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D •aler* la Dry Goad., Clothing, Ladle, eau Nll•ge.
Alta Shoe.. (Ism alentr far the great American
Tot and Coffee Company Plontrare. July 17, '71,1
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to 4r. Y, Montro•e. May 3,
LAW OFPII'E.
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were,
Ileotrear Feb. 19th IM.
.4 BEL TURR6I,I„
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Dye stud•. •pine., Fanny liwc"1". Jewelry. P.r•
romery. tr., Brick Block, Muncr..se, ha. I:eiaLliyAcd
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eervteen to the citizens of Montrot, and ti,inity.—
time, at hlitrueldence, on the corner east of Stuff. &
Oros. Foots drs. I Alm. 1. 1869.
CHARLES N. STODDARD
)ralerin Boots and Shone, Hats And Caps. Lenther And
Findings, Main Street, let door below 11ord's Store.
Work made to order. •nd repairing done °esti).
Montrose,. Jan. 1. 1870.
LEWIS E_Y OLL
SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING.
Shop In the new Pooh - Mice whore hi. will
•e bound ready to attend all rho may Want anything
In hi. line. Montrose Pa. Oct. 13,
DR. S. W. DAYTOA
PFITHICIAN /4 SURGEON. tender. big to
the damn. or Great Bend and lvinity. °Rice at htt
eeidance. opposite B• 11.113 !loose, Bend village.
itept. let. lelll9.—tf
DR 1). A. LATHROP,
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Chestnut atrcet. Call and consult in all Chronic
p keno.,
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781: nArri BARRER. has moved Ma shop to the
huddlog occupied by J. R. DeWitt, where he IF pre
pared to do wl Mode of work In hie fine. tomb a. =-
kin; switches, puffs. etc. All work done on abort
notice and price* low. Ple.tee call nod see cue.
IL BURL:ITT.
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ream. Iron, Stores. Drags. 011*. and Palots. Boots
and Shoe•. Hata and Caps, Fare, Dutralo Robes, Oro
oarles. provlelons. Sc.
!ktery.Mlliord, l a., Nov. 6, •73—tf.
HICHA-NCE HOTEL
IL/.IatINGTON oriehee to Inform thepohlle that
having rented the Exchange Hotel In Montroee, he
le qqay prepared accummodato Ite trarclitigpubrx
to Itrat.clata roylti
4VMrulc. A;4C-1 4 . tan.
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I> Samna to all calls In bib pneeasion malt whirls be auk!
b. &rum!. Oaks and reside/see rest of the Grout
/ 1 .. e. man Filth it Watrosie *Mee.
Montrose- February B.
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Bawl borough. Surgnahatota County,
Ilia thy settlement of the,docketa of ale tote Isaac
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. B. Bouts,
Feb. 21.1972.
titer' DAL
DT ELIZADtTIi AXERFI ALLK
Obi tr,ining) &ten done,
Yet ever to btitione anew
011, carts whietteorne.with every sttn,
Morn alter morn the long year through
We shrink beneith_their paltry sway—
Tbeirksome ealls . of; every day.
The restless sense of wasted power,
Thetireitortund of little things
Are Mild to lyrtr, rtS - hour by hour,
Its tediouslyrittitin brings: ,
Who'shall thole; oetwho delay
The small demands or every - day, ?
Thehnulder in Alio !orreries course,
By tide end Mintiest iiu hed in. vttln.
Oboes the.wavir
A - 0 yie14.41; sett,nritme g,reot IT,grain;
eu
rtoblYstreiigeSt lives array
Ilerleath the -Wear of every day:
Vint finds the lion in his lair,
Who tracks tho,tiger for his lire.
May•woUnd,tbein ere they are aware,
Or conquer them- in d'•ttlentteStrire;
Yet powerless he to serith nr stay •
The vexing gnats of every day.
The steady strain that never stops,
Is mightier than the fiercest .shock;
The constant tall or crater drops
Will groove the admantine rock ;
We feel our noblest power., d eca y
In feeble wars %A ith every day.
We rise to meet a heavy blew—
Our souls a sudden bravery tills ;
But «•e endive not always
The dropdivAlroji of ;
We still deplOre nod still obey
The hard twhoos of every day.
The heart whirl' boldly faces death
. .
I:von the hat tie-tiela, and dares
Cannon gad bnvonet., thirsts beneath
The needle-pointsttf frets suet cares
The stoutest spiritstibey
The tiny stings of every tiny.
Am , Oren saints of Imiyllone
Wlio soul, by faith liave overcome
Who Wore amid the cruel flame
The toolt.m crown of mai tyriloin,
Bore not with complaint ulway
The petty pains of overt' day.
