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.J. T. UIXCIXIXSOX,1 ED2rORS.
VOMJME . 9.
M.-M. JON.ES,
" Kbensburg, Pa.
Notary 'Public,
pr. 2D.
1LLIAM' KITTELL, Attorney at
I.uvv, ITbensbnrg, Ta.
Atigust 13, 16CS. - ' i
TOHN FKN .LUX, Attorney ai Law,
J Ebeiisburg, Pa. .
Office on IIip;h street.
EOilGK 31. I SHADE, Attorney at
JC Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
Olilc.'. i.i Colounade Eow. . augl3
W' ILL! AM IT.' SIWHLEII . Attor
. 4 ney ot Lawr Ebenfbnrg, Pn.
w Tr7f Oflicc in C'olonna J Row. f;a??0
T r - - - ' " : ' -
SllOEMAKEIt h .OATIAX. Attor
neys nt Law, r.oriis'vv.T'. Pa.
Pariicv.lfCr aticnttou to toiioctiona.
CiSiCUc pa High btreet, wtst ot the Di
amond. . flPr- 29-
X0I1NST0N & SO AN Tj AN, Attorneys
at Law, Ebensl":: , Pa.
jfgy OfTicc opposite the Lourt Dense.
K. L. JOIiXfiTON. ailglS J. K. BC.VXLAX.
"AMES C. EASLY, Att-rpyar Law,
S rurrolitown. Cnij.bria i v.mtv. Pa.
r3 Architectural Drawin-
;pecifi-
rations made.
T(l J. WATEllS. Juiticc ul tbc Peace
JljJ, n.iid Scrivener.
lf' Ofare ftdjoining dwelling, onlligh St.,
F.bcusburg, Pa. I?
A. KOrKLIX,- T. W. !1CK,
Johnstown. ' H'.cmburg.
KOPliLIN & DICK, Attorneys at
Law, Ehei.sburgr, Pa.
Jt;ii'j" OHice ia C.'uionade low, with Win.
Kittt'iJ, Eiq.- ; ' ; ct- --
YOSEPII S. tTilAVIl, Justice of
t) the Pe.u-e, Johiitcvji, P:i.
gi27s OHicc oa Market street, corner cf Lo
cust street extended, i-n't i;c door south of
the
iHlce of Win.
M'Kee. lausrl-j
3
DEVEPiEAUX, M. ., Pl.yieian
and Surpcon, Summit, Pa.
r-j1" 0!Tice east of iliuis:ou llou.-e, on Kail
road street. .Night calls pron.ptiy attends I
to, at his oi'ice. ai:g!3
Li. in: wTtt z i: i o l eii -
O.Tera his professional eerrices to. the
citizens of and viciait"-
visit IJ'ocnsbur the secou I Tuesday of each
iaoa:h, to remain one week.
Teeth ex traded, u-it.'toul pxiiir, -Ki'.h Citrous
Oxie, or J.uujuiny (r s.
Cr'J-ltoomi .u the- ''Mountain 11
Ilih fits-cet.
.mi;
ENTiSTllY.
The undersigned, Graduate of the Lal-
:-.-ro ';-llege of lc:.t.a Surgery, resp
cot fully
.;'.r3 his professional scrv.ct-s to tn citizens
f Y.-:,i. i':rg. lie has sp:irc-.! no mcars i to
fh-.:. ' ',v ... f.llri hHi.-C-i VltllCVcrv Ui-l-
..'. iy iK'uui:
nro ;t..a-iit in ni3 an. io
itsil in hi3 nit.
.-.rni viriTifi ln h;is sou"ht to ai.i tiie
imparted experience of the hi-rhest authorities
ia Dc. ' .! Scfcnce. He timpiy asks that an
opportunity may be ;iTen for his work to
speak its own praise.
samu::l relford, d. d. s.
2?-Will be ;it Ebensburg on the fourth
Mu iiiy of each month, to stay oao wtk.
A ii j u j i U , 1 1 '-. o .
T; LOYD & CO., Jian.Wr
j En kn si; cue, Pa.
l7f G5d, Silver. Government Luans and
otUer Securities bought and sold. Interest
allowed on Time Deposit. - Collections iaade
on all accessible p-mits in the United Stt-3,
and a General Racking Rusiness transacted.
August 13, 1SGS. -
M. LLOYD & Co., Jtf.Ltrs
. " A:.V"OX, Pa.
