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JOUXSTo HA' I' A LEWIS LUCKH ART, begs leave to au Bounce that he has always a large and varied ksscrtuien of all the various articles peculiar Vihis business. Repairs promptly an-' carefully attended to. Johnbtown April, 17 1 801 . tf. 1- f981 03 &nr emdlspBjiqj -IHUSIKQ f-01 x r.oi so ':-lTdJV -K 'OMHJ- ONiavan axv s3avj.s -qaa "anil HVO ELLIH.U 10A N3AIO S3 j,vh YiHaiaaviiHri xsaHom The Cobbler's Temptation. Jareb Gropp sat in his little shop, upon his low bench, and he pegged and tapped away .merrily upon his well-worn knees. He was a jolly fellow, was Ja reb. Poor, 'tis true, but just poor enough to be free of care. lie owned the roofed box in which he worked, and so he owned the lil tie thatched cot that ioined it. In tlm fii' wpro Iwii rruima and the si ion was . i . - , ... i r one. Ju the cot lie liven, wiui nis wue and seven children, and in the shop he worked cheerfully all the day long. He was not afraid of robbers, for he had nothing worth carrying off ; and he feared no man, for he never did man a wrong. A merry fellow wa9 Jareb Gropp. He sang as he pegged, and his joyous notes lacked only musicial sound to make them attractive. - He was built after the same pattern as were his cot "and shop. He was short and dumpy, with a round, shiny good-natured face, and with a bald pate, though he was only five and forty. Trall-de-rol lol de-lol-lardy !" sung Jareb. Full-de roll-de-riddle de-rol de-rinc-tum !" rounded a voice from the inner odor. Jareb looked -p and saw his wife. Just a match for Jareb, for all the world. Short, fat, clean, good-natured, and happy, as a happy queen. She was dressed neatly for all her poverty, and the flush of health glowed upon her plump cheeks. 44 Duck," said Jr.rcb, the likes 'o this never happened afore." 4 What is it, my own sugar plum?" asked Hepscbeth. ILpsebcth was her name, though she hadn't heard it pronounced in full for years. ; D'ye see this shoe, delight ?" 44 Yes, my love." 4"This the last work in the castle. Not another place to put a peg have I got by me. We'll shut the gates, lower the drawbridge, put the warden on guard, and ejd! up our coach, eh ?" 44 Ye mean we'll go and walk, pepper mint ?" I do, treasure." 44 hiili I put on my silk, or satin ? or my new velvet ?"' 44 Put on all on 'em my dear. We'll make an appearance. Hi fol de-rol-lol-de-rol ladi! There (tap) that's the last g, and old Smith's shoes are done. Smitt Smith di'ii: you ever feel thank ful your name wnm't Smith, eh ? There was si Smith put in jail only last week for robbin' somebody. But ye never heard tell of a Gropp's bein' put in jail, never. 44 Now, my maple sugar, we'll be off. lig up the little Groppses." 44 Hardly had Iledpy departed, when a man made his" appearance at thefcshop door. He was an old man, very well dressed, in black throughout, carrying a gold headed cane, and wearing a watch chain of the same precious metal 44 Are you a cobbler?" he asked, as he entered. 44 1 was to minutes ago, sir ; but I am an old feudal baron now, sir ! Lady Gropy is jroing to ride out, sir, and I'm to attT.d her." 44 Eh are ynu not the man who does mending ? mending of boots and shoes ?" asked the visitor, moving back a pace, as though he feared the strange fellow before him was crazy. 4 4 Yes, sir," answered Jareb, 44 I'm the man. Put, ye see. my wife hasn't walk ed ou for more'n a month. I just tossed off the last bit of work I had in the shop. I'd hurried it nmazinclv, and was just airotn' to take a run down by the river with her and the little ones." 44 Aha I see," said the old gentleman, smi'in? '4 Now von lust run and tell yon and - lady In wait for you half an hour, ! I'll satisfy her for it. I am in a ' burrv. The staire leaves in an hour, and my loot has jriven out. Come, vou won't refuse to assist me under such circum stances r 44 Hi d.im-de-f..!-lol! Weill b' pose I must stick to my buisness." Thus spnkin?. Jareb left the shop, and when he returned he put on his apron acrain. and settled into his low seat. The old man took off his cloak and sat down, and the cobbler pulled off the fractured boot It was ripped badly. Jareb made him a stout waxed-end, sinking merrily the while, and when 'twas ready lie took up the lioot. 