l ERMS Ol' TIIK AMKIUGAR."
TERMS TWO DOtLABS pf tniram. t SO If
ot paid within the year. No pspor dUoontlnnei
mil all arrearage, are pall.
Then terms will be ttrietly linered to hereafter.
If inbscr'.beri nearest of feftne to take their now,
paper, from the office to whtoh they are directed, they
are responsible until the; hay settled lb bill ana
ordered them dieonnlinaed.
Postmasters will please act as oar Agentf, and
frank letters containing tobaerlption money. They
are permitted to do thii under the Port Office Law.
- -
JOB PRINTING.
We hare connected with our establishment a well
selected JOB OFFICE, whloh will enable U to
exeoute, In the neateat style, every variety of
Printing
TERMS or ADTERTIRnU.
Tha following are the rate! for adveruainf la the
AmnicART. Those baring advertising to da will
And It convenient for reforenoe :
Bite. It. 2t. lm. in. I bm 1 y
1 BanareT
.r,oo-'Wlo,i)j)BO'l4,t.,on fnr,5o
2,001
1.00 4.AU 6.60 7.001 12 0U
t column,
I 8,00 8,001 1S,00J JO.OO
UO,0fllM.Ofl'2O,0it 86,00
i
1
la,002A,00;36,VO) 00,00
Tenllnetof thii .lied type (minion) make one
square.
Auditors', Administrators' and Executory' Notices
J3 00. Ohitnarie. (eeept the usual announcement
which ti free.) to be paid f t at atJVertMnp rates
Local Notioee, Society llewlulions. &v, JO cent
per line.
Advertisement, for rtelijrloue. Charitable and Edu
oational objects, one-half the above rate.
Transient advertisement, will be published until
ordered to be discontinued, and charged aooordingly
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 25.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 18G8.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 25,
SOTB
AMEBICAB
7 tVE7-
BUSINESS CARDS.
BOYER & "WOLVERTOIT,
Al IOB3il!VS AT tAff,
STJNBuRY, PENN'A.
8 B BovRa and V. J. Wolvebtoh, rospeotfully
nnBoun:e"nth.y have entered Into oo-partnersh ip
in the prnct.ee of their profession in Nrthumber.
land and adjoining eountfee. ConaulUUoni can De
bad iu the (Jehmah.
April 4.2868;r:ly
"Teeth I Teeth!
.f. IS. CKEBSIUEK,
6UBOEON DENTIST,
Formerly of ASHLASD, O., announce, to the clti
tens of oxthnmbarland county, that he hat located
" (SUN BURY, for the practice of Dentistry, and
rcspa-tfully solicit, your oatronage. "0 ' ';
tiot p-id to Ming and dressing teeth. Teeth ex
traded witLnt patn, by using "00 'P
which 1 have 9ed for three yean with perfect sue
r; and no injurious result. -
Office in Room, formerly occupied by Dr. J B.
Angl-. in Pleasant". Building, Market 6quare,
B anbury JPa. 7' 6a-
DK. J. S. ANGLE.
OFFICE,
At b.:. residence. In BRIQHT'S ROW, V'alnut St.,
HUNBUKY, FA..
Maroh 7, 1808.
)Eon..Blln.L, " " "smoN P. Wolthto.i. j
HILL & WOLVERTON,
lliorus"?- uiisl Couna)fIor Rt I.nw.
SUNBUEYi 3P-A-.
tlTIU. attend to the collection of all kinds of
clainik. including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
ions. T'- '
II. II. 31AMiSE,
t llorntT nt IiOiv, BL'NBUIY, PA.
A Collection attended to. in tue oounties or J,or
Cumberland. Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
Ld I.TOoni'ug
REFERENCES.
I?nn. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. U. Cfittell Co., "
H. n. W tn. A. Porter, '
Slurion MoMiohacl.Eso.., "
. Ketiuaiu Co., 1W9 Pearl btrcct, J,eworK.
John W Ashmead, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews 4 Cox, Attorneys ut Law, "
iSunfcury. Mnrch 2D, ISti2.
WlT Aff ROCKEFELLKR. LLOYD T. ROHRBACH.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBAC1I.
m in i:v, pov..
OFFICE in Haupfs new Building, second floor,
laitiiinco on Jlaxkft Square,
S,n'uvT. Janunry 4, lKlVa.
AAT- liAXJPT
Attorney and Conuncllor nt Law,
OFFICE in Itaupt's now Building. 6n second Hoor .
tntranoe on Market Square,
SXJ3STBXTIl2',
tVili attend promptly to all professional bunera
entrustt.l to his care, the collection of claim, in
N .1 thumberland and tho adjoining countie..
"-inliury. January 4. lSM.
C. A. REIMUNSNYDEK,
ATTOiiNliV AT LAW. SUNBURY, T.
l u i"-si eLtruftcd to bit coxa attended to
1 '
ujnl.v and null dil'L'uce.
"ljbury, Ajiril 27, la67.
JN0. KAY CLEMENT,
lJustcrr. in this and adjoining counties carefully
r:i i i.roiuptly Btttendtd to.
';Sice in Market Btreot, Third door west of Smilli
i. (teuthor . biove and Tinware Store,
mmii tt im:.a.-'a.
f.-.nbury, Alarch 31, 18H0. Ij
J. ntil'NEB.
t. B Ki8K
Aiiws-iipj'n asid Counsiellom nt l.nw,
rh,.-t!'i' '-' et, west of the N. C and P. E. Rail
f i Ueuut, in tho buil. ling lately oocupicd by
F. Laiarus, Esq.,
STJNBUKY V KTSrTT'A..
C ilc-tii n. and all Professional busiuc. promptly
a len liM to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun-
A TTOHNEV AT IjA-W
Vonh ?idof Public 8ouare, one door aast of the
Old Bank Building.
SfSBl'HY, P K N N ' A .
Cjlkclions and all Professional business promptly
iv er.de t. in tho Court, of Northumberland and
nl oining Counties.
