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3 Moatila 4 a o'l2 05 , 2 0 4 70 03 22 00i8Ci 0 1 ) GO I.:10
I Year. 112 00118 021a5 00128 00185 00150 ou 100 00
In
davertbsementa ere eVI ciliated by tho 'nth in length
at e °lawn, and tiny lees abs.te to rated an a cull inch. •
rotelipn avertisemesitz twat, be paid for before tn.'
1 e Wen, e seep% on yearly -ootatrscts, *hen as ye
I,P} meats 14 advance vi 11l be required.
birstr , ais 'Jo - none:a , the v.tittgrial colnigns, on the
ogeond page,l6 e outs per line eseb luserUon. NW' 3.'
2ni inserted for loss than $1
' Wis. Horsens In Local oolamn, 10 cents per line if
.. Ire than Avenues ; and - 60 cents Ittr I. natio* Of AIM
' es or less.
, 4 Alsorpostrelmnrs of tfAnnucntil and DEATEBltlterb3d
1 the i but all obituary notiogs will be ehazged l j ecente
pet tins. - n
- i hgour. !Simons SO percent abOveregolarr
dnvzhass Canna 4 Linea or less, 86,0 a per year,
Buainess - Cards.
• 1. L sa atairzirr!. v. a. tosarscal.
13 atelielder clz Johnson,
Itor.ntnent", riJalbStellefp Tablo
tops, Censtiters, Am. 0111 sat sec lilt*. Wean. rt.,
ppodlti) Foul:miry, Wellsboto, Pc."TaIS 3, DM.
- a. Redfield,
IrteritT Orrsraort AT. LAW.—cougot:
9218 , promptly attouded to.—Bl9srou rt rg, %to coati
. •I, Vean'a.. Apr. 1. I*7Y3zol. •
- .
: ••
C. IL Seymour,
hvxo.flmc ea LAW, Tic:;;lt. l'a. AA Lusineas exi
al.,:sl to . e cc:o will racelre prompt. attention.--
;en. 1, 187'. . , .
Geo. V. Merrick,*
nl'io`i+`4JLY AT LAW.-o=c tu Bowen a: COnget.
a,ttona ball from Agitator 01 Am 20:1 Soo;
Violobar% Rs.—Jau. 7. 1872.
nitchell & Casuertin,
,
trrOUNEIS AT LAW, Claim aiad Insurance Agents.
Jvi .at in Coarerse & Wirne.ms beak block - , over
4uveris a Osgood's store, Wellsixwo, Pa.—Jan. 1,
liCi2.
William A.. Stone, .
I.T - roas3Ey AT LAW, over Q. B. Kelley's Good
gibxt". N i rright ti Bailey's Block on Main groat: ,
Walabarto. Jan. 1,1872.
L. D. Taylor, 1 4 "
mtgs. L7.12170)32 AND SWANS at ilkolesalo
WI attain. No. scions Sons Bunn, Wiglaboto, Pa.
Inc. 8.1879.
Josiah Emery,
4.l,lVltNWir AT LAW.--Otltoe oupwito Court :Souse,
No, 1 Furdy's Block, VUllaamport, Pa. ha buil:tett
kraccwil7 attemasa tch- T Jan. 1/172.
J. C. Strang,
ATM:Mr AT LAW 4 DISTRICT ATTORNEY.-
C. Dartt,
'lr.••••T•sth made With the yaw rscrnovinarmr,
atab T , We Utter satisfaction thin' any thing else
tiSS. Offlos in Wright ix Bailey's Mock. Wells.
• bilso. 00t. 15, WM.
J. B. Niles,
ADVOIIMY AT LAW.—Will Attend promptly to bus
aPo. office on tToT. r the
e. "11 r 5 b of
Tioga
1,1 72.
Juo. Adante,
AT LAW, tle..istlalti, Tioze. minty, kr,
GurActint's prciAlity attomiVi t.:1.--7a.u. 1, 18,72.
C. L; Pee,lx.,'
_ •
etLi0341.4 . 1 WI: Ixt..W. AA ca.ktlx.i.ii.>uil. , ay v.:l"..krt.til
QtlP.:a Aida W. U. Staith, lizn.y...ilci, Tioge. Co., Pa.
O. 33. Kelly.
- •
Da:11: 8 .- Crookory. C nu cue. Olcass 1 7= 0 3 Table Cut
•lti find PiAtid War:. A!s::.) TEble cud ;lolls 3 Frs.
1
Goode.—)7 bro. Pa., Sopt. 17,1672
Jno. W. Guernsey,
ptIyLLW.-4111bnainees eatrustod to-fidro
'ha attended to.-021ce Ist door south
Fars store, Tioot o Tipp county, Pe.
EMUZZI
Armstrong & Linn,
ASTOBNETS At LAW, Willlas”Hort, Pa.
w:. U. latunscuiti.
USiss2. Luis.
( Wm. B. Smith,
•
Pintail= f iT/OBNE.Y; Bounty and Lusmazioe dgent.
Communications sent to the above addreas I zp.
'Cate prompt attention / Terms moderate.—Knoz.
rots, 1%. Jan. 1, 1872.
11 B. C. Wheeler •
' irtoraptly attend to the collection rai olaime 112
nova county. Office with Fleury S.he.rwood .t Sou,
'• eat dd. of the public e, Wellsboro. Pe.
pot. 13,-1872.
Barnes & Roy,
iOJ3 IUI T11119.—A.11 kinds or Job Printing ?tone or,
short notice, and in the best ravine:. ODlee in Bog
en 4 cones Block 2d door..—Jan. 1, 1872.
W. D. Terbell & Co.,
Z;DOLESALU DRUGGIST, anti dealers in Wall Paper
Re'reeens /amps, Window Gltisa, P.rtamer7,
Gile, c,—Oorning, L. Y. Jan. 1,1872 r.
Sp,binsvilita louse.
11443.0670.1 X, iloga r , „'s. Proxleto-rs.
%VA bousa has beau tborongbl7 rouoTated and is
now In good condition to nocuoildato tiro traveling
yiata,to in a euparior ultnner.‘—ian. 1, 1576.
D. Bacon, M. D.,
PFLYSIODUI ACID ScliGEON—Slap ha ftraad at 1.119
osAcc Sat MLR) 'rc:l4'f.i-7,tedu street.
Wit/ attend prozsi2t4 to eU c4Zia.—.Werletoro, Pa.,
SAzt. /, 1572.
A.. Ait. Ingham, AL D.,
gOI4LSOPATUIST, 021ce at bin residence on the A?
' - .4"-ehros,..oWellsboro, Pa., Jan. 2, 2572.
Seeley, Coats & Co.,
8ANK1,113.9, limoxvllle, %Yoga Co., ku--Receive money
on dtposit,diecoaut notes, and d24Ya 021 :Tew
Ya=k Cap. Collectionm promptly made.
Yicora.t."; 9za.L x, OizeoLl. Viztsr.
Je o .n. 1, 1.572. • avrip Cozas,E.noxvilie
Petroleum Rouse,
irroixEmMa t PA., Geo. Close, Proprietor.—Good ase.
carrunodittion for both malt and brest. Charges rea•
• tan Able, sad good s,tter.t.loa given to guests, ' ,
tn. 1, 1412.
rifra. Mary E. Lamb.
SLIE4,I2TEB7.—Wiehes to inform her friends and the
Dnblio generally that She, has engaged in the ‘11111n•
ery and Fancy aoada tnisinees in this born, and that
aba can be found at her Mere, rtext daor to the bloc):
~ 4
Q 00nyarge tic 177111irs...s.—lins. Li. E. litmattr. has
no of th rnining,
io /Asking and tridepartznentand.
