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ls the o£Sein|, Paper of the'Conntjr,
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he of ]vttta<je l<i any subserftSr within the County ,
v but whose .most convenient post office may be j
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Jed, $5 per year. ’
' Bflstoss pI|ECTORI_
lAS I o'' KEY & s* F. WILSON, ,
l TIORNEYS * COUNSELLORS AT LAW. will
U niiead tho Court of Tioga, Potior and McKean
Julies.. [Wellaboro*, Feb. ■
~~~C.ll- !>AIiTT,IPEXXIST,
> /TkFFICE <it residence near the
V f Academy. ~£ll work pertaining to
hi*4ine of husiniss don© promptly bdu
wrantaa. > ... * [Apxil 23. 1858.].
jTTciiINSONrHOCSE
• COEN-INfi,l : N- T. , ....
yi w A. Field - t-i Proprietor.
Guests taken to and from th^'pepot.Tree of-charge.
' "jTc. 'WH ITIPAKEB*
Hydropathic Physietaf .apd gurgem- . ~
EL kland, t ; iog.a|oo.,’PEnna;
Will rieit patients in all papsi : of; the Cpunty, orxte
tiM them for treatment at giljafrouse. [Jane 14,]
J. EMERY,-
ATTORNEY AND COP3f|>ELLOR AT LAW
Wellsboro, Tioga Co.,|;Pa. Will devote his
exclusively to the pnrtitfe of Taw. Collections
mde in any of the N. ' ' ; es of Pennsjrl
rsnia. - n0v21,60
PESSSYLV tV SE.
igsrncr of Slain Street oiu. , . . WelUbora, Pa.
J. W. 81G0J.% PROPRIETOR.
This popular Hotel, bavißg'lliien re-fitted and re
firnishcd throughout, is noW &on to the public os a
drst-class house. ■ |{
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JZAARf HOUSE,
E C. VEIIIIILYEA, fROPRIEI'OR.
- Gaines, Tioga Cptinty, Pi
rHIS is anew hotel locate* Within easy access of
the best fishing and hußtibgi in Northern
'a. No pains Bill be spared-Jiff the accommodation
if pleasing seekers and the trailing public,
April 12. 1860. j.. '
‘ : ,H. O. C OIEE, , H
BARBER -AND-BA\fR-DRESSER ; . ■
SHOP in the rear of the Poki'6ffiqe f .Everything in
his line will be done ns well and promptly us it
sn be done in the city salootj&L Preparations for Te
nuring dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale
heap. Hair and whiskers dyid any color. Call and
te. ■ffeHsboro, Sept. 22, -
THE COBJflltcSbtRlSAI/.
■George ;w. Pratt, Editor and proprietor.
FS published at Corning,’Steuben Co., N. Y., at One;
Dollar and Fifty Cents'Po? year, in advance. The’
journal is Republican in ■politic*, and has a circula-j
inn reaching -into fvery parl|bf Steuben County.—
[hose desirous of e.ttendiife ttjeir business into that
nd the adjoining counties Villmnd n an oxcellent'ad
rertising niediuin. Address aijahovc.
FURS I FUR§il PURS!
• URB. —The subscribers ha!| just received a large
1 assortment of Furs foK-liujies wear, consisting of
ITCH CAPES d- VICTORIES,
FI! EACH SAIIIiE CARES & VIOTOBINES,
PAVEU MINK CARES & AIfFFS, .
iiOCK MARTIN CAPfS <fc VICTO R IMES.
These comprise! a sma.ll quantity of the arsorttngpt.
They have been bought at low fcrices aadJrilUbe sold
it extremely low prices for caalj, at the New Hatgtoro
in Coinidg, N. Y. ’ a-* l ' S. f. QUICK.
TO Itt-USf CfA *s.
i CHOICE, LOT of the heafiatported Italiaqanp
A German 1 ‘ ■ 11
VIOLIN STRINGS,
;ases of the eyes and their on scientific
principle?, and that he can cure without fail, that
dreadful disease, called St.; yfDancej" (Chorea
&wc/i Mti, ) and will attendsfcoljany other business in
line of Physic and Surgery!.. ‘ *
, Elkiand Born, August 8,
McIKRO¥ '& BAIIiEi;
\\T OULD inform the pablic^that having purchased
TT the Mill property, kcowil as the
aIILL," and having repaired ..sand supplied If with
fie* bolts and machinery, a«| now prepared to d®
CUSTOM '^'ORK
10 the entire satisfaction of its nitrons.' With the aid
ef our experienced miller,’.l. D. Mitchel, and the
Mtpnnng efforts of the wSprijetora. they intend to
teepirpan establishment 4oc(%iq to none in theeoanty.
