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1' 17 13 I; iS II iD:E 'l;'it,l7 . , tiltiliSDA,li' .10.1N11,,,q;.
By J. B. OV.IATT,
SIIETIIPpRT; MICEAN. COUNTY; PA
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TERMS: - $1 50 iri A(Diance
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• .- •• • • Rates of :Advertising: '., • ' ...
1 Colunin one.yoar .. • ' ..
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1 • ~‘ - six months . . - •,: ..: ;MAO
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One Square n[s2 Ones or less, 3 lnsortionsi :' • 150
'claell aubsequefit insertion,
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llosiness Cards, wino-paper, 6 00
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117! These TormS will 'bo sifict.l.i'atilmiedlo.,;cll-
3'1i.611ic0•6.- . :.oiltEtp,il);,.
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. -,. ' • A.' D. It.AMLIN t • ' , -
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Surveyor, .• Draftsman Conreyancer,. , nnd Real' Estate
.. AgVnt. - Dmdtliimmt, ADKettnvountyi Pa. .• . • .•.
• WILLIAM WlLit:6l, .'• , •
Prakical Mechanic;, TlPlwright, • Ilridge: , builder,
• Pak . Allegheny, hl'/Sean county, - t. '• '
SCRTEYOR, 'DRAFTSMAN, CO,NVEYANORR and Rekl•
Estate Agent; orrice, Williainsvillni Elk Op., .Penn!a ;
-,II6FERKNOISi-- ' '
C4(111.11'1 F. Ildylo; Drips.; .......
Now: Themes - Struthers,
W. 5.... Brownell,
IlOn:. A. I.
CARVEit HOIIBE,_ , .
JON llll,LL : .Preprietor.'coreer, of Wtit6r and:fliekory
Street4 . Warren; : fa. General Stage 9fflee.,
B. F. WRIGBT 'eic CO.,
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Wholesale told lietail 1) ealers iO Family aroci3'riess, Pork,
FeOl, Under E S. ktoron'a
Store Store., Eaot aide Of the Square, SoletNiort,.
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.T: c,. BACKVS R. CO
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.General Dealers in Pry Cootll, Or Oc'erieit, Crockery
r lio(otsandAliries; Hata and Caps .
Court House, Smelliport.Pii. ' •
5..0; HoLmr,s;
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hele , :ale tied Dealer in Provisions nnl Faintly
Orneeriem. Dry Goods, Deets, Shoes Ihtta,•Caps, Nails,
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Yankee Notions, 64e.:; &c.. Store one•door west of the
Aator.llo'use, :Terms, Cash.. - •. • .•
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FO33ES HOIJ E,
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Fronting the Publie'..Squere, Glean..N.•Y. •.lAnss -M.
Ntr.nsa. Proprietor. Tho Pobeslleuse is entirely new
. • and built of brick. .and is -furnished in- modern style.
• ' The proprietor Ibuters himself that his accommoda
. thins are mit surinsxed:by any hotel in-Western N . -.w
York. Carriages' ruin to-and, front. the New York and
Erie Rail Iload, ' ,
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EYRON 3. HAMLIN,
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ATTMOMY AS L.itri S. 111011 1 ,00. , :. M'Kean •Clrainiy. Pa.,
Aaent fdr lilessis, Keatin; S; C 9 71: *Lands:'Atten lo
' Mvecially iu the,thilleetion of Claims; Examination of
Land Titles; Pwiment of Taxes, •an,l'ull business rota
ting to Heal tetral.
.oilice in Ifamlin Meek. •., '
GREEN'S HOTEL
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D, Proprietdr,—st.. Kinzua..., Warren county
- Iti4 Table kill br, supplb.d with. the be 4 .. the,
country affords, noddle:spa ro no isins.in-accoutud,ling
E: 130IIGHT0E . ELDRED,
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Altorilry and Couniwi ,at t.nk, Sinethuort,•ll ) Kean
• e mt ,,t, r , ' euti7ustqdto. his care for the
•Nlit'ean; Potter awl Elk. will Le Uromptly
ittieuited to' Ollh o iu,the Court llotute,••see01111
DR. L. R. WISNEIt,
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Physician' aml - Surgeon, • Smetliport . , Pti, 'will attend .to
all profeisional eallearitla' promptness. Mee in Sart,
well Block, second iloor.. . • .....
N, S. BUTLER . & CO.,
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Illioinsale and Retal Gealeric in Staple and Fancy. Dry
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Goods; Carpeting Ready Niacin
.Cln thing., and General
ru.rni.sning , Gobde,- Ihibi'and Shoes, Wall and. W 11)110W
.Paper, Looking Olros - es An. At Glenn, N. Y. ' :
BENNETT HOUSE,
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Smothport,•llliite'nn,Co.•,•P,a. .D.T..IIeNsETT,, P;•oritlia
tor—opposite the Court Iltiitse, ,Aliew,' large, corn
•._ mo,lious a n d m•ell furnished House.' , •, • • • • . ,:
JOHN O. BACKUS,
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Attorney and Counsel'neat Law, Smethport;l4l , lCßan
- Pa: Will attend to all busineei in his profession in the
..rnunties..(rh'ean,l l (..tter and Ink. 'Office over O.IS.
