The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, April 28, 1875, Image 1
gAWLEY & CRUSER, Editors and Proprietors VOLUME 32. T I-I El glontrost prmetrat 1. PrlsLanzu ETIIIT W lIDNIED.CI Noun-au jiontro,r, ,s'ilAquehanna County, Pa. W,t Side of Public Avenue o r A a r r dCo:' , the M Lo s r e al l a la n n d v r o ie n n s e R rai a N d e in v g e .C P o o r e r t e r spa B n t d • r ,, t nt: • rettabie dare of advertisements. Advertising Rates of an inch opace.)2 %recta. or leas $1 fl 25 9 month*, $2.50; 5 month,. $4.00; 1 yt A liberal dlaconnt on advertigementa of it.urth Itasincra Locale, 10 eta. a itne . for drig Ivert).. and I , etc a line each .übaequent tnaertion.— Unlace. and deaths. tree obitoarles. 10 eta. • Itnia. FINE .7033 P A SPECIALTY ! Lev - gutel Work - Try Ui E. B. HAN\ LEY, WIL. C. CRUSER. Business Cards 17 1). BALDWIN, M. 13A.F.PATHIC PHYSICIAN. has located htmarlf at llnr,roor. where he call attend promptly to all pro fearlor.ll ha...lncas entrusted to his care. Firol9er Csrmslt a h.P.ldiog.s.e.nd floor, front. Board. at Paldoln•s. 11.1:aro,. Ps . March 10, 1811. FRIENDCVII.I.E.PA.. Itluiraulltbs and Jobbera,Horee Stoclua a aiecnilty in tho baalner, Wagons and i.;el,,nt Ironed and work warranted per -Debts con tracted mart be cancelled by the Gem. and neither member peraonally. FnendeNnle Jan. 13, 1873.-3 m LA TV A Sp COLLECTION OFFICE. W WAT,ON. Attoroeyat-Lavr. Montrose. Pennlt. ol,ections Promptly Attended to. Attention risen to Orphans' Court Practice. otee wall gun. W J. Thrrell, on Public Avenue, oppo it.ii L. stte the Turbot) House. 1875. FPGAR A. TURRELL No. 170 Broadway, New York City. tneadr to all kinds of Attorney' Business, and eon lase !n ail the Courts of both the State and the Itated 01Ste•. Feb :1.1,74 -'y DK 4. W. :F.M.ITH, Rooms at his dwelling. neat door northof Dr. Ha.ne, F on Old Foundry street, where he would be nee Cl those In want of Dental Work. He leek tonftdera that be ean.plesse all. both lc qnality of wort end to pace Of hours from 9a. it. to 4 r. 91. Xuatrose, Feb 11. 18:4—tf VALLEY SOUSE. BLND. Pa. Situated near the Erie Railway De• pot la a largo and commodious house, has undergone s thorough repair. Newly formsbed rooms and sleep• isr aperimentsaplendid cableaund all thingsmprie.. tug a dt at close hotel. MRS Rl' ACK ER geo Proprietor. TJJ PEOPLE'S MARKET. Pnattar MUM Proprietor. Fresh and !Nailed Meats, Hams, Pork, Bologna Swi nge. etc .of he best quality, constantly on hand, at rtes to wit Montt., Jan. H. 1M3.-11 BILLINGS STROUD IRE AND LIFE INEVOIIAN CR AGENT. Ale hutIIGOP actended to promptly, on !air term.. Offs. tint 6.,er east of the bank or Wm. H. Cooper er Cs ATOo ue , law:arose, Pa. [Ang .1.1669. I 7 1:.1t472.1 SU:LINOS STROUD. CHARLEY MORRIS THE HAYTI BARBER, hes moved hie shop to the bc:ldlng occupied by R. klclienzle Co.. where he Is reyared to do all kinds of work in hie lioe,euch s. =a cne switches. puffs. etc. All work done on short pouce sod prow,. low. /lease all indite me. LITTLES BLAKESIXE ATTORNEYS &T LAW. have removed ðyl" Sew Ors.. opposite the Tarbell House. H. B. Lrrr&a. Ozo. P. lams. E. L. BLazzaLza. MCC4tICI , C.OOt. 15, ISIS. W. 11. DILANS. DEALER In Books. tqationery, Wall Paper, News pert. Pocket Cutlery. Sten:op...plc Vletre, Yankee 'Notions. etc. Nest door to the Post Office, Montr.ee, . B. BEANS. nept EXCHANGE HOTEL wishen to inform thepublicthat twrlng. rented the Exchange Uotel in Montrose, he snow prepared to accommodate the traveling pnibitc Ern! <lase ntyle liot,trone Aux In, 1873. H BURRITT Dater Staple and Fancy On Goods, Crockery, Hard• vrue Iron. Stove., Drug., 01tg, and Paints. Boots and Se.w. Rate and Cana. Furs, Battsle Robes. Ora carl.• Vrovielone, tiew•Minprd. s.. Noy. G, '74—ti. L. !I ROSENCRANTS, Et'LEcl It PLIYINIC'IAN, Fatrdale, Suq co.. PS.. ”tn.t , al t.ckrr's Hotel, where prompt atteutlim wll b. pnia :0 .0 tAlie. Furatta.. !lamb iti,1.815. F. D. LAMB. M. D.. PEIT,;CIAN AN.DAURGEUP; tenders nis profession 4.1 eerettoo to Tito ettlzethe of Great Bend and vicinity 023,, et the Vetley lino,. wee. Haul Pet.. Starch Si. 183.—hf DE D. A. LATHROP, et:ltnr.t.tsten• Etscruo TunustaL BATHS. • Ae Foot of etes:nilt street. Lalk:,. and co•e¢l In 4,1 Chronic ionirse. Ln. i7..72.—n0g-1.. Lit. S. W. DAYTON, viiTel , 2lAN S SURGEON, tenders his serlites t rtusenn of Greet Bend and vicinity. Office at Di ...dent, opposite Barnum HOUSE. Cri. Bend Tian seri 1..t.180.—tf LEWIS K_VOLL, SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING. Spoil la the new Postoffice building, where be will tr found ready to attend all who Env want anything iC tl/1.1.ne. Montrose ra.ocl. 13 1869. CLIARLES IV. STODDARD, Dealt r!n Boots and Shoes, flit and Caps, Leatherand •Ptudines, Main Street. Ist door below Boyd's Eitore. Work made to order. and repairing done neatly. Montrose Jan. 1 leriO. DR. TV_ L. RICHARDSON, fHTt•P'IAN d SURGEON, tender' hl' protessJone sery.c., u. the ektinens 111.01ItrOnn sad vicinity.— ri Int, It hlPri.eiderse, on the cornercastol Sayre Bro. Yeutter.. Isne.l. 1869. sCOVILL & DEWITT. tutor - Lep, at Law and Solicitor, in Bankruptcy. Office 4,, :V C ourt titruct . over City National Bank, Bing bittn:on, N Y. Wia. EL. Scortti.., Jo. , Ikri7. Jr:soars DiarrTr. ABEL TVRIIELL. Dealer in Braze Medlcinia, Chemicals. Paints. Oils. llyr-reaffe. Tea.. Spice.. Plumy Goode, Jewelry, Per. Inmery, Brick Block. kiontrosa, Pa. BetablEaherl ;Me [Jan. 1.. IBTS. L. F. 1 7 7.7V11, ATTORNET AM) COUNSELLOIL4tT-LAW, -111out rut, it 'omce west of the Court Hoops. Mustruse, Janusry 77,1475.-4il A. 0. IVARREN, sTTuRNEI n. Lew. Botany, Bade Pay, Penston ane Elea on Claims attended to. Office dr, toot below Boyd'e Store. Montrose.Pa. LAD. /..81 W. A. GROSSMON, dit se orney et La, Office at the Court House, to the Lemtom.toueee OElce. W. A.Caosserou. Marltrose. Scot. .1871.