Tbh Tlog& Oonnly Agitato’ v .
BY M. H. COBB. -
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JTAS. LO*VRE¥ Sc S. P.
* TTORNEYS-& COUNSELLORS at.^AW,
XX will attend the Courts of Tioga, Pptfur and
iicKeao counties. ’ [Wellebnro, Jan. 1, 1 -63.1
'OICKIIfIOH HOUSE,a i
■ CORNING, N. Y.' ‘
JUj. A. FIELD, ErSpfielof.
GUESTS taken to and from the Di pt t free'
of-charge. [Jan. 1,1^8.]
PIESJfSFLVAIfIA HOUSE.
CORNER OP MAIN STREET AND THE A’CSf-tOB,.
XVellaboro, Pa. ’.' ,
J. W, BIGONY i.... Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel,-, haying been refitted
and re-furnished throughout, ie now'open to the
public as a first-class honee., ' ' [Jan.T, 1868.]
D. HART’S HOTEL.
WELLSBORO, TIOGd CO.-PENKA.,
THE subscriber takes this method to infhrm
bis old friends and customers that Ce 'has rb r
lamed the conduct of the old- “ Crystal l Fountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give ft his entire ‘attention.
Thankful for past favors, be solicits a rene-Wal-of the
same. David, hart.
tfellsboro, Nov. 4,,1863,-ly, .
IZAAK WALTON HOLS®,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa,
H. C. VERM I LYE A,...., Picjprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located withirv eiteyac
ces? of the best -fishing and banting grinds in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be h irtd for
the Accommodation of pleasure seekers and ' 3e trar-
Iling public. . [Jan. 1,
A. FOIET, ..
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c., Btc.,|
REPAIRED ,AT OLD PRICES.
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK,\N
Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. •
■ ■ —■ ——.— —~ ..> !
J. EMERY, '• ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND „
MILITARY CLAIM
Has removed to the office on Avon heit door
toßigoney’s. • - Jan. 4, 1865--43t*
H W. Williams,
WILLIAMS & SMITH, ,
ATTORNEYS AND- VOVI\SELORS AT'IAW,
BOIIIfTY A PENSION AGENCY.
Main Street. Wcliaboro, Pa.
January 4, 1886-ly.
S. F. SHAHHLIHf,,. y"
BARBER & HAHI-DRESSER,
Shop 0»e Door North op Cokvers' S'jOßfi.
Ladies* Hair-Cutting done in the best manner*
Wellsbopo, -Dec 7, 1864.
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOU'EL.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA"
THE undersigned having leased the Ahov§ Hotel
jyrßiwui vr jcnrs tfbuiu respectfully, inform
the traveling public that he has put the Hote *ln first
class order for the reception of guests and nsi pains
will be spared in the accommodation of traveling and
as far as the situation'will allow, he.wiU a first
class Hotel, in* all things, except piices, which will
be model ate. Please try us and judge for'vourselres.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. H. MARTIN.
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
SO. 3. I'XIOST BLOCK,, WELLSBOIifI, PA.
P. K. WILLIAM^
BEGS leave to announce to the citizens dr fWells
boro anti vicinity, that he keeps conet InUy on
hand all kinds ef V
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, > -,
Chemicals, Varnish, Paintsj-Soaps, Perforate i Glass,
Bnuhea, Putty, Fancy Goods, PhrcWines, JfraDfidea,
Gldb, and ail other kinks -of Liquors of |be ,bost
quality. AH kinds of ~ " •
PATENT MEDICINES
inch as Jayne’s Expectorant, Alterative anH Pills ;
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Pilla and Cherry Pectoral J Belm
bold’s Extract Buchu, Sarsaparilla and Rose .Wash;
Mrs. Winslow’* Sothing Syrup; Wright’s- PillsJ
Clark’s ant] Cbeeseman’s Pills; Hall's Balsam; Bio*
iuger's London Dock Gin ; Herrick's Pills and'Plae
lere: Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., Ac. >
May 25, 1864-ly. P. R. WILLIAMS.
REVENUE STAMPS ' )'
JOHN M. PUELPJ3, Deputy Collector’-of Ijane
field, has just received a large *lot of Rf (enue
Et&mi, of all denominationB,Xrom one cent ss.
