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Coiirt ProcIaiJiaticm.
.WVHKREAS tfi.e Honorable Wm. Elwell,
t , . , Piidiit Judgs ot Ihe Court ol Oyer
terminer Hrni Ueueral Jail Delivery,.
- -CMif el Quarter Seron of the Peace. a;id
toi rtr.J Common Plea and Qsp'h'ari., Court,
w' i 'he 26ibt Judicial District, composed nf
the ctmiiesof Columbia. Snllivanand W'y -
nmtcis, ltd ilie Hons., Stephen Baltfy and
'Joan McReynok', Associate Juds ol Co-
:.?t "'"bia co., hae iued their ..recept bear;
ate one thousand etht hundred and
" ; sixty-six, and to rre directed Icr holding a
'" ;: aJobrr 'of Oyer and Terminer, and General
-i 'Jii delivery fQuarier Sessions ol ihe Peace,
Com. Plas and Orphans' Court, in Bloom
" ' arg, in tii e county of Columbia, no the first
ii p Monday, -bfiti-j the 5th day of Feb. next,
and to continne one week. -'Notice
is hereby siven to tlie Coroner, the
- Jemiee' of the Peace prSd CoritabIesot the
"said County of Columbia, that they b then
- , and there in their proper persons at 10 o'-
' : elovk in ih forenoon of usiif day, tvi(r their
i-A. - record, inqniiiirn nd other remeir.bran-
ce ii do ilioe itiinac which to their oftce
ppertam to be clone. And those thai are
bound by recognize, to prosecute a'chinM
prioners that sr ot may be ii'the Jai(
( ' ,f ai i county ot CoSnmbi.i, to be'then m:i
, ihem to prot'ecme tlten a- halMte j:ii. Ju
,ror ar reqesied rt be punctual u: tfieir
Mtieiuiai.c, agreeably to itieir notice, da'ed
r -t, Bjoruibr.r,.the 28. h day'of Dec., in the
J iyi bto'irr Jrd tin) thobar d eigM Inn idreif
od-m'j-sixjrt'arivf in ihe eii. f4 yrni' s h em
rf the luJepndervce of the United Stale ol
Amenoj. (God ave te Commonn eHUh
- " o;:? r- A11L'F-L SNYDKR.
, Sherifl'e OliUe,- . ) Sriftrstt.
J 7 tlli nioomsbursJ i'n 3 "1365. 'J
1 BAVLRSE JUKQKS FOR FEBRUARY"
x - - TERM, I8C6. v
4 B'oom A J.I. Rupert. ;
Beaer Henry' ninderiitcr. -..
' Bri:rcreek J .cob Creaky DaMhaiTer
u ' Ueuber? '".lr!lr, N-Airn-i M.irtz.
Bentonto t E .Colley f tionaVTi Cole,
CattawisaJrfCob Kreih, Daniel Hel-
Conyr nhamS;il)en Thomas.
'FiiSittscreek Hush McRridn.
Krauk'inMoes Hnwer.)rti:dt Loreman .
tirenwood Go. V. Uit, Jo. S Klme.
Hern'.nrii Nhemiah Ie'sie Hush D
J1,Bri.fe.
j4rkon lhr York. ,
I.ncus' Hsnry'Fiul: fera II'. we r, E'iii
-. HLtia -
t-M.tain -J.icob .N::.
I Mtmipiir Ev.m VVelliver.
. (J'anjje AomS'ti Cil-i?:aii, Uichse!
Vo.icif, John Snjitf r.
Tii e-Jcob Cheuit erlin, Vjleutini U'in
teflee -
Uoarii-nneek Bi jmin finrk. '
. 'iar!iiat- Autre Laubjtti, Henry C
lle-r.
N-ot Pnilip T. i-iartmanj John Kressler,
Dsniel I,. Eyerfiarl,
jtuiiry .3, 166.
; "gua.nd jlrkXToi; February
. . - TERM ISM.
V Bloom ilorris C. ilcan. ;
lior. BervricV Charier D. Fooler.
. Kriarcreek Jacob Ma?teiler, VViiriam
l.mrn.
-:Beiiei "Ojnrel TJesrhr't.
1 'Benton "E J. Albe'rt'on
Vauisa Jacob Drum teller.
FisVitiacr. eTc Samuel "Shie Ma.tia
- Ki'nej, John J. Hutchi-on.
Frnklin--3o!iph Pidle'r.
"Greenwood Ilfchanl TwtcTen.
HemlocK" lame Rrat, Hdion Girtcn.
Loco William GoiKlman, Mj berry
oder, "Jona Fetiermin.--
-.lt. Pleat Eli-. Dreib!bi"a.
.l4.liso' Joepti C. Smith.
JacksonJobu K'rsler.
Koitrrricreek henry Hodman.
Syott Jaooh Terwiii;:er.
" Su4rlo4l JoVupfi O. He, William P
P-urari.
Jan 3. M66.
LliTOF CAUSES FOR FEBRL'ARV
TERM, A. D. 1866.
1. Raehef Mofsn hernex friend Wm
M. Hiiaslund vs R'.rha'd Morsan.
7. S:eplien Baldy vs faiiiDiiwa, William
spori & Erie R R. Comaiiy.
