HAWLEY & CRUSER, Editors and Proprietors.
VOLUME 32.
Miscellaneous.
rllontrost entatrat
Is l'clironco EvEnv WIFNESD•Y Slowing°,
Samuehanna Cortaty, Pa.
,r,-I,—WeeLi Side of Public Avenue.
the Lnealand Gen era I New 6, Poctry.Sto
ierd otc, u Iscellaneons Reading.Corrovpond
ind 3 :el Ishle ctn.. of anverticttnente.
Advertising Ratites:
- N us, of an inch epace.l3 wec.ks, or leas $1
„,,t 4; ,tt months, 52..50; ti months, $4.50; 1
A liberal discount on micertiremente of a
L. Business L0c114,10 eta. a line for first
and 3 ete a line each subsequent ;amnion.—
ea d deathc. I roe ; obituaries, 10 eta. a line,
FINE aop.
A SPECIALTY !
- Quick Work. - Try U
R. HAI% LEY, - WM. C. CRCSEIL.
Business Cards
& ILA CAWS'.
Gro•d .d N. C. Mackey, bare this day en
-ad lute a Neaten, co-Partnersblp, for the practice
Medicine nod Surgery, and are prepared to attend
10 all calla to the line of their profession at
P., of the day nod night.
; wt.., Pa.. April 14. 1K15.-4-21.
IL 1.0. BALD WIN, M. 1).,
..1/(ErATIIIC PIII'BICIAN, has located himself at
ore. where he will attend promptly to all pro
hualuevo entrusted to his care. Or Office
;urrnall u building. second door, front_ Boards at
1: ri Italdm
A.troec. Pa. . Barth 10, 1875.
B' AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
a WATSON. Attorney.t-Law. Montrose. Penn . !'
oliectiOnn promptly Attended to.
....a. lei e nti on - glVen to Orphan.' Court Practice.
ilom W. J. Tatrall, on Public Avenue, oppo
cite the Tarbell Hoare.
1b75.
DILIV."IV. .1311TH,
-r et hie dwelling, next doornorth of Dr.
Old Foundry street, where he would be
all there in want of Dental la cikk. De
ottt t hat he can please all, both I n quality of
it.,l to prier. Oftee boars from 9 a.m. to 4 r. a.
Yeb I,ol4—tf
VALLEY ROUES',
• P.L.D. situated near the Erie Railway De
.. large and nOinmndions hoose; has undergone
repair. Newly farniehed rooms and sleep.
r , dont ,Eplondid Lablea,and allthinge compels
:datc hotel. HENRY ACKERT.
.q.L. -1 I. Proprietor.
11JA PEOPLE'S /1/4BEET.
Pun-Lar Bann, Proprietor.
Meats., Hams, Pork, Bologna Sao
, , of :he test quality, constantly on hand, at
.•
Pa„ Jae. 14. 1573.-1 y
IJI LLIA OS STRO VD.
AND USE INSURANCE AGENT. Ale
!,,,,attended to promptly,on fair terme.
,net of toe bank a Wm. 11. Cooper S C.
venue. ilontrore. Pa. [Aug.1.1869.
• •: BILLINGS STROUD.
CHARLEY MORRIS
I HAITI 13....118ER hap moved his shop to the
thi,g occupied by E. bfcßenzio & Co., where bets
-rptired to do all kinds of work In his lint,ench as 111/1-
he,, puffs, etc. MI work dUho on short
s and prireK low. Please call and see rue.
EDO.III d. TUJ2BELL
[..J.klli AT LAW,
No. 170 Broadway, New York Clty
ks! -{ Feb. IL 1.874.-,9)
Ll TTLES 4£ BLAKESLEE
~asEss AT LAW, have , vemoved to their Neve ,
oppop Ice the Tarbell ETODDe.
R. B. Lrrrza,
GE°. P. Lzrms,
E. L. BLA.sr.s.Liz
IV. B. DEANS,
tu Soots, Ftationery, Wall Paper, News pa
Nuke: Cutlery, Stereureopie Views, Yankee
c,ort. et, Next door to the NHS/Office, blontrese,
t . B. BEANS.
1,14_ p
EXCLIARGE HOTEL.
I;ARLINGTON STIPtICV to inform the public that
- ,,seated the Excitant° Hotel In Montrore. he
prt pared to accommodate the travollngpnbllc
L:St.t . Aug. U.S. 1873.
LL 13 URRITT
• , tapie (Ind Fancy Drs Goode, Crockery, Hard.
Drugs. Oils, and Palate, Boots
Hato and Cape, Fare, Buffalo Robee. Gro
,• prov,iorie,
a.,Noy C.
F. D. 121.11:8, Af. D.,
:tit lAN AND SCItGEON, tenders nit profession
.,ToLv in we citizens of Great Bend and vicinity
or the I•oet Office, Great Bend Village.
Pa_ ,larch 24.1875
DR D. 3 LATHROP,
L'l.:^rzto Tunratat Banns, a ae Foot of
era.ut etrect. Call and conanl to a.] Chronic
DK S. W. DAYTON,
ISICIA}: SURGEON, tenders tria services to
•rraarrlr of Great Bend and vicinity. °nicest ilia
I s.rr.,,pporite Barham House, G't Bend village.'
—tr
LEWIS KNOLL,
, iIAvINI: AND HAIR DRESSING.
tbr nun . Postoffice buildinn. where he will
sad rend) to attend all who may want anything
Montrose Pa. Oct. 13 1839.
CIA ILLES X STODDARD,
and Shoes, Rata and Caps. Leatherand
Mate Street, Ist door 'below Boyd's Stare.
atade lu order, and repairing done neatly.
:.tro.: Jan. 1 1670.
DR. W. L. RICIT A lIDSON,
(lAN S srRGEON, tendert hie profession,
re.:u Lt., citizens °Montrose and wiclxilty.—
ext t , : m.stder:c, on the corzeresetof Sayre &
Pound,. rAng.l. 18E9.