Owh paid for wheat and chrni axel the highest market
Price given. ; fi EDW. McINROY,
l5, igdp. tf. j j JNO. W. BAILEY.
XlodiV KECfojLATOR.
rtEORGE F. opened a new
Jcwely Store at 1 .
Tioga Vyiag*, Tiog# County, Pa.
he U prepared to do all kinds of Witch, Clock
IQ * Jewelry repairing, in a workmanlike iimnner. All
War rnQted to giro entire satisfaction.
•»e do not pretend to do work better than any other.
Ban, but we can do as gobd.wofk as can h© done in;
cities or elsewhere. Also batches Plated.
* GEORGE P. HUMPHREY.
P a ., March 15,186 Q. (|y.) - ■
Sew HAT aa» cap stoke.
Subscriber has just opened ill tbia-place a new
A Hat abd Cap Store, wb'ere intends to tDSTmfao
re a °d keep ou hand a large oTpcT' general assortment
Fashionable Silk and CassimereHats,
my owe manufacture, whiohliwill be geld jA hard
'®e»prices. ■ .
SILK.Ii'jVTS
to or^cr 00 short police. 'j i •
. *“* Hols sold at this Store are fitted with a French
j' on ' or ®nlure, which makes them soft nod easy to the
Jjesd witimot the trouble of breaking your head to
the hat Store in-tbe -Ser? Block opposite the
umkinson Moose. ■ ’ ; •S. P. QUICK.
Aug. 15,1859. - j •
IO,OOd bbls. Poi U ror Sule.
T WILL sell ertra HEAVY MESS PORK it $19,75
J per bhl. or retail by the pound at.IO ots., end war-
M»ted tbe W.ia towc. - M. 31. COS VEEPE.
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Till'] AGITATOR^
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DrhotcO to t&e J2jc|rn«ion of tsri£vcA of JFrtrhom aitO tfjc Spread of 2ftattt)g ; Reform.
WHILE THERE SHALL HE i WRONG UNEIQHXED, AND UNTIL “HAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
V O 1,. VII.
*AN OLD MAN’S DBEAM,
S' Oh fur aif boar of yotrtbful joy !
I Give back inytwentietb spring l ! < |
| Pd rather laugh a. bright-haired boy' -
4 Tbanreign a gray-haired king! .
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f.- Off with the wrinkled spoils of ago!
| . Away with learning's crowol I
« Tear out.life's wisdom-written page*.;
\ ' Aod dash its trophies down! 1
I 1
' One moment let my life blood stream ,
j From boyhood’s fount of fl^me!
| Give me one giddy, reeling dream ;
I Of life all love and fame ! I •
i■* 1 | j
: —My listening angel beard my prayer^ 1
I And calmly smiling, said, ; ,
. uif :j b a t toach thy silvered hair, 1 ’ ; „
| , Thy hasty wish bud sped, i I
1 “Bnt is there nothing in thy Crack '
fondly stay, i
While the swift seasons hurry hack;
To find the wished-for day : ' •
—Ah, truest soul of womankind’! |li|
Without thee, what were life ? h 1 *
One bliss I cannot leave behind;
I'll take-f-my—precious wife!
—The angel took*a saphire pen > ..
i And wrote in. rainbow dcw;[
1 i( The man would be a boy again,
t And be a husband too !’* ' * <
I , * l\ .
s And is there nothing yet nnsaid
[■ 'Before the change appears? 1
[• Remember, all those gifts have fle<^
\ With those dissolving years-!” , ;
t Why, yes ? for memory would Recall
[ My fond paternal Joys;
l I could not bear to leave them all:T i
{ j I'll take^-my —girl—apfi—boys I, ;
. p
I The smiling angel dropped bis pen,H
j ” Why will do; . l
[ The man would be af boy again, r
I And be a father.tqo I" /j
f - • M ; ,
» And so I-laughed—my laughter woke
f The household with its noise— -*
{ 'And wrote my dream,' when morning-broke,
! - please the gray-haired boys. >
i Oliver Wenhell (Holmes.
{
DBAb DHEBS.
j ~BT HARRIET HATHAWAY. ;
\ Brother Frod, live 4 favor to ask;of yon
and Lita lifted: her pretty face With a be
seeching expression frcjm a bouquet' of choice
flowers she held in hfn slmall, jewelled hand.
_ to ask of me, sis ?” was the youpg
mah’s reply;' think fnim your
' Serjoub, puzzled countenance, it was- the first
ontjyou had ever preferred, and you Were about
trying, an experiment.” j ; _
MWell, it is a soH of experiment, Fr4d ; and
befpre.you give me an answer, I vj-ant you to
think, and not say, “0, yes, yes,” as you ai
rways do, and then not give it a second thought.”
