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SHIPMAN Sc. CASE.
Saddle, Harness and Trnnk maker... Shop In C. liogere •
r titelou Building, Brooklyn, Pa. Oak litarneeem. heavy
and light, made to order.
Brooklyn, April 3. IN::.—m6
M. D. SMITH
Having located at Sneonebannn Depot, Manufacturer Of
and dealer in light and heavy ilarnestes.Col'are,Whipe,
TruolokSaddiett.,tc .bopinly.by strict attention to boil=
hems .d fair dealing. to have o liberal abare .of
patronage..
March 0. 18.72.—ntt10—m8.
BURNS & NICHOLS,
P i. e;11.8 In Drags, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye
ot As, Paints, 01la, Varnish, Liquors, Splees.Pancy
Irt.eles, Patent Medicines, Perfameryand TolietAr-
Veins. 07 - Prescriptions carcfally.compoanded.—
Brick Bieck, Montrose, Pa. •
d. 0. BOESS, - d.sros Nreacris.
Feb. 41, DM
DR. D. A. LATHROP.
Aa•ui°lStCl ,4 ELECT° Tnnatt tr. Ileum atFoot of
Chestnut street. 'S Colt and tonenit la t all Chronic,
Inseam ,
Montro , e, Jan, 17, "lt.—no3—tf.
.1. F. SIIIOEMATiER.
Attorney at L. Montropa, Pa. Office next door betow
the Tubell !louse, Pahlle Avenne,
Montrose, Jet. VI, ISTL—noft—ly,
•
C. E. BALDWIN,
Arronere and Cot•acn.on LT law, Great Bend. Penn
,)trania.
B, L. BALDWIN, ' : '
ATTMANLY AT Lsw, Noniron, Pa Office with JaITITII
E Ctnnah, Esq.
Montrose, August 30, 1811. tf.
[ANTIS & LtSli.
Attorney. at Law, Mice No. VI Lackawanna AITIKI6.
Scranton, Pa Pracacein thn tcncral Cunha of Lon
acme and Snaquphuma
F. E. Looms.
Sumatra, Saga. f th,
W. A. CROSSMON.
.httorney at Law, Mice at the Court Tiouse, lu the
Ceeneolesloociii (Mee. W.A.Cuosesos.
Mon:atom Sept. 4th, 14,71.—tf.
OEM
FAUROT.
ellera la Dry Goode, Clothing', Ladiea and Ulaaes
.flop Shoes. Also. agents lor the great American
Tea and Correa Co=ranY. rMontro,c, Po .ap.1:71),
nu. W. W. SMITEI,
Ocvnar. Room. at his dwellin7., 13,1. door easri of the
Rape,limn printing oflaee. Otlire bourn frmn 9 A.a.
to 4P. , 3lontrose, M.y ISll—tf
- TIME BARBER—Ha! lIn: Ha::
Charley Morris Is the barber, who can sharer:au tart to
enter; Cuts brown, black and grirsier hair, to his
office, Jost op stairs. There yna will And him, over
Gere's store. below MeNenzies—jurr one door.
'Menu..., June S, ttrit.—tf U. 1110:1RTS.
J. U. A - . A. 11. IIeCOLLIUII,
Arron.gr. •r Law °MCC over the Bank, montro,s
Pa. Montrone, M, 19, IS:t. tt
J. D. VAIL,
riettaar aTate ?etceteras tan Scnecos. Ilat permanently
located himself In Montrose, Pa., where he Iv illrrompt
ly attend to all calls In bit prortaNlen with which be May
be favored. OMee and residence weet of the Court
Moose, tear Fitch 4, Welson's twfice.
Montrose. Febrnary ,4,1571.
LAW OFFICE.
FITCH L WATSON. Attorneys at Um, at the old of Ice
of Bentley & Fitch. lifonlm...
T rrrets pan. ft, 11.1. W.V.WATSON.
CIIARLES N. STODDARD. .
Dealer in Dome and Nhoee, Mae and Cape. Leather and
Findlugs, Main Street, IA deny below Dord's Stare.
Work nvide to ender, and repairing done neatly.
!Solaro.. Jan. 1,12,7 d.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING A'_.'l 1141 E DRESSING.
Shop In the' new Ponteidlecwherole wi l l
Le toend ready to attend all who clap went anything
to hie Line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 11. 1569.
DR. S. W. DATTON,
PIITSTrIAN t SGRGIAti, tenders bis cervices th
the citizens of Great Bend and vicinity. Odle° at his
residence. opposite Thirtnain Mute, (1.. Bend etibige.
Sept. Ist, 18S:i.— t(
'A. 0. WARREN.
ATTORNEYLAW. Bounty, back Pty. Petition
and Extra on Mims attended tn. Mee fir
ueor below Boyers Store, lifontrose,s. {An. I,'C!
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
Frlendlvilla, Pa.
C. S. GILIEICILT,
Alhottoctle=tztocer ,
Great, Bend. Pa
12 . . 8.
ant 691 f
ADit ELT,
Q. Ei....A.Nicaticaiwoimr.
Avg. I, MA Address, Brooklyn. P.
, JOHN GROVES,
ASSEIONXELL , MII. O I I , Montrose, Pa. Shop oscr
Chandler's Store. AP orders filed la llnst-rste
Cutting dune oa short swaca and wsrraatod to St.
