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guointoo fardo.
SEIIPMAN & CASE.
Saddle, llamas and Tranktnakere. Shop tnc.ttoQcra•
morelding;lirooltlyn,Pri. Oak llarneases, hem
aa d light, no to order.
Brooklra. Altril3.lB74—me
MI, D. snaTu
Useful located at nnsqueltanna Depot, ILanutseturer of
aud dealer In light and heavy Darn earea,Col.ars,Whlpe,
Tratika,t3addlea,&e.,tieptng,b, strict ai tent too to bast
ueu and thlr dealing, to have a liberal share of
BURNS &
DEAtilitS •Drnv, Medicines. *Chemicals. Opt
,t g, paints, Oils, Vanish, Liquors. Spices. Fancy
irtiCies.Palent Medicines,.Perfameryand Toilet At
iltisa. • arPrescriptions carefully compounded.
Brickßleck, XOtitrope.Pa ,
A. B. Ettynxs,
Feb. 21, 1b72-
WA. LATHROP.
Administers litzerno Taitaxst, BATHS, at the Foot of
Chestnut street. Call and ecinealt to ill Chronic
Diseases.
Montrose. An. o3—tf.
C . BIIOENIAKEIL
Attorney et law. Montrose. PA. °Mee next door below
the Tarben Mouse, Penne Avenue.
Montrose, Zan. 1.2.1,T2.—ixi3—1y.
BALDWIN,
lerreaarr and Cars =con =Law, Great Bead. Penn
aylraraa.
B. L. BALDWIN,
Armorer AT Law, Montrom, Pa. oMco with James
E. Cairmalt, Ean.
Montrose, August SO, ICL
LOOMIS & LIAR.
Atternemat Law, OElice No. 224 Lackawanna Asonne.
Scranton. Pa. Practice in the several Courts a Ln.
:erne and eAsquehanne Counties.
F. E. Looms.
S W. D. Lees.
oanton, (t61.--tr•
IV. I. CROSS lON.
Attorney et Sam, Canso at tho Court lionsa, in Sbo
Geminlationcfn Office_ W. A. Cnoisancrn.
Mcnatriige,l3<pt. isn.—tr.
McKENZIE, A: CO.
ealera in . Dry Goode, Clothing, ladies' and Mime
Ana Shoo. slap ~ agents for the great AmerScors
- Tea and Coffee Company. Montrose, July it, `72,1
nu. W. W. SMITH,
Cdrxrerr. Moon:aid dwellinx, next door east or the
Itereddienttpdrititq GMT,hooralrom lA. Z.
to tr.!. Mentrase,Sl473.l4l-44.
TIIE DAUBER—HaI nal Hail
Charley Monde to the barber, who fninibirroyour face to
order; Cats brown, black and grizzle y bale. to •hir
• °Eke...lust ephtalra. Ithern Terk mrfll 'Bud him, over
.ocoe'retare. below ifelicozica—put one door.
Identrose,lnnel,Kll.-1.1 C. 1101111 LS.
JL,I3. & A. R. McCOLLII3I,
armairn at Lim Offleo over the Bank, Idontrose
P. Montroae,3Ley 10, IfiZt. LE
3.; D. VA(L,
akIIEaTATUTCPLITIICIIS Ann &Maros. Mu permanently
.located himself in Montrose, Pa, where he will prompt
,ty attend wall cane to his vacation with which be may
be fawned. Office and residence west at Abe Court
House, near Mich.& Walcott's aline.
Ilornrom FebraArT B.l=l.
LAW OFFICE•
:PITCH & WASSON. Attorners at L. at the old oftlee
of Bentley & Fitch, Montrose, Pa.
r. men. [Jan. 11, 'Mt
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
•Detlerr.to Boole and Shots, Rats and Cape, Leather and
Tlediera, Idols Street., let door below $3674's Store.
Work =foto order. andrepalring done tiootly.
~2dot,troso, Jea. 1, 1070.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SERVING AND — RAM DRESSING.
Shop - In tho now Postale° liallitirrt, Where La wM
Ilse found readyto attend all who ma wantanything
An his Dna Montrose, Pa.. Oct.- .13, 1859.
191 t. S. W. DAY'rON,
ITTITSICIAN b SURGEON. tenders his services to
the citizens of Great Bend add vicinity. Office at his
residence. opposite Barnum House, G't. Bend rilSige.
'Sept. Ist,l9oo.—tf
L 0. WAEUEN,
ATTORNEY di LAW. Bounty. Beet Pay. Pension
sod Boom .7 on Claims attended to. OM co tt,
oat below Boyd's Store„'lllontrose.Po. (An. 1, `dfl
fl. C. soirroN,
Aperioneer, and Insurance Rent,
anl Gat Prlendsvily., Pa.
C. S. GELBEUT,
.A.uoticolasor.
areas. sena, Eh!'
17. 111.
Ansa ad
.A3ll ELI,
'Cr; 8 21. 4 1.7.tracoasecor.