' 4U give harr.thentionexcluelTelyto it.-N0v.12,7U-tf.
li. 'file at Co.
L=tiAarefsaturing avers] braude cf oboloo Clgara
lie will sell at prices ate,: cauoot but please
auriOustomors. We two t 101.14 but the beat Couneat
-4"14 lianas, and Fara Tobeccas. Wemake our ONVII
Mine. and for that taiiol:l WM warrant them. Wo
ea Verolrea assortment of good Cherdog and
• oking Tobaccos, Snuffs. Pipes from clay to tho
guest Iteerschatm, Tobacco Poaches, & - 0.. whole.
Hie add 1813.
John R. A.ndars $ a, AO.
WRZLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN HARDWARE,
Stores, Iron, Steel, lirlls, 39,150 Trimmings, Me.
canine Tags. Agricultural Implements, Carria4o
ticods,les. Sprbags, Rims. &0., Pocket and Table
gutlery,Plated Ware, iiiituas and ammunition, Whips,
Pupini--wood and trop—the best In use. Dfantifito.
- tarot and dealer In Tin, Copper, end Stioct4roa
Ware. BoodngfA Ttn and Iron. All work warrant,.
ta4..4an.. I, am. ,
Wellsbor Hotel,
ItiAlaf BT. k. TEE AVENUE,
Wellsboro, Pa,
SOL. BVm Prop'r.
-
MISS% a pOpolar Hotel lately kept by B. B. Holiday.
kii.Proprietor-tri/1 spars no
. pains to make it - e. Mat
hews& All the stages arrive and depart from this
A good hostler in attendance. 49r Livery at.
, ' ;sq. 2. 28T2 - . -
irotice.
. . .
011131. E. WOODARD having 14t my bed and board
%%Outlast cause or provocation, I hereby forbid
wean harhertfig or trtusting her on my account.
%Minitel ao debt' of he; contracting after this
Et
D. S. VitOODA,BD.
ESE
RAILWAY NKR 'TABLES.
Wellsboro it' LaWielicevilie R.
Time,Table No. 4. -.-
TakitAtr*Atßuasz t oules4 4 ,lB7l:
ocitstit eons. . - :lowa aown,a, • •
t 2 2 4 MAMA. E A -
p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. a.m.
150 a sa oo Omning, Dep. 800 1.30" 00
12 28 4SO 8 5 , 'B 40 418
1913 493 864 Dap. Thinnitig • 911 848 fa 98
flan.
12 08 4lu' 8 40 Lathrop , 915 'B6o' *IS
L 143 405 8 '25 Tiaga Village 920 904 , 053
11 23 362 812 ' Hammond 949 918 713
1113 346 803 , Rill's Creek,. 952 927 723
Li 07 340 800 Holliday 9'57 930 729
10 57 582 161 'bliddiebniy 10 03 9 311 729
•1049 827 747 :Ines Valley 10 08 9 43- 747
10 36 219 789 StolitadaLe 10 18 9_61 ,7 69
10 26 310 730 Di. Wellaboro, Arr. 10 26 11;c00 810
2 48 llound Top 10 62
2 03 Summit, 11 /2
IKt , - antrina. 11-48 '
A. .11, Q011 t 024 1314etg$
Btossbarg 41t 'Corning, Tioga R. R.
-Time Table N. 22.
Takes Effect liondity J,nna Bd. iffn.
DEPAZTVDcAIt 002=720. ABAIVZ AT riLOialat3o.
No. To. 1 800 se; 2n. No. ...... ....10 45a. ut.
it 8 735 pan. " "a • 10 20p . . rt.:
..1b...... 420 y. 26 lje la-
AZFAar Jr.osazuSo. .4.11,1zrx lT catigrki:
... 2 46 p. 25iy:
.141 00 p, La. /000 8. m.
So. 9 - 779 a. au. No. 8 1146 it. m.,
H. GORTON , s ap% E. &C.R. R. •
L. SITATTUCE,, Ettzet Tio4e
Catiovissa -
Dti F 4 . ,.); 1 , 1;i wialaxasport, Pa.
}£2,lldep, WinisizaSPOrti ' 9.09 a. a"
I,ccouur.odation dep. WillianiapOrt,- - • , ..6.fti y, ra.
Mail arrive at Viiiiiazuliport, d 10 p.=.
4.cconzzaodation arrive at Williaziaa,-int,..:..1.23 a Za.
An additional trai.•: ii.evea Depot it Herdic
W'maport. at 9,03 a. In.—for3llltou, Pbi~lelpiva, fit,
York, Boston and intarinediatc. volute. P.ohira.ng,
direct connection is 1:C2.d0 at Williatdaport with trains
for the west.
*roZo chauge,or oars batsftsu Philadelphia, New 'reek
and Williamsport. - ' GEO, WEBB, pap,t:
esile hallway.
1.1.5:a 7A hat ADOPTED J tam. an, 1812.
,
New and improved Drawin. Boom and Slebpiog
Gosohee, eomblaing all raottern Improvements, ~..13*
run through on ail trains between Nevr York. Itueb.ls.
tor, Buffalo, Niagara rails, Suspension Bricltoi, Cieve . -
land and CinoirmatL : ' ( .
Westward.
STATIONS. No. I. No. 5. A.O.
N. York, Lire 900 am 1/ 00 aza TOQPm
Eitiagla. '" 444 pm VSS pm $4O art
Eiraira, " 835 " un" 686."
Coming, " 707 " 120 am 617."
Pt'a Post, " -.„... 1 20 "
flochest'r, Arr 10 37 •' .. . ... 10 82 "
tiorrevllo, " 820Snp 266 " 720 Y.:ft
Bulralo " 12 05am • 810 am la 45pru
leas: Fx a " 1265 am 950 485 pm
Dunkirk, •, 100 " 800 " 116 "
_ -
Aparnozrel. Loce.i•TULL73 WVITWA.r.D.
8 a. m., except Brualmrs, from Owego for licamalla
riga ami Way.
515 a. ra., exoept Sundaya. from Snaqaahatuar. tor
Elorneliaville and Way. . .
6 30 a. m., daily from Susquehanna for Borne Emilio
and Way,
110 p. in, (=apt saadaya, from Elmira fqr .5. , r0z,
to Buffalo and Way. ,1
220 p. m. swept• Sundays, from tHughatuton far
Harnellsville and Way.
,BTATIONE.
Dunkirk. LTG
Mag. Etlls,••
Buffalo,
Eforn'iove, "
flooheater, "
Corning,
Elmira, ••
Bing'mtn,
New York.,
Axammosez Lcn.h.T..laLva Emyrwemor.,
506 a. m., except Sundays, TDam liornallavilla for
Owego 'and Way. ,
00 a. m., daily from Elornslisvilla for Buena;lumina
and Way.
7 20 a. in., except Stu:dam from Nernellaroille for
Binghamton and Way.
7 00 a. in., except Smadart. from Owego for 'Bunco.
halms end Way.
200 p. t exoept hundays. from Painted Watt for
rim Ira cad Way.
1 60 p. in., except Sundays, tram nornallsville far\
Susquolleir , Niusd Way.
*Daily.
17.$e4tinehmrencesctie4se
Jerrie.
Through Tickets to all points West at the very Low.
eat Bates, for sale in the Company's °awe at the Corn
ing Depot.
This is the only authorized agency of the Rcle
Bal
- Company for the sale of Western Tichats in Cora- -
tug.
Baggage will to Chocked only on Tickets puralmas d
at the Company's other.
ISO N -ABBOTT. ,
e • Passe'r Art.
•
northern Central Railway.
%Vida& arrive atiAll depart at Trot, ainr.4 Juno 921, leN,
NOSTAINVABI2.' ESOUTIMULD.
