Ul
Terms of I3ublication.
Tt5 Soners-t Herald -V. 'FiF :
. -..iM.'-cd every Wcanesotj Morning a.-00
nnstim, if paid In aJvanr.c;otb.crwi
will invariably be chtrgcd.
N . ,u'.cripun will be ..sconti-uod una! allar-,ir--c'arcpai
P- Postmaster neglecting to
oo-lfr ui when ubseriber do not take out their
will 1 held liable for tbe eubcriptlo.
''U'.wrlhcr reioi; from one Poetofee to an-t.-r
should K'Te us tb name th f0Tmer M
w the IxoKBt office. A Jdref
amer-set Frinting Company,
JOHN I. SCULL,
Business Manager.
Bu intss Cardt,
mmr w POSTLETHWAITE. ATTORNEY
. at Law. boineret. Pa- Pmiesdunal busi
ness re.-p
1 lo
.v'.luiiy solicited and punctually attend-
F.J
KOOSER.
ATTOENET AT LAW,
Somerset, Fcnna.
7ALENTIXE HAT, ATTORNEY! LAW
V and denier in real estate. Soinep-ct. ,u
attend to all bui-iness entrusted t'J ia.ir
promptness Mil ndolity.
,-,,, h KOOXTZ, ATTORNEY AT
1V'.LUAM 11 - 1 ,,. -,,i1Mvel,r,m.lltton-
I Uw. somtwi. - - - . Somerset
louse Row.
AW NOTICE. Alexander n-
CorTroth has
I i resumed tlie practice u. law in rm .u
,jiim.'tiuil Uau Id Mammoth BulWuig.
in Somerset and
leu.
TOHV H. UHL. ATTORNEY ATLAW, SOM-
I nirt l'a.., will promptly attend to all business
.iniui to liiin. Money navauced on collection
,, tiliu-e ia .Mammoth UuiMir.fr.
jan. L, V0.
air T a, H. L. HAIX ATTORNEYS AT
law. Somerset. Pa... will practice In Sm
J-1 nii.l a.i:.,iniriir counties. All business cn-
rut-tol to tUom mil be promptly aiu-dcd la.
1- 1'
Km MEL
LAW,
ISllK.--.
fc. COLISORN,
Somerset, 1a.
ATTORNEYS AT
UJice in Baer'
ang. lily.
TOfIN O. KIM MEL. ATTORNEY AT L
I .No-nen-ct, Pa-, attend to all businiv
rust " t hia ore in Somerset nod a.liolouiR
AT LAW,
as en
c, un-
ie. :tii proiupiuce ....v......
t iltn in Alain-
Illolil lil-jck.
fvl. IS ;o-ly
UI'N K YE. SCHEIJi. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
a n.1 UnuiiiT a n i IVusi n Agent, Somerset,
I'a. Oibcc iu Mammoth Linelt. ja . u-u.
SJ BrELQAlTKL
v 1T1I l-'TJ Ji
PAl'L H. OA1TUEB.
i 1 Soraeri-t. l'ei.n n. All i,r,.telo.nil businee?
i.riiin.tlv.iUcn.!o4to. O.li.-o in iiaer'l Jilocit,
(i.VITHEK. Attorneys jwjiw,
H lira.
iw4-T2.
V .KKROTH R VI' PEL. ATTORNEYS AT
I , a:i i.nsini.-i eiitruMl to tUoircareai-
bi. .ow.lily and pttn.-taally aiteivled to.
-tU Mock. Eutrunte inia lMamuBd.
J .11 li. i
TAMKS L. rUGII,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
,.ir.ert Pa Xflce. Mucir. tli Bl-k.np f Ulrs.
i'.i.tri.-e' Main Cr,.?- St. U.lleeti...i u.a. le.
tales neille.1, titled examine.!, and all 1 -iral j I'BM
attended to with promptness and BdvUty.
julylii
J.
O. OILE
ATTORNEY AT L.VW,
Somerset, Pa. Prlef?ional lulne? entrusted
to me eare lulen '.ed to iih promirtue-' and Uiclity-
marl" 73.
Dlt. (i.
ycv?-.' fcC'lV
MILLEU, aftortwtlve
ive nraetiee in r-nann. l ie, ue
.. .. . , ., ,.,i ten lers Ills io.tel(al aoT-
. . ..- ... ... 'iv ut":iit'u jiv ..-niui.-ii .... ... i-...
ieea to ..i OiUeiis 1 Somerset and vtcihiiy.
.1.11 -c In hia Uruz Store, ci.ji! t lie H. met
H nie. i.ir lie enu Iw eonsulted at all times
uni.-w ii.-i.ol 'ii.'Uly enirnired.
-s:it raiir' proinialy nufwered.
U'-c. li, a ly.
UlCl'KSSIOXAL.
i.r. 1e..n- II. Fumlenlrs. of Ouir.t.erian.l,
Md liiloriii bis IriendJ lliat lie ha8 tluf day asu
ei .te i with Uiu-ieU in tlie praetiee ot ine.liiine
and t irnerv. LlJ son. Hr. Walter P. Fundeiider.
,. ,, ti e ri-idout aurireon of tlie .Ntw York Eye
l-y,tiUl Ul,,idW tcdea..ti
'! e Ere a ud Lr.
marl
DR K. M. KIM MEL will eontlnne to practice
Me-lU-lne, and tenders his proiessional senl
..... the eiiiiens ol S,.merr.et und f Brroundina;
v.umrv. iiti" at the old place, a le
doore east
il the Glade Houms.
nov. S, '71.
I ui II. BRi'BAKKK tcudcii hi." To!eiilor.al
I ) peni;-eslotliceitiiens of botiiers. I and vjein-
mi. in rctidence, one door cst of the iiar-
.u tt MiT.T-VK.ha permanently located
I ) in ll'orliii lor me practice of Ins pretei-tloa.
Uillee o;vi.slte diaries KninBr t '
upr. , ';i' t
O S. GOOD,
rilYSWIAX 6 SURGEOX,
NOMKIISKT. I'A.
tfOmczbi Manimoth I5'..jc.
sci72
yniriC-AL TEETH!!
D E L T I S T
PALE CUT,
?ret Co.,
Tc,th. wararted to bo of tli vcrvb'!
u'.iiv 'ute-like and Handsome, inserted in the
c-tvlc Partieulni stientioii paid to the prc
v.a.'.n of Hie naturU teeth. These wUhiue:
r.-ult me l y.leiter, cai do by eneiosuia tuip.
AddirM a im. jelV7
nR WM. COLLINS. DENTIST, Somer--t,
... In I'nsebcer'S llliKk. up stairi.
wl.ere'he can at til times 1 found prepared to do
a tiihnir. renuuitin-. ex-
r fcc. jrt!eiai teetb ol all kio-ls. and of
be iKrt material, inserted. All ojKratlwiS war-
Pansion House,
LATE 'EESFORil HOU-E,"
( orner of franklin nd Bi-oimI Slreet.
