B? M. H. COBB. published every Wednesday morning and imkiled-to CoriUn at ONE DOLL Ait AND FIFTY CENTS ner T®ar, always IN ADVANCE. .; ; • p ~^e n»(jer i« sent postage free to county BUhacri- K. r s though they may receive their mall at post.offices located in counties immediately adjoining, for benve- S 'the Asitatoe it -the - Official.paper of. Tioga Co., j circulates in every neighborhood there V. Subt ‘“riotioos being on the advance pay system,- It eijcu-' fltjnimoog a eiasi moahioitlie interast of af (erasers reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as hose of fers! by any paper of equal circulation in lurthero - j 1 gjf* A cross, od the margin of n paper denotes thattbe subeirlpUonJsbibent. Jo expire, tv > 1 papers will ho stopped when the subscription umeeApiteSi unless the agent orders their contjnn stee. '" I—’.**—, (4 IS, LOIVREY ATS. P. WIIsSOW, 1 TTORNETS & COUNSELLORS at LAW, Will attend the,Courf9 of Tioga, Potter and jfcKean counties. 7 [Wellsboro, Jan. 1, ISS3-] JOHN l- WITCHELLf Attorney and co unseel qr:A tlila it. Tioga Village, .Tioga County, Penn's.. Prompt attentiontto Collections. ~ March I, -ISflb.-ly- ■*, IEBOJSE B. NIA.ES, i attorney a counsellor at } £w, , - Wellsboro, Tioga Conn tv. Fa- Hsrin»l>oea specially licensed by the TJniftJ States f o r the Prosecution of Claims for Pensioi s, 'Back Psy and .Bounties- , ■■ u ■’ ■' v - ' t Particular attention will be ‘given: to- that olass of bariocss. J- B- MLES, Wellsboro- F«b..15,,1ga5-J.y« , . PEUKSmiKU HOUSE, CORNER OP THE iYSgJJJS, WolUhoro, Pa. ■ J, W. BIGONY Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel, having been M-fitted and To-furnished throughout, is now ifehto the outlie as a ficst-elsssliOosß. 1863.3 . D. HART’S HOTEI. WELLSB.OSX>,~XIO£U CJIJPESMA. THE subscriber takes, this method to inform his old friends 'and'customers that.heßat ro mmed the conduct of the old “ Crystal Ijfhntain Hotel," and will hereafter giro it his entire at; sntion. Thankful far past favor?, he solicits a renejraiof the Ze. . ' . . DAVID H. .RT ffellsboro, Not. 4, 1863.-ly -iri ~ IZAAK WALiTOf* HOUS 3, • Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. : H. C. VEBMILYEA, Proprietor. rpHI4 is a new hotel located within £iey ao- X oeas of thereat fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania, No pains will for the uwommoilation of pleasure seekers and'the trav elling public. [Jan.'l, 1563.} : A. FOLEI, Watches, Clocks, Jewelrir, Scc.^Sc., REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES.’ POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION BLOCS.;. ' WelUboro, May 20,1863.' H. W. Williams, W*. Hi Suits. WIIUAMS « SMITH,. ATTORNEYS AND COON SELOUS’AT, LAW, Bomm & pessios aobwcy.. Main Straet. Wellaboro, P». ' January 4,1666-ly. i S. F. BHAIBLO, t, BARBER & HAIR-DRESfcER, Shop Oteb C. L. Wilcox’s Sto»». . Wellsboro, Dec 7,1864. S’ • WEBTEBK EXCHANGE KJOTKE. KNOXVILLE, .BOBOtJQH, FAf THE undersigned haying leased tbs -i&d.ye Hotel for a term of years would respectfull;’ inform the traveling public that he has put the SotM in .first class order for the reception of guests and tto pains will be spared in the accommodation of travelers and as far as the situation will allow, he a first class Hotel, in ail things’, except pticcs,'which will be mode) ai*..,. JPkasetry.ua and jndgefor yourselves. Knoxville, Oct. 19,186d-tf. I* H■ MARTIN. REVfiIVE STAMPS', JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector of Mans field, has just received a large lot «t- Revenue Slams, of all denominations, from one cej 7 Rp to $5, Any person wishing Stanpa can get them. tmy office in Mansfield, or of"M. BOLLA.ED, AasisU.; I Assessor, tl Wellbboro, l l a, - - J- M. I HELPS. Mansfield, May 2, 1884. •- ' P. SEWELL, DESTiPT, f MANSFIELD, .TIOGA COUNT% ’ IS prepared to operate in all the improvements in the various departments of filling, in serting artificial dentures, Ac. Mansfield, August 10, 1864-ly. . 