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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1869.
VOL. 16.-KO. 15.
CUB LITTLE ONE.
There's frefti little mound 'reath the willow,
Wherca' eieuing I wander and wtep ;
Thre'r a dear vacant spot on my pillow,
Where sweet little face used to sleep ;
There were pretty blue eyes, bat they slumber
In silence beneath the dark mould ;
And the li'.ile pet lamb of our number
Has gone to the heavenly fold.
When in sleep I dream I behold her.
With a beauty so fresh and divino,
And so c!o?e in my aim" I enfold her,
I can feel her soft cheek upon mine,
(h. so loving tho-c gentle eve? glisten.
That iy vision is loft in my tenrs,
Am! bewildered, enraptured. I listen
T.j a voice from the spirits' bright spheres.
Tbere'sa silence in parlor and chamber,
There's a sadness in every ro-im ;
V kw 'hat 'he Father has claimed her.
! nil tbinjrs ocro burdened with bloom,
Ful I'll ot be a comfortless mwurocr,
No Innj-cr brnod over my pain,
F-ir I know where the angels have borne her.
Ai l Hn I shall see bar aai:i
EUYIXtf A WEDDING CAKE.
' l.otti-rs, !-ir, from tie pos' office."
W ry well. Sambo ; put 'em down and
take yn'irself off."
I li t. jut finished n'.y bre:ikf:is and (lie
tiny .-iiver rim-h'ifit rr, vr:th the bachi lor
s ni.-' i f transparent chin.i, still stood on
the dama-k draped round table. It was a
Itljiit litile mom. with its white and pnld
.:iji.-r. a I h'-h he:iped prate, on the gray
liulit tlii- t 1 1 1 1 1 Ibevniber morning, when
the :ir w;is :iiiek wi'h noiseless fUiliiiit www
rluU-s, ; and thi- contrast b.Mwee'i the bitter
n iii.i- here n i' hunt :ind the tropical warmth
i. i :i.y nun special uu k, ijitve tne an ad-li-ti
.fi.ii cnnscinii-eess of satttact ion. as I ler.n
,1 i.m-k in tiiy chair and proceeded in ixaw-iii'-
s . i y .'orre-potidenct!.
I.ee Worcester wants ti know it I can
c I'cre lo tea this evening. Of course
i --a .1. Lee's wile is a perfect little rosebud,
rei! niie beside-', who don't believe in eash
ii'iir ail her hn-bandV friends. And then
I i i i it like that blown eyed sister it) law id
1:. Ye . I'll jin. cci taiuly. Iljiino-hcie's
:: i -rr In in my brother in (i'ei-.ficld. I
iihI'i' led thi' diK'unit nl eairet ly.seai ee!j' able,
.i: lir-!. to credit the tidinirs it re", ealed.
' ell. licie in it pitty state tif ihine.s.
' . !il' io i in irtied, c'abus my eoiofiaftda
:: '!-. s-iys t!in !;i'y (who the diekr-ns is
Miry'.') in iu great tribulation about the
we.hliitir cake, affair to come off on Wed
ii day, at: 1 no cake to be had for love or
ii 1'iii'v ! V,i Il .-thele-t fd'.-w in the
i- i 1. at'd .send one from !' Artier'?''
! t'-'ticed at the ua'e of (be Utter. It bad
1 ii re :r e 1 for several days on the road,
.ii. ! licre w:i nut a minute to be lost. I
i iiici liaei.-ally, pul on my hat and clo-.k,
:'. i'li' ni.ire bce ll'iii j;,ii:e at the vat ions di
r. -i nii. aLi.nit icinir, weiplit and decoration,
u .. li :ii-m nij anied Tom's elosidy written
i , ; . lu fi.ve I sallied forth Loidly to the
-; . ! .a my iioerl errand.
I. u.is jii-t. a! niit one o'elojk, the pnow
1. 1 i d'.i-t d t illing, and the sun .shone lu il
ii. ir!y. 1 i tier's was full, of course;
were at b ast a rb-z- u ladies that I
kin Mtt:i!! at the tiny :naible tables. 1
t'tid to assnwtr; an air id' ea-y imp'jderiep.
il 1 !iad oi.ly come in for a pound of
'i I'.Ke a'rnonds, but it was no u.-e ;
"'lid H"t disguise the latent sbeepishness of
my a-peet as I sauutcrcd up to the counter.
I?.
it can t sert'! yon, sir?" dematnied
'ii' i rim d:t.n-cl who firc.siJel over the fe
' '.iiriric tri-a-ures.
I mi'Tcnd so'iicthinji under my ntc'tistscbf.
; i iii-' a but blu-b -uffiie toy whole omn
! i. i.'uv. Why would not tba iiKfdi-itive
"ai-n a:i-nd to ttu'ir ie! creams?
"Cike. sir? Certainly. For a party, sir?
