HAWLEY & CRUSER, Editors and Proprietors.
VOLUMIE 32.
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W.H. C. CRTSSEII.
F. B. n A WI.EY,
Business Cards
I",it'tA N AN SI - 12GONi tendert. niri profeaslon
to♦
ito D • citizen, E of Great Wind and vicinity
.tie Viille) Bow,
N., March 24, ISTS.—Lf
H. D. BALDWIN, M. D
PrIYsICIAN, bar located himself at
Monv nye. m here he will attend promptly to all pro
blbrinC", ontrun.ded to Ma care. (s'O ca
rr. aruis l .building. second floor, front. Boards at
Y.: E
ht.. March 10, Ih^rh.
D II R OSEN CR A YTS,
El LEcTICIcIA N. Fairdale. Sttrq'a Co.. Pa.-
0111. I). rker'e Ilotel, where prompt attention will
: call±.
Fe.ro.it.. Mulch 10.1875.
WE/. ( / NERYI
FF.:E'ID , V ILLE, P A . tslncketaltbl end Jobbers,lionse
el specialty in the busipesP. Wagons and
Iror.t.dund work warranted. err - Debts con
nite4 tW canc..ller.l by the firm. end neither
troually.
Fnt.nd,slll,.. lea 13, 163.-3 in
B I J L Vd NICHOLS,
k. _HS In Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, D7e
c+.Ppint,.4nln. Varnish. Liquors, Splces.Panc7
trt.cies,Patent 4tedictnes. fiertrimerffand ToiletAr
•:cr. af — Pruscrlptior, cal-orally comporinded.—
Bnck Bloc k. Moot rune. Fa
4. is. Burtvs
uci , 21 1,1^2
&mediate of the Cut% ernity of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
I. and also of Jefferson Medical College of Phil.
drlptus 1 , 1'4, tine returned to Friendscillee. where be
attend to all call, in his profession se usual.—
Re-odeuce in Jessie tiosford' s house. Office the same
an i tolore.
Fr, u dei flle. Pa., April 53h., 167 L—Sm.
I 0 =MI
No. 170 Broadway, New . York City.
Aden& to ad kinds of Attorney BlItil3COS, and con
cxt, in all the Courts of both the State and-the
Stab's.
Frb :1. 1,14 -ty.
DR. lk . W 4..111TH,
9[VTIfT Rooms Al hia dwelling, next door north of Dr.
Halsey's. on Old Foundry street, where he would be
happy to ste all those In want of Dental Wort. De
!eels confident that he can pie's° all, both In quality of
work and in price Ofßre hours from 9.1,11.t0 4
Montrose. Feb. 11, IS74—tf
VALLEY HOUSE.
barer BEND. PA. Situated near the Erie Railway De
pot lee large and commodious boner, has undergone
z acrougb repair. Newly furnished rooms and sleep
.r i.runentA.eplendid tables-and anti:king. compris
ne a diet class hotel. RHNRT ACSIBRT,
~ !, P L lota. 1a73.-tl. Proprietor.
THE PEOPLE'S MARKET.
PHILLIP RAHN, Proprietor.
Yre,h and Salted Meats, Mame, Pork, Bologna San
loge.etc., of the beet quality, constantly on hand, at
priCte to !Ult.
Iluntruse, Pa„ Jan. 14. 1i373.-lc
BILLL&OS STROUD
IRE AND LIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Ale
bu,ndete rittOn dod to prumptly.on fair terms. Offs.
210,1 door coot of the bank o , Wm. D. Cooper S Co
?.ab !cAeenne , Montrose, Pa. [Ang.1,11369.
:1y17.15a.1 Buaa - Noe tiTnorrn.
CHARLET MORRIS
SHE BATT] BARBER. has moved Ms shop to the
cad lug occupied by E. McKenzie & Co.. where he Is
prepared to do all kind. of work in hisline,soch as ma
ting switch... pods. etc. All work done on short
00 1 100 and prr.•• low. Please coil and see me.
LITTLES & BLAKESLEE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, have removed to their New
Nike. opposite the Tarbell Honee.
11. B. Lams,
zo. P. LITTLE.
E. L. BLAKEDLIZ.
lIIMEEM
DEALER in Boot, t-tatiooery, Wall Paper. News pa
per, Pocket Cuticry. Stereoroopic Viewa, Yankee
Notions. etc. Next door to the Post Office, Idontr.se,
Pa. Nk. B. BEANS.
.pt. 30. IS-1
EX cii3.VG6' HOTEL
J. HARRINGTON trl shee to Inform thepubliethat
haring rented the Exchange Hotel to Montroee, be
boa prepared to accommodate the travelingpttbne
In flrAt-cross style.
Moutroee, Ang..2.9. ISM •
H B CHRIT7
Dealer ,111 Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Crockery, Hard ,
Wale. Iron, Stu, ea, Drugs. Oils, and Paints, Boots
and Shote. Unit and Capt. Pure, Buffalo Robes, Gro
cer:et. Provieiout,
ew-Mltiord. l a., Nov, 6, 11.—tf,
DR. D. A. LATHROP,
XlmtrAftere , SLGCrIIo THZUX•4 BATn3, s ••• Foot of
Chestnut ttrect, Call and Coßea an it Chronic
Olsc.Fefi.
outro.e, J am. 17,
DR S. W. DAZTON,
PBYtiIrIAN 8 SURGEON. tendeie bie services to
',Qv ell merle. Great Bend and vicinity. Office atzde
•-exG deuce.. oppotOte Barnum Holum, GI Bend village.
ticpt jet.. 1569.-0
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING AND HAIR Durssnro.
Choy in the new Postolface ballanz, where he will
be found ready to attend all who may want anything
one. Montrose Pa. Oct. 1.8 1869.
CHARLES IV. STODDARD,
1 1 .,alerin Boote and Shoos, Rata and Caps, Lentberand
Fradrage, Kam Street, let door below Boyd's Store.
Work made to order, and repairing done neatly.
11 °Larose Jan. 1 1010.