Sunbury, Sept. 15, 18C0.
I. II. Pl HOT, " J - D. Jaubs.
ATTiUiNEYS AT LAW. 6 UN BURY, PA.
Office in the second story of Dewart's buildine. ad-
j'.iniiiK the Democrat utoce, on the north side of
At -i kei Square.
Will attend promptly to the collection of olaim.
and other professional busineas intrusted to bis care,
in .Northumberland and adjoining oounties.
.November 9,JtS!7.
S V ebek, John Rckkle
. KLII STREET, between Third and Fourth Stree
IMlll.AIUCI.l'Hl .
WEBER RUNKLE. Proprietors.
June 29, 1867. ly
ADDISON O. MARR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BHAMOKIN, Northumberland County. Pa.
LI. businea. attended to with proniptnou and
diligence.
i'httinokin, Aug. 10, 186T. ly r
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
li)omcrouatI)tc Mtetcian.
3 raduataof the Homosopatbic Medical College of
Oppire, Market Square oppoaita the Court House,
SI NBI RY, PA. ...
f lrtice Ilours-7 to 9-morning i 1 to 8 afternoon ;
7 to 8 evening. '
,.nnbury, April T, ly.- .
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Ittocney A Counstfllor at luw.
NI'-Mtl'ItV. P4.
' j Itiktrict Attorney fcr Worlhiim-
-i-l una ajoiimy.
-T- 'TI. TTItrtTISII
6URVEY0R AND C0NVEYANCR
AND
JUS TICE OF THE rEA CE.
Vdumov, KortTtuniherland County, Penn'a
Office In jeoason lown.mp. i,u8.j(uiu
be made by letter, directed to the abore addrest.
.11 busiuens entrusted to buj eara, will ba promptly
tten.tea to.
April 22.JHB7 ly
r -A- C O B O BECK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
'LOTUS, CASSLMERES, VESTING, 4c.
f',WJi ktreef , soulb or 11 eaver ai
Hotel,
BTTNBUBY V A.
March 31 168
MBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
mar Market Fawn Straet, SUNBCBT, U
8. BYERLY, Pbopbiktob,
stoirraph, Amhrotypal and Malauwtypai i Uka U
i bent atyla at tha art P'- '
ALL and a baauliful fikd tag. 4 tba
Hardware ..o,oofjf pnym 4 ro
INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERMJXr, hi 135.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
and
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
PREPARED BT DR. C. It. JACKSOy,
riimiiiii'iiu, I'a.
The grealest known rimcdiei for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
mid nil DlMfftiie Ai'lilng from ft Dls
ordered jlvcrf Stomach or
lytvvmrx or the lu.oon.
Iftwl f f -l'mving tymptoms, and if yntt find thai
ur t'sfrn in oft'cUd by any of thrmtyyH may r ft
OMWf'i th tt disease ha cnmmmr'd itt attack an the
mo.ti important tt.-gtnn of ytr body, and unl&t twit
vhi''fi t-y th? tt.tc f puivrful r'mrttut, a miicrai-lt
t'fe, yi trrmi-nitiiiy in dr.oh, ivitl br Vie ratrtt.
Const ipnlio!i. Flatulonce, Inward Piles,
Fulness of Blond to tli Head.Aoidity
of the Btomnch, Naufla, Heart
burn, tiRUht lor Food, Fulneai
or Weicht in the Stomauh,
Sour rlruotationfi, Sink
invr or FhiMerhm at the Pit
of thrt 9tomnch, Bwiininine of
the IXtAd, Hurried or Diffloult
UreatluiiKf FUmorinR at the Heart,
Chokius; or HitfloiMtliR SetiHiitionfl when
in a jy ing Posture, Dimnewft of Vision,
D-itR or VVebB bctore tho tiieht,
Dull Prtin in the Head. l)eil
oiency of i'erspiration, Yol-
lownena of the bkin and
Eyes, Pain in the Bide,
Back, Chest, Limbs, efo Bud
den Flushes of nat, Bui'iiinf? in
tha Fl'.sh, C'liiHtnut ImiiRininKS of
r.vii, and Ui'uut Depression of spirits.
All thxsr itcftcvV dis'UM of Liver or IhgtstUt
OryaiiP, cmiittrd with impure b'oid.
Ooollaab'a CScvmait Cittcra
l rntlrrly v?gct nlile, and rontnltig no
liquor. It l aoompoiinil of l'luld Kx
ti uctat. 'I"iv Kooikt, HrrliNi nnd Mnrki
from wiicU tlnse vi(rncl oir mnde
bi fZH t Itrrt'd I u (.'nnmiiv. All the
mrdlrltiHl vii ttit'A txvf vTtrnrtrd from
thfm iy it scitnliilt! rlkfiii lit I rX ItrMe
xtriirlH ntf llttiii forwarded to this
country to lte iiHfd fiitt'CNitly for the
man ttl'ac t lire of tlif lllttri'H. Thrre
Ih 110 iilroholle Kulintnitcc of nn- kind
tixed In cni Htiittdtnftr t lie till ir,
hence it in tiic only HiitetM tlint can
be nurd In cnc wltt-rc alcoholic ktlm
ulauti are nut advliialilv
fiooflanVs Ccmian tonic
it a combination of nil the infjrtdimf$ f the HiVevt,
with Pt'RE Si'tita Ctttt .'n, Ot-anne, ttc. It ixut'dfr
tht tame Hi.wse as tht liittern, in rt,' w'trve tome
p'ire. ulmUn'U: ttiuwdtut is r quired . Ynt nH lar tn
mind t'tiU thtse rcmnliet art entirely (till'oveut front
any otWrj ad ,($ d fir the cure rf te disratit
nutm-d, Vwf btti teir.n?fit' pn-p-tration o f medicinal
txtiael. v'tiie t,t cnr arc mere d ructions of rum
Pi S'r.i'f'm. T,k T' N It,' is drruidly fine of t fie most
p:tunt nri-t aareeo'tle rem die t'-er ofTrrtd in the
pd--.ii. p. hiK't is exsjm .ite. If it a pUtifure. t" hike
it, w'dtt in hfr-yiift erhiJarntitig, and atcdirin d
qi:i'ih: ivc cautid t tr br ktuncti l'S thf tfnuttit of
CONSUMPTION.
