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ings on every Wednesday Eve•.ing. for work
and practice, at their, flail in Coudersport.
Tummy ICES, I.
SAstuet, lIAvEx, Sec'y.
.10IIN S. MANN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, N., will attend the several
courts in Potter and .WEean Countics. All
business entrusted in hi.S care Will receive
prompt tatentien. Office corner ur \Vest
And Third streets. . . 1
ART.LIUIC G. OL)ISTED'
ATTORNEY - S; COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business
Intrusted to his care, with prc niptties•'itn , l
fidt..ity. Office on Soth-west co:net of Main
and Fourth streets. .
ISAAC BENSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Prt.,lll
'Lyon(' to :111 busiuess entrusted to hiin, n•ith
"titre nna promptness. Office on Secoltd , :st. ,
* near the . Allegheny Bridge.
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cotatertport, Pa., will
regularly attend the COurts in Potter. and
the adjoining Counties. i
0. T; ELLISON,
TRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizens of the
lage and vicinity that he Irill promPlyre
spond to all• calls for professional services.
Office on gain st.. in building formerlyoe;
enpied by C. W. Ellis, E:rt. 1
C. S. & E. A. JONES,
DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry (load:
Groceries, &c., Main st., Condersporq Pa.
D. E. OL3JSTED, :i -
ANALER IN DRY poops, READY-MADE'
Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, ace., Main st.,
Coudersport, 14:a". • 1 ' .
COLLINS„SMITII,
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DEALER in Dry GoOds,Groceries, Provisions,
Hardware, Qneensware, Cutlery, and all
Goods usually found in a country StOrel—
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Caudersport, Nov. 21', 1861. ,
COUDERSPORT HOTEL',
O. I'. GLASSNIIRE, Proprietor, Corner o-
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport; Pot
ter Co.,
Pa.
.
• , A Livery Stable is also kept in connect
Hon with this Hotel.
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. : DI ABE, G I LLO N , 1
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TAILOR=-nearly opliosite the Court flonse—
will make all clothes intrusted to him in
the latest . and-best styles —Prices to suit
thialines:—Give him a call. 13.41
K. J. OLMSTED S D: KELLY'
• OLMSTED 4: KELLY,
DEALER DI STOVES,, SHEET IRON
WARE, Main it., nearly•oppositelhe Court
House; Coudersport, - Pa. Tin awl.
Iron Ware made 'to order. in good style, ou
short notice) . .
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• Ulysses Academy
&ill Mains as Principal, Mr.E.R.QAMPRELL,
PracePtress, Mrs. NETTIE JONES GRIDLETA As.
siitant, Miss. Ape. WAX.KER. The exptinses
?Sr Terra are : from ss' to $6 ;,,,Boat'd.
from $1 50 to $1.75, per wt4 , k; Rooms for 'self
boarding from $2 to $4. Each tertn,commeP‘ies
upon . ednesday and continues Fourteen .
week's." Fail term. Amg.27th:1862; Winteii-ti•rt&
Hec.loth, 1862 ; and Spring-term. March :;sth.
1883. 0. R. BASSETT. lireSidenit.
i W. W. GRIDLYX, Seety.l
Ltvrisville, July 9, Itzci2 . • ,
• -rIYIAREEATI'AN,EfOTLJ 1
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NEW YORK. •
rpllTS,Poi))ll3lr Hotel is• situated stead the
cortiet_ of 'Murray. .Street..and' Bread
way opposite the Park within one Ldolc
of the Hmlson Jlivernail Road and near the
trio Itail'Rodd Degot. It is ode 'of the - most
pleasant and convenient locatiks in the city.
Board St Rooms $1.59 per diity.
• HUGGINS, Prrbprieto.
eb. L lBth, 1863.
Thi
Le . Rochester St,rasr , Cotter.