J Vm L-Lance s Harm an G. Creveling.
4. Wm L Larsce vs TbO. Cr, relins et af
.3. Elii-ib McMunrie lodor-fce of Aaron
Wolt Christian. Wolf
, - . C .Jacob Harris vs Peter Jacpby.
7 Rnel P. Slucker v Wm. Ikeler.
; 8. Jcrb Hopler vs William Slanbach L
Chriatianna his u i!e . (
Road company,
10. Hugh McRey nolds v Peier Oliphant.
Adam Deitterich vt Jera Jcoby.--f
t i 12. Abraham Hartman vs Si!a- D E'gar.
13 Benj. Wenman v MiW.A. Williams.
.14 1 Gratia . Herring v Peter Miller.
15. ' Edward Heilner v the Locnst M. Rail
. ,, JR. L Iron Co., A. W. Re a, & S Fe;ter
, marj.
16. Chamber'.in for use of Hockenberj, vs
" Vr ; Silas D E.lgar. -
17. John Hmterli er vs John Jameson.
B.F.Rhard s Geo.. Patterson, et a I.
13. Aaron Bloom vs Keabon Siller.
t 20 Joriothan Wolf, Indorspe. of, GeddiS,
! c !i i : Marsh fr'Co vs George H FreaS. .
21 Jonothan WoIf, loddrse- nf CaddU,"
v. Marsh & Cb. Yfc George H. Frea.
,4 22 -MathiasTronoe, vs the Twp. of Scoti.
s :- 23 Jacob Reroley va the Catawissa R. R.
Company.. . 'I
Bunn. RaisosI, fe Co. v Lvi Kutr.
25 Anna BDeigh miller, v H Deighrriilier.
;. . 26 Will iam Laiuon va Peter Hayman,
. 27 VVilliam Lamon vs.John. Vanpell.
. ., 28 Administrator pf Joseph Paxtonj dc7d
. rs William L Lance. .- r
29 Moses Fost & Samuel K. PhillippI vs
4 , v- Joseph Freck, owner or rept,td w.ier
t 20 Jacoo bhuman vs John a. Hnnrinser.
j Si AbrahamB Swisher vs Sam'l Rimby. ,
32 J. M. Fietk & Co. vs" Ciimon. Dewitt.
33 Robert Gorrell vs,Tp. of Conynsham,
. li Jones vs Miles C Abooti Sc Richard
I ,; ' B.Mena2h, , , ,
; ' 33 William. Eyer trs, Peter S Barber,
S? Greenwoou Twp. vs Samuel Bogart."
" ' 87 Sylvesier J Faux Isasc Whi'e. .
', 1 23. Sylvester J. Faux ts Naao W'bite
y Z'y ChrUnin F. K::app v. School Diretcrs
l' " of Cloom Twp.,,
4J Wrtght Hughes vs Peter Miller. .
-41 Leis C Green vs I?aac White,
,1.42 Mary. E Green vs'Isaac White'. -1
43' Andrew Soyder vs John Sheader. "
, . - JESSE COLEMAN,' Proth'y.
.Proihonourjr,n ORce, - - '
. Uloomsbafs. Jaaaary 3d. 1S6S. j
DATID L0TTE5DEUG; -CLOT
III iY" G i STOKE
street, two dcorf abort tie Acier
. TiftVeo Tears Ago
- HOSTE ITER'S STOMACH BITTERS
was Mniguln.g into nonce against the
prej.,dice. l.vh everything r.ew, however
exctldnt, i doomed io encounter
; TO n a V
I ; iu-UAi
it s'ands at the head of nil the tonic and
1 si eraiive preparations
ceelrhy na3 evok?j
f . : . .
in existence. lis
many imitations but
, ' "" '"J"1''" t"u" "
! oslx rc, timo.ant thni bas ewr been
f introduced into the sick chamber. In the
Hospitals of the Army andNavy, the sur-
yeons'find it he very tusl tonic for cbnva
le.cenis, and report it as invaluable for.
sustaining the vigor of trofcps on "the rr;a'rch,
as a remedy Tor scurvy and all scorbutic
affctiore, and as tfte only specific for sea
eickfess. Clifornia and Australia have
emphatically indorsed it as the Mixer's
MttDtciPi fat cxullence. and in Spanish
America and all the tropical climates, it is
con.M.fered the tniy reliable antidote to ep
idemic fever..
There" is r.o mystery about the causes of
it succei'. It is the only stomachic and
alterative in whinh are combined the erand
requisites tf a mild, pu re and unvitiated
veocnble s'imulant, wi-h the finest selec
tion ol tonic, ami-billioos, anti -scorbutic,
aperient, and deparati ve herbs.plant,rootf
and barks that have ever been intermixed
m a medic:nal preparation.
The Biters hi, ve iliis d;stinctive quality,
which is not shared, it i believed, by any
tonic, tincture or exl racl in the world;
they do not excite the pulse, though they
uiftTse a wor.c'erful degree of vigor iuto the
nervous f)stem, and str?ngihen and sus
tain the whole physical orsa niza'ion.
