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NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 27.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
BOTES & WOLVEETON,
ATTOU.KlTfl AXIAJV, .
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
8 B. Dot an awo W. J. WotraaTow, reeotfully
nunounce tbnt they have entered into oo-partnerrtip
in the praotioeof their profossioo In Nortnumber
land and adjoining oountiee. Consultations can bo
had in the Orhmah.
April 4, 18B8, ly
Teeth I Teeth I
J. It. BKSM-1'
BUBOEON DENTIST,
Formerly or ASHLAND, 0., announeos to the oili
seusof Northumberland eounty, Uiat he has located
in SI S BURY, for tbe practice of Dentistry, and
respectfully solicits your patronage, bpectai atten
tion paid to filing and dressing teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without yam, by using Narcotio spray
which 1 have used for three years with perfect suc
cess and no injurious reBulta.
Oilice in Booms formerly oceupied by Dr. J. 6.
Anglo, in Pleasant s Building, Market Sq
Hunbury, Ta. , ' mKT 7 8-.
K. J. S. ANGLE,
OFFICE,
At bis residence, in BRIOHT'S ROW, Walnut Bt.,
March 7, 1868. ;
laoitOHlLL, BmOMP.WOLVBTO!t.
HILL & WOLVERTON,
(llorncysand Connselora at l.nn.
DTT1MT1TTTIV- A
T ILL attend to the oolleotiou of all kinds of
' elaimi. including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
Ions.
II. II. MASKUK,
A tlorney at W. SUNBURY, FA
J Collections attonded to in the counties of lor
thuuiberland, Union, Bnydor, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
r.Eri'.nEHCES.
Hon. John M. Reod, Philadelphia,
A. U. Cnttcll Co., "
lion. Win. A. Portor, "
Morton McMiohaol, Esq., "
J3. Kvtvham & Co., 2S8 Tearl Street, Sow urk.
John W. Ashmoad, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, '
bunbnry. Maroh 29, 181)2.
Wii. M. Rockefeller. LlotdT. Rohrbach.
ROCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH.
OFFICE in Hanpt's new Building, seeond floor.
Ko trance on Market Square,
punbury, January s, iooa.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
OFFICE in Haupt'anow Uuililing, on second floor
Entrance on Market Square,
SUNBUBT, FA..
Will attend promptly to all professional business
entrusted to his care, the collection of claims in
lturthiimberlandand the adjoining counties.
ISuubury, Jumiary 4, 186a.
C. A. HEIMENSNYDEIi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
Ail business entrusted to' his caro attended to
Kruuiptly aud with diligence,
isunbury, April 27, 1807;
JN0 KAY CLEMENT,
business in (his and adjoining oouutius carefully
nnd proiuptlv atttended to.
Otliie in .Market Street, Third door west of Smith
fc ticnihor's btove aud Tinware Store,
i;:mi;ky ii:aa'a.
BuEbury, March HI, laritt Zy .
O. J. EHD.NKR. X B. KASB.
ssuBSLS & ease,
Attorneys) unl Counwellor at Law,
Cbesnut Street, west of tbe N. C. and P. A E. Rail
road Depot, in the building lately oooupied by
F. Lazarus, lisq.,
PENN'A. ,
Collodions and all Prot'essioual business promptly
nUendcd to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun
ties. (So "Wo 22)2Sj'E-iL!EHo
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Old Bank Building.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Courts of Northumberland and
al.ioii.iTi Counties.
SuiiUtiry. Sept. 15, 1866
X. 11. l'UROY,
J. 1). James
PTJR.DT & JAlLES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
Offieu in the second story of Dcwart's building, ad
joining the Democrat ofliue, on tbe north sido of
Mnrket Square.
Willatieiid promptly to tbe collection of claims
nnd oilier profeuional business intrusted to his care,
in Northumberland and adjoining counties.
November 0, 187.
S. S.
Weber
Jo us Rl-kklb
10
ARCH STREET, between Third and Fourth Sires
iiiiLu,ui:liiiia.
WEBER t RUNKLE, Proprietors.
June 29, 1867. ly
ADDISON G. MARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BIIAMOKIN, Northumborlnnd County, Pa.
4 LL business attended to with promptness aud
diligence.
ihumokiu, Aug. 10, 1867. ly
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
1!)omccopatijtc ftljfisicfan.
Graduate of tbe llomoeopathio Medical Collcgo of
.Pennsylvania.
Office, Market Square opposite the Court House,
ISLNiiLitlL, VA.
()Bee Hours 7 to 9 morning J 1 to J afternoon
7 lo 9 evening.
Sunbury, April 7, ly.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Attorney A. Counsellor at Law,
SlutUX'KY, PA.
1'lsUtrIc-t Attorney for IN'ortnum
ix i iiimi t oiiniy.
J. R. HZZiBUSIX
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCR
AND
JUSTICE 01? 1 'HE PEACE.
Mahonoy Northumberland County, renn'a
Otlk-e in Jackson township. Engagements can
be made by letter, directed to tbe above address.
All business entrusted to his earo, will be promptly
attonded to.
April 22. 1868 ly
JAOOBOBEOK'
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer ia
CLOTHS, CASSIJIERES, VESTING, &o,
l'uM'aa street, sMtiith of Weaver's)
Hotel,
BTINBU RV X A.
March 1 lo
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
OALLEBY
Coruer Market A fawn Btxaet, SCNBUBY, Pa
8. BYEKLY, Pbopkutob,
Photograph, Ambrotypes and Malaiiiotypes Ukes in
tha bwt style of tha art- P w
("1 ALL and sea Uu-o beautiful Bird Catfes at the
j new UarJw.s.or.ofii kW
INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERMANY", in 1835.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
and
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
THE PA RED BT VR. C. M. JACKSOX,
1'uiLUtsi.paii, l'A.