OLUSTED & KELLY, Coudersport. liave
the exclusive agency for this , celebrated
machine,
in this county . It is covenient, du
ablevatid CHEAP. ' Dee.. 1, 186'0.-12;
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[For the Journal.] •
; TRIAL; WAY. - r,
The way of!life with trials rife
Is,lafter
So fraVght tivitli bliss, goinpaied-to4bis r
The; sweetest,sin is gall. '
This way is high, to heaven nigh,
A,nd narrew,.strr4ght*i : 7. -
And walks a Mining ofjoy adiciet,
And threads the pearly gate. '
HeaVezule an near, each , sigh and
Lik e n • ' `•'' L
Lights pilgrim's plate with glory's grace,
Makes earth a trea'vtnlY boon.
The works atia ea s res, the almS , and"prayers,
That press his days,—
Amazing love! Lire pearls, above
His mansion home, emblaze.
The good that flies, the joy that dies,
The grief instead ;
Each casts on high a hope and tie,
iihdinew!ad ppeth
When death draws near be has no fear,
For faith will form,
To take biinAgliar, dear of ; fire,r
Of d.eath's . dark icy tbroue.
He viery wins—he glory wills,
He breathes its air,;'. -
And shouts, O'Hbill I faitti httS 'the goal,
• And hope is ttnetwed there.
J. J. BOLIERTS
coudersport,,Pa., April 22, 18d3.•
Spicy Correspondence Between
a Copperhead and a soldier.
• The fulltiWing spicy curre'spu'utlence
I.as been sent from Murfreesboro, Ten
nessee, to the l'inuiutiati Commercial fur
publication. editor of that paper
vouches fur
r HAMILTONI,OIIIo, SUIsDAY, March 22,
1.863,-1/Eatt 808 :..1. suppose you was
in a hardUr battle New . ear's than I and
Rash were. with : the skuuk, and wore se,
Films, too. I suppose that before this
reaches you, yon Avill have been in , an
other. From: what you say, suppose it
is an . awful s:ight to see the slaughter of
men. You undoubtedly know:
. of .the
heavy draft th'zit is awaiting us. The pet).
pie hero are ail of mind—that is to resist
the draft.. They all say that they will re
bel against it it. I don't know how that
will work, but if they do lam in. Pu
you think the soldiers will fight us if they
were brought up here to take us? I don't.
I think they would be wise to throw down
their arms. Bub, we had, u big Demo-,
cratic meeting in Hamilton,. and the
speakers all said ,they.,,woutd ,have big
fighting here soon. One said that Lin
coin would be out of the White House in
less than three wonths. Bu.b . , there must
certainly' be some iough•times here before
long. Bub, you way know that us boys
had b.g times in Hamilton yesterday.—.—
We listened to..the speykiug utitil,we got
tired, and nest was euchre and bar.—
Well, Bob, I must quit fur this time.—
Write soon if.you dou't,get killed
• 'J. II
INIURFREEI3OII.O, April 2, :1863
Jomri Your cowardly and disgraceful
letter is just rectred. You can better
imagine than I can define my disgust at
receiving .and trees
; unable letter from one claiming to be a
I citizen of the American Republic; a wan
; raised andAdueated under
. the auspices,
of the best Government ever enjoyed
any people, who basso degenerated in the
scale of
; morality and ,loveof. ; country. as
to bedtime an object of contempi rather
than of sympathy. I blush to think that
one of my former associates, who but a
short time since botisteeof love/for his
oduntry and her free institutions, is to
day, from motives of dastardly cowardice,
cringing in
,t_ho , attitude, of supplication
at ie shrine of the Southern -Confedera
cy. What has-so recently come over the
spirit of your dreams, that you can thus
meanly repudiate. both ypir,God and your
country f The sentiments You express
savor very much of. human depravity.—
flays you lost all the pride of manhood ?
