The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, December 25, 1872, Image 1

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Malin rented the Exchange lintel In Muntroic. he
pr..puted .0 accommodate the traveling publ=C
In tntrelasc rule
Montrose. Mtn. ft. ISTI.
SHIPMAN & CASE.
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vtriet ilitention in hand.
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BURNS & NicnoLs,
S *RS In Drngr. Medicines. Chemfrale.
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Brick 111,1 c. Montrore, Pa.
a. Ronne,
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J. F. SIIOEYIAILEII.
tornor at Law. Montt...rt. PA Mike next door below
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11.11-tme. Jan. 17. —no:1-1y.
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11. L. BALDWIN.
Art - Anvil' aT LAW. Slooinrec, Pa Orato with Jant:*
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to. Practieritt the oeineral Conn• of Lo.
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Ft F. Loomis.
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W. S. iGROSTIOIi
Attnrney nt tear, lee 4.1. the Court tines., In th,
u.ntmis.ionl.e• °Mee. 1. A.Cnosexoe.
bwin.w, but eth., 1871.—1 L
IticHENZIt. & CO
racer• In Dry Goode, Clothing. Ladira and Utrrer
nay 'bon. Thin. scent.. for the great Anwar/it,
Tes and Coffee Company. [ldotstroae. July '72.1
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Itrpnhtioo psiulthr, °Mee Oflltv lintrro from 9
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House. near Pitch & Wat Arnie olftee.
Mantra.. February 11 151.
LAW OFFlCE
rrrcii k WATSON.. Attorneys nt nt the old °Mee
of Denney t Fitch.. lkinaroton, Fs.
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D. 21., In 11.11111 and Shots. Hats and CAT".. Leather and
Findm_•e, Main Street. let dem, below iloyd'• Store.
Work made t•. order. and repairing dont. 11.1.1).
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LEWIS, KNOLL.
MATING AND wan DNESSING.
Shop In the new Poston:lce haildltrz, wh4 he win
W Nand renal to attend all who may want anything
In his Hue. Montrone Pa. Oct IS. 1501.
Dn. S. W. DAYTON;
PIITSICIAN b SIIIIGEM. tender" Its xtvleeP in
tneaithena of Grad Bend and vlvinlty. °finest Ma
re•ldeare. nypoisite Bnrnn House, U 4, Bend village.
SOL Ist. 1869.—tt
A. WARUEN,
ITUHNEY A. LAW. Bonnty,llsek Ply. Penvion
and Exem - on Claims attended to. Otice
.n*helonrlinyd's Store. Notannee.Pa. tAu. I.'G9
n. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
aul 62it Firlendsvllte. Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
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Great Bead. Pa.
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BILLINGS VTILOVD.
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Mrssnes. Fancy Alloonds; JessOlty. 'Pada rr, inc.*
noi /27, 'one of Ms most anairetonn. .ztenniv.. and
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TrOrtNEY AT LAW. °Mee foci the Store of A.
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scn Arras. PA.
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HARDWARE, IRO,: STEEL, •
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BAKKE= SLEDOES. PILES. Le. Et.
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• TACKLE BLOCKS. PLAST EN PARIS
CEMENT. HAM di GRINDSTONES.
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Nottto forntr
Killing MO, 'Destro Twin Brother.
A LEGEND OF IRELAND
In the land of Saint Patrick—" the gem of the
sea,"
When racing, and hunting, and gazing held
. sway,
Ere its fame and Its kings bad sunk to repoSe,
Time almost forgot—so an old legend goes;
oqa be ibis and be that—don't tidal: me an
civil—
One Thomas 3friloy. 'ail a. knife, killed the
I have it imm Fagan. of Carrick-on•suir,
W ho swore to myself, at his own cabin door.
That from father to son it hair been banded
down; •
Bat that he only knew it, of all in the town.
"'Toms this way," said Fagan, and he drew a
long sigh,
An' wiped wail his sleeve. a. big tear from his
eye:
" Tom Maley wasa lad to sportin' mnch ffiVeD;
The Joi!hest boy In the Parish then livin';
The best and the worst—at a (odic or fair
Where the tight was the thickest, sbure Tom
wuukt be , there.
At the race or the hunt, his warmth knew no
bounds.
He'd ride the best horse, and be next to the
E=Ell=l!
houerls.
