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• ifHB TIOGA COUNTT AGITATOR U pablldu
.nrj W*dne»4»>r UoreilUiAodiMiW fcrwhiotibe*.
at tbo s<kS «>JI J.*ai
".“if a farther 'WhßUMiet ha-reeeWefc'BjF Ort#«r.|
nngiftieM :*» nwn t#D; = he, brw<Bßt i»l4wt ta; the
printer-;; ,• -!. '/: ; ! ■'-'.'-'l' "-ii « ”. - 4i
la* A°rtW»)i9,tt» PppM- oI>P
*{&* aUrge acd Bteaauj 4nsrej|*lng cjreqlatbxi re*oh~
tetHiifc Wtf ttiewiie
HIMb ihe coiint^
bat wbojw: btt
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- Business Garffs, pot exoe?tjUngs lines, paper Incln-j
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Jist UVUEIM r. KftMWV
•i : IT(?RKEyS-A COTJffSgllOaß AT RA*?, friljj
A attend the Conrtpf, Xjfjga, Ppttor imdMeKeaif
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• c. M. oAftll, DBKTIST,
/“VFP.ICB' at hif residence • Mar i th»
KHkIJ, A«»detay. ' All 'work pertaining to
*T “bin lino of imeineas. done,promptly: and
[April 1869-1 -|
Warranted.
DlCftlUfflUl -1 -J
S. Si". , ■ .■ z-.-l
Jfw. A. F«SLD, V
GoosU Uken.to and ftwh theJOepot fry of. charge. ;
~~J. €, ifTHITTAKIEB, ■ ••• 1
- wd £
.EI.Ki.ANDi Tr«9A'.CCivP»SfiiSi: ]•
Will visit patients in sh parts’ nt- thr Countj.or rir
»ive then fot tfoataeotfft big hoosa. j
. i TIOENEY ASD ■ wODNSELLOB, AT LAW?,
A 'lsbo- T'"'~:.tCo:, 'Pr IVO detotAliSi
A*- ■ Colleertoak
>!. Penotyfe
iv21,60|, , /
i''Li't
This popular hlfviog been re-fitted and ret
furnished througbodt, I«|bw open to the publics* f
first-class house. ■t: |v. • ■]•
I2&AK' iHOVSE,^]
fi. c, vbm.&XAA proprietor. I
■Oaine%.3Kdys County, ■?*•. --L-fc
THlSupnaw' hotel .located within easy accesatfl
the best akhinganphuntinggroundsinNortherp
Pa. Nd'pittnhwiU Be spared for theaecommodatidn
of pleasure iealtara traveling public. r 1
.JiprU ig/isw., , 1 i
~ • H. O. COLB, ;■ ■ - '( ■ i
' BABSE'R AN O]BA-IR-DJtBSSBIti j
SHOP iii the rear of tjbb'PoSt Office. Everything IB
his line will be doi&. a* well and promptly ,** $
en- bo done in the eity bjiiooos. Preparations forpp
noving dandruff, and !|eautifying the hair, Tori safe
&&p, Saif and whiskers dyed any color. Call anp
see;VeHfljo>d, Sefrl. 1859. .
; tWIE COBJfbG JOlltlAL. ’ |
IS paUliphpd atCornrag; Slpnben. dp., Ope
Dollar and Pi/ty Cents per year, in advance. , JTJe
Journal is JUpublioau' in-.politics, >hd has a cirenl**
tiom reaching into evertS part of Stoubim County.--
Those desirdna of oxtenßng. their business jntpdthßt
a»d thp adjoining Qountfep will find Jt atyxselfoot aq-
Tertising,medium. Adi|reSB aB shove. j {
•'' fCrS ! ■ plptS ! ‘ FIBS X- -| I
‘T7UJRS.—The has just received eiarge
JC assortment of Farit ol, ’ wesr > eodsisUng ff
FITCH CAPES & I- f
gRBNCBSABLg(JAPES* VICTOBJSEf,
RIVEk ifINK CAPE&'A MUFFS, ?
TiOCK MARTTff, CAPES & VWTORINES.
These comprise * sm«fl( quantity of. the assorto’eni.
They have bean bought,tvt low prices and will be sow
at extremely low prices fir cash, at the KewHatStoSe
l» Cornidgi N. i.. ]fg - S - ?■ , r
TO 19 U~|S IC I A US. _-, .1
A CHOICE LOT of lie beat impbrted.ltaliati »»p
Germ “vX O tD^ S STBIN®S. • |
Bus Viol strings, Softer, strings. Toning. Ferka
Bridges k
WELJk»jBS;O]*M> HOTEL, , !
, , /WELLSBOaODGHi PA. J;
E. S. FARE, - - ' !,>, . - r PBOERIBTOB,
■ {Formerlg of tie JJnittd States BoUl.) ~ . j
Haring leased this *l4 known and popular apnsjv
solicits the patronage pfi Hie pobhe. With attootirie
and obliging Vaste»i, t#>Hter With tho PToprietorJ.
knowledge of tta b\l«in|w,be hopes to make th®* l *?
of those who stop 'ififh him boUl pleasant ang
agreeable. ,fci .. J \
Wellsboro, May 31, IjjM. ' i.
PXCTtIBfiS FBAHMG. j
morLET GLASSES, aiirtnu t*, (Pictures, Certificate
1 Engravings, Keedft'iWotk, '4c., A*., ftamcd jb
tho neaest maouer.ia plain and. ornamented, giu.
