The Tioga County Agitator:
• B3T SI. H. COBB.
Dnhliebod every Wednesday mom jog and mailedep
? lb u " at ONE DOC6AEANDPIPTY CENTS
always IN ADVANCE. ' '
P The caper « » cSt Postage free to county suljtfctl- ,
[ifough they may receive their mail at post- oSjfc'is
bBll '4 in counties immediately adjoining, for cot'W
°"the Agitator is the Official paper of Tioga 1 \o.,
■ arculates in every neighborhood-tberein. S/Ja
wa iODS being on the advance pay system, it cir (u
-.lC.f - among a class most to the interest of silverti; »s
** :eS ach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as those
I°rei by'any paper of Spiral circulation m Sordf sA
A cross on tho margin of a paper, denotes
- the subscription .is about to expire. T
papers will be stopped when fb’o snbscripUon
unless the agent orders their cuuti^u-'
JA «. lOWREY 4S. P.-WlliSOf^,
rWSN'fiyS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
A 1( ,11 attend (lie Courts of Tioga, Putter aBd
jjdiaau counties. 1 [lVullsburo, Jan. I, IStfd.j
imiUMfSON MOUSE, .
OOKNTNti, N. Y.
Mu A FIELD Proprietor.
TilEirS uknt to .mil from tln> Depot tree
(X v f charge. . . . [Jan. j, 1861-.]^
" JOHN I. niTCHELL, £
Attorney and counsellor at ih
jiugii Village, Tioga County, Pentj’n. i>
prompt attention to Collections ’
Marob I, 18C5.-I}'
JCKOJIE B. SII.ES,
ITTVKSIT 4-- COUMIELLOM AT LA f \ s
Niles Valley, Tioga Connie; Pa-,
Haiiog been sj-eeially licensed by (he UnitedS/ates
r toe Projection of Oaun? for Hack
p a t gn'"l Bounties-
Parti<’ttUr utieniioD will be given,to that clnsJ ef
WIID « t . ■ • J- E-, NILES, .
Siles Valley, Fel. 15, 7885-lj» . - ; V
PENNSYLVANIAHOUSE, ’•
uF MAIN STREET A Nil THE AT EH Dll,
Wcllsboro, Pa..
j IV 81G0XY,......... .Proprietor.
JiliS popular Hotel, having'’ been re-titied,
a ni re-furnished thronghcnt, ip now open to the
..bur a- a fifft-clas: house. [Jan. 1, IB6S-] -
D. HART’S HOTEL. v > .
wellsboro k TWO a. co. .
’PHE 5.it.« 'riber'takea this method to. ip|§*m
hi? r,i i ij lends and customers that he ho A ' re
. ,he conduct of the old ’ ‘ Crystal Eou..tain
H i wilt hereafter give it his entire attention.
I'icfful fir past favor", he solicits a renewal of the
,- e „ ' DAVID HAKIf.
TeUst.oro.Kov 4, 1863.-ly.
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, .
Game?, Tioga County, Pa. *
H i' VERMILVEA, Proprietor,
pHI3 is i new hotel located within eaay ec
i cess uf the beat fishing and hunting grounds in
; :!Born Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared.for
accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav
mng public, [Jan. I, 1863.]-'''
‘ A. FOLEY,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c., &0.,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES. -V
POST OFFICE BUILDINC 1 ;
XO. 5, UNION BLOCK,
Wcllsboro, May 20, 1863. .. '
H IV. Williams,
W ILLIAMS & SMITH,
ATTORNEYS, ans COUNSELORS AT Lj.W,
BOUNTY & PENSION, AGENCY.
Main Street. Wollaboro, Pa.
January 4 , 1865-I v.
S. F. BUAIBLIN, <
BARBER &’ HAIR-DRESf*ER,
Shop Over C. L. Wilcox's Store.:'
Ladies' Hair-Catting done in the best mantw. - /
iVcllsboro, Dec 7, 1864, .
WESTERN EXCHANGE HO'DGt,
KNOXVILLE, BOKOTJQH, PA.* ,*■ ,
THE nn lcrsignod having leased Jhe above Hotel
for a term of years would respectfully inform
u.« traveling public that be has put tbe Hotel-in firit
class order for the reception of guests n 6 pains
villbe spared in the accommodation of travelers and
as far ag the situation will allow, bo wilf ’keep a'fiftsl
Hotel, in all things, except pxices, which wHI
:e modulate. Pleas© try.us and judge for yourselves.
Ec:iv;lle, Oct. 19, 1564-tf. JT H. "MARTIN. .
