„ ,
=Me
L,l;,
HA.ViTLEIt ar, CRUSEIt, Editors and Proprietors.
VOLUME 32.
Dnuttast Itmotral
Is Pciltitia;'llicki iinttispir Monxzwe.
44 , 1 Motitroie, dusipieliatina County,
,Orrios—Wet Side of Pui)lto Ave One
Contalns all thb LocalandGeneralNewe,Poetry,Sto•
las, Anecdotes. Miscellaneous Reading.CorTespouo
neCand a' tellable class of savartiaeMents.
• Advertising Rates:, \
One square, (X oriththcb !WACO 03 WCEICS, or lets $1
1 month, 61.25 ; months: s?..so; 6 nionthit, $4.50; 1
year. $6.150. A liberal discount on advertisements oo a
greater length. Business Locals,lo cts. a line for flat
insertion, and 5 cts. a I neeach enbsequeu t' insertion.—
Marriages and deatlis,lree; obituaries, nets. a line.
PRINTING
A SPECIALTY i
Qu'ic‘ic TPA.
Local
E.. 6. ITANCLEY; W. C. CRISES.
' ' . o4iness, P4x4i.
•
1. 0 IT. D.,,BALDWIAY; M. D.,. • :
ZIOIKEPATTUC -11:117SICL&N, has located biniatlf at
• , iiiontrose, where he will attea 'promptly to all pro
fessional businer4 entrusted to his COTO. Ill'Arrtallce
in Cartrialt'a building, second floor, front. Boards at
11ir. S. Baldwin's. • ;
lAlontros4rf.,4ll.aterlOairli.....; I •
- e L 3 W ASA COLLECTION OFFICE:.
w.* e Ny4TSON .Sttornes7at-Law. Moutroee, rean'a
I.3o"Dectioha ProroptlyAitendeOTo.
, Slice% l'Athintion'gtien to Orphane Court Priirtiro.
pill ce *With Vi l'urrell, un Pub) teltivatT , t'PP° -
Mar.3l, silo tho 'rarbell blouse. 1.87b.
. $11.1211.1,
Ditattir.Zifonas ar hta dwelling, next door north of Dr.
Halsey's, on (Ad Foundry' atreet, where he would be
happy to Pee all three in want of Dental Work, Ile'
feels confident-that be can please all, both in onalltynt
work'und in price. Of hours frunr9 a. at. to 4r. at.
blontroe. Vet). 11, 1874—tf
VALLEY &OUSE
lissaT IhricD, Pa. ~ , S.ltuate(inear the Eric Railway 'De
pot. Is a large auatotaluoilioua houte, has tiudergoue
a thorough repair. No wiy !truth ed room& and situp
.ing &par unea te,apiendidta bies.a nd alit Maga eotnpr
tog & Rant cialw hotel. Iik.NRY
Sept. 2Otti. : , • Proprietor.
7714 PEOPLE'S MAICKET. •
' Pitnam" Minx; Proprietor.
'fresh and bolted 'Meats, llama, Pork, Bologna Sark
sate,etc., of the. bast • quality, constantly on hind, at
prices to snit. ,
Montross,pa„ Jap. 14.1873,7,3 tr
' • " ..Y.ILLINGSSTROUD. ,••• ..
. s
.41,161 I AND LIVE ..,ANSU.diNt:E .ARENt. .Ale
buititeasattendedtopromptly, au faiTierms. <nth.
drat door east of the bank of Wm. E. cooperA Ca
'c'Pab-Itivenue,Montrose, Pa. I Aug .1.1869.
M1y17,113:2.1 • . BILLINGS STROCD.
k.
CIL4RLEY MOIthIS
. . .
VIA HAYTI BAWIER, has. moved his ' shop to the
bitlidllik occupied by E. McKenzte th CO., where he is
t• prepared to dead kinds or work lo liue,suclias ma
:: king switches, pulls, ete. All work done on short
notice and prfro..,low. Please call and see me.
, •
EfIGAI2 A. TeR4EZL.
OUNSELLOR
' • No. 17U BrTidway, 74e* York City .
.31iy 12; 11;1137.4:-
•
I • &ITTLES — & BLAKE LEE •
:.-ATTQXNEY9 . AT LAW. Lavo reuievod to flab - .2%-so
, tiptce, opposite the Tarbell LIOUbe, t •
•A. B. LITTLE, -
lzo. P. LaTTL - 4,
Biagi.b4R.
blei,lattoee, Oct. 15, Ig"a.
•
..
'ls7. it. It4A-ITS;
i) \ EALER Ito(iie, faper, News ilsa
per*; Podket, Cutlery, 'Stereoscopic Views, Yankee
Actions, etc. Next.tioor4o the PostOfilee; NiontA.Be,
s.• B.
• BEANS
AN S.
bent. 80, IU.
ExaPT4 ZITGE HOTEL
pt:z..11.4.1211.1NGT02i 4ishos to inform thipnbiicthat
oaring rented' the - Exchanga notel in 31opiroF.&., he
is now prepared co ticcommucime 1.14 e traycliitigpnblic
to iirat-clasn rtsle. .
;. Montrose . '
'.- ' ' , ' • H 13t 7 .1212M . • .
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Dis Goods,Crockery; Hatt
-wild. Iron, Stoves, Drug*. Oils, and•Paints, , liaota
and Shona. Huts and Capx, Fare, liirdsto *lobes. Grog
corks, Provisions, .icc..
licw-Miliord: t n.,litiv, 6, '72—tl. • • • .;
JOHN GROVES,
FASLIIONABLE TAILOR, Iticintrose;'Pn; ;Shop over
t.:bandlar'a Store. - Ali urderm
`Cutting done to order on ethort notice.' , and warran
ted w fit. s - Janette. '75.
t . ' DR: •D. A.%LATHROP, ' •
ELEOTIIO Tani /WILE, a l‘he "Foot 01
, A,,Cheatant street.. Call wad -nonsul — a. 4 ,Chronic
kontrosa.-Inn.lt
. LEWLS KNOLL, '
kIAVING'AND HAA.UIDREWNG
I !lop fn the-tiv.w Putoffice thillding, what tie wt.
foand ready to attend all, whu.tuuy want anything.
hisitue. , . .11foutrose . Pa'. Oct. 18 /869.
~•.4 CIIARL.&S..Y. smD 'ARO,
r: 1 .,-
...r:S , ', . ~ . .1
', - .oeAlerin liadtatind SbOlbg, Hate and Chips. Leatherand
r.,_.rindinge, Kahl titreet. Wt. door belowßoyd's $ tore.
orria* wade to order, and l'epairthg dune neatly.
Ilinteiroee Jan. 1. 18711. 6. , .
~ -
,•' ..PR. • W L: R IC-11:4 EDSON,
4 4 .11ISICIAN (41112011432i-,ttendare hi« prorceeione
xerviteitu the citizen* ofbiontroee - .aud vicinitF.—
°nicest hiltrOthierZe.on vernal - east of dey re a
Stair/Penman , . - • f 160
4r•?—•
SCO T712.-4t' Dtwzr.r.
. .
attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Bankruptcy. Office
Nn..48
Con Streot t over 9ity Nation* ] Bank: mug.
ustutoutN. Y. ;;, , .* Wat.ll.Scort‘t,
autle 't , •
• ; . • •Isnotabuwirr.