Any person wishing Stanps can gel them at my .office
ui Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant As Issor,
« Wellaboro, Pa. f. M. PHEI, fS.* j
Mansfield, May 2,1864.' . / ’■ \
P. NEWELL. »E»TiSIT, J.
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNT% FA., '■
IS prepared to operate in all the ib
the various departments of filling, tn
lerting artificial dentures, Ac.
Mansfield. August 10, 1864—1 y. ‘
CO W AWESQUE HOUSE, f |
THIS House which has been open for* convenience
of the traveling public for a number of‘years,
ha? lately been newly furnished throughout anA fitted
U P mas goo i style as can be found in any comity ,or
c tv Hotel. The Proprietor does not hesitate \ i say
lng taat there will be no pains'spared to add' \o Che
comfurt of his guests, and make it a home for Jhem.
The best ot stabling for teams; and a good I‘belief
&i *ay» in attendance, all of which can be'’bund
Cce mile east of Knoxville, Pa.
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor.
Deerfield. May 25, 1864.-ly. . •'/ '
WELLiSBORO -HOTJEJi.-
■*! '
(o<>r;,er Main Street an 4 the Avenue.fi
WeLLSBOEO, £a. i'}‘
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. & T
Oue of tbe most popular Houses in tht; county.
i* Hotel is tbe principal Stage-house in Y bl jsbpro,-
leave daily as follows: '*, - v j
For Tioga, at 9a. m. ; For Troy, at Ba. U.*J For
«raey Shore every Tuesday and Friday al 2 p. m. j
0r Coudersport, every t Tuesday and Friday*; tt 2 p. m.
Stages Arrive —From Tioga, at 12 * o’clock
i‘°- : From Troy, at 6' o’clock p. dlFrom' Jersey
Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: From poadets-
P°Tt, Tuesday and Friday II n. m.
A. B.—Jimujy Ctftvden. tbe well-known hostler,
»>ll bs found ou hand.
"elhboro, Oct. 5, 1864-ly. ‘ f .
HUGH YOUNG, ;
Bookseller & sTATji^flfEß,
AND DEALER IN ;
pierican Clocks, American, English',, And 6wiss
patches. Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spfthaicles,
■'tore Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
‘foscopes, Perfamery, Yankee Notions, Wishing
Mkt ' and Flies, and Fanty and Toilet Artljlos. .
SCHOOL BOOKS of every hind-oaSd in, th,e
"“pty, constantly on hand hnd sent by mail er oth
"fise, to order. ,V "V
■ Vo - 5, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBOSC, PA.
THE AGITATOR.
VOL. XI.
IILJLV
CLOTHIfi! CLOTHING!
•--j.. ’ .i
(One door hdow Harden's Store.)
WE have just arrived in Wellsboro with a large
Stook-ot CLOTHING and -1
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods,
j, l .
AlsOy HATS & CAPS/snd a great assortment of •
LA INKS’ CLOAKS, .
Which T?e offer to the Wellaboro and sur-
Tounding country at •
f SO PER cfeiur.). CHEAPER' 1
than any‘6tKer establishment in this, part of .the
■country. Our object Is to reduce oar * .
WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS:
v- • PRICES;:
. OVER COATS from $4. to $4O. , ‘
BUSINESS-COATS from ?3 to $25.
PANTS from $2 to $lO. , .. T
VESTS from S2J to $B.
We bought our goods ■whetf Gold vae only 1.50
and we can afford to sell our goods -cheap.
All our Goods are manufactured under our own su
pervision and can not be surpassed in quality and
durability. . T
We respectfully ihviteevery oh© whose interest is
to be economical, to (Sxamine our. — l -«
STOCK AND , -PRICES
before purchasing elsewhere. ;
HAST & AUERBACH,
of Syracuse, N. Y., and Blosiborg, Pa.
Wellsboro, Dec. 14, 1864-tf.
E. A B. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturer, of Photographic Material,,
I WHOLESALE AND DETAIL, '
501 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Wait 11, Smith.
_ In addition to our mam business of Photographic
Materials, we are Headquarters for the following, yte:
Stereoscopes & Sterepscoplc Vlews,
Of-these we have an immense assortment, including
War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities and Land*
scapes, Groups, Statuary* Ac., Ac,' . Also, Revolving
Stereoscopes, for public or private : exhibition. Our
Catalogue will he sent to jriby_ address pn receipt of
Stamp. v . - ■t- • -
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. ;
We were the first to introduce these into the United
States, and we manufacture Immense quantities in
great variety, ranging in price from 60 cents to $5O
each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation of being
superior in beauty and durability to any ethers. They
will be seiit'by mail, free,- on receipt of price.