44 Y'ou B-icm to be a happy fellow " re marked the visitor, after he had watched Jareb's good-natured face awhile. 44 Why shouldn't I be ? I owe no man anything I have my health and love to do my work. Tol-do-rol lol do-rol-lardo." "Y'ouve laid by something, I suppose, for a rainy day?" pursued the stranger. " Aye, thousands upon thousands of dollars, sir ! cried Jareb, giving his awl a furious punch. "What? so much as that?" 44 Hi I I'd like to show 'em to ye, sir, only they might hae dirty faces. Seven of 'em, sir ! Seven of the best ua- i tured children ve ever saw, sir, and stout 1 ..,J 3 . ' la-u iw. 44 Ah ! I meant to ask you if you had not managed to lay by a little money, my good man. You seem steady and indus trious." 44 Money?" repeated Jareb, with a comical leet. 44 Does a man lay by mo ney when he's buildin' himself houses and garden? ? No, sir. Nor does a man lay by money when lie makes half a crown a day, and rears seven children. Them lit tle uns 1I lake care 'o me when I ain old, never fear. No, no., 'Money of gold, in hoarded store I have none of it I have none; I live and breath I do no more To-dav it' a crust, to-morrow a bone, Fol-de-rol-loNlol-de lido.' ' 44 Then you live contented upon jour scanty store ?" said the old man, regard ing the cobbler rather envious. I 44 Just as contented as the day is long, i sir. And why" shouldn't I. I won't : starve while there's a crust in the house, : or a ripped shoe in the village. I should i like money if I could have it : but I I wouldn't pass one day and night of dis- j content for all the world." j i 44 And if you had money what would j i you do with it ?" i j I'or the first time Jareb looked Sober. ' j His awl was stopped in the puncture it i i had made, and his eye rested vacantly upon the fl.ior. When he spoke all his j lightness of manner was gone, and his j voice was almost tremulous. 44 Well, 1 11 tell ye," he said, while a j twitching of the neither lip told that he felt deeply. 44 1 cant help thinkin' that my little ones aren't a coming' up as some folks' li;tle cms are. They, are good and honest, and happy ; but if they could have a chance to get a leetJe more larr.it.' than their poor old father's got, I shouldn't mind. I can't help thinkin' as how't there might be a bright mind or two amongst 'em, that miht make a doctor, or a lawyer, or may be a minister. But never inin 1 they're in God's hands. I don't complain. Complain ?" repeated Jareb, thrusting his awl through, and theji pulling it out 4 why shoulJ I? I low many, and many a rich father would give all he's worth if his children could only be different fioro what they are ? sickly and weekly, maybe, or, per haps bad r.nd wicked. Hi ! There's no suc'n word as complain, For by it we notlrng can gain, Ssive trouble and all mental' pain With a toI-de-nllol de-dido! - 4 No, No, sir. I've got enough, and that's more'n every Ixxly's got. The boot was finished, and the old man took out a golden guinea. 4 I've no change for such a piece, sir,' said Jareb. 4 1 don't want any change. Take it all. A shilling is to pay you for mend ing my boot : and the rest is for your wife and children ; to pay them for the loss of their walk. Come, don't disap point me. Jareb fook the coin, and though his thankfulness was deep, yet its expression was simple and polite ... The old mar. put on h boot and went ,ay. The wife cam, ,n, and Jareb owed his treasure. They were rich as aw show monarch's now. "1 hey danced and sang, : ml then each called the other a foci. However, after this they went and took their wal! they and their children. The oldest child was only twelve, and the youngest one was two. Tommy and Johnny were twins. looking family. ihey were a jolly When Jardj returned and entered his shop, the first thing lie saw was a green si'.k purse. He picked it up, and found it full of gold Quick as thought he put on his hat again and ran from the shop. He reached ll:c I ofel, but the singe had gone, and the old gentleman had gone in it. So the cobbler returned to his cot, and there sat down with the purse in his hand. 4 What shall we do with it ?', he said, ! nneailv. The wife pondered a long while, an 1 fiallv she replied, 4 Let's. take it down in thn cellar and hide it. Then we sha'n't lie robbed of it, nor we sha'n't lose it ; and when he comes wc shall have i for him. 4 But supposin' he should never come, nepp' " Then we'll leave it with our children, and they may use it.' 