1... z. 1, lbW. Address, Drookb - a, Pa
JOIEC GUOVES,
VASHIONSBLE liofitrose, Pa. Shop OTer
Chandicen Store. .All orders Siled in ana-rate
cutting done-on short notice, and warranted to at.
•
W. W. SMITH,
CAITEMIT AND CHAIR NAIMFACTUETtIi.—rom
of 11.:an 'tree.. Montrose . PA. 3m q... 1. IS
BILLINGS STROUD.
FIRE AHD LIFE CISZAILNCE AGSICT. All
beldame attended toproMptir, on lair terms. °Mee
lint door earthed • Montrose Ilotel," west side of
Public Avenue, Montrose, Pt. [Ang.l.lBCl.
ialr rz. 1812.1 Druzsas &morn,
ABEL TURBELL,
D:4.1.1111 in Drugs, Patent idedielnea, Chemicals
Liquors, Paints. Oths,Dye Stuffs, Varnishes. Win sr
Gnus, Uroocrice, Glass Ware, Wall and Wlsololr
Par, Stone-ware, Lampe, Kerosene, Machinery Oil.,
Trauma, Gas*, Ammunition, Knives , Spectacles
Brushes, Pansy Goods, Jewelry, Ppria
being sone pi the most numerous. ext=sive,_ and
valnable collections of Goods In Susquehanna Co.—
Established In 1048. [Montrose, Pa:
D. W. SEARLE,
TTOIMET AT LAW, am i oyez the Store of A.
Lathrop, In the Brick Block, Montrone, Pa. ['tuft/9
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DR. W. L. RICELARDSON,
airsicles 6 SURGEON, tenders his protessicals
services to the citizens of Montrose and iricinity.—
Or s ec st his nisidence, on the corner Alma caSsyre
Bros. Foundry'. f dug. 1, ISO.
DR. E. 1.. GARDNER,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Montrose, Pa. Gives
especial atteation to diseases of the Heart and
Lungs and all Sareeal diseases. °Mee •over W. D.
Dean.s Boards at Searle's Hotel. Viref.l. ISCD.
lIIINT BROTHERS,
SCRANTON!. PA.
Vlolcralo & Helafl Dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIRT.% SHOVELS,
BUILDER'S HARDWARE,
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RAILROAD & MINING SUPPLIER.
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PELLOEB. SEAT SPINDLES; BOWS, Ac.
ANVILS, VICES, • STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS
IndIIMERS, SLEDGES; PILES, Lc. Re.
CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS, BELTING. PACERM
TACKLE BLOCKS PLASTER PARIS
CEMENT. Hun GsnrosToms.
PRKSCLI WINDOW GLASS,LKATUER6 FINDINGS
PAIRRANK'S Sctb Tit') '
Scranton, Karthat.tBlls.,
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PAft,ONIZE Mate ffintIPACTIIIIEI
CINANGNaIit,B Speed , and.larlable Drive Wheel. It
V holds the Great New TorieStatc National Prembun I
del Alsoth taint. e Grind OltiONMlonelYncialtuite,heldet Slant.
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And the Pennayteania, Maryland and Virginia State
Premiums I
The . The big is simple. compact, removed entirely from
the TO WiLeelo.and =dosed in a neat cane, in the
cen of the machine, cffeetnally muting it front grit
and nat. •
The operation can be changed instantly Oomt a high
aimed to one a thinl flower, without atop, pm ads*
mx Itself to bad places and light and hem ,
euttituramratns ie perfect. No and one
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a:Lachine In the world, and you can depend upon it, antes
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14PERISEIALEILE.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts In youth,
The impulse to a wordly prayer, ;
The dreams of love and truth ;
The longing after something lust,
The spirit's yearning cry ;
The striving after better ham—
These.things can never die.
The timidhand stretched forth to aid
A brother In his need.
The kindly word in grist's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed ;
The plea for namersoftly breathed
When justice threatens nigh;
•
The sorrow of a contrite heart—
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss,
And' ll the trifles sweet and flail
That make up love's first bliss;
It with a firm unchanged faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands pave clasped, those lips have met,
These things shall never die.
Dios Nicnoza
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it tell
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel but never tell;
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes are bounding high,
In an unfading record kept—
These things shall never dle.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not a chance to waken love,
Be firm and Just and true.
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee,
These things shall never die.
From the Pittsburg Rue
A WOMAN'S APPEAL.
Let women to the front now come,
And for the harp take up the dram:
Now let us gladly throw aside
The things in which we once took pride.
Ignoble duties we'll ignore; •
‘Vhatl , —strash a tea-cup, sweep a floor!
No l Let the craven man beware,
Who to demand such things shall dare.
Hereafter should one such be found,
Cumbering the surface of the ground.
The name of man he shall nut bear,
Nor In our homes or hearts hare share,
Degraded ones: think you that we
Would cheer your homes, or make your
Dethroned and vanquished, find a place
Kith beings of inferior race.