W. W. SMITII,
CABINET jail) cganc- masrepacrumuts—pcv
°Math greet, Yoatrpae, Pa. , laag. 1. 1863.
STROUD & BROWN,
[TEE AND LIFE TNSUAANCE AGENTS.
birsbresuttended toPrumPay, on fair terms. Mace
AM door northol • Montrose Iiotel • " WeSr side or
Potato Antme, Montrose, Pa. 4.Aug.1,180.
Stumm Emma, • ettAams L. Bigtirs.
TUILICELL,
D ZALIGit in Drugs; Patent 31edielnes,' C hecdoals
Liquors. Paints, 011.,Dy0 Stun. Varnishes, Win ..w
GroeCrica, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa,
par, Stone - ware, Lamps, Ktro erne, Ilachinery Oils,
'frame, Owns, Ammunition, Salves. Spectacle.
larnehee, Fancy Goods, doweliy, Perfn ocry,
being !one (Atha most utuncroni, exterralve, and
valuable collection. of Goad. In Susquehanna Co.—
Established In 1545, ' illontrose, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
•
TTOISSIZT AT LAW, offiee over the Store of A.
Lathrop, fn. the Brick-Block, Montrose, Pa. teur49
`DR. W. L. RICHARDSON.
lISSICIAN b rilirEGIEOl%, tendefa his professions
services to the citizens of Montrone and vicinity--
on:lee at hie resideneei 9B the tornex castor Sayre &
Broe. Foundry. • .1. .• . ,-; (Any,. 1, 11i69.
DD. E. L. GARDNER,
aIIYSICIAN and SIIIIGEON. 3foutteee. Pa.. 0 1, e ,
especial attention to diseases of the Lktut And
Lange and altborgicaldlacasea. °Eke over IV. B.
btu , . -Boards at Searle'it Hotel. (Aug. 1.
HUNT- BROT FIR RS,
SCILAS'TON, Pb
Wlisleaale & Retail Dealers In
HARDWARE, IROfl, STEEL,
NAILS,'SPDit , S, SHOVELS,
BUILDER'S HARDWARE; .
BUTE BAIL, CODE .TERSUNE 2' BAIL SPIKES
RAILROAD d ..ILLYING.SUPPLIEB.
CARRIAGE SPRINGS. ARLES, SKEINS AND
BORES,
BOLTS, Irrrs and WASHERS,
PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE
molrs, HVBS.SPOKES,
-RELLOEB, SEAT SPINDLES, BOWS, Sc.
ANVU.S . ,....pak STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS
S,
_SLEDGES. FILM. it e.&c.
VG:MIMI:1B MILL SAWS, DE.LTIN O. PACILING
TACKLE. aLOCE.B. PLASTER PARIS .
CEMENT. lIMR GIIINDSTONES.
WINDOW.GLASS.LEATHERA PINDLEGE
FAIBBLGE.'S
enuGo.n. asset 34, LEM.
IMPIWYIiII MBAR!
PATRONIZE HOES ZIAIMPACTUBSI
CatAINCrEAIII,E 'Speed and Double Drive Wheel. at
holds the Great .lictr,York State National Premium I
AlselhiGreM Oldd Rational Panamint., heider.Alann '
Acid, inlB7o.
' And the Penrayitinlit7iLsiyistr.d and Virginia State
Premiums! ' . . ,
The g is el mple.compact, removed ectirelyfrom
the VD *heel; and =closed 111.6 nest cue. in the
cen of th e insPhloP, edectully metal= itfrcon grit
C
.
from
The ciperalionian be clanged instantly
"
A high
~... 'need to one a third slower, without stop, than adapt
log itself to bad p.m and tight =Chewy ffass.
One cutting appirstuis perfect, No braU mane.
latent - knifehead. It is beyond doubt the strongest
'ximidne in the world, and you can depend upon it, being
Weal, reliable in every partkular. .
XtddiWt. Nay 1,. UM— 474 V 199.
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Nodo Covitm
A NOVEL TO BE READ IN FIVE
?MUTE& •
Monlight evening; shady grove,
Two young peoplo much In love,
Heromo with great wealth endowed,
Hero handsome, poor and proud;
Truth eternal ; hearts united;
Vows of changeless passion plighted ;
Hisses; quarrels; sighs; caresses,
Maiden yields one of her tresses,
Obstacles to be surmounted,
Ugly rival, old and stale,
Overhears the tender tale.
Morning in the east looks ruddy
Scene—young lady's father's study,
Hero, with hist hat in hand,
Comes her ditto to demand,
An parent storms, abases,
And at once-ler hand tenses.
Malden Elicits beneath the blow;
Mother intercedes; no go ;
Shrieks; hysterics; protestations,
Mixed with old man's execrations,
Exit lover midst the din;
Ugly rival enters in.
VOL. fit
Time-3 moonlight night once more,
Scene—outside the lady's door;
Lover with half broken heart,
Swears he'd rather die than part.
Garden—flower, umbrageous shade ;
Many accents, serenade ;
Chamber window opens wide;
Debut of expectant bride ;
Little dog most kindly mute;
Tears; ropc•ladder ; flight ; pursuit;
(fallout steeds; too late ; night's screen ;
Triumph ; marriage; Gretna green.
