Temur of PuWioiktipii. •roflA COUNT? published dollar pbb s**<** w term fpt -*tsd h*ha* paid shall - bv tbo BguWon ibl i Irinlod label on the U">i£«h P»P or - Ttle MW! B i?!>pe a w4>S»“™ •» recifTed-*By At* nr deM t 0 lh °- Official Pa(lerif the County, W 1 t MrtdJ eld W the .county W */.c, most cohvehientipp itoffico may be Ma&" ‘‘ f ■’ s'i 1 ***'“**■ # f D lf'f ap * r . indU ' gggJiT9sEy^Sr!p<i*Ei~ DAVTP HART, Peopbiktob. . f‘ bees leave to a -inounco to his old d tothe public generalfj : that he has taken oW.*UD|: A od,;,ft Jed it. up .in good rtfWTSehds to keeplt as alTeraperancellofel. '■ itAill-be spared to accommodate the traveling .lablihs and a good hostlsr always .on I>AVrD HART. &S.T. WILSON, 'AworNBYS 4 COIINSELLOBS AT PAW, will [ the Coitrt of Tioga. Pi.lt >r and McKean fttit- fffellsboroVFeb. 1,-18^.] T^s^dStt^esFst. /OFFICE at his residence near the D»( j Ackderay. "Alh-wpS pertaining to v bnßinesB . a^ilsiT 4 ' vidHetcd. . ~ c A f;iis 6n h°®se CORSISfI., N- : > i «#*««* u : ... .* .. i Proprietor, tutaWn-tdindflom the Depot free of charge: ■ • j. c. irSimiSt ~ f“ i '“'ti£‘drbtmt%ie P*y«ciW-Bfd Surgeon; BLKLAND, TIOGA C'VfFBNNA. ; Wilhtfsit patients in all parts of the; County oMe. thaw for,treatment at his k a »tO;. i. [June 14,] ' ElEB^ I TTORNEY AND at law 4 Wdlsboro, Tioga Cg« dfre-ole bis tS oxclqiivoly to the . practice of law, • ejections in »dt of the Northern cfaahUei. of Tcnnsyl ffL*..- s:*- .J; .. ■' /: -movSMO ! pETWSIXVASIA nOBSEr •gtir 't-Uaiv’Stn* and tU lv&m. W*Utboro, Pa. ~1 ' •/; W.- BIGOItY, PEORBIBXOR. till popular Hotel, having been re-fitted-and re- Ifrsiled tbronghoat, -ian»w opei) to,the public as a ■ ' - ■ IZAAK -ROIJSE, Gaines, Tioga County,'Pa. ISIS in new hotel located within easy acceES 0 th« best fishing and hunting gron’ ds in Northern So pains will he,spured,fcir, the. tooMnmodation si pluiore seekers and the trirWidg Ighlic. Ipril 12.186 ft: ' ' . C. \,p. „- T jLt, SARDER AND'-BJ-18-hi ESSEX. SHOP in the tear of the Post Office. /Everything in bis line will be done as well and promptly us \t Übt done in the city saloons. Prej for re miss dasdraff.and .beautifying, tb i hair, for sale -THE COBHIMC JO® ienge W. Pratt, Editor and ' roprietor. Ti published at Corning, Steuben C. „ N. k., at One I Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, it* advance;. Hie innsl is Republican fa poUtfos, and, has n circula tiitttcblog into every part of Steuben County. Uni dtsßoosofc 4xlanding lioCr bimidfiss, into that oi ih« adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad firtiiing medium. Address as sbovo. - WELI.SBOBO HOTEL, WEIiLSB'ORdCrSH, Pi- 4 HURR, - - - - i PROPRIETOR. (Formerly of the United 'Flatel.) Hiiisj leased this, well known and iopnlaf House;, nfcin tfceJpitrdnajle dif'the ,Wiliiattentivc uliWglng waiters, together with fie Proprietors tiisledge of the basiness, he ffi make thertay if t4.it who stop with him, bob-,, pleasant and ipmble, f )r ffilhbpro, May St, 18?6. , ( t : ■ PICTURE FRIinCHHG., _ TOILET GLASSES', Portraits,' ficti jes, Certificates Kogravings, Needle Work,-Ac., A'e., framed m th inert manner, in pWl.tiii ornamented Gilt. tm Wood, Black Walnut, Oak, Mahogany, 4c. Per- Mu luring any article for can receive them lutiir framed in any stylo they #ifih and bung for o*. afi OSf O U .*3 TJ ‘ w SMITH'S BOOK STOKE. E. B. BENEDICT, iff. D-, TtTOULD infoAf fhepubficThsl bids permanently IT located in Elkland Borq, Co. Pa., and uprepared by thirty years’ experipnceijo treat all dis-i «t»i of the eyes and .their appcpdagjs on soientiao frineiples, and that he'Cflh cure wHiout fall, that liud[ul disease, called St.- Vitas" fiance, (CAomi Uud Fill,) and will attend to aijy hosmess in AfcPby«s and-Snrgoty. f•- .-j . * BkUnd'llofo, "August 8,i860.1 > ‘ FLOOR AND STORE INWEXtSBOBO* The nthicriber would respectfully inform tie people and vicinity.tjbafc.h® has vpened n TLOUR & FEED , STORE ‘•'•luß.jOfoye Wright's Flour Store, on Slain St, ■*W»Si»wflbk&rSeoUiitAnU;y onTsfcCsiS go®Bi»n as •wtatnj of FLOUR and FEED as <bn bo found in Iboirket, which he will tell cheap for cash. Also, thrgsssjortmcnt'oi 1 ’ :f L . |i q Choice Wines and 1 Jquors, *' i nptrior quality, and free from adul hruios, which be will'self to Xnmberineo and otbers •fsbolessle, cheaper than any other 'Astablishmcnt in Swthern Peopiy Ivania. d> d. EATON. Stillborn,.Deo. W. JSfiq. j; TaSBONABLB wwiMBW SHOP, MAIN ST., WKLLSBORO. MISS PAULINE SMITH has just purchased her FALL ASJI..WI?IfR GOODS, <«uUUng Of Straws of all kinds, Pattern Hats, ‘“•u Hals, Flowers, Velvets, Silks of all kinds, Wmto;.