I'.'uii 1 crjke. lemon and almond "
"No. no," I bawkJ out ; "1 want a wed
' '-'rake. '
' ' lb, 1 he 2 your prmlon, :-ir," til'cit the
"'"inunati. tvas it rea lty, or
ti . ! v il, at the titter was echoed
' i ! M-.-r? and frs 1 yond? How-
t ii. r'it baieliet!, 'he mere ar-pre-'
- i Ticieiit 'o t'now me into a cold
i I
r:i; i ,n
n At
t'teiit, bi -.Tevrr, ibe eonnler
i wiiii v::iii.;i f-mple.s oi';;iisten
sti.ar. srnne wreathed with make
' -nine .lurtin. tinted iih candy
b'-r.. wi:h pi;:r- vrbi'o- lntissos of
-irv. y.'d lb- in in a .-iate of hope
tci Mieat.
tp-'. ?ir. it would le b-etier if lb-.-i
' cio- with y ii to.M K-ct," hazard-
!oy !. '.li'id the counter.
'I ! ire this ba !e;in: no loiiner.
1 u p. n a viijr.vjth? pyramid of.-u
1 ii- which piejnd up a tiny ala-
lake
what i- tiie price ?"
'ti 'toiiar.-. sir.
1 u-i in the money, and never ospe-
i. 1 so J. i:, i,ius a sensation of relief as
'""-' in-j in, nt when I thrust the cupid.
' u ;:i .-, r .iind wooden bos under my
I i -1 n'",lt''1 out " tl,e establishment.
r 1 1: I 'ieiivered it to the express
'- ' loi to-...,! it t0 ono s;jt, aii carelessly
I tin tran-iu-s,.;,,,! of wedding cakes was
Tof evi.ry ,i:1y occurrence.
.-, ' 'lGolde; when is it to come
w h.-n U what to come off?" queried I,
';'. e.-utly puzzled at tuy friend Ather
' ':! - aodre.-.s.
1 ur weddii-, to be sure. Ah, you are
S ?, vd' "'to lo 'P us all in the dark so long."
. lou can't have been much more in the
tlnn 1 am at this moment, Atherton.
""ton rarth a0 you mean?"
, 1 At'"rton ouly wagged his head know
and ru:hed off in fursuit of a star,
saying something of which I only caught 1
the disconnected fragments "niywife" and
"D'Artier's."
"Hang that wedding cake!" was my in
ternal ejaculation.
As I pursued my speculative way, a tiny
gloved hand was held out from a passing car
riage. "Ah, Mrs. Everleigh, excuse me for not
seeing j on before."
"We all know that love is blind," said
the lady, .smiling. "Now I know why you
haven't been to see me in such an age. My
niece was at D'Artier's this morning and
saw how particular you were in the selection
of a certain article there."
Before I could explain this piece of cir
cumstantial evidence.there was a movement
in the 'lock' of carriages which had caused
the temporary detention of my fair friend,
and her equipage rolled away, with a wave
of the pretty baud and the archest ot smiles.
I stood looking after her, with an odd
sort of impression that I should wake up
presently to find myself married) to some
body, whether no ; indeed was not altogeth
er certain whether Mrs. G dde was not wait
ing tor me at home.
How brilliantly the firelight and gaslight
illumined that cozy little room at Iee Wor
cester's with pink tinted wa!!s,and crimson
ed carpet, sprinkled with small white buds.
The piano was open, strewn with vheets of
music, ju.-t as it bad been left, its earl keys
glimmering softly in the subdued radiance
of one jet of light that glowed through a
fio-ted shade above. The tea (aide was all
set I had often dreamed of a home of my
I own that would be something like Lee Wor
i tester's in its snug evening comfort, and
somehow that tea table always formed part
of the phantasm. There was something so
bright and cheerful ill (he snowy damask,
and the sparkling glass and glittering china.
Old bachelor as I ai, the golden blocks of
cake and tiny white muffins, breaking into
erisp flakes that melted in one's mouth, and
amber jellies, quivering like gigantic jewels
l.rough their crystal prison walls. producing
a wonderfully agreeable effect in my epicu
rean sicju. And I could imagine no pret
tier vision to eiown it all than Mary Wor
cester, in her crimson merino ilre-s edged
around 'he throat with lie icaie lace, prcsid
3 lie at the silver tea urn. Except, perhaps
but that is neither here imr there.
I was a little disappointed on cnterine.ttot
to see Luc' sister-in law. a trim lit; lr- htaufy.
with brown hair and velvety eyes.soinewhere
between hazel and black ; but I did not like
to ask any questions, and consequently re
mained in ignorance until Mary cu.-iiaily re
marked :
"Xi-tlie i verv biT stunted this cveninsr.
I perhaps she will come down stairs bv and
j by-"
! How I liu j:' d !o ask why; tbc matter was.
; I'm haps she had received ill n ;'., perhaps
I she was not well. I would have given my
i t wo ears to I now. but I didn't dare to inquire.
i ''So you're going to be married, eh, Tra
J cy, my boy," said L a we sat in front of
; the brL-bt f'ie. '"Weil, you can't do better.
i A bachelor, at best, is a mtre iractiuii of to
' - ii
clct v.
! I started up, annoyed beyond all ciu'ii-
ranee.
j "For mercy's sake, Lee, do tell me where
you picked up that ridiculous re pott?"
j "Lid!eii!;-!is report! that's pretty cool,
I upon my honor," said Lee.
I "Now, Mr. GoMe," strd Mary, laughing.