Fine(, Albums made.to order.
CARD PHOTOGRAPHS.
being made) of Portraits ef Eminent Americans, Ac.,
viz: about v - * i ■
100 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen,
- 200 Brig.-Generah, • • 130 Divines,•
275 Colonels, 126 Authors,,
10ft Licut.-Colonels, 40'Artists, *
250 Other Officers, - -125 Stage;
75 Navy Officers, 50 Prominent Women^
150 Prominent Pbfdign.poftraits.
3,000- COPIES OP ]‘WORKS ART,
including reproductions of the most celebrated En
gravings, Paintings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on
receipt of Stamp. Aq Order. for One Dozen PIC
TURES from our Catalogue will;be filledjha the re
ceipt of $1.80,-and sent by mail, pube.
Photographers and otlidrs ordering goods C. 0. D.
will please remit twenty-five porbdnt. : bf the amount
with their order, -v.v 5 i
E. A H. T, AiNTHONT A COir---
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
501 Broadway, New York.
The prices and quality of our goods cannot
fail to satisfy. ' * [Nov, 16, 1864-ly.}
Fall and winter aooDSrr No » 2 > Union .
Block. r .... .
JEROME SMITH
Has lately returned from New Yotk with a splendid
assortment of
DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING,
BOOTS & SHOES, , GLASSWARE,
HATS & CAPS,, HARDWARE, ...
GROCERIES. DOMESTICS, ;
- WOODENWARE, ■
ENGLISH., CLOTHS, , :
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS" SATINS,
; TWEEDS AND KENTUCKY JEANS,
FRENCH CASSIMERES, FULL CLOTHS;
Attention is called to .his 0f... ~..
Black and Figured Dress Silks,
Worsted Goods,
MerinOee,
Black and Figured DeLaines,
Lon# and Square. Shawls, .
Ladies’ Cloth,'
Opera Flannels, Ac,
Purchasers will find tfaat 1 -" •
, No. 2, Onion Block. Main Street,
is the place to hny the beet < quality 6f: Goods at the
lowest prices. - • JBRCtMB" SMITH.
Wellaboro, Not. 16, 1863-tf. ■
W~ ELLSBORO ACADEMY.—The second Term
of the presept school* year will begin
. ISoiiday,. Dec* 13, 1864. 1
Pupils are prepared 1 for College, or for business
pursuits: . ; •;*.ui
TUITIOS (for a term of 12 weeks).
Common English Branches...... * 4 00*
Higher English Branches...' 5 00. '
Languages 6 00.
; Pupils designing to attend bat half the term, will
•be charged accordingly. ’
No deduction Is made for absences, unless in'cakes
of 'protracted Sickness* J. =B.. GRIER,'
Wellsboro, Dec; 7,1864-3 t. Principal.
FARM' FOR-SALE. —The undersigned wishes to
dispose of his Farm in Covington township,
ing on Elk Run, about three ‘miles from ’‘ Covington
Boro, and generally known as, (be "Wptherbee
Farm.” It contains about 93 acres, with about 60
acres improved..
The soil is of tbe very best quality of upland and
tbe cleared portion is entirely free from stumps.' It
is well wetered and bas good building's.' Those who
want to buy a good Form may find it to their advan
tage to pay this one a visit before they “ settle down.”
Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply to'H.
'S. Potter, Middlebury Center,-Pa., or to Levi Rock*
"well, Cherry Flatts, Pa. » J,*B. POTTER.
Washington, D. C. f Nov. 30, 1864..
AN Assortment of TABLE GLASSWARE will
be found at ROY’S DRUG STORE. ;
-/Concentrated lye,forAaioV. v*; i
XJ: - ‘ ROT’S drug stops. •
, to the Srteunion of tfjr eff iFmhom awn the Sprcah of healths Reform.
WHILE THERE SHALIi-BE A’ WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND ’’UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO, MAN" SHALL. CEASE, (AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
WELISBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY m, 18^5.
select tfortti?.
GOD BLESS VOX7 t SOLDIER,
God bless you, soldier I —when our sty
Was heavy with impending woes,
When, traitors raised the battle-cry, .
