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STAR
OF
BE
NORTE
Two Dollars per Annan In dyanct.
JACOBY & SHlMlN.J'Ublis&e's.;
TRUTH AND RIGHTGOD AND OUR COUNTRY.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA CO., PA.y WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1866. seu.es J VOL. L NO. 40.
VOL. XXX- i szkihs.
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J)R. MARSHALL'S
. . CATARRH SftCFF, "
.. . . - ;
, This Snuff has thoroughly proved itself to' b" the
nest article Known lot earing the Citirh, Cols in
Tin Hi Hid tiinCH. li has been fortud nn ex
client i.medy in many cacti of 9or Eves. Dr-
Xicss baa been removed by il.and IJsaboin ba often
sen greatly improved by it. use. '
It i fragrant and agreeably, and - .
GIVES IMMEOiATB BELIRF
To the dall beavy pains caused by diwnse nf fhn
Head. Tb. sensation ater asina it are deliehtful anil
invigorating. K open auH purgeaoutall obstruction,
tr.ngthen lu gland., aod give, a healthy action to
I ui pari. nuecteu.
More than Thirty Years'
Oraleand use of Dr. M iiimu'i CiTtmiH and
ilxiDACua Sni rr, has proved it. gr -at vain fur a' I
the common dineaoe. of the Mend. am) at" this moment
itsland higher than ever before,
Jt is recommended bf ninny nfibe best physicians,
and i tjsed wuli great success and sUiafa,clion eve
rywhere. ...,'.-
Rsadtbe Cert'ficafes of Wholesale Drog--
- ; - gists in 1851 ,
Tbe uni!eriirned. bavin; fo many years been ac
quainted With Dr. MnmN's Catarrh an4 Hiad
ache Fmrr. and sul J it in our bolcinletrade cheer
fully stat, that me . elleve u to be equ:tl in every re
pert, to tlie recmri.cnd ations given of for the cux)
f Catarrhal Affec tions, and luat it js decidedly tliei
bestartirle wm have ever known for all couiuiou dis
eases of the Dead.
Burr Sc. Perry, Boston,
J
Barnes Park, Nw
Yoik
JL Brown. Laaxon & Co "
Reed. CutUr tc La -
Beed, Austin kx Cr
A RD Sands.
te pliun Paul It Co
ra Minor Co
M'Kesami Ac Rnbbins
A I. Scovill & Co
M Ward. liso 4t Co
tfth W Fowl.
Wilson. Fairbank It Co.
lleuahaw, Ediuands ic Co
U U Hay. Portland. Me.
Bush & Gain
! or Ernie b) ail L'rULgiis. Try It.
Feb. 3. 1efcC ly.
BELIEF IN TEN MINUTES.
"Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers.
CyTha original Medicine rstihlit-hed in l?37. and
Orst article of thu kind ever intrluc-d undnr tti
name of "Pulmonic VrRH. ' in this or any ottwr
country; ail other Pulmo lie Wafers ar eonnierieits.
Theeuuine can be known by the name bRYAN be
ins; stamped on each Wafer.
These Wafers havo been before the public for nearly
Thirty Years .and the immense; sale atUi.Ded.art only
in America bul in foreign eoiiutrins. fully attest their
utrintie w"r'h. 1 h- medical properrjns are yuporinr
toany oilier ariir.re nffcre.l for l he enre ol Piili-iunary
pU Bronchial aS'ctiowa.aBii h quantity ennumed 10
acb box is nearly double that ot the many wur bless
linilatiou. advertised. '
Cryan'9 rulnonic Waft-rs
core Coughs Colds, Sor Throat. JIoiireni. A.ihmn.
-'atarrb. Breiieuhi. lilHcull Kreathiop, tpittins of
Rloofi Pains inthe ChesLliiripieiit t'nnuinptioii and
all diseases "f the lunjrs. Nctart'-r.ling o ily Idmp-irary
relief, but etfectinj a rapid 'id tasting cure and are
warranted to give satisfaction In every iostanco.--
I bey do n"t nauseate like alcoholic compounds, and
Iba medical prop. tie sr combined in a lurm so
airr.eable and pleasant to thelate. that ay child
mill readily ue tlieii On dose wil! always a If or o
RELIEF IN TEN 31INUTE3.
T Vocalists and PuMic Spf-nkers, the Wafers are
peculiarly valuable; they will in one day remove the
uiost severe oerasionar bnarsnnas ; and their reeular
use for a few day will, at all tinu-s, increase the pow-
r mb ueiiiMi'iy ot in roiee, freany improving its
tone, eo'x pass and clearness, for which purpose th;-y
are rerularly ued by many professional vucuhrts
Tha very er-t e!ebrity of tins valuable remedy has
in noed onprincipled persons to prepare basa lmit-i-troBs.
which disappoint the jut rzpectations of Hie
purehaser. ami injure the cuaractes of the genuine
Uiedicine.
8ee that the word -BiiYAN." is stamped on earh
Wafer, and also observe the far nimiln of tbi signa
ture of the Proprietor. "JUU H04tt$" on each wrap
per, to coontefHt which is roRutsT. C7" Offending
parties will l.e dealt with to thu full extent. if the la .
- Bstan's Pulmonic Wiras are for sale by ail Drug
Jon PTOSFS. Sole Proprietor. S7 Cortianu't St , N. Y
Feb. 3, 1606 ly.
THE GREAT KSCUSU RE31EDY.
PROTECT F.D BY KOYAI LETTERS PATENT.
