Ter»fl of PnWlcatlon.
IHB TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published
_ tr _ Wednesday Horning, and mailed to subscribers
Stbe.very reasonable-price «ts, -
'pr ONE' DOLLAR PER ANNUM,
r.cariahh i* advance. It is'ifctended to notify every
rjbscriber when the term for firhich he has paid shall
oipirod, by the figures_w;ihe printed label on the
•* »; n of each paper., Tbepipet will then be stopped
edfa farther remittance bte received. By this ar
gigement no man can be fought in debt to the
winter. § -
' jju Agitator is the Officii! Paper of the County,
■ «ith a large and steadily jnbrS|£ing circulation reach
ins intoevery neighborhood Mtho County. It is sent
0 /pp»wy« to any Post (Moo within thp poupty
' bmite, but whose most convenient post office may b'e
to an adjoining County. J .J ‘
■Business Cards, not 8 lines, paper inclu
ded, $5 per year. _ . •
BUSYNESS , DBECTOKY.
iris. *;s. r. wixsow,
ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS AT LAW, will
attend the Court of Tijga, Eottor and McKean
sbooties. [Wcilsboro’, Feb. *,1853.] . -
C.s. DARtT, DENTIST,
mmSSSt*. .faie residence near the
warranted.
dicjsots _
C'O K. S IN N. T.
jfn. A. Field, . 4j : . ••• • V Prosf[Btor.-|
Guests taken to and from the Depot free of charge:,
J. C. WHITTAKER,
Hydropathic Phytiowl and Surgeon.
- elkland, t io als ;CO., henna.
Will visit patients in dil parts of the County, orre
eire them for treatment at igs house. {June 14,j
■ ! x Blalißy, < ~.
- i TTOENBI AND jCoftSTSEItLOK AT LAW
A Wellsboro, Tioga Pa, Will demote his
iSi7 exclusively to the pradtjce of law. Collections
made in any of the Northern counties of Pennsyl
vania. I'| liov2l,flo
PE.V»SILVAPf)|i HOUSE.
ffomer of Main Street and ItoJloeime, WelUloro, Pa.
J. W. BIGONY,,j|r,OPBIETOR.
This popular Hotel, haTiogbecn re-fitted and re
famished throughout, is notrilipen to the public as a
first-class house. , t) ||
IZAAK WAIfPN HOUSE,
B. C. V ERMFLYE AmPS OPRIBTOR.
Gaines, Tioga County, Fa.
THIS is a new hotel located within -easy access of
the best fishing and hoiking grounds in Northern
Pi. No pains will be sparol ifor, the accommodation
of pleasure seekers and the (raveling public.
April 12, 1860. ,£ I - 5
B. O. CO EE, "
- BARBER ANB x,
SHOP in the rear of the Foil Office. Everything in
his line will be done n!a well and promptly' os it
an be done in the city saloons. Preparations for r»-
noving dandruff, and beautifying Che hair, for safe
■ heap. Hair and-whiskers dyed any color. Call and
seS. Wells boro,■ Sept. 22,1850.
>flIE JOURItAE.
George W. Pratt, E«Wrand proprietor.
IS published at Corning, SlAnhen Co., N. T., at One
Dollar and Fifty Cents Ww year, in advance. ' The
Journal is Republican in and has a circnla
, tion. reaching into every of Steuben County.—
Those desirous of extendinJEtheir business into that
aid the adjoining counties will find it an excellontad
>ertising medium. Address;as
1 FURS!' FUB£! PUBS.!
FURS. —The subscriber was just received a large
assortment of Furs forlidies wear, consisting of
FITCH CAPES & YICTCFRINESi
FRENCH SABLE ,YIOTORINBS,
RIVER HINK CAPES & RUFFS,;
ROCS MARTIN Cf PES & VICTOSINES.
Those comprise a small Quantity uf the assortment.
They have been bought at Itti prices and wIH be sold
at extremely low prices for rahh, at the New HafStore.
i» Cornidg, N. T. 6. P. QUICK.
to lavs:J;Ci airs.
A CHOICE LOT of theifkst imported Italian anp
German '*g f '
VJOUN STRINGS,
Baas Guitariltripga, Tpning Forks
Bridges Ac.,just received a® for sale at
J®T'S PRPO STORE.
i„ WEIISBO# »OTEI,,
wellsborsVgh, pa.
E. 8. FARR, - - -I - - PROPRIETOR.
I (Formed of (&e V&U& Statu Edtel) - ’
Having leased this well l&OTfn and popular House,
solicits the patronage Qf tbd public- With attentive
- and obliging waiters, with the Proprietor s
knowledge of the business, «e hopes to make the stay
of those who stop with,|£ite both pleasant and
sgreeable. h
_JMsbQro, May 31, ISfiOj-fj
J _ PICTURE
T" OILET GLASSES, Pictures, Certificates
Engravings, Needle V|J!£rk, Ac., Ac., framed Jn
• the neaeat manner, in bnd ornamented Gilt.