When fear met fear in every eye.
You rushed to meet our foes.
God ,bless you, soldier!—when our light
Of hope grew dim and courage waned,
• ’ LWhen freedom veiled her face frem tfight,
Your valet dashed away the night,
, And morning clear remained.
• God bltss you, soldier V—'scarred andT worn,
t > Wearied with marchings, watchings, pain,
, ) staiDed and haltle-torn,
Bwveiyhave aUVyour tasks been borne, .
... not fought in vain.
God ble.se you, soldier! —think not we
£lone revere and bless your name;
For millions now and yet to be.
Millions yonr arm bas rendered free,
Shall sing-your deeds and .fame.
God bless you, soldier!—when the air
Grows heavv with the battle's roar,
Sheltered,beneath his love and care.
May victory with her garlands.rqre
Adorn you evermore.
God, bless you, soldier!—wjien the doye
Of peace the, Eagles nest will share, •
When home and hearts made warm with love,
With joys below—with joys above,
God bless you here and there.
g&iat tilling.
A THWARTED PLOT.
“ Oh, sir! Is there truly no other way?”
“ I tell you no, there isn’t; pnd a pretty
■ question to ask, at this time of day, and ,of
me, who am just (.brewing away thousands of
dollars on a whim of Hiram’s. Hanged if I
•would, though, if there was a gbostof a chance,
for getting the money,’ he. added in a low.
voice ; then aloud—" You might 1 ' think your
self yell off to pay a debt so easily, and then
just go on the same in your luxuries as if
Charles Craigton ' ha<r~never owned a dollar.”
“ So eaajly!”
There was despair in the tones and in the
anguished face raised to his, but the old man’s
heart was not made to melt at aUght like this,
“ Easily!” be mocked.' ‘‘ Why, yes. I fan
cy most women would, think stj. Hiram is not
a man to be„deapised. , And if .he’s enongb in
love to take a couple of helpless brats along
with,his wife, and ail three as,poor as pover
ty itself, and deep in debt, I don’t see any
reason why you should complain. Anyhow
your choice is a fine bnsband and splendid
home, or the poor-house ; and I advise you to
think lwice : before you take your children there,:
though you may like it yourself well enough.’
1 ‘ Goii help me !” the' poor
“ Has it come to this at lost ? Can I do 'this
for Charley’s children ? What would, he ap
prove;'-if looking down on me t>day? -Oh,
Charley, Charley I Why did you leave me to
this.fate?”
•’Truly there seemed to be no help for her.—
Beared in luxury, and taught no useful thing,
and.now,, 100 feeble in her broken health to;
put such knowledge to use bad she possessed,
it, she saw herself deprived of her sole pro-:
teetor. two helpless Httle ones cling
ing to her about to be driven from her home.—
.The alternative,was-marriage, with’Hiram El
lis, son of the.man.who,.six months: since, just
after, the -.overwhelming tidings of Charley’s
death had arrived, had claimed to hold control
dyer.the V-sfate and properly whicli she, had
never till then dreamed, was other than abso
lutely hers and her children’s.
. Friendless, grief-stricken, feeble in mind
and- body, she could’ not dispute’this' claim.—
Her lawyer reported that it was fully substan
tiated by the papers produced, and,.though he
united with her in wondering why and bow
Charley Craiglon had placed himself so entire
ly at the mercy of the miserly’old money lend
er wondered especially, in private, that'he
should have gone away leaving his family ig
norant of the claim: and liable to.be, as they
iwere now,- distressed by it in the event of his
.death, he cp.uld not disprove it, nor prevent
its enforcement-
Charles Craigton had been an orphan
early age 1 His wife was the' adopted child of
a,city merchant, reputed rich’all, his life/but
who : fihally died intestate, His own family
had at’once repudiated one‘ whom they had
always jealously regarded as:an intruder, and
she would have j>een very helpless if a protect
or bad not appeared in the person of Charley
Craigton. He had long loved her, and when
be brought her ■to bis beautiful home as bis
wife,l she repaid 'him by pouring out upon
him a fullness of love—gratitude that would
have been a compensation for a much greater
sacrifice than he had ' made in thus.
