~ .
. .
. -
, .
. . .
.i,• . . .
. . 4 ‘ •4 11.• '..
•4 e - 4 . .
- Ik 4
i ll ~ , i f t
. 1 Ar-tr e. 7i • I: .
1..
r ; .
f, - -.. .
i.,
..' ..c .
1 0.... ~.
'lt
.D, . .
, A l'-'c , )3, . , tt
-.; . T , ..., ;''' A.
!,;•; ..e.
k t /A
....., ,i
4. k - -...- .1 , ',..' as t
.... ./ e c. u ti
,
t it- `k ' - 4
..A. ye,. .....0.,. ' ..16. II '4 : ,-. 1- - i - 4-, . i:, ; . .._.•
E. B HAWLEY & Co., Proprietors.
VOLUME 30.
THE DEMOCRAT
Is Published Every Wednesday Morning,
Ey E. B. Hawley & Co.
TERMS:—S2 a year in advance, or $2.50 if not
in advance.
RATES OF ADVERTISING :—Tbree•fnurtlis
inch of space, or less, mike one square.
One s•luare, 3 ',Tutus or less, ;1.00; 1 month
41.25; 3 months 42.50; 6 months 64.50; 1 vir,
Ip.UO. Quarterly, half-yearly and yearly Iliteer
liseinents inserted at a Literal reduction On the
above rates . When s-nt without any length of
lime specified for publimtion they will be con
tinued until ordered out and charged according
ly.
Auditor's Notices, >r9.50; Eseentor's and Ad
tninktrators' Notices. $3.00, All counuunien
lions of limited or individual interest, 10 cents
per line. Obituary Notices, 10 cents pe line.—
Tdarrisize and Death Notices free.
..:0B PRINTING:—Every Style of Job Work
neatly, promptly, and cheaply executed.
DLANKS:—Deeda, Notes, Just ors', Conga-
Wes', School, and other blanks for sale
Business Cards
J. B. d.. 4. If.. Mc CO L UM,
ArrellflLT. ,fir Law Otter offer the Rant, Montrose
N. Montrose. May 10. 1871. tf
1). W.. SEARLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. offlee ore, the Store of M.
Dessaner. In the Brick Block. Montrose. Pa. (aul G 9
W. W. SMITH..
- ..;•RINRT AND CHAIR MANUFACTITHRRH.—teno
unie Ilnutrn.e. Pa. 'Aug. 1. ISGII.
-if: C. SUTTON,
AUCTIONEER, and INSETIMANcIi Aocre,
not e 9“ Friectd•olle. PA.
_1 .VI T•L Y,
UNITED STATES AUCTIONEER,
AA, I, 150. Addrenn, Brooklyn. Ps
J. SA UTTER,
A SIDONABLE TAILOR. Shop over J. 8.. DeWitt's
etore.
Itootrose Feb. 19th Ifra.
NE W TAILOR.
Shop ovrr Drao,'• Sum.. next lo the postoffiCe
orr done to the best style. Give me a trial.
itontruse, OeL 15, (.CO. U. WALKER.
JO ILV ono VEB,
AMNION ABLE 'CAL JR, Sloutroae, Pa. Shop over
Chandler'. Store. d! , order* ailed lu firet.ratertylc.
..tom done on abort notice. and warranted to dt.
A. O. !Vial:ES',
♦ rfORNSY A. LAW. Bounty, Baen Pay. Pearlot.
Sad Eirm us Clime attended to. Offer e r
.r.rt4l.2+ Boyd'. Storv, }turrtn•er.P.. (An. 1. 'G9
tr
_4. CRUSS.IIO_I*,
• ttorney at Lagr. *Mar at the Court Moose. to the
Com noselooef• Ottice. W A. Caustitarat..
lien tr..s. Sept. ht h. 1.111.—1 L
4!-AT..VZ E c 9 (*()
Dlaie, in Dry Gaol., Ladir• and ltlasea
Sae Sh•we. klet., ave . , t•r the cleat Amerman
Tea tad Cur. Company. [Montrose. July 17, "%.]
SMITH,
Damn itanala at hi•lbsellin;:. nest door cast of the
lirpoblcltt prio:ing °fere. (Air. hour, front 9•. a
to 4 r. a. )tout rosy. Alky A. IKfl—tf
LA W OFFICE.
PITCH & WATSON. Att..rneyo at Law, at the old o2ce
of Bentley & Faca, Montrose. Pa.
L. r erred. Mu. It. w. w rearoos.
ABEL TM:EU,
Dealer I. Drar, Medicinv.. ett•
111? e •Ice.. , ptcer, Pao. G •od-. Jrwcir, Yet
famery, Brick Nue:, P.
IFcb. 1,1571
.S('ol7 LL a DENITT.
Attorney• a , Law and ialwatar. tD B4alruptcy. ORire
NJ. 4. eaart us., ,ity 2.ational LL..... 1 , 111-
h .rat , n Scov
MEE=
DR. W. L. RICHARDSON,
PITSICI k!: & .trlti;BoN. tender. , hi. prothaaJohs
marviee- to the eltizets• of 11/0112}0., and v.:tufty.—
°dee at hl•r•stdeucc, on the comer nnoi of Sop , &
Bros. Foondra i Ant:. I, 1861 i.
CHA El. Es N. /TODD P-D;
"Puler In Roo. and Snot.... fiat• and Cape. Leather awl
fludtat Vote hurt% 1.4 door below I.4o)d's Sore.
Work ra td- order, and repairing done neatly.
Haut,Joe. Jan. 1 !sr°.
LEWIS SNOI, I,
SHAVINti AND HAIR DRESSTNG.
Shoo in the nnor ti . oildind, where, he will
no found toady to attend all who may W.1:I anything
in hi. line. Montrose Pa. tint. 13. inng.
DR. S. ir. DA FTO2I
YEITSICIAId & NVIIOSE/N, teoden 61a aervicee to
tee eftizeu• of neat Geed sod el, linty. Office at los
reaideace..ppooeite Ltaxt.um /loolse, (et &ad rdtage.