" : SIR JAMESGLRKES
Celebrated Female Pills,
T'tjvrtifrem m prirripllf Sir J.Clark. M D.,Pky
$iaa Uttraurdimaojf to tk aesit.
This invaluable mcpirjuu i; uufailiug in the cure of
alt thui painfil and ilanseroua diseases to which the
female constitution is subj tt. It aioderates all ex
cess and removes all obstrucwon.froui whatever cause
aud a speedy cure may b relied 00 -
IO MARRIED LADIES,
It Is particularly gnrted. It will, in a short time, brinj
oatlie monthly period with reruur.ty.
TAUTION.
Tt Pilft hntld ntt be taken kj Frmalrt darinr Ike
T1RSTTHREK MttMTHSof Fretrnanrg, tAey art tun
T t bring JUiscariagt.bul at tny otker tint thef arttafl
In all rases oC Nervous and Bpinal Affections. Pains
iatbe Back and Limbs. Futigu,;s si iflit eyertion.Pal
' piintlon of the Heart. Hysterics, aud Whiter, these
rll's will elf xt a cure when allotliemieam have fai
d ; and although a powerful remeily, do imt coxtiti
iron, calomel, antimony, or anything hurtful uthe
constitution.
Foil directions in the pamphlet around each packaa
which should bn carefully preserved.
, SOLD ST ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE, 0.E DOL
LAR PER BUTTLE.
. erecJi AVTiCki.
h I Ike fait . rvery valmahl Medicin to to counter
ftiud. b Xres. Iktrcero. mud t tkmt tko Utttr
' . Jf a. art Hmwm l tt out tie, mt tot ttearropptr
kooro Ikt foe timiitt of th ttgnourt of I. i. BALD
WUflt CO.. 4 JOB MOikA. iJ H tlkot wkitk, nont
art gtnuino.
N. Br-Un Hollar, with F.igbteen Cent, for Pot
ag..ncowd to any auiboriaed Ajcnt. or to t he bole
Geacral Agent of ths Culled Stales oud British Do
aiaious. . - JOB MOSES, 27 Cortland f.t.. New York.
will insnra a Vttle containing Fifty PilN, by reurn
mail, securely sealed from all observatiou,
Feb. J, oe.-ly. . ,
LIFK HEALTH STRE.VG r
LIKE nEALTIl STRE.GTJ.
LIFE HEALTH STIILMTII.
Rundreds and thousands annually ftia prematurely
when, if they would give the Crest French Remedy,
DR. JUAN DELAMARllfc-'d
Celebrated Specific Piils,
Prepared by Gancikiix II ri-p'T, No. "I I Rue J.mn
bard. Paris, from the prescription of Dr. Joan Dela
anaTre, Chief Physician of the tiuvpitat du Nord 00
"Lariboisiere a fair, trial. Ihy vo'il. Ond iniuiediaie
ralieC aad. it, a shortlime.be fully restored to Htaltk
and 8mgtk It is used in th3 practice of many emi
nent Frecb physiciane.with uniform stfcces'.nnd high
y recommended as the only ponitive ad pttific Rrmn
. if for all persons nlfurinc Irom General or 8-xna
Debility, all derangement , of lh Nervous Forces
Melnch.ly,Sperouuirrhoea or Heininal r biissioiis.al
Weakness arising from sexuatoEx-Eoerc y. Physical
FrOfctralion, Nervotncss, Weak tipiue.tLowncs. of
Spirits, bimnen of Vision, Hyiteriea, Pains in the
Back and Limbs, Impotency, tec
No Viiifnagecan convey an aerjnate idea of the im
mediate and almost miraculous change it occasions to
the debilitated end shattered sy-tem In faet.it lnn.s
unrivalled as an a 11 failing cure ol the maladies above
mentioned.
Suffer no m:re, but ose Tht Great FrntcA Romodf ; it
will effect a cure where all others fail, and although
a powerful remedy, eonmius nothing hurtful tu the
. moat delicate constitution
Pampkleis.eoiitaining full patticulars and directions
j for using, in English, French. Spanish and German, ac
J ' Company each box, and aJso seat free tu feny address
w be u requested.
' - Price One Dollar per box; Six boxes for Five Dollars
gold by all Druggists throughout :he world ; or will
a tent by mail, securely sealed from all observation,
'iy inclosing specified price to any authorized agents.
ME.HTAR& UP COVATt:REJTS A.YD LVITATJOAS
Proprietors exclusive Agents for America, OSCAR G
JdOS&S, a CO 27 Courlund St. New York,
1 AuLhomed Agents for tloouisburg.
i.rR St MOYF.R.
1 - Danv'llr, W.LAKXiCK.
Fsh- 3, lSCOly. . .
- ISYETORS' CFFICES.
D'EPINEUIL & EVANS,
Civil Engineer and Patent Solicitors.
So, 433 WALNUT STREET Pa.i.i)BLreia.
")ATENTd aoiicited Consultations on Engineering
Draughting and SktfAches, Models and Machinery
a!l kinds itoi and aklifully attended to. Ppeeial
' arttentioo given to KEJtfitu vasmsiw i.-i-FERENCLS.
Authentic Copies of all Docuraenta
from Patent CSce procured.
jf a. tiave yur4.lveg uueleis trouble ana trav
eling expenses.!, tlier is o actual ud for person
aJ Interview- with us, -A.il buMiiea with these OfQ.
ces eaa ba tranttfa 1a wsiunji. For further info,
piatioa eirtct as aauve, wtu ewwrtp eocloted f.rtir
'ssjlat with fetereares.. ,. :
JORTHEHX CENTRAL ;
Hi SSihCT IlOUTi:
NORTH AND SOUhT,
Turough bettceen Baltimore, and Rochester
Without Change of Cars.