DR. N. L. BICH 4 RAW;
ttIYtiCIAN L SURGEON, tenderails profeesions
services to the citizens of Montsone and vicinity.—
()tact et hisrusiderze, on the comeresetorSayre et
Bros Foundrz fAtIC• 1 . 1669'
SCO VILL DEWITT.
Attorney., at Law and Solicitors In Bankraptay. OlNce
Court Street .over City National Bank, Bing
hecuon, N. Y. WM.
=2IBE
AIIEL TUILRELL
Dealer ix, Drage Medicines, Chemimis .
T. Spices, Fancy Goode, Jewelry
Sc, Brick Block, Montrose, Pa. Established
11547 [Jan.l.
L F. FITCH,
ATTORNEY AND corNsELLop-AT-LAW. Mont
r.,,. Pa. °Mee west of th 6 Court nouse.
lloutro,m. Januar) 17, 1875.--tyl
A. O. WAICREIV,
ATTORNEY A, LAW. Bouni.y, Back Pay, Pension
cod Esena , on Claims attended to. Office
dour below Boyd's Store. Idontrote.Pa.
W. A. CROBSMON,
Auortex at Law, Office at the Court Itouse, in the
Commissioutie a Office. W. A.. Cuosexoti.
hluntrus t4 Scut. .I&7l.—tf.
J. G., WHEATON,
tvu. k:SoIRLZII wan LAND 13LITVZIOIS,
Y. 0. add.re*/, Franklio Yorks,
Suequetutuna Co., PS
W. W. SMITH,
.:ADINY.T AND CHAIR MANUPACTDRERB.—Poo
of Siatustreet, Montrose, Ps. lang. 1.1869.
M. C. SUTTON,
AUCTIONEER, and INetuVaecs. AoLsT,
Lul GSM Friendsvllle. Pa.
P. W. SEARLE,
ArroRNEY AT LAW, office weer the Store or M.
D , :esscer.lnthe Brick Block ,Montrose „Pa. teal 09
J B. 4£ d IL MeGOLLUX
ATIonMETO AT LAW OMce over the Bilk, MOUttOel
Pe. Montroee, May 10, 1871. If
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County Business Directory.
Two lines In tbis Directory, 0110 year, OM; each ad
Melons' line, 50 cents.
MONTROSE
WM. HAUGHWOUT, Slater, Wholesale and Itetal
dealer in all kinds of elate rooting, elate paint, etc.
Roofs repaired with slate villa to order. Also, slate
palmier sale by the gallon Or barreL Montrose, Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD. lienena Piro and Life num'
1111C0 Agents ; alw,soll Balboa° and Accident Ticket
to NowTorkand Philadelphia. OtHee one dooreast
ofthe Bank.
BURNS & NICHOLS, the place to getDrugsandliedi
eines. Cigars Tobacco, Pipes, Pocket-Books, Spects
des Yankee' Notions, &c. Brick Block:
BOYD & CORWIN. Dealers In Stove's. Hardware
and Manufacturers of Tin and SheetiroOvare,corner
of Main and Tarnpike street.
Se. N. BULLARD, Dealer in Droesrlea; Provlsiot
Books, Statione and Yankee Notions!, at head of
Public Avenue..
WM. H. COOPER & CO.. Bankers. sell :Foreign Pas
sage Tickets and Drafts on England, Island and Scot.
WM. L. COX, Harness maker and dealer In all article
usually kept by the trade, opposite the Bank. •
JAMES E. CARMALT, Attorney at Law. Odle& one
door below Tarbell House. Public Avenue. •
NE* MILPORD.
L. L. LaROY, Dealer in all kinds of farming Drinle
meats, mowing machines, well curbs.. dog powers,
etc., etc., Main St., opposite Savings Bank. [l3m•
SAVINGS BANK, NEW MILFORD.—Eit per cent. to
terest on all Deposits. Does a general Banking Bus
ness. .nli-tf S. B. qua): & CO.
R. GARRET & SON. Dealers in Flour. Peed, Mea
Salt, Lime, Cement, Groceries and prov.ascne o
Main Street.opposlte the Depot.
ALNEY & HAYDEN, Dealers in Drags andlledielnes
and Manufacturers of Cigars, on Main Street, near
the Depot.
S. P. EMBER, Carnage Maker and Undertaker
Main Street, two doors below Hawley's Store.
CAYUGAPLASTER—NICHOLAS SHOESIANER,des.
er in oennine Cayuga Plaster. Fresh ground.
IicCOLLUX BROTHERS, Dealer. in Groceries and
Provisions, on Main Street.*
I. DICRERMAN, Jn., Dealer Ingeneral merchandise
and Clothing, Brick Store, on Main Street. ,"!
R. P. DORAN, Merchant Tailor and dealer In Ready
Made Clothing, Dry Goode,Groceriesand Provisions
Main Street.*
BANKING HOUSE
01P
Wit 8, COOPER & CO.,
MOIVTROSE, PA
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE.
-
COLLECTIONS MADE. ON ALL
POINTS AND PROMPTLY`ACCOUN
TED FOR AS HERETOFORE.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR
31Er.
UNITED STATES & OTHER BONDS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
COUPONS AND CITY AND COUNTY
BANK CHECKS CASHED AS USUAL
OCEAN STEAMER PASSAGE TICK
• ETS TO AND FROM EUROPE.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON SPECIAL
merman 3D3awicisszires,
AS PER AGREEMENT, WHEN THE
DEPOSIT IS MADE.
In the future, as in the past, we shall endeav
or to transact all money business to the satis
faction of our patrons and correspondents.
WM. H. COOPER & CO.,
Montrose, March 10, `7s.—tf. Bankers.
A aro a NcotroLs
Authorized Capital, - $500,000 00.
Present Capital, - - 100,000 00.
PIRST NATIONAL BANK;
MONTROSE, PA.
WILLIAM' J, TURRELL, President
D. D. SEARLE, Vice President
N. L LENREI3I,
Directors.
