The Tioga Count; Agitator: sr ii. a. oobb. -,.j( published fretf Wednesday morning and maiisd to fir! at OHEDOCLABAND FiPTT 6E33TS ADVANCE. " ■ J P Th« P»P er “ Bent P oBta S® free t( > county sub jeri un though they may receive their mail at post.ol Met located in counties immediately adjoining, for yniise- C 'tbe Asitatok is the Ofibial paper of TioA;Oo„ j circulates in every neighborhood therein. _ iaib “ lpt ions being on the advande pay system, it ;ircu f j *among a class most to the interest of advei liters ch. Terms to advertisers as liberal as tbt\fda[- fered by'uny paper of equal circulation in Koi lhcrn PeCDEjlvauia* . J *_ cross on the margin of a paper, di petes islthe subscription is about to expire. jj *- papers will bo stopped when the subscription •use expires, unless the agent orders their cohtinu- U«- ~ —' ' —’ . jig. LOWBEV & S. F. WIIsSOM, Attorneys & counsellors at law, A ff ui attend the" Conns of Tioga, Potter And jlcKee o counties; < :■ - [WeUshoro, Jbd.1,:186v5 , JOHN I. MTCHELI, , ; ; ATTORNEY AND 'COUNSELLOR AT Tioga Village, Tioga County,-Pcon’a Prompt attention to Collections, March 1, ISSS.-ly. JEROME B. WI3LES,- - ,| : i -r ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LA ' Wcllsboro, Tioga Conn tv, Pa-t i HsrinE 116611 E P eciall J’ Ucsnsed-by tho TJniledS dtes. tbo prosecution of Claim! for Peneione, I tick Pav cod Bounties. particular attention will bo given to that ola-'t of toU*. ■ J - B- i ffcllsboro, Feb. 15, 1865-ly* J.|_ PfiSSSYLVAIIA HOCSf, « COJtNEE OF MAIN STREET AND THE AVENI £, Welliboro. Pa. j. w. BIGONY, t.Propfitior. THIS popular Hotel, having been re-f-ited md re-famished throughout, isnow open t'j'the public as a first-class boose. , [Jan. 1, 186. t] HHART’S HOTEL,. WELLSBOBO, -TIOg A CO.. FEN AGL THE subscriber takes this method to inform his old friends.and customers that bo ha* re umed "the conduct of the old “ Crystal Fountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entire attention. Timntfnl fer past favors, he solicits a renewal")? tfe'e uMt. ■ DAVIDHAB*. Wcllsboro, Nov. 4, 1883.-ly. ‘ 1 a* .’ iZiAK WALTON HOUSER Gaines, Tioga County, Pat ,ri g. C. VERMILYEA, Proprt tor. 1 THIS is a new hotel located within eas 'ac cess of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. . No pains will be span .1 for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the,, rav elling public., [Jan. 1, ISd i. J A. FOLEY, ' -J patches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c„ Hr, REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE BUILDIN G, NO. 5, UNION BLOCK.; ') TTcllsboro, May 20, 1863. H. W. Williams, WILLIAMS af SMITH, - ATTORNEYS AND CO UN SELOUS A T BOUNTY & PENSION AOEtICY. ISain Etroot, Wcllaboro, Pa. January i, 1865-ly. „g. F. SBAIBUH, BARBER & : HAIR-DRESSER, Shop Over C. L. Wilcox's Btoee.; . Hellebore, Doe T, 1664. yV WESTERN BXCHAHGE HOT £X. KNOXVILLE, BOKOUGH, PA.., i THE undersigned having leased the above 'Cotel' for aterm pf years. would respectfully. Worm, the traveling public that he has put the HoteU# first class order for the reception of guests and ntf- tains will be spared in the accommodation of traveler ! and 1! tar as the situation will allow, he will keep >(: first class Hotel, in all things, except prices, wild:,' will be moderate. Please try ns and judge for yonl»-Jves. Knoxville, Oct. 18, IBG4-tf. J. H. MAR'.'XH. kbvenue stamps. JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector-of- Mans fiold, has just received a large lot of Revenue Sums, of all denominations, from one cent up to $5. Any person wishing Stanps.can get them at my office in Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant AisesSor, ttVellsboro, Pa. J. M. PHKLPc. Mansfield, May 2, 1864. P. TEtTELL, DESTIST,' . . MAKSFIBLD, TIOGA COUNTY,’}?!.. IS prepared to operate in ali tbe xo '•the various departments of filling, terting artificial dentures, Ac. - - ''Vi .Mansfield, August 10, T864-ly. . WELLSBOBO_ HOTEI^i (Oorner Main Street and (he Avenue • Wellsbobo, Pa. / c ' : B. B, HOLIDAY, Proprietor. ;s ’ One of the most popular Houses in fcha Shinty. This Hotel is tho principal Stage-house in WaSftboro. Stages leave daily as follows:.- { For Tioga, at 9a. m.; For Troy, at For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday atiprjn-} lor Coudersport, every Tuesday and Friday at?2«p: m. Stages Arrive— From Tioga, at 12 1-3 .o’clock p.m.: From Troy,atfi o’clock p. m.-: Froitf Jersey Shore, Tuesday and Friday II a. m.: From Ghuders lort, Tuesday apd Friday II a- m. ' . 1 \ X. B.