Rosa Wood, Black WalmSb Oak, Mahogany, Ac. f«-
reus leafing any artielefiir framing, can receive them
next day framed in ahy style they wish and hang•!(#•
than.. Specimens at || MnH , g bqqk STORE. ■
E. B. BEHIOICT, M. »•. j | v
WOULD, inform thlpublio that be is permanentl|
located in Elkfnd. Boro, Tioga Co. Pa-,(Bn|
is prepared by thirty years’ experience to treat all:dis
eases of the eyes and tftair appendage on jeieqtifip
principles, and that he Jean care -without mil,
dreadful disease, calledj'St. Vitas' Dance, {Chore?
,Wf VUi ,) a«d will to any other business i(x
the line of Physio and, Surgery. .. . . -3-
Elkland Bora, A-UgnsiS, 1860. 't
McHßOti * BAILED, j. i
TiroULD inform thifpablie, that having pnrchoMfl
W the! Mill prophrE-knowu as,
MILL,” anctahaving: tdpaired and, .it
new bolts and*macfcinefy> wo o°w ‘prepWea to ao t ■
■' cirSfOiM'WORK . j- j’
te,the-entire satiafaotionpf its With Ae eig
of oar tnUierf'Mr/f*'. Mitcbeh aod we
nsspaiing efforts of tfe* proprietors. J)
keep up an establishment Bwolid to nooeio thecountj.
Cash paid for wheatand bore., and the
price given. ~ -i ;. i- -
Mareh IS, lijfifi. tf,; A| • -.. JSOI W. BAILEY, v
'XIOCA ' IiEOCiATOB.' 'yi '
GEORGE F. HDMPHRET ias opened a new
Jcwily Siora at., I■ » . * i
Tioga Village, Tioga County, Pa. ;
w«k warranted io give eotlM iitisfkcilon. 1 j
• We danot,nretend-to ido worfebetter other
teen, .bat we can da as good work a 8 can be done Ip
the ciUes or elsewhere, j Also |
. GEORGE*. HUMPHREY, j
Tioga, Pa., Maich lh, IfifiO. (ly*) j
»BHr HAT ASP CAPWOBBi J
THE SabscriberWi W* opened in this piece a new
HU and Cap Ke intends to
tec* %q 4 bn % Urge and general aworune^t
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of my own which will .be sold at
tunes prices. *" - ■ •’ ‘ * u .J
made tn ordf? eu short notice.» f
- The Hat* spUaAthUSmreare.fitpid Mth.a Frenw
Conform atwv,whlchm»kM, them softandaMT tots?
Usd-wittaotAhe, trouble'. of .breaking year hwtnlo
break the hat, ;stort,in dtp Hew Black
vioklpton Sqaee. S. P. tJUICIS-i;
Corning, Aug. -" ‘ v - I
" nr fc Eor gale. ~ f
T WIBL a.a‘«tra aEAVY MBaSFORKsViiB.W
ir bbL or rstaii by tbs ssunßat lt) and wa
. oosvers*,.
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SrbofcD to tttf
r;M f\
VOi. VII.
V.v " f ;;odsrE atvat.
Isea.bythe/arm-hoa.aerecl and old, -
' Abore' the roaft Vtshiaples, sway; '
The hills haMnd are bleak and cold, '
1 Tfaswihd cpttSs npand'diasiaway. - ; ,
Igarelntb each empty room;
. ; LAndaaXgase a gnswiogpain
Teatmy heart, at thoughts -of those ; ,
J Who ne’er will pea? thodoorsgain. ; ; ..
And strolling'down the orchard slope, ‘
. (So widest likenesagrlef will crave,).
Bach dead leaf seems a witheredhope,
Each mossy hillock looltaagraTe. '
They will,not hear me if I pall j, ~ .
They will rrotseethefp.tears that start )
’Xii autumn—aatqibn'with il'eH-*- ;
Ahd woree thah autamn in my heart.
0 feaves, so dry, and dead) and sere,.
. .1 can’recall some happier hoars;' .
W.bpp Sommer's-glory linger'd here,
■ Aud Snimper’e beauty touch'd the:flowers.
Adtmotheslnpe a»lenderishi*po '
■ Danced lightly with herflying carls,
And, manhood’s deeper tones were bent
“ 'With tbo gay laugh, of happy, girls..
0 stolen meetings at the gate 1 , ■
d Ungeringa'st the,open door!
0 moonlight rambles lon£ and,late! "
My heart can scares believe them o’er.
And'yet the silence strange and still,
r'Hrfwre,* m
: The air of sadness and decay,
The moss that grows upon the sill—
. Yes, lore and hope have gone assay t
So like, so iihe a.'wora-oot heart 1 !
: Which tba lait teniot findstoo eold, -
forevermore as-tbey
Bare lejt this, hofnestead, red and pld. .
Poor empty htmsß-l.poor lonoly beart l
~ ’Xwere weil if bravely side by side, -
.You waited, till the hand .
■ Bach’rniri’S inoEEy WrAath snpplls'd.,
r „I lean upon the gate, and sigh;
' ' Borne bitter tears Trill forca their way.
And tben f b!d,tbe place good-bye
I Formany along dad weary day.' ■
I cross the little ice-hotind brpolt, .. ' ,
- (In summer ’(is a ndfcy stream, j
; Tarn roaod ta Uke a lastfondlook,"
. And all has’faded tike a dream, r*’
' . TTNOLffi. DA.NIEL’B COUBtSHIP.
