COLUMBIA
DEMOCRAT,
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
4
LEVI L. TATE, Editor.
"TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TORCH OP TltUTH AND WAVE IT O'Elt THE DARKENED EARTH."
$2 00 PER ANNUM
VOL. 15.--NO. 6.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA-, SATURDAY, APEIL 13, 186L
YOLUME 25-
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
rUULISIIEDBVEUY SATlMUAV, BY
LEVI L. TATE.
Itt BtOOMSDURO, COLOMBIA COUNTY, TAi
OFFICE
In the nis Brtek Buttiling, epr"!" r.llUrtgr, IfUt
eflkl Court Uoute. "Vemaeraticllead QHitrtcri."
teiims op sunscniPTiox.
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(37-Xo subscription taken for Ipss than six months,
nil no paper discontinued until all arrearages Khali have
bwen paid.
OrdlriarvAtivr.RTlFMENTsln!prted,and Jon Wong
executed, at the I'slalilishcdtmccs.
DALTIMORK LOOK HOSPITAL.
1)U. JOHNSTON, m
Tlir.fotin.lcr of thin Celebrated Institution, offers the
uiustcrluin, speedy, mid only etl'celunl remedy in
the world f"r effects tt meets. Strictures, Bcinlnnl weak
lien, 1'aius In the Loins, Contllulinnal Debility, Iinpo.
tencv, Weakness of the ll.ick and Limbs, AIRi lions of
the Kldncyi, Palpitation nf the Heart, llispcpslu, Nor
viiiii Irritability, Uiscuso of the Hen, I, Throat, None or
Bktn, mi, nil thuiie serious mid melmirholy Dis orders
nrlsiu" Iroin the destructive habit! of Vniilh, uhirll de.
.. ,.,.,i, i.rt.it. ntul mind. These seer. I and solitary
practlcs are more fatal to their Ictliii! than the noil); of
the Syren, to the marlncri Ulysses, blighting their most
brilliant hopes ana uiii.c.i'.ii. in, -e
MAuniAnn.
Married persons, or Young Men contcmplallnj mar
rlatc, b'iiu nw are "f physical weakness, oriianic dcbbili
ty, deformities, &c ihnulil Immediately coiuu.lt l)r
Julinsti.il. and b restored to perfect hciillh.
He who place! himself under the tare of !r. Johnston,
may religiously coullde in hi! honor ns n pciillclneii, mid
conlldciilly rely upon his skill as a nil) siciau.
OltlJANlf; WLAKNttfS
i ,in,..ii ..ihi l nml full vleor restored.
This dcieaso is the pi natty most frcpiontly paid by
thoiewho hue heroine the irtlin ol Improper IndiilL'en
cle!. Young person! are loo apt to ruiiui.it excess Iron,
untiring nwurc of the dreadful consequence Unit may
iMiiue. Now, who th.it understands the siibjeit will pre.
t -ii' to deny th.it the power of prnrrentiuu is lost sooner
t,y those fallm8 Into improper h.ilnt! than by the prudent,
llesldci b ins deprived of Hie pleasure ol licnllhyi.il
springs, the most serioui and destructive s) luptoms to
both body and mind arise. The system becomes derang
ed; the pliysiinl and mental powers weakened, in rveus
dibilitv.ljspepsia, pjlpiution of the henrt, indigestion,
waiting of the frame, Cough, tfjmpluins of Coiisump
lion, i.c. , ,
ty oilico, No. 7 pSouTii TnrnaicK HrnctT, seen doors
from ll.iltiu.oru street, i:.isl side, up the steps. He par
ticular in observing the NAMli and MI.Mlll.lt, or )ou
will mistake the place. .
A Cttre It'arrented, or no Charge .Made, i from One to
Two Uant,
NO MERCURY Oil NAUnml'rJ UIIl'HS USED.
1)11. .J.V!'O.V
Member of the Royal College of Hurgcons, at London.
Ilriduate froiuoneof the most euiilielit College of the
United lies, and 111 (.Tenter p.irt of wlioselife has
li-eu spent In thetlrst Hospitals of London, Paris, Phila
delphia and elsewhere, has effected some of the nio.i as
Mulshing cures that were ever known many truuliled
with rinsing In tin head mid cars wh.-u n.leep, sreat
liervntlsn.'ss, being 111 irined lit s.lddcll lils.illid b.tsh-
l lines, w itll fre-plent blushing, attended soiiielimes w till
vl.-ruiiKcuientif iiiin.l, were cured iiiiiuediati ly.
s AUEIITAIS lllri;Arl!.
Wh-n themijauided mid Imprudent votary of pleasure
And! h i h.is imlnli.'d the seeds of tins painful disease, it
too on 'ii happens th.it nn ill timed sense of shame or
dread of discovery, deters him from nppl) lug to llioso
who fri.ni e.luriiHoiiaud respeit.ibilnyi all alone b Irieud
him, delav lug till the con. I ilulloii.iry symptoms ol tins
horrid disease makes their appearance, audi asuh crated
pure thro.tt, diseased nose, uoi turce, pains in the in ltd
An1 limbs, dimness of sight, dwatuess, nodes on the skin
hones, and arms, Mutches on the head, fare nml extreme
ties, proiresiiil with rapidity.till lit ia.t the palate of
the iiiu.ithand bones of the nose fall i I tin' Milimiif
this des ase becomes a horrid objeilofi oisseriition
till death puts a period to his dreadful siillerimls, by si u
iliniflnm to "that bourne from whenre no Iran II, r re
turni " To such, 111 'rcfore, Dr. Johnston pledges liim
selftopresenetlijlilosti'llMoablo secrecy, lllld from his
eitensive pr.Htlre in the rtrsl Hospitals of llurope mid
America, h can confidently reeiotimeiid safe nml speedy
curetoths unfortunate victim of tills horrid disease.
