SUBUCHIPTIWr *i*W :
Per yew, in ««iTM»ee ~.».•* 69
Otherwise 2 00
Ko »nh«rription will be dißOO*itinnft<i until all
•TT-irtge* are
D o|ify in? viieo bal*cril>€T» do not Uk« out their
. m-.-'r irill be bekl ii»We for the nubecripUun.
SLL-<Tit*ji! removing from one poetoffK-o to
another wtiould give ns the Mae of the former
as well >8 the preheat office.
All commuuicitiouß intended for pablic*tJCHJ
in this piper moat be eccompenled by the real
name of the writer, not for publication, bat m
a guarantee of good faith.
Marriage and dekih notices must be «*xompa
cied by a reapooßible name.
Aii'.re-B thk BCTI.K* CITIIEH.
bctleb. pa.
TfiAVELERS' GUIDE.
BTTLEH, KABSS CITT ASD PARKEB *XILROAD
(Butler Time.)
Trains l«iave Butler for Bt. Joe, Millerstown,
Kr-.nis Oily, Pctrolia, Parker, etc., al 7.&"> a m.,
and 2 a"j and 7.20 p. ra. [See below tor con
nection; with A. V R R.]
Train* arrive at Butler from the above named
point* at 7. 5 a. ra.. r.nd 1.55, and 6.55 J • m.
The 1.55 tiain connects with train on the West
Pc-un roid ■ hrongb to Httebonth.
hHEXASOO A*l> ALLBOBBXI RIILBOAD.
Tra'ns leave Billiard'* Hill, Butler county,
lor H irri*ville, Oreenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m.
and 12.20 and 2.20 p. m. ,
Si-cpr Jea-e Petrolia at 5.30 i m. for s.4*
train, and at 10 00 a. m. tor 13 20 Wain
l>tttrn 'tatws leave Hiiiiard on arrival ot
trains at lf>.2i a. ui. and 1.50 p. m.
Stage leaves Mirtlnei>urg at 9.30 for 13.80
tnin.
PEJiSSTXYASIA ItAfLHOAD.
Train' !«ive Butler (Batk-r or Pitubnrv'b Time.)
Market at s.of> a. m., poe» through to Alle
gheny, arc.vlnsr at 9.01 a. rn. This train con
nects at Free port with Frocport Accommoda
tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. rn ,
rnilruud time.
Exprett at 7.21 a. m„ connecting at Buller
JniK tiou, without change of care, at 8.26 with
Exp.ei-s weft, arriving In Allegheny at D.SS
a. in , and Express ea*l arriving at Blairsville
at 11 GO a. in. railroad time.
Hail at 2.36 p. m., connecting at Bntler Junc
tion without change ot «tr», with Express west,
arrivir.it in Allegheny at 526 p. m., and Ex
prcc« cast arriving at Blairavllle Interseciloc
at 6.10 p. m. railroad time, which connect* w'tb
Philadelphia Kxpr> <s ejft, when on tirae.
The 7.21 a. m train connect* at Blairsville
at 11.05 a. in. with the Mail east, and the 2.38
p. m. train at fi.-VJ with the Philadelphia Ex
press east.
Trail;* arrive at Butler on West Penn R. 1.. at
0..51 a. ru., 50H and 7.20 p. ra., Boiler time. The
and 5.06 trains connect with train* on
the Butler A Parker R. R. Sun »y tralo nriive*
at Katie' at 11.11 a. in., connecting with train
for Parker.
Main Line.
Through train* leave Puiehurgb lor the Ea»'
it 2V- nd K. 38 a. m. and 12 51, 4.21 and S.O« p.
rc. arriving at Pfctladuiphia at 3.10 and 7.20
p. m nd .100, 7.» and 7.40 a. at Bull In ore
about the me fine, at New Yotk tbrct b« urn
later, and at Wa-itington about one and a i-alt
hours later.
PHYSICIANS. _
JOHN* E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
my2l-ly] BUTLER. PA.
DENTISTS.
OEIsrTISTIK,"*".
0 1/ WALDRON. (Jrrduate ot the Phll
■ adclphb Dental College,ls prepared
• I* •to do an}thing in the line of hi*
profession In a satisfactory manner.
