HAW LEY & CRUSER, Editors and Proprietors.
VOLUME 32.
fflontrost Democrat,
la riIIILIAIIED SVEILT ZDNEETAT Monartio.
11 .11)i/ro..q, Susquehanna County, Pa
orru—WestSide of Public Avenue.
lir LocalandGeneraiNCßP,POetry.Sto-
~. Anordot e., NiFoellaneons Readink.Corretpood
,e,and a rchable claca of nOcertieetnents.
Advertising Rates :
i % of an nich epacc,)3 weeks, or loss, $1
• 3 months, $2.50; 6 months, $4.50 ; 1
f.t4 NI A liberal diaconal on adveriliieseente n
finances Loculs,lo cts, a line for first
L er von. and 5 eta. a line each subsequent
and deal he. free; obituaries, 10 eta. a Itne.
FINE JOB
A SPECIALTY !
- Quick Work. - Try U.
E. H. HAWLEY, - W3l. C. CRUSER.
Business Cards.
GREEN d ItACKEY.
Dr, NV N. Green end N. C. Mackey, have this day en
tend aro s Nconial co-Partnership, for the practice
31edwine. and Surgery, and are prepared to'attend
phenol , to all cells in the fine of their profession at
tear; of the day end night.
Hept, , ,tom, Ps., .April 14, 18:5,—a-2.4.
H. D. BALD ITLY, M. D..
MikETATIIIu PHYSICIAN. has located himself at
lnreose. ahem be will attend promptly to all pro.
bo,irreas entrusted to Ms care. flir 'Udine
;I. I'ar:n.lll'4 Imildtng, second door, front. Boards at
E Bah:Ny.lll'p.
"Nontro,.. Pa.. March 10. 18715.
LA IN AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
W A ttorneyot-Lavr. Montrose, Penn'a
t oil tritons Promptly Attended to.
Act cotton given to Orphans' Court Practice.
floc w J. lurrell, on Public Avenne,oppo
tier 31. •ar the Tarbell House. 1575.
Dl_ . IV. SMITH,
Xaiiiiitir Rodi. at Ms dwelling, next door north of Dr.
11.Y•el Oki Foundry street. where IT'-would be
Nil . pi -et. :LP t Lore in want of Dental 9, ork. Ile
I,,,...tainarnt that he can leaseall,bothln quality of
~na in price Oflice hours from 9a. it. to 49. x.
1.1 r.r. I. et, 11, 1 Sl4—tt
VALLEY HOUSE.
6[17 :satiated near thtltrie Railway De.
1• . iarre aria commodious bonen, has undergone
oorb ri pair Newly furnlabed rooms and aleep
,,,;:vartment,splendidukbles.andallthinge compete•
a fi>t t.. 6. hotel. HENRY ACKERT,
Proprietor.
7114 PEOPLE'S MARKET.
l'un.ur Hest, Proprietor.
salt,•d Hams, Pork, Bologna, See
n, :13,, bent quality, constant ly on hand, at
eltit
tor.,use, Pa.. Jan. 14. lic3.-14.
BILLINGS STROUD.
'at: AND LIFE INSVAANCE. AGENT. Ale
ttsu r.. ott en dca to promptly, on lair terms. °Mc.
th.or ennt of tie bank co Wm. 11. Cooper & Co
2f Arent:le-Montrose, Pa. [Atig.l,lB69.
BILLIXOS STROUD.
( 'HARLEY MORRIS
XI: HAYTI IIAItI3ER, has moved his shop to the
g occupied by E. hicKensic 6 Co., where he Is
to du all kinds of work in hi.line„snch as ma
it chos, Ituffs, ctc. All work done on short
and price. low. Please call and see me.
EDGAR A. TVIAELZ,
No. 170 Broadway, New York City
V. 4 - :2 . 151.t.-,y)
LITTLES .i. BLAEESLEE
irTUILNET:, ikT LAVVottave removed to their Neu
91, *pot itt the Tarbell noose.
R. B. larrhz,
Cizo. P. LITTLE,
MCLLt - C,',00..15, /SIT. 8. L.BLAErstxs.
IZEIESEED
JLALEE c Books, Ftationery, Wall Paper, News ya
• Pucka Cutlery, Stereoscopic Views, Yankee
or Next door toile Post °Mee, Monu,ee •
. B. BEANS_
1.(74.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
fiAIZEINGTON %Oldie' , to inform thepublic that
rented the Exchange Hotel in Montroec, he
cow prepared to accommodate the travellngpobEc
.C./,* rtyle.
YUL,O.r Aug. A. 1873.
IL BCRRIT7
,usple and Fancy DID Goods, Crockery, Hard
., Inm. sstoN en, Drugs. Oils, and Paints, Boots
oc nocs. Ilat.s.d Caps, Furs, Buffalo Bober, Oro-
Lar es. :',.,,vt.slons.
Srr Milford t a., Nov 6, "72—ti.
JOHN GROVES
FA , EIoN AbLE TAILOR, Montrose, Pa. Shop ovor
• more. An order* filled in fleet-claws style.
;•_Lg crone to unkr on Anort ararran
,, a, L, jute 30.
LI:. D. A. LATIIBOP,
it, r, E . I.CeT/1.0 TELZILEALL BATHS, 6 tie Foot of
Cln.:Gt.t a ',cut. Call and consul in &A Chtonfc
.7 nu. '72.
LEWIS KNOLL,
,u.S.VINu AND HAIR - DRESSEMO.
:h the nvw Postortlce building, where he will
fount -,.nv to attend all who may want anything
,A • 'ht. Montrose Pa. Oct. 13 1569.