Magara Exprsss, 407 p ra Balto. Express, 815 p m
gall - 915 p m Philada Expross,,9 15 p m
CiP , -+ natt Exp. LO 20 ara .11sai, "6452e.ta
A. B. FUZE, 43e.a . / Bup't.
J ara. 1, 1372
Cyrus D. Slat,
`4H.OT.P kLE DTA.LY'R. Tai
Foreign and Domestio Liquors
dze.
agent for Fine Old Whiskies,
Jan. 1.--1575. ' 0011.1 4 1=0, K. Y.
THE NEW SEWING MACHINE
‘ 4 7ricomcbast...v ,
Latest limmoved, hcnce THE BEST
HAS NO SPIRAL SPRINGS-
240T7.,014 POSITIVE.4B3
HasSeif Setting Needle and Improved
VICTOR
IXT ILL l i e put out on trial for parties Nvlall lilt 4
•
v Bola On easy, ruurkililY PgVuepte/
•
Before purchasing, call and oxansliza the VICTOR
et L. F. Truman's store in Wellabccu. Pa.
7flactdne Silk, Twist, Cotton and'Neadlo l a of all kinds
constantly on hand.
13.-3ischitto9 of al kinds repaired on roaacanible.
term'.
Nov. 9, 18746
Mrs. A. 3. SOFIELD
xtronn respectthily unions° to the public that
TT do has two a
PRESII STOCIC OF
liillinery and Fancy Goods
of every description. for the ladies, • conslatins of
Hats, Bonnets, espe, Gloves, Hosiery, Nubian. she xls,
Suits. Merino and Sruslin Underwear, GorraaLto7l)
Wools, Zephyrs and Fare. Thankful for the gettlr
onwpektronage of the past, she - hopes ,to merit a coa t
1 4 , 1411 #, Pc. 41 1 11 4t4", • . • 4 0f4Tk`
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!To. 12.* 1
1225 pm I
`No. 8. t
146 4 , lol2puz ; 710 eau
230 .P Li 36 all 7 415 ~
6 05 Sup. 3 184 rn IO 53 “
4COp ........ 9 00
726 "in
4 37 .4 1208 pm
803 .'. 618 " 124 S ..
10 1,0 t. 718 " 298 "
700 ism 330 pm 966 ~
as fallowa
SHUTTLE
E. XENNINGS, Agent.
VI
TM
lo be Divided.
IM!!
412 1
OVID TOP, PA.
EIIMEM
Boot, Shoe, Leather
D h.I:I4DING STORE.
New
..1
New S
op, Stock, and first
class Work
A
Lad
8' Eid and Cloth Bal
,ra2s and - Gaiters,
Ditto Children's
and Misses.
Cloth, Morocco, and
if Gaiter& Oxford
n,dPrin,ee Albert
Ties.
tsaa of OVZ aUO7e.9 , ozols full line of
FINE BOOTS,-
Gent
2.
I 2 6Cra to -_ _
ea
realizag
rettos from 5A,00 to $7.00, //egged and wvio
CUSTOM BOOTS
&CM It • ,
to Eltoo. aott worth the looney *vary time
eather and Findings
, at the lowest rates, as usual..
• sysignetl "having spent twenty Years of his
horo—much of the time on the stool of
dom./ix:011e cort of affliction for the, good
v even albeit in baromaring than blowing.
lie will only .romark to Insr.old ontitomers
__AMY *utast ohoosajto Etta bin
v soutuumertt eiowspnoyi, peat
:.rn's ware rooms. with the but and cheap.
Tioga county. O.W. OURS.
Axel 2i, 1872.. •
.
life in We;
papltanoto,
oftales,
Virbaridor 5
an* its
-Mut
T. Watt
est 9toet I
WI
tutr S PINE TREE
egr
Clir
AR . CORDIA4,:::;
F C IM
Mks
L. Q. O. "
Lung Di
froze ttki
to isms
the Area :
&duskily
s %tying to uto *Zrbao= tha public, het Dr.
isluhrt's Flue Tree Tar CordiaLfor Throat and
eases, hes gabled an enviable repitatton
- tlentio to the Pacific coast,end from thence
tba Inst families of Europe, not through
alone, but by persons throughout theiStatee
eualtterl anti cure 4 at hie odic*. _'While he
leo% lo Say our roorterri he fa =able to
suPlial
tion..-
demand. It g2.tne and bolds its' kriuta
First.
al
and as 't
ter coil
stTicsh 01
Soon
Not by stopping 0011 13 b, but by /cozening
lug nature to throw oft" tho uttheOlthy mot
:f3. about the throat end bronchial taboo,
It removes the ranee of trzierion which
cough) of . the Fugue membretio and
Whet, goads the Juno to act and throw on'
thy ometions, and par:2es the blood:,
proctuoe • I
brouitas 1
e • .
TIAN
opium, •
oom •
It hi !ran front lobelia, I,l;ecaZ said
which most throat and lung remedies'iire
which allay cough only, arid disorganize
ch. It has a soothing effect on the stomach,
liver and kidneys, dud /yiapizatio and
the ate
Seta all
osgions, thma reaching to every part of the
Ld in its invigord.tag wad purifying oifects
ga reputation which it must hold. above
in tha market.
nervous
system, •
it bes g •
is/1 other- I
The
Erc
IWO
Being a )
lose their
Moore
my binned:Mtn direction they 'belt not
oontivo gitsoifiee by the use Cif cheap and
RY R. WISTART,
RR
ree of Charge.
Dr. L.
all Mon
0. Wistart's °ince Perim ars open on
Ya,Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9a. re:
for consultation by Dr. Wm. T. Magee,—
areauutoolsted two oorusulting physicians of
• gad 'ability. This opportunity is not bi
•
• other institation in the city.
leites Mai be addressed to
to 6 p. na. I
With him
tschnow
feted fey
Ell
L.ll
I No
WFtr4SI3OItO,: I „,TIOG.A !„:CQ.;'-'':...1A:4--,
!COUNTY NOT
. C..-1,.A.5E532V173Et3E
, 04/00.•(ix.1.-i10!•.:rw:v v. J 1
ii7a* af
' DNX GOMM,
Ilit.T3 AND CAPN.
BOOTS AND SNOB
: 'Ey e DEMOS, XEDI.O I IaS,
_ 4110, &0.,
OVIV NOLO CASJi a
"VV. filioastursz
PI - W ..' 7lMn7Ml
e from& Rand eta to a Sid Gaiter, Boat
'S GREAT TIPMDII
VOR THU -
oat and Idungs.
irritation.
rec)r2excizt.
ine Tree tar Cordial,
American DispepEda
alit.
B SIUGAIR DROPS.
PROPBUITOR.
C. Wishart, M.D.,
232 N. pecertd street,
2stuopraira
44n.14,i 1
OEM
The Cross of Blood and Mose
•
Within 11, quldrit. old volusne, stranlely •
Prom moth and mildew of -sleistitYLag ' • •
Are found wierd Ulf* of thorn vilaci/ong lni,ve - 4trpt.
Biro sketetge, IMtorlt9l, ell bite 67 rinuto,;„
Beeldeen legend of thelicout of firdp, .
Which dates aback to
;trims like this: .Near to eibraliar &telt _ •
The old coast town Malaga greens the Mt,
Burns her bright - beacon when the night is
And wild winds wake the waters with their glee.
A signal, to the white-nailed ships that atm" ' •
Hard by the brikers. that s port is neer- .
Malaga, with her turreted abodes
Ana doomi that towers grandly to the Stn,
And groves, and founts, and vine -emboirered road°.
O'er which the princely equipages ran,
In queenly beauty rears her.ressl form, . -
The sun gives welcome and doles the stores.