Have you beconie so_dettioralized as thus
to acknowledge yourself at once a traitor
and a disgrace to the free institutions of
the country:W.lli Cli May
God, in his infinite justice, prosper the
glorious cause for wtuoh the Federal arms
are contending; while to the wretched
torment/ of Eire l and - brimstone, in the
de'pest gorge of hell, consign not only
the rebels in arms against our Go . versi
went but also. a t ild three fold noire de
serving, the uhpriociplediand cowardly
wretches wlitt" openly = avow the'niselves
traitors, but who haie not the•moral cour
awe to take up arms in favor of the re
bellion -,:f 9F ,.w14)1_ ; they ,profes9 so much
sytoWattii.'''lf 'shah'
ham and his followers expect to receive
wild treatment at the hands of the soldiers
in .this dopartinant,of, my, they are
labOring,:;randev a most .woeful delusion:
The scorciingfialues of hell wolift be to
them a welcome relief if they should be
unfortunate enough, fall , into the hands
of citiqustlyiirdigriani - afaiy; ' - Yon 'griat-',
ly mistake the ;loyalty
,of those who so
freely gave . tbe v battle of-
Stone Rifer, if for a single 'Mooing you
ebofea to fide : 11'11 11) 0 i"46 . .2, aka ffle int3ool7 440 1 0 'of Yo 11 1 tits V,037,3.
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MU
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REPLY
COUDERSPOR I A COUNTY, PA.,' WEDNESDikY,ZATI:I3,.•IB63. 1
entertain the opinion that we would jus
,
tify yort„ip . resisting the - draft. We will;
with one accord, -lay -down. our lives in
support 'of the 'catnip: for, which.* enlist
ed, Ore last armed foe
pito; Will We "'lay down : our
wink, as
: intimated ib• your letter. we,
will retTiTn fforne'-for tio - other purpose
than (o;bhyonet and iformed
. 13e; - externii.
nate' all- such' tretuitifi mongers as you' de ,
soribecL''This letref Wilt au dithbt • sun.;
•cludeqiii'COrtetitiniAtace,. to whioh I' do'
ritiebliget i.'n'iid , aitiktojcirt-havo taken t he
libertfici Write'hunivab insulting fetter,
to are; I - proproSe to deal plainly with 'you,
So,•alloW we to say that all
your' iaast: about resisting the druft is
mere coWardly botubest. - 'Yeti and all
your.stripe Jaek the courage to lift an arm
totoppose the draft. You, will, tiodoebt,
purchase,a reyelFer, and tolttloodly about
resistance, as cuWards,,do; . but mark we
!Or the, e4pressiou; you . will never use
them ; I deo,Dizse, a coward as I despise
the :devil: arid: fmtver ,heiefT yet} are in
my humble estimation,hicrittgiug coward
of; the lowest order. think fur a
mo.tne,oufa r t.pirit so, euntemptible as to
expose the : that, might de
serttiegroves of our brethren to the
des,craiton •of 'mi in: your
mad career - of' opposition-ta the war, but
ferneitibtii the day is • fast 'approaching
*tin you
. will gladly 'your right arm
lOU hble 'to ienall the: treasonable acts
of tile -' II yoU' . .deAre to know how
your letter was received here. )hu can
reatlilydetertoiue. frutui 'Mitt following
One of toe bop presen(whee it was read,
”if yvit were Isere your
skin wohlti.be token- off and twisted into
whiplashes; wit ,aliielr to lash your soul ,
on tne road to Hell." All denounce the
outlier of such; a treasonable letter as a
meau contemptible coward,, dare not
ti'l't for or against' his' eutintry. -
•
.Witif every sentiment of profound dis
gust, I subseribe thyself forever the Ene
my of traitors at home and rebels in arms,
white hate unalterably for the Union.
. ,
11cCoY,
Co. F.' 69th -Regithent Ohio Vol.
"1 7 .:,ESIINcit.00k."7-4k queer gatherer of
stattSties - bas made the discovery that the
stouteralady: is, the. wore she rolls her
eyes:;tip while weizing.--The smaller a
lady so much the more dues she affect
sunflower rosettes, enormous flounces,
imt,e,stra-sized :ornaments 'Dimiuutive
ladies invariably admire - giant like gett.,
tleinea—and .vice versa.—Oensible, autia.
ble,land ecittacientitius young ladieS of
gentle'diSpoSition; are invariably lone of
readitig'ne*apapers: This sort make the'
best wives.—Ladies who are greatly ad.
wired by theirpwri. sex - are very seldom
viewed in_ the same - light by-gentlemen.
