COLUMBIA
4
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
42EVI L. TATE, EDITOR.
"TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TOROn OP TllUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH."
TERMS: 82 00 PER ANNUM
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, MAY U, 1864.
VOLUME 28,
DEMOCRAT
, MIV
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1(4,.
ISO i. 1864.
PHILADELPHIA k EUIE
9 A I & SI O A
'.i Tills great lino traverses llio Northern and North
fecit rnuiiticd of rcBiifylvnnln to tlio city of l'.ne, on
Lake Urio.
Itbmi been leaned liy tlio Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, and under llicir nuaptcea J being rnpldly
opened throughout it entlro length,
tl l IK..V In use for Passenger nnd freight business
from llarrisburg to rjiiporluni, (1M lulled) on thollast
rrn Division, nml frniu ShethcldtoKrio(7fcIinllcs)oittho
Western division,
T1MK or I-iSSSSCIEIl TltttNa XT MORTItCUDRRLAtin.
Mall Train leaves, East U l A. M.
Express Train " " 10 57 1'. M
Mall " " West 5 -H "
llxpross 7 It) A.M.
tjars run tlirnugli without nunnt both way on thesa
grains between Philadelphia nnd Lock Ilaven, nnd
cllaltlinnro and Lock. Haven. Now nnd elegant Bleep
Ting Cam nccntiipaniiii; tlio Kxpress Train both way
:clweon Willlauisport and llulliniurc, and Williams
"port nnd I'lillndclplila.
JijlFor Information respecting Passenger business, ap
Tfclyottho S. E. I'or. Iltli and -Market His.
2aMu fur freight biislncssnf tlio Company's Agents
"fiB. II. Kingston, Jr., Cnr.iath nnd Mnrket Bts., Phll'n
J. W. Keloids, Eric.
STJ.M. Drill. Agent N. C. It: XI., Ilnltlinnre.
111. II. Houston, (ion'l. freight Agt . Philadelphia.
Wlj.oMH I.- Iloupt, (Jen'l. Ticket Act 1'lillndelphia.
.Joseph I), l'olts, Gcli'l. Mnnngor.Wlliiumsport.
wUIay7 1811.
llackawamia & Dloomsimrg Itailroni?.
o
V AND Al'TUR JAM. la. 1301. PAHSP.NGllll
TllAINS WIM, RUN A3 FOLLOWS.
MOVING SUUT II.
I'asicnger.
Javo
.v "
Berantnn,
(sir. m.
ni
p,
C35
V.IS
0.35
s.nn a.m.
P.40
u,:i.5
15.12 r. M
Kingston
h-nomsburg ....
X- " llupcrt,
Danville, ....
Arrlvu at Northumberland,
MOVISfi NORTH
;Invo Nortliuniburlaiid,
uave
5
Danville,
Rupert, j
Klooiiiehurs . T
. ' Klnmtou, ' '
Arrive ut tier.-' .
y,.i- ...on,
-.iitc rn,,.ni l,nves ninomsburg, 10.15 A.M.
I''l..-nrar tnkhiL' llio Mull Train South ennm-cl vtltli
1.31)
the Eipruss train from Nnrlh'd, arriving at llarrisburg
wl 2.3U A. M., Ilaltimoro 7.00 A. M., nnd at Philadelphia
iat 7.U9 A. M. The Mnil train from Northumberland
-loaves ir.iniedlalely after the- Kxprim train from liar
Ishurg nnd Haltlmoro, allow inz Passenvarn lenvin?
J'liilailclplii.1 nt IU.4K I'. M. to reach puitit on this road
.Curing thH next forenoon,
' Hew h rid iterant Wecpim: ears ac-.otupmy thi tilslil
train cash ivay between Northuinlterland und Haiti
nori, and Northuuiberlaud and I'IiII.tk IiiIiii.
II. A. Fonda, fupt,
J. (.'.Wells, Om7 'Oetel 4'el.
Klnsstnn, January 3D, Iti.-l.
T"
National Foundry.
BLOOMSIJUHG, COLUMBIA CO., PA.
VfMIE sulucrlber, proprietor f.f tin; nbove named pt
X tensiv.! establishment. Is now prepared to rceeira
frde'rs for ,
- MS KliuN of Jilntiiiiicry,
?Vir Collsrlos. Illast Furnatos, Ptallnnary Eogia-s, Mills
THRESHING MACIIINPH. M . g.