Old man's rage; disowns forever;
Ugly rival; scarlet fever.
W. D. Lass.
Mg=
VOL. IV.
Old man sickly; sends for child;
All forgiveness, reconciled ;
Young mau malting money fast ;
Old map's blessing ; dies at last ;
Youthful couple prove probate;
.11other's wishes crowned with joy
Doctors; nurses; little boy.
Time proceeds; Mafia' endear;
Olive branches every year.
Blessings on the good attend;
General Gladness; moral end.
Cling to thy !Mother
Cling to thy mother, fur she was the flint
To know thy being and to feel thy life; '
The hope of thee through many a pang she
. nursed,
And when, 'mid anguish like the parting
strife,
The babe etas in her arms, the agony
Was all forgetter bliss of loving thee.
Be gentle to thy mother! long she bore
Thine infant fretfulness and silly youth;
Nor rudely scorn the faithful voice that o'er
Thy cradle played, and taught thy lisping
truth.
Yes, she is old, but on thy manly brow
She looks, and claims thee as her child even
now.
Uphold thy mother! close to her warm heart
She carried, fed thee, lutl'd thee to thy rest,
Then taught thy tottering limbs their untried
, art,
Exulting in the'nedgling from tier nest,
And now her steps are feeble—be her stay
Whose strength was thine in thy most feeble
day.
Cherish thy mother! brief perchance the time
May be that she will claim the care she gave ;
Passed are her hopes of youth, her hat vest prime
Of Joy on earth, her friends are in the grave.
But for her children she could lay her head,
Gladly to rest among the precious dead.
Be tender with thy mother! words unkind,
Or light neglect from thee, would give a pang
To that fond bosom where thou art enshrined
In 10C13 unutterable, more than fang
Of ernomod serpent. Wound not her strong
trust,
As thou irouldst hope for peace when she is dust.
Oh mother mine! God grant I neer forget,
Whatever be my grief, or what the joy.
The untreasured, the nnextingnished debt
I owe thy love; but my sweet employ
Ever, through my remaining days, to be
To thee as faithful as thou acre to me,
June Civirtshipo
How sweet the moments tell,
Rocked in the break of flowers,
Only true love could tell,
Of those beautlfo, dear hoar&
Near by the Oriel window,
Watehut the waning light,
With her tender heart aglow,
For her lover comes to-night,
And the moon looks kindly dJwn,
And the breezes give a sigh,
For Netnre may not frown,
On tme heart, or love lit eye.
Hist 1 over the gray parterre,
Bounds spring gallant true s
And the maiden asks In fear,
Sweet darling ! is it you T
One moment, just a Moment,
Pressed in her lover's arms,
Lost in love's sweet ravishment,
And forgotten loves alarms.
And on this nipt of June,
With the bngbt stars overhead,
And around; the flowers perfume
A tale of love h said.
'Ms the old, old story, over,
Of kisses, and choking sighs,
Of the maiden, and her lover ;
"riffs a tale of Paradise.
graitito and Ariticlopo.
—A new pair of kids—Twins.
—Spring goods--Baby jumpers.
—A full purse never lacks friends.
—Good character is above ail things
else.
-01 a Bull, when young, attempted
suicide. ,
—How to prerent fits—Buy ready
made boot%
—Don't marry until your wife is able
to Support yon.
—When the rain falls does it ever rise
again ? - Yes, in dew time. o
farmer lies no right to pall the
ears of his eons.
.It is unkind.
—A Western burglar yid& a paten
on an impr9yed jimmy. - •
.—More American women are :now
traveling in Europe than men.
—At the ladies' luncheon vartiei"tea
punch" is the favorite beverage.
-- . -Fareirs has snug in fifty-three dif
ferent warm,
—Nevi Orleans has s pretty French
girl who gives fencingtlesSons
trr raise o' m=,
MONTROSE,'PA., WEDNESDAY,IIINE 26, 1872.
pioallancono.
A !t2ILL•DEVIL
BY JULIAN, LIANVTIIOItNEI
I threw myself down iu the cool, deep
tinted grass of a sequestered gorge.
Overhead the branches of a gigantic oak
tree, veiled by dancing leaves, rustled and
murmured soothingly; and
,dovra the
preCipitous slope in front leaped and
foamed a tumultuous brook, whose voice
mingled harmohiously with the whisper
ings of the oak. I could almost believe,
as I closed my eyes, that some one was
talking in low, Melodious tones.
The brook, after hurrying through a
deep, narrow cleft in the ridge of "the op
posing slope, muse with full force Alown
upon a huge Water wheel. The wheel
was evidently an antique; many years
had passed etude it had worked the busy
mill, of which a disjointed heap of fowl
dation stones alone remained. Jt was
tangled over the creeping Vines and bram
bles, and adorned' white moist ferns and
green moss; the rank grass bent over the
ace as if Peering after same conceal
ed mystery. Nature seemed to have made
this instrument, of man's necessities into
a unique plaything for heiself. Or per
haps, I mused, this is the wheel of For
tune, who, weary of it, has !eft it here in
the care of Nature, amidst the sedge and
spray of the water fall, and has gone on
her way without it. So we are here to
have no ups and downs iu life hereafter—
all one smooth, level plain, unchecked by
darkness and uncheered by light. Alt,
no come back, fair goddess; for thy
fickleness is the life-blood of our truth ;
Come back once more to this shady, sun
ny gorge, and wrest thy wheel front the
clinging grasp of vines and brambles, the
arms with which reluctant :Nature strives
to hold it hack! bring it out once again
upon the dusty road, and turn it as you
go, lest the sluggish hearts of men
should cease to beat, and they forget to
draw the very breath of life, and their
souls, torpid and uninspired, grovel upon
the earth, nor even thrive to climb above
themselves! how much of joy and grief,
of life and death, have clustered round
! the turning of that wheel, even as the
ferns and vines cluster around it now!