'i WELtSBOBO -HOT^L (Oomor Main Street and /hiAveFttt. \ W ELtSBOEO, Pa. B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor- : One of the most popular House* in This Hotel,is’the prinlsi jafßtage-hoaae in n elleboro. Stages leave daily as follows: V - For Tioga, at 9 i Fur -Troy* For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday!’ m.j For Coudersport, every Tuesday and Friday zp. as. StagesAeiuvx—From Tioga, at o'clock p, m.; From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. m. r Brofl .Jersey Shore, Tuesday ;aud Friday id a. m.; From woudere pon, Tuesday add Friday It a. m. ”' i S, 8.-j-Jimmy Co’jrden, the well-known hostler, will be found on band. t , Wellaboro, Oct, 5,1864—1 y. ' HUGH YOUM«s» BOOKSELLER a S^lTibMEB, AND DIA I*‘E R ll* ■ * |" . American blocks, American, English) &j(ad Swiss Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, spectacles. Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, St ereoscopes, Microscopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notion, j Fishing Taskle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet A nicies. /ar*SCHOOL NOOKS- <>f,every kipd wed in the County, constantly on hand and sent by m ill or oth* eririee, to order. , ■ X. no. 5, mwir block; WEiLsßdi.o, pa. ( TO FISHERMEN* THE subscriber bogs leave to inform -fee public that he has~a fine aWprtmeuJVif the .celebrated ROCHESTER TROPT FJAE^.. New York Trout ’Flies, Silk Sea Oran and Hair Lines, Klbsey Ho6ks on fine. Is, Reels, leaders, Gat, and s fin© lot of ROCHESTER FLY BOD £ / Hooke, Ac., Ac, Shop In rear of Wm;”‘) Ip*erti'TiD sod Store Store. ~ L. A £_ SARS* . Wellsboro, April 19.1865-3 m. t For SALE.—HOUSE A LOT on Street, adjoining Wright A.Bailcy’s Storey,. SD acres of kod in Delmar, between John Gray anA Metric. House and Lot on Covington Street. Tor terms, apply to Esq* Welleboro, May 31, 1865-tf. ■' ' ‘ <; TtTALTER A, WOOD’S PRIZE MOWER.—The tY. Wood Mower has been in general nse for the pait fire years, Xtbrsbrand good work—Machines fully warranted- Circa tars--price $ll6 delivered on the cars'(^Corning. EDGAR BILL, Agent, C or* ig, H. V. May 31,1885-tt - THE , DtfcoteO to the iSytcnaton of of" JFm&om anh the S|>t?esh of H?ra Uh£ llttovm. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE VOL.'tt. HAS FALLEN 1 And so has tho price of DRT GOODS. LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AND W*E. HAVE SURRENDERED THE EX- ’ ' TIME HIGH PRICES, OF . GOODS.' TfIET PEOPLE’S STORE, is now receiving additions to their stock of 730 OtiS, BOUGHT DURING THR ; LATE DEPRESSION IN PRICES, 1 and they will be aold at THE LOWEST MARKET RATES. We have made arrangements to get Qooda every. week,.and *s,weieepposted.in Regard to , 1C the JVew Fori Market, we shall at •«* all times make the stock on Hand conform to new pricej, REGARDLESS OF COST, .«r • .1 " and wo with it distinctly unijaratood, that however mush others may blow, WE DO HOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD BY ANY, quality of goods considered. Jt shall be .our aimlo' keep constantly on bandia good stock of.• snob goods as the community require, a^id SUCH ARTICLES AS WILL . GIVE SATISFAC TION TO THE CONSUMER." ■ L THE OKE PRICE SYSTEM . under wbicb onr business has; constantly increased for the last ten years will be adhered to, as also the ’ j. READY PAT SYSTEM more recently adopted, Don’t bay until YOU HAVE EXAMINED ;ODR STOCK AND PRICES’. STORE DIRECTLY OPEOBITfiSi-XIH# DICKIN - , SON HOUSE, -t , and first dpnxwMti oCßttngerfeSd'a Bank. $|UfH A WAITE, Corning, N. Y., May 17,1886. THE BIS FIGHT having been closed up. by Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, A Co., K®LIY & PURVIS i have volunteered for a war of extermination against high Prices, and will bo found, entrenched behind a huge pile of . NEW AND GOODS f at the old OSGOOD STAND,-where tbeir opmmnuU tions with New York cannot be interrupted. They have just received a gpod stock of » 11 ‘ SPRING 'AND SUMMER-GOODS, , such ss Prinfs, Selainesj Muslins, Hosiery, Notions, Boots and Shoes, etc., in.fact everything in the Dry Goods line may be found at our