REVENUE STAMPS. ' ' \
JOHN' M PHELPS, Deputy Collector of M< be
ll field has just received a large lot of Revalue
s'itCß, cf all denominations, from one ccnt.fip to 46. ’
a:r per«f»ri wishing Stanps can get them at my eJ-Ace.
i M&n«UIJ.„r of M. BULLARD, Assistant Asaes.nr,
i; Wclisbora, Pa. , - •J.
Mansfield, May i, 1864.' I
P. DENTIST, :
xa:;sfield, tioga Couxtz A
i: prepared to operate in all~th*e improyemefitfl in
thevarinu* dtpsrtments'of filling, extracting, in
‘sulng artificial dentures, Ac. " t~
Mansfield, August 10, 1864-ly.
COWAIfESQIIE HOUSE.;
THIS House which has been open for conveyance
M tti« traveling pubi*e for a number ofpfoors>
-> lattlv been newly furtuahed throughout amT tiled
* Q *• go'-d style a £ can be found m any coub ;y or
• :v Hotel The Proprietor does not hesitate i vsay
■:t that mere wili,be no pains spared t*» add. & the
. ilcr i 0 i hit quests, and make it a borne lor' .hem.
-tabling for teams; and a .good' tastier
i Sivy ia attendance* all of uiiieh can be , »und
“ c u.itf t».<{ ~i Knoxville, Pa. :
M: >!or.
bctrLtld. May 26, 1564,-ly. . /
WELLSBOBO HOTE3.'-
' O'-f/.er Main Sturt dud ilm A»v»«r ) ,
Wellseoro, Pa.
E ■"%. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. *
IJc « ot the.most pdfcul&r Houses in the
flud is the principal Stage-hopse in Wei >boro.
leave daily as follows: . ;
, Tioga, at ya. tn.; For Troy, at Ba. m?y* -For
I** 6 . 7 ihure every Tuesday and Friday ;
*-J iouderaperr, every Tuesday and Friday at^Vm.
Arrive— From Tioga, at 12 1-2 ((mock
t c Fr,m Troy, at 6 o’clock p. ui.; From t •ejrsey
tuesdaj nnd Friday II a. m. •' •
B —Jitiiiay Cowden, the well-known hustler,
* ll ‘ Ce •udi on band..'
Wisher... 0/*t. 5, 1864-ly. - '
‘ HUGH YOUNG,;
BOOKSELLER & STATIOI^BB,
AND DEALER IN
£**ericaa ’ciopfca, American, English* and Bwi?a
Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles,
v ‘'t Q re Frame*-, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,,
T^l^ o^s, Perfumery, Tanfece Notions, failing
Flies, and Fancy ancPToilet Artioi'tf.;
SCHOOL BOOKS of every Wind uso 4nthe
constantly on hand and sent by mail ' »r otb*
inr *e, to order. -
UXf ’ WELLS3OSO,
notice.—
■ y o. 5, UXrON BLOCK, WELLSBORO, pa
-havin g-teen to
Urj QBre\gped on the estateof Daniel Snyder,
°f Jackson township, deceased, notice is Thereby*
tllose * n dehted t 0 makeJmmedißte pigment,
the UloBe k av l D fe claims against the same jto present
properly authenticated for settlemenytd J /
* JKO. L MITCHELCfAdm'r. .
March* 16, IB6s-6t* ‘
P/SH PAID 808 ONIOM SETTS,.at.- f],..
w 1 ' HOT’S DBtfQ'ST |BB,
THE AGITATOR.
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By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury,
undersigned has assumed the General-Subscription t |
Agency Jfor the sale of United StatesTTreasury Notes, Dead the Great Heart of Our noble,-tried
b **^lOrei» d th , dWrg.and ebgnga.:to
annum, known us the ' myrtle, cypress, yew j"
- LOAN; - lAodI Aod ‘tX^-* 88 waveB aad * -: ab ™; a :
Ttegfe Notes are jbnted mndWdias--of 'June T6tb, | Na£ure aynipatbetic.-inonruoth, with her childreb for
- Qd£ . ' y* - ' m their brave.
are payable three years from that time, in t • *
currency, or are convertible at the option ofthe hIU-'
der into
V. 5-39 SI'S pfer ceiirt.'
OOtl>-BEAROG BOOS.
i. .
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Tbese v bonds are worth a premium which increases
the actual profit on'the 7-30 loan, and itsjexemption
from State and municipal taxation adds from one to
•thre6 pgr cent, more; according to the rate levied on
other_pr^pertjv,.The-interest is payable in currency
samt-annually >hy coupons attached to earb noter
which may be cutoff end sold to any bank’or banker.