The greatest known remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
mid all Dt setters arising from m Dli
ordrretl Islvr Sioiunchf or
JMPVItllY OF THE JILOOIK
h'rinf th fnltoimnj rymptoms, and if ymi find that
rttt'-m it affecUd by any of them, you may rttt
(fur,,i fh'U tlttatH 7uu mnwunetd Um attack on the
mott impart nut orp'int qf yur body, nnd unUm toon
vh'K-krd by the uk 0 pnuvrfnt remtdit$ta mittrabl
i'e, iwm terminating in death, will bt tte result.
ConRtipntion, Flntulonee. Inward Pilos,
Fulnessof Blood to the nead,Aoidity
of the (Stomach, lVaiirson, Heart
burn, DiwKuat for Food. Fulness
or WoiRht in the Stomach,
Hour Jructationn Sink
ing or FIuttorinK nt the Pit
of the 8toninoh. bwimirtitig of
the Heud, Hurriod or Diifloult
Bietithintr. Flutterinpr at the Heart,
Chokmtt or tiallooatinK Sonsation when
in a Lying Posture, Dimnew of Visiont
Pots or Webs before the Sight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yel-
lowneHR of the Skin and
Eyos, Pain in the Bide,
Buck, Chest, LirabH, eto Sud
den Flushes of Heat. Burning in
the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of
Evil, and Great Depression of bpiriU,
Ail these iiuli&itt disease nf the Liver or Digestif
Oryant, combined with imjiitrt blvod.
tfooflnnb's German Uiltcio
Is enl Irely vegetable and rout alns no
iliiior. II Is n ctompnuiift of Kluld fell
Iracti. The Konls. Herbs, nnd liarks
from wltlcH llit-se extracts nre made
are galliereil In Germany. All the
medicinal virtues are extritt'ted from
(hem by a scientific chemist. These
extracts are then forwarded to this
.country to be lifted exprcsnly for the
jnunufitcl ure of these flitter.. There
Is no alcoholic suhMtance of any kind
lined In compound. 11 the Hitter,
I itj nee It Is the nly Hitters that can
be used In cases where alcohoile.ttlm
ulanta are net advisable
fgoofliiuVs C5crmau Conic
iti combination of all the ingredients of the Hitters,
vith I'VBK Sni'n i'rut Hum, Uimungt etc. It is usedfw
the same diseane as Vie Bittern, trt cmi where some
pure alcoholic if tin a tits is required. Yon will bear in
mind that thes remedies are entirety different from,
at: y otfatr$ advertimd fur the curs of the diseases
mimed, Hies bnittg st uuib'Jie prejuiratuttts of m'tliciiuU
extracts, white the others art mere decoctions of ruin
in tome form. The TON IC t decidedly one of tlut most
pleasant and ugreebte rmeli'S ever ftyrtd to tit
pnhtic. Its tujtr it esyuitttf. It is a phnsure U take
it, ic'f7 t'j lft-ffiviug, exhilarating, and medtcitml
fju-iUiirs n(ve caused it lo be known us the greatest 0
all tonics.
CONSUMPTION.
Thousands of eases, when the jta
tlent sui'posed he vtas nflllcted with
tills terrible disease, have been cured
by t he tue of t hese remedies Kxtreine
euinclat Ion, debility and cough are
the tmnal attendauts upon severe
rases of dyspepsia or disease of the
dlgCHtlve organs. Kven In eases of
genuine f'onumptlon. these remedies
will be found of the greatest benefit
slicaigthenUig and Invlgoratlus;.
DEBILITY.
TVrc is no medicine equal to Hooftnnds German
B tt- rs or Tonic in cases of Debility. They impart a
tone nnd viyor to tfu whole system, strengthen the an
yetite, cause an enjoyment of the food, enalU vie
stomach to digest if, petrify the blood, give a good,
tr.vntL, heulthy complexion, eradicate th yeXUw tinge
from the eye, impart a bloom to Ute cheeks and change
the patitnt from a short-inreatlied, emaciated, weak,
and nrrvou invalid, to a full-factd, stout, and vigor
ous person.
Weak and Delicate Children
km made stroiisr by 4islug the flitters
or Tonic ill lacty tlicy are Knmlly
Medicines Tliey cau Ijc administered,
tvltli pvrfret safety to a child tlirre
iioullia old. the most delicate fciiiKlt,
or a inau ofukucty.
T'uit JiemtSitt art tU lut
IJlood I'urlflors
tvtr I nnxm, and will curs all iiteastt ruulting rem
Iwl bl"cd.
K'rp yiiur blotd pure ; Ittp ymr Liter in order f
lctrp your diouiivr arUHS in o tountl, healthy contft
ti ly t,e Hie 1 ihcee rtnuuiii, a,,U tu) duUi uul
rrcr tutait you.
Ladles wlto wlalk a ftiir akin and
fiood complexion, free fi-oin a yl-llow
lu tlii;i ami all other disfigurement,
should use thee remedies occasion
ally. Tli l.lver In tierfeft order, and
tlie lilood pure, will rrsult 111 sparlt
ling cyca and blooming cheeks.
CAITIOH,
ffnnftand't German Jttmedits art enunterfttted.
Te genuine have Vie tujnaturt of 4 jU. Jttrtesut.
011 tU front of Hit nu'side wrapper of jm bottle, and
the name if Vte ui litrU blown in .04.7. iMtlt. All sUurs
art Gouhterf.tt.
