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arßest sod most complete establishment in 014
'Joan y, , Fdur good Presses, and a generaryarlety of
Material suited for plain aod Fancy work of ev,ery
16tad °elides us to do job 11'rinOng at the shoe toes_
noticb, and on'the most M2M'otiable whim" PNreiinp
n want'of Oilin, Blinks, , or anythlngth; the JOAN;
ne t -wllifind it to their ititensst to'giva non call.
X.ovut , gurovnintic9l.
t'. l- s "GoViiiNMEtWi
'President —Anomuof fascoLN.
Vice
Socr..pry pf .41,3 ,Cate-. .V .1, S&II
50... 4 .31.Ary of Int .
IN°. P. Mop:).
Sec rate ry "Of TrPilHury•-= WIC PI NESS MOON,
Seerotgry of .War—i; own., 31. STANTON,
Socrotiry of Novy—,Orpe.ox
NliistOr oo.oeral. - .lfoNTOomEor
!:fornay Got EDVir AIM HATES,
SPATE OCiyEANNEENT
flovernor—Antustv G. CURTrN.
%ere ar.y.or otato—Em SuFcrt,
Survltyoi• ota.,
A %.7 di Lop °nerd!— bikAC'SLENI( tat,
itt,tpru,tty-iiettoral—Wm. DI. SIEKEDITtI.
, AdjUE4rlt. Genoral—A L. Itualta.t.,
State Tr4astiter—llENFty D Moons.
CltiofJu• tiettr the '4 , llprome Court-050. W.WOOD
VA RD
COUNTY OFFICERS
Prosblunt Judge—lion. James 11•Oraham.
associate Judges-110n. Michael CockHu, ncu
Hugh Stuart
District Attorney—J. W. D. °Melon.
Prtininotary— , Sarnuul Shirenian.
Clerk aril Itordriter—Ephraim Cornman,
Register—lien IV. North.
High Sheriff—J. Thompso Itippey.
County TritatiUrer—ntlllry S. Hitter.
Coro n or—David Suith:
County Chnunisslonars—Michael Kast, Jain M.
!oy, 'When McClellan, •
•
Superiniendant of. Poor llouse—llenry Snyder.
Physician to Jail—Dr. W. W, Dale.
Physician to Poor nousd—Dr. W. W. Dale. -
tOROUG II OVFICERS
Chilif.Bitrgess— Andrew 11. Ziegler.
Asslstent Ilur # ;qii—Aoliurtlisee.
'Potvu Council D. lthinqienri,
Bisler,.l.AV. D. tllllelen. 04,rg0 NVO:lei.
bleat Ward-1 lon. L Alarres. hoe Paxton, A. Cath
cart, .lino. II PArlier, .Ino. I). President, ut
Council', A. Catlivert, Clerk, Jo, IV I by.
111 , 0 .10.,qtable Samuel slpo Ward Constable
Andrew' Martin.
Aslessnr- , John a atoi..at. Assisw.t AsNossorfi,J
PS nil, F.Ol S. Itttetom.
Atdi t,rltotulrt D ramoron
Tar , :..llm•tor —AI frod Ithloohcart, Word CoHee
tors—E..st W3rd,Cha, A. Smith. We'd, %%ord. T co
Coriuu3n, Street Commi..sioner, 11"orloy R. Slat the we
Justices of tho Srponslor, David Smith
Abrm Duttuti, 1111,1130 11.deomb.
Lightura—Chas. 11. deck, Jamas Spangler
CHURCHES
First Presto.) Loden Church, Northwest angle of Can-
ROC Conway I'. Wing Pastor --Serr. on
every du allay Morning nt II o'clock, A. M., and 7
o'eloca. 1 , M.
Pr.,shyterlan Church, corner rf South Han
over and I' cnli•et streets Itov. John C lllisc. l'as[or
tiorvi,,, commence at II o'eluer, A. Al., and 7 o'r,ork
:51.
S . t..lll . lll',rhurch. northeatA anOt•
11. :t v. ./ C JIYm , hector. Survives
at II 9%.,0cR th. IL, n. 1.1 6 "'elo , k. I'
r;a4l.oh Lutheran Chun h, itetlf,raL botwren Slain
in 11. .Lc•nb r . ry, t'u.tnr. Sir
♦ima at I l o'cluek M., n. 41 1,!6 'dor lc P. M.
16•ftyrInctil IThurch 1,11;110r, f•vt, e.J 1/1.1
over awl l'itt streots. IlcV Sitn t/e'l
S.orvlc,3 at I l o'elo!k A. NI.. and 6 o'vri.ark I 31,
)I.lth i I (fl rs t , 11.1r,;e) corm,. of 'llmiti .
awl fia - , tr•ota.ftlol.ll .l %lL. 6ht:rlock, Pastor.
Silty Itl t o'v .•
1.. k. A. .1.. Ltttd 7 0',.1 0 ,..1; p I.
:113011.1i41, li. Chur , (vecculti It. S. I
Bolvm.ta, : crvices lu Emory '.l Chu rcl. rt ,
o'clock A . %1., and I'. M.
Church of 410 d Chapel :toti , ,ll West ~or. of IA est ttt
and lieu If. F Beek, Port... :1 , ,,r1/cen
at IL n, ni.. and W..; a in
. Ch ch Pomfret near Rust qt
no, ,rr. ev,.t..), other :lilt
b3tit it TO o'ciork. I,p,rs at a l'. II
Orr o I I. r• 11 1 narrh,r,nrr f f'oro 1 n tf
Itn 1.0,1 •tr ••• s : tzi), I , os tor i..;e r ,
' ,100, P .
w.p ,s'n ~ ~ , i ~
prop er p 3 I .11.113 •1 4 ,1 t tinll,
I=lll
1)1()KINSON CuI,LEUE
!tw IL.. rio a \l. J 011[1,013, D. D. Prost d n' and Pru
e.inor of 4-I.J
IVil:ltin C. IViiH,lll, A. Of Profoatior ni Natural
Saleuco 1;11rAtor tun A
lieu tat I,
tvi./ 14.1 tl2lgxe.