The interest omounts to '
On© cent per Jay- ou > a sso'-note, - 7
Two cents “ “ “ $lOO “
'Tern “ •» " “ $5OO “ ■
1 20, “ “ " « siouo •' '
. $1 “ “ “ s3ono “
Note* of all the denominations named .will he
promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions,
and the notes forwarded at once, The interest tu
15tb June next will be paid in advance. 'This is “
THU ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
now ofiered by the government, and it is confidently
expected that its superior advantages will make ittbe
Groat Popular Loan of the People.'
Less than $300,000,000 of the Loan authorized by
the last Congress are now on the market. The amount,
•at the fate at which it is being absorbed} will allh*
subscribed fof within four months, when the notes
will command ar premium, as has uni
formly been the case on closing the subscriptions to
other Loans/ * * \
In order that citizens of every town and section of
the country afforded facilities lor taking the
loan, the National Batiks, -and Private
Bankers throughouttbe country have generally agreed
to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers-will se--
lect their own agents, in whom they have confidence;'
and wjho only are to be responsible for of
the for which they receive orders.
SUBSCRIPTIONS mix BE RECEIVED by the FIRST
NATIONAL BANK of Wellsboro. ‘ ' '/!
March 25, 1866.
Wm. H: Sm*th
THE NINTH NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL, $1,000,000, Paid in.
Fiscal Agent of the Untied'Slates, and Special
Agent for Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent,
■WILL DELIVER 7-30 NOTES, freeze/ charge,
■Joy express, in all parts pf the country, and receive in
payment checks on New York, "Philadelphia and Bos
ton, current bills, and all five per pent, interest notes,
with infernal to dale Of subscription. Orders sent by
mail will be promptly filled.
This "Bank receives the accounts of Banks and
Bankers on favorable terms; ;also of keep
ing New York accounts.
J. T. HlLL,.Cashier. J. XT. ORVIS, Prttident,
hTar S-3ms
ORDINANCES OFTHE BOROUGH OP TIO
[ Q A.—At a special .meeting of the Burges? and
Council of the Borough of. Tioga, held April 4th,
1865, it was resolved, •
That the seventh. (7 th> ordinance of said. Borough,
bo amended by adding at the end thereof “And that,
all side walks at any time required to be bnilt.by the.
ordinances of said Borough, shall be repaired and
kept in good repair and. condition by the person or
persons who buHt or are required to build sald’jjde
. walks: and in default thereof- the same shall be re
paired by said Borough at-the expense of tbe person or
persona who should build at repair said' walk?, with
an addition of twenty per-cent, to, the costs ot snob
repairs/' , * - ' _.' •*
2. That the sixteenth (IfitbJ ordinance of paid
Borough be amended so os to make the imprlfiohment
lirovideJ for the offense therein described, any .time
□ot exceeding hours instead of'twelve,
and-the.fine-far .exceeding,
twenty-five dollars, instead i/f * two, or either such
fine orimpyisonment at the discretion of the Burgess
or Justice' -havi,ng J janadicrtion of .such offense.-
2, That the w seventeenth (17th) ordinance 6f said!
Borough’ be amended by adding-at the end thereof
and imprisonment In the Lock-up of said'Bortngh
pot exceeding twenty-four hoof?, or either such fine
or imprisonment at the discretion of the Justice or
Burgess having juris diction of offense.*’
4. Thatfthe nineteenth <l9tfa) ordinance of said
Boruugh Ue'ro Amended as that the time of commit-'
ment therein provided before n hearing; .may be*’
any time not exceeding ttventy-four hours Ifistead of'
twelve, according to the case,'
and by adding at the end of £aid ordinance provi- 1
ded that for arresting such offender or offenders, ami l
keejping nnd bringing him, her or them before the pro
per officer Tor a hearing, and comminiug theihof auy*’
Of them to the Lack-up after conviction, the fees of the
Constable for such services shall nut be leas than one
dollar.” •
It was further resolved that the following
ordinances be adopted, .and that they, together
with the above amendments, published according
to law,viz:
Ordinance Twentieth f2olh). Thatuoperaon shall"
bitch, on place, and.permit to remain, any anirugl,;
vehicle, or other thing, in such a- manner as to ob
struct free passage on any sidewalk-or crosswalk in
the Borough of Tiogaami any person found guilty
of such act, on view of, or proof before, the Burgees
or any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction, shall
pay a fine of one dollar and costs of prosecution.
Twenty-First (21st). That all fines and penalties
that are or may hereafter be impoaed-or provided for
any offense, under pny ordinance of the Borough,of
Tioga, shall be collected by warrant, or execution, aa
provided'by Jaw in sipiJar
, ' - 0. M. SEYMOUR, Burgee. -
Attest: Jno. I. Mitchell, Secretary." :■
Tioga, April 26, 1865-3 w, ‘
HR HE sdb&rilier begs leave to inform the public
I that he has a fitoo assortment of the' celebrated
v ROCHESTER TROOT FLIES, V
New York Trout Flies, Silk Braided Lines,- Sea
Grass and Bair Lines; Kinsey Booka on Snells, Reels,
Leaders, Gut, and a fino lot of .
