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y/r V. KTCBA'. Artist.
'on.in* over the Wyoming National bank.in Stark's
Block, I
I. ;'e-iz* Portraits painted from Aiabrotypes or
. ■graph*- Photographs Painted in OilCtlor? — i
All orders for paistings exevuted according to or- !
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TTUFFORI) HOUSE.
TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO., PA.
rillS ESTABLISHMENT HAS RECENTLY
1 teen refitted an 1 lumished in the latest style,
krere attention will be given to the cunfort and
eareuience of those who putronire the House.
II IIUFFORD Propnetor.
Tunk bannock, Pa.. June 17, 1-CB v7n4l
BOLTON HOUSE."
IIAKKISBUHG, PEN NA.
Th undesigned having lately pur. hatted the
LUEHLEK HOUSE " property, has already com
*n e l -u.h alterations an I improvements as will
r-. isr this old and popular llou.-c equal, if not supe
r. r. t • anv Hotel ia the City of Hurrishurg.
A ittnuance of the public patronage is refpeet
:';.ly solicited.
HEO. J. BOLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOITSr,
T \kll\SMU K, WYOMING CO ,PC
rilfs eitabliihinent has recently been refitted an
:"urn -hed in tne itest style attenti' n
r • e riven to the comfort and convenience ot those
•ho patronise the lloue
T B WALL, Owner and Proprietor-.
Tunkh.innock, September 11, IS6I
MEANS' HOTEL.
r C d.NycryKTVrX>k!V. IP A.
lb M.LJARTI.KT,
Late >ti *HaiMi Hmm, Kt uma.N I
I'UOPUIE'IDK.
The MEANS HOTEL, i ur.e of tue LAHUKST
i LEST AKK ANOED ttie country—lt
WSttetup in llie most uiu.lern an t improved style
tnl i, . i.u- ,ii„ sp.red to make ii a pleusm.iaiol
*<te .j e stopping pi on - for all,
Ji.ki-lj.
IE j"ii h iut Eo >• sor Shoes an 1 the full value for
•irmme., •.> u ILaaiuV U# tus every ta
to lU'j fi uritir sn l i tiallenges ouupctiiin
A 11,1, p. ck.sea pan of E s inn' .ater-
I pn.ir Bo . ccrtai.l to k p any uiaa's :<'
.'lio wears it.eui, fur a twelve Uci'L.
V " uiore ec s-it. lor c.)! 1.; i :iits ot wet teet
- 'E.stiua | WitCi-prooi SI - ate warranted a
•pten pc fa t rca; >v and ini. warrai t
-"us 4 writ ten yi.vr.inv , : ; quired.
A 1-L if Entunii vV'.iler-p "nt Bo ti are a.la
" b 1.1 Le.,i a#r Sl _,. e , ,)]. j ,ou iwj v —iu
lT 'h .u iiir, cuurci ict.tl* will turn water a .-i will
bv.t crack 1
L tIR. che t I n,>.rrel 1 mil Cait II mtt. inan
ufact.-elbv Fli-iman t-; Jilt, ate superior to
mad Boot wb- h <v.t i i
|s A 'I i.N S in.itttioa lie.ich Cut. Dre.- Bi t#,
* e to *r
u a.e a neat, s.yiish am auraitie
♦fan#. ,| M itar w mf** •
Latest a> Vm'iS.
Late arrival ot New Goods.
Great Bargains at the New Store of
C. Detrick.,
in S. Stark's Bri.k Black.
AT TUIHAIOLK. FEI'A.
• Haying just returneil fn.m the City, f am cow
i openiog an autire New aitock of
"FALL GOODS,
and oDe of the lurgest an 1 richest assortments ever
oflered in tbia comujunity Con-istiog of
RICH AND FANCY COI/RD DRESS
0 ; SILKS, •
0 FKENFLF AND ENGLISH MERINOS,
L EMPRESS AND PRINCESS CLOTHS,
POPLINS. PAREMBTTOS,
BLACK AND OuLOHED
y ALPACCAS WOOL ARMI HE i'EKIN
AND MucSF-LIKL DELAINS. INPoRTED
AND DOMESTIC 01NGHAMS, PRINTS
: of Best Mat ufactcret and Latest Style*,
Ladies Cloths and Sacqueings, Cloths,
Casetmeree, Veatiaga ,
Satenettt. Tweed#.
Jeane, Cjttoua.te*.
Drill-, Dentin#.
1 Tick*. Oiei
[ . .
sheetiega
' ; Shining#. Bleached , '
4 Brown Shawls.
.-cntag#, HuoJs.