counters', and'pnrbh'ased at'prices bonesponding' to-the late HEAVY FALL |N GOODS. , / We also invito purchasers’ to examine our fine stock of ; ■ ~v ; GROCERIES. - , , , f . } Can’t be beat this side of New York* Remember the place. u Osgood’s Corner.” . &ELLY, & PURVIS. * WeUsboro, Apr. 22, 1865-ly. -- j ■ JpETROLEUM! PETROLEUM! ' ' j Geologists and practical men unit© in -their belief and so report'that the 1 Discovery of Oil ,£n WcUshoro is near at hand. - . -- But I would say to the people of _ 1 ;. , TIOGA COUNTY VICINITY, (before investing your Capital in Oil Stock) that! -have recently- purchased the Stock pf Goods, of -M. Bullard,' consisting,of 1 CLOTHING. BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,’ £«., all at a great redaction from Kcw TorU Jobbing Prices, ~ and am bound" to give to my customers the advantage; OF MY PDBO HAS B . ... Being desirous of closing opt the Clothing part of this Slock, I now offer the eniiro Stock - -AT COST FO& CASH! H -A T S A NX) 6AP S, I will almost give away; at all events, will sell them so cheap you Will hardly know the difference. Call soon and,avail yourself of this BABB OPPORTUNITY. Remember the place, the Cheap!, Cash ‘ Store, Roy's Building. - , > G. P. CARD.' • • Wellsboro. Jan. 25, 1865-tf. Rochester a n.y. trout flies.—i hare ju»t received ■ * ■ 1 Srosa'.ot ROCHESTER TROtrT-MIES, ; ;’ ' i do of NEW TORR - . , “ "-..'1, Spoilt with or without hooka, Plyßods, Braided Silk Lines,' ~h. Ai SEARS, ' J : Dealer fu Pishing Tackle, ■'{ t V f • ' WELLSBOROa TIOGA COUNTY > PA.WEDNESDAY Mb RISING, JULY 26, 1865. A Render shaft of sunset gold Came gliding slantwise through my room; ‘ The hearth was naked, blank and cold, , The walls seem tapestried with gloom. . The clock upon the m&ntelVeheU f Ticked ever wearily arid blowj, The heart within my weary «elf * Eegpopded feebly; faint, and low, • And fitting through my idle brain Went visions of the vanished years— • Old memories of joy and pain. And childhood with its smiles and tears. -The hopes which came with boyhood’s time. The dreams of youth so fair and bright; And luaty vigorous prime— , ■ And rousing on the Past, I said : “ Ob heart, whatmakes thee beat so low.'- ' Are nil tby hopes, long cherished, dead ! What useful longings fill thee now?” - And from within a voice, replied: “ Ob give me back the smiles and tears . . Of. childhood, and from far and wide The scattered hopes of boyhood’s years! ft Oh give mo hack the dreams of yoath, The friends who gathered round me then. The early freshness and the truth ‘Which doobtednot my fellow.men I u Where, sr© the castles that 7 " ~ And where the fame I thought to’find ? My-boy-wreath’s once green leaves are seared By disappoiptmenfs frosty wind. ‘V * ’ ** Where are the ships I sent (g.sea, . The golden.spires I raised so high ? My ships'they never come back to me; The. spireaihey. jnelted-inJho sky, . - Where is the wife I would possess; "V”, The-children climbing to her knees f.. 1 1 To share their mother’s fond caress ? Ah, more than ell I long for these!” , ' ■ i 0 , fi", ■ Oh cease, sad heart 1 your chambers all Are vacant, lone and drear, I know; .■ • Tet pn each blank and wail Shall shine a sudden, sunset glow. - For life is never always dart; * No one by fate is so accurst But somewhere lurks a bidden spark That into flame will sometime burst. . * .It wag six o’clock in the afternoon. At tbie time the great wholesale warehouse of Messrs. Hubbard & Sun was wont to close, unless the pressure of business compelled the partners to keep open later. The duty of closing usually devolved upon, Edward Jones, a boy of fourteen, who had lalelly been engaged to perform a few slight fifty dollars annually. He was the “hoy," but if he behaved himeelf eo as to win the apptoba-' tion'of his employers bis chance of'promotion .wits'good.' | : i -* , ..Yet there were spme.things that rendered this email salary » trial to ntm —clrcumstanchs with which bis employers were unacquainted. His mother was a widow. The sodden death of Mr. Junes bud thrown the