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[Jan. 1,1863xJ fio WATCHES, CLOCKS XI D ■ JEWEE»¥!, Kepaircd at BUIiXjARIVS A CO*S. STORE, by_lhe cubscribeij in the best manner, and at os low price as the same work can be done for, by any first rate p/ao tical workman in the State. -J> Wellsboro, Joly 15,-1863. A. R. HASCj£« • WEIXSBORO IIOTEIi, B. B. HOLIDAY,.,.'. ........Propril^r. THE Proprietor having again taken possessing of. the Above Hotel, will spare nc pains to if are the comfort of guests and the traveling public- £ At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonably Wcllsboro, Jan. 21, 1863.-tf. A. FOIET, Watches, Clocks, S j., REPAIRED AT OLD ( PRICES. ' ; POST OFFICE I^UILDINH, ’NO. 5, UNION BLOCK. - Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. 3E. R« BLACK, BARBER & HAIR-DRESS£Ri - SHOP OVER C. L. WILCOX’S STORE, ' NO. -4, UNION BLOCIC. Wcllsboro, Juno 24, 1863. S’tOUB A2TD FEED STOKE. WRIGHT & BAILEY , ! HATE had theiri mill thoroughly rephfted and-are receiving fresh ground flour,: fied, meal, ,tc., every day at their store in town. l Cash paid for all kinds of grain. ■ • 1 WUIGIIT & BAIL# f. TTellsboro, April 29, 1863. Wool Carding and Cloth Dressic j, THE subscriber informs his old casto .era and the public ho is prepaj * 1 to card wool and dress cloth at the old stand, the'co aing season, having secured the services of Mr. J. P iET, a competent and experienced workman, and ah a in tending to give his personal attention to the bus* dess, he will warrant all work done at his shop. £’ i Wool carded at five cents per pound, and *;loth dressed at from ten to twenty cents per yard, iper color and finish. J» I- JACKS., sL Wellsboro, May 6, 1863-tf. . iKABBLE SHOP. TAM now receiving a STOCK of ITALIAN I J- and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bought witb|cash) j and am prepared to manufacture, all kinds of TOMB-STONES-; & and MONUMENTS at the lowest prices. ' lIARVET ADAMS is my authorised ageflt and will sell Stone at the saine prices ns at the shop. WE ’ll AVE DVT ONE PRICE. ‘ Tioga, May 20, 1663-ly. A. D. CQU.E. JOHN A. BOY, : Dealer in drugs and medicines, Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Byes, Soap**, Per fumery, Crushes, Glass, Putty,, Toys, Fancy ;Jopds, Pare Wines, Brandies, Gins, 'and other Liquids: for medical use. Agent for the sale of all the heft Pat ent Medicines of (he day. Medicines warranted g/n -ciac and of the BEST QUALITY. i Physician's Prescriptions accurately compounded. The best Petroleum Oil which is superior to any other or burning in Kerosine Lamps. Also, all other kinds Oils usually kept in a first class Drug Store. FANCY DYE COLORS in packages all ready emponnded, for the use of private families. ure Loaf Sugar for medical compounds.* * 1 Wellsboro, June 24,1863-Iy. j- Insurance Agenci. TEE Insurance Company of North Amcricl hare appointed the Undersigned an agent forJHoga County and ricinity. , # jf As the high character and standing of this (ftopa ny give the assurance of full protection to owf ers of property against the hazard of fire, J solicit wits < con fidence a liberal share of the bnsineM pf the c[tonty. Ibis company was incorporated in 1794. Ixs ( *ipital is $500,000, and its aeseets in 1861 as per etai'lt&ent Ist Jan. of that year was $1254,719 31, CHAKLES PLATT, AKTUCK-Q. COFFIN,,, Protldcnt. 1 Office or tbo Company 232 Walnut Spreet Philadelphia. ’• 'TVm. Bnelilcr, Central Agent Rlar rialmrs, Pa. JOHN W. GUERNSEY, •'—' Agent for Tioga County, Pa, .Inly 15, 1863. «ATE ikobjial sonoofs, ; [For the sth District, Pa.] ■AND Mansfield Classical Seminary. - Rev. VT. D. TAYLOB, A. M ..Principkl. Mr -Assistant. -Mn. H. 6. TiYL08,.... -Preceptress. •Aliss H. A. Farnsworth, Assistant. - Assistant, and Teacher in Model School. * Assistant, and Teacher of Mneic.? ! . : Fall Term o‘f this Institution trill opt C Sept.- ir , f Winter Term, Deo. 28. the SpHS r Term, anarch 16th 1864. Each term" to Continue ! thirteen weeks. A hormal School .Coarse of study'fot gra Illation, ’ki'*, 0 two J elrß i is -aSoptei. J for the Normal Course, and for tha.fciassi- Depirtment, are solicited. ’ ~f, or P, s ' ! 'tieatsjs l address feev, W. D. Tatlob sJfnDE la, Tioga County Peapa. Send for a Cireufir. , XT. COCBBAff, tr« President of the Board of TrafSees. HOLLAND, Secretary. 2 olsnsfield, August 5,1863, S, ■VtWPtSI THE A(iITA VOX. X -All silently and peacefully, with -steady march and slow, The generations came and went where generations E°» And skillfully with plane and saw, with compass, ax, and gauge, He changed the face of all the land.