FA: E. SAW LEY, Ttoprietor.
guointoo
SIIIP~A!{'i .1~ CAsS~.
eaddle;ltattlesa and Trott maker". Shop the. Itoyera`
Mora Pa. - Oak MiltleSSCP. heavy
and I tit, mutes to of
Brookt •
yo, April
XL D. SDITII
Miring Inented at Jarkaon (lento., Planntartunor eland
• Dealer In Llebt and Henry liaruelroa. eol'arr,
"Trunkaotaddk - nAc .botring,nr strict ett..ni lon to boat.
*eta and lair deallug, to hare a liberal abate of
- patronage.
Muth 11,1911.—no10—rag.
BURNS & NICUOLS,
OBALARS Drag*, Mediates, Chemicals. Dye.
at iRp paints, 01Is, Varnish. Liquors. Spices. Panel
trt.tles. Patent Medicines, Perinmrryand Toilet Ar.
(tam Or Prescriptions carefully componn.i.—
'aria Meek. Moatroee, Pa.
a. u. Caru s, . Altos Nten .
Feb. 210-3.31.
DR.' D. A. LATHROP,
.
lanatilllter/ SLICIIIO TUtILII&L DAVIS, at the soot of
. Chestnut ntroet.. Call and consult In all Chronic
Dlsesscs.
Montrose. dan.l7.l2.—no..l—tf. .
J. F.
Atlanta, at Law. Montroso.Pa. 015e*next doorbrtow
Abell maw*, Patin* newWw.
yeatriate. Jan. 22, lea —nos,ly.
C. E. BALDWIN,
Amman aid Coosenum AT LAW, Meat Mud. Penn
nyleanla. Sm.
B. L. BALDWIN,
ATMS= AT L. Montrose, Pa Office with Jim=
K. emult. Raw.
hicwitrow, Accost 00. 1871. tt.
LOOMIS & LLSIQ.
Attempt at Lim Office No, 1.14 localism:a Menne.
&vision. Prsctke In t oo several Courts of La
teran and Stokinehanna Cannata.
11. Loom!,
Batman, Sept. ftb, Irll.—iL r Wa. D. Linn.
W. I. CROSSiWON.
Attorney st Lao, Office at. the Court Rouse in the
Conteisslonee• (Mice. W A. Choi/stmt.
Ilteatrose. Sept. 6th, 1671.—t1.
McKim=
NeKENZIE, & FAIIROT.
Were In. Dry Goode, Clothing,Ladies and Mines
tee Shoes. also,.agents tor he great American
Tea and Coffee Company. (Montrone, Pa., op. 1;70.
DR. W. W. SMITII,
Dory. Rooms at his derellfnm next door east of the
Republican priallor, office. Mice hours from 9a. a.
to 4 r. a. Montrose, May 3, Itill—tf
THE BARBER—Hat Ila! Halt
Charley Morris is the barber. who can glare your face to
order{ Cute brown, black and grlceley hole, In Ur
clam just op stairs. There you will end hint, over
Gene* store. below 111cRenales-‘lnet one door.
ilantroae, June 7, ten.—tt C. MORRIS.
1. B. & A. 11. IIeCOLLUM,
Arrange - re at Las Oinee over Ine Bank, Montrose
Pa. Montrose. May 10. i 0 1. tf
3. D. VAIL,
PlextonYartcPwrstetax can Sunoroa . . Ma permanently
located himself In NI ontro.r, where he will prompt.
ly attene to all exile le hi. profeodon with which he may
be Carom& Oaks and residence west of the Caere
Hoorn, row Fuca a Watoon's oftlee.
llontoxe. February 0. 1871.
OPPICE•
FIT C T & W kTSI)N, \tr•roers+t I.3er. It the old oMee
et Bentley dr, Fitch. Moutro...e,
L. T Pan. 11, '71.(
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
Dealer In Bo.). and Sant., 1111. and C.p. I.earorr ' no
Lindmdo, Bain Stre:n, tot do., tre:on STntr.
Work Made e.r Llrdni and repAirtnn done neatly.
Waal . ..a. Jan. I. 14TO.
LEWIS tiNOl.l,
SHAVISO AND RAIR DRESSING.:
litop In the new Poetnilte haildinz, where he a fll
he found ready to attend ail rho !nay rant anything
in his line. Montrose, Pa Ott. 13. Ise).
DR. S. W. DAYTON',
PlifirtGClAN & SURGEON. tender, his hereirett to
the citizen, of Great Bend and lit Inltv 0111, at hie
realdenee, oppnatte Damara Howe. Cri. Bend villa;
Copt. I.t. tf
A. 0. WARREN.
ATTOR:CIEY A . LAW. Bounty,qtark ray. Pent , lo,
and Etem cn ClittraP attended to. On, C
..or below Boyd . ' Stott , . 3lntaro,r_Psk. tAn. 1.'69
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent
&tint! Prlendsvilla t Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
41.1a.cotl.casc.e.r.
Great Bend, Pa
'l7. J 9.
ant QM
All 1 EL I,.
V. S. BAzoAtAckrao or.
Aar. I, UM Addroas, Brooklyn, P■
JOHN GROVES,
WASIIIONABLE Thrtalt. 2flontrose. Ps. Shop over
Chandler's Store. An orders fUled in Cyst-rata style.