Some ladies speak of "ladies'
,beauties,"
and "geotleaten's beauties."—.lf you walk
up the sireet with a ituquet in your hand,
nine women out of ten . will look atten
tively At it, while not 'Oue - trian in twenty
will notice its iS , ,a curious
fact that those ,. winneri ' who 'have made
the,":must-ucquaintatices. during 'a long
course of year:ill:ivy by far I he.best ntew
orvint. , faces. and.:.persons....-4Ali hough
women are supposed to be the talkative
sex,..it is : not : less true,in
,learning a for
eigi(tongue, Men acquire More readily.
the facility in 'wit& ladies
dittleratand it better and sooner wheo spo- .
ken to.
. ,
LIFE'S gAisin EST PERIOD —X.ingslby
gives his evidence on this di f sputed point.
Ho thug declares :—"l'hers le no pleas
tii; that' i. live experienced like - a child's
titicisUoitnenfoilday—the time, I mean,
when` two or three of us used to go away
np the'brook, and take our dinners. with
us,'atid come home at night tired, dirt.y,
scralclied beyond recoguition,with,
a great : nosegay, ' three lifthi trout, and
one 'shoe,. the oilier having been used for
a boat, till it bail gene 'demi with all
W a nds put of •suOtidings. .11 . tar poor our
Derby days...lob'. GreeuWich dinners, our
evenitig•parties:ifiere there are;plenty of
after'tii'at I Depend uponit,
ti Man ne‘ierexpetieneti such pleasure or
orief after fourteen as he ewes before, un
less: in. 'Rome, cases, his. first lore
waking when tke -sensation is new to
bitm". •
••. . •
fhle, meeting a
cOnntrythatt ,inlo',se face wat4 not perfectly
remett;bert.d, alter palutfog host et rdlally t
iitrinired - .Weish,7" Was_ the
noswer.. t4tii.ii:l Walsh !" responded
Paddi,'"are yOur not 'from Dublin? :I
knew two old maids thereof tliat'tnitne;-=
was'ettler'llf-ifiemyer mother
Can any on . c; define the,exact
.width of
a narrow escape? :
put r - . c-good f a ce co everything, unless
pc are so ugly ,that v3a.can't.
If mosey ,IP - yottr . god, it willbe certain
. .
to, plagae you like the
Milktnaids_and shephertlesees are the
best kind of, cow.belles and.sheep belles,
'l%o'p:tee:lre apt-to- be Unruly, for, Es
we can't-gee.lhear, it lijinpossible to keep
watch orr thus. - •
Woridiiiieis, and Pride.
A good old - lady who , livedjn‘ tied - of
the rural districts of 'Maine, anf - Wh - a - liad
never seen mush of .'town; :life,'.was p.re
vhiled upon on one.occasion fo'pay.a visit
to a'. relative .who lived in a distaot itiland
town of -Bowe importalieb. Vben Sun,
day caine.around..the old lady.aecouiparc•
ied ber.friends to church, where her sim
ple Dodo - nip were shocked itt•ltlleinonder
ful - display of what sbelcalled wOrldlinees
and. pride. The minister ,hiniself.
nut iscope her nritieiSm. ..JD the :midst
of the sermon, and whilst thcold
was cogitating l on things around her,. a
wischevtous crow that had been tamed
and taught to speak, flew in atone of the
tope's', windows, and alighted on'the back
of a seat in front' of' one of the deaciins,
looked that frinctionary in the' face, and
exchiimed •id lel clear and audible voice
that Sent a Mill of horror to the heaft of
the old lady, you I I; curse!"
