K FVfli.iarrtifi every wi:nR.iAY, iy
W. H. DUNN.
EM BTRECT, TTOSESTA, f A,
TERMS, ta!oo A YKAn.
niSn.ri'lIrri'll'Il0'" rwT1VHl f,,r 8 ""o'
pra iol then threo months.
of U. country. No notice will lo taken of
minoiiymoin communications.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TIOITEBTA LODGE
Ao. sou,
II TKKT over Frhta evening, nt 7
II I o'clock, in tho I lull former v occupied
by thcUnnd Templars.
c t, W. NAWYER, N. .
S. ir. HASLET, Hcc'y. 27-tf.
TI0iTOSTA6uNCiN07342i
O. TJ. M.
MEETS nt Odd Follows Lo.lKo Room,
overv Tucsdav evening, at 7 o'clock
"U. W. SAWYER, C.
H. C.JOIIXSOX, U. 8. 31.
(y- FICE nt Cniit. Knox's residence. Of-
W Hoc days, Wedt
ticsdnys and Natur
(IIIVH.
al:! f
J. B. ACNEW, W. E. LATHY,
, t . liviiiMil, ft, , Erie, Pa,
' AQNKW As tATHV,'
1
Attorneys at Law, - Tionesta, Pa
: i-t-- OfflWon Elrh Street. '
Way IB, 187S.-tf .. . . .
t K. L. Davis.
ATTORN KY AT I.AW, Tlonrmta, Pa.
Collections mad In tbli and adjoin
ing counties, 40-ly "
- ATTORNEY AT LAW, '
In Slrtet, '
TIOSKSTA, PA,
V. W. Ha'ys
ttzv
A TTORtKY AT liAW',1 and Notary
I fuut.ir, Kevnolrl II u k ill A Oo.'s
Block, fcenecn St.', Oil City, l'a. , S9-ly
r. BIXMBAR.
P. M. BMIt.IT.
KIXXIiJHj SMILEY?
Attorneys at Law, - - rraajclla, Pa.
1 PRACTICE In tlio several Coarte of Ve
nango, Crawford, Forest, and adjnin
tag counties. , , . . 39-ly.
BARRKRH an lTnlrdressors. Smcnr
baii,'h building, Klin St. Switches,
Frisr.es, llml.li, Curls, ., mndn from
Comhimrt. llavinir a-ttlod iiermancntly
In this place, thry dnsiro the patronage of
fne public, Hatiaiauiion guaraiitc?u. ia am
HIT 'I I rill LI 1 k A
' ,W. 1. BUCKXIX, PRorniirron.
Friet-Clans Licensed House. Oood sta
hi conn eel od, . . .. l-ly
. ,''.',. Tionesta Housr, i . . .
A:X DREW WJ5I.IER, Proprietor. Thin
.Itoiuo link 1mii) newly titled up and In
now open for tlio Hccoiiiniodution of the
uiull.x Charjroa rasisoimlilu. IHlfj?
' ' CENTRAL HOUSE,
flOXNKR, AliNEW HLOCK.1..
J) Acinkw, l'roprictor. This la a new
nouae, and ha jnt linn flttml up for tlio
apraininodiitlou of tha public. A. port on
of tba patroimi;o of tlio public ia aolicilod.
viy
Lawrenct House,
TtOXK-STA,' PA., WIIXTAMTAW
REXCK, Pkopbiktoh. Thia liouw
1 ocntriillv lix-alod. Kvorytlilnit nowund
nvfll furniKlicd Superior aocominiKln
tlom and atrict attoutiou :iveii to giie.sU.
'4ctal)les and FruitH of all kinds nerved
in their aeasou. 8amplo room for Coin
worcial Agcuts. -a " '
, ., FOREST HOUSE, ' k V
2 A. VARNKR Pnoi'iilRTon. Opposite
kj. Court Houmo, Tionet4i, l'a. JuMt
pened. Everythinir. now and clvn and
iraah. The bwt of liiiuora kept eonatantiy
build. A portion of the public patron-
1M is reHnecUuuy aouoitou. t-u-iv
i C B. Weber's Hotel, ' -
ryiTTJJRSBURCir.PA. C.D.WEBER.
X tl'AH ptwaoiutioil oi no new iitu-k luwi
and will lie happy to entertain nil hla old
customer, and any number of now ones,
tiood acooiuiiiodutiouM for guostn, and ex
cellent stabling. I0-3tn.