Rose Wood, Black WridutJDak, Mahogany, Ac. Per
lons leaving any artise!forWramiU£> can receive them
next day framed in afty styja they wish and hung for
the. bo0 jj STORE.
e. b. m. \.
TirOULD inform thoipqislic that be is permanent!,
.. TT located in Elklandporo, Tioga Co. Pa., and
is prepared by thirty jrears’rojcperience to treat all diSr
eases of the;eyes‘and appendages on scientific
principles,-aibd that cure without fail, that
dreadfuhjjiwease, called’ 1 m Titus' Dance, {Chorea
sancti VTtf,) and will any other business in
the line of Physic and «iirg£ry.
Elbtand Boro, Augusts,
McIWROIP # BAIIiEV.: —_
WOULD inform that having purchased,
the Mill property, Mown as the “CULVER
MILL,” and having rtpairfed and supplied it with
new bolts and machinery, ajj4 now prepared to do ,
cpSTOMpypßa
to the entire satisfaction" of its patrons. • "With the aid
of our experienced milter,’Mrl L. D. Mitohel, and the
Unsparing efforts of the ;fc|oprietorB, the, intend to
keep np an establish inept ehcondlo none in the county.
Cash paid for wheat and corill and the highest market
price given, ; Hi EDW. McINROY,
March" 15, 1860, tf. •• *! ■ JSO. W. BAILEY.
TIOGA BEptLATOB.
Georgs f. Humphrey hm opened » new
Jewely Store at ■ Jf
Tioga Village, mgR County, Pa.
hereto is prepared to dlifjdl kinds of Watch, Clock
Jewelry repairing', in tJjwbrknianUke manner, AU
warranted to give aplita satisfaction.
, do not pretend todtSrork better than any other
man, but we can do aaioSd -work as can be done in
t «e cities or elsewhere. ■ Aafeo Watches Plated.
I <hBO&(3E 2* HUMPHRY.
*wg», Pa., March 15r, 13f10.f0y.)
KEWjBAT CAP STORE.
THE Subscriber has Just opened in this place a new
Hat and Gap Store, yfhere he intends to manufac
ture and keep on hand & la£ je and general assortment
Fashionable Silk at d Casrimire Sate,
of ay own manufacture, wl ich will be field at hard
““es prices. ■ 1 ; f •
■ SI lli K. |H AliS
to order on ihort norijee.
The Hats sold at aye fitted yHth a
ConfoTmature, which xni£&thtim soft and easy to the
head without the trouble !of breaking your head to
break the hat Store in tiie New Block opposite the
Dickinson House,. S. P. qHICH.
_ Corning. A n g, Is, .
bUi^jPoriMßw^Sale.
T WILL sell eitri MESS PORK at $19,75
ALp er kbl. or the poand at IP eta., rmd-wnr
■ ; m.ji.;cwveb»e.
T H
?’ . j 1 ' i | • • • . . . \ ’ '
j' BrtrotcO to the Extension #{ the ares of iFmOom ana the SpresO at ®ealtlu> Reform.
■WijuCLE THEBE SHALL BE A WBONO TFNEJGHTEI), HIfTIL "MAN’S INHPMAIfITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
pi. vn.
; • THE EIGHT OP HOME.
| The light at home, hjovr bright it beams,
‘ ’ When evening shader around us falll
j And from the latticoj. far'it gldams 1
- To lore, and rest, and cotmgqn call,
j ' Whon wearied with the toils’of day,
I And strife for glory, gold or fame,
I | How sweet ta seek the quiet way, i
! ’ Where luring lips will lisp onr name,
V ’ Around the light at home.
■5: Whop through the dark and stormy bight
| The wayward Wanderer homeward flies,
j How phcering is that twinkling light
’| ; Which through tbje forest gloom She spies! :
I is the light at home-j-he feels
V That lorisg hearts will greet him there; ,
'f And softly through his Ibosom [steals
j The joy that banished his care, ~
(i . . Around the lurht at hotke.
ii. = | (
| ■ The light at home! whene’er at last
\ It greets the seaman through the storm, ;
i Ho feels no ppore the chilling jhlast .
I [ That beats upon his manly form. ;
{ 1 Long years u£on sea hare fled,
1 i Since dear ones gave a parting kiss,
| Bnt the said tears whiah'tbenj were shed
| - Will now be paid with rapturous bliss, ;
| . Around the light at home, :
j : The light at home! how still £nd sweet
i It peeps from yonder* cottage door, i
1 The weary laborer to greet, ; j
When the rough toils of day are o’er j
Sad is the soul that doer not know! -
The blessings that the beams impart— j
, The cheerful hopes and joys that now, j
And lightens up the heaviest heart, i
Around the light at home. : .
( TgS 'BIMEIiY WITNiJSS. !
