BATES s
Per yesr, in idriuce M 60
OtUorwiee 2 00
So eubecription will Us dmoontinaed nntil mil
are paid. Po*t masters neglecting to
not it t us when tnUcriber* do not take out their
pa,wf» will be be!U liable lor the eubecnption.
nabacribera removing from one poetoflice to
another ehonld give u» the name of the former
as well a» tlie present office.
All commnmcatioue intended for publication
n thin paper moot be accompanied by the real
Dame of the writer, not for publication, bat M
• euaiantee of good faith.
Marriage and death notioee moat be accompa
nied by a responsible name
Atdreae nCTI.BB CITIZS.B.
BOTLER. PA.
TttAVEbERS' GUIDE.
VTLEK, KAR N * CITT AND P4KKER RAILKOAD
I rain- iejve Butler tor £t. Joe, Milleratown.
« it). Petrolu, Parker, etc., at 7.27 a. m.,
«ud md y>. m.
'Trains arrive at Butler from the aliove Darned
,-oints at 7. 7 a. m. auU V.15, and 7.15 n m
The 215 train et-nnepta altti tr:iiu on tne west
pt-nn riMtt 'urouif!; U» PUu.Nunjtu
-HESAMOo *!» D 4LLEOUESI rtait ROAD
Train* Imve Hll.iardV Mill, Butler county.
:,H H:ifr'w.ilie, Grcenrtlle. etc., at «JW «• tu.
;".V , Hi-"' •id'- Mi:!, et 1:45 A.M.,
o. 1 oi pe*ro! a Mrrtlnahunr.
Fairvh », Vo. T • iituj.i . eoon-f t at Uil
latd w i'b 'lri- •"> • A * r " aa
l*KS>.rt V.VM* KAlt ttOAD.
I min- b*«e I'll' er, Holier or Fitt*hiirgb Time.)
Mar kit A S()rta • . tfo.- « trough t>. Ale
/„e.,v. *• .il,. ■« ''' ™ 1 hi- t'3'U eon
~< t- t frit ' !'re-T >rl A< eimtii'xla-
I-I'ti. M bleli .r. vv >' llbvhenT -'t S'JO a. til .
-m r wd t.ni
/-, , , , .. I. . or.neetintj at Btltier
n ,' ... ~c- »t >ar.. at H.'Jft with
V , . * - r:ivi »; in Il*rr' «"*»% M
; , r i -i-» iirivmif H! iir«ville
,1 n»i» m. r*»i .1
y,„y , . . ormeciinsr at Butler June-;
iinn vi ■ iseol ru.-. Wit.. Exj.rw* weal,
jrrl.'sn - .' :n V! ~jl. t,J »« SOI p m.. and Ex
pr— i-n-i >rnvi!i- at Blair-visie lt,i.-r—cuon
Jt 15*. p 1 J : tim., wlil-b o niiwu w«tb
1*1,: I •'.!«- ; ii • r.xpr wi, "ten .m tjnie
Ihe"! Ml »■ hi tt-tin connect* at uiattevitie
*1 11 (15 a n, willi the Mall «i»t, and the 2..i1i
p. m. iraio al K. 5» witb the Philadelphia £i-
arrive .t f!:illn • ii VVc»l Henn 11 R at
«V a «:, 4 „.|.i 7. > | ii■ . H .tli r'lntt- The)
i < erect * 'u rains «»"
the Bu'.le, & l'arl.•-» I*. H.
Mnttt I int.
f (, , ietv<- t-IH.-li'irull l"> it" Eil-«
~V..V. H3tt« m. .ni1135i.4 Ha.dß'W p.
a , urnr i.i: «l l'hi.adelpbi* at 3.40 an"! 7.-0
IU . tU( i a.flo. 7 0 md 7.4<> a m.; at Baltimore
alioui llie wim»'t it'*-*- »' S'' w York thice bc n rs
liter, ami H Wa-blntctou abouf "»e and u
hour* later.
Time of Holding Court**
Tlie uwtl Conrtw of the conntv of Bn'.ler
commence on the li ft Monday of March, June.
Hoptember md December. and continue two
wc«k-, or ho long a* t, reiu-anr to d;»p"«e of the •
biuinew*. No can-<-« ire tint down for trial or ,
traverse : nror» Mimniot.ed for the liret week of ;
the ae*eral tcrrn-. _
ATHMJAkYr- y *J
" PA- j
JTf BRITTAIN,
Office with I. Z Mitchell I'ianiotid.
A. m CUNNINGHAM;
Office in HradyV l.i» Bmldit.tf. Butler, Pa.
8 n. PIERSOL.
Offico on N. t comer U.ac omi. Uiddle build
ing ,nutria
JOHN M. QUEER.
l4k»<W N E. curimr l)w «<u4. IIOTIS
WM H M7-K, "
Offlc# w.th W H H Kid-lie Kaq.
n K\VTON HI/.IK
Office o,< Diamond, near Court Honae. aouth ;
aide
~ k i »;iii*<;ii
Offl' 'lO Uldd* ■ l.riw Bttllllllljf.
S K. BOWSER
OiUce in Biddi/a !.>* IViildiiiK Lair"'>.
.1 IS MeJI'NKIN.
Hpeeiil attention to collection* < >tti
o|>|xh>U** «111-ird Itoon*
JtSEHTB UREDIN.
< »ni'r of OinnMtid r»«»n j
Pa.
H. H. OOUCHER,
)y, , He' ,!•) 1'"•! If >• ht)l|<li(>M •»!»
.» j Ijl'M V
. », It H. I.l I
V jI. I\\ i»( ».N
ei»»7-ift </!!).■ it r>.'> '/•'
i l AKI N« V M.KKH,
Ottici* 'r ti'liliiw; niarll— •
VI IM> UKJBKIt.
oa- ••••••• %l ■ ■ ■
F • i; AST AN.
' Iffil*: hi Itre.lll. liilllfllurf
r.i.V VirQIiSUON.
onw- Mail; .tie » I ilooi n.iitl, . Court f •
.|f» I V andkhi.lN,
Oflxr M ii riri-'.t ; il.h,: «<,ulh i.t Court Hour
U:. A. FOKQUER
(iflice o HUH «lr»!"t. opprmlir Vo.