T1ifmaAnd of on -. wlf tlie pa
fli'iit m . piMird lie Mflllrted with
t til lerri '1 & I uHif, limt bifii cured
liy ( lie ne of t licne remcdlcH. lxtreme
emnclni Ion, drblllty. and cougli are
the rninal attendants upon severe
r it sew tt' dypcpla or dltrae of the
d(i;ea.t i ve oixniiN. 10 veit In canes of
ul nv i:oifi tun pt Ion these remedies
m til he found of t he greatest benefit,
si re n gi lie til n nnd In vtgoratlug.
DEBILITY.
,)( it no medicine efjtud tn Jfiwf moVt Grmifn
Br.i- i'k or ''.Mi ii cas' t of Debility. They impart a
ttw iit'l ff.or to the whole tyttem, ttrcngthe.n the. op
p.tdi. ca. 01 enjayni'iit the food, enable On
ttiHft.t'h br tHtf'it it, purify the. blood, give, a ffood,
touv.it he di'ij tiWtpierxfrn, fradicate the yellow tinge
.from tie et. itnyurt a blo'im to te eheekt, and change
ttf v ttu n't fmni a short-breathed, emaciated, weak,
". r. Trout imalid, to a full-faced, ttout, and vigor'
tU.' pt' (!.
Weak and Delicate Children
re marie strong by lining the Hitters
or limit. In tact, tliey are Family
Medicines. They can be atluitnlaiered
with perfect anfrty to a clillil three
nioulli. old, the ut delicate ftmitlc,
or a man of ninety.
That Rtmedus art the list
Hlood rui lflera
ri' I w n, and uiU cure all diseatts resultitta from
U.I 6W(.
K 'ji t."tr W"1 pin-f ; If.jt ynur T.ivr in 0 Jert
A".y (nut- iti'HsUi-i tnijuiiit ,'u a ifru,ult hfalthy ctmdi-tu-n,
liit t':r urc u ttfse rcmidits, tt:iU no Uuetite u-iii
ttrr illruil iVW.
I.ailtea i-lio vleh a fair akin and
soort eomilexln, free from a yellow -IaIi
lltie anti Hi I ot lit-r cliMll iii-emeitt,
sl.otilcl line tttene ri-'iitetlif'i. orcaiiltin
nlly. Tlte I.tver In iiertet't order, and
I lie Mood )iirt-, will reai.lt III fejmrk
I iii t)ri n nd I1 mi in I n g cheek.
c V V O S! .
I.:'t--.1I t:.t.u..iii orf m,F'rrf.-i!r.I.
i"' ... ;i: .. Mf C. ?f. Itirtimim
' ''-f ..An '. -if-.r f ftiWi t.i't, anj
ui.c.'v u.'v-t ..I fdi-.'. iMi.-. Allct.'uys
I'liiuiniid. ir Utters linre been re
e -i i 1, tei lij-iii g in the virtue of these
rrriitctieii.
P.EiD THE EECOMMENDAnONS.
h:um no. ;!:. w. woodward,
t'l.i, f .!'.,-,ti -L .-f the ?iir-aie Court of renuMylrAmn.
I'ICiLil.r.1 PUIA, MAICH 16th, 1S0T.
, ' .' -!to--jwT$ German Litters" is not an inox
Wr, hut is a good t"nic, useful in elisor.
tna ', r'.i -ttrffue orijaiitt, ani of great benefit in
e,i"f . rl ut'-.t-j and vant of nervous action tn ths
i lours truly,
UEO. W. WOODWARD.
rrf'itf liOM. JAMES TI10MPS0M,
''V"lf .tii-i cm Cviirtof Pennsylvania.
riimnmniu, Aran SStb, 1866.
I rniiklder " lloofland'a Uerman Bit
imV a vultitthlti sHnilciHt! In caee of at-lui-Uof
Indigestion or llyefiepela. I
enn certify tl.l from iny eiperleuoa
of it. V om-N, wit h rcNirc t,
JAMliS TIlUMPtiON.
Krum Ri:V. JOSLPII II. KKN'SARD, D.D.,
Plur of tue Touth Unptjat Church, Philadelphia.
Du. Jacxsok DsAa Bia i Mare been (Vemmtlyre
auetted to connect my name with reoommemdatums of
ditTet ent kinds of Me dicines, hut regarding the practice
as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de
ciiurd ; but with a clear pru-f in various instances, and
)iarlicitlarly in my own family, of the usefulnens of Dr.
l'K'Unnd's tjerman tiitUrs, Jd.artfor imee.froni my
imikiI coiir, to express my full oonvicti.m that tor
KAticrnl tll,ility of lliesynluni, uud eHuerially fT Liver -Coiiiplititit,
it la a enfe and valuable tro,anitiou. M
S.HIU oases it snaufail ; snit usually, doubt not, it will
be very btuefieial to those who suffer from tits aboci
causes. l'ours, very retp'e'ftilly,
J. U. Kk.VXARD.
Eighth, Uiuw (Mala St.
Frioa of tba Bitters, 11.00 par bottle;
Or, a half dooan for 5.00.
Frioa of tha Tonio, 1.60 per bottle
Or, half doaen for 17.60.
The Tonic is put up tn quart buttles.
Recollect Mat it is Dr. Honlasufs German Mssntdiet
that art So universally used and so highly recommend
ti; ana do not allow the Druggist to indues you to
take any thing else that he may say is just sis food, be
cause he tmU:rs a luraer profit on it. These Remedies
unlike sent by eatress to any locality Ujim aj-piicsuw
Ui ths .
