The Tioga Oouuty Agitator:
a? M. H. 0088
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Vas. LOWitEV & s. f. wiiri»M,
i xfORNBYS & COUNSELLORS si UW,
will attend the Courts of Tioga, Pp er and
McKean counties. [Wollsboro, Jan. 1, -363.]
JOHN I. niTCHELL, J
Attorney and counsell.os aijlXw.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, j'enn’uJ „ / '•
Prompt attention to,Collections,
March 1, lS65.rJy.. . , ‘
JEROME B.
ATTORNEY <£r COUNSELLOR AT:} \ 'w r
Wcllaboro, Tioga Cotmtv, Pay'
Having been specially licensed by the Unit '4- Estates
for the Prosecution of Claims for Pension!, Back
pay and Bounties. ;, i; ' V.. Jr
Particular attention will be given to that' alass of
business. - 3. B. * XEB.
Wellsboro, Fob. 15, iSSS-ly* , , 1 .
p£SSS¥LTAIfIA H«US\
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AT- NDB,
Wells bom, Pa. '/ f ■
j. ff. BIGONY Pro|-Hetor.
THIS popular Hotel, baring . been I MBtted
and re-furnished throughout, fs now ope i to the
public as a first-class house. ' f, [Jan.-l,; §63.]
D. HART’S HOTEL.,
WELLSBOKO, TIOGA CO. PEH'nA.
THE subscriber takes this method to.inform,
his old friends and customers thpt he. has re
lumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal I oentain
Hotel," and will hereafter give it his entire a' te&tion.
Thankful for past favors, he solicitsa renew]! of the
iame. DAVID ifAHT. -
Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly. '
IZAAK WAITOS
Quines, Tioga County, Pa. ,1
H. 0. VERMILYEA Pro’/^etor.
THIS is a new hotel located within ao;
cess of the beat fishing and hunting in
Northern Pennsylvania, No pains will be sj 'ted for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and I le trav
elling public. - oJan.,l,'SfiB.]
A. F«LE¥, r;
Watches, Clocks, Jewelnr, &C./ &C.,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRMfeS.
POST OFFICE BUILDfte,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK. , : ,
Wollsboro, .May 20, 1863. *
H. W. Williams, ’ Wit. h\ SmitiJ.
f WILLIAUIS A SMITH,
attorneys and-coveselors aClaw,
BOUNTY & PENSION AGENCY.
Main Street. Wellahoro. Pa.,',;
January 4,1865-ly. . r
8. F. BHAIBEIN,
BARBER & HAIR-DRES§ER,
Shop Ovee C. L. Wilcox’s Sip ,
Welisboro, Dec 7,1864.
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL.
KNOXVILLE, BOEOUGU, PA,.
THE undersigned having leased the abort Hotel
for a term of years would respectfully, inform
the traveling public that he has pat the HoM9 in first
class order for the reception of guests and . 4) -pains
will be spared in the accommodation of trnv' lira and
ss far as the situation will allow, be will, ket):». first
class Hotel, in all things, except ptices, wtioh-will
bo model ate. Please try ns and judgofpr ye it (elves.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864—tf. J. H.
HEVJGXiE STAMPS*-'
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collected di’ Mans
field, has just received a large lot ofT Revenue
Stains, of all denominations, from one 00111'. Op fo $5.
Anv person wishing Stanps can get them.at thy .office
in Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant-Assessor,
at Wollsboro, Pa. J* M.-PHELPS.
Mansfielch, May 2, 1864. 1
P. KEifELL, HENXIST,
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNT^PA.,
IS prepared to operate in all tfio improvements in
the various departments of filling, ©xtrnmng, tn
ierting artificial dentures, Ac.
Minefield, August 10, 1864-Iy. • V[ .
WELLSBOBO HOTJ-JL*
(Corner Main Street and the Avenue'/:
Wellsboeo, Pa. - ‘ i
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. Si' ■
One of the most popular Houses in tho'iCounty.
This Hotel if the principal Stage-house in # r *W©ro.
Stages leave daily as follows: “
Jor Tioga. at 9a. m.; For Troy, at Ba.
