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1 " ' t,t-.l nt t:.i lhn:k. Tt-e rup..'-. are prepaid In
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hLSTJSTS.
-.1 & Nor's new tc!1.1!tjjr.
Main 'ii. Street.
S"!nfcl. Pa.
VM. COLLINS,
IHATiST,
, t iic-t-r it Frtase s ...re. Somerset.
' i1 r, : ' .--"ti vi-ir 1 V.ivc trr'-a..y re
:. . I'" "i artificial tecih in this piace.
... "I, '"' !t-'f -;" .h mntid l- rieeth Lj !n
,:,1:,ri!t my l.ictnth-s ihit i.nn
vr ,7 ' '"" oi ua-ib at lnwar prii-ee than you
... '' ' aay t her place in tnis count-t .
. ', . "-'t ol teeth lorn-H, and if
v 'V ar'- pcrv-.n ainoT: my flr'U-4ii'iit
ptMf -,r :r;t a.ii.jitir.a vu:n.ics That
' l''r :i-at ib nK Kivint; icoisi eat
, -l " ''! -id me at an; time and got
HUT ELS.
i) HOTEL
vvrou A.
"" i'.'..':'"1' kn..wn liow ba Wielr
..' 1 'i"wi. rente I with ilnew
- ;" -'ur-. wi-i, t. nni ie it a very
' - .. " t.l tee f.rt he trtclinu pit I.e.
--j . "-'i.-r m ii-it 1-s ipssci a.l he--..
1P,'' U.u- po.die ball nttncht-.!
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S ?o sit-wti. Pa,
DAVIS BROS.,
H,,J, Si?n and Fresco
s0Si r.MT, TA.
iPJ 1ITR PILLS
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Conftu.-n-'-c, Fa. . gyfram r .famfuft t -i n
VOL. XXVIII. NO. 31.
BANKS, ETC.
BANK.
lEcasrsst County Bank
I CHARLES J. HARRISON,
Ctif-hirf mil Jfcwoffer.
' .,'- ti..i.f made in ell parts 1 tiisCmteu StaUS.
C arj;. s uiu-'crate. Putter and other checks colli-
-".; ai:d cashed. Ear-cm and Wcsteroexehanice
R R ' l 4 . l:i.lii:ilanrnl .1(..t .ith irilUllt
S. T. LITTLES SOXS,
J'--. 1UI.TIMOKK STHKKT,
imi;i:ki..M), m.i.
y.ATii:s. citMs.
S. !.!! ML I' I'k H'jt ft;. fUJ.0;;.V.
AMI HK l.V XorA V. f UKSVIl i lOCkS,
s;;.li ri.iTM WAKE.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS!
!p .ir--.l lySktlUM Wurkmrn :'.u l
n tiin:i- l l y Eij rcfD Krve of I'linrnc. No extra
,-h;irre ! r Knxr.ivi'iir. (.t.'Is wr-
rniilcl hs n-iri-si-.i'.i-'l
-- - - - -
New and Eiesrant
All Grades.
Low Prices.
DaUAGET SQUARES.
Licrnuuis and Linoleum.
B0TABD.B0SE&G0
39 Fifth Avenue,
I MTSKrr.C, PA.
A p r rA MONTH LUiirar.t.-f.l. VI .!ny
V J I I 1 I"1 ",m lialr liy Ur lli.'utr!u...
I I j j-'n n-.t r.-inir.-.l: we will ftx-t
f 1 I I I j IB y. u. .Mil: -nrn, U-o au.l tl'ld
i
('run nt iti:ti.iiii. tli
Tie nu if I'tfht i
' i.n.. hlt'i met. u
i ere n.i.m-"'- ut
ny-iiif run rurM m.
i ihi lift: -c ulf-ni
tic r.') ItT t htnl-.
.y u i! iir .-' t-nn? frr-. .Vc l it 1 1
jirt''iy at n-f ii are l.tyhiif up l.irm tuv
i. ., At.-u-ta. ?.;.illie.
Ju. .1
'. m -iir wd !' air t. N i
fcrr 1 1' u t I fain- an! J
iif-T i't. At t,f ran iv tUf w--rls. ro
i ic.fn - tJ Bfi I ":r I y trvti:Mt yur
MTiin n if tune t'i lii u'tn- It i-.tF
I llitf t" t ! tf t U'lO t.th!t,B hi,! tt i.-r
r:i v it a rT flTl ) t r. lU!tnf
( is iant MM t-ir. li hit'Ti Iw. ha-lcf. ll y n
lm n !. I 'l ti-. n) a y nr nB. aiJ mm wiil
t . i 1 . i u tu i nr : j -wir utM l t-raji Irrr ;
!.! ic- "rii io tr : iii fu Itrn tuakc itj
U . tt ,! r v a' l(
A-Vrrv ;i. K'fl.ST !SI N
J ii e 11 J,-r Uixl. Maine.
T
s
Glieny Pectoral
IVr L.-ciars of the
Viirc-At a-'J Lune.
: Whr.-j.ius Coueb,
E.-"i:ic!.i!i3, Asthma.
i c. '
(.-.
r.J Con-TUTnp'.ion.
'i he ii i-t; ii on- ::;t;lincd. lr. ci.ii'criucllCv of
the r.::i: vi '.i it!-, rnrf-s it luis ': ' i: i ; tlic
l:c-t 1,.::!' - :. '.lire, is n si:Cc-ic-ai .n -cnincc tn the
pun
1 1 : -1 it w lil rciitinttc 1 1 realise the h.ippiot
j rc.-ttlt:' that can i-c no-irt d. In almost every
f-cctii.-n of cfiiuiti-y liific arc pci-sons, ptihhely
kn own.r. hohr.vcb'-oiireston d 1'ioto :.larniing:and
even ilc-pcr.'.te tiicaci cf t'.ic Iiit:ri, by its, r.sc.
Ali v. l.o hnvet: icd it..'.:.nn'.vledre its superiority;
at: ! i-rf' Its Virtue1-at ek:i"r n.noone liesH.'ttos
!t to v.!.:.t nifiiciae to cnii.ioy to relieve the dis
tress a:i-l s'.ifTcriiij: icciiii.ir to ptiinionary aCec
tmns. Ciii:i:!.T Pi:ctral ainays affordu in-
j stant iclicr, rml pcrfonns riiiid cures of the
i' varieties of bninchiid riisonicr, as Weil as
ere f"' na l;tMe lii-er.res if 1 lie hmps.