• Sart:well Sr. Bra:Hors' Store. • • • • , • .
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GIDEQN. IRONS,
eajor IM Dry Goads . , Grocories.. Pork, Flour. Solt, Fish
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Ready-\lnde-.Clothink,•Dootshnd ,Shoes.: Store in' En
tools old stul,•Sinethptirt..Pa... General Patebt
ZACITEY 110 USE,
Corner or Seentvi and Liberty. streets, ;Warren,' Pa. •n:
A. IlAnnnit e rro . prietor. Travelers will tir] good ac-
commoilatiopa and reasonable eletrges. ' •
E, B,..]!,tfAS'ON,
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Dealer in,Storec, Tin .3rdie., :lit tquthe,l Were. &se:, heal
•.si , ie.ol :fig, Public SO...re, Smetliport. Po. 'Gaston
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..Ak ,l'orie'to•order•en the.oiliorte'st rietlee, and-in the
..most substantial:in:mice. ..- . • ••• . . • -,, •
W. S. BROWNELT,;
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Dealor,ii) DTI Ooods„ O
r , pci3ries,.ei•ockery, Minim:aro,
• Milts, Shoed, Rota; "Gape, Olas,, Nutls. Oils, &e,;,,4c,c.
' Ewa Ade.ol • the Public square,,Stilatliporti Pp.•
A, I. OTTO,
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Dealer' in Provisionaand Groeortee cenerally,nt
',Farmers 'Valley, 10 , 1 t can 00., Pa: Orkin, Lumber,
kb., taken in excliange far ';Goode. Patent
Modicums for sale.
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LARABEE'S
11. , LA11 - 111Eli,' .Proprie,tor,Allegheny 'ltridge,.lll.'Kenn
C 0 .., l'a. Iliiii'Mince is sitnited'about nine 'tibia from
Stoolboort , on. tbo'.rortil to Olean, and will be found ii
conienient stoppink-pinee ' • •.. ' ' ':- '
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EMPORIUM' HOUSE,
Shippen, WKiianTo.,.traiisso COOK, PrUpriefor.
A commodious and wielf-furntslaul house'. -Strangers
and t4aveleri will find . gocid accomModotious. •
FARMERS' VALLEY .HOTEL,
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py T„ Oripnwiii. This house is situated about five Mile
from Sinetlipart on the role! to OIAIM. . P le,nsii re partic i '
'rind 'One', a can be new ninioda . ted on the shortest notice,
ELDRED HALT-W&Y. musg,
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ICATuAN.DeNtits, Privrietor• This house is situnted s hal
.Way betwoon'Stnethport and Oiong. .1f you want a'gooti
dinner this is the pluco to slop., •
OHORDIS CORWIN,
Prniirintur nf the Orbit Mill; Meelinniegburg,
. Hems) County Pri: - Flour. - Iltoalyiud Feed', caustantly
nil baud :Ind for halo, In largo and small quitntitiuii.
RAILROAD HOUSE,
0, .o:oe.tNnint, Prolirielor;. Nor*•tel, 111. , K00n
l'a.. good necommodatious oou 1u LA. nom at all
PORT ALLEGANY .110uni
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.}:xia . ,iii 11. Doi.t.ny, Pyonrietnr, at Nil Allegany. 'Mc-
Kean illiiiinty; Pa i „This Ilotel:issihiated at the miine•
. tion'of the Sinetliport and Allegany.,lliier i oads,'nine
miles east of ,i9nietlinort.
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AS'TOR« MOUSE ;
111PIikAN
HASKELL • • Proprietor.
'The Proprietor lowing recently 'tellclue , e4l 'and
relittell.the Ast r or,pnositOlattere hhoprolf that lit%
ca„ furnish ns gaol( nenompluiletiotie a 9 any liotol in West,
urir Pcnosylreolx: • : •
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..Do. not mock four
..:IWpep 'his 'random . Whim's Sou see,
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Ti or iromiithitlF like •-• • '
Eriery . day . liolieldri in tho,d. I:: • • r
• . our '• •
14quiplest
scorper .
. •IA no ,riser: for hill • .
Ridgway,' Pa;
Wdr ren,
Brnetli port, Pa'
Buena Viptri,.
Thin' Fs.tor.—lt is a' peculiar. Part of
the'prOg,cartims common to:high preSstire times,
wheMspeculatiOn runs riot and.driyes:' reason
antl,nrittletice into . cibiCurity; : that mere forsake
the Plow and
,work 7 beneli and resort tone
silks :and laces, toys 'and . :tat-traps; ,tobaOceo
etc.', for a living. is .useless. 'for a man of .
