TlilMIS, Ot TIIB 'AJIEKCAW."
TERMS TITO DOLLARS pT enrmra. M M if
mi) pail within tb year. So paper dlaoonUnued
nniil nil arrearage ar paid.
Theae terms will b. atrictly adhered la hcrtnAcr.
U auhauriber n.glotT refuse tok their w.
tMiptrn from th one t. which Ih.y ar directed, they
are responsible nnlil the; bav s.Uled th bill and
ordered them diseontinaed.
Postmaster will pleat aet M our Agent, na
frank lotlor containing tubacrlption money. Thy
ire permitted to do this under the PoetDlBo Lw.
JOB PfllHTlBQ.
W hsv oonnooted with oar establishment a wall
lolocted JOB OFFICE, which will enable tu to
xeoute, In lii neatest tyl, every variety of
Printing
BUSINESS CARDS.
ft mi'mm
ATTOWNEY at law
Borth Side of Public Square, one door eaat of the
Old Bauk building.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collections nnd all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Court of Northumberland and
ed'uiiiiing Counties.
Vunbury.Sept. 15, IHnu.
t. J. IRU.1KR. ,.
& SCABS,
Attorneys and tTonneiellorai nt Uwt
Chctnut Stroet, west of tho N. C. and P. E. Hall,
road Depot, in tho building lately oocupied by
F. Lotnrua, Esq.,
STJ-NBTJIVZ- PENN'A.
Collections and nil Professional business promptly
attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Couu
tic. aplM
-W. HAUPT 1
Attorney and Couusicllor at Law,
Office on south si lo of Market street, Ire door East
of the tf. C. Baiiroad,
STJNBTJRY, PA.. :
Will attend promptly to all profcasior.nl biiiine
entrusted to his earn, the collection of clairoa ic i
Noi ihuinborlnnd and tho adjoining countica. j
banbnry, April IS.1.S07. j
If BS. "JAi!iI:K."""f
Attorner ut Inv, SLNBUKV, PA
L'ollcctiona attended to in tho countiirt or or
'Oiumbcrlnnd. Union, Snyder, Muntour. Columbia j
'Mil Ly.omiug. '
nnrr-tiKcai.
ilon. John M. liced, riilla.le',pliia, )
A. t). Outtoll A Co.,
lion. Wm. A. Porter. " I
torton McMiuhncl, Em., " l
K. Ket:!mm Co., 24 Pearl Street, Sn Vork. j
John V. Aahmcad. Attorney at Law, "
Matthent A Cox, Attorney at Law, " (
Sunbnry, Maroh 2'.'. 1H'2.
"jAC0B SHIPMAN. i
1TIRE AKD I.IF3 INSUEMICE AOEHT, I
6UNHUHV, I'ENN'A. j
RCrKKStST!! ;
V?arntni Mutual Fire Inaunuioe Co., Yurk Pa., j
;umberlaut Valley Mutual Protection Co., ;
.en Vork Mutual Lite, (liiaid Lifool Tbil i..AIlnrt- ,
ord Coin Oeocral Accident. '
iSunbury, V,itr il 7, ly- '
VV. J. W0LVERT0I?.
Ai-ftillMV.X A l" l-AW,
Wiritt Street, t &urt won of Vr. Eyntcr'l Store.
rtUNUJiy. PENN'A.
All proftepiona'! iu!ns' tiii' usi adjoining eoun
tief fironiptlr attended to.
uAah-v, iTutisHitw 17. lH. ly
SURVEYOR AND -CaVVEYAffCR
AND
Jt'STICli OF TUU I'LACE.
M:t!'iti,. Xort'ountierlitncl GkhIu. l'tr.ri'u
I
:"neo 'in Jaeknun township. Engagement can
, . .1 ii-uluil I.. 1 1,., tiltvn nriilrewri. '
I l,n mads bvleit. r. directed to the alvvenddrc-a
All bu.initw ont'rus'.cJ to hi care. ill be promptly
attended i'j.
April 21. ISiir.-lv
, ,
Li.or.T RtKXaiKM. ,
Wll. M. llOl KKfKt.l.KH.
ROCKEFELLER
& R0ZREACH.
SI HI I1V, PKS'.
OFFICK tbo same that has been heretofore oecu
pied by Win. M. Kiirkufellcr. Kq., nearly op
j.y.ite the residence of Judgo Jordan.
rumury, Juiy i, inso. y
if.OKOK Itlt.C, F;0" P- WtlLTtRTOS.
HILL & WOLVEKTON,
tttoriii-yx and t.'oiuiM'lor J B.aw.
w
'ILL attend to tiin eolle: ikii " all Hitds of
clttuni, including iiac. t j ,
"l1- "" j
iIIB.
EDWIN A- EVANS,
ATTOHNEY AT X-.AW
Market Square, near tbe Court Howe,
EUNBL'UY, Northumberland County, Pa,
Cnl'.ec'kitu promptly attended to in tbia and adjoin
ing Counties.
Apii! 11, 1317.
JERPJ3IIAH SNYDER,
Attorney .V Counsellor ut l.uw.
jsnill llV,
riTlif'l' Attorney for :ortiinin
liriuiid 4'oun(y.
(anbury, March 31. IHiln ty
' sJj ry e OR SOLDIERS.
1HAVE made arreogement in Washington City,
fur liie prompt coli.-otion of Bounty under the
iate Aet of Cor.giei. I hiive alto received the pro.
per blanks to pepire the claims. Soldier entillcl
I.. .... un....... ...w.i.l .nnl. t,,.,nedintelv. aa it is eft.
imated tlictk will reouire three yeura to adjust al! i
tho claim
All (oldiers who eaUcted for three ycara and who
have not received mwe than $100 bounty are entitled
to the henontscf tbia Aol. ta well a old:er who I
have ecli'tod fir tk. jtmt and discharged after u
service of two veir. t y ikoii cf wound rseetvel,
diioacc oonUracU'd iu liiw utdutv. or re-enlistment.
