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IT.ANA7LtIt CRUSER Editors and Proprieto Sti!vid by the h?1M111 the 1 "1" 1 * f1411"- . I • '
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VOLUME 32,
"rl-33a
glontrost igtemotrat
PI:I=IMM EVI.II.V. WZFINEVAT:SIOCIIIING. r•
di .11onliuse,.. Stusqiie:hanaa: :Count 11, ?Pa,
:orric*--wcptslito i'4 l 4. l lo'4l:eun -
• .
C4flaku t• ti;i:• Cocaliatt(lattieralliewa,Piceirl.Ste
SICY, Aticvloten, Mlecellanvotla Ileadinaorrcepord
LLI!, awl a reliable clak*ut aaVrtleemOttt.
Adventsit* Rates:
.014 square. (I,‘ Orlin -
Inch 5t0,)13 weelts.or lesi, $1
I month, e 1.25: mo.ltha, s2 pa
.50; 6 montho. $1.50;.1
Fear, $6.50. A liberal discount on advertisement* of a
greater length. Ilusiness Locals., 30 cts. a line rer first
tr.senioa, and 5 cts. aline each etubaequent in xerti
Marriages and deaths:lTO; obituaries. Wets: a line.,
.rxm7 z'op
' A -BPECIAI:I7
lie 'Qurek Win*. Try. qB.
t. HiwLE'r w - zt. \CIII,SER.
: Business lards. ,
GREEN MACKEY: ,
. .
Dien. W. X. Green and'N. C. Mackey, bare this day en-.
, Wee Into a Medical: co... Partnership, far the practice
liledleine and /Surgery; and are prepared to attend
Promptly to ail calls tn the line of Their plufeasion at
hours of the day dad '
11opbuttom, Pa., Aptit 14.1815.—a-21.
R: 47. - /3;:itlii rit M A,'
POMMPATIIIC rarSICIAN, has located, liflAself at
Montrose, where he..svlll4ltend protaptli to all pro.,
, fess!onal brislass entrustedhis cate. r 4 P — oillue
to Cartaal
11 e to s bullqrag ; second twat. liouple a t
.:11aldwafa. • '• , , 2 k
Itoutiose, Pa:, ]larch ]4 , IK - 5. -
LAW A A'D OOLLECTIO-rOFFICE.
W., \',,R Attoritepat.Law. 11ontroge, P.onn'a •
Collections Promptly..attc.nden
•Special.Atuention gl`ceb to 4 Orgbant,' 'Court Practice;' , ,
11111 co With &ion. Tortel), on l'ablic.Avoltie,oppto ,
sitp the Tarbell 1874.
1)21 b .117.
.Dirrrar. Itoorne at hie tAvralll ar; nex,t•tloor north f Dr.
Ilakey'e, Oh OW Toundry t.treet;letere he'wOuld bo•
happy- to fet;7l/1 shoat. in want of Dental Wolk. Ile
tcals4coulldent that boat ingnalltcul
work awl In prier. Office Manta Irian fl A.)1.1.9 4 P. X.
tc..,antropn,k'eh. tS74—tf •
• • .
=MI
,
aasr Dime; near fire .1111(! Mailvraoy ,
pot. 1 d iarge auct v.unfiriodious liouse,lia,‘ undergone
.altiorot,;ll repair. Newly furnished rootik6 and biet: p
'. 'lag aparqueat+,rtplendid ta.bieFYlTld ali thiligt/ conipriel
• ir,;;pftatclatdhot
iCtet. •,L _ , isrertur.orip ,
• , 271.6 PEOPLE'S dI4RK2 2.. •
"i • • Hum, Ploprietor. "
PreEti and Salted Megto i fork , Bologna
tag:42,01c., of Me boat 'qurtlity, cotiatautly on hand,. at
~prtert- to exit. —
Jlersiroft., Pa Jan.14.187.5.4y... ,
BILLIXOSS2'BOVD... ,
ittlf, AND Lllk 13.18 7 JdANCE ACENT. Ale
blistiesrattondoci to proratilly,on fair tortis.
drat door east of the blink of IN's% 11, Copper Si Co
Pala.irAvenue,2toittrose; Pa. (Aug.l.4/169.
17,1872.1 Itrttallos STUMM.
CILARLILTAMORRIS. ••
THE lIATTI DA 1t13E117, - Itan moved hib ellop: to the
balidiug o.conitindlty AcKettzte4i, OA,; - here do i*
preparnd to dwilllttude, Oiwoik line,buch tun.
Mug owitchtn, pun. etc. Ail work clone on 141.0 rt
! mi ce A nd pri Plentle rail and tee mo. .
oymitLiAll AT. LA', ;
NO: I'M Broadway, :ticw York Oity
'May 12 , 1 '75.--(Pok;11.1614.- 1 3.) 2 . • •C‘
LITTLE' Et .11LAKE t SLES '. l
•
ii:TeitNETI,; . Vr ' .I.AW, lisve„riatioxolltgibeir 21"i.40
CJ , uppqittelluiTatlyel)l444,ii:e. ~ , ', , 1
~Tura, LirrlZ., , \
.li.to.P, , A ll rtg.,,lN
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E. BLAXEIsLk.r. , .
lularceo',Oct.46oet.
•IV. It. !MAX &
, . .
DEALEII 10 J3ooks;ftttilutiery, ' Wall Paper, Neal - pa
',ere. Pocket Cutiery,, .Stert.urcupic - Yankee
Sat lour, 'etc., liexc door to the PostOillee,liontrioe,
13.111.1AN5.
•
• ' EXCAANGL; 14.0TE1,. -
i. ;T.HARR INol'Or wish ett ie inform . the,pn blic that
et sing reutetl the fachnu;,re itutet ln - .Montrose. he
io rim prepuridaohectnernodute the trnveltugpsibEe
n Arta-elate otyle. • „ , . _
Itoutrnte Aug. *4 /873. .•• ' • ' • •
•
••• •• • • H, HPR,I7•7.'• ••• •• •• •'• '
haler i n. Staido arid Fancy braer Good*, Cra'clserY, naN ,
ware; iron titovce,' Drugs. Oils,.and Paiute , Soots, cud tibuer.,'/luta and Cups, Fura . ,.tiadidallobca. Oro ,
coley.. Provisions.' sc. - -
.Ncr:111.1t0rd....1 . a., 'Nov 6,
- , • • . :10/f/V (7,/:, 0 V.Mr, . -,
FASITIONAIiLt t.AttrOß, Idontrotq4 Pi.. Sholi over
C.t.trindler's Store, Alt ordure ittledin first-class elle,
Cutting dote to order on short notice, and warran
ted, to Ut. . .
,inue Nt.'76-
. - .DR. D. A. LATILROP, •
;dial:liter/4 ELL/71141 Tumult 1,14-rns. 7/ tae Foot, tit
' ..i . OliStktUt ~e troxt.., , Call triii * ••:comeiti tit i.l Chronic'
4 in et,l,o*. .: , -.H , -.- ,
1 .Ntoutr •n, Jiin;l -1 ::": 2 •.!-- 11.4 f- '.- •: '" ; .'. ' .•••
MOE=
SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING.
htlnic 'iha;acip
eaistiittiee wherd', he:
Ylefucadtesdy.to UttuttAll wltututty Watt
r 4, la hie .• Idoutrone Pa. Oct. 18 1809
•
CILARLES BTODDARP,
I !ialvtiti 800 la and &toad; flats and Caps, Leatberanci
Findings, 'Main Stro o ti ) at.-doo r below Boyd's Store.