,at tiny dons on short notice. and warranted to
W. W. SIIITII,
OaBISZET ISD CHAIR IlLaNl3FACTl=llB.—kom
at alalastivet. Rontroaa, Pa. Jaag. 1. MI
STROUD dr; BROWN,
PIES AND LIVE 1:13 3.4.&ti ACZNTIL, Air
easiness attended to promptly. on fate terms. Mee
first door north cif ..stoatrose Uotet," west side o.
Public drams, It:outran, Pa. (Mtg. L
BILLINGS &num% Cflasuts L. Damn,.
ABEL TUURELL,
D•=a.LBll in Drugs, Pinola lierneincs. Chernicals
Moore. PSALM, Oils,mys stuffs. Varnishes. Ntn o
Glass, Granaries, Wars Ware, Nall .and Window Pa,
per, etnne•ware, Lamps. licroscne. Machinery 01le.
_ .T-asee. Mims Lrnmanitlen, -Entree. apectaaigh
• Prilehme.Panci Goods, Juarclry, Perin ry,
being tone of the most numerous. atenelve, and
valuable collections of Goode in tinscinehanne Co.—
Matablletted In 1848, [Montrone. Pa.
D W. SEARLE,
TI'OILYLT.AT LAW. orrice, over the Store of A.
Ltthrpp, Sa tho Brick Block. liontroee, Pa. EattlX9
Da. W. Li RIEDARDSON,
nrsumix & firll6Eo24, traders his profearlona
services to the citizens of Montrose and vicinity.—
*Moo atlds residence, on the corner rant of Sayre &
Bros. Foundry. ' Aug.l 1, 1%9.
DR. E. L. GAUDNER,
PIITSICIAN and sUIIGEON. Montrose. Pa. Giver
especial attention to diseases of the Iteart and
Lanes and all Sargicai disesset. ()glee over W. B.
Dean.. Boards at nearle's lintel. Laeg.l.lBC9.
•
H UNT BROTHERS,
SCRANTON, PA.
Wholesale & Retell Dealers In
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS,
•
TJILDEIVS HARDWARE,
EINE SAM COVE TEBsUNE d TMAILSPIEBb
SAILBOAT) & MINING SUPPLIES.
CABBLAGE SPEINGb.. AXLES, SKEINS AN,
BOXES, BOLTS. NUTS sad WASHERS,
ELATED BANDS. MALLEABLE
IBONs.EUBS.spuEEs.
FELLOSs.dEAT SPINDLES. ROM dm
ANVILS, VICES. STOCKS and DIES. BELLOW!.
lIAIMERS, SLEDGES. FILES. &e. &e.
CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS. IMMO. PACKING.
TACKLE BLOCKS. PLASTER PARIS
CEMENT. HAIR & Olt IIsIDSTONES.
pRRNCH WINDOW GLASS. LE ATM& PINDTNOr
PAIRRAISIVS s p ALEs. . •
varch44.l43.
IMPROVED MBE!
PATZON= Wpzurcrracrunst
• •
gOttilSOLintai Speed' and Deinie Drive Wheel: It
.., held' the cittet 2,iew rPritStece National Premien:l I
. .
_ 41,eceille Oreat Ohio Net lowa Preusime, held at Emu ,
:-
v.tio., ill Imp.. - . . _
..,
Prec ..-
44 althmi .I..the Peaserleaula, ISurylepf s Virgißlifkate
The
tee ye weal_ _ If ' ? m P d a igi " d i (tf i r i eig =r r fit
:,eent of wer.foee, e!dettgal tted
ly uee n urieir It traf i ggrit
'•
the operatlcni auto amazed Instantly tram a' bl cif
Ow to one a third elperer. without stop; thus APltt•
talc WWI° had pieces an d ticht Aul heavy
Otte e4Werapperatnels verfeet. leo to I<e and cue
enfant ka I nr- head. girt •hrTottd doubt. the ..etropMet- ,
Lachine to the world, and MeV; 4900 4 1 ,01iiejtball
girteetly reliable in erunipurtistdar. . -
n3Mtriin, MI a. ;lii.•-• IMPIE EittD•
gogfo'
DELiGgITF.F.L TillEtTV-TWO.
Mostpoets-sing of . sweet sixteen,
As if that age would do;
I sing n sweeter, riper age -7
Delig,h. fel thirty two! •
The age of beauty , rounded out
As plump as any peach,
And quite as tempting too, tMcts not
To far above our reach!
I sing the age of wit and grace,
And sweet, enchanting wiles;
Of faces sparkling o'er with mirth,
And full of dimpling smiles;
Of eyes that look into your own
As it they'd look you through;
And set you crazy by their depth
At charming thirty-two
I sing the graces of the mind
That years alone impart,
Or, what Is mote attractive still,
The gmets of the heart
The %intim that improve by age,
As generous wines will do,
That flash far has at sweet sixteen
:Mum sparkling thirty-two.
I sing of beauty unadorned,
Of native grace and art;
Of love that wins and captivates
The mind as well ns heart;
I sing of Cupid open-eyed,
Not blind and bandaged too,,
Who, when he wings his brightest shaft,
Aims well at thirty-two.
I sing of woman's crowning dress-- -
The virtues that she wears '
With more becoming grace and art
As she improyea in years;
I sing the sweetest, ripest age
That man e'er bad in view
When seeking happiness for life—
The age of thirty-two.