Li, t1.111,,AL, A
.tty'❑ A ki , t ••••.rtt t t • , , ,
VI (I 's,t
it u a t 't :•.. ii•
'toy .% 11, 1 , 1 p.ll I It
Gramm...
Join hood, Aninsiant in thii
BOARD OF `SCHOOL DIRECTORS
K. Corn man, Prosideut, James .Inroiltnn, 11. Saxton
R. C. Wand word, I eoBhatn. Ilutnerich
Sact'y , W. Nb 3., Tretsuror. John -.ohm, Me. ..miter
Mett,t pn the let Mond us 01 oach Month At 8 o'clock A.
M , nt Vldneation
CORPURATIONS
Crhyvn.r. Dew , vr ItkNk.-I're.i.lent, It. M. !lender•
eke, CV V. 11,.,•tem Cash J and C. B.
Teller:, W. M. l'f.taler Clerk. .100. Underwno Mee
souk , ‘I nd,riue, PreSithea It C.
Wko,lWArd. 74i1,s W...dburn. Moses Bricker, John
lug, W. W. Dale, John U. liorgas, Jo...eph J. Logan,
J uo. Stuart, jr.
Futtr NaTIINC. Sam uel Hepburn
Ca• bier. Joe. C. Hoffer, Teller. Abner U. Brindle. Mee
se, -ger, Jesse Brown Wm. her, .lope Dunlap, iticli'd
Woods, John 0. Dunlap, .s.lac Brenneman, John S.
Sterrett, Sunj'l. Hepburn, 11l reraurs. '
CUXIIERLA ND V41.1.Kr 4.111E101.0 COMP (NY.— Pretilthgrit,
Frederick Watts: Secretor and Treasurer, Edward
M. Biddle: 6uperiutendent, O. N. Lull. l'abseuge.
trains LL rue times a any. i'arlislu Accololna ration.
East wird, leaves Corlkle 155 A. 51., arriving at Car.
lisle 5 2.) NI. d llronyl. 11 . 31118 iota 011,10 la A N.
and 2.42, P. Al. West word nt U 27, A. M., and 2,55 P.
M.
C•RLISLIS 0 %R AND 15'Atill ' e0MYANY.- President, Lein
pet Todd: Treanurar, t. L. Spowler Superhaulicet),
licorge Wino: Directors, F. Watts, Win. :d. Beetelut
H. Nt. Biddle. Henry :33 X ton. It. 0. Woodward, J. W.
Patton, P. thirdner and D. S, Croft.
SOCIETIES
Cumberland Stu Lodge No. 107, A. V. Nf. meets at
Marlon 11a11 on the 'Sad and 4th Tmeadaye of every
month.
Bt. John's Lode, No. 2110 A. Y M. Meets 3d Thurs•
day of each month, at Marion Hall.
Carlisle Lode' No. UI 1. II of t/ N. Meets Monday
evening, at 'front's huiltlln4
Letoft Lodeo No. 63, I. 0 of 0. T. Meets every
Thursday evening in I:berm's ❑all, 3d story.
FIRE COMPANIES
The Union Fire Company was organized in 1780.
nouse In Gouther bet wnen Pitt and Hanover.
The Cumberland Fire llompary was instituted Feb
18, 1809. Muse In Mulford, between Main and rem
(sat.
The Good Wlll Fire Company Wee Instituted In
March, 1855. Ileum; In Pomfret, Hoar Hanover
Tho Empire Hook and Ladder Company , WAS lUBti
ted in 1839. douse In Nit, near Mein.
RATES OF POSTAGE
Postage on all letters of ono half ounce weight or
Antler, 3 cents prepaid.
Postago on the itEitAl,ll)a ithln the County, tree.
'Within the State 13 cents per annum. To any part
.of the United States, 213 cents Postage on all Iran
dolt pipers. 2 cents per ounce. Advertised letters to
Oe charged with cost of advertising
Ladies Fancy Furs
‘t. ii much b wrr pre
,abled to dloposo of them
et very.roadona r ble prices, and I would rheruforo Follcil
,a'call from my Mende of Carlisle;
Remember the Noma, Nuuthor and t3tregt4
•
JUAN FAIIEIRA,
I ' - 718 Arch St, abbtro 7 th.:ronth,oldo,
' bale pa partner, nor, connection with any, othot•
ilore TIVP4/140.4Aid• '
SetituAnhor 9,-1/.9134-,stri ,
,1311; LTZ, II Ot)V E R, ttOrney
~..Lav,QolcB South lianoyur. 414'0'4, oppoalti
p o it z ,4,, ( fry g rulA at ore 'Carlyle, Pa,.
'September 0,164. . • ".
'HE T R.ORWA
'•11 by . &
,Co.; ii now earrloa on by
July 24;1884:4f
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DR, wia. H. GOOK,
' .llol4oiiioP'Ai'Eflo, PHYSICIAN,
,Surgeon 4c,cottchour.
FVIOV at his icsjdenco ,
, .mtrai4, adjoining thoViloqkoglat Church.
" uty %Mal: • •
fiEWICE SEGARS , '& TOB&CCO,
, • ' • , AT 'RALSTON'S
. .
yOtt•wintfaoything-go to 114verstiok's
l• og Boit flooWStorn , • - A
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25 00
4 00
1 00
A - Western paper declares the following
to be a fact which occurred at One of, New
England's quiet villages: , . •,,
In old New ',rigland, long ago, • '
Where all • creation travelled slow,,
And naught but trackless deserts lay
Before the early settler's way,
A youth and datusei, bold and fair,
Had cause to take 'a journey—where.
Through night and day, am! day and night,
No house would greet their wearied sight.
And thinking Hymen's altar should
Precede their journey through the wood,
They straightway to a Justice went— ,
By love and circumstances sent.
The Justice, good old honest pate,
Said it was quite unfortunate;
But at that time he could not bind
These two young folks of willing mind—
For his cOmmission, sad to say,
Had just expired but yesterday;
Yet, after all, he would not say
That Single they should go away,
'And so he bade them join their hands
In holy wedlock's happy bands,
And "just a little - ge would marry—
F,tiotigh, In•rhnps, to safely carry,
~ they were in connubal mood,
Enough to do them through the wood."