TAKE I'AIITIUUI.AU NOTICE.
Dr. J. nddressei all those who hum injured themselves
by private and improper Indulgences.
These are some of the sad and melancholy ruerts pro
duced by early habits ofjoulh. tlx: Weakness of the
lltckaud l.imbs, 1'aiu in the llend, Himii'ss of rilit
Lois of .Muscular Power, 1'alpitatlnn cit the limit. DjS'
pepiia, Nervous Irratnbillty, Der.uijleuienl ol the Dn;es
iivn ruiictioni,(!elieral Debility, sjniptouiol Coiisiiuip
'MriN r.VI.l.Y. Tho fearful effect! upon the lelnd nre
much to be dreaded, Loss of Mi mory. Confusion of Ideas
Depression of tlio Hpints. Evil I'ori bodliiss. Aversion
of KorL-ty, Tluilt) , Ate., ure some of the ev lis prodtic-il,
ThoUPlilds of persiilt! of Mil uses call nnw Judpe wlmt
is the cause of their decdiiius Itealtli. Eoosius lloir
vigor, hecoinlns weak, pale and eniai iuted, hav ins sin
gular nppearauc libout tho u) es, coujll and v mptoius ol
Colrtion.)vifl tN.VIC0nATIsn U1:MUI)V fou
UIUJAMU WXIAICNK.Srt.
Uy this groat an Umjinrtunt runirdy, wrnkncpi nf ihc
or nan are miwcilily turud, and full iirnr ntoml.
Yhnu"aiiiU of tlm mo-l iutvous mid drbilitiiU'd, who
kAillo all lioju, Ikhh bocn immi'diafly nlnvcd. All
tin p ..tuiu'titi tu .M.irri 120, I'lij iral imd Alriital l)ifiiali
ikntion, irvu'iu lrrdMliilit).Tri'nildiut!imd Wi akm ct.
ur rxlLiusttttioti t( tliu most fearful kind, tjict-dily cured
by Dm tor Juluifton.
Whn liava iniiircd tliitwh by a ri'Mnin irnrttce.
IihIuIclmI in tiu aliinu-aliabit fri"iu'iiU) leanu'd fnurt
frtinitaiiionn, or at mlh.ol-tliu vitfti of ulihli art:
ttiClUly tell, etn wh-'ii ak'c, and if imt ciirrd ni.di-rs
mirrUjr iin)oniihl.), and dvelrojn both mi'id and bodj,
ih'Hild aiid imin-diatily.
U'lui a piity thai uus man. the liopo ofliU roiintry,
and tho darling nfhu imrentit, Mmuld bn t-natihcd fruiu
nit nropt'rtit and fiijnnici.t of lift, by tlm roiiM'iuvii
rs of le i.ititi- from 111" path of natiirf, and jiidntz.Hjj
in a certain nccrtt habit. tuih pcreoiu buturu tun
tern plat in?,
MARni.von
hould reflect that n cotind inhul and body nn the mo
necessary re)uiiitit's to promotu connubial happtni1?
Indeed, without II 100 tho journey through lift' briomoti
n weary jilgriiti.i!;tt the prospect hourly darkens to
(ftp view; the mind becomes shallow cd with despair
eUcd uitb the ilh lunch"!)' n-flctiuii that the li.ippincri
Aif another beromfn blichtcd with our own,
jUPKI(;i; SO, 7 SOUTH FUlinUlUUK ST., Haltimorr, VJ
ALL. SUIIOIUAIj Ol'RUATlONH i'UUFOHMKI).
N. H Lrt no falart i.iodety j)nKt you, but ui'ply
jinmicdiatPlv ('ittuT uiTsuiially or by L tu-r.
ukin ui&i;ahi:h bi'kkiiiia' cukuo.
to whammus.
The many thousand cured at thit iiutitulion within
it!. lint 15 vearn. and ihn nuincrou iinitorlatit Hur"icnl
Operation,) performed by Dr. J ohm; ton, witneNHfd by
tho reporlf i of the papers nnd many othor pf rumu, no
licei of which have appeared again and acnin before the
public, ben de hi Undiu as a gfiUleman nf ihararter
TAKK NOT1CK.
N. It. There uro so many ipnorant nnd wortbleiu
Ouncka advertidns themelves I'livHciana, ruining tho
hfalth of tho alrundy a Oil c ted, that Dr. Jchnflon deems
it nccesnary to ny, especially to tlinsu unai'iuaintcd
with his reputation, that his credentials and riipliwi
alwavs hang in his olhce.
Co Takl Noiut,-All Utters must be pod paid, nnd
contain a postage itanip lor the reply, or no anwcr will
te sent.
MarcltlT, 13CQ.
WATJOAL HOTEL,
(Late White Swan,)
RACE STREET, ABOVU THIRD
PHILADELPHIA.
HENRY UUJLI.MAN, ,,. ,
JOHN llOYUl, J Proprietor!.
CHAR. A. STINK. Clerk.
March 9, liul-liin.
JOSEPH GHEEN, SON &, GO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer! in
OIL 1.0111$, U'lMIO.V SHADES, &C.