PHiKCiPAb orricK,
AT THK GERMAN MEDICINE (TORE,
JVe. 31 A MCJi STREKT, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. BVAHS. Proprietor,
roraarl; 0, U. JA0K801 4 CO.
Theea Remedlea are for aale by
Druitelili, Biorekeeitera, and Media
alts ilealare every wuera.
Do net fargtt toexini'U u tli 'lis ui.'i-V t" 'juy.im,
oi l.,- .'ys P g- m.i
POETICAL
BB CHEERFUL.
Lei those who will, repine at fate,
Anil droop their heads with sorrow ;
I lanirh When cares upon ma watt,
I know they'll leave to-morrew.
My pnrso la light, but what of that ?
My heart is light to match it ;
And if I toar my only coat,
I laugh tho while I patob it.
I've anen some etrel who called themselro.
My friends in summer weather,
Blown far away in sorrow', day,
A. winds wonld blow a foathor.
t nnyer (rrleved tn see them go,
(Tha rascals, who would heed 'em ?)
For what's the use of having frionds.
If false when most you need 'em ?
I've seen some rioh in worldly gear,
Eternally repining.
Their hearts a prey to every fear
With gladness never shining.
I would not change my lithesome heart
For all their gold and sorrow ;
for that's a thing that all their wealth
Can neither buy nor borrow.
And .till a. sorrows come to mo,
(As sorrows sometimes will come,)
I find the way to make them Boo,
I. bidding them right welcome.
They eannot brook a cheerful look
They're nsed to aobs and sighing,
And he that meets them with a smile,
Is sure to send them flying.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
EASY WAKItCA.
Itaymonrl Warren was n "nice man
fverylbnrly'B clever fellow," ns I heard a
public man once remark, "a very extensive
office," with numerous duties never dis
charged. Raymond -used to sit in the cliioi
noy corner late, very late on a winter's
niphj, because he was too shiftless to pet
ready for lied. But after a whilo the fire
burned low the plow on the embers faded,
and it prew cold in the chimney corner;
then Raymond became chilly, and would
sneak to rest, where his wife perhaps had
been for several hours, .endeavoring to re
cover from the severe fatigue of a day's
work, into which had been crowded tho
preatcr portion of her husband's lppitimatc
duties. Raymond owned a larpe farm, left
him by his father. It was pond land, but
the fences were not in repair, and everybody's
cattle roamed through its fields, and Ray
mond's crops were not sufficient to yield
the family a decent support. The farm had
once been well stocked, but for want of
proper attention tho cattle became poor
tho sheep were never foldod, even in the
most riporous weather, nnd many of them
died. The wool was never properly shear
ed and washed.and when taken to market, it
would not bring the market price. Had it
not been for Raymond's wife, who was a
hnoiiiees woman, the family must often have
suffered for the common necessaries of life.
Raymond's chores were rarely attended
to by himself; lint was a noiehbor sick, no
man was more willing to work in his place.
He was relied upon as the man who would
always neglect bis own interests, to look
after those of others. He would never set
himself at his own farm-work, but he was
considered an rxcpllant hand, when to oblige
a neiahhor, he took ajoh in his field.
It was a bleak morning in mid-winter.
Ravmond Warren's wife was in the barn
yard foddering the cattle; Raymond was
in bed. The light of a'brisk fire which his
wife had built nhone directly in his face.
It awakened him. the room was warm and
Raymond was persuaded by its inviting ap
pearance. He sat down by (he fire place in
his shirt sleeves nnd waited for his wife to
come and pet him some breakfast. Ashe
warmed his feet he felt that ho had reason
to congratulate himself on his happy situa
tion, nnd he said to himself:
'"Tain't everv man's got such a wife, as I
'ave. Hern she's made a good fire, and I'll
bet all the chores are done."
The chores wero done, nnd Raymond had
scarcely finished his soliloquy, when the
useful wife hastened to the fire place to
warm her hands, which had become tho
ronshly chilled bv the cold handlo of tho
pitchfork, with which she had been throw
ing bay nnd straw to the cattle.
It might bo supposed that these occur
rences took place early in the morning ; not
so. It was ten o'clock when Ravmond
Warren left his bed. His wife had been
sewing two hours before she prepared his
breakfast. Then she urged Raymond for
an hour longer to get op. He mado fair
promises, but left them all unfilled. She
waited nntil it was nine o'clock, nnd then
knowing her husband's easy habits, nnd
ashamed to have the cattlo nnfed at that
hour of the dav, she dotcrminod to attend
to their wants herself.
Raymond's first salutation to her as sho
stood by the fire, was.
"I wish I had sometea.-Sally but never
mind, you've put the things away a little
warm water, with a little milk and sugar in
it, will do just as well, and whilo vou're
about it you may pet me a little piece of
Dreaa; out just as you chooso; no matter
about it, anyhow. 'Taint every man's got
such a woman for a wife."
She rnight have auiwered ;
"It is not every woman that has 6uch a
husband."
But she knew such remarks would only
make bitter feelings, and though fatigued
with the violent exercise she had taken,
she went cheerfully and prepared her easy,
good natured husband a cup of tea, a slico
of toast, and then asked him if he would
not cut some wood.
"To be sure I will," was his response.
nis breakfast over, he took np his axe and
mounted the wood pile and cut half a dozen
sticks, when along came a neighbor, who
wanted Raymond to accompany him to
the saw mill about two miles distant, and
assist in loading upon a sled some boards
which bad been sawed for him of course
Raymond went, and hit wife was comDcl-
led to cut wood enough to keep the house
warm until the following day.
