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VOLUME 8.
vrTllAAAJM. iviiiJiiLiLi, Attorney at
Y Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
" Oi 1 OCT
foBS FENLON, Attorney at Law,
.1 Ebensburg, Pa.
Office opposite the Bank. jan24
G'ToRGE M. READE, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
Office in Colonnade Row. jan24
FP. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa.
fgg" Office in Colonnade Row. jan24
JOHNSTON k SCANLAN, Attorneys
J at Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
jy- Office opposite the Court House.
1.1. JOHNSTON. jn24 J. K. 60AXtA.iT.
3MES C. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
Carrolltown, Cambria county, Pa.
tZT Architectural Drawings and Specifi-
ti,;oaJ wade. f jan24
I"T"X"SHOE MAKER, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
xiicular attention paid to collections,
jay Office one door east of Lloyd & Co.'s
Sinking House. jan24
S
AMU EL SINGLETON, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High
i:ret. west of Foster's Hotel.
Will practice in the Courts of Cambria and
.jjoiuing counties.
joy Attends also to the collection 01 ciaims
f soldiers against the Government. jan24
&KORGE W. O ATM AN, Attorney at
Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
.'tabria countj, I' a.
Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty, and
h'A Military
vac4 to
JJiidjieuts, Military Claims collected. Ileal estate
d scld, and payment of lazes at-
Book Accounts, Notes, Due Bills,
Ac, collected. Deeds, Mortga-
Aemuients, Letters of Attorney, Bonds,
he, iiea:!r written, and all legal business
f....,r.,i!v artonripd tr. Pentiona increased.
r.nJ i'ljualized Bounty collected. jan24
I) DEVEREAUX, M. 1., Physician
and Surgeon, Summit, Pa.
fr" Office east of SIans;on House, on Uau-
!. -H- Al. .1-1
-jad sircei. .Mgui tans prompuv Huruueu
j, at hi3 office. maj23
pvENTISTRY.
J Dk. D. W. Zeigt.eii, having opened an
Vae in the rooms over It. R. Thomas' store,
;r his professional services to the citizens
Ebensburg and vicinity. apl8-4ra
irVEXTISTRY.
VJ
The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal-
jore Collece of Dental Surgery, respectfully
his professional services to the citizens
Ebensburg. He has spared no means to
-utouirhlv acquaint himself with every ini-
Srov-.wvnl in his art. To many years of pcr
,vnal eicrience, lie has sought to add the
parted experience of the highest authorities
i'cntrtl Science. He simpiy asks that an
portunity may be given for his work to
tuk its own praise.
HAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S.
References: Prof. C. A. Harris ; T. E. 3ond,
;' It. Handy; A. A. Blandy, P. II. Aus
a, of the Baltimore College.
tajT Will beat Ebensburg on the fourth
jalay of each month, to stay one wjek.
January 24, 1807.
LOYD & CO., Banker
JLi Ebexsbcrg, Pa.
ftSTCloM. Silver, Government Loans and
her Securities bought and 6old. Interest
loe! oa Time Deposits. Collections made
ivWccessijjIe points in the Lnited States,
u avjcBtml riiiking Business transacted.
muarvM, 1807.
LLOYD & Co., Bankers-
Altoona. Pa.
Prills or. the rvrincinflt cities. and Jsilrer
iGuld for sale. Collections made. Mon
i received on deposit, payable on demand,
iout interest, or upon time, with interest
V:r rates. jau24
. LI.OVD, J'rtl't. JOHN LLOYD. CasLier.
:RST NATIONAL BANK
OF ALTOONA.
GO VERNMENT A GEN CI",
AND
jIGXATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
a?" Corner Virginia and Annie sts., North
J, Altoona, Pa.
tzKD Capital $300,000 00
''Capital Paid in 150,v00 00
-''easiness pertaining to Banking done on
rable terms.
";trnal Revenue Stamps of all denomina
,'J !ways on hand.
a purchasers of Stamp?, percentage, in
.mPs, will be allowed, as follows : $50 to
J9. 2 pr cent. !!or: tn $.mn n n- rnt
an(i upwards, 4 per cent. Man24
'.EES J. LLnvn
Succestor of R. S. Sunn,
Dealer in
invFJi? AXD MEDICINES, PAINTS,
T vro .PAXcr ARTICLES, PURE
' bT. u BRANDIES-FOR MEDI
- "LRI'OSES, PATENT MEDICINES, 4c.
