. ' • \c" , • , • ‘•• ' r is ;*i :.fillieitit Lr;o.lt.i . itli .Ml;ll,ioitat. punusußti-Eviiiir j ounsDAimo r tiliNd,::, •,• OTINNT, .. • • • SMETHPORT,. 111''KEAN Cp UNTY ;:, PA OFFIOE., .9: E,OO . IINEIt OF P,UBLIO SQUARE -•,$1 , 51:11il 4dyiice TERMS .... . ..• • • -.•-.• ••.•, ~ Rates of Advertising .-.• 1 9 • si*.inonttp . , 11 . : . " ."' • " ......'' . .. ' - Qtio moor° otl2lines or lam, 3 insertions:. Ei.cli s,u,trOquent itiliertlpo,.. ..... 4,,;;.,,; ... IluminOns Cords, with wiper,: ... .. . ' ... . 4 ....-.. • Role or II oro'work Will • be•Oublo •th.o . ..above rates.' Ttf elve . linos Broder tipe,,•or eight noripnreil 4 .l rated n square. .. • ,Terms otricely .131±*ess .j.Alirettorn, BENNETT HOUSE, • Smethport,.lll , l,teen Co., Pa.. 11.8„.111Aeon, 'Proprietor -opposite the CoOrt noose. A now, larger-noinmodi nue and well farnishejl -house. • ' . • • op. IL MASON, . • Dealer lnfirove4, Tin Wa're,llieirned Warn. k d., best side of the.- Public Squtre., , Stnet rt,. Pa. Outdo to werk done tu'order on the shortest. notice, And in the• . most substantial. manner. . , DENTISTRY . . . . . . .. . Da; 2ii; A.: SPRAGUE • would respectfully announce tn.thi , citizens of Smetliport and vicinity,•.thiit he has fitted up, an'otfiee,and is prepared to • attend ' to . all bustnesc . in his profession.. Artificlalteeth inserted upon sci entific princieles,nnd en as to preserve the natural ex: „.pression'of the face : All operations in Dental Surgery. done in.a skillful manner:,, . '.. '.. ' : , . • . lot. A. J. 'NOURSE • . . . Dealer in Storrs. Tin 'Ware, j ' app an e (Ilya r . &0., west , ' end of the. Public Sit...oral Santliport, Pa. Custom ' work dond to order. oath..., shortest notice,' and In the .most substantial manner. •• '• . . • . , .GLEAN HOVSE,• • - . ' • • . . . .A,' F. Timm, Proprietoi.. Olefin, N..Y.,. 'Oninileui ruim . to and' from the New York and Erie Rail Road. .Stagys :for Smethport and Peres . ....., . . . • -. ,* . HYDE HOUSE, - . .. • . . . ...... 8. J OSGOOD Ptoririntor, • Ridipiay, Pa'. till's MAO is no mud furnished' In modern style, has ample ;Mem; ' malations; and is, in all respects, aPirst,Class Hotel,. Ridgway, Elk Co. PR. May 24,:E.60, ' . ELDRED HOTEL,.; . . . . Jona , Wm; P - toprietor' 'Thin house in aitnaied half wai.between..Sniethpo • rt and Olean; A '-convenieart •,• as commodious Ilona .t, attentive 'and . obliglug attend . ante. and Inc pficea. •'.... .. • , ' . :' • Eldied; day 17 1860. • . - • • • .. .. ~-.- A. D: .TiADILIN, • • ••.-•.• stiri , eyar,•'Dc•fiftsnr.tn Ceilreyaneer, and Real. Estate Ageet.:, Smetbport, It'Kean eoenty,•Pa. .. '•• • .. . ' • . • A. PI, TAYLOR; . ' . Dealer in Dry CorOla z Grecoriok; Pork, Flour, elbtivng, Bootk.nni shoes. Stnethport, . • . .•-• • •• WILLIAM WILKIN, ' • . ,_ • .Piaetical 7ifuolumie,...?dili;rriglit,. Bridge-builder Sc 'Bolt ABul , ,lreny,.3l'Reau county; Pa. "• - • . .' J. L. ,BROWN, • SURVEYOR; DEARTDRN;CON'EYANCEE avid Real " Estate Agent; °Mee., Williamsville, Elk Oat,. Perin'a A. 1101 o; EN'x., Ilou 'Therna. 'W, 4.. Brownell, EN., Han.. A. L Wilcnx . . . • CARVER HOUSE, zortx or.Waier and-h ickory StreelN,..Warren. l'a. Goitoral stage Office . FOBgS ROUSE; . . . . . Prontiutt the tbllttla Square.' Ojean. - 11.-'Y.'• Loma 31. 311bt.rta Proprietor.. The Flq/1, ii9l-iiiN is entirely new , ...awl built of hilak, - int! In fdrnislied in iihillorri.sfyle,' - Tile. prufirietor "Hatters himself. that •lis.anentuttiodie . • tiona are not. sprittised by -any:lintel 'in Western N.•te •: York; .C.tridattes run to and - treat the. New York nod ' Erie Nail Itoted,. • • • ' . , . as-te.• BYRON D. 11.5-MLIN, ATTORNEY AT Lem; Saint sl'Kenn County. Pa..- Agent for :11 - essre,lKeatiur & Co , s'hands • Atterels mipeci.illy to the Colleetion of claims; Exaini nation of 'Land 'Cities; l'a7toent of. Taxes, XIII all business rola ting to-Real Eitmle: Office in ITawiin Block, ..r . . . . . ' • . ~ • E. 1101TaliW ,TOELDRED . • • , •• . • 1. Attorney and ' , Counsellor.. at Law, Sinefltport.•3l'Rean -"County, Pa. • tiusness entrusted to his care for Rho counties of JPlCein, Potter end Clic will be promptly, ...•attendertto ' .0111r:eta the Court 'Rouse,. second ileac.' • . . . . . . .• . . '.. • : LI - R.:L. 11..WISNER, • • 'l4l..ioeian.. ' nWrSurirenn, Swot!uire. en, will Attend to ' ill iirofig,.iialial c:1114 Willi. piumptriesii.. Wilco in .',..art. '. well'ill,wk, eticoWil..floir. .• ~ .. THING.A MILLER, . , , . 19.11;lesule end Itetal Denier , in Staple' and Farley Dry 1.00.1 e lierpeting, Rel. - 101:0u Clothinr, end Ifienural Fernilbing ilotele : Boots and ,Shoes, Wen and Wiedner .11.1 poi, Lopklng (1133 fies An: At Olean. N.Y... .. • : sorrit C, BACKUS, Attorney nn flottogollor at I „Sine tkpoit, at'Keanllo attend to all business in hi, tirtifesaion in the • eou t - ti es oi'itt'Kesn, Putter and Elk.. ONeu over . O. K, Sayttrall•kitrathera'.Stoee, • .