‘jWell, here goes, then,” replied the gay,
handsome young miin, drawing an ottoman to
his Ulster’s feet, seating himself upon, it
with an elongated fcour.tenance, saying, with
modk gravity, “Your bumble'servant. And
now proceed to business, madam.’”
litie young girl’s face assumed an earnest ex
pression as , she clasped l, one of her brother’s
hatlds in both her own, apd paid, while the color
burped up in her cheeks:
“{Fred, it is this—that you will drink no more
winle.; !l tremble when ever I see you with the
glaij* itf your lips.-”
■ “(Well, now, beta, child, can you not trust
me,[knowing my entire self-command, that I
fiavp no natural tendency that way arid that I
only occasionally take a social glass when in
the (society of my friends?”
•if know it, Fred—l know nil ihat, hut your
influence is what I fear. There id Charles
Chejster thinks you a perfect pattern of gond
nesi; and he touched glasses with you last
eveningat Mrs. Readon’s and you stood up and
dratjik together, my heart ached, 1 not. so much
for you as for him, knowing that he has not the
self-jcomratnand which you havej and! that he
loveb to look upon the wine when it sparkles in
-the cup.” ‘
“{Well, well, Lita, perhaps ydu are right.
I neper looked at it in that' way before/* replied
Frea, while his countenance word a thbughtful
expression. “But who, in the name of com-
sense, (and now the young inan; smiled),
would have expected that my little fashionable,
-butterfly sister even found a moment (fur such
thoughts as these, with her ribbdns, fuses and
lace£? ■ Serioasly, Lita, I did not gave yeti
credit for being so much of a-worhan/’
“ thank you for the compliment, Fred; but
now!promise me; I shall not be happy until
.you Ido. I have no fears for your personal safe
ty iit this matter —though I doubt your moral
righ’t to indulge in a social glass, merely be
cause Mrs. Grundy smiles upon the custom —
but !I have fears- for Charlie Chester, seeing
with what a relish be drains his ‘glass to= the
veryj-dregs. Projnise me, Fred; come; do this,
if yqu love me;” and Lita Boss laid her hand
beseechingly upon her brother’s head., .
“Well, Lita, this is snmftlhing of a. sacrifice
io ask of me. Why, I shall make! myielf very
conspicuous by refusing a social glass! But I
don’t know but I’ll do it, if you’ll make a cor
responding sacrifice. 1 don’t care to be immo
lateci upon the, altar alone.” |
“Name it, Fred, and if it is in my power I'll
,do it willingly, gladly;" and Lita’s toft brown
■ayes danced with delight. . ■
“{Well, then, eis, I’M promise this‘thing if
you will do what lam about to asfe you. I de- ■
clara, I have scarcely the heart tit, you look so
pretiy jn that blue silk dress,.with (Its lace trim
mings j and your ear-rings, pin and bracelets,
ofthose tiny pearls; but you must give them
up if, I comply with your request.’? P
“I will, Fred —I will.” - ;.V
“ Jlihl wear a drab dress without orna
ments ?” ' ‘ I
“Tea, Fred.” . - | 1
“-Next Thursday-night mate your first -ap
pearance, at Mrs.. Thurston's. Hehieiftber, you
will be subjected to many remarks, and! besides
wilMook very plain by the aide of your ahpwiiy.
dresied companions.", , ■
# * 1 promise. Fred, and a&jk-in Tethm l&at you
will-then and there comply With my request."
“Ifour hand, ais. And now remember* as
lontijas too wear drab, and that without orna
menis, I willreftise * fashionable! glass., t But
you tio not know what sacrifice you tiro ma
king; I should not be surprised were you to
retract anv-day." !
“ Well, Fred, we shall see. And now a kiss,
Of A fif W }” a 0.4 iti?? HPT
WELLSBOpO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 1861;
qrms arotmd her brother’s heck, and covered.
E)is’ forehead, brow and and lips with a'shower
pf kisses, and glided away through the hail, up
long -polished oaten stairway to her own
■chamber, and seating herself, she bowed her
lad upon' the table, and ejaculated:
•‘Thank Ghd, Charlie Chester may yet be
ved!” And the tears rained down over her
ir face, and when she looked up there was a
bdued, tender light in her' eye never there
ifore. ' j ’ .
And this was Lita Ross, the pet plaything of
e family—the sparkling, fashionable belle of
e season—the coquette; sh accounted. But
ere was in her heart a leaf as yet unread by
ly eye save that of her Maker, and on it was
scribed her love for her childhood’s playmate,
larlie Chester. i ■
“Well, now, who’d have dreamed it!” Fred
claimed, as soon as be found himself alone,
thought I-had touched her dearest idol, and
at she could no more deny herself than "she
Iquld give up her right ljat flje-ll do if;
-saw it in her eye. Faith,* I never rwas so
fond of her in my life I I’vfe looked upon her
s a mere chit of a girl; hut all at Once she
tends before me a noble, self-sacrificing to
lan ! And slip’s right' about Charlie Chester,
or, now I think about it, he is in danger of
eing drawn into the whirlpool of dissipation !
fcrange, I’ve npt thought of it before. I used
)■ fancy they had quite a jpartiality for each
i!thpr; but they -have out-grown it, I reckon.”
