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VOLUME 9.
M. .31... JONES, Notary. Public,
Ebensburg, Pa. apr. zy.
TTTILLIAM KITTELL, Attorney at
f Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
August 13, 1868. .....
TOHN FENLON, Attorney at Law,
.1 .T?KnVinrrr Pa..
y Office on High street. augl3
GEORGE M. READE, Attorney at
Lw, Ebensborg, Pa.
Ifiy- Office in Colonnade Row. angl3
jYTTILLIAM II. SECHLER, Attor
j VY ney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
Office in Colonnade Row. aug'
noji?ran.fiit cc ifAT'SrAN. Attor
I Bejs at Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
T.tipnUr ttention paid to collections.
ay-Office on High street, west of the Di-
wv r rw
too. lBPr-
fTOILVSrON & SCANLAN, Attorneys
tl at Law; Ebtnsbnrg, Pa.
M j j0- Office opposite the Court House.
T ' - Aw r....11 v m anmriv
if
AMKS C. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
Tirrolltown. Cambria county. Pa.
j jg Architectural Drawings and Fpecifi
uons made. T"?13
fn J. WATERS, Justice ol the Peace
ljm and Scrivener.
arOBe adjoining dwelling, on lligti St.,
Seaibnrg, Pa. . u -B'
KOPH.1M. , W. DICK,
Johnsfwn. Eberuburg.
KOPELIN k DICK, Attorneys at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
XO- Office in Colonade Row, with vm.
ittoll, Esq. Oct. Z'
OSEPH S. STRAYiSR, Justice of
the Peace, Johnstown. Pa.
tSf Office on Market street, corner of Lo-
utt street extended, and one door south of
t
late office of Wm. M'Kee. augl3
RDEVEREAUX, M. 1)., Physician
' - and Surgeon,-Summit, Pa.
g- Office east of Mansion House, on Kail.
iU street. Jiignt calls promptly attended
la, st his office. US:13
TYL. DE WITT ZEIGLEU
J Offers his professional services to the
tiitns of Ebensbarg and Ticinitj. lie win
lit Ebensburg the second luesaay 01 eacn
nth, to remain one week. .
Teeth extracted, without pan, with Aitrou$
ufa, er Laughing Gat.
taT Booms in the "Mountain House,'
igh street. au!3
nENTISTRY.
17 The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal
Jre College of Dental Surgery, respectfully
J'trt his professional services to the citisens
I.' Ebensburg. He has spared no means to
aroughlT acquaint himself with every im-
IroTement in his art. To many years ot per
loBal experience, he has sought to add the
Imparted experience of the highest authorities
1 )m.i sr;ntt.. Ha simDlr asks that an
biortonitj may be given for his work to
l?tak its own praise.
SAMUKU BfcLruuu, u. u. o. .
tWill be at Ebensburg on the fourth
nday or each raonth, to siay one wiek.
Ag8t 13, 1868.
LLOYD & CO., Bankers
. Ebenkbceo, Pa.
Gold, Silver, Government Loans and
fi'.her Securities bought and - sold.- Interest
i'.lowed on Time Deposits. Collections made
a all accessible points m the United states,
il a General Baaking Business transacted.
August 13, 1863.
jTIT M. LLOYD & Co., Bankers
III Altoona, Pa.
Drafts ob. the principal cities, and Silver
d Hnld far &lf f!nllrtioni made. Mon-
m received on deposit, payable on demand, j
'uuoui mieresi, or upon time, wiiu micrerji
ittiir rates.. - - augl3
tm FIRST NATIONAL BANK
U Or Johnstowx. Penh a.
Ww c0;i. $ co.ooo oo
'witye to incrtaie to 100,000 00
bay and sell Inland and Foreign Drafts,
old ftnil Silxt mnA all i1nii nf Onrrn.
. P ... i ,, i
hi abroad; receive deposits; loan money,
M do a creneral Banking business. A'l
1 . D O
fitiaess cotrusted to us will receive prompt
Vteition and care, at moderate prices. Give
P trial.
Dirtctort:
'lioav DiBxaT.
Jacob Laviaoooo.
J. HOlllLL.
(Jambs UcMillkn.
