of Publication.
„a doUNTY AGITATOR la published
jflE dav Moraine. anil mo ' lei i to subscribers
Price of,
DObhAR PER
P" . It is intended to notify every
i. n’sH'"" " Ao term for which he has paid shall
rV C - r !l hv the stomp —“Time Oct,” on the mar
£* ‘ s K t paper. The paper will then bo stopped
ft Vrther remittance bo received. By this or.
!-vi » fa . n 0 m an can be brought in debt to the
jPJ t ® cn i '
)5 stBr ' .rAToniStha Official Paper of the County,
1 and steadily increasing circulation reach
tilt i “ neighborhood in the County. It is sent
Js'“ W /nwcto any Post Office within the county
tat whoso most convenient post office may bo
County. • .
i' 1 ?? ! Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper mein.
Easiness >
l^jjperyear-j
ji rSIM'S.S miUXTORY.
. wiiCsow,
, VTOBXBYS A- COUNSELLORS AT will
A niieml tlio’Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKoan
riic!- [WcllsLoro 1 , Eeb. 1, 1853.]
s B. BROOKS,
Jmk\FYAND counsellor at law
jrp ß KtKLAXD. TIOOA CO .PA. „
I ron ititn<ie ot Counselors there Is snfety."— Biblt
Si'^ S5My -
—r —j)jt. W. W. WEBB.
Lrrv nret Cone’s Law Office, first door below
Or'' Hotel. Nights ho will bo found at his
above the bridge on Main Street,
dentist.
' il nt hi? rosidonco nonr the
I I Academy. All work pertaining to
line of business done promptly and
UJ - LU " [April 22, 1858.]
JfcBTSsoiT"H OUSE
cokx ix c i n. y.i
r- Xcf -.Proprietor.
j i \, s tskc „ Jojunl from the Depot free of charge.
pVX.ygl-if ASIA H OUSE
*i i; 1.1. so ok O’, pa.
L. V. TAVLOR, PROPRIETOR.
, i.- ''ivillvimDiilsr house >■“ centrally located, and
I, .' i .Nii-idf to'tlie piilmiwge of the travelling public,
Vn 'A W' 3 , l -'j
AMERICAN HOTEL.
i coi:x i x o, N. v.,
g FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor.
. I- "'let*'Lodgings. 25 cts. Board, 76 els. per day.
f&. March si; 1809... 0y ; )
" JI c. W HITTAKER,
}li/ilrnjnilhic I'hgeidnn am/ Surgeon.
1 i,K I. A X I*. TIOOA CO., PKXXA.
u|ll ri'lt patient” in nil parts of the County, orro-
J them for treatment at liis Bouse. [June 14.]
H. <>. €0 L£,
hm;i:kh -i sn n a inn it esse n
■t||np in tin- roar of t’lo Vo=t Office. Everything in
line "iil fo 'lone ns well and promptly as it
nc in dio oily saloons. Preparations for ro
linn.liulf. a:”i boniitifyinpf the hair, for sale
Iliiiraji'l whiskers (iyofi any color. CaHan.i
’ |Wdli3b9ro._Sepl. 22. liOSh
' i fiAISES H ©TEL.
ij\c. VERMILYI'.A. P/B OPBT E T O R
!' Gaines, Tioga Conniy, Pa.
HI.? well know n hotcl.is located within easy access
oftlicbodfidimgandluintinggrnnnds in Xorth'rn
y'o pains trill ho spared for the accommodation
t’tatoro seekers and the traveling public.
l;n: 1!. '
THK COBXISfi JOURNAL,.
George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor.
r ;fjllUhc'l at Corning, Ftcuhen Oo. ? N. Y,. nt One
li.lhrjui'l Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The
.•sails Republican in politic.-*, and hn.4 a circula
:r-aching into every part of Steuben County.—
•:edesirous of extending their business into that
Ith adjoining counties will find it an excellent nd
’rt.a*Dg medium. Address us above.
COIiftEBSPOBT HOTEL.
CnrDEKSPORT POTTER CO., PEXXA. '
I, F, Glassmiro, - - Proprietor.
T tf[? HOTEL is located ( within an hour’s drive o
; the hfad waters of the Allegheny, Genesee, and
•-•jatbjnna rivers. Xo efforts are spared to make
ai'icc for pleasure seekers during the fronting sca
uoJ for the traveling public at all times,
hr. if, 1559. ly.
JOHN K. SIIAEESPBVR,
TAILOR.
U’iNT, opened his shop in the room over
, Wm. Itnherts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the
"fWrlUhoro’ and vicinity, that hd is prepared
■ iR-ilc orders in his line of business with prompt
«ir.d despatch .