F'u.-. t. .Jit#' I'.elicnLi. Shopping Bag? and Biskels ! '
L KL'NK> VALI>KS. . . (RAVELING
HAGS J'
i pit
Latest Style#,
' Kid, Silk. Li-!e Thread, Cotton .
Gloves, Hosiery, L otious,
Toilet and Fancy i
GOUpS,
FAACY SOJ/'S, PERFUMER Y,
& , 4-c . A-., I
Black nd Colored Velvet 6,
Ribbons, !•
Ruffles,
Frills,
Fringes, !.
Braids,
Beads, Bail aud Bugle Trimmings 1
: ° : . . J
! A Lirg- qu-ndv t BF.sT -TILE lIUOP .-KIRTS !
ami C iIISETTS. ae.ecct frotu M.nafactorera, at '
('# j rein el price*,
FLAyyELS all Court ind QuclUiet.
HEADY .MADE
Oloth.ing,
Ay D GENTS' |
Furnishing Goods. !••
HATS AND CAS '
ct Latent tv!e?
——
CALF, KIP. an! SEAVb BOOTS .t SHOES,
j Led cs". Mis— t I Ct; I Irene Kii Pru ielle Mi- •
' rucco n i Cait tJ.ilcr#, Shuts, au i S.ippcr#, i
Wail hb i Window Pape Wimlew I'
Curtains 4 Curtain Fix
ture*. Carpet* & i v
0i I -
Cloth*. Chiai.
Glass, and Stone Ware.
Tinware,—made expree!y for this
Trade, ai d warranted to give ratisfacthn, I
i 2U {er cent. Cheaper than the usual rate* in hti ,
aection,
i N'j.7*.
Spiktt,
Iron
Sled
0 Hone Shoe*.
IHorto Shoe Nails,
Nail Rods.
. . Paint a.
Pamt Oil*,
Painter j
j Material, Putty, ll' tr.c/i/tr Glass. Jictoiene Gi >
j Hall, far/or. Stand, and Hand •
Lamps,
Lanterns, Lamp Ctiimnics, Shades, |
and ifurners.
COAL,
j ASH TON, TURF ISLAND. A RHL SALT i
■ I FLOUR.
FEED,
MEAL.
-1 BUTTPR,
CHEESE,
LARD,
PORK.
HAMS, i
•nd FISH. !
SUGAR,
" ■ TEA.
a COFFEE
• SPICES,
SIRUP. A
MOLASSES,
WOOD & WILLOW WARE,
ROPE*,
(OK itACE.
liAfKETS.
BKOOMf,
PAIL*,
run*.
r a*h boards,
t CARPET
- 4 EEPERS,
BRUSHES, of *ll l* li'tl*.
PAifcNT MEDICINES. DRUGS, and DYES :
FLAVORING* EXTRACTS, 4c., 4c.
:j
These goods have been selected
with great care to feuit t[te wants ot
i this community, and will he sold as
1 heretofore, at the lowest living rates
| lor cash or exchanged for country
! I roduce at market prices. Thanktul
' lor he p ist lilieral patronage, I shall
J endeavor by strict attention to :ny •
- business, to merit a continuance <t
1 the same, and will try to make the
future still more attractive and ben
• shCL.I to customers.
Q. JJBTOICK. !
TUMHANNOCK, WYOMING CO.. PA. -WEDNESDAY, 'NOVTT 1868.
||o'ftri[.
THE COMBINATION.
AIR : PAT MALOT—WORD# BY THE ACTHOB.
■O. hark ! I hear an angel sing," while 'Cumin' thro'
the rye
Oh, 'I-et ice kis- him !er hl Mj," 'Then take nie
home to die.'
•Oft in the stilly night" I roam, with -Mary or Ar
syie.'
Down to the 'Cottage by the sea' to call ou "Annie
Ly ie."
Cbobcs.—O, 'Will you love me then a# now,' my i
gentle 'Fairy Belle!'
Then Meet me by moonlight alone,' and'wc'll 'Klsa, |
but never tell"
, 'Rockeil in the erradle of the deep,' 'l'll paddle my '
own canoe
I'll draw the' Sword of Bunker Hill,' to fight for i
'Uncle True.'
'Twas liy the grave of' Lilly Dale,'l saw 'Evange
llne
•O, kiss me. mother, ere I die," 'To-day I'm sweet j
Sixteen.'
•I wish I was in Dixie'now, 'With Maggie by my
side,'
I'd sit down in 'The old arm chair' and think of'
'Kitty Clklc.'