.scOVILL d DEWITT.
i- F ,sl LIM and Solicitors in Bankruptcy, OMNI
• is. t.,❑n strect.over City liational Bank, Bing•
Wx. B.Scomx.,,
Jrnolts Dawsrr.
EAGLE DRUG STORE.
"i'liNzt, tele place to get Drage cm, Neckline,
robicco. Pnee, Pocket-Books, Spectelea,
N 005. bc. Brick Block
.44,. Pa., Mar sth, 1875. 18
If. d. LYON.
..tso r to Abul Tartill, defalcate Dregs MedieineSt
Yeints, Oils, Dye-staffs, Teas, Spices'
Geed,. Jewelry, Perfumery,
af....t.aa, May ID, lan.
L. F EIT'CLf,
ANI3 , COUNSELLOR-AT-UM. Mont
°lnc< wear a the Court Rome.
-te ,, e;-thmunty V, 1875.-331,
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A. 0. WARREN,
''"l‘E: , t. LAW,. Bounty, Back Pay, Pension
• Ext.:, -oe Claims attended to. Office gm!
te:oYr Surd's Store; Idonttose.Pa. I.Au. L . %
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Ir. A. CROSSMON,
Orrice at tho Court 'louse. le the
. W. A. Caosetten.
4.ruse. beta. . ISTI.—LIe
J. G. WIJZATQN,
ENoINEZE an. LAND firnraros
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P. 0. addrees, Franklin porke,
Susquehanna Co., Pa.
Ir. li SHITH,
ANL) Matt MANILIFACTUREIO3,—pooI
Ps. , lang. — 1869 '
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AL C. SUTTON, 1
ONEEft,and Iseunaarci ADIS; ' : i •
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D. W. SEARLE, . i
S6Y 'f Lett, office over-the S t ore of it
' , ,,.the Brick Block. Montrose Ps. tkul6o
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E. O'NEILL.
Lax. °Dice over. J. E. DeWILCO,
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P. [ Jane 9, 1t....-tr3 .
B. & A. IL MeCOLLUK
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County Business Directory.
Two lines In tbiaDlrectory, ono year, VIM cached
dittoed line, SO cents.
MONTROSE
WM. LIALIOHWOUT, Slater, Wholesale and Betel
dealer in all kinds of slate roofing, elate paint, etc.
Roofs repaired with state paint to order. Also, slate
paint for sale by the gallon or barreL Montrose. Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD, Genera Fire end Life (nett'
once Agents ; also, sell Rallroao and AceldentTiclut
to New Yorkand Philadelphia. Office onedooreast
ofthe Dank.
BOYD it CORWIN, Dealers In Stoves, e dwary
and Manufacturers of Tin and Shectlron ware, - . net
of Main and Turnpike street,
A. N. BULLARD. Dealer in Groceries, Prevision'
Books, Statione and Yankee Notions, at head o
Public Avenue .•
WM. H. COOPER a CO.. Bankers, sell Foreign Pas
sage Tickets andDratts on England, Ireland and Scot.
land-;•
WM. L. COX, Harness maker and dealer in all article
usually kept by the trade, opposite the Bank. •
JAMES E. CARMALT, Attorney at Law. Office one 1
door below Tarbell House. Public Avenue. •
NEW MILFORD.
SAVING& BANE., SEW MILFORD.—Fit: per cent. In
terect on all Depoolts. Does a general Banking Bar
nese. -nil-tf S. B. CHASE & CO.
DJ/ARTIST & SOS. Dealers in Flour, Feed. 111 ea
Salt, Limo, Cement, Groceries and Prov'mcns a i
Main Street, opposite the Depot.
S. F. KIM BER, Carnage Maker and Undertaker on
Main Street, two doors below Hawley's Store.
GREAT BEND.
IL P. DORAN, Merchant Tailor and dealer In Reads
Made Clothing, Dry Goods,Groceries and Provisitme
Main Street.•
Banking, Etc
BANKING HOUSE
WM. 11. COOPER & CO.,
Tilf ONTMOSE., PA
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL
POINTS AND PROMPTLY ACCOUN
TED FOR AS HERETOFORE.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR
19 AL .T..a 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
7V111LE73 DEPCOSSIXTES,
AS PER AGREEMENT WHEN THE
DEPOSIT IS MADE.
In the future, as in the past, we shall endeav
or to transact all money business to the satis
faction of our patrons and correspondents.
wai. ii. COOPER & CO.,
" Montrose, March 10, '7s.—tf Bankers.
Authorized Capital, -
Present Capital, -
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
MONTROSE, PA.
WILLIAM J, TURRELL, President
D. D. SEARLE, Vice President
N. L LENHEIM, - - Cashier
Directors.
WM. J. TURRELL, D. D. SEARLE, A.
J. GERRITSON, M. S. DESSAUER,
ABEL TURRELL, G. V. BENTLEY,
G. B. ELDRED, Montrose, Pa.
E. A. CLARK, Binghamton, N. Y.
E. A. PRATT, New Milford, Pu.
M. B. WRIG HT, :Mtiquenahna Depot. Pa.
L. S. LENHEIM, Great Bend, Pa.
DRAFTS SOLD ON EUROPE
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS
SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED
Montrose, March 3,1875.tf
SCRANTON SAYINGS BANK,
120 Wyoming Avenue,
RECEIVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
UALS, AND RETURNS: THE SAME
ON DEMAND wirnouT PREVI
OUS NOTICE, ALLOWING INTER
EST AT SIX PER CENT: PER AN
NUM, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY,
ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANU
ARY AND JULY. A SAFE AND RE
LIABLE PLACE OF DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING MEN, MINERS, 'ME
CHANICS, AND MACHINISTS, AND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS
WELL. MONEY -DEPOSITED ON
OR BEFORE THE TENTH: WILL
DRAW INTEREST - FROM I THE
FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. - THIS .
IS IN ALL RESPECTS A ,HOME
STITUTION, AND ONE W HICH. 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. H. SUTPHIN;
C. P. MATTHEWS, DANIEL HOW
ELL, A. E HUN - T, 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 EIGHTO'O.OUB.
