The Tioga County Agitator^
Bru. H. 0088.
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lAS. LO WREST & S, F. WILSoS,
i TTOKNE-YS & COUNSELLORS at LAW,
ii. will attend thp Courts of Tioga, Potter ind
UcKesn counties. [Welisboro, Jan. I, 1865^
DICKOTSQfIr HOUSE,
CORN IN9, N. T. •, v
MiJ- A- FIELD,'. : Proprietor.
GUESTS taken to and; from the Depot free
of charge. [Jaji.,l,lB63,]'.
pfiJlSSftrASriA HOUSE, ,
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE ATEKDE,
Welisboro, Pa. d,
j. W. BIOONY, ....
THIS popular Hotel, having been • rei fried
sod re-furnished throughout, is now open ,io the
public as a first-class house. ' ' [Jan. T, 18. 3,]'.
». HART’S HOTEL. r
WELLSBOBO, TWO -t CO. PHK£A. :
THE subscriber takes this method to inform
his old friends and customers-that he has re
sumed the conduct of the -old “ Crystal Fountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it bis entire attention.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a renewal of the
same. ’ - * - DAVID HART.
£ ffellsboro. Nor. 4, 1863,-ly. , ■ -v ■
IZAAK ‘ HOESE, 1
Gaines, Tioga County, Fa. *
H. C. VEBMILTEA, '...Propritjtot*.
THIS is a new hotel located within eas£ ac
cess of the beat fishing and -hunting ground?* Jn
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will bo sparefT for
(heaccommodation ol pleasureNeekers and the,War
ning public. ■ - _ [Jan. 1,186/.,]
A. FOLEY, «
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c., &j.,
repaired at old prices.. -V
POST OFFICE BUILD INC,
NO. .5, UNION BLOCK . j
Welisboro, May 20, 1863. . -
J. BiBERV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND i. ■
MH.ITARY ' CLAIM AGEN V
-’ 1 '
Has removed to tbe office on Ayenue Street, next’ 1 aor
loßigoney’s. Jan. 4, 1863^1*';•
11. W. Wm.uahs,
WILLI Ams & SMITH;
,4 TTORNEYS_AN.I)_ CD PA SELDRNA Is DAW,
BOUNTY & PENSION AGENCY.
-Main Street. WcUehoro, Pa:
January 4, 1865-ly.
S. F. SUAIBLIN,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
!?“ A •
Door Norta op Conviikb bTOKE<*
Ladies’ Hair-Cutting done in tho Uesi manner/ : '
IVellßboro, Dec 7, 1864. ' ■'(’
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTI L.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUOU. PA
THE undersigned having leased" the "above Betel
for a term of years would respectfully inj irm
the traveling public that be bas jjut the Jtiptei iii Irst
class order fur the reception of guests and no/, &nfl
will be spared In .tbe accommodation of traveler and
i- far as ibe situation will allow, he will keep a Irst
class Hotel, in all things, except pi ices, whicb..*ill
f-e moderate. iHpABe try naand jndgo/nr.yoorWteg.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J..U. MARTy.fr
DRUGS & MEDICINES. ‘ .
SO. 3. union block; wellsboro^pa.
P. R. WILLIAMS, ;
BEGS leave to aiiuouuee-to the -cUUena oipWoUfl
boro and vicinity, that bo keeps constantly op
band all kinds of *
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, v,'-»
Cfiemie&lg, Varciab, Paints, Soaps, Perfumery-, Qlfiss,
Broshes. Putty, Fancy Goods, Pure Wines, Brandfee,
inns, and all other kicks of Liquors-of the ..best
quality. All kinds of # t 1 .
PATENT MEDICINES ? f
inch l as Jayne’s Expectorant, Alterative and P.ila;
Ayers Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectoral; H<&rn-.
bold’s Extract Bucbu, Sarsaparilla and Rose Wwhj.
Mrs, Winslow’s Sotting Syrup;-Wright’s 'Pills;'
Clark’s and Cheesemao’s Pills; flail’s Balsam ; r Rjn
loger’a London Dock Gin; Herrick’s Pills and PUe*
Hts; Brown's Bronchial Trochee, AcV&c.
May 25, P. R. WILLIAM& - (
REVENUE STAMPS. ,
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy .Collector of
field, has just received,* large.lot of Revenue’
Yarn's, of all denominations, from one cent up' :o $5.
Any person wishing Slanps can get them at my; Office
tu Maoifield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant £sf£ssor,‘.
« Wellsboro, Pa. ‘ . J. M. PHEU',?#.