1 Ctitlhij dime on sfiort notice, '
_Wt!!-l>oro. Oct. 21. ISOS.—fnn
■ WATCHES I watches: '
IHE ?uh?crilu'r pot n. fine nasortmcnt of heavy
i F..WUSII LEVER HUNTER-CASE
J Gold and Silver Watches,
Hhc will sell cheaper than “dirt” on 'Time/ i. o.
>*.l!fell‘Thee Piece l -'on ft slrt>rt (approved) credit.
Un*le of HEPAIUFXG done promptly. If ft
I* Tf»rk is notdoni* to the satisfaction of tbc party
no charge will bo made.
?i«tf«ors appreciated and ft continanco of patron-
folirited. ANDIE EOLEV.
2 t, IS4R.
, HOAr 1% ini>ustryT
M’USi’UinEU having established & MAR
kjP'I.K MANL'FACTOIIY at the village of Tioga,
U prepared to furnish
Souuments, Tomb-Stones, &c M
'Ueh't '
&, ITAOAIS MARINE
f J rs‘p«ctfiitlv solicit the natronaec.Df this and ad
■ l-rmurtic..
tj'in; .1 nr,ml ftoek on liand he is now ready to ex
|’».i I'.-.lcrF with neatness, accuracy and dispatch.
p*Tk delivered if desired.
f JOIIX- BLAMPIET).
Th,- n Co.. Pa., Sept. 28, 1559.
' WHJ. TEBBELIj
cnitxixc. x. v.
wholesale and Retail .Dealer, in
-hei .1/. d,Vines, Lead, Zinc, (in(l Colored
‘V ano eh, 'Ururthc* Camphenc and liurnirifj
v- Mn/J, Su*h rnd Glufn* % J*urc Liquors for
/ Pot> nt .Vtv/tW/iea, Artists Paint* mid Jtrnshe*,
■ '’■•■V- hiw'tj Article*, Extracts, d'e,,
■ at.so,]
A P-ncrnl n-<a>rtment of School Hooks—
hldiiJx Jlof.U?. Stapfc and Fancy .
Stiitionary.
ami Country Merchants dealing
,J C o articles can ho supplied nt a small
York prices. * [Sept. 22, 1557,]
« VfllVi: Ull fi\ SHOP!
|V)Pl>osri - K DRUG STORE,
S" l f«i! ran htii/ Store?, Tin , and Japanned
y v J"!' "dr-hatf (he nsthxl prices.
tlcalcJ Oven Cook Stove and Xrim-
; r $15,00.
L, . Tl!I ami mardwarc
'••^ ,lonf " r Heady Pay,
,an - v °"e "ho wjints anything in this lino
uur prices before purchasing elsewhere.
‘ place—two doors south of Farr’s Ho
; Hoy’s Drug Store. CALL AND SEE
h: 15
•5,...,., • • D'EMLNG,
to the people of Tioga County
s r:\ 1° All all orders for Apple, Pear
• V* f! »tU t r V, * Apn Evergreen and Deciduous
CT, -s anTv:**^^' ,r> Currants* Raspberries, Gooseberries,
•' a 'J‘-tMwbcrrujß of a.J now and approved vari
g of Hybrid, Perpetual afid Snm*
V* :o. lll<v mor Ho***. Moss' Hourbou, Noisette, Tea,
rii,nl,in e IlC!,e! ‘-
, v UljEl? Y TmiucUnp nil thofinest newvn-
V, A i ii-tics of Althea, Oalyranthns,
' : ' Jrill h'ias. Viburnum,, Migitias Ac.
>, '' t-ilvS—'’l'uHi,:,. Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips,
ilyaoinths, ,h Jonquils, Lil
'■’rh ilcs.
\ '‘ s *r« 4 doz.. plants, $5.
\ ;*;, 4 t v /'jbcip>d.
or X'rcmng 'v»U be
H- P. DHHIN'G, HV.bhrP', Pa.
THE
SefcoteSr to tfjei S';
WHILE! THERE SHALL BE
YOL. YI.
BROWN OF OSAiyATOMIE,
BT JOHN 0. WmiTTIEn.
John Brown of Oaawatomie
Spako of his dying day *.
I will not have 1 to shrive my soul
A priest in Slavery’s pay.
But let some poor slave mother,
Whom I have striven to free,
With her children from the gallows-stair
i Put up a prayer for me 1”
John Brown of Qsawntomic,
They led him out to die;
And lo !i-a poor slave mother
With her little child pressed nigh.
Then the bold, blue eye grew tender,
And the old harsh face grew mild
As he stooped between the jeering ranks
And kissed tho negro child.
The shadows of tho stormy life
That moment fell apart;
Without tho rash and bloody hand,
Within tho loving heart.
That kiss from all its guilty moans
Redeemed tho good intent,
And round tho grizzly fighter's hair
Tho martyr's aureole bent.'