—Jimtny Cowden, tho well-known 4°stler, *iU be found on band* - ; WelUboro, Oct. 5, 1864-ly. ' * HUGH YOUNG.; {-■ BOOKSELIiER' A STATIfMIER, AND DBA DEB IN " ■ • American Clocks, American, English, ind 'Swiss batches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, Hicrosoopes, Perfumery,- Yankee Notions, Fishing laetle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles.' - - m- SCHbOL BOOKS of every kind asodrin the County, constantly on hand and sent by, mail or oth erwise, to order, , " A’O, 5, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBORGf* PA. FOR SALE,—HOUSE & LOT on Mft&f-fitfeet, adjoining Wright & Bsllgj’s Store. Zf Vjcres of hjid in Deltnar, between John Gray and (lck. ’ House and Lot on Covington Street. . y ? ?or terms, apply-to HENRY SHERWOU.*, Esq. Welltboro, May 31, 1865-tf. ■ FhOUR AND FEED, BUCK WHEAT ’ jIiOUR, Heal, Pork and Salt, Tea, Dofiee, Bug; Soap, handles, Saleratns, Tobacco and Kerosene 0-l». Also, Mackerel, White Fish, and Trout, *fy the package or pound. J"1 1 ■ CHAS. &H. VAN VALKENI |JRG., "ellsloro, June 28, 1865. J ; I PROTECTIVE WAR (CLAIM AND PENSION AGENCY OF THE U. S. SASITAR f COM —AU the papers and correspon '6nce re tired to procure Pensions, Ronnty, and £ tdk Pay,* Money for discharged SOLDI JRS end “ULORg, and for the RELATIVES of SoMiers and osilors dying in the service of the Unitof States, prepared* anil forwarded;" and' the proceeds of ali 'isims, when collected, remitted to tho parses FREE 0f CHARGE. -a OEet ISOT Chestnut Streor.'P'Mladrtphiar - Cr for further information or assistance; iSjtply to Ldct Moons Hotchkiss, Wellsbajp, - , S. E. Morris, Mansfield, - Jf '■’AsScreKfriasSS'gerSTorTiogtt- Srasty; • — r .'-i-i——i |L— ITEEOSINE LAMPS J at : i, Jj*. ROY'S DRUG & PORE. tiik vol. xii. RICHMOND HAS. FALLEN 1 ; r DET GOODS LEE- HAS SURRENDERED, AND W.E HAVE SURRENDERED -THE' EX- ' . ‘ ; TEME HIGH PRICES OF ‘ : ‘ GOODS, f THE PEOPLE’S STORE, is now receiving additions to tbeir stook of GOODS,. BOPGHT DURING* THE ‘ XATE DEPRESSION IN PRICES; - : andtbey will be soid at THE LOWEST MARKET RATES. Wo have made arrangements to get Goods every week, and. as we keep posted in regard to. ■ the Nets'. Fort we .shall at , all times make the stock on i , : : 1 hand conform to 5..,, new prices. and we with it. distinctly understood, that however much others may blow, WE DO'NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD P BY ANT, ’ ‘ ” ’’ quality of goods considered. It shall he bur aim to keep constantly on hand a good stock of’ tncfa goods as the community ; require, and SUCH ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE SATISPAC ■I XION TO THE CONSUMER, THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM Wu. H. Skim. under which our business has constantly increased' for the last ten yean will he adhered to, as also the ' ready ,pat;'system;:, , more recently adopted! Yjon’t tiny until- - " - YOU HAVE EXAMINED : OUR STOCK AND . •• SpBICES.-' tin-,'.- •" - .'-1; STORE DIRECTLY:OPPOSITE THE JHCKIJL .. BON HOUSE, .. and firqt door east of Hungerford’a Dank. ' . ; SMITH A ; WAIT®. ' Corning, Hi. Y,, May IT, 1865. THE BIG FIGHT haring been' ck»ed /up by Meaara. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, & Co., KELLY & PUfiVife have volunteered fora war t>f extermination agailfst high Prices, and will be found entrenched behind r a huge pile of . . at the old OSOOOD 6XAND, wifere thelucomiauni. tions YedueaMOtilUßimnpted. They have just received-a good stock of • r .z ■ SPRING.AND SUMMER GOODS, such o. Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Mnalinsp Hosiery, Notions, Boots and Shoes, etc., nr fact everything in the Dry. Hoods line may he found at our counters, and purchased at prices corresponding to the late We also invite purchasers to ‘examine oar fine stock of • ' Can’t bo beat this side of New York. Remember tho place, " t' Osgood’s Carnor-“.- :.- V'.: -. KELLY &' PURVIS, .. Wellsbord, Apr. 22, 188Sr-ly. . ' J>ETEOLEUM! PETROLEUM 1 - *tal'commander on the vote of the field officers and >. . . . , ~ " , _ _ company commanders on duty with the-regiment at Geologists and practical men unite in their belief tho {imethe appointment shall be made/'.. - an sorepn at e . How could Mr.-Wilson, have been appointed on a Discovery of Oil m WeHsooro * _• fair, vote when one half of tho voters knew nothing is near at hand. , 1 of the election ? What I claim is that Mr. Reynolds _ _ . was elected in good faith by a convention of officers I Ba y Ibe people of __ assembled at your request, and -that all honorable* * mrnftfl - ftnTTRfnMT fir VlflTUnTlT men who participated in. that election, should have 110 U& LUUWXX a V *° considered themselves morally bound, by. it^-eape^ (before investing your Capital in Oil Stock) that I dally,.it like yourself, they had received promotion have recently purchased tho Stock of Goods convention. The election of Mr. Roy- Bullard,‘consisting of ' ‘ ” ----- nolds could have been made binding in law only when * ' the proper officers had been mustered and fao had CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, GAPS, txomo forward with the proper recommendations. He all at a great reduction from - performed his part as his friends pledged he would, „ w " ' • | while we trusted to your honor for the opportunity to NOW YorK JODDIIKg * rtces, his appointment- Whose fault was it that be and am bound to give to’my customers the advantage was not mastered as- chaplain of our regiment when _ _ ' k so large a number of both officers and men so earn* OF MX.FU RC SA SE . j estly desired and expected it? Being desirous of closing out the Clothing part oft I cannot agree with yoh nor your quartermaster as this Stock, I now offer the entire Stock - , to the time find place of several things stated in his • __ _ ---l*- ; affidavit which may be* otherwise correct. Captain AT COST FOR CASH I Wood's csrtiificate shows at what time the friends of _ T . rn o ; a KT "Pt P’Av'OQ Mr.,Rejrnolda first learned that Mr. Wilson had been JbL A. JL to - l - A. .W XX Kj A. Xr to 9 mnstbted, and that his appointment had been sighed I will almost give' away; at all events, will sell Jfcem I by officers wbo;were not mustered. It was after.my so cheap you will hardly- know the difference, -return; on the 13th of September, and,not on the 9th CsU Boon and aviU yourself of this ’ 'beriro X weot home. Is it reasonable that I would . - have advised Mr. Reynolds as a friend to go hack RARE OPPORTUNITY. I with me when ! knew that ■'another man. had. been • Bemember the place, the. Cheap Cash Store, Bov's i .his stead? Does the, quartermaster's Bniidinfr ' ' " Q P CARD affidavit prove your oft repeated excuse, that I told Wellsboro. Jan. 25, 1865-tf. ’ ' '• i yod that I did not know whether Mr. Reynolds would ■ ■ i accept tho chaplaincy or not ? On the contrary, it WALTER A. WOOD'S PRIZE kOWEiU--Ihe.u” ho ' f s I , sa ' d h .° c ‘* ai pjs woald. One more quea- V,~T , iZ.uZ.I s_ TU_ tIODI - By what rule,oi arithmetic did you ascertain Wood Mower has been in general use th - f * ara f d bet ween the 7th and past nvh years. It omhraccsall the qualities noces,, J eary to make a perfect Mower. It recommends itself 1 _ , , ,■■ to every farmer for the simplicity of its construction. To- refresh your memory,as to your course in first It is proved to he the lightest draft. It takes- the i promising, and then secretly preventing the approval preference .for durability, easy management, andgobcT/ 2*. l?, ave - a kserjce, I introduce the testimony of wo?k —Machines fully warranted. Send. ,fpr Circa- 1 9 008: lars —Price $ll5 delivered on ther cars "at Coming, i 1, A. B. Cloos, of Westfield, Tioga county, Pa.J on EDGAR HXLLi Agent, Corning, N. T. I oath say that I was Acting Assistant Adjutant Gene- May 31,1805-tO . J ,J. ral at head quarters, l 2d Brigado, 3d DivialoD,9th A. '-"I C., daring the latter partoC Jauna*y, : lBfts; £ and that on or about the fifith.ofsjvidmpnth Major V..A. Elli ott made appUcation for a leave approved by ColoiiCtß. C.'Cox, 1 Commandinghia obtained the promise of CoL Mathews, his brigade 'XjrrA NT E I X , ARMY YV which Cash will he paid.. Apply at the tutor* 1 Office. . r :~c -t ~ Wellsbore, Aug. 9 , 1865-tf. HeboieD to the of tljr Bvm of jFmUmti sud t|re SpreaH of Befotriti* WHILE THEBE SHALL-BE A WRONG UNBIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S : INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, And ( 9o baa the price of c - , REGARDLESS OF COST, NEW AND CHEAP GOODS HEAVY FALL IN GOODS. GROCERIES WELLSBDRO, TIOGA COUNT Yv PA., -WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1865. Col. R, C. COX: „ .Str: —Tour interesting 1 Ibtler'of-lb'e 9tb instant-in "answer ta mine of- the 20tS uUlmois thismomenttp ceired. I hasten to reply. - You attempt to excuse your underhanded double dealing course in the organization of the 2071 h regi ment by assuming that 1 worked against you in rais ing men' last fall; and that I. found;' it impossible to recruit men without your aid—lndeed, bow modest you are !! Who gave you d monopoly of the recruit ing service at that time ? -Will you be so kind as to give to the public the names of the two officers whom you.told to -vote for_me after Capt. Hale was defeated for the Lieut. Colonelcy which he, claims you profit tsedhim? But to the'point.: The Quartermaster's is the only real testimony you ptoduce in your defence. That you used some such language as be alleges, in my presence is quite probable; but that you said it in my hearing at the time stated, I most emphatically deny. ‘lt is very evident from affidavits hereby subjoined that very much might have been said by yourself to* a certain class oi officers in our regiment, which was entirely withheld from another class. Please consider the testimony of the following witnesses: „ 1 .. - “I