Together with n rninplcto variety of cy CAUINUT
WAR)'., at tho lowest Ca.h price!,
NO. 45 NOIITII SECOND STREET,
JOSr.PII GRIXN, 1
WJNJ. GUULN. ( rillLAUCLriKA.
K. JOVKS LErtTCR $
March s, leu 1 am.
"T7'ALL PAPER, WALL PAPER.
T T Jai received from New York a largu and Pu
pcrlor lot of tho nbovo named article lor tho Hprinjt trade
ift ptices ranginj from Ul cents per piece to 75 rent
H, t4V 1. XV IIARTMAXp
Bloombursi Ucb. 33,
FRESH ARRIVAL
7 WW nnilerplEnrd, (frateful for pnt patronaffp, rrsprd
fully Inform hicu-ttimers and the publicpcnernlly,
uint nu ii.ib jhu rect'iveii ironi nil liaitcmc cities, tnu
largest nnd iuot select stock of
SPUING AND SU.MMEIl
That lia ytt been opnned In Ilhminbur!r, to which be
Invites thu attention of liU friends, and asFtiru then,
that they nre cir.red for snhj nt (treat bargainn, lllx
tilock comprises a Inru nsportmcnt of
ui;.ti.v;mi:ns wiiAniNa ArrAiir.L,
Confuting of FtuovAniF. DnpfKiCotT, of every den
rrlptlon; rantu, Vi'sts, Hlilrts, Cravats Stuck n, Cotton
IlaudkcrchlefM, l!love. SnpeiidcrB, Sec.
GOLD WATCHES
.JEWELRY,
Of every deicrlptton, fine nnd cheap.
N. I!, Remember .owenberg" Chrap Kmyrinm,'"'
call and see. No chare! for examine flood.
1IAVIU LOWllNUimd.
lUoom-burp, March 2, left, (Jue 1H.V.I.)
UUUUk',
A. J. SLOAN,
II
7 AS Just received, direct from I'liil.idelphla and ew
1 oik, n very uioico itssuiiiui-ni i
l' AJili AiSl) WJiNTJ'ilt UUU1JS,
nlmoi.1 i.verv new-fabric which has been manufactured
for Hprlujr and aiiiniuir. ns well lis the usual assortment I
of STAPLE GOODS of superior qualities will be found
in variety, and at prices ns low- as similar gouds can be ,
purchased elsewhere. I
Ills an ensV innlt! r to find foods nl n low- prire, hilt
ns n oeiieral rule, they nre just as low iinpinlit), lint to ,
Bet n tJood arllrle atii very low price Is s tlii.12 rare, i
audi an opportunity, nowevcr, u twereu 10 noj w"
mav vvtiiit ...
Diir noons. ococwift
UJIItniMRR, qUKllXSIIJIKt:,
(JAJJ.ii ir.lllhl. Hill,
iJll.T, $r., ,r.
(ty Cull and see, ,15
country piioinjci: "Anti:d.
lllnoni!liuri;, October li, IcWI.
'Et -(PI
si
r tnL ..Un.npd t.i inC.Piiitnrr vmi that t linvp riiuOVI'd
I frnnNo. in Xorth Second tftreit, to that large mid ,
spacious flu re I
Ao. liJO Noith Second Stmt, t,bvt Arch
Opposite the Mount Vernon Ilntd, where I will rarry on
the Importation and Jobbing lmins f i
7 07S, !
Of nil kinds, l'lpes, Sepnr Tubes, T.,l,wrn& Hnu'.r I'nx-
es, Canes, I'hessiuen. Ilomll s. t'l.r k-jnunnon Hoards,
and Fancy tloods in all vnrletie!, on n larirer si nle iliun
heretofore. Also tin. iii.inufaclurc of I'LAOrt mid Pic
ture Alphabf t l!!orks.
A! reenrtls pri.i's and quality nf floods I nm uri' to i
civ-e entire satisfaction to nil who may favor u.e with
tin lr nr.Ii-ra.
joiis nni.L,
No. 12(1 Xorlh Siioud ritrect.
March 2, lA!t-3iii.
WIIOLHriALr. AND lir.TMI.
REDDING AND FE TUK11 WAUH
1I0USK, No.Ii Xorlh S-cond Street, Opp .-lie Chri-t Chun h,
l'lULADELl'lllA
ry Con.talilly on hand, a lars ' ni.ort iieut of Iteils.
.Mattresses, Paillasses. Cilsliioiis, Hair. Husk, Catlail,
and nil nrtii les in the Hue at lh" Lowest Prices.
A, ii I'nrtieular attention patd to rcnorutni Xtwand
Old heather:
Man hi lil-l.'ni.
RICH AND ELKO AN l'
CARPETS.
P.O. rOCLK, No.3.-, Norlh Sr.rOMl i Street, opposite
Christ Chutch. invites the parti, iilar atlentiuii of tit r I
i hunts nnd others to his very large un.l cl.gant assort
ment of I
c.iipr.T.-i. oil ci.otiih..
just received from the most ei libniled inaiiuf.l. lories of.
Ltiropenuu Alntrien iii.iuoiiib inline iii-wvsi piuerus
I'Xlntll, vvliirh will be sold at n very small ii.lvanei' on
cost. Call nnd ('famine 'iiiulitv slj le and prices before
purchnsiiipoln'w here llemei.tln r.
lo Xi Nnrlh Serund r-lreit. I'liiladilphia
Match 3, lfiit-3in.
ITnTidsi'Tv't'es hotel, 1
AM) ,
GKNERAL STARU OTIMCE. 1
r.Hiw rr.x.: !