Sept. tat, lefi9.—tf
DR. 1) A. LATHROP,
A dminkter. Ewa: et., Tacna at. f kr.. at the Foot of
Chestnut street. Cull and colon!! In all Chronic
al • .
Montrose. /so. M . ll. —no3—tf.
CIL4RLEY HORP.JS,
TUE HAYTI BAI•liElt, has moved kis shop to the
holl•l' , ,t!orropied by J. II DeWitt, rh,•re he is pre
p IVI 414 a i kl/1.11. of Work in bi• Ito. such a• ma
slug •ritehe•. polls. etc. All rusk done ou short
nol , Ca sod price• losn. Ple in rail and se•• toe.
H. BURRITT.
Dn!Ar Staple and Fancy rhr Gonda, Crockery. Ward
e. St red, DruLT• Oil, sod P,i,ta. Room
an I Hat. and Caps Furs, lauffalo flatlet. Oro
rs. PraOslo 0, to.
• Ne•••• tliord.. a , Nov,.6 "Fl—tf.
EXCHANGE HOTEL
X J. RARRINGTON wiiittee to inform thew - 041e that
liana: related the EteitAinv Uwe! le Monte..., he
iv n.w ;mry are-I to ue,lleaodato the trAreliiig
in tires rt yle
Hotatruoe. tut. V. II t
LITT LES & BLAKESI.EE,
ATTeItVEYS &T L W. 4/..4 , ',moved to their Niro
opp,:nAlt th. Tarbell Bow,
It. B. Lrrrts.
, Oro. I' Urn..
L
Idatitrore. Oct. 15. 1511.
BILLI.:VGB STROUD.
FIRE AND LIFE INSUAANCE ACRNT.
noel nee, Attended to prutetolf .on fair term.. Oface
Ore door teat of tbe bank o' Win. U. Cooper A Ca.
Penile Avenue. Muntruae. Pa. [Ang.l.lBo.
Air IT. 1971.1 fltuAxne STUMP.
B. T. cf 7 E. 11. CASE,
lIAIINEfi&MAKEIL.S. Oak Burner.. lizht and bray)
xt tour 4 muot pricer. Aixo, litankrt., Brexpt Blew.
k , ‘,. Whip, and everything pertaining W :he Hoe
. 2 . , "W'r than the cheopeat.. Ltepalring done prompt
IT rnd In rood style. •
Mow.ore. Pit.. Oct. r 9,167.
J. D. VAIL
Ho SesesTITIC PIiTAICIAN AND SODOCON. 111. permanently
!seated hta.el(h llorttrose-Pa, where be erlll Prorovt
1Y sites! , to sit calls In bls protmel op wish ‘eb 'ebbe may
be !barrel. Ogee asl residence west Of the Coast
Rouse, hear nth & Mason's orate.
litoetrose. February/A.1852.
vALLNY. MUSE.
sear B. Pa.. S: La it ett tteu the Erie Railway De
pot. I. • tarfe, eel cenurvellauf holue.hs• untierpue
• rrly r Newly tarns sae/ room. and el , lrp
&ouo uut...splttniitt lablce.nni ail Ovate% compels.
W.:A - hut Out howl. alnaLY ACKERT.
Sept. lOth. 1071.-tt Pzuprletor.
F. CIItiIiCIIILL,
Jo•ttee of the Prase: omen over L. R. Leratetro`a etore ,
11•.• at Bend honmzh, duedonhanoa throaty. Petusta.
t• the het leraeut or the docker/ of the 13Ln lour
Ilrekborr. deemed. -0111 re honer from SW 14 tisluct
a. to . and from 1 to 4 o'clock p. m.
Great Bead. Ott. dd, 1814.
BURNS & N'IgHOLS,
Ott, .11iS lo Drags. Medicines. Cheintair._ o 1 1
.tads.Palnts.olld.Vmatsli. Liquors. SPlces • r ant/
*rt-r.ms.Pat.ht Ktglietnea. Paltimerylud Toilet At.
rirPrescr:ptioo• cue - tally compounded--
Brick Block, Youtrose,ra.
A. U. Boner. 11. Asa, Moms.
vett 21.1912.
SELECT POETRY.
ShlpuTtwk.
Oa the smiling sea W6B never • curl,
On the bright sky never a frown,
Never au owen of cowing fate,
When nay, beautiful balk with her costly fictirht
ht the glory of noun, Winn down.
Boldly latiuched from s quiet shore;
Well framed with s arms to cope,
By youth and courage nobly manned ;
The sails were woven by Love's own baud,
The rudder was held by Hope.
The merciless sun shone full and fair,
The pitiless wares were calm;
No 'whisper of woe in the wooing breeze,
The gulls pulsed over the sleeping bias,
Tue treacherous uir was balm.
Willi happy laughter, with joyous dreams,
We glinted ill tearless titi th ;
Then—the sullen Jur on the sunken ruck ;
The grinding crash, the horrible shuck ;
T. headlong plauge to death.
A moment's whirl of boiling foam,
A shriek through the slumberous day;
Then, smooth blue waters and calm blue skies.
And the startled birds.w oil their keeu dark eyes,
latent on their dal tins prey.
The bright sea dimpled, the bri,ght sun shone ;
With no cloud nor white crest flecked ;
A thousand harks sailed gaily past,
A thousand flags light SillitlOWb Can,
Where toy beautiful boat was wrecked.
Wrecked, with its hopes, its loves, its trusts,
Sunk deep to the sea-wee.k losovu
The Treat %valid Runs, and the great waves
break,
Whet should either heed of the mono we make
Wilt% a life or a snip goes dowu.
- Denutiftil 113andi
--0--
Such beautiful, beautilul bands 1
They're nest her white our sill ill
And you, 16151,w, Willlid wink
11:u itiev were tair at all.
I've looked on bands w nose form and hue
•
A dtottin might Le.
