y Terms of Publication. I tT oGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published \$ u ,j a y Morning, and .mailed to subscribers K Cfreasonable price of - 7 DOLLAR PER AKKOS t 'Ußtf" I mhaiiLC. It is intended to notify every ‘ ‘ the terra for which be bas-paid shall *^- r ,j hr the stamp—“Tijib Out,’’ on the mar paper. The paper will then be stopped •--her jemittance be receive'd. By this ar man can debt to the "ifi'Tvton is’the Official Paper of the County, r*V am i steadily increasing circulation reach '■* ‘‘ r \Vr ucisrhborhood in the County. It is sent r t . any Post Office within the county - ' ' , most convenient post office may he r v- Cot.nly. G : ;'[;[ L ' ;ir U, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu i*:!ur ir directory. lS toivßrr & s. r, wijlsos, I - IXEY S A COVXSELIORS AT KAVT. will 11 '.j ihc Court of liogd, Pottor and McKean f-.VclU’ooro-. Feb. 1, V308.] _ '' s B. BROOKS, -1 iVO COUNSELLOR AT LAW 1 f-uaAND, TIOGA CO. PA. . of Counselors there la safety.”— Bible. : — nß . W. W. WEBB, ruEICE “ vcr Co P,!’' * 0 Farr'? . l i;aac. first <lnoraboi Samuel Dieiiim c .*PIR. /~\pFICE at his residence near the \ ) Academy. All work pertaining to Jine of business done promptly and ‘ [April 22, 1858.] trrantei. HOUSE CORNING* N, Y. . £ Proprietor, uten to and fromthe Depot free of charge. pES' ISTtVi Nli r ’ WULLSBOKO’, PA. L. D. TaVLOR, PROPRIETOR. ~ .-perm llv popular house i* ceutrully located, and j: 'e E i- i'- If to tide patronage of the travelling public. American hotel. f CHINING, N.Y.. s FHEEWAN, - -y- - Proprietor. ’-nsct- 25 cts. Board, 75 eta. per day. t;;!,, .Murchjil, 1859/ (ly.) _ ’ -~~S. C. WHITTAKER, tfijdmjntthic Physicinn and Surgeon, KLKLASD. TIOGA CO., PENNA. putienta in all parts of the County, or ro ute ibeni lor trcnlmcnt at his bouse. [June 14,] 11. 6. COLE, BATHER ASV HAIRDRESSER. . nsoP*in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in :iti Uae vrill be done as well and promptly as it b? June iu the city saloons. Preparations for ro rj-,!}* da mini if. and beautifying the hair, for sale \ ts < ’ Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and r VelhJmro, Sept. 22. 1559. GAIIfES HOTEL. u c. VERIf/LYEA. PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, Tin? ">li known holelislocated within easy Kccess tf dutbest fishing and hunting grounds in North’rn ■i. No pains will be spared for the accommodation ,:p€a*are ?t-ekers and the traveling public, Apr.l 11. 1559. THE CORNING JOURNAL. George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. I*rrd'ii;’ne 1 at Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y., at One Lsl'.tr and fifty Cents per year, in advance. The . ,:r-' i; Republican iu polities, and has a clrcula- -.srtr.icliing inio every part of Steuben County.*— desirous of extending their business into that cioje adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad medium. Address as above. DRESS MAKING, irr?S M. A. JOHNSON, respectfully announces to J|_ ihe citizens of WelUboro and vicinity, that she & taken roams over Niles A Elliott’s Store, where •** " prepared to execute all orders in the lino of yRE?S MAKING. Having bud experience in the ’xces;, the feels confident that she can give satisfac wiaall who may favor bar with their patronage. Sf!. 2P. 1559. JOHft B. SHAKESPEAR, TAILOR. HWIXr, opened his shop in the room over Wm Roberta Tin Shop, respectfully informs the ■ an: i-fWollsboro’ and vicinity, that he is prepared ■ s-.f’ute ordeia in his Une’of business with prompt* U.s and despatch Cutting done on short notice. Jfeli-boni. Get. 21, ISsS.—fim ~ WATCHES! WATCHES! THE Subscriber has cot a fine aasorrment of heavy EX GUSH LEVEE lICXTEft-CASE Gi>ld and Silver Watcbes^ *-icb be will sell cheaper than 11 dirt” on ‘Time/ i. e. h»i!i till ‘Time Pieces’on a short (approved) credit, dll kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. Tf a i*b of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party ft rccring it, no charge will be made. P*«t favor? appreciated and a contiuance of patron- W Ltndly solicited. ‘AXEIE FOLEY. iVelhborc, Juno 24, IS4S. HOME INDUSTRY, THE BtTte'CICIBER having established a MAR BLE M\XUFACTORY at tbo vUlage of Tioga, '-tro be is prepared to furnish Monuments, Tomb-Stones, &.C., the lest 'ERMOSTiITJUAS GARBLE *o=ld respectfully solicit the patronage of this and ad= / -in* ix-uctics. Having a g oo *l stock on band be is now ready to ex all <T«lcr« with neatness, accuracy and dispatch. All work delivered if desired. JOITX BLAMPIED. ga, Tioga Co.. Pa., Sept. 2S, 1859. IV Iff. TERBELI^ CORXIXG, X. Y. Wholesale and Retail Dealer) in pRVGS. And Jftd-ieines, End, Zinc, and Colored 1 1 "■». Oi'j, Varnish,-Eruahe* Camjtkencand Earning If';e Stuff. S'lfh and GUtag, Pure Liqnofy for i'utmt Medicines, Artiela Peiinta and Ertuhes, f-'um/ry. fancy Articles, Elavorttng Extracts, <£e., ALPO, —A general assortment of School Booka-=- Bhmk Books, Staple and Fancy e , . Stationary. 