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While, with bowed head, the nation Waits with suspended breath, Tidings from him who fleeth Forth from the shadow of death. All other woes are as nothing, All other griefs grow dim ; Each his own sorrow forgetteth, And grieveth only for him. O, if our prayers can avail him— If love and faith have sway, The Angel of Life outnmneth The Angel of Death to-day. Silent and swift and steady, Freighled with'love and pain, Watted bv prayers and blessings, Speedeth the President's train. September 6, 1881. S. M. SpaLDIJTO. THE DRESS - MAKER AT ORE EN HARBOR. [From Lippincott for this month.] Mis' BabsoD, the dress-maker, is the most important personage in the village at Green Harbor, and there is no place so much visited as her shop, which is situated on the first floor of her own little house at the corner. When my acquaintance with the lady first begau, I suppose that she was single, judging not only from the fact that she was called Mis' Babson, but because there was something in the twist of her natural ringlets, and in the tone of her jew's-harp-like voice, suggested single-blessedness. But I soon discoyered my mistake. She is not one who makes her griefs unbeara ble by concealing them. She gives each new customer the full particulars of her several widowhoods, and talks as if burying husbands were the chief occupation of women. She is a tall, rather plump women, of forty-five or thereabouts. Her mouth has a pecu liar expression, owing to the habit of keeping it perpetually filled with pins Her reddish-brown hair grows down on one side of her polished brow, after a fashion which is called by her neigh bors a cowlick. Her pale complexion is delicately tinted with green, and her light-gray eyes have a glittering bright ness. A look of mournfull liveliness prevades her whole countenance. She is not only the dress-maker of the village, but fills various other im portant positions with great credit. She makes and trims all the bridal bonnets in the region, though there is anotherjoutraged milliner at the Land ing who serves on ordinary occasions. As a nurse she is quite famous, though, unless the case be particularly attract ive or extremely severe, she does not feel justified in leaving her shop to the tender mercies of Idelia Rosanna, the flightiest niece that ever wise aunt was afflicted with, to devote herfelf to the care of the sick. As a doctress she is also highly valued ; and, as there is no regular physician within five miles; her skill is often called into practice. When, as she phrases it, any one is "called away" in the town, her services are always required for making the shroud and preparing the body for burial. Then, she is the very efficient president of the Ladies' Sewing Socie ty, tbe leading soprano in the church choir, the agent for Bntterick's patterns, the proprietress of a celebrated eye wash, and a general adviser of both old and young in tbe town, and several neighboring towns as well. Of late years the Harbor has been crowded with summer visitors, and she has tak en these on her hands also. It is a facinating place, that little shop of hers, and, whether you wish to make a purchase or not, it is well worth tbe while to visit it on a summer morning. To be sure, your entrance is likely to be attended with some diffi culty, as the gate of the flower-filled yard is front is fastened by a unique sort of latch, —an invention of the latest-lamented, who 'certainly must have been a genius, and one which she piously retains in memory of him, though some of her customers prefer to climb the fence rather than attempt to make an entrance by solving its mys teries. Then a small dog, belonging to another lamented, objects considera bly to strangers. Once inside, through the politeness of Idelia Roauna or tbe aid of an experienced neighbor, you draw a long breath of relief and pre pare yourself to enjoy tho situation. Through the open door 3 and windows,, on the breath of a whole-souled breeze, comes the pungent aroma of the sea, which sparkles not far away. You listen to its music and the sleepy rustle of tbe wheat-field opposite while awaiting the shop-mistress, who is in variably detained by some household duty and apologizes elaborately for the untidiness of her personal appearance when she finally enters tbe door in solemn haste. Tbe sunshine dances on the painted floor and peeps with eyes as curious as your own into the crowded «how-ca9e, from whose splen did abundance Idelia Rosanna is be decked as maiden was never bedecked before. What does it not contain with in its crystal clearness ? Gorgeous flowers, the semblance of nothing which grows in either field or garden ; amaz ing articles, designed as ornaments for the neck, heaped together in many colored splendor; accordions, which share the palm with melodeons in Green Harbor ideas of melody ; cotton laces in rich flowered patterns ; a daz zling display of jewelry, ISeads, brace lets, necklaces, with a great variety of precious stones glittering from elabo rate settings ; scissors, pocket-knife, pink and white candy, spectacles, rat tles, rainbow ribbons, crocheted