Not a horse In all Ireland—nor the warren be
side,,
That the dare-dicil Tom was Meared for to ride;
Ate he'd straddle his back with such ilkgant
grace,
And sit him so lightivited sure win the race
flu was light in the dance., an' his voice was as
swine
As the olglitingale's warble of love to his mate;
An' his Jokes, and his wit were laughal at by
all;
Fronithe Praist of the town to the Lord 'ol the
Hall
itvt hetime the pilaveren beg d from the sp
That cam down front Dublin and other sea
ports,
An' the great candescinsion of gentry and
lnsatit,
(All very consoling, and sure very pleasant,)
Ile got too conceity—too cocks. , at least,
Ignoring the Church, and respect to the Praist ;
An as usually follows such wild occupation,
Cam drinkin' an ' oami n an' like dissipation,
Until he was look eded at askance by each mother
'Who had a Cullom that may be he might
bother,
The girls liked him well; he'd a kind word for
nil.
lint one, mile one, did Lis feelings enthral—
Sweet Mary'Deiany, a fairy-like smite,
The pride of the Parish, and Tom's bacon light
Murtougn Delany kept a balance in bank,
Well fixed, as they say, but widuut sword or
rank,
An Mary, his pet, the pride of his home,
tons as charming a creature as ever was known;
An' many's the youth come of high pedigree,
For a smildlonn sweet Mary, would go on the
knee.
Are! 'an' rolliekin', fmllickin', dare divil Tom
Was in lore wid her too, altbougb be was mum.
Co onee mhen•thep met in her father's big grove,
After much tribulation, lie told her his lore.
'Sure, 31ary: says be„,•,l have long loved yon
well,
Bet always lacked courage my feelings to tell;
Its throe em will, hut wid ye far my wife,
I'm shure I would live a more virtuous life,'
31ary trembled arid blushed, and grew very
But she candidly told him that would not avail
Her lather had said his character was hard,
An' her 'mete, the Praist, bid her to be on her
guard.
And yet what she looked in his soul speaking
( "Ye.
her veil bid a tear, and she smothered a sigh
For in tr: th she loved Tom with all her young,
hnart,
Yet she hid him not bope—lwould be better
' thi.y part.
Despair seized poor Toni, then, and aimless he
walked,
Until, aonsellow or other In ashcbeen he stalked;
lie called for the heat, and emptied the snug,
Anti then sat it down with a thunderite Our,.
An' saysite, 'Biddy Murphy, be the old Castle
Blaney.
If harm comes this night, it's through 3lary
Delany.'
Otaf nights in the year—it was All-hollow-
fen,
But with Ids head fall of whisky, Tom left the
shebecn.,
Delving, each warloel-,9r goblin, or sprite
In league with the anvil on Hollow-rye night.
Off he went in the dark, with wild impreca
tinns
On Mortrrigh Delany and all his relations
'Till he =cited an old ruin that stood on the
IPA,
Where all the had spirits were holding levee;
'Tom plunged in their midst, without circum
spection,
In the depth of his sins, without grace or pro
tection.
By the light of the glimmering moon in the
s.
Horri ky d witches and gnomes he could 'plainly
deters.
They - grinned and they glowered, and taunted
and ;Tem
Made the nvrfallest noise Tom ever had bawd.
Ope awful black spirit did poor Tom Much,
bother.
If It wasn't the devil, sure, 'ts - as his twin
brother,
Tom's hair stood on end, and his knees shuck
with fear,
At a leer from those eyes, all blood shot and
Weer.
fie tried bard to pray. but to add to his sin,
Only muses would come to arconl with the
din;
This prince of them all sat big!) on his throne,
fled lees of a giant and the eye's of a gnome.
Now the harder Tom swore, themore the fiend
hogbed,
And 'with - mocking solemnity,- Tom's good
beret It lie "
This raked Tom's blood, end be says, 'Ye mild
- .
Be the power of die saints, I'll make ye be
civil.'
'Cam on, said the spirit, and Tom made a
lunge.
Whin right on his back came the fiend with a
plonge,
'l'm wid you know, Tom: said he with a howl:
'Faith,. I feel you,' says Tom, 'bad luck to your
• sowl
Liken mountain be sat there, and mid many a
cured,
Told Tom, while he itS:O3, ho would harebim to
=ale;
Thim-Sm wild mass of devils, black:, blue, gray,
aa I all
The goblins and plrits from the land of Sheol.
Jolne I bands in a &pie, all shouting and sing-
inu.
Until Tans loss his thoughts with the din and
.the ringing. - -
When he staked the next morning, the fiend
was still there,
Wld his mouth spitting lightning, his eyn nil
atdare " • '
And when'Tam tried to walk, the load was BO
•
That he moved like s snail in its funeral pit.
When Tom towld the news, it spread :far and
raw,
C-ushig 1111 an %bone: but oft'ner a tear,:
For. Tom :was well liked for 'his . goodneas rat
heart, •
And greet was the sorrow of all on hits part: -
Poor Tom: 'Teas a pity; the serest of ,them
A terse at the wAke t anda pet at the bpi]:
Betakel now, how changed—no lite, end - no
Compelled,avamt grace, With the devil to
Day fn and day out, share, 'twos blear the
The imp neier left bit; the more to hit *ham;
And oli pitied Tom—end many blotted *ar7,
Fortietopit. all so coyish and chary
pollitdsed ithto therueediftitor et!, euiSereal
esit'uft
DT COMM' O'IITAN
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 52,1872.
tier heart was es tender as her father's was
tough ;
Indeed, trouble for Tom was wearing her life, •
And where be but exorcised, she'd glad tie his
•
wife,
Days, weeks, nye nrulnaontbs passed wearily on,
Tum's bright eyes grew sunken, his countenance
wan ;
And Mary, alas, too, wasioank in despair,
(Jr heart aches and tronhles she had her full
. . .