Drafts on the priiicii'l citu.s cd bilu f
and (!cM for sale. Collection? i.nuie. M '
tvs revived on deposit, payable n dem-aiu',
wiittoal inteieat, or upon time, v. itii iuteast
at tair i.tcs. ' Lilw"'
npiiE Eiiisr.
NATION
BANK
Of Jor.ssT'.
'.vs, Pkxxa. .
Paid vr Capital
Privilege to increase to 1 io.'--0 OQ
YYe buy and sell Inland nnd Foreign Drafts,
Gold and Silver, and: nil. I 'Sfci ot Governr
ment Securities J .iui ':o r ilt-ciiono at' home
md auro.vu; (receiv e aepo&uj : .ioau ui.yuij-t
'nddido a general
.!!-,LT-bUSlUCSS. AU
- - m ad
"business eni.ru
artentio-a and c
ted to ;s v. ilL receive prompt
ie, sin. moderate prices. Hive'
us a trial.
,' i . i, . ZSircctors :
1). J. SroHRKtL,
Isaac Kaitman,
JJOi.lT i)iictt,
;.!,con I.;:vf.kgogd,
'Jacob M.'Campsiu, !J.im Mc.Mii.i.exv '
1 George Fkitz, i ' '.
: : DANIEL J. MORUELL', rnsi'hn.
II. J. Robkkts, Cashier. , . A , , ; tsei3l'.
T i . . ' - j r - ' n " ,
"wm st. li.oyd I'rei't.' vjoiiv lloyd, Cosf.itr
T7IIIST NATIONAL; DANK' ' ' '
'CO VEliXMKXT A GKSCY; k . '
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
")Xi7 Corner 'Virjjicia and A?inie sts., North
Ward, Altoona. Pa.
ArTiioHiKKo CArjTAL -i.$noo,OtiO;-OP:
Cash Capital Paid is . ir(.',0U0 00
AlITu'siness pertaining to Ranking done, on
avjrable torins-.. . ' . ,
, l'.iernal Revenue Stamps of r.H uenOmina-'
tions always on hand.
'. To ji iu-oI ser s of Stamps, pereentFe, -fri
r jumps, will be i:Rowod, a follows i :'5 to
t100, 2 per cent.; S'.OC to 200, 3 per cent!
S200 and upwards, 4 per cent.' X111'?"
' TAlJit A U A M . lJjTA Tn E, , VxiKhcr '
EiiExsiicitG, Pa.
Shaving, Shanipoolnjr, and Uair-drt ss-ing;
lone ia xkz iuoat artistic style. - , -; . -, , r
't-r 'Saloon directly opposite theV'Ioiiri-;,
tain House. ; augl3.
TvfXrioNATi" boAp and;0adle
..X MANUFACTORY, ' v'.i';
HKXUY SCUXAl'.LP, '.. ',
AVholpsale dealer in Soap, Candles, Groce-.
lies, Liquors and Fivh, at city prices,
anglS Haix ST., JOHNSTOWN PA.
"Go down to the meadow at break of day, v.
Go down to the meadow, son John, '. .
And lubor away 'mong the sweetest haj s)
That ever the sun shone on."
An! John he went down to the meadow.lund,
- Uut he saw not the clover sweet,. .
And the sky was dun, for he missed the sun,
Though it reddened his brow with iieat.
. ' - .
ITc missed the sun, and he missed the' light,
And the world seemed upside down,- '
Tii caught the si-xht of a smile so bright,
And a linsey-woolsey gown. '"',.
mtl t -1. . 1. r A ralAn If an il '
And a fair and merry face,
When so bright and round, with a sudden
bound, . : :
The sun went t:p in its place.
The sun went up, nnd the light came down,
And the field was iwl nrlow,
ft'hile his heart kept lime tc"the merry rhyme
Of the reapers' song below.
J,
And Mary she laughed at her lover's mood,
As she turned from his fond caress,
Though the south winds blew ft cm her lips
so true
The sweet little answer, "Yes."
Oh 1 wherefore so glad?" said farmer Grey,
"Oh I wherefore so glad, son John ?
For the storm to-day spoiled the sweetest hay
That ever the sun shono on."
Rut John he knew nothing of rain or flood,
'And nothing of ruined Lay ;
For the fiowcra of joy to the farmer's boy
Were scattered along the way.