Perish with him tho folly
That seeks through evil good;
Long live thogoneroua purpose
Unstained with human blood !
Not the raid of midnight terror.
But the thought which underlies ;
Not tho outlaw’s pride of daring.
But'tho Christian’s sacrifice.
Oh ! never may yon blue-ridged bills
The northern rifle hear,
Nor see the light of blazing homes
Flash on the negro’s spear.
But let the free-winged angel Truth
Their guarded passes scale,
To teach that right is more than might,
And justice more than mail.'
So vainly shall Virginia set
Her battle in array ;
In vain her trampling squadrons knead
The winter snow with clay.
She may strike the pouncing eagle,
Hut she dares not harm the dove;
And every gate she bars to Hate
Shall open wide to Loro !
— {lndependent, December 22.
up, BiumiEifS, up:
t
BY C. D. STCABT. *
Up, brother up 1 tho light beginr,
Along tho eastern sky.
To promise that tho nighi
And better days arc nl;
A clarion voice rings o’er
And valleys catch tho i
And “Freedom” is tho st
That fills tho world aro
It pierces through tho fac
Its strength tho pcasan
And old oppression from
With shamo and terror
All men lift up their heat
More fearless and morr
And loud rings out tho'cc
No more wcj’ll bond the
From smithy forge, from
From plows that break
From iron looms, from su
From ships that cleave
One voice unites, and rni
Swoops on, and ever oi
Tho tyrant's day, tho vas
Aro gone, forever gone
Up, brothers up ! and sin
llejoice ! the day has c
When freedom docks thef
Ami guards the pooresi
Rejoice, and pledge with
The new-born heart an
To keep the boon, and ps
To all of human kind.
Rejoice that yo have hrol
Tho thong and heavy c
Which neither age nor hi
Can hind ye with ag»it
Rejoice, and swear yo wi
Nor give the guerdon
Though glistening stool <;
Arid llamo is on your t
Tho Death of tho Cjsar Nicholas.
Alexandre Dumas has p
story concerning the late Cz
sia, viz: that after the di
the Crimea, of Russian d
solved to die ! Should he i
and abandon his policy he
the lie to a reign of thirf'
persist in carrying on th s
Russia. But what be coul
loss of honor, vjz., peace, 1
He, therefore, by pressing;
from his physician, who ha
for two months, a dose of j
to kill him, but yet weak c
to live a few hours after ha
physician left St.l Pctorsl
February, having obtained’
declaration in writing whi<
all points. On the morni
Emperor swallowed the po
sent for the Grand'Duke A
pefor,) and told him* all.
have cried out for help, b
vented him by an order .<
son ami a subject, he cq
father and his sovereign. I
Then the Emperor explai
the motives which induced
roic step. The young Priij
the tears streaming from hi
choked by sobs, listened to
live on his knees, and chi
claiming, “My father! my
peror would not allow him
ho had obtained from him
lot death take its course w'
stop it. But the instant th
out of the room his filial
his fidelity to his word, an
whole of the royal family a
cians. The latter arrived t
ror after a not very violen
twenty minutes past twol
18th of-February, 1853. A
Russia changed not only
policy.
Wnicn s End of Trocbl"
bridegroom, returning fron
mot by a friend who thus adc
Jack, I’m glad to see thee
tion; thou hast seen the e
“Thank thee, lad," was J
hope I have." About a m
two friends again met, wh
rather warmly, exclaimed,
me a lie that riiorning I got
say I’d seen tlie end of my (
said Bill; biitjl didn’t tell i
XUnwfow of tM
0...
- ; - : ' - T
A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL.CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.’
080, TIOGA COUNTY. PA., THURSDAY MOBBING. JANUARY 5, 1860.
WEIISB
Anecdote of Washington.
In 1754 he was stationed at Alexandria with'
his regiment, the only one in the colony,, of
which he was the colonel. I There happened at
that time to be an election in Alexandria for
members of the Assembly! and the ballot ran
high between Col. George .Fairfax and Mr Wm.
Elgey. [Washington was on the side of Fairfax
and Mr. William Payne headed the friends of
Elgey.- In tlie course of the contest Washing
ton grew very warm, (for jbis passions.natural
ly were very powerful, though a wise regard to
duty, i, e. honor and happiness soon reduced
them to proper command! and unluckily said
something to Mr. Payne, \Vho though but a cab
in size, was a lion in heart, elevated his shilie
. lah, and at a blow, extended our hero on the
ground. News was soon carried to the regi
ment that their colonel was)murdered by a mob!
