A
II
Urn EiNectlr Oborrbrt.
'!!!I!` HOYENZWEIG'S BLOCK, (rr urAir u so
CORNER STATJIF ST. A.T. , : b PARK.
.1:11,,,lt. 0-Tli,, rt la STIIRTLY fn advance 42
60
2 a}
``Saba In advance,
illnYlittbscrlbers,servixl by carriers, Fifty Cents
addltmnal.
Two coptcs ro the StlYile person
--- sent to one address,.. .•
}•;u, faille*,
"0 00
' ab , . rates
l apply only to those who pay In
.3sFinee.
h aleieri pton neentints.must , be settled att.
~i Nei,p i ,tiler will 1w heill to any poi's°,
ivy is not known, unless tb
prr is paid In ddvallee.
ADV EIITISINO RATES.
The Cru,rtcLica re our adverilsl nit rates. wlleh
hill Lc strictly .adhered to. In reckoning lie
!
len,:in of advertisements, an I nels Is entistthretl
s siu.kre. Au. thing less than :al bleb is toted
square:
2 3.0. 1 r. I e 641, 1.775. 2.25 2.75 5:150 7.01 - t 7 2.iTo
1.50 1.00 7.0 a 12111;220.0
.1.00 1.00 4.00 .4.50 15.41 2.100
F,2r . 2.50 3.75 4.50 100 10.00 14400 .30.41
Tao iniiiitl 4 _2 3.71 5.50 7A)- 0.50 10.0025.110 45.00
Thrk. months 5.(t) poi 10.01 004010 60.00
. ' 6.1» IEIIO
p2.i)o '3).40 311.011.35:00 50.00 !10.0 0 150.00
Executors' and Atlntinistratone Notices C 3
, ',minors' and Kstray Notices each:
-,4e1.11- Notice..., set In Lettded Nonparlel, and
tiefore Marrlaues and Deathn, 2.5 per
nt. i n.ldition to regular rates; Local Noti ce ,
~t . w.lted by the part, Viet% per Ilne of Right'
for nrst Inset Don, cent,. pertine for see.
HMI ten cents for each githsetinent ime*
Ealtot at Notices Zi rents per line: idnr
• it) cents; Deaths 'Si cents each. Ativir
,catentn inverted every other welt, two-1110R
, n rate.. Persons handing in adverthMmMts
.date the period they wish them pub-
otherwise they will .he continued Intl!
rod out, at the c.Npene of the ativertpers.
JOB PRINTING.
yvo n v. ry superior Jobbing rialte, and
-.pared to do ally kind of talc, in large
orders, at Its r,:putnal de leer and In
•tyle :Is any I“diedkidatdd i toe cowl-
..aninutilent ton should he sl , l , ltt'S‘4 , l to
4 BENJ'N WHITMAN,
Editor ati.i Proprietor.
tiusincos flotircs
F. CAMPILUNEN,
of the Peaci., Farrar Hall Building,
III:NRY M. RIBLET,
;a Law, Peac nt reel, above Union
N a. Eris•, Pa. nor tit.
_ _
GEoRGE H. CUTLER,
• of Law, tilvard, Erie county, Pa,
and of her htniness attended to with
.qapt Ins.. and di,pa ten.
lIRAWLEY s BALI
;..C,r , In Thne, Whitewood, Chem - . Ash,
Crun an , l nal: ',limber, Lath and Shingles.
street, North of R. It. Depot, Erie,
my'.'.-tf.
'V. ol,ssiso:s;
at Law, and Ju•dice of the Peace,
;ti and Claim .I.gent, Conveyancer and
inn,. In ItinderneThr a,block, south
of Fifth 1211.4 State at recta, Erie, Pa.
E. M. cor.F. , t SON ,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
er Ke,tone National Bank. ,j3•111C-tf,
=I
li f u• No. 50Pi State Street, oppcntte
,! , I, 1:1 , e, Pa. Office hours fro:n 'll4 A. M. to
I_' M.. and from 1 ton it M. ai•101.7--tf.
SA LTSMAN,t CO.,
\\ , .01.,a1e and Retail Den.en In Antlnnelte,
.vniou..l and Blaelvnnith Coal. OMeunrner
I'vo , 't and 11.'1h atnvt., Brie, Pa.
[,e'26-tf.] sArrim
MII2IIMI
g tn.?. Brewer awl Dealer in Hops, Barlf , y,
tlai~, Lager, &c. Proprietor of-Ale and
1.:.,Yr lire weries and Mall Warenouse4. Frld,
Pa. iyITE4-tf.
W. E. 31.AGILL,
)(nee in ilosenzwelg's Mork, north
le of the Park, Erie, Pa. _ _ _
WINCIIELL &. CO
kuetion rommi , , , ion Merchants, and Real
Estate Agents, g. 12 5i.4.! 4reet (corner Ninth,)
Erlc, Pa. Advances made on consignments.
Country Vonntue% attr•uded toot any part of
the county.
, FRANK
W3l. At treks,
Tailor and (Maws Cleaner, rnlon Block:
Br. Bennett's oilier.. Clothes made, clean
fo. and repaired nn short notice. Terms as ren
,,n thle as any. mr22.
rtl F.l). C. SPENCER. ROGER `HERMAN.
SPENCER..t STIF.RMAN,
attorney.. at Law, Franklin, Pa. (Mice In
rr I.llkrt v 1 . 1,1. Pit bole City,
pa ~allce pver Kemp , . Bank, It 0 n.te reel.
t "liollong promptly made In all parts of the
rrunavt. Jar/
BRoWN c•
Wottltotale dealers In hard :up! soft coal. Fade,
p, Tim in , 1 11 9 ,0.01 of our 11.), k property to
t 4 , tore namo,l thin. We Pect,toit.lv retire from
tel trade, reednitnendi nu our ,uece‘sors
worthy 01 the ennthtenrezind patron
kgr of our old ftlend% and the public.
r. SCOTT. NANKIN 4t CO.
1. A. W11.1 , F.R.
t.,MSON A WILDER,
MI , / wtarers and• Wholesale Dealer/11n Tin,
J.iryt9 and l'res et] Ware, Stove Pipe Stove
Tr]mrat,,, ke., Waterford, Erie Co., Pa. Or
‘y mall promptly attended to. Jan 9.
1:.1(;LE IIOTEI
„ opp,ette Union Depot, Erie, Pa.. Jag. Camp
11, propro tnr. Ifouto , open nt nil hour.. The
,m,l table always supplied with the ehnieest
'tott t hot markets afford. rebartkt.%-13-.
'BEN NETT HOUSE,
MM., Erie Co., Pa., George Tafmr.
irim,t.r. Good accommodations and mode
'at. ch•tr,te., my9.1)7-tf.
• GEO. V. BENNETT. M. P.,
and Surgeon. Office, East Park St.,
r rst tek's flour storr.—boards at the
I". W. Kelgo, 21 door south of the M.
chureti, on SteNntrits street. Office hours
It n. tu. until 2 P. in. mylo'66-tf.
F. HUT JCK,
Fr e, P.l.
lIALJ,OCK: & ItICHIIIO'.47IJ,
Att.:at.% g Ott lawd and Solicitors of Patents,
Mai 11 Park Erfr, Pa. Per,nns dc
nu; to oldaln Letters Patent for their !liven
please call or address as above. Fees
1-4 , n.i61e. Territory -old for pateuteos.
attention alvim to collections. rnyl-ly.
---- F. W. KOEHLER,
2.1 , 11,...,1 the Peace, Peach street, ..1x A.sors
of Buffalo street, South Erie.
Iml2-Iy.