—U. J. C. WHEATON. emu. Enaucizi AID Lain Braviros, P. 0. address. Franklin Forks, - Basque:masa Co., Ps. W. W. SMITH, ABINET AND CHAIR ISANUPACTURS/111..—Y00 of Mau, street. Yontacise. Pa. hang. 1.1669. M. O. SUTTON, AUCTIONEER, and IsevaAxca Mawr, sal 6lnt Friesidsvilla. P. D. W. tiEARLE, ArTtIKNYT ♦T LAW, oalee over the stare of De...utter , ll:marl* Block,ltontrose 69 J. B. h d. R. NecOLLUX erreaxase ev Leer Oitee over the Sant. Montrose PI. ECejralle, Max IQ, MI. if AM) iIL 7, urnobsen Am.4Nec Add ross.btookl7a. l'a . ,4\ - I .1... \. , s ) 4 Ist • , \„ i : 1 , ,- Al .., - ' Vtl ii ~ . \..„. \,..,, \___. ... _. )2 4. ~,, I! , :tiit. „ :3 ~, " i . (I V , , ) * . _ County Business Directory. Two lines in tat Directory, one year, $1.50; each ari dittonal line, 60 eenta. MONTROSE WM. HAUGHWOUT, Slater, Wholesale and Metal dealer in all kinds of slate roofing, elate paint, etc. Roofs repaired with elate paint to order. Also. slate paint for sale by the gallon or barreL Montrose. Pa. BILLINGS STROUD. Genera Fire and Life f nen' ante Agents ; also, sell Itallrosta and AccidentTiclut - to New York and Philadelphia. Office on r dooreast ofthe Bank. BURNS & NICHOLf3, the place to get Drugsand Med eines, Cigars, Tobacco. Pipes. Pocket-Books, Spects glee Yankee Notions. &c. Brick Block. BOYD & CORWIN. Dealers in Stoves, Hardware and Manufacturers of Tin and Sheetlron ware.corne of Mainired•Ttirnpike street. A. N. BULLARD , Dealer In Groceries, Provisions Books. Stallone' and Yankee Notions, at head of Public Avenue .• WM. H. COOPER & CO.. Bankers, sell Foreign Pail sage Tickets and Drafts on England, Ireland and Scot. land:* WM. L. COX, Harness maker and dealer In all article s 13 al 1 y kept by the trade, opposite the Bank. • JAMES E. CARNALT, Attorney at Law. Office a= door below Tarbell House, Public Avenue. • NEW MILFORD. SAVINGS BANK, NSW MILFORD.—Fix per cent. to terest on all Deposits. Does a general Banking Bar ' nese cal-tf S. B. CHASE & CO. B.OARRST & SON. Dealers In Flour, Feed. Mel Salt, Lime. Cement. Groceries and Prov'aiens Main Street. opposite the Depot. S. F. HUMBER, Carriage Maker and Undertaker on Maln Street, two doors below Hawley's Store. GREAT BEND. H. P. DORAN, Merchant Tailor and dealer in Read) Made Clothing, Dry Goods,Groceries and Provisions Main Street.• Banking, Etc BANKING HOUSE WM. COOPER & CO, MILOIsTTROSE, 1:".41 GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS AND PROMPTLY ACCOUN TED FOR AS HERETOFORE. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR 19 ..9. Xa XI . UNITED STATES & OTHER BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD. COUPONS AND CITY AND COUNTI BANK CHECKS CASHED AS USUAL OCEAN STEAMER PASSAGE TICK ETS TO AND FROM EUROPE. INTEREST ALLOWEeD ON SPECIAL 3:1331 2 .CPEA1T13, AS PER AGREEMENT, WHEN THE DEPOSIT IS MADE. In the future, ss in the past 2 we shall endeav or to transact all money truaineas to thraitis faction of our patmna and correspondents. WM. H. COOPER & CO.. Montrose, March 10, "15.—tt Bunkers. Authorized Capital, - Present Capital, - PET NATIONAL BANK MONTROSE, PA. WILLIAM J. TURRELL, Preside% D. D. SEARLE, Vice Preside% N. L LENELEIM, Directors. WNL J. TURRELL, D. D. SEARLE, A. J. GKRRITSON, 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. LENHEIM, Grrat Bead, Pa. DRAFTS SOLD ON EUROPE. COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS• SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED Montrose, March 3, 1875—tf SWIM SONS 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 CIIANICS, 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 I'',HOME IN STITUTION, AND ONE WHICH IS NOW RECEIVING THE SAVED EARNINGS OFTHOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF SCRANTON MIN T ERS AND MECHANICS. DIRECTORS • JAMES BLAIR, SANFORD GRA NT, .GEORGE FISH• ER, JAS. S. SLOCUM, J.R. SIITPHYN, C. P. MATTHEWS, DANIEL HOW. ELL, A. E. HUNT, T. F. HUNT JAMES BLAIR. PRESIDENT . ; 0. C. MOORE, CASHIER. ' • ' OPEN DAILY FROM NINE A. M. UNTIL FOUR P. - M., AND ON WED. NESDAY .AND SATURDAY EVE. NINGS UNTIL EIGHT ()Tikes. Feb. 12. 1874. .. 01000M•Enr, , Carpenter and Builder, PAL. ' ecONTEACTB to erect 'El:tete:di of ad hinds. any Vs ection sod 4:Maoists them in Ken detail. hisrbls atm Wats Matales, Bub, BLEulsi P.o^4cati Window Frames. ta rn ished to coder.. Stilt Bt Jldtng sad NAM tag piper made specialties. 11y1 Employ none bat ever rann icated*otEmea;ary M", 19111 tibop itis Methodist Churn- Maattosee: Ding;taantort Marble. Wafts ! AU Wads of Noitunieats;_nseaastoass. sad qllartaa lisatlesoaafa - Warder, 411soi, Sestet Gitsnifig Os bassi • • • -• • •I. PIC' LIS KERING - C o C urt W O, • M: e. &sow,. suipanum. zr, Oct. la, Iffra. Tos lying fry - ' / 42 11113 stitet fortrg. IF WE KNEW If we knew the woe and heartache Waiting for In down the road, If oar lips could taste the 'wormwood, If our backs could teel the load, Would we waste the day in wishing For a time that ne'er can be ? Would we waft in such impatience For our Ulna to cows from sea 1 If we knew the baby flagon Pressed against the window pane Would be cold and stiff to-morrow— Never trouble us again— Would the bright eyes of our darling Catch the frown upon our brow ? Would the print of rosy fingers Vex us then u they do now ? Ab 1 these little ice-cold fingers, How they point our memorice back To the huty words - and actions Strewn along our backward track. How these little hands remind us As in snowy grace they lie, Not to scatter thorns—but roses— For our rzaplng by and by. Strange, we never prise the music Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown. Strange, that we should slight the violets Till the lovely flowers are gone ; Strange. that rummer akiu and sunshine Neveriumm halt so fair As when winter's snowy pinions Shake their white down in the air I Lips, from which the seal of silence None but God can roll away, Never blossomed la such beauty As adorn the mouth to-day ; And sweet words that freight our