.B. Hawley, - Wm. 0 Griner.
E. B. HAWLEY & CO.,
PUBLISHERS OF
HE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT,
AND GENERAL JOB PRINTERS,
!on/ro.•c, Susquehanna County, Pa.
Ormuz—West Sldo of Public Avenue.
Business Cards
.1 B. & A. 11. IfeCOLLUM,
[t.Cl, •r L•w Office over the Bank. Ma'am..
Moutrove, May 10, ISM tf
D. W. SEARLE,
ORNEY AT LAW. °Mee over the Store of M.
....eer.ln the Brick Block. Montrose ,Ps. Lau' 69
W. SMITH,
♦A I* AND 011 AIR HANUFACTUREIIII.—Puo
MU AI met. Montrose, Pa. laug. 1. 1869.
AL C. SUTTON,
lON &ER. nod IN•mitmtez Atm:yr,
Frlend•ville, Pa
AM! ELY, '
Addrase, Brooalyo, Pa
TIONEEIt
is I 14-4
✓. C. WiIEATON,
CIVIL Esinatrri ♦ND LAND DLIASZTOD,
P. U. address, Franklin Forks,
Sascorhanna Co., Pa
✓OILS' GROVES,
IIt)NABLETAL.OR, Montrose, Pa. tihon over
.nttier'e Store. AD orders tilled in first-rate styla.
Anne 011 short notice. and warranted to tit.
A. 0. WARREN,
siN EIA . LAW. Bounty, Beck Pay, Penuton
a /item on Claims attended to. °thee fir,
.1. newts Lloyd's Store, iidoittrose.Ps, LAO. I.'o
W. A. CROSS.VON,
Lev at Law. 01bee at the Court House, to the
noper'o Office. W. A. Czoeutos.
11 trop '. Sect. . 1571.—a.
LAW OFFICE.
WATSON, Attorneys at Law, at the old Mlles
t,•ntley 6 Filed, Montrose, Pa.
rirea. IJan.ll. '71.1 w, w. WATSON.
r 111 Dregs Medicines. Ct.:mica's, Paints, 011 s,
• stuße, Teat. Spices, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, Per.
cry, Sc. Brick Block, Montrose, Pa. Established
[Feb. 1, 1873._
SCOVILL & DEWITT.
oevn I Law and Solicitor* In Bankruptcy. 01:11.
49Court Str*ct.over City National Bank,' Bing
ion. N. Y. WM. SrwrlLL,
I•th. 1,73. Jr./101116 DEWITT.
DR. W. L. RIC'ILIRDSOS,
ICIAN S ::(.711GRON, tenders ht profession.,
lees to the citizens of Montrose and vicinity.—
ce tt hiersetdere,on the cornereast of Sayre &
0 round, (An¢. 1. Iti69.
CHA RLES N. STODDARD,
rln Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Leather and
dourt, fiats Street, let door belosr Boyd's Store.
rk made to order, and repairing done neatly.
.truce Jau. 1 1s B.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING.
10 the new Postoffice buildind, where he will
oand ready to attend all who may want anything
toe. Montrose Pa. Oct. 13 1869.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
& SURGEON, tenders bin services to
cm:ens of Groat Bend and vicinity. Office at oh
deuce. opposite Barnum House, G't Bend village.
let,
DI:. D. A. LATHROP,
E`s...rtto TocnaaL. BATHS, a •)e Foot or
'tout atrect. Call and coosul to a-I Chroolc
arose, Jan. 17. '72.—n0.1--..f.
U.
r ,n Staple and Fancy Des Goode. Crockery, Hard
t. Iron, Stoves, Druz,s. WIN, and Paints. Boole
Shore, Bate and Cape, Furs, Buffalo Robes. Gro
tto, Yrovleiouw, &c.
1 a., Nor, 6, 'll—tf.
• EXCILLYGE HOTEL.
lIARRINGTON triehee to Inform the public that
log rented the Exchange Ilotel in lion trope. he
ovr prepared to accommodate the traveling public
I rat-class style
tram, Aug. V, Ibl3.
LER In Anoka. Ptationery, Wan Paper. Nedepa-
N Pocket Cutlery. Stereoeo•plc Views, Yankee
done, etc. Next door to the Poet °Mee, Idontr..e.
Y.. B. BRANS.
1S&
LITTLES sE BLAKESLEE
lINKYS &T LAW, have removed tu their Nets
, opposite the Tartish 111.121 C.,
EMEE
BILLINGS STROUD.
AND LIPS INSUAANCIi ACEIiT. Al
efr attended copromptly,on fair terms. Met
door east of the hank 0. Wm. U. Cooper & Co
lir Avenoc.Montrunc. Ps. (Aug. 1.1e109.
7, I.:71.1 Ou.mrsos Ssootro.
