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The TiogaOounty Agitator:
By M. H. 0088.
Publisher every Wodne*d*y?morningand mailed to
subscriber* WJO.NB DOLLAR AND FIFTY C.BNTB
per year, always IN ADVANCE. * j
Tbs paper is sent postage free to county subscri
bers, though they may receive their mail at post-offices
located in counties immediately adjoining, for qonvo
nience. . *
TaE AQtTAiTOB, ta t he Official paper of Tioga Co,,
and ciu-late* in e?ery neighborhood therein. 'Sub
scriptions being on.the -advance pay system, it circu
lates among a class most to the interest of
to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as th-fee of
fsrei by any paper of equal circulation- in Nf .them
/Pennsylvania. > ' * . .
A cross on the margin of a paper, V*notes
tbJtthe subscription is about to expire. ' i
H&* Papers will he stopped when the sofas/ jption
tIEM expires, nnles* the agent orders their
»nce. ■; /'■
W. A. NICUOLS.
Attorney and counsellor ax law-.
Office formerly occupied by James Lowro Esq,
wellsboro, Oct. 11,1866-Iy. ‘ f
JOHN I. NITCHKLL, ,
Attorney and counsellor at *law.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, Penn’s.
Prompt attention to Collections. ,
March 1, 1865.-ly. 1
WILSOS A ItILEf. . ■
ATTORNEYS . & COUNSELORS -AT-f AW.
(FIRST DOOR FROM BXGOKET'S, ON THE i.VIWJE)
WelUborongb, P|». -i
Will attend to bdsines's entrusted to their care in
He counties of Tioga and Potter. [Dot! t8 J 66.
S. F. Wilios. J. B. Nii.es:
NOTICE.— The ,Law partflorshlp heretofoteexiat
inghetween the subscribers is hereby dissolved
ly mutual consent. JAMES LOWiiEY,
Well.boro, Oot. 18, ’66. 8. F. WILSON.
DR. W. W. WEBB,
PHYSICIAN 4 SCRfiEON. OFFICE ONE
Door Sooth of Fischler’s Shoo Shop, Wollebo.
Jjoroagh, Pa. Particular attention ph'd 'to Op-
Surgery, for euocoaa In which his experience
in the Armj particularly qualifies him. [ootlB’66.
JOHN 6. MANN t
Attorney and counsellor at:law,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the
In Potter and McKean counties. All business en
trusted to his care, will recelve-prompt attention. He
the agency of'large tracts of good eettlllhg land
and will attend to the payment of taxes on &sy land|
la said counties. ’ - •
Coadorsport, Sept, 13, 1865-Iy.* ’*>■.
PfiMYSItVASIA HOl^,
CONNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AT^NUK,
Wellsboro. Pa, ’ -
J. W. BIGONYj .Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having been Ire-fitted
and re-furnished throughout, is now opin to the
pubH?es a Ural-class boose. Argood bostlur always
on hand. X^ D * 1> 1868.]
D. HART’S HOTEL,
WELLSBORO , TlOOd CO. PENNA. '
THE subscriber takes this method to inform
his old friends and customers that he has re
turned the conduct of. the old t( Crystal Fountain
Hotel,” and wjll hereafter give it his
Thankful for past favors, he Bolicitß-ajehewalof the
eame. DAVID HA'Rlf,
Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly. ~
IZAAK WALTOH HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, s.
H. C. VERMIIiYEA, Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located witbin,eaaj ac
cess of the best fishing and hunting groutidß , 'in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and-thetrav*-
filing public. [Janl 1*3:888,] ;
H. W. Williams,
WIIXIAMS 8t SMITH,;
A T TOR KEYS- ASD.^OiIS SEL OSS AV,IA W,
bounty & pessios Aciarci.
IHain Street, Wellsboro, Pa,
January 4, 1866-Iy. '
s. f' SUAIBLIN, ', •
BARBER & HAIR-DRES^R,
Shop Over 0.-L. "Wilcox's StobS:
Wellfiboro, Dec 7 , 1864. ' -
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEt.
KNOXVILLE, BOKOUGH, Pi^ 1 f
THE undersigned haying leased the
for a term of years would respectfully., Inform
the traveling public that he has put the Hotel in first
class order for the reception of guests and no jjaips
will be spared in the accommodatloiTof travelers and
u far as the situation will allow, be will keej* a first
class Hotel, in all things, except prices, which will
be mode* ate- Please try us and Judge for yourselves.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. H. MARTIN.