WE'l.DY ct LEVITT, I
I'norniRioR.
Pa spencers in Hie Phitidelphia Mail "I rain voinj;
Soutti.sTtid Hliniri Mail Train v.. 1112 North. ,
t)fJVK at te tlmfcrl Mote Hotel VViwiiiyifl Pa. .
Mnrtli 2, le.il-l'.'ni. (Mditn li.fl W ) j
GMOUOK II. HOKKltTS,
i.Mi'(tim:u and im:ai,i:u iv
m a n; m w a e 1 T
CUTLERY, GUNS, 10.
Nos. 235 and 237 Vorili Third Street,
PIIIIiADUU.E'ISa..!.
a, r. ti!Piniaoc(!ii,
JNO, A I 1 t N.
A. V. CIIESURROUGII ct CO.,
3? O 31 K 5? A C ,K E 55 s' j
co.v.vssjo.v MERCiMXTs -V iruoi.ri.iu:
fKALLIl! IN
I'isli, Cheese, a nil Frnvixioiis,
10 North IVIiarv,'!. nbove Market ft.
Tacking ami Curing House, plh mid Keed pis..
I'HILAIir.LI'IIIA.
August 4, 16(,0-13m.
GIB aONS
DKCOItATIVK KSTUIMSIHIKNT.
No. 125, South Eleventh Street near Walnut,
Knaiucled 01aas, I'ri'sco, Uil and Ilncauniic I'alnliug
Jons flin-ox. (3, II. (itifO.N,
J.uiuar) li, Uul 3in .
UMIHtKTiLAS AXD PAKASOLS.
THH Piibttrnber. iiiaimfarturrr nf I'murh i.s fV I'ar
)ioi.4,im Hen the aiti-iilioii if merthants to bis 111'artf
cd rtorunnd superior stoik.
J05i;i'ii rrPHin.i.i
Nfs. c 4, orth Mini. rilll.ADLLI'illA.
March1.', Irdl yio.
(bnL IHole IloriL.)
THIRD STREET A HOVE RACE,
11IIILADELPIIIA.
IMIOARS, & S,lutR, Proprietors.
T1I.UIIM.N Y. Ilosns, formerlynf Ihe Nalional Hotel
t.'iiiKL.! Hsiton, foruii rly of tfchu)lkill Co. ra.
Marrli'.', leiil l.'ui.
rjUIE PENNSYLVANIA HOTEL,
wwtif, MOfnwH cov.wr, r.t.
Iliitcrtaiiiinciit for Maiiuud lleast, in good st)lo
and at moderate rates.
iii:oi:ui: w. i niiK.i:, rmpiicior.
Danville March, S, Idel.
jERCIIANTS' HOTEL,
1G No.th Fourth Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
C, M'KIBBEN t S0H, rroprleiou
March 1, ISCl.-j
(Diininal llciclt'ii
sv W
Written for tie Columbia Dtmotrat,
A POEM.
'Tvva! midnight, in n dismal room,
Replete With misery nnd gloom,
Knelt n pale mother from whuse sunken e)c
Looked out the spirits wild, deep agony ;
Upturned, her face lofcarfiilfy white,
Upraised, her hand! as if to stay the blight ;
She prays "(lod spare lilin jit a little while tome,
What wfcre one angel moretothec?
My way is alt so dark and lonely father hear,
(live me this little one my darkened life to cheer,'
The half spent lamp sends utit u sickly Klare,
As through the t.rukcu casement iwccps the !Ummer
uir i
It throws a ghastly light upon the dying child,
And filled Hie dismal room withspettri'! wild,
Thv mother heed! not how the wierd shadows play,
She only sees her d) iug boy and strives to pray.
-Morning arose; the sunny calmness of u bright June
sky
Looked down on earth, and the soft sigh
Of sweet breuthed zcph)rs ltdeit with perfume
lolc through Hie catement as to chase the gloom
From olflhal mother's brow, u.td leaven Irace
Of the culm sleep of peace upon the dead boy's face.
None was there, word! of comfort or of hope to spunk,
Or wipe the burning tear from oir thu mother's check.
Man) the glad heurts on that summer morn,
Hut some were bowed vv ilh woes loo heavy to be borne.
One there w us upon that morn so passing fair
'lli.it marked nut nature's benul), bin in w resiling
irnjer
Knelt, seeking, hut to say in humbl.'iicss "Thy will be
done,
Not mine, O Lordl lakewh.it iho.i gavcsl, this little
one
The hours pass on, and still site kneels in sup plicallng
prayer,
Phe prajsfur rtrcngth logive him up, her buy so fair ;
And now biliuldl the long sought victory's won,
In meek subiui.sivchess she sas " God's will be
done I"
'Tv- as midnight In another home, a palaco fair,
Among the downy pillows, strewed with golden hair,
There lay another little one, a fair, svve.l boy,
In whom was wrapped all of a mother's Joy
Dying, naught cun avail, uur skill nor love untold
Can hold that young life back from Death's enfold ;
Nurull tho prd),rs and tears can briba cold death to
spare
The liltle one that lay In anguish there.
The cO'tly, perfumed laper showed his senl was set
On that young brow dump even now w ilh death's cold
sweat
Deep is the mother's u nil and sad, for this her darting
oil",
Her proud h.-arl cannot, will not, say "Thy will be
done."
Kind friends in vain speak words of hope and cheer,
Wli.it is life uuw to her sine- lie must die, the one ol all
so dear f
Th -slime sunbeam th.it looked upon the widow's dead
Mule through thu cosll) rlirl.uus f.11 across the bed.