certify on honor that' X ■was at Ihe European Hotel,-ln Harrisburg-, on the evening of Sept. 6th J 64, at -a meeting ceiled by CoL R. C. Cox for the organi zation of the reg't P. V. ; that Rev. N, L._ Rey nolds was duly elected chaplain of said regiment at -that time; that I remained in'Harrisburg till about the 10th of September following,-when I came home on: the same train with Col. Cox and Major Elliott; that 1 1, never heard Col. Cox, or any one else, gay, 'neither did I by any means learn, that Mr. Wilson was to receive, or had received, tho appointment, or had been mustered as Chaplain of our regiment, till ‘my rotnrn to Harrisburg about the 13th of Septem ber? I- then went in company with Maj. Elliott to the Adjutant General's Office where we were told that Col. Cox had returned Mr. Wilson oa Chaplain of onr regiment and that be had been mustered as such. We then .went to the XL S. mustering office where we found that Mr. Wilson had been mustered on the 9th t>f September, and that bis application for 'appoint ment was signed by the Colonel and fivo Cap i tains, four of whom bad not been mustered at the time .they gave their , signatures. This, application was approved by the Colonel. It also contained the names of two or three staff officers who by.the army regulations were not entitled to vote.' • . - " R. T. Wood,- Late Capt. €o. H, 207th P. V, ElkJand, August 12, 186 5. s I, Elmer Backer, of Rutland, Tioga county, Pa., late Captain of Co. A, 207th P. V., having read the letter from Major V. A. Elliott to Col. R. C. Cox, ‘published In the Agitator of August 9th, 1860, on •oath eay, that so much of said letter as relates to the election of Mr. Reynolds •to the Chaplaincy of the aforesaid regiment on the evening of the 6th of Sep tember, 1864, is correct and true to my personal knowledge. Also, that I was in Harrisburg' daring the whole time from the organization of our regiment till th* time of its leaving for the field on the 12th of of September,-1864, and that I never heard Col. Goz nor any one else say, neither did. I.by any other means Jcarn, that Mr. Wilson was to receive or had received the appointment of Chaplain ol eur regl meot np-to thef time of-onr tearing for the field as •^aforesaid l , - -* - - • ;Elmeb Backbe,, 5 ' . -1 ~ Late Capt, Co. A, 207th P. V. Sworn aedaubeoribed before me, this 11th day of 1). 1865, at Rutland, Pa. ' J J * , ' ■ - - • • Daniel Watson, J. P, I, S, D. : Phillips, late Captain. Co. D, 207th P.Y., on oath saythat X was at the European Hotel in Har risbnrg~on the,evening of the 6th of September, 1864, .at it meeting called by Colonelß. C. Cox fori the or •‘gonjcattcrjilof- the .207th f regiment P. ,V*r * and that 'Rev. N. L. Reynolds of'this connty was fairly elected Chaplain of the aforesaid regiment, and'Coionel Cos expressed no dissatisfaction at'that time with the election—also that I remained in Harrisburg in dis ‘charge of my duties,till the 9th of September, when I went home and returned on the 12th, and then went with the regiment to the field; andTfurtber declare that*up to the time of my arrival at Bermuda Hun dred with the regiment, I had. never board Colonel Cox say r nor any one else, neither had 1 heard by any means that Mr. Wilson to receive or bad re ceived the appoatmentof Chaplain in our. regiment. S. D. Phillips, <- - Late Capt. Co, D,‘ 207th P. V. Sworn and subscribed before me, this the 12th day of August, A. D„1866. Charlton Phillips, J. P. Here we have the testimony of three Captains from this county, each of whom, osyrell as myself, took, a full cotapany into your regiment; and it appears by . them that a man who bad been fairly elected Chap-' • lain when all concerned were present, was.tbmst aside* and man who had been.as fairly, beaten, was hy you appointed and mustered without their knowl edge; atid it further appears* that to accomplish this, you received the signatures of four Captains who were not mustered, and then ynhrself gave the casting vote for Wilson, For as Wilson's application contained the names'of only oub field officer and five captains .when you approved Uj so there were five captains and jddu field officer who knew nothing of the transaction. In view of these facts what becomes of yopr regrets (?) that the election of Mr. Rey nolds was not legal ? Did yon nbt vohmtarilyidentify yourself with the Wilson' party by giving them your vote when there was a tie ? Thus you went back on ;your friends who. enlisted your men for you, and elected you Colonel; but you seemed "to lack the frankness to acknowledge what you bad-done in time to save them from trouble. As “to the legal manner of choosing'a Chaplain, see Re vised Army Regulations for. 1863, page 507; - , “.The Chaplain shall be appointed by tho regimen- i- L \ I v>-1 AGITATOR. [Advertisement.] .. Mansfield, 16, 1865. {■ '} vi commander, and Gen, Hartranft/his- division com mander, that hia appHcation should, have their ap proval. Within six hours from tho time Maj. Elliott left his application with me, and before ii was time to forward it with .the-.regular dispatches, Colonel Cox forwarded charges against Major Elliott " approved” by himself, but not signed by chaplain Wilson, on whose behalf the charges purported to be brought. In receiving’these charges',Col.