It is al-o proper to state that the Bilters
re sold exclusively under gla. and nev
er by ilesaMon or barrel. Iiwpotors and
imitators are abroad, and the only safe
nard the nb'.ichas asainsl tliem Is to see
that the Cireis they buy bear the engra
ved late! and rote of hand of Messrs. Hos
ie:;er & Srriih. and the covernrueht stamp
over 'he cr rk of the botilo
LOOK HERE.
THE VERY" FLATTERING SUPPORT
heretofore iven to t.'ie lale fiim ol JAMES
S. M. NINCU & CO.,. ind'iccs tha. under
i!ied io enter upon trie bi).ines of
MERCHANDIZING
npon a somewhat new plan. The- credit
y-tem ha been an it J'iry to both buyer
and seller, and therefore
propo-e iry open on the 3-, day of the
rnouih of November, A- D. 1865 in
rg ,r A yyhnr; r--?-,
THE MOST CO MP LUTE AND
El. VG.IXT H TO C A" OF
Mt:v eioop so
ever OFFERED l. THiS tOUNTV;
coniiingof every variety- and quality of
s'aple and fancy good,
GROCERIES, k L" F.'E N S W A Ti E , HARD
WARE, ! and ail ot of ar.icles kept in a country
store ; to be sold
OR IN EXCHANGE FOR ALL KINDS OF
PRODUCE.
Ihe whole bn' iess to be conducted on
the .yMem of pay a yon gj and at cheap
er raten than any o;her house. Call ami
judge for ourselves.
r, ' , JAMES S.McINCH.
' November 8, lSf..
WE IV STORE
IN B LOOMS BU RG, PA.
THE UNDE-RSIGNED has jn-i opened a
new S-ore in SCHIVE'S BUILDING MAIN
5 TREET Rioomsbug, Pa., which he has
niifl wnn a r.r-i cius aaortment or .
ZL 2D CE JD S3 a
of all descriptions, and
GROCEKICS, HARDWARE ASD
QfEESWAIiE,
j in the ona! variety.
A'so ILdUli and FEED snpplied attl.e
lowest market prices. He re?pectfjl!y so
licits a fair share of patronage.
JAMES K. EY'ER."
Bloomsburs, N'ov. 8, JS65 tf.
ASSIGISEES'S NOTICE.
Etias ll'it tman'i LiU'te.
jVOTICE is hereby given, that the second
. a.t-d final account of John K. Grotz ti
John Sta!e, Asinee8 of Elias Werimari.
has beeif fileS in Uie Prothonotary ' Office
o. Columbia county, and that the same
will' be presented to the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of Columbia co,,
on TUESDAY', THE 6h DAY OF FEB-
iitAKi, 1866, for confirmanon, ol which
al persons interested will take notice.
- JESSE COLEMAN, Proth'y.
Kloomsburg, Dec. 27, 138.
Auditor's Notice.
.Esile of Isaitik ' Dakl, deed
' THE undersigned, an Auditor, appointed
by the Orphans' Court of Columbia county
to distribute the lands in the hands of Seth
B Cdwmrn and Iaiah Bower administra
tors of Isaiah Bah!, deceased, will attend to
the duties of his appointment at his office
n Berwick, oh Wednesday the 24th daj of
Jan., 1866,. at 10 o'clock A. M ; at which
time and place all persons interested are
notified to present their claims or be debar
red Iron? tomins in on said fund.
M. M.'.TRAUGH, Auditor.
Dec. 27, 186 tw. S3 5u.
, - NOTICE IN DIVORCE.
1 In the "Court of Common Pteas of Co
lumbia Coif it i:
WHRara H. Evans ) To Delphena Evans,
ys . -, respondent I n the
Delphena . Evans. . ) above stated case :
; Take Notice, that an afa su'yten ia Di
vorce has been, allowed ' in th's case, in
which yoti are snmmoned to appear before
tbe said Coort on the first Monday of Feb-,
ruary next at 10 o'clocK in the forenoon.
, SAMUEL SNYDER, Sheriff.
E.'oomibar, jaa. ID, 1885. . '
THE STAR OF THE NORTH
IS FCBLISHED KVERY W EUN ESDiT BT
JVM. II. JJCOBV,
Uliltc 0,1 Uia,u 4ru "a" uc,uw JJurftci. .
n Pt C4 O.J C ... L.l,.. Til -I-
j in advance, 'if not p.ul till tha end of llm
) year, Three Dollars will be charged.
I No sot-cripiions taken for a periotl less
I 'I'l l! V I tv n llfilbfi ,nil Ki IT ( pnu
man su montns ; no csiscominuance permu- Alf9 Wheelpr where I boarJed, bad i-ev-ted
until all arrearages are paid ur.leM all
the ODlinri of the editor.
RATF.S OF AI)VERTIS1X(3 :
TEN LINES CONSTITUrE A SQUARE.
One J-quara, one or three insertions, SI 5d
Every rubeqnent incertiCness than 13, 0
pne column one year, . 50 00
Admifiis;rators' and Executors' notices, 3 00
Transient ad ver:i.ins payab'e in advance,
all oiher due after the firt insertion.