Hooks, Ac,,.Ac., Shop in rear,of Wm- Roberts* Tin
and Stove Store.* •• - L. A.'BRAES.
Wellsboro, April 19, 1865-3 m.
OR NEVER.—Now is the time for
and 'gardeners to procure the newest and best,
varieties of Seed* Potatoes—five choice' varieties are
now offered for sale at Roy's Drug Store'j among
which are Hie New Seedling, called the New‘White
pehch'Blow, the best of all Potatoes forfbmlly nSf,
and the Buckeye, the best of all Jho early vari^tfe^
• This Is the last rtori£;of .Seed. P,otatoi^*{bht
will cysr. I)onU
han't get' them' next yeaf^ *- -
BehoteQ to the Jsr tenet on of the area of iFreehom anh the Speeah of Reform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE,
s.
7-80 Loan.l 3?oetv».
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent, Philadelphia.
OP THE CITY OP NEW YORK.
TO FISHERMEN
ROCHESTER FLY RODS,
WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1865.
our land-is draped lb-mourning, in the- black--
: , .meat of the iiight^-r r h V '/' ? [ ir?;, r 7?
Can,wo pierce the pall of, sorrow beyond the vailed
Dtfkt 7 a .. , • - • ;
.Sunbeam's bidetheir • spring time smiling, back a
\Z depth of somber cloud,
And tbe zephyrs swell their sighing to a wailing
weird and loud. * 1
Is there—ia there light beyond us—light beyond our
mortal ken? . - _
Ah.how painfully and keenly feel we now we are
’but men !
Impotent! Aye, worse than powerless ! grope w.e
blindly, grieving nuw.
Clothed in solemn, sodden sackcloth, low into tbe
dust we bow.
U; . «*•
“Rise and see by Faith’s- clear vision, ’yond the skies
that drop their tears,
In the shining courts, of Heaven, after all these
• strifes and tears/
GlUrified and made immortal, by the loving chasten
• Jug rod 1
He, the of Chief this Great People, bears our thanks
'unto Our God.
April, ISi5:». - K S. S.
In the Seiith Wales Institute, of Engineers a
paper was recently read on tliis subject by Mr.
W, Mather, . The Engineer (London) says:
After referring at considerable length to the
Chinese system of boring, (which appears to
■have dated from a very-early period,), and, thf,
attempts more recently made on the .Continent
and in Germany, he alluded to the present plan
adopt d by the continental known as
Rind’s system, which is considered to be the
perfection of boring machines. . The system
known as Rind’s is still the rod system,ftvith j
certain modifications to lessen the risks and'
difficulties in boring to great depths. It was
owing to the imperfections of the rod system
that the Attention of a relative of the writer
(Mr. Colin Mather) was first directed to the
subject of boring, and after much investigation
and experiment, constructed and patented,-, a
machine in 1855, jmd whfth may fairly claim
the name of the.‘English system,’ as thepnly
undwhioh-has not originated among, the con:
tioental engineers. In the bu.ricg tool, and
the method of giving the percussive action, and
also in the shell-pump, especial novelty will he
found. Instead-of tb.eaejiatter__being attached
to rods, as in the old system, they are suspend
ed an turn by a flat rope, about half, an inch
thick and four and a half inches kroad, such as;
are in common use inuollieries, andjdie b.oting
tootand punip lire let down, and 'drawn up'as
quickly as the backets and cages in the' shaft.
The rope is wb'nnd iupon a large drum by fi
steam engine with a reversing motion, by which
one man can regulate, the operation with (he
greatest ease. * .