JOHNSTOWN, PENNA.
Jos. Shoemaker, Prop'r.
ll.i
tii.-l-e
l:ni:
n, I I
his l.iti-1 tji 'ii chirir-- of. r. fi:te t sn l fur
Ll.. larue mid unti.:i"i.s Ii I'.el. 1 now
n, S :ii.r." t Cmity iri.-n -:r t" rail on me.
i.v pronn.t mt-ii.e.n to tlo ir wants mi l
i ral -
.afLT' S. t 111, -ru i a.-ir p ...r '".'i-'v. . ..-
i,.;.;iitl ai.ii tlie In-! tne nirei sii.t is. i iw
; occd a. :i' llieeii.-i-.-l if, li-.u-rs. Ke.
JliSl:t ll SHOi.M AkEli.
p.. Kelt r.aidii: r In t..wiu upr-M
1
''ill: SOMERSET HOUSE.
11 iv!m lease.! this ni-n.r. -t-ui -no . ii "
H I pr..,K-rM- trom -Mrs. E. A. Utek.'tl ..ier.
ieu i tai.T pleasure in Inionume his Irien.ls and
tae i.ul.lie c'neralir tliat he will spare licit .or
p.iii. n r es)K-ue to nn:
lie tins house all that
olda-in waiiers will attend to tlie wants o eus-
t" r. aid tlie talde will at all times be laden
with tlie het Hie market attords. Mr.H. li. Tay.
w an tnv at all tunes be found in tlieofttec.
liimir-' I. LA VAN.
I AM ON D HOTEL.
STOYSTOWX PA.
i, !
HAMI'SIj Cl'STKIl, lrcripto
Tl.ls povilar and well known house is at all
t imes a oer'-rable stopping p:ee for tbe traveling
fjuolio. T' l and li.aims tirst-cia-s. tri su
Vin, 1.VAI leave uaily ior JoUnstow. ua
S oiuersoV.
marll.
n
) ARNET HOUSE.
The cnderslened relectfn;iy inr.irms the pul-
le that he has leu.d this w. 11 known ii.ei in uio
ttor-Uch of S.mierset. It is bis intent! to keep
t in a atvle which he hopes will five aatist'-Ctlon to
al! whn iiiar bivor him with their custom.
Apr IT :i JOHN HILL.
JOHN WILSON & SON,
WIIOLESAIX (JKOfERS,
2C7 Libcrtj SStrsst,
i2rrrsi-TrGr.
ui.e 35, Tl
EUTTEB COEDON HOM
T. Busby & Co.,
No. G Exchange Place
lYLTIMOHE.
stw-ial attention given
P-t-tlEK.
the sale of GLADE'S
1 irK r
iM M if I II LA
VOL. XXIII;
Ban Is.
JOHNSTOWN
120 CLIXTOX Srv-EET.
f n--i
Til '
t.tt: - I..--' ' " i-l
2-.'-;,t 'i''' W -
CHARTED IIST 1870.
TUVTI-f4
JAMES COOrER,
DAVID PIDERT,
C. B. EI LIS, '
A. J. IIAWES.
F. W. HAY.
JOHN JnvMAN,
D. J. MORRKLL,
JAMES 5K-MILLEN
JAMES MOKLEY,
1XYIS PLITT,
H. A. HOGGS,
COXR.VDSUPrES,
GEO. T. SWANK,
II. LAl'LY,
Mclaughlin, vr. Walters
DANIEL J. MOr.RELL, President,
FRANK DiBERT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDER. Solicitor.
I)ciKHtsof O.'SE IOI.L..K and upwirif ro
celved, and interert allowed on all sums payable
twice a rear. lDtcrcst ir not drawn out, i a.l.led
to the principal. Urns COM POt X UI.Ntl TWICE
A YEAR, withent treuMinjr the dep?itor to call
or even to present his deposit book. Money can be
withdrawn at any lima after giving the bank cer
tain notice by letter. .
Hnrrled Women aad peraons nnder
ajte can deposit money in their own names, eothat
It can be drawn only by themselves or on their or
der. Moneys an be i!pi,ltl iorcljl lrcn, or by
ocieti.T(i''trort funds, Sul ject to certain con
ditions, i -T
IoaitM Secured by Ileal i:stalc.
Copies of the By-Laws, reports, rules of deposit,
and sjiecial act of U tfislal are, relative to deposit
of married women and minor", can be obtained at
the Bank.
rv-Tninkimr hours dally frn9 to 3oYlrvk:
-5f3 ndon Wednesday aud Saturday eveninst
lrum to 7 . o'clock.
aprl .
ions DI BSRT. '1HII
JOHN DIBEKT & CO.,
3l-TCI!ErLS,
NO; 2-tC MAIN SlllEET,
j o 11 X s T o , r L. i a-n
w. iwVlei'iil!Me In alt tarl of tho Uni
ted States and Caaadss. ami in Kor. i-'n c-juntrics.
b'vliect market prices. Iy.nn money on ai.proved ( t
el. .'uey reeuivl ouiui)i,t pay-oie vu uti-
SM-.'Tllv. linil,lin.l. i:n "ii '.,' , ,.
Intcrul c:f til nif cf-Sper nt. ftr
Annum paid oa Time frejwils. ' .
F.vmthinif In tha Biuklna; Line Receives our
rwompf atteution. ,
i ' r.un.i. .n. eiiptomcre for tneir
. W . ..111",.
continuance of the
' " 1 ' , , . h., ,tt l.nsinnes In our
same, ano iii i.w .... - - , ,
line to irive us atrhil, swnrinK all. that w e shall at
Cambria County
BANK,
jSI. W: KEI1M & CO.,
SO. 28 MAIX STBEET,
JOHNSTO-WN.PA.,
in Henry Schnable-j Brick Building.
A Gcncrsl r.r,n!iT BnsincssTnmsactcd.
ihft. and Gold aw) Silver bought and sold
C.lleeis made in all parts of the I nited stale,
andcinada interest allowed at the rate ol all
?r cent Vr annum, if left six months or longer
lrlecTal-rrnVe.aet;t a.le a itU Guardian aud
others who liold nimiey In trut.
april la-"-
CARPETING-.
Henry rlcCallum,
SI Fifth Avcnuff
PITTSBURGH, PA,
Impnrtj direct frota Manufacturers,
Superior F-njlUb II lioin,
BUUSSELS CAllPETS, Ac,
RAG, HEMP ntul INGRAIN CARPETS
la every variety-.
51 FIFTH AVENUE,
Above Wood strcot.
Biafj.