Thousands of letters hav. been re
eel veil, testifying tollic t iitueof llxeae
remedies.
BEAD THE EC0MMENDATI0S3,
JIIOM nON. GEO. V. .VOODWaUD,
Clilvf Juilite uf Ihe Supreme Court of Peinujltania.
raiusiUHil, Mtaca IStb, 187.
I.fitd "HimftoniVt German Bitten" it not an into
ieattug bevtrape, but it a goad tonic, uteful in ditor.
den uf th. aiieitivt organt, and of great bent tit in
ca.iet of debility aud want of tieruout action u tnt
tyitetn. l om t tt uly,
.. fc'iO. IK WOODWARD.
UIOM UO.V. JAMES THOMPSON,
Jsids if tliD Buprsroe Cunrt of Pennsylvania.
PuiuaairaiA, A rail 26 th, lsM.
I ronelder ' Iloofland's O.rman Hit
ler" a ntttitiNo utmlioiite in case of at"
Incite of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. 1
can certify this from my .xperlcuc.
ol it. Yours, with respect.
JANUS) THOMPSON.
1-iom REV. J0SPU U. KCNNABD, D.D ,
Poatur of tlie Tanth Dautlat Church, PklUdelpkis.
1 m. .1 icKSOM DtAa 8ia i J have been frequently re.
queued to eottneet my nam. with ncwimendatwul of
dijj'ertnt kindt of medicines, but regarding Vie practivt
at out of my appropriate .pliwe, lhavt in all cattsdt
timed; but witi a clear proof in variout instances, and
pitrtH-ularlyinwiy own family, of the usefidmettof Vr.
ihiftand't German tiitUrt, Id fart for onotfnmmn
uiual cum if, to express my full conviction that lor
geueriil dbiHty of the system, and Mpegiully ft Livar
jCoinpluiut, It Is a stUo and tuIumU uiaparauuo. In
mint catet it may fail i but usually, IdouU wd, it wiU
bt very beneficial to viost who tujrer from ths abovs
cauui. l ours, very respectfully,
Mujltth, bekite Osattt ML
Frioa of tba Bitters. 11.00 per bottl. j
Or, a half dosen for $5.00.
Price of tbe Tonio. (1.50 per bottle
Or, a ball dosen for 7.80.
Ths Ionic is put up la quart bottles.
KeaolUct thai it is Dr. HonflonoTt Oermsm Bemuuhti
thai art so universally used and so highly recommend
td ; and do not allow the Drugyitt tu induce you Us
take any thing tltt that as stay my it just as ooud, be
cause he makes iaryir profit on it. t heft Remedies
odl he sent by express tm any hcaUly ufuts uppustUuM
UU" raiiciFAi. oriic,
AT THI OENMAN MtOICINC tTORt
JS'a. 031 ARCH BTREXT, Puladtlphia.
CHAS. M. EVAN 8, Proprietor
formerly a X. JACK SOU 4 00,
Tk.s. H.sn.dl. sir. f.r sals y
Drugalsts, Mtorckecuera, aud Uedl
clue iJealere everywhere.
Do net ferott to U4-HW as1 ths srtich you buy. ta
Oldei to y,t I'll teuuint.
POETICAL
.lPKIL.
April has soarehed the winter lane!,
And found her petted flutters again ;
l. kissed them to unfold their letres,
Hue coaxed them with her sun and rain,
And filled tbe grass with green content,
And made the weeds and elover vain.
Her falrlos climb ths naXed trees,
And set greon cape on every stalk j
Her primroses peep bashfully
From borders of the garden-walk ;
And In the reddenedmaple-tops
Her blaokbird gossips sit and talk
She groots tho pationt evergreens,
She guts a store of anoient gold,
Uivea tasslod presents to the breeze, .
And teaohos rivers songs of old,
Then shakes the trees with stolen Maroh winds,
And laughs to hear theeaokoo wold.
Sometimes, to fret th. sober sun,
Bhe pulls the oloud across his faos;
But finds a snow-drift in the woods,
Grows meek again, and prays his grace ;
Waits till the last white wreath is gone,
And drops arbutus in th. place.
Her crocuses and violets
Oive all the world a gay "Good year '"
Tall Irises grow tired of green,
And get themselves a purple gear,
And tiny buds, that lie asleep
On bill aud field, her summons hear.
She rooks the saucy meadow oups ;
The sunset's heart anew she dyes ;
Khe fills the dusk of deepost woods
With vague, sweet lunshine and surprise,
Ana waves tne periwinKios u
lo watch her with her wido,
, blue eyct.
At last she dooms her work Is don.,
And finds a willow rocking-chair,
Donsspeotaclos of apple-buds,
Kerohief and oap of almonds rare,
And sits, a very grandmother,
Shifting her sunshine needles, there.
And when she sees th. deeper suns
That usher in the happy Way,
Sue sighs to think her time is past,
And wocps because shs oannot stay,
And leaves her tears upon the grass,
And turns her face, and glides away.
Atlantic IiIonMy for April.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
makkii:u ox ni:ie xi:.vni
1UUTIIUAV.
To speak of "Tovey Brothers" is, ia fiict,
to lo guilty of a very uujuetiliable uuire
preseDtation as if the brothers were on an
equal footing. 'Whereas the titlo "Tovey
and Brother'' explains itself, and enables
any rellecuog person to understand at once
that "Tovey" is Tovey pure nnd simple the
head of the firm ; "Brother," though Tovey
too, is only Tovey with a limitation.
When you enter their place of business,
you might wonder what it ia they deal in.
A few scorc9 of little bottles ranircd on
shelves, and filled with various colored li
quids and powders'; a fewscores of little
polished mahogany cases, each wilb its
printed Latin label ; tins is all.