Oh, more than irmrtyr's tutrenle,
Aml more limn hem's It of fire!—
We need 0,1 Mimbleturength of nil '
Whiuh daily :0i.1 7 : and iha requilm
Sweet Patitmee grant ns, if 101 l may,
An ItMIL,I grant for every day.
Yr'ORGI E AND FORGET
Forzire ant , 11.rert—it is hetter
To !line every- feeling aside.
Than aitow the tiory cankertog fitter
Of revenge in Thy breast to .othle.
For illy sten. Ott... life', put!) -hall be
thc load trim thy klaS ,, lll .4 net •
A/111 the sky nhorr thve b,• hrighlrr
‘N'lten tne cloud of displracnrr is past.
Ti> . thr spirit swell hiL;dl with ' , notion
To give bank injugtire noin,
Lit it , in!: in oblivion's ocean,
For .rennanbratuze inure ns the pain;
And why should on linger in worn's% .
When ;IN i. passing away,
Or wk to ennonnter to-niorrow
The blast dint tier swept us to -cloy.
Olt ! memory's x varying river,
And thouali it mar placidly glide
When the snuheams of Jro tier it quiver
It foams when the storm meets the tide
Then stir .lot its current ta madness,
For Its wrath Ilion wilt ever re"ret,
'rho' the morninz hssms break on thy sadness
Ere the sunset I.r:4 -lye and forest.
The Story Teller
THE CHAINED HOST.
The pntatn famine in Ireland was no
where felt more severely than in that part
of the conn , ry where the Gdiowing story
is told as a true tale
In a small village in one of the most
barren districts of the west of Irchavd
bred a poor widow,whoso sole inheritence
from her husband were two healthy ehil•
dren. girls, of the respective ages of five
and three. Painfully and by the utmost
e ffigt, she had contrived to pass two years
of ds r sorrowful widowhood. Bud and
scanty food, ob!ained only by labor too.
great fur her delicate frame. had at last
thrown her upon her sick bed, and death.
in rity, removed her from her earthly
troubles. lhe poverty of the whole par
ibb was so great that nothing (amid be
done for the poor orphans. All the neigh
bors, with the utmost desire to help. were
too famine stricken, and heard their own
children too oft,..n cry in vain for bread,to
assist otherS.
"If the cliildrer could only he got to
Kilburn" (a village some in distant,)
said one of the neighbors after the poor
mother had been buried, "a brother of
their father lives there, and he could not
possibly refuse to-take &are of them.
"But matters areas bad there as here,"
replied another, "and I fear they will be
no better off there.
"It canrot be possibly wors' than here ;
for nothing but starvation stares them
in the lace. If we send them to their re•
lotion we have done our duty. We can
not possibly keep them here.
So a carrier, who was going near to
•liilburn. as an act of charity took the
two girls—Lizzie was seven n)w, and
Mary was five—in his cart with him. The
timid children kept very quiet and close
together, and the carrier hardly looked
at them. Toward noon they reached the
spot wilere the cart would turn oft The
man lifted them out, showed them the
road to the left,aild 'Jade them go straight
forward, and if they disl not turn from
the high road they would is about two
hours come to the place. Ile their drove
s oft The children sobbed out "good bye,"
and looked after him as long as they
could see the least speck of the cart, and
then they both began to cry.
Lizki4 ceased her crying first; she took
hold of her little sister's hand, who had
seated herself ou the grass, and said,
“Get up, Mary; We lutist not stay here
if we wish to get to kilhnrn. We can
not stopliere.on the road."
"I am to hungry," sobbed Mary. "We
have had nothing to eat .all day.' And
again they laith began to cry ; for Lizzie
was equally hungry.
The,childreu were very weak,and could
only drag . theniselvea !Slowly along, Hand
in hand they tottered on:. At last Lizzie
fauclea SW saw a house, anti pointed to:
45.3f0s Njciwir
MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, -
SEPT. 17, 1873.
Pc)etry.
—a , S a. `••• ow•—
ward the spot- But, it took them more
than a quarter of an hour before they
reached the farm house, for such it prov
ed to be. With hesitating steps they en
tered the yard, for they had never begged
before in spite of their former misery.—
But at this moment they could think of
nothing else but their terrible hunger.—
When a few steps from the house they
heard the farmer violently scolding one
of his men. Then he went into the
house, fiercely closed the door after him,so
as to make the windows rattle, continu
ing his-abuse all the time. The children
terrified, stood still at the door until the
voice ceased. Then Lizzie opened the
door and both children entered. The
farmer at bran arm chair by the blazing
fire.
what do you want ?" he harshly
,tasked the children, who were too fright
utter a word and to tell their
"CanT .7titi' speak ?" he asked more
roughly. -
Lizzie at lust took courage, and said
gently: "Oh, if you would Ix so good
as to.gtre us the least little t.it to eat—a
map, piece.)f bread or a few potatoes."