• • • • • HACKNEY . . . . , ,Oorner of ecotiti and Liberty streets, Warren, - po, 11 A. 11:kitnott, .I'roprlotor. Traveler trill find good or ent!lnintiationq nut reasonable charges,_ 1 .. LARABEE'S HOTEL, . . , it. - Ltatnue, - Proiorietor,—Allegliony, Jtridite, Ill'ltean Co , Pa.. 'This hone° in eitunted about nine 1111iPlifron Sinetliptirt nn the road to Olean, and.will be found a . convonien,t stopping-lA:toe .. - ' .. .• , . , . • . . , FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL, fly T.. frioonwfM. This house in nituateil Rbont five mile from Sinethport on the. ioad to Olean.' Pleasure portio nod calif:v.s can be accomtriodnted be the alterlent molten . ~ . • • • - 1/7, B, BROV7NELL, .. ,•: . • . Dealer in Dry Goods, Geo:eeries, Crockery, fla'rdware, • Boots, - Shoes, flats, Caps, Glass, Nails, Oils,•&e,,,A:c: • . East side of the Pahlle Square, Smethport, Pa', ..._.......- - . • : EMPORIUM IthIISE, • . - :Shlppen, BPlCean On:, P.....' il. 1,-.' DYER,. Probrie!'or .'• A eoninvidioug and well-furnished house.' Strange., and tlavalers will find good accommodation, PORT ALLEGANY HOUSE, . . . . tcoort ii. liobLey, Proprietor, et Port Allegany, Me- Kean County Pa. Thie Ilotel.issituated at the june . - tine 'Of the Smethport'and'AlleganTßlver ioade,.nine '.' miles east of Sinethport, . . . .. , . . . . .: ....ASTOW:HOUSE,. :., ... . M ETFIPORT, .II I , KEAN Co., pn. 4n; s HASKELL .:.: Proprietor. ' - .Thin Tlfenee j a well 'calculated for the 'accommodation of the Travelling PUblim, having recently been repaired and remodeled, • flood Han and Stables. Charges rea-. Seeable. Stit'eme for Olean, Shippenind flidgway,, Bniethport, Joly 2, f 800. . .• • = - ..= . To. Those Interested in Mining and • Mineral Lands: . ' Nt. . T ar U. BARNES &Tern hie liervfees Cor tte examina , WE' Con of Mineral Lamle In M'Kean. and El lc' cnun , ti e% no will give hie opinion .ne to the .VAITIK OF MINNS, &o. Those engaging tile, ce:rvieee sill ready° .ell !teenager? , and reliable Informethnt. Aosidence nt the Bunker AM Mines.. ' • • . Oorgbant, M.lKein Ob.; ;him! Do, 1850. ' . • • .• . . . . The tire...cracke4 chcerluLly on the'broad 'hearth of - the old farm•houseltitclien, a cat and three kittens 'basked in•the : •Warinth,.arid d& .crepid old yellow. dog full 'in the re . lleetitin the • bleze,..Wrinkled his blaolc 'nose approvingly, , allie turned .his hind:feet where liis . fore feet 'had.been. Over hei:chimney.hUng line hams` and - pieces of .dried'. beef. Apples' were'festoOned. along the ceiling,. and crnolted neciced . sqOashes 'vied with red •Peppers. and slips of dried , iiumpkin in garnishing each . Win : dow fratrie. There. were. plants, : too,. on. Ole ,Window Jetlges—horie-shoe..g . eranium.s,• and. dew-plants, and a monthly, •rese just building, to say- nothing, of.pois of.'3 , lolets hat : perfumed the:, whole Place . whenever . they, took it into their purple -heads t0b100m.... - The carefully swept•—•.the'chairS had . net a speck of dust upon,: leg, or round—,-the king settec: hear the fire-place shone aa if ithad been. just .var. unshed; the - eight . day clock in the coiner had had its . I:vtiitef (dee newly Ivaslied, and seemed determined to tick the hinder' for Two arni 'chairs were driWn 'tip at cozy dis tance froth the.h.earth-and,each other, a candle, a newspaper, a Pairof spectacles, a. dish. of red- Checked "apples' and a pitcher of 'cider,. filled a' little .table • between them. in, .one of. these' chairs sal'a comfortable looking woman about .cheekS,as red as'.the aPples,, and eyes' as•dark,'and bright.. as they' had . .ever been, ro u ting her elbow on' the table, and her head 'upon. her hand, 'and 'looking thoughtfuily into thcjfire, ...This 14'119' the' widow cettli-iire , 'lict" irrDeacoh Levi Cobb, wholind been into duSt in the Pytown churchyard -for 'More .than 'seven 'years:. She yaws thinking of her' dead 'husband, „possibly, .b.ecaus;-Lall„her work heini , done, 'and the servant gone to , bail • —the' sight of• his, empty chair' at the other, side Of the table, and . the'silerite Of the' loom, made her-feel a little lonely. (iSeven so the WidoW'S.. reverie ran. '‘ift seems more , than fift,Y—end yet I don't„look• so . very. old neither, perhaps its not having ani':childreirto bother My life , out,' as other people . have. . They may say. what theY like-' childrcnare more plague than tirofitHthat's my opinion. Lpok at siSterTerasha, with. her six . boys.. ,She'S worn to a shadow, and . Pm sure they'have done it; she •will'never own it. '" . • • $35 00 YO 00 • - 1 4 00 .. '2OOO DO . . . .. . . - The Widow took on apple from the Stand and began to pare.it.; • . • “FloWsdreadful• lood.Mr. Cobb•• 'used 'to be b these grdfts.. He'ivild.never . eat any, snore 0 fellow—for fellowfOr don't suppose, they have.tippleS where he has gone to.