E. B. Bewley, . • Wm, C. Craser.
E. B. HAWLEY & CO.,
PUBLIMERS OP
THE MONTROSE Di u OCRAT,
AND GENERAL JOB PRINTERS,
Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa
:Omer-IWe Side or Pub It Avenue
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J. B. & A. IL McCOLLUM,
Arroaysre AT I..Aer °Mee over the Bulk, Me*tress
Pe. Itontruse.3lsy 10, 1171. tr
D. IV. SEARLR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, office ever the Store ot M.
Deesauer,lo the Brick Block, Montrose. P. tool SY
W. SHIM,
C A RINKS AND CHAIR RANUPACTITHEHB.-1 , 90 ,
of Rath street. Montrose. Ph. 19.99. 1. 1169.
.11. C. SUTTON,
A UCTIONEIS and basorwres AaaNT,
sol 6911 Friendevtlle, Pa
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t.:NITED STATES AUCTIONEER..
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Clvn. Ezior.ossa SOD Lugo Proyrrou,
r. U. &dams., Frooklio Porky,
snogoohoona Co., Pt
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ASIIIONABLE TAajR, Mosinee, Pa. Shop over
Chandler** Store. Alltarliggsaudtn drateratt etyk.
Cutting done on ahort.eiothlleklind wannuted to tlt.
A. WARREN,
.ATTORNEY A • LAW • E.D.O. Back Pay. Pension
toi &sem • on Claims attended to. 0111ce Or
.00r below Boyers Store, 91ontrose,Ps. LAO. 1.'69
W. A. CBOSSMON,
Attorney at law, ()Mee at tho Court House, to the
omml emi on er' W. ♦. Cnoasson.
bloutrotor. Sew. tth- 1871.—tf.
MrKENZLE, et CO.
Dsa , rra In Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies and Wiesen
'lnc Shoe*. kiwi, agents ter the groat Amerman
Tea and Coffee Company. Montrose, anly iT, '711,1
LAW OFFICE.
d. WATSON. Attoraeie at Law, at the old °Mel,
of Fenger S Fact, Morittoze, Pa
L r. ro&I. Pat, 11. 'TLC V. w. RAT.ON.
.4 REL TERRELL,
Dealer in Penns. Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, (MN
Dee odors, Tea*, Spites, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, Per•
ru.aer), se., Brick Block, Blontruaa, Pa. EAshliehed
1613. IPeb. I. len&
SCOVILL & DEWITT.
Attorney at Law and S.licit., in Bankruptcy. 'Office
tin an enact Strenl,uver litty National Bank, !thig
h...mi. v. Y. WW. II ScovaLi...
Jane lain. Inn. Jcsolas Dcwrer.
DIZ W. I...W.ICHIRDSO.2r,
Y & !413IttilitON, tend , " profeerlone
•-• , .• • the eltitene of Montrose and vicinity ...-
1 ta ....rider :C. on the cotneratot of Sayr••
!fro& Poundri. lAng.l.
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
teeter le Boots sad Shoes, Rats and Caps, Leather and
Male Street, Ist door below Boytra Store.
Work mad,- to order, aad repatriag dope neatly.
Itat.truse Jan. 1 ISW.
LEIVLS ENOLL
SD AVING AND DAIR DRESSING.
2... h on in the now ?ostot!lee bending, "where he will
ne n.und reinly to &Moue all woo way swat anything
iu ol.• tale. Montrose' Pa.Unt.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
PHYSICIAN' & OURGEON, tenders bill venter. to
t,rl liaet of Groot Ilene, sod vicinity. Odtco•t 41.
r,ldeoce, apposite Ltartsato Hoare. G't Bead village.
wept Ist,
DR. D. A. LATHROP,
t mlol•tero 61.aresto neameat. BaTita at the Pool of
Chestnut Street_ Call and commit to all Chlorite
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CHARLEY MORRIS
TUN 11 1 .1 - 11 DA.ttlttft. has moved kW shop to the
noildag occopied by J. 11 DeWitt, srtnire be Is pro
p:ire,' to di. all kind. of work in M. line. such a. ma
x ine plate. ete. An work dime on short
notice snd pricer low. Pio-sae esti and see me.
H. BUHRITT
Doter m Stall!. and Taney bti Good.. erod , etT.
Hud
e. Iron. Stoves. Urag.. WI., sal ?slots. Boots
and Shoe-. •I.d Caps, Pare. Buffalo Robes, Gro
ceries Provisions. ,te.
Ne NitltoreL, a a., Nov. C,
EXCHANGE HOTEL
X. J. Ti.kitßriGTOllt wienee to Inform tbegmbllc that
boring rented the Excitant.. Hotel In Montrose. he
in now prepared to accommodate the Meeting pollte
In firet-cloetg etyle
Montrose, Atm. lel, 18:2.
1.1177.Ei IILAKZSLEZ
riTTCII.S7IITS AT LAIC. have removed to their Nem
Ulm. opposite the Tarbell House.,
H. E. Lrrin..a.
fiso. P Lrrn.s,
Ito:Arose. Ott. 15, 11173. IL L. ShAsitsLtit
BILLLVOS STROV7).
FIRE AND LIFE L9S7LANCA •CHIT.
hoeinees attended to pronto. IS. on fair tonna. Offee
6r1.1 door soot 44 the bank o , W. M. Cooper I Cs
Public Arenne, Montrose, [AV.1.1869.
oly t 7,1871.) BrunrS braotro.