—the Builder of the age. And as the Builder deftly wrought »tt' temple, ship or track, ~ ; He upward looked and forward looked, nor thought of locking back; But as Ho swung the heavy ax or made the anvil ring, : Almost Unknowing what he did, this song I 1 heard him sing: THE BUILDER’S SONG. The Scythian lived to tear and read. The Goth and Vandal to destroy; Tho Greek to sing, and patch, and mend; In art the Roman found his joy; The Persian lived to paint and gild. But none of all to plan and build. .Proprietor, The Gauls and Celts were quick to see And swift to clutch at, other’s leads. Their Builders* hands were never free But ever bound in serfish bands. The Spaniard, cruel, proud and cold. But loved his creed and yellow gold. The Builder sought a virgin soil Covered with rock, and swamp, and tree, Where honor should attend on toil; And when for once bis band was free, : With skillful plan and sturdy blows, Yost forests fell and towns arose. He raised his hand; and from the stocks. Tall ships rode proudly to the sea, He shaped a temple from the rocks, A palace from the forest tree; For river, rock, or tree, or rill, Must all subserve the Builder’s will. Vast Factories rose where flashing streams Went .rushing down the mountain gorge. From busy workshops came, the gleams Of dazzling light from clanging forge ; Bose, church and tower —rose ship and mill, Beneath the Builder’s iron will. i * Who build tbe ships and busy marts Shall mould tbe nations of tcfcday— . * Who palters with the softer arts But*leads a nation to decay; And who retards the Builder’s hand. Shall earn a curse in every land: The Southron scoffs at manly toil, And cool contempt repays his acorn— He barters souls to till bis soil,* And gathers curses with bis corn. Like Egypt’s locusts, be enjoys The land he corses—and destroys. The mansion, where in splendor dwelt Tbe.planter with his motley crew. Moulders in ruin. (Quickly melt The riches which are labor’s due.) And fjjom its crumbling eaves, the owl Answers the dun wolfs dreary bowl. The gardens of the sweet southwest Are grown to melancholy pines; v The lend the southron loved the best Is damp and dark with tangled vines. And where once rose the lordly hall, Decay and ruin govern all. The southron saw his land decay, And etill misjudged the ruling cause; He sought redress in broader sway, ♦And passage of unrighteous laws ; And then—God'help ns that we i We let him rale us as he would I * . / '* There’s a Divinity that shapes Onr ends, rough hew them as we will,” lien were not made fer human, opes,— There’s something manly in ns still, ° And when the southron drew the s.word/ . We sprang to arms with one accord. What hoots itjnow to tell in rhyme What all have read in simple prose, . Tbo loss we suffered; and what time We scattered to ■ the wind our foes,— And why reooll tbo murky cloud That hong about ns like a shroud Throughout the year of sixty-one ? * In sixty-two a brighter day Bad dawned, and battles fought and won Soon placed the haughty foe at bay ,* For he who builds can also fight, And he shall win who has the right. Shoulder to shoulder—hip to hip Wc stand at last with bristling front; Each battle line and iron ship Bears back the fiercest battle's brunt, While arrogance, and hate, and pride. Are crushed beneath the battle's tide. The dark sad race whose griefs and wrongs ' Have plunged the Nation in this woe, Now tune their tongues to freedom’s songs, And meet in freedom’s ranks the foe— They shall be known throughout all lands As freedom’s grateful Deodands. And as the Old Tear passeth out, We welcome in the coming year With bugle blast, and battle shout, And more of hope, and less of fear. For who can build can also fight, And he shall win who has tho right. . * * * * « « 9 a ’Twas thus onr modem builder sang, in very mid dling verse, "Which might have been much better—or a very little worse. It Is the license of the day, and sanctioned long by time, To welcome every coming year with most lugubrious rhyme I' 1 And therefore, if onr builder sings a trifle rough or bo, V ttMtnSeci itary« Excuse him for his fair intent, and let the metre go, Perchance, the present year shall fill the nromlee of to-day. And slavery with its thousand ills, forever pass away ; Then trusting much and hoping all, with faith in Freedom’s mighty , Whether we near the victor’s wreath or perish in the fight, We tread the paths onr Fathers trade when battling . for the right. The Tone of Bullets.