entire family up on their own resources and-these-were indeed, but slender; ’ • - . There was hh- elder sister who assisted her ; U)utber to sew/.iind, with Edward's.salary, con stituted the entire income»£ thefamily. Yet 'byrnresns of-untiring theyhave eoh tinued thus far to live,-using strict economy, ■of course. Yet they have wanted hone of the absolute necessaries of life. • - • But Mary Jones- I —Edwards sister—grew sick. Ehe bad taken severe cold which tsr minated-in a feverr This, not only - cut off -the’ income arising from her own labor, but also prevented her mother from accomplishing as much as she would otherwise have been able .to. do. , ' ' / : ‘ • , bo the morning of the next day on which our story commences, Mary > had expressed a longing for an orange. In her fever it would have been most grateful to her. ' . It is hard, indeed, when wp are. obliged .to deny those we love that which would be a re freshment , and benefit to them. Mrs. Jones felt this and so did Edward. . - “ I only wish I could bay you one, Mary," said Edward, just ae he set out for the atore — “ Next'year I shall receive a larger salary, and then we shan’t have to pinch so much." “Never tnind. Edwatd,” said Mary, smiling faintly. ‘‘l ought not to have‘asked for it, knowing how hard you and mother find it to get along without me.” “ Don’t trouble -yourself about that, Mary," said Mrs. Jones, soothingly, though her heart sank within her at the thought of her empty larder. “Only get well, and we shall get on well enough afterwards." 1 It was with the memory of this scene that Edward went to the store in the morning. . All around him-were boxes of rich goods represent ing thousands of dollars in money. . . “ Oh," thought lie, “if I only had the value of one of these boxes how much good it would do poor:Mary," and Edward sighed. The long day. wore away at last, and Edward was about to close the warehouse. Butns be passed the desk of his employer his attention was drawn to a bit of paper lying on, the Boor beneath. , '■'■He picked it up, and to his great-joy found U'to a ten dollar bill. _ ■ , The first thought that flashed upon bint was, “How mucb-good this :wi)L do Maty. -I can buy her the oranges she wants, and aha shall have some every day. And perhaps she would li.ke.-a chicken.” ; But a moment later bis countenancefell. "It isn’t mine,” be sighed. “If must, be, , Mt,-Hubbard's., This iS'his desky and. be -must have dropped it: ", ' “Still,” urged the tempter,iLhe, willnever know it ; and after all; what are ten dollars to ■ him f • He is worth a hundred thousand.” - Still Edward was not satisfied. ‘Whether , Mr. Hubbard could spare it dr not was not the question:. It was rightfully bis and must' be given back to him. - ; ■ j'jl g 0 m his house and give it'to him this .very /light,’’- said Edward, “Otherwise I might be tempted to keep it.” He determined to go to Mr. Hubbard’s be fore be went home. The sight of bis tick sit ter might perhaps weaken his. resolution, find AGITATOR. stlttt soetrs. THE SeaETB LOKGISQSr- JUlstrlljinjK EDWARD’S TEMPTATION. this must never be. -He must preserve bis in tegrity at all hazards. ’He knew where Mr. Hubbard lived. It was a large, fine looking house, on a fashionable street. He bad passed it several times and won dered whether a man must not feel happy who was able to live in such style. ■Without any unnecessary delay, therefore, he went to the house, ascended (be steps/gnd rang the bell. r , i . A servant came to*tbe door. “ Well ?” be said. “ Is Mr. Hubbard at home i" ‘‘Yes, but he has only jnst come in, and I don’t think he can see you,’’ was the rather, supercilious reply. ,-f‘l am in bis employ,” said Edward, quietly, ‘£od I have just come from the store. 