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VOLUME 13.
BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1861.
NUMBER 37.
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Office on Bala St.,lr. Square below Market.
TERMS: Two Dollars per annum if paid
within six months from the time of subscri
bing : Wo dollars and fifty cents if not paid
within the year. No subscription taken for
a less period than six months; no discon
tinuances permitted until all arrearages are
paid, unless at the option of the editor.
The terms rJ advertising ici be as fallow :
One square, twelve lines? three times, $1 00
Every subsequent insertion, 25
One square, three months, 3 00
One year, . 8 00
LIST OF IIEITJIv!rS
TO II AWARDED AT TBI SIXTH
ANNUAL. EXHIBTION
OF THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
Agricultural, Horticultural,
AND
MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION,
To be Held at BLOOHSB U RG, PEU7TA,
On Thursday, Friday & Saturday,
OCTOBER. !Tth,lStU & 191b, 61.
Class. 1st HORSES.
Bet pair Draught Horses $3,00
2nd
do o,vv
44 Carriage " 8.00
do " 5,00
" do Mares 6,00
" do 44 ' .0
Stallion ,
do 5.00
Stallin between 2 A 4 yean 4.00
44
Znd
41
Snd "
44
Jnd "
2nd
do do S,o
44 Brood mare with colt at ber side, both
owned by exhibitor
6.00
9nA do
do
4.00
4.00
2.00
3,00
4.00
S.00
S.flO
2,00
3.00
44 Single Carriage Hrse
2nd" do do
j do Mare
" Galding Colt between 2 & S years
- Mare Colt do
'-'- Horse Colt between 1 ft 2 years
' " AI are Colt do
.... rjlorse or Mare colt under 10 months
j.. do
2.00
iQU " ' - -
Exhibitors under this class are expected to hare
their borsej on the track for examination on Fri
day, at II o'clock, A. M.. when the Judges will
in inanMt til Pill- 9
viwnu ' 1
' Elias Dietenck, Montonr,
1 . B a i..,elr
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Keifer Smith. Jersey town, Judges.
Ja. Kestenbader, Franklin,
Franklin L Shuman .Bearer.
Clas 2nd CA TTLE.
" DURHAM STOCK.
r..t Ttnrhkm Bull 3 rears k uowards
6
00
2nd
do
do
4.00
4.00
3,00
3.00
2.00
2.00
1,00
5.00
3,C0
3.00
2,00
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
between 2 4 3 years
do
2npM
t
2nl
u '2nd"
M
2nd"
44
2nd "
44 between 1 A 2 years
- . do
44 Calf under 10 months
" do
Cow
do
Heifer or cow between 2
and 3 years
do do do
do Calf .under 10 months
DEVON STOCK.
2,00
6.00
4.00
4,00
3.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
1.00
Best Devon Bull, 3 years A upwards
44
do ao
do ' between 2 A 3 years
do do
do between 14 2 years
do do
do calf under 10 months
44 dO
44
2nd "
u
ad "
M
2nd 44
a
2nd"
Cow
do
Heifer or eow between 2 4 3
6.00
3,00
years
3,00
2.00
2nd 44
49
do
do
do Calf nnder 10 months Z,U(i
WATIVE STOCK--
Best Satire Bull 2 years 4 upwards 5.00
2nd"
44
do ao
do between 14 1 years 3.00
do do 2,00
do Calf under JO month 2,00
do do 1,00
Cow 5.00
do 3,00
Heifer or cow between 2 4 3
years 2.00
do do 1.00
do Calf un Jer 10 mos. 1,00
:
2nd "
it
2nd"
44
2nd"
44
44
.
44
44
44
2nd "
4T
It
44
- ' nXF.V AND STEERS.
Best Yoke Oxen owned A worked by
; - TJihihitor . -
5,00
3.00
4,00
2,00
2nd'
2nd
- ,do . .. do
do Steers between 2 4 3 years
do " do
Franklin McBride, Hemlock,!
Andrew Freas, Centre,
DaridTeager, Locust, Judges.
' JL Bittenbender, F. Creek,
John Wolf, Mifflin,' J . .
Class Zd -Sir USX.
Best Boar of any Breed
'
3.00
2,00
S.00
2,00
2,00
1,00
3,00
2,00
3,00
2,00
2nd
i do ao
Brood Sow do
do do
Lot Pigs, 6 or more, nnder 8 woeks
do do do
Display fat hogs, 2 or more
. . do . - - do
Lot Store Hogs, 4 or more , .
2nd
L 2nd 44
44
-2nd"
,44
2nd"
I An - - do '
.Ton i TTarman. Greenwood,
Eli Mendenhall, Benton, I Judges.
Alioas Cole, Sogarloaf,
Isaac Irwin, Roaringcreek
Class ith SHEEP.