Wh -re lay in loviliuass and death thu chll I of pride
and wealth,
And tinged his lips ns with a glow- of health.
'J'h h.iughly moth r saw-the widow's dead go slow)
y.
And clitfed, that like that pauper child h-;r boy tnu.l
HI11 knew nut they had enl.'red heaven Willi ela.piii
hand,
Th 1 pauper child ami hers, to join the angel baud.
New Berry, April In,
Il'rom II11 Chii.tlnas number of fie Welcome finest
My First Happy Christmas.
"All the other boys at Dr. Martinet's
Ril.-ton Kag.-ler, in tho county of York,
had i'riemls and relations ; all tho otlici
boys went home for holidays ; all tho oth
er boys had mothers who came to sec them
and who cried when they hail the measles,
ami brought them sponge-cakes and oran-go-',
and tent them great hampers loaded
with plum cakes, almondi, and raisins,
pork pies, hard hake, Stilton cheese, and
dry, withered apples, and lovely sleepy
pear.-; all tho other boys wrote great stilf
missives to their 'honored parents,' en
thick poat paper, that were called holiday
le ters, but which looked like reprieves, or
chancery suits, or indictments for high
treason, or last wills nnd testaments, or
something crpjally awful ; all the boys,
except the two Hrct Indian pupils and
myself The two West Indian pupils nev
er wrote to their parents, because their
parents were in ucmcrara, ami i suppose
tho postage was too expensive ; I never
wrote to mine, because they were
''When I was a very, very litllo fellow,
scarcely able to remember anything, I re
member being drcsaed in black. I liked
it, tho black, because it came oft' upon my
hands, and transformed 1110 for the time
being into '.1 man and a brother.' I re
member being tnken into a churchyard, in
some great city (a churchyard so chokeful
of tombstones, that it seemed almost a won
der that they didn't run over tho low walls
and tumble into tho street,) by a lady,very
young and I think very pretty, (I know I
liked to look at hcr,bccauscshc was bright
and radiant, like some lovely picture, and
always seemed as If.ho would fade away,)
and dressed in black like
mvsclf I re
member her sitting down by one of the
tombstones, aud taking mo in her amis,
and telling mo, in a very low voice, for sho
was crying all the while, that I could nev
er havo such friends in tho world as wero
lying buried here; that I could never kuow
such love below heaven as was lost to me
below this Iittlo spot of earth i and that if
over, when I grow to bo a man, I had any
thoughts of doing a mean or a wicked ac
tion I was to coinc first to this spot, and
read that which I could not read now,
This ladv. I havo learned since, was niv
auut. Like all the brightest thingi I havo
ever known in this life, she went out of it
very soon after this, and I vroro black
frocks till I was seven years old I was
sent to Dr Marttinct's, at RiUton Kagttcr
in tho East Riding of Yorkshire.
"I have no fault to find, looking back
through the vista of a groat many check
ered years, I havo no fault to find with
Dr. Martinet. Wo wore, on tho wholo,
very happy at Rihton Kngftcr. Wo had
a good deal of roast mutton ; a cood deal
of boiled mutton; and a good deal of a very
suspicious fluid, which was supposed to bo
milk-and-water . a good doal of propria
qitm mnribui, 'Pinnock's Goldsmith,' 'En
field s Speaker,' hair-cutting, and church.
Twice every Sunday did wo inarch down
tho centre aisle of St Mary's church, Ril
ston Kagstcr, and twice every Sunday did
wo take notes of tho vicar's or curate's dis
course, to bo r-'produccd in our own form,
as our evening's amusement and edification.
It's my private opinion, that both tho vicar
and the curato thoroughly detested uti.
Imagino four and thirty boys glaring at
you all tho time you preached, and four-and-thirty
pencils sciibb ing your words
down on scratchy papcr,almost before they
dropped out of your mouth. 1 hat's what
the curato and the vicar, I mean the vicar
and tho cura'o, had to endure every Sun
day from Dr. Martinet's pews. But, on
the whole, I say I was not unhappy. Du
ring tho half years lessons, and half year's
exercises, the half year's ptojuia rjiia:
"ttiiiiuH and 'Enfield s Speaker, 'bad marks
and good marks, stolen feasts in dimly.
hguted dormitories, pnsoucr's base, and
fly tho garter,in the great bare playground
I was tolerably happy. Rut Christmas
that Chrisrmas to which th'rty-ono out of
four-and-thirty boys looked forward with
such rapture; Christmas, that for those
thirty-one young persons, meant homo and
lovo and roast turkeys and unlimited wedg
es of rich plum pudding, smothered with
brandy sauce, and handt'uls of chestnuts,
and piles of golden oranges, and bilious
attacks, and kisses under the mistletoe frou
pretty cousins, and blindmau's hurt's, and
hunt the slippers, and so many, many glo
rious things, which to myself and tho two
pupils from Demerara were nothing but
-.trange words ; Christmas was a sad, and
a cruel, and a bitter time."
"Well, oho particular Christmas day
L have a special reason for remembering
It was a fine, clear, frosty day ; such a
Christmas day as I don't remember of late
years a da which has gone out of fashion
I think, along witli blue coats and brass
buttons, stage coaches, watchmen, five-act
comedies, and the agricultural interest.