- , T . . T , r „v- _ - ILL KINDS' OF ''TRjMlNij'S." 5?» call from the ladies of WeUaboro ani .IM-. 'i GOODS WILL' BEAR INSPECTION, W3.«mp«te favorably-wiUk those of any establish in the coanty la regard to price*' BLEACHING AND PRESSING done in a n P' r >wnao ow . .. ~, , - - -»“Eoooa\ the residence of'C.'Willlains, oppo- Hotel, up-stairs; M6I. Charleston flodeing mills.— V • mSLenr. w&rea tbs beat miHe intheCounty, era-now do , .., . ; , ,-A ~ ■ . Wo lit , TTlerclisMtK Work, Ablac. ' ~ 1 ■ ■■■ ' ' jjnT “ tt « T «T»hing.fh»t oanbedone'in-Cotmtry perfect satStfaotiob., * ' mat . ißrln* ■'■"■ »tar»:ln WelUbOTo,,erat tbs,mill r . Path or for grain at the market price. „ Jptfptf charge. WMbil) tbecorpo mSJ)S : weloSt 1 !t uArXBsv 1 'ZrgfoyFeb.u.tßdi. j rWHBAI-FLOUB, tip Jop and cheap, at _ WRIGHT’S. * . •: S .‘i 1 n «, • i THE AGITATOR. vou vnr. TO A WAVE. BT THE LATE GBIT. BAKER. Dost tijon seek a star with tbj, swelling crest, Oh!’ ecare that layeat thy mother’s breast ? Dost thou leap from the prisoned depths below In scorn of. their calm-aod constant flow ? Or art thou seeking some distant land To die iortnurznars npon the* strand? ,I?ast thou tales to toll of the pcorl-lit deep, Where the wovev.helmed mariner rocks in sleepy Const tbba speak of navies that snnk in pride Ere the roll of their thunder in echo died ? What trophies, what.banners, are floating free In the shadowy depth of the silent sea? It were Tain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner, or mariner, ship or star ; It were vain to seek |n tby stormy face Some tale of the sorrowful past to trace. Thou art swelling high, thou are flashing free, How vain' are the questions we ask of thee 1 I too am a ware on a stormy sea; 1 too am a wanderer, driven like thee; I too am seeking a distant land To be lost and gone ere I reach the strand. For the land I seek is a waveless shore, And they who once reach it shall wander no more. ] —Philadelphia Prest. # " Forty years ago,” said Uncle' Bradley, as he, one, cold wintejr’s evening, eat before a cheerful’ fire in his. own comfortable dwelling, telling btoriea for tbe amusement and instruction of a happy' group of young and eager listeners ; fdity years ago, 1 settled for some time on the i banks of one of the rivers of Africa. A.t that- time <1 was .twenty-two years, of’rige, strong, robust, unmarried, in good spirits, a carpenter by trade, bad a couple of : hundred -pounds ini my possession, and was ready for any . adventure that might turn up. The .piece of land of 'which I took possession I bought cheap enough, and I determined on clearing a few acres, building myself a com fortable frame house, and then settling down there if I liked it. My object was to’do a lit tle-, trading with the darkies—to exchange showy handkerchiefs, rings, bracelets, and such ■ Ijko stuff for the produce of the country. I was an odd, wild sort of accredited agent of an Engjish. house, and might make a good thing of it. Wild enough it was, no doubt of that, and, moreover, as 1 .had beep informed that my property waslat least thirty miles from .the nearest, settlement, and ten trom tbe nearest dwellingj in a gloomy part dfa great dark for est, where wild beasts were seen often enough to keep one's blood from getting'slur ‘ thought it would be very fineV d ror go and work there by myself, and become sort of inland Robinson Crusoe.. “•iind now,-my young fronds, lam tell you of the one-night I spent three, “ You must understand, though, fii that on the day v of'which I am now s> I had-gdne on a journey of a hundred mh my ‘estate,’ as i proudly termed it, and, company with a surveyor, | bad seen my lai marked off, so that I could bot mistake it; hi os we bad both ridden from the- settlemei -accomplished oar business, and .return,' ’ someday, I hadjnotyet slept upon/' premises. 1 “Having made purchases at of such tools, utensils, and provisions as 1 could not do without, even for the first fetr days, I got tip before light one fine morning, and, putting them over each shoulder and under each arm, and otherwise strapping them to me and securing them albout my person in the best 'way I could, I set off under a load that 1 fan cied would do credit to a mule. ~ I do not re member now all I carried that morning through « wild, rugged, pathless forest; over bill and dale, a,nd across two!respectable streams,for ten long, weary miles, —that I can mention enough .to. show that I was |a much bigger fool then than I flatter myself I shall ever be again.