WELLSBOEO HOTEL
(Oorjier JLfatn Street and the Avenue.) ■
Wellbboeo, Pa,
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. £
One of the most popular Houses in. the' \jnnty.
This Hotel is the principal Stage-house in W' Üboro.
Stages leave daily as follows: - :
For Tioga, at 9a. m.j For Troy, at Ba. i; For
Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at jp. m. J
For Coadersport, every Monday and Thursqjy at 2
p. m. , • J i - - i
Stage* Aerive—From Tioga, at* 12 yKb'clock
p. tn.: From Troy,at6 o’clock p. nu; FjrottjJerjey
Shore, Tuesday and Friday II a. m.From C judera*
pan, Monday and Thursday II a. mi - -... * X . *
N, B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known
Rill be found on band, , >■’
IVeliEboro, Oct. 5, 1864-ly.* ~
HUGH YOUNG»
BOOKSELLER Sc STATIONER,
' >
AND DEALER IN
American Clocks, . American, English, Swiss
batches, Jewelry, Silver Plated 'Ware,. SpVftaoles,
Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Sterfij Scopes,
Hicroicopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions, j iahing
Ta«hle and Flies, and Fancy end Toilet Articves*. ;
gsr SCHOOL BOOKS of every klnd ueed in the
County, constantly on hand and sent by mail ‘or oth
erwise, to order. - «' -
*VO. 5, UXTON BLOCK WELLSBORO, BaL.
FOR' SALE.—HOUSE*-<fc LQX on Main' Street,
adjoining Wright & Bailey's Store. 50 acres of
iand in Delmar, between J“hn Gray and Merrick.
House and Lot on Covington. Street. ■
fur terms, apply to HE&RT SHERWOOD, Esq« «
WelUboro, May 31,1865-tf. . ' ;
Flour and feed, buck wheat flour,
Meal, Pork and Salt, Te£, Coffee* Sugar, §oap,
Candles, Saler.itus, Tobacco'and Kcrdsene OIL* ' ' i
Also, Mackerel, White Fish, and Treat, the 1
package or pound.., „ 'J* :
CHAS. & H. Vi N VALKENHUEG. -*
VTelisboro, June 58, ,1865.
Protective war claim akd pesbiok
AQENCy OF THE U. S. SASITAOT COM
MISSION;—AU the papers and 'cdrrespbpSencd re
paired to procure Pensions, Bounty, and Rack'Pay,
- Prite Money for discharged- SOLDIERS and
S-ULOE.S, and for the RELATIVES of Sol Sera and
Sailors dying in the service of the. Unite .1 States,
Prepared and forwarded, and-the proceei« of all
claims, when collected, remitted to the parties FREE
°P CHARGE. • ,
Office 1307 Chestnut Street. Philad tiphia.
Or for further information or assistance, Apply to
Leer Moose Hotchkiss, Wellsboro,'
S. E. Moebis, Mansfield, .
Associate Managers:for Tioga County
pUEE eiKOER at
pONCENIEAIEi) LYE, for «aIV at’ 4 *”*'?
u B.Q^E^Ra^SO?*-i
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W«. HI SIUTiT,
EOT’S DSUG EEOBE.
~ . -- '- r - ; >- VT-I— V- ♦ .-rur.- .~-gyyyy. , L .v.y- - ."T .- _ _ ~ „
THE iSTT ATOR.
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3ehoteo to the isvtnißlon of the &xtn of jFreeHom sith the Sprcsh of IDr.tUhn Beform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MOST CONTINUE
vol. in.
A TRUMP CARO!
Great bargains!*—i would in 1 aiil
confidence say to the people of ’Wellsboro and'
surrounding country that I have Just returned from
Now Ycpk with * ;
A LARGE STOCK OF GOODS,
consisting of
READY MADE CLOTHING
for Men and Boys. _ ’ -
■~4'. OYER ANIEUNDER SHIRTS: '■>
I furnish everything to make' a man warm and
comfortable. Also,
A NICE LOT OF OASSIMERES,
Also, a largo stock of , 't
j BOOTS St SHOES
for MEN, WOMEN, and CHILDREN.
Hats, Caps, &c«,
too numerous to msntion. All of vrhioh
I OFFER FOR CASH,
at pricss calculated to carry out my rnle-of business,,
Small Profits and' Quick Sales I
Please to call and examine my Stock. Remember
the place, ,
THE-CHBAP CASKSTQRE,ROY’S BVTLDnfd.'
Wellsboro, Sept. 20, 1866. G. P. CARD.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL.