ON and after August 6th, IBCti, Tralni will leave
as lollowa : " ,
NORTHWARD, . J
BCFFALO EXPRC S3 learns Baltimore 10 10. dai'f,
Philadelphia 9 W P M. Harrishurg 2,u5 A. M , deliv
ering passengcrn at Northnmberland. 4.59 A. M. for
train on Lackawanna and Bloomsbn rg Rail RoaJ,
ienvixg at 7.IWI A, M. arriving in Danville 7.10 A.M.
Bloom burg 8.25 A, M. Kiagstoa 10.40 A. M, Scran
ton IJ.0O noon- ;
MAIL leaves Baltimore , 8.25 A. l. "daily. (.Teepi
Sunday) Philadelphia 10.10 A. M, Harri-burg 2.H5
F. M.. rteliverint passengers at Northumberland 4 54
P.M. for train on Lackawanna and Hloo-nsburg Rail
Road, leaving there at 5 P. M. orriving in Oinville
twr.Al. bloomtburg 6.43 P, M Kinjuton 9 0l P. M.
tcranloii 10,15 ; p.-oceedinr north and arriving in
Willismsoort hi o So P. M.
F.APT LINE, leaves Baltimore , rlaiW ( rgrept Pun
diy) II II P. M. Philadelphia 12 uoon. Harrisburg
4. 10 P. V. Northumberland 0' 43 P.M. rc.naiti over
msht, and lerve following morning at 7. arriving
in Scranton I2.UU noon. ,.
SOUTHWARD.
EXPRESS TRAIN, leaves Northumberland 11 3,
P.M. dai'y (except !uiiddys ) receiving passengers
leaving trcrantou 4.40 P. M. Pittston 5,'i'J P. M. King
ton 6 Dil P M. Bloomxburg 8.07 P. Jf. arrivins in Pbil
asclpl 1a 7.UU A. M. liarrivburg 2. 3d A. M. Baltimore
7.011 A M.
MAIL TRAIN, leaves Northumbf rland 1020 A.M.
daily, (sxeept fnnilay') receiving passengers, leaving
Scraiitun at 5.50 A. l.Pit:tcn bt A Kingston
f. 5i A. M. Uooutburg A.M. Danmlle 9.54 A1,
huh arrivinj in llarriebi'rg 1.15 P. il. Philadelphia
5 5'l P. M. hViUluiort tf .Utt P. M.
By this route fright from Puffulo, Suspension
brdite, Rochester and Canandaisua or any interiue
diale guinL on New York Central can be shipped
through, Winn in full car loads to any point 011 the
l.aikawanna and Bloxunb.r? Rail Road, without
bre.1ki.1g hulk. Rhtes of freight aud Passenger fare
as low as b any other route
J. V DuKAI.KV. s. E. 8. YOUSU.
Gen'l 6up'l, Uarrisburg, Pa. ' Gen'l Pass. Agent,
. , Haltim ire. and
ISA AC M. SC1ILO Wr.itHORN.
Cen'l Western Freight Agent, Buffalo, N. ,
r'eptjiiiber, li loiii.
ARGAINS IN V"AT(:HE.
The CNION WATCH CO., uiai ufaclurer. I4!
RrnadWdV, New York, ohfr their entire slock at less
than co-i. for cxeh. This ulT.rd a rare opportunity
for Centers winning to repleuirb for hwlid:y trade, to
ecrt from a great variety unsurpassed for richness
of design . timekeeping qualities, and real woriu.
OLl)KBS' WATCHES. European made, in btoul
r-'ilver and Gold Plated Cases warranted corn;. 1
riine-keeuers beautifully engraved, while dial and
l.incy nnihed hands ; a superb oruauieut. Price, per
rase of ix. JIH. The same. gold plated, per case of
six, 9 Id. HOLD ONLY BY THE CASE 1 We do nut
ricvtalt from this rule upon any condition.
HUNTING SILVER WATCHES, English move
ment, p'-rf ttly adjusted. and warraourd correct tune
keepers ; beautifully engraved stout double case.,
white tli.il and fancy cut hands jolJ only by the
case of six. p ice 5 '7. This is the cheapest really
good article in the market, furniliin; a stout hunt
ing durable watrli. which WILL KEEP GOOD H V E
at a MODERATE PRlE In justice to many retail
dealers whom we are supplying, these watches will
not be sold to any oni at retail, or in any quantity
less th in a case of sit.
GOLD PLATED WATCH E-t, H K. plate, same
movement as above, aad i precisely the same style
of watch, wilii the exception that these am heavily
plated on composition metal. Price, per case of six,
oj7, Soli only by the case I
Hl'M ING si i.VER WATCnF.. in superior fin
ishej cases, lull engraved, s ica that readily sell at
retail at from $.'5 each upward', per case of six, 972.
Same in gilt cases, per half Uoatu, $1Z. tSoidouly
by the Case 1
Improved ir?fzry SUtcr Duplex Chronome
ter in fully ruLy action vioceinent.
Those wishing a superior time-piece, that can be
relied upon in all soasons and weathe rs, should buy
this. For Railroad men and others requiring an ac
curate ttme-pieee this ii unsurpassed. Cased in best
liver in a handsome and durable mauner, p.r case
of six. 3304. A ample will be sold for These
watch', retail at from 975 to 9J0I).
A ULRICA N WATCHES. OF OCR OWN MANLT
FACTCRE AND WAHRANTED.
