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tCv'cr
Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters.!
..-v.-ftV* that every member of tbe human
U*’ w „ ri , ~r h‘'' subjected to some complaint, be-
T fiber conditions In life t which, by the
' i a'lit:*- kiu<* ledge or exerciseof common sense,
p.i t.i regulate tbclr habits of diet, and
'* s,; • j.fMic* (, f a £0 0( i ton i c 5 secure permanent liealth.
tbb desired object the true course to
r-* rr "/ n ) A ‘ that which will produce a natural state
li.ixard of vital strength and life; for
u,(.tetter h\s Introduced to this country a prep-
r 'i-rn~ In* 'rhich at this day is not anew
: : i,.nr that h« u been tried for years, giving satia
’ini'f haio used it. The Bitters operate power*
•> ftnnini h. bowrN and liver, restoring them to
' z '‘- h , j ration. and tlm* by the simple pro
uaturc. < liable tbo system to triumph
f p v 5,„,. ,;. 5 . indigestion. Nausea, Flatulency,
*r i Udhous Complaints, arising from*a
1,1 tl'*‘>ttmurh or Bowels, producing Cramps,
* Cliob"n M-rhus ic„these Bitters have not
•rf r,. ~r n*.v. - generally contracted by
"-' T V ’ 1 ; ' 1 t vni.-'h. ilh by tbe cange of water
g..,,-„iv i-guUted by a brief use of this
U l 1 Br.rV'l-M « which is probably more
n!l . •il! • rrdl it- lorms, than any other,
■ !lt t" vlii.-'i run ul l’ .n. l-« attributed to derange*
h-tir-< 'r/-iTi*. can cured without fail by
inVrrm'i: > .'TgMACU BITTERS.aa per directions
r , uj}fV ' for tin- ilj-t-'i* every physician will recom*
r*'of *f*:i- kind. why not use an article to
V" !-.' j;uri r,.until inu* their Bitters as a provent
iul.Mse an 1 -tr.-ni-Hli'tiiiig of the system in general,
'.lrin d! <b- S'-H'-l t" he found a healthier poo
,r. !ru" ; fn>ni whom this prepamtion emana-
J-i ni" n -’ll nf.in’ i'Xjvnment> which have tended to
:; r ; .-,m «d till- meat preparation in the medical
__ <s -, \..i. liji-rn inland provoking disease, which
1.r,r1-'r -i <*u the body of man. reducing him
r . ~i,,» in .t s-h.o r space of time, and rendering
' |.,ru,i -i id in nt.illy useless, can be defeated and
ti. i b i.c the «->e of lIOSTKTTEIfS KE-
A t l jiM-i KK-. further, any of the above stated din*
v _„ Sl !•• >ontr.ictod when exposed to any
l J*. r : ]>!■ bi'i'ig them, if the fritters me u«0(l as
;. Aii'r.i''ifufitlier creates nausea, nor offends
. ~r i r i.'i-'i mg unnecessary any change of died or
j, km: ■! i>iu -nits, hnt promotes sound sleep and
t, ti < eoinpUmt is tints removed ns speedily
twgu th? prodm tiojj of a thorough and per*
.j,> r:v A:*viv.’PT< VfaW s who are suffering from an
,!*n .md mfirm'hody. theM> Hitters are in
f. i r-M>'rUivo of .strength ami vigor, and needs
be appreciated- And to a mother while
•i, .o 3i.:r-r- ;ue indispensable. especially where
..r« n-mrt'!im<*nt i* inadequate to the demands of
: ntly her strength must yield, and here it
r3 ;,-,l!niiii -«i h i«i llu-totter’s Stomach Bitters, is
: .'•>!,• ut M.qMrury strength and vigor to the sys
u . i! v all means try tbisTrcmedy for all ca
. -Mi. M> doing, ask your physician who,
• n ,tuus{ *'l with th° virtue of the Bitters, will recum
r, - m ili ■ a*. 3 (.f weakness.
iCTION.— '‘autiou the public against n«ing any
i i :i -ii' or counterfeits, but ask for Flostet-
Bitters, nud sec that each bottle
.rb • hr .1. Hostetler's Stomach Bitters” blown
f tl,c i-dflo. and stamped on the m> tallic cap
-b. .m-l nb-iTve that our autograph signature
oW by IIOTKTTER & SMITH. Pitts-
-•!') l.\ .ill PrupjrKt?, firocer* ami ilt*al**r*
i,. 1 .1; ill- - * L mtcil Ciuad.i. South Amcr-
lENTS.— 1 !• 'tin A. Hoy. WelNhoro. .7. &J. G. Park
» r 1 A A J.lVm.m. KtioxUllp. M. W.
i it>• 1 (-1 n vJ. Wf-tlicM. S*‘ol«“y £ Log". Npl
ilLnij iri \ H 11. Borden, John Ih'dington, Tioga*
■p'nr-t Win J. Miller Lawivuccullo, G. 11. Shof-
PKDCE & CO’S
IPEO7ED PATENT MELODEANS.
LdaUiH.mcnt in the United States,
- ’’ 'uj Tico Hundred Hen, and Fin -
Hu/idi/ Instruments per Week.