HoniA.
~<7KO It WIIITK,
Offii-f N. E. c« rucr ot Diamom
"FHANriS S rUHVI ANCK,
Olttce with (l*n. J. N Pnrvlance, Miiu »tr««i
■oath of Court
.1 D Mi.MNKINV
Office 111 Hl'bnHdciiiaiiV I'liildln.', WI-HI II
Main Htic t, 2nd mju.ic Iroin Couri liottre.
T (i W I MAMS.
Office ou DUmond. two doom went of Cimo
office. ap'i'i
T "CTCA u rBELI>.
Office in Herfc'ii new building, 'id floor, um
■i'le Main at., a few door* aouth of Lown j
Houae. niarJl *j_ |
r, A. A M. HIfLLIVAN,
niay7 Office S. W. cor (A Diamond.
"HLACK & imoT,
Office ou Mall, ctrect one door aotitl, u
Hrr.ily liim k, Bullcr. I'« (aen. 2. 1H74.
~ JOHN ,V 1 MII.I.KIC & l-UO.
Office in Br*d/'ii I,aw I)iiiHinj{. Main Mtrnnl,
aouth of Court Hour*. Rune.** O. Millcii
Notary I'll.lie. uni4 It
THOMAS ROBINSON,
BUTCEK. PA.
A WH' K 412 a day at home easily made
• » (!• Ouiflt free Adiliw Ti tr 4 Co.
An(n«i> M»o.» .1 M-A.IT
JOHN H. NEG LEY.
Of diver t.articalai attention to craonactiotu
la real mtate throughout the county.
Omca iiw thAMown. ikaf f>>cur Hod«r. r-
Crmr * aim man
B. K EcELr.r, Ke«*ei>t Mah>h*ll
(Late or Ohio.)
IfirKLKY 4 MARSHALL.
Office in BrnnyV l.aw Hulldlu/.
<• Ti V-IIKISTIK "
Attorney «i /.i», tiuainei a inrefull)
tr*n«actcd Colli'i'tlorn made and promptly
rcitiltted. Bu-lne«» eorroapondoncv pn«nptly
atlcnded to and iu<wcrc:d
Office opposite towry Houae, Butler, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
McSWEENY k McSWEKNY, ~
Hii,eth|iurt ai d Br dford, Pa.
M N MILKS.
p.ir.tllH. Bui Iff county, Pa. |)D>
M. T BENEHK'T.
jiitui ii |*»«ir»ili!i Bn'l»/r i»> I', i
PHYSICIANS.
JOHN E BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AM) S U Ii(, M> N,
mv'Jl-l»| mi'l'i Kit I A
1 > k \ iisfs
JD £LiJN JJXks'JO JXY.
0 1/ tVAI.IIRON. On duate of the I'hll-
I iidclp'iia Deiilnl '"olleije.l* prepared
• II •to do iiiyihliiK in It." linn ol i,'»
prolr.-ion Ii .i «atl-l..i'lory tuatiner
Office on V 1 ;i|t. 'reel. Bullet, Ul'l' ll hl.ifc,
H|l atalra, .ipll
0 R A M ' a " 1 'i Knee
r»«i llh Ml.tol Book, onlv
>1 Mr on <lr.ini Hfool. Biok. only i|M.7ft.
Piano., Htool. I'ov. r Bh.li ritfn to lllua
traied fr<vi \-i.hnaa
Ifflt-tfln W. C. BUNMJCLX., DtwUtOwdT IV |
i
VOL. XVIII.
,CARPETS! OIL f'LOTHS! MATS! RUGS' STAIR RODS
= MSW STOCK! NEW STOCK! >
"C
| HECK & PATTERSON'S p
f BE? CARPET ROOM i
x | NOW OPEN ! c
g One Door- South of thefr Clothing House, -
51 iiutty'* - *ept2o-tf Rnfl«*r. Pa.
t<qoH aivxs' is I '..!?] ;>lvw isH.i.no ii'>
141 Fine Merchant Tailoring 141
A T
OMMERT'S,
u jl m M«., A • H«-St ■■«»-
\I>;0 A COMPLETE AffcjOKTMEXT OF
ZMZETN'S PCY'3 AN"D C.TH IIDjDR/EJN' 3
KK/.DY MAM. CLOTHING, AND CENTS FCKSISIIIXO GOODS, AC.
Afi e wjlccti'.ii Fall »:nd Winter goods will be wade to order at reasonable price*, and
sati-'aet'or. (rnaranteed. , , . , .L >- ••,
Overoofcis a < iailv. A cordial invitation is extended to the people of the V leimty, to
call and examine < ur T.tfk. vi-itorn i.s well as buyers will be welcome.
oaiH£ - T - - 41
Dry Goods, KoSionf, Trmmings, Croceries, etc.
LARGE STOCK OF TAIL AND WINTER GOODS AT
A. TROUTMAN'S
Corner Main and Mifflin Street, _
Dress Goods of all kinds, large assortment colored and black Cashmeres, large
assortment Black Siiks, Momie cloths, fancy Brocades, I'laids, Cotton Dress
Goods, Calicoes, Chintzes, etc.
Irimmngs. <immir<gs. Trmmir.gs. Corse s. Corseis. Corsets.
Brocade Silks, all color*. A larxe stock to select from.
Ka: a,colow - Glcv«s. Gloves. G oves.
Brocade Satins. Kid Clove*, Silk Gloves.
StniK-d Satins. Usle Thread Cloves.
Brigade Velveteens, all color*. ("ashmen* Cloves, ami Berlin (.love*.
Plain V elvetecii*, a.l coiors. w V..»nc V.rnr
Black Hlik Velvet. Y<trPS» YjrnS, Y.irnS
F.ii.a * B.ack ar.d Colore*. Germantown Yarns. Saxony Yarns, Cashmere
" Yarns, (ieniian Worsteds, factory\arns, Berlin
Pa-sainentries, ornament*. Zepher.
Com and .<, a flue assortment. Underwear, Underwear. Underwear.
huttll ,S> 'jU *CIIS. bUttO''S ForClillilren, Ladles' and Gentlemen.
