E. B. IViNPLEY, Proprietor.
fl,ointoo Cub.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
b. 11.1teCRACIIEN. wishes to Inform thopohltetbilt
hales rented the Exebsonte Hotel lo Mantra* be
Is low prepared to accommodate the traveling Ptibile
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SUIPITIAN & CASE.
%W.; Plarnoss and Trunk maker,. Shop In C.Ttoirerat
Sum Banding, Brooklyn, Pa. Oak Harnesses, Imre,
sad Bed, nude to order.
Brooklyn. April 3. 1813.—m1l
31. D. SMITE'
/tyke legated at Marileelrma Depot. Mitenbietheeeot
and dnaler In Itch and heavy. ItarneAeri.Col ar•Nbler,
•T m ak, Kil.dd le cdc—hnping,h. Meet attention to bail•
mesa and (air dnating, to trate!, a liberal elute of
tmlavisnre.
k.n.h 4, lere.—rrolo—m3.
BURNS & mcnoLs,
bit& in Dregs, Medicines. Chemicals. Dye
st Inc pal nts„ 01 la, Varnish. Llenora, Sp Ices.irancy
•rt.cles, eaten? ‘l.lleinc.. Perfumery and Toilet Ar•
slew. OrProstrlintion• carefully compontided.—
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DR. D. A. LATFIROP,
ki..l.4sers C all n Erre,. lit the C hroni co
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TV •
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tiOttell •Inn's. Pahlic Atremte.
*alms. Jan. 11, 1872.—n03--Iy.
C. E. BALOWINr
Arrslotirrand Coczamon It Um, Great Bend, Penn
aptranta. Say
B. L. BALDWIN,
Arrow= AT Law. Montrose, Pa Office with James
t. Cannlt. Exi,
Illealrooe, August 30. PM. O.
LOOIIIS LtSK.
Laurens st Law. Otiles so. rat Lnetuerantot Avenue.
&manias. Ps. Pescilee In the several Count of in
seems sae Susquehanna Counties.
T. IL Loons.
Saastan. Sept 1111.1871 —lf.
citosnoli.
♦ttsmq et Lew. OfSee et the Court (Inns., to the
Cesseasetnneed oak, W A.Caouaos.
Ilestrosy. Sept. fith., ism—Tr.
& Co.
oaten In - Dry Goode, Clothi
or ng, Ladles awl Theses
las Shan. agnate , f the great American
Tao and Carer Company. Illontroae. July vs, -al
DR. W. W. SMITII,
Damn. Room• at his dwelling. nest door east of the
Pleyebllcan minting office. Office boor. from B x.
to 4 r. Murillo.% tiny 3, 1611—ff
TUE BARBER-IPa: Ila:
Charfay Warta to the torher, w'ho eon apace yonr face to
ardor: Cm. brown, black and grizsley hair, In hta
areke. just op obits. There Ton will end him, over
Oen'. atom : below hieSentlea—jtod outdoor.
liestrose, Jane 1.151.—tf C, MORRIS.
J. B. Ac A. H. . McCOLLICII,
L.. (Mee Over the Rank, Montrose
Ph. Vence.. tray let 1371. a
J. D. VAIL,
tIONSerkTIMPISTIICIAN /MD SCT , GEOIC Ilea permaitently
teemed himself to MiantrOMl, Pa, where he will prompt
ly attests to mils to Ms profession with which be may
he favored. °Mee and residence west of tho Court
Slam, mar Fltu' t Watsun's Mace.
Nit:intrust. Februarys, lril.
LAW OFFICE•
mos• WATSON. ?Moran. at Law, at Ow old °Sae
at Batley •Plte4 liontAkse,T4
a. v. nava. • gala 11, M.(
CHARLES N. STODDARD.
Oaea in Soots and Shows. Sias and Caps. Leather and
Flaliar, Main Street. fat dent below Boyd's Store.
Vert lauds in order. and repairing done 'lastly.
■animas, Jan. 1,11170.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SELLVING 'AND BAIR DDSSNING.
bleb In the new Posterlee buildinc. where be will
be rimed ready to attend all who ratty want anything
la tie lima. Montrose Pa. Oct IS. I.
DR. b. W. DA TON,
PIITMCIAId 0 SURGEON, tenders Ids Is
ins sitisans of Greer Bend and vicinity. Ofece ■t Imo
restastes„ opposite Damam Rouse, Q\ Vend village.
erdstArd.llo.—tY
A. 0. WARIIEN.
ATTORNEY A r LAW. Bounty. Baca Pay. Pettatern
au/. Zum (ma Claims attended to. Offer 11-
•eerbelow Darrsiltere. Idontrona.Ps. [Au. I.'ol
D. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and • Insurance Agent,
aal fat! ' Vriendwrille. Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
Ahu.coticrrieer.
Great. Bend. Pa
U. ES.
anal WIZ
AEII ELT, .
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Mig. 1. 1.117. Address, Breaklys, Pa.
JOINT GROVES,
f MINIONABLE TAILOR, Iklontrose, Ye. Shop over
Chandler's Store. Ali orders flit dto Srefreate style.
cooties demean short wafers and marmots's' to es.
W. W. SMITE% •
luitivurr AND MUIR MANUFACTURED:S.—row
.f lasts otr.A. Jawarow, Pa. lac:. 1. MP.