Aad merry the wedding-bells rang out,
And meiry the pijies did play,
At the golicn dawn of the happy morn
That ushered the inarri.gc-day.
"TO LE7--A DESIHBLE nESIDEKCE."
' ' Nine o'clock cf a lovely April lr.orninir,
with the air breathing snl't aeuiits of bud
ding' 'crass and early spring violets, v;hiij
L'YV'hx'ud the blue tky stretched its daz
Y.n dome, like un arch of glittering sap-
"its ?vrm'z m goou earnest.
i' 4.
IVtro' Peterson,' as lie E:tt
t his 'Vtindovr,
ma liecis .oibcd on tuo cxtreuio outer led ;,
and a frjgrai.t Havana jni'u:ijing thesur
rouuding atmosphere. 'IIo"gh-!io ! I can
:hroiti fancy how the dandelions, are star
ting over the hil! of the old Nov IIa;::p
hire farii! where I iva3 born ! Who would
think that it was the twenty-sixth of. April
alrl-ady ? And my house not let yet.
Vi'hat van the real estate agents bo think-
in
cf?"
iir. .ivtro 1'cterson vras
a stout, bald-
headed gentleman of some six :ind forty
years of age, with bright hazel eyes, and a
neat, compact little figure one of those
men whov-e very air and gait, even though
wore he never to ?pc.ik'a word, make the
perpetual proclamation, '-I am a mau of
money and position 1" ...
':1 don't see why Mrs. Packer wanted to
give. up the house," went on 2r. Peterson,
in his uriPj-l!ab!cd soliloquy. "''She says its
because the price of board is falling, and
she can't allord to keep up the establish;
ment ! A great mistake cf hers, in 'fuyt
-pinion a -g.-at mistake ! Sha', the only
woman I ever knew who could make a real
rrcnc'i omelette, or knew what cafe noir
meant I Dear u:e ! its a sad, unsettled
statu of affairs for me' ! I'm almost tempted
o'ish. almost- I say that I had mar-ri-d
some nice; sensible little girl twenty
g"vd years ago ; for dear .me, what can
all'that ringing f'it'thti bell1 rhean ?' Why
don't Mjvs. Packer ansvref it'?; I)o the peo-7
pie mean to pull tho wire out Ljodilyj I woi)r
Ho had jast tossed his cicar out of the i
wiiidowv witU thc intention of himselt has-'
teniiig to the'rescue', when. a red-handed j
.set-taut girl tame up "to bis apartment,
breathless and 'eager. .',,:..:-
"Wh.it is it, lii.ijna?'" ho cried irascj-
biy..V - : t m I
''If ye please, sir, the mlsthrcss is gene
to mar-ivket, an' there's no ono to show 1
r the'house. ' . I told 'cm,, would they oouie
agfiin;but they said perhaps Mr. Paytcrsou
v. ould-oblige 'cm," '
. hYcry cool of 'cm. i-pHn- my wdrd j"
cried Mr. Petcrsou, mentally execrating
the whole race of house-hunters:1 "Tell
'cm. we don't show tlie house except, be
tween' 'the hours --eft ten '.and,, two tell
'cm ", -i'i :..;V: f.
.; ;'-I, beg .your .paralon, Mn Petersoh'
mcd '.vive. a's'sciVn'd sprightly as' the
notes of the blue bird, ''but mamma and I,'
have so lbany places to-j.gp to,', and. We,
'thought yox 'wouldn't' inind cur sc.cLpg the
bouse V' ... .
. -.It was Jciicie Cope, 'a brown-eyed, dim-
riled-cheekod little lairv, With cuds like
"""the April bun&hine, a fresh complexion,
find the trimmwt of ai? imaginable figures..
Ajid 2tlr; PeteVscn'si' wrath' melted-away
lite a morning vajioribefore the pictt j 7-'
Volent-c 5 6V-doin-aiiotlis slip stood -,'iu hc
Ldoorwiv balancing K ft lry -parasol
finger and looking 'with saucy
round, his bachelor sanctum.''
f'ufuw -OMitr.mW fviintoii:in'rift nnnlrcd in
L.,l, ' l " - ' ' t'l
lilt? ' lacA.-fiJ I'uuu, , : i.