[Thifigrport Sia min rd
The following from the Chisaga Jour
nal 18 worth) of being placed beside the
winter sketches of Jacob Abbott and Na
thaniel P. Willis.
That old red sleigh with its long box
that never was full, far down in the straw,
wrapped in the robes, or on one or an
other of the four seats it contained, there
was 'always room for one. -more.' What
a grouping of bri g ht young faces there
used to be in , it ! :aces in hoods, in cape
and in . :blankets—hearts that have loved
since--hearts tat have broken ; hear
t hat have mouldered. And away we went
over the bill and throu ;4 ll the vale under
woonlipht and the eh.nd -when ti
were lookin t ib.wo - when the .•'lll It o
led the world i'du a f.f i rtil j,c•
lint thOt.e clay 11,,d le411),, 14.1itk
and the tr. L n. c 6 ,:n of
=lll
sw ,)
!tii• piC,cr,
acctr x •;1 • t r.•
ofessor of the
lIM
=I
UM
0. '.va erA - , e
ha 1 41 ess, than t .44 In 3; ;•1 a;„,,,
over the hiltow- of w J.tei wa i I.ki
shapes now shin e uht g the eat row wny
give us, for ICS at Illeriwricii ri
yesterday, the old ted -Ici A h.
Then, the days, Whet' we were coas
ters, and down the big hill, by the maple
wood, through the little ditches, far into
the valley we came with merry silo it,
each the solitary Palinui us of his own
small craft. flow like a flock of swal
lows wo were, dashing down the de
clivity, in among a group of sleds, side
by side with a rival, shooting by like an
arrow, steering in gallantly ahead like a
jockey, and un our way up with a sled
in tow, ere the other party had reached
the valley, below.
And then it was when the wind had
swept away the si.ow from pond and
stream, and the ice was glare, that we
put on the 'rockers' and lifted hither
and thither, and ea sixes and eights and
curves without number, and drew the
girls that we loved, and whirled them
like leaves over the highway of chr . i'stal.
And the schools where we spelt each
other down, and the schools where we
sang Windham and hear, and the schools
where we cyphered and wrote, and 'went
up,' are gone, all gone, teacher and
taught, like the melting snow under the
rainbows of April.
And when, sometimes after the great
snow, the winds 011 me out of the north fbr
a frolic, what wreathings and carvings of
the cold alabaster there were. What our
inthian adornings surmounted the fence
posts; what mouldings were fashioned
by the way; what
_fairy like caves in the
drifts; what flowths of rare finish and
pendants of pearls on the trees.
Have you quite forgotten the fo , t
prints we used to find iii the damp snow,
as delicate, some of theta t . 13 a love l e tt er;
the mysterious paths down to the brook.
Or by the old holluii tree that we used to
Wonder over and set 'figure fours' Iy,
perchance we might catch the makers
thereof? Lluve ?nu quite. forgotten how
sorry you were ,for the snow birds that
fluttered among the flakes. and seemed,
tossed and lest in the storm ? .
'And there - in the'midst 'of that winter,
i eel, that Made the thanks !
giving Itist all through the night
,of the'
year, and ; what WorOrrOw! stars and the
'fires burned 'mile brightly 'therefor
Chiistlll6NWlTh t lis L Ziitaiod 443 sheer,; L its
carol, aml itt :evergreen brunch.
'and
I telirighe' tiierning. dreams, Christ.
41i6ii - ticcict'riveke prints upon the
chiinuey, , tops wear only there to
gee them, tvhere Santa Claus met his foot'
,as the clock struele:: . tweli:fett .Christmas,
when
,stockings suspended by I hearth
,and over the iand,;! stock
ings, silken and, white.; 'stockings home
ly and blue, and even the li . ttle•red sack,
hole in the I tOt). 'BlesetUf''fortivt4,
„be AtetaoliiiiiO3 ,gaps; '`‘, •
OLIN FAREIRA'S
Id Fetishlimbed F Li It
Blau ufactory.
No. 718 Aroh Street.
rove 7th, Philadelp .la
I have now in core of
ly own Importation
id Manufacture, one
the Lergent nod meet
autlful m-lortlonn of
FANCY FURS,
Lunen' A 111111dren'n
'au In the city. Alen,
finh 'll/111011111011t of
,nt'e Fur Moves and
Tiara.
An . all my furl wore
JOHN ORNASON,_
' (hewn. Oumb. Co.
vb L. 65.
RHEEM & A.KLEY, • Editore &
,lit9prteiors.,
Vag1..4;111.
Partially Married
~:5~.~ ~',~,~ ~I'II~:~:~ r~.
Winter Scenes
MBE
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In 11, i. 1,7 ,! , I.',i. !c`
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MIN
A Ohri; thzas'A c 431 Dickimi•
SOWMP:;!DY'S -LUGGAGE.
It was net in the spirit of officious gat
lantry that I put my best foot forward, in
order to overtake the lady who was Walk.
ing a few yards before. me, across the
large field which ; adjoins the pretty
vil
lage of IvytoM About the: attractive
qualities of her face and figure I did not
care a straw, bUt_she !carried one potent
charm about her which h d for me a fits
cination wholly irresistible—she carried
an umbrella, That the potency of this
charallnay kiefully appreciated, ought
to state that the rain was falling in tor
rents; and that, although it was early in
the year, I was not only without ap um
brella, but was also destitute of an over
coat: having carelessly left, one of, those
useful habiliments in the railway carriage.
The shades of everr,ing were just deepen
ing into night, andl need not explain
that the sensation of being drenched
throutzh by a rain which one can scarce
ly see, is infinitely wore disagreeable than
the attack of a shower in broad daylight.
To tbe eye the appearance of rapidly fall
ing rain is rather lively than otherwise,
and to some extent counteracts the an
noyance of a w.:tting. flat in being
made aware of the presence of moisture
by the sense of feeling alone there is some
thing incalculably dismal arid desolate.