!t Is nlf-n prparil to make f loves, all slr.'s an. I
patterns, plnvt-ironi, und everything usually madn In
.trst-cliiss Fouiiilrli-H
f. His extensive facilities nnd prartiesl workmen, war
Jjsntt hint iu rt'C.itliu the largest contracts on tlio
"Jsno.t rxmoiiaMii li-rini.
p aV" Grain of all kinds will be taken In exchange for
t IT Th's nstalili'lnnent Is 1ne.-i.ml near the l.atkawan
'1ai- IlloomBburelluilroad Depot. ,,.,,...
tlKnnisbnrs, fpt. 15, IP03
I'UIIiA lill.l.Ml.t nu
i. i. aov)
JSbw Drug Stor:
WHOLESALE AND 11ETAIL
rplin iindcrigned would intorrr- tueir irienin ami llio
A public gi'iiiiraliy.tiiai mey nivp ibmii un siauu inr
sncrly occupied by G o. llnnenhuch, iu Ihn Exclmngo
lluilding, on Main street, iu llloounburi'. where hn has
Jutt rccciveu f'1" supply of
HDruM, Medicines, 5aisai. til,
Which will ha s-dd on moderate terms for ready pay.
; Also, NOTIONS generally, of every variety, sort and
'rh'ylcinn.' pri'reriptlons carefully compounded, at
all Ilium nnd on blmrt notice.
WlC" Coiifectinnciy of the best selections, and r-nda
Water in season.
a shaio of tho public custom is respectfully so.
..(J?"0'1, EYKU !- MOYEtt.
moflnisbarg. April 11. 1E83.
A THE NEW OHOOEHV STORE.
MOllE FUESII GOODS.
S Jiiat received at EiusmHi1 AVw Sfare.
Molasses,
Kucars.
a Toa
uonco,
Rico,
Spires,
HaTs and Caps,
Fish,
Ball,
Tobnceo,
Sogars,
Candies,
Pazcns,
FEED AND PROVISIONS.
-'tiiSf Together with a great variety of notions and steels-
ISS, lUO lltlllH.('-Mn ,l, ,i,u,t..u..
sj.rt"7-nutter. Kirs s. Meat and produce generally taken
Tn exchango fur goods,
n. ii, j.uAOjiun.
Cloomsburg, May 0, 1F6I,
V NORTH I'ENTHAIi RAILU'AY.
Summer Time Table.
TWO TI1AINB DAILY to nnd from tho North and
West llraurli of tin) Susquehanna, Elmira, and all of
Worthern New York.
ON nnd after Monday, April 20th IHiiS'th" l'assc-nger
Trains of the North Central llnilway uill arrive- at
and depart from Suiibury, llarmburg, and lliiltimore
as follows, vit:
B O U T II W A It D .
Mall Train leaves Suuhury dally (except
Sunday) 10.10 a. in.
leaven Ilnrrisburg, 115 pm.
.' nrrlvc-s at llaliluiore, 5.M '
Express Train loaves suiibury daily (except
"X
Sunday.!
laavci llarrisburg (except
Monday,)
11.07 p.m.
1 00 a. m.
6.15 '
e.ao
ate " arrives ai iwiuninru uaiiv rex.
, its, rt-pt .Monday,!
JJarrisburg Accommodation waves Harris
""rg. !. .v o it t ii w Ann,
Mall Train leaves llaliluiore daily (sicept
Js Sunday,)
f?, " leaves llarrisburg
' arrives at Suiibury.
Emreri Trains Baltimore ilullv.
0.15 a. in.
1.15 p. iu.
4.05 '
6 15 "
1 .35 a. m.
nrrivrs ni narrisuurc.
leaves llarrisburg(exccpt Monday) alio
Far further information apply at the Office.
I.N. DoUAUiiY.Surrt.
aflivr. ai cuiii'lliy. U..K3 '
llarrisburg, Aug. R, 1E03.
CLOTHING HALL.
No. 202 North Second Street. Phil'n.
fpONSTANTJ.Y on hand a full assortment of Ready
fAm Goods, at Wlinlsisla sad Retail
sv .una i.it'11 nno iiov . I mn n. .nn N.ni. rntm.n
January , jmii, dm.
POETRY.
WRtTTRa rort nit Cou-aoi Dimocrit.
SPRING.
Merrily the streamlet glldeth,
On lis Jocky bed along,
While tba woodland voices echo
Hack the murmur of Its song,
riowars frlnga Its iinrjln,
l.illrs sinllu upon Us breast,
While above, In lofty branches,
Wild birds balld their downj nest,
Near the banks there stands n lady.
