyr' (i. e., a begging letter im
poster, thirker,' ofie who has forty differ
ent trades and master of none. 3ly fa
vorite 'lurk' was butcher, tallow-chandler
or currier, and to crown Ar I have been
a preacher I 'This game pays Pell in re
mote villiage streets on Sunday evenings,
provided you are well stocked with tracts;
but I was not lit for it; my resibility is
too easily tickled, and once when I was
invited to 'hold forth' in a small chapel I
was in no little danger of grinning in the
pulpit at my own roguery. This was at.
Rothbury, Northumberland. I must also
tell you, in short, I have been a rogue,
imposter vagabond of each and every de
nomination. I say this because it is true,
and because I am now heartily ashamed
of
Lm.41(31 ' tarn -ut: Luce - vinozu, to 'of tittle
consequence further than that he gives it
as his opinion that they all tend to foster
vagrancy, and that of every ten tramps
nine are imposters or professional tramps.
He was asked how many jails he had been
imprisoned in, and here is his answer :
" And now, fourthlv, how many goals ?
Well, here she goes. I have been in a
gaol more than one hundred different
times! There are but two countries in
kngland that I have escaped 'limbo. I
have also been in several in Scotland and
Wales. In the great majority of cases
drunkenness has been the anise ; I have',
never been convicted of felony or larceny,'
but I have for obtaining money under
false pretences, and several times for
hawking without a license, many times
for vagrancy, smashing windows and oth
er, offences, for the whole of which I
'richly deserve hanging. To this I pre
sume, sir, you will.say amen."
Professional vagabondism is, we pre
seine, less common in this country than
it Europe, but we have' Other eases of ha
-1 bitual offenders whose cases present a not
less interesting problem to the students
of social science.
A Remarkable Dream.
A gentleman of the highest character,
a minister of the Gospel, related to us the
following remarkable facts, which were
furnished him by the• Rev. 1. N. Thomp
son, a well known Methodist preacher of
Southern Indiana. One of Mr. Thomp
son's parishioners had a very singular
dream which ran as follows, as he related
it to his family the next morning: lie
dreamed that in walking through ono of
his pasture gelds he came upon a certain
tree, near the path he was following, and
which had an opening from rot, on one
side. Near the foot of this tree, coiled
along-side the path, he saw !n his dream
a large yellow rattle:snake, and this snake,
his dream told him,Chad bitten him and
killed him. After relating the dream to
his family next morning, he concluded
to go to the pasture, and there, beside the
path at the foot of the half rotten tree,
lay coiled up a large rattlesnake. Seizing
a small limb from . a tree lying near, he
struck at the snake, but in doing so his
foot slipped and be fell upon the poison
ous reptile, which bit him upon the cheek.
ITe hastened to his here, nearly a quarter
of a mile distant, where, two hours later
ho died in great agony- This story is an
almost incredible one, but it comes to us
from such a high source that we cannot
doubt its truth.—Lettisrille Commercial.
Vibration of nigh Tpwers.
The following illustration, says Prof.
Henry, of the vibratory movement of
matter is attested b 7 Prof. Horsford, of
the United States. '1 be top of the high
tower which constitutes the Bunker Hill
monument inclines , towards the west in
the morning, and the - north at mid-day,
and towards the east in the afternoon.
These movetnents , are duo to the expand
ing influence of the sun as it warms, in
succession, the different sides of the struc
ture. 11, similar but more marked effect
is produced on the dome of the capitol at
Washington, as indicated by the apparent
motion of the bob of a long plumb line
fastened to the under side of the roof of
the rotunda, and extending to the pave
ment beneath. This bob describea daily
an ellipsoidal came, of which the longer
diameter is 4 inches or 5 inches in length.
By molecular actions of this kind, Time,
the slow but sure destroyer, levels to the
ground the loftiest monuments of human
pride. .
[From the Cincinnati Inquirer.]
booth of Mr% Tolland!ghoul.
In our telegraphic columns to-day will
be found the announcement of the death
of Mrs. C. L. trallandlibam, widow of the
eminent Ohio statesman, an account of
whose sudden and tragic end it became
our sad duty to chronicle not
,quite two
months ago. Although not quiW-nues
pected by those who were fami with
the sensitive and delicate organization of
the woman, and knew in consequence bow
certain it was that her loving-and afiee
tionate heart would soon succumb to the
terrible blow of her husband's death, the
announcement will carry none the less of
grief and sadness to the thousands of her
husband's admirers throughout the length
and the breadth of the land of his birth
and of hi,s love. At the time of Mr..Val
ls,ndigham's death the,writer of this re
ceived from au old and intimate friend of
the departed statesman and his eatimablo
wife the prophecy that the latter would
not for many days survive the awful tid
ings of her husband's fate. The fulfill.
merit of that prediction flashed yesterda
from the mountains of Maryland to every
quarter of the continent, carrying with it
sadness and gloom to not only the many
intimate friends of the deceased, but to
thousands of; other loyal hearth who
knew her only as the bereaved widow u;
him whose banner, "torn bat flying,"
they had followed through many a hotly
contested political battle-field, and whos..
sudden taking off they had mourned with
a sincerity of sorrow such as it is not the
portion of many of earth's chhildren,
however gifted or distinguished, to create•.