.': ' Dr. J. L. Aconb,' '
(OI1Y8ICIAX AND SURGEON, who hna
,1 Imd lift ecu yearn' experience in a larro
yind HUCoeaHt'ul praitieo, will attend all
I'rofcaMionnl Calls. Olllea in hia liu$ and
;rocory Sure, locatod in Tidioute, near
Tldioute Hoiuio. ( i f i
IN 1US STORE WrLI. RE FOUND '
A full aaHortmont of ifodioinoa, Liquors
'Tobaooo, CiKrn, tStationery, UlaHH, Paiuta,
4IIIH, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will be Hold at reasonable rates.
Dlt. CUAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Physiuian and Drutuurt from Sew. York,
iiaa oharne of the Store. AH prtcilpUois
put up accurately. .
1. B. XILLT-
MA Y, PARK 6 CO.,
Corner of E!mfc Walnut Sts. Tionesta.
( J BanV of Discount and Deposit.! '
Iutoieat allowed on Time DepoaiU.
CoMsiitions njadeonall tha Principal points
of the U. S,
Collections solicited. 18-ly.
P.W.CLARK,
(0OMlS8l2IKH'S CLERK, FOREST CO., TA.)
KEAl JZSTATE AG EXT.
u
OUbEHand Lot for Sale and REN'T'
WIM Lanoi for aie.
I h:ivn rapcrtr ra,ilit!UJuraeorliiiiiing
the condition oj taxes ami tax ueeiiH, iku.,
and am tlmrefore qualilivd to- act intelli
uently an aent of yhose living nt a dis
tance, owning lands in the County,
(lltiie in Commissioners Room, Court
limine, Tiouoata, l'a.
P. W. CLAKK.
- Tit i
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VOL. VIII. NO. 35..
Painting, Paper-Hanging; die.,
Ir C'HASE, of Tionesta, offers his
Bcr'lcos to those in need of
PATNTTtm. - ;! V i-FmuV
GKAIXINO,
CALCIMIXIXO,
8IZINO t VARNISHINC1,
PAPFR IlAKlimiJ. . 1
AND CARRIAGE WORK,
Work promptly attondoU to and " , , ,
KatlwriK'lloii Oiininittoel.
Mr. Clmsn will work In the eonnlrv
Wbon dOMlred. '':-: i ? ? jt ; IMC
W. C. COBURN, M. JX,
PHYKICIAX t 8UROEOX offers his
services to the neoola of ForcHt. fin.
Having had a ax pel Tenre' nf Twelve
Years in constant practice, Dr.' Cobnrfi
Kuarantees to (rive witiafnctlon. Dr. Co
urn makes a spcclnlty of the treatment
or Nnnl, Throat, Luiir and all other
Chronic) or linporitift disoases: Having
mvostiKiitoil nil scientilic methods of cur
ing disease and selecUxl the irood from all
systems, he will giiaranUm relief or acure
in ait eases whero a unre U ixsuiiulei iNa
Uhargo for jfjonaulUitlinj-AU fuoa will io
rensonablo, I'rofosvionaT visi.ts in ado at
all hours. Parties al a distance can con
sult hint bv letter. ""i
Ofliee and RoHhrenra 1st door east of
I'artrldges New Jllonk, foot of Dutch
Hill Road, TioneiMa, Pa. 2otf
7 M rs. c; n. IIKATII,
DRESSMAKEIU Tionesta, Pa.
TITUS. HEATH ha roeently moved to
i'A tuts inace lor too purpose of meeting
a want which the lailim of the town and
county have Air a lonir time knowu, that
oi naviug a uresmnaKpr or experience
among them. Iain prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in the latest styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Rtainpitig for braid
ing and embroidery done in the best man
ner, with the newest patterns. All I ask
is a lair trial. Residence on Water Street.
in Uie house formerly occupied by Jacob
anriver. -f, ... , hu
' Frank Ilbblii,
PHOTOGRAPH Ell,
v r (f'seoa t DKMina.) j
Pictures in every styleof the art. Viows
of the oil regions jor aalo or taken to or
der. v, j.,. " j j
CENTRE STREET, riear R, R. crossing.
riYCAMORE STREET, near Union Do-
pos, u Jiiy, l'a. f au-u
PHOTOGRAPH " GALLERY.