I iai Fairs.
a -
DANIEL J. MORRELL. rruident
B.
J. Rob sars. Cat Iter. sep3ly
IJ-ii. LLor o, Pru't. JOUB LLOTD, Cdthier.
TJIKST NATIONAL BANK
A OF ALTOO.VA.
I QOrXRXMEXT AQKNCY,
siCHiTrn mrpnairnnv nv titc rrvr
TED STATES.
V Corner Yirrinia and Annie its.. North
fv,AItooaa, Pa. '
otiiio Catx. faoo.ooo 00
" Cait.!. Paid is .150,000 00
Jl kiioess pertaining to Backing done on
I wtrnal Rerenae Stampi of all denomina-
UT1TI on hanrl
lion b Uowe follows : $50 to
Ijoo ?'r ceBt- J ,oc t0 200 8 Per cent-;
IJItt apwards, per cent. auglS
RAHAM BLAINE, Barbtr
1 Sw EnaiisBiiaOi Pa.
?' SnMnpooing, and Hair-dressinr
' mt mogt ar-.iBtic style.
4'aHo n direetly opposite the "Moan
- - augl3
Rational soap and candle
max u FACTORY,
thol- i PA Y MIMA DIE,
iul ier in SoaP Candlei, Groce
Dd FUl "7;, prtce.,
w i Maim ,t., JOHNSTOWN PA. .
)
I- L. . LANG STROTITS PATENT
ie MOVABLE COMB BEE HIVE 1
Pronounced the best ever yet introduced
in this county or State. Any person buying
a family right can have their Bees transferr
ed from an old box to a new one. In every
instance in which this has been done the re
sult has been entirely satisfactory, and the
first take of honey has invariably paid all ex
penses, and frequently exceeded them. Proof
of the superior merits of this invention will
be found in the testimony of every man who
has given it a trial, and among the number
are the gentlemen named below, and their
experience should induce every one interested
in Bees to "
BUY A FAMILY RIGHT I
Henry C. Kirkpatrick, of Carroll township,
took 106 pound-
nives, wmch he sold at 33 cents per pound.
Adam Deitrich, of Carroll township, took
from two hives 100 pounds of surplus honey.
James Kirkpatrick, of Chest township, took
60 pounds of surplus honey from one hive.
Jacob Kirkpatiick, of Chest township, ob
tained 72 pounds of surplus honty from one
hive, worth not less than $21, and the right
cost him only $5.
Peter Campbell from one hive obtained 36
pounds of surplus honey atone time.
g$ Quite a number of similar statements,
authenticated by some of the best citizens of
Cambria county, could te obtained in proof
of the superior merits o Langstroth's Patent
Movable Comb Bee Hive.
Persons wishing to purchase family rights
should call on or address
TETER CAMPBELL,
Nov. 26, 18C8-tf Carrolltown, Pa.
DO YOU WANT A BARGAIN?
The subscriber offers at private sale the
following described valuable property, situ
ate in Strongstown, Indiana county :
ONE LARGE HOUSE,
Two stories high, L-shape, one L being 50
feet long, and the other 40 feet. It contains
some 20 rooms, and is well suited for, and
has heretofore been used as, a Hotel. Situa
ted in the business portion of town.
ONE SMALLER 11 V USE,
Two stories high, 40x22 feet, capable of ac
commodating two families.
THREE ACRES OF GROUND,
Upon which the foregoing described houses
are situate. ; ' ; . . . . i
The property was formerly owned and oc
cupied by Barker & Litziuger, who bare dis
solved partnership. . . ....
TERMS:
$1,300 for tho entire property. $300 to
$500 in htnd; the balance in payments. Pos
session given the 1st of April, if desired. ,
SfjU For particulars, apply to or address
A. A. BARKER,
marltf Ebensburg, Pa.
HOTOGKAPIIIC. . 7.
Ho! every one that wants Pictures,
Home x to. Ebcnsburc and aret them I . .
Having lQ.cn.ted in hbeoaburg, I would very
respectfully inform the people that I am now
fully prepared to take ' '
FHOTOGRAPHS
in every style of the art, from the smallest
Card Picture up to Life Size. . ',
tisgr Pictures taken in any weather. "tSS
Every attention given to the taking of
CHILDREN'S PICTURES.