‘Mathews' could not forward Maj..ElUott's application for unlearn of ab sence. A. &. Clods, Late L!cnt.'2o7th P. V., and A. D. C. Yd Brig; Sworn to and subscribed before -me, this 12th day of August, A. D. 1865. G. Close, J. P, This puts an effectual quietus on your version”of the affair. The’ truth is you'did send up my applica tion for a. leave, and then:.immediately .forwarded charges to kill it. If you were so fearful of " impli cating"’yodrself,' why did you not wait till Mr. Wil son signed themor to' be-more safe, why did you not take the advice which your brigade commander gave you several wreeks before, and “put them in the stove V 1 \ _ How poor your memory is getting to bo sir! Why ! wo served in the army'of the James two months and aix.days, eight days’ of which I suffered an arrest, not for my own- lault, but for negligence in yonr Adju tant's office. - Don't attempt to dodge this: for I have the written certificate of yourself Lieut. Col-' onel, showing that yon_were aa..ignorant of Potter’s order as I was, though it was received while yon were in command of the regiment. I have also a complimentary letter from Col. Potteraa to my con duct while in his command. But I forbear publish ing these papers because they have no hearing upon your course which I am considering. . As to my reinstatement,! never expected it of you, if yon could find any pretext for avoiding it. I con fess that on a single occasion, near the close of our term, under circumstances particularly aggravating to my feelings, I used rather harsh • language for which I cheerfully and voluntarily made explanation and apology in the presence of yourself and others. But I cannot understand how those words of mine, though somewhat exaggerated, can be tortured into any excuse for the duplicity and utter want of manly frankness which marked your course from the begin ning. Tours Respectfully, - . V. A. Elliott. P. S. The following has been received since the above was written: I, B. B. Holiday, of Wellsboro, Pa., on. bath eay that 1 was inHarrisburg on or about tho 13th of .September, 1864, and then and there heard Maj. V. -A. Elliott nse the following language to Colonel Cox, to wit: “ Colonel, why did you not tell me that Mr- Wileon had been mustered as chaplain of oat regi ment when we went home on the train together and then Mr. Reynolds and myself would have been saved all this trouble,” or words to that effect; and T'far ther .declare that Colonel Cox made no reply.at that time that he had given Maj. Elliott such information. B. B. Holiday,. Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17th day of August, 1865. * - J. E. Donaldson, Proth’y. Hoes not the date of this conversation convince you of your error ? .. V. A. E. y saatßcellattg. HannabOnoldt’s Doorstep. Hannah Gneldt leaned upon her broom, and looked ; 6ut from the low kitchen door across the wintry-fields and the ice-glazed streamletwhieb laybetween her home and the little village of Ore'Qock v witb its one tapering, spire and slop ing roofs and blank white walls, bare now of the summer verdure. She had dona her house hold work, polished every article, of polish, and soapedand sanded all the rest.. At the last she had swept clean her dooratorib, and now felt free to do what she ohose, to rest or gossip, or sit down to needle work—a-thing impossible to her while a spot beneath her ro.o_f wpa out of order. Just now she felt neither like gossip ing nor sewing; her heart was very full, and she found it necessary to stand still and think awhile. Only'that she was not used to it, she would have cried, she was so very sad. It see med to her that the happiest people were those who lay in their green graves in the churchyard, with crossed hands upon their bosoms, and felt quiet from all earthly eoing to and fro forever more. ' ' ' ’ Not that Hannah Gneldt was tired in body, or weary with the toil of household, duty for she, fras strong, of frame, and her health was per fect, as her bands were willing. It was on her bumble heart the..burden,. lay, her spirit was worn with earthly travail.- ' “Twenty-three years to-day'.l've been his wife,” she muttered, “ and I’ve loved him well, and worked hard and faithful to keep things decent, and it’s come to this -at last"! “ Things had been better,” says, he, •“ if he’d married Hiss Lester ?”