edging, cough-drops, collars, golden cement, dolls, and fancy soaps, to suy nothing of patent medicines and a small assort ment of books, evidently chosen solely for the elegance of their bindings The well-to-do sea-captains are building new houses at Greeu Harbor of late, and no new parlor iB complete without a few gorgeous books for tbe centre table. Outside the show-case are also many fascinating thiugs,—bonnets dalutly covered with pink netting as BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2), 18S1 a protection from the flies: stamped patterns for rugs, in rich and strange variety; Britannia tea-pots, shining like the sun over a shelf piled with new prints, and in close proximity to these an odd collection of boots and shoes. The door which leads into the sit ting-room is always open, and reveals a cosey interior. The clean, yellow painted floor is covered with tbe soft est and brightest of home-made rugs. The windows are pleasantly shadowed with morning-glory Tines, and a great many flowering plants perfume the at mosphere. Mis' Babson takes the same pride in her 'plarnts' which a great many women do in their blankets and table-linen, and exhibits them with great complacency, especially her 'geranium blows.' A rest-inviting chintz covered lounge is usually occu pied by a splendid black cat, and a great, plump-cushioned, sleepy-hollow rocking-chair has always been sacred to husbands. When not occupied by one of these happy invalids, it is usual ly tied up in black crape in memory of one. Here they sat one after another, as you have been informed, through long terms of comparatively comfortable consumption. How could one ask for a more peaceful ending to his days ? Here they rocked tranquilly, read the Falmouth County Herald, or dozed in the dreamy light of tbe afternoon sun shine. They could not have been lonely, for there was the gossip of July Ann's customers to distract the mind and all the life of the household sounding from the busy little kitchen as well. If they coughed, there was July Ann ready to rush in from the shop with a bottle of tbe 'Magic Drop?.' If they were afflicted with headache, though she might have sometimes been unable to spare time to apply the 'Electric Relief herself, she detailed Idelia Rosanna to act in her stead. And through the quiet evenings she always sat by her husband's side, busied either on a dress or a wedding bonnet or a shroud, while the visitors dropped in one after another with plen ty of news and chat. There was al ways a good stock of apple-pies in the pantry, and all the hymn-singing the most devout soul could possibly wish for in the parlor of a Sunday night To be sure, the graves of the departed were in sight from tbe sunny windows and rather mournfully suggestive ; but still the scene must have been very peaceful, with the grass rippl'ng and tossing in the breeze, aud there were no gravestones in the region more fine and costly than those which July Ann raised to the memory of her spouses. It was now more than a year since the last occupant of the chair had join ed those sleepers, and that the fasci nating widow did not marry again was a circumstance which everybody won dered at. It certainly could not be for lack of opportunity, so tenderly did she protect and cherish husbands, so amply able was she to provide for them, so popular was she with old and young of both 3exes. I noticed that Mr. Spurling, the rosy and robust leader of the choir directed decidedly tender glances toward the re gion ol her crape veil over his hymn book on Sundays, and that more than one jolly captain made an errand to the shop when the mackerel-schooners were in during a "spell of weather." 'Why isn't she married ? she has so many admirers? I ventured to inquire myself, speaking my thoughts aloud to Idelia Rosanna one day while wait ing for this airy damsel to match a pattern of crimson worsted. 'Lor', they're all too healthy. There hain't no consumptive or rheumatic men round just now, nor but one with the skakin'palsy, that I know of, 'n' he's merried. Aunt she don't care much about healthy folks, male or fe male. Diseases is fascinatin' to her, though if she ever has as much as a cold or a crick iu the neck herself she's blue as a whetstone.' This was two years ago. Last sum mer the first news I heard after reach ing the Harbor was that Mis' Babson was about to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony for tbe fourth time 1 saw at once that the chamber maid who came to attend to my room had something on her mind. Usually extremely parsimonious in the matter of towels, she hung seven one after an other in an absent-minded way on my rack, and forgot to inform me that she was a school-teacher in reality and had only slipped from that loftier sphere of usefulness for a short time to accom modate Mis' White, the landlady. 'What is it, Mary Jane ?' I inquired at length. 'You know Mis' Babson, the dress maker?' I acknowledged my acquaint ance with this lady, aud waited with some curiosity to hear what she had to say concerning her. 'Well, don't you think, she's been and found an in valid man and is goin' to get merried next Sunday ! He's a-stoppin' at her house now, with a cough tbet sounds half as if he made it. He is rutber poor 'n' peaked, though, but harnsome as a peacock.' 