0. C. PAITIMOT,
I sing the sweetest time of life
For beauty held in store,
And doubly sweet as "sweet sixteen,"
As two and two mike four;
The fact is, figures cannot lie,
And this plain truth is true,
Exitetly ftro limns sweet sixteen
Makes one sweet thirty-two!
I sing the glorious honeymoon
That lasts from year to year,
And always grows more honey sweet
As Autumn leaves appear;
I sing the heart that's always young,
Whatever time may do
To nip its fragrance in thebud
At glorious thirty-two.
I sing the little archer boy,
With eyes as roguish bright
As when he left the skies above
And closed the gates of light ;
When Qenus bandaged both his eyes,
And bade the boy adieu,
Lest he should hind a heaven on earth
ID charms of thirty-two.
I sing, in fine, the Paphian queen,
Wilma chariot dntwn by doves,
LChite•wing'd and pure would ever seem
To typify our loves;
Loves that approved by Heaven's own law,
And all that Heaven holds true,
Shall make our sweethearts and our wives
Both one at thirty-two!
1313:2=
Lot England sing "god save our King,"
Or " Queen," as it may be;
I sing a nobler sentiment
For mound America!
God save. our sweethearts and our wives,
All loving, good and true,
And we will keep our "honor bright"
For them at—thirty two!
—Acne Art for April.
It ain't so much how you get there,
So long as you're there at last,
One can't he stpteamish traveling,
If he wants to travel fast,
Lite is so short at its longest pull,
So rungs in its smoothest part,
It stands a fellow to know the ropes
Before he makes a start.
Now, I got stuck in tho first dayhi march,
And I've staid stuck up to date;
Ton think I'd better be getting ahead,
Than giving advice--eh, mate?
But there you're wrong, for the malt who falls
Has scented the pitfall out;
And so to my failure, the people say
There.isn't a ghost of a doubt.
Fve seen a fortune before my "eyes,
_ . But mud lay thick between
And leaving the mud, I left.the prize
For those less nice than keen.
Folks turned their becks as they waded through,
And groaned as they splashe about,
But changed their tune as they neared the shore,
And cheered as they waded out.
What if they hadn't got out ? why, then
They'd have sunk In the mire, of course,
And the voice of the world would have changed
And croaked till the air was hoarse. [again,
What should I chose, could I live once more?
Well, there you've got me, Dick;
For the clean highway is a barren place,
And mud—well, mud will stick.
Bnt tf what we miss when we travel here,
We get when we Journey there,
I think, were Ito lire over again,
I'd take path that's bare,
For when it comes to the settling day,
When kinds and sorts are clubbed,
I think—though here vou m ust judge foryourselt,
I'd rather be filed than scrubbed.
Kitnitio and aritidomo.
—A modest traveling agent requested
an lowa pastor to recommend his gas
'burners from the pulpit.
—Mfrs. Franklin, of St. Louis carved her
husband with a butcher knife because he
did not, vote the Democratic ticked.
—The Ostrom ia Legislature has passed
a bill that "religion shall neither be taught
nor practied in the public schools."
—A Newburyport belle was so indis.
creet is to swear audibly because her foot
became entangled in a rebellious "skele
ton." •
—A man in Oregon has sued to recover
$5,000 from his parents-in-law for repre
senting his wifr strong and healthy when
she has turned oat sickly and peevish.
—Ont of seven divorces vented recent
ly hylbe Supreme Court in Boston, five
of, the wives were named Marir, and four
of the husbands named John.
—A Southern paper our creduliq with
this:.Florida. negro two bushels
of dried:applesona bet, refreshed . himself
at tb town pump, and burst:!.
mournfully
speaks
—A Nei, York reporter mournfully
speaks of having seen '
.'some of the lore-
Rest eni-rings in the dirtiest ears imagin
able, grthe Faust matinee.?
--Berne one hoe ehollenge4 Weston to
walk =and the world. An account - of
Binh Iv - nimble tionld merit a geo-graphic
deacription.
BY R: W. WIUGUT.
HIS CHOICE
MONTROSE, PA.,,W I EDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1872.
gliocdtancouo.
oER OLD DOME.
BY SITE.
When father died mother 'became so
low spirited 'that-the did not take any-in
tereSt in anything about the place:
"Do as you' like, girls," was her reply
to every gurStion we asked her.. I become
so discouraged that I did not rare what
really berm& of ns. ' Father left us but a
few acres of badly tilled land, and •a
house as old as the hills—the old cottage
be was born in.
Mary Ann; kept her spirits in n hopeful
state. She said as long as we had
mother left, and a shelter for her head, we
all might be;thankful, and go about our
duties cheerfully. Mary Ann was differ
ent fiem the most.. of us—she waslike the
Morgans, mother's family.
"But thisiold place will never pay a
farm hand, and Jennie is toe small to help
mach," feeling as I spoke, rather hope
lessly. "how were we to live?" I asked
of her..
"I shall farm it myself. Yon take care
of the house and keep mother from fret
ting, and I Will see to the farm," said
Mary Ann Cheerfully.
" was getting along in March, and
nothing had been attended to, for we
were:so confused about father's death, and
the loss of our dear homestead, hich
went to pay father's debts. The old home
was small, only sixty acres, not much like
the lost one. Sam Jay bought it, and we
felt it had Nile's into good hands. Ile
would be kind to the stock, which went
with the plaCe.