WM. J. TT/KRELL, D. D. SEARLE,
A. J. GERRITSON, M. S. DESSAUER,
ABEL TURRELL, G. V. BENTLEY,
G. B. ELDRED, Montrose, Pa.
E. A. CLARK, Binghamton, N. Y.
E. A. PRATT, New Milford, Pa.
M. B. WRIGHT, Susquehanna Depot, Pa.
L S. LENIIELM, Great Bend, Pa.
DRAFTS SOLD ON EIIROPE.
COLLEOTIONS MALE ON ALL POINTS
SPECIAL DEPOSITS -SOLICITED
Montrose, March 3, 1875.—tf
SCRANTON SAYINGS MK,
120 'Wyoming Avenue,
RECEiVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
UALS, AND RETURNS THE SAME
ON DEMAND WITHOUT PREVI
OUS NOTICE, ALLOWING- INTER
EST AT SIX PER CENT. PER AN
NUM, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY,
ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANU
ARY AND JULY, A SAFE AND RE
LIABLE PLACE OF DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING MEN, MINERS, ME
CHANICS, AND MACHINISTS, AND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS
WELL. MONEY. DEPOSITED ON
OR BEFORE THE TENTH WILL
DRAW INTEREST FROM THE
FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. THIS
IS IN ALL RESPECTS A HOME IN
STITUTION, AND ONE WHICH IS
NOW RECEIVING THE SAVED
EARNINGS OF THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF SCRANTON MIN
ERS AND MECHANICS.
JULOI - Z DIRITT
DIRECTORS ; JAMES BLAIR,
SANFORD GRANT, GEORGE FISH
ER, JAS. S. SLOCUM, J. H. SUTPHIN,
C. P. MATTHEWS, DANIEL HOW.
ELL, A. E. HUNT. T. F. HUNT
JAMES BLAIR, PRESIDENT; 0. C.
MOORE, CASHIER.
OPEN DAILY FROM NINE A. IL
UNTIL FOUR P. AND ON WED.
NESDAY AND SATURDAY EVE.
NINGS UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.
Feb. 12. 1874.
Binghamton marble once;W
AU kinds of Monuments.. Baulstonss, and shistme
'Mantles, made to order. Alec, Scotch Granites on
hand.• .. rI. PICKERING it CO.
a. rsclumni' 0....'" /.. i 213 Conn,Bileht.'
G. T. asnaltaMtn. • ' .
U. r. 811048. ' , . Binghamton, 71, Y.
Oct. 28, lea ,'
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JOB WORK .
TWB OFPICE,ORCAP I
GREAT BENT)
Banking, tkc.,
Cashier
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1875.
Mut Nothg. '
FOPR PHASES.
BY DAVID C. ADEE.
Golden ringlets, hazel eyes,
Deep and dreamy, fixed afar ;
Thoughts that to the zenith rise ;
Life the heaTens and fm a star ;
This the youthful poet's rapture
Ere the hours his nature capture.
Chestnut curb about thd brow ;
Love and beauty rapt and real ;
Love, a faith the heart to bow--
. Beauty, a divine ideal;
These the t.oet's manhood gladden
Ero the years his spirit sadden.
Silvery gray the clustering curls ;
Cluudlets in the autumn sky ;
Diamond dream hut ghostly pearls
Beauty dead Mad love a lio ;
This the poet's fatal after—
Bitter tears or lighter laughter.
Snowy hair and frosty beard ;
Kindly glance and cheery saying ;
This the phantom once he feared
While the soul was still a-maying.
Poet, chant celestial measures ;
Real the realm that holds thy treasures.
SEEKING LOST SHEEP.
How many sheep are straying,
Lost from the Saviour's fold I
Upon the lonely mountains
They shiver with the cold ;
Within the tangled thicket,
Where poison vines do creep,
And over rocky ledges,
Wander the poor, lost sheep.
0, who will go to find them ?
Who, for the Saviour's sake,
Will search with tireless patience,
• Through brier and through brae,
Unheeding thirst and hunger,
Who still, from day to day,
Will seek, as for a treasure,
The sheep that go astray ?
Say, will you seek to find them,
From pleasant bowers of ease ?
Will you go forth, determined
To find the least of these ?
, For still the Saviour calls them,
And looks across the world,
And still he holds wide open
The door into his fold.
How sweet 'mould be at evening,
If you and I could say,
"Good Shepherd, we've been seeking
The sheep that went‘stray ;
Heart-sore, and faint with hunger,
We beard them making moan,
And lo ! we come at nightfall,
Bearing them safely home."
selected ffitorg.
AS TRUE AS STEEL,
A LOVER LH TWO CHARACTERS
They were seated side by side under the
limbs where they had co often met. His
eyes were fixed upon her drooping face,
on the golden lashes of which trembled
a tear. About them was the autumn
sunset ; around the vale and uplands of
Edenshire, while on the slope of a hill to
the right stood Holme Manor—an an
cient building belted by a thickly-wooded
park, and at present in charge of the
hunsekeeper, the owner, traveling abroad
at his accessions,not having yet visited it.
"It grieves me to the soul, darling,"
said the young man, "yet, also, I cannot
help expressing a flattering delight to
witness your sorrow at our brief sepera
tion."
"I ought not to give way, I know,Cland
it is foolish," responded his companion,
brushing her hand across her eyes, and
looking up with a smile. "Did I doubt
you or myself, it might be excusable."
"And you doubt neither, Lucy ?" he
said holding her band in his.
"No more than I du that the sun yon—
der, setting behind the Manor, will rise
to-morrow," she laughed.
"Thong() he who has won the sweet
prize of your affection is only a poor ar
tist, with his way yet to make ?"
-'As if money could make a difference,
Claud. You would not so wrong me.—
Am 1 not only a farmer's daughter?"
"A jewel, Lucy, that by choice has a
rough setting, but whose beauty would
better become one far more exhaulted,"
he said, proudly. "At, 1 were I the for
tunate possessor of such an estate as that
of Holme Manor—a place the master has
a right to be proud—how I sbuuld rejoice
to make you its mistress 1"
"And destroy me by grandeur, I the
Squire's wife 1 Absurd, Claud ! recollect
the violet that grows in the valley dies if
transplanted to the bleak mountain top.