EROLS .D.IIUO 82'011E. .r
A
B. 131.711N6, the plaice to cet brut. Mid A Ideeeinei,
4ligars, l'olr.teeo, Ptieket-Itooki, .tipectuiee,
Yankee ..Brick' liAk . • ,
Jd ontrcwe, May , sth, lira.-- - „ 16
• ;:,.• •,;-• '.LYON; '
• ••
enceemr to b sTarrell,dealer,tn Aro n
.4;.hetaleittp, raluto, Otto. D ye. stufltl, Tose, tiptccs
Taney Cloods i Jevc•elry,rertmery; ac. • ••
Atooto)ie, May 19.1n5. •
• DR. 0..2.1r: YANNI4.SiI, ,
1.11Y8;CIAN SUILGEON. baa located at Auburn
Centre, * ti 14 n thiluult Ce. Xis.
June 80t14 - 187ti,—tt ' - : : .
'- . . .
. .
• - .L: P. FITCH, ,' , ,
ATTORNEY •AND CpUNSET.LOIt4T-LAIV, Mont.
Tette, Pa. Ortlce west or the Conn Mare.
• - Montrute. January 2T, 1817i.-4y1, , ; . -:‘ .
A. O. 'WARREN,
aTTORNEY A. 'LAW.BOOnty,.BactfPoY. Pert 4lol l
and Exonv) .on Vlatotte atteadod to. Ordco lief •
oor below Boyate,t,are.• 24 out.ropt. .1"a. [Au. I.!Cg
. .
. cumwmozr,
Attorney at Law, Office At the Cotirtlittose, in the
ttoromlasioneti Office. • W..A.l.l4oitexox.
Alontrok.Sent.
0 X , TV — RAZZ' •
itmvEicti n in the
avlng
• nine s , itin;Coutilicic WaitaidlpAtiouN. ,n my pro-
Plosion, Mordipse; .1891. lA, "76.-11.01
- J. C. 1171)1:4 70,
Ctvui Exantiknialart lawn tinirrsson,
Cq pdtireas. Franklin Forkr,
: - , ,"1- tlusqualumna
• - IV. w..)3,atizir,
.
A siligrr &NINA/NAIR ;SIANUI ACTUR,NIIB ? -1 0 06!
ot - NabastreetNputrues;ks, - - lags. 1. 1809.
• ' M. a UT7 0 2 1 , 1 ;
d'imeuikAstax Aain ' T, •
AUOTIONEER,an
Priendeville• re.
W. 45 4 0 ARIA
ITORNE T i T,1.4 . 1N,. Wilco.over tilt Store of 11
.114aee tier tbOArtokiflock;lfitatroie'l'itl, -Leal Ost
• . , •
A mink 4er -7 Annoc dn'fOr, - DcWiteo
AloO h ruec, Va. t JuTO 9; `71 . 5,10 0 Cry •
. 1 . 11. dE 11.:2L 41feCOLLMit
6214tortio L.Aw it:CßOPer Cu
' Hawk. Montage 4 , 1, .)10 3rl--.41
.„
*.dfirersjigookiss
U~TIONEER
Ale 26,11,74..
,PL*l
4......
-." z.•••.• ' • . ..
, olf''' . • ,
- . •• „, ',..,,,, ~
.....e.,.. . i tett .
.::: 11. : - .
• .
, t- k , . ~ ~,•1 3
-*-----
, -....---•.-•---...-4-•.-•..—......... -, ......*--••• . w.- - •. -- 1 , ,
.; i, . - .. ~ ' -
4 I .
.. . '' . - • ' .... f .
. .• ' , . ,
• - .
•. • , , • • :' , ~.. .• ,-. '-., •• .• ' -- "r r•,•i.. ? ''', ''--. ' ~- . A ;' : NT . : .' 1 .:';:. ';{, . ' ' -; '. ' ~.; '., --''. ' V , ...4, r- ,' , .‘-' •.1' , -. ''' - 4 ::::- . , - • • • - .
• . .
. .• .
..• . • , .
•
• l' . . , • ~ .. ;
..- • .... . ... .: . . --- , : ..-.• .•
,;.--
.-..•:•-:+:\- ,• k , ,
_ . ----- 0 -.,-; , -.•• --,7* , ~.- :, t, , •y'• ., •: , 1 , - : • •,' .•••- • . - , ...z.,:,:- ..• ' , .1: -, , ..."
..,4 , -:, ...., .
.: - . •.„i . . r. _ ...- li • . • .
- .
• . .. , .
• . , . , .
. .
Cliiiiiiipl . .
... . .
. . . . . .. .
. ; .
• , . .
• .
. '''' -. 7%...,,,,.../ . • • . .
.- . ..„,
' .. . . , . i• _
. .
~ . .
. .
. .
1• . ,
r .
4.t,
,i
sr. ]
~ er: s.\.:. 1 ib. ,.. :... ,'... ,:.. ' , : . .; .•:,....',.,; i .
)'. .\ • ' • • t ;.''' ' \\ ,\, \ ; ) -.\\ I. mo ;7, 1 ; . . .. •
. .
. ' ( •'''' , ..; ; ; -. , .
.(.i ,, - .1 74
) ';'
- ''''.. 1 ; ; 1 ; 1 . . )3*\ „
\:::: 11l :'
I‘ , ' , ''';
: .. .
,-..
~..:
~,
;,., ,
:.,,, ,
;,
.::::,?,,::••
~ .
"' ' ' ,:" ..1: -., .... :.. t ',
-,'
_. :,:. ''; ' ''.:':l.l -t. ':. .. : l: .:" .: : : . -: , :
.. '..i. , - .; .. 1 . : 1 : :'. ;171 - , .
~. • l '
'
\\.
( ~.".„/ ..
' . ':
' .
. . .
• , .., . .
... :
. :
• ~
'...- "
k
.... , . , . ..
. - ' :!.:. , ' , • - •.' •!• ~.. . ... .'.. '.__•
' ~,'•
. ,
N •
...• ,
... ~.). 4 - , - 1 4' - -,.,, . •'' ' -- . .. . .
*
, . .
',
.
. . 1 1,,, .
''..l' -
.i. 1.., 1
.. , .-I. . ...: .:.'. (
; ~. •
..
.1
. . .
.. -
k. ''
. \•••
. . .. . , ..
. ,
. .. . . .
. .. ~
.. ... .
. .
, .
'-
' 4
"15....., ' '. ‘ "..1.
...,.,..,„„t•thir.„...„.1„,,,v,.. ••..,..,...• ~ .• .• .•,..;•••...
. ~
• . • • ,
•
•. .,
~. , . ... , ~., • • „,„......,..*..... . •. . . , • . , •
, ... _ . .
.„.., ..
... „ . . . ..
. . .
r • , . ~ . . . .. . . ,
: , -i - - f ' '':•' ) . 1%...', ,• .1 ,. .i't if,; , ......1. ' • ~. I ' ' • . . ,-%
'
. , ..- .
. • ;
" , . ; . ,
...,. , . . I
,
. . .
.
' - 1 .'1' '. .. 4 -0.. . ' l . =.. i••• .. ". ._:1 .. "-..;.- .1•,..- ; - - . ' .- .-. :_. r. -, .. i e....•• ..; • • ..-..„,, , ~, .., .-- ,:- -. ~ . !-. . ~ -.- , . ; .-. . . . . .
. ' • . .
, . i .. •.. • -..• . . •-- ,- . . _._...... ••• • • . , •, .• . . . „- - - .
- i : ..
ifounty Bus !nest Diie nutty.
Twolinets in this Dirac
: . ditional
WM. RAUGRWOUT; Sister; Wholesale and lOW.
dealer in all kinds of 'slate looting, slate paint, etc.