Wiisa made to prdo r. an d repairing On e neatly:
Siw,troen..lau t 1
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DR. 'W. 1.. JLICH,4IWSON,
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IILYSICIAN tilThifi,Eoll; tettilers.ffit , profmsionit
lorvice,• r. 4) Lite Citimmt t Montrose old
(fillet t tlfBrwsidi&se,itia th . e• pprt er cart bltiall - t4
tir9l, Foundry. ' • . : 1492.1, '1869. •
.
800T7LL - it . IDEWITT:
Atc.rticyr at LOW and tiolieltoisl.o3ankruptcy. ()Dice.
•;u Court Strect. t over City islation.ll 'Dui*, Plug-.
,N. Y.,. • • ' • • Ws, 11. Soovna.,
jultt lttt.h.l§73: •. JEV,i)2IX Dzsurr: •
.E4GLE.D.UITO STOLE
. .
S.,tOe-place to get Drugs and 3ietlctues ;
Cii?.iire, - Tobacco, I`lpee, Trinket-B(1°kb; ...Spectates,
V:iniree Notions, &e., Erick Block, -
Itlay 5;11,1875, - , • : 18
ttr , cevalor to Abel 'Darrell. deaierin Druffif Xedicium‘
elexticale, .Painta, 01Is, Dro - utuffif. .r4ae SPiCes';
leery Guoile,47ewelry, Perfumery,
Iteetrore, May 19,1875: ' '
- ' DR: 0. jr. Tr.4l,Ar.N=S t •
,
firsj.t.l.AN .10 Anbirn
centre., tinequebenne Cc. ka:
June 41tt1t "ISTI •
11 . 172'011; -
Arroltxtx ANT) fJOUNS'LLLOrt-AT-LAW,
rope, pa.. 0111.ce west of 'the:Coati pottire.'
licattrote.-January VT, 1073:4y1 ' •
o.` .1V.,411.11117N
rrOlittirt. , A LAW.lSOatiti,liack l'ay. ,
and Saalao', :oft , Clatnit - attotaired to. °taco'?
. o .or tol4Ow Ao' 0'45 Store. .31ontrort.1•4. (Au. 1449
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• A. C.l4o.S.UttiAr; . '-
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torney Law, Oillee at the ,tepturt., Roast, le .tbo
Lonntkieniouer's'Oftica. '"' A:Oltosexo2(.'
Slcontri.4ett.titut.
G, ' IS7LEATON, • "
Oxvu,.UftINITI4 Ana LAXL Striptxxon,
. : • ' iddroet4, Frau - kiln . Fork..
• . Solquetapjut Co., pa.
H;Nraln'o.taft;m&Xli.Vl4.oTilitl:Rl6.-Yool
Mum street. Atuatroei; : • 3arkg• Y. /6011.
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I ." WllifilZe lil ' 6ll.s miectory;ulte ytiar, 6 .in; cacti 0
4ition al 11114 4 .50 cuntv. i .
MO X TliOBE
TlAtlaltwouy, and Dotal
- 44Aier iNzil Untie. -of. ,t;iitto rOctlng t slate want, eye-.
iootti.reatttid iritit...lute paintto order. . 3 . lao, alatt
paint for tale by r••narrel,
BILLINGS sTitutri), ,tienera , Fire and Llfelnatt'
. Alice Aguntr ; ell itailrosie arid
to NOw Vorkand Philadttlphia.• Oillte oat doorraat
orthe Bank. .. • '
410 Y D CLAIWY .. Elniur-$ Stlii:es.,:;Tiardwart
. and U fat
anntrirert , ,:f 'Tin and Sheotiron ware.cornct
of 'Main and TurnpiLevireet. •
ft^. • NC`rniLL'etitu ,*Dealor an ‘biroCeriel. Priirtifora•
Booka, Stallone' and Yankcc 'Notions, at heed of
.• Ptildic-Avenne: 4 . '
tY'DI.Jt.,-COOP 1t 00.. ilankera. sell Poteig i n Pan.
eaglnTickataatnd Draft t• Int Br.ginnd, IcelandAtid. Scot,
••- • ,
,W.ll, L. COS., littrto.*o maker and donlerin tit) article
usually keptl.w . ille trlde,opposlte the 13ant.t. • •••
,tA3ll:$ Ir, &AI;JIALTt Atlornoc_ at.,,Law.,...0111ce nue
door bclone4`oo3lltiout , e; Public A venue:* ,
.NEW '3IILFC)ItrP . •' •
s AVINOS,BA per cent.lr.
turest , oit ull Depotits". ..Does a gimertll Banking BC?:
Hess: • -141.41.., • . . •
SON. DcAlorr , In Flour, reed. Men -
.I.ltne. Cement. Groceries no Proy,ftic.ll* t
Main street, opposite ttle'Dettut. - 1• •
I{IIIBSR. Carrl3l.(: maker ntd 1.1 Idertnier on
Main Street. twddoors uelow les'r store.. • ,
• • GiIEAT 13EN D. .•
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P.•I101-1A Mnrchnnt Tailor ,ind dealer •i n
4.710t10nr, Dry Doode,tirot:trielsra!Of roy . letui
Mal» " I
a - nk .
r .: 7 !
-4itAtiNG `.IIOIIBE
4 . .
- N•=tosE,l
AN t ING BUSINESS DONE
COLLIXTIONS MAbE ON ALL
poINTs AND, I , IIO . SIPfLY ACCOUI%,
(TED FOR HEitiauFora.
DOMESTIC AND FOIEIGN)EiCHAGE FD
137N 1 ITE11'13T.ATE8,4.OTIIEI?.. - 130ND,
!. • 'J3OII - 0 HT - AND SOLD.'
(CitipaNS - A..),:p CITY AN D .001TIN'TTY
, I BA4 K , .:PF.1,4 . 01(5.. CASHED. AS (-USUAL::
OCEAN ST-EA:NEER PASiqAGE TICK
ET'ci,TO AND FROM EUROU.
tINTVJZEST ALLOVED.,ON . SPECIAt,
rrXWE33I . IDEPO.S•irrEs,
AS -PEit AGUEMENT '*HEN THE
! 'DEPOSIT IS 'AIADE.-;.:
In Ili': future, ah In the past, we sta enueav
or .ttf trtinsaet all intincy, buhinesa to the . saiist
faction of ant:patrons andeorresporidents.
Vkl4. U COOPESt - it CO.-
Montrose, )farett 10 `7s:—tf. 13an,kers.:
Atitho,rized. Capita
Piesepx, Oapittil,
FIOt..':NATIONAt.'.:,BANK
MONTROSE, PA.
