ft
f "Publication.
Ths S22i2rs:t Herald
,.v,rr VJn?s lay Morula; at20
l-l'-1'" o'paII Id advance: othcrwlr, 2
.. .una'". 11 p .
: .1., riiarjroa.
" ' 1 "l will discuntlnned tn " '
V',.a up. Foilmuttrl ocglectlnito,
falf1N" d. not Uk.t their
' i;l 'h, held li W lh
, n-ui-vlDK from FortoflW lo an-
S' r'7Kiv us tn. nam th. former a.
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Somerset Printing Company,
JOHN I. SCVtXs
Kustneaa Manager.
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F. S T X TI L I S H E D , 18 3 7 .
VOL. XXI.
SOMERSET, PA:,'. WEDNESDAY, AVVAL -2. 1873.
Hardware.
T!"
PATL H. OMTHKK. j
Altorm-vf al Lw. I
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11,1 , ivt,a. A" ricvsi..iial -
,,u T' ' . . , .. irh.-e Wi Mammoth Mock,
i !' " '.' H. Marshall" urn autre.
HARDWARE.
JOHX ttincaT.
joint d Bonurrs.
k CO.,
. Mil.Udt ha permanently locaU-d
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lit
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i i,na "I Somerset and vb-tn-
John P. Blymyer
re-ticncil hin ciore i
I Jl"N PIIIKKT
' NO. 240 MAIN STREET. ;
i J () II N S T O W X , p K X X A .
! Wrvcll Irflfni'!rttMe In all prtl th I'ul
! IimI Sinter nl Cunivila.. nnl In Forclim ronnlrlcii.
Hut liol.l. VUunii ami Uurvnunent lluniii at
I liiithcl ninrket prices. Loan monev on aiimvril
I aprurlly. Km III ami t'liraki oa other luinki eaah-
tH HHr wm 'l if!.' -
jan. 21. o.
Few Doors Above the Old Stand, j"ier ' (he te of six per ctut. per
K...IMZ. ATTOKXKY AT
A innim paid on Time lhprmiU.
I . r. -U.ll '
. , ail yrm 1" "" , Ami ..tT.-r t.. 1,1. rtirtmiH-rn ami frlca.U a full line i F.Terrlhln ta tbe DanklnR Una recelrca our
a. ,.. t.. t.i rare in t Ihe viry li.acal i.rk-oa. ! iirnni.t attrmlun.
Thankrul to our Mm! ami nutomm for Ibelr
paat patnaiaire. re Mlicil a naitinuannr of tlia
vamo. ami Invite otliern who have liu.inesa In our
line to a-ire u. a trial, aneurinir all. that we ahall at
all tlmt do all we rnn to irivr entire atiflfartla.
KebL'lTe JOHN IUBKHT fc ttt.
l;lire in the .lull ,
jy -tt i
i..v in l-r
... v ol l;iw " Soiuenis'l ami
J, ' ii.li.-c i" I'w KnuMi tloBiM.
h. '..iirih hai Ilardware of Every Description,;
iV i-
.,, k ,-ul.U'lKX. ATTtiKXKVS AT,
Ki. , tirtioe in rest lence of j
.,; v& . 1
mox.
XAILS
iXKY ATL.AW.SOM-
i.tviil oa iHillcctiuu .
Main ;reet.
i n'c it;
':iN' , i -r .ni..i att.J t aU husltwn .
. 'i iii imu. 1"'
iu.
vr.v i ' V TTtlHNKY AT LAW
at !" '" lili rare With
..II l.n-trf t-iuiM--
AX1 GLASS,
M'oodon Wnrc of AU lilndat,
i "JOHNSTOWN
SAVINGS DANK,
ti
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I ..." im .,11 i.nirtiee In Sum-
,','.;.,r. o'uii ii-. AU KUfinrrt tn
,. U"."-.-- i.r-'iuil" tt.-nI.".t tn.
i COAL OIL LA MI'S.
ATTOKNEYS AT (
COAL OIL,
! I tl , . tt,e in.nl lrt ol JiU.i".
HKNTlsr.
''V 'o - MiiiM-H '""" pr-'l"" udo,
t.alf. ..ik ,,., u kinita. ami of
CIlI.MNKVS.i
lii-ru-a. ah o-i-i.. -
june ., .
Ami ererj llilnir "-l.mgii, t the Lamp tra.le.
WHITE LKAI),
AT LAW,
. .:. , Mum. ATTf)i;"EY'
a ... . ; alMld ,0,llhuMiK-ien-!
LI .a.-r-i .,,., n,i ..iioininic eoun- I
i,. i.i-1 . , ,r in Court '
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LINSEED OIL,
leh. IS, 'JU-lv.
VARNISHES,
I
r..i'VlVlTl.ltr
,urt ll iuKi-- J- "-,-
AT HW.
ittl It- mi' "
0IT.C' "l t'1' 1
BRf SHES,
ire in S. m.-rset anj
PAINTS IN OIL AND HIIT. ANI
'u..i-.ea-rut-.t i" hi
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nil.
l CT,s,rt.Tr uA N tKv b'JUUb IN utnibnAL.
120 CLINTON' STREET,
CHARTERED SEPT., 1870.
Opened for the transaction
i of business feb. 23, 17i.
I HANK OPEV PATI.Y FifOM 9 A. M. toJP, M,
ALSO. IN WETNESIAY ASDhAT.
' VliHAV EVENIVOrt. V'KOM
i ' T4V4 OCLtK'K,
A lare itia-k ol
Ur.r
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ulii iu!"rm the pul
I t!,r a II kli 'll Ii ""-. I" 'e
, r -. 1. i HI- m enu, n to ae i
run In ti. willitiv s-i'imai-Ui to
t.iin i!b tii.-irni.ii.ni.
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"Jiie .r..n:.l ait.-ni.u Ui all caaei ,
Titbit Hpivria uih! ForkM,
PtVKET KMVKS,
HIUONS.
i LOANS bECUKED BV BONDS AND!
I MORTGAGES ON REAL ESTATE.
I
IslX PER (EXT. GUARAXTEED.
l.OOU,
SHEARS
somi:ksi:t. r.i.
OrFi' t "ti Mnii Sirt-vt.
a ; MII.I.KIl.
AN II SClSSOliS,
It'KCELAIN LINED KETTLE.S, Ju-., ks..
In
afur twelve
Sliatikdville, liu
Tii-tlii-r with muny art Mi too nnini-r.u l men
tion in nn a.'.verti'niiit. He la iletenniiHil to
at-ll at tli. very li.wi H .r.--. (iive him a call.
june l-'72. ,
rN-ilr r.-c ivel of alt tumt not Itu Ihmn On
Dollar, ani a iivit'uii of the prolita.leclarcj ivirc
a yrmr. iu June ami IM-emiier.
InterrKt eomiuenr-tlie tintl uny of cich month.
lnu-n-dl whea m.t drawn out in aUdtxl to the
I'rtnciiaal, lliur.,iu.nn linn twioeayear for the
uVtioeiior. -
ftiK.ka oontainlnir the charter nn:l ly-law will i
l' lunil.licl at the liiiuk.