The last week in March we moved to
the old home on the hill. It had stood
empty for years. Once , in a while father
used it for corn and drain, when the har
vest was plentiful ; it had been a sort of a
store house for a long time. I managed
the inside of the house, and soon had it
in good order. The rooms looked cheer
ful. Mother brightened np, when every
thing was fixed. The memory of her
early wedded life clustered around its
hearth.
She said, pointing to different parts" of
the sitting room—she was growing with
er queer —" Your father sat there the
night John came home from college.
How proud we were of John. There is
where the table stood on which they plac
ed his coffin ;the day he was buried. And
thfre was Nedde's cradle—little baby
Ned, who fell from the door-sill yonder.
and rolled down the stone steps on his
head, breakieg his neck."
Yon see she was bound to gather up all
the sad events in her life, and hold them
in view like mourning garments.
The departure of the snow revealed an
nusightly array of. refuse lumber round
the honse, broken earls and wagons,
which lather had thought to good to cut
np. A pile ,of stumps and old boards,
whose ruggefl and ugly proportions effec
tually warded off the best view of the fine
mansion in the valley, was Mary Ann's
first attack. She was bound to have a
clean door-yard and surroundings, and
she went about it in good earnest too.
Soon the farm buildings and yards were
in splendid order, the fences whiteeashed,
and the doors which had hung on one
hinge gracefully hung on two ; windows
were mended, and, lastly, she obtained
paint and brushee, and actually painted
the house and outbuildings. People pass
ing wonid wonder what power had trans
formed the old plaice. jnstead of the wood
colored house, brokeW fences and unsight
ly sheds, we had a new white cottage, with
plain, substantial fences inclosing a clean
plot of ground for a front yard.
• Mary Ann was always fond of flowers,
and she ornamented the garden with
shrubs and flowers. 'Sam Jay allowed her
to take all the plants she loied best. from
his garden. They were hers and he
would not deprive her of them, He sent
his hired man to plow ap the fiveacre lot, !
and came up himself to help her top
dress the west field and the lower mead
ow. She displayed a wonderful lot,' of
thrift, the neighbors said. We had three
cows and fifty-eight hens, and by dens
management,l made the cows and hens
provide food for the family. We hid pork
and beef left from last year.
We got on finely. Vines and climbing
roses rendered our back- kitchen one of
the;pleasantest rooms in the house. Sam
Jay used tosit there and talk for hours
with Mary Ann about the farm, and what
seeds and roots would grow with the
smallest amount of work ; and Aogether
they studied how to make the farm pay
the best. The first, year was a perfect
success. Mary Ann cleared from her oats
hay and corn, nearly five hundred dollars.
Jamie was kept at school. Mother was
cared for like a lady, and we felt comfort-.
ably Sam: Jay spent long winter -eve
!dugs at our house, reading - beolatand pa
pers with Mary Ann. - • -
So the Eptin e. came round again arid we
bad our hands full. " Doing the chorea"
fell upon me; the burden of milking the
cows, raising calves and nursing sickly
lambs, was ;my share, while Mary Ann
attended teleeding the pigs. and raising
the chicken's, and other work around the
barn. Some very fine rose bushes and a
box of rare:flower-seeds were sent, us from
the city, and caused Mary Ann to pay
some extra regard to horticulture. I knew
Sam gate the seeds and wondered if her
small brown bands bad not opened a
wound in his heart.' - He tras very kind to
us all, I believe; he managed to find a
man to do all the hardest work. He did
not like to See Mary_ Ann's hands -sun
burnt and blistered. She was so merry
allAie time—there was something about
he - so refining and humanizing—she
loved so passionately the; beauties • of Na
ture. Her mind Was well stered,with,the
beauties of thought mid language, sugges
tive of hattAre and . life—her kindle . . feel- -
lege and religious, principles rendered her
a superior Character. i .. Her simple piety
threw over Cour.heme 'a: holy influence,-
-beautiful tie it ties touching.
Sam waists gentleman of refinement and
mental cultivation... .His manly qualities
invested hi in tvith - mon dada chart:
His gentle)diOity, :sweetness and
gravity of.,his apeech,.- together 'with his
wide range;ot thought and` elevated sen
timents, attraCtedlitary Ann;and laterin
the season 1 noticed her foe would gush
when hia naine jnentianed.
• . There was a gay party down to the Jay
mansion; Sam's two sisters were home
from a boarding school. They brought a
number of their schoolmates with them.
Sam had forsaken us-'—we thought. He
bad not been to see us for three weeks.
Mary Ann saw him riding every day with
a dark-eyed girl from the city, and once
they pissed the field where Mary was
weeding corn. He lifted hie hat graceful
ly, but the beauty by his side laughed
sneeringly, saying, "What rustic beauty
is that?"
Mary Ann heard her ask this in a
haugnty tone.
"She is beautiful, but not rustic; she
is a queen among women;" was his guy
reply.
Mary Ann heard this answer, and felt
like weeping. She finished her work be
fore tea, and came to the house looking as
if she had seen a spirit. She was as
white as a sheet. I dui not say a word to
her, for I knew she bad seen Sam Jay
riding by with a. lady,
and knew Mary
Ann thought more of him than was good
for the peace of her soul.