. ‘li ri* • »nt imjtrovpirjf*ut<—tlir Divided Pwoll
— m.’ ITI a.,-. ir/.<*Thi* Diviflfvl S«rull can only be
--■it. >!■ uf our timnuf.irturc.
GEO. PKISCE & CO.,
iiifacturers, Buffalo, N.. Y.
T ' r . ST Fulton St.. X. Y.. and 110 Lafco Ft
R«-«rl & Tolmnn. Rn*ton.
• ' < r.mimi.iti. Ohio; Ratmir & Weln*r.
. I'ii. J* Worleui. New Orleau.*: AA S N’oid
•' : ■ r W.
Jb-m* Journal. April 0, Pvi?.
1 ' i * it. nf 1 ' {iii t‘il I'v Prince &Co . and f»r sal''
t thr* )n-st m the tvorld. Weluvi* tried
> ; mulcrsfnndmjjy of their merits. —
1 i* i v ry ni‘nlersit** co>t.
Prices of Portable Instruments.
■a, < xtt.miing from C tn C, • • §4> 00
*• •• Cto¥. - - - f-0 MO
“ “ Fto V, • - 73 00
-w.’uMr r.M. “ “ FtoF. - - -130 00
Orjan Mclodeon.
l , K-\- >jve Fots of Heed*, Eight Stop*. niyj
1 I'i.rt p» <tnl<. one aet of Heed.- in I’eilnl Ba?s
v - ’ : $3.)0 00
Prices of Piano Cased,
••uetidiug fn>u« F to F - - $lOO 00
I • «1.) F (o V - - - 130 00
v'.tu.l. do rto F - • l-'iono
'■ ‘ ■Hi in- i.f K,-v< 200 00
r ’r ii.nfi-tiirins are pci feet, and from mir
•lu. ■’* '"nii* *•hating fiui-hi*d ami m»1«1
‘wcnty-t*wo thousand Mclodeonsi wo fee!
■*- * t --nr M.irsnfirtnro. either c oM by ns or
’ 1 t'r rnii>‘tl State* or Can ula«. are v'rr
„ ’'■tm • v ry revert, and should any repair?
. f' ■’•!■■■*• tli-- cipirsitinn nf onc-year from the date
< ",' 1 "i.r-l.c- r*M<ly and willing to nmko the
' . ' ! Mwlmp the injury ih not ean*od by
- (SKO. A. PHINCE & CO.
Agont for Tioga Co.
' *■' 1 • <nr M.-lodenns may b<* found in all
11 - -in<l tnun-* m the United States and Can
NATIONAL WORKS.
■' 1). AITI.r.TON' A. cu.
& 343 Broadway, Now York.
1:-:m -cut t<* Pub-cribe-s in any part
• il»'U r, i i jpt of retail price.) by mail or
. American Cyclopedia. A pojml.tr
i 1 ! h’i •’•'lMjr* liy Riploy
„ ,M> " - IJ i'"l Ij.« « nnmci ousi<cie«'t fnifi-j of wTi
‘ ' ■"'i. me. Art. and Litoniturp. Tins
* 1 J • »'j .'l.nj.t 1> J.irpo octa\o V(.lnnn , ' l
- • 1 !" < <>lumn jnps, Ynl*. I. IT. 111, IV,
; *. ’ > 1 'iitaimnj: nctr -,V*O original ar-
J ' ' Imiic \rjll l.t* published once in almut
1 ' 'lf i*i»: v Half Morrocco, $4: Half
•' • popular without boinjr
-i ‘‘ ,■' '‘'it n«»t pi ilantic. r**mprrlu.niMve Imtsut*
,' l fl ":u p-r-«m.*l j.J.jue ami party prejiu
4 • •' l ' It •"* a complete ttatemenl of
M'"n i\rry important topic \uthin the
- . >hery important article in it
. ,|‘ V ""tt' 5 > f'*r il« by men T\ho are nu
' ' !>.i -n( aliu-h they epeak. They arc re
' Mil-jn.-t up to the prevent moment; to
' ' *t 'i i
-i,. "■ AH thr* statistical information
'*■ r tin- peopraphical accounts keep
- , *' ‘ '-I'lKi.itiojis; historical matters include
-” • ’ ''• * ljo iMoprnpliirnl notices not only
-Tv-, * ! l,t ~r tl.c living. It is a lil-rai vof it>clt.
’ ' " ! TJfK DKKATBS OK COX’fiKESS.—
! : " l Iho United Stales, from the nr*
• ‘ 'j 1 ' 1 l, * p r.il Onipres-. in 17S0 to ISSfiJ E»l
-• ]p ' 1: Thnin.i-» jj, ik-nton, from the of*
'•> ‘in 15 royal nefato volume* of
- ■ , rfl jj,, w ready. An additional
t-- [\' ,jl ri three months.
' R,V ' IIIL r VCI«IFAEIHA OB DEBATES.
-» ’ ui i i UU ‘ ar, ’ J r,iimt tho price of four book?.
fc ‘ nt at the remitters expense for car.
f ;ca rru"n rnl/4 * rs * copies will be soot at our
; ~r , t O AGENTS.