A ito :
'r Cap, and Note Papers,
Pens, Pencils, Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
by Druggists generally.
xe,an' prttcripliont eurtfully compounded.
te on Main Street, opposite the Moun
ouse, Ebensburg, Pa. jan24
SUARUETTS DYSERT, House,
Sign, and Ornamental ramting, Grain.
Mazing and Panrr .,,. '
Work done on short notice, and satis-
t. BB.. "nieea- Shop in basement of
-u, Joensburg, Pa. rmy9-Cm
UlUEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub-
lie, Ebensburg, Pa.
on High street, west of Foster! Ho-
jan24
KISING SUN STOVE POLISH.
4Mlitr IZ Jt7 l'"sui "Vng or labor,
?Uly
. i -v vucnnurBP, LOIS
nnriralled. Buy no other. rF
GEO. HUNTLEY'S.
s
HOE STORE! SHOE STORE ! I
The subscriber begs leave to inform the
people of Ebensburg that he has just received
from the East and has now opened out, at
his store-room, the
LARGEST asd BEST ASSORTMENT
OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS and SHOES OF ALL KINDS!
ever brought to town. The stock was made
expressly to order by the
BEST SHOE MANUFACTORY IN PHILA.,
the subscriber having gone to the trouble
and expense of visiting that city-especially
to order it. The work is warranted not to
rip if it rips, it will be
REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE
A visit to his establishment will satisfy any
one that he can not only sell a bsttb abti
cls than all competitors, but that he can
also sell
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST 1
He also continues to manufactmre Boots
and Shoes to order, on short notice and in
the most workmanlike style.
A VERY SUPERIOR LOT or REAL
FRENCH CALF SKINS ON HAND I
Stand one door east of Crawford's
Hotel, High street, and immediately oppo
site V. S. Barker's store.
feb21 JOHN D. THOMAS.
rpo THE LADIES OF EBENSBURG
JL AND VICINITY. Having recently ar
rived Irom the city with a handsome assort
ment of
SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY
AND STRA W GOODS,
of the latest stvles, comprising BONNETS,
SILKS and VELVETS, fine FRENCH FLOW
ERS, an assortment of RIBBONS, all widths
and colors. Ladies' plain and fancy DRESS
CAPS, Infants' silk and embroidered CAPS,
together with Hoop Skirts, Corsets, Hosiery,
Gloves, Ladies' and Gent's Fine Linen Hand
kerchiefs, Ac, we invite the ladies of Ebens
burg and surrounding districts, to call and
examine our stock, in the store-room formerly
occupied by E. Hughes, below the Mountain
House.
JCtsT We have a Fashionable Milliner of
excellent taste, who will pay particular atten
tion to bleaching, pressing ana altering Hats
and Bonnets to the latest styles.
Mas. J. DOYLE,
mj9-3m Miss M. RUSH.
s
ADDLERY AND HARNESS !
The undersigned keeps constantly on
hand and is still manufacturing all articles
in his line, such s
SADDLES.
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS,
DRAFT HARNESS,
BLIND BRIDLES, RIDING BRIDLES,
CHECK LINES,
HALTERS, WHIPS, BRICHBANDS, &c, Ac.
All which he will dispose of at low prices
for cash.
His work is all warranted, and being expe
rienced in the business, he uses only the best
of leather. Thankful far past favors, he
hopes by attention to business to merit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore so
liberally extended to him. jan24
Shop above the store of E. Hughes Co.
Persons wishing good and substantia! Harness
can be accommodated. HUGH A. M'COY.
LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS !
Being desirous of retiring from busi
ness, I oder for sale the
E BENS 11 UR G FO UND R Y,
with all its appurtenances, Including all the
real and personal property thereto belong
ing, the Engine, Patterns, Flasks, 4c. Also,
all the stock, manufactured and unmanufac
tured, consisting of
THRESHING MACHINES,
COOKING STOVES,
PARLOR STOVES,
PLOWS,
CASTINGS of various kinds.
As I am determined to sell, purchasers
may rely upon getting any or all the above
named articles cheaper than they ran be bad
anywhere else in Pennsylvania. The public
are invited to call and judge for themselves.