. , - , Yes, that was .what farmer Gneldt, harrassed by toil and debt, bad said to her that very morn ing ; and it seemed to Hannah like the con fession of a long repentance, forced from her husband’s Ups at last. “doorman! I wish I could help him,” she sighed, leaning on her broom . beside the door. “ I doubt not he’s right about Miss.. Lester.” With that her eyes rested by chance on the doorstep.- “ I can mend that, anyhow,” she said, “ and I have time, for thework is done;" So she hong up the" broom, and peeped into her oven, and set the kettle on, and then, hood ed and shawled, crossed the fields to where the farm joined that of Simeon Gray. . , On one spot were men at - work, and stones lying about. Hannah Gneldt nodded to the old farmer, and he came to meet her. ’ 1 ■••-I want a stone, she said. “ May' I have one?” , . ‘‘l wish you'd taka 'em all," said the farm er ; “a lot of rubbish. Yon see I'm clearing away what they call the old graveyard at last. My wife talks to me o’ sacrilege and disturb in' the bones. Bless you, there ain't been none for years and years; and these bard , times a man can't let land go to waste. I tell wife she don’t know nothin’ about it. . What d'ye want to do ? Pave a bit arqund_the well ?" “ No, I want a' step," said Hannah. “ That great white one is just the thing.” And she pointed to a slab hard by. “ Ike shall bring it over to night,” said the farmer. - - “ No,” said Hannah, “T can roll it along.” And her arms, strong as most. men’s went to work at once, and the slab was rolled, and poshed, and lifted on its way. It was toil for a laborer, but it did Hannah good— She tugged away, pnshingand lifting, and adding woman’s ingenuity to man’s strength; so that at last it was at her own door. There she let it rest, and dug the "old ‘stone out, and" afterward brought water to wash the slab with ; white ns snow; for the most part, with some little l wea ther stains about the edge, and on one eide the black inscription—a name, a line of eulogy, ) L and dates’. Hannah stared with the cariosity of one whacannot read. “ I wish I could tell. what, that was,” she said. “ Some ono’s namejand age. Ah, there were sore hearts when that was new. I hope when I die Oliver will have written over me that I was a good wife. I’ve tried to be. I •ought to know that big letter—wait a bit, I be licve.it is Z." • - ... Then she turned the’ inscription downward and washed the other side dijar and white, and fitted it into ita place. She received little credit for her work. Oli ver only muttered.— ' “ You needn’t have published the fact that I could not afford a porch to all the place.” And no one noticed tbs step afterward save Hannah when she scrubbed it. Matters were very bad at the Gneldt’s. Oli ver brooded over the fire in speechless sorrow, and grew grayer and balder with each passing day- Harmah kept ruin off a little by making a Home of the humble fare, by her housewife skill. She might even have been cheerful but for the memory of that luckless speech. Working-in her garden one day when the first grass was growing green, Hannah heard •footsteps, and lifting her head, saw two gentle men beside her, and arose precipitately with womanly anxiety about her ankles, not strictly covered perhaps by her cotton gown. The nearest gentleman, an elderly man with bright dark eyes, addressed her: “ Mrs. Gneldt, I presume.” “ Yes, sir;” She asked him to walk in, and he did so, the other following. In the little parlor they sat down. “ Yon are Mrs. Hannah -Gneldt,. Oliver Qneldt’s wife?” “ Yes, sir. It is about—about—excuse me, you look like a lawyer, and I fear it's more trouble for Oliver.” “ Reassure yourself, madam,” said the gen tleman. “Your husband is not concerned, save through you, and that I hope pleasantly. Tour name was Barns before you were mar tied ?” “ Yes sir ; Hannah Burns.” “Do yon remember dates well?” “ No, sir.” “Yon have, perhaps, records of family events, yonr own birth, yonr parents, marriage, yonr grandfather’s death 1” Hannak Gneldt wonderiugly replied—“ I have mother’s Bible, and they tell me it is all there.”. 