- .Heigho renriernber very well "licity•l . ueed to.:thrOw apple parings.over my head. when I , was 1,1. girl, to' see who I Wae•going to marry."' MrS', Cobb stopped short and, blushed. those'days she'did not•.knoWMi. Cobb; 'end . was alivays looking eagerly,to.see if the peel had • formed a capital .f:S.". Her 'meditations took 'a new turn. • ' ••• ' • • ,444 hamkerne.Sam Payson Wasd and bow much used to •ce're.about him. I woride!. Vl'; hat has tecOme of - t • ierusha irty . s• he. went away' from our village just after.l did;. ,a nd no' ohe has ever heard of him since. And•whada silly - thing that mnart'el, ,vas d If it had not been for that-—" • • . : •••• • • -Here earne.a Icing pause. during, :tvltiCh. the widow looked very. "steadfastly at the: empty chair of Sevi deceSSed.. 'Her ;fingers ' nlaying'earelecsly.with the apple'l;aring,.she drew it s'efely •towCrds' her, 'and looked 'around the•rnotn: . ••• • • _ tcUp9n my word, it very ridiculous; end I 'thin't know ::,what tke.' neighbors Would say if they saw me:" . • - •• .• • . the Plimir . fingers drew. the: red peel Itidgwa . y, Pa WAr re n.• Pa, ltuena ;Vista; "But then can't see.'me, that's a corn fort, tintl,the cat and old Bowse - will nev:er r, know what nfeans. Of conrse,l don't any thing:: about it." . ..• •. • . The -paring ••hung gracefully *cm. her small • ‘ , But should, like to try it.; it wou . se4m like old. times, ',Overlher head it went and curled up. quietly ' on:the door a little distance off. Old 13owse, who always Istept: wi t h 'one' eye . sliw it fall and. marched deliberatifyirp to sme11:01 it. touchdt mistress; and bentlinz•over it with a heatinir heart,' she blushed like's rose. There was air handset - he a eapitut ,, S,;" as auk one. could . Wish . . . . . . . -..vgrea.t !mock came soddenly at the door.— Towie* . grawled; and the widow screamed, and snatehrd ziyi the apple paring," . , • ,'. ': • "It's fir. Cobb—ii's, hij_apirit come ..ha'eli again, because I tried that 'silly ,triek," she. thought.fearfhilyto•heiself: .' , .. .A nOi her knOck , —Jduiler than the first, ,and• 'man's voice exclaimed 4;1-Tillo, the'house !" . • “Who is it ?" asked the widow, somewhitt relieved to find that the departed Levi. aS still safe in his grave on the - hillside: • • • • • • "A stranger," - said the voice, oy.hatdo you Want 1" . • ' “Tolet.todging here for the night." • The widow deliberated. . • .. ' "Can't you 'go on=there's -a house' , half a mile further, if you keep to the right.lia'nd aide of the'road—and turn to the left ,after' you get . ' '.lt's: raining cats and, dogs—and I'm• very delicate," ,said the. stranger, coughing. I'ni wet to the skin-.-don't you think you can ac commodate me? I don't mind sleeping on the floor." . . "Raining, is it I- didn'tlirow that,'" and the kind-hearted Womanbnbarred the "door very "Celine in, whoever you may be—• only . asked 'you to go on becanie•Lam alone woman, : with only onefiervaitt in thahohse." The stranger, entered—shaking' himself like a Newfoundland dog upon. the step, and, seat.. tering rilittle shOwer of drops 'over the.hosteas and her niCely swept floor. . 4, Ah—that looks comfortable; after a man has been for boors in a storm," he said, 48 he Caught sight'of the fire, andetriding along tb wards the hearth, followed ; by Rowse, who sniffed • suspiciously at his heels, he stationed himself in the arm chair—Mr. Cabb's.artis choir; which hail been kept Saered•to his memory for_ seven years I 'The widow. was horrified,. but her guest looked so weary and' worn out, ,that she could not ask him 'to moai but busied her self. in stirring up the blate that he might the THE WIDOX COBB'S FIRST LOVE. ii.r.afATry•w. sTANLEy:ciusgrN . . . ,• . . ...., . ' T. • ~... ~,,,,.., '.. ‘'.. l '. .. - '.'''...l:, •' .: .:::: . . r. C- 0: , .. i.: ..,,,,-,...•'........: .....:::..... :,..:::,. ..,.....z. .1 ,....i . , : i i t c. .....:, . : . : ..... 1: , .... ...y. . .. . •, sOnner . drY . .his dripping clothes: Anew thought struck 'her Cobb 'lied worn ecoinfortable dressing gown during his illites4,-; which hung in the' cloiet at her right.: She could .nol let this poor man catch his: death by:sitting in that'wet in Mr.. CObb's chat, why Itloit1(1 he . :tiot bein:Mr. Cobb's wrapper ? She went nimbly to .the elcisat,-rtocik it flown, fl'ilied'out a pair of slippefs from the borit reek below'sind brought them to him- think. you had' bet.ter•take .coat and boot's--you•ivill .haye'the rheumatic.. fever' or something ).ike. it, - : are amine,. :things :for:Y.:in 'to, wen r. •t hey :are . drying. you must. he 'hungry, go. into:the pantry and ,got you _something to She 'bustlbd..away on hospitable. thoughts in. tent, and the . stranger'made the . michange with giqtizical emilc playing atOund Cie was a:tap, well-for:med .mati,'‘Vith , a•brili,' but handsonne—Sunburned.iind heavily . beardeiland Melting anything hilt ~ .delicate," though his blue:eyes glanced out.freinl'upder a. forehead as -White as . snaik.. tla looked a remit! 