„. • •
D . : B. 'SEARLE; • Via( Prcaell
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Directors: • • •
J. TURRELI,;.; , D; - ...4..7;ARLE,;
,B:, ELDRED,: ..M, DESSAUER,i
, 'A.PrEL',TURRELJ.4
• Pa.;
E: A: . CLARK; f • Binghataf on;
E. A:: PRATT, :. • New ii ford, Ph.
M. Stis4ttehal,p.a.De•pot,Pth.
LE9B.ELM; .Gast Bei,d,
bRIF SOLD ON-EUROPA.
N. L. JANIIEIM,
corzgenoics IstADE ON.
SPECIAL DEPOSITS .S,OLIC,ITE'D
Al ri tros'e,-)lardll '3, .1875.---tf
SCihirifiti SAYING 'Di
120 Viryinning A•exilic,
DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND Th DIVID
IYALS,,AND, :TIIE SAME
ON DEMA .ND.„ WI iIIOUT
9US"_NOT.IM: AL LO WING INTER
EST AT . 'SIX. PER CENT. PER IY AN-
N LUC PAYABLE. HALF . : YEARLY,
ON THE .FIRST DAYS .OF ;JANU
ARY A 4151. A%. .4 SAFE AND RE-
I.IABLE.' PLACE OF DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING ..:11EN.;: MINERS,'
,ME
;CHANICS, 'AND AI ACIUNISTS., -- ANP
`,FOR. WOMEN AND CHILDREN , At'i,
TELL, .-; MONEY DEPOSITED -ON
QIZ BEFORE THE TENTH. :WILL
DRAW INTEREST. FROM' 'TUE
FIRST:DAy;OF. TILE
IS IN 'ALL ItESPECTS.,,A HOTI.N4
STITUTION, 'AND D. ON.K:
NOW , RECEIV/N I 17sE, .VED
EARNINGS prrlious43os uro.IN
xfipts . .A.NDs. OF' SOON:1'0N
gI3I4.4NIrAFAAINNICS. ''•••
' DIRECTORS_; 'JAMES BLAIR,
SANFORD Glt AN T, GEORGE FISH •
Elt, JAS, S. SLOCUM, J. IL SUTPHIN,
O. P. MATTILEWS, DANIEL 'HOW
ELL; A. E. ITUNT, T. F.l' HUNT
JAMES BLAIR.. PRESIDENT ; 0„
MOORS, CASHIER.
• ::;:. •0 PEN I) A 114 1 ,17 1 0 110.1 it . N INN' A4' A.:',;
ITNTII.;, TQUK - 1, biI.,:.ANP . 0N...:W-Rti,
NESD.A Yv . , ANI)- ' - . SATURDAY :- ii:VE.
1‘ ,, ..1-IN.GS . UNTIL El G - li.T. iil'C.LO.Ct'..
REegIIONV: intOTRPR.
Creneral•VadertakOrs
• •
- •
mALERs ALL. hINIM 14 COIN :
• FINfI"CASIaTS 'ETC'
,CkatLlESA is- MX• 301VX).
- ALL '0 RD 1 4 .0011. 1 T.X, A.l9rs4!.l,DEli Tp.
tlpol ,23 . 12415- . • ltztratow& ego..
F; • A
cett,ct, gottvg.
, ,
: 'TO WOOAND WIN.
. 0.41 AXE..
'Would you play the ttiOuly; lover 7',
Said 'o gray' bettrd to his's4n.
I'Llst,Oly while 1 discover
'How a midden should be'ivon.
? woo bits not .with bo:istfuLphrases,
Littyou teach her lili toStieci ;,
suitor's waruiest phrases
14s conduct should appOr.- ..••
'kWoO tier not With senseless sighing—
Nan
ens . lore a laughing eye;
It not that you ate dping„
kestshe, laughing, bid yOu.die.
.0!
fit sl
, 01
ier not With weakly Whining.
fr9ur poverty of. pelf, •••
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,-,-. • ' ,
he auswer•by dsclining ' 2 - . •
.•
i, yOuisorroWs and yourself.. • . • ,
fiWoe'per with a manly wooing, - - • . .
i i - Giving hostages to •Fiate,!'. ' ~ ..
u r
411, trie, heart's devotions
,sliewing '. ' , •
!•113Y,Itii 'strength tc;
,work 644 wait. • - -
1 , • , , . !. 1 . •
Woo her not With' idle Prattle, , .- .
. •
' ;', Whoni you fain' would Make your wife,
lint wi r .h proofs that in Lite l 'isbattle'l •
1 Yod are equal to thistrife.H.
. ,•; ''... •' , : ' . -
"Like the knight whose simple siting,
tVonithe lady (says the Iti(e,)
When, t. espite their wordy' Wooing,
_.;•• •
Id
4 1.11 the rest were doomed to fail.
' ?TAIT, tklitoth the. bold krilgh t-errin t,
Briellthe story shall I tcl i l f: .
II
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l'' weak :red thee ;`• here's t e warrant-- •
I sha I love itildserve , till well.,
'i4i.pd,
‘ ljeliold, his dexter fingers • , N, I ,
Crush a borse•stwo like a t i..iied ; , '
And
,iy h!ia her lap 'there lidgem . l
. i '4lle gold the twaiticail need." - " ! • •
, - "•:, . --.......:_..........,„ is: ! . .
E'AUTIFUL T INGS.
:
it: eadtit(ll fates are those. tba watr.-- •
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,mattejr's littleif dark or fair=— • 1: •
Wheile-iutiled honesty printed there. • --
,A
Ileautiftl eyes are those thitt show. -
. Alke crystal panes where behrth fires glow,' .
Ileautifill thoughts 'that • burn - belaw. • ' '
Iletuati 1 lips are those wh o' words
- 40.p.1 tit the heart like songs of birds.'.-
1
1! ,. .et ' f se uttelance Prudence girds: 4 . ''-
.' Eieituiful.hands Are those shat do - 1 .
1
. li,ork that is earnest and'briVe and true, •
. 3lornelt by ItIOILCrIf, the lodg dattbrough. -
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' ileatitit 1 feet are those thatigo I
bli n ly ministries to aridi fro,-
il i
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'Di) n lkonlictiways, if 'Goa wills-it so. ...
• ..13. utihtlibiiultlerb arelhose that hear
Ceaseless ,bliEciens of 1i0nr..4 care, ; . •;._
With patient grace and . daily-prayer.' - • • •
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ii4autitalliveis are those', that files,B 7 - I ;
.• . .Sileitt.•rirers of bappineSS., -:. • ' ' •
• Wposehidden fountains hut . few May guess.
•• Beautiful twilight, at set.of sun, : ' .• ' ' ' ,
. ,
13dautitUf goal. with race well.Wori, • - ' •_ .
. Beittitiful test, with, worlt • Well done. •
Bettutiful grieves, where grasses Creep. •
Where brown leavii fall, ere drifts' , lie
• , f • , .- • - ,
~, • l deep 1
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OVer worn out hand ;- 7 0, beautiful sleep I •
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Vliat a beautiful women she was
Splendid, • tall.' and: graceful 'What a
grand, proud Step she had; What' love.
ty • fZireheadl l'The very :realization of a
sculpture's die4m.• - ! And yet hers
.was no
Mete prettiness`of line:••or -feature.' Her..
mouth wtis •elien •a'. little • stern when she
did not sinile•,: and her skin somewhat
too Pale and , cold but there `vas some
b tie, • irresist ble ;fascination about her,
1 ,
something that belonged to.h;•.rtalippeiii
a-ient and .cOnstiMtiom It in Rave
made itself felt, throUgh her, great Myste.