1 “How far back?” - “To grandfather’s birth, I believe—grandfa ther Burns. He had one child, and lam the only one my parents ever had. Oliver set our wedding- day, and our two boys’ birthdays.”' “ And your great-grandfather. The record of bis death is there.” “ I don’t' know; you may see. Wait, I’ll call Oliver.” Going to the door Hannah took down a born, need for that purpose, and uttered a call which brought Oliver Gneldt home from the field at once. He also felt alarm, but explanations quieted him. Almost as much astonished as bis wife be brought out the old Bible. “ The death of my wife’s great grandfather, Zebulon Burns, is not here,” he said. “ The first record is in bis hand, I believe. It is the birth, of his eldest child.” So it proved, and the lawyer looked disap pointed. ’ ’ : “ You cannot remember the day of his death ?” he said. “ I mean the date of it.” - “ He died long before I was born,” said Han dab, “and, though rich, left nothing to grand father. ■ They bad quarrelled, I believe. He told, odd stories "of ■ him. '-He must have been very ;epcentrio, and a servant or house-keeper, had great influence over him. She had the property, I think. Margery—Margery . ” “ Margery Wilber, I think,” said the lawyer. “Yes,” said Hannah, “I remember now.” “ Yon are qniet people, not likely to talk too much,” said the lawyer, “I will tell yon something. We have found a will among the effects of a legal gentlemen who died very sud denly in a fit of apoplexy. Don’t hope too mnoh, mind. A will in your favor, as yonr father’s only child.” Hannah clutched her husband’s hand. • “It is written by one upon his deathbed, dated on the 10th of March, 18—, and leaves all his property to your father, his grandson, then a boy. Hush 1 don’t hope too much. Margery Wilber or her heirs now hold this property un der a will dated March 15,17 — “ A later will,” said Oliver. " Then, of conrse, they are the rightful What need of all this?—the latest will mast stand. “ Not if it is a forgery," said the lawyer. Oliver langhed the bitter laugh of care and disappointment. “Who can prove that?” ha said. “No one,perhaps. Yet the record of the old man’s death might.” . “ A man whose dying hand signed a will on the 10th of March would scarcely make an other on thelStb. - We believe the will a for gery, written on .old parchment, since the dis covery of the one I have spoken of. Margery W'lber look possession with no legal forms, for no one appeared to contest her title. Where was your great-grandfather buried ? “ Here,” said Hannah. “ They say he was brought down at his request—Mrs. Wilber as chief mourner, and his son—grandfather— not even sent for. An old graveyard somewhere. 0, Oliver 1 Oliver I She turned quite white, and uttered a cry, “ Oliver, that must be the graveyard on Gray's place that he dug over last winter in the warm spell.” “ Then, it is gone,” said Oliver, “and onr last hope with it. No, gentlemen, good lack could never come to us. Poverty means to cling to us to the last. I wish you batter cli ents." “ Oliver, Oliver L” gasped Hannah Gneldt, “ tell me one thing. Zebnlon was great-grand- ■ father's name. Zebnlon ie spelled with aZ, isn’t it 1 0, do speak 1” “ I think you are going mad, Hannah ; of coarse, it is." t. :;i ... “0, the big Z, I remember it bo well 1 I Rates of Advertising. ' Advertisement! will ba ohargsd $1 par square of It linos, on« Insertion, and $1,50 for tbws insertions. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as. a square. The subjoined rates trill bo charged ter Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 3 nomas. 3 nomas. 1$ xosiSK 1 Square, $4.00 $5.75 *7.5* 2 do. 3.00 8.35 10.0* 3 do 8.75 10.75 13.60 i Column, 10.00 13.00 16.75 i do t 1 18.75 25.00 31.60 1 do. 30.00 43.00 30.00 Advertisements not naving tbo number of Inser tions desired marked upon tbem, trill be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Better-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 1. knew it was Z: and it would have been bro ken to pieces before now. Oliver, don't you remember my doorstep that yoa were so angry at ? I believe that it is my poor old great grandfather’s tombstone. And I not to know it, when I stared at the great Z !" Oliver Qneldt said nothing. Ha feared bia wife’s brain was turned, and that mads him faint and cold as he followed her into the gar den, and there watched while the three others lifted the fiat slab. It lay before them on the green spring grass, black letters on its whiteness; and bending over it, they read aloud : “ Zebnlon Burns. Born May ■■■■. Died March 14,17 —with eulogistic verses, with long ss’ underneath, as in duty bound. “It’s poor great grand-father I” said Han nah. And the lawyer extended his hands, grasping those of Oliver and his wife. “ The proof ia found!” he said, “ The lat ter will is a forgery, for it ia dated the day after the old man’s death. Mrs. Qneldt i# heiress to a large property. I congratulate you.” And Hannah ; with her head open her hue band's shoulder, whispered, “Oliver, it would not have been batter to have married Mile Lester, after all 1” The Burning of the Pithole WelL [Pit-Holo (Aug. Sd) Cor. Clerelaad Harold.] The intelligence sent you concerning tile great fire last night was so unsatisfactory that I avail myself of the earliest moment this mold ing to write you a more extended account.