1 think hewiir see me if yon just mention this to him.” “ Very well, yon can come in." Edward was left- standing in the hall, while Mr. Hubbard was sought by . the, servant. " Weil f" he asked, inquiringly, “ has any thing happened ?” "No sir," said Edward, “but I picked op this bill near your desk, and supposing you dropped it, I thought I bad better-bringitbere directly.” .... , You have done well," said. Mr. Hubbard, “and I yvill remember it. Honesty is a very valuable quality in a boy just commencing a business career. Hereafter I shall have perfect confidence in your honesty.” Edward was gratified by bis assurance, yet os the, door closed behind him, and be walked .out |nto the street, the thought of bis sick sis ter at borne again intruded upon him, and be thought regretfully bow much good could have been done with-ten dollars. .. Not that he re gretted that be had been honest. There was a satisfaction, in doing, right. Mrs. Jones brought same toast to her daugh ter's bedside, but Mary motioned it away. -“I thank yon for taking the trouble to make it, mother."- said she, “but I don’t think! can possibly eat it,” “Is there anything that yon could relish, Mary?” “No,"'said she, hesitatingly, “ nothing that we can get." Mrs. Joneasighed, a sigh which Edward ech oed. . , It was with a heavy heart that Edward start ed for the warehouse the next morning. He 'bad never felt the craving for wealth which' now took 1 possession of him. - He set about bis duties as. usual. Abopt two hours after he had arrived at the ware house, Mr. Hubbard entered. He did not at first appear to notice Edward, but in about half an bony summoned him to the office, which was”partitioned off from the remainder of the spacious rooms in which goods were-stored. ' He a tailed pleasantly as Edward entered bis, presence. “Tell roe frankly,” be said, “did yon not 6el an impulse to keep the bill which yon found.last night?" “ I hope you will not he offended with me, Mr. Hubbard,” said Edward, if 1 say that I did.?’; “ Tell me &U about it,” said Mr. Hujobard, with interest. What was it that withheld you ? I should never have known it." ' " “ I knew that,’’ kaid Edward. “Then what withheld yon from-taking it?” " First, 'I will- tell you what tempted r me,” said' Edward. . “.My mother and sister are .obliged to depend upon sewing for a living, and we live but poorly at the best. But a fortnight since Mary became sick, and since then we have had a bard time. Mary’s appetite was poor,’ and does'not relish food, but we are able to get her nothing better. When I picked up that billjt conld not help thinking bow much I might buy with it for her.” “ Arid yon did not take it." [ , “No, sit, it would have been- wrong, and 1 could not have looked you in tb e-faoe after it.” J Edward spoke in a tone of modest confidence. Mr. Hubbard went to the desk and wrote a check. ; , ‘“ How much do I pay' you now ?" he asked, “ Fifty dollars a year," said Edward “ Hencefbrtb-your duties will be increased, and.! will pay you two hundred. Will that please you t • ~ I ~ “ Two hundred dollars a * year 1” exclaimed Edward, his eyes sparkling with delight. “ Yes, and at'the end of the year that will be in creased, if, a? I have no doubt, you continue to merit my confidence," •“ Oh, sir, bow can I thank you f” said Ed ward, full of gratitude. “By preserving your integrity. As I pre sume you are in present need of money, I will pay you one quarter in advance. Here is a check for fifty dollars which you can get cashed at the bant. —-Andrby-the way, you may have the re.st of t be day to yourself.” Edward.flew to the bank, and with his sud den riches battened to the market where he purchased a supply of provisions such as he knew would be welcome at home, and then made baste home to announce his good for tune. A weight seemed to fall off the hearts of mother and daughter as they heard his hurried story, and .Mrs. Jones thanked God for bestow ing upon her a son whose good principles bad brought them this great relief. ' - And Mr. Hubbard slept none the worse that' night that at a slight penuniary sacrifice be had done, a kind action, confirmed a, boy in- bis in tegrity, and gladdened a straggling family. If therefore more employers as considerate as be, there would be fewer dishonest clerks. He who, by his conduct, makes good friends on the one.hand, and bitter