li MIME 111/.--NUDIBEE 33. THE POTTER .JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY n.- w. Dl(eVarney, proprietor. $l.OO PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. * * *Devoted to the entire of Republication, tYo ibterests of Agt icutture, the advancement of Education, and. the best good of Potter county. Owning no guide except that of Principle, It will endeaver to aid in. the work of more fully Freedomizing our Cotintry. f alovravrisemvurs inserted at the following Yates, except where special bargains are made. 1 Square [lO lines] 1 insertion, - - 50 " 3 " • - $1 50 Bach saisequent insertion less thitn 13, 25 1 Square three months, 2 50 1 " six " 4 00 1 " nine . 650 1 " one' year,.- -- - - - 600 1 Column six months, - - - - - - - 20 00 " u u - - - - 10 00 40 00 " per year. ----- " - i CI it ft 20 00 Administrator's or Executor's Notice, 2.00 Business Cards, 8 lines or less, per year 5 00 special and Editorial Notices, pe. tine; 10 * * *All transient advertisements must be paid in advance, and no notice ; will be taken_ of advertisements from a distance, unless they are accompanied by the money; or satisfactory reference. * * *Blanks, and 'Job Work of all kinds. at tended to pinmptly and fnithfiOly BUSINESS CARDS. EUL&LIA LODGE, No. 342, if A. M. STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4t6 Wednes. days of each month. Also Masonic gather ings on every Wednesday Eveaing. for work ' • and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport. TIMOTHY IVES, W. M. SAM*NAvav, Sec'y. 1 JOHN S. MANN, LTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several Courts in Potter and liPKean Counties. All business entrusted in his care will receive prompt attention. Office corner of West and Third streets. ARTHUR G: OLMSTED, ATTORNEY & ,COUNSELLOR AT LAW Coudersport,•ll.; wilt;attend to all entrusted to his care. with promptnes auti fich'ity. Office on Soth-west corner-of Main and Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSON ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to him ; with eate and promptness. Ottee on Se oizd et.: ■ear the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersportßa., tsil regularly attend the Courts in Potter an the adjoining Counties. 0. T. ELLISON, • PRACTICING PHYS ICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.. • respectfully informs the citizens of . the vil lage and vicinity that he will promply re spond to all calls for professional services Office on Main st., in banding formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis. Esq. C. S. & E. A. JONES; DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Good: Gioceries, kc., Main sL, courlerspoyt, D. E. OLMSTED, DEALER. TN DRY GOODS,I READY-MADE Clothing, Cro , kery, Groceries, kc., Main si.. Coudersport, Pa. COLLINS SMITEI, DEALER in Dry Goods,Groceries. Prorisinns. Hardware, Queenssvare, Cutlery, and all Goods usually fourid in. a Icountry Store.— Coudersport, Nov. 27, 186 i. M. W. MANN, • , ; DEALER LN BOOKS At STATIONERY, MAG. ' ,AZINES and Music, N. corner of Mair. and. third sts., Coudersport, Pa. . COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner o- Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot _ ter Co., Pa. A Livery Stable is slim kept in connect Lion with this Hotel. MARK GILLON. „TAILOR--mearly opposite the Court-House— :will make all 'clothes intrusted to him in the latest and best styles —Prices to suit the times.--LGive him a call. 13.41 ANDREW SANBERG & BRO'S. TANNERS AND CURRIERS.—Hides tanned on the shares, in the_best manner. Tan nery on the east side of Alleaany river. ConderspOrt, Potter county, Pa.--Jy 17,'61 N. J. CILIDITED 8. D.. BELLS OLMSTED & - KELLY, DEALER IN STOVES, TIN hi SHEET IRON WARE, .Main st., nearly opposite 'the Court House,. Coudersport, Pa.; Tin and Shee , Iron Ware made to order. in good style, on short notice. Illyases Ac4deray Still retains as Principal, Mr.E.B.CAMP BELL, Freceptress, Mrs. NETTIE JONES GR}DLEY ; As. instant, Miss A. CAMPBELL The expenses ppr Term_ are: Tuition, from S 5 to $6; Board. froui;sl 50 0:41.75, per week; Rooms for self bOildlnt from $2 to $4. Each term. commences upon Wednesday and continues Fourt .en weeks; Fakt termAng.27th',lB62;Winter term, Dee.lbtb, 1862 ; and Spring term. March 25th, 1863. 