The.shaaes of a late autumnal
and made, shady fay a strong division of ti
fog, were fast around s quiet homeiSeadinj
picturesque valley of . the • Merrimack. ' I
“ oritiers': had been-fed; the .long entry fi
filled with firewood and; “ kindlings,’' <£ j
mentions fire roared' nod crackled in the dj
fire-place, where comfortably seated before
last, (wo.person* ‘‘mightbavn been seen:’’
• One—evidently thelordof ith'e manor—j
a stoutisb gentleman, with'a rubicund face i
elderly proclivities, fils companion was offti.
feminine persuasion. Perhaps we ought Jin
obedience to time honored custom, to give aide
tailed description of her—the color of her Bair
and eyes—her complexion'and the exact length
of her nose—hot we cannot, our genius is mot
of the order descriptive. Therefore we lump
thus -.Sizeable—(l. e.) not tall, not too sheik;—
young, good looking hnd good narored. I;
Her pretty fingers nimbly plied the needles
—shq was engaged .in the construction of a tune
add wfaita stoekihg.' Her companion solemlily
smoked a Very long pipe! the sap sizzled in [the
red-oak fore slick, and the ancient clock—stand
ing in its corber and looking, in the oncerdtin
light.'like a high shouldered mummy case—
heavily beat the dead march of time. , I ’
■ And so (he needles flew—the did man smoked
arnfi sordid the fire occasionally when a puflf of
wind’rumbled ,in the wide Icbimhey—the lap
hissed and sputtered ’as the tormenting flatties
forced it dint, and the cloak' ticked remurseleily
on.', ’ : ‘ , },!
' Suddenly the‘lady’s lips unclosed, and e«cb
an unclosing—’twas ! j _ | ’
“ Like the sopsef tires, |
When the sunset is most red." {
Pearly teeth also shone between. I
' “ Uncle Daniel,” said ehej W voice, was! of
course,-silvery, .liquid; anld very flute-lik4—
“ Uncle Daniel, why have yo,u never- married’?”
The old man Slowly expelled an enormous
mouthful.of smoke, which lingering In concen
tric circles above, his venerable pead, gave Bjm
mnoh the. oppeatinoeof a river god crowded
with fog, I .
BckaseT suppose it wasn't so’ writ,” ba at
length replied. , | j
“ Were yon never in love?” J
“In what ?’* ; ' ' , ; . 1 J
: •‘rn love—l hiean were, you ever trouwed
with the tender passion f” • ' ' ‘ 1
; "Wot is the nature of that ere complalnff”
' “Why, Uncle’Daniel, what‘a; qaestion4-it
ain’t a'complaint at oil. .It is a .kind of all*
over-ish sort of feeling, a combination of the
pleasant and painful;' Surhdtitnea ydu setera to
tread on subllolated air, 1 and then on Scotch
thistles,-at one time you pity kings, at snowier
yon envy beggars, now—. t .
‘• Stop,•stop,” cried Uncle Daniel, bis fece
light with-a luminous idea, “it’s the fever’n
ager. I had it in 1*62. out in York State, tbejn’s
very much the sV riitutns. Fust I .was hot, then
cold—lastwrse.fust bold, iben'felt «wfujiyw|ile
tha fits was on. aijd ever ad much better when
Uiey wasn't ob, v .Yes, Pve hacf it.” |
Ellen laid aside her stocking and. laugheditill
As tears rolled dawn hey cheeks..
What aTunny man yop.are, Uncle, Dame),
6qu *K&,i make my meaning?
Loyd is tha affection, the liking'you know you
feel, which a man feels foy a woman, and vice
versa."'. j . - - |
I don't know,’’ >!pwjy responded Ui|cle
Daniel, knocking the ashes out of hiapipe, fnd
shutting' bis, eyes! to concentrate thought. j“ X
don't n.bont ths.vissy versaji but I.hev»x*
perienoed that ere'Ukinl’’ j.. ... j. ■
■ “Obi.’my gracious, fTnclel then you hjtye
been in'ldye, bbw .-drplll L Ww-nißby tildes,
come now/bs hotiest. Uncle.” ~. . ,J,...
; J The old man reflected moment, apd Ml|ed»
‘Vdoes fanciep.cbnjntl”;, , [ .
’ ‘ Hyrj^. dpypii :me*n fancses, VnplePi
"i mean the. natural of a pettfcut
generally." ’, - .j | .
n<W-'.W» takings, yon, Mw,
Jprnly tboae oaves,;;wbqn yoa Jt .wou|d| be
gye*», Mjdsfaotioni to beWFnui»sM«>d»
Borees, oy cut into spk^oXfhe
; -w.’ “■. : *\o - I r'r\i .I 1 V
:,I)«nif| reflectsdiagain,and;gaVe;a»,tha Mol*
XbbtliifliAd
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WHILE THEBE SHALLjBB A ANpONTIL "MAN'S INHCMANITT TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION M*t7ST. CQNTIEp*- |
iffoMmo. ifisftiw v ;
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jttostfCon t&t at?* JFmaom a»N|t S#rta&
'■ '■ r -V 'V, 5 % \-i , W i i fl-’, i „ • , .v. ILv* W'.l ", . < ~ X'. o-,', ; . fc ’ > * *>- 7
diqeagainatwild.horees,and that be considered
the chopping, process more objectionable *tily
jßutthat on atleast two opcasiona, ” them lilcinß
hed kimover-him pretty strong.’' _• .. .. ;
“ Well Ellen, rolling jap bet work'
pod-seating herself on a !<>,w stool by the old
Waft’s knee, “tell me, all about it, won’t joo
nnky dear,?”