"don't deny the soft impeachment; lata
sure you would enjoy a quiet home of your
own better than tfiat noisy hotel. There is
no charm for a sad heart like domestic bliss."
There was a radiant softness in her own
tender eyes as she spike, that penetrated
mo rith a sudden conviction that I had been
exceedingly fooli."h to remain single all these
years.
"lo confess," she added, gaily.
"lint T have nothing on earth toconfess."
"Noiiscn.-e," said Mary, holding up a
j pre'ty, warning finger. "YThat were you
I buying at D'Artier's this very morning?"
1 turhe I scarlet ; here was that eveilast
i inj wld:ngcakc again.
F.e tnnat'y my inquisition was terminated
j for a moment by the entrance of Lee's sis-
fer in br.v. lophing lovTU r thin I had ever
seen her I: fore, a liufe pah", perhaps, and
her siikj eye i.i b.e heavy with what I could
.dnio-.t have fancied recent tears, were it not
thai j-he seemed in exliav iisrant'y gay spir-
' its. Hie sou iitislies ( 1 col. .r came ami went
j like- pink .-had o-.vs across her cheek. and her
j era! lips were dimpled with the brightest
i fd smiles, yc; all the time I could net divert
i my.-cif' of the odd impte.-sion that she was
ready to melt into an April shower of tears
' at r.tiy moment. She 1'iihtly tendered me
; her conjriatulalions upon the approaching
j "happy (Tent," holding out a small snony
I hand loaded with spaikling rings, as she
did so.
"You speak in riddles. Miss. Nettie."
"Don't pretend that you have not the key
to them," shasaid. a little tremulously.
"I cannot comprehend what you mean,"
I answered.
She said no more, but sat quietly down
shading her eyes with her band, as though
the fire dazzled them. Mrs. Worcester, how
ever, siiil pursued the obnoxious topic.
"Then how do you explain the wedding
cake at D'Artier's?"
"Is that the only testimony upon which I
am tried and convicted of a wilful intetitien
of matrimony?"
"That is all ; we are ready to hear your
defence."
"Well, that unlucky mass of white sugar
and dyspepsia was for my brother's wedding
ceremonies, a hundred miles away. I assure
you it had not the least connection wKU my
' matrimonial fortunes.
Nettie looked up with a rare Lrillanee 1
under her long lashes, ard an almost invol
untary smile wreathing her lips. I took
heart ot hope and went bravely on, cheered
by a sudden inspiration.
"But I will purchase a bride's cake, twice
as large, for my own wedding, if Nettie will
consent to be the bride !"
There I had done it, and in less than
five minutes was an accepted lover, looking
boldly into the wondrous liquid depths of
those brown, beautiful eyes. A new sensa
tion but quite agreeable.
"And now, Tracy," raid Mary.mischicv
iously, "I'll tell you a secret ; the reason
Nettie cried half the afternoon, and became
so low spirited this evening, was that ''
"Mary !" remonstrated Nettie, with
cheeks ablaze.
"That she Heard you were buying a wed
ding cake," pursued Mary. putting away the
white fingers wiih which Netty vainly strove
co fetter her tell tale lips.
"I'll order another ono to-morrow," said
T, meditatively. "Ah, I shouldn't have
repined so much at brother Tom's commis
sion bad I known what a sweet Utile wife it
would bring me."
"Don't, Tracy," said Netty, hiding her
face on my shoulder.
And then Torn wrote lo know why on
earth I didn't come to bis hymei.ial ceiemo
nies. I wrote back that I was obliged to
stay to attend a wedding of my own.
And such a wedding cake as graced the
centre of our banqueting board ! It's no
use trying to describe its frosted splendors ;
but if any of my readers seriously contein-
j plate getting married I'll send them the
r.'cipe.
I'aitsoXAU Counselor H , one of the
foremost advocates of the J.?r of Central
New York, was himself a collegian, and was
naturally anxious that his oldest son should
reap the honors of his own ALixj ilnler.
The counselor bad been quite wild in his
early years, and his son inheritel a supera
bundance of what Josh Biiiitigs calls "pure
cusse.lness.'' During his first year at college,
the boy was suspended for some breach of
j discipline, and arriving at home.be proceed
j ed to report the occurrence to his father.
; "Suspended, hey ?" said the old lawyer,
iooking reprovingly over his spectacles. "A
pretty beginning you have made of it, I de
jclare!" The culprit rut his hands in bis
j pockets and said not a word. "Well, sir!"
continued the parent, becoming ang-y at the
boy's perfect nonchalance, "what have yr u
to sny about ii ?" "Nothing
ing, indeed ! What did the
ir.
"Niith
IVe.-ident tell
you when he suspended yon ?"
"lie said I
was the worst young man the college had
ever had bell with one exception." "Ah,
did he say who that was?" "Yes, sir."
"Ah!" A slight pause. "And who was it ?'"
"My father, sir." As may bo supposed,
(be last reply .-cttli'd the old gentleman's
aneor effectually.
That's tuf. Kink. "A spirited Minneso
to gill dismis-ed her lover on learning that
he gave her father a drink of whb.ky."