Jersey Shore cvcfy'TueaciayVnJ FiKff&y Ur m- }
Tor Coudersport, every Tuesday and Friday t 2 P* m.-
Stages Tioga, at 12 1- ; cftflock
p. m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. m.; Fra t j Jersey
Shore, Tuesday and Friday It a. m.: From touders
port, Tuesday and Friday II a. m. „ . 4
N, B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known
vill be f«»und on band,
Wellsboro, Oct. 5,1864—1 y. S'- ,■
HUGH YOUN%
BOOKSELLER & STATI^IEB,
AND DEAL Bit IN
American Clocks, American, English, Swiss
batches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware,. Spectacles,
Picture Frames, PhotograpfaicjAlbama, Ste toscopes,
Misroscopes, -Perfumery, Yankee
Ta«kle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet A t vple®. •
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind d ><T In the
County, constantly on hand and sent by ml-4 or oth
erwise, to order. , > ;■
•VO. 5, UNION BLOCK , WELLBBOB : % PA.
TO FISHERMEN. X-
THE subscriber begs leave -to inform fetn.public
that be baa a fine assortment of the celebrated
ROCHESTER TROUT FLtES^
Hew York Trout Flies, Sil£ BraidedLiiiea, Sea
Grass and Hair Lines, Kinsey Hooke on Snet/e, Reels/
Leaders, Gut, and a fine lot of . .
ROCHESTER FLY i
Hooks, 4c., 4c. Shop in rear w of Tin.
and Stove Store. ' L.vA<j3aARS.
Welleboro, April 19. 1865-3 m.
f~ —■ / ■ -
FOR SALE.—HOUSE 4 LOT on Kt»ln Street,
adjoining Wright 4 Bailey’s Store.'.ill acres of
'and in Deltnar, between John Gray and M ;rrick.
House and Lot on Covington Street. ;
Lor terms, apply to HENRY SHERWS£D, Esq.
Wellsboro, May 31, 1865-tf. T’-v
WALTER A. WOOD’S PRIZE MOWER.—The
Wood Mower in general twe.for the
P»«t Bve years. It embraces all the qualifies neces
•”ry to make a perfect Mower. It ropomifbnds itself
<0 every farmer for the simplicity of its co retraction.
11 18 proved to be the lightest draft. It tykes the
Preference for durability, easy management and good
work—Machines fully warranted. Send /or Circn
-I,r*—Price $ll5 delivered on the oars at Corning.
. EDGAR HILL, Agent, Corning, N. T.
May 31,1885-tf.
THE
Defcoteo to tfce Srtrnoioti of tfce Great of ifrccfcom atior t&e &sreato of f&ealtft£ Reform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG WEIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. ,
VOL. XI
RICHMOND HAS FALLEN 1
I And eo has tbe price of .
DRY GOODS.
LRE ,HAS. SURRENDERED, AND, WE
HAVE' SDRREOT)ERED TaE' EX
TEME HIGH -PRICES OP - • ,
' GOODS. : - - I
THE PEOPLE’S STORE,
is now receiving additions to their stock of
GOODS, BOUGHT DURING THE MT
DEPRESSION IN PRICES,
and they will he told at
THE LOWEST MARKET RATES.
We have made arrangements to get Goods every
week, and aa we keep posted in regard to J
the Nine York, .Market, we shall at
all titnes mako the stock on
hand conform to
new prices,. , , i .
REGARDLESS OP-COST,
and we with it distinctly understood, that however
much otfiers may blow,
WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD
BY ANY,
quality of goods considered. It shall he our aim to
keep constantly on hand a goodetock of
snch goods as Hie community .
require, and
SUCH ARTICLES. AS WILL GIVE SATISFAC
TION TO THE CONSUMER. - I
THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM
under which our businei* has constantly increased
for the last ten years will be“adhered to,
as also the
' READY PAY SYSTEM
more recently adopted, • Don’t bay until
YOU- HAVE EXAMINED OUR STOCK AND
< PRICES.
STORE DIRECTLY .OPPOSITE JTHE. DICKIN
SON , HOUSE, . , , , ,
and first door east of Huugcrford'a Bank.
SMITH & WAITE,
Corniqg, N. T., May 17, 1865.
THE BIG FIGHT having boon eluted up by
Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, k Co., | .
KELLY & PEKVIS ; :
have volunteered for a war of extetmination against
high Prices, and will be found entrenched behind a
huge pile of '
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS
at the old OSGOOD STAND, where their commnni
tions with New York cannot bo interrupted.