I 1 BY KBS. SI. A. DESISOS. ■
[ “ Ton tire very tired, Mrs. Hall !'* j
t “ Very,” was the low reply, and-; the Stitch
ing went on.
f It was the room of a poor ■woman who sewed
for a living, There’ was not much light,jfoi
ibe shade made wfaatj little there was fall upon
jtbe work in the pale hands {that i flew' hither
S' pd thither. A bedstead stood in one corner,
nd from beneath a crib was drawn, and three
beaatifpl faces smiled in serene slumbers.
! : Another form lay on the high jhed—it was
jthat of a poor, spine-broken boy of ten, whose
large eyes were widejopen, even at 1 that hour;
.whose brow shone feirfully white in the midstl
the dim, floating shadows. As a matter ofi
bourse the furniture was shabby and mean, and|
she pale sewer had not much dime to devote tot
per household deities, while She toiled to give!
pfead to her little children. . 1 ■ I
] It was Saturday night, pastithe hour of nine,!
She bad been hindered in her-work on account
pf three or four hours of sudden illness which!
had prostrated her in the morning, and now!
She was hurrying, while her brain, and!
aide ached, to get tbrimgh with her sad tasks. I
I Vue of these was the finishing of a small!
dress, uponL which the was! setting the last!
fetitch. Mrl, Graves bad called ilp, and at first
felt nervous and unpleasant: to I find that the
iwork was not dope hut whan she saw The
heavy eyes lifted, a 1 tear trembled on their
lashes, she bad not tjbe heart! to say anything
|n blame, bpt sat qniptly down, and Us she no
ticed tbe stooping form and frequent sighing,
phe said in her kind; sympathizing voice {the
Words which begin oqr story. j
I “ You have nof been in put neighborhood
long ?” asked Mrs. Graves, s' i J
i “ Only a few nlontihs," wad the answer; j“ If
tould not get do where I moved from,!
hut I have done much, better sinus I came to!
jthis place. •, * i I
■ j " And have you always been a dtessmaker ?"|
paked Mrs. Graves kindly, ! I
• This js my trade, madam/ When I learned!
it 1 little thought I should toil at it like a slave,”|
She continued, her lip trembling.’ ‘“ My father!
Was doing a very gdod business then, and I,|
because I did not wish to ask bird for money!
to entirely support toyself,- applied myself tol
|his kipd of work, I soon after .wish married,l
po I did not sew a great while, but Wow—" 'herl
Soles faltered —‘‘ lam | obliged tol
new.”' ; i if
1 j“How long has your husband been dead;?" !
I From any other lips this might have sounded!
harsh,and unfeeling, but evidently there was a
fieep chord of sympathy in the kind heart of
Mrs. Graves, and her voice breathed its ipua'ic.
1 “My husband has been dead three years,"
fwas the unsteady reply, and the eyes were
hastily touched with the finger tipp. “ Jenny,
jmy youngest, was born on the day be la j a
corpse,’’ she added a moment after. “ Itbe a|
dreary world for the widow and, fatherless,”
,#he added very softly but sadly. " '
|- "Indeed, it must be," Mrs. Graves respond-;
§d earnestly, watching the seamstress fold Up
■fthe-dress. “ And must you sew more to-night V‘ .
is ho asked, seeing the . widow commence anen
ion another dress that did not appear quite fin
ished. ,
j “ Oh, yes; I expect Mrs. May is disappointed,
for I promised her this dress should be done
(by dark, but illness prevented;” i .
j " Then give me a’ needlis and thimble," Isaid
|Mrs. Graves, , j
; ’ The dressmaker looked dp in nttep astonish
Iment. _ j |
Stop, I have my own thimble—give mi
lyOur'naedles; I will take this one,”, she added
helping herself from a needle-case. “I an
.-going to sew for you ; I am much njorp ahh
■to do the whole of it than. you are to bet i
i stitch," * i j
“ Oh, my dear madam 1” exclaimedthe seam
stress; “no I-no I your sweet, kind words hav
.done more towards aiding me than yonr needln
icoijld. filess yon I there are some hearts Itha;
icon feel for nsand she dashed; away tears,
IstiH intent open her work, i '• ■ '
\ i At this moment the frail little ‘bell receive,i
‘such a wrench that it struck: violently agains :
[the wall: The dressmaker nervously siros i
isind harried to the door. '!■
. “ Have yob that dress done ?" demanded i.
#oarse voice. ■ ' •j' ! V
j “ Almost ;" she ttled to speak cheerfully.—|
“ Won’t you coma in i” ' ’C I
f* Yps—l suppose; necessity will compel me
! to; outlet me tell ypu, it ishthe last piece of
* work that you will ever do for me!" 1
, ■ Mrs. Graves was shocked; ! She had noticed
: the delicacy, the retiring manners of the poojr
; seamstress, and the! harsh voice, smote verj
-1 painfully on her ear. , . i , _ j
“ I tried very bard, very bard, Mrs. May/'
woman, catching op the di*
1 ! ■ ■ ■ ■ i I • !