“ The general arrangement of the machine
is asftiitlows; Tbo_winding.dr.um jsj ten feet in
diameter, and is capable of .holding-three thou*'
snhd' feet of rope, four and a half inches broad
and one-half inch thick; from the .dram the
rope passes under a guide .pulley, through a
clamp, and oekr the pulley, which is supported
on the fork enji of the piston-rod, and so td the
end, which receives the boring head, which,
being hooked oh and lowered to the . bottom,
the rope is gripped by the-clarop. A small-jet
.of 1 steam is turned Vm, causing the -piston To’:
rise slowly until-the arm moves the'clamp.’and
gives the full chaise of steam ; an'accelerated
- morion ts then gi'y.eirtu "the piston, .raising the
boring head the required height,' when’.the’
steam is shut off, and'the exhaust opened, thus
affecting uno stroke of the boring head as regu l
, larly"as a back-pressure valve in the exhaust
pipe. The exhaust port is six inches from the,
- bottom of the cylinder; when the piston de
scends to this -puipt--it-rests on a cushion of
-steam, which .prevents concussion. To in
crease the. lift of the boring -bead, or compen
sate fot the elasticity of the'rope, which’ is
. found to fib one inch in one hundred feet, it is
simply necessary ..to raise, the clamps ,on the
damp shaft white the percussive motion is in
operation. The clamp which.grips, the rope is
fixed-to.aeiulu -aiul-«orew, by whiob means-’the
rope can be given out as reauireA. ; , *
“ Wheu this operation is completed, and the]
strata out up by a succession of strokes thus
effected, the steam is shut off fromthe percussive |
cylinder, the ropd- undamped, the winding-en
gine put in motion, and the boring head brought
up and slung from the over-head suspension
bur .by a hook fitted with a roller to traverse
the bar. The shell-pump is then lowered, the
dtbeis pumped into it by lowering and raising
the bucket about three. times, which the rever
sing motion of the winding engine readily' ad
mits of, and then brought up to the surface and
emptied by a icry simple arrangement. The
rapidity with which these operations may he
carried on, proved by experience with the ma-,
chine is somewhat as follows; The boring
baadls lowered,at.the cafe of five hundred' fpet'
per minute; the percussive motion gives twen-
I ty-four blows per minute. This, continued in.
red sandstone’and- other similar strata- for
about ten minutes issufficient to enable the
optfers to penetrate six inches, when the boring
head is.again wound op at the rate of three
hundred fiet -per minute. The shell-pump-ig
• lowered and raised in the same, but, only re
mains down about two minutes', when it is
withdrawn to empty the debris, an operation
occupying two or three minutes.”
Of all the actions of, a man’s life his marry
ing the least concern-other people;. yet
of all the actions of' a man's life it is the most
meddled with by other
Those vrho.fnake, too, free with tumblers are
very apt to become 'tumblers themselves. ’
[For the. Agitator.]
NOT DEAD.
JCUscrUawg.
Soring" Artesian Wells.
Onr Neighbors in the Stars.
Many writers have gone into the question of
the probable stature, strength and configura
tion of our fellow-beings - in other spheres.—
Christian Wolff long ago fixed the height of the
-inhobitnnts of Jupiter at forty feet eight inches.
'The FouricrUts have tooro recently imagined a
kind o.f celestial hierarchy in which the suc
cessive groups rise one above another, in analo
gy with those of the lower universe; into what
M. Renaud has termed binivers, trivivers, qua
triui vara, etc. -The planets themselves have
souls, and die out, as ours will do, to give place
to newer forms of planetary life. Swedenborg,
(everybody knows,) grew so familiar' with the
inhabitants of‘the several planets in which he
was in the habit of spending his leisure mo
ments of spiritual ecstasy, that he has left us
little to find our touching the moral and other
characteristics of our brethren in those abodes.
The feelings with which we, in turn, inspire
those remote relations of ours—the- lively
warmth of Venus, the dignified calm of Jupi
ter,-the sardonic coldness of Satnrn—are not
ices matters of fact and veracity. Science,
thus interpreted, points to a place for our souls
among those radiant spheres. Transported
'among new conditions of existence, they may
contract or put forth powers akin to those of
the happier beings whose lot has been already
cast here. And as to what that lot may be, it
makes the mouth water to listen to M. Flam
marion lecturing us. In an atmosphere no
longer composed of oxygen and nzote.'what
ills of climate may not be spared those fortu
nate denizens ? Ttio whole pulmonary appa
ratuses doubtless modified, and. with. it. the
whole system of organic function. Instead of
the gross and clumsy plan of keeping up the
bodily growtlr'und warmth by food, liquid and
solid, —the degrading expedient of borrowing
for that end, the Tj of other beings, and,
worst of all, that of, killing and devouring
those endowed with life,—there may bo a sys-.
tern of .nourishing atmospheres,” composed of
elements nutritious in themselves, and capable
of assimilation by organs' of corresponding
ethereal texture. In-the general repeal of laws
which belongs to man’s inferior state, that of
“ labor” may come in for the earliest abolition,
and with it go all those vulgar cares, appetites,
and amlfiifcoDs to which so much of the misery
and enmii of terrestrial life are due. Vice
will never have arisen. The origin of evil will,
offer no point for philosophers to wrangle over ;|
for evil itself will never have stepped in, An-1
other “ law” abrogated, or rather never set in
-force, will be that of “ death.” War and vio
lence, excess anil decay, being unknown in
those happy regions; the idea of dying will be
■oufc'ofthe’ question. Peace : and right will
reign' undisturbed. The very faculties of the
intellect will partake;the purity and the eleva
tion., of the., moral nature. The tedious and
cumbrous processes of experiment and obser
vation will be replaced by.a direct and trans
cended vision pf trath. It seems as if the limit
of logic itaelf-wHI ba.atr.uok-off.Ba fetters from
the spirit. The old problems insoluble' here
will L seem perfectly _opntamj)tible. The circle
will have been squared there long ago, and phi
losophers’ stones will be .picked up by the
.roadside. The elixir of. life, indeed, will be
unknown*, because, as we have sden, it will°bo
superfluous. Art and science will enter upon
new phases; Numeration will proceed by such
.novel and' unprecedented processes that we
.tremble to pronounce what two and two may
•be expected to make in M. Flaminsrion’s de
veloped universe.— Saturday Review.