' ': ).. HTRBET,
SOUTH Of KOBIXSON A'.BOXXER'S
r STORE. w ,
Tiomesta, Fa.,
M. CARPENTER, - Proprietor.
'U VB,
Pictures Ukn la all tlio latest styles
the art 26.W
: T f in TP T "NT i
(iu DOVARD it CO.'S Store, Tlonosta. Pa.)
. ''
-- . rACTlOAb
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
DEALER IX
Matches! Clocks? Solid and l'latcd
Jewelry, lilack Jewelry.
' Eye Glosses, Spec ''
tacles, Violin Strings, ftc., dc ' ,
.... ... , ... - . m v i i.'.'-'i l '
Will examine aud repair Fine Ena-llsh,
Swiss or American Watolie, such as He.
neuters, Independent Hoonnds, . Stem
Winders, Duplex, Levers, Anchors and
Lepinua, and will make any new pieces
lor the same, audi as stalls, Forks, Pel
letts, Wheels, Pinions, Cylinders, Bar
rels, Arbors, and in fact any part apper
taining to fine watches.
rfVll Work Wttvrontod,
I can safely ' ',' " '
ilt any work undertaken by me will be
done ii auiti a manner aud at such prices
tor ,-!..-'. i
aoo2;'WOBK
that will Kive satisfaotio.: to ail wha may
favor me with tlioir orders.- .,
L. KLEIr ,
14-ly Author of "The WatcC-
NEBRASKA GRIST HILL.
rpiIE GRIST 'JLL at Nebraska (Lacy
1 towu.) Forest uoiiuty, has been ther
oughly overhauled aim refitted in tirst
elass order, aud is uow runilJou end doing
all kinds of
CUSTOM GKISTDfVCL
FEED 1 VUW'' AX D OATS.
Constantly on hand, and old at the very
lowest, ugurea. ,ttj
11 Urn II. W. LEDtBUR.
5I' c)ir i
4
o
1
W"' " II I 6 IsV h 11 X. 1
I 1 1 n w Sr
TIONESTA, PA.,
i AN UNSOLVED jaySTERY.
About the close of the eighteenth
century the fttnli ion able life of Dublin
was in its zenitii ; the Ranelneh Gar'
dens were the resort of the beaux and
belles of the iIht; Ahe Parliament was
hdd in College Green, anil its mem.
bers bad their town residences in Dub
lin and lived there for a considerabls
portion of the ytar.
One of the membere, an illustrious'
Truth nobleman who. had spent some
portion of his youth in Italy, was a
man ol cultivated taste and refine
ment. Unon his return to Dublin lm
conceived the JJfri 'of 'Inviting over
some Italian artist to decorate the
walls and ceilings of his residence af
ter the Floreetiua , manner. lie car
ried out his idea; and the ornamenta
tions of C'liarlernont llouso bear wit
nees to the taste and skill of the doco-
razors.' Other ooblemen emplcyed
mese artists j the present uoval Irish
Academy House, then a noble, private
residence, is similarly decorated ;. alo
several other city mansions id several
of the leading streets and squares.
When Dublin decreased. in import
ance after the Act of Union in 1801,
and was no longer the center or fash,
ion for the Irish nobility, its splendid
private residences gradually decayed j
and wealthy burghers and Dublin's
proverbially professional aristocracy
now inhabit them. Many of the houses
yet retain their curious, rare old dec
orations, and of one of these residen
ces, situated in a leading square, we
Would most especially speak. i ,
A,, large, atatoly,. gloomy-looking
houso, with ponderous hall door,
scudded with iron nails, like the door
of the cathedral. High, narrow win
dows, with Italian jalousies. The grass
growl in' the1 interstices of lb hitrli,
steep steps, now rust falling away. The
rusty iron railings have become loos
eued in their ttone settings, and seem
as though a good push would hurl
them into the raoldering, vault like
area.. Entering the hall, a damp,
earthy smell greets the "Intruder-for
intruder must auy one be considered
who ventures into that region of ghost
lines. The wide, flagged, echoing
hall, the broad, dark, oak-paneled
staircase, lead to chambers awful in
their oppressive sense of loneliness
and utter desolation. Cobwebs festoon
the painted walls; queer, crawling
creatures hold high holiday on the
once polishod floors; but not even the
squeak of a rat or mouse breaks the
solemn, death-like still new which per.
vades this old, deserted mansion.