'the *iichen. with a MischlevouS air, and stretched out his . .feet; helots . him, 'decorated with . t.he:Aeneen'i ".Upon my' Werif—thiS is stepping into:lhe ord.man's"shoes With-a vengeance I• humored . . a hearty; good huered looking woman she is kind as a ititten,'i . rirufhe• :and 'stroked "the.ear, and her brood,: and their:patted Old Dowse upon 'the head. ;The widow. bringing in sundry4good thiagg,.looked:pleasecrat his atten 7 tionS:to her dumb friends: . •• . . “ .. It's a wonder BOVrse does not . growl.-he generally . doe's if .orangera touch. him. • clea t, .me.! . how Stupid • • . The last remark Was neithei .addressed to' the strauger.or to the dog, het to herself.: -She' had forgutton that the little s tand was notemp ty—end there was. no room for whatthings.ahe rllrriatiege it," .s . aig her gtiett i np . paper, candle; hpples, 'and Speetacles (lt:was!.not lyithout a little Ong that ghe saw •thern' in his hand ;:for.. they 'lied been the•bi , a; con's, and were placed 'each ni~ht ,, like,the arm chair beside her,) and deposit them! on the . . . . - . .'"Give me; the table eisth, ..c n spread it as well as, . any woman —Vve 'learned that aiong With seofes of other things . ; my wanderings. Nowdet . roe relieve you, of, those dishes—the . Y are far too . heavy' . for those little hands"—the .Widow blushed— ,, and now please to sit rlown.With . me . , or cannot eat& inorsah' i .. .i , l-had,suloper. not Tongago, thine T can take sornething mOre'," : said Mrs. Cobb, drawing'be,rehaii bearer to the table. ' ' course .. you - ean,my dear lady-iee this . 'cold auttinori _weather, people ought to.eat•twice. as much as they do in warm. • Let..nle . giye 'you. a'piece:of this ham—your: own curingd. . . ....cqes—my poor husband was very fond . of it. He used to say that no one understood. curing barn and drying beef better' that) I." "He was a most.sensihle inao,‘l am sure. I drink your health', madam, in this cider" • . • ' He took 'a long . .draught, and set down ,his . 'in like nectar." •2 . • • .• . • The widow•was feeding BoWte•:and the - cat, who•thoughf they - . Were entitled' to a share of !Very. meal eaten in the house) and 'did not quite hear what he said. I fancy she would scarcely have known what "nectar," it. Wes quite a; well. : • • •'; .• :• •• "A fine ilog, ma'am'—and a very•pretty - cat:" "They•were my hnshand'sfavoriteS;",antrii sigh followed.'.. . • , . • ..• ..• • "Ah . -,your husband must .have been a •very, Tye blue eyes looked at her. so hing.that:she• there 'anything 'more lean get for .you, !"'sbe asked eldest. "Nothing.; thank y0u,,1 have.iinished:" 'She rose to clear• The• things, away: - Ire irs ' Listed' her, and som . ehow hands* had a queer knaek •of • tGwelting as they carried .the dishes to the pantry shelves. Coming hack to the—kitchen,.she put• the apples end rider in their. old pla'res,- rlll.'brollght . Out a•elean pine . and boxOrtobaceo froth an arched recess hear Window. the '"Dry husband alwayS said.lie'cOuld not sleep. after eating stipperlite,:uniesska'smaked," she sqld• ''Perhaps ,;.crti,Weuld like•to try it." "Not if it'is to drive you•away, be answered, for she had it candleinlhers•hand.' • • • . •• "oh, no' 7 l - tlo not object to 'Smoke She put 'the can 1 1e..dewri—=•Some faint sugges tion shout propriety :rotibleil her,but'she slam ced'et-the old •cloek, - and felt re -assured, waaonlybalf-pOt nine , . . The stranger:,pn'ihed.the'stand Inick after . the pipe was lit, and drew .her'easy chair a little nearer the• fire—and hi,s.own. "Come, sit down"'he said pleadingly. iqt's •not 'late, and when. a'manlias .be en knocking about in California and all sorts of places, Sof a score of years, he is glad 'Co get 'into 'a•berth like 'this—and have a pretty 'woman. to speak to cince.again." • “California 1 Have you been in California she exclaithed r dropping into the chair at once. UpeOnscinusly she had longliherished The idea . that Sam Payson--.-the lover'of her youth—With whom she had foolishly qdarreled, had pitched his tent; after mad) wandorings; in 'that far-off land. Her heart warmed to one who; with something of Sam's took and ways,about. hitit —had 'also been:.iiojouri..ing in that country— and.who' very possiblY had met him-;—perhaps had knoWn.bim intimntely . At that thought her heartbeat quick, and she lhoked very gra - - cionsly af the bearded stranger, who, wrapped. up in Mr. Cobb's dressing eriwn, wqaring Mr. Cobb's slippers and sitting in Mr:. Cobb's chair; beside — Mr.'. Cobb's Wire, smoktd Mr.,*Cobb's pipe with an 'air of feeling most thoroughly .and. comfortably at home. I've. heen in California far the lust Six years: And before ,that I went round •the world in.a whaling ship.". ciGand gracious!" . . Tire stranger:sent a ruff of smoke, curling grtiCefully.overhis head. • - : • •, . . cgit'i : very strange,. my dear" lady, hoW often you see 'one 'thine. as you ,go wandering about the' orld in that.faqhion." .. ' • .