On the passions of the soldiers, who doated up
onftheir commander, such a report fell like a
flash of lightning on a magazine of powder. —
In a moment the whole -egiment was under
arms and in rapid motion towards the town
burning for vengeance. Duringthis time Wash
ington had been liberally plied with cold water,
acids and volatiles, and hnlppiiy for Mr. Payne"
and his party, was so far recovered as to go out
and meet his enraged soldiers, who crowded
around hin with faces of lionest joy to see him
alive again. AfterAhanki ig them for such an
evidence of their attachment to him, he assured'
them that he was not hurt in the least, and
begged them by their love of him and of their,
duty, to return peacefully (to their barracks. —
As for himself fie went to jhis room, generously
chastising his passion, wllich had just struck
but a spark, that would alike to have thrown
the whole town into a flame ; and feeling him
self the aggressor of Mr. Payne, he resolved to
make him the honorable reparation of asking
his pardon. No sooner ha|l ho made this heroic
resolution than, recovering! that delicious gnyc
ty which ever accompanies good purposes in a
• virtuous mind, ho went to a ball that night, and
, behaved as pleasantly as though nothing had
happened. Early nest morning he wrote a po
lite invitation to Mr. Paynjc, to meet him atitho
inn. Payne took it for a challenge and repair
ed to the inn with the full) expectation of smell
ing gunpowder. But what was his surprise, on
entering the chamber, to see, in lieu a decanter
of vdne and a pair of glasses on tho table. —
Washington rose to meet (him and offering his
hand, with a smile began ;—“Mr. Payne to err
is sometimes nature, to rectify error is always
glory. I believe I-was wrong in the affair of
yesterday. You have had I think some satis
faction, and if you docni tjiat sufficient there is~
my band ; let us bo friends.” An act of such
sublime virtue produced the proper effect upon
tho mind of Mr. Payne, who from that moment,
became the most enthusiastic admirer and frien-j--
of Washington, and for his sake ready to charge
up to a battery of twb-and-forty pounders.—
“Would our youth,” says | the narrator, but be
jjiersunded to act in a style so correct and hero
ical our papers would no longer shock us with
accounts of elegant young men murdering each
other on false principles of honor—by ono'des
perato deed depriving themselves of’all present
pleasures, and of all future hopesßecollec
tions of American Revolution.
is past.
the hills,
ound—
rnog c tj
ind !
ing gloom,
: feels—
ts throne
;
;s\and hands,
Z'f 0 ’ 1
fnn\on shout,
knee !
fisher's cot,
the lea,
oking mines,
the sea—
;hticr
ial’a work
the light ;
lowest shrine.
home.
strengthening tics
[I mind,
sa it on
o at length
liain.
man strength
1 not bend,
>nek,
isputos the way
ack! 1
tblished a singulai
ar Nicholas, of Ru;
sastrous nows froi
;feats, the Czar n
retraco.hig footstep
would have to givi
r years. Should hi
i war ho would rui r
1 not ask for withoi
is successor migh:
olicitatlon, obtainc;
1 previously resisted
oison strong enough
nough to allow bin
ring taken it. The
nrg on the 17th <f
from the Emperor a
h mado-him safe 1 1
iag of the 18th the
i son, after which b e
tlexandcr, (now En -
The latter would
> .it the Emperor pro
to positive that, as A
mild not disobey his
ned to him in detn: 1
liim to take this h<-
ee, broken hearted,
; eyes, his uttcranc;
the dreadful narra
sped his hands ex
father !” The Em
to quit his side until
i solemn promise to
thoiit attempting tc
3 young Prince vrat
ore triumphed over
I he summoned the
ad also throe physi
-30 late. Tho Erape
; agony, expired at
re, at noon, on
t the same instant
her master but her
—Not long ago a
his wedding, was
ressedhim: “Well,
iin thy happy posi
iid of thy trouble.”
acid's answer! “I
mtp afterwards the
en .Tack, speaking
“Bill, thou tolled
wed ? Didn’t thoti
trouble?” "I did,
lice idnch. cud.”
Legal Witti
A celebrated lawyer in Missouri, being once
opposed to Mr. S- -, lato member of Con
gress, he remarked as follows to the jury, upon
a disagreement between them: “Here, my
brother S and I differ. Now this is very
natural. Men seldom see things in the same
light; and they may disagree in opinion upon
the simplest principles of the law, and that
very honestly ; while, at tiie same time, neither
can see any earthly reasonl why.they should.—
And this is merely because they look at differ
ent sides of the same sujbject, and do not view
it in all its bearings. Suppose, for illustration,
a man should como in 'here, and baldly assert
that my brother S-i p’s head (here he laid
his hand very familiarly upon the large chuckle
head of his opponent) is a squash ! I, on the
other hand should maintain, and perhaps with
equal confidence, that it ijs a head. Now here
would bo a difference—undoubtedly an honest
difference —of opinion. wie might argue about
it till doomsday, and never agree. You often
see men arguing upon subjects as empty and
trifling as this ! 'But a third person coming in
and looking at the head and shoulders that sup
port it, would say at once, 1 that I had reason on
my side ; for if it was not a head, it at least oc
cupied the place of one, and stood where a head
ought to be.” All this was uttered in the grav
est and most solemn mariner imaginable, and
thoyffect was irresistably ludicrous.
