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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
D
R. JOHNSTON,
Physician of tbU celebrated Institution, has
discovered tbe moat certain, speedy, pleasant mid
efleclual remedv in tbe world forall
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or Limb, Strictures,
Affection of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, I m potency, General Debill-
tv, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confasion of Ideas, Palpitation of
tbe Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimuess
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of tbe Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lungs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising from tbe Bolitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practice more fatal to their
victims than the song ot Byrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, rendering marriage, sc., impos
sible.
lOUNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely crave
thousands of young men or tbe most exalted
talents and brilliant Intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy tbe
living lvre, may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Lot
of Procreative Power Impotency), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, cr
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
He who places himself under tbe care of Dr. J.
may reliriously confide in bis honor as a gentle
man, aud confidently rely cnon bis skill as a Pb v-
ticlan.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Loss of Power, immediately Cured
and full iiror Kestorea.
TbU Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage Impossible is tbe penalty
paid by tbe victims or improper Indulgences.
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of tbe dreadful conseqences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that tbe jower
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent T Besides
(ring deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
tbe most serious and destructive symptoms to both
lody and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wastlug
of the Frame, Congh, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined In health by unlearned preten
ders who keep tbem trifling month after month,
taking poisonous aud injurious comjKiunJx,
shonld arply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Koyal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of tbe most eminent
Col'eges in the United Slates, and the creater
part of whose ife baa been spent in tbe hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of tbe most astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden soands,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, werecured
immediately.
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1AKC rAKlltLAK .lUIIVb I
Dr. J. addresses all tuof-e who have injurrd I
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin lioth body and mind, unfitting
them for cither business, study, society or mar
rig ire.
These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of tbe Heart, Dyepepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
eiimption, etc.
Mentally Tbe fearful effects on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Lovs of Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some of tbe
evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now
judge what is tbe cause of their declining health,
losing their Tiger, becoming, weak, pale, nervons
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms ot consump
tion. YOUNG MEN
Who have injured th m selves by a certain prac
tice Indulged In when alone, habit frequently
leaned from evil companions, or at school, tbe
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
sleep, and If not cured, renders marriage Impos
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, shonld be
natcbei from all prospects and enjoyment of
life, by tbe consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and indulging In a certain secret
habit. Such persons must before contemvlatlng
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are tbe most
necessary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, tbe journey through
Ufa becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect
hourly darkens to tbe view ; the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiuess of another
becomes blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure find that be has imbibed tbe seeds of
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms ot
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the bead and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on tbe shin bones and arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last tbe
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease become
a horrid object of commiseration, till deth puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
him to " that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the bands of Ignorant or uuskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, etc, destroy the constitution, and
incapable of curing, keep tbe unhappy sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or In
jurious compounds, and Instead of being restored
U a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, iu des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
his galling disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johxjtos pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, ami
from his extensive practice and observations In
tbe great Hospitals of Europe, and the first in
this country, vix : Englaud, France, Philadelphia
and tlsewhere, is enabled to offer tbe most cer
tain, speedy aud effectual remedy iu the world
for all diseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFICE, NO. 7. S. FREDFRICK STREET.
BM.TIMOHE, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
door from the corner. Fail not to observe name
and number.
tW No letters received nalet postpaid and
containing a stamp to be used on tbe reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of advirtlsemcnt describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and ruiuing the health
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with his retalia
tion that his Credentials or Diplomas alwaje
hang in hi office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
Tbe many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous im
portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by lbs representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have appeared again and again before the puboc,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted. Shin disease speedily cured.
April 8. 174. lv
LL'MBEK AND PLANING MILLS.
Third Street, adjoining Pbila. A Erie R. R., two
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
IRA T. "CLEMENT,
IS prepared to furnish every description of lum
ber required by the demands of the public.
Having all tbe latest improved machinery for
inanufactaring Lunber, he la now ready to UU or
ders of all kinds or
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
and all kinds of Ornamental Screw 1 Work. Turn
ing of every description promjitly executed. Also,
4 LA RGB ASSOBTWKNT OF
HILL LUMBER.
HEMLOCK and PINE. Also, SUiugles, Piekets,
Lathe, etc.
Orders promptly filled, and sblpd bv Railroad
or otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT.
dcl-CS:ljr
EstalUsliea in 184,0. J
TRICE $1 50 IN ADVANCE.
professional.
M. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COCSTT SOLICITOR.
Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal bnsiuess promptly
attended to.
J A .MEN REIKI),
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Ilaupt'a building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
JAMES II. MeDEVITT,
Attorney at Ijaw and
United States Commissioner. ODlce with 8.
B. Boyer, Esq., In Bright 's Building, Snubury.
Pa.
AN. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and acting JUSTICE of the PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sujibury, fa.
Collections and all legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Conveyauclng.tbe collections of claims, writings,
and all kinds of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Office
formerly occupied by Solomon Malick, Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunburv, Pa.
March 29, 1873 ly.
A. ROTDORF,
Attorney-Bt-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Cau be consulted in the English and German
language. Collections attended to In North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. inlilo
TH. II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Office In Market Square,
(adjoining the office of W. I. Greenough, Esq.,)
Professional business iu this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 16, lS73.-ly.
w. c. packer.
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, lS73.tf.
Sit. ROVER, Attorney and Counsellor
at Lnw. Roonis No. 88 Second Floor,
Bright' Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professiona
business attended to, In the courts of Northum
oerland and adjolniug counties. Also, In the
Circuit and Dixtriet Courts for the estcrn Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to eaei In Bank
ruptcy. Consultation can be bad in tbe tier-
man language. mar-, a.
LII. KANE, Attomev at Law, SUN
a BURY. PA., office in Massor's BulldlnL'
neaj tbe Court House. Front Room up stairs
above tbe Drug Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, fft., June a, iaJ.
GH.CADWALLADER,Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, &c.
SP. WOLVERTON, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt
y attended to.
Hit. MANNER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Uuion, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. - npU0-G9
S
OL09ION MALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office at his residence on Arch street, one square
north of the Court House, near tbe jail, SUN
BURY, PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attended to In this and adjoin
ing counties. Consultations can be had In the
German language. Jnly27-1873.
O. W. ZIEOLER. L. T. ROHRBAOH.
ZIEGLER fc ROIIRRACII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Haupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to in tbe Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
Dec 2. 1871.
DR. C W. MARTIN, Office in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. in., and from C to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
gaged can be found at residence, corner of Front
and Penn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will visit
Patients either in town or country.
olds aufr Ststanrants.
CRAWFORD IIOt'NE. Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE & CO., Proprietor.
June 29, 1873.
UNITED NT AT EN HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot 8IIAMOKIN, rA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5, 1873. tf
WANIIINGTON HOCNE, C. NEFF
Proprietor, Corner of Market & Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, Sunbury,
Pa. May38,'70.
ALLEGHENY HOCNE, A. BECK,
Proprietor, Nos.812 and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, i
per day. He respectfully solicits your patrou
atre. JanG'7'2.
ATIONAL IIOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown Nortb'd
County, Pa., at tbe Station of tbe N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
Tbe tablets supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HL'MMEL'N RENTACRANT, ;
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor, !
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN A.
Having just refitted tbe above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve J is friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
qnors.
justness ?arbs.
W. 8. WHOADH. 1. PACKER UAAS
WN. II II OA DS fc CO.,
retail dealers or
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office with Haas, Faoelt & Co.,
Orders left at &cakoltx & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale aud
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken In exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Nevln's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will reclcve prompt attention, aud money
rcceiptedfor, the same as at tbe office.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE II. RENN,
In Simji&m's Building, Marlet Square,
SrNBiRT, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to selec t,
and meet the wants of his customers.
- All wort warranted to give satisfaction, or rise
the money refunded.
Tbe very best Mouth Wash aud Tooth-Powders
kept on hand.
Ills references are the numerous patrons for
whom be has worked for tbe last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1873.
COAL! CO A LI COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASn COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(LOWER WHARF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
NEW COAL YARD.
THE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with his extensive FLOUR & GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY BEST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Btov and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbiry, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
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THE MILLINER.
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Jane Jenkins was a milliner,
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Who would not count her naught.
Auspicious fate ! At length 'Squire Jones,
A bachelor forlorn ;
A modest miuded, model man,
Came in oue pleasant morn.
His niwe had sent u bonnet down
To be '-done up" straightway,
And she must get it without fail.
She could not wait a day.
Ho states his errand ; oh, that smile !
It made him feel so queer ;
And when the price was named to him
Said he, " Fou'r tttnj dear."