Photographs painted in Oil, India Ink, or
Water Color.
Your attention is called to my
FRAMES fob LARGE PICTURES,.
and
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
also, Copying and enlarging done in the very
best style of the ait.
I ask comparison, and defy competion.
Thankful for past favors, I solicit a con
tinuance of the same.
Gallery on Julian street, three doors
north of the Town Hall. ' - -
augl3 T. T. SPENCE, Photographer.'
N
EW CHEAP CASH STORE!!
The subscriber would inform the citizens
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, Ac.
CANNED PEACHES AND TOMiTOES!
Also, Buckskin and Woolen Gloves, Wool
en Socks, Neck ties, Ac, all of which will be
sold as cheap if not'eheaper than elsewhere.
.1 fvll attortment of Carxdiet !
JtSf Ice Cream every evening.
aug!3 R. R. THOMAS.
EES J. LLOYD, ' '
Suceetsor of RL S. Bunn,
Dealer in
PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS,
OILS, AND DYE-STUFFS, PERFUME
RY AND FANCY ARTICLES, PURE
WINES AND BRANDIES FOR MEDI
CAL PURPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, 4c.
Alto;
Letter, Cap, and Note Papers,
Pens, Pencils, Superior Tnk,
And other articles kept '
by Druggists generally.
rhytieiant' prttcription eartfully compounded.
Office on Main Street, opposite the Moun.
tin House, Ebensburg, Pa. augl3
ALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY
FOR SALE. The undersigned will sell
at private sale, a 'ot of ground situated In the
west ward of Ebensburg borough,, having
thereon erected a two-stoiy Irarae house,
with a ?lank kitchen attached, and a one
Story frame house, fronting 66 feet on High
street, and extending 182 feet back to lot of
Wm. S. Lloyd, adjoining lot of Robt. Evans
on the east, and an alley on the west,, form
erly owned by E. Stiles. The property will
be sold cheap for eath, or on good terms. ' 'For
full particulars apply to V. S. BARKER.
June 3-tf. ' Ebtnsbarg, Pa.
OR RENT. - '' - "
The subscriber will offer for ' rent his
STORE ROOM.1 located on High street, near
the diamond, and now occupied by R. U. Da
vis. This is one of the beet locations in town.
Possession given the 1st of July. For terms
and particulars call on or address -May
27-tf. - E. J. MILLS, Ebensburg, Pa.
OTICE.r- . ' "T T
All persons wanting to get ope of the
celebrated Aetna Mowing and Reaping Ma
chines, must leafe their ;ordera with me be.
t wt hi this and the 20thj of June, in order
that I may have time to order them before
they are .wanted lo use. GEO. HUNTX, .
4
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT
EBENSBURO, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE
Temperance.
JLETTER. NUMBka TWol
To the Editors of The AUeghanian , :
My. former letter closed with the remark
that organizations devoted chiefly to the
observance of some single virtue are not
competent to produce well balanced men.
The agencies that take part in the forma
tion of character begin 'at4 the cradle.
The education that commences "thus early
cannot have its place supplied in after life
either by- schools or moral associations,
organized for some single specific end. It
is a truth, sometimes not duly esteemed,
Vo if - navu jli uii;j(;iuaL uevei-
opment, we must "chiefly train the intel
lect; if physical development, then the
muscles;' if moral development, then the
moral nature. We build schools. - We
build colleges and universities. We boast
of the spread of . general intelligence. We
desire that every man and woman shall be
able to read and write. We persuade our
selves that by these means we shall pre
vent crime and rear a people, the most cor
rect in their habits of any in the world.
Yet our prisons are filled to overflowing.