THE SXOW.
Oh ! the snow, the beautiful snowi
Filling the sky and earth below ;
Over the housetops, over the street,
Over the beads of the people you meet.
Dancing,
N "Flirting,
Skimming along;
Beautiful snow ! it can do no wrong !
Flying to kiss a fair lady's cheek,
Clinging to lips it: a frolicsome freak ;
Beautiful snow from the heaven above
Pure as an ar.ge! gentle as love !
Oh ! Ihe snow, the beautiful snow
How the fUke gather and laughs they go,
Whirling about in the maddening fon !
It p'ys in its glae with 9very one,
Chasing,
Laughing,
Harrying by,
....
! iiuis un me lace auu u pparmen hid
And tbe dogs, with a bark and a bound,
Snap at the crystals that eJdy around.
The town is alive, and ii heart in a glow
To welcome the coming of beau'iful snow.
How wild the crod goes swaying alortg,
Hailing each othr with tcmor and song.
How ths gay sledges, like meteors flash by,
Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye !
Ringing,
Swinging,
Dashing they go,
Over the crust of the beautiful snow
Snow so pore when it falls from the sky,
To be trampled in mud by the crowd rush .
iig by
To be trampled and tracked by tha thou
sands of feet,
Tiil it blends with the filth in tbe horrible
6.ieet.
Onca I wa pcre as the snow bjit I fell !
j . i' li- . - r - I : 1. t . L ' i
Fell, like the snow fUkas, from heaven to hell j
Fell, to be trampled as fihh in the street,
Feil to be scoffed, to ba spit oa and teat;
Pleading,
Cursing,
Dreading to die,
Selling my soul to whoever would bey";
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread.
Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Merciful God ! have I fallen to low ?
And yet I was once like the beautiful scow.
0. 1C9 I was fa;r s the beantiful snow,
With an eye like the crystal, a heart like its
K'oi
01. ce I was loved for my innocent grace
Flittered and sought" for the charms of my
face !
Father,
Mother,
Si,ters all,
God and myself I've loa by my fall ;
Tin veriest wretch that goes shivering by
Will make a wide swcop lest I wander too
nigh;
For all that is on or above ma, I know,
There's nothing that's pure as tbe beautiful
snow.
How strange it shoald bo thai this beautiful
snow '
Should fall oa a sinner with nowhere to go !
Hovy strange it should be, when the nigh:
come3 again,
If the snow and the ice struck my desperate
brain I
. ' ' " . Faint'tng,
Freezing,
Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer,too weak for a moan,
To be heird in tbe streets of the crazy town,
Gone mad in the joy ol the snow coming
down
To me, ind so die in my terrible" woe,
Wiih a bed and a shroud of tho beautiful
snow.
Tile Wrong End.
The Northern Railroad of New Jersey,
which runs from a point" on the Erie Rail
road to Piermont, is rather a slow affair,
having to stop nearly every 'mile at its na
mer'oas stations, to take up an old lady
with her bandbox, or to pot down some
fellow with a gnn who ii about lomake
war on the torn tils and cock sparrows.
The passengers grumble a little, just as
though they had any rights the company
were bound to respect. The other day,
when the' conductor came along for the
tickets, a dry old former said, as he banded
ovec the requisite paper :
'See -herd, young man, ain't yon made
a mistake!"
"Mistake ! no ! Wbal d'ye mean ?'' was
tbe answer.
"1 think yoo hev" said the other. "Yoa
havij got tbe cow kejeheron the wrong ecd.
Ef yoa want to keep the cows from ketchin
09 jou'd better pot it ou behind I" ; I
Ji Western exchange says, "A. young
lady, of this city, a short time ago, burg
fcenelf to a limb of tba Iw, - t
A Hatter in search of fur.
Oo one occasion a hatter named Walter
Dibble called to buy some fur of us. For
certain reasons I was anxious to play a jnke
11 Pn" ' ' folI him eral kindiof furs
j including beaver and coney. He wanted
, pome Russia. 1 told bim we had none, Lot
w.uunuiw pum.
"What or.'earib it a woman do;n2 with
Russia !' lie said.
I cotildnol ari'wer, but assured him that ;
there were one hundred and thirty pounds
rf n'fi i:ritia cr.H Ana hnnrfrd.l oi.r' hi,
, t r1 " m . !
pounds of young Russia m Mr. Wheeler's j
. i w.iui
hocse, and under her charge, bet 'whether
, , . ., .
it was tor sale I could not ay.
irr, , , i . . . , .. I
Cli he started, with a view to make the;
ncrcnase. tie Knocked at the door. .wr.
Wheeler a'ked him to walk in tnd be seat
ed. She, the elder, made her appearance.
,,, . . . r . i .v
I Willll ILT LCI VUUr- ilUtSId, . FilIU IUO
,
Mrs. Wheeler, of course, anpposad he
had come after her daughter Ruhia.
"What do you want of Rushia V asked
the old lady.
"To make hats," was the reply.
"To trim hats, I suppose you mean
responded Mrs. Wheeler.