(RA 'ILES N. STODDARD,
laza r r 800.. and Shoes, Bats and Caps, Lestlierand
MAte Street, Ist door below Boyd's store.
.rt made to order. nod repairing done neatly.
Ko..truar don I 1070. -
DI:. W. L. RICHARDSON,
, ETSIL JAN tSURGEON, tenders hie professions
r~irr•:O:be citizene of Montrose and vicinity.—
est,. , r.eiderce, on the cornereartof Sayre &
Foondry (Anc•7. 1669.
.sCQVILL d• DEWITT.
v. Law and Solicitore in Bankruptcy. Oflce
^c^ Street, over City National Bank, Bing
tan.d.ta N Y. ' Wat. ll.Scortta.,
dreoxx Dzwrrr
EA ~ .,LE DRUG STORE,.
4 L Br: BS , . the place to get Drugs and Melte:thee
Cub :eeo. Pipee, Pocket-Hooke, 4. 04, i"
te e .t.c. Brick Block
Be. sth, Ira. IB
X. A. LY ON
:" A twl Turrell, dealer in Drug. Medicine.
Puna.. Ode, llye-stare, Teas, Syk
taLry Jewelry, Perfumery. Sc.
Mnj 19, Itls.
C. a. VANNESS,
d SURGEON, has As:steed at Auburn
nts- , 11•,inetissua Co. Pa.
L F. FFI'CH,
4770 1:NEY AM) COrNSELLOR-.AT-L6W. Mont-
P. ltilme nert cal the Cot= HOLM.
Lt,‘,..: January.
A. 0. WARREN,
• LANV . Bounty, Back Pay. ' n ion
aar etaime attended to. OfElee gra.
!,e;4.;vi Guide store. Nontroac.Pa. GAIL. /050
W. LL CRO&SMON,
cue, i 1.1 r.. Office at the Court House, In th e
Orrice. W. A. Czoaa*Oa.
I. G. IVIIIEAT'ON,
C,TIL Asp Laxn Surrsros,
P. 0. addrnva, Franklin ForkP,
Bangui:banns Co., Fa
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W. W. BAC/TH,
,IDNET AND eIuR MANUFACTITEXIII3;rven
Ilam street. Moutrose, Pa- ISGO.
At. C. surraY,
tEctION ELI: , w.,d lisatn.aset AGES;
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FrlentriUr• Pia
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D. W. SEARLE,
L'itrILNEI T LAW , office over the Stara of M
".,,,Slitl,11; IL< Brick Block .Montrose Pa. Lau/ 10
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O'NEILL,
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J . une O Oflac_rs.-413 over J WILes.
Pa. . '7
J. B. 4k. 4.11. McCOLLUif,, ,
Itutr.Tl A. 7 L.w °Mee over the tank, Montrose
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County Business Directory.
Twolines to thleDireetory,Ohn yenr.sl.so; cached
dltionalltne.socents.
•
MONTROSE
WM. IIAVGIIWOUT, Slater, Wholesale and haat.
dealer in all kinds of slate roofing, slate paint, etc.
Roofs repaired with elate to order. Alto, Blatt
paint for sale by the gallon or barrel. Montrose, Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD, Genera Fire and Life Neu'
once Agents; al so.sell Mailman and AccldentTickcl
to New York and Philadelphia. °Mee one dooreatt
ofthe Bank.
BOYD .. .Y. Comm. , Dealers In Stoves, Hardware
and Manufacturers of Tin and BDi:falcon ware,cornei
of Main and Tu rnpikett met
A. N. BULLARD Dealer in uroceries. Provisions
Books, Stations.' and Yankee Notions , at head of
Public Avenue....
WM. H. COOPER &CO.. Bankers, sell Foreign Pas.
sage Tickets and Drafts on England, Ireland and Scot,
land.:•
Wit. L. COS, Harnett nicker and dealer In all article
astutlly kept by the trade, opp °sit e the Bank. •
JAMES E. CARMALT, Attorney at Law. °nice one
door below Tarbell Douse, Public Avenue. •
NEW NEILFORD.
SAVINGS BANE, NEW MILFORD.--F ix per cent. in
tereet on all Deposits. Does a general Banking Bur
nese.. -nll-tf S. B. CHASE & CU.
11.GARBET d, SON. Dealers to Flom. Feed. Men
'Salt, Limo, Cement. Groceries end Prov'etcne
Main Street, opposite the Depot.
N. P. EMBER, Carriage Maker and Undertaker on
Main Street, two doors below Hawley'' Store.
GREAT BEND.
U. P. DORAN. Merchant Tailor and dealer in Renti3
Made Clothing, Dry Goods.Grocerice and Provisions
Main Street.'
Banking, &c
BANKING HOUSE
WM. 11. COOPER & CO.,
GEIVRA.L BANKING BUSLNESS DONE.
CkLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL
POINTS AND PROMPTLY ACCOUN
TED FOR AS HERETOFORE.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR
El AL .T-. "E .
UNITEI 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
Trxmitua xamm , OSIXTIS3,
AS PER AGREEMENT WHEN THE
DEPOSIT IS MADE.
In the future,.as in the past, we shall endear
or to transact all money business to the satis
faction of our patrons and correspondents.
WM. fl COOPER & CO., -
Montrose, March 10, '7s.—tf. Bankers.
Authorized Capital, - $500,000 00
Present Capital, - - 100,000 00
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
MONTROSE, PA.
WILLIAM J. TITRR EL L, President.
D. D. SEARLE, Vice President
N. L. LENHEIM, - - Cashier
Directors.