0. R. BASSETT; President". W. W. GRIDLEY," Sect'y. -Lewisville, July 9, 1862,- • UNION: HOTEL, CODDEItaiORT, POTTER COUETY, PENN., A. S., ARMSTRONG G ratted and` newlifurnlshed the IFIL "M hot's . * on Nair' street; recently occupied R. Rice, is prepared to accommodate the frivoling public in al good styles!' Mil be . had in thy/L . - Nothing that can iti-any- wa7 in: conform of the guests will be ne- Ilow 1/101114 . . ' I .• - , - ; 41.- • • 0 • jeor .• .0 1„ .•1 • Of 1 : 0 . -- • - • • Jo , • 01L r. 1171 I ; .44 .• • • •,. . • Original.! SOMEBODY'S WILLIE. Ab met the sorrowful, faces . "Round somebody's hearth to-day; Ah me : the smiles that are ilarkeaed From somebody's eyes away I , All day I've been dreaming and dreaming How somebody wails and weept, Thinking how under the Southern myrtles Her darling Willie sleepe. Twas a few weeks ago,—ttear Richmond, Our Army was placeu you knOw, And we n il were waiting, with anxious fears, To hear of its weal or woe, When this meanie reached u from Itolinet, "At Fair Oaks,--fighting to-day; Our Compani. stood, most bravely, Aria took the brunt of the fray ' "There are many wsianded and massing In our I;ttle band,.it is said ; Oneibrace fellow,—Willie, they called him, At my feet fell, shot down dead l" A thought of my own brave Willie, Lying dead on that Southern plain, And, blinded and faint with anguish 1 murmured again and again: "Better so, hettOt dead for his country, Than living to F ee her dit.grare, 'Though in ail- the dreary hereafter, I shall never look on his face I" 131 i: a telcgra reached us thiQ morning, “Your NVillie is sale r it said;— Then I turned aiway Hod wept again. ,for Solnctod.:l4 Wiliic Li dead t And that is why 1 Face been dreaming HOW somebody xvi•eps in pain( For a dear face•un4er'the Southern myrtle She never wit! look 'on ugnin.! August 5, 1861 A • FRENCII W ILL STOIL T. ”ls she dead.•tlieu ?" ”Yes. ininlaiae," replied a little gentle man in a blown coat ana shun breeelieti "And her will r "le going to . be 'puled here inithedi aiely by per eolleitoy %%' inherit an 3 thing'?" "11 • usoet be suppueed - au; we have cmims." ••Whe, is tegis tihrselubl} tis,,'essect per sotuqre iiersell . here f" *oh. Ake." Kin] tise 'zbatt, ene , r ingly ; ••tc).e cvntt't hitFe much to the wilt; ~ne Ln •i*ter to the (it eettNed " ;hat A: Oir who wedded its IslS a tt.au l'a,pll,it t g. , --ati tAlieer . • Preetst 1). • 64 , -,1.1:41 bine Itiz, • 'will zi:t , 4211, u. i.; putlence RlplettOtt a respclabli: family —The I,:tlytt ....I • r EIS-:tiv. t l at.hle birth, has t, ht.: tol that utis • Mini . ' fi;:i '' aer"s, the Ilium in v‘Lien 1.1 t•: lIN ..t tue Aive.:4st d Ni r re i"; e W - law; ner fiae eles were•tihen' witit rent::, her flee IW,as hirmwed calP pleenewti.4 wrinkieg. • "What d.; )•• , u here, for with grtka :qua de- Vole bu}s, t be,lad intinzi-tit bt fore had been interrogating Laie now win - • ill. herittll wits: her:' ' - " ;Ma Cla I 11c. ti!:.:r 1;4 dy p t•ki tit hunality, "1..4 - 10 not t•nn+i: L: it - to elm in -a part of tvl,at ti• es out ilt•lling to Came soklY to see N. DuiMis. my poor sister's Nolicthir, to tutptire i lf bite rpuke of we at her last Wur " "What du you think ;people boy themselves abuut you r' arrogantly ob served. Madame de !Villeb4S ; the "dis grace of a great houise—you,lwho wedded a man of twitting, a'soldier of Bonaparte' 'Madame, wy husbaudd although a child of the people, was a brave soldier, and what is better,; an himest man', ' ob served Annte., At this moment venerable personage' the notary tidbois, 'made his appearance. "Cease," he said, "to reproach Annic , with a 'mien which her siseer has forgiven her. Annie loved