Feb.'l2; 1874.
The Newest Sensation
JOHN GROVES'
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.ThiItCPW I P3FILCIPtani 2 3 .42‘..
I EIo O IA s J2I..4I&4B. 's . ' II k .EVEVP REx
"r-
PLVT. EiA.l2 zto cal? prices and gi re us 4 tziaL .
• ' „totiiv pnovr.s;
Montrose, February 4, " '' .
IthwiazDton
, .
All kinds of Monuments, fiendst:onse f and Mirble
Mantles. Made to order. Also. Scotch Ornate's ou
band.- • VICHERING C 0... •
J. r/CILUne, • , 126 Court Street.
a. P. waaarcr.A.c, •
p. P. BROWN. . - tangbamton, NY;
MT SHIP-NIT 'CAPTAIN.
1 said, in the gladness of my heart,
Only a little while ago,
"A ship is sailing over the sea,
And her captain is hastening home to me
Fast us the bliezes blow r
So 1 watched the waves and I watched the
clouds,
Wandering down by the shore each day,
Till I longed fur the sea•gull's wings, that I
Ov . er the billows swift might fly
To'mect my love halt' way. ,
Last night they whispered the ship bad come
My ship that was sailing over the sea;
And now in the morning's ruddy glow,
They show me a wreck that is lying low,
But what is this to me?
My ship was strong,and her crew were brave,
Her captain—db 1 he was my captain too ;
And he promised to meet me safely here
Some day when the day and the sky were
clear ;
And when was his word untrue ?
But this ?—why this is a battered thing,
And her crew, they tell Ire, are lost and
dead.
My captain had always a kiss for me
When he came before from over the sea
But there, 'neath yonder shed,
Lies one with a face so still and white,
And lips that never a word will speak ;
And they say—ah me? but I know, I know,
My sailor would never lie silent so,
With my tears upon his check.
Oh, let me think that my ship will come
So long I've waited, it cannot be
That this is the way—so fat, too fast—
My ship storm driven and wrecked at last,
Came over the waves to me.
ffirletted ffitory.
CHECKMATING HIMSELF.
"Ccnfound it all !" exclaimea Dacre
one morning as he opened a letter to Lind
it contained a tailor's bill for a year back ;
"something's got to be done, and that
right away. A dun yesterday for boots,
and now one the day before for cigars and
wine, and one for clothes. I don't see
how I'm to get out of the scrape only by
getting married. There's Miss Courtney,
she's rich and handsome, and I'm quite
sure she'd be glad to have me. If I
were to marry her I could pay up all my
bills and begin life over square with ev
erybsdy. But I'm afraid I'm not exactly
a family man. I couldn't Bettie down
into a Benedict; the apron-strings would
pull too tight for comfort. However,
there's no help for it, as I see. I'd like
Miss Courtney's money without the in
cumbrance of Miss Courtney. But as I
can't have it I'll have to take the incum
brance. I think I'll write to her, and
also CO brother Ned, telling him that I'm
coming to town for a few days, and giv
ing him a hint concerning my plans."
So Dacre sat down and wrote two let
ters. One of them•was to Miss Courtney
and read us follows:
$500,000 00
100,000 00
My DEAR MISS COURTNEY: 1 have
been thinking for a long time back of
coming to make you that visit you made
me prcmise to pay you, when, I saw you
last- Lately I have felt so lonely, and
life has seemed such an empty, aimless
thing, with no one in it to care very much
for me,
or for me to care very much for,
that have 6..,.n _thinking- that,. tautihly,
I might make it what it ought to be—a
brighter, cheerier existance, with home
and love to furnish that which it lacks
now. Have you ever felt as Ido now ?
Has your heart ever yearned for some one
to whom you could turn for' sympathy
and comfort ? lam sure it has. It is
because I think this, that I an coming to
see you soon ; and when I am with you,_
I can tell you what my pen cannot. You
understand me as no one else does. You
will know, without my saying any more,
what ' . .mpOlse - has led •me to write you
this letter, which is more than I have
ever said to any other woman.
I shall come dowu in about two weeks.
I hope you will be as glad to see me as I
shall try to make. myself think you will
be. I hope you base as pleasant remein—
brances of that month/at the mountains
as I have. If you have, you will never
forget it. Till I see you, goodbye.
Your truest friend
LUCIEN DAME.
"There," said Dacre, reading the epistle
over when he had finished it, "I fancy
that is a model letter of its kind. It
hints a great deal, and will suggest a
great deal to the lady, who was so favor
ably impressed with me at the mountains.
She will know what I am wining after
I wonder if she thinks I am fascinated.
Ned tells me that she "always- asks after
me with a great deal of solicitude, and
seems wonderfully interested in my wel—
fare. Well, I don't know as I care much
what she thinks if I only get her, and
I'm sure I can get her. I wish I was as
sure or handling her money after she is
Mrs. Dacre us I am of that."
, Then he eat down and wrote a utter ni hie brother, as - follows: • , ..•
Datn NED :—.I am coming to town ut
a week - or two, on. bdeinees. Something
new too. The, fact is, Ned, Pm getting
dined hard' up. Old • Poole, the tailor,
smt in his hip this morning, and I've
had duos frOtri my honored creditors, for
a Neel; past, as regularas. the mails ;. and
I havell't five dollars to my name. 3 don't
know of any other way of getting out of
the SCriMe than by taking - to me a-. wife.
Don't laugh at the idea of your, humble
servant in the role of Benedict. - I'm in
earnest. - coming to.woo Miss Court=
eq. She hasn't any use: for her thou
sands, and I have ; for three or four of
theta, at least, in paying op my deliti. • I
know she was quite "struck",•with me
when we met last snowier, - and I came
near proposing to her. then ; never
fancied the idea,of heconiing u domestic
man, and I wasn't : so- bard tp,tben as t
cue tioW.Besides l'ainiet - reidly faisoin•
ated with - heri-anh am not now. I, as 7
sure you, I shop% initary' - - her, for love.—
I'm going to do . it merely as a matter of
policy. I Mein - business:A ignore ro
mance: wholly -in this tran Motion,: and
go into,thamatrimonial happiness in the
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1875.
ffititct Novirg.
