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A Eta Had of the Hours.
The lauThing, laughing summer-time
Catne.qanciligo'cr the , plains
As if She would in merry mood
Keep step with April rains.
. There was a. little cottage stood,
Half-hidden {from the view,
And there She ,old the birds to sing
The sweetest songs they knew.
For there in pe'ace and quletness
A gray-hairO woman dwelt, •
And toiled to earn her daily bread
As years sloW came and went.
She loved beside the ripen door
To sit at close of day,
Arid watch thel sunset glories
As they sloWly paled away.
•
And once When twilight shadows
O'er hill and dale were spread,
Through memory's haunted chambers
' She walked With reverent tread.
.1
When, lifting up her eyelids,
She saw amid the gloom,
A dim and my4;ic company
• Were circling round( the room.
TUT clasped their hands tof,rether
And they sang, "The Hours are we,
Coma from yody past existence•
To bear you company.: , _
Their voices rore like singing,
I ;.Or the chimes of silver bells;
tAnd some werd, crowned with amaranth,
And some with asphodels.
•
iNarneg.f fogot, they chanted,
WAndlong-lopt ringing taughter,
ith which 110 own once blended,
1
Like echoes,followed after.
One little spritcl "' came near her
With noiseldss, tripping tread,
I llnd slowly re4hing forth his hand
. He laid it miller head..
{"This hair is rpry white," zaid; be,
.."Hut I ieine=n,ber well -
'When it around your shoulder's
Like captur4l sunbeams fell;
seen Thu I.ll2nse the btitterfiies
And clash yfinr hands. iniglee ;
co'lne (font yoerlog
Lu yon rdwerober we ?"
- ,
The l n e. lienrt-criord long since
A l t. the waste -touch awoke.
'And tears rose Ito her fatied ey'
Though not v word she spo
Then another iorm approache
Oh, very faiThwas he; '
nisi robes Nsereiillilte the sunshi
Which glitters on the sea.
lie Arrived al wireath of roses,
And he dariFed around . her c
And sang; 4or, you I painted
Such pictilqs in the air.
"I made yotir ilife a joyoup son
to. dancing 'measure set—
Yoiii surely do remember me?
. .
Yau ncvef• can fUrget, ?"—•
4 : -
Sadly the wnraan answered,
'sour fade I well do know,
Dut:tiie j'ictlire which. you painted
41 faded long ago."—
:
Theh. another stood beside her
Its simple raiment drest,
Duq in.her Sweet humility,
She fat otitshone the rest.
•
Said she, "Ton forM of brightness,.
Arched rainbows o'er your head,
I tool,: them down and gave you
Tlie clear lade sky instead.
"Yon sadly thissedlthe.rainbows,
For the tears were in your eyes,
And iyou could notsee an angel
Tlirough all Livid:lrk disguise.
"Nod: te4 me while I linger,
Ain I n.welcomeiguest,
Thotigh once I walked beside you
Ini§bber raiment drest 7"—
"
"ThOugh frotri my heart's bright garden,"
Tile woman':softlysaid
"Yo 4 took some gorgeous blossoms,
• You left Ifeart's-.Ehse
Then very lo l w and tenderly
Another vdice did say,
"Do you remember me ? I came
Upon your wedding-day.
'The; old eli n rch bells sent merrily '
Their glad 'notes every where;
Like a. thousand benedictions
Soft pulsing through the air.=
T etwhere the moon'shone brightest
Shb raised her wasted band
And showed a name, deep graven,
On aslender golden band. I
Said:she, ere yonder willow,
Wares in the darkness lone, '
A name like ibis is written
Upqn a marble stone.
Thai grave is very lonely,
Dui wherefore should I weep I
That Pod, in his compassion,
Gives his bbleved sleep?
, ;
"A little while I journey on,
AMong these shadows dim;
For, thotgh tie can not come to rue,
I Ore can go to him."--
With glory resting 'round him
A Strangers Form drew near;
But the wondrous words he uttered
None but herself might hear.
hands she Her hands she meekly folded,
And'done With earthly strife,
She said, "Tbou, too, art welcome,
0 Last-Hour of my life."
Then,; like one,whose 179rk is finished,
Het' hands dbross her breast,
She cliltuly clbsttd her °Yes and slept;
In Death's serenest rest. 1 '
And the phantom train together
Passed thrdugh the oPen door,
And ih the little'cuttagd,
There was silence eydrmore.
i r ,
;Wo'Fiert v. - ore born, so fife declaregy
To Ttnooth bur Elva and our cares
A nii"ti.3 but just , for by inv uoth,
Tley'rt: v apt tg rttliti; both.