Office on Main street, Butler, Union Block,
up stairs, _ apll
LAND FOR SALE.
iitHMSal
BY ORDER OP COURT.
Notice in hereby given that I will, a* Astignee
of Win. Hckrotb, of Saionlmrg. Butler comity.
Pa., make public eale. pursuant to an order of
the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county, on
Tkurwday, May 0, !§§•,
at 10 o'clock, A. M-. on tbe premise*, all of the
following described property, to wit:
HOUSE AND LOT, situate in the barons!i of
Baxrmbnrg. bounded on tbh north by Sinn
ctreet. east by lot of Dr. E. Marahon, south by
tbe borough line, and west by Joseph Kehxi
fe!'ler and lot No. 3, containing two and one
fourth acren. more or lew.
Also, IIOU.HE AND LOT mtnate in said thr
ough of Snonbtirg, bounded on the north by
Alain street east by lot No. 1 above dencribed.
south by name lot No. J, and weat by F. Wick
fenhagoi*. containing about ooe-fonrth of an
acre, more or leva.
Also. TEN ACRES OF LAND, more or lew,
sitnate ui Jeff»rw.n township. Butler county.
T*a.. I>< unded on tbe eaM by lands of Ferdinand
north by lands of Vm, Hchroth, went
by but- road l-a'liug from Saxouborg to But
ler. and south by land* of Henry {lunge.
TF.RiIK--One-half of tbe purchase moner of
each piece or jwroel of above deacribed real es
tate to be paid at the confirmation of the sale
thereof, and the residue in aix month* there
after, payment* with interest from said confir
mation. and to be secured by judgment or mort
gage thereon.
C. HOFFMAN, Assignee.
Saynnbrirg, April 12, 1880. aplt-lt
IflAltfO FOR SALE
—AND—
EXCHANGE.
William H. II .yd has 320 acres of No. 1 Prairie
Land in Butler county. Kansas, which he will
exchange for 100 acre* in this county, and pay
difference if any.
A largo i.nml.er of CHEAP FARMS for sale
in this connty, West Virginia, Missouri and Kan
fa*. Apply to WM. 8. BOYD,
niar3-2m Vogeley House. Butler. Pa.
FORH ALE.
A hindaomu six-room frame house, located
rn Kin If street, northwestern part of Builcr.
Lot 50x176. All neccsfary outtmlldinßS.
I EKMH—Ore-third cash and balance In four
equal annual payment!. Inquire at this offic*.
janl4tf
For fcsale.
Tlie well-improved farm of Rev. W. B. Hutch
ison, IT. rim nOrthesst oorner of Middlesex town
sliip. Butler countv. Pa . is now offered for sale.
Jow. Inquire of W K. FRLSBEE, on tbe prom
ise*. • aplßtf
FORHA LE.
95 will buy a one-hall interest In a good bu«-
thlnu alM<ul farinlnif preferred. An honest man
with ih'- above amount will do well to address
by letter. SMITH JOHNS, care 8. M. Junes,
03 Liberty stri-et, Pimhureh, Pit. |au27-l;
INSURANofc: "
Incorporated 1919.
/ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Aeels 97.078,224.49.
Losses paid In 81 years, 951,000,000.
J. T. McJINKIN A 84»N, Auents,
Jau2Bly Jeflerson street, Butler, Pa.
BUTLER COUNTY"
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
G. C. ROESSING, PREBIDKNT.
WM. CAMPBELL, Triasubir.
H. C. HEINEMAN, Skcretabt.
DIRECTORS:
J. L. Pnrvli, ! E. A. Helmboldt,
William Campbell, J. W. Buikhart,
Troutrann, Jacob Bcboene,
O. C. RoessluK, i John Caldwell,
Dr. W. lrvlu, W. W Dndds,
J. W. Christy ! H. C. Helneman.
JAB. T. M'JUfIKIN, Gen. A«'t
STITI.ER PA
NOTICE TO FABHERS.
PHOSPHATE AID FERTILIZERS
FOB BALE BY
JAMES ENGLIBH,
marl 7 2m PORrERUVrLLE. PA.