Over all there hung a cloud Of fear, '
A sense of mystery the spirit dailhted,
And said, as plain ns whinner to the ear. ,
: "The house is haunted.'' - , f
r Twenty-five years ago- this honee
was tenanted by IMJss bteele, an eccen
tric old lady, w bodying tuddeoly et
the advaneod agef 91,-he.r property
including this house and furniture
came.luto the possession ot. a mari
ried graud eieca living, in Kildurn
whom she had ncfor seen. The Sea
son in DuUin via just; commencing
about the time allUv matters connected
with the property irere being settled,
and the heiress, ftlfss Nugent, actiug
upon the advice fif jier lawyer, resolv
ed to let the house furnished. Tbe
furniture, although antique, was hand
some; especially of the drawing-room,
Tbo ceilings ofHtWs apartmeut were
superbly ornamented ia the Florentine
style. A'aoesquesj ou a. pale blue
ground adorned jii ceilings ; the pan
els of the wall,. were painted with
? roups or figures or rare pieces of still
iie: while from the moldings which
Separated these panels sprang figures
which, beuding downward, held the
candelabra lighting the apartment.
The furniture was in keeping with the
architecture of inlaid wood, heavy
wlttl gilding Bndrpholstercd in amber
satin ; it was of that stately and old
worl.l type which suggested the days
of minuets apple-bloasomf: saeques,
cherry-colored satin petticoats, and
high-heeled shoe. A spindle-legged
spiuoet stood near the fire-place, where
in was no grate, put great brass dogs.
The fireplace was tiled with the queer
little Dutch tiles that came over with
the tulips in the day af William aud
Marp. Those tiles bore "a 'succession
of Adams and "Kfe. f (Jelu4 and
Abels, and other Scriptural characters,
who looked aadly eul ef place among
the By uiph satyrs, aod similar-profanities
which surrounded the chamber.
Tha bause was no soinor advertised
than it was immediately taken by an
o Hicer tboa quartered in DoMin.. JUe
a man of taste, Col. Comyers
woulo net allow the house 4 be 1 re
modled in way. , Mrs. Cpmyers,
too, wae a wo mail who liked novelty,
and she triumphantly pictured to h3r-
self what a delightful sensation her
antique looking drawing-room would
create when well lighted up a. filled
with a fashionable mob. A pretty
ninoante little woman, she was enthu
siastically charmed, enchanted, with
her Irish residence. One day, about
DECEMBER 8, 1875.",
the beginning of October,' she 'moved
into it, with her two infant children,
and twe servants that the bad brought
from England a cook and a nurse.
For the first night she had no . other
aervai.ta in the bouse. . v. ,.. ,i.-, ,
Upon the first evening of Mrs. Com.
yers arrival, her husband was obliged
to spend tbe day and night Aom home.
She amused herself by wanderiug
about the old house, prying into musty
cabincia and cupboards, looking with
wandering-' and admiring eyes npou
the rare old Venetian glass and egg
shell china, which seemed almost too
fine and too delicate fof use. . About
half-past 6 o'c'.'k, as she sat in the
drawing-room, the hur?e entered, say
log that it was necessary for ..f r to go
out to buy some thiugs urgently re'
quired. The woman respectfully asked
her mistress if she would go up to the
nursery to the children, should the
hear them cry.
"Certainly, nurse, i" suppose you
will not be very long away H .i -
"I cannot say, madam. I ' do not
know Dublin.". (": ;;., J', , :
'Then I think cook had better go
with ynu the has been here before.
I dare say no one will call this evei
ning.'; ' .( -i " in, i.io i
"Thank you, madam," and the nerse
left the roam.. Jfresently Mrs. Com
yera heard the nail door closed, aud
the two . women's foetsteps echoing
down the steps. '",
A quarter of an hoiir twenty min
utes passed. . Tbe doors between 'the
drawing-room and the nursery, two
flights higher up, wero left open, so
that Mrs. Comyers could hear every
sound. The evening was fust closing
in, and she experienced a strange feel
ing of. loneliness, and began to. regret
her foolish impulse, ia allowing both
servants to go out. She laidlown the
book she had been reading, and pres
ently one of the childrop gaCH-Fyt
The mother started from theconch
where she was rcclining.and was about
to go. up to the nursery, when hurried
footsteps on tbe stairs struck upon her
ear. ; - ' :: . ' ;
"Oh, I need not go," she said to her
self. "I suppose oook has stayed at
home after all ;'t and having by this
time reached the door, ehe indeed saw
by the waning light the figure of an
elderly woman turning the landing of
the night opposite to her. Airs. Com
yers returned to her sofa. But the
child's crying did not cease, and as
she listened it increased from a '.whin
ing cry to a wail of terror. In alarm
she started up and ran to the nursery.
