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, Xtbrsbra<r*s ill tbe qualities neces
sary to make a perfect Mower— It recommends itself
to every farmer for the simplicity of
ft ie proved to be the lightest draft. T lt takes the
preference for durability, easy, management,>nd 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, <tc.
24,1865. : ■ v • .
CO N GJR E 8 S W ATE B, forsaleal
' ROT’S DRUG STORE.
TTBROSnOr LAMPS at.
pi ; ‘ Bto’S DRUG 6|OBB.
t >■'{ 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 incomeȣ 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
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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.