Two ounce Silver Cases. Have the best running
apparatus of any watch ih existence. Per case of six
9rxi. bmglt one 914 Retail at 910 aue upwards.
Also Gold and bilvci Watches, a superb stork of
silver ware, and gold, plate J and Gilt Jewelry for
Country Merchants, Pedlars, Ate.
Goods rent to any part f the country by Express,
C- tl. D to be paid for when received. UrJer atouce .
An advances required, Send for Circular.
L N ION WATCH CO.,
14!) Brwadway, New York,
October 10, 1ju.
LUMBER! LUMBER! !
'pHG BLOOM?KCRG LOMuERIVG COMPANY,
J. would respectfully inform the public that they
have their
PLANING MILL
now in operation with an extensive assortment of
and are now prepared to supply all orders at short
notice and at the lowest prices forcan. Their as
sort mem ol lumber consists of
White Pine Plank, Hoards,
Floor in?:, Surface t'Soni'tls,
ti dins', 11 em locli" Plan!',
planed or nnplaned.to tnit purchasers Frami; St 11 IT.
Juice and Scantling of all sizes Their Planing Mill
and Li-mber Yard is sitiiated at the Kailrcwd Deont.
very conveniently for shipping lu nber by the cargo.
Tlieyftnre constantly lusaufarturing lumber of all
kinds, and persons who desi-e lumber of every de
scription will do well to examine their stock before
pure-lading e'sewhere. They are determined and em
inently prepared to sella! cheap as toe cheapest.
The y alto d'ire tojnlorui Ibe public and especially
those who wish to p-ircha-ie biil-stutf that they have
one Mill specially prepared to cut timbers of almost
every size and length required. Those wishing to
build rr contractor for building, can save money, by
giving as 1 1 all
The nnsierst'sned would also nnnrunce that they
are prepared to do all kind of repairing of Machinery,
su. h as Threshing Machine. Mowers, Reapers and
all kinds of agricultural implements, upon reasoa-J
bis terms.
Address , F. C. E YER. Sec'y.
Plooiii!"biirg. 9r pt. 13. l3fiT BloomsiigPa.
l OUUT FROCLMIlTIOX.
UTHEREA3. the Hon. William ELwell. President
' judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gen
eral Jail Delivery, Court of Uuarter sessions of the
Peace and Court of Common Pleas and Orphan's Curt
in the tfjth Judicial District, coinpored of the comtjes
of I olunihia, Sullivan and Wyoming and the Hon. John
M'ReynoldsJt Stephen Baldy.Asso ateJudges of Colum
bia county, have issued the.ir preeept.bearing date -the 7
day of May in th- year of our Lord 00 e thousand eight
hundred aud sixty- if. and to me directed f-r holding a
Court ofOyer and Terminer and General Jail delivery.
General Uuarter Session of the Peace, Common Pleas
and Orphan' Court, in Bloouisburg. in the county of
Columbia. on the first Monday, ibtMi? the 3d day;of
December aext. to continue one week.
Nonce is hereby given, to the Coroner, the Justices
of the Peace and Constables of the said county of Col
umbia that they be then and there in their proper per
son at 10 o'cloofc in the forenoon of said day with their
records, inquisitiu and other remembrance to do
those things wich to their offices appertain to be done.
Aud those that are bound by teeognixance. to prosecute
against the prisoners that are or may be in the Jail of
said couuty of Columbia to be then and there to prose
cute them a shall be just. Jurors are requested to be
panctual in then attendance, agreesbly to their notice
i 'x' ) Dated at Bloomsburg.the 31st day of October
L. S. Jin the year of our Lord one thousand eight
( vv hundred and siity-s'X. and in the ninetieth
year of the Independence of the United State of
America.' ( Gov nvtm CnionwniTU. J
t A. Ml' EL BNYDER, SlieviT.
Bloomsburg, October SI, IS06.
pOBKS HOTEL,
CtO. W. 31 AUGER, Proprietor.
The above well known hotel ha recently under
gone radical change in ita internal arrangement,
and it proprietor announces to hh former custom
and the travelling punlie that hi-s accommodations
for the comfort of his- guests are second to none iu
the country, bis table will always be found sup
plied, not ! with substantial food, but with all
the delicacies of the season. Hi wine and liquors
(except mat popalVr beverage known a McBenrj.')
purchased direct from the importing bouses, are en
tirely pure, and face frcm all poisonous drugs. He
Is thankful for a liberal patronage in the past, and
will contfaue to deserve if in the future.
' GEORGat VV. M AUGER.
Jonrf f3.1S08. tf. . .
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ZJ OKFICE-In Shive'a Block, Corner of Main
and Iron Streets.
Address. JACOBY & SHOM AN.
Bloouisburg. Columbia County, Pa.
WOULD I.
Do von think if I'd a baby,
That Vi lot hliu pull my hair?
Do you think IM put on collars
Just to let him soil and tear?
Do you think I'd call it pretty
When he bites his little toe ?
Yet I've known some silly mothers
With their babies, do just so.
Do you think IM sot him crying
Just to see his cunning frown?
Do you think I'd set him -walking
J u.t to i-oc him tumble dowa ?
Would I call my baby pretty,
Wheu he'd neither teeth nor hair?
Yet I've known some pillv mothers
With their babies, think they are.
Would I bny him drums and raffles,
Just to hear him make a crash ?
Would I watch him n:ore delighted
Break my mirror all to .mash ?
Would I smother him in flannel?,
J uft because bis voice was low ?
Dose him up with bella donna?
Silly liiolhers treat them so.