SELDEN SI A riviN.
neer tt 3111rvIn, At torneyb and I'ol7llst/int%
f °Mee Paragon Bloek, nent . 'North West
quo!' of the Public - Mgt:tare, Erleol'a.
11. V. CLAUS,
I), alt.!' In All kinds of Family Grocenea and
Prot Liam., Stone Ware, and a holosali deal
. r W I ne.Llquora. Claars, Tobacco, 3:r.,:k10. 23
1,,t Fifth .treet, , File, Pa.
E. J. FRASER, M. I)
114nurprathlv Plivsiclan and Surge,n. Unice
ReleldellCVM'S Petteil St., 011110 , iti. jilt Park
11. , a,a. °Mee hours from 10 to 12 to
. sad 7 to 8 p. In.
JOHN 11. MILLAR,
Engineer and Surveyor. Itesltterve
eor
r sixth street and East Avenue. Enid Erie.
MORTON HOUSE,
Union Depot. A. W. Van ";;' , ell
tor. 11111.11 at all hours. Table and
it nap ,lied with the hest to market. Charge*
Itallonable. - felt27lS-Iy.
NATIONAL ROTEL,
corner Peach and Buff:oo , d%. John B•yle,
Proprietor. Bent of ne(1)111moda tiollB for peoplo
the country. Goc , l Nl.abie attached.
kb:7'6B-Iy.
*.ARDWARE
1301714.:Ti & FITESS,
Wimlehule and Ht•tull Dealers 61ndhof
i:HELF AND HEAVY
13IERICAN & FOREIGN
HARDWARE,
Anvils, Bellows, Nails, Spikes, •
Leather and Rubber Belting,
Machine Packing, Cutlery,
Saws, Files, &c
Ake, a general assortment of Iron, Steel
and Carriage Hardware.
88 - store at the old htand of Mr. J. V. BOYER,
hole oi mate btruet, a feW doors north ol
lLe Dtpol. hoYER tS:
SINGER'S I3IPROYED
4%paily, Embroidery and Mitnufaeturing
Sewing Machines.
,Office rear of .Genattelmer's flothint; Store,
htate St., Erie, - JY.
• _
8,..
LANKS I BLANICS!— A complete assort
ment. of every kind of Blanks needed 137
/Attorneys, Justices, Constables and Boldness
sin, fin sale nt the Observer ofnm
1
A .4 _
THE FRI F SF
0 I RVI 1
. 4 00
10(
VOL. 39,
eroterirs. Orobuct. grutt, art.
HENRY BECKMAN,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER,!
501 State Street, Erie, Pu.
RinderneeliCa Old Stand.
I RANT. ( T.i iim nif g D o r r isplendld stock of Gro
TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS,
Wooden & Willow Ware,
PORK. FLOUR AND PROVISIONS
Of all kinds,
SHIP CIIINDLEItY, &C.,
Making the most complete assortment of goods
kept by any Grocer In the place.
I am also agent for
IiANNEY CELEBRATED AKRON
WATER LIME.
Headquarter. for
Clover and Timothy Seed.
oct2::-6n) HENRY. BECKMAN.
CHEAP GOODS!
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
F. SCFLLA.UDECKER,
Successor to F. 4: M. Schlandeeter, fx now re
ceiving a splendid assortment of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES,
Liquont, Willow, Wooden and Stone Ware
Fruits, Nuts, &e. A large stock of -
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
Grocery Headquarters,
American Block, State St., Erie, I'.i.
f.
Wholesale and Retail Grocery Store.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS,
North- FIIAL Corner Park and French Bt.,
r (CHEAPSIDE,)
Would respect fully call the . attention of the MM.
-
r munity to their large stock of
t4rocerien and Provldonni
Which they are desirous to sell at
THE VERY lAIWEAT KRII3I.E: PRT(.. !
=I
Sugars, Coffees,
is: not snrp.t..sed In the city, a. they are prepared
to prove to all who wive them a call..
They al,o kei:ton hand a superior lot of
PURE LIQUORS, .
for the wholesale trade, to which they direct
the attention of the public.
Their mot to 1,, "quick sales, small profits, and
a full equivalent Tor the inoney." apllll3-t . f.
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Pe'
la A N 0 N & $`R 0.,
Have on hand a splendid assortment of
GROCERIES, -
PROVIS lONS, YANKEE' NOTIONS,
• 1 R UTH N 'WA
CHOICE NEW FlitITS,...t,C.
♦. R. RICHMOND
Meadville, Pa.
Tivii‘e LIN-oring as with a call will go away
satisfied that our prices are lower than thosepf
any other house In the trade.
Gels delivered to any part of the city tree of
cost . _
MEE92I
MONEY SAVED ! !
w E ci N i tt i : l
t yo:s e 4 S'l w 'A o T r E n surch s ti o a n lng for .
ket ,, , nil kinds "
DRY AND ANCY GOODS, SILKS, COTTONS,
LOOTS AND SHOES, WATCH•S, SEWING
M AC lIIN Es, CUTLERY, DRESS GOODS,
DOMESTIC GOODS,
which w are actually seillus at an average
rice of Ono Dollar for each art tele. Our sales
lag strictly for cash, and our trade much lar
ger than_ that of any similar concern, enabled;
ns to - itimbetter bargain; than can he obtained
orally other hotrse.
' TH E
Arc speelfilly int ited to give •us a trial. fiend
for a Circular and Exchange
Our club sr..tem of Nelling I. as :
S 2 we send rfn patent pen fountains and checks
describing different articlea to be sold for a
dollar men; .0 for SI; 60 for -ifti; 100 for 510, dec.
' , cut by mail. C./MMINS/0115 larger than those
offered by nny other Orin, according to size of
club. Stogie fountain and check, li cts. Send
money in reghdered letters. send us a trial
club, and you will acknowledge that yon cannot
afford to buy gouds f any other house thereaf
ter. N fi KENDAL
riovl9-::111 4 Ilatmver -t.. lk)Rton. Mais,
TEM OLDEST ESTABLISHED
Carpet & Dry Goods Rouse
A complete stock of Sheeting*, Prints, Linens,
Cloths, Sackings, Flannels, Irish and French
Poplins, 'Mohair's. Alpacas. Delanes, &a. Also,
wllrr k: t;c)c)l>tE4, liu !•I I E.' tile •
6111 and get primal before numbingly:lg
upr3l*-Ip. No. 508. Marble Front. State St.
New Store,Walther's Block.
NO. SOS STATE STREET.
Tne sunscriber would call the attention of the
public to his splendid stock of
Spring and *Summer Dry Goods,
Sustreceired and offered at
UNPRECEDENTLY LOW PRICES!
I have a lame assortment of
Doinerities, Prints, Dress Hoods, Ike"
. I' thA g n il t t a,t y l ro w,,Pri gt7l al gi'lr q Ve tly nirs li to s e e ll i
Goods shown with pleasure.
J. P. WALTHER,
tali-tf. - 808 State St.
:,i
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Great One Dollar Sale
OF' DRY AND FANCY GOODS, etc., where
they present as commission to any person
sending them a club—
Web of Sheeting, Sint Cresti Vattern, Car
peting, Sewing Machine, itcc.,
Free of Cont.
Ten descriptive cheeks of articles sold for Otte
Dollar cacti, sent for $1; 21 for 14, ac. Comtnia
-11101111 not exceeded br any other concern. Cir
culars sent free. Address
E. nits:Placa,
oetf-l'm - 47 Ifs nom St. mann.
Wholesale and Retail
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Call and see n%, at the
F. SCAL.A.LTDECKFIL
P. A. BECKER & CO.,
Their Ip+sortment of
Teas, Syrups,
TOBACCOS, FISH. &(
i 1,5
pi 7C
10. 4
t
a 74 %
A ,
Cash is the Motto!