I remember that office as a model of staid
decorum and gravity. Everything went on
as if by machinery. There was a time for
everything, and everything done in its
time. I could have found it easy to believe
the very height of each clerk's collar was
regulated by offioe by-law. No starch has
ever yet been made, however, so still that
be cannot laugh in it; and a good deal of
quiet tun went on amidst tne monotony ot
business. Many a joke was passed round
from stool to stool, and I think I never
called there once without hearing some new
witticism or some latest joke of Mr. Ka&pcr's,
whose humor, I suppose, must have depend
ed much on manner, tone, and the little ac-
I tidents of place which could not be rendered
Mr. Kuspct s work, and his way of doing
it, were like his conversation, light and
sprightly, lie moved about with an elastic
quick step KB if ho had a difficulty in re
fraining from dancing. He adorned his
writing with flourishes till it was hardly
legible. And when Mr. Splutter tried to
make him discontiue those embellishments,
ho gave such whimsical reasons for their
continuance that be always laughed the
manngcr out of his attempt to find fault.
Mr. Bog was heavy and solid. Uis hand
writing was as regular as engraving. His
ledger had not a blot In it from beginning
to end. And when any figure in it had to
be altered it was done so neatly as to be al
most an improvement. lie was a plodding,
thoroughly reliablo man, and he bad never
been known by any one in tbe office to make
a joke ; and had not often, they said, been
made to comprehend one. Mr. Rasper nev
er mado anything else, aud saw them where
others intended no such thing. Mr. Bog
made up, however, fur his dullness by the
frankness with which he admitted it, and
by his invariable good temper. It was quite
impossible to put him out, and when the
suspicion came across him as it did now
and then, that Rasper had been hammering
at him for an hour or more, he bore no
malice.
There was, however, one matter in which
all in tho office concurred that they bad a
right to find fault with Bog. He was un
married, and all the rest were married men.
And on this shortcoming one and all were
determined that he should have no peace.
Not a day passed but some new hypothesis
was started as to the reason of Lis continu
ing a bachelor; not a day without some
new name being suggested to him as that
of a lady with whom he yet might have a
chance. To all of which suggestions Mr.
Bog persistently and good-naturedly turned
a deaf ear, A respite came to him twice a
year from aU this worrying.
Twice a year Mr. Bog went on his travels,
for about a month at a time. For it was
the custom of tho house to let their travel
ing be dona by the clerk, instead of keeping
travelers to do nothing else. In this way
one or two of them were always out, and
all or them ia turn bad a pleasant relief
from the monotony of office life.
"Sfow Bog," Mr. Rasper would say, "you
must try and manage it this journey. Re
present your case ouce more to that Leices
ter girl, and perhaps she'll change her
mind." It was one or Air. Uasperairientily
assumptions that Mr. Bog had been rejected
in every town be went to, and Leicester be
ing in hit round, it was oat.ally the Leices
ter girl who was recommenced for second
triaL
And thus the joke was repeated year after
year, till at last Mr. Bog's case cam to be
! , I I .11 . 1 .. L. 1 - l.nn.laa.
consiuereu j au au vumuuguij ""
that if ha had coma down tome moraing in
apluk vest and lemon-colored liguu no
one would nave thought it half so surprising
as that ba should really take Mr. Rasper's
advice.
Let the reader judge therefore, for himself,
with what effect this bomb shell fell in the
offlea four day. after Mr. Bog was supposed
to hava itarted u one of hkiournevi. The
missile came by post, in th shape of a news
paper addressed to Mr. Rasper. It was
provincial paper, not from Leicester, but
from a city in quite another quarter.
Mr. Rasper had unfolded it and looked it
carelessly over bad read several items of
local news, town council squabbles, work
house board meetings, and other matters in
which he took not the slightest interest,
and was about to toss it into the waste bask
et, when his eve caught sight of a couple of
crosses cvidontly made for the purpose of
attracting attention.
But evn then he did not at once hit the
right column. " 'Hunting fixtures for next
week ;' what on earth do I care about them?
'hops two pounds a cvvt. higher;' well, if
they don't raise beer it doesn't matter to
me. What does the old goose mean by
marking theue 1"
At last, however, he did find it, and was
struck for a moment speechless.
"Well, by Jove," he said at Inst, "this is
something. But I don't believe it. Here's
Bog gone and put a notice in the paper to
make us believe he has got married. Listen,
here it Is."
"'Someday, at St. Ambrose in this city,
by the Rer. Edward Wheeler, the rector, Mr.
Thomas Frederick Bog. of Highbury, to
Emily, only daughter of the late Theodore
Phillips, Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica.' And
then, as if that were not enough, here's a
noto appended, editorially apparently.
"'Unusual interest attached to this wed
ding from the fact of the bride being mar
ried as we are permitted to state on her
tenth birthday.'"
"Very fair, indeed, Mr. Bog," said Rasper,
as he finished ; very creditable for a first-rate
joke only it is a little oveidone. You'll do
better noxt time. Now, my merry men,
what do you think of it I"
Not one in tho office believed a word of
it, of course "Neither do I," said Rusper ;
"but it really is very fair for Bog. I tuubt go
and show it to Splutter."
But at that moment Mr. Splutter came in,
and on being tendered the newspaper waived
the offer, and said, "Ah, ah, I know all about
it. Bog's wedding, that's what you want
me to look at, isn't it ? Bless you, Iv'c
known it for more than a week. Bog told
me and Mr. Charles, but made us promise to
keep tho secret till it was all over. He goes
mooning with his bride for two or three
weeks, and then he takes her with him on
his round. You won't see him here again
these six weeks. He was married the very
morning after he left here. He asked me
to bo present but I could not go. Now, Mr.