Not many lettaneirfrom the entdroned town,
upon the bridle path Sierra-ward,
A castle's bristling battlements look down,
Like gray, grim sentitu la of war on guard;
tknoestral heritage, rooki-grown and old,
Of the three Ilcorish horseman, GUY the Bold.
A rain now, the stately, massive pile, • ' ,
'Without the strangling vines within the mould;'
And men have traveled roa' a weary rails
Rather than pass the castle, doomed and old.
Or stand where Goy the Bold, with impious hand,
Brought down a ohm to rankle in the land.
Disdainful, cold, at war R(th all hie kind.
Low,,swarthy, and with aye of cruel ken,
He sought among lila keida anti hounds to glad
The fellowship denied by all of men;
And darker whieperinge,thete were that he
Held carritral with demon company, • ••
He loved the "olueh and Clamoring of war,
He loved the ruder sports of camp and, geld:
He hailed the visored knights who came from far
With angry tocsins from the tower pealed;
And in the tournament, or 1z the.chase, . .
Proclaimed his enmity to all Itle race..
All creeds he scorned, and mocked at all belief,
"9 t everything that JIM have deemed most door,
At love and Joy, and evert bleelrlobed grief,
The truth of woman, and the orphan's tear;
And owning faith in neither mat/ nor God.
Hie passions ruled hint with an troll rod.
But, one glad spirit graced the castle hall.
A - frlendless daughter of a friendless slave,
Slave-made by war's 'vile conquest, where, with ail,
Insult unto the conquered marlied,the brave;
a shy, glad creature, running to his arras,
To era him welcome , from the day's alarms; •
A laughlug sunbeam, Whose whits fingers twined
The roles in the cold, gray windowstn,
Who wreathed the rude,•griza chambers of his Infra
With-graces or her drier, sweeter will;
Ind oft a harsh imagining gave place
(Into the vision of her fair girl-face.
Until. betimes, the simple. sunny staid
Stood the betrothed of the iron knight--
She, with the truth of girlhood undefiled,
And all her convent•nurtured faith bedight;
Re. with swift fancies of a man of mood.
Who no restraint Allows, or bad or good. '
And he, perehalice, half thougl.•tless, half to chain
The superstitions credence of the &did,
With blade small. Item, and flashing, ent the vain
Tryon big Wrist. With frightened look and Wild
the saw him dip his finger in the stream,
rhea elcisoa her eyes as in a troubled dream.
Then on her breast and brow and small hands watt
Re made the sacred - figure of the oroaa.
And then upon lila own. Buddy and bright
And ominous it Owned. by God's laws. 4 '
Ele mid. "Shall this roel'eryinbol prove the death
Of thee or me, should either break the faith, '
"Or if t forgetting, on another look,
This blood shall fire become, and so consume."
A mystic ring from out his breast he took.
And on her finger placed: Day of doom!
Far better had the maiden neer bean born,
Ilan vow the vows of that betrothal morn.
Unto herchamber; weeping, wan, and white,
The maiden hastened iilce a guilty thing,
Nor left it by the day nor by the night:
Meanwhile afar the knight 'went wandering,
And in the smiles of a beguiling 'tome
Forgot the little dower of his at home.
Rut patiently through all the lone, ead days,
The aelf•impriscuedtraddett mourned for him.
Weaving his Dante in endless, tender lays,
Watching from morn until the evening dim;
And clasped her little bands devoutlj when
the trumpet blast announced him home again.
And now it ma the merry marriage morn.
A fete day for the knights' retainers all;
rhe joyous news from ltp to lip was borne,
And light !bat hurried to the castie Watt
And lord and lady came from far to be
A part of an the goodly company.
••Behold the tiridegrearn wreath 1" was the cry,
And ailence fell where merriment hid been.
And as the night preceding Morn goes by. -
The bridegroom followed by the bride was seen; .
Sight of the tropio intense and proud,
flora .mt.tbigiatlisivamewas:44.4k. basb.-r.iiiatavinC•"'""
In holy garb the matt of God began
The marriage service, aolerani soft, and slow,
When. lo I a pallor o'er the bridegroom ran,
And on his breast, and brow, and hands a glow
Of dorm, red flame revealed the °roes of blood,
A 5 statues coat In bronze the people stood.
Then spoke the bridegrOoth, "Woman, virgin pure.
The cures I have invoked abide With reel
The God I disavowed thy pesos secure.
Thy faith, to me as foolish, comfort thee I"'
ilia failing voice refiaied to utter more,
For death =me swiftly through the open door.
One after one, aghast, they swiftly fled,
rue terror-dumb rtalners'of the Zan;
Lifeless the fell biside the guilty dead,
The maiden, young and fair. And ovcc alt
Silence, and ruin, and decay obtained,
'atra dashing sword and hound end master reigned.
lint ever as the marriage night <tonnes round
Mime is heard and lights from windows gleam;
And bold ones, going near, have heard the sonlid
Of frightened voices and women's scream
Pierce the still night. And then a deadly cam
Fell on the disoord like a heeling balm.
And often travelers, when night Is fair,
A wbite•robed figure on the tower see
Clasping with small, white arms tho empty sir,
Tiillo I repeated is the mystery,
fhe night with cross of blood on brow and MLA,
Elptmcilng end consuming whiles they stand.
And so it Is the path Is brlor•grown,
Unto the castle leading, and the hall
No more re-echoes to a h. , naan tone,
Ault ruin hangs her curtain over all; -
And faithless lovers shiver to behold'
The doomed old castle of Sir Guy the Bold.
—National /fon:My.
"Splish—splaShl" went that wretched
dog through the mud, his ears hanging
down, and his tall between ble legs.
"Oh, the ugly dog!" cried two young
girls who were carrying home clothes from
the -wash.
"Oh, the ugly brute!" shouted a carter,
and he gave his whip a loud crack to fright:
en him. But the dog took no heed of any
of them. Re ran patiently on, only stop
ping at the crossings when there were too
many carriages for him too pass, but not
seeming to busy himself at all as to what
people said, or what they thought about
He ran on so for a long way.
No doubt of it, be was au ugly dog. Re
was lean and scraggy; his coat was of a
dirty gray color, and in many places the
hair was worn off in patches. Neither were
there any tokens that he had ever been a
handsome dog, and that his present state of
wretchedness was owing merely to sudden
misfortune. He looked, on the contrary, as
though he had always been an ill-fed dog,
having desultory habits, no home to -go to,
and seldom anything better to eat than a
chance bone or a crust picked up In the
guttet. Yes, he was certainly a miserable
dog. -
But I wondered to see him run so obsti
nately in the middle of the road whenthere
was room in plenty for him on the pave
ment. He was a small dog, and by trotting
close under the shop fronts he could Ihave
slipped unnoticed through the crowd, and
not have exposed himself to be run over by
the cabs and be whipped by the carters.—
But no,, he preferred the road where the
mud was, and he ran straight forward, with
out looking right or left, Just exactly 3:!,a;11.
he knew his way.
I might have paid no more attention to
this dog, for there are enough of whom
take no notice, but I observed that he had
a collar around his neck, and that to this
collar was attached a basket. This set me
thinking; for a' dog who carries 'a basket is
either a dog sent out on an errand or a run
away dog who has left his master and does
not know where to go.' Now which could
this one be? if he was a dog that ran on.
errands,,wby did not his owners feed him
better, so that his ribs should look less
spare? But if he was a dog that had left
his master, and run away into the world to
face care and trouble alone, what hardships
or what, cruelties had he had to stiller that
he should have taken such a step in despair?