LI.'iVD i ROUKliACll.
SoeKry. A a goat 18, Isrtf..
JACOB O BECK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer a
. CLOTH?-, CAKSIMEUES, VESTING, ic.
i'au n .trcet, ontli of Weaver')
BUN B U B V P A.
March 31 laOO
I. (IASBOLTZ, C. H WOtvrttTOX. C. f. AHOLTS
COAL! COAL! COAL!
f"pHE subscribers respectfully inform thecitiiens of
X Buubury and vicinity, that they huve opened a
CO Alt YARD
at J. Ilaa A Cu'sl-ower Wharf, Kuubnry, l"a.
where they arc prepared to supply all kind, of Kha
niokin Coal, at encup rate. Faunlie and other
cromntlj upidicd. Country cuttosa roopocifully
lolioitcd SEAbHOLIZ CU.
Sunbury, Jan. 12,1567.
' JN0. KAY CLEMENT.
Business in thi nd adjoining eouatie carefully
and promptly atttendej to.
Office in Market Street, Third door west of Bmith
& Uentber Store and Tiowar Store,
C0AL!C0AL!J COAL!!!
O i i. A
T 45 BH OTH
Sbipucrit
A. ioIcule At ltetail
l-uler. iu
A. IIlTi: ICi:i AHII C'OAIi,
la every variety.
Bole Agent, wcatward, of the Celebrated Henry
Clay Coal.
Lowia W.Aar, Buaicar, Pa.
Sunbury, Jao. 13, IHo. -
'f&r&mitm Bros,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
ti-.-- Wharf. BUUBURY. P.nn'a.
ty Orders olint.l aud ailed with prompteoss and
deapateh.
fi trary, May 1, tM -J
SUNB
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO.
T. It. PoitBt, J. D.
ATTOKNEV8 AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
Office in the iceond tory of Dcwarf building, ad-
juining the Dimoerat office, on the north aide of
Market Square.
Will attend promptly to the collection of elaim
and other profoasional buainea intruated to hit care,
in Northumberland and adjoining eountief .
November 9, 1807.
C. A. REIMENSNYDER,
ATTOHXEY AT LAW, SUNUl'KY, PA.
All buaineu entrusted to hi care attended to
promptly and wilh diligence. pt.l4.
8. 8. Wtnan, Jobs KrNL.
"TOSS vDN2D1V
ARCH STREET, between Third and Fourth Street
iiiii.iii:i.iiiia.
Wi:UER A Rl'KKLE. Proprietor.
Juue 29, l7-ly;
ADDISON 0. MARE,
A T T O 11 N i: Y AT L A f,
BHAMOKIN, Northumberland County. Pa.
VLL huaineaa attended to with promptnesa and
diligence.
Shainokin, Aug. 10, 1807 ly
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
omcropatl)ic 13fji,sictan.
Ornduato of the ltomotopathio Medical College of
Pennaylrania.
Orrtci!. Market Squne oppoaite tbo Court House.
SL'NUCRV, PA.
UnVe Hnura -7 to 9 morning ; 1 to S afternoon ;
7 to 9 -evening. M 1S-
AtfGUSlTXHOTE
MAUrri. JUW, Proprietor.
(Formerly of the Mnnsion Home. Mahonoy City,
Schuylkill county. Pa.)
In Cuke's Addition, near the Machine Shops,
S XT 3ST B TJ Tl "ST , IEITN"A.
Trswk'nt and permanent boardera will find thin -moat
comfortable bouse and pomessine; the advnp.
tunes of convenience to the railway and uainea part
of the town. Being newly furuifhcd with nil the
modern household improvctnenla, there ia every fn
cility l'r the convenient occoroniodation of gutit.
tlood alabling and experienced hoftlera inal'.ml.
ancn.
i-.nbiiry, June 22. :SGT.
DH. J. S. ANGLE.
(UDU.TE of Jefferson Mcltcal College, wilh
it Gvc years practice, offers hia professional aer
' vicee lo the eitisena of Sunbury and vicinity will
attend all call promptly
OFFICE over Thacher's Store, in rieasanta' build-
ing, Market Square.
I Orrirr. Hoiits from 8 to 10 A. M.
2 to 5 V. M.
' Sunbury. April 27, 167.
I aIierotype ANI) photograph
j Corner Marks! A Fawn Street, SUNIlL'RV, Pa.
S. BYERLY, Pi'.oritir.TOK,
pv0,ttgiDi1 Ambrdtvne and Melaicotyp" tnken lu
. . r . .. . . ..1 r 1
the bat atyle of tho art. apl
" 'UNION HOT EI.
t"I AK. I I ZI'l., Proprl-or.
.... AitKn to SC.Nni'RY, near tl,e Peon'
K,iilro:.l Coinpanv' Shops.
PEUUAXKST AND TRANSIENT llOARPEr.f
kent who will nnd amrle accommouaiions
find amrle accommodations. Wood
eovha and walteri". boarders can enjoy the quiet rtm
(let e home with fare equal to tho beat hotels.
11 i.i Liquora are of tbo choicest kind.
Sunburv. June 8, IS'" 7.
Mouat Carmel Hotel
M'f. CAUMEL, NorthiiniUerliind C'., Pa.,
TIfOS. IlUIiKET, l'ltoi'itihTo.'i.
Thit lai-goeomir odious Hotel is located nnnr t!.c
deiiotaof tiie Hhaoiokin Valley and the Qu iki'ke
. l .... 11 i i ... cn.l d.o,i.rt 'lnlt V.
iillt iwc i, located in tho centre of t'.o ' ont lit-
giB and afford Hi bt a.-ooiuai .Uition to ri.-vl.T.
und permanent e-iaiomers. jj
ECU S3.
. I'lIILADELPlfl.