WM. J. TURRELL, D. D. SEARLE,
G. B. ELDRED, M. S. DESSAUER,
ABEL TURRELL, G. V. BENTLEY,
A. J. GERRITSON, Montrose, Pa.
E. A. CLARK, Binghamton, N. Y.
E. A. PRATT, New Milford, Pa.
M. B. WRIGHT, Susquehanna Depot, Pa.
L S. LENHEIM, Gnat Bold, Pa.
DRAFTS SOLD ON EUROPE
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS
SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED
Montrose;, March 3, 1875.—tf
SUWON SAYINGS BANK,
120 •WyonunrAvenne,
RECEIVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
UALS, AND RE TURNS 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 Oti . JANU
ARY AND JULY. ASAFE AND RE
LIABLE PLACE OF 'DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING MEN, MINERS, ME
CHANICS, AND MACHINISTS, AND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS
WELL. MONEY DEPOSITED ON
OR BEFORE THE TENTH WILL
DRAW INTEREST FROM THE
FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. THIS
IS IN ALL RESPECTS A HOME IN
STITUTION, AND ONE WHICH IS
NOW RECEIVING THE SAVED
EARNINGS OF THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF SCRANTON MIN
ERS AND MECHANICS.
DIRECTORS ; JAMES BLAIR,
SANFORD GRANT, GEORGE FISH •
ER, JAS. S. SLOCUM, J. 11. 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'CLOCK.
Feb. 12. 1874.
Binghamton Marble Works !
All kinds of Monuments. IlcadstonFs, and Marble
Mantles, made to order. Also, licotott Granites on
band. P/C/iEftING A . CO..
J. PICZELUNO.
12; 1r .112.1111ZILLAII
U. P. =OWN.
Oct. 28. 1874.
P .uscsgow .ae I.IIIOT4IEIt,
General Undertakers
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF COF-
==IB2MI
C3-XL33Ak. r 4L I 3333ZW3).
AIL ORDEttB PROIIt`TLYATTENDED TO
April *lB •
• ➢Y WILLEADI {VENTER.
One name I shall not forget—
Gentle name of Violet.
Many and strange the years have sped ;
She who bore that name Is dead;
Dead—and resting by the sea,
Where she gave her vow to me.
Dead—and now the grasses wave,
Aud the dry leaves o'er her grave,
Rustling In the autumn wind
Like these sad thoughtsin my mind
She was light, and soon forgot ;
Loved me well, and loved me not.
Changeful as the April sky—
Kind or cruel, sad or shy ;
Gray-eyed, winsome, rich and fair—
My 5 outh'l , passion and despair.
Now, thrffugh storms of many years,
Now, thiough tender mist of tears,
Looking backwards I can see,
She was always true to me.
Yet, with hidden tears that burn,
Cold we parted, wayward, stern ;
Spoke that quiet farewell word—
That neither meant and neither heard ;
Spoke— and parted in our pain
Never more to meet again.
Sometimes, underneath the moon,
On rose-laden nights of June,
SE, P_A_
When white clouds float o'er the blue,
And the pale orb glimmers through,
And the honey-suckle throw,
Her fragrant challenge to the rose,
And the liberal piKe tree flings
Perfume on the midnight's wings—
Caine with thrills of hnpe and fear,
Mystic sense that she was near;
Came thought—through good and 111
She loves, and she remembers still.
But no word e'er came or went,
And when nine long years were spent,
Something in my bosom said—
Very softly--she is dead.
Now, at sombre autumn's eve,
Wandering where the woodlands grieve,
Or where wild winds whistle free
On the hills that front the sea,
Cruel thoughts of loye and loss
Nail my spirit to the cross.
Friends have fallen, youth• is gone,
Fields are brown and skies are wan ;
One name I shall not forget—
Gentle name of Violet.
ELD. BOYD'S MATILIMONIIL EXPERIENCE,
Elder Boyd, thougb-a—vers good man
in the main, and looked up's. to with re
spect by all the inhabitants of the little
village of Oldville, was rumored to have,
in Yankee parlance, a pretty sharp look
out for the main chance, a peculiarity
from which elders are not always ex
empt.
In worldly matters he was decidedly
cell to-do, having inherited a fine farm
from his father, which was growing year
ly more and more valuable. It might
be supposed that under these circumstan
ces the elder, who was fully able to do so,
would have found a helpmate to share
his house and name. But .the elder was
wary. Matrimony was to bim, in some
measure, a matter of money, and it was
his firm resolve not to marry unless he
could thereby enhance his ‘nrldly pros
perity.
Unhappily,the little village of Oldville
and the towns in the immediate vicinity
contained few who were qualified in the
important particular, and of those there
were probably none with whom the e:der's
suit would have prospered. So it hap—
pened that year after year passed away,
until Elder Boyd was in the prime of life
—44 or thereabouts—and still unmarried
and in all human probability likely tO re
main so. But in all human calculations
of this kind they reckon ill who leave
widows out.
Elder. Boyd's nearest neighbor was a
Widow.
The Widow Hayes, who had passed
through matrimonial experience, was
some four years younger than Elder Boyd.
She was still a buxom, comely woman, as
widows are apt to be.
Unfortunately, the late Mr. Haves had
not been able to leave 'her sufficient to
make her independent of the world. All
that she, possessed was the small, old—
fashioned house in which she lived, and
a small amount of money, was insufficient
to support her and a little son of 6. like
wise to be enumerated in the schedule of
her property, though hardly to be classed
as "productive" of anything but mischief.
The widow was, therefore, obliged to
take care of three boarders to eke out her
scanty income, which, of course, imposed
upon her considerable labor and anxiety.