Roofs repaired with slate paint to order. Also slate
• paint for sale by the gallon or barrel. Montrose.Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD. Genera. Firn and Life (nen
mace Agents ; also.sell Itailroao and AccideutTickc t
to New Yorhand Philadelphia. Oflice onedooreast
ofthe Rank. i ' ~ •
BOTI) St. CORWIN. Dealers in T titoves, Hardware
and Mann factnrers of Tin and Sheett n ware.cornel
of Main and Turnpike street.
A. N. BULLARD, Dealer to Grocer 011, Provisions
Books, Stallone' and Yankee Noti ns. at head of
Public Avenue:* • • -
WM. 11. COOPER & CO.. Rankers, sell. ForeigbPas.
,'sage Tickets andDraits on Englund, Ireland and - Scot,
WAI. L. COY, Harness makerand dealerlh all article
usually kept by the trade, opposite the Bank.' •
JAMES E, CARAIALT,. Attorney at Law. Of one
door below Tarbell Rouse. Public Avenue.*
NEW MILFORD. •
SAVINGS BANK. NEW MILFORD.—eIx per cent. in
terest on all Deposits. Does a eneral Banking Bur%
ness. mil-tf . B. CHASE 1 CO.
.GARRET S sitON. Dealers n Flour. Peed. Nes
Salt, Lime, Cement, Groceries au S ProVettne o
*Main Street. opposite the Depot:
P. EIMBER, Carriage Maker and :Undertaker on
Main Street, two doors below HawlefaStore.
GREAT,BEND. 1 ,
H. P. DORAN, Merchant Pallor and dealer In Reads
Made Clothing, Dry poods ;Oroceri es an d Provisions
Matti' Street,* •
Try Us.
BANKING HOUSE
OP
WR COOPE CO.,
a2ONTROSE, 1:11L.
FRl'MMiiritrarr7Ml74rl
COLLECTIONS. MADE ON. ALL
POINTS AND ,PROMPTLY. ACCOUN
TED FOR AS lIERETOFORX.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
E XCHANGE FOR
X.a 333. y
UNITED STATES & OZIIiER BONDS
BOUGHT AND. SOLD.
COUPONS AND CITY AN COUNTY
BAN CHECKS CASHED AS USUAL.-
I I
&FAN STEAMER PASSAGE
ETS TO AND FROM ELT OP
INTEREST ALLOWED ON SPECIAL
•
• • •
TrilitCXll pziricotsixtri3,-
AS PER AGREEMENT WHEN THE
• DEPOSIT IS MADE; •
, ,
In the future, as in the past. we shall endeav
or to transact all 'Dungy business to the sat,is•
faction of our patrons and correspondents. •
AVM. IL COOPER &
Montrose, March 10 .75.—tf.,
Authorized Galant ! $500,000.00.
Present Capital, - - 100,600 00.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
MONTROSE; PA.
WILLIAM J. TVRRELL, .• President.
D. D. • SEARLE, •' . Vice President.
N. L. LENHEIM, - -.. Cashier.
• . ' - Directors . : . k
wm. J. TURRELL, D.• D. 143/Ri.S.
G. B..ELDRED, M. S..DE'S i'VER.
- 0 \ ABEL TURRELL, G: AT.' ' NTLEY,
' .. .A. J.. GERRITSON, ,- , M ntros . e, Pa.
E. CLARK!, .• .Bingbaritton '.
,N: Y:
E. A. PRATT., •• New' Milford, Pa.
M. B. WRIGHT, Susqbehatiqa Dpnt., PO
L. S..,LENITEIM, Great Bend, , Pa.
DRAFTS SOLD ON EUROPE.
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS.
SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED.
Wntrose . , March 3, 1875.—tf
SAYINGS
OINK,
•
Li2O Wyoming Avenite,,,
' 'RECEIVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
'FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
' UALS, AND RE ['URNS :THE SAME
ON DEMAND WITHOUT PREVIL
OUS NOTICE, ALLO W DIG INTER
EST A.T SIX PER CENT. PER lAN-
Nug .;: PAYABLE' HALF YEARLY,
oli -rily FIRST DAYS OF • JAN:U-
,ARY AND JULY: A SAFE AND RE
LIABLE LIABLE PLACE OF DEPOSIT- OR
LABORING• MEN, MINERS, ME
CHANICS;.AND MACHINISTS,- ND
FOR WOMEN , AND CHILDRE AS
.WELL. .MONEY DEPOSITED ,ON
OR . BEFORE'. THE ^TENTH . 11, ,ILL
DRAW 34 7, INTEREST ' 'Frt9HE
c l ir
FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. , HIS
IS IN ALL - RESPECTS A HOMIN
sTrruTiON,AND ONE . IVIII . H IS
NOW RECEIVING,THE SA ,ED
.EARNINGS:OF THOUSANDS L PON
THOUSANDS OF SCRANTON IN.
ERS AND MECHANICS.. '• ' I . :
DIRECTORS ; JAMES BLAIIt,
SANFORD GRANT, GEORGE IISH !
'ER, JA'S. S; SLOCUM,J. H:SUTI HIN,
:C, P. .MA'TTHEWS,.
.DANIEL I OVV.
ELL, A.. E. : BUNT, T. - - F. HUNT',
JAMES BLAIR;iPRESIIMNT ; 0. C.
MOORE, CASHIER. ' •
- OPEN DAILY FROM NINE A..'14.
UNTIL FOUR P. M., AND -9N WED''
NESDAY. AND:' SATURDAY EVE.
MG'S UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK:. .
. ± Feb.12:1874..- :' . ' - ' .- 'l,- '. I
. ,
..v .
solo w: BaCrit, -. . ' " ,
General Undertakers
DEALERS. IN. ALL KINDS OF C 9 1 16
FINS, ,CASKETS, ;ETC.,
vialext.a.mittialw r sx).
ALL OW:4IW PROMPVLY AI"TIINDED . TO
Binghamtcon Mag.:.Works;;
All ,kintis of idonansentst Utoldstossits. - stsel Itarblik
Nfantlets,' - wadss Us. sordur? Also. Scatcti
baud. J4II . 9K,ERING COI; • -
rscsonsAci, . - ,/Sll Coors Street.
a. W. lassuatas - ALV. * '
D. r. *
• illagbiastssis;
0c1.103., 1t174. • . 1
amom
Bankink, ttc.
V. Raciutow k Ba 4
ffitlett
THE PENNY AYE MEANT TO GI'E•
.
There is a tunny tale of a stingy men, '
Who ,v's* none too good, put might have
been worse; •'
Who went telds ehureh On-Sunday night,
And carried along, hiti well.flUed purse.
When the sexton came with his begging
elate, • - '
The church was out, dint With4he candle's
light ; ' • .
The stingy man fumbled all through his purse,
And chose a coin by touch and not sight. •
IVA an old thing now that'-guineas should b.)
tad like'unt c pennies I,n shape and Size,
giye :a' Penny,the - stingy man said; -
The poor must not gifts of pennies -des-,
pise."
The penny fell mown with a clatter and ring I
Aitd back in his seat leaned the stingy man:
"The world is so Lull of the poor," Ate thonght,
"i can't help them all—l givo , what I can."
Ha, ha t how the sexton smiled, to he sure,'
To see the gold gttinea fait in ids Plato
Ha, ha how the stingy man's heart was
wrung; • • • I . ; • .