BY EBEN E. REXFORD
"Stand by the Right though the Heavens/WV •
moat matter-of-fact way imaginable.—
Don't it sound prosy to talk of getting
married for the sake of getting out of
the clutches of clamorous creditors ?
Perhaps it will he jumping out of the
frying-pan into the fire, but I think I'll
try it. I have written to tell her I'm
coming.
Yours truly,
LUCIEN DAME.
He took a couple of envelopes from the
desk, addressed them, and folded the let
ters, and slipped each one in an enve—
lope.
"There, that job's done," he said, draw
ing a breath of relief. "I hate to write
letters ; I always did. I can't help laugh
ing to think how Miss Courtney will be
when she gets that letter. She'll swal—
low it all, without thinking of doubting
it for a moment. Women are so credu—
lous."
Witt which assertion manly wisdom,
drawn from his large experience in test
ing the creduality of womenkind, doubt
less, Mr. Lucien Ducre lit a cigar and
sailed forth to exhibit himself to the ad—
miring citizens of the place, where he
was fond of saying he was "burying him
self alive," and to mail the two letters he
had just written.
Mies Sophie Courtney was drumniing
on the window-pane with the ivory pen
knife she had just been using to cut the,
pages of the last new novel, and think
ing busily. You could babe told that by
the wrinkles in her pretty face. It was a
face which was fair to see, but not a
strong face, ' nor one that indicated a
great deal of depth or a habit of much
thoughtfulness. She didn't like to
take the trouble to think. It puzzled
her, and puckered her face into wrinkles
all over. She had never had to think
much, unless the worry of dressing and
dancing, and having a good time gener
ally, can be said to involve thinking,
which I doubt, if you mean the same
thing when you say thought, that I do.
Miss Courtney was in a brown study.
She wished she knew what to do. She
had a lover, who was well to do, of good
family, and ardent in his 'affection for
her. He came to see her often, and she
really respected him if she did not love
him. Sometimes she thought she did
care enough for him to marry him and
be happy with him.
But she had another. She could hard
ly call him a lover, and yet he had made
love to her in a certain lashibn which
may mean a great deal or nothing at all.
She had met Lucien Deere, and liked
him very much. He had a handsome
face, an easy, assured address,•and was a
favorite with the fair sex. She was not
quite sure she loved him, tmt--aud there"
her congitations broke off abruptly. It
he were to offer her his heart and hand
she wasn't quite sure but she would ac
cept him. But lie hadn't offered yet, and
she didn't know as he intended to. What
puzzled her was to know what to do with
Pierce Staffard. If he proposed marriage
and she knew he was ready to do so on
the least etreonragement, should she say
yes or no ? If she said no, and waited
for Dacre, he might never come. If she
said yes, Dacre might . come, and
then she mi g ht regret what she had done.
"I wish I knew 'what to do," said Miss
Sopie, her face wrinkled worse than ever
over the problem. "If. Stafford were on
ly as handsome as Dacre now, and had
such fascinating ways, I wouldn't
hesi—
tate."
The seryant, who entered the room at
this juncture, brought a letter for her.—
Site took itosnd her face lit up with de
light as she recognized the Handwriting
o: ohe superscription, and lost all its
wrinkles as if by magic.
•`lt's from Deere, - sue said, tearing it
open. "I wonder what he can be writing
to me for ?"
She rend it through with a curious
mixture of astonishment, surp. ise and
indignation in her face. It was the let
ter Deere had written to his brother.. He
had slipped the wrong letters into the
envelopes.
"I see how it happened," she said, nt
last, after having thought over it until
the wrinkles came back into her face.—
"Ile sent my letter to his brother, and
his brother's letter to me. What a ucky
mistake for me. Mr. Lucien Deere, I
fancy that you'll find it a harder thing to
marry we than you anticipate, What a
fool I was to believe him."
Her eyes flashed with indignation as
she read the letter over again.
"He means business, does tie?" she
said, carefully folding up the letter and
patting it away. "Well, so do I. I think
I'll get even with you yet.
That evening Mr. Stafford called, and
she was so agreeable that he felt eucour•
aged to speak to her et a little matter
that had been near his heart for a long
time back, and she did not answer no.—
So he went away a happy man, and So
phie felt better prepared to ,meet Mr. Da
ere.
It VMS about a week later when Dacre
came. Sae met him with her blandest
smiles, and he felt satisfied that she was
us glad to see him as he had anticipated
she would be. It wasn't her intention
to have her little revenge just yet. She
wanted to wait till everything was ready'
for the working out, of her plan.
Mr. Dacre was very attentive to her.
to brought her flowers and.took her out
riding and to the opera, and she pretend-'
ed to be completely bewitched by him.
He felt that altlie-had to do was to sity
the word-and she was bis.
One night he deterinined ta bring af-;
fairs to a crisis. He considered that pro.
posing marriage_to her was merely a for
mality which must be gone through with
because he was so well satisfied what her
answer would be ; but Mien he words
must be said, and the sooner the better,
He couldn't lee! -surer of 'her lifter she
had said yes - than be was then,
Miss Sophie was Wonderfully charming
that night. ' She led hint on to a propos.
al skilfully. Her eyes were full of anex
ultaut tiiumpb when •ho dropped on his
knees after the most approved fashion,
seized her hand and told her how he lov
ed her and' asked her to he his'wife.
"Ton ain't mistaken, ore. you ?" ahe
asked, smiling in a way that Ruzied
him.
"I—l don't, know whatlou mean," he
"Ithought you must- have been mis•
Wren in saying that.you loved. me,beaause
you said in this letter that you; didn't
care for ma partionlaiiy, but Winded to
marry me for the purpose of getting
money to pay your debts. You ought to
have more regard for the truth, Mr. Da
cre, and said you were in debt and want
ed my money to pay your tailor bill with,
and then asked me to marry you."