Methinks even yet I feel the influence up
on me.
" Perhaps there may be more truth
than poetry in your remarks," observed
my companion, though I was not con-
scions of having spoken aloud. '• The
tragedies of our daily lives," he contin
ued, in a tone.which, while singularly soft
and musical, told of one who had seen,
sinned, and suffered until hope was bur
ied to ashes, " often appear in sonic way ;
to instil their spirit, as it were, into
things we (101 inanimate. You have I
shuddered at the thumb screws and iron
Virgin of medieval times, or been horror
stricken at the sight of the guilotine and
gallows; but was itnot the actual, palpa
ble substance of the things themselves, i
rather than any recollection of scenes in
which they have borne a part, that really ;
effected you ? You have felt the working
of a weird and gliastly power, referable to
the seemingly inanimate object, but
springing front the essence of hatred, re
venge, and despair, that ever tilled the air
about it, and which, sinking into solid
substance, gradually became concentrated
into a devilish intelligence, endowed with
capability to infect you with its own fear
ful nature, and, if von removed not your
, self from its sway, ultimately to ttecorn
plish your destruction—moral, if not also
physical."
" Bht are we conscious of this influence
unless we are aware beforehand that, and
wherefore, it exists ?" I asked.
" Your own reflections in regard to
yonder old mill-wheel should throw light
upon that question," responded the voice
of my companion. " Look at it a while
again, and mark if it does not answer
sou."
Thus urged, I fixed my eyes studily up
on the wheel and let them rest them.
'Gradually, as I gazed, an indefinable sen
sation of dread seemed to be stealing over
me. No longer merely a half decayed 1
picturesque ruin, it grew instinct with a
grisly terror, all the more impressive from j
the contrast afforded by the cheerful
flecks of sunlight and the green and
glaticin. , leaves. Now the plash of-the ,
clear water t sounded like the stealthy drip
of blood; and strange shadows seemed to
flit and fade before my eyes. The warm
June breeze came laden with a chill, un
hallowed essence thutstirred the roots of
my hair with a creeping horror. I press
ed my bands over my eyes and shuddered.
"An 1" exclaimed the voice again, with
with
a laugh half sad, half scornful, "do you
then feel it already ?" •
"What is it 1' I asked, speaking with
difficulty, and with sense of oppression at
my heart. "Can you tell me of it ?"
"No one so replied my compan
ion ; "and it was in order that you might
listen to the tale that' you were drawn
hither, albeit unconsciously to yourself."
So I lay at length upon the greensward,
and my eyes were closed ; yet could I
plainly see, sitting at my side, a gloomy,
gray faced figure, with deep wrinkles
scored upon his hollow cheeks, and. round•
his stern month and sunken efes and
thoughtful forehead. Speaking in a tone
that wavered between satire and pathos,
he began':
"Fifty years or more ago this mill, lit
tle as there is now left of it, was a very
prosperous cokicern, The miller, a wid
ower, was an upright and indngtrious
man. with a good reputation for-fair deal
ing and fine tiou s r. He was looked up to,
moreover, among his neighbors, as one
possessing nil exceptional amount of
learning and 'refinement. In ,demeanor
he was somewhat grave and taciturn, and
he might have been between forty and fif
ty years of age. liis son, a fine handsome
young fellow,,assista him in the mill; he
had built himself a little cottage on the
further slope of the kill yonde ,r yhence
he 'came. every morning to his work,
crossing the brook- by a single plank
bridge, thrown across .that deep, rocky
gully opposite, through, which the water
rushes to its falL • It was a slender ;affair
enough, and they often spoke of building
little atone arch over.the chasm; bat it
was never tone. It would seem A matter
of slight import; and y 4 had that been
accomplished, yonder. .Wheel, that-bangs
there so motionless, might have been re
volving as merrily and busily as ever. For
the worst devil is opportunity.
"And how doe's that concern the mat
ter?" I would have asked; but a strange
powerlessness had overcome me; as in a
dream, I could not speak, nor ever. lift my
head to question my companion with, my
eyes. The voice continued:
"One day there was an addition to the
miller's househpld—a fair young girl,
beautiful and fresh, simple and sweet,
like spying weather made tangible.
Whence she came no one could say; the
general opinion was that she had been the
daughter of an old friend now dead; but
the miller, whenever he was questioned,
smiled and answered that she had risen
one morning from the deep, clear pool
above the fall, and though she seemed no
more than an unusually charming young '
woman, was in reality a water witch, and
would one day return to her natural
abode, and leave him more desolate than
before. In proof of this assertion he was
wont to produce a sort of chain or neck
lace, prettily constructed of small shells,
which lie declared she had made for him
previous to her appearance above water,
and which was a tallisman destined to
bring him to great happiness or misery,
according to the use he should make of
it. Whether this were truth or fiction,
there, at any rate, was the sweet young
girl, making the mill a store house of
cheer and sunshine, as tvell as of meal
and grain. The miller became quite illu
minated and rejuvenated, and hispros
perity was great, either by virtue of the
charmed necklace, o which amounted to
die same thing, becaTfse all the neighbor
hood was captivated by the little water
witch. And she testified all a daughter's
affection for him, and for a seasou all
went well."