;i .-rtfci:i!-;i'i t ciiii'Ij-cn, ainiil llie.ii'.ress-
-t. wisU-h Lcsi-t the Throat ami Clicst of
-. ; ' n 1 , i: :s ni;.i:i;;IS!2 ; for, hy its timely use,
i: 1 1 .. -I .-tint restored lo l;ca!t!i.
- - .'i:;-i.:c -;;;iu f: ieinis j.t every It ml. as
: .: i- '-'.::-t.!i:i!y pio-i;ii in :.re too re
. .,- I i furs- ttm. No lar.i:iy fhouid l.c
:;t ii, an i t'oOrC niio l..-ivc race li-cd it
a-ii!.
..nt Physicians tiirotvliout the country
i;0 it, ".! C!ervmt-n tiften recommend, it
:n liieii k'mleifgc of its rffi-cts
nrpAK. r
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowe!!, Mass.,
Practical and Analrtiral Chemiat.
S.L1 l;Y ALL MtLCiilSTS liVLIlYWHEKE.
S. t;:z.i aits ai la lijif. s
ioti and the K.3:-i; h
vrrr r,J c'..TJ.-'a.
ft'? ilvtt w v '".'--a frra organs Ki
Eifc tow t. or fcvyr-'d.
tSJ
? Ill 'Ol iS.. i-ai.t O.iVi n'AYHiS.M
liidlHIt, H.UM. I Mi.. SJ((
1500
fi'y-:-. "'7.. .v ct f
h liliil
t. L -i--iV.'.-"..v a, -..--. 1
;?i iiVliS. AM MUVOLi I
frr the cure ol! i.i blSOi-IlEI'.S, t
ari fUm'g tiir sxuer to Vavic vj
du.a a.
f:4 t ,re.U - lta (-alio.!
i;;'i ,I.vka alcepl.a nigkul
Q 0
NSION AGENCY.
S. P. Sirri!i-."rr.f San l Patch. S.inieswt counlT,
Pa. Jufik- ! the Pra'.-, (irvp''r and rlnUn
aiti-nt will priiiupily cilie4 all B.iuniy and Pen-
i..n clalnie on;rui"tl to liim. Per.ni wii-lann
aiy iiiti.riijitti. n will ailOr.-- Mm at Ilie a'.mve
nnim-.i vliuf, tnclvi-iCK liisi-liargo ami wta(te
riamp for r-ply.
A
DMINISTCATOU'S NOTICE.
to of IVHy Xiroliinon late ol Somerset
llur., S..ineivrt i.,o., Pa.t deoeiuMMi.
letter ol u.tiiiltiliraliin tin tlio atiove estate
bavinic Ivc.'ii )frantr.t to tlte uii4ertlKnpl. nofk la
brr-li Kiveti 'o tliune Ifi'ii-t-lfMt to H to make lm
mmllitie pnyment, anil th'9 tarlnit elainit or
drmanHi. will irM-nt the 'Inly autlieuticalr.1 l.ir
amiirinent at the olli of V. H. Koonix, In Htm
eiwt HoroUKh, on Samrlnv. Kt'hrii-irv. 7.
JOHN 11. Hl'sniX,
lie;, SI AUuilm.lrtttor.
YUDITOU S NOTICE.
1 hp Hntlcrsl'n''. hniiiirlepn n;inMntcd Auditor
on mntun ol VV. H Kmnitz, by th Curt of
iifiiuim IMim? trl SHUK'ict county, Th.. to !w-ujKm
therx(M't.iiiifi (oiitnl, an'i m:ika a liilruuti-m o(
th mHMyi in the tinutle of IV. H. Miller, amiitupe
VnUniine Milh r. t ami huh -nit tbie letfuliy
emtiU'it itirct. hereby ttiv-fi not that he will
tirtfnd to hie dutk't nt iiittothef in S -uierHOt, Fa.
i lue.iny. January lvo, wh n nnl where all
ikT!hii8 inUTCilt-t tan att'i:d il thev think proper.
U C.CiiLIiOKN.
I)r-c.3l AUuitor.
I
XECUT01VSSALE
liv virtue ol an o-iler tsra.-il out of till Ornhana'
t'ourtof Sofii.-riii't county, to the un.leriiiifne.!
itirei tcl. tlicro will lie cxjJufdl to tale by jiul-llc
outcry, on
Tuctdou, January 20, 18S0,
t 1 o'.-lii-k P. M. 01 the homosteatl 'tinn, the lol-
lowitiL' liunlile real cstale. lata the proiierty of
Ji.l.u Walw. late .It-niiT Two., decease.!, via:
A eertaiii trart ol lnr.il rituale in Jemier Twp.,
in (.iid oooui v. aiiininioK land ol Jatnili 5. Homer,
.lef?e iniliii:, John harshlieritiT, John Stutlt
and .-ther. e jctiiiiiliiiir 'J-J'i'i acres, strict measure
lieiuu the lute hoiiiciiicad of p:iid dec'U. There
are almut l-'it) acres i-i.-ar ol which fttioul 20 acres
in uieadov. wiih a two story lrame house, a two
si..ry stuiloini; In. use and a'larc hank harn there
on erected ; tiicre are also two apple orchards.
peach orchard and a irood sim:ir eamp on the
preniics. I he tnrm Is well watered, Is in p-md
stJite ol eullivatlon, and Is underlaid with lime-
stone.
'l ids tract Is In
.Tenner township,
si-h.i.'ls. pt.ures c
one Jof the best sectiori ol
and is convenient to chuclics.
TLKMS. One-third in hand, one-third to re
main a lien on the land lor widow's dower, and
the Oalanre In three equal annual payments thre
alter, w tthout inlenvt.
I he licicircd pavments to he securci hy judsr
nicnt notes. Possession will he itiven on tho 1st
ol April. A. 1). lwsO. when the ::eed will in made
and notes t:iken Thceni In the ground are
rcstn-ed. 7-n iicr eent. ol nnn-haso money must
he pa lid on duv oi sale.
.TF.SSE WALTF-R,
W. H. W Al.TKi;,
lire, a Executors id John Walter, dee'd
IKO. HiCEt)
la m x. un it
iV 1.
JOHN HICKS & SON,
somi:i:si:t. l'.v..
And Real Estate Brokers,
r.STAHI.ISHr.D 1H.
