HAWLEY & eRUSER, Editors and Proprietors.
IOLUME 32.
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he LocalendGeocrolliews,Poetry.Sto-
Mt.cellsncooP Reading.Correepond-
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; months. 52.50; morals. $4 SA ; I
A disconnt on advertieemente of a
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.1 I Ibe each ntlweeluent Intertion.-
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Business Cards
t, ilk. EN & .31A CKE):
N.C. 'Mackey. bare ibis day en
,. co-Partnere:4p, for the practice
,• isurgery. and are prepared to attend
call~ in the line of their profesalon at
and night.
n. 1.,1 April 14, 14:5.—a-21.
B D. BA LDW IN, M. D.,
P 11 N' P3l YS I (lAN, hit. located himself at
re he will attend promptly to all.pro
- •11,,, , rntraged to hta care. Vireface
rms. 41L1rItoc,ocoad Also:, front. Boards at
Pt, -t . Nlarch 10, 1815.
I Ail ASI , COLLECTION OFFICE.
n. W :1 , 06 Attorney.at-Lutv., Montroee, Peria'a.
l'ro raptly Attended to.
• . giveu to Orphans' Court Practice.
Pen. P . J. Turrell; on Public Avenue, oppo
: .tte the Turhell House. 1676.
IV. 4S'4lflril,
ht.. dwulfug , next doornorth of Dr.
••:.
Oil Foundry street, where he would be
••• ••,•• • 1.14.0 , e to want of Dental Rork. De
• . • • Out ht. can please all. both qualltyof
. • : prig, °Wes hours from 9A.M. tO 4 r. r.
11. I'l4—a
r.JLLEY HOUSE.
c• PA• Satnated near the Erie Railway De
..r :•• :Ina commodious house, has undergone
Nouly rurnisned rooms and eleep
. . • viendltitablesAnd alltb ing compris•
HENRY ACRERT,
. -I L L Proprietor.
.1 lit. .I.t.:OPLE'S ILIREET.
Pnr.ur Bann, Proprietor.
t•altetl Meats, Hama, Pork, Bologna San
i.
•ne boot conatty, constantly on band, at
I'l., Jain. 14. lh'la--17
RI LLISGS S7'RO UD.
.BSI. LIFE INSURANCE AGENT. Ale
•.,••utterldedtopromptly,on fair terms. Offic.
vaet ol the bank of Wm. H. Cooper 4L, Co
Iresse.Stontrose. Pa. [Mrg.1,1869.
aLLLINGS STROUD.
CHA IZLEY MORRIS
lIAItBER, bne racrycd hie elaop the
. II: occupied by E. McKenzie a Co., where be to
to do all kinde of work in hie line,ench sewn.
chez, puffs. etc. all worts done' Win obort
,•,, ,„1 p r ire, inw. Plesee callnind see mt.
EDGA.II A. TERRELL
nisru.or. AT LAW,
No. 170.. Broadway, Noir York City
L.:. `.7.: 11.1874.-iy)
LITTLES & BLAKESLEE
I^bR.\ES• &T LAW, have removed to their New
the Turbell Donne.
B. B. Lrrms,
MM!
15. 15772
Fk4 , oi. tationery, Wan Paper, lieweya
pod, Stereuecopie Views., Yankee
:Next door to tho PeetOttlce,Montruee,
B. B.P.A.F§..
1,1.
•
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
IAtRIN,TUN wioher to Inform theputacthst
the Exchange, Hotel In IdontrOed.he
p,-,,red to accommodate the travelingpnbl!e
le.
1571.
LI. 817 RRIT7
Fnucy Du Goode, Crockery, Hard.
Drags. Oils, and Palate, Banda
. • and Capt.. Fars, Buffalo Robe". Gra
; • t'ro,
w•M. 7-ra a., Nov 0, '72--tt.
F. D. LAM.R. 3t. D..
• AND Sl l w Evil tendert% ul: 4 profession
., 0.1 , elt•zeu. or Great Dvad and vicinity
• 1.4.1 Uhler, Brent Brad
P. I' 2J, 1,;::).—t1
~.. U .1. LATHROP,
..n nI E. al. BATU, n .40 FOOL of
rr,. r.” and coastal to a-1 Chronic
rn,3.-j.
LT. 5. IF. LAYTON,
EI;I:GEON, tender! Ida services to
4.4reat Deed and vicinity. Office at ale
I:amain House, GM Bend village.
tf
LE 117 S KNOLL, •
•LA !N it AND HAIR DEESSnia
PootoMee bulldiad. where he will
,ae, to attend all who may want any thing
Montrose F. Oct. 13 SW.
1l1I:1,ES N. STOLD.AB.D r
11.,trte and Snots, Hata and Caps. Leatherand
Ntair..r.trcet, let door below Soyd'e Store.
arder, rord repairing done neatlp.
.I.ln. I /870.
bll. Ir. L. RICIIAILDSON,
'‘ITIcGEON, tenders bit , profeerelowt
tt, oftimme of Montrose
nl,L.ldet.:e. on the cornereastof Sore dt
Folluctr. lAug.l. 1969.
St'o V ILL d DEWITT.
and Solicitors in Bankruptcy. ,Ofacc
. over City National Bank,
W. H. Scorns,
I . rh. 1,1% hrunatE Dzwirr.-
IL A. LYON,
LI) Abel Tarrell. denier In Drrigl MedininnA,
Pamtp. 011 P, Dye-scuffs. Teas, eplees.
!s, c, Jewelry, PeriplteXj.ltC.
31ny Ib, 113 - 73.
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AND cIieNSELLOP,AT-LAW. Soot
vrtit of the Court ourtHowe. ,-
u, .ackur.rj tn, 145.-431
A 0. WAIIREN,
it'itsE) 2. 'A W. Bounty, Back lay, PCnaleu
"' ee Canino attended to. (Mee Art,
11 0,114 Store, MontreFe.Ps.