How wn pride ourselves upon our discern
ient, and yet how widely do our conclusions
hen-times wander, from the truth ?
Thursday evening came, and Frederick Ross
t in the drawing room, whiting the appear
«e of Lita. There was a light, rustling step,
d she stood before him, with her soft, biawn
fiair drawn smoothly from her brow, and onn-.
fined plainly'at the back of her pretty head,
and amid its glossy abundance were a few
sprays of heliotrnp; her dress was of drab silk,
with a low corsage and short sleeves, relieved
fiy a full of plain, but rich white blonde, while
J|er tiny foot, with its daiqty satin slippers of
the same shade of the dress, lay coquettishly
half hidden in the thick, rich carpet.
| “ Come, Fred, I am ready/’ she exclaimed.'
‘^A |n I presentable?’’ |, i
I “ Why, Lita, love!” . Here he paused. Ad
miration was written on every feature of bis
speaking face ; but he adroitly changed the ex
pression, and concluded t^ith —“Yes, Lita,
presentable perhaps ; but op* would take you
td be at least t.wonty-five instead of nineteen.
Fpitb, I’d no idea it could alter you so.moch !
Cpme, there’s an hour yet, Irtin and put on that
rtSse-colored crape, and ' take the fastenings
fim your hair, and Jot it full in curia about
y|ur shoulders. I hate to see you, my little sis,
■ bilking su prim. There’s an hour yet, and
Sell will assist you. Do it, now, to please mo;
there's a good girl.” - j
;Lita’s cheek burned crimson, and Tier eyes
filled'with tears.. To’think that Fred, her own
brother, should tell her she; looked “twenty
file,” and “prim” at thai! What would
Cjbarlie Chester think of her,? Fo-a moment
temptation was strong upon her. But she
d|i not yield, for she saw in her mind's eye
CJiarlie Chester with the wine-cop at his lips ;
sHeiheard his mother’s voice saying, “Charlie,
Charlie, enter not into temptation!’’ as plainly
as when She heard her whisper it in his earns
ha turned from his .collage homo a few weeks
previous. It was those words and the look of
gqntle sorroy that filled the mother’s eyes with
tears, that first aroused Lita’s fears in regard
to> Charlie, and ever since tfaiat time she. bad
witched him closely; she had learned to-know
tbit his feet had taken Ijold ijn “slippery pla
ce i,” and in her solicUudp she had long been
d< vising some way in which {die might benefit
bi n without her agency being *u<pect>-d. She
di 1-not care to betray her interest in him, ns
ht had studiously avoided her tor more than a
year ; and. besides, she feaied to wound him by
fo cing upon him the thought hat she imagined
hi n incapable’of self-control. But now she
bud devised a way in which either of these con
tingencies could he avoided, i And having ob
tained her brother’s consent,: should she yield
it up simply to gratify her Ijive of dress and
admiration ? No, no, she wotild not—she could
not. More than that, she dared not do it.—
Laying her handSn its tiny kid glove; upon
bet brother’s sbo.uider, she said :
l‘Brother Fred, i shall go is I am, though I
would gladly consult your taste and my own by
exchanging this sombre dressl fur (he rose col
ored crape but it wituld not be right; I shoujd
despise myeelf. lam sorry!yon are going to
bej mortified at ray appearance. I did not think
before I came below, that] IJooked so old and
pr'm; but of coarse I do,jne you say so."
‘ Never mind, sis ; I’m prttud of you let you
lock as you will. I should not have loved you..
half .as well had-, you'weakly fielded to my re
quest. jjpw rqn and get your hat and
cloak, for. th{B carriage waits at the door.”
Had my readers looked clqscly into the eye
of {Frederick Roes, they would have eet'n some
thing olooely resembling a tear glittering upon
hiidark lashes, which be hurriedly wiped away '
jjpbn his delicately perfumed’ handkerchief as
Lila turned from him. And Lita, thought be
haa never looked so lovingly upon her as he
did: when he banded her so jteoderiy into the
carriage; -and she was quite aarathat hie bean
ini was uver'e ihan usually proud as be led her
lulthe farther end ,of the, crpwded reception
roam, to present her to Mrs. Thurston, the lady
of {the house. .. . : | . . .
|*L'ta Boss, as I live I’’ cried an imperious
beauty, as she tossed her-stately hea<t “li
wujader what pew freak has taken possession of j
be| ?” '■ I ;!.