I PfrmT's who .l'!reto sell.huror el-har l-ri-
I ertv. ..r i. r n i will tied It to their advantavc to
r-i-ur ti e i1cr'.pti. n there.-, a. no etia nee It
ai'.eut: !.-.- or ren 'd. Kal es'a: hnu.aa
; rr.'.'.y wl.l '-e ;iromj t!y attended tJ.
au-jli.
v.
tip
SAl.lMtUOMS
Union Square, Xcw York,
AM)
154 State Street,
CHlCAGO,ILL .
71 AX UFA CTUItEItS
SILVER"0'"
PLATED
WARE.
Trade Mark tor SM)odk, Forks, &c.
1847, Rogers Bros. A. I.
:o:
llu-HC Gootl.1 hftrc trtken the Cer
tificate of Au-nrd wherever ex
hibited, both in thin and the old
Cvtmtriefi,
And the Moridcn Britannia Co.
are the LARGEST and Best
Manufacturers in this
line in the "World.
-:o:-
li?"At yonr Jeweler for these Goods.
April 16
C. r WALKER 01
this place has a lot of his
celebrated Home Hakes
for kale letter than evej
and cheap. Any ooewhc
wants one at oni-e, wouh'
do well to send him a
imstal card or In soma
way let him know In order to make sure ol itettlrn
one as ht in his rounds ol selling miht not Out
ali who waul rakes.
MayiM
K ORGAN'S WOOLEN MILL,
ESTABLISHED 1813.
Having eeiirol the services of Mr. Wm. H
Harnt'art as my A (tent In Snmers-t county forth
Homing- wool season, I wish to thank my numerous
customers t.ir past favors, and liespeak for Mr.
il. rnhart the liben;l patronage enjoyed by aay
lormer atrents.
1 have a very large stock of
WOOffaEX c;ooi.s!
of my own manufacture, consisting of
IJLANKETS.
CASSIMEKE5, SATINETS.
JEANS, KEI'ELLANTS, FLAXXFXS,
XVEKLETS, CARPETS,
YAUXS, -C.,
which I wish to
TRADE FOR WOOL.
Our Goods are MADE FOR SERVICE, under
my own supervision, and we strive now, as in the
past, to Rive Hitlslaetion aud lull value to all. W
will, us usual, visit all oar customers during the
Summer.
WM. S. MORGAN,
Stanton' Mills.
Apr
UMINLSTRATOR S NOTICE.
Ectateof John Carver, late cf Stonycretk Tp,
deceased.
Letters of administration en the above estate
havinir been nr ranted to the undersigned, notice Is
hereby ttlven to allpernina indebted to aald estate
to make Immediate ayment at.d those having
elsims aftniti.t the same u pr sent them duly
authenticated for settleiuert al the late residence
of deceased in aald township on Saturday tee
1 day ol January, IWu.
AHRAHAMCARVF.n,
JACOB J.SPEM'HEK,
Nov. 19 Administrators.
JXIiCUTOIl'S NOTICE,
tate of Catharine Lottie, late of Somerset Twp.,
Somerset tin., 1'., dee d.
Letters teautn.enu.rv the atnve estate having
Ikh n granied to Ibe undersigned by the iroper
indebted to said estate to ni.ke Immediate pay-j
menu and tlHsse hating elaii.ia aa dust thesame!
to present them duly u hentioaled for settlement
auinoniy ; miiiee is bereny aiven to all t ersons
on rnuay jsuoary 10111 in e. at toe nouseof tb I
Executor la Friedenshurg. Sumerwt county, Pa.
SA.HLXL BftilltH,
tiecs. '
3010 OlfsoT
'AUNT PEGGY" VRf GHT.
HER NINETIETH BIRTHDAY.
A KEMOSABLE FAMILY EE-UMJN.
FIVE iENEtt.TIOXS IN A l.UOll'.
We made mention in the last isue
of the Demoi rat that tbere would be
a Family Ileuuion at the old Wright
Homestead, on Saturday, December
13th, in honor of tho 00th birthday
uf "Aunt Tegcj" Wright.
The family reunion took place, ae
cordiog to progtamme, but it proved
to be much more than a family affair,
for there were namerous invited
guests present, including quite a num
ber of aged people, and youths and
children were not lacking.
Mrs. Wright bad been informed
that some of her neighbors and de
scendants would call upon ber that
dav, but ehe was kept m ignorance of
the magnitude cif the aQVIr, until it
gradually developed to ber vision.
Children, grandcbildreu and neigh
bors began to gather early, and, a
little ufier nine o'clock, carriages cad
buggies began to roll in from a dis
tance. Descendants and other rela
tives from Clayton, MudiVoo, Head
ing and Hopewell townships came
across by the Ilehobotb road ; and
the numerous guests from Ntw Lex
ington came pouring out the Deaver
town road.
The barnyard and public road were
crammed with boree and vehicle,
and the large bouse was full upstairs
and down with the assembled guests.
Half a dozen good cotl fires wcro
booming, and the btairway leading
from the firt to the fcecond fljor was
frequently blocked by persons enuer
to 0 up lt down. TLe New Lex
ington Cornet Bind appeared on the
scene about eleven o'clock, and re
gaid the assembly with several of
ibeir choicest airs.
Diucer was auncucced a little after
twelve, aud c,-ntiiU"d until &f:er
three. Tables were t-pread in lie
diuiiig room and cn the two b ick
porches. Ttey were literally crowd
ed with every thiug good t' eat, a'id
tho airplay of large fiae cakes i oul 1
not easily be xrelled. Kven the good
old crullers aud "taoifWiretctifs''
were uot absent. Oje of A iat I'
gy'a great-graudcLildreu (aboat thirty
years of aue, boever.) utter eating a
banch of the 'tanleft' neatly a large
as bis bead, remarked that ihey tint
ed very good, but were "thia diet f.,r
a laboring man It wa- a little coo!
on the purert, i.f rouriie, but the j .kcs
and hot CoiTe flew tbica aud ic, Ahd
the diaiag was well d ne. Every
once in a while, ai! the afternoon. 1a-
diea were runninsr art und trying to
Gud eomebndy who had not eaten, ana
the Democrat representative was
etrongly tempted to forget that he
bad had his dinner; but he did ret-ist
it and we cheerfully put it down to
bis credit The day was given to
handshaking and general conversa
tion, and the time was well occupied.
Several attempts were made to count
the number of persons present, but
they failed of complete huccees
Thote who tried it could count until
they reached about two hundred and
fceventv-five; but the remainder jump
ed around and run up and down stairs
so they could not be numbered. It is
safo to say there were three hundred
present.