memory With their beautiful perfume, Come to us in sweeter accents Through the portals of the tomb. Let us gather up tho ouubemona Lying all around our path ; Let is keep the wheat and roses, Casting out the thorns and chaff Let us find our sweetest comfort In the blessings of to-day, With a'patienthand removing - ' All the briars from our way. ffitlected ffitotl. TH(SHELMIRE WILL CASE. PROM AS OLD LAWYER'S LIBRARY I do not remember a case in which ever succeeded so unexpectedly, and, might add,by the nee of such very simple means, as in the Shelmire will easy. The prifibipal credit of this success, was not due to me, however, but to a young man, almost a boi L iyho wrist that time a clerk in mg office. He was admitted to the bar soon after, and bas now got a flour— jibing practice. His name was William Way-man. James Shelmire, whose will was in the controversy, was an old man of eighty and puwards. who had lived many years in the city, doing a small mercantile bus iness. He was a thrifty, economical old fellow, and the value of his property at his des th had grown to about E 25,000.— The old man had lived in a bumble way, $500,000 00 100,00000 known only by the 'few with whom he did business—a harmless unimportant old body, with nothing noticeable about him but thrift, and therefore his 'death was an event which, in a city like this, was not calculated to arrest much atten• non. I had known old Mr. Shelmire, merely as a passing acquaintance, for some years ; bat I first became aware of hie death upon the visit of a yOung lady dressed in mourning to my office to con— sult me about the estate. She was a pret ty, thoughtful looking . girl, of .twenty or thereabouts. but an entire stranger to me i She mentioned her business; and as I was much engaged at that moment with other clients,l asked her to be seated for half an hour, and told Wayman to find her a chair. During my conversation with the men with whom I was occupied, I looked occasionally into the next room (the door being-Open,) and saw that my clerk had for once broken through his habitual reserve,acd was standing by the young girl, talking in a low tone with her.. lint then I did not know that Will had an acquaintance with her of some weeks standing and that the present call was pursuant to his advice. At last the office was cleared of all but us three, and I approached the young people. "Now, Mr. Wayman," I said, '-yon have lAen talking with this young lady, and have probably ascertained her busintas .; and as time is likely to be valuable to us to-day, perhaps you can tell me what she wishes a great dearquicker than she can." 1 ehtpuldn't have ventured to say as much as that before an elderly lady, who might base felt called upon to resent my wordsas an imputation upon her garrul— icy; but I could see that there was not the least danger of that here. - The young lady smiled, giving me to 'understand that she anderitood my mean- log ; and. Will explained that she was the granddaughter of the late • Mr. Shel niire,and the onifielative, so far as she knewiand' therefore entitled to his estate; and she desired to take such legal steps as were necessary to secure iL This, as I have said, was my fist in timation that he had had any family. 4 few moment's talk with the girl put nip right about the facts. Her name weal Virginia Garvin ; her mother bad been Mr. Shehoire's only daughter ; the old maii's • wife died years before, and the daughter, Virginia s mother, also died in a distant town, is widow, when. Virginia was bat eight years" ld. ',Min poverty, I without relatives, and shpost;, without friends, she resolved to seek her grand father, whom She had never seen, but of whom - the had often heath her speak.— She found bun, and he welcom ed , her to hie home. Virginia knew that be- had purchased several . ' adjacent .bouses • very cheaplyy, and they bad increased in value; slid she sup pose dthat be deposited in the bank, in his own . nanitionvetel . thonsand pounds - . • In short, the total value of the estate, personal and real, ea I afterwards discovered, was rather !abovatlusisitslev . vagiout atatod that abo did not bow of another, liviat rolatlvo of tho 4:ltccod Weida broil, and bolitiet 'theca wca DODO. r3he said bor gram— Umber bad otii, toa told bcs t o obaldiaitillA that MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1785. “Stand by the Right though the Mavens fiall!” be had when he died, and that be had given her the same assurance when be was in his last sickness. "But was there a will ?" She said, in answer to this question, that he had never said a word on this subject, and she wee sure he would have mentioned it had he made one, as be had no secrets from her. 1 bade her go home and make a thorough search for such an instrument, and return to me when she bad done so. She was back the same afternoon. She searched the house thoroughly, and par ticularly the little desk where her grand father kept his papers, and she brought to me all that she could find in hie hand writing. There was nothing more than a single book of accounts, three bills of goods sold, and 0.13/a unimportant mem oranda about his business, hastily scrawl ed ou 'lips of paper of uneven Size. la looking over these things I observed that the handwriting of the deceased was very eccentric in its character. The up strokes of almost every letter was very heavy, the down strokes light ; the writing sometimes followed up the line, and again went above or below it for sev— eral inches ; its general appearance was singular and unfinished, and the whole struck me at first as an odity in the way of chirography. "Did he always write like this ?" I ask ed Yes. sir, always," she replied. And then I told her to accompany me , to a proctor's office, where I would take the preliminary steps to secure the estate to her. Virginia, being under age, could not be appointed administrator of Jacob Shelmire's estate, and it was my purpose to commit with the proctor and to secure the appointment of some honest, trust worthy man, who could discharge the trust with fidelity to the girl and ali oth ers interested. The latter would be few or none, as the girl inform d me that her k ratidrothor never contr tad apy debts that she knew of, and th t no bills had been sent to the house nee his death. some weeks before. The office of the proctor was opproach ed by a flight of narrow stairs, half-way up on which we met a man descending. I noticed nothing about him except that he had a thick black beard and mous tache, a keen eye, and was dressed in • suit of fashionable cut and make, and sported a lame glittering watch chain.