"I thought so," shouted the farmer;
"I Was sure you were nothing but beg.
gars, although yon do mit seem to belong
to this neighborhood. We have plenty of
Dose here, and do not want them to
,me from other parts. We have no bread
for ou-selves in these hard times. Von
will get nosh it g here. Be ell; this Mo
ment !"
The children, both dreadfully fright
cued. began to cry bitterly.
"That will not do our gmid," eon t inned
the man; "that kind of whining is noth
ing new to me, 0101 won't nines rue.—
Let your parents ford ton; but they no
doubt porter idling rather than getting
their bring by holiest !sb.,r."
"Our parents are both dead," said Liz
zie.
"1 thought so," repl t d the lair.—
"Whenei er children are &VII t MIL to bed
their father and mother are always dead
or at least their father. This a mere
excuse for begging. Be oil this min
ute."
We hare not eaten a morsel the whole
day," pleaded Lezzie. "We are so urtd
th a t we lame a so-p. If you
would but zke us the just bit to eat, me
are so htmgre."
"/ hare told you I would Dot. Beggars
get th,thing here."
Tice farmer got np With a thlifiderilig
Zook. I,!7.ZielplchlV opened the door and
drew her simer autt her. The ohilden
again stood in the farmyard, Lit knee
h ot a hat t o do. tNiiililettly little :Ilan
drew her hand from her Hai, anti
went to the other .oile of the vArtl; there
was a tierce ; it t dinner st•iod
'.a . for , • him in a wooden lavdn. Mary put
her baud in:o the horny to at
with 111. dog; Liz.ti, %emit, hearer said
;air that to the basin there some
in a iiieh a f-r. pie, of bread :mil s o m .•
trolled potatoes were it tartar. Sit like
wise, could hot. resist ; silt, had but one
feeling, that of the most gnawing him
ger. Sim took some ..r the 'tread and po
tatoes and ate thew hearti:r.
The dog not aceiNtomed ("such guests,
looked at the eh htren 5.11 of a,t.
nn-nt : he drew back, th... sat down and
left them hi; dini.er, of wli,h
eaten but very lutle. At this mo nn - n t
tire tanner stems,' into the surd: he
wished to see whether the children had
really left, and then he sow thi+ singular
scene. The dog was noted fit fierceness,
and feared alike by old and voting; he
was obliged to be constantly cha•iied. so
one dar e d to conic near him exclit his
mastur. Even the Aw.v.int put his food
before in the most (11100111 mariner. In
the first moment the man thought of
nothing but tilt awful danger in which
the children were. 1111 d walking utuckly
toward them, exelainiud :
“llon't you see the dog? Ile will tear
you to pieces:
But suddenly he stopped, as if rooted
to the ground : the dog had got up again
aud gone near the children, then he look
ed at his toaster and wagged nis tail. It
seemed as if he wished to sap:
"Don't drive my guests away "
At that sight a change came over the
man ; the siwefacle before him acted like
an electric slicck, and feelings such he
never had before seemed to stir within
him.
The children hail ricen, terrified at the
call of the man,fearful of punishment for
having eaten, with downcast eyes. At
last, alter several minutes silence, the far
htyr
4' Are you really so fearfully hungry that
you do not even despise the dog's food ?
Come in, then, von shill , have something
to eat, and-as much as you like." Anti
then taking.thein by the hand he led
them into the house, culling out to the
servant: iy.get
some hot bread and
Milk, and ne quick, for these children."
The dug had shamed his master, the
brute had shamed the man. Touched by
what he had done the farmer was anxious
to make amends for what his conscienc^
showed hint to be a great sin. "He seated
the children at the table,sat down by them
and kindly. asked their names.
".My moue is Lizzie," said the eldest,
"and my sister is called Mary."
"flare your parents been dead long?"
"Our father has been dead two years,
but our mother only died last week.
At the thought of their recent loss both
children began to weep.
"Don't cry, children," said the farmer,
kindly. " God will in one way or another
take um of you. But tell me now,where
do you come' :rom ?"
"Prom Longlirea," replied thr
"From Loughrea ?" asked the man.—
"From Loughrea ? That le strange!"
Be began to suspect the truth, and
asked hesitatingly :
"What was your father's name ?"