•rioui eyes, through, her stately move.,
men is, hOW or where do I know ; but no
one Who ever saw her fora moment-could
forget her. • i•
"A queen !". ElSie Gaunt said, when
Jtidltb alighted irOm the rartlibg coun
try stage and)6oked . her-first' upon -Ale
home;. •••
I caul him squire from old . habit, for
American- coUntryi gentlenien were all
!Squires in tliase days. • ; f
Qticen-iVas I.Elsie:s• Word, and many a
worna'n born to. the. purple lookS far leSa
.royal•than thi;s: one did to her* shabby
iraPs and worn furs. -'
...There was a:strange. stOry..••connectid
With her coming.arnoug us •-story with
a strange sequel, ~as it turned out.- -
'Squire Gauntra, old uncle , ;;Gaspard had
beeMa, traveler for Years. • • . •
He was a rieh Man, an invalid . full of
whinis', and 'laiicieti - seperated '. him
',front home and kindred, and so . was near
ly by all, came
that be was .cfead, found murdered in• his
bed at a Swiss hotel, by, some ordinary
ruffirip,:as waB supposed, - for the sake of
•the• Money' 'atid ,other- -valuables. which
had been carried' away: • - •
.•
The news nrade,a;, terrible :copulation
iri the family land:- neighborhood. - , After.
'the. shock wasi over,'Squi re 'Gaon is first
t henght•was tessead for., theswoinau,WhO,
though a hired :aftendait i had been the
old gentleman's only friend; And his only:
fof - Years, anti wba . was-46ite'
aroa gland- penniless:t fur Gaispard Gaunt's:
property was i l•eft ; ..by a will. - .made years
before, to the fiquire's.Own daughter, El
e•
Et ie~B motirer•.a:iiiosPri-.tie:.', plan from
the first. ' She' - said that ucgopti. would
come lof ..brintritig_ a'. -St ranger ,in the
. 1rouse!; : .butt: the s .sqUire and had
his own{
• •• *
FAoii t.6..-IWhOnt.:l.l. k ij, dead.reCe's
! iriatielY:yieS'.llothing . .! but a•naine, aud.his
dresta;:ilie . was de
lighted with the : idea .of 'a •-no*ittinipati
:'itiretight of
,64.,dtpleed at .t 4. Windarrs .. like!
a. butterity ; :ther-day- Judith:Wu . ' expected
to arrive. • -
at . 4ist,Sight',.•orr
:both fides; sir j everyone .Bind, ! . it,.* •
riot:the-oh - 0 tb . eies•;thrin X•14 . 0"13
:were mato* or: - ..rind
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NJONIIIOSE, SUSQ 'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUSI' 25, 1875,
may be.
• '7Jadith'tOok nO,:notice.then of the'enr-,
ly heed Oast Over, the palingS• into the
but -,- she 'was . gracious
eiiiiiigh: -.- after ward, 'and the' boy—he Was
little mere than' a.boy then, 'and king in
that let place as he had , all 'his - . life,
ynungrr than his years-he Was. ; madly.
desperately, iu love. -'All WasJudith, - Ju•
&tit, Judith: Her Amine , seoitieVtO be
written in the Her face was between'
Ittm tind Heaven. It looked •at him'ont
the frozen waters, out of the clouds.—
.it in his dreams ; He heard her
i*e in his ears; sleeping nor waking, a
haunting
_nitiSie. He was mad with joy
When she let, him. kiss her cheek, and-,
owned that she 'did not hate_ .hun-;= . -that
was what he made her *Say., - •
Then Nelson- 'Rutherfortf ttrittie the
villain of tbe•story:-..a, picturesi.lue vii
of-the Mephistopheles order,,
keen,.hright eyes, hidden tinder his beet
ling brows., 'atid. - a false'etitile that showed
a 1 his - gleaming teetii',.imd curled his
glossy, - black momftache, up to.his; cheek
•Vbeiyere alisn the: library when they
saw him first.: -gra. Cranny fell in ri•fitit—
ter--she was generally.in a gentle sort: of
a .flutter. about . Something—that the
'sqUire bring.a stranger in where.
.the
.girls were at Work. - The scene is
like' a • mature before - me now. Elsie's
fiiirhair; with its soft shim.ner mere
ver - thati: golden; close- to Judielf.a dark
and satiny, their .hands together i in, the
circle of , hrilliant lamp-light among the'
soft, bright wools . ; the :'squire's 'Wife in
her roekiag-chair, her. , gentle face-4o
like; ber,:daughtees -but for the added
wrinkles—:framed by .
. ..her dainty lace cap
and snowy muslin kerchief.; the"squire,
white:haired, Stout .and rosy; ushering in
the' stranger, with Cordial. -gestires.—
'Squire
Mg. with the.idle chessmen on their check
ered-field and , looking. foolishly' happy—
a little lean and.awkward also, nw doubt
but he was not a bad looking teilow•even
at, that callow
. He was aniionsly jealous for'a while,
but all went welt, seenungly,for the stren•
gees eyes fell-arid 'rested on Elsie: Ru
therford came' and went, iced the Mother
planted . • herielf on her daughter's easy
conquest., The 'Squire, howeveF, expect—,
enced no raptures. He even grewa lit—
tle' 'anxious as the stranger's became
tncife and . thore frequent, and expressed a
wish that' El l e would not
,eneeutage
them:
• In that very Mem where they first saw
iiis hateful face they were all sitt:ing,when
the beginning otthe, end came. • . -
The 'squire auto his wife were preSent,
Rutherford and- Elsie playing chess, Ju
dith, and, Wilt. amusing. tnemselres• with
.pencil and , paper. . • %. • •-•,"
Elsie, -leaning across the board, -cried .
ont 'in a little- burst Of girlish rapture
•what. a beautiful ring'it was that .Auth'er:
ford, • wore, and begged. that- she might
lilokat it.. •. • ~ ••• • •
He held his hatidtoward her, laughing
and Judith, with a pencil; still: between
her fingers, left, her chair and bent ; over
Ahem, lookiig and• smiling
_a' curious,
scortgul, • secret. sort • of a smile she
looked, not at the ring, but at Ruttier-,
ford.: '• .
Her "liner , say the smile ; saw the man's
dark face change, and, his teeth snap on
the ends of his curling. moustache ;I saw
alook pass between' the two—the woman
who was Elsie's -avowed\friend ; the Man
wh*i had, tried bid beat to \win tile child's
'simple hesrt.
Thc- look, was an unmistakable 'evi—
dence of some secret understanding be
tween them. It seemed as a\blight
had suddenly fallen' upou the very atmos
phere: Every one felt the presence\of
some evil, invisihie. influence. The pa?
ems glanced uneasily at their daughtet ;
he' light latigh died on Elsie's quivering
lip.: Judith drew herself up with a long
sh udderifig sigh' •
No words can describe the aptly of
bitterness and jealousy and Grahams suspicion that entered , Will Grahams
, .