— He looked carelessly at us, and passed down ; and just behind him came anoth er, a slim elderly man, whose face seemed lamiliar to me. On reaching the top of the stairs I saw that my companion look ed after them and I asked her if she knew them. "I don't know the firet,the other is Mr. Pasamore, who used to help my grand father sometimes in the warehouse. He has been selling off tile stock since grand father died. But I thought it so queer that be shouldn't speak to me. He knows in. just as well many on• can ; but when be saw my face he looked the other way," The incident did not disturb me at the time, although I did not fail to remember it afterwards, and to attach deepMean ing,to it. We found the proctor alone in his office, and I stated our business. The good man looked first incredulous and then puzzled, and exclaimed, "Well this is strange ! Did you meet anyone on the stairs ?" "Yes, Mr. Patismore and a stranger." "Well, sir, that stranger is called Ruins 'Bledsoe. He states to me that he was a distant relative of the late Mr, Shelmire'e wife, and that be has the last will and testament of Mr. Shelpiire himself io his possession. He has applied for probate upon it, end 1 nave granted him a citation returnable on the 19th of the present month. There was only one person to be cited, and she lives in the city." "Virginia Garvin," I suggested. "Yes, that is the name " This, of course was all the information the proctor had to give. Bidding Vir. ginia follow me, I returned to my office. My lawyer's instinct had already sug gested a suspicion of foul play in this pro ceeding ; and, alter explaining to the as tonished girl what I had learned, I inter rogated her about the two men we had met. Bledsoe she declared she had never seen or heard of before. She knew that he had never been at the house of her grandfather since she had lived there,and she never heard the old man name him. As to Pasamore, she could add little to what she had already told me of him. In busy times she knew this Passmore to BA , siethim in his sales and accounts. Her grandfather had spoken of him rie a good assists 't, and a faithful band ; but he had iiiiVer been at the house until after his employer's death, when he came to tell her that he would carry ou the busi ness as usual until the-estate was settled, and would then account to the proper person for his sales and the balance of the stock. She had not seen him since until to-day. I explained to Virginia that nothing further was to be done in the matter un til the 19th, when the citation to attend to the will was returnable. I eat in a brown study after she left the office ; and then, jumping up with a sudden impulse, 1 switched my hat and went up and down the streets of the city.antil I came to the , dingy ; warehouse that still bore on its Weath'erliciiteii sign `board 'the 'name of Jacob Stielmire. entered and before everethe two men I had met on the Surrogates stairs,,_ They were whispering togethet pee; the desk ias len tired, and Pcsitiaiskiiihitublitus 80011 ititi.fitsw. me, and curtly deinauded. my buspri. The bluntness of hie winner unexpect ed as it owes, threw me off my guard, and I asked, without - preface, - "Hare you any iutercikair,in.bpposition to that of your late empliiyer J O granddaughter?" "Have you any business to afar Me oven a question I" be retorted, rudely' if not insultingly. "I am her counsel, sir,"l replied, "dud "Yee, yes," be interrupted. "Well, sir, the will is to be proved oo the 19th, and if you are preiont you will know all about W s- "But bow is it about the will r I asked. ' "Virginia insists that them it no mill, _ "She is mistaken." be rejoined. , "Ur. Passmore, from. the relations that base 'existed between yourself and this prank grasdfietber. yea eboald nosedu. it you duty be imprisit ;for /trigs aspiring that rag , kappa b year litlimiktivol” t 4 *ft ItailfrOtit aek you now, sir, have yop nothing to communicate ?" "Nothing whatever, sir," he responded with a bland smile. "Mr. Passmore, you are a scoundrel," e'aculated. ";Mr. Williams, you are certainly any thing bnt a gentleman," was his tantal izing rejoinder. I went back to my office, chafed and irritated to an unwonted degree, and en tirely satisfied that a deep plot bad been formed to cheat Virginia out of het In heritance. I thoroughly believed it, but 1 could do nothing but wait until the day appointed For the e robate of the will lied brought its revelations. Well, it came ; and I attended before -the Surrogate at the hour named in the citation with my client. There were also present Passmore, Bledsoe, and a dis tinuished member of our bar, whom, the latter had obtained to assist him- The man Bledsoe produced an instrument which purported to be and which he de• clared was, the will and testament of Ja c.b Shelmire. It was very brief, giving to Rufus Bledsoe all the property, both real and personal, of which ho should die possessed. It was dated,l observed,about a year previous to the time Virginia came to live with her grandfather; it was sign ed with the lull name, Jacob Shelmire, written apparently in the same hand with the body of the instrument (and the