Would I think his brow Byronic,
J ust because it wa 1 so bare ?
And his head .Napoleonic
In its shape though minus hair?
Could I trace the marks of genius
In his eyebrows, arched and low,
Yet I've known some silly mothers,
With their babies, think just so.
Would I think my baby detined
To become a man of men.
And to govern and coutrol them
By the might of sword or pea ?
I dare say these noisy babies
Play the very deuce I know ;
And I've seen the widest women,
With their babies, think jut so.
ETFIE'S TRIAL.
From dawn to dusk yea might have heard
the clang of Merrick Masters' hammer on
the anvil of Ilammersly. Often long after
the dusk of the winter's day, have I watch
ed the golden sparks as they flew away into
outer darkness, through the wide open door,,
like so many long imprisoned spirits, just set
free after years of bottling up. And ever
and always, while work was doing under the
sloping roof, I could hear a sort of anvil
chorus, either whistled or eung by the rich
voice of Merrick Masters.
If it had only so happened that some mu
sical enthusiast had come across Merrick
Masters in hi.boyhood, as such a one is said
to have met Jenny Lind, siningby the way
side, jhere need Lave been no anvil work for
him, and instead of toiling for pence and
shillings, fortunes might have been shower
ed upon him, and ciitic3 might have talked
about his "chestnotes," and beautiful mem
bers of upper tesdom have flung bouquets
at him, and even penned Lira love letters on
the sly, as they are fond of doing too well,
to no matter whom, at the opera.
No musical enthusiast, however, came to
Ilammersly, and it is doubtful if any body
suspected Merrick of being a musical genius,
unles?, indeed, it was the old parson, who
had requested him to make one of the church
choir, where he bellowed as gloriously as any
basso profuudo who ever shook the walls of
the Academy of Music, and apologized for
it to the owner of the shrill soprano, (rather
cracked) yeclept Miss Squiggs.
"He didn't mean to go a drownding ladies'
voice, but when he got a going he couldn't
help gettingtoo loud. It was the fait, he
reckened, of the blacksmithing."
The deep snow was white on the ground
one December eve, and the golden sparks
rushed from the clanging anvil faster than
ever, and the song to which the strokes kept
time were louder and clearer, when some
body leading a horse itopped at the forge
door and looked through with an eye that
took in the picturesque scene at a glance.
"By Jove, its like some of those old Dutch
pictures," muttered a voice under a golden
moustache. "I'd paint it if I "was an ar
tist" Then in a louder tone.
"Hallo, young fellow, my horse has lost a
shoe, and I want it looked to immediately."
The "youag fellow" dropped his hammer
and strode toward the door, and in another
moment horse and master stood beneath the
forge roof. Then as Merrick Masters bent
down to look at the foot of the splendid ani
mal, the rider, as splendid a parsonage in
his way, sauntered to the fire and stood bask
ing in its genial warmth, and shaking off the
feathery flakes that clung to his shoulders.
A light-haired, blue-eyed xqiusite, as great
a contrast to the brown Hercules of the
forge as can well be imagined, though- in his
way Merrick was very handsome. . .
, ' Just as the blacksmith's whistle began to
play about the hoof he was shoeing, and
while the stranger was standing with his back
toward the fixe, aduiiring the light and shad
ow 03 thsTudl, steps came tripping through
the snow, and a girl with a Bhawl over her
head, came dancing in from the shadow.
: "Tea will be cold, Merrick," she said,
"and your mother says"
There she stopped, covered with confusion
at the sight of a stranger one too who stood
look at her as unconceruedly as he might at
a picture. '
- Certainly she was well worth looking at, a
pure brunette, with large brown eyes aud
cheeks like a rose, with I?shes long, curling
like a child's and a buxom form where not
an angle wa3 visible. It was only a moment
that she stood with her red shawl slipping
from her black hair, in the full glow of the
firelight the next moment she was gone,
and the stranger turned to the blacksmith.
"A pretty girl that, your sister ?"
; "No, I'm glad to say," replied the black
smith. "Glad ? Why ?"
"Because she's something better than a
sister to me," replied Merrick. "We are to
be married in May."
Then out rung the whistle again, shrill and
clear, and the stranger asked no more ques
tions. He paid Merrick for his work, aud
rode away a few moments afterward, and for
all the blacksmith knew or cared they had
seen the last of each other.
lie washed his hand.-) and went into the
great kitchen, where at the tea table sat his
mother and the girl who summoned him an
orphan who had lived with the old woman
for years, ever since she was a child in fact ;
and had grown into his heart somehow, be
fore he knew it. The old woman was quite
displeased when she found it out, fur Eflie
was only "the help," aud the blacksmith's
widow and the blacksmith's mother felt
proud to say that "none of our people ever
hired oat."
"But for all that there are people in this
village, who look down on us because I shoe
their horses and mend their wagons."
"More fools they to take on air?," said the
old woman.
"So say I," said Merrick, "and we would
be as bad as they to look down on KfHe for
washing our dishes. She's as good as you,
anl a deal better than me, rich or poor."
And Merrick Masters had his way and the
whole place knew they were engaged in a
fortnight.
, Now when he went into tea the first ques
tion both asked him was about his custom
er. "Efiie says he's the handsomest man she
ever saw," says the old woman.
"So ho is," said Merrick, not one whit
jealous, "but who he is I don't know. He
came and went, and had his horse shod
that's all 1 know, and he asked me who you
were, E23e.'-'-
"And I had this dreadful old apron on
too," said Efie.