They have jnst received a good stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
such as Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, etc., in fact everything in
the Dry Goods line may he Pound at our counters,
and purchased at prices corresponding to the late
* 1
HEAVY FALL IN GOODS.
We also invite purchasers to examine our fine
stock of -I
GROCERIES. '
!
~C anTbe“beaf tins" Nsw'Torlr. ~
Remember the place. “ Ofgood'g CornfirV J ;
KELLY & PURVIS. -
Wcllebbro, Apr. 22, 1866-ly. ‘
JJETROLEUM ! PETROLEUM!
Qeologists and practical’ men' unit® in'their belief
and so report that the
' Discovery of Oil; in WoUaboro
it near at hand. • ' ' " ■
But I would say to the people of . . j ! portant news. , ", , - had not spoiled her, and she was the same gay,
TIOGA COUIJTY & VICINITY,* i “Mother! mother! the peddlerman saysho ligh.t hearted,little fairy who had begged a fin
. ~, . T i. is going to marry me ohe of‘these days! Ain’t dipper of Eugene Fuller twelve years before.
h^v f r«Mn”y'pnrohMed thfstook ,ef GooVofM. ' i4 fnnn y Only think—then ! can have just Shortly after Eva’s return to Wheatwbld, her
Bullard, consisting of as manytih dippers'as l like ! v mother ' sickened and died, and although in
CLOTHING BOOTS SHOES HATS CAPS, “As many fiddlesticks! Go, help Jane many respects ahard woman, she was longand
’ shell the bpaoe for .dinner. I dp, wish .there sincerely, mourned by her daughter. . . ■
*c., at r --- , , hadn’t jbeen a peddler .created they are, a With the coming summer, Mr. Phillips, at
Wcwr York Jobbing Price*, . , peat!” I ; , j Eva ’ 8 earnest desir* let his farm for a couple of
and am bound to give to my customers'the advauthg©-* Mm. .Elullipa-rocked, .violently forth in her years, find with his child sot out upon a Euro-
OF MY PHRCHA S.E.. ; ! hen-cushioned chair, and made hn extra knot pean bur,.. Eva’s beauty excited themostfer
. *. * ‘ .. in the rfi f ra ctory yarn. ve nt admiration wherever she went, but, al
thf. 6 Smerno“oktthe g enSrfs 6 t«k ot g P 1 ' Tilua pawed, on-and Eva kept the tin dip- though she received many offers of marriage,
this Stock, I now Offer the enure Stock - per among her most cherished playthinga-aho she preferred to'remain with her father. They
AT COST FOR CASHI i , did not use it often-to hold berries or. to (jip visited all places of interest in Southern Eu-
H ATS AND' OAP-S, 1 B P f ing water, for fear its lustre would bseppiL- rope—sighed over desolate Rome, walked upon
I Kill almost give sway; at all events, will sell them ,°J d ° Dt T 6 ? aced - M K the laya of Vesayjus, behold the magnificent:
so cheap.you will hardly know tho' difference. ; . _ ; ■Phillips despised the dipper, because she. Je- prospect from highest peak of Mont Blano,
■ Callsoooand avail yourself of thief ~ j • P' aed peddlers, apd eha would have destroyed i floated upon the wa,tera of_Lake Constance, ad- 1
RARE OPPORTUNITY j “ a . mu * et ” liad not, her muther’e-love pleid;. i mired the impregnable fortress of Gibraltar,
. . , .... .. n ,i ed a S a, ° Bt *i; i - ‘:. , .i and sojourned for seme mouths in the French
Remember the place, the Cheap Caeh Store, So when Eva had reached her tenth year—a ‘ capital •
Weitsforo. Jan. 2S}-XBB5-tf.a-;.' I . . bright, blooming little lassie, full of gaiety, and-i •At last 'they took passage from Liverpool to
= —— happiness—the di ; pper .was.still, in. existence, - New’York, and with melting hearts looked out
TJ OOHESTER ATT.Y. TROUT FLIESi—I havo . ear,ll g bravely its age, and its oft repeated l daily towards the blue distance where they
27-V just received ; . . T v • | struggles for faypr with. Mrs. Phillips, . ii kpew home was. ; . A.prosperous passage was
1 Gross of ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES, ■ - 'Eva was as fond of it as ever—she kept ft on theirs j , and from , the bustling American nie
4do of NEW YORK “■- " i the pretty dressing bureau, that it might meet l.tropolis. they took ,the. express train on the
Snells with' or without hooks, Fly Rods; Reels, and | ere Jes fi r . Bt thing in the morning. One f Eastern Railroad, which, would set them down
Braided Silk Lines. L. A. SEARS, , j would have thought that the little maiden lias at home before sunset..