"No; lor the outside of hats," replied the,
batter. i
"Well, I don't koow much about hats, j
1 hut J n.itl itl rw V ftinpl.tflf " aorit Ifia l.l
! , . '
lany.
n . . - L - :-
Posir:g into the other room, where Ru-
t shta the younger was at work, she inform-
I . . ...
I ed her that a mas wanted Ler to make some !
t i
hats.
"Oh, he means iis'.er Mary, probably I
mnnniA hii ttr&nl. inrra ta.i' hnTd " u-na
. . , , . , . ,
Ro&hia a reply, as ihe passed into the par-
.
'I suppose you with to se? my sister Ma
ry, she is our Milliner,' said the younger
Kuhia.
'I wish tc see whoever owns the proper
ty.' Sistct Mary was sent for, and soon rr.ar'e
her appearance. As soon as he was - intro
duced, the latter informed her that he wish
ed to bay Russia.
Buy Kuahia! exclaimed Mary in surpn??.
t i i . j i
'I don't understand yoo.'
" - ... .... . . . ,. .
n:ir name Tias l hauler I hn iar a '
said the hatteT, who was annoyed at the
difficulty he met wi h in being ondersicod j
is, r.'
'Ah, very well. Is there old arrd yesng
Russia in the houeV
'I believe there is,' said Mary, surprised
at the familiar manner in which he spoke
of her moTher and sister both of whom were
present.
What is tbe price of old Russia per
poond ?'
M believe, sir, that eld Rushia it not for
sale,' replied Mary, indignantly.
'Well, what do yoo ask for young flus
aiaV pursued the hat'.et.
'Sir !' said Ro&hia lha yocf.ger apringing to
her feet, 'do yoo coma' here to insult de
fenceless females ? If you do we will soon
call our brother, who is in the garden, and
he will punish you as you deserve.'
'Ladfe,' exclaimed the hatter in astonish
ment, 'wbat on earth have I done to oflt-nd
you ? I cam's here to bey some Russia. I
was told that you had old aid" young Rus
sia in the boose. Indeed, this ycung lady
just stated such to be the fact, but che say
the old Ruesia is not Icr sale. Now illcan
boy the young Russia, 1 want lo do so ; but
! if it can't be done, please S3y so, and I will i
trouble yen no further.'
'Mother, one-., ;.Q d30r and let the
get
! '.leraan pass out; he if cadosi.led.Iy enzv-,'
said Mary
'By thunder ! I believe I shall be. if I re
main here long,' exclaimed the ha'ter, car:
siderably excited. 'I wonder it lutii never
do business in thesa parts, that yon ihink a
man crazy if ha arempts such a thing V
'Business, poor man!' said Mary ooth
ingly, approaching the door.
'I am not a poor man, madam,' replied
the hatter. 'My-name is Walter Dibble.
I carry on batting extensively in Danbury.
I came to Grassy Plains to buy fur, and I
have purchased some beaver and coneyjand
now it seems 1 am to t e called crazy and a
poor man,' because I want to buy a little
Russia to make up an assortment. '
The ladies began to open their eyes a
little. Thoy saw that Mr Dibble was quite
in earnest, and bis explanation threw con
6idsrable light on the subject.
'Who sent yoa here?' inquired sister
Mary.
The clerk at the store opposite.'
He is a wicked young fellow for rnalinj
tbin trouble,' said the old lady. 'He has
been doing It for a'joke.'
A joks !' exclaimed Dibble, in surprise.
'Have yoo got any Russia then V
My tame is Jerosha.and to is my daugh
ter's,' said Mrs. Whesler, land that is what
he meant bo telling yoo about old and young
Ruhia. .
Mr. Dibtlo belted throngh the door with-
I oat a word of explanation, and mads direct
ly for our store.
'1'ou young scamp ! what do yon mean
by sending me over there to bay Russia V
said he, as be entered.
'I did not send yoa over there to buy, Rus
sia. I sopposed you were either a bachel
or or a widower, and wanted to marry Ru
shia,' I repated with a serious. countenance.
You lie, you dog, and yoa know it,' re
plied he. 'Bat never mind, I'll pay yoo off
for this, soma day.' i
And taking bis furs, he departed. - - -
1?
t. V r . t. .
THE WEST CF GOLD.
ry MRS. MAhV a den KtsoN.
A great many years ago there stood a
very old house in a small town in Ihe west
of England. The old house had been built
for a rich and powerful baron, but the bar
oti'a bones had long been crumbled, and
even his ashes had probably disappeared
! at the lime the ini-idems I am about to re
late happened.
It aomeway fe'l into the hands of a distant )
relative cf the old baron, a hundred years !
'
erty then, lobe sure; but there were some
'
habitatde rooms, and John Thorpe, the leg-
' ...
atee, was a very poor man, who had hoa
' 1
estty and learnedly, for the times, brought
1
up a lamuy oi crtiiuren. iu tus icv.
, l.'hey moved into the beat part of this old
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There wero seven of them father and
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I mother, Jcnh W tlfred, sixteen, i
j mother, Jcnh Wilfred, sixteen, James AN j
i ford, fourteen, little Ht-nry, ten, Alice, five, i
i on9 a lioniktifiil tiah r.f nnm vnr And !
j what a racket they made among the moul-
dy rooms ! Jvhu Wilfred whoe laves were !