— A soldier, writing from one of the camps on the Potomac, thus alludes to the peculiar music made by bullets passing through the air i «It is a very good place to exercise the mind, with the enemy’s pickets setting close at hand. A musical ear can study the different tones of bullets as they skim throngh~the air. I caught the pitch of a large sized Minie yesterday. It was a swell from E fiat to F, and, as It passed into the dis tance and lost its velocity, receded to D,— a very pretty change. One of the most start ling sounds is that of the Hotchkiss shell. It domes like the shriek of a demon, and the bravest old soldiers feel like ducking when they hear it. It is no more destructive than eonta other shells; but there is a great deal in mete sound to work upon men’s fears. The tremendous scream is caused by a tagged edge of lead which is loft on the shell.” aehotett to tfyt fSuttnuitm of Wt &vtu of jrmhow unxt the spread of Healths Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRI6HTBD, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY. TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. CARRIER’S ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS OF THE AGITATOR. JANUARY 1, 1864. WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1861 Select Stovs. ~ [From Chambers Journal,] - THE SELF-ACCUSED WITCH. The province of Dalarne, or Dalecarlia, as soatfaern nations call it, was known in old times as the right arm of Sweden, not only on account of its mines of copper and iron, bnt also for its high-spirited and independent peasantry, whom no feudal baron might op press, and no foreign foe invade with impunity Their weight thrown into thescale in times of civil strife, was generally sufficient to turn it lin favor of their chosen prince or party. They had mainly helped Qustavus Vasa, first in freeing' the land from the Danish yoke, and secondly in planting the Reformation and the Lutheran ritual firmly among its people. Stanch Lutherans and stont-hearted Swedes the Daleoarian peasants remain to this day ; neither the wealth of the mines nor the spirit of the peasantry has been worked away in that, outof-tbe-world province. The strife between it and' its neighbor Norway has burned ont long ago, though it was the longest-lived of Europe’s border-wars ; so has tho epidemical dread of witchcraft, though its latest returns were among those hardy northern men ; and the following tale, which occurred in.the last of them,’ and proved its complete cure, is as well authenticated as Swedish records and state papers can make it. "While Queen Christina was “reigning at Stockholm, patronizing science, corresponding with half the learned men of Europe, and with no thought of abdication or turning Catholic, that her subjects were aware o£j Dame Elsan Ketler was also reigning over her oWn gc d; that i» to say, farmhouse and steading, and over tho village of Karlscopen, conducting its gossip,' ’supervising its .manners and morals, and firmly intending never to abdicate at all. The village of^Karlscopen' consisted of six garde beside her own, scattered along a narrow valley, which was sheltered on the north by an old pine forest, and opening on the south to far-stretching upland pastures, which the short Swedish summer covered with grass and juni per bushes. The 1 fiend, or peasants, who lived there were all well to do in their station; had cows and sheep, oxen, and oldfashionjed plows, with which they tilled their farm*, and got good crops of barley, rye, and turnips. The men of the valley were reckoned good farmers; the woman were notable cheese and sansage makers, spinners of wool and flax, bakers of barley bread and brewers of beer; but over, them and over all their works and ways, Dame Elsan Ketler reigned, and ruled without jlj 1 rival or a gainsayer. I It'was true that Dame Elsan had a husband, but honest llama had been brought into sub jection during the course of the honeymoon, and, having now borne the yoke for fifteen years, was too well broken in to be of any ac count, except in performing the duties she commanded. It was true that Dame Elsan had one son and two daughters, but they had been early taught to venerate their mother’s wisdom, and acknowledge her indisputable authority. So Dame Elsan reigned over family, house, and farm ; and, in right of that rule, over the fam ilies, bouses, and Terms of the village, too. The Keelers had constituted, time immemorial, the rahk and fashion of Karlscopen; their farm was the largest and