A very cold day, too, a not-to-be-triflcd
with, thorough-going December day. The
West Indian pupils were as red about tho
tips of their noses as We t Indian pickles
of tho Chili nature. Wo shivered all church
time, in the long, bare, lonely pew, with
tho draught from the door cutting tho fig
ure of eight between our poor little legs,
and wo alternately scratched and blew up
on the chilblains on our hands, except
when tho Doctor looked at us, when by a
powerful cfibrt of nature, we sat preternat
urally still, and tried to look as if wo were
warm, and had never .shivered in our lives,
Now, opposite to our pew was situated tho
pew of a retired naval officer, of tho name
of Bowster. I have reason to believe sinco
that ho was a half-pay lieutenant ; but I
know we all of us thought at Dr. Martin
et's thai he was an admiral at the very
least, and that even then, ho had been
neglected by Government in not being
something still higher. Drake, Nelson, and
Bowster, were all wo knew of naval he-
rocs
anu jjowsicr was our lavorue oi tno
If anybody had told us that he
three.
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Nelson could have won that victory with
out him, or that every man could have
done his duty, and cuic up to the expec
tations of England without him, I do not
think that person's life would havo been
worth much. Wo believed, I repeat, in
Bowster; ho was red, aud stout, and jol
ly, aim naa a wooueu leg, ana, except in
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church. m;ver was seen without n ttilcsconr-
, , '. a taff ftt co,
three miles out of Rilston Kagstur, and ho
sworo very much, aud talked in a loud,
gruff voice; and, moreover, had tho rep
utation of being able to drink any man in
tho East Riding under the tablo, and get
up sober himself; so he entirely cauio up
to our idea of the naval commander, and
wo worshipped him accordingly,
"Now I remarked that on this particu
lar Christmas day, Admiral (I shall take
tho liberty of giving him tho titlo which I
( then thought belonged to him,) Admiral
Bowster btarod durinc tho best part ol hia
ecrvico hu very hardest and ho was a
good starer at myself and the West In
dia pupils ; and once, when tho church
was coldest, and the wind was cutting the
figure of eight most ferociously in and out
between our legs, ho (IJowstcr) in the very
middlo of tho vicar's sermon, winked de
liberately at us three boys. Nobody but a
man who had fought hand to haud with
six lTcnchmcn at a time, at tbc battle
of Trafalgar, could have dono such a
thing. My admiring consternation put mo
into quite a glow of hcat,and my chilblains
were easier for the rest of tho sermon.
Rut this was nothing. Ticturo my aston
ishment, and tho astonishment of the two
pupils from Dcmcrara,when, as wo were
leaving the church yard, after exchanging
the compliments of the season with our ro
spected preceptor, tho great Rowstcr sud.
denly exclaimed, in his most stentorian
voice, 'should you havo any particular ob
jection, Doctor, to my taking thoso three
young ones homo with 1110!' Wo wcro
three young ones but he could not mean us;
it was something too dcliciously delighful
to be believed at tho first gasp. Wo all
three held our breaths. 'These boys?'
said tho doctor, interrogatively. 'These
boys sir,' replied 'Bowster, affirmatively,
giving me such a slap upon tho shoulder,
that I can recall the tingle of it as I speak
this moment; but, for all that I liked it.
'These boys, Doctor. My trap's waiting
tor mo; 1 11 drive them over to my cottage
give them their Christmas diuner,and send
Scrothcr home with them before ton to
night. Say yes, if tho youngsters would
like to go,' If tho youngsters would like
to go.' Wo were all thrco crimson in the
face with surprcssed delight and suspense.
It couldn't bo true, even now. Dine with
Rowstcr! Spend Christmrs day with
Rowstcr 1 No, no ; it was too wild a
dream 1 Tho Doctor said he had no ob
jection. No objection, indeed ! No ob
jection to saving three plates of beef, and
three slices of plum pudding, and three
half pints of the most diminutive beer by
the transaction I should rather think
not.
"Jump in then, boys," said tho noble
Rowstcr, "aud 1 11 drive you home at such
a rate that you won't know whether the
frosty wind's hot or cold. Jump in 1"
"Wo were at tho gate of tho church
yard, and everybody was coining out of
church, but we set up such a shout of do
light as our feeble luugs would allow us,
as the most glorious of naval commanders
hoisted us into his old rumbling four-wheel
chaise, and with one smack of his whip,
and ono jerk of tho reins, started his fat
brown waddling pony into a fast trot. It
was as much as wo could do to lift our
caps to the Doctor, standing at the church
yard ato, before wc were far away on tho
whito country road, flying past the glitter
ing, frosty, icielo-fringed hedges, aud nod'
ding to tho red faced farmer and fat farnv
crs' wives, d li.ingpast us in market carts,
crowded with rosy children, going to spend
Christmas day in the town.
Before we wcro fully alive to the rapture
of the ride, tho ride was over, and we were
there. There, at tho pretty cottage, with
tho old fashioned low windows, and deep
window scats, tho bright red cuitains, and
curious cabinets, crowded with South sea
Slie;iis unci utvau nuiiucia. diuliuu i.ui.ic:.ii
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birds, and curious seaweeds ; Indian china
t.ti. .ja i..rr..,i
and Chinese ivory boxes, which nobody
ever opened, nor which anybody opening
could ever shut.