Mrs. Warren was, in appearance, a feeble
woman, but tha had 'endured hardships
which would have destroyed the constitu
tion of one much more robust. Day after
day her atrength failed her, yet the made
do complaint. Raymond tawnbat the grew
pale, and was often disturbed with feart In
regard to her, but he was too easy to men
tion the tuhject, and the useful wife became
more and more feeble, until the wat seized
with a violent cough. Raymond wat one
day thoughtful enough to speak to the Til
lage doctor aa he pasted their home with
bit ponderous medicine portmanteau on
hit arm, and the benevolent gentleman,
who had some knowledge of Raymond'!
peculiar failings, left the woman an inno
cent tincture, and forbade exposure to the
cold atmosphera under any circumstances.
and also declared that her complaint wat
oi a cnaracter yery mucn aggravated try te
vcre exercise
For a few clays Raymond remembered tho
doctor's counsel, and as he had respect for
the physician, he obeyed him as uearly ns
his constitutional failings permitted, but
toon tho wife was again obliged to chop
wood and feed cattle, and taking a severe
cold, the faded as would fade the summer
roso in a frigid climate.
When Raymond Warron's house was des
olate and his fireside cheerless, he saw what ,
bad been hit great error during the two (
years ot hit married lite, and he mourned
his wife deeply, it must be said in his favor,
both as a helpmato and companion. Ho
rented his farm and managed to exist eaaily
for one year; but he was a domestic mnu,
be was not satisfied with a childless widow
er's solitary lot, and he began to look about
hi in for a second helpmate and companion.
In a few months he took to his home n
woman, who be confidently felt would fill
tho placo left vacant by his first wife.
Sadly was Raymond disappointed.
A few weeks elapsed and he fell into his
old habits, with complete abandon. Lea
i ving his own work in a neglected state, he
worked diligently one day to assist a neigh
; bor in getting wood to his house, and he
reiurncn nomo, late at nignt, nungry ana
fatigued, expecting that his wifo would
have rady for refreshment mi inviting sup
per. In tli is hope he had refusod tn take
supper with the neighbor whom ho had as
sisted. Poor fellow 1 the kitchen where was
to have been his excellent supper, attended
by a smiling wife, was cold and unoccupied.
No frugal board was there, and Mrs. War
ren was in bed.
V Raymond was much astonished, but he
was too good natured to complain, and si
lently lie ventured to explore the cupboard
for a crust on which to satisfy the gnawing
of his nppetite. Not a crumb was there.
It was eveident that his wife had designed
that he should go to bed tupperlrss, nnd
suppcrless to bed he did go, grieving seri
ously over his hard lot. He had never le
fore been so badly treated, and he thought
it indeed distressing, but yet his disappoint
ment was not enough to revolutionize his
constitution! good nature, and without a
mutter ho fell sound asleep.
Raymond did coj hear the chanticleer
salute the morning, as it dawned after the
night of his grievous disappointment. It
was spring time, and tho birds sang under
his window, but he heard them not ; yet he
heard his wife, who had risen before the
sun, call him
"Mr. Warren, hero I've been up for an
hour in the cold. Tho wood's nil burned.
It's time I had some cut. If you wunt any
breakfast, you had better get tip."
Was Raymond dreaming! Was this a
voice of reproach that came to him in his
sleep, with the recollection of the wife that
had gone before him to tho spirit lnnd ?
No so it was a voice from the wife who
dwelt with him in this Bphere of existence,
that came to remind him of duties not dis
charged, upon which depended tho satisfac
tion of those desires which had intruded
visions of feasts upon his hours of rest. All
this he felt, still ho did not offer to leave his
couch.
"Raymond Warren," again said the voice,
"yu lelt me yesterday without wood, to
help a neighbor get wood for his wife, and
you went to bed last night without supper.
You'll not get a bite to eat iu this house till
you bring mo wood to cook it with."
"There's plenty of chips," said Raymond,
in palliation, rising ou his elbow as he
spoke.
"Get up, then, and bring them into the
house." said the resolute wife. "You want
to make a slave of me. I'll attend to my
duties, but if you don't do your chores, the
cattle may starve, and you'll never pet a
bite to eat in this house unless you take it
uncooked, if you don't cut wood yourself or
get somebody to do it for you." .
Raymond started bolt upright, Bnd it was
not many minutes before he was at the wood
pile. Diligently at work until he had cut
an armful, which, like a dutiful liusband
for the first time in his life, ho carried into
tho kitchen.
His wife made no allusion to what had
passed between them, nnd Raymond, al
though burnins with curiosity tn know
where she had learned what slie had reveal-
ed to him, dared not commence conversa
tion in relation to it. Tho train of ills it
might revive was fearful to the easy man's
miud. His breakfast wat over; forgetful
of his lesson, careless Raymond wandered
from home, his necessary labors in tho farm
yard unattended to and his wood pile un
vibitcd. He returned home at norm, strong
in the faith that he should sit down to a
good dinner, because he was one of those
men who think that a wife should always
give her husband a good dinner whether
she had anything to cook or not. Mrs.
Warren had enough to cook, but nothing
to cook it with; however, much to Ray
mond's satisfaction, when he entered his
house ho found tho table all spread, and he
kuew he should toon bu invited to take a
seat near it.
When the invitation came he hasted to
bis accustomed seat, lifted the cover from
a dish that he supposed contained the meat,
but just as it came from the butcher's. Ray
mond was not a cannibal ! he looked at his
wife inquiringly ; she appeared to be wait
ing patiently to be served. He lifted the
cover of another dish there were potatoes
just as they had been dug from the earth.
All tho dishes that usually contained vic
tuals were covered. Raymond grew suspi
cious, and he lifted tho covert hastily.
There wat bread as it came from the tray ;
there were turnipt that had never been uu
dcr the influence of fire; there were apples
handsomely tlfced for sauce, and there were
numerous other edibles, but none of them
could Raymond eat. He turned for conso
lation to a cup of tea hit wife had deposited
near hit plate. There were leaves floating
in the cup and the tea looked remarkably
Sale; nevertheless, Raymond, by force of
abit, blew it vigorously to prepare it for
bit palate. But when he put it to hit lips,
he found that he wasted bit breath, for the
water was aa (old at when it came from the
spring.