That's the kind. If all the girls in the
land wou'.d go and do likewise our country
would be cursed with fewer yoang men, who,
by their drinking habits, have mined them-
I selves, and been the means of breakinu ma-
I
i t-y fond aim loving hearts. It
within
the power of every wonr.in. ptirtieuLirily ev
ery young and unmarried one, to wield a
mighty influence on the side of the risht,
and against the demoralizing, degrading,
n.-ages of society if she only so wills it ; and
she is not true to her own and. the best
interests of her sex and race if she does
not wield that influence. It is a question
involving the bappines of millions, and no
half way measures will meet the case.
Prompt, "decided," action is called for. We
commend the action of the Minnesota girl.
Girls, if your lovers love whisky so well that
they will not give it up for the love of you,
then love yourselves so well thst you won't
love those who lore whisky.
Use of Both Hasps. It wouid be a
good thing for men and women were they
taught in' childhood to use their loft hand
equally with their right. 11. e use of the
right burnt only for certain actiuns such as
writing and using mechanical tools is en
tirely conventional, and there does not ap
pear to be any reason why people should not
be ambidexter in every kindof manual la
bor. Persons who have lost their right,
had by accident frequently acquire great fa
cility with the left after some practice, Lift
grown up persons have not always patience
to betake themselves to the uects.-ary prac
tiee. By the children the thing would be
acquired insensibly, if means were taken to
lead them to the practice ot it. Children
living in houses where two languages are
spoken, acquire both with great faciity,:ind
what is true of tongues would be equally so
of hands.
A subscriber to a western paper having
gotten in arrears for subscription, was finally
sued by the publisher. He had paid no at
tention to repeated duns, but when served
with the summons he came into the offrce
apparently in a towering rage, and throwing
down money enough to liquidate the account
and pay two years in advance, said, "Why
didn't you sue rne before? Never pay till
' I'm sued. Be more prompt in future, or
yon will be ruined." And the old gentle
man walked off full of virtuous indignation.
A client once burst into tears after he
heard the statement of bis counsel, exclaim
ing, "I did not. think I suffered half as
much till I heard you this day."
The only way for a man to escarc being
' found out L tu pa. for what Lc h.
A LADY'S FOOT.
There's magic in a lady's foot.
And well the ladies know it,
Indeed, she who has a pretty one
Is very sure to show it.
At times, we too. are startled by
The nicest little ankle,
That darts like fire right thro' our eyes,
Within our hearts to rankle.
'Tis when it trips along the street,
Through wind and mud and vapors,
By sheerest accident we see
How beautiful it tapers;
And as she trips along the walk,
Amid the crowd to mingle.
Our roguish friends look up and say
"I wonder if she's sing e V
THE NOBLE IISHEKMAIf.
lnAssLATr.n from ms fukhch.
On the loth of April, 1S23, a shallop
was drifting in the North Sei, at the mercy
ot the wind and waves, which threatened
every moment to overwhelm it. A woman,
two children and a sailor, were alone on the
waters in this IVai! craft. The woman, wrap
ped in a largo cloak, i:f;dsr the shelter of
which she hugged her children to her heart,
alternatel wept and prayed. The suitor,
having lor a long lime struggled again.st the
te i-ipo. t, and endeavored in vain to urge for
ward tie shallop in his charge, bad closed
his arms on his breast, and waited in sullen
silence the death which seemed inevitable.
Through the thick mist his piactici-d eye at
length saw hops. "Land ! Land !" he shout
ed and retaking bis oats, plied them with
new vigor.
Vain 1 His rshaafeu strength could sur
mount no rebuff, even with apparent safety
in his reach. His struggles to gain the
shore seemed but to lengthen the distance
between the boat and the strand. At length
be aeain abandoned bis hopeless struggle, j
The quit k eye of the uiotur-r detected his I
purpose, as he relievi d his person of his
heavier garments. "You will not abandon
my children to pe-iish !" she cried.
The sailor looked wistfully at the unhap
py suffeiers. He measured the distance to
ti e shore with his eye, and looked over the
boat's side, to the waters, which, here par
tially sheltered, seemed to boil like yeast in
a caldrou, the receding tide combating the
furious gale. To save one of those helpless
ones was impossible. He ventured on no
word of advice or consolation, lest bis mer
cy shou'il master his judgment, but while
the mother yet hoped while slu leaned
forward with lips apart, and eyes pressing
from their sockets to catch a word, a sigh, a
l-rcatii in answer, he cut all short by plung
ing suddenly into the sea.
The boat reeled and shivered under the
momentum given it by the sailors plunge,
but lie who holds the wateis in the hollow
of bis hand, watched over the forsaken.
The mother clasped her little ones closer to
her brea-t, and raised her eyes to heaven in
an agony of i raver too earnest to wait for
words. Her face spoke an appeal from
which Abaddon's self could not have turn
ed com passionless. The wave she feared
was just about t:) whelm her, was broken in
the crest by the strange weight it bore and
as its waters nearcd her a sullen an nn
carihly sound broke on btr quick car, and
the spray which flew across her face came
bloodstained. Thr. !nnl I,o ly of (he sailor
who hie ilrsrrtr l hrr, bumped an instant
agai :st the boat's side, and then drifted
away from the sight of mortal man forever !
lie had struck upon the sharp points of
rocks beneath the surface, and escaped the
lingering death to which he thought he bad
left his companions, by a sudden and awful
plunge into the presence of his Maker.
