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AMIAA:
LAIIIIA E. RICIIARDS:
Bring her here, my little Allee l H
Pdor . Jemitno.. Brown 1.1 • I
Make the little-cradle ready, I,
,Soltry buy her- down. •.,
Once she lived in ease and ccitnfort,\
Slept on Couch of : down .;* •
Nov.upon the floor she'sAy.ing--
Poor.Jemirna Brown I.
Once she was a lovely dolly,
Rosy elteekeg Rad fair,
With her eyes of brightest. azure, ;
And her golden hair.
Now, alas I 'no remtquing '
On her poor old crown I •
And the crown itself,,is broken--
Poor Jeminia BroWn 1 I
Once her legs were smooth and Comely!,
`And her nose Was straight ; I \ i -
And that arm, now hanging lonely,
Had, methinks, a mate.i
Ali, she was as• finely dressed as • -
Any &ill in town..
Now she's old, forlorn and ragged—
Poor.Jetnima Brown
Yet, be kind to her, my: Alice !
. Yris no -faulrot 'hers
If her willful little mistress. • '
Other dolls . prefers. . -
Did ;she pull her. pretty hair put ?
Did she break her crown 1. •
Did shelear. her :firms :and legs off ?
Poor s Jeimiind Brown !
Little / hands that 'did the mischief,
. You.tuust do your il l esC_
Now to give the poop Old dolly \
Comfortable-rest. -
So :We'll make. the cradle ready,
.And we'll lay her don ;
Afigl.we'll ask papa to.tnend -her---
Pear Junitna
JOIN ANID
Neighbor John
, has houses and lands,
BUt the earth anti sky are mine ;
He keeps his deeds in an iron hOx ; • .
I .have a right iiivitte.
The wind that scatters his prehaikl bhionis,
Or fills his Sails' on the sea, - 1
Comes over the orchard and dyer the wood
With a sweeter breath for 'the. •
I can lie down on the fertmy hills,' M
Watched by the silent stars ; •
John is afriidbeCause - Of the gold,.
Under his bolts and barS., • ; •
Though the sun' shines out, ,he sitS", him, clOwt
And reckons it'dtty - by iiity ;
But green leares l beekon,wild winds blnw,
And Tam tip and avyay.l •• • •1 •
. .
I dip my Cup in the erystM spiing ;
John drinks the red,'redl7ine
He wits at feast trom day tri
And the frugal erwi is mine.
But, 0 I the glory of earth and sky
To my free, exulting soul •
T.te world is wide and the world is fair,
' " &nil I huld in -fee simple the whole.
SILLY EXAT.',USES
-5 •
•
'All boner to the - bravl heart that will tic
knoledge its own .burden of sink and not seek
to layit on any scapegoat tll6t may be passing
ty ; that, will accept the . 9onseiPiences of its
own folly or, Misdoing without trying to fasten
the blanie on circuinStanee;Chance,or
Ever since the world began, men bave tried to
shift the moral responsibility of their *ions
on to other shoulders 'not their own ;
load
ing herdS of,scapegoats, which they load with
their sins and misdeineanor i s; then drive.o in
to the wilderness, satisfied to'lhave -got rid .of so
much untoward material. •
.There is scarcely • P criminal,' who makes his
confession who does not put 'his seapegoat in
front, behind which he sheltrs - binasett.
And what is true,of the . l convicted
as an extreme example, is true of all of us in
our degree; When we are dissatisfied - with, our
life, we do not blame our own want of courage
to hear cheerfully what • is unpleasant, to do
heartily what we dO not like to do ;! bin we - fall
foul of circustan.ces as' the cilise of all. If we
Only inight-livein .the West %Vhen we are plan
ted in the East; if. we could but.' breathe the
skttAirof the . Sonth when we are shriyeled up
;ike autumn-. leaVes in*- the. cold bieatii of - the
North, all would he' well with uS. I •
It is only. circumstance that tokes us so, mis
trable, we think—the circumstinee-of ati ufl
congenial climate, of cross ,electric currents; of
an eye-sore seen.. from the drawing room win
eimv,' of an unpicturestinel , 'counry. through
Which we have to pass when we walk or drive
on our visits to our . friends.. Perhaps: an indul
gent fate steps in and liftal us out of- onr , prea; ,.
knt place, putting its eittely-where we say we
long to be, and where ,should: we, be transla4O;
Ice are sure all things' will 'go-. like wedding
boils.. Are we any the happier ? scarcely-
The place was the ocusion,;not the cause ; and
no oi)t ward change cures' the t•t ward;kmo..
is the discontented spirU we:Carry with pa that
rob E our days' of their 'glory, our nights of their
• Pcabe ; that wakes the green ',you .