Raymond wat not a hasty man. He push
ed back hit chair deliberately, and taid
aloud :
"In the name of beaven what doe this
mean I"
lira. Warren, whose countenance during
this scene bad worn ft aober aspect, now
amiled pleasantly, and answered ;
"The victuals, were all on tha ttove the
utual Uma."
"It't strange they were not cooked," taid
Raymond.
".Not at all," taid Mra. Warren ; "there
wat no wood to cook them with."
In moment Easy Warren then taw what
"moral" thera wat in hit novel dinner,
and with keen appetite, be went to work
on the wood pile. He took hit diuner and
snppr togeth-r that day, nd he remomler-
cd that Mrs. Warren Said ;
"Now, Raymond, whenever yon Icavo me
without wood you must eat victuals that
have been cooked on a cold stove."
Many women would have stormed and
scolded, but Mrs. Wnrren knew tliore was a
better way to correct her husband's careless
ness, or shiftlessness, ns the reader pleases.
One day there was no flour in tho house,
nnd Raymond was about to go with some
neighbor to a town meeting, when his wifo
hid his best coat, and reminded him of the
empty flour barrel. Another day, his corn
was to be gathered, w hen a neighbor camo
and desired him to assist him with his horse
nnd wagon. It was a neighbor who often
received favors, but seldom returned them ;
yet E isy Warren could not refuse him. But
when he went to hitch his horses before the
wagoh he found that one of tho wheels was
missing. Of course the neighbor nas dis
appointed. In tho afternoon, when Ray
mond expressed a wish to draw his corn,
his wife told him where ho could find the
lost wagon wheel.
Thus wns Easy Warren's household man
aged, until ho began to realize practically
what the error of his life had been. Peo
ple said : "Warren's farm .looks much bet
ter than jt did years ago." Mrs. Warren
never interfered with Raymond's business
except when Ik neglected it, and then sho
never found fault or scolded, but took occa
sion to show his neglect to him in a man
ner which impressed him with his injustice
to his own interests.
Raymond's cattle were well cared for, and
were in good order. When his fences wero
down, if ho did not replace them, his wifu
employed a ntichbnr to make the necessary
repairs. His wife took the papers, nnd read ;
she knew the state of tho market, and, to
oblige her, Raymond had his grain in mar
ket when the price was highest. Some peo
ple paid :
"Easy Warren is a hen-pecked liusband."
Rut he knew better ; aud ho often boast
ed that his wife was more of a "business
man than he was."
They had lived together peacefully some
years, when, one day, Raymond was in a
good humor thinking over his prosperous
condition, nn l lie tokt.htr : "I'm a woman's
rights man of the true grit. They may say
you wear tho breeches if they please ; I'm
satisfied to have you do the thinking of this
firm. And now 1 ceo what a fool I've bceu.
I must make np lor my early shiftlessness."
He did mako up for ' his eaily shiftless
ness, aud under his wifu'sjudicious training
he became industrious, instead of Easy War
ren. Mrs. Warren had tho correct idea of wo
man's riglits and woman's wrongs. Wo
commend her management to those who
have "easy" husbauds. Especially do we
commend it tothoso uuf'rtunates who have
earned for themselves the opprobrious title
of old "scolds."
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Ctwn l'if-Iit In larntucky.
A coon fight is one of the glories of life
in Kentucky. The programme is this :
Some one announces to the gentlemen plant
ers of an extended neighborhood that he
will give a barbecuo and coon fight on a
certain day, nt such a place, and they are
invited to bring themselves, their friends
and their dog, for his coon 13 a veternn,
and will make a big tight. This brings a
large gathering of men and clogs to enjoy
the feast and the fight. The coon is placed
iu a barrel with ono head out, laid flat so
that it cannot be taken on the flank or the
rear, and the dog that brings out the coon
and it takes one of pluck to do that wins
the bet.
On tho occasion to be described a largo
party assembled with numerous Cue dogs,
eager for the fray. The sport began but
every dog of tho party was whipped out by
tho sharp teeth and claws of tho gallant
coon. As a matter of course there was a
noisy clamor and some tough swearing at
the result. There was a seedy Yankee pre
sent, looking with a grin of delight, as each
defeated dog Rave up tho buttle. He bail
with him a miserablo yellow cur, which
went sneaking about with its tail between
its legs, snapping and shying at c very dog
that offered tokens of friendly introduction.
"Wal, gentlemen, I think I have got a
dog that will bring out that 'ere conn."
"Where is he ? Where is he ? Bring him
out," shouted a ecore of witnesses.
"Thair he is," pointing to the miserable
cur.
There was a general laugh, ond immedi
ately offers of bets in any quantity.
sWal, gentlemen, I hain't got much mo
ney, but here's my watch and three dollars.
That 'ere watch is a leetle old, but it's an
all fired nice time keeper."
"I'll bet you ten dollars against your
watch nnd money."
"Wal, I guess that's about fair. I'll do
it."
After a great deal of coaxing and pulling
the mongrel was hauled close to tho mouth
of the barrel. The Yankee, alter patting
and calling his dog pet names for a minute,
suddenly seized him and thrust him into
the barrel, stern first.
The next instant, with an agonized yelp,
out came the dog and out came the coou,
too fastened by tooth and claw to the
haunches of the fleeing dog. The screams
that followed may not bo described.
"I guess I'll take that 'ere money and
watch," quietly remarked Mr. Yaukec, and
he took them.
The loser, with a scowl, by way of self
comfort, observed :
"I reckon your dog is spoiled V
"Wal yes guess he's a lectio damaged ;
but I never reckoned him worth mor'u ten
dollars."
A Western Jcstick. A justice of the
peace who had but recently assumed tho dig
nity of that important office in one of the
mushroom towns on the Union Pacific Rail
road, was called on among bis first duties to
pass upon the guilt or innocence of a man
orrestetljfor murder. The following colloquy
constituted the examination :
Justice. Confound you, tir, did you kill
that man t
Prisoner. Tea, air.
Justice. Wat any one present at the
time I
Prisoner. No, tir.