wllbo Ms 2 in ® ilh k’g.'&ikle! Ac.- ! completely infatuated ■with what Bngene'Falier-,: ; .But alas! how little dp. we,know of coming
e 8 ° r *- I f...-. -■.: ' ■- ~ - - j five years ago had styled a “love-gage”—nnd events] How littlp do we realize upon what a
~ WAT ER, for sale at-l'pwhape she was. There is no for slender cord hangs, our destiny 1 At lightning
ROY’S DRUG-STORE. the fancies of a female head—no philosopher speed, the train which carried our travelers sped
BBOSINK LAMPS at ’ T~ has ever discovered.atest by which to analyze' on, Eva joyous and cheerful in view of hehold
v ROY'S DRUG STORE. _k themyjitprtong composition. 1 ,ftj ! ing onoc more the dear old place ; her father
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WELLSIiORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST % 1865
' *Tis past:' The last faint flattering breath
Has fled; -Still is bis heart
, HU formas rigid now in death,
And-~thns—then must we part?
We’ve walked with him alongthe-path
• Of” life's uneven.way,
' Uir judgment, is It wrath .
That snatched our help away ?
, ’ ’Wa've listened to his manly voice .
W&’vb heard.it often where
People and. Angela all rejoice 11 *
- " In songs 'of praise and prayer ; ' ■
Ob,:cdn we can we give him up, ■
~ Qnr hearts are sad and sore .
■ Oh, mast we drink, this hitter cap
And see bis face ho more. - 7 ’
'Twaa not in wrath the Angel came ’
And bore bib son! away
for, Q tho feeble wavering hamo
, Has kindled into da; ;
Ton coaid not hear the Angel wings
That'fanned his aching brow;
' : Nor hear the choirs with whom he sings
jin realms of glor; now.
Widow and-children, weep no more 1
O wipe your weeping eyes;
Far, far' beyond this gloomy shore
Mansions of glory rise.
6 weep no more, for o’er the strand,
Across Death’s dark domain,
Yon soon with angel choira will stand
And see your loved again. Allie Turk
, “ Want to buy any tin ware, to-day, ma’am ?
pails, brooms, needles, scissors, thread, wash
board — all kinds of glass ware, cheap for old
rags,.iron, money, or credit? i Want to pur
chase ? Should like to trade with you."
This was the salnttnion of a tail, handsome
youth, as he opened Mrs. Phillips’ kitchen
door, one fine morning in August, and address
ed the lady of the house at her seat by the win
dow. Now, Mrs. Phillips was a little nettled
with the disobliging conduct of a skein of yarn
which she was winding, and she answered the
fellow’s string of inquiries rather 'tartly for
her; * ‘
, “ No—l don’t want any of your trash !”
Mrs. Philips’ eyes snapped portentously,
and her eyebrows drew,into closer relationship;
as if determined that no peddler should be!
suffered to annoy their owner.
. “ Please, Mr. Peddlerman, I want a tin dip
per 1” called a childish voice frOtrra back porch
—and Eva Phillips, the first and last born of
her parents, came bounding into the room.—
■ Eva was a beautiful child, and the young ped
dler gazed at her with undisguised admiration.
. “ And pray, for what does my curly: headed
girl-want a tin dipper?”’he asked, with . an 1
amused expression on his face/
: ” Ob-,’ In 3ip up water from tbo brook—to get
berries down ’on Blackberry’- Hills, and,” she
added-with charming naivete, - “to see my face
in.”
The peddler laughed. ' .
' “ Female vanity alike the would over!” he
mattered to himself; then—" Well, my dear
girl, you shall have the dipper. The best tin
in the world might be proud of mirroring each
A face I Come out to the cart and get it.”