Jtansfield, May 2, 1864. ‘
P. NEWELL, DENTIST, [t
XAXSFIEU), TIOGA COUNTY, ?!.,
IB prepared temperatein-all- +bc
the various departments of filling, extroctU.b In
erting artificial dentures, Ac. - , J-
August 10, 1864-Iy. V
I COWAKES<IIJE BOUSE.
THIS House which has been open for
the traveling public for * number of-frears,
baa lately been tj crly furnished throughout ang fitted
U P in as good ?tylc as can be, found in any eouiLry.or
Ul >’ Hotel. The Proprietor does not hesitate hr say*
l H that there will be no pains spared to add tp the
ol his guests, and make it a home for th£m*
fieUn-of etnbling a--good hostler
io ntteiidanceff all of nhich can be foetid
Knoscrille,?* ■
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor.,
Deerfield. May 25, 1564.-ly,
WELT.SBORO HOTEL.-
< (Corner 3/ain (Street find the Aren we.)
WKLIiSBORO, P A, * ’
li. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. ■' -
o**f the most*popular Houses in the chanty,
j, lfi Hotel is the principal Stage-house in Wellborn.
*- ta ilHily as follows: ’
j J* 01 Tioga, at 9a, in.; For Troy, at Ba. in, v For
t <rse y Shf.re cvery'Tuesdny and Friday at' 2 i. m-j
or oua, ? j„ ftV( ; Tuegdayaod Friday msp. m.
Stacks Arrive—From Tioga, at 12 o’clock
From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. in.: From
*; D,>r e, Tuesday and Friday lift, m,: From Couders
and Friday ILa. m. *
Coftden, the well-known hcgtkr,
*‘l be fo U[J ,Un hand. - -
Oct. 5, IB6i-ly. • .
Hugh young,.
B OORsEtU3R <fc STATIONEK,
AND DEALER IN
oc ks, American, English, and
pitches, Jewelry, Silver 'Elated Ware, Spectacles,
J' lure Frnme«, Photographic Albania, Stereoscopes;
* lir osCopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions, 3f4gbing
Flies, and Toilet Arti? . *
q SCHOOL BOOKS vf every kind pae, In the
Junty, constantly on hand and gent by matU iy oth
,r*‘sMo order. “ \' f >
!f °- 5, UNION BLOCK, .WELLSBOROI PA.
THE
VOL. XI.
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
(One door below Harden’s Store.)
W'E have jnst arrived in Weilsboro with a Urge
Stock of CLOTHING and
1 Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, -
t" • ,
Also, HATS & CAPS, and a great assortment df
LADIES' CLOAKS,
Which we offer tolbe citiaensof WeUeboroaud.But
rounding country at
50 PER CENT; CHEAPER,
than any other establishment* inthis part" of the
country. Our object is to reduce our - *
WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS.
PRICES:
OVER COATS'from $4 to $4O.
BUSINESS COATS from $3 to $25. • -
PANTS from $2 tp $lO.. a
VESTS from S2J ttfsB. - ’
Wo bought our goods when. Gold was'Only 1.56
and -we can.afiord.to sell our goods cheap. -
"All our Goods ‘aremanufactured nuder our own su
pervision and can not .be surpassed in quality and
durability. - i
,We respectfully invite every one whose interest is
to be economical, to examine oar*. - . . - . , -
before purchasing elsewhere.
HAST. &* AVERBACH,
of Syracuse, N. T., aud-Blossburg, Pa.
Wcllsboro, Tiee. 14, 1864-tf.
B. A H. T. ANTHONY & Co,,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials.
- .WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
501 BROADWAY, N. Y-
In addition to our main-business of‘Photographic
Materials, we are Headquarters for the following; viz :
Wm. 11, Syim.
Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic ViCws,
Of tLeae we> have up iuimenso assortment, including’
War Scones, American and Foreign Cities and Land,
scapes, Groups, Statuary,'Also/KevoVvmg
Stereoscopes, fur public or-private .■exhibition. .Our'
Catalogue will be sent to any address .on receipt of-
Stamp. '
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. - J ,
. ’Wxe-wer© the first*to Introduce these into the United
States, and we manufacture immense quantities in
great variety, ranging in price from Sttcenta |o $5O
each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation of being
superior in beauty and durability to any others. They
Wilt ba.aeot4iy.mail, yngß/ou>A»belptoT--prfc&—
JZSsT. Fine AHmliif iu.ido io" f
CABD'. PjJOTOQRA’PH\S. I
Our Catalogue now embraces over Five Thousand
different subjects (to which additions are continually
being ipade) of Portraits of Eminent Americans, Ac,,
via:.-ftbout
100 Major-Generals,. AsolStatesmen,' *7}
200 Brig.-Generals,' ISO Divines,
275 Colonels, ’ •-125 Authors,
Ulit Lieut.-Colopeie, - 40 Artists,
250 Other Officers, 125 Stage,
75 Navy Officers; - 50 Prominent Women; 1
150 Prominent Foreign Portraits.
3,000 COPIES OF WORKS OF ART,
including reproductions of the most celebrated En
gravings, Paintings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on
■receipt of. Stamp. An 'order, for One Dozen PIC
TURES from our Catalogue'will be filled on the re
ceipt of $l.BO, and sent by mail, free.