.bis own happiness. -
Tins happiness bad been unbroken during
Ihc fiv.e or six years of their married life, un
til, soon' after the opening of the war, Charley
had felt it his duty to enter the service . of bis
country. 1
“ We wffolire rioh," he said to Coro, “ hove
purely no right to, urge others less endowed
Iwitb this world’s-goods'to sacrifice personalia-
tereate and lay their lives upon the altar of.
their country, while we remain idly at-home,
in the enjoyment of the luxuries weicb are se
cured to us by their hardships, and perhaps
by their lives. It is right for me to go, and
- you must not gainsay me, Cora. It is for. you
to be brave, as well as for me.”
Making every arrangement for her comfort
during his absence, and even leaving written
directions, for the management of her affairs
| in the case of his death, he yet,’ strangely
1 enough, as it seemed, made ho allusion to this
| .'claim of the money-lender Ellis, which how
; threatened to swallow up his entire estate, and’
j'leave Cora and her children beggars;-.' This
j was the one ugly point in the money-lender’s
l ease i. but he got past it, in his interview with
j"Cora’s,jawyer, by saying that Charley Creig
: ton had borrowed the money to advance some
1 speculations which failed, and he had therefore
ibeen unable to meet the payments. Being
udead, Mr. Ellis, his creditor, had-no -resource
| except to take pbssesnon of his property; wfilch
BY IIARV c. VAC OH isi
4ad been tbe original security for the sum ad
vanced.
There was an; outside appearance of fairness,
and there .was no disputing the legal claim.—
Cora andher children were preparing to leave
their--home, entirely ignorant of the-world’s
ways, and without shelter save such as might
■he oflerred by,charity. JThe lawyer bad hint
ed at a pension, but Cora shrank from making
application for what must seem like blood-moh
ey( and besides the time bad not yet arrived
.when her claim could be heard. There seem
ed no resource for thej widow and orphans,
when suddenly Mr. Hiram Ellis made his ap
pearance upon the scene).
- Cora hlid never met. this young gentleman,
except:When--he had called to solicit an inter
view upon his father’s business on two or three
occasions.
What was her surprise then, when approach
ed by the man with an offer of marriage—she
whose heart seemed bnried in that unknown
grave where her young-husband lay, who felt
herself no less his wife than before the bond
had become a spiritual' one. -
The agony of tears and reproaches with
which her dawning consciousness of the mean
ing of Mr. Hiram’s proposal was followed,
greatly astonished and disconcerted that gentle
man. That any lady should weep, except for
toy, on learning that such cn honor as that of
an alliance with him was intended her, was
something quite beyond bis comprehension,
and when that (honor was accompanied by the
proposition to settle upon her the elegant man
sion and'fine estate that had belonged to
Charles Creigton, it was indeed quite past be
lief that proper appreciation and gratefu 1 ac
ceptance should not follow.
But Cora did make him understand at lasi
that his proposals : were not only unwelcome,
but regarded by her as positively insulting.—
Never had his self-love received such a wound.
He left the house with indignation' and disap
pointment warring in hie breast.
But he was not ready to relinquish the cov
eted prize quite so easily. He had determin
ed that Cora should be bis wife, and had indeed
displayed an unwonted' generosity. It was
much for a man who had undergone bis train
ing, and to whom money had hitherto been
the chief good of Jifa, to be willing to make
such settlements upon a wife as he proposed,
and besides to encumber himself, without res
ervation, with the children of a former hus
band: -
He possessed, however, the idea too common
among persons not endowed with delicate per
ceptions,.or refined ideas, that death dissolves
the marriage bond, and that widows are never
averse to matrimonial proposals. It is not de
nied tbattbere’may be much cause for such be
lief ; but there are women • whose heart’s wid-
marriage is "a wrong that nothing
can paliate or excuse. Cora was one of these.
When Hiram knew that he had signally
failed in his efforts, be sought his father to
pour out to him the story of his ill success.—
It was with difficulty that the old miser 'had
been brought to yield to his son’s wishes in
respect to the property.' The proposal of set
tling it upon Cora bad been stoutly resisted,
• nod only acceded to when Hiram promised
that her children should be expressly excluded
from the . inheritance. As, in that case, the
, property would in fact, if not in. name, remain
in Hiram’s'possession, ,he finally gave his con
sent.
, It was now equally difficult to convince him
that Cora had spurned the offer, which seemed
to him must be tempting, to any woman.