'But where did she find the invalid?' I asked. 'I thought the gentlemen of Qreen Harbor were all hopelesly healthy." 'So they be. Mr. Spurlin' he's done everything to get hisself up a pale look, he's eat slate-pencils 'n' pickles by the ton, they say, 'n' kep' awake nights,—thet's dretful wearin', you know, —but it didn't do no good. He b'longs to an awful shiftless race, 'n' she's got a*good bit of property 'n' not a chick nor a child in the world. Cap'n Loud he actually made a cough till he begun to hev one in reality, 'n' tbet scart him so thet he left off courtin' her 'n' went off on a v'yage to the Banks 'n' hain't been seen in these parts sence. This man come from IMumfield, thirty or forty miles away. He beard tell of ber over there, tliey say, 'n' come over here a purpose to merry her, though she's old enough to be his mother. Idely she sticks to it thet he hain't got no more lung trouble then she hes; but there he sets in the rock iu'-chair a-lookin' at his finger-nails, 'n' she wait 3 upon him by inches, 'u'doses him with enough of thet pizen 'relief to kill a common man. She's a won derful woman, Mis' Babson is, 'tendin' to all the business she hes on her hands 'n' sick husban's besides.' The next morning I weut over to the shop to make a congratulatory call. There was no change around the house The small dog awoke from his slum bers and threatened niv ankles until I trembled with fear. The gate, as us ual, resisted all my efforts to open it, and Idelia Rosanna, as usual, appear ed to my relief 'I s'pose you've heard the news about aunt's gittin' merried V said she. 'The hull county's a-talkin' about it, 'n' I declare I don't blame 'em. Walk in 'n' take a seat.' The little shop was as bright as ever and everything just as it had been the year before, but that tbe big chair, which bad been decorated with black crape in memory of the departed hus ; bauds, was now radiant with a new | chintz covering and was occupied by a decidedly rustic but rather handsome young man with hectic cheeks I stole a good look at him and he dropped his eyes with a somewhat sheepish expres sion. The window was open, and the three white headstones of the three de parted headstones of the three departed husbands glittered brightly in the little family burying-ground not far away. I involuntarily glanced in that direction. Mrs. Babson made her appearance before very long, with her usual mourn fully beaming countenance and the usual apologies for her negligee appear ance. 'You always do ketch me lookin' jest so, Mis' Smith; but I hev so many things to 'tend to that I hev to hurry through my house-work the best way I kin 'n' not stop to fix up much. I've been makin' apple-pies this P'ornin", 'n' it always breaks me down to make ap ple-pies; for there was my fust bus ban', there warn't no trouble in the world to him if he could only hev plen ty of apple-pies to eat. Many a time in his last sickness I've got up in the night to git him a piece of apple-pie. Not even a hymn was so consolin' to him. Cap'n Higgins he sot his life by 'em, too: only be must have 'em flavor ed with cinnamog ; 'n' Mr Babson, — Lor', I reckon he felt as bad about dy in' 'n' leavin' apple-pies as he did about leavin' his friends! How he did cling to life when I was a-bakin' 1' 'And how is it with the future hus band ?' I asked in a low tone. 'So you've heard so soon ! I declare, how news does travel in these parts! Well, the fust day he got here I found he loved 'em dearly. Why, I couldn't make up my mind to merry a man no how that didn't love apple-pie 'n' hev a cough. 'Twould seem'unnatural. It's dretful sickly round here this summer,' she added, with a pleased smile. 'Shouldn't wonder if all you city folks bed fevers.' They were married the next week with a great deal of solemn festivity. But I have heard since that the new husband was recovering his health in the most disenchanting manner, and that his devoted wife was so low-spir ited in consequence that she could not even enjoy the typhoid fever, which was making its annual autumn visit to the town. SUSAN HARTLEY SMITH. THE B IjSINESS OF SHEEP HUSBANDRY. The principal industry carried on in Washington county is that of grazing, and the herds of fat cattle and flocks of fiue sbeep cover nearly every hill side throughout its borders. The quality and quantity of the wool pro duction distinguished the county long ago, and that reputation is still amply sustained. Merino rams were import ed from Spain by Col. Humphrey as early as 1810 or 'l2. One of the first to engage in the business of fine wool growing was General Thomas Patter son, who in 1813 purchased from the Economites while on their way to Butler county to found the town of Harmony, a merino ram for $100; and in 1816 he bought a ram and seven ewes. From this begiuning many of the most successful Washington county wool growers started their flocks, among whom were Samuel Patterson, Major McFarland, Joseph Brownlee, Samuel Cunningham, Hugh Lee, Wil liam and Samuel Cowan and Colonel James Lee. From the beginning made by