IV. A. CROSSMON,
t tnlice at tin Court Mouse; tba
O•tce. W. A. CaosexOti.
haul
, -
J. 6. WILEAZON.
ENnuct:CL AND LAND Orzrzyoei
'
P.O. address, Franklla Forke,
equetuuma Co, Pa.
W. W. 4(.3f1711,
•.61;;I:1 (1.911: ILASIVFAUTCIIEBB,•:-Youl
- MOIL..tUbt. 1 . 11• iang.2.1669.
M. C. SUTTON, • .
ac criciNtiat, and ixeCHANCE ,80ENT I
iti 4:41
Frfeods~Ufe. PA.
D. 11'. SEARLE,
!Tot:NEI' AT LAW • office over the titore'of 2,1
ihe Brick illock.Montrose TA. LitiLl Go
J B. it A. IL ,ifcCO,LLUM, •
, - , ,, h1.1-Te kr Lew oince ova: the Bad:, /iclarofc
31,, ntruir, to IU, /SU.. tf
daft EL T o ,
1, 41,1,,=•
-•.• Addiebe,i3toOklin; Na.
County Business Direct°ll.
Two lines In adaDtrectory, one year, *1.00; each ad
ditional line, 50 cents.
MONTROSE •
WM. FIAUGITWOUT, Slater, Whokeel° and hetet
dealer in all kinds of elate rotting, elate paint, etc.
Roots repaired with elate paint to order. Also, slate
paint for sale by the gallon or barrel. Montrose. Pa.
Hoznics STROUD, Genera Fire and Life then
'ante Agents ; also, sell Mailman and AccideutTicke
toNew Yorkand Philadelphia. Office one dooreast
°Ake Bank.
80YD6.41 CORWIN, Dealers In Stoves, Hardware
and Manufacturers of Tin had Shectiron ware.cornet
of Main and Tarnpike street.
A. N. BULLARD, Dealer to Groceries, Provisions
Books, Statione and Yankee Notions, at bead of
Public Avenue..
WM. 11. COOPER .4, CO.. Bankers, sell Foreign Pas ,
sage Tickets and Drafts on England, Ireland and Scot.
, land-.•
WM. L. COX. Harness maker and dealer in all article
*U sanity kept by the trade, opposite the Bank. •
JAMES E. CARMALT, Attorney at Law. Office one
door below Tarbell House. Public Avenue, •
NEW MILFORD.
•
SAVINGS DANA, NEW MILFORD.—Pis per cent. In
tercet on all Deposits. Does a general Banking Bur
nese. .nll-11 S. D. CHASE & CO.
D.GARRET SON. Dealers in Flour. Feed. 31ea
Salt, Lime, Cement. Groceries and Pror'au.nr
Main Street, opposite the Depot.
S. F. KIMBER. Cairmge Maker and Undertaker on
Main Street, two doors below Hawley's Store.
. GREAT BEND.
DORAN, Merchant Tailor and dealer in Reali
Made Clothing, Dry Goods,Grocerics and Provisions
Main Street,
Banking, &c
BANKING HOUSE
U l lll. H. COOPER & CO.,
MONTROSE, PA
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL
POINTS AND PROMPTLY ACCOUN
TED FOR AS HERETOFORE.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR
Ei ..gl6. IA M .
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
winam
AS PER AGREEMENT WHEN THE
DEPOSIT IS MADE.
In the future, as in the past, we shall endcav
or to transact all money business to the satis
faction of our patrons and correspondents.
WM. U. COOPER & CO.,
Montrose, March 10, '7s.—tf. Gankers.
anstionzea uapitat, - ,Goo f ooo 00.
Present Capital,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
MONTROSE, PA.
WILLIAM J. 'FUTRELL. Pre.idzid.
D. D. SEARLE. Vice President.
N. L LENIIEIM, - - Cashier
Directors.
WM. J. TURRELL, D. D. SEARLE, A.
3. GERRITSON, M. S. DESSAUER,
ABEL TURRELL, G. V. BENTLEY,
G. B. ELDRED, Montrose, Pa.
E. A. CLARK, Binghamton, N. Y.
E. A. PRATT, New "Witold, Pa.
M. B. WRlGHT,Snsquellanna Depot, l'a.
L. S. LENHEIM, Gnat Bend, Pa.
DRAFTS SOLD ON EUROPE.
COLLECTIONS 3IADE ON ALL POINTS
SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED
M(.nt rose, March 3, 1875.—tf
SCRANIfid VMS Q. if
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 FOIL
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.
DIRECTORS ; JAMES BLAIR,
SANFORD GRANT, GEORGE FISH
ER, JAS. S. SLOCUM, J. IL 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. M.
UNTIL FOUR P. M., AND ON WED
NESDAY - AND SATURDAY. EVE
NINGS UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCik.
Feb. 12. 1874. ..
The Newest Sensation
GROVES & YOUNGS'
TONING ESTABLIS ow NT
J1L1C0N1TZ11. 4 0.455317,
A RUSH OP CUSTOMERS. MI Work WARRANT
-11 ED TO GIVE SATLSFACTION IN EVERT RES
PECT. Examine our prices and pis cua o triaL
JOIIN GUOVES.
- • - HENRY 'YOUNG.
Montrose. February O. 1.875.-tt .
Itingimanto4 Warble Works I
All kinds of blonunients. - 11codstones. and Marble
Mantles, tondo to Order. Also. tlrotob Granites on
band. I. P/CifE,ltllso 6 CO.,
ricgrania.
6.9. YEGZAUSAU. r
U. P. ZEOWN.
*et. 24. 11374.
LOVE BEFORE WEALTH.