Mother saw hciw ill she looked, and re
marked about it. , Mother was very proud
and fond of Mary Ann. She resembled
John, who was mother's idol while he
lived. Jamie and little Ned, who was
killed by a fall, did not seem half so near.
Ned did not live long enough to display
any peculiar smartness; he was killed the
same year John died. I don't think fath
er rightly got over the death of his sons.
Jamte, the baby,did not. seem to fill their
places in his heart.
" Are you sick, child ?" said mother, in
a frightened tone; "you do look dread
fully, Mary. Ann."
"No, dear mother, I am only weary ;
palling weeds in the hot sun gave me a
dreadful headache."
I thought of Sam, and that he had giv
en her the headache—heart and head
both.
"I am not going oat again to day, and
will change my drew.- Would you like to
hare me sing to you, mother?' she said,
cheerfully.
She knew mother was troubled, and
Put on a gay expression, in order to ban
ish her fear of making others uncomfort
able. She was never selfish.
•"I would love dearly to hear yoti sing,
child. I Was thinking to day, that you
must have forgotten your music."
" I'll change my cl-• in a moment, and
sing you that net , s, e.g composed last
summer„' said Mary , in, leaving the
room.
She returned after awhile, dressed in a
nice new print, white apron, and lace
collar, made by myself. I had a talent
for fancy work as well as bread and but
ter making. She looked as fresh and fair,
no one would have guessed that she had
plowed and planted, hoed and weeded all
the spring. Her hands were brown and
hard. but small and shapely, and they
glided over the ivory -keyed instrument
gracefully enough to snit even quality
people. Mother was proud of her, and it
did not much matter if other folks did
not like it, if mother was satisfied.
" What shall I sing. mother,?" she said
smiling, while her eyes were full of tears.
" Sing 'The dearest spot on earth to
me," said mother; '• And then if you will
sing that pretty thing that you composed
last fall, for Jamie. I have not heard it
for a long time."
Mary Ann's voice was sweet and clear.
The instrument was a cabinet organ, pre
sented to her by her father on her last
birthday but one. She sang "Home,
Sweet Home."
Mother was weeping softly behind her
handkerchief. Mary Ann's face had a
happy expression like sanshine over
flowers. I think we got a glance of the
faith which bad given her so much
strength to labor through all seasons. If
anybody every knew the glory of prayer,
Our Mary. Ann did. She was a true wo
man.
Mother said she was glad she was so
near the "Heavenly Home," and thought
she had put on autumnal shades, touching
her silverly locks with her fingers. " I
hope to see von both happily married.
dears, before I go," she said smiling. " I
think you will prove a crown jewel in
somebody's home, Mary Ann."
"The Lord grant that it maybe miner'
said Sam, who had come in noiselessly.
just in time to hear mother's speech. He
said in a trembling voice:
"Will you come back to the old home,
ray darling?" He opened his arms and
Mary Anti sprang into them, and was
clasped to a faithful heart. Brother Sam
does the farming,now. •
Abuse of Illothers4n-Law.
The Richmond Inquirer has the follow
ing sensible suggestions in reference to
this subject:
-"It is the fashion just now, both on
the stage and through the press, to de
nounce, -abase, - or make 'game' of the
whole race of mothers-in-law. We think
the kike has been carried too far, and that
it is about time a defender of this very
ill-used class of very useful and nei.omry
ladies should announce himself, and take
up their cause. The mother-in-law of the
stage is not always nor often that lady in
'venire. The land is full of -good moth
ers-in-law, and they greatly
. ontnumber
the bad, whether they be the maternal
parent of wife and husband. It' is very
wrong to treat all •as cross-grained old
bags, meddlesome busy-bodies domestic
tyrants; or mischievous disturbers - of the
family peace, because a few bad examples
have been found. Let each in Ws circle
of acquaintance think over the 'list of
mothers-in-laws - who
,make- themselves
useful in their day . and generation through
their constant, self-sacrificing .ellorts to
make home 'happy; and compare- then
with those who seem only 'to "have been
created-for purposes: of annoyance and
discord, old he will be surprised -to find
hole many•xocid and noble, mothers-in
law theft+ are in the land._ We, think it is
ahoutlime this 'Unfeeling war npori a
- most worthy and,a meet necessary class
of ladies should cease. •If there be skele
tons in that form in some houses, still,
many a fainily his its angel in the shape
of a mother-in-law.r- • _
•-•Onbizaibe for the DMIOCENT.
:;' - tattoterfelt Wines.
The.counterleit wines for which Cette,-
in the South of Franc.; is principally no
.ted, are sherry, port, Maderia, Malaga,
Cyprus and Lisbon—the last a kind of
sweet. sherry. ft also exports a large
quaitity of what is termed Burgundy
Port; principally to the :United States.