Her bosom heaved with wildest Joy,
He shook with vague alarms ;
She stammered, sighed, tbeu swooned away,
And sank into his arms.
"Help, help, a lit !" he loudly cried,
And fanned her with a glove ;
Then dashed some water in her face,
But the was dead in love.
She soou came too ; came others too,
To see what meant such noiso ;
And soon the shop overflowed
With women, men and boys.
"I'm thine till death," she sighed ; said he,
What mean those words I henr T"
"Oh, Mr. Jones, how can you ask ?
You told me I was dear."
"Oh, Heavens !" he cried, the prirt I meant
I had no thought of you !
But I surrender ; I discern
What woman's wit can do."
"Your lot's a lonely one at best,
And mine's a lonely life
A partner I will be to you
And you shall be my riir."
"Let's wed it once ; and wed tbey were ;
As down iife's stream they glide,
They feel, though tingle heretofore,
They tune float with the tied.
LILACS.
NANCY'S KNGAOEMENT TO THE DOCTOR.
They hung, heary plumes of purple,
over the little gateway in that bright after
noon the 1st of June. A charitable
breeze swept one scented bunch- of bloom
a bit aside, just out of the reach of a little
brown hand that had. a moment ago ruth
lessly stripped off half its blossoms.
But the owner of the hand had already
turned about, with a toss of her black curls
and a flirt of her pink calico dress, that
scared the butterflies, and before the branch
swung back she was hastening up the trim
garden path, and. ningiug back a sharp
speech over her shoulder at a tall, sunburn
ed young fellow who, with a vexed light in
his eyes, stood iu the gateway watching
her.
"Oh, it don't matter what I think I In
deed, I don't think at all. You may take
whom you like to the next May-day dance;
j'ou won't take wie "
It was such a pretty shoulder over which
these words were cast, and there was such
a rosy flush of anger on the round cheek
half veiled in curls, that it is no wonder
John Armitage took two or three steps in
pursuit of the speaker; but he stopped,
drew himself up with sudden pride and said
one reproachful word
"Nancy !"
The one addressed wavered a little in
her retreat, then resumed it with iucreased
celerity.
"Will you stop and listen to me ?" the
young man queried, his rising indignation
somewhat modifying his tone of appeal.
"No !" and the pink calico swept the
myrtles on either side of the walk faster
yet.
"Very well," was the angry respoiiie, as
he who pleaded turned toward the gate.
"Hut mark my word : you'll" be sorry for
this before these bushes here" brushing
the low spray sharply aside "are out of
bloom ! Now, good by."
Nancy, peeping from behind a curtain
after his retreating figure, cried. Perhaps
the soliloquy will tell why.
"Well it's all over between us now, any
way. It's his fault, too. He'd no business
to take any one else to the May-dance when
I couldn't go. I shouldn't wonder if he's
gone down to Sarah Anderson's now.
They'll be engaged next thing, and she'll
crow over me finely. He'll try to make me
jealous" here Nancy had a spasm of cry
ing. "See if I won't make him jealous first 1"
The way she would do it became appar
ent the next afternoon, when, dressed in a
jaunty blue suit that Bet oft. well her creamy
complexion, dark curls, and tinted cheeks,
she started for the village. The dainty
blue parasol was lowered a little as she
came to the pretentious block of buildings
opposite the hotel, upon oue of which hung
the sign, "Dr. Miles Gray. Office hours
from 8 to 11) A. M., from 3 to 5 r. m." Rut
the face of the building was blank, and the
office curtains lowered ; so, with an impa
tient exclamation under her breath, Nancy
went on to the post-office, where, getting
no letter, she turned discontentedly toward
home.
The Fates forbade her. Sho had not
accomplished a quarter of the distance be
fore the light roll of wheels made hei turn
her head and start perceptibly. In a mo
ment more young Dr. Gray, whose natty
top-buggy was the envy of all the men, and
whose fascinating smile had won the hearts
of all the women, had drawn up his horse
at her side, had leaped to the ground, and
had asked, eagerly,
"Miss Evans, may I have the pleasure
of driving you home ?"
The color brightened in Nancy's cheeks,
the light in her eyes, as she assented with
a charming smile ; and in a moment they
were slowly bowling along the road, and
the blue ribbons were blown against the
doctor's broadcloth.