A full line of Ores* and ( u.ak Buttons- A large Hosiery. Hosiery, Hosiery,
assortment. . '., *" , • . r ,
A full line of Hlbbont, l.aces. Kmbroidery, Uce „ *£%<' abutment for Children Ladle* and Gen-
TUn, Kuctiinis suid Lad it. sa*Necrkwear. lH m< "•
Clcaks and Dclmans ! Clcaks ar.d Dclir.ans!
SHAWLS ! SKIRTH !
Flannels barred and twilled, plain colors and best makes;
Canton FUnnel; I tidies' Clotli. all colors; Ladies' Sacking;
Black Beavers; ' ai-hrm res ; ..'cars; Tweeds; Ticking; Shirt
ing ; Mucins; lah <* Linens; Toweling. Blankets, etc
I also kee| n lull lire < j Groceries, Queenswnre, etc. All the
alu \e g< ods sit lewe-t prices.
(Vu l :t\ j.p di'ce and mail t I ci: in exd anjre lor goods.
A. Ti'oi it man.
■iKir
Cor. Main and Cunningham St., Butler, Pa.
One Door Eoutli of JOHN BERG & CO.'S BANK.
Having refitted the larjiu and commodious Store Room, situate
in the al«/vc st;it< d location, formerly occupied Ly Martin lieiber
Sr. we will in a 1< v d»\s < | c>n up » first-cbiss grocery, and will
oil. r to the public at bottom prices, a fine selection of choice,
T AS. COIFKI-S, SUGARS,
SV I: CPS. Mo LA SSI S. PURK SPICES.
. 11K E> K, FISII, SALT, &c
r Fhe Hijrliest
MARKET PRICE PAID IN CASH FOR ALL KINI»
OF GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Terry "
qr~- VECETADLE
ft PHI KILLER
IA PURELY VECETAPLE REMEDY
* SI For Intern&l and External lice.
Is a CU"E C'JRL for all tl.c Olie&ic* f.r u'.ith It li recommended
J&pKp- .p. ■ \*\ cvw the mcit Incxpcrlcnctd i'-ton».
| It M 11 iv, rr r;;:d iiulrli rciiief'.y fir <()l'(,|lS MOHK
f> 1. iu N 'm' ] TllltOAT, (lilt t. , anil similar tr !i nffonla imiant fU«t
Y: A £«\l..r ~.«I - t IHPII'i - I 111 A, and to the beat
p, > 8 y-1 Unown reran!} I' r UHlil'illATlH.M u >1 NKtHALiIW.
v j THE QLHEST, CE3T, t.llQ MOSf WIDELY KNOWN
tj I BfIECICINE IN 7F.E WORLD.
K i'V Kltirjl It li- iI. til t.-'"i! **.t!» mill v.. ni>rr.il unrrria 'n aH
EL °3L I l ' BsArii t>"r. v/ hr u..rH i„ ( iiaiiph, CI:OL:.UA, ntAiutiKßA,
B |9 A \ W'\ nvsKNTUtY, 11. t I.'l »:o\vi:i, ( O.t.'I'LAINTK, thai uit
1 il HAS STOOD THE TEST OF 40 YEARS'CONSTANT
Lif/Si P1 \ 1 Ui£ IN &LL COUNTRIES AND CLIMATES.
CPl' ni *J * .llir:later* .Hnaiicern of PlnnliUlaim, Work-Hbopn, aid
K SH 2? C Jij'l l'n<:or<", ?.cr«'-.) In li<i»i>HnU ti >li"rt. t>y Everybody
H, *53 ( n /,jJ? W cvt rywbcPO v.?io 1ji«« nvor tfven It n trtr!.
Hi |§ y] M. |f| 17 13 WITHOUT A RIVAL AS A LINIMEWT.
Li' n5. ; , ®li) X 'K. Tt >•:« *1 »• :i \r I' n* II r Pr.ln f:i the Beeh nnd Fl<!e,
W' it mh B.Sh-1 »- ' ■■■' 7""""'""' 1:1 " 1 ""<■» of Uruloea,
I/, '\C / K Crl . ' in.i H **«■'• fnrnn, Heal'to. < to.
\'l± JJL-. J5, i - , ~* *,*; ».\RI:i.Y DK WITIIOI T IT. it win
LyV. —, —— ——'■ ' . ... (■> ■■ f rip.l In I'I» t rs' aii'i lt« prlco
U, '♦/ I. f■ . f.r af It Is miM at K4e. 50c.und &1.00
' 'ulJL*' n ' •* • '<t"! •«•'! fmra all druiiftote.
PERRY D/AVSii & SOI2, Pi'ovicience, R. I.
Proprietor*.
Notice Extraordinary. I
pufnoiiH ilnf*iriiiu In Imi- thfir Old I-'iiiiiitiiie /
r «Miri '!• " r N«w Work iniido to order, noli ft* |
Mimic Ht*nd«. Rook I'WI-H, Wardrolran, Office ,
jicHU'" OflW T»1<IM» ho. wotilddo w«|| fn mil on
A. 11. WILSON,
Practical C'tbinol Maker.
' tint It |iiec«* of furi itnre liift.li; 1)V hand
1 1' two mud* hjr nmcliiMfry. and will cort
Kin Inri« niotv ji a y Then win not hmr«- hand
inaiii i All »oi It in ili in 11lm«»t ht>lcd and
of tlio liki t material I k''iraiiN * enure mm
infhCtiou w • trie, *• rl :in»iii»hi|> and Jirii-n. Oive
me » (nil -)io|i mi >f► 'r«*»l font doon*
Mri* sr* • ,h ' " n "™° a liiCW*
i
ITnion Woolen Mill,
lit" I LKli, PA.
11. rVI.LIIKTOX. Prop'r.
Muuullll'lllll'r ol bI.tMKKTh, FUIHXTU, YAHNK,
<%<•. AIMI CIIMOUI »oik »L« »i»»* to ordi*r, nucli h>
(■i.r.liui Koll«, timk hi - ItlsinkfU, Kl mini* K nil -
tlnif mil! VVdivitic Y irns, Ac., it very low
priciw Wool worhw'l "ti thn »!:iirm. It ilc
• fiv7.|
FOR SALE.