' ;Pc";r. Pttei-feoii kicked :a tray slipper,
under the table,'; and threw hia dressing
gown over a huge meerschaum tand'striv"
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT
! ' 1 - - -
EBENSBTJBG,A.?1OTDUpAY JUNE
ing to appear aa disembarrassed as possi
ble. -; : . .. :'" :
"Very happy to seo you, Iru sure' be
said, turning red, and wishing he had "ti
died up" a little, before be sat down to bis
matutinal cigar. "Av.yUing I can for
you " : . , . .. .
1 "You can allow us the privilege cf look
ing at your houev' 4 :" 1 Jennie, coixing
ly. "I that '.aiiii.ia has got toinove,
and altbcugk the rc-iit of this houssrruust
of course he" very high 'she thought, by
taking a few boarders, sue might contrive
to meet expenses I" .. ", .
,''Exactly so," said Mrs. Cope. i .
','A're you going .to. mover elswhcta
asjeed Jennie, of our. hero, as she gi&tsced
at the half-packed trunks.
"My landlady is," groaned Mr. Peterson.
"It's awful to be at the inercy of a landlady,
Miss Cope 1" -
"But it's all vour fault!" cried Jennie,
with a roguish, sparkle in her lovely blue
eyes. . - -
"AH'iny fault?"
'To be sure why didn't you cet mar
ried V
"Because I was a fool !" said he, inspir
ed by the roses on Jennie's cheek, and the
coral of her laughing lip.
"And why don't you get married now V
pursued the relentless little sprite.
"Would you," asked Mr. Peterson,
"if you were me ?"
"Of course I would. Get married and
board with us. Mamma will give you this
room, and " ...
"My dear !" said Mrs. Cope. .
"My dear madam," cried Mr. Peterson,
still with his eyes fixed on Jennie's lovely
face, "I assure you I think it is an cxcel
lent'idea!" . ;
'And all through their journey from cel
lar to French roof, while Mrs. Cope con
sidered the relative advantages of this room
and that, and Jennie fluttered to and fro
like a graceful, little humming bird, Mr.
Peterson kept revolving this same "excel
lent idea" in his own. mind.
"Miss Jennie," he said, somewhat awk
wardly, as they returned down stairs, "gup
pt -f-irg I shoi'1J:-;- oai adopt your sugges
ii';it. vi v.-.-n!d c' y;'-ur fancv; in furniih-'
tfll; i JU.ti oi Tvoii;S . - '
-
"Let me see," siM Jennie, "I'd paper
the room in white anTgo'd, and I'd fill the
windows with canary birds and plants, and
I'd have Mr blue oarpotj.juul.Lluu dk chalra
and sofa 5."
"You like blue ?"
"Very V.iuch ; it is my favorite color."
"Line it shall be. then " cried the de
lighted bachelor. "Mrs. Cope, if you should
aeciao to taKe ti:c neuse, y .u
reserve these rooms for me, and-
::A please
Mrs.
"I shall be very happy, sir," said Mrs.
Cope. "Jennie,' stop laughing; you be
have exactly I.ko a little school g!rl. You
will snve me till to-morrow mornm:-,
sir,
to decide V
- Certainly, ma'am- certainly."
And with a tender pressure to Jennie's
little white velvet hand, Mr. Pctro Peter
son bowed the widow and her pretty
da.uhter.down the brown stone steps.
"lt's-aa good as settled," mustered Mr.
Peterson, rubbing his hands complacently.
nly jovel she's grown 'to be the prettiest
girl in' towo. - Mrs. Pctro Peterson I it
don't sound so very badly, after all. ' TU
show the young slips what the oil bache
lor can do in tho wny of mati iinony.".' v
' As he turned, chuckling, to enter the
front door, already in imagination leading
Jennie Cope t iha flower - decked altar,
a light foot fall founded' on the steps be
hind , him, and a slender, good ; looking
young man of sonic four or five and twenty,
stood beside him. ; . .
''- "Qo)d':morfiing, Uncle,V ; ha cried,,
breathlessly.:" ''. A v : ;
I'Good nirning, Joe," returned Mr. Pe
terson, nodding to Mr.5 -'Joseph Franklin,
hu only; nephew. "What bring? you here
in such a hurry. ?" ,
"Js your house let yet, uncle ?" ' 1
"Y"es no I don't exactly k'nJw'," re
sponded Mr; Peterson," awkwardly. 'VYhat
does it matter to' you whether it is rtr not,
bey, you youiig scapegrace V ' '' '
"Much, sir.-. To tell you the truth, I
vas thinking of renting it myself."