'the brown moor , barren, the corh-fields nionot ,
onoui: ; ;Lnd the ocean wearisoMe itt•its incessant
change. Not that we accept the' reading.
rate to (10 SO, we: Should- beheilied of `'our-spirit
nal malady ; and, if i cured
find the . material coilditiona of our. life_ good;
'lmugh—at all events . , good enough
fulness, for courage, and,inolit•of
And while a sick.hrOther :our. gate need
jug what we 'might, bring 'lto hlia,..whileit''P 6 °r
child runs unt•thg,hr.aboat ~ ,
Worker toils, Or_a mourner
.weeps, .sve Piave
Therewith to: fill our .-daya; - here:sifit4o:ol*life a '
nobler •.object
.then
looking scapegoat On: tvliont layi:the - ttin
our melancholy inoods‘:our:bopelesii'4l.BCcirtieW;
JEFFERSON'S MARRIAGE.
The affair was quite a little comedy in some
aspects, and endel, as all Comedies should,with
everybody - made happy.
"Belinda" had teen married many years, and
,
'her old admirer . * • asappreaehingthirty, when: .
;he met iritit,a, yoting: lady . 'Of twenty!tivo . ,. whO
produced` aStren:iippresiiiiii.upon iiiin:: . .:She .
Was a, little ab9've the medium height, slender,.
but elegantly formed! • A fair complexion, with:
'a• delicate tint of iliel roie, large litlel eyes, -111 L.
of life find. feeling had luxuriant hair of ari li
1
,Soll'afiburn; finned IA ceiniiiiiations of,ittr. •
tiona which wets imminently eah.7ulittedlo'nio e
the heart of 't youthful' biThe.lor. . Inne.clith n
tp:all, thisi.the lady wasadmirablY . ..graceth i. ;
slie rode, danced, and moved With elegant ettie,
and sang and Played on the .harpsichord it Or
sweetly. Add atilt to 'theie accomplishments
the Posa ssion of excellent gOod sense,
.vey
considerable cultivation, a_ warm _heart, and l i • a
'Considerable fortultie, and itWill . not be difficult .
to
,understand ho w 'this, youthful Mr. , :feffefwn
icame to. visit ' , Jeri frequently - at.the lady'aresi
-
denCein . the cou l tity of . Charles City. It wai .
called The Forest," and the name of the lady
Was Mrs. Martha Skelton.. She was a daughter
of o . olln Nayles, an eminent lawyer, and had
Married, in her ilenteenth Year, Mr' Bathurst
Skelton,. who, dyiner 0 in 1768, . left his yoUng wife
1
a'widov) at nineteen. k ' .. !-
,
, 4s the three years of. mourning began to eX.
•pire, the beautifu, ybung lady. found herself be
.
sieged.at s "ThtF rest" by numerous visitors,r--
Of . these,. three ' were - favorites with the fair
MrS . .- Skelton, of whom Mr. Thomas JeffersOn
was one. • i
.• . I
The tradition runs that the pretensions 0 1 f
i
the rivals :were •••doided - either by the niusical
accomplishment-s:if ..the young counselor or Lily
'the. - teals of his opponents: The tale is (MIT . :
ently related. - - .