THE CAXK BOTTOMED rilAIB. ,
, BV VIUIll HAKKFUACI THAI KKIUT.
In tutlerl old tUppe s, that toant at th har.. .
Ami a rajjuf l oUl jackal, pcrrutuod with dj.irit.
Away fr.HU the wotllt ami lla tolls ami Ita cares
Iv'enu)r little klnirl, mi. nnl fonr jnlnorraln.
Ta mount to tlili realm it a toll, to be aura.
But the Ore there I bright, am! the air ratlv.'r pure,
An1 the Tlcw I hehnM on numtlilny dayn
Is jrranJ throuifh the chimney -pota over th way.
This mug; little rSambr i cnunmcl In all nooki
With w.M-thleKii oi l kDl"k nat;kaDjiny oi l iHK.k.,
Ami fixiIInhoM oiMsauJ fooll.ll ol 1 enila.
Cracked banraiii. fr.m lr .kcr... cheap korpmkea'
from friemls: ,
OU armor, prlnta, piKur.ni, pipe. china (orafkcl).
Old ri.-ki-ty tnhle. and chalm broken baoke.l,
A two penny treiKttry, woudroui to ai ;
What matter T1 plearant to yen. rrlmirt ami me.
No hetter divan nce.1 the Sullnn require,
Than the creaking; old aofa that ba.ks hr the Are :
And 'tla wondernil, pnrely. what tmislc you tret
From the rickety, rim nh.tklo, wheeay ipinet. :
That pmylns; nij came from Turcoinan't camp ;
Hy Titier on?e twinkled & l.jmen uld lamp:
A maneliike tierce yonder daxiror ha. drawn I
Tis a murderous knife to lout luurttii. op in.
Lintr, hmt; through the, hour, and tho niiht. and
thechlmea,
Hero we talk or old hooka, an 1 el J frienda, and old
time.,
A we fit In a fo; made or rich Litakir,
T.ila chamber In plea.ant to yon, friend, and me.
Hut or all (he chup tre.i.iir that tr.iruiMh uty
res!.
There- one that I love and cherish Ihe heat,
F the nnet of eoorhea that', paddled with hair.
I nt-vcrwonU change then, my el l eaiM-hottomeil
chair.
Tla a lon.ly Ic-ofd. hlKh-ahooj.icrcl. wnnneaten
Mat,
With a ertvkint; old hackand twincJ old rC
But iinne th Cilr uiorniun when Fanny aat there,
I Ideiw t hee and love thee, ol 1 caiie-txKtomed chair.
If chain hare hut fcelinir, iu holdlna; auchoharmn,
A thrill mint bare pn.d thnmh your wUhnred
old arms :
I liflkct and I lonffed. and I wed tn de.pair ;
I wlahad myaelf turned to a eanedinttomel chair.
It wa t.nt a mom. nt ahe aat In thla place :
She'd a ararf on hor neck, ml a amlle oa her face;
A amlle on her face, and a roe on her hair.
And ahe ant there, aud ,,mied In iny cane-bottom-cd
i hair,
Ami ao I hare rained my ehalr erer alnce.
Like the xhrinc of m taiut, or throne of a prince :
Snint Fanny, my Iatnmc.. .wrft I declare.
The queen of my heart and eanchot tome.1 chair.
When Ihe candle hums lew.
irone.
In the alienee or nlht. a. I .it here alone
I alt here alone, but we yet are a pair
My Fannie I see iu my cane-lttonied chair.
Sheeomea from the paat and rcvlsita tny room;
She looks as she then did, all lieauty and Iduoui:
So atuiliuif and teudor, so frcsjii aud ao fuir :
An I .vomit r alie aita In iny canc-l.it turned chair.
Tht 1'nnotnratl rather.
- TKUB TtRY.
donying thirf, apd be was obliprvd to j rue without iny knowled-re, by myl
submit., ilavtujj thus arranged the j wife, and had cost hor tho enorrnnti '
matter with th mother, he spoke tojKum or three and twenty shillinjrs ; '.
the daughter who confessed with her, for whiehshe had no excuse hut that!
toil-'UB what her. eves had often uvmv. ! k)ii tfinnn-lit hir lniklmnri l.w..ri-il n !
cd. that she loved him : and she nroni- silver snin n.n.1 a ihinn Ih.mI a well i 0I,C of tlie refei ee in a east: that e.xti-
ised to marry him on his return.
He fet ail and reached London in
due time. . There he discovered that
the Governor : had deceived and
wronged him roost cruelly. Instead
of letters of credit he had given him
mere letters of introduction, which
vere ahfeolutelr w orthless. The con-
as any of his neighbor.
AVe have another pleasing glimpse
of Mrs. Franklin in the early years of
ncr married lire, in an advertisement
published in Franklin's paper, the
"Pennsylvania Gazette."' Franklin
advertised everything and this is one
ted
j "Whit is her age?" .
"iSbe was thirty years old
1 Oth dav of April."
TV . - "When did yon last sec her
Many years ajro I banned to he; .... hvr ' a,,ont
night s:net.
of his attempts in that wav:
sequence was jthat this young printer j " Token out of a pew in the church,
of nineteen found himself in London) some months since, a common prayer
with ten iioundf in his pocket and not j book, bound in red gilt, ami letters I).
a friend iu Europe who could bo of F. (DeboiahJFranklin on each cover.
the slightest help to him. To com
plete his misfortunes one of his I'liiln
delphia friends, who had crossed the
The person who took it is desired to
open it and read the Eighth Com
mandment, and afterwards return it
uuusiial intercut in our courts.!
r .. i . . . . ' 1
iroin tue singular nature ot the claim
closed
it ... ..,,.(;..,. v
and the strange ry which it diV T.rZt.fr L,' l
The plaintiff who was cait-l .. ' i .1 , .
.. i- !1a 11 . i I iiiiiirw r leu. u btiu iiiii:eiiiis ana ic
tfiin nt a. 1.I1111 u-liif.h trorloil itrn,iinu I i 1 . 1
to and fro of tbeso axial mensengtrB.
J la vain he trierl every expedient to
J intercept them. Nets and lures were
j of ! avail, irr eMild Ihs trougur.t
iana most expert archers bricg them
down as they sped their way, far
above the camps, between the besieg
ed aud their friends. Anacreon, in
one of his e.Tqtiisit odes, gives th
carrier-dove more . gentle luissiou
than carrying bulletins ol war ; and
if we arc to believe the poets and
romancers of tl.c Middle Ages, it was
the most trusted mp.aenger between
parted lovers. Wealthy Homans car
ried pigeons iu baskets to the Amphi
theatre, for the purpose of sending
home the names of guest3 whom they
invited at that place of amusement,
or to order a change in the dinner.
The building Ieing open at the top,
the released messengers would rise
above the walls and fly home with
the important information.