It is hot surprising that under these
circumstances she should now and then
haVe bethought herself of a second mar
riage as a method of bettering her con•
dition ? Or again,.need we esteem it a
snecial wonder if, in her reflections upon
this point, she should have cast her eyes
upon her next neighbor, Elder Boyd?—
The Eider,as we have already said, was in
flourishing circumstances. He would be,
able to maintain a wife ic great comfort
and being one of the chief personages
in the village, could accord her a promi
nent social position. He was not espec
ially handsome; or calculated- to make a
profound impression upon the female
heart ; this was true, but he was of a
good disposition, kind.hearted,and would
nu doubt make a good sort of a husband.
WidowS are, I take it (if any shall do
me the honor to' read this story, I trust
they will, forgive me the remark,) less
disposed to weigh sentiment in a second
alliance than a first, and so,
in the wid—
ow's point of view Elder Boyd was a
very desirable match."
Some sagacious person, however, has
observed that it takes two to make a
match, a fact to be seriously considered ;
fot in the present case it was exceedingly
doubtful whether the worldly elder, even
/26 Court Street
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Str.csno-s BSA
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1875.
Mut Nottl.
VIOLET.
selected ,ffitarg.
THE WIDOW'S STRATAGEM.
"Stand by the Right though the Heavens Mir A
if he had known the favorable opinion of
his next neighbor, would have been In•
lined to propose changing her name to
Boyd, unless, indeed, a suitable motive
was brought to bear upon him. Here
was a chance for a little mabaging,
wherein widows are said, as a general
thing, to be expert,
One evening. after a day of fatiguing
labor, Widow Hayes sat at the fire in the
sitting-room, with her feet resting on the
lender.
"If ever I am situated so as not to
have to work so hard, I shall he happy.—
It's a hard life, keeping boarders. If I
was only as well off as elder Boyd," she
muttered.
Still the widow 'kept up her thinking,
and by-and-by her face brightened. She
had an idea, which she was resolved to
pnt into execution at the earliest possible
moment. What it was the reader will
see in the sequel.
"Freddie," said she to her son the next
morning, "I want you to stop to elder
Boyd's as you go to school, and ask him
if he will call on me in the course of the
morning or afternoon, just as he finds it
most convenient."
Elder Boyd was a little surprised at
this snmmons. However, about 11
o'clock, he called in. The widow bad
got on the dinner, and bad leisure to sit
down. She appealed a little embarass
ed.
"Freddie told me that you would like
to see me," he commenced.
"Yes, elder, I should. But lam very
much afraid you will think strange, at
least of what I have to say to you."
The elder very politely promised not to
be surprised, though at the same time his
curiosity was very visibly aroused.
"Suppose," said the widow, casting
down her eyes—"mind I was only sup
posing a case—suppose a person should
find a pot of gold pieces in their cellar,
would the law have a right to touch it,
or would it belong to them r
The elder pricked up his ears.
"A pot of gold pieces, widow ? Wny.
unquestionably the law would have noth
ing to do with it."
'•And the one who formerly owned the
house couldn't come ferwanl and claim
it, could he ?"
"No madam ;• unquestionably not.--
When the house was disposed of every
thing went with it."
"I am glad to hear it, elder. You
won't think strange of the question, but
it happened to occur in my mind, and 1
thought I would like to have it satisfied."
"Certainly, widow, certainly," said the
elder, abstractly."
"And, elder, as you're .here, I hope you
will stop to dinner with us. It will be
ready punctually at 12."
"Well, no," said the elder. rising. "I'm
obliged to ye ; but they'll be expecting
me at home."
"At any rate, elder," said the widow,
taking a piece of steaming mince pie
from the oven, 'you wont object to taking
a piece of mince pie. You must know
that I rather pride myself on my mince
pies:"
The warm pie sent up such a delicious
odor that the elder was sorely tempted,
and after saving, "Well, really," with Ole
intention of refusing, he finished by sav
ing, "on the whole, I guess I will, as it
looks so nice.'
"The widow was really a good cook,
and the elder ate with much gusto the
generous piece which the widow cut off
for him, and, after a little chatting upon
unimportant subjects, withdrew in some
mental perplexity.
Was it possible, thought he, that the
widow could really have found a pot of
gold in her cellar ? She did not say so,
to be sure, but why should she have
shown so mach anxiety to know as to the
proprietorship of the treasure thus found
if she had not happened upv n some ?--
To be sure, as far as his knowledge ex—
tended, there was no one who would be
likely to lay up such an amount of gold;
but then the house was 150 years old, at
the very least, and had had many occu
pants of which he knew nothing. It
might be, after all. The widow's desire
to have him think it was only cunosity
likewise gave additional probability to
the supposition. "I will wait and watch,"
thought the elder.
It so happened that elder Boyd was one
of the directors in a saving institution
situated in the next town, and accord
ingly rode over there once or twice a
month so as to attend the meeting of the
board.
On the next occasion of this kind the
Widow seat over to know if he could
carry her with him, as she had a little
usiuess to attend to there. The request
was readily decurde.l. Arrived at the
village, the Widow desired to be set off at
the bank.
"Ha, ha !" thought the elder, "that
means something."
He said nothing, however, but deter
mined to came back and find out, as he
could readily from the cashier, what bus
inesd she had with the bank. The wid
ow tripped into the office, pretending to
look very nonchalant.
- -
"Can you give me small bills for a 810
guild jlece ?"
"With pleasure," was the reply.
"By the way, the bank is in a very
flourishing condition, is it not?" she ask
ed.
"None in the state on a better footing."
he said.
Do you receive deposits ?''
"Yes, madam ; we are receiving them
every day."
"Do you receive as high as—as 810,-
000 ?"