Tho dear pretty cottago, with the stufTed
crocodile in tho hall, shot by the gallant
Rowstcr ever so far bevond the second
J cataract 0f tho Nile ; the oil paintings of
,;i3oWSicr aud Mrs. Bowster .dead and cone
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1 cndtr , old us; the nrcttv draw - in; -
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v,room, ana tuo liny uining room, wiin uio
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table clisteimiK with bright diamond cut
glass, and old fashioned silver ; and, above
all, Bowster himself, radiant and red, and
loud and hearty, stumping here and there
with his glorious wooden leg, and telling
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I v;, cUv ,.;cco an(i housckcenor how his
Lcar, had t,een mov0(1 bv our red noses
anij yM 00Vs in the narish church, and
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ilaB ""uiue oi iuu tsurniuii, iu iun,u m iiuiuu
with him to diuner ; 'and that was when I
winked at you, boys, aud that was the
reason I winked at you,1 tho jolly old sea
man roared out, as ho told his pretty nieco
and housekeeper (she was very proud of
being his housekeeper) to tako caro of us
whilo he weet to sco after tho wine,
"Tho last tirao I was in Rilston Kag
ster, I rode down to have a look at this
dear old cottago ; but alas 1 it wis no mdrc;
they wore buildiug a groat grim Elizabeth
an workhouse on tho sito of tho old thatched
roofed, cabled, ramblinir, tumblo'down,
hospitablo place ; and all I could learn of
Admiral Rowstcr was from a certain stone
record in the parish church, set up by liik
grateful, affectionate, and sorrowful niece.
"But, as I tell you of these things, they
ccmo back to mo, nnd I am a boy in a
jacket again; and hero is dear old Bow
ster coming back to tho dining-room, with
a bottle in each hand, and another bottle
under each arm, and a corkscrew in his
mouth. He took tho corkscrew out of his
mouth, and set to work to use that instru
ment with a will. 'This,' ho said, as ho
drew cork number ono, 'is Madeira, boys,
and Madeira's a very goo! thinginits way,
especially when it has mado the distance
between England and Calcutta three times
as this Madeira has, boys ; and this, boys,
is Port,' ho continued, drawing cork num
ber two, 'and Port is no bad stuff cither
when it's Comet Port of tho year 18 ,
and has been brought at tho sale of a
marquis's cellar; aud this, boys,' ho ad
ded, going on to number thrco, 'is French
brandy, as mild as milk, and as pale as
liast Indian bottled beer ; and number
four, boys, is Schiedam ; and that's all
boys, and you shall taste them every one
(to say nothing of tho rum punch my little
girl hero shall help mo to brew by and-by)
beforo you go homo to-night."
"We drew our breath again; wo had
heard of the wonderful kingdom iu which
suckin" pics run about ready roasted, with
knives and forks stuck in their cracklings,
but wo thought that Admiral Rowster's
cottage rather surpassed it if anything.
And oh, the dinner 1 such a dinner, and
such a long dinner 1 Only tho Admiral,
and his pretty niece, with a very young
lieutenant, who sat next to her, and had
so much to say to her that he didn't care a
kit, foolish fellow, for all the good things
smoking before him. Only, I say, the
Admiral, his niece, the young lieutenant,
an old navy surgeon from Rilston Kagstcr,
and we throe boy3 1 Such a dinner I Roost
becfl So big a sirloin, that I could not sec
the Admiral sitting behind it, but only
heard his voice acros it, gruff and loud,
making the very bunches of horseradish
tremble with its manly thunder. Roast
beef, and boiled turkey with oyster sauce,
and tongue, and a monster plum pudding,
all ablaze with burnt brandy, and a great
dish of mince pics, ablaze with more bran
dy, so that the second courso looked like
the opening scene in a pantomino, all blue
fire and forked flame. And the dear old J ace ' "ial joyous time into a palo
Admiral piling up our plates with, first an(1 saddened mourning visage, terriblo to
beef aud then turkey, plum pudding on tho look upon, and far too terrible to recall !
top of mince pies, and mince pics on a . ut nevor, never while I live, shall I for
stratum of plum pudding ; and never do fit that 25th of December, and that glo
sisting till wo cried out that wo had a bit us old Bowster roaring out the bravo
of everything, and had undono the last seafaring ditty, in his great, honest, bass
button of our Sunday black cloth waist-
coats.
"Oh, such a diunor t Wo drank Madeira
as quite a common beverage ueloro wo
li.nl rlnnn. nnd cverv limn wo drank the
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Ailnm-ril's innltli. wo cried. 'Ihn. Inn.