HANLON & DUO.,
No. 603 French St.
art' tloobo.
IN N. W. PENNMYLVANIA
GLOVES AND NOTIONS,
WARN ER BROS.,
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR IN
E. A. BAKER & CO"
110011 4 ANDN GERMAN BITTERS.
Ilenfland's . German Tonle,
Tho great Remettloo for all Discaaca of the Lire?,
Stomach (a - Digestive Organc
EIOOFLANDB GERMAN ' BITTERS
Is composed of thepureJulees (or, as they are
medicinally termed - , Extracts) of }blots,
Herbs ati d Barks, 1:1 making a prepara
tion highly concen- 11 tract] and entirely
free from almhoge admixture of any
kind.
Hoodand's German Tonic
in a combination of all the Ingredients 01 the
Bitters with the purest quality of Santa Cruz
Rum, Orange, etc., making one of tile most
pleasant and agreeable remediai ever offered to
the public.
Those preferring a Medicine, free from Alco
hollcailmlzture, will use
(100FLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
Those who have no objection to the combia:
don of the Bitters, sus gluten, will use
rwm:Trlmmr,:mmum
They are both equtally good, and contain the
aame medicinal vir the choice between,the
two being a mere mattes taste, the Tot:Liebe
ing the most palatable. -
The stomach, from a variety of ceases, such
as Indigestion, Dye- pesia, Nervous De
bility, etc., Is very AA ap t have its func
tions deranged. The kJ Liver,svmpathising
as closely as tt does • with the - Stomach,
then becomes affected, the result of which is
that the patient suffers from several or m4re of
the following diseases:
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Full
ness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stom
ach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight In the Stomach, Sour Eructa
tions, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or Suffbcating Sensations when in a
lying posture, Dimness of Vision,Dots or Webs
before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Dell•
ciency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain In the Side, Back. Chest, Limbs,
etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning of the
Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil and Great
Depression of Spirits.
The sufferer from these diseases should exer•
else the greatest caution in the velection of a
remedy for his case, • purchaang only
that which he Is as- irt eared from his In
vertigations and in- 1j quiri es possesses
true merit, is skill- ihily compounded ia
free from hilarious Ingredients and has estab
lished for Itself a reputation for the cure of
these diseases. In this connection lee would
submit these well-known remedles
IIOOVI4A.IV D'
6-ERMAN BITTERS,
11011)PLA.7 0 11Vk7
GERMAN TONIC,
DR. C. M. JACKSON,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Twenty-two years since they were first intro
duces] Into this country from Germany, during
which time they have undoubtedly performed
more cure-, and betteflttod imiffrrlng humanity
'ln a greater extent, than any other remedies
11110 WU to the public.
These remedies will effectually cure Liver Com
p! /tint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chrome
or Nervous Deliiiity. I,s Chronic Diarrlicea„
Diseases of the Kid- neve und andleess
es arising from is dim- ordered Liver.
litomach, or Intestines.
--r..
r,2,,..
lit
,-;1!
i'misriLvrr.
Resulting from any cause whatever Prostra
tion of the System, Induced by severe
Labor, Hardships, Exposure,
Fevers. Etc.
M
There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies in such eases. A tours and vigor is lin- -
parted_ to the whole system, the appetite is
strengthened, food Is enjoyed, the stomach di
gests.promptly, the blood is purified, the com
plexion becomes sound and healthy, the yel,ow
tinge is eradicated from the eves, a bloom Is
given to the cheeks, and the weak am i l t iervous
Invalid becomes a atrong and heal being.
Persons advanced In life, and feeling e hand
of time weighing heavily noon them, with all
"its attendant tils„ will find in the use of this
1117TER9, or the TONIC, an elixir that will In-'
sill new life Into their veins, restore In a meas.-
aril the energy and ardor of more youthful days,
build up their shrunken forms, and give health
and happiness to their remaining years.
.... Y i
45. A
It Is a welbestablLshed fact that fully one-half
of the female portion of our population
aro seldom in the en-joyment of good
health or, to kiss .1.4 their ovrn expres
/
sion, 'never tool well." They are lan
guid, devoid of all energy, extremely . nervous.
and have no appetite.
To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended. ,
Weak and delicate childrerrE n matie strong
by the use of ither of these edles. They
will cure every case of MAIL WS, without
fall. Th6tusands of certificates have accumula
ted in the hands of the proprietor, but space
will allow of but few. Those, It will be observed,
are men of note andof such standing that they
must be believed.
TI:$TIILO1'iIAI.- t
HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
Lx-Chief Justice of the Saprrne Court o.
Pennsylvania, writes:
EMM!E!I
"I find Hootiand's Berman Bitters is a
good tonic, useful in A diseases of the di
gestive organs,' and 1 - 1. of great benefit In
eases of debility.and want of nervous ac
tion in the system. Tours truly,
GEO. W. Vs 0011W.it RI)."
HON.JAME6 THOMPSON,
Judge of the Rept-erne Court of rrnesylvants.
PRIIADELPATA, April WOWS.
"I eonslder lloollantlN German Sitters a valu
able medicine in auk, of attacks of Indigestion
or Ppmepsia. I can certify this from my expe
rienee. Yours with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON."
FROM REV. JOS. li. KENNARD, D. D,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church. Phila.
Da. Jar-awe—Dear Sir:—l have frequently
been requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of differ. nt kinds of medicines,
ot regarding the practice as out of my appro
priate sphere, I have in all cases declined ; but
with a clear proof in various In nines,
and particularly In my own family, of
the usefulnensof Dr. IA Hoofiand's German
Bittern, I depart for one from my usual
course to express my full conviction that; for
General Debility of the System, and especially
for Liver Complaint, it is a Rafe and valuable
preparation. In some. mem it may fail; btu,
usually, I doubt not, it will be very beneficial to
thaw who surfer from the shove cause.
Yours very respectfully,
J. H. KENNARD,
Eighth, below Coates, St.
FROM REV. E. D. FENDILL,
Assistant Editor Chrbstian Clirautele, Philad's.
I bave derived decided benefit from the use of
Hoofiand's German - Bitters, and feel it my priv
ilege to recommend them as a most valuable
tonic to all Who are suffering from General De
bility or from Mamma arising from derange
ment of the -Liver. Yours truly
E. D. 'YENDALL.
Moorland's German Remedios are counterfeit
ed. See that the Stir nature of C. M.
JACKSON Ls on then wrap of each bot
tle. All others are JJ coun terfeit. Princi
pal office and menu- factory at the Ger
man Medicine Stare, No. en Arch street, Phila.
delphLz..Pa.
CIIAS. M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON & 00.
Hooflliad's German Bitters, pertp
In q Ixrttls 7 11 00
Hooftand's flare= Tonle. =louart bot
tles. 01 50 per bottle, or a brildosen fort, 50.
Sr Do oot, timet to ezazoloo ardl 4,h0 =WU
you ordee (opt the gomdike.
splrmer.
ERIE. PA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 24. IS6B.
letbical.
EEO
LEE
=
NOTICE.
CAUTION.
PfIICE.
intscellantous.
O. NOBLE.
L. H. I**l4.
Bay State Iron Wot h. !
NOBLE. & !TALL,
Founders. Machinists and Boil
er Makers.
Works Corner Peach and 3d Ste., Erie, Pa.
"farina made extensive additions to our ma
ehtnery, we are prepared to flit' all orders
pmmptly for
Stationery, Marine and Portable Enghabi,
Of all )4 Izeti. either ielth single or cut-off valves
STEAM PUMPS. SAW MILL worn:, BOIL
ERS, STILLS, TANKS, ETC.
-Also, all kinds of Heavy and Light Casting.