TOiLSBpBO, TIOGA COUNTY* PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1861.
before the other yrag scarcely inside of the room.
“ Oh, yes, that’s always the excuse. You
have done so two, or three times, and I’ve put
up With it because you are jpoor and I wish to
help-yon, but I really can not submit to be im
posed upon in this way.” [
The pule sewer only bit jber lip, but made no
reply.
“ I suppose I shall have to' stay here for an
hour 1” exclaimed Mrs. May, pettishly, still not
seeing the face of thb other customer, whp sat
in the shark shadow. \ ;
“ Oh, no, I think I can get through in less
time than that—much 1 less,’]' replied Mrs. Sail,
“ I was taken quite .ill to-day,” she added gen
tly, “or I should not have disappointed yon.”
“ It is not for the first time,” said Mrs. May,
unfeelingly.
“ Are you not going to let me sew t ” asked
Mrs. Graves. i , I
11 If hank you a thousand times, Mrs. Graves,
but it.will not be convenient for two,” replied
the . seamstress, while Mrs. May exclaimed in
tones of deepest mortification :
“ Why, Mrs. Er. graves, I pot kpbw you
were here.” •
“ Yes, I have Been urging Mrs. Hall to let
me assist her,” replied Mrs. Graves with a cold
inclination of the bead. “It really makes my
heart ache to pec her sitting here so late and
tired. I wish I could help her."
“Really—l—;” exclaimed Mrs. May, terri
bly embarrassed, for Mrs. Graves, was socially
gC Well as intellectually herjsuperior.
“ Let ine send you some jellies for your sick
boy, won’t you t” continued the doctor’s wife,
preparing to go. \ “ I’ll call in again on Mon
day,” she said, and flipping a dollar into the
hand of Mrs. Hall as she turned to go.
“ {fere is more than ray pay, Mrs. Graves.”
; “No matter—l shall have plenty for you to
do; don’t I stop to give me change. Good
night!” ] , i I
Mrs. May sat silent and! uneasy while the
stitching went on. I , *
“Why dad.you not tell me that somebody
was here she asked almost crossly.
“ Why should I ?”i asked! Mrs. Hall, gently.
“ Ladies are here quite often, you know, and
Mrs. Graves is a true lady.” The check of
Mrs. May flashed, i .
“Your dress is finished,” said the seam
stress folding it up. >
“ I really did not intend tq pay you to-night,”
said Mrs. May half angrily.! “I am very punc
tual myself and it annoys rpa when others are
not. - What is the bill
“It is two dollars and fifty cents,” replied
I Mrs. Hall: . .1
1 ■ ‘‘Extrev igajft prifee i" explftiped Mrs
“ You did iiot charge Mrs. Graves half that.”
“ flera whs a child’s dress,” she replied.
“ Oh, thebe is always a favoritism,” respon
ded Mrs. Stay. {fere, I shalj have to owe
you a (foliar newj; you can send for it iq a
week." i l ; ’
She, too, jwa» gone, and the weary woman
bowed her head hpoq her clasped- bands, and
wept bitterly. Aisoftvoice, like a rich .flute
note, came from the bed, “ Don’t cry, mother.”
“ Why, Jimmy; ate yop awake f” asked tha
pother;- , 1 I 1
t* Yea, I heard that! kind woman, and the ugly
.woman, too. Don’t! cry, mother; come here
and I will kiss you.; I lovej you, mother."
.(• God bless you," sobbed! the weary one, as
she touched the’white forehead of the sick
child with her burning lips.
“ Who did you say it whs for ?” askecl the '
fashionable Mrs. Merrivale.
‘‘Mrs. Hall, the dressmaker. She is just
up from a sCVerefever, and no one to help her
and her four children. I have already collec
ted over forty dollars.”
“Is she a member! of our church ?” queried
the speaker lounging gracefully.
“ I’m sure I don't know wheather she is s'
church member at all,” replied Mrs. Graves,
and her voice trembled as she spoke. “I never
asked her for I seemed to feel she-was one of
the Lord’s poor. At any rate if she is not n
Christian, wo Will show, her what Christians
can do.” 1 1 '
“We hare so pinch to do for our church
poor,” said the lady, in a little querulour voice.
“I must have a free offering,” said Mrs.
Grapes rising. 1 :
“Ob, well,- 1 will see—don't go ; yes, here is
a five dollar gold- piece in my port ppnnaie.
Qf course I bare your word for it that she is a
decent and good woman.”
“If she were better off she wotild he called
a very refined and; lady like woman,” said Mrs.
Graves, significantly.
“A feint color came to the cheeks of her
friend—adieus were exchar.ged and the ladies
parted- *
Meantime, in the home of the dressmaker,
tbo widow and mother eat disconsolate, and
with a sinking heart. How languid she was.