most fertile, their stock of cattle and sheep was the best, their gard was the oldest in all the village. Keller’s had lived there before the Vasa’s time; sons of theirs in the preceding generation had marched to Germany with the great Gustavus.’and brought back spoils of silver cups, and silk curtains, their gain from the Thirty Years’ War. In short, they were the china, the cream, and the flower of the valley ; and hav ing talents equal to her position—for in spin ning, brewing, and sausage-making, Dame Elsan could give the most accomplished of her neighbors lessons—the spouse, and decidedly better half of Hams Ketler, took the lead and kept it. Moreover, what does not generally happen to chiefs and leaders anywhere, was the case with her: Dame Elsan was satisfied with her own government at home and abroad. The house prospered! under her management; it was strict and prudent, at times approaching tbe borders of stinginess. So tbe Ketlcrs grew rich. The neighbors with one consent, ac knowledged her superiority in everything; Ilams went in the way she chalked :qut for him ; son and daughters fallowed bis dutiful example ; tbe linen, tbe beer, and the sausages turned out well; yet, ns all human felicity is found to have some drawback, there was one to Dame Elsan’a abundant share of it—for she could never rear a calf. The"offspring of her cows, numerous as they were every summer, died after b few days'; or at best a few weeks trial of kine life. Old and censorious people—there were such even in Karlscopen—ventured to whisper by their own firesides that the dame skimmed the milk her calces had, too closely. Her own account of the matter was, that she had tried every meth od a sensible woman could think of, but it was all ef no use, not a calf would live, and when particularly exasperated on the subject, the dame was in the habit of hinting that there must have been something unlucky about her mothor-in-law, with whom aba had never been on good terms, and was, not yet, though the grass of ten summers had grown about the old woman’s headstone in the village churchyard. Dame Elsan was spinning in her farmhouse porch one warm afternoon in the middle of July, a season when there is long day and little night in Dalarne, when nuts grow brown in the forest, and grain yellow in the fields under twenty hoars of sunshine, and every hand is busy getting in the various crops of the year, which come all at once to ripeness. Her bus band and son were in the field with the reap .drs, cutting down the barley; her daughters and maids were making hay in the meadow; and sho sat there alone, turning' her wheel with a slow, steady ham, and musing on that one black spot in the general whiteness of her days. The population of Dame Elsan’s cow house had been increased that same week by two calves, hut one of them had died on the preceding day, and the other seemed about to follow is example. It was very hard that all SHS rs *~'*= the Ketlers’ cows were henceforth to be stran gers, not reared on their own farm ; very un lucky, the dame thought; all Karlscopen were remarking the fact; .who knew what they might say about it? It was certainly no credit to the family. She would have given anything to have that blot on their escutcheon washed away; faut the dame was at her wits' end, and her recollections, as usual, went back to the long deceased mother-in-law. •Suddenly the deep stillness of the village street, which lay bare under tbe breezeless air and downward-sloping sun, was broken by a coming-step, and, looking up, the dame saw what was not common in Karlscopen, the face of a stranger. He was a tall young man,' some what lank and thin, as if his fare htfil not been of the best; his black cloth gown and cap were worn threadbare, dusty and travel-soiled, but in the fashion of the time: they proclaimed him to be aydung deacon or candidate for the Lutheran ministry, who, having finished his course at the university, was employedon what might be tbe outlaying business of tbe church, catechising the young, visiting the sick, and looking after the state of morals in remote and out-of-the-way villages. The dea cons in, those days were the poor scholars of Sweden, known to be college-bred, anil there fore in high esteem among the northern peas antry, who, though rustic enough themselves, have always respected learning; known also to bo poor, and therefore ready to accept, or rather to expect, entertainment. Thus Dame Elsan was not surprised when the stranger stopped at her porch with “ Good