A 'higher law" will golds as now;
To men we will do longer bow ; -
Our hmceu•barn rights we will assert,
llama to wake or mend a shirt;
Buttons no longer well sew on;
Nor, like some silly 'birds, be dniwn
Within a cogs, to pine and die,
While wecan carol in the sky ,
Our song of freedom, loud and shrill,
And only fellow our sweet will
Discourse maniere of "woman's sphere,"
We will commence a new career;
The longed-for "cinief' we will share,
The men don'tavish to have as there;
Blushes and shame well put aside,
With that weak tbing—a woman's pride,
When Colonel leads the way
Who doubts but we must win' the da y?
Old-fashioned moth= are no mare,
Our early errors we deplore,
Instead of children, dogs we nume;
And empty heart, hut well filled parse,
Weak men may teach that God has given
A little child to lead to Heaven;
But give us politics and strife
We seem the name of mother, wife,
Then onward, onward, sister dear
But not deterred by coward fete"'
Sour motto be—not "Gad 'and right—"
But "suffrage," 'tis for this we fight.
quern Esther's story may perplex,
Some of the weak ones of our sex,
Por men admires her on her knees,
Trembling and whispering—" May It please
fir Lord and King. do as you will
With your handmaiden, let me still
Lire in your presence" 0! to think
Of such women makes us shrink
A , tl hido our heads. But Vashti lives;
An,l pr Disc to her each woman gives
no ior her "rights" will dare contend
And Usti/a for them to the end.
The Savior once did much approve
Both Martha's work and Mary's love;
And women have been oft commended.
Whose love and 'Mbar never ended;
Martyrs, though wearing crowns unseen!
Angels. though they Lave wingless been.
Bat in these days we've miser grown;
Love has been driven from big throne.
We cannot stop of love to prate
When we assume the cares of State,
No longer will we work end pray
Last at the cross" we cannot stay.
Nor by love's grave have tine to wall
While trying man to caudate-
Woodhull and Douglass! Black and mite
Dawn-trodden ones, when we unite,
Nations will wonder and turn pale,
Ahd tyrant man no more previa
Then loudly let each woman's throat
Pour forth the cry—to rote! to vote!
Vassts.
grtvitio and Witiciomo.
—Fans made of the scale of 9.6 h have
been introduced.
—The St. Louis Saengerfest cost $16,-
000 more than receipts. •
—"Small Pox here" and "rooms fa ren t"
are two announcements on ono door of a
Detroit house.
—Mat are domestic magazines?—
Wives who are always blowing up their
husbands.
—A Missouri editor considers that' the
ears of his political opponent "would do
for steeples to meeting houses."
—At Muscatine, lowa, a deaf man,
after a hearty sneeze, found that his bear
ing had been restored.
—lt is said tho expenses of the Boston
anbilee will amount to between five and
six hundred thousand dollars.
•
—At Fall River, Mass., a secret society
has been instituted to promote harmony
between capitalists and. workmen.
—Us United States Treasury com
menced to pxy July interest on Wednes
day, a concealable portion of which is
due to Europe.
—The New Jersey Court of Pardons
has decided to grant the petition of pea,
ple of Paterson and vieinityand commute
the sentence of Libbie Garrabrant to lost
prisonment for life. •
—An attempt was recently made to get
up a fresh excitement at Niagara Falls, in
the form of a; buffalo hunt, for --which
purpose orders were sent to Nebraska fOr
a supply of the animals,
MQNTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY;' JULY 17, 1872.
gliocellantouo.
".1 GOOD IDEA."
[German Translation.]
THE WILL
The quiet old tax-gatherer, rejoicing in
the name of -Bonaventura Cirtacus
Blume, of the gobd old town of 'Amgen
weislingen, had just died. There would
hare been nothing very remarkable about
this, as death is exceedingly apt to over
take men of his age, but hehad been a
notable exception in the village; he bad
attained u good old age without much to
the chagrin of the.spinsters of uncertain
age, putting himself in a condition to
leave an heir behind him. This circum
stance served to lend to his death an in
terest which was only increased by the
uncertainty and mystery in which his
earlier life was shrouded from the vision
of his townsdken. The village of Iran
genweislingen consisted of a population
that was pretty much all united by the
tiemof consanguinity. There were just
three families--thii Obermeyer, the
Neidermener, and the Meyer , for short--
and, 1.U3 a rule, fad to fa' to traee a
connection with one of these didn't
amount to much.
The deceased waa a remarkable nian in
being an exception to this role. His life
and success, without this prestige, had
been a constant puzzle to the surrounding
country. lie had lived and died without
any direct connection with any of the
Meyer families, a thing that was simply
apparelled in the village archives. No
one knew where this • , curious individual
had come from, any more than it was
known where he had gone to after death.