Catling Nicknames.
One of th^.worst of bad habits, which bad
buys indulge in is calling their companions or
other people nicknames. This,'when done on
■ purpose, 4s very wrong, and-often very cruel.,
for they mostly indulge theif wioked.wit on
those who have some' bodily infirmity -which
-they cannot help: !We wish to caution the boys
1 who read this against snch conduct; for many
who do not wish to be .unkind or cruel
may be tempted to do so before they are aware
. just because there is some fun inili ■ _
. “I shall never forget,” says one. “an "inci
dent of my boyhood, by which! was taught to
be careful not to wound thd feelings of the un
fortunate. A number of us schoobboys were I
playing by the roadside one' Saturday after-I
noon, when the stage coach drove up to a I
neigboring inn, and the passengers'alighted.— i’
As ugual, we gathered around to observe them. 1
Among the number was an elderly man, who!
got out with muoh difficulty, and when on. the
ground be walked with his feet turned one
-way and hia kneds another, in a very awkward
manner. I thoughtlessly shouted—-’* Look at
old rattlebones 1” - The poor old man turned
I hia head with an expression of pain which I
can never forget.
“Just then, to my surpise and horror, ray
father came round the corner, and immediately
stepping up to the stranger, shook bis hand
warmly, and assisted him to walk to our house, j
which was but a little way off. 1 could enjoy ;
no more play that afternoon, and when the j
time came I would gladly have hid myself, but j
I knew it would be in vain, and so tremblingly i
went into the sitting room. To my great joy
and relief the. stranger did not seem to know
rfte again, hut.remarked pleasantly to my.father
as he -introduced me— ‘ Sueh a fine boy was
surely worth, saving.', t. . .-
How the words out me to the 1 heart 1 illy
father bad often told me of a friend.who plung
ed into the river to save me as I was drowning
’ when a I'jchild, and who, in consequence of a
cold then taken,-had been made"a cripple by
rheumatism; andthis was the man! had made
a laughing stock for my companions I
“I tell yob,'boys and girls, I would given
‘ great deal to have the memory : of that event
taken away. If ever you are tempted as I was,
remember that while no good dan come of sport,
whereby the feelings of others are wounded',
yon may be laying up for yourselves painful
recollections that will not leave you for a life
time.”
'Chesnuts are $75 a bushel in gold at Den
ver, Colorado, and apples .of- the size-of marbles
are fifty Cents each. 1
AGITATION MUST
CONTINUE.
Rowland Bill.
This eccentric, but most earnest and success
ful minister in the English" church. had a hard
struggle in the- beginning of his ministry, to
obtain ordination, and to resist family influ
ences. • Dr. Stevens' gives a graphic sketch of
his.tcooblea _ "
- Six bishops refused Hill ordination. Ha fol
lowed the advice of Barridge, and went.forth
wherever the way opened, “ into the devil’s
territbries.” Hu preached in in dis
senting chapels; and on'the highways. Ha
was often mobbed; saluted with the beating of
pans and shovels,- the—blewiug-ef- horns and
ringing of bells,'pelted with dirt and'figgs, and
sometimes in peril of hiS“life. He was once
fired at, while in the pulpit, the ball passing
over his head.
Hie visits to the paternal home were render
ed miserable by the opposition of his parents;
but consoled,by his devoted sister, be ceased
not to preach in all the vioinity ; and her gen
tle influence and charities, aided by his labors
and those of his brother, resulted in much lo
cal usefulness. . Five of the family were soon
united with them in the faith, besides some of
the household servants and neighbors.
In his old age, when his fame was in all the
churches, and, indeeed, in all the English
world, be remarked, while walking on the ter
aee at Hawkestone, to a friend who had noticed
the affectionate courtesies of the family toward
him : “ You see how X am • received here, but
in my youtb I have often passed this spot bit
terly weeping; while by most of the inhabi
tants of yonder house I was considered as a
disgrace to my family. ‘-But/’ha added, ns
the tears fell down his aged cheeks, “it was
for the cause of my God.”