“ I guess you’re mistaken, Hiram," be reit
erated. “ The woman ain’t a, fool, and she
must see the advantage on’t. To keep her
home and have the privilege of bringing up
her children in it, ain’t an offer that any but
an idiot would say no to. I guess you’re mis
taken, or else you do not calculate enough for
the skittisbness and contrariness of women.—
Why, my wife, your mother that was, kept a
saying 1 hp’.’till 1 really believed she meant it,
and was going to give up. But when her fath
er fpund it out, 1 tell you the old man was
mad, and .he just let her know that be wasn’t
going to stand any. such nonsense.. And then
she gave in as mild as a kitten:when yon
another word from her from that day ’till the
day she died,, just two years after.”
smooth her fur the right way. 1 never heard
. Hiram received , this bit of history with a
grim smile. . He did not think bis father’s
manners nor. bis home liable to cultivate non
sense in any one who felt the rigors of them.
And he had always indulged a suspicion that
bis ppor young mother fapd faded and wither
ed away in the gloomy atmosphere in which
his own youth had been passed. -
, The result of hia conference with his father
was, that the old man undertook to bring Cora
to reason. He felt sure of success. She was
cute enough to understand her own interbat
when she married young Craigton rather than
to go to.the poor-house, when the folk down to
York cast her off; and here’s my Hiram, a
thousand times likelier and handsomer than
that pale-faced fellow, and will be richer too,
aod i: ’tain’t no ways likely she’s going to let
him slip.
Thus he argued, hut was surprised to find bis
' promise false, when, after half an hour’s dis
tressful, interview with the young widow, he
left, the door baffled. * : 1 :
He hardly knew what to counsel, but finally
advocated a cessation of hostilities.
‘ Give her time to think on’fhe said. “I I
expect, ehe’sjust took' by surprise. Wait a
little and she’s just'took by surprise. Wait a
little and she’s sure to come round.’ And
And his advice was literally carried oat by
the anxious Hiram, determined, now, not to
lose his prize. ,
A whole month’s respite was gained. Cora
was too ill in mind and body to profit by- it,
however, , But she forgot Hiram and’ hjs suit,
deeming her. answer final,- and absorbed in her
grief. She was not a heroine, with strength
for any emergency and courage for any fate ;
but simply a weak,: yielding woman, without
a.bit of practical talent, and utterlyunskilled
in,; any art. by which she could- have provided
for. herself and. children, even if she badnot|
been so feeble. Sha.was simply, gjsdiofcthe
respite, and waited, terror stricken, for the
turning of the next page in her destiny.
The month was over, and then the blow fell
—two blows, in troth, simultaneously.
She awoke one morning to find little Char
ley dangerously ill, and while she was hanging
over him. in an intensity of anguish and de
spair, a note arrived from Mr. Ellis, stating,
in brief but unmistakable words, that she
must leave her home within a week, or consent.
within the same time, to become the wife of
Hiram. Later in the day be called and re
peated his ultimatum. In vain she urged the
illness of her child—he was inexorable-^—either
she remained- in the house as the wife of his
son, or most vacate it in a wee^.
Cora bad yielded all her life to wills stron
ger-than her own ; and her affections were
absorbing her chief motives of exertion and
sacrifice. Perhaps it is not wonderful that she
succumbed now. Hiram came to her and was
lat once peremptory and kind. Peremptory in
demanding that bis father's will should be
carried out—he woe cunning enough to keep
his own out of sight—and kind in sympa
thizing words, and hopeful acts, fully appre
ciated by the young mother.
“ I will do as you wish," she sobbed at
last. Perhaps God will let me die soon, and
Charley will know that I did it to save bis
boy;” and she returned at once to the side
of her sick child.
From that hour she never left him until the
morning dawned that was to see another in
stalled in Charley’s place.
“ It is for his . sake, for .bis sake,” she mur
mured, continually, as she watched the awful
progress of the disease, and knew that only
the utmost and skill, and quiet could
avail ts save (be little one. “ I ought to shrink
at nothing fir Charley’s childrenfor so,
since the tidings of hie death, she had always
spoken of: them —a sacred charge of him who
was gone. . .
The morning bad arrived and the servant,
charged by Mr. Hiram Ellis, with the task,
came to announce to Cora that she must pre
pare herkelf for the ceremony, which awaited
her. Leaving her darling in thf care of the
skilled nurse, she stole away, pallid as the dead
and trembling in evpry limb, to the chamber,
where her bridal robes had been placed ready
for her. Calmly she looked upon them, and
quietly she began to prepare for these strange
nuptials—it was the calmness of despair, and
she had nerved herself for the sacrifice.