Yet are these 4;41,1 %rioltled Lomas
Most be:audiol to um.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands!
Though ov..at were weary nail sad
These patient h..nds kept toinig on
'nail children iniglit he glad.
I alinott weep al, looking back
To eliiitilsiann diatant day,
I think how tdese hands rested nut,
When tuiue were at their play.
Rut 011 ! beyond this shadow laud—
Where 411 is brijbt and lair,
I /wow lull well Loci,r dear old lisruts
Will ',Altus of victory hear:
Where crystal throusii eu Hess time
Flow over goloeu woids,
Anti inhere We old grow toungagaia,
ril dam) Ulf hatia3,
MISCELLANEOUS READING
KIT I'S S"CILVT/G r.
Such a hal • V. itch as she was, this
Kitty Day, of wl/ ti I IV 'lle. Slit. l'OLlidtl . l
h.'ip t 1 rtiug it she tried, ipai it %.a-n't
r fault, of euur,e, if Men here taken
in by th road. c uidisli face and gre.,(
innocent bine : fur they uer.., scures
of t .1174 ai•d Kitty went Uti tier %%ay re
joicing -completing their b:•wdd•.iwent
..v the shy looks an 1 smiles and bloats
Ihat re th/y meant nothing, but were ver . %
effective, neverth..lesi.
lint in an unlucky hour f.r Kitty sit
Bald - Y. s'• to a dark, an•lanch"lv
man who had been ii.-r enadea 1.. r not
Site unsn•t ill eat, est, but did it fur the
fop .•f the th iiiv„," and b-e.insesb, want
ed to knots how it felt to by ••engrag..d."—
It re,iilted seriously however, toroli spite
of vspreds 000111lalldti 1., the e.nitrary, the
accepted suitor tt eii t directly to her tattier
mild told him all about it. Mr. J)tr
a, his datught• r aliseliteiously that nigi,t
118 die sat behind the 1:-.1 urn with ue;l a
comical as-angle ion of dignity.
"So I'm to lose air litib• housek••eper
toor, long., am I?" tpu-stioni d lie,
hill. anti,
"Why: papa,what do you mean ?" And
Kitty blu•lwd
-Sir. Gilbert r. , tlied yin me to day. Ile
is an eleolient young man. and the sou
of one of 'my oh - 1,51. friends. I heartily
approve your choice, my d-ar."
"He protnis.d to keep the i-nzagement
a secret," raid Kitty in a %eyed ton , .
"So he told me, but concluded after
ward to break promise rather than
art dishonestly ; for it wouldn't have been
quite fair to have conekiled the engal4e
went from me."
"1 dolA know why, I'm sur•. It's
only a hit of my rum any way. 1 never
meant to mArry him."
Mr. Day I th ,k , d at her sternly.
"I'm not jesting." she added pettishly.
"Ife threw himself -Mtn such a passion
that I fairly (*tightened into sm. jug `yes',
and sorry enough I've be.•n for it since."
"Are you in earnest, Kitty r
y.-8, I am;" and the blue eyes flashed
defiantly.
"Is it possible that a daughter of mine
has so little reeling and principle ?"
"Now, papa, what is the us- of lectur
ing? You know me of old. I'm in
trouble, and want you to help me out of
IL"
"But you bave given your word, Kitty,
and must abide by iL"
••llida't lie break his r'
"Yes,and was justified in doing so; but
you are 4lot. Stilt, :1 give you a choice
of two evils, if you think the marrying of
young Dawn, one. F,ew girls %%add.—
Either keep your promise arid make the
hest of circumstances, or break it and
pass the winter in the connive with yonr
Aunt. Dorothy ;for I'm not going to have
you play fast and lo.no wi h ue is harts
after this fashion.
Kitty looked up in her father•a face dis
hut determination was writ•
ten there. and. filled with sudden dismay.
she began to plead for a reprieve of tl.e
s-nt,nce ; but Mr. Day wouldn't listen.—
"You can stay in the city and participate
in its gayeties MI one condition only, and
that I've mentioned!' said he.
''Was ever anythiwz so provoking ?"
muttered Kitty lifter her father uad gone
down town. 4 A•itit ,Dorothr lives in a
forlorn-loking - old place, and it's a per •
feet wilderness around her, .and papa
knows that she is the eros . sest old maid
in existence- But I'll be even with him
yet."
.The next morning •Kitty announced
her intentiou'of remaining in the city.-
13ttt, papa' if Mr. Gilbert himself should
r1 1 11L.17.1 1 .13 .421.1.472 a rtZeiIIEICT 4131,C10r1 8D7130 0171 2 1. crcivErregrlsosr.
MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOY. 19, 1873 .
grow tired of the engagemen hater know
ing me better, you'll not punish me for
that, will you ?" and her eyes trembled
mischievourly.
"Certainly not, child. What a question
to ask."
But Kitty bad a motive in it. A plan
had suggested itself to her mind for out
witting both farmer and Meer. But ehe
didn't mcau to hurry. and began to pave
the way for its success cautiously. As
good luelcitvould have it, who should
call on her that morning hut Ci al Si De,
the firm ally and abettor of all her child
sh mischief, and as ready to help her now
us then. 1,
"Oh, Joel such trouble us I'm in ;" and
she clusped : her hands with a pretty little
g, attire of appeal.
"What. you, Kitty ?" Is your canary
b , rd fractious? or is it something about
a uew dresstr Wallet that don't eqUal
y. ur'expectationsr
Kitty looked at . him so reproachfully
that lie was sober,d in a minute.
"fin eugaked." And if she'd been an
nouncing her own forcral she couli not
have done it. in a more solemn voice.
Joe flushed to the roots of his hair.and
clasped and nueJuliet] his hands in a ner
vous sort of way, but didn't say anything.
waicne.l lam maliciously.