Tasio refers to the employment of
j carrier-pigeon at the siege of Jerusa-
1 l.'m on. I r..iti.a tw.. r ..If
.... ... i . . .. ... n iiuw ljijuirrr. coin-
hen did you see her previous to niander of .h. ,.Kl.Ut;, u..at.-
plaiuUff -Wuud-a long ee from the attack of a fa.. xvhU,h
had been let loose bv the infidels to
destroy it. It is a historical fart that
they w ere employed durinar the cru
sade of Louis IX., in 1219. When
the Christian army attacked Man
surah the Faracens sent off a pigeon
(. airo with a billet announcing the
NO. 42.
n the
a fort-
Atlantic with him, and had come to ; into the same new airain. of which no
London expecting to live by literature, 'further notice will lie taken."
could obtain nojrmployrucnt, and hadj The first great sorrow of her mar-
no resource but r ranklin s purse.
The printer was not long iu getting
work at his trade ; but as there were
two to be, supported, the ten pounds
rapitUy melted aw ay, and Franklin
saw no prospect even of his being
able to get back to Philadelphia, at
all still less of appearing there us a
master printer.
I n these circtistanct s he should have
written to Miss, Head a plain state-
ried life was the death of their first
child a most beautiful and intelligent
boy, four years of age. So engaging
his parents, that Franklin declared,
thirty-six years after, he could never
think of him even without a sigh.
When the reader visits the grave ot
Franklin in Christ Church burying
groud in Philadclphia.ho will observe
near it alitile stone.not two feet high.
.i .i ,i- . r 1' t i , aav ,, u iu uiv ui nnv ai, 11.111:111 iib..
' : r " T" """"i ' On the Uth day of Mav, 17."
.UuV.,j, u r.n, inu,.H.-, ol 'When she was thrc weeks old,"
happiness. Hus wife was said to bo a,,(!,.(, Bllrr
extremely U-autiful, and no less love- ..;.,,. continueil ,, turni
uninterrupted harmony for f,ve years ,,V-a" Tjt Ti e I nC !. I fact attached to its wing, and later
duringwliichtinietw another pigeon wa,
.ua.ij uoueu to tue muhm, tic moru- , f fM,ravp), h,1H)anil who escap
ly resolved to resume his occupation ; efj th(( iU of hc an(J rettirne,
which he bad relinquished on his , , hi . hom. dw)lt(. But
rnurrge,.,,., ii,,uu,,u-Ui.u 0 wi pictun, to vo the lonely j 1" 1 V , I VpT A
was but three weeks old sailed, once wjf 0Ter da-,y toil, devoting r.rj.jI.ilT ?'l FAd
more for the West Indies. ILs wife, . , cl rMl . ii, ,iL ... r III., mentions the use of these pig
who was devotedly attached to bin T " ow f th" ''lst"ms f hSt
sorrowetl tk-eolv at his abs, nee. and l1,d.r r.rt?.'. .nlV$J?-r-ntrr.- In fact, thev are still em-
"A ' Mi 1- . . . IlllUUIIII I rilll II . II" 111 IMtLUlf ! .1 1 A .
a t . .11 r , I l.nH ..nla I..ml . i a. ... ...... v I I llllfPII I l B ItTatBT OTTfinf 1 V,
was he. and so rooted in the hearts ftf! "umV"" .. -j. .,,lt, .1n. ., nr urt sickerimn. TJ -J " . 'V.
nercniiuren and tne imiteot ins return, i . , - u"rui' nations, oin nv ti
Hut month after month passed awavT'T ""7' ' .1. T" by private rH-rsons.Miss E. B
11 . ,., , inailv tue Ol CI liciliiilitt os'iiit i,uiuilf ,-...,,,. rr , ,r r
became not, nor tin! anv letters! . , , ' ," , ! lko a rp, in tin rper't Jlngizin for
those insufficient but welcome substi- r '. . , , . , . 1 April.
. . . 1 - . . . 'was I'Allll uiouuu, uuu out n as rum-
tutes, arrive to cheer ner solitude. 1 ,, . ... ! . , , . , 1 .
, . , lie etl to believe herself indeed a Wld-i Home mt Ik) Kiaz-Pleherai ana Jnsik-
Months lengthened into vears, vet no ' I " .... , . ,. , . . ,
U W. M hl Itlll tn OH Ullf M ILIIVfUL 1
all the
the state
an I the company's
merit of the case.and asked her to wait ! which Franklin placet! over the grave
for him, or release him from thu en- of his boy. He added to the usual
gagement. Either he bad not the 1 inscription these words, "The delight
courage to do this, or else, absorbed j of all who knew him." Their only
by the wonders and pleasures of the child, Sarah, grew to womanhood, in-'
mwii, lie uau oecoiiw) inoiaerent to 1 iteming anil transmitting tier ninth
,:.t: ..:...., 1 r-.,m .t,...t. .....
, , . 1 c. t - . ; awakening in voiir hearts the wannest
husband: and, afer hoping against, . , , , ., ,
. , -r ii sympathy for the diverted wife, and
1101)0,1110 ti .happv wife was compell-I : 1 . . . .
-. . ii, l. the utmost scorn fur the mean pitiful
ed to Ic.ieve that he had found a . . n ,i,a,m,i ,i
. . wretch who could thus trample on the
grare beneath the weltering ocean. ' , , . , . . . ,
p ,, , . . ,. j heart of her whom he swore to love
I ler sorrow was nVeo nml heartfelt ' ...... . .
' and cherish ' vcneeu not inquire
inn Aril j f tr iatr t U'Mn riAtv i " 1
1,11V. V I I sT "l Jlt I I
but
her. He merely, wrote her a short
note, announcing bis safe arrival in
London, and telling her bo was not
likely to return soon. This was one
of tue great errors of his life, w hich
er's Iwautv.
During the
last fifteen vears of
were now
added to her afflictions.and the widow
found herself oblisred to resort to some
their married life Franklin stM-nt most i e,nJ,lo-rmont in on,or to s"Plwrt h,r
of his time in Enyland as a-ent f.,r i c,,ll(ln'n- lli T ne,',,l,! tn, onl7
the colonies. Such w as his wife's I rM0,lrce. an'l fr years she labored
i early and late tor the miserable pit
i tance which is ever grudgingly lc
; stowed on an humble seamstress.