PerceiYing his blunder, but just too late! •
'I%To matter," be geld ; . In the Lordl*count
Thai guinea of gold la set down to me . ; - •
They lend•
.to Him Whorgive to the poor ;
It will not so bad..an'investment bp." •
"Na, mOn," the chuckling sextoderiedvdt ;
"The Lord is as cheated—He teas thee Well ;
He knew It was drily by accident •
_That out o' thy fingers the guinea fell 1.
"He keeps' i an account, na doubt,lorthe pair ;
But ip ttiiat accouut He'll set down ; to 'thee •
Na malt o'l that golden guinea, my inon,
Then the one bare penny ye meant to gre I"
• 4
There's a comfort, too, in the little tale—
A serious side as well as &joke ;
A comfort tor. all the generous poor,
in the comical words the'sexton spoke:
A comfort to think that the good - Lord knows •
Row. generous we really desire to be,
And will give us credit in His account
For all the pennies we long "to ui'e."
iFtlectul t Storg+ '
THE LOST WAGER:
The tranks, were all packed and corded
and the Carpet bags were piled. up in the
corner of the capacious, old fashioned
hall.-
Row melanch,oly they looked, ttinse ern:
blemslof 'parting and adieux. • Not even
the girls, who were gathered 'around a
Biel wart, handsome' felloW of about twen
ty-five; could entirely banish au itripalpii*
pable something, of sadness from the
scene. Cousin. Jack was going away,
the general. mischief maker. torment and
and lease of the whole family, end Mr.
Chester, sitting , by The distant window,
wiped' his. spectacles over five minutes
and declared, that the type of the even•
iog paper was a terrible trial to his old
"Ah, you may laugh, girls," said Jack,
applying himself vigorously to the
refrac
tory lock of a portmanteau. 'Perhaps
.von may one day discover that it isn't
such a laughing matter Think of the
loss the family is going to sustain in, my
exeellericy."
"But you'll come back soon, .Tack,dear"
coaxed' Minnie Chester, the 'prettiest and
most roguish of all- the - cousins, and one
who kept up -a perfect fire of practical
-jokes and girlish tricks at his expense.
There - she sat 'on the biggest trunk of
the collection, her brosin, curls hanging
about her round• face, and her eyes spar
kled with a curious mixture of fun and
tears.
"I'm not at certain of that,. , Miss
Minnie, said Jack decipively. If I sue
deed in finding a locality to snit me, I
shall :decide to y settle: permanently at
Thornville and (turn" land proprietor on
my own account.".
Onlq irimgiiie our Jack a• gentleman
of property I" laughed Ainnie appealing
to her sisters.
"1 don't see anything •so very , ridicti
lo s in the idea, remarked. the young
m 'l3, rather piqued at the amusement of
of her relatives, "At.all. events
th re's " one incalculable advantage
that will result from my departu i re."
"And what is that r
. '..The fact that you've played y
freak on :me, youtormenting litte
"Don't you be so certain of that
said Minnie shaking het long •
"What will yon - venture' that I do
a parting trick on you c vet ? •
haven't settled with you for sever
pieces of impertinence •, but pra
imagine they are forgotten."
"My diamond sleeve buttons
coral neck-lace that yorr don't i
me i within the next three monti
Ja, naivelyi '•
'Done. Girls,,you all hear th
don't you ? I always coveted Ja
minds."
B. a a i t I : ademoi
e ? How dark it in getting in thiP
ernous old 'ball. Shall I ring for
ts,U,ncle.Cheeer? and by he way,
e pod written that letter of introduc.
to Mr. Thor.ne ?
All in good time my boy—all in gikid
, e." said the old gontlenrut, depositing
huge. silver bowed spectacles in their
"You rung men are all in a des
perate burry. Tell 13etly, to carry a light,
into tbe library, girls.l And lithinie,where
my gold pea ? I won't be very long
abOut it, 'and then we will have a nice
long evening to gossip over Jack's pros-
Whew Mr, Chester mat in his cosy, red
curtained library, revising the letter that
he had been wAting to his old friend Jab
ea Thorne, Of. Thoroville, to the effect
that his ";nephew, John
..Lacy, was in
search of an eliglble - piece of - laild, and
wished to settle`down in, t iat vacinity,
and requested Mr. Thorne's aid and co.
operation in . the Wection of the same,
Minnie opened the door :
"Papa, there is scitne one down stairs
who wishetilo ape you itnmediately, fo:
one minute." ;
"Very annoyingl" said the old gentel
man,!Just as l• was finishitig this letter
of
Jack's: However, I .can pal it after.
ward. Monte, suppoie you giance ever,
it and dot the i's and bioss!lb(titi ;
not so Indult of a penman its I used to
bed. ; .
_.. 4214 Chasterposhitd bit* Ins
' ' ' '
„a ,•' . . -
'MONTROSE;
.STSQA-, CO .
.M, T
, A.4' - -
D.
AI
,*,.00T
' i •
O. ~ .
-
Er. — —
R 13
. a
1875
,•
oar law
minx."
t, Jack"
'curia.—
' n't play
Ah 1 I
al little
don't
. your
pose on
e," said
wager,
k's dia-
"Stand. by stake Eight though, l
the Ileavoqui fhlIM
chair and rose from the antique tabh to
Etaifd'tb the blattris - brhis lifOiif guest.
Olive Chester brushed out the heavy
braids of her luxurian:t hair before the
dressing mirror of her own, apartment,
two hours later, when Minnie ran in with
exiotitenailcs comically divided-betwees
dismey and delight
"My dear Minnie, what has happened?".
exclaimed the elder sister, dropping her
hair brush and letting t all the raven treas.
ea ripple down unheeded over ,her shoul
ders;,l
"I've won the'diamond sleeve buttons,
Olive ! but oh l I didn't mean to. What
would papa aay if he Mily knew
Jack, too ?" - '
"Sit down, you •wild little elf," said
Olive gently, forcing her sister into a
chair, "and explain this mysterious rid- -
die." - - •
"Well, you know ripe, left me to look
over a letter to Mr. Thorne—and he .was
detained longer than_ he expected,..alinoet
an !hour in fact---and I couldn't help
Miusing myself by writing a parody on
the letter." ' •
"A parody ?" -
"Yes—you remember somebody telling
us what a beautiful daughter Mr. Thorne
had—so I wrote that Jack was in search'
of a wife, and had heard of Miss Thorne,
and wanted to settle in life, and all that
sort of thing. 'ln short, wherever papa
has written land or estate, 'I wrote wife I
Wasn't it fun?" ejacuated the little mai
'den, her eyes dancing with delight. t'But
yonknow I never once thought of send-,
Ing the leiter • I only wanted to read it
tO Jaak when I. went own stairs. Well,
I signed it with a great flourish of trum
pets, and just then who should come in
but papa and the stranger. Of course I
fled—and when I came back the. letter
-was sealed and safe in Jack's pocket book,
and, Olive, it was the wrong letter."
"It \ was rather a din' light, and papa's
eyes are not us keen as they were won't
to be and my impertinet missive was gone
while the real bonafide lay there amongst
a heap -bf old discarded papers Arid I
hadn't courage 'to confess. my misderne
nor„pana is so ,opposed to my innocent
little jokes—and. Jack is off with that
indescribable letter I shall' certainly
win the sleeve buttons 'Olive but what a
tornado there will be when my Mischief
leaks out."
And Minnie. looked so bewitchingly
lovely in her alternate paroxysms of ter•
ror, and laughter, that Olive, grave old
sister:that she Ives, had not the heart to
lecture her - as soundly as she deserved.