Clothed lu robes of dnepsst green,
While a chaplet twined ofllowcrs
Well becomos that fairy ineen.
As she smiles upon thulandscapo,
Iluda their petals gay u.ifold.
Whils, wlthln.tha dewy niaow,
Cowslips gleam Ilka stars of gold.
rtoblns flutter on tbs branches,
Verdant moss springs everywhere,
Terfumo of a tlnusand flowers
Floats upon the balmy air :
Tor, lis Spring, whocs gentlo presence,
Now dispels each thought of Rloom,
And, with ijres so fondly beumlnir,
Hangs bright wreaths on Winter's tomb
fliit when fairest she will perish
Neath the Summer's warmer sun,
Closing her soft eyo9 n glidnosa-
All Iter toll and labor
onc;
And her cherished buds will nestle
On a tint lass peerless brow,
Tor, appearing over tlia bills, see,
Laughing Bummer greets us now I
Written ior the C'oicanii DnnjcniT.
The Doctor Pilgarlic.
I.ik! fnll ns the Clock struck six
The Doctor ca'lod around,
To c if ho could find somo ignorant man,
That stood oil Cuitln's ground.
Ito tolJ u that the Democrats,
Had vanished nil a way
That wo luutt for Curlin vote,
Or elso w.'d have to pay.
He told u we must for Curtln vote,
Twould save us from a Draft
Tho Draft has enmo 'mill eomo ogaln,
D'jd-blast the D jctor's gass.
The Uepublirans lulievo it a1!,
Aad cheered tho Doctor ou
nut th-y begin tu frcl it now,
That they tro in tin ring;
Wo know it is too very b id
Hut Ly ing is a aia
Coum Doctor, you must never do.
That nasty tri.k again.
Mule Mnck lis is t''e man. -
Tonnrch our Army alung
No mutt'ir what tho Doctor says
Wo will elect hint right or wrong.
BION.
Columbia co,. May ItCl.
Select Sloni,
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
When I was about forty years of ago I
took command of the ship Petor.satn. Sho
was an old craft, and had seen full as
much service as sho was capable of saf ing
with safety. Rut her owners were willing
tn trust a valuable cargo in her,ao I would
not refuuo to trust myself. We wero
bound to Liverpool, and nothing unusual
happened until about tho eighth day out,
when we ran foul of a small icebejg; It
was early in the morning, before sunrise,
anil not above six or eight feat of ioe was
abovo the waler, it having nearly all been
melted in the warm region of the gulf
Btrnam. I did not think we had sustained
ranch injury, for tlio shock was light; but
I was very angry, and gave tho look-out j
a severe punishment, without stopping to
inquiro whether ho could havo scon llio
berg in time to escape it.
My cabin boy was named Jaok Withers.
Ho was fourteen years of ago, and this
was his fust voyage. I had taken him
from his widowed mother, and had prom
ised her that I would sco him well treat
ed, that wan, if ho behaved himself. 11c
was a bright, quick, intelligent lad. I
soon made mys'jll believe ho bad an awful
dipsosition. I fancied that he was the
most stubborn picco of humanity I had
ever como across. 1 made up my mind
that ho had ueer been proporly governed.
and bad resolved to break him in. I told
him I'd curb his temper beforo I'd done
with him. In reply he told me that I
might kill him if I liked ; and I Hogged
him with tho end of mizzon top gallant
halyards till ho could hardly stand. 1
asked him iflio'd got enough, and ho told
me I might flog him more if I wished to.
felt a ktrong inclination to throw him
overboard, but at tho moment ho stag
gered back against tho mizzon-mast from
absolute weakness, and I left him to him
self. When I rcasoucd calmly aboat the
boy's disposition, I was forced to aekuowl
edgo that ho was one of tho smartost aod
most intcll'gjut and faithful lads I had
ever seen. When I asked him to do any
thing ho would ho offliko a ro?kot; but
when I roughly ordered him to do it, th n
oamo the disposition with whioh I found
fault.
One day, when it was very near non,I
spoko to him to bring up my quixdrant.
Ho vraa looking over tlia quiwter-rail, nnd
1 1 enow lio did not Lear tnu; llio Iicxtlime
I spoke I ripped out nn ontli and inliiiint'
od if be did not rnoro I'd help him.
'I did't henr youj' ho said, with an in.
depondbnt tona.