A merchant in Xew York, in mod-
The Xew York Daily Graphic
gives the following lively sketch of
the home of the rag-pickers and junk
men in Brooklyn :
Spring in its coining, smiles on no
l.w mr.tive f.,r actintr so base a ' I"aoe ni,:re oiamiiv u.an the Sandy
part Whether it was a love of gain, 1 .,5ank- an utkirt of Brooklyn, in the
or licentiousness, or selfish indiffer- j jmmcdiate vicinity of Gowanus. It
it matters not; he is too vile a " ril""' ouisfcirtoi mecuy,
luouirn as vet tne worms
,t,;. i. ;,i...,l t,r mieh ! n ! where now,
o-overn men. Let us ask the witness I have not begun to come out of their
L.e who now stands before us with1 '""JdJ homes, the youuters are
the frank, fearless brow of a true 1 their Ert public appearance
hearted woman let ns ask which ofi w the entrance of winter. Sandy
the-e has been to her a father?" Lar,k w th" bimw of that curious
Turning to a ladr, in a tone whose fa(,f of beings the rag-pickers and
sweetness wa-t a stfanze contrast w-ith Junkstrr:who,a nu0,,,Jy erer sus-
charac-1 lltu naving a Dome, me general
he 6aid, he could w ish to correct if he dread of the ocean that she never
were to live it over again. j could le persuaded to accompany
Mouth after month passed, and j him or visit him. During his ab
Deborah Head, anxious and forlorn, i sence she took care of nil l,U alT.iir
heard no more from her faithless lov-1 Mter in some respects than he could i era!t' ljUt IPerouH circumstances,
er. A new suitor presented binise If have done it himself i accidently became acquainted with
i. . '. . . . I .. . ... , ).... .,.i ...i I ll,.,,.... I
wojrers ov name, woo carried on the 1V almost everv shin she sent him ' i""-' " ' ' ' "" ! .,. f,,i tkm ;,k
American nuts, apples and other nro-i n, rs 1 " '.luaj npr extreme oeam , , . .! vague impression being that they are
i.i . m ..ii .. na oniiiti-i iTrk t ia mi rt(-ar rnoienn uiiiiii.
lent nana at ineiHismcss. and tor this uucts, and ne sent her m return all i "cl,,."'VV":.r",i relate l.rieflr the recollections of her
sorts of rare ami teatUiful things in ' lal V u r , , i earlv life A sliirht flush passed over
fabric antl household furniture, sucht, After some months he offered his h ,
as sets of china, articlesof silverware. I ha,Kl- aa1 w" peopled. As the wife ! J ' r .
table cloths, tea trays, blankets, silk "f a e.-sfiil merchant she soon j i reC()1Imiln, arc of a
lor dresses, and anv curious houe-' l,,J'': "
hold implement wrhich he thought ',f"r,ts nd luxnnes Mch as she never
mi.rht U, n.l.il ii., ... (before nosessed. Ilerchiltlren lecame
' v' - - i . ' ii iiiit, wi iinitiu iit-, . . - -
reason Mrs. Head favored his suit.
Other relations urged her to marry
him, and at last she gave her consent,
and the marriage was celebrated.
Soon the dreadful rumor was noised
about Philadelphia that Ilogers the
potter," bad another wife. Such
I his children, and received from him
DR. t R tNKLIN-M Wlf,
PY ,1 AMES PARTOV.
n t i
.-.iV m-:ii.. nracLi.-v
VmiJii. n'.lv 1 "-tuct at S.mieraot ..r the prac-
u.A.ijfU.c. .ii'. l ti n l'-rs hi prolt-i'al.Hial a-r- .
ihe i-i-if-na of S.m.T!M't and viciniiy.
.',,;, .1,.,, lonm-rly oeennied Lv !. A. T J UOliNKit
j vli. 9 !-p ;. lMiii...tliHtal ail time, j I I
'' ! ..v. , .i.i ..1 ' ' 1 i
t
rail- rr. tnrt ly miFwircd.
i v,.
H I'lMlETUWA'TE, ATTu8NEy
a; . b in. -r-y Pa. Pw,t ooiiwO LuM
r, :u. i .li -tc. and );uiK-tunlly attcuJ-
k'KISl.li.
ATTliRKEY ATlrAW.
AUOKXKY AT LAW,
I'i. ppdcwlonal l.ualucaa entrusted
...a:M. !1-!i.,lilipn,in;i!nrfaanJ od'-IHy
s (orrtim u.
I'UKuTll a f.l I'I'I I.
w. n. hi ir-
ATTOKNEYS AT
All 1 i:-m riiniHe.! to their can-will
i ;i. : l.lllt.-iuallv atten.ieT lo.
II. I.i
U.a.r i.i wtithirn nd of Mmii-
r.nice trom lii.nnoml.
DENTISTRY.
i lr -a t!il', still continue tl.c f racti-e,r!
: -.: nrt nmimI to laTlonn all o, -ratioiia
i-i' m-u-ii'-r and at aa l"W iri-aatbe tame
.'.rk.-:.i: U- d-iie am alien- In the Mute,
i t ! twli t,.r-: a il. ul.le a-.-t torHS. All
il; and tiiili iiraeti-l wlile
lun 7
Buggy, Carriage
ANH
LIGHT WAGON
' MANUFACTURER,
S0MK1SI2T
; Is now pri-tiared to m'.nu'hctare ta pU r every do.
a-ripthm ol
'cAsnunfu.
HIU'OVS.
SILKIES.
Si'KINO WAflONS.
HACKS.
- SLEIOHS.
i .c, a.c,
! In the laical and uu-st atiprovcl atyl. s, and at the
j . . .. -
I.fW-.t a.IIlo lrl?.
ai-L la wat or
!. J MOW HELL, President,
MI NK IHUKKT. Treaaurcr,
CYKl S U.UEU, Solictor.
1KU M l OF TKVMEEH:
I JWatVaipcr, ITarld nilMrt, Oeinre Frits, A.
I J. Ilawea, F. W . Hay. John Lowmun, Daniel M -I
Luiirlilln. James McMillan. Jamea M or Icy. ltm
j l I'litt, C H. Ellis. Powell Sta'khonae. Conrad
I Su.iea. li-o. T. Swank, W". W. Walters, and D.
J. Morrell, President. IcbU
a. O, KKM.
j. n. uvi.nooein.
LIVEXGOOD,
JEIM &
ISA XK KItS,
SAUSMliV ELK LICK, 1 O.
SuMKUSET CoCIHTV, PENS'.
Drafta Ixmirht and dd, and colraetions made on
ali Kina.f the waintry.
Intcn-at allowed on time dciioaita.
Special arranirm.-iits with Ouanliana and others
who hidd moneva in truat.
Jan 17 U
Tr.ii'i-1
j First fliws Cnrriajic ', IvECEIVI'jD
SI
cTTTST
lO
lO
U. H AHVEY k. tn.,
barm co.v.mjsmo.v Mt.ki liASTS
EXCHANGE PLACE, B.VI.TIM KE.
rjl fflch ilvunei? o rti'iri.?ufiit" mw
-re- i-roHfj-tlr iit:iia-.
LZK, UI WYj! ill
WITH
'AMESRUSSEL&CO.,
n..i.;-Ai.a lo.Al.Kr.s
f2aCC0 AND CIGARS,
Ko. 222 Market Street,
i'niLUr.i,rnv
ir 1, 1, :.'
DIAMOND HOTEL,
SleucI Custer, Proprietor.
-"'I' i - i. !.. r- d a llh a lanre ahare of pat
W.; f,.r a .'litimiatice d the
hit a.-..ir:tin.!ii:ioria are firat class, the
' i t; lnn..-tie. at all time. Kli the tnt
-,'i-t jiii.ii... i lo.-sr, cin Ih. a.-..iinootal-1
i.iu -;;l, v Ni Mni,n and on ii-a.oai-'
''is l, iie Ih-iiii; rie mv isalmya;
fc- I'l- amre panic.: alVo x.arf and ,
i.y Tijj-s :..r thirty head .r h? a.