a genertins, brave and good wan, who hild no other crime to re proach himself with than his poverty sod the.obeeurily tiflua name. IN ex eft heleae, j had he lived, if his r family had known him as I knew him,l, his old , friend, Annie would be at his trine happy 'and( respected " "But why is this woman here ?" • "Because it is her piece :o be here. said the notary gravely ;, "1 myself requested her to attend . here M, Dubois them proceeded to open the wilt. "I being sound in• mind end heart, Egerie de CatufreMidg, retired as a board er in the Couventj of the Sisters et the Sacred Heart of driesus. dictate the tolluw log wishee as the expression of my tonual desire and principal - clause of my testa ment : -After my decease there will lie found two hundred thousand francs in money at my notary's, bizides jewelry, clothei, and furniture, as also a chateau worth two hundred thousand franc.. • "In the convent *me I have ,been residing, will befoundwy ltook, liieures de - is Vierge,"-'Bolt.tiolU tu e i which maitia as it was when I' took it,4iitirine at the time et the eteigratios. I utile Debotp) to the TrilieiOes - of It - to - hatooeiqop, bissetqiiplion of broillit9, g.itehOtro 44a ffetos. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1362. that these dime t.bjecrs be divided into three lots .; •••fl,e'fitst tot: the two hundred theu sod frjnes ii, ...ones "The st.eotid lot the chateau, furniture 4itd jevels." - "Thai third Ito. 'my book, 'Meknes de la Vierge • • hate pardoned t, t ai,it r Atiete the erief which Slitlns cans, dils!..a I w, old have Conifurted her siorowi.. I had known 'sooner her return n France I compriSe her in toy will. de Villebeys, !ii% much be loved cousin shall have the firsi cliOico 'lll Vasty., tut Phil] have the second choice ". • - "Annie•will take the retraining o ! ah r•said Vatry, "sister Eerie was a good one; that is rather clever uti het part." Annie wiil only have the prayer hook!" exciaiined Madame de Villeboys, laugh ing aloud The notary interrupted her jocularity. ...Madame, ' said he, which lot-do you choose?" • : .tTil - e two hundred thou Sand francs in money." - 1 "Hhve you quite wade up your tnindri "I'erfectly so " The man of law then addressed him self bi the good It•eiinge of the lady, said: "31adaute, you are rich and Annie has nothing. Could not -you leave •this lus t and take the book or prayer', which the eccentricity. of the deceased bas, placed ott a par wirii the otitti tots ?" -You u.u.t be joking.. yl Dubois," excialme- Madame de Vilieboys ; you, tonstireally be dull ti..t to !Nee . the intett tutu iof sister Egetie . iu all this. Our; 'honored cousin twesaw full well, that her. book of prayer would tall tc. the 10. Amite, who had the lai‘t c h oice." , " • "And what au you conclude from thati"l inquired the notary. - conclude ti.ar she intended to iuti! .irate to her :deter that repentance and prayer were the wily help that' she had to expect in this world." As she finished these words, Madame Villeboys•u ade a definite selection of the ready money fur her share. Idonsieu'r tatry, as way be easily imagined, se riveted tht chateaU, furniture and jewels' le. Ins hot. ":.loti,teet Vary." said M Duhuis'to t.ai • att. "evetr stippeae it had been eio ut the deceased to nuoi.i. her ni-ter, it art.uid be . noble Un or part, +, that you-are, to gr 6 u •-• it .11 our share to w so •ui waiits tt ' EPA T . l , rllr 1;4 . 1itl adviee P tay fieisr :quo, ; "ri t e nitosiou is sit'tta ti .11 coi , tities of 1113 si.d itabit all the more 'so ti•lit to the j,wel. ,:caul la . ..Ae.te, they are',retoitsis e,,etos Vi ,;ei. ~ i ;e ought Hever to part unit " "Stile(' it is St'," said the notary. 'luny poor Madziffie Annie. here is the prayed.