Beneath an oak tree, old and shady,
Upon the sod that 'neath it grew,
There, waiting, sat a lovely lady,
As sweet as o'er was Byron's Bantle.
Her face half hidden from the view,
By clust'ring curls, that seemed to woo
Her fair cheek's red and rosy hue.
'Twas thus she sat at ease reclining,
Beneath that oak tree's cooling shade,
And, as the last red rays were shining,
There came a youth, as if undesigning,
To meet this young angelic maid ;
His face some anxious care t s betrayed,
Now hope —then doubt—sow bold—afraid
Down by her side he soon was sitting
And fondly gazing in her eyes—
Eyes so sparkling, flashing, flitting
All th' varied looks of love befitting—
The gaze of which could speak replies
To him whom she did idolize—
Whose RCM with hers did sympathize.
On many n twilight summer's even'
Had they beneath that oak tree met.
Here, many a pledge of love was given
And witnessed by the stars'ot heaven ;
'Twits here they vowed they'd ne'er forget,
Not 'till yon polar star should set,
Here parted with such sweet regret.
Thus spoke the youlh,hnlf choked with sighing
"To-morrow, love, I must depart,
chance this fate 'twere vain In trying,
But, still, I vow with love undying
To ever cherish near my heart
Thy lore, so tree from guile and art—
Nature's perfect counterpart."
"If fate commands thee thus to leave me,
Must thou with its demands comply ?
Fate may command thee to deceive me—
Would'st thou obey and thus bereave me ?
0! what a thought—rd rather die
In love while young than live to sigh
An age beneath a starless sky I"
"Thy words do rend my soul with sorrow,
My eyes with tears do overflow,
But 1 must part with thee to-morrow
And the ocean's broad wares furrow,
To California I must go,
Here, labor gathers wea:th too slow,
As all my efforts clearly-show.
"When I return from California,
Enriched with pounds of gathered gold,
Then, with wealth will I adorn thze,
And place thee high 'bore those thatecurn thee,
Because we're poor the world is cold,
But all the joys it does withhold
With wealth can soon be bought and sold."
"OR halt thou vowed that thou could'et never
Love aught on earth as dear as me ;
Yet, wealth alone can make thee sever
The ties that might endure forever.
O ! 1 would rather cling to thee,
Through humble walks of poverty,
=M2fl
- 100,000 00
"I feel that all thy fancied scheming,
Is woe to me and death to thee,
0 ! bid adieu to idle dreaming ;
Think not that wmith is all redeeming ;
It is as changing as the sea,
Thy love is richer far to me,
Than mines of gold can ever be.
"If then thou dost disdain my offer,
All hopes of wealth we must forego,
Let gold enrich some miser's coffer,
I've nothing now but love to proffer ;
And I accept—for well 1 know
That sweatest pleasures ever grow,
The richest where love's streaudets Ltow."
Some few evenings ago the rector
of a little seaside parish sat conning
books in,the quiet of his corm stddy.
• It was a wild October evening, the
wind twirling op the short drive that lay
between the tront door of the house and
the gate in the shrubbery which divided
the grounds from the highway.
Mr. Ferguson was puzzled over his
t.ork, bothered, in fact; finally he sought
assistalice of the interior order of crea•
I tom, to wit : his wife, who sat opposite
to him, busily knitting children's socks.
"Kate I" be ejaculated in an injured
tone.
"Well John ?"
"'These accounts are a frightful !mi.
sauce. I wish I had ueter undertaken
such a piece of business; its no end of
work for me, and not half a dozen of the
people will thank me for it after all."
Mr. Ferguson perfectly revelled in ail
sorts of parish work ;- but he was a man
who delighted in a good, hearty grim
bling now and then, and his wife, under
standing his_rnoods well, always found it
an excellent plan to treat him homtepa
thically. "Suppose you shut that book
up, John, and let us chat fdi an hour.—
The people won't be coming up for their
money before Thursday or Friday, and
this is only Monday."
"The people will be coming np for
their money, you most procrastinating
woman," answered the husband, "Sup
pose you were to help me now instead of
going on with that eternal knitting. ; we
might manage this between us, and have
the gossip you are longing for afterwards.
Now, then. - litho is Simon Green—the
one on the common? And did he have
money out in April to.buy a pig ? Now
we shall get on, perhaps.
The knitting vanished, and the pair
were soon immersed in club accounts,
Mrs. Ferguson's capital memory supple—
menting the rector's rather carelessly
kept accounts admirably. An hour's
work brought them to the elidof their
labOts ; and Mrs. Ferguson, on going to
a large,, old-fashioned .desk.and drawing
therefrom three Canvas bags fall of gold
and silver,had the'satisfaction of finding
the snit they contained tallied ezactly
with west was required to' pay ail the de.
positors in the club their proper am—
ounts.
"I shall be glad when we get rid of it,"
she said as she replaced the bags.. "I am
so unused to having such a sum of money
as £7O in tbe house that I don't, feel quite'
safe with it. It's to be hoped we shat
never be- rich, Kate.
_l,ve been wend
tomed to having X2OO a year so long now;
that I should feel out of my element with
a large income." • .
"By the by, was. Sarah to `come home
to-night?" asked the husband, ,
"Not till"to•ruorrow. She wanted one
more day to see a sailor, that was comiez
).2 Coon Street,
Bla.gb4aton,
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1785.
,fficlect fottrtj.
Hy vs= JOIDI, FO. 4.
- ,ltlecte4,storg.
CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
"Stand by the Bight though tte Heavens IbSP
home. I think, if you don't mind, John,
1 shall not keep Sarah longer than
Christmas. I don't like some of he'
"Then, my dear, it's your duty to try
and Improve them. You took the girl
out of charity ; don't give her up in a
hurry."