"ICE to that younz'hart.
idlow, and has great dark 4•143
:1111i the dearest little moustache. You
know bun, don't you ?"
little." stammered Joe, to
the delight of his listener. —l3nt whit's
the trouble abort ? \Von•t your father
nonsetit F" And he 10,,k,d so utterly
wretched Ma , wnh a rum' lainze
of remorse, halt el. ed to tell him the true
state of the ease. He hrightede4 up
wonderfully. “Then von dun% I,ve the
man, after all?"
Well, I don't l:oaw,•' ,he answered
med i tat ivi Iv. 'lnter 101,10(1 into the
mutter moult. I suppose he's as Vi , 11(1 as
any one, but I'm not in a marrying mood
at resent."
Joe's countmianee fell again. 'Will
von tell me jut what you pant:'" said
he a little sternly.
“Now don't h . e you're the
only friend I've got in the world—” and
Kitty ra J her s .ft eyes imph.rolgly.
mollified at once. -Why not
break w. , h Ctibert, vmol accept the uller
neive ?" atwgest.-il be 60
very dull et Aunt Doroth‘'it. I've a col
] .e ;tt atttl
cut) vii:t voti 0•e1..411:t!iv."
Poor Jo idea ..f having her all
to himself WAY and he waited
fur ail answe • with subdued eareeriless.
-Es that fhe only plan that has ou
curreil to you ?" answered Kitty sarcas
tically ; "vii o i't much ingenuity if
yi u deniso mune other way of kit
tint: mi• out i•f t't;s 41 L. mota. 1 . 11, lit, in.
j,,,[ 1 .1 11 of lext)tolul"!•-an it' witted
Now listen to - Wria T propoie."
Phen Kii•y dtscl -id 6 r plot, and Joe
I Su -red appr,vingly. and HI: two heads
u ere e.t ill 1:10 , e lirgeiner when vtitt:l2 .
(-ailed. an !nor later. lie tint red
unannounced. ai.,l K , tty gave such a 'tart
wit! 6111,h at hull that Joe's hopes sank
to zero. But if he'd teen Sell •I!itt.. hr
could lace k: -
ull . ll 0011 I,r rn1111.1r1 . 111 , 1.-
111(.11I Wdet the resu.l siii•prii.• railter
than of em r nu, %err :Jell
••lid wihuinr That niorning until art, r
Joe I ft, (tit, i.ch knew he was "It
nettles all tie time,) then she gr-w coid
and dis'ant. v•oi hail to ti II tiara,
arter all." she sneer, d ; - men can't keep
in secret."
Her Inver tried to explain, but she
would nut hid ii, and she gave him such
a ra!iftg, as ‘soili.l have dime credit to the
Alit West ..r
6 -IA this a sp.cdmin '1 h er temper rh e
iltongfit, escaping iota the strict as Rholl
as p”ssii.le.
— R'oo'd hare thought her soft eves could
flash so, .1. tile Imes of her (ace 1 , 111111101
in rind' a eurnius way ? She really limit
ed
Had he seen Kitiy IttaLAl and c'ap her
hands a• lie vanished rrotti the svelte, he'd
hove been 111..1e puzzled th an ever.
The n.•st time they filet she gr• et'•d
h m with such a chanting smile and
Looked Bo nail , • and nnet , nrctons, that
t tittle episode world hare ft lased from
his memory if it hadn't been for t.n.•
lie ace:dent:illy overneard
a convers,tion between her c.•ns:n and
another gentleman. Katy was :he theme
of the discourse.
"She's adi ar little girl, but a regular
virago," said Joe. - Everybody's afraid of
her whet. she rot's into une of her tan
trums. She just raves and goes nil in a
way that's pi•rfeetlf frightful. There's a
taint of insanity in the blood, you know ;
her aunt and gruhl-mother died in an
aSVlnin."
Youtig 1. them li•trued, shuddering.—
Tese words explained a se •..e that had
puzzled him bet,rre and awakened fure•
boding:it for the (attire.
Tna saw her filthy:. come down town
last week with his head all bandaged up.
and heard him tell, ptnitaps, how terribly
he's afflicted with neuralgia." continued
toe 'Poor old gentleman! 't was Kitty
did , he tni-chief• for in one of her angry
fit she thr-w the flatiron across the table
and it hit him in the temple, lie's mix
ions to marry her off, and I hear Gilberes
to he the happy Wall."
That Mini - blind turned pale. He re
membered M r. Day's eagerness in forward
ing his sitit, and the wish he had express
ed that his daught- is marriage :lionld
t a ke place at an early (tete. Though ills
love tbr Kitty was as strong as his shallow
nature was capable of feeling, a vixenish
wife would be unendurable. But wasn't
it possiWe that her c..n.in was mistaken,
1)r had colored the ikiure a Vitae too
highly? lie resolved to wait for further
developments.
Th came speedily. A •reek later be
calletl'on Kitty just at dusk—and was
u-herd by mistake (?) into the hocary.—
The door between that and the dinning
,ro to stood slightly ajar; a woman's shrill
voice reached him from thence. Was it
Kitty's? Yes, he rncognized it; be heard
it once before pitched m the same high
key,
"Don't tell me you didn't Mean to," she
screeched more like a toad wornwthan
anythicg else. • "Ydu did; you di4 i. yoa
little wretched imp!" Then there wae the
sound of a heavy blow and the shriek of
a child.
"0 I don't, don't, Miss Kitty!" wailed
a pitiful voice. ""f was so dark I couldn't
see when
you run up against me, and
then I stumbled and fell, and the pitcher
got broken, and I tried to keep the milk
off your priitty dress. but couldn't."
"You innillbled and fell," mimicked
Kitty. "Well, 11l teach you not to anoth
er time. Take that, and that," and that,"
giving the child blow after blow that re
sounded through the room. "Stop your
snivelling, too. Do you hear? make
you, if yon doo't."
The sobs were hushed up, and Kitty
went on : -"bead the prettiest dress I had
and it's spoiled completly and all through
sour carelessness, yt.o little imp! Oh, if
I'd only a cowhide, %would do me good to
give you such a whipping as you deserve."