1 •7ncian?. Drug-'isU, and Country Merchants dealing ■‘• ) ar fof tbcaboxc articles can"be supplied at a small on Xew York price?. [Sept. 22, 1857.] M M«VK AMI Tl.\ SHOP! OPPOSITE ROY’S DRUG STORE, 11-Scrt S<nt can luy Stores , Tin, and Japanned II are for one-half the usual prices. wgcYi, Elevated Oven Cook Stove and Trim sls,oo.- Tin nnd Hardware -pr.ip'inion for Ready Pay. to, 01,o 1, P '*J' :ln y t,De who wants anything in this line hi. ?ee our Prices before purchasing elsewhere. t the place— two doors south of Farr’s IIo ■" .Tfi'ite Roy's Drue Store. CALL AMD SEE I. . !t „ . . H. D. DEMIN.H, ? nnnounca to the people of .Tioga £onnty f n 'i y. 5 now prepared to fill all ordure for Apple, Pear ,- r ’ N'ecuriue. Apricot, Evergreen ami HeqiduDna t^vv' UUI lriT '- Al'o Currants ItaApberrleß, Gooseberries, t,., and Strawberries of all new ami approved rari —Cotisi'itlng of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sam- Un*t*. Bdnrbon, Noisette, Tea, 3 <J,una * and Climbing Bosea. ...... RRRP V^J ncl uding aU'the-flpettjCOTvii' . ,7-/ Tietio3.of Althea/CalycanThus, p. ar -- Spines, Smuglaa. STibnrumns, Wigllitw 4c, . LOWER S Paoonfes, Dahlias,- Phloxes. Tulips, Kte. Hyacinths, Narcissis; Jonquils, XU* QoI varieties . . . f -. Strawberry. 4 do*, plants, $5. Whdtrwk 11 ?’ solicited. •NiOtj,'? {l>r Grafting. Budding or Pruning wIU bo l4 * G -t A-J'frcss H. P. PEMLV THE AGITATOR VOL. VI. , Bt SYLVIA A. LAWSON'. I bent to yours my throbbing head, So silent was your rest, A. terror and a nameless dread Thrilled instant throught my breast; I thought these eyes Would ne’er unclose) Those firm, proud lips ne’er speak; I touched the midnight lashes spread Along your, bearded check. Ton sighed a long, unconscious sigh, I knew my darling slept; And then I leaned my throbbing head Upon my hand, and wept: I could not bear'to see you lie So mute—so dike the dead; I seemed a lonely watcher by My husband’s death-cold bed. X took the life-warm hand in mine Andkissed it o’er and o'er/ So lightly though it did not break The chain </f sleep you wore, Your fingers gave no answering clasp, ’ I could not bear that pain, So, pushing back those curls at last. My tears fell like the rain. Yon started from your silent rest, Yon ope’d your wondering eyes, You strained me to your throbbing breast. And stilled my broken sighs— Now sweet peace bathes my inmost soul, Bushed arc its wild alarms, I sit enwrapped in love's warm folds. Circled by your strong arms. —[Peferaftn** Magazine. FERULING ANNA HAWEES. “Buzz—buzz—buzz—buzz J” “Indeed I cannot stand this. You'll drive me quite crazy with your buzz, buzz, buzzing. I must and will have silence. I find that plain, pleasant persuasion will not dp; I shall be forced to resort to a harsher method. Now listen one and all, while I assure you that the first scholar, old or young,- miss, or master, young gentleman or lady whom I shall see whispering without leave, I will ferule !*' The teacher, Air. Arthur Stone, closed his bearded lips firmly, and glanced about the old fashioned school room with h determined ex pression, as he ceased speaking, fie evidently ment just what he had said—meant it in the face of the stalwart young gentlemen, and pretty, witching, bright-eyed girls aroilhd him. For. a moment there was a dead silence among all, while every'eye was fixed upon the handsome, resolute face of the teacher. But in the little crowd of eager, up-turned faces, there was but one on which his eye sought intutively ; drawn, as it were, by some strange mesmeric power. — One face, and one at that moment which was a pretty picture of piquant beauty, with its saucy, inquisitive blue eyes, which met 'his own fully anddaringly;—its strawberry red mouth, pursed up by the most provoking and daring of smile?, that said it as plainly as Words could have said it. “You won’t ferule me, Arthur Stone, if I whisper ever so much/' A sadden flash of anger reddened up into the cheeks of the young man, and shot from the depths of his fine gray eyes, as he said .detoi minedly, in answer to the smile the red raotth and blue eyes, and the toss of dainty head—“l repeat it: I will ferule the first schol are