The crimson, sunset of the sky next
evening shone radiently into the'special
sanctum of the worthy old Jabez Thorne
of 'Montville, Justice of the Peace, and
chairman of an the agricultural meetings
for ten Miles around. It was no scholar
ly looking library like that of hiti ancient
comrad; Chester,_ but a square lightra*Ms,
with font— uncurtained windows, and or
namented with numerous black framed
engravings of prize cattle and giaut.tur
nips. Be
,was ,seated in.a leather cush—
ioned arm chair, looking over the files of
an agricultural journal,to find some covet
ed information, on the subject of "phos—
phates" and "supherhpospbates," ' when
a setvant.brought
,him a card anda let—
ter;
"The gentletnim is in the parlor, si,r.r
Jabez Thorne laid aside his newspaper,
glanced at the card, which bore the sim
ple inscription, "John Lacy"—then at
the letter which -tinrpotted to be the in
trodnetry to that individ ual .
'How:- . -ha—from my old college chum
Chester, lll 4is I live. Remarkable ; change_
in his hind writing, but time alters us
all, Hai '
en% heard from him in twenty
years, and—lfello I what' is this A
pretty - eonl requestmon my word-*-nepli
ew wants a wife,and hes heard that I pm*
sassed a daughter—has lots of money—
wants me to aid him with my well known
experience in such matters. 'What does
the rascal mean ? ejaculated, Jabez, the
fringe of gray hair that surrounded his
bald head, standing absolutely erect with .
indignation. 11'11 send Jeffers to kick
the impudent young scamp out of the
house.
But with a moment's reflection came
calmness. ,
all,
after I don't see 'What there
is in the matter to make me so foolishly
angry.' Guess I'll see what gary . says. An
excellent: family, these - Chesters—and
this letter is just like Zebedee. Chester- - -
he always was singular in his,notions.—
Rather unlike the ordinary way com
ing to an anderstandin,g in such Matters,
but there's nothing like - a dash of orig
inality in this world, and if the boy is
rich and Mary don't object at all events
I'll see him on the subject." •
'And Jahez Thoane thrust the 'letter
into his pocket and strode determinently
into theipatior, where young. Lucy was
quietly awaiting his appearance. The
old gentleman's face was scarlet with' ern
btifrassment be' jas half disposed to be
angryiwith his guest's cool self-poaSesta-
"J. had thought of settling in ON
cinity ; , Mr. Thorne," said Jack, after_ the
ceremonies of greeting had been ephang . -
ed. "and understood from my uncle, that
yon• had a desirable piece of property
that you might he disposed to part with'
"Piece of property" thought the old
gentleman, beginning to fire up again,
but controlled his emotion and only.an
swered,'"Really, sir, this is a very strange
request ; one can hardly be expected to
answer definitely upon 80 very short no:
"Certainly dot, Mr. Thorne. haire
no wish to hurry you'" said Jack} polite.
ly ;."but I - am rather anxious to see far
myself, and if you will favor me . ,with a
brief : description of the prominent fea—
tures •of— • „
But Mr. 'Thorne was fidgeting , uneasily
on hie char.
"nYhat do you mean, sir.?" he exclaim:
ed' wrathfully. • ,
Jack - was rather perplexed' this
cavalier reception but heanswered as co gr.
teously as possible— , . •
"Why. 81 r of course it. is not best I to be
too percipitate on a matter of such itepor
binee.' • I
"If this is a fair specimen of the rising
ge, neration," thought the -indignant iTab—
ezi "they are about as impudent a Set of
Jackanapes as I want to see; But I owe
sometbicg to my long friendship with
old Zebedee Chester—l won't turn, the
puppy out of doors quite yet." -
"I suppose it is healthy?" asked Lacy;
blandly.
"What is bf.altlii P'
"Your. property.; Sometiates:- 'O4O
--- ,
, ,
1i w grOnda - dikitsea' aro apt. to- Prevail;
'alid .
.' .
,
• V."Dges he 'expect -My • Mary has the,N
ier and agim ?" thought oth'iliorne leap !
trig
.briakly out.of , hie chair us if atrinsect
had stung - him.. "I'll' aeudiMy daughter
,to you,-young man'--=tout will settle the
ti
Osiness at once .". --- '•:' , , .
...
• And before' Lady could express his Bur
l
prise, his choleric host. had .banged the
door behind him and dissuppetired, .1
. 1 Mary Tiorne'a astonishment waS great...
el' than'her father's bad been..
.She was
attired in a white - Muslin,\ with . a 1)0410
f. crimson raossTos.e'lids in• her' bosoni
id:aopray,of the: same exquisite, llowt- '
77
era lu 1.4 hair, for some rural _party cir
picnic, and. at -. first absolutely.. refused to
e teethe' parlor: - • ' '• • - ' l.
"What au idea," She eielaimedf blush;
I g to.the very tips ..of those 'tiny shell.
likd ears. - "Tohe put on exhibition like
_une'of your prize. cattle l No, indeed !- 1
Let the young nan . go where he -camie
goni 1 A pretty' 'impression he moat
ave-of the ladies in this i quarter of the lobe !" : ' '.: - .. ' ' ' '
'But, my love; Zebedee . Chester, iii•ore
.f my oldest friends, and the, oung man
4 really-hi -line looking . fellow,'and• fiat
into 'the bargain. ' Go- in and talk to hini
ui little while, there'ti a'goodgirl l • I mitt
stand it a minute longer." • - •,- ' - I .'
.And old ..labi.a wiped . his forehead, on
which the perspiration was . standing in
Ilig beads.' And'Mary burst into a fit' Of
Uncontrollable laughter.
,- • 1.
e"The .whole affair, is so rididulous !" She
xclaimed... '. - ( - • : 1 - ,
is l ui: she =the inert! roses. . never
thelres and tripped demurely' into. the
aeon , . o - ' . ' . - :1--
~ N ow if there was' - it 'determined point .
Sn Jack Lacy's character it was his • aver- .
ion to women.,iu general, and if there
jeas any one thing :On which lie prided
himself it was his decided old bachelorism.
Imagine his vexation and diemay,.th6M
fore, when, after- a formal intrOduction;
ld Mr., Thorne withdrew leaving. him to
etc a tete with ;the - pretty. creature. in
bite muslin andiuses. It was embarrass- .
ng enough; particularly 'as' Mary blushed
very time she looked at liiip, and evine,;
d an exceedingly great . diapOSition to
augh..
"Well,the manners and customs of this
oddity are rather odd, to say the least 'of
t. I came to consult aniold 'mall ahoht
purchasing land' of hurl; and he' bounds
Out of . the room, and sendsbis dangh r.
What on earth am I to say to her, I'd li e
to know ?" . . .-
1 And ;Mary glanced shyly in the. direc
lion of her companion, came to the, chii•
elusion that he had "beatitifid - Spaniah
,eyes," 'and a moustache . decidedly super ,
;for in style to the .hiratite 'adornments:4A
the young gentlemen of Thorneville. ,j,
I ' Mr.iLtcy looked up, at the :Ceiling and
, doirui.tit the - carpet,'and wondered:-Wh't
the consequences would be were he th lit
. p ape ! incontigently '. through the ' open
t,
French window. • That - .would not bet a
Very dignified proceeding, : however, so 'he
resigned himself to his destiny' by makihg
Some originai remark on the weather. - It
had the . much - desired -elfect.Of - breaking
the iceihowever, :and he Was . 'agreeably
.urprised with the arch ' vivacity of Miss
.Thorne. Only once did she seem con
. load;; it was ocCe n :when:sbe had be
bing' a - fine grove of cedars that be -
longed.to her father's lend, regretting at
the.sanie time that he.. contemplated, tlio
.sale.of it. . .: • . '.