N. C MACKEY.
I , IAN & SURGEON, tenders hie profencotul
ter• to the citizens f Maack., Pa. Olds at the
.ka House. will attend to all calla In his prole..
aoh toch he le favored.
Ic..t4.—tf.
a T. d• E. 11. CASE,
•
NEss-MAKERS. Oak Liannia.light and henry,
...oset east. prices. Also, Blankets, Breast Man
-. Wai l .. and everything pertaining to th.
Ayer than the cheapest. Repairing none prompt.
A t.o it. good Aty le.
, Pt . r. Pa... Oct. %O. 1t.73.
CHARLEY MORRIS
HA YTI BAKBEIL. has mowed abop to the
Itig occupied by E. McKenzie Co., where he le
p s ised to dO all kinds of work to hi. Illic.such as ma
.. s witches. puffs. etc. All work done on abort
and Kir.. low. Please call and see me.
THE PEOPLE'S MARKET.
Putter liana, Proprietor.
..dt and Salted Meade, llama, Pork. Bologna Bon
. ot 'be beet quality, COlibtantly on DODO. at
snit
Otr,e, Pa„ Jan. 14. 11CM-lv
VALLEY HOUSE.
T Bran. Pa. Situated new the Erie Railway De
l• a large end commodious house, has Undergone
°rough repair. Newly trimslied rooms and sleep
tat:lima nd hinge eompria.
ei rt tines hotel. BEN RI ACKERT,
leth. le - UI -tr. Proprietor.
DR 11. W. SM.IT.iI,
Is,. Rooms at hls dwelling, next door north of Dr.
see) on Old ee where he would be
py tore all those inw a nt of Dental %ark. Be
.e confident that he can yilesse aIL both in qoality of
rk end Its price. Office boar. from 9 0.1. 10 4 r. X.
trues. Fob. 11. 11474—tt
EDGAR A. TURIZELL
OE=
No. nit Broadway, Neer York City.
•ndo tu,eil kinds of Mtorncy Business, nod con
retiree in all the Courts of both the State nod the
, Sts.tee. • .- •
.1. 1e74..-+J.
E. P. RISES. M. D.
ale of the Co'versify of Michigan, ADA Arbor.
. and oar° of Jetrenion Medical College of rbila
-1.,74, me returned to nieod.triter, whim be
utlena to .11 calls la Ms yrofeutuo se tonal.—
ocuce in Jemele llosford'e faunae. Office the same
vretolure.
ocertlie, Pa.,
April 21XtIL.,
BUILNS cf, NICHOLS,
-An in Drugs, Medicine*, Chenalcale. Dye
e, Vainta,oll3, Varnish, Liquors, tipicce,Pancy
eaten aledlcines, Perfumery and Toilet Ar
. olrereserlptione carefully compounded.—
Montrose. Ps
. nen..
31. 1f72
Amos Nicsots
PREVITAG
Ms.ocootoct
& 91 * THIS OFFICE. CHEAP.
.ex - 77 Eros.
ONTROSE DEM.OO . iv''!i-:',. AT.
TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME 31.
POETRY.
THE BOYS.
-0--
BY ETHEL LYNN.
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"The boys are coming borne to-morrow,"
Thus our rural hostess said:
While Lou and I shot flak: glances,
Full of vague, unspoken dread.
Had we hither come for quiet,
Hither fled the city's noise,
But to change it for the tumult
Of those horrid country boys
Waking one with wild hallooing
Early every summer day,
Shooting robins, tossing kittens,
Frightening the wrens away;
Stumbling over trailing flounces,
Thumbing volumes gold and blue,
Clamoring for sugared dainties,
Tracking earth the passage through
These and other kindred trials
Paneled we With woeful sigh ;
Those boys, those horrid boys, to-morrow,
Sadly whispered Lou and L
I wrote these lines one happy summer,
To-day I smile to read them l'er,
Remembering bow full of terror
We watched all day the opening door.
They came—"the boys," six feet iu Mature
Graceful, easy, polished men;
I vowed to Lou, behind my knitting
To trust no mother's word again.
Fur boyhood is a thing immortal
To every mother's heart and eye,
And sons are boys to her forever,
Change as they may to you and L
To her no line comes eharply marking
Whither or when their childhood went;
Nor when the eye-glass, upward turning,
Leveled at last their downward bent
Now by the window, still and sunny,
Warmed by the rich October gluw;
The dear old hull waite nod watches,
Just as she waited years ago.
For Lou and I are now her daughters;
We married those two country boys,
In spite of all our forebodings
About their awkward ways and noise
Lou springs up to meet a footfall ;
I list no more for coming feet,
Mother and I are waiting longer
For steps on Beulah's golden streets.
But wben she blesses Lou's beloved,
♦nd seals it with a tender kiss,
I know that loving words go upwards—
Words to another world than this.