-Kitty, let that child alone," said anew
voice; and Gilbert recognized it as her
cousin's.
"I shall do no such thing! Get ont of
the way, and mind you' own business!"
I! he shrieked, and there was something
that ' , minded like a bottle whizzing
through the room and crashed up against
the wall. Then u man's groan was heard
dist ittetiv.
"Oh! 'Kitty, how could you ?" said her
cousin reprouchtully ; "you've cut my
cheek terribly; see how the blood runs!"
-- • .
G,lhrrt didn't %%Mt to hear any more,
bnt iled from the house, resolved that he
would not marry such a vixen, though
Ehe had the face and form of a Liebe.
The trout dour had no sooner closed
on him than the actors of the above dra
ma went otr intn spasms of tuerriment.—
Kitty st"od revealvd in the gaslight with
dress uniejured ; Were - was hot a cut to
be seen in, Joe's face; the child was no
where vidilik
••Oh ! oh ! too funny!" gasped
Kit tv ; shut shine would have deceived
anvhodr. 'twas so natural. I half-start
inovhe!l, thinking 'twas really a child's
voice instead of yours. Yuu deserve a
reward of merit fur such splendid act
ing."
-Giro lap one, then, and let me choose
it mysel r." whi-pored Joe.
-Well. what will you have r and she
looked up archly.
"Yourself."
t% hat a modest demand!" There was
a reeking rtnile un her bps, but her eyes
fell I snoath
pre think so? " and taking the
miselrievous little face between hitt hands,
ht. ti It Clotqc. What 4e saw there
was I• 1 Wendy eitusfiletnrs. for lie kissed
i: over and over, arid Kitty, though she
r-sisttll a lot le at first, tinally submitting
with n t err good grace.
.."fir well to be off with the old love
before yen are on With the new, " whis•
leered lit , trvly. 'lliiirert ' a done for, and
Kt 4 plied lit his plum."
-Rut he didn't treat the is this way,'
punted she.
"I It , pe not would worse fir him
if he had 41, of, him iu u minute
aird Joe tiled to Lott belligerent bat fail
ed
Mr. 1)..v waq yurpris , d the next morn
g by a call from Kitts's line kntur.—
Tnv man se. tined ar, rude, and
srunnn. t d a good dynt in making his er•
raw' 1,1,,,w1t.
••I tinders:and, sir, ihnt Insanity is
IlrreC.l vin your family," lie begin,
av•akuurdly, -and— and—" bepaused
and tried to collect his ideas, that liiiiy's
assist soot grundui rlhrr ditql in a lunatic
ae:,, I ti ;b."
••,111 a mistake," responded Mr. Day
poutpoitsly. ••'fitere never was a case of
insanily. other among my owu kiudred
ur that Of inV tate tvi•e"
'•l3ut tour danght. r. t>ir, has a peculiar
dip, titlotr, and 1 Glad it isn't suited to
at ail. We should be miserable to
get ner. I desire. therefore, to withdraw
Irons the etigugelllent."
"Arid told her this?" thun
dered his listener white with rage ; for
Mr. Day r ally had a video temper, arid
didn't need to feign 11/3 pus%sessiou, like
Kitty.
"Clear me! the father is worse than the
daughter," thought the young man.—
Aloud he 1/11814 - tb d : "Oh, 110 ; I came
to you first.' The fact nits he didn't
dare face Kitty with any such proposi•
tam.
"Well, •ir.all I have to say is that you're
a mean, contemptible villiun, and if you
don't get out of my office this minute I'll
kick pin down stairs;" end before the
words were fairly mit of Mr. Day's mouth
he Ntlitti . %: to make his threat good.
Young Gilbert made a bioity retreat,
convinced that not only Kitty but Mr.
Day also was partially insane.
Kitty listened demurely to her father's
version of the 2ifnir and the anathemas
be hulled against her recr-wit
Di.ce. though. during his narration she
shook CO Willi laughter that he looked at
her suspiciously. But she put on at once
such all air of wretch. driest 'hat he as
cribed it to wonr•drd pride. It was not
till two `!,ears afterward that he learned
t',e truth, and Kitty was married to Joe,
who. I forgot to say, was not her Own
cousin, though she called him so, but a
sort of distant relation. Mr.,Day receiv
ed the revelation good-humoredly, (Joe
hail always been his' special favorite) and
,was ready enough to lough with the rest
over the way in which he had been out
witted.
A hater of tobacco asked an old negro
worm 111—I he fames of wham pipe were
annoying him—if she thought she was a
Chnottait ?
-Yea, Mulder I Fpecti I is."
'Do you believe in the Bible?"
"Yes, brudder."
"Do•cna know that there is a passage
in the Scriptures which declares that
nothing unclean shall inherit the king
dom of, heaven 1'
"Y..a, I've t•eard of it." .
"Well, Chloe, you Emoke, and you can,
not enter the kingdom of heuren,beeutise
there's nothing's° mielean as the breath
of a smoker. What do you say to that?"
"Why I ewers to leave my breff be
hind me when I go to heaven."
Wazs a clock is wound up it tee,
When n firm is wound up it stops.
now a Glrl Ilelas Clean House.
—o—
She is perfectly trilling to belp,she tells
her mother she would just as lief stay
home a week as not, and informs her
teacher, with a semi-triumphant air that
she has to stay home next week mid help
clean house.
The carpets are taken up first, and that
Kirl,delicately reared though she be,bruve
lv site down In the middle of the.. floor
and reads a paper while her mother and
hired girt take out the tacks and make
frantic alias to use the same form of
prayer that the head of houses uses when
Ms hoots don't come on easily in tht morn
ing.
The carpet is rolled tip and taken into
the buck yard andnung on clothesline to
be dusted. Now that girl comes out
strong, and shows latent energy that
is in her. She seizes au old broom and
starts toward that swinging carpet with
an air of determination. On her way she
spies her friend Kate passing, and goes off
to the side fence to talk about an hour
and a half about—well, alma whatever
girls do talk about under the same cir
cumstances, then she goes into the house
and eats her dinner and complains of be
ing tired.