"I am not in a hurry, indeed. It is
quite two months since I found her read
ing a letter of mine, which I left open on
the table; and that is nut a pleasant hab
it for a servant girl to have, is it ? I talk•
dd to her kindly, but I believe she does
the same sort of thing still, when she
has the chance."
"Then, don't give her a chance, Kate,
Yoa never see me leaving my lettere
about [Oh, John ! ] or if I do they are .
such as are not of the least consequence?"
"I did not know so well when I engag
ed Sarah what a bad character her family
bore ; one brother has been in prison
"All the more reason for keeping her
safe frork l ecil influence. You shouldn't
be too ha:9l)7, Bate ; you are a dear little
soul, but like all women, you judge too
impulsively, and—Who's that, I won-
A heavy step passed the window, fol
lowed by a ring at the hall bell. Mrs.
Ferguson opened the study door as Jane,
their steady, elder servant, passed down
stairs, candle in hand.
"I wonder if that's Sarah come home
to-night instead of to-morrow ?" said
her mistress.
"Laved, no, ma'am, not likely," answer
ed Jane, "but we'll soon
_see who it is,"
and pulling away theghaiii from the
door, she opened it, disclosing a man's
figure without. He was dripping wet,
and had to hold his hat on with one
hand. or the wind would have carried it
far away ; in the other hand he extended
a large, damp, yellow envelope t.herein.—
A
telegruft r cried Jane,taking the mes
sage from him and passing it on to her
mistress, who in her turn carried it to
her husband, and watched his face anx
iously as he opened and read it. A grave,
perplexed look came over his features as
he handed it back.
The message was from his brother at.
Fordham, a place forty miles distant, and
ran thus :
"Come immediately—another fit—my
father anxiously expects you."
"No help for it, Kate," , said Mr. Fergu•
son, answering his wife's appealing look.
"So much depends on my seeing him
once more that I dare not choose but to
go. How am Ito get to the station, in
time for the ten o'clock mail, I wonder ?
It's nearly nine now, and five miles on
such a night as this would take me more
than an hour to walk l"
"Walk you can not, John," answer d
his wife. "I know," she added quickly—
"the man who brought the mu gs niost
go hack nag' trorrantr'S , war
note asking him to send his dog-cart
up atter you. Anything is better than
walking ; I know he will do it for you."
Mr Ferguson wrote her note horridly.
while her husband spoke to the telegraph
official, who promised to go to Mr. Hol
land's at once.
When he had gone Jane stood looking
blankly from master to mistress, and
then said, dolefully, "And please, air,
what's to become of us ?"
"Become of you ? Why, you will stay
and take care of the house, to be sure,"
said her master, rather shortly, Then,
closing the study door upon himself and
wife, be said, "But T don't half like the
leaving you at such a time, and with on
ly one servant, too, and all that, mone3
in the house. How awkwardly thing'
happen sometimes."
He was so heartily concerned, so evi•
dently uneasy, that, as a matter of course
his wife cheered him up by assuming ;.
....,...eo nim up
.. ...tming
i that, -once this money were gone, there
bright courage that she was far from would be none to meet the people with—
reeling. She lighted a candle and held the people who had saved it week by
out her hand. He understood the ges- week,day by day, all the past year. Heavy
tare.
drops ran down her shaking form ; her
"God bless them 1" he said, and foliow- hands turned numb and lips clammy and
ed her up-stairs to where the childrei cold, while the beating of her heart was
slept to give their little sleeping faces a
like the quick tolling of a bell—louder,
tarewellskiss.
louder—till it deafened her.
As be stood by their beds he heard the "11l find a way tti make her speak,"
horses coming up to the door—the hal said the second vmee ; "yere's another
lioui had passed too quickly ; but anotti•
kid in this room." Then in an instant a
er thought struck him at the last ma
this streak of light shot across the land
went. log, and the nest—
" Don't leave the money down stairs.all , Mother, mother, rm.ther I" shrieked
night, Bate; put it in my dressing room, Dalie ; and at that sound Ruth redoub
or stay, put it in yonder," uud he point• hd her cries, and the unhappy mother
ed to a door partly covered with a cur
' tain, "that's the safest room in the house. prang up, clasping one child, mad to
•
Good-by, my darling; I will telegraph eye the other.
then in the morning in time for the post-
' "Silence,you fool," skid the man beside
p for first tie.—
man to bring the message. If lam not youl! drive that harshly
fellowthe m
to do the child
back to-morrow get Allen and his Wife sisal-el, if you don't do as I tell you.—
to stay in the house. God bless you ; leep down, won't you,?" For she was
good by." ti uggling to pass, to get across the room
Another moment ano he was gone,and
Jane and her mistress looked like tw). is Rosie--Rosie whose cries were sound-
Jane strangely stifled,—"LoOk here, it you
very lonely and deserted females indeed,
as.they stood peering out into the dark-
ton's give up this game, by the Lord, I'll
wok you on the head if he don't." And
ness, listening to the-wheels. .
•clasiling oue wrist like a vice, the man .
"Come, Jane, this will never do,"
mid 'heldlber fast, while with the other hand
her mistress at last, wiping some rat
lie turned on the light from a small lan
drops and drops of another nature fr tern, slung at his side. She lilted her eyes
her face. "Let us see that all the door, s lo w l y, as f ear i ng whom she might see ;
and windows are fast.. Get your supper, but there was little enough . visible of the
and tell me when you are ready for bed ; 'b urg i a e s fac e —a wide hat a th i ck, red-
Then she reentered the study and so
down to collect her thoughts somewhat dish beard, and loose, rough gray coat,
were all she saw. -
after the burry and turmoil of the lut "Hush I hush I" she murmured to Ruth.