CHESTNUT STREET. 1'liaADEI.PlIIA
rpiIIS well known Hotel, situate near tho corner
JL of Ninth 4 Chcanut Street, Philadelphia, i. en
acsount of its superior location and excellent cctn-
i modations, one of the best aud meat desirable stop
! I'ing idaota in the city.
II. W. KANAOA, Propriotor.
j Fcbiuatv 15. 1S67. Qui
:' ' "BOOK "BINDERY.
JOHN HERIVIAN.
North Mill stroet, DAN MLLE, PA.,
IS prepared to Bind Books, Papers, Magaiine
Mutiv, Ac, in any stylo that may be desired, at
cheaper rates thuu cuu be doue in the cities.
IT Orders left at this Offiae, will receive prompt
titlention. oct.ltb7
'I'oyi und I'ancy tjloodx !
JOHN DO L L ,
V. JM Market Street, Philadelphia, Importer of
Herman and Frer.cb TOVS AND fA.M't A K 1 1
t'LKS, just received a very large assortment of u.l
kinde of
Tr ys, Cbina-H'aro, Canes, Pipes. Harmonicas, Mar.
biu. blates, Pencils, Marks, Baskets,
and nl! a variety of H AMES, Ac, Ao.
p Country Merchant will ploose examine my
Stock.
October V l8':n
" iTk Tt Die iiousiV
II. A. I PsO, Kiip'i,
WILLI AM3PORT, PA.
May W. 1357. Cm
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO UODI.I
NESS."
A FACT whieh U demonstrated at Gl'NNISOS
A. A CO S.,
l ir.t lui vhavlu Ilalr Mttlufj
und liniiioouius ICooimh.
Two firsl-chis liARUEMS always in attendance.
Particular attention to cutting Ladies and Children's
hair. Uive u a oall at lb New Koom over the
Post Office.
Sunbury. Augnat 3, 13C7. tf
SHOEMAKERS.
THE best qualities of Sole Leather, French Calf
kin.. Morrocuos. Linines. Lasla, Naila, Peg.-
Tools of all kinda, and every ttillig usea v me irauo,
foraale low by 3. II. CONI.f.Y A CO
GROCERIES,
Provision, and Flour
& Feed Store.
J, A. .llV Ac '.,
Id Weimar' Building, Water Street, near King at.,
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.,
INFORM their friend and th public generally
that tbey bavea large assortment of Uroooric
Provision. lo.,all fresh and of th best quality, con.
listing of Teas, Coffees, Sugar, and Sptoe.
Dried and Canned Fruit, Prune, RaUin. Cheese,
and Cracker, and in faot everything uaually
kept in th. (irooery lin.
The- would also eall attention to tbelr large and
ehaplotor (Joed FAMIL-X - LOUR, Ore. Tea,
Ham. Shoulder, o., which ar constantly krt on
hand. Alo, .11 kind of Vegetable, Ao., l
Give them a eall and for yourself.
Northumberland, Sept. ti, 1887.
' CARPENTERS.
W XXL Ssd Ut oar Ubllhmeat a sopari; 'took
f Place, Saw, Angers, iUlh, , Til,
Cils, ,. for J by a,-v,
9.
POETICAL.
BiBTTEIl THAN GOLD.
Rotter than grandeur, bettor llinn gold,
Than rank and title a thousand fold,
Ia a healthy body, a mind al eaao.
And simple plcasurca that always please ;
A heart that enn feel for another's woo
And ahare bis jya with a genial felon,
With sympathies large enough to cnlold,
All men as brolberv, it better tbnn gold.
Better thnn gold is a conscience dear,
Though toiling fur bread in an humble sphere;
Doubly bleat with content and health,
Untried by the lust of cures or wealth ;
Lowly living and lofiy thought
Adorn and onuoble a poor man' cot,
For mind nnd moral in nature'a plan
Are the genuine toat of a gentleman.
Better than gold is the swee: repose
Of the pons ol toil when their labors close ;
Better than gold ia tho poor man's sleep,
And the balui tbatdrnpj on hia slumbers deep
llring sleeping drauglns to tbo downy bed
Where luxury pillow, his aching head,
His simple opiate lubor deems
A iuorlcr road to tho land of dreams.
Better than gold ia a thinking mind,
That in the realm of books out 6nd
A treasure surpassing Australian ore.
And liko with tho groat and good of yore,
The sage's lord and tho poet's lay,
The glories of empire passed away,
'J ho world's gre:it dniina will thus enfold
And yield a pleasure better than gold.
Belter than gold is a peaceful homo,
W'here all the tiresiJo churiiies come,
The shrine of love, the heaven of lit'n,
Hallowed by linllier, or sister, or wife,
However humble tbo home may be.
Or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree.
Tho blessings tbnt never were bought or auld
And centre there, are better than gold.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
i;.tEti.'!i; a Fa:.
by mai;y onAcn uai.pi.ne.
"And so you want, to uiurry my daughter,
young man," said farmer U'ifkins, removing
the pipe from hi- mouth, and looking nt the
young fellow hhatply from bend to toe.
Despite his rather indolent, effeminate ail ,
which wna mainly t lie lesnlt of his edilea
tion, Luke Jordan was a L''ie Iooaimo (Vil.iw,
and not easily moved from bis selfpo-.-i s
sion ; but he colored and grew contused be
neath that sharp, M'rtitini.ing Link.
"Yes, sir. I spoke to Miss Mary last eve
ning, nnd she she relet red mo to you."
"Molly is a good uiil, a very good girl,"
he said, str iking his chin with n thoughtful
air, "and sho iltsci ves u good hualjutid."
What csn yon do ?
Tho yottni! man looked rather blank ut
thi ubriipt n p'y.
"If you refer t-; my ul i'ity to support u
w ife, I can asure you "
"I know that von are n rich man, Luke
Jordan, but I tnl:e it for grunted that you
ask my girl to marry yon, not your proper
ty. What guarantee cuu yo give me, in
ca-e it should be swept away, as it is in
ihousands of instances, tint you could pro
vide Tor b'M- a comfortable home? You have
bauds nt.d biaii.s do you know bow to use
them i A tin I lisle, w hat can you do ?"