BILLINGS STBOIID
yin AMU Uri; 1:1.3 . 342464.:E ALZSNT.
baalatla attended to Frumps ly,ila fair tams. °llea
l et dour ear th of • Aotaroao [fate l,'• wait tide o•
hale Argues, Montrose. PA. (aim. Mat&
ltf 17, 1a71.1 giumwaanwma,
ABEL TUBILELL.
116dLgli , kta Drags, Patens idigilcirms, Cheatedla
Litmus. Palma, Usl4loy. blues, Vandshea, Win w
tdrocarirw. Was. Warn. Wail and Wludow Pa.
=l , :ne-vass. Lamps. Kwrwsigic. 31actilurr)
. Ysna. aalasazaLloa. Knives. dpseiscica
Stubs*. Paul plods . Sawatry, nand ry.
Mau Was layte most numervas. vile:wave. and
radatstiwcellactlas• of Goad* la SUrcillehataus Co.—
fataldlAßC is [Man:rode. Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
MEM AT LAW. figarwei tATT the Sfax of A.
Litlin% la the IBridc floe. Montrose, Pa. Isnrei
DR. W. L. ZUC 1; BDIJO.S.
ITIHCIAN teuda,ra bb podeoatobo
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• —:n:—
,
Speech 1.1;a wonderfitl gift: I feel: •
But, aome ong.long before Talleyrand, said,
'Twas invented for man that be might conceal
The real thoughts he had in his bead:
For I hold there's truth in that motto olden
"Speech is silvers, but silence Is golden!"
Never time with knaves or fOeds,
Although you know you've the right of it;
since
Yon; clearly against, ell logien! rules.'
Waste sense on men whom it enn't convince;
To the ancient mnxim become beholden,
" Speech h silvern, silence is golden r
Utter no words to folks at strife,
For von make two opponents—one is enough
And ne'er interveriebetwist man and wife,
For the peaceinalter sets from each side a
cuff.
Tour Interference will both embolden r
"Speech is siltern, but silence is golden I"
Moos NxanaLs
But—foremost of a married man,
Ne'er contratliet what your spouse may say ;
Believe me, my friend, that the only plan
To escape the remit of your wedding-day
Is the simple plan in these worth enfolden.
"Speech Is alive:l4 hut Filen ce is golden r'
•
PLNASUDE AND PAW.
Plemnre Is oft a visitation but pain
I . :linos cruelly to us like ungluing sloth
On the deer's tender haunches, late and loth
Ma =rut away. [Keats,
DCLAIT 19 DING ROUE
We would do when we would; for the toctuld
changes,
And hath abatements and delays as many. ;
As them are tongues. are hands, are neccidents
And then this t'uad is likes' spendthrift sigh.
That hurts by easing. [Sleskeepeare.
VOICE OF ORTZP.
From thein rase
A cry that shivered to the stars.
Aud; as it were one voice, an agony
Of lamentation, like a wind. that shrills
All night in a waste land, where no one comm,
Or bath come, since the making of the world.
[Tennyson.
Ra. D. Loa:.
EARTHLY .TOYII.
Pew rightly estimate the worth
Of joys thitsprings and fade on earth.
. They are not weeds we should despise
They are not fruit of paradise,
But wild flowers on the pilgrim Way
Which cheer, but nut protract his stay,
Which be may not too fondly clasp
Lest they should perish in his grasp,
But yet may touch and wisely love,
As types and eirsx)fa of joys above.
OATS OF vaNarr.
DT CIIAISTLIZA O. HOSSWITt.
A dream that waketh,
Bubble that brtatketh,
Song whose burden sii,beth,
A passing breath,
Smoke that vanisheth,—
Such is life that (Beth.
MC=
A flower that fadeth
Fruit the tree sheildeth,
Trackless bird that Meth,
Summer-time brief,
Falling of the ler.f—
Such is life that dietli.
A scent exhaling.
'Snow waters tailing,
Morning dew that &kill,
A sudden blast,
Lengthening shadow cast—
Such is life *bat dieth.
•
A scanty measure,
Rust-oaten treasure,
Spending that naught buyetb,
Moth on the wing,
Toil unproSting—
Such is life that dieth.
Morrow by. morrow,
Borrow breed sorrow,
For this my song sighetit;
From day to night
We peasant of sight—
Such is life that dieth.
—Scrilmer'a for -Wormier.
•
nT 3113.8. X. V. VICTOTt.
A youth ntd maid one winter night,
Were sitting in a corner;
Ills name, we're told, was Jnshaa While,
And here was Patience Warner.
Not much the pretty maiden said,
Beside The yonng min sitting:
Her cheeks were flushed a rosy red,
Her eyes bent on her knitting.
Nor'eould he pess what thoughts of him
Werieto her bosom floblting.
As her fair fingers, swift and slim,
Flew round and round the stocking.
While, as for Joshua, bashful yonth,
ills words grew few and fewer;
Though all the time. to tell the truth.
flu chair edged nearer.to her.
3feantime her ball of ,yarn gave oat,
She knit sn fast and steady;
And be mast give Ids aid, no doubt
To i get another ready.
He held the skein ; of coarse the thread
Got tangled, snarled and twisted;
"Thee Patience r' cried the artless maid,
To him who her assisted.