Hark 1"
"It is the chnrch clock striking six. I
must go, Lucy," said Claud Percival,
rising. "Tho walk to the station is fall
two miles, aad the train starts in half
an hone
"And when will you return ?"
"I cannot before two months, dearest."
Then you shall see me. Farewell," con•
tinned he, taking her to hie heart. "I go
without fear, Lncy,trnsting in your truth
Os my own. No other, whoever he may
be, could win you from me. Not even
the master of Holum Manor."
"Not even he, dear Claud?'
• Again they embraced, then, taking his
portfolio and folding camp-stool from the
grass, be parted from her.
• She Watched. tuitil a turn in the Edeii
shire lane hid him from view ; after
wards she went to her father's farm,
one of the beat on the estate,
As she entered the sitting room, the
farmer, who was there, exclaimed
"Here's news for you lass. The Squire
takes possession at last. He is coming
down this evening without hardly a word
of warning, and ail the servants, I'll war
rant, are in au awful hurry and fluster;
while be has already sent word that to—
morrow he. visita his tenauts,and, lass,it's
here,he comes first ; 'and so • it's high
time ti be busy and, have all spice and
span, so that he may renew- my lease,
which is shortly ont." •
There's no fear about the place,father,"_
smiled the' daughter. "You see to cius
doors, and leave the house and dairy tin—
der my direction." .
"They couldn't be under better,tucy.
He'll be a fortunate , -young - farmer who
gets yon for a housewite.".
' , Stand by the Hight though, the Heavens fall'.”
The girl averted her face to bide the
blush that suffused it, for, as yet, her love
for Claud Percival was a secret to be re
vealed only on his return.
Lucy kept her word. The house and
dairy was perfect by the time Mr. Gerald
Massin. arrived. He was a tall, artistic
looking man, with dark hair and eyes,
red lips and a pale complexion. Under
the farmer's guidance he inspected the
farm, but rather with the air of a man
performing a duty than a pleasure. His
minuet changed wholly, however, when
the dairy with its bright, glittering uten
sils, and clean, red-tiled floor came under
observation.
"I have seen many foreign dairies," he
remarked, "even those of the proverbiall
Dutch,but none could compete with this.
It makes one almost forswear everything
except butter, cheese, milk and eggs."
"Ay," replied the farmer proudly, "you
alight eat your dinner off the fluor here,
as the saying le, better Ulan i 3,4 spine
folks' tablecloth on a Saturday. lt's all
owing to my daughter Lucy, Mr. Massin.
The maids would be here and everywhere
and the butter and cheese nowhere if it
waren't for her directing them. I gave
her as good an education as a lass can
have, but she is too good and clever to
let it set her above her work."
"May I bare the pleasure of seeing one
to whom my eyes owe so much ?" asked
Gerald Massin, looking around.
"Eh, surely. She's somewhat near, I'll
warrant.," replied the farmer,going to the
door, and making the air ring with her
name.
A moment later Lucy, dressed simply,
but prettily, in a light muslin, entered.
In rather a supercilious manner Gerald
Massin turned. As his oyes rested on the
girl, the farmer saw him start. and his
dark brows rise in astonishment as he
bowed low.
"He treats her as he would a duchess,
and—bless her ! she behaves like one,too.
I'll warrant he his seen few prettier las—
sies than Lucy," he thought.
Gerrald Massin was evidently of the
same opinion. His dark eyes rarely wan
-4.,r0d from her fare. The tones in which
he addressed her were low and respect
full, and the endless encomiums that he
passed on the dairy, which he appeared
iu no burry to leave,bnt sipped the cream
he had received from her hands so slowly
that Lucy strongly suspected he did not,
like it, bat, being well bred, only drank
it out of compliment for the place.
When, finally, the farmer carried him
off, Gerald Massin displayed more indif—
ference to the live stock and the acres of
arable land thiln before, and soon, plead
ing time, mounted his horse at the gate
to leave.
"I'll come another day if you will per
mit me. It is a fine farm, and profitable
—a fortune by itself. By the by, the
steward tells me your lease is nearly ex
pired."
"It is, Mr. Massio, bqt I trust
, you will
find no objection to renewing it."
"I see none at present, certainly. We
will talk it over when I come again."
Gerald Massie came again very often,
and always at thirse times when Lucy was
sure to be at home, but he never men
tioned the lease, and always changed the
subject if the farmer spoke of it.
The farmer, however, experienced no
dread, for, with much satisfaction, he bad
begun to read the cause of Gerald Mas—
sin's frequent visits, even as had Lucy,
with pain, sorrow and mortification.
The Squire loved the farmer's daughter.
One morning, nearly a month alter Mr
Massin's first visit, a footman brought
word that Farmer Western was wanted
up at the Manor on business respecting
the lease.
"I knew it ; it's all right. Thank
goodness, the weight will soon be off my
mind," remarked John Western.
His honest face, the picture orcontent,
he rode off ; but it was nothing in com
parison to how it beamed when, an hour
later, he galloped home.
Flinging himself from his horse, he
hurried into the sitting-room where Lucy
was at work.
"News, lassie !" he cried. "What wal
you give for it--eh ?"
"The usual payment," she smiled, put
ting her arms about him, and kissing his'
cheek.
"From a bank where the amount can
not be overdrawn," he proceeded cheerily.
"Well I've been up to the Squire's, Lucy,
and if you were to guess a hundred years
you'd never guess what he said."
But Lucy,theugh she did enquire what
he said, had already guessed, as her pale
cheek and arms, abruptly dropped from
her father's neck, proved.
"He loves you, Lucy, and wants to
make you his wife."
"ttis wife !" she gasped. "And what
did you tell him, lather ?" •
"What did:l answer? Why, lass, what
could I answer, that it was a great honor
done us—too much for such as we; but
that he had my consent, as 1 knew he'd
have yours:'
'Father, it is impossible ! I cannot
marry him," she murmured.
"Not marry him, refuse the Squire ?"
he cried.