— First, there were my rifle and ammunition indispensable of course ; then there were an axe, a spade and a crowbar: —all light enough when 1 started but getting to weigh at least a hundred poupds each before I got to ray destination ; then there were a pot, a kettle, a frying pan, a couple of tin cups and plates, a knife, fork, ladle, abd spoon —for I roust have the means of cookinjg ; then there was a bag of ’flour, another of rye flour, a ham, a junk of salt pork, coflee sugar, ten, salt and pepper— fur perforce I mast have something to live on ; and then there were— But 1 fancy I have enu merated enough to lot you see I 'was a pretty vteli loaded jack.- ! ■ ■ “ Well,' ! reached my ‘estate’ about-nine o'clock in the morning, having been four hours bn the way, and so' Utterly fatigued, that I took another good hour lo rest myself, before pro ceeding to get my breakfast. At length I col lected some dry Sticks and brush, started a fire, 'boiled some coffee, mixed up a sort of nonde script cake and baked it, fried a piece of ham, and,' using the trank of a'fallen tree for'a table, one =of my blankets , for a table-cloth, and a stand for a seat, I sit down to the'first mcal/I jev.ep.cooked,- in the wilderness. - And mighty good eating it was, too, I .tell yon—for hunger is a great seasoner—and even poor, fare bps a fine relish when eaten in the open -air, and es pecially in the solitude of the great forest. ' “’As : I sat devouring my first meal from that (fallen tree, monarch, for the the time at least, "of all I surveyed—with great, trees spreading a canopy over--my head—the fruitful earth teeming beneath my feet —a gentle stream mur muring-along beside me—a light breeze play ing with the leaves, sighing gently -among the trees, and softly fanning my brow—gay, beau tiful birds flying hither and thither, and singing sweetly all around me—the bright sun pouring down, through the clear, blue arch of heaven, and crinkling sportively among the green foli age,—as I sat eating there, I day, amid this combination of charming sights and sounds, feeling myself in truth an independent ‘monarch of all I surveyed,’ I-tbought the hermit’s life of solitude must be ode of the most delightful in -the world, and tbait 1 had just succeeded in leaching an. earthly, paradise. This act con vinces me now, on -looking back to it, that a man can be as mneh of a fool atitny age-over a new pleasufe, as a child, oyer .a new toy. “ Remembering, however, as I went on with ra y men!, tbatas yet I bad not a house on niy grand estate in which io Jay my head, and that it was'never pajt of my design to sleep in the. open air, where^ besides the chances of taking Sehotch to the Sjctcnßion of the area of JTmhom>Hh the Spreah of Ihralthfi Reform. .WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WBONG UNSIGHTED, AND UtfxiL '‘MAN’S INHUMANITY TO. MAN" : SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, THE CAMP-PIEE APPABITIOH. f inMdWMM. WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTL PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 25, 1861/ cold nod getting a touch of rheumatism, some prowling wild beast might venture to make his supper on my happy person, I hurried through my breakfast, and prepared for my work, de termined upon having up some kind of a hut before the sun should-take bis leave of me. “ I selected my site near the summit of a hill, that commanded a fine view of the lower lands in the direction of the settlement, and within’ a few yards of the clear, cold spring, that bubbled up in the centre of a dense thicket, and ran purling away down’ the declivity.— Then I set to work in earnest,first cutting them up for my dwelling. • “ I worked hard nil the rest of that day, and by night I bad up a very good ’skeleton of a rather primitive sort of a cabin. It was not, of course, intended ns any sort of protection against a human enemy,but only as a safeguard against the weather and wild beasts, till such time as I could complete the frame house Un tended to build ; yet weak and te&porary ns was its original design, it did not possess even that much strength in its unfinished state—for, when the sun went down, it had nothing in the shape of a door to close against any,,nocturnal visitant. This, however, did not give me much un easiness, ns I believed that, with logs, sticks, and brush, I could readily make the place se cure against any four-footed animals; and being both tired and hungry, I proceeded to kindle a fire in front of the open doorway, and coek my evening'meal. "Now up to this time I had been very happy and contented, often thinking through the day how glorious it was to be so free and’ unre strained, and independent of every human 'be-' ing, and asking