Prtidettemand . .experience. to urge ihal' bank
ruptcY is the fate of all sucit as."forsake, , the
farm drl"resort to the. counter for a
Inexperienced in the - btisiness; Omit failtire . is
a moreproblem:in course of—solution; the :
reaction imeonitheree: and currency sweep
them.overboard and thOrwil tgo . doWn. „ A sue
cesSful. farmer pdsiessing,a fam!ly has tio more
right to'forsrke his. ii II secured farm -boat lor
a leaky, shabby, cob-web, lace-linedboat r thn.
helms to resortto infemperanceandi,anthl!ng,'
Stick to your 'farrns;'. yoid lands .Vvill.never de-
sort yo'n'nor, ceno to' Supply .your :wants, tin
less.You firit desert them., 'Themercantile
siness is a'humbug t,o'svelioey'er:is ineiperienced
iambling,':it:Mtrst mrderstOoil
to Make it pay, 'and wo whp.bets'on
card Who cannot . tell , as : Well what it is by
seeing: its back ns..seciht,
An old' lady, on being withessed beTore .a
magistrate, as IP. ; her legal settlement,'. ..was
asked what reaion•she had fors'upposini, her
husband had a, legal settlement 'in that town.
The lady said: He was'born .and married, and
they baled hith.there p :and if that aln!t settling
hirn`ther:e I don't know what settling is, •
Some .mptiaie
,entertaining for it. firstt
• .•.• •. •
view, but ever Afterthey are 'exhausted and run
outi:and on a second meeting we..shall•find then . )
very : flat and monotonous; likehand 'organs we
have heard all their tunes. • •
She stood beside the altar, with a wreath of
orange buds upon her head—tipon, her back the
richest kind d. cluds..--ber lover shiod 'beSide her
with W bite' kids'anil dickey-clean--the . lasCwas
twenty oiie years old die lust 7as.sov,enCeen.;.:
.Theparsonrs 'tot) was over.-every one had
.kissed the brute, and wished the i".Oung..fol,ks
happiness, and, daheed;and laughed and.cried.'
The last.kis'a had.been givenand.the last word
. 11 . 0 be h.Said,',and,tbe happy pair haciii . nnmefed
down, and sought the bridal bed;
She stood besides the 'wash tub, ' with, her red
hands'in the Suds; .and at her : slip-Shod feet
there !aid .pile of dirty dinle;... her husband
stood be.side her,- . 7 -thecrossest nian alive—the.
last Was. twenty:nfne years .old, the fast was
tivetity.-five. ' •
. The' . heavy wash.wasover, and • the clothes
hUng 'out to . dry— and Tom had stuck his finger .
in the .dirty bady's eye.. Tom had been spank
ed and, supper made upon a crust of bread, and
thenthe,bride end bridegiaom werit:grUtn!Ain,g
,•
i.Providenee - haS ordained it. that only, two
women have a. true-interest in thebappiness of
a naa . n . —Ais own mother. and,tho mother of his
children. Besides These.two legitimate' kinds
of lOile f there is nothing , between the two crew=
th resieiCept imin.exeitemnt,:painfOl . and idle
delusiOn. 'Octave Periillit. • •
Lifinito toil would not phobia' you to Sweep
away a mist; but by ascending a little you.may
'oftrin look over it altogether. • Soit is with our
moral improvement,. we wrestle fie'rcely' With
a: vicious habit, which' would haire no hold
'noon us if.ive ascended into a hifiher • moral at.;
mosphere. • '
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GrnAgrin has got •up .a remedy' fOr hard
times:. It consists, of tear houri' labor well
woiked 'in, . ' . - - ' • . .
MILHLY•jIIDOE YE OF . EACH OTHER
.111i1,11y judge each'ether,.: ,
Ile t&Condeaination •
'Tba, very test can baye•their
Sianathf Ng gnod,:thelvoiitt can t•fkoa',
Tkie. brillitint gun has apota . .:of
•. On his radiant frant - they . aayi .
• And the clock that never goetli
kireake corl'actly . twee a Oay:' ' .•
Erery mortal bath las hol..l)yr
• may foolish sewn to you, -
Bat rorremlior,! • Briglit or simple,
toirluvre gut.your Milky t 00...
Let it feeling warn you,::
When you criticise Your friend;
„Honor virtue in Ilitragtions, '
In yourself vices Mona
Think notthoso,,whom thertalalionor
Aropii beat the earth aifords,'
Foi tie-tongue of toraii(a.dethlaz9n .
•
Forth the 'deeds' that acid rewards.
!ilacre are BIM behind iu ocean,' •
:GOod.as ever from it oanio;•
Tliere . aro tnen,,unkn . own, as, noble
tile,lturelled'heirs of fame.
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Mildly kidgO, then, of each 'other,
Ile tocondernnation.elow; • •
For the trietiatittio their
•Sonlethink good the tvorAt can ahi.w;
-TUC 41r.hi lilac If has 'bpetc 'of dark nea*
Ou his radiant liro,w, they say; •
And the cloCk . tliat never goeih
6e:ll:..l,cOrrectly twice,a. day.