One version .is that the two unfortunate gen . -
•tleaten encountered , each. other on Mrs. Ski
.ton's door 7 St'ep;.bnt hearing 4elTersonV violin
,and voice ,aceeranallying the lady in a pitlietic
. . 1
song, gave up tli contest tlu:ncefiirth and. re
tired s - ,itliout ent Ting,convineed that the affix
was beyond,their control. .. .. • "-.
i
The other story ,is that all three met at the
_ .
door, and agreed that; they would take . their
turns. Jefferson 'tiered first., and the tones.bf
,the lady in singia r-with her'companion dep4-
ed the listeners Of!ltlYjlope.. However this may
be, it is Certain that . the beautiful widow con
sented to become MrS. Jefferson ; and. on iLe'
first day of Januitry, 1772, there was aigrelat
. iestiVal'at "The f;erest?! . 1
''. Friends and kindr&l assembled from- far and
•-, • • i
near - ;. there was. frolicking and dancing after
the aliundant • old. fashion ; and we find front
the bricegroom's note. book that theseryans.
'and fiddlers received - fees front his especial
. i
-pocket lt snowed •Without, but within :ill
was mirth "and. enjoyinent e in the light and
*warinthof the &rat logfires r roaring• in ithuar
of the occa.sion.lSoon' after the . perfermanee
Of the ceremony, the bridegroom-and his bil le
set out in thOr:e4rria,ge 1 . - .4 'Monticello, whev
jefferson bad eonimenced building. tn . 11119, just
befOre thedestruiltion c ty fire, of his patrimoln
iakhouse.of "Sliattwell." The journey was t+t*
'to''Ol Without at) ve n t tires. As they advanced
, . .
L
:toward the.' mountains,' the stfow • increased !ti
-
.deptli, and finallY they Were:compelled to lea l e
rt their.Way.' n
4: r
horse back. • StoPping to re t at Blenheim, the
t.l
I
,s: , at of Colonel Carter, where they' !bunch how-.
i
ever, no:One but art overseer,they • left it at Sun- .
set, resolutely - bent. upon- reaching Monticello
that - night. It%ltseizlit miles distant, and fire
road, which was itther a mountain bridle-path
than an honestl 4 gbway, was encumbered with
snow three feet deep. - We may fancy tbe:St . n-
, ..
sen
sations at the.newly AN', okled bride at the chill,
appearance of 4e. desOlate landspip e as 'she .
pasS,M along .tlinugh .the snow ; but she.waS'a
woman of courage and good serrse, and did not
care for inconvenience. It was late when'tLey
arrived, and•acbeerless reception awaited tlidm
----or rather there' was norecept ion at all. The
fires were out, .the servants had gone to bed,
and the place was as-'dark and silent as the
grave... Conduct ng.his . wife • - to the little pal-'lll
ion ; which was the only part of the house hab
itable at the timei,Jefferson proceeded to kindle
afire and .-do thic honors. On a shelf behind
some books txtrt .',f a bottle of Wine was -dis
covered ; .and this .formed the supper :of 41e
- bridegroom and he bride. Far from beingan
uoyed or . discom. ted by their reception, l'ass•-
, -
.ever, l it only se ved for i'a topic of jest Mid
'laughter: Tke y ung lady was as light beartti
as a :bird, and ent her- clear • voice ringmg
through the' dre4y. pavilio4 ay ija§
she had everApne in tin .cheerful drawmg-roOm
of "The Forist and thus the . long boursiof
the winter-mght find.. away like minutes, winz
td with laughter,' merriment and sons: .1 -
• THE WOMEN OF 'VIENNA. :
- . )- •
. 1.
You can:see c owds' every where, and, p -
1 1
bapsas . splendid equipages,. saddle-horses, and •
toiletvis in oche places; but nowhere else can
you ' see . wornen l so tall,. stately, and robust.
mantled \ with thlit richneis of color - and glad
'ness of expressio • - which .are the products . of a
fine : , physical • org nization.- They. are for the
mostpart'decide blondes or, decided bronettes
—Germatis , Or.M gyars—butthey lorse!.em Ito
be cast in i the Sainte large• mold, 'and invested
ii i
w,itt.the , same.
_iagnif.cence.- In , the, vitality.
ffi
and anciiift
-4`, heir scharmsi and the scale
their - ample stat re, they seem .to be the Very
*omen tbat'pr43- smile or dance on the wain`
and glowing :canvass of Reubeni:::this lip
.oies,lln4,ismearkt :to, iiOb til , ;t,, their beatify'
is notof the ; ftneik orckr.._ In .that. tespect : Otir .