!“ Oh, she likes to render herself conspicu
ous,” replied the lady, caressingly toying with
on| of her long golden curls. “See how all
ey|s follow her. I should not care to be in her
p'liee. She looks like a Quakeress matron of
thilty or thirty-five, you'll stand -quite a
ch|noe-of being reigning belle tornight. now,
that she has, hidden her beauty .under a cloud ,
of limb.” i. ' .
tylill Milliard, the young lady addressed, co!-
oreil a little at the doubtful compliment, and
'rinj up her pale blue satin dress, sailed
her gentle face near to Lita’s, “will you give
me a key to the mystery that so sorely puzzles
my guests, viz: the plainness -of .your dress tp
■ night V j '
“Icnnhpt-at present, Mrs. Thurston,” "re
plied Lita; “but.at some,future time I may.
I hope you do not think I have done anything
improper? I have a motiyp which you would
spprqve of, if I were at liberty to name it;”
and Lita stood. blushing through her smiles at
the inquiring face of the lady.
“Oh, no, Miss Ross, nothing improper; but
it seems so different from your own girlish self,
that it causes speculation in the minds of many.
But do not-let it trouble you. I think it is
yery becoming to you, this drab dress with its
white blonde trimmings ; in short, I never saw
you looking so lovely as tornigbt, thopgh pot
quite so brilliant as is your wont.”
• Oh, Mrs. Thurston, you do not really mean
it-1 lam 'sore lam looking very plain. Bro
ther Fred; said before aye left home, I looked
twenty-five, and so very prim, and I have felt
as if it were true, all the evening. It must be
your partiality for me, my dear Mrs. Thurston,
indeed it must.” '
“ Not at all, Lita. lam quite sincere in my
opinion, and 1 have Heard others say the same.’i|
“Lita Ross is Lita Ross, dress her: as you
may,” said a light-hearted girl, as she stood
talking with her companion. “Just see hpr,
Harry,- s,s she stands there with the light fall
ing around her Soft drab dress. I used to think
her a beauty in her brown curls and her tasty
dress, but she looks prettier to-night than
ever,” .continued the unselfish girl. “Do look,
Harry 1” -
“Yes, Lizzie, there are but few faces like
Lita Rons, prettier without adornments than
with. I know of but one other in this whole
assembly,’’ and the little hand uf Lizzie was
pressed tenderly by the yuung man, while a
soft blush' stole over the fair brow of sweet
tempered Lizzie Gray, as they mingled with the
crowd.
The sapper saloon was thrown open, and
the tables,: laid with silver and cut glass, sup
ported all'the choice: luxuries of the season,
presented a dazzling spectacle, under the" mul
titude of gas jots from the rich burners, while
the lung, polished side boards were supplied
with the choicest of wines, reflecting many a
prismatic color. j i
“M iss Ross, what'can I help you to?” que
ried the gentleman who had escorted Lita to
the table.
But for a npuneDt Lita ■ was quite oblivious.
She was thinking of her 'Brother’s promise,
and wondering what effect it would have uppn
diaries Chester.
Tiie ladies had withdrawn from the supper
room, but still many of the gentlemen lingered,
or returned after having escorted their fair
companions.from the saloon. . , ■ 1
“ Fred—Fred Ross, here, take this seat by
me, and while we sip our Wine, we will have a
chat,’’
“ Well, Frank, I’ve no objection to the chat,
but the wine I must refuse." ,
‘“Fred the pledgel
Three cheers fur Fred Russ !”
Charlie Chester held in his hand his second
glass, and, just as he was shunt to drain its
■cunienis, the words of Frank.L-lajid Jell upon
tiis ear. lie turned pale, placed hit) glass upon
the table, qpd stood looking upon Frederick
Russ., who sat smiling composedly upon his
boisterous companions. ■/
“ Yes,, a temperance man, if you like it.—
I’ve S’gned a pledge, too, and it’s useless to
urge me more, fur j’m bound to keep it.”
Lita Russ had stationed herself near the
folding-dour, and only had she seen all that
had taken-place af the aide board, but nut a
word had passed but had reached her ear.—
With a heart.filled with happiness she turned
away, am) at that moment would net have ex
changed for tlio richest dress around her, her
own simple dral) dross.
Several weeks wore away, and yet’Lita was
never in public in anything but drah.
“ Itis ridiculous in a child of her years,”
sajda lady, ns-Lita entered a large dry goods
establishment—-“ perfectly ridiculous. 1 sup
pose she thinks it will pass for eccentricity,—
But it is not, it is downright fully. If she was
my girl, I'd shut her up in the house, and keep
her on bread and water before I’d sqe her ma
king such a simpleton of herself. Only see
that drab bonnet, with its white ruche and
strings, and the drab silk dress and caps—
quite suitable for her grandmother?”