whom I see whispering without leave." This time there was no mistaking it; there was a perceptible motion of Anna llawkcs' pretty head, an unmistakable light in her eyes, and a whole unbroken sentence wreathed about the curve of her lips, as she turned carelessly to her books—“ You can ferule me if you choose," she said mutely, not believcing that be would venture to do it. “And I certainly will,” was the silent reply of the young man, confident the while that sho would not allow him an opportunity of putting his threat in execution. But he was ill at ease as he turned moodily to the arithmetic class from which his attention had been drawn hy the unusual confusion. Affairs had taken a .disa greeable turn, an unexpected course, arjd what ever he might do, he could not better them.— There was but one for him. He must'put a stern face on the matter. He must maintain his dignity as a teacher, even if he was obliged to thrust aside his own wishes and inclinations. Anna Hawkes, pleasant, witching, graceful Anna—the one bright star that threw so much light upon his arduous, tiresome duties; the warm hearted girl who had grown nearer to him as the dull, wintry days went by, till he had dared hope, silently tint earnestly, that some time he might he more to her than any one else in the world, even if she, came between him and duties, must bo sacrificed. It was a miserable thought, and he greeted it with a) long, deep-drawn sigh. » Not once during that forenoon, did he ven ture to look towards Anna’s seat, or allow him self to pause anywhere in her vicinity, fur fear his ear might be greeted by a provoking, odi ous whisper. Not once, I say, but I must ex cept the long recess, during which he watched her eagerly, as she bent over her slate, working out her algebraic problems, apparently tost to I everything about her. Two or three'tinies he started from his seat to go to her assistance, as she knit her white brow perplexedly, but a strange, new feeling like pride, kept him back. He thought he had never seen her look half so pretty or loveable as then, as she sat there bending thoughtfully over her book, with one band running rapidly and gracefully over her slate. Her dress of dark crimson cloth, with its full sleeves confined at the wrists by black velvet bands, fastened high in the neck, but in such a manner as to display her full, white throat, was strongly becoming to her. He had never thought of it before, but there was a certain refioement in her taste that was truly pleasing. It was visible in everything she wore —the dainty cambric collar confined at the throat by a small, cameo breast pin ; the knots of black velvet ribbon fastened about her luxu riant brown braids p the petite black silk apron, with its girdle of silk chord, and full large, dropped tassels, and the' slender,'shining little kid hoots that- peeped daringly out from the folds of her ampjo skirt. In all his life, Arthur Stone bad never looked upon a face or figure so pleasant or captivating. But as he watched her, she raised her eyes to his face. In a mo ment the pretty seriousness which had rested so becomingly on her features was gone. A pro-' voking-smile curled upon her rosy month, and went with a sudden rush of triumph overlier whole face, dilating her finely curved nostrils, and sweeping like a sunshine ever the blue- of ■O, Pa. Zlehoted to tlje Sftnmon of the area of iFreedom and the Spread of healths Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNEIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. A WIFE’S FOEil WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING..MARCH 15, 1860. her eyes, making such rare dimples about her ohin, as one might have supposed to have been fitted by the cunning fore-finger of Cupid him self. Arthur Stone was vexed, but was too much a man of the world to allow the young girl to .know how much she was capable) of annoying him, and so after the first flame of petty anger had died oqt from his cheeks and forehead, be said in a voice, the coolness of .which surprised even himself: “Can I be of assistance to you, Miss Hawkes?” “None, sir, thank you. I have quite con quered my exercises alone to-day. Foolish fellow I The very coolness of his manner betrayed the secret which he strove to hide. There was little need of covert if there was nothing to conceal. And so it was that the forenoon slipped unpleasantly away, and the afternoon came in its stead. The teacher’s rule so far was a good one. If Anna Ilawkes had not been present Mr. Stone would have counted it a success, but as it was, he was