- • “And What it that 1” ~ • • . "Merl .without . • houso or home• above their heads; roving here and - there, and turning up in all sorteof.odd iflaces, caring very little for life as a general think, and making:foitunes first .to fling thetn'away, and all for• one raison. You can't ask,me*hat that ist You most know already very. well." • i•I ihink not, sir," —•-• .• . . . • • crpecause a womari.has jilted thern:" ..Herw wifs..a long, pantie, an4.l%fr.,Cobbls'pin'e .etnitteil.shOrt:pufre with surprising tepidity.. , -. .A gyilty .iouscience needs no hcoser . ,.and the *widow?s cheel;'*as.dyed with-blushes, ;visite ihritightorthe absent Sam...• ' • "I Wonder hOw women manage whew they get served- ' in that *ay," said the .stranger,. mu- singly. i , Ycia never rrieet . ifiern 'roving.-up' and down in that style.",' , , ilVo', 4 " said Mrs: Cobb,. with some . spirit, 'a' womanlialit troublo she 'Meat stay at home and bear it; the beat way shn can,. And there's More women bearing such.thiniS 'Wan WP of, I dare -say:" •• •. • • "Like enough. We ,neYer,knoty *hose hand gets pinched in a trap, unless they 'scream.. Andwinnen -are. ion shy or too sensible--which 'you choose for that." • • "Did potrever, fn'all. your :Wanderings meet any one by thename'of Samuel Paysart?". asked the u nconcernedly:. stranger look ed toWlirds'hei--she Was ruminaging the • table drawer for her : knitting work. anthill! not no• tics him. , When it MIA' found; and the needles in motion, itriswered.her. • .• ‘ , Payscin't Sam i'ayinn? •Why,lni was .my. Most iiitimate-friendi.',Do you know- him?" c! . .A . —little that is, I used Jo - when- I. was, a girl. • •Where did you meet 'him?" "He wentwith-me'on theivhnling . ,voyage told you of—and afierwardil.to We' had a rent : together;—and smite" 'other fellows, with us--and.3Ye - , dug in..the -same ciaini for more then - six•mOnths " , . .• '• w suppose he as (lithe' . • rtStrotig as an ox, my dear Ndy." :happy?" pursued, the_ widoW, bending, - elnier over her knitting. • : . • ' , 'Hum - the tees said about that' the lietter, perlians ! :Hut' he seemed to enjoy. life 'after* . .a fashion of his °rim... And he got - rich out there, or -rather; I.itiill say—well off" • '• • "Mis . . Cobb did not -I;aY much' attention to that part of.the story. Evideritly.she had not finished . asking- questions, But she', was .Pui zled 'about the next one. At hist' she brought 't out' beatitifully• <Wei hia.wife with him in California?!' The strange, Icekett at' her' with twinkling, . • . . . . . . . ' . "His wife, ina'atri? .. Why; bless. yOu he hue not. got oriel!), - - "I thought-1 mean I . heard!'—here the HI tle it idow'rememberrd the fate of Ananias ' Sapphira; and stopped short before she tol such a tremendous fib. .. • "Wilelever. .iou.heard of‘ hie Marirying 'was allnonsense,,l can 'asaute You.'. knew him. and he no thetights of thelcind-about him. Some of the boys used to 'tease about it; but he soon made theM stop ! " .• : ' • c‘liejnst told' them frankly the only. girl he ever roved had jilted him years • before , intl . mar- . mar ried anothh.' man. After that no one ever 'Mentioned the 'subject' to him again, except me.", . • . • Mrs, Cobb laid her knitting aside, and ooked thoughtfully into the fire. ' • ,• . • iftle was' nother of.the•class of Mer. I was speakitie: or: I haye seen • -him fate death a• score'Oftimes„as quietly as I 'face the• 'lt matter's very little what takes•me he - used te,say; 'l've n'othirig•to Bvifor, and there is.no one to'shed a tear for me when I am gone., a,s(lthought 'for one . to have r isn't iW! , . Mrs: Cobb sighed as she thought it (I But (lid 'he ever-tell you the • name of the lady'who jilted . hirn?"' . . c , I know her first name." • ' • . What was it." ' The plump little , widow almost started out of,her 'ehair; the'natne was spoken so exactly. as Sam would h ave said it • "Did youknow her too?" 'he peked, looking keenlY nt her.' " • ' • Onlinintely?" . • "And where is she noW?', Stip „happy with her husband, I, suppole; and never' •giving' a. thought to . the poor,fellcity . ; she 'iltfovo out • into the wotid.' , .• ' • • '... , glsTe," said Ors, cobb, Shading her face with-her-hand; and Speaking unsteadily.. ... , No; her : husband is dead.". • • • • "Ah. But still she never thinks of Sam." • :There was a dead silence. • • .• “Does she?". • can I tell?": "Are yen still friends?" 44Then you ought to know, and you.do <4!in.eure [don't know yyhy I should.. :Bin if I dn, you mtit prOmise Me,. on 'your •hon6r, nevartotell.him, if you ever meet him again." • .