Gen. Patterson the leading wool growers have vied with each other in improving their stock Formerly the rivalry in sheep husbandry was in the direction of fine texture, and Washing ington county wool has been sold at as high as a dollar a pound. James G. Strain took the first premium at the London Worlds Fair in 1851 for fine wool, and was styled by Samuel Law rence, a leading buyer from Lowell, Mass., the Napoleon of wool-growers. His flock still holds its place as the fin est in the county. In those days the average weight of the fleeces produced throughout Washington county was between two and three pounds. Since 1850, when Dickinson and Wells, of Steuben ville, Ohio, supplied the farmers with a number of fine Spanish rams, the object sought has been heavy fleeces, and the average weight of the fleece has been doubled. Robert Van voorhis has a lot of Spanish bucks averageiug over thirty pounds to the fleece and ewes producing twenty and twenty-five pounds. The total wool clip for Washington county this season will probably reach 3,000,000 pounds. Fine blooded rams are constantly being brought to the county, one of which, procuredfrom Vermont by a firm of sheep breeders this season, cost SO,OOO. Texas and other States and Territories of the South and West where immense tracts of land are devoted to grazing, are largely furnished from the improv ed stock of Washington county, and the supply is unequal to the demand from these sections The best flocks of sheep in Washington county are owned by J. G Strain, John G. Clark, John McDowell and William Davis, and these men always command a pre mium on their wool. Cattle raising is beginning to come into prominence, and John McDowell, John McDonald, John Hall, Julius Lemoyneand others own as fine blooded auimals as are to be found in this section, some of their bulls being valued at a thousaud dol lars.—Pittsburgh. Telegraph. To the hesitating Peruua give 9 cour age. WEDDINGS IN THE EARLY DA YS. The following is a detailed descrip tion of the marriage ceremony as per formed in the latter part of the last cen tury in Washington county and the re gion round about, written by the Rev. Mr. Doddridge, which serves well to illustrate the manners of our ancestors: "For a long time after the first settle ment of this country the inhabitants in general married young. There was no distinction of rank, and very little of fortuue. Of these accounts the first impression of love resulted in marriage, and a family establishment cost but lit tle labor aud nothing else. A descrip tion of a wedding, from the beginning to tbe end, will serve to show the man ners of our forefathers, and mark the grade of civilization which has succeed ed to their rude state of society in the course of a few years. At an early period, the practice of celebrating the marriage at the house of the bride be gan, and it would seem, with great pro priety. She also bad the choice of the priest to perform the ceremony. A wed ding engaged the attention of a whole neighborhood ; and the frolic was antic ipated by old and young with eager expectation. This is not to be won dered at, when it is told that a wed ding was almost the only gathering which was not accompanied by the labor of reaping, log-rolling, building a cabin, or planning sonm scout or cam paign In the morning of the wedding day the groom and his attendants as sembled at the house of bis father for the purpose of reaching the mansion of his bride by noon, which was the usual time for celebrating the nuptials, which for certain must take place before din ner. Let the reader imagine an assem blage of people, without a store tailor or mantua-maker, within a hundred miles; and an assemblage of horses, without a blacksmith or saddler within an equal distance. The gentlemen dressed in shoe packs, moccasins, leath er breeches, leggins, linsey hunting shirts, and all home-made. The ladies dressed in linsey petticoats and linsey or linen bed-gowns, coarse shoes, stock ings, handkerchiefs and buckskin gloves, if any. If there were buckles, rings, buttons or ruffles, they were the relics of old times, family pieces from parents or grand parents. The horses were caparisoned with old saddles, old bridles or halters or pack-saddles, with a bag or blanket thrown over them ; a rope or string as often constituted the girth as a piece of leather. The march in double file was often interrupted by the narrowness and obstructions of our horse-paths, as they were called, for we had no roads; and these difficulties were often increased, sometimes by the good and sometimes by the ill-will of neighbors, by falling trees, and tying grape vines across tbe way. Some times an ambuscade was formed by the wayside, aud an unexpected discharge of several guns took place, so as to cover the wedding party with smoke. Let the reader imagine the scene which followed this discharge; the suddeu spring of the horses, the shriek of the girls, and the chivalric bustle of their partners to save them from falling. Sometimes in spite of all that could be done to prevent it some were thrown to the ground. If a wrist, elbow or ankle happened to be sprained it was tied with a