Best Blooded Back
3,00
2,00
1,00
J,00
1,00
2nd
do '
do i
2d
( ; i
I fnd
ITatire Buck
- do
Blooded Ewe-
44 V.lin In
2,00
an Mmniinn nnder this class must furnish
the Secretary with a statement of the Blood an4
the amount of wool last sheared from the animal.
r. i . Benjamin JSrea, ureenwooa,
' . . Lewis Roftt, Montoer, .
f . . John MeKenry, Jackson,
5 ' Peter Brngler, Hamlock,'
' Isaae FUher, Locust,
Judges.
Class 5th FO ULTRY.
Best and largest display of Poultry
Jnd"- do "do
- Pair Cock J any .variety
: .u Hens do . , J,
4i u Turkey cocks , .
-m Turkeyhenl ' '
Geese
m 44 Dacks ; ' '; ;
44 T.nl. ,ffl Ptinvinl .
3,00
2.00
0,50
0,50
"0,50
0,50
) 1
0.50
0,50
0,50
Competitors entering for the -first premium n
w dsr this class cannot compete again with, the same
fowls, ' .
4 . Thomas Dolloan, Bloom,
rimtnn 'Kfa.rffernm Catta'i
a'sa, V Judgei,
ockj "
G. L- Shoemaker, Hemlock
Class Zlh GRAIN & SEEDS. .
, Best Half bushel Clorerseed ' 2.00
fad"- - do do ' ' 1.00
do Timothy seed ' 2,00
tad" do do 1,00
u Bushel Red chal, Wheat ... 1 2,00
" do White - 2,00
do Mediteraneaa ' 2,00
- do Rye , . l.0
' Half bushel Gonrd-seed Cora, '1,00
- ' do - Tellow M i ' ". -1,00
u 44 White " 100
:': f 44 ;-Emoka ' - ' M
, g.t-l3 Zr'-t Cem, 8 ert -5
44 Bushel Oats 1,00
" Half bushel Flax-feed 1,00
" do Buckwheat 1,00
Grain and seeds should be marked with a card
stating weight, how long used on tame farm, and
such other remarks as the exhibitor may deem
proper.
Samuel Eck, Roaringcreek,
Philip Cool, do '
Wm. Huffman, Centre . Judges.
R. J. Millard, Fishingcreek,
Montgomery Cole.Sugarloaf
Class 7th VEGETABLES.
Best Bushel Mercer Potatoes 1,00
44 44 Prince Albert PoUtoes 1,00
" Peach Blossom do 1,00
Quarter bushel Sweet ' do 0,50
Bushel Field Turnips 1,00
Ruta Bagaa . 1,00
Six Sugar Beets , 0,50
Sample Hops not less than 51b 0,50
Three Heads Cabbage 0,60
Six Parsnips 0,50
Half bushel Onions 0,50
Quarter bushel Tomatoes 0,50
do Carrots 1,00
Two Quarts Lima Beans . 0,50
Threo Garden Squashes 0,50
Six Field Pumpkins ' 0,50
Largest Sweet Pumpkin 0.50
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Mm l Uonnor, Orange,
Enoch Rittonhouse, Briarcreek,
Jackson Thomas, Jersevtown, Judge.
eetn iiartman, f ranklin,
John Rohison, Scott,
Class 8th HOUSEHOLD MANUFAC
TURES. Best 10 yards Flannel made on handloom 1,00
2nd '
do
do 0,50
do 1,00
do 0,50
do 1,00
do 0,50
do 1,00
do 1,00
0,50
0,50
1,00
" 6 yards Woolen cloth
2nd "do
" 10 yards Carpet
2nd " do
" 10 yards Plain Linen
" " Linen Diaper
" Pair Knit Stockings
" do Mittena
" Home-made Shirt
Emanuel Lazarus, Orange,
Mrs. M. S. Appleman. IletnlTc,
" I. S. Monroe, Cattawissa,
" Peter Ent, Scott,
Judges.
BEDDING 2nd DIVISION.
Best Silk Quilt 1,00
" Counterpane 1,00
2nd" do 0,75
3d do 0,50
Pair Woolen Blankets 0,50
" " Linen Sheeu 0,50
Discretionary premiums will be allowed under
this dirixion of 50 eti each to the amount of $5,00
on articles belonging exclusively to bedding.
Dr. it. W.iUcKeynoIds, Hemlock,
Miss Jane Freas, Centre,
' Eva Creasy, Mifflin,
" Kate Eyer, Cattawissa, .
" Phoebe Lott, Oraoge,
" Lena Armstrong. Bloom.
Judges.
Class 9th DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
Best Leaf Bread 0,50
" Pound Cake 0,50
" Spunge Cake - 0,50
" Ginger Cake 0,50 .