in a constant tremor of fear. A raised hand in the neighborhood of her seat and a timid application fur assistance was met with something like an unreasonable frown. In a hurried and nervous way he proceeded to explain away the difficulty to the timid appli cant, anxious to be free from such dangerous surroundings. Just as he was congratulating himself upon his success, and was about turn ing away, a rapid whispered volley of words rattled past his cars. He knew the source from whence they came as well as did every scholar that heard them. He could not pass thought lessly along. The dread alarm had come with such a sud den distinctness as to surprise him into an in voluntary start. Every pair of eyes were turned inquiringly and curiously to his face. lie was forced into doing his duty. The heavy beard about his mouth was friendly to him then, for it covered a suspicious pallor that settled there as he turned about and rested his eyes sternly upon the blushing, piquant face of Anna Hawkes. She was the picture of innocence just then, with her brown lashes drooped low upon her cheeks, and the .pearly white teeth crushed cruelly down upon the crimsVm of her lips. ' “Miss Hawkes, can you tell me who whispered a few moments since?” “Yes, sir/* The white lids were thrown wide open, and the clear eye fixed firmly upon his own. “Who?” “T, sir/* “‘Will you oblige me by Stepping this way a moment !** He led the way out on the floor. “Yes, sir, certainly,” Shq followed him .promptly, pausing beside the desk and resting one band prettily upon its top. “I suppose you listened to my rule this morning V 1 “Yes, air.’* “You understood it, too, doubtless ?” “Yes, sir, perfectly/’ ‘‘Understanding it perfectly, then, you have been pleased to break it. Can you name my duty “It does not admit of a question. Ferule me, sir.” She commenced drawing a slender gold ring from her left hand. “This hand ?” she asked suddenly, looking up in his face. “We have plenty of time, Miss Ilawkes ; do not burry*” he said, evading her question. “I have something to say to you.” She leaned her elbow upon the desk, and her burning face upon her hand. “I shall be happy to listen to you,” she said. “I will trouble you but a moment* only to say that I regret more than lam able to cy press, that a scholar whom I have endeavored to treat with uniform courtesy snd respect, and in whose advancement I had felt a lively inter est, should by so glaring a misdemeanor, such an utter contempt of my wishes, avow a disre gard for me as a teacher and a friend. Such a display is unpleasant enough if a mere child 'Wilfully breaks the rules of a school, but when instead, a young gentleman or lady so far for gets him or herself, it is intensely painful. 1 assure you that I deeply regret this.” Anna bowed gracefully as Mr. Stone ceased speaking* Again her white teeth were dented into her lip, while the brown lashes trembled close upon the deep burning red of her cheeks. “Your hand* if you please.” The little white hand was reached forth as if it wore to receive a caress instead of a blow. As it lay so tenderly and trustingly upon the broad hand of the teacher; he inwardly cursed his stars. lie called himself a brute, a tyrant, a knave, a monster, lie had a mind to get down on his knees and pray for a big mouthed earthquake to come and swallow him ; for a sudden flash of lightning {in the winter time) to melt him into nonenity ; for a whirlwind to sweep him with its rapid, rushing winds from the face of the earth. Strike that little dim pled hand with a cruel two-inch rule ? He had rather cover, aye, blister it with kisses, instead. It trembled within his grasp, and about the mouth of the owner a little white line was islanding the redness of her lips. For a mo ment he thought he’d kneel before her, and ask her to give the pale prisoner entirely to* him. — It would be his hand then, and no one could blame him for not wishing to injure his own property. A thought struck him, lie might strike his own hand instead of Anna’s. He could shield her and take the blow himself.