In speaking of this young girl the
tones of my companion's voice had flowed
along in harmonious cadences, as though
the tuneful freshness or her personality
had so inspired his antique imagteatiou
as to throw a faded my of sunlight into
his shadowy heart. But now he spoke
with changed accent, as if an ancient bit
terness were seeking utterance.
"A neighboring farmer, coming one
day to the mill with a load of grain, said,
laying his hand with ponderous friend
ship on the miller's smoulder:
"So there's :o be a wedding at your
house ere long—eh, old friend ? Well I
give you joy with all my heart; for a fin
er lad and a sweeter lass than your son
and yonder little water-witch, as you ;call
her, were never made man and wife."
" But the miller started, and frowned,
and turned ;sway . . How was it that the
sunsl.iue seemed to mock him, and the
pleasant plash of the water -falling upon
the wheel jarred his nerves and irritated
him ? At this moment a burst of cheery
laughter came echoing down from above
the fall, mingled with the full tones of a
manly voice. At that he turned and en
tered his room; threw himself down in a
chair, his head on the table, and writhed
with overmastering despair and bitterness.
Then he pat his hand into his bosons and
drew forth the necklace of shells.
"This is me, and her heart to him," he
muttered, with set teeth. "Fool! not to
see and stop it beflre it was too late!
She's lost forever; and never knew, And
eared not, if I loved her. His boyish,
unthinking, ignorant fancy, she values
more than the strength and depth of
such love as mi..e. But love or not, he
cried, starting up, he shall not have her!
Curse him! I'd rather see him dead, and
her:than man and wife."
When he had said that he stopped and
listened. Was not that the sound of
mocking, jeering laughter? But in anoth
er moment he drew a breath, and laughed
somewhat nervously. It was only the
mill wheel creaking a little on its axle. A
little oil would set'that all right.
Meanwhile the girl and the vonng man
eat together on the margin of the pool,
and discushing whether each other's eyes
or the water were the clearer.
"Father imp you need to live in this
pool," said he smiling at her. "Do you
intend to go back thither?"
"Not until I see you floating down the
fall there to fetch me," replied she. • And
then they both laughed, but shiver
ed at the same moment, they knew not
why.
"I shall speak to father to-morrow, said
he, and put his arm around her waist.
"Why, by this time next year we
shall be old married people 1" She hid her
blush on his shoulder; his arms seemed
to be her only refuge from him. Just
then a harsh discordant sound struck up
on their ears, causing them to start un
easily.
f' What was it ?" asked tbe s girl with a
slight tremor in her voice, ' 4 W . as that a
laugh or a groan ?"
"Nothing but a rusty axle," he replied,
kissing her assuredly. But as be strode
homeward across the field his face was
serious, and he did not whistle as usual.
As for the girl, ehe clambered down the
steep path, met the miller at-the door,
kissed him as was her wont, and so to
bed. But she rested uneasily, and there
was a burning pain in her right cheek. It
was where his lips had touched her, but
she never thought of that.
And • the miller slept not at all, but
paced up antl i down his room; and at last
opened the door and went out into the
night. There stood the wheel, black and
anent, like a sullen enemy waiting for
him. For a long time he stood gazing at
it, bound by a Strange fascination. It
seemed as if the evil in his heart were at
tracted by some kindred spirit in - the
wheel, dragging down his whole nature
with a power at one irresistable and de
testable. Finallyjie tore himself away,
and regained his room; but the wrinkles
had deepened on his face, and his eyes
were hollow and blood-shot. He was
something quite different already from
the miller of that morainglcfore.
, The next day the miller and his son
Eat on the bench in the sun, close to
where the great wheel revolved, and the
white foam rnshtd down the tail-race.
But the son did not reach their hearts: A
heavy cloud overshadowed them. _
°Never I* said the, old man,- with an
1 oath. "Td rather see your body broken
on that *heel; .and yonder white foam
tinged with your blood, than know you,
were her husband!" As he spoke the
wheel broke forth once more into a dis
cordant scream, as of devilish merriment.
It bad grown 'rusty agaiw The young
man rose, with a frown ou his brow and
lips set.
"So be it!" he said. "But she is mine
in this world and the nest. And 'what
she has given you, will, by your miscue of
it, become the very means of your- de
struction!" So saying he turned and
clinibed the steep path, and disappeared
across the plank bridge. The old man
gazed after him in silence. "What she
has given yon I" he repeated. "Does he
mean the tallismatic necklace,or the filial
love, of which, perhaps, it is ut the sym
bol ?" Then be laughed scornfully. "I
talk like a fool," said he, believing .the
funta.stizi tale whereby I baffle "'the
_idle
curiosity 1"
"The young girl, who, standing tremb
ling within, had heard the words that
had passed, flung herself weeping on the
bed. Yet her tears were not so bitter as
the dry eyes of the old man.'