SAMI EL CESTEK. ;
'"' l" . 1 c i-' r 4' h, is;! 1
i(rr nnr other rehtrle. are rrvpertrullytiivlte.lt.
1 call and examine his work. None hut the very lrvt
I material will lie naed in the maiiulacture ol his
j work, ami wmr Imt the
! II EST WO K K -1 EX
i
I A'ccwr.lovc.l 'n hj c,tH(.ha-ut, ,w wbin
i ,ae hi'd eWiriicc ol ovT twrntr years inthe
l.ainraa. lie' la. tlierere, enaldedloturaoala
I brrt-rlaaa rrlihie. hoth In point of tnaU-rtnl and
i workmanrliip. All work warranted lo lie aar.-pre-!
vi-ntiil when lcnvinir the ahop, and aatLlaiti-m
I ' ifuartinieed. Allkiudaof
i
ItF.IWiniNO ANI I'AINTINO
I I hire in a neat and anlatantial manner, and at the
a hor; eat mah-e. He Is determined toiloilllo
' -ork in au?h a manner, atrl at such iirtc t ai M
'. n."l t tu the inti-p-al ol verylMiiy VItatrints
hiia. Call aud raaiumc his wort, belar pun-haa.
i init elaew her..-.
j" n-j T. J. ltonXF.lt.
i
o
o
c3
O
O
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Ui
in
1 1
A. V. KNEFFEB'S I
Q
u
o
ft
WE BOOSE & Co.,
FOUMRS & MACHINISTS.
I'KXX'A.iP"
GrQQDS,g
NOTIONS,
OE00EEIES,i
ft
o
Ml
:-t:ks 4 CO.,
s:.( ImrK-s Hotel.)
, Ii Mil, ,Ti I'lTTSIU Kill, Pa.,
h'ru-n. cf (jhm nsnrr and .Maiuifac
lur. r of (Hasswarr.
,JHX-WILSON '& SOX,
SAUSUVllY,
. i i a i i
ManufiuMurcrfl of all kindb uf
CASTIXOS & MACHINERY
tu-krs hy mall pronij.tly attenJcl to.
A.l.lr.-ea WM. MOOSE a. X..
Sitl.lmry, Elkllck P. O. Somers d Co., Pa.
OrC tj.
i;
j lie sure to villi and aoe, and I o.vno-
-Ml
fej d, aa there are too Riuny art He kept for
. ! I
cnnincratlon.
c3i
! i
L-'ccrty Street,
a i.
i'lTTSEUKaH-
A L TEETH!!
J. V. YliTZY.
D E N T I S rJ
",' T1!tl- ;'rranted to I o( the tit heat
QROUiE k SIIIPiES,
Mcnufaetun'roof till gradt of
CIG ABS,
UKDFORD, TA.
Attcntloi: paitruiarly aike.1 of JoLI.ts,
-Ordcr aidielted hy E, H. Marahatl.drusifist,
SiufTaet, l', )
(IMMONS It CO.,
WHOI.KMALI DEALKRS IH
Tobaceo' and Segan,
40S Market Street, Above Fonrtli,
PHILADELPHIA.
M-K. 11. M.ar. hall, agent, 5omerel, Pa,
tHavJ-ja
e-i
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OPPOSITE
so.umtsirr norsi,
SMKRHKT, PA.
July 17 A. W. KNEPPF.R.
G
O
oa
(
1 HEAT IXDUCEMEXTS.
an ! lloclaouie, IriM-neil in Ihe
. -r....ui.ir tltii t..l.l t..fl.
i iioer wiMiina- , lVnama waii'lnr nran-iaaa run ir-,
l.y iie.uiK siamp. j anj :,.,ts should call ou
jeia-;a i
T31. KEMP,
i.t i,
Ki"iU-SVLE
ii na
liEALEI.'S IN
m
H Baltimore St.
r
"'4 Km Moff Howard,
rLTlMORE, MD.
IIAKXEDSYILLE,
SoninraH Coouly, Pa.
Yi can pun-haac of him at lower rates than ol
any win iri. Fch. V Ji
'.IN WAKE.
1"
T The QtM.rrttiH-i t v nrt U uuumfkrturr U
I talllk 4
jTIX AXI SHEET IKON WAKE.
Tl,
PLOL'K MILL
u" II air Mill i,nt ... .i... .i
"UJ ivvvi,..
'i-o.'N .MILL,
I (Vmstantly on hand a ania.W of rr and hrarc
I kctll.-e. trull cans and alt ktu'.ls of
".r:.. ...
-1 , , l"1 Ii.) fur all kind, of -r.i0.
ALtM lNK flAY.
!
II otic Fur-niMhlng ;oodvi
aaally kept In Ids tin. IS Imp nnn door trl of
IMaetierr's store. Main atreet. S-imeeaet. Pa. "'
! U ly. NUAll CAtaEliEER.
J lM.ES PUOH,
MAIS SWEET, SOMERSET, PA.
la now prepared to uiauaraciure all kimla of
AVAOOXS, SJiEIGHS, Ac.
He will also promptly attend to
None l.uUlie IiLT MATERIAL will l naod.
ALL WORK WARRANTED
At oo In th latest and moat approrcd
atv 11, tiJ
LOWEST POSSIBLE PKICES.
Sotiieraet, Mnn-h flth.
gOLUHL,
WITH
A. H. Franciscus & fla.
n,im,n a.u i.t.i-i'1'' "
COTTOX YAKXS.llATTS.WICK,
Twine and Ropes,
UKIKl.NO GLASSES, CLOCKS, FAJiCT BASKETS
Wooden and Willow Ware, &c,
MAWrTACTCKKES ASD ORBElia OF
CMIlPETIXCs.,
OIL CLOTHS. MATTING. RUGS. &C.
SIS Market Street and HO Commerce Street,
lhilalclpliin,
Jane 10 tf.
On a fine Sunday morning in Oeto.
ber, 12:j Dcborali Head, a bouutiful
and lilou;iug las of t ighteen, stood
at the d or of her father's house in
Market Street Philadelphia.
The city w as forty-three years of
age, and it contained a population of
seven thousand. .Many trees of the
original forest still stood upon its site;
the bouses were built at some dis
tance apart, with gardens between
them, as vet the .streets were unpaved.
It is a largo tranquil (Quaker village,
surrounded by the primeval wilder
ness, with groups of Indians frequent
ly to be seen in the streets, anil such
game as wolves, bears, wild turkey
and deer to be shot within four miles
of the town. As the voiuij a,y
stood at the (JooroT liv'r home it w as
:il.out church time in the morning
tie saw in a crowd of church-going
people a strange figuro that both amus
ed and surprised her. It was a stont
lad of seventeen, not ill-looking, but
dressed in the very extreme of f-hali-biness.