'No words,' said I,
'1 suppose I can't npeak(' hi) retorted
moriiig toxiy toward tho companion rvay.
Ilis looks, words, nud the slow care
less manner in which bo moved, fired mc
in a moment, I grasped him bj the collar.
'tlpeak to me like that, nnd 1 11 flog you
within an inch of your lifo, naid I.
'You may flog away, he replied firm
and undaunted as a rook.
And I did flog him I caught up the
end of k ropo, and beat him till my arm
fiirly tiked ; but ho never winced.
'How's that?' said I.
'Tliore'a a little mort lifo in mc, you'd
better fiog it out was tho reply.
And I beat him again. 1 beat him till
he sank from my hands again.t,tho rail i
and I sent out one of my other men for my
quadrant. When it came, and I had ad
justed it fo.; Nervation, i foum tli-at thr
sun vrns :il rend r n.txt llin rr- ' 1 - .i
- i iuinuiuu, auu
I was too Jate, :r,js aeA fuci (0 ,hc
fire of my madness, nnd quickly seizing
the Ud by the collar, I led him to tho
main hatchway, and hud tho batch tsken
off. I then thrust him down, and sworo 1
would keep him thoro till his stub
bornneei was broken. Tho hatch wa.
then put on aod I went into the cabin.
I suffered a good deal that afurnoon, not
with any compunctions of conscience for
what 1 had dona, but with my own torn
per and bitterness. It made mo mad to
think that I eould not conquer that boy
that I could not brenk down his cool,
steru opposition. 'L'ut 1 will do it,' I said
to mynelf ; 'I'll starye him into it, or he
ahall dio under tho operation.'
After upper I weut to the hatchway
and called out to him but he returucd mo
no answer. At 8 o'elosk 1 called ogain,
and again got no answer. I might lrive
thought that the fl'igging had taken away
hit senses, bad not some of the men as
sured me that they Iiuard him, not an
hour bofore, fcilking to h nnelf, I did uot
troublo him njin until morning. After
breakfast I went lo the h-fcliway and
oalled to bin onee more. I heard nothing
from him, nor eould I ai'o him I had not
acun him sincj I put him down there. I
called out several times, but he would
mako no rrply, and yet ihosamo men told
j me they had heard him talking that very
j morning, Hu seemed to be calling on
j them for help, hut ho would not nak for
me. I mean lo break him into it. He'll
beg bofore he'll ularvo, I thought ; and
; so determined to let him stay 1 hero, I
supposd that ho had crawled forward to tho
forecastle bulkhead, in order to make the
sailors hear him. Some cf tlio men asked
i leave to go down for him, but
j and threatened to punish any
I rtfused,
man that
dared lo go down.
At noon I went again, and as he did net
answer mc this time, I resolved that 1)0
should como to th. hatehwav and ask for
mo, etc I went again The
tl ay
passed
away, and when ovrninir come again, I
becan to be rtartled. I thought of tho
many good qualities tlio boy had, and of i
o o .
the widowed methcr. He bad been in tho
hold thirty-six hour, and all of foity
hours without food or drink. lie must bo
too wohI: to cry out now. It was hard for
mo to give up, but if bo died there from
actual starvation it might go hard with me
still. So at length I mado up my mind to
go and see him. It was not quite sundown
when I had tho batch taken off, aud I
jumped down on tho boxos alone. A lit
tle way forward I saw space whero Jack
might easily have gone down, aud to this
point I crawled ou my hands aud 'knees.
I called out there, but could get no an
swer. A short distance further was a
wido space, which I had entirely forgotten,
but which 1 now romemborcd had boon
loft open, on account of a break in the
flooring of the hold, which would let any
thing that might havo been rtored thoro
rest directly upon tho thin planking ol tho
ship. To this place I made ray way, aud
looked down, I heard the splashing of
water, and thought I eould doteot a sound
liko tho incoming of a tiny jet, or stream.
At first I could seo uothing ; but a3 soon
as I became used to tho dim light, I could
distinguish tho faint outlines of tho ljoy at
soaic distanco below mo. IIo seemed to bo
sitting on the broken floor, with his feot
stretched out against a oask. I called
out to him and thought ha lookod up
'Jack, aro you tbero?'
Ho answered trio in a faint, woary tune :
'Yes! holprao! Bring-men and bring a
antern ; tho ship has sprung a leak!'
1 hesitated, and bo added, in n moro
eager tone, 'Mako haste, I will try and
hold it till you oomo back.'