Rasper, how do you feel ? Your occupation
is gone. You will have nothing to chuff
him about."
"O, stop a minute," cried Rasper. "Do
you know all about this too!" Aud he read
liini the editorial note about thc"tenth birth
day." it was Mr. p!uttor'a turn now to be sur-
"Nonsense I' he said ; "let me sec."' And
taking the paper, he read it for himself. "It
muBt be a mistake. It can't bo true."
" 'Late of Kingston, Jamaica.' Who ia
she J" asked Rusper.
"Somo family connection. I understood
him," (.aid Mr. Splutier. "Thoj do marry
viry young, I have been told, in those hot
rlimates. But in England it is impossible.
Hog would not have dono such a thing. It's
all Donseuso 1" And he shut himself into
his own room.
During the six following weeks of Mr.
Bog's absence he furnished more conversation
to the orlico, and was tbe subject of moro
jokes on the part of Mr. Kusper, even than I
if he had been present. Speculation ex
hausted itself as to the reality of this extra
ordinary editorial note. At last tbe convic
tion gradually established itself that was
literally true; that Bog having married some
mere child from a boarding school having,
in fact, piobably runoff with her tor the
sake of her money, and knowing ho could
not possibly coucctu tue tact of her being a
child, had imprudently determined to brazen
his misdeed out ot his way before tueiu and
the world.
"I'll bo bound he'll bring her down to the
office in a shoit frock," said Mr. Ra6pcr,
"ana carry Her in on tm arm."
While his own character wag suffering
and while his fellow-clerks wcro thus dis
cussing the chances on finding in him on
his return apy small remains of honor and
morality, Mr. Bog's travels with his biide
were drawing near to an end. Ho wrote
from one of bis resting places :
"My Dear 3Ir. Splutter I purpose being
in town again on Tuesday evei.ing next,
but shall not come back to business until
tho beginning of tho following week. Will
you oblige me and my wife by giving us
your company on Friday evening, and by
inviting for me all my confreretoi tho office
for the same evening. I hate the ceremony
of carding, and calling, and sitting in statu
to receive visits from old friends, and so
docs my wife. If they all will take it, there
fore, iu this informal way that we shall be
glad to see them well, glad we shall be ;
and if they won't, we shall bo sorry.
"Friday evening, at seven, for what wo
will call our 'small and early,' being, in fact,
for office people only.
"Yours ever, t. v. b."
This lotter, which c&me on Monday morn
ing, was dealt with by Mr. Splutter in his
usual prompt aud business-like way.
He simply turned up oue corner of it,
wrote on the back of that corner in red ink,
"I shall go, and hope you all will," and sent
it out to Mr. Rasper to be handed round.
The decision come to unanimously, in
spite of the sentence of condemnation passed
on poor Bog, was that they would go, all
who could, if it were only for the sake of
having an early sight at the bride, and giv
ing the bridegroom oue chauce of reinstating
himself in their good graces.
When the evening came, they took a cou-
Sle of cabs, and all went down together
lr. Splutter, my father. Rasper, Gibbs, and
all the rest of tbein they having agrceed on
a convenient point of meeting before they
left the office. .
It wan Mr. Bog himself who received his
company in his cosy, well-furnished drawing-room
up-stairs,for he was a man of some
little means, and bad everything very com
fortable fcbout hirS.
"Well, Rasper," he said, after the first
hand shaking, "your constant dropping bad
worn away the stone at last. I could ntrt
stand it any longer, you see. It ia to be
peace between us now, or wart"
"I don't quite know," said Rasper, laugh
ing. "We shall see."
' You had better not make it war," aaid
Vr Pn'ntter. "for Boc't holiday seems to
have put him iu rare lighting oidtr ; better
lav peace."
Whereupon Bog, in his clumsy way, ayar
! at ltaaoer on the hearth-rug. as if to de
inouatrato with what ease he could double
him mi.
"I shall think about it," said Raspen ""d
before deciding shoald like to see tne if tec
rima causa belli,' if that is what my old
Latin grammar used to call another fair
one."
"Here," said Mr. Bog, "in good time she
comes. Frieuds, allow me. My wife, Mrs.
Bog, and her cousin, Miss Wheeler." And
in came the two ladies as ho spoke. One
was of middle, or apparently somewhat
over tho middle age, wearing spectacles,
with a matronly Icok, and a good-tempered
fucp, very plcnsant to look upon. "The
cousin," said Mr. Rasper, "comes to keep
house till the child-wile is of age. Just as
I thought." The other was a merry, luuglt
ing young girl, seemingly of sixteen or seven
teen, though possibly bIic might be younger.
Rasper shook his head and looked grave at
the sight of her.
Exactly as we predicted," ho said to his
neighbor ; "she's quite a child. Really this
is a bad business ; but it is always so when
men put off too long. Ah, Bog, Bog, she'll
be a handsome young widow, my old friend,
when you and I are gone."
He went over, nevertheless, and made
small talk to tbe young girl by the piano.
"Been long in England 1" he asked her,
among other thingB.
"No," she said ; "only about a month be
fore the wedding."
"Know Mr. Bog before ?" he asked.
"No ; she had only seen him for the first
time when the was up in London with her
cousin about a fortnight before the wedding.
Her cousin had known him for many years."
"You will find England very different, I
suppose," went on Mr. Rasper, "from Ja
maica J"
"Jamaica I" sho said, laughing : "I dare
say I should if I had ever been there. I'm
onlv from Edinboro'."