Photographers ordering goods C. 0. D.
will please remit twenty-five per cent of the amount
with their order. - -*
Manufacturers df Photographic Materials,
* Sfil'-Rroadway, New. York.
'ggf* The prices and quality of our goods cannol
fail To satisfy. [Nov. 16, 1864-ly.]
FALL AND WINTER-GOODS,— No. 2, Union
Block. -■
JE R O MJE SMITH 1
Has lately, from Xew York with S splendid
assortment of .' ■, ,
-DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING,
1-BOOTS & SHOES, GLASSWARE,
- HATS &GAPS, HARDWARE,-
- , GROCERIES, DOMESTICS.
WOODEN WAREj .
ENGLISH CLOTHS, •
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, SATINS,,-;
. TWEEDS AND KENTUCKY JEANS',
FRENCH CASSIMEBIeS, FULL CtOTHS.
Attention is called to his stock of * * -
Black and Figurcd Dress Silks,
■'Worsted Goods, ' ! '
Mcrinoes, .
Black and Figured DeLaines, 1
•' Long And'Square: Shawls,
- - ' ' Ladies' Cloth,.'
1 Opera Flannels, Ac,
Purchasers will find that / ’ e ‘.-*V
No. 12, Union Block.,lfaia fltroeb,
ij the plaeJ.to buy. the-best- quality-of Goods at the
lowest prices. ' JEROME SMITH.
Welisboro, Nov. 16, 18G4~tf.
fTTELLSBORP’XtJAtnBjfift.—Tbo second. Term
- of thVpresdnf school - ' e ' jS *
* 7 Monday, Dec. 12,1864. : ,
_ Pupils are prepared for - College, or for business
.pursuits. - ' . >.
„ TUITION (for^aTtenn.of; 12. weeks).
Commpn English Branches*.;. -1.011.
Higher English Branches-. 5 00.
Language 5........... *. fl o',~
Pupils designing to but half the term, will
be charged accordingly. -- . • -
No deduction is made for absences, unless in cases
of protracted sickness.'; J, B. GRIER, ‘
'Wellshoro, Dec. 7, 186-I—3t. ‘Principal.
EARM FQR SALE.—The undersigned wishes to
dispose of his Farm in Covington township, ly
ing on Elk Hub, about three miles from' Covington
Boro, and generally known as (hd. “.Wetherhcc
Furro.” r It contains about 93 acres, with otout x 6O
’acres improved. ’ 1
The soil is of the very best quality of upland and
the cleared portion is entirely free from stumps. It
is well wctcred and has good hoildings. Those who
want to buy a 1 good'Farm may find it to their advan-
pay this one a visit before they “settle down."
Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply to H*.
H. Potter, Middlebury Center, Pa toT>ovi Rock
well, Cherry Pletts.-Pfc. J. B. POTTER.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 30, .1864. i
--A -T-AiM;Br~G DABBWARB'Wj
Abe fonnd af - ROY'S DRUG B?rMC
CON CBNTBATED LYE, for sale at
ROY’S DRUG STORK.
Sehnteoc ta tde SSytmtUon of tfce '(Uvm of ifrecOom awO tttt SprraO of f&ealtbg fteform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG ONRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE
STOCK AND PRICES
E. A H. T. ANTHONY A CO.',
WELLS33OITO, TIOGA COUim,PA., WEDNESDAY MOENING/MARCH 1, 1865.
select ftottry.
TO GO, TO GO.
- The following parody comes from Rebeldon, bat will suit
the case uf many an undecided patriot oa this side the line
The fellow who wrote it deserves a permanent exemption:
To go, or not to go; that ia the question;
Whether it pays best to suffer-pestering
By idle girls and garrulous bid women,
' Or to fake up arms agairist a host of Yankees,
And by opposing get killed—to die, to sleep,
(Qifc ©out) and in this.sleep to say we sink
To rest by all our country's wishes blest,”
' And live forever —(that a a consummation
Just what Pm after.) To march, to fight—
*To fight! perchance to die; aye, here’s the rub I
Por while I'm asleep who'd take care of Mary
And the babes—when Bill is in the ground,
Who'd feed 'em, hey? There’s the respect
J-have for them that makes Hfesweet;
. For who would bear the bag to mill,
Plow Bobbin, cut the wheat, dig taters,
Kill hngg and all sorts of drudgery,
If I>am fool enough to £et a Yankee
Ballet bn the brain ? Who'd cry for me ?