'.'You !"
"Yes, I. I am going to be married
next week, unele." - :
' 7 ."A very seusible plan," said Mr.-Peter-son,
beamingly. ; t' '. . v
"I'm glad you approve of it, sir; and in
case my wife and I conclude' to take a few
boarders, can I have y our promise to con
sider, you as one V ' ' ' 1
"That is in case ytu take this ' house ?"
: "Yes.", . ."- .. .
"I can't promise;, iu fact, I think. I
have already engaged myself' . said . Mr.
Peterson, importantly. '"To speak plainly,
Joe. I've some idea of marrying myself."
"You. uncle ?" exclaimed irauklin inr
amazament. ' ' - ; ; : ..,
;'' And why not ?" testily demanded Mr.
Petro Peterson, bis bald crown turning
piuk:witU, cscUcment. ' "I'm not Mcthu-
.. . ,,r, T 7 J' fx T r.o:.l 9"
- short! in
tcntiously "because iny
I.-, .ttnrx . . . , v.vm in-rr ii wnv vnn r
1-J.T ,. , , " ..i w 'Sinii,-' tbvicc-equeezed ine-n- cap
on her bhOu:uu i, uv., , . r" ,r A -. ,-. - . .o
! . i U . i..,!ir t-r.n crr vnn tnr',r rif 1 - - - - r :
. an.eS i ..r. " ' Jnn ihd r -Some pele appear
wnue .tin. -V 1. ,- .-'- '-i.,' 1; i -i. i, 1, An't
.j i.m i n m rr irrsuu iiiiii oui- ti icu iuct iv .. . - . . .
. . .. i . . - . t. . - t . . r n i r i rji. . u :i u I I 1 1 1 I ilii -im ii.. ..1 .j.-t .
r,ff?" ' v 1j .1. - , - - nobotly 'knows tlicm.;. ana 'WUen.jiQine
zeA- -ifrrctcrsdri: sen-Uh'ev don't-care bow . they dress because cv- j
:nuj'.iu wm aviio. . , w - . i - . , , , "
THAN PRESIDENT. II eh by ClAt.
-
that-is-to-be; takes boarders, in a genteel
sort of way and I've all but promised
myself to' her." -
"All but. There's a chance, thenof-"
' "A very slender one," unwillingly ad
mitted Mr. Peterson. .
"And if you should make no other ar
rangement, : you will let us have tho
bouse?"
"Y-cs, I suppose so." .
"There can be no barm in my bringing
ber to look at the bouse this afternoon, af
ter office hours ?w- .
s . "No, T suppose not."
. . And witb'this ungraciously accorded per
mission, Joseph .Franklin -was forced to be
content, while M r. Peterson " went back xo
bis room to think about Jennie Copo.
"I do believe I am in love," thought our
middle-aged hero. : "I'll take a cigar no
Ii won't cither. Jennie may object to
smoking,
and a man that's as good as
married
ouaht to be a little careful about
such things."
lie was making a little pencil estimate
about the probable cost of refurnishing
the apartments he occupied 'with velvet
and satin, according to Jennie's not par
ticularly economical ideas, that same after
noon, when Joseph Prankliu entered, flush
ed and proud.'
"She's down in the parlor, uncle."
"Is she ?" said Mr. Peterson. "Sixty
nine and three are seventy-two ; and twice
that is "
"You'll come down and see her uncle,"
persisted Joe, impatiently.
. "In a minute.. Twelve and sixteen, and
there, then, Joe, how can a man add up
his accounts with you stamping round the
room like a wild . buSUlo ? "es, yes, I'll
go down and see her, and then perhaps I
shall have a little peace of my life."
llo "followed his nephew ' resignedly
down to the parlor, thinking the while of
far other things, and suffered himself to be
led to the little sofa in the bay window,
where a slender young lady was sitting,
toying rather nervously with a parasol.
"Uwde." said Joe. -proudly, "this is my
promised wife. Jeannie, this is uncle Pe-
; tri Peterson. '
j" ' Jennie Cope 1" gasped the astounded
! LaeLolorv -
i "You'll give me a kiss, uncle, won't
! you ?" said Jeannie, putting up her coral
ups in tne most uewitcniug way in uie
Wirrl L "I said.it was niamm-ir. this ninrti
iug ; but it was really Joe and me that
wanted the house."