July 1, I867tf E. GLASS.
EV CHEAP CASH STORE!!
The subscriber would inform the eitisena
of Ebensburg and vicinity that he keeps con
stantly on hand everything in the
GROCERY AND CONFECTIONERY
line, such as Flour, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, all
kinds of Crackers, Cheese, Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco, Cigars, 4c.
CANNED PEACHES AND TOMiTOES!
Also, Buckskin and Woolen Gloves, Wool
en Socks, Neck ties, 4c, all of which will be
sold as cheap if not cheaper than elsewhere.
A full attortment of Candiet i
Cay Ice Cream every evening.
jan24 R. R. THOMAS.
ATES T ARRIVAL !
The subscriber has just received, at
his store, on High street, Ebensburg, a large
and salable stock of
Flour, Bacon, Sugars,
Molasses, Tea, Coffee,
Table Salt, Barrel Salt, Spices,
Cheese, Tobacco, Cigars,
and everything in the
Grocery, Notion and Confectionery line.
Also, Boots and Shoes, Carbon and Lubri
cating Oils, 4c, 4c.
B?3- All which, will be sold very cheap for
cash. jan24 G. G. OWENS.
OAL! COAL! COAL!
The subscriber is now carrying on the
Colliery of Wm. Tiley, Sr , at Lily Station,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Cambria coun
ty, and will be glad to fill all orders, to any
amount, of citizens of Ebensburg and vicin
ity. Satisfaction as to quality of Coal guar
antied in all cases. WM. TILEY, Jr.
Hemlock P. O., Jan. 24, 1867.
o.
K. CURTAIN FIXTURE.
Has no superior. in the world! Is
pronounced faultless by wjho, UTe seen it,
It is predicted it will suprseja ail Pthe?
Curtain Fixtures now in use. 'J ,
T Fcr aaje by . Q. HUNTLEY,
mx2 Ebensburg, Ta. "
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1867.
G01HG A STRHWBERRYIHG.
It was a warm afternoon in July; and
the Dexter girls Mary,' Josie, Fannj,
and Sue were out upon the broad piazza
to catch the laint breeze that lazily stirred
the leaves of the lofty elm that stretched
its protecting arms over the old farmhouse
"How stupid we all are," yawned Fan
ny, throwing dowu her book and desisting
from the Attempt to capture a fly that
persisted iu alighting: on her nose. "How
I wish it would thunder ' or something
would happen to wake us up." :
"O, pood I there's cousin Kate coming
across the Jots. JNow lor some tan.
; And dropping her work, away 'scam
pered Josie down to the garden gate to
meet her.
Kate Wilde or wild Kate, as everybody
called her and it must be confessed that
she had well earned the title came along
swinging her hat in her hand, as was her
usual custom, her light, elastic step show
ing that she was troubled with neither
corns, concomitants nor tight shoes. She
was a medium sized "girl, with a clear,
bright complexion, brown eyes, and hair
about the same color, and which to do
her best, never would stay "done op,"
like the other girls', but defying the
restraint of comb and net, persisted in
resolving itself into' spiral curls around
the neck and temples ; a style of coiffure
not at all unbecoming to the 'bright,
piquant face of its owner. - T"
"Now, girls," she said, depositing her
self upon the steps of the piazza and
brushing back the moist hair from the
temples, "don't all of you begin to exclaim
how terribly hot it is; for one can see
that bv just looking at you. I declare, if
you don't look as fo many cabbage leaves !
As for me, it is just such weather as I
like; it fairly makes me grow."
And she looked as though It did, as she
she -sat there with her glowing cheeks
and sparkliog eyes, the very picture of
health, fun and frolic.
. "I've come to invite you to go a straw
berrying with me as soon as it gets a little
cooler. I know a place wheib they are
as thick as they can hang, and as red and
ripe as cherrie3."
"Where ?" inquired a chorus of voices.
"Down in Pebbly brook meadow, not a
quarter of a mile from here. You know
where it is Josie ; wo went berrying last
summer." ' -
"Yes, but you know Deacon Barnes
owned it then. 'Squire Graves is so cross!
He told Rob and the Harding boys that if
he ever caught them in his grass again
he'd set his dog on them."