“Ji have.heard her .called on* of tb* finest
dressed ladies upon the strept, to-day, by a
gentleman from Europe,” replied the
“ and be expressed a desire to obtain an intro
ductiun to per.” ' :
“Ah, indeed," said the young lady, tossing
her head. “ Show me some lilac moires.’’
41 Frederick Ross,” said Charles Chester,
drawing Fred’s arm within his own, as they
deft-the crowd who toritoged Mrs. G.'anville’s
musical ne-emblies, “ will you walk with -me ?
I’ve something to say—a few questions to ask
y u, if you will nut deem it impertinent in
W®-” . , .
Frederick readily acceded to the request,
and no sooner were they alone, than Charlie
said; , I
Perhaps you will tiling it strange, Isut l am
anxious tu luma' why you «u suddenly left off
your hahitof taking a 1 i
said whenever ! saw ydu tarn fronvit, ‘ Is it
possible that he fears tu trust himself 2 or what
has wrought this ■ change in him ?’ And now
will.you not give me the key that will unlock
this tpysteryj”
“ A cs, Charlie, I will,” was the'ready reply.
And then he proceeded totell hhn the circum
stances that led to this change in hfs habits,
omitting to relate that bis name was particu
larly, mentioned as the ism over whom Li ta es
pecially feared the influence ,of'her brother's
.example, , r
“ Your sister is an angel of goodness. Fred;
jop may well .he proud oh and worship her.—
if mure ladies would take the stand she h is
done, young men would have ’higher induce
ments to break from fashionable t*■ ilit-s-, ttut
inste d of that they smile upon any custom
delightful Mrs,.Grimily sanctions,
,e cold shoulder to one wl)o has tli^
[ independence to assert and carry out his own
honest sentiments. You withyour wealth and
position, are qn exception, biit I should find it
quite a different thing. And yet I’m resolved
to follow your example, and whenever tempta
tion is strong upon me, I will look upon Lita,
in her dark drab dress, and call to mind the
sacrifice she has made ; not so much from fear
that her brother might fall a prey to the wine
cup, but lest others who have 1 not so much self
control might take encouragement frojn your
example.” : 1
After a few moments spent in discussing this
subject, the two friends parted ; and when Fred
related the circumstance to Lita she stole away
to her chamber, as was her wont, to give full
vqnt to the gratitude of ber heart, and an earn
■est petition .ascended to Illav.en that Charlie
Chester might have strength imparted to re
•main true to bis vow. 1 ■* _
j “ Well, Lite, so this rich, talented, handsome
European, who sued so earnestly Tor this little
white hand, has shared the noma fete with your
many shitors. You’re an enigma, sis, and I’m
afraid if I jdo not exert my authority you’ll
never be married.”
' “ I am sure I shall not, Fred, unless imy
heart goes with my hand;” and Lita smiled a
quiet smile its she looked up from her sewing.
“ Now don’t leave me with that sober face, for
I assure you I am very happy as I am.”
“ I doubtlit, sis,” was the laughing, rojoin
der, as Fred closed the door and wont out
through the!lung ball, humming a snatch of di
sentimental song. ,
Two years bad flown by, and still Charlie
Chester hid! kept his vqw inviolate, Lita had
watchpd-4im narrowly, and every day in her
heart she thanked God that this was so ; and t
yet to have seentbem, no one would ever base
imagined thkt thoy had any interest in common.
Lita sat alone in the back-parlor of her home
thinking of jthe past, of the happy hours she
had spent with Charlie Chester when she was
a mere child, wondering why he avoided her
so studiously of late, when she was' arpused by
a low tap atfthe ddbr, and before her stood the
object of her thoughts. With faeightend color
aod an embarrassed air .she welcomed him,-
w&idering at this unceremonious call. A few
moments of I silence followed his entrance, and
then Charlie Chester drew his seat near bar
and said;
“ Lita—Lita, my early playmate, my boy
hood's love, nqw that I knots’, and can trust
myself, will you entrust your life, your ‘happi
ness, to my keeping ? Will you be my wife ?
I owe to you all that I have, all that I am. It
was through your influence -f abandoned the
wipe cup in time to save me from an inebriate’s
grave. Oh, Lita, what, what do I not owe you ?