."It. was, ch?" said Mr. Peterson, with
a curious commingling cf sensation.;.
"Yes, and you know you promised to
. get married and beard with us. lie did,
! indeed, Joe."
The bachelor burst into a hysterical
lauuh. .
"I was only joking," he said. "Mar
ried, indeed! I'm not such a fool yet.
Give me the kiss Jeannie. I'il stay here,
but I'il not furnish the rooms this year."
So the lovc-tlream faded out of Mr. Pe
tro Peterson's mature Hie. And the bi'l
was taken off the. front door';:and 3Irs.
Joseph Franklin has learned to make an
omelette that suits even the fastidious
taste of her uncle-in-law.
"And it's just as .well that Fate saved
me from making a fool of myself," says
Mr.. Petersoa exultantly. '" ' '
Editino'. An exchange has the . fld-lowing,-'
which will strike all who read it
as:b3ing true :
Fdititig a p:ip3r is a pleasant business.
If it contains too much reading matter
people wou't take- it.
If the type is tco large, it don't contain
-enough reading, matter, . r
i' If the tyiKj is too . small people won't
read it. : - ; .
I s Jf wo publish telegraph reports,,, people
gay they are. all lies.;,
- "l.f we omit them, they say we' arc' fos
sils, .; -. , : : : .. -
r , If we publish original matter, they con
demn us for not giving salctions , -J
If we publisii selections, they say we are
lazy for not writing; more, and give them
what they have iiot read in some other
papers.
If we remain in the tifTiee and attend to
business, folks' say we are too proud ' to
minirlo with other fellows
If we do not, they saf we never attend i
td business. "
' ; ' If we publish poetry, we effect sent'mcn--
tahstn. - - - ' ' " . .
If Aye 'do not,, we have no literary poli
or taste.' ' ' '
.'..iTN a rccent'sermon'Mr. ;Pecchcr pitied
tho devil after the following fashion : "I
am informed that, before the.coinmutat'mn
system was1 abandoned by, the ferry com
mnY. uico of property and good standing
in society' would boldly 'declare that they
had" a commutation uckoi - jh uma iuen.iu
when they had none, for the sake, of going
tli rough without-paying ! They did this
wheir the ferry age ; was -one cent ! I. pity
tlio'devil ! It is awful to be chief magis
trate for a parcel of men like . them ! I
cannot . undersir,d how tiiese exiguous,
be matuiged I - - ;
: i.
to-" go on the prin-
bow .'tbey.drc5s
molucr-iu-law.- cryooay aocs Know. wvui. -,
3, 1869.
J " rsTCi-3---
Temperance.
LKTTKU. NUMBER. ON'E.
To the Editors of The Allejhanian :
You will doubtless remember
tuat sev
cral weeks since, and soon
after the an-
pearance in vour columns of an article
. -
whicn excited many adverse criticisms on
account
of its strictures on some ot the
means used in the advocacy of the aims of
tdvocacyotuicaimsol
gamzations, as well as j
s themselves, I propo- ,
some temperance organ
on the organizations
f . - l-rm flirt Ii 1 . I .. r . . . . . I i
i .t i- - 4- . . uruie oi-.c! portion oi tne race lrom svmra
letters dsseu&simr ihe ouestion of intcnintv ! -.i A, ..
ranee, its cause, and the remed
,'a , ;;. t
cumstanees not necessary to be named
J' -
compelled pie for a time to forego my
intuiition. Nor " would' it-rcbably -have
been revived at all did not the' discussion
caused by the original article still coMtin
ue, accompanied by bitter, unmeasured,
and indecent denunciations of those who
are led to doubt the efficacy of sumptuary
laws and small moral societies lull of fines
and confines. Put while this intemperate
defence aud maintenance of temperance
has urged me to the renewal of my origi
nal purpose, it hall not cause me to for
get that wise and philosophical injunction
to "be temperate in all things." I shall
willingly leave all rude and scurrilous
Ianguagi to those whose cause needs its
support. I always fear to use it, especial
ly in advocating virtue, lest simple people
conclude my acquaintance with that qual
ity to have been of so short duration that
P had not yei learned to use courteous and
decent word.