“Madam, .vhat'yon say, to me. never shali be repeated to any Mortal man, upon my honor." then, shO does remember hini,", think,' as'lle-could wish." -* c.I amsglad to hear it for his Sake. you and I are the friends of both . parties• we can rejoice with . each other." ' • He drew..his chair ' much nearer hers,. and nob her hand. - One moment the widow resist; I Fitt, but it was a magnetic touch,:the rosy, palm lay quietly - in'his; and thn dark. beard bent so low that it nea`rly touched her shoulder.. It did not matter much:. Was he- not' Sam's . dear friend; it he-was not the rose, had he - not dwelt very-rieafit, for a long; long, timer grit was a foolish (parcel that ;parted .them, said the strangersoltlV-. • 1' ' • - "Did, he tell you about-it?" • •gYes; onboard the, whaler." . . . • “Did blame her much?”: • . • “Notso much.as hitnself.• He said that 'his drove her to• break .off jealousy and ill4emper. the match but he thought sometimes if he had only gone'back and spoken her;:she would have'married film after alb." : • • . .• "I am . sure Ake would,".ssid the widow, pit eously... "She has owned it to me more than . 0 thousand tintes.?' 7 .. ".• c , She was not happy, then, with .nnother." .• that is to say her• husband,' Was very 'geed and kind, said' the' iittle woman, thinking.ef the limpiy grave out on the'- hill side, rather penitently; .und , they lived very . pleasantly together.. There never was a berth word between them;" • , shel . not have, been happier • • " -11) •• , , Sr • , , ..• , .‘ .• . • . - With Sam' Tic hpliest i . noW, and gny just wlia you think." . . "Bravo! thatds what.l wanted toel:Min And now I , have a secrat tOrell "you,: Ind. you musrbreak•iito • • Mrs. Cobb looked,-rialler.•seared. • '. •• . • ,(What•is • -;„ • . . . ( 4 i - want you to gri•and-seislier, wherever she' may. be,: arid Pay to her, . 1 11falia!" what malice yon . stisrt se?? • . . • , !Nothing—only•You 'sneak so:like -Soma one I.used to' knovr, once in .a while.". "Do it. Well' takethe rest ,of the' iriessne TCgl'her that loved her throtigh,the -whole; that when he heard she mei free, he. beano_, work hard to.make afOrtme," he has. got it; .an hp-is iemine Jo s,hare it' with her, .if she wil let him. Will you tell her this?" - , .. ,, The . :widaw did riot . answer:. She had. free .her hand from his; and 'toweled her' face v it.. :11y.-n . ml-by she looked upaknin... Waiting.. patiently.. . • • isWell?" ' • • sq will tell-her." • ' • . He rose from•his Fent, ..and walked up nn down The rooin. : .Then ,he eame back ; ant. leaning,on the mantleph . , ce; atraked' , the yellow hide of Boxi.sO•with hip. slipper. ." •'. • • "Make berm - rite anderstand that:-he wants hei for his wife. 'She May live.. Where :she likes, only it Must be.wfth him.". "1 will tell her.." • • . , . . , . .!(Siiy he hes eitivie old 'bat not cold; that he la , ieirbernow perhaps better then.he 'ON' tyro . - ty years rto,..tliat-he haeberrr.,,lnithful- to her all through hie life and that' e will be faithful tillslie.dies--;? , .... ',-..' ~. . .• ,-: The.,Californiart broke 'otisutlenly.' The ' widowapsWired, stitlfr'.. ~ .. , -.. ~...- •. "I will tell her.'.':.; ~ , • .• ' '-, , ''. “Artl .what do:you•thihk she will tia3q"- he asked In an alfereo . tope.. -; ' . . • ' ... “What'ean Sheentbut—ef . m . e!".• : •• ' . . fillurrabl" ': , • -'..... ' • • ..:. 1'• ': , The Stranger.csobt . her.out other chair'as if . ..... she hid . bern a.ehild, en,/ k!ssed her. ii Dop't --- oh, , dOnq".she . .eried out . 4.1 .am .§am's Maria!"... ' .'• ' , ~. .. am Marine Sliml"• OtT . Went . the dark 'wig, and the Mark' whisk : ere—there smiled the dear face she had'. never forgotteril : ., I leave you to imagine: . the tableau', -- . -even the cat got up.to look,.• and Ilowee; eat on his stump of a tail,and wondered- if'-he was on his heels or his , head. „The, widow gave one littleacream, and then elm-- ; ' • Btitj'atopl. •people like you .and dear reader,.vi;ho 'have trot Over all these fml andcan-do nothing but tarn at them, have no business : here. 1, will . only add that two hearts 'were -very .happy., that Bowse concluded, after a 'while, that all was right, and' do laid tioWn to deep again, and that. one week afterwards there: Was.. a Wedding tit the hOnse that. made- the'. neighbo ringg - termini stare. The widow Cobbliadmarritd her Fie t' . NGII.ATITUDR TO PAIiANTS.--Thero la- a. prov erb that !..a.tather can: ',More easily' . maintain Sirchibireri than six childien•one fathcr.".- Luther relates'•lhis story:, . • • ' There : Wee once a 'father who . gave op vief• ithing house; hie fields and goodi—tind expected that •for.this his :children , would support :,but 'after he had been some time with one son; the tatter grew_tired Of him. gather I havi hail* son •tiOrO me this: there, - where yonr:.arrO-rhair elands, The cradle . 'oiritif will you not go: to my brother,•WlM has e - largerroom,l". -After ho had been some time :with the second son he elk) greivlired of him, and said, 6;l?a -ther you . .like a warm:rootni.and thst hurts my: head.. Won't yoii go to my* . brother the ba-, ker?" . . . . . . .