" Sample Preserve 0,50 !
44 - Fruit Jelly . 0,50 ;
Tomato Preserrei 0,50
" " Cucumber Pickles 0,50 !
" 44 Pickles and other kind 0,50 i
" " Apple-butter 0,50 :
" " Preserred Peaches 0,50
. " " Home-made Soap 0,50
" " Cured Ham 0,50
" Roll Butter not less than 21b 1,00
2nd " do do 0,io ;
John Sharpless, Cattawissa,
Mrs. Philip Cool, Roaringc'k,
" Sarah Conner, Briarcre'k
'Nathan Seeler, Berwick,
Judges.
Class 10A FANCY ARTICLES.
Bert Variety tatting crotchet trimming Ao 0,50
" Knit or crotchet tidy 0,50
" do Shawl , 1,00
" Sample worsted work ' 1,00
" Lamp Mat 0,50
" Fancy Cbalr Corer 1,00
' 44 do OMoman or stool corer 1,00
a
u
do Basket . 0,50
Ornamental Shell Work - 1,00
Burr or Leather work , 1,00
Collection of Dahlias 0,50
do Roses 0,50
do , Verbenas 1,00
and largest variety of flowers 1,00
Boquet Flowers 0,50
Collection house plants in bloom 0,50
Hanging basket with plants 0,50
Collection Dried Grasses 0,50
Boquet Winter Flowers 0,50
Collection Artificial Flowers, Wax
Feathers, 4c, 4c, 0,50
Drawing or Painting 1,00
Fancy Pin Cushion, Bead work, 4c, 0,50
Pair Embroidered Slippers 1,00
4t
44
John Appleman, 'Hemlock,
Miss Isabela Robison, Bloom,
" . Sarmh llarman, do
" Eralina R. Barton do
Judges.
CLASS 11 FLOUR.
Best Sample Wheat Flour, 2 00
Buckwheat, do 2 00
Jodges John Betz Hemlock; Wealoy
Bowman Orange; James Barton Montour.
CLASS 12 STOVES & TIN-WARE.
Best Cooking Stove and fixtures, 2 00
Parlor Stove, 2 00
and Greatest variety of Tin-ware, 2 00
Jodg's Jodah Boon Bloom; S. O. Rein
hard Cattawissa; G. W. Lott, M. D., Orange.
CLASS 13 AGRICULTURAL IM
PLEMENTS. Best Plow, 2 00
Threshing Machine, 2 00
Horse Rake, 1 00
Lime Spreader, 1 00
Portable Cider Mill, 1 00
Wine Press, - 2 00
Washing Machine, -100
Farm Wagon, 2 00
Wheel Barrow, ' 1 00
Sled, - 50
Roller. 60
Judges J. H. Vandefslice Mountpleasant
Col. H. R Kline Orange; 3. P. Former Cat
tawissa. '
CLASS 14 WAGONS & CARRIAGES.
Best Top Buggy,
' open do -' ;
.- ' Two Horse Carriage,
Sleigh, --
00
00
00
00
00
Judges John J. Nevis Hemlock; Joseph
Haybarst Orange; Doctor Wilson Berwick.
CLASS 15 DENTISTRY &C. :
Best Sett artiOciai teeth,1 " ' . " 1 00
' . ''Sewing machine, ! 1 00
' "Sample building brick, 50
' Lot Eatthenware, ' ' ' : 1 00
; Judges Dr. F." C. 'Harrison, Bloom; Dr.
Conner Madison: Dr .H. C. Freas, Berwick.
CLASS 16 BEES HI YES. 4
Beit -bee hirer -1 ! . 1 00
swarm bees1 ' ' . .1 00
'", 'sample honey :' '"''' 1 00
Judges Hiram Reader Franklin; Levi A.
Hotcboson Centre; M. S. Appleman' Hem
lock. - 'r t " " ' "
CLASS lTt-M AN UFACTUR'D ARTICLES.
j ,
Best display cabinet work, ; t-- 2 00
do smith -do ' 3 00
' pair fine boots 1 00
do coars do . . 1'00
' i doz. Windsor chairs,: ? 00
do. spring seat do '1 00
' rocking chair, I 00
; bedstead - " 1 00
..aettea r ' - ' I DO
' t K ... I.' -
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Judges Wm Roat, Locust; Hugh Mc
Collumn, Madison; John We rich eiser Or
ange; Robert Rohn, Bloom ; Jacob F. Diet
erick, Greenwood. ;
CLASS 18 WINES AND LIQUORS.
Best lqt currant wine 1
00
00
00
00
00
00
do
1 blackberry do 1
1 ' grape do - 1
1 ' cataba i
1 cherry i
1 ' rye whiskey i
1 Qt cider vinecrar
Jnd:es Isaac S. Monroe, Cattawissa ;
Seth Bowman, Berwick ; Samuel L. Bettle,
Light Street.