ME*E¥ «. HAMS,
mi iiitiiiT mill,
Con. nam am HW^l;BT^^tb»
VOL. XVII.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!
CAXJXI AT TUB
Boot and Shoe Store
of
MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
The largest AND most complete stock of Goods ever brought
to Butler is now being opened b}- me AT my store. It comprises
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers,
Misses' & Children's Shoes,
in great variety. All these Goods were purchased for CASH
in the Eastern markets, and therefore I can sell them at the
Old Prices, and
NO ADVANCE.
Lines of Philadelphia, New York and Boston Goods embrace
mv stock, and customers can take their choice.
I JVlean What I Say:
ADVANCE ON OLD PRICES
All can call and see for themselves. The best of satisfaction
will be given for CASH.
THE MAKE, STYLE AND FINISH
of Goods in my store cannot be excelled by any other house in
the county, for proof of which a personal inspection is all that is
necessary.
Leather and Kiiidi]is>N
at Pittsburgh prices. Shoemakers should come and purchase il
they wish to obtain material cheap.
SUPERIOR MILLING !
WALTER & I BOOS,
Proprietors of the Well -Known Spier. did
FLOURING MILL
BUTLER, IjJ\.1 j J\.
f
We wish to inform the public that we have reraode!<<l our Mill with th«' I
latest improve d
Gradual Reduction System Machinery,i
which is well known by Millers to be the best in existence. We ran to
Farmers and Producers of wheat that it will 1M; profitable to them
to give us a trial. We claim that we can muke n
BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, AND MORE OF IT,
out of the Home number of bushels of wheat than nnv other Mill in the i
county, and equal to any first-class Mill in the city, or Western Mills
The new Under-running Mill, used fer Itegrinding, bought of Mtinson it Bio.,
Utica, N. Y.; the Ueorge T. Smith Middlings Purifier, bought
at Jackson, Mich., together with Bolting Cloths,
Jteals, Conveyers, Ac., suitable for
the Machinery, cannot b©
Excelled in the United States
or elsewhere. This may seem an exaggeration to some, but \w i.-li tbe pub-'
lie to know that we are able to perform all that we publi-h. «is we have given
our machinery a thorough test in the presence of several good Millers and
Millwrights, and it has proven even better than it was guaranteed to«lo.
We are also remodeling our Mill f<<r
Grinding Other Kinds o2 Grain,
which will be entirely satisfactory to our customers. Farmers wishing t<*
have their grist home with them the same day, eau do so on
short notice. They will thereby save another trip.
WE UAVE ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST GRADES OF
WHEAT FLOUR, GRAHAM FLOUR, RYE FLOUR,
Buckwheat Flour, Bolted aud Unbolted Corn Meal, 'different kinds of Chop,
Bran and Mill Feed, all of the beat quality and at the
LOWEST PRICES.
pgr Parties in town purchasing from us will have their orders promptly
to and articles delivered at their place of residence.
Wfc FaV ttfc tOgh&t Market Price foV afl Kinds of Grafn. i
BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, I*Bo.
' BOOTS and SHOES
v T
1 7\ K » I 51A )CK.
I
Main Street, - Builer, Fa.
I hare just received my entire Spring and Summer stock of BOOTS and
SHOES direct from the manufacturer, and am able to sell them at
OLD PRICES,
and a great many line-; at ""I.OWER PRICES THAN EVER.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Button, Polish and Side Lace Boots in
endless variety, and at bottom prices.
Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock, and is the most
complete I have ever offered. The prices are lower than ever, and styles
elegant.
Parties wanting BOOTS <t SHOES made to order can do no better than
by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ.
LEATHER and FINDINGS will be found in my store in superior
quality aud at lowest market rates.
J'* 3 '" All goods warranted as represented. A I*. I*l T FF',
"OPENING" DAILY"
AT —
THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF
Boots and Shoes
To be found in any House In Western Pennsylvania, em
bracing all the Ntwest Spring Styles in the Market.
I am selling all this stock at £f
xSjr OTP PRICES."§!
I?trolled, NO ADVANCE.
Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All my'
customers have the benefit in buying by getting Boots and Shoes
that come direct from the manufacturer to my house.