The little girls had been busily engaged at work
since the morning. They would not let her
stir, as she sat so listless, vriehipg she was
quite well. One Band swept the floor, another
bad made the bed mote comfortable for the
little invalid hoy—every moment 1 their little
feet, bands, and tongues were going. The boy
was busy with slate and pencil, trying, he said,
to make the face of dear Doctor Graves, who had
made bis poor mother allmast well again.
• Mre.lHall sat by the scant fire thinking.—
True, she was getting better, but the cold win
ter was coming, and she feared jt wojild be
manypohths before she was quiet strong.—i
Suddenly little £asy pried out, “Ob, mother 1
they we bringing something here." Presently
a gentleman entered and asked if Mrs. Hall
lived there.' The! widow answered that’ ghe
"did.” “Then here is a sewing machine for you,
which I was requested to leave here.”
“ Jt must be another Mrs. Sail sip; for I have
not ordered'anything of the kind.”
“ This is where the ladies sent me, madam;
Mrs. Dr. Graves' was one of them. They said
No SO Pine street; lam sure it is for you.” " ‘
“For me'l" cried'the widqjr; clasping her
bands, while a roso/eplor flushed either cheek
a sewing machine for me!”.
“Oh, mother isn't it beautiful 1" cried little
Susyi ;
. “ Why, mother, whotare you crying fvt V’
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AGITATOR.
inquired little Anna, the eldest, “ I should
think you would be perfectly happy.”
“ Gad knows how happy J tun 1” murmured
the widow through her tear?. “ Oh, my God,
visit with Thy choicest blessings the dear
Christian hearts who have done this good deed.
Bless them 1 Qh, bless 1 for their visit to the
wido w and fatherless ip the time of their afflic
tion. Qh, my God 1 bless them here and here
after.”
None can, telh -save those who have unexpept:
edly received some -great boon in time of great
depression, how the poor widow felt. ■ It seem
ed that health came to her wasted frame al
most miraculously. The kind, glorious hear
ted doctor’s wife came in on the same day, not'
to receive thanks, but to he made happy by the
sighs of genuine joy.
To-day Jhe widow is paying foe hpt own
cottage hotpe. Her eldest daughter bids fair
to become a treasure to her mother and ah or
nament The poor, deformed boy is
now an angel in heaven, and the rest of the fami
ly are going in the harrow way that, in the end,
the ahining gates thai PP eT1100 early for him,
may receive theta, too, perfect through their
Master's grace.
THE BAINT DAT.
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary j
Itraips and the wind is never weary 7
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gnat, the dead leaves foil,
And the day is; dark and dreary.
Hy life i 5 cold, and dark, and dreary ,-
It rains and the wind is never weary ;
Sty thoughts still cling to the mouldering past.
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast.
And the day is dark and dreary.
Pc still, sad heart! and cenae repining j
Behind the clouds is the aun atill shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
’ — Longfellow.
wbAt came op calling a genu
ine gXLL COtTNTEBPEiep;
” What is the price‘of this dressing gown,
sir!” asked a sweet faced young girl entering
the elegant store of Huntley & Warner in a
city and tbs street of a city which shall be
pameless.
It was a cloudy day, The clerks lounged
over the counters, read papers and yawned.—
The man to whom Alice Locke addressed her
self, was jaunty and middle aged., Re was
head clerk of the extensive establishment of
Huntley & Warner, and extremely consequen
tial in his manner. ,
“ That dressing-gown—we value it at six
dollars—you shall have it forflve. as trade is
dull to-day.” i 1 .
five dollars ? Alice looked at the • dressing
gown longingly/ and the clerk looked at her.
He saw that her clothes, though mads and w° r n
genteely, were common enough in texture, and
that her face was very ropeb of the common
line, How it changed! now shaded, now
lightened by the varied play of her. emotions.
The clerk could almost have sworn - that she
had no more than that very sum, five | dollars,
in her purse or pocket. . 7
The gown was a very good one for the price.
It was of common shade, a tolerable merino,
and lined with the same material.
“ 1 think''—she hesitated a moment —“ I
think I’ll take it,” she said; then seeing in the
face before her an expression which she did not
like, she blushed as she handed out the bill
the clerk had made up his mind to take.
“ Jennie,” cried Torraut, the bead pleak in
a quick, pompous tone, “ pass up the bank de
tector.”
Up ran a tow-headed boy with' tho detector,
and up and down the clerk's-eyes from column
to column. _ Then he looked over with a sharp'
. glance and exclaimed—
“ That’s a counterfeit bill. Miss.”
Oh, how pale the sweet face grew I
“ Counterfeit! .Oh, no—it cannot be 1 The
man who soot it could not have been so care
less; you must be mistaken, sir.”
“I’m npt mistaken; I’m never mistaken,
Miss. The bill is a counterfeit. • I-must prer
sume, of course that you did not know it, al
though so much Jjud money has,, been, offered
us of we intend to secure such per
sons as pass it. Who did you say sent it?” -
“;Mr. C , sir, of New York. Qe could
not send me bad money”’ said the trembling,
'frightened girl, '
. “ Humph, hiimpb 1” said the clerk. “ )Yell
there’s no doubt about this; you can look for
yourself. Now don’t let me see you here again
. until yon can bring gpod money, for wp always
suspect such persons as you, that come on dark
days with a well made story."