B. T. & E. IL CASE.
ILARNESS-MAKERS. Oak Barnes*. lied and heavy,
at lowest rash priers. Also. Blankets. Breast Blare
kets, Whips. and everything pertataing to the Me,
cheaper than the cheapest. Repairing done prompt•
ly and in g• Kid Kyle.
Si ouLtire. Pa.. Oct. 91, 1873.
J. D. VAIL
owanrarme Piersmaw awn Smttotaa. Ale permanently
looted himself to Moutruee. Pa.. where he will prompt
-11 attend to &Beane to hi,. profemlon with which he may
he favored. Ogee and rceidenee weld of the Coots
Boma, near Filch S War..oriv Mare.
Monts.e. Febraary 8. tMI.
THE PEOPLE'S MARKET.
Prtu.tar Hun. Proprietor.
Prerh and Salted Meat, name, Pork. Bologna San
ork.re. of The beet quality, constantly on nand, at
prtr.q. to vult
Iduntr•ye. Pa.. Jan. 14. toM-I,r
VALLEY HOUSE,
Grte.sr BEND. Ps. Satn,ted near the Erie Railway De.
pat. I. • large anti coma... Moat. boom. ha• undergone
• ttutronzti repair. Newly farniened roomy and Flee,.
and annrtineat..aplea dad tablev.and al) thitiva nompria
ing a feet clans hotel. illitißY ACRERT.
Fey, Itch, Proprietor.
F. CHURCHILL,
Inntae of the Pane, once over L. S. Idecheim . • store
Great Bend borunzh. Susquehanna County. Penn's,
/La the net lemeet of the 'dockets of the late Inette
iteekho , deceased. OfOre boor. from 9to 12 o'clak
a. IP end tram Ito 4 o'elOck p. m.
Greet Beal, Oct. 2d, 11 a.
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VOLUME 31.
MEIN FOR A LITTLE mum.
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God make my life 4 little light,
Within the world to glow ;
little flame that burneth bright,
Wherever I may go.
God make my life a little flower,
That gireth joy to all,
Content to bloom in native bower,
'Although Its place be small.
God make my life a little song,
That comtbneth the sad ;
That belpeth others to he strong.
And makes the singer glut. •
God make my life a little staff,
Whereon the weak mar nut,
That so what health and strength I bare
May serve my neighbor best.
and make my life a little hymn
01 tendernema and praise;
Of faith—that never watetb dim,
In all Ills wondruna wnya.
41111 P .4111
A LONE.
—O--
She sits in the darkened parlor where th; tlre.
light's flickering falls,
Her thoughts are dark as the shadows that
sombre show on the walls;
For to-day she knows for the first sad time—the
thought she i loth to own—
That of all sat things in a woutau's lot, 'tie the
saddest to be alone.
It seems as if it were yesterday that oar were
picked as flowers,
When all day long 'mid dance and song, they
came and went with the hours.
When butterfly like, she sipped the sweets that
fell from every tongue,
And fl.tterers dwelt on her charms, end felt
that she and her heart were young.
Gone with the hours, gone with the flowers, is
all of that coterie,
And to-day she sits by the parlor fire with never
a lover nigh,
And lonely thoughts, the bitterest thoughts that
e'er in the mind can dwell,
Usurp the place of be Yanviahed tricot's, and
never a flattery tell.
Where is Harry, and where is Claude, who
vowed they aould ever be true?
And Jamie, who sang of my golden hair, and
my beautiful eyes of blue,
"AL I heart of mine, at another •brine, they fall
upon headed knee,
And never n true-hearted one of them all that
I can bring back to me.
Methought I was at the ball last night and un
der the gastight
I danced and talked. and happily walked in the
light of a bygone dream.
But when I turned to my partner's side, with
my gayest fondrat air,
The lights burned dint Ile f looked for him, and
I wandered alone In despair.
Is it true that he loved me well, and was ever
hoverirg near,
low careless bends, where my footstep tends,
th and greet:. my smile with a sneer !
th tar l that sigh must come from the heart, a
sigh like an echoing groan,
Of all sad things in a woman's lot, 'tia the sad
dest to be alone.
MISCELLANEOUS READING
THE ALICE WALTZ
10=
Sensations were something like a' gel
visits in St. John's—very few and for be
tween. Sometimes a breeze blew in trorn
the great outside world and made whale
ripple on the enrface of society, and peo
ple went abort fur r. few days, talking of
the matter which had dined them up a
little from their usual repose. I think
that last word is the proper one to use in
this connection. The St- Johnites prided
themselves on their Sleepy-Hollow way
of living, and to use a stronger term than
the one I have, would be sure to bring
down upon me the indignation of the
worthy people of that pretty place. Some
times au elect occurred among them
selves which furnished food fur chat and
gossip fur several duys, and then life went
on as it had been going before the little
social whirlwind came to set the atmos
phere of St. John's society in tins/Eer mo
tion than UPtiul.
St../ohn's had a new sensation when
old Mr. Gray suddenly resigned his posi•
tion as organist in St. John's church. lie
had occupied his pos; tion there for many
years, and people had come to regard him
as a fixture, so to speak. Accordingly,
when it was annouved that he was go
ing away from St. John's. and thut the
trusters of the cburch had hetter be look
ing about for some one to fill his place,
people wondered somewhat ac to what his
motive could be in leaving them, and
more as to who would be secured as his
successor.
It was understood that after a little
while that a new organist had been en
gaged. A young man from the city, who
was fitting himself for a teacher in some
musical establishment, the trustees said.
iu answerem the questions propounded to
them.
Of course there was a. great flutter
among the young ladies of St. John's. A
handsome young organizt would he a de
cided acquisition, everybody , declared.—
Of course he was handsome. It would
not be according to the eternal fitness of
things if he wasn't."