Aunt 1 eggy was, apparently, about
the least surprised of anjbody. She
was highly pleased, but was as calm
and collected as though none bat the
members of her own immediate familv
were in the house. She was in the
beat of health, and got up and dressed
herself before seven o'clock. When
told by some of tne friends that they
feared such a large crowd might muka
ber nervou", she promptly replied,
"Don't be the least alarmed ; I am
"not one of the nervous kiud ;" and it
cannot be denied that ibe understood
herselt perfectly. She received manv
of ber friends standing, and seemed
not at all fatigued ui doing so. Sne
knew almost everyboay tht she bad
ever seen, aud readily recognized
some persons that aha bad not met for
nearly thirty years. She resides with,
her sin Jackson, at tje old lamily
ho(uectead, in a large two story frame
house, erected about thirty-five years
since.
Dr. Vanatta and faroiiy, and his
daughter Clara and familv, of UuiuL-
town, Muskingum couuty, were pres
ent Mrs. Vanatta, the oldest daugh
ter of the late William William, of
'odison township, Perry counv
locking almost as young and well &s
when ebe came to New Lexington a
bride twenty-five years ao played
the exceedingly interesting part of
grandchild and grandmother, in the
same act.
The Democrat representative knew
enough about the world to realize
that he was looking upon a very rare
scene, as Mrs. Vanatta feat by beraged
grandmother, and called her own two
little grandchildren to her side It is
seldom, indeed, that five generations
are gathered, at the same time, un6
der one roof, as on this memorable
day.
SKETCH OF AUNT PEOGY.
Margaret Ankeny, who, for fifty
Tears or more, baa been tuown in all
this neighborhood as Aunt Petri? y
Wright, was born in Somerset county,
Pennsylvania, December 13th, 1739
Her father's name was David Ankeny:
ber mother's maiden name was Elsie
Hitter. Margaret Ankeny wat mar
ried to Thomas Wright December 25,
1809, After tbetr marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Wright lived in Pennsylvania
seven years, and until they bad three
children. They then pulled op stakes
at the old siome, and removed to what
was then Mufkingum, but what h
now Terry county, Ohio. They mov
ed family and goods in a four-horse
wagon, aod were three weeks on the
way. It rained evtty day of their
journey but three ; and they ate their
meals and slept in the wagon. They
crcesed the Mokiogum river at
Zaoeeville on a flit boat. Tbey bait
ed in Putnam and ut breakfast.
There Was onlv One buUse in Putuam.
, - , '
and OOt 11180 V bonea 1U AaOesVllie
t, Wrinht ranturl
" ' rIgl' reuieu
a farm in Madison
township.
The farm was on the old
'State road, near where David Ream
ESTABLISHED, - 1837,
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAX. 7, 1SS0.
now uvea. i bey arrived, there in
April, 1816, raised and saved a crop,
ami then came I) the firrn where
Auut Pejrgy ha? ever eiaca lived, and
which Mr. Wrights had purchased.
She has resided on this spot for sixty
three years.
When Mrs. Wright and her hus
band came to this place, and unload
ed their world's goods, neighbors
wore few and far between, and the
almost unbroken fortst abounded with
many kinds of wild game. Doer,
bear.-", panthers, wolves, wild cats,
and other animals had their home
a:id habitation near. There was on
ly one family lived on Uaar run; Wil
liam Fowler lived near where Moxa-
halu now is, John Fowler, Samuel
McClellaa and James Comly lived
where new Lexington now is, and
there were two or three houses close
to where Rehoboth now is. Ileho
both and New Lexington were not
laid out.
A bear once came and took a fat
hog out of the pen near Mrs. Wright's
bouse, killed it and bid it in the leav
es. The bear returned in a few days
and got another bog from a man by
the iiskb of W. Lashley, who lived
where W. Hammond now livee. The
neighbors were aroused and all gath
ered in with guns aad dogs. Uncle
Thomas Wright had two bullets in
his gun, aud aa the bear raised up
from the dogs, he Gld and killed it.
They hung it in Lasbley'a house,
raised the puncheons of the fljor, and
skiuned and cleaned i: in there, and
then divided the meat. When Jere
miah, one of Mrs. Wright's other
children, was a hnj!l boy, he was,
sent to a neighbor's, beyond Itoho-;
Ooth, to get a cbeese hoop repaired
Oa his return, when be got to where
Nugent's coal switch is, and only j
about a quarter of a'ruile from Lome,
he efpied two cub bears, and, boy
like, tried to catch them, wbeu the
old bear raised up from behiud a 1 oz,
and put its front feet up on it. Jerry
mude tracks fast enough toward home
nud raised the alariti. Several men
gathered with guts and dogs, aud
run thj b-ur down ok the creek close
to wLero Ira CurroII now lives.
There the bear climtd a tree, and ot.e
d)x held 03 to it with his tcttn until
tie wu? lifted clear off the ground and
some (iiniauee up the tree. The bear
was shot and tumbled to the ground
Ever eiuce then ttc creek near where
ttie bear was kiiieu iau been called
1'iiixr rua. 4
Aunt Pegzy haj Ltn tho mother
of eleven children aid raised ten of
them. She has eigrv grandchildren
and ubjut eeveuty-JAe great-grand
children. She has tl o five de-cend
aits of the fourth gcA-ration. Seven
of ber children are jh. living, to-wit :
Jjtksou Wright. CsiJi'a Wright and
Julia Selvy,' wife of Tbomas tfelby.ol
the viciuity of New Lexington ; Mrs.
.Mary Williams, widow of the late
William Williams, of Madison town
ship, Perry county ; David Wright
aid Charlotte Koet, of Missouri; and
James Wright and Susan Carroll,
wife of Benjamin Carroll, of this place.
Children, graadchildrea and great
grandchildren are lntermurned with
the families of Williams, Selby, Mc
Clung, Wilson, Carroll, Groves, Yost,
fleam, Vanatta, Arnold, Teal, Moel
ler, Snider, Hull, Colborn, Bright,
Snell, Eversole, Zeigler, Guy, Barnes,
Koons, Hammond, and fully as many
more, not known or not now remem
bered by the writer. So it will be
readilv ob.-erved, that a reunion of
Aunt Peggy's descendants could be
no small affair.