In the afternoon she begins dusting and
arranging the books in the book-case.—
She rinds, pretty soon, one of Omda's
norehi, and sits down on the floor to read,
while the ink, from a bottle she knocks
over when she throws her duster ou the
Whir, runs all over the parlor cortitim
stuff , tl under thee hair near by. Her
mother finds her and sends her into the
parlor to gather up her music ready for
to-morrow's campaign. She gets along
well enough with her finger exercises and
marches. but presently she comes across
"Don't be angry with me darling," that
Robert gave her last week, and begins to
hum it. She opens the piano to find the
key note, to he certain she can take the
high note nicely, and begins to sing. It
don't sound well without the accompani
ment that Rohl, thought so sweet, so she
sits down and begins to play. While she
is prActieing Itob,rt conies along He
hears h.•r. He stops. He enters. She
stops. Us wants to hear that sweet song.
tome in only fur that. She is to hoarse.
She ettultin't think of singing with her
hair tied up iu a towel—but she does.'
11. , Jbert sighs as the song ends, and she
proposes a game of croquet. They go out
and play croquet until tea time.
IT is related that a plain,honest farmer,
friend of Clay, being solicited 'o be
candidate for the Legislature, called on
the great Mr. Clay and sought his coun
sel as to the propriety of serving his coum
t ry as tne nicker of laws. ,"Mry adtice to
yen," said Mr. Clay earnestly, "is to keep
out of plows. 'I hey w ill make all kinds
of charges against you and ruin your
okararter." -Mt," replied the !Mutat
old farmer •'they can't say anything
against my character. Everybody knows
t at 1 hare ted a blameless life." "Try
it," added Mr. Clay aho knew bow It
was himself, "try it." The good old num
did try it, and before the canvass waspver
he withdrew from it in very deep disgust.
Sleeting Mr. Clay afterwards he was asks d
what w ere his Chilli CVI3 for election. "1
Mire withdrawn." he replied somewhat
arnestly. -Do you think," said he
-They not only charged toe with stealing
a sheep once, but a hat is worse, they
time d—d near proving it 1 I am done
alth politics."
'SAID she, "Pray tell me if you ean,why
trien so bashful are ? They fall in love,
and dream, and sigh,aud worship us afar;
but when they strive to tell the tale, they
saltier, hesitate, and tail. We ladies like
a Snan, you know, not afraid to speak—"
And here I thought a blush appeared up
on the maiden's emeek ; then to myself
said, "1 see this Pi:video's heart helonkts to
me.'"fhen out I spike. "0, lady tittr,my
heart, my life, isthine! Since I boldly my
speak lily love, pray, wilt thou nut he
nitre?" - No, sir," said she, with wohder
ini..; store--Strange, how presuming some
men are!"
‘ . l'l , .r.strr me," said an eminent Senator
to, a stranger, the other dav,to "introduce
you to the authoress of the word. "I
log your pardon," quickly replied Miss
Grundy, (Miss Snead.) "I do nut care
to hove otyielf designated us the wile of
Adam."
'A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a
horse!" cried a c•lcbn+ted tragedian.—
Wouldn't a jackass do as wt;III ; " inquir
ed an etf.cted young man, rising in Ins
sent. "Yes," triumphantly exclairnA the
actor. "just step up this way, sir," The
pang matt sat down.
!TIIF principal of u young ladies' semina
ry, up town, whose especial tittention is
deiVoted to deportment, was horrified the
other day to find the big girls playing
"ecup trug" in the back yard.
!Ax active bachelor in Maine claims to
ho oue hundred and two years old ; but
he "makes his own bed," according to
lobal paper, "so he must he."
AN editor once wrote: •"We hare re•
ceive a baska of strawberries from Mr.
Smith, for which be will receive our com.
iMments. tome of which arc lour inches
ur circumterautc."
•
4 .l4outxma-saws.," are "announced by
sqme dealers in hardware. That people
et+ lightning doting a thunder storm is
plain enough, but why they should Saw
lightning is a problem.
Mine. Chartres Sumner has Wien ber
maiden name. Skipping two husbands,
she now calla herself Alice Mason.
:The hardships of of. the ocean—iron
clad&
'Music by Etundel—thnt et the organ•
grinder.
o,SOrikr,sir, th! . prems7:--4 glass of
TermsTWO .voia. .nws FERNitsitim riVAlMCrllif
IF NJ r PAW IN AuV.lfiCr.:4o tits. EMMA.
LTA UTIFUL LEAVE&
Fading beneath our paseing feet,
Strewn upon lawn and Moe and street,
Brintitni leaves I
Dyed with the flues of the sunset sky,
Felling in gtorre . tifillently,
ncuUtitill leaves!
Never to freshen another spring,
Never to know whet the stoniner may bring
Beautiful leaves!
Withered beniwth the front end cold,
anon to decay In •the counnon
Beautiful leaves!
So will the years. that change your tint,
Murk upon us their autumnal print!
Beautiful lenyea!
So Ault we fall from the tree of time,
Fade as ye lade In a wintry clime,
Beautiful leaven 1
But when the harvest of Mb Is past,
int] we whle an eternal spring at last,
Beaut Vol leaves!
May Ile who paints your brilliant hue
Foram of our lives it chaplet uetv
Of Beautiful leaves!
[Comzutmtested.)
ON ASTRO.NO.II Y.