Thereafter the miller's household was
as gloomy as it heretofore bad been cheer
ful. The son came no more 'to the mill,
and the girl moved about silent and pale
faced. But , one day the miller, who
watched her closely, saw an unwonted
flush on hei cheeks ; and she seemed pre
occupied and abstrutited, The same af
ternoon, as ho was standing by the wheel,
he looked upward toward the fall, and
saw her standing on the plank bridge and,
waving her handkerchief as •if to one at
a distance. And from her handkerchief,
as she waved it, he saw full a small fold of
white paper. It dropped in to the stream,
hurried down to the wheel, which caught
it and whirled it round as if in triumph,
and cast it in the foam at his feet. lie
picked it up and unfolded it. ft was a
note from his eon to the girl. Bidding
her wait fur him that night by the mill
wheel, and that he would take her where
they wonld be married and happy. As
he read, an evil smile broke out upon his
face. When he had finished it he went
slowly into the house, and sat down at
his table and rested his head on his
hands and thought. At last and idea
seemed to strike him. Ile got up and be
gan to move about the house, looking be
r hind the doors. iu all of the house cor
ners, and ou high shelves; he was search
! ing for something evidently. After
awhile he found what he sought nothing
but a. rusty old handsaw. He took it in
to hie chamber, and sharpened and oiled
it.
None of the three slept that night.
The mill was not stopped off as usual at
sundown ; the miller remarked he had an
extra. job on hand, announced his inten
tion of keeping it running till morning.
Shortly atter dark lie went out quietly by
himself, empty-handed, to all appearances,
but he carried something buttoned up
underneath his coat. The girl took the
opportunity to collect together whatever
belonged to her and pack it into a small
bundle ; then she sat down by the win
dow and waited. Once, through the din
of the mill-wheel, she thought she heard
a grating sound, faint but sharp, coming
apparently from the direction of the
plank bridge over the fall; bat it soon
ceased and was forgotten. Not long after
the miller returned, pale and haggard, and
crept silently into his room. A great
tremor had taken possession of him ; he
shuddered perpetually from head to foot,
and his very teeth chattered. He tried
to lid down and rest, but could not; lie
paced the room uneasily, occasionally
pausing to listen intently. Once he had
his !Mod upon the door, as if about to
rush forth and—but ere he could throw it'
open a fearful sound as of screaming
laughter echoed through the house;
Pooh! it was oily. that rusty wheel again,
sounding the louder becauSe of the still
' ness of the night.
- A king time passed.. The girl opened
the door of her room gently, and-stepped
lightly out of the house. She looked up
toward the bridge and listened; but what
with the darkness of the night and the
din of the wheel she could hear and see
but little. So she sat down upon the
bench and waited. It was time for him
to come.
And he was coming ! Ile bad left his
cottage and crossed the meadow, and was
now hurrying along the narrow path on
the ridge. Already ho could hear the
rush Of the fall, and saw the gleam of the
pool above. In another moment they
would be together; his foot was on the
plank:bridge. -
At that moment the girl started up
from the bench, and her heart" ceased to
beat; . she stood rigid, her eves peering
through the night. The, miller, in his
room,:was sitting with a necklace of
shells: in .his hands; he was on (ho
point Of raising it to his lips. He dropp
ed it and fell to the floor, and tried to
stop his ears in vain.
For a terrible cry broke upon the dark
ness, making itself heard above the din of
the wheel and the dash of the water fall.
Ere the cry was half uttered, however, it
stepped suddenly, and never again was
taken] np ; but something, surely, was
coming down - the fall—a queer, shapeless
object, rolling over and over, catching
now and then against a rock or snag,
slipping away again, and hurrying on
ward, and downward in mad haste—a
dark heavyobject, with loosened limbs
and White, gleaming face; • only that in
the temple was a jagged, bleeding hole,
where it had struck - a rock. Down it
came ? faster and faster; . the girl saw it
coming, and stood below waiting for it.
Now, with a rush, it came upon the wheel,
andthe wheel caught it, and whirled it ,
round and ground it down, and broke it,
screaming all the-while with devilish glee. 1
The old man had. crept out, and saw
the broken body beneath the wheel, and
the foam in the tail-race red with blood.
Then, -for the first time it seemed 83
though the wheel spoke to him, reitera
ting over and over again, with the malice
of afiend, "You have, your wish! - you
haveyour wish! you have your wish I"
-Yes,chis wish. , • - • .
The girl, meanwhile, stood' motionless
and silent. She did not scream ' there
',were' no tears in her-eyes; but at length,
she laughed softly to herself. - -
- "I. told him r d_go back when be came
for Me over the falr. said she.. Now he
has come, and I Must keep my promise."
Then, without looking Mt the old many
who stood stricken with a double horror,
she glided swiftly away, and up tie steep
Pathway; and so disappearyd foreier no
one saw her again.. Something, indeed,
that had belonged. to her, was found .af
terward lying at the bottom, of, the clear
pool, with upturned face ; he' bright
young girl never returned to claim it. •••
"LAM else was ever fourid. What oth
er- mysteries .the brook knew it babbled
only' to the river, which,
in turn, confided
th'eurto the ocean, and that was the mid.