Always she speaks in gentle fashion
About "my boys"—slie always will;
Though one Is gray, and one has vanished
Beyond the touch of time or 111.
STORY TELLER
FANNY DAY'S DECISION
I like her, exclaimed a young man,
with no inconsiderable degree of ardor.
But can you support her in the 9 tyle
to wlflch she has been accustomed ? It
costs something to get married now-11-
days. we have to begin where our fathers
ended, said his companion.
True, Ned, if she would begin with
me ; why, she's poor herself.
Yes, and proud too. The fact is wo
men require so much waiting upon, or
fashion requires it—so many servants—
just such a style of livinp,—that for my
part, I have given up all thoughts of
marrying. Ned said this with some bit
terness, as if be bad good reason for feel
ing it.
My business is good, pursued the other,
intent upon his awn affairs, and uncle
thinks my prospects pretty fair, if I live
prudently. It costs a round sum at the
hotel. I might support a snug little es
tablishment at the same expense.
Yes, if snug little establishments were
in fashion, Charley.
She is amiable and intelligent : she
must be economical, because she has al
ways been obliged t be, declared Charley,
abruptly stopping, as if a new thought
had struck him.
Perhaps so; bat shall you both be in
dependent enough to begit, in a small
way—in short, to life within your means
—tor if you expect to get along ni this
world, you must live within your means.
Well; it's a pity! said Charley, some
what dampened byi the inquiries of his
friend; think what. charming quarters I
might have. lam nearly sick of the off
hand bachelor life We now lead. What I
must I wait till I make a fortune before I
marry ?
Or be over bead and ears in debt, sug
gested Ned.
That will never do. exclaimed Scott,
right earliestly.; ant it is to be regretted
that every young man does not take a
similar determinaticm, with independence
and judgment enoagh to keep it.
Here the two came to a turn in the
street. where they 'took different direc
tions. Charley benit his steps toward the
store, in no merry mood—Ned, I snow
not where.
Charley Scott ehtered his counting
room and shut the door. The business
of the day was over, and the clerks were
beginaing to leave, as the shades of an
Autumn twilight were fast gathering
around. He stirred up some dying em
bers, then throwing himself listlessly in
to a chair, and placing his feet upon the
iron fender, he soon became wonderfully
absorbed in his own reflections. He Was
a young man of excellent taste and ex
cellent habits, remembered with joy his
father's fireside, and all the sweet sympa
thies of that dear home circle, of which
he was once a loved member. They
had passed away, and he had lived upon
the soli bounties of a boarding house.—
His heart yearned with unspeakable de
sire for a place to call his own, with the.
delightful peculiarities, my wife, my fire
side, my table. It does not appear to
what conclusion Charles came, or wheth
er be came to any at all. Evening found
him at his toilet, preparing for a party.
Long before the hour he was ready,and
waiting the tardy movement of his watch.
Though no one knew better how to fill
up niches in the time with something
useful and pleasant, there was now a
restlessness of spirit which refused to be
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1874
quiet. He sallied forth into the street
and after various turns, at length bent
his steps toward the Clarke. Music and
mirth met his ear, and bright lights
streamed from the windows. Greeting
the ladies of the house, and uttering a
few agreeable„truisms to those about him.
he sought among the bevies of fair wo
men, one pretty maiden named Fanny
Day. She bade him welcome, which
seemed to say, come hither. He stood
aloof, in no seeming hurry to seek a place
by her side, already half occupied by an
other, while tiis eye discussed, with keen
est scrutiny, the tout ensemble of Fanny's
dress. Conscious of hie earnest admir
ing gaze, Fanny seemed to hear the quick
beatings of her own heart, and hope and
fear, and love,
came and went and came,
like smiles anti shadows across her spirit.
A new and splendid silk, thhs ran Char
ley's thoughts, that looks very extrava
gant ; and the bracelet, too, I never saw
that before; I wonder if she is fond of
such gewgaws? What is that dangling
from her hair, a gold pin, or gold tassel ?
I should like to know how much it cost.
Not very love like comments, it must be
confessed, but he was looking beyond the
betrothed and the brlde,to what signified
a great deal more ; lie was looking for a
help mate; one fur dark days as well as
bright.
I am afraid she won't do for me; and
this is her uncle's house; she will want
to live just so. Something like a sigh es
caped him as he walked away to the oth
er part of the room. Fanny watched his
departure, wondering when be would re•
turn. Had he only known that Fanny's
silk dress was not a new ore—newly tit•
ted and newly turned as it had indeed
been by her needle and skill, as to make
it quite us good as new—how prudent
and thrifty that was ! Had he only
known that the bracelet was a gift two
years before, and the gold pin, why, it
was decoration borrowed to:please hie eye.
So Fanny was not so culpaoleafter all. I
say, had Charles known all this, he would
not have stayed away so strangely and
coolly all that Ire long evening, while
Fanny's heart was sinking. Mournfully
did a tear gather in her eye, as she be
held him depart without a parting glance
or a farewell word.