A-r-vVu-' lil,eral lv reward the exertions of
' '‘ir'en.i . tED >n this Counlv. Terras rondo
" tn the Tublj.liers. [Aug. 11, ’M.
f| ' ! "h., 0p Sa -lc«
•« -,,r;^ : n.lJ,ani STEAM EXGXXE—
, . . o{ cheap farming lands.
» K. £. isMITJI,
THE AGITATOR
fttbmXf to m Etitmim ot ttie mveu of iFmOom ana tf>t Spreaß of 3©eaXtUg deform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
VOL. VI.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
SAS. lOWREI & S. F. WIXSOJV,
Attorneys a counsellors at lav, win
attend the Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean
counties. [Vellaboro’, Feb. 1,1853.]
S. B. BROOKS, I
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
BLKLAND, TIOGA CO. PA.
“In the multitude of Counselors there is safety.” —Bible
Sept. 23,1858, ly. , 3
DK. W. IV. WEBB.
OFFICE over Cone’s Law Office, first door below
Farr's Hotel. Nights bo will be found at bis
residence, first door above tho bridge on Main Street,
towards Samuel Dickinson’s.
c. y. DARTT, DENTIST,
/’*'VFFICE at his residence near tbe
Academy, All work pertaining to
his line of business done promptly and
warranted. ] [April 22, 1558.]
QicßiivsoN house:
CORNING, N. Y.
D. C. Noe, Proprietor.
Guests taken to and from the Depot free of charge.
PENKSIIVAIUA HOUSE:
WELLSBORO’, pa.
L. D. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR.
This deservedly popular house is centrally located, and
commends it«elf to the patronage of the travelling public.
Nov. 25.1858, ly.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
CORNING, N.YJ;,
E FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor.
Meals, 25 cts. Lodgings, 25 cts. Board, 75 cts. per day.
Corning, March 31, 1859. (ly.)
J. C. WHITTAKER,
Hydropathic Physician and Surgeon,
E LIC LAN D, TIOGA C 0., PENN A.
Will visit patients in all parts of the County, or re
ceive them for treatment at his house. [June 14,]
H. O. COLE,
BARBER AXB HAIR-DRESSER.
SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
his line will bo done ns well and promptly as it
can be done in the city saloons. Preparations for re
moving dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale
cheap. Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and
see. Wellsboro, Sept. 22, 1859.
GAINES HOTEL.
//. C. VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR
Gaines, Tioga Connty, Fa.
THIS well known hotel is located within easy access
of thehest fishing andhunling grounds in North’rn
Pa. No pains will be spared for the accommodation
of pleasure seekers and the traveling public.
April 14. 1859,
THE CORNING JOURNAL.
George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor.
IS published at Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y.. at One
Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The
Journal is Republican in politics, and has a circtila
tion reaching into every part of Steuben County.—
Those desirous of extending their business into that
and the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad
vertising medium. Address as above.
COUHERSPORT HOTEE.
COUDEHSPORT POTTER CO., PENNA.
D. F. Glassmirc, - - Proprietor.
THIS HOTEL is located within an hour's drive o
the head waters of the Allegheny, Genesee, and
Susquehanna rivers. No efforts are spared to make
it a home for pleasure seekers during the trouting sea
son, and f..r the traveling public at all times.
Jan. 27, 1559, ly.
.TOI! if H. SiIAKESPEAE,
TAILOR.
HAVIXO opened his shop in the room over
Wm. Roberts Tan Shop, respectfully informs the
citizens of Wellaboro’ ami vicinity, that be is prepared
to execute orders in his line of business with prompt
ness and despatch
CuHiug (/one on a/,or/ notice,
TVellsboro, Oct. 21, IS3S.—(*rn
WATCHES! HATCHES.'
rpHE Subscriber has got a line aasortment of heavy
X EX GUSH LEVER JfUXTEII-CASE
Oold and Silver Walclics,
which he will sell cheaper than “dirt” on ‘Time/ i. c.
lie will sell *Titnc Pieces'on n short (approved) credit.
All kind? of REPAIRING done promptly. If a
job- of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party
ordering it, no charge will be made.
Past favors appreciated and a continance of patron
age kindly solicited. ANJJIE FOLEY*
Wcllsboro, June 24, 184 S.
HOME INDUSTRY.
Tin; SUBSCRIBER having established a MAR
BLE MANUFACTORY at the village of Tioga,
nhvrc lie is prepared to furnish
monuments, Tomb-Stones, &c.,
of the bc«t
VERMONT & ITALIAN MARBLE
would respectfully solicit the patronage of this and ad
joining counties.
Having n good stock on hand he is now ready to ex
ecute all orders with neatness, accuracy and dispatch.
All work delivered if dc.-ired.
JOHN BLAMPIED.
Tioga. Tioga Co.. Pa., Sept. 28. 1839.