"Martin Sullivan," ivplied
"What—'Marlin—Martin Sullivan ?"
he exclaimed, jumping up at the same
time. and casting a piercing look at the
children, thoroughly frightening them.
His face grew red—then tears Caine in
to his eyes—at last he sobbed aloud. He
Gook the youngest Child in his arms,press
ed her to his heart and kissed her. • TIM'
Child struggled and called to her Sister
fur heip; she onthi tot think what the
man meant. Then he put down the lit
tle one, and did the same to Lizzie, who
took it more quietly, as she had seen that
the man did not hurt her sister. At last
becoming tnore composed he dried his
tears and said:
"Do you know my name, children ?"
"No,' replied Lizzie.
"How happened it, then, that you have
come to me ?" he asked. "Has any one
sent you to mo ?"
"Nobody has sent us," replied Lizzie.
"We were to go to Kilburn, where a
brother of our father lives, and they said
he would gladly receive us. But Ido not
believe it, fur our mother always said that
he is a hard hearted man, who does not
care for his relatives."
"Your mother was mute right when
she said so." said the farmer. "But what
will you do if this hard hearted man does
not reoeire you:"
Then we shall have to starve," answer
ed Liziie.
"No, no!" exclaimed the mar., quickly
"It shall never come to that—never! Dry
your tears. The merciful God has had
pity on your helplessness and has made
use oP a fierce brute to soften the heart of
your uncle, and therefore he will never
Mrsake von—never."
The children looked at the man in ut
ter bewilderment; they did not under
stand what he said—his Words and his
behavior were alike strange to them. This
he soon perceived, for he added: "You
are going to Kilburn to Patrick Sullivan;
you are already there! I ant your uncle.
and now that I know that you are the
children of my brother Martin I make
von welcome."
The childret '8 tears quickly clanged
into smiles, and the meal which Biddy
ji,st then put on the table for them made
them forget their grief. Patrick Sullivan
had taken this fartti about a year before.
A kind Proviilorce had directed the chil
dren's slips to him; but if the dug had
not taught hint a lesson of kindness who
kniia, what might uft , •r all became of the
poor orphans. But lie who is the rather
of the fatherless would surely not hare
forsaken them.
SARATOGA
SU PERKINS' TALE. OF LOVE AND HOPE
To the Filibr U♦ Daily Grap!tie.
I aril- a perAmtal Irtb r to-day
This moroing.l met the mostrdisonnso
late young into 1 ever saw. Ills name Is
Mason. Ile is from New York. 11.. has
leer in Saratoga all summer. He
4 , mmeil to know every yule' , " heir at the
Spa, and has been an immense favorite
%telt all of them. lie has also stood u
good chance with the dashing young la.
rites from Chicago, the flipsy•flopsy girls
from leltt lNrtlle, and the rich ones from
Cue. iie 'ma daneeti more, eat on the
haletsoy longer, mid im closer proximity
Uo le•uutiful young ladies, and wiliked
os
rr to the graveyard with more rich tnnl
aristocratic girls from the Clarendomthan
any liem in Saratoga. And after all this
yoiliig man came to me yesterday almost
iteart broken. His eves had L 114! look or
1 ant discouraged and sick of life," he
said: •'1 want to ihr.-'
yon stint to 1.-Ivo tilt ,
fvtti ye seem., 11.6. r.?" I 8:t d. taking oft
my glas3vs and looking him 6tra glit in the
face.
Yes. IThele Eli. I am tired of life," he
sighed, in a hoarse whip r. "I came to
Saratoga. I believed in that theory as
believed in my life. I worked for it day
and night. I cherished it, practiced it.
and worshipped it, only to see its utter
failure—only to work out my own ruina
tion by it."
"What was your theory. Hobert ?"
asked. "\Vas it to bet continually on the
ace—to wager large sums on the same
card, hoping and believing it would some
time win and make yon rich ? Was it—"
- 0, no; nothing of the kind. It was a
social theory, Eli. You know I base
blood and family and good looks. My
pet theory was to come to Saratoga and
marry a rich girl with u bad cough—with
the consumption."
"And you iviye finally become engaged
to the object of Your affection, then. 1) . 0-
ert ?" I asked, becoming deeply interested
in this good young man.
"No, sir, alas! Oh, no! My tneory has
failed. I have been unfortunate. The
first young lady I met was from Chicago
—Miss Johnson. She was sweet, and
oh! so affectionate, and had just the
cough to slot MP. A low, hacking cough.
It was fairly m•lodious ; and. I knew it
would prove fatal to the of of my af
fection in a year ; hot alas, YlitS r and
then he buried his face in his hands.