day, mother. Have you a drop of skim-milk, or small-beer, or even a cap of spring water to spare a thirsty traveler ?” “ Come in, sir,” said the dame. Prudent though she was, the Kellers’ house was not to be disgraced by stingy behavior to a deacon. The traveler was courteously invi ted into the family-room, established in the best seat—a huge armchair, ornamented with quaint carvings, and fixed hard by.the hearth, on which tbe wood fire burned low that sum mer day. There he was served with the host of her new cheese, hurley bread, and home brewed ale; and as the good manners of Da larne required, Dame Elsan brought in her spinning-wheel, and- sat down opposite to en liven hia repast with her conversation. Its chief subjects were of course Karlscopen and tho.Ketlers,. The deacon inquired kindly after the whole village ; Dame Elsan, being the head woman, was able to give him a good account of them, including her own household. Hams was a good sort of a man on the whole, though rather stiff-necked and hard to advise at times ; young Hams was like his father ; but she did her best to manage them both.. Emma and Elda would be good house-keepers, she must say, though they were her daughters; she hoped they would get good and manage them well. The deacon appeared deeply interested in the whole family, as the new. cheese disappeared before his knife. Tbe dame entered into a more particular statement of household affairs—their crops, their cattle, the linen she had in store for the girls against theif wedding-days, - her great successes in "all domestic achievements, and tbe causes of thankfulness tbe Ketlers had in general. “You are a .very fortunate woman, mother,” said the deacon. “In all my travels IhaYo not met any to whom Providence has been more kind; and I atn glad to see you ack- , nowledge it with a thankful heart.” “ I do, sir, to the best of my recollection, in church on Sundays, and every night at.my prayers; so does Hams, poor man, when-1 remind him of it. Bat, sir, there is one thing that troubles us both, principally me, because it. is a housewife’s concern, and Hams has Scarcely sense enoughand Dame Elsan made a full disclosure of her trials and regrets in the matter of the dying calves.* It was not merely in hopes of sympathy that the good woman spoke; the belief in spells and charms to se cure human wishes and ward off misfortunes whs strong among the Swedish peasantry at the time, as it was among those of our own England, then under the protectorate of Oliver Oromwell. Learned men of any profession were supposed to know, if they did not prac tice, them. The deacon, though intended for the ministry, had studied at Upsala; a vague tradition of the pagan temple it had supplanted still 1 hung round that university, and nothibg could persuade the populace that occult learn ing was not cultivated there; Might not the deacon, then, in. return for her hospitable en tertainment and friendly confidence; be able to assist Dame Elsan out of her difficulty, and give her some charm to keep death from the cow-house ? It was not indeed consistent with his holy office- and expected call to the pulpit; but then he was a learned man, bad been at Dpsala; she would pay anything he pleasedto ask, and keep the' secret all her life. The spinning-wheel was stopped, and her requests and promises made in a low, hurried tone, as the deacon rose to go, for the cheese was fin ished, and the sun wearing down. He stood leaning his arms on the back of the chair for a few minutes, as if in earnest consideration, while the dame pressed her suit, and plied him with every argument she could think of, the Inst being ten rix-dollars in hard .silver. At length, he looked up with a sort of smile; it was a good omen ; Dame Blsan’s courage rose. “Do,sir, for pity’s sake, take them, and give me the charm. I know you can do it; yon learned men can do anything of that kind. It will take the disgrace off our bouse. No mor tal shall over hear aajllable about itfrom roe ; and lam sure the ten dollars trill ha of us? to you.” “We never take money for sueh things, mother;” said the deacon; “ but if yon make me a present of five dollars, as my gown is rather thin, and my shoes nearly Worn out, I won’t refuse it. Leave me alone here, and I’ll write something which will be of service to you and the calves ; and taking out his pocket book, ink-horn, and pen, he began to write something on a blank leaf, while Dame Elsan hurried out to the porch, turned her face to the east, and piously repeated her