No middle profits to divide up that parties
are compelled to pay that bay
from jobbing houses.
This Slock of Bools ;m<! Slices is Very Larce in ilie Ftillnvirg Lines
Ladies' Rid and Pebble Button Boots, - - - - $1.50 and upwards.
" " " " Side Lace Boots, ... 1.20 " "
" Grain, Pebble and Kid Button and Polish, - I.2ft " "
Polish, f>s "
" " Standard, very prime, 1.25 " "
" Serges, in Congress and Polish, - 75 to sl.
" Calf Peir Shoes, all warranted.
MY STOCK EMBRACES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE, A Fi l l. MXE OF ALL
THE FINER tiRAT'ES IN WOMEN'S, MISSES' ANI) CHII.DRKN'S.
Tl»«' Dfpnr'nifiil is very complete in every line in Calf
Button, Dom I'tdros, Congress and English AValking Shoes, and especially in
Calf Boots, at $2 and upwards,
Brogans and Plow Shoes, at $1 and upwards,
Fine Buff Alexis and Congress, at $1.25 and upwards,
Low Strap Shoes, in every style, at $1 25 and upwards.
Boys' and Youths' Shoes in >aine styles as Men's, but lower in price.
Infants' and Children'?? Shoes, in Colors and Black
! Fancy Slippers and Walking Beets, All Colors.
This stock is the most complete I have ever offered, the prices are lower
than ever, aud the styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button New-:
ports, good, $1 to £1.25.
LARGE STOCK OF LEATHEH AND FINDINGS
Always in stock. None but the best brands of Leather kept, and prices guar
anteed at lowest market rates.
" "(Jive me a call and I will save you money in your Boots and Shoes.
I A careful inspection of this stock will convince you that the above is correct.
I No other house can give you lower prices or better goods.
B. c. HtrsEivToar.
: 1 OIL rLoT)I>: MATS! RUGS! BTAIR RODS
;= | STOCK! NEW STOCK! >
|§ HECK & PATTERSON S |
i NOW OJr»H:iSr !
1 c~'
w One Door South of thefp Clothing House, c
, £ t-5
l)u(ly\ Ktloek, #cpt2o-tf ItnfU-r. I*a. 2
i SCIOH HIVJLS iSf>fl>l i SXVK i SIUoIO HO IRLSdUVO
■
Union Wcolen Mills.
I would desire to call the ittenMon of lii€
public to the Union Woolen Mill, fSntler, Pa.
, where I have new and improved machinery foi
i the manufacture of
' Barred and Gray Flannols,
Knitting and Weaving Yarns,
I r tod I can recommend them as beinp very ('urn.
I. le, as they are manufactnred of prre Butler
c unity wool. Tlx v uro bountiful in color, ni
pt rior in torture. iind will be Bold at very lc*>
nr. •*'- For eaicples and prn es arldrwa.
p H. FULLEIITON,
}nHt.'l."* K -W> Bntto. pa
J fJC I s t-tops, 3 R'ed". 2 Kne<
;vi'p|!r Hl'it;!, t'Odk. Oill\
&>-7., r '} « Hop Ktool, V • k, i ;.ly e'.i 75.
1 lane ». Htojpl. Cover, 8001. ft 111 t j lliU»-
PEIVSIOIV3 !
New LUWH. Thousands entitled. Kvery »ol
ilier even slightly disabled. by wounds. disease,
or r.ccident. entitled to pension, dating back to
(lav of din liarge. Kven tin loss of a ring* ror
toe entitles to pension. Also. ell w'do«n and
depei.rbnt parent*, end minors, entitled. Time
limited. Apply at once Many pensioner* now
entitled to increase Boniity y-i due to thous
ands. Land races settled Patents tuoctircd for
inventors- Fees Hied bv law. Hem! two stamp*
for now land, L'.ankb and intl.ru tj• ■n ß to t H.
GEI.HTON A CO . Pension and Patent Attor
neys. !i.>x 725. U. C. |»7 lni
Slock Speculation and Investment.