Crime increases. We see going down into
the vortex of crime, not simply the illite
rate, but those also who have had the ben
efit of our schools. Perhaps the suggest
ion will be tolerated that we depend too
much on training the intellectual man in
order to develop the moral man. To de
velop the moral man; I submit, that neither
the school, nor college, nor temperance
lodge, is competent. The culture of mor
als must begin in infancy,' and take place
within the sacred precincts of home. To
do right, to abstain from vice, to control
the passions and appetites, must be incul
cated as things of habit. The only sphere
that I can find for temperance organiza
tions is the same that exists for homes for
fallen women, or for foundling hospitals,
or other similar charities. In all societies
there will be found unfortunate persons
degraded by contact .with crime, or hard
ened by improper discipline, slaves to their
own passions. It is a noble act, and wor
thy of angels, to rescue these, and en
deavor to restore them as nearly as possi
ble to their' lost estate. '"But the same
reasons that forbid me to rely on the effi
cacy of homes for fallen women to secure
female modesty and virtue would also for
bid me to rely on the temperance organi-
K"1' r" mperaace. If-thei
liabits of youth are cc-t j .j" j
cared . for, no more need will exist for a
special organization to prevent intemper
ance in drink than for special organiza
tions to prevent profanity or lewdness or
gluttony. If the habits of youth are not
correctly formed and cared for, the tem
perance organizations cannot supply one
defect, for the defect is general, blighting
and blunting the whole nature, while the
remedy is partial and specific. I do not
deny the necessity for the existence of re
medial and correctional institutions. On
the contrary, I aver their necessity. But
all fcuch institutions are calculated in their
very nature to apply to exceptional cases.
Until the niillenium dawns, we may not
hope for a state of society so perfect as to
contain no vice, no crime or
degradation.
It is the duty of the State. through the
equality of the laws, through the absence
of anything that savors of oppression or
unjust hardship, or that promotes indo
lence and luxury, to encourage virtue and
industry, and restrain .their opposites. It
is also the duty of the State to care for
and endeavor to reclaim those who, in
spite of all incentives to virtue, have be
come steeped in crime and addicted to the
gratification of inflamed passions. But
no justification can be offered for relying
on these exceptional agencies as the means
of securing and maintaining virtue among
a people. Hence it is that organizations
at best can only rescue some from the
flames while the fire burns on. No one,
I suppose, would deny that a person in
time of a destructive conflagration who
busies himself in saving pieces of furni
ture is doing somo good. But would he
ever put out. the fire ?
In seeking the amelioration of the con
dition of mankind, it is never worth while
to attempt the impracticable. While we
are confronted by the fact .that there is
not a people in Christendom who entirely
abstain from the use of fermented liquors,
the advocates of total abstinence will find
it difficult to clear themselves from the
imputation of attempting the impractica
ble. Nor. is it. possible to point, to any
such people in any age. For fifty years,
the advocates of total abstinence and total
prohibition have labored zealously. Yet
they cannot show; that in the aggregate
they have relatively lessened the amount
of intemperance: The one '.trophy "of
which they can boast, is, that they have
banished the use of liquor from the farms.
It is true that the. glasses and decanters
of the sideboard are now no longer seen
in our houses. . But the drinking is sim
ply transferred from the side-board at
home to the' counter of the saloon. "For
my part, I would much prefer that when
men use fermented drinks, they use them
under the restraints of home rather than
amid the carousal of the saloon. '' I much
prefer, also, that the liquor to be drank
should be made on a neighboring farm
than by large establishments and monop
olies having every inducement and op-
pOrtunity to aauiteraie tneir uisunauvue.
4 he. qrinv.n; wwv
THAN PRESIDENT Hmby Cut.
from the country has triven nlace to the
drinking of adulterations in the saloons of
our towns and cities. ,
. Laying aside all questions of. legality,
let us suppose a prohibitory liquor law to
be established by the -National Congress.
Certainly , such a law applicable to the
whole country would be almost infinitely
more efficient than a similar law applicable
to a single State. Yet, could it be en
forced r It would be either a dead letter,
or the government would be compelled to
call into existence a host of officers spy
ing into the farms; and cellars, and out-
lave all seen
been for the
ne w next to impossible it has
... . . . .
National Government to prevent the il
licit distillation of liquor when' the object
was merely to avoid the payment of a tax.
We all know, too, that the excise officers
of the British crown, with all their vigi
lance, are not able to prevent the manu
facture and exportation of Irish poteen.