ET J-I.I2IPER T. JELSIMOIL
-0-.-
Of all the known 'denies that have oceupled
the minds of bunion kind, none stand forth mor,
interesting, grand,and sublime, than the Kim e
of Astronomy. In the pursuit 0f tiA3 great
atudy, we look directly upon the mighty works
of an Eternal, Over-ruling Power, which th,
most skeptical mind can never gainsay. Thls
science of the heavenly bodies. dates far back
among the older nations of antiquityand hence
the name of the five planets visible to the un•
assisted eye, bear names derived from the an
cient heathen .Silythology,
The Chinese 'Undoes, Chaldean and Egypt
ians, were the first who sooglit to cultivate this
branch of knowledge; but the diorite they ad
winced, were many of them without reason,and
some even bordering on the ridiculous. The
Ilebrow Bible, which is the most ancient writ
ing know' to the world, describes the obj,ct•
connected with astronomy Just as they appear
to the naked eye. The earth is represented as a
great !cid surface, supported by ••foundations
tit tt can never be moved" Theuther lumina
ries are made to appear as mere lights hung up
in the great elberial arch,to send forth their rah e
noon a world of alarkness. The heavens are
described us a firmament, dividing the watere
above from the writers below and this firma
ment had windows, or openings throngb - it to
pour out rain upon the earth, Front tbl• it Is.
very evident that the ancient :Ilehrews bud no
conception of Astronomy as a science.
The Chaldean hod two astronomical theories
each wild and fanciful, One was, that the ant:
and moon were on Gm on one aide, and d.trk oat
the other, and their occasional turning over
produced eclipses. Their other opinion wa,,
that these luminaries were Elmira around ti e
heavens in great chariots, which were mode
close and tight nll over, with the exception of a
round sue of. tho.sliltz; atrzuriglL
which the refulgent rays shone forth. They
imagined that the emotional Awning, or isr
list shutting of this perthmtion, cut off the sun
rays, and thus produced eclipses. Such was
the rude views of mankind respecting science
la the early ages of the world.
The Egyptians advanced the science but lit
tle; but it is said the Glalnmecalculated eclipse,
more than 2,090 years before Christ. Tins how
ever should le received with distrust, for we
know nothing of their astronutuical views at
that early date.
About 600 years before Christ a new theory
WllB advanced by Thaks, the eelebratedGrece n
astronomer. He believed the moon received Mr
light from the sun ; that the earth was a st •-
tionary round globe or sphere,and that the stars
were balls of Ore revolving around the worle,in
vast paths or circles. According to his theory,
the heavens were divided into five great circles,
and the solar year consisted of ilf,s days. lie is
said to have foretold the celebrated eclipse 01
the sun, which occurred May 25th 565 years be
fore Christ,and 'which list to a peace between the
Medea and Lybisns; but this we must think sonic
what doubtful, when we take into consideration
the views he held terpeeting the science of as
tronomy. But Hite left many false theories,he
so left many facts; and theta were taken up by hi,
successors, and the science was pushed ahead
mote rapidly. Among the successors of Tholes
may be named Anuihnunder, Anaximanee.
Anaxagoras, and . Pythagoras. Pythagoms,who I
contribnted greatly to the rising science, flo
it
ished about 510 years before the Christaln era.
His theory wait more rational. lie declared the
sun to be the centre of the Universe—that the
earth was round—that the tllO4/0 shone by re
flection from the sun's light—that theaters were
worlds dike ours, and that the comets teem
Stars which wandered off through the vast re
gions of space, and appeared visible only in the
lower portions of their orbits. lie supposed
the milky way to be myrinda of small atum,and
he was the first observer, who (Mind the planet
Venus to be both morning, and evening star.—
About two hundred yeura Idler the birth o;
Christ, the science of astronomy was advanced
grill higher, and to more pet lection, by Hippar
uhus, who fixed the length of the year at 805
days. 5 hours and 52 minutes, which o n ly lack
four minutes and three seconds of the true time.
The golden age of the sublime science bad now
been reached among the ;tithients. Grecian•s.
tronomy had arrived to its climax of glory, at d
now it was about to be overthrown.
About this time, ytolemy. and Egyptian
prince and philosopherAppenred mum the steam
of action, and another theory was laid before
the world. lie !aught that , the earth was the
immovable centre of the Universe, around
which the sun, motor and stars, with all the lu
minaries of the heavens revolved. Some time
after this the Saracens dirpersed the men of sei.
ence, and the Ptolemaic system became the pre
vailing theory of the world. The dark age of
the world now came on, and fur hundreds of
years this mundane sphere of ours lay buried
is Immraime. lint it was.not always thus to he
for in the year HU, a man wax born in Thorn,
in Prussil, who was destined to sweep the old
Ptolemaic theory to the dust ; and bring forth
the immutable truths of astrononileal science.
This was Nicholas Copernicus, the real founder
of astronomy as we see It to day. Y bus was the
theory of Pythagoras revived, and agalivWas
the sun declared to be the centre of the spit nu
around which the earth and other planets re•
volved, at different distances, and in filth tent
periods of time. Re cOuintenced to pro Late
this theory about .tbe year Ulle, or 13 years af
ter ilia discovery. of America by Columbus ; arm
Ina few years it, bad become Im po u . among
iron] of tyre }id. fivaephi ritlf *mot %last
NUMBER
n ow lnventetl the t eseppe t (f6lo,)and by, the aid
41 . '111E3 woutiertut instnuu6t2t. neiY:discoreriug
were made, which t' Lie Wind, wus prceif eon•
elusive-of the truth °elite Coliernteitii 'skettn ;
yet the-people would not believe LIEU. • ?Ley
could not see the simple lact,. thet .tbcv nett.. 4
revolution of the earth vistwitrd.upon It Ile4 ev•
ery twentyfuur hours.. Would ("luso the -01)11r"
eta iveAstierd zero:MP:m-01 .tbe stm,inuthr mu:
*WV,
- Perhaps no great mind ever made a neutAILP
covet", or introduced a new Invention, widow;
receiving thejeenvNad taunts of the multitude*
When Garvey declared his disc "varyn(theeir
eulation of the bloxi,,be ute[ on . .nLt Aldo'
by the greatest opposition: The celebrated
lioberi Fulton. whom all will now eplenowledge
as epee! . the greatest benefactors at the htjtuan
r we, was obliged to hear the laughter and jeers
of the people; and Ida first steamboat ,wait call
ed "Fulton's lolly," in ridicule or,its. &site
guiehr" inventor.. Thus were the:doctrine" of
Copernicus and Galileo received. Gut in those
sacs they went farther than to laugh and jeer.