A I' inc Single Sleigh, made in tbe
litl»-ht Mtylc, swell bed. Alho U fin<* two
home nlcigh ctiu In; bought clieuii.
Tt+uiw V-nvy.' "ut OttizVu 'ufilw
BI'TLER. PA., WKDNKSI.) \ Y DI CKMBKI.' 15. !8>(l.
[From Harper's Monthly f<r D*i:ember 1
MRS. FLINTS MARRIED EX
PERIENCE. j
Well, Mindwell, I have counseled a
pood deal about it I was happy as
the da_v is long with your father. I
don't say hut what 1 c'eaved to this
world considerable more than was (rood
for my growth in grace. He was about
the best Rut it pleased the Lord to
remove him. and it was quite a spell
before I could really submit; the ma
terial man rebelled, now I tell you !
You can't never tell what it is to lose
a conipauion till you experience it."
A faint color.vanishing as rapidly as
it carue, almost as if ashamed that it
bore witness to the emotion within
her, rose to Mindwell Pratt's face as
her mother spoke. She was a typical
New England woman—pale, serious,
with delicate features, grave, dark
eyes, a tall, slight, undeveloped fiirure,
graceful from mere unconsciousness,
awkward and angular otherwise. You
could compare her to nothing but some
deli-ate and slender tree of the forest
that waves its fragile but hardy
branches fresh and green in spring
time, and abides undaunted the worst
blast of winter, rooted in the fissures
of the rock, fed by the bitterest show
ers, the melting shows, the furious hail
that bends but never breaks it; perfect
in its place, fitted utterly to it* sur
roundings. Her mother, the widow
Gold, was externally like her ; but
deep in Mindwell's heart lav a strength
of character and acuteness of judg
ment the elder woman did not possess,
and a reticence that forbade her to ex
press sympathy even with her moth
er's sorrow, further than by that re
luctant blu>h, for sympathy implied an
expression of ber love for her husband
—a hidden treasure she could not pro
fane by speech, which found its only
demonstration in deeds, and was the
chief spring of her active and devoted
life as wife and mother.
Mrs. Gold had been a happy woman
as she said, while her husband lived
and had not yet ceased to reproach
herself for mourning him so bitterly.
The religion of New England at that
time was of a stern tve ; it demanded
a spiritual asceticism of its followers,
and virtually forbade them to enjoy
the blessings of this life by keeping
them in horrid and continual dread of
"the pains of bell forever," as their
catechism expressed it. It was their
put pose to work out their own salva
tion with fear and trembling under
curse of the law; the gospel was a pro
found and awful mysterv, to he longed
for afar off; no more dailv bread than
the show-bread of the Temple.
They lived, and worked, and suff'T
ed and died, with few exceptions,in an
awful sense of flying time brief proba
tion, an angrv God. a certain hell, hut
a very uncertain heaven. No wonder
that they were nustere nnd hprd ; the
wonder was that even natural temper
ament and mental organization should
ever resist this outside pressure, and
give plnv to humor, or fanev, or pas
sion of anv sort Yet in lhi<» faithless
fnith lav elements of wonderful
strength; the compelling f~ree of dntv
made men nobly honest, rigidly up
right. just as far as their narrow views
allowed and true to the outward rela
tions of this life, however they violated
their inner principle and meanintr.
Speeu'ation, defnlention. d'voree. were
eritnes thev enlled hv other names than
these, and abhorred, fan we say as
much for ourselves? However we
mav sheer at Puritanism, it. had its
stronir virtues, and its outgrowth was
honestv, decencv and -espeet for law
A share of such virtue® would be worth
much to us now.
"Mrs. Gold was "a professor," and
it behooved her to submit to the will
of God when her husband died. He
had been a stronir. generous. warm
hearted man; and though undemon
strative PS his race, his wife had been
loved and cherished as the verv blos
som of his life. She was a sweet, fair
girl when Ethan Gold married her.
clinging and dependent bv nature.
♦ hontrh education had made her a hard
worker; but her fratrile beautv and
soft temper had attraeted the strength
and fervor of man, and their short life
together had been exeeptionallv hap
pv. Then fever struck him down in
his full prime, and their onlv child, a
girl of six, could hut just remember all
her life that she onee had a father
whose verv memorv was sacred. Fif
teen years of nt on minor at first, deeply
then "steadilv. at last habitually, and
rather as a form thun a feeling, passed
away,
Ethan hail left his wife with
"means," so that poverty did not vex
her; and now Mindwell was 11 grown
woman, and married to Samuel Pratt,
a well-to-do yountr farmer of fole
brook—a hearty, jovial voting fellow,
whose fun ami animal spirits would
huhble over in spite of reproving eves!
ami tongues, and who came into Mind
well's restrained and reserved life like
a burst of sunshine. Are the wild
blossoms grateful to the sun that draws
them with powerful attraction from the
cold sod.
"Where thev together,
All the colli wi-nther,
Keeji home alone ?"
Perhaps their odor and color are for
"him who brings them to the light and
delight of life Mindwell's great fear
was that she made an idol of her hus
bapd; vet he certainly had not an idea
that she did.
If the good soul bail stopped to an
alyze the relation between them, his
consciousness would have been found
when formulated, to be that his wife
bore with him as saints do with rather
amusing sinners, while he worshiped
her as even the most humorous of sin
ners do sometimes secretly worship
saints. Hut what, the wife did not ac
knowledge or the husband perceive be
came in a few venrs painfully percep
tible to the mother's feminine and ma
ternal instinct. Mindwell treated her
with all possible respect and kindness,
hut she was no longer her first object.
There is a strange hunger in the aver
age female heart to be the one and on
ly love of some other heart,, which Hes
at. the root of fearful tragedies and long
j agogics of unspokyn pain—u God-giv
p«i tntflitM; W 'cWuth, id isbVt* TOd
monopoly of marriaere dear and des:ra
ble, but, like ail other instincts, fatal if
it be not fulfilled or followed. Utterly
wanting' in who prasp the plu
ralities of passion as well as of offloe, this
instict niches itself deepest in th" gent
lest of women and was the ruling yet
unrecognized motive in the widow
Gold's character. If Mind well had not
had children perhaps her mother would
have been more necessary to her ,ind
more dear, but tw babies had follow d
on her marriage within three years and
her mother-love was a true passion.