WHI. TERBELL,
CORNING. N. Y.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer, in
Dli VOS’, And Jhdirinrs, had. Zinc, and Colored
Paints, Oih, Var.iUh, Brushes Camphcne and Hunting
Fluid, Dye Ftujf, Sadi find Glass, J’urc Liquors for
?Irdi‘.inr, Patent Medicines, Paints and Brushes,
Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Flavoring Extracts, &c.,
ALSO,
—A general assortment of School Rooks —
Blank Books/'Staple and Fancy
Stationary.
PhysiciansjDruggists and Country Merchants dealing
in any of the above articles can be supplied at a sjuall
advance on New York prices. [Sept. 22,^1807.]^
PiliW STOVE li\D TIN SHOP!
agL OPPOSITE HOY’S DRUG STORE.
Where you can buy Slaves, Tin, and Japanned
J i'arc for one-half the usual prices.
Largo Xo. S Elevated Oven Cook Stove ami Trim
mings for $15,00.
All kinds of
Tin ami Hardware
in proportion for Heady i’ay.
]t will pay any one who wants anything in this line
to call and see our prices before purchasing elsewhere.
Recollect the place—two doors south of Farr’s Ho
tel, or opposite Hoy’s Drug Store. GAEL AND SEH
April 21, ISSB. * 1. ;
H. D. DEMING,
Would announce to the people of Tioga County
that he i> now pn-pared t»> fill all orders for Apple, Pear
Poach, oiicrrv. Nectarine. Apricot. Evergreen and Deciduous
Ornamental tree*. AW> Currant* Raspberry*. Gooseberries,
Dhu-kben u*» and Strawberries of all new ami approved van
ities.
’DX’ICITQ Consisting of Hybrid, Perpetual and Stun*
rvVJOljO— mer p ofc6S . Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea,
Bengal or China, and Climbing Roses.
*2TTt> TTPPrP V Including all the finest newvu-
OXlJ&UiX.Dri>fv X rictics of Althea. Cnlycanthus.
Der.tr.ia. Lilacs, Spiraes, Syri agios. Viburnum?, Wigilia* &c.
Paeonics, Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips,
J? Xj\J YV X-ilvO Hyacinths, Narcosis Jonquils, Lil
lies, See.
GRAPES—AII varieties. , 4 ..
Peabody’s New llaut-hotß Strawberry. 4 dox. plants, so.
Orders respectfully .solicited. . ‘ ... .
for Grafting. Budding or Pruning will be
alton h'-l t(*. Addr***-,*
u. p. PEMXSC, W.lteLero, fa.
WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 1. 1859'
Who lias not heard in early years,
Wild stories of some haunted Hall,
With solemn voices, chilling fears,
And mystery pervading all;
Tales of a fair and pallid face,
With mournful eyes and floating hair.
Of ghosts who made their dwelling place,
And kept their shadowy revels there ?
• Do not these mystic legends teach
A truth revealed to one and all?
Hid deep within the breast of each
Oh! is there not a haunted Hall ?
The grass of time grows thick around,
Rust gathers on tbe gate-way low,
But all is consecrated ground.
And ghosts are flitting to and fro.
Enter this solemn chamber—hush !
This is the temple of a woe
That did the very heart-strings crush,
In the dim days of Long Ago.
Silent we met and bore the doom.
Then closed the door and turned aside;
But still the presence haunts the room,
And memories in the heart abide.
Here is a little closed recess,
Wo keep the key, no other may,
For here a joy sprang up to bless
And glorify our fleeting day.
Though storms too soon the spirit bowed.
And shut the sunshine from our sight,
A rainbow brightly spanned the cloud,, i
Tinged with that beauty and that
Our haunted houses keep their place.
As we pass on through crowded ways.
Happy for us if each pale face
Beam with the love of other days j
And happier still if none of those .
Who look from out the chambers drear,
Can charge to tbo cares and woes
That darkened their existence here.
Virginia.
Some ten years since Messrs* /Ticknor &
Fields, of Boston, presented to the public a
most charming little poem, entitled “The "Vis
ion of Sir Launfal,” by James Russell Lowell.
Though not in the gay dress of “blue and gold”
with which they clothe their publications of to
day, there is within its plain brown lids a les
son of great moral excellence and beauty. It
should be sought for and read by all, especially
those of us who are ever longing and striving
for the unattained and, too often, unattainable,
—unattainable so long as we look for real hap
piness only in the life beyond, when, with the
fetters of mortality unclasped, we shall have
been made, through God’s goodness, partakers
of his wisdom and love. This searching for
heart-treasures yet unattained may not be fruit
less ; this longing desire for a better, a fuller
life here, may have its fruition. We need not
go to a far-away country for fountains at which
to slake our thirst for the pure waters of truth,
kindness and love ; —these well-springs are be
side our own doors, where wc may daily drink
and be soul-refreshed. To us who are prone to
look afar-off for happiness ever near if rightly
sought, this gem-poem of which wo speak will
not be without its loesonof encouragemct amid
the practical duties of life. That your readers
may have some idea of its beauty and power
for good, an admirer asks the privilege of a
niche in vour columns for a few extracts.'