"No," said the cashier, with some sur-
prise ; "or rather we do not allow inte-
rest on so large a sum ; 81,000 is our
limit. 'Do you know of any one who—"
'•lt is of no consequence," said the
widow. hurriedly ; "I only asked for cu
riosity. ' By the way, did you say how
much interest you, allowed on such de
posits as come within your limits ?" she
asked. '
"Five per cent."
"Thank you. 'only asked for curiaoity.
What a beautiful morning it is !"_ and
went out.
Shortly after the elder entered.
„nosy is business Mr. Cashier ?" he in
quired.
"About as usual."
"Had any deposit* lately ?"
"None of any tuaguitude."
!cl brought over ' i n woman this morning
who - si : 4stried - ,to have aurae sort of business
with you..":- ,
''. l Tho widow . Pips
"Yes."
"Do you know whether she has had
any money left her lately ?" asked the
cashier.
"Not that I know of,' said the elder.
pricking up his ears. "Why, did she de.
posit any?"
"No ; but she inquired if we received
depos!ts as high us 610,000.
"Indeed, is that all she came for ?" he
inquired.
' "No, she exchanged a gold piece for
bills."
The elder left the bank in deep thought.
He came to the conclusion that this cu—
riosity only veiled a deeper motive. He
now no longer entertained a doubt that
'the widow had found a pot of gold in
her cellar, arid appearance seemed to in—
dicate that its probable value was at least
equal to $lO,OOO. The gold piece which
she had exchanged at the bank appeared
to confirm this story.
"I rathet think," said the elder, com—
placently, "I can see into a millstone
about as far as most people." A state
molt, the literal truth of which I defy
auy one to question, though as to the
pr. me fact of people being able to see
into a millstone at all, doubts have now
and then forced themselves upon my
mind
The next Sunday the widow appeared
at church in a new and stylish bonnet,
which led to such remarks as these :
"How much vanity some people have,
to be sure."
"How a woman that has to keep board
ers for a living can afford to dash out in
such a bonnet is more than I can tell. I
should think she was old enough to
know better."
The last remark was made by a young
lady just six months younger than the
widow, whose attempt to catch a second
husband had hitherto proved utterly un—
availing.
"I suppose," continued the same young
lady, "she is trytng to catch a second
husband with her finery. Before I'd con
di-scend to such means, I'd drown my—
self."
In this last amiable speech the young
lady had unwittingly hit upon the true
motive. The widow was intent upon
catching Elder Boyd, and she indulged
in a costly bonnet, not because she sup
posed he would be caught with finery,
but because this would strengthen in his
mind the idea that she had stumbled
upon hidden wealth. The widow cal
culated shreWdly, and the display had
the desired effect. Monday afternoon
the elder found an errand that called
him over to the widow's. It chanced to
be just about tea-time., He was impor—
tuned to stay to tea, and somewhat to his
own surprise, actually did.
The polite widow,who knew the elder's
weak point, brzught one of her best
mince pies, n piece of which her guest
partook of with zest.
"You'll take another piece, I know,"
said she.
"Really, I am ashamed," said the elder,
but passed his plate, "The fact is, your
pies are so nice, I don't know when to
stop."
"Do you call those nice ?" said the wid
ow, modestly. "I call them common. I
can. make good mince pies, when I set
out to, but this time I didn't have as good
luck as common."
"I shouldn't want any better," said the
elder.
"Theo I hope, if you like them, you
will drop into tea often. We ought to be
more neighborly."
Elder Boyd assented, and he meant
what he said. The fact is, the deacon
began to think that the willow was a very
charming woman. She was very comely,
and then she was such au excellent cook.
Besides, he had no doubt in his owi
mind that she was worth a considerable
sum of money. What objection could
there be to her becoming Mrs. Boyd ?
He brought the question before her one
evening. The widow blushed, professed
to be greatly surprised. In fact, she nev
er thought of such a thing in her life,
on the whole,she had always thought
highly of the elder, and to cut the mat—.
or short, she accepted. A month later
she was installed mistres of the elder's
large house, somewhat to the surprise of
the village people,who could not conceive
how she brought him over. Some weeks
after the ceremony the elder ventured to
inquire about the pot of gold which she
had found in the cellar.
"Pot of gold !" exclaimed the widow,in
surprise ; "I know of none."
‘l3iit you asked me about whether the
laWcould claim it," said the eider, dis
concerned.
"Oh. tor' ! elder, I only asked for cu—
riosity."
"And was that the reason you made in
quiries at the bank ?"
°iC<•rtainly ! What else could it be ?"
The elder went out to the barn, and
for half an hoar sat in silent meditation.
At the end of that time he ejaculated, as
a cloying consideration :
"Alter all, she makes good mince pie."
It gives ,me pleasure to state that the
union between the elder and the widow
proved a very happy one, although to the
end of his life he could never make up
his mind about the "pot of gold."
Tale of a Champion Sufferer.
He looked into the waiting-room at the
Central Detroit Depot, saw an elderly
lady come there to ' go. West, and then,
atter making sure that the special police
man was not around, he entered the
roots. He was a man that had seer oth
er days, that was plain. His plug hat
was years old, his coat shone with age
and grease,and there was no collar on his
neck. A policeman would have mentally
recognized him as ,a "sag" without a mo
ment's hesitation, and the fellow would
have stood a chance of being trotted off
to Central Station.
"My good friends," he commenced as
he approached the innocent old couple
from Vermont ; "for heaven's sake, help
me a little I"
"Who are you ?" asked the husband,
struck with the bummer's lonesome voice
and general hard look.
"Name is Jot:es—Kansas—grasshop—
pers ?" replied the man, turning away
his head as if deeply affected.