I felt should like to haye these questions
answered, for there was something of mys
tery in them; I therefore followed the dog. e
We were in Oxford street, in that part of
It which lies between the Marble Arch and
Duke street, and the dog was running in the
direction of the Regent Circus. It was a
dull wet day in winter; the rain had. been
falling. A gray fog was spreading its va
pors along the road, and every one looked
I cold and uncomfortable. A few shops were
being lighted up here and there, for evening
Watkeetting in. _ But the contrast between
the glare of ' the gas and the occasional glow
of the red coal fires burning cbeerily . in the
fitteti itt,g(01444494' kozon way iwproit
GE
ME
Prouus* pr.cumn.
"AN UGLY DOG."
TUESDA=Y, FEBRVARY 18, 1873. \
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.to make the streets seem unlit dark and
'dieary. And' yet the dog went pattering
it, going at a - sort, of quick jog-trot pace,
keeping his, ears; always down, and paying
ne s attention 'either to the omnibuses that
rolled by him, the costermongera who swore
41t,Ilittr, or the ' Other -degs who stopped at
On - jes with a_,mazzitiOir -and gazed him
with silent Wonder: Thad to step ' out fast
to . keep up with hitn. It is astonishing how
that squalid dog could trot. I was afraid
snore than once that he would distance me,
hut, thanks to - the-knack he had of always
,keeping in the middle, of the road, I was
•prevented from losing sight of him. W.
pried North Audley street, after that Duk
etreet, and:We then came oppoSite a small
street which forms a very narrow and dirty
thoroughfare at the' end which is' nearest
Oxford street. ,Here the.- dog paused for a
moment, •and appeared to hesitate as to
what he should'do. He Made a few steps
'forward, then receded; but finally seemed
to'-make-up his .mind, and entered the street,
still trotting.
• There wes no one there. The dim, driz
zling rain, which had begun to fall again,
thaeold, 'and the fog had scared away the
habitual frequenters of the one or two sor-
did cook shopathat line both sides of the
way. There was only a rag-and-bone-man
sorting. broken bottles at his door, and
chughing wheezily from old age and misery.
.. The dog went on. The street grows
wider-ea ouo proceeds, and the: houses also
become better and cleaner. I asked myself
whether the dog could possibly have his
Untie about here, and whether be would not
.suddenly disappear downan area, in which
age the romance of the thing would have
beers ended, and I should have had my walk
fornothieg. But no, he turned apruptly
oft et a mews, and after a few seconds of
the•stame apparent hesitation as before,
slackened his pace and stopped opposite a
public house.
-A:trie,ws is never quite empty. There are
aiwas - s grooms loafing about in doorways,
or stable boys going in and out of wash
betties. At the moment when the dog and
I appeared a coachman was harnessing two
horsiest to a brougham, and a couple of men
were helping him. Opposite, and exchang
ing remarks with them from the threshold
of .the public house, stood a servant smok
ing along clay pipe; the dog was standing
stills but all at once, before I had bad time
strapect what was going to happen, he
rose up on his hind legs and commenced
walking gravely around in circles. r,
The man _ with the clay pipe utte r ''a cry
Of tierprise. The two others and the coach
umi raised their heads, and upon seeing
this etrenge sight left their work and clus
tered Op to look. A few more people at
traeted by the noise came and joined us.--
We soon formed a ring.
• it seemed to please the dog to see us all
areaMdkim, for he gravely wagged his tail
°nee - to , and fro, and tried to put more
spieltl,itito his exercise. He walked five
t.around on his hinder legs, looking fix
eilly-Vefore hiin like a soldier on duty, and
rising his best;-poor dogt—l could see that
--etit - tadke us laugh. For my part, seeing
the others remain speechless in their aston
ishinesit,l laughed aloud to encourage him;
but - shall I say the truth! I felt more ready
to oils -There was something inexpressibly
sadin the serious expression of this lonely
dot,:,!perfortufirg by himself a few tricks
thatiome absent master had taught him,
and doing so of his own accord, with some
secret end in view that he himself only
could know of. After taking a moment's
rest he aet to work again, but this time on
his fete , feet, pretending to stand on his
bead: And what a poor, intelligent head it
wateatsalrnost shaving the ground it looked
I appealbigly at us all, and seemed to say,
"Pieue do not play any pranks with me,
for really I am not doing this for fun."—
' Whershe had Walked around on his head
until he, was weary, he lay down in the
fr kid*" of the ring and made believehe was
dime-, He went through all the convulsions
of king dog, breathing heavily, panting,
Bettie:leg lower jaw to fall, and then
ssuf. „ ‘tl e-,essisoset, nteasi., s sased he 4td thi
lessieeittnat a sfetit, 'llionesaticed'woman,
who had been looking on without laughing,
exclaimed, " Poor beast!" and drew her
lurid across her eyes.
The rain continued to fall, bit not one of
us thought of moving, only the dog, when
hobad lain dead a minute, got up and shook
himself, to show us all that the perform
wide was ended. He had displayed the ex
tent of what he knew, and now came for
ward to receive his fee. He stood up on his
hind legs again, and walking to each of us
separately assumed the posture that is 'pop'
Wetly known as " begging." I was the
first to whom he came. He gazed at me in
quiringly withshis soft eyes opened wide,
and followed my hand patiently to my waist
coat pocket. The basket around his neck
was a round one, with a lid to it tied down
with a string, and with a little slit in the lid
through which to put in money. I dropped
in a shilling, and stooped down to reacFa bit
of crumpled paper I saw hanging loosely
from the collar. It bore these words, writ
ten in a shaky hand: "This is the dog of a
poor-man who is bed-stricken; he earns the
bread of his master. Good people, do not
keep him from returning -to his home."
The deg thanked me for my offering by
Wagging his tail, and then passed on to my
neighbor. Human nature must be kinder
than people think, for there was not one of
the spectators—not even he with the clay
pipe, - whose face had impressed me unfa
vorably—but gave the dog something. As
for him, when he had gone his round, he
barked two or thfee times to say good-bye,
and then pattered contentedly away at the
same, jog -trot pace he had come.
He went up the street, and I followed
him, but when we had reached Oxford
street he quickened suddenly, and began to
run hard as if his day was ended and he
wanted to A•et home. Evening had quite
fallen by this time, and I felt it would be
useless to go after my four-legged mystery
on foot, so I called a cab,. and said, " Fol
low that dog," very much to the driver's
amazement. •
ENE
It is a long way from the part of Oxford
street in which we were to Tottenham Court
road, where the small dog led me. But I
should have dnderstood the journey had it
not been made at such a furious pace. The
dOg never once looked around. Twenty
times I thought he would be crushed'] by
Passing vans or carriages, but somehow' he
got through. He had an extraordinary tact
for finding a passage between horses' hoofs,
and; like a true London dog as he was, he
showed intimate familiarity with all the in
tricacies of crossings. Still it was some ye t
lief to me, both on his own account and oir
mine, when I saw him branch off atlatit,
was, beginning to fear be would never, atop,
that he bad something •of the wandering
Jew in him. It seemed impossible that,
without taking any rest, without pausing
even for an instant to draw breath, such a
very lean dog should keep on going Ho long.
Tottenham Court (this was about eighteen',
months •ago) used to be a sort of fair at
night time. It is a lengthy highway run-
ning amidst a- tangled network of sorrY
streets, the population of which, from dusk
until the hour when the public houses close,
used to spread hungry and idle amongst the
countless booths which had then not yet
`been swept away, and where shell fish, sour
fruit, and indigestible-looking meat were
sold by ye ling costermongers. On the night
in question, when I went there in pursuit of
the dog, I foresaw that I should be led to
one of those'' sickly' nests of fever where
powty, • disease • and misery 'have their
aboTes set up in permanence; and I was not :
wrong.
The dog, running -faster than ever now,
as if he felt more afraidloi his basket here
amongst the ravenous crowds than he had
dm:teat the West End, bolted suddenly up
a narrow side street Where there was no
room for a cab to pass. I paid the driver,
and jumped out.