Opt rations on Ma tin or by I i vili S|ie
cial busiui ms m Mining K:o< ka. Full jnrtic ilk.a
on application. Ui,o LrtO'A Dead' r iu
j titocka ''•) > W Ik' 'tnfw**l V"" Y>rrk-
110 TUX REDBREAST.
JOHN Q. WIIITTIER.
My oM Welsh over the way
< rept slowlv ont in the sun of the spriug,
Pushed from her ears the loeks of frray
And listed to hear the rohin *ing.
' Iler srrartdson, playing a' marhies, stopped,
I And cruel in sport as boys will lx\
; To<=>.ed a stone at the bird, who hop|>ed
i From bouah to houirh in the apple tree.
I ''Nay," said the grandmother, liare you not
heard
My p.Kir bad boy ! of the firey pit
| Viid how drop by drop t!;is ntereifnl bird
i Carries the water tiiat <(uenehes it?
i "He eool dew in his little bill
And lets it fall on the souls of -in—
Yon can see the mark on hi« red breast still
Of fires that s-eoreh as he drops it in.
"Mv poor llron rhuddnv ! mv breast burned
bin! !
•Sinsrint; w sweetly from litub to limb.
Very dear to the heart of our 1.e.-d
Is he who pitres the lost like him."
"Amen," I -aid to the beautiful myth,
Sing bird of (iod in my heart a? well,
Kaeh good thought is a drop wherewith .
To cool and lessen the fires of hell.
Prayers of love like raindrops fall,
T< ars of pity are pooling dew,
And dear to th hejtrt of our Lord are all
Who sutler like him in the good they do.
A CRAXBERRY SWAMP.
"Of course," said young Doctor Ped
ling, ' a man has his own fortune to
look to."
"Of course," said Judith Grey; and
as she spoke the words a cold eh ill
seemed to creep like slowly congealed
ice around her heart.
"If you had consulted me as to your
future affairs," went on the young
man, "instead of taking this extraor
dinary step without advice or coun
sel—"
"Yes, I know," hurriedly interposed
Judith, "but it's over and past now,
so perhaps we had letter not talk
about it."
The red Winter sunset was blazing
with sullen tire above the cedar copse
in the West; the leafless woods held
up their black arms in a sort of rest
less agony, toward the sky, as the
bleak wind tossed them to and fro;
and a solitary raven uttered his omi
nous croak, in the woods at the back
of the house
"Such a place," said he, "for a
woman to select to lire in !"
"It isn't very cheerful,''said Judith,
"but I've Ih id here all iny life, you
know."
"The more reason for wanting to
get out of it now," said the doctor, im
patiently.
Judith was silent. She looked at
the blazing logs on the old-fashioned
hearth, and tried to keep back the fast
rising tears.
I>r. Dedling rose and took up his
hat.
"Then I am to consider that our en
gagement is rpiite at an end ?" said the
doctor.
"Yes," said Judith, in a low tone.
"I shall always wish you well,"
said the doctor affably.
"I thank you," said Judith.
"Good-by!" said Mr. Dedling.
"Good-by!" responded Judith.
The next moment she was alone
with the blazing logs, and the cricket
chirping on the hearth, and the
strange, weird shadows that como and
went on the wainscoated walls.
It was just a month to-night since
they biried old Miles Grey out of|
sight. Little Judith, who had worn
herself out in taking care of him, hs»d
dropped a lew sincere tears on the
cheap coffin that incased his remains,
but no one else had seemed particu
larly to grieve.
Mrs. I'vtehley, her eldest sister, who
was married to a New York grocer,
had boldly declared that it was high
time the old man took himself off the
stage of this world, and made no se
cret of her disappointment, when it
was discovered that a thousand dollars
in gold pieces represented all his
hoarded wealth, with the exception of
the cranberry swamp, upon whose
dreary verge stood the house; and
this dreary property, by the terms of
the will, was to be divided between
his two ncices, Judith Grey and Maria
I'ytehley, as they themselves might
agree.
"I'll take the ready money," said
Mrs. I'vtehley, hastily. "What could
I do with three or four miles of cran
berry swamp?"
"Or what could Judith do with
either?" s.iid llolmrt I'ytehley. who
was whittling a pine stick beside the
lire.