SLAT
'holEe w
LATE ROOFS.
l.n i. now bn Ulna bouse siiomu Know
that it i cheaper in tlie Ionic run to put on S.ate
Koouit-sn tin or h-r.le. Slate willlast torever,
an lnorepairsarerc.uire.l. Slate ivMhmr
e water lor cisterns, tslate ia tire -d. Every
SAYINGS
BA1
ikI house ahould have a sm.croui.
siirii" ! I I.v ate 1 In ('uii.'.'i riau d, where he basa All ol wlileh will t Sold thcap f( CASH or ex
J . i ..f I (hsr.ei-l lor tmxiuee.
11 a
i Fe-chtcttow , Buckingham
IS L V T E
j r.irruv.;r.ni,--.-the TCI v best arti.-le. He will under-
! !. ,., .nil SU-n IJ.alfa on HoUSCS.TiUbliC Mid pri-
vnte, sidn-s. either In town or cottiitry at the
lowest prices, an 1 to warmnt tliem. fail and
1:1m or a.ldrcs 1dm at No. ! Bedford St.. .uiii
be'land, Sid. Orders ma v 1 lell wilhJkbnA.
Walter, AK.-n., Somerset. smj,
VfWoS Co,
founders & immm,
SALISBURY, :;: PEX2TA.,
ManafactuK-r'ofa'.HiTiJjof .
CASTINGS &2L1C1HSE11Y
Order by mall promptly atten '.ed to.
Aidrcs WJI. L'OOSE k CO., , ,
SalU!.ury, Elkllek P. O. S-imcmtco Pa.
Oct. 1.
Urs.na Lime Kilns.
The nnderslsncj are jrcred toiurnisli
Prini3 . Building Lims
By the Car Load.
Orders Ecspectfully Solicited.
1.. J.la.lTZlTltaVCO.
Vreina. Jane li.
STErBEXVIIalali O-
Pemale Seminary
on the Ohio, with over f t y-Bve years' experlenee,
offers superior advantaaes in bmn ,.!.! and oral
menial iH-li'-beA It has made Its prices U suit
tbe time, lfcard, room and licht year only
1T nut fourth oil tic clerKyioen. Hn Sept.
ta. Forcataloirue address Principal. Rex. C
O. H.ttv, U. 1), LL. S0, Iter. A. M. Held,
Ph. JJ., Principal. , - a;12.
MictUnneme.
rpiIE BEST PUMP
IN -THE WORLD!
. THE AM ERIC AX SUBMERGED
Donbia-Acting, Ifon-Freeaing
FOISCE iPUJIP!
The Slmtlest. Mist PowerfnL Effective, Dura
ble, Reliable and Cheapest Pump In use.
It is made all or Iron, and of few simple parts.
It will not Vrrrtt, mho water remains in the
pipe when not In action.
It has nc leather or run packing, as the sucker
and valves are all of iron.
It aeldom, if ever, geta oat of order.
It will force water from 40 to 0 reel in tha air, by
aUachina; a few feet of nose.
It Is irnod for washing Bngglci, Windows, water
ing Gardens, Ac.
It famishes the purest and coldest water, becausa
ii is placed in the bottom of the well.
TEnt:-i M Inch Pump, 15i ptpt, 0e, foot.
I "18; " 6c "
Larger sliea In proportion.
IWEYAND""PLATT
Sole A (rents fur Somerset County.
Somerset, Pa., May lat, 1872.
ypNEUAL TOINT
PLANING MILL.
A. Growall & Son.
We are now prepared to do all kinds of Planing
and Mauulacturingof buUdinj material.
FLOORING,
MOULDING,
WEATHER BOARDING
SASH AND DOORS
WIKDO VTAS'D DOOIl l RAMES,
Ir. short anvthlnt- renerally nsel in house bnlld
Inic. All orders proi.,:tly hti'ad. mariB
Ql MM ON S k tX).,
AscATrni:ns axd dialees m
FINE CIGARS and the best brands of
Navy nrA Bright Tobaccos,
40S3Irct Strfft, Above Fourth,
PHILADELPHIA.
seplO
FENCE PICKETS.
We fnrnisn tha rietet mad from S-S inch
Round Iron, llkedcplra shtrwn in -.at, at
' 3Qcts PER LIMAL FOOT.
They mnkc a H ANDSOMER, MORE DURA
BLE and CHEAPER FENCE Uian the Wooden
Fickcu ( .
SEND FOR C'ITICTJAR TO
Lewis , Oliver & Phillips,
Mamtfu-turers of MERCHAANT BAR TRO
fjTK. .mi HkN IXX)R HINGES . BOLTS
NT'TS, WASHERS, and their New Lineof PAT
ENTEI) WAtfON HARIIW AKJt.
For salo by alt Iron and Hardware
Dealers.
01V03 IVater Street and ill
adnd 116 First Arc, PUtsburg.
mat
K. S CWEA S.
Z C. SjOOTT.
OWENS & SCOTT,
Butter Commission House,
153 W. Pratt St.,
BALTIMORE.
sql
NEW STORE!
SCHELL fc WILSON mmU Inform thn'.r
(r.en.Usud the public jrenerally, that thfyhve
ujned a ato.e at -
iSIillwood Station,
Somerset A Mineral Point Railroad, and now offer
for sule a a General Stock of Merchandize, con-
SistlPROf
dry goods,
clotiiixg
queex3wabe,
HARDWARE,
HATS k CAPS,
ROOTS k SHOES.
Ac,
Ac,
Ac,
, aaaa-a-ta I..,m1wr Af all klndl VT.w.nrw,l
lo-.s-'rii-s, l;ark, Stsvcs, kc, Als WikjI, But.
tcr, E?
H.i.-wn. Ornin f.fall kln.!s. Pur. Sheep-Pelt, and
Kecswi.x, f which we will ty thohli;hest priw
in Cali or (iuod.
SALT AND FISH.
iilwav on hand. Give ns a call and be convinced
that we iiucnd to do business and cannot be under-
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IT i tl I II Ml
iyf I I I I I I I I I S i- " H ill III.
SOIIEESET,
DEACOX JO ES' EXFEKIESCE.
( akkaxsai ooarraxnca )
: 1874
Te'r right when you layi It down, Parson,
That the flesh is weak and a snare;
' An to keep yer plow la the (arrow ,
When yer cattle begin to rare -Ain't
no sure thing. And between sa,
The aatne may be said of prayer !
Why, I stood the Joke, on tire river,
Of the boy, when the aritter found
Thet may be ye mind, went romnd,
That I d Jlned the Church, and the nicker
The day I at down with the mourners,
In the old camp meetln' ground f -
I stood alt that, and I reckon
I might, at a pine-, stood more
For the boy, they represents Bael,
And I tand a the Hock of the Law,
And It seemed like a moral acrimmage,
In holdln' agin their Jaw.