"Humph ! Perhaps he'll set his dog
on me," with a t09s of her head. "I
should really like to see him do it. Rut,
pshaw ! be won i meddle with us guls.
Not but that he is ugly enough to do most
anything, but he'd be ashamed to. Say,
girls, will you go 1 I shall, for one, for
I don't mean that all those delicious ber
ries shall go to waste for the want of some
one to pick them."
After a little more coaxing and persua-
dinc. Kate carried the dav. as she gener
ally did, and it was finally agreed that sbe
was to meet them there immediately after
tea.
At the appointed time, Kate made her
appearance, basket in hand, but bare
headed, to the astonishment of the girls,
who were waiting' for her on the porch.
" here s your hat V was the immedi
ate inquiry.
"The last I saw of it, it was coiner over
the dam," was the cool reply. "A puff of
wina iook u on my nead as 1 was cros
sing the bridge. , Hut 1 wasn t going
clear home again, and I thought that I
could borrow something here, or tie a
handkerchief over my head."
"I know what I'll do I" the exclaimed
triumphantly, as she spied a pile of hats
that Josie had been braiding; "I'll wear
one of these. It will be just the thing !'
"So will I ! so will I !" was the merry
response.
After following Katie's example, they
arrayed themselves in the coarse straw
hats very generally worn by men and boy
daring the warm weather in their outdoor
labor.
Thus equipped, with many a laugh at
the transformation it effected, especially
in connection with their jackets profusely
ornamented with buttons, they set out
upon their expedition in high glee.
'Squire Graves, the owner of Pebbly
brook meadow and the fertile lands ad
joining, had been a resident of Greenville
but a few months, during which time he
had kept himself very secluded, turning
a cold shoulder to the rather officious but
well meant overtures of his neighbors "to
be sociable," ae they called it. There was
little known in regard to his antecedents,
with the exception that he was a man of
considerable means and unblemished char
acter. On passing through the place, he
had been attracted by the beautiful situa
tion of a small farm for sale. He bought
it, and tearing down the old farmhouse,
built a commodious and tasteful mansion,
where he lived in solitary state, with no
one but his housekeeper and one serving
man, rarely going into public, except to
church.
He was not generally liked. The men
folks laughed at his amateur farming, and
their wives were not a little indignant at
his want of appreciation of the hospitality
for wtieh they vera noted. At fox the
THAW PRESIDENT, Hihht Ctxr.
young-ladiea of GreenriUe, they were!
UnanimouJ7 of 'the onimnn tKt h i I
'Tery handsome"wit!t th. eeftion ot
"Try :,""c 7iareu ?b was a nor-
ui ooaungcreaaare, .Trnn - ms .tierce
whisker and ataTUg tUck eyes.!' s
. tfquire trraves was by no means misan-
tnropia in his natural disposition ; on the
aj, u-3 uau a ueart more man uauaiiy
i . - - ..
generous in its impulses,
.....muig,MW,( vt
. . ucr w. owlBe 10 a re"1" lamiiy
awicuon, wntcn,- tnougti it attached nei-
ther disgrace- or blame to him, had oast
nporary gwomiover ma xeeiings and
made him shrink from society. ; He had
dvhhu ui'uaui uv(u me uaii roaune
Of his present life with the fixed determi-
nation f never -leaving it; but alas-for
the vanity of human resolutions, especially
w '"vw nuvr tlcai kUC UiKUlU CiilVlUg
of the heart for love and sympathy, he
cy giuniuK weary ui ii. ado, j continued ivate, as soon as her mirth per
as near the close of day the warm Julv I mitted her to aek. "and said m
oay aoove mentioned ne sat upon the
Yjerandah smoking, an unusually lonely
i . .. . -
leeling came over him, and the silence
aroami mm seemeu almost oppressive.
f mTTFI m. - . i . i
never heard such a sweet laueh V
. 'Squire Graves had seen Kate at church
every Sunday since his arrival, and had
been irresistibly attracted toward her; and
that very morning, as he chanced to coby
ber father's house, be had caught a glimpse
of her bright eyes and rosy cheeks in the
garden, into which he had been tempted
to look by a gleeful laugh which proceed -
cv jrum is. - -
Then, as he dreamily watched the smoko
curling above his head, he, fell to wonder-
iog how such a face and figure would look
opposite him every morning at the break-
last table, and what a general translorma-
tion they would effect in his lonely home,
From this blissful dream he aroused
nimseit with a halt sigh at the celibacy
to which he had pledged himself.