Eva ran merrily down to the brown-gate,
where the peddler’s good-natured borse was
patiently awaiting the master’s coming; her
happy head full of the grand times she would
have with that tin dippper. The peddler open
fed the box,- and took fronj thence, a very-bright
dipper, and then with the point of his knife,
he engraved his name—ijlugene Fuller—upon
the outside, and gave it into the'child’s baud.
There, my litttle Miss, what is your name ?”
“ Eva Pearl Phillips," said the girl, inspect
ing her gift* with sparkling eyes.
'"^•-•MiBB-'Evat—
-this dipper as a love-gage firom Eugene Fuller,
Who "when yon get older, is coming back to
.make,you bis little wife I Good-bye, wifey !”
and the laughing boy sprang upon bis seat and
drove.off. ,
“His little wife I” mused Eva, on her way
. back to the bouse; “I wonder what mother will
| say ? I wonder if she will begin to make pil -
low cases and .sheets, just as Aunt Ethel did
!. before Cousin Carrie Pearl was married 1 I
■ must tell her abotH-iV’-—— —— .
I Eva dashed intotheiitchen full of the im
> t
©riflinal IMctrs,
[For tho Agitator.]
Xj x xt xa e
Written on the death of 1. S. OQDEH.
Oh mortals could you rood the screen
That'hides the world of light;
How gloriously bright would be the'scene
Revealed unto your sight; - -
You watched the last faint flattering breath.
Your heart with pain was rived,
But the sad process yon called death
Was but the gate to Heaven. .
UeUacrllang.
FATE IN A TIN DIPPEB.
One evening Mrs. Phillips was coming into
the kitchen in something of a hurry, and, it
being dusky in the room, she hit her foot
against some obstacle, and in consequence lost
her balance and fell down into a large pan of
buttermilk, which Jane, the careless house
maid, had left on the floor. There was quite a
splashing and splattering, and Mrs.- Phillips,
though: nrjburt, was decidedly pot out—not
out-of-buttermilk, but out-of-temper. Her fa
vorite poodle dog was frightened so much at
her fall, that he flew upon the oat’s back for
refuge, and the latter animal made her escape
through the chimney, leaving poor Bpcbe to
drOp down at-bis leisure.
Prom the rains, pbosniz-like, Mrs. Phillips
arose—and, on Jane’s bringing a light, she
proceeded to investigate matters—wondering
all the' time what she could have stumbled
against. The wonder Was soon dispelled -by
the appearance of Eva’s dipper—for the child,
wearied on with a long ramble over the fields,
bad returned home so drowsy that her mother
bad-senther directly to her room, without giv
ing her a chance to pot away her treasure.—
The sight of the tin dipper only seemed to'in
crease Mrs. Phillips’ indignation, and she
vowed vengeance on the unfortunate cause of
her fall. " I
Consequently, the, next morning, when Etc
arose and looked about for her dipper, it could
not be seen. She went to her mother for in
formation, hot that lady was profoundly igno
rant in the matter, and Jane proved—on being
brought to the inquisition by Eva, to be in a
like blissful- state with her mistress.
Then Eja went through with a grand system
of reconnoitering, which resulted in the recov
ery of the dipper from a mass of rubbish in a
corner of the woodshed. It was braised and
battered a little, but was in other respects as
good as new, and Mrs. Phillips, though gailty
of the intent, was not exactly guilty in act of
the sin of the iconoclast.
Resolved to guard against all farther profa
nation of her idol, Eva tied the dipper in a
piece of strong silk—which had been given her
by the village milliner to make a doll dress—
which she deposited in a little hollow at the
foot of the pasture, and covered the aperture
with a flat stone.
Some days after she was sent by her mother
on an errand to her Annt Ethel, and as her
way lay down the pasture lane, she thought
she would take out her dipper, give it an air
ing, and perhaps fill it with strawberries down
in Ofant’s meadow. Singing blithely she went
her'way, the exhumed dipper, still in Its ban
dages, banging upon her arm. -She came to
the narrow bridge across the Dead river, and
was nearly in the middle of the crossing, when
her attention was attracted by a large cluster
of wild dragon star, clinging to the willows
wbicb bung over the bridge. Thoughtlessly'
her eyes fixed on -the flowers, she advanced to
the verge of the bridge, the plank
and tipped with .her weight, one scream, and
tbo little form of Eva struggled in the water.