A Thrilling Roma,nce. ' '
CHAPTER
'CHAPTER 11
COUNTY
5i.110.1-.IPORT i : 31WFd . V.INI: - cOVNTY;...TA.,.I. I . III,TRS.DAY, 4ULII: 21., .180.. ;.,':\'
A ,LIST'. OF WONDERS.
Among theflioutatids..of marvelous
tions whioh American.:genius - has produced,
within the. last few years; are the' following
corrisPiled in•an - ailstratt from tha .I.atent• office
Report. Read the Mover arid ,then say, if, you:
can, that there is nothing neW'under:the sun:
The •repOrt . expinins , ,the principle of the ; cel
cbiated ilobb lock: :.Its conpickbility . ,":
do
gends upon' a-secondarY or false set of tumblers,,
which 'prevent :instruments used `in picking
from reaching, the real ones.. Moreoverthe
lock. is powder proof; , and may be loaded
'through the key-h'ole' and, fired off till the r-
Oar is tired of his fruitless Work; or fears:•that
the explosions will bring to view his e?cperi-
Ments'mere‘vitoesseS than he'desires: • •
Doors acid shutters have been patented that
cannot be broken through with either pick or,
sledge-ham Mer. The.burglar's , c6c,cuPatioti'a
A' harpoon is described ...Which:, makeS the.
whale kill:himself. The. more •he pulls tt4
deeper.goesibe harpoon..
An ice-making.machine :has been patented
•
which Las been worked' by a steam-engine. --7
Id .experirnental trial it. froze several b6ttles
of sherry, and. produced blocks of ice the size
of a cubic Foot When the' thermometer was op
to eighty.degrees.• It is calculated, that every
.tun of coal put 'intolhe furnace it will make a'
Fiom. Dr. Dales Examin'er's we
gather some. idea of the. alue of patents.:'A
man. who made a slight improvement initiaW
cutters, toofc.a'.modCl of his Machine through.
:the westernStates,' — an.l, after a :tour of eight
'inontlis.rethrned.witn:foitk thohsand *flint's.
Another. man had a machine to thresh and
cleari graih, which; in fifteen - inohtlis; : besold
for si . xty:thOtisand.dollars.:.. These are ordinal).
- cases—while . sach ini , ehtions as' the. telegriiph„
the"planinemachinn,"and"india.rubber patents,
are -worth each." " •
Examinet: Lane's ieport.describes new elec
trical invent•ions.... A mung.these • is an electri 7
Whaling..aparatus by which tkLa whale is liter
ally “shocked to Another is an 'ele;c- •
tro-magnatic alartn; which rings • bells aid dis
plays Signalsin case of. fire and burglars. 'An
other 4.lectrical clock .whichiwaltea'yo . u.
Up . , tells you what time it is . , and lights a lamp
for you at : any hour you please., ..
There ig a "sound gatherer," a sort of huge
ear trumpet; to be placed in .front of a locoino-.
aye, bringing 'to the 'engineer'S ears all the
noise ahead; 'perfectly distinct„..notwithston&
ing theimise of the .train. .
. There •i's an that picks up pins
from a confused heap, turns them around witi
their heads up,. a nd.sticks, them: paper's in
.•. • ,
Another goes through the whole process"of
cigarmakln,g, taking fit leaves and 'turning:out
finished cigars. • • • ..
One Machine cuts cheese; another scours
kniees; . .another rocks the cradle; mid seven 'or
eight take in 'washing and, ironing.
,;
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There is a parlor•charipatentecl:ffiat cannot,
be'tiPped back on . Iwo legs;tind . a railway chair
that can .66 tipped back in any. position,,with-
OUt any; legs at all.
: . ..knother - patent is for 'a . rnacbine' that counts
passengers in an omnibus and takes their fates.
When a very fat- gehticnian gets counts
. two and. - chat.es 'double.
:There are i'variety of guns patented that load
themselves; a fishing line, that adjusts its oWyr,
bait, and a .rat trap.,that throws away the eat;
and then baits itself and stands . Tinthe‘corder
. .
for anotlier.• • -
There is a Machine., 'also; by . which. a man ,
prints insted,of writes. his thoUghts. It id
played like 'a' piano-forte. 'And, speaking of
pianos, it is'estimhted that 'nine ..theu.and .are
inade every year in .the'Vnited • States, giving
Constant employment to, one thouaand 'nine
hundred persons, and eosfiod oviq tWO'rnillions
HOWTFRISIIED TIIE DARKEY.—Thai portion
of the commimity,'and -Unfortunately they. em
brscea::iarge number of all ages slid hothsexeS,
:wile are' aCcustorned to indulge, should read the
following..effusion Wriltlen . hs Hiawatha, on
thedeath.ot an unfortunate colored man who
yielded- up the •ghiast in .Philadelphia a day: or
two since,•ti victim • to intoxicating beverages.