handkerchief, aud little more was thought of it or said about it. Another ceremony commonly took place before the party reached the house of tbe bride, after the practice of making whisky began, which was at an early period. When the party were about a mile from the place of their destination, two young men would sin gle out to run for the bottle ; the worse the path, the more logs, brush aoddeep hollows, the better, as these obstacles afforded an opportunity for tbe greater display of intrepidity and horseman ship. Tbe English fox chase, in point of danger to the riders and their horses, is nothing to this race for the bottle. The sturt was announced by an Indian yell; logs, brush, muddy nollows, hill and glen were speedily passed by tbe rival ponies. The bottle was always filled for the occasion, so that there was no use for judges ; for the first who reached the door was presented with the prize with which he returned in triumph to the company. On approach ing them he announced his victory over his rival by a shrill whoop. At the head of the troops he gave the bottle first to the groom and his attendants, and then to each pair in succession to the rear of the line, giving each a dram and then putting the bottle to the bo som of his hunting shirt, took his sta tion in the company. The ceremony of the marriage preceded the dinner, which was a substantial backwoods feast of beef, pork, fowls and sometimes venison and bear meat, roasted and boiled with plenty of potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables. During the din ner the greatest hilarity always pre vailed, although the table might be a large slab of timber, hewed out with a broad-axe, supported by four sticks set in augur boles, and the furniture some old pewter dishes and plates; the rest wooden bowls and trenchers, a few pewter spoons much battered about the edges, were to be seen at some tables. The rest were made of horns. If knives were scarce, the deficiency was made up by the scalping knives which were carried in sheaths suspended to the belt of tbe hunting shirt. After dinner the dancing commenced and generally lasted till the next morning. The figures of the dances were three and four handed reels or square sets and jigs The commencement was always a square four which was followed by what was called jigging it off; that is two of the four would single out for a jig, aud were followed by the remain ing couple. The jigs were often accom panied with what was called cutting out; that is, when either of the parties became tired of the dance, on intima tion the place a'os supplied by some one of the company without any inter ruption of the dance. In this way a dance was often continued till tne mu siciau was heartily tired of his situa tion. Towards the latter part of the night if any of tbe company, through weariness, attempted to conceal them selves, for the purpose of sleeping, they were hunted up, paraded on the floor, and the fiddler ordered to play "Hang out till to-morrow morning." About nine or ten o'clock a deputation of young ladies stole off the bride and put her to bed. In doing this it frequently happened that they had to ascend a j ladder instead of a pair of stairs, lead from the dressing and ball room to the loft, the floor of which was made of ; clap-boards lying loose and without \ nails. As the foot of the ladder was I commonly behind the door, which was purposely opened for the occasion, and its rounds at the inner ends were well ; hung with hunting shirts, the exit of I the bride was noticed by but few. This , done, a delegation of young men in | like manner stole off the groom, and , placed him snugly by the side of his . bride. The dance still continued ; and if seats happened to be scarce, which | was often the caee, every young man, when not engaged in the dance, was obliged to offer his lap as a seat for one of the girls; and the offer was sure to be accepted. In the midst of this hi larity the bride and groom were not forgotten. Pretty late in the night, some one would remind the company that the new couple must stand in need of some refreshment; Black Betty, which was the name of the bottle, was called for, and sent up the ladder; but sometimes Black Betty did not go alone. I have many times seen as much bread, beef, pork aud cabbage sent along with her as would afford a good meal for half a dozen hungry men. The young couple were com pelled to eat and drink, more or less, of whatever was offered them. It often happened that some neighbors or rela tives, not being asked to the wedding, took offence ; and the. mode of revenge adopted by them, on such occasions, was the cutting off the manes, foretops and tails of the horses of the wedding party. On returning to the infare, the order of procession and the race for Black Betty was the same as before. The feasting and dancing often lasted for several days, at the end of which the whole company were so exhausted with loss of sleep that several days' rest were requisite to fit them to re turn to their ordinary labors. STORY OF THE WHISKY IN SURRECTION. The most notable event in the early history of Washington county was the Whisky Insurrection continuing