handwriting was marvelously like that of Jacob himself,) and it was witnessed or purported to be, by Thomas Drake and Peter Lenard, both merchants of the city. As he read their names I happened to know that both of them had been dead several years. The will was proved by Bledsoe and Passmore, both of them testifying to the genuineness of the signatures of both the testator and witnesses. And Bledsoe, in addition, swore' that he had received the will from Jacob Shelmire personally," upon the day after its date. TLS otory cohinh this man told was sub stantially as follows : He was a nephew of the late Mrs. Shelmire, and was quite a boy when his aunt was married. His new uncle saw him on that occasion. and took quite a fancy to him. The wedding, he said, was in a distant town, where his parents resided, and when the wedding broke up, Mr. Shelmire said to him, "Re member me, my bay, if you •ver want help." Years after, when chance left him penniless in London, he remembered the circumstance, and went in search of Mr. Shelmire ; and the old man gave him a warm welcome. • Your aunt is dead, .ny boy," be said "and I have no kith nor kin on earth that I know of ; I had a daughter, but she is dead, too, and I can't learn that she has left me any children to take care of. You are welcome indeed my lad." With this he took him home and treated him affectionately while he stayed. The old man was anxious to adopt him with him till death should op erate them ; But Bledsoe was a sailor, and soon began to long for another voy age, and at last told the old man that he must e . The wept before he went, Mr. Shelmire sat up after his usual bedtime writing, and in the morning he gave his guest a folded paper which be told him would do him good some time. The old man at the same time gave him .£loo,' and leaving London the saute day, Bled soe had thought no more about iu until the day before his interview with the proctor. He had been at sea most of the time since, and had learned by the merest chance in Liverpool, while looking over the files of a paper,of the death of Jacob Shelmire. Curiosity led him to examine the document which be lied given him and he discovered, to his_astonishment, it was the old man's last will and testa ment, giving all the property to him and making him his executor. In addition to this, the fellow swore that he had of ten seen ,Mr. Shelmire and both' the wit nesses write, and that be knew that these were their genuine signatures. That this man had lied from begin ning to end I could not have the least doubt.. I saw deliberate,,determined per jury in his snakylooking eye. For two hours did I cross examine him, endeav oring to find a weak spot in his story,but he had thoroughly fortified himself and delivered his evidence with all the cool ness and nonchalance of an expert. As for Passmore, he swore quite as plumply as Bledsoe that he was well acquainted with the writing of all the parties whose names were on the will, and that they were all genuine signatures: further than this, he remembered distinctly the fact of Bledsoes visit, and even went so far as to swear that Mr. Shelmire sent him for Drake and Lamed the night before Bledsoe left. He said that he found them, and requested them to go, to the house on business, and that both had told him that they would go. I could - make nothing more of them than this; and the Suirogate admitted the will to probate when the examination was finished. From this decision I took an appeal to a higher court.. 1 eliall have nothing to say at present of the triumphant looks and actions of those two scheming villains, nor the grief and despondency of poor Virginia. The sight of her pretty face, pale and patient, and so ray anxious, made me nervous and unfit for work; and at lust I told my student, Will Wayman, that he must talk with her whenever she came into the of fice. _ _ "Tell her that lam working hard far her.and that I will do what can be done." And with that I left him to talk to her and comfort her.. And Will, as I have reason to think, was not adverse to the duty, and , performed it to the mutual eat isfaction of both. Only a few weeks intervened before the sitting of the court at which the case was to be tried. I worked with all the zeal and fidelity of my nature, and with the excitement of my sympathy for the poor girl ; bat, when the day of trial came, I had to,confese to myself that I bad done next to nothing. I could not find a sin gla person who kriew anything about Bledsoe or his pretended visit to the de- ceased, and Mr. Shelmire as well as the pretended , witnesses to the will, were so little known in the city, and their trans actions with konsirmarnen,which required theta to grim, had been .so few, that it was with mat difficulty that I could find any one that knew ,their writing. And of those Who,lad,''scen theca snit, , and who examined the 'pretended,' will than was not one that, could scrim ihat either of. Abe ovate:nu were.. set yet guanine. • I =turd the court -co •Ctit mendus of the trial with a strange feeling of hope lessness. Except the assertions of fraud and conspiracy that I could make for my client, I knew of nothing that promised to tell in her favor. Virginia took her seat at the counsel table by me, and look ed with interest and curiosity upon the unaccustomed scene. She was lookioß very handsome, notwithstanding the anx iety in her taco ; and there were others beside Will Wayman who thought so, too. I had almost forgotten to mention the deep interest Will had taken in the case since its commencement. I wanted some body to whom I could talk in confidence about it, and so he had become thorough ly posted in all its details. I knew that he had pondered over them cineiderably, but 1 was far from thinking that he had worked out anythine that could be of any particular use in the case. I under— stood him better before the day was over. The case