I waited to hoar uo moro,but hurried on
deck as soon as possiblo, and returned
with a lautorn and three men. I leaped
down beside the boy, and could scaroely
bclisvo the evidence of my own renses,
Threo ol the timbers completely worm
caton to tho very heart, and one of
''l0 i
outer planks had been broken, and would
burst iu any moment tho boy might leave
it, whoso feet vrcro braced ugainst the
plank before him. Haifa doscn little jets
of water wore streaming in about him,and
he was wet to tho skin. I saw that tho
plank must burst tho moment the strain
was removed from it, so I mado my men
brace themselves against it before I lifted
him up. O'bcr men wcro called down
with planks, spikes and adzos, and, with
much rare and trouble, wo finally suc
ceeded in stopping tho leak aDd averting
the danger. Tho plank which had been
atove in was sis feet long by eight inchc
wide, and would let in a a.rfiam of wat(Tr
lV-'. capacity. It would have been be
yond our reach long before we could have
discovered it, and would havo sunk us in
a very short time. I knew it must bo wbero
the iceberg struck it.
Jack Withers was taken to the cabin,
and tbero ho manoged to tell bis ctory.
Shortly after I put him in tho hold he
crawled forward and when he became
used to ihe dim glimmer that panic throng
the dead lights, ho looked about for a
snug place in which to lie, fo his linibi
wore very sore. Ho went to sloop, and
whan be awoke he hoard a faint sound like
water streaming throguh a small hole
He went to the open place in tho cargo and
1.... l.-.l .1 X Al-. I. -
iuukouuuwu auu waSurr,u.ut no eaw a
smaii jus oi wilier spnugmg up inrougii i
tho ship's bottom. He leaped down, and
in a few momenta found that tho timbrrs
had given wholly away, and that the
Mream was inorcarinj; in size. IIo placed
his hao tl upon the plank, and found it bro
ken, and discovered that tho pressuro of
the water without was forcing it inward.
Ho had sense to sco that it it gained an
inch more it must all go, and the ship hi
loit, anil perhaps all hands perish And
he saw, too, that if he could keep the bro
ken plank iu its place ho might stop tho
incoming flood. So he sat himself upon
it, and braced his feet against the cask,
and then called for help. Rut ho was loo
far away so low down, with such a mass
of cargo about him, that bis voice scaicely
reached other cars than bis own. Some
of tho men heard him, but though he was
talking to himself, and thero he sat, with
his feet braced, for four and twenty dreary
hoiir-'j witli tho water spirting all over
and drcnohing him to tho very ksin. He
had several times thought of going to the
hatchway and calling for help, but bo
knew that the broken plank would be
forced iu if he left it, for he- could led it
heave beneath him. Ilis limbs were racked
"th pain, but ho would not give up. I
1 asked him ifho should not have given up if
! I had not, come to him as I did. IIo an
r-wered that ho could not havo done it
while ho had life iu him. He said he tho" t
1 not of himself : he was ready to die
but !
he would save the rest if ho could and ho
had saved us, surely saved us.
Tho boy lay sick almost unto death ; but
I nursed him with my own hands nursed
him all through his delirium ; and when
his reason returned, and ho could nt up
and talk, I bowed myscll beforo him and
humbly asked his pardon for all tho wrong
I had done him. IIo throw his arms
around my neck, and told iro if 1 would be
good to him, he would never give mo cause
of offense ; and added, as he Hat up ngain,
'I am not a coward, I could not be a dog.'
1 never forgot those words ; and from
that hour I have never struck a blow on
board my ship. I make ray men feel that
they aro men, that I -so regard them, and
that I wish to mako them comfortable and
happy as possible ; nnd I havo not foiled
to gaiu their respect and confidence. 1
2ivo no undue license ; but make mv crews
feel that they havo a friend and superior
in tho Bamo pcrsou. For nino years I
have sailed in threo different ships, with
thosaino crew. A man could uot bo hired
to leave mo savo for an officer's berth.
And Jack Withers remained with mo
thirteon years. IIo was my cabin boy ;
ono of my fore-most hands, my second
mate, and the last timodio sailed with mo,
ho refused tho command of a now bark,
because ho would not be separated from
me. But ho is a captain now, and otic of
tho host tho country over ifford. Suoh,
gentloinon, i my cxporicuro in govern
ment nnd-discipliuo on shipboard.
Breaking an Engagement.