It was a filthy street, but that was 'a sec=
ondary matter. Where the dog went I
would go; and thus I dodged after him, first
down a crooked alley, then through a foul
court, and lastly up a passage where it was,
pitch dark. Hera' groped my wav along a
damp wall, and stumbled upon the tlirst step
of a staircase. Being'a smoker, however,
I had some vesuvians about me. I struck
one, lit a piece of twisted paper with it, and
by the moment's flame I thus obtained de.
t3cried the dog making his way up a creaky
flight of wooden steps, battered in places
and rotting from mold. He barked when
he saw the light, and growled uneasily.—
But I softened my voice, and cried. out—
" Good dog! good doe trying` thereby . to
WWI WO' 4' WV 44 woo tig4
him I was not an eneiny i for he turned to
sniff my trowsera, and wheni struck a sec
ond vesuvian he'consented to' my, aecompa
riyinF him without doing anything else but
conttaue his sniffing. We . went up three
, stories in this way, until we reached the
garret floor. There were two doors face to
face, and one of them had a latch with a
pleee - of string tied to it. The string dangled
with a loop at its end to Within a few inches
of Abe ground. The dog raised one of his
fore paws, pressed it on the loop, and by this
means opened the door. We both walked
in together.
There was a rusblight burning in the neck
of a ginger-beer bottle. There was an empty
saucepan in a grate without a, fire. - Some
tottered clothes were hanging on the back
of a 'broken chair, and some bits of plaster
fallen from a cracked ceiling were encum
bering 'the floor. On the splintered deal
table was a plate •with a solitary bone on it,
and next to itn cup with the handle gone.
I turned from the sight of these things to a
mattress laid in a corner of the room. The
- -
light was rendered so flickering by the gusts
of wind that swept through the window—
tO which bits of newspaper had been paint
edfor want of glass—that I .could not at
first: distinguish very clearly where I was
and what I saw. I could only heir the af
fectionate whinings of the dog, and vaguely
see him leaping upon some one against
whom he was rubbing his head, and whose
face he was licking with an exuberance of
love. I heard a voice, too—but a voice so
husky and broken that it resembled a whis
per—repeatfeebly " Good dog, good Jim' !"
and then I saw a Vand untie the basket, and
heard the sound of money poured out on
the couch.
" Good Jim! good. Jiml" went on the
cracked voice; and it began counting—
" One, two. Oh, good Jimt good Jim!
Here's ashilling. One-and-threepence, one
and-ninepence, two shillings. Oh, good
dog!' Three and a penny, three and—'
But here followed a terrified shriek.
" Who's that?" cried the man, covering
up the money with his sheet, and he looked
nt me, livid and haggard with the ague-of
ferer.
"Don't be frightened," I said; "I am
come to do you no harm. lam a friend. I
have followed your dog home, and I desire
to help you if you are huneed."
He seemed to be a man about fifty, for
his hair was not all gray; but the ghaktly
hollowness of his cheeks, the emaciated
condition of his body, and, above all, the
gleam of disease in his burning eyes made
him older than a Man of ninety, for tly
told more plainly than worlds could have
told that he had r emedy one foot in :his
grave. _
My tone and my appearance seemed to
reassure him; but be continued to hide his
money.
"I am a poor man, sir," he gasped—" a
very poor man. ' I ham nothing but what
my dog earns me, and That's nothing. He
goes out to idle; and if he picks up a few
pence—" (here the man had a fit of hectic
cougliibg)—" if he picks up a few pence,
sir, it's all he does pick up."
I felt my heart ache, for I guessed the
truth
•" He's not an idle dog," I said. " Has
he not earned you more than three shillings
to•day?"
"Oh, no, eir—no, air ; it's threepence,"
protested the miser, trembling., "It's just
threepence—threepence, air. Look and see."
And he held up three copper coins from
out of his covering.
4 ' 4 You are very ill, my Man," I said, ap7
proaching his mattress. "You must lame
send you a doctor."
" Oh, sir! no, no; I—l've no money to
give them. Let me alone, please. I'm not
ill; I shall be well tomorrow. It's nothing
but a. cold—a—a cold." •
Hie dog was continuing to lick his face.--
I remembered that the poor brute ad not
& t
eaten.
" Your dog must be hungry," I Observed;
shall I give him this bone? Ite has earned
it well."
1 92kb i-Ove2 jr.roz-d1 -
alone," faltered' the unhappy wretch, trying
to rise; " it's my supper for to-night. Jim
doesn't want anything; he picks up plenty
in the streets. Ohi—ohl I shall starve if
you give him that bone."
" I will buy you something to eat," I an
swered, taking up the bone, on which there
was not a particle of flesh left. "Bere a
Jim," said I, holding It out. But the dog,
instead of accepting the bone, looked mat
fully at his master to ask for leave.
"No, no, Jim I" panted the miser fearful
ly; and the dog turned away his head, refu
sing to be enticed.
" How long have you been laid up like
thial , " was my next question. I was grow
ing sick at heart.
Ten r weeks, sir; oh, ten weeks," groaned
the man—rho had caught the bone out of
my hand and thrust it under his pillow—
" ten weeks; and when I fell ill the dog
went out one morning and brought meback
a penny in his mouth. Since then I bought
him a basket, and he goes out
.every day;
but he's—he's idle, sir—he's idle; he brings
me nothing to What he used to do when we
went out together. Yes—oh, yes! he's an
idle dog!"
.* *
Eut why prOlong such a dialogue? Is
there anything more depressing than The
sight of moral inflrmityCoupled with bodily
disease. This palsied miser was arida man;
at least 1 - ich compared with his station. He
had made himself a small fortune by, the
intelligence of his dog, and his sudden ill
ness, instead of reducing him topoverty
had, on the-contrary, only added, to his
means. The dog earned more, alone than
belied over earned with his master. Each
morning at the break of - day he went- out
with his empty basket, and 'every night at
sunset he returned with it half full. This
I learned from the miser's neighbors—hon
est people;/hough poor, who pretended 'to
beliew---InJthe fevered wretch's tales of
want, in order that he might not have cause
to dread them, and so refuse their necessary
services.
_ - -
There is a great deal of this innate unsus
pected delicacy in the hearts of the work
lig poor. These rough 'and uncouth, but
kindly natures, tended the graceless miser
in his sickness. They bought'his food for
him, they washed his linen, and they asked
no payment for anything they did. As for
the unhappy . man's gold, it %was at their
mercy; but the thought of touching it never
seemed to cross their minds..
" Only," said one with a 'naive accent,
"I think, sir, 'twill be better when he's laid
in the ground. His money might be good
then to some as would make use of it."
.` And the dog?" I murrnitredlreflectively.
-4 ` The dog's his friend, sir," was the neigh
bor's answer, " and he won'tlive long when
his masters gone." ..
.
And these words were proPhecy. I sent'
for a doctor, for a nurse,'and for nourishing
food to battle against death; but our efforts•
were useless. The miser lived a week, and
upon each of the seven days the dog went
out according to his habit, with his batket
around his neck, and remained out for ten ,
or twelve hours—till dusk. Sometimes I I
folloived:Atitia :from morning. till evening;
seeing which anCremenihering my face as i
that which atdetidaily by his master's bed
sidelp be wagged his tail at my approach,
and consented to walk at my heels.
One night the Miser died, and on the mor
row Jim did not go out. Ho had missed
•his master the night before, and guessed
that they had put him in the lon_g black box
that -stood in the middle of the' room.—
When the men cane to carry away this long
black box, the dog went after them and
'cried. He followed the coffin to the ceme
tery, where he and I were - the only specta- ,
tors beside the curate,
__the sexton,- and the
undertaker's men.' - When. the earth was
thrown in he - looked at me plaintively to
know what it meant, and when - the burial
w over he wished'to'remain near the open
tob, waiting till his masterehould rise. I
l i
to k him home with me, but he would not
'ea , and next morning at sunrise lie howled
to his basket. It was no use keeping him,
so I tied the basket around his nem and
sent him out. .