CLASS 19 FRUIT.
CD .
Best i bushel winter apples
00
00
00
50
50
50
do
t do tall do
i do standard pears
6 dwarf pears
sample dried peaches
do do apples
do - do cherr'iAa
do
do do
do
do
Judges Thos. J Welli Vfr. fnnnlnl9,ni-
Andrew Creveling, Bloom; Levi Aikman!
Centre.
CLASS 20 MISCELLANEOUS.
Best sample leaf tobacco 50
do do broom corn 50
Judges John Staley, Greenwood; Mich
ael Mensch, Franklin; Geo. A. Kelchner,
Centre.
CLASS 21 TRIAL OF HORSES.
Sporting List.
Best trotting mare or horse time not
over three, minutes
2d do do
do pair trotting horses or mares
time lour minutes
2d . do do
FARMERS LIST.
Best trotting hore mare or colt single
double or under the saddle two
loll rounds of the course and
not less than three to enter
2d best do An
seti single harness
do double do
2 sides sole leather
2 do upper do
2: kip
2 calf skins
sausazs machine.
15 00
8 00 j
10 00 ,
5 00
10
00
&
00
Judges Neal McCoy, Jerseyiown ; Johy
P. Smith, Greenwood; John Hartman, Hem
lock. CLASS- 22 TRIAL OF MEN.
Best and fastest runner once around
the course
2d do do
Bet do walker do
2d do do do
00
00
00
00
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Article 3d of the Constitution requires
every person lo pay to the association one
Dollar, to constitute membership. The
practice heretofore has been to buy a fami
ly ticket on fair days and have their names
recorded at the same time.
Erery exhibitor i required to become a
member of the association, before entering
his article for Competition. Minors can be
come Exhibitors by right of their parent or
guardian membership.
The field of competition is open to all.
Persons Irorn other counties, can come as
sured that this county will extend to them
a hearty welcome, and give them a piace
by the side of their own productions, an
open field and a fair start is guaranteed to all.
All articles offered for competition roust
be owned by the competitor, all fruit, vege
tables, flowers &c, must be the growth of
the competitors, and all Manufactured arti
cles must have been made by the competi
tors. All articles for competition must be on the
the ground by 6 o'clock, on Thursday the
17th P. M.. and remain there until 12 M,
on Saturday 19th. when ihey are at the dis
posal of the Exhibitor.
No shows. Flying Horses or other t muse
ments that tend to distract the attention of
the visitors will be allowed.
Persons, desirous ol erecting stands for
the sale of Provision anil fruit, must obtain
permission of the President, or Secretary of
the association. No license will be granted
to stands tht sell spiritous or malt liquors.
The Judes are earnestly rejiie.ted to be
on the ground by 9 o'clock on Fri.lay morn
ing, to receive their instructions in order to
proceed to business by 10 o'clock A. M.
CALEB BARTON, JR. Prtsident.
A Madison, Seciefmy.
Blnomsburg, Sept. 11, 1861.
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' Sob Law.
The Chambersburg Times, in an article of
some length, descants ably upon the spirit
of lawlessness and anarchy which has re
cently manifested itself in various parts of
the North, and which has resulted in the
destruction, (or "gutting," to use the mod
ern phrase,) ol a number of printing offices.
These acts, have in several instances, met
if not the approbation, or at least the quiet
acquiescence, of men previously occupying i
a iair position in their respective commun
itiesa (act so fraught with danger that oar
cotemporary very pertinently asks
Where will this end ; whither are tee of the
loyal States drifting f If reckless n.obs shall
continue with impunity to set aside one law
after another, in view of all the valuable
teachings of history, let us ask the question,
is there anything before ns but the shoreless
and tempestuous ocean of anarchy ? .The
lessons of the French'Ravolution are fraught
with warnings which should not pass an
heeded. A few bread riois,fottered and en
couraged by skillful leaders, swelled into
great, popular movements which sweptover
the whole nation, erectig their Bastiles and
planting their guilotines, until the fair rivers
of the republic ran .with' blood ; and then
swept back again over the headless trunks
of those same leaders. Those individuals
and journals who encourage these lawless
proceedings, should be reminded by the
fate of Robespierra and his associate pan
derers to' popular passions', that the mob
which cheers to-day, to-morrow mocks at
the face of those who invoked its aid that
they might leap the power. There is no
plainer truth nnder God's Heaven than that
safety to life' and' property 'can ' only be
maintained by sustaining the' fixed and
eternal principles of jastio and organic law.
He who takes the authority of law upon him
self, becomes by that act a criminal, and
shoold recive the punishment his crimes
deserve ; for the law itself has prov ided a
way in which offenders shall be Ueaied,
sod safer so oca to interfere with i'
THE LEFT-HANDED THIEF.