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siuuious, went rar:-acKiiig aiiiii: wit, luin
ber of the garrets, and found plen'y of faded
manuscript ami old ' papers, with which to
employ himse'f durtrg t'te winter. The i
little A-ce sarjg like a bird, and her leet-)
were ever tr.pping alone the deer old en-
tries and over the ancient stair There
were fadd oicttres in the halls, which it
1 was her cehght to study ; and perhaps the
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davrnina nf r.i nenms in ina contarno at:on
of thoae mammoth scenes in dim red, and
bine, arid white, when he
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! The farrn.T was poor it wbs at '.be same
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, time respectable. Mr. Thorpe was a smat1
! Isnen draper, and only made enough ?o ed
I ucaie his littlb o.'.es, dress them neatly, and
keep them from want.
"Ah, if I were but a rich man !"' sighed
John Thotpe, or;e night, alier the chilJren
were in bed, save John YVilfrei! and James
Alfnrd. The former sat at a far-off tittle,
the lat-er was playing with a pretty little
spaniel. For a tma'l space aroucd the
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i Itcro iras i3cen, deep bUjpwj.
! "Why particularly now Uj you wish to
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be a rich man !' asked his
pale woman, who despite
wile, a little
the delicate
siiade ol Ler checks, was very well and
fiaFP"- .
"Because I have a fine ciTer here. For a
paltry hendred pounds, Jahn Wil'red could
go right into the office of c'rie of the best'
barristers in London."
' O, father !' exclaimed John.
"Y'es a splendid chance, that ia open tn
us for a week. But I don't :e as we can
do anything. So much for poverty !"' he
i exclaimed, ti'.terly. "It keeps cs down
j and keeps oor children dwn."
"Don't speak in that way, John," ;aid his
wifo.
"I suppose it is foolish," said the man,
"especially as it. does no good. Well, it
it John Wiilred can't be a lawyer, ha can
be an hor.etl man, thank Gml !
James A'ford crept up to h is briiher.
I say, Jonn, it seem to me yon could
go to that place. I'll come out cf school
and ta"ke your torn on the farm."
'No it's no life, as lather savs.' ?r'rvt
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John Wilfred. "We are poor and must r,
make the best of it. Besides, ts liavs to
pay the money dow-M a:;d joti. kucy uc
coclJti't po:",yiy j0 i!UI
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' Ihe liCit mLVni" '.he sm :.r.-e rr.em'c
ThjrC v. ers r.o dari; corner in the great
room now, but instead, sheets el red liht,
stretching from wall to wall, merry little
children laughing and llitttng asout, a i
breakfast table, plainly spread, a kettle bub- !
t l.ngon the hearth, and the baby ut:r,g
of ri,ht in the cradle, crowing as losu'y as
i: culd
O, what a cheerful home-picture
if was ! v
"Ally dreamed something last night.'
said Henry, as ir.ey sat down to breaklasl
ktiu V I m I .ti.K mi, ... Via. cl.art I
one itu icicu iiiM vui in . p'ecj., auu
clapped her hands, and cried, 0, a;n't it
bright ? ain't it bright V And when I call
ed her, she sat right up in bed, and says
she. 40, Henry, wasn't it a beautilsl chest
of gntd ? So full! Now we are all rich !' I
I asked her what she meant, and she said,
! O. Henrv. it was a preat chest foil of sold.
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, .in Blur ' f o I .., unit n a t it ? Thon '
when i laushed she carna to." i
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'What are you talking about, Henry V
asked his father.
"1 did dream it," cried litile Alice, "and
can go right up stairs jul Where it is."
' Just where what is, child V
' The gold the chest alljuii ot gold !"
- "What ridicujous nonsense the child i
talking," said Mr Thorpe.
"Weil, the man came to me at any rate,"
said little Alice, confidently.
"Wbat man V '
"Wby, the man a with Icrfg white beard,
and a great marfc !rom that part of his face
to that part of his face, crosswise," she re
plied, pa-fins a finger uiagODaily from fore
head lo cbin.
Is the child bewitched" asked her father.
"She saw tbe portrait of bid G'an'iher
Thorpe, tho barou, probably," said John
Wilfred.
"1 didn't I didn't see anything but him,"
cried the child, qui'e floshed and nervous.
"1 never saw a picture like him. ( know
where the room is. I'll show yoa now.
Come."
"flamor the child," said Mrs. Thorpe.
Tbe dream has made a strong impression."
John his son Henry "and Mrs. Thorpe
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fcoue jumping up stairs. She led them to
hall alter hall, firing, almost, from one
room to another. At I ant ahe came to a
small, dilapiJated apartment, that appear
ed to have to outlet save by the low en
trance at which they went in.
"The room is in there," said ihe child.
'To. where! Why, no. Duu'i you sea
there's no floor V said her father.
"There ta door,"said Alice. "The room
is in there." " ,
John, the el lest son, was carefully feel-
' ing over the lYick piper, which was torn in
sundry places.
"Father," he cried, quite fiueheJ, "I feel
the cracks of a door."