haters on the other, gives evidence that there is something of the bold, independent, upright man in bis compe tition ; while the chicken-hearted, imbecile 'character/ is capable of making neither friends ribf ines. - ■ ’ ’ 'A -father was' winding bis watch, when he said, playfully, to his little girl, “ Let me wind your nose op.” “No,” said (tie child, “I don’t want my nose wound up, for I don’t want ’it to run all day.” ! v - -: Dog- Fight In Ftogtowti. A CAPITAL SKETCH There is an excellent moral to the following, story which is told with great skill. It shows ns bow a whole village is sometimes torn to pieces by'a fight between two poppies. The most remarkable fight on record came off at Vrogtowo, on*thejfrontier of Maine, some years ago. It engrossed the entire community in one indiscriminate melee—interminable law suits or suits at law—distraction of the town and its downfall or ruin. A faneifol genius, named Joe Tucker, a man about town, a lounger without visible means of support—a do-nothing, loafing, cigar-smoking, good-natured fellow, owned a dog; a sleek, in telligent, and rather pretty beast, always at Joe's bales, and known as well as his master, and liked far more by the Frogtownera. On one day Joe and his dog was passing Bunion's grocery store, when a pie-bald, ngly-looking dog, standing alongside a wood wagon bounded on to Joe Tucker’s dog—knocked him heels over head, and so frightened Bob Carter's wife who wag passing towards her husband's blacksmith shop with his dinner, that she stumbled back wards, and her old snn-bonnet flopped off, and sacred the horses attached to the wagon. He started, hit Latherem’s barber pole, upset the load of wood, all of which falling down Gumbo's refreshment cellar, struck one of Gumbo’s chil dren on the head, killed it for a short time stone dead, and so alarmed Mrs. Gumbo, that she dropped a stew pan of boiling hot oysters into the lap of her customer, who sat waiting for the savory concoction by a table in the corner,! instead of-the dish, Mrs. Gumbo reached foii the child; the customer for the door. Mrs.-J-j Gumbo screamed,; the customer yelled 1 l “Ohl oh! oh-oh-oh,my .poor child” cried Mrs. Gumbo. - “ Eh, e-he-e-e-e,” screamed the poor child 1 “ Ob, mnrder-r-r 1 Oh, my everlasting sir, I'm scalded to ail eternity 1" —“-Murder,-murder 1"- roared the poor customer. ■ The horse, a part of the wagon, and some wood were on their mad career. The owner of the strange dog came out of the store just in time to see Joe Tucker seize a rock to demolish the savage dog, and not waiting to see Joe let drive, gave him such a pop on the back that poor Joe fell forty feet up the street, and stri king a long ladder upon which Jim Ederby was perched, paint-pot in hand, some thirty feet from terra firma, brought ladder. Jim and paint pot sprawling to the earth, crippling poor Jim for life', and sprinkling blue paint over the broadcloths, satinets, and calicoes of Abraham Miller, a formal and even tempered Quaker, who.ran out of the-door Just as the two dogs bad got fairly at it, hip and thigh, nip and catob. A glance at things seemed to convince Abraham of the true state of the case; and in an unusually elevated voice, Abraham called out to Joe Tucker, who bad righted up ; “ Joseph Tucker, thy dog’s a-fighting!” “Let ’em fight it out,” yelled the pugnacious owner of the strange dog. “ Let them fight it out; I’ll bet a log of wood my dog can beat any dog in town, and I can beat the owner.” We' have said Abraham Miiler was a quiet, man; Quakers ate proverbially so. Bui the gauntlet thrown down by the stranger from the country stirred the gall of Abraham, and he rush ed into the store; and from that to the back yard, having slipped his collar, Abraham brought forth a brindle cur, strong, low, and powerful. “ Friend,” said the excited quaker, “ thy dog shall be well beaten, I promise thee 1 Hyke, seize upon him!” “ Turk, here boy! ” And the dogs went at it. Boh Carter, the smith, coming up In time to bear the stranger’s defiance to the town, and bent on