W. T. MATHERS
Hu jut returned fromifew York, with bn enormoue
Stock of , . . . , ! •
rO ’,.
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, -
anils offering them to the public for LESS money
than they hare been sold since the WAR,
GREEN TEAS—JAPANESE, OOLONG, IM
PERIAL & YOUNG HYSON, ; - *
of various qualities from 75c. lo s2.o(}par:lb. .
COFFEES—JAVA, RIO, LAGDIRA,
in-kernel Und-ail the varieties of ground Oofiees, ;
SUGA RSs-.GR AN ULATEI), . CRUST, ROW
DER.ED, ‘ , , '
land alj the., grades of COFFFP STOQAE6 ; also a
large and splendid assortment pf j, ; .
' ' . . .7 ■ ‘ ,
BROWN ' SUGARS. ’ '., \ t ‘ ’
oanhof fail tb plWse customers if they, will call ;and
examine our . Stock, either in price or quality. ‘ I
; T - SYRUP 4 MOLASSES, ;
, , 7.
varying in price from 66c. to $1,50 per gallon.
FISH—WHWIJFISH, TgQUT, CODFISH,
BLUB FISH,
and various hinds of MACKEREL.
Also, a,good-steels of. Brooms,. Market, Bas(ceta,l
Corn Baskets, Axe Helves, Wash Boards', Scrub
Brashes, Bed‘Cords, Door Mats. Baggy Hats, Mop,
Handles, Fails; also a nice assortment of Bird Cages.
The Ladies will please remember that W. T. Motif-,
ers lieeps J-B-fitlattOß’s o-.l'
CELEBRATED YEAST CAKE,
T. Kingsford & Sons' Corn Starch, Sage, Vermicelli,-
Tapioca, Macaroni, all kinds at: '> S & t j t
SPICES, GLOVES,. CINNAMON,. GINGER,
NUTMEG, &o. ;;
Also Black Snnff, and Tellow Snail, a good assort
ment of ‘ - . -■ • ; £
FLA VOICING EXTRACTS 4 TOILET SOAPS.
W. T. MATBEBB
keeps odbstatftly ifin hand the bestUbranSs of Salera
tus, Soda, Cream Tartar, Sal Soda for Washing; also
the beat grades of ,
EAMILYFIGDB, CORN MEAL, ‘ r
■by the barrel or sack, the best quality, of. r ,- ;
He rose tie OlfttndliHnfp oil.
Th» laatbut sfat luiite nuitlin «j, v WTt. MATH.
FEB
- WI LL NOTtBE UNDERSOLD!!
Ooodr to be ALWAYS AB-jiEEB.ESENTEO or
nb.eole.. ■- ; -■ \.- •, ■> /“-'ft
The Ugbeet market prise in Cash paid for ■ Batter^
and Eggs., . 1 W. X. MAT-tiiiKp.
WelUboro, Aug. 25, 1866. _ "
fJ3O TilE PEQPLE OF TIOGA COUNTY:—
Get the beet and only authorized Life and Public
Services of ABRA-HASP LINCOLN, impartial, truth
ful, 750 pages, with beautiful engravings, good paper
and binding—by Hon. U« X .RAYMOND, M. C.
Some important things are copyrighted and cannot
be hsed in any otber'work..' Wait for the Agent and
see RAYMOND’S before you subscribe; ' ; .
S* R. VAN -HORNE, ‘ M. JX, \
For Lawrenceville, Tioga, Richmond, Chatham. Deer
field, Clymer, Westfield and other town*. * -
Knoxville, Aug. 2, 1865-tf. " • *' -
'k. FOR EVERYBODY!— ’
BOO)
THE HISTORY OF TEE
■ PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS; . _
i _,- •T- , , i , ■ : rTPvXSSOLCTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—Notice
Compiled from. Official Documents' hy J. R. 1 If is hereby “given that the partnership lately ox-
SYPHER, .Esq,,. V •, j istiog between A. I). Colo ami Henry,D. Calkins, mi
.der'lhe firm of “ Col, o' S 'CaJJtins,” was dissolved on
(Ute War Correspondent of the Tnbune.) • ; thp 28th day of September, 1865, by mutual consent;
IKr, o. B. STOKE, 1, 1 The said Calkins baa purchased the interest of Cole,
, , • . ... , „ , ‘ ' I and'will continue the business bv. himself.,
(of the Bucttalle) is general agent for this valuable i J ,; , 'A. D.’COLE V ‘
wprk for Tioga,.County. It ponfairis. an' thfe ntaster iioga, Oct. 4, 'OMt ’' .H&T&Y D. CAffitNS.
rolls and the military history of every member of i ——. —it ~ ■ ■
that famous corps., 723 pages.' With four' jongra- at = ’ ■' - • ■
Tings bh BteeJ.' * J ,.?j j I '* - J ROY'S! BTpJBB.