They called persecution to their aid—their doe
trlue was declared to be heretical, stud _they
were compelled to renounce. • But - the %filth"
teas now Lecoming•more enlightened t arid:mett
began to reason for themselves.. Otheremlnent
netrunomers apPe keel—mons , rowarful 7 iple•
scopes wen t .vented, and the Copenalenn theo
ry at length ',revelled. The tiopentierio• spa
lent ia the astronomy o• to-day. it has ade a n t .
int omit and yet like all other sciences it IS In
its Infancy. New discoveries, are consteutl.,'
oth.g made. and what may be brought to light
in the next tcw centuries it is Impossible to
conjecture. Such Ln a brief bletory.of the .sci
ence of astronomy, from the earliest • nxordi to
the present day. Who shall say that it is not a
progressive field of study 'I- - • I. ~.
tegaaminteated.]
ROBERT BURNS.
-0-•
DT D. EL 0
• -0--
In every period of the world's history; there
!lave been men who have borne 'ln themselves
as the evils of the times In which .their lot is
C , and who have Pointed. sometimes in Ilieir
own despite, to the remedy It needed: . Theso
‘re th e proptiets of th eir age, the nie n who,
abort; all othenidheir Mimes have need to sYtur
pathize with and understand. Such - was
Robert Burns, a prophet involuntary and un
conscious, no doubt; teaching its much by his
life and stifferitigi as by what he said.
Born in 1759. in an bumble cot, which steeds
about a couple of tulles from the tow° of
Ayr, Ihr:external clrcumstancel of his childhood
Were similar to those of most other Seettlau
peasant boys. But If we compare them 'with
those which • urrounded the childhood - el: Wil
liam Init!tington,we shall see in a most striking
manner lioW great the contrast betweetit the
peasantry of Senthern Scotland and Southern
England. - Not Indeed, in theirdwellings, as any
one may see who taut compare the pk•
tole of Burn's-birtlitibter -*nil that of Limping
ton's The Asyr*iie cottage 'had but two
wee built by Itdderes father, Williatis
Burns, with his Own hand, and was se simpler
And humble u home us decent people could 'lei
ter themselves
William Burns °erupt d no bikher position in
society than Huntington a terwards rose tcathut
of a gentleman's gat doer; hut the contrast.hc
tween his home and that of a Wealden peastint.
was as great as cou:d well be conceived, Doubt
less its high character was due In. no entail de
gree to the personal influence of Its butbead,•
there was much that wa,s typical aheui.,it••
many of its best feau'ures wt re. common to the
homes of the Scottish peasantry. The Burnses,
both father and son, were eager to learn. Rote
ert had a hundrei. Inquiries , to make, about the
French ; his father some questions to propose
in moral or natural philosophy, while the maid
wife wee In and ant, even More anxious to ,fis
len to her husband's remarks than to any one
else. For William Bunts was reverenced and
beloved by his Emily, his word wait law, and
lb• slightest-chastisement gave heartfelt pain,
and produced a flood or tears, His son Las
shown the source of the high tone which per
vaded his ea ly home In one of the noblest pa
ems to Le found in any langnagedt is as tbllews:
- The cliterfti slimier done, wi' serious face,
They round the Ingle form a circle wide;
The sire turns O'er, vrl' patriarchal grace.... .
The hig, ll i Bible, sneer his fathea pride; .:
Ilia lainbet rev"n:ntly Is laid ,
Ills lyart wearin' thin and beret
MAI , strains that once did sweet In ZIPII glide.
Ile wales it porton with judicious care;
.ind 'Let us worship Both' he says, UM solemn
air.
Thrn knreling down to I , easTn's etermil,Elnx,
The saint, Melanie?, and the huidand . maya:
❑ove f. pri ngs esithing on I riinophant ,ei ing„
list tblis their ell shall tnei t, in Int I. 41! tlej*
Tliere ever bask In unereated rays,
No more to sigh or sheil the bitter tear,
Together hymning their Creaork praise, .
In such si Crew, yet still more dear.
While circling thug moves round in an eternal
sphere."
Burns in the eonseiousriesa of doing right, ho
we very lumpy, perhapi never more
,so in any
period of his life. In his note 6ms!eoit the that
Sunday alter he had taken. possession of his
tarot, he wrote—
. Ira .
"Farewell men to those fuliles,thOse nlibed
rime. which those half iartetifictl by the be
wltebinz h-sity of wit and humor, aro at , best
hut thr ess Idling wish the prthiOns estrretit
exlstcnce nay, until liutsitning the : Ri'nle,tlutt,
use the plains of Jerico, !hi tratsris naught anti
the pround barren. and nothing short of-a super
natorally gifted Disha can ever after heal the
•
.
It was wise resolution ; true progress In lite
would Burns have made hid he known bow to
smile by it, anti if it sweet and toueblne !dial
nt a Miris elemestic hearth has porker Jul regent , .
r ate the iscil,dis•ms-.1 by sin, then Bums should
now bare Lt en reelnlmei to a- noble #r no
.
Ideal could to brig,,ter thin 'the one Le pictured
to himself, ,
"Toni:lke elutprn , fireside elirne, •
To warm end wife, - ' •
Tlint's the tree pathos end sublitne
Of butzenlite."- ' - • '
WIT= the souls utter words,or makes petitions.
II the spirit accompanying approses, the player
It made with ease. If the spirit do net co.ope.
rate. the words A re tittered with difllleult3i, or
not at all. God taker the place of self in the
sonh and there prays for thinp a tremble to his
will. 'This le the slate of the scull. In which It
has nn dolire In.nr3go.tr prayer', but lovce to
silent In the mttenec of God. . _
A "no;:tfituirN tin? r . u.a . on tlie
'410390411r.:.