There was hope in that umbrella (a
gingham umbrella). Surely, under ih •
circumstances, I could solicit a share in
it without being deemed extremely rude
and impertinent. I slushmi toy way
through the interminable field, and gain
r.cl upon the figure. Its outline I could
plainly distinguish. It was certainly a
female, the dress was of a light eolor,and
—most important partieular—the wearer
d the dress carried, as I have said a eery
h:L'e 14inghain umbrella .
;‘l, , re I could not ascertain, sloe that the
j. , ot of icy pursuit was endowed with
a,nount of cut ii than is u-ually
to the fair sex. As •• y feet of
I nom the slippery pith, arid
.1 Ihe sni:111 Hid.ll.n: h . ) tVhlt•ll
" h'•11. , •1•
;•..•j,th
1111X!011 , t 44 k1. , 0W ))1141'
pens 11 16 walking behind them,
vuen hey are in a field about
..eh however, was not the ease with the
,d ) before rue. Armed with her um
, clia against the intlemeneies of the
w,..ither, she seemed regardless of every
thing else.
As I have sail, l gained upon the lad);
but even when I was at her side, with my
head under her umbrella (I believe I
have already described it is a gingham
umbrella), she wade no of tit to see we
or to avoid me. Apparently looking
starlight before her, she went on as at first;
and it is worthy of remark, that whereas
I wade a little splash at almost every step.
she seemed to pick her way without didi
culty The few courteous words I utter
ed did not seem to rem h bet ear r
haps she Was deaf? On this supinsition,
I gently took the gingham umbrella by
the handle, politely intending to carry it
in such a way as to confer upon her the
!argent share of its benefits. She made
no resistance, but let it go at once, and.
what was very strange, no sooner was it
safely in icy grasp than I found myselt
alone ! Yes, no one wis beside we ; then
I stood, whole and sole toaster of a gang
ham umbrella Dressed as she wits in
light raiment, the lady, however rapidly
she wig t have run away, ought to have
l , en visible in some direction; but she
was not visible in any direction.
How wrung it is to folio hasty jud g .
merits. give minutes before. I had set.
tied iu my own mind that the umbrella
w,s the engrossing object of the lady's
thoughts. Now, I could clearly see that
she did not value it to the extent of asin
gle (dutch. If she had merely wanted to
be freed from me, she might have gone
with the umbrella in her hand, for I did
not hold it so very tight,--Perltsps-ahe
umbrella was more objectionable than
msself, and she was glad to get rid of it?
Ihe rain that rattled on the silk sedated
anxious to demonstrate the utter fallacy
o f this hypothesis.
I felt comfortable enough in the par.
lor of the Jolly Navigators, sipping my
glass of hat brandyaind•water us a pre
ventive against the ill effects el the wet
ting, smoking my cigar, and idly watch
ing my—let me rathersay the —umbrella,,
as it 14 open • before the fire. The inn
waft .close to the station, 1.11111 Iby no
untatia regretted that at least halT;tl hum,
would elapse before the , arrival of tins rain
tlls't was td convey nie back to' town:', ,, bit•
orally doing nothing, I Was .ready tojake
an'interSst in iiitoing, and was not:dis,:
pleased when 1 could hear. through the
o'peir4oor the few remarks made by thef
hiedlord,:nnd lE6:Sustain srs at, the . ,bar.
"Well, this' is leai)lenr," said a gruff,
voice. •
"Yea,,,en4 more thtin that," said ati
.other voioe, exceedingly shrill,.ati
'deafly hnlonging toj:in:old lvomnn; :'this'
at.:•Fepitntry.•• welti4'qi. 0,
she was WOO -fold this evening?"
- ‘ . "O-titatelnn,said the landlord; 's
all very .. .filie for 31 .
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JANE ‘.IIT - 10, 186,5.
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nothing but -what -you-tan -eat and' drink
and'put, intoinur pookelc bittrtellyoti
site's sure toibe in, the field about night.
fall, on the 29th urFebruary,"
"Go along," said the gruff voice. "Why,
I've been through'Swatnpy Field overand
over again, and I never seed nothing."
"Of course not," assented the landlord
"Ay, ay,", pursued the shrill
.voice ;
"but did you ever go through the field at
nightfall, on the 20th. of February? Were
you there this evening 7"
Well, no; I can't 'say I was," replied
the gruff voice.
"No ; -exactly,"persisted the shrill old
dame. "And are you quite sure you
were there at nightfall this day four year
—or the day four year before that?",
"Well, I don't want to say what ain't
right an straight," replied the gruff
voice, in a somewhat discomfited tone.
"And that's the wisest thing you've
said yet," replied the shrill voice, 1:e
-prom:tautly. "Better people than you or
I have seen ghosts and been gi osts be
fore this, to say nothing of poor Miss.
Crackenbridge.''
Now my moral position, as I listened
to the -above conversation, with my ej es
fixed on the umbrella, was tar Irvin ele
vated. I felt at once that '•she" of whom
the old woman spoke could bu nu other
than the mysterious female from whom I
had received the gingham article that lay
open before me, steaming away its mois
ture. I therefore knew that the slicers
of (he gruff gentleman and of the land
lord were unjust, and yet I dared no(
openly enlist myself on the side of truth
My evidence was all that the old woman
required to save her from derision, and I
was base enouA not to give it. The
inure It think of my conduct on that oc
c-ision the more does my seT-respect di
mini-h, If I had been in Wale priori
five handet, where the existence of ghOsts
is admitted as it matter of course, ,h,-r,
i s n o doubt 1 should have come out bold
ly with ray narrative, and al ou'd hay
done my best to lirow4 eat any nelnek
:skeptic. My conduct, I am c oiviee3.l
would have been atialo2ou. had I to Cll it
a pm) of ci,toonutdo spirhuoii,o,
rt' I was in a village to o ciesei\
in romp-etion with 1..•ia1-n to admit of •,
vc‘ r il•dultrq...:rolilo4. , ,g the old
!b" F ,,, e111
t cough topo
der tiolo percions to ori,tooratio
For leer of in t o ruor the soet
of a oLor lomilold and his ware vulgar
customer. I .Bowed truth to be wsailed
withou , utteriag a word in its defense,
though I coon) searcely help fancying
that the m1'111(11:I was conscious of my
pusillanimity, and was obsercing we with
silent contempt.