Dr. Gray was young, handsome, not de
ficient in brains, with pocket-money enough
to prevent him from being tragically earn
est in his profession, and very much in
love with the coquettish bit of womanhood
by his side. As for Nancy, she was a little
afiaid of the gray eyes that could be quiz
zical as well as admiring, and of the smile
that sometimes curled the corners of the
black mustache. But Nancy was minus a
lover just then, the doctor was a "catch,"
and so she laughed and chattered as the
bay horse trotted along.
The farm-houso came in sight too soon,
and the doctor stopped midwayin aspeecb
to inquire,
"Won't you take a longer ride ? It's
such a beautiful afternoon !"
Nancy demurred, as in duty bouud.
"I don't know. I guess it must be
'most tea-time."
The doctor laughed, and held his watch
before her. It was precisely four. .
"Oh, well, then" began Nancy, some
what couftsed. "But aren't these your
office hours?"
"Confound my office hours !" comment
ed the doctor to himself. Aloud he said,
"I'm sometimes obliged to break through
my office hours. I'm going now to see a
a patient on the outskirts of the town."
So they drove on.
The "patient" could hardly have been in
a critical state. The doctor leaning back
in the carriage, let the reins lie loosely on
the horse's back as they paced slowly
through shady wood roads smelling of
pines, while the warm breeze fluttered light
curls across Nancy's arch black eyes, and
the blue silk parasol had to be held up to
keep the sun from her rose-bud of a face.
The doctor had a lurking fear that Nancy
was rustic and ignorant, but ah ! she was
so pretty !
How far they rode in this lazy way,
wholly rapt in conversation, is not known.
How far they would have ridden is uncer
tain, if Nancy had not sent a mischievons
glance straight into the gray eyes, and in
quired, "Why, where does that patient of yours
live ?"
The doctor laughed frankly, coloring
nevertheless.
"I see you understand the 'ways that are
dark and the tricks that are vain' pretty
well. Miss Nancy. And now I don't care
to tell you what I was going to before you
spoke."
"What was it ?" queried N ancy, curious
and conscious.
"It was," said the Doctor, bending his
own face closer to the curlshaded one at
his side, "that I wish I had the right to
keep you with me always. Miss Nancy,
will you look at me will you let me ?"
It was well that the doctor did not guess
why, amidst Nancy's bright blushes, her
lip quivered and her eyes filled with tears.
She had made up her. mind to accept the
doctor, but in this decisive moment the
thought of John Armitage sent a pang,
cruel in intensity, through her heart. Then
came the memory of their yesterday's
quarrel, and Nancy faltered, with a strug
gling smile,
"I I don't know."
She did know when, in the late twilight,
she and the doctor walked together into
tbe dusky sitting-room at home, where her
father was dozing and her mother knitting,
to ask their consent and their blessing.
"Dear me," said the good farmer, rub
bing his eyes. "Two sech pieces of news
in one day's cur'us hereabouts. I heerd
ou'y an hour sence that Johnnie Armitage
is a-goin' to Texas to farm on his own ac
count I sorter thought, too, 't he an'
Nancy fancied each other, but here she's
wantin' to marry another man. It's
cur'us !"
Nancy had taken her hand from the
doctor's arm and had sat down iu the win
dow. She heard, mistily, comments and
congratulations ; she answered questions,
laughed at jokes. She walked down to th
gate with the doctor when he left, and
stood there under the lilacs, his arm about
her, replying to his tender talk ; but when
he was gone, leaving a farewell kiss on her
lips, she rushed up stairs and threw herself
on the bed in a perfect agony of sobbing
that she could hardly stifle iu the pillow.
The story of the next week is hackneyed.
Such happenings are too common. Nancy
came and went like the ghost of herself,
but the whole village was gossipping over
her engagement, and her evidences of
trouble were ascribed to the "queerness of
a girl just engaged." Little tired Mrs.
Armitage ran over across the Jots one after
noon to tell the Evanses that John was
going on Monday, and she guessed he
would manage to get over and bid them
good-bye ; and cried because her pet son
was going away, and was cool and sharp
to Nancy, evidently suspecting that she
was the cause.
Perhaps light natures suffer most over
whelmingly. Often in those beautiful June
days Nancy, all alone iu some shadowy
grassy place, with sunbeams shimmering
above, would wander in a dim, childish
way if she should not "die when John
weut." Only one hope was left : John
was coming to say good-by. Oh, if she
could only let him know how it really was I
But how could she ? and she would look
down despairingly at the little gold circlet
on her fincer. 1
Sunday afternoon John finally came.