In another instant the deserted woman
felt a si range sound beneath her feet. The
boat was grating on the sand. Another
bound before the wave acd it was fast. She
sounded the water with her arm, and to her
inexpressible joy found solid earth. In an
instant she stepped from the shallop, caught
her infants in her arms, and aimed for the
beach, which seemed a little distance. The
water deepened as she proceeded to her
waist to her throat she staggered and
the stifling "bubbling cry" of her children
nerved her with new strength. An almost
superhuman ' spring, and she was safe again
ami anon die reroiicil, as t lie earth seem-J
ed to sink under her feet, and another foot
step would have plunged her into an abyss,
in the very sight of safety. The agony of
j fear the strength of despair the light
I ning of hope each sieze 1 hr by turns, till
i at length in a d-liri im cf joy, she left the
j st-a behind her, hrvitig escaped its last en
I gulphing wave and falling on her face in
i the damp sand, she poured out her soul iu
! gratitude to the God who had delivered her
and her little ones.
She rose, shuddering wiih cold now that
the struggle was over. Her children quiv
ering with terror, and sobbing in discomfort
clung bet kuees. The wind, as if heaven
had held it back, unt il her escape, increased
in fury. Bain fell in torrents, and the waves
drowned the shore far above the point at
which she h?d first felt safety. Her eyes
wandered in yain for help, the cold sky, the
lashing wave, the barren sand, mocked the
hopes of the meither for comfort or safety.
A reaction of feeling bad taken place her
heart was sinking within her.
A voice ! Again ! and nearer. A man
upon tne rocks earnestly beckoning, as if
some new and iminent dinger beset the fu
gitives from death. She saw no more, but
sank insensible upon the sand ; and her
children sent up a piercing wail beside ber.
L'nerring instinct ! They did not shriek thus
when she sank dowu to pray !
Another moment, and the man who shout
ed the warning is beside the shipwrecked
mother.
His hardy wife attends Lim. She has '
caught the children, each by the shoulder,
with more strength than gentleness, though
with gentle purpose', and is scrambling up
the rocks. He bears the still insensible
form of the mother, and as he ascends, his
hat has fallen behind him and is dancing in
an eddy of water over the very spot from
which, an instant before, he had caught bis
unconscious burden. The tide now at the
flood, has swept like an avalanche over the
nook among the rocks, and the fragments of
the deserted boat are fretting amors; the
craggy points of that inhospitable shore.
In the cabin of the fi.shernian, the mother
is soon restored to life. Her first thought
is for her children, whom she embraces
again and again in a passion of joy. She
unclasps a rich necklace from the bosom of
her little daughter : "Take this gage of my
gratitude," she exclaims "accept it as an
earnest, you to whom I owe the life of my
children !"
The fisherman shook Lis bead. "I could
not make use of such riches," said he.
"The products of my labor suffice me. To
you this gold and these jewels will be much
more useful than to mo. Retain them for
your own use."
She took the band of ber preserver.
TonrganJ beautilul even in the huu.b'e
vestments which the fisher's wife had sub
stituted for her rich but drabbled clothing
her air was full of majesty. "Thank you !"
she cried, "thank vou ! You are right. The
service you rendered cannot be repaid with
gold, and God, I trust, will put it in my
power to' testify my gratitude in a manner
worthy of you."
"Your safety will bo our recompence, and
we e'esire no other," said the G.-lier, and
the honest face of bis wife, lighted with
placid joy, bore testimony that she joined in
the sentiment.
'Tel! lii'e, my friends," the lady asked,
after a pause, "on what coast has this mis
fortune thrown us?"
"On that of Denmark."
The mother wrung her hands in despair,
"Denmark? then are my rb'ldrcn stid lost,
though they have survived the perils of the
ocean."
"While Finn and his wife live," said J
the fisherman, iii an effort to console their
unfortunate guest, "you have nothing to
fear, madam, Lr yourself or your chil
dren." "But you know. not. my friends, that a
price Is on my head and those of my ebil
dren. We were 23'ing from the soil of Den
mark, wl en the storm forced us back upon
it. I am "
"Keep your secret do not tell it to me '."
cried the fisherman, abruptly checking the
revelation she was about to make. "All I
hi.ve need to know is, that you came here
in distress, and that you are in worse dis
tress while you remain. The storm will soon
abate the coast of the Low Countries is not
far distar.t tomorrow, perhaps this very
evening, I will conduct you in safety from
this kingdom, to a place where the persecu
tion of your enemies, whoever they are,
shall not reach you. Snatch some repo-e,
meanwhile, and confide in my hospitality."