It was only remembered that, in the year
Bilk a very severely wounded Austral
ian soldier was brought to the village to
he taken care of after a severe fight. It
is true that after his recovery it was the
duty of Mr. Private Blume to return to
the array and serve out his time. Some
how, he neglected to do so. Re seemed
to have been forgotten, nobody sent for
him, and he stayed where he was, his ex
perience having taught him that a quiet
village life was preferable to the busy
scenes of the battle-field. Once upon a
time a legacy must have been left him, for
a big package came for him, but nobody
knew from whom or where. Gradually,
however, he won the respect and confi
dence of the village, even though not a
member of the Meyer family ; when sub
sequently, the Ake of tax-gatherer be
came vacant, and not one of the Meyers
wanted it, it was bestowed on Blimp, and
lie held it until death seperated him from
his office and relieved him of his respon
sibilities.
Yet he always maintained the strictest
silence about his family and antecedents.
A steady and economical life of thirty-six,
years in the town had enabled him to lay
up a considerable stun of money. As he
had never been married—at least in
Langenweisling,en—and had no discover
able heirs, the curiosity of the village was
boundless to know what would become of
his fortune. The disappointment of the
villagers was commensurate with this ca
llosity when they learned that instruc
tions had been left with tbo Burgomaster
not to open his will for four weeks subse
quent to his death. During these four
weeks there was no lack of gossip and
speculation in Langenweisligen, and,
having governed its desires as well as
might be iu the
.meantime, the whole
town assembled on the appointed day to
hear the important news. The Burgo
master took a high position and, with
load voice, cried out: •
"1, BonacenturaPiriacus Blume, make
over herewith my whole possession to the
town of Luugenweislingen, conferring
upon the ma„gistnites the power to use it
as they may think best for the good of the
town, with the exception of one thousaud
dollars, which I decree shall be given him
whu . shall develope a good idea, by which
a large portion of the inhabitants may be
practically benefited."
" A GOOD IDEA."
A thousand dollars fora good idea! The
good, round prize, it was that made many
Beads whirl in the good old town of Lan
gen weisli o n.en; and everyone expected to
gain it almost immediately with his or
her powers of invention. But "a good
idea" is not so common in a provincia
villiage after all—not very common, in
deed, anywhere. So the good people cud-
gelled their brains in vain.
Of all the good people possessed of the
natnral envy for this sum of a thousand
dollars, however, he who had it the worst
was Herr Tapps, the school 'teacher and
town clerk, and a poor devil who had
never enjoyed a good idea in the whole
course of his life. But be worked at it
by. day and dreamed of it by night. He
had accustomed himself, through good
management and the experience of neces
sity, to live on the thirty cents a day
which was generously allowed him for all
expenses, and a thousand• dollars would
have made him richer than Croesns ever
thought himself to be in the boots of fu
callus, and had pretty nearly determined
just what he would do when be should
come in possession of his fortune. There
was only one- thing lacking—" a good
idea."
There was idea enough rushing through
the brain-of the bedazzled schoolmaster;
but, by some strange misfortune, not one
which could be turned to the advantage
of the good people of Langenweislingen.
He was one day pressing his heated fore:
head against they school-room window,
when Ins eye fell -upon the village girl;
who used to gather about the town pump,
where they would not only draw water
but exchange go . ssip and make fun of the
schoolmaster's big nose. In his rage at
built?: failed to find the go& idea which
alone was necessary to the posszssion of
the thousand dollars, Tapps was tempted
to consign girls, gossips and the well it
self to the lower regions.: But the angri
er the old pedagogue grew, the livelierbe:
came the gossip. Every once in a while,
one of the water-drawing graces would
happen to catch sight of the long nosed
personification of despair staring at them,
and then, as if by -command, the entire
bevy would burst out laughing. He shut
the windows down with s clang, and
took occasion• to suggest'once more to his
Satanic majestg o to take the whole con
cern.
Old Tapps has iL At least he thinks
he has it—" a good idea." He has thought
so several times before. But never has
anything so brilliant struck him as now.
Het pounds his head with furl, as if to
fix it there beyonnd the possibility of es
cape.
"Suppose"—here was the good idea:
"suppose I should make the devil possess
the well, or at least spoil the water so that
it wouldn't be fit to drink. Wouldn't
these plagued girls make a face if they
should come to the well and find nothing
but nasty stuff they could not touch t
The whole village would be upset if there
were no drinking water to be had, and
the thousand dollars, along with eternal
gratitude, would belong to the man who
should restore the water to its purity. I
have it, I have it," ho cried.
He revolved his "good idea" in his
mind, considering it from all sides which
he was capable of comprehending: but
could find nothing against it, and so
dually concluded to adopt it. Ile walk
ed op and down the school-room all the
evening completing the details of his
deep-laid scheme, and decided what they
should be.
HI.
THE PRIZE IS AWARDED
The sun bad scarcely risen next morn
ing before the usual crowd had gathered
about the Well to draw water for all the
four legged and two legged animals in the
town. The lively girls, as on yesterday,
laughed and snickered at the pedagogue,
but the pedagogue looked on with a much
more cheerful countenance than usual.