Charles Scott was not satisfied. He
really loved Farley, but he was afraid to
marry her. • It was not a sickly sentimen
tal love, it counted the costs and calcula•
ted the chances—albeit, love, it is said,
understands no arithmetic and knows no
reason. He had fixed principles of ac
tion,and settled rules to govern his choice
of a wife ; he--did not mean that lows
should laugh him out of them, or blind
him to their value. No, he determined
to abide by them.
Some time passed away, and never was
a man more devoted to business. Per
haps he dreamed of Fanny, but he did
not visit her.
Behold a gathering of friends—a pleas
ant little company—Charles is there, and
Fanny too. lie thought she never look
ed so charmingly, with her simple braid
of hair, and tier modest fawn colored
dress. There was something sad and re
progcbful in her eye. It smote him to
the heart. Dear Fanny, how can she
\in
terpret my coolness? was the ques . OEI of
returning fondness. I mean to se her,
and explain to her all my views. I - she
is a girl of anise she cannot but approve,
if she is not—such a contingency re
mained unprovided for. An excellent
resolution, Charles, abide oy it. It so
happened, or was contrived—love chang•
es are not always scrurable— that the two
found themselves threading their way
alone through the streets at an early hour.
Now for Charley's resolution—yes, he
kept it.
But Fanny,he continued,with remark
able self-possession, after a few prelimi
naries not to be repeated, I want you to
understand exactly my situation,
how I
intend for the present to live, and what
plans we must pursue. I must live with
in my means, and just starting in life,my
means are necessarily small. lum lia
ble to the fluctuations of the bussiness
world, and we must begin with what we
can independently afford. No dashing
out with borrowed capital for me. You
must take all these considerations into
account before you answer. Perhaps you
may feel that you cannot conform to such
humble circumstances. I will not disap
point or deceive you.
At that moment Fanny thought she
could decide instantly, for she saw only a
rose tinted future.
How Fanny lietened.
Do not decide now. Fanny, think this
all over, was his parting injunction at the
end of his long walk,during which,thongh
he had said a great deal, he had a great
deal to say—and then decide carefully
and conscientiously.
Fanny did think it all over , much that
he had said was quite new to her. To be
married? to be married, it must be con -
feved, had implied to her mind what it
does to the minds of too many young la
dies—gay visions of wealth and indepen
dence—doing everything one wishes—a
lover in r husband—amusement in the
parlor. Fanny belonged to that class of
females who, wit bout fortune or expecta
tions, had been brought up amid the ap
pliances of wealth. She was an orphan
and lived in the family of an uncle.—
With a few parlor duties and none in the
kitchen, she had lived an easy and inde
pendent life, floating on society, with un
tried energies and undeveloped powers
Rich men did not 'vek her, because rich
men generally seek to increase their
wealth with matrimonial cares; a poor
man might fear. as Charles Scott did, be
cause females thus educated often shrink
frum the exertions and cares of house
hold employments ; they are slow in find
ing out that hands are made to work
with. and they are apt to regard labor as
menial service. If all young men would
do as Charles Scott did, frankly unfold to
women their real situation and their true
interests; explain to them the use and
dignity of labor, and encourage and stim
ulate exertion, there would be fewer ill
regulated households and thriftless wives.
Fanny digested the whole matter, weigh
ed it all, and decided.
Behold, not many months afterward,
Fanny in her new home. It was indeed
a snug home, full of comforts and bless-
Devoted to the Interests of our Town and County
ings. There was a pleasant little sitting
room, with sunbeams and smiles, with
Kidder-minister and flag-bottoms, una
dorned by ottamans or -divans, astral
lamps or marble tables. Her kitchen too
was near by, w here Fanny was not asham
ed to spend her morning hours.
Du not coni , in the morning, said Fan
ny to a guy acquaintance, you may per
haps find me making bread or ironing
collars.
Doing your girl's work? Ugh I ex
claimed the lady, distastefully.
Oh, I am my own girl, replied Fanny,
with the exception of Nancy Drew, who
comes in when I want her. I can make
a soup and roast is turkey, and I dare say
I can teach you a thousand interesting
things that you don't know anything
about. Flora did not wish to be taughL
really pity Fanny, said this same
Flora. passing by her door oue day,weary
and dispirited with the frivolities of a se
ries of fashionable calls.
Pity Fanny ? She had no need of pity
—was she not spreading the snowy cloth
upon the dining table? Cutting sweet
loaves of bread of her own making ?
Fetching sauce of her own stewing ?