Debotea to the Tirii)eiPie , s of. Due Dehlocileij, qn3 flo of bjohlit9, 11.iteNtoe 'Ol3 t'e6s.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2, 1865.
PERILS OF A SCOUT
Among the scouta sent out awin g the
battles of the Potomac, was Dick 8., of
Ohio. Ile had seen some perilous and
thrilling adventures among the rebels,
which cannot be better told than in his
own words.
I was- out scouting, with three or four
others, when We , got seperated, and on
turning a bend in the road, suddenly
came upon a party of rebel cavalry. They
commanded me to halt. I replied by
firing my revolver at the foremost, and
then putting spurs to my hbrse galloped
away, but the rebels were not disposed so
easily to loose their prey,and they follow
ed, all going at a break neck pace, and
they firing upon me as they could get near
enough. Presently I perceived a path
way in the woods, that led off from the
main road. Into this path I turned my.
horse,
as I though the trees would afford
me a better chance to escape thorn and
their bullets. My horse was fleet and
tiled to bruTh, and I gained on them a
li tle. I began: to think my chance was
to erable, when I came to a large tree
t at had blown down directly across my
path, and when I attempted to leap it,my
hors stumbled and fell, throwing me off
and before I could remount the rebels
were upon me.
'Surrender !' shouted a sergeant, 'sur
render, you d—d i blue bellied Yankee, or
I'll bloW your heart out l'
And ,he pointed his revolver at me,
which motion was followed b,y, the rest of
the crowd.
'See here, old covy,' said I, /put up
your popgun, and take me prisoner if you
like, but don't murder a fellow in that
barbarous manner.'
Of course I was a prisoner, and thot'
it was the better part of valor to fall in
and trust to chance and strategy to get
we out. So I was in line, toted up to tke
rebel cam), and brought before the note
nobs Stonewall. The General eyed me
ECM
abciut one nainute, and then said :
!Well sir they tell me you are a Yankee
spy.'
(Whew ! thought I, this is more than I
bagained fur ; but I -was determined to
put a jolly face on the matter, and Isaid •
iYes, General, that's what they, say ;
lint you rebels are such blamed liar
thd i ro's no knowing when to believe what
they say. I thought the Yankees could
out lie any other nation, but bang me
if you fellers can't, beat ns.
'Ala,' said the General, 'You don't seem
to have a very exalted opinion of your
brethren.'
'Why should I have 7' said I. I've
lost and suffered a good deal in Chat same
Yankee nation.'
'That's strange said the Gendial. Don't
the Union officers treat their • eoldiers
well ?'
'They're like all other officers,' said I,
tobd and,bad among them; but that's
not' where the shoe pinches. To make a
long story short, although I live in Vir
ginia, I was favorably disposed to. the
Uni . on cause, but the- beggarly Lincon
iteslwouldn't believeit ; so they fed their
trocc i ps on my granary and cupboard till
I was about ruined, and when I wanted
pay they told me I was a fool, and said if
I was a good Union man, I ought - to be
glad to aid the . Government. One 'day'
one of the officers told me if I would en
list they would think better of me, and
instpad of.destroying my property would
protect it. So the upshot of itiwas-I was
compelled to enlist to save my property.
'That's a plaUsible story,' said the
General. 'but not a very probable one.—
Why did'nt you come into our lines at
once. if you wanted protection?'
'That's just what I'm coming at,' eaid
I. was sent out with a scouting party
so I kept on scouting till I got within
your lines and was taken by your cavalry.
'Take care, young man,' said the Gen
eral sternly; 'I understand you attempt
ed to escape.
This was a poser; but-as I had got
.under way, I thought :1 must try and
make the ripple, I felt tolerable streak
ed about the result, too, but I said, earn
estly :
'Of course I did. Who wouldn't with
a half dozen horses and bullets after him?
I hadn't time to say surrender, and be.
sides the officer cursed, me. I don't like
to be cursed, it's against my, principles;
and then I was mighty mad to see such
bea.s!tly cowards, that I half made up my
mind to get away from both sides'and go
t• Cenada.'
'The General looked at me and then at
his staff, and they all smiled,while I look.
ed as sober as a deacon. I bad heard
that the General was a pious old fellow,
and'l thought tint would tickle him.