Particular attention given to Building and Ma
chinery Caatings. .
FOR SALE.—Stenrti'm Circular MIII Rigs and
Head Blacks, which are the hest In use. John
son's Rotary Pumps, Gas Pipe and Fittings,
Brass Goods, Babbitt Metal, etc.
Jobbing solicited at reduced prices. All work
warranted. Our motto is;
CIISTONEMS MUST BZ SUITED.
We are bound to sell as low as the lowest.—
Reese call and examine,
tebla-tr.
FRANK WINCRELL & CO.,
AUCTION & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
No. 824 St - ate Street.
Household Furniture and all kinds of Goods,
Wares and Merchandise; bought and sold rind
received on consignment.
Hales at private residences atter.ded to in any
part of 'the city.
Sale of Household Furniture, ratiMill,Queens
ware, Horses, Wagons, and all kinds of goods on
WEDNESDAYS A_ND SATURDAYS,
AT O'CLOCK, A. 51
A large consignment of Sueensware,
Clluss
ware, Bohemian and China an now on hand,
will be eloqed out regardle , ot of comt at private
sale.
Sir Ventloes atteruled to In any part of the
county. up9-tf.
Tollworthy & Love,
NO. 1390 PEACH ST.,
the adopted a new syst, tu of doing Lust•
:max, and would respectfully call the attention
of their customers to the fact that they are now
selling goods for
CASH, OR HEADY PAY
We believe that we can du our customers Jul:-
tic* by so doing and would ask them to call and
see our splendid stuck of gmccries,rousisting of
Team,
Coirers,
Sugars,
Spices, de..
Comprising evervihin
ta Rg
ve, Ita aw
ERIE' COUNTY FLOUR.
Abu) FEED in unlimited quithtilles Give us
a mai. ,
TOLLWORTHY & LOVE,
MO Peach St., oppontte National
C. ENGLEITART dte, CO..
DEALERS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Keep alwaya on hand all Ky Ir 4 of
LADIES' MDWEW AND CIIILDkEII'S
Pmnelhi, Kid, Goat and Pebble Gout
Laced, Button and Congress
BOOTS,
Of the finest quality, which will be warranted
for durability, as well as to flt, which we
will sell as
/ •
Low as the Lowest.
We also make to order. Repairing carefully
attended to. •
my2l-tf C. E. & CO.
BLANK BOOKS!
Caoghey, McCreary & Moorhead,
WILL SELL
BLANK BOOKS,
of every description,
BOOKS, ENVELOPES AND PAPER,
~.►:._.P..,4 j
Than any house in this city. Also,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
At Wholesale, as cheap as any Jobbing, house in
the eountr,y.
13113 .IL,MS:
The Depository of the Bible Society, at
CAtGHEY, WCREARY & MOORILEAVS.
myll-tt.
BANK NOTICM.
Keystone National Bank,
- , ..(11;" E 11.1171.
CAPITAL $250,000.
I)IRECTORii ;
Selden Marvin, John W. Hall, Elthu
"'dotter Town, 0. :sloble.
ORANGE NOBLE, Prest. .1170. J. TOWN. Cash
The above bank is now doing busineto. In lth
new building,
CORNER OF. STATE AND EIGHTH STN.
Satisfactory paper discounted. Money re
ceived on deposit. Collections made and pro
ceeds accounted for .with promptness. Drafts,
Specie and Bank Notes bought and sold. A
share of public patronage solicited. _
TO THE PUBLIC.
There Is no use sending to New York
FOR YOUR.TEAS!
No nee going to the reftherles to buy
REFINLD OIL! .
No use going to soap factories to buy
S, 0A.1? I _
NO 118 e to pay big prices for any of your
Groceries and Provisions!.
While there is a
LIVE CASH STORE,
on the corner of
Bth and State Streets!.
Try the Cash Store.
ADAM MINNIU
apl6-tf,
NEW LIVERY,
Boarding and
. Sale Stable,
Corner of French and 7th Ms.
TRE SUBSCRIBER S having taken the stable
• lateiy occupied by Blenner & J 011.126013,
would Inform the public that they have pur
chilled an
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK
or Homan, Hamesa and Carriages, and-are pre
pared Waive perfect satisfaction to all who may
brar them with a mil. We have the best steck
in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
my2l-tf BILECIPP,
LANKEi! BLANKS 1— A complete assort
B
ment of every kind of Blanks needed by
Atternetra3 Constables and Basjams
Wen. fnr sale nt the Mowery trifle*.
ERIE. RAILWAY.
Great Broad (bulge yi.uthlt. Track Route to
V13N17 irC11.114., , HOSTON.
and the .New England
This Hallway extends from Dunkirk to New
York, nit tulles. Buffalo to New York, miles.
Sallurusrins to New York, 415 miles. And Is from -
Z 2 to 27 MILES THE:SHORTEST ROUTE. All
trains run directly through to New York, 440
MILES, without change of coaches.
From and after Nov. 2 d, Pins trains will leave,
In connection with all the Westeni Lines, as
follows: Erma DUNKIRK and MA LA3IA.,'SCA
—by New York time—from Union Depots:
&Ai A. M. New York Day Express, from Sala
. marica, (Sundays excepted). Stops at lior
-9.15 A. M., intersecting
with the 5.25 A. 31., Da;, Express from Bun.
tato, stepping and connectitig below,arrt
vine In New York 10:40. P, 31.
7:3b A. M., Express, Mail, from Dunkirk daily
(eXeePi , Sundays). Stops at Salamanca at
0:00 A. M., and connects at Hornellsville
and Corning with the 7.30 A.M. Express Mali
from Buttillo and arrives in New 1 ork at 7,40
A. 31.
3:25P. 3d., Lightning Express, from Salamanca
daily (except Sundays): Stops at lloniells
villa C 414 P. M., (Supper), Intersecting with
the 2.50 P. 111. train from Buffalo, stopping
and connecting as below, curving In New
York at 7 .40A.31.
&SOP. M. New York Night Ex •
prLt, front Dun
kirk daily (except Sundaysl. Stops at ala
manca at 7:40 P. - 31., Olean 8.1,5 P. N., (Sup.,)
OS
Turner's 'L A. 31., (MB),
and arrives in
New York at I:10 P. M. (Teets at New
York with afternoon traind steamers
for Boston and New Engi Cities.
,
From Blifiltio—by New York . times-from - Depbt
corner Exchange and Michigan Stn.:
&23 A. M., New York Day Express, daily (except
Sundays). Stops at Hornellsville 0.10 A. M.,
(likfts Susquehanna 2.32 P. MI., (Dine): Tur
ner's s.al P. M.; (Sup), and arrives in New
York at 10:40 1'. M. Connects at Great Bend
with Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad, and at Jersey City with midnight
express train of New Jeieey Itallrcrad for
Philadelphia.
7:30 A. M., Express Mail, v la. Avon and Hornclis
ville, (Sundays excepted), Arrives in New
ork at 7.10 A. M.
2:so P. 31., Lightning Express, (daily.) Stops at
Hornellsville 0.15 I'. M., (Supper); and ar
rives In .New York 7.40 A. M. Connects at
Elmira with Northern Central Railway for
Harrisburg and the South, qad at Jersey
City with morning express train of New
Jersey Railroad for Philudelpi ta t Baltimore
rind Washington.
es+) P. 3L, New York Night Expre 4, tinily, (Sun
days excepted.) Steps at Portage. 1 4 .50 P. M.,
isup_per,i interseet ing at lioratilsv lite with
the :LW P. M., train tram aud ar
rives in New York nt 1.10 E, M.