from 1791 to 1794 inclusive, winch was simply a moonshiner'srebellion against the authority of the Government to im pose and collect a revenue tax upon whisky, similar to the one now exact ed. The excise tax was first a Mate enactment, but afterwards, at the sug gestion of General Alexander Hamil ton, then Secretary of the Treasury, March 3d, 1791, Congress passed a law placing a duty of four pence upon every gallon of distilled spirits. There were at that time 272 stills in opera tion in Washington county. The peo ple of Western Pennsylvania claimed that the only way they could pack the rye and other cereal products of their farms across the mountains on horseback and exchauge them for salt, iron and other necessities was by first manufacturing the grain into whisky and contended that the Government tax was unjust and burdensome. A hot headed lawyer named David Bradford residing at the town of Washington headed the insur rection and a certain person known as "Tom the Tinker," who is supposed to have been John Holcraft, issued the orders to and directed the movements of the insurgents, while the Pittsburgh Gazette was their official organ. The purpose of these rebels, like that of the Southern traitors in our own time, was to withdraw from the Union and set a sovereignty of their own, or even to place themselves under British author ity. A more nefarious plot of rebellion never was conceived in the mind of man, and it finally required all the force and power of the Government to defeat its purpose. The insurgents outraged every provision of law and principle of decency in their attempts to thwart the collectors in purfuance of their duty. They erected liberty poles surmounted by flags bearing the de vice, "Liberty ; No Excise; Dea h to Traitorsassembled in arms, tarred and feathered the officers of the law, shot down the agents of the govern ment like dogs, and committed indig nities and outrages that would ntterly disgrace any semi-civilized condition of society. It is not within the prov ince of this sketch to detail the wicked schemes of these conspirators, but among their designs was the destruc tion of Pittsburgh. Washington, who was then President, of the United States issued several proclamations calling the insurrectionists to their duty and finally sent the army, com prising 15,000 men under command of General Daniel Morgan, across the Alleghenies to quell the spirit of seces sion and rebellion. At a public meet ing held at Parkinson's Ferry, now Monongahela City, on the 14th of August, 1794, in which 11. H. Brack enridge, the historian of the troubles, the celebrated Albert Gallatin and Da vid Bradford were the principal actors, it was finally agreed to return to the allegiance of the Federal Government. David Bradford, who was mainly in strumental in stirring up strife, fled to Bayou Sara, in what is now the State of Louisiana, and which was then part of the Spanish possessions in North America, and Albert Gallatin and Brackenridgc both satisfied the Gov ernment that they were acting in its interest throughout the heated strug gle that decided the issue between loyalty and rebellion. [Springfield, (Mass.) Republican.] Edgar T. Page, Esq., Druggist, writes us from Chicopee Falls ; that Mr. Albert Guenther, under Wilds Hotel has used that remarkable reme dy, St. Jacobs Oil, for a severe case of rheumatism and it cured him, as if by magic. He also used it with great success among his horses, in cases of sprains, sores etc. and cures every time. It is now generally believed that apples keep better in moist or damp cellars than in dry ones. It is true other remedies can be praised, but Peruna has the unequalled proof. AOVERTIBIHU HATES, One aqaare ( ono insertion, $1; each nbM qtient insertion, 50 cents. Ye*rly|adTertisement uxoeeding one-fourth of • column, t6 per inch i Figure work double these ratet; additiona charges where weekly or monthly changes are made. Local advertisements 10 cents per line for flret insertion, and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub lished free of charge. Obituary notices charged a* advertisements, and payable" * hen handed in Auditors' Notices, #4 ; Executors' and Adminis trators' Notices, (3 each; Eetray, Cantion and Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact that the Crnux Is the oldes* established and most extensively circulated lie publican newspaper in Butler countr, (a Repub lican county; it must be apparent" to businesb men that it is the medium they should nee it> advertising their business. NO. 43 GROTON HEIGHTS. The patriotic people of New-London and the neighboring Connecticut coun try celebrated Tuesday the 6th, inst.. the centennial of the burning of New- Loudou and the battle of Orotou Heights. The battle, or massacre, gains additional interest at this time by reason of its relation to the great event at Yorktown which is to be fit ingly commemorated next month. If it had any place as part of a military plan, which is doubtful, it was an at tempt on the part of Clinton to check Washington in his strategic march to the Delaware by raising his fears for the safety of the territory he had left. Otherwise it was a