1 told you so," said li'tle Alice. There's
a sreal wood picture in that other room,
and the chet is behind it.
Much excited, fa'.he' and son went to
work. The paper soon lay in strips on the
floor. Yes, there was a door, carefully
wedged cp. It was not the work of many
moments to dislodge the hindrances, and
soon the little party socd in a close, muv.y
smelling room, whoso two little panes of
thick, preen plas were nearly emirelr ob
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scured bv dust and cobwets.
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"J'jhii, you tremble from head to foot,"
I said his wife, catching hold of his arm
' Let us go down now. To-morrow we will
look ?unher.:'
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,'o. no " said John Thorpe, hurriedly.
. ,,. ,ee ,h(t iriinp to an em, now HoWf in
Heaven's name, did the child know about
this ror.rn ! Come, Wilfred to work."
And to work they went, clearing away
old planks and useless lumber.
"There's the wood picture,'' said little
Alice, calmly.
It was a painted panel. John Thorpe, as
soon as he saw it, caught the child in his
afro.
"Alice." he said, "if t'-ion his: led me
here, and thy dream proves a true one, may
God's b!e?.-ir: rest upon thee, my darling !''
Ard k'tSiioii her, he sat her down, crying
cut again, "No.v J"hn Wilired, to work."
They could make no impressi dv, c.pyn the
panel, howr-ver, till the son had brought a
hoavy axe to tt father's aid. Then they
split the thick wood, and behind it appear
ed a thinner partition, which was des-.royed
like the ott.er. Tt-.ere, in troth, was a cav
ity, cut c! which flew blinding dost. Bat
they co!d see nothing in the darkness.
"A lamp, good wife," said John Tflorpe.
And a lamp was brought.
Cautiously the elder eon entered this
aperture with the flickering candle.
Whu do you see V' cried John Thorpe.
"Nothing, j et," replied John Wilfred.
"li's black, its black !'' cried the child.
4 Here's the ctest !" shouted John WiN
fred. His voice had a bollo.v, metled
sound. ' Let rca oa; I'm full of spiders !"
he cried, in a moment after, appearing at
the mocih. " es, there' no mistake about
it an ok', black, worm ea'.-a chest, as
sure as you're alive !"'
And foil of gold, fu!', full !v cried i!.e
little Alice, delightedly.
tVe shall see, my child. Nevar mind
spider, John, if there's ro-n to sta;;d up
Give me the sxe. Now fcr it "
lie struck fgain and ngiln at old
chest in side. How strangely it sounded !
There was certainly eomething that sauud
ed like a click and a ra t!u. Was i; pnlj
Yes. A long, j-'jful kbit;!, ilea another
a i
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I'jt.d. Jctn Titftrr e came rrlnir!7. boni-
j a - o it-
1 in; ctl of the rpertcre, catchi'it; Alice,
catching John, and Iicghiug clm jai deleri
ou'ly, as he cried. "Rich, rich, rich!"
What more need be said ! The dream of
little A lice had brought th;m tha chet of
gjld. What spiritual itifluer.ces were at
work wih the c'lilJ's tnitid we cannot, of
course, pre'end tvi Fay. It was tru?, how
ever, tint the Tl.O'pss wera rich enough
j owsr,at j,.bn Wilfred went to London,
I eventually became one of the most
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dis:ingui.-.hed jdes cn the bench '.ha:
Henry left some notla painting', Alice ber
came an earl's wile, and the rest pased
their ;.ve6 in quiet and con:e.'.irnent(tecame
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ich an
tiierciftil.
A Eisli Wind.
An old chap named Pe'er H-
ived
J in a" old one elory wooA hoos of vety
extensive dimension, snd when it was
u reeled ,0 ,he force of one of thoa hurri-
C30C3
so numerous oi lae years at tha
j We't, its power of resistattco was insufii
cient to withstand so great a pressure, and
it yielded to ihe point without a struggle;
however, it was not upset or lorn to pieces,
bin "merely moved a few rod. In the
course of the journey the stove spilt out,
and the danger of conflagration was immi
nent. Old Peter was loo much excited to
notice the removal of his house, and seeing
the necessity of i:n mediately applying wa
ter to the burning embers of the floor, he
seized a bucket and darted off behind the
house, when great was his astonishment to
fiid ail trace of the well obliterated. After
looking in blank astonishment a moment,
he called out to his wife, "Jar3h, I'll be
blamed if the wind has not Llowedthe well
clear out of the lot, ihere's not so much as
a stone lefi I"
The follawing s'ory is told of the Rev.
Mr. Morse: At an association dinner a
debate arose as to the u-e of the. rod in
bringing up children.. The doctor tok the
afhrniaiiva and the, chief opponent was a
young minister, whose reputation for verac
ity was not high He maintained that pa
rents often do harm to their children by an
just punishment from not knowing the facts
ol the case. 'Why said he. 'tho only time
my father whipped me was for felling the
truth.' Well. retorted the doctor, it cere 1
cc cl DraJtc'i Exp!oiU.