Nancy, sitting in the parlor with the doc
tor caught a glimpse of the well-known
figure at the gate under the lilacs again.
For a moment the room whirled around,
and she was deathly white ; then she rose
mechanically, saying she must bid Mr. Ar
mitage good-by, and went out to the door
way, where John was greeting her parents,
and warding off the Newfoundland with a
laugh.
"Yes," he was replying as Nancy came
up, "they say there is a pretty good chance
out there for a young fellow with health
and energy How do you do, Miss Nancy ?
and I've always been enterprisiug ; so I
mean t-. try it."
Nancy stood pulling the rose-vines in
pieces while for half an hour the others
talked crops, politics and prospects. She
could not have spoken for her life, though
she longed to speak as a condemned crim
inal longs to ask mercy. Not once did
John turn his obstinate auburn head to
look at or speak to her, and at last he rose
to go. He interrupted himself, while de
tailing particulars about grazing lands, to
say "good-by" while he just touched her
( New Series, Vol. -6, No. 9.
( Old Series, Vol. 35, No. 9.
hand. If he had looked at her, the misera
ble pathetic look of appeal on her childish
face would have gone straight to his heart ;
but he did not dare to look, and turning
away abruptly, walked down the garden
path with l!ier garrulous old farmer hob
bling by his side. Naucy had just time to
escape her mother's eye by running up the
stairs. She did not faint ; but Ood forbid
that girls should often know such misery
as she suffered then! When she at last
joined the doctor, as in duty bound, the
stunned look in her face was pitiful. She
"was not well," she said, in answer to his
alarmed queries'.
It was Nancy who proposed that they
should go to church that evening. In the
corner of the high old pew, with her veil
hiding her face, she could at feast be quiet,
and one hour more of effort would have
been insupportable. Mrs. Armitage. was
alone in her pew, and cried silently all
through the service. Nancy's heart so
went out to the poor woman that, when
they met in the isle, she pressed the hand
impulsively,- saying, "in a quick whisper,
"Mrs. Arming? I'm so sorry for you !'.
"I don't want any of your sorrow !" was
the sharp response. "It's fine to talk ; but
you and I know well enough who's the
cause of it all. One word from you would
stop it now if you were 'sorry enough !"
Poor Nancy! The clock was on the
stroke of eleven that night when her lover
finally took his leave, and she was free to
pace the moon-lit sitting-room from end to
end with set lips and with glittering eyes.
She did not cry. She felt as if she were go
ing crazy, and in her desperation she did
not care if she did. Hour after hour pass
ed, and still she paced there till her
rigid face showed whitely in the first faint
gray of the morning. "Oh, tconld he go ?
could he go? would nothing happen to
stop him ?" Scarcely knowing what she
was doing, Nancy slipped through the
door, and hatless, trailing her dainty blue
skirt through the dewy grass, ran acrops
lots to the Armitages.
It was all still, and dark and dewy. She
heard tbe village clock strike three as she
paused on the outskirts of the old-fashioned
flower garden behind the house, and shrunk
behind the hedge of blossomy lilacs, whose
potent odor sickened her. -Her mind was
in a whirl. She did not know why she
was there, or what sho would do. She was
in deadly fear lest some one should disco
ver her, yet she could not go away For
half an hour she crouched there shivering
ly, never taking her eyes off John's win
dow, but starting every time tbe curtian
blew. Suddenly a step on the garden path
startled her bo violently that she scarcely
could suppress a scream. It was probably
some of the work people oh, if they should
see her ! A hasty peep through the bush
es showed her that it was worse than that ;
it was John himself, striding straight to
ward the gap in the hedge, and wearing a
most unpropitious face. Nancy, in blind
terror of discovery, crawled on her hands
and knees close under the lilacs. He had
passed, he was almost by, when a bird that
Nancy had disturbed flew out with loud
chirpings. One end of the loosened blue
sash had caught on a stiff bough, and tbe
color arrested his eye. Two strides brought
him to tbe spot, and he stood with folded
arms looking down at her a moment before
his amazement found vent in the exclama
tion :
"Nancy I"
He had never seen such utter abandon
and agony of shame as that with which the
poor little maiden hid her face and cowered
in the wet grass, with the cry,
"Oh, what shall I do ? Don't speak to
me ! Go away !" and burst into a storm
of tears.