Good chance was Sas fur tongue-tied churl
To shnrten nil palaver;
'Have Patience!" cried he. "dearest girl!
And may 1 fealty bare her?"
The deed wee done; no more that night,
Clicked needles in the corner;—
And she is Mrs. Joshua White
That once was Patience Warner.
dirtrititri and Witticionio
A debating ioriety discussed the (Ines
firm. "Ts it wrong to cheat a lawyer
After toll ditmssion and mature deliber
ation. the decision was: 'Not wrong, bat
too difficult to pay for the trouble."
A Paris paper lately gave the vol ., en
rinns and interesting information that the
Victoria Bridge on the S 4 -.. Lawerence ex
*ids from the shore of Portland, in 31e...
to FortSannia. near Lake Enron, about
seven hundred miles!
NVITAT -811 all AST E:14 ) to the benighted
bachelor, who, beine called on .for a toast,
gave "Our Future Wives—diatance lends
enchantment to the view ?" Boston
Globe. Tell him what the girls told him—
to keep his distance , .—Ex.
Tire :principle of is New York < city
fashionable schocl,at which only the chil
dren of the tills attend, claims that his
patrons owe the. institution over 830,000,
and it is the hardest kind of work to col
led lh
".A'letter 'Oteently mailed to the wealth
iest single ,an in Portland. lehsine, ppm.
ed to aontala a diamond ring the a Obvist.
maa presettt /t was dated at Stoneham,
lignerla*U.Nottd slued Ague Be d&
BIIILLIANTS.
JUST SO
319NTAOSE, PA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER, 13, 1872,
The Lost. Song.
--o- -
IT was my grandmother's story, and
this is how she came to tell it to me:
I, Annie Rae, had come down to spend
Christmas at " Ruben," the old family
homestead. My grandfather and grand
mother had been abroad for years, and
this being the first Christmas for so long
that the old house wasopened, they want
elto fill it with bright young faces and
merry laughter, to'crowd out the voice
legs memories which lurked in every cor
ner, and so a whole party of us had come
—cousins, first, second, and third, in fact
of all degrees. Speaking of cousins,
isn't it strange that very often the further
removed. the nearer they seem ? At least
George Stewart was only my third cousin
by blood, and yet he always assumed more
on the strength of our relationship than
any of my first cousins, and somehow, in
my own heart, I did not mind it at all,
though I did tease him so.
But I must go on with my story. It
was Christmas Eve, and the old house
was quiet at last. We girls had all gone
to our rooms after a merry evening to
gether. Pantiy.and Rose had the room
near grandmas', while Kate and Lillie
were Just ofposite. Some one had to
sleep alone at the other end of the
and after long consultation it was decid
ed that I should-go, for I had rashly boast
ed of never being afraid.- I will confess
to feeling a little lonely when all was qui
et, and the deep shadows in the corners
of the room seemed very dark, for the
light of my candle did not reach far.—
There were three doors in my room, and
after fastening securely the one leading
into the entry, I merely tamed the han
dles of time others, and finding them lock
ed inside, 41 not care to ell lore any fur-'
ther just then. I must have been a long
time undressing, fur the clock struck the
hour of midnight as I put out my light..
Even then I could not sleep, but found
myrielf wondering what was behind those
doors that I had not welled. at cl I deter
mined to have a regular exploring,.expe
dition the next day. There were so ma
ny romantic stories attached to this old
house. I had even heard hints of stair
cases. shut up rooms, &c, and had alway
delighted in mysteries.
I think I must have been asleep fur a
short time, when I suddenly found my
self awake with it wart, and a curious im
pression that I was listening tor some
thing.. There certainly was a sound
Overhead, but what was it? It came
again more clearly, nod I distinguished u
faint. broken melody, and yet imperfeCt.
like someone playing a long forgotten air
on a piano, where some of the strings
were broken. Three times it came, like
the verses of II song, and though there
were no words, it Verret. to speak to my
very heart, and I thought of George, and
how-sorrowfully he had looked at me that
evening as I had passed him without say
ing " good night." It was only to teate
him, and I had pretended not to see his
proffered hand, but had taken Willie
Thorme's arm instead, and we had walk
ed up the timed staircase together.
Again, all was still, only a long-drawn
sigh, seemed to echo my own through the
room, and came from the direction of the
furthest door. Without a sensation of
fear, only an ill-defined feeling of pain
and segret, I sank to sleep. and when I
woke the morning sun was shining bright
ly enough to dispel illusions. I resolved
to say nothing to the girls, but quietly to
explore and see what was to be found, for
I knew perfectly well that what I had
heard was no dream. So I got np long
before breakfast, and alter completing
my toilet, threw open the first door near
est the entry. Only at , ..impty closet! Dis
appointed but slightly relieved, I closed
it and went over to the other. The key
turned hard in the lock as it had not
been opened for a long time. Then the
door stood wide open, and I saw a flielit
of stairs, hut only prosaic wooden steps.
like those leading to any garret. I start
ed bravely up. and soon found myself in
a large loft or attic, filled with odds and
ends.