Cette likewise produces counterfeit chain
paigne, Alicante, Malmsley, Marsala, Sau
ternes, Hermitage, and Rhine wines. Dn.
ring last year the exportation of imitation
wines from Cette was close upon a couple
of million of litres, or nearly four hun
dred and fifty thousand gallons, which was
equiEvalent to one-third of its total export
of Wine. A considerable quantity of
counterfeit wino of Cette is, moreover,
consumed in France, more particularly
sherry, Maderia, Malaga, and Cyprus, so
that: :here is little doubt that this fraudu
lent; trade produces considerably more
than half u inillitaLgallonsannually. The
better class of counterfeited wines go. to
England, which takes dold Crusted
Port" in large quantities, whith a fair
amount of "Fine Golden Sherry." and
also ii moderate amount of Maderia. The
wines of an intermediate quality are re
served for Russia, Sweden and, the north
of Europe generally--tbe first of which
takes port, liaderia, Malaga, Marsala and
Lisbon; while Sweden and other north
ern :States takes Sherri - Malaga. The
counterfeit wines of the lowest class—
including the worst Maderia and Sherry,
the vilest chatupainge, the poorest Sau
ternes, the most worthless Rhine wines,
Alicante and Malmsley—are all especial-.
ly concocted for American market, New
York receiving what so other nation, save
perhaps some 'of the South American
States, would admit.—N. Y. Standard.
Mysterious Mrs, Mason.
Donn Piatt gives in the Washington
Capital a glimpse at the mysterous lady
whei has figured in the French arms sale
business. Ho says "she has been com
mented upon and inquired about in the
liveliest manner. She gives a colorof ro
mance to the dark transaction that pipues
curiosity to the furthest extent. Mrs.
MaSon is now in Washington. Many will
remember a tall, wellrformed lady with a
rather handsome face, lit up with bright
black-eyes, and framed in with raven
black hair. She was quiet, modest and
graceful in her ways, but evidently pos
sessed of greet force of character and cer
tain; fascinations of mind and person that
influenced other?. She.is one of that sort
of people well known at certain periods
of history on the continent of Europe,
whci to the graces of the woman add the
courage and vigor of man.
Mrs. Mason figured extensively during
the late civil war. A Southerner by birth,
training and association, she gave her ev
ery effort to further the lost cause, and
waslionored by the confidence of such
meii as Beauregard, Johnston, and other
Southern leaders, and her adventures
when working for her friends would
make a thrilling volume of romance.
When the lost cause finally went under,
she taansferred her field of operations to
WaShington. We first hear of her in
connection with the Cuban cause, and she
is said to have inspired the resolution
draim up by General Dyeroanthorizing
the sale of arms. She was the confiden
tial and adviser of Generals .Gordon and
Ryan and could frequently"be seen in earn
est <conversation with • General Banks,
then as now. Chairman of House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
A Marriage Postponed.
At Elkridge Landing,in Howard county,
recently, there was some little excitement
over an expected marriage, the banns of
which had been duly published,. between
ayoung lady of Howard county, an
orphan, not quite sixteen -years of age,
and a young gentleman of - New York
city of legal age. The young man camp
on to fulfill his engagement; the young
lady was ready, and all the parties inter
ested repaired to St. Augustin's Catholic
Church, where the ceremony was to be
pet formed. A congregation of about one
thonsand persons assembled to witness
theiceremony c but when it was about time
to come to time, the guardian interposed
his authority and forbade the solemniza
tion of the rite, to the intense disappoint
men t of the throng of spectators: as well
as of the happy couple in the expectation.
It Seems that the young lady will not be
sixteen years of age. until November, and
the law provides a penalty of 411,500
against the minister solemnizing the mar
riage of a minor under that age, though
eighteen years is the legal age for women
or iris contracting marriage. A mar
riage license has been procured in due
form at the clerk's office in Ellicott's City,
but the priest, when ,forbidden by the
guardian to celebrate the marriage, won_ll
not incur the risk or sanction an implied
evasion of the;law, and added the
parties to come= to Baltimore for con
sultation with church authorities here. la
Baitimore the young lady was advised to
rethrn with her guardian and if she . still
held to her intent on matrimony bent to
apply for the removal of her gnardian, as
sliefiad the right, to o, being over four
teen years of age; but thinking this a
slow process, both she and her intended
htiqband proposes to leave eiirly this morn
ing for New York, where it is supposed
they Will be made happy.—Baltimore Sun.
' .4
-It is 'estimated 'that Sweden- end
Noway will not produce mOro than' a
half supply of iron for the present year.
This condition of affairs abroad has caused
a sieady advance in American iron for
some time past r has bec.n,followed. by 'an
adrance in copper, brass and other metals.
-The effect of all this has been to Advance
American hardware composed chiefly of
iron, from ten to twentj per .cent Arti
clea manufactured of steel have advanced
flit to twelve.and-a-hcdf per tent. hero
anil in Europe' , ;
grocer had a pound of sugar re
tained with a note stating "too much
sand for,tabla Ana, and not enough for
building purposes." • " ' •
i—What is it that has, three 'feet and
eanabt walk, sixteen nails and - cannot
sctatcb A yard. ati/Ir.
- .Thelatatuts of so Womeni
.
We'have in gad ly° among the m ost
agreeable women 'we have ever- met, both
In manners and general cultivation, who
are fitted personally to adorn any.draw
iog-room, and who can converse intelli
gently en any subject which may be
broached there, but who are not in gener
al society, in the town where they live,
simpply because one of them. is a dress
maker and the other milliner, Both de
vote their evenings to reading and study;
they travel, they hear the best music; and
are familiar with the best,thoughts of the
day; and.to the few who are really no
qnited with them, they are valued friends. .