11:20 P. 31.,
Cincinnati Express, rially (except
Sundays). Stops at Sitsquelian ha 7.as A. 31,
(ilkft); Turner's Lai P M. , (Dine), and nrrives
In 'Sew York at 4:11 P. 31. Conffeehi at (treat
'"""Ilend with Delaware., Lackawicana and Wes
tern Railroad, and ut Jersey City with After
noon and Evening Trains for Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington.
Only one train East on Sunday, lent lug-Buffa
lo at 2:5i . IP. M.; and reaching New 'York at 7:40
A. M.
, .
NOBLE & BALL.
. ,
Bo4ton and New England laissingers, with
their baggage, are trunsferred,.free of charge, in
New York. ,
' SW To plertshr.• travelers the line of the Eric
Rrilway presents litany obJet'ts of ten•et,prut•
sing through the beautiful valley .of the Cho.
mung, Susquehanna, Delaware nd Ramapo
rivers, au everchanging panoram• of nature's
beauties comman•ls attention. '
The best Ventilated and inos Luxurious
Sleeping Cars in the World accom any all night
trains on this Railway.
Bagg,age checked though and always as
low-as by any other route. -
ASK FOR TICKETS VIA. ERIE RAILWAY,
which can be obtained at nit principal ticket of
ficer in the West and s , ) ntii-mrem.
IL RIDDLE, WM. R HARR,
Gen'l Gen'l Pass. Agl.
niy2a•tf -
PHILADELPHIA &. ERIE RAIL ROAD.
Through stud Direct Route between Philadel
phia, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Williams
port and the
GREAT OIL REGION
CEENII
F.T.EGANT SLEEPING CARS
On all Night Trulns.
and after SiONDAY, Nor. IStla, the
trains on the Philadelphia 6: Eric Railreeid
will run as follows :
Wi..›. I TWA . IID.
Mall Train leaves Phila , lelphla at 10:4.1 p. m.,
Corry, K:013 p. an I arrives at Erie at 9:50
p. m. •
Erie Express leases Philadelphia at 11:511a, m.
Corry, 8:10 a. In. aunt arrives at Erie at lo:00
a. tu.
Warren Aeeinninodation leaves Warren at 12.-30
p. in. Cinxy at 2:00 p. tn., and arrives at Erie
at 3:511 p. in.
EASTWARD.
)fall Train Leaves Erie at 10-,55 a. m. , Carry, 1'2:45
p. m. and arrive. at Phlllidelplaa at MOO a.
Erie Express leaves Erie at 6:27, p. 4L, Corry. 5:25
p. an. Pad urfives at Philadelphia at 4:25 p.
Warren Accoriamodatton leaves Erie nt 8:10 a.
In., Corry at 10:10 a. m., and arrives at War
ran 'at 11:10 a. tn. •
Mall and Express connect with Oil Creek and
alicglieny River Railroad. BAGGA9K CELECiiEL
Erie & Pittsburgh It - inroad;
()IC AND AFTER MONDAY, OCT. 33, ltsai,
train will run on this road aa fpnrite4:
LEAVE ERTE-40tITIIWARD.
10:45 A. 3f., Pittsburgh Exprcss, stops at all sta
tions,-and arrives at A. di W. B. t. Trans
fer at I:LS p. m., at Now Castle at 15 p. m.,
and at Pittsburgh at RAO p. m.
t1:01) P. 3f., Accommodation, arrives at Pitts
burgh at 10:00 a. m.
LEAVE PITNEtTRGE—NORTITWA
7:15 a. m., Erie Express leaves Pittsburgh and
arrives nt Erie 2..50 pm. 111
4:35 P. M.. Accommodation loaves Pittsburgh
and arrives at Erie 12:35 a. m.
. _
Pittsburgh Expel's* south connects at James
town ut p. m., with J. & F. Express for
Franklin and Oil City. Connects at Transfer at
hi& p. in., with A. & Ci. W. Accommodation west
for Warren, Ravenna and Cleveland.
Erie Express north connects at ,A. & W.
Transfer ut illlU a. m. with Mall east_ for ?fiend.'
ville,
vllle, Franklin anti oil City, and at 'Jamestown
with J. & F. Express for Franklin.
Trains connect at Rochester with trains for
Wheeling and all points in West Virginia, and
at Pittsburgh connections for Philadelphia,
Harrisburg, Baltimore and Washington, via
Pennsylvania Central Railroad.
Erie Express north connects at Girard With
Cleveland & Erie trains westward for Cleveland,
Chicago and all points in the West p at Erie with
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad for Corry, Warren,
Irvineton, Tidloute, &e, and with Butlato & Erie
Railroad for Buffalo, Dunkirk, Niagara Falls
and New York City. , F. N. FINNEY,
deer:VT-if Aut. Superintendent.
- ,
ERIE DIME SWINGS and LOIN CO.
L.L. LAMB, Preat. M. HARTLEB. Vice Preat
OEO. W. COLTON, Secretary and Tren4nrer. .
ORANUE NoBLE, W. A. GALORAITII,
PIItSCOTT METCALT, SELDICSI MAIIWIN,
JoHN H. BLIM, M. Ourawopo.
JOHN C. SELHKN, U. F. BIIEVILLIER,
8K.N.1. WIIMIAIq., 1.. L. LAXII:
URA.; Sell LUCA rt.*. H. HAUTLER,
U. B. 11ELAIIATElt, Meadville.
The abort; institution Is now fully Organized.
and ready for the transaction of batikingopera
t lons, In the room under the Keystone Bank.
coltlq ER of STATE amt EIGHTH ST RE LF
A Capital Stock of 8100 1 000 9
with the privilege of incrozslug to haLfa million.
Loans and discounts transacted, 'and jaw
chases made of all kinds of Satisfactory securt
-1.- To the citizens generally this Liana otters
an exretl-nt opportunity for laying by their
small savings, as•intereat will be allaweil on
Dep0.4.4 or One Dollar .tirrrarils.
Of - SPECIAL DIEPOSIISLJEI
special feature or thy Hank will be the re
ceptlou, for safe keeping ; of all s Inds of Ronda
and securitle,.. Jewelry, Plate, &c:, for which n
large FIRE AND BURGLAR. PROOF VAULT
has 'been carefully providedi
Persons having any propertrpf this character
which they Wish to deposit n secure place,
will find this feature wortkfthe l ir attention.
niy2i-tf.
_ •
WM., NICK & SONS,
' . Cor. 7th and.StatASts,
.13 E A L. E rt, s / -x
PAINTS, COIJORS,
. ,1
SHE NEVER LEAVES I - inf.-160K at the I
career of a man as he passes thmugh the I
world : at a man visited by misfortune ! ,
How often he is lctt by his fellow men to
sink under the weight of his affliction, un- I
heeded and alone. One friend of his own
sex forgets him, and another abandons him, I
a third, perhaps, betrays him, but woman ,
Inflows him in his afflictions With unshaken
affection ; she braves the .changes of his feel-
ing, of his temper, embitteted by the disap- I
pointments of the ‘vorld, with the highest of 1
all virtue ; in resigned patience ministers to
his wants, even when her own are hard and
, - I pressing; She weeps with him tear for tear,
I HONE s - is the first to catch and'
If in want of a good arid pure astral, not because there. is it want of prayers , reflect a ray ofjoy, should by accident onclight
ARTICLE OF WHISKEY, i and virtue at home, bur simply becausebome I up his countenance in the midst of his suffer
! lacks sunshine. • 4 'Child needs smiles as ! ings, and she never leaves him in hiS misery
E. R. MIDDLEYON•S much as flowers need .sanbeams. Children ' while there remains one act of love, duty or
GennitieoldWheat W i ttiskey I look little beyond the Present Moment. If a I compassion to be performed. And at last
4 4 thing displeases them they are prone to avoid I when life and sorrow come to an end, she
Is the kindle get. For sale oy at I It. If home is the. place where faces and 1 follows him to the tomb with an ardor of al
- wm. NICK &so N s . I words are harsh, and fault-finding is always teetion which death itself cannot destroy.
riov.;-am., 71t: state stew. • in raw ascendent, they will spend as many —
—• hours as possible elsewhere. • Let even. i_i- I Ttts c.i•-•• • i.---
iiLANKRt 'BLANKS !—A 'eolliplete. assort flue •••0 ,-. -fry to ht.'