Admit, however, that it is properly in
the province of the Legislature to say
what shall or shall not be used as a bev
erage, what objection can be raised if the
same authority shall prescribe what food
we shall eat, or . what clothing we shall
wear, or whether or not we shall attend
the amusements of the circus, or theatre,
or opera F I speak now merely of the
question of authority. If the Legisla
ture may prescribe what drink we shall
drink, it may by the same right prescribe
what clothing we: shall wear. If the
question ' of prohibition were before the
people, I would probably cast my vote for
it, not that I have confidence in its wis
dom or efficacy, but because it is desirable
that its virtues should be tested, and thor
oughly tested. :- .
If the proper way to promote virtue is
to take away from the individual the pow
er and opportunity of wrong-doing, then
we cause men to be creatures, without will,
or having a will to bo without power to
exercise it. We may -therefore look with
in the walls of prisons for our . brightest
examples of virtue. The man - who does
not steal because hu hands are tied, nor
lie because he is not permitted to engage
in conversation, is. the most upright of
men. .'
If I mistake not, the rule that should
govern the Legislature as to what is and
what is not within its province in point
of morals is a very plain one. I shall de-
ne ana uiijgtrate this rule in my next
?ewter.
Firmly
believing
that
the practice of
morality and the government of the pas
siops can be attained only through the in
fluence of home and the beneficent sway
of a pure religion, I am, yours, very truly,
SAMUEL SINGLETON.
The End of Four Great Men.
The four conquerors who occupy the
mcst conspicuous places in the history of
the world, are Alexander, ITannibal, Cae
sar, and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy heights of his ambition, with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped in
the blood of millions, looked down upon a
conquered world, arid wept that there was
not any other world for him to conquer,
set a city on fire, and died in a scece of
debauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the astonish
ment and consternation of Home, passed
the Alps, and having put to flight the ar
mies of the mistress of the world, and
stripped " three bushels of gold rings from
the fingers of her slaughtered knights,"
and made her foundations quake, fled from
his country, being hated by those who
once exultingly united his name to that of
their god, and called him Hani-Baal; s.nd
died at last by poison administered with
his own hand, unlamcnted and unwept, in
a foreign land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dying his garments in
the blood of one nation of his foes, after
having pursued to death the only rival he
had on earth, was miserably assassinated
by those he considered his nearest friends,
and. in that very place the attainment of
which had been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandates " kings and
popes obeyed, after having filled the earth
with the terror of his name after liaving
deluged Europe with tears and blood, and
clothed the world in sackcloth closed his
days in1, lonely banishment, almost liter
ally exiled from the world, yet where he
could. sometimes see his country's banner
waving over the depot, but did not and
could not bring him aid.' '
Thus these four great men, who seemed
to Und the representatives of all those
whom the world calls great these four
men, who each in turn made the earth
tremble to its very centre by their simple
tread, severally died one by intoxication,
or,s was supposed, by poison mingled in
his wine one a suicide one murdered
by his friends and one a lonelv exile.
How wretched is the ..end of all such
earthly greatness I
The receipts of the ticket agen t of the
Pacific Railroad at Omaha have averaged
$4,000 per day since -the opening of the
road. One day last week the evening
train for Sacramenta took seven passenger
cars full, the .majority of whom were
through passengers. - '
' Strawberries are"15 cents a juart.
17, 1869.
The Other Side.
1 1 O 1 . i . ..
love." St Paul.
"I speak as unto
wise men. Judze ye
wuat I say." St. Paul.
" nearken unto me; I will also show mine
opinion."
"Truth,like light,always travels in straight
lines." Laeon.
Messrs. Editors: Believing that the
article on temperance, which appeared in
your columns of last week, is calculated
to lead to many gross errors, we offer a
brief review ; and in doing so, wo will also
try to remember that "wise and philo
sophic injunction, to be temperate in all
Your correspondent advances the idea
that law is incapable to preserve the in
tegrity of the people. If this be true,
why not at once abolish all law ? Why
not convert our Courthouses into ware
rooms or bar-rooms ? But that such a
position is absurd, is evident from the
fact that it causes your worthy correspond
ent to assume the position that he is wiser
than God ! God gave to the Israelites a
law, which you will find by reference to
the book of Lxodus. Now, He fixed a
penally to that law in case it was violated.