This win a it', !e of catechi.-in fur which
Luke Wits qi.iti- unprepaied. and he staled
blankly the qtt stions without sjxMiking.
"1 btlii'vo you managed to get through
college h.ni! you uny profession t"
"No, sir ; I thought "
"Have you nuy trade ?"
''No, sir; me father thought that, with
the wer.ltli I bhonlJ inherit, I shouh.1 not
need any."
"Your father thought like a fool. then.
He'd much bitter have i i e-n ou some lion
t occupation and cut you oil illi a ski!
iing it might have been the iiiakiiiL' of you.
As it is, what are you lit for? Here you
are, a strong, able bodied young man, twen
t, four years old, and never earned a dollar
i.i ur life.! You ought to bo ashamed ot
..f.tr-'i-lf." '
"And you want to marry my daughter."
resumed the old man. alter a few igoroiH
puff at his pipe. ' Now l'e g'nen Molly
as good advantages for learning as .any girl
iu town and she hasn't thrown 'em away.
but if she didn't know how to work, she'd
be no daughter of mine. If I choose. I
could keep more than one Servant ; but I
don't, no more than I choose that my daugh
ter should bo a pale, spiritless creutute, full
of dyspepsia and all manner of line lady ail
ment.', instead of t lie smiling, blight eyed,
rosy-cheeked tass she is. I did say thai she
should marry no lad that bad been cursed
with a i it-Is father; but ahe's taken a foolish
liking to you, i.nd I'll tell you w hat I'll do ;
go to work, and pro ii yourself lo be a man;
perfect yourself in some occupation I don't
care w hat, so it be 'honest; then come to me.
an I, if tho gill is willing, she is yours."
As the old man said this, he deliberately
knocked (he ashes out of his pipe against
one of the pillars of tho porch where he was
sitting, tucked it into bis vest pocket, and
w rnt into the house.
Pretty Mary Blifkins was wailing to see
her lover down at tho garden gate, their
usual trysting place. The smiling liulit
faded from her eye us she noticed his sober,
iliscomlitcil loi.k.
"Father jneans well," she said, us Luke
told her tho result of his application.
"And I'm not sure but that he is about
right, ' she re-.uinetl, altera iiiougiiiiui pause.
for it teems to me that every man, be he-
rich or poor, ought to buve some occupa
tion."
Then, R9 sho noticed her lover's grave
look, she added softly :
"Never mind, I'll wait for you. Luko."
Luke Jordan suddenly- disappeared from
his accustomed haunts, much to the sutprise
of his gay associates. But, wherever he
went, bu carried with him in his exile these
word, and which were like a tower of
streumh to liis soul, "I'll wuit for you,
Luke."
One pleasant, sunshiny morning, late in
October, as farmer Hliikius was propping
mi H grape vine in bis fiont ard, that
threatened to break down with tho weight
of its luxurious burdens, a neat looking cart
diovo up, from which Luke Jordan alighted
with a quick, clastic spring, quite, iu con
trust to his formerly easy, leisuiely move
ments. "(ood morning, Mr. Blifkins. J under
stood that you wanted to buy some butter-
tubs and cider barrels. 1 tlmiK mat 1 Have
some here that will just suit you."
"Whose make are they?" inquired the
old man, as, opening the gate, be paused by
the K"n
"Mine," replied LuVe, with f p"'
donaMo prlile : "and I challenge auy cooper
in tho State to beat them."
Mr. Bllfkius examined thorn critically one
by one.
"They'll do,H he tald, cooly, as lie set
down the last of the lot. "What will ye
take for them f"
"What I uked you for bii months ago to
dayyour daughter, air."
I
fcjr
II. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
Tliu roguish twinkle in tho old man's eves
brimilcin.il into ft smile.
"You've got the right metal in you after
bII," ho crioil. "Ohio in, Ind cotnu in. 1
fliniiktu't wonder if we mink1 a trudo after
nil."
Nothing lothLuke nliryed.
"Molly I" Uwled .Mr. UlilkinD, thrusting
hi liend into tho kite lien floor.
Molly tripped out into the entry. Tho
round, whito tirtns wcro Imred uliove the
elliowa. und horu truces of the flour she had
been filling. Her lres was a neat gingham,
over whit.'h nua tietl H lilue checked nion ;
luit she looked ns winning nnd lovely iis.bho
always did wherever she waa found.
Nio Lliislied and smiled m ho saw Luke,
nnd then. tuti)iiJ! lier eyesjupon her futher,
waited, dutifully, to hear what ho bud tu
say.
The old man regarded hi duughter for a
moment wilii u qwiizled look.
"Molly, this young man miiyliRp you've
suen him before litis brought men lot of
tubs und biiircls. nil of hia own make a
right good mticle, too. lie asks a pretty
xteep piice for 'em ; but if you uro willing
to tfive it, well and good, nnd hulk ye, my
liiil, wlmtover bargain you inula- your old
lather will rntily."
Ai Mr. li I i I Uins mid this, he considerately
st-eppeii nut of the room and wo will follow j
his exi:n.ple. But I lie kind of bargain the
young people iiiude can readily be conjec
tured by tho speedy wedding that followed.
Ltrko Jordan turned his attention to the
study of medicine, of which profession he
become h useful and influential member, but
every year, on the iinniveisary of Ins mar
liuge, he delights his lather in law by some
specimen of the hantiicral't by which he won
what he declares to be "the best uud deurest
wile iu the world."
'I'hc E'oiiiiliii i v Vontla.
A MoVIN T ALU W A Hit AM' CD rcltEl.T VEOI
TAULli. AND NONECKMIMi uNLKSS SlOMiD
BY 'lllli I'KOrlllkTOlt.
By Petroleum V. Nasby, v. m., (wich Is
Potui ister.)
Chap. I.