And this reminds me pfla similar “hit" once
made upon the eloquent Elisha Williams, of
Columbia county on the Hudson. lie -was
“powerful’’ before a jury ; and ono day, in the
Circuit Court of that ilk,
profound impression* alike upon tho jury and
upon the “Court.” His legal opponent was a
mere pettifogger, but “smart;” and he said:
“Gentlemen of the jury, and your hoiiors, I
should despair of the triumph of my client in
this case, after tho eloquent appeal of the
learned counsel, but for the fact that common
law is common sense. Nojman could like bet
ter tho piece which the learned gentleman has
spoken, than what I like that piece. He spoke
it good. I've hocred him give it three times
afore; once at Sehodack, in a burglary case;
one at Kiak, on a suspicion o’ stealin’; once at
Poughkeepsie, on a murdei case; and tho nest
*Hme at Kakiak, about arum who was ketched
a counterfeiting. Wall, ho always spoke it
good; but this time, he’s j really'beat himself.
: But what does it amount to, gentlemen of the
■jury ? That’s tho question!; and you can an
swer it as wbll as I kin, and better tew!” And
so they did, and quickly, bly a verdict in favor
of the pettifogger’s client
Signs.- —lf you spill ink,j]
go hungry if you don’t cal
you need a now coat, it is h
some tailor is about to st
in your sleep, it is a sign i
your laughing when you
cross your knife and fork,;
don't lio parallel with each
GIT
j &vtn ot ifmOfow ot jg Ifcefor
._ . r
cisms.
ie had made a most
jit is a t eign you will
it your -victuals. If
-'not improbable that
uffer. If you laugh
ihat you can’t do all
are awake. If you
11 signifies that they
i other.
More Copy.
We extract the following paraphrase of a par- 1
ody on Poe's Raven, from the St, Anthony
News; *
’ Once (last Friday,) item-greedy, sat this wri
ter sad and seedy pondering o’er a memoran
dum book of items used before—(book of scrawl
ing, scribblings rather; items, taking days to
gether, them in sultry, boiling weather —great
expense of limb and leather I) pondered wo
those items o’er. While we conned them, slow
ly rocking (through our inind strange fancies
flocking,) came a quick and nervous knocking
—knocking at tho sanctum door.- Sure that
must be Jinks,” wo muttered —“Jinks that’s
knocking at our door, Jinks the persevering
bore 1”
Ah, how well do we remind us, in the wall
that then confined us ; the “exchanges” lay be
hind us and around us on the floor. Thought
we “Jinks has 'called to borro ( w some new-pa
pers till to-morrow and ’twill be relief from sor
row to get rid of Jinks, the bore, so I'll open
him the door.” Still the visitor kept knocking'
—knocking louder than before.
Bracing up-our patience firmer, then without
another murmur, “Mr. Jinks, said wo, your
pardon and forgivness we implore. But—the
fact is—we were reading of that Pembina pro
ceeding, where they voted the Dakotas and Ojib
ways by the score, lost in the reflec
tion that tho Otter Tail election might with cart
loads sent for Becker tip oar calculations o’er.”
Here we opened wide the door. But pliancy
now our phelinks—for it wasn’t Jinks tho boro.
But tho form that stood before us, caused a
trembling to come o’er us and our memorV
quickly boro us back again to days of,yore;
days when items were in plenty, and where’er
this writer went ho picked up interesting pen
cilings at almost every door. 'Twns our hon
ored understrapper—’twas this young infernal
rapper—hand out-stretched like Captain Tap
per with “tho foreman’s out of copy, sir, and
says he want’s some more.” And it kinder riz
our dander, that, like grasping Alexander, lie
had set up all the copy, and already wanted
“more!”—wanted copy—evermore !
Now this local had already walked about till
nearly dead—he had sauntered through tlie
city till his feet wore very sore, walked through
Pino and Todd and Cedar, - through the Mills
and—“gentle reader"—into ways you never
thought of, both public and obscure; and ex
amined shop and cellar, and had questioned
every “feller,” but they all refused to tell or
hint at any “shocking accident” not published
heretofore. Having mot with no success he
YfouhLrather sorter guess he might have felt a
trifle wicked' at that ugly_littie bore, with the
message from the foreman that ho wanted
“something more.”