She united with the New Lexiog
ton B iptist Church in 1823, and was
baptized in Comly 'a mill dam, close
to where II. N. Tree's new store
bouse is. Rev. James Skinner was
the Pastor of the church at thai time,
and administered the ordinance of
Baptism. She- attended meeting at
the residence ot the late Samuel
Rush, one mile northwest of town,
where Mr. Nixon uow lives, and car
ried her baby, a distance of three
miles from borne. She said bhe
would rather walk than bother with
a horse.
Aunt Tefcgy is accustomed ,to say
that those early pioneer day s were
the happiest in ber.ife, when she had
pleDty of work to do, and the will
and strength to do it. She used to
milk twelve or fifteen cows, and
made plenty of butter and cheese.
She wus a liberal feeder of her stock,
and bhe says her calves didn't go
arouud with tails like chestnut burs.
She pitched wneat and taught her
buxbaud how to build the firnt stack
be ever made. She bad learned that
at home when a girl, line would
taku her child to the Ctld and lay it
ou a biiucu of flu, while she was
engaged in binding and caving the
cr. p. For several years she did all
the sheep shearing. On one occa
sion, she got breakfast, did up her
work, clipped nineteen sheep in the
fornoon, aud went to the bouse in
lime to get dinner for the men.
Tnomas Wright, the husband of
Auut Peggy, died July 5tb, ISCi, af
ter which she kept bouse about one
year, and then got her son, Jackson
U move into the house with ber.
Rusts, Coddingtons. Hulls, Skin
ners, Thralls, ami a number ot otb-
- families came to the neighbor-
bood toon after the Wrights moved
dowu from Madisoa Township. Mrs.
Wright has one brother s'.ill jiving.
Hisuameis David Ankeny, and he
resides on tho old home pUce in
Pennsylvania.. Aunt Peggy thinks
that she ii stouter than any of her
daughters or grand daughters yet.
She uever had any trouble with her
neighbors, but always lived a life of
peace, neighborship and good will.
She tays she always mudo it a point
never to fusa with the "old man."
Whea things did not go to soit her,
she just shut her eyes like an ox and
went Ktra'gbt ahead. It is seventy
years this month eiace Aunt Peggy
was a bride, and she lived with ber
husband nearly fifty -six years, tbougn
he has now been nearly sixteen years
gone to bis ren.
We say and think ninety, years,
but we are slow to take in its full
meaning. A few important dates
and eras will assist our memory.
Mrs. Wright was born in the first
year of the, first term of George j
Washington, and consequently basj
li7i.rt lii-rl.p .. i I A Hnilio.tsuliAiij r.f ,
lived under all A d in iti let rations of
the goierumeut When the hand
some and accomplished Dolly Madi-
son presided over the White House,
Mrs. AN right bad a considerable fam-
ily, and moved from Pennsylvania to
Onio during Madison's Administra
tion. She was Dearly fifty years of
age when Andrew Jackson retired
from the White House, and when
Abraham Lincoln went incog into
the National Capitol in the dark
days of ISfil she had already passed
her three score and ten. She was
old enough to remember and talk to
the soldiers of the Revolution, while
they were yet comparatively young
men almost as young a3 the sol
diers cf the late Rebellion, some of
whom we ye meet wherever we go.
She has been intimately acquainted
with soldier of the Revolution, cf
the war 1812, of the Mexican war of
1316 47, as well as those of our
more recent Civil War. These sim
ple statements will aid the mind in
comprehending the important periods
through which our aged and higblv
esteemed friend has lived. We hope
that she may live to celebrate ber
one hundredth birth-day. rem
County Democrat.
OIK TVASMIXtiXOS LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Wasiiixotox, Dec. 23,
The Military Academy bill was
passed with a merely nominal reduc
tion from last year's appropriation.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
rauk of our miniature army i.i out of
all proportion to its file, there is to
be no surceaso of the gorge with
which West Point has for years over
stocked its official corps. Few peo
ple appreciate the peculiar political
iaflueuce of West Point. The Eng
lish tanntour Republicanism with the
rem-irk that we, too, have a peerage!
of Judges and Honorables. But ibe
most potent and pristocralic peerage:
is that which traces its ancestry to j
West Point and the Naval Academv
Tte cadete, appointed by members of
Congress, salaried from the day of
their mv.rtculauon to the day cf their
death, eviuce their gratuuJe and
wise providence by marrying Con
gressmen's risicr.a, cousins aud aunts,
thus securing iuflueLce w hich means
a becurer bold on the pn'olic freaau
ry. Washington is tho paradise of
the Army nod Navy ouicer. Ihey
masquerade in citizen's clothes and
few realize what hosts of tt-em are
here. Their rank, their education,
their accomii'irLmcats in all art
except those of war and navigation
endear them to society and facilitate
tnose martial relations which have
burdened the country with einecures
and robbed Congre-sof its independ
ence.
In tne senate yesterasv mere wu
a lively debate on the resolution "t
Mr. Voorhee-s calling for the appai u-
ment of a committee to investigate
the cause of the Exodus of negroes
from North Carolina to Indiana and
Mr. Windom'e proposed amendment
instructing the committee, in case
they should fi id the cause to bd cruel
and uhjust treatment of the negroes
by their white fellow-citizens, to re
port to Congress what steps should
be taken to secure them in the free
exercise of their political rights, and
whether a territory should not be set
apart for their exclusive use. The
debate, though animated from first to
last, was moderate in tone, and char
acterized by becoming courtey and
dignity on both sides.
Congress adjourns to-day for the
holidays, having accomplished much
in the way of appropriations. On
Friday last, the House passed the
Fortifications and Pensions Appro
priation Bills, the latter calling for
$32,404,000. During the week Mr.
Warner has asked tor information as
to what came of the bi metallic mis
sion to the governments of Europe,
for which $20,000 was appropriated ;
and Mr. Morrill for the effect on the
revenue of the repeal of the dutius on
tea and coffee. Resolutions have
been introduced expressiug sympathy
with the Irish Nationalists in their
efforts for equal laws and self govern
ment, and the hope that tbey may
soon become owners cf the soil they
cultivate; and speeches have been
made over pet'tions for enriching the
soldiers and sailors of the civil war
by the difference betweeu the gold
value of tne greenbacks in which
tbey were paid and their nominal
value.
The President has decided to ap
point an equal number of Democratic
and Republican supervisors of the
census of each State. This decision
gives some dissatisfaction in Repub
licau circles, and the President has
been urged to make all such appoint
ments from bis own political part v.
He, however, declines to do ho, tn
the ground that the lav, as it now
stands, would not be fairly adminis
tered if he appointed only the Re
publicans. C. A. S.