1 "I believe 'that I should like to tiecoine
the purchaser "'said Sack.; !iYour•father
lias,told yoh-thatTliad totne . idea of get
ding, here ?". - ..
1 - Mary: grew . "sparlet, ad ' murmured
i i i
Semnsenteree. orother. rhe co :versa-,
tion - Iviiii effectually ehec ed,, and Jank
.nerpleiedotthe-vffect i lor jvhich he could
perceive no visible ciuse rose to take
leave,. . . : , , . ~ .
"Will you mention to y
Thorne, that I. shall cal
about'this matter .to-mo
he asked.
All the MOM ' roses in
i•ose'garderi could, tat ha,
hot glow on' Mary's- chee
of% the zoom without
I •" Very i 5... ,
ngular, family , his, inuttei,ed
Jack, 'slowly .drawing on his glove: ah 4
'walking down" the broad arden path.!—
tßut she is an . uncommo , ly pretty ; 44.11.1,
lid I shall certainly' take an earlyi wnlk
through that grove of ce ars. to.morrow
-
4
morning before breakfast.' . , 1 ~I'
He dreamed of blue ey Mary llorne
',that night, and rose de idedly p eited
t,hat he should have, are nalbe excuse
for calling at her' father's ouse agiiin leo
soon. 1 '
"I certainly. can't be i love 1", qu9th
,at..
he, mentally. ."But how Minnie Iwotild
tease me if ehe thought I in danger of
sull; for not-only a ram ut a wde."
1 Old Jabez Thorne was ,busily exigar
;nipping the dead leaves Of hie petllaul,
istiness with a gigantic air of ard,.
Oissors, that morning wh a Lacy sprat
oveithe hedge, and' iialti 'd him With
!buoyant 'good morning:.
I`
I 'Weil, - sir.' he went on say. ' I hti l
;seen the property, and . .a perfectly 4
hehted. A fine, lik.lilthy investment--;
!diseage'about it Pm convi ced.'
'l-lern V said Mr. Thorn , dubiously.
i 'Andl would like to - t ke a second
;more thotough in your iety, el if
'please.,
‘ !Really, Mr.. Lief, my daugh er'
not yet come down staff _ ,'-said . the
man. oharply. • I '
'What the mischief hits his dugh
f tlo do. with the r though -
matter
!)
- but said politely i , ,
`Of course, I will awaitlany ti i tl
-..
~ 1 •
may be convenient to you; sir. Ilobsel
ed a gond deal - of native roughneS, ba
cannot doubt that there is a very g,r
suscepibility to improvement. A. lit
judictous cultivation ' will accCmpf
wonaers. ; L
'Let mo I tell you, young man lie
Mr. Vont° in tx towering rage, brit L
saw. that he _had committed some gn
blander, and. said : , • • I II
'ln, elicit. sir, I am \ determined to,
cure_ this rural gem at almostanylprice
What is the, sum •that you. demand ?! i
/Jr.. 'Thorne fairly, sat down lon ;
gravel 'walk, overpowered with Ote tii
lanches of wrath which he fotand imP
sible to shape into words, - I I, t ,
a l r,
s UPoll--1 1 1 - -werd — sir r the gang;__..
*you' talk as If-tins was a were attei of
busine.'
Jack was puzzled enough:. 'i ,••
I "It ill tha way ia _which I _has slirtys
.
I r,?
i .
htlitafore te, treii
.soh atlami, sir, , . .
..
, 1 1 'Heretofore.-yon have been aceristom.
ed 1 and Pray, air, how many!, little'
affair von 'had on your hands I',
ihrie edold litr.Thorne,,growlng pOrple
-in t helace. - f
. ,
'Obi t several, ifir., lam ,
not so.inexpe
rienced us you s uppose ,'' replied
,4ack,
Militia. •.- t
'Are you not &Shamed to corfess it ?'•
'No; why, should Ibe ?'. , ,
'O4 nut of .my garden, you rintig[rep.
robatii !' screinied. Jabez, leaping up with
lightning rapidity. 'To 'eorrio, here, and
otler to buy My `daughte r, . as ifalinWero
a patdh of potatoes! Go, I say 1' •
'Yoir dauzliter, • Mr. Thorne P ~. ,
' • 'Yell, my daughter, you jack-it-dandy 1'
'Bat I'm -not bargaining far I your
daughter. I'm 'bargaining for thaLland
across the river.' • ' ' * i. ,
'.Dolia't! tell , me; ejaculated' Mr. Torne,
h l
;tugging away at , :the - fastenings If s his
pocket book, 'your. Uncle's letter- h ' in
formed me of ycur atrocious intention.'
'Will. you allowing) to see Abet latter,
Thorne jerked it out of the apartment
where; it lay, and wised it angrily tOward
Lacy. He opened; it,-and in: spite of the
anuoVances and mortification burst' into
laugh!wr-at the sight. of blinuie's'inn ty
'hand rithig. - • -- - ..--', !
'lt' nothing to - laugh at, sir,' excl tined
g ,
,Thor e. -- ;- ' - .. 1..
"M dear Mr. trliornerwa are •all the
victiu s of a! riducelons tnietake,'saill
cy. 4 My uncle never wrote this letttir.; it
is they work , of my mitichevious Ought i
Minnie. The.genuine document ,must
have been lqt behind.'
"Aid ',gun 'didn't come. to ldok for a
wife - - • •
came to purchase real- estate.'
'W4ew.w• ! old Jubez Thorne
tied 10c1 and-long„ then'offervil his hand
to hisiguest with a heirty . .
11T411, my.liny, I'm heartily sorry,. [ call.
ed yon so many apnrobrious natneS, but ,
Marytand4 'supposed you were after her.
I mast go And tell her, what a blitnder
we'veimatle?'•
a moment,' said Jack, laying a
detataing baud on the old tutu's arm, as
his qtlick; eye detected the fintter of. Miss
Thorneslieht deed''among the ro.'e'
'Will 'you allear'rne to make the necessary
expli.batiOns myself ? I am' not at all
certain that, after I have selected a home
sh 4 not enter into business like nego
tiations , for
,a charming young wife to
Preside over it.
'AslYon please, my lad,- said the old
gentleman, chuckling. 'l'll give:tnY Con
sent It only,,to atone for my villainous
treatment of you, .a little while ago: ,
fleiresumed his garden operationi, oc
casiotially pausing to laugh all to i him
self iChile" cousin Jack vises. up ,the
path to meet Mary. . '
Tapy. were absent for a long tints in
fact, Jabez thought, an unreason—
able lbng time before.he discovered.: thro'
the ccense foliage of the acacia hedges
their !advancing forms, Mr. Lacy looked
exceedingly .proud and selt-satisfieil, and
Mary leaned on his , arm, with her pretty
cheeks flushed, and , ber lips
; wreathed in
timid Smiles. '
',Wilat does she say ?' roared the pater—
'Shp says she'll consider itl.l said Jack
demqely.
i*ek or two afterwards Minnie Ches
ter rdeeived a neat little package contain
ing the diamond sleeve buttons and the
folloling billet:
WO. Minnie lost m?3wager,but
cheequily -deliver over the forfeited stakes
for g have won something ~cif infinitely
morekvalue—a wife !' '
pougnoAcK.
Fr m 'which we may eiinetude that the
result of 'Mary's 'consideration' was very
favo‘ble.