IIY CAllOLINE 1'. l'RESTOX,
Robert Ingalls, M, I)., :t young prac
titioncr of niedecino, sat in his room, sec
ond story front, ono morning running his
eye over a niedioal book, when a knock
was heard at the door,
The young doctor turned pale. Ho
knew tint knock onlv too well. Ho felt
turn tlint it tvna niltninislnrfiil Jiv tlia
kuucklcs of Miss Susan Jones, his land
lady, whoec namo in brazen letters adorn
ed the front door below.
Rut why should Dr. Ingalls turn pale
at tho thought of meeting Mia3 Jones t
Let mc explain. I Invo said that the
doctor was a praotitionor of medicine. I
should rather pay that ho was a professo,
of tho medical art, and had been labor!
ing hanl for tho last sis months to become
a practitioner. Rut alas ! the community
in Rcneral ciidn t "sco it," to adopt a. Our
rent phrase- Ho had, onIV 0no patient
u"r:n.Q mat entire period an old Irish
woman who had taken a little loo much
whiskey, and conceived the idea that hIic
was going to die. The oompeusati on re
ceived from Mrs O'llafferty went a very
small way towards defraying his pcrfon.il
espenscs. The natural consoquenco was,
that, "at the end of nix months tho doctor
was sjonMilerably in arrears. In fnct, he
hadn't paid a cent of his board bill, any
be knew very well that Miss Jones inten
ded to bring in that morning.
Accordingly in tuuwer to the kock he
'remarked iu a vary feeble voiec, "Uome
iin!"
The knocker did come in.
Miss Susan Jones presented tho appear-
I auco oi n i;iuy u u iiumcnau nuuui
r - l. ..I.. i .1 i
I her. She was as sharp, practical business
,k8 ft noula of thirty oigbt.-Sho a
rather tall, rather bony, rather angular,
and ralliar homely.
"Good morning Miss Jones,'' said Dr.
Robert Ingalls, rather uneasily.
''Morning,'' said tho spinster.
'Fine morning," ventured Dr. Robert.
"Ilaveu't bad time to look out," remar
ked Miss Jones. Here's jour bill for six
month's board, Doctor Iuglls."
I llio young man took it, and gaz-d at
it steadfastly, as if it was very interesting
, document indeed.
I ''I hopo you find it right." said Miss
1 Jones, shurply, "Twenty-sis week's
board at live dollars per wek amounts to
ono bund nud thirty dollars precisely "
! "Precisely," returned Robert hastily.'
'It is quite correot I assure you. Could
you leave it with mc a day or two?''
I "I mean to leave it with you pormanoDt
ly," naid MUa Jones, "on condition, ol'
course, that you pay mo the money, "
"I I havn't got it this morning," ful.
terrd Dr. Ingalls.
'I didn't suppose you had,' said .Miss
Joucs.
i 'You didn't V the young man couldn't
help exe'aiming in surprise.
' 'No, und therefore 1 havo ihought of a
different way of settlement.'
i 'Piofessionnt fiervicos !' nuggasted Dr.
i Robbert, brightcntug up.
I 'Poll!' said Miss Susan. "I don't
i-ncc;l a
doctor's services, and if I ditl I'd
! go toBomebody that had moro cxperici.ee
than you.'
'Oh !' said the young man humbly-
No, it', something different I '1!'v '
.i a ii nnfiw irn ininv ni l i i i
r 1 T i .1
it nui.e a burden to go to market, and at-
ended to evcrythi,,:. I have been think-
it might bo well for me to marry-
in order
to securo assistance, I'd just leave mar-
you as anyuouj. j. uB..v.v ...wo - c
difresence in age,
ion arc let me sec
how old ?
Twentv-six !' faltered Dr. Ingalls,
looking at her in alarm. j
'And I am thirty tight. Well, it won't!
bo a love-match. I lake it wo aro both
too seiMblo for that. However, I'll tell j
you what I'll do. I'll give you your board j
beside receipting this bill if you seo fit to
marry me.' j
'And if not?' asked young Dr. Ingalls
tinder his breath
'You'll bo iu jail beforo night. I'll give yesterday will mako no dilterencc in our j .,whixl diug I ding! ding?" went tho
you till dinner lo think of it. Or I'll give marriage contract. It was only a tempo. 0,d cloob farfowsly
you a hundred dollars a year besides, to rary of insanity.' j n Powers of muroy," cried the deacon,
buy your clothes for three years to come. 1 'V vou ofton liavR ,,,cn,!' atkcd M',3S , Striking live ! Wb struck a hundred al
By that time vou'll bo in pract'ee and will Jones abruptly. : ready."
oarn enough "to buy 'em yourself. Good i 'Only once in a few mouths,' said Dr. j DcBeon Barberry 1" cried tho beacon's
morning! 'You can let me know at diu- Ingalls ' better half, who had hastily robed herself
ncr.