half hour. • i . 'Mather will send them away; don't look
The illness of her father in-law " law : "1 at him," and she turned the baby's face
would be relent at the last and let hr
towards herself •, then raising, her trem
husband share his property with his oil• tiling voice, "Rosie, my darling, ynot
our
er children ? Differences arising out If
mother is co
John Ferguson's marriage with a
do mother ming." ,But Rosie ' did
answer her, "Oh, my God !" she - panted
less woman, lamented by petty fam and loOked up wildly.
jealousies, strengthened by the indepete. "Mate," said the captor, loud enough
eat attitude the young - man had assult- for the - other man to bear, "take Our
ed—such differences had been, after , hand off, th . At _child's month if you aren't
the heaviest .grief of Mrs. Pondered
a
Married life: - And now.she pondered In a hurry to be strongup." 'Lie strange
snuffled sounds upon this 'broke_ out. again•
them, till the clock onzthi chimney-pi.Ce into a wild err, 4 q)h f-mother, - mother ',"
. i
struck the, hour of - ten,and .startlFdtr; -•Now," said the man, "one _good . turn
out of her meditations. -- • - -
' deserves , imetber, You're plucky enough
"This is the night„" she thought, "0 for 'a woman, but I cant _waste all the
winding they-, t i m e :r. , , l a up, t,
.and oe slight talking to you ;"
sought then he gave
among the ornaments - fer tbli kly.
:hi her,search she found something ate. her; a look that made her shiver from
head to foot arow. "Bundle tbose twts
bad not . expected—this letter, not in
e, Blipped behind• the tinse•Pie 4s ;
' 4 ' 'brats of yoisr's : into one •bed r •and . come
and get us,What. we Want. , t
most likely, as soon as read :, • • - :;.-
.\ I - She seethed . powerless now, iito ber
"DEAR. Sin.-;-The sum you name liil v'erY'sOul tainted within,- - her as she crept
you letter of the 6th, that is, ..C.70,' sll after the tallilark figure over the landing
be remitted to you in the fords you :el, into Rosie's room. - •.. -' ;
quest on Monday.. the 10th-inst.. The rel "Oh, rial-,childl7 cried the poor. 'wca
ceipt of Mr. Holland , will be quite suffi- man, and essayed to run to the 'title bed
cleat. ,We begto remain yours obedientwherein) , the small figure pinioneddown
ly, - :''..- Wit. &FRED'E MATHEItS, , , ' by i the heavY - graep:.of
,a ,taller,darker
...
- Managers Fordham Savings Bank ! ". , man than her own captor. , - - -
t • -• .
. , .
.iiiih, Soh!),
.you careless thin!" uttr 'I . : "Han& Off, now t Just put that other
'
mnred his wife ; and you say you never
leave anything about I This is the 10th,
so that has been lying there days. I sup
pose. lam very glad Sarah has been out
most of the time."
"If you please, I'm going np stairs
now, as soon as I've cleared thesi things
away," said Jane, entering with a respect
fully aggrieved air, "and glad I shall be
to get to bed ; for what with the night
being so rough, and master his gojn' off
so rut:Whit, I feel all queer like, and as if
I bad tht cold shivers runtiin' down the
spine of i y back."
When tie servant left the room, Mrs.
F,tgusou, 1 ., -membering her husband's
injunction, took car krz.gz .1 money from
the desk, and carried them into the room
he had desired;there locking them se—
curely in a small closet or sale.
This done, she went and stole her
younger born, Ruth, from her little cot,
and carried her off to her own bed. A
lingering good night over her darling
Rosie, her six-year old daughter, whose
sweet, tender young face looked wonder
fully like her mother's, and soon Bate
Fergiaon was sleeping by her child, with
her husband's likeness under her pillow,
and a prayer for his quick return filling
even her sleeping thoughts.
It seemed to the mistress of the house
that she had slept so long that morning
must be near, when she awoke with an
inexplacable feeling of fright, a feeling
Of something or some one near her.
"What is it ?" she cried, starting up in
the bed, and instinctively catching the
sleeping child in her arms. No answer.
Only a distinct sound of breathing,and
then a movement like a hand feeling
along the wall towards her.
She began to tremble violet:fly• noth•
ing but the presence of the child on her
panting bosom saved her from faint:mg.
"Who is it ?" she cried, her voice so
shaking and hollow that tt. awakened
Ruth. who clang to her sleepy and scar
ed.
This time she had an answer.
"We will do you no harm," a voice
spoke out of the darkness. "if you give
up that money you've got ;" and then be
fore Mrs. Ferguson could muster courage
and breath to speak, another voice, out of
the room appiirently added in a rough
under tone, "And tell her to look sharp
about it, too."
"Two of them ! G. God, help me !" she
whispered to herself, and Ruth began to
break into screams and subs.
"Keep that brat quiet !" angrily mut
tered the voice on the landing, "and don't
keep us here all night."
Now, surely, if ever a woman was in a
miserable plight, Mrs. Ferguson was that
woman. Not a house nearer than the
Holland's, a full quarter of a mile off; no
soul near to help her, for Jane,who work
ed bard all day, slept hard by night, and
qtrese mil e room at
the . very top of the house ; all alone,-
worse than alone, utterly helpless, and a
woman who confessed to the usual share
of feminine cowardice.
Still, sae drew her breath, and there
flashed from her heart a cry for help, and
then for a few brief moments, she
thought—thought with all her mind and
soul ! Was there any way for her out of
this ?
And her reason told her there was
none.
"Come," said the voice in her own
rooni,"l sm a good.tempered chap enough
but my mate's in a Lurry ;---don't pro
voke him. Look alive and tell us where
to find the swag—money."
She groaned Ana shook, and all her
limbs turned cold,as the voice drew near•
er and nearer ; and at the last words a
heavy hand was laid upon the bed. Then
further to torment her,came the thought
one in here along of this one, and
take and turn the key on 'em both, while
you take us yonder to what we're looking
after.