“Now it's time you wore departing, you
young scamp,” cried we upstarting; "get you
back iqto the office—office where you were be
fore ; or the words that you have spoken sure
will get your noddle broken, (and we seized a
cudgel, oaken, that was lying on the floor,) still
he stood and never- stirred from his posture in
the door—budged the devil nevermore 1
“Inky Demon !—child of evil 1 dost in perse
cution revel I ■ Thinkcst thou to hunt and haunt
mo like an everlasting bore ?—Leave ! or-r
-(pause till I have said it,) this shed fhou art
doomed 1o edit, and (o live like me, on credit,
live on credit evermor; .”’
But our devil, mover sitting, still is flitting,
still is flitting, back and forth upon the landing
just outside the sanctum door ; tears-a-down
his cheeks are streaming, strange light from
his eyes is gleaming, and his voice is hoard a
screaming, “Sir, the foreman want’s some
more 1” Shocked and startled by that warning
we’re awakened .every morning, and we hear
the dismal horning of the imp outside the door,
and a fancy will come o’er us, that each read
er’s face before us boars the signet, “give us
classic draughts and antiquated loro I” “Copy”
still forevermore!
llaud to Please.— Pitts is a first man, a sharp
man, amian of business tact. And when Pitts
goes into a store to trade, ho always gets the
lowest cash price; and lie says, “Well,'l’ll look
about, and if I don’t find anything that suits
me better, I’ll call and take this.”
Pitts, like all fast men is partial to women,
and young ones in particular. Now, quite late
ly Pitts said, to himselfj “I am gettin’. rather
along in years, and gucssl I'll get married.”
Hisbusiness qualities ryouldn’t let him wait,
so off he travels) and calling upon a lady friend
opened the conversation by remarking that ho
would like to know what she thought about his
gcttiqgmarried. |
“Oh, Mr. Pitts, this is lan affair in which I
am not so greatly interested, and I prefer to
leave it with vourself.” ''
“But,” says Pitts, “you arc interested and,
my (iear girl will you marry me 1”
The young girl blushed very red, hesitated,
and finally, as Pitts wiis to do in the
world, and morally, financially and politically
of good standing in society, she accepted him.
Whereupon the matter-of-faot: Pitts responded',
"Well, wcE, I’ll look about die, and if I don’t
find anybody that suits me better than you, I’ll
come back. ) .
J -a-— : —
Patience. —When Deacon B s’ wife died,
he tried to find consolation in the smiles of a
pretty servant girl in his family, whoso name
was Patience—hut the gray hairs and wrinkled
visage of the worthy man were unsuccessful
pleaders in the court- of love, and she would
encourage none of his advances. At length
the village clergyman paid a visit to the dea
con, and condoled with him upon .the loss which
he bad sustained.
“You mustjondoavor th bo resigned,” said
the parson, “and under this afflictive dispensa
tion you will find it advisable above all to have
patience.”
“Well,” said the deacon, with sudden anima
tion in his manner,i “I have, to speak the truth,
been trying her a little, but she seems to be
rather offish 1”
'“Well, John, I am going East; what shall
I tell your folks?" “Oh, nothing—but if they
say anything about whiskers, you can hst tell
them that I’ve got a fuiy.”
TO
CARRIER'S ADDRESS,
TO THE PATRONS OF THE AGITATOR.
January Ist, 1860.
’Tis passed—the flowery (Spring,
The Summer with its crown bf leaves,
The purple Autumn —harvest tjowed—
With plenty, bound in goldciji sheaves ;
And now the whitely frosted fields, ... •
The sleigh-bells with their merry chime,
Proclaim that once again we’vcj reached
A mile-stone in tho path of time.
Yes, the Spring-time flowers have faded, —
Scattered are the Summer’s leaves,
And the spirit of tho pine tree
In thje night wind sadly grieves;
Grieves although the coming Spring-time
Other flowers shall bright bestow, ‘
When the earth shall wake from slumbering
Underneath the Winter’s snow.
Xot alone the year sustalneth •!
Losses, —hearts are lowers tooj;
Friendship, Hope and Love hjive vaniebed
Like the sun-|dssed mirningjdew;
Grieve, sad heart for never Spring-time
Shall these faded flowers restjore,
Underneath your still white snow drifts
They shall sleep for evermore. ,
How strangely mingle childhoojd’s shouts
Of “Happy Xf.w Yeai” with the rhyme
That wailing winds to thoughtful hearts
Breathe o’er the bier of Fifty-Nine,—
A strain that speaks of buried joys
Of heart hopes cherished hutjin vain ;
Of loving eyes and hands whose elasp
Shall never warm our own again.
But ever hope, though cruel fate
Has all our paths through darkness led, —
For as the deepest shadows lio i
Where shines the brightest sun o’erhend, —
So may the cloud that dilrklyished ■
O’er the past yearlits shade of sorrow,
Shine on us from its’pilver edge
Through all the days of our To-morrow.