"He didn't notice that I guess," said Mer
rick. "Wliy not"
Merrick laughed. "
"Oh, do tell me?"
"Well, he asked who the pretty girl was."
Erfie hid her face in her apron, and Mrs.
Masters turned her head. She never quite
admitted Efne's beauty. j
"What notions to put in the girl's head,"
she thought ; and it was a pity, for EfSe was
vain enough already. A greater pity, too,
because whenever a horseman galloped up
to the forge thereafter, she ran out, tinder
some pretext, hoping it was the handsome
gentleman who had asked "who that pretty
girl wax" Not that she meant any harm,
but to be called a pretty girl by such a man
was something glorious.
She saw him at last, and there was a look,
a smile and a bow, and after that," somehow
they kept meeting.
Still no harm in it at all, only EfR. did not
mention the fact to Merrick or to his moth
er ; and Effie learned that he was a Mr.
Noreland, stopping at the great hotel in the
village, and guessed that he was rich and
fashionable.
Often she saw him riding with elegantly
dressed ladies and gentlemen, but he always
geemed the most elegant of all to her ; and
by and by she fell to contrasting Merrick
with him, and wishing that Heaven had
made him like Mr. Noreland.
From that she went on to wish that she
was a lady herself, and that somebody else
was in her place, and to f;el above the forge
and the cottage kitchen and the blacksmith
and his mother, who had thought her below
her son, because she was the "help."
One day Mr. Noreland found her shedding
tears in a quiet little spot where they -were
in the habit of meeting by accident, and
would have the reasen.
"It's nothing only I'm tired," saidESc.
Mr. Noreland drew close to her.
"Tired," said he, "no wonder ; you are
too good for that sort of thing ; too good to
work in a kitchen and wear cotton gowns
and too good to be a blacksmith's wife. It's
no use in denying it you know you are."
"Oh, hush," said EiTie, "Merrick is the
best man in the world, I'm sure I'm not
tired of Merrick."
"Oh, of course not," said Noreland, and
we can't help our feelings," and ho Eighed.
Then he whispered a good deal that EfSe
could not understand entirely, but she knew
it was very fine and sentimental, as he quoted
poetry and made great eyes at her. Out of
a hovel, the girl was' sure no one ever was
so charming, and she went home with the
firm conviction that if she chose she might
jilt the blacksmith's son, and marry the' fine
young gentleman. m
-. From feeling sure she could, she began to
wonder whether Merrick cared much about
her, and to feel sure that Noreland loved her
better than his life and a sharp word from
Mrs. Masters finished it.
Something had gone to waste in the store
room, and the old lady fussed and fumed
about it as she always did. .
"Them as has nothing is allers the most
wasteful," said she "you'd oiter remember
that you're to be married to a man that has
something to manage and to take care of'.-
There's Peggy Grey, never lets a bit spoil,
and darns and patches, and makes and mends
year in and year out. But she's got $3000
in the bank, besides what will come to her
when the old man dies ; and she want took
in on charity. I wish Merrick had took a
fancy to her."
"Say good bye, and let him do so now,"
said Noreland when the girl had told him
her new trouble.
"Ah, but I have no other friends, and no
other home to go to," sighed Effie.
"You have," said Noreland, "a friend who
will never cease to love you, and a home such
as you deserve. Share my home and my
life, Effie.'.
Then he put his arms around her and kiss
ed her, and called her loving names, and she
promised hira all that he asked of her.
She was too meet him on Monday evening
at a milliner's shop in the village, and there
they were to take a carriage and go to meet
the train. The first practicable moment they
were to be married, and after that their bliss
was to have no end.
"And as for the blacksmith," sneered
Noreland, "he can have Peggy, you know,
so you need not fret about him, EiEe."
For all that, Ee's conscience emote her
when Merrick was kinder than usual, and so
full of joy, as the time was now near at hand
when she was to be his wife, as they sat to
gether on the porch on that Sunday, and
when Monday came she broke china and
made more blunders generally than had ever
been laid to her charge in years before. Mrs.
Masters thought that the girluite knew
how mad poor Effie really was.
Tea was on the table and Mrs. Masters
busy with some dish she prided herself upon,
and the sound of Merrick's whistle grew
louder every instant as he tripped homeward
from the forge, when Ehe slipped up to her
room, aud putting on her things, slipped
down the back stairway, aud away toward
the village.
If Mr3. Masters missed her, she knew that
she would be only too glad to have her son
to herself for a little while, and there was no
probability of Merrick's following her.
But it was hard to choke the tears down
as she plodded through the long green for
the snow had gone long ago, and it was sum
mer now and she only made herself brave
by the thought that Noreland would die if
she did not keep her promise.
"I couldn't break his heart," she said to
herself, "even if I could bear to marry
another."
She reached the milliner's shop at last,
and went to talk to one of the girls. The
plan was that wheu Noreland was ready to
show himself at the door for a moment, and
she was to go out to meet hira and say "good
bye" just as if she was going home.
Effie sat with one eye on the glass door
which opened from the work room to the
shop, while she tried to chut carelessly ; in
a few moments she saw a man enter from the
street not Noreland, but of all the people
in the world, Merrick Masters. Her first
thought wa3 that he had followed her, but
in an instant she saw that he had business of
his own. He spoke some words to the mis
tress of the shop, aud she brought a band
box. Of course the bonnet was a surprise for
her, 'and it smote her to the heart to remem
ber that she should be miles away before her
birthday dawned. Poor Merrick ! would he
feel badly, and it was cruel of her.