No choice but to obey; no passionate
kisses and a low "God keep you ;" and
between the two men she was marched
from the room, followed by the children's
pitiful cries : their wild, frightful sobs.
She led them down the first short flight
of stairs to which, as we have already
said, was partly overhung with a curtain.
This door opened into a room which had
been used by Mr. Ferguson's predecessor
as an oratory, The rectory had been
built in the time of the late rector, and
consequently very much to snit his taste
and fancies.
One more peculiarity of the room to
note ; the doors—for there were two—
fastened with a spring on being pushed
to, and could only be reopened by a hand
accustomed to the task, and they also
were furnished with heavy bolts on the
outside ; one door opened on the land
ing, the other, a smaller one, in one side
of the recess at the further end, led into
a bed room With had been Mr. Fergn
son's predecessor's, and whence he could
go in and out of his favorite oratory at
any hour of the day cr night, as it pleas
ed him.
Here, as the kitchen clock below struck
the hour of three, stood the strange trio
the muffled, disguised men, the tremb
ling, 15 bite-faced woman.
But one of them carried a light ; the
other had left his lantern outside.
"Now," said the darker of the men,
"here's the room, you say ; we can finish
this business pretty quick."
The small safe, let into the wall, was
directly before them ; below it four
drawers reached down to the flair ; in
the lowest of these at the back of it Mrs.
Ferguson had laid the key.
She pointed silently to the drawer,
which they at once dragged out, with too
much strength for they jerked it quite
out on die floor. One of them suddenly
turned, particularly about making a
noise, and bade their unwilling helper
"shut the door." As she felt the spring
catch securely beneath hand there sud
decly flashed upon her a thought—a
hope—a way of saving that fatal mon—
ey.
From the look the men had east
around the room, Mrs. Ferguson was sure
that they know nothing of their where
abouts.
''Shpt the door." the man had eaid,and
never so much as cast a look towards
wh ere was the other door, completely
concealed in the shadow of the recess.
Every pulse beating wildly, she glanced
furtively across the room—through the
tall, narrow, church-like window yonder
she could see a faint thread of light on
one dale which told her that the further
door stood unlatched.
"Oh heaven help me, and give me
Littm 13i/O prayed ; but her hand shook
so thar-it enuld scarcely obey her quick
thought. Another momen - 31111 .1--
took her exact position ; the men stooped
over the keys, the lamp on the floor, and
she had flung her shawl over the lamp,
darted across the room, out into the
room beyond, and flung to the door with
force.
Yet more to be done, She drew the
the bolts with frenzied speed, above, be—
low—that way was safe ; then with the
passionate strength of the moment, she
sped through the room, out on the land
ing to the curtained door. and made that
fast from without. while the furious cap
tives beat at it from within ; ab, then,
her fortitude forsook her, and a thousand
fears she had not counted on most cruel
ly beset her. She slid down a few stairs,
clinging to the rail ; then loosing her
hold, fell heavily on the stone floor of
the hall below.
Mr. Ferguson had ri ached his nearest
station in safety, and sent back the wraps
his careful wife had gtiarded him with.
and started by the ten o'clock train for
Fordbum.
The rain beat on the windows as the
train flew along in the darkness, and
presently a prolonged whistle told him
that they were approaching a certain,
junction where he would have to wait
sOme ten minutes or so.
Two or three lamps on the platform by
which they drew • up, showed some few
passengers and a couple of sleepy porters.
Another train had just come in from the
opposite direction from Fordham, now
only fifteen miles distant ; and some of
its :passengers had alighted apd were
making their way past the line of car—
riages.
Looking out upon his fellow travelers
without much curiosity or interest, Mr..
Ferguson caught eight of a face he little
expected to see. Shouting to a porter to
open the door of hie compartment, he
sprang out and grasped the arm of a man
very gitich like himself—in fact, his own
elder brother.
"George," he exclaimed, "were you go
ing for me ? Is father worse ?" . •
"What on earth do you mean, and
where did pop spring from ?" was his
answer.
'Oh, George, did you not telegraph to
No ibis evening that father had just had
another fit ?"
"Most certainly I did not I".
"Oh, ml wire, my wife 1" said the cler
gyman ; and then he staggered to a heap
of lriggage and sat down and - hid his
face in - hid hands. His brother eaw the
matter was serious ; do he let-bis own•
train pass on without resuming his jour
ney, and was soon in posseeseesion of, all
the explanation John Ferguson could
give.
"Porter," he asked; "what tithe dues
the night train go through to Wheel—
borougn ?"
"At 1:25, sir,"
.answered, the man,.
"reaches Wheelborough ":4 2f1.5."'
The'disiance wad fire and twenty miles;
the present time -a quarter, 'or, by the'
time the explanation was' ended, half-past
"No belp for it, John '
• we couldn't
pick up a horse, nor yet pair, that
would be ready to start this time of night
and get us to Wheelborough before a
quarter past two. Come, old fellow,cheer
up ; it's no use taking for granted every 7
thing you dread P'
&it George Ferguson thought in hia
'own mind that matters looked black
enough to justify any amount of fears,
anti bad - bard work .to find hopeful talk
for the next two hours. Ito tried family
tuattets—anything psi away this time
TERMS :—Two Dollars Per Year in Advance.
in vain ; his brother's mind was filled
with overwhelming anxiety, his eyes peer
ed up the line to catch the first glimpse
.f the approaching train.
At last the shrill whistle. the glaring
lights creeping nearer _and nearer, the
minute's stoppage, and then elf again
homewards—and he began to dread the
moment he longed for.
At Wheelborough the two brothers
struck at once from the station on their
five mile walk ; and as they left the for.
ther outskirts of the town, the church
clock chimed hall-past two o'clock.
George Ferguson could barely keep
up with his brother's rapid stride, and
thought him half crazy with excitement
when he saw him lightly leap a ditcb,and
start running across a broken piece of
ground.