"O, indeed," he replied ; "I beg your par
don. Then I suppose the late Mr. "
"I Bay, Rasper," called out Mr. Bog from
tho other side of tho room, "are you likely
to finish spooning with RoBy soon? Be
cause I want you to come and say some
thing clever to my wife."
"Your wife 1" exclaimed the startled Ras
per. "I thought I was
"Not talking to her!" said Mr. Bog.
"Don't say, now, you thought I had mar
ried little"Rosy ;" and he went off into a fit
of laughter of long duration. "Rasper," ho
said, on getting his breath again, "you
really did not, think that;" and then went
off into a longer laugh than ever, in which
we all joined hitu.
"Then what on earth," said Rasper,
brought to bay,"what on earth teas the mean
ing of that newspaper note ?''
"Eh, what ? Now you really don't mean
to say you never guessed what that meant ?
You don't mean to say, when you read
'samo day at,' so and so, you never carried
your eye up to look what day that was ''
"No." said Mr. Rasper j "but what matter
could that muke V
"All tho matter," said Mr. Bog.. "We
were married on the twenty-ninth of Feb
ruary ; that is my wife's birthday, and you
know it only conies onco in four years."
"Well, Uoir. upon iny word I never thought
of that; and I have been nursing all manner
of wrath against you."
"Splendid !" siii' I Bog, "splendid 1 I did
not think it po9iblu to swindle the swind
ler so completely. The longest I hoped for
my joke was u life of about five minutes;
and in tho hope of that I got my friend tho
editor to priut me that one copy of the pa
per with a note specially intended lor you.
"O, then, Mrs. Bor's ago is not proclaim
ed to all the world," said ilusper.
"ot exactly," said llog; "tnotign tor
that matter she would not iu tho ltnet have
cared if it had been."
"Not at all." said Mrs. Bog; "I'm long
past caring who knows bow old I am."
That is tho story of how Mr. Bog married
his wifo on her tenth birthday.
"Really, Rasper," said Mr. Splutter, as
they walked home together j "that was very
good, indeed, for Bog."
And Rasper admitted unreservedly that
it really was very clever, indued, considered
as Bog's first.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Xlilu;; a Woman Can't Io.
A lnrlv writer, who ia slichtlv disDosed to
turn traitor to her sex, states that there are
three things Ja woman can't do tho most
important admission that has boen extort
ed from her sex since- Madame Evo ate the
apple. Hear the following open confes
sion :
First, she can't sharpen a lead pencil.
Give her one and see. Mark how jaggedly
she hacks away every particle of wood
around the lead, leaving an unsupported
spiko of tho latter, which breaks imme
diately when used. You cau almost for
give the male creature his compassionate
contempt as chucking her uuder tho chin,
lie twi&hcs it from her awkward little paw,
and rouuds and tapers it iu the most ravish
inu manner, for durable use. I wish to
hear no more on that point, becaase when I
once make up my nund, "all tue King a
men" can't change it.
Wei . then, secondly A woman can t co
up a bundle. She takes a whole newspaper
to do up a paper of pius, and a coil of rope
to tie it, and it will come- undone at that.
When I go shopping 1 iook on wun tne
fWinnted caze of a bird in the neighbor
hood of a magnetic serpent, to watch clerks
do up bundles. How the paper fallajust
into the right crease, how deftly they turn
it over, and tuck it uuder, and tie it up, and
then throw it down upon the counter as if
they had dono tne most common tuiog in
the world, instead of a deed which might,
and in faith docs task the ingenuity of
"angels I" It is perfectly astonishing.
Thirdly 1 may auuue to iue ibci mat a
woman can't carry an umbrella, or rather
to the very peculiar manner in which they
perform that duty; but I won't. When
they unfurl the parachute alluded to, they
put it down over their noses, take the mid
dle of tho sidewalk, raking off men's bats
and women's bouuets as they go, and walk
ing right into the breakfast of some wight,
with that disregard of tbe consequent dis
gust, which to be understood most be iult,
as the offender tocks up one corner of the
parachute aud looks defiantly at the victim
aihn lias effmiiterv to come into the world
and hazard tbe whalebone and handle of
her "urabrill 1"
A reporter for a London paper wrote the
verdict of a coroner s jury, -uieu iroui uem
n..h.r,i an, tha nnlilio pained the informs
tion the next day that the deceased "died
from her marriage." Tuia ou a par wu
the experietee of a reporter in a Detroit
...o. ui,n in an artinla on the citv uoor.
spoke of the great number of persons re
duced to poverty by the "mysterious decreet
Ilia astonishment maV be
imagined when he saw the passage printed,
'inystcimus increase oi provi.iuu
Tub Two Moskk. The New Orleans
Iribune gives the following capital contrast
of the two Moseses, of whom Andrew it
tbe latest specimen :
The true Moses was tbe meekest of men ;
our Moses is tho most mulish. The true
Mosce was a man of prayer ; our Mosea is a
man of oaths. The true Moses was slow of
speech, and had his brother for a mouth
piece ; our Moses unfortunately speaks for
himself. The true Mosct was a great law
giver ; our Moses is a notorious law-breaker.
The true Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of its king ; our Moses has gone
down to Egypt for help. The true Moses
"endured" to the end ; our Moses has be
trayed and abandoned the cause to which
he swore allegiance. Tbe true Moses led
an oppressed people out of bondage ; our
Mosea promised to do it but left them to
their foes. The true Moses labored to save
the people from tbe bite of fiery serpents ;
our Moses has sought to have all the people
bitten by them f. ., Copperheads. When
the true Moses died, the children of
Israel" wept for him thirty days ; when our
mioses shall leave the White House for Ten
nessee, all the people will say amen. The
man who reeled into office ought to be ruled
out.