She closed her eyes, and gave herself up for
lost—but no, the dipper, bound with silken
cloth, acted like a life preserver, and kept her
above the surface.
-.**Help me!--Dosomebody come and help
me !”. she screamed, and she was borne rapidly
past a field whore some farmers wore engaged
in planting their corn. In a moment a stal
wart man cleft the waters, and reaching Eva,
be grasped her in one band, while with the
-other he swam to the-shore.
“ Inhere am I, and where is my dipper ?”
queried the child, as soon as she came to reali
zation.
"You are here,” replied the man; “but
what of yonr dipper ? “Ha I as I live, ’tie an
old tin dipper—rather the worse for wear—
tied up in a ragl Well, it .has saved your
life 1”
Then the good man put her into his rough
farm wagon, and convey her home, taking par
ticular care to relate to bar mother the impor
tant part the dipper had played .in the rescue
of the child.
“ I tell you, ma’am, if it hadn’t been for that
ar’ tin dipper’s keepin’ her above water, she’d
a been dead drowned afore any mortal man
would ’a reached her 1 - Thank the dipper)
ma’am, and not me 1” ; - •
This unbiased account of the praise-worthy
behavior of the dipper, softened Mrs. Phillips
towards jt, and she allowed Eva.to keep it
wherever'she chose.
Months and years rolled away, and when
Eva Phillips was fourteen, she was sent- to a
celebrated feßiatff'femißary' in a neighboring
State, from whence, J after a long three years’
coarse,'she was emancipated, a “ finished yonng
lady." - But her learning and accomplishments
*Ssan*%-*l***HJ%&Hmf**a*k ttfri’nVK&.'V-V.JWWW
rejoicing in his daughter’s' happiness) In
'crossing a bridge built on a broad, bat shallop
river, the machinery of the engine became dis
ordered, and in an instant the foaming mon
ster plunged into the river, dragging the train
after it.
, At thej first shock of the overthrow, a yonng
man, who for the whole journey had been re
garding Eva with fixed attention, dashed to
wards her and clasping her in his arms, reached
the tottering platform jnst as it was going over
—one frantic leap and he, with his senseless
burden, went down beneath the water to rise
almost instantaneously and strike for shore.
Boldly be swam on, and at last be safely
reached the land, when after giving Eva into
the care of some benevolent people who dwelt
near the bridge, he returned to the scene of
to be of some service in res
cuing those imperiled.
Sad to relate, Mr. Phillips was among the
killed, and Eva, on the return of consciousness,
found herself orphaned, and alone in the world,
among strangers. It was a new and terrible
experience to her, and her shrinking spirit was
nearly broken by the shock. She suffered her
self jto be guided entirely by the advice of her
unknown preserver—depending upon him with
the trust of n helpless child. Under his pro
tection Eva set ont for home—home no longer,
now that there were none on earth to care for
her. The bouse at Wheatwold had-been closed
the greater part of the time daring the absence
of its owners, and had only been opened a few
weeks before in expectation of their coming.
Everything there was damp and monldy—the
curtains were falling to pieces in the continual
moisture of the atoiospbere—everything bore
the impress of gloom. Still heavier fell the
gloom when the closed coffin, bolding the re
mains of Mr. Phillips, was brought into the
long, dark parlor—awaiting the funeral service
of to-morrow’s morn.
Eva’s affliction was dreadful to witness. She
took notice of nothing, neither ate nor slept,
andrefdeed all attempts at consolation from
her sympathizing neighbors.
The yonng stranger who accompanied her
borne, took charge of everything, and the good
people of the vicinity, supposing him to. have
been an intimate friend of the deceased, made
no inquiries concerning bis right to aotas he
saw fit.