Fitat, an old spinning-wheel caugnt my
eve, a relic of nor most industrious grfett-
grandmothers. Then a stack of old fire
arms,
with whichnnr ancestors, the bold I
Ram may have shed the blood of daring
foes, or. perhaps, and I am arntid more
likely. have only done damage among the
crows that eame to steal from their spa
cirms cornfields. Lastly, beyond these,
and behind a pile-of mattings and boxes.
T mane upon an-o)d piano. It quite star
tled me at first, but then the-broad day
light was very reassuring. and I was not
nervons. It was Cm old, and of a most
curious shape. and evidently had been ve
ry elegant in its day. I tried to lift the
lid and found it locked, but as I touched
it a shiver ran through me, for I was con
vinced now that this was what, my ghost
ly music had come from the eight before,
and I determined to find out before an
othertlay had passed who it had belord,
ed to.'and what restless spirits still haunt
ed its worn strings.
So after breakfast. when all the others
had gone to church. I went into my grand
mother's room to sit with her, for she w a s
not very stmng, dear old My, and rarely
went out of the house in winter.
After we were nicely settled, and had
got through our morning's -reading. I told
her Of my last night's adventure, and my
subsequent researches, and begged her to
tell me ail about the old piano that Iluwi
found in the attic. She smiled at my
gerness, bn' did not seem at all sonwhalt
or incredulous, fer though she herself had
never beard the music I spoke of. th4re
had been others long ago. she said, who.
- sleeping in that mini on Christmas Eve:
had been known to hear faint sounds.
Coming as if from the old piano Anti.
though it was alway locked and, the key
had been lost The coincidenee, at. lead,
was very strange,,, taken in connection
with the history attached to it, and which
sny, grandmother then proceeded to relate
tome. . , -
"Many years ago," she - said. a' when
your gre . st-great,--grtt;- . grandfather, was
alive, this house was fall. or, life and - Oer!
ritnent-L-for your .-Annt Annie —.your
great.great-Aunt, for whom you are nem.
ed, child—lived here with her. father nrid
brothers. ...She.was.as bright...OW fanny
na the dsy , rain 106 but• so fall: of
Aid and !ablate, that. she en*: the.
heartache to all the young men, far and
near, and yet had never suffered a pang I
herself. am afraid that a spice of her
coquetry has decended to this generation,
too, my dear," said the ad lady, gazing
fondly but reproachfully at me, " I felt
sorry to see the look in poor George's
eyes, last night, as you ; turned from him
on the stairs—"
" 0, do please go on, grandmother dear,
lam so much interested i.i the story." I
said. But in my own wicked heart!. was
sorry too, and inwardly resolved to make
up for it to him on the; very first oppor•
tunity.
" your Aunt Annie alway had
the house full, and some of her cotisins
and young friends were alway staying
here. Among the gentlemen who were
their frequenervisitors, was a young naval
officer, 11,bert Carrol, mhom they suspec
ted Anna of preferring. Of course, as
girls will, they all Mused her most untrier
cifu.ly about him, and consequently site
would hardly speak to biro sometimes,
and just because she knew in her own
heart that to talk with jnet one boor
was better to her than a whole day with
all the:others.
The poor fellow evidently had no eyes
for anyone else, but he was very reserved
and sensitive, and did not go in boldly
and make love to her, as any other man
would have done, but stood and worship
ped afar off, They say he was a very fine
musician, and sang beautifully, and not
only that but he composed songs for An
nie to sing; for she had a lovely voice,
and would sing lovely old ballads for gs
in the long:summer evenings with won
derful pathos and feeling. •
As the days went by the time drew
near for Robert to join his ship. Early
in December his orders came, and he was
to leave the day after Christmas.
He loved Aume 60 dearly that he felt
he could hot go away from her so long
without asking for some assurance thrst
his love was returned, and yet he could
not bear to think of hearing her say she
could never love-him. Sometimes she
treated him , o coldly , almost rudely, and
vet again, when they were alone,
he could
have sworn her eyes spoke a different lan:
gouge.
The day before Christmas came, and
still no word had been spoken. On the
morning of that day Robert wrote a note.
to her, and inclosed in it a little song he
had written, and in the note he said,—
But stay," said my grandmother, " I think
I-can show you the very note itself;" and
going to her desk she took from it an old
yellow piece of manuscript music, so fad
ed as to be illegible, and a little sheet of
paper. "These," she said, " were found
np in the attic among other old lettirs
4 ind private family papers when we came
back, and though I destroyed the rest I
kept these and taking up the note she
read A t liloud. It was very short, and ran
"ANNIE, darling, will you be my wife
—and may I go away with hope warm at
my heart that when I come back I may
claim you as my own ? Little one, if it is
to be, and you can love me, will you sing
my song for me to-night when I come?
If there is no hope for me you will sing
something else, and I will know my fate
at once, and it will be better to learn it s i
than to give you the pain of telling m , .
Bnt somehow I feel hopeful, and shall
conic with a brave heart, in spite of the
fate which your sweet voice i± to sing me
into life or death. Ever yours, in thi±
world and the next, ROBERT."
"H.e sealed the note, inclosing the
song, and sent it over by his servant. As
the man was going into the gate he met.
Annie's youngest brother, Harry, a little
fellow of tea years old, who snatched the
note from him, and said, "Oh! I'll take
it to sister Annie, Tom." ar.d ran oft', Su
Thomas walked away with an easy con
seljnce. thinking he had delivered the
note safely, at least to a member of the
family.