His brother, Sir Riobard, though not contem
plating holy orders, had sometimes "labored as
a lay preacher, or exhotter ; but believing that
as a layman be might be otherwise -more use
ful, he yielded to the entreaties of his parents,
and abandoned such “ irregularities.” He was
sent by bis family to persuade his brother to
follow his example. Arriving at Bristol, he
wae informed that Rowland had gone to Kings
wood to preach to the colliers; there he discov
ered him standing up among weeping thosands,
upon whose blackened cheeks could be seen the
the traces of their flowing tears. Rowland saw
him in the crowd, and suspecting his errand,
preached wlth|the greater energy and effect.—
Determined to defeat the design, be concluded
by shouting—My brother, Richard Hill, Esq.,
will preach here to-morrow. The yonng man
did preach, and instead of retbrning with his
brother to Hawkestone, becanje bis coadjntor
in the very work he designed jo persuade him
to'relinquish.
The hocbe that Jetp Bdiu.—Some genius
in Cleveland has got off the following neat par
ody of an old story:
Chicago! Platform.—This is the honsethat
Jeff, built.
Treason.—This is the malt that lay in the
house that Jeff, built.
McClellan.—This is the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jeff bnilt.
Union Party.-This is the cat thatcaoght the
rat that ats tho malt that Jay .in the honse that
Jeff, built.
Peace Democracy.—This is the dog that
Worried the cat that caught the rat that ate the
malt that lay in the house that Jeff, built.
Abraham' Lincoln.—This b) the ox with a
pointed horn that tossed the dog that worried
the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jeff, .built.
■ Order of Sons of Liberty.—This is the maid
en all forlorn that was gored by the ox with a
pointed horn that tossed the dog that worried
the oat that caught the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jeff, built.
Vallandingham.—This is ths priest all shaven
and shorn that married the maiden all forlorn,
to Seymour's Peace Party, all tattered and torn
that was gored by the ox with a pointed horn
that tossed the dog that worried the oat that
caught the rat that ate the malt that lay in the
house that Jeff, built.
Ides of November*— Thisj is the cock that
crowed in the morn to wake the priest all sha
ven and shorn that married 1 the maiden all for
j lorn, that [plants in Mac’s _ pillow many a thorn,
| that will pierce to the quick like the pointed
j horn that tossed the dog that worried the oat
..that caught the rat that ate the malt that lay
{ in the house that Jeff built.
Useless Young Ladies. —lt scarcely admits
-of doubt that the number of young ladies is
constantly increasing who think happiness de
pendent on, freedom - from responsibility and
labor, andSvish to have nothing to do but to
read novels, or give themselves to pleasnsa.—
A contemporary says: “The number of idle
useless girls, in all our large cities seems to be
steadily increasing. They lounge or sleep
through their mornings, and parade the streets
during the afternoon, and assemble in frivolous
| companies of their own and other sex to pass
I away their evenings. What a store of hap
piness for themselves and others are laying up
I for the coming time, when real dnties and
' high responsibilities shall be thoughtlessly
assumed I They -are skilled in no domestic
duties—nay, they, despise them, have no habits
df industry nor taste for' the useful.
will they be as wives and mothers ? Alas for
the husbands and children, and alas for them
selves 1 Who can wonder if domestic ruin fol
low?” .
There are some people always looking out for
slights. They cannot pay a visit, they cannot
'receive a friend; they cannot carry on inter
course of the family, without suspecting some
offence is designed. They are as touchy os hair
triggers. If they meet an acquaintance in the
street who happens to be preoccupied with busi
ness, they attribute bis abstraction to some mo
tive personal to themselves, and take umbrage
accordingly. They lay on others the fault of
their irritability A fit of indigestion makes
them see impertinence in everybody they come
in. contact with. Innocent persons, who never
dreamed of giving offence's, are astonished to
find some unfortunate word, or some moment
ary taciturnity mistaken for insult.
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NO. 36.
Letter from a Secesh Soger to Bis “Better
Camp of Ist South Carolina Qreybaeks, be
fore 1 a swamp and behind Petersburg, or there
abouts, July 31, 1865. Beloved of my soul:
Your warworn husband takes bis pen in hand
in a strange land, on a foreign strand, ondar
command of our mutual friend Col. Pluck
Buzzard, of Rainwater Court, House S. C. My
ink is pale and I have no ale. My'pen is poor
and so is my grub. My quarters in camp are
passable, but the quarters in my pocket are
not. Last night I bad a mud paddle for my
pillow, and covered myself with a sheet of
water. I long for more whiskey barrels dad
less gun barrels, more biscuit and less ballets.
How I wish you were here. - The farther I get
away from you the better I you. So that
you may know how we work’here in defiance of
tbs cussed Yanks, 1 send you what d’ye call a
diary of my daily labor.