— Yesterday morning, about ten o’clock’ a new well, tubed the day before on the Holmden I arm, and on lot 19, near the northern line of the farm, began to be pumped. It was situated on the west side of Pit-hole Creek, between it and the “ second bottom.” After fifty minutes pumping the well began to yield at the rate of three to four hundred barrels in twenty-font hours. The well would have flown that amoant without further pumping one hour after they began. It is deemed advisable, however, to pump a well that begins to flow, on the doctrioS that agitation does it good. Aa the owners of the well had no idea what they had when they began to pump, no tank was prepared for the reception of the oil, it was, consequently, pump ed out upon the ground. During the day con siderably over one hundred barrels had been pumped upon the ground, Ailing all the little pools creeping among the grass, gliding grad ually down the creek bottom and along the bluff, fifteen or twenty rods. Such things had been done before, and no serious apprehensions of danger were felt. f Crowds-of people visited the well daring the day for snob a remarkable well was the great sen sation of the day. It promised to be the lar gest of all the mammoths on Pit-hole. At va rious times there were from fifty to a hundred persons present. About half-past seven o’clock last night, a large number of people were pres ent, and half a dozen were on the derrick, and others were ranged about at various distances. Tonr correspondent, providentially, did not happen to be of that number bat was at the moment about thirty rods away. My attention was suddenly arrested by an explosion as loud as a good sized cannon would make. The first impression was that soma blasting operation had taken place, but on immediately turning about, the scene presented was before me in all its awful grandeur. Suddenly as powder ig nites, suddenly as lightning from the skies there swept up from the earth, from an area of three-fourths of an acre of ground wbioh the oil had covered, a flaming, hissing, howling firespout that rose nearly an hundred feet into the air, the whole fiery mass surmoated by a thick black pall of smoke, as from a hundred throated furnace. Above the high tree-tops it leaped as if springing in impotenoy at the very skies. Everybody had heard the explosion, and, in a moment, everybody saw the fiery demon overshadowing the creek. Lot Nineteen is hot twelve or fifteen rods from the tanks of the fa mous Holmden well, in which were thousands of barrels of oil stored away. One hundred rods farther down the creek ware fifteen or twenty thousand more barrels of stored oil in huge tanks, near the Frazier and Twin Wells. As the seething flames mounted upward and ran into every nook and cranny where a little pool of oil had been formed, every one expected in a moment to see the whole creek bottom a boiling lake offite. Instantly on the explosion the people ran in every direction, soma towards the fire and others from it. Man looked exoi- . ted and alarmed. ' The few woman in the crowd cried and already saw their own friends among the many that all felt mast have been caught in the whirlpool of the fire and dragged down with hungry fury to an awful death. Hanning in the direction of the fire, I met three wretched men that had barely escaped from the flames. One of them, howling in agony, “0, my God, what shall I dol what can I do,” had his clothes almost wholly burned from his body. His hack, and breast, and legs were brown, with enormous fire blisters hanging to the skin, while his hands were burned to the bones. At the time of the explosion he was sitting in the derrick, and, in running through the flames, fell down with both hands plunged into the burning oil. He was able, however, to leap into the creek, fortunately not covered with the oil, and thus barely got out of the hissing, crack ling blaze. His name was Lucius Kingsley, of Syracuse, N. Y. On the heels of Kingsley was another man, bleeding and burnt, and bold ing out his charred hands te the passing, fright ened crowd. Still another man, bleeding, howl ing, and fearfully burned, followed. The alarm was so great that neither of these could tall how many others had shared their fate, or suf fered even more by burning on the ground.--. They reported as many as fifty persons having' bean in the immediate vicinity of the well when the explosion took place, and that at least half of these had been probably burned to death on the ground. The consternation for ten minutes was immense. Millions worth of property were in peril, and much already lost. Immediately squads of L workmen ware organized, who, with shovels and spades, worked upon tbs outer edge of the fire to [stay its progress. So soon as the fire demon had licked up the oil on the ground, it began gradually to die out on the
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