This the grandmother perceived with
a tender jealously fast growing acute.
She loved the little girls, as irrand
mothers do, with unreasoning and lav
ish fondness If there had been a
maiden aunt in the family—that un
considered maid-o r -all work whose love
is felt to be intrusive, while yet the
demanes on it are insatiable—the will
ow Gold would have had at least one
sympathetic breast to appeal to ; but
as it was, she became more and more
uneasy and unhappy, nnd began to
make herself wretched with all the
commonplaces she could think of—
about her "room being better than her
company," "love runs down, not up,"
and the like—till she was really pin
injr, when just at thw moment an ad
mirer came upon the scene, and made
known the reason of his appearance in
a business like wav
"Deacon Flint's iu the, keepin'-room
mother, wishful to see you." said
Mindwell one day, about five years af
ter her marriage. Deacon Flint was
an old acquaintance, known to Mrs.
Gold ever since she was a girl it. lias
sett. When she married and moved
to Denslow the acquaintance hud been
partly dropped, though only nine miles
lay between them; but she had then
her family cares, and Ethan Gold and
Amasa Flint were as unlikely o be
friends as a Newfoundland dog and a
weasel. Since she had come to Cole
brook to live with her daughter, she
was a little further still from her Bas
setts friends, ami therefore it was a
long time since she had seen the dea
con. M canwhile he had lost his wile
—a silent and sickly woman, who crept
about and worried through her daily
duties for years, spent and fainting
when the last supper dish was washed
and aching at early dawn when she
had to get up to milk. She did not
complain; ber duty lay there, in her
home, and she did it as long as she
could ; then she died. This is a com
mon record among our barren hills,
which count by thousands their
"Martyrs by the |.: na without the palm ',
It was a year after her death when
Deacon F"lint made his first visit to
Widow Gold. He was tired of paying
Aunt Pollv Morse seventy-five cents a
week to do housework, though she
spun anil wove, and made and mend
ed, as his wife had done, confiding only
to one trusty ear her opinion of her
employer.
"He's a professor, ye know, Isr'cl,
nnd I make no doubt. I»ut wh t he's n
good man. but. he is dreadful near—
seems as if he rcelly bcirrutchcd me m v
vittles sometimes; and there isn't h
crain o' salt in that house spilt without
bis findin' of it out. Now I don't
calc'late to spill no salt, nor nothin'
else, to wnute it; l»ut, land's sakes ! I
can't see like a flv, HO'S t<- scare up
everv mite of a suirnr that's left onto
the edges of the paper he fetches i*
bom in. I wish to gracious he'd »ct
somebodv else. IM rulher do chores
for Mirandv than for the deacon "
Old larnel's wrinkled face, puckered
mouth, and deep set eyes twitched
with a furtive Inutrh. He was the vil
lage fool yet shrewder than any man
who stopped to jest with him. and a
fool onlv in the satiric sense of jester ;
for though he had nothintr of his own
but a tinv brown house and pitr-pen.
and made his living, such n» it was. bv
doing odd jobs, nnd peddling yeast
from the distilleries at Sinisburry, he
was the most independent man : n Bas
net!, being regardless of public opinion
and not at all afraid of Parson Rob
erts.
"Well. Aunt. Pollv." he answered
"vou ntav hv n 1 ; the deacon w.iri't
want ye too loner. lie's (rot a shnrp
eve, now I tell vfi, and he's forehanded
an fnrv. Flint you'll know. Minn
Flint. 'II come home, and you'll go
home."
"Minn Flint !" ncrennied Aunt Foil v.
"Whv, Inr'el Tucker, you (rive me
nucha turn! Poor cretur. she's safe
under the mulleins t' is venr hack. I
(riienn f nhnll po when she comes. hut
'twon't I*' till the dnv o' indirment "
"Then the dnv o' iitdtrmenf'n near
hv, Aunt Pollv; and 1 reckon it in for
one poor cretur But vou don't Home
how neem to tnke it in. I tell ye the
deacon's crone n eourtin'."
"Conrtin'? Wei! von he n-foolin'
of me now. certain sure ?"
"Not n mite on't I nee him n-'ilin'
un hin old harness vesterdn v. and a
ruhhin' down the mnre. nnd I mintrii«t
ed he wns up to mithin ; nnd
Rattle he niet h'"m iilmo-t t<> Polehrook
thin mornin'—l heerd hint nnv no 1
put thin 'n' thnt together, nnd drnwed
mv own influences, nnd I fisrarered out
thnt he'n (rone to Polehrook to see if
Widder Gold won' hcv him. A wife'n
n lot cheeper th.n hired help, nnd thin
one'n (rot mennn."
"F»r merev'n nnke vou don't "iir>-
pone that Snrepty Gold would look at
him. do ve ?"
"I never t-ee the woman • vet that
wouldn't look at a mnn when he nxed
her to," want' edrv nnnwer Hut Aunt
Polly wan too stunned with her new
ideitn to retort She went ori nn if the
nneer lit her nex had not reached her
ear
"Whv. nhe ha'n't no need to marrv
him. She's (rot a (rood home to Sum
Prntt'n ; nnd there's thnt fnrm here
that Hi Smith runn on nharen, and
money in Hartford hank, thev do nav.
She \yon't have him : don't ye tell me
so."
"Women are mortal queer," replied
old Inrael.
"If thev wa'n't.. there wouldn't no
men eet married," snapped Aunt Pol.
lv who wan contented old maid and
never suspected that she wan "queer"
hcr-elf.
' Tbivt'n no, Au'if I'IJ'.W Mtihhe it'*
wtfut IVtWu Aft**
tion, and I guess it i.-. I t-ay for't a
woman must be extry queer to m irry
Aminasy Flint, ef she's gut a chaute
at Btfssett poor-Lou^e,"
Yet V.MS ri_h r in his prophe
cy At ihat very n.om :it Deacon
Flint was sitting boll-upright in a
high-back- d chirr iu Sa Trait's keep
ing room, discoursing with the widow
Gold.