a fight with somebody for the insnlt and damage to his wife, olambed the collar of the stranger, and by a series of ten-pound-ten upon the face, hack, and sides of bis holly an tagonist with bis natural sledge hammers, Bob stirred up the strength and ire of. the bully stranger to the top of his compass, and they made the sparks fly dreadfully. -, Jo .Tucker’s dog, reinforced by Abraham Miller's took a fresh start, and between the 'two the strange dog was being cruelly pot to -his stumps. Deacon Pugh, one of the most pious and substantial men in Frogtown, came up, and indeed the whole town was assembling, and Deacon .Pugh, armed with a heavy walking stick and shocked at the spectacle before him, marched np to the dogs, exclaiming as he did so; “ Fie, Fie, for shame 1 disgraceful I—yon mean citizens of Frogtown, will yon stand by and ” “Don’t thee, don’t thee strike my dog, -Deacon Pugh 1” cried Abraham Miller, advan fcing to the Deacon, who was about to cut right and left among the dogs with his cane. “iTonr dogs 1” -shouted the Deacon, with ev ident fervor. “ Not my dogs, Deacon Pugh,” said the Quaker. “ What did you say' s 6 for, then ?” shouted the Deacon. “ I never said my dogs, Deacon Pugh.” “.You did!” responded the. Deacon, with ex citement. “ Beacon Pugh, thee speaks groundlessly,” said the Quaker! ' •-‘ton'tell a falsehood, Abraham Miller!” ’“Thee utters a mendacious assertion,” reiterated Abraham. “ You —yon—you tell a lie 1” bawled the Deacon. “ Thee has" provoken my evil passion, Dea con Pugbl” shouted the stalwart Quaker, “and I -will chastise thee.” , And into the Deacon’s wool went the Quaker. Xhe Deacon, nothing loth, entered into the fight, and we leave thus to “ nip and tuck” to look to the stranger and Boh Carter, who fought and fit, and fit and fought, until Squire Catehem and the constable came up, and in the attempt to preserve the peace and arrest the offenders, the Squire was trust thro’ the win dow. of a neighboring watchmaker, doing a heap of damage, while lawyer Hooker, in at tempting to aid the constable, was hit in a mis take by the furious blacksmith in the short ribs, and went reeling down dumbo’s cellar Rates of Advertising, Wper iwii* Mt 10 un«a, ono ktertloD, ud $1.50 for three in»»rllonj. Advertisement* of lets then 10 lines considered es ejsqasn. The rabjoioed rates will be ebsrged foe terly,’ Hslf-Yeariy imd Yearly adrertiweebte: 3-VOHTB3. 8 MOSTB3. 12 KQXTU. ..$4.00 $5.75 - $7.5# .. 8.80 8.25 10.00 .. 8.75 10.75 13.50 -10.00 13.00 15.75 18.75 25.00 81.80 30.00 42.00 60,00 1 Square, 2 do. 3 do 1 Column, 1 do 1 do. . Advertisements not naving tbo number of loser* tioni desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bili-Haads, Letter-Beads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 47. with frightful velocity. The friends and fellow churchmen of Beacon Pugh took sides against the Quaker antagonist, and then the shop boys of Abraham, seeing their employer thus beset, came to the rescue, while two Irishmen, full of fun and frolic, believing it to be a “ free fight,” tried their hands and slicks upon the combat ants indisorimately, so indiscriminately, that in less than half as honr the happy village of Frogtown was shaken from its propriety by one grand, sublimely ridiculous, and most terrific battle. Heads and windows were smashed: chil dren and women screamed; dogs barked; and so furious, road, and excited became the whole community, that a quiet looker-on, if there bad been any, would have sworn the evil ones wen all in Frogtown. A heavy thunder storm finally put an end to the row, tbi dogs wars nil aoro or ia*g killed a child severely wounded, a man scalded, wagon broke, the horse ran himself to death, his owner badly beaten by Bob Carter, whose wife and wives of many others were dangerously scared, the painter was crippled, dry goods ruined, a Quaker and a Beacon, two Irishmen, Joe Tucker er, town constble, lawyer Hooker, Squire Catoh eat, and some fifty others, shamefully whipped. Lawsuits ensued, feuds followed, and the en