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llUlfUU i eill wu iliauu luu jJluic-a uuu cuBic-
CS rattle again. I know the navy surgeon
once ventured to suggest that Madeira was
' rather a trying beverage for school-boys ;
but dear old Bowster, put him down, by
' asking him whether ho disliked Madeira
i when ho was a school-boy 1 Which retoit
wo thought tho very highest order of wit
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.iiiu (ii.iiiuuuuii nil vvu dhuuu. sue; eauie;,
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whilo tho Admiral went to get another
: bottle. Good gracious me 1 wo were gen-
orally such shy boys, that to say good day
I to us was to iufiict upon us the greatest
moral tortarc, if you expected us to bid
you good morrow in return ; but under tho
influence of Bowster. and Bowster s Ma-
dcira, nnd Rowster's plumpudding and
I burnt brandy, wo became three lions; and
wo "old the company over dessert (as well
1 as wo could, with our mouths alternately
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ni' "'" eucamui.,, ujjj, i,uj
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raisins, macaroons aud oranges) oar opin-
, ion of Dr. Martiuct and tho Latin gram-
, war, aud tho Martinet
' great quantity of lean ;
mutton, and tho
and wc told them
our views of life in general, and how wo
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! meant to be sailors, every ono of us ; and
I know I informed tho Adtnira', kindly,
! that when I had a ship which ot courso
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I should, a year or so after entering tho 1
uavy that I should call it the Bowster
the Gallant Bowster. And this simple,
truthful, honest hero worship, welling
straight up from a schoolboy's happy heart
so gratified tho dear, hearty, generous
seaman, that ho tapped a special bottle of
tho dead and gone Marquis of Something "s
Port, that wo might christen his' Majesty's
ship tho Gallant Beiwstcr, with all tho
honors. 4
"Now, I began to expedience so peculiar
a sensation that I find some little difficulty,
at this distanco of time, in describing it to
you correctly. In tho first place, ray ideas
of time and tpacc were cntiraly over-
thrown, and I had great difficulty in ma
king myself quite clear as to. whether to
day. Then Bowster goodness me 1 how
waTy and fluctuating Bowster became in
his personal appearance. Ono moment
Bowster would recede from mo and from
his owir mahogany a scr rapid a rate, that
when I looked a him I saw liim glaring
dimly at mo from the furfberst end of a
lane of decanters and black bottles, half
a mile long at tho least. This was rather
bewildering ; but this was nothing to Bol
ster, wnen, Instead of receding, ho advan
ced upon rnc with a frightful degreo of
velocity, like a jolly red railway engino,
bearing down upon me at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. And then tho West In
dian pupils. If thej would havo been
tho samo number for two con'cculivo rain
utos, I would have forgiven them ; but
they wouldn't. One minute, there they
were, screno and smiling, rather pale, but
very happy, and only their normal num
ber, two; tho next time I looked at them
there wero four of them at tlio least; and
three minutes afterwards, theso dreadful
boys swelled, dilated, and multiplied in
such a manner that I found myself faco
to face with a closely packed regiment of
yellow-faced and frizzy-haired natives of
the Island of Demerara, formed in square.
"I think we went into the drawing room J;
and I know that, in crossing the hall some
body, whoso name I forgot, fell into a scut
tle of coals; and, strange to say, my shins
wcro soro all the evening ; and then tho
Admiral's niece sang ns a song, such a
sweet, pretty song, about lovo and truth
and fidelity, which tho young lieutenant
said was the sweetest that was ever written;
but as she sang it, it all of a sudden
changed into tho 'Bay of Biscay,' and
there was the dear old Admiral leading
the chorus, and we1 singing at the top of
treble voices, how 'she lay, all tho day, in
thobay-eo (that's how wo sang it, tho
bayco) 0 of Biscay, oh !' Oh I dear, hap.
py, ncvcr-to-bo-lorgotton Christmas'. How
many changes and chances have 1 experi
enced since that departed time 1 How
many a sad December, how many a bitter
grief, to take the brightness out of tho
glistening holly, and the sweetness out of
tho rich plum-pudding ; to make a turkoy
an abomination, and all tho jolly, festive
sounds so many strokes unon a funeral
M11 1 How many a cruel shook, to change
voice, never more to be heard on this sido
of the stars.
"Rut beforo ho had dono sincinji tho
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ul "i-ay, we were iar awayonina
dark starless, suowy country road. How
of vu.i- luvi. JC UU.C UV.1C1 LCI LUIS UUV
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clt.-eflVltl'OU I flllL t ism Tea worn IntHrl . rl
, uui lucru we wero,
close together, and wrapped in ono of tho
Admiral's great coats, aud driven in the
lour-wheelcd chai.-o by the Admiral's con
fidential man, Jacob Scrothcri Jacob
Scrothcr didn't say a word to us ; and
though I kuow I wanted dreadfully to
talk to him, and tell him all about his
majesty's ship, the Uallant Bowster, some
how the words dried up, as it wcro, and
stuck to my lips, aud 1 couldn't tell him
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anything; and alter ridtug for a space of
time wuicl, soaucd to me somcthinc be-
tween a century aud a century and a half,
Scrothcr pulled up with a sudden jerk, and
t0i mo to ct out'
' j 1 remonstrated ; at least I
haJ aj,coulaar Jnsaioh lean .fnly
eomtiaro to tlm TTIo-liflviT mnil nnnr-l, out.
side aud inside passengers, coachman and
guard, and four horses to say nothing of
-os-av u" '"J -"'.
P(assc,?f ?. !?
'"J su.wns, ..Mu j. buuiuu li oiivan. o. uuiu,
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So I tumbled into fortv-seven. Into fortv-
seven! Into forty-seven millions of squaro
nines oi noiuing. j.uio loriy-ieven tracic-
lv:s r-'a.ms oi space, am i, ooaracr ana
PJP'I Ur; Martinet . IWiton Kagstcr,
mil, ou luuiug iulu uutuuer lorty seven.
" 'A little salts and senna, and he'll bo
all right,' said a voice at tho bottom of
number forty-seven. It was tho voice of
Martha Morris, the young person who
ii..j.c. i: i . j i.
ooked after our linen, mended our socks,
and washed our heads, at Dr. Martinet's
academy.
"I was in bed, in tho eight-Lcddcd room,
and it was to-morrow morning ; and I'd
never been to St. Mary's church-yard at
all; and I had been brought homo by
Jacob Scrother fast asleep, and safe and
sound, but rather the worse for Madeira,
Port, and turn punch. But a dose of salts
aud senna mado mo all right again, and
the Admiral promised tho doctor that he'd
bo a great deal more cautious another time.
And as long as I stayed at Rilston Kag
stcr, which was for fivo more years, I
spent my Christmas day at the dear old
hospitable cottago, aud eat ray Christmas
dinner off Admiral Rowster's loadod and
groaning mahogany."