He wore the workingclothes
of an ordinary apprentice, ami the.-e
by exposure to the rain and wear and
tear of travel, bad ltccome dirty and
dilapidated. Tho pot-let mf Lid coat
Wcro attiflcd out with shirts and stock
iug, am) under each arm bo bad a
large roll while- eating a third. She
gazed ut him as long as she could see
him wondering ami laughing at his
ridiculous appearance. If she had any
thoughts upon the subject, she proba
ably set him dow n as a runaway ap
prentice, for such indeed bo waj, one
P.ciijamin Franklin, who had made
his way from Kostou by sloop, by
barge aud on foot, to pscapu the tyr
any of bis brother, to w hom he had
lieen apprenticed.
A few days passed. Miss Keed
learned from her father that a young
man was coming to board with them,
a printer who worked in one of the
two printing houses of the town
What was her surprise when, the
young man arrived, niculy tjrpsed
w ith clean linen, and very neat in. bis
person, to recognize the forlorn and
shabby youth who bad caught her
eye on that Sunday morning. His
chest bad arrived bv sea, and thus he
was able to present himself at bis new
alsido in a becoming costume. The
young man proved highly agreeable
to the family. He was full of intelli
gence, amiability, ami good humor
one of these young fellows who make
friends wherever they go, because
they are themselves ohligrint? ami
friendly.
A year glided capidly by, during
w hich time the father of tbe young
lady died, and was buried in Christ
Church buryingground, Philadelphia,
where his gravestone may be still
seen and read, his wife a vigorous
aud prudent woman, carried on the
house as usual, so that it still furnished
a home for the young printer. His for
tunes had brightened duringthuycar.
TboOovernorof the province, who had
accident!' become, acquainted with
Lis talents, proposed to set him up in
business as a printer, and was going
to send him to London to buy types,
a printing press, am! whatever is nec
essary for the business of a printer.
With this prospect before him, the
young man w as emboldened to speak,
to Mrs. Head on a momentous subject.
He had fallen in love with her beauti
ful daughter. Ho told ber this migh
ty tecreti and of his intended voyage
to London, and lht Governor's
troject to establish him In business,
'iuallyhe asked ber daughter's band
in marriage.
Mrs. Head was far from disapprov
ing the match, but, like a prudent
mother as rhe was, she called the
yoong man's attention to the fact that
ueither be nor her daughter were yet
nineteen, and that it would be most
unwise for them to marry just as be
was going on a long voyage, and
about to engage in a new business
which might not provo profitable.
How much better to wait till bo was
safe home again, and the business
was well established. There wa8 no
Stroiiij rramiiu mimnreii fur iTwotmo- sent her a hiro-i' hinUirii Loi im I
the report, that Deborah Head, who) "I fell in love with it," he told "at;eYPer-v a,,vanta?c w,11, l w'al,h ,lfl
bad l: ved unhappy with him, returned i first sight, for I thought that it look-! ff"wl c,mhl procure.
to her mother aud resumed her maid-led like a fat jollv dame, clean and ti-j , n ?ear awa ? ,th.e
- - I . . " . ' I ilniiiat.tnsij tl'nan r.l.irni.v.1 t.tf llvnln
sorrowTul and hope- uy, w ith a neat blue calico gown on. IUI,"S""1' "-"T '"""J. '. --
en ii kino, u
less woman Tier nint unmiin. ! -rood nattirerl nnl lovnlr n,.. ! step-father were furnished with com
friends could not have foreseen for her 1 in mind of somebody." ' I fort requisite to their new avocation
a happy and honorable future. Soon
after Rogers, who owed money in
iu mtiKe me jug more
hlltvl it with pretty little coffee cups,
- - l 1 T . 1 1 11 1 1 ..
Welcome he ' uouseM-cper. mil tnev into mini! v
; ijuill.-il in roui r lien tiieu uioiuer
nil (lireeliona fl...l rm EI -Au-a ! nnekeil in suit ! Was taken ill. She tllCt in a teW fill VS
to the West Indies, whence came j During the Stamp Act trouble cfi and fr.mi that time until the iriod of
soon after a reiort of his death. 1765. w hen the false report reached ' wb,rh pl?enk tbe 'uowr h,ul reM.l-
Franklin remained in London for Philadelphia that hr-r husband had l" r llu J"" s,""" r- . .
-ov conies tue sirarige pari oi tue
alsiut two years, at the end of which
tunc he returned as a clerk to a Phil
adelphia merchant, whom he bad met
by chance in London. , Upon his ar
rival he v renewed bis intimacy witjh
Mrs. Head and her daughter, and
doubtless explained his inee,naistercy
as well as he coiiR e lamented
Deborah, Head's unhappy condition ;
8,ntl, boyvevt r he may have excused
bis behavior, ho felt that she owed
tho ruin of her life to bis own "giddi
ness aud inconsistancy." The moth
er however, insisted that it was she
who was most in fault, because she
had urged on the uuhappy marriage,
even against her daughter's in,tliiia-.
tion. She still consulted; Franklin
about her affairs, ant) they were all
excellent friends.
-nd so passed three or four years,
during which Franklin through his
own industry and good conduct, be
came a master printer and proprietor
of a newspajwr, with the prositect of
founding an extensive business.
Needing capital, he tried to increase
his store by marriage, ami wh.cn, the
scheme failed, be turned bri. thoughts
fin his fir-it love, poor Deborah Head.
Her runaway potter was probably
tlead, but he might not be ; and she
seemed forever cut off from marriage
by the fact that her second husband
would lie responsible for the debts of
her first. Such w as the law of the
period.
Franklin, pitying her forlorn condi
tion, always reproaching himself as
the cause of her woe, and not less
fond of ber than before, at last pro
posed that they should risV a mar
riage. Nor was the match so une-i
qualas it seemed, for, bachelor as he
was, be bad a son a few months old
on his hands, which was set off
against the chances of lingers return
ing. In 1730, seven years after Miss
Read had saw Franklin walking up
Market street eating his roll they
were married. Rogers as it turned
out, was really dead ; nor did any of
his creditors apply to r ranklin for
payment. The child was taken h.om.91
and reared as though it Lad been burn
to thpiftiu wedlock. He was well edu
cated ami afterwards beanie govener
of Xew Jersey. The niarrige was
eminetly succssful iu every respect.
One of Franklin.s maxims in Poor
Ricbard.s Almanac was this: "A man
must ask his wife to thrive." Xotl.ing
more true. In viyn. shall a young
man, without much capita!, toil and
deny himiolf, If ho has a wife who
squanders his gains, and takes no in
terest in his career. Mrs. Fraklin was
one or the most industrious, careful
and friendly of women. Besides at
tending her husbands little shop she
bought rags, pamphlets, folded news
papers, tenderly nurtured his child,
and kept her husband from being ex
travagant. He was by no means of
an economical disnsition. Ho was
gem-rot to tt fault, and I am sure
wa much indebted to his wife for the
rapidity with which he made his for.
tune. In tho early yeara of their
rufrried life he could sometimes boast
and lie ditl boast of it that he was
clothed from head to foot with gar
ments that bis wife bad woven and
then made.