"I think' you made a slight mistake
whet you sent this letter to me," and
here she unfolded the letter ho had writ
ten to his brother Ned before his horri—
fied 'ey..s ' • "and couldn't marry you,
anyway, hecauie I have been engaged to
Mr. Stafford for a long time."
After which feminine fiction she sat
in silent enjoyment of Mr: , Deere's dis
comfiture, Which was complete enough to
satisfy her womanly spite.
Mr. Dacre is nut married yet. His
tailor's bill was unpaid at the latest no.
counts, and the cigar and winemen have
given up all hopes of getting any thing.
Mrs. Stafford, nee Miss Sophie Court
ney, often thinks with triumphant de—
light of the way in which she was re
venged en the man who wanted to mar—
ry her for her money.
110 W ALLIE WON MIL
Alice Hall (a poor orphan) and Earn—
est Morton (a rich young man) were to
be married in a week, when news came
that Peter Dew, Alice's step•father, was
lying on his death-bed in Wisconsin, and
would soon leave her three little half sis
ters orphans like herself. Alice felt it her
duty to go to the help of the afflicted
ones, and Earnest, enrages at her action,
bade 'her good- bye forever.
And so Alice Hall left all the fairest
visions of girlhtiod and the.sunniest hopes
of life behind her, and went out into the
log farmhouse in Wisconsin, where Peter
Drew lay on his death-bed,and the fright
ened, wondering little children were sob
bing together, in the dust and chill of
bleak autumnal twilight.
"So you've come, Alice ?" said thvd y—
lug man, grouping for her hand in the
shadows that welle closing more darkly
over him than any twilight could have
done. "Somehow I felt it bourne in upon
me that you would come. And you won't
let the little ones starve, will you, Mice,
my girl ? You'll take care of them for
the sake of your dead monther ?"
"While I. live, they shall never want
for a protector," she answered iu a voice
whose gentle firmness fell mast soothing
ly on the ear that was so fast dulling to
mortal sounds.
"God bless you, Alice, and God help
you. Now I shall die with my mind at
rest."
Alice did not watch long. At midnight
when the tempestuous winds were wres
tling with the tree-tops overhead. and the
great river rushed past, with a sound like
the cry of a human sufferer, Peter Drew
dritted peacefully out of the life that had
never been aught hut struggles and trail
to him. And Alice knew that she was
left alone, to take care of the three little
ones, the oldest of whom was scarcely
seven years old.
She Knew that bkilful seamstresses were
rare and difficult to be had in the West
ern wilderness, and she knew also that
she could easily obtain the situation of
teacher in the red-colored woolen school
house at the Cross Roads. two miles be
yond ; and the future lives and duties of
three helpless little girls, who were sleep
ing up stairs.
"We must live very humbly and plain
ly," said Alice to herself, "but we need
not starve while I am able to work."
Alas I how differently was the dull
lend color of the future to the roseate
clouds that had floated around her brain
scarcely more than a week ago I She
would never bs, anybody's wife now ; she
would settle down into the old maid el
der sister of the three little Draws, Had
not this perturberating cross current
flashed into the serene tide of her by•
gone happiness, to-day— the day now
dawning with sullen streaks of lurid red
in the eastern sky—would have been her
marriage day."
Who could blame the girl for letting
her head drop on her hands, and shed
ding alew quiet tears ?
Then she rose up, resolved and firm to
face her duty.
"Yes," said the old Squire Bean, "we'll
be glad to pay you tau dollars a mocth
for teachin' district school, and as for the
sewin', why, 'twas only yesterday Miss
Bran was a frettin' because Molly Steers
couldn't come to make up her new de—
laine. Molly's mother's sick, and Miss
Bean wouldn't grudge a dollar to have it
made neat and ship-shape."
A dollar ! Alice felt that it would be
some time before, at that rate, she could
accumulate enough money to carry out
her cherished scheme of taking the three
small sisters east with her, but she meek
ly assented to the Squire's terms, as be
ing considerably better_ than nothing at
It was nearly a week . afterwards, and
Alice Hull was coming home, tired and
weary, from her first Alay's experience in
the red school-house, where the seventeen
western, urchins had stared up at. the
r'new school-ma'am from down east," as
if she had been a gorilla or a tivo beaded
sheep. The November leaves rustled
softly wider her feet, and the sweet, de
caying Spentot the, old. wood's breathed
over her senses like some gentloopiate.—
She bad nearly reached the turn in the
,road, when her own home would be in
sight, when the eldest of the half-sisters,
Lucy, came running tea meet her.
"Sister, sister, there's a strange mat
sitting by : the: fire. He's been waiting
ever so to see you.*,
'"I told-you. to let no one it until I came
back, deur I" said the alarmed Alice:
'Yes,. I know, but be wasn't n beggar
nor a pkiler, and be wears black clothes
like the minster."
Alice hastened her footsteps at this
'rather startinitpiebe of news, while Lucy
frisked by her side. •
"And he took Bessie on his lap, and
told her stories; and he said we were nine
little girls, sister; and I brou,ght him a
bowl of milk,-and some Of those crullers
you fried lust night."
Alice - siniled as she opened the door of
the hinnble habitation that Kull been
built by hard-working Peter Drewhut
her cheek suddenly blanched is she be
held the countenance; 9f the 4 ‘itrange
man" who had been the subject hilittio
Lucy's exuberant' hospitality. '
It was Earnest Afortoti ' who sat by the
western fireside, 'with - limy and Jane
clinging to knees!
"Ernest :" '
At iirat'sho theught it WWI Borne base-
less &fusion of her own brain—some
fancied resemblance springing from
the secret, unsatisfied longings of her
heart.