"George," cried the rector, pointing to
his own house, not a stone's throw dis
tant, "look at that light l" And through
the long narrow window of the oratory a
light shone plainly.
"Good God, if we are too late !"
The brothers searcely knew how they
covered the remaining distance. A blow
at the hall window and their force at the
shutters within,ated they made good their
entrance to see—Kate Ferguson lying
senseless on the floor ; to hear the wail
ing and crying of the children overhead ;
and a strange sound of low voices whis
pering and hands cutting away at wood
work.
Late, indeed,they were,but not too late.
An out door bell, set clanging, soori call—
ed ready help from the villuge,while Jane
already roused by the sounds, hut too
frightened to venture from her room
alone, busied herself over her uncon
scious mistress.
The captives in the oratory fought like
cats, and one of them gave George Fer—
guson a bite in the arm, the mark of
which he will carry as long as be lives—
that was Rough Dick. Gentleman Jim
turned sullen, and submitted co the ibrce
of numbers at last with better grace.
When on their trial, two months later,
Gentleman Jim paid Mrs. 14'erouson sev
eml compliments, and assured the judge
before whom they were tried that he es
teemed it no disgrace to have been trap
ped by finch a brick of a woman.
The gang to which the two thieves be
longed had received all their information
from Sarah's brother, who • was a sort of
hanger on to their brotherhood, and to
whom bad been intrusted the seliding of
the lying telegram which had so Cow.
fortahly disposed of the matter.
Tome 'fading.
A CLOSE, HARD MAN
A hard, close' - man was Solomon Ray,
Nothing of value he gave away ;
He hoarded and saved ;
' He pinched and shaved ;
And the more he had the more be craved.
The hard-earned dollars be toiled to gain
Brougnunt., tittle hut eamttud pain ;
For !title hennent, .
And all he lent
He made it bring him twenty per cent.
Such was the life of Solomon Ray.
The gears went by, and hts hair grew gray,
His cheeks grew thin.
And his soul Within
Grew hard as the dollars he worked to win.
But be died one day, as all men must,
Eor life is fleeting, and man but dust,
The heirs were gay
That laid him away,
And that was the end of Solomon Ray
They quarreled now, who had little cared
For Solomon Ray while his life was spared
His lands were sold,,
And his hard•earnedi gold
All went to the lawyers, I am told.
Yet men will cheat and pinch and save,
Nor carry their treasures beyond the grave
All their gold some day
Will melt away
Like the selfish savings of Solomon Ray.
BALLOONS
The ascent of an intrepid aeronaut, taking it
altogether, affords one of the finest proofs of
the art and courage of man. The great Roman
lyrist (Horace) justly observed that it was a
singular act of daring on the part of the first
man who. In a frail and feeble bark, exposed
himself to the violence of the watery element.
but, had he lived in our days, be would, moat
probably, have granted the wreath to the aero
naut. Man, from the earliest times, must have
been more or less acquainted with the sea ; be
saw other terrestrial animals swim ;'he soon
learned that simple and useful art, fur purposes
of exercise and recreation. The knowledge of
that art alone Must have removed ball* the ter
rors attendant on- ins first essay to' guide his
bark or canoe up and down familiar rivers.—
Having once attained that object; be enlarged
the` sphere of his action ; he went on by slow
degrees advancing and_ Improving, until at
length - he'spieridi hls mils en the bosom or the
occan,•took leave of his within shore, and made
the work of his bands a link that connects the
most distant climes of the'world. The attempt
of the aeronaut, less useful end less splendlitth
its results, requires more real daring, and more
constancy of mind. The aerial vessel Is of the
moor delicate and fragile construction ; its
course is so rapid that in less than the twink
ling of an eye the adventuter , Is 'placed, In a
state of dangerous elevation ;- be does not, like
the mariner, approach the point.of apparent
insecurity by slow and cautious degreeo ; Ins is
a sudden And mighty ffight—he soars toward
heaven, majestic and rapid. and, beautiful in
hie course. • The beauty of his vessel, the ra
pidity of Ids motion, the association of attend-
ant dangers, all give to this spectacle the fea
tures of the sublime, ,
.. „ ,
A desire to fly, has prevailed in all ages, and
most children base a alai' to imitate the birds.
Roger Bacon,' burn at licbester; in ;. Somerset
shire, in the beginning of the' thirteenth centu
ry, was the first that is known to baYc eenceiv
ed the Idea of rising in the air, supported by
exhausted balls of thin copper. lie was 'goon.
imt of the existence of light air, cndoWed•with
as great an elastic force - its common air, and,
therefore, though his example of light balls
was the 'same as that on which balloons are
now 11 lade, it was impracticable. Dr. Black, of
Edinburgh; is the first pais= who le known to
hive suggested the . possibility of enclosing in:
flammable air so es to renter it Capable or rats;
ing a vessel IA the • atmosphere, which Li stated
in his lectures 1707-8 ; and 4 .M. Cavallo, in
''‘72,.llrst made experiments on the subject,but
he was unable to retain the air in any material
light enough for the purpme, except a thick-so-
,•;
.NUMBER, 20.
lution of soap, which the practice orchildren
had shown would ascend even With respired
air rarified by beat. In the same year, StePh
en. and John Montgolfier, paper manufacturers,
of Annonay, about ten leagues from Lyons, fill
ed a silken bay ratified by burning paper,which
rose, first in . a room, and afterward to the
height of seventy feet in the open air. Several
repetitions of the experiment were mule in the
ensuing year. and finally dry straw and chop
ped wool were consumed instead of paper.