Justice. Then, as it will be impossible
for the court to prove your guilt, yon are
discharged.
There it a story of celebrated French
preacher, who, on delivering sermon on
the duty of wives, taid: "I tea opposite me
in this congregation a woman who hat been
guilty of the tin of disobedience to br hus
band ; and in order to point her out to
universal condemnation, I will fling my
breviary at ber bead." He lifted bis book,
aud rvery female bead was instantly ducked.
itRi:rrriEs.
Strawberries in Charleston.
Philadelphia and Camden want a bridge.
Minnesota has a colony of one-wifo Mor
mons. The Duke of Nassau has (2G0,000 worth
of wi ne for snle.
The Appletons have offered Dickens $25,
000 fur hit next novel.
Mr. Tarton receives $300 per article from
the Atlantic Monthly.
A Boston paper toys that all tho blue
birds about there are White.
O. A. Sala thinks that the finest looking
women in Europe are Americans.
Valhindighnm is nbout to become the
editor-in-chief of the Dayton Ledger.
The laws of Iowa are printed in several
languages, including Swedish.
Flotow, the composer of "Martha," hat a
new opera called "Zilda," which is just
ready to come out.
Philadelphia has eighty thousand public
school children.
Dan Drew objects to being thought to be
a relative of An drew.
When is iron the most ironical ? asks Fun.
When it is a railing, to be sure.
European physicians havo decided that
in many cases consumption is contagious.
40 persons dipped in twenty minutes is
the boast of a man who is called tho "cham
pion baptizer."
London had a blue horse. Philadelphia
has a magenta donkey. The former died
and the latter was dyed.
Female cooks are coming into fashion
again in Paris. Baron Rothschild was the
first to make the innovation.
10,000 Germans are engaged to come over
from Bremen to Bultiruoro this year, and
from thence be distributed South.
Andrew Johnson's house in Tennessee is
being thoroughly renovated. The White
House is to be, too, at least "such is our de
sire." Not a single Jew lives in Newport, yet
there is a synagogue there with an income
of f 10,000 per annum.
The Chinese are said to fight all day nnd
then to go homo with ono man frightened
to death and no other casualties.
H. Clay Dean is said to bs tho one man
in America who has not the slightest idea
of what is meant by personal cleanliness.
Bierstadt is engaged on some very largo
pictures at his studio in Romo.ea Mrs. Bier
stadt is said to be the most beautiful wo
man in Rome.
A Little Lay. Bachelor at Breakfast
Dear me, Susan, that's a very small egg !
Husun Yes, sir, it is but it was only laid
this morning, iir.Juda.
Miss Abifail Coleman, a maiden lady of
eigiity-nve years, residing in Preston, Ct.,
hasher third sett of toeth, which have just
come out and arc very fine.
Mrs. Chapman Colcmnn, noted as an
excellent translater of German books, is
going to writo n biography of her father,
the lato John J. Crittenden.
Milan, Missouri, was scared recently by a
large black cloud with a perfectly outlined
coliia dono in white, right in the centre.
The clou.l stood over Milan for some time.
Two thousand dollars was the price paid
for a copy of Auduoon's works in New York
recently.
In tho Government stores at Jefferson -viUe(Ind.)
aie 152,000,000 worth of Gov
ernment property.
Prince Salra Salm is in Brussels for the
purpose of delivering Maximilian's last
message to Carlotta.
50,000 bushcsl of grain were dropped in
to three feet of water iu a cellar iu a grain
house, in Peoria, recently, by the yielding of
tue nooron wuicu it wan stored.
Matches are made in Boston ! At least
we judgo that a good many of them are, as
a certain manufacturer in that city paid
$400,000 for one cent stamps last year.
Mrs. Wade is very much admired as a
woman of elegance and sense. She has
been compared to Mrs. Washington and Mrs.
Madison, who were, by far, the most elegant
women who ever presided at tho White
House.
The following little gem is from the sign
board of a German inn :
"Iu questaoasa troverete,
Toutes les choees que Tons souhaitet,
Urod and t'leish, Wein roth and weixs
Well air d beds and all that's nice."
More railroad bills have been passed by
tho Legislature at the present session than
during any winter for some years.
The mountains In the neighborhood of
Chattanooga, Tenn., were never known to
contain as many deer as they do now.
The Jews of the United States are dis
cussing the propriety of holding services on
Sunday instead of Saturday.
Thero are more than 100 manufacturers
along tho Schuylkill river, between the falls
and Norristown Dam, (which is about ten
miles.) These employ 10,000 workmen and
produce annually tome $34,000,000 worth
of goods.
Mr. Forrest has been 49 years on the stage ;
a great part of that time he was the
acknowledged monaeh of it, to that no
blame can attach to him for failing now.
He is 07 years old and it racked with rheu
matism. A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Ouzel te says "there is but little left of him
but his reading, and that it at perfect aa
ever."
A man who plays 10 di unit with 43 drum
sticks, all at the same time, it exhibiting
bis skill in Berlin, Prussia.
The statement is a startling one, but it
is taid to be true, that San Francisco with
a hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants,
pays more money into the internal revenue
of the United States than New York city
with its eight hundred thousand.
Somebody, speaking of the hurrying pro
pensities of the Yankeet, tayt ; "If a bio
mortar could be constructed, which would
throw an immense bomb-shell, containing
fifteen passengers, from St. Louis to Boston,
in five minutes, with an abeolute certainty
that fourteen would be killed by the ex
plosion, ticketa for seats by the 'Express
Bomb shell Line' would at once be at a pre
mium, each passenger being anxlont for the
chance to prove himself the lucky fifteenth."
A wag tays thtt once, on ft journey, be
wat put into sleigh with t dozen or more
passengers, not one of whom he knew, but
on turning a short corner the tVjigh upset,
and then, taid be, "I found them all out."
The Deleware river shad fishermen expect
a largo "catch" the coining season, which
will open in a few days.
AGRICULTURAL, &0 .