As she thought thus, the door opened
again, letting Merrick out with two buudles
in his hand, and two ladies in from the hotel,
whom the had often seen riding with Nore
land. Thes asked for ribbons, and went on
with their talk while examining them.
"Who was that person standing before
the door ?"
"Oh, Norland."
"I thought so. How oddly he behaved.
He didn't seem to want us to see him."
"Perhaps he didn't, he has his secrets, I
expect. One of thra is that flirtation with
the blacksmith's girl."
"Shocking! Someone ought to write to
Mrs Noreland."
"Poor thing, she is used to it. You know
she's quite middle aged and plain, and he
married her for her money. He's been at
his pranks ever since. Actually, my dear,
he ran away with a girl last summer. The
brother tried to shoot hira and she drowned
herself. It was a shocking scrape. If I
had such a huiband as Noreland, I'd have a
divorce."
"So would I; I hope it won't com,e to
that with the blacksmith's girl she is a very
pretty creature."
"Mrs. Print, I'll take four yards of the
blue."'
The ribbon was cut off, and the ladies
took their departure.
Effie sat thunderstruck. They had been
talking of Noreland. He was married alrea
dy, and po could never mean to marry her.
What did he mean then. And as she asked
herself the question, the truth flashed over
her mind, and she saw the pit of shame and
dishonor at her feet.
Love her I oh no, no, thought EfSe. It
is hate, not love or he would not wish to
wrong me so. Then as she shrank from the
memory of his false words and falser Emiles,
the honest face of the blacksmith rose be
fore her, and in" truth and tenderness it grew
plain to her and she was saved." f"
She left the girl with whom she hd been
chattiDg,abruptly, and ran out of the stors;
All she prayed was not to meet Noreland,
and fear lent wings to her feet. She turned
her face toward the forge, and had reached
the cross road when a wagon stood across
her path Merrick's wagon and he was
hard by chatting to a farmer over a gate.
She heard his voice, and saw the dusky out
line of his form, but she dared not speak to
him yet. She clambered up into the wagon
and hid there crying softly. The bandbox
he had been to get was there on the seat
and she kissed it as she crouched behind it,
thinking of his kindness,
Then peeping out she saw some one saun
tering up the road to the milliner's. It was
Noreland ; but the sight only made her
shudder.
Ten minutes after Merrick was driving on
again, and heard a little noise behind him;
He gave a sudden start.
"What's that?" he cried.
-VOnly me Effie," said a voics. Then
she crept up to him.
"How did you ccme here ?" he inquired.
"I saw the wagon on the road and got in,"
she said. Oh Merrick, I'm so frightened.
It's so lonesome and dark aud wretched
there. I'm so glad we going back to the
forge."
So she was. He never knew how glad,
for she never told him all, nor why, until
years after, when they had been married for
years, and the strong love that comes with
married life, had grown up between them,
she used to start up fromher sleep, some
times, in terror, and cling to him sobbing,
"thank God, I'm back again at the forge."
Speculation ! Speculation ! !
We are frequently asked for our opinion
as to the course the lladic-al clement of Con
gress will pursue toward the Southern States,
assuming now that the people of the North,
as expressed in the late elections, sustain the
policy of that body as opposed to that of
the President, for the complete and harmo
nious restoration of the Union. We have
frequently sought to find a satisfactory solu
tion of this question to our own minds ; and
while we confess to our inability to throw in
structive light upcm it, still it is one that
deeply concerns the public, and will natu
rally court reflection and speculation ; and
therefore we may indulge iu expression of
such views as we entertain for the passing
entertainment of our readers, without pre
suming to claim oracular knowledge in the
premises.
It strikes us that there arc but three well
defined lines of policy left open to Congress,
one of which it must pursue. 1st the im
peachment of the President with the over
throw of the present organization of the
governments of the Southern States, reduc
ing them to a territorial condition ; 2d, im
peachment beiDg successful, the present or
ganization of the government of these
States to be declared unconstitutional, and
the proccedure in re organizing them upon
a' basis of disfranchisement of the " rebel"
vote, and place them, without regard to the
Constitutional asp3ct of the matter, in the
hands of "never surrender original Consti
tutional Union men," with rcprcaeutation
in Congress to match ; or, 3rd ; shrinking
from the great responsibilities and hazird of
cither procoedure, simply keep the South
ern States, as now organized out of their
representation in Congress, as a kind of pro
vincial government.
In view of the startling revolutionary ef
fects, which would assuredly be wrought
upon the character of the government of
the United States by pursuing either of the
former lines of policy indicated, and judg
ing men by the usual rules of conduct that
control them, it seems to us inconceivable
that a people so intelligent as the ruling men
of the North, so guardful of property and
monetary considerations, can be made so de
mented as to venture upon such paths of
wild resolution, that would 6hake the whole
fabric of civil and constitutional liberty to
its foundations, and deluge in blood, and
bury in unequal disaster of any age, the en
lightened hopes of the 19th century. Not
even Butler, in cur judgment, has the
moral courage to plunge the country in such
a tide, leading to inevitable destruction of
everything most sacredly American. What !
Ju.t after a war of unequaled magnitude
in the aunals of history, for the vain pur
pose of securing 2)firty domination attempt
to put Iiepublicani.-ni to such a test? The
hazard is too great ! There is too great in
terest in U. S. greenbacks, and securities.