"What, Robert ?" I asked.
"Alas! in a fatal moment [learned that
she hod no money to go with it. She
was pour, but such a lovely cough. Just
the Etna I had so long and vainly searched
for."
"What then ?"
"Why, then I met Miss Lilly Thomson,
of Mulison avenue. S:ie was very rich.
She were laces and diamonds and a new
dress at every hop. She just suited me.
She was just the girl I had been looking
for, with just one exception."
"What was that, Hobert ?"
"0 dear, there. was no cough to go with
She was all health and money. There
never had been any consumption -in the
family— just my duck !"—and then he
buried his face in his hands imd wept long
and bitterly.
"Again, he began, drawing closer,
"one happy day I met the very object of
my affection—the paragon had been
searching for fur years. She was doh and
delicate. Sho had just the cough, the fa
tal consumptive cough, I had fancied in
my dreams and sighed for in • my waking
hours. Two hundred thousand in her own
right. and yet so frail and delicate—so
neAr Death's welcome door"—and Robert
face shone with a
,joyous light as he de
scribed the frail, rich object of his affec
tions,
"And still yon are not happy, my dear
friend," I remarked as ho brushed the
ashes of his cigar upon my boot. "Can
it be that she tins refused you.:"
"0. no! alas, she accepted me. 'I took
her pale jewelled hand iu mine. Upon it
I placed a thousand dollar soltaire, - She
was too frail to speak aloud. :he coughed
and outy whispered her love, while over
come with emotion, her languid eyes suf
fused with tears. I was too happy too
live. "But. 0, dear! Eli, I was born to be
disappointed. Fate ruthlessly placated
the lovely prize from my grasp. Fate—"
"But how, Robert r' I asked.
"Well. in an evil moment my Lilly be
gan to drink the water here. Not tLe
mineral. but the pure water from the vil
lage hydrant. If she had stuck to Con
gress water I would be happy now ; but
one fatal day she drank some hydrant
water. She felt better. Then she drank
more—then more, till ut last she used to
drink ten gla.see every morning. Then
her appetite came buck. She began to
grow stunt. Her cough went away. her
cheeks grew red. and tny-,-heauliful, frail
Lilly became a healthfuhrtirldy hollyhock.
She took to bowling,then riding un hor-e
-back, and this morning— 0 dear, I can
not tell von."
"fin ahead, Robert, tell me all," I said
confidently.
"Well, this morning, M. Perkins, she
—me frail Lily—carried her Saratoga
trunk down two flight of stairs just for
an excuse. Then she asked me to walk
three miles over to the lake, and when we
gut there. U dear, she ate ham and wood
cock and potatoes and almost an entire
black bass, weig,hing over there pounds,
and when Mrs. Myers asked her if she
wouldn't have another she said no, she
`was afraid it would take away her appe
tite for dinner: And here lam engaged
to her, with no prospect ahead but just
to spend my whole life marketing and
spending that fit2oo,ooo for her, and I to
get my victuals and clothes,"
And then Robert Mason leaned heavily
forward on his hands, while the tears
trickled down on his white duck panta
luoti. —a wretched, heartbroken and ru
ined !
Colonel Delevan rides out in his chari
ot-and-four erery atternoun. Ife dyes
his whiskers black. and N a large am
eythist ring, presented to him bv the Mi
kado of Jersey City in token of his dis
tinguished son ices to the science and art.
To ring K worn, on the ontside or his
glove to denote nohdity. It was Colonel
I)•leran who first discovered the rings of
Saturn and :be immutability of the trans
mag,-mf-i-han-danstln.ald ty claimed by
C qierniens and George Francis Traiu.—
Henry W. Longfellow, Wildam C. Bryant
Professor Agaszts, and General Sherman
drnc two hor..,er;.
Two senii•Liell , s here dye the hair yel
low. One at the Union is full and grace
ful. If you should retnArk to either de
yntliGn.v non dispuland-m they would
never meet a fellow with sense enough to
truns'ate it, and they %%mild die, poor
things. thinking they were slandered.—
Such are the pe,pl, who come up here to
repreient the fashions and wit of our proud
A Justice of the Pewee over at Ballston
married a coupl•• a couple of weeks ago
for a eimple or dollars, and found out to
a coupb• of days that the man hail a
couple other wives living in Trov. This
coupled with the (act that the couple of
dollars irete connterreir, made him, mail.
'rid lei divore'•! the roulish couple on the
slim. telling them that the coupler)! (lave
orevimoily p:us•'d were 'mull and void."