And yet this very fact encourages pie to ask
for more, will you trust me and become
my wife ?” \
...-The small (hand-he held nestled more confi
<&ntly in his, the brown ayes uplifted .to.hia
face with so much of truthful love In (hem, an
swered him jj and, sitting there, she told of all
the, long years his had been hidden. in her heart
—of her feats for his safety when she saw-him
with the wine cup pressed to his lips, and of
her resolve tb save him, and the .consequent
adoption of 'her drab dress. . ‘
“ And it wa-s for my sake, and -mine alone,
that led you to this sacrifice I And yet you did
not know half m-y danger. I love wine; my
■thirst for it was daily becoming im'ore intense
.and a few months -longer- would have placed
lie beyond the reach of aid ; hut you were the
‘ good angel’ commissioned by God to save me.”
Li'a is now a happy wife and toother,.but
she still maintains her plain style of dress.—
She wore a dpah dress on her bridal day, and
as she passes) along the street, she is pointed
out ns “the Jady in drab;” but many there
ere who know not the stoyy connected with'ft,
nor that her husband will noYbear to her chang
ing it for any for him no dress is
as beautiful as her drab dress.
A Pa-tdetlc OamniKy.—The State of Indi
ana has recently lost, by death, one of its citi
zens —Mr, jdnies Bangs. We find an obituary
notice of himjin a Uoosier paper : Mister Eda
iiir—Jem hdngs. we are sorry to stait, has de
nized. He departed this Life last raunday.
Jem was generally considered a gud fellow.
He dide at the age of-28 years c3d. He went
4th without airy struggle, and such is Life.
Tu Day we are as pepper grass—mlty smart
—to Morrer! we are gat down like a. cow
enwber of iho grownd. Jem kept a nice
store, which His wife now waits on. His
virchews wos numerous, is things
we bot at jbis growcery, and we are hap--
py to state i that he never sheeted, spesh
ully in the wjate of rcaokrel, which wos nise
•and smelt sweet and his survivin wife is the
same wa. We never now him to put sand in
his shugar, tho he had a big sand bar in front
of bis house; nor water in his Linkers, tho the
ohio River run . past his dore r 1 Piece.to bis re
journs ! -j -
A genius oat West, conceiving that a little
powder thrown upon some green wood would
faci}itat«rits burning, directed a small stream
from the keg upon the smoking pile ; but not
p assessing ft hand sufficiently quick to out this
off tit a desirable moment, was blown into a
million piecei.. The coroner for the occasion
reasoned outithis verdict: “It can’t be called
suicide, because he didr/t mean to kill himself;
it wasn’t ‘ visitation of God,-’ because he wasn’t
struck by lightning; fie didn’t die for want of
hreath, for he; hadn't anything left to breathe
with. It's plain ho didn’t know what ho was
about ; -so I shall bring in ‘ Died for want of
common sensei’”
“ LUtle Susie IL, poring over a .book in which
angels were represented ns winged beings, sud
denly remarked with vehemence; 1 JJamma,!
don’t wont'to be an,angej, and I needn’t— need
I!’. ‘ Why, Suti.s ?’ .questioned her mother.
‘ Humph !"leave tiff all my pretty clothes and
wear tike a hat!"'
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NO. .27.
Education, Ijhave said, dissipates the evils of
ignorance. But happy for us in this.country,
wa hardly know what popular ignorance is.—
The must illiterate among us have derived many
and inestimable advantages from our systems
of,public instruction. Occasionally persons are
found among us who can neither read norwrite.
But even auchipersops insensibly imbibe ideas
and moral influences from the more cultivated
society about | them, which, in countries less
favored, are denied to multitudes. Individuals
who have had,ino early advantages for learning,
who have never even entered a school house, but
have grown up among a generally intelligent
population, trained by the institutions establish
ed by our; fathers, have in many instances ac
quired a mental character and influence which,
but for these; fortuitous circumstances, they
could hot :havC attained. The very excellence
of our systems; of education, in many States of
the Unionj and the vital and pervading influence
of the schools upon the public inlnd, reaching
as; they do, and improving even those that re
main ignorant of letters, do not allow us to see
the full extent of our obligation to them.
The evils of ignorance are deplorable enough
in the case of individuals, although as we have
sep„n, the disastrous consequences are limited
in the case qf those who live surrounded by an
intelligent community. .But the general igno :
ranee of large numbers and entire classes of men;
phreachedlby the elevating influences o£.the
-educated, acting under the unchastened stimu
lus of the passions, and excited by the various
causes of discontent which are constantly oc
curring in the plrogress qf human affairs, is not
infrequently productive of scenes, the contem
plation ofwhiohjmakes.humanity shudder. :
The ignorant Hungarian peasantry, attribu
ting the tajiageefi of cholera to poison placed in
tbelrwells by the nobility, committed the roost
apjfalling cruelties, tortures and murders in re
taliation. lyhtile the intelligent, among other
means, employed chloride of lime as a check to
the fatal epijiemlo, the ignorant peasantry be
lieved it the most deadly poison, and the life of
none was scared in whose possession it wag
found. A lijttle Knowledge on the part of the
peasantry, would have prevented these horrible
scenes. Had they learned even .the elements of
physiology ind chemistry, they would have
known that Clean finess is essential to the health
at all times, and ( hat during L the prevalence df
a malignant (epidemic it is. doubly needful.