But thar'a crosses a Christian suffers,
A hei'nt got that pretense
Things with no moral purpoae,
Things eihet got no sense;
Things ex, somehow, no profit
Will cover their first expenae.
Elbow! I wsj!st lat evenln'
Addrc I tin' the Throne of Grace,
And mother knelt In the comer,
And each of tha boy U hi plaee
When th-U sneaking pup of Keilah',
To Jonathan' eat give chase !
I never let on to mind 'em,
1 never let on to hear,
But drove that prayer down the furrow
With tha eat hid In under my cheer,
And Keslah a whlsperln' -ie her!"
And mother a sayin" "yon dara !
I asked fer a light fer the heathen,
To gnlde on hi narrer track.
With that dog and that cat Jest wallxin',
And Johnathan's face Jest black.
When the pnp made a rash, and th kitten
Dropped down on the (mall of my back.
Yet, I think, with the Lnd's assistance, '
I might have eontinered then,
Ifgettln' her holt, that kitten
Hed'nt dropped her claws In me, when
It somehow reached th 'Old Adam,"
And I Jumped l my feet with Amen."
So, ye'r right when yon aay It, Paraon,
That th flesh i weak and a snare,
And to keep yer plow In tha furrow
When yer cattle begin to rare,
Ain't no sure thing-. And between us,
I aay lu Jiat o with prayer.
Bin Hart.
WHO TOOK THE PREMIUM.
Amanda Wheating and Nell Eus-
tis were neiehbors in the town of
Brierly Centre, both daughters of
well-to-do farmers. They bad been
at South Hadley together for the
finishing touch after the district school
had done its best for thenv and Nell
had learned, among other thngs, to
play a few tunes on the piano by
means of natural aptitude for the fine
arts; and since returning home she
had found time to look after her
father's hoase and dairy and by
teaching tbe district school summers
they never allowed that privelege
to a woman during the winter term
she had laid up a enough to buy a
second-hand piano in the city. When
Nell showed Amanda the money,
and confided her intentions to her,
Amanda had a new sensation.
Hitherto she had always been ahead
of Nell, so to speak. Her black al
pacas had been finer than Nell's,
and had born off the palm in the
matter of triming, her shawls had
been more numerous and more gor
geous, her bonnet more showy and
ribbons more frequent ; for a country
girl, in short, she had invariably led
the styles in Brierly Centre, and she
bad done them credit with her spark
ling eyes and rosy cheeks. Now if
Nell was to have a piano, if she was
to leara to, play on it, A manda'a ex
lftence would be ltubuterea beyona
a peradventure. There was but one
piano In all Brierly Centre, and that
was up to old bquire lirierly's ana
nobody to open it from year's end to
year's end.
Dear me I seli," saia Amanaa,
"what makes you think of wasting
your money on such foolishness as a
piano, when you don't know how to
use it. and it 11 take sucn a sijrnt 01
room ?"
Oh it'll iust fit Into the angle by
tbe chimney," said Nell, happy as
cricket on the hearth ; and 1 mean to
learn to use it see if I don't."-
"I don't see who will teach you
and it costs a power of money."
"I've thought may be Deacon Small
might give me some hints ; he plays
the base-viol in the cheir, you know.
And then folks can learn, by them
selves. I've read about it-ifiere 'a
Mozart and-".
I'lior sakes !' laughed Amanda, "I
s'pose you're a Mozart, or some of
those leliows who Knew music oy
nature. You arn't vain nor anything,
are you Nell!"
"Maybe I am," answered Nell,
pleasantly.
"One can't get on without a trifle
of vanity ; it's sort of wholesome stuff,
after all that's been said about it, but
it's like homoppathic medicioeH. lit.
tin trnna a frond UTAVB. AfJVWaVS
could plav Fisher's' Hornpipe, Chor
us J i?. and Old Hundred at South
Hadley. And I thought it would
sort ofliven father up, after the day's
chores were done to bear a little mu
sic if it wasn't so fine, before the can
dies are lit, between daylight and
dark. It's sociable like, a little mu
sic is ; then it would be handy for
dance any winter evening."
"What's that about winter even
mgs asked Tom Brierly, the Squire's
son, and hero of the place, wunjnng
in at the open, door, with that famil
iar air of bis which made him wel
come everywhere. "A dance ? I'll en
gage you for the first cotillion, Nelie,
can I ?"
"Oh dear, no," giggled Amanda.
She's going to be the band herself."
"Mantiy's taugning at me, ' explain
ed Nell, because I'm going to buy
piano with my earnings."
"Let those laughed who win
cried Tom. litrhtly. "We'll play du
ets together, Nell."
"Well. I'm no company for sucn
famous musicians," said Amanda,
euess 111 be coins hom.o.M
''I'm coins your way," said Tom,
rising.
"Oh so soon ?" pleaded Nellie.
"I didnt think of stopping I beard
the music of your voices as l came
bv."
" "It don't compare with the music
Nell will make on ber piano."
"Well, rood-bv. Nell. Let me
know when you are ready to begin
the duet. By-the-by, what shall it
be 'The Rose that All are Prais
ing ?" ' then he went off laughing with
Amanda, and left Nell looking
after them with hungry eyes and
heart heavy with unspoken wishes.
What happiness jrould tfcere lb
the possess-pa of pbap, or a world,
set
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PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1G, 1874.
if Tom preferred Amanda ? A ad jet,
was she lo dream of taking th fancy
of a young fellow like Tom Brierly
she with her pale face, plain ways
and serious eyes? Tbe women of his
family had been used to rustle in
stiff silks, and shine in sheen of lace,
with sunshine and powder tangled
in their dimpled cheeks; at least,
that was the story their portraits
told, hanging and growing dusty in
the great ball year after year. It
was hardly likely that the heir of
such traditions would think of her;
and yet it was her day-dream, ber
aspiration, that some day he might
presumptuous aream ; out ne was
always so kind. Amanda, with ber
colors, pretty confidence and dashing
ways, migut beguile tne Heart 01 a
seraph, she fancied ; and, after all
Tom was only a young man, wiu a
man's relish for warmth, vitality, and
beauty. What if it should come to
pass, ana sne soouiu nave to live ou.
her life next door to lorn ana ma
wife and watch, the shadows upon
tbe enrtains, and see their children
. . . . . i i
go in ana out. uicr an, perap,
she needed the piano, in order that
she might confide the secret that
sometimes seemed too big for her one
heart to hold.
"Nell is so odd!" said Amanda,
, i.?. j i .
as she ana 10m toiiercu uome.
What do you suppose she wants
with a piano a girl who spends half
. 1 i . t Oil
her time in tne aairy ana Kitcnenc
A piano isn't a bad investment,
and Deacon Small says Nell's got a
talent that oughtn't to be hid in a
napkin" laughing.
"Oh, that's HI iie's Deen turning
her head with his flatteries. I won
der he dosn't marry her and be done
with it!"