It wuz ill Noo Yolk city, that gny metro
polis, the seel uv limiry and reliiK ineiit, and
the homo uv John Morrisey and the Bluck
Crook.
Thither lied I come, after O bow muny
days uv tiresome wulkin ez the rear gtiaM
uv it droNe uv the cattle uv u thousand hills
uv western Peuiisy Ivauy. 1 w uz. in Noo
York, and on Broadway wuz a site! The
ruiubliu, jumblin, mass uv wagonsund snigis
ami coaches! tho sidewalks tilled with a
hurry in muss, tho rich, the poor, the high,
the low, tho proud, the bumble, tho uged,
the ynnthful !
I gazed into the winder uv a drug store.
Fatal gaze! L'lilorlnit look ! That look hud
an ir.flooencc onto my tuctier life.
Wat did I see 1
A card.
Thus it red : "Barrett' Hair Itestoralive!"
with u picter uv u man with thin, gray lox,
al'oie u.-in it, and tho same man with heavy
huir i z black iz Poo's stately lavcn uv the
days uv yore, after yoosiu it.
Only this and uoihiii more.
U wnzenull. My hair wuz gray. I bought
a bottle uud applied it ez by directions ou
I he wrapper.
Chap. II.
l'onie agin ! homo agin 1 from a fuirin
shore ! 1 wuz on the threshold uv my homo
stid, wich wuz a homo to me, humble
though it v 117. Looizer Jane, tho wile uv
tut buzziim, wuz ut the gate u gossipiu with
iter nabor ez wuz her wont.
' Looizer Jane '." shleckt I.
"S i r !" sed she in a surprised tone.
"11a," hist I, "is this tho treatment a fond
husband rececves on his return to the buz
zimi uv his f imily "
"llusbuud ! yoo ? is't possible ? Where is
tin m gray lox ( ilast groAii young agin, ez
when in manhood's pi line thou wood.t und
won met It cannot be. and jit, thul
lireulh! It is ! it is I" and she bwoondul ut
my feet. The children J bed n mo trouble
with, but they tiiialiy acknowledged inc.
The nose wuz the feechcr they took hold uv;
thut WU7. unchanged.
Cu.uv III.
"Husband, mine!" ted she to me in her
wiuiiincst tome, "thy locks is black, while
mine, uias ! is gray. Buy for ine also liar
letl'a potent cure, that 1 may be ez loot yoo
knowd me in love's young dream!"
Cood 1 resist the eutreuty ? Nary. 1
bought a bottle, und lo ! iu a month she wuz
iranslorined. Her rusty gruy hair become
ez bluck ez jet. A new set uv custom-made
teeth, wich cost me tifty dollars, completed
the metamorphose, uud she wuz young agin,
her youth coslin me fifty one ilollurs, cash.
Disastrous investineul 1 Four weeks from
that date, sho lun oil wilh a yalikee pedlur,
wlnt sposed she wuz but twenty-lour !
Kin 1 me Bariett and git J'.dguu ul for
hei'vulyoo? Alas.no! And so 1 plod on
wearily und alone, a mizublo obijick. I
cood uiuiry ugiu ez u young man, but this
fond heart kin never thump for number.
False Looizer Juno ! Too utUcaahui Bar
rett !
Ulli EUND.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SoiumiiiiliiiiislU--Jlovv u l.udy
tvt-ut to lied its ii Slruia:e IMuee
What Happened 'I'erelVosii.
From the Quiuey (111.) Whig J
Somnambulists me guilty of a great num
ber of curious freaks. We beard last even
ing an instance that occurred not a bundled
miles from "Quincy. A lady aud a gent
tiinre as the principals. The lady aud gen
tleman in question have been, up to the hour
ol the occurrence, for a lona time betrothed,
ami w ere only w ailing lor a f-norabje oppor
tuiiity to come around when the twain would
be made one flesh or thereabout.
The ladv isawimnunibulist "ol the highest
order." About a month ago tho lady uud
her lover hud spent the evening together
and had separated ut an early hour, t he gen
tleman repairing to hi room, some two
blocks off, and waa anon sound asleep, dream
ing of the fair being w ho would soon be his.
She, in her still chamber, by her midnight
lump, pored over the precious pages of the
latest new novel, investing, doubtless, the
hern lover with the form aud features of him
who was all tu all to lier.
But cie the "balmy messenger" has come
tn her pillow, Imagination again wanders on
the scenes so lately presented, the various
actors start from their hidings anew, while
her ideal heroine becomes Identified with
herself, and she arises. A drawer close by
contains those hidden and delicate mysteries,
carefully prepared for use during the bouey
moon, and re robing heriwlf, sho tart out,
AMERICAN.
14, 18G7.
OLD
and carefully treading the distance tbnt in
tervened between her own bouse nud that of
her lover, she reaches tho door, find here
cornea the mystery. How gained she ad
tiiiltance? But certnin it is she did. She
enter the chamber of her nfflanccd, gently
she ilea down beside him, and presently not
a sound is heard save tho steady nnd even
breathing that betoken .ound antl healthy
repose. '
Daylight camt. nt Inst, nnd as nil things
must have an end, so did this sweet sleep of
innocence and beauty. A shrill shiiek bursts
on the morning air. The gentleman ftimps
from the bed and stares in affright, thiuking
he is oppressed by somujiorrible nightmare.
Uu sees the pillow whereon two heads have
lain pillowed tinting the night, and beholds
the terrified object of his love robed in nn
eleaant chanibro de nuit, her heart nuluita-
ting with n thousand throbs of wonderment
and horror. "How canto I here V at last
broke from her lips. Tho wortls brought
the young man to his senses, nnd he rculi.ed
In position, his tlisltaliillc, .Mrs. (irnndv
and equatting down ou tho floor by the side
of the bed, bis forehead just protruding
above, nn explanation followed. "What is
to tic donef" With a nuickness of thought
he considered how by one grand coup do
main to silence suspicion nnd make all right
Telling the lady to be quiet a few moments,
be hastily dressed, rushed franticnlly to the
bouse of the county clerk, told l.i in the cir
cumstances. got a license, sought a preacher,
returned in less than on hour, and they were
married the lady in her night gown, and he
in slippers, pants and night shirt.
flow ii Guillotine .llauia Caused u
.TSuu'h Death.