For answer be gathered the little wet
figure in his arms, smoothed the tumbled
curls, tried to warm the icy hands, and did
not dare to question, while he soothed her
in his teuderest way.
"Take me home," said Nancy, as soou
as she found strength to speak at all
"I shall do no such thing," was the de
cided answer, as John's disengaged hand
lifted her face so that he could see it, "till
you tell me why you came. Nancy, I
couldn't help hoping a little when I saw
you here. Don't make me give it up I I
thought my pride would support me through
any thing, but I'm afraid it won't" he end
ed, sadly.
"I'm so glad it won't," breathed Nancy,
in tones of heart-felt relief. "But sorne
body'll see us. Take me home, John, and
I'll tell you all about it."
How different seemed the way home,
with John at her side. But Nancy was in
no hurry to "tell about it." She only said,
nervously, holding John's hand in both
hers :
"Promise me you won't go away."
"Ah, but I want another promise first"
Nancy looked back at the plumy hedge
whose shelter they had left, and said, with
a half smile, "Yon see the lilacs aren't out
of bloom yet, John; and I am sorry, as
you said I'd be !"
"And the doctor?" asks tbe critical
reader. Ah, Nancy is no model of Chris
tian maidenhood. She is only a faulty
young girl, erring and suffering, playing
her part in one of the tragedies that are
played everywhere in the springs and au
tumns, iu the time of snowdrifts as well as
in the time of lilacs. Harper's Bazar.
An old farmer employed a son of Erin to
work for him on his farm. Pat was con
stantly misplacing tbe end boards in the
cart the front board behind and the tail
board in frout, which made the old gentle
man very irritable. To prevent blunders
he painted on both boards a large 'B,' then
calling Pat to him and showing him the
boards, said, 'Now, blockhead, you need
make no mistake, as they are now both
marked. This (pointing to one board) is
'B' for before and that (indicating the tail
board) is 'B' for behind, ' whereupon the
old gentleman marched off with great dig
nity. Don't forget to take off your hat when
you enter the house. Gentlemen never
keep their bats ou in tbe presence of ladies,
and if you always take yours off when
mamma and the girls are by, you will not
forget yourself or be mortified when a guest
or Btranger happens to be in the parlor.
Habits is stronger than anything else, you
will always find that the easiest way to
make sure of doing right on all occasions is
to gel in the habit of doing right. Good
manners cannot be put on at a moment's
warning.
Whenever you get in a passion sit down
in a cool place for fifteen minutes.
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StisctLlaritoas.
The Couutie of P?ynylvamiaw
The following table gives the names and
date and year or the erection of the several
counties of the Commonwealth ot Pennsyl
vania and the territory, from which they
were formed ; the three first counties which
were formed, to wit : Philadelphia, Bucks
and Chester, we've established at, the first
settlement of theJProyiuesLuf . Pennsylva
nia, and formed the only original counties
cf all the territory of which the sow great
State is forme!, - comprised of sixty-six
counties, as follows to wit :
L Adams, January 22,1800, formed of a
part of York.
2. Allegheny, September 24, 1788, form
ed of a part of Westmoreland and Wash
ington. 3. 'Armstrong, March 15,1800, formed
of a part of Allegheny, Westmoreland and
Lycoming.
4. Beaver, March 12, 1800, formed of a
part of Allegheny and Washington.
5. Bedford, March 0, 1771, formed of a
part of CramberlaaiL . - - .,.
6. Berks, March 11, 1752, formed of a
part of Philadelphia Chester and Lancas
ter. 7. Blair, February 26, 1848, formed of a
part of Huntingdon and Bedford.
8. Bradford, February 21, 1810, formed
of a part of Luzerne and Lycoming.
9. Bucks, one of the three original coun
ties of the Provincet
40. Butler, March 12, 1800, formed of a .
part of Allegheny.
11. Cambria, March 26, 1804, formed of
a part of Uuntindon and Somerset.
12. Cameron, March 29, 1860, formed of
part of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter.
13. Carbon, March 13, 1813, formed of a
part of Northampton and Monroe.
14. Centre, February 13, 1800, formed
of a part of Mifflin, Xortnumberlaud, Ly
coming and Huntingdon. ..