It seems, however, that she was
not averse to a reasonable degree of
comfort and display. Franklin nar
rates that for a long time after their
marriage he had nothing for break
fast but bread and milk, and that he
used to eat it out of a two pfinny
earthen Ikiw! with a pewter spoon.
"lint, ho continued, "mark how
luxury will enter families, and make
progress in spite of principles. Beiug
called one morning to breakfast, I
found it in a china bowl with a spoon
of silver. They had been bought for1
years, during which time no tidings
had arrived from him, the first hus
band returned as suddenly ns ho hail
departed. He had changed bis ship,
adopted another name and spent the
whole of that period on the ore in,
with only trausient visits on shore,
whilctakingand discbargeing cargoes
having been oaroful never to come
nearer home than Xew Orleais. Why
ho had acted in this unpardonable
manner towards bis family no one
could tell, and he obstinately refused I
an explanation.
There were strange rumors of
trading and piracy afloat. but they were
whispersofconjecture rather thantruth
Whatever might of been bis conduct
favored the oilnin-i iii,Kiim tl.o ni,.l
tbreateneil t Bneb liia hr...' i Story. After anal
On this occasion she proved her
self worthy V ijP the wifoof Pennsyl
vania representative. Governor
Franklin, entreated her to take refnge
in his own house nt Burlington, and
ail friends urged her to go.
For nine days; she says, people
kept persuading her to leave her
house. At length she let her daugh
ter go to Burlington ; but for herself
she w ould not budge.
" I am sure," said she-, "that my
husband has dwo nothing to hurt
anybody, hor have I given offence to
any person at all, nor will I )c made
uneasy by anybody. I will not stir,
nor show tho least uneasiness. But;
if anv bod V come tn ilitnrl mo I '
will show a proper resentment " ' i he was Cfrtainly anything but inditT
And, indeed, she armed and forti. , erent to Ui fuily concerns w hen he
r.d l.r Imu.n c,. i.. ii 1. ..,i.. 1 returned. He raved like a madman
and cousin below with guns, And
amunition, ami mounting artl up
stairs herself, pejiared to defend her
abode. Tho storm blew over, ami
ved"y soon the truth respecting her
husband's conduct was known.
For forty-four years Benjamin
Franklin and Deborrh Read were
united in marriage.
She lived to see her husband the
mosthonored of Americans on Imth con
tinents, and she lived also to see her
daughter suitably married to a mer
chant of Philadelphia, Richard Bache,
Her last years were greatly cheered
by her lieantiful grandchildren
Slo ba) tho happiness of escaping
small, ill-furnished apartment, which
mv sister and myself shared with my
mother. She used to carry out every
Saturday evening the work which
had occupied her during the week,
ami bring back employment for the
following one. Saving this weari
some visit to her employers, ant! her
regular attendance at church, she
never left the house. She often spoke
of mv father.and of his anticipated re
turn, but at length she ceased to men
tion him, though I observed she used
to weep more frequently than ever.
1 then thou-rht she went because we
an ugly sort or sparrow, sired by
squalor, and tumbling down to sleep
anywhere where a convenient ash
barrel may present itself. The sup
position is prespostcrous. There is
no doubt of that for who except a
hunchback could sleep in an ash
barrel, or an intoxicated person,
whose joints would bend in any way,
to suit emergencies. But here is the
fxma fidf settlement at the foot of
Courtist, where for some years they
have oquatted like so many toads.
There are sixty or seventy shanties,
not one of them over twelve feet
high ; some painted a dirty white,
some a smutty red. and some show
ing only bare boards, ami almost all
of them covered with old tin or rustv
! sheet iron. The caves of some of the
1 llien UlOUillll. PI1K riv "vi.u.-o nci
were poor, for it sometimes happencdi r0i) are not as far from the ground
. 1 . ... f ,1
. mnr 1 r tiiiiuiiT u ii" 11 1 a uil tri 111
eneetjt over thirtv . , " 1
bread ; ami sue w as accusiomeu 10
sew bv the light of the chips which
she kindled to warm her famishing
children, because she could not pur
chase a candle without depriving us
of our morning meal. Such was our
poverty when my mother contracted
a second marriage, ami the change to
us was like a sudden entrance to Par
adise. We found a home and a fath
er." She paused.
, UUII1 ,1.11 mill I... v.,,.
against me?" cried the plaintiff as he
j impatiently waved his hand for her
lave 1 10 ,,e siirn.
ihe eyes 01 me witness misiieu
fire as she spoke.
"You are not mv father !"' exclaim-
when informed of his wile's second
marrige and subsequent death, vow
ing vengence upon his successor, and
terrifying his daughters by tho most
awful threats in case thev refused to
acknowledge his claims. He hail re
turned wealthy, and one of the mean
reptils of the law, who are always to
be found crawling about the halls of
justice, advised him to bring a suit
against the second husband, assuring
him that bo could recover damages.
The absurdity of institninga claim for
a wife- whom death had released from
the jurisdiction of earthly laws, was
so manifest, that it was at length agreed
by all parties to leave the matter to
as a man s w aist, and one wonders
where all the men and women it
they may be so called can be
housed therein, when due attention
has been paid to the social require
ments of all the goats, dogs, hens,
cats, and pigs, which have evidently
as much scne of proprietorship of
the interior of the houses as they
have of the exterior. If the street
were a little higher, the settlement
might be said, like Claude Melnotte's
villa, to be in a deep .vale, shut out
from the rude world ; but really the
street is only high enough to permit
of youngsters rolling off of it into
muddy bottom without sinking so
deep in the mire as to be lost forever.
A geologist like Professor Silliman
ed she vehemently. "What ! call vou snou,l naJ lDe pnysicai icatures 01
r...v,A .- n-h,, crt l.at W 'b.f the place ; on the surface, there is a
111 T 111. in I ' " " " -.7 . - , , - ,
your wife to toil, and your children to
the anxieties o tho Revolutionary he adjudged by five referees
War. Sho died in Deceembcr 1774,
with only one regret, that she could
not live to see her husband once
again. . Indeed, she hat! been for ten
yeara.lon.ging and pining for his re
turn : but the pressing business of
the colonics still detained him, and
she died at last when he was makjag
preparations for bis homeward voy
age. Her body was borne to the
grave by some of Franklin's oldest
friends, men who had known them
when forty-four years before, they
had begun housekeeping, and ate
their breakfast of bread and milk,
There were scarcely any women at
that period who were what wo now
call educated, and tho letters of Mrs.
Franklin show that she was not gift
ed in tho uso of tbe pen.
Hut she was a faithful and affec
tionato wife, a friend and helpmeet to
her husband, who was enabled to do
the public service because ho had at
home a wifo competent and willing to
take charge of his affairs in his absence.