'l'hes:• are the first legal proceedings I
ever reported, and I shall not try it again
unless I get a license from the Coroner
here.
ELI PERKINS
Congress Mill, Angnst 25
111,410ry or the 11thiqulto
Mosquitoes immigrated to this country
in the year 1. They are the smallest towl
that navigate the air. Although not soar
ing so logh `as other fowls, they make
some fouler sores than any other bird ev
er dreamed of. They are not very devout
although they are birds of prey. They
are so tame that they will come and eat
out of a fellow's hand. As songsters they
are a sitce , ss, making some of the sweet
est sounds e:er heard. We are sometimes
constrained to stay awake all night and
listen to their strains even it it's ever so
confounded straining on us. If any one
dosen't like their music he can lump it,
and failing to do so. they will lamp him,
and if ho "gets on his ear" about it, such
a proceeding is foolish, for they are very
accommodating and will get on his ear
for him. I like their music better than
anything else about them. Many a time
have I lain on my downy bed and listened
them as they sung "Come Where My It we
Lies Dreaming," "We won't Go-Home
Till Morning" and such like. have
been so carried away (and wishing. I . was
carried still further) that I've joined
in the melody "Shoo Fly," and cheered
them by chipping my hands togther in
the hope of giving the little stickers an
affectionate squeeze.—Dnnbury News.
A KEOKUK lady while engaged in -the
pursuit of her domestic duties. encounter.
ed a mouse in the flour barrel. Now,
most ladies under similar circumstances
would have utterd a few feminine shrieks
and then sought safety in the garret. But
this ono possessed more than the ordinary
degree of feminine courage. She summon
ed the hired man and told him to get the
shot gun, call the bull dog and station
himself at a convenient distance. Then
she climed half way up-stairs and com
menced to punch the flour barrel rigor
on4y with a pole. Presently the mouse
Made its appearance and started across
the floor. The dog at once went in pur
suit. The man fired and the dog dropped
dead. The lady fainted and fell down stairs
and the hired man, thinking that-she
was killed, and fearing that ho would' be
arrested for murder, dimppeared and-has
not boon son since. The mouso escaped.
Itsrazss- 0 A day's holiday,
_Jane!
what for ?" Jano—"Well I thought you'd
think it...rather soon; but,please mum,my
young man as I spoko or to you , --perhaps
yon remember—is a going to take moto
Grinnige tight, and I'm a going' . - to pop
the questiow arid time,"
A., 11111.
Terms I, traTTlli: IN I:WNW, 1(7
Autumn Leaven
I=l
Upon my mantlepleee them stands
A. vase of autumn leaves,
Whose varid hints—From russet Imo
To that like golden sheaves—
Were once Natures living green,
Em chilling frosts had blanched them,
And rendered them, just what we see,
Of man's trail We an emblem.
O laded, seered, and withered leaves,
When in your youthful pride,
To
o pilgrims through this vale ot tears
ou showed the cheery aide;
But now, alas! the Autumn wind
A requiem round you plays,
And you are glories of the past—
The light of other ,daya.
When summer swayed her sceptre bright
O'er forest, hill, and Isle,
Yin basked in sonl:ght's Mellow flood,
While zephyrs did regale:
But nature raised her magic wand— ,
But change was ;tad, I were
For now you're rotted in other hues
Than that of joyous green.
Thus, as 1 look upon this vase
Of Sommers faded treasure,
I feel that all we hold most dear,
Like seasons, haveotteir measure;
For Father Timprcith ruthless scythe,
Cots down 'Mite's fairest flower,
And Death, the final conqueror,
Holds revel in Life's bower.
Then let not mortals swell with pride,
Nor bnast of rank nor birth.
Since we must fall, like autumn leaves,
To deck our Mother Earth:
But let ua live that we may see
The land beyond the river,
Where brightly blooms the Tree of Life,
Whose leaves do never wither.
Mr. Corille's Conriptleafed Mlsfor-
There are men who dispute what they
do not understand. Mr. Covilk is such
a man. When he heard a carpenter say
that there was so many shingles , on the
roof of his house because the roof con
tained so many square feet,Coville doubt
ed the figures, and when the carpenter
went away he determined to test the mat.
ter by going on the roof and counting
them. He went up there. He squeezed
through the scuttle—Coville weighs 230
—and then sat down on the roof and
worked his way carefully and deliberately
toward the gutter. When he' got part
way doWn,h; heard a sound between him
and the shingles, and became aware that
there was all interference someway in his
further locomotion. lie tried to turn
over arid crawl back, but the obstruetion
held him. Then he tried to move along
a little, in hopes that the trouble would
prove but temporary, but an increased
sound convinced him that eittiera hale or
a sliver had hold of his cloth, and that if
he would save any of it he must use cau
tion. ills folks were in the house. but
he could not make them hear, and be
side he didn't want to attract the atten
tion of the neighbors. ho he sat there
until :trier dark and thought.