Selections foh a Newspaper. Most
people think the selections of suitable mat
ter for a newspaper tho easiest part of tbe
uuaiuess. uow great an error. 'Jo look
over and over a hundred exchange- papers,
from which to select enough for one, espe
cially when the question is not what shall,
but what shall not be selected, is no very
easy task. If every person who reads a
newspaper could have edited it, we should
have less complaining. Not unfrcqucntly
it is the case that an editor looks over all
his exchange papers for something interest
ing and cau find absolutely nothing.
Every paper is dryer thau a contribution
box, and yet something must be had his
paper must be out with something in it,
and he does tho best he can. To an editor
who has the least caro in what be selects,
the writing ho has to do is the easiest part
of his labor. Evory subscriber thinks the
paper is primed for his own benefit, and if
there is nothing that suits him, it must be
stopped it is good for nothing. As many
subscribers as an editor has, so many tastes
he has to consult.
One wants something very smart and
something sound. One likes anecdotes, fun
and frolic, and the next doer neighbor won
ders that a man of sunso will put such stuff
in his paper. Something spicy comes out
and the editor is a blackguard. Next comes
something argumentative, and the editor is
a dull fool. And so, between them all, the
poor fellow goes down. Tboy never reflect
that what docs not please them w ill please
the next man but they insist that if the
paper does not suit tbom it is good for
nothing, aud will stop it right off.
a - m -
A Bosom I'm. A young gentleman from
the country stepped into a countrv store
and informed the proprietor that his occu
pation was that of a carpenter, and he de
sired to get a bosom iu emblematic of that
profession. The obliging joweler looked
over his stock, and, finding nothics else.
showed him a very fine Masonic pin. Tho
young man looked at it carefully.
-les, sam ne, "tncre is the compass and
square; I use both of them ; but why didn't
they put a saw in it I It's first-rate as far as
it goes. Hullo I there's G thero what does
that stand for ?"'
The jeweler didn't know. The man stu
died it carefully for a moment, and a bright
uea sxruca mm. ma race nusnea as U lie
had mado a discovery.
"I have it," he said ; Its all right. O.
stands for gimlet. Compass, square and
gimlet I That will do-1 will take it."
There was a little touch of sadness in his
voice as be pinned the emblem on his coat,
ami went away muttering :
"Compass, square and gimlet. I do wish
there was a saw, though."
At a club, of which Jerrold was a member.
a fierce Jacobite and a friend, as fierce, of
the cause of William III., were arguing noi
sily, and disturbing lei-s excitable conversa
tionalists. At length tbe Jacobite, a brawny
Scot, brought his fist down heavily upon the
table and roared at his adversary; "I tell
you what it is, sir, I spit tipon your Hing
William 1" The friend of the Prince of
Orange was not to be outmostered by mere
lungs. He rose and roared back to the
Jacobite: "And I, sir, spit upon vour James
the Second I" Jerrold, who had bceu listen
ing to the uproar in silence, hereupon rung
the bell and shouted; "Waiter, spittoon
for two 1"
TTtr Id an Artmnla nf n-ii1!(aiv avoilaliill.
ty. "During the. war in India, the native
princes were so nara run ior ammunition
tl.nt t Vton 1m,1 tr, tiaA ttiAli nriannnri for rn.
jectiles. The mortars in one battery were
., ...... i . . ,u i : A - .. j : . u -. . l.
led entirely mm iiud uiuucib, aiiu auuvuuii
effect that a breach in one of the Englith
tmnnltnlrlo was mnriA hv tfirnvtnrr four
colonels and three brigade inspectors against
. r-i . i : . i: . r j V. .. .. .
it. luu uuo uuiuvrs weru prcierrcu ucuausu
l-lwt lal ,Hi.lr liAAfta lion (1. nan ul, fi II. .I
iii'-j .u.-ow. uwuun ....... "
in ftrir,,. smaitifina Tltia ia flftt. rtnlv tlia
case with the English army, but with all
otuers."
How Oen. She n man Disfranchised Him-
self. The following auecdote is related
of Geu. Sherman :
In conversation with a number of officers.
at his headquarters, in the fall of 1801, the
1'esidenUal election was touched upon,
when some of the number addressed him
with :
"General, who will you vote for t"
"I shall vote for neither."
"Not votet That is very strange."
"I'll tell you why," said the General. "I
never voted but ouce, and thou I disfran
chised myself."
Such looks of wonder and iucredulity at
this produced maybe imagined; but the
General, paying uo attention thereto, pro
ceeded :
"I never voted for a President but once
iu my life, and that waa for Buchauan ; and
I am since satisfied that any person who
waa d d fool euougU to do that, hat not
sense enough to exercise the elective fran
chise. I disfranchised uiyeelf, and conse
quently, shall not vote."
Cadtiom to Milkmaid. A man in Ken
tucky killed a tick cow a fov dayt since.
ia whose stomach were found a large brass
pin, a hair pin, aud a quantity of books and
eye. A jury cf the neighbors, formally
summoned for the occasion, returned an
oral verdict that the unfortunate deceased
(cow) had probably iwalloweda milkmaid
or a waterfall at tome period of Ha adult
AGIUCULTD11AL, &C,
Havma'ino There it annually so muctt
good grass mercilessly niaualaughtcred io
making it into bay that it becomes the
duty or every publisher, editor and agri
cultural writer Iu the land, happening to
have a better pracitical knowledge of bay
making, to begin with the hay season,
preaching as earnestly as they can, at every
opportunity, better principles, until a radi
cal reform in much of our haymaking
practice shall have been achieved. As
clover usually comet first in the routine of
haying, and the season for putting mowers
afield is cIobb at hand, let us bear in mind
that tbe best standing condition of clover
is when tbe plant itself is fully developed,
and the heads in full but early bloom, be
fore any considerable proportion of them
have assumed the slightest tinge of brown.