Own fair conritryWomA,fire, I honestly believe,
unrivalled, bUt,, - -;f:in the other. hand,.:theY are pi
r'feri9r in physlqu • to :these - A.ustrian..dernes
They hu.,IY sPeak surer German in-:Dresden-and
11411017;er, and tir German etiltus may have ipa
utipolluted shrill out or 'Berlin. but undoubt.
edly it iaip Vleo a that German womanhood
attat4s thetugh 't physical Perteetion.—.Trftv-
Avoid protano
.T.TTE, - .,H.pgNocßivit i , - :_..Jimr-,:.:.:5, - .•,:--:18:70.
language,
NATIJBAL.
In Yam; Con3urera are "a kind of 'artists.—
.
They are asked to !attend festive parties - .for the
:titnuiemehtL: - When the Duke of
ingti:;n, at the head of
,the arirty".wassu-
preine . in Paris, immediately - afterithe battle
Waiefloo, he invited.a. large 'evening party , .to .
fie . mansion. he Occupied -- ilin'lllaCef.,onis
XBT., On consideration , the
honse could not bon taiu .all - O were expected
to attend.' "Cosier over the garden ".said a
friend whom he '_consuited,l"and . invitea,Con
ju6r to entertain the company-"
was taken ; and: thrtugh the,per
forinanc of, the •tliijurer: in 'the garden,' the
party went off with immense, eelat., In partic-
Ular We Can Epett i
wth'aPprobith.l3:6i: the ele
. . ;
— hair . ' adroit peilforniaricei Of Houd n. This
Clever - Frencluriank who spoke Fugliih fluently
traveled about wiihhis wife, who was accesso
ry in,hiS entertainments. . . •
Foeexeinple,be would 'declare that
Seated blindfold in the.middle of the
Platferni, wiitild d'escribe , apY smakarticle that .
:was handed to brill.. ReSPondli l ig to iris request
orieof tbe spectators" would liand.hiin a . brooch
another a ring, a third a pencil case, andiso on.
E l.
article was faithfully described to all al:-
pearanCeby the blindfolded lady, which cansf.A
no, Small' degree of Wonder ; hut in reality she
never spoke at 'MIL She only moved her . lips
while her' husband, holding and looking atthe
article in his hand, by Means of ventriloquism
caUsed.the words to come apparently from her
inO nth. The trick was exceedingly well per
formed. • •
. The latest and most sin - prising piece of nat
ural magic has been what ts usually called Pep
per's Ghost, though it waS. exhibited years pre
vinsly, in Paris, t)y the: French conjurer, Roe-
in: The :thing, lipwever,,is so simple . and •s 4
obvious' that we cannot dbubt it had been ern ; i.
pinyed:---perhaps limperfectly—ages. ago in the
. no t iced
repert*: EVery one must' have
. nOiced a very ' oidinary Phenomenon. A fire
burning in a roan is at u Certain angle reflected
"in.l the . glass of al window. Passing through
the glass, the rayi. •are refracted or bent•aside,
..anld the image of he fire is 'seen blaiing on a
buSh or other objlet outside.,Snch is, the prin.
eioe on Which tlip so:balled Pepper's Ghost is
made a subject oil wonder to an assemblage of
• people. , Shrouding the lights, to give the re-,
quired dimness, a glass screen is lowered
in: front of the • stage, on m ivhich• .the.
ghost is to appeir ; the ghost being nothing.
_mire than Itie reflection of . a person perform- -
ing out of
... sight-of the spectator-probably at
a point in front •of the glass„.Or even. underithe
stage ; The recent I manufacture of' large slieets , .
'oil plate-glass bar •,ininensely facilitated I.the
trick. As none Of the - .spectators, on: account
oti the crepuscular can see the glass, the
simulation is coMplete.... f l. ghost seems to be
W4lking about the stage, Which the actors afL
feet to Ste or to y,tasp, of course withouteffect,.
and the.arvel is to all - appearance incompre
linsible. 'On the like. - lirinciple, is sinnetimes
Shown - a "manic i head," which answers.. ques.