WELLSBORO, TIOGA OOUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1865.
TIOGA CO„ PA.,
IS THE PEACE.
—TO
KK S'ill ®ffi©'ESS
CHE API
A FULL STOCK ;
JUST RECEIVED.
Come On« and ail 1
=-• - ■ . AH » . . , ■
SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
CLOTHING
GOT VP TO ORDER,
AND
WARRANTED TO FIT.
A Large Stock of OLOTHS
J' ' • ’ Just Received.
- • COME AND BEE : FOR YOURSELF. :
, Y ffIILLSPAUGH & SHOTTS.
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■ • Lawronceyillo, Oct. 4/ 1865-Iy.
FIRM & NEW-GOODS AT TIOGA,
BORDEN BRO S,
Would respectfully” "fiCtfoflncfi all whom it may
concern/".that they keep .constantly on hand £large
*nd-weU. ■ . ,„i , r .-\
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
•GLASS' AND WALL PAPER,
DYE STIIFFS. n '■ -V ■
. FAMILY-DYES, ” _
' LAMPS, :
GLASS’>7ARE,r: _
- j - SPOONS; TEA & TABES,
v -forks, ' M
cAke.dishes,
WRITIMO PAPER, ;: -
; - "ENVEIX)PES.’-6GHCKHi BOOKS.
PATENT MEDICINES,
, .-jvicj ! j ■ u-,. ~1
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin
. tier, Saleraliis, Stiiicta,
TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS,
and an endless variety of .
. YANKEE NOTIONS.
Tioga, Pu., Oct. 4, 1a66-lj A 6. ,
Q ;•& N. HAMMOND’S NURSERY.—
Dliddletmry, Tioga Co., Pa.,‘.
sitoated on the Plank Kosil, four miles from Tioga.
We are prepared to furnish 100,000 Fruit Trees at
the following prices
s " Appletrees-rlarge^size, 25 cents at the Nursery; 30-
ppilfs delivered. Common site, 20 dents-at the Nur
sery, 25 cents delivered. Pear Trees, 60 cents. , |
; ! r ,SpmtEH Apples. —Burnham Harvest) Early Har
.vost, Chenango Strawberry, Washington Strawberry,
Red Astraehan, Summer Bellflower, Summer Queen,
Slimmer. King, Sweet Bow, Sour Bow,
; . Fall Apples. —Fanense, (Jravcnatein, Rambo, Rib
■rtottPippin, Fall Pippin, Republican Pippin,Hawley
or Bouse, Maiden’s Blush, Large Wine, Ladies’ Sweet,
tug. Lyman’s Pumpkin Sweet. .
. Winter Apples.— Baldwin,, - Bailey, Sweet, Black
Gillflower, Blue Pearmaln, American. Golden Russet,
Roibury Russet, Rhode Island Greening, Esopna
Spiteenburg, Swaar, Sweet Gillflower, Sugar Sweet, 1 :
Honey Greening, Honey Sweet, Pound Sweet, Pound
Sour, Peck’s Pleasant, Tollman Sweet, Tompkins Co.
.King, ’
' " Pears.— Bartlett, English Jargonelle, Blcaker’s
Meadow, Bella Lucrative, Louisa Bona B Jersey,
Eeckei, Beurre "B’ Amalia, Golden Beurre, Flemish
Lawrence.
Alia—Siberian Crab, Quinces, and .Grape jrddte—
several varieties.' C. & N. HAMMONB.
Middlebury, Tioga Co., Pa., Got. 4, 1866-ly.