Daniel sbpok his.head and made a fein t of re
filling his pipe, hilt the hide eyes.o.f his deice
were so beseechingly upturned, that there was
no .resistance. So. after clearing- his , throat,
and modestly promising that “ 'twahtiio great,"
bebeganr*-,, . . . '
“ Forty-eight rirear* ’ ago t wwf Iwenty-two
years old, and was considered a likely young
ster. Father was' well to do in the world, and
Ido suppose I might'her had my pick of'most
of the gals in the neighborhood.' But some
how or nother I didn’t keer much about em.
and beyond grting home with em from singing
school nnd eech like; I hadn’t much consarn
with any on em,. -But about this time our
School man® got, married, and the committee
went over to Dracat and hired' Deacon Spaul
din’s.darter,to,take Ref place. .The first time 1
sot eyes on Permely Spiiuldin, r I felt that I was
tt’giiner." Sutbin seemed to go right throbgh
me and I him pretty nigh screeching opt., .At
fast i didn’t know what ailed me; didn’t know
bat ’twaa .a couple of wafer raeJoni'Pd bln
ealin, So I’tuk some peppermint hod 'saleratns,
bat gpt no relief. ! ‘
; Howsoever, to. make a short story, ; I soon
foundout 'twas the school marm, not the Mel
lons, that the. pain was here instead , o’therej
{and prole David indicated the' localities by
placing hie brown fore finger on the second ana
then on the last button 61 his capacious waist
coat.) in short, 'twas a likio I—
' “ Then yon really wae in love; ancle f" in
terrupted Ellen. J
“ Wnl, I don’t exactly know whether I was
in that ere, bpt'l was in a particular etrong.li
fcia, and it was very distressing while it lasted,
'live.'had .the tooth-ache, fever’n’ager, ‘pilSs,
tic—
" Yea, yes, never mind about that,” again in
terrupted the impatient Ellen,l’m dying to
know, haw it came out. 1 , Ton did’t marry her,
of course f”
“Wal, no. Can’t'exactly say 1 did, but I
never turn so nigh it afore or gince. ,, , ; '
“Oh that’s so nice.? ’ How near the by menial
altar did you get, nqelet’*, ; ?
' “ F don’t know nothin about ybur. high men
all halter?, but the change of a single syllable
in s talk I had with''that'ere gal, would have
tied me up faster’ll—the old man was at a
loss for a simile,’si> be said “get out.”
“ Only tine syllable, uncle f”
“ Nary another. ’This is the way it was. I
kept growin more and more miserable, till at
[ length I kirn to a dead kerchunk? and I says to
myself, “Daniel,'* pays I, “put yourself out
•of misery at ohce,’’ Says I, '*l will," 'says I.
This was on Saturday, the next night, Sunday,
found me in Cap’n Ends Jepklns’ parlor, "(Per
emely boarded at Ca’n Enos’s) with a pair of
.new boots and a well greased head. From
seven to nine I talked with Cap’n Enos and
Mr*. Cap’n Enos, making .eyes at, Permely
when I could get a e fiance. Bimeby Cap’n
Enos and Mrs. Cap’nEnoa went, off up stair*,
and there was roe and Permely; left alll soul
alone. She sot oh one side of. tbe rdom and !
sot on totber, and there we sot and »ot tiil’t was
ever so much o’clock, hytber- saying nothing to
totber, Atilaat l got bp' and went to the win
dow .to see if I couldn’t find sutbiD to Suggest
an idee,'but 1 didn’t see’nothing ;but the gate,
a cart, a heap of, punkio* and the iboon. After
Batoin my nose again thi glass a long spell, 11
turned right square ipund and ’sajs: “The
moon ain’t south’, yet by a jug-full,” says I. j
One Would naterally suppose that would have i
brought Permely out, but it didnjt; ,shd nevef
stirred do njor’n. though she’d bin. ft stork of
fetone or a heathen idle. ' So thar .we sot and
soragin.” '
’ "Mf gra'eions7~birw funny!” exclaimed
Eden. i
“Funny ! waf *twaa anythin but funny to
me. I’d gin a boot to; bin in a humble bee’s <
nest. Howsoever, I felt that the time bed kim
to do or die,-and 1 broke right out:.
'' Miss Spaldin,’* says I.
“ Wall” says she. I
“Permely,says I,! ? !
, “>VaI?” " ’
*• Will ytm have met”' ’
No!” ;i
“You won’t?” !’ n
“ I won’t!” r ■ '
“Gi/od iiight,”'aay»'l.‘ . ’’
‘lthe
' Gobd nigHt/’ saye’sbtk'
That.mght 1 slept better than : .I'd' done for
three weeks. I’d got a loadbffroy stomach.
'• And do you call that being near married,
oncle Daniel ?” ' ~ '
" Why in coarse I do. She could" bey said
yes just tut easy ns no—but I’m glndi?he didn’t.
That ere gal married, Isaiah Cunistock after
wards; and she drair him fust to drink and then
to self-suicide.' I was qrownerof the, jury that
sot on Isaiah, and while we set on tfis body" we
could hear her scolding in the pext rood) like
sixty. So we gin ih'tbat the suicide .was Job
tifiablo, only , he’d orter dobe it to her;rather
than to Kiwlf.’ 1 ■ i
“Now, oncle let’s have the other-episode.” 1
"Tmesri your other love adventure.”