In an explanatory note •we find that “accord
ing to the mythology of the Romancers the
San Great, or Holy Grail, was the cup out of
which Jesus partook of the last supper with
his disciples. It was brought into England by
Joseph of Arimathea, and remained there many
years, an object of pilgrimage and adoration,
in the keeping of his descendants. It was in
cumbent upon those who had charge of it to be
chaste in thought, word, and deed; but one of
the keepers having broken this condition, the
Holy Grail disappeared. From that time it
was a favorite enterprise of* the knights of Ar
thur's court to go in search of it." Sir Laun
fal, a young and valiant knight of the time,
sallies forth exclaiming thus :
“ Ofy golden spurs now bring to me,
And bring to mo my richest mail,
For to-morrow I go, over land and sea,
In search of the Holy Grail j
Shall never a bed for me lie spread.
Xor shall a pillow be under my bead.
Till I begin my vows to keep;
Here on the rushes will I sleep, .
And perchance there may come a vision true
Dre day create the world anew.'
Slowly Sir Launfal’s eyes grew dim,
Plumber fell like a cloud on him,
And into bis soul the vision flew.”
Then he dreamed that in gilded mail he set
out upon his pilgrimage in search of the sa
cred Cup. On a bright, lovely morning, while
the turrets of his own proud castle (whose
gates were never open “save to lord or lady*
of high degree") were still dimly seen in the
distance as ho, upon his noble charger, emerged
from the dark arch of a draw-bridge, there sat
by the wayside a leper, asking alms:
“And a loathing over Sir Launfal came,
■» c * •' K .
For this man so foul and bent of stature
Hasped harshly against his dainty nature. 1
And he seemed the one blot on tbo summer morn, —
So he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn.
The leper raised not the gold from the dust:
‘Better to me the poor man’s crust,
Better the blessing of the poor.
Though I turn me empty from his door;
That is no true alms which the band can hold;
He gives nothing but ruthless gold
"Who gives from a sense of duty;
But he who gives a slender mite
And gives to that which is out of sight,
That thread of all-sustaining Beauty
Which runs through all. and doth all unite, —
The.hnnd cannot clasp the whole of his aim s .
The heart outstretches its eager palms.
For a god goes with it and makes it store
, To the soul that was starving in darkness before.'"
' After a beautiful prelude to the second part
of this Vision—
“ Again it was morning, but shrunk and cold,*
As if her veins were snplc.s and old.
And she rose up devropilly
For a last dim look at earth and sea.
“Sir Lnunfal turned from his own hard gate.
For another heir in his earldom sate;
An old, bent man, worn out and frail,
He came back from seeking the Holy Grail;
Little ho reeked of his eai Mom’s loss,
No more on his surcoat was blazoned the cross.
But deep in his soul the sign he wore, j
The badge of the suffering and the poor.”
Again is the leper beside him asking, for
Christ’s sweet sake, an alms,—
“White ns the ice-isles of the Northern seas
In the desolate horror of his disease.
“And Sir Launfal said— *1 behold in thee
An image of Him who died on the tree;
Thou also hast had tby crown of thorns, —
Thou also hast had the world's buffets and scorns, —
■* - "l i -<• V >4
From tho Age.
HAUNTED HOUSES.
The Vision of Sir LaunfaL
Mild Mary’s Son acknowledges me.
Behold through Him I give to thee!’
“Then the soul of the leper stood up in his eyes
And looked at Sir Launfal, and straightway he
Remembered in what a hanghUer guise
He bad flung an alma to leprosie,
WJion he caged bis young life in gilded mail,
And set forth in search of the Holy Grail.
The heart within him was ashes and dust;
He parted in twain his single crust.
He broke the ioo on tho streamlet’s brink.
And gave the leper to eat and drink;
’T was a mouldy crust of coarse brown bread,
’T was water out of a wooden bowl, —
Tc-t with fine wheaten bread was tho leper fed,
And't was red wine ho drank with his thirsty soul.”
The leper no longer crouched at tho side of
Sir Launfal, hut stood transfigured, glorified
before him, —
“Shinier and tall anti fair and straight
f As the pillar that stoM by the Beautiful Gate,—
Himself the Gate wboroby men can
Enter the temple of God in Man.
“His words were shed softer than leaves from the
pine,
i And they fell on Sir Launfal as snows on the brine;
And tho voice that was calmer than silence said,
*Lo it is I, be not afraid !
In many climes, without avail,
Thon hast spent thy life for the Holy Grail;
Behold it is here, —this cup which thou
fill at tho streamlet for me but now ;
This crust is my body broken for thee,
This water His blood that died on the tree;
The Holy Supper is kept, indeed,
In whatso we share with another's need, —
Not that which we give, but what wc share, —
For the gift without the giver is bare;
Who bestows himself with his alms feeds three, —
Himself, his hungering neighbor and me.’
“Sir Launfal awoke as from a sw'ound
‘The Grail in my caatlc here is found!
Hang my idle armor upon the wall,
Let it be tho spider's banquet-hall,
He must be fenced with stronger mail
Who would seek and find the Holy Grail.’
“The castle-gate stands open now,
And the wanderer is welcome to the hall
And the bangbird is to the elm-tree bough;
No longer scowl the turrets tall,
Tho meanest serf on Sir Launfal's .land 1 .