Chorts.—Oh, -Twinkling stars are laughing, love,' j
upon the 'Poor old slave
* Be* Bolt' he left 'Sweet Alice' for 'A life on the
ocean wave.' j
O. -Gentle Annie" you must wear 'The jockey hat
and feather;'
'Hell Brandon' married 'Billy Grimes,' 'We'llbury
them together.'
"Oh. ki-s me tjuiek and go, my love,' 'Your hair Is
turning gray;*
'Ob who will care tor mother now,' unless it's 'Old
dog Tray.'
•Tis but a little faded flower,' that grew in 'Hazel j
Dell;'
•Come where my love lies dreamin' now, 'My blue
eyed little Nell.'
Chori's.—'When Johnny comes marching home
again.' and brings 'Sweet Mabel Clare.'
'The captain with his wiskers' will sit ilowu in the
•Tbe vacant chair,*
I'd never say 'No oe to love.' but the gentle 'Lilly
Dale.*
If we had 'Three hundred thousand more.' like 'un
tie of the vale.'
'l'd offer thee this baud of mine,' 'For a good-bye at |
the door,'
'The girl I left behind me' found' The ring my moth
er wore.'
'We met beneath an awning.' Tom, '.tust tweenty
years ago,' <
While iu 'The low ba k car' there sat 'John Ander
son, my Joe.' ,
CHonr-.—Down -By the sad sea wave' I sing, 'I j 1
love a sailor's life;'
Oh, tell tne, 'Wilt thoit be nit bride,' and not 'The i
gambler's wife?'
Oh,' Guy and ha py,"Now and then,' 'l'm sitting <
on the style j
'The Irishman's shanty' is the place where' Pat '
Maloy' 'Struck ile.'
'l'll liana" my harp on th • willow tree.' while I say .
.The maiden*# prayer.'
'O, take me to your heart again.' 'My boy with I 1
auburn hair.' ! I
'The sona my mother u-ed to sing' was 'Beautiful | |
isle of the sea ;' I
•Oh. happy be thy dream*,' 'Oid Jell," of 'The sour
apple tree.'
I
Cuuitr#—O, Mary had a little lamb,' she gave
•Three grains of corn.'
•Then come to the old gum tree,' my boy, .I'll 1
meet you,' in a horn.'
'Twinkle, twinkle, little star,' 'And this shall be t
our song." ; (
'The battle cry o! freedom' is -Our Union, right or i .
wrong.' .
A DRAWING-ROOM BALLAD. |
I
BY I'.OBKBT lI'CIAXAJ.
In the dawn of the golden morrow
May Marguerite went away ; i
Naught ol sin or sorrow
Had touched that periuined clay.
Each morning sweeter and whiter, .
In the city dark she grew ;
Here, a# in places briguter,
The clouua rain down such dew
The splendor and power of Nature
Ranked little in ner sight ;
She was a city creature,
smiling by candlelight.
The nooks where love might meet her,
F a#hion Iruin sunsuino shrouds ;
Yet her hue than roses was sweeter.
Her motion was like a cloud's.
Wherever the gase glared brightly
May Marguerite tripped and flew,
O er tue tlowereu earpei as lightly
As it it blossomed and blew
|
Under aer gentle seeing,
111 her ueiicale Utile uand,
They placed the i>ooa ot racing,
1 o read and uuuersluud.
The book was mighty and olden,
Yes, worn and eaten with age ;
Though the letters looked great and golden, '
t>he could not read a page.
The letters fluttered before her,
And ail luoaed sweetly wild ;
Dcatn saw ucr, and bent o'er her,
As sue pouted her lips and smiled.
And weary a little with tracing
The Hook, she looked aside,
Ann Ugntly smiling, and placing
A flower in its leaves, she died.
She died—but her sweetness fled not,
As ay the thing* oi power—
For the nook, wherein she read not
is the sweeter lor the flower.
-
Sag aci iy of a 1108.-E.—An oLI family j
h'dbe 11mt h.# been running at will tliroutjli j
the street* and c mm >n* uf Maili>on. Ohio, i
lost cm e of hi- shoe# rtcent y, ami with tin j
intelligence of a human In it. if, the old j
ho-re walked up to the black m.h shop, ;
when* he had been Stiod lor the last twen
ty year#, and to th best of his ability j
ask. d the smith to shoe i itn by lai'itijr his |
foot and stamping the giotm 1. The smith j
busy, drove him away scvera) tunes du- !
rit>R ihe .'ay. and thought nothing of it i
The next tin rnin£f on {joit gto tin* shop, j
he found the old borse at the door,
he drove him off, (>ut the horse came back, •
aid, en I cling the whop, walked up to the |
anvil, and there In laised his foot, thus (
aitracting the particiiinr notice of the
gmith. wi;" ixamitietl the foot, and, find- .
itig i< worn off !•> the ''quick,kindly t
pick t*il up at old Lotse *ln>e, and, fitting it
to hi# fn >t, n; ;'t d it on; when llie grah fu!
animal ,fi eking his tail byway of tkauka. |
: off j
" To Sneak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
DIXIE.