Indignation la Mains.
Boston, December 18 A dis
patch from Skowbegaa savs the
counting out of tbat town at Augus
ta is the only topic of coversation on
the streets, and is denounced bv
Democrats as well as Republicans.
An indignation meeting has been
called for Saturday evening. A tele
gram from Farmiogtoa mentions the
prevalence of a great indignation
tbere. The Mayor and Aldermen of
Rockland adopted a resolution to
night condemning the action of the
Governor and Council.
Mailuis Burned.
Tyrone, Pa , Dec. 18 The rail
way station at this place, a small
frame building, was destroyed by
fire this morning. The names origi
nated from a defective flue in the
heater. The baggage room, a email
frame building, was also burned.
The content?, consisting of tickets
and the usual furniture of a railroad
ofGce, were destroyed. The amount
cf the loss is $3,000.
The best and about the only way
to get even with a treacherous mole
and who evar saw any other is to
take his shoes off, lead him on to
smooth ice and then blackguard bim
1Ie dtt,e not indu, ia hjg Datur8j
,u aod the lloD 0pirit
. . .-. ...
exbibited in Lis intelligent counten
ance is really interesting.
A false charge Putting
wad before the powder.
in tte
TT 11
1L JiL vy JL JL UL
A TWEXTV POC5D SOTC.
Tbere never was such a man to let
as Staining. He was alwavs so sure
he was right. Our mutual friend,
Marxwell. ought ta have sailed for
Brazil, but I felt confident I had seen
bim in the street. Staining said it
was nonsense, and be bet me twenty
pounds to a shilling I was wrong.
He hardly finished speaking when
Marxwell, who had not sailed, came
up. Staining pulled out from his
pocket book a twenty pound note
and hand it to me.
"There you are, old fellow. 'A
fool and his money, etc' Another
illustration of that wise adaga."
"Not exactly ; for you don't expect
I shall take your money ?"
"Yes, I do ; and shall be extremely
annoyed if you make any difficulty."
I protested ; but presently he said,
irritably, "Then bo my almoner, and
give the money in charity." And he
pressed the note back on me, and left
abruptly. There are objections to
standing in the highway with a bank
note in your band and puzzled ex
pression in your tace, so the bans
note was transferred to my pocket,
aud I went my way wouduricg, when
I was met full tilt by a clergyman,
whom I very well knew.
"Halloa?" be cried. "Mr. Smith,
both you aud I seem to have our
minds so much occupied to-day that
wo cannot take care of our bodies."
I apologized, "No grave matter of
mine," I said; "but you look sad
Nothiug wrong with you or yours?"
"No, thanks: but 1 have just left a
depressing seeue. A young couple
married in hot has'.e. have gradually
come to grief. The wife aud ctld
are ill. Relatives and friends have
receded ia the remote back ground.
Aud worse than all, the Lu&band "
"Become iuteuipuraie cr has gone
mad ?"
"Neither one nor the other."
"S imething worse ?"
"les; for to be dtHtioaes. is w;
?e
a
than gfiog mad. . ;td it ij such
mere irifld that is t-eeded, appa'eatly.
to put all straight that I groan ut my
inability at the inomeot to find it."
"What's wanted?''
"We!!, it is only twenty pounds,"
' Tnere's the money you require
Haste away and d uli thj good you
can wiih h."
My friend looked a.-.t-jnisheJ. He
even hesitated.
' It is very good cfyou, he tM,
"lint, really "
"I have the power to give it away.
Good-by." Atd I Lurried off. Tfitn
I baittiued b.uk t him.
"Kitidif, to no account mtn.ion
uiv n intc.'
"No. ft
vou wiab ; Lutrou should
know th uf the objects of your
booaty " Aid he toid me. Th?a
we parted. I bad goue only a tkzen
yards .vhea there passed me a young
man, v:th a flushed luc ; and a fright
ened, a&xior.s look in his eyes. He
caught up to my friead and sp jke to
him
"That is the man," I said to my
self, "whose proceedings have been
dubious, aud who will, I trust, be
reecued by Staining' twenty pounds.
Will, it the wheel should turn, and
n this poor man snould ever bo ia a
position li deliver a fellow-creature
from such trouble as he himself is
now iu, by the surrender of twenty
pounds, 1 wonder whether be'li do
it? Siniih you sure'y know human
nature well enough to answer your
own question. Not he not a bit of
it,"
This little incident with plcntv of
other things was soon swept away
from mv memorv by a sudden call to
go abroad, even to the place wcere
Marxwell did not go Brazil. Noth
ing hampered me theu ; I waa a
young bachelor, and could start for
the antipodes at two days' notice.
When I take my wife and children
I forget the number for our autum
nal trip, in these latter days of my iife,
I required weeks' preparation. Alas
the change S
Away then to Brazil ; atvay to new
life, new scenes, new companion?,
new hopes and fears ; away to for
tune and the yellow fever ! Hero oc
curs ia my tale a grand interval of
twenty years (my story deals ia
twenties!) I doubt wbetber I should
have come bad not a young English
lady one night sung in ray hearing aa
old home ballad, so well remembered
in connection with some loved ones
who in this world will sing no more,
that the well known craving for a
native land mastered me at once, and
within a very short time I was on my
voyage to England.
Oa the way, I had one niht a
frightful dream I fancied a terrible
enemy bad me on my back, and was
clutching at my throat. Tighter
grew his grasp, aud fainter my breath,
My starting eyes scanned every feat
ure of my murderer. Slowly and
painfully as I was held this way,
for some time it appeared did I call
to miud the face before me- It was
Staining but Staining reckless, des
perate. I gasped an entreaty for
mercy
"Give it to me ; I want it ; I
must
have it instantly iastaatly !"
Was
the coarse reply.
"Waat '.vhat can he meaa ?"
"Wttit?" he shriekad ia a maaical
frenzy. ' Wretch, my twenty pounds!"
I had quite forgotten about this
bet and the twenty pounds, but the
dream set me thikiug of what ru
mors 1 bad heard occasionally re
specting Staining since I left Eng
land, that his money had watted,
that he had fallen considerably in
position and even into poverty. I bad
written to bim several times, but of
late years he had not replied.
"Poor fellow," I now thought,
"there may really ba something ia
that dream. If his pride will accept
it, he shall have the money back,
and very glad I shall be to restore it"
Back to England. Settle down
again in the old country. Main mat
ters disposed ot, 1 began to think cf
minor ones, and among the latter the
discovery cf StainiDg ; he was not
in bis former bounts, and I failed so
long to find bim that I was begin
ning to despair, when one night I
met bim oa the street.