Mr. Phillips was buried by the side of his
wife, and Eva, on the arm of the pitying old
clergyman went down to the grave, icily, tear-'
lessly—like a stone statne. She exhibited no
emotion—littered, no sigh—her eyes looked
vaguely! into the, vacancy with a fixed immova
ble stare. The funeral over, the stranger en
gaged two trusty servants, a man and his wife
to take charge of domestic affairs about the
place, and then made preparations for immedi
ate departure; The morning upon which be
was to leave, he sent a message to Eva, request
ing a private interview. It was granted, and
she met him in the ■ little boudoir attached to
her chamber, where she bad passed the great
portion of her time since''her return. He came
in with a little hesitation in bis step, and took
the chair her silent nod indicated. As he did
so, bis eyes involuntarily fell upon the tin dip
per, which still retained its olden place upon
her dressing bureau. He started up, and ap
proaching it, took it into his bands and exam
ined it long and attentively. Still retaining it,
he oame to Eva’s side: . > v
Miss Phillips 1”
She looked np drearily on hearing her name
spoken, het bar face brightened instantly when
she beheld her old favorite plaything.
“ May I ask yon how yen oame by this. Miss
Phillips ?”
“ It was given to me by a peddler some years
ago—his name is on the side."
“ And yon have preserved it through all this
time—you evidently prize it I”
“ Prize it I—sir, it has saved my life.”
“Would you like to see the giver of that
trifling toy ? Would it please you to see Eu
gene Fuller ?”
“ Yes, it would gratify mo above all things.
Then would I thank him for the good his gift
has been to me.”
“ Then, Eva Phillips, look up into my face
and thank me I lam Eugene Fuller I”'
The girl rose hurriedly to her feet, and threw
a long, searching look into the - face of the
yonng stranger. Then her eyes fell, and she
said, with ssmetbing of doubt—
“ Is it true ?”
V It is true,” he answered.
She pnt her hands confidingly in bis.
“ And it is Engene Foliar to whom I owe my
preservation from a terrible death in that time
when”— 1
Her voice failed—a sigh heaved from the in-i
most depths of her heart—her frame shook—l
tears, blessed tears, flowed like rain down her.
face. The; were the first she bad shed since
her orphanhood. Eugene blessed them—for he
knew, that only through much weeping could
the burthen which crushed her be lightened.—
When she was calmer, he drew her down be
side him on a settee, and said— 1
“ Eva, it is'fifteen years ago, that I—a youth
of fourteen—charmed with the beauty of a lit
tle girl—gave her a tin dipper, with my name
out thereon, telling her that when she was ol
der, 1 should come back and make her my
wife. Dost thou remember this, Eva V’
Eva’s voice was low and subdued, as she an
swered him —
, . “ Yes, I remember it.”
“ Well, I am older now—twenty-nine sum
mers have passed over my bead, giving me
wealth end influence, and to-day the hWt ef
the man but'echoes the - sentiments of the boy.
I have-always remembered yon—bare always
: cherished the fond idea of coping back to this'
country town where I first saw yon, and renew
our acquaintanceship, but until last (Thursday
my business could never be arranged! for leav
ing. Fate 1 placed me on board that fatal train
of cars, and the first face which I saw' on seat
ing myself, was yours. I did not recognize you
as Eva Phillips, but I recognized yon as the
twin of my soul, for I have been a strong be
liever in predestined marriages. I saved you
from death because I felt that my life would be
desolate without you, and when afterwards I
learned that yon were Eva Phillips, my con
tentment was perfect. And now, Eva, the mate
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of my spirit, may I waive etiquette, now in
tbia moment when your heart is suffering from
yonr sorrowful bereavement, and ask yon to
give me, of all the world, the right to comfort
you ?”
Eva’s bead dropped lower, her lips quivered,
as she spoke the wards fas so longed to hear:
“ Eugene, I give it to you 1”
He drew her into his arms, and kissed off the
tears which still clung to her ofaeek. And she,
feeling again the warm bond of affection around
her, looked np with hope and trnst to the hope
of all happiness—Heaven.
Eugene Toiler and Eva Phillips were mar
ried two months from that day, and tiie health
of the bride was drank by the coterie of dis
tinguished guests assembled, from the tin dip
per, which subsequently became on heirloom
to the Fuller family. Mr. Fuller and his wife
removed to Boston immediately on their anion,
and their lives were blessed to them.
There dear, bright-eyed reader, is the story
of .the Tin Dipper. Quite a dipper, wasn't it?”