What a great wan must a martyr be,
who will undergo popular execration.
death, an I torture, rather than keep hp o .
lips close, when they can he (. pencd for
the assertion of a truth ! What an im
measurable difference there must be be
tween toy constitution and that of—say
St. Lawrence.
But while toy moral courage was at the
lowest ebb it was high-water with my cu
riosity. Such was my utter depravity.
that the circumstances which de; ressed
the nobler quality allowed the lower one
to flourisn with full vigor. I sneaked
ut of the park' to the bar, endeavored
to ingratiate myse.f by asking for sonic.
thing cheap which I did not want (a his
cult, I think it was.) and then with the
grossest affectation of vagueness, pro•
potinded the following question :
" Excuse the liberty. but did no I
overhear - unintentionally, of course--
something- ntiont some person rr ho walked
in some field in sumo remarkable man-
ISHII
" That's right, master," replied a Wall
in a shaggy great-coat.
•• Oh yea, quite correct," said the land
lord, but for further particulars you
had better address yourself' to this good
lady here. You know there's 801110 sort
of knowledge that thrives best in the
heads of elderly ladies," he added, with
a wink.
,_I am overwhelmed with shame and con•
fubion when I write down the }lumina•
ting fact that I actually winked in return.
If 1 acre a member of parliament 1 won- .
der whether I should ever, by the reino,
test chance, find titybelf voting with the
mittori , y. !
" Oh, the gentleman is'iptite welcome
to heart he story
. if he' hkep," said the
old lady : a most respeetahle,Motroasivo
person. thn% °aro for a
laugh or two:"
Ilow unworthy was X to walk on the
nil wan that heroic' old woman :7:
I sluill , not yelieat the words of her
nartative, lily it was somewhat prolix,and
houn'tled;iri' - dotails that did not bear di
rectly on the main suhjeot It .will h0: 1
staffloienk,to,.state that aseoftling,,to, the
exoelleat lady's belief, one Miss Catber . l
in9,ol7tolconhr i idgO tho' '29th of
February; Jnany, years- ,before, gone
to' meet; oldedeistirie lover, and . haa',beet t I
soon to crass Swatopy , Since; that
,
tilio'nottiidg:l!ad bosh seen'of her: . Soino,
oupposed that she was. untrapped, l and.
:murdered Py,a d.esigning villain;,; some
that sho'rhet with a fatal I:evident.; some.
,that, 04 committedsnieille. This muoh
was certain : that every 29tit,of Bebrua—
riber::figure miobt be 'spor--in: fact;!
•Itlttatt veonpl-rto cram, Swatoy,,rield)
-
,il i '
Ili
- pofdou N6l)6'hiP-
Pepod-to be on%tlit; spot,
_ eaehangingsi look of blank au,-
periotity with the landlord—despidable
being that I'w,as 1 I asked if the ghost
were in the habit of earryipg
la.
_ " Ho-ho-ho !" roared the landlord.—
~
"-Why, of eourseit would, if it went out
on a, wet evening like this. Well, that's
a good 'on. The gentleman has given it
to her there, and El o mistake; hasn't he,
dim?"
The, man in the shaggy 'great-coat
grunted his assent, with a low chuckle.
And there was I—wretch that Lwas—
allowing myself to be applauded for in•
Meting a stupid sarcasm on a defenseless
female, when I firmly believed every
word of her statement, and, was merely
dndedvoring to satisfy my curiosity with
reference to my strangely-acquired treas.
tire: I even joined in the laugh, and al
lUwed„hern all, the old. woulan included )
to 'believe that I regarded myself as an
exceedingly witty and :facetious person.
The old woman nn rely ;11;terved that she
Itoite nothing about_ umbrellas, arid left
the houselit a stare of ira,cibility that
{4:1,3 jot only justifiable, but highly lau•
d ible. As fu. inc, I swaggered back into
the parlor with the air of a conqueror by
whom a worthy adversary has been val
iantly demolished.
My surprise was not small when I per:
eeived that the umbrella had changed its
position during the conversation, at the
bar. I had left it_with the convex side
toward the fire, and consequently the
handle in the opposite direction Nuw
the handle was toward the fire, and the
convex surface of gingham toward the
door. As no one had entered the room
this movement was perfectly astounding,
yet t did not titter a single rjaculatien.—
snatched up the umbrella, boldly tucked
it under oly arm aad stalked through the
I,l,ld.rig a hasty threw I. to the laud
iiroi ro Ciing the utterly frivolous
did not think I ahould alias
rh•-• If all :he goats of all the
IJgut l bad ,toud iu visible shape before
wm!id lather have walked throuti , h
m have committed topelf to a
w , rd 1. L. or :2,store that could hove
ml-ed an. in the eyes of th, land
-1:i, _ruff acqw.intatice. A 4 it
wa,s, the lota rs C. C. carv , d en
tl,e h a n a. coatirmA toy belief that the.
haa tin-. pr: perry IA the
nu-starred Cut herme Crackenbridge.
l ho umbrella, I may obserse, throo2ll
giaghato—was of no common order
ivory handle was extremely ma•sive.
and richly adorned with that elaborate
tracery which seems to betolteu an Ori
cotal origin The initial letters to which
I have refs rred had not been scratched
on with the first sharp instrument that
cattle to hand, but had been elegantly
carved.
Hence it wa4 no wonder that when I
ca;led on toy old friend Jack t: 4 lingsby,
to whose residence I proceeded as soon
as I quitted the train, ho exclaimed, in
his usual elegant style :
" Why, old boy, that's a shinning ging
ham you've got thaw ! Well, that is an
out•and-outer !"
Yes, it is rather a good one," I ans
wered with despicable indifference; and
I put it in the corner near the door and
hung my hat upon it, in contiirmity with
an old habit of mine Being of a care
less disposition, I lost 111.1ny an umbrella
in early youth. To prevent the recur
rence of such accidents I now adopt the
expedient of using my umbrella as a hat
peg whentiver T make a visit. I cannot
.
easily forget my hat, nor can I take my
but without handling my umbrella.