Harry trotted off towards the hduse
with the best intentions in the world, but
was diverted on the way by some impor
tant buslne4s with a small boy of his own
age, who suddenly turned up, so by the
time he did go home all memory of the
note had . vanished from his youthful
mind.
Evenine came, and the younger child
ren were all in bed; and Harry lay sound
asleep, while on a chair hung his little
jacket, and In the pocket still, poor Rob
ert's note, tindelicered. Annie -with her
cheeks like' twin roses,' and eyes bright
with love and hope, was waiting for the
company.
All the young people were coming from
the neighborhood to have a frolic, brit
she only thought of Robert Ire. must
sneak- tome to-night, she said to herself.
'I am sure that be loses me, And in spite
of ma.bad behavior to him sometimes he'
must know my heart.' •
Early in the, evening. Army's father,
according to his usual custom. asked her
a song, and as she .rose and went to
the piano, she caught ;eight of Robert's
pale,,hanhsome face. He was near' the
door; where lie had just entered; standing
with his arms folded. and his eyes liked'
upon her with a look that to her dying
day she never forgot. As she eat down
to the instrument, an nuaerountable feel
ing, of depression came over bee; some
unseen influence seamed to hold her
hands so that-she could ' scarcely strike
the notes,.but with nti,effort 811C1 threw .it
off, anda.shed into some gay and'nonYen;
siml song that wasjopular at the time,
andwing it throng,' to the very end.
When she Wilted up Robert was gone.'
and she never saw him' again in this
world. He left home that nightnnd
er retursed, for his ship, with all on
-board, was lost on the' tiny ont o and he
went - to his grave on_
her cold and
heartless.`:'And.she ?'r All the 'neit day
she WO:Realm. him, wondering -that he
did not - Come.' That night, - as' she' wee
weiri)v,going to'her • twom4. little' voice
friim the nursery called her; and - gOirig•in
she found Harry wide awake. • • ;
..'l3h, Sister Annie,' said he f t (lop% yon
scold me, bnt Ilorgorvonrs note; :yester
&kip and theic ifpocket,'T—
lifeohanically'she reached and took it,bnt
when she saw the 'address in' his hand,'
she turned pale as . denth. She onlv stem)!
ed and kissed the - fifth+ feliow; . who was
asolahluibitterlii ttla;lo'*o_ri. of iettosoh
From that' ps'lenasadifferentbeii g.
trier whole life seemed to be. a period
waitifiFLivaiting for netti him. •
Yon must remerriber;riuy dear," said
my, grandmother, "that , in, those times
there were ho such conveniences for com
munication as we have now-Tdnys, when
lovers can, Change their minds two or
three times a day by mail, and can tele.
graphl'yea' or no* sixty times
,a minute,
more or less, if they please. ..
And when at last, the,news of:Robert's
death came, Wives as if some blight had
fallen upon her, for she seemed, to fade
away, and grew weaker and weaker,.uptil
it gut to' be so that she never left her
room. Then her piano was movedup
there—the room you were in last night—
for her music seemed the only' thing left
in which she took any interest, and ofieh
at night, when all wus still, they wcield
hear her pla)iiig, for she had never been
khown'th sing since that tinie'when with
iieruwu onvet-- colt= isbu .m;11. 6 1 7
sounded: the death knell of two hwts.
Oh Christmas ° just ohL year
after, when they came to her room they
found her seated ht her piano with his
song before her, uud her whiteliands add
and stiff resting on the keys. She had
gone to -meet him and her weary waithig
wasover at last."
This was my grandmother's story of
the old piano=and that evening as
George and I were seated togelher on the
broad staircase, While the others were
dancing in the parlor, I told it all over to
him,land would you believe it, when .1
came to the part about poor Robert's last
letter, George actually said it served him
right for not oeing man enough to ask
for what he wanted, when he had the
chance, as I intended to ask you right
here, little Annie" said he, and then=
well, somehow I did not finish the story
that evening.
Since then, how( ver, welure often
talked it over, and George arivay smiles
when I tell hini of the ghostly music J
heard on Christmas eve in the old house,
and suggests that .though the piano was
locked, yet the back had fallen - out from .
old, age, and there was Nem enough fur a
whole regiment of mice to creep in and
run over the rusty strings, and lie further
says that I was sleepy and troubled in my
mind fur treating him so badly, and tho't
it was my aunt's ghost come to warn Ilse.
But that is all nonsense, of cburse, and I
shall alwny believe that it was poor Rob
erts last song that I heard.
The Bells of St. Michael's.
Mas. Portant: Carson, the dan'bter of
the late distinguished James L Petogro,
of South Carolina, contributes to Apple- I
ton's Journal an interesting account- of
old St Michael's Church and the chime
of bells that once sounded in its steeple a
carillon us sweet as flouts from the spire
of Antwerp Cathedral. These. bells were
connected with the Revolution, but, hav
ing escaped :the perils of the seige of
Charleston by the British in 1780, they
were destroyed nearly a century later by
a mischance of the war of secession. But
we must let Mrs. Carson tell the story of I
their fate atter Sumpter:
"Time went on, and Charleston behind
her defences of sand resisted all the ef
forts to carry. her. During the five hun
dred
(.540) days of bothbardment all the
lower parts of the town had to be aban
doned. Houses and churches were scat-1
tried, the cannon balls tore up the very
graveyards, and the bones of the dead
were scattered. Yet the spire of St. Mi
chael's was untouched. Perhaps the carp.:
noneer tried to spare it—perhaps good
anglesguarded it. But what neither the
mince of the enemy nor the spite Of For
tune did, the people themselves . effected.