"Yea, father, I tuns; even had he been
King of England."
"Why, are you mad ?" '
"No, but—dear, dear, father," she ex-:
claimed, abruptly, sinking on her knees;
forgive me for keeping it from you but
my heart is already given to Claud Per—
cival. In the eyes of heaven we are al
ready engliged 1"
"Claud Peretval I a wandering, beggar.
ly artist, marry him before a man like
Squire Massin ? .No Lucy, we've been
good friends to this _moment, but hence.
-forth you are no daughter of mine if you
say that! I'll see you and Claud Percival
to the deuce before - I give you to him."
"Father ' in mercy," she implored, •‘4lO
not speak hastily. What is wealth with
out love ? But love can. be priceless
without wealth. I cannot—l must not
wed other than Oland PereivaL I would
rather die !"
"Die then I" roared John Western,
when a hand was placed on his shoulder.
It was Gerald Massin's.
He had 'entered unheard. His counte—
nance was calm, but also stern, as he ad
dressed first the father and then the
daughter.
Western,
Western. coutroll yourself. Miss
Western, am I to consider that yea to
fuse my proposal to make you my wife ?"
"Mr. Massm,"! replied Luey,_ trembling
very, miich-as she arose; "though deeply
sensible of the groat honor you
_have
done me—for which, indeed, I am grate.
ful—l must decline. Not only is such a
position too exhaulted for or.e in my sta—
tion, but, as you probably just now heard,
my love is already given. lam sorry to
cause you pain—very, very sorry, for you
have been so kind, and—l would not, if
I could help it, be the cause of grief to
any one."
She averted her face unable to suppress
her tears.
"This is your irrevocable reply P he
Asked.
"It is."
- "That is enough," he rejoined, quitting
the room and taking the farmer with
him. "Not a word further," be said get
ting on his horse. "Yon shall hear from
me this evening."
The Squire was true to his promise.—
As Lucy sat in her room, exhausted with
suffering, she heard her father's step on
the stair. A second after he entered the
apartment. His healthy face was pale
and wrathful, his tones harsh, as, casting
a letter on the table he said :
"Read Viet."
Amazea, ew v eutio g morn trouble, Lacy
complied, and read with horror.
The letter consisted only of a few mat
ter-of fact lines, stating that unless Lucy
consented to marry Gerald Massin the
farmer must consider his lease canceled,
as the Squire would desire the laud for
himself.
"He is a villain !" she cried starting op
indignantly.
"Villain or not, I am ruined—l have
worked hard and toiled in vain—ruined,
ruined I and. you,, my own daughter, are
the cause ; you might have 'and yet can
sage me."
"Oh ! father, father, do not say that 1"
she cried, falling on his neck ; "you
break my heart ! Ah 1 if you only knew
how I love Claud ! I cannot be false to
him."
"Go, then—marry him I" ejaculated
the farmer wrathfully. "Be happy, and
leave me to ruin—beggary. What do you
care ? Go, I say I"
He thrust her angrily from him.
With a cry of despair, she fell insensi•
ble to the floor.
llllJulam (Alban], ...a tho Oupport
she looked for it, Claud- Percival's pres
ence did not come. Not a line had she
heard from him ; neither did he come.—
She was weighed down by misery and
doubt—doubt whether she was doing
right to sacrifice her father, he to whom
she owed her birth, for her happiness, or
even Claud Percival's. She looked at
the farmer ; she noted his gloom, his in
difference to events, and saw that he
rarely stirred abroad in the farm, while
already he had received notice to quit.—
It might be his death, and she—yes, she
could not deny it—would be the cause.
One evening, crossing to him and put—
ting her hand on his, she said:
"Father, tell Gerald Massin I will mar
ry him."
"What, Lucy ! you will ?" cried John
Western.
' "I will save you from ruin father, say
no more. Let me be alone,' she sighed,
and carried her tears and breaking heart
to her own room.,
Gay and rintry were the preparations
for the master of Mime Manor's wedding.
In nil that part of Edensture there-was
rejoickg, save at the farm, in Lacy's
breast. Gladly - w.wild she have acquainted
Claud with :viust had happened ; but she
was unaware of his address; and now
ehe dreaded his coming. She felt his
look of horror and distress would kill her.
But he made no sign.
The wedding day arrived. Wishing
for death, she attired herself in her bri—
dal clothes, nod descended to the parlor,
where she expected her father would be
waiting her.
It was not he, however, that stood by
the window—not he who. turning,caused
her, with a wild shriek, to sink half
fainting to the floor.
It was Claud Percival.
They were his arms that clasped her, it
was he who raised her to a chair ; it was
his anxious face, as he knelt by her side,
that her eyes first rested upon.
"Oh, heavens I" she gasped ; "why did
either of us live for this ? Go—go; In
pity leave me 1"
"No, Lone," he rejoined, clasping her
band. "I (save been a fool—an idiot ;
yes, in thus seeing you, bitterly am I
punished for what 1 have done. Will you
ever pardon me when you hear ?"
"Pardon you 1 It is I—l who need
that ! Oh, Claud 1 It was to save my
father 1 This is my wedding day I"
"I know it, darling."
"Know it ? and speak thus ?"
"Yes, yon promised to marry the mas- 1
ter of Holme Manor, and I am be," he I
laughed. I
"You I" She shrieked.
"Yes, be composed, sweet love, and lis. I
ten. 'A year back,before I knew I should
be its owner, I came here incognito to
visit the place. I saw You,Lucy—l loved
—the affection of the, poor artist was
returned. When, unexpectedly, I found
myself its owner and rich, an idea—l see
now a foolish one by those pale cheeks:—
seized me to surprise you. I put a friend
as Gerald Massin in my, place awhile, to
see if wealth and position could win you
from me, staking my life it would not.—
But by it I , have indeed learned your
priceless worth, sweet, faithful Lacy—
that the wife I take to my bosom would
have renounced all worldly riches for my
sake; while, as was right, she would sac•
rifice herself and me for the welfarebf 'ls
fond father, to whom she is indebted for
everything. II have done . wrong ; ,but
Lucy, I swear I never doubted you. Am
I forgiven ? May this be your wedding
day, with Gerald Sfassia alias Claud Per
cival for the bridegroom?"