"Be you one of those poor unfortu
nates who were almost eat up by the
grasshoppers?" exclaimed. the woman,
her sympathies all aroused.
"The same, madame," sighed. Jones ;
"bad to
.leave;. the State—going to New
liampstkire—got as Elias here and monoy
gave out. Heaven only knows what will
become of ns."
"Are you married ?'' she asked
"Yes'um—wife and nine children ;
they're out here on the commons in a
wagon, all sick and shivering with the
cold."
"I've heard about them grasshoppers;
were they very thick ?" asked the man.
"Thick 1" echoed Jones, "couldn't
tell the difference 'twist day and night,
and the roaring of their wings made us
deaf."
"My grashus wasn't that awful,"
sighed the woman:
"1 had a hundred acres of corn, fifty of
wheat. thirty of oats, nice meadow, and a
lot of fruit, but the grasshoppers made
a beggar of me in five hours," contin
ued Jones.
"They eat the stuff right np, did they?'
"Eat! Why the farm looked as if every
tbing—evea chewed up leg chains. I
timed 'em - do 100 rods of fence, and ev—
ery mouthful went in thirty-seven min
utes by the watch."
"I never heard the likes!", exclaimed
the man.
"There's folks East here who don't be—
lieve it," continued Jones ; but it is a
dolma fact that the grasshoppers chewed
tip iron wedges, gnawed boards ofrn the
barn, bit plow-points all up, and if we
hadn't hid our horses in the cellar, they
would have been munched sure I"
"And you had to leave."
"Yes, sold my land for eleven dollars,
Rot my family in a wagon and started
East. Been 180 days coming this far ' and
buried two children on the way. Lor'
only knows what's to become of us! I
wish I was in this river out there ; then
my heart wouldn't he bustin' with grief
and trouble!"
"Poor man !" sighed the woman.—
"Ebenezer let's give him two dollars." -
"Two dollars is a pile of money," mus
e.] the man.
"Bat its an awful sad ease Ebenezer
—nut! to tech a heart of flint.
"The Lord loveth a cheerful giver,"
added Jones, as he drew his sleeve across
his nose.
"Wall, I s'pose its a hard case, and we
won't he any poorer for giving two dol—
lars," said the husband, as he pulled out
his wallet and handed out a $2,00 bill.
"Thanks, my kind friends," replied
Jones. "I hope you will never see the
trouble I'm having. This'll buy us med-
icine and provisions, and kinder help us
along like ; and I feel as if I could throw
my arms around ye and hug ye for your
kindness."
"That's all tight," said the husband.
"I wish it was ten," said the woman, as
she shook Jones outstretched hand.
He slid out, and ten minutes afterward
might have been seen in a saloon pouring
bad gin out of a tall decanter, and re
marking to the barkeeper:
"Say. old pard, was it in Virginia or
Kansas that the grasshoppers were so
thick ?"
At the Barber's.
"Next !" shouted a barber, who had
just finished a cask-trier.
Two persons at once sprang from their
seats, where they had!been patiently wait
ing, and approached the knight of the
lather, and both looking ferociously and
enquiringly at each other.
One of them was an elderly personage,
evidently from the conutry ; the other a
young sprig of a city tired, whose down
had just b.gnn to indicate the slow and
uncertain approach of beard.
"Which of you is next ?" asked the
barber.
"I am," said the young man.
"No, you are not. We both came in
at the same time ; and I am the oldest, I
claim the first chance. Besides, lam in
a hurry."
"Ah, old party, I see you are from the
country, and of course do not know the
rules of city society governing such cases
ss this," said the youth.
"What is the rule ?"
"Simply this : Beauty goes before age,
so I will take the chair. See ?"
"Oh, that's right, Mr. Barber, shave
him first. He has got the best of me by
that city rule of hie ; and, come to think
of it, he is right according to the role
where I came from."
"Indeed 1 What is the rule where you
came from, old party ?" asked the young
fellow, as he fixed himself comfortably in
the barber's chair.
"Well, young roan, the rule dp my way
is we always keep the hogs ahead of us.
So you can go ahead. - Barber, it's all
right," said he, taking up a paper and
sitting down to read.
Au Irishman was srrested for highway
robbery, and being brought before a mag
istrate, asserted that he was more entitled
to be pitied, than to be punished.
"Pitied !" exclaimed the justice, while
his eyebrows arched with more than or—
dinary wonder and contempt, 'and on
what account, pray ?'
'Sure on account of my misfortune."
'Your misfortnne, indeed I What! that
we have caught you, I suppose ?'
'Oh, the gintleman that brought me
here knows about my misfortune well
enough.'
But the gentleman was as astonished
as the magistrate himself, and as inca-
pable of understanding the culprit's
meaning.
'You will own, I suppose, that yeti
stopped this gentleman on the highway ?'_
he naked. .
.011 ! yes, I did the game.'
'And tht.t you took from him £5O in
bills.
'And there your honor's right again'
'Well, then, you perplexing vagabond,
what do you mean ?'
'Sure, and the money wasn't in my
pocket above a week whin the dirt' bank
shtopped payment, and I was robbed of
leery shilling.'
It was twelve o'clock at night when
Mr. Berger, of Macon, Ga., discovered a
colored preacher in his stable untying a
horse, and the preacher nnly observed-:-
'Jess what I said all de time, filistah Ber
gah, your horse-is bay : sure °waif, and dat
'sputa between me and Budder Jackdop
is settled.
' A little fourlear old woke np,very oar.
ly one morning, and seeing the full moon
from the winnow, he innocently remark
ed : 'I should think about time for
Dod to take that moon in..