'How many young men have been injur
ed and perhaps ruined by false suspicion!'
remarked my mercantile friend, as wo were
conversing on the 'panic,' a few evenings
since. Suspicion is like an assassin in the
dark. It stabs its victim, and he knows
not from whence the blow came. Or it
may be like the keen frost which seizes
upon the ears, the cheeks, freezing the flesh
or driving back the life blood, and yet the
poor man is totally ignorant of his situation
until he comes in contact with heat, and
begins to feel the stirring pain. But I be
lieve I never told you of the only time that
supicion of evil was ever fastened upon
me. It has nothing particular to do with
the subject nnder consideration though it
serves to show how merchants sometimes
lose money.
When a mere youth, I was placed in the
store of Jacob Wharton, a merchant doing
a good business. I was frugal, industrious
and faithful, and at the age of twenty-one
I wa advanced to the post of book keeper,
with a good salary. I had charge ol the
books and the safe, and all the money left
over after banking hours was also in my
care. I tried to do my duty faithfully, and
I think I succeeded. Mr. Wharton was a
close, methodical man, with a quick eye
and ready understanding of business, and
as I fancied he felt satisfied, I felt much
pleased.
I had been.book-keeper for a year when
I thought my employer's manner towards
me began to change. He began to treat me
more coolly, and finally I was satisfieJ he
watched my movements with distrustful
glances. I became nervous and uneasy,
for I feared I had offended him. But the
thing came to a head at length.
One evening when I was alone in the
store, engaged in making op my cash ac
count, Mr. Wharton came to me with a
troubled look and spoke. His voice was
tremulous, and I could see that he was
deeply affected.
George,' said he, 'I am sorry for the con
viction that has been forced upon me, I fear
you have no: been treating me as you
should.'
I managed in spite of my astonishment
lo ask what he meant.
I fear you are not honest,' was the re
ply. Had a thunderbolt fallen opon me I could
not have been more startled than I was then.
Not honest ! And there 1 had been for
years making it my chief aim and study
how to serve him most faithfully. 1 do not
remember what I said first I only know
the tears came into my eyes that my lips
trembled and that my utterance was al
most choked. How long had he held these
suspicions? I asked him, and he told me
that it was more than two months.
'You have suspected me thus, and still
left me in the dark ! After serving you so
long after giving to your interests all my
energies alter striving for faith and honor,
that I might win your love and esteem to
suspect me in secret to look upon me as a
thief, and yet not tell me ! Ob, 1 would not
have believed it V
'Let us talk the matter over calmly,' said
the merchant, in his old kind tone coming
back. He was touched by my agony, and
I conld see that he was wavering.
I felt at first Jike telling him that he
should have done this before, but as he
seemed ready to reason now, 1 found no
fault.
'You have spent considerable money, of
late V
'How!'
'Have you not built a house?'
'Yes sir, and paid for it too, and have thus
given my mother a comfortable home.'
Mr. Wharton was staggered for a moment
by my frank and feeling reply, but pretty
soon he asked :
'What did the bouse cost you ?'
'Just fifteen hundred dollars. My moth
er owned the land. And I suppose you
would like to know where I got the money.
You, sir, learned me how to save i I have
been here six years. The first year you
paid me fifty dollars, and I laid op twenty
five of that. The second and third years
you gave me a hundred dollars and I laid
up sixty a ye?.r. The fourth year yon made
me a clerk and gave me five hundred. My
mother was able to feed me, as our litllo
cot answered for the time. I got along that
year upon an expense of seventy-five dol
lars. The next year you paid me six hun
dred dollars, on condition that I kept your
books. I saved five hundred of that. This
last year yon paid me one thousand, and I
spent only the interest of what I bad previ
ously invested, so that the thousand was
not touched. Of course my mother has
worked, but she wished to do iu I have
paid fifteen hundred dollars for my house,
and have five hundred dollars in the saving
bank. That is a plain statemont of my af
fairs.'
My employer seemed more puzzled than
before.
'Now,' said I, 'I have given you an hon
est statement, and will jou be eqoally hon
est and tell me all that has happened to
excite this suspicion.' .
'I will,' be replied, taking a .seat near
me.
' Within the last year I have lost more than
two thousand dollars! It must have been
taken from the store. I know this, for I
know the amount of goods which have been
sold, and I know bow ranch cash 1 have
received. I began to be " watchful for four
lars I put it in the drawer, and on the next
morning before you came in I looked at
your cash account and founJ only two hun
dred of that set down. From that timet
have been very watchful, and have detect
ed a dozen similar cates. I have noticed
every dollar that came in after the bank
account was made up, and have also taken
note of the amount entered upon the book,
and during that time there has been a leak
of over seven hundred dollars ! Now who
has access to the drawer and the safe V
I was astonished. I could only assure
my employer that I knew nothing of it ;
and I saw he wanted to believe me. I ask
ed him if he bad spoken of this to any one
else. Not a living soul but me he replied.