Hint About Nprtngc ITot-k.
rnuKiso.
In the generality of orchards the very im
portant process of pruning is too much neg
lected, the trees being permitted to follow
their own inclination in tho formation of a
head. This should not be so, for the pro
ductiveness of the tree, and the size and
quality of the fruit depend in a great meas
ure on the Judicious removal of useless wood.
and tho encouragement of tho growth of
thoso shoots or branches which stand in
their proper place. An unpruned tree gen
erally forms a thick, bushy bead, and pro
duces either a profusion of unfruitful blos
soms, or a largo amount of fruit inferior in
size and quality. 1 uere is generally more
time for pruning in winter or early in tho
spring than in summer or autumn, and
there is a better opportunity ot seeing tho
branches when the leaves are off, than when
tbey are covered with foliage.
nASrBKURIES.
Tender varieties, which have been pro-
tectedbya covering ofsomo kind during
wintor, should bo uncovered before vegeta
tion commences. If new beds or planta
tions are to be made, the sooner the plants
are set out the better, for after vegetation
has commenced, it will not bo easy to
remove them without breaking the shoots.
The plants should not bo set deep in the
soil ; for the young shoots or suckers do not
come from the roots, and when tho latter
are set deep tho shouts ate sometimes pre
vented from reaching the surface. As to
varieties, Brinkle's Orange is a very flno
fruit, but the canes are tender, nnd the ber
ries do not bear carriage well. The Yellow
and Red Antwerp, Franconia and Philadel
phia raspberries are valuable, and should
be fouud iu every well assorted garden.
THE STUAWnKKItT.
As soon ns tho weather becomes soft, the
covering should be raked off strawberry
beds, and preparation made for supplying
any deficiencies in the beds thut may have,
occurred by tho winter-killing of the plants.
When set out lato in the fall, the plants nre
liable to be killed by frosts in winter, nnd
on this account, the fall planted beds should
bo examined in spring and all gaps filled
up, Of varieties, the Wilson'a Albany is
generally preferred for market, but Hovey's
Seeding, Jucunda, Boston Pine, Triompho
de Gaud, etc, are all superior to it iu flavor,
and nro more desirable for amateur culture.
VEGETABLE QAItDE.
As soon as the frost is out of the ground,
preparation should be made for getting iu
early vegetables. Parsnips, peas and beans,
radishes, lettuce, onions, salsify, etc., should
be put in as soon as the Boil and weather
are suitable for the purpose. It is better tn
wait a month than to till tho soil when it
is saturated with water. Parsnips and
peas are hardy, and may be put in beforo
frosts have disappeared. The construction
of hot beds and the sowing of seeds in them
should be proceeded with, and nbundanco
of plants raised for setting out in proper
season.
AsrAitAors.
Asparagus beds should be made as soon
as tho soil and season arc favorable. Every
owner or occupier of a garden should have
a 'bed of this excellent vegetable. Fine
crops of asparagus may be raised withodt
tho trouble and expense of excavating beds
in tho common way. Tha plants do very
well when grown iu drills, iu rich, deeply
tilled soil. The roots and tops spread con
siderably, and tho plants should be set in
drills three feet asunder, nnd from eighteen
to twenty-four inches apart in the drills.
Better asparagus can be obtained in this
way than in the usual mode of crowding
the plants in beds.
BHCBAKB.
Rhubarb, or "pic-plant," is a very valua
ble and wholesome vegetable, and a large
bed of it should bo found in every garden.
It requires deep tillage, the deeper the bet
ter, and heavy manuring. The largo roots
and leoves require plenty of room to extend
below and above the soil. Some perstns
trench the soil to the depth of two feet,
when preparing to plant rhubarb, but with
out good drainage very deep tillage is use
less. If propagated by dividing the roots,
the plants Bhould be set out singly, and not
in throes, as is so often dono. One or two
buds is sufficient on each dividing root.
The ordinary varieties are generally planted
in drills two and a half or throe feet asunder,
tho plants a similar distance apart in the
rows. Soruo of the larger varieties require
to be planted much farther apart say five
feet between the rows, and threo feet be
tween the plants.
Houses Ovbr Reaciujco IIakd Hoofs
A correspondent writes that the remedies
wo uow possess to prevent over-reaching in
hones are very satisfactory ; but the best
he has found is to shoe tho front feet with
heavy shoes, beel calks high, toe calkt low.
Shoe tbo hind feet with light shoes, low
heel calks, high toe calks. In several cases
he bos welded a thin lip on the toe of the
bind shoe, extending half way up the hoof.
This protects the hind hoof from being bro
ken, but is detrimental to the forward shoo
in winter by doubling the calks. For inter
fering, turn the outside heel corks trans
versely, so as to rotate the angle out, and
put the toe calk a little to the iuside. This
plan never (failed the writer but twice.
Vermont tUrmtr.
Poisoned Stock. Sheep will eat the
grounding and tho laurel ; lambs will cat
the ivy when turned out in spring, if it
growt in their pasture. Foeding plentifully
of salt to grown stock, often has a good ef
fect, but when they have lain a day or two
before discovery ,its efficacy it lost when
administered. A certain remedy it found
in blood root, (saoguinaria) and brandy. I
have saved sheep that had lain helplest for
days. Into a quantity of spirit, put enough
of the root to make a strong extract, and
keep in a bottlo for use. Give a tablespoon
full to a sheep, and more to a calf. In both '
casct give several timet, at interval! Of a
few hours. Country Gentleman.
Peach oh Tlcm. The Ilvrticulturut says
"Wherever the peach does not succeed well,
planted upon its roots, because of the soil
being too stiff, clayey or wet, U will be
fouud that if the peach be budded on the
plum it will thrive well, and give good
crops of fruit, and, at the tame time, give
to the tree more hardihood to endure, ex
treme changes el temperature." Hope this
Is true.
The Agricultural bureau of the Interior
Departmeut will not hereafter distribute any
but the rarest seeds. We may tiuly call this
the end of a folly.