Bringing pieces of her own baking? all
products of her own skill ; and did not
the hearty I am glad to see you, Charley,
and her nicely broiled steak quite com
pensate for the perplexities of his morn
ing business? True, Fanny had her
trials. The cakes did sometimes burn,
and the potatoes were not always done,
but eke did not have the blues—they
ewiftfy sped away before early rising and
simple employment. She bad no time
for yawn and ennui, and never cried out,
Oh, l'm dying for want of exercise! Her
chamber must, be cared for, pantry look
ed after, and the flour gifted. Yes, Fan
ny understood how to use her hands.—
She was a producer as well as a consum
er. What delightful. evenings did they
pass together, sewing and reading, or at
a lecture, or enjoying the society of dear
friends. Charley, cheerful and happy, in
the consciousness that his receipts ex
ceed his expenses, and was plcased with
nothing so much as his wife; and Fanny
rejoiced,in the consciousness of bearing
her burden, of contributing her share
family comforts, enjoying an elasticity
of spirit and vigor of health ; of which
the indolent and unoccupied can scarce
ly conceive.
More than this, there were blessings
this family could impart.
I really cannot afford to do anything,
replied the mistress of a splendid man
sion, to a solicitation in behall of the
suffering poor. I have so many uses for
money—and I have paid away the last
farthing this morning.
It was very true; her t•oses end ice
creams and cut glass-must itte—proMptly
paid for, while the poor seamstress, to
whom she did not ;lay her last farthing
this morning,had been soliciting her just
dues for weeks, and suffering in conse
quence of their long delays.
Will you not do something ? concluded
the same collector, timidly, after explain
ing the object to Mrs. Scott.
I shall be very happy in the privilege
of doing it, answered Fanny, placind a
bill in the hands of the thankful woman.
Yes, and Fanny felt that the pleasure
of having flue clothes and costly furni
ture and many servants could be no fair
equivalent to the satisfaction of being
able to lend timely aid to the poor,
and
carrying the balm of relief to suffering
hearts.
Ned, bow is it with•you ? asked an old
friend, whom he unexpectedly met some
years afterward in the city : and where is
Charles Scott ?—a tine fellow. Why, you
are looking well—l am for the West.
West ! Why so ?
Oh I I can't get along here—hard
times—family expenses are enormous.
You won't do any better at the West
—be independent enough to endure one
half the privations here which you must
endure there, and you will get along
cleverly, Said Ned, in hie advice giving
way.
Yee, yes, I dare say—but its the fash
ion there and it's no t here. I have had a
hard time of it since we were boys to
gether, continued the gentleman ; sleep
less nights, devising plans to make both
ends meet, and when I couldn't why,
what could I do? Get invoiced and bear
it like a gentleman—bard work. Poor
fellow! How many are there in the
same deplorable situation. But tell us of
Charley Scott, he exclaimed, dashing
away the memories of the past. Good
fellow. I hope he is doing well.
Doing well, capitally He has such a
wife, cried Ned, with a relish, a wife
worth haling. She's not a tax to her
husband; she's an intelligent, refined
woman—with independence enough to
begin housekeeping with him in a small
economical way--did her own work—
managed her own conceras—let him al
ways have ready money enough to meet
all his emergencies (and pretty trying
ones will occur In the business world)
without spending it upon fashion and
show—and now, said Ned, enthusiastical
ly, he is the most flourishing man in
town—really floarisbing, well grounded,
and they have got the best family of
children 1 ever saw. After all, everything
depends upon a good wile. Why, I
would get married myself, if I could get
another like Fanny Scott, a great remark
for Edward Green to make, confirmed
bachelor as he was. The old friend sigh.
ed, as he repeated, yes, everything de
pends upon a wife.
A Connecticut girl twelve years old
tried to starve herself to death because
her beau deserted her, but at the end of
the second day was induced to give it up
by the promise of a slice of bread and
butter with sugar on.
A young man who gets three or four
lettere or notes from his inamorata every
week, obj..cte to the adjuration in every
one : "speak as your heart prompts
you." Be says it is becoming monoton
ous, Ind won't catch worth a cent.
Forty lowa schoolma'ams couldn't tell
what an abstract question was, but every
one of then, understood the meaning of
pop the question.
A Tea Dollar WHO
Parson Allen, of D., was quite a wag,
as well as a peculiarly interesting preach
er. He was often called upon to perform
the marriage ceremony, and his peculiar
ities on such occasions often furnished a
supply of merriment long after the par
ties had retired from the parsonage. .
On one occasion after th 2 marriage
knot had been tied, the bridegroom,sup
posing that the parson was entitled by
law to a certain fee, and would therefore
return the change, handed the ministeria
ten dollar hill, which he carefully folded,
and placed in hie pocket. The parson
having noticed the X in the corner of the
old State bank note,kept up a lively con
versation. commenting on the ups and
downs of life, till the groom became
somewhat nervous over the delay in rela
tion to the change, and he ventured to
say :
"Parson Allen, that was a ten dollar
bill, I gave you."