His sad (ate should he a. warning to aII. the
.• I. , erisbed thus the'lockleini Darkoy,
Peritthed too from drinking whisky, ~
. 'Strychnine whisity„ ilta'rp as, lightning,
.. I Ruin•blte andAlinnie'Ridn7- . • • 1
Ktmek-'em-atilt and liaMing'red:nyci,-., . •
Such an kill',Mtn at the counttic;
Forty rods or any distance, ••
Perished thus the wretched Darkey,• •
• • • -By imbibing strychnine whisky
• . • Sold by , some confounded bumtuer • .
At ng), glims,'or:pheni,iT—, • : •
• • StryChuine.ivhliky•L-,ehisky stryelitno.,,,
men can, tell Whether he • is ,rich, or poor
by. turning to hie lt,is . the heart' that
'makes a- nian , He is rich Or 'poor'aCCorci
ing to what he.is, not according
,to., what be
Destruction is, thb great work and death, the,
reat wotkinan . of war.. Only . ,think of,that,.4t s ,
the, battle of Magenta there . lay dead or gain :
in; for breath bn the gory plaintwicebs many.
men as some' of Our tionrishing iniaMl toyns•
count of inhabitants; 'OnlY. tllin of this, a'n(l
,speali, lightly of the liattle•Aeld if you can..
Vroln .garpo Alont.bly . *#g.,zitio:, ; •
STQRY.Ikr
Jiist four/o'clock one dazzling afternoon,
lirsr Fehrtiary,'..tWo
.young. - persons, opposite
'genders, 'took sndtten;posseesion of a neat sleigh :
itniflled therrisalvcs : together:in manner intend
d to secure as fac.ae pOsSible the, double
ad
.vantage or coin forting, protection and engaging
iippearance; and after , judicious settlement of
skirts' and robes on •the one hand, and hat'and
lure on the; other, darted bi off, along the
smooth and shining roads.of . .Winaton. Clear
-and still, and notat ChillingoVasiiheat
. phere.- The sun stied all . its splendor : from a,
cloudless sky; an d 'the -spotlOss earth radiantly
reflected its glittering beams. The two.Sleigh
ere .with whom we have to do.agreed'without
dehete.thal.no other day so faVorable for their
.excursion could have been selected, and in turn
'went into'spaSnis of rhetorical excitement over
•
the•glories of Winter- 7 4h its:present cheering
Not. having . aectistarnetl' themselites to the .
aisidtiou s . study. of Nature, they failed-to exact
ly interpret tertain: - omens 'which might other:
• wise- have interfered with their . .innocent ens
thusiasm. Of coarse neither had noticed, the
night before, the broad circle of luminhui haze
that surrounded •the moon; giving 'warning
. of .
approaching disorder above. .01 course neither
consideredy as they dashed along' heeding only,
their own; pleasant fancies, the light clouds
which rapidly' rising soniceverspreadthe south
'ern heaveti„ and gradually threatened to. off
scurethe decliniiidstim What need had they
I t 9 anticipate the, possible interruption of -their
apart? .
None, certainly. , Thei. was•pleasure:
LtieY Brat ihM, - ninetei 4 n, daintily beautiful,
and coquettish-by unconquerable feminine in
stinct, 1111N1 the hearts of theyouth of ,Wins
"ton, and above all, those'lleartsgagiered with
'in the inatilution for the wholesale manufac ; -
lure of cleigymen,jorwhich Winston is cele,
brated,. with frenzies:.'
:The secular ynuth. swore she was an' angel.
Thestudentsi : whOso destiny' . 1V11.5 theniogical;
did not swear, but, after investigating the- Sub
je.ct, and.'finding that angels were' sometimes
imperfect and:fallible,.Proclaimed• her divine,
end intheir orisons remembered her:
. . .
In this wiy they satisfied all the-conditions
of their - college life. Inside the Vralls'they were
divinity students; outside; they were students
dFiiivinitp.• • • '
In confidence it may be revealed that Miss
•
tuey's,highest attribitte's.w.ere in feet:ore mar
ls' order. She . was not a bit of:ap angel;
,but
sbeWaS what mach better for the purposes,
of this world*a charming girl, With . .beauty
enough . to . wind golden chains around susceptl
hie young hearts, 'and, wit enough to fasten
their' • vrth . glistening clasps, Whenever she.
chase. • At the sarne time, she was as amiable .
as . eould-fairlyibe expected of a spirited'yo,ung
womarvvvhb ruledraSubservient seminary with
a rode more rigid than any . : the prolessors could .
wieldr:she'l;1"118; with all her fiolick.some rOquet
rp, as discreet ass. w'ager,.,and she was not'
destitute Of good serise, a powerful proof of
.which was that she never. wrote her : Time
Lucie: Neverthelesi, it is a Melancholy truth
that many'of the, maidens OflViniton persist- .
•
ently yetused.to recognize . those infatuating
qualities which by the ruder: creatures. were
unanimously accorded her.
~• .