‘• Well, but you don't mean to tell
me," pursued Jack, "that you bought
that article with your own money? A
purchase of that kind is nut like my old
friend Yorick, Zachary Yorke."
"No; I did not purchase it—it came
from India," I replied, devoutly hoping,
with the little conscience that was bolt
me, that I had not told an absolute false
hood; for, indeed, it might have come
from India in the first instance for any
thing I knew to the contrary: -
The intelligence I had to communicate
was of a pleasant kind; and Jack proved
its exhiliaratin,r effect by ordering oysters
for two : np, it liberal supply of. stout.—
When Oats supper,. with _the addition of
a tonilder or so of grog, had been dis
; posed of J. rose to,depart.'
"Why, old fellow;" Said the lospita
ble,jack, 'f where haVe.youputyourlhat
•
and your umbrella?:;Bless my;soulyherei
they are 1.., Woll; . wouldhairs,
sworn inf . any . witness - box :that you put
t4:uniii,i;enit :1 . 6 the corner ' or, tho door,
'and than ol4ppoci your hat .94 bag ;
'41.6; 'snd boholti !== heroes
on.tho floor in thQ corner ne4t .
the'fireq)land, and the'umbrella; with 'die'
point hsnlO, thO, hat, and the handle a;:,
gainst the wall I" ; • ;; •,, ,
. The little ingidentin :the psilor'lof tho
Jolly NEiVigstiii,t'S-'had' too 'WelOprepared
me for such .frgalre PO , my .
Annbte)lal to 'allow , nio' tospn takiin'Aback;
'with hdedless..effrontoor. , '-oYou -pnti:s;
little ti*iiiolll# 4 4i '0;
and that,. coming-directly after ithe
IP '
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~ark'wad filly, as
, litobir as Liwag f find,
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1110 •;:
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1 1 4011 . 14:= 1 2;00 iii
, Asvanoo, or 42;45t) within th 6 year'
.
as for the brandy-and-water, it bad been
offensively weak. ' • • •
"I titippo'se you are right;.old• fellow,"
interrupted', - Jack, with a skeptical ex
pression of countenance. t' As the um
brella• is a little damp, it was kind of you
to save my carpet by using your hat as
a basin."
Simpering out some inanity about a
friend's interests being as dear to me as
my own, I got out of the house - as well
as I Gould That I had not succeeded
in obliterating from Jack's mind the re
membrance of the change of corners was
afterward made evident enough. Though
be never saw the umbrella again, he nev
er met me without some question na to
its whereabouts. or some reference to the
odd occurrence of that evening.
I had been so much oocupied hitherto
in wearing a mask before other persons,
that I really had not had time enough to
feel all the supernatural horror which
the possession of the umbrella should
have inspired. Here was an article placed
in my hand, by a mysterious female fig
ure that had vanished like a ghost, and
that figure exactly corresponded to the
description of a ghost current in the imme
diate neighborhoi d! 'flies' ircum u ccs
began to impress themsek es wore fat eibly
on toy mind when, on reiching 11011 W. I
found myself elope in toy bachelor
sir
ting-romp. The umbrella, which resttd
'against ray chair, appeared to we in the
lightof an unpleasant acquaintance whom
one can not conveniently bow out, and .
whom ono will not press to stop. What
should I do with the umbrella ? I did
not wish to eit up with it all night, still
less was I inclined to take it into my bed
room. I looked reflectively at the um
brella until I almost landed it looked at,
we in return
At last 1 bethought me of little room
on the floor over toy bedchamber, which
was occamionally used for the deposit of
Thitt,er would I at once tul:e
my u•ohn ila, and then redescend to the
s'ceping' aleirtintnt flc,w catith,w,ly 1
c hied it ! felt 111,ti hidly Iritid k •
i.; t 4 ;he ticrvuitto, wh t ti.ept tit the
her a, joining the lumber mow. I lupon
cd the door with II 116 . 111111111 W lif 111)1S0 Ihttt
only a bur L dar ought to attain. i c )1111
'almost lane : I was breaking into my uwu
1101/,,e.
Lutirbvr, insiguiEwant by day, is ghast,
ly at night, when illuniturced by a sin
,le candle, and seen by a Tingle specta
tor The common household articles,
C.L.'3l a ide as unavainthie fur immediate
use, and huddled together in a fashion
totally at variance, and the shadows (hey
cast are portentous. A cobweb floating
about in their vicinity is an uncomforta
ble phenomenon, and the lonely specta
tor shrinks instinctively from anything
like contact with that almost intangible
substance, which seems to be compound
ed of feathers, gossamer, and nothing,
and goes by the untrue of "fluff."
I delicately placed the umbrella against
a hamper, richly embroidered with cob
webs, and crept down to my bedroom
not without overhearing the whispering
voices of the servants, who had no doubt
remarked the unwonted sound of foot
steps.
My dreams were disagreeable enough
The umbrella seemed to stand beloro me
a huge many•artued bat, the gingham fir
ming the texture of the wines, and a lit
tle claw being visible at each of the cor
ners. Then the bat would a-sunte tho
shape of a human skel ton, still insny
armed, like sonic hideous I tututi quit) :
with this difference, that the arms were
not in a vertical circle, but were ranged
around the neck, like the spok,s of a hor
izontal wheel. And by a strange move
ment the nob had quitted its place. and
stationed itself-en the point, where it be
came a skull, and chattered its jaws, as if
in unseemly mirth.
. I was far front gratified-neat morning,
"when the servant, besides euflee and toast,
brought in the umbrella, with the words,
"I think you left this in the lumber
room ?" I. dryly answered "Yes,'' but I
felt that my answer gave no satisfaction.
Through the girl talked of `'leaning the
umbiella," she must have known •vory
well dint I put it in the lumber room on
purpose.