There recently sat besides as a mild-eyed boy
of eighteen, well-grown and intelligent, with
the corporal's stripes on Ms arm. He had
turned leaves of experience, that in the elder
Napoleon’s day would have done honor to the
Old Guardsman. This boy of ours at an age
when most youths are yet at school, or in the
novitiate of active life, can look back upon his
twenty-two battles. He participated in all the
tremendous scenes on Virginia soil, the advan
ces and retrogrades, the success and reverse,
whereby we wore out the strength of the re
bellion, and disciplined ourselves the while to
be worthy to conquer in the name of Liberty.
One day, four years ago, while playing mar
bles, or flying his kite, be bad a severe attack
of the drum. Tall of bis years, and precocious,
the spirit of patriotism wrestled hard with him.
It was a case for prompt action and a change
of climate, and be was sent to the retired home
stead in an Eastern State, with the injunction
to help on the farm, be a good boy, and earn the
encomiums of grand-mamma. But the yoong
eagle fluttered; over the edge of the nest and
soared into the fields of blue. If the recor
ding angel washed out generous Uncle Toby's
oath with a tear, we doubt whether he would
not kindly blot out the entry of a boy's false
hood, told with shining eyes and swelling heart
to the mastering officer. At all events it is
safe now to believe it, since, happily, the great
day of boyish temptation is overpast, and they
need no longer ask to be dismissed from school
to go and save the country. |
The youth of fourteen, having thus taken
four years to himself, and getting ; the full bene
fit of his stature by standing very erect in his
shoes, was in the Army of the Potomac before
grand-mama's frightened news of the flight had
got home to the West, In all the vicissitudes
of his companions in arms he bore a part. He
was in a fighting regiment. He saw it melt
away in the fierce heat of all the great battles
before Bichmond. *With twelve sole survivors
of bisuoriginal company he washed off the blood
and dust of Antietam. He was in the tUok
of the battle at Gettysburg. Captured at Ohsn
cellorsville he tasted prison experience at Belle
Isle. Ke-enlisted be was in at the death and
saw Lee lay down his arms. At the age when
most boy9%ome home from school he has re
turned from school, he has returned from inch
soldier's experience as few men pass through
unscathed. Ha was never wounded.
We take him as the represen tat We of many
boys whose living lessons in History and Geog
raphy have been taken, musket in band, these
past four eventful years, on pages whose leg*
ends were battles, and boundaries fixed by
the progress of arms. Despite the regulations
of the Department and the watchfulness of
guardians, the hoys have a shining share in
the hero work of this war, as if to' perpetuate
the remotest possible survivorship of those who
oan say .in far off coming time—“ Three
score years ago I helped to putvdown the great
rebellion. 1 ' And the boys that have not found
in camp a deadlier enemy than Lee's men at
arms, who have not become prisonere to a
more merciless tyrant than the keeper of the
keys of of Andersonville and Castle Thunder,
may be all the better men for the work of ear
nest patriotisni which was the threshold of iheir
manhood. —Chicago Tribune.-
A Good Bargain. —A good story is told of a
Vermont farmer, who had a dog to sell, bat
who set an excessive value on the animal ac
cording to his neighbor’s views. He was fre
quently offered thirty and thirty-five dollars,
which he refused, and always assured his
friends he would get his price for the dog.
One day he returned from a journey, and
immediately, proclaimed that he had sold his
dog for one hundred dollars.
“Ah I” said his neighbor,
cash?”
“No;" said the farmer, “not exactly cash
but what is equivalent,"
“ Well, what did you get?" persisted the
friend. ?
“ Why, I got two fifty dollar dogs."
In a Horn.— One day last week, a well
dressed, handsome man, with an unmistakable
air of salt water about him, was standing at
the bar of the St. dames, looking lovingly at
one of Joe’s excelsior drinks, just manipulated
and shoved over to him. Second gentleman
came in, stopped suddenly, and, looked at
No. lasif he knew him. Whan he hailed;
“ Beg pardon, sir, but haven’t you been round
the Horn ?” “ Ay, ay, shipmate, more’n a
million of ’em. Hold on a second, and you’ll
see me round this ene."
Some music teacher once wrote that tha “ art
of playing on the violin requires the
perception and the most sensibility of any art
in the known world; “ upon which an editor
comments in,the following manner? “The
art of publishing a newspaper and making it
pay, and at the same time have it please every
body, beats fiddling higher than a kite.’’
The moat and best that is donefor you mast
be done by yon.
A Young Veteran.
“did yen get