Has hall and bower at his command ;
And there’s no poor man in the North Countree
But is lord of the earldom as much as he."
Unlike the Holy Grail in whose search the
mid-day of Sir Launfal’s life was vainly spent,
the good, the freedom of soul, the more perfect
life which we seek, ig no myth, hut an ever
present reality,—a want of our natures unsat
isfied with the aimless, hollow lives we live.
We may wander in the fair fields of Utopia
land for fancied pleasure, akin to the real. We
may look with a Christian’s hope for the rest
and quiet of the grave, but true happiness is
found in taking up life’s crosses and duties,
not as burdens, hut as joyful helps toward a
preparation of heart and spirit, meet to enjoy
the society of the loved and good, here and
hereafter. In our ojvn humble homes, in our
endeavors to bo useful to others, we may fulfill
the law of God, find the realization of our
hitherto unattained desires, and drink of that
sacred Grail, whose waters of Faith, Hope,
Love ana charity, are for iho healing of crcrjr
thirsty! soul.— Potter-Journal.
Prom the Cleveland Plaindcaler.
Artcmns Ward, the Showman, Becomes the
Happy Father of Twins.
Dear Suns:—l take my pen in hand to in
form yu that Ime in a state of grate bliss &
trust these lines will find yu injoyin the same
blcssins. Ime reguvenatid. Ive found the im
morkal waters of youth, so to speck, & am as
Umber and frisky as a 2 yer old steer, & in the
futur them boys which sez “go up old bawld
bed" to me, will do so at the Perril of their
hazzard individooally. Ime powerful happy.
Heaps of joy had descended upon me to onct
& I feel like a bran new man. Sometimes I
arsk myself “is it not a dream ?’’ & suthin
within myself sez “it airbut when I look
at them sweet little critters I know it in a rc
allcrtjr-2 reallerty’s I may sa—& I feel gay.
There's considerabul human natur in a man,
arter all.
I rcturnd from the Summer Oatnpanc with
my unparaleld show of wax works and Uvin
wild Becsts of Pray in the early part of this
month. The people of Baldinsville met mo cor
dully and I imraejitly commcnst restin myself
with my famcrly. The other nite while I was
down to the tavurn tostin my shins agin the
bar room fire & amazin the’krowd with some
of my adventurs, who shood cum bare heded &
terrible excited but Bill Stokes, who sez, sez he,
“Old Ward, there’s grate doins up to your
house."
Sez I, “William, how so ?"
Sez he, “Bust my gizzurd, but it’s grate
doins," & then he lafed as if heed kill hisself.
Sez I, risin and puttin on an austeer look,
“William I woodnut be a fool if I had common
cents."
But lie kept on larfin till ho was black in
the face, when he fell over on the bunk whare
the hostler sleeps and in a still small voise sed,
“Twins!" I ashure yu gents that the grass
didn’t grow under my feet on my way home,
& X was fullered by a enthoosiastic throng of
feller sitterzuns, who hurrard for Old Ward at
the top of their voises. I found the house
chock full of people. Thare was Miss Square
Baxter and her three grown up darters, lawyer
Perkinses wife, Taberlhy Ripley, yung Kben
Parsons, Eeakun Simmons folks, the Skool
raaster, Doctor Jordin, etsettery, ctsettery.—
Mrs. A. Ward was in the west room, which
jincs the kitchin. Miss Square Baxter was
mlxin suthin in a dipper before the kitchin fire,
& a small army of female wimin were ru-diin
wildly round the house with bottles of com fire,
peaces of flannil, &c. I never seed such a hub
bub in my natral born dase. I could stay in
the west room only a minit, so strong up was
my feelins, so I rusht out and ceazed my dubble
barrild gun.
“What on airth ailes the man ?” sez Taborthy
Ripley. “Sakes alive, whatair you doin &
she grabbed me by the cot tale. “Wol’s the
matter with yu V she continuored.
“Twinz, tnaem,” sez I, “twinz.”
“I know it,” sez she coverin her fase with
her apun. *
“Wal,” sez I, “that’s wofa the with
mo ”
“'Put down that air pesky old gun,” sed she.
“No marm,” sez I, “this is a Nashunal day.”
The glory of thia here day isn’t confined to
Baldwinsville, by a darn site. On yender wood
shed,” ced I, drawin myself, up tu my full bite,
an* speakin in a show actin voyce, “will I fire
a national saloot I” Sain wich, I fared myself
from bir grasp and rusht tu the top of the shed,
whar I stood and blazed away until Square
Baxter’s hired man, and my sun Artemua
Juneyer Kum and tuk mo down by mane forse.
On returnin tu the kitchen I found a hull lot of
people settin b 4 the fire a taikin the event over.
They maid mine for me and I sot down.
“Quite a episode,” sed doktur Jordin, litin
his pipe with a red hot kole.
“Yea,” sed I, “2 eppisodes, waing bout 18
pounds gintly.”
“A perfec coop do tat,” sed the aculomaster,
“Erin go Unum Epluribus bragh, in propri
etor pursonis targua in pluro,” sed I, thinkin I
wnd let him no 1 understood furrin langwigea
wclz he did, |
“A momenchus ewent,” ced young eben par-
Suns who had been 2 quarters tu a aCadimy.