Iu my experience the In-st results
can lie obtained, hy applying the mnn
r on, tic surftico of tho meadow as
soon as possible after the grass has
been cut. If it is cloudy or rainy
weather at the time, or soon after
wards, so much the liettcr, as the liq
uid from the manure will then be
carried into the soil, to bo taken up
by the roots of tbe grass at the time
when they need the stimulus the most,
as they receive a severe shock by be
ing laid bare to the action of the sun's
rays at a season of the year when the
weather is usually the driest. I have
noticed that if grusa is not cut close
to tb,e ground, it will start much
sooner. I am inclined to think that
the reason for this is that there is not
so much root left exposed. If the
manure is applied at the time stated,
in a short time it will be covered
by a heavy aftermath, furnishing a
protection from the heat of autumn,
as well as from the frosts of fall and j
spring. Country Gentleman. I
It was on a bright and beautiful
afternoon in spring, when we met to
hear this singular case. The sunlight
streamed through the dusty window s
of the court-room, and shed a halo
around the long gray locks and broad
forehead of the defendant while the
plaintiff's harsh features were throw n
into still Isdder relief by the same
brain which softened the placid coun
tenance of bis adversary.
The plaintiff's lawyer made a most
eloquent appeal for his client, and had
we not been informed about the mat
ter, our hearts would have Wen melt
ed by the touching description of tbe
return of the desolate husband, and
the agony with which lu; now beheld
his household goods removed to con
secrate a strauger's hearth.
The celebrated Aron Burr was
counsel for tbe defendant, and we an
ticipated from bim a splendid display
of eloquence. Contrary to our expec
tations, however, he made no attempt
to confute bis opponents oratory. He
merely opened a book of statues, and
pointing with his thin finger to one of
the pages, desired the referees to read
it while he retired a moment for the
principal tritnean.
We had scarcely finished this sec
tion, which fully decided the matter
in our minds, when Burr re-entered
with a tall and elegant female leaning
on his arm. She was attired in a
simple white dress, with a wreath" of
ivy encircling her large straw bonnet
and a lace veil completely concealing
her countenance. Burr whispered a
few words, apparently encouraging
her to advance, and then gracefully
raising her veil, discovered to us a
face of proud, surpassing beauty. I
recollect as well as if it had happened
yesterday, how simultaneous the mur
mur of applause burst from the lips
of all present Turning to the plain
tiff, Mr. Burr asked, in a cold, quiet
way :
"Do you knew this lady ?"
"I do." .
"Will you swear to that ?"
"I will. To the best of my knowl
edge and belief she is my daughter."
"Can you swear to the identity ?"
"I can."
layer of ashes plainly due to vol
canic action mingled with a schistose
conglomerate of old bats, coffee pots
tin pans, and cans which once con
tained preserved vegetables to what
portion of the literary period can
these be due. the eveene, miocane, or
THri ia t inon ndin pnocene : i nen mere are oones-
affection and shares mv!which ,na bave belonged to horses
or even mastouon ana taiirs, swept
down from the city in ancieut times
glaziers (for tbey are not unmingled
with glass), or brought down by
aqueous action, or some Carthusian
catastrophe. Between the houses
there are alleys where the wild gcat
prances in his majesty, cocks up his
tail, elevates his horns, and springs
even to the roofs, where, in such
begsarv! Xever! Never! Behold
there my father !"' pointing to the ag
itated defendant. "There is the man
who watched over my infancy who
was the sharer of my childish sports,
and the guardian of my inexperienc
ed youth,
claims mv
home; there is my father. As for
yonder selfish wretch, I know him
not. Tbe best years of his life have
been spent in law less freedom from
her social ties ; let bim seek elsewhere
for the companions of bis decrepitude,
nor dare insult the ashes of my moth
er by claiming the duties of kindred
from her deserted children."'
She drew the veil closely around
her as she finished speaking,
,.,.......1 no if oloMit to withdraw.
111,., V ' K I. -- . .
"(Jentlemen," said Burr, "I have F?- mere are ros nere occa
mi morp tii miv. The words of tbe wonally, and the hook of the chif-
law are expressed in the book lie fore
and weather as that which is now upon
us, he suns himself in quietude and
a i r . .1 l
you; tne worus 01 iruiu you nave
heard from woman s pure lips ; it is
for you to decide according to the re
onisitions of nature and the decrees
of justice."
I need not' say that our decision
was in favor of the defendant, and the
plaintiff went forth followed by the
contempt ot every honorable person
who was present at the trial.
Currier Plgruaa.
Before the invention of the electric
telegraph enabled man to outrival the
boast of Shakspeare's Puck that he
would "put a girdle round about the
earth in forty minutes," the carrier
pigeon afforded the most rapid means
of conveying intelligence between
places far remote from each other
In ages the memory of which is dim
ly preserved in vague legends and
traditions these graceful couriers of
the air were employed to carry mes
sages of love anil war. It is surmised
by some writers that the 'dovc" let
loose from the Ark, w hich returned
at even tide with an olive branch in
its beak, was a carrier-pigeon ; but
not to go back so far, we have authen
tic instances of their employment by
the ancient Egyptians. According
to Wilkinson's work on the manners
and customs of that people, on one
occasions when an Egyptian king
assumed the double crown of Upper
and Lower Egypt; a prince let fly
four pigeons, and commanded them
to announce to the South, north, west
and east that Horus, the son of Isis
and Osiris, has put on the splendid
crown of the Upper and Lower
country; that the king Hamises III.
has put on the two crowns." Sever
al instances of their use as messengers
occur in classical history. At the
memorable siege of Mutba. Hirtius
and Brutus held constant communi
cation by this means, whilo Anthony,
through whose beleaguering host no
couriers could make his way, beheld
with rage and chagrin tbe passage
fonier, used to all sorts of nncleanli-
ness, fastens on the raiment of the
bearded Dutchman as upon a familiar
thing ; but the rows fight themselves
out, and the police are seldom called
upon to interfere. It is a clumsy
sort of eommunism which is here dis
played ; equal in rights are humanity
and the beast. The boy chases the
sturdy pig, and drives him away liter
an army with banners ; but while that
boy stands a boasting victor, behind
him cometh the capering goat, and
butteth him with serious glee, until
he flees away howling into the wil
derness. Upon the roof the cat sits
calmly, as is her wont; below the
swine roots in the mire, even at this
eariy season, and the hens talk in
their absurd way to each other as they
look at the hog, and endeavor, in their
feeble way, to discover why it is the
tail of the' unclean beast doth wriggle
and be slapped from side to side when
there are no flies to be driven away.
Every once in a while Brooklin says
that it is going to clean out this place,
and drive the squatters into the sea
or up to the neighlxirhood of our own
Central Park. It is said that it has
some notion of doing so this year,
but, for a-sthetic reasons, if not for
sanitary ones, it is to be hoped that
nothing will be done in the matter,
for Sandy Bank is one of the few pic
turesque places over the river.
Kate Stanton, in her lecture on
"The Lives of Great Men," asserts
that tbe planets revolve around the
sun by tbe influence of love, like a
child revolves about its parent When
the writer was a boy he used to re
volve around his parents a good deal.
Kate is no doubt correct, and he must
have been incited thereto by love, but
to unprejudiec observers it looked
powerfully like a trunk strap.
A bachelor editor who had a pretty
un married sister, lately wrote to anoth
er similarly circumstanced, "Fleas
exchange."
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