Two people more opposite in aspect
could h ir.ily be found. Mrs. Gold
was not yet fifty, and retained much
of her sott lovliiiess. Her cheek was
still round and lair, her pule browu
hair but lined With gray, nnd
the mild light of her eyes shown ten
derly yet, th null her figure was a lit
tle bent, ami her hands knotted with
work.
She looked fair and young in com
parison with the grizzled, stern, hard
favored man before her. A far- ft'
Scotch ancestv had In qiiealh.il to h m
the high ehct khoucs and deep se'. eyes
that gave him so severe an aspect, and
to these an aquiline nose, a cruel,
pinched mouth, a !'<w forehead and a
sallow wrinkled -kiti added no charms
But the charm of all association
brought h m -welcome here. Bassett
Wii- the !, mie of Mrs. Gold'schildhood
ami : iie had a great many questions
to a.-k. Her face gathered color and
light as she recalled old affections and
sympathies, and the deacon took a cer
tain satisfaction in looking a: her.
But this was a mere ripple above his
serious intention. He.meant business,
and could uot wa.-te time; so as soon
as there came a little lull in Mrs.
Gold's fluent reminiscences, he curtly
began:
"I came over today on an arrand,
Mrs. Gold—l may say a serious ar
rand. I lost my companion, I su|>-
p< se ve know, a year ago come Sep
tember the 10th. She was a good
woman, Miss Flint was, savin' and
reasonable as ever was "
"1 always heard her well spoke of,"
modestly rejoined the widow.
"Yes, her children praise her in the
gates, or they would iiev if she'd had
any. I feel her loss. And Scripter
says, "It is not good for man to be
alone.' Scripture is right. Y«>u are a
woman that's seen affliction to •, Mrs
Gold; you've passed under the rod.
Well, folks must be resigned ; profes
sors like you and me have got to set
example. We can't fault the Lord
when He takes our companions awav,
and say. 'Why do ye so?" as though
'twas a man that done it. We've got
this treasure in earthen vessels. Well
to come to the p'int, I conic over to
day to see if you wan'n't willin' to
consider the subject of uniting your
self to me in the bonds <>f marriage."
"Oh!" said the astonish'-d widow.
"1 don't want to hurry ye no te," he
went on ; "take time on't. I should
like to get my answer right off. but I
can make allowance for bein' onexpeel
ed. I'll come again next week—say
this day week I hope you'll make it
a subject of prayer, and 1 expect you'll
get light on your iluiv bv that time.
I've got a good house, and a good
fa.*in. and I'll do well by ve. And
moreover and besides you know Mr.
Pratt's folks are pressed some for room
I expect. I utiess they won't stand
iu the way of your goin' to Basnet!.
Good day—good-day."
And the widow received a calm tip
and dowii hand-shake, with which dec
orous cures.-(?) i lie deacon—for we can
not call him lo er,departed,leaving Mrs.
<«o|il iu a slate of pit used amazement,
partly becau c she was it woman and a
widow, partly because il wa Deacon
Flint who had asked her to niarrv
him; lor the deacon was a pMlar in
Ibt-seft church, owned a large farm
and a goodly square house, and was
a power in the State, having twice
been sent to Ihe General Assembly.
She could not be gratified by the pre
ference. aiulas she pondered on the
matter it g>vw more feasible. Her
girl was hers no longer, but a wife
and mother herself, and she who h i I
been all iu all to Mindwell was now
little more than "grandma" iu the
house—a sort of suffered and neces
sary burden on Samuel'* hinds; but
here a home of her own was offered
her, a place of dignity among other
women -n place where she sotild a-k
her children to come to her, uml give
rather than receive.
There is nothing so attractive lo a
woman »vho is no longer young as the
idea of a home. The shadow of age
and its infirmities affrights her. Lone
liness is a terror in the future, and the
prospect of drifting about here ami
tb.Tc, a dependent, poor, proud, un
welcome, when flesh and heart fail,
and the ability to labor is gone, makes
anv permanent shelter a blessed pros
pect, and draws many a woman int.. a
far more dreadful fate than the work
house mercies or the colder charily of
relatives.
Thin (error was strong in Mr*
({old's fcrl>le lienrt. She Wis one '>l'
I tie thousands 111 women W 110 (Mill II 'I
trust vvhut lliey • l<» not nee, and -lie
in i-j lit I _ r t*(l lier daughter eruellv
.VI:11'I v\'■■ 11 Cell t h:i t today a* Iter inotli
er avowed to her Deacon Flint's otter
and her own perplexities. When Mrs.
(Jold asserted that her dan/hlcr could
never understand what it was t<» lose
a hiisWand Mindwell li lt a sure hut
unspoken COIIVM I ion that the terror ol
such a bereavement wliieii confronted
her whenever her heart leaped up to
meet Sumuel, was experience enough
lor her to interpret thereby the l<uijf
iiitfs ol' a iral lierca vieeiit ; b.n she
only colored faintly, and answered:
"Well, mother, I don't sec my way
clear to otter you any advice. Yon
must use your own judgment. on
know Samuel and me think every
thing ol haviux } "" here, ami the child
ren just hcjrin to know grandma by
heart. liut I don't want to lie sel!-
seckiiiff j jf it's for your hest jfood.
why we siian't neither ol us say a
word. I d f.'t skercc know how to
speak ahout it it's so strtttiffe like ami
►udden. I can't say no m 're than
this: if you're jfoinjr to he happier and
better oit Willi Deacon Flint than with
vour own folks, we haven't uo to
hinder you and w•• w iii't.
Mind well turned away Willi trem
bling lips, silent hecauae strong em
Vff i iM" K An> U-rU Mkti m
hr mother's tu ck and wept, and Im-j*-
gil her to stay, with repeated kisse*
a I warm embraces, Mrs. Gold never
would have become Mrs. Flint; but
she could not appreciate Mindwell's
eel in if. she took her conscientious self
eciitrol ami caudor for indifference, and
her eldery lover loomed through this
mist in irranier proportions than n'ir
-he res >lvd then and there that it was
her duty to accept him.