But they are not often invited—because
nebody thinkS of it,, Can society afford
to do without such womentus these ? And
their case is netexceptional., is tnie
that there are scores Of. young jab in otir
shops whose !needing and who e4ppear
ance are very . ipsestiontible;tkisd Who could
not be received,Sit presetit v i.nte public
society. But do4vi hold out any induce
ments to them to cultivate themselves?
Do they see that those in their position
who have'become refined and intelligent
are any better off, socially, than them
selves? Nay, may not they seem rather
worse off, as having lost a taste for one
kind of society, and failed to obtain ad
mission to anqther ?
But, it may - be answered, we have
church sociables for these very people
Yes, we have; and most of them are very
poor affairs'indeed. Would it do you much
good, if you were a shop girl, to go once a
mouth to tea at a church parlor, and be
waited on with condescending assiduity of
by Mrs. Jones, who never speaks to you
in the shop except to give an order? Or
do you even care much for her kinder and
more ihoughtfuldseighbor, whom you al
ways like to serve; because of her gentle
ways, when she urges you to come to these
sociables and "get acquainted," and never ,
would think of asking you to -her- house
for that purpose, no matter how unexcep
tionable your English and your dress?
. Our rule is not so revolutionary; as it
seems. We do believe. in an arrangement
of society which shall permit the Intro
duction of all worthy to take place in it ;
a society where, at least to those not na
tive to it, the qualifications shall be re
finement and intelligence. Some are in
who ought to be out, no doubt; but this
cannot be helped, It is for those who are
out and ought to be in that we speak.—
Beribner for Ifay.
—During one of the wars in India,
many Frenchmen had au opportunity of
observing one of the elephants that had re
ceived a flesh wound from a cannon ball
After having been twice or thrice con
ducted to the hospital, where be ex
tended himself 'to be dressed, he afterward
went alone. The surgon did what ever
he thought necessary, applying even fire
to the wound, and though the pain made
the animal often utter the most plaintive
groans; he never expressed . any other to
ken than that of gratitued to this person
who, by momentary torments, endeavored
to releive him, and in the end he efficte
his cure.
—After the battle of Rsunilies, Marshal
Villeroy's wig was found among the cap
tured baggage. Of course it was .a mag
nificent peruke,
and the Duke of Marl
borough tras so delighted at the sight of it
that he immediately seized it and clapped
it on his own head. Whether the great
conqueror who had always a keen eye to
the satin; of personal expenses, appropria
ted it ultimately to his own use history
has not informed us. When Kant, the
famous transcendental philosopher, died,
he left behind - him a wig, which was
bought by one of his fervent, admirers for
30,000 forms, or 83,000.
HARD, TO stnrsoin.—some wags were
Walking around an agricultural imple
ment store, and they chanced to see in
the rear, a dressed bog hanging to the
wa11.. , Ha, ha," cried they to the young
man in attendance, 'what sort of an ,
ag
ricultural implement do you call that ?'
"That" said he, ""is a patent combined
root-grubber,. corn-Sheller, apple-grinder
gate lifter, double action, back spring sod
plow, but I guess yon don't want one, for it
takes-a mighty smart man to manage' em."
The Mail ags:—We always did believe
that musqm toes tormented us poor mortals
out of sheer spite and malice, and not be:
cause it does them any good. A Kentuc
ky roan of an inquiring turn of mind has
kept two of these blood-thirsty insects.
under .a inverted tumbler for six months
and they have not kw flesh or declin
ed in vigor, which proves that they have
no occasion whatever to disturb our slum
ber an d r gite themselves- with the best
blood of our people.
—The story is told'of a negro. Who was
praying earnestly that he and his colored
brethren might be preserved from
what he' called their upsettin sins."
"Broader," said one of his friends, at the
close of the meeting, you ain't got de hang
of that ar word. I& fbeiettin,' not 'op
setin.' "Bradder t "replied the other, "if
data' so Bat I was praying de lord to sane
ns from the sin ofintosication, and if dat
ain't an up-settin sin I durum what am."
—An editor and his wife were walking
out in:the bright moonlight one evening.
Like all, editor' sivives,she was of an ex
ceeding poetic) nature, and , said to her
mate, "Notice that MOOD ; how bright and
calm and beautifol 1" . "Ccuildn! think of
noticing it", replied the editor,. "for-any
thing less than the usual rates-a dollar
and fifty cents for twelve lines."
—Children . will ask queer 'questions,
even in Sunday school. 45. teacher s.*:
have a class in Sabbath echo!. _ One - of
the oihldren a.bright little girl"about eir
years of ar-, noticed one day looking
very intently:at another of the teachers,
a gentleman . with, a heavy' moustache.
After a long aid eareestlook, she turned
to me - with: "Teacher, Teatherl has
that got a hair lip I! . - - •
- •
—A doetorand a millitariofficer became
enamored with tbelame lady. -A friend
asked-her which of- the two suitors she
intended to favor. She replied that "it
was difficult foster to tell, as they were
both slob hiWng ortatore44
VOLUME XXIX, DITINBER 20.
—An English physician has been *at.
cinated 477 times, to prose.to objecting
people that there was no dopier iii it,
•
—AlLoysters cOntaine-as much MITA
ishment as a slice of, roast beef, and , this
is the reason - 11 , 11i WV era recommend fa
invalids, ..
—A Gate City lawyer included in his
bill against his client: "To waking up
in the night and thinking about. your
—Miss Mesmer, the sculptress; .17111 re
cently thrown from her horse and dragg
ed thirty ynrds . at Home, liappily, how
ever, her mjuries Were trifling.