— lie was in a mood for cracking every knuckle that he owned. He raised his ruler. Anna raised her eyes to bis face. Ilia fixed, deter mined expression startled her. She would bear the blow without starting, she thought, but 0, she would bate him, hate him , as long as she lived 1 As the thought passed through her , mind, a gay, dashing sleigh drawn by a pair of fine horses came rapidly up to the school house door. ■ Lucky, lucky, Mr. Stone, thq/rule fell harm lessly on'the fair rosy palm of Anna’s hand, and he turned his eyes toward the window, and exclaimed hurriedly: - - ’ ‘"The Committee, Miss' Hawkls. Yon can take yj’ur jot’new ; bn* remain to-night after school. Even for this interruption I should not feel justified In letting the affair pass.” “The last committee man upon earth that I would caio to see/’ exclaimed Mr.' Stone to himself, as he bowed low before the pompous young gentleman, known by the cognomen of Dr. Wesley Barker ; who rapped with his whip upon the door—said young gentleman being one of wealth and education.. But the teacher did not care a fig for his wealth~he did not envy him—or anything for his education —his _ own was quite equal to it. .But what he did care for was, that Dr. Barker was a great admirer of Anna Hawkes, and in the present state of af fairs he did not-care about having rivals around. Everything went along smoothly during school hours, as it always did during the visits of the several committees, but the mojnent school was dismissed, Dr. Barker stalked across the school room floor, and 4 up to Anna Ilawkes’ seat. Mr. Stone bit his lips with vexation. Ills rival made his appearance quite in the nick of time. He despised meanline'-s heartily, denounced it, but now in spite of himself, he stopd and lis tened eagerly to catch the few words that dropped from Dr. Barker’s and Anna’s lips. •“I’ll ask Mr. Stone to excuse me,” be heard Anna say. “Which of course be will do/* replied Dr. Barke *. “I am not so certain/* was the smiling reply, as she darted towards his desk. “I hope you will pardon me for daring to ask such a thing, bat Dr. Barkerwishes me to drive with him in his new sleigh, .which I am very anxious to do, and so I'd like to be excused from remaining to-night to take my feruling, promising to come early to-morrow morning/' Mr. Stone bowed and said, “very well/* ‘though the words almost choked him. He se cretly wished Dr. Barker and his new sleigh in China, and himself free from the vocation of school teaching. lie thought as he stood mood ily by bis desk watching Anna Hawkes pin her plain shall closely about her throat, and tie under her chin the blue ribbons of her quilt ed hood, preparatory to her drive with Dr. Bar ker, that he was the most miserable man in ex istence, and that he would purchase a farm, work- at shoveling on the railroad, would rlo anything rather than teach another school. ( lle had engaged already to take charge uf the'yil lagc academy the following spring, but now lie resolved that he would not do it—he wo'uld throw up the engagement at once. “No doubt she thinks.me a very brute/* ho said to himself, as the gayuquipage went dash ing down the street. Perhapaafter all, she had •not meditated, that ruthless, attack upon his dignity and patience. Indeed now he thought of it again, the whisper was more like a sud den exclamation than anything else. Yet ho had not given her the slightest chance for an explanation, but like the executioner who loved his occupation, hurried her forward to the pun ishment—the dolt that he called himself. He had a very poor opinion of Arthur Stone j;ist at that moment. He was sure that he. would like to horsewhip him. A fair counterpart of the pupil's thoughts were those uf the teacher. It was a dull, drea ry drive that Anna Hawkes took with Dr. Bar ker. She hadn't a heart to enjoy 4 "after the fully of the afternoon. “lie thinks that I do not care for nor respect him,” was the thought upermost in her mind, whichever way she turned. “And this is the return I am making him for his kindness to me—all the interest he has taken in my studies both in and out of school, 0, if he could but know the truth.” “The truth I”* the young girl startled herself by these words. And what was the truth? She burled her burning face in her hands as she asked herself the question. It was this. She loved Arthur Stone I loved him better than life itself! A cry of pain went from her lips, as the knowledge settled down upon her heart.— But what proof had she given of this? What proof that she was any other than a vain, selfish thing! None, a'as, none! Like any woman who is conscious of her power, she gloried in hers over Arthur Sttjne. But how was he to know that it wso* any bat the glory of a fickle, heartless coquette, rather than that of a strong, loving, truehearted woman, who makes her power a golden chain about the heart of the man she loves, by which she draws him tenderly towards her ? How. 0, how was he to know this ? The thought was agonizing to her. She resolved at last to go to him in the morn ing and confess her fault, humbling as it was. He should know, at least, that she held his feelings too sacred to wound them wantonly.