- bo o k that retnaius to you," Annio, atiernied by her Noll. a hand •c e boy wi‘h blue eves, tot.it her aist, , ir's oidi'rayer book. and making sou tir: it aitt r her, she satti •:-Hector, kiss this book which belonged to your poor aunt, who dead. frit Who would have loved you will. had she kng;wn po, I . When you have learited ti, .read. you will pray to,lleavett to wake you Wise and- good like your fattier" was, and hap- pier titan your unfortunate !pother The eyes of those who were' preient Were titled with tears. notwithstanding their t ffurts to preserve an appearance of indifference. The child embraced•the 00 book with boyish fervor, and opening it afterward. he tond: '•Oh waw►ua, what pretty picture:: I" ' , lndeed 17 said ~ the mother, happy in the giaduess Or her boy. i : . . r•le' The good Virgin in a red drew holding the intent Jesus in her arms. But mamma, wily has silk paper been put upon the ene►wrings?" "So that they might cot be injured, tuy dear ' • ; "But, mamma, why are there ten' silk papers to each engraving ?" The mother looked and uttering a sud den shriek,, she fell into the arms of M. Dubois, the notary, who addressed those present, and said : • "Leave her alone, it won't be much; people don't die of their shocks; as for vow, little one," addressing Hector, "give pie that prayer•book, you will tear' the ; - engravings." • The inheritors withdrew, tnakingiviri: Otis, conjectures as to the cause of Annie's sudden illness, and the ititereat which the notary took in ; het'. month after Wards they met Annie and her son, exceedingly Well yet not extravagantly datssed. taking. an airing in a barmiche This led 'thew to to wake inquiries, and;. they ascertained that Madame Antiie• had recentliiPur• chased -a holel for one hundred and eighty. Alumna fianct, and that she was vying' a fint.irat• alsesties to kw sem The news came likfis, thunder-bolt upon them. Madame_ de 'Villeboys and ,M de Yam . 14stened to cajt:upru,the notary to ask for explamtions.i The ,good Dubois. was working at his desk. -!.‘PerLaPswe'are disturbing you ?" saic the arrogant:old Jelly :..No Iwo ti.r, :I was in the act of settling ;purchase, in the State funds for:Mad ame Annie 1' ! . . . , -What I"; excisimed Vatry,:"after:par chasing, and equit.ages: has sin still money to invest ?'" .- i "Undoubtedly so." : l,' ' "But where did the money -come from?" "What-I' did you : not see ?" "When ?" I "WheM'she:shrieked upon seeing what the prayer-binlk 'contained. which she inherited " 1 , . • "We observed nothing," "0I I thought you saw It," said the sarcastic notary. : "That prayer-bonk • con tained silty engraving -8, and each engrav ' hag was covered by ten Inotes of 4 thou-, Sand francs each." i "Good beivemal" .exclaimed Vatry, i howler struck. ' ~ , • . . , . "41 had only known it 1" shouted AlSciatbe de Vi ••You had• the Choice;" added the no tary, -and I myself urged you to take the pray of book. but you -!Aused." • •"13ut who Otiu:d have'expected:to find a fortune in a breyiaryr The two bitted'old rootists withdrew; their hearth I , tvolien witli‘pavaionate envy. Madame Arinie is Mill at Paris. if you pass'thejtue Lafitte . on a fine. glimmer evening, you will see a charmingi picture on the first 'floor, illuminated by the pale reflec.ion of wax candles. A • lad% has ju - st. joined 'the. two ,s fair hands,of her sun, and a fair child of six Nears ul age, in prayer before an old book of HieUres de Vierge, and for which a case of gold has been made. .; Pray for Me, child," said the mother. ''And for who else "t" inquired the child; ..For yourfather. your dear, father who perished without knowing you.] without being able , tO 'love von." "Must • 1 pray 'to the saint, my ;patron?'