“ But, sir— "■
“ yon need make no explanations. Miss, 1 ’
said the man, insultingly, - “.Take your, bill
and the next time you want t 6 buy a dress
ing gown, don’t intend-to pass counterfeit
pioney,” and, as he banded it, the bill fell from
bis hands.
Alice caught it from the floor and hnrried
into the street.
Such a shock the girl had never received in
all her life before. It-was the first insult she
had ever known, and it burned her cheek and
pained her heart.
Straightway, indignant and grieving, she
hurried to a banking establishment, found her
- way in, and presented the note to a noble look
ing- man with gray hair, faltering out, “Is
this bill a bad one sir?” ’
fbe cashier and his 'son happened to be the
only persons present. Both noticed her extreme
youth, beauty and agitation. The -cashier
looked at it closely and handed it hack, as with
a politp haw and somewhat prolonged look be
said—
“■ It’s a good bill young lady." '
“ I -knew it was,” cried Alice with aquiver
log lip, ‘'and he dared ”
Slhe could go no further, but .ehtirely over
come, she. bent her head,' and the hot tears had
their way.
“J beg pardon, had itroah!r;witb
■ -it?” asked the cashier, : 'l~,
Oh, sir,' yon will please .excuse me for giv
ing way to ray feelings—but yon spoke so
kindly, and I felt so sure it was good I And I
think/ sir; such men ps one .of those clexte js
Huntlely & 'Warners should' be removed. St
told mpit was counterfeit, apd, added so’mething
that ij am glad my fatter did not hpar. I
knew :the publisher would not sepd me bad
money.” ‘ ,
“ Who is your father, your lady!” asked
the caihiet, becoming much interested;
“ M r. Benjamin Locke, sir.”
'" Bt njamin—-Ben Locke—was he ever a clerk
in the Navy Department at Washington WJ
‘.‘.ifisj sir;’ w e removed from there,” re
plied Alide.' “ Since then”—she hesitated—
“he Has not been well—and—we are some
what Reduced. Oh, why do J tell you these
things. sir ?” ' 1
“Ben Locke—reduced!” murmured tliecash
ier ; “ the man who was die making of me!
Give ne his. number and street, my child.—
Your father was once the"best, perhaps the only
friend I had. I have not forgotten him. 4 Lib
erty «.reot; -1 will call jjaf evening. Mean
time let me have the bill—let me see—l'll give
yop another. Come to look, I bavn’t a five—
here’s ft ten; we’ll make it all right.”
The; eyenipg the inmates of a shabby, gen
teel h map received the 1 cashier of the M
Bank. Mr. Locke, a man of gray hair, though
numbering but fifty years, rose from his arm
ptmir, and much affected, greeted the famil
iar face. The son of the cashier accompa-..
Died him, and wfaiie the eiders talked together,
Alice and the young man grew quite chatty.
“ Yqs, sir, I have been unfovtunatp,” 'said
Mr. Ijookp, ip ft Ipw tone. “ I bate but just
recovered -as yon' see, from a rheumatic fever
caused|byjindue exertion—and had it not been
for that sweet girl of mine, I know not what I
should! have done. She, by giving lessons in
music jiind French,, and by writing for periodi
cals, hks kept me, so far, above want.”
“ Yon shall never know want, my-old friend,”
said thje cashier. “It was a kind Providence
that sknt your daughter to me. There’s a place
in the ijiafik just piftde vacant by the death of a
valuable dork, and it is at your disposal. It is
in my |[gift and valued at twelve -hundred a
year.”ji
Pen jjannot describe the feelings with which
this kipd offer was accepted. The day of deliv
erancebad come
*I! *
♦ ' * * *
On the fallowing morning the cashier entered
the bapdsome store of Huntley & Warner,
and asked for the head clerk. He come obse
quiously. '
“ Sly” said the cashier sternly, “is that a
bad note?”
I r |l think not sir,” • replied the clerk,
stamwering.
The ] cashier went to the door." Prom his
handsoima stepped a young girl in
company with his daughter.
“ Did you not tall this yoiipg lady, my ward,
that this note was counterfeit? and further
more, did you not so far forget self-respect, and
the interest ofyonr employe'.?, as to offer her
an insuilt?”
The]jman stood confounded—he dared not
"denjT-Uie could say nothing for himself.
'*! if your employers keep you, sir, (hay will
no longer have my custom,” said the cashier,
sternly;' •> You- deserve, to hetorse-whipped,
I »' r " 1 ' ...