• . The father ivent,'and after he had been time with • the third son,. he'al'so' found ,him troublesome,:and 'said tti l 'him, isFather "the rattle '.ran ca'and out here all , day,l'as if. it Were 'a pigeon,-house„and you cannot - have . your anon-daycsleep; would 'you not , be initter off at , my. - ,siater Kate's, near the 6vyri",wol?" • ''.l'he old gentleman; remarked how the Win d . blew, and said to hirnself, 170.5; I will go and try, it with my daughter. Women hattelsofter hearts.?.' ' .... , - • ' • ' . Rut after he:had - spent some time with his !laughter she grew . Weary him, 'rind . Said she was always .so- fearful. ,When her , father Went to . .ehnreh any Where e4ei. and . was. , oldig . ed.to descend the' steep etaire;'and.at her sister yvefe no ilairs,to des c'end, as she liyed on the 09.6nd:floor. For-the sake of pi.ace,t he . .old man assented and went to his other..danghter.,. But 'after :same time she' too was tired-:of him, and.' told him, by' a third person fhat .. h . er'honse near the water was too damp for a. man'.-who suffered kith the gent, and her Sister; the. grave-dig : ger's wife, at Si John's, - had **eh, drier -lodg. ings . . The old man, himsell, thought fibe.waa right and; t went outside the gate to hi s y.otingeEt daughter, Helen.. flat after he had Inien - dip' with her, her little non said to his grOnd;; father,..iiMother said yesterday to omit Eliaa b'eth, 'that there was no better chamber for you than such one as father .• , • . • These Words broke'the old . man's heart.,.so . . that he oank•back in his Chair' and died in'a . , . TRE,ROMAiI SNTIEL.—When: Pompeii was destroyed, there . were very many.btiried in the ruins of ,it, who Were aftervitards found in very iliderent SitUations. There were some found who Wert; in the streets; - as•if they . - had been attempting to make their - escaped. • There' •were;some found in deep vaults, as if they had gone•t hither for security...Thern.w.;re some :round in•lofty chambers: .•Ilitt where diii they ' find the Roman - sentinel?-: They fou d 'him. him st'aUding.itt-the city gate, 'with h s hand .etill graping_the weapon, eapen, wher he had been placed .by his- captain; and ther . ; while Fle the avenr threatened hiin; there; while the, earth shook beneath him; there; 'while the la'— va • .stream,rolled,,he, had :stoodat hie post,; and there; utter thousand year's had passed-away was he found.. So let ehristians learn to'stand to their-duty,. willing-to 'stand- fo the post at which their Captain his placed them; and•theY. , . , will find that grace' will • suPport and sustain. thern,—Rie. S. ,Crolay. . ,• • . ••• ; '.' . •.• . , . • HARRISBURG . Nov. 8. • . The Governor has issued a eroclametion de claring Wei. Lehmaoiduly elected.to Congress from the Ist district. • , : • . • .. A• ghod 'blp?' i tool On two: of/hitt :I'i:hill : mis t who . went mkt: to• Warrere...'eonnty - ti.'. 7 (e)!A deyk .since 0n.....a . , hoof ing . eiMeditiont ..s:Ntiiire,;:rthe' !oerest n re • . romforts," . , ;which 'lll4** tOplcf:.iiilh: them. wits :ri . kottle•nt old Jaintica....4o,M;ths'iiei., ent of.n.frierni . Who knee. •the. tiqt rt- or iyei„,yril''.. tient' hoofers:" A rrivin,i'at:.ri certrilit,:gree-eri. not far froth Gotland' Which - they bad'seleeted, es the point from whence th'(!ywould44-radirite'". in the•riurittit 'of gittiv.., Iliely ,cotte.lirtli;r4 „ at ....the . tut ggsstron , Of the (4Colonel;!fn ri d,trrith:sotrPelli-. us .lo.sny, ego lost . t . )e . «?t, . 0 orts r n, p , .... riMajor,"to't ry t ho.ipirility of . the . , ..fatrise... Having Iterird . fronf.ottieri; or may, ke reed .;in bookci; - .that flint was: ir PrkrieZartiCle,' !rein ovhich 'to concert a he,verage called ~1 3. f ick-. At rap,''' I h r'y a pone bed :the' worthy Teuton . who kept the'.-roceri With . .'the..koquirY * . ir , he , kAut truly . t morastOi. l7 .That'wooky, wheseltnowl-... edge - of :English :was '', rather..limited,:, replied:. c!Yaw." . • Theo . , said.: the.' Major, ' inTthe. hest -.- pirteli, he could:: commend, .draw' come: in '. l . .- couple of . .tumblers. .. The. order Wits . 0,48(4 . and,. as,-.the sacs tine fluid.. was 'placed tbefore .. 'them, the trioiindfilged ra.sUndry, congratulate- ; 6 , , remarks open theirinekin . findin,g - 56:04,:, on. article Of 4 rhyrtip". with. Whieb toMor their.'Jri . - mica.. Otrirlier.then' we eati.telLitthe4rDlaek ' Istrar s .Wras.Mi.ierl; 'mid the eiColonel's'....tnin-..'' bler : . to hie'-face; thee,-witl....his „face turned '..!. toWard.t he 'Ceiling; . thirerrefente.of the'. tumbler. ' disappeared rrWhere all 'goer] .131ac1CStraP'. ) : ptight ~..., As' soon tie it 44 . priforisnetr. !lir journeK .the ~C olosel" I tirned his face' toward'the, ,, Majni,"" and cocking one: eye; ...Owl:. be Plain. aS:loOks... could . ' soy . 11, •• ,••!.tlint's bully.l'.' . ..:Then .and . ...... thereupon the'.. , Malor l ' ,. responded by',..eintyint . . his.turnbler,into•n isiMilar aperture...l . :Art; he ..'