Why did He do this? Why was the pen
alty always so rigidly enforced if Ho did
not intend the law to preserve the anti
quity of His chosen people? If God
meant the law to aid in preserving the
integrity of His people, as He undoubt
edly did, the position of your correspond
ent is wrong, or he has found out a better
plan by which to preserve the integrity of
the people than God has. ; I ; speak as
unto wise men. Judge ye what I say."
The next remark which wo deem wor
thy of reply is that there are other evil
as productive of woe as intemperance
when, confined to the use of ardent spir
its. We admit that luxury in eating, ex
travagance in dress, &c, are alike produc
tive of their share of humen woe,' but
they are evils which are in the reach of
none who have not the means to live in
luxury while the woes connected with the
use of intoxicating drinks are within the
reach of any man. The man who receives
but one dollar per day can go into any of
our modern hotels and for ten cents can
get a dram. Now, any candid mind will
admit that if the man spend but the half
of his wages per week, which would be
three dollars, for ten-cent whiskey, he
would - ruin ; his constitution, and - wrap
SEeeTof '"moral 'detE'"
" Thus you see at once that this evil is
within the reach of auy, no matter how
poor he' may be. And consequently" its
woes a re visited alike upon both rich and
poor, while the woes of' luxurious living
are known only , by those who have the
means to live in luxury. He does not
live who can tell the whole story of the
woes of intemperance when confined alone
to the use of "ardent spirits." Exaggera
tion there is impossible; the fatigued fancy
falters in its flight before it comes up to
the fact. The mind's eye cannot take in
the countless miseries of its motley train.
No human art can put into that picture
shades darker than the truth, l'ut into
such a picture every conceivable thing
that is terrible or revolting paint health
in ruins, hope destroyed, affections crush
ed, prayer silenced; paint the chosen seats
of parental care, of filial piety, of brotherly
love, of malernal devotion, all, all vacant;
paint all the crimes of every stature from
murder standing aghast over a grave it
has not the means to cover, down to mean
deception still confident of success ; paint
home a desert, aiid shame a tyrant, and
poverty , the legitimate child of vice in
this country, and not its prolific mother
paint the dark valley and shadow of death
peopled with living slaves ; paint a land
scape with trees whose fruit is poison and
whose shade is death, with mountain tor
ents tributary to an ocean whose very waves
are fire put in the most distant back
ground, the vanishinz visions of a bleared
nast. and in the lorecxouna tne terrmie
- -1 m
certainty of an accursed future paint
prisons with doors that only open inwards;
people the scene with men whose shatter
ed frames are tenanted by tormented souls,
with children upon whose lips no smile
ean ever . play, and women into whose
cheeks furrows have been burnt by tears
wrung by anguish from breaking hearts
paint such a picture, and when you are
ready to show it, do not set it in the rays
of the blessed sun, but illuminate it with
glares of the infernal fires, and still you
will be bound to say that your horrible
picture falls short of the truth.
Wo unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that puttest the bottle to hiui and
makest him drunken; also. that thou may
est look on their nakedness. Thou art
fiiled with shame for glory. Brink thou
also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered.
The cup of the Lord's right hand shall be
turned unto thee, and shameful spewing
shall be thy glory. Uabakuk 11,15, 16.
Who ItatJt tco ? Hear Solomon answer.
They that tarrj long at the wine ; they
that so to seek after mixed wine. Is your
nrrosnnndent wiser than Solomon ? If
not, let him renounce forever his miserable
ornpul that luxurv in eatms and extrava
gance in dress are as productive of woo as
the use of intoxicating drinks. I speak as
uuto wise men. Judge ye u;5t I say.
Hft asserts, further, that organizations
devoted to the practice of any single virtue
Q'o unable -to" produce virtuous men.. i
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I $2.00 I !V ADTA K CG.
NUMBER 45.
Now, I frankly confess that this is strango
logic. ' Practice virtue, and yet not virtu
ous. Oh ! Shame where is thy blush ?