1 pondered a few moments and then said :
'Mr. Wharton, could I be made to believe
that even ignorantly 1 had wronged yon to
the value ol a dollar, I should not feel the
perfect consciousness of honor I now feel.
There must be a thief somewhere. Some
of the clerks may find aoccess to the money.
But are you willing to let the matter rest
for a few days? I will strain every nerve
to detect the evil doer.
He finally consented to let, me try my
hand at detecting a thief. He also prom
ised not to lisp a syllable upon the subject
to any one else, and also to leave the mat
ter wholly in my hands for one week. He
gave me a warm grasp when we separated,
and said he hoped I would succeed
On the following morning I entered the
store with all my energies of mind center
sd upon the work before me.
There were four clerks or salesmen, and
one boy, in constant attendanca. besides
myself; and all the money received had to
pass through my hands. Sometimes (
made up my cash account at night, and
sometimes not until next morning.
In the latter case I generally put the mon
ey drawer into the safe, and locked it up.
The key to the safe was kept in a small
drawer to which there were two keys
one of which I kept, while Mr. Wharton
kept the other. The only other person who
ever helped us in the store, was Henry
Wharton, my employer's only son. a youth
of twenty years of age. He was preparing
for college under a private tutor, but found
time to help us in the store when business
was driving. He was a kind hearted, gen
erous fellow, and a strong natural attach
ment had grown up between us. At first
"gni oi gelling mm to help me rind the
theif, but as Wharton had promised to speak
I thought of getting him to help me find the
to no one eise on me suDject, I concluded to
keep quiet also.
That night I counted my money, but
made no entry on the account. There were
three hundred and forty odd dollars. I put
it in a new calf-skin pocket-book placed
that in the money drawer, and locked the
whole up in the safe. On the following
morning I found fifty dollars missing. I
counted the money over carefully, and I
was not mistaken. I began to feel very
unpleasant. My suspicions took sn unwel
come turn.
During the day I pondered upon the sub
ject, and finally hit upon the following ex
pedient : When I had locked up the safe
for the night, I spread upon the knob of the
door, and upon the money drawer, some
pale red lead, being careful not to get
enough on to be easily noticed. I had left
the cah account open, to be closed up in
the morning. When 1 next opened the
safe, all was as I had left it.
The next night I fixed the nob in the
same manner, and on the morning follow
ing I found forty dollars gone. Upon the
pocket book were finger marks of red lead; '
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and when I came to opec my cash book I
found the same kind of marks there. So I
learned one thing; the thief knew enough
to see whether my account had been made
of the money before he took it. 1 felt more
unpleasantly than before, for my unwel
come suspicions were being confirmed
I had gained new light. There was a pe
culiarity in the red finger marks that told
me a sad story. Still, I wished to try fath
er. For two nights after this the safe remain
ed undisturbed, but on the third night I
missed seventy-five dollars more, and I had
now set my trap more carefully. The red
pigment was not only used, but I had put a
private mark upon every bill in the drawer.
The pocket-book and cash book ere fin
gered as before, and the marks were very
clear and distinct.
When the week was up, Mr. Wharton
came and asked me what I had done.
'Ah,' said he, as be noticed the sorrowful
expression on my countenance, 'you have
failed to discover anything.'
'Alas, I wish I conld say so!' I replied.
'I have discovered to much. In the first
place the money has been taken lrom the
safe, and the key left in the proper drawer
and locked up as usual. Also, the cash
book has been examined each time to see
if any entry has been made of the money.
There has been one hundred and sixty-five
dollars taken in all.'
'Bat how do yoa know the cash book has
been examined?' he asked
'I will show yoa 1 said, producing both
the cash and pocket books. 'You see those
red marks? I fixed a red pigment upon
the door knob of the safe, and upon the
edges of the money drawer. Yoa can see
these finger marks?' .
'Yes he whispered.
'And now,' I continued, 'just examine
them carefully. See how the leaves of the
cash book were turned over, and alao how
the strap f the pocket book was tucked
'Only that the finger marks are very
plain.'
'But you cannot distinguish the thumb
marks Irom those made by the fingers?'
Ves, I can.'
'Then tell me this,' I returned. 'Which
hnnd did the thief we most dexterously in the j
work ?' ' I
Wharton gazed upon the marks,' and fi- j
nally grasped '77i left.'