TERMS .—Two DollEtrs Per Yell& in Advance.
goon giading.
THE BAREFOOT BOY
Blessings on thee, little man, '
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan !
With thy tdrned•up pantaloons,
And thy merry-whistled tunes ;
With thy red lip, redder still
Kissed by strawberries on the hill ;
With the sunshine on tby face,'
Through thy torn brim's jaunty graces ;
From my heart I give thee joy—
I was once a barefoot boy !
Prince thou art—tlie grown-up man
Only is republican.
Let the million dollared ride
Barefoot, trudging at his side,
Thou bast more than he can buy,
In the reach of ear and eye—
Outward sunshine, inward joy ;
Blessing on thee, barefoot boy !
0, for boyhood's painless play,
Sleep that wakes in laughing day,
Health that mocks the doctor's rules,
Knowledge never learned of schools,
Of the wild bee's morning chase,
Of the wild flower's time and place,
Blight of fowls and habitude
Of the tenants of the Wood ;
How the tortoise bears his shell,
How the woodchuck digs his cell,
And the ground-mole sinks his well ;
How the robin feeds her young,
How the oriole's nest Is hung ;
Where the whitest lilies blow,
Where the freshest berries grow,
Where the ground nut. trails its vine,
Where the wood-grape's clusters shire ;
Of the black wasp's cunning way,
Mason of his walls of clay,
And the architectural plans
Of gay hornet artisan's !
For eschewing books and tasks,
Nature answers all he asks ;
Hand in hand with her he walks,
Face to face with her he talks.
Part and parcel of her joy,—
Blessings on the barefoot boy !
0, for boyhood's time of Juno,
Crowding years in one briet moon,
Then all things I heard or saw,
Me, their master, waited for,
1 was rich in flowers and trees,
Humming-birds and honey-bees ;
For my sport the snisirrels played,
Plied the snouted mole his spade ;
For my taste the blackberry cone
Purpled over hedge and stone ;
Laughed the brook for my delight
Through the day end through the night,
Whispering at the garden wall,
Talked with me from fall to fall ;
Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond,
Mine the walnut slopes beyond,
Mine, on bending orchard trees,
Apples of Hesperides !
Still, as my horizon grew,
Larger grew my riches, too ;
All the world I saw or knew
Seemed a complex Chinese toy,
Fashioned for a barefoot boy
0, for festal dainties spread,
Like my bowl of milk and breld,—
Pewter spoon and bowl of wood,
On the door atone, gray and rude !
O'er me, like a regal tent,
Cloudy-ribbed, the sunset bent,
Purple curtained, fringed with gold,
Looped in many a , wind-swung told ;
While for music came the_play
Of the pied frogs' orchestra ;
And, to light. the noisy choir,
Lit the fly his lamp of fire,
I was monarch ; pomp and Joy
Waited on the barefoot boy !
Cheerily, their, my little man,
Live and laugh, as boyhood can !
Though the flinty slopes be hard,
Stubble speared the new-mown sward,
Every morn shall lead thee through
Fresh baptisms of the dew ;
Every evening from thy feet
Shall the cool wind kiss the heat
All too soon these feet must - hide
In the prison celbsof pride.
Lose the freedom of the sod,
Like a colt's for work be shod,
Made to tread the mills of toil,
Up and down in ceaseless moll ;
Happy if their track be found
Never on forbidden ground ;
Happy if they sink not In
Quick and treacherous sands of sin.
Ah that thou amidst know thy joy,
Ere It passes, barefoot boy !
HOW TO KEEP CHILDREN PURE;
Will you not use your influence m trying to
deter large boys from contaminating'the minds
of smaller boys ? Things which should be told
in a wholesome manner and as solemn, truths
arc distorted into,Nile shapes and permanent
injury Is done to `children's minds. Would it
not be better for the body to be , poisoned than
the mind,that parents might see the harm done,
and thereby be enabled to use c and anti
dotes ? But lam sorry to say that I thi kthe
trouble lies deeper than with the big boys, I
have been looking Around' and am quits sure
that it does. A jury might acquit them with
the verdict, more sinned against
It is the men that.l am coaling ut, fur just so
long as they meet in gaSeeries, on street cor
ners and in shops telling stories unfit for the
eats of mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters,
just so long big boys will listen and think it
cunning to emulate the filthy example. Is it
not a terrible thing to look into a young man's
face and think of the impurities his mind must
be loaded with unless he has• strength to cast
off the unclean thing and be a nobleman ?
No subject more vital in its bearing on the
morals of the young could have place in this
column, says the New. York Tribune, in reply
to the above letter. There are parents who do
not recognize among the duties they owe their
children that of instructing them with respect
to the origin.of life. Thts, is 4ort shrouded In
Impenetrable mystery, and
,all manner of lies
are told to the questions which at a very early
age childreilwithask. The mother leaval this
matter foi her daughter to be told about by
any chante schoolmate, who, - with tha few
grains of truth she may • comninnieate, is more
likely to sow tares that cannot be weeded out.
The innocent' hearted tenths from - the rough
companions What his own father 'or mother
should have 'told him with' perfect'slmplielty
and ingenuousness, and learns a great deal that
they wauld never have' had him know, Truth
is sacred, truth is citi
pure and corrupts any
one. It is the Vile admixture ol_ falsehood that
contaminates. .