myself if 1 should ever lire of such a life, even were I to live to see the frosts of age ; but suddenly, I knew not why, a dark shadow began to steal over my spirit, along with the shadows of the comingnight that were stealing overtbe earth. I looked-up and around with a peoolian thrilling sensation, as if ex pecting to see something fearful, just as one is apt to feel when walking alone, in the dead of the night, beside a country grave-yard, after having been excitedly entertained for the last two honrs’with most wonderful ghost stories. “ Ugh! how chilly and disagreeable I did feel, sure enough 1 . “ Around me was a wall of woods and dense thickets’; and only in one direction, down over the lowlands I have mentioned, could I see any distance ; but even here, the ueep veil of night, like a cloud of mist,was being gradually drawn' over the scene, and the more distant objects were every moment fading from my view. Then all the happy, joyous sounds of day had become so still, as if even nature were holding her breath, asif in expectation of something awfull The breeze had ceased with the setting sun, and every leaf hung motionless, and the flame my fire burned straight upward, just sufficient ly wavering its red tongues to make strange, fantastic shadows dance upon the uneven-forest wall, against which it flashed with different de grees of light. The gay birds no longer flutter ed and twittered and sung, but had all gone eff to rest; and the drowsy hum of the day insects was no longer heard : but instead of these the hoarse croakings of the marsh denizens, and now and then a deep, mysterious sigh, as if all nature were sad and sorrowful, filled the mind with a painful sense of dreariness and desola tion. itt'i. KgishM Ntaa .jiuaptic to going to irst of all,- ; ipsaking, Uw to iietyt, leji/the rfay own “As the dark shadows of night deepened and grew blacker and more black, 1 began to grow restless and uneasy—to feel as if - something horrible was creeping or gathering around me; and when, with a mental ‘pshaw!’ { compelled my nerves to be calm and steady, and turned my head from side to side with a ' bold, quiet look, I almost expected my eyes to fasten upon some gigantic and monstrous shape, perhaps resembling nothing that mortal eye had ever gazed upon before. I no longer envied the lonely life of the hermit—no longer gloried in the solitary freedom of an Alexander Selkirk —hut felt I woold have given much for the presenc&t>t_some tried companion. The truth is, though I waslothj* own it even to myself, I was becoming scared"—fearfully frightened ; and when there suddenly came tb my ears the startling howl of some prowling wild beast, I sprung to my feet, with my supper half eaten, -hurried all my little stock of goods and provis ions into my cabin, hurled on a few logs and brush upon my fire, and got everything ready for closing up my door against intrusion. “But to be fully prepared for a sudden emer gency, I now examined my rifle, emptied the jirimihg, and put in fresh, and was on the point of adding a second ball—standing tbe while inside- my. cabin, before the still open door, jwith. the ruddy fire-light flashing full-upon me jand - revealing" my whole person—when sud denly the great forest resounded with a moit jwild, prolonged, unearthly shriek, that seemed to proceed from a dense, dark thicket right be fore me, on the ether side of the burning pile. What a shriek I—what an unnatural; unearthly shriek I—it seems ns if I can hear it yet; and in an instant 1 felt the blood rush to my heart, my knees quivered, my whole nervous system relax, and the perspiration'* of terror stream from every pore. i “l stood my ground, however; for what else could I do?' TheteWaa. no alternative; and, -with what littie strength there was-left me, I brought my rifle intoa-position to fire upon whatever should appear, whether of this world, or the other—man, animal, or spirit from the other world. “For some minutes a deep and awful stillness I prevailed, as if all other sounds had been swal lowed up in that one, and hurled outward into leternal space, and all that time I stood like a | quaking aspen, with my eyes rivited, and glar | ing upon the black thicket, where the flickering |l flame made monstrous, unshaped shadows dance like demons,' And then, just when I had. begun to reason myself that perhaps, by some unknown la,w, my startled fancy had cre ated to* my interior, sense the sounds which. I had not really beard, and which had never had existence, that same, wild, unearthly shriek came forth again, and ended with a shrill, mock ing, demoniac laugh, that