- ' " - ...... w .. . . Bcvokb to politics, fitcroturc, Agriculture, Science, iHornlitn, nuo (Scncml SntclHgcwc. - rr-ri -mn mi mi i ii.n i ) VOL. 25. Published ly Theodore Scliocli. TERM- Two clol litre a year in ndvance and if not pii i t"( r. the cnJ of the year, two dollars and fitfy cts- will he rharcTil. No p.ierdisr:intiiiiic(l until all arrcaiagcsare paid, excent at t he option of the Editor. 1DA I vert i?c men is of one square of (eigl.t lines) or jss, one or three insertions $ I 50. E.irh additional insertion, 53 certts. Longer ones in proportion. JO!! II&I3TBSG, OF ALL KINDS, xecated in t he highest ctylc of the Art, and on the most tcasorrtble terms. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. m STROUDSBURG, PA. Office icitli S. S. DrcJicr. Esa' All claims against the Government prose- uted with dispatch at reduced r.tes. aouitionai county oi iuu ana 01 $50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, FfiEE OF EXTRA CHARGE. August 2, Dfl A. REEVES JACSCSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Begs leave to announce that, in order to prevent disappointment, he will hereafier de vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY ot each week exclusively lo Consultations and Surgical Operations at his office. Parties from a distance who desire to con sult him, can do .o, therefore, on those days. Stroudsb'urj, May 31, lSGG.-tf. Furniture! Furniture! McCarly's flew Furniture Store, TREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two Xf doors below the Post-office, Strouds- burg, Pa. lie is selling his Furniture 10 : nrr cent, less than Eston cr Washington ' prices, to say nothing about freight or break- are. May 17, lSGG.-tf. TVNING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal- U nut. Oak ari l White Ash. Extension Tables, any size you new Ware-Rooms. wish, at McC ARTY'S May 17, 18G6.-tf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR JL Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut, McCARTY Ins it. " May 17, lSGG.-tf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON, from one of the best makers in the Uni ted State?, solid Rosewood Case, 'warranted 5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es pecially invite ail who are good judges ot Music to come and test them. He will sell you from any maker you wish, 810 less than those who sell on commission. The reason is he biivs for cash and sells for the same. with less than one-half the usual per centsge that agems want. J. IlMcCARTl. May 17, ISUG.-tf. UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS ERAN ches. Particular attention will be given to this branch of the subscriber's business. He will always study to please and consult the wants and wis'.ies of tho.--e who rmploy him. From the number of years experience he has, iad in this branch of bu-iness he cannot and will not not be excelled cither in city or country. Prices one-third less than isusual ly charged, from -V) to 75 finished Coffins al ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best ilearse in the country. Funerals attended at one hoar's notice. J. II. McCARTY. May 17, lSC6.-tf. Saddle and Harness Manufactory. The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens c .Stroudfburg, and surroun ding country, that he ha? commenced the above business in Fowler's building, on Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to furnish any article in his line of business, at short notice. Oa hand at all times, a large stock of Harness, Whips, Trunhs, Yau'ccs, Car 2ct BafA, JIomc-BIrinkcls, Bells, Skutct, Oil Cloths, dc. Carria'-e Trimming promptly attended to. JOHN O. SAYLOU. Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 180-5. Goilue Hall Drng Store. William EZoIIicitlicKl, . Wholesale aucT Retail Druggist. STROUDSBURG, Pa. Constantly fa hand and for sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup Tily of Drug?, Medicines, Puiuts, Oil, (jlass, Putty, aruish, lver- i osene On, Perfumery aud lancy Goods; also Sash, rjtisul nisei Doors. Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal purpose. P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care fully compounded. Stroudsburg, July 7, 1SG4. TIN SHOP ! The undersigned beg? leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street, near the Stroudsburg Mill?, opposite Troch & Walton's, formerly R. S. Staples' Store, where ho is prepared to manufacture and sell at wlrtlcsale and retail, all kinds uf Tin, topper and Sheet Iron-Ware. ALSO, Stove, Stuvc I'jpuatMl i:iIiov. Old and second hand Stoves bought and Bold, at cash rates. CA67 paid tor Old Lead, Copper and Brass. (7- Rnnfwfr, Spouting and Repairing promptly atten ied to and warranted to rrjVe eatisfaction. Call and see for yourspvea WILLIAM KEISEK. Stroudsburg, J9ec. 8, 16G0. COMMON CHAIRS of all kinds, Cane Flag and Wood Seats; Dining, Bar Room and Office Chairs, with or without Cushions, Rocking-Chairs of overy descrip tion at McCARTY'S Ware-Rooms.. May 17, lSGG.-tf. .J? T-t-' Y0K DAY AND NIGHT. Day cried the Earth, Awake ! Awake ! And with a ruler's power Summoned its legions to their tasks, In city, vale and bower. She bade the weary traveler rise, And onward wend his way. And raised the savage hunter's low Against the flying prey. She warned the merchant to his desk, The student to his tome, The stilor to his toil and strife Against the sjlt sea's foam ; She called the farmer lo his plough uniu tne iurrowed place. ! Tle, wh5sker'd S(iier f.otn his tent 1 orlh to "daughter-trade; The seamstress to her needle turn'd, The sad-brow'd l iborer bent. And downward to his cavern dark The mornful miner went. The old man leaning on his staff A quickening mandate feels; And from its cradle soft and warm, The tottering infant steals. Night speaks to Day "Your tasks are heard You've wearied all the race: . I'il fold them in my pitying arms i or downy bleep s embrace. Of ore, I smooth the wrinkling trace That you so deep have made, Take from the statesman's breast its load, From Labor's hand the spade. Of Grief, I soothe the gushing tear, Of meagre Want the sich, Ani draw a healing curt i in o'er Vcx'd brain, and bloodshot eye. j 1 63 7 to Prayer " Look up to God!"' I point the soul ab'ive And thus the holy Niht began lis ministry of luve. : ?5?5 All Einds of People who Kak3 up the I World. An exchange furnishes U3 the following . i i i , ery Eiuart tilings, -is mey may uave a local application, we giTe our columns the ! bene5t of them : j A Fine Fellow The man who adver- Uses in cur paper; the man who never j refuses to lend you moucy; and the fel low who is courting your sister j Gentle People -The youn" Ij?t who I Jets her mother da the ironing, for fear of j spoiling her bunds; the'miss who wears i thin-soled fhoes on a rainy day; aud the young gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his father. Indurtrious People The young lady who reads romance in bed: the friend who is always cngnged when you call; and the correspondent who can not Cud time to answer your letter. PiguiCcd Men A chit in a country town; a midshipman on quarter deck; and a school committee oa examination j d..y. Persecuted People Women, by that tyrant man; boy., by their patents and teachers ; and all poor pedple,- by society at largo. Unhappy People All old bachelors and old maids. Ambitious Chaps The writer who pays the magazines for inserting hi com- muuications; the politician who quits his ' patty because he cannot get itito office; and the boy who expects to be PreidcQt. Humble Persons The husband who doe.s his wife's churning; the wife who! Solomon and his wife set every thing by blacks her husband's boot3: and the mau'the little animal, aud he would not bark who thinks you do him so much honor Mean Folks The man who kicks folks when they are down; and the subscriber who refuses to pay lor his paper. Sensible People You and I. Drean of a Quaker Lady. There 13 a beautilul story of a queer old Quaker lady who was much add Feted to smoking tobacco. She had indulged in the habit until it had increased so much upon her that she uot only smoked her pipe a large portion of the day, but fre quently sat up for this purpose in the night. After one of those nocturnal en tertainments, she fell asleep, and dreamed that she died and approached heaven. Meeting an augel she asked him if her ame was in tue boot ot lite. He dis- appeared, and replied, on returnio li.if ' be could net Cnd it. "Oh !" said "Do louk again ; it must be there." she He examined airain. but returned with a sor-! rowful face, raying, "It ii not there." j'eui. You may experience religion as "O," she said in agony, "it must be there!, much a you please; but you musn't I have assurance that it is there ! Do look preach the stuff to me." azaiu !" The anel was moved to tears by her entreaties, and agaiu left her to, renew his search After a lon absence he came back, his face radiant with joy,'g;ou3 things?" and exclaimed, "We have f.mud it ; but1 " No. Abby you was good always it was so clouded with tobacco smoke that! we could hardly see it!" The .woman, upon waking, immediately threw her pipe away, and never indulged in smokiug : The Express Robbery. The detectives are still engaced in "working up" the robbery of the Express wagon mentioned last week. Two parties from Wilkcs-Barie and one from flings- ton have been lodged in jail during the last week, and it is said that the detec- tives know the whole party, and expect to capture them. The parties arrested had a hearing labt Saturday upon a writ of habeas corpus and were remanded to jail. Very little is known of the plans of the detectives, or the information in their possession, aud theengerpublichad better await the result of their effort without giving ear to the many reports aad ru- mors afloat Luzerne Union. STROUDSBURG, MONROE JACK SPROUTS CONVERSION. A LIFE SKETCH. Jack Sprout swore a terrible oath. In fact, he swore quite a number of oaths. lor he was very anzrv. ' It was nothing PIT 11 n " " Mnaiu, 1 1 j uwaiu iuju 1,1 ill ui aiaiui, wonderlul lor Jack Sprout to swear, eveo and upon hurrying forward he found that in the presence of his wife, for he was a boy had fallen Ironi the -projecting tim sadly given to the habit of using profane bers into the water. He looked over the language. And jet Jack waa a good has- railing, and saw the little fellow coming band; an indulgent father; an honest, to the surface of the foaming, boiling flood industrious ruan; an accommodating a curly-headed boy, just about the ae neighbor; and he possessed many oth-jof his own darling Freddy stretching er excellences of character which might' forth his tiny armsin agony of despair. It have made him a valuable member of so-j was a terrible place, that seething, roar cicty, had it not been for certain loose ling pool, where the waters of the great habits which had marked his course from j river came pouring down from over the childhood. His Darents had been less and profane before him; his father had been a tough, rough customer; so Jack naturally enough came up in the same track. But he was good looking, and kind hearted, and genial and social, and so he had gained for a wife ono of the very best maidens of our town, as well 33 one of the handsomest. Master Freddy Sprout, ased five Years. ; stood by his mother's side, with a sadly begrimed and tear streaked face, and his story was that Solomou Gordon had whip- j held his own against the mad torrent, and ped him with a stick, and the boy's legsjflnally reached the shore where many -till lirtrn n frxv clirrlif lnl-na nf tl. - : I . - w 3 tvm,u3 iA iuc alli gation. Two other boys had come home with Master Freddy, and their testimony corrobatcd that which the sufferer had given. Freddy, with some of his play mates, had been throwing stones at Mr. Gordon's dog, and ono of the missiles hurled by Freddy had hit the animal-mnd caused him to howl with pain. Of course, the stcne thrown by such a tiny hand, could not have inflicted much injary up on the canine brute: but Solomon Gor- i,-.i l .t t. - 1 . 1 uju lun-'i ma ui)-, ana wubii nc saw wnai had been done he caught blaster Freddy and gave him a thrashing; for, be it known, Solomon Gordon was just such another man as Ja&k Sprout warm-hearted, generous, and neighborly; but rough, uneducated, strong-willed, and impulsive. Jack Sprout put on his hat and pre pared to saJly forth. His lips were pale and tightly compressed and the huge muscles ia his arms worked like bundles of ropes. Doar Jack' pleaded his wife, " don't o" " Let me alone, Abby. N.o man shall strike a child of mine without having u chance to strike me. I shall go and see Sol. Gordon, and I'll give him such a lick- J ing as he wou't forget in a lrtirry I" And Jack closed his sentence with a terrible oath. " No, no," Jack don't go What good will it da.' Vait until you arc more "Pshaw! Go away, Abby. There is not power enough on earth to save- Sol. Gordon from a dubbing; aud I'll give it to him before the sun goes down!" And as Jack Sprout looked at that mo ment he gave awful evidence that he was physically able to make good his word; for a more magnificent structure of frame work and muscle was not to be found in the town. " Dear Jack," cried the wife, taking bcr huabuud by the arm, "Oh, do listen to me one moment, rreddy is not much hurt; and he ought not to have thrown stones at Gordon's doir. ' You know both at the boys if they did not rdaujrc him. If "you go and find Gordon as you are now, you will only make matters worse. Oh, I wish you would drop it." Jack only thook his head, and smiled one of those smiles which are terrible up on the face of an angry man. " O Jack, if you only try the effect of kindness upon Solomou! He is a good man at heart " .Jack interrupted his wife with a deris- lItc sneer. " Don't laugh at me, Jack. I tell you it will be better to do ro than resort to blows. If vou were attacked I should not blame you for fightin g to protect your- self; but this is not a case that calls for your strength of muscle. There is a high- cr and nobler strength that you can use now " " Oli !" uttered Jack, u you are preach ing. You arc "iving me some of your Sunday school lessons. But I don't want " Jack," tpoke the wife, with steru so- lctnnity, "have I beeu any the worse siuco I berjan to have &n interest in rcli 4 Thcu why will you not listen to me?; If you will stay with me now if you will wait until your anger is cooled and then 1 go and speak kindly to Solomon Gordon, 1 .1. . . : 11 A tlYG jou U1J 'oieui pic ugw tnai yuu w 111 feel a thousand times better than you will if you " " j Lut Jack would not Lear his wile out. AnJ ti,CQ sudden impulse He had sworn that ho would thrash Solo-!the rufluence of an cmotion 6UCU mon -Cordon, and he would keep his uaJ Devcr Lcforo experienced, WOTU. Ilia iirmpcr waa ui iwu uuiuug poiut, and h3 was lairly aching to get nts( a,1di upon the man wuo ciaroa to strue l y; r Ereddy was his pet, and cv - cry blow that had been laid upon the child's body had a mark of fire upon his hart- So he put his wife away - 1' and hurried from thehouse, slumming tho door alter him. Away went Jack Sprout with rapid, heavy strides; and had Salomon Gordon fallen in his way just then he would have 'most assuredly been severely beaten j for COUNTY, PA., JANUARY si, I8G7. though Solomon was a stout, bold man, yet Jack was a very Hercule3. But Jack was destined to get pretty thoroughly cooled off before he met the object of his wrath. As he approached tne bridge that spanned the river just be W th r,n. i, i.,., i :,,, i?i lie forgot everything but the danger of the little one and only stopping to kick off his boots, and throw aside bis coat, ho leaped down jito the angry flood. lie caught the boy in his arms, and then struck for the shore. It was a mighty conflict, but the strong man persevered. More than once those who had gathered upon the bridge and upon the rocks had reason to fear that neither the man nor child would come forth alive: but JruL- hands where ready to help him. As for himself, a few minutes rest so far restored him that he was able to walk ; and he had sustained no injury save a few tri fling bruises. And as for the. boy, he had come forth in safety, for Jack hsd held him high above the water during all the time of his struggle. And when Jack Sprout had regained his strength and was able to sreak. he looked to see the toy he had saved, aud he saw that it was Audy Gordon, a bright eyed, curly haired, fair faced boy, not a year older than was his son Freddy. " Where's papa?" asked the dripping child. 1 He is coming," answered some one in the crowd Jack looked up, and saw Solomon Gor don coming Solomon, pale and terror stricken and with all possible haste he seized bis coat and boots, and hurrred away. He could not meet Solomou Gor don then. "Mercy! What is it, Jack !" Mrs. Sprout was alarmed. Iler hus band was dripping wet, his step wss tot tering, his breath labored, aud there was a livid mark upon his forehead as though he had received a heavy blow. " It is nothing, Abby." " Has Solomon " 'Pshaw! D'ye think Sol. Gordon could have done this? I have been in the river. A little boy had fallen from the bridge right into the flood beneath the falls. I jumped ia and brought him out." "Alive?" " Yes, alive and unhurt." " Oh thank God! Whose child was it, Jack." Jack hesitated. " Don't stop to ask questions now, Ab by, but make me a cup of hot, strong tea, while I get on some dry clothes. My soul! I think I had a narrow dodge of it." Jack put on dry garments, and when he has rested awhile he drank his tea, and in the course of an hour all traces of exhaustion had passed away. 44 1 tell you, Abby, I have had a good many tough jobs iu my day, but I uever had ono like that before. A weaker man than I could never have brought that child out alive." O, how grand it is, to use one's strength in such a cause. But whose child was it? Do you not know?" Before Jack could answer, the outer door was unceremoniously opened, and bolonion Gordon entered the apartment. Abby shrank. back iu alarm when she saw how pale and excited the mau looked, and how he trembled, for she did not no tice the moist brimming light that shonp in his swollen eyes. "Jack!" spoke the new comer, in a gasping manner, at the same time hold ing out both his hands. He choked and stammered, but presently gained strength to add, " O, my God, what can I say? Jack! Jack!" Here the stout mau broke fairly down, and buret into tears. 'Jack, almost as much affected as was his visitor, arose aud took the extended hand. " Never mind, Sol. It's all right." " No, no," cried Gordon. " It isn't rijrht. It never can be riiiht. O, what lean I do? Jack, if I could only go back to where I was this morning I My God! I beat your child for a trifling thing, and you have saved mine from a terrible death, saved him almost at the expeuse of your own life. Kill me if you will. Beat me, Jack. Do any thing you like. only forgive for what 1 did to your little iv 1 .1 f - x reuuy iorgivc me, so inai 1111s saving act of yours shan't bo always like a heap of coals upou my head !" under as he Jack SplOUt Said x " Solomon, I tell you it's all right. Yon i,ave n0 niorc rcasou tj 1 1 v 1c God that 1 6avcJ ))iUr thiM ,han j havc lieu 1 wenfc flonj luy houae j wM full 0f wral; ,ajnegS an(J cu,ge.i were upon my heart, j Eh0lj i,avo E0Ught such revenge as tl0 wi,d bcast Feck8 la jt not better t.at X (ouDj your itt0 Andy in tho fluod ? And is it not better that my great streugth was used in saving his life? I forgive you, Sol., from the bottom of my heart, And now I say, it's all right!'' And so was cemented a friendship ho ly and lasting. oeemmgiy siigfit perturbations in tho current of a man's life sometimes work marvelous changes for good or ill. j.uvj, paiu jacK sprout it wns late in me evening, and they had been sitting for some time without speaking " I be lieve I am converted." "Jack!" " les, Abby, lam converted. Saul of ( Tarsus, that you read to Freddy about 1 last Sunday, was not more suddenly ' brought to light than I have been, lis- j ally and trulv. there is mr.rr virtno in I kindness than in enmity; it blesses every thing and everybody. He who bestows it is a3 much blessed as he who receives it." And then the wife with her arm placed gently around her husband' neck, gent ly, kindly said : " Dear Jack, wouldn't we both be hap pier if we would try to live by the blessed rules laid down by the Saviour? Oh, I know that they were given by One who sought our highest good, and I think we should find much joy in trying to square our lives by the golden rule." And Jack, with a kiss, made answer: " My darling, we will try." nasby! MR. NASBY TRIES TO WEEP AT TI1E TOME OF A FRIEND AND WITNESSES A SIS TERLY FIUIIT TIIK DISADVANTAGES OF THE PATRIARCIIAL SYSTEM. PostOffis ConfedritX Boads, (Wich is in the State uv Kentucky, December 15th, 18G3. I heard, nearly two months ngo that my old friend, John Guttle, uv Mobcel, bed departed this life aud gone to that other and better world where the wicked ceese from trublin and the weery are at rest, and wuz profoundly shocked. John Guttle wuz my friend, and I much fear his like I ne'er shall look upon again. lie wuz a Democrat uv the old skool, one of the few link3 wich remained to connect the present generation with tho past. Well do I remember the glorious old man! How often hev I set in the square room in his country residence and drank whis key and water with hitn till we neither on us cood see a hole thro' a forty foot lad der ; how many times has he flogged nig gers for my amoozement, to show me the proper way uv managin uv em ; and how many time3 hes he lent me small sums uv money, varyin from five to thirty-one dol lars, akkordin to the state uv tnelleruis he wuz in when I approached him on the deli kit subjik ! Also ! poor Johu G ultle! Let not the skoffer say that I regret his death becoz his sons will be apt to try and collect, the notes tho old man departed holds uv mine ! No ! no ! ther know me too well to waste any time on that. I mourn beeoz I loved him and becoz uv the misfortunes which draw him to a pre matoor grave. A. Linkin is re?pon3ible for this dark shadder onto my pathway. John Guttle hed three hundred niggers on his planta shens and in his house in town these wuz wreucht from him by the Proclama sl.eu and turned out from his paternal care to strave, wich the most uv era are industrously doin at about per day. Ho hed em of all hues there wuz the fullbloodcd black, the disgustin Mntateer, the pleasaut Quadroon, the beautiful Oo torooa, and them wich hed so nearly lost the cus of Ham az to be hardly disting uishable from the pure Caue.ishen, and it wuz noticeable that the nearly white nig gers oa the Guttlcsscss" plantation wuz all beautiful. Tho Gutlessc3 theirsclvcs wuz perfck specimens uv manly beauty, and it probably bed its click upou the blacks. The nigger is a imitative animal. It wuz this robbin uv him uv his pro perty this ovcrturnin uv the normal coa dishun uy things wich killed John G ul tle. He never held up his head after the Proclamashcn but faded away dike a fros tid flower. I wuz in Mobeel last week on biznia connected with our college, (it was solis itin fund to eudow my Professorship.) aud I felt that I could not leave the city without droppiug a dozen teers or sich on to his grave. I felt cz he bed coutribbi ted at various times so much to moisten my clay, that it would be gentlemanly to do suthin toward tuoistcniu hizen. And in pursuance uv my resolve, I wended my way sadly to the cemetery, aud findin the tmib, struck an attitude uv despair, and lean ta pensively onto the monument, strove, to the best uv my ability, to weep, but it wuz a futile endeavor. My eyes wouldu't givo down. I strove to recall his virchoos, tut sich is the weakness uv human nachcr, that, whenever hia form rose in my memory, my miud involuntari ly wandered to his whiskey and my mouth would water to sich an extent cz to mot onopolize all the moisture in my sy&tcm. I cood hev spif onto his grave, but weep I coul 1 uot. Alas ! for por humanity ! Wbilo I wuz btanding tharo try in to weep, and makin a bad fiu of it, I nr.tist ihrco beautilul young ladies approaclun, property, th in he wj s'-trrounae j wun wi.h baskits of hot houe flowers a haug- ; parasites, lie prove 1 aa easy .victim to in onto their arnn. I recognized th , these sharpers, who went with him all tho to wunst. They wuz John Guttle's daiigh. time, and he givo no lued to the eounse-U ters, aud they wuz a comin to strew flow- of thoso who were his bet friends. Tho era onto the gravo uv their parential an-j young millionaire's hea l was evidently cestor on their father's side. It wuz a ; turned by his gd fortune, as ha3 -been techin site, and feeliu that I wuz a iu- j s ii 1 of many an older man who m de his trooder. net bcin a blood rclashen aiid ou- j "pile in oil," and he wai of the irnpre?- . .... ... ' ..1 ly connected with the doccast by note uv 1 ... . .-. 1 hand. I withdrew a short disl slants. Pease-1 ly had they got to the tomb, when from ( the other side approached three mor ra- J NO. 15. vishingly beautiful young ladies, with baskits uv hothouse flowers onto their arms. The last resembled in a strikiu ' manner the fust ones, ceptin they wuz a j shade darker, and their hare waved booti- , lui, whereas the hare uv the lust wuz per- fectlyVtrate. The two partie3 faced each others on opposite sides uv the toorn, and party Number One glared fiercely at Party Number Two. "Liza ! Flora ! Jane !" said the oldest uv party Number One. "Wat are you doin here ?" "Sister," sed the eldest 117 party Num ' ber Two, "We're here discharsin a fillvel uooty. jeneetn these sous lies tne re mains uv our father, and we arc goin to strew these flowers onto his toom. Jine us in the strew '" "Father ?" shreeked the three uv par ty Number One, "Yoor all niggers and wuz servants unto " "Our half-sisters," said the spokesman uv party number two, "but Linkin lemor cd the cuss uv Ham, and we're now freo and hev ez much rite to strew the grave uv our common parient, wich wuz John Guttle, ez yoo. Ob ! our sister, our fath cr wuz a good man let us bodew his grave with our tears and " "Wat impudence !" shrieked party num ber one, all in korius. "Impudence yourself I" retorted party number two, getting red in the face. "We are John Guttle's daughters precise ly ez much cz yoo, and the only advantage you hev over us is in the article of moth ers. You three hev one, wich wuz John Gutlteses wife, while who three hev three one apiece cggsackly wich was John Guttlescs servants, but we can't. never theless, stifle our emoshuas.- I shel com mand myself, and thus perform a act uv fiilyel dooty." And she lasted oat the flower3 and comsnenst to strew. The tother wuns wuz a gettin hot The oldest wua cood stand this impud-' ence no longer, and droppin her basket,, went fur her fullered by her sisters. It was a sperited conflict, and lasted perhaps four ruin its, or until I parted em; when they gathered themselves together, and parted one party way and tother, tother. Fiilyel love hed doue more in the strew in biznis than it sot out to do. The sixr lovia daughters uv the deccest John hed not only strewed" flowers onto his grave, but hair, and collars aud buzzum pinr and shreds uv silk, and water-falls, and! cotton, and false teeth, and pieces uv al most everything wich goes to make up the sum total of female attire. Ez I gazed at the wreck and saw their tattered forms vanish in the dim distance I cood not help admittin that wheu ic comes to strewin the graves uv deceest ancestors, there wuz sum disadvantages atteudin the patriarkle system. Petrolum V. Nadset,PM. (Wich is Postmater,) and likewise Pro fessor uv Biblikle Politicks in tho South ern Classikle & Military Iustitoot. 1. -1-. .... .1 A BEGGAED niLHONAII rnc romance or a toor Yorxo man "EASY COME, EASY GO." The history of the Steele farm, and its late wner, is a lesson to young men who suddenly acquire wealth. Ye copy from the Oil City Daily Kcji'stcr : "We noticed in brief, in yesterday's paper, the sale of the John W. Steele, more familiarly known as the Widow Mc Clintock farm, by the U. S. Deputy Col-i lector, to satisfy the claim of the Govern ment for taxes dae. It was bid in by tho Government to 11,000. At a previous sale by the Sheriff of this county, $74, 000 was stopped, the Government prov ing prior claim. The claims against tho property arc heavy. A brief history o tlits farm may netfprovc uninteresting to a large cia?s of our readers. Tho widow 3IcCSintock farm, consist ing of one hundred acres, is immediately opposite theflourishing town of Rouseville, on Oil Creek. It was one of the first a raong the oil producing farms of tho val ley. The Yan Slyke well, oa this farm, struck early in 1858, produced for soma time at the rate of 2,5i0 barrels of oil per day. Besides these, there have been a larse number of s mil I er producing wells on this farm. The lo.i3C3 obtaineJ from Mrs. MeCiiutock expired with her death. During her lifetime" the farm was well manajed and highly remunerative. In lSGI Mrs. McUliutock died; her death was cau.ed by being badly burned nhilo kindling a Gre with crude oil. After her death it wns found by her will that the farm and all her possessions were loft en tire to her adopted son, Joha W. Steele, a youth'of nineteen or twenty. The daily income of the farm, accruing to the land interest at the time of her death averaged about $2,000. In tho iro:i safe where Mrs. McCiintook kept her money, wa found 510,000 in gold, and $10,000 in ixreenbaeks. Ail this fell to 31 r. Steelo as heir. Ho was a young man of fair average principles. but uneducated. No- sootier had ho obtained possession of his- . . . t au:i that nu money woui 1 accumulate too. 11- '...I : . - m .1 rapid iy uu.es.i u wa s aeiuany iiirownaway, and throw it away ho did. (Co;ic!ud?J an Fourth t . t - i'
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