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VULUJJJS IXVIl, NO, 2
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTF, PENJTA., JANUAKY 8, 1373.
WHOLE NUilBES 134S.
Zt iuawta fntfofl.
ESTABLISHED 15 1846.
PosLisnto Etibt Wibiiibit Molina,
Bridge Street, opposite the Odd Fellows' Hall,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
iiiiii
Business (karbs.
JJOUIS K. ATKINSON, ' - -
vVt torney at I la-w,
MIFFLIXTOWX, PA.
Colltctiag and Conveyancing promptly
attended to.
Office on Bridge street, opposite the Court
House Square. 1
JOBKUT 3ItMEKN, . y
A TTOIiX KY: A T LA W,
MIFFLIXTOWS, PA.
Office oa Bridge street, in the room formerly
occupied bj Ezra I). Pari er, Esq.
SB. LOCDE.N,
: 1IIFFUXTOWX, PA.,
Offers Lis services to the chitons of Juni
ata county as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier.
Charges, from tire to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion warranted. nov3, ''i'i
o
YES! O YES!
fl. H. SNYDER, Perrysville, Pa,
Tenders his services te the citiiens of Juni
ata and adjoining counties, as Auctioneer.
Charges moderate. For satisfaction give the
. Jia-'ekaian a chance. V. (i. address, Port
Koyal, Juniata Co , Pa.
Feb 7, 72-ly
DR. P. C. RUXDJO,
PATTK11SOX. PKXNA.
August 18, 18G9-lf.
THOJIAS A. ELDER, M. I).,
Physician and Surgeon,
MIFFLIXTOWN, FA.
Office hours 6 A M to 8 P. M. Office in
BeHord'. wtiilding, two doors above llieSfn
tinel office, Hridge street. aug 18-tf
JJ B. GAUVEK.
EcinBspatMc Physician ant Simeon,
Having located in the borough of Thompson
town, offer bis professional services to the
citizens of (hat place and vicinity.
OrrirE lu tht room recently occupied by
r. Sorg. June 12, 'Zir-iT
KOILEOPATIUC PHYSICIAX 1 SURULNN
Having permanently located in the bcrougb
Uinliutewn, of!ra his professional services
to the citizens of this place and surrounding
country.
Office on Kain street, over Beidlcr's Drug
film. (augIS l?oa-tr
Dr. E. A. Simpson
Treats all forms of disease, and may be con
sulted as follows: At his office in Liverpool
Pa., every SATl'RDAT and MOXUAT ap
pointments can be csade for other days.
a)rt'll on or nddrefs
UK. It. A. SIMPSON, .
dee 7 lareruool. Perry Co., Pa.
c
ENTP.AL CLAIM AGENCY,
JAMES M. SELLERS.
Hi KUUTII SIXTH SIKEEI,
FIIII.ADr.LPIIIA.
Mounties, Pensions, Back I'y, Horse
Claims, State Claims, 4c, promptly collected.
N ciarge for information, uor when money
is not collected. oct27-tf
. ATTENTION !
o
DAVID WATTS most respectfully announ
ce! tb public that he is prepared to
fnrnisn
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY
at reduced prices. Hereafter give him a call
thisOLb3TAXi), MAIN St.. MIFFLIN.
Oct 2i-lf
Hew Bxng StQire
IX PE11UYSVILLE.
DR. J. 3. APPLEBAl'CII has established
a Drug and Prescription Store in tha
sibove-named place, and keeps a general as
sortment uf
DRUGS ASD XED1CISF.S,
Also all other articles usually kept in estab
lishments of this kind.
Pare Wines ana Liquors for medicinal pur
poses. Cigars, Tobacco, Mationery, Confec
tions (first-elass). Notions, etc., etc.
jfcjy-Thc Doctor gives advice free
JJEST CIGAUS IN TOWN
UollolMHgll's S.TlOOU.
Twa far 5 cents. Also, the Frethest Lager,
She Largest Oysters, the Sweest Cider, the
Finest Domestic wtnes, and, lu snort, any
iking you may wish in iba
EATING OR DKISK1NO LINE,
at the most reasonable prices. He has also
refitted his
BILLIARD HALL,
o that it will now compare favorably with
ny Hall in the interior of the State.
June I, I870-ly
WALL PAPER.
Bally to the Placs where yi
your Wall Paper Cnt
on can buy
eap.
'PIJE nndersigned takes this method of in
A forming the public that be has just re
ceived at his residence on Third Street, Mif
fiintown, a large assortment of
AVALL, PAPE
f various styles, which he offers for sale
CHEAPER than can te purchased elsewhere
in the county. All persona in need of the
bore article, and wUhing to save money, are
invited to call and examine bis stock and
hear his price before going elsewhere.
MLarze supply constantly on hand.
t ft J gjMoj, BASOM.
COAL, Lumber, Fish, Salt, and all kinds
of Merchandise for sale. Chestnut Oai
Bark, Railroad Tiea, all kinds of Grain and
Heeds bought at the highest market prices in
cash ar exchanged for merchandise, coal,
lumber, ie., to suit customers. I am pre
' pared to furnish to builders tills of lumber
just as wanted and on short notice, of either
oak or yellow pine lumber.
NOAH IIERTZLER.
Janl Tort Royal, Juniata Co., V- -
A Large assortment ot Qneensware, China
. ware, Glassware, Crockery ware. Cedar
ware, &c, for sale cheap by
TILT EX 4 ESPENSCUADES.
$ a
CEYSTAL PALACE BUILDING,
anrFLiis'TOWN,
" Invites attention to his Large Stockof
HARDWARE, IROI UB MILS,
Which are ixtw ready for inspection, consisting of the most de
sirable Goods ever brought to Juniata county.
. SKATLS.
KXirES.
F6RK.S.
POCKET CUTLERY,
PLATED WARE.
OILS, PAINTS -GLASS, IRON, STEEL, If AILS, &C.
STOVES AT GREATLY SEDDSEB hATSS,
to make room for other goods.
ft7st21 Paper at Oost
lj Agent for Fousc's IXL Horse and Cattle Powders.
A Splendid Assortment cf GOODS 'm wMcli to Select Cliristmas Prals.
lKc 11. lS?2-tf - l'AISTE.
GREAT REDUCTION
-IX Til K ;
Or TEETH!
Full Upper or Lower Sets as Low as 45.00.
No teeth allowed t. leave the oSce unless
the pitient is fsiicficl.
Teeth reim"k'led iid repaired. .
Teeth tilled to lust for lire.
Toothache etni.p. d in livo minuies without
extracting the tooth.
Dental work done for prrsnns. without them
leaving their homes, if u:riMi.
Klectricity used in he extinction of teeth
rendeiing it almost a painless operation, (no
extra charge) at the fK-ntal O.ticc of O. I
Derr, established in Miiliir.town in ISiiO.
G. L. VLKK,
Jan 24, 1872-ly Practical Demist.
C. liOTIIKOCH,
DENTIST,
SI;A.liMtcivillN lVnnaM
iiFFEUS hi professsomil services to tin
J nublie in general, in boib branches of
his profession operative and mechanical.
First week f every month at Uicbfleld, Fre
mont and Turkey alley.
Second wi ek Liverpool and Wild Cat Yal
ley.
Third week Millerstown and Rtccoun
Vallev.
Fourth wevk at his office in M'Alisterville.
Will visit Mifflin when called on.
T-eth put up on any of the bases, and as
liberal as anywhere else.
Address by letter or otherwise.
JILMATA VALLEY BANK
or
MI FFLIXTO VN, -PEX Jf 'A.
JOSEPH 10 MEKOY, President.
T. VAN 1KVLV, Cashier.
MBECTOKt.
Joseph Pomeroy, ! John J. Patterson,
Jerome N. Thompson, George Jacobs,
John Ualsback.
Loan money, receive deposits, pay interest
on time deposits, buy and sell coin and Uni
ted States Bonds, cash coupons and checks.
Remit money to any part of the United States
and also to Eogland, Scotland, Ireland and
Germany. Sell Revenue Stamps.
In suras of $200 at 2 per cent, discount.
In sums of $500 at 'Z per cent, discount.
In sums of $1000 at 3 per cent, discount.
The Place for Good Grape vines
IS AT. THE
Juniata tfalltn Uintprbs,
A5D HEAPE-YINE XCRSERY.
'I"MIE undersigned wonld respectfully tn
A form the public that he has started a
Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast
of Minlintown, where he lias been testing a
large number of the different varieties of
Grapes ,- and having been in tbe business for
eeven years, be is now prepared to furnish
VINES OF ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OF THE
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
LOW RATES,
by the single vine, dozen, hundred or thou
sand. All persons wishing good and thrifty
vines will do well to call and see for them
selves. fcay-Good and responsible Agents wanted.
Address,
JONAS OBERHOLTZER.
Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
31eat! 3Ieat!
rpiIE undersigned hereby "respectfully in
X. forms the citiiens of Mifflintown and
Patterson that his wagon will visit each of
these towns on TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY mornings of each week, when
they ean be supplied with
Choice IlcefT;
Veal, Iutton,
Lnrd, Acc.,
during the summer season, and alto PORK
and SAUSAGE in season. I purpose fur
nishing Beef every Tuesday and Saturday
morning, and Veal and Mutton every Thurs
day morning. Gie mi your patronage, and
will guarantee to sell as good meat as the
country can produce, and as cheap as any
Other butcher in the county.
. SOLOMON S1EBER.
rv ut
Crystal Palace. crystal Palace.
The First,
The Best,
The Cheapest,
The Largest
Stock cf Soods
IX THE COUNTY,
To Offer to the Public
AT THE
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Just Received from Eastern
Markets.
Scciiig Thrm will Guarantee You
Satisfaction.
SHELLEY & STAMBAUGQ.
NEW CRYSTAL PEACE BUILDIM,
MIFFLINTO V7N, PA.
Oct. 8, 1872.
EXCELSIOR FUR EMPORIUM.
T. ISAACS,
Successor to
JOHN FAREIRA,
718 Arch Stnet,
Middle of the Block, between 7th and 8th
streets. South side,
PHILADELPHIA,
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
Fancy lass
FOR LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR,
Wholesale and Retail. -Having
imported a very large and splen
did assortment of all the different kinds of
FUBS from first bands in Europe, wonld re
spectfully invite the readers of this paper to
call and examine tbe assortment of Fancy
Furs. 1 am determined to sell at the lowttt
Cath price. All Fun Warranted. Ao mi
repretentationt to effect tale:
FURS ALTERED AND REPAIRED. '
ra.Remember the store, 718 ARCH St.,
Philadelphia. Oct 2-10t
New Lumber Yard.
Patterson, 'Pa.
BEYER, GUYER & CO.
Dave opened s Lumber Yard in tbe bor
ough of Patterson, and are prepared te fur
nish all kinds of Lumber, such as
Siding, Flooring, Studding,
Paling, Shingles, Lath, Sash, &c,
ia large or small quantities, to suit cus
tomers. Persona wanting Lumber by the par-
load can be supplied at reduced rates.
BEYER, GUYER & CO.
' George Goshen, Agent.
Patterson, May 15, 72-tf-
PLAIN and Fancy Job Printing neatly exe
cuted at this Office.
Do as Near Eight as You Can.
The world stretches w-Wely before you,
' A field for your muscle and brain ; ;
And though clouds ay often float o'oryou
And cften come tempests and rain.
Be fearless of storms which o'ertake you
Push forward through all like a man
Good tortnne will never forsake you,'
If you do as near tight as you can...
t ...
Remember, tbe will to do rightly,
If used, will evil confound ;
Lire daily by conscience, that ntg'-illy
Your sleep may be peaceful and sound.
In contests of right never waver
Let honesty shape every plan,
And life will of Paradise savor,
If you do as near right as you can.
Though foes' darkest so indal may speed,
And strive with their skrewdost of tact,
To injure your fame, never heed,
But justly and honestly act ;
And ask of the Ruler of heaven
Tosave your fair name as a mn,
And all that you ask will be given.
If you Co as near right as you can.
Select Story.
The Jovial Quaker.
Jlanr years ego, in one of tbe pleasant
villiagi-B of CLeMer county, Pa., stood a
little inn cr tavern, which ie not wholly
uukuovrn to fame. An institution of
learning was located in the same villiage,
which attracted students froia the differ
ent portions of lue Keystone State, and
from adjuiuing Sutes, and at which were
educated some boys, who, in their man
hood figured conspicuously in the Lwtory
of the country. The village inn was the
scene cf many of their mad pranks and
fulies, which were not forgottcu by them
to their dyiug day.
The 'tavern' was not a Metropolitan,
St.. Nicholas, or Continental ; but as it
was the only institution of the kind in
the village, its little bar-room was gener
ally thronged with idlers, jokers, and
those famuns with the power to tell
yarns.
Oue of the moit frequent of visitors at
the inn was a j 'lly Quaker, whom we
BhitU call Joshua Miller, lie was a well
to do farmer and his large and comforta
ble dwelling and burns stood but a short
distaucc fioin the village Joshua had
two etrong predilections, which were
somewhat at variance with the doctiiues
of the society of which he claimed to be
a member. One of these weaknesses was
for Etrong drinks, and the other for prac
tical jukes. The 'Sorrel ilorse Inn,' be
ing a good place to obtain the former and
iudulge in the latter, it followed that his
idle hours were generally spent at that
place.
One cold night in January as Joshua,
iu company with a select party of his con
vivial companions, were indulging in Lis
favorite beverage and cracking jokes in
his accustomed place of resort, a rap was
heard at the door, succeeded by tho en
trance of a man whom the little company
in the bar-room at ouce identified as a
very verdant son of the Emerald Isle. Af
ter obtaining permission from mine host
to stay over night, the Hibernian took
his seat in the little circle of the votaries
of liacchus, who by this time were quite
ripe for fun, and fully impressed with the
idea that the Irishman would make a fine
subject for diversion. After a short si
lence Joshua commenced the game, and
the following dialogue took place :
"What is thy' name ?''
"Patrick O'Urien, yer Honor."
"How long have you been in the coun-
"Siven wakes jist to a day sur."
"Is Ireland a good country 1"
"Shure, yer honor, and a finer country
ye could never clap yer eyes on."
"Why bo ? Come, expiaiu thyself "
"Cecpuse there yer kin get as much
for a sixpence as ye kin hero for a shil-
ling."
"Why, than, did thee leave it T'
"Troth, sir, I came over to Ameriky
fur the sixpences, as they are scarce in
ould Ireland."
A general laugh followed this unex
pected reply from Pat, and Joshua felt
that the tide was turning against him.
The laugh subsiding the Quaker twitch
ed about on Lie chair aud opened np
afresh on the Irishman.
" Come, tell us, friend, Low Ibee ex
pects to get the sixpences in this country.
Does thee imagine that they grow on the
trees V
"D I a bit, your honor ; fur if that
was the case ye'd " have more of them
yourself.''
"Well, how docs thee expect to get
anyhow t '
- "I expect to work for them ; and I'd
be plased ye'd be afther telling me were
I'd get a job of work for tbe winter."
''Well, perhaps I can tell thee ; pray
what can thee do ?"
'Innything, your honor, inuy thing 1 1
am the man that kin do innything from
digging pertatiea to graseing a wagon."
'But, Patrick, thee must know' we
don't dig potatoes here in the winter." .
"And shure I ought to ' Lave kno wed
that. If I dad a job I would show yer
how I can work."
"Wall, I want a.man to work this win
ter, and I don't know bat that I might
employ thee if thee would prove to Le in
dustrious." .... ..-..
"Plas your honor, and (hat I would ;
and whether it is to dig the turf or tend
tbe critters you will find that I'm "
' Oh, I don't waut thee to dig turf or
tend the critters ; I've better business
for thee than that ; I want a man to sit
ia the chimney corner all winter, and
eat bread and cheese, aud drink hard ci
der." . 'Shure, and is your honor iu earnest V
"Certainly, frteud Patrick I am in ear
nest. I have a jrreat many of theso arti
cles on hmJ, and if I dou't get rid of
them ia some way or other they will
spoil before spring."
"Then I'm your man. I'll go on the
wink ! Shure and it isn't Pat O'Urien
that'll refuse sich a good off:r in tho new
country, or iu the ould cither ! I'm your
man. sir."
"Then, Patrick, I'll employ thee. I
will give ten dollars a month for thy ser -
vices, if thee proves a good feilow ; aud
thee can come to my place iu the morn
ing as soon as thee pleases."
When this conversation had ended,
Patrick wa shown to his bed for the
night, and tho company, after indulging
in a hearty laugh aud another potation,
dispersed.
Joshua mcnt home, not thinking for a
moment that the fellow would ever come
to fill the engagement. Karly next morn
ing, however, he was aroused by a tre
menduous thumping at his kitchen door,
and on openiug it he discovered his hired
ru in Patrick O'Brien hat iu hand look-
ing blue from the cold, but bowing polite
ly all tue wLUe. .
"The top of the morning to yer ! And
is yer honor well this morning T And
shure I've come to begin my day's work
wid ye," said Pat, all ia a breath.
Joshua was somewhat nonplussed at
this greeting from his unexpected visitor,
bat lie soon concluded to carry on the
joke, and trust to his own ingenuity for
an cxtiication iu case of difficulty. He
accordingly took Vp.1 into the house kind
led a blazing fire on the broad hearth.
and placing him iu the chimney corner
spread before him a little table on which
wlitcn was displayed a loot ot uieatl, a
large slice of cheese and a mug of cider
The Irishman, who had not supped the
precediug night, was ravenously hungry,
and soon cleared the table of eatables.
Joshua then furnished him with a sec
ond course," upou which he made a vigor
our attack, with the most satisfactory re
sults. 15y this time the female portion of
the Quaker's household had risen, and
commenced preparations for breakfast,
which was soon made ready.
"Come, Patrick,'' said Joshua, "come
to breakfast."
' Och ! bother, sir. I d.n't want any
breakfast. I'm doing quite well hero,
yer honor."
Don't want any bjcakfast ? Thee
doesu't meau to do without eating, does
thee ! Why thee won't be able to work.'
"But, sir, and it isn't hnngry work I
am at."
"Come friend," said Joshua gravely, I
can't allow this ; thee must come and eat
thy breakfast. I can't have any one
about my place to work and not cat I I
won't have thee starving ; so come now
and do as I tell thee."
Patrick opened his eyes wide, bat he
saw it was useless to object, so he took
his place at the table and managed to
awallow a moiety of breakfast. After the
repast was over Joshua told him to go to
work again.
"Friend Patrick," said he, ' I don't
want thee to work too hard ; but I want
thee to keep steadily at it, and be indus
trious, or thee won't finish the job this
winter."
The Irishmen was in a dilima. He
was sold, and sold cheaply too, for when
he bargained with the Quaker he suppos
ed Le was to eat only when he was hnn
gry, and not all the time. Still he de
termined to make the best of an unlucky
contract ; therefore he went back to his
cider and cheese. True, he could not
swallow much of either, but he continued
to do something in the way of nibbling
and sipping. The cider was old and
strong, aud it soo began to make its ef
fects visible npon him ; in short the poor
fellow became intoxicated.
Things were now coming to a caisis ;
his stomach was filled and he must stop
or burst ; with his flushed countenance
and watery eyes turned full on the Qua
ker, he asked
'Mister Miller, may I stop this business
a bit plase yer honor I"
"I can sea no reason why thee should
stop," said the placid Quaker.
Pat Leaved a sigh. It came from Lis
heart.
"Mister Miller, will ye be after letting
the likes of me go to the door for a little
fresh air I My head is almost bursting."
"Thee had better say thy stomach was
in great danger of bursting," replied
r Joshua.
'By the saints, I must have fresh air,'
and Pat started for the door ; but before
he reaefaed it he fell sprawling on the
floor, and was soon in a state of dranken
iuieusibility.
Joshua got a vehicle ready, and plac
ing Pat in it. he conveyed hi;n back to
the tavein, where ho left him, charging
the landlord to take good care cf him un
til he had recovered from hs insbria'ioa
tie also iic a small sum of money to be
given to Pat when he should take his de
parture, declaring to his old comrades
that he would never agai.i make an offer
in jest to a wandering Irishman.
In the corse of a day or two, Patrick
was ready to take his departure Mine
host handed him the money left hiui by
the generous Quaker, and told !;im to de
part iu peace.
Tha last shot came from Pat.' To the
worthy landlord he said :
"Will yer honor please tell Jlisihcr
Miller that I am much obleeged to Lim
I've had at h house all that I could cat
and driuk and got money besides Tell
him I thank him from me eowl. and till
him that every green Irishman I mt-ctnn
the way, I 11 siud to his ln:u."e for ac
commodations ! May. the blessed Virgin
! bless Lira and all his likes !'
During the following day, and for near
ly a week, Joshua's house was overrun
by Hibernians, who had been teut theic
by Patrick to woik at eating bread and
cheese at tea dollars per month. The
Quaker because annoyed at this, and to
rid himself of his vi.-itors, he placed over
his gate in large letters
'If liee iJ)o:n Ir fan I the? wed not
come in."
Th3 Adventures cf a British Bigamist.
Here is a romance in real lifo of the
kind that Mr. Charles Keade is said to
i have cut out and ia:-ted in his scrap
book to be ia readinsss for the wonder-
fui eiacUa with which that alchemist of
tIl0 pi,n coins fact illl0 i;ctjUI1. Ihotnas
Graham, a cabinet maker, was married in
Yorkshire, Kngland Two sons were
bor , Lilt)i ,ifler ,Licu Le quarreled
L.itll uis w:fe ti,py eeparated, tut
were not divorced. A few years after he
; mariu;i again, aaft saie& w;tu Lis wife
j for Australia. The vessel was burned
at eea, ami the second Mrs. Graham lost
her life, though her bigamous husband
was saved. Graham was taken by the
ship that rescues him to Brazil, at which
place he worked for some time, but at
length carried out his purpose of going to
Australia. There he met a woman nam
ed Crook, who had a husband living,
which trifling cisenmatance however, did
not prevent her marrying Graham. They
lived together for raore than thirty years
when Graham died, leaving a large prop
erty. The woman Crook applied for let
ters of administration, and was about to
obtain them, when, with -fine dramatic
effect, there appeared upon the soeue the
two sons of Graham by his first and only
lawful wife. It seems that Graham had
repented, as he felt death drawing near,
aud written to his sods, requesting them
to come to him at once. They arrived
too late to see their father, but not too
late to institute proceedings for the re
covery of his property. The suit has
just necu aecmeu, ana u.e p.a.um.s nave
. . I 111 1 .1 1 .rrtv 1 t
been recognized as the heirs of tho de- I
o
ceased.
Bismarck was recently called upon by
a Russian lady, who asked him for his
autograph. After the Chancellor had
complied with her request, she said to
him : 'Priuce, may I use your autograph '
for a noble purpose 1" "Certainly," he !
replied ; ' but what is it I' "My broth- j
er has been exiled to Siberia, let me
write an application for his pardon over
your name aud the Czar will grant it."
Bismarck consented, and Alexander 11
informed him, when at Berlinn recently,
that the pardon had been granted.
Thinking and Doing It is not j-with molasses an inch dc-p in it, and o(T
w hat people eat, but what they digest, er it to the buy who gets it with 1 i-t
that makes them strong. It is not what j mouth. The morj the b-ys who t y to
they gain, but what they save, that ; get it the more fun wiil there be. Th.-.t
makes them rich. It is not what they
read, but what they remember, that
makes them learned. It is not what
they profess, but what they practise,
that makes them righteous.
The unprofitableness of stowing gold
away iu an old stocking has been illus
trated in McLean comity. III. An old
man has just sold to a bank $4000 iu the
precious tnett.l which he had stored away
before the rebellion. If Le had been
sold when the premium was high and
the proceeds put at interest, it would
have amounted to $20,000 now.
As long ago as 1SGS a North Carolina
farmer, who was troubled by deer gett
ing into bis field, placed some sharp sticks
in the ground where they jumped over,
and one morning he found one of the
sticks broken and the point missing. A
few deys ago a hunter found in the kid
ney of a fine deer he had shot the identi
cal piece of the missing stick.
An Arkansas artist in marble carved
a sleeping lion, a while ago, and took it
to a country fair for a premium. The
awards was tbusly : "James Magill, first
premium for a beautiful bull pup in mar
ble." ......
It is becoming lively for horse thieves
in the Southwest. They have burned
three recently.
" Tomsn' as They Tera. '
"Young ladies of the time of Kdward
IV," says a ricetit writer, "were brought
up with greater strictness than their de
scendants under Victoria. Mammas iu
those days kept their daughters a greater
part of the day at hard work,- exacted
almost slavish deference from them, and1
evea, as an able antiquarian states, coun
ted npon their earnings. After they had
attained a certain age it was the " custom
for the young of both sexes to be sent to
the bouses- of powerful nobles to) finish
their education by learning manners and
thus a noble lady was often surrounded
by a bevy of fair faces from the owners
of which she did not scruple ta receive1"
payment for their living
"Let ns follow a 1 idy of gentle blood
through her occupations of a dav. She
lises early at seven or half-past listen
to matins, and then dresses ; breakfast
follows, mid thb is her custume ; a silk
grown, richly embroidered with fur, open-from-
t'.ie neck touhe waist in front, and
having a turn ever collar of a darker col
or ; a broad gir !lo with a rich gold clasp
skirts so long us to oblige the wearer ti
cany them over the arm ; shoes long and
poiutcd ; a gold chain round tho neck ;
and, to crown all, the steeple cap, with
its pendent gossamer veil. After regal
ing herself with boiled beef and beer, she
will, possibly, if religionsly inclined, go
to chapel ; if not, to the garden, aud
weave garlands. This occupation, en
livened by gossip with her friends, will
t .kc her until noon, wheu dinner is serv
ed, nfur which an hour or so will bo
spent with the distaff or the spiuuing
wheel. "At six o'clock snpper is served, nfte
which, perhaps, follow games at cards or
dice, or, l ossilly, a dance. Of the latter
our young lady is extremely fond, and
has ben known, coce, or twice, when
agreeable eompr.ny was in the bonsev to
commence dancing after dinner and to
continue until supper, wheu, aftera short
respite, she began again. She hai grown
tired of the old carols, and now dotes up
on those merry jigs iinportod from France.
Later on, another meal is served, called
the rere supper or banquet, after which
she may drink a glass of warmed alo or,
a cup of wine, if she be so inclined, and
then retire for the night. Another day,
in the proper season, she may go a hawk
ing, or ride on horseback, or hunt the.
stag, or shoot rabbits with bow and ar
rows, or witness bear-baiting, or some
other such refined amusement
"Young ladies of this age are caution
ed by a M. de Montaigion, who appears
to have been somewhat of a poet and a
social reformer, against being too quick
to fall iu love, from talking scandal, from
drinking too much wine, and' from chaN
tering at table. They are enjoined to
ptactise habits of industry, to respect tho
aged, to refrain from quarrels, aud above
all, never to allow gentlemen to kiss
them in secret !'
Our Savior never drove his overtired
facIlUit,8- When tired, "He sat bv tho
,. rr .. i . , .
well lift upprf t fn nml rt-t i tUi
house of Mary and Martha after tl.o
fatigues of working in Jerusalem. Ho
tells us all to let the morrow take care of
itself, and merely to meet the evils of the
present day. Real foresight consists in
reserving our own force?. If we labor
with anxiety about the future we destroy
the strength which willcmble us to meet
the future.
A young lady writes to an exclringo
giving a receipt for having fua. She says
invite half-a dozen boys and girls to your
house when your pa and mi are away ;
! put a halt dollar silver nieca in a di.-!i
girl surely deserves a diploma.
The night watchman in au Iowa facto
ry, whose duty it is to ring tho Leil nt
daylight for the workmen to go to work,
being suddenly aroused t two o'clock in
the morning by people going hotna from
a party, mistook the moon f r the sun.
rang the bell, and soon Lad all the work
men on duty, five hours ahead of time.
One of the little pleas intrics of tha
"gods" at tbe Dublin Open IIou.v, cjh
sists in throwing on ti the slago a bou
quet, to which a piece of twine i-t nita.-.!i-ed
When the pri:na d n:ia goej f pic't
up the nosegay it suddenly diavn np
again amid the roars of the ''deities."
An Iowa schoolboy recently killed his
father for telling Li.n to behave l.iaisclf,
and the average juryman can't make np
his mind whether the provocation was
sufficient to constitute jnstiSaMa homi
cide, or whether there was iusani'y pre
pense. Thk most stupendous canal iu the
world is the one in China, which passes
over two thousand miles aud to forty
two cities ; it was commenced as tho
tenth century.
Evert one complaius of having a bad
memory, but nobody complains of baviug
a bad judgment..