, Would patriotism pay;my debts when dead?
But, oh ! the dread of,something after death;
That undiscovered fellow who'd court Mary
“ And do my hoggin”—that's agony,
- And.makeame want to stay at home,
: asj ain’t.mad with nobody.
Shells and.bullets make cowards of us all,
And blam'd my skin if snortin' steeds,
And-pomp, and circumstance of waf,
Are to be r compared with a feather-bed.
And Mary by my side, Exempt.
[From Temple Bar.],
WEEDS BEFORE WIDOWHOOD.
About thirty years ago, in one of theprinci
*pal streets in a flourishing seaport town, there
lived an honest, thriving lawyer. “ Adject
ives,” observed the late Mr. Lindley Murray,
'•express the quality of a tionnand in
using the above terms with reference to the at
torney In question, I am adhering strictly to
the truth, howevdb contradictory they may ap
pear. Thriving hp certainly was, for in those
days there were but three legal members in
P— ; and you will bo no .less certain of
his hones ty when I tell you that his two rivals
epo.ke-well.of him. Well, he was sitting one
day over a dry and uninteresting brief in his
front office, while his red-haired clerk, Mr. Slo
per, was employed in an adjoining room copy
ing a gigantic indenture, which looked like a
letter from Brobdignog.
The afternoon was hot and dusty. Mr.
Crnrostohe had lunched about ah hour ago,
and an odor of brown sherry and ham-sand
wiches diffused itself over the'.room, and
blended si rangely_with_thil.t. usual aroma of
sour ink.and melted chiefly
prevails in a solicitor’s office- Lazy WoohotHea,
attracted by the rsmnants of the repeat, buzzed
impertinently through the open window, And
havered roohd-the chair and bald-pate of the
attorney, who.'frnm time to time, made feeble
and irresoltuo attacks upon them with ft paper
knife; • '
JMr, Crumstone looked at We wntch ;it was
not yet three o’clock ; never' in-the coarse of
his legal experience bad &n afternoon > phased
s slowly. ’ Hei looked oat of a scratch in the
officially frosted window pane. Never had he
wished so much for some unexpected incident
to break the monotony of routine. He glan
ced down agsintat bis paper. Never 1 : bad the
brief” appeared to be such a cruet misnomer.
Suddenly the 1 distant cla'tter of a horse’s
trot broke upon his ear. followed by the Toll of
wheels. ' Mr. Crumstone’sighed.-
“ Ah/UiongJtVhe, “another excursion into
the country 1 Everybody is away now 1 Why
can’t I enjoy myself? Why ani I not this mo
ment like Tityrus—
sub fe g —no, r'egtnine fagi
-instead of sitting in this dusty, fusty office?
Confound this brie”—
■ He Stopped ’ short and listened. 'While he
had been indulging in the above soliloquy the
-hackney coach were fad cabs in those
•days) s had-rolled hearer and nearer, and at last
drew up before the office door. Mr. Crnmstone
had just time to warn' bis clerk, [who"in con
■''sideration of the heat-bad divested : himself of
'his swallow-tailed coal, and was sitting in his
shirt sleeves'], when the- drivefa of the vehicle
dismounted : and opening the carriage door,
■■helped' ont a lady attired in deep mourning,
- with’a thick crape vail over her features. Mr.
■Sloper rushed to meet her. 'After a short par*
’ley in the passage,-he entered the front office
with a peculiar expression on his sharp, ferret
like features.'- -'
“ What is itSloper ?” said the' attorney.
'Can’t quite make:out, Bit-,’ said the clerk.—
* Mysterious cave, deep grief, wants a ptivate
interview, sir—must see’Mr. Crnmstone'in-itne
d.inleiy, air-, she says.” ; -
■ ‘Well, hut'give mean’ idea-fat the sort of
'thing,’ said the 1 attorney. “Is it a breach of
promise d’ye tTunlT? - ... .
Mr,. Sloper shook bis head, knowjngly.
“Or, perhaps/’ suggested the attorney, with
a benevolent wink,,/ a separation.'
Hardly, I think. She's.in. weeds/.
'• At- this juncture an impatient shuffling
: movement was Heard outside., , - 't
" ‘Well, show her in,’said Mr, Cruraatono.