"I dare say she could manage very
nicely," said Maria, "I've heard Uncle
Miles say that he sold sixty dollars
worth of cranberries one year out of
Ihe swamp "
Humph!" grunted Mr. I'ytehley
"And that's legal interest on a thou
sand dollars, you know,'* snid his wife.
"What do you say, Judith ?"
"It makes no difference to me,"
said Judith quietly.
"It does to me, then ?" said Mrs.
I'ytehley. "Because, as you know
very well, Hobart's business is in the
city, and we could do nothing with a
! lot of swamp land down here in the
I backwoods."
So Mrs. Pytchley had taken the
: lion's share of the old man's bequest,
! and gone book to her city home over
| Hobart's grocery store; and young
Doctor Periling, who had confidently
! calculated on at least live hundred
dollurs, to buy surgical instrument**
ami fit up an office in the village ad
joining—live hundred dollars as the
dowry of his bride-elect—broke his
engagement in a lit of pique that
Judith !-houlri have so deliberately
lluiitf her fortune away.
: "A set of harpies!" cried he, with
j disgust.
"Stop, Doctor Dedling!" cried
Judith, coloring up. "You forgot
that you are speaking of my sister and
her husband."
"But they had no business to im
pose ou you thus!" exclaimed the
doctor.
"I agreed to the plan, without re
monstrance."
i Ih. Dedling shrugged bis shoulders.
"In that," said be sharply, "you
fahowed your lack of common sense.
If you bad no jrood regard for yourself,
you might have had some for me."
"Was it lor money you wanted me?"
doniujidt-d Jpd'th, stuu(g Vo Vho quick
i J>rttbr xWhVg •fcM'd qnfi
tated.
"A man must take monetary mat
ters into consideration," he said.
And so it came about that the en
gagement was cancelled, and Judith
Grey was sitting there alone in the
Wintry twilight, with clasped hands
and head dropped low upon her breast.
Doctor Dedling plodded home to
the village, and as he passed the bril
liant windows of the little holstery. he
paused remembering the bitter cold of
the winter air, the frosty influence of
the breeze.
"I may as well go in and warm my
self.'' he thought.
Mine host met him with a cheery
air.
"Walk in, doctor—walk in," said
he. ' Not that room," as Dedling
mechanically laid his hand upon the
door-knob of the apartment he usually
entered. "The railway committee is a
sittiu' there. This way. please."
•'The railway committee," echoed
Dedling. ' What railway committee ?
You don't mean that they are actually
taking any step about that old idea of
a railway between here and Glass
ville V
"Yes, I do," said the landlord.
"It's a committee of rich capitalists,
of our building factories close to the
Falls; and they mean to put up tene
ment houses ail along, ami lav down
a line of rails, and—don't say as I
mention it, doctor, because I only
caught a snatch here and there, when
I was carrying in the plants and set
ting on the fruits, and nuts, and wine
—but it's to go right through old
Miles Grey's cranberry swamp, the
new railway is. And the chairman of
the committee is going to offer Miss
Judith live thousand dollars in good,
clean, hard money for her share in it."
Doctor Dedling started.
' Five—thousand—dollars!" he re
peated slowly.
Could it really be a fact? If so—
and there seemed very little reason for
doubting it—what a fatal mistake he
had made in rejecting a bride who
could bring him the rich portion of a
cranberry swamp as her wedding
dower. If he had known this half an
hour—one little half an hour—ago!
******
"Don't fret about him, Judith, dear ;
he isn't worth it," urged honest Mar
maduke RedfiHd, who had stop|>ed on
his way to the post office, to bring a
message from his mother. "He was
always a pretentious sort of fellow, all
for outward show, with a heart like
stone, and a nature as shallow as Dea
con Dolor's brook."
Judith looked up at the clumsy,
good-hearted, hard-handed farmer, and
wondered that she had never before
noticed what a true face and what
clear frank eyes he had.
"Forget him, Judith," pleaded Red
field ; and she began seriously to think
that she would at least make the trial.
"Come over to our house, and stay
with mother. It's too bleak and lone
some for you here—for the present, at
least. Spring will be time enough for
you to come back to the cranberry
swamp.
Judith Grey looked around at tlic
solitary room, and thought of Mrs.