was called and a jury empan emu- The respondent's counsel opened the ca'e in art .la...e s of half an hour giving all the details, ana v minute ly what he could prove. Then the evidence of Bledsoe and Passmore, given as audaciously as before the Surro gate. My counsel's cross examinntion failed to entrap either of then into any inconsistency, or to shake their 'wonder ful self-possession in the slightest. At the conclusion of the respondent's case my counsel addessed the jury in be half of his client. He roundly charged perjury and fraud upon the two men who had occupied the witness box all the morning pointed out the suspicious cir cumstances that both witnesses to the pretended will were dead, and the diffi culty of any ne owho knew their writing. He insisted that the pretended will was a base fabrication, and the whOle story of these men was a lie, coined and uttered for the purpose of defrauding a poor girl of her patrimony. Virginia told her story in brief'. She told who she was, huw long she had lived with tar. Sheltnire,atirl what her relations with him had been The point of her evidence was that he had very often de clared that she should be his heir . ; that he had never mentioned the subject of a will to her, and that she never heard him speak of Rufus Bledsoe. The jury were evidently interested in the girl, and I thought, sympathized with her, but I well knew that this could not prevail against the strong affirmative evi• dence of the respondence. Will Wayman had sat quietly by the table, taking minutes of the evidence.— He handed me a scrap of paper, folded, torn and soiled, with the following writ ten upon it : July the PM. 113— Ito Jana Goma : Please send me two bails flour, Barlow Erna. Jags saxonas. The person to whom this was address ed had long been a large operator in flour, and supplied many of the dealers in the cit.. looked inquiringly at Will. "Recall Bledsoe," he said, in a whisper. "and let our counsel ask him whose writing it is." I did so. Bledsoe took the paper in his hand, ran his eye keenly over it, and, in answer to the question, said that it was undoubtedly Jacob Shelmire's hand writing. I looked again at my clerk. "Ask him if be is as sure of it as he is that the writing in the will is Mr. Shel- mire's." I made our counsel ask the question, and the lip of the witness curled under his moustache. Certainly he was, there could be no doubt of either. I looked again at Will. "Let him go, and go through the same with Passmore." • I did so, and Passmore clinched the evidence of Bledsoe. He said the writing in the order that I had produced was Mr. Shelmire's beyond qestion. He would know that writing anywhere,. - And Mr. Shelmire often wrote such orders and sent them by him. Had he ever taken any to Mr. Gregg? Yes, very often. Might he have taken this ? Very easily ;in tact he remembered this particular order. Mr. Passmore went down with an air of easy insolence ; and Will, his eyes beam ing with delight, leaned over and whis pered again in my ear. He did not ut ter more than four words, but they open ed upon me almost like the shock of an electric battery, and the weight that had. lain at my heart for six weeks rolled away In one instant our victory was insured. I whispered to our counsel, and he call ed the name of William Wayman. Disposing of the preliminary questions as to who he was, his occupation, 4e, our counsel asked : "Was the paper in your possession before exhibited here,just now?" "It was." "Do you know who wrote that order ?" "1 wrote it myself last night,for the pur pose of drawing these two gentlemen in— to the trap they have eo cleverly walked into. And I believe that if you'll look close you'll find my imitation of poor old Jacob Shelmire'm writing a great deal bet ter than theirs." This was virtually an end of the case. The jury began to catt indignant !oakum. Mr. Bledsoe, and his companion, bOth of whom turned white and red, and looked very uncomfortable. The judge simply told the jury that it remained for them to say, from the evidence. whether Jacob Shelmire had executed the will in dispute; , and without leaving their seats they found' that he hail not. • - One of the most remarkable things was the sudden dissapearence of Bledsoe and Taturrnore. Within fifteen minutes after the verdict I bad a warrant for their ar rest on a charge of perjury and forgery in the hands of the police, but they never found them. They had fled, secretly and precipitatelyi and we never beard of them again. I can only say that 'have full faith in the words, "The way of the' trans. grasser is hard." Some - daya after the trial, I said to the clerk, "Well, Will, my. client, -Virginia Oai'vin,will not be of age for some months yet, and it is necessary to havoin'admin-. tiltrotor bud guardian appointed. • Do you know whom she would prefer."' "I have no doubt, air, that she would prefer me. And as I am tobecome tier husband in two weeks, you Will concede the propriety of the suggestion. ' • • 1 ilidmore; I shook - the *timid :fellow El tbeliand'anit wished him a whole OA. tary ,of bappiamta. And- was ...set Alban) asknowledging audAhis; that his adrostuata bads saved astute, 10;1 eat thane Sias a prattlAri:fla; Pea .is bar elaweekag kits far her —.; • .2 • TERMS :—Two Dollars Per Year in Advon.oe. tkoine fading. MEMORIES. MM. J. crwanr. Yes, dear. it Ls twilight, Put your pen away ; Make the fire born brighter At the close of day. Elsll I tell you, softly Of the long ago f Then draw nearer, darling To the ruddy glow. In this timeworn casket, Are my keepsakes old ; Letters and , a portrait In Its frame of geld ; And some faded mess,— Petals to decay,— Slumber now in silence, Once they bloomed in May. They were fondly gathered By a loving one. Wove in wreath of beauty Ere the day was done. .nr brow encircled By their snowy bloom ; Made my heart grow lighter With their sweet perfume. But they