They would have known, also, that chloride' of
liijae is not a medicine to be taken internally,
but that it;is for disinfecting offen
sive apparlmr "land that its tendency, when
properly usee aid be to counteract the causa
of the diseasi they so much dreaded!
Among all
world, ignora
kind from pi a
'ments, butjni
alarms which
man misery.
a total eclipse
regarded with
-some unusual
befall the Uni;
in an eclipse
the influence c
tutors had rbei
sounding of t
vessels, and to
in orddr to fire
ihemutterihg
not -hear them,
and customs bi
we arejgteatly
Comets, tdo,
long regarded,
bingers of dtvii
and inundation
the destruction
have been freqi
prehensions, I v
thrown: into,cot
uscations of ihe
tend to isee in il
ingin fierce enc
blood, while of
earthquakes, in
most dreadful i
or other ; of thcsi
soon after the
blaze ojhah aur
ered either as tl
events.:'
Popular ig io
tice of judicial
all its foolish pi
mankind, :has 1
of time. Dndt
and the fates of m<jn,-.aro dependent on the
various aspects of the stars and conjunctions i f
the planets, the moat unfounded apprehension*,
as wellias the nostuelusive hopes, have been
excited fby the hrofejssor of this fallacious sci
ence. I Such"impositions on the credulity of
mankind, are ihunded on the grossest absur
dity and the [most palpable ignorance of the na
ture ofj things still, in the midst of the light
of science which the present century lus' sin d
upon the wdrlji, the astrologer meets with a
rich suppori even in the metropolis-of G.e.-.t
■ Britain; and soothsayers, if not astrologers,
get great gain by their craft in various portions
of the United Stabs. The extensive annuel
sale of (hundreds of thousands of copies of ai
mancs that abdund in astrological predicts ns
in the j United States and Great Britain, and
the extent to v.hiob they are consulted, affords
a striking proof of the belief which is still at
tached Jto the' doq'rincs of this fallacious se : -
ona", and of the ignorance aid credulity from
which Siioh a belief proceeds. u
Shooting stars, fiery meteors loner rain
bows, and other atmospherical phe; onions,
have likewise been-considered by semens o.ai- 1
nous of impending calamities; but they are re
garded in a very different-light by scientific ob
servt rs. The most sublime phenomena of shoot
ing stars of which the'world has /prnishod any
record/was witnessed throughout' the United
States on the morningof the 13th of November,
1833. Tfift astonishing esblbitiop covered flo
inconsiderable portion of the oiirtii’a surface.—
The was-every Xt’bejte that of
fire-works of the roost imposing grandeur. edv
sring the entire yault uf hearen yitji triymd|
if Advertising.
bo charged $1 l#
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Advertisements dfilcss tfefa'l*
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irged Accordingly,
ills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heiidt ialiM
done in country establishment!* «*-
, promptly, • Justices’,
KS constantly on band. /
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and
For the Agitator.
BBInCATIOH-AL-irr.
mts,|
.
wh!.
nati
bns, and in ‘all ages of the
has not only debarred mas*
kquisite and sublime enjoy
iated innumerable unfounded
jtly increase the sura of hu-
Ijhe early ages of the world.
ay
s ere
greatl
of ll
the
cats
le sun or of the moon, was
utmost consternation, as if
strpphe had been about to
. Believing that the moon
iickening or dying, through
banters, the trembling spec
ie the ringing of bells, the
lets, the beating of brazen
I and horrid exclamations,
e enchantment and to drown
tches, that the moon might
ir are such foolish opinions
ed from the world, through
Ivance of former ages,
i their blazirig - tails, were
dill are by many, as har
mgeance, presaging famines,
'the downfall of princes and
spires. The northern lights
ly gazed at with similar ap
provinces having
atiop by the fantastic cor- ■
f ip,
ursi
in a :
Wit]
md
le ve
s, or
ofet
lehtj
■hole
sterj
se lambent meteors. Some pre
iese barmless lights armies mix
3unt >r and fields streaming with
ers; behold states overthrown,
unds tions, pestilences and the
lalamities. Because some one
i callosities formerly happened
apptarance of a comet or i|m
>rn, therefore they are consid
-10 feauso or prognostics of such
:e
has given rise to the |ir:i«-
'l°9y\ an art which, with
is so fatal to the pence - if
practiced in every p- rml
Belief that the cliiracttrs
■an ci
asin
ition
•■t?'