. bird. ha rdly . broith t his: eyes . :to a level .with hie .e . einpanien-in4rms be.fore. that. Vall(ant,..r freer had 1! call' to the, dimr; 'where -he :tir Surl-; . , denly threw op, not 'only , I he .'." 13, 4 1( 5 .8 !t00;'? • but everything else under his vest, iloWn to. hii, • ... boots, 10 a socondrnpre -. !hr . WMajor,!' folio*, ed his superior fitilerr:,..anir li t e d. 'at: the. came Mork:over his shoulder. 'This proeeedinkiith-; .::- er asterdilied the worthY. Teuton A`vhii.bad dealt Out the toeless/4r, end sisgsested . tos him, thepro-• prietyof examining into the • eptiie,. ' when 'he .', soon dis'eovered-that instead, of; draWing • from. .: the.moloshee barrel for n lhiscuStomere,' he had filled . trimiders'from'ri hrirrel'of elephant. oll:= • How:the Colenel,and MujOr rifternatelY. swore in& fired at the seine. mark ; and how the fright.; : imed.Tenten !yelp:110d 'in Ihehighest . •kind .of. Dutelt,'we„peerl - not. reeorel We only '.drew a • • • moral_from ' the . .incident,•and . that 'is-never .:. ,-. sweeter your - Jar - two with erephant • oil; ;as . it • ... • finmetim•pit spoils even thd best. article..,—po:. . • Mat Bits:cm:a voin , ritr..Bopits.-9ndit, that the Reniciry Boy, with = his trairter,,,lack Ooriald, wile have recentl,y . :been Brooklyn ri:tople.a"teste . of their'quality,calleil upon Rev. lienrY IVard Beecher, a, fevii•.even ings since to pay: their respeCta.: . .. Or; lieeeber received the: eminent bruisers . politeness. said he perfecily:agreed . ,vrith ,th'em as to . . the. necessity 'of *preying: the American phy , r/4/4 . by . the:tle'vplc2nment of nine but had seriou'. cibj9ctions tol he ring, 'and. its,sairoutidingi, He did not nppripve . prizefighting either,.hat , hett ne.objectionst to's fair and scinare.round-er tvim. mi.ehriatiatf prin. c with . n view to promote' the digestive 'faculties. Heenan then handed .the pastor of Plyinmith'chorch a Pair ..of kinv es, and they do toy. the ti se .he Made them fully per sanded his visitors that 111,r, Beeeber,- with a • little practice, as cnlnbrn tech+ muscle-man 'as he is a rreacher: Bliffila Adv.' . . .: 'A n.r61.161U9 Mi . :T.—Said a - young gentlemen to p (I iS t ingu'ished ,niedieni . pra e tit iorier iiithil- P:ilflphia, c.poeter,.Wbat . do you .do.' for. your ftelf when yonba tr.a a turn o'f.the'.headach 6 , or other. slight, attriekl" • "Go Without riny'dio n,er," Wah . tba-r'oply, iqi:tid if that does,, r ,po cure you, what then?. I .4bp without . . rily:etippipr " "Butir that does not*,eurp. ou." what then," 4 , Gn without :try - breaktast: , ', We . Physicians_. seldom taite - inedie l .ne ulirselves,'Or uset hem in our Tatniiies; Tor 'we . ' li.nOw that, nbst ineace'*'is t ... baiter bat we eannat* make our patients be liry . ellElZltnn.xn9s.. , -7Try !or, n single;day, be. ieech you, to 'presArve yOtirself in nn . .easfind cheerful (rime of . mind. : Ile for one daY,' stend'of .a fire . ..worshipner of passion and the aun.worshiprior of :clear, kell-possesftion and couipaie fife tiny whi ch you have•routftd . nut the dissniisfaction: . with.. that . - on yvhieh yOu have alloW , edit.to you , will. find your heart open to every good MO. live; your life strenuthe.ned. and breiat • firmed with a 'panoply ,rieranst.' ever); trick of. 'late; truly you will. wonder at Your oVinrltft. Bays and:girls; here a wend for you; . get ota:of lied early in. the mnrnin~— sings Dance, 'and jump till your- eyes are fairly'oper; do ; up your chores rind morning walk with a waken!, they, he'off.tn school' with.alight heart and a Tclear bead and you will be happk, all the day. he active boy.Makes.the nctive.manyand.the slow,•inoping, Hatleas, lazy man Was once the boy who grumhled.wheti work to d0,.0r. U-lesson to learn.: Wake-up, then, and to schilml. • • . . . , • • . • . •. eillter,'"who hnOt ariy Wife, tiike core of hin,,went . the other pfgfit.to /O.- dies'. fair: .fle soya he anw there wait:#o44;o7' Which he i , fai'dwoold : oWo e toit r sale." tee hat sin ce •tharnlffhk * '•• is", , twraptorousli: wretched;''', As llke 4ett1e.1.4!: was boned t . reader:i . !;, that, it nos either .a; !ce:g or a .•ol 1110ifir. Tfi ey, r6 hot h . 'ha c . O Itt .• , : .WHAT is to F.Di l : o ll.'--11.3,, is an. rho' reads 'new apapers, %NIT, ites - articles, en ;01 subjects, sets • type, - reads prop', ,vrotka:,;o,eas,-- folds- and. picks paperi, ; Opts ••jobs, railds, waod'rorki 'in the garden;'. thika - ,to 'Nyho call; re'reivervblame•ter Many Wogs he never did; wnrks . tfrom 6 ; 10 Pi M.;' and cr,ll.'ets:'half de‘bta...... - Wheril p ais Sot" wish to be an editor-1.--i r•-•••• Ak - 13R4TE ON Wife. emeirrne , r,). . --i4What ypitag.-IMly,-otsersa'''S.lrbei perised..tra fest , air tvl7 , firrltyrtni; 'of •ivlns elefirjit) .. .i Why, riny loVe; . - observssi:;• - . rather a Oarl:lookinis man an elderly female—that's all. '49;114..M....- lEEE= '.l , ...'....‘::,.]'..;;':',...-.,;,..,......... ..,,,,:',.:':.-.;.,.. ot_
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