What reasonable mind can dcubt, that if
the first line of policy indicated were pur
sued, a bloody war would be inaugurated,
and that its arena would be on Northern
soil. But suppose this successfully accom
plished by the Radical North, what would
be their gain. Would not their success be
the entire breaking up of the foundations on
which Republicanism now reposes? Would
it not be at the additional cost of the destruc
tion of the capital, property, resources and
industry of their own people, to an extent
even more overwhelming than that which
they have brought ou the people against
whom they have warred for years, and whom
more effectually to crush, they are now so
much jeopardizing the true welfare of the
North. The Northern people are calculat
ing in their methods of mind, and will take
all this into due consideration, and however
popular orators may lash to fury the excited
passions of the masses during a political
campaign, when the time for the practical
inauguration of the "impeachment" policy,
the reduction of eleven sovereign States to
territories, and the marching of the " torch
and turpentine brigade," shall come, the
precipice to which those braggarts have led
them, will yawn before them with such ter
rific view, that they will shrink PPHel
from its hideousness ; and the next excite
ment wDl be to turn upon their leaders, and
rend them to political destruction. ... i
But, supposing thesocond line of policy
be adopted, after a successful impeachment;
would not a fatal stab be given to Republi
canism, and Constitutional Government ? It
cannot bo but the Northern mind is astute
enough to perceive that such a course would
terminate the career of the United State?
government, as the custodian of the world's
Isberty ; and that from such violence of tie
genius of the Constitution, it would be ncf
longer a life-giving power to liberty, but a
mosked batter', from behind which State's
Rights and personal liberty would be effect
ually demolished ; for faction would rise up
against faction, as in the last days of Rome
when her too oft violated Constitution had
lost its virtue to preserve Roman liberty, til!
this once favored and proud,
" Land of the free, and home of the brave,"
would become Mexicanized a by-word, and
a hissing scorn to surviving nation's. In our
humble judgment no party of men at the
North have the hardihood to lead the gov
ernment on such a cou-tse. It fellows then
that we lean to the opinion that that the 3d
line indicated will be the one adopted. We
believe that though there may be a Butler
in Congress, or some fit accomplice in mls
chievou." design, to move an impeachment,
yet we do not believe that the House of
Representatives will present the case to the
American Senate. Butler is too much of a
lawyer ; too much of a cunning, unprinci
pled diplomat, to really wish this thing done;
and he has only made a dupe of Northern
fanaticism that he mightride upon its back
into Congress. Florida Union.
A Very Decided Sell. As an attachee'
to a well-known dry goods concern on Ches't
nut Street, Philadelphia, for years past has
lived a large mastiff. Ha was a faithful
watch dog, known to every regular risitor
of the store for his gentleness by day and to
every one who tapped at the closed doors af
ter dark by his vigilance at night. " "
The animal, however, grew helpless and
toothless from age, and suffered additionally
from that scourge of caninity, commonly
known as the mange. The life of the quad
ruped became to him a burden, and very
reluctantly the firm adopted the advice of
a discerning farrier, and released the age-'.
ridden animal from all further suffering from
his many infirmities.
This being done, the disposal of his body
wa3 a question. There was no chance to in-"-ter
it upon the premises. Nobody would
remove it, nor cculd anybody be found to
undertake its interment. An effectual ex
pedient was adopted. In a snug packing '
case the body was carefully laid, and with
straw and broken bricks the case was filled.
The lid nailed on, and the box marked with
the address of A. T. Steward & Co., New
York. The box was put upon the sidewalk,
where it remained during the afternoon.
When the night watchman came upon the '
premises he was told that he need not watch 1
the box very closely ; indeed that if it were"
stolen he would not be visited with the '
smallest censure. Mr. Watchman grinned :.
and started on his rcund.
About one o'clock the next morning a
horse drawing a furniture cart cama very '
quietly down Eighth street. The horse's .
feet were tied in pieces of carpet to muffls
the clatter of the hoofs. The team was stop
ped directly opposite the case. Two sturdy
men jumped from the wagon, lifted it into
the box, Fprang with celerity upon the seat,
and rapidly drove away. To have been pres
ent at the opening of the case by its captors
would have been worth a dollar or two,
even for a back seat. In slang parlance, the
burglars had a "soft thing of it"
In Mr. Bogar's book, of "Who Goes
There!" is an anecdote ia regard to Wash
ington. It is of the only person who was not
awed by ths presence of the "Father of his
Country." This man, a Mr. James Byrnes,
occupied some land which Washington de
sired to have added in his plan of tho Fed
eral capitil. Mr. Byrnes flatly refused.
Unused to opposition, Waihington turned
upon him and said, as he only could say it :
"Mr. Janips Brynes f what would your land
have been worth if I had not placed this
city on the Potomac?" Byrnes was not
crushed ; but undismayed, coolly turned to
him and said : "George Washington, what
would you have been worth if you had not
married the widow Curtis?"
We heard a lawyer and a doctor dis
puting the other day about a bill a fellow
owed each of them. He was only able to
pay one of them, aad so left the matter to
themselves who ought to have the money.
"I ought to have the money as amatterof
course," said the lawyer, "for I saved him
from going to the penitentiary."
"Well," said the doctor, "I saved hint'
from h 1."
It is needless to add which one got tha'
money.
t& In tho practical bulls the Irish ara
even more famous than in those merely log
ical ; the richest one we ever heard was'
about a poor Irish peasant who was floun
dering through a bog on a small ragged;
pony.- In its efforts to push on, . the animal
got one of its feet entangled in' the 6tirrup :
"Arrah", my boy !" exclaimed the rider,- "if
you are going to get up, it's time for ma to
get down."
t&m Prentice speaks of a brawling Ken
tutkian, who was bragging about how loyal
he felt, and who, being asked what ha meant
by it, replied : "I feel as if I should like W
shoot somebody and steal something."