.After.considerable period of "supreme sway;
Miss Brandon at lehgth sighed, Al'exanderti:ise,
for 'something new to conquer.. • • •
She fell 'in with IHr. Henry (so christened,
but popularly denominated Harry) Langford,
fine young :fellow, with no theological -aspire:
linnet who bad come 'tip — to Winston:to hiokaf- .
ter some long neglected . relation.• Clever and
Well dressed; and with a heavenly curl to his
hair, he in tereatedAtiss Brandon who forth With
rmiled,unon him and baited.her IlirfatiorOlooka
with most delicate faieinations, With a shade
of surprise, ale Observed that her intended vie...
.tim succeeded in reaping the foil .beim ht of the
baits, and yet refused to be caught. • Upon
this, she becarne shy, and he commenced a
promiscuous assault upon the affections of every
available young woman he encountered:
As soon as it Was • evident that they under- .
stood. each other, they began to laugh. • Con-.
saltation followed. From laughing at one an
other they turned to laughing at Miss Brandon's
troop of suppliant admirers. lean and} , to say
that the young lady betrayed einificlenee. She
• told ,birohow one CspeciatlY devout adorer was
continually., quoting Scriptorkpuffs tci her;•and
how another, of entomological' turn of. mind;
would insist •corriparing her to new arid •ex- -
quisitespecimens of ugs. • Then he told her,
quite malicicusly, • how precarious, -her rule
wts, and cruelly likened her'position to thet Of
a keeper in.a. • lunatic asylum, Whose strength
lies •in' his cOnitdence that his subordinates ,
.having, lost their -wits, possess AO power of corn
bination among themselyes.to defeat his . plans.
OcCasiOnally. Miss Brandon was alittle-tarti
sornetimes W. : Langford:was 'a little- rudep but
they' estially kept Within amicable bounds , 'and
were understood, to be excellent frionds,--notb
ing more,! ...;, . . •
Not one of Miss Euay's ilevOfaSS:ever thought
it worth .while ; tit' lOok .upon . Harri'.iangford
with eyes of green indignation, He.was,in no
'Ogroe rapturous about her; shp often snubbed
him. An infinitesimal quarrel bet Ween them
. .
bad once' bedm:cietech.d. Besidei; he was not
a.vasident, only :a visitor, :whose oppOrtunities
blikreolier 'thot no • two person!,
Were :mO're . profoundly convinCed•of theirnbio-
Inte indifference to one enother then Mies Bran•
:den and Mr.. Langford tkiemeelves. •
They had given Much.private.thotight to the,.
subject (there . sgi a's no danger!) and Lnd 'Baia&
ad theneselves . that
. they were,
,as everybody;
understood, 'excellent friends --nothing moiel
Nevertheless it happened thatMr; Langford
Was suddenly 'overconie by, a senSe'orahame
hie want Of family feeling in so long neglecting
his Winston relations., So he endeavored - to re
Pair old errors by . fiequent visits, and eitab
lished en extensive acquaintance :hi thejr , neigh . -
bothood. He, grew fond of, social gayeties. He .
cultivated all Winston At every , impnrtant
gatheritigle was, made welcome. , .
.
At last the. winter , 'eame, and everybody'
knows hoW'delightful the , winter ,ii in' a New.
~England country! town, wheie the thermometer.
never by any exeestr of , exaltation gets' more
that an occasional degree or so aboveo.;when
frozednOses are to be Mat at eve ry corner s : 'and'
are deenned neither uncommon .nor utOnarrien 7
tal,:while frozen , toes are, actepted .
t he light of a luxury( Where ice-cream indis
-solublY.associated with breakfast, and where
for many.months life is but a pirptual altivem
'Str. Langford,..anxious tO . experienCe• all these
joys, came up to Winston in the naiddle.ol Feh-
r - tint) to remain ti,vo days, 'bringing,with
baggage sullicient".for three• weeks; to . Which
term, , after much interchange . or entredity and
expomulation, .he .was induced to extend, his
• visit.
The first' tiro ;he rnet Alias prttedon, he
tempted. her:with the suggestion of 'a sleigh .
rulei."Said he "A: sleigh.ide 'winter is.Sel
dotp atnisa,l'•and w t ts thereupon sharply 'criti
cised for -a(kpitting. ilie'.possibi4y . of such a
, •,. • . •. .
thing at any other
. season; However; , Miss
Idrandon consented, She would tide with him
the itext,ther noon.- • • : : :
In the tie.irnino'Dfr•. Ilenry.Lungford gravely
inspected the .family. stable, but:found nothing
therein. equal to, his own idea of, the trutgnit tide
olthe oCeasion, At
.the public stable he was
more etiete . ssful,'At first be cootemplatett the
luxurious magnificence; of a span,: but 'an ibte•.
eistible impulse subsequently, induceii .hirn•.to .
settle upon a single courser. (One Porse may
be'dilven with one hand !) isdilEcuitto
agine What - impelled him to !seek. with; such
pertimieity as lie did for.lberarrowest sleigh
in the collection. •
twit hearted.yoting
Pair dashed. away, as full oesgood natured glee
as, the sleigh.was full of them--antrthey fitted
very corripactly.....Miss Brandon, knoWingthe
country more intimately thin her,
..ceMPanion . ,
underiook to point their way,,a manner Of.pro
ceetling quite agreeable, in view ol,the.,male
:creature's total'igiierance ofl9 . calitieb. They
glide on, turning 'hither and' thither; until *ere
long they left the clustering: cottages Of Wins
top quite a distance behind. Fora while both
chattered. and laughed with a vigor that. put,
thein in a 'precious glows but by-Und:byllir.