The brilliant artificial lighttf a ball
room may increase the luster of a
woman's, bright eyes and ber spark
ling jewels, but if you want to see a
poor broken down man, decayed snd
dismal, in bis worst aspect, survey
bim standing under a street lamp.
WHOLE NO. 14S7.
drizzling rain descending up m him,
and he with folded arms, presenting
a picture of mute despair. So did I
behold Staining. I put my band
on his shoulder. He sprang from
me as though I were a wi!dbea?t.
"I did not want to run away," be
said hoarsely, "they knew that. I'll
face it I'll face it," be added trem
ulously. "Go'on, I'll walk quietly
enough wby what eh surely,
can it be can "
"Yes, ir- is Smith, your old com
panion. Pray be composed. Stain
iug, my friend, what is all this ?
Come away, and confide in me. If
you are in trouble, and money can
help you, you shall not want." And
1 took his arm and we went to
gether. And then I heard poor Slaining's
eonfession, and it amounted to this:
When he bad wasted his monev, be
obtained a situation in a merchant's
office. The pay, poor enough, was
sufficient to keep him ; but even now
nothing could restrain L;tn from gam
bling oa a small scald on horse rac
ing. As a consequence be was soon
penniless, and wcrne dishonest. He
had pud a betting debt out of a i.'20
note which the day before I met bim
had been entrusted to bim. Discov
ery hai endued almost iristantaneus-
ly, and though tho luckless man had
explained that it was only through a
failure of another member of the vir-tuou-j
fraternity he could not at once
replace the money, ho had been dis
charged, and had reason to mppese
he would be prosecuted.
"Manv, many thauks," replied the
poor fellow to the offer I directly
malefciai. "Yoa can eee the firm in
the morning; but though they Lave
allowed a duy t p.ii. I doubt
whether thev will tiku tilt; mojsr.
I believe
tba: tbey are ten; oa my
ruin "
1 oiild not behave; si eHv next
day, I si at ttio oi.i a i f .M.-irs
Caydoa, Biendon A Co., a.-.d Luvirj
been aJjiitted iu;-j the r'ou of the!
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uii-i fi ii.-, , a r.. ci ui v rrraatj
and "-i-ffered my 2).
Mr. Biydoa wu a !et k oi l gtn
tlemaa. T tie re vi, o to cpeak.
wealth an -1 tu-e .i ovi-r fit!.' He
bent LU Lead cciiii;u--"rir, a: 1 f
plied :
"I can apprecia'.'j yoor ki'i 'ui rM t
this poor man, aci I, pit- r, would
pass the matter over at .at-e : but my
partner, Mr. Bleadoa, is i-s .i J-reut
viow end I cann .t in; -tf, re " And
be was firm upon tLt : ; '.'voM 1
see Mr. Blim'on? . . it ! c .uld
call agaia in two h :urs
In the cab I kept mut'etliu to my
self, Biemln, and Rub ): "ntuj,
too? I am bure cf it ; - ill, i- i; bo
so, it is very strange. 1 tuafc 1 hhou!d
know that face,
have altered it.
ti'we?e!
We f:l
' time mav
'ill f-e who
will be master.''
Back to Messrs
Bjdon, Blendon
tS: L' .'s omce, then hi te presence of
Mr. Blendon.
Alt my aaxiety for my poor fri 'id
faded away, i was rua iter of the
situation. Briefly I stated my desire
to pay the amount of Staining's de
falcation, and my hope that, under
the extenuating circumstances, no
publicity would be given to the mis
erable wrong doer.
Mr. Blendon heard mo with some
impatience, and, before replying, he
drew out a check to "self or bearer"
(I could see him do it) for a hundred
pounds Haviog given this to a clerk
to get cashed, be said to me, arrang
ing the papers the while :
"You will excuse my answering
somewhat shortly. It cannot be. It
is not the money we are about, but we
must vindicate the law."
I declare, I was half pleased at the
grandiose style of his speech. How
beautifully ho was walking into my
net.
I ventured to suggeet that in a
case like this there was no impera
tive call to such a course, aod tbat
forbearance might rightly be shown.
'I do not see it I can't see it,"
answered Mr. Blendon, crcs-iog his
legs with an air o! resignation, 83
as to say, "This man is a nuisance,
but I must bear with hita." He re
sumed :
You do dot appear, sir, to observe
the immense importance of punish
ing delinqoency cf this kind. I
would not take your money on any
account. Dear no! If I were to let
this man off, 1 would be ashamed of
mvseif. He ought to be in custody
now, and he will be very shortly. I
have just overcome some foolish hesi
tation cf my partner. I am always
firm myself." (Not always, Mr.
Blendon not when 1 last saw you.
But I waited a bit. A little further
I into ciy net, p!eaue)
And there
fore, however sorry I may be, sir, I
must say NO. Dishonesty is a fear
ful thing, and it must be punished. If
I were myself to commit an act of
this kind and "
Wby did he stop ? I bowed quiet
ly, and risiug said :
"You are right, Mr. Blendon. Dis
honesty is a terrible thing, and while
not for another m.uieut pressing my
request, I know y. u will forgive my
calling to remembrance before I leave,
a curious case known to myself. May
I tell it you ? Some twenty years
ago, a poor young couple, not long
married, had fallen into poverty.
The wife aod icfant were ill ; the
doctor had ceased to attend because
be was not paid. Comforts there
were none Even necessaries were
wanting. The husband was distract
ed; be would get money; he must
get money. When his young wife
and infant child were well nigh starv
ing, what was to be done? Stay,
stay, Mr. Blendon, 1 will complete
my story. The money was obtained,
sir Mr. Blendon, you know how. I
need not tell you tbat. But in what
way was it repaid ere mischief came,
aod Low much was the husband
saved saved from ruin and degre
dation saved to become a rich and
respected merchant I Whose money
saved bim? Ab, Mr. Blendon, tbat
you do not know. But I will tell
you ; the 20 note which rescued the
husband rested only ten minutes be
fore in the pocket book of this very
Staining, whom you are about to
prof-ecuie, strangely enough, for pre
cisely the same sum. Yes, at tbat
time Staining was rich, may be, as
ycu are, now ; but, with bis riches,
ho was a kind, charitable, Christian
man. Mr. Biendon, I have a right to
ask yoo, to what character do you lay
claim ?"