For the bells were taken down and sent
'to Columbia, to-be cast into cannon. Gen.
Bit-regard, perhaps shocked at the dese
cration pronounced them unfit for the
purpose; and the fate .which heaped up
at Columbia for safe keeping everything,
of value in the State, there detained tire
hells u . Then Sherman's army.' passed
bro li, leaving its track of 'lightning.
rty of half-drunken soldiers,;out for
a lark and for plunder, were accosted by,
a negro who offered to Elbow them the
bell, that had rung in secession. !'Never'
said tne men 'Shall they play that tune
again,' and they smashed them in a hull- ,
dred pieces.
"Sad wartlie return to the desolated
Ironies and the meeting in the dumb
church, to which no miracle might nos
restore the voice of the-chimes they lov
ed.
"Bat they were men or plock.still, and
as soon as they had-shaken themselves up
Wad provided for the first'preeSing ,needs,
they resolved to tax themselyes'to the ut-
Most to get a new chime.
'Scarcely bad- the rector bread and the
vestry and congregation were all, very
ponr. but they wrote to C. It. Prinlean, of
London, to itiquire.the Cost,of anew set,
'Phis gentlentan bad lived so long in'Eng
lamina to have *come almost. an -Eng
lishman, with a fait English twife and
bind', handsome English' eltil4ren • .but
hiSheartitirred at the recollection of the
'dear old voices that had called'him• in
childhood, and he tmderhxiki the tusk
*with alaving zeal that brought about the
most surprising results. There • AVOB no
reeordlt Chatleston of where the bells
came from. Bat Mr.. Priolean! searched:
the directoryfor the olden fonndsries of
- the city; and went from, one to the other,
untiLet ,Wares Chapel,
London;
a tirin which has beeein exis
mow three hundred years,. he, found. -1/
patient examination; the record of belle
cast for St. Michael's Chtirch, Qhatleston
1750.'=• • =•- - • . •
The proportions of themetal,, and sizes
of the befls,.were ail entered omthe books;
'and the present Meares c ngazed to turn
nut a new set, whieh . , when hung, should
make the Charlestonians theiriselves think'
they heard their veritable, old hells _But
Mr. Prioleau was not content 'with this;
he wrote tack to have all the fragments
that could be found sent oli ;end . this
was Ilene. - .111ean while,. 3feares fhund still
in their servieenn old .map of seventy-sis;
who had been apprenticed antler the fore
than who, more than a hrindied years be-,
fore, had cast those bells; and he, stirriv.
lated by Prolieau's generosity,; never rest-,
ed till he brought to light the ;very erigi4
Aalraorilds for the castings. !inns them
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the nem . metal was melted. with careful,
fill diStribution of, the broken fragments,
So as to crake theillusions a reality. 'All
that Was wanting to. make up the cast
Mr. Priolean 'added; and the reward .of
his perseverance and. generosity" WAS to
send to the vestry these nevi bens, which
are the very old ones still. Ag,nin did the
congregation with tearsand thanksgiving
receive the bells from their' fifth voyage
across the Atlantic,'and, hung them up to
St, Michael's steeple.
May they never again be removed by
the rough hand cf war, or ever sound .
aught but peace on'earth , zand •gond-will
•toward men I" 41
A Bad Ponoiry.
TROSE even who sre .cursed with the
11100, treaelwrons memories generally re
tain a pretty accurate recollection where
dollars are concerrfed, But there are ex
ceptional() every rule, nod a curious. one
occurred u tew boys ago. to, ram. One
Madame Le Brun, when leaving the Vin
cennes railway Station, saw a little pack=
age drop from beneath a lady's dress. - She
picked tt up and gave it to her, but. the
lady denied all knowledge of it, and said
that it could not be , hers. Madame Le
Brun, much puzzled, spoke to ono of the
officials at the station.' He opened the
mysterious parcel, and found that it 'con
tained about Btl,ooo. 'Madame Lo Brun
then rushed once more after the lady„who
came hack protesting that it wasn't hers;
presently. 'however, the recollection sud
denly flushed across her that her
mother, who had recently made a great
deal of money, gave bet a kresent a day Or
two before of the sum in . question. but
knowing that she. was going to :pay . sever
al visits, took the .precantion of -. Sewing
the paoket.of notes into her petticoats, , an
attention which, had it been effectively
carried out by a mor: vigorous ply of the
needle
- and thread, woiild seem to have
been by no means the Case
of a lady who totally. fort:rets, in a' few
hours a packet of 64.000. It is not every
one who, when king money, has the
luck to meet with a. Madame Le Burn.