The pretty little church was crowded
on the firs' Sunday of his alpearauce.—
A lice Cramer, as she stood before her glass
th , it m :ruing, getting ready for church,
had thought of the new organist, and put
a spray of white roses and Italtopened
buds among her soft, wavy brown hair.—
She sang in the choir. and, if he should
be as handsome as Letts Thrope, who
sang alto. had declared be ought to be,
she wanted to look her best.
I=l
The new organist was there when she
entered the organ loft. Alice gave him
a quick glance, as she took ber place
beside_Letty, and saw that he was not
handsornein the general acceptation of
the term. But he had beautiful eyes. she
concluded, as he lifted them to her's for
a moment, and they made up fully
the beauty his features might lack.
"Ile isn't the least hit like what I ex.
pected." whispered Lefty. "Not the very
least ; brit I think he's nice-looking after
all don't you :9"
"Yes, quite," answered Alice, and then
Mr. Green, who sang tenor, introduced
her to Mr. Leith, presenting her as "the
best soprano in St.. John's." Of course,
being a modest young ladY,,Alice blushed
and the new organist gave her a very
earnest glance of admtration ; which was
no more than many of the Eh John'e
POETRY.
••l will come, and thank Non. — he sm'd
Nrulling. t nought 1,,m
when lie smiled. IL trrosligur,d
plain face.
And Wednesday evening a very pleas
and little circl.• gathered :1= C . 1":111)r is
and after tea there was some• very god
mutic in the parlor. Mr. Leith plated
the piano beautifully. As he struck the
closing meaQure of Llcetli..ven Moon
light Sonata, a new idea occurr.d to A lee.
She had not kept up her to wi in of lair
and was vtiitig considerably out of prao•
tine in cutisequence. What needed
1933 a t ea cher could ice when• her
cume in, and sit help
her in articling the malty innsieal m!,
and quicksands a hiAll h. set the student.
Why c.ruldn'r she get Mr. Le]th to help
her ?
And acting: np to her usual standard of
promptness, Alice asked Me. La•fill
the matter that vi ry 4 vening.
He would be very glad to give her l^s-
SOllll, he saict. Indeed. he o i ls intending
to form a class in St. John's. If.. wanted
kis time fully occupied. So it was set
tled that he should come twice. a week
all through the summer.
The nest Monday the le,,sons bean.
The hour or two at the piano seemed very
short, and very pleasa-t to Alice. With
Mr. Leith fur a teacher the study of
sic suddenly acquired new beauty and los'
all the old-time unplewaniness. There
was no drudgery about it now.
Mr. Cramer looked in upon them once
in ewilile, hut never to stay long. 11-,
cared but little for music, and was never
very social, and so Alice and Mr. Lei 6
were lelt alone together most of the tune
Sr that sumtm.r the dream of -vice
Cramer's life emit- to her. There are
times in the lives at' all ts ben the ens
grand dream of Wyly , ' conies to us: the
sweetest, best dreajo of all the dreams we
ever knew. and some of 11. i wake to a
beautiful reality, and some of us to a bit
ter sense of loss and disappointment.
Alice hail never loved an y man . sh e
hail had an ideal, and her heart had kept
itself for his t-oming. When Leith came,
she felt a restfulness she had not known
before. She was content. Sometimes
she wondered why it wss that the old
vague restfulness was gone 'from her.
But when he told her that he hived,
her, she knew aIL It was the peace of
love that had come to the still longing.
and the restfulness of a heart which
yearns for something it has never knoWn.
-I think Leith loved her from the first
ne-saw in her a woman With a sweet and
womanly soul, with u tender nntl trust
ing heart,und he felt that it world be sa f e
for any mac to give his happiness into
her keeping. She would never betray
the trust
The rummer dare went hy, and in their
coming and their coing, these two learn
ed the most beautiful lesson of life from
the great and tioiv.rsal teacher we call ,
Love.
On. day he brought, her a piece cf run
sic in manuscript.. "
"I have heen trying my hand at com
posing," he &lid, as he nundled the sheets,
and placed them on the piano.
"The Alice Waltz," he read, us Ow
stood behind him. Did you name it for
me ?"
"Yes. I named it f yon, he answered
smiling up into her face. "And I wrote
it for you: listen."
He began playing. It was a tender,
passionate poem in melody; it seemed to
Alice, as she listened. that a thought ran
through from beginning to end; and that
thought was—"l love you I I love you!'
and it sung itself over and over in the
stow, sweet measures or the melody. It
seemed to her as if his soul was speaking
to her through it.
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, .MARCI 4,• 1874.
istocracy, and a face' like ]let's was sure
to call forth admiration whenever it %,ns
seen. A true,pure face it was, clear beauty
in it, like a star's.
The church was filling rapidly, and the
organist began a voluntary. A ripple of
pleased surprise run over the congre
gation as he struck the opening chords.
It was very different from Mt. Gray's
playing. There was something - about it
that indicated a.thorongh comprehension
of what he was doing, and that he had
put himself into the spirit which the
piece demanded to be rendered properly.
The old organ seemed suddenly to have
shaken off its drowsiness and renewed its
youth. The rich, full, mellow harmonies
filled the church and soared heavenward
du, the air of that still, beautiful morning..
as if they were the voices of angels prais
ing God.
"Isn't it just splendid," whispered Let
ty, in a flutter of
, pleasure. -Don't you
think it is, Alice
`•lt is very beautiful." answered Alic-.
softly. The, grand, full chords Berthed
in perfect harmony with the 'peace that
was iu her heart that morning.