The good Lui. bumble couple hastened to
prepare near the hearth, a pallet of straw,
upon which the beautiful unknown did not
hesitate an instant t. place herself with ber
children. With an "arm around each, she
was in a moment wrapped in sleep. The
good man Finn stood breathlessly attentive,
when his guest clasped her children convul
sively a moment and struggled, almost
from the bed to the floor. Then "a change
came o'er the spirit of her dream" au elo
quent expression of joy passed over her pale
features her lips moved in earnest thanks
giving, and her countenance settled into
placid and smiling repose ; betokening the
conciousness of safety. The fisher and bis
wife conversed with quick and intelligent
glances over their sleeping guest. They
both knew that she bad passed through her
perils in that vision ; they both felt happy
and thankful for the calm slumber which
spoke so well the sense of safety.
In this calm rest she passed many hours.
At length her slumber was disturbed by
coarse voices outside the but they were
roughly interrogating the fjshr. ; The ques
tions she needed not to hear distinctly to un
derstand the answer of Finn she did catch,
for it was spoken for her ears as well lor the
soldiers who had vi'-ited tba cabin v-
"A hundred picjeof gold!" cried the
fisher "truly, captain, a sum like that
would be worth striving for. lie assured 1
wiil take good care of the runaways if they
fall into my hands. A hundred pieces cf
gold ! Not a soul shall escape shipwreck,
from tbis forth for a twelvemonth, that I
will not bring to yoar quarters. A htindi ed
pieces of gold! "But.captain," added Finn,
with the characteristic coolness of a Danish
peasant But, captain, wiil you not enter
my bumble cottage a moment, lor repose
and refreshment?''
The mother shnddered,Iest the invitation
given in bravado, mi.zht be accepted in earn
est, and then she was a mother, and the
lives of the children were at stake for an in
stant she trembled at the possibility that
her host might intend to letray her. The
voice of the captain as be declined the prof
fered civility, and renewed his promise to
the fisherman, reassured her. a its tores
died away in the distance. In a moment
more Finn entered the cabin.
"Lose not a moment, madame!" he said.
"The storm has abated the waves arc
more worthy of trust than man, and we
must embark on the instant!"
All the strength of the mother returned,
at tbis new exigence, and bushing her child
ren into a silence by a sign, she followed
Finn, as be took a circnitiou path niton?
the rocks known only to himself ; and in a
few moments without the exchange of a
word, they werj embarked in the fisherman's
skiff the fasts were cast off, the honest
peasant worked at his oars with a will ; and
in ten hours, the dawning light showed him
the coasts of the Low Countries. Through
the night he bad been guided by his familiar
pilots.the stars : and the labor was so' ranch
his habitual custom in his hardy calling he
had sooften endured it as a matter of course
and of habit, that with such a stake in sue
cess,he did not once think of fatigue. Sud
denly a new danger caught bis eye. Two'
armed boats were pursuing him ; and not
withstanding they were crowded with sol
diers, awkward afloat as clowns on stilt?,
thty rapidly gained upon him. It was evi
dent that they had been lying in wait near
the cost, to intercept the very precious bur
then which he carried. Ho uttered no cry
of surprise.
"Down, madame," he said, without any
appearance of being disconcerted "down
in the bottom of the boat, for it needs bal
last." The n othc ", nnce n cious r f be tl. o '. n
ing danger, obeyed mechanically. . In the
r.cst instant, musket balls whistled past the
ears of the intrepid fi.-hcinian had they
sped an instant before, the mother would
have escaped the perils of the sea, but to
have hecii murdered by the hirelings.
Finn exami'.-ed with las eye the distance
yet between bis boat and the shore ; and he
saw it was isipossiblS to reach it before bis
pursuers would overtake' him. He formed
a sudden and deperate resolution be teas
ed to fly. He even turned bis boat's bead
toward his pursuers, making a trumpet
of his hands,shouted "Boats ahoy ! What
do you wish?"
"Y'ou are not alone!" answered bis pur
suers.
"True," replied the' 'fisherman as the
boats were now so near each other that thev
could converse with less effort, "true I
have a good cargo of fish for my companions.
You can provision yourself with them if you
wish there was no rued to fire upon me
for that."
"Advance!"
"Ay! ay !" eric 1 Finn, gii'y. yet tretnu
lously. It wa.'? j roper and natural that the
poor fisherman should be awkward and
alarmed before two boat loads of soldiers.
The coarse brute? enjoyed what they thought
was bc trepidation and energy of fear, and
as they stood up, their boats reeled irtider
their shouts of bieghter, as the fisherman's
skiff, urged by bis nervous arm, shot to
wards tb'cm.
A scream from the lubbers ! A splash !
ThS awkward fisher's clumsy boat hasstruck
their bows, with its whole momentum, and
awkward soldiers fall over the cunwaleall
around into the sea. Nor is there less con
f usioa among the other skiff load of soldiers,
Their boat dipped water first over one of
its sides, then over the other, as the soldiers
swung (heir arms, and swayed and fell upon
each other, in vain attempts to sueor their
drowning brethern. What ! another acci
dent! The awkward and frightened fisher
man has taken a sudden sweep, and ran in'o
them too. And now be is pulling away for
dear life, without a thought for the safety
of the soldiers of Denmark ! What ! a head
peeping over the side of the fisherman's
boat a woman's head ! Never mind the
men oveboard pursue !
But the oars In-u'e all been thrown fo the
drowning men.
"Fire upon them !"