Miss Joues
rose and doliboratelv left
the room.
Poor Bob (excuse tho familiarity, but I
knew him when a boy,) sat plunged iu sor
rowful thought, and then putting on his
hat left tho house for a short walk.
Ho stopped at tho post-office whore ho j
found a letter from his tailor asking for
tho paytneut of "that littlo bill.' !
'Tho die is oasti' he &aid. "I'll aori
fice myself.'
Ho walked back and appended his gig- '
nature to the following document : '
T, Robert Ingalls, M. D., hereby ngreo
to marry Miss Susan Jones, spinster a 1
month from date. I
... ,c ,v.
nu,)Jilu muAuuo, u v.
Thereupon Miss Jones handed him his
board bill receipted.
Three day's later, Rob Ingalls (hscupo
my familiarly onco More) sat revolving
his unhappy .fate in his mind, when a let
ter reached him oprising him of his aunts
death, and moreover that by her death,
and ho came intopropevty ysluod at from
five to six. thousand $QM3i
Ills first emotions wero joyful. Rut fol
lowed tho grcvious thnugthwthat Miss
Joucs had his promiso of marriage, and
would undoubtedly sue him for broach of
promise if ho failed to abide by it. and tho
damages would probably swallow up most
of his brquc3t.
'What shall I dot' he i'ked himself in
orcat perplexity.
At length ho smiled quietly and exul
tantly. He hud arranged his programme.
Ho rang the bell violently.
Up camo Bridget, and in a panting
voice inquired what was wanted,
'Are you the Quceu of Sahara?' inquir
ed Rob, wildly.
'Who docs ycz mane, fur?' asked
Bridget, staring. "I aint a quauo at all,
at all. I'm Rridgct McOlosky as ycz
ought to know.
'Si.ence !' roared Rob, stamping his
foot with a tcrrifio frown. 'Do what I tell
you or, I'll roast you alive.'
'llowly Virgin!' uttered Rridjjet, ed
ging towards tho door. "What is it ycz
want !'
"Rring me up a hogshead of boiling wa
ter directly."
'Wu haven't got so much, sir. Indeed
wo haven't.'
Do you dare to contradict mo ? yelled
Rob in a fury. 'Rring it up I say.'
Hridget with trombliug limbs turned to
go. Sho was anxious to get out. of his
teach.
"And Hark you, I say bn'ng up tho cat
also.'
'And what would jez do wid the cat.'
asked tho terrified Bridget.
'Boil her to bo sure, you fool,' roared
Hob.
With a shriek of alarm Bridget fled
down the staircase, and told .Misa Joucs
Ingalld had turned mad.
'I'll soon sec to that,' sail Miss Jones
resolutely.
Sho went up stairs and entered tho
room without knocking.. Even 6ho iu
spite of her strong nerves started back as
she saw the young man gesticulating vio
lently with a razor.
'Win tdoes this mean !' sho asked,
Bob burst into a lit of mocking laugh
ter and tossing tho razor upon iho bed,
sprang towards Miss .Ioncs,and seized her
around the waist.
"He, My beauty, my peri, you're here,
aro )0U'
'Let me go,' said Mias Jones, tearing
herself from him by a violent effort.
"She tells mc to let her go,' blubbered
Bob, with a burst of tears.
"She's cruel
c rocotJilo , or is it a rbinosceros ? Tell mo,
. - i
i
j arC 'hlU0C"s '
l T " 7"" " 'r
! . J "
in.
'Ha, ha, ha,?' laughed Boh again throw-
i infr an boot at the window and break-
i . .
ing u.
Miss Jones hurriedly retreated down
stairs.
A i-nnfiisr-il srrics of noises was lipnrd
fiir snme time after in tbo doclor's room
After a while all was still.
Nothing moro was seen of the young ;
man till tho nest day. Then ho camo
down stairs, and asked an interview with
Miss Jones.
1 hopo, he said, 'that what happened
i . M
'Then,' said Miss Jones, 'our contract is
over. I don't want a madman about me.'
-Is tbero no hopo! asked Bob with
pretended mortifioation. j
'Nouoatall.'