Every tad In Issunaan physiology can bo eo
communicated to a twee :mind that Its delicacy
shall noLbe In the least offended. The limo to
Make thcEse,thlnga known Iu when the desirkto
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inquire into them manifests itself, 'and the best
teacher Is the parent. As between husband and
wife, so between parent and child there is no
place for shame. Where virtue reigns shame
cannot come. _ -
A child thus taken into sacred intimacy with
it parents will instinctively revolt from what
ever is vulgar and base and Obscene. At every
period In the development of the young life the
parent should be before eve body else in pre
paring and fortifying his or daughter
against the dangers which lie in hisor her path.
There is nothing th.t so strongly bindia child
to virtue and honor and chastity, as perfect and
unrestrained intimacy between it and the fe t tb,-
er and mother. . •
We are careful about the sewerage of our hous
es, about ventilating them, and see to it with
diligence that every nook and oon3er is kept
neat ancksweet. Let us carry the same thing
into character rind open all 'the doors and win
dows of the soul by total frankness' and trans
parent simplicity,that the pure air and sunshine
of heaven may Kaye access to them and keep
them pure.
One word more. If home is - reade so attrac
live that buys and . men prefer it to the corner
groceries, an ounce of prevention will be found
better than many pounds of cure.
WOULD'NT MARRY A MECHANIC
A - young man commenced visiting a young
woman, and appeared to he welt pleiised. One
evening he called when it was quite late, which
led the young lady to inquire where bo had
been.
"1 had to work to-night" •
"What, do yon work for n living f she in
quired in astonishment
"CertainlT,"reptied the young man, al am a
mechanic."
"I dislike the name of mechanic," ad she
turned up her pretty nose.
This was the last time that young man visit- .
ed the young lady. Ile Is now a wealthy
young man, and has one of the best women in
the country for a wife.
The young lady who disliked the name of a
mechanic is now the wife of a miserable fool—
s regular vagrant about grog shops—and the.
soft, verdant, silly, miserable girl is obliged to
take in washing in order to support herself and
children.
You dislike the name of mechanic, eh ? Yon
whose brothers are but well dressed loafers.—
We pity any girl who is so verdant, so soft, to
think less of a young man for being a mechan
io—one of God's noblemen—the most dignified>
and honorable personage of . heaven% 'crea
tures.
Beware young ladies bow you treat young
men war work for a living, for you may one of
these days be menial to one of them. - Far bet
ter to discharge the well led pauper with all his
rings, jewelry, brazenness and' pomposity, and
to take to your affection the callous handed, In
dustrious mechanic.
Thousands have bittbrly repented their folly
who have turned their backs on honest indus
try. A few years have taught them a severe
lesson.
TINKERING THE BELL OF LIBERTY
The Philadelphia Record, reviewing the past
revolatiohary history of the bell of independ
ence at Philadelapitia, says :
"Since the bell was cracked it has severak,
times been tinkered at, in the effort to make It
sonorous once more. At one time the seam
was filled, we• think, with silver, or 'an -amal
gam of silver, but the sound would not come
back. They then undertook to ream out the
crack, causing it toptesent 4, less sharp and
ragged edge, on th singular theory perhaps
that it could be madeto ring- like the little glob
ular sleigh bells that tinkle though they hive
an opening to let the sound out. But the re
43ult was, very naturally, by no means success
ful, it being clear enough, belore-hand, one
would say, that the vibrations m the metal,
when struck, would conflict at the creek and
spoil the hoped for arrangement. The findings
of metal that were bored out In this. process
were made over into little bells as revolution
-1 ary relics, Henry Clay, we believe, .receivin,g,;':
the first of these mach-prized 'mementoes'
Some people have also been guilty, as the boil -
shows. of clipping and splintering fragmante
from the rim as relies. -We have not' much
faith that the bell will be restored to its old re- -
senesce, nut we should be very glad to hear ,
that there was a prospect of doing so by new
processes."
"NARY RED."
AS the old "red cent" has now'passed out of
use, and, except rarely, out of sight, like tha
"old oakcsi bucket," its history is a matter of
sufficient interest for• preservation. The coat
was' first proposed by Robert Morris, the great
financier of the Revoluiion,,and was named by
Jefferson, two years after. It began to Make its
appearance from the mint in 1792. It bore the
head of Washington on - one side and thirteen
links on the other. • •
The, French Revolution soon created a rage
for French Ideas in America, which put on.the
cent, instead of the head of Washington, the
Goddess . of Liberty—a French Liberty, with,
neck thrust forward and flowing locks. The
chain on the reverse side was displaced by the
olive wreath of peace ; .but the French Liberty
was short lived, and so was her portrait on our
cent. The bead or figure that succeeded this--
the staid, classic dame with a Viet around her
her hair—came into faihion about, thirty or for.
ty years ago, and her finely chiseled Grecian
features have been but slightly altered by the
la so of time.
FATE OF THE APOSTLES,
St, Matthew is supposed. to: two suffered
martyrdom. or was put to death by the sword, 1 11
at the city of Ethiopia. , i nt
Snilark ,was dragged through tho strata
of Alexandria, in Egypt, till ho expired.
SL Luke was hanged - upon an olive tree iu
St. John was put into a caldron of boiling
oil, at Rome, and, escaped death. , Ito alter.
wards died a natural death at -11Pheans, In.
Asia. _
St. James tile Groat was bet/ended at Joiuss
• St. James the less was thrown from a pinta.
cAo or wing of the temple, and then beaten to,
death with a fuller's club.
St. Philip was hanged up apical, a pillar at
Merapolls. a city of Pluygia. '
flaitboloraew' was Hayed allvo
command of wbarbarousking.. -,
S. Andrew was bound to a cross. whenco ha
pretiched to tha pgoplo tin Ito oxplred..
St. Thorruts was rum, through the !well with a :
Immo; near ifilitiar, Jo ttorEmst ludic& •
WQ hue more idleness In • the read thau