Ilenry stopped short, in an. unaccountable mans
, -
ner, and left 'Miss Lucy, to do '
the!declamatiou;
contenting hitilielf • with watAing. the sparkle
of her eye, or the. pretty curve 'of her lip; alshe
threW. out incessant little 'smart sprin)cles: of
femine wit. Presently he observed with wom
der a faint..suspicion of a plater .trembling
'through .himi and'iittributed it to their. rapid
motion; recollecting similar .sensationg•in.ear
lier youth, caused by swimming.
must have axiitesied soinething odd in hie
countenance, tor, 'of a . tnitlen,',,kiiss Lucy cu.t
short her fun,, and subsided into oblivious
trennitility.,...-Jtist ode mi Mite aft4i. it flashed
upOh ~ 14.1- L ary Langford, 'that 'he : had for the
past six months been steadily. atudjminterrupt-,
e - dly : occuPied on' making; a. of. himself;
,that the „notion of (texcellent..l.-frieadshin;"
'so far as he and Lucy Brandon were'coneerned
'was utterly absurd 'and 'degrading to.thinlc upon;
that the truth was he loved herdearly; and that
ha ought to have ltnoWn it liangago., and shOuld,
if he had ever before been alone wiih.her,..aS he
now Mond himself. :I-laying, settled all this' to
his own satisfaction, 4e look Courage - in& a
bold step: '
I .l4Liss Lucy" (rathac shakily) . ,, are you com
fortable?" • ' r
"Oh,. perfe ctly;"
):
"Not cold 1"
“No,
-Now what be wanted was, that- she shOUld
say she . Was eold,.and . he considered hiniself . a
little ill , used becaase she 11M he
;Would not be bereft , of' his idea; so 'gathering
reins in one hand be cautiously disembarrassed
the other,, and , sweeplng his arm around the
hack ot the,sleigh, caused ,that vagrant
her to encircle the big , bundle of buffalo bands
gee which confined-the ientle form besiqs .
Not a word of remonstrance,, but a silence,dan
germisly ominous; ithe had known
herently mumbling a repetition of. theipsuiry
concerning comfort, etc.; ha permitted 016 urn!
to, venture upon a faint stiggestidh of. a squeeze:
This, time the face eow sadly ffushedy 'Crime ,
ratio(' square upon. and disconcerted'him.,
horribly.:But with desperate impudence
remarked quite caieledsli, and looking/earnest
ly at a point: in the: n read at the 'distetteeOf
half a mile.abelitl , !---tPlease shut , yotir • eYes.
minute." • ' •
Down went the NA.
The calla' wireskt. .First tsiare a bitty/T(4r, ••
riprOsielies . , ‘4ry: . limit a d is to diusiloth inti,,of
crusbieesisight; then so. laltaitlal:litlle teat,—
which . hittbetter have atom! . swan then a
dead silenCe. • lilr. Iferity•Langfcied Cris iiorely
afflicted. clf she did;riotvitint me to kissher,"
thought he, "then Why did,shishtst het ,eyesl:"'
As tie tophi meke nothing of It; he. endiavored
to effect a quiet patification; but all . eticoutag- '
ing response
. was . withheld. I Hardly 'a worct
• villa vbuelisnfed Jam,. and the fivv. lie' ga were
by no tficans of a .charactei to fill .hin . withi..
ruptur ..In the midst of his anxious argument,"
there - c me a cry !roan . the sidaot the toad. '
Harr . pulled up, and saw a Meraneboi . y. Tad,
ing woman.; Itot Vretl.c/att, not strongly framed'
atanding; vritlt a child in het arms, by the sleigh..
Sheaslied,how far it. Was to Linville.
• .
• off ow f or to Linville; Mini Brandant" uiqui
.rerillarty i in blissful Ignoisencip.
i‘Fpur nnileti"—(rather pettletit) ... • s
The woman of melanchaty mein finitiermorei
desired to• know 14 direction,. ~rae_it•ltraighd
straight on, Miii Bilinclk!ti?"
uyi..3 ,l — . otifrond short)
Thistugubrious wornanmuirintied a thank and? •
the • slelgh :Moved off. . In . about a. minute
l..aegford clutched the reins savagely, andlitter-,
eil en vcclomatio ' n which havi satisfieit
any listener, of his.innoterice of theological' ten'-
.