Obly;-the . next Morning, a liitleboy play
ing on the river bank below, found a fine
large piece of plank lying• in••the
one end of which had been :freshly sawed
almost off; and then broken. It was' a
prize! He dragged it to the neighboring
frog pond, and fitted it•uP as a raft,' on
which he ferried himself across. 'How
should he know that a human being had
crossed all the way from time to eternity
on that plank only the night before? So
the old man was quite alone—except for
the mill wheel. •
Everybody pitied him—such a terrible
misfortune)—and his, mind seemed ef
fected. He seldem spoke to any one, and
withdrew himself generally from sight.
But it was whispered that ho had been
seen sitting on the bench near the mill
wheel, which he always kept going, talk
ing to it in a wild random way, .and
moaning and cursing. Ever awl anon
the wheel would seem to answer him with
quivering scream, but whether of rage,
terror, or laughter, none could tell, That,
of course, was because the asle•wasrusty,
and creaked. Aud. though the old mail
spent a great deal of his time in oiling
and cleaning the machinery, somehow be
never seemed able to get at that particular
part.wherefrom the screaming came. • In-
deed, to judge from the way' lie went to
work, he was not very sanguine of his
success; but he seemed resolved never to
give it up. NO wonder; for a more un
earthly sound could not well be imagined-
The farmers going home at night across
the dark fields, if they chanced to hear a
confused sound as of screaming, groaning,
and laughter, would hurry onward as fast
as they could, and tell a wide-eyed cir
cle at home bow the mad wheel and the
mad man were cursing each other.
At last an evening came—it was just a
year from the time the tragedy happened
—and the old man eat, as usual; on the
bench outside the house, staring' at the
wheel and muttering. He was niuch al
tered; his cheek were plowed with deep
furrows, his eyes deep and sunken,
yet
with a crazy wildness in them ; his body
bent and shrunken. But changed or not
tae wheel had not forgotten him; at in
tervals it broke forth into peals of deris-
I ive laughter.
The man put his hand in his bosom
and palled out.a necklace of sbells. He
drew it gently and caressingly through
his hands. Several times he made as if t.
raise it to his lips, but always paused and
shuddered.
"She's lent forever," he muttered.. "But
I loved her."
"Ha! Ha!" yelled the wheel. "Lost!
lost! lost 1"
The man rose from the bench and bent
his steps toward the ridge. He began to
toil painfully up the steep path toward
the spot where the plank bridge had been.
The wheel below was comparatively quiet
now. In the darkness it had the appear- !
ance of' an uncouth, gigantic figure, cut
ting fantastic capers, and flourishing the
foam about with huge hands.L It seemed
to be impatiently waiting for some long
expected - promise to be fulfilled. Its de
light knew no bonds.
The old man had now reached the
summit of the ridge. He was standing
on the baink of the deep rocky gully
through which rushed the brook; in 'his
trembling handle still held the necklace:
His eyes rested on the deep clear pool
above.
"ban she—can God—forgive me P'said
. "I sinned greviously, but I loired
Again he strove 'to ruse the charmed
necklace to his lips. But its mission was
not yet accomplished. It slipped through
his fingers, and fell with a 'slight
plash into the brook., With a cry .. he,
sprang after•it; rustlin . g water seized
him with its myriad soft hands, and hur
ried him down Ward, blinded, chocking
but still groping and grasping desperate
ty for the necklace. More than once a
projecting rock or bough offered him a
chance of perservation; but he. rejected
all ; what was life without his necklace ?
Downward to the wheel! Ho could
hear the roar and the rush and thelmarse
scream of fiendish laughter; another mo
ment and all would be over; and made
one last grasp, and felt the necklace ; in
his hands once more!
But in the same instant the , great black
wheel stretched out its bands and caught
him—sucked him in a 'wild yell of tri
umph—wound him round, ofind him
down, crushednd dead and Shapelesa ;
the foam bubbled with his blood. 'Then
there was agreat silence, and the wheel
stood still. - It had done its work.
—The statement of a London Globe
correspondent, that he bad seen Ditch
men smoking in church having been
questioned, ho reiterates it with puoots : I
noticed men smoking in church at Rot-
terdam on Good Friday morning, and at
Amsterdam Good Friday evening. On
the occasion specified in my letter—Eas-
ter Monday morning service at tho_old
church, Amsterdam—l changed my place
twice to avoid the smoke of men smoke
ing close by me. '.l;he congregation -took
no notice of what seemed -to rue to be a
proceeding as extraordinary fis • that
which "A Hollander" does not deny-:=at,
men keeping theirhats on during service;
and a Dutch lady, to Ivhom.l mentioned
it afterwards; told-me "they ,wilt :smoke
anywhere, I have bears! of their doing so
at their mother's funeral!'
gentleman whose custom it was to
eatertam Very' often a, circle of friends,
observed, that one of them was -eating
something, before grace was asked, and
determined to curehina. - Upon the repe-
tition of the offence he "For -what
we are titanit to receive, and for „what.
Jambs Taylor bas already received, the
Lord make na truly thankfaL"
Eart2=lll
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 26.
Ickoya! SlamesoGnins.
The business of eating cotcluded, the
king called - upon lis..foreign friends to
partio . ipatsi in .a royal game which had
been in vogue as far back , as their his;
torical records extended, • and which no
guest might 'refine to share in without
giving personal offence to the sovereign.