"Yea, so I perceive. You are very
generous. It is not olten that I receive
so large a fee. A comfortable thing it is
to have a bank nose in one's pocket."----
And then he gave some amusing illustra
tions of selfishness, and another ten min
utes of precious time was consumed.
Again the groom ventured to remind
the parson that he had not returned the
change he had expected, and he hesita
tingly suggested :
"Perhaps you did not think that the
bill that I handed you was a ten, did you
Parson Allen."
"Oh, yes, I noticed that it was. I as
sure you that I have not been so agreea
bly surprised in a long time. I always
think on such occasions that the hus
band has an appreciative regard for his
worthy partner, and I presume you re
gard your wife, that now nti, worth at
least ten dollars, and I doubt if you
would have the knot untied for twice
that sum, would yon, Mr. N. ?"
"No," said the nonplussed bridegroom.
"But is there no regular fee which the
minister is allowed to take for marrying
folks ?"
"Not that I am ii`tv.aseor," said the par
son. "We always leave the f..e to be fix
ed by the parties who get married."
And so the bridegroom, evaded at all
re - iints, gave up the effort to get back any
change.
In a Western Court
_o_
"Margaret Graham, why is this thus?"
asked his Honor, as an aged woman
stood at the bar.
"I couldn't. help It sir," she sadly said,
bolding her hands and dropping her eyes.
"I see gray hair, wrinkles of age, apd
signs that von are slowly drifting into
the grave," he continued ; "and yet yin
get drunk and hurrah for General Jack
son, and runse the neighbors from their
beds."
"Please, sir, it was a small drunk,' she
expla Med.
"And yet you have been here before
and I have let mercy overpower justice.
lam ashamed, Margaret, to think that
in this nineteenth century of civilization
a woman forty four years old should be
brought in here charged with draken•
nem:"
do better sir."
"I hope so, Margaret; I hope you will
dash the cup from you, and take a
solemn vow never to drink anything
stronger than river water after this. And
though the bloom of youth may not
return to your faded cheek, you will feel
young again hi spirit, and life will seem
to you like a grand picnic at Belle Isle,
with frosted cake piled up ten feet high.
One further remark acid I tun done. I
shall send you tip for ninety days."
She desired to appeal to a higher court
but Bijah led her away, and told her
that her friends could get her out on a
writ of "harveous corpus," any time they
wanted to.
A Dlgailtled Thslak•
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A bill. portly and dignified citizen of
toils Quakaer persuasion, well known in
Philadelphia, arrived in New York the
other day, and, hating no baggage but a
light travelling satchel, was oblivious
to the appeals of the hackme:. as he
emerged from the railway station.
"Fee—thavanoo Hotel ! Filth Avenoo
—gotn• ritup ! Fifth Avenoo !"
Broadbrim stalked right on without a
word. Another knight of the whip charg
ed down on him.
"Say Nicholas Hotel coach ? This
way for the Say Nicholas."
No respouse from the passenger, and
not a muscle moved at this appeal. Then
there was a rush of a half a dozen..
"Kerridge, sir kerridge ? Wanter ride
up ?"
"Winsur House ? Whose a goin' up
to the Winsur ?"
"Aster House, sir ?"
"Breevort House Breevort ? Meatro
politan Hotel ? Right down Broadway !
'Ere you are I kerridge, sir."
The traveler, looming up like a tenpin
among vinegar currents,and face as plac
id as a pan of milk,was calmly and silent
ly moving away from the crowd of jar
vies, who looked after him with some
thing like amazement, when a sudden
thought seemed to strike one, who, rule
ning after him, seized hold of one of the.
handles 31 his traveling hag with :
"Deaf and Dumb Asylum, sir ? Goin'
right up."
That was too much. Dignity relaxed
into a laugh, and the hackdriver got a
fare for a down town hotel.
A small boy telling his "pals" bow he
came to be detected stealing apples in a
grocery store, proceeded thus: "Well, I
didn't care so durned much about bein'
seen, but the clerk was cross-eyed, an' I
thought he was watcbin' a dorg fight
'cross the street, but he was lookin' square
unto me, an' he helped me clean into the
gutter!"—Terre Haut. Express.
TO log cabin which Mr. Lincoln made
when sixteen years old, stands in seven
different counties in Illinois, and they
haven't got through counting yet.
Rooted sorrow—An aching tooth.
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MISCELLANEOUS READING.
MY CHILD
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When children die, their forms appear
Bright shining In the heavenly sphere ;
Though lost to earth, to heaven again,
Their souls In bliss eternal reign.
Through flowery vales their spirits go,
Where murmuring waters ever flow,
The saints with Joy the visions see
And harps breathe torth new melody.
Celestial view, how bright and fair
To-holy mothers watching there;
Watching until their children rise
To meet them in the starryskies.