HUI "good idea" was working.
Anna Nulls, the burgomeister's eldest
daughter, was telling her companions
how she was going •to be united to her
dearly-beloved Michel within a few
weeks; just. as she was taking her turn at
the well. Thirsty probably front the ex
ertion of enumerating the details of her
tridal outfit, she put the water pitcher to
her lips when her fresh, pretty and smil
ing face was suddenly metamorphosed
into an expression of horror and disgust.
Out it came again—the water—and all
the girls looked up in blank astonish
ment.
"Just taste it," gasped Anna Maria,
quickly forgetting her wedding and bridal
outfit.
It wa.s tried in turn, and as each one
tasted, another fair face hecama dMtorted
into an expression of unmitigated disgust.
There was a universal spitting and • spat
toring all about the well, and a singular
unanimity in declaring that gall wrs nev
er so bitter.
Attracted by the evident sensation at
the pump—the centre of civilization . in
the eyes of Laugenweislingen,new peo
ple began to arrive, until it was not long
before the whole village had assembled
about the spoiled water. The burg,omeis
ter came last—as is the custom of officials
and tasted it in his official capacity. It
did not take him long to declare. officially
the same opinion that had been so em
phatically expressed by the villagers in
their unofficial capacity. Of course this
settled the matter. There was no longer
a doubt that gall was never so bitter. In
the meantime, the long nosed pedagogue
looked on with such intense satisfaction
that his face would have betrayed Lim if
anybody had thonght of looking at him.
What was to be dune?
For the first time in his life, the burgo
meister's supreme wisdom found a stum
bling block. He had not even a sugges
tion. The whole town abandoned all
other duties and occupations and strayed
there. Finally, the theory of the old
worhen was accepted—no other having
been offered—and it was voted that the
well was possessed, and that the devil
could only be driven out by prayer. So
the old women went diligently to work
praying in the foreground while the men
stood back and tried the efficiency of
swearing. Whichever of the two influ
ences should be thanked for it, certain it
was that the water became purified toward
evening. The women claimed that it
was their prayers, and the men did not
say anything about their swearing. Hans
Trapps, the pedagogue, wea the only one
who could have told—and he wouldn't.
It was needless to say that the rejoicing
of the villagers was not quite equal to the
consternation of the morning. By the
way of prudence, however, and to keep
the devil off from a repossession of the
well, the burgomeister ordered a cross to
be fired at each corner, end a couple of
-men volunteered to watch until midnight
while several of the women folks remain
ed with them to keep pp the praying.
Up to midnight, certainly all was safe,
and the watch left their places with hope
in their breasts. Bnt the next morning
the water was still more bitter, if possible,
than it had been the day before.
Now the village - was seized with gen
uine misery attU despair. Work was en
tirely suspended, prayers was recommend.
ed, and consultation was had by all the
wise heads. At last they happened to
think that the well-keeper—for this was
one of the important offices of the town
—had been neglectful of his duty, aud
the decree was issued that . he should set
to work immediately to clean it out.-
This was done in the most minute and
thorough manner—Hans Tapps laughing
to himself more thaw over. -It turned
out that the water was as pure and sweet
as ever, after the thorough cleaning, and'
the burgomeister duly took to Himself the
credit of the suggestion. -
But the neat morning the water had
turned to gall again, for he had been seen
cleaning it. Now it was- determined to
call a mass meeting in the market place.
Hero theyunited wisdom of the Meyer
families was consolidated, and, after many
speeches. it was finally decided, as Hans
'Lapps .espected it would be, to donate
the 81,000 legally which Blume-had- left
to him who should develop a sufficiently
"good idea" to rid the village of the gall,
the-witches, or the devil that made 'the
water to.bitter;
It was now Hans 'kappa' turn to mount
the rostrum, and he expressed an opinion
upon the bitterness of life in general, and
that of the well in particular, concluding
with the important announcement that.
ho was in possession of a secret that
would prove ari infallible remedy.
"I will put it.into execution this very
night," he continued, "and to-morrow
morning you will find the water as pure
as ever."
There was a sigh of relief through the
whole crowd as the pedagogue made the
announcement 'and stepped down with
his face all aglow from wy. But his joy
was not destined to be of long duration,
for the well keeper jumped up and
shouted :
"The infernal schoolmaster shall never
have Siete thousand dollars! This mis
erable rascal has deceived the whole
town for threo dap, Why is that. water
bitter? Why is it that, however bitter
it is in the morning, it always gets sweet
towards evening? and why has this
Haus Tapps alone a cure for all this? I
will tell you why. This infernal scound
rel has been rutting something bitter in
the well every night, that he may be able
to make it good again. Shall he receive a
thonsand,dollars for doing this ?"
" No! Nor were the cries. " Down
with him!"