The following story is told by the Paris
correspondent of a London paper:
"Louis Francois Gosier has just died at
Doodling, Austria, at the age of eighty-seven,
from a guillotine furore. He was the son of
a servant of the unfortunate Louis XVI,,
and was born at Paris. The Revolution
burst out w hen ho was only ten years old ;
his father was beheaded, but his mother sue- ;
cetded in leaching Germany with her son.
Luckily enough, she also succeeded in sav
ing a part of her fortune, aud sho was thus
enabled to give n good education to her son.
In a very short time ho was appointed pri
vate secretary to an eminent Austrian per
sonage, and he published in French ti 'His
tory of the French Revolution.'
"His patrimony ullowed him to live com
fortably, ho purchased nt Doebling a house,
limn which he never went out since 18L1.
Only two tiietuls of bis were received in bis
house, and through them his eccentricities
were know n. Ilis house consisted of live
rooms. He had devoted tho lurgest one to
tho perfection of the guillotine ; thut room
was full of benms, ropes nnd head choppers.
Every time he improved the deadly instru
ment to his satisfaction he bade bis friends
bring him cats and dogs, which ho beheaded
with bis machine. During these trials he
was so incited to kill that once he threw
himself on one of bis friends, w ith the inten
tion to cut hi-t he-id off; that friend escaped,
thanks to his superior Rtrenglh. lie used to
wallow in the blood of animals, and ho
looked more liko a cannibal than a civilized
man. Ho left his bud only during two hours,
daily, from three to live in the afternoon.
Those two hours lie devoted to hia experi
ments. He utc, read and wrote in bed On
Friday last be w as making some rxpciimenls
with bis guillotine, when be toll ill ; ho rang
the boll, but when his servant maid camo in
be was a corpse, lie had been struck by un
attack of apoplexy. He ul ways used to say.
My father would not have sulfered tit all.
mm ne oeen oeiicaucw oj mij o"u
What do you say of that retrospective filial
uuectiou :
A Story Ahout 'line Ilulr."
Anion.' tho really interesting curiosities
of the Pari. Exhibition, everv truveler tells
us, are the picturesquely attired girls w ho
are to be seen in front of the far eastern and
northern departments, and remarkably those
who represent the national Scandanavitin
peasantry. Iu front of the Swedish restaur
unt. a real child of tho Norlh, urrayed in
silver braided skirts, and coveted with fila
gree ornaments, bad attracted a good deal
of admiration. A thick plait of fuir hair is
w ound round her muslin tut ban. Some
days ago, two loungers in the Swedish De
partment of the ISxIiinitloil ouiiuing were
discussing vivaciously the merits of blonde
Swedish girls. One gentleman maintained
that the solid pluit which fastened her coif
fure was of her own liair, wtiite ms com
panion pronounced it to be false. They
made a bet about it, and Unully the girl was
culled, und one ot the disputunts addressed
her. "Is thut all your own hair ?" asked be.
"Why, whose Miould it be 1" answered, the
fair Swede, naively. "It might have been
bought ; such things are often done," said
her questioner. "In our country wo often
ell our hair," was the reply, "but wo never
l,ny it why do you ask me such a ques
tion ?'' "Because my friend, here, declares
that it is false." After such an assertion
there was nothing left for her but to undo
her plait, which fell in mngniliceut profusion
to her feet. She did not appear at all sur
prised at the proceedings uutil the winner
of the bet pave her the twenty francs he hud
won. Then she was fairly astonished. That
was u happy day for her, und she counted
1 1 ' L .1... l....:.l..n col 1.1,'ltl
on t lie recuirence oi me uiv.io. o,
an airy cnstlo with the money her hair was
going to bring her during tho Exhibition.
K!i! would buv a fishing boat and nets with
the money she had made, and then what a
crowd of devoted admirers she would buve
round br when she returned to her Swe
dish home! B"t human curiosity has its
bounds, and she bail no further invitution
to loosen her massive plaits.
Badi.v Mixed Tli.egiiams. A merchant
who was absent from home, recievtd a tele
gram informing him of his wile's safe dcliv
i ry of a little girl j at tho suuie tiino a letter
Horn bis nartner advised him that a draft
had been preseuted for $5,(ll'0, utnl tho sig
nature seemed rather doubtful. Tho mer
chant replied to both letters, but misdirected
them. The astonishment ot the wile may
bu imagined when she read : "1 know noth
ing about it ; it's a swiudle." The partner
received a hearty congratulation upon in
safe deliverance.
"George," asked a minister of one of his
parishioners' little boys, "where ia your
sister Minnie V
"Gone to Heaven, sir."
"What I is she dead?"
"Oh, no, sir; ahe went to buy a box of
matches."
"Why, you said she'd gone to Heaven."
"Well, you said last Suuday that matches
were made iu Heaven, o I thoughtsbo went
there."
SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 9.
A llaxty Murriagre.
Improbable aa it may seem to some, the
statement we are about to make is absolute
ly true. The incident occurred in Juniata
county, only a low weeks ago. A rather
good looking sti anger came to the neigh
borhood, peddling spectacles. Arriving at
the houso of Mr. (Smith we shall call
him fcr short.) he exhibited his stock to
the old lady. She tried feverul, and finally
one suiteti ner exactly, but she had "no
money to nuy witn." Peddler pressed her
to buy. Sho reiterated the fact that she
bad no money, but jokingly temarked "I'll
trade cine of my daughters for a pair' of
spectacles." Upon this the eldest of the
two girls spoke up "You needu't trade me,
mother, for 1 won t have biro." Thereupon
the peddler turned to the younger aud suid,
"Well, will you havo me?" The answer
was promptly "Yes 1" accordingly tho spec
tacles were handed over, and arrangements
at once made for the wedding. Thut night
the happy pair who had never seen each
other belore that day. were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony by Esquire L.