' 'Are you willing,' said he, 'to take the
oath of allegiance to the confederacy, and
our cause !'
'To be sure,' said I; told you before
that I had been trying to get' into your
lines. But I don't wan't to fight for you
if I Au] not protected in my rights. I
want my property respected.'
'Where do you live?' asked be.
'At l'hillippi ' said I ‘4114 got
nice property up there, and I want it to
be! taken care of.'
'Well,' said the General, 'we are going
up that way shortly, and, whether you go
with us or not, we will protect your prop.
erty. In-the meantime I will think of
your offer, but for the present, as the
evidences are against you, you will be
placid under guard, for you Yankees are
too slippery to be trusted with too much
liberty. Events show that You don't
know how to use it.'
After this I was kept under guard,and
Was treated perhaps as well as they were
and nothing to brag of at that. The next
day there was a great battle. There was
much commotion in the rebel camp; and
for fear that I should So recaptured, a
guard of two was detailed to take me far
back. to the rear. We could distinctly
hear the thundering of the cannon, and
we knew a great battle was commenced.
I overheard the guard chuckling at the
idea that ! they were exempt. This put a
flea in my ear. I knew they were cow
ards, and I determined to m- nage them
accordingly. My, canteen h d not been
taken from me, and, as hick 'mild have
it,was half full of tolerable
alio had in my pocket a large
mOrphine which the surgeon]
me a few days before,to take
this I slipped into the cant
this was accomplished I appeb
long swigs at the canteen.
boys got a smell of the whiske
of them turning to me, said :
4 ,L00k here, Yankee, .that whiskey
smplls mighty good. Let us help you
drink it, or you'll be so drunk, soon; that
welsball have to carry you.'
dAll right boys, said I, 'help yourself.'
They did help themselves. The beg.
gaily rebels soon' finished the whiskey,
morphine and all.
qt tastes mighty bitter,' said one.—
'what's in it 7'
IQuinine,' said L 'I always put qui
nine in my whiskey this time o' year. •
This satisfied them, and I soon had the
satisfaction of seeing my ,guard tolerably
drtink,—too drunk to walk, and so they
tumbled down, and they ;did not get up
ag4in soon. Finding they were 'getting
pretty stupid and sleepy; I shook them
and said :1 I
is
here, guard, this a shame. How
do You expect to guard Me, drturk as you
arelr
Teo, guard,' (muttered l ono. 'Your—
turn now--you guard us. I Don't leave—
opby , Gr—d ' .Pllshoofyon when—wake
'But hold on,' said I 1 'how do you ex
pect me tolguard you when I don't know
the password 1'
By vigorous strokes and punches, Iso
far routed him that he muttered:
'Rattlesnake l'
I had no doubt but that was the mag
ical 'open sesame' that was to give me
my liberty. In five minutes the men
were fast asleep. The place where we
were was in a deep gully in the woods,
and about a mile distant was the rebel,
camp, My purpose was soon fixed. I
swapped clothes with one, which was
considerable trouble, as he was as flimsy
as a rag; but I succeeded at last in mak
ing the exchange, and had the satisfae
tion of seeing the drunken rebel nicely
buttoned up in Yankee ~regimentals.
Taking his arms I hurried away. When
I got through the woods I. came 'into a
road, and had no sobner done so• than I
saw a squad of rebel soldiers.
'Halt I' was the word,which I respond
ed to with soldierly precision.
'What are you doing here 7' asked the
Lieutenant commanding.
I told him that two of us were guard
ing a prisoner, and that my comrade and
the prisoner were both so drunk I could
do nothing with them.
'That's a h-11 of a story,' replied the
Lieutenant. believe you are some
d—d Yankee spy. I've a mind to clip
off your head on suspicion': And he
raised his sword.
'Let him prove what he says by show
inglis the men,' Euggested one of the
squad.
At this they all 'laughed, supposing I
was bluffed. But when I readily assent
ed to this they followed me cautiously,
how4ver as I suppose they feared I was
leading them into ambush. When the
Lieutenant saw the men one in butter
lint and one in Yankee blue, asil had
represented, he gave each a hearty kick,
and said
'Well this is a h--Il of a mess. What
are, you going to do about it 7'
'deli* to hunt a wagon and have them
carried on,' said I. •
This-was satisfactory, land we parted.
Finding that, it Would not do to take the
road I skulked around the woods all day.