IN PARTITION.— , ’ I
Notice is hereby given that a summons in partition
has issued from the Court if Common Pleas for Tioga
County returnable the last Monday of November next,
„at the .suit of Eobert White, against Q
u“lf^and-PraDklin‘T£vSmith,JTn2«eea Arbon
Ann F. Mary A. Dockery,
.Edwin Dyer. Anthony Solioder and Mary B. Schoder
fc blis wife, Thomas B, Jacques,iSamuel B. Jacques, and
Isaac S. Jacques, for the purpose of making partition
of a tract of land situate in Bloas township, Tioga
Penn'a; described as follows; •
loginning ur a'birch at'the easterly corner of land
of Benjamin thence north forty degress
east two hundred aud ninety.five perches to a post;
thence south two' -tnnrdred*tmd“fifteen perches to a
bjj-cbj.thence south'f6rtyiB.be : )iT)d thre'o-fourths .de
grees west one hundrefLand eighty-six perches to u
beech north forty degrees west one hundred
; an‘d%l'r'ty-'tbfee perches and'five-tenths of a.perch to
*dTteec hj 'tnence.nof th' tHlrty-seVe’n degrees' cast’2o’
grebes to a post; thence north twenty-four degrees
west twenty-five, perches to the place of beginning
containing two hundred and eighteen acres more or
le*a, and part of a larger tract'of land surveyed in
of WairanfNoV?9fl£ to Aaron Bloss said
y plniatiff alleging that he with tie, defendants named
]'.together and undivided 3 Jo hold tfie"premises above
f 'named.: , LEROY TABOfe, Sheriff.
: PAINTS, OILS,
‘ PLATED ■WARE, -snob -as
;'cas^qrs.;.;
sued lioetts?.
. [There Is a majestic beauty In the'melody and sentiment
of the following poem, which we seldom find. It seems to
siovs and area of Itself.—Boston Transcript.]
THE MOUNTAINS OP liIEB.
BT JAMES a. OLABK,
There's a land far away mid the stars, we are told,
Where they know not tho sorrows of time \
Where the pur© waters wander thro* valley* of gold,
And life iu.a treasure sublime;
'Tie the land of our God, f tis the home of the soul,
Where ages of splendor eternally roll, -
Where the way-weary traveler reaches his goal
On the evergreen mountains of life.
Oar gase cannot soar to that beautiful land.
But our visions have told of its bliss.
And oar souls by the gale from its gardens are fann’d
When we faint in the deserts of this.
And we sometimes have longed for its holy repose,.
When our spirits were torn with temptations and woes.
And wo drank from the tide of the river that Hows
From the evergreen mountains of life.
01 the star* never tread tho blue heavens at night,
But we think where the ransomed have trod,
And the day never smiles from his palace of light
we feel the bright smile of our God.
We w/Ttraveling homeward thro' changes and gloom.
To a kingdornwhereLpleasurea unchangingly bloom,
And our guide is theglofy-that shines thro 1 the tomb,
. , From the evergreen mountains of life.
JfUtscellsng.
" Oapt. Jim” Erwin.
A few years ago, Capt.' Jim Erwin,-run tbe
Cotton Plant'-’ from Memphis to Columbus.
On one occasion the boat left Memphis crowd
ed with' passengers, both deck and cabin.
‘ Among’the cabin-folks was'a well dressed
individual, belonging to the “river gambling
profession,” a class who aTe always on the look
■out for a .‘‘.big thing,” and often make_short
. trips on steamers with good passenger lists, in
search,of victims upon whom to practice their
'nefarious' 1 calling, and “ make a raise.”—
- Amongtbe passengers on the lower deck was
-a. family from East Tennessee, on their way to
-seek a home farther-West. , .They - were poor,
unsophisticated, and unscquaibted with the
evil ways of the world. They had a daughter
of seventeen, beautiful, confiding, and interest
ing, and who, with proper education and onl
-tare, would have shone resplendent in the most
aristocratic - circles. . Our gambling friend
noticed this family when be came on board,
and finding no one in the cabin to " fleece,” be
wended his way to tbe lower deck to cultivate
-the acquaintance of more attractive metal.—
Representing himself aa an officer of tbe boat,
he told tbe old folks it was a shame to permit
so innocent -and -handsome- a girl as their
daughter; to ,trpvel on deck among such rough
people, :and if they were not Able to bear the
expense of cabin .passage, he would at least
furnish their daughter a stateroom in the la
dies'cabin, free of extra charge, rather than
see 1 her compelled to stay with such a crowd
over night, v
i Being a man of good personal, address, as
such characters generally are, be foand it an
easy matter to impose upon the old folks, and,
thinking him really an officer of -the boat, his
supposed polite offer was readily accepted, and
.soon after supper he escorted the modest youug
lady up stairs, around tbe outer guard of the
boat to the back door of his own room.