And the crowd, upon the impulse of
the moment, came very near putting
their threats into execution, until it was
suggested that it would be prudent' to
search his house first. The preposition
was accepted, and a deputation was ap
pointed, while Mr. HaniTapps was turn
ed over to the ono man of the village
who united himself the functions of po
lice, captain and squad. The search was
made,
and, at last, a couple of jugs - of
stuff, bitter as gall, indeed, were found in,
the pedagogue's house.
The well-keeper set the example of ac
tion by pouring the contents of one of
the jug; over the pedagogue's head, and
from Unit moment Hans Tapps was beset,
pummeled, egged, stoned and pounded
until ho was hardly able to hold his head
up. He was then consigned to jail, where
bo had abondaneo of opportunity to med
itate over his " good idea."
Ile was allowed to come out after a few
weeks' incarceration, but ever afterwards
was known as Hans Tapps, the fool. It
would have been a nice thing for the con
stituency of Langenweislingen to have
voted the prize of one thousand dollars to
the well keeper, who seems to hare been
the only man of sense in the village. But
they neglected to do so, and the prize still
awaits the man who shall developo a
"good idea." It should be a hetterr one,
however, than that of Hans Tapps, the
pedagogue.
Remarkable Mortality of Ever-
From Virginia to the Candian shores,
and from the eastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains to the Atlantic, the evergreens
arc dead or 'dying. Millions of dollars
worth of hardy plants, that have for
years withstood our northern wintersmow
show the ravages of the zero weather of
the last season. Norway spruce,pines,
arbor, vine Junipers, rhododendrons,
dwarf and standard roses in public parks
and private gardens have "put on the
sere and yellow lef," their symbols of
decay.
Long Island has suffered severely. In
the gardens at Astoria, where immense
numbers of evergreens were growing for
sale, the loss is estimated at hundreds of
thousands. of doollars. Rows of arbor
vita, containing thousands of plants,
are absolutly valuless. Prospect Park
and the private gardens in Brooklet have
not been spared in the general diseater.
and the gardeners at the Central Park,
New York, pronounce the loss in those
grounds almost irreparable. At Flat
bush, L. 1, and iu Westchester county
the loss has been very great. Some of
the nurserymen have lost theirentire stock.
In other pUces the effect has been peculi
ar. Plants of the same age and appar
ent health, growing in long rows, have
been touched at intervals of a Few feet.
The first dozen in the row are dead, and
the next half dozen are well and thrifty.
In Brooklyn, the plants on the north
and east side of the houses have suffered
most.
In New Jersey the horticulturists have
noticed that plants which were shaded
from the winter sun have esuiped the
worst effects of the season, and may be
saved with much trouble and time.
The report from the vicinity of Boston
and further cast confirm the sad tidings of
what was only rumor a few weeks ago,
and from the great nurseries at Rochester,
the Ohio vally; and even further west,
the words come to us. "Our evergreens
aro dead." The causes assigned for this
unexpected loss are various, but from
among . them the following may be taken
as having, iu them a show of probability:
Freit, it is said that the warm days of Feb
ruary gave the plants an early start, as if;
thspring had really opened, and then
when all were swelling with the new life
the weather chanted again to hard winter,
freezing with the cold March winds.
Another View is that the plants wore
killed very 'early in the winter. There
was not al gradual diminution of ' the
tempqraturc as in former years, but the
season came suddenly upen . the plants
before they were properly shielded or
prepared for it. Their color changed
slightly, but not enough to cause alarm,
and although the plants remained . green
they were dead. Only when the warm
weather of the last few weeks startled
the other plants into general activity Was
the damage- to the evergreens. visible.
In support of the first theory it is ob
served that in one place on the Hudson,
a private garden, there were several tine
specimen of the golden bark arbor-vita
They had beep covered nearly • all of the
winter. During the warm days of Feb- .
ruary they, were exposed, and seemed
retnarkably: vigorous. They have not
been covered since and they aro now
dead.
Where this new supply will come from
is as yet a matter of conjecture. Nurser
ymen are afraid to purchase the few
plants offered for sale until the season is
more advanbed. Many:think they could
save some of their stock by carfully .unr
sing it for two or three years; but the
ground is too valuable to be used for
that purpose, awl the evergreens will be
cut down and cast away. There are
many sorrowful faces among the nursery-
men, and some of theM will be sorely
trie4in the effort to recover from the
losses inflicted by the death of, the ever
green&—Journal of Commerce.
A SUP In the Kitchen.
Emulous of the example of her Cale
donian sister, the English female domes
tic servant is about to initiate a move
ment to better herself, and to form an as
sociation to protect her interests against
that worst of all tyrants, despots, enimies,
opiaressors, and down-treaders—"Missis.
Preliminary conferences have already been
held in halls and kitchens of the first re
spectability, and as soon as the weather is
settled, a great open, air meeting will be
calied at an hour convenient to those
whom a bard fate compels to dish up a
late dinner, at which the• following pro
gramme will be recommended for adop
tion, as essential to the comfort, happi
ness, self-respect, and independence of all
those whom "suckumstunceS" oblige to
resort to domestic service for their liveli
hood:
No servant to- accept an _engagement
until she has first received a satisfactory
character of the mistress who is anxious
to secure her assistance.