'So he did, I returned, 'and all the marks
have been the same. The thief is a left
handed one, and he is acquainted with the
store and the book, and can gain easy access
here. But I have yet anoiher mark. The
lait bills that were taken were all marked
with a small red cross upon the numerical
figure in the right hand upper corner. Yoa
can follow those up, for I have neither had
the courage nor the heart to do it.
The merchant sank back pale as death
itself.
'Henry is the only left-handed person on
the premises !' be groand, gazing on roe as
though he wished that I would deny
statement. But I could not. I knew
his
his
own son was the guilty party.
'Ask me no more,' said I, with tears in
my eyes, for the father's agony deeplv mov
ed nie. 'The secret is locked up in my
own breast; and neither to you nor to any
living being will I ever call the name of the
j one whom I suspect.'
The stricken man graped my hand, and
with sobs and tears he begged my pardon
for tl e wrong he had done me, and thanked
me for the assurance 1 had given him.
On the following morning be brought me
fifty dollars in eight different bills with a
red cros.
'I know all now,' he whispered, in bro
ken accents. 'Be kind lo me, and let this
not go ont into the world.'
I kept my promise, and lived to see the
old man smile again : for when Henry saw
the deep agony of his father, his heart was
tonched, and not only acknowledged all
Ins wild sins and humbly begged for pardon
but became a trne and good man, and an
honor and ornament lo society.
rosilioos of the Body.
Those persons engaged in occupations re
quiring ine Hands alone to move, while
the lower limbs remain motionless, should
bear in mind that without constantly raising
t. -. ...
no uaum 10 an erect position, and giving
a Bight exercise to all parts of the body
' snch a pracT.ce will tend to destroy their
ura n u. iney snnum, nowever, sit in as
T-l t I ,
erect position as possible. With seamstres
ses there is always more or less stooping of
the head and shoulders, tending to retard
circulation, respiration and digestion, and
produce curvatnre of the spine. The head
should be thrown back to give the lungs full
play. The frequent long-drawn breath of
the seamstress evinces the cramping and
confinemet of the lungs. Health cannot be
expected without free respiration. The life 1
giving element is in the atmosphere, and '
without it ip proportionate abundance must
disease intervene. Strength and robustness
must come from exercise. Confined atti
tudes are in violation of erred theories of
health, physical development and the in
stinct of nature. Those accustomed to sit
writing for hours, day atler day, can form
com? idea of the exhausting nature of the
toil some and ill paid labor of the poor
seamstress.
A Mob Dispersed bv a Laot. We see it
stated that the mob which went through
Easton, Pa., the other day, compelling citi
zens to go to the expense of purchsing flags
to hang out of their windows, had everv
" . ihuuw, u.u erery
thing their own way until they reached the
....w -uc, u,ey re-
I'caiGw i lie 1 1 vie in ai.ua iijb nag. i lie j uiige
was sick, Dut one of his accomplished
.1 i. . l L ...
" v' " "I"
dow, and in language mot chase and bean-
1 1 f 11 1 naanrnrl lh mrK rf ik. bl.. l
, ""o oiiu
reverence which the entire household bore
for the Union and for its bright and glorious
emblem, bat wished them to understand that
though the house should be raized about
them, the sacred folds of that flag would not
pe unfurled by her or her family at the re
quest of a mob." This firm and eloquent
little speech was to much even for the mob
spirit and quietly and almost silently, the
demonstration broke up and the disturb
ers of the peace sooa after repared to their
, .
homes to reflect upon, and doubtless lo re-
fcici mo wuir. tuey iiau ueen engaged in. ,
1 . 1. .1 i. J -
Is it a wonder that the Republicans wish to
change their names.
Democratic Doctrhe. As far as we are
able to discover amongst our exchanges,
the Democratic press of the North may be
said lo be a unit in favor of sustaining the
Government in the energetic prosecution of
this war. The Democracy of the North
deny the right of secession in toto. They
have always done so. They denied the
the right of the New England States to se
cede from the Union in 1814. They denied
the right ol Massachusetts to secede, as she
threatened to do in 1844, if Texas was ad
mittedand now they emphatically deny
the right of Texas to secede. They go for!
sustaining the Union now ihh ,r
done presenting no petitions for its disso
lution, and scorning the men who wooid
under any circumstances, "let it slide."
They also go for the Constitution and its
guaranties, including the Liberty of Speech and
the Ft eedon of the Press. This we call the
true, manly and patriotic ground ; and peace
and harmony can only be re-established in
Origin of the Bed fflao'.' ' !
The Nor Wester publishes a. repprt of - a
, very able lecture delivered at Selkirk by
j Mr. Frank Lamed Hunt, upon the Red Man.