There telling her to make herself comfortable
that 'she was id tbe ladies’ cabin, and that
whenever she desired she conld retire for the
night, the young and artless girl, thinking no
thing wrong, modestly thanked her supposed
Mend, as he departed to amuse himself in the
cabin a while. “Captain Jim” knew the com
plexion of, our friend as gamblers do oards “ by
tbe backs,” and be bad been watching his
movements fur sometime.' Seeing how things
stood, he determined to spoil “ our friend’s”
fun and have a little at bis own expense.—
Nearly all men have a peculiar weakness on
some sniiject and “ Oapt. Jim” was no excep
tion to others in this respect. His particular
weakness consisted in a particular fancy for
pet animals.' On tbe lower deck be kept a pair,
of “ goats" and a-“pig”.running about loose.
Ou the boiler deck he kept a pair of pet coons,
on the.hurrican? deck. had a pet fawn and
a well grown “pet bear,”, the last of which
was kept chained to a post on the after part of
,tlie- roof, to keep .him out of mischief. Bruin
was very, cross,and. ill natured towards every
one but the Captain, and he would not let any
one else fool with him.
Having an idea of'what “our friend” was
upto the Captain went to the room the young
woman was in, and in a few words told her the
true character of her, supposed friend. He
told her she had better -return to her parents,
inform them bow things stood, and'then stay
with, them.
The young woman, much surprised and
alarmed, lest no time in following bis advice,
and she was soon with her parents again.
The Oaptaih'now proceeded to the roof, un
chained hie favorite pet, led him down stairs
by way of the cuter guard of the ladies r cabin,
tbenoe through the back door of our friend’s
room, and - quietly chained him, and then as
quietly went out in front among the passen
gers. The night was very cold and frosty,
and “ Bruin” lost no time in making himself
comfortable in our friend’s berth. A game of
euchre' occupied his attention until 11p.m.,
when finding nearly all the passengers bad re
tired, qur friend yawned and complained of
drowsiness, proposing to break -up the game
’and retire, all of which was agreed to. New
the Caplni'n J had informed a"few'bf L hiB friends’
about what was going* on, and of course, they
were on the qui vise. After due preparation
“ onf friend” proceeded-to his room where he
began.to divest himself of his “ dunnage”
and prepare for sleep. Bruin had appropriat
ed the largest portion of the berth to himself,
leaving no room for “ bur friend,” nud he be
gan pushing him quietly o-:r. Not liking to
be disturbed, he answered with a growl, which
rather : startled “ourfriepd.” Thinking things
all right, be gave his room mate another push
a little harder than before. At this the bear
growled a little louder, causing our friend to
stop baok in surprise at such a strange noise
from his companion. He nest changed bis
tactics, .and, placed his hapd near the bead of
the, _in. contact with’bruin’s
shaggy coat, causing him to gruvcl louder than
ever.
“Our friend” did not wait for any further
developments, but-rushed into the cabin in
great alarm, jumped upon one of the dining
tables, and with bis hair on end, screamed
loudly at the top of bis voice. He presented
■i an appearance much like- " Diggory,” in the
play, to the no email 'amusement of the captain
and his friends, who were in the secret, and
who now with other passengers began to gath
er around to learn the cause of the hubbub.—
All on board were aroused. Ladies suddenly
opened their doors to look out, and as suddenly
closed them again, with a slight scream when
they saw the “ object” in his robes du nuii. —
The captain, feigning ignorance, went into the
room and unchained the bear, and pretended
ha had made his way there alone. He next
undertoook to compel bruin to evacuate, hot he
was’nt disposed to do anything of the sort; he
was top comfortably fixed to think of it. Find
ing he wouldn't go, be told our friend he would
have to find a bed somewhere else. Upon con
sultation with the clerk, he learned that every
berth on the boat was occupied, and that even
the floor was full—in fact, there wasn't even a
spare quilt on the boat. Further efforts ware
mads to induce bruin to change bis base, but
without success, when “ friend” concluded to
remain up the balance of tbo night. Just be
fore day-light the Captain landed in a swamp
near Red Foot lake where there was not a
.house for miles, and politely informed “ our
friend” that be had reached his destination.
He begged hard to be excused from getting off
1 at-such a place and at such an hoar, but Cept.
Mini was inexorable; said he knew the river well
enough, and that it was the only landing where
be could get off at all. Finding begging would
do no good, he made a ahow with hie carpet
bag as his only companion, and, no doubt,
much disappointed at the result of bis adveb
ture, as well as in wonder how be had been
found-.out.
‘‘Captain Jim” thought him lucky to get
away so easily, and he no doubt was, for after
the passengers learned the true particular*, he
would have been roughly handled, bad he re>
moined on board.
A Good Joke.