But the muskets have fallen overboard
wit'i their owners, or from their arms or
they are in the bottom of the boat in soak.
That night the fisherman and his wife
laughed long but not loud, for there might
have been listeners.' The good; man Finn,
never made any inquiries about the soldiers
who had taken a cold bath : and as all were
! ..n.u,l tin,,- ili.t nit rum tit limit A?kTmt ibeir
clu.u, ,'J V... .... -. . . H.
own discomfiture by a sigle stupid fisher
man, and as ..bo was too mode t to beast of
bis victory to ary body but his wife, the hon
est couple lived on in quiet and content, un
til they bad forg itten the adventure.
A "Widow's" Victim. The New Vork
Post says: On Monday a young woman,
dressed in deep mourning, and bearing an
infant in her arms;, got on board a South
side train from Patchogue at Valley Stream
and took her seat by the side of a young man
named Mulford, of New Jersey. A conver
sation ensued between them. and the woman
informed him that she bad la.-t week buried
ber husband, and vas then on ber way to
Philadelphia to spend the winter, st the
same time informing him that she was to be
accompanied by her uncle, wlu would join
her at SpringDeld.
During the ride she 'eared over the young
man several times, apparently anxious lo
know bow far she was from the station.
i Arrivinsr at the station she apiminted out
, nr ,. v.i ,ilt ..,.,, nian . ilf,i,i
the sleepint: infant while she conduced him
on board the train, as Ire was old and feeble,
The yong man consented and took thcchild.
The train soon moved off, but the woman
did not return, and the young man becom
ing suspicious felt lor his watch, but found
it was missing, as was also his pocket book.
He then proceeded to uncover the infant,
and wa astonished on beholding nothing
more than a lare rubber model, fie made
the facts known to a few persons.and vowed
never to ride in the same seat with a strauge
woman, or become a nurse to widowed moth
ers. Martin remarked to his grandmother that
old Mas. Cranshaw had the appearance of a
person with one toot in the grave. ell.
upon my word,"sa:d the antique lady, "I
, . . . ,, , ... - i. r '
thought I noticed U-J w,?u a ."i.v i- i
late."
VW. WALTERS, Attornt at Law;
. Clearfield, l'a. Office in tba Court House.
CTALTER BARRETT, Attorney at Law, Clear
V field. Pa. May 13. Is63.
ED. W. GRAHAM, Dealer in Dry-Ooods.Groce-I
ries. Hardware, Queensware. Woodenware,
I'rovisloas, etc., Marset t-treet, Clearfield. Pa.
DAVID G. XIVLIN'U , Deiler in Dry-Goods'.
Ladies' Fancy Goods. Hats a'n3 Caps. Boots,
Ssboes.etc .Second Street. Clearfield, Pa. sep25
TERRELL BIOLER, Dealers in Hardware"
LL and ma'nntactu'rers of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare, sjecond Street, Clearfield. Pa. June (6.
HF.NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
, dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in
Graham'srow,Mar'ket3trcet. ifov. 18.
T r BUCnEK SHOOPE. Atto-neiat Law.CIe-.r-'
ri. field. Pa. 0t7.ee in Graham's Row. fourdoo i
went of Graham & Bovntoc's store.
Xot.IO
H.
W SMITH. Attornev at Law. Clearfield.
Pa., will attend promptly to busine'a en
trusted to his care. June 3C, 1869.
triLLrAM A WALLACE. Attorney at Law.
V Clearfield. Pa.. Letrl business of all kind
prompt! v and accurately a'rer.ded to.
Clearfield, Pa . Jane vith. ISf.ll.
J.'
B M'EXALLT, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield
Pa. Ft.Ttices in Clenrficld and adjoin'rie-
sounues. viee in new oricE nuiiaine; ot j.kotii
t n, 2d street, one door so-Jth of Lanish s Hotel.
TEST. Attorney at Law. Clearfield, Ta., will
. attend promptly to all Lesl business entrust
ed to his care in Clearfield and adjoining coun
ties. OSeo on Market street. July 1 7, Ifc67.
rriUOMAS H. FORCEY.De.iter In Square and
1 Sawed Lumber. Iry-Joods. Qneensware. Gro
cerics. Flour. rain, Feed, Bacon, Ae , Ac., Gra
bamton. Clearfield county. Pa. Oct 10.
TP. KUATZER. Dealer in Dry-Goos. Clothing,
. Hardware Queensware, elroceriea. Provi
sions, etc.. Market Street, neaily opposite Jh
Court House, Clearfield. Pa. June. lSf.i.
HARTSWICK A IRWIX. Dealers in Drugs,
.Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary, Perfume
ry Fancy Goods, Notions, etc.. etc.. Market street;
Clearfield. Pa Deo. , 1885.
KRAT2ER A SUN. dealers in Dry Goods,
j. Clothing. Hardware. Queensware. Groce,,
ries. Provisions, Ac, Second Street Cleat ,
Pa Dee 27, 1SS.
THHN GT'ELICII. Manufacturer of all kinds of
J Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pa
He also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprlft.'59.