Mr. Leith's first Sabbath as organist of
St. John s church was very succeessful in
winning him the favor of the emigre:is
tion• His style was so far supet ior to Mr.
Gray's that the m o re aristocratic portion
wondered how they could have been con . -
tent wlth tile worthy gen tleman'S Indif
ferent accomplishments. The trustees
shook bards togetlCer, and congratulated
themselves on their good !lick in secur
ing so satisfactory a persomat the church
door, when services were over; and other
members of the congregation whispered
together about the music, and cast hack
glances at the organ-loft us thry lingered
in the aisles while the closing piece was
being play, d. •
"I shall be pleased to have you call,"
Alice said, as she left the i'`/Iltich with
Lettv. "The St. Johnites are quite a
musical people, Mr. Le , th, and I Dust
we shall he itble to make your st.vy amoog
us a [4 , 1:1W0 or,e."
• you," he answered, ••I have no
doubt of it. I shall accept tour iuvita
trim to call, at I want to get acquainted ;
with•the people as soon us possible. It
seems like being at Sea, or iv a desert
when one ii , in a place where lie knows
no one well enough tocall him trend.•• , '
understand you." she answer-ed.!
Can you come to is
I will have a few young 1 cop', 'lien% and
will promise to get you acquamte,l with
them."
aDo you like it?" he asked, as the last
Devoted to the Interests of our Town and County.
low chord died into Silence
"Oh, so much !" she answered. "It is
very beautiful ;" and her face was bright
and her eyes were tender. "I thank you
more than I can tell for it. You must
teach it to me."
"Alice!" be rose suddenly from the
piano, and took her hands in his. Her
heart fluttered like a bird s. It told her
what was corning.
"AliCe my darling has the waltz told
you what I tried to make it?' His voice
was low and tender, and his face was
transfigured by that sweet, grave smile of
lie. "Did ton understand it, Alice?"'
"I think I did," she answered softly.
and lifted her eyes shyly to his for is mo
ment.
"And may I hope ?" Ilis face and
voice were lull of eagerness. "Do you
love me, A lice ?"
For answer she gave him a smile that
told him what no words could have done,
a glad, bright smile that was only a re.
&mica) from the sunshine in her heart,
and he understood her.
-God bless you, darling," he said ten
derly, and kissed her.
When Leith stool before Mr. Cramer
and told him that he loved his daughter,
the old man heard him through in silence
but his face was purple with passion.
"And I am to understand, sir," he said,
when Leith had done, "that you hare the
pre.umption, tie impudence. sir, isk
my ciin6ent to your marriage with my
daughter:'"
-1 lore your daughter," Lieth answer.
ed proudlvi stung by the old man's words.
'•I um not aware that there is either pres
umption or impudence in my telling you
so."
"And toy answer is just this." cried the
old man, in a sudden burst of rage and
auger. "11 you don't leave my house
immediately, l!li have you put oat of it!
Do you hear, sir! And if you ever dare
G. speak to Alice again, I'll horsewhip
You. sir, Ike h dog. Do you know , what
you are, sir? Merely a fortune.linn ter.
an adventurer! Don't say a word"—as
Leith hUritved to speak—"l won't lis
ten to you. Be so kind ad to g o, Mr.
Leith, and be sure you never darken my
doors again.
Leith turned away with a white, set
face. ard left the ro,,m without a word.
Ile foam; Alice in the parlor,
••i , ~11 o%er, - lie said. "lionr father
ordered me ont of tie In•nze, and cali.-d
un- a lurtune-hunher, and thltr-atened to
hors , whip rue if eier I spike to yen
a•zain. - The yont.g wan's fee , - TV.iA cold
U 6. Ifol t, she cried faint
and ,•tel.. And this is the end lint all.
and 1 loved v..n
ill, end of It all, unless- , "lie
pi bn.idet.:y 'I have no right ;“
ask ion to Ira%r your father," he added,
pr,sentiy. -IV, can welt, durli g."
"lint he xta 11r-Vef change h.a mind,"
ans.vervd .41 know him too Tien rUr
th:O. Ha W only law he know,.
On. Hoh-rt. R.,Lert
She :rah,/ er bead upon his shoulder,
aod w:•pt !utterly. The dreatn had cotne
to end : and it had been eo sweet a
Ire iltl lie put his arnis Abwit her as if
to ki•ep her. Owl knows it was hard
to let her gu.
There was a step at the door, and they
looked up to see her father there. his
face was lliid unit rage as he saw them.
"Alive, - he raid hUarsely, -lraye the
r f„hitt you tai speak to lino
sgain. yuu hear? If yuu do I will
:ut a 1' oil froth me dot,r,.. "tont tuber that.
And Vol. sir! yuu'
He fairly eliulted with passion, anti
could 11,,t go on.
ism volog:' answered Leith, as be
be :Lod kis,ed Ahee fur the last tame.
bless you durlmg." he whispered,
••I will never lisrsnit you ;" stud he went
out like wit- walking in a ..dream. Ile
n ever looked at the passion purpled face
in the door us he passed it. He saw on
ly the face of his lost love, white with
pain and wet with tears.
St. John's had another sensation, when
it was known that the Dew organist Lad
suddenly resigned Isis position and gone
away. No reason was assigned for the
change its his plans. He had bei n ex
pected to stay a year, and everybody had
fit that the musical repntlition of the
church aRs to become something mensal
undev his charge. And now, without a
week's warning even, he bad left them.
And the worst of it all was, Via the
cur i ous St. Johnites could not tell why.