'Heppy, my delight, you are right. So they went down into their narrow cellar, and having looked all around, they finally removed a stone from the wall, put the purse in having first rolled it up in many thicknesses of stout paper and then put the stone back as it was before. On the following day the cobbler watched for the stage, and when it came ne went up to the tavern to see if the old gentleman had come back. This he did every day for two months, and r.o old man came. " At the end of that time Jareb was ta ken sick He was very sick ; and for a long while the doctor despaired of his life, And Jareb was very jioor too. Many a night the children went eupperless to bed. 4 Jareb,' whispered Hcppy with a fright ened look, 4 there's gold m the cellar ! 4 Don't don't ! Oh ! never speak of it again !' gasped Jareb, in agony. 4 I've thought of it! Aye there's gold there; but tisn'tours, tisn't ours Heppy!' 4 1 didn't mean we'd take it, Jareb, I didn't mean we'd take it !' cried his wife, 4 1 only thought you musn't die! " ' 4 1 shan't die, soul's delight. But ij should die, if we took that ! Tisn't our's, ' Heppy! - "'"'vv ; After many days Jareb Gropp was i able to walk out. One plcsant autumn I day, as he hobbled slowly along upon a crutch and a staff, he saw the stage conch coming. It passed him, and he saw that same white haired old man up- on tiie box wan tne unver. ine poor cobbler hurried on, and when he reached the tavern he found the old man standing in the hall. 4 Ah, is this my merry cobbler?' cried the stranger. 4 I am the cobbler who mended your boot last spring, sir,' replied Jareb. 4Y'es, I know,' added the old man. 4 and th stage driver tells me you have been very sick.' 4 1 have been sick sir. Ah, I was made nervous first ; and then lm caught a cold. Yes, I've been very sick.' 4 The driver tells me your family Buf fered much during your illness.! 4 Some, some, sir. But that isn't the thing now. Dinn't you lose something the day you came to my shop ?' 4 Lse ?' repeated the old man, starting. 4 Did you find anything ?' 4 Yes, sir. 4 Was it a purse ?' 4 Yes, sir- ? 4 Of green silk ?' 4 Yes, sir ?' 4 With fifty gold guineas in it? 4 1 don't know what was in it. I found it ; and if you will go down with me you shall have it.' The stranger regarded the cobbler for pome moments in silence, and finally said he would go. So Jareb led the way to his little cot. 4 Here, my love, said the cobbler ad dressing his wife, 4 let us have a candle. The gentleman has come for his purse. 4 We hav't got a candle, Jareb ; but I have something that will answer.' And thus speaking, Heppy went out, and when she returned she brought a pine knot, which she lighted by the tire. Ja reb took this and turned towards the cel lar, and the stranger followed him. 4 1 can get it sir. 4 Go on I'll follow you.' The cobbler said no more, but hobbled down the narrow steps, and wLen lie came IO I'.ii i lire v i v uui c iiic i.uim: haJ conceaIed, he asked his compan- ion o hulJ thc torc'h. The J . thon Jun.h rf.n,A ,h stnm. j to that part oi me wall where the purse and then Jareb removed the stone, and drew forth a paper parcel damp and mil dewed. They returned to the upper room, where Jareb unfolded the stout pa pers, and produced the purse uninjured. 4 Here, sir ; here is your purse, j:ist as I found it.' The old man emptied out the broad gold pieces and counted them just fifty of them. He returned thein to the purse, and then looked in Jareb's face. 4 Have 5-0U suffered for want of money during your sickness?' he asked. 4 Much, much,' was the answer. 4 And vou had this gold by you all the while ?' " . 4 It wasn't ours, sir. O, I may have suffered, but not as I should have suffered had I taken that. It wasn't mine, it was yours. Take it, Fir ; and when you re memlier poor Jareb Gropp and his seven children, and his own wife, you'll say they" weren't very lamed, but you'll say they were honest !' 4 Gropp ? Grojm 1 Gkopp?' repeat ed the old man, fixing 1ns gaze, not upon Jareb, but upon his wife. 44 lou are not ' fiv.rn Vti.tbind. nre yon ?'tiirnJn? to Jareb. ! a -"'f i J ! 