And before the deacon could . caPttirellie
fugitive it flew to another Place;-and pro , '
uout.Ced its nialedietiou upon.; auottier
prominent nieruffer of the ciitirch. • The
minister stopped and the congregation
became disturbed. Everyhtidy anx
ious-to see the intruder cupture,cl'and ex
pelled from theiplacc,' and en nY,were the
fruitless grabs In#tde for the - crows- legs;
but he eluded them, arid round and round
he went utteriog hie 1 unprecationi.' At'
last he came across our'Old lady,l and she
too shined t.he Orltiws imprecations. The
old lady rose from hell seat preparStory to
its ev - acuation and contrenting her black
ediorsary with i ft lank ley es and uplifted.
exclaimed;ln a sharp shrill 'voice
that startled' audience, ..Oh.' you
needn't scold we, for I don't Veloffg if;
this cougregati l on 1" and left the place in
deep disgust. . •
r'Dangei.s of Orecocily, .. •
Bartlet wwitiouS one litiridied and dix
ty•three children endowed with' atraor•
divary taleuts 'aoonglwhow few arrived
at au advanced ge.. two suna of
Quiutiliau by vaunted hy , tbeirfatheroiiii
not, react:their tenth year. ' ilerniogencs ? "
whir at the age of fifteen, fnught •iheti.Vrte,
to Marcus Aurelius,
the 'Lost Celebrated rhetoricians of Greece,.
did not die, but' lat tWetiry-foui lost his
hiculties, and forgot all 'he had previouSly
acquired.. Pica !di illirandula died at
thirty-two ;
.Jolianues Secundus at t wen
ty•tive, having at the age of fifteen cow
posed adwirably Oreekatid Latiii: verses,
and beedwe profoundly, versed
• jnris
prudence and letters. Pascal, whose ge
nius developed iiself at ten .years Old, did
not. attain the third' of a century.. In
1791, a child was I)tirn at Lubeek,' narned
Henri Ileitineken, whose preeoeity was
miraculous. At ten tubritliS'' of . age, he
spoke distinctly, lat twelve learnt the Pen
tateuch by rote land at' fourteen Mouths
was perfeetlyaequain ted with the Old and
New Testameut.llAt two years' be. was
familiar with Ancient Ilisforf as 'the
west. erudite authors of , antiquity.i Sau
sun • and Danville only could cowpete
with him . in geographical kitiArledge,- 1 - 3 _
In the'auoient add modern languages he
was a proficient.]Thiel woncierful,%,child,
was unfortunately carried oft in his fourth
year.
I A HAPPY Wo l lodAN.—.ls she,..not the
very sparkle and sunshine of lifel A'
woman • who is iippy - because sho.can't
help it- - -whose siuiles even The, coldest
sprinkle of misfortune cannot
Alen make' a terrible mistalig whett they
marry for'beautyj, for talents or style:
The sweetest wives ; are those who possess
the, magic Secret Of; being contented un
der[ any citeumeratioes. Rich or; poor,
high, or low, it makes no difference—ihe
bright little fountain of joy bubbles 'up
just as tnnsicalki an their hearts. ,Do
tlpey li e in a lugmtbin, tiie fire.thatleaps
up on its humble littarth becoutes, bright
er than the gilded 'chandeliers, in- Arad
ditt'S palace' Were the stream of, I/le So
dark and. unpropitittus that the . supsitine
of a,happy face falling Gti,the turbid tide
would 'cot awoken an atisireryng
Why, these joyotis tewperedpei,ple don't
know half the ttood they do.
A JOKE ON JOIINIBRoivN —The Other,
day a juke was perpetrated in the Circuit
Court, which is worth , ',The Jaw.
yers i were busy settling the days for the
trial of their various causes, .when the
case ;was called of "the People 'lre 4%,dtit
Brown." • i
thought, t! retxiarlted . Ms linnot,
Judge ialith great gravity, "1
thougft ,that case was disposed of at Mar-.
peits..Ferry."
<tidy .enspended, .your honor," ) ;
marked a.:waggisb lawyer with equal
gravity—.-nobody so !until) as crackaug,a
aeuile:--Bdlville, .Fl )Ad vocyti.
o' one thieb - at. a isms - - that's tbe Me:
Wheel' you 'hate dUnet elauderiek:
neighbors, tlien beg 9 to say yourlinieis:
/s r.
/sappiness is a pig
which every.one.ris
eau lipid.
with a grease. i tail .
After _hut nuabady
1- • . = • -
Oaasant farm !iciasa, oae.wiatry
ev4afiai, and lard day'e '.work
at ,ttiioEqng,449uel.GieY
iat3' ttio . ll ) - ablvqtVod
61dbureati.' `.!