Standing before her mirror arranging the
beautijful hair that had been Charley’s admira
tion and delight, ehs saw enter the gate, and
come slowly up the avenue, a maimed and
halting man, in tattered garb. She might have
observed him. more- 'closely, but just behind
came Hiram and bis father —the old man in the
many years for his rare holiday wear, and the
bridegroom pranked gaily in shining newness
of apparel, and with a rose at his button-hole.
They had come, and her shuddering hands
for a moment dropped from their : task, and ail
her shining hair fell like a veil about her. She
saw them come gaily up the avenue, aud stop
to speak, with gestures that seemed to threaten,
to the man who loitered by the way. Appa
rently they ordered him away, and he shrunk
from their presence, and, as they left him, sat
down upon a bench beneath the shrubbery.—
She paused for no more, but went on with her
task, which she bad just completed when she
saw the clergyman who was to perform the
marriage service enter; and as be passed the
drooping figure on the bench, stoned to speak to
him. Another moment and the two came
swiftly toward the house.
The supreme moment had come—the sacri
fice was about to be consummated, and she fell
upon her knees in a new access of terror. Her
prayer was interrupted by loud voices from the
lower rooms—exclamations, oaths, and the
trampling of feet. In another moment the door
was thrown hurriedly open, and the stranger
stood upon the threshold.
One cry of terror burst from her lips, fol
lowed, all quickly, by one of joy. It was
Charley—pale and in rags, but Charley still—
who stood there, and she lay sobbing upon his
bosom. Had he risen from the dead to save
her?
An hour later, the house forever freed from
the presence of the Ellises',” the husband and
wife sat side by side, and tried to talk calmly
over ail that had passed. Charley had returned
to her from a prison, almost worse -.than the
grave where she believed he lay—and already
the boy, as if receiving new life from the thrill
of joy -that ran through the house, showed
signs of improvement.
“ And you bad his receipt all the time,”
Cora was saying, “ and were no longer indebt
ed to him,”
“ Yes, andhad instructed him to give up
the bonds and deeds, placed in bis hands for
security to my lawyer,” answered -Charley.'—
“ When be heard I was dead he'conceived this
scheme, deeming himself secure against detec
tion. A good Providence has thwarted. hia
plot, saved you from a terrible fate, and ns all
from misfortune worse than death.
Beware of Raw Pork. —A few days since
we observed a butcher tasting some sansage
meat in his shop, and the act was immediately
• associated in our mind with a singular looking
bottle which Dr. Hallet, of Brooklyn, has
standing on the table in his office. —When we
first saw this bottle wa supposed it contained
stripes of some white bark very nicely prepared.
But Dr. Hallett informed ns that it was a tape
worm, which be had recntly taken from;the
bowels of a man who had contracted it by eat
ing raw pork in California. The old readers
of the Scientific American will remember that
the origin of tape worms in raw pork was point
ed out in the pamphlet of Dr. Weinland. For
tunately, the tape worm is very rake, but when it
does occur, it is caused by eating raw pork.—
Scientific American
A Wisconsin man has been lodged in jail for
getting up one night, not long ago, and drown,
ing two of his eons, seven and ten years old.—
He excused his crime by saying he expected to
go to hell himself, but wanted to get a place in
•Heavenforhis children. ■
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Sleep—lts Impoktancs.—There is no fact
more clearly established in the physiology of
man than this, that the brain expands its ener
gies and itself daring the hours of wakefulness
and that these are recaperated daring sleep;
if the recuperation does not equal tThs expen
diture, the brain withers; this leads to inaani-
Hr !
Thus it is that, early in English history, per
sons who were condemned to death by being
prevented from sleeping, always died raving
maniacs; thus it is also, that those who are
starved to death first become insane; the brain
is not nourished, and they can not sleep.—
Crazy persons are poor sleepers, while good
sleepers seldom become crazy. The practiced
inferences are these;
Ist. Those who think most, who do most
brain work, require most sleep.