I .
tir father,;Miss
and- Bed
ow mornings?"
lttisterday a, big Vicksburg :boypet a
snialler Vicksburg boy on Washiqgton
street, an 4 without any beating around
hg atid to him
"al!, if you ever.make face' at me
hatnmer you to deathil"
Tlie small 14 turned polo and moved
on, liut seeing abig pin on the walk he
ttopped.andpicked it up. The big boy
beTT4ing"that money had been touud.and
cried out: -
.
01), here, Getirge, 1 was just fopling !
come back, Georgeaund.here's some clan—
dy fnr -
that point he got , near enough to
see the'pin in the small boy's fingers, arid.
he continued . 4 ;
I"Thirtirsttilue I catch you alone
make you-.thiuk a: steamboat strtiak you
with:a full Itsad of..steam on'
Mr, Thorn 's
114 rivalled e
s ; as she: Sled
la-word of re—
;ed
en
Pg
AlVieksbnig father can' be as titean'ag
any father inr Atneries, when ,he - tries.—
Aft* a tad of ten years bad. earned fifty
equth running,on errvds, and. used the
nioney to buy a dog, rued then traded the
deg .s)i. a'fiddle and. started out to learn
to hfidle operitie airs, 'his father; 'came
upoit him as he ;`eat
sat on the bl k yiin the
Iforo stable and said unto him: :
I "rye heard about enough of this blas
ted aterwauling around here, and I want .
tint fiddle for kindling wood! t ~...,
in boy - in :r the world. can ever -1)e
known w fame when his father acts that
Waylwith him.
I I
~ 1
.
The other' evenin g - 'Colored' woman
4 g 11111 h i lt wing along the street with t•u ea
stestn.On,aind - carrying a , hoe '.handel
,aver her shoulder, ran against a ,police;
'Ulan, and as h recovered from t,he shook
exctuitned ; j° •
Ti anybody 'dead, that yon are ti avol•
mg along like a locomotive . , ,
Pere is nobody deed juet .she ei
la,inet4 breath,#ng.eery bard. bat dar'll
e;a funeral as BWe. as kW "ciitch
feler who soiktne a roll, of court plas
ter without any sticknui on it.'
[
1
Past yoUng ladies, like fait.rac+hories
ISfien -win by A ‘ biro neck, - and pet with
k .
. hie di ff erence,--the horse's victory Is One
space covered qdickly, the ymuut la
• W I .. .to space - ored. At aid : ' t,...-
... not c o ve red
,Virhen dOev , a mau, have to keep his
literti - '1 =Whoa no °nolo/ill tako it: ,
11 How toayl * Wit to*
1
•
• ;
=CM
,
I
Ilaman Natunz,
Discouraging.
NI body peud, _
.TElimaS :—Two Dollars Per Year m Advance.
, goo Patting.
..Once itwas My saddest thought,
1 Ere I began,to:thiubt, you,
ipaat . some time I meat learn,
Perhaps,lo do without you..
For. death parts dearest friends
Piaui hini there's no escaping,
Aid parti ngs worse than death
Our feats 'pre ever shaping.
Now with new dawns of hope
1 No thooglit of you is blended ;
,
` Day deApeni evermore,
1. Thongh Morning dreards aro ended.
Aiid now the saddest ',nought
1, That haunts my heart about you
Is this—that 1 have learned,
At ket, tti do without you.
A SEi%.II3IBLE GOAT
A thoughtless Welsbauta,, with a thirsty
throat—
So'gois the talepessessed a favorite goat
IWh o•followed' him, when wont to play the
sot-
Ie sought the taproom and loamy pot.
e gave, he.; drink, when, by the cheerful
blaze,' 1 , .• •
iorgettingitil her sober ways,.
ieerd aboutiand upon the floor
lA.s never goat hitil rolled before. •
The giggling to ers so enjoy 'd the sight .
That"they . would have the fun another night.
The Welshman took her, but the goat, alas I . "
film portal of die grog shop would not pass,
Her master usel‘sslylrisd every mode,
though, pats a ' r id punehes' freely, were be
'atciw'd;
The'landlorif strove; and did his best, they
aaY, - -
IBut ill in vain, for Nanny won the day ;
and coazing,;:buth alike she bore,
.Ilot could they get her through,the grogsbop
, door. • - .
•
The wondering! Welshman, now no longer
blind, i ,.
Rondurcd_the tying a moment in his mind,
Theri prudentliadopted, in the end -
Tbe Whie ekamPle of his shaggy friend,
•Fortaxik Abe gnigshoii, - and reform'd his
And treat that hour lit:pious a sober man.
IYe drunkards all,4this prueeet lesson follow,
!Cir own,in nse, a goat hae beat you hollow.
.A:11Elt USE FOR ORLIONALS.
TUE razEturr ODE FOOLISIS VDiDICTIVENESS
—RAPERS TO DE CASTELTED—MIIRDEBXES
'TO Bs- VIVISECTED—Onnattu.s. dr Lowiut
GRADES TO BE EXPOSED TO DLSEASE, AND
EXPEILDOLVTED 'UPON DI TILE INTEREST OF
Miuncraus, Aro SciExcii.
Even vermin have their uses, says the,Pestd
mist& is a cheering theory, and one which
we should rejoice to see demonstrated, especial
ly with refereiiiewto those vermin of society,
.
the criminal climes.
Thus fiti they certainly have been the reverse
of usaAII.. Mit only have they been a dons
'detriment - alWays, to national prosperity
through their depredations upon life and prop-.
ertrand public peace, bat , also by,thelr . viOons
example and,mere effectually still,by the trans
mission of their vicious traits to after genera
iiims. • /
Our
,present modirof dealing"with them
hors under The double disadvantage of being
veryinefficient and very costly. Every year
sees ?the 'machinery Of justice, bethme more
magnificent and hurdensome, yet it, nonkthe
less fans 'either to cure or to materially leiisen
the evil. Indeed the law has often more ter-
re - re for the' good citizen than for the bad ;' he
has a latte - -till'of costs to pay at any rai r e ;
whereaaiherascal who plunders him has eve
rything to win and very little to lose. If he es•
cam, which is most likely, he gets the booty ;
if opught, he simply loses for the moment
whit is no use to any one—his liberty.
Is it not time for the.well-disposed, the inno
cent and the law-abiding to turn the tables and
recoup themselves, if possible, tor their numer
ous losses ? 'The ;ways in which this can be
done are as numerous and yaried as the varie
ties of criminal constitution and charac
ter.
Int& now the authorities of-Massachusetts .
.nre • Purt.led to decide what to do with the mur•
deious . Pomeroy boy. Hang him I said the
court ; and tile multitude re-echoes the cry.—
That Is an easy way to get rid of him;, but
will it pay P What good will it do to kill hiniP
ills death will not atone for the damage he has
done, not will it deter another of like mental
and Moral pervetsity trona the commission of
similar erimes. - Then why throw away all the
possibilities of use and instruction which his
peculiar character affords ?
In a case of this sort,,vindictiveness is folly-
The boy is what he is through conditions:of
heredity and culture Which ought to he 'Mufti& '
gated, He repreaents a stage of human devel
opulent or atavism which ought to bo under-
Ittood.. What was the antecedent stage, and
what will the next one be Y His character is
likely to change with Increasing years ; what is
tbe_direction of that change ? Education and
moral training are supposed' to have a deterin-
Wing influelin3 upon character ; 'what can they
'do for him ?.