There’s no’t a year since the Creator's hand
Sent forth the first—a golden sand~
But bears the mark of deed or thought sublime
That stamps it deathless fut all coming time.
So Fifty Nine may the! same lesson teach, i
That ages toll us with historic speech ; 1
And not the least among tile years that's been
May be the one whose latest day we’ve seen.
• A year that to the farmer's yellow field,
Bright Ceres came with an Abundant yield ; ■
| And to our homes —more j blessed far than*
wealth—
Has brought the gifts of Peace and rosy Health.
Sweet boon of peace—how prized when from
afar j .
Came the dread tidings of a cruel war;
A war that waged in Freedom’s holy name.
Heaped high on bloody fields its thousands ,
slain, — I j
Swept from Italians plains Austrian power,
And gave her sons from that eventful hour,
The precious boon—that they may isay and do—
Just what their Uncle Louis tolls them to.
Peace, did I say ? then I had near forget; ,■
Upon our country’s page a single blot.
E’en now ’tis said onr glorious Union shakes,
Prom lofty “turret to foundation” quakes.
And why ? Forsooth a fierce devouring hordo ’
Of Northern Vandals armed with fire and sword,
Rushed from the mountains with resistless might
And took Virginia in a single night.
So.,thought the heroes as they ran away;
But when to terror came thb light of day,
They saw where late the awful host had been,
But Old John' Brown' and scarce a score of men
Then far resounded the loud cry, to arms 1
And soldiers gathered at fierce war’s alarms j
Deep boomed theTsafmbn—' ' ''
roared, *
And from the scabbard leapt the gloaming
sword ;
With horrid front they formed—and then—lt
seems,
They sent to Richmond for a few marines,
And saved awhile their military skill,
To shoot a cow and chase a whip-poor will
But why prolong the fearful talo ; —full well
The bloody story every child can tell. '
For Freedom died this brave misguided band,
Columbia blush ! in this her chosen land.
They died,—but in the quickly ccming day,
When Slavery’s shadow shall have passed away,
And on our country’s soil rio slave is found.
To drop a tear on Frecdomis hallowed ground,
In freemen’s hearts their memories will bloom
And sculptured marblo eriwn eneb martyr’s
tomb. ■(
Enough. Of late events
The stroke that laid thogall i
Election victories, —and atti
Our glorious Union from its
The many failures of the v<
To tell the day the House v
And other things ’tworo nnl
Those who take and read th|
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And nnw kind friends, indy every joy be thine,
And, if you please, the usvial bounty mine.
Content I’ll bo if but my feeble rhymes
Brings me your approbating and ,he Dimes;"
Am} with them song's of universal cheer,
To welcome in the NEW and HAPPY. YEAR.
Time a\d Etekmtv. —W o step an tho earth ;
look abroad over it and it seems immense—
so dues the sea.—What ages had men lived,
njid knew but a portion ? They circumnavigate
it now with a speed undet which its vast bulk
shrinks. But lot tho astrpnomer lift up his
glass, and he loams to believe in a total mass
of matter, compared with which th,is groat globe
itself becomes an imponderable grain of dust..
“And so to each of'us walking along the road
of life a year, a day, an hour, shall seem long.
As older, the time shortens ; but when
we lift our .eyes to look .beyond tpie,earth, our
seventy years which have rolledjover tho hu
man race vanish into a point; for then wo art)
measuring Time against Eternity! |
The grm of a pretty girl wound, tight around
your neck, has been discovered (olbc an infall -
blu rojnodv fir sure throat. I 1
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Old Time Winter Scenes!
That old red sleigh with its long hot (hot
never was full, for down in the strait wrapped,
in the robes, or on one or another of the four
seats it contained, there was alwajrs room for
one[ more. What a grouping of trjght young
faces there used to he in it I Faces in hoods,
in caps and in blankets j hearts that have loved
since; hearts that have broken j hearts "that
have moulderd. And away we went over the
hill, and through the vale, under the moonlight,
and under the cloud; when the stars were look
ing down ; when the sun kindled the world li -
to a great .white jewel; but those days have
gone forever away; and the sweot old necklace
of bells big in the middle of the string, and
growing small by degrees, has lostj it-: power
Over the pulses. i
I' In that old'sleigh brides have gone away be
fore now—those that were married to manhood,
those that were “married unto death.” (.Irratt
ships have gone over the waters less of
hope and happiness tiian that rude' craft lias
homo over the billows of winter swap-like
shapes now glance along the arrowy .way ; but
give us, for its sweet memories of yesterday.,
the old red sleigh.