Tbe eldest boy, a child three years old,
was sitting np in bed, shrieking, but
tbe cook was nowhere to be seeu. -
In vain Mrs. Comyers tried to paci
fy the child. "Freddy," she asked,
"did not cook eome up to you ?"
liut the child only gobbed the 'more
convulsively, so much so that the mo
ther retrained Iron, asking any further
questions. ' 6oftly singing to him, ha
was Soon asleep again, and Bhe stole
3uielly from the r ora. . It was almost
ark, yet she distinctly saw, walking
a few steps before her, the figure of a
woman which she yet believed to "be
the cook. .:' 1 '
"Why, cook,. I thought you had
gone out with nurse." '
lhe figure had just readied tho bot
tom of the flight of stairs; it turuod
slowly round, revealing the face of an
old woman with ' 3 white cap-border
closely crimped around her puckered
np, leoring face. A grnesora, weird
light seemed to surround her, bo that
Mrs. Comyers distinctly saw the shriv
eled lips move, the bleared eyes gleam;
and the shaky, skinny hand, which
was raised and shaken menacingly at
her. The figure then turuod and ran
swiftly down the stairs.
For a moment Mrs. Comyers was
frightened; but, girding up courage,
blamed herself forgiving way to nerv
ousness persuaded .herself that it
must be some person engaged by the
cook. . Bhe walked down the stairs,
her heart beating violently, and called
out courageati8ly: 1
"My good woman, who are you, and
wlmt is your busiuess here."
For answer, a chuckling laugh re
sounded throughout the echoing old
house. The clatter of many feet was
heard upon tbe stairs; still, the brave
little woman hardly quailed. '. Cut
what was she to do? , She was too ter
rified to venture after the figure. Just
then there waa a knock at the hall
door, and, with a sense of relief, sho
hastened down to open it. The two wo
men servants entered, j
"Cook," said Mrs Comyers, ''did
you leave any one in the house duriug
your absence '! 1 .. n i
"No, madam."
1 t'WelL you bad better co and , look
in the kitchen,' fur some wemen wcot
down stairs just now. ,
Lights were speedily procured, and
every inch of tho basement story was
uoavailinglv searched. The doors
were then secured, and as Mrs. Com
yers saw the servants were ' rather
frightened, she wisely refrained from
cnteriug into any particulars concern-
( I ' .HI j i I ,
$2 TEK ANNUM.
I V
mg either tbe ruanucr of the figure or
the strange noises she had board.
Tbe next day she related the cir
cumstance to hup husband, who laugh
ed at her nervous fupcies, and. practi-.
tally suggested that .u close eye be
kept on tbe area gate. Two weeks
flew by, aud the all air seemed to be
almost forgotten, until one evening, as
Colonel and Mrs. Comyers sat alone
in tho dinning-room, , the sound of
many footsteps was heard in the drawing-room
overhead, and a plaintive
air was played upon the old spinnet.
They listened amazed for a minute,
aud at length Mrs. Comyers said ;
"Henry, I am sure it is that that
thing?" , ' .. .
"You littla' goose!" ho exclaimed,
laughing 1. "Stay where you aie, and
Pllandsee.''.;.. , ' .
He bounded up the stairs there
was a hurried shuffling of feet ; the
music ceased, and he soon returned.
The scene he had witnessed be couid
not relate to hia nervous, delicate-wife.
Therefore, to avoid being questioned,
be said, with au assumption of gaiety,
... "Mabel, congratulate niel I have at
last seen your mythical old , woman 1"
Mrs. Comyers shivered, aud nestled
into hor husband's sheltering arms, at
she.wbispered, faintly : , "Yes, I know
you have seen her, for I saw her go
before ybu out of tbe room' , .