Public waiting-rooms to be established,
at which mistressess shall attend (at their
own cost,) to be inspected and questioned
by their intending employees.
No servant to permit, on any pretext,
the slightest differences in the quality or
quantity of the provisions supplied to the
parlor and the kitchen. The best tea to
be provided, and an absolute prohibition
to be placed upon the use of moist sugar.
No mistress to enter her own kitchen,
without giving previous notice of her in
tention to its occupants.
No cupboards, sideboards, store-rooms,
or cellars to be kept locked.
Free access to the beer-barrel.
No servant to be rung up in the morn
jag, or expected to restire to rest at a cer
tain hour at night.
No interference to be allowed with a
servant's dress, of which sho is lobe con
sidered the best and only jadge. Artifi
cial flowers, veils, jewelry, parasols, chig
nons, and high-heeled boots to pass un
questioned and.annoticed.
No restriction to be placed on, kitchen
company. Male friends to hAve the en
tree to that apartment whenever it may
be agreeable to them. (This last stipula
tion to be sine qua non.)
Cold meats to be eaten only at. break
fast, luncheon, tea and sapper.
Charwoman to be engaged to undertake
such onerous and disagreeable duties, as
washing, scrubbing, black-leading grates,
lighting tires, and preparing the rooms for
the reception of the family in the morn
ing, making beds, cleaning boots and
knives, etc.
. Servants With musicial tastes and au
quireineuts to be allowed the use of the
piano.
A supply of newspapers, magazines,
and reviews, and a subscription to a cir
culating library for the extensive accom
modation of the kitchen.
The total abolition of the irksome and
barbaons custom of washing at home.
All such degrading terms as "place,"
" wages," " character,' and "maid-of-all
work," to be forbidden; and, in their
stead, situation" or engagement," "sala
ry," " testimonials," and "general - domes
tic" to be employed. The word "kitchen"
to be gradually discontinued in favor of
" Servants' Apartment"
Two half , holidays a week. Vacations
at Chnstmas, Easter and Whitsuntide,
and a month's leave of absence in the
summer (without any deduction from sal
ary,) for the seaside, the Continent, etc. -
An evening party once a month.
The Sunday question to be a matter of
special negotiation; but all leave of ab
sence on that day to be considered to ap
ply to the whole of it, and no hour to be
tiled for the return of domestics to their
duties at night.
All salaries to be paid in advance, and
servants to lie entitled to draw as much
money as they please on that account. '
Servants not to be required to give
warning, but all existing customs, as re
gards notice, wages, ets., on the part of
employers, to remain in fall force.
The extension of the franchise to Do
mestic Servants.
No caps.
Atrocious Case of Perjury.
One of the most extraordinary
•at
temps to condemn an innocent man to
the scaffold ever made hasjust been
frustrated by the prompt verdict of en
English jury. A respectable solicitor of
Newent, Edmonds by • name, , was ar=
raigued uron the charge, brought by a
niece of his and a former family physi
cian, of having murdered, his wife. It
appears that Mrs. Edmonds died, rather
suddenly on the night of February 27,
1876, more than five -years ago. Al
though thd circumstances of her death
were strange, no suspicion seemed to
have been uttered against her huband
until some time : last October. Dr.
Smith, the family doctor, had certified
that the death was. caused by apoplexy,
and - the coroner's inquest had confirmed
this evidence. last -fall, however, imp
mediately after a rupture between the
solicitor and Jeannette Edmonds, his
niece, this young woman, together, with
Dr. Smith, entered the charge of mar,
der against him. They swore that on
the fatal evening Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds
had had .a violent quarrell, arising from
the ladies jealousy ; that bitter words
had been succeeded by blows and.. that
Mrs. Edmonds having retreated to her
sister's ,bedroom, up stairs, her husband
had followed her, and had dealt ins a
blow, which was almost immediately
fatal. .Urs. Edmonds had • for some time
been an invalid, and, according to the
witnesses for the prosecution, was in so
feeble a Condition that a stroke of • less
than ordinary severity would have killed
her. This charge was sustained, on, the
trial which has just terminated. at the
Old Bailey, by three witnesses. Jeannette
Edmonds, Dr. , Bass Smith, Ann Brad a
former servant in. the Edmonds fitmi-
On the other hand, the defencebrought
rebutting cases overwhelming conclusive
in Mr. Edmonds' favor. Miss Mathews a
sister of Jeannette's ) two sons of Mr.
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBE:R 29.