A LtTTLK STOUT BY BRICK POMSROY.
e#terJay, corning out from dinner, on
tny way to tin* office, I saw oa tbe street a
one armed soldier. He was a Republican,
he toll me, seven \ ears ago. i asked li itn
hov he lost his arm; he said fighting at
Cold Harbor. I a-ke I hint how he got
slongti w; he sai l not Tory well He hail
a'hand organ that hn was crrvi"2. He
was procuring tin* m ans of subs stance for
himself, wife, and two children. 1 wa k-d
along wth him to the front of my office,
i and asked him to give me a tune. He had
been a soldier; he had fought to save the
country; he was a white m in. arid I thought
jhe a# a friend of mti-ic. He dropped the j
hand-organ on its stick, an I 1 saw on the j
top of it a piece of p*p-r. whi -h rea l that
■ Charles Smith had paid the I ntte.l States
! ten dollars f-r the privilege of grinding !
' this organ one year from the 13th of last 1
i May.
1 asked liiin if he had paid that lieens", |
and he replied th it he h id.
"Did voii fight to save your country ?"
i "I did, sir."
i "Did yon lo >se your atm in battle ?"
es, sir."
"Did you say you were a Republican!
iwi en you wnt into the armv ?"'
"I w.s "
"Are you a Repnhlicin now ?"
"So. sir."
And he swore. I presume he learned it !
jin the army o! Bon Watle. [Laughter.]
; "tiive ns a tune, at d I'll pay j"U for it." j
He commenced gtinding eut of that poor j
i ami very dilapidated organ that beautiful !
tune, "Awav down South in Dixie." I lik ■
that tune. I stood and listened to it, and
dropp d into hi# organ what tew pennies 1
had. I said play it again. He played it
oi ce m. re.
"Do you say you were a soldier ?'"
•'Yes, sir."
"Have yu pid a liceuse ?"
"I have."
i "U hat will you take to stand in front of
tny office every day this week from one ;
\ o'elock till four
"1 wi'i plav it for two dollars per day " 1
I said, that's a 1 right. You are a sol j
diet. I like you better because you are a '
I) mocrat. I like you still better because •
you weie a Republican, an ! are honest |
enough to see that you were wro ,g. I
will give you the two dollars. II sea'< •! | '
himself upon the curbstone in Lout of tny
..ffic". ad for a ha f hour while I -ton! in
niv office door laugning. In- was grinding j
"A*-,y down S>uth in Dixie." I was a '
verv i.ice little tune. A ; old gi-ntleinai#) i
Cam-'along and says, "when are \ u go—!
mg to change that ? ' He - ' *1 don't j I
know. Tnat gentl-m o, ine to j
plav t is one tune." In tin- same huilJing :
that 1 am. t..e gi*n h-i'iau ot whom I hire I
ilic preiiii-es hat an offi*e. In a B'ioit ' :
time, looking out of the window iie saw a: 1
Airowd there Ho enine d itu and told ' '
ih s lei!, w to "Move, on, or you* will at- j 1
tract a cmwd. You are getting up a nui i
sanco." lie said,"l cannot move on. i |
am hired to slay lierc." " A ho hired your '
"This fellow that runs this newspaper j
bete." "I don't want you to plav le.ie. ! j
You ere a nuisance. Move oil," "I can't,
1 will looe my wages" "I'lay some other;
tunc ther." "No, tf is in the contract thai 1 i
I play this one tune," and he k. pt playing ; ,
away. The gentleman went up staus, and r
in a few mi mites came down again lie I i
spoke to one of my eleik-, and said. "I i
wish you w uld g-1 an order lor this man , i
to leave." The ch ik replied, "I can't do it. •
il !i rd r him away, I rose my place.