"Marrr Sell! Deacon Small I"
cried Tom, with a start and a laugh.
Did he ever dare propose sucn a
thing?" . . . . . ,
Tbev say she has baa it unaer
consideration. Foljis think she could't
do better."
"Couldn't she ?" said Tom uneasi-
He's irot means, you know," said
Amanda, seriously, "and Nell's got
ambition."
"And he's old enough to be her
grandfather." -
"Some fol8, you know, wouia
sooner be an old man's , darling than
young man's slave."
"You wouldn't?"
"I'll wait till the voun? man asks
me,"
answered Amanda, suggestively as
well as wisely, and tossing her head
as she bade him good-bye.
. . ... . , -i- , i ,1
it can t fee mat eu woum inurrjr
he deacon for 'Lis means,' mused
Tom ; "Amanda's such a little -apple
blossom it's hard tor a fellow to make
up his mind. Jehu! what a conceit
ed ass I am 1 Perhaps Nell would
not marry me any way. There's a
ook in her eye, though, that makes
me feel sometimes as if there wasn't
anybody else in the wide world
and then Amanda 11 throw one or her
saucy glances it is way and raise the
due ia me !"
"I'm sroinjr to make some of those
raised doughnuts that father likes,"
said Amanda; I'm going to surprise
hiajwith 'em."
' Wa'al. there's notnin' to hinder,"
returned the mother, "only the empt-
in's is out"
"That's always the way. if I take
a notion to do anything"
Wa'al you don't take a notion of
ten enough to hurt ; but if your's sot
on it, you might toss up a roly-poly ;
be likes that a sight better, only it's
apt ter swell in his stomach."
Dear me I but it stains your hands
so, pealing apples," saia m.aa.
who was too ornament to ba useful.
In f$cYl tha neighbors had asserted
long ago that the Wheatings were
spoiling Amanda; that she wasn t
brought up as a farmer's daughter
should be ;' she couldn't make a bak
ing nor take off a churning no more
than a baby. These things had come
to Farmer Wheating's ears and made
them burn. So when be came nOmQ
to dinner and found the roly-poly
smoking hot on. tfte tbie, he smackoa
hi. tins and said :
"Jest see what a wife your mother
is, Mandy. Ye'll never liev the sense
to make sich a titbit fu' yer husband
ike this 'ere. le'Ilhev to pick up
an' git accomplished in yer - cookin',
Mandy, if yer want to git married:
fur they do say a man's heart's reach
ed through bis stomach, an' I dunno
but they're about right,
"I guess I snaut have much trou
ble in getting married when I want
to." pouted Amanda, with a toss ot
her head. "And that's all the thanks
I get for staining my bands peeling
apples and Wisteria? my lace over
the oven."
"Helloa, Mandy, you don't mean
ter say you made it ! I d as soon ex
pected the moon ter turn ter green
cheese."
ion re mighty encouraging.
When Nell cooks up things just to
please her father, he always praise3
them up to the skies; and it isn't so
hard, for NeU because she was brought
up to it," sulked Amanda.
"Wa'al. ain' I a-praisin' of it, Man
da ? Ain't I been helped to it twice ?
What better prais can you hev than
tba4?"
Nell's going to have a piano too,"
pouted Amanda, who was hankering
after something; more substantia!
than praise.
'.'A pianny ! What's she goin' to do
with ltf Jieep it fur tbe chickens ter
roost on ? Old Eustis is a-sbelhn'out
'oears to me. I s'pose you'll be
waintin' one next?''
"I'd give all I'm worth to get one
first," confessed Amanda, "fche'u
be so highfalutin you can't tonch her,
and it's dreadful uncomfortable to
live beside neighbors vho put on
airs
An' I s'pose a pianna would make
you kinder humble like, Mandy,
Wa'al it you wus ter take a premium
at the county fair fur tbe best butter,
I'd boy you a pianny. There's a bar
eainfuyou!"
"Lor sakes ! I never made a pound
in all my born days. But mother
could help me."
"No. do ; mother shan't put a tr
eer to it honor bright I ' goia'
ter show tbe folia as kow yoaT
eaaal to eny of the farmers' daugb
tfTS. I ain't goin' ter ber it throwed
in hit face no lowrer that we've
7.
fetched you up above yer station."
"Well, I don't care if 1 try it. If 1
don't take the premium, there won't
be any harm done , and if I do, you'll
buy me" a brand-new seven octave
piano honor bright?"
"Yes I will ; seven octave, or sev
enty whatever an octave may be ;
for Mr. Wheating and his wife bad
acquired an education by proxy, and
they believed in it thoroughly.
And 6o Amanda went to work
with a will ; she was diligent at the
weekly churning. Nell always sent
butter to the county fair, and had
taken a premium only last year. If
she could only eclipse Nell! And
there was Tom Brierly too. now
proud he would be to take her into
the county dinner the best butter
maker in Brierly Centre for Tom
appreciated those things, and she had
heard him declare that he would be
proud of a domestic wife who could
turn ber hand to anything, like Mrs.
Kitchen ; and the reason why she
had never striven forthat pinnacle
was because she fancied that
he would be proud of her on
any terms. Beaux came by nature,
but a piano was a different affair.
Still she had no faith in her own
handicraft, and every time she sent
her butter to market she expected it
to return unsold. The lair was to be
held at Brierly Centre that year, and
the time drew nigb, and Amanda got
so nervous over the prospect that she
dreamed she was a pound of butter
left to melt in the sun ; and her favor
ite nightmare was that the premium
was Tom, and Nell's butter took it.
She found out the days on which
Nell churned, and always took care
to drop in and taste the butter, in
order to compare it with her own,
which did not in the least conduce to
her comfort, but left the bitter flavor
of envy on her palate.
"What are you going to stamp
your butter with, Nell?" she asked
one day, while Nell was braiding a
rag mat, and Tom Brierly -offered
suggestions about harmony in the
color of the rags.
"Oh, I always use that old stamp
of urandma's the sheaf of wheat," re-
plied!Nell. "There, will this piece of
of scarlet flannel be out of
taste beside the stripes of my old
blue delain, think ?"
"Who ever heard of taste m a rag
mat?" laug-bed Amanda, peevishly,
"Do let's talk about the fair. I've
eot butter on the brain "
"A fatty degenercy of the brain,
eh ?" insinuated Tcm.
"Now don't laugh : if you had a
premium to take you wouldn't fell bo
easy."
"Wouldn't I, though V
"Do you send your butter to the
town hall, Nell, in your butter box,
as if it was going to market?"
"Exactly," said Nell, sorting her
rags "this bit of orange woulda' go
in badly there ? yes with my name
on a card in the box."
Would yould mind lending me
your stamp the sheaf of wheat
fter you have done using it V
"Not the least m tae wona."