4 Yes, sir,' answered the cobbler. ! 4 From what part: 4 From Davcntry, among the hills of Northampton. And what was your name before you was married ?' the old man asked of the good wife. My maiden name was Hepsebeth Munson, sir.' ; , 4 Were you from Daventry ? No, sir. I was from Kibwaith, in Leicester. I went to Daventry to -live when 1 was sixteen.' Y'ou never had a brother?' 4 Yes, sir. 1 had one George he went off to India, and there he died ! J Poor George ! II 3 a good boy he He was a smart j was very good to me young man wucn he went away. 4 How do you know he is dead ?' 4 Because we never heard from him sir.' 'Hepsebeth !' cried the old man, start ing to his feet 4 Look at m? ! Look at me, I say ! "ee if you can't tell me who I 3in. I remember now of hearing that you had married a man nam;d Gropp ; but I couldn't find where you had moved. I was negligent verv. But sav, do e know me f 4 It ain't George Munson !' gasped Heppy, starting from her chair, and trem bling like an aspen. 4 Look at that purse. Didn't ye see that name?' And as t he old man spoke he' showed her a name worked in golden thread, but which she had hot detected. But febe read it now -Geohge Mux- ! sox. Then she looked into his time-worn face, and gradually the features of one i she had loved in years long agone were I revealed to her. Tt was her brother her own brother George. Presently Jareb Gropp saw his wife in the old man's arms, and with one bound he reached the middle of the floor. 4 There P he cried. 4 Now see! Sup pose'n I'd taken that gold? If I had, we'd never have known George Munson ! I tell ye, there's alwaj-6 a sunbeam sure to fall ufion a good action. It'll come some tune, ye may dejiend. George, how d'e do ! Ain't I glad now that we didn't touch your gold. I low could I ever have looked my delight's brother in the face after it How d'e do? How d'e do?' The latter half of his speech had been made with the old man's hand in his grasp ; for even then the thought had not worked its way through Jareb's honest mink that any pecuniary good was to grow out of this. But it was indeed Heppy's own broth er; and one of the chief objects he had in view when he first set out on his travels was to find his sister if possible. He had forgotten her husband's name, having heard it but once in India, and then only casually in conversation with a man who had just come out. But the old man was rirh ; and new that he had found the only living relative he had on earth, he resolved to settle down with her. A large house, on a beautiful emi nence, the wealthy owner of which had died, was for sale, and Uncle George bought it ; and thither he took his sister's family. And in after times there was some great doings iu that large house. The little Groppses had a competent teacher, and they became prodigies of learning. Jareb was utterly astounded at the wonl.rous intellect they displayed. But the balance was kept up. As the 1-..1 v "J " ed, ihrrwoff c Uncle George , little ones became more and more ailrnno- hildish things, Jareb put them on, and be came children themselves. ' One day the two old men were caught I in the act of jumping lean frog over each ! other's shon'pers ; and had not Heppy ( come out and stopped them, there is no i knowing how many necks might have ' been broken. It was fortunate for them i that the good dame retained all her strong sense, for there were inanv seasons when, i in the bight of their childi-li joy. thev ! ! might have done much mischiefj had not j l she been ever near to watch over and pro- j tect tlvm; and once, (I have it from nn I thoritv, when she caught them wres'ling j at 4 side bug,' she took them by the ears j and led them into the house. 1 But they had to indulge in much sports j sometimes ; for as Uncle George had sul ' denlv become thawed out from the iee J or misanthropy and lonesomeness : and as : Jareb had full as suddenly been lifted up from the dark depths of poverty ami want, j they found themselves moved by a spirit ! of j'ov and gratitude that wouldn't W ; curbed. So Heppy had to watch them ! until some of the children became old on0ujrl, to reason with them; ami then ..!..