She did not reply , but her head sank
on his shoulder, and he felt that he was
answered.
She had consented ro become the.
Squire's wife.
Dog music—barky-ro'e.
A scar nobly got is_ a good livery of
honor.
'Social insion' is what they call mar—
riage out West.
Bored, yet happy—a girl . with her first
earrings. • •
'My Sunday evening mail' is what she
calls him in Detroit
'A splendid ear, but a very poor voice,'
the organ grinder, said to the donkey.
Au Indiana rather crawled under his
corn crib and wept when his daughter
married an astronomer. -
-'~-rte
Ile Knew What he Wanted.
A Cincinnati paper tell the following:
He came into the office of -a West End
undertaker, yesterday, with a. look of
great care on his honest face. His eyes
were heavy and slightly bloodshot,telling
of nightly vigils and loss of sleep.' His
hair was unkempt and shaggy. The soft—
hearted man of coffins looked upon his
visitor with a gaze full of pity and thank.
fulness for his patronage. He was so
young to be burdened
,by the loss of a
dear one by death.
The manufacturer of burial cases nod—
ded a silent assent and condoling recog•'
nition ; the young mah from the country
said :
"How d'ye ?"
Then ensued a painful silence, broken
only by the man of business.
"Can Ido anything for you to-day ?"
"Wal, I reckon so, stranger:'
Another silence. Once more the un—
dertaker begins by suggesting
"Your sister?"
The young man stares a moment, then
ae light broke upon his perplexed mind,
he smiled 71 smile more suggestive of sor•
row than happineee, and said:
"No—my wile."
"Sudden F"
"No ; expeetod authin' of the kind for
several months."
"When did it happen ?"
"This mornin"bout 4 o'clock."
"Looks natural?"
"Rather." (Spoken carefully, and ex
pressive of some doubt.)
"About what do you want the cost to
be ?"
"Don't care a durnation for expenses.
tit it up kinder nice. I'll treat her hand
sum, cause she is the first one I ever
had."
"Very well, my friend ; have it'
lined with white satin, I suppose ?"
"Jest as you say, stranger."
"Silver•headed screws, too I suppose ?"
"Y
-a-a-e, I s'pose so. An', stranger,
jest put a bully top on't."
"Oh. of course ; and you'll want a
glass in it, also, I suppose ?"
"Y•a-a-s oh certainly—you bet. OR
her up sniptuous, you Know, um
None o' yer dratted one-horso fixin's for
me. No siree."
"Just so. Silver handles, of. course ?"
"Eh ? What you say, stranger—silver
handles? Oh, darn it, now, wont that
be pilin' it on too hefty, like? I kin
stand silver screws, and rich, but there's
no use making the hull tarnation thing
of silver. The trap has to be moved, and
must have handles, but I ain't qUite so
stuck up ss that, now—not quite stran
ger"
"Very well," acquiesced the man of
obsequies. I'll put ordinary handles to
it, then."
"Eggs•actly—them's 'em, mister, now
yer talkin. Or'nary handles 'll do, dea-
con. But I say, stranger, (reflectively,)
make the wheels glisten like thunder."
"191-wh- wh-eels ?"
"What is the matter with yon any—
how ?"
"But who ever heard of wheels on a
coffin."
"Ne-o, darn yer coffin ! I want a cra
dle—a trap to rock my new baby in."
"And isn't your wife dead?"
"Not E by a jugful. Don't you make
cradles fpr gale?"
"No, my friend, I am an undertaker."
"Undertaker of what ?"
"I make coffins."
"Oh, Lord ! let me ketch the feller
bat Rut me here I"
And the grief-stricken youth crammed
his hat over his eyes, and his hands deep
down into .the pockets of his trousers,
and bounded into the street seeking for
vengence.
lfils Time For Fiddling.
A Bible canvasser called at a house
yesterday to see if he couldn't sell a book.
A small lame pre opened the door in an
swer to nis knock, and just as he entered
a man sitting on the edge of, a forlorn
looking bed,raised a fiddle and commenc
ed scraping out a tune.
'Have you a Bible in the house ?' he
asked. .
'Nary Bible,' answered the man ; 'and
Old Dan Tucker
Drempt a dream
"Or a hymn book ?' he continued.
'No—nary, and—
If you love me Molly darling, •
Let your answer be a kiss.'
'I am agent for the sale of tnis
said the canvasser, taking the volume out
of his satchel. .
'Couldn't buy one cover, and—
Oh darkeys, how my heart grows weary,
Sighing for the old folks at home.'
can sell you the book for a small
amount down and thereat in weekly pay.
meats. ,A great many—'
'Bibuls are all right,
.but I've, got a
sore foot, and—
'Twas a calm still night'
And the moons nate light.' - '
'lf you don't care to read the book
yourself you should not refuse your child
permission,' he remarked.
'And the old woman's up stairs sick ;
with fever, and—
They took her off to Georgia , -
To toil her life away;
'But it seems hard to think that yon
are permitting yourself and . family to live
in ignorance of religions—'
. 'Bib!)ls is all right, and I'd enbourage
'em it times wasn't so blasted-:
Ha! ha ! ha! you and .rne—
- Little brown jug bow I love thee !'
have a smaller edition like this. You
can have that' by paying fifty cents' down
and twenty-five cents per week until paid
up.',
`No use, stranger ; therejiaint nothing
to do, money is tight,
I've wandered this wide world
All -over.
"I wish you would , cease that fiddling
and singing_for a moment .and let me
talk to you," Said thaugent. - .
"Blids is all right,you is all right,and- 7
Oh !Dili 'world is sad and dreary, '
Evolrwhere I Tom!'
"Won't you stop for just one moment?"
"I'd like to oblige, but now's .iny
tar time for fiddling and.binging, and
Up in , a balloon boys,
Up in a balloon." '
"Then f can't sell you a Bible ?"