Redfield's big cosy kitchen* with its
bright, colored rag carpet, its windows
lined with blossoming gerraniums, and
its thrilled-voiced canary bird hanging
over the work-table.
"I)o you think," she hesitated, "that
vour mother would be willing to be
troubled with such a guest as me?"
Duke Redfield's face grew radiant.
"Only try her," said he. "Dear
Judith, you will be as welcome as
flowers in May."
And the next day Mrs. Redfield
came over in the old farm carry-all to
claim her guest, and the old Swamp
house was left to its own dreary deso
lation and the snows of January.
Scarcely three weeks had clasped,
Doctor Dedling came to
the Redfield farm in his new gift, with
the old roan horse that really made
quite a good appearance when you did
not hurry him, and the road was toler
ably good, and was free from a visita
tion known as the "heaves."
"There aint nobody sick here" said
Julius, the hired man, who was split
ting wood near the house, as he eyed
the doctor rather suspiciously.
"No, I know it," said Doctor Ded
ling; "hut I've called to see Miss
Grey.
"Miss Grey ain't noways ailin', as I
know of," persisted Julius, feeling the
edge of the axe, and still staring hard
at the medical representative of Glass
ville.
"I have called," said Doctor Ded
ling with dignity, "as a friend."
"Oh," said Julius.
"Will you lie HO kind as to let me
in?" persisted the doctor.
"Taiu't no use," s-aid Julius, rolling
n prodigious pine knot down from the
pile, and preparing himself for a stu
pendous effort; "there ain't nobody at
home."
"Nobody at home!" echoed the doe
tor.
"They've all gone to church," ex
plained Julius.
"To church, man? Who, it's Tues
day."
"Who said it wa'nt ? retorted Ju
lious. "They ain't gone to hearsarvice
—they've gone to be married."
"Who ?" demanded Doctor Dedling.
"Our Marmaduke ami Miss Judith "
Ami down came the axe upon the
end of the pine knot, with a crash that
made the man of medicine start back.
* # * * *• *
The new railroad was duly con
structed directly across the boggy
depth of Miles Grey's cranberry
swamp, and the $5,000 was placed to
Mrs. Marmaduke Redfield's account
in tin nearest national bank ; and Mrs.
Pytehley thinks she made a mistake
in taking the gold eagles iustead of tbo
cranberry swamp—but Doctor Ded
ling thiuks hia mistake was greater
still.
—Did you ever notice the poor chap
who stands in the first page of the al
manac, with the fish and sheep and
scorpions and hulls and twins, Jkc.,
around him ? Did you ever notice that
he was nuked and had uotbiug in bis
stomach ? Well that: follow used td
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NO. <23
A BRA HA .V MXCOL .V
FIFTEEN* AVNIVEKSABV OF His DEATH
COMMEMORATED AT SPBI.VOFIELD,
ILx-IXOIS, IX A SOLEMN' AND IM-
I'RFSSIVE MAN.VFIV
SPRINGFIELD, His , April 15.—Tim
newly organized Lincoln Guard of
lienor hold memorial services at tho
catacomb of the Lincoln Monument
this morning, in commemoration of the
fifteenth anniversary of Abraham Lin
coln's death. The services began
promptly at 7.22 o'clock, the time of
the President's death nt Washington,
about three thousand persons being
present, notwithstanding the early
hour and uncomfortable atmosphere.
Major G. S. Dana, President of the
Guard, presided, and services began
with an impressive prayer bv Rev.
James A. Reed, of the First Preshv
terian Church. The V. M. 0. A.
quintette then sang "The sleep of the
Brave." Lincoln's farewell address to
his Springfield friends on starting for
Washington was read by Rev. Albert
Hale. Lincoln's famous letter to Mrs.
Eliza P. Guerney, written in Septem
ber. 1 *54, was read by John Carroll
Power. The quintette club sang the
"Battle Hymn of the Republic," and
Clinton L Conkling read President
Lincoln's second inaugural address,
alter which Rev. Win. B. Affleck, of
York, spoke eloquently. In concluding
his speech he said : "Guards of Honor,
may God bless you for organizing to
guard the fair fame, and the good
name of honest Abraham Lincoln.