But when he was holding both her
hands, and looking straight into her eyes,
she knew that it was none other than
Ernest's self—Ernest had come all this
weary length of miles to see her once
again
"Get the little ones ready as soon as
you cad' Alice," he said, cherrily, when
she bad sat down opposite him, with
cherry lips apart and eyes all humid with
unspoken happiness. "We are all going
east together, you know I" •
"My dear, I know very well what you're
going to say, but I behaved like a. brute.
Not until you were gone did I see what a
pearl of price I had thrown away. You
were right as von always are, ancll - was
wrong. I tried to live without yon,and I
found it it was an impossible thing. So
here I a.n, and here I remain until you
return with me. I've taken the little
house on Perker street—yon remember
it?—with the boy-window looking to
wards the south, and the delectable china
closets in the dining-room. And. it's all
furnished as neat and compltte as a pin
—a room upstairs just the thing for these
little women, and—"
',Stop, Ernest. I have no right to ask
you to burden yourself with the care of
my half isters," said Alice, resolutely.
"Who has asked me, I'd like to know ?
You haven't I've adopted 'em of my
own freewill and pleasure, and you have
nothing whatever to say on the subject."
The tears rushed to Alice's eyes. What
a change in tie horizon of her life since
she had locked the school-houge door
with a heavy heart, two hours since!
"Oh, Ernest, I think I am too happy."
"Yon can't be too happy, my brave
hearted little heroine—that's quite itn—
po,sible," be said, tenderly clasping her
hand. "How pale you . have grown !
But I shall bring the bloom back to your
cheek, when I get yon established in Par
ker street. There's a little carriage and
a pair of ponies in the stables. What will
the girlies say to that ?"
The children crowded round to hear of
the wonderful new acquistition, and
Alic estole away to lay aside her bonnet
and brush out her curs,
And, kneeling at her bedside, she mur
mured a prayer of thanks that the stern
rod of duty, once set with thorns and
bramhles, had blossomed out into life
loneosesl
---
His Honor Honor not Atrattl
"He's a regular," said Bijah, as he
brought out Richard Dolan. "fie says
he can kick the top of your head off as
slick as buttermilk running off the table
and he's beet, cussing and taking on aw—
fully."
'You made those remarks, did you ?"
asked the court as he laid aside his Seek
no•turther.
"No, sir—neyer said a word," replied
Richard.
"Because," continued the court, "when
a man wants to lay for me, and do kick—
ing and so forth, be needn't hold back
any on account of my official position.—
I'm edging up to fifty, and I can't go out
nights and hook melons with the boys
any more, but I'm up to business when
the chip is kicked from my shoulder. The
warrant charzes you with drunkenness."
"It's a lie 1" exclaimed the prisoner.
"That's all I want )o hear of that!"
replied his Honor, lifting his spectacles.,
"I see by your face that you are a low—
down, good-for-nothing boater, and I
send you up for three months."
The prisoner grasped the iron railing,
but Bijah fastened his cant-hooks into
the fellow's neck-handkerchief, gave a
twist, cud rtioliurtl Dolan followed atone;
behind, his face the color of a horse-plum.
The old janitor is a regular hook-and—
ladder company in himself, and when he
fastens to anything its got to come it it
isn't chained.
About the Eggs.
A certain huckster; who deals princi
pally in butter and poultry invariably
askes a little more for these luxuries than
any of his neighbors. When asked his
reasons for so doing, he always replies
after this fashion :
"Well, sir that's an extra quality of
butter. It was made by my wife's aunt
sir—one of to best housekeepers in the
in the State. These, chickens are a su
perior article, sir. They were raised by
my wife's aunt, sir, and what she don't
know about raising chickens ainTworth
knowing."
This pPculiarity has been remarked by
his customers, and they are in the habit
of commenting on it quite= frequently
behinn his back. -- The other day a very
solemn looking individual. entered the
store, and walking np toa basket of eggs,
inquired :
"What do you ask for. eggs ?"
"Fifteen cents a dozen, " was the 'bland
reply:
. "Fifteen cents ?" exclaimed the melan
choly customer. —"I-can buy them any
where at tea---4icit baybe your wife's aunt
laid thew eggs?"
Tho owner of the hen fruit. hung his
head, looked thoughtiully a moment and
replied :
"Take 'em along at ten r" '
Went for One Night.
Going. over the, Lowell; Dailroad the!
other day, was, a fussy little., man,-.who',
was in evident doubt as to whieh,of
New Hampshire eit.es .would. he ad-;
visable for him to. stop over night.- , lie.
questiono,the eciudttotoi.. as long as that'
worthy woul.i 7stop„,to listen, and then!
turned to thP.ot her occupant of the seat,'
a thick.mecked, short•haired' party, uud'
queried
'.„ i
"Is C. a good place to stop at ?"
"FOS rate ? ", growled,his companion,-
"Did you ever atop there ?" asked 'phei
anxious, traveler.
. .
"Yes ; went up there to stay for one
night, and stopped for ten years." ~..
,"YoU don't ,ftty ?" said the delighted
hiteirogator. "What '4l you do, amere'd
you stay ,
"Opened a toie, and stayed in. the,
State Prison,' responded the, gruff one;
and the little gentleman changed seats
and ears at the next station. •
A felloiv who way up in a poll& court
reeently gavii!-his occupation rt's that of a
"conchologist." 043d:explained -by 'ening
he opened'elams in market:'
.SPERMS :—Two Dol
*me gleading.
"SOUR GRAPES."
DY WALTER BEDWIN
A dainty note, perfumed, and roseate,.
Unopened lie3,upon my study table ;
For ignorance is bliss, I ween. when Fate
But snapithe lait link In Love's silver cable.
"Why, don't I break the seal 7" That's it. You
ace.
I much prefer suspense to a denial ;
For, should it but a cold rejection be,
I fear my heart Would break beneath the
trial.
But, bah i what is the loss 4 A tickle girl—
. One in a hundred thousand waiting lovers
And I, one of the million men'Aa churl. ,
Perhaps, as Cupid sooner late discovers.
Well, there, I know my fate—doubty; at an
end ;
I've mustered courage,and the seal is broken,
She cannot greet me more save as a friend—
Can ne'er again exchange loye's burning to
ken.