Alice Cramer could Lave told them if
she had chosen to do so, And so could
her pr ntd old lather whose wealth was so
dear to him that he fancied every one
was grasping for it. But notherof them
saw fit t. enlighten the wondering St.
John's people, and by and by the matter
dropped out of e , Vit. in some new excite
111,11t. and the organist of St. John's
church was forgotten save by the few who
had known him be-t, and who, knowing
him, had loved him as a true and earnest
friend.
The sunshine of a summer day lay ev
er the German landscape. • The • languid
tints of September had come before the
August aarmilt had gone away, and the
world seemed to bate lost its sharp, clear
outlines in Lague indetiottetess. The
mountains. wrapped about in their pur
ple atmosphere were like something seen
in.dreams, hale forgotten, yet real. The
bills far away were only the ghosts of
Alice Cramer Sat crown upon a great
rock, over which the fingers of fairies had
woven a carpet of greenest moss, and
looked away across the purple splendor
of the afternoon, and thought. Sho had
nothing to do hut think 4tow. She was
alone in the world, free to go and come
as she pleased. Over the ea a grace was
growing green in the churchyard nook
where her last relative was sleeping his
last sleep.
The years that had come and gone
since the man she had loved and whom
she had never forgotten—whom she nev
er wild forget—lied kissed her and left
her with a breaking, heart, had brought
some changes to her. She had grown
more womanly ; there were traces of the
refining work of sorrow in her face. But
it was impure, beautiful face still. •
In nil the , years gone by she had beard
but once from Robert Leith, She had
read in tv city paper that he was going
abroad to study. nut was all. He se rated
to have dropped out of her world, leaving
no trace behind hint.
This afternoon, as she sat there in the
gniet of the summer day, she Iv6ndered
it their paths would ever meet again. It
11, only knew that nothing kept them
apart now, unless fate wits interposing,
would he come to her? and then the
thought Came to her that he had f,rgot
ten her. But he had told her at the last
that he never would forget her, and she
believed
The quaint German village below her
grew dimmer as the sun dropped out of
sight behind the mountains. She fan
cied that the valley, full of a cool prn
plish-gray mist, now that sunset had
Come, was U sea, and the village growing
more and more indistinct, was being
swallowed tip in it.
She beard the clatter of wheels down
the rocky road, to d saw faintly the scatr•
let jacket of the postillion as he reigned
his horses up at the door of the inn.
"Perhaps there are some travelers," she
said, rising and wrapping her shawl about
her. "Some one from America, like
enough. I will go down and gee."
It was twilight when she had clember.
tea down the rocks and 'reached the vil
lage. She enttred the inn, and stripped
in the hall to listen to the piano in the
one little parlor. It was the first time
that she had heard it since she had been
there.
There was something' in the spell of the
music and the moonlight which held her
there. She could not see the player lor
the room was full of shadowe,but whoever
4, was, he knew hay to get at the Soul of
the piano, and so she stood and listened.
Soddenly the music changed and Al
ice's heart gave a great leap, and then
stood still. That melody! She had heard
it Wore and she could never forget it.—
Never! It way the sum , beautiful story
she had listened to years ago, beyond the
sea, only now there was an undertone of
passionate sadness and sot row running
through it that told of a longing and
pain winch would not he quieted. It was
as if the player told the story of his love.
bile his heart was moaning under it all
fur his loss.
The melody died away in a xrailMg mi•
nor chord, and then ti.e:c WllB silence in
the room,
••ltohxrt," she said, brokenly, as she
pans ,d upon the threshold. "011, Rub•
trt !"
The man at the piano sprang up at the
A her voice and (-utile toward her.
The moon had climbed high enough to
make the room white with radiance now.
wet he saw her standing [lit-re. with a
Ilreat, ono tt.-rahle gladness shilling in her
lace. It was as if her eoulidione through
"Alice. my Alice!" That was all he
saul,hot there was nt ed of no more words
as he clasped her is his arms and kissed
h. r.
The moonlight fell about them white
and NM', like the benediction 411 God.
I have told you the story of the Alice
Waltz. Yon hare often listened to its
wondetrnlly beautiful measure; and, af
ter this when you hear it, it will have
anotho•rehartn ror von I hope, at'' , you
r, member how it brought two hearts toe
gether who had been so long apart.
==:=l
A Deception
You may remember that I lectured
:astir ['cr. the young gentlemen of the
t'Llssnian socoty. During the afternoon
of the day I was tat ong to one of the
young gentlemen referred to, and he said
he had an uncle who. from come erllSe or
other. seemed to have grown permanent
ly bereft of all emotion. And, with tears
in his eyes, this young man said:
"0 s,tl I (-solid only see him laugh
ones: more: Oh, if I could only see him
weep!" 1 was touched. I could never
withstand distress, I eald.
"Brieg him to my lecture. I'll start
him for you.
-Oh, it von could but do it! If you
co ii!Li bit do it, all our family would bless
you w.erniore; fur he is very dear to us.
.01t, illy benefactor, can you make him
laugh ? Can your bring soothing teats to
those parched orbs ?"
I was profoundly moved. I said.:
"Nly son, bring the old party around.
I ha% e got some jokea in my lecture that
will make him laugh, if there is any
laugh in bum; and, if they mice flre,l
have got some that will make him cry or
kill hmi, one or the other."
Then ttoeyoung man wept on my neck,
and presently spread both hands on my
head and looked up toward heavemmum
hhog something reverently; and then he
went after his uncle. lie placed him in
hull view in the second row of benches,
that night, nod I began on him. I tried
him with mild jukes first—then with se,
vere ones. I dosed him with bad jokes
al,' riddled him with good ones; I tired
old, stale jokes into him, and peppered
him sure and aft with red-hot new ones.