When night came I took, as_ I supposed
a rout that would lead !me to the Union
camp. All night I climbed' the
twice I was hailed by the rebel pickets,
hut Irattlesnake' carried me safely by.—
Jut at daylight I discovered a Camp.
oetildbcal the teute twinkle through the
woods b'efore•me, andll felt certain ,that
it was the Federal Camp.
When I got about half way through
the piece of woods. I saw something that
completely took all exultation of my de
livery out of me.' Well, I have been i
many a perilous position.- I have had'
bayonets, bullets; and bowies rummaging
around in the regionOf my loyal bosom ;
but never, in all my life was I so aston
ished, chagi l inedi so .utterly taken down.
There, in the bottom of a broad ravine,
not ten stops froOt me, lay the two drunk
en guards! Lord;l this was a pretty fix to
be sure. I had abcomplished a feat equal
to the hero of old mother Goose who
went
"Fourteen Miles in fifteen days,
And neverlooked behind him."
One of the guard was sitting up, and
endeavoring to rouse the supposed prison
er; for he was stilt too much stupefied to
recognize the cheat.' Perceiving me, he
sun.' out:
n
'hay, Bill, this Yankee's too
drtink to wake up. What's to be done
with him.? Have we been here all night?
Lord ! What will the old General say ?
Come over here'!
'No,' said _I, feigning his comrade's
voice, 'We've been drunk here all night.,
and I am going to report before he wakes
up, or they will have us, in the guard
house. You stay and see' to him while I
go.' •
of gut.' I
powder of
had given
.edasionally
en. After
red to take
last the
y, and one
'No, let us wake the devilish lubber up
and take him to where we are going to.
But blame me if I know where thai is.—
Don't go.' -
'But I will,' said I;1 and hurrYing away
I was soon out, of sight. This day I hid
myself in a hollow t.ree, and, when night
came, I took a good look at the stars,an , d
b
gettinn. my bearings, Started again for the
Union Camp. I several tithes came on
the rebel pickets, but the 'rattlesnake'
snaked me along without,any trouble; all
but one, the last one I came to. He was
a sprightly little felloiv, and appeared to
be determined to have me go with' him
to' headquarters. I offered him every
excuse I could think Of but it was of no
avail, so at last I agreed to go, and we
started. I went with) him about half a
mile, and, during thattime engaged him
in conversation about the affairs of the
war, playing the rebel of course, and talk
ing in a jolly way, till,finding him a little I
unguarded, I sprang upon him and took
him down, before he knew what was the
matter, he was unarmed.
'Now, youleggarly whelp,' said I,as
snatched his gun and sprung away from
him, 'about face, and put, or I'll shoot
you in a ;minute.' J„t--
The fellow was '
scared, sure, an d lost no
time in getting out of my sight. It was
now growir , light; and I found myself
on the banks of the,Potomao, with the
Federal camp far in; the distance. As
there was no other Way of conveyance, I
was forced to swim the river, wltioh was
no easy job, considering I had. two mus
kets to carry. However, I got safely over'
and was just climbing the bank when a
musket was leveled at me, and , a clear
voice rung out
'Stand ! who goes there T
This I knew was a Union picket; so I
told him I had been taken prisoner, and
had escaped ; and I lad been two days
without eating; and wanted him to lot
me go, or take me at once into camp
where I could get something to eat and
some dty clothes, I had no doubt but
he believed this, 'and would immediately
comply; but the answer was an ominious
click of the trigger.
believe ydu're a real Butternut Reb
el,' said the picket,l'and I've a notion to
givo you a pop, anyhow,'
'But I ain't,' said I
:What are you doing with them butter
nut regimentals on then, and them two
muskets?' said ho.
I saw my fix, and hungering dripping
and shivering aal was,b3toad-beforo that
grinning musket till I had told my story.
Finally upon my giving him the names
of our Colonel and thiptain, and mention
ing several other matters familiar to him
he was satisfied, fdr he belonged to the
same regiment that I did.
GENTILITY.---Genteel it is to have soft
hands, but not genteel to work on lands.
Genteel;it is to lie abed, but not gai
ted to earn your bread.
Genteel it is to cringe and bow, but
not genteel to sots and plow.
Genteel it is to play the beau, but not
genteel to reap and mow.
Genteel it is to keep a gig, b,ut not
genteel to hoe and dig. , •-
' Genteel it is in trade to fail, bat not
genteel to Swinc , a flail. ! •
Gbriteel it is to play the fool, but net
genteel to' keep a_school.
Genteel it is to cheat your taller, but
not 7enteel to be a sailor.