Then, the days when we were "■coaster*
and down the big hill, by the maple wood, thro’
the little pitches, far into the valley. we ••~.nu
with merry shout, each the solitary Palloti’-wi
of his own small craft. llow like a tl iek of
swallows wo were, dashing down tho| doclivitv, t
in among a group of sleds, side by side with i
rival, shooting by like an arrow, spooling In
gallantly ahead like a jockey, and oil bur v-.t
up with n sled in tow, ero the party hr d roa dicd
the valley below.
l}» -
And then it ws3, when the- wind jha 1 swart
away the snow from the pond and Rt-rrom, nn-1
the ice was glair, that wo put on the j , ri>ckcrs.'’
and darted hither and thither, and| cut sixer
and eights, and curves without number, and
drew the girls-that we loved, and whirled them
like leaves over the highway of crystal.
And the schools where wo spelt ':k;i mh>r
down, and the schools where wo sang U'jnd
hatn and Mear, and-the schools whore we joy.
phered and wrote, aad “went upgone) all
gone, teacher and .taught,. like the melting
snows under the ralnbo.ws of April, r
And when, sometimes after the "rent enow,
the vrinds came out of the North for alfrnlie,
what wreathings and carvings of tin cold ala
baster there were ; what Corinthian adorning*
surmounted the fence posts; what w addings
wore fashioned beside the way; what fairy-like,
caves in the drifts ; what flowers of jrara finish
and pendants of pearls on the trees.'!
Have you quite forgotten the footprints we
used to find in the damp snow, as delicate, soma
of thorn as a love letter; the mysterious paths
down to the hroolc or by the old hill on- fre.',
that -wo used to wander over and ‘‘figure
fours” by, if perchance we might patdh the ma
kers thereof? Have you quite forgotten how
sorry you were for the snow birds that flutter
ed among the flakes,, and seemed tossing and
lost in the storm ? , e. >
And there in the midst ofltlmt winter, Christ
mas was set, that made the Thanksgiving last
all through the’night of the year, and what
wonder the staijs.and fires burned more bright
ly therefor! Christmas with its gifts and its
cheer; its carol and charm;, its evergreen
branches and Sts-bright morning dreams.—
Christmas, wore prints upon thn
chimney tops TCw,® were only there to see them,
whore Santa Claus set his foot as the clock
struck twelve. Christmas, when stockings were
suspended by hearth and by pillow all over tho
land; stockings silken' and wftitc; .stockings
homely and blue, and even tboi littlo red “oek
with a bole in the toe. Blessed forever be Beth-
Ichem’s star! i I
I A Thought.— Tncre- -‘have bcQSjjixys f**al 'va
nsed to look for—that wo dreanaftTfor —that we
dreamed .over —impatiently waited for. waked
up in the nights Jo see -if .ijhey had come, and
wondered what kept-them on the way so lon-.
Sometiipes it was a Thanksgiving day wo wai -
od for, around which cling sweet memo riot of
the past; sometimes a Christmas, when no
slept with one eye open, that wi might see SGn
ta Claus when he came, and know what lie had
brought before, it went into the stockings ; sum- -
times it was New Year, when wo would wak>»
the house as’the clock in the kitch
twelve, with “Happy New Year 1 ’ to
again perhaps it was a birthday* when,
be so old or so old ; or the Fourtl
when he would nave fire-works and
about the size of an ounce vial, an
cotton flag with an eagle made of r;
dozen of stars around it, out nut of n
Thus wo are drifting—drifting fi
scenes of childhood, silently and imp
towards (ho endless future ; and it
looking back and observing how many are g
who started with ' ua on the journey, that w»
can realize how fast, one by one, wc lire takbig
up our anchors and drifting out upon) the silent
sea to drop them in the calm waters beyond.--
If we are wise, wo will all endeavor do so man.
ago our bark that we shall finally floslt into Urn
haven of peaceful rest, there to bask forever be
neath the sunshine of the Great Redeemer's' ap
proving. smiles. I
Select Gompaky.-AVo have frequently hrar.l
the advantages of keeping a pig spoken of, hut
the slang terms of expression were hardly s >
convincing as the argument which came to our
cars a few days since while passing through
one of the by-ways which is inhabited eliietlv
by the sops and daugters of the ■Emerald Ifde.
A new been built for the comfort and
convenience of a shoat tho property of Bridget
Mulrooney.-and Bridget’s neighbor Lllon Fla
herty, Had called to inspect the promises, (hi
ring the progress of which wo happened to bo
passing. ■ -i ■
“An illigant sty,” said Bllcn cnthusiastlcd
ly, “and tho fine shoat- -ichai company. he'; I to
for ye when Pairick'-h away.’’
It was a good saying of one to a greet Lord,
upon his showing his stately house an . j.lr-o -
ant gardens: ' : Sir, you had need' w.-V
-of hoaye;\ or else, as lieu you die yu v. ill !>■> 4
very to avy loser.”
I t'
ion struck
ai i : then
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of .Inly,
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;d ii lUili'l.
om t'.niM*
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is nillv lc