“I never hurd twinz kolld bi that name a 4,”
ceD I, but I spose its ol rite.”
“We shall soon bev Wards enuff,” sed the
editor uv the Baldwinsville Bugle of Liberty,
who wuz lookin over! a pile ov exchanges in a
korner, “tu apply to 1 the Legislature fur a City
Charter.” |
“How ridiculous,sed pretty Susan Fletcher,
kuverin her fase with her gnitten work & larfin
like ol possest. I
“Wal, fur my pari,” sed Jane Marla Peaslej
who is the Grossest old made in the world, “I
think yu oil aot like |a pack of fools.”
Sez I, “Miss Peasly are yu a parient?”
Sez she, “No, I aint.”
Sez I, “Mis Peasly, yu never wil be.”
She left. |
We sot there talkin & larfin until “tho switch
in hour of nite when grave yards yawng &
gosts troop 4th,” as ,old Bill Shakespire aptlee
obsarves in his dramiy of John Sheppard, Esq.,
or the Moral House Breaker, when wo broke up
& disbursed.
Mather & children is a doln well; &as Res
olushuns is the order” of the day I will feci
obleeged if yule insert the follcrin—
Whereas, two eppisodes has happiped up fo
the undersigned’s house, which is Twins; &
whereas I like thisj stile, sade Twins bein of
the male perswashun & both boys; there 4 Be it.
Resolved, that to them nabors who did tho
fare thing by sadci Eppisodes my hort felt
thanks is doo.
Resolved, that I do most hartily thank En
jine Ko. No. IT, who, under the impreshun
frura the fuss at my| house on that hauspiahus
nite that there was a konfiagrashun going on,
kum galyiantly to the spot hut kindly refrained
from squirtin, >
Resolved, that from the Bottom of my Sole
do I thank the Bnldinsville brass band fur
givin up the idea of Sarahnadin me, both on
that grate nite & sinsc.
Resolved, that my thanks is doo several
mnothpranf thnßaldtvinsville moetin house # who
far 3 whole dase hain’t kalled me a sinful
skoffer or intreeted me to mend ray wicked waso
and jine said meetin house to onct.
Resolved, that my Buzzum teams with meny
kind emobhuns tords the follerin individoouls,
to whit namely—Mis Square Baxter, who Jen
erously refoozed to take a sent for a bottle of
camfire : lawyer Perkinses wife who writ sum
versis on the Eppisodcs; the Editor of the
Baldinsville Bugle of Liberty who nobly assist
ed me in wollupin ray Kangczoo which saga
shus little cuss scriusly disturbed the Eppisodcs
by his outrnjus screctchins and kickins up;
Mis Hiram Doolittle who kindly furnisht sum
cold vittles at a try in time when it wasunt kon
venient to cook vittles at my house: & the
Peasleys, Parsunses & Watsunscs fur there
meny ax of kindness. Trooly yures,
' ! Arteuus Ward. •
A Revolutionary Aneclote. —The day after
the Paoli massacre General (Wayne’s house was
surrounded by the blood-stained perpetrators
of that wholesale murder. None of the family
were at home but Mrs. Wayne, who upon be
ing summoned to admit them, resolutely re
fused, replying that the General was not in the
house.' They were finally obliged to force the
doors. The premises were searched from cellar
to garret, but their prey was not to be found.
The valliant officer in command, entered a room
where a large featherbed was lying on the floor,
aroused the indignation of Mrs, Wayne by
slashing it with his sword,’ supposing that it
might contain the desired prize. ‘Do you think,’
said she, ‘That General Anthony Wayne is such
a coward as to hide himself in a feather bed ?
The spirit of Mrs. Wayne seems to have exci
ted the 1 respectful forbearance of the English
Captain, for every article in the house was re
ligiously respected. Wayne revenged the Paoli
massacre in the succeeding year by the capture
of Stony Point, when that fortification was
taken by a midnight assault, under his com
mand. He was one of the first to scale the
ramparts and inspired his soldiers to charge by
the watchword “Remember Paoli!" thundered
out above the din of the rushing mass by his
stentorian voice.
Tho following 'arc two Coroners’ jury ver
dicts, lately rendered in two country towns of
Georgia: “We are of A Pinion that the Do
cest met with her death from Violent Infirma
tion in tho Arm, produce from Fnoan Cauz.”
“Wc are of the opinion that'the deceased came
to his death causiially by an accidental stroke
of thunder.”
The life of of mankind is a gross
error of calculation, since they attach them
selves to the cvansecent and neglect tho per
manent, accumulating riches in a world from
which they are. constantly running away, and
laying up no treasures in that eternity to
which every minute, every second, brings them
nearer.
Some very pious young women in Syraouae
have established an association which they
style. “Tho Young Women’s Anti-Young-Man-
Waiting-at-the-Cburch-Doors with Ulterior Ob
jects Society.” Nothing like having a good
title.