As to any suggestion, or suspicion, that
the series of letters of which this is the
first will be penned through any other de
sire than to advance the best interests of
our race, it might as well be repelled here
as elsewhere. All civil government, thc
existence
of
society, depends on the
integrity and morality of the people. It
is cveu at this day mentioned with pride
that during the first two hundred and
thirty years of the existence of Pome, no
husband was known to repudiate his wife,
nor a wile her husband. To secure mo
rality among a people is to strengthen the
foundations of society and good govern
ment. To overturn morality is Co dig
away the very corner-stone of civilization.
Hence, thc evil cf intemperance deserves
the same serious consideration that auy
other question of morals should receive.
Hut it should never, bo lorgoi.teu that- the
integrity aud morality of the people come
first, and comprise the rock on which so
ciety and civil government rest. It is
possible that an enemy should overturn
the government and destroy society, yet
the integrity and morality uf the people
remain uncontaminated. On tho other
hand, it is not more possible that govern
ment and society should continue to stand
in the absence of the two virtues named,
than the oak remain erect separated from
its roots. Hence, the agencies to be
chiefly employed for the promotion of
morals are not: to be sought after in the
laws of the statute-boois. If a people
cannot be maintained in their, integrity
through .the force of early training, the
influence of religion, and their love of
virtue, no statute that thc Legislature nay
CllilCt Call keep tlioiu virtuoiw.-
vousty errs, therefore, who, finding some
evil in society, rushes at once to tho en
actment of a Jaw to prevent it. The law
itself is iu every instance in a free country
saved from being a dead letter by the
power of public opinion,1 and sometimes
not even that is able to keep it alive.
The inquiry, then, arises as to the most
efficient nieaus for.. .the preservation of
morals. Now, the "evils' that chiefly af
flict all civilized societies may be set down
as intemperance; luxury iu its mauifold
forms, with consequent effeminacy; aud
avarice. All .these could properly be in
cluded under, the head of intemperance,
but for convenience' sake I conform to the
times .and nppy that word solely o the
excessive drinking of alcholic spirits. Of
thesp three evils, it is u puzzle to tell which
is the worst. I imagine that any one who
might be called on to enumerate the evil
effect of each, and designate which he
esteemed the most baleful in its conse
quences, and his reasons for his judgment,
would find himzeir involved in a difficult
liiQ bad; rc
csults of one may be
more obvious' tban the like results of the
other, but be' will 'be more daring than
wise who maintains that'peruicious results
plainly to be seen indicate a more danger
ous evil than results equally pernicious but
more bidden and subtle.
If associations. In which persons bind j
themselves to do or not to do some partic- j
uur act, uuuer penalty i a nae, or sus
pension or expulsion from i:ieu.bci..ip,
r prj n inert V-xritliii-if O M tw 1 ' i . : . ' t 1 1 '. I. 1 n 1 1
of ,'eeuring morality, thou why not make
. . i. . , : x.- i :.. .i...;-
ter, so as to enumerate and ;rohibit all
offences against decenev, honest v, aud mo-
rahty 7 ' It tnat were done, L appreuena
that no man whose mind has anything oft
a logical tmm would chony that it implied
the.talsity and mefiiciency ot all religion,
ior it religion has an- purpose ut an, it is
an)' purpose
certainly the restoration of man to prime-j
yal purity. and innocence, it it be argued
that such associations arc designed only to
counteract .and 'prevent some particular
cv
5vil, then why not have a special society
for every special 'evil? If 1. attain from
tasting an v strong drink, inviuding wine
and cider. I iryay.be a member ia good
AO
oo
I IV ADTAXfC
NUMBER 43.
standing of any of these lop-sided associa
tions, yet at the same time be untruthful
or gluttonous, or avaricious, or cruel and
revengeful. Luxury in eating, and cs
trav:i'"sinff in dr.-v-u t.V,,. 1
,lf .,A , ., J J
v..v iiuc siivn-j: iniih.. ijxcrvs m
catir.g and folly in our apparel produce
f:ir li.nm rlio, ri-r a..
n:f i -i . . -"x-3
j mo iiu,i;;iii iainiiy. xuey enervate
(ho bcdy anJ enfecL1tbc min,L Thcy
Uunt a of .. Th J
thc hearfc from tru(J airuCtion. Thcv -
u,y wnu ciuer portions. llievcaue men
ia ali classes and enm hhatis t,- bv.-. kr,,...!