"Do you mean to sav that Mr I*■ >m my j |
has luted this fellow to plav this tune al: ;
dav ?" "Ye~, sir. an! every day for a
we. k." [Laughter.] "Do you think Home i
rov would tiiaii.ia'u a nuisance ? "I dmi,t j
koiw anvihi ig about . thai: but it Mr, j
Horn.'toy has told that soldier In* will main- j
tain Ins playing Dixie for a week, you may I
bet your bottom doliar lie will do it." j
[Laughter.] The third time he came down
; ami -aid, "1 want you to move away from |
; llie front of this building. 1 heard the re- j
mark and said to him, "Hold on; I rent the I
j half ot tins building ? ' "Ye#, sir." ." l'hi- '
; hull i- mine Y "Yes, sir." "This man has I
a right to plav this tune in front of my j
half.'' "I don't like that tun-. Let him i
j pLy some oth r lune." "No, I want that ;
; one tune played. Il suits me. Mr, Lincoln \
j said it was the l>. st tune ever was invert- j
i ted."— [Great Laughter.]
'That soldier,' said be. "cannot stay j
j there.'' Said 1, "He caiT stay theie. That
j soldier was a Republican soldier. i
; went into the army ami fought. He went j
• there lo save his country. He lost an mm |
!at Cold Harbor. He has retuncd to his!
j borne, lie finds his wife am! children in !
want. lie pays ten dodars a year license j
i for the privilege ot grinning this rickety I
; old hand-organ. That license goes "to I
i make up a revenue, which goes into the i
pocket of vour bondholders. [Applause]!
, That soldier fought for his liberty, he is |
having it m>w. I want him to stand right
here and pay this tune every day this!
; week. 1 in going into the country to talk
; to the workingm-n, Ihe Democracy, and 1
; want him to stay right here, and play
eveiy day this same lune." "W ill not some
, (.the. tune do ?"' "No, I want this tune to
:r. mind the wotkingmen of New York,
who pass hy here every day, that ' Away
j (low n South in Dixe" are carpet baggers,
j Dzy rugger* and frecdm nV bureau*, a
great big standing army that the working
men of the North arc laboring day after,
i day to support, at war upon the receipts
, ur.d interests ol the North, a* they aie at
war upou the hurhatidiy of the South, I
want hiui to play that s.ine tun*, in order
I Ih.it the. people of tin.' Norih uiay know
j "hero iboir uiocey hs fuoe to# Ha ia I
going to play here, and if you mo!c#t him
I will mah your head for vou." (Great
I i igiiler ] I left the offi, e at five minutes
before lour yesterday, and he stood there
grinding, "Away down south in Dixie." I
am going to hire him to grind all next
week. Still it i* not plea*anl music for
the bond holder. I know it is not nice,
hut they have given u- a little trouble, anl
th s i* one ot the ways iu which I propose
to have tny t-hAre of revenge on them. 1
have n i doubt the New Y'ork Sun, the pa
per in which this gentleman is interested,
came out thL morning and said I was a
traitor. Well, like as not. There a good
many traitors. [Appluse.] Traitors to the
Republican parte, traitors to those who
• have robbed them of their intere-ts; there
are many of tiie#e traitors com wig from
the ranks ot the enemy and joining our
ranks.
THE MUTE DETECTIVE.
' "No dogs admitted, sir," said the porter
to a gav assemblage, as a voua* man and
j his dg appeared at the entrance. "You
: must leave hint behind, if you go in."
i "Verv said the young man; "Stay
• her.*, I'rinC'', til! [ come back." Ani he
I joine I the crowd within.
i Itv and by the young man wished to re
fer to his watch, when, behold ! the chain
had b" oi sn<ppd in two and th- valuable
' time piece was gone He considered the
case a moment, ami th-n a sudden thought i
fl <sl thrush his mind. So. stepping j
out, lie whisp red ihe fact to (he porur, 1
! and trained pertnis-ion to take the d>4 in !
for a minute or two.
"Lo >k here. Prince.' said he, "you J
knowing dog. tny watch is stolen," and lie j
showed him the empty pocket aid cat !
chain. "l)o you understand, o d fellow ? !
In th re is the theif. You find it, my ;
good doggie, ami 111 give vou a famous !
treat. You understand, do you I"
Prince waged his tail, and gav- his mas- !
t' r a verv knowing and cute look, and !
th n the tw. stole quietly into the place. I
Quietly the dumb detective gbded around j
among llie people, sine ling away at this j
on. eoa' and that one's chain, until at
last be set Ins t eth firmlv into the coat
skirt of a genteel looking man. and could j
not he shaken off.