"You found the umbrella leaning a
gainst the hamper ?'' I dr•lced. ,
it was ligainst the large trunk on
the opposite side,i' replied the girl,
Of course," L said. And never did
that very cowmen expression seem less
fitted td the context of a dialogue.
lAn umbrella which has been lent by a
ilhost, which will
,be dreamed abont un
der the meat unpleasant aspect, and Which,*
"vilthout the Ai'd of huinan - lrands, will
shift front one_,eorner rdoro
ether,' is pet' a desirable peSsession . .:3l4nY
. were; my efforts to got, rid:df9ny,giciii4aL
-troasure,, , but they 3VAte
left st. at t:ha i houici of filedd - Slier,filend,
andfretiu'ently , took-away-withime a 4 silk.
ik':#sBii";Uia
bly sent bask ," ll,Jitve gong thee some of.
rho lopv to 'i o London,, have mads.
some trifling put:lipase:4sl a .taarind• stOre: ,
seller;`iyho'a re96i4/6r ,
l uolen-goOds—tbave ; pfuocd:rthestUubrcitsi
Up4iest,•lifis , pou i nto:'Euut virhurried
way, atlay •quiokest: pail° ; but 'tbei, f jight
cifhopesty,:has'",fiished onop!intn :the
i sbada.of, ragita,T=ill( ll #l.,4,o.• - : - :*,:' = :4lit4
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.
tioy or girl'has run frintibdffafter . ina,
with - 64 umbrella. , have • gOnO fo um
. .
brella-makers, and have„offered to sell or
exchange the remarkable specimen, of
their art which I carried ha rny• hand.
But never was the master of the shop, at
home when I called, and never had he left
any rrson authorized to -effect an ex
change or a purchase. :,14-conld• always
find some one in charge,.with 'full author,
ity to sell any number of umbrellas ; hitt
I could never find any body intrusted
with power to buy one, or take one in ex
change.
It struck me at last that I wenld take
it to the nearest pawnbroker, and offer it
as a pledge for a sum too small to be re
fused. I had never until then visited an
establishment of the sort, and I felt ner
vous as I approached the door—more tier.
Vous when a friend, who seemed almost
to rise out of the pavement suddenly shook
me by the hand, and asked me where I
was going. When I had quitted' hint he
stopped acid looked after we, so that I was
not able to dash boldly into the shop, but
iingered at neighboring: windows, eon
emplating objects wholly devoid of in
`terest. I low long I looked at some pigs'
pet titoes in one shop and at sonic black
iug bottles in another I can not enojec
tore. At last, moaning that. I was wid
, ly unobserved, I entered the temple of
interested benevolence
"Well, Sir," said the young man arthe
counter, with an air more p dronizing
than is assumed by the generality of
tradesman tow tri t heir customers ; "what
can we do fur you'"
"I merely come to—"thus I began,
when I perceived that my umbrella was
not under my arm I rushed out of the
shop lottving: my sentencc•unflnis: cd, and
and ruet. toy Picini returning from his ex
pedition. Though he merely made some
common place remark, I could see by his
wanner that he had distinctly perceived
toy t - g-ress. and, chancing to look back to
ward the shop, I could ace the young
man's fate protruding from the doorway,
watching MC with i•vident suspicion. My
iru ion was w iserahle Before me stood
an old fit ud of the fathily, a warm, opu•
leto, druadrilly rulteetable luau, ing we
with diminished tespect ; belt and we was
aft ut ( r shrauger, cuujeetuttug that I was
a thief.
11'h.•n I vot home my umbrella was in
the stand in the pass•Agn Perhaps I had
left it there. I ciao nut pbsl .- tiittly say
whethcr I. did r n t , hut something told
we that it would be u-eless to wake any
other attei,opt to deposit it as a pledge.
As the end of another• February ap
preached a happy thought occurred tome
Why should 1 not, in the anniversary of
the day that had enriched me with the
umbrella, take a turn in Swampy Field
and restore it to the rightful owner'?
Through the umbrella bad been placed,
inmy hand on the 29th of February, a
day which occurs only once in four years,.
I could regard the let of Match as a very
fair anniversary. There is this in com
mon between the 29th of February in
leap-year and the Ist of March in other
years—that they both follow the 28th of
February. Awl thete was no reasoti to
suppi.se that a spirit, habituated to rc•
gaol the essence of things, would regard
a chronological arrangement merely made
to adapt the calendar to mortal purposes.
1 left London by railway, and on the
evening of the Ist of I.!.larch I was in
Bwatopy Field with my umbrella up.
There was not. a (deed in the sky, and so
blight was the moon that the country
could lit. sten as by daylight. Nevertlie
less, I walked up and down the field with
le) tilt lir, Ile tit toll t•preud. No object
d rate a gpuir tit whO kink
advanta g e of the bright moonlight
to ex
tend their hours of play, and whO noticed
me as a ridiculous figure. An umbrella
held up at noon undd Mbroiling sun Ml'
swers the purpose of a parasol, and brin,:,s
no contempt on him who holds ir; but a
man who walks up and down a fluid by
moonlight beneath a perfectly cloudless
sky, with au outspread' umbrella in his
hand, is guilty of an absurdity that no
one is bound to tolerate. The derision•
of the boys ei•dured with the fortitude
of one woo knows that he is in the Wrong,
and who justly merits whatever • befalls
W hen their verbal sallies were
followed by missiles of mud and stontrl'
retreated, without•the slightest feeling of
anger again 4 my small persecutors. Had
1 been in' their place I should hai:o thrown
inksiles also, '
Mon - tha 'add` itiontlis - Liaised ''Arl4.
livery night 1 hod'dreotned Of:tbe.,skele
ten and the' het, and the drowns had lost
their terrur:. , I believe that if 1 bid lain
iron niQlit `till, Torhirig ,Without a Visit
fitthiliar ftpeetriY,T . i;t 1 054
felt, 'myAs' 'for the
~Unhrolla,,, hu'i1..,9 0 ,9ften,i)Ut one ,
earner and 'found itl : in.'-atiother--thatl
~
'l OO 4O `'it its locomotion., Qa a mater of
courso;:and ON. had chanced to find it
in the place Jvherrisl Vail left it rn'y
sensations) would have ,been like those of
‘Alini n• 'whose watch ~has; unaeountably
One' eYepinglig. my eye glAn9ed a the
,adirertiaeritenteeltroirispf , the ,I.newriparni•
4,‘o64ed,ai 4`e najiiAtoiiOttg
ap
notinoement:l beg. to state; before qttot,'
;big that on the, lire`iii,oPi';aiiijho:,
Tbro bad - of - A:ph - EEL a .Nrfir,;f 4.