It would have been an excellent oppor
tunity. to have counted the shingles, but
he neglected to use it. His mind appear
ed to run into other channels. He sat
there an hour attlier dark, seeing no one
he could notify of his position. Then lie
saw two boys approaching the gate front
the house, and reaching there, stop. It
was light enough for bllll to see that one
of the tit was his son. and although he
objected to having the other know of his
misfortune,he had grown tired of holding
on to the roof, and concluded he could
bribe the strange boy into silene.-.
With this arrangement mapped out, he
took out bia knife and threw it so that it
would strike near the boys and attract
their attention. It struck nearer than he
anticipated. In fact it strnek so close as
to hit the strange lop _on the head and
.nearly brained Lim. Aa soon as he recov
ered his equilibrium he turned tin Coville's
boy, he was c)nfitlent, had attempted to
kill him. and introduced sonic astonish
ment and bruises in his face. Then he
threw him down and kicked him in the
side and banged him on the head, and
threw hum over into the gutter and poun-
Ced his legs, and then hauled him hack to
the walk again and knocked his head
against the gate.
And all the while the elder Coville sat
on the roof and cried "police," but 'could
not get away. And then Mrs. CJville
dashed out with a broom,and contributed
a few novel features to the affair ut the
gate, and one of the boarders. dashed out
with a double-harrel 'gun, Mid hearing the
cries from the roof, looked up there and
espying a figure which was nndouhtedly
burglar, drove a handful of shot into its
legs.
With a howl of agony Coville made a
plunge to dodge the missiles, freed him
self from-the nail, lost his hold on the
roof, and went sailing down the shingles
with awful velocity, both legs spread cult.,
his hair on end, and his hands making
desperate but fruitless efforts' to save him
self. Ho tried to swear, but was so fright
ened that he lost his power of speech,und
when he passed over the edge of the roof,
with 20 feet of tin gutter hitched to him,
the boarder gave him the contents of the
other barrel,and then dove in the house to
load up again. The unfortunate Coville
struck into a cherry tree and thence
bounded to the pound, where be was rec
ognized, picked np by the. assembled
neighbors, and carried into the house.
A new doctor is making- good day wages
picking the shot opt of his legs.- The
boarder hips gouelato the country ,to
spend the summer, and the junior Coyille
haying sequestered a piece of brick in his
handkerchief. is laying low for that other
boy.. lie says that he!ore the calm of
another Sabbath rests, on
.New England
there will be another boy in Danbury %elm
can't wear a cap.,
Tun first vcne of the Weitern 'Radical
office seekers' song is now said to be us
follows:
I+ long to be alit:lnger, .
And with che Grangers stand,, ,
A Minch of clover in my arths,' . .
And a pitchfork in my hand.'
A nntrmasT asked an African if he
had found the Lord. "(Jolly," said Saw;
bo,"4111) de Lord lost?" . .
,NUMBER„37.
Vartettei.
Ttrs Pall Iktall i;iiffe - siir if 'that the
real name or Miss Lydia Thompson, the
actress, 31..v.5. Tilhury 7 -
Tin: most expensive and fashionable
j.•weiry in Denmark is said to be made
from fish bones and scales. It is more
costly thse articles of gold.
A addicted to snoring, remarked
to hi, bed fellow in the.morning that he
slept •••ike a top." "I know it, ? said the
`like a humming-top."
TiE residence oucti Mid by the Emper
or Napoleon 1.. on the bland of Elba, in
1314, will shortly be oftired . fpr eale,nt the
"upset price of 400,00 frauds..
"it is very curious," said up old gen
tleman to his frirrid,"thrt a watch should
-be k.-pt perfectly dry when there is a run
ning spring inside."
,
(Inn - ntrs - rox . , S. C:, elainie'to be one of
the healthiest cities on the continent, bas
ing its assertion _upon the fact that only
titteen deaths occurred there in ono week
recently.
SCENE in court: Judge.—".lace you
anything to (Ater to the court before sen
tence is passed on - you ?" Pripner: "No
judge: I had ten dollars, but' my lawyers
tusk that." . •
THE "grasshopper bend," which is said
to have originated in Saratoga, has mad,
its appearance in town. It is more utter
ly absurd than even the Grecian bend or
Itailgrwai3 aroup. .