- ,7 , .Siini4l,cliatjethee *dog ?'!lsabl,his
mOthei l'oilciwiiig - toltti.. : "The ii tiot - go
ing mu; er; . -itight„ when: so tired?" . -
"Yei,`inOth - ert 4 rePlied, taking up
with, a sigh,. a small calico bag, *Which
• ispqcligd, Well filled; 11 . - . -
l'4V - o lti ,- ,;
_that - is . the - - mortgage- titOney,
Samuel;Whet does . thee - Want.With that?
his ant due till neit. Spring.,"
"I, km)* it, mother; but I must: have
this money
- this aight,•,".'he answered tee
determined tone. _
"For what, my eon? Thee hes always
told we everything. We ,eattied . the
inbney together." - •
"I kiwi it, mother. All
we hate' toned to - pay off . th
lift ou - tle Isten'Pc my fPthet'i
Ow it Ittos all chute to nothing.
in ytOur - „cliair mother, and 1 it
the truth,kis I, 'trust I have
I do not tepr, 'your - blame, ai l
ollWay loved yoor . praise.' Th.
. gioli . ettOr 40 taught top grl
I.3 r eady. :hey say women'eat
tile,etter l t.hau 'men."
Satoeel's - tti . otber:loretubled 1
but sh e satmuietlydown. HE
. pleasant to laok . at—healthy ,
with a' clean Quaker cap.crin
it. She - child nut believe he
done.,anything . so - very Wrong,
etuvlit6ry.i -, -!
;last °
elvenina. yiri know h I
ow late
staid Itity's ityl i . ; mind I presume - yon -thought
I was with Efieu at the farm Ibut I was
not, alone is the' pity. • I is cnt on an er- '
rand Itoi theotavern to 'get Some oil for our
tame I 'noise . B. leg. The bar-room was a
blaze .ot linElit and, all the boys there - and'
I stepped in to warm. There *ere two
finely I ctrezied ~e ntlemen from Boston sit
ting atomic" the table,- calling for - the best .
of . parit . Witile„and treating tpd company,.
They leaned - We to' join_ so cordially that
I - contseateci, - and " felt 'rested, with the
' the guru(' Are and esti ilerating glass, Soon
one of the - .strangers brought out a.:pligi
_of earns, Po:a:played with Joe tampion 1
ind Jlia White. I sat andlsmoked in the
corner}, - andi did not take_ Much notice ofj
t me giinte. ' i They - preyed 'far cigars and
wine, and - theti fur money,' and thegame . l
was •S,even., Up:' - Now, when I was a
boy 1 used to have an. excellent_ run of
lubk at cards,' and beat every ody ;• and .
I sup Pose 11 wes,elated at my r putatiott;
for when Jcielaropeon said, " have Won
two hundred,dollaroi,7 I traoi . tonished;
especiallYwhen'the strangers Pidit over
as quick - and. easy •as 'they iii uld brush
off a fly. Ithought, if.dull Jo has won
sa qaiOkly such - a sum, Why n ay not I.
Who sib E 0 lucky at cardS? I T ey urged
Mete' take a hand, , and the si.ht of the'
new hille
Elon' . the• Merchant's achange
I
-Bank i) won upon thy better u 'denten-a
ing, that II drew right . up to he table.
I thought only of - winning- II never
1 1.,
thought tif losing. '; . We Playeiind - won,
and phoYeitbudYlest mod . lo t. ,' Oh I.
12/ a
inether loft'l all thia:money as ilitielt . as
a flash; andithey taunted me th t teduld
not pay) but I must pay it, iir llave my
I honor lost before the. whole vi lage. - I
know haw wrong it was i but if hard work
will make it lap to you, "'you shall never
'Want." I Bete - S.4m broketlown, and cried
like.a-ohnd.l : , : , .. ~
"Thee is welcome to, take.tht
Bate," said his-mother, quietly. ,
thee weuld.pliontisoi never to tom
again." 1 .