seemed to float and dance in the air above. . • “I sank down upon my knees, too weak and terrified to stand upright.' ' p- ‘‘Bringing forward my rifle so as to rest and point straight through the; open door toward the fire and the black thicket.beyond, and glar ing outward to behold whatever, fearful shape or, phantom might appear; I remained there immoveable, like a human being transformed, to, stone. ! . • ‘“And then and there, my young friend*, I saw »sight which almost froze my blood, and which is before my mental vision now as clearly as it was' before my mortal vision then, and which I shall carry as vividly to my grave. It was a head, apparently a human head, with a great shock of bristling hair, that ’spread -out every way,-and rotted shaggily down over a low, receding forehead, and joined with long, shaggy eyebrows, above eyes that were large, wild, black, and fiery. There was but little nose, the face just there seemed to be hollew, and skull-like; but there were high, protruding cheek bones, covered with a withered and hairy skin. The mouth was immensely large, with thick, flabby lips, and tremejadous jaws, reaemb-' ling those of some wild beast, while the whole of the face seemed to me be covered with hair. "And this awful head, protruding above the bunpngpile, whose ruddy, flickering glare gave it ’s most ghastly and unearthly appearance,' and whose playing shadows seemed to contort the face into the hideous grinning of a demon —this awful head, I say, fixed its, glaring eyes uponlme, and there remained, motionless as a rock, a living incubus, fur a period that seemed an jsge to me,, who was compelled to sit and stare back, fearing to move, lest it should up ant) leap upon me, and pot daring to fire, lest I should miss my aim, and be wholly at its mercy. "At last, slowly, slowly, almost’impercepti bly, 1-saw the huge shock head rising above the crackling flame, bringing up a hairy breast and liands whose long, bonydjngers and nails looked ratheb (like the claws of u beast; and then, when it bad gaiined an eriect posture, in the form of a human being, it began to move around the ;fire toward ms, with a /notion so alow as scarcely to be. perceived, keeping those wild, fiery black eyes all the time rivited upon, and fairly burning Into mine. ‘ "Slowly, slowly, almost -imperceptibly, this apparently'humnn monster,: naked and covered with hair, a perfect gorged, drew nearer and nearer to me; while I.lika 1 one spell-pound, paralysed but conscious, prayed heaven that my senses might nut desert me, and that my good rifle might not fail mclwhen I should pull the itrigger. Nearer, nearer, till only a Tew feet divided us, and then click Went the lock, and, horror of horrors! the.piece missed fire- “With a wild yell I leaped to my feet, knife in band, to rush .upon my foe, when, with a shriek and a laugh that curdled my blood, he wheeled and bounded away!into the surround ing darkness, passing forever from my eight. "As may readily.be believed, I did not sleep that night; and the next morning saw me, pale andihpggardi on my way to-the English .settle ment, as I hdd fairly given iup all further idea of remaining in Africa,but to take French leave of the wilderness, firmly resolved to spend the rest of my life among civilized beings in respectable society, and let those turn hermits who might chance to possess no belter sense than I left home with. ' * ‘Tn explanation of what 1 saw, I will merely add,' that I now entertain no doubt whatever, that, my terrible visitor was one of those formi dable animals, the Gerillas, about which we have'recently heard so much. The description I haye read of the hrrite, confirms me in the imppression that the apparation was a Gorilla —alive Gorilla—and nothing but a Gorilla.” THE TALE HE TOLD THE MARIHES. Now mind, I will not guarantee the truth of this. I can only toll.it you ;as be told it to us. It sounds improbable, certainly, but ne one can say it is impossible. What is to prevent a lady, if she is so inclined, from——? But that would spoil tbe story. 