A JEALcits Saratoga woman recently
prevented her linshand's attendance at it
ball by carrying av,av every article or
clothing be owned anti. hiding•them in a
tided three mike away.
MRS. L.F.310S of Centralia, Illinois, is
running for the office of School Superin
tendent She is much annoyed when
making her campaisn speeches by 'ca
grant boys, who spoil -her •most elegant
passages by crying out, "Go in, Lem
ons."
A BENNINGTOX (infighter, 1911080 .do
mestic nature is equal to her natural sim
plicity, was incited by an Advent miliur
ter to join his ccci, get her whit4s_ robe ,
ready, and prepare to ascend. "1 can't.
the maiden replied; "father and . motiler
are guilt. tilmnd somebody !unit to see to
the cattle."
Two valuable paintings by Frenehmas•
ters, were reeeady purehas-d for theDor
coral' Art Gallery, in Washington, :and,
are Dow on their way from Europe. They
are "The Death of Ciu;=ar," by Gerome,
and "The Court of Wtirtemburg 'Weep
over the Body of his Son," by Ary Sam"-
fen The pictures cost $4,000 each.
A connmroN•rawr recently asked , the
flay. Henry Ward Beecher if he approved
of wires }leading their time at watering•
places and leavnig their husbands to the
mercy of servant girls, and reqeived this
characteristic reply: '‘No woman who
values her domestic 'happiness'• issi She
should, would leave her husband thus tin
plotectud, • . ti
A NEW toy has just= bemi bar/Oat:Med
and will snrely become very popular.
is a was doll in a crib, thu. doll: being
dressed in night clothes and a,dainty laco
cap. By some mechanism t'act'diAliciaby
at certain intervals, lifter being wound
up. lilts-itself up. in:the crib; Puts out its
artns, and distinctly. calls "maxim - m."-
I'lle inventor thinks "no tinnily should
IK without one." •
rxnEn the present impiored methods
of relining, the gold cdntained in. tbu
worn silver coin withdrawing frinis ciren•
holm' in Great Britain can be extracted
in millieient quantity GO render-the opera
tion profitable. Thus, itr 1872. crowns
and half crowns weighing 117,048,ounces
of gold were recovered. The operation
woe performed by a private firm of Me
tallurgists, there being at present no re.
finery attached to the British Mint. ;.
,
Ar extraordinary thing liaripe - nedlci a
gentleman in pnbuque the other day.—
Ile was walking on the platform hchintl
the eating house at the 1. C. IL IL depot
enjoying the gentle evening twilight. Be
fore him was a green, semi colored slough
which the gentleman mistook for is ver
dant meadow. lie stepped ow it fur. the
pnrpose of taking a little stroll,and found
himself in eight feet of water. He -was
fished - out the wetest end sliiniegt of 'men.
and it is supposed 'will hereafter hold
"fresh fields and pastures new," in mita
al abhorrence.
A TRIAL or skill in archery 'at: Buena
Ridge, Mount Haven, N. Y.. hetweemten
young ladies, for a gold medal presented
be their gentlemen friends,Atiok place on
Tuesday last The shooting why at SO
paces, and there, were three trials for all
Miss Grace White and Miss Elizabeth
Flynn; of &won, and Miss Jfaggie For
bes, of Fort Jarvis, made' the best score
in all the trials, making in the last: one,
one inch, and two
,inches respect
ively from the centre of the target,-.
Miss White's average was beat, and She
Was awarded the mad, which was a'ilah
one, havingon.ouo face a figure Of a lady
engaged at archery ;• and on, the otheris
suitable legend owl - tweaking- the event.
AlAnaßcuusETTß papers are tElling - tho
following: "A gentleman.of Bostou had
a son-in-law who was a preacher. lle se
mired his settlement over one of-theeity
elinrolies. He was a feeble preaeher, and
the congretation soon tired or hiMond
parish meeting was Called - Tor a ehan,ge. - -,.
The. parish voted, by jnws, and there was
one majority for retaining the pastor.—
ITpoir inquiry it was ascertained that the
thrifty Either-In-law had bought - up' all
the cheap pews in the gallery and else
where, and had actually secured-:-a-ma
joritv of votes. . A committee waited up
ou A., and rentonsratett,altle him
'on Idiepirig a preacher' the, Pulpit 'BO
distasteful to the cocgre,gation, fie -re
plied i: -, •Gentlemaii, I know my son-in
!atria not math of a erettcher * but my
poOtickis , parely a bac - Hess one. ~/ have
-got him on my hands with my daughter
and must sapport hint. All tha:assia
talx4get out of teatleuMai js su
much clear Wm'