.' my i little friend ;. but' dO not for get a saint who watches us fruni heaven, and who smiles noon us frinu above the clouds." ' • "What id. the name of . that saint, mam ma dear 7" The -i.mother, then watering ;the fair chi!ci's head with her teure, answerea, "her name is—sister Egerie." Dow Men go Into Battle, How men go into battle, how they feel, how they fire Or tight, are questions of deep interest just now. ,An army eon respondent says :—You have often woo dered whether 'the wen wear their over', Coats, knapsack, haversacks, . and carry their blanketS, when; going into battle. That depends upon circumstances. Some times, when they are marching] they find themselves. iu 'battle 'almost. before they know it , , -I remember that on the seven -1 te4uth oflkluly, three days before the bat-1 tie of Bull Rem, some regiments of mai army were marching' toward Mitchell's Ford. a :tordiisii placri:jon Bull Run, when suddenly the enemy tiled upon, them,aud the men had to tight just as they were, only a great many , threw down their coaJ4.,, and blankets and haversacks, 8 , that t h.:'y' could fight ',freely and easily. ,You. alio wonderwhet her . the regiments, fire repo 'arty in volley's, or whether each web loads and fires as fast as he can. That also !depends, upon circumstances, but uSually,' except whet) the enemy to near at hand, the .regiments fire only at the command of their officers.' You hearja 'drop, drop, drop, as a few of the aklr inishers fire, followed by a rattle and roll, which sounds' like the falling of a build jag, just as Some of you have heard the brick walls tumble at a great fire.. Some times, when a body ,of the enemy's caV airy are sweeping down upon a reginteht to cut it to pieces, the .tuen ; form iti,ja square, watt : the officers and musiciainrin ' the centre. J The front rank stands with' bayonets charged, while the second rai;l: tires as fast as it can. Sometimes they form in four; ranks deep—the 'two frOnt ours kneeling.with their bayonets charged, so that it the enemy should come upon thew, they,lwould. run againSt a picket fenc of bayonets. i When they 'fordo ; in this way tne other tiro ranks load . and . fire as fast as they calf.. Then. the 'roar', is terrific, and many a I.orse and his rider goes .down .before the terrible storm of inn hail. ' I ' A' sewn! master of one of the nekly. bormg towns while On his morning tatilk, passed by the door of a„netghttor, who was excavating a, log for a pig's trough. ..Why," said theschool twister,. 'M have you not furniture enough yet?" ••Yt s," said the man, "enough for my own family, buil expect ,to board the waster this wiittee;and alll making preparations." • Wewtake sad mistakes but there is good news 'hived,like,wild honey in attlMge seeks and 'sonars 'of the woad. SERI:ION ON "isTEIGHBORr.--011e's pleaittre, after all, isituuch affected by the qualityi of one's cei i hbors, mien though one may wet be on , peaking 'terms 'with there. A pleasant 1 bright face at the the window is sure y better than a dis contented, cross o e ; and altiouse that his the air of being inhabited is prefera ble to closed shutters and unskial blinds, eicind ve ing e ve r y-raylof sunlight and sym ,,i - ) v!III. 'We like to see glancing„cheer ful,! lights through, the windoWs of a - cold , night; ;or watching tihem,as etiening deep eis; gradually; creep from 1,4 parlor' to the upper stories of the lio4es near us. We like; to watch tlie little children go in and Mit- of the door, to pl'aY l or go] to 1 school- . We. : like o see a :white-robed habyidancing up - a d down, it the win dow in l ' its mother' arms, of. the father 1 reading Ins newspa, er th ' ere [at ivening, or any of the s eherful impomptu home , c ,a i mp r o mptu glimpses, which, though we . .fire no Paul pry, we will assert make a pleasant neigh borhood to those who live fot.colufort' in stead of show. Std,,-indeett! some Mor ning on waking, i t' is to see the blinds down and the shutters cloSed, and know that 'death's 1 angel,while it,' spared our threshold, has classed that Fof our chber rid neighbor sadto miss the , robed baby from the window, nd sad td see ihelittle coffin' at nightfall oroe into the house— sad to See innocent little fa ces ptessed at eventide against the window-pane, watch• ing for the' "deatiapa" With has gone to his long home. " ;! - FAateins' Bavis.