_
South is aheaut. Theonly, steinn
plblfghing apparatus in summed-
PM m-tho Unitedfil_til,Cairtarit
s slg. plants
itif computed eat' Olen )31,
(10.. has irpaid'dunit - the past thirty
years for pnnting the- single words
, flaughtern in the Coagrenuonal Globe,
No laughing Matter for tax-payers,
—The latest fashionable ornaments are
of amber and will, in a few moths, com
pletely supersede tha tortoise shell jewel,
ry, which has held, its owa for ttn units.
rainy long time, •
—Edwin Forrest remains in quite ill
health, but with favorable symtoma of re.
covery. A. considerable time must
elapse, however, before he can resume the
stage.
—A Missouri women recently eloped,
leaving the following pote to comfort the
`heart of herlnsband: "Dear William—
good-bye; do not mourn for the children,
because none of them are yours,"
•
—The merchants of Charlestown have
presented Lydia Thompson with a mam
moth bale of cotton, weighing over 1,400
pounds, bound by blue ribbons, "u a tes
timonial to worth and virtue." At its
market wane in Charleston the cotton
would bringnver 8280.
—Er-Queen Isabella of Spain bas been
defeated in a lawsuit at Paris, the, option
having been brought against her to re
cover 161,000 froncs by M. Id. ifellerio,
jeweller of that city, who had- sold and
delivered to her goods of that Value in the
years 1866, 1867 and 1868.
—Nothing is of more value a busi
ness man than an understanding , of the
peculiarities of human naturet A con.
fee lion er at the west has made a handsome
fortune in a very short period by thesim
ple process of keeping a parrot in hia
store which screams out" pretty creature
pretty crab:trot" to every body that comes
gentleman once once visited the
State Library of New Hampshire, wiathig
to counsel Jefferson's "Notes." 'The li
human, who was elected to his office be
cause he was "of use to the party," film
bled about the shelres for some tme, and
then said to the applicant. "I cannot
find them, and I presume Mr. Jefferson
took them up before he died."
—A characteristic ancedote is related
of an otit-at-elbows poet, .who; by some
freak of fortune comirig into possession
of aB5 bill, called to a lad and said:
"Johnny, in boy, toffs this. William; and
get it changed." " What do you mean by
calling it William?" inquired the:-won
derful lad. "Why, Johnny," replied tbo
poet, "1 um not sufficiently familiar with
it to take the liberty of wiling it MIL"
—" Look here, stranger, that's ray wife
your are dancing with." - " Well, wlint of
?" said . Rakensack. "Why this; you
dance with her again end the top
of your head off." "Now, look here,"
said Rakensack, cooly, "do you see that
umbrella setting there?" "Well suppose I
do?" " Well, you handle that umbrella;
you touch that umbrella, want ram it
down your throa-and then I'll spread
it l" '
—A laywomen in Providence, & milli
ner by trade, but nevertheless a favorite
eihorter at the evenings meetings of the
elect, thus gave her reasons for herbelief
in the existence of .a Supreme Being:
"Sisters, "I am just as confidence that
there is a God as I netbat there arobon.
nets Paris; and thatJ know for ca..'
min, as I yesterday received from theme a
choice assortmentof the tnostfashionable
styles, which I will trim with more tatto
and sell lower than any milliner in , the
city.
.
. .
' ;—Opium eaters are getting to trouble-
tome to apothecaries.. We published sta. `
Sauce few .days ago showing that on an
average every drug store in the city had
tbree customers. A peculiar case bas just
transpired. The heorine is o single lady - .
of an exceedingly." uncertain age. . She
says she is nervous andhae lied 'dreams,
and nothing but morphia will relieve her..
She wore out the patience of five different
druggists, since the. small quantity 75 .:
allowed her each time obliged her to
often. For th e last fortnight iihe bu been
pestering her sixth victim.. Dey'before
yesterday she preferred her usual requat,
and his good nature broke down. "Can't •
let you have. any,". was the 'curt reply.
"Why . not?" she asked , with - a. feigned
surprise. "No. matter why;`, I. won't."
"But doctor , what else can I do far my
poor nerves in - such a state r-" got-mar
ried,' . was the cruel rejoinder
opium eater veuiehed.... - -(.14 Y!C'ons..dde.
—Late London paper; Contain-the. an- .
nouncement of. the-Princess Pierre Nri•.•
poleonDoneparte, who has ;Toned a mil.
-linerehop in Ikeni street' The reason for
taking this step is -very frankly avowed
by the Princess Pierre Bona pa rte, which
is simply to gain the means of which the
rdvolotion hae.suddenly deprived her, and
to enableter to educate her three children
who are described as °remarkable beat*.
ful and full - Of promise
-4n - the eturso of Divine service la
Nett Orleans colored - chinch; Mr. Orson
ventured to differ with the patter in: mik.
gird to .certain theolegipal tenets,
espostulated with by the eexton,;.' kr. Owe-,
duce&a knife and was proceeding to point;,
that: implement 'the....heresiesl
complithed of, when the clergyman "Pro• -
flounced a hasty. beriedietiank attd assfik
ted by the . Whole ;congregation,. bore, - tha
religlonaranlctintent.to the dungen, •".
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