"Dear mother, I storeninTy - --
"No,iiSitui . 1 1 uo oaths.- Rome
will he !calmed this very nigh
and ;viol back this .very-money"
-;"No,1 - 1 hatto seen too stump wi
between thosetWo men, They
, bleis, who have come down t
upon_ ps-Agreenhorna'• In the co
‘,V:h4l I think j h of how many
workl ticv‘ ilerf 9 rnd it
_ u, :and h
i
chickens and l eggs yolkhave raise
all
_for lone goOd object, and I
cursed folly has ruined all, .I - .am
despair_'] I , I . . .
..r, ! illal,l not
,liv,elong to want
Sam; ]''ugly thenglit, of thee an
whois sion 61..101)114 thy wife'
ueTFrE>inied,j4d , !eTt "Ilia Jious.e
heavy. heart: - I Ileitnew by the t
‘,l
ligtitaertoss Olio tied ! hit };pleb se
i - egfitr his' Vi4t i AiWt le sped on
the village, until, siiinoping the sn
his slioes...he entered once more
.
ern. AgeiO, 'in a Private parlor, to
ihe,,eompanions of a previous mighl
Went firu i lly' up to the table, - iod de l
the inciway.. .'tl-have One/ lie F,
a 6olci:voice, l'to pay -you what . yo
fromßte bast ,uight. ) .', The .harm
Waved - bib hattit iii - o,vb rob ' `tlhorte" 4
towaraiit*: 4tot - a islic, tiitti,' ,
. ..„, , ~„
-iiiii:e-er'EPlizzlisliy'atid-ily.'
I,'Orge4 CPFArds Of,
groo. - t atrighto_loolz jogsea
his R441411,,,,J "OM 8904 PleuW4e
easily by I
,the .4", -of : a aFold
=EL
hes 9: yeais
mortgage
deatb i 'atl
BitdoWri
ill. tell you,
ever done.'
I bave
lone,egre
eat lessons
bear trou,
ery much,
r face was
and fresh,
•
ped about..
son hid
ut,.4Aa) ,
money,
"I wish
oh a card
ber thee
to try
.118 pAss
re earn-
1 Impose
;nay.—
, rd days' •
" many,
to eell,.
i hat toy
eady to
matey,
Elien,
Sam
h
%fata
-1 toward
Tr from
he tav
-1: faun d
Be
exited
•a, ..n.
U won'
jewe4
midi.
IftV
•ioD of
...nay
• Idle
TEIM.S.--$1.58 PEA ANNUM,
turn ef p"die .rina yet, afiernP
labor, intiet I be turned figinkins•VitietilE
hem e,- . a rid my ; h Ettapy
.uifor life; bYl'oo..dtp.'ertite , gtinahltiier,",
seemed at' wa r alit
the - aweet: visions' of :f. t ithiiiilll4
paseed" away:. 'did tit,t'taiis slim
there were;:nantieringis of liveitb,)i*'%ileSit i
ble; - one after tatintlier Avis; 114,doid i tif
his. turn, Cries of,; "en flair "PPM'
tilei;" Ore met inyleignientigittelin euei
from" the ebelieheful Men
the'gaine; • "
Satiguers ititrok'
.
,
upon the lable;:ande . denld:*tloiliiO 3
lea,ve, it Abere. It eeeuied
"How little iny father thought whin:rho
left me the firm, with-only this niertgigif
as an lia,ciareb,erante,!,that titunild,priive
au recreant .My
,e . Oleinn engagement it
take;Care of my dear, mother.' Olt, and
forgiie me,' and spare
.inb; tfifit nay lid
better in tin feture."• And at ihit,inlit
went a softer emotion
:h spru b,g , 1 4).)h'S
eart. He felt Teething of - am
kinds that he never felt belbre; and
termination to 'Shen eon the intend!! del'
siaticn
from 'duty, if its 'retribution'
so dreadful This was' a Mere disirebti
state, 0 . mind and: a: humble iorir
'breathed itig liressibge ever 'hint; h hi
rose up and buttoned hie - 'thin; coat old r
his breast, again to fate the Otitituk Wind'
of the wintry higa ' ',
About' this time a handeomeeleigia had
drivels up
.to• the• door; of ; the tavern.—;
. The horses were' flecked- with ; town; litut
the ,frost hang about:
showing: how swiftly they, baktrityelitit
iTwo strong men. bad leapOi Attal4:
hastily- entered the. house, ,The- /wet !