• share,
In the Pariah there lived an ould hag named
Malune—
Ouid Melly bad knowledge, they said, not her
own;
Now Molly knew Mary hived Tom over well,
And woold willing y helu her to break up the
spell
One morning, when Mrtry sat listless, alone,
w:iu should come in but ould Mary Malone,
'Arrah, Mary: said she, Will great wisdom
winking,
'Your tmulilin' ne in, raiz I know what ye'ro
thinkin' :
Ye're thinklif of Tom, when It's almost h.*
late,
An' that you are the cause of his unholy state;
But never mind, darlint, all yet will he right,
Tom can save himself still, and this very night!
Mary started, on hearing her very thoughts
spoken.
And confetsed that she loved Tom, In language
much bmken
Then she begged of mild Molly, to hasten that
hour,
'To deprive' the bad spirit of its infamous power.
'Rest eisy, me darlini! said Molly, 'asthorv,'
I'll do my best 'deavor, and who could do
DlOre ?
Oct a black handled knife, aid a point like a
Sprstr,
And tra Tom pierce Ws heart, just once, doyen
heart
Only once, bear In mind, for in that lies the
.'harm,
And tile*, never mind,lt can do no more harm.
Anti another thing, &alio.: the place must be
hole,
Let Win aim fur his heart determined, but
And mind not his banthers, to give one more
'strAe ;
Let him strike bat the once and the speU crill
• ha broke.'
With Mara in her eyes, Mary thanked the old
hag,
And gave her some clothes, and put tea in her
bag.
And then hastened off to prepare for the strife,
By finding Mr Tom s good bl..ck handled knife.
W nen• there's will :here's a way, and long be-
fore night,
She'd sought and found Tom inn terrible plight.
Moaning and groaning, 'tmtir the shade of a
-
tre
As de jevted and stricken as monsl could be.
At 'besotted of her yoke he riz to his feet
And wiJ an impala: at shame began to retreat,
Mt she ass.tred Won, and bade tam sit down.
'Till she'd tell hint the news she'd brought from
th e porn :
She told him of Molly, and what she had said,
And advised him to try it and not be afotid,
But Tom shuck his Lead—dwspair in his thee,
Fur the fiend was before. him wid horrid grim
flee;
And the poor fellow trembled—grew white as a
sho.t,
Yet Mary saw nothing but tha pain Tom was
in,
And she thought 'iwas a pity, a shame, and n
sin ;
So then she mine nartrer, put her hand on his
ann.
And her innocent presence drove the fiend in
And she says, ''Notr, dear Tom, if not for your
own,
For my sake, heed the voice or wild Molly Ma
lone,'
So Tom Wen took courage from Mary's sweet
e e,
Her 'oohs, so beseeching, bad nerved his to
ry.
Said t he, 'give me hope, and FR allure do your
will,
Aye, e'en though It be twenty spirits to kill.'
So wid many blimings, and cautions and fears.
31ury smiled him Go,l.spi..vd, in the midst or her
tears.
AA sisin As she'd gone, the spirit returned.
An 'comer nor ever his glaring eyes horned ;
An' lie scoffed at poor Mary -- two game she
wai
While for Arthur McGrew her heart was break
ing.
TIM Tom bore it ntl, whi firm resalutiun,
To rid him that nightor the bead's pollution.
In the neighborhood stood an ould ruined ab-
bcr,
Whose walls had long since become jagged and
shabby—
Wlente monks, in past ages, assembled to pray,
And thither did Tom wend his ‘II,II6SORIC way,
Once Inside the bounds of its consecrate wall,
The spirit to longer had power tottppall—
So Tom dray him up, right underiGe cmss
And made hint lye down, wid his back on the
ar3-9-+
He then drew the knife, and with consummate
art,
prove it cicarand clear through the fiend's black
heart.
Strike aria, Torn 31aloy; said the feud,' you
dare:
Froth, 1 won't, ye black divil, Tm up to you
Item
rv. settled ye noardlnd be the mother of Moses.
Ye asn go where yet brother in brimstone ro
pes&
And srld that came a storm that shnett every
wall.
Until TOM thought the turrets were going to
fall.
But 'twas o'er in a trice, and all became cairn,
And the breezes blew zephera of tropical balm,
But the spirit was gone, and bust where be stood,
Was one little spot of his black hearted blcsxl,
Torn whispered a prayer, the first since that
night,
When he banthered the spirits to have a free
tight ;
He now left the abbey, with new life and hope,
Determined no longer to be idle or mope.
Just outside the walla, witch to his surprise,
ffespied his sweet Marv. wid Joy in her eyes.
The billing and cooing that followed. we pause
To ,give to the public, for prudential cause.