Yours is a sacred trust. This is a fine
monument, its sparkling granite mak
ing it imperishable in its construction,
but finally symbolizes the enduring
loyalty of our own Lincoln to truth,
goodness and God. In England wc
teach our children to love its Crom
well ; iu Scotland they teach their
children to lore its Willictn Wallace:
in Ireland they teach their children to
love its Daniel O'Connell: in Switzer
land they teach their children to love
its Winkelried; in Italy they teach
their children to love its Garibaldi; in
America, humanity's refuge and free
dom's hope and hom", teach oh, teach
your children to love, ever love its
Washington, the securer, and Lincoln,
the conservator of a nation, united,
prosperous and free.
Then heart to heart and baud to hand.
Hound together lei us stand !
| Storms are gathering o'er the land.
Many friends are gone,
Still we never are alone ;
Still the battle iim«t be soon ;
Still we bravely watch right on—
Right on, right an!
Governor Cullom was then called
upon and spoke without preparation,
but warmly and heartily, of the life
and character of the deceased patriot.
Mrs. Edward S. Johnson then recited
Lincoln's favorite poem, "Oh, why
should the spirit of mortal be proud,"
and the benediction was pronounced
by Rev. J. H. Noble, of the First M.
K Church.
FROM WHITE TO KLA CK.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: For
over sixteen months au up-towu phy
sician has been attending a case of dis
ease that is so rare that the like of it
has never been known, or, at least, re
corded in medical works It is a case
of real melanosis, or pigmentation,
where the pigment, or melamemia, as
it is technically called, which gives
color to the hair and eyes, pervades the
whole body. A boy born of white
parents, and perfectly natural in color
at his birth, turned under the disease
as black as a full-blooded negro. The
parents live at No. 1307 Lemon street,
the father, John Salter, being a me
chanic. Ten months nf'tor his mar
riage, there was born to the couple a
fine and apparently healthy boy. The
infant thrived, and promised to do
vilope into a robust man. Ho was a
beautiful child, with fair complexion,
dark eyes and silky, dark brown hair,
which grew in profusion. But in few
days the parents were alarmed at a re
markable change that was coming over
the child, lie gradually grew dark.
At first his skin became a pale yellow,
then deepened into a saffron hue, and
then, to the terror of the parents, grew
darker yet The color was uniform all
over tho body, except at the joints,
whore it was a little darker, and in
the palms of tin- hands where it was
lighter. The once brown hair grow
stiff and jet black, and the eyes also
grew darker, so that the lino between
the pupils and the iris could not be
distinguished. In spite of medical
treatment the boy became worse, and
grew very weak, all the time the color
of his skin deepening. At last he be
came as black as a full-blooded negro.
Then he was attacked by convulsions
which grew more frequent and violent
until they threatened the child's life
It was in one of these that Dr. Rey
nolds was called iu. lie succeeded in
curing the spasms, and then devoted
his attention to the strange disease
which afflicted tho child. Ho at onco
recognized it as melanosis or pigmen
tation, which is mentioned in the
books in a general way, but there is
no case given where it had developed
all through the body. This was over
sixteen months ago, the child Iwing
then thirteen months old. Since then
the boy has greatly improved, by de
grees becoming lighter, until now ho
is of a chestnut brown color. Since
Dr. Uoynolds has had the case in
charge the child has been visited by
over two hundred physicians.
Dr. Reynolds thinks the over-pro
duction of pigniet, which caused the
change in tho color of the skin, is now
checked, and the pigment will gradu
allv bo absorbed as the child becomes
stronger. Ho has two upper and two
lower teeth, but no signs of any others.
He is very backward for a child of his
years, and has a preternatural look of
age. Ho is a very beautiful boy, how
ever, and was t>o evfo when be \vub
blabkiest.
Dr. Reynolds inteuda writiug an ex
haustive *i)»per od ibis strauge case,
and has been carefully noting every
stage of the disease for that purpose ''
Mr. Smalltalk—"ls th it a Vir
gitra creeper Miind you, Miss Vio
let?" Mi#4. Violet (wiWJiV)— "Ob,
fl d t H'