prayers, to keep off the evil spirits who might be at hahd on such an oefasion. )Yhile thus engaged, how ever, she dJqticeJ t(£ lift her eyes, and saw her TOR. maid Roskin coming in from tho field, as she had been ordered, to assist in preparing the substantial supper which closes the harvest-dav in Sweden, Now, Roskin’s tongue was a weapon which , even her managing mistress could not keep in order,.and she had an eye keen enough to match ; news-telling and gos sip-carrying were her delights. If-the deacon were seen writing or giving that, paper, tbe secret must be' known to all Karlscopen. In flew Dame Elsan with: "0, sir,, for goodness sake, stop; there’s Roskin coming.” But the maid had observed her mistress, guessed there was something in the wind, and increased her speed. She was al ready on the threshold when the deacon folded up the paper he had been j writing, sealed it with black wax, and the impress of a ring he wore, put up his ink-born and pocket-book, and whispered : “ Come ont with me, and I will tell yon what to do.” Out went the stran ger, and,out went- Dame Elsan, to the great amazement of her maid, who got o frowning order to make np,the-fire, and get on tbe soup pot-instantly. Roskin saw them walk away to the corner of the cow-house, where they stood for a minute or two, while tbe stranger whis pered something to her" mistress, gave some thing into her right band, took something from : her left, appeared to bid her a civil good-day, and roarohed'rapidly down the village street. The looking after him, theft looked at her own right-hand, passed what it con tained under her kirtle, came back to tbe bouse, and fell to getting the supper ready, with a long account of tho catechising and good coun sels which the pious young deacon had given her. It was repeated with variations and en largements "to her household when they came in from work, and to all her neighbors in turn. Indeed, it- was thought Damo Elsan made rather too much of*tbe subject. “One would think a deacon had never come to a bouse in Karlscopen before,” remarked the most cen sorious, of course very privately; but all the Kellers were edified, except Roskin, who never could find out, and dared not inquire, what had been given and taken at the corner of tho cow house. It could not be expected that the maid would keep snch a problem for her private meditation. All the housewives in tbe village heard, and endeavored to solve it with conjectures more or less charitable; but as they also stood in awe of Dame Elsap, no inquires could be ventured on. If honest Hams ever got an inkling, he was a well-managed husband, and jealousy is not tbe failing of tbs hardy northern men. Besides, the young deacon never again made hia appearance in Karlscopen, and the one eye witness, Roskin, got married in tho following year to a peasant living in a distant village. Tbe tale of the cow-house corner died out, or was kept alive only by tenacious memories, yet, from tbe time of its 'occurrence all her neigh bors remarked that Dame Elaan’s calves lived and prospered, till her success in rearing them became as notable throughout the countrv as her failure had been before. In a land of such long hard winters, where cattle are so valuable, no success could be more envied or songht after; but strangers began to arrive from distant vil lages and outlying, farms with the kiifdcst in quiries after Dame Elsan Ketler, and generally bringing presents in their-hands. They Came and went, to the wonder of Karlscopen-, and as the nearest neighbors are tbe last to make any signal discovery, they puzzled themselves oyer the fact to no purpose. Whatever influ ence brought the visitors and presents to her house, it was Dame Elsan’s policy to keep them in tbe dark ; and ns tbe. cup of her prosperity was-now full, and the black spot washed out, she reigned over them with more absolute sway than ever. Pall cups and absolute sway are apt fergrow empty and ,limited in the course of twenty years. That space of time brought great rev olutions to' many a land in the latter half of the seventeenth century. England was chan ged from a commonwealth to a kinngdom; Sweden lost her Queen Christina, and got two successive kings instead; and Dalarne got a dnke of its own; who governed the province prudently, and made a deal out of its mines. There were revolutions in the Ketler farm house, too, quite as,important to its inhabitants, though they came more slowly and with less report. Dame Elsafi’s daughters grew up, married, and got the