In the beginning of June, I&9S, ih
nowoed Corsair Drake, as the Spanish his.
torians call bim. or Francis Drake, stood tu
with bis squadion towards the coast of Van- s
excels, till he arrived within, about ball
league from La Gtaria, whan h enibsrkel
fie hundred men in boats, end lacded.
The inhabitants ol La Guana, (led without
resistance, and carried to Caracas the new
of the terrible Eriglihmaiira descent on the.
coast. Then did the vsliant alcades, Garci
Gonzalez and Francisco ReDolledo, Y(ll tb
men who would and could bear arcns.Tnarcri
out to repel and chastise the irisrader
T hey marched with banners displayed along
ins roal road leading Irorn Caracas to L
Gua;ra, leaving ambuscades in theless fre
qnented passes o? ihe mountains, wher
the thick trees and jnugh sroond fsvorei
such strategy. Bat Drk had .found at
Guaicamaento a Spaniard named Villal pin
do, who was wtlluiK lo eil hit cSnr.try, tr.d
who led the corsair by an uufreqeotet
route, perhaps that which is now called lha
Indian path, to Caracas. So while the val
iant alcades were marching down to tha
sea,ar..l their men in ambush were lying en
sconsed in ihe dank ifia-s, the Englishman
'was hanging Vitlalpando, for whom he had
no further use, on a tree, a-d packing up,
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wih "great care and very much at his( ease,
all tha valuables he could find in Caracas.
Now, who can adequately describe ;ha lory
of the alcades when '.hey heard, that, wbls.
they were guarding tbe s'able door, the
steed had been alreadv stoktu ! So they
marched back to tbe capital, resolved to
make a pastel of Drake and his metry men,
and hoping to catch them with their-pikea
and their hangers and their arquebuses laid
aside, and their hands full of plunder. Bui
Drake was cautious as well as bold, and had
turned the mcnicipal hall and th church
near it into little fcr;reses, and the Span
iard had a p'esentimer.t that ihera was no
taking the strong places without blood
shed, so they surrounded the city at a safa
distance, and prepared to put every En
glishman to death, wbo, not content witb
the booty he bad already got. should go out
to the vil'agcs round abont to look for mora
Bnt one old hidalgo remed A'onso Andrea
de Ledems, who wst, perhaps, a native of
La Mancha, ir.onnted his s'eed. and pot hia
lance in rest and an old targe: on his arm,
and rode forth alone to drive oat the En
glish. Thechiva'ry of the old don moved
Drake's compassion, and ho bid hiv men.
r.ot to harm him : r.cr would they had ha
not cba'ged them at full sliced, and tried
to do mischief wt:h his spear. Thereupon
they killed him a gent'r as they coold, an t
carried his body mj a grave in the ci y and
inferred it with all honor. So when eight
days were passed, Drae and his five hun
dred moved oct ot Csrsces with their booty';
and after burning all the houses' that they
bed Knocked down rlreidy , mercbed mer
rllj awey to their sf.ips, and embarked with
ou". the ioss of a single man.
si Si:;a:sc!i aterfalli.
I raiber l ke waterlogs. . . t ,
I kant te'd why eenny mrre than I ksu
tell why I live kastcr lie bui.kas-.or ile i
good for a bzyr.esi of do sor. not even ij
mu'keeicr. "
I v:w. rry mnkee:er lively. ; ,
Bat all this is foreign to mi pnrpae.
1 Ll;s witerra'.ls they are -so eaxy ani
hs'.nrsl.
TLey attack oil the et. ' .
Some they attack wi'h tre.at foryt while
other they approach mora like aseigs,work
ing tip slowly.
I raw one yesterday.
It waut no bigger than a small French
tarnlp : .
Ii had at'ncked a small woman oy only
nine summers doratifn.
She was full of. recrevinn, and when sb
bounded along the sidewalk (it wottonlhs
west side of Sl Clair stree1, in Cincinna'y,
orner.st Baker S: Davi yellow- soap ataro,)
the waterfall highsted up and down in arj
oscillating manner, retambling mocri tha
sportive termir.es of a bob tailed lamb iu
great htrry.
The eflect was purely e'ectnclc. ..
I also saw another one pretty soon, which
be'enged to a mature matr,nv
She misht have saw 7&nmmers, her
hair white as flour (Perkins "A" worth 15
dollars a barrel, delivered) but the waterfall
was black ' - t '
I asked a bystander how he couid account
for that. .
Jle said it was younger." . ; . ..-
I alsosaw another one pretty soon which
was the property of a gusher. .
She was about 19 years old, and was ax
ripe as a two year peach.
She swept along the streets like a thing of
life- ... . , :
Men stopped to gaze as she passed, and
put in a new chew of tobacco.
Little boys pocketed their, marbles in si
lence. Her waterfall wa about tha size of a cdrn
basket turned inside oor. ,
It waz inkksed in a common .skap net.
and kivered with blazing diamonds ol gla.
It shone in. the frisky sun like the tin
dome on the Coort Huse, whara the su
pervizors meet.
But I rather like waterfalls.
It has been scd that they would run ooc,
but this, I think, z a error, (or they don't
show no leak yet. .. Z
In the language of tha expiriog Caoadiaa
cn oor northern froatier, I ty-,Viv lei '
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