— But in the morning she was sick and feverish, scarcely able to lift her head from the pillow. She could not see Arthur that day, and so she must contentedly wait for the next. Against her wishes Dr. Barker was summoned, who croaked dubiously of a. fever hanging about her. She must be careful, be very quiet and follow hia directions, ho said, and he would come again in the afternoon to learn how she was getting along. He came in the afternoon, but at an unlucky bout*. Anna sat back in the rocking chair by the window, looking eagerly up the street. But while he paraded learnedly hy her side, he sa\| a rapid red stain through the white ness on her cheek, and an eager light break out from the clear blue of her eyes. Arthur Stone .was passing by the house, and viewing with a scornful curl of the Itp the handsome equipage of Dr. Barker. He did not look beyond it to the pale facie bent so eagerly towards him, but turned his eyes coldly away and walked haugh tily down the street, while Anna sank back with a sigh into the softly cushioned Next morning she refused to remain away from school another day. Arthur Stone would say she was cowardly, that she feared the fer uling, that she absented herself purposely, be . cause of the misunderstanding on Tuesday af ternoon, which she was too guilty to face again. She would go to the school though she dropped fainting'on the way. She could not rest until her mind was unburdoned of this heavy load. So she went, pale and -trembling at an early hour to the school house. * " . “How be scorns he hates me 1”. she thought, as Mr, .Stops, quietly raised hia eyes to her face and bowed a silent good morning as she entered the room. How could she over face 1 that stern, coll gaze, and njake excuses for pot keeping her appointment of the previous morn ing! -i . "I-was too ill to come yesterday morning,” she said, in a trembling voice, “or I should not have broken my promise. Will this morn ing do as well ?” Mr. Stone glanced keenly into her face.— The blanched cheeks and white quivering lips testified to the truths of what she said. “Aretyou able to be here now ?” he asked in a tone of voice that had more of tenderness than aught else running through it. “Hardly. You can fer—ferule me, and I will go home,” she said, while her cheeks crimsoned with shame. Mr. Stone bit his lips to keep back a reply which rose involuntary to them. Again was that tender, white hand before him waiting meekly for its punishment, now weak and trembling from illness. Did,she think him a brute? .Quito evidently from her action. “I—l regret that ,1 wounded your feelings' on Tuesday,” she said, raising her eyes to his face. “I am thcmghtles, I hope -not hearties?. Will you pardon me?” The' question was asked in a low, quivering voice, half choked with tears. “Pardon you?” Mr. Stone repeated the words slowly, in nuclear, emphatic tone. “It is too much to ask? You will not refuse me—you could not refuse me if you knew—” “What?*' “How utterly miserable I am. I cannot stay here—here*a my hand—be quick—let me go home ?” With a quick rapid movement, the teacher grasped the little feverish band that was out stretched to him, covered it oyer and over with fervent and passionate kisses, “Forgive you/* he said, while his fine eyes grew deep and tender in their.expression, “for give you, yes, a .thousand times, and then not be able to show you a millionth part of the love which I bear for you. Forgive you—but I’ll dare ask more than you dare hope, perhaps more than you care to hope—that you will love me, that you will place yourself and this sinned against, abused little hand in my keeping. Tell me Anna, have 1 asked too much ?” The answer was faint and low that came from Anna Hawked lips, but nevertheless it was a satisfactory one, for the sweet little mouth from whence it c:fme took immediate re ward in kisses. So it all ended. And in a few weeks after Anna Hawkes became Mrs. Arthur Slone, much to the satisfaction of the wondering school rit Elton. Ax Exon nous Lie . late of Mississippi, who has been noticed in Harper heretofore as a gentleman remarkable for a proclivity to exagg Tate and tell hard stories, on one nccision wa-s seated in front of the princi pal hotel in Clinton, amusing a group of gen-, tlcmen with his peculiarnarratives, when he de livered himselfoXs follows: “Gentlemen, in oast .Tennessee, where I was raised, I knew a man who ha‘d the most aston ishing strengthen ins jaws and