I warmed up to my work, and assaulted
him on the right and left, in front and
behind. I fumed, and charged, and ran
ted, till I was hoarse and siek.and frantic
and furious; but I never moved him once
—I never started a smile or a teat! Never
a ghost of a smile, and never a suspicion
of moisture: I was astounded. I closed
the lecture at last with. 'one despairing
shriek—with one wild hdrst of humor—
ist-id hurled a joke of supernatural atroci
ty full at him. , I never. phased html
Then I sat down bewildered uud exhaust
ed.
The President of . the society came up
and bathed my head in cold water, and
said
-Whit made you carry on 'so toward
the last?"
1 said: "I MIR tri•ing to make thot
confounded old idiot laugh, in the second
row."
And he said: "Well von were` wasting
.your time; because he is - deaf and dum,
and blind as a badger."
Now was that uny way-for that old
man's nephew to impose on. 'n .stranger
and an orphan like ma?
PIETY CTS. EXTRA IF NOT IN ADVANCE:
[Communicated.)
THE CHILDREN:
EDTTOne on PEUNtt,AT:—I. do not remem
ber of having seen anything upon the subject,
to beautiful tis the folluwing poem by the late
Chariot Dickens. Such a masterpiece of the
kind, and, I believe, not generally known, I re
nuist,a.s a favor, that you publish it for your
appreciative renders. O. W. Lyon,
Whru the lessons and take all ended.
And the school ter the dirk dismissed,
And tire little oneOrather around me '
To bid me good-night and be kissed,
Oh. the-little white arms that encircle
neck in a tender enthiacel
Oh, the smiles that are haloes of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love in my Mee
And when they are gone I bit dreaming ;
Of my childhood to lovely too last;
Of love that toy heart will remember,
When it wakes to the pulse of the past,
Ere th e world and its wiekednesl made me
A partner 01 borrow and sin ;
When the glory of God was about rue,
And the glory of gladness within.
Oh, my heart grows weak is a woman's,
And the Muntains of feeling will flow
When I think of the paths stern and stony
Where the feet of the dear ones mextgo
Cf the mountains of sin hanging o'er them,
Cr the te.rupert of Fate blowing wild;
Oh! there' is nothing on earth so holy
As the Innocent heart of a child
They are Idols of hearts and of households;
They are angels of God in disguie;
ills sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still gleams in their ems:
these trnetlita front he are and from heaven,
They- haie made tile more manly sad wild!
And I know how Jrums could liken
The Kingdom of God to a child.
task not a life for the dear ones.
All radiant us others /fare done.'
But that lifethey hive hist enone;l2 shadow
To temper the elare-of the sun;
I would pray God to guard dieni . from evil. ,
But my prayer would hound lia , k to myself;
Ah I a seraph may pray fur a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself. •
Thestwig is so, easily bentled,
1 Mice linnfithett the rule and the rod,
I have tr.ugit t them the wioduriss of knowledge
They taught we the gondttessof . God;
heart is n dungeon of darkness,
Where It.situt them trout brvakingri rule;
My frown is sullicient correction;
My lore lathe law of the schooL
I shall Tr„-tve the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more;
Ah ! how. I shall sigh for the dear ones,
That meet me each morn at the door!
I shall miss the "good nights" and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
them at morn and at eve,
Their onto in the school anti the street;
1 Olen miss thelow hum of their voiees,
And the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the Irli.ons rind tasks ore all ended.
And death says,"thr salami is dismissal!"
Slot• the lii Ile ne•'s gather nroinni me.
To bid me guod nitthyrind be kissed.
(Cummunicatedl
IV4 - 03fING AND SULLIVAN Rdnir4l
1 This road is to connect with the Montrose R.
R., eta point in the L. V. R. R. at Tunkhan.
l
uuck, NI - y onling timely, Pa., and terminates at
1 or near Long Pond in Sullivan county, Pa., and
1 to connect with the Money Creek Railroad at a
Idistance of some 84 miles from Tunkhannock,
Ifollowin le co a, of Bowman's Creek. At
a poi 2. miles from Tunishiamlek, wit strike
an a most unbroken wilderness, extending from
Hivey's lake us the south to a breadth of from
mto 20 utiles wide and a distance of 20 to 310
iles west, tithing in the timber of Monroe
townchip and a part of Forkston in Wy online
county ; a part of Dallas. Lake, Ross and Fair
mount townships in Luzerue county, and a.
large scope of timber in Sullivan and Columbia
counties. Limit the territory to 13 miles is ids
and 20 miles long, we have 350 square miles et
heavy timber, consisting .In the. main of Item;
lock, but large quantitun of spruce, poplar,
cherry, beach, birch, maple, ash. , nil some pine
slid oak. Six hundred and forty acres to the
square toile qisTS V.) . 2.6011 acres, which will
more than average 20000 feet of lumber per
acre, making 3,840.t.000a1 feet, which, if manu
factured and taken out at the rate of 200.000
feet per day, would take 10,21 1 0 d a rn to use it
up; counting 300 working. days to the year, it
will require sixty four years to more it out.-
The tan bark will :IVerlige ten cords to the acre;
making 1,1120,000 cents, or 1110,000 cords to each
of twelve tanneries. It they use 3,000 cords
each per year, they would do laNinocs over filly
years. This timber would not he confined, as
tt now is, to the Plymouth & tulles -Barre
markets, but would be opened to those of lower ,
Pennsylvania & l'hiladelphia, 'New York and
Now Jersey. It is proposed to build from 15 to
20 miles of this road next season, which will
open the lower put of this wilderness tn mark
etand the books are now opened for subserip
ai - of stocks. All parties owning ,lands and
timber along the line, and in reach of the road,
should take stocx, as it will increase the value
of their properties from 50 to 100 per cent.-
Tunkiutnock and Eaton should take bold of
this enterprise iu good earnest, and make it a '
success, to order that till the holiness of that
upper country should be transacted here. If the
road is built, the supplies of hay, grain, feed,
provisions tied goods will have to be driwn
from Tunkhannock and Eaton - to fend the teems i
and men engaged in the manufacture of lumber I f l ex year, 040,800. „ - . ,-; ~ , - ,: ( 1 -„s
, .