After this introduction, at a aingnal given
by . the royal hint, five huge basketi filled
with very small limes were. Placed dime.'
tly in front of the throw. Inviting the
foreigners to scramble. for the trait, and
telling theta that whoever succeeded in
getting the largest number should eiejoy
his highest„ Savor; the :-king threw as
many us be could hold between his two
hands, in such a manner, as to scatter
them. in every direction over theearidest
possible apace. This was repeated scores
of times, and the guests , wishing to humor
the whim of their hosts,putered heartily
into the sport, scrambling about - .upon
hands and. knees id puranitof the limes,
sometimes receiving from-etrilierry old
gentleman a hearty belfover the head or
knuckles, at which he would-beg pardon,
and assure his friends that it . was .quite
' accidential I After an hour thins spent,
the foreigners begged leave-to. desist, and
the native nobles took their. turn 'at the
sport.
On examination, each lime was found
to eoutain a gold or silver coin, and as
the amount thus obtained' b each indi
vidual was quite considerable, the 'ladies
and gentlemen of our party sent up the
money to the king, stating that it ':would
be a violxtion of the etiquette of our
country to receive presents of mone .
But His Majesty begged- very earnes
flint tbe coins should be retained; throng •
merely, he said, as a token' of the royal
favor,, anti in compliance with ;courtly
usage—not at all for their intrinsic value.
As-a gentleman from New York *4
taking a glass of wine at the . i•St. Lonie," ;
corner of Freeman and Hopkins streets.
Cincinnati, about three weeks age,. he
observed at another table, seated with
several others; a German; Who seemed
uneasy and: anxious, as- if •therw might
have been a Fianco-Prussian disturbance
between the beer and himself.- Presently
in ran a little girl, her face radiant with,
smiles; exclaiming:
" Oh, father! we:ve got a little babyat
home l"
" Dat ish Boot," said the Dutchman, as
the anxiety disappeared from his coun
tenance. "Fill up der glo-ses." •
Not Many minutes elapsed before in
rushed the little girl Again, with the
announcement; •
" Oh, father 1 we got iwt) little boys at
home!"
The Dutchtnan looked \ & great deal
astonished and not at all satisfied at this
little family redundancy; but rising:'st
length to the magnitude of the mouton;
he said
"•Vell, den, dat WI also giat. Fill up
der glasses."
In a few minutes again appeared the
radiant messenger, with the aeletindi'ng
proclamation :
"0h father I we've got three little boys
at home I"
This Ives to much even for Tentonic'
impossibilities. There was no farther call
for glasses.
"Yell, den," says he, "I goes tip dare
and STOP- DEB WHOLE TAU PIZNESS r
—Adam..! FalF , --In a country town resi
des a clergyman who is pastor ot" a small
flock, who esteemed him very highly, and
whom he is fond' of .catechizing. - A few
days since,while taking a ramble. through
the village, ho stopped at the „house of,
one .of his parishioners, and Idler the
usual salutations , had • been exchanged;
the conversation ran as follows: "Well,
Mrs. W., can you tell me how biota fell?"
The lady commenced to , smile audibly,
and finally replied, "Why, my dear Doc
tor, you are not serious ?" "Very serious!'
indeed;" resporaled•the Doctor. Ms: W.,
whose hnsband's name happened to, be
• Adam, replied, "Well' well, you shall
have it, Doctor:: You see Adam went hi
climb over the fence the other day, to go
to Deacon M.'s for a bottle of whisky,
when.an oar lying on. the ground took
his foot. Over Adam fell and barked-his
shin : and that's the whole' truth of the
I matter."' '
—No institution suffers so much as the
press from dead-heads. •A sensible writer
says - The press endures the infliction
of dead-hesilism from the pulpit, the bar
and. the stage; from corporations, societi
es and individuals. it is expected to
yield its interests, it is, requested- to give
strength to the'weak, eyes to blinkclothes
to the naked, and - bread to the hungry
it is asked cover ingrmities; hide - w - “e:
ness and wink atquackii,bolster up . dull au
thors, and flatter the voter; it is; in sbOrt,
to be all things to-all men, and if it looks
for pay or reward, it is denounced as mean
and sordid. There is ,no interest under
the whole heavens that is expected to give
so much to soeiety without pay or thanks
as the press." -
—"Oh, mother! mother!',
hWhat, son ?"
"Mayn't I have the big bible up in my
room to-day ?', •
"Yes, my child, in welcome. You don't
know what pleasure it 'gives IDO to seo
your thoughts turn that way. But what
sticks are those you have in your band
"Why, trap triggers. Hero's the stand
ant you see, that's the flipper, and - the
One with the fat meat on the:.end' is the
long trigger There's a mouse keeps
cominginto'rny, room and insulting me,
and I want to set the big bible for a dead
fall.and try and knock the stuffing out of
' - '
—The owner - of the new "Cardiff
Giant" bas got into trouble, having been
arrested in. Dover, N. IL, and bound Oter
in $BOO to appoatat the next session, for
obtaining money under false pretenses. by
showing the scKalled , petrifiption as-a
genuine article.. . •
habit of taking arsenic to bean.
tifY tho '..tomplo.iion is on tho • increaa
among both ctUil idl Xelasuli.
"Dat 1.11 Goot."