Fedlive it that ull the whole Parish wangled
That Tam had not gone all out to the bad;
And at time and this lesson matte Tom a good
man.
CHM Morton:4h refused Lim not sweet Mary•'s
hand;
And of did the nrossons hear from the mother,
The story of killing the devil's twin brother."
°NZ style of bonnet is called the "Man
sard," becalms it takes a great deal of
"man's-hard" earnings to pay for ono of
'ern—Boston Post.
WE urn deeply impressed by the pnnted
statement of a rapture•smitten corres
pondent that .Uudame Lticcds voice 4 has,
not flaw (lit scratch in it, and is pure
warm, and ethereal 'll3 a rosebud in the
northern
A LADY Wisllol to have her hnsband's
life insured in a Bosun] office the other
day, given as a reason that she wanted
either a' husband or some money, "Alm
didn't care which." Blist,twver expected,
both, at the same time.
A roast; man named Gill, of Gaines,
Mich., went to,bed and dreamed that a
tree ;nut tailing towards him. In his
fnuttic•efforts to escape he jumped into
the middle of the floor and thence through
a widow over two tree-tops, landing in
the /WOW nine feet from the building and
thirty feet from Jda bed. The window
was WV swathed, blithe wasn't hurt at
Schoolmaster of Rus—
sian Bar;
[From the San ' Francisco Californian.]
"MIEN is he expected?"
They " said ho was coming in to
night's stage."
"fie taught in Frisco, didn't ho ?"
" Yes, I guess he wa! in that depart
ment.'
The Doctor's wife was an authority on
all matters hi Russian Bar, and on this
last sensation—the coining or a school
master—she freely enlightened her neigh
bor, Mrs. Blunt. a plump widow, whose
miner-husband had died a few mouths
before.
There was a& much to gossip abbtit in
that quiet village. The arrival and de
parture of the stage brought the people
to their doors three times a week, and if
a stranger was noticed, envoys were im
mediately despatched to the hotel to learn
his mime and business and the probable
leagth of •his stay..
But now Russian Bar was to have a
new schoolmaster, and the folks wonder
ed much if he would have any trouble
with Sam. Seymour, the butcher's boy, or
Ike Walker, an unruly spirit, who had
knocked down and pummeled the lust
preceptor. who undertook to teach him
school-discipline. The trustees were pow.
erkes in these matters, and declared that
if a schoolmaster was not able to "get
away" with the boys in a square stand-up
tight, he might as well pick up his traps
and leave Russian Bar.
On the very evening of the expected
arrival, Seymour and Walker, the leading
spirits among the mutinous school boys
—met at a pool from which both were en
deavoring to coax a few speckeled trout
fur supper.
" Hove yon beand what the new chap
is like. Si ?" `said Ik.. as he impaled a
wriggle worm on his hook.
" No. hare con ?"
"Father told Jake, the barkeeper, that
be was very young."
•
" And small ?'
" Yes."
"Gaels he won't slay long in town,
Ike ?"
"I guess not, Sam. School ain't very
good fur you and me such flue weather as
th is."
The worthies sat tvi - hed in silence
for some- time, and thenfike produced a
hunch of cigarettes, ankpassed them to
his friend. At last, finding that the fish
would not bite, they shouldered . their
poles and struggled np towards the village,
pursing for a moment to stone a China
man's rooster which had strayed too far
from the protecting wash-house.
TIIE ECLIOOLMASTEIL
Philip Houghton was o sehe'olvnueter
from necessity, :aid not taste. Like many
who have been educated as gentlemen in
one sense of the word, that is. without
the acquaintance with any special pursuit
that might be turned to good account in
the struggle fur bleat!. lie found himself
adrift in California, w;th nothing to WI
back upon. Seeing an advertisement in
a city paper for a competent teacher to
take charg e of the school at Russian Bar,
he attiswered it and was accepted at a ven
ture. Putting his few moveables togeth
er—a pair of old foils and a set of well
worn boxing gloves, for Houghton was
an accomplished borer and fencer—he
bought his ticket for Russian Bar.
He found the stage driver a communi
cativ,.. pleasant fellow, who, at his request,
described the characteristics of his future
home. Indeed, his description -of the
class of boys,.-whom Houghton was to
take charge of, wag not very encourag
ing:
" You'll find them a hard lot, and
they're all on 'em on -the muscle, too." be
said.
" What is shoot the weight of my old
est?" asked Houghton, good humoredly.
" lon see, if I um going to be. obliged en
exercise something more than moral sua
sion, I want to get posted on the physique
of me men."
" Well, Sam Seymour is about the
strongest."
" And what is about the size of the re
doubtable Ike !"
" Well, I guess he tops you by half a
head."
"0, I expect we wilt get along well
enough together," said wilt.
; and
I suppose this is the first glimpse of Rus
sian Bar ?" he added, as a turn in the
Nall brought them in view of that pictu
resque village.