RICH ARD MOSFOP, Dealer In Foreign and Do
, mestio Dry Goods. Groceries. Flour. Bacon,
Liquors. Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors
west ot Joiiriial OJirr. Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
MCl LL-'l'OH A KREBS.ATTonnET-AT-LAW,
Clearfirld. Pa. All lejraljiusipess prompt
ly attended to. Consultations in English or tier
man. Oct. 27, 1S6.
T. J. X crM.occn.
D. I.
KBEtf.
TREDERICK LEITZIXGER, Manufacturer of
1 all kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa. Or
dcru solicited wholesale or retail He alsn keep
on hand and for sale an assortment of eartbena
w:re. of his own inannfaetnre. Jan. 1. IHS
M. H00YER,Vhc.!c3.V.e and Itelnil Dealer iii
litrge assortment of pipes, cigar ca?s. Ae.. con
stantly on linn,!. Two doors a;t of the Post
'fnce.'ClearficId, Pa. May l, C9.
"IIESTURS IOTEL. Clearfield. Ta Thia
f f well known hotel, near the t cmrt House, la
worthy the patronage of (hopnhlic. The tahle
will be supplied with the best in the market. The
best of liquors kept. JOHX DOL'.JUERTV.
JOHN H. Fl'LFORD, Attorney at Law. Clear
field. Pa Office on Mark ?t Street, orer
Hart wink A Irwin's Drng Store. Prompt attention
given to the sccuringofBuunty claims, Ac. .and to
ail legal business. March 27, 1867.
A I T II () R N , M. D., PllTSICIAN A N'T)
-L SiROF.eiN. havinc located at Kylertown.
Pa., offers his professional serTtces to the citi
zens ot that place and vicinity. fSp.2y-ly
ww n. Anvsmoso : : : : : saihtel usn
VRMSTIMNG A LIXN, Attoriets-at-La,
Williauisport. Lycoming County. Pa. All
legal business entiusied to them will be carefully
and promptly attended to, (Aug 4,'K!Hiin.
T ALHERT. A BRO S .Dealers in Dry Goods,
f ,Grocrle, Hardware Queensware. flour Ba
con, etc.. Woodland. Clearfield eounty. Pa. lso
extensive dealers in all kiudsof sawed lumber
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited.
Woodland. Pu.,Aug lth. lrifi
DR J. P. BL;ROHFIELI Lata Surgeon of the
$::d Reg't Penn'a Vols., hating retnrned
from the army, offers his professional services to
the citiaens of Clearfield and vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly attendod to. Office on
South-Kast corner of 3d and Market Streets.
Oct. 4. 1865 6m p.
GlTIiVEYOR. The undersigned offers
his services to the public, as a Surveyor
He may be found at his residence in Lawienee
township, when not engaged; or addressed by
loiter at Clearfield, Pane a.
March fth, 187.-tf. J 1MES MITCHELL.
T E F F E tt S O N L I T Z, M. D.,
Physician and Surpeon,
Having located at Osceola. Pa., offers his profes
sional services to the people of that place and snr
rounding country All calls promptly attended
to. Office and residence on 'Jurtin Street, former
ly occupied by Dr. Kline. May 19.'f:9.
J.
K. i; () T T O R F'S
i'ii roan a ph a a li.er r.
um'.kkt strkkt, ctKARrirxo, pkkh'a.
.Ni-gative" marie in cloudy as well as in elrar
weather. Constantly en band a good assortment
cf Frames. Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views.
J'rji.ien. from any style of moulding, made to
"Jf (dec. 2 '6b-jy. U-6-tf.
1' IIO. MAS V. MOORE, Land Surveyor
and Conveyancer, llavintr recently lo
cated in the Borough of Lumber C ity, and rejum
suiued the practice of Land Surveying, respect
fully tenders his professional services to the own
ers and speculators in lands in Clearfield and ad
joing counties Deeds of Conveyance neatly ex
ecuted. Office and res-donee one door tut of
Kirk ir Sj-encers Store
Lumber City. April 14. ISC 9 ly.
OOLDIKRS' BOUNTIES. A recent bill
has passed both Houses of Conpresu.and
signed by the President, giving soldiers who
listed prior to 2 2d July. 1851. served oneyear or
more and were honorably discharged, a bouctr
of S 100.
..Bounties and Pensions collected by me for
tboseentitled to them-
W ALTER BARRETT. Att'y at Law.
Attg. 15th. 1866. Clearfield, Pa.
D
ENTAL PARTNERSHIP.
DK.A..M. niLLS Jesires to inform Lis patleaw
and the public generally, that be kas aseoiatd
with him in the practice of Dentistry. S. P. SHAW,
D. I S . who is a graduate cf tha Philadelphia
Dental College, and therefore ha the highest
attestations of hfs Professional skill. ,
All work done in the offiae I will field myself
personally responsible for .being done in the met
satisfactory manner and highest order of the pro
fession An establish-! prat!ce of twenty-two years in
this place enables me to speak to my patrons with
confidence.
Engagements from a distance should be made
by letter a few days before the patient degnt
eoming Clearfield Jane S. 18fl8- y .
n ali ' . a pi lire arucje oi i; rt.ua a a
Ums&lt. eatip iu patent ic , f.rsalcehea
it the s'.ci J jt
a. MOSSop.