1 And'there is no law of nature, 1 suppose, to restrain a man Who is so devoid of gentlemanly feeling as he is——. But (hat would tell you wha|t is coming. It is no good saying he was intoxicated, because I defy you to get drunk on sherry and soda-wa ter ; land to lay it te the heat of the season is absurd, for it "was a remarkable cool evening in August. No! Jenkyns iis arena who has had some strange experiences, and this was not the Idost.strange among them. Still, mind, I will not guarantee the'truth of this ; though, by the way, you don’t often find a man tell the. same tale twice exactly in Che same way if it is not (rue, and I’ have heard him tell this twice. Tbe first time was at "a dinner at Lord ; . Weill it does not matter where; It is sometimes' advisable not to mention proper names. I don’t think mentioning.this would do any barm, though—at a| dinner at Lord’s cricket-ground, and the second time was on the occasion of which I am speaking, when 1 found him drinking sherry and soda-water,and. smoking cheroots with three officers of marines, one of whom with fine,gloves (lady’s six and a half} and a withered rose before him was tell ing bow—“ after leading me on is this way, after gaining my young affections. in this treacherous manner, by Jove 1 sir, she throws me over and marrys Blub bet.’’ t - “ It’s like tbe sex,’’ said t|ie second marine.- “ It’S.woman.that aejucea jail mankind,’’ said tbe third marine. . 1 -I . “it reminds me of* what bnoe happened to myself,” said Jenkyns;. "yon know the story,” he continued turning to roe; ■' So just order yourself some sherry and f soda-water; ,ah 1 and-while you are about itorder some for me t oo, and you can pay fur them'both when they oma ; then I shan’t be put out. Paying for anything always puts me olit. Thank you 1 I’ll try one of your cigars. , Well, gentlemen',” turning to the marißes*“sotne time ago I was staying with Sir George P—; —, V— —lJouse, P—■ —Shire. Great numberiof people there— all kinds of amusements going on. Driving, riding, fishing, shooting, everything in fact.f— Sir George's daughter Fanny, was often my companion in these expeditions, and I was con siderably struck with her. For she wain girl towbtim the epithet‘sUfnnibg’ applies, better than any other that T am acquainted with. —' -Stic could ride like’ Nimrod, she could drive like Jehu, she could row she could' I dance like Terpsicore, she could run like Di ana, she walked like June, and she looked like Venus. I’ve even seen her smoke. “ One good point in her character, at any rate,” said the third marine. “ Just like the sex I” said the second mar ine. “Ah I she was a stunner,” continued Jen kjjns "you should haye heard-that girl whistle, and laugh—you sboul|j have heard her laugh. She was truly a delightful companion. We rode together, drove together, fi. bed together, walked together,.danced together, eang togeth er; I called her Fanny and she called me Tom. All this could have but one termination,-syou know. I fell in love with her, and determined to take the first opportunity of proposing. So, one day when we were out together fishing on the lake, I went down on my knees among the ’gudgeons, seized her hand pressed it to my waistcoat, and in burning accents entreated her to become my wife. ’ Don’t be a fool she said. “ Now drop it, do and put me a fresh worm on. f‘ Ob ! Fanny I" F exclaimed ; “ don’t- talk about wortps when marriage is in question. Only say .” I’ll tell you what is, now,” she replied an grily, ‘if you don’t drop.it, I'll, pitch you out of the boat.’ " Gentlemen,” said Jenkyns,''with strong emotion, "I’ll drop it; and give you my word honor, with-sudden shov6 ! she sent me, flying into the water; then seizing the sculls with a stroke or two she. put several yards between us, and hurst, into a fit of laughter that, for tunately prevented her from going jany farther. I swam up and climbed into; the bAat. ‘ Jen kyns,’ said Ito myself, ‘Revenge, rjevenge 1’ I disguised my feelings.. I laughed—hideous mockery of-mirth—l laughed. Pulled on the hand, went to the house arid changed my clothes. When I appeared at the dinner tabic, I perceived that every one had been] informed of my ducking-—universal laughter greeted me. During dinner Fanny repeatedly whispered to her dieighbofly and glanced at me. Smothered laughter invariably followed. • Jenkyns,’ said I, ‘ Revenge!’ ' The opportunity soon offered. There was to be a balloon ascent from the lawn, and Fanny had tormented her father into let ting her ascend with the aeronaut. 1 instantly took my plans ; bribed the! aeronaut to plead illness at the moment when the machine should hnje risen; learned from him the management of the balloon, though I understood that pretty well before, and calmly awaited the result. The day came. The weather was fine. The baUoon was inflated. -Fanny was in the car.’ Everything was ready,-when, the aeronaut sud denly fainted. He into the house, and Sir George accompanied him to see that he was properly attended to. Fanny was in des pair. ' 1 ! Am Ito lose my air expedition ?” she ex claimed, looking over the side of the car.— 1 Some bne understands the management of this thing, surely f Nobody ! Tom !’ she call out to roe, ‘you understand it, don’t you ?’ I; ‘ Perfectly !” I answered] , " Come along, then!” shej cried, * bo quick, before papa comes back.’ i ■“ The company in genejral erideavored to dissuade her from her project, hut of course in vain. After a. decent shoijv of hesitation, I clibmed into the car. The balloon was cast off, and rapidly sailed heavenward. There was scarely, a breath of wind, arid we rose almost straight up. ,We rose abovelthe house, and she laughed and. said : j " How jolly!” i ' ** We were higher than the highest trees and shri smiled and said it was very kind of me to come to her. We were so high that the people below looked mere specks, and she hoped that I thoroughly understood the management of the balloon. Now was my time. “ ‘I understand the going op part,’ I answer ed,‘‘to come down, is not so easy,’ and 1 whis tled. “ ‘Wliat do you mean ?’ she cried. “ ‘Why, when you want to go up faster, you brow some sand overboard,’ I replied, suiting ;he action to the word. ‘‘‘Don’t be foolish, Tom,’:she said, trying to apppar quite calm and indifferent, but trem bling uncommonly. ‘Foolish 1’ I said. ‘Oh, Bear, no! but whether ,1 go along the ground or up in the air I like to go to the pace, and so da you, Fan ny, I know. Go it, yon cripples !’and over went another sand bag. “,‘Why, you’re mad, surely,’ she whispered in litter terror, and tried to reach the bags, but I kept her back. “i'Only with love, my dear,’ I answered, smiling pleasantly; ’only with love for you. Oh,|Fanny, I adore you! Say you will bo my wife.’ . gave you an answer the other day,’ she replied ; ‘one I should thought you would have remembered, ’ she added; laughing a little, not withstanding her terror. ‘‘i‘l remember it perfectly,' I answered, ‘hut I intend to have a different reply to that. You see those five sand bags, I shall ask you five times to become my wife. Every time you re fuse’ : I shall throw over a sand hag—so, lady fair; as the cabmen would : say, reconsider, your decision nod consent to become Mrs. Jenkyns.’ “,‘I won’t!’ she said ; ‘l,never will, and let me' ioll yon-, that you are acting in a very un gentlemanly way to press ine thus.’ ‘‘!‘Yon acted in a very ladylike way the other 1 day; did you not,’ I rejoined, ‘when you knock ed mo out of the boat?’ - She laughed again, for she was a plucky , girl and no mistake—a very plucky girl. ‘ However,’ I went on,, ‘it’s no good arguing, about it—will you give me your hand?’ •' ‘Me ?’ she answered ; ‘l’ll go to tlrsa Ma jor first, though I’ve got a big enough bear here, in nil conscience. Slay ! you’d prefer Acquar ius.i would you not 1’ : “iShe looked so pretty that I was filmost in clined to' let her off (I was only trying to fright en her of course—l knew how high We could go safely, well enough, and how Valuable the. life bf Jenkyns was to His country; bnt%eso- Jution is one of the strongest points of. my character, and when Pvo begun a thing I like to Carry it throdgh, so I throw o’vdr ' another .Advertisement* will bo charged $1 persqnn.Te-of-10 line*, one or tbree iDseriu/us,aud 26 .cento for every aubseqtioDl insertion. Advertisements of lore than 10 linos considered as a square. 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Justices’, ConHAble'r," and other BLANKS constsntty on band. - ; NO. §O. eand bag, nnd whistled the Dead March, in Saul. . “ ‘Come, Mr. Jenfeyns,' she said, suddenly, come, Tom, let us descend now, and I’ll pro miss to say nothing whatever about all this/ “ I continue 1 the execution of the Dead March. “ But if you do not commence the descent at once I will tell papa the moment I set-my foot upon the ground.’ “ I laughed, seized another bag, and looking steadily at her, said; “ Will you promise to give me your hand ?” “I’ve answered you already,” was the reply. ■ ■ “Over went the sand, nnd the solemn-notes ef the Dead March resounded through the car. “ I thought yon were a gentleman,” said Fanny, rising np in a terrible rage from the bottom of the car, where she bad been sitting, and looking: perfectly beautiful in her wrath ; ‘I thought you were a gentleman; but I find I was mistaken ; why, a chimney-sweeper would not treat a lady in such a way. Co you know that you are risking your own life os well na mine by your madness V • “ 1 explained .that 1 adored her so much that to die in. her company would be < perfect bliss,, su that I begged she 'Would consider nut mr. feelings at ail. ') She dashed her beautiful hair from her face, and standing perfectly erect, looking like the Goddess of Anger or BoadiceV 7 —if