10*, also a varii.ty of other, tiitits or. optical
illusions, - . I
SPEECH. IN WOMEN.
, s
• IVire are told 014, Socrates was instructed in.
elOquenee by .a wPman. : Were women ltdmit
ted to plead In ;courts of Jusrisdietion, they
would carry the 'Floquenee of the 11kr . to great-.
eri heights.than itdlts yet arrived at. The :first
kind offemale orators are those who are em
ployed in stirring!.up the passions. .The second
kind are those ivho_ deal invectives, and are
cOminonly called Censorious. With what linen
0, of invention ~%,% ill they enlarge upon every
little slip in the behaviOr 6f,another 1 * With
What variety of 4pice . 'will they tell over the
s:; ni e story ? . 11! haVe' kriOwn' an old. lady . to
make an. unhappy. marriage the
. subject of a
1
months conversa ion. She blamed the:bride in
one place, pitied . ler in another,.latighed at her
id, the third, -wondered at! her in the fourth,was
angry at' her in:lthe' fifth, and, in short- wore
out a pair of coaph horses in expressing lier
concern. At length she made. a'svisit' to the
new marled pair, praised the wife for the pru
dent choice she 1n made, fold ler the unrea-
Killable reflections' -which . some mali - ojoui peo
ple bad east . upon' her, , and desired that they
inlglit become better acqUainted.., ; • .
Liird kind - inaY . be ' comprehended under
the Word . gOssips4 They' launch - out • into de
scriptions and christenings, run .divisions upon
a head-diess, knoW every. dish ofmeat; that is
served up in the aeighberhood.
The coquette nay be looked upon as a fourth
kind. She hates !and loyes in the same breath;
talks, to her lap clog or parrot; is,uneasy.in all
kind of weather. I'She - haS false quarrelS, sighs
when she .is . not sad, and laughs When ! she' is
ndt merry. • ;- •
newsmongers, politicians. mintics;with
other characters +hieb gave birth to loquacity,
they are as commonly!' found among men as
Weiben. Liudibriis
.given a reason why
thOse, who can .talk on .trifles ':',speak with,the
greatest fluency, ilamely,that the tongue is like
a race horse cvhich -runs. the faster the less
weight it carries.;. .•
But there is a cbarm iii the:nitisie of Able lit
tl instrument ; it always tuned by good
nature,trutb, diieretion and sincerity..." ."
In the use or t .e:. tongue (4od bath
.g4isheabs frcin beasts, dt d by the 1011 s Or. ill
'utilng of it we areldistinguiSbed from Ode !moth : .
er ;'d 'therefer4, thOugh Silence be ii iiric Pnt
ad .
as: - death, liarnilesla: as breath - to a dE.,=.
tadt is rather. the. State.of death
Ulan. of . - • ; • • r
The most impOrfant Lon ot , life is to know
~
114,W to be happy] within , ourelves, when home
is, our coinfort, ;And 'all in: it, even to the - dog
and eat, share our affection Do not refine .
away happiness.o thiniting . 'that winch Is good
May be better: t
'ow
*Who has noli4wardf,beauty, none perceives,
thoughlall:arounA be beautifui.:
EU=
Ready-cul Is tin
at the abi,
THU CAN Of BOUGHT CHEAP WEI CASH IS OMB.
. , .
The long conituned depression in business circles call for cash transactions by manufacturers. Sad pods
bon zht close for cash can be sold at low prices. To satisfy yourselves of this fact, when at BinghaltdOn, call and
examine the geperal stocklof Furniture and'prices at 16 Chenangwatreet. •
May Al. 1876.
H. & W. T. -..tocKEß,mo,
aiPß.lrClar 1.Y...c S S.
Just Received _Pron . :. _Yew Pork Czly I •
CLOTHINL, CAP 5,40.1111,! GENTS' FURNISHING HODS.
_ WE . 31.AKE A .SPECIALTY I
Which will be sold as'CLIEAP as any fair and honorable competition will Warrant.