The firm parted with- their linworthy clerk
that very day, and he left the store 4>«graced,
but rightly punished. ’
'Alice Cocke became the daughter of the good 1
cashierj All of which grew out of caljiag a 1
genuine bill counterfeit. ’ J
“iJi os di Hem,.” —The Cleveland PJain
dealeri bn the authority of a southern friend,
tells us jhow the saying, “ Dar’s a nigger got
tar qn his heel,” is used aniohg the slaves on
the plantation. Ho recently visited a planta
tion noir Memphis, Tenn., and at night when
the work was done, they assembled -Jo
pitch coppers. The cents began to disappear
in a very mysterious manner. The most rigid
examination revealed ho clue fo them. The
stock 6f coppers had'dwindled fearfully, when
light deemed to break upon one of tire darkies,
and he yelled, •• Dar’s a nigger got tar on his
heel Great confusion followed the qnqounoe
ment,.«nd the darkies commenced seating each
other hn the ground. At one time twenty dar
kies wore seated on the ground, while twenty
more had their legs in the air looking at their
heels. The black wretch who sought to bring
a time-honored game into disrepute was at last
dißCOvjered. -An old negro who was too late to
indulge ]n the game and who had before been
(like-Caesar’s wife) above suspicion, had Cov
ered his heels with.tar, Dnrlet the pretence of
seeing fair play, this elderly colored person
bad made himself conspicuous among the
pitchers, volunteering himself asjudge on all
disputed points, and-all the whiUTltte sly old
coon was treading op the coppers, stuck,
qf course, and wlien his Heels were turned up,
they revealed " a right smart chance” of cents.
There are some white people up Jsorth, by the
way, who hare J‘ tar on their heels,” hilt they
tread [on gold instead ofjpopper.
llaNkibal correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes from Pembroke, Mass.,
as follows Some 0/ thkSoutheru, Demooratio :
papers have asserted that negro blood courses
in the veins of Vice President Hamlin, and
others Gist he descended from Africa Hamlin ;
and intimate that Africa, as bis name niight
imply, was a negro. Blearer Hamlin, an early
settler in this town, was tl)e father of nine
children, whose names are entered upon the
fawn records of Pembroke, among whom werei
Asia [Hamlin, born “March, ye Utli day, A. D,
1753'i” Africa- Hamlin,' born “January ye Si
4ay.A.D;, 1754';” Europe, Hamlin, horn “No
vember ye 20th day, A. D., 1759;” America
Hamlin, born “ October ye 20lh day, A. D.,
Blearer Hamlin Was a ’white man f his wife,
Lydia, was a white woman, and their children
were of pure blood. He held prominent posi
tions in the town of Pembroke, and was a mem
ber of the committee of correspondence which
the,,revolutionary tiroes of.JJ76 demanded.
■ Laziness begins in cobwebs and enda in iron
ckdipsi It creeps oyep jfc, man so. slowly and
imperceptibly, that he is,boufiA tight h.C.fure he
.knows it , - ‘
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dered out and: charged accordingly. . '
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NO. 26.
, I ' Forthe Agitator.
EDTJCATIOSAXi.—ITO. H.
In my first I alluded to the three-fold nature
of man, and thb necessity of making educa
tional systems conform to them'.
lA thisi I wish to touch upon the
} ! {HPOBTAKCE OF POPULAR EDlrCATtOff.
As a means of improving the physical, intel
lectual, and moral faculties of man, education
is,- ofadetj all circumstances, a sdbjedt of tho
moit imposing consideration. To rescuo jnaa
fromdhajt state pf degradation to which ha is
doomed byj the inexorable law of ignorance
,urt|es9 redeemed by education; to unfold hie
physical 1 , intellectual and moral powergi and to
fit him for those high destinies which the Crea
tor! has prepared'for. him, cannot fail to excite
the most ardent the philosopher
and philanthropist. A comparison of the sav
age thatj rdams! through the fijrest with the en
lightened inhabitant of a civilized country,
wouhTbea brief but impressive'representation
of the mo; icntpua importance of education.
The importance and necessity of a judicious
system of [trailing and instruction will baths
better appreciated, if we consider that-, in its
absence, et'ecy individual will be educated (if
education it c m be called) by circumstances.
Tie children o ’ every community will hS edu
cated epmewin re and somehow, good ot bad;
anjd it devllves upon citizens and parents to de
termine the.children of the pfesent
generation shi,ll receive their training ib the
school hoise' or ins the streets; whether they
shall gfov. up in ignorance, idleness and their
consequent vie ss, ultimately to become louhgers
about '-shops and gambling saloons—in
mktes off pour-louses and prisons, hr Whether
they shall be t -ained to habits of industry,, vir
tufc, usefulness, and thus become both orna
ments and blessings to the world. It is a
stirtlin ' i ict t aat a large portion of the-youth
of oar country are under the tuition Of Idlers,
tipplers, gi imhl irs, profane persons an JBihbath
brpakers; and when we remember that-, “as is
(7ii ieac.iei, co lire the scholars,” it is notSurpti
sing tbit t b'touhy “graduate at,our poor-Uou
s, county jails and state penitentiaries-.