They could not apcount for the
phenomenon, and naturally were difti.
dent about mentioning it to any one.
Thus the time passed on until Christ
mas. ' 1 1 v '
With the Christmas time ' there ar
rived a nephew of Col. Comyers
olever, handsome,, merry Val Wychen
ley; a young doctor) who h.id just ta
ken out his diploma: ' He had passed
a brilliant examination, and befjro
again resuming ' work bad come to
spend a few weeks in Dublin, fnf the
Fur pose of resting his overtaxsd br'.
t was agreed ttjnf. h,e should not be
told anything : about the mysterious
old woman.., ,,, ;! '.,. Vi
On Christmas Day a number of
friends expected to dine. There was
also to be an e rewlng party ; thereforo,
in order to save trouble, Mrs. Comyers
had had the diuing-tablo arranged
early in the aftcrcoon, and then lock
ed the door. She was ery proud of
ber daintily-arranged table ; she had
trstefully disposed tho quaint-colored
aud gilt Venetian glass, and the rare
old chiua belonging to the house.
Groups of shepherds aud shepherdesses
holding cornucopia filled with glisten
ing holly, interspersed with-its-ewn
bright red . berrioiy aud tbe -. enowy
white ones of those 'of tho 'mistletoe,
were placed at intervals along the 'ta
ble. " :;," ,'. . " V'
About 5 in the afteratrs, ns Col.
Comyers and his nephew were saunter
ing home round the square, a sudden
aud heavy shower came on. : They
walked fast, but by the time they ar
rrived at the hall door they were thor
oughly arencued. uoi. Uomyers im
mediately went into his dressing-room
on . the first landing, inviting ..his
nephew to follow, but that free-and-ensy
your gentleman preferred tak
ing off his wet boots in tbe hall.
. "Here, Eridget! Mary 1 whoever
you are, take these boots, like a good
girl," said, bo, addressing a woman
standing in the sha'de at tbe top of
the kitchen stairs.
An aged woman, habited in an old
fashioned black gown, with a wbite
handkerchief pinned across her bosom,
approached him. ' He threw the boots
to her, and, to his horror, they then
went through her I And then the figure
vanished! Val, being a doctor, his
firactical thought was, "liy Jovel my
lead must bo in a precious queer state!
A bad lookout for me, and Christmas
fare In prospective: I had hotter say
nothing, however, or those good folks
may thiuk I am completely ' off my
head.", ..' . .. : , , , '.
! He walked slowly up the stairs, and
on the first lauding again was tbe fig
ure. It preceded him 'stc- by step,
but Val did not ' feel frightened s
before, ascribing the vision to purely
physical causes acting upon a brain
which he' felt was overtasked. Al
though' a medical man, it did not oc-'
cur to him to apply the untuning test
of passing one eye so as to throw it
out of the parallel fnpus with the oth
er. If the object be the result of hal
lucination, it ia seen still and simply ;
if actual vision, it Is seen double. The
figure entered the drawing-room. Yttl
mechanically followed it ; and there
what a scene met his eye ! ' :
"Ou the polished oaken floor near the
fireplace lay the body of a young and
beautiful foreign-looking woman, rich
ly dressed. There were wounds about
her neck, half concealed by ber long
raven-black hair. A tall, dark-com
plexioned man stood near, holding a
loug, thin Venetian stiletto, while be
side him stood the old woman, who
laughed a fearful tuugh, as sho spurn
ed the body with her food ! .
As she laughed, the vision faded,
and Val Wycherley left the drawing
room, uneasy for his braiu. A,t iho
Rates of Advertising.
One Square (1 Inch,) one lnortlon - $150'
One Square " (mo month - 3 OU
One Square " three months 0 00
One (( unre " one year - - 10 00
Two Squares, one year - - . 15 Po
Quarter Col, ., " - , . .. 30 00
Half. " " ... . 60 00
up , t , . loo oo
Legal notice at established rates.
Marringonnd death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearl v advertisements col
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments mnKt be paid for In advance.