Mrs. Vallundigham received the tidings
of her idolized husband's death whit..
standing beside the coffin of a beloved
brother. Although partially paralyzed by
the shock, the strong yearnings. of her
love lifted her above the eittctsof physical
and mental prostration, and gave her
strength to perform the long and weary
journey to her desolated homeln Dayton
in time to view the inanimate body of her
husband of her choice before it was con
signed to its honored resting-place in the
soil of his own Ohio, the State of his na
tivity, the Commonwealth of his love and
the scenes of his social and political joys
and sorrows, trials and triumphs. For
some weeks after her husband's .funeral.
Mrs. Vallaudigham was confined to her
bed by prostration snperindnced by the
terrible calamity that had torn her heart
strings asunder, and shattered her already
exhausted physical strength
. of an origi
nally feeble and delicate organization. As
soon as she had rallied a little, upon th e
advice of a physician, she started on a
trip.to the home of her girlhood in.ldary
land iu the vain hope that a change of
VlutLientLhj,p um. , Rio
dispatches from Cumberland show. Mrs.
Vallandi,gham was a woman singnlarily
refined, loving and sensitive, and one ill
fitted by disposition to be the companion
of the man whose bold and daring 'nature
led him to joy in the storms of life rather
than to walk by the still waters of pease
or to lie down in the green pastures of
idleness, a nature that told, with the elo
quence of a shattered constitution, how
terrible was the shock given by . hus
bands simple sentence of exile nu,ght well
illustrate with a now pathos when the
tragical closinr , scene came, Irving's tale
of the Brokeelleart. Could wo call her
back to a weary life by one words of ours
—who, as Dickens said over the grave of
" Little Nell," " who would speak _that
word ?"
That Woman Jury.
An outraged husband at Cheyenne,'
Wyoming Territory, where female stiff
rakr,re and the political and social appurte
nances thereto appertaining.aro-reccriz
ed, denounces the female jury ",baseness
through the Cheyenne Leader, and in
justifttian offers a pertiment scrap from
his domestic history. His wife was. sum
moned and impounded as a juror in an
important case. When night canto , the
case not being concluded, the hu 'aband
applied to the court to. have his wile sent
home, as there were several small children
there requiring her attention—the small
est, in fact, being in a starving condition,
owing to the fact that it had,not been
habituated to the use of the bottle. But
the husband's request was denied. The
Judge said thejury could not be separa
ted. The husband then requested per
missiou to send the infant to the mother.
This was also refused on tho ground that
the law does not permit a thirteenth per.
son in the jury room, and there is no stat
ute to show that an infant in arms is not
a "person" within the intent anclinclining
of the law. The desperate husband then
attempted to induce the court to solid all
the jurors to his house for the night; but
the effort was a failure, and the husband
was informed that quarters had been pro
vided for his wife at the hotel, and that if
he wished to speak to her for a moment
he would have to take the place of the
cook. The husband went home. How
he got through the night is not told; but
when he learned the next day that the
trial was likely to last a week, he straight
way proceeded to employ the best-looking
housekeeper and cook in the county. At
last accounts his wife was gill on thejuty.
A NEW ENEMY TO WHEAT-l 0 is sta
ted that during the present summer in the
wheat fields of York and others of the
southern tier of counties a now wheat
pest made it appearance in considerable
numbers, in the form of a worm which is
very .pfolitio. •The worm deposits its eggs
in the green roots of the growing grain,
and when hatched the. young grub cat
theii way up . in the centre of the stalk to
the head. The stalk turns white, dies
and withers. No method'has been sug
gested for preventing the extension of the
now pearl. , .
THE ORICHWAL PEAm—Tho peach
was onginally a poisoned almond. Its
fleshy patta were used to poison arrows,
and tho fruit was for this purpose intro
duced into Persia. Tho transplantation
and cultivation, however, not only remov
ed ita poisonous qualities, but produced
the delicious fruit wo now enjoy. •
The cotten crop of Georgiattifq y ear
will not exceed rive eighths of lad pea
crop.