The stage bowled along the smooth
road, and past the great white oak, under
whose friendly branches the teamsters
were accustomed to make their noon-time
halt.
" I'll set Son down at the hotel," said
the stage driver. "There's Perkins, the
proprietor, that fat man, smoking on the
amp."
Houghton confess.Nl to himself that
the prospect bore him was anything but
a prepossessing one. He was not of a ve
ry combative nature, though he liked a
little
tlaii„,—er for the excitement; bat a ,
game of tistieuff with a duty, mutinons..,
ho”, had neither glory nor honor for a
man that had been one of the hardest
hitters in his college.
The folks were all in their doors when
the stage clattered up. the single street,
and the slender, good-looking young man
by the driver, was measured and canvass
ed before that worthy had passed the
mail to the doctor, who, with his medi'
cal avocations, also found time to ''run" -
the post office.
-The Doctor's. wife was at her window,
and after a long survey of the schoolmas.
ter,hastened to communicate her opin
ions to Mrs. Blunt. Meanwhile, 'Hough
ton trashed off the red dust of the road,
and took his seat at the
.supper-table.—
the driver had introduced him to about
a dozen of the. leading citizens during
the frw moments that intervened between
the arrival of the stage and their evening
Meal.
"How do you like our town, Mr.
Bough
ton ?" asked the landlord, graciously,.
as he assisted his new guest to a cut o
steak. • ,
"Well, it seems a prettl! place."
"When you get uclnointed with the
folks poll end yourself plessiatly ititn
sted : 44011 a bas4,:tipt syo .
the &la '' • ` '
----- • , ,
..
"So they all tell nie ' 'Anyh,osis I .0M
not unprepared." said -f li tinghtn; cheer
fully.
After. supper the landlord - remarked.
confidentially to
.the Doctor that,', l , the
young man had grit tohird, and he tho't
he'd bo able to make the 'ri fl e' with the
boys:"
' tIIE lilltSTDt'i,,,
When Houghton iirdsis uext morni ng,
and opened his •windo* to IWe 'fresh
breeze, odorous with thelperfume of the
climbing honeysuckles, hS felt that after
all, a residence in a - remote village, even
e,
with a parcel of rough ys to take care
of, was preferable to the dusty,tinfainil
liar streets of San Franc sco. He smiled
as lie unpacked- his f ils and boxing
gloves, a little sadly to , for they were
linked with many pleasi g associations of
his under graduate day
" Well," he solilognis , as he straight
enediiis arm and look at the finely de
veloped muscles, "I ou ht to be able!to
s
l
hold my own in a stair up fi ght with
these troublesome pup s s of mine. This
is my day of' trial, ho , ever, and befo're
noon we shall probablyißavetuul our bat
tle out"
.-
The school-house, a' raw, unfinished
looking frame building, stood hard.hy the
river, at about half a mile from the town.
When Houghton opened the riekety wood
en gate that led into the school "lot, he
found •ii group of 60111.3 twenty bays al
ready assembled. Among them were Ike
Seymour and Sam Walker. The latter's
sister, a pretty girl of sixteen, was lean
ing against the fence with half a dozen
of her friends, for the Russian Bar school
house was arranged for the accommoda
tion of both sexes.
Houghton handed the key to the near
est boy, and asked him to open the door.
Wilh a look at the others, aud a half grin
on his face, he obeyed.
Now, boys, muster in," said Hough
ton cheerfully.
They all passed in--Seymour and
Walker last. The latter took a good look
at the echoohna•ter as he went by. When
they were seated. Houghton stool at his
desk, and laid a heavy ruler ou the books
before him.
" Now, boys," he said, " I hope we
shall get along pleasantly together. You
treat ine fairly and you shall have no rea
son to complain, I promise you. Silence
and obedience is what I regaire, and a
strict attention to the matter of our in
struction."
Giving them a portion of the grammar
to prepare fur recitation, he walked quiet
ly up and down the room, occasionally
standing at the windows, but appearing
to ke.p no surveillance on the boys.—
Soddenly the crack of a match was heard,
ful:owed by a generattitter.
lioughtZin turned quietly from the
window, and 4.l;.x.,,Tprpa the blue smoke
rmm a cigarette arising from where Sey-
mour sat
" What is your name, boy ?" he asked
sternly.
" My name's Seymour," replied the mu
tineer, insolently.
" And are you smoking ?"
" I guess so."
‘ Leave the room."
" I guess not."
There was a dead silence in the school
room now, and Houghton felt that the
boor of trial was at hand.
" Seymour:" he said again, very quiet
ly—
" What ?"
" Gime here."
Seymour, putting his han - 4'
pockets, sauntered from his desk, : stood,
within a yard of the. schoolmaster,, and
looked sneeringly in his face. . .
" Leave the room," said Houghton, in
a lower voice.
No." . •
The lithe arm straightened like a flash
of lightning, and the rebel measured .his.
length upon the floor, whilst the blood
gushed from his nostrils.