Mindvveil had gone down stairs to
find her hush: ad. who sat by the fire
flttiiijr a r:<ke-tail more firmly into a
hay rake. He had been caught in a
distant lield by a heavy shower and
was steamiug n >w close to the lire
piace where a heap of chips was lighted
to bof. the kettle for tea. Mindwell
stole up :o him, and i.iid one hand on
his hand- line he :d. He I > k d up
astonished at the slight iart..-s, and
saw his wife's eves were full of tears.
"Willi's the matter, darling he said
in his cheery voice It was like a
kiss to her to have him sav "darling"
for sweet words were rare among their
cl.-j-s; tiiiil this wad the only one he
iw r «>ed ; and t his was the only one
he ever used ; kept sacredly, too, for
Mind well.
"Oh, Sum," si.;- answered, with a
qui'- er in her delicate Voije, "don't you
think, I Vacua Flint wants to many
mother!"
"Thunder au'guns ! you don't mean
it, wile? I law !ha w ! haw ! It's as
(food as u irencral trainin'. Of all
things '! \\ hat does she say to't ?"
"Well, I'm nio.-t afraid she favors
him a little, lie's giving her a week's
time to consider of it; hut somewhy I
can't hear to have it thought of."
"Don't pester your head about it.
Miss Pratt. You can't make nor
meddle in such things; hut I'm free to
own that 1 never was more beat in all
my days. Why, Amusy Flint is town
talk for nearness and meanness, lie
pretends to be as pious as a basket o'
chips, hu», I hain't no vital faitti in
that kind o' pious; 1 h'lieve in my
soul he's a darned old hypocrite."
"Ob, Sam ! Sam ! you hadn't ought
to judge folks.'"
"I suppose, I hadn't welly; but
you know what Scripter says some
where or 'nother that some folk's sins
are open, an' go to judgment before
hand, and I tfU"ss his'n do. 1 should
hate to have mother take up with
hint "
"What can we do, Sam!"
"Nothin', strenuously. I don't
know what 'ti- ah ut women folks in
such mutters; they wont bear no
more meddlin' with than a pa'tridge's
nesl ; you'll spile the brood if you put
in a linger. I'd say jest as much as I
could all 'lit her hein' always welcome
here; I'll do mv pact <.f that set piece
o' ruu.-ic ; and that's all >c can do; ll
she's set on havin' him, sfie will, and
von nor me can't stop it, Miss Pratt;"
with which sound advice Sain rose
from the milking stool with his recon
structed rake, took down a coarse
comb from the clock case, ran ii
through his hair by w>v of toilet, and
sat down to supper at the table with
the three other haymakers. Mind
well a id her mother out t->
tea so thev did not sii|t with the men
After thev came home Sam express
ed himself in a succinct but forcible
manner to Mrs Gold <>n the subject ol
her murrain*, and Mind well attempted
a fauit remonstrance aifain. but hei
morbid fear of selfishness shut the
heart-throbs she lonjred to express to
her mother back into their habitua 1
silence. She and Sam both, trying to
do their best. actually helped rather
than hindered this unpropitious mar
riasre.
Mrs. Gold in her heart I<»nir<*«l t"
Kttiv with her children, hut feared and
disliked mo heartily t<> he 11 burden on
their hands that, she was unjust to her
self and too. A little less self inspec
tion and a little more simple honestv
of speech would 111 v«• settled this mat
ter in fnvor of Mindwell and fJolc
ltrook; as it was, Deacon Flint car
ried the day. On tin- Friday follow
inhe arrived for his inswer, bis <jrav
hair tieil in a lonsr queue, his Sundav
cont of blue and hr.iss buttons, hi
tiyht dr.ill pantaloons, ruffled shirt,
and low hoots, all indicating a ceremo
nial occasion. ,
'•(lush!" said old Israel T uelcer
joarsriuir tilontr in his venst eurt, as lie
met the trrav mare in clean harness,
whipped up hv the deacon in ' i fine
rain ent. the old waifon itself heiii!? for
once washed and •.Teamed—"irosh ! it'-
easv te'lin' what he after. I should
think them mulleins an' I nrdhaefcs in
tlx burrvin'-'.T"nnd would kinder
rustler und I don't know, though:
pi ahi w Mi-s Flint's realized by now
that she's hetter o(T under tltcni boan
ties of n itnr' »li!in she ever was i»•
A oiasv Flint's hon«<\ Oood hind!
what fools women fo'ks he! Thev
dont never knew when they're well
off She's had an ensv time nloir.*
back l>nt she's seen the last on't
hlh-'s seen the last on't. (Set up, Jew
(titer !"
N'oth'n r daunted hv anv tnvstie or
mairnetie sense of this vatie,nation hv
the hiirhwav. Deacon Flint whipped
up his ponv steed st'll more, and to
such tyood purpose that lie arrived in
Colehronk het'ore the w'd >W hid Ink
en down the hi-it pinned np curl on
her forehead, or deeded which of her
two worked collars «he would pill on
und whether it would he inconirruoil
|u wenr n hrooeh of blue eiiatnel with
a white centre on ■. h'eh W'i" denie'ed
(in -i line In-own tint produced hv
trr'ndiiw im in oil a lock of tin.' deceas
ed Ft ha n Hold's hair) a weepinir wil-
I i\v hend'n'jr over a tomh, with an urn
and a date on the urn I his did serin
a I ttle personal on -u- h an occasion.
M l -he p' '< ned Oil II h|l|e llllW instead,
and went down to receive the expect-
In if deacon
"I hope I see you well, mar'um,''
f iid Mr. Flint.
"Conifortahlv well, I'm oblce;ed to
V'Hi," was the prim answer.
Hut the deacon was wot to he daunt
• d at this crisis; lie plunircd valianllv
nto the middle of thinir* at once, "I
n 10v "i've ' • 'nt i f »m*' i o-ation
the matter in hand. Miss Gold ?"