"ibem pesky bovs aro in the medderl
again, 'Squire," said his man, Joe, thrust-
ICff
uis uruu uiiuuu cue uuur. "iuai
'ere grass will be so tied up that it can't
oe mowed, no how you can hx it.
1 be boys of the neighborhood had been
very annoying of late in their depredations
upon his orchard and garden, in which he
toox no little pride; ' and the announce
ment of this fresh "raid" quite exhausted
his remaining stock of patience.
"lhey are? he exclaimed : "I ve tried
what virtue there is in words : now 1 11
try something more potent. Go and un
chain Rruno !"
With the huge mastiff at his heels,
which, fierce as it was, was perfectly under
his master's control, 'Squire Graves reach-
ed the brow of the hill which gave him a
ed the brow ot the hill which gave him a
view of the fair raiders. In a atoonin
position, little could be discerned of them
above the tall crass, save their heads.
whose strange gear certainly gave them a
verv masculine appearance
In spite of his indignation, and desirous
" - I
Of frightening rather than of hnrhnc th I
intruders, 'Squire Graves held back the
o o - o
eager dog until he had, by a loud halloo,
warned them of his design.
As soon as the girls saw the fierce ani
mal, with open mouth, bearing down upon
them, they let fall their pails and baskets
and made for the fence, over which they
tumbled in a manner less distinguished by
grace than expedition, giving vent in the
, jir r.1
eucn as can proceed on ly irom lemaie
iuug, aim iuuou iu oiaio vi uuiuuai i
,-i Aa.A.A naAA a i
health and vigor. I
All . ft ..1 .1 .. I
ah got aieiy over witn tne exception
01 ivate, who being the last to go, hit her I
foot against a stone, and was momentarily I
stunned bv the fall it occasioned.
Ah 'Pnnir Oravaa catiphr m. ir!imT) of I
the flrinsr fn. hi snirrv itnv rhno.rl
to astonishment and dismav and henuinlr. I
ly hastened to the spot to prevent any
further mischief.
"Rack, Rruno ! back, you brute !" he
exclaimed as Kate rose to her feet and
turned her flushed face towards him.
Good Heavens I it was the divinity that
- - J 1
had occupied his thoughts so much ot late.
"I earnestly trust that that you have
sustained no injury, Miss Wilde V he
said, removing his hat respectfully as he
spoke.
"Not in the least, sir : though it is not
owiog to any consideration on your part."
"Very gentlemanly conduct, 1 must
MT." nhA 9rtdri. nokinc with an indir.
nant air first at her soiled dress, and then
J ' ' o I
.f th .c rn m.n kofrtr
"I I besvour pardon." he stammered,
"but the fact is. vuur dress so deceived
me that I I took you to be boys
- - .
"Took us to be boys I" repeated Kate
in astonishment.
Then as her eye fell upon the hat at
her feet, her anger evaporated in a clear,
ringing laugh which did more than any
thing else could have done to restore our
. . --i :
nero to nis usual ease and seu-pusaessiuu.
In the meantime the rest of the girls
W .,ii, k- .holer of r in an
adjoining field. Missing Kate, two of the
boldest of tbem volunteered to go and
nrfin lnr As thev cams within
sight of the field of their disaster, they
were astonished to see 'Squire Graves po-
litely assisting Kate over the fence, which
act of gallantry she received with much
apparent ccmplacsnoy and good humor.
i - nai a sweec, oewitcning countenance "ihinjc i" said Josie with a significant
that girl has," he soliloquized. "Kate look ; "I think that the perfect savaee has
Wilde, I believe they call her. I think I been tamed verv suddenlv ! Whr kind
. When Kate reached the grove she found
hmr o.r,i; i .. .
mishapTr S eir severa
: - une had lost a net, another a shoe.
.Ureases had been draggled through the
mud and torn in various places, and their
apparel, as a whole, was in a rather dilap-
idated conditio. Th
. . . . . ,L J iuu-
i iinous opinion that 'Squire Graves was
i "oruts ana perfect "savage.