In a moment he sprang tO"feet, and
rushed furiously at the schoolinitster, but
went down again like a reed before that
well-aimed blow. The second time he
fell lionghton stooped down, and lifting,
him lip us it he had been a child; fairly
fluty , him outside the door.
Simone, confused and amazed, stag
gered down , to the brook to wash his face,
and reflect on the wonderful force of that
slight arm. And Iloughton, turning to
the school without a word of comment
on the late scene, commenced the recita.;
tions
Walker was mum.' Srymenr's fate'bad
appalled him, and in tact, the entire mu
tinous spirit of the scholars of Russian
Bar, was in a fair .way of being totally,
subdued. '
When the trustees beard of the affair
they unanimously commendl.ll the school
master's pluck.
" I tell you what, boys," said Perkins to
a crowd, who were earnestly engaged at a
game of old sledge in his bar room, "that
Honghton Irene% a thing; or two about
managing•linys. He'll Gs 'cm off, or my
name awl Perkins."
A ICESV PL76I:IIT.
Houghton was hospitably treated by
tho folks of Russian Bar. They felt him
to be a man of refinement brought down
in the world, but sheering no 'offensive
superiority in his intercourse with them.
The Docts'ra wife, pronounced" him the
heat New Yorker she had ever met, and
the gossips insinuated that Mrs. Blunt;
tho widow, was setting her captor him.
Gypsy Lane, the daughter of a leading
man in Russian Bar, and made wealthy,
by a saw mill, all-day-long groaned and
screamed some distance down the, river,
did not express her opinion as to Haugh
ton's merits, but In the summer evenings,
when the schoolmaster. rod in hand, wan
dered along the stream, and .threw" bin
tine across the mill-dam, Gypsy wee.
km far away.• Lane, a bluff, hetirty - old
follow, frequently asked 'Houghton „to
spend the evening with him, and . told big
adventliree in early California to a patient
listener. while Gypsy 'dittifully mended
ben father's seeks on the verandah.
Mrs, I4lne. when Gypsy was buke baby,
was laid to rest in Irene Mountain, long
before Lane ever thought of settling ,et
Russian Bar.
Seymour and Walker were,tho beat and
most indwitrutusimpllii the young, =Os
ter had, and Wilb blippY WEetvwd=pa-
, . . ._ ..
'nYing bk.. on his fishing eictirsions: , Its
ri
fact, nil . in declaring that timed's-
catiomd. eparkment of .the village was a
!Invite it wow .- .•: • , • .., 4;.. . ..:
One .plt*nt evening- in June, Gypsy . _
tone, twfilingherstnsw - hat thoughtfully;
picked her, way s . across: thr-broad fiella
that lay hetatcea lerho n tie-, an d :the' =at . I
The stream was a• winding: erne, and : it- 1
she,placed der tiny foot on the first step
ping
stone, she saw a' Straw: baton the
grass which she knew well - ,
• si Ilosti is, Miss' Ltine; . thia - 'Stirling 27
'said Hotighten, laaily„'; from 'beneath a
;
manzanita bosh, where he. bad' been •
joyilig a book and a pipe; . ' ' b
" Welt, khunk yon, low isatrAlou, _7'
ton,.?" 'said Gypsy, slYly'...—,/k.g.:
a Wiirm, but not it ncomfortabl - '
you Rising to - the mill I"- . -
4 .‘.lres,'-/ , hare a letter,--`that- has': just:
come for father.", ': .- . . : ,-. •
"May I armotripany you ?"
"Certainly,. re you choose."
Houghton pit on his lUie and, helped
Gypsymcross the creek. :
" I had a letter from , New•York, a few
days ago;' said be, after they had left the
first bend of the,river behind.
"A pleasant, one ?"
" WeU, although in One sense it' bro't
good news, still,l can hardly ' call-it a
pleasant letter."
They walked on, and gypsy swung her
hat pensively , longing, 'with woman's
curiosity, to hear more about the New
York letter;
" I am •going to leave..lttissian Bar,"
said lioughton, abeuptly.
" Indeed, how soon ?". -
"I don't kno* Yet, possibly within a
week."- •
The hat was swayed from sidato side
with increased energy.
"Do you care much, Miss Lane F t
This question was salted with - . an ear
nest look into the hazel eyes ;that were
kept steadily bent on the brown, parched
gram beneath their feet.
"Yea, of course—we shall be very
sotry to lose you," returned Gypsy, evas
ively.
"If I come back - in a few menthe,
with something for my future vrife, shall
I see - this-ring upon her linger?' whis
pered Houghton, capturing the little hand
that held the hat, and slipping a pearl
ring on the delicate finger. - •
Gypsy said nothing, but her eyes turn
ed for a moment on the schoolmaster's
earnest face, and in the next her soft cheek
was resting ori-his shoulder. .