LP ment of every kind of Shanks needed b ) tto k ~, , h ,• , •• 1 .
Atiorneys,'Smatees, Constables and Husinias , • ' •,' (•••n• r• .., I- •- . • , • • ... ,
Weft, for asfairt the filhwanar Ark 7, musk ill ARCA A way' au IM .make them happy. 1 you-are etaperod.
N r astknisheoA,
LINSEED OIL, SPIRITs TrEPENTINE,
• Artist, Paint nil White Wash Brushes,
White Lead, Zinc, . Paints.
. Agents for the •
Avertll Chemical Paint Coutp'y.
• • IE PA.
important plottrrs.
*INTER. TIME TABLE.
OF PENNSYLVANIA
ALFRED L. TYLER.
1 , Gang Superintendent..
1203=1:3
It opens with
Tht Orir gnotrrtr.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1868.
How BEN FRANKLIN'S PRINTING CIPFICR
WASN'T SIWELCIIEM—The story is told of
old Ben. Franklin that when he printed 're
paper in Philadelphia, among other things
that received censure at his hands were cer
tain modes of transacting business by the
merchants of that city. He handled them
in such a manner us to arouse their wrath,
and caning a meeting among themselves
they waited the sturdy printer demand
ing to know what he meant. "Here," said
they,- "we have been patronizing and sup
porting you, and this is our reward. You
must change this mode of doing or we'll show
you that the merchants are i power you may
not trifle with. Without our patronage
where would you stands" "Gentlemen of
the Merchants' Committee," said the polite
printer, "I am, as you see, very busy now, but
call at my house this evening fin dinner, I
shall consider the matter over with you in a
friendly manner." The committee, congrat
ulating themselves that old Ben was evident
ly frightened, came to dinner at the hour
mined, but were surprised, to find nothing
on the table but mush—made from ill grinind
\
orn—and a large pitcher . pf milk. The mer
e ants' comnrittee, not 'being used to such
co rt 'c fare, could do nothing:but watch the
healthy printer while he made a hearty meal.
Rising from the table he addressed the com
mittee thus : "Now, gentlemen, he that can
live comfortably on such food can live with
out patronage. I shall cease to attack those
practices when-you cease to practice them,
and not before. Gentlemen, good-night."
And for many a year Philadelphia merchants
were better and f::r more honest owing to
his boldne:s.
People whose personal antipathies may
lead thenito try the experiment of destroy
ing an independent press will read a moral
in this incident. We hardly think it proba
ble that publishers now-a-days would be
forced to• live en mush mid milk diet, for it
is a well understood fact that whenever the
public are convin ed of their integrity, no
sooner does one Ma or set of men desert than
for their opinions, t lan others are ready to
take their places. he publisher who
bravely and consistently adheres to.ltis be
lief, and advocates it in a politic manner, will
never fail to find hosts of staunch friends,
whatever interested parties. may do to injure
his business.
Tns; following letter-, from oue c of our sub
scribers in Missouri, gives a good' illustration
of the mode by which the II trlicals carried
Missouri at the late eb Minn •
traveled with some persons who told
me that they were disfranchised because they
would not vote the Republican ticket. I
talked with an old gentleman of Missouri,
01 some seventy years. who said that he was
prohibited from voting because he had a
grandson in the Southern army. Mr. Todd,
uncle ut Abraham Lincoln, who 'is seventy
six years old, told me that was the case in
his county. What will become• of such a
Government, to 'condemn old men because
their grandchildren did wrong ? Mr. Todd
said that Bone county; Missouri, had over
3,000 voters, but now they are- reduced to a
little over 400 who have the,right to vote."
A connEsroxtutzsy informs us that he has
bought wares advertised in the Observer
which were not as valuable ns the adver
tibemetits led bine to expect. Wo tell him
in return that that is his business—not
If we were to undertake to warrant all the
goods advertisettin our columns, we should
deceive and mislead our readers. It is Ut
terly impossible that 'We should personally
know that everything Advertised is as gond
as it pretends to be ; and, since we cannot
insure this, we should alo wrong to attempt
it. - We sell our adileirrserS space—not en
dorsement, iinleSs done in oar editorial col
umns. V
BEeonn TifiYelection, the Radicals prom
ised that, id thetevent or their success at the
polls, a new stream of prosperity would Clow
upon the country, end Q good time generally
would make the people happy. Well, the
election came, the Democracy were defeated,
Grant was chosen President, and how stands
the record today' No sooner was the re
sult ascertained than the money market stif
lened, angry cloud.; darke,ned the financial
horizon, and a new national tax bill, 'is an
nounced, to grind — the people stilt
harder.'
Tut.: New York Times supplies as - with
the foli9wing information: ,
" The election of Grant seems to have
worked like a charm in the South. We hear
*no more of murders, of squabbles between
whites and blacks, of the troubles of carpet
baggers, nor of Om doings of the Ku-Klux.
We .hare reason to he altogether delighted
at the news we new receive fFom the South
ern States."
No, there is no necessity now fdr dema
gogues to draw upon their imaginations for
political capital.
SEVERAL. or our cotemporaries are advo
: eating d change in the manner of electing a
President and Vice President, by substitu
ting a direct vote of the people for.the yes
eat mode of choosing electors. There are
many reasons in favor of this change, one of
which is the fact that eight hundred and
twenty-three dollars were paid out of the
State Treasury to meet the expenses Of the
Electoral Cpllege which met at liarrisburg
last week. _This may seem a small sum, but
if it can be FAved, why not?
Anus STUART MILL, the most distinguished
of living English philosophers, whose politi
cal sympathies have brought him into rela
tions with most of the conspicumis Ameri
cans who have visited great. Britain of late
years, recently remarked to a friend, "all the
Wl' educated Americansit meet are Repub•
licans, all the really c inCated ones are Dem
ocrats."
MARRIAGE OF DEAF MUTES IN MEMPHIS, I
—The Memphis Avalanche of Thursday says:
" Yesterday witnessed, at the second Presby
terian. Church, the marriage of Mr. Henry. J.
Haight, of New York city, to Miss Mollie L.
Church, daughter of ('apt. and Mrs. C. B.
Church. of this city, the groom and the bride
both being mutes. Thereeremony was per
formed in the sign language by the Rev. Dr.
Gailandet, Rector of S.l Ann's Church in
New York, who came South fbr the purpose.
The bride rested on the arm of her father,
and Mrs. Church on the arm of the bride
groom. The head of the aisle was spanned
by a beautiful archway of flowers, and the
sacred desk and candelabra on either side
were tastefully dressed in wreaths of ever
green and rare floace.rs., When all were in
their places, the' Res( Dr. Gallaudet"began
to read the marriage service. At the conclu
sion of each section, be reheated the same in
the sign language of the mutes, and the re
sponses were made in like manner. The cer
emony was little longer than usual.- .
The groom and bride departed fora bridal
tour to New Orleans. • Thence they go to
New York to live permanently."
THE GATHERING 110 HE.
They are gathering homeward from ecery
land,
One by one.