The heart she placed within my custody ;
She claims again. Ah, all, rit not be weep
ing.
But give it back, and not reluctantly,
"Sour Grapes ?" Well, no ;it wasn't worth
\ the keeping I
HINTS TO DINERS-OUT AND PARTY-
GOERS
One of the latest contributions to the liters.
hire of the alcohol question is en essay by Dr.
fiutherlano, a London expert in nervous disor
ders, who, regarding wine as 4 "good friend,
but a bad enemy," and recognizing, moreover
the impractibility of total abstinence in a social
system which includes dinner parties, evening
entertainments with supper, etc., lays down
for the guidance of "those who suspect they
are taking habitually a larger allowance of al
cohol than is compatible with health" the lid ,
owing rules :
Alcoholic stimulants should never be taken
in the morning .before lunch. If one be oblig
ed to do so habitually, it is certain that alcohol
is gradually getting a hold on the individual,
which he will not easily throw off. 'IL in ex
ceptional cases, a person be called upon to un
dergo unusuarfatigue in the morning, and feels
the necessity for a stimulant, a glass of, beer
may be taken. No one in good health' should
ever take wine or spirits in the morning.
If any one fears that he is taking too =Mb
alcohol, the easiest way to limit the quantity is
to drink the seine allowance of the same wine
every day. This, for various reasons; should be
brown sherry, and should be taken as follows :
Either, two glasses alter lunch and two after
dinner, or one with a biscuit In the afternoon.
During lunch and dinner water must be drunk
and wino taken only at the end of the meal.
No healthy man should ever take more than
four glasses of wine daily as his usual allow
ance, and should reduce this to three if possible.
Those who are accustomed to wine should not
take less than this every day.
Those who wish to become teetotalers shotild
leave off alcohol very gradually, and the pert.
od during which their reformation is brought
about shield extend over not less', than two
years.
No healthy man should ever touch spirits,
whether raw or diluted, except under specially
exceptional circumstances, as, tor iastance,after
great exposure to wet or cold. Liquors ardin
per are also to be avoided-
Roughly spealang, one tumberful of beer
contains about the same amount of alcohol as
,one whieglassfal of wine or half a wineglassful
of brandy
Ladies who are in geed health should take
one glass of sherry or claret at lunch ; one and
a half ordinarily at dinner ; one glass of cham
pagne and oo Of claret at dinner oarties ; and
two glatom of champagne with seltzer-water at
balls.
`''undies in delicate health, who are going to
ride - in the park, if they hay° breakfasted early
and do not lunch until late, may take a glass of
dry sherry and a biscuit before starting for their
ride. •
Men, at dtnner, may take a glass of sherry
With their soup, it they have net had one in
the afternoon, no hock ; a glass and a half of
champagne and one of sherry or claret after
dinner. It they will keep to this they may
dine out as often as they like and jt will not .
hurt them.
At public dinner the same rule should be
ob
served ; ,but as there are occasions on which it
is almost impossible to avoid drinking muck, it
Is then recommended that _they should, either
hays u tumterful of water by their side, and
drink a mouthful of it after every sip . iff wine,
or that they should drink champagne and sett
zer-water3itlf and halt all through dinner.
At balls; the safest; drink as • refirshmeut is
claret•cup., Bad claret is the least offenalve bad
wine. A biscuit should be taken with it.: It is
astonishing, tslut reparativ . e powers there are
in a biscnit. • . ; -
* At sup Per, Under 01l ICircumstancai, chatty=
pagne%bould'be dihded with selmer:mater. If
the 'champagne be questionable;-
should be Inked, or beer. if it can .be-gok-
Wine should never be takeii undiluted on an
empty stomach, when , one is hotland dustY.7-
This rule Paificularly applies to traielMg.
- Brandy and soda-water shoulil be avolded'as
rank poison. Diluting the trandy does tot
destroy Hi pernicleuit effects; and the soda
water, by its bulk,acts most injuriously by sap.
arating'the fond from the walls 4ot the . stomacb,
thus picve4ing thii gastric juice from having
Gee acCess tout and assisting hi the process of
-1 1 fibes Eava been negleated, and a se
vere babes headache be the :result, uothing
short of an'emetle, which may ,corenst of s 14-
149Doonfol of mustard 401mbler of hot wat
er.*lll be - effixtuaf. . '
•
If a pinion susrieet" that lie has -taken bad .
'Wine;'and fear the result, - It is a good plan tO
lake, atiOnt: thirty grains of carbonate of soda,
on the-Same night: before gulag to bed. - - •
The hest kind of supper tohave at laitneis a
biscuit and a gloss:of water,
In connection with tit's cauti onn given aboio
against soda•wate.t It mss be mentioned what
the beverage known by that name in England
Is tisa'ally really . mado of soda, whereas that Is
erroneously called "soda-water" hero' is simple
Tag . highly charged with carbonic acid, gas.
.and forms an innocent drink. With "
.*this ex..
.Ception Sulherland'it rake "are Om as tip
-plictibli to ;tails latitude as 'to England:
The heart/oflt - Coquette; like the tall of a 112.-
ard,, always" grows ; , agate after flew has lost
Apr
Tie ( that Midi a thl4 steals it'ir be endeavors
uoL to restore •
r .... ~L~~.I .'{ .
NUMBER, 24.
NERVOUS PEOPLE.
Nerves—weak nerves—unstrung nerves—
what an absurdity to appear to granite :minds
and Iron frames! Muscles, bones and sinewa
are hard realities ; but nerves hive only a yap
or), and unsubstantial existenee in' the estima
tion of men and women. ot nerve. Very pare
•,doxical fn sound, but not less veritable. You
remind them that through these delicate con
ductors the sovereign brain transmits its 111
to thistibject body,and they graiely admit that
nerves 'are actually the fine; Intangible media of
this vital communion ; but 'try to convince.
them .that the disturbance of the electric cur-
rent, conveyed through the channel of the nerves
produces that painful condition styled nervous t
ness, and they start back to, their former scepti
cal standpoint, and maintain that nerves are
manginary tlUISIIICE11; and that nervousness is •
merely the fanciful, bypechandriacal state to
which feeble intellects are prone. tjonsequent
ly, all phases of nervousness excite, in these In
sensateunbellevers, impatience, ridicule, or an
ger.