A short honeymoon of three days passed
pleasantly enough, tho peddler going out
on a trading expedition and returning faith
fully in tho eveuitig. All seemed delighted,
tho old folks as well as tho young, tho new-
made husband being exceedingly amiable
ana apparently a pertect gentleman.
One
or two nights he absented himself, but made
satisfactory explanation of the circumstance,
and be-ides luudn additional amends by
prcenmig his wife w ith a sum of money
sullicic'nt to buy a new dress and a pair of
shoes, both of which she very much needed.
Another night the family roof covered the
gay spectacle man, but that was the last.
He took departure next morning, and. to
make a long story short, has never been
seen by the interested parties since. Who
ho is or where he came from, aro alike mys
teries. And as for the name ho went by
whilst making his interesting sojourn iu
Lost Creek Valley, that was probably as
sumed for the occasion, and will hardly
help to discover whither ho has gouo.
Lnciitovn Democrat.
isolation of the Soxes.
It may be laid down as a general rule that
amusements which separate the sexes are
dangetous. I would not press the truth too
narrowly and literally ; but undoubtedly it
is a general truth thut where women seek
their amusements in one way by themselves,
and men seek theirs in another way by
themselves, there is in both ways a tendency
to degeneration and temptation. God meant
that uiuu und woman should live together,
work together, und in all the functions of
lile civil, sociul, religious, artistic and in
tellectual co-operate with each other; and
their mutual relations arc harmonizing and
balancing, and nowhere else more than in
the seeking and prosecution of amusements.
I believe that boys and girls should go to
school together. As they sit together in
the household, so I think thty should sit
together in our temples of learning. Col
leges should not be for all men or for all no-
men. but the same buildings and the sumo
professors should be provided lor both in
couitnou. And as it is in everything else,
so it should be in amusements
'1 hero is
much greater liability to temptation and
immorality where amusement is sought iu
the isolation and separation of the sexes.
Therefore, all exhibitions of pictures und
nttittipa nil time-itinna t'np miLlin rpcrpiitinn
aU institutions ll)r public amusement, should
Q 8UC, us tn e,uiji0 tuu people to go in
,,,, onj fmilies.
! l (lo not tllink amusement cm be good
generally in a community in which a man is
, ftiU(Uriea to take his wholo lamily to tliom. i
- jf tlere is unythiug you would not like your
wife and children to participate in with you,
the presumption is that it is wrong; and if
there is anything you would liko thotn to
participate in Willi you, mo presumption is
I that it is right. And this might bo made a
; rule of judgment far more widely than U
j now is. II. Y. Letcher.
Gwine to Lose a Nigckii. There was
nn immersion to take place on the banks of
u certain river. Several colored converts
had already been baptized, when the offi
ciating miuister led another into the water.
Moving cautiously into the stream for a
suitable depth, it happened, unfortunately,
that thelocatiou of the "stepping-off place"
was miscalculated, and all at once minister
and convert were floundering in the water
fifteen or twenty feet deep. The preacher
succeeded in clambering back on the ledge
of rocks w ithout much trouble, but the dar
key, frightened out of his wits, struck wild
ly ucross the stream. Arriving nt tho oppo
site shore, ho crawled, heavy and weary,
upon a log that projected into tho water,
and shaking himself like a wet dog, and
looking back with intense disgust, he ex
claimed : "Snmo white man's gwine to lose a
nigger by dis foolishness jet !"
A school mistress, while taking down the !
names and ages of her pupils, and of their
parents, ut the begining of the term, asked
ono little fellow. "What's your lather's
name?" "Oh, you needn't tako down his
name, he's too old to go to school to a wo
man," was the innocent reply.
A Calilorn'u story tells of a man who re
solved to quit drinking, and went to a notary
to get him to draw up au atBdavit to that
effect. The document was drawn, read aud
aproved ; tho party held up his hand and
murmured the usual "'clp me." H was
properly sealed anil delivered. "What's to
pay t" asked the pledger. "To pay to pay ?"
exclaimed the pat ty ; "nothing, of cotirce
this is a labor of love." "Nothing to pay ?"
returned the grateful but very forgetful
affiant. "You're a brick. Left- take a
drink I"
A Lawyer, neither youug nor handsome,
when examining a young lady witness iu
court, desired to perplex her, said : "Miss,
upon mv word, you are very pretty." The
vouol' ladv replied : "I would return the
compliment, sir, wero 1 not under oath."
Dan Rice, the nhow man, it a great admirer
of Weston, the nedeatnau. aud oner to wa
ger 150.000, $10,000 to go to Weston if be
wins, aud the balance to be donated by the
winner to anv suitable public charity, that
he (Weston) can walk one hundred luilet iu
twenty-three consecutive uours.
"Boss. I waut twenty five cents," said a
jour, printer to bis employer. "Twenty five
- . : . i.i i
cents 1 now loon ao you wim it, jai
"Next Tuesday." "Aa soou as that ? you
can't iet it. 1 have told you to often that
when you were in want of ao large a sum of
' . . !... ....L .
money you aiuai, iv aa, iv. emi
notice I"
Wby is a lawyer like a "lazy van in the
morning r jsocaute ne nca ursi ou one sine
and thuu turn ovft n li" on nthr
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AGRICULTURAL, &C.
How to liny loultry.
I send the following, which I buve observ
ed for some years in purchasing; poultry,
and which may be of use to some of your
readers who may not be fumiliur with tho
age of poultry.
Few housekeepers, and fewer cooks, aro
as good judges of the ago of poultry as they
ought to be. We all know when poultry
comes upon the table, whether it is tender
or tough ; and there should be no difficulty
of knowing just as certaiuly, whether a
chicken, duck, goose or turkey is old or
young, when it is offered for sale. Now,
the following is offered as a rulo by which
poultry can bo safely judged, which, if read
over a few times, and then luid away for
ready reference when needed, no person need
purchase old, tough poultry unless from
choice.