A SEalors JokE.—Night - before last
somdcOf the boys emplciy,d in the jewelry
store, of Mr. McGrew, ou . Fourth street,
plated a joke on two of their comrades
which came, near resulting in a tragic
manner. They ad just finished putting
all the valuable jewelry in the 'vault, and
while two of the -boys were yet inside,
one of the young men closed the door,
and at the same time accidentally turned
the combination in the lock. Efforts were
mane in vain for some time to operi.the
door, and finally a messenger was des
patched for the book-keeper, but betore
the arrival of the gentlemen one of ,the
men who knew the combination arrived
and succeeded in releasing the prisoners
in an almost helpless condition, one of
them buying. dreppeLL to the floor From
exhaustion. On being brought out.into
the air, however, they soon recovered,
although they would certainly have slat
located but for the timely opening of the
door.—Cin. Commercial.
Dos Purr, writing front-the White
Sulphur Springs, tells us thislittle story:
"The paternal authority of the belle here
the other day, shortly after his return to
the springs, was approached by a youth
who requested a, few minutes'.touversa 7
tion in private, and began, Twas requeSt
ed to see you, sir by your lovely daughter.
Our attachment - 5 'Young man,' Inter
rupted the parent, briskly,' don't know
what that-girl of mile is about. You are
the fourth gentleman who has approach
ed ins this morning on the subject. I .
have given my consent to the others, and
I give it-to you, God bless: ' •
E NEW ORLEANS- 71171C1 MS: The
indefatiT4ble Mrs. Gaines suddenly reap
pears in her old, arena and again being
before our City ,Council and proposes to - •
compromise her large claims ou the city, I
based an itidgmentsagainst the nufortu
nide people who purchased. &dm the city
property which the United ' Stater, Court
has decided belonged to Daniel Clark's
heirs. It looks very much' as if Mrs
Gaines had the city in a corner on. this
point.' 'lf this be so, and the lady puts!
her demand ate reasonable fiat re it would
prove a tremendous relief to all Mrs.
Gaine's friends and the whole community . ,
if she could effect a reasonable settlement
and compromise thereof.
BIMOP of Gloucester lately eald
that lie thought any man who 8441 that'
the agricultural laborers of that .district
were underpaid ought to be "ducked in a
horse pond.' . The agricultural laborers
of that'district get an average of $2 50
.per week. The Bishop of Gloucester gets
over $BOO a week. Tfie London-
comes to the rescue rather autltwardl, by .
'calling Wert:mark a " post prandial 'slip
of • the to'ngUe-." ' That's 'dragging his
Grilee - through' the mirit to getsbuu out of
the . mire. • .
TT u..‘s be.ai said as n reproach against
the fnirsex, that some of them occasion=
tilfv'go to church as much to show off
thCir finery as for purposes of devotion:—
The ecclesiastical anthoritieS, ; in Lima,
Peru, will not permit the possihilit3r of
such a vanity among the Itidies of that
.city, for we aro' told that recently a
French lady was compelled- to leave the
Cathedral because she had :gone thither
with a fasltionahlehounq on lier.
. . „
A staN Oa In Ne'yada, who'touk a dose
of strychnine by inis.like Una - oschped• to
tell"the tole ; detoribes the sensation or dy-,
tag , by thisproceso. .It Wenough
,to
ter any. person in his,Fienstt from, select
ing that mode of chmoittnig,
Ile says ,he tilt a suecession• Of shooks
and'coni,uhions. each' 4orte - than • being
broken opt the • heel, , after suffering.
terrible.tbrments for a perild.that seemed
to be of infinite duration, he, finally sunk
into,nuconseionsriesS . ' from he was
re t seued by the noitost eiertiona of a 6ltil-
Ad physician. • .
. I
fulaabud.i ;bought you got rime
tied more'n "ago -, "Well, Aunt
Jerfisba, it was'taiked about, but Fround
thegirl 'and all her follts was opposed to
it,oso I jest:giro 'eta all the mimeo, suit
let the thlog drop? ,
yo!.,IJA!E . xx.n?
ODDS AND DNDS.
Trts French Academy annnallY di&
tributes large sums of money it? prizes,the
funds being furnished by legacies left .for •
the purpose.. Among the receipiente of. ‘
,
rewards are indlyhluals noted for their
terViees to the wounded durjUg :the. lent
war; the Society for the: Relief of .- the- "
Wounded, the clergy and the Bahian
press, which organized and , supported
ambulances during the se' .' The fel= ,
lowing is an Instance , ' which n
„prize 4
was awarded for - c spicuous - good .cori;. "
duct :—Lcuis Spfiveau„. borri a shiveAr-:t
Gandaleupe, purchged bie
,freedom,. but- s .,
ranained with his master, who had, so- lio,
said; always treated him kindly, 'aud'issi
sisted him by his labor when deprived"-of- •
part• of -his fortune through reverses.
.Though uneducated, he was intelligent„; -
and taught himself .many useful handl-, ;
crafts by means of which he kePt-the
"wolf from tha door. ' Although:Mari4ed.'
and encnmberad by a . umnenms
he placedall-he lied at the disposal of the
widow and son of his-„Waiter, by Nhofie
death they were left in, great poverty.