..Rutherford alone .sat.. unmoved,.
holding hiaglittering jewel out for ad
mirition, still cruel
,:Crafty
from that time the Chantie began.— ,
Rtitherford, with:a coolness of Which_ few
awn iri .his position would, be capable,
pointedly transferred . his attentions
Judith,treuting Elsie with'adistint tour-.
tesy must have been yery.galling at=
ter,all his obtrusive:admiration and•sen
a:mentality: .y- • ' ti
The'Poor child covered her pique, and:
Whatever stronger emotion she may have
felt,:by assuming the. gayest. and wildest
'spirits, all for - Will •Grahartea beilefit
but\Mrs. Gaunt was .deepty mortified and
fretted, and - fumed without disguise about
the man who bud insulted her and - hers,
and the ungrateful woman who had en
.Couraged and led him na,until the *litire
,
put au end to her talk.
A; good thing, he said, for--„Elsinto be
rid 4'.1 such a fickle, worthless fellow;
end as there had never been any declara
tinn or engagement, he insisted that his
wife should not expose the foolistrwishes
and fancies She had -entertained, and. so
bring herself and daughter to ridiCule. -
Wore the eyes of the two jilted, ones
the ;pair carried on ~a: desperate ffirtaticin,
or. genuine 'courtship, which. it would
have been difficult to say. Brief and hot
it seemed. , Will !joed on till, his pas.
isiotichanged to .holiest indignation and
scam-yet through it all the fascination
still held its, sway and kept him alternat.
ing from frest to lever heat. •
1 - 10 ,- w as walking on the lawn one morn.
hog : cluse'to the very .paling fence ove:
which tie liad,first caught sight of,Tudith,
whenelie came toward him. She paused
and lodked at him in away he could not
understaud—in a.w s ity that sent the brood
leaping and ourging•through hiCveina. -
For a moment he would have given up
prideand self' respect for a touch of her
critusan lip, but he.held his ground like
roan, add alie—whatever she had Meant
to tellhim ' her face turned 'cold .and
steru said she - faltered. and drop* her
eyes, and, lifting them again to his faie,
said as quietly, as if She bad beef/ speak-
Mg- of .the crops-or the weather.
"Will i ,' have not been treating yolk as
J. ought. "•/' know itiooks. badly, but-try
to think, the beat of me you Can. -
will-know all sboti4-4 nfl going away - to.
morrow.,7 - • , • .
She:*eitt cbse to the palings and rais
ed. bMir heauttful forehead, her lips 'to tits;
and be...;lie turned away with IS savage
growl,or laugh, and let tier.: . •
- with a savage growl, or laugh and ileft
her.
The next day she was. gone, to visit a
friend ; in New York; she wrote, and that
she would be baok soon. ' . 1
Will got•hold, of the letter and'used it
fora football, making sport of 'hie ago=
uses; but he could nut hold out long.—
Nature was stronger . than ;.snob shallow
art as `that..
Rutherford
1 !
Rutherford left the place noetwenty.
four hburs after Judith, calling before he
went to acknowedge' the 'squire'l hoipi
tality and the-tuniability of his oho:tim
ing family in the most extravigant terms
possible. ,
Will, smiled sardonically when the news
'reached him,and; bent, on making ii*i.
eince donbly sari ; :; ' on , , convicting Judith
of treachery, and fhlsehood, and. lan .Wit.-
nes - sing the wedding, which ?Retried; to
him the only possible explanation of the
sudden elopement ; fuliewed without • de.;
lay.
Mrs: Gaunt ihoweied invectives on .
ti:.
elitie - The , 'squire - was dreadfully pnz
zled.
• "Why didn't they go on and finish the
affair kere ?" "he asked, repeatedly, and
his w ife' had her chance' fora feminine
fling at the man's stupidity in not kmilw
ing that even such brazen creatures wehld
hesitate ,to carry out their 'treachery be--
fore pie eyes. l of respectable pcople.
But a letter came to the 'squire t at
put a new aspect on the whole affair —a ,
letter 'written, by hie own lawyer. send
warning him that there was. a Ipteliheod
of Gaspard Giant's will being disputed.
The paper which had come. to light per-,
haps might be a forgery ; if so, a skilful
one, and if not 'a forgery, tt deprived gl.
she of 'every cent of the wealth she had
expected to enjoy in due course of Inv?.
Will Graham got his entrance to ithe
house wheie Judith Was visiting. Siire
enough; there; had been no wedding as
vet ; but even while he waited,iiiinotieed,
Le caught sight of Rutherford in an ;in
ner perlor, heuding , over Judit's, hand
with love-likedevotion and he walked
out indignalitly and to ok his way iconic.:
Once thete,he solaced himself by condo'.
ing with Elsie: .Conference was actually
the tone of their private talk untie' it
chi ngedto something sweeter. .• i ;
Re had gone to. the 'length of_ putt ng
hisarm around - her slender - waist, and
they had given each other a kiss and the
' promiie of such tattered fragments o'' a
heart as each htid'ldft, %Alen Judith came
ilium them suddenly one day. i -•
It was out in, the orchard, where the
springbirds were singing as if to burst
their throats, aed there; was not a squire
yard of shade on the great white floor of
'nillight—nothing but the light, danci ig
shadoers of the young 'emerald leaves. E
There was ,no disguising the situation,
mid they both 'blushed for Vlore reasons
than de, but Will never flinched 'hUr '
moved'hie arm. • '
AndJudith-Lshe laid her band tipin
her heart and her face grew , white to the I
very lips, but she came toward them like i
the bravewomen she was. '. 1
"Come into the house, both of yo V"
she said, and they followed her, one ,ef
them—the, ,man—trembling with ion -
thing eery much like dismay. . '
She told her story. h had commenced
that night when Elsie 'looked at'Rether
ford's ring, and Judith saw,,„iti a g lance
that it ,was one of Gaspard Gaunt's. It
had been the gift of a dying friend, ole
of Napoleon's guard, and • the names - f
the two men were-engraved on the inner
circle, by which fact she afterwards proi
fel its identity. - ,
And that meant that Rutherford was
old. Gaepard's murderer. The -'squire,
laughed at the 'idea, but no one• could
laugh long, looking 'at Judith's earneit
face and hearing her earnest, voice.'
\ That a dreadful fact , being. indeed a
fast, it Wei a marvel that the midnight
as4eein and robber should come, adorned
with the spoils, and lay them before.Jik
dilh'S e'es. Bat suchethings happen dai
ly. Schrning crime
,betrays itself as
foolishly akiample folly ;
He
1
He had no Idea who %. Judith was, had
never heard h(i\Christian name , at the
Gaunt's!, and though he had knc•wlege Of
her.surname,it wasi\not impressed upon
his memory. He had \ met the old man
alone at the
_gatning.tableand learned
his story in an evening Or, two, followed
him to; the quiet hotel, Iceping out of
sight ati Much as possible himself, and
ancomplishing his purposeeskillfully,then
started for; Anierica, there to m a rry. the
heiress; knOwing all the time of thcex l e
istence of 'the latter will, which the phi
man had carrird about with him. - ['
There Were di ffi culties in the way of
rproduoing, a paper procured as that hail
been, and be saw none in the other plati.