I have often thought since, what
admirable advantages are a clear head
and calm temper, ia the delivery of
the foregoiog I had worked myself
up to a white beat It was on! at
the moment when be first saw my
emotion. Then be rose from bis
chair, and hi face flashed bat be
resumed bis seat, and by the time I
bad finished be was sitting as calmly
almost es whea I 2tered. Tbere
was a slight pause, and Mr. Elendoa
aid :
"You Lave acquired, sir, some
knowledge (I will not say wbetber
accurate or not) of aa incident ia my
early life, which I'm not called upon
to ili.-Tiiis. May I ask whether this
knowledge is confined, and is intend
ed to be confined to yourself ?'
"I believe it to be confined to
myself and my informant, and I
have no desire it should be other
wise." Mr. Blendon bowed "I will not
conceal that I shall be giad for it to
be an understanding between os tbat
this matter does not go further. (I
made a gesture of assent.) Well,
then, on that footing, I will say that
Mr. Staining shall be entirely absolv
ed, and I will evea aid him if I can.
You must, however, excuse me from
taking your twenty pounds. I am
obliged to ycu f-nr coming. G-Jod
morning."
I departed, and I must confess I
felt that the enemy bad well covered
his retreat, and had not left me a
morsel of triumph more than be could
Delp.
However, my object waa accom
plished ; therefore I hastened to meet
Staining. He was not at the appoint
ed place, and, after waiting for some
time, I went to bis lodging. It was
a shabby house, in a by-street, not
easy to find. The landlady told me
Mr. Staining bad come ia an hour
ago, and was in bis bed-room not
very well, she thought. She and I
we:t up together, and knocked more
thaa once. Thea I went ia. Poor
Staining was lying on the bed, dead.
My first misgiviogs were happily not
confirmed; his eufeeb'ed frame had
been unable to withstand the recent
wear and tear, and he wa. now be
yond tee react) of bin follies and Bis
troubles.
l.O no 1 LET! I K.
! Frora our Kruulsr ".rre; ondnt.)
Losi'ov, Dec. 2L. H73
Viewed simply a a marriage, the
marriage of Mm Millai aod "Wtl
be " Jauiei ii St Peter's Soito Kio
n'D -Ton, oa Friday is raia Ut wan.
tqio e tte comment of a fcrniaiue
aiwctatcr, "a very pretty oiarr'age "
I'tio ra red eiiiicr was cbarmiagly
decorate! w r.h tl irtr, the dre-e
were smart, the budd wm atone
beaut fa; a-ad happy, the brioVeaiaiji
w ere c .tutl v, and and all concerned
sept their head. ia a most sea.il
od unaffected manner.
Tee bridegroom, having arrived
ita a p-oajp'.ae-M that rxrtokened
li s eagerue for the ailkea chain.
ti:ok ou aa attitude cf
r.f military !et
tier ia Croat of the
altar cr. as a
naunoat person in the crowd termed
it, "at tne ireak of the poop."
The crowd in the church was sim
ply uu.tu. It was not alone that it
w as a vast assemblage, although the
jinterur was deu-teiy tnronged, as
! that it wa- a crowd whereof no mem-
ber waa aa obscure person. The
I whole garnet of notsbilities of this
I island was exbaustel ; soldiers and
artist.-, novelists aud beauties, poets
of euber sex laterspersed among
peers, fightiag-men fresh from Zulu-
laad dotted among ladies whose lau
rels have been won ia quite other
lists. Scarcely a face but was the
keynote of some memorial associa
tion. Among the minor episodes of the
wedding ceremony were the unac
countable modesty of Mr. William
Black, and the somewhat indecorous,
not to say ill-mannered character of
the notice bestowed on, and not
wholly enjoyed by Mrs. Lan?htry.
Mr. Black is of aa imposing presence.
It is our misfortune, rather than bis
fault perhaps, that be has been guil
ty of some novels; and altogether
there seemed no adequate reason for
his herculean efforts to plunge him
self into obscurity. It may be mild
ly remarked tbat the comfortable
seats in Sc. Peter's Church were ob
viously intended for qnite another
use than to be employed as elevated
perches for people to ascend, in or
der that from such coigns of vantage
they might gaze with fragrant curi
osity on a wholly inoffensive private
gentlewoman, who bad come on the
like genial errand with themselves.
I live now in hope to witness the
early discomfiture of that ghastly
and spasmodic infliction, the wed
ding breakfast. The Millaiee have
courageously laid the axe to the root
of that preposterous tree, which I
trust will speedily utterly cease to
cumber our special ground. It was
a charming substitute they tendered
for i' a parly that sparkled with
a brilliancy ot quite exceptional ra
diance. It was a field-night fur wbat
has come to be called "professional
beauties." All the rival queens were
in the arena ; and some dispassion
ately critical and impartial obsrers
had ample confirmation of the view
tbey have consistently held, tbat
there exi-ts much greater and sweet
er beauty outside than inside the
pale of the conventional and accept
ed beauties. Prettier roses lurk un
der the foliage of private life than
the blooms that flacnt the sun, and
challenge admiration as if it were
their right.
Still the universally recognized
beauties were charming: Mrs Lang
try, in palest possible pink, trimmed
wih black looking immensely well ;
Mrs. C West, with a boquet like a
five-o'clock tea table, quite the big
gest I ever saw ; Mrs. Wheeler. Mrs.
Makintosb, and Lady Walter Camp
bell, perhaps the handsomest of all.
Not twice ia a lifetime will you see
so noteworthy aa assemblage as that
which thronged Mrs. Millais'a reception-rooms
on tbe night of Friday
las:. As I looked at Willie James,
ai he stood smiling reconnoitreiag
I tbe church door, I could not refrain
from the reflection what trifles inter
vene between happiness and misery.
Had that assegai which the stalwart
Zulu wielded with such pith struck
the lad's breast anywhere save or
tbat one spot, the size of a crows
piece, that was guarded by tbe siiver
ornament oa tbe pouch belt, a gal
lant heart would have been transfix
ed, and the fair bride of to-daj
would have beeo ia effect a widow
without having ever been a wife.
"Don't you tbink tbat a good Tile
ness of me ?" says tbe pretty wife to
her husband. "Very good," be an
swers, "except tbat there is a little
too much repose about tbe mouth."
A book agent was knocked dowa
by a stree; car the other day, and
two wheels passed over bis cheek.
'The car is laid up, pehdiog repairs.