As their weary feet touch the shining strand,
One by one,
Their brows are enclosed in a golden cmwn,
Their traveled-stained garments are all
down,
And clothed in white garment they net on
the mead,
Where the Lamb (loth love hi, rho , tm to !cad,
One by one.
Before they rest they pass thrimelt the strife,
One by one. •
Through the waters of death they enter life,
One by one.
To some are the floods of the river still,
As they ford on their way to the . hear•t•nll'
hill;
To others the waves ran fiercely and wild,
Yet they reach the home nt' the undefiled,
, One by one.
We, too, shall come riser-ids.
One by one.
We are nearer its waters a ache ve.fitide•.
One by one.
We can hear the noise and &At of .the ,tream
Now, and again, through our life's deep
dream,
Sometimes the floods all the banks overflow,
Sometimes in ripplea and small *rives
One lo•
Jena, Redeemer, wclook unto Thee, •
One bt• one.
We lift up our voices tremblinuly. •
One by one.
The -Ames of the rWer are dark and cold,
We know not the place where our fe e t may
hold,
Thou who didst piss-through in the deep
midnight,
Strengthen us, send us the• staff and the lieht,
(Inc by one.
Plant thou thy feet beside xi e • e tread,
One by one.
On Thee let us lean each drooping head
One by one.
Imt but thy strong arm around us be twined,
We shall cast our fears and cares to the wind,
Savior, Redeemer, with Thee lull in view,
Smilingly, gladsomely, ,hall we paw through,
One by one.
A Touctiing Story.
The 11,1 lowing 'directing narrative purports
to have been given by a father to his son, as
a warning derived from his own bitter expe
rience of the sin of mdsting• a mother's love
and counsel : .
What agony was on my mother's face when
all that she had said and suffered failed to
move me. She rose to go hothe, and I ti!l
lowed al a distance.' She spoke to me no
more until site reached her own door.
"It is school time now," she said. "
my son, and once more let me beseech you
to think upon what I have said."
" I shaft t go to school," said I.
She - looked astonished at my boldness, but
replied firmly :
Certainly you will, Alfred ! I command
you."
" I will not;' said I " you OVECt get the
up stairs."
" One of the two things pat must do, Al
fred—either go to school this minute, or I
will lock you up in your room and keep you
Mere vbrAlic.c< to
my wishes in the future."
' I dare you to do it," said 1; "you can't
get me up stairs."
" Alfred, choose now," said my mother,
who laid her hand upon my arm. She trem
bled violently and was deadly-pale.
"If you touch me I will kick you," said 1,
in a fearful rage. God knows I knew not
what I said'
Will you go, Alfred':"
"
No I replied, but I quailed beneath her
eves
"Then follow me," said she, as she grasp.
ed my arm 'treaty. I raised me feet —O,
my. son, hear me—l raked my foot and
kicked' her—my sainted mother. How my
head reels as the torrent of memory rushes
over me ! I kicked my mother, a feeble
woman—my mother ! she staggered back a
few steps and leaned against the wall. the
did not look at:me. I saw her heart leett
against her breast. "0, Heavenly Father!"
she cried, "forgive him—be knows not what
he dos!" The gardener just then passed
the door, and seeing my mother was pale
and almost unable to support herrelf came
in. -
"Take this boy up stairs and lock him in
his room," said she, and turned off from
me. It was a look of agony, mingled with
the most intense love : it was the unutterable
pang from a heart that was broken.
In a moment I found myself a prisoner in
my own room. I thought for a moment I
would myselt from the open window.
but I felt that I was afraid to die. I was not
penitent. At times my heart was subdued,
but my stubborness !we in an instant, and
bade me not to yield yet. The pale thee of
my mother haunted me. I flung myself on
My bed and fell asleep. .Tust at twilight I
heard a footstep approarli my door. It was
my sister.
" What shall - 1 tell mother for you ?" she
said.
" Nothing," I replied.
"0, Alfred, fur my sake and tier all our
sakes, say that you are sorry. She longs to
forgive you.'
I would "hot answer. I heard her foot
steps slowly - retreating, and again dung my
self on the bed to pass a wretched and a
fearful night.
Another tbotstep, slower and more feeble
than my sister's, disturbed me.
"Alfred, my son, shall I come in ';" she
asked.
I cannot. tell what influence operating at
that moment made me speak adverse to my
feelings. The gentle voice of, my mother,
thrilled me,- melted the ice from my
heart, and I longed to throw myself upon
her -neck ; but I did not. My wordsguve the
lie to my heart when I said that I was not
sorry. I heard her withdraw. I heard her
groan. I longed to call her back, but I did
not.
"I was awnkened•from an uneasy slumber
by !wiring my name called loudly, and my,
sister stood by my bedside. *
"Get up, Alfred. Don't wait a minute.
Get up and come with me. Motheris dy
ing."
I thought I was yet &earning, but I got up
mechanically and followed my sister. On
the bed pale as marble, lay my mother.
She had not yet undressed. She had thrown
her upon the bed to rest, and ri,ing to go
again to me, she wus seized with palpitation
of the heart, and borne to her room.
I cannot tell you my agony as I - looked
upon her—my remorse was tenfold bitter
from the thought that she would never know
it. I believed myself to be her murderer. I
fell on the bed beside her. I could not weep.
My heart burned within my bosom, my brain
was on fire. My sister threw her arms around
me and wept in silence. Suddenly we saw a
motion of mother's hand ; her eyes unclosed.
She had recovered her conscirinsness, but
not her speech. She looked at me and
moved her lips. I could not understand tier
words,
" Mother". mother!" I shrieked,' say only
that you forgive me."
She could not say it with her lips, but her
hand pressed mine. She smiled upon me,
and lilted her thin white hands; she clasped
my own within them, and cast her eyes up
ward. She moved her lips in prayer, and
thus she died. I remained kneeling beside
her, that dear form, till my sister removed
me. Joy of youth had left me forever.
Boys who spurn a mother's counsel ;che
are ashamed to oa'u they are young who
think it manly to resist her authority, or
yield to her influence, beware ! Lay not up
for yourselves bitter memories for, your fu
ture yearsr •
BY AN OLD FASIIIONED FELLOW
Arbuta sat before her desk with • the sul
len'est ftcc imaginable. Time was along la
wn to learn yet, and an ezercise full of faiths
to correct, and a work basket with all heron
mended stockings, for Arbuta had been idle
and Careless that week, and Saturday ar.
ternoon had caught her with her work still
undone.
NO. 33
"I wonder if there arc any fairies as nine
Hilda says," thought Arbuta. "I wish that
I knew one. I would—"
Here she heardta rustle, a Ptir in the chim
ney, and there came sliding down the old elf
of dream..; an old man, as old as the world,
very little, very much bowed, and with a
beautiful long white heard, like silver, that,
fell quite down 1. 1 hia °car each shout-
der he carried a hag of dreams; the good
dreams on his right shoulder, the bad on id,
left. Ills voice sounded far oft' and sweet.
and made Arbuta sleepy jut , t to listen to it
lam a fairy. - he said. " Wl:at d.:
want of tile
"I am .n unhappy. Ido think there
being<on earth .o Ink:Table as a, little girl
with k obliged to learn les.,ons and darn
stockings. If I TiaTe 021).1 - th:tt rubin, hap
ping about so merrily n window
Ile lnaa nothing, I and I.my.to tr,:.uble hint."
" Ile a robin, then," said the elf of dream,
and as he spoke, Arhuta found herself flut
tering and to itteripg a b , ugh. More
than that, she feel :i ne.st and fear little egg,,;
and presently Are dkeovered thAt it was the
principal aim of lire to preserve these eggs, ,
and the - principal aim of es erylxalv else in •
the univerge to defeat her principal aim' and
steal,.or smash, or eat them. A snake wat
winding in and out among the branehe-,
freezing her blood IN Wilts baleful fiery eve-.