you can fancy that personage in a balloon —she said: “ 1 command; you to begin the .descent this instant 1” • J - “The Dead March, whistled in a manner es sentially gay and lively, watt the only response;' After a few minutes’ silence, 1 took up another bag and said: : ■ .. - “ ‘We are getting rather high, ifiyoo do not' decide soon, we shall have Mercury-coming to tell us that we are trespassing—trolyou prum-; ise me your hand • "She sat in sulky silence at the bottom of tha car. I threw oWr the sand. Then she tried another plan. ; Throwing herself upon her.’ knees, and bursting into tears, she said: “ ‘Oh, forgive me for what I did the other day 1 It was very wrung and I am very sorry.' Take me home,!and I will be a sister to you.' “ ‘Not u wife!?’ said I. • “ ‘I can’t’, she answered.-' “Over went the fourth-bag, and I began, to think she would beat me, after all; for I did: not like the idea of going much higher. I/ would not give in just yet, however. I whistled for a few moments, to give her time for reflec tion, and then said: “ ‘Fanny, they say that marriages are made’ in Ileaven—if you do not take'care, ours will" be solemnised there.’ “ ‘Corae r M said, ‘my wife in life, oreompnn- , ion in death! I Which is it to be?’ and I pat- ! ted the a cheerful manner. She i hid her face in her hands,.hutdid not answer. I nursed the bag in my arms, as if it bad been a baby. “ ‘Come, Fanny, give mo ydor promise.’ ‘T could hear her sobs. I’m the most soft hearted creature breathing, and wonld.not pain any living thing, and, 1 confess, she had beat en me. • 1 forgiive her the duckings I forgave her for rejecting me. I was on the point of flinging the bag back into the car, and saying,- ‘Dearest Fanny; forgive me for frightening you. Marry whomsoever you will. ■ Give your lovely hand to the lowest groom in yonr stables; enduy with your priceless beauty the chief of the Pankiwanki Indians. Whatever happens, ■■ Jcnkyns is your slave—your dog—your foot stool. Uis duty,henceforth, is to go whither soever you shall command.” I was just on tha point of saying this, I repeat, when Fanny suddenly looked up, and said, with a queerisk expression upon her face: ~ “ ‘You need not throw that last bag aver. I promise to give you my hand.’ “ ‘With all ypur-heart ?*- I asked, quickly. “ ‘With all my heart,’ she answered, with the same strange look. “ ‘I tossed the bag into the bottom of the car and opened the! valve. The balloon decended. “ ‘Gentlemen,’ said Jenkyns, rising from hi* seat in the most solemn manner, and stretching out his hand,- as if he were going to take»an oath ; ‘Gentlemen, will you believe it I When we had reached the ground, and the bklloon had been given over to its recovered master— when I had helped Fanny, tenderly to , the earth, and turnejd towards her to receive 'cHaw the prnmice of her affection and her band will you believelit?—she gave me a box on the ear that upset me against the car, and running to herdather, who at that moment came up, she related to him npd the assembled company what she called my disgraceful conduct in the bal , loon, and ended by informing me that all of her band that 1 was likely to get, had been al ready bestowed upon my ear, which she assured me hud been given with all her heart.’ “‘You villain!’ said Sir George, advancing towards me with a horsb-whip in his hand.-, ‘You villain! I’ve a good mind to break this over your back.’ ‘“Sir George,-’said I, ‘villain and Jenkyns must never be coupled in the same sentence; and as fur the breaking of this whip, I’ll re lieve you of the trouble,’ and snatohing it from hia hnnd, I'broka it in two, and threw the pieces on the-groand. ‘And now I shall have .the honor of wishing, you a good morning.— Miss P— ,■ I forgive you.” • And ! retired.’ • “Now.l ask. you whether any specimen of fe male treachery equal to-that has ever come within your experience, and whether any ex cuse can be made'for sneb conduct?’ , “ ‘As I said before, it’s like the sex,’ said the second* marine. ■ * •• ‘Yes, all mankind is sejuced by women,’ said the third marine. “ ‘lt’s just my‘’case over again,’ said the first marine. After drawing me on in that way after gaining my affections in that .treacherous manner, by Jove! sir, sho goes end marries Blubber “Well, it, does sound improbable. But, I said, before I began, that ! would npt guaran tee the truth of it. Indeed, if you ask my can did opinion, I don’t think i t is true; but yet the marines heliecc it,” — Chmnhers JoHnicii, Hard times —who don't -know-it?-- '- ■ ■■■••* Bates of Advertising.
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