That evening, foreseeing what would hap•
pen,ll went to the cemetery. The dog ar
rived at nighifall, with lus basket full of
pence, and 1.-turned them all out upon the
grave._ "
Come home, Jim," I said, with
the tears rising to my eyes; but he whined
mournfully, and tried to scratch up the
earth. Twice more he went out like this
all day and brought back money for bin
master; but on the third evening,, finding
that the pence on. the are remained
0000 1 111 ‘5014,,10r t iliOrtlitgotimx t
- - "
to take off his collar, and l'he laid! down at
MI full length near the miser's last sleeping
place. •n The next morning he did not go On
h 1,4 rouna---forlm was dead!—Cornin7lMag,
OTTBDA OirA CORRESPONDENCE.
5 - Prtn•TiTalLD, T:,)-Stn. 27,1678.
' .14"4;t0r ./10"tator :--It has been so long since
I hay.e cont4micttled with your pttper that
I bcgili to readfirs have forgotten
my !altograph, croviding together 'of
stirriiig events in it Di:w'cot4htry, tho strifes
and'turraoils of a busy life in our struggles
for existence, and other incidents lof a minor
nature engross so much of one's time that it
seems 2;call2y possible to give a thought,.
much less a monent of his valuable time
to a usually selfish and unappreciative pub-
lic; but being 'endowed with a forgilng
spirit and the quality of tolerance and for
hearanee, I overlook the beam in the public
eye, and judge only by the mote inany own.
I receive a copy ;of the ASJITATOR, • about
ten days after its IsSae; andalthough to peo
ple out in "God's country"' the newswould
be of rather ancient date, yet it is new to
me, and relishes, j Ust, as well as if fresh from
pren I have watched with a good deal
of interest your late CATMISS in relation to
" licPnse or no license" to be determined by
the, popular voice, and have formed an opin
ion that it v:i11 be' against licens , .3. If so,
the temperance men of your county who
have ledthe county in this great work of
moral oform may well feel proud of their
achievement, andrest
i assured 1 at their
work is well nigh accomplished. lymotto
has ever , been that victoriy will e ritually
decide in favor of the right.
_
An article in your Wile of 'the 7th instant
giving a biographical sketch of J. F. Don
aldson, Esq., late 'Prothonotary of Tioga
county, Was a well-merited-tribute of re
spect to am efficient and faithful public offi
cer. Eire the , year, MR I have been per
sonally acquainted with him, and have tran
sacted much business before him in his offi
cial capacity. Always kinand obliging to
ctbOth political friends an opponents, he
gained a bold upon the affections of his fel
low citizens that continued him in office for
more thou a third of a century. The rec
ords of his office will hear me out in testi
fying that he was an honor to the position
lie held as well as to the! masses who con-
tinued'him_in office by their influence and
their votes. From the prairies of the fron-.
tier I. 'send him. kind greetings and v9ish
him health and sloppy old age.
The soldiers of the late war in this part of
the country are watching with a good deal
of interest the action of Congress upon the
homestead bill which gives to each honora
bly discharged soldier 160 acres of govern
ment land: Guarded as )t is by the provi
sion of ! actual location and settlement, it
Seems to meet all the requirements of our
wise legislators in their attempts to protect
the public domain from the'grasp of the
speculator. Then wl4. delay its passage?—
Is the influence of a band of unscrupulous
lobbyists greater with Senators than the ap
peal of a million" of scarred and veteran
soldiery? If so, a simple act of justice will
for awhile b's delayed, , and; defenders
and, saviors of their country, will quietly sit
liy and watch the move of current events.
t
We have had winter here s nce the mid
dle of November, but not m b. snow. The
coldest day was the Saturday before Christ
ntas, when tite thermometer s owed-twenty
• I r. -.,dpzmps...-..bacatt,s.cita 4 _ _F t...,.0ar ,- or
'colder weather north and east of us, in Min
nesota and Wisconsin, where the mercury
has 'frozen, and the loss of life been con
siderable. The ice in the Missouri is from
two feet to thirty Inches in thiekneis, and
capital for filling ice houses, as well as con
venient for bridging the river.
The first - railroad in Dakota is completed
from Sioux City, lowa, to litnktorr, the
capital of the Territory, a distance of sixty
five miles. , Numerous other routes have
been surveyed, and Some of them, will be
proceeded with at an early day—land grant
or no grant. Our population has more than
doubled within the last_sixteen nkonths, and
we are looking for an increased immigra
tion in the.spring. There is plenty of land
here yet fdr the landless, and homes for all
who may eeek to better their condition. &
better soil for agricultnral purposes cannot
be found in all our wide domain, and all
who now neglect to secure for themselves
and families a portion of - God's green foot
stool in this garden 'pf Eden; will have only ,
themselves to blared for all coming time.
T.heigreater portion , of our Federal ofd-
dials have gone to Washington on a quad
rennial pilgrimage to the "Mecca' of their
hopes, and to see that ]tone but, ,good men
are appointed to posit lons of trust in this
Territory. What effect, the civil service re
form will have upon the ldgions of office
seekers, ,and who will be the lucl:y drawers
in this lottery of govern Mental patronage,
are questions up6n which to base an opin
ion at this date would'be in very bad taste,
consequ j entiy I abandon the subject.
If the' Government could be induced to
see the propriety Of appointing competent
persons,' (like the writer of thislletter, for in
stance!) to- the different: Indian ' agencies
throughout the West, a greater degree of
security would be felt by the,White settlers,
and many of the savage- features and pro=
clivities of the poor Indian would be smooth
ed into the tranquil paths of peace, or,
the pow,' to . his' happy hunting
ground. :The probabilities are that' trouble
will be experienced along the ,line Of the
11 - Orth L Paciflo Railroad in -the spring, as the
Indians made warlike demonstrations in the
fait, and declare their intention of opPosiug
With all their power the passage of the road
ticrossi their hitherto unexplored wilderness;
and unless the workmen along the line ai - e
protected' by the military authorities, the
continuance of the work of construction
will be delayed for a time at least, if not
.abandoned. I ;
Such is the position of affairs at present,
and what will be developed at the opening
of spring is itupOsible to tell. No one line
of policy can Continue foreVer. Times
change, the people change, Ftnd the necessi
ties of the occasion require energetic and
prompt action to meet the new features that
necessarily arise; consequently I assert that
no person can lay down \ a line of policy
from which he will not be compelled to
swerve sooner ors later. I do not say the
above to find fault with the Administration,
or to dictate as to the policy to be pursued ;
but because we all have an undoubted right
to,freely and at all times express our honest
convictions, and to pass our judgment on
those whom we have intrusted - with high
official positions.; The stability of our gov
ernment and institutions never bid fairer
than at present, and may they be as lasting
as the eternal-
La this letter vas not at first intended 'as
a theological" review of governmental af
fairs, I unreservedly apologize t The time
will come, and is even now, when the ff l orth
trod south and East and West will grasp
hands with the pledge of eternal friendship,
a union of hearts as well as interests, with
their oaths newly registered upon "the altar
of Liberty f4o protect, ilsfead, and transmit
The richest legacy' ever -bequeathed by mor
tals. X-47.