Five o’clock. —Called up from a roll in the
mud by a roll of drums. No prospect of a roll
of bread. Shoulder spades.
Half-past five to sis, A. M.—l did and throw
up the earth. Qet Sick and throw up my yes
terday’s rations.
Sevan o’clock.—Another roll of drum*.—
Filing off into line qjnd defiling njy inexpress
iblas with mud end other sacred soil, drawing
ramrods, hut no pay. No shelling out by gov
ernment, but a cussed sight too much by Orant.
Nine o’clock.—Mote digging. Spadnlar re
searches into the geological formation of the
earth. Find it to comprise alternate stratas of
sweats, sunstroke, sweating and blisters.
Twelve o’clock—evidence of dinner. Saw
Capt. Yawslack picking his teeth with a ten
penny nail, and the corporal taking a chew of
tobacco.
Oh, Mariar, if yon only knew what I have
suffered to save you from being bombarded by
the diabolical Yankee. Rather than that any
of the North scum should blockade my dear
Maria, I’d divorce her.
Col. Pluck came very , near being shot in the
neck by one of bis own The Colonel
had just got his staff together and struck hia
noble steed with it, when Capt. Swipea leveled
a bottle at him. Fortunately, the contents
missed the jugular, and went down the natural
way.
lam reduced to a skeleton. My -eyes ore
sunk so far in my head that I can look down
my windpipe, clean through my entire interior.
If there was a bold in the top of my head I’d
make a first class telescpe. (I’ve got the glasses
in me now.) My chin is so sharp that it shaves
itself. • '
I’m going on picket duty to-night. Picket
duty is awful bard work. Almost every night
a picket’s gun goes off, and when we go to look
for him we find that he’s gone off too.
Ever yonr dear husband,
BnCKHO&SE HiNBL*.
P. S.—lf your old father baa drank up all
that tangleroot juice I left at home, I’ll'cram
the demijohn down his throat, and cork np hi*
sarcophagus with my hoot heel. That’s as
Mariar.
Rufus Choate, in an important marine as-'
sault-and-battery-at-sea case, had Dick Barton
chief mate of the clipper ship Challenge, on the
stand, and badgered him so for about an hour,
that at last Dick got his salt up, and hauled by
the wind to bring the keen Boston lawyer under
his batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony. Dick had
said that the night was “ dark as the devil, and
raining like seven bells.”
Suddenly Mr. Choate asked him— v
“ Was there a moon that night ?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Ah, yes 1 A moon—”
“ Yes, a full moon.”
“ Did you see it ?”
“ Not a mite.’*
“ Then how do you know there was s moon ?”
“ Nautical almanac said so, and Pll beliefs
that sooner ’n any lawyer ’n this world.” 1
“ What was the principal luminary that
night, sir ?”
“ Binnacle lamp aboard the Challenge.” ■ 1
“Ah, you are growing, sharp, Mr. Barton.”
“ Wfhat in blazes have yon been grinding ms
this hour for—to makd me ddjl V’
"Be civil, sir. And now tell me what lati
tude and longitude you crossed the Equator
in?” "
Sho ! You’re joking.” '»
“ No, sir ! I.am in earnest, and I desire you
to answer me.”
“ I shan’t.”
“ Ah, you refns#, do you '!”
“ Yes—l can’t.”
“ Indeed ! Yon are chief mate of a clipper*
ship, and unable to answer ao simple a ques
tion ?”
•'Yes’tiathe simplest question I ever'had
aejjed me. Why, I thought every fool of a lawt
yer knew there ain’t no latitude on the Eqna-I
tor." • ■;
That shot floored Rufus Choate.
Defekce of the Goose. —lt is a great libel
to accuse a goose of being a silly bird. Even a
tame goose shows much instinct- and attach
ment; and were its habits more closely ob
served, the tame goose would be found to be by
no means wanting in general cleverness. .Its
watchfulness at night-time is, and always has
been, proverbial: add it certainly is endowed
with a strong organ of self-preservation. -Ton
may drive over dog, oat, hen, or pig; but I defy
you to drive over a tame goose. As for wild
geese, I know of no animal, biped or qnadrn
ped, that is so difficult to deceive or approach.
Their senses of bearing, seeing, and smelling,
are all extremely acute; independently of which
they appear to aot in so organized and cautions
a manner when feeding or roosting, as to defy
all danger.— Sportsman. ' ' " ~
The beautiful sublimity of natural things of
this world should make ns restless for tbs at
tainment of the beetles of the world to corns.
“If we can’t hear, it ain’t for the lack of
ears,” as (he ass said to tbs cornfield.
Half.”
Heading off a Lawyer.