Russian bar, toe man, turned out to
wish Philip Houghton God speed on the
morning he took his ranee by the driver
who one year before had set him down at
Perkin's hotel. They knew he was on
his way to Now York, and that - be bad
been left some money, land the goisips
more than suspected that there was some
thing between Gypsy Lane and qheiz fa
vorite. At all events her eyes were -red
for a week after bis departure., -
Winter bad come ; the river was swol
len and rapid, and many alofty ftee - from
the pine forest - find found its may- to the
hearths at Russian , Bar. One delicious
morning, crisp and cold, after a night's
rain, the stage passed by the , large, white
oak and, splashed with' mud, halted 'be- ,
fore Perkins' Hotel. It had been all
night on.the way, for the roads were very
heavy.
The Worthy proprietor of that'excellent,
house was in the act off ' tossing' his first
cocktail, when ahetay hand was laid on
his shoulder,,and PitilipHoughtomsbout-
" Perkins,old.b4 t how are you ?"
The landlord returilea'the' shake-hat:id;
dived behind the barand 'had a second
cocktail mixed in a moment.
And now," said. he, as be pledged the
ex schoolmaster, "when will the, wedding
take placer'
Six weeks afterwards -the old mill was
hung- with evergreen ,wreaths, anda festi
val was held at Russian Ban Gypsy
Line was a - lovely britle,and 'When tf °ugh
ton 'toolCcharge of the mill and' invested
all his New York money 'in` the , village,'
'Mid was adrnate&to practice id the Court
.-everything seemed to take a fresh start.
Through all; his warmest ,and most de
vote& friend was Sam Seymour, once the
terror of Russian Bur schoolmasters, and
now 'the holder of that important posi
tion. r ' *
- • • .
A Lesson In Brotherly- Kindness.
WE have yet to see in the. Southern
newspapers any'expression of feeling call
ed:forth by the Boston' fire other thansthe
most sympathetic and kindly. f Remem
bering that Boston was for along time, to
the Southern mind, the representative of
the anti slavery movenient,and afterwaxils
of loyalty to the Union ;andthat her ani
mus and policy were antagonistic to the
Sonth in a large measure, these warm
and cordial expressions of sympathy fronr
that quarter call fora recognition equally
pronounced and heartfelt. The donation
from Chicago has been felt to be peenli
arly sympathetic and' full' of Weaning;
Brit the intelligence that, in Charleston,
S. C., and other places in. the. South, et
forts`are being made to' send relief to our
fire sufferers, and the receipt on Saturday
of a check from the late Confederate Sec
retary of tfinTriainiy 'tire &Chi of deep
er significance.. They show that political
barrers and, animosities cannot;stand be.
fere claimi of, brotherhood which a great
calamity, like the present, bringii . home to
ell hearts. Our brothers - of the South
Wire taught us a•lesiOn otbrotherly'kind
ness whieh_will not , be• easily forgotten.
Boston , has a warm heartland knowahow,
to appreciate generorsity.—Opstio•-,Your
• •
A vim do vs a g o bit
country town in &rand were filled with
conjecture at thefst fallowing sign painted
inlarge capitals on the front of a house
recently fitted'up and 'repaired. •'I Mrs.
prown;Dolor in.all WO of ladiPs.7 • All
was consternation. : ' Inquiry, was Instant.
ly:seton foot ea tewlio this Mrs., Drown
Inighk be, but no one could tell; ' She was
e stranger in:the town, ' The second week
after, the mystery was unravelled: The
house painter returned to finish his work,
tiditeOneluded , by". addiag-:- 0 and Gentle
men's Wearing Apparel."
iecciunoTii,
t h ree d art :ILL P"
YOWME - .XXIXMFMBER
ODDS.AND.ENDS.
A :CinituirorpEß wants .to know
Trhethee"eivileirvice "rake Mean thjy •
civittlerkairevalwayi to' bo 'em Ployed
pnblin ofilcea. • • • : -
• Launa - •Fani.CockLtails, recently roll
in flan ZYnneisco caloonaihare. been dii
continued since the rumored. t attempt of
that leaky? pciieon *Judge Paladelle. .
.. AN, exchange.. says; • "..In the next
Itriva Legislature tiler& will he a .I.Yon, a
Forp and three Dneke."
And; pray; how- many asses?—Liku Cour-
• Tut King of. Bavana l e nfnsal to take
isart in the late imperial fativities'at Ber
lin, ;marine. it is said to his, great aver.
sion to meeting the Princess Frederic'•:
Willhenf, whom he jilted " abont eight
months ape' • The may of the transgre
sor is hard." -
A.NUXBER of ladies in -Naftalil hai.l ,
signed an agreement to abstain from al
outward adornment of Sundays, wearing
only the'plainest sort •of apparel. Hui.
is thus threatened to the rinflinFY busi
ness; there being no place left in whie'.i
to display the-last:'sweet 'thing in bon •
nets. , • • . • •
Una. Tairwit, the divorced wife of Mr.
Jahn Ileury.Gurney, the English .banktr
died lately in England, leaving an estat •
Valued at $2,500.000. This reverts to the
trustees of the Gurney' state, and will 1).•
applied - for the'benefit of the creditors nt
the iusolve4 firm of °reread, Gurney
Co..