She fluttered, and shieked, and uttered - the
most distressful cries, when on the other side
appeared the curly head and outstretched
hand of ti little boy. The .snake dropped sud
denly from the tree; the little boy was quite
as much frightened, and the robin was con
gratulating herself, when she heard a blue
bird and oriole tulhing together.
"Was .there ever such preqmption
gnoth the lat. birth'
" TheFe robin , arc exeredinrly con.mon
persons," answered tUe oriole.
And have no busit,e67 in our orchard,"
chimed the nitm. "I move Ot!. %%e dlive
them out."
"Oh dear!" sighed Arbuta ; might as
well be a little girl !" when, In, there she was;
sitting at her desk, with the stoeldugs and the
exercise still to do.
" Well'" asked the dream elf.
It was not pleasant at all," said Arbutu;
"lint, then, robins and little girls are, it
seetn,, specially unliatunate; b•at look at that
spider on the wall: I tun sate her, existence
is peaceful enough."
" Be one, then," Afild the elf of 'dreams
and in an instant she had legs too numerous
to mention, and t fight eyes, and was hang
ing in the midst of a pretty little silken
chamber. She looked about en her abode
Kith Very-. pardonable exultation.
" I have here the nicest b..us.• in the
world," she said to herself; •, and I have
built it all myself. Neither mason, carpen
ter, nor architect, Call share the praise w hit
me. The plan not only came out of my
head, but the twiteri•al from my body. No
King on hiss throne is half so independent
as I, fur I inn not even indebted to nature.
lam perfectly self•suflicient. It follow that
1 sot the greate-t being on earth." At this
juncture came in the maid of all work.
"There is another of these filthy things!'
she exclaimed; "drat the spiders," and she
attacked Arbuta so fiercely, that she barely
escaped with her life into the garden.
"This is certainly a great misfortune,"
she said : "but I h,•el that I any a true philoso
pher, and capable of rising above it. I. Hill
-build a new house on this leaf. I will have
an ante-room, a labyrinth and a rope ladder;
and rat nnv time vascrs I feel inclined for a
party of pleasure, I can throw a bridge across
this little atriam, and visit tite neighbors over
the way."
But,alas! the work wasnot half completed,
when a fine lack traveling by, .wept it out
of existence with her !lounges.'
"I shall go to the torcst," said Arbuta ;
"there I shall ho undisturbed," and in the
mil heart of a spreading tree she wove-n
third habitation, and hung in tin , middle a
little bag, full of eggs.
" No spider shall hive =o well reared - a
family a= mine," she =aid, proudly. " I will
instill into them ideas hithefto unknown.
My own experience has proved that we are
self•sustaiuing. To shat
can we not then attain ": We may eNA ruh
jugate, the earth." And she IN mted with the:
greatest impatience for the appearance of hut
numerous family. Unfortunately, however,
tot these fine v6ionsthe little spiders were
LIU 50(Pri(r fairly in t he it orid, than
spider.,',instinet rather than the dictates of
philo-r . phy ‘ they ru=lied with on, accord
their parent to devour her: '
Arbull tied, in horror, calling on the;t,lf hi
dream., 311 a ou the in=tent (IL -at again he
fon• her desk.
" Exerei.F.es and stocking.; arc detestabl,,
avid she, " I.at, after all, to he eaten aliv;; 11:
one's own children i 3 worse."
the dream elf went away ehnekliwz,
and At.lova went Intik tu her book,
My DE.I.IC-D.u., - and• reader recoguizt
n familiar voioe in the following dialogue be
Mena Enthusias and Ilennionv
"My dear, this tea is smoked. Can't von
get 'lane into the way of making better?"
3ly dear, I have tried, but sh( rill not do
as I tell her."
Well, all I know, other people r•an
have good teo, aril 1 should think we
might.
Again at dinner : "My (lea., thiq mutton
is ov( rdpne ; it is 4 ro, rflont..."
"Not slw:tvs dent , breatt , 4 l " .at t ' rc • n!lrrt
o Monday yen said it w.ts to.• r.re."
• • %Veil, :11most always.-
" my dear, the reason to day was, I
had company in the pirlor, and c•n n l I not go
to c it otion Bridget, as I general N. do. It k
Moult to get alititts done jdst right with
such a girl." - -
"My twdher%l things were a:•.rar: well
done, nn matter what her _•irl O••es."
Again : " 31y dear, you must speak to the
servants about wa-tiiG the coal. I never
saw such a consumpthm 01_ fuel. in a family
of our silt,."
" My dear, how can you let M tggie tear
the morning paper?"
" My dear, I bind' actually Imo to give up
coining to dinner, if my dinner cannot be
reguliir."
" My dear, I wish you - wont! Mok at the
way my shirts arc ironed ; it k pet - reedy
scandalous."
" I V dear, you must not lit Johnny ti nge 'r
the n irror in the parlor."
My dear, you must ,top the children front
playing in the garden."
"My dear, you nut,t Hee Opt Maggie
doesn't leave the mat on the railing when
site sweeps the front_ hall." And an on, •up
stairs, down stairs, elrunYr, auie,
everywhere, all hrong and the p•eor wife to
bear the blame.
Cothtmo IN goons; gentle
man, happening to sit tt church in a t tew ad
joining One in which sat 11 Vor.111:4 lady for
whom he conceived a sadden and violent
pacsion, was desirous of entering. into court
ship on the spot, but the place not being suit
able for a formal declaration, the case sue
tested the following plan: lie politely band-
I A hi s f a i r neighbor a Bible, opened, with a
pin stuck in the following text : Second
Epistle of John, verse 6th—'''And now I
beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a
new commandment HUM thc^e l but that
which we had front the beginning, that we
lore one another. - She returned it, pointing
to the second chapter of Huth, verse 10th :
"Then she till in her face and 4)wed her
self to the ground and said to him: ' Why
bare I found grace in thine ere=. .s-eing I am
a s'rangeer' " lle rreturnsd the I) ots point
to the thirteenth verse of the third Epistle of
John—" Havimr many thing , . to wstte unto
you I would not vi Cite v ith pen and ink, but
I trust shortly to come unto you, and speak
face to face, tnut our joy may be full ? ' From
the abuse iutvrvitni, a mlrring.• tOO% „hag c
the 111SIII lug it
.F.NIT.N , I: OF death was once pas . .4.cd upon
a notorious villain 1.3 a popular who
desired to maintain and extend hi, populari•
ty. ile s.a4 : Mr. Green, you have just
been Mund guilty. Will you hav, the kind
ness to Alm& up, Mr. Green really
world not trouble 3 on, Mr. Green, but such
is the established enstom of the Court. As-I
was saying - , Mr. Green, you have just been
found guilty by, the jury, Mr. Grecn„of—ol—
I believe you called it murder, Mr. Foreman
of the jury; yes—murder. You %%ill plea , c
take notice. Mr. Green, that it i, the jury who
find you guilty; not I. Mr. Green. express
my opinion on the Dillijeet. hilt I ant com
pelled by the law—it's a mere Mrtuality se
far as I am concerned, Mr Green—to sen
tence you to be hanged by ths neck till you
are dead—dead. At what time would it be
I agreeable to yoit to he hanged Mr. Green'!"
r been dentonstritod ►hst tu•trrietl
women on an avorsge Ilve until tart]-tive,
n bile uniwirrieti women tin -not lire - to he
more than forty-nave v.•:era of ay.. Sta.t
-vt13,1•1-•• I '. • r •. ~, .!• -• "
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/WILY , I lal 14.14,41 . • VA . 111 i/ I yuw a N
A FAIRY STORY.