tire peace and good repute of Frogtown anni hilated—all by a remarkable dog-fight. (CommtriT ttattotf. [Written for The Agitator.] THE BOOK OJ? "JEST.”” Jeff pursneth the hosts of Abrakfest; Then said Jeff unto bis chief captain* Lee by name; “ pnrsoe thou the hosts of Abra ham, _ and destroy them; and go thon into their country and possess it and make it thine own ; and the men of Abraham shall serve >na throughout all the land, and we will rule oyer them.” : ■ So Lee panned them again to Manassas, and wonld fain have destroyed them. Bnt some of the captains of George fought valiantly, and thereby saved the residue, and they all oame safe to Manassas.. And behold after them came the men of Jeff and they fought there; and .the men of Jeff prevailed, yet they harmed not the chief city of Abraham, for it was fortified without and within, and the destroying engines encompassed it by sea and by land. 'Then said the Jaffites invade the free provinces, and they went up to a place called Antietam, and there they met the hosts of George. Now up to this time George had gained unto to himself no—greet’ renown; nevertheless, many said; he is a Mars; while others said, Winfield hath deceived Abraham. And there wae a division among the people. Now Qeorga fought valiantly by his captains at Antietam, and had well nigh achieved a great victory; naverthelesa, while men slept, the Jeff tea escaped out of his hands, and got themselves again unto their own country. And when Jeff saw the discomfiture of hie armies; and that they could not reach the land of freedom to destroy it, he greatly feared, leat country should be overran by the mighty men of Abraham. And he said onto bis chief captains: behold now I will atrongthen my hosts, and I will call forth my old men, and my young men, until their numbers are very great; surely, then ahall I prevail against Abraham. Then he commanded all men from sixteen years and upwards, even unto sixty, to go up and fight against Abraham, And they being compelled, went up by fifties, and by hundreds, until he numbered an exceeding great army; and the wrath of Jeff was kindled against the North, and increased daily. And be said onto bis chief captain, strength en thou thyself at a place called Fredericks burg, until a convenient season, and then go thou forth with all tby numbers and destroy the bests of Abrabam, and lay waste both town and city; and possess their lands, and then : shall they become subservient unto ns. And Abrabam saw the wickedness and wilea of Jeff, and he pondered them in his heart. Gentilitt.—Genteel it is to bare softhands, bot not genteel to work on lands. Genteel it is to lie abed, but not genteel to earn your bread. Genteel it is to cringe and bow, but not gen teel to sow and plow. Genteel it ia to play the bean, bnt not gen teel to reap and mow. Genteel it is to keep a gig, bnt not genteel to face and dig. Genteel It is in trade to fail, bat not genteel to swing a flail. Genteel it is to play the fool, bnt not genteel to keep a school. ' ~~~ ', r Genteel it is to cheat year tailor, hot not gen teel to be a sailor. Genteel it is to fight.a duel, but not genteel to cot your fuel. Genteel it is to eat rich cake, bnt not genteel to cook and bake. Genteel it is to hare the bloes, bnt not gen teel to wear thick shoes. Genteel it is to cut a friend, bat not genteel your clothes to mead. Goon Holes ros Am..—Profane swearing is abominable. Vulgar language is disgusting. Inquisitiveness is offensive. Tattling is mean. 1 Telling lies is contemptible. Slander is devilish. Drunkenness is disgraceful. Laziness is shameful. Avoid all the above vices and aim at useful ness. This is the road by which to become re spectable. Walk in it. Never be ashamed of honest labor. Pride is a hateful opne—a hate ful vice: Never sot the hypocrite. Keep good company. Speak the truth at all time. Never be discouraged but persevere, and mountains will become mole hills. We are apt to bate them who won't take on* advice and despise them who do. chaptxr v. Meeta Melqeote tbx Scxnx.