A rather odd joke was perpetrated yesterday
afternoon, on one of onr city photographers,
withstanding his rustic looks and smart coun
try sayings, which the man with the camera
laughed at, played a trick which would have
done credit to a New York “ confidence” man,
and left the photographer in a sad plight for a
few hours. The man from the country, by
name George Welle, entered the gallery to have
his picture taken, and as he was dressed in
rather a seedy suit of clothes, and was without
collar or neck-tie, be requested the photograph
er to lend him bis suit while the picture wan
being taken. Aa this was a common usage
with the photographer when a country cousin
patronized him, he doffed bis collar, neck-tie,
coat, vest and pants, for tbe use of his “ sub
ject,” but aa the countryman’s suit, which he
was to dou for* the .moment, seemed rather too
suspicious-looking for tbe artist's taste, be look
ed the door of his gallery on the inside, leaving
tbe key in tbe door, and, minus his clothing,
he “eat” his simple friend fortbe-pioture. Tbe
latter was, of. course, instantaneously taken,
and the photographer rushed into his “ dark
room” to place the picture in the bath.—
\fhile he was thus out of sight, the country
man, quite captivated with the new suit of
clothes, unlocked tbe door of the gallery and
was nowhere to be found when the photograph
er returned. This was certainly a queer situa
tion to be left in, for the countryman had by
no means acted up to tbe maxim that “ fair ex
change is no robbery.” About an hour elapsed,
when a friend made bis appearance, was in
stantly despatched to tbe Police Office, and one
of the detectives, armed with the countryman’s
picture, went in search of him, and had been
gone some time when tbe countryman return
ed, saying that he only wanted to take a walk
round the city in a good suit of clothes, and
that he wanted “ the picture.” Ha strongly
protested bis innocence of any attempt to act
dishonestly in tbe matter, and asked a lady
’who was in tbe gallery at tbe same time, to
plead with the'photographer in his behalf.—
The woman’s words seemed to soften the pic
ture-taker’s heart, and tbe countryman was
dealt leniently with, paid for his picture, and
left the gallery, rejoicing over his Inoky escape
from the hand of the law. —Toronto Qlobt.
A Highland Shower. —Under a bright son
and a cloudless sky you suddenly catch some
thing like a thud on be hat. Sartled, and luck
ing upwards, some half dozen tumblerfuls of
water come splash on your face. There seems
to be no cause for this except that the hills
seem to be covered with tinfoil, and | the son
looks a little hazy, and to be leering at you—
hut this only for an instant—while you are at
the edge of the cloud; suddenly all becomes
dark as an eclipse, while the tumblerfuls rat
tle down in millions, After a couple minutes
the whole stops suddenly, as with a jerk, or as
if the grandmother of all buckets, as the Per
sians would say, had been emptied. When
you come to your senses, you see the cloud
careering away like a black curtain, lifting its
skirt oyer mountain after mountain, and re
vealing them to the sun, while stretching over
its back is a doable rainbow—not hazy and
translucent like common specimens, but ail
clear, as if painted on a black board, though
with cobra so bright as to eat out any ever
laid on by the hand of man.
On year own side everything glitters in the
sun as if millions of diamonds had been strown
about, and over multifarious flatter mg brooks
tiny irises caper away in all their finery like
distracted fairies. From the steep birches in
the hollows, and the fields of bog-myrtle, the
hot sun pours out and dispenses a fragrance to
which the odors of all the cosmetics of the
perfumers’ shops are what the Dutch call them
'—stinks. You have been so completely soused
as if you had been dipped under Foyers; but
the sensation is worth paying for, and you may
have refreshing recollections of it When travers
ing some shingly platonic vine district, or dry,
’ sandy plain of France or Germany.
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MO. 10.
A Freedman to hist Old ITXastar.
The Cincinnati Commercial publishes what
it declares to be a genuine latter from a freed
man to his former master, Col. P. H. Anderson,
Big Spring, Tennssea. It is dated Dayton,
Ohio, August 7tb, and runs as follows :
" Sis:—l got your letter, and was glad to
find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and
that yon wanted me to come back and live with
you again, promising to do batter for me than
anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy
about yon. I thought tho Yankees. wanXA hove
hung you long before this for barboring rate
they found at yonr house. I suppose they
never beard about your going to Colonel Mar
tin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by
his company in their stable. Although you
shot at me twice before I left you, 1 did not
want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad
you are still living. It would do me good to
go back to the dear old home again and sea
Miss Mary, and' Miss Martha, and Alloa,
Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them
all, and tell them I hope we will meet in tb*
better world, if not in this. I would have gone
back to see you all, when I was working in the
Nashville hospital, but one of the neighbor*
told me that Henry intended to shoot me, if he
ever got a chance.