"I broke mine last churning."
"IH1 send it over." And that was
how It happened that Nell stamped
her own butter with a strawberry in
stead of a sheaf of wheat.
So far Amanda had been as honest
as the Bun. "Mother hadn't so much
as touched she churn-dasher, and it
was not until the evening before fair-
day, that the father of lies, or original
sin made a suggestion to her natur
ally not in accordance with' "honor
bright"
The butter, cheese, vegetable, nrnit
and fancy work were all displayed in
the town ball, ready fo the morrow's
judgment. Nells and Amanda s
among tbe rest ; and it bad nniortun-
ately fallen to Mr. Wheatings part-
he being one of the judges on fruits
and vegetables, and the nearest
neighbor to lock up the hall and
take the key home, in order to make
sure that the products of the country
were not moiestea. manaa saw
him come, in and hang the key behind
the keeping-room door.
"What -that father:' she asea.
'It's the key to the town hall,
that's all."
And then her evil: genius "said his
say," and she wrestled with bim till
all tha house was asleep, and was
worsted. She threw a shal over her
shoulders iust as the clock struck
eleven, ahd took down the key
stealthily, looking over her shoulder
tbe wmie. must nave tne piano, u.
all odds," her thoughts ran, "and as
for the premium, I'll make it up to
Nell some day." Tbe moonlight was
so bright she had no need of
lantern. She buried accross the fields
into the highway, brushing tbe dew
as she went straight to tbe town hau
and let herself in. Tbe moon, play
ing fantastic pranks among tbe .'.range
assemblage there, startled her at nret.
A mammoth cabbage seemed to be
shaking its head at her ; the eyes ot
the potatoes winked at her knowing
ly ; the air was rank with the odor
of frui. She knew exactly where
the butter box bad been placed, and
Nell's too; she remembered that tbe
boxes were counterparts of each
other, both small and unpainted. All
she did in the world was to place her
own box in tbe place of Nell's, and
exchange cards with her. Then she
slipped out again, and the great door
groaned on its binges, ana tee groan
echoed throughout tbe silent ban
and before she was fairly out of Its
shadows, somebody pass by on the
other side, whistling. "Tbe Rose
that All are Praising." She drew
the shawl over ber bead, for it was
Tom Brierly, who paused and looked
after her retreating figure. Where
had Tom been at this hour? At
Nell's perhaps, looking at the piano.
She had Been it arrive -hat night
with her own eyes, and had not
plucked up heart enough to go in and
praise it. It oseemea to Daa mat
Nell should have the piano and the
Eremium both; for the foolish girl
adn't a doubt but Nell's butter would
be the best; it had taken the premi
um once, and people weren't apt to
retrograde in the matter of making
butter. But then, if Tom should
find her out how he would despise her,
and at that thought she was hurrying
away from her misdeed, she would
p-IaIv kave returned and made it all
knnnr hripht -train, but for fear of
meeting Tom and being detected.
The next day the roada were gay,
and alive with folks Socking ia from
.1...-P
the neighboring towns, dressed in
their Sunday best. There was a
plowing match worth seeing, at which
Tom Brierly himself took a prize;
and, to crown all, there was a grand
dinner in the big tent, to which every
body walked by twos to the music
of the fife and drum from West Brier
ly, and all the nobodies stood aside
and stared, and consoled themselves
with sarcastic remarks on tbe toilet-
tes4in the procession, and then went
and peeped through the chinks ot
the tent till their mouth? watered.'
Tom Brierly came in a little late to
the dinner, flushed and handsome
from his plowing, and Amanda's heart
gave a great thump when he dropped
into a vacant seat beside Nell, while
she sat opposite, with nobody but
Deacon Small to do the gallantries.
"I hope I'm not putting myself in
to somebody else's place," said Tom.
"I guess it's all right," answered
Dr. Thoroughwort "There's many
who would like to put themselves in
to your shoe3, 1 reckon." ,
Amanda cringed as if somebody
had struck her, and Nell blushed a
becoming rose-color. And then fol
lowed speeches and toasts, and flirta
tions and philopoenaing, and Aman
da sat through it all, shivering and
burning by turns, hearing nothing
of the pleasantries going on about
her, with no relish for cake or comfit,
because Nell Eustis had taken the
first premium on butter! That had
been the result of her night's work
of exchanging cards and butter boxes
with Nell ! To be sure it was Aman
da's butter that had taken tbe prize,
in spite of her want of faith, but how
could she make it known? With what
face could she declare it ? Surely
her sin had found ber out.
"Seems ter me you ain't got your A
usual spirrits nor appetite, Miss Man
dy," said the deacon. "In love, eh ?
Wont yoa hev a. drop of this honey,
3ay? It'll make your cheeks red an'
your hair curl! Patty Jone3 took the
premium on honey, did you see? The
doctor he aBked her, the wag, if she
made it, or the bce3. I s'pose Miss
Nell's rather setup with ber premium
on butter, ain t she? Aoung Brierly
is kinder sweet on her, eh?
At the other side of the table Tom
Brierly wa3 whispering to Nell,
"So I see your rag mat took a prize.
It it was for sale I should buy it."
"Oh, I'll give it to you if you want
it, Tom," said Nell.
"There's something else I wish
vou'd give me instead, Nell. Have
you tasted these gillyflowers? What's
the matter: xou look pale. Any
deadly secret in your mind: Make me
father confessor, Nell, do! I'm afraid
that, it doesn't agree with you to take
premiums. I'll tell yoa what, Nell,
if you'll marry me, and come up to the
Hall to live, I shall think I've
drawn the first premium in the conn-
"Ob. Tom.gaspea .veil, under her
breath, "I don't know what to do! I
must tell somebody! I'm almost wild:
I I didn't take the premium for but
ter! Somebody has exchanged cards
mth me. ion seo, I should never
have found it out, but I stamped my
butter with a strawberry; . and ihat
which took the premium had my card
attached to the box, but it s stamped
with well, no matter what, it's ; dif
ferent, that's all. It isn't my butter."
"Is that all?" caied Tom. "ou
gave me such a start! I thought you
were going to tell me that your anec-
tions were engaged to the deacon, or
you'd been change, in your cradle!"
"ow don t laugh at me, lorn."
"Its no laughing matter, I can as-
sure you, when a leiiow oners nis
heart, and gets nothing back."
'Oh. Tom, what do you want more
than I've given you already?"
"Xou've given me the rag mat, ana
now 1 want you. uive eome peopie
an inch, and they'll want a Nell."
"But what shall I do about the but
ter?"
"I'll tell the judges there has been
a mistake made "
"And then shell know that she has
been found out"
"And she ought to know it"
But it'll hurt her; she'll never be
able to hold up her bead again, And,
don't you see, she has been punished
already."