. xxi,g uieueu iu mese ana.ueznas in
silence, though with eyes brimming with
mtrth. At last, unable to longer contain
herself, she burst forth :
"'fcjquire Graves isn't to blame. What
do you think girb. he thought we were
i dojs i
Here Kate sat down nnnn tha .
laughed until the tears rolled down her
cheeks, in which she was joined by the
1 fCOIi.
"He sent humble apolosries to vou all "
i. ...
should be happy to have us pick strawber
ries in his meadow whenever we felt dis-
posed to do so.' What do you think of
I that t '
very suddenly
of a charm did you use. eh. Kate I
At this Kate blushed, and for once was
at a losa for an answer. So she chanced
the subject by proposing that they all
should start for home.
What that blush meant it is impossible
I to say. but this we know that there was
1 quite a marked chancre in 'Sauire Graves'
1 habits and manner : he commenced calline
i upon nis neisnoors and soon became aa
sociable as any one of them could desire :
though it must be confessed that he called
at Mr. WildcV more frequently than at
any other place. And more than this.
the very next thanksgiving eve there was a
pleasant gathering at Mr. Wilde's during
which a certain ceremony was performed,
at the conclusion ot which wild Kate was
I Kate Wilde no longer. Rut although she
took a graver name, her husband avers
(and certaiuly he ought to know) "that
auo is iuo same merrv. nrovoainfr sreatnre
that she was when she st9le, not only his
strawberries, but the heart ot the owner."
"My Gin" Criticism.
Mr. Cyrns Elder's lately issued book of
poems, "My U lit, like all other books
of pretension, whether of poetry or prose,
has provoked considerable criticism from
the press. Subjoined will be found what
is said about it by two leading New York
journals.
From the New York Round Table of
July 13th :
Gift By Cyru Elder. Xe
- Tibialis & Co. 18G7. We
ew York:
- j
ou. e wonaer
if Mr. Cyrus Elder has has ever read a
certain little poem of Tennyson's called
flower. He eeems to have read
pretty much everything else that Tenny
"sa or iorgouea mis, we wui quote it
A .1 ! . .
tO mm
"Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower:
The people said, a treed.
"Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o'er the wall
Stole the seed by night.
"Read my little fable;
He that runs ma read.
k
ilost can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.
ni BOme are pretty enough,
And some are poor inaeed;
And now aSftin tDe people
CaU 11 tut a weed-
"We very much fear that Mr. Elder
has profited by the larceny about which
the Laureate here makes so much ado,
And we do not know that we can more
exactly express our opinion of his verses,
or versicles, as he would, perhaps, prefer
to call them, with the same modesty which
makes his volume a 'booklet,' than by re
peating the first two lines of the last
3tanza quoted above. Some are pretty
enough, and some are poor indeed ;
.
all
give unmistakable evidence of their origin.
Mr. Elder s flower bears a strong family
likeness to the Laureate's, but the perfume
of the latter is somehow lacking. His
effusions resemble the poetry he so much
admires as a counterfeit resembles the
rbouiub i j '
i i i y l : . : i
aemDies cnampague. J-em apparently
not lor want ot study that he wins no
nearer to his model; he has caught many
he mannerisms, tne tricks ot pnrase
and turns ox inougoi, wnicn so cnaracier
ize the English poet ; it is only the essence
that he fails, and that, all such imitators
must necessarily fail, to reproduce. He
has even gone so far as to borrow Tenny-
- . c 1 Li 1- 1 .1
son s subjects, under tne utie in Memo
rial we have the story of Tfie Sleeping
Beautv in a poem which is otherwise
chiefly noticeable as lending the weight
ot Mr. .cider s autnonty 10 maiBomewnai
eccentric preterite form of the verb 'glide'
wherewith the late
Artenias ward en
'I asked her should
ricned me language.
gla in the messy
dance. And we
gloae- baJ8 laer
"the glad prince and his princess fair
Together gioat ui cornaors aiong.
They must have had a glowing time ot it.
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And in other places our author shows a
radical turn for bettering the lauguago.