—ln tOe wide world tnereisnomoreicuortant thing than farm= !era' boys. They re not saiCaportant for i what they are a for what they will be. i i i ' 4t present-they are of little consequence too often. But fat tners' boys always have been, and we presume always will be, the material out of which the übblest men are wade.' They have health and strength; they have bone i tad muscle; they hive beak, and will; they have ;nerve and pa. tie* ; they haye ambition and endu rance; and! these are - the !materials tl at wake,. men. No buekranis and broad cloth.'and patentf leather and beaver fur, andjkid gloves slid watch; seals, are the materials, of which men are made. It takes betteC stuff .o make a than It is' not ?fa i t and/ flesh!, and swagger and self copeck; nor yet emartness; nor flippancy, nurilfappery, nor] fastness. i These make fools, 'not Men ; not such men as the world watit4, nor inchis it will h onor and bless. Not long hair, inor much beard, nor a mi . ,' nor a pipe nor a cigar, nor a quid of obacco; nor an oath, nor 'a glass. - of beer or brandy, or a dog land gun, nor a puck'of caCcli, nor a vulgar book of lave and, murder, nor a tale Of adventures, that wake a man, or has anyt i ting to do, with waking a wan. 1 Farmers : boys ought to keep clear,cif allitliese idle; foolish things. They should" be employed with nobler objects They ihave yet tebe the men of the clear grit—ihonest, iniellio e ent, indus t ' trious men. . ~,... I .) m , • OUPERSTITIONS FOLK:I3—.I. nerd is a class, of over-imaginative; People who . be- Heim in .'signs; ' agreeable and disaeree able. — Thtrse ate a few of theni : 2 The leaves of thn bay:tree putt under the head weresupposedt?occasion pleasant dreams, which never tallied tobe i-ealized. Maid• ens in the north of England, whose feet were impatientto tread the cllysian "fields oflwatrimeny, used to open the Bible I at ;the book of Ruth, lay a sixpence be tween the leav s, and place the hook.un g der their pillocis, that they might dream'. .. orthe men who were.to be their but bands. Whets a girl's] sweetheart Uncured her l displeasure,. a d. she wished .to punish the scurvy fell w with bad dreams, the angry damsel iesorted tOia singular piece of wiichcraft. She would procure a bird's heart., and the twelve at nighi a number of pi sure to pass a he had taken ears glow. any moment the clock struck , she would pierce it with us. Her; lover would be estless nikht especially if aheavy supper.: That our -tingle Ithen anybody is ' - t talking about us, lb a conceit tlia has come down qoui the ancients. Those learned in occult lore `tell us that when the left ear tingles, the I,reath of slander is soiling our fhir fame; if the' right, some one is speakin i a good of:us. If the right eye itches Without a cause, tears will . shortly floir -fiont it; if this sensation is experienCed in the other eye, 'we may ex pect soon to laugh. If!the cheek burns, I , ' the interpreters of omens caution us tel beware of person'iwho 'sits on the, glowing side. The itching of the nose betokens the approach rf a stranger. and if the fins ite 1 we may. hope for a kiss 1 In tlie days c f ignoranee the meeting of' a. weasel was brlieved i to presage some fearful efilaimty. When a Isow with a i litier o4igs crossed the highway in sight of a tra4 ,eller ! it was accounted a lucky omen. I • 1 , , I p UR teu tbotisand tiuthe but room and iwlndowa are shut. !- sit and tong, awhile upon Olen 7 away. I 0 Et ea* e , !:iecause i to, emerit, the T 0 4 n send JRi the 4 f, ii i i TERDIS.