2d. time saved from necessary sleep
is infallibly destructive to mind, body and es
tate. I
3d. Give yourself, your children, your ser
vants, give all that are under you the fullest a
mount of sleep they will take, by compelling
them to go to bed at some regular eatty hour,
and to rise in the morning at a stated hour, and
within a fortnight, nature, with almost the reg
ularity of the rising sun, will unloose the bonds
of sleep the moment enough repose has bean
secured for the wants of the system.
This is the only safe and sufficient rule ; and
as to the question how much sleep any one re
quires, each must’ be a rule for himself; great
nature will never fail to write it out to the ob
server under the regulations just given.— Phren
ological Journal.
Oil and Salt in Cameron and Potter Coun
ties, Pa, —While recently boring for oil i on
the Bennett branch of the Sinnamahoning Riv
er, in Cameron County,'a vein of very strong
salt water was struck, at the depth of 456 feet,
from which large quantities of salt are now be
ing made, which finds a ready' market, at good
prices, in that region- The search for oil is
Still continued on that and the other branches,
as well as on the main river, with good pros
pects of success. A well is being sunk on the
Portage branch eight miles from its month, and
is now down 180 feet, having found salt water,
gas, and some oil. The operators are confident
of findidg oil in large quantities at 350 feet dlep.
At Round Island Station, at the month of the
first fork of the Sinnamahoning, a well is be
ing sunk by a company from Philadelphia.-'
They are now down 150 feet, with a'good show
of gas. The indications on this fork of the riv
er for salt water and oil are very good. The
inclination of the rocks, the general appearance
of the surface of the country, and the gas found.
hajutnflha crlal mnii"-
tainaainny.the TnS c l, a „; o mj
ton townships, Fotter County, are strong evi
dences of these substances- The stream is sev
eral rods wide, giving good rafting freshets for
lumbering in the spring and fall. The valley
is_ warm. The bluffs or mountains are high,
with a shale soil, and are wfell timbered, pre
senting a similar appearance to Oil Creek.
Most of the lands on these streams have been
leased and arrangements are being made for
sinking several wells as soon as the proper
machinery can be got upon the ground. Few
only of the lands can be purchased until their
value is more definitely ascertained. .They
are now held at from ten to twenty dollars per
acre. The country is new and but little im- •
proved, but oil there, as well as elsewhere, has
got upon the brain, and each one is anticipa
ting a speedy fortnne from this hidden and.cu
rious substance, so suddenly and wonderfully
coming into onr markets. —Petroleum Recorder.
A Buckets Story. — The Oolumbua (Ohio)
Journal tells a queer story about a married
couple in that place. The husband is a tyrant.
One evening during a recent severe storm, his
wife was visiting a neighbor ; and when she ap
plied for admission on her return, her hus
band pretended not to know her. She threat
ened to jump into the well if he did not open
the door. Having no idea she would do so, he
obstinately refused to recognize her; so she took
a log, plunged it into the well, and simultane
ously, with the splash it made, she placed her
self by the side of the door; and as soon as
her husband darted out in his night clothes,
she da.ted in, locked the door, and declared
that she did not know him 1 She froze him
till be was penitent, and then let him in.
Josh Billings says there is “ one cold, blue,
lean kiss, that always makes him shiver to see.
Two persons(ov the femail purswashun) who
have witness! a grate mennyyonnger and more
pulpy daze, meet in some publick plase, and
not having saw each other for 24 hours tha kiss
immegiateiy fihenThaTork about the weather,
and the young man who preached yesterday,
and then tha kiss immegiately, and then tha
blush and laff at what times tew each other,
and kiss again immegiately. This kind ev
kissing alwus puts me in mind ov two old flints
trieing tew strike fire.” - ■
The latest “oil story" is that of an old lad;
in' West Virginia, who took the advice of a
visitor, and poured some petroleum along the
streams which watered her farm. The report
spread abroad of surface indications on the land,
and a brigade of oil hunters came, who bought
the land at a fabulous price, the owners agree
ing to give the old lady one-eighth of the oil.—
The purchasers set op iheir derrick and put
down an augur, and in a short time struck a
well which yealds one hundred barrels per
day. |
How to Lead A^jkals,— The horse, cow,
pig or sheep may be lead by making a slipping
noose and and fastening it to the lower jaw,
passing the rope, (which must be small,)
round the neck and through the noose on the
jaw. It is a very easy method of leading a
sheep, not being obliged to go behind and posh.
After once palling, the sheep will follow right
along without any trouble. It costa nothing
extra. Try it.