Then instead of being roasted, broiled and
baked in the scorching sun until it in as
black as Japan tea, as is too frequently tho
case with clover hay, tho best plan it to cut
alter the new is o!f ia tho morning, cure,
spread or in tbe swath, as much as can be
done in five or six hours of clear, drying
weather, then twenty-four hours more in
small cocks, sheltering from dew and rain,
and haul in and put an ay with tho leaves
still green, wilted but not in the least
crisped or blackened by the sun.
The other grasses are best cut when the
stalks and foliage have attained full growth
and tho seeds are entirely developed, but
still in a milky state. Like clover, they
should be cocked after a few hours' sun
curing, finished off in tbe cock, cured but
not in tho least crisped, and hauled iu
while still green in color, elastic and pos
sessed of all the inviting aroma of "new
mown hay." If the foundation of bays and
sUcka are made well up clear of the ground,
affording full and free ventilation under
neath, end then in blacking or stowing
away a layer of clean, dry straw, say six
iuchi-s in depth, is placed every two feet
between tbe courses ot hay, there will De
no danger of tlovor or any other kind of
grass heating, moulding or rotting, though
put away a great deal greener than is the
general practice, and infinitely better hay
will be the result. Cosmo, in Saturday
Evening Post.
Planting Lima Beans. It is not gener
ally known, tr if known practiced by few,
that Lima beans, so liable to rot after plant
ing iu a wet spell, can be protected against
this danger by Mtnply greasing them well
before planting. It should be done thorough
ly, and unless tho season be extremely wet
it will prove a suro remedy. A few yeara
ago, while a neighbor bad to plant his bed
a third time, ours was wholly uninjured.
This is a hint worth acting upon. It may
insure mauv a crop of eariy Lima, which
very body admit is the "uau of beans. -
Uvrnautvicn lelegraph.
1
Grafting Ttris Pkar aso Apple. If
tho grafts of either the pear or apple have
been cut at a seasonable time aud well-
preserved, tliuy cau be set throughout May
successfully. Thero is no risk run what
ever if the scions are in good condition.
We have pear grafts ict some bix or elgut
years ago upon trees a hundred years old
that produce abundantly aud regularly.
On old aud unfruitful ttecs grafts can bo
set with sucess upon the smooth wood of
bearing brandies. Branches running aa per
pendicularly as possible should be selected,
as upon old trees horizotal branches are
constantly breaking off from the decay
which is continually going on where the""
bork it rough from retaining water after
raiua and emws. Oermantousn Teltyraph.
Corn Meal fcb Milch Cows. The stale'
ment is often made through the agricultural
press, that corn sueal is the best feed for
cows aa a milk producer. Why this should
be repeated when the experience of almost
every farmer Is to the contrary, we cannot
tell, unless it be for tho reason that corn
meal is tbe best grain feed for cows not
giving milk. There is no grain to good
for keeping up animal heat, and producing
flesh and fat, and it is used in winter by
most dairymen for this purpose ; but as a
milk producer it is the poorest grain that
can be gives. Oat meal and wheat brau
are far superior. These statements are
based upon actual experiment and the ex
perience of many farmers. Ohio Farmer.
RCt'irKS, eke.
From theGormantown Telegraph
Spies Cakk. Five cups of flour, one
cup of sugar, one cup oi molasses, one and
a half cups butter, four eggs, one gill of
sour milk, two pounds of raisiua or currants,
one teaspoonfull of soda, two teaspoonfulla
of ground cloves, two teaspoonfulla of
ground cinnamon, .one largo nutmeg.
Bake slowly in deep pant.
How to Mark Good Yeast. Make a
decoction of hops, by taking two handfulls
of hops aud pouring on therm three pints of
boiling watei ; ooii tins aown to a quart,
and then strain. To tho liquor add oue ta
blespoonfull of grouud ginger, one of com
mon salt, aud two of molasses or brown
sugar; then etir in wheat flour enough to
make it the consisteuco ot oreaa-rising. ,
Let this ttand until cool, then add a tea- a
cupfull cf yeast ; keep it in a warm place
until it rues, men set in a eooi piece, aa a
vault or cellar.
In the hottest weather ol summer I have
ofteu kept yeast made as above pefectly
tweet for three weeks. Those who are both
ered with tour yeast, or who make it every
week would save much time and trouble by
trying the above. Do uot forget the consis
tence, aa the great fault with many it, they
have it too thiu and watery.
Calves' Head Boip. Boil the head
until quite tender, In salt and water. Take
the meat from the bones and cut it in small
pieces. Strain the water, and then put in
the meat with a teaspoon of clovea. twit
puunde4 nutmegs, a little black pepper, and
at mucn red pepper as win lie ou a live cent
pieco. Add a piece of butter the eixe of an
egg, aud oue pint of browned flour, rubbed
up in cold water. Boil all together for half
an hour, then add two chopped egga. A
whole head, liver and lights, make about
three gallons of soap. Tbe liver ebould
oulv boil half an hour. A skinned bead,
with the boues of a lag of veal, will make
about at much. This soup, if welt made,
cauoot be turpassed ; but auy aoup poorly
made, of which there U to much it the
least palatable of all tiuhet aud how much
eniin ia niAiia afhiph in i...r,,i1 ulth
I fat, a indigestible to most ttomachi at t j
'much train oil.