- - 7i,74 , v riol 4.4141.
to havilitoneytiy rktha
p1a60, 1 of iiivkao. = rt,had Ainilo4 ( :o
It appeared to me otitis:4:4u .il000rd), icd
had brought a man With kt c whofaited iit
the passage *td bevaid tilt! p4si: f this al
toratiori, the
tireMisetrwithtitirraeiving -such -Flow
On beiq'ofreiZd. E llie `tiro ells gs teal,
4 1 4 ) !Fett,
brellas . enoUgh " that I can't gee rut of, f
wants my money."
_(From tl o words r
have ithlieizod might might it not almost
seeleas if this tinbultiirated person had
so ' encountered - 'th'e spectre! 1 'tuittly
threw Out -o'9'suigoit,(o4-;
NO. 3.
. ,
, Oa tho..2oth af Vabruary, C. ,C. SYAI
call "on Y. Z. -Y., dad claim the deliositi'
This was' thli'fictieTtitiefigilt ou. which
my eye fell. _
Now, it is not, every tine that eari,airo
a property in the initials Y. /q_
deed; I am' inoline4:to. believe thatl,
Yorick. Zachary Yorke' atu
gitimate owner.
How great is the power of habit I 'Or : en
years before, my mind
,hadbeeit
pied with the extra day of the bissextile,
that I had even tried to make a:29th of
February of my owri, - by Vying, it new
figure 'to the first of Mate i : Now, on
the contrary, I was slow , in tecalling,to
mind the connection between the Umbrel
la and the date of its acquisition; and I
believe a. quarter of an•hour.elapsed be
i;n-e I recognized in•C. C. the initials of
the ill-started Miss Catber:ine Craoken
bridge
The whole horror of four yeara,ago was
freed back upon me. My agony reach
ed its crisis, when, looking at the date of
the paper, I slrAeked aloud-- , " the 2911
of February is to-day I" Frantically I
r,ished into the passage, took the umbrel
la from its Stand, and placed it on the
table before me. My eyes were fix t,2,
upon it so firmly that every o:hor object
liided, and my arms were not only fold
-8.1 but firmly:o63sod together, that I
ni:glit be fully aware of tho strength of
my own resolution. '
How long I sat' in st,te I kr,
not, but after a while I began to feel ti a
I was not alone, thous; I could not pea
Att I there ',4,41,1
=ELI
strange inconsistenry in •he appearance
or the room The - looking was over
the chimney-piece, anl the various --Arti
cles of furniture were in their places, 1.41 c
the carpet seemed Made of wet grass, and
the walls were transparent, affortling
view of a flat country, in the last - light
of evenin7 I could hear the sound• of
rain, and could feel the drops Tn defi•
ante of all the laws of possitii f
in two place: at ooce--•-in my
bonlon, and on Swampy - A betty :
weight rested on my arm a 001(1 breath
w is on my cheek, ani ele - e beside me
was a pale face thatmOv2d its lip, as if
speaking with the greatest earnestness;
but it gave no sound.. ,
When the face had- melted away. anal
the weight was removed from mY arm,
and the walls had ceased to be transfla
rent, the umbrella was gone.
I am not aware whether any so called
philosopical explanation of' these aston
ishing experiences may he attempted. I
believe T have related them (on the whole)
with great accuracy. If T have at all en
larged on any trifling detail, or if any de
duction should 'be claimed by the deter
mined skeptic, on the score of harmless
stout, or of brandy-and-water which I
have myself described as (I quote the
exact words) "offensively weak," or rn
the score 'of a rather confused memory
or a slight habit of absence of mind,, or
an indigestive disposition (inherited on
the father's side) to doze after dinner - ,
there will still remain this extraord•inartis
circumstance to he accounted for by Or
dinary laws—that I never could get rid
of the umbrella (gingham) dnrinr the
whole interval between bissextile an-lbis
sextile, and that I unaccountably and in
explicably lost the umbrella (silk) on the
29th of February, the very day it came
home from hcing newly covered, and
brou!*lit with it the extraordinary man
have described.
CREEL was a ducat house—a Palace•
altnest —in the north of Scotland;and I
den't.beliero that any were in ,the, north.
or- the south ; , the cast or the west :a pleas
anter place could belong(' -to stay at, or
a pleaqanter ho , ,t and hostess than the
Duke an II) Lichees of Ctreta, I had known
the Duchess long before her Marriarze,
and as to her hnsbagd, we got on v7O
from the very fir'-t day of my stay at
'Creel, when I had the good fortune to
larda_salmoo-in:katyle - thirchrit - oliiii,
approved, of; and achloyetnent whieb I
followed up by tying 'a pY.with,Whioh he
himself lined: first
,apd last. Are large
salmon, and a dozen grilse, before it - came
to pieces: , t Every year. I went te , stay at
Creel, Making one of a gie'at'dodiety; the
castle being big enoogh to . held'n:litnall
, world within its, walls
• The first •day.of lay arrira.at...Creel oa
the oedasion aim writing, I found
niyself seated 'between old T o ady' gikhei.
tvliO . is ver deaf; andan tineoli.4 - only
stUpid in'astai `Qt io*:•heitads;.W6iter ; e
nobetly,,would, Ryer eare,te Wear. pqless '
tv.h'enjtmas raised itt paolgaipps„ tally
ho, or ,uttering words of.eacourageteent`t.
a:des - pendent ;•hpund,„ :Exactly. opposite
, to where lieat was the beautiful Miss
'OrtiWeetlr: 'this' yOUng had
card a great deal; though ' . l Wad" never
before n?yself;jci Ilqi
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