"Don't look as if you could, for—
I've wandered through the village,.Tom
I've sat beneath the tree. -
-tad the canvasser left the house. in
despair. '
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'TERMS :-=rwo Dollars Per Year in -Advance.,
*lnt fottvg.
WREN YOU'RE DOWN
What legions of friends always bless us,
When golden success light's our wayl
Ifow they smile as they softly address us,
So cordial, good-natured end gay I
But, oh, when the sun of prosperity,
/las set, then how quickly they frown, -
And cry out in the tones of severity,
Kick the man—don't you seehe is down
What though, when you knew pota sorrow,
Your heart was as open as day,
And your friends, when they wanted to
row,
You'd oblige, arid ne'er ask them to Pay ; •
What though not a soul you e'er slighted,
As you wandered about through-the town,
Your friends become very near sighted,
And don't seem to see you when down..
When you're up, you're loudly exalted,
And traders all sing out your, Praise
When you're down you have greatly 'default
ed,
And they really "don't fancy your ways."
Your style was tip-top when you'd money,
So sings every sucker and clown ;
Rut now—'tis exceedingly tunny—
Things are altered because you are down.
Oh, give me the heart that forever
Is free from the world's selfish rust,..
And the soul whose high, noble endeavor
Is to raise fallen men from the dust ;
And when in adversity's ocean,
A victim is likely to drown,
All hail to the friend whose devotion
Will lift up the man when he's down.
TRUE GREATNESS.
BY CILLRLYA DICICKNEI.
nay, where doth greatnesalwell Y b courts,
On thrones of glory seated,
glittering
and
of bright cohort,
By pomp and giandeur greeted ?
A crown; indeed, may make a king,
Our crowns true greatness cannot berm..
Or shall we find on battle field,
By victory attended,
Thirilzulv great, uulase tbo oukta
The cause of right defended ?
For oft bath might, the battle gained,
While nations wept th' escutcheons stained
ShaU.hoarded richness greatness grant ,
Where mortal worth ianeeded, ,
What time the sons of woe and want
.
In vain their sorrows pleaded ?
True Greatness surely must be more
Than misers seek or fools adore.
But he who feels another's Woe,
And strives to soothe hiS sorrow,
Whose sympathies spontaneous flow
To brighten his tomorrow,
Shall be esteemed both good and great,
And heaven shall bless his Gist estate.
Good service makes the meanest great,
Zeal purest shines, and brightest ;
Devotion smiles at frowning fate,
Love's labor is the brightest ;
What lives to purpose lives indeed,
And good works best adorn his creed.
Then say not wealth, or rank, or power,
Or crowns. confer true glory ; '
'Tis goodness that survives be hour,
And reads the best in story ;
And though obscure the good man's name,
'Tis glorious still, though lost to fame.
gime fading.
THE GREATNESS OF LONDON
In few cities are there more than half a dor,
en railway stations. In London there are at
least one hundred and fifty. Some of the rail
ways never pass beyond its limits, and one, the
Tottenham and Hampstead, Punch says, "No
one ever travels by, as no one knows where it
begins or. where It ends.
The Metropolitan and other intramural rail
ways run trains every three or five minutes,and
convey from twenty to fifty millions of passen
gers annually. Clapham is the great south
western Junction,and through it seven hundred
trains pass every day. Its platforms are so nu
merous and its underground passages are so
perplexing that ,to And the right train on
changing is one of those things that no felloW
can understand. _
As a proof of the expansive nature of Lon
don Waffle, it was supposed that when the Mot,
ropolitan Railway was opened, all the city to
Paddington omnibuses would. be run off the
ground ; but, although it carried forty-three
millions of passengers lass r3y, it' has been
found necessary to ineictitithe number otom-.
nibilses on the sonthernjouti, and they yield
I one per cent. more revenue than before - the
opening oh the railway. ' ' • - • •
I Besides the railways there Ar esome fourteen
or
_fifteen thousand tramcars, omnibuses and
cabs , traversing the streets ; there 'are. lines of
'omnibuses known only 'to the Inhabitants of
their own localities, such as those''acrosti the
Isle of dogs Atom Poplar to Illilwtdl from Lon
don-bridge, along Tooley .Street to Dockhead,
itc. The London Omnibus company have five
hundred and sixty-thine omnibuses, which car
ry about fitly millions of passengers annually.
It is more dangerona to walk the streets of
London than to travel by railway or erase the
-Atlantic. Last year one huhdred• and twenty
-fiyo persons were killed -and two thousand live
hundred and thirteen Injured by vehicles in the
streets.
Suppo4log every individual man,woman and
child Made one journey on loot iu London per
diein. which is ; considerably above the - average,
the deaths would be one in 'eleven millions,
while the railways only -kill - about one In tiny
milihras of peace gem, and, the Cunardl,Com
pany of Atlantic ammo Incest of having adv. ,
er lost a passenger,
Other instances of the immoositir of the pop
ulation 'of London ars that three guarters'of a
million Of business men enter the ally in the
morning and leive it hi the- evening .Gat• their
suburban residences. There are ten thouiand •
polleemerkus many cab-drivers, and the same
nuMber of persons connected with the post-of-,
lies, 'each of which eland, With 'their' - Smith's'.
would •misktti . it large town. , ',When' London
snakes a holiday there are • several places of.
sort, noires the Crystal Palace; the Zoological
Gardens, Row Gerdens, A-covhich abagth from
thlrtyAttflity thoniand visitors cacti._
. .The cast
tlf_gas,tor lighting is two millinris five hundred
pounds annually; the water sukdria one hue:
dredinilliensili gallon'i per diem: In the year
187:3 there were Bye hundred and seventy fires;
and for the initHrso ot _supplying Information
on the passing eventa at the day-three hundred
and fourteen:daily, suid nearipapers are
"-mane anaug mum aralgaa. - manamry na - • •
Inca Ana; Chang Chang, Xrg Ca, Boszan.4 • • 111414.1879,
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NUMBER 13.