Ifu hen's spur is hard, and tho scales on
the legs rough, ho is old, whether you tee
her head or not ; but tho head will corro
borate your observation. If the underbill
is so stilT thut you cannot bend it dow n, and
the comb thick nnd rough, leave her, no
matter how fat and plump, for 60ine ouo
less particular. A young hen has only tho
rudiments of spurs ; the scales on the legs
re B1"",h, glossy nnd fresh-colored, what
ever me color may lie ; tho claws tender
and short, the nails sharp, tho tinder bill
soft, and the comb thin aud smoth.
An old hen turkey has rough scales on
the legs, callosities oil the soles of the feet,
and long strong claws ; a young one on tbo
reverse of all these murks. When the feath
ers are ou and the old turkey-cock has a long
tuft or beard, a young one but a sprouting
one ; and when they are off, thesmotli scules
nn the legs decide the point, besides tbo
difference in sizei of tho wattles of the neck
and iu the elastic shoot upon the nose.
An old goose, when alive, is known by
the rough legs, tho strength of the wings
particularly at tho pinions, the thickness:
and strength of the bill, and the fineness of
the feathers ; und w hen plucked, by tho
legs, tho tenderness of the skin under tho
wings, by the pinions ano the bill and the
coarseness of tho skin.
Lfucks are distinguished by the same
means, but there is this difference that a
duckling's bill is much longer in proportion
to the breadth of its bead than the old
duck. A young pigeon is discovered by
its pule colors, .smoth scales, tender, collaps
ed feet, aud the yellow long ilowu inter
spersed among its leathers. A pigeon that
can fJy has always red colored legs and no
down, nnd is then too old for wm. Ger
mantown Telegraph.
Wister tn TriE Hocsi:. There are many
beautiful botanisal experiments which cau
be conducted in the parlor during winter
which are not embraced generally in the list
of flowers and vines to bo found iu our par
lors and w iudows.
How many of tbo fair readers of tho Tele
graph havo t lie beautiful viue of the txecet
jiotu'o running over their mantelshelf? This
: pretty sight can be enjoyed by placing
u sweet-potato in a tumbler ot other glass
1 vjaeu..! ti ImiI uitli u-nlpr (iiisinrT n nin
.i,pr,n.,i, ,i,M i,.,- nj t Lo,, tlm lwe
end from one t; two inches Irotn the bottom
of the vessel. Keep on the mantelshelf, iu
a warm room, und every day give it sun for
an hour or two, and in a few duys rootling
will begin to appear aiming for the bottom
of the vessel, aud in two or three weeks the
eye will begin to shoot aud rapidly grow
and run upon suspended twine or any little
trellis-work prepureel for it. The divscore-t
bat-Utti is the prettiest for this purpose, when
it can be obtained.
The "Morning Glory" can bo propagated
iu parlor windows, where there is some sun,
to perfection duiing winter; it flowers with
its natural colors, nnd tho delicate little
vine con be mude to run over the windows.
A hanging vase is the prettiest for this.
Suspend at: acorn by a cotton thread tn
as neurly to touch the water in a glass ves
sel, (a hyacinth glass is perhaps tho best.)
set upon the window or muntel, and let it
remain there for eight or ten weeks, more
or less, without beiug interfered with, ex
cept to supply the evaporation of the water,
anil the acorn will burst, aud as it tnrows 8
root down into the water, a sprout or stem
will bo sent upward, throwing out beautifu
little green leaves; thus giving you an oat
tree, iu full life and health within your par
lor!
Again, tic a piece of lace over a tumbler
letting it down about half-way; put iu som
sweet peas, till with water so as just to cove
the peas ; iu a little while roots will appea
and seek tho bottom of the tumbler, the
the vine appears .and cau be trained on
twine or support and it will soon begin t
show its pretty flowers.
There are many ot the mosses which ca
bo very successfully grown in the houe
through tho winter, and with the foregoin
an interesting and refined enjoyment for th
feminine of a family and a real pleasure t
all who have a taste for the beautiful to wi
ucss. Wo trust to see a greater inclmutio
on tho part of the Indies to introduce int
their houses this most agreeable addition I
their domestic pleasure. Unrmantoicn 2Vi
graj.h. .
Iti: Ilt-N, ar.
Good Rkcgipt fou Dol'uunctk.--Tw
pound of sugar, three quarters of a pouu
of butter, three pouuds of flour and oi
pint of w arm milk aud a cup nt wet yea
Mike up the dough six or eight days befo
baking and knead every day. 1 presui
the weather should tar cold. Cook them
lard like other doughnuts.
Sai'saor. A neighbor thinks my form
receipt for eau.ngS called for too much ws
Here is tier uietuoii.
To every twelve pounds of Sausage ill"
three tablespoons of salt, three do. of pr
per, half a teaspoon red pepper aud six
Oltspoons oi 'age. i urn iuu urne i.
seasoued as ubove, she generally throws
two or three more tablespoons of sage.
Mush. We like mush very much fo
change, and instead of frying it for brei
fust we put a piece or outttnn a small m
ping pan w itli some cola noiica ntu.n
merely heat it thoroughly, mashiug it
up together. It does not frown auy a
does not fry, and me prefer it to frying, i
is it not better for the health t
Mince Pik. Take a pound of beef, :
from skin aud string, and chop it
Alio; then two pound ofsuut, which 1,
wise pick aud chop ; thcu add three pou
os currants nicely cleaned and perfectly
one pound aud a half of apples, the peel
juice of a lemon, half a pint of wtet w
half a nutmeg, and few cloves and m
with pimento id Coo powder; he cil
frarje, sod If men peel ruady, ani put
in ach of fcf r'o wr-en n le.
Bit.
I finn.f..
i eotumn,
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