Conse uently we have. no bad debts, to make u for in, the wa` -of
extra ercentage. Our ex senses are li!ht, an
Mr7Plertse cull and see us, and decide for yourselves in regard to Goods and Pikes. We also•have the
ezency for hibte. Demount's RELIABLE Emulate.
H..& W. T. DICKERMAN.
New Milford. May 10. 1876 .;—if
GREAT EXCITEMENT
WEEKS,
DRY GOODS,
04.-0.-,te5420.0,
Hater imu.cll. icJapes, 3Baots
.11913.c>eses.
at prices lower than ever known before in Susquehan
na County. Not excepting prices before thilsr.
NO REILENENTS I
•
Everything New and Fresh at Popular
Paces:
3500 yards or lAst prints th market, sold daring the past
two weeks, at 6 pt Lee per yard, and still there is more
•
Don't be deceived by Otters in trade who represent
our gaols oz inferior quitlity but come and examine
fur yourselves. Prices neatly I reduced but quality
maintained. Montrose April 211. 1876,
FURNITURE.
!it -
At 'W. W. Spaith &, Son's
Extensivan ns Mae Wa,r: room YOU wi Mind thelargeot
Stock of
•
FIRST CLASS AND COMMON.
•
W I IMILA: ar'l3-11M
To be found in this srectiOn ni the country, of his
manufacture, and at pricet that cannot fail to give Settle
faction. They make the vnry , best
EXTENAI6N.: - TABLES
• In the Cotugry, and WARRANiTthem.
1:7 II sr) lis t r3r VCr o r 3s.
or all kJuda done iii the neatairt ma .nor.
IS Ma •R Nll . 13 IS 3:20
o VARiCRIS X441)8.
PURE NOS 4 MATRASSES,
ANDIICOMMON MATRASSES
U N•Dit R'TAIK I NG
fine anbscribeiwintieriafter . maknti4, 'AWert:axing - a
specialty In his Ainslnesti. Having kin eompleted
NEW mid the meet elegant HEARBE jzt'.he State t all
needing his seyvicee wi ll lie at to premptlyand at
satitifactoryOkuiriteC .
. • *Etilw. SIIITH 1t SON.
Montrose.Pa4 Jan. 811.1872.—nob—tf.
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I.3.ulaistinatcwx
tion of the readers of t 1.4
audalso to the fact that ;oohs bought In thts , way
will prove 'satisfactory becalms, ,
,
b
• ,)
MAYA A. FULL ASSORTMENT OF
C) b. a"a
Our Motto CHEAP ! CHEAP !
Store
New
MELHUISH .-•&.-V:0:.
to` the that , that- '
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AVERY;.-.cRoUN.Se.
IN MONTROSE
AT THE
and New Firm
The Largest, Stook of .
SILVER iWARE.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
Kept in Northern Pennsylvania,
And at the Lowest Prices.
TABLE CUTLERY,
POCKET KNIVES, POCKET BOOKS,
VIOLINS, STRINGS,' &c., &C.
Watches, Jewelry, 'Jan, repaired by
31:11
Praetical Watchmaker and Jeweler, saccessor to -Isbell
& Melbaish. We have a large stock of I Material, new
'parts, &c..which enables as to do work, mare ported
aad promptly than ever.
MONTROSE
STEAM. MILL
OATS FOR SALE BY . THE LOAD ,
At the . STEAM MILL.-
FRESH GROUND . GRAHAM, FLOB%
for sale at the - STEAM MILL.
Any quantity of MEAL & FEED of the
best quality, at the STEAM MILL.
FINE WHEA.T - MIDDLINGS at the
STEAM. MILL.:
WHEAT BRAN •Iqr ale at the .
STEAM-MILL
•••••••••••••••• •
• •
WHEAT FLOVA, FRESH •GROUND,
at thi BTEA - m MILL
OLD WESTERN.;`CORN;:; for sough's.
Ou account of the 'poor qiiality.of new
corn,it is necessary to eeoure otad old Con".
for u
seed:2oo b. tit the STEAK MILL'
• • • •
Anything yaitinot think .(0, you willAtintk
at the:_ STIMAI MILL
monticohastu iti 1674.-4/. •
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