The young man quietly made known j
the (M#e to the bystanders, who ha i gath- j
eie.l around him. and had the theifs pne- I
ket duly searched otii .-r watch-s
were found upon him. which h • ns I gath
rr' i up in the course ot the morning, and
whi h the rightful ovvuers were glad to
get llie.ir hinds on
Prince s- looted out his master's proper- 1
ly in a tw nkli ig. as that was all he cared j
tor, arid gave it to him joyfully. It would I
have tak-n a very keen pol.cem iu to do j
the v>mk so ti ailv nJ q tic.kly. and all I
agreed lie nieiited as good a dinner as a j
dog could have. A good beef boae and a !
bowl of iiiiik, however, abundantly satis
li -d all liis w nits, and then he was just as)
reads' Co do the same favor over again#* |
A Touching Lovb Story. —At the !
mature age of fourteen I had become a he- |
ing of dark imaginings, on whom the fresh- j
i,ess of the the heart had long ceased to j
fall like dew, in consequence of my enter
taining a lruith'*s passion tor a charming i
cousin of mine, who was only seven years
and a half'old r than myself. One Sep- !
tember morning, when 1 was about to re- j
turn to school, I came to the fatal determi- j
nation of declaring tny passion; and, with I
that view, ran her t earth in a summer .
li'-use, which overlooked the iake in her i
titii r's grounds 1 rushed in and fell on
tny knees before her fl remember to this
day how the fircones with which the place
was paved hurt them). and blurted out my
love iii an incoherent speech, which may
have -isted three minutes or three quarters
of an hour, as far as I am ab!c to state at
this distant period. I love to think of her
now, with a moderate amount of gratitude,
because she did not laugh; but, helping tne
up. and kissing tne on lire forehead, she
-aid; "Poor dear boy, and so you are going
back to Winchester, are you? Mind you
are good at your lessons. Don't get Hog
ged, which would-greive me very much;
and here s half a sovereign for you, and
and I think you had better not keep the
carnage waiting." To tins day I cannot
help thinking that it must have been cx
ce*s <>f emotion which Caused me to run
aw ay as hard as ever 1 could, with the coin \
saf.-ly stowed away in uiy waistcoat I
j pocket.
a.-
StaoK Poi KTsliH'.— A geologist once :
traveling in a stage coach in England, j
happened to >it opposite to a ladv; giaitceS ;
were exchanged, and mutual admiration j
; seemed to b • the result. Eye language i
w.-.s soon exchanged for verbal con versa- j
! tion; alter a few interchanges about fossils
1 and petrifications they began to talk about
' living subj-.-cts, from generalities to special
—Loin the third person plural to the
fir-t yer.son singular. Said the gentleman,
'."I am still unmarried;" quoth tho lady,
"So r.m I;" said the fotmer. "I have some- j
times thought of marrying;" the laUei re
sponded, "So have I." Thou a pause en
sued. "Suppose we were to marry one
another—l would love and cherish. "I,"
sad tho fair one, "would honor and obey."
In two days they were married. Few
would admire such a precipitous court
klii,.; it is altogether to < shoif.
Akkctino.— lsn't it very affecting to
behold at a wedding the sorrow stricken
air of a parent as he gives the hridu
awav, whui yon know that lor the Ust
ten }cats he has bceo trying to get her
i off lulhhkU.
~ * THREE BRAVE MEN.
*! Pretty Barbara Ferros would not mar
, ry Her mother was in consternation.
[| "Why are you stubborn, Barbara?
t ! she a-ked. "You have plenty ol lovers.
. ! "Rut they do not suit," said Barbara
cooly tying back her curls before the in r
j ror.
"Why not?"
[ i "I want to marry a tnau who is brave
. ; equal to any emergency. If I give uj
. my i berty, I want it taken care of! "
j i "Silly child ! what is the matter wit!
Big Barney, the blacksmith ? "
"lie is biz, but I never heard that he
| was brave "
; "And you never heard that lie was not.
What n the matter with Ernest, the gun
j Mnith ? "
"He is placid as goat'* milk."
: "I bat is no si'n that he is a coward. —
There is little Fritz, the tanner: he is
! quarrelsome enough (or you, surely .'
i "He is no bigger than a bantam cock,
jlt is little good he can do, if the house
was set upon by robbers.'
"It is nut always strength that wins a
j fight, giil, it takes brains as well as brawn.
• Come, now, Barbara, give these three
! voting fellows a fair trial."
Barbara turned her lace before the mir
ror. letting down one raven tress and loop
i ing up another.
"I will, mother," she said at last,
j That evening. Ernest the gunsmith.
I knocked at the door.
"You sent for tne, Barbara? "he sail,
j going to the girl, who stood upon the
j hearth coquetiishly warming one prettv
i foot and then the other
"Y e#, Ernest," she teplied. "I've b. en
I thinking on what you said the other night
j wherfvou were here."
"Well, Barbara! "
Ernest sp >ke quietly, but his daik bl e
i eyes Hashed, and he looked at her intvnt
i ly
j "I want to test you."