. .- - V. IV JVJJU
their means, leaving to their children a,
heritage of poverty, with uluttonous awrft-
ftitcs "and-cxtrav'jariT'iiabits. whil'thfir
lOCCSC debts co unpaiJ. Am cuumcrnti
of the c i effects of avarice would not
bo less startling. I deem it, therefore, a
very serious objection to these petty tem
perance organizations that they single out
only one evil from among many. What a
community, ivhat a nation needs, is well
balanced men and women. Or, in the
words of the founder of our noble Common
wealth, "meu of wisdom and virtue ; quali
ties that, because they descend not with
worldly inheritance, must be carefully pro
pogated by a virtuous" education of youth."
I submit to every candid mind that organiz
ations devoted to tb-j piT.etiee of s :me sin
gle virtue are -I;, competent to produce tho
sort of men spoken of by Ponn.
Maintaining due respect for those witli
whom I differ, and attributing to them that
same sincerit y of motive which. I claim for
myself, I am. vours very truly,
S AMUl: li SING LETON.
We clip the following from the Phila
delphia 1'i-i ss :
Imioiitant Invention- to M.VNurAC
turehs of Spool Cotton. We were
yesterday shown a novel and ingenious in
vention, which l ids fair to revolutionize
the Spool Cotton busincs of the country.
Tire objections to keeping Spool Cottons
at retail, hitherto, has been th--; trouble,
annoyance and kss of time incident to
finding the required numbers, where thc
spools arc indiscriminately thrown together
in boxes or drawers, as they usually are in
retail stores where spools arc sold ii lest
quantities thv.n a dozen of one kind. Tin
i nvt lit ion referred to exactly meets thu
want. and his just been patented by the
inventor J. Pat ton Thompson, of thc whole
sale Notion House of 3iessrs. 31. 31. 3Iar
ple & Co., of No. ,r3 North Third street
Tlie article is a neat walnut cabinet or case
composed of a series of vertical hopners
each one made exactly to fit a single nuni
ber of the spools. These hoppers are fillet
from the top and distinctly numbered ai
the bottom, wliere the spools are taken oui
while others drop into their places. It h
dfficult to convey iu words minutely tin
character, beauty, and invaluable couve
nience of this Cabinet. Suffice it to say
that any dealer, having it in use, can se
at a glance the precise condition and cx
tent of his spool-cotton stock, even to tin
exact quantity of each number that he ha
on hand, the entire front being made o
glass, on the face of which, if manufac
turers or iL,alfl.rs.xle.-:Ir-l, 4 - '; ufair
particular make or brand of cotton may b
nicely lettered, making thc whole nctonb
an ornament and grc.it economizer of time
but a standing advertisement to every cus
tomer who enter.-., the ttorc that a good as
sortmcnt of spool ccttcn may there be hat
As a means cf bringing before thc pubii
any new or particular make of thread, thi
movable Cabinet affords the bevt facilitic
in the world, if manufacturers have th
sjgacity and enterprise to furnish them t
the retail trades,-as the latter will alway
be glad to give the article referred to
conspicuous position. And, as a stirnulan
to the general keeping aud sale of spot
cottons, the value of this invention can
not be overestimated, as many large dr
goods establishments that have hitherto dc
dined to keep cott t., on account of th
inconvenience already referred to, will b
willing to introduce them in their stocki
npw that it can be done without thc slight
est trouble, "when, at the same time, it wi
add so much to the accommodation of thei
customers. i
It is mockery to tell a blind man th:
he looks well. ,
Beauty devoid f grace is like a hoo
without bait.
! He that fulls in love with himse
will have no rivals.
Tlie largest room in thc world roo:
fvi improvement.
' Yv'hai goes most against the farmer
grain his mowing m:
ichir.c.
-"-'V alc-,:i Cil;?J; V tadI,'
! said wncii he turiitd into a bulllrcg.
rreciop.3 things are found in snin
; quant iIks, uiun.cn
l..,l-. l.l .V1 r. . . 1 ...I v..i.
- w ...
to avoid being considered cbo
vour l.u;u. never live over your sho
j" ,vlu.H u a 1:ldy-s n0ck not a neck
, k j. a i;,tle b6ar
i .
,a aii'-cii.'iiaii; f.ui to :ec uyoun
man swappiiig kis:;es with a pretty girl.
"To much of the-good thing," as tl
kitten said, when the fell irto the mi
pail. ,
J Whatever muiti plies tho tics th
; bind man to man makes him better ai
-happier.
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