provided linen; honest Hams went to reside beside his oft-accused mother in the vil lage churchyard; Haros the younger reigned or rather served in his stead, fur, like a discreet Dalecarliap, be brought home a wife, as soon as convenient, to manage the house and him. His mother might have been thought sufficient for that business. She did not-entirely approve of the match; it was the one thing in which Hams the second had gone against her mind. Her daughter-in-law was aware of that, and, being a woman of the same spirit, open war was declared between them before the wedding festivities were fairly.over. The Dame set up her camp in one end of the farm-house, which she claimed as her jointure by the ancient laws of, the province; her share of the cow-honse and granary had to be portioned oft’ the rest, her part of the farm-fields fenced in ; but the rival queens contrived to tiave nev ertheless, concerning which the whole village asked with considerable astonishment how llama could live through the perpetual broil! Making war on one’s daughter-in-law, and receiving visitors on errands not to be explain ed, however well watched they may be, are not apt to Improve one’s temper or repute. The once thrifty; high-handed, and, outspoken dame had. become a cross, anxious uneasy old wo man ; her prudence had narrowed into perfect parsimony, though she was. known to be the richest dowager in Earlscopcn. Besides her part of farmhouse, stock, and land, nobody in the village could boast so much in fine linen; or so many, silver spoons, rings, and buckles, mostly paid in tribute hy those far-coming -visitors. But Dame Elshan’s reign was over : the poorest cottage in Karlscopen disdained to receive her laws > the farm servants -took part with,her daughter-in-law; the boys called her “ Mother Miser,’’ and Hams’? wife,.after vain ly endeavoring to make putwhat the ..visitors wanted, and claiming share of their present^ Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged SI per square of 1 ft lines, one or three 25 cents- for every subsequent insertion, Advertisements of lees than-10 miMMlJited as d square. She subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and TearJy advertisements: , - , o 3 HOVTB3. 6 KOSTHB. ISjtOSSftl. I Square, $3,00 $4,50 $O,OO ' * 6,00 6,60 -8,0« I - ?*• T>oo 8,50 10,00 i C01umn,..., 8,00 9,50 12.50 f 15 ) 00 20,00 25,00 1 i 2 t ,o ° 35.00 4o|oB Advertisements not taring the number of insert tions desired marked upon them, win be rmbliiW until ordered out and charged accordingly. • Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heeds, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable’s and other BLaNKS, constantly on hand. NO. 19. averred that there mast he something partic ularly bad transacted in her mother in-law’s end of the farm-house. So the twenty years ran to their close, and as that came on, there came oyer all Dalarne, whence or how no man could tell—for who can trace out the spring of a popular ferment s mighty dread of witchcraft, and a general dis covery of witches in every quarter. The strange sufferings and troubles of the people in conse quence would fill a volume of very grotesque reading; they saw everything, from talking dogs to pigs drawing barrels full of fire; they beard all manner of sounds in the air, in the village churchyards, and in the dark corners of their own houses. Scores of people were ac cused, and confessed their guilt, with won drous and most cireumstatial talcs of •their’ nightly flights on broomsticks and dead pine branches, carrying children with them to Blak ulla, a rocky and desolate isle in the Baltic, many a mile from the nearest land, where they wero received by the ,enemy of mankind in person, under whoso superintendence they baked, brewed, feasted, and initiated tiia chil dren into his special service. Bidiculons as .. these tales may seem to nineteenth century readers, they fill the law records and pariah registers of the period, and appear to be but a northern and late edition of the doings in quired after and legislated for by our own Long Parliament. The executions were far more numerous, though the ferment lasted only five years; eighteen persona in the parish. pf Mora were known to have been pot to death in one day for witchcraft j and the number of the accused was so great, that Luke Charles • refused to. sign many of the death-warrants for fear of depopulating his province. Either ow ing to its remote situation, or the less excita ble character of its inhabitants, Karlscopen