teeth of any man that ever lived. I saw him once standing on the sunny side of a barn, with his old wool hat under his arm, filled with black walnuts, and he just put them in his mouth and cracked them as easily as one of you would-crack a chestnut The auditors exchanged looks of incredulity, A quizzical andjaectious blade, known asKon tnck Sachelford, was present, and heard the Judge’s story, and remarked: *jso doubt. Judge,'of the truth of all you have said. Some men are remarkably strong. Now, in South Carolina, where X lived, one of my neighbors was noted for the extraordinary muscular strength of bis arm. I remember to have seen him take a hard pine knot, place it in the hollow of bis arm at the elbow, and, by suddenly bringing his forearm upward, he split the knot into splinters and pressed out all the turpentine in’a stream !” • The narrative of Kentuck was received with peals of laughter. Judge M became indig nant, and springing to his feet with clenched fist and flaming eves, exclaimed : Kenluck , that's an enormous lid" Snrx ArrECTATiox. —There is nothing more beautiful .in the young than simplicity of'char acter. It is honest, frank and attractive. How different is affection ! The simple minded are always natural. They are at the same time original. The affected are never natural'. And as for originality, if they ever had it, they have crushed it nut, and hurried it from sight utterly. 1 Be yourself then, young friend I To attempt to be anybody else is worse than folly, it is an impossibility to attain it. It is contemptible to try. But‘?uppose you could succeed in imi tating the greatest man that ever figured in history, would that make you any the greater ? By no means. You would always suffer in comparison with the imitated one, and be thought of only as a shadow of a substance— the echo of a real sound—the counterfeit of a pure coin I Dr. Johnson aptly considered the heartless imitator (for such is he who affects the character of another) to the Empress of Russia, when she had done the freakish thing of erect ing a palace of ice. It was splendid and con spicuous while it lasted; but the sun soon melt ed it, and caused its attractions to dissolve into common water, while the humblest stone cottage stood firm and unharmed. Let the fabric, though ever so humble, be at least real. Avoid affecting the character of another, however great. Build your own. Be what God inten ded you to be—yourself, and not somebody else. Shun affectation. White, in his work entitled “Northumber land,” furnishes the following: good reason for sobriety : “The road is pared for a short dis tance on the outskirts of the town, an l there by hangs a bale. A farmer, well known for itis love of good liquor, was accosted by an ac quaintance: “You’ve’no been drunk on the road lately, Jamie?” “Na," answered Jamie, “the road’s nae been sae soft to fall on sin’ they payed it." Men will be always apt to think the money market tight if they are in ihn unfortunate hab it --f getting sc themselves, i S' Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 per square of 19 line?, oho or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less ihnn 10 lines considered as a square. Thesubjeined rates trill be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements s ‘ 1 Square, - 2 do. 3 do. i column, - - 8,00 9,50 12.60 i /do. . . ; 15,00 20,00 30.00 Column, - - 25,00 36,00 " 60,0/ Advertisements not having Ihcnutnberof insertion, desired marked upon tiiem, will be published until or dered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Letter-Heads and al lands of Jobbing done iu country establishments, ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Gosgtablu*', and other BLANKS constantly on band. NO. 33 Scenes la the Life of a Showman. A showman meats with strange sties. He sees human natures she arc, unmasked & with out no close on, & he must be stoopidpr nor a ded kab boss if he duzzent stock Bis’ Branes with soreral kinds of noliege. •. The undersined won’t Boste, Ime a Ameri can sitterzun I go in for the fast-sailin, snag hilt & fnll-mand skeaner United States, whitch rpns herself, she dnz, & on'whose decks 1 man is'.as good’s anuther man. & frequiently moore so if be conduoks hisself strate. To use a fraae, Ime naity & to the mnnnere born, & don’t want to put on airs ctmplv be eaws Ire met with grate sneksesa in the show perfesbun (wbitch Ire bin into goin on twenty 2ye res.) My wunhy projennyt ors was una ble to giv me a cussycal edycasbun, & all I noseT pickt up "4s I snled, as I saled," to kote from Capting