“Obt that want much of' ap , adventure.—
You see 2 hedn’t much! tp do" with the feminine
sects for several years arter. Perm ely mittened
me, and made up my mind that i didn’t keer a
cuss,for all the pettycntttstbat ever,was spun.' 1
I was wrong though in my calkerlasions, fu'r
Liddy Baker tuk that consait rightout of me,
She war horn and bredin our, neighborhood—
but went away when she/ was a iittle gal to
lire with 08, Apt of berh;ap ip. Cohoes,,and
npver,kim back till she was grq^ed^.pp., And
whea l seed beratmeefinthe next' day arter
she got hunuhet eyes looked so blew, her: hair
so red, and her month was puckered op en
pretty I y^ted^£o.hite ; bfir,’.' .. :n
, ‘‘•Wby.unek, Biteiher ", . ”j
‘ bite J hpr, -toL.P -tojnlh, .DaipJ
Mikil pears i«« notfis'tpjkef;
.{"‘ JZJ fT vi./- : ’’ 'llW
bi»pdff4ahd ; dosiijg BW ev>iieTßtty
traveling back ori the )ong_ bridgapf years, to
cimjeni plaits tbo oliarttis tljat hadso smitten 'his
yhuthfuf fahey. ** ‘ ' V ; ‘
Daniel,’* at length said tig
hiece. pipybing his lee tVi ato'bse hinCj' ' ‘
: •*w<C* '
with a blue 1 cotton' hpinJkcl’cbief. ond bfoWirig
tiis nose very hard indeed--" Vf : ftl, irt.rirortpd
got the'likinsngin' the wu’st. kind, bi)t hedn’t
forgot the time when I' aifd Pefmely Spauld
ing,-and. th'Ough I’d a girl the'sSeep pastarand
the Rondlet wood tot to her got that gal l
elarsent’gb nighst her. I got’melancholic and
iDst'tny appetite; -'for, better'n' W fortnight I
couldn't cat nothin’ but breod-and milk and
f assigis, with may bo how and then la raw tur
nip. Ifuk-to greasin'my hair so dreadfully
that mother had trt.loefc up the lard firkin .-I
also hollered in’ my steep, and • tried to ■write
poetry.”
■ " Hfn—ha—pnetry! Say, Uncle did you really
court tbe Muses ?” - ■ -’..j.i
■■ “Who in'thunder are'the Muses 1 I never
courted anybody hut ‘Perihely and Liddy—
hever-heard of the Muses—ninst'bev bin a
Drncat family, by the name.” '
“ Ob, my uncle, bow stupid you are,'’ I only
meant to Sgk if you realty did essay; ttf mount
PegßiSUß?’ • ■' . ■ • ' ••-
■■“•Pig—what?’ ■ ■ • ■
•"My patience! Did yon realty try to make
Verses—there do yob understand'that?” : 11 •
“ Oh.yes—yes,’ said the'old man, <1 under
stand,' now you 1 talk English. ”'lfes ; F did' try,
but-1 doutthinklbedanatOrat gift for ft;--
18f I tiad poelty iu me, -’twaa dreadful hard ! to
get il Oat.' SesWed to stick and hung powerfully
—must heVheWbf a cocked bat or three cor
nered kin-F, ‘ twant what - they call flowin’; any
tray. At fostTwaS inspired, I know. 11 was
asleep when I was took, and awafeed up with a
hullvarsechalfcedooton : my brain, but ’twas
awful cold, sol didn’t get up an wHteitnff, as
I orter. Next morning ali i could- rbmember,
was—
There I broke, and fur-two-weeks I couldn’t
find a rhyme that seemed appropriate.* Chick*
idea, bmnbleeboe, apple-bee and sich tike was
continually running through my bind ; at last
I etrook oif boldly, add (etched another tine—
thus! ’ 1 ■' •■■■!• ■ ■
“Too shall be my ebloliy,—ehicty, biddy/
• Beyond this I could't go so Igin up poetry
end-tried prose, but though I split a quire. at
paper, I could never get anyi furder’n— ‘ Miss
Bakernotv I.take.my pen in hand’—and there
1 oilers sbt like a sled on. bare groundi never
could go'onto tell whirl toot it. in hand for,’
Well unole, what did you do then f Bid
you finally propose ?’ •
'.'l did an I didn’t,
don't; byprory I did.’
“By pruiy how was that?’
, “W«lj you see-Mdses Pendergrass and :me
bed oilers been as thick as three in a bed—oilers
told one wither everything—so:one day nrter
I’d gin np| trying to write I ups and tells Mose
ail about! t. And says Ito Mdse, says I, hedn’t
j u just as Dives ask her for me, says I. ; Be said
he, hedt So to make a long story short, one
hitter cold) night Moses and I starfcsdfor- the
bouse.where Liddy lived.. . ■ . -
: “It was agreed that I should stay - in ,the
woodshed yrhile Moss went in and sot matters
right. Mdse knocked 4t the door and 1 went in,
and I sot down ona.ohoppin log'to wait.the is
sue; " Mosethonglit-he could fix things id -half
an hoar, anas it was eight -o’clock when' be
went in, I (calculated on .boin in/paradise:about
half arter; but there 1 sot and sot till. I heern
the Cluck Strike nine, then. Lhedlta get up an
stomp,- add thrash- my hands .to- keep from
Ireesin.
. “ Ten olclodfc, then- sievedstruck, and; still
no Muse. ( At last, just about, midnight—when
lid got to be little ibetteß than *-frnea tater; out
bentame: i l.rushed-dp to him aniwlth-a.shak;-
bn -voice. ‘ Mo Mu-Mine, ’ says 1, * what does
the. sa:a-y ?”, i
“Ban’lvayi he, 'p.on my, soiil, I for-got to
as her;!”