drooped in sadness, Bo 1 laid them here, ~ With the cherished leaf, And the portrait dear, Then I whispered gently ; "These are mine to keep Through the future toiling When the Past's asleep. Do you know the 'wry Told in grief and pain, How these hidden treunres In my heart have lain f How I sent the letters, Just a day too late, To some one in sorrow Lost In arms of Fate ? Letters and the.portralt, Came again—were mine, l c.. Itto I laid them fondly On my memory's shrine, With the wreath of roses That my brow had Pressed Ere the leaves had withered, In a strange unrest. Dearest, close the casket Place these things within ; They have brought me shadows Of "the might have been." Lay them, there, in faience In that grave away ; Smooth my silver tresses Changed from brown to grey. FALSE IDEAS OF SIARRIED LIFE It is a sad lature of modern society that young married people think they must begin their wedded life where their fathers and moth ers leave off. They must have homes furnished with all the luxuries. and &noised in all the magnificence of style, equally with those who have acquired abundant wealth. It must be this or nothing Parente impress upon the minds of their daughters, that they ought not to think of leaving the parental roof unless for a home as good as, or betterin all respects,than the parental abode and that, unless such a home be offered them, is will be far preferable to remain single. This advice ie given in kind ness through a feeling of false pride, of social position—or, more commonly, from a desire to shield their daughters from the like privations and rough experiences through which the par , ents have been compelled to pass. They would ' save their children from straightness of limited possession, and from the toll, deprivation, sad close economy requisite to the accumulation of wealth. The result of this Is to prevent many a mor tgage which would otherwise tak• place. Young met, aware of this parental advice, have come to. deem it the orreries of an insult to ask a young lady to share with !hem berries more plain in appointments and surroundings than that of their girlhood ; and, where the ability does-sot exist to provida/luxurious homes, the idea of marriageisdisetided Young women, also, have coma to regard it as an act of unpar donable fully and humiliation to accept an offer of marriage which does not carry with it all the luxuries and surroundings of wealth. On ill sides, the opinion prevails that married life should begin at the high tide of indulgence in all that constitutes an- elegant, fashionable, and wealthy home, or not to begin at all. The old ides of "love in a cottage" is put slide as a bar baric relic of the rude put. Nothing short of fuhionable life amid elegant and luxurious sur roundings, either with or without love, w ill meet the requirements of the refined present. The consequence is,that thousands of our young men do not marry, simply became of their ina bility to meet these demands of the age ; while hundreds d• marry, try the experiment et high living, sink hopelessly under a load of accnmu lated debt, or, goaded by pride, keep up a while peculations, and then end their career in a ffilon'e cell or by suicide. * In whatever light this state of things is view ed„ to be deplored. Marriage u the nor mal and devinely appointed order of society ; and whateier tends to prevent marriage tends to destroy ; that order, to disrupt tbe true social bond, and to open the deor'for the incoming of lleentiouness. Surely, this state of things ought to be remedied. Young men and young ,women should be made to regard marriage as Awed duty, and married life as the only true relation for wild beings Their ideas should be raised entirely above all considerations of faablenableetanding in . wieldy; and bo regula ted solely by the higher modes of obedience to that . ditlncli constitutional law of social life, which makes marriage obligatory, and puts the relation of husband and wife above all relations iii litieredtieSS itnd perpetuity. The ftiture well being of thri rice depends upon this being done, and being done effectually. All loose ideas on this object eliould be frowned down at once, and be banished forever. Men everywhere should, be,made to feel Witt married life is ob ligating, tend that chaitliy - is the vlttue of ell social idrtuoi;without which happy- and well. ordered society Is iMpowilble. But bow *ball this- be brought about ? The Atli answer ardnldtequire mOrtt Space than may he bore allowed ; but one or two points. may be pertinently noticed. 'Lad the first is, that. in public estimation, it should beteadtt honors. I hto fbr men to live simerding to :their ritltts, mad dishonorable to lied boyeed theirmeass. — Boarrenemes and ppm Item= ,should be tussill4 ths.t: l o l l 5 4 0 ova" o froPotab ili tr -PO litL with bare Missearts abclfsw losswies, *Lois pelembei' ability will warns( tteare ; and ied* "gfaaraame them ell lase et @odd viandlog , by so doing, ireetbinfamag m *odd be made to NUMBER 17. feel that he may honorably oler his heart as his hand to any women, whenever he in ahtl with her assistance, to provide a home with ei.,k necessaries of life and ordinary comforts : art every young ,woman should be taught to rcgat, it as neither derogatory to her alisseefor or ear. cial position to accept such as offer, end to help provide such a home. Young married 111 i should begin to-day where it did fifty years an in a home of one room, If need be, and by mu tual labor and economy grow up into mot" ample accommodations. All honor and re!.ocat should be given to those who accept of lova without wealth, and are willing to do,a•nd beer, and suffer their part in the battle of life- Sac:: a position is the beginning of eolf-sininnoce, which •Is so important an element in life, rmd withou,t which all efforts at improvement ell short of their aim, and leave the parties to 11111 eudloss struggle. Young women should be taught bow to work, and be brought up wish a willinoness work, whenever or wherever eircumat:;noa de mand it. They should be mad* to regard It es a solemn duty to assist their boa: nadir in the battle of life ; and to think it no hard••hi? accept of "love in a cottage," whore love sad work must go hand In band. rathers and tnotbers should teach their children to b.etoor their affections and link their destiny for lit, with reference to worth and not en tooney.