'and pealing bark, etc. All the money earned Taking the cost nf.the :Montrose •road and
;will lie spent item. Tunklaturtoek would be equipment an tx guide, this Mad will . certainly
one of the hest Places for tanneries known, as lity he stockholders 10 per cent dividende the
this vast amount of bait could be run in here first year, if the *bock is promptly paid in and
for one dollar per cord. The tanneries could I
the road placed out of debt, • -
I'• ' -
:have the advantage of the 3lontrosa and L. V. 1 have received this proposition folm a trolls.
R. We. Tunkhannock complains of no mama- 1 ble party; namely; "If the Company , will loan,
factories. 'Plitt road would 'Ten up a good .him money enough to build and equip the res,d
chance to supply the town with the lumber 1 for ten year -A, at sin percent, he will gire as se-'
used - for tnanutacturing, ears; fnny : um chairs. , curtly this road and 'a
inartgage - nn - filly thous.
toys, etc., which giros . employment t o..niany an d dollars wort h orr.rith,atato tie „kim ono ? Ito.
hinds. If she wants Miumfat•ttiries,let her take curtly, for the payment of the stock end inter
hold • nt this enterprise and help carry It through, err .
. . •
nod the Manufactories will follow.• .
• An agent of tile L, V. H. IC informs mo that
The prospects or a Paying huelumg is good to, they will buy of us all the oak and chestnut R
'Commence with. It. ties we can get. .. : .
Ist. At 'Estrin it a good point to receive large' Tile Conmitssioiers appointed to take , stock .
quantities of hay, grain and railroad sills. . .
to hOild this road:have made an asseSsment on
2d. At the Iron Bridge receive the products'
of Sugar Hollow-and large quantities of lieu- , most of the parties Interested, and will , asataa
ber and Lim others as soon ma they can, find out -who they
3d. At Datia's lumber from Hunter's mill and are. If dm partles.Will stand the Imessatentthe
large quantities of :ice. - .
road will be built, and. it will be a satires. of
- Mills now in operation and what they es_n do • . . ,
- '., •' - • great profit to allnart les.. It-to espectO that
if kept at work: : ..... •
,
• : • ' the' L. V. 11. H. wip,takq stnet to . the sanoUnt of
Wear•,..t . Stark's • ' la•fori2 the iron. ties and laying track. -•- :- -
.A li t u o n x t a e n r d 'g r e a * ''
, *'
- . • ' ' -'. *.
2 ' l). ''' 1 •' ' I'l 11 t nil !keened as
. %no ii ant•gun . a tt.•ty, In .parties' .
One Above ism, far, as I have risked them take the amount of
B. Brom; . . 4,5,v, 3 snick asalipie , l thent,oi-expoNs •itteicwillingness
, . NI , to flour. anifinionln Clis4 . 3 take more. ' 1 hare
11. - Er.sna 4. J..
- a 31. Ifay ' : . • =-- cool ' now twenty-tire tlintisnotl dollar - of the stuck
till -putiles :interested
iku,..,.itk ,&•,.Gratiem - '''
'''' • * -.l ''''' '''
,„,' : a ,,t' ' 1 U t rl i P I S 1 711:11 1 visit L'',":l,.ttl.o,Avork, can be, cum-,
B.• Parrish ' - . •'"' '• " • '.-•'''' ";"*'' '''' .4 . 'nos --- -" menciti lu rarly'spring. *,
-:- It if..81 - Ottet .
Newberry • • '''''; ..... ;' .' .. '''-. • - - - - """'l " , r , ti '" ' ,,, c,-IblC -• • —, CoMMllntlertei. •
8 Milli it nattibtlig • wow e Mr) .. , .
- -
TIIR 3.I.IONTROSE D_ 310CRAT
Cot:lnitial! It 'Local a nap ent rel .1; or e, Poe try,6 In
rkr. Anecdote., Ufacellau ba. Resdltm. Col:respect
cane, and a ratable Onto c( anverilteincLla.,
One square. (X of en (nett Staley) 3 weeks, or les. $l,
I mouth, faiah $Y 5o ; G.triontas. $4 ad; I
year. $6.50. A ilherardinnunt on •drertlremei.ls nr.lt
greater length. Business Lo alts. 10 rt.. a Bile for fin;
101 , ertIOD. and .3 et.. a Ilne stab ruhsequent narertlun.-.,
lldarrlsges and destba.lren; uldturules, 10 eta. • line.
NUMBER 9.
Mill at Tannery
Criqpwel)tt Dymond ..
Plicenix. •
James L. Jones
Ruggles Shouks.: ....
Lake Mina
Total number feet per day;
: The lumber from these mills could be put Ins ,
to market for touch less, motez, Sy this. read.
than it now In by . ientuti.