"Jest jsik’ weeks, after.iMosa. and biddy
vrhicb was twain, was' made one flesh !” .
, Tbecef respondent of. the Boston Transcript
tails the following ; “ We,must relate a lUtle
incident that, occurred hero recently—at the
time lbs As-O",House was on,', fire,—which,, we
think ilhistratcsNew York Ufa. ;: A .foreigner,
tafore crossing,, engaged moms at the AsUir
Hi)use. and happened to arrive <>n the'morning
qf that fire. w.hen the rpar of . the house \vaj in
a blase, :Xot being used to fifO engines,, and
the confusion and bustle of fires, be was induced
to joqaire nf the, haoktnan. the occasion of'ail
this commotion, Oh, nothing,’, said he; only
the backdftha.house is on fire,’. -But do you
expect ; me to stop .hero f’ ‘.Oh, yes ; they wfll
ppt it ijut,’ and oif he.duroped the baggage.into
the-bands of the porter. Again.sajd the foreign
er:. 1 Do, you expect-me tw-atop here,?’ • ‘ Oh,
yes;, they wil,l pu,t ithe,;fire, uut;-it has. only
reached the next, partition hut one,’ , '.Can I
have a. t reoni asked .ho., ‘.Certainly, sir.; I
Trill show you one.’ ‘ But.the.house is on fire..’
Waiter, 4 Oh, yea ; they .will put it out,* In'
iiewa? ushered, to a.foq'm half fined witheranke,
the. chambermaid blandly askjpg him U he
jruutd take a hath, ‘But,’ said be, [‘do yen
expect me to prepare for a hath ,while the house
is on fire V Oli, sir,’ said she, they .trill put
it 0ut.!.,‘1 can't stand this;* and preparing
to leave, be passed a room’ where seine - twenty
persons were at breakfast, and reading, the
news, papers; quite leisurely. Cut and slash - go,
the axes against the partition next to" him,—
'What,now?’ asked the foreigner. ''Oh,'the
fieman are only working, in the next, room;
tb"y will put it out,, sir.’ ’ Out be, rushed' into'
tho.Park.gnd found moan*. to get bia )uggage
tOthhiny:. and, after taking asorref of‘the
crowd of twenty tbousend persons, of the.blow:
steam ghgiijj*, and the watef spouting,’ 'he
s.wny, «nd,,it may he, like Pater Kogg- of. old,'
i; ;'u V.Tu'-e
I .< r
ssb noifytLj? jm,
SMba«a , {&a tarKial'ni' SM k3?‘ /- i. uf {, *s t- * j ,■!_ - r* ■
"Oh, kiddie—Oh, Uddie—Llddes"
Parsonally speaking,-!
'XBE ..OP JiO AOOOjffNT.
rx
-.- , fFrsm.'th'efOTti.-uidOfsOTtanwript.l • i
HOBHBT SECEBE9d—I/ETTEB EBOJt,
ETHAK SPIKE.
, Hoßtfiir, Dee, 19, 1850.
■ The seventeen plagues of triberiationa fa
chmeL 'From the airy cononpisehce of the-pur
pleaenitb, t her eon baa gone doawn to the ori
ental chambers, flinging, its knpoktarjial rays
-* g](r \Union for the last time! One
'pertickerler star is sot or is
_,log to disguise it—heartless
Republicans. may deride an larf. So. Zero fid
dled when the conflaroation was burning Romo
—lftrfin won’t squinch the fires.
' Hornby is already mlified, ah, onXesa miking
is done pretty quick; 'ski'll seecede ! '
, I baipt time' to write all the pcrtickicrs. ■ I’re
olleas been, a .Uniomsayer, and true to my pec
litical instinct?, am.doin my best to boil on to
the pieces. Bat this time the Union is too
much for me. While I’m running arter one
piece, two'of three more gets" adrift, an the
divil in a gale-of wind has an easy time com
pared to mine. ... '
Up to last tuesday we thought everthing wft*
alhrigbt. ; l W e :«*P c, ?ted,-of.t;ouTBe that Bnck
inbridge nnd_ Bouglis wag elected, and that
the'statootcs of the 'constitootion was conse
quently safe. BuVA lass! we was
V•' ‘ —“ibiefaJting sonls,
. .. ’W^drea'ttptotiiearea'"-
when in reality we stppd on the slippery rocks
with nothin to, patch holt on,an Billers under
"heath. i A. streak of chain lightnin aont of .a
"bide shy'—g thunderhuwi when It want at all
-hipected, new tattnrs in Jihooary. a oattarhonnt
■Srithout nio hair on, or an : Ethiopian nigger
i)is spots, .couldn’t hev : knocked us fur
ler, into (be iattpr eend of nest week, than did
the news of Abraham Hnnibal’s election 1
Of courie a faown meetin was the fust thing
In order hrfdr we got over the fust shock.
Cap’ Perterbathm Pitlshiiry on takin' the
cheer remarked as follers j r
■ “/Foilcr-citizens. Fust and last it hes bin my
lot to .preside over, several or more meeting—
but , never befoye her I approximated the dis
charge of manifest duty with such a tnmnlto
ons’feeiin of awful responsibility.