T,he clerk had turned -round to do so when
tho door opened. and the bidyhe'rself appeared.
jyir. .Grumeton<! rose J and ,bowed. The clerk
placed a chair for her and then retired;
~ * Permit me;'madam/ began Mr; Crumstone.
Eat he was interrupted by convulsive sobs.
- “God bless '-roe !’ 1 said the‘good attorney,
approaching his new c l; cnt, who had by this
time raised her rail and discovered a coiinte
.nance to which soma fifty years’ summers had
•lent their’ charms, now suffused tears ;
God bless me ! I had no idea that dear
w fiere! Siopor, bring in the brown
sberryl Pray—pray, compose yourself, my
dear madam.”
“Oh, sir, ejaculated the lady ; * oh, sir, I’—
, .Here her feelings again overcame her, and
she sank, back hysterically in her chair. ,
‘ Pray take a glass of this; madam/ said
Mr. Cruinstone, pouring out eomeipf the iden
tical wine which; bad-just; qualified his lun
cheon. ‘.’Ton jvill.find It a first-rate cordial;
lot.me entreat [ypu; my dear, madam,, to calm
your feelings, and, if possible, to take a biscuit/
The lady raised the sherry to her lips, wiped
AGITATOR
her mouth, dried her eyes, looked gratefully at
the -attorney, and then proceeded.
" Oh. sir, you behold one of the moat afflict
ed women” - [
‘Eh ? I beg your pardon, madam,’ brpko in
the attorney ; " did you” '
■ Mnst'miserable, I meant to say, sir, if you
will iiHow me, I prefer the expression,' said
the lady.
“ Certainly, madam,' said Mr. Crumstone,
mentally making note of the correction.
You remember, sir, poor Capt—Capt-Captain
Halyard/ who 1 died at the dockyard last week V
i‘ Perfectly well, ma’am ; and a very estima
ble person and gallant officer be was. Died,
after a short illness, universally beloved and
regretted,” pursued tho attorney, drawing
largely ft-ain the recent eulogistic notice of the
deceased captain in the P Observer.
.‘Oh, my dear sir,' said the lady, with a fresh
burst of tears, ‘if/his friends regret him so
much, think what must be the feelings, of his
po—poor distracted wife 1”
“ His wife, ma’am !” cried the attorney.
“ Why, my good lady, he never had any. He
lived and died a bachelor; he”——;— - ■
o,h I, thought you would say so. 1” rejoined
his visitor; ‘so everybody says;, that’s the
most miserable part of it; so everybody thinks;
and no wonder, too, considering that he never
acknowledged me.
“Yon ma’am,” said Crumstone, aghast;
“ w hy, you don’t mean to tell me that—stop !"■
[Tt flashed across him that the woman was in
sane. He had a peculiar dread of lunatics.—
Supposing she were to attack h'tn witty the ru
ler? it lay dangerously near her—horrible
thought 1) He was jnst about to sumtyion bis
clerk/ under pretense of Sending for more sher
ry, .when his afflicted client said:
, “ Well, sir, if you can’t take the word of a
poor Injured widow, perhaps this will convince
you.”
And she drew from her reticule a dirty, dog
eared piece of paper, and gave it to the attor
ney. - /
“Stay."said be, glancing at it; “do yon
mean to say that the Mr. Plumtree wbp signed
this is the present rector of St. Mary’s ?”
“The very same; sir.’
' ‘‘And yon think he will confirm the certifi
cate ftj
‘ As sure as I sit here, sir.’
, ‘ This is a most extraordinary case,’ said the
attorney, after a' short pause. ‘lf what you
say be true, you are of course entitled to the
widow’s petStitjm.’■ :
“That’s,whit I am.coming to, please, sir.”
‘Well, but hare you applied to the Admiral-
‘y*’ . . , ,
: .‘Oh, r»o. p\r t ypK nf *Why, yoo
nee, whero’d be the nse of a poor creature like
me going-and telling my story, ait; who’d be
lieve it, air ?”“ TT~ T
Here the flood-gatea were opened again.
“ Stay, my good friend,” said Crnmstone,
who was fist 'softening before the tears of his
client. “Stay; if-you have been really in
jured, I : will take upon myself, to see yon right
ed. My clerk can takedown your deposition.'
‘ My what, .air ?'aaid the client.
“ Your statement, madam,' said the attor
ney, .ringing- the bell. "Now what is the
outline of yonr case f” 1
“ There was no outlying,, nor’!