[it has beep Srcly said that avolunie blight
['filled ih;sidling and illustrating the advan
;es of education. I shall attempt to Oluci
ly k fev- propositions, and these. mostly
10 Authority of lloeaceM-VraEW
>ra. And we remark, first,'fhai' ~ t '- •'
ox! dissipates the evils of ignoSance. -
ave it i pon the authority of iJjs-'Jffiick,
onjtbro])ißt and philosopher, that igno-"
one principal cause of the want Cf vir
of the immoralities that abound ip the
i Werq ive to take a survey of the moral
the wctH as delineated in thO-biStury
Ins',[or is depicted by modern voyagers
ilbrs, we should find abundantjilustfar
fru h.of this remark, ire~slionld.
,t jgno -ance has been the legitimate
the-most obscene practices and im- ,
ifAmiaiitions not only, but that tt-iwi
crp itration. of the most horrid ord-,
* *
dajte on
upon tl
arid oth
SMJCATJ
the phil
range id
hft.nno
Wrld.
stife'of
of natic
aridtrave
tion of
fjnld the
causa oi
mojist-'i
led to il;
el tics.
(Ehe
b
ligriorance arsnofc few in ndth* ,
p The whatd fuStoj
I justifies the statement that ig?
icultivated" minds are prone.fti
cruelty. In what (sountries, - let
Lthe people most given to' the
: animal gratification, and iriost
e live? apd happiness Bf others ?
an lands, over which thoraland
cknega broods, and wbefe men -
it shame, and cruel without re
f from pagfin; we passtft Gliris
we shall find that those in which .
ist prevalent, are the -tefy ones
is the moat immorality; and the
irence to the sufferings 6f aniraa
nt beings. , which,
, there was blit ohe_ newspaper
, which only about one, in thirty*
le are instructed in schools —has
about equal to thdt of England
'opular education in those ooun
,r beyond several other European
i;ly in adypnce of what it is in
re is an equally marked dlffur
tate of morals in the people of
is. In England and Wales the
of convictions for murder in, poo
,sen, and the ,number convicted
with intent to kill, was Jlurteen ;
i, during the same year, the
for murder, was twelve hundred
le! and for maiming with intent
enreen hundred and aSveiCfif-l/tnr !'j,
ian one hundred fold greater ntimber
jnglaad and Wales. Facts, like these*- -
jmia's in favor of the" elevating in fid-'
popular education, while tlu-y show
■lnsi ?ely the low and degraded conli-',
don tc - H'rhloE people will sink in countries-'
where education is neglected.
Spain jiffords an apt illustration of the fact
that ig roi ant and uncultivated people arc prune '
to sent uality and cruelty. Scenes of cruelly
and bl ioa, constitute the favor—its amusement
id the Spaniards, their greatest delight being
in bull-fights. An eye witness says, •• The in
ti -
wjf nor si
•y of the
lorant {a
in i ui
Fv and
ifitoauftlit
it beashei
lo*est f iri
IB ot
ialof tl
ilpaJ
ink dsii
fjahou
And i
;ardl
Mt'lio
ntelleol
im vile
horse?
n coi
i's le
aere
e 3 uea tin
in which
gr :ates(
teil ahc
uc til r< <
printed, :
five of ti
a popu i
and Wal
EOlltil
sfetiWy,
and i
id peo]
tr esj I
Stitejs,
;!iete
.v liulo
luntw
amber
ia thir
i'([ing
ji Spoil
dsted
year, w
for woi
while 5
b ;r conv
aid thirl
to Ml
pi l mors
an n
leak
ices
lost c
liresi which they feel in this game is
throupbout, and often loudly expressed.
.-Itot'.shi ag shout always accompanies a .
critical mum ;nt. Whether it he the Lull or
indh w hd 1 is in danger, their joy is excessive ;
but their greatest sympathy is given In the \
fiv.ita i f .he bcli. 1 Could an English audi
ence witrpsa the scenes that uro repeated overy
vtook in iladrid, a universal burst Of ‘shame!’ V „
would follow the spectacle of ahorse gored and
{deeding, and actually treading on bis own cn; S
tt-ails wh He he gallops round the arena. Even
the appearanbe of a graded hull'could not he
Jwrnedpt nting, covered with wounds ami blood,
lacerated by darts, and yet brave and resolute
to the' end. jAnd yet, when the unfortunate
pioadtir is killed, in place of-a. general exclama
tion of horror as would be the base where an
Enlightened public sentiment prevails, the urn
-versa! cry, with the Spaniard,'is, 'Que cs imw:-' ,
esetoro!’ (‘Ah, the admirable hall P)'i __ • /
j A correct systeip of public mitrootiort dereli j
ins a character wjdeiy different from that here'
brought to light. Instead of a love forwicioa/ - f
isoitehient; it ogUiraJos a tastts for /
mse :
•vjisib'.t
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