1 Miss Jouos drew out the marriage
, agreement and threw it into the fire,
'C.'oodi?' ailid tho young doctor. 'In
follow suit.'
Thereupon he threw his receipted boa'
bill into the fire,
'Now, Miss Joneo,' ho raid, 'if you
mako out a new bill I'll j-ottlo it.'
Miss Jonos did as requestvil, and Dr
lngalh left her houso a freeman. Sine
llie 1,0 l" 'brmed another orvwrjamc
wh,5h 1 i0"'' th"!vIj.1, ?oM. 1)0 ''J'51 '
ready to break. Mi,s Jones is siiil i;i t
market. R.icholord in search ol a hop
will picas take notice.
The Bewitched Glook,
BY THE OLD UN.
About half-past cloven o'clock rn Su
day night, a human leg. enveloped in I'
broadcloth, might have been rocii ci tor.
Deacon Cephas Barbery's kitchen wim!
The leg was followed finaly by th; c ,
person of n live Yankee, attired it i 1
Sunday-go-to-mocting 010111". It wpi
i short, Joe May wood, who thus bur,
iouly, in tho dead of night, won his
iito the Deacon's kitchen.
"Wonder how muoh tho old tl nr
mado ordering' me not to darken his Ooc
ngain ?" soliloquised tho younjr gentle
man.
"Prorriscd bin I would't, but hidn't
say nothing' about winders. Winders in
just as good as doors if there ain't no nails
to tear your trowpcra onto. Wonder if
Sal will como down ? The critter promis
ed mo I'm afraid to move about hero-,
Vausc I might break my shins over snth
in' or nulhor and wake tho old folks. Cold
enough to freeze a Polandish hear bore
0, hero oomcs Sally ?"
Tho beautiful maiden descended with a
tallow candle, a pleasant Finilf, and a card
of lucifor matches. After receiving a rap
turous greeting, she mado up a reusing firo
in the cooking atovp. and tiio happy coup
le hat down to enjoy the sweet intorchango
of joys and hopes. But the courv of true
lovo ran on smoother in the old Barhcrry'.s
kitchen than it do?s clsowore; and Joe,
who was just making up his mind to treat
himself to a kiss, waa startled by the voice
of tho deacon, her father, shouting from"
tho chamber door :
f3ally, what are you getting up in tbo
middle of the night for?"
"Tall him its 'most morning," whispir
ed Joo.
"1 can't tell a fib," said Sally.
"I'll mako it a truth, theu,'' said Joet
and running to the hugo old fashioned
clock that then stood in the corner, he net
it at five.
"Look at the clock and sec what timo it
is," cried the old gentleman, up starn.
"Its five by the clock," nnserod Sally,
and corroborating tho words, the oil clook
struck five.
The lovers sat down again and resume l
their conversation. Suddenly tho star
case began to crack.
"Good graoioua ! it's father."
''The deacon, by thunder ?" crisd Joo
"Hide mc, Sal"
"Whore can I hide ycu !" cried tbo dis
tracted girl.
'Oh, 1 know," said he, "I'll squeeze
into the old clock case." Anil withou-
, another word, ho concealed himself in th
'. case, aud drew the dor behind him.
, Th(j Aeacm w;lJ tlr0SECU an(j tU$ifr;
d()W(1 ,)V lho cwVwr stov0) pu,lo,
. .. . it ..,, oouiraeui.e.
WM" II "O
smoking deliberately and calmly.
til.1 a fi'f m'kv'' ftlllll llf. Mt3 .
i. 1 1 w w i -
i shall have time to smoke two or threo mor
1 nnd lhon 1 " 80 'nd fet'lthU " '
I lef(
j "Hadn't you bettor feed tl.o crit' rs
I fust sir, and smoke afterwards cried
! dutiful Sally.
i lo, smoking clears my bead aart
; wakes mo up," answered tho old dca
who seemed not a whit disposed to Di.r
e"jl3J,ncn
"Burr whiz ding I ding 1 ding w n'
the clock.
"Tormented lightning ?" died the dca
con, starting up, dropping his pipo ou tli
Move, "what iu crcatiuti's that?"
'It's onlv'lho clock strikins live," said
sallv. trcmulouv.
j i "
and came plunging down tho stairoaso ir
tho wildest stato ol alarm. "Whatiith.
matter with the clock !'
"Gooduosa only knows,' replied tlr
old tuau. It's been in the family thes
hundred years, and I' newer' kucw' it tr
carry ou so beloro-'
is