What London will eventually- become it is
idle to predict. It alreadystands in four comi
ties and is striding onward to a fifth, (Herts.)
The probability Is
-that by ,the end of the cen
tury the population will exceed five million;
and will thus have quintupled itself in thwart
tury. Should It progress at an equal rate in
the next it will in the year 2000 amount to the
enormous aggregate of twenty-five millioni ;
and the question that, naturally arises is, how
could each a multitude be supplied with food ?
But the fact is that the more its population In
creases the better they are fed.
In the Plantagenet days; when the population
was not a third of a million, famines were of
frequent occurrence, but now, - with the cora
reand of the pastures, the harvests and fisheries
of the - world, starvation becomes an. almost
Impossible eveutnality; even , with twenty-five
millioni of mouths to feed.—Frearruk Boss, in
Landon"qty Ans.
VtiAi - il*Pit tavi OM;
The round towers interested me more than
any other object on the island. Round towers'
are Peculiar to Ireland alone. I don't know
how many there are of them here, but they are
common. They are die blot preserved of any
stone work left by the ancients: The gate posts
in Ulster are sort of copies of the round towers
A round tower is from sixty to a hundred feet
6.1 h, with a sharp conical roof; also of stone.
You take 'a post and point one end of it, and
you have the exact pattern of a round tower.
It is built of dressed stone, aid so neatly to
gether as to be symmetrical, and to need no
mortar. This ono has an ornamental cornice
around its eaves. But few do. It, has a small
opening for a door some eight or nine feet hint.
the grolind, and several openings above, which
were probably used for windows.
The tower, from the ground to the mot is
sixty-seven feet high, and the roof is sixteen
feet in height. There were probably six floors
to this tower, but how each was reached I am :
not able to explain, as the internal diameter of
the; ower is only eight feet at the base, and but
six' and a half feet at the cornice. Its base has
a eircumfereniO of forty-nine feet, and its top,
forty-two feet. The wall, , - which is four feet
one inch at the bottom,-tapers down to about
eight inches at the top. These figural will give
some idea of Its size and enormous strength.—
It Would be much more interesting If anybody,
ain not particular who, knew When' this and
the other towers were built, and' what they
were built tor. There is, of course, a vast
amount of speculation in regard to their origin
and use. One opinion 15 that they were built
by worshippers of the sun ; another that they
were watch _towers (but the people of those
times never put watch towers at the base of
ridge) unless they possessed a kind of idiocy
superior tq anything this age knows of); still
another, that they were constructed as bell
towers. That they were for protection is evi
dent by the doors being so far from the ground,
and there :being no remnant of stoops or
steps.
A man who had his door from ten to fifteen
Met from the ground would hardly be careless
or indifferent in the building of a stoop. There
is as much divergence of opinion as to their age
as to their purpose. A rialm has been put in
to the effect that they were built before the be
ginning of the Christian era, but I give no en
'couragement, to those people.. I think they
ought to he arrested. I have tried to crowd in
a theory that they are ancient wells thrown up
to the surface by some volcanic movement, and
roofed in the sharp conical form by an affnglit
ed people, with a view to turning them over
and driving them into -the earth again —Bair
ey's Letter from fretarul.
A TRITTHFUL 134ETCEL„
Let a man Catlin business, what an effect it
has on his former creditors. Men who have
taken him by the arm, laughed aud , chatted
with him by the hour, shrug their shoulders
and pass on with a cold "flow do you do f"
Every trificcif a bill is bunted up and pre.
Bunted that would not have seen the light for.
months , to come, but for the misfortunes of the
debtor.. if it is paid. well and good ; If not,
the scowl of the sheriff, perhaps, meets him at
the comer. A man that, has never felled knows
but little of human nature.
In prosperity he. sails alone gently, wafted .
by favoring smiles anti kind words from every
body. He prides -himself. on his -name and
spotless character, and makes his boast that be
has not an enemy in the world; .Alas t the
change, He looks at the world in a different
light when reverses come upon him. Ho reads
suspiCion upon every brow. He hardly knows
bow to mote or to &this thing or the other ;
there are spies about him", a writ is ready for
his back. , To know what kind of stuff the
world is made of, a person must be unfortunate
and stonpaying once in his lifetime. It he has
kind friends then they are made manifest. . A
Collura Is ti moral serve, it: brings out the wheat
'and shows the chaff. A man thus learns that
• words . and pretended . ;food-win aro not and do
,not constitute teal friendship.
L a I
It'seems 5 strange thing, but it is, neverthe- •
less true, that sharing another's ' burden will
lighten our own, If you begin . doChg little •
things for your neighbor, it will very 'soon be
easy for you to perform great deeds In his be
half. No man is soMelent unto himself. Trust '
in Providence Is nothing but higher belief in.
hunianitY. You may fee. very Much depressed
some day,tleconraged and well-nigh despair
ing, when some kind friend happens in--God
sent—and you soothed, chrtred and encottfag
ed i. the veil is lifted, and you. are -happy onto -
wort.. Many are able to give substantial, help
to Stead who are m need t„nrontiy, to tide ,aver
Some financial trouble ; food, to keep a family
from starving ; gilts, that nourish the heart
with assurance of love ; something that may,
be a trifle in itself, but. helps make op the sum -
'of human.happiness. But perhaps you canitot
do this; yon have a large, family and limited
lin:time, Or are otherwise prevented from mak.'
lug thebanii the almoner'ol the, heart. Well,
then; draw on the spiritual; treasury.- Give
kind words to those • who need them ; (=fort
, those.who are bowed down ; speak lovingly to
little rhileren, and encouragingly to timie who
taint for this support. - Stand ready to help'or
erybody.. ' •
~.
Nothing on earth can smile but human bo-'-
itma.....oema may.flaah rented listii•but what
is a diamond, lash compared with en eye•iiush'•'
and,darth-flash,? A face that extiuliA' gra? if:
like a bud that canel , jb mime, and, *dries lip
on the gtalh, . Laughter day - and solintty is
night, and smile IS the twilight that havers—
Featly between botb,and more bralteliingthan
either. - • - - • ,
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