"Yes, I dare say sne s neartny
ashamed of herself. Perhape you
had better let it go, and give the mon
ey to the poor!"
Hut I hate to tase cretin tuai
doesn't belong to me."
However, Mrs. Seating nerseu
. . . ,
came to the rescue. She went inte
the town hall to-taste the prise butter
by means of which poor Amanda lost
ber piano.
fcBIess my eyes !" said she, -mat s
mv Mandv's batter, if I was to die
for it I There isnt another lot here
stamped with a sheaf of wheat, and
I'd take mv oath that Mandy's was,
thnno-h T wasn't fetched up to Leer
swearing in my father's house. Ill
just go and get Nell Eustis, and see
if she' 11 own it." And oi course en
was only too glad to resign the troub
lesome honor or taking the premium ;
and the judges were informed, and it
was finallv rcannounced that Ama-
da wa the successful competitor,
and nobodv dreamed bow tbe mis
take had come about
"They alius muddle and mix things
" . . a a - f
an at teem fairs." explained -'irs.
Wheating.
But when Amanda hung fire;
wouldn't hear to it it cost too much,
she hadn't anv gift at music and so
the matter dropped. Uutwnen xeii
fulfilled her dream, and married Tom,
and went to live at Brierly Hall, she
gave Amanda her second-band piano
that had cost Amanda so much.
And, after all, Tom Brierly thinks
that it was h e who took the premium
at tLe county fair.
Fcsauala Tippler.
Observation and experience on the
part of tbe police demonstrate the
lamentable fact that in this city there
are several scores of Bmall children
on the highway to the penitentiary
and tbe bagnio, owing to the drunken
habits of their mothers. Tbe frequent
arrest of intoxicated females by the
police painfully indicates an alarming
increase of drunkenness among the
women. So apparent is this increase
t..f in arlrlit.!nn tc the anxious query
on frMnpnt'v TiroDounded by the
press "what shall we do with our
boys?" we shall have to seriously
consider the puzzling problem, What
o
NO. 13
shall we do with our drunken women?
Imprisoning them does no good, be
sides it dernves their children of
even the small care and attention
that even the most inebriated of
mothers occasionally , bestow upon
their young. When a woman once
becomes a confirmed devotee of the
ber-can and the gin-bottle no pun
ishment Bu&k-es to cause her to re
form her habits. Sometimes there is
a temporary spasm of reformation,
but it is soon plunged into a mug of
beer and drut3 away out of sight and
memory in tbe rivulets of beer and
gin, and tbe drunken woman goes on
staggering about the streets, into the
gutters and .the station houses, while
her neglected children roam at will
and pilfer right and left to supply
their appetites, and so become candi
dates for the penitentiary with the
chances ten to one in favor of their
election.
A very bad social practice has
grown into vogue of late years.which
is the real cause of the frightful in
crease of drunkenness among women.
Formerly, when women visited each
other to gossip, their social tipple was
tea; now, among the classes be3t off
in the point of wealth it is wine, and
among the poorer classes beer is the
stimulant A woman in making half
a dozen calls during the day will
swallow as many glasses of wine or
beer during the time. After a while
these stimulants are insufficient, and
stronger medicines are called in play
and at last many succumb to the influ
ences and fall victims to a pernicious
social custom.
The cause of the evil being known,
it now becomes the task of sociolo
gists to discover the remedy.
A ft oral Beti-eat for Xrl-tei-a.
The public ha3 heard of homes for
destitute poets, homes for broken
down actors, homes for superanuated
clergymen, horres for unsuccessful
literary men, but a home for printers
has been reserved for Mr. J. O. Coo
Iey of Middle Hill Farm, North
Franklin, Conn., out of love to de
vise. And why not a home for prin
ters as well as for the poet and the
author whose work they immortal
ize? For if authorship be immortali
ty, the printer is the artizan of im
mortality. But of tbe merits of the
plan there can be no two opinions.
Let U3 see what are its practical de
tails. Mr. Cooley has a farm.of 150
acres, well stocked, and therewith a
commodious dwelling-house and ap
purtenances situated at Middle Hill,
North Franklin, Conn. This he pro
poses to dedicate to the uses of a
printers' home. He intends thereby
to provide a way for the self-support
of about 50 persos. He does
not mean tbe home as a loafing place
for the idle, nor a hospital for those
who are already sick, but as an op
portunity where a peaceful home, in
growing age and failing strength,
may be enjoyed at tbe price of moder
ate labor. Nor is the editor left out
in the cold, provived he has first
served an apprenticeship as a prin
ter. In regard to these editors, Mr.
Cooley eautiously provides that they
must be temperate and of good char
acter, but with these qualifications
they are welcome. The farm and
dwelling-house aforesaid, Air. Looley
proposes to legally convey to tne
home, in perpetuity, as soon as the
practicablity of the scheme is demon
strated. Pending thi3, he solicits
scussions and criticism from the
press.
Mr. Cooley began hie as a practi
cal printer, became the proprietor of
the Norwich Courier, drifted to New
York, grew rich in the manufacture
of wooden type, and new in the ma
turity of hi3 life, devotes- himself and
his resources to the realization of a
ife-long hobby. Now that he ha3
acquired wealth and leisure, their
chief value to him ia, that they ena
ble him to make up in some sort, for
the inequalities of fortune, which
have left so many of his fellow-rart-
men to want in old aze. Ve wis
him goodspced in his generous un
dertaking. raaer-l at Sa
The sun had just risen, and not
cloud appeared to obstruct his rays.
A light breeze played upon the bo
som of the slumbering ocean. Tbe
stillness of the morning was only dis
turbed by tbe ripple of the water,
or the diving of a flying fish. It
seemed as if the calm and noisTess
spirit of the deep was brooding over
tbe waters.
The national flag displayed half
way down the royal-mast played in
the breeze, nnconsciou3 of its solemn
import The vessel glided in stately
serenity, and seemed tranquil a3 the
element on whose surface she moved.
She knew not the sorrows that were
in her own bo3om, and seemed to
look down on the briny expanse be
neath her, in all the confidence and
security of strength.
To tbe mind3 of her brave crew it
wa3 a morning of gloom. They had
been boarded by the angel of death,
and the forecastle now contained all
that was mortal of this victim, nis
bouI had gone to its final audit
GrouDed around the windlass, and
left to their own reflection the hardy
sons ot the ocean mingled their sym
pathies with each other. They seem
ed to think of their own immortality.
Conscience was at his post, and I be
lieve that there minds were some
what impressed with the realities of
eternity.
They spoke of the virtues of their
deceased messmate, of lis honesty,
his sensibility, Lis generosity. One
remembered to have seen him share
the last dollar of his hard earned
wages with a distressed shipmate.