15. Chester, one of the original counties
established at tbe first settlement of the Pro
vince. . k
16. Clarion, March llv 1S39, formed of
Venango and Armstrong.
17. Clearfield, March 26,1804, formed of
a part of Lycoming.
18. Clinton, June 21, 1S39, formed of a
part of Lycoming and Centre.
19. Columbia, March 23, 1813, formed or
a part of Northumberland.
20. Crawford, March 12, 1800, formed
of a part of Allegheny.
21. Cumberland, January 27, 1750, form
ed of a part of Lancaster.
22. Dauphin, March 4, 1784, formed of
a part ef Lancaster.
23. Delaware, September 29, 1789, form
ed of a part of Chester.
24. Elk, April 18, 1843, formed of a part
of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean.
25. Erie, March 12, 1800, formed of a
a part of Allegheny.
26. Fayette, September 26, 1783, formed
of a part Westmoreland.
27. Forest, April 11, 1848, formed oflr
part of Jefferson.
28. Franklin, Sept. 9, 1784, formed from
a part of Cumbetlaad.
29. Fulton, April 10, 150, formed from a
part of Bedford. '
30. Greene, Feb. 9, 1796, formed from a
part of Washington.
31. Huntingdon, Sept. 20, 1787, formed
from a part ot Bedford.
32. Indiana, March 30, 1803, formed
from a part of Westmoreland and Lycom
ing. 33. Jefferson, March 26, 1804, formed
from a part of Lycoming.
34. Juniata, March 2, 1331, formed from
a part of Mifflin.
35. Lancaster, May 10, 1729, formed
from a part of Chester.
36. Lawrence, March 25, 1850, formed
from a part of Beaver and Mercer.
37. Lebanon, February 16, 1813, formed
from a part of Dauphin and Lancaster.
38. Lehigh, March 6, 1812, formed from
a part of Northampton.
39. Luzerne, September 25, 1786, formed
from a part of Northumberland.
40. Lycoming, April 18, 1796, formed
from a part of Northumberland.
41. M'Kean, March 20, 1804, formed
from a part of Lycoming.
42. Mercer, March 12, 1800, formed
from a part of Allegheny.
43. Mifflin, September 10, 1789, formed
from a part of Cumberland and Northum
berland. 44. Monroe, April 1, 1836, formed from
a part of Northampton and Pike.
45. Montgomery, September 10, 1784,
formed from a part of Philadelphia.
46. Montour, May 3, 1850, formed from
a part of Columbia.
47. Northampton, March 11, 1752, form
ed from a part of Bucks.
48. Northumberland, March 27, 1772,
formed from parts of Lancaster, Cumber
land, Berks, Bedford and Northampton.
49. Perry, March 22, 1826, formed from
a part of Cumberland.
50. Philadelphia, one of the three origi
nal counties established at the first settle
ment of the Province.
51. Pike, March 29, 1814, formed from a
part of Wayne.
52. Putter, March 26, 1804, formed from
a part of Lycoming.
53. Schuylkill, March I, 1811, formed
from a part of Berks and Northampton.
54. Suyder, March 2, 1S55, formed from
a part of Union. .
55. Somerset, April 17, 1795, formed
from a part of Bedford.
56. Sullivan, March 15, 1847, formed
from a part of Lycoming.
57. Susquehanna, February 21, 1810,
from a part of Luzerne.
53. Tioga, March 26, 1804, formed from
a part of Lycoming.
59. Union, March 22, 1843, formed from
a part of Northumberland.
60. Venango, March 12, 1800, formed
from a part of Allegheny and Lycoming.
61. Warren, March 12, 1300, formed
from a part of Allegheny and Lycoming.
62. Wayne, March 21, 1796, formed
from a part of Northampton.'
63. Washington, March 23, 1731, formed
from a part of Westmoreland.
64. Westmoreland, February 26, 1773,
formed from a part of Bedford, and 1785
part of the purchase of 17S4 was added
thereto.
65. Wyoming, April 4, 1842, formed
from a part of Northumberland and Lu
zerne. 66. York, August 19, 1749, from a part
of Lancaster.
Previous to March 34, 18.51, this County was
called Ontario, but Its name was called to Brad
ford en that day.
fBucks County was one of the three original
counties established at the first settling of the
Province of Pennsylvania, the -other two being
Chester and Philadelphia. Bee Vote of the As
sembly, Vol. 1.