Job work, Cnsh on Delivery.
door he wa. met by Mrs. Comyers.who
insisted upon his coming down to, 4ee
her pretty dinner-table. Col. Comyers
was also one of tbe privileged, and
the proud young housekeeper unlocked
tho (lining-room door, when, lo! all
tbo exquisito ojd china lay in frag
ments upon the floor! Tho table-cloth
was pulled away, and all the pretty
decorations ruthlessly destroyed! In a
reeess neatf the fire place stood a dark,
foreign-looking man and the old. wo
man, both of whom laughed devilish
ly, and then vanished ! The scene was
witnessed by the three. Mrs. Comyers
faiuted in her husband's arms. A ser
ious nervous illness followed, and ns
soon as it was practicable she was re
moved from the house. . i
, Val Wycherley recounted his ex
perience in the drawiug-roora, and
Col. Comyers admitted that he had
witnessed the same scene. Of course
they left the hensfli bnt refrained from
making the reasons public, beyond
telling the proprietors, who natural) v.
did not credit , it. Hut tenant after
tenant left, .scared away by strange
noises snd appearances, and tlio house
fell gradually into its present state of
decay; not even a care-taker could bo
induced to remain in it. ' 'r. ' .'
The main facts of the preceding
story are perfeotly true, and were re
lated to the writer by Mrs. Nugent's
daughter, the present proprietress of
the ill-fated house. The Argosy.
TlIOl'UHTl FOR MATUKDAY NltmT,
It is better to reconcile
an enemy
than to Conquer him."
' I have found it hard to persuade
men that death is sunrise. ' ' 1
. Death has this also, that it openeth
the gate tq good fame and extinguishes
ouyy. -i-iivi j i. ijEi j. vi
VThnn shalt uua out" ; 18
not one of God's coramandaients, and
r.o roan can ' be saved by trying to
keep it.u '.- ) ,' ." ' ' ' '
Lost Yesterday, between . sunrise
and sunset, two golden hours, each aet
with sixty diamond minutes. , No re
ward is offered, as they are 'gone for
ever. ,. ... . ; .; v.'l- I.;"'. -
Hannah More said to Horace Wnl?
pole : "If I wanted to punish au ene
my it should be by fastening on hint
the trouble of constantly hating some:
body." ' .:...
At what employment would, you
have death find you? For my part,
I would have it be some humane, be
neficent, public-spirited, noble action.
A young Southern lady objected to
the seeming' impropriety of carrying
her petty cares to the Almighty God,
as advised by her colored "mama,"
because they were so petty. . "Bress,
ye, honey," was Aunt Milly's wise re
ply, "so' dey Is; but dey's all the
troubles you'a got!" i
A child will infer from the spirit
which prevudes a household, whether
the kingdom of heaven is a fact or a
fiction. If it concludes it to be a fic
tion, how must the soul suffer. If ft
feels and knows it to bo a glorious
and joyful truth that heaveu is near
and above us, bow will the spirit bo
daily drawn upward and onward? ,
Do not think of one falsity as harm
less, and another as slight, and anoth
er as nnlntended. ' Cast them alt
aside. They may be light and acci
dental, but "they are an ugly soot from
the smoke of the pit, for all that; and,
it is hotter that our hearts should bo
swept clean of them, without over
care as to which is tho largest and,
blackest. '
A powerfully built young lady from
Ghost's Gulch walked into a dry golds
store at Canton City, Colorado, tho
other day, and blowing her nose and
wiping it on her shoe heel, inquired of
bachelor clerk : "Uo you keep nose,
young follow?" "Yes, ma'am, all
kinds," was the reply; and pulling
down a couple of the boxes of hose,
he hold a pair up to view, Sho look
ed straight at him, turned red, and
overflowed with the romark r "You
blasted fool, them's etockiu's I want
a hoe." He referred her to the hard
ware store. . ', .
Mrr Huxley, the learned scientist,
writes t "I hope Mr. will not mix
In philogeuetie stsmmbauma with ob
jective taxonomy." We should great
ly deprecate such a thing ourselves,
but we are inclined to thiuk that the
fellow is fool enough to do it. Cour
ier Journal. .. , j v;
Mrs. Partington having heard her
son say that there were a great many
anecdotes in the almanac, hedged him
to cut them all out, as she heard that
when anybody was poisoned nothing
was neeessarv but to crive him an au
ecdote and it would cure him.
. Tho vital statistics of this country
prove that a woman will spend morn
time to hide a piuiplo oil her forehead
thau bhe will tq take taru of seven
children,
U Is difficult to tell how much a fish
will Weigh by looking at the wales.
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