Terhaps your correspondent is not a mem
ber of the "Independent order of Odd Feh
lows" or the "Union League." If not,
there is still sufficient reason why he should
not make use of the assertion, for methinksf
that the character of Gov. Geary, Bishop
Simpson, and a host of others who aro
members of temperance organizations, will
compare favorably with the character of
your correspondent. There was at ono"
time in Jerusalem an organization where
Paul and Peter discussed a single virtue,
"ktk -Tamfls r";l. Has vour corre
spondent the effrontery to say that Paul,
Peter, and James were not virtuous men ?
I speak as unto wbe men. Judge ye what
I say.
His remark concerning " lop-sided in
stitutions" was gratuitous. It ia a clarmo
D o
inconsistency in anv man to f rr trt txrnf.
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the inconsistencies of a thing he knows
nothing about. It is. however, evident to
the candid reader that the letter of your
correspondent was a "lon-sidd" ihint
and what is still worse, it . "lopped" fear-
luiiy toward tne side ot intemperance.
Hear the words of our Lord : "lie that
is not for us is against us ;" "and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.M"
llespectfnlly, Yours,
Wilmore, June 8,'C9. C. J. FEITT.'Y
An Unpleasant Situation.
John Smith you've heard of him is
very bashful ; is too bashful in truth. Ho
was born and raised in the country.
His father gave him a good education and
allows hern plenty-of money. But John--with
all other attainments, never could ac
custom himself to the society of females,
not because he did not like tho girls, but
because his shy nature would not permit
him to associate with the fair sex. It
once happened, . not very long ago either,
that John's father had some very impor
tant business to transact in the city. Ho
also had some very particular affairs to at
tend to at home, which demanded his
personal attention, and not possessing the
power of ubiquity,' he deleirated his son
John to transact that in the city. -
John, being thus commissioned, imme
diately proceeded to the city and to the
residence jf father, uldafrjftr'bft,HlJi;
fbrind Yuuj daUghter, and go'd spec
tacles. John was ushered into the parlor (a
new thing for him) and motioned to a seat
no ! a sofa (another new thing.)
But we must use his own language:
I took my seat and made observatiort'.
Everything was fine ! Fine carpetsl fiue
sofas, fine tables, fine curtains, fiue books,-
fine piano, fine everything, and especially
a fine young lady who was dressed in-fino
silk, and who had fine curls, and a fiue
appearance generally.
After chatting with the old gentlemari'
a few minutes, he took down his hat, told
me to make myself at home for an hour or
two and left left me alone with his
daughter and a small mischievous boy, the
i i .i ri-i t-i
young laay s Drotner. i uia not reusu
the situation at all. J he 'idea of keeping
a citv belle eninured in conversation lor
two hours; perdition ! Silence reigned
in the parlor for a short time, you may
bet. 1 amused myself as much as possi
ble with the boy, I loaned him my knif e and
my watch key, and watched him cut holes
in the carpet with one, and spoil the other.
I don't know what I would have done had
it not been for that boy he was so good
to attract one's attention, you know.
It's true, he asked some startling ques
tions, occasionally, such as this, for in
stance : Are you going to court sitter
Kmily ?" but such things must be expect
ed under such circumstances.1
Miss Emily, thinking no doubt that to
be a good hostess she must keep the guests
engaged in conversation, asked me "how
I liked country life," etc. She said it
would be a beautiful sight to see the la
borers, male and female, romping on the
new mown hay on New Year's day ; that
she always did think she would like to
soend a Christmas in the country a nut
gathering with the village lads and lasses;
that it always had been a mystery to hex
how they got eggs off the-' trees without
breaking them. -
In return, I thought 6 keep up my
part of the conversation, it was necessary
for me to quote poetry and the like, which
I did. Among other quotations, I un
fortunately repeated the well-known lines
of Shakespeare : ' : . Y
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends,.
Rough hew them as we will.".
At this juncture, the boy, who had
perched himself upon my knees, looked
very earnestly into my face and said :
"Divinity shapes the end of your nosa
mighty curious."
I'm certain that I wished somebody
would spank the young rascal. We talked
of hills, mountains, vales, cataracts I be
lieve I said waterfalls, when the boy 6poka
up and said :
"Why, sister's got a trunk full of 'em.
up stairs paji said they arc made out of
horse hair."
This revelation struck terror into me
and blushes ' into the cheek of my fair
conipaniou.
Jt began to be apparent to me that I
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