, .
Yet one might as well expect to produce
sweet sounds from a harp with loosened strings
as to invoke the true music of life from a triune'
with nerves unstrung. Mrs. Wilton starts,turns
pate, and trembles •at a certain sound ; or is
seized with such a spasm of tenor at some sup;
posed danger' that , she, quivers from head to
foot ; or is so completely overpowered by some
temporary responsibility that she wholly loses
her presence of mind ; or is so much agitated
by finding herself in an unexpectedciowd that
she cannot'collect her thoughts to reply coher
ently, to a simple question ; all the ,sympathy
she receives • from people whose insensibility
has gifted them with a' large amouht . of eocial
aplomb, conveyed in the
.hall-conteniptuous
ejaculations;"Poor thing I She is so nervous I
How silly r' Not one of these stolid individu
als make the humane reflection, "How wretch
edly uncomfortable she mtist ,feel in Not one
of them pityingly asks, "What treat shock, or
what accumulated troubles, convnising,or wear
ing upon her nerves, hive rendered then! so
seusittie • • •
And yet a high degree of habitual nervous
ness can almost always be traced to the nerve
shattering of some heavy blow—or the unnerv
ing strain 4sl protracted anxiety—cr the ex-
Laustion of long•continned ; or, in
deed, of many mental excitements tut which we
are all liable at any moment. '
TIM FIRST RAILROAD.'
In the recent suit of P..Dickenson against
the city of Poughkeepsie, Horatio, Allen, the
veteran engineer, was a. witness. He built the
first steam railway in the United States . and
put the first locomotive on .the track. He was
also President of the American Society of Civil
Engineers. Hb has retired from active pur
snita.
-He testified to the following facts: On the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal I was Assist
ant Engineer under Judge Wright, who was
Chief Engineer. This was about 1824, and for
about a year. On the Delaware and godson.
Canal I was Resident Engineer, - and Assistant
Engineer-under John B. Jervis, Chief Engineer
In 1828 it terminated. I was such for three or
four years. Upon the South Carolina Railroad
I was Chief Engineer for about five years,
which engagement. ternidnated.l think in 1834.
On the Erie Railway 1„ was Chief Engineer,
and President of tho Company, and held those
offices in the order named, except that I was
Consulting, Engineer before and after I was
President. I can't recall. the time-I, rendered
these services. On the Croton Aqueduct' was
there as Principal Assistant Engineer first, and
then as a member and gugineer of the 13oard.'
This was from 1837 to 1844. ' -
• Witness testified be encountered "hard pan" -
in the Delaware. and lludson Canal, Erie Bail
way, etc. "Hard pan;' said the witness, "is . a
compacted masa of earth, fraqiently stone,clay
and other earthen matLs combined, appar
ently by heavy-pressure of the materials nam..
ed." Tothe questbin of " it be made from
ert a
anything else 'r witness replied, "1 can't an
swer," but he said it was not Minya composed
of the•same materials.. , They vary in different
kinds of day, diffaent, kinds orearth, and
sometimes the presence of what appears to be
a cementing material. ''
tOllO :4 tkv Wad V:140:1:1:Mi V : 4
. .
The. following story is published by a Con-
necticut paper : "There lived in New Haven
county,ct few years agoa man Whose wife Tab
athy was widely known for • her strictness In
observing the Christian. Sabhath,es he was for
his remarkable patience.in• bearing with some
of:her unpleasant ways. One Sabbath, morn•
log a barrel of. flour stood_ hobo front, hall
which
. had been le ft there late Saturday evening
which to the good man seemed to he In the
way, and that - it would not' be very wrong to ,
put it in its proper place before/going to church.
a: Panel , breakfast was over he procoedeaAniet
ly to roll the barrel Jolts, dace, Which was up .
one flight of stairs. No sooner bad he reached
thp stairs and doininenetal tci iticead;thatt'
wife camcfout and forbid him going any farther,
deClaring it he did `that , God would withdraw
his blessing from!thetn, and the 'whole blame
would rest upon his conscience. After pausing
a moment -to think he .resolved to proceed, and
let the censequences be what.they would. Hav
ing succeeded in getting It half way tit the
stairs,.Tabathy. determined to have her wayAs
usual,reached up and took hold othis feet, put
ling them from under him,irlien he and ids bar
_rel of flobr _ cum to the :bottom, =inking the
head of thp b Ito come"ont, covering Alex
with, the co bt. 'As tiOon ai the poor man
cauldron e the froin ids head Sufficient
to Speak, ho 'looked up 'to id% meekly and
penitently and said, qattathy. let "
~. - ~ TIDNS ." , -1, ;
- -
Thought engenders thought Phu* ono idea
upon paper—mnother will follow It and
another; until you'-have` wrltten.a page. Yon
cannot Whom' your mind. There Is a well of
thought there which has no bottoni,. The more
you draw from it, tha more clear and fruitful It
wilt be. if you neglect to think to yourself,
larid . WM other people's thoughts—glving ttwm
utterance only—you will never know what you
are capablo of. • At-dolt your ideas nuticome
- out In lamps, homely..and phapeleao tmt no
matter; time and perseverance' yvlll arrange and
Pash them, Limn toibtak4a yoa wrli karn
to write. • The limit) you thuak, the better you
will coma "your ideas
_ .
If a man be gracious to :iitritogera, tt plum
be is a citizen eau, world, and that Jiffs hour,
Is no btfuidsut off that - the other
, lslendst bat
ainpaerit4llt joins them,
patter of little' feet, and' the patter: of thei
sinning? rain. arc among tho swede:4B=os La
gin world of nature.