Words at the touch of the poet blossom into
poems, 1
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NO. 18,
Bradford. —The Bradford County Teachers*
Association met in Towanda, Nov. 11th, and
continued its sessions two days. A scries of
resolutions was submitted for discussion, em,
bracing many points of interest to the members
of that profession. Hon. D. Wilmot delivered
a lecture to the teachers, which is highly spo
ken of by the local papers. The Officers elected
for the ensuing year arc as follows :
President. —E. Guyer Esq., of Burlington,
Sec. & Treasurer.—R. Beardslee of Warren,
Tice Prest.—N. Young, L. D. Taylor and J,
11. Calkins.
Cor. Sec.— C. R. Coburn, Towanda.
The Association adjourned to meet at Tuscn--
rora Feb. 11th and 12th 1860.
There will be a bill introduced 5n the
Legislature of New York this winter for the
extension of the Chenango Canal to intersect
with the North Branch Pennsylvania Canal at
Athens. This will be another link connecting
the Erie and the great lakes with the Pennsyl
vania canals, the Chesapeake bay and the At
lantic ocean.
The Post Office in this Borough has boon
removed from the Ward House to the corner of
Main and Bridge streets. This move has caused
considerable excitement, and given rise to some
discussion. It is claimed that the present loca
tion will cause great inconvenience to a large
proportion of our Business men. We will not
venture to hazard an opinion, because the pres
ent Rational Administration'has shown such a
disregard of public opinion and convenience,
that if it was necessary to,punish a “Black lie
publican” community, we presume it would not
hesitate to discontinue our postal arrangements
entirely.— Reporter.
You are right Mr. Reporter in not having
ventured an opinion, as it would do no good if
3*ou did. You ought to know by this time that
the convenience and profits of a pro-slavery
post master, are considered at Washington, par
amount to the rights and wants of any llepub-
Ucan community.
Thomas Jefferson once said that the “old
Federalists would, at some future day, attempt
to get into power by stealing tbe name of Re
publican.” The fulfillment of the prophecy
has been reserved for our day and generation.
— Herald.
TnoirAs Jefferson was a statesman and not
a “one-hoss politician.” The above language
attributed to him by the Herald man was never
uttered nor written by Jefferson, as the editor
very well knows. Although Hr. “J. B.” an “old
Federalist,” got himself into power by atca l ing
a name for lus principles, it docs not fallow that
everybody tries to get power bj dishonesty.—
When Jefferson lived he was a Republican, be
lieving in the same doctrines held by the Re
publican party of to-day. Buchanan was a
Federalist,-and though he has changed his po
litical name, ho has proved by his attempts to
centralize ttae power of the government to bo
a Federalist still. Who then are the Federal
ists of to-day ? Those who believe in the prin
ciples of Jefferson or those who back the infa
mies of Buchanan ?
Gould Puixxev, of Munrocton, commit
ted suicide on Wednesday last, by shooting
himself tlirough the head with a pistol. At the
time of the melancholy aft'air, we understand
that he was at the hptel of Mr. E. Taylor, and
had but a few moments before been talking with
his brothers.j when passing into the hall, he
drew from his pocket the pistol, and committed
the rashjdccd. The ball took effect just above
the ear, passing out the other side near the top
of the head, killing him instantly. Mr. Plan
ney leaves a family.to mourn his untimely end.
— Herald.
McKean. —We learn from the Bradford
Miner that the dwelling house of John G. Mapos
in Corydon township of this county, was de
stroyed by fire on Wednesday the 26th ultimo.
The saw mills on the opposite side of the mad
were savcjl. The origin of the fire is unknown,
The.horse thieves, black-legs, counterfeit
ers ami other scalawags of southern New York
have for many years evaded the officers of tho
law, by running into the northern tier of eoun.
ties in this State. The virtuous and enlighten
ed people of Cattaragus county well knowing
this, hit upon a fine way to get rid of their pan
pors. The McKean Citizen tells us the modus
operandi in one case:
“It appears that a ■woman has been living
in the village of Oloan for some time past, ami
the authorities of that town fearing she would
soon become a pauper, concluded to get rid of
her, and therefore hired a man to take her to
Shippcn in this county where she had some
friends. When they had reached the place
where she was found, the man pretended that
something was wrong with his wagon and got
her and her children out, and then turned
around and left her. She stated that one of the
poor masters of Oloan paid sii dollars and she
paid three dollars towards defraying her ripen-1
scs to Shippen. Her children were all upright
ly hoys and appeared ns if entirely uncommon!
of the treatment they bad received from the
Oloan authorities. -By an order from two of the
justices of this town she has been sent back to
the place of her last legal residence, where »e
trust she will be treated in a humane manner.' 1
Steuben & Chemung., N. Y,,—w e dip
the following items from the Corning Journal ,-
Last Saturday the eldest son of Mr. S. F.
Denton of this village, while playing in a barn,
fell and broke an arm neer the shoulder.
On Sunday morning, Mrs. J. B. Pratt.
whits walking to Church, fell, and broke one of
the bones of the right arm near the wrist,
■ ——The Southern Tier Bifles at Elmira have
received from the Canasargas at Bansvillc a
magnificent card of acknowledgment. It is en
closed in an elegant gilt frame, is'l written in a
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