''How ? '*
"1 want to see if von dare to do a
! very disagreeable thing "
'• W hat is it ? "
j "There is an old coffin up stairs. It
j smells moulay. They say Redmond the
| murderer was buried in it; hut the devil
I came for his b dy and left the coffin emp
' tv at the end of a week : and it was finally
j taken from the tomb It is up stairs in the
l room grandfather died in, and they say
grandsire does not rest e isy in his grave
for some reasons, though that I know noth
ing about. Dare yon mike tliHt coffin
your bed to-night ? "
I Ernest langed.
"Is that all ? I will do that aud sleep
| soundly. \V hy pretty one, did you think
| i had weak nerves?"
j "Your nerves will have good proof if
j you undertake it. R. member, no one
i sleeps in that wing of the house.
"I shall ieep the sounder - "
I "Good night, then. I will send aia i '<
| show you the chamber. If you stay til
i morning," said imperious Miss Barbara.
| with a nod of bar pretty head, "I'll marry
j "You vow it ? "
Ei nest turned straight away and follow
j ed llie lad in waiting through dim rooms
i and passag , up echoing stairs, along
| narrow,.iauip ways, where rats scuttled
. before to a low chamber. The lad looked
pale and scared, and evidently wanted to
| hurry away but Ernest made him wait till
! he took a survey by the aid of his lamp.—
It was very largo and full of recesses,:
i which ha-.l beeo barred aero##. He rem -m
I bered that oid grandsiie Ferros had been
insane several years b. ore bis death, so i
that this precaution had been ncee-ssrv
for the safety of himself and others, in
the centre ol the room stood a coffin, he
side it was paced a chair. The room
was otherwise perfectly empty.
Ernest stretched himself out in the out
fio.
"Be kind enough to te.l Mi-' Barbara it
is a very good fit," he said.
The lad went out and shut the door, lea -
ing the young gnnsmilh alone in the daik.
Meanwhile, Barbara was talking with
the big blacksmith in the sleeping room.
"Barney,'' said she palling her hand
away Irom his grasp, whin iie would have
kised her, "I've a test to put yon to before
I givte you any answer. There is • corpse
lying in the chamber wher- tny grand-ire
died, in the untenanted wig of the lim# .
| Ifyemdare sit with it all niebt and let
j nothing drive you away from your post,
j you w ill not a#k me again in vain."
"You'll give me a light and a bottle of
, w ne and a hook to read?"
i "Nothing."
j "Are these all the conditions you offer
i me, Barbara.
"All- And if you arc frightened, you
| need never look me in the face again '
So Barney was conducted to his post
hy the lad, who had been ins*meted into
the secret, and whose involuntary start at
Ernest's placid face as he lay in the coffin,
was attributed bv Barney to tl c natural
aw eof a corpse, lie took his seat
j the boy left him alone in the darkness, the
• rats and the coffin.
Soon after, young Fritz, the tannnr ar~
| rived, Haltered and hopeful, trorn the fact
! that Barbara had sent lujr him.
"Have you changed your mind, Barba
ra? " lie asked.
! No ; and I shall not until I know that
you can do a really brave tiling."
"What shall it t'f f I swear to satisfy
, j you, Barbara."
,; "1 i.ave a propo-al to make to \ou. —
J Mv plan requires skill as well a# courage
L i "Telliue."
r '•Well, in this house there is a mat
I wtcbiOj£ • corpse. He lj* woro not u
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance.
leave hi* post till morning. If you can
r ' m-kn liirn do it, I shall he satisfied that
! vou are as smart and as brave asl require
~ a htisl and to be.'*
" by nothing is so easy ! " exclaimed
' Friz. "I can scare Lim away. Furnisii
me with H sheet, show me the room and
goto y.nir rei, Barbara. You shall find
in at the post in the morning.*'
liarlura did as required, and saw the
e ' tanner step lightly away to his task. It
was then nearly twelve o'clock, and she
i sought her own chamber.
1 Barney was sitting at his virgil and so
far all had been w il. The night seemed
L ' very long, for he had no means of count
ing th ■ time. At tinie< a thrill Went
" through kitn, for it seemed as if he could
hear a low suppressed breathing not tar
away ; persuaded himself that it was the
wind, blowing through the crevices of the
i oIJ house. Still it was very lonely and
not at ail cheerful.
Ihe face in the coffin gleamed white
still. The rats squeaked as if there was a
| t miine upon them and they smelled the
dead flesh. The thought made him shud
' der. lie got U jj ail j walked about but
; something ma de a slight noise behind him,
and he put his chair with Ins hack agaiu*t
, the wad, and sat down again. He had
been at work all day, and at last grew
sleepy. Finally he nodded and snored.