The widow ereas dhr handkerchief
between lie tiu/" 1 ' 'llU"' 11 I
rftmuutl tu be' WtJWll üb'JUt tllU Ik.u^
AlDUt't iSIM; lIATEft,
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p vending one-fourth of a column, f 5 r>tr inch
Kiir ire <v.,ri doable there tales; addition*
c! ir_v- v.-: iwet! ly or monthly change* arc
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Dls-tolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
From the fact tliat the CITIZFK is the oldee*
t ntal> uht d an ) nu.st extensively circulated R«
I üblican newspaper iu Xiut.'er oounty. (a Kepub
ncai c'xinty; it must be apparent to business
men that it u< the medium they should use ii>
f.lvertisinj; their bneine^s.
N< >. 5
ming of it; but she pretty scon said,
softlvf "Yes, I cant st>y but what I
have thought on't a good deal. I've
counselled n.v u'.li tbe children,too.
"Well, I h jpe vci're fit end prepar
ed to mlc rowledge the leadin'a of
Providence to thi.j eon, and air about
ready to be my companion through
the vaiiy of this world up to theft
fields beyond the sweliin' flood stands
dressed in livin" green. Anion."
TO BK CONTINUED.
A MILLIONAIRE'S WILL.
The fiequevt.-i of the Laic James £
Hroun, of Killunning.
On Saturday the will of the late
James E. Brown, of Kittanning, was
made puMc. The amount of property
involved will reach $2,r>00,000. The
will was made in 1871, and owing to
the death of Mrs. Jane B. Finley, to
whom the bulk of the property was
devised, and the birth of James E.
Brown, Jr., that part of the will has
lieen rendered null and void. The fol
lowing is the will:
1 set apart and give fifteen per cent,
of my personal estate remaining after
pay mi lit of the above gifts, all debts
a id charges against it and dower iu
my personal e-:ate and excluding the
residue of my goods and chattels, but
including working interests in oil wells,
and direct the said fifteen per cent, to
be paid and distributed as follows: One
thousand dollars thereof to be invested
in United States bonds at interest, and
with their interest to be used in giving
twenty-live dollars thereof to'each wife
in Kittanning who shall hereafter be
come a widow, having one or mora
children, in straitened circumstances,
payable immediately alter the death of
her husband. This gift to be made to
and also include those who shall here,
after become wives. Auother one thou
sand dollars thereof to be paid to the ses
sions of the First Presbyterian church
of Kittanning, to be by it invested
iu a United States bonds, and the inter
est thereof appropriated annually to the
use of the Sabbath school of said church,
(jf the residue of the said 15 per cent,
there shall be paid to the following
hoards of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United
Slates of America (ol which Church I
am a member,) as follows: To the
Trustees of the Board of Domestic Mis
sions of the Presbyterian Church ofthe
United States, 20"per cent, thereof; to
the Trustees of the Board of Education
of the Presbyterian Church of the Uni
ted Slates of America, 10 per cent,
thereof; to the Board of Foreign Mis
sions of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States oi America, 20 per
cent, thereof; to the Trustees of the
Presbyterian Board of Publication, 5
per cent, thereof; to the 1 rustees of
i he church erecting fund ofthe General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
the United Slates of America, 10
per cent, thereof; to the trustees of
ihe General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church of the United States of
America, in trust for the iue of the
fund for disabled ministers and their
iatallies, u per cent, thereof, and for
the General Assembly Committee on
Pivcdmen, 5 percent, thereof; to the
Presbyterian B.bie Society, 20 per ceut.
thereof; to the American and Foreign
Christian Uuiou, formed iu New York
hi IS4D, to be applied to charitable
uses and purposes of said society and
under its directions, ;> per cent, there
of lie gives several sma 1 sums, from
<IOO to £">00, to various nephews and
nieces, and to his sister, Mrs. Hue.
Kelly, $401) annuity. All the remainder,
real, personal and mixed, goes to bis
laughter, Mrs. Jane B. Finley, and his
j rand-daughter, Elveua Finley, share
Hid share alike, for their solo and sepa
rate use; and which shall not be con
trolled encumbered or changed by, or
iable, or subject iu any way to debts,
contracts or engagements of the pres
ent or luiure husbands of my said
lies without issue, and my daughter
survives her, then my daughter shall
he entitled fo and inherit this devise
mil bequest, to my grand-daughter at
die death of my daughter, and if my
/rand-laughter survives her she shall
be entitled to and inherit this devise
aml bequest to my daughter, and if
my grand-daughter survives my daugh
ter, and afterwards die without issuo,
iheu whatever may remain of the de
vise and quest shall descend and go to
my legal heirs.
"Yes," said a young lady, who was
p assessed of a fine voice, "I am often
■ sked to appear in public, but—""Hut
■,vhat?" observed a friend. "Well,"
,he replied, "I should never be able to
Mjstain tilv party. lam so easily de
composed."
Mr. A. W. Camphfll, editor of tbo
vVheeling liilelluje.ncer, is spoken of
i.t likely to be a favorite with the Gar
lic! 1 administration. Mr. Campbell
vas one of the two or three delegates
io the Chicago Convention who declin
ed to vote for Senator Conklitlg's reso
itiion pledging each delegate in ad-
to vote for the nominee, whoever
he mi-cht be, and it was General Gar
icld who turned the tide and prevented
hep issf-'e of the subsequent resolu
tion ol Mr. Conkliug to expel all the
lelegates who would not pledge them
selves lie is a nephew of Alexander
'aiiipbell. founder ofthe sect to which
leueral Garfield belongs.
When vou think your child has
Ihe diphtheria, the best thing you can
Io is to send lor a good, If
,lie can not be had you
,i jirlit trv the following which a cor
respondent asserts is a specific f —' Stir
i teaspooiilul of Hour or rfnl|>towMn a
wine iflass of water awl tfiv-e il >V<hthe
patient to gargle the thront with,, I' l
ten minutes the patient will Ih» out of
danger. In extreme eases, when the
fungus has grown to such an extent as
to preclude the possibility of gargling
blow the sulphur down the throat with
a quill. This will cause the fungus to
contract, and then gargling should bo
resorted to. Or tine live coals in a
rhovel and sprinkle a couple of spoon
fuls of the sulphur on th-m. and lot
th« patient inh tie the fumes This
will kill the futuus. The same retn
edv 's rccouiuaeudod for colds *u4