The boy is a very bundle of
scientific problems; why not , keep him for In.
vcetiption Y For the solution of many ot the
problems of culthre and civilization,he is worth
a dozen,ordinary children. Be ought not to be
thrown away., Make it Impossible for him ev
er to transmit his vicious nature to's fhture
generation, then investigate kiln, aid all others
like him, for the good of the rade.
Apply thy same principle in,a 4 different way
toga very different character, Bay the once fam
ous, now • infamous, Colonel Valentine Baker,
late of the British Army ; a man of-years and
high standtrig,whose irrepressible Impulses led
hin4 make criminal assault upon an unpro
tpled'fellow traveler. - Be has lost his placein
ibtiarmy and in society; he has been tined and'
nominally. imprisoned.; but 'his Impulses re•
main unaliered, and his example—punishment
and all—seeins to , provoke others to similar
deeds rather than to deter. them ; forla 11t1111111-
al offense has been since repeated by seventi—
And when be returns to the world, his term of
idle imprisonment ended, tur wilt be simply
.wbst be wasat first, lacking the restraining in
gum= of his- rank and posstbillties Of whit.
Thls may be jiudice,but It b not good policy.
What. was needed in - hW' case was chiefly the
'extirpation of the cause 'of his uncontrollable
passtow—Whlch any surgecet could have done
In a I tewtulnutes—to, destroy the only element
of diutger in his character,- -
Mil
14 a pule - stata of sectety s ibe =Nam of a
ita#4l4lkadcr Weiiiray audound.ay wo
• ' WWW t at
.t•
HiR CHOICE.
NUMBER 41.
power, to do rude work, in the quarry, the mine
or the like. We have arrived at a stage When
a portlen of our superabundance of such char•
actors can molly be put to more profitable uses;
though we should by no means personally ob. ,
feet to the employment of the more able bodied
criminals in that way, especially in the coal
mines.
Instead of manufacturing for such needful
service a degraded and largely criminal class=
s process which aril , one can see in operation
by visiting a coaktacker among the Perinsyl
yanhV mountains, where swarms of ilthred ,
children spend their days at bard labor under
the most debasing influences—it would be in
finitely better to have the work &Coe by ready
made criminals, drafted from the country at
large. It wOull be a saving of virtue, and pos.
sibly in ; the cost of coals. But there are stiU
better uses- to which the majority of criminals
Can be put.
Among the moat important problems of civi
lization are those relating to health and.disease
Of i very few human maladies can it be said that
we ;know . their . causes, their natural history;
theirsifects upon the physical and mental or
ganism, or a satisfactory mode of treating them
Aa little do we know 'how •to prevent or avoid
them. Yet of what vital importance is such
knowledge to the, well being of society
The limited positive knowledge which
Science has acquired of the ills which flesh is
belt to has been gained through observation
complicated by a thowiand unknown conditions
through experiments.upon nuotTending animals
•and' by dissection of dead. During the middle
ages, the last mentioned source ot -knowledgi)
was tarred.
Every scholar knows what sudden and im-
Meuse - advances men made in anatomy and
physiology, and in the healingiarts which rest
'on them, when students began to , draw their
knowledge of man'e_ physiCal frame directly
from human - subjechi, acid nos indirectly and
incorrectly from the study of animals. A sim
ilar advance might he expected in preventatiie
and curative Medicines could the action of di
sease be directly studied in human subjects ov
er which the obcerver should have absolute
control. •
Our suggestion would therefore be that such
a portion of criminals convicted from day to
day, as might 'be found available, should bo
turned over to boards of surgeons and phyla
clans, duly appointed, znder whom they might
be used for the: invtatigation of sanitary, prob
lems, for the goal bf humanity,
For example,men convicted of capital crimes
instead of being 'uselessly hanged, might be
employed In the study of . diseases usually fatal
or of other diseases \ whose effects In their vari
ous stages would need to be studied anatomi
cally. Especially atrocious murderers might
be reserved. for cases involving vivsec
tiou.
Criminals of lower grades could be utilized.,,
in the study of diseases of minor verity. ac
cording to their physical adaptation and the:
nature of their crime. Having their subjects
43nder absolute control from tie inception of a
disease to its termination, the investigator
could not fail In time to arrive at certain
knowledge both as to its prevention and mid
-Odor!, it not its cure. Medicine is full of prob
lems whose solution might be greatly hastened
by such•means.
The same may be said of other departments
of social science. How far, for example, is the
criminal diathesis eurable,and under what con- .
ditions What is the comparative influence
of the different sorts, of mental and moral
training Y. Ho* can the taint of hereditary '
crime be averted ? Hew are the various grades -
of criminality affected by surgical operations,
especially those calculated to make the perpet
undo& of hereditary crime Impossible ? And
how far may the subjectsof such treatment be
'safely allowed at large ?
But the field of investigation is limitless.—_
The possible advantages of its systematic pros
eCution are correspondingly great. The right
of society to defend itself against its internal
enemies, even to the taking of Jife, is , unques
tioned. To attempt it by means of punish
ment has proved unavailing and costly. It is
time that a different plan be tried. Buppose
we sink the idea of retributionif need be,
of reftnnation also—and .seek to make all hu
man vermin first harmless then milli, either
by their productive labor or by their subjective
contributions to human knowledge for the pro.
tection of health and the saving of life.
As for its deterrent eftect, such a passionless,
nnvindictive business-like treatment of all•vie
laters of the 'commonwealth, - certainly could
not be less efficient than the jumble of uncer
tainty; vengeanct softness, retribition, senti
mentality, and uselessness which constitutes
our present judicial and correctional systems.
We ire disposed to thmk that the possibility
of being made a' subject for the study of small
poi; cholera. tyyhold fever, or even a body at
measels . or .the , mumps, would restrain a pick
pocket or a burglar quid+ as efficiently as the
chaUce of a few- weeks on the Island, or a few
.runntlis at Sing Bing. At least the knowledge
gained by means of him and others like him
Would go far to recompense society for all L.
might suffer frlin his depredations.' •
WAITDIG FOR A CAVE.
Three or four days ago, withitt Swvi,or three
miles of this' city,,a Washington 'street mer
chant, who had Wiliness in the country, mine
to a small creek, beside which a native was
washing his, shirt. The man ins sousing tiro
garment up and down and around, and as ho
"soused" he whistled a merry tune.
"Do you have to wash your OVfcl shirts r in
quired the Merchant as he halted.
"Not allus, but old Bet has gel one o' her tits
on Jest now," was the ready repli. ,
, ,
' r
•
"Then you don't agree very well t"
"Putty well ma ginend thlng,,Bat's kind
.o'
mind*. and I'm kind e mnlish,-And when to
git our backs up we claw oft to see , who'll cave
first."
"I abouldihitik you would want soma scwp.'
of de _
"Why don't you get It then r•
"That would be caving to Bet, stranger,—
Shea - squatted OA the only blt.o soap 'tween
here and Vicksburg; and shell' just aching to
have me slide upend ask her for tt•" .
"And you won't ?" _ •
"Stranger," replied the native, as be sindght
ened. up, "don't I look like a feller who'd wear
ono shirt three, inontbs afore Pd coo In and
honer for soap • . ' -
merelmult aided with. hip, And as ho
drove on„tlt6 hum goosed the ihirt up and
down and whistled
gwlne np the titref:-."
Hear me holler."
In seeking * situation, remertitier that the
right kind of men are always' awl
'that industry and capacity ramtr . go empty
handed.
witil9 bake 146 r 4'47
ate tr ujv
to
on
Its
pall •