--$l.OO PER ANETZ. Tt was a beautiful evening in the davit of summer.; Two forms were sirting..in close - proximity to each other, by the win: dow of a twelve thousand dollar bOrise--:; heavily mortgaged—in the upper part of the city. The band of the one re:4W lovingly on the hand of the other, and the arm of ths,one described a semi - cireld around the waist of the. other. It is hardly necessary to say that they were lovers; and that this was as far as the young mad could go in geometry. There was no light in the room, but there was no occa. , sion for any, with her taper waist and sparkling eyes, and his flaming words. this is a specimen of their small talk: "Dearest Flora, tell me, oh, tell mei what can I do to make Me morewortby of 'your love ! Bid me undertake any mission you please, and I will obey. Aye, even though it be—to out my hair shore —sacrifice my monstache , —wear large boots, or work for my living—speak, pot► may command me!" ..."Oh, Charles! calm yourself. Do hoi speak in this terrible strain 1 You make me shudder. .No Charles, I love you for yourself aldne. j Then placing bet hand gently upon hi brow, she murmured ; -. ' , soft, my love, speak soft, my own, and tell me do you love me now as much as ever, and will I ever be the same, to yeti as I am now ? 4 i • "Ifear•ah me swear !" dropping uport ' his knees for the first time in his life, but suddenly rising with a troubled 'express sibn of countenance, as something pat him in mind of the tightness of his netht er apparel. "Oh, Flora, there is not ai coat that adorns my tailor's window on Broadway ' that has so high a place in my aflectiowt as yourself You are to me What slan der and gossip are to church members, or funerals to married women—my life, my ambition, my hope, my all ! A few daytt more add we shall be united forever. can scarcely realize my happiness. • _ The fair one blushed and nestled &mist to the,vest pattern of the happy youth, So we leave them. It was a dark and gloomy night, .two days before the time appointed for the nuptial ceremonies of the young Charles bent his way, full of hope and supper, to the mansion 'of his beloved: He rang the hell and was ushered into the parlor. Flora was not there, and af , ter waiting a few moments, be resolved to descend the stairs to the dining room ; ostensibly, to seek her, but most probably with visions of spoons dancing through his ever teeming brain. With stealthy steps he''• approached the door add slid denly. opaned it, when there'burst tiporl his astonished gaze a sight that froze the' blood within his veins. Upon the dining-roona table lay many dishes and other crockery. ,Before•it~ with disheveled hair and tucked•up gown, stood Flora, a huge carving-knife in het hand, 'which she was in the act of plung ing init.—a pan of hot Water. She bad been caught in the act of doing house-work ! With one loud shr;ek sho fell to the floor, while her distracted and bewildered liver rushed from the house:, ft is needless to add that of course, tho engagement, 'along with several brittle cups, was brolien on the spot..: Thus Were lam fond and doating hearti irrevocably .eparated ! If my story, dear reader, will be tbd mesas of persuading ode young woman, never, under any circumstances, to do any • work about the house, but always , to-lep her mother and other servants do nt, my object is more than accomplished. 'Yard= well I 1 I An aristocratic church in New Yorit id in trouble. A mechanic bought a thous. and' dollar pew right in among the white kid-glove people and the presence of him and his family is a great annoyance to those surrounding Mtn. wbo no doubb nearly faint with a mechanic in anon : close proximity. A suit at law had beep entered against the plebian pew-holder to cust him. 1 • HEATEN,--A lind :tidy wtts talkinct about heaven to a poor little colored girl who had been a slave. "What do you suppose you shall do When you sit there asked the lady "Get_olose up to God, so that they can't whip me t ', replied the ehild. A SAD _FATE.—Myra Parmenter, a young girl of thirteen, fell into the water. near New Haven, a - few days ago, awl was drowned while engaged in the lu!.i ing work of pulling: flowers to decorate) her father's grave. "Yon have been to Canton, haven't your Jack ?"---"Ob, yea."—"Well, .can speak China?" - -"Yea, little—that , is, I; speak broken China!" A girl vacantly stole a pair of glovers, giving as a reason. Allot she, only, yrente4 to keep her band 113'4? The Broken Engagemeht. CHAPTER , MIAPTEII It El EMMA Intl
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