Very -recently a' gentleman who had
'just taken up his residence jhere, des
cribed Philadelphia as a 'city 'where "
family can - buy two .fned • oysters 'and a
cent's worth of kindling wood." For
quiet people be thought it was the beg'
city to live in a which be bad any knowl
edge. •
• A. T. Srzwartes mag,itifieient mansion
on the corner of Fifth avenue and Thifty
fourth street, New 'York. city, .which fie
has jest moved into, is large enough fur
the remne Of a crottned Mead The house,
however, is laid to be'very'dnmp, and ti.
require:Ores burning even in August. It
is the most elegant fitted .up mansion in
the Union. The carpets and curtaiut,
fitted to each room, were made in Europe
and the gdigeous furnatore ivas made
abroad. "-• •
Tnr, English Court of Queen'ses Bench
was recently engaged in gravely discuts
ing the effects. of wecar upon the forehead.
received. by an actress in n - railway colli
sion. The counsel for the. railway 'com
pany suggested that the. matter was en
tirely too sentimental for the consideration
of the Court," bat' Mr. 'Justice Black
burn said it was a serious thing for an
actress to have a disfiguring mark upon
her face., Lord Chief Justice. Cockburn
dwelt upon the effects of the" accident
upon_the lady's professional 'career, with
out dwelling s particularly; upon the scar
upon her Ewe. Tho Court._ supported a
verdict whickgavn the lady 88,000 dama;
A 11 - EW and very ingenliins' form of the
confidence game . was recently ,practieed
on the New . Yoik fr. ! New Haven _Railroad,.
A traveler was, induced by th,c blandish -
met.ta of al attractiie female, take a
seat' beside - her. She had a Ode 'friend.
and ho bad ttbottle-ot 'sherry and some•
Inch. The trio were_very.,sociable, and
goon :the duo invited the- solo -to Ink..
He_did . sO. He took a drink.
sherry.' He fell - asleep., He, Slept "past
his station; and did not :Wake until he got
to New .Haveif:". Wherlho got.' there -lu.>
two friends,. his overcoat, and bia money.
had been gone sometime. Moral to tar :
elers—Beware . of a' pretti , woman, land a
bottle of sherry on militia. cars.
.
TnE , St. LOnis Dispatch, ; in some re
marks about' those er,terpriging genth'
men the sewing -machine agents, • says
" These agents get picked up; sometime;
smart as they:think Ahoy, ere. There aro
scotea - Of people who are wheedled ,into
buying just to get rid of them; but the.
class who.get even with them 'are •
'machine tryere, and .not buyers: '
are not needing a machine It they:llever
do,yet have plenty of sewing in .the.houtt..
to do.. The agent insists on leaving n
machine; and afteiatrugglerng they eon.
ant 'that ValiallleavOlt on. trial, - which;
he does. They take hold, learn :quickly.
do up all their sewing, and after having
kept the ,machine till the time, agreed
upon is out, conebiae itllitint the kiwi or
krnachine pley, want." • .
.„, •
THE Vientia Eiliihillott is to induce an
attractiveafeature, obielf 'Was' forgotten
in the great show of London -and. Paris;
namely, the " Infants .Pavillion,"
this elegantly-eirranged and gigantic nur
sery, to' which'4ll natioriiiire . expepted tip
contribute, boyp frcim every' ccinny3r , on
the earth anyto be collected; illastrated
primers and objects for," o h ject•tcachinif
in every tongue arc lobe gathered,., A
department of . physical developement
to be made 'an, especial feature,. and
Mothers ale to beiinstrneted 'ha* to pre ,
vent the many ileformatiet which , are - ae•
quired in tender years. Nursery furniture
and food. medecine and clothing ,for be- .
Eike will also have important deßartnient F.
and be presided'over by men and Women
of large culture and refhieincht, -as well
as experience of little folks.' •
• Mrs:Gardiner. Wife Of is 'farmer living
near Easttnanville, Ottawa imunty,..-
died recently under cimumstlinces mese,
extraordinary. Two of her sisters 'were
desd,one but recently—nnly a few -weet-4
ago. The cause of-Hrs. Ilarduces denih
was a congestive chill and alter she lia.l
been considered-dembfo-eix hours she re
ttirned.to consciousness. and talked free) 1
strata her attendants. She stated to tha,.
around her that she bed beets to the bet:
ter land, and had seen both .of her de,
palled siationi. with 'other: fricnchn tbkh
it aria 'most:beautiful land—.beyond all
deseriptiom, /The wild she had permission
to return to tell living friends of what she
had seen but that sluv was noxious to ocal , !
return. 'She patted awayroon after tea`-
tug her statement, nrid 4eemirigly: (Ivo •
flowed t,1413 toy Dud kappineeq, , Vie , 6
ea ii be no 'question 0 to the eirentellau.
ees abo v e tatted.: