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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
NEW SERIES, y0U 3, NO. 23.
SATURDAY MOJMNG, MARCH 23, 1867.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 23
TERM Ott THH "AlVEKlCJU.r
MM
BUSINESS CAED3.
jaosaa Him., . 1 Bwok P. Woi.vbbto.
HILL St WOLVEBTCm.
Attorney aad Cemnaelort) at Law.
SXJN"BXJ"Sr. '
WILL attend to tha collection of all kind" of
olaiml, including Back Pay, Bounty end ran
loni. !
1. H. EASE,
'ATTORNEY AT UWi
Two doora east of Frlllng's itora, Market Square,
SUNBURY, PENN'A..
Business promptly attended to In Horthumberland
and adjoining Bounties. Is alao duly authorised and
-licensed Claim Agent for the collection of Bounties,
Equalisation Bountiea, Pension, and all manner or
claims against the Government.
Bunbury, Sept. 16, 1808.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
North Side of Publlo Square, adjoining reeldenoa of
Geo. Bill, Eeq.,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Colloctlom and all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Court of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
bunbury, Sept. 16, I860.
.T. n. HXI.BUt3H
SUEVEY0R AND CONVEYANCE
AND
t JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE.
STahonoy, Northumberland County, Penn'a
Offioe fa Jackson township. Engagements can
be made by lotter, directed to the above address.
All business aaJriutcd to his care, will ba promptly
attended to.
April 22, aBM. ly
WM. M. ROOKBMIAa. Llotd T. Robriacb.
ROCKEFELLER & E0HEBACH.
VNIIURY, IE.VA.
OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu
pied by Wa. M. Ro;kefeller,Ei., nearly op
"uocito the residence of Judge Jordan.
Bunbury, July 1, 1S64. ly
II. II. MASSKH,
Attorney at SUNBURT, PA.-
Colloctieus attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, 6nyder, Montour, Colombia
and Lyooming.
BBFERSNGBS.
Hon. John M. Beed, Philadelphia,
A. O. Cnttell Co., "
lion. Wm. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichael, Esq., "
E. Kctchom Co., 289 Pearl Street, Naw York.
John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law,
bunbury, jiarcn a, ioo
JACOB SHIPMAN.
FIRE AND LIFE IN8UHANCB AGENT
SUNBURY PENN'A.
BEFRESEEITS)
Formers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
ew York Mutual Life, G irard Life of Phil'a. 4 Hart
ord Conn. General Accidents.
Sunbury, April 7, ly.
, Or. CHAS. ARTHUR,
IDomcrooattitc ?3teictan.
Graduate of tha Homcaopathio Msdioal College of
reDD.yivaui.
Officb, Market Square opposite the Court House
BUNBURY, PA.
March 31,
SUNBURY BUILDING LOIS
1 N J. W. CAKE'S Addition to tbs Boiough of
I cunbury, tor Daie on rewmam. w
Apply to Dr. R. H. AWL and,
SOL. BR0SI0U6,
Sunbury, Pa.
Or P. W. SHEAFER, rottsville, Pa.
Nov. 24, 1868.
AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
GALLERY.
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
8. BYERLY. Proprietor,
Photograph, Ambrotypes and Mclalnotypos taken la
the beat style oi we art. i 'j
FLOUR & FEED STORE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
mnE subscriber respectfully informs tha publlo
I i . L. MHd.ntl nn hanfl at his new
WAREHOUSE, near tha Shauiokin Valley Railroad
Depot, in SUNBURY, Flour by tha barrel and sacks
of all kinds of Feed by the ton
Tha above is all manufactured at his own Mills,
and will bo sold at tbe lowest easo price..
J M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, April 1, 18M,
" JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Attorney Sc. Coamaellor at Law,
SI INIIUKY, PA.
tSOintrlet Attorney Tor Hlortbum-
berlaad County.
Banbury, March 31, 186. ly
G. -W. HAUPT,
Attorney and CoaaaeUor at Law,
Offloa on south side of Market street, four d0rs wast
or JSyster s btore,
BTTNBURY.
Will attend oromotl to all professional bulneai
entrusted to bis eare, tha collection of elaiaus in
Northumberland and tha acoiiang counties.
Bunbury, April 7, 1866.
Bricklayer and Builder,
- Market Street, 4 doora Seat of Third St.,
SUNBXJKT. PENN'A,
N. II. All Jobbina; promptly at.
genii to. mnmm
fcunbnry, Jane a.iaee
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
Shipper 6c Wboleaala Sc Ketall
Uealera In
WHITE At RED ABU COAL,
In every variety.
Sole Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Hear
Clay Coal.
Lowbb Waiar, Bcaaear, Fa.
Bunbury, Jan. 13, lo66.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER .
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf, BTJHBUBY, Fenn'a.
rjrOrdera solicited and tiled with promptness and
despatoh.
Bunbury, MayU, Wd. y
' E. O. QOBIN,
Attorney and Connaellor at Law,
BOON V ILL Jl, OCOPKR CO, MISSOURI.
WILL pay taxes oa lands ia any part of the
State. Buy and sail real Kstato, and all other
matters entrusted to bin will receive prompt atten
tion. July 8, lS6i. ootlt, '64. '
" IR. E. 1. Ll'MLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
NOBTHTJMBIBIiAirD. TA-
DR. LUMLEY has opened an offioe ia Northern
arland, and oBera his servieas to the people of that
lsce and the adjoining township. Offioe next door
Mr. Koott's bboe Stoje, where be eaa lenad at ail
lours.
MorthonVarUad August l,lo.
JAOOB.O.BBCK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &c.
Fawa atreet, aoata X Weavefi
Hotel,
BIT XT TJ 33 BT, X A.
March 81, loot. '
W. J. WOLYEMOlf,
ATTORNEY AT LAM',
East and of Pleasant 'a Building, Up Stain,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All professional business la thii and adjoining oeun
ties promptly attended to.
Bunbury, MoTember 17, law. -ly
L. MASHOLTI, O. WOLTHTOH, 0. P. MABBOLTI.
COAL! COAL! COAL!
THE snbscribera respectfully inform theeitisena of
Bunbury and vicinity, that they bava opened a
COAL YARD
. . v m r k . 1
.1 J . xi nu a vo suower nnari, rawnuni-y, m ra.
wbera they ara prepared to (apply all kinds of Sha-
moain i;oai, ai uuoap ikivb. iuuin .m viucn
promptly supplied. Country custom respectfully
solicited. 6EASU0LTZ A CO.
Dunoury, Jan. n, 1001.
3000 ACRES OF TIMBER
T AND rOR ALE On tb Line Mountain just
hip, Northumberland county, Pa., and ntar tha
du am ok in ana mnnonoj voai iviuv.
V ' P. W. SHEAFER,
Engineer of Mines, Pottsville, Pa.
December 3Jd, 1866. 3m
Pensions Increased.
The late Aot of Congress gives additional pay to
tha following Pensions, via :
1st. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes,
r hnih hnri. or totally dlsablad so as to require con
stant attendance, (he sum of $26 00 per month.
2d To those who have lost botb root, or are toiany
disabled in tha same so as to require oonstant attend
ance, the sum of 20 00.
8d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot,
or are so disabled as to render them unable to per
form manual labor $14 00 per month, and other
cases in proportion.
The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate
procurement of these olaims.
D. B. JJVJL, All J ua.
Sunbury, June 18, 1808.
I B inn following ponum ro eugumi w twvnv mu
X increase of Bounty under the Aot of Congress
1 f..l1U.AA t. innaliM TtnnnfiM.
1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 19th day of
April, 1861, for S years, and served their time of
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or are entitled to receive a Bounty of
$100, are entitled an additional Bounty of $100.
Zd All sucn soldiers woo eniuvea lor a yesro, uu
have been honorably discharged on account of
m- n .1. in lin nf ilntv .re entitled til
an additional Bounty of 01 OO.
3d Tbe Widow, Minor Children, or Parent of such
I J . I JI.J Ik. inniaa a" wmmll ab liABlk.
ara entitled to as additional Bounty of $ IOO.
By application to S. r. wui- jsk ivh, j , oi
BnMBDRT. Pannflylvanla, who ! an authorised Claim
Agent, ill trach elalmi can be speedily col loo ted.
l' i A .. -a A ItiHA
OUUUUrjr, AUgWti iow
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES.
X.. XX. KASE,
Attorney at Law, Mnnbnry, Pa.
"IS duly authorised and Licensed by the Qovern
1 ment to eolleet all Military Claims against the
United Mates. Bounty money due soldiers under
the late Equalisation Act of Congress, and all mili
tary elaiaus against the State, due soldiers of 1812,
far Peocions and Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of
the Pennsylvania Reserve uorps :rom enlistment to
the dtf muster, promptly eollootod.
Buotasry, Augusta, iboq.
Uonntlea Collected.
a. W. HAUPT, Attornev at Law, Sunbury, Pa
offers his professional services for tho collection of
bounties de to soldiers under we lata ruaiiiauon
Act passed by Congress. As an authorised claim
agent be will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions
aad Oratuitios due to soldiers of the late war, or the
war of 1812.
Bunbury, August 18,1866. '
ISO. KAY CLEMENT,
Baainoss to this and adjoining counties carefully
and nromntlv att tended to.
Office in Market Street, Third door west of Smith
at U anther's bUive and Tinware store,
8l)KHi;UY PEN.H'A.
ELEVENTH & MARKET STS., PQILADEL'A.
fTVUIS new and elegant House is now open for tbe
JL reception of guests. It has been fitted up in a
manner equal to any in tho country. The location
being central makes it a very desirable stopping
place, both for MerobanU and parties visiting tha
city. The parlors are spseious , and elegantly furn
ished. The tobies will be supplied with all the deli
cacies tha market will afford, and it is tha intention
of the Proprietor to keep io every respect a First
Class Hotel.
Terms $3 00 par day.
CURLIS DAVIS, Proprietor.
February 2, k)67 6m
Hount Carmel Hotel.
MT, OABHSIi, Northumberland Co., Fa
THOS. BURKET, Proprietor.
This large commodious Hotel la located near tbe
depots of the Bbamokin Valley and the Quakake
New York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart daily.
This house is located in the centre of the Coal Re
gion and affords tha best aooommodations to travelers
and permanent customers. jay 6.
GIRARD HOUSE.
CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
THD3 wall known Hotel, situate near the Corner
of Ninth A Cbesnut Streets, Philadelphia, is, on
uiaonnt of its suoerior location and excellent aooom
modations, one of the best and moat desirable stopping
places in ue ciiy.
r S. W. KANAQA, Proprietor,
February 16, 186T.-om
Tr-JCJaVeas
Sheet Iron and Stove
Mrket StreeL near Eattol's Store, SUNBURT, PA
AN immense stock of erery kind of Tin Ware,
. .1 j. T XAT a .11 lu..ti',v.
XJb and oaeof a run niri v iu atwpwapnuii.
STOVES,
COOK, OFFICB and PARLOR STOVES of the best
Brands which ara unsurpassed for beauty of finish.
SlODWllOUJ VI B I -
durability and eaeh stove warranted to perform what
they are represented.
ComX Oil, Coal Oil Lainpa, I-anterna,
hades, Chieanye, and all artlolos usually kept ia aa
aaieoiisumenui miu kw.. . . . ,.
COPfU,uaA3ead IB0N KETTLES, of all
'fRUIT JARS and CANS of the Intel Improved
lie is also prepared to do all kinds of Spouting and
tloonng, nange iuu s u
.Pairm,.heaplydBeouoyi:a
Banbury, July T, looo.-iy
FEMALE COLLEGE.
UORUEIvTOlV.'V, IX. J.,
PLEA8NTLV LOCATED ON THE DELAWARE
. B1VER. ,
Two aad thraa-Martor hoaia' ride by railroad
fron Nea- fork, aad eaa aad a oaerter troa Phila
delphia. BUMMER BKSSI05 COMMKNCES MABCH Sth.
for Calaloeaet, containing terms, etc., address
Rev. JOHJf B- BAAKELSY, A. M., Prest., .
Bordeatowo, N. J.
rabraary ! lMTUf
POETltlAL. I
FBOII WHITTIEK'8 "TINT ON THO
BBAOH."
11 Prayer for him, for all who rest,
Mother earth upon thy breast.
' Lapped on Christian turf, or laid
, . In rock-care or pyramid ;
All who sleep, as all who live,
' Well may need the prayer, 'Forgive.'
" Desert-smothered caravan
Knee-deep dust that once was man,
Battle-trenohes ghastly piled,
Ocean-floors with white bones tiled,
Crowded tomb and mounded sod,
Dumbly orave that prayer to God.
" 0 the generations old
Over whom no church bell tolled,
Christloas, lifting up blind eyes,
To the silenoe of the skies !
For the innumerable dead
Is my soul disquieted.
Where be now these silent hosts t
Where the camping-ground of ghosts T
Where the speotraloonscrlpts led
To the white tents of the dead T
What strange shore or cloudless sea
Holds the awful mystery ?
" Then tha warm sky stooped to make
Double sunset in the lake ;
While above I saw with it
Range on range, tbe mountains lit ;
And the culm and splendor stole
Like an answer to my soul.
Hearest thou, 0, of little faith,
What to thee the mountain saith ?
What is whispered by the trees t
Cast on God thy care for these ;
Trust him, if thy sight be dim ;
Doubt for them is doubt of Him.
" Blind must be their close shut eyes
Where like night the sunshine lies,
Fiery-linked the self-forged chain
Binding ever sin to pain,
Strong their prison-house of will,
But without lie waiteth still.
" Not with hatred's undertow
Doth tbe Love Eternal flow ;
Every chain that spirits wear
Crumbles in the breath ef prayer ;
And the penitent's desire
Opens every gate of fire.
" Still thy love, O, Christ arisen,
Yearns to reach these fouls n prison !
Through all depths of sin and loss
Drops the plummet of thy cross !
Never yet abyss was found
Deeper than the cross could sound !
" Therefore well may Nature keep
Equal faith with all who sleep,
Bet her watch of hills around
Christian graves and heathen mound,
And to cairn and kirkyard send
bummor s Bowery dividend.
THE FKOrvriEK WEII1..
BT THE MIKISTEU'B WIFE.
One day in early winter my husband re
ceived a summons to Burke's settlement, to
unite a couple in tbe bonds of wedlock. It
was especially requested that bis wife should
accompany him, as we should bo expected
to remain all eight and partake of the fes
tivities. It was twenty miles to the settlement, and
we reached the log bouse of Mr. Burke, the
father of the expectant bride, about noon.
A dozen tow-baired children were at the
door, waiting our arrival. They telegraph
ed the news instantly.
"Marml tnarm! Here a tbe cider ana uis
woman! They're nothing butyU She's
got a man's hat on, and a turkey wing in
front of it; his nose is just like dad's crook
ed as a cow-bora squash."
Alas for Mr. Morrison s aquiline nose, ot
which he was a little vain!
"Sam!" cried a shrill, female voice from
tbe interior of the cabin, "run out and grab
the rooster, and I'll clap u:m into the pntl
Sal, you quit that churn and sweep the
floor. Kick that corn-dodger under the
bed. Bill, you wipe tbe tallow cut of that
cheer for the minuter s wile, ana uo pry
about it."
Further remarks were cut short by our en
trance.
Mrs. Burke, ia calico short gown, blue
petticoat and bare feet, came forward, wi
ping her face on her apron.
"How ao you ao, elaer I now a'ye ao
marm? Must excuse my head haint had
chance to comb it since last week. Work
must be did, you know. Powerful sharp
air, hain't it f Shoo, there I Bill drive that
turkey out of tbe bread-trough. Sal, take
the lady's things. Set right up to the fire
marm. lianas coo. ( well, just run em
in Bill's hair we keep it long a purpose."
Bill presented his shaggy head, but 1 ae
clined with an involuntary shudder.
"Lawk, if she ain't actually a shivering!"
cried Mrs. Burke. "Bring in some more
wood. Here. marm. take this hot corn
dodger inter yer lap it's as good as a soap
stone."
A fearful squall announced the execution
of the rooster and shortly afterwards he
was bouncing about In a lour quart kettle,
bung over tae fire. Sal returned to her
churn; but the extraordinary visitor must
have made her careless, lor she upset tbe
concern, and buttermilk went swimming
over the floor.
"Grab the ladle. Bill," cried Mrs. Burke,
"and help dip it up. Take keer don't put
that snarl of hair in. Strange Low loins
will be so nasty. Dick, do keep your feet
out of tbe buttermilk ; it won't be fit for
tbe pies when the butter s gathered. Drive
that hen out; quick : she s picked up a
pound already. There, Sal, do try and
churn a little more keerful. If you are a
gwine to be spliced ter-morrow, you need n
run crazy about it,"
"1 advise you to dry up r remarked tbe
bride elect, thumping away at tbe churn.
By tbe time I bad warmed, dinner was
ready, and you may be sure I did not injure
myself by over-eating.
Night came on early, and after a social
chat about tbe event ot the morrow, 1 aignl
fled my desire to retire.
Sal lighted a pitch-knot, and begun climb
ing a ladder in ona corner of the room ; I
hesitated.
"Come on," said she ; "don't be afraid.
Sam, and Bill, and Dick, and all the rest of
ye, duck your heads while the elder's wife
goes up. Look out for tbo Iooao boards,
marm i and mind, or you'll smash your
brains out against tha beam. - Take keer of
the bole where the cblmbly cornea through."
Iler warning came too lata. I caught my
toot in the end of a board, stumbled, and
fell bead-long through what appeared to be
interminable space, but it was only to the
room I had just left, where I was saved from
destruction by Bill, who caught ma in bis
arms, and set ma on my feet remarking cool
It. "What made you coma tlftt way t We
generally nso tha ladder."
I was duly commitaerated, and at last got
to bed. Tbe less said about that night tbe
better. Bill and Diek and four others slept
in the tama room with na, and made the air
vocal with their snoring, I fell sleep and
TALES & SKETCHES. ,
dreamed I was just being shot from the
muzzle of a columbiad, and was awakened
by Mr. Morrison, who informed me that it
was morning.
The marriage was to take place before
breakfast, aud Sally was already clad in her
bridal robes wlueu I descended tbo ladder.
She was mnonificcnt.ln a green calico.over
a crinoline full four inches larger than the
rest of ber apparel, a white apron with red
strings, bluo stockings, a yellow neck rib
bon, and white cotton gloves, llor reddish
bair was fastened in pug behind, and well
adorned with the tail-feathers of the defunct
rooster before mentioned.
When it was announced that Lem Lord,
the groom, was coming, Sally dived be
hind a coverlet, which bung across one cor
ner of tho room to conceal sundry pots and
kettles, and refused to come forth. Mr.
Lord lifted one corner of tbe curtain and
ppeped in, bnt quickly retreated with a few
sharp words from Sully advising him to
mind his own business.
Lemuel was dressed in blue with bright
buttons. The entire suit had bece mado
for his grandfather on a similar occasion.
His bair was well greased with tajlow and
his huge feet encased in skin pumps.
Very soon tbe company began to gather,
and the room was well filled.
"Now. elder," cried the bridegroom,
"drive ahead t I want it done up nice ; I
am able to pay for the lob ; do year bear t
Come, father Burke, trot out your gul I"
But bally refused to be trotted. She would
be married where she was cr not at all. We
argued and coaxed, but she was firm; and
it was finally concluded to let ber have her
own way.
Mr. Morrison stood up; the happy couple
joined hands through a rent in the coverlet,
and the ceremony proceeded. Just as Mr.
Morrison was asking Lemuel, "Will you
have this womau ?" etc., down came the
coverlet, enveloping both minister and bride
groom and filling tbe bouse with dust. Dick
had been np in the lott and cut the strings
which held it. Mr. Morrison crawled out
lookiug decidedly sheepish, and Sally was
obliged to be married openly. To tbe mo
mentous qnestiou Lemuol responded, "To
be sure; what else did I come here for f"
and Sally replied, "Yaas, if you must know."
"Salute your bride," said Mr. Morrison,
when all was over.
"I'm ready to do anything, elder," said
Lemuel, "but skin me if I know about that,
sir. Just show me how, and I'll do it if it
kills me."
My hucband drew back nervously, but
Sally advanced, threw her arms around his
neck, aud gave him a kiss thut made the
very windows clatter.
"I vum, if I don't do ditto I" cned Lem
uol, and hastily taking a huge bite from a
piece of maple sugar which be drew from
his pocket, he made a dash at me smashed
my collar, broke my watchguard into a doz
en pieces, tore my hair down, and succeeded
in planting a kiss on my nose, greatly to the
delight of the company.
1 hen be turned to my husband.
"Now. elder, what is the damage! Don't
be afraid to speak."
"W hatever you please," said Mr. Morrison
Lemuel produced a piece of fur.
"There, elder," said lie, "there's a musk-
rat's skin, and out in tbe shed is two beads
of cabbage, and you're welcome to tbe whole
of it."
My bt'sbnnd bowed bis thanks, tbo young
people went to dancing, Mrs. Burke went to
getting breakfast ; at my earnest request Mr.
Morrison got our horse, and we bade tnem
adieu. I never could have lived through
another meal in that bouse.
I have since beard that Mr. Lord said if
ho bad seen tbe elder's wife before she was
married, Sallie might have gone to the dick
ens. "Alas, it might have been 1"
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Democracy Want Marabo'a
Vote.
The following laughable burlesque por
trays tbe desire of tbe so-called Democracy
to secure tbe votes of the enfrauchised ne
groes, merely foreshadowing what will be a
common occurrence among Democratic poli
ticians. It is an extract from a letter writ
ten by a colored voter to a brother negro of
lennessee:
Dar's a diffrense tween Washington now
and Washington six weeks ago a percepti
ble difl'rense. Dey had a way ob kickin
niggabs dat wuz aggrawatin. Kbery Secesb
in de city bed learned de most tendercst
spot on de shin, an de brickbats I Lord
Ureas you, Sarayoocl, dis chile neber could
understan befo' why de nigab's skull wuz
so thick. De I.oru madu ii, so on pupus so
dat brickbats wood bounce off ob era. b
erything is fitted for tho place it fills. Ef
de niggah's skull wuz like a white man's
dar woodent a been a livin niggab in Wash
ington to-day. But dar is a change in de
sobhel cotulishun ob tings. Yesterday dar
wuz a member ob de Common Council wat
want's to be elected agin nex March, come
into my barber shop and scz I to him,
"Shave, mas'rl"
"My deer sab," sed he, ketcbin me by de
hand an fallin across my shoulder, "don't
call me mas'r no more. Under de shaddei
ob dat flag," sed be, pintin to de Capitol,
"ebcry man is tree, and dar aint no mas'rs."
"Wha-a-a-when t aence when I" sed I,
'stonished, for he wuz de most 'fecksbnit
man I ebcr did see sence tbe day I wuz
married.
"My brudder," sed he, "de Afiikin, ob
which race yoor a magnificent specmen, is
now in a fur way ob workin out bis mish
un. De shackles falls off his limbs, and be
stans up in de lite ob de bressed sun, a man,
and a brudder and a voter. Yoo la my
ekal, and "
"But wat's de matter 1" sed I, "I 'mem
ber Viinlilv. only two free sebral weeks ago.
yoo kickod me off de sidewalk for askin
yoo for de two last shaves you owed me for.
Wat's cum ober yoo f Am I more a man
an' a brudder now dan I wnz den t"
"My frend," sed be, "I hope, I earnestly
hope, dat you won't 'member dem little
spasms agin me. De fack is, I I notice
yoo bed ambition into yoo, an' I wuz feer
lul, 'deed I wuz, dat you'd rise faster dan
wui for your good. But fiat's all ober.
Come."
Aud dst man made me shut up de shop,
and wo walked out arm-in-arm and we went
to de beer shop wid me. On de way wa
met a pile of Irishmen, and dey wuz 'ston
ished. "Nigger 1" dey yelled and dey
made fo' me, but dey seed I wuz in good
company and dey tteyed dar bant. We
stopped in all da beer shops, and he payed
f all .1 ifroaVimflntM .ilwirv lima taucliin
mi class and drinkin to de petual Wuiony
ob de races, and hopin dat so far ea de Da
mocrisy of Washington wat concerned, de
hatchet wus berried fe.bpcr.
"My frend," sed be, In a whisper, "de
fack is dat de gubermiut ob de city lies kum
to de 'elusion dat de Irishmen workin on do
pnblic works ob de city ain't de right men,
and we shall hey to turn em loose. Kin we
git, d'yon eposc, two or three hundred
cullud men to take dere places, and when
de 'lection kums, cf we'se 'locted, dar'll be
more places for em."
It seemed to me jes ez tho I smelt suffin.
Sea I, "My frend for we are frends now,
ain't wo!"
"Kin you doubt It t" sed be.
"I nebber take a 'cisive step widout 'suit
in Potifer."
"And who is Potifer," sed be.
"He's a man and a brudder, too," sed I.
"Now I tell yoo vat. We'll go back to my
shop, and stay dar till I fetch Potifer, and
we'll 'scourse on dis pint."
lie went back wid me, an' I went to Pot
ifer an' tole him all 'bout it. We 'eluded
we'd see jis how far dis 'ticklar man and
brudder wud go to git a niggah's vote.
When we 'ribed we talked it all over till
baf pat one p. r., (dat means in de rite
season, 'member dat,) when dis man and
brudder sed it wuz high time for hini to go.
"No," sed I, "my friend for you is my
friend it's rainin out, de street is dark,
stay here ; here is my mattress, its radder
narrer for tree ob us, but data better dan
goin out. Stay wid us, and we'll talk it
ober ; dar's a good deal to bo sed, ain't dey,
Potifer!"
And Potifer sed yes, and finally for fear
of 'fendin us, be 'eluded to do it. I bilt up
a rousin fire, so dat it was hotter dan a
ground-bog's hole, and Potifer, who's a la
borin man an hadn't washed bis feet for a
week, an 'side all dut he's counted de loud
est smellin shade in dc city, laid down on
de back side ob de single mattress, and do
man and brudder wat wants to be Alder
man, in de middle, an' I on de forside ; and
dar we lay and awet and swet, till de poor
fellah wuz a'mos smoddered. When I
thought he bed 'nuff ob it I got np.
"Now," sed I, pullin him out, "Git 1"
"Wat!" sed be.
"Git," sed I. "Duz ou link dis chile a
fool ! Duz you tink dis niggah don't know
p'cisely wat yoo want an' how yoo speck to
git it ! Wat yoo doin hcah, slecpin wid
niggnbs in a seven foot square room, wid a
hot fire, an' atween 'em at dut ! Duz yoo
tink I don't 'member de kickin two weeks
ago, and woodent yoo dun it to-nite ef it
wuzcat dat I got de power ob kickin you
next month at de ballot box! 'Pears like
its all I kin do to keep my bans off ob you
now. Pay me dem two shaves and git."
And be did it.
sVlmt Paper In IIoton.
The first newspaper established in North
America was tbe "Boston News-Letter," of
which the first number appeared in 1704.
But it appears from the following extract
trom Buckingham s "Specimens of news
paper Literature," a work which every news
paper publisher should have at band, that at
least one number of a paper wut Issued at a
still earlier period:
"Tbe first attempt to set up a newspaper
in North America, so far as can be ascer
tained from existing records, or from tradi
tion was made in Boston, in the year 1000.
Of the paper then issued only one is known
to be iu existence ; and that copy is depos
ited in the State Paper Office iu London,
wnerc it has been seen and examined by the
ltav. Joseph B. Felt, the Librarian of the
Massachusetts Historical Society.
No. 1 of this paper, and probably the only
ouo ever published, is dated September 25,
1090. It is a small sheet, of four quarto
pages, one of which is blank, and con
tains a record of passing occurrences, foreign
and domestic. Immediately on its publica
tion it was noticed by tbe legislative au
thorities. Four days after they spoke of it
as a pamphlet; stated that it came out con
trary to law, and cotaiiied "reflections of a
very high nature." They strictly forbade
"anything iu print, without license first ob
tained from tUoou appointed by the govern
ment to grant tbe same." It was printed by
liichard Pierce for Benjamin llarria.
Benjamin Harris, whose name is given as
that of the proprietor of this first newspaper,
bad a printing-house in Boston, and printed
chiefly for book-sellers. In 10U2 and 1004
be printed the Acts and Laws of Massachu
setts, and, accordiug to tbs imprint, was
"Printer to His Excellency the Governor
and Council." He was from London, and
returned to that place about tbe year 1004.
Both before, and alter bis emigration to this
country he had a bookstore in London.
Dunton,nn English bookseller, who had been
in Boston, in his "Life and Errors," printed
in London in 1705, says of Benjamin Harris:
"Ho was a brisk asserter of Esglisb liber
tics, and once printed a book with that very
title. Ho sold a Protestant Petition in King
Charles' reign, for which he was fiued five
pounds ; and he was once set in the pillory,
but his w ife (like a kind Rib) stood by him
to dcfi-iid ber husband against tbe mob.
After this (having a deal of mercury in bis
natural temper) he travelled to New Eng
land, where he followed coffee-selling, aud
then printing, but continued Ben Harris,
still, and is now both book seller and prin
ter in Grace Church Street, as we find by bis
London Pott; so that bis conversation is
general, (but never impertinent,) and bit
wit pnaDie to an inventions."
Tub Moumon Girls. Richard Williams,
who delivered a lecture at Buffalo, recently,
on the Mormons, alluded as follows to one
of tbe disturbing elements among tbe Saints:
There is one element among themselves
that is troublesome. The general testimony
of the Gentiles who have lived in intimate
social relations with them is that tbe young
girls (to their honor be it said) are mostly
disaffected. Growing up with it, they have
seen the institution with all its abomiua
tions, and opposed as it is to all their holier
feelings and better instincts, no amount of
spiritual thunder can entirely control them,
llere, as everywhere, they are a privileged
class, and cannot very well be whipped or
imprisoned. Like most ot tbe descendants
of Ere, they will talk, and are ever rendy to
elope with a Gentile who has the courage
aad can get away with them. They cannot
marry a Gentile and remain peacefully at
home. Very naturally they prefer a whole
Gentile to one-tenth of a Mormon. The
most effectual way of breaking up the whole
system would be to send an army of 10,000
unmarried men there, and protect every
man who married a Mormon woman and
brought ber to camp. We might in tbit
way get rid of the nuisance without blood
shed or incurring the odium of a religious
persecution.
Tbe people of some districts of northeast
ern Wisconsin are considerably alarmed, in
consequence of tbe ravages of several large
catamounts. -
Taste a Moral qualify.
I want you to think a little, says Ruskin,
of tbe deep significance of this word "taste,"
for no statement of mine bas been more
earnestly or oftener controverted than that
good taste is essentially a moral quality.
jxo," say many of my antagonists, "taste is
one thing morality is another. Tell us
what is pretty ; we shall be glad to know
that ; but preach no sermons to us."
Permit me, therefore, to fortify this old
dogma of mine somewhat. Taste is not
only a part and an index of morality, it is
the only morality. Tbe first and last and
closest trial question to any living creature
is, "What do you like !" Tell me what you
like, and I'll tell you what you are. Go out
into the street and ask the first man or wo
man you meet what their "taste" is and, if
they answer you candidly, you know them
body and soul. "You, my friend, in tbe
rags, with the unsteady gait, what do you
like I" "A pipe, and a quattern of gin."
I know you. "You, good woman, with the :
quick step and tidy bonnet, what do you '
like!" "A swept hearth and a clean tea ta
ble, and my husband opposite me, and a I
baby at my breast." Good! I know you also.
"You, little girl with the golden hair and
soft eyes, what do you like!" "My canary,
and a run among the wood hyacinths."
"You, little boy, with tho dirty bands and
low forehead, what do you like!" A sby at
tbe sparrows, and a game at pitch farthing."
Good 1 wo know them all now. What more
need we atk.
"Nay," perhaps y,u answer, "we need
rather ask what these people and children
do, than what they like. If they do right,
it is no matter that they like what is wrong;
and if they do wrong, it is no matter that
they like what is right. Doing is the great
thing, and it docs not matter that the man
likes drinking so that he does not drink,
nor that the little girl likes to be kind to
her canary, if she will not learn her lessons;
nor that tbe little boy likes throwing stones
at the sparrows, if he goes to tbe Sunday
School." Indeed, for a short time, and in a
provisional sense, this is true. For if reso
lutely people do what is right in time they
come to like doing it. But they only are in
a right moral state when they have come to
like doing it; and as long as they don't like
it, they are still in a vicious state. The man
is not in health of body who is always
thirsting for the bottle in tho cupboard,
though he bravely bears his thirst ; but tho
man who heartily enjoys water in the morn
ing and wine in the evening, each in its pro
per quantity and time. And the entire ob
ject of true education is to make people not
merely do tbe right things, but enjoy the
right things not merely industrious, but to
love industry ; not merely learned, but to
love knowledge ; not merely pure, but to
love purity ; cot merely just, but to hunger
and thirst after justice.
Medicinal Qualities of Pumpkins. At
a recent discussion in the New York Far
mers' Club, a correspondent writes of the
virtues of the pumpkins :
I will give you a simple yet very valuable
cure for inflammatory rheumatism. A wo
man's arm was swelled to an enormou
size, and paiufully inflamed. A poultice
was made of stuwed pumpkins, which was re
newed every fifteen minutes, and in a short
time produced a perfect cure. The fever
drawn out by tbe poultices made tbem ex
tremely offensive, as they were taken off. I
know a man cured of severe inflammation of
the bowels by tbe same kind of application.
I think such subjects as this proper for dis
cussion in a farmers' club.
Dr. Snodgrass I have no doubt pump
kins make a good poultice. Whatever holds
water and warmth best is the most suitable.
Dr. Smith In my travels in Syria I found
pumpkin seeds almost universally eaten by
the people on account of their supposed
medical qualities. Not becuusc they are di
uretic, but as an antidote against 'animal -culu)
which infest the bowels. Tbey are
sold in the streets as apples and nuts are
here. It is a medical fact that persons bate
been cured of tbe tape worm by tbe use of
pumpkin seeds. The outer skin being re
moved, tbe meats are bruised in a mortar,
into an oily, pasty mass. It ia swallowed
by the patient after fasting some hours, and
it takes the place of chyle in the stomach,
and the tape worm lets go its hold on the
membrane and becomes gorged with this
substance and in some measure probably
torpid. Then a large dose of castor oil is
administered, and tbe worms are ejected be
fore tbey are able to renew their hold.
SnABY. A man in Connecticut obtained
a winter's supply of excellent potatoes in tho
following cute manner: He gave out word
he was desirous of obtaining a specimen ot
tbe best sort of potatoes, and would pay
three dollars for a peck of such, himself to
be the judge. Potatoes poured into his cel
lar from all the country round, .and when
tbe avalanche bad subsided, the man banded
over his three dollars for tbe best peck, and
tbe next spring sold potatoes enough to
more than cover the original outlay, besides
having had a first quality article for home
use all the winter.
AGRICULTURAL, &0.
(By Agricultural Editor, Baltimore Sun. J
1'AU.U !OTKN 1'UK lUAHC'll.
WORKING STOCK.
The horses that are to do the heavy work
of tbe farm need now especial attention to
bring them into the best possible order.
Food of the lst kind should be given with
regularity. Their grain should be ground
and mixed with cut straw of good quality,
and well cured corn blades, or timothy hay,
should accompany it. Salt should be given
regularly once a week, mixed in equal quan
tity with clean hickory ashes. Clean, dry
bedding should be furnished tbem, and the
curry-comb and brush used once a day at
least Very laborious work should be avoid
ed until they have become gradually accus
tomed to the change itom tue rest oi winter.
Oxen having work to do should be treated
with tue same regularity and care as horses,
though they do not demand such expensive
feeding.
OTUKB STOCK.
Milch eowt, and all animals having, or
about having young, need tbe greatest care
during this month. The early spring is es
pecially trying to tbe animal system, and
there is always hazard to the life botb of tht
dam and her yonng, which must be guarded
against by tbe utmost watchfulness.
OATS.
If the sowing of oats be made the first
work for tha plows, tha comparatively light
labor will suit better tha condition of the
team. l is of very great advantage to have
tha crop sown early, and the earliett time
should be taken for it that tbe ground may
to Imu& dry enough to work. A bushel
and a half to two bushels of seed should b
sown on ground prepared by Inst year's cul
tivation, and put in with a light furrow, if
grass seed is to be sown, sow on the fresh
turned ground, and unless it be in very good
heart, sow with it a hundred weight per
acre of some good super-phosphate, and fol
low with tbe roller,
BARLEY.
Barley needs very much the same treatment
as oats, and succeeds best on a rich, light
loam. If the ground be not rich, it must be
well manured with some good fertilizer.
There is no danger to this crop over-manuring,
as the grain fills oat well, even when
the straw fails. It is a better crop to tow
grass seeds with than oats.
CLOVER SEED OR WHEAT.
If clover seed have not boen sown in Feb
ruary wait now until frost is out of tbe
ground, and it is dry enough for the roller
to operate. Sow when tbe ground is crack
ed upon tbe surface, and before it is dried
too much with tho March winds, and follow
immediately with tho roller.
OTITEIl GRASSES.
Timothy should be sown in the fall, but
may bo put in spring, if necessary. Orchard
grass is best sown in spring with tbe clover
seeds, and should never be sown without.
Nor should it be sown exocpt on land quite
fertile enough to ninkc a good crop. Tbe
seed is expensive, and it makes a poor re
turn from poor land. On land of good
quality it is most valuable, making a hay
crop nearly as valuable as fimothy, and a
great deal of early and late pasturage. It is
most valuable when closely cropped, and
makes a firm and perennial sod. Two bush
els of seeds are necessary to insure a closely
set-turf. It should be sown only when per
manent grass is wanted.
TOBACCO SEEDS.
Let no time now be lost in getting tobacco
seeds sown whenever tbe ground may be dry
enough. After preparing and sowing, as
heretofore directed, have tbo ground very
firmly trod, and covered with oak or other
open brush, which may remain until it be
comes necessary to pick tbe grass from the
beds.
PLOWING SOD LAND.
The great work of tbe season is plowingi
and much of the success of the whole year's
operations will depend on the thoroughness
and completeness with which it is executed.
The tobacco land should be first broken, and
should be so well turned that tbe turf may
be thrown down where it will not be reached
again during the season. This rotting turf
will be a source of moisture as well as nour
ishment for tbe crop during the driest sum
mer weather. The corn field should be well
turned, and immediate preparation of the
surface follow, just preceding the plunting.
This matter of thorough preparation in ad
vance of planting, should not be over looked.
The continual deepening of the surface
mould Bbould be kept constantly in mind in
our regular plowings, as the object of every
one should be the permanent improvement
of bis land. We should not be satisfied in
an ordinary soil with less than seven inches,
and should aim to approximate twelve.
Soils which would make an exception to
the rule of deep plowing at once should at
any rate be gradually deepened. This ex
ception is onlyln case of some deleterious
principle, which needs exposure to the in
fluence of the atmosphere, and in this case
fall plowing it to be preferred.
We cannot overestimate tbe value of a
good depth of soil, for our summer crops
especially. In the case of the all-important
corn crop, tho firing and burning which so
shortens the crop in a season of protracted
drought would cease almost to harm it in a
sufficient depth of mould.
Any well turfed land, except of the very
lightest kind, will need a three-horse team
to break it well, and provision should be at
once made for sufficient strength of team for
doing the work effectually and in good time.
Plows, gearing, and every other requisite
should be renewed or repaired, that the sea
son's work be not delayed unnecessarily.
MANURES.
Manures of every description will com
mand tbe attention of tbe farmer. Composts
that have been unmoved a long time should
be well turned. Carting out manures and
spreading upon tbe ground where needed
should becairie I onat all convenient seasons.
Commercial fertilizers that may be needed,
including ;ime, plaster and ashes, should be
procured and safely stored until needed. We
need not nrge the importance of tbe amplest
supply that circumstances will allow.
CJAKDE NOTES.
Atparagui Bed. Old beds should be dug
and manured early if this necessary work
has not been attended to in the tall giving
a dressing of salt and ashes. If a new bed
is to be planted, give the ground a very
thorough digging, two depths of the spade,
and manure heavily. Sow seeds in a rich
bed for a stock ot new plants.
Bean. String-beans may be planted in
warm soil late in tbe month, though at some
risk of losing the seed. Tbe only way to
get an early crop is to plant early.
Uaooage flant. sow seeds ot early and
late sorts, in the open ground, whenever dry
enough. Early Yorks planted on ridges in
the fall may be worked and leveled tbe last
of tbe month, unless it keep very cold. .
Vetery. Ueiery seed, it an early crop be
wanted, should be sown now.
Carrot, Beet and Partntit. Seeds or all
these should be sown as early as practicable,
in well-prepared, rich loam.
Early Pea. Let these be planted without
delay. Of the sorts that need slicks, plant
in double rows, six inches apart.
Early Potato. Allow no delay in get
ting these into the ground. For early plant- (
ing medium-size whole potatoea should be
planted. If cut let it be done some time in
advance of planting. The crop of early po
tatoes is usually cut short by dry weather at
the time tbe tubers are forming. This may
be guarded against by a mulch of straw or
coarse litter put on to the depth of six or
eight inches, before tbe dry weather begins.
Ltuue. Deed may now be sown in open
border, and plants set out.
Medicinal and Pot Herb. Sow seeds of
these for supply of plants, and and let out
plantt in ricb, warm soil.
Bhubarb or PU Plant. Set out plants and
sow seed.
Onion. Onion sets must ba planted for
early crop. For main crop tow seed early
in very rich and well-worked soil. Keep
strictly clear of weeds, thin out in due time,
and tbey will get abundant size by fall.
BaduK. Sow aeedt without delay.
Tomato and Eyg-Plant. Sow aeedt ia
open border for late planting. Better plants
will be grown In this way, and much more
reliable for lata bearing. Thoa growiug in
hotbeds must have autotioa.