When the widow died; a tardily council
iippointed hint gnardiatt of' the orphil
minor. Soliveau -proved worthy-of
mark of esteem, administered the' proper- .
ty of his ward with much skill, and gave,. , „
,it op to him on his majority freed .trona,.,,
debt, at the dame time refusing to accept
any reward for his care. - The Academy
has awarded.him a prize - of 2,000 francs... ,
Astrutcicss will be surprised in trarel-t
ling through' Normandy, to, find- how .”:
many ancient customs still exist. By day, ' 0
in the villages, all the worried sit at their,
doors and make lace with lace Pillow,: or
spin with the spinning -wheel of our greet
grandmothers; atnight a.glass globe
of water, is used to concentrate the raja,
of the, one candle on the lace work.: By .
working steadily, these women - 'snake
'about eighteen cents a day. Very few of •
the people know how - to read or write;
-eivilization seems to have forgottex.,this- •
Norman coast.
nir.S.ElC4l3l.r. mirage waslecently
irlf.nesed at" Dover, En g land, - Wlierehy,„
the dome of the cathedral at Boulogne,
France, was made distinctly visible to the'
naked eye, and by means of the teleseopo' , .:3
the entrance to the porf, its liglithonse s .,;_i:.
shipping, the hills surrounding. the.town.,
and neighboring . rani houses, with ,their'
windoivs illummated - by the settinesnn;
were plainly distinguished.- Even ' -
4nd locomotive were leaving the city and
travelling toward Calais. The distance
crom Dover to Boulogne is about thirty
Tin London Alkenaton says: fTlint
Jock" is gone from among as, and the
modern manufactory of ancient British
pottery is extinct. • The peculiar artist, /
however, has found an imitator. • At-the .
last dieeting,Ot the Boyar Historical and
Atchccological Society, at Kilkenny,-Mr:
Gray exhibited an tintignabronre'
sword, but he pointed out,lathetekation: •
of "virtue and. Erin," that it , was a couri....i
terfeit. lie added, that a regular mann-. .
facturtf of archmological forgeriea 'of" a
similar kind was corned on in:lreland! •
Form of the Japenese stildents at
liston •Seroinary board with . Landlord.: ,
Hill. Each -wished a seperatitroom; hUt, ,
were told he should have to put two in a
room, unless one was sick. the boys are
bright, and soon took their cue, and4f.r."''
.11.111 received the following note,Whiclr is
verbatim et litemtim. et punettiatim:—.
Dear Mr. Hill :—qtrSeye has a sick,
he cannot lay down to.gether Itr..Onseke
in the same bed, therefore he wants a oth.".
er bed: - May he get it ? " • - - •
- A mcnort dealer at Niagara Falls"
thought to mak& whit in - the • advertising"-
lino by hiring a peripatetic Hillernian, toJ , u
carry: about the streets a transparency
Setting forth the - goodness and abundancti,.,
of his liquors. A tempemnaoparty, how-.
..
ever, chartered a boy ftet fo)lnut with, a
transPirency reading: "Cursed-be be that
pntteth the cup to his brother's lips." ...It
was the general conclusion that ,tho.. boy, ~
bAind Nt as ahead, of Ai boy
y in front..,
kr is announced that Professor Illyden, ..t
who is an accomplished Arabic scholar. • .
and an . African at that, has diseovered
tl -
well appointed Mohammedan university''
in the interior of Africa, abottt eighty'
Miles from Freetown', in wkich one then-
Sand persons of both.sexes aro receiving:„
an, education. Ifhc Arabic Btble,
lished in this ettinktry, is used as - a •tcat= - :
Bonk. 'and a - nuttkher of duskywomert ans
"diligently straying the Arabia langnage:•-
Squtnt --"Robson, they tell me yOu've - -
- bitten 'Vour boy • away front. the Public
School. What's that for F' —„
• Villager—=_Tause the s mester ain't fit to
teach urn."
Squire—"o, Vvo heard ho's a wry kbod
master." •• •- • • •- • • . .
all I knows. is,
wanted to teach ,my boy , to 'spell taters
_with a Pt" , • •
• ' ' "" tcs
TPI; Congregatipnalisi tells a *toy of a
doctor of 'divinity who preaching,
near Wigton, - ivhen a bat entered the
chnich and began flying over the" peoplei.-I
The preacher paused, saying; 1 4Wowilt
-
ivait a moment;
, peradventnre „the littio.„
'bird will fly out: , ..A.t.this point the gm-,
ity, of the congregation made a surrender.
"Viur dogs are tlieM, Jasper 'r.
tinired• ri gentleman of ;i1 lad who win
dragging a couple of wapish looking ter. • ;
riers along Prince street.. Edinburg. ; ".I.
dinna ken,
sir," replied the urchin. "They_
came with the Dumfries coach, and they
atelho`dilection, and dinna ken whaur
to gang!' .- • •
- (lgn of the most remarkable instanced
of literary prodni.tivity is that; of John - ,i,
Oakman, an English engraver, who wmte,
for two . gnineas, a work of taeo volumes;
and such - was his rapidity that he could
produae one work a week, - and actually"
perforated that feat for eighteen comet:to. -
tire months. - , •
his sated as a saggeshve fact that an:
advertisement asking fora Erotestant girl
to do general housewprk in a iiinrill.family
appeared two or three times, last Week, '
two of the Bastian papers haiing tho larg~.
eat circulation, but elicited not a ' , single
response;-
- 7 —A Only at Westford, Coon.. latoixgait,
her hind foot over her horn eta thou rot
down and take bet us*" •
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