The Saviour leads them forth with joy,
Where sin's pollutions ne'er destroy ;
He bids their souls like buds unfold
In wisdom's mansions manifold.
Then why should tears of sorrow flow
For those who knew no sin below ;
Transplanted by a Father's care
To bloom in heavenly fields more fair?
Beyond the stars, where Eden Iles,
They rest e'ertnore with tearless eyes ;
'Fliers mothers, when their sorrows cease,
Will clasp them to their breasts in peace.
0, hum my soul my babe is torn l
Tet shall I weep, or joyless mourn
He lives with Ged, with angels bright,
Slogs sweetly in the fields
A star of heavenly ray serene,
In Faith's unclouded sky is seen ;
'Tie shining, shall I wake or sleep,
To guide me o'er the stormy deep.
Then cease my grief ; my lov awake
The storm clouds in the heavens break
The sun appears with beaming ray,
And smiles my shining tears away.
Study of Nature
——o—
When Smeaton was in starch of that
form. best fitted to resist the combined
action of the wind and waves, he found it
in the trunk of the oak. When Watt was
employed to conduct the supply of Water
acmes the Clyde to the city of Glasgow,
he borrowed his admirable contrivance of
a flexible water-main, from considering
the flexibility of the lobster's tail ; and so
when Mr. Brunel was engaged in super
intending the construction of the tunnel
under the Thames, it was from observing
the head of au apparently insignificant
insect that he derived his first conception
of the ingenious shield, which he intro
duced in advance of the workman. to
protect them from being crushed by the
falling in of the earth. It becomes us
then, while we trace the operations of
human ingenuity in adapting means to
its proposed ends, tweLso our thoughts to
that Divine Architect, who has imprinted
traces of His wisdom and power in all
His works, causing the heavens to declare
His glory, and the earth, throughout all
its domains of land, sea, and air, to show
forth His handiwork.
Grumblers
——o—
The grumbler sees nothing to be
thankful for at any time. If the sun
slimes it shines too much for him ; at any
rate its shining is a matter of course, and
requires no sign of eCknciwleclgement.—
With these people the weather Is general
ly bud. It is too something all the time.
The trouble is that, no matter what
the weather, no matter where they meet
there always a cloud upon their brows,
a dark atmosphere of mental fog sur
rounding their persons. Try to be sun
shiny yourself, endeavor to dispel this
mist, and it only circles around, settling
down again as before.
Yet such people are sometimes cheerful,
even entertaining. They might be so
always. it Is a sin for them to be other
wise. They may praise God in words
morning and night ; but w:th the un
thankful countenance, the sour visage,
the grumbling conversation, there is no
religon in it.
People have no moral or religious right
to carry with them a detneatior and coon
tenance born of a willful persistence in
finding fault and living in a moral or at
mosphere of fog.
Hardening the Constitution.
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Men talk about "hardening the con•
ritution," and with that view expose '
themselves to summer's sun and winter's
win'', to strains and over-effort, anti
many unnecessary hardships. To the
same end, ill-informed mothers souse
their little infants in cold water day by
day ; their skin and flesh and bodies as
steadily growing rougher and thinner and
weaker, until slow fevor, or water on the
brain, or consumption of the bowels,
carries them to the grave ; and then they
administer to themselves the semi--coin•
tort and rather questionable consolation of
its being a mysterious dispensation of
Nature, when in tact, Nature works .no
miracles to counteract our follies. The
boat way I know of hardening the consti
tution is to take good care of it; for it is
no more improved by hart% treatment
than a tine garment or new hat is made
better by being banged about.--Hall'sJournal of Health.
Laudable Ambitions
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There are few men who are not ambi
tions of distinguishing themselves in the
nation or country where they live, and of
growing converse. There is 'a kind of
grandeur and respect which the meanest
and most insignificant part of mankind
endeavor to procure in the little circle of
their friends and acquaintance. The
poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives
upon common alms, gets him , his set of
admirers, and delights in that superiority
which he enjoys over those who are in
some respects beneath him. This ambi
tion, which is natural to the soul of man,
might, wA think, receive a very happy
turn ; and, if it were rightly directed,
contribute as much to a persons advan
tage as it generally does to his uneasiness
and disquiet.
What commonly hides as from show•
ing the recesses of our heart to our friends
is not the distrust we have of them, but
that we have of ourselves. • '
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NUMBER 40.