mere wanton at tack, without definite aim or Durposc ; and the last, it was also one oi the least justifiable, of the British offen sive operations. It was the more fitting, therefore, that it was led by the traitor Arnold, whose zeal in the cause of his new master was not less than in that of the old, and who very probably inspired the futile movement. When the New-Londoners were hur ridly awakened on the morning of the 6th of September, 1781, it was to find a hostile fleet at anchor in the harbor. The town was wholly without ade quate means of defence. The garrison at Fort Trumbull consisted of but a score or so of men, and that in Fort Grisworld, on the heights across the river, did not count above seven times as many. So Arnold had it pretty much all his own way on the New- London side, when he marched his 900 men against the few citizens Trho were left to defend their homes, and the village was soon in flames. On the other side it was not so easy, though it was pretty sure what would be the result when Colonel Eyre and his 800 regulars scaled the hights and stormed the fort in which were Colonel Ledyard and his little squad of per hapse 150 militiamen. There was a desperate but vain resistance, in which two British officers bit the dust, and then came surrender. But, as history has it, when Commander Ledyard handed over his sword to the officer of the advancing detachment of the ene my, that miserable soldier ran him through the body with it, and in like violation of all rules of war fire was opened on the surrendered garrison, so that some 60 or more of them were massacred. The total loss of the Americans was 85 killed and 60 wound ed. Then, "as if satisfied with the shameful record they had made to fill a page in history, the enemy went back to their ships and sailed away, making no effort to ravage the country inland or establish themselves in the harbor. Last week's celebration was made interesting and realistic by a sham battle intended to be a copy, as far as possible, of the real event of a hundred years before. There was a marked difference, however, in the presence of then thousand spectators. Had nothing like the same number of men been on hand in 1781, the battle had not terminated as it did The military manoevering is. reported to have been excellent winning the approbation of General Sherman, who was among the guests. There was a fleet in the harbor, sure enough, and the fort was stormed and taken with loud resounding volleys, but no loss of life. The troons in part were appropriately dressed in Revo lutionary uniform. If New London was not burned, the sun made it hot enough without that. Then in the af ternoon there were public exercises, in cluding an oration by Senator Hawley, a poem, prayer by Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon for the President's recovery, and brief remarks by General Sherman. Wednesday the celebration was con tinued in honor to the memory of Na than Hale, the martyr spy, who taught school in New London oefore joining the army and bravely doing the duty that led to his early and lamented death. Edward Everett Hale, his grand-nephew, eulogized him eloquent ly, pointing the moral of his life with his last words, spoken on the scaffold, 'I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country.' The spirit of one such life counts for many, and its influence perishes not with the century. It is good to recall such lives and events, and too much attention cannot be given to them and their meaning by young America of to-day. The circle of military centennial remember ances will be completed with the cele bration at Yorktown, the preparations for which are on a scale befitting the occasion. ______ A Millionaire. 'All the health j enjoy, and even my life, I may say, is in consequence of Simmons Liver Regulator. I would not take $1,000,000 for my interest in that medicine. W. H. WILSON, Lecturer Fla. State Grange.' Millions of us are bilious. We aro a bilious race. Half of us are born bilious, with a predisposition to dys pepsia. The best known remedy for billiousness and indigestion is Stru mous Liver Regulator. It has stood the test of time. The first wife of Marvin, alias Mor ton, etc., the polygaraist and forger, thinks he must have been crazy. Probably he was; no wholly sane man would marry fourteen women. It has been proposed to try him by a jury of women, as a means of giving justice, but the Providence Prexs suggests that he would probably many the whole jury and be unanimously acquit ted. We have, says the Cincinnati Ga~ zette, a raspberry bed which the past season demonstrated the advantages ot mulching. In the fall dead leaves were raked up and strewn amoDg the canes, and during last winter tho coal ashes released from grates and cooking stoves were thrown systematically oa and along their roots, and early in the spring a thorough cleansing of the bed and vines was instituted. The ground was well stirred, and then the deposit ing of ashes recommenced. Whether the last operation was beneficial or not, except in checking the growth of the weeds, the whole routine certainly worked well in the production of a i fine crop of berries.