“ 1 want to know particularly what the good
ebanoe is yonrpropose to give me. lam doing
tolerably well here. I get $25 a month, with
victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home
for Mandy, (the folks call her Mrs. Anderson,}
and the children, Milly, Jane, and Gmnday,
go to school, and are learning well; the teaober
says Grunday has a head for a preacher. They
go to Sunday-School, and Mandy and me attend
church regularly. We are. kindly treated;
some times wa overbear others saying, “Them
colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee.
The children feel hurt when they hear snob
remarks, but I tell them it was no disgrace in
Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson.—
Many Darkeys 'would havs been proud, as I
used to was, to pall you master. Now, if' you
will write-and say what wages yon will give
me, I will be better able to decide whether it
would be to ray advantage to move back again.
“As to my freedom, which yon say I can
have, there is nothing to be gained on thatsoora,
as I got my free-papers in 1864 from the pro
vost marshal-general of the Department of
Nashville. Mandy says she would be afraid to
go back without some proof that you were dis
posed to treat us justly and kindly and we have
concluded to test your sincerity by asking you
to send us our wages for the; time we served
you. This will make ns forgive and forgot old
scores, and rely on your Justice and friendship
in the future. I served you faithfully for thir
ty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At
twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two
dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would
amount to $11,680. Add to this the interest
for the time oar wages havs been kept back,
and deduct what you have paid for our clothing,
and three doctor’s visits to me, and pulling *
tooth for Mandy, and the balance will show
what we are in justice entitled to.
“ Please send the money by Adam’s Express,
in care of V. Winters, Esq., Dayton, Ohio. If
you fail to pay us for faithful labors in tbs post,
we can have little faith in your' promises in the
future. We trust the good Maker has opened
your eyes to the wrongs which you and your
fathers have dona to me and my fathers, in
making us toil for your for generations without
recompense. Here I draw my wages every
Saturday night, but in Tennessee there was
never any pay-day. for tlhe negroes any mqr*
than for the horses and cows. Surely there
will be a day of reckoning for thoae who de
fraud the laborer of his hire.
“In answering this letter, please state if
there would be any safety for my Milly and
Jane, who are now grown-up, and both good
looking girls.—You know how it was with poor
Matilda and Catherine.' I would rather stay
here and starve and die, if it came to that, than
have ray girls brought to shams by the violence
and wickedness of their young masters. Yon
will also please state if there has been uiy
schools opened for the colored children in your
neighborhood. The great desire of my life now
is fp give my children on education, and have
them form virtuous habits,- ~
From your old servant,
JOOHDON AnSESSOH.
P. S.—Say ‘ howdy do’ to George Carter, and
thank him for taking the pietol from yon when
yon were shooting at me.
A Rehujhceho*. —We-passed the house a
short time since where many years ago tfajere
lived a family whose deeds, in one respeot at
least, are worthy of remembrance. The hus
band was a shoemaker, and diligently plied
his sedentary trade. He was a man of thought
and*of aspirations which were not fully satis
fied in his sphere of life. His wife was beauti
ful, intelligent, prudent and industrious, de
sirous above ail else to maintain a pure and
happy home for her family, the center of her
affections and the hope of her life. In her de
votedness and watchful care, she observed
that her husband left his work at about eleven
o’clock in- the forenoon, to visit one of the
shops. The nest day he did the same. She
thoughtfully considered the subject, and com
muned with her own heart in silence upon it.
The nest day shortly before the witobing hour,
she prepared a cop of favorite tea, together
with palatable little pastries, and taking them
with her she unobtrusively slipped into the
shop, saying os she entered that it seemed so
long a time before the dinner would be ready,
and her husband worked so diligently, that she
thought he would relish, the preparation. A
short time was spent in cheerful and pleasant
remarks, when she gathered up the fragments
and lelt for home. Her heart was lighted from
the fact that her husband did not 1-ave his
shop that day on his accustomed visit. The
nest day and the nest, the attractive and sat
isfying cup of tea was promptly prepared and
proffered. Months passed in the same way,
nod at the end of the year the shoemaker took
hie wife tenderly by the band, and recounted
her angel deeds, and all without one word of
reproof or allusion from her lips to the faebik
which s year ago he was acquiring. 'Ha had
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