I In the course of his remarks, the lecturer
said: . . '3
There has been a vast deal said, surmised
and conjectured about the North American
Indian, some saying that they are the de
scendants or the lost tribes of Israel ; others
that they are the branch of the Aztec fami
ly. To a third suppositon, that they are of
Tartar origin crossing to the New World
and spreading over it, from Behrings Strait's
I do most seriously incline. They show it
so unmistakably in their faces as to leave in
my mind at least, scarce a doubt; In a con
versation I had the happiness to enjoy, one
evening, with Pere Favor, of the Roman
Catholic Miskion at Fort William, Lake Su
perior a man of fine powers ot mind, and
one of the (if not the most) accomplished
Otchipa scholars now Tiring 1 mentioned
this as my belief. He at once confirmed 'it
and spoke of an early Jesuit missionary
upon the Lake, who, upon being transferee!
to Tartary, to his astonishment met in one
of the villages of that very distant country,
a woman whom he had known in this
They mutually recognised each other, and
in answer to his inquiry, she said she had
been taken across Behring Straits, and was
last left where he saw her. The same fa
ther, stricken by a similarity of the languag
es, compared a list in which the respective
tongues,Tartar and AUonquin.being placed
6ide bj side, showed without doubt a com
mon root or derivation. The testimony
from this trntbful scholar was more conclu
sive to my mind than the piled op theories
and vague speculations of a college of sa
vans. How many centuries they took to
traverse and cccupy this immense extent
of territory, break up into bands which
grew into tribes, by non-interconrse acquire
dialects of their own, we know rot. Bet
with their habits nothing could be more
natural and easy, and with the abuudance
of game and means of life came rapid in
crease of numbers, sufficient a their wants
and inclination prompted, to reach all parts
of the country, even lo the broad Atlantic,
where now their very name is a tradition.
Wordiof Wirninj. .. .
We presume that nobody will dispute the
claim of General Jackson to have been a
friend of the Union, and a far-seeing, saga
cions patriot and statesman. Read, then,
the following extract from his Farewell Ad
dress in reference to the encroachments of
the Federal Government, and its tendency
to overstep the limits imposed upon it by
the Constitution :
"It is well known there have always beea
those amongst ns who wish to enlarge the
power of the general government; and ex
perience would seem to indicate that there
it a tendency on ihe part of this govern
ment to overstep the boundaries marked out
for it by the Constitution. Its legitimate
authorit7 abundantly sufficient for all the
purposes for which it was created ; and its
powers being expressly enumerated, there
can BE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CLAIM
ING ANYTHING BEYOND THEM, EV
ERY attempt to exereUe power beyynd those int.
Vs thavld be PROMPTLY AND FIRMLY
OPPOSED. For one evil example will Und to
other measures ttill MORE MISCHIEVOUS ;
and if the principle of constructive powers,
or supposed advantages, or temporary cir
cumstances, shall ever be permitted to jus
tify the assumption ol a power not given by
the Constiution, the general government
will before long absorb all the powers of
legislation, and yon will have, in effect,
but one consolidated government."
Thc Right Chord Gen. Butler struck
the right chord in his late order forbidding
the nan of vrhiskav in lha oomn nA :.
wouK1 be we for a officer8 of ;oIonteer.
1o carefully weigh his words. "Boys'he
says in effect, ''whiskey is doing us a great
i injury. Your general has no wish to con-
ceal the fact that k haa bs.n in lU
I ceal th
or 08ing win and &. hip head
I . . . .
fo... nri nllorinn iham tn hi. f.. I- t J
I -- "- o ",v alio llivuut, 1 f,
I will not ask a sacrifice from his men be is
unwilling lo make himself; therefore, no li
quors or wines will be allowed either at hi
headquarters or in the camp vbich he has
the honor to commind."
We repeat, General Butler has struck
the right chord. There will be no more
triumphs of whiskey in the camp of "Old
Hair Trigger." Now that the campaign is
open will not our officers emulate his exam
I Pe in omer inings, and asx oj their men nc
..crificM theTv .ra nn, wiI1:r ln mat.
ple in other things, and ask of their men no
I J w ...
eeves." . . :
When Colonel Bcrnsidc so gallantly led
his Rhode Island Regiment, he dismounted
that he might know when his men were
weary. Who wonders at the bearing of mea
in battle fighting nnder such a leader ?
The Grass Valley National relates the
following incident having recently occared
in that vicinity:
A lawyer of this village was consulted a
few days since by an injured husband who
complained of the unfaithfulness of his,
spouse. Repested acts of inconstancy on
the part of the wife could be clearly proved,
and the man of law told his client tha.
,here wooI1 b no difficulty in obtaining a.
. divorce at the next term of the Court-
Divorce next term of the Court ! exclaimed
the now excited Benedict, "D a you,
I only "want lo get an injunction to stay her
proceedings V1
Happiness roust arise from our. own
temper and actions, and not immediately,
from any external conditions .