Antietam is tortured into four syllables
thus:
'On Antietam's bloody plain,"
the measure being that of "Tennyson's In
Jlfemoriam ; for another verse in the same
metre we have :
1 "Our voyage liej to the north j
'harassed' becomes 'harassed' and 'si
moom' is broken to harness with 'soon
Nevertheless the book is not without
merit. The verses are often graceful and
flowing, with here and there an agreeable
fancy that helps to hide the general dearth
of thought. Perhaps we may venture to
say that Mr. Elder has not yet done him
self justice. He seems to be fully persua
ded that he is a poet and to feel a certain
scornful compassion for people who don't
agree with him, and who, he says, 'look
On him with unannointed eyes, And say,
(He is as one of us, Ha differeth sot in
any wise.',' This doesn't suit Mr. Elder ?
he wants to be peculiar ; he zejoiees in a
bort of intellectual strabismus ; 'he wears
two eyes endowed with different eight;'
he delights iu the belief that he is mad ;
he tells us, moreover, that
'his poetic thoughts
Unto his poems are
' " Like endless azure spaces,
With here and there a star."
We can testify to the spaces, but our
astronomic powers aro not yet equal to the
stars. Probably they are fixed stars whose
light takes an age or two to reach us. " If
Mr. Elder will trust our unannointed eyea
andis not yet too mad to be above advice,
we would counsel him to burn his Tenny
son, to try to understand Browning before ,
he tries to abuse him, to study Walt
Whitman and TT'brccsfer's Dictionary, and
so learn to write books instead of booklets.
We say this in all kindness and sincerity,
and beg that Mr. Elder will not miscon
ceive us. As we have said, his booklet is
not without merit, no booklet so elegantly
printed can be altogether, and it is besides
entirely harmless and suitable for the
domestio circle. We know of no booklet
better adapted for presentation by very
polite young roenlets to very sentimental
young maidlets. We have read iu one of
those veracious manuals of politeness that
a gift to a lady should be of small value.
Mr. Elder's gift, we are happy to say,
meets every requirement of etiquette."
From the New York Tribune of July"
2d:
"My Gift, by Cyrus Elder, (N. Tib
bals & Go.,) is the modest title ot a little
volume of sweet and unpretending verse.
chiefly devoted to themes of patriotism
and the domestio sentiments. The author
belongs to a class of writers who are en
dowed in no small degree with the poetio
temperament, and who feci a craving for
poetic expression, but without sufficient
power ot imagination to assure them or
the certainty of their poetic vocation.-
The consciousness of this is hinted at in
the piece which opens the collection, and
which gives it its name. Aware of the
fatal gilt which reveal a world of glory
to anointed eyes, the writer is in doubt
whether he shall trust the heavenly vision,
or guard his speech from betraying the
secret to his fellow-men. Such minds.
however, can find no rest but in sincere
utteranco; they must 'wreak their thought
upon expression,' and pass through an
experience which will either keep them
silent forever, or lead them to a higher
plane which they now see dimly iu the
distance. The blossoms may perish for
ever from the earth, or ripen into mature
and precious fruits. Of such uncertain,
promise are the contents of this volume.
Several of the poems are not without a
tender delicacy and fragrance that recall
the charms of a vernal orchard. But
they lack the vigor of thought which
their sentiment demands as a framework.
Nor do they show a creative power im
parting a warm vitality to pleasant fancies .
and susceptible tastes. The author is
evidently familiar with the favorite poets
of the day, and gives a graceful echo of
their noble songs ; but it needs more lusty
sinews to bend the bow of Apollo with
one's own hands."
A Saratoga correspondent says that
a burlesque advertisement was posted in
the Union Hotel, announcing that
ti
in
order to overcome a natural prejudice
against the use of hash on the part of.
boarders, the proprietor will, on Monday,
place a two dollar and a half piece in a
certain quantity of hash; on Tuesday,,
one-half that amount in two pieces ; on
Wednesday, one-third of that amount in
three pieces ; and so on for a week."
rA justice of the peace in Newark,'
N. J., divorced a couple one day last
week, and later in the day married each
of the pair to a new mate ; so that the
man has now two wives and the woman
two husbands. The intelligent justioe
supposed that as he had the power to
marry, it followed that he also had the
power to unmarry.
Birth cards are now issued in Paris
fashionable circles after the . following
style : "Monsieur X has the honor to
inform you of his birth, which event took
place day before yesteiday. He and hia
mother are as well as copld be expected
under the circumstances."
Question for actors : Can a man b
said to work when he plays?
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