— They should seek to bring haer^that rood off custom of beciuning married hie at the ; , aos of the hill,and mate it honorable tor husband r.. 7.4 wife to travel up together. No longer rlsowld it be considered derogatory so roapeegehillty, nor degrading to social standin:so starry :TM- • out wealth, and to begin howikowing ea limited scale, Every wile should betrul7 help-meet, and regard it an no dirrrsen to do her own work, until pecuniary ability .rail tally warrant the hiring of it done. livery —Aso should be made to feel that it is honorable to marry en a small income and shoo to live with in his means, without losing social costa or aa• riflcing self-respect. NI(1 CIIRLS. There is nothing halt so sweet in Ids, half beautiful or supremely delightful or en levubt, 66 • nice girl. One of those lovely, livrly,;, - ; ,e—lS, natured, sweet fates& scalable. neeit,naity.piess, prayerful.domeetie greeter« met with wiel9 the sphere of home, chin:ming erawaci the iriCs ence of her goodosos Ilks the 0211111e0 of awaft flowers. A aico girl is not tie languishing, bokur,7, drawling on the tole and ditotweiv, the last e era or novel, or the &We-like ereerpre ew:ep ing majestically through the drawtag-room.— The nice girl may not even play cr C,ncc and knows nothing about rein: bor sym or co quetting with a far. Was never langninhez, she is too active. She ie not given to evotoVert novels, she is toe busy. ln pah v,o eo is not M front showing her shealden sh• el". quiet and unobtrusive at the bask el the crowd most likely. Ia fact, it la set °flan we ill:cover kw Home I. her place. Who rises betimes sad supsrintruds IF:10 morning Meal 1 Who makes tlie mast atd ma, and buttons the boys' shires, and Neas too chickens, and brightens up the parlor and eft ling-room Is it the langsisher, or the or the elegance 1 Not a bit et tt. Ifs the nitA girl. Her maiden toilet is made in the ehortnsi pos sible time, yet bow charmingly tt it dace, sad how elegant and neat her dress and o.llltr I If you covet anything, it is one of the Lie. errs kisses. Not presentin,s her chuck or Mow like a fine girl, but an audible sennek whit , / says plainly, "I love you ever so oeceb I" Breakfast over, down 1n ibe kltehcn le.sec about dinner, and' all day long she it ap and down, always cheerful and light keened. be never ceases to be active and asoil4l estirths day is gone, when she will pelka with the here or read, sing old songs or play old tunes to bGv father or mother for hours together. fine is a perfect treasure, is the Mee girl. IT boo sinks ness comesot is she who attend: with newest , ying patience on the sick okambor. Thsre is no risk, na fatigue that she will not untiergetosis sacrifice that she will not make, Übo is oil invo all devotion. I have often thought It.vrctild ho happiness to be watched by such lovin: eyes, and tended by such a fhir hand. One of the strongest marked eberaelerlitthi of a nice girl is tidiness and simplicity of drat She is invariably associated In my mini with a high frock, plain collar, and the neatest of nice ribhens, bound with the most modest ifttin brooch in the world. I never knew a niee who displayed a profusion of rings and breve ista, or who wore low dresses. 1 say there is nothing in the world half as beautiful, half so intrinsically good us a Mee girl. She is the sweetest dower in the path of fa. There are others far more gni-Raging, Wit thee') we merely admire as we go hgr. .11 where the daisy grows that we like to trot. HOW TREY READ IiEWSPAPERS. Uncle Ned first hunts up a funny thing, theca laughs with a will. Arms Sue first roads the stories, then turns to ttrp li - arriage , rthe end deaths. The laborer dnly looks at tee • • auts," hoping to find a better opening in his bas upia, Mill Flora seeks out the new advartievinstam to ascertain the newest importations in bonnets. and kids. Mr. Pleasure ...alter terns to the amusement column and cleeides which enter tainment will afford him the gresteta enjoy ment. Mill; Prim drops a tees'—flat over Its marriages, then over the deaths, for, soya the, "one is as bad as the ether." Mr. Pulltielse commences with the editorial, thou rotas the telegraph ending his perusal with the apsecias quoted. Mr. Professor slowly 0.12121‘11,43 the editorial, Its rhetoric, syntax. and loots, thee glances at the correspondenee, finally return! to his Latin. and quickly forgets what he Mis t read. Mr. Marvelous looks for the acoidenliv murders, inquests and deaths, reads the court record and ends with the stories in search st: something -aeneational. But why extend 1146 list? Each individual rends for hiineelf, and each does not find a column or so to kis panic• ular taste, the paper Is insipcd, the editor lazy and deserving of censure. Never go back. When you attempt, do with all your strength. Determinction is om nipotent. If the prospect be som•what.derk ened, put the fire or resolutioulo your'roUl,and kindle a fame that nothing bat death can ex tinguish. The fireside Is a school of infinite importance It is more important because It is uairerssl,and because the education it bestows, being woven in the woof of childhood, glees fern and color to the whole mature of life. Were lt given to our orpnio eye to see into the Millie of others, we should judge a tuna much more surely from what he dreams, *ban hum what be thinks; ,there is ',wlll M its tbenglkt, then Is none In ►he dram.