came obsequiously the doPr• ;Thai
drew him aside. • • •
"We have tracked tiro iabtorlotte Week!
legs. flow' Boston. here, and Wail* they ;
might b.e making it little miseliief„ haVit,
comm.-down: Indicate, I say, the .room,
where they now are, ; •or. we shall .arropi„
you as an abcomplice I Quickly i. is:thA
gleaw -of n, revolver. Ehone 314 gold
poonlirjhtir : olu . there, in there,V, • item;
mered the landlord, trembling with alarm:
The deteCtives tame very softlY:biat nisi -
so gently ataillte . gatriablers did not listed
intently.- One said, "Throw the aril!
in, the fire. I raise OEll' windigii I hitt r.
Just theta the door was thriarin vicalenilf
open:: "Ab, my'hearliei, well Wit
have had quite •11 for yob f' "•ird.r.
•Justingbandcuffs the tittak ar t oiigH
they were used id the business; u spitil
of the 'desperate
.'OF th f
men. "NOW; -thy!Arai, We Will see. Whir
you 'have 'caged 1" Iliad' these Minieirit lit
the law, and forthwith began- 41/.
their pockets, having laid them at lim it
on the floor. , •
"Counterfeit bills in plerity,,sointtgOlii:
en-ergles i silver I ...Geti .pen and .papeij
lawdlord, and state the arnonut, %Noel
-young man," the sheriff said, addressigg,
Samuel Grey, and his f riends, who sittbd
'in silent amazement beholding the
"eve might consider- you tinder arrest fdt
gambling, hilt' presume "you were Pitt
green enough to' be entrapped by theli
Boston youthi. , understand Abie.
ways', of our nicked • city. Hoiversr, It,
will just advise you : to beware of bad cam:
litany for the ftatire; • it ;does, not lead id
pleasant resnite.".
• "How ; much have yen been robbed Of
this. eight?" ,* • • ' . • .
..Thete is my money," said Simnel s
each, one stated the am otin t,. 4. peintear
to the , roll on thetable.i _ .
take it, and go
the men.. • 1,
Sainuei obeYed;- end When - or tit Morel
in the fields, • and within
mot bees eugenic, be feet', on hi k , ees
wept aloud, giving thanks . to God, as•
had• never done before:. i Be trait poi yet
twenty-one; life was before• bind;', hope/
again dawnedl'let us Cruet that ill* eiid
lesson was not in vain. ;The old woothisic
could not knit the lertgi Wee woolen eatii
that evening: She igaied the
with prayers and tedre:. Novi) in 'bee
t r Ately widowhood = bad. sorroir atonti:igi
h'earily. open -her heart ; end When if;te
door opened, and•Bllenitele gently Ili rel
inquire what was 'tbe matter; ton-sing hei
lover, Aunt Bache! threw berating* atboOi
her
,neck, and gave way to grief; Sri
Samuel' found them when he ieturaeit
titeatiiitto4, to ehaste their taw!
Seine time eines., a rapirosaated , Oi •
commodore was placed '2)l charger 91 . Bpd
of Or rkaiY, 7**de; , 03 ! a*, * ioPTI S fO4
fel Dia Lad Just 1;4 - iazsltet wit b 00;7?
as the gouty sli toteasosissa ,"htems , is
sight,".,-and -grawled oat:
"Itmp tiles
woad, yea yeaag meal; dam is ;
chaSe sassed. bey yista small 14
his load heaiy, wad prestab acmg
modocei puffing sad Welitieg f 4ehis4 Ii 4
bop,ty the 4elltr.: Jamping r i#o,..
damping the air: alt 11# h
exclaimed: # r ytreitteardt.hletWiwg-'
; WI; Atisni riterjoiriittimat
yeim Eta - '
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