The names of these are derived from
Saxon idolatry. The Saxons have-seven
deities more particularly adorned than
the rest, namely : the Sun, Moon, Tuieco,
Woden, Thor, Friga, and Seater: San
day being dedicated to the sun, was
called by them Sunandag; his idol rep
resented the bust of a man, with the
face darting bright rays, holding a wheel
before his breast, indicative of the circuit
of the golden orb around her sphere.—
Monday was dedicated to the moon, and
was represent. d bye female on a pedestal,
with a very singular dress, and two long
ears. Tuesday was consverated;to Tuisco,
a German hero, sire of the "Germans,
Scythiaus and Saxons. He was represen•
ted as a venerable old man, with a long
white beard, a sceptre in his hand, and
a skin of a white bear thrown over his
shoulders. Wednesday was consecrated
to Woden or Odin, a supreme god of the
Northern nations, father of the gods, god
of war, of Mars. He was represented as
a warrior in a bold Martial attitude. clad
in armor, holding in his right hand a
broad crooked sword,
,and a shield in
his left. Thursday was consecrated to
Thor, eldest son of Woden, who was the
Roman Jupiter; he was believed to gov
ern the air, preside over thunder and
lightning, direct the wind, ruin and sea
sons ; he was represented as sitting on a
splendid throne, 'With a crown of gold
with twelve glittering stars, and a sceptre
in his right hand. Friday, or Friga, Her
tha or Edith, was the mother of the gods
and wife of Woden ; she was the goddess
of love and pleasure, and was portrayed
as a female with a naked sword in her
right hand and bow in her left band, im
plying that in extreme cases women
should fight as well as . men. Saturday
or Seator, is the same as the Roman Sa
turnus ; he was represented on a pedes
tal, standing on the back of a pricky 6sh
called a perch, his bean bare, with a thin
meagre face ; in his left hand held a
wheel, and in his right a pail of water
with fruits and flowers. The sharp fins
of the fish implied that the worshippers
of Seator should pass safely through ev
ery difficulty. The wheel was emblematic
of their unity and freedom, and the pail
of water implied that he would water the
earth and make it fruitful.
Water thrown into a red-hot metalic
vessel does not boil, as we should expect,
but quietly gathers itself together, form
ing a more or less perfect sphere, and in
that condition floats about gracelully on
the hot surface as it slowly evaporates
away. If at the same time a very evap
orizable substance, as liquid sulpharons
acid, is thrown iii,the water may actually
be frozen in the red-hot vessel.
Water boiled in a glass flask until the
upper part of the vessel is entirely filled
with .team, and then dexterously corked,
before air can gain admission, and placed
iu cold water, recommences to boil. The
boiling is produced by cold instead of
heat, and the experiment is known as
the ordinary paradox. If steam from
water boiling at 212 degrees is passed in
to a solution of salt in water. the tempera
ture of the solution steadily rises, pas
sing 212 degrees,reaches the boiling point
of the solution% and finally the latter
also boils at a temperature as high and
even higher than 250 degrees, according
to its nature. There we have the extra•
ordinary result of obtaining a high tern•
perature, say—via., 212 degee&
If there is any thing in nature that
possesses a positive character, it is light.
Yet the physicist may so reflect the light
from a given sonrce as to cause it to de
stroy itself and produce darkness. In
like manner, two sounds may be made
to interfere with each other,and either t .pro•
duce silence or increased intensity of
sound, at the will of the operator.
Too much cannot be laid upon the
fundamental importance of l ierfect corn.
mend over thought. How many a stu
dent finds a lack of this power the chief
hindrance of progress How many a
page must be reread, how many a lesson
conned over and over to compensate for
lack of thought In the possession or
absence of this power over mind lies the
chief difference between mental strength
and mental wealmess. Some men think
as a child plays with a hammer, striking
little blows here, there, everywhere, at
any object within reach. The action of
a strop. , mind may be compared to the
stone-breaker's stone•hammer, dealing
stubborn blows successively upon one spot
till the hard rock cracks und yields.
The power to clas.ify and arrange ideas
in proper order is onethat comes more or
less slowly to even the beat of minds. In
proportion as this faculty is strengthened
desultory and wasted effort diminishes.
When the mind acts, it acts to some pur.
pose, and can begin where it left off
without going over the whole ground
-again to take up the threads of its rat.
iocinations. Concentration and system
are taus seen to ht the chief elements in
the art of thinking. To cultivate the first
constant watchfulness to detect the least
wandering, and the immediate exertion
of the will to call buck and hold the
mind upon the subject under cmisidera.
tion, should be vigilantly exercise To
secure the latter, the practice of notify&
ing and considering the different parts
of the snWeet, first seperately and in
their relations to each other, is disci.
pline to which every young mind should
I be subjected, and which, we are sorry to
say, is much neglected in most methods
of instruction.
The real mesalliance is that of sons;
and even, as more than one young man,'
without home, or birth, or fortune, is a
marble column which sustains a temple
of grand sentiments and grand ideas, 'so
you may find a satisfied and opulent man
of the world, with polished boots and
varnished speech, .who, if. you look not
At the exterior, but the interior, that is to
w►y, at what is resetved for "the Wife,' is
nothing but a siudidloist, darkly haunt
ed, violent by impure and 'debauched
passions ;'the sign post of a :taTera.--
Victor Hugo.
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