Miss ipal.erniited 1!), bead
starento,
«I think I , am a. btut," . 4uietry rennarliett
Mr. tang,ret ! l.-.. '
Miss Brandon.now 'assumed 'an. Ili :of resig
nation, as•if expecting tin.apologetic explana.
lion of the recent rudenesi. 'She was insep-.
pointed, nnil•when.the sleigh begin to ...thin •
aboUt., - beearne perplexed. . . •
, “That.worpamis going to Linville, , where •
ever that continued flurry.' ‘ , Of coins() •
.she ma • gliiiniusn't walk,,l'oUr miles through ,
the snow this Weather. And loaded, down
with a Big haby, . •
Miss Brandon` exhibited:ii);Wiptoms of unett 7: ,
siness.• iiirou• are not . "going all, the way lc)!
she.. , ..•, •
"certainly
,Tam,. Miss Ilrandon'r—and . ..fle.
drew up besiAle. the gedestitiar!., oldolorous
c‘r diy.not: tree ttertilere. Miss ,
Brandon, ungraciously;. and the' peer wontan,
skrunit back et the words; : ' ,
. .
• .'Harry'e eyes flashed •in a,. very uncivil
ner: afraid he said ratherS•roUghiy—"We'
will. mike roomy" • springing mit at the
Ment, and hurriedly' - lifting .the lachrymose•
traveller and her child ' into. his pthee.' .Thrn
Without a .word tpiartered himself upon . ,a.
section, of flitA y sleiglt'a floor, nod 'drove ahead..
In a' little while Miss . , flrandan. saidsoftly—id
think there is remit •up haro,:ltir.:tarigford
•.,:«l am very well.ilown•.heie, hoansweredr.
and then;in a lovi vnice, leaning ores, toward/ .
hertst courttnot haire,thotigke, Affse Flismden,
. •
Oat. you - would transfer any ptrtor the•resenV.
mint' you felt toward me to this unoirending•
•and . unfortunaa person."
Lucy beg. . • • .
. .
en to - crt,.,but this new Ithettome;
nori.cscaped hie notice; !km'. woman _of leint:.
fhl.conntenaree, who .haefil notlifne r Natt Piny
itverythingo,Arat on thorns. '
Now here was a .meet , - , nnhappy ,nsinindep- •
standing, for Lucy really :deserpedi of.'
this good natured, hut too hasty . . Youn g,
• Tittiettf
'errant', The fact was that just at the mOment::
whed the. pedestrian epieoda': .to
fere,..she.tiad...diricOveirid that.s)tofwas.ruit.irrei-
Oncilublyotrendeld, after . all, titirlwas loiigingC
loran opportunity' to give a. frackion,. of a hint
,to that effect. • Raving; , after miih.&•Waveri
.h eroicly &solved , to, db. Ithia , unfer' thing,
she was nature* . iiii cl . tnibo lty,the'iniairup-;
: tion.' .Sotke caitee,of her pique' Was not pi all.
tintlattering • . •
Presently. statibent forwarC erid+ea ' id timidly,.
but with ine,tcpressiple - sweetness:: •
Woit'e you forgive roe,. Mr. Langfoi4l"
H'a'rry loelled,quiekly,ns and saw' one tear
glit ening On
. the east of his
,nose, and another
threatening to freeze Upon her eheiar• Pushed'
Deck something that 'cime , nainOitii . into his - , •
throa . t; and 'sung out • Lustily:: “Conie now; .
cold here, rianitt must haye; a• Aare 4-I,lte.'llefo
o- .
taloest'.'—andJM:elambiored• Ito, without muck'. •
diaturhirig the solemn visaged passenger...
• Lucy.dot dfiasrnalitlauglik
Before they reached,. Linviße.ft• was
clock, and g aowiag ,Jade. 'fetvAutour r flia!ten,„.
scarcely noticed; rested 'op° n . the . horeetf •
Five initiates more,: and
,they, he'd. deposited' •
their passenger at her destinat o t.. Sire fining.
oat a profusion,.of a
h ye:red liy* ". •
The reconciled t yttaino soturtetilioaniewird,T'esc h
donhtfoit, :o:• en; etiact Condition. bet' ,
the usher's . ."the'jr- oona •
.versed upon, Very
Linville was.elght -ortilo‘s .fromo.WinAteni. they.,
had'-norar;ainiiii oaterconatiooo'
thci( as.it was'-alreakly jam ~ it' would p robably:
be iai . er. borne. , Veie'
~&easing, anci* , frivaifitheti)l,
this "very soon 'atisiitited'of poiiti s linterest;
'it iteadiligainedt':stringifiqSnf
'gnits or wind came diirgingsioog , been find icy,.
and iiiirpfwilv . ..%oliiiineth! . 4bi;t l . l3 ° . ,°:-!0 ° :: .
th'faCes•of tine;iiitinewttril . beim):
other companion, idr.• Henry- Linegkofil Atooatuittv
•
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