was the latest in all Dalarae to find out a witch, / but it came to the discovery at last. / Xn a battle of more than common fierceness,/ Dame Elsan’s daughteriin-law, seeing that no share of the presents. veas-to-bo' had,-launched forth in a denunciation of her husband’s moth er; declaring her conviction that the dame was a witch ; that she had seen her, at nnaq countable times and places, gathering hemlock, and otherwise singularly, employed; ar.l tri umphantly" referred to the unexplained visits as proofs of her accusation. The neighbors beard the charge, they had also heard flie tales of witchcraft from distant villages: Itoskin’a observations turned np in the old people’s mem ories. The dame was cross, unpopular, and given to hidden ways: at any rate, the visitors and the presents, were undeniable. Sundry girls and boys immediately began to assert.that she had been endeavoring to seduce them' to Blaknlla, some had discovered her in the shape of a black oat; some had seen her pre paring to mount a broomstick; and some had escaped her spells only by boiling a horse-shoe, and carrying sprigs of the mountain ash abonl them. These informations were given to the authorities, and Dame Elsan was arrested at her spinning-wheel. To the surprise of every body she .attempted no denial, no defense, hut allowed herself to he conducted to prison in Sbara,_ the nearest town, which, being the see of a bishop and the seat of a provincial court, was the scene of many a witch's trial, the Lu theran bishops having a special cognizance of such cases. The Episcopal crosier was at that time wielded by a scion of the Saedburgfamily, newly promoted to the see, but known to bo a conscientious and zealous bishop. His prefer ment was said to have been owing to his preach-, ing before Duke Charles against the sins of thd times, particularly the black and dreadful one of witchcraft, which be averred had been per mitted .to overspread the land on account of its giving way to foreign fashions and luxuries; The bishop had come Into biedioceas with a publicly expressed-- ••determination to war against, and, if-possible, root out that pecu liar service of {Satan, and Dame Elsan Ketler was the first name on the list of those to be tried before him. Her position in KarlsCopan, her respectable life and connections, and the mystery which had puzzled her neighborhood for so many years, drew a great concourse to the court oh her trial-day. The cunrt-honse was foil of men, and women, and children, ail breathless and eager with ears and"eyes. The bishop in his robes, with clerks and assessors, took the seat of judgment; and the dame was brought to the bar. “My lord” she said, in reply to his first question, “lam guilty; put yourself to no more trouble with me. I acknowledge that I have practiced witchcraft for twenty years by gone, and deserve to die. But oh, my lord, is there any chance of mercy for my poqjr soul f” “ Confess your crimes. Woman,” said the p »1 bishop, “p will give yon time to repent and pray; and no truly repentant sinner shall be lost,''* “I confess, my lord,” said Dame lielaan, falling on her knees, “ though I have never gone to Blaknlla, tier carried away any child, yeti have practiced witchcraft by taeans of a charm which was given me by a traveling dea con twenty years ago, when my mind was troub led concerning the calves that died from md; and it is sewed under the lining of my right foot shoe.” - •' “ Take it oot immediately, andshow itto me,” said the bishop, looking as if a sadden recob lection had struck him. The dame took off her shoe, ripped the lining, and produced out of it a minute leather bag, out of which she took a small closely folded note sealed with black was. The bishop took it, broke the seal, read it, and looked up like one found guilty himself. “ What did the deacon bid you do with your calves when he .gave you this charm ?” he de manded. ~-5 “Ho bade me give them,,four pints of .milk that never saw watery or'skimmer,'in a beech wood pail, after sunrise, at high noon, and be fore sunset, in the rtamfl of Mantecora*,”, said D.imo Elaan; “to keep tho charm in the li ning of my right-foot shoe, and strike every calf three times with it before nightfall.” “And have you done so ?” inquired the bish op. “ I hate, my lord, sinner that I am,” replied the dame; “ and' also made much wicked profit by lending the charm to people far and near whentheir ciilvea werein danger.” ' “ Well my ‘good woman, • rise'
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