R. Kidd, sellerhratcd pirut. But thank lIoTn my sire and sireress gave me a good name, 4 I pint with feelins of pride and pleshnre to the fact that nnn of our family was ever in Congrisa or on the New- York perlice, or Arms house Guvncr. The ensooin seena in my checkcrd karreer is respectably submitted:— I pitcht my.tent in a small town in Injianny one dav larst season, 4 while I was standin at the do|e takin munney, a deppytashun of Indies came up 4 sed they was members of ,fhe Bunk umvilllFemale Moral Reform & .Wimin’s Rites Assoeiashun, and they axed me if thay cood go in without payin. “Not exactly,” ses I, “bat you-can pay with out goin in." j “Dew you know who we air?" sed one of the wimen—a tall & feroshuis lookin critter, with n blew kotton umbreller under her arm—“dew you know who we air, Sur ?” “My impreshun is," ses I, “from a kuiscry vcw, that you air Females.” “IV e air, Sur,” sed the feroshus woman—“we belong to a Sosicty whitch bleeves wimin has rites—which bleeves in rnzin her to her proper speer—whitch bleeves she is indowd with as mutch intelleck as.man is—whitch bleeves sho i-, trampled on & aboozed —& whitch will r“aist hensdth & forever the incroochments of proud & domineerin man." Durin.her discourse, the cxsentric female grabd me by the ooat-kollar & was swing'm her umlireller wildly over ihy bed, •T hope, marm,” aei I, startin back, “that your intenahuns is honerable? Imealoneman, hear in a strange place. Becides, Ive a wife to hum.” “To?,” cride the female, “4 shcs a slave! Doth she never dreem of freedom—doth she never think of throwin off the yoke of tyrinny & thinkin & speakin & votin for herself? Doth she ever think of these hero things?” “Not hein a nntral born fool,” sed I, by this time a little riled, “I kin safely say that she dothunt.” ‘-‘O, who.—whoti” screemed tlio femalo, fwingin her umbrellcr in the air,- “0, whot is, the price that wooman pays for her expeeri unse “I don’t know marm,” bcz I; “the price to my Show is 15 cents per individoonl.” can’t our-Sosiety go in free?” asked tlio femalo. “Xot if I know it,” aed I. “Crooil, Crooil man 1” she oride, & bust into tcers, “Won’t you let my darter in !” Bed anuther of the exsentric wimin, takin me afeckshunitlv hy the hand. “0, pleese let my-darter in— slices a sweet gusliin child of natur.” "" “Let her gush - *.’’ roared I, as mad as I cood stick at their tarnal nonoents ; “let her gush ?” Whereupon they all sprung hack with the sim ultanious obsarvashun that I was a Beest. “My female frinds,” sed I, “bed you lecvo, Ive a few remarks to remark; wa thenpwall. The femalo woman is 1 of the gratest iustiton shuns of whicth this land kin boste. It r » im possible to git along without her. Ilad’thare bin no female wimin in the world, I shoi.d scarcely be hear with my unparaleld show on this very horscpishus occashun. She is good in sickness—good in wellness—good all the time. 0, wonman, wooman 1” I crile, mv foehns wurked up to a hi poetick pitch, “you air an angil when you behave yourself; but when you take off your proper apparial & (mettyformally speikin) git into pantyln-ms— when you desart your firesides, & with your hods full of wimins rites noshunsgo round like roarin lyons seekin whom you may devour stun* boddy—in short, when you undertake the man, you play the divil, & air an cmfattic noosance. My female friends.” I continued, as they was indignantly dopartin, “wa, wall what A. Ward has sed!” Business is Business. —" Good morning, Mr. Perkins. Have you some excellent molasses V “No mam. Our excellent ntulasges aro ail out, hut we have some fine old St. Flamingo, some New Orleans, some West Engine, and a sort of mulasses which is made from inaplo sugar, and which we call seeryup." “I want to know, Mr; Perkins, if this seer yup is acterly made from maple sugar ?” i , “I pledge you my word of honor, Mrs. .Horn by that it is acterly made from the genuine bird’s eye maple sugar.” ) “Then, Mr. Perkins, I shall'not interroga tory any mure, hut without further circumcn tion proceed to purchase half a pound of the seeryup.” . ' “Beg pardon, Mrs. Hornby, we don.t sell it by weight, but by measure..’ “Oh, by measure: then I will take half a yard ?” [Evident sensation throughout the in stitution.] i “Where are you going?” asked a little I OT of another who had slipped and fallen d.iw’j on an icy pavement. “Going to get up?” was the blunt reply. Miss Tucker says.it is with old. bachelors as with old wood ; it is hard to gat them (dieted ; but, '•‘ben they do (lam-'. 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