Genteel it is to fight a duel, but not
genteel to cut your fuel.
Genteel it is to eat rich cake, but not
genteel to cook and bake.
Genteel it is to have the blues, but not
genteel tO wear flock shoes : l
TERMS.--$1.50 PER ANNUM.
GOOD ,RIILES .EOD. ADD.-4 3 rOfitDe
swearine is abominable. -
Vulgar language is disgusting:
Inquisitiveness is offensive.
Tattlino. ° is mean.
Telling lies is contemptible.
Blander is disgraceful.
Laziness is shameful.
Avoid all the above vices and aim at
usefullness. This is the road by which
to heome respectable. Walk in it.
Never be shamed of honest labor. Pride
is a hateful curse—a 'hateful: vice. Never
act the hypocrite. Keep good company.
Speak the truth at all times: Never be
discouraged but persevere, and mountains
will become mole hills.
A BOY'S LAWSUIT.—Uadar a great
tree, close to the village, two boys found
a walnut.
"It belongs to me," said Iguatior, "for
I was the first to see it."
"No it belongs to me," cried Bernard,
"for I was the first to pick it up," and so
they began to quarrel in earnest.
"I will settle the dispute," -said an
older boY, who had just come up. Ho
placed himself betweeen the two boys :
broke the nut in two,then said : -
"The one piece of shell belongs to him
who first saw the nut; the other pieceef
shell belongs to him who first picked it
up;but the kernel I keep for judging the
case. And this he said, as he sat down
and laughed "Is the common end of most
lawsuits."
"Axe grinding" is a term borrowed
from one of the most charming stories
told' by Benjamin Franklin. A tittle bey
going to school was accosted by a man
cairying-an axe. The man calls the boy
all [kinds of pretty and endearing names
and induces him to enter a yard where
there is a grindstone.
'Now, my pretty little fellow," says
the man with the axe, '.'only turn that
handle and you'll see something pretty."
The boy turns, and the man pours water
over it until the•axe is ground. Stright
waY he turns with a loud voice and fierce
gesture on the boy : "Yon abandoned
little miscreant," he cried, "what do you
mean by plajing truant from school? You
deserve a good thrashing. Get ye gone
sirrab, this instant. I" Adds Franklin, -
"when anybody flatters me I always thot'
he had an axe to grind."
'My son,' said a father, 'take that jug,
and fetch me some beer.'-
/Give me the money,then, father.'
• 'My son, to get beer with money, any.
body can do that; but to get beer with
out money, that's a trick i ."
. So the boy 'takes the jugi and, out he
goes ; shortly be returns; and places the
jug before his father.
'Drink, says the boy.
'How can I drink,' said the fathcr,when
there is no-beer in the jug ?'
'To drink beer out of a jug,' says the
boy, 'where there is beer, anybody can do
that; but to drink beer out of a jug
where there is no beer, that's a trick 1'
The Western newspapers are in &la
cks over a young lady on Rook Prahr,
seventeeen years old, who drives her
father's reaping team and frequently tales
a load of grain to market ‘(fifteen miles)
and sells it. ' She plays the piano, does
the hondrs of the drawing room with dig
nity, can make a loaf• of bread Or play
"Bridget" in ma's kitchen with equal
readiness.
''addy's description of a fiddle cannot
be excelled : 'lt was a thing of the shape
of a turkey, and the size of a goose; a
man laid hould of the orature, ' turned it
ovezi on its back, and then he scraped its
belly with a stick until he made the ora
tor° aquale; and och I St. Patrick ! how
it equaled l'
- He who, by his conduct, makes goad
friends 'on the one hand,and bitter haters ,
on the other, gives evidence that there is'
something of the bold independent, up
right man in his ;composition ; while the ,
chicken hearted, imbecile character is
capable of making neither friends nor foes
A father was winding his watch, when /
he said, playfully, to his little girl, 'Let
me . wind your nose up.i. 'No,' said she
'ldont want my nose wound up,for I don't
want it to run all day.' -
Chicago, it is stated, is at the mercy
of the rats which' infest the large Franer
ies of that locality. In many portions of
the city, the foundations of the largest
buildings are mined by the rats and aro
in danger of falling.
A.Western editor complains that big
poverty came very near being expOsed l to
to the.world. A pickpocket relieved hint
of his purse, but unexpectedly and; con
lsiderately refrained from saying any thing
abcat its contents.
ns...We are apt to hate them I whq
won't take our advice and; despise the=
who do.