I "Ijsllep-oiti*®"*..'. TFeVje heern an talked of
. cnsisesafore.but potall jtbe erisises that ever
wo? since erisises was in wanted, together, rool
tlply ’em by all the Aggers ip the multiplication
table, add the remainder an carry for every ten,
i . bile an'steep from July to eternity, and this
ere that we've mat to Consider ie more crisiser
than the faull£ TTO ay say with the classics—it
are—“ flock mine gonem knee plus Itornbus gue
■ : see cnndun aiier eijl.”
i Feller-citizens. It ar my painful duty to
1 announce to yon that Abraham, Hannibal—a
quodoctergenarian, an, .Illinoy nigger, with
i eightquarter parts picrlatter blood into him,
j has. been elected to sway the destinations of
! these suvrin States I”
( At this pint, Jim Peabody ris for information,
lie “ would, respectfully' ai ” the cheer how
• many quarter parts make a hull ?”
. The cheer decided the question aout of order,
and, directed that .that Jim should be carried
aout p’ .the DSfetin’, which, arter a bard tussle,
it was done, Jn the Cap’h coritinered;
■ "Fellef-oitniena”—says the Cap’n says be;
*’‘ What is to be did ? Shall'we pnt np with this
: ai’iation of aonr constTrontjonal rights or—’ 1
! Here another Black Republican wantedto,
! km-w what cbnstitootfonal fights bed been vio
lated! “ The people,” sez he, “hevunly ex
ercised .their onalepable legal’ frankincense, an
I should like,' : Mr. Cheetman, to hev yon
, pint—”- ■ ■ ■ - r ■ ■
1 Afore ht could-finish, hishat was promptly
f knocked over his,eyes, and he was carried into
| the" entry to tool his heels with Jim Peabody,
j ' Tha cheertpan thanked me an tothers who
toted thh feller' aout; for aour promptness ' in
i mdmraihtn the right of •'speech, an sed he
“would taka this occasion to'say—that this
war a free meetin.’an hoped .everybody would
free their minded!—— - -
There wantonly one othpr black in the boose,
“qn when the cheer said, this, he,half riz, but I
gin Him a look that meant pison, an be sot
dttnwn hiigfity spry, an' tried to look a* though
hd'hed ho idee of gettin np.: ■
'■To- resume," said the'cheer. “Shall we
give in, squizsle,'korfiamax an'back dribwn.or
shall werisein the vartooous'ihdignation of in
sufted, majesty arr daown trodden what do you
call it, raise hail Eerlumbia;|and tharby-set an
example wbiohwifl go daown to onlorn-Tootoo
ity?: ■- i • i , •
.“.Mr. President—beg parding—l forgot—l
war that flunkekabanary myself—Fellcr-oitixens
—I haintl got no great of a voice, owin to hein
choked'when young with a tough donut; hut
! sieb asitar, It is for wart Sm—leastwise gen
tlemen of the jury—or more] properly spekin
feller ■ citizens—-I • love the (Union—l do by
hukey " Hick salt' Jacket," i I love Hornby
more, I tovei to contemplate the spar stan
gled banner underlatinthe braisen folds amid the
starry atuplitonda of onmitigated apacific&tion.
I yield-tO no.livin critter, wether that critter ar
found mid: the tarnhl. snows of the equatorinl
rwttoods.of* torrid empyreans, ini admiration of
the American Eagle l .But, sir, I would see
that fiag.cut.upfor poultice,bandages—l would
see-that-eagle .plucked, than barr-roqk,
and,h!s.ment.ufed.for.wolf-hiiit afore I’ll see
rights of this sursine.taijwn, invaded or upsot.
Gentlemen, I don’t know what them rights is,
hot tnypr.-vuid mother.is naow. and ever, 54
40 or file 1 ; ■ ,-. j
I.will now appoint Pcsmuwion Peabody a
committee of tbe.bull to draft resolutions ex
pressivp of .tlie common sense pf this mcet'm.”.
■ While the cethroitted'was about making the
sense of thciineetin, the 'Ttpscoriai Gleei Club,
sang the Marceiius huinn—altered for the oo-
oasiun— ■■■Aw; j,
- ;"'‘fiens«f B°rnbyt-'
. - Waketoglpiy—" - , -
“Old DanTocker,” and ** TheErog he'would
a.Wo,o>pg’'-,Au.,ndth.grfat effect. Deacon Pei%-
dergnisa was axed,to pray, but ho wonfdn’t, yp
wnpaysod,the time-in-stopjpto,,imitatin Rig*,
toro-caU., ■■ _<■-
, JJajMtjtoWto o rpspltjtipjj* pfferedjhe fOr,
.lowing: . j ■ -.St-*; s/j
I 4«.
iwhwn, ,*- , Mu:;; A? / •«»#*■)
i do. - - nM .; . *>M' ,.- 50.*0.,
CofiiAn. . - 25,0* ~ SMB ‘ 50,« !