‘‘My dear madam, 1 mean the outline of
your sjory. You say that the deceased cap
tain married you ?” „
- “Yes, sir, that he did;’but I was in service,
sir, at the time; and the captain, you see, being
.a young man, he wished it kept secret f rom his
friends—which.lfm. Bure I’ve been no disgrace
to them, sir, though I was a poor woman—
but henever said nothing about it to no one,
air;' and we were married 1 one frosty morning
in'February, sir;-which I%i sure Mr. Plum
tree will remember it, owing to our coming ao
early; and after .the -first dew- weeks -we lived
quite .apart, sir ; he. in his house inythe. town,
and tin a humble way of Delverton, where he
came lo see me reg’lar twice a week;”
“ Ah, Wednesdays and Saturdays, now?”
inquired the lawyer, abstractly.
“ Well, he warn't partio'lar to the day, sir,"
rejoined .the widow ; “ but come he did, at all
events ; and often and often Iv’e said to
says l r “ Why don,t yon take me home reg’lSl
William?” I says; which, “No, Betsey, says
he, .“I wish I could with all my. 'art,'my,dear,
but at present 'tis impossible’—was the words
ha said, eir, ‘Wait adittle,’ says be ; and so
.he went out—wait a bit, and wait a _bit, until
he waited too long, poor,dear; and’ now he’s
gone to, bis long long home and I am his poor
unfortunate -widow, with not so much as a
.shilling, by-way of. pension to bless myself.”
■ Here the poor creature again bprst into a
flood of grief, and ; the honest lawyer poured
out another glass , ; of sherry.
Dear me 1” said he, *• this is a. singular
case, a;very singular case, Let me see; Slo
per, when is Captain Halyardfs funeral, to be ?
“ To.morrow morning, sir,” p ;
The-widpw.lo.oked np from her pocket hand
kerchief. |
“I thought the p-p-po-poor d-d-ear was al
ready under the turf,” said she. .. ..
“It appears not, my dear said, the
attorney; “ and, I think we cannot do better
than proceed at once to the Admiralty, when
1 shall take oare to make known yonr claims,
Sloper, get a,fly. No, stay ; there is your own
at the. door, ma'am. Lotus lose no time.—
Have you the certificate ?”
“ Y y-ycs, sir; very w-weil, said the widow,
who appeared tp be rather taken aback by ihe
precipitation of the attorney’s proceedings. “ I
iepve it ail in yonr hands.”
“ Come, then, let ns be off; Stay, though;
any more sherry ? No,? Well, then,. Sloper,
open the door. I shall be back before five, re
member, if any one calls.” ,
_ “ Where to, sir ?” said the driver, as ho
I doubled the steps of the backney-coaob.
“ Admiral’s, house, Dockyard? and look
sharp.” ,
.'.“All right, sir I”-, said the'coachman, and
the fly.rolled,away.
, In ,a quarter of an bout from - this, time Mr.
Crurostone was Closeted .with the admiral, who
listened .to. all he 7 had tp say with great pa-,
tience; only that he ejaculated at “certain in
tervals and in perfect good humor—“ Absurd!”
“ridiculous!” “stuff!” “dem’nonse!” “don’t
believe a word of it;” and such extemporary
commentaries as may be occasionally observed
on the margin of novels at a seaside library.
The marriage certificate, however, produced
the same effect upon him as it had done previ
ously on the lawyer. There was no mistake;
it was evidently an orthodox certificate ; giv
ing the surname and Christian name of the de
ceased in full. His profession, certainly, was
not stated ; but that might have been withheld
for obvious reasons.'
The admiral looked at it—read it—and re
read it; opened bis eyes wider and wider—
scratched his head.
“Odd I” said the attorney.
“ Very odd !” saidj the admiral.
“ I tell you what, sir,” said Mr. Crumstone,
.after some deliberation, “ the jirst thing to do
is to see Mr. Plnmtree, the Clergyman who
signed this document.” . -
The admiral agreed, rang the bell, and send
ing for his secretary, told him of the affair, and
asked where Mr. Plumtree lived.
“ Somewhere' in Fish street, 1 believe,” said
the yenng man,, “ but if yon want to see him
now, yon had better send over at once to Mon
tague House, where he has been officiating at a
private baptism. The ceremony was' to come
off at three o’clock, and”—added he, looking at
his watch—“if you send-at dnce yon may
catch him beforg he leaves.” -
A messenger was dispatched, and in a short
time returned, with Mr. Plumtree, who looked
particularly benevolent, and smelt very much
of port wine.
“ Now, what we want to ask you, sir, is sim
ply this,” said the attorney, producing the cer
tificate after, a few minutes’conversation, “is
that your handwriting ?”
The clergyman looked at it attentively..
“ Most certainly,” said he, after a pause.