•
We lun , easily, provided wdo*ip
"FOTO iniMOVIV 4 1411041*
WIEO.LE NO
uszrut &ND suet):
Plaster. i
Plants exhaust the strengtlyof the' get .
and the nutriment necessary to n • = • mg
etable life is supplied •by fertilize ,
a knowledge ,of this fact fan. • : 1150
Holm composts, some possessing •• exit s oth—
ers injurious and worthlessi. -incrub.
uTity of hushandruan in regard' to the ilia
worth of plaster as a fertilszer 'is nlt grog
degree:owingto the 11:1.0 of a iroo qua 2:
coarsely ground, from green stone con -
ingvery little plaster. The• grey • ben
derived from the use of plaster • • tsUMAIS
a fertilizer are beyond controve: •
sessing the proprieties necessary t• OAD
a rapid and vigorous growth ee
some soil, decomposing organinm- tter,
plying plants with °sulphur, Eibsor imd
retaining the ammonia of atmossliere,fira
their use, proteots from insects, • odnceas
sound cereal, and is the most v. fable let ,
tilizer in promoting vegetable th, 00a2-
mensurate with its cost. • • •••
For Grdes and Glover.—Sow bro.
with a machine earlY in the sprin:
as the snow disappears, no itig:
On barren soil 400 lbs. per acre w
wonderful results. After snowing
to NO lbs. per acre will double th
crop of clover and se.cures a gotid
turage. -
&ring Wheat, Barley and _ke.
to 400 lbs. per acre, sown *lade: •
a plaster sower, and harroWed in
gram; 150 lbs to the acre is suliki
top dressing after:the grain is up.
Beason a second application is le.
Oats and Etielinekcat.-2001bs. to
directions same as wheat.
Corn.-100 lbs. per acre, or a B.
each bill when planted, and a has
ed over each hill at first and seed's
will invigorate the plant, and ins
yield. ‘,
Potativa-4-800 lbs. to the_ acre
handful-soon as the vines appea
the quantity at last hoeing, and d
tervals during their growth.
Tobacco.- - :-Use a handful in the
the same amount on the plant wh
save and make them healthy.
Winter Wheat.-200 lbs. per ac
ed in with the grain. 200 /ba.• to
per acre in the early spring.
New Seedling.-20Q lbs. to the
as the grain is drawn from the gro
Vegetables. Cabbages, turnip_,
beets, tomatoes, an. 'use a spoon!)
hill and a disproportionate quanti
a handful dusted over the plants
pear, will' protect thena from in
drought. 1
Lawns.—{Apply soon as the
pears, and at intervals during t
1
400 lbs. to he acre is sufficient to
grass luau ant.
able.--- se 1 lb. or 2 lbs.
head. Thi will -Increase the
nure at least one-half by. decOrc
and fixing the ammonia develope4
The more evenly plaster is
greater the benefit derived frorr
can be accomplished much heti
machine than by hand, besides al
very disagreeable labor of hand-s
Of the many good , machines a
this kind of work we know of n
than Seymour's Improved, whl '
30 acres per day, thus saving in
plaster.
Extracts from the report of
Horace Capron, United States CI
er of Agriculture for 1870, on
fertilizers. `Plaster increases t'
tion of corn and clover, 25 per
other commercial fertilizers on
soil'
Stable manure and plaster a)
fertilizers in use, the result dc
the quality .
economical
duction of
acre." Phi
e_dand-zr,it
'heavleat tc)
abundant
An experie)
application
crease the
• 'The use
increase el.
Plaster is regarded es the eb
fertilizers. It alone will incri
duction of grass three or four
guano or superphosphate have
quantities worthy of mention.'
`Great complaint is made of
titian and of hot
rendering it neither safe nor
plpiehase:apy-except plasteq
Extract from the $1.0 1 ) priif
tivation of potato, awarded
'the American Apr 'lOultupitt, fr. Puller of
the Hearth and. Home, and ,r. Hem/Iner t
who has made the cultivation of the potato
a special study; to D. C. Campton, pub
lished by Orange, Judd & Co. 'Astonishing.
results are obtained from plas•-r, by dusting
the . vine 'with. it Soon, as t• ey are fairly
through the soil; again im • ediately after
the last plowing and hoeing, and, at inter
vals through the whole grow; •g season.
`The first application may be light, the
second heavier, and after,tha morehounti
ful, say 200 lbs. to the acre. The. action of
plaster is not easily explain -1, but the re
sults are undoubtedly benefi.'al, particular
ly in seasons of. great droug t,-_ It renders
the plant less palatable. t • Insects, and
appears to be fatal' to man of the fungi
family. The vines retain' bright lively
green color, and the'tubers ontinue swell
ing until growth are sound , nd free from
disease, as to be easily kept •r spring mar
,.l
ket, without lass by rot. I h ve seen a field_,
all the same•soil, all prepare alike, and all
planted with the same varie y, at .the same
time,- on one-half of which that had re
ceived ,no ;gooier, the yield .was , but eizty
buihela per acre, and many r ttenj while the
other half, to which plaster had been air
plied.in the manner above d scribed; yielded
three hundred and talk/Push s •per aoro, and
not a rotten ens among am,'
• We quote horn au-article
by thelfon. George--Geddes
. plaster on ; the farm: • The
the Michigan _ Agricultural
that' about the brie thousau
part of an incll in •thick
sown on clover or timoth
production of hay, on, an a
uf three years, the .enc,trsn , ,ui quantity a'
4,484 lbs., or to state the ase in another
,forna, one pound of gypsu produced Se
lbs. of hay. The fact is w .I).authenticatek
and by the time.and etre .stances the,
use of the gypsum' suffici- •thy pet forth to
remove ell doubt.' ,
How to Build a Cheu
,
A correspondent of the ,Ctio .Firrisier,,aaysi
"The old practice of building farm gates
with-heavy four-by-four scantling:for 'posts
and end , pieces and oak boards riveted" to
gether, tenanted, & c.; casing an 'expense
0
of from to ss,a gate, ad an everlasting
trouble to keep•the gate ;hen - bring from
sagging, I long since aban oned. As a sub
stitute and as forming a g to that bas.never
sagged for ten years, I t ke five pieces of
Weil boards each ten feetl ls ng, one eight In
ches wide for the bottom trip, and each of
i l ,
the others four inches w de. I then4ake
one piece four inches wid • for one end up
right, and one piece eigh Inches widei for
the end piece where the, inges ought tele.
These strips are fear fee long, that' tieing
high enough for any gate for ordingy...put
poses, Now ttty down yo r end pieces, thelii
place the eight inch wide and ten feet lon
strip for the bottom, nail it at each end to:
the upright with wrough nails; now, lake
three of the four inch w de btllpS,El2l4 lay
them on parallel with th bottom •itilielr,:lh
viding the spaces so as to leave four - belies
between the iolver two_ board%arid,=aLgia
ches space between-the triper °neat Itati as
before. Now turn the gate over,,teid...take
the remaining strip, lay it at an angle tip m
the bottom, at the binge end, to the. top r at
the latch'end; cut it so that it will fit Irr.sid•
lay close to the long strips; -nail' it: . Itriv
hang the gate with strong hingeti au& you
have a gate that is light and will--not , Slig,-
had just as perfect a protection, against, out
tic as oaninade by the joiner, anti, co**,
I as named above, from'st to $5." _Atty..Eft:tr .
,sun can put togetlier iin
- d-: hang , the imou
1 burned gate in two „
hours.'? ,, , ,_-:,: - :-; :..!,•'-
,
"Pet:My - wise and mind- foolish:4 14 40
llner yaw, : , Ackattltia
'army interest , Isten• drat!,toll
0 - 4 0 itiqrtf . P OM**
Q
I
II
ME
‘9l
1
tl e 1 1
i t s
11 1
I
95 - -- I
• I
dealt, or
, or soot
er acre.
i produce
1100 lbe.`
,z record
1 200 lbs.
, t or witiL.
ith tie
-nt Atki.
Ina 'dry