Suddenly it eem d as if somebody had
j touched him. lie awoke with a start, and
■' saw nobody near, though in the centre of
the room stood a white figure.
'•('urse you, get out ol this!" he ex
- | cla in. d in a fright, using the first words
; that came to his tongue.
The figure he! J out its right arm and
' slowly approached him He started to
| his feet. Tiie spectre came nearer, press
j ing into the corner.
' The mischief take you ! " cried Barney
: ! in his extremity.
Involuiitirily ho stepped back; stilljthe
j liguie advanced, coming near r and near-
I er as it" to take him in a ghostly embrace.
; TI ie hair started up on Barney's head ; he
1 1 o re,v desperate and ju-t as the gleaming
i arm would have touched him, he fell on the
i ghost hke a whirlwind, tearing the sheet.
: thumping pounding, beating and kicking
more and more enraged at the resistance
I he met. which told him the truth.
A* the readers know, he was big, and
[ Fritz was l.ttle; and while he was poro-
I m-lliug the little teliow terribly ; and Fritz
j was tryffig to get a lunge at Barney's
j stomach, to tike the wind out of him, both
I kicking and plunging iike horses; they
were petrified bv hearing a voice cry :
"fake one of your size, big Barney!"
Looking around they saw the corpse
| sitting up in his collin. ibis was too
j mucl. i'tiey rel used each other and
si r .tig tor tlie door. Titer never knew
h w t ey g t out: but they home in hot
ha-v, p tiling l:ke slags.
It wi* Barbara herself who came and
' opened ifi door n \t morning.
"It s vi-ry early : one uiore little n>ip,"
-<id e ".Mie nitre little nap. ' turning
ovc rin , coffin.
So .>in. married him, though she sent
Fr tz and Bar iey invitations to the wed
■ ding t y did not appear. If they dis
j covered th • trick, they k< pt the knowledge
|to thems'dves. and never willingly faced
| Barbara's laughing eyes. •
! •
A SMKKP .STORV.— A few weeks since a
j statement going the rounds of the press
. that the bay seed which was scattered in
j the wail < f some sheep be'ongiag to Rob
•ii Bate.i- ii<r, of Salli.sbury, N. H.. while
feeding thun i.i wuiti-r, liad sprouted on
i turning them out in the spring, and the
sheep won; bearing about with them, a
. ( '-op of grass two inches in lengih. Thin
; story probably reached the poetical editor
ot I fit* New York Mail an one of our late
hot da\s. nd ibis is the wav he tells if. —
• 'li.is "version'' should be read aloud:
" I'his is she most interesting storv that
i ever we have seen. .;oi ccrning some New
Hampshire sheep who are wearing ot the
I green. 'Twas rei ct• 1 by a person on
whose lio ,or we iei\ ; bo never hacked
! cherry tree., and - o i.dn't tell alio.—
!! bvit B itchehler, thi was the shepherd's
name, and In- pastured twenty-eight sheep
,j on Sallisbury pi tin. But when the leaves
, had fallen, and November winds were
, chill, why out in the open woild they
, | couldn't get their fill. So Bobby kindly
put them Tn a well-protected shed, wish
! hay enough to fee i them, in the mow up
overhead. And the seed it sifted down
and it I >dged in their wool, and there it did
f : remain, till thu April moon wis full.—
And then out went the mutton, all in the
rain, you know, and, in less than twenty
. one day-, the seed began to grow ; and it
giew and it grow-ed like the beam iq the
, fiiiry song, HI d the grass upon their backs
is uiore'n two inches long. And, it is ex
t pected. that latter i n the year, red fra
-1 grant, clover blossoms will appear. The
t moral of this stieep tale is dear to erery
eye, that by judicious management, if a
j person cared to try, he might, with little
j trouble and with the aid of rainy weather
L , | have Ins lamb and green peas growing up
together.
1 ACCOVSTICS. —A good deal has been
said of tli- idative swiftness of sound.—
litre is the ri-ult of m- experimenter
it Th- -onti! "i" a word of no particular
meaning inn tea at the ra'e p' r second of
V ff i VH d-; Pr uxf at the rate cf 1500
\ur !* ; F! i tvry, moie rapid still, at 1800
~ v i (f')o t r>*,i,i* 's only IS var la ; find
en/? ixris a" 1250 yards; Calumny out
.. ffpt- di wind.' 2000 yards; Tint
n >l%4tvr i i v.vcds *2 vards; An appttl f
o c>wii< j p, HI SO very slow, 3 yard#.
NO. 14.