“I could swear—l mean’certify—to that hand
anywhere'- Do yon see that B, sir ? There’s
a character, a—style about that letter, sir,
which defies imitation. “ Try it, sir,” said he,
turning to Mr. Crnmstone. “ Yon lawyers, are
masters of the pen; make a B like that, sir,
if yon can.”
; Mr. Crumstone admitted that be couldn't;
and was quite willing to take Mr. Plnmtree’s
word for it that the B was his own.
• The widow was then snmmoned, and went
through her case. Mr. Plumtree listened, and
seemed,puzzled.
“ The signature is certainly mine,” said he,
“ and I remember the circumstance of the mar
riage. It was early, on a dark morning in
February, as this good Indy says. Of her face
I have some recollection, but the weather was
cold,' and the man so muffled ap, that I conld
scarcely distinguish his features. Still I think
I should have recognized him again if I
saw”—
“ Stay, sir,” said the attorney, in'erupting
him ; can you spare us half ah hour to settle
this matter ?” . • . '
- “Certqjply,” said the divine.
“.Well, then, let ns go at once.”
“ Where, sir,” said the widow, with rather,a
faltering voice.
“To.your late husband's house, my dear
madam,” said the. lawyer, soothingly.
Once more they jumped into the. hackney
coach, accompanied by the clergyman.
“ I say, sir,” said the driver, as the attorney
was on the carriage step.
“ What is it, my man ?’’
“ I didn’t bargain for this, yon know.’’
‘‘ Didn't bargain for what?”
" Vy, to take hup a-fresh party at every
'ouse we stop at. I began with the lady, then
you jumps in, then the parson follers, then the
admiral; and if we goes on at this rate, my
’oss won’t stand it, let alone the axletree.”
“ Confound your impudence, sir 1 Drive to
Oaptain| Halyard’s, 17 Bellevna - Place,” said,
Jthe lawyer, angrily.
The fly was drawn up with some difficulty
at the 'above address, in consequence of the
horse’s shying at two ghastly mutes, who stood
on the steps on either side of the door. The
admiral sent in his card; and presently the
wb ole party was - received by Mr. James Hal
yard, nephew of the deceased captain. The
attorney explained their business in a few
words. The nephew was fnrions.
‘•‘Wife!’ ‘secret-marriage I’ ‘widow’s pen
sion 1’ ‘identify body!’ No, sir,; nothing~of
Jbe kind shall take place here with my sanc
tion. Besides <it would be impossible—the
coffin is already screwed down.”
The attorney took the young man 'aside. —
“ Thia r may prove,” said he, “ a more serious
affair than yon suppose. 1 do not know to
what extent you benefit by bis will; bot if yon
feel eo confident tbat yoar ancle made no olan
.destine marriage, do not lose the best opportu
nity of. disproving the claims which at present
this certificate certainly seems to justify.”
Considering the, matter in this new light, Mr.
Halyard consented, and a carpenter was fetched
to open the coffin. The four gentlemen entered
-the room, leaving the lady down stairs. Mr.
Piumtree bad no sooner seen tho body than bis
doubts were at an end.
“ I knew this poor gentleman well
by sight,” said he; “I have seen him in his
uniform a hundred times; but the person 1
married was op a different appearance; he was
stouter, darker in complexion, in short this
was not the man.”
this instant there was a violent ring at
the bell below. Mr. Halyard stepped out of
the room to give directions that no one shonld
be admitted, bnt was met-by a servant on the
stairs.) ’ 1
“ If Lyon please, sir, there’s a ‘ female' below
wants to see Mr. Crnrastone directly,” said tho
footman.
The attorney was summoned and went down.
The new-comer was a little woman dressed
in rusty black; she was puffing very hard, as
if she bad been running for a match against
time.
Mr. Crumstone began to think it was another
so'i disant .widow, and assumed a stern demean
or,-(is he inquired her business.
, '‘la this Cap’en Halyard’s house,sir?" she
gasped at length.
The attorney nodded.
'Oh please, sir, I’m so glad. There’s been
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NO. 27.
a female party here ceding herself the Cap’en’s
widow, ain' there, s ; r V
‘ Woll,' said the attorney, ‘ what then?'
“ Oh, please, sir, she ain’t no more his wid
ow nof I am, sir—no—nor yet so much; for
I ham a widow, sir; bat she ain’t no widow at
all, air, bnt wife to Bill Halyard, the ship
wright's man down to the Books; and please,
air, it’s all a make-np; and when I heard of
it, I ran as hard as 1 could to you, sir,—that’s
wot I did.”
“ I told you so, gentlemen,” said yonng Hal
yard, as the admiral joined them; ‘I knew
this was an infamous hoax.’