One of their, Balloons, about thirteen feet in di
ameter, rose to the height of 3,000 feetin two
minutes. At length, on the 15th of October
1788, M. Pilatre de Restore rose. from the Fau
bourg St. Honore, is Paris, in a wickertal
tery" about three feet broad, attached to an
oval balloon of 74 feet by 48 'feet; which,
,had
been made by ltlontgolfier, and which also car-
Tied up a brazier 'or grate for the purpose of
continuing at pleasure the inflation of, the bal
loon by a fire of straw and. woe]. The weight
of this machine was 1,000. pounds.. On that
day it was permitted to rise no higher than 84
feet, but on the 10th, M. Gimud de Villette-as
cended with him; they role to theheight of 333
feet, being prevented from further ascent only
by ropes. In November of the same year, V.
P. de Roziere and the Marquis d'Arlanzas first
trusted a balloon to the elements, and after ris
ing to the height of 3,000 feet, descended about
five miles from the place oftheir ascent. Abuul
the same time, Count Zambeccitri sent up from
the Artillery Ground, in - London, a small gilt
balloon filled with inflammable air, which in
two hours and a half reached a spot near Pet
worth, in Sussex, and would not then have fal
len had it not burst. The discovery was com
pleted by the introduction of gas.
In 1797 many curious experimentawere made
at Mendon, under - the direction of M. Conte.—.
By the publication of these experiments the
art of aerostation was consldembly_advaneed.
M. Charles and M. Robert ascended from the
.garden of the Tuileries in a balloon twenty-sev
en feet and a halt in diameter, and in au hour
and a half descended twenty-seven miles from
that,eity. In this voyage theAbermometer tell
from 47 to 31, from which datum the balloon
was supposed to have reached the height of 8,-
400 feet. Lunardi was equally intrepid as an
aeronaut as the foregoing. But subsequent ex
periments msy rather be enumerated than des
cribed, for if no satisfactory discovery of the
means of directing or guiding balloons can be
mace, the invention will not possess half the
importance suppoSed in the first instance to at
tach to it, as they can only be considered-ma
chines for amusement, not of utility to society;
and when we know; the danger to which a hu
man being suspended in the . air is exposed, the
human mind cannot fairly delight In Barka
spectacle. The means of controlling. - ascent
and descent is therefore the utmost the most
experiencedonauts . can accomplish. •
Parachutes-Were first constructed and annex
ed to balloons by the husband of the celebrated
but ill-fated Madame Blancliard,for the purpose .
of escape in case of accident. During excur
sion which he undertook from Lisle about the
end of August,l7B3,when this adventurous aero
naut traveled, without halting, a distance of
not less than 900 miles, he let down a dog froth
Isolg3At iss.tho baaltata a parachute, and
the poor animal falling gently through the air,
reached the ground unhurt.
A QUESTION FOR M:EMF:).
Among the letters we receive' about love af
fairs, many are from girls who desire to know_
what they shall {to about a certain- young man
-Wto, having been attentive, Is now -growing
cohL Shall they write to him ? Shall they
speak to him ? Shall they let Lim know they
never can forget him ? What shall they do to
bring back the truant r
We have only sympathy for the girl whose
heart lingers over, her first sweet dream. She
would be less than woman if it tlf'd not. But
as the Surgeon buries his knife in the quivering
flesh of his patient to cut away something that
else would eat tho life away, so would Two, had
we the power, cut the miserable .aehing . split
from Lenny a fresh young heart and leave the
sufferer free and glad once more. Words can
do little; yet we-should like to say a . word or,
two to those 'whose Inexperienced pens haver
not told half they suffer—to those who desire
to know how to win a recreant lover back to
his allegiance. ' .* • •
Ant! first: Can you not see how much better
it is that he should go If he desires to do so ?
How worthless ho Would be, having once wish.
en to slip his chains, if you could entice him
*tic'"? A true lover needs no bonds, anti only
a true lover ever satisfies. The man wholoves,
wtrs, , and wins, and wears his prize if he can,
.has . no doubts, no hesitations; "A woman who
has had Such luve could never mistake any
thing ices true for the genuine ; but a girl yet
InexpWenced has nothing by which , to mess
ore the tenderness and passion of ono she
thinks her lover. The young fellow chats with
her, laughs with her, escorts her to soma plane
of amusement, and geti to call her .by'her
christian name ; and out of this, she makes a
lover; and when the nest pretty face beguiles
him, breaks her heart because he Is gone f It
is so foolish, and yet so natural. Still a little
thought would save the snapping of the heart
strings. Shrjas_nary to reflect, for a Moment
before permitatherselt to confldO In her boy.
er, and never trust until she has strictly tried
his sincerity. "
CONSCIENCE'S PROMISSOItY NOTES.'
We read with amusement the description of
Wilkins Micawber's promissory 'notes—how,:
with Mm, the signing of such promises' to pay
were equivalent to handing over the cash itself;
but we neglect to draw a moral front the pleas
ant fiction. Do we not, all of us, over and ov
cr again, make good- resolUtions, when convinc
ed of wrong-doing, which are but promissory
notes to conscience ? Notes which we seldom.
take up, by the way, though we forget that our
honor is compromised by the omission. It is
so easy to promise. If we are remiss in our
duty towards a bored one, a few kind words,
promise for !Mum Amendment, In our
but
compensates for all past . neglect; : but lf that,
loved one dies ere we have time to render Com;
pensation—what then f Mend, if
oats mould only keep their, promises, toward
the living.. That is the neglect we must do
plore. Many times promises. nersi seem to he ,
folly realized till the one who called them forth
lies silent in death, till the "too late" stares us
in the face mid removes our every opportwal-
Cultivato consideration !or the tcolng of oth
er poopleyif you would Royer havo your own in
Jared, Thoso arho . camplida most of
Oro tho ones who ibuio thontsolves and other
you Arley shrink frern ttio.,far, reaching soh
tulles or your 'heart, but no otter ' MA ' WA
yours can tread thorn. • •
IMME