All could attest his liberality. They
spoke, too, of his accomplishments as
a sailor, of the nerve of his arm, and
the intrepidity of hi3 souL They had
geen him in an hour of peril, when
the wind3 of heaven were let loose
in all their furj , and destruction was
on the wing, seize the helm and bold
the ship securely within his grasp.
:n th. rlano-er had rjassedby.
They would have indulged longer
in these reveries, but they were sum
moned to prepare for the rites of de
parture, and pay the last honors to
.w AoA e-nmnanion. The work o.
but.. r . ,
preparation was commenced witn
heavy hearts and with many a sigh.
A rude coffin was soon constructed,
and the body" deposited within it
A-1I was readv for tV, fin.i -
Ti , , 4 e.wej.
lne mam hatches were his bier. A
a.i was bis pall. His surrlvia ,
wuH:,a irjCir tar gtamed habili
ments stood aronnd. A!l were silent.
The freshening breeze moaned
through the cordage. The maintop
sad was hove to the mast. The sh o
paused on her course, and Enort ati'i
(The funeral services besrnn. an
"we commit the body to the deep"
was pronounced. I heard the knell of
the ship bell I heard the plange of
the coiSn. I saw tears start from the
eyes of generous tars. My soul
melted within me as I reverted to the
home scenes of him we buried ia the
deep to hopes that were to be dash
ed with woe to joys that were to be
drowned with lamentation.
"Ra-a- th B,"
"C." in the Columbus, (Ga.,)
In.
quirer, says :
Who has not read or sang that
rollicking, yet pathetie melody of
"Rosin the Bow." It was written,
aa we are informed, by Mr. Sparks,
now of Atlanta. Colonel Brandford,
says that the song was written on a
bon vicant named Rosim, who was a
jolly good fellow and a great ladies'
man. He was known as "Kosim the
beau," and the original song had his
name ; but it was subsequently cor
rupted to "Rosin the bow." and a
mere stirring air was never diawn
from a fiddle-string by a rosined
bow.
To the Augusta Constitutional
Noticing in the Columbus Sun En
quirer, a few days ago, an article
from Major Calhoun, ia which allu
sion is made to Col. W. II. Spark,
of New Orleans, now in this citj, as
the original author of this well-known
and popular old song, I called his
attention to it The following letter
is in reply to my inquiry. Colonel
Sparks is perhaps as well, if not bet
ter, known in the South than any
other man of the old regime of aris
tocracy and wealth for which the
great Southwest became so famous
anterior to the war. He is the auth
or of a highly interesting book enti
tled "Memories of t ifty lears."
Tbe Colonel ia now over 75 years
of age, but still retains bis health,
constitutional vigor, and great men
tal strength to a remarkable degree.
He numbered as his persona! associ
ates and companions of tbe long ago
such great personages as Daniel
Webster, Calhoun, General Jackson,
John BelL Slidell, and most of the
statesmen of note who flourished in
those times. In conversational pow
ers the Colonel is unsurpassed, and
bis familiarity and acquaintance with
all the most prominent men and pub
lic incidents of half a century back
makes his society really charming.
He, together with his excellent and
charming lady, have been spending
the summer at the Kimball House,
and the two have been the center of
attraction for the number of intelli
gent guests who daily throng its par
lors. But I give you Colonel Sparks'
own words, together with tbe origi
nal "Rossura, the beau."
ATLA5TA, Ga., Aug. 31, 137.
Mr. W. II. Moore.
MtDkabSib:I am obliged to
you for a little paragraph from the
Columbus paper ascribing to me the
authorship of this song, once so popu
lar throughout the country.
It i3 very true I wrote the lines
send you, and they are the first that
were ever sung to the air, which be
came famous.
I will give you a brief history of
the writing and of the man who in
spired them. When I first went to
the west, in 1826, 1 was sometime In
selecting a domicile. Why, ft is not
necessary for me to state, as tbe rea
son causes for the delay will form a
theme for a chapter in the second
volume of the "Memories of Fifty
Years."
Finally, I located in Mississlpi,
and commenced the practice of law.
It as in the midst of tbe noblest race
of people I bad ever known. Among
these were two equally remarkable,
but very unlike. One was a school
master, who was quite old, and who
had been teaching in that neighbor
hood over forty years. His name
was James Rossura. He was pecu
liar in his habits. On Monday
morning, neatly dressed and cleanly
shaven, he went to his duties in the
old school house where two-thirds of
his time had been spent, and assida
ously devoted himself to the duties of
his vocation until Friday evening.
On the morning of Saturday he array
ed himself in his best, and devoted
the day in visiting the ladies in the
neighborhood. He was a welcome
guest at every house. This habit
ba. continued so long that be had
acquired the sobriquet of "Rossum,
the beau." The other's name was
Cox, who was a roRckiag, goo fel
low, and the best vocalist I ever
knew. He was in song what Pren
tiss was in oratory, and they were
boon companions both died young.
Cox was frequently at my oisce,
and upon one occasion when he was
there Rossum walked by the floor.
and his age was apparent m tfa walk.
Cox looked at him, and, after a pause.
turned to me and remarked fa qaite
a feeling tone.Jwhich.be eonld assume
at pleasure, and his eloquence was
indescribable: "Poor old Rossum !
some of these sunny morning, he will
be found dead, when he shall have a
noble funeral, and all the ladies will
honor it by being present, I know."
Soon after be left the office, and
being in the humor, I seized the
idea3 and wrote tbe following dog
gerel lines. Soon after Cox returned,
and I handed them to him. He got
np, walked, and hammed different
airs, until he fell upon tbe old Metho
dist hymn tune, in which they have
ever since been sung.
I have always considered Cox more
entitled to the authorship of the rong
than myself.
Hundreds of lines have been writ
ten to tbe air by as many persona,
and almost as many have claimed
the authorship of the lines; but this
is of no moment I clim no merit
for my lines, but everything for Cox's
singing them. I have seen him draw
tears from tbe eyes of old and young
with the feeling" he threw into the
song:
If..w. s on sot sonny ""J"'
Th nrst tain- my a-lahbor shall knew.
Their ears sal"be met wltk the waralnf-
Mr friends then a-Hy ihall rs m
In line", a white a the sc-w
in. mmm eotfia shall praa ,
A4hr : Pr , la. ba.
Aed when Fa to ba b-rled, I roekoa
The ladle wUl a.l Ilk to ro ;
Let them form at tae toot ef my eottln,
And hUow old Biana, beaa.
Then take tow a dotea good ftllow,
And let thee all uiKttrlD; ":
And die a deep hoi lt3 -.
Aad in It to Iloawa-a, Um &-
Then .hap. out a Wto"",
Flac owe at tha - and th .
And do not fall to aerueh ft
Here ilea okl Momun, the -
The, take yon the '?l.te,
And stand them fST&i
And drink U ,". JS?
FareweU lo eid """"
W. K. Spams.
Fair 23rd, 2Uh, and 25th of September.
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