Edmonds, and five or nix domestics, all of.
whom were in the house at the time of
the lathe's death, contracted the evidence
for the prosecution point bleak: Thera
bad been no (laurelling whatever, to
violence of language, nor blows. - Mrs,
Edmonds had retired from the room to
her sister's -apartment, and hwlel there
suddenly fallen and died. In short; the
testimony of Jeannette, Smith and Brad
was shown to be a tissue of onti
falsehoods. Ilappily. the motiverg
accusers of Mr. I.Mmonds was not far. to
seek. For a long time -an improper
intimacy has exis te d WEST= the - niece
and Dr. Smith, the father of a family of
five children. Mr. Edmonda discovered
this disgreceful state of things only lad/
autumn, and then immediately upon Mt . ,'
discovery of it he compelled Jeannette-,
to lease his house, and commenced
proceedings to have Dr. Smith's license
as a practical phyiiician revoked. It was
not long before a conspiracy between
the guilty pair to revenge themselves
upon the outraged uncle; and theifisund
a willing tool in Ann Br ad, who had an
old score of illwill to settle vyith her
former master. The manner and con
duct of Jeannett in court, however, told
against the truth of her story; while the
witness-box has seldom been disgraced-. by
so disgusting an appearance as Dr. Smith
made when he got into it, and unblush
ingly told of his violation of all honer
and. hospitality. Ann Brad was convicted
of repeating falshoods out of her own
mouth ; while the flood of testimony on
the other side was - straightforward, and
bore the impress of truth throughout. It
is a startling fact that in this civilised
age such abandoned creatures should be
able, even for a moment, to cast a doubt
upon the charact.sr of an innocent man;
and it must be with a sigh of relief that
the British public will . learn that the
conspirators of the Edmonds case are bo
be arraigned
.for their shameless and
audacious crime.
A youth named Joly,
only lflieare old,
was recently sentenced to five years' im
prisonment and,to be for five years long
er under the surveillance of the police
because he bad belonged top body . known
as the Avengeril of the" Republican and
at the bead of a troop of insurnents 'had
siezed upon all the horses in Monceaux.
He bad been arrested for the offence be
fore brit released on account of his youth.
Scarcely had the Judge pronounced sen
tence when Joly cried aloud in court :
"A prison! my nature will never • permit
me to endure a prison. I prefer death."
And straightway plunged a knife into
his throat, from which the blood &Arai
in streams.. The guards rushed toward
him, but he struggled against their ef
forts to stem - the wound, and was taken
to the Hotel Dieu, where he has since
died.
- .
Ina New York Liquor Store recently,
an air tight barrel filled with powdered
marbles, andhYdrochrolorio acid violently
exploded, the fragments lking thrown
with zreat force, m all directions- Fora
tunately no per.ons was near it at the
time. Tho explosion was duo to the
rapid formation of carbonic acid gas, the
bpressure of which was too great for the
arrel
At Watkins' Glen recently, as a patty
of ladies and gentlemen were passin ,,
through Glen Cathedral, a rock rolled
from the edge of the preceptee and fell
to the bottom of to glen. Three of the
party were unabltT to escape the stone,
and were severely injured. Two-ladies of
the party were hart; ono of them had
both legs broke twice, and another was
hurt in the cheat..
A man at Gloucester, Mass., at the re
-guest of his wife, consented to give her
all the five cent pieces he had in his
pocket each day. He supposed tire money
would be spent in hair-puns needles, of
such like trifles, but wasastonished "three
years afterwards, on the anniversary of
his birthday, to receive from his wife as a
present, a gold watch worth $lOO, pur
chased with the accumulated five cent
pieces.
"how is it, my dear, that you 'have
never kindled a flame is tho bosom of a
man ?" said an old lady to her pretty
niece, who•-was portionless. "Thomason,
dear", replied the young lady, "is, as you
well know, that I am not a good match."
—They are plahting cork trees in
Southern California. Unless the -buds
are killed by . frost . in the spring, the trees
will average -about ton . bushels of cork
apiece.
—A womon in Kansas City, made s
Ere in the stove, put her bread in 'the
oven, and then made a half hour visit to
a neighbor. When she returned the
bread was burned. Later-,SO was the
house. , •
—A Bostonian has been fined $5O for
not "communicating a case of smallpox
to the proper antlioritee If. we were
the proper authoities, we should : prefer
his keeping it to himself. •
—A gentleman - of Springfield inquired
of another whether a certain doctor , haa,
any practice. • "Oh, yes," was .:tho
reply. , "I assisted in layin ott ono
of hie patients, the other day."
—lt is so pleasant to knot! that Ag
assiz has found a few specimen of gas
torpods, fourteen . kinds of shinoderus t
including an euryle, fifty specimens of
hinrous, and to • crown tho whole, a
ffrge heliaster:
--A blind man at Fort %ink ind.,
was recently married to a blind woman
in the presenoe of three other blind m
ama. The question is, were there any
witnesses?
—For real business ingenuity'com
mend us to California. , The proprietor
of a San ',Tose
. pleasure garden draw
crowds by offering aprize to the perm
with tho longest nose.
.—"How much did he leave e inquired
a gentleman of a wag on learning the
death of a wealtby citizen. “Everytiiine
responded the wag_"ho didn't take,
lax with him."
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