Stone's Mill, which I; the upper one on the
main line of mad is 14 'mites from TUnklitua:.
cock, having this vast wilderness back of
abounding In plenty at deer and other game.
At Schooley's ,the Beaver, Rua branch ;will
start, an,: ran 1.) Boggierrifle, three miles front
the male line, and within onehlile of
Lake.
This will be one of the beat . pninta for boat.
nms on the whole road. There are more than
ten ilinusawa acres of the best of oak tietimber
to come in this point, and a much large; aem
don of heavy sawit g tinder, with wills 32019
in operation. that draw their lumber lifteeti
miles. over the bills, to markei. (13arvey'sialto
the largest body of fresh seater yin northern
Penney Ivanis, has a fine hotel. awl is visited •by
large parties from the cities, search, of pleas
ure and health, and will be a much • greater, re_
sort ashen this road is completed, as they can
save fifteen wiles staging IlnWinin i s•Creek Is
one of the finest and'porest streams of viterin .
the Stale, and ahmlottain speckled trunt.• It ii
visited every summer by largo ,parties tiara
:New York and Phastlelnillaorlin lure pure ail
and water This road, cn . eolint.7 . ction with the
itincy Creek R It; Ilia • Mehltrosis Rig, and
the 20 miles to be built between Montrose-and
Binglianden, will open 1101ns:ugh line front
batty, Binghamton ned'eentrni :Gerd York to
It"tmenispor; nwi Piittherg: :;
I will copy here a portion of the. last report of
Jame I. Blakesfre, President of the !Pedrosa
Railway, and Superintendent of a branch of
the L. V. It.
"Enough has aireadi been done to salter) , tho
most skeuile,d,that this narrow gangs 'Road Las
ample capuelly fur all the bosinraa of the coun
try through which it passes,doing it with perfect
safety, and with much less cost, nut only In tho,
construction of the road, bttl also in the cast of
transportation.
"A charter has Been obtained' for building
rail tont up Bowman's Creek, Tine will open
up one of the floral lumber regions In the Stele,
with abundance of Pine 'and other ealuable Um.
her. That Company will undoubtedly adopt
the narrow gouge unit connect.
_with our. road
at Tortichan noel: ; when this bdone, nod a third
rail on the Pa. nt Y. road to Pittston and
Wilkes-Inure, it will greatly facilitate 'and' lee.'
sea tine transportation of lumber. hay, and" all
kiuda of produce, which we ctindetiver no the
o P('raloN Without intnolthipmen4arid take coal
in exchange, in our rourn.cars.,for, oli Duitaacuti
both the Itrintrose and 13owinait'otreek kinds.
'Our Equipment cm-mists ',if two fifteen ton
Locomotive.. built I.y the Baldwin Locoraotit
\V•.rk4. two Puisenzer, one tioepsge;tbrec-Box,
two Flat and eight Got.doll Otte. Witb..these,
we have thus far beer. enabled to, du . the bust.
nese. but .. the freiglii . lncreastm more ears will
be needed. '
“Thrts far no atineeessnry agents have been
employed to Dbl. - wit the earnings . or Income al
the Company, Mr. T. o.. Walter int lag acted is
Conductor, Freight Agent, Road Jtaster and tin.'
perinierlent. While our Engineer, Mr. Wil
liam Luekentili is, also- a;lMuster- Me
chart le.”
The Slontmse Railway. Is graded 20 mitts the
track is laid 25 miles. The ears run over the
road four times a day to Allenvill.% 2.2 miles.—
The following Is their reliort•ut 'ousts of read
and expenses for mining. •
Paid Marcy. on ('ontrLe2 Grading'.
i$
25,50441 ,
2upersirueture Irnn,Ties. 157.63634
Engineering& Preliminary Expentii, 14,79 Z)
of Way pull, . 1,81800.
Engine Houses, Depols,"and Water
Taub,
Erpiinnieni Aceriudt,
Repairs
Fuel. Oil and Waste,
Train Expenses,
The (-ratings 01 the Thintrase mil mould
Pal , ' the Stockholders a lair Illy ent] if tIIC mon
ey did rot bane to Le third in tint construction,.
Long Pond or Highland Lake, the terminus
of the V•l3 vont!' tea Creek 'llad Ic becoming a
great Bummer resort, and Col. Riatets,i n addi.
tun, t.. the hotel ulresily there has built during
the past year (I large antinonotihtiious ituyao re
quiring; .200.000 fLet of leruber . .to fontruet.it ,
1 The tantierie• Sttuttarilke,Thttalhn,Wilkca-
Illarre, Allentown, Emdon and 'Newark would ba
able to get bark from thLv.iriltlerrieks:
• The coal operaih.n could rectiv.a mint. prols,
wine thfa aline tails, and 'be best of lumber tor
the colleriw.
Will, '2O mil , 3 or this road built': ndtho prea • .
ent facilities for honors.; we couldfelt'
rely.o
the following %mount:of bosioras for the mad
00,000 It. of sawed Iliatber per 'day at
$1.50 per 31, •ir .
1,75 00
25 cord; ot hark at $l.OO, per cord. 200
100 R. B. tie.: hi 5 vis..e.eb; • • ' ' 500
100 mine props at oe.ta. each, • ; • 500
Car of lathe and nhiagles„ . 800.
10.000 0. logs at $l.OO per M.,' 'looo' '
.. • .
1 1.! . 1 800
Ridtm, leather. eon; hay, other trelght.lsoo
PrIILUIZ= EITAT 3porasi!o
Advertising Rate's
..... .:,3,000
• • ' 3,000
' 7,59081
W 0,078 34,
868 as ,
681 87 , ,
400 00 :