*I am afraid it is, indeed, sir,' said the at
torney, looking very blank. " Why, good gra
cious me, I forgot—why, where’s the wo”-——-
“Do yon mean the person who came with
you in the hackney coach, sir V said the ser
vant. ;
“ Yes—where is she?"
“ She left tfae hoase while yen was up stairs,
air; she said she couldn’t wait no longer, sir:
and as there was no 'mediate hurry for her
business, sir, she would look in again another
day."
“ And told me you would settle for the fly,
sirsaid the driver, who had just come in,
touching bis bat- -
The admirAtftconvulsed with suppressed
laughter, walked to the window; and endevor
ing to appear) very serious, only succeeded in
looking unusually purple,
***»***-
A quarter of an hour afterward a workman
entered one of the out houses ocapied by arti
sans in the dockyard. The house or rather shed,
was divided into portions—namely; a ground
floor, and a lofc or bed room above, communi
cating with each other by means of a step
ladder.
Fining no oner] in the workshop the man
went to the foot of the ladder and shouted
"B'U Halyard!” t
" Hollo ’? sa : d a voice up stairs.
‘‘l say you’re wanted np to the Admi
ralty 1” ’
“ What about?”
“ Ob, I don’t know. Some row your missus
has got into, I think,” said the man. “ How
ever, yon’re to look shr-y,”
“ All right—l’ll be down d’Vctly."
There was a pipe lying on the table below?—
The man took it np and fried it with some
tobacco from a pouch wh’ch he carried.
He had stroked up ard down, smokng in
front of the bouse for some ten iP’nntes or so,
when tired of waiting, he re-entered the room
and again called out “ B : ’i Halyard!”
' Tnere was no answer this time.
“Bother the fellow! he’s gone to Bleep, I
think, "■ said *bo ra«", »nd spang up the
ladder.
He found Halyp-d lying on *he floor—not
asleep, but dead—with his throat out.
The rest of the story is soon'told. The poor
wretch had entered ; Ho a conspiracy- with his
wife to obta>n a pension f-om the Admiralty,
fancying that as he bore preciselythe 7 same
name as the deceased capt*:r i , she might pass
herself off as his widow.
There is reason to suppose that hia wifelwas
the originator of the plot. Ha had himself
hitherto byrue an excellent character; and now,
overcome with remorse and a dread of the con
sequences of his crme, he had committed sui
cide on the first alsrm of discovery.
His wife made her escape, and h> spite of
the tragical and unexpected issue of the affair,
it is believed that no steps were taken toward
her capture or punishment.
Prescription’ foe the Cure op Dogs Addicted’
to Killing Sheep. —Take of beefsteak sixteen
ounces; strychnia four sonnies. Divide the
beefstake, or “ t!t bi f r ” into sixteen pieces:
take a sharp penknife and make a small in
cision into each one of them ; >nto the orifice
thus made insert one sixteenth of (be above
quantity of strychnia, (which will amount to
five grains,) drop a few of these medicated " tit
bits” on the outside of 'he sheep pen as hear
the tracks of the “ Bow wow" as possible.—
A dog with five grains of strychnia in his
was never known to meddle with mut
ton, or ever again disturb the elumbersof any
one by virtue of dog melody.
“ How dat, Sambo? Yon say you was aide
battle of Bull Bun, when I sees yon in New
York on de same night?”—“Yes, Julius, yon
did for eartain. You see, onr Colonel says he,
“ Boys 1 strike for yer country and yerho meal’
Well, some struck for hornet Bat splaina de
matter, yer see 1”
An “ Indian” and a white man were passing
along -Broadway, New York, when the former
espied a widow full of wigs, and standing in
the doorway, said, IJgh—b’ra great man.—
Big brave—take many scalps!”
“ Miss,” said a top to a young lady, “ What
a pity you was’t a mirror.” “ Why so ?" said
the blushing lady. “ Because you would be
such a go_od- ? oot>7 glass".
“ Well, my boy, do yon How what feyntax
means ?” said a schoolmaster to the child of a
tetotaler. “ Sin-*»xq Yes, sir, the dnfynpon
spirita.”
An impndent wretch came near getting his
ears boxed at a wedding reception, the other
day, for wishing the beantifnl young bride. ««
Many happy returns of the day.”
An Irish paper, in reference to a tunnel un
der the river at Dublin, says: “ A Thames tun
nel is about to be constructed under the Liffy.”
Old gentleman (affectionately)—mj son,: why
do yon chew that filthy tobacco ?” Precious
youth (stiffly)—“ To’get the jnice dStof it, old
codger!”
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