-! ,.,5ih the crirls in the house. f-tix 'onv' r anj lot the bovs take care of the boys out j of doors. Seven-up For a wire : Or, Go.d kb Wheat. In the State of Illinois there is a cer tain villiage loating of a tavern, three stores, four groceries, where from morn ing till night and from night till dawn, a person entering the town may find in tho tavern, stores, and groceries aforesaid ono or more grtops of persons playing cards 'gambling here 13 reduced to a scienoo thc history of the four kings is thor oughly studied, and from the school b y to the gray headed veteran, from tho miss in her teens to the mother of a largo family, they are initiated info the myste ries of high, low, jack, game, right and left bowers, the honors and the odd tricks. One of the le-t players in the viliiago was Major Smith, the tavern keener ; or, as he expressed ir, the proprietor of the hotel a widower wlvj like ' Jeptha. Judge of Is-ael, Uad a daughter, p3sbing fair." Fanny, the daughter, was one of tho prettiest girls in the villiage. The lover of Fanny was a young farmer, residing in the neighborhood, whom vve shall designate by the name of Bub. It haf penud that one day before har vest, the young uun was detained in the villiage, and night found h!;:i as usual at the hotu!, seated bM wen the Maj ir and his daughter. Afir a desultory conver sation betwheen the two gentlemen on the state of thc weather, the prospects of tho approaching harvest, important staples of conversation, the Maj r. asked Bjb how his wheat crop promised to yield. In re ply he was told that th young farmer expected to have at l:-a-t fiva hundred bushels. The Major apeaied tojstudv for a moment, tlum abaip;ly, proposed a game of 44 old sledge," or se.vcn-up, th stake to be his daughter Fanny against thc crop of wheat. This, of course the young man indignantly refused, because he coul I not bear thc idea that the hand of her he loved should be made the sub ject of a bet ; or that he should win a wife by gambling for her ; and perhaps because he knew thc old man was hard to beat, and there was a strong probabili ty of losing both wheat and wife. It was not until the Major, with h"m usual obstancy, had sworn that unless ha won her he should never have her, 'that the young man was forced reluctantly to consent to play. The table wa placed, candles lit, the cards produced, and the players took their scats, with Fanny between them, to watch th-J progress of the game. Thc cards were regularly shuffled and cut, and it fell to the Major's lot to deal. The first hand was played, and bob made gift to his opponent's high, low, game. Bob dealt : the Major again made three to his opponent's one. 4 Six to two, said Miss Fanoy, with a sigh. The Major as he dealt the cards, winked knowingly and said : I'm good for the wluit, Master Bob. The old man turned -up a trump it was a spade. Fanny glanced r.t her father's hand h r heart sank ; he held the tray, eight-spot, and the king. Sh.s then 1 uked at Robert's hand, and lo, he had the ace, queen, d ice and jack, or knave. She whispered to Bub to b -g he did so. 4 Take it,' aid the Major. Rnb rf led the duce, which tiie old man took with his three spot; an 1 hi thfn followed by playing the king. B ib putting hi pit en upon it. Tho Maj-jr, supjKjsing it to be the young man's la-t trump, lea. ii;ig over the trib'e, and taf. ing toe l ist triCK witn Ins tin-: 4 That's go-jd as wheat.' 4 Is it ?' asked Bob, a h the astonished Major the vet iu his h:.n Is. .n.l di ace avt-. f. and iack 4 High, lo.v, jack, gi: and shouted Bob. ' Oiit,' ejaculated Fannv. 4 Good as wheat,' added .Bob, a !. flung his arms around her, neck and kissed her. In duo time they were nvir.-i. I, an 1 ev. r after that, when .nvthing occiiir. .! of a ph-nscnt nature to the l:::p.v eiuiplj th.'V would rpre their enplia!i" appro bation of it by the l-.tase, 'Good a wheat !' C7T A prceoeious yoi.ng man, b!;ss ! with liie name ot'Isaae. sas that if ho is draped, Abiv.ham will be offlring up Isaac a- a saciifkv.' 'I am like Baia im.' suid a danlv, 0.1 iinvting a pretty girl in a narrow pa sag: '-topped by an angle. 'So am I, Said she, 'lor 1 am accosted bv an ns. CS" As loii'j i;.- pk-ii smell o f vvlitcliiv and tobacco, the women have a defend thUiivlves with innk. rii:ht t i L ! ? i y h 6 I r- I f r. r I. i j