I- Adwtlstmento nottaruig tfcaMmfcerbf ftsirlfoM
denired marked apon them, jriU be- poMiihed: ■* tU et
dered ont-and cbarjedaocordingiy. ; !/,_< ,x; r -~
Poster*, Handbills, Bill-Head*, «»d «U
kinds of Jobbing done in ijotiatrj esteblilbmeßli; ex
ecuted ieetty and promptly.' JnSticesl,
and,other BJrAKES constantlyookasd; ; -M
being ofsspe miodnnlawfal age, dd debatei ifc
Wif-*" ' ’ ■ i ' '*
-let;- Resolved: That all men arc created neb'
an equal-r-exceptin them that isn't." 1 -
: Sd;i Resolved: That the" Section of Alram
Hitinibdl is a direct insult to Hornby, and or
tent to be put up witb, eo-it orient. ■* '
3d." Resolved: -That onlessjthe sstdAbrara
shall jtake hack everything be' bee] s»sd / again
the peace-and dignity of this rooomcipaßty—
er ef jhe hesa’t he dus not faithfully promise
not th do it agin, then this mdonicipality-wilt
proceed to /uhify itself, accordin to statdot
made and provided. • -
4th. Resolved That we bev the right; and
trill see oeed—forcibly if we can, peaceably ef
we must.- - •; c ■ ■ ' V' ,
6tb. Resolved : That the seliok men bo' em*
powered td borry ba the credit of the taoun, ef
they can; the siimof $24.19, to put the ! Hornby i
Phalanx on a war footin. • - -
6tb. Resolved: That the * Stars and Stripes*
be an hereby is abolished, and that a ne w flag
.be obtained, emblazoned with the taoun arms
—a woodchuck rampant, with the inotter •* I
bites,” on one star in the centre. • ‘
7th. Resolved : That "this ersgoen nont of a
aavrian loominary ar a eolhim thing, andhadu
ever mnch human fitters may larf an jest, wo
is gratified to know" that natur is more serious
er, an is makin demonstrations suitable to the
solium ewent, The airthquake of Odt. IG, wak
a leelle ahead of time to, be sure, bht on the
hull criditable. Tlmrar spots on the sun, an
since tbe-fith of November it rises later and 3 a’-
ter.at the same .time settin airlier; The
; also jis gibeons an some- think jfa go(t thi.
phases, for all of which-this meeting is suitably i
grateful. H
Btb. Resolved; That moast of this distres- i
sin sitouation is owen to Partland. - Tharfore,
Resolved, that ws will cary our tutors .and
beans to some other market, and,that wo repu
diate all demands which Portland folks hold
againus, ...
9th. Resolved: That this meeting do naow
adjourn—which ,it did.” -
! AR the above is facts, I make no comments,
Its onnessary. '
Aw.ve ix Life.—What can be more discour
aging than the feeling in our straggle through
life, in pur trials and disappointments,, there
are nojne to sympathize and care ifor us ? No
man can. go very far with strength, courage
and oileer, if be goes alone. We are made to
be happier and better by each other’s notice,
appreciation, help and-. praise; andthe, hearts
that are debarred from these influences, inva
riably wither, harden and break. Hera and
there are found persons who from pride, per
verseness, or often their sensitiveness, (yhich
jthey seek to hide) affect to be altogether inde
pendent of the notice or regard of their fellow
beings p- but it is a very safe assertion to make,
that never yet was there one human heart that
did nob At some time, long for the sympathy of
other hearts. And there is a nobility in this.
feeling.! • .
A Scotchman and an Irishman thrashing for
a ButcU former in Fishkill, the former observed
to the latter, who was fresh from the - bogs of
Killarney, that in conrse of long residence in
this country he bad remarked the uncommon
docility of the horse, that among the many in
stances of the tractability, he had' actually
seen them employed in thrashing pat wheat.
“ Arrahj my jewel,” cried Put, “ I am half a
dozen'years 100 ripe lb believe that;”' The Scot
insisted jthat what fie said was' true, i And Pat,
staggered at length by his serious apd repeated
assenioris, exclaimed in tones of wonder, “And
how do they hold the flails V r .' i
Leas [Diet. — A Methodist minister at the
West, who lived on a very small salary, was
greatly troubled at one time to get hip quarter! j
instalment. He at last told the paying, trustee
that he must have his money, as his family
were suffering for the necessaries of life.'
“ Mpriey!” replied the steward, “You
"prefich for money 1 I thought you preached for
the good of souls!"
“Souls!” replied the minister; “I can’t eat
souls; and if I could, it would take a thousand
such as yours to make a decent meal !’■’
! Ao edlior down in, Tennessee,Pays he would
as soon try to go to sea on a.shingle, make a
ladder of, fog, chase a streak of lightning
through ajorab-apple orchard, swim up the rap
ids of Niagara river, raise the, dead, stop thy
tongue of lap old maid, set Lake Erie on firs
with a loco'fnco match, as to. stop two lovers
getting married when they take it into their
beads to do so.
Peep lvto Your Bible. —Some twelve
months ago, a young gentleman was married
to a.yoang lady ip.Bangor, Me;', with whom he
removed lq a distant State, , He sent by, tele- ’
graph a few days ago to the bride’s parent?,
“ Isaiah, ix, firstpart of 6;h verse.” To
which an answer was'immediately returned as
follows * '“1 Thenaloniaiis, chap, iv, 3d verse.” y
A. French paper says that by ah accident, r
charcoal hasbeen discovered, to_.be a cure Jot;
burns. '.By laying a piece of charcoal,,
burn,'the spam subsides immediately, .By
leaving the’ charcoal on one hour the wound is
healed,ns has been demonstrated on several or.
cnsions; The remedy is simple, and certainly
deserves a trial. '
;• Pelpit Logic.— “ If a-law ia not enforced,
we badrbetter repenl it;” ; ■ .
If God’s jays is violated with seeming impur
nity, bed we not better repeal that also? — Ban*.
ner, Sastings t Mich. ■
. rMhr. Partington says «be. has noticed-that
whether flour waadear or cheep, she had inva
riably to paytheaame money for half a doU
Jar's worth. ' ■ ‘i--- . . . . ■ :
’Phattnad siys toll gehtlcroenr
aT».«n
cojigh’; ~' ~ S-'±t-..
lies' of Admtis&g.
ant. willbe charged $1 per*qua re*f 1#
reifalli' *4n»re.“tt«eiifg<ii3r<ir«tes'tlfl
■:a‘J L,i--l}.''U-is.£ c.'ltttl 5;.5»
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