The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, July 07, 1875, Image 1
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 • W. W. BAC/TH, ,IDNET AND eIuR MANUFACTITEXIII3;rven Ilam street. Moutrose, Pa- ISGO. At. C. surraY, tEctION ELI: , w.,d lisatn.aset AGES; _-- ~,af _ FrlentriUr• Pia ___ D. W. SEARLE, L'itrILNEI T LAW , office over the Stara of M ".,,,Slitl,11; IL< Brick Block .Montrose Pa. Lau/ 10 - O'NEILL, . I L. 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 Ilto/trutc. !lay 1( 1B,:1. . st; :rjo . - ' - SEER +4, 141 ddetresa,Bipojayn, pa, _ ) 4 . r .1, - 0 • (i d I • . , L .7. L 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 illagtauutun, NY 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 NUMBER 27. 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