~,There wais nothing but a startled look
end the etzpposed identity of the ring for
Judith to build on, but she conceived and
carried' out - the boldest game I ever heard
`of a modern woman laying. ' 1
She begin with mysterious hints as to
his know:edge of the concealed "will, let
him know! her full name ,and_ circuni
, steecea, aroused his curiosity, perhatis
. his fears!, and then--=•I do riot=lttiolv wo
-1 'nen de these things by..voluntary effort,
E but she pined :a- power over the' man,
I kept hitn
d ' engliog after het wormed one
secret after another out ofhim—almos k t
everythinik, at latit, but the very darkest
crime of all 'his dark traneactions, and
'smiled on hie plans for making her miii
:
tress of her own. • -
.-1
, Then eatue the last daring stroke. ,Sh l e
get hitit tci.,glye 'her the key to his mein
itt the hattil, and._ was there ac hour before
him on a detective search... ' 1
When'lfl l walked in, jauntily, smiling
his cruel smile, She- was sitting waiting
for him pale with suppressed excitement
bet, out urimosred.. Ma very lips
.
were awl., hers when two pairs of - strong
hands: - got! bold of him = and bound him
fiklt 'to: a :chair and tied him hand and
foot. ..i. -•.- ~ '- . i i
She had brought two friends with bek
private tntlividuali—who,would use their
'aiScretlett anertelLinst as much or 48 1i .
tle - Of the ithrrattleY thought beat , I
Then Tallith' opened the, elutes-gates o
her wrath and indignation. She told him
how she bad traded his secret.out. She
lid the- murdered - man's baubles and pa
pers upon.the table:. and right before the
villain's eyes' et ec.burned the will whieh
would'have made: hera : wealthy-woman
hid stisechosen it, though this part of the
.story we did opt ._hear from Judith's oWn
lips—and'then. and there, : she told hine
what,shiltho4l4 of , 1,11111 aid: t hit) b 4814-:
1 /IWO. - 1 ' : ''
' ' - - ''
'-.:1.;-
•Ile came ant with the wholeltory, Ind(
by inch, as.she exected,it., 2 .
meant to go the ivhole length and
brig him, to justice ""Judith - tud,. with
two big pearls of tiers rolling from her
eyes, "but I could not do (t. 1 am only
butban, after all—only a woman.'.'
Metead of, that, she lied forced him to
write and sign a confession, giving him
her word of hotor'that be "should hive a
chance to escapescot-free and that the
paper shOuld never be us ed against him
unless he was (hoovered in' some new
•
The whole thing was verylike wo—
mates work, after all. •
‘lBut, at least,' I have 'saved my , little
'EWe from a • terrible fate," said Judith.
"Sti.ved her for a very bright and happ.
one, I hope and trust," she added, after a
panse; and , then ehe ,took tier Elsie in
hen i arms and kissed her tenderly, crossed
the room with.one grand sweep, Stopped
a okoment ag she pressed her lips to Mrs.
Gabut's forehead„„and again as she bent
low' over the dear old 'squire's bands.
• At. the "'door she4spod and lookr-d for
the' first time at Will Graham, a last,long
lingering look,• before she turned away
forever. ' • .
Nothing could keep her or bring her
back. And Will Graham never forgot
that parting, or her, en he bent over
her coffin .he was an old man, and there
was . little left of her fine:looks; for she
had had a hard,.hard lite . of it, and her
face showed it,vet he burst into a violent
passion of, weeping and tried out, "Jo
dial ! my
„beautiful • Judith 1" as if his
heat had Just broken. , •
liis•own wife, Elsie, wasdead then but
he bad made her very happy, and they
lived a peaceful, petty life together, so
perhaps it was all for,the hest. And we
shall all be where there is neither marri
ageinor giving in marriage, soon ' • yet it
seems Rid, even now,to think that Judith
lived so long pulp 'to suffer alone, and
that she had no better thing,to clasp with
her dying hand than a lea af, herboy
lover's hair - and due letter;-the only one
he had ever written her, without a ivord
of love in reproaches.
What a world it is. - '
'Fhe Boy at the Soda Fountain.
A He was rin.sing. the glasies when the
old lady entered the store.- It was hot
weather mid the soda . fountain looked 'so
tempting that she conquered her avarice
and walked over and told the boy that
she: would take aglass. •
Do you wish for a fly in it ?" he in
quired in a whiiper.
"A fly ?" grashus ! no !" she replied, a
took of disgust on her face.
"Just as you say, madam, he went.on
as he'drew soine lemon syrup. "People
are so different ip tastes, you know. Sonie
object to flies and some doil't. I'll mix
some pineapple syrup' witly - this lemon,
`and now will'you have a great deal of gas
and little water, oI a great deal of writer
and little gas ?" •
"I'ni party thirsty," she said.
~"Well, then you want more,water than
gas, and there won't' be so^ much danger
of an explosion._ . .
"Explosion ?":she. . querriea. - -; •
• "That was the word, madati. We' have
had but \ few such accidenta here ' thii.
snoanier, and ttrulij hope' 'That we r . may'
hate no more." • •
"Does soda water blow up folks."„
"That depends on the state of their
health. Some people could, stand here
and drink all day, While 'others might
get the glass tipped.up this way, and thin
boom ! they'd go In
"Bust P" •
"Yeem- 7 -ily into thousand pieces.—
You never saw a
.. human being explode,
did you ?".
"Mercy, no 1 "
-
"They, may belaughiuto • talking i and
all at. once the store is tined with false
hair monogram . garters, bfistles, corsets,
feet, teeth, and rolled plate jewelry. It
makes a kreat' miss around here, and if
we hadn't three of the - smartest-negroes
in town to pick up and sweep out we'd
have to shut up the store for a whole af-_
ternoon 'after an explosion."
Ile stood with, the fats in his hand
•
agitating the fyrup dn waiting, and she
said : • .
"I didn't. suppose it was datigerous
"Well, as I told you. it depends on the
state of the 'system. If your liver is tor—
Ind and yoU'r 'digestion impaired, ,'one
glass of soda wa*r would blow you high:
er than Gilderov's kite, and the coro--
,ner would besd.ucky 'tu, find as much as
your speetacles . to'hold an inquest on. If
your \ system is all right, you might drink
a hundred ghi sser. and feel no disastrous
eff,,•cts. Now, then. 'you'll harp a good
deal of water and btWlittle gas, eh ?"
She made 3 deprecatory motion and
asked : •
"How's the staff; made r
"Well, I can t- go on and exphin all the
proces. Thema marble dust' acid, gass,
sugar-coated pills, giant powder, cologne
water and keroseno all mixed, together
and then distilled lit aid is placed in a re
tort, where a chemical action separates
it, and the gas forces it up in seperate
p
"Kerosene and pills rshe gasped.
"That's what;:. 1, said median. You
100 k iunocent iin . d honest, and I hope ycu
won't say anything about it. 1 tend this
fountain in order tn support * 'widowed
mothAr rind seven' fatherless Children. If
you should ray, anything Pd be ditcharg
ed ; and ; if I were :discharged I should
cemmit_You'll have:plenty of
watr, r -
- "No"; sir, I Won't," - 84 replied' "Do
you suppose I'd drink: aids and bros.
,
"Notth'eir crude. state, teadetn, but
this proceas--," .
"I doiet care tor the -process i" she
snapped;.t wOuidert touch the staff 1"
"It is mild beverage, usatlatri,, and the
_
. • .
Well, I don't maul any. When I go
to swallering tar and lard, and Iciiroeene
you'll know it -13'poseu.drank eomo
and explOded I"'
.1
"Don't mention' !" he whispered.—;
'of •-
"I'm BOO; fOt':yoni
there's a'onerahlt., living`righ .in sight' of
our hoti, and 1 - thlult ' •
"You'll drive 'Me tO suicide'sgrave t
you , • ,
She lowerel- her speotaclei, hooks long
look' athiniiinad *tent out vithout 0,P1Y4
TERMSDollars Per Year ' ill Advatebe.
gouts attatting.
ALL THE WORLD., ,
All the world is full of babies,
Sobbing, Sighing everywhere,;
Peoking out with eyes of terror,
Beating at the empty air,
Do they see the strife befor4 theM,
That they sob and tremble so , t
Oh the helpless, frightened babies—
ftili they come and still they go. •
All the World is MI of children,.
Laughing over little joys, •
Sighing over little troubles, •
Fingers bruised, and broken toyi ;
Wishing to be larger, older,
Weeping ef t some fueled woe,
Oh, the happy, helpless children, _ •
Still they come, and still they go.
All the world is MI of lovers,
Walking 'slowly, whispering sweet ;
Dreaming dreams, and building castles,
That must crumble at their feet ;
breaking vows and burning letters, ,
Smiling lest the world shall know,
- Oh , fo olish , trusting love- • •
Stiil they come and still thergo.
All the world is full of people, '
linriTing, rushing, pushing by, .
Bearing bnrdens i carrying crosses:
Suing onward with a sigh ; •
Some there are, with smiling faces,
• But with herivy, hearts beloW ; •
Oh, the sod-eyed, burdened people,
Eiciw they come, and how they go.
All the earth is full of Curpsei ; • '
pust and bones laid there to rest ;
This Is the end that babes and children.
. Lovers, People find at best;
All their fears , and all their crosses,
All their sorrows wearing so ;
Oh, the•sileat, happy corpses, ' `.• -
Sleeping soundly, lying low.
THE HUMORS OF WEDDINGS
Bir REV. XARETRAFTON, D. P
Theta are' but few things in this world, but
what have: a humorous phase, and is time to
laugh* fixed as surely as a time to weep.—
Weddings,. among all nations,. have 'been sea
sous of joy ' and hilarity'; and 'yet, Could the
horoscope of the happy pair be corr e ctly and
surely cast,l fear in many instances the sad- .
ness of the death scene would ell , many a bour
ding heart. Some matches may :be made iti
heaven, for aught, we know ;' but sure we are
there is a very extensive manufacture of "Luci
fer" matches on earth. I have, not ugfrequeat
lpk
used my authority against my better judge
ment, and conscience, even. But then such
map the law ; they had the right to be made
one, and I had not the right to forbid the
bans..
In few things does'human nature exhibit it
self so thoroughly as in rewarding the official
on these occasions. I have In mind 'at this
present moment the case of a well-to-do gro
cer, who Was united to his fiance by a dear
old friend of mine, who will no doubt • read
these lines. To his great , surprise . he received
no fed " at an. Some time *aller,being in the
store of the happy groom, one day, the gentle
man .0) said, "I have Intended to make you a
present for the little job you did for ns, and I
will do it ..now ;" and stepping ins t his back
rtore he brought out an empty butter firkin,
saying, "It will he useful in your family."
confess my estimate of humanity sank many
degrees when I.heard that story
' It is not an uncommon event for the groom
to ask, "what'S to pay ?" And it was a good
reply a' New York dominie gave to the ques
elon,."That depends upon your estimate' of
your bride." My first experiment in this work
was an occasion never to be forgotten.
I bad to extemporize a formuNas the parties
repudiated - the Prayer-Book, and,,my ingenuity
was taxed to the utmost. The groom 'Was a
sprightly young fellow of only -seyenty-four,
and the bride a smart widow of forty-four. I
must look' sharp, and not refer to our young
friends ; and equal_ caution *was necessary to
avoid alluding to venerable frie.nds. I waemuch
emdarrassed, but managed to gut on until I
came to the declaration, "I pronoupce you man
and wife," when the absurdity struck me .all
aback. He was a man before, and she a wo
man, the ceremony has made her a wife and
the man , a husband;—not a man. .That little
slip, which- Probably •no one noticed covered
me with confusion.
In the absence of the never to be forgotten
Father Taylor in Europe, in 1843,as I resided
near the Bethel, I was often called . to perform
funeral services and . to many parties In his
church. One evening, just as I was about go
ing into my prayer meeting, the sexton of tbe
Bethel r a ng my door bell, and wished me to
step over to the church and marry a'couple.—
The house`was brilliantly illuminated, ' a goodly
company of witnesses assembled, did- we wait
ed for the happy pair. The clock told off the
minutes, and yet no * expectauts appeared. At
last I. said to the sexton, "I will go and open
my prayer meeting, and when they come you
run over and call me." He at last turned off
the lights, and all adjourned to the vestry for
their usual prayer meeting. I had. got well
started in my services when Brother , Foster
canie hastily in with the , announcement of the
arrival of the high - contracting parties, and I
ran over. The vestry was packed Mil, as usual
and, stepping into the altar, I called the parties
helore me. "I will look at your license, if you
please" I eald,addressing the gentleman. "And
what's that, sir ?" said ho. I explained. He
had none ; he did not know it was necessary.
"I cannot marry you without it" I then gave
him instructions, and left. I had hardly reach
ed my , balsa when he again appeared, most ur
gent that I should perform the ceremony, and
the next day hewould surely prOCura the pa
per ; but I was inexorable, and be left. I learn
ed afterwards that he
.fotind some one less
scrupulous to tie the knot „
Ocie•evening about the same time I united a
goodlookina colored couple, whim papers
were all right. 'The, next evening L was 'called.
konx , tay study-to meet what seemed an Aft'.
can inveskin. Ido not know the number, but
1 taw, from theli high excitement that some
thing was!' wrong. After some rather loud
•
whispering, as of thaparty advanced, with
,efinge, and taked;"Dld you marry a? couple of
Colored Plillaolllo last night, ear t" I bad done
that .1 1 0orry was t, you's been and married
:anoddarciumesndle." "Ah I Was not aware
01" that ; they had a .regular license from the
leity. clerk." "Well, sir, day's her husband,
I stanin' dar, ale.shes hie wife, sure' ()recurs°
could wily dismiss the mupany, with. the
ihope that he would AO her again It he wanted .
I:Oif. eo4no the fe! l4 iliero'Pot Alwids. ge
dutd united a egende at my D ome, on day, and
latterit ;414 - oltriu4ipora' walled t4iliftottk to
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me in private \. I. took him to my study, when.
h 6 wished to kint- what was the pay. "Oh,"
I replied, "whatever you pleas'e." lie thmbled
In his pocket and Found a quarter ; it was the
extent of his treasure: \ "Would that dot" "0,"
'laid, "take your , wife and go in peace. Ws
of no consequence at ell,' ‘,But occasionally
mean man applies for such services. I was one
day called intosthe parlor as a gentlernatr wish
ed to see tee. "Yes, I shall be at home at half
past seven o'clock." It came; and three dr four
backs came sweeping up to my door, discharg
ing an avalanche of white muslin, flowers . and
ribbons, and a merry group fi lled our parlors.
. "Here's richness," thought 1; "here's a fee to ,
compensate for the last quarter, fee." And such \
bowing, and,arilitic genuflections, the body ,
poised ffport the leg foot, while the right, with
a graceful sweep that would have done honor
Loa Chesterfield, was.brought round , to the leg
heel. I never knew but one than who could
execute suchan obeisance, and that was my
dear old Father ' Taylor.. The last Amen was
pronounces:l,lnd I ikished them all possible bles
sings, when, as the* grand procession filed out,
the polite groom, blandly smili'ng, whispered in
My ear, "I will call to-morrow and reward
you." I have not. seen' hint since. I subse
quently learned they were waiters at the Amer
ican House. , •
Of a different type was a i•erlding in Provi
dence: It was eleven o'clock at night , and
my family had all retired, and I was reading In
my study*, when there came a sharp pull of the
hell knob. I descended and opeced the door,
supposing it to be a call to visit some sicleper
son. On thestep stood a rough loeking sailor,
as I saw by his garb. "Could Intatty a coup
le ?" "I' could ; but where's the lady ?" She's
outside the kal e, sir." , He called and there
,
came, in answer to h l 7 l hill, a fine looking
young woman, Withnw others, a Male and To
male, as witnesses. ',The groom W. 13• more than
"half seas over," anctshis tongue was very thick
Ii esitated little,•and questioned , the ,fiber
parties, who said, "It's all right." :"Yer see,
cap'n," said the poor fellow, "it's all (Me) right;
all right ; les' in from a long '
vlg3 (hic) ; we've
bin 'gaged a (hic) - good while ; an' (Mc) it's an
right." 1 procured a blank (in Rhode Island
the minister tills out the license which the par
ties sign, with two witnesses) : the questions
;were answered ; and they were Married In
due torak. .10 they rose to leave the groom
said; ‘l"er see, cap'n, I hain't been paid off,
yet I','. and he was Jumbling, first- hi one pocket
and then in another,until be had mustered Bev
enty'-five cents, saying, "I'll pay yer, cap)), but
I ain't paid off yer see." "0," I said, "niver
mind; it's all right." '"That's lea' what I said,
ye know ; it's all right." , The next afternoon
I was calleA down to See some one in tho par
lor. 'There stood my sailor, perfectly sober,
washed, shaved, and finely dressed. Ho apolo
gized for' his condition the night before, and
gave me a generous fee. That was a sailor.
I had . been out of the city (this was in Alba
"ny) some eight 'miles, to attend a funeral, and
returned just at dusk, put upi. ply hbrse, and, as
I entered - my house, the girl said some persons
were.waiting in the parlor to see inc. I threw
off my het and overcoat and entered. In,the
dimness I could just diacern'the torm of a stout
man eitting by the window, with slouch list
tipped back on his head. "Well, my friend," I .
said, "what can I de for you ?" "Want er be
married," he replied in a real country draw L—.
"Yes, I can do that ; but where's the lady!'--
"There she be, yonder,'.' be answered, pointirig
to the sofa on the other side of the room. I
looked and saw a little girl, poorly clitil,erouch
ed down in a corner of the sofa: "Whit
said 1, "that child ?" "Yeas," he replied ; she's
old enough." "Little girl," I,asked, "how old
are you ?" "Thirteen, sir." "Have• you a
mother ?" "Yes, sir, but she's 'sick." "Where
do you live, when; at home ?' '"ROme, air n
(That was some forty miles or more, oft the
Hudson.) "Does .your mother know you are
away to be married ?" "yes, sir." I now
.. turned on the miserable fellow, and, with a
good degree of feeling said, "Now, sir, you take
that child home to her mother as quick as the
cars will bear you,.or I'll put the police en
yourArack I" They left.
A great prize for American girls is a &reign
adventurer, with an eye-glass and waxed mous
tache. Many a poor simpleton has thrown her
self away on such ventures. '
Not long alter the child adventure, a hick
drove up_ to my door, late in the day, and a
t
toadcalled on me to go down to the lower part
of the city 'and perform a wedding ceremony /
'Are you the gentleman to be married 1" I in
quired, after being seated in the hick. IYes,"
ho said, :;I - will give you the &eta about it. I
am an Englishman—have just received a letter
•froin England,. informing me that a relation
has left me 30,000 pounds, on condition that I
should marry before I was thirty years of ago.
Lillian _be of that age to morrow. I am just
frottx the South ; been injured On a railroad
(his face was bruised) ; came to this eity, and
adeerrised fors wife in an Albany iourtial,and
received forty responses. (Possibly :Were were
forty fools in that city 4) I have selected one,
and we shall leave to-night for New York, and
sail tomorrow for England." "Fishy, l" I said
to myself. • Arriving at a boarding-house, 1
was introduced= to a very good looking young
lady as the bride.
I. privately called , the lady who kept the
house i who repeated the story of the advertis
ing ; that the girl was from Vermont ; worked
in a shop, was a good steady girl, and was In
fatuated with the notion of going , abroacl.. I
then took the ;girl by herself and questieded
her- "Yes, sb4 believed irt hit." "And do
you really wish me to marry you, to him in "o,
yes; certainly ; I sin going with hint." I mar
tied thorn, and is three days they 'Were both
in the tombs in New York for swindling.
I soon learned that the scoundrel had been
among the Baptist churches In' the city for
weeks, tinder the character of a Baptist
,minia
ter, tine front the South for his Union senti
ments, and collections had been made for him
till
in the cbu hen . The lento crowds out the
comic here, , a few weeks atter, a poor, sad
looking wo . n called on tne•to inquire Wheth
er I had m , tied a girl by the name of -----,
ittastit '' was too true. **l4ho's my daughter,
sir,", , ab'e.said, as in her great agony site sank
doyen upon the, sofa:: "And she!s lost, *tr."—
,Ziot's: Errada. '
We Meet look upon death to be as neixesery
to our constttudou as sleep. We etialt rise m•
fresbed In the morning,
The strongest maa !eels the 1111113CAO. Of
inan'a gentlest thOughti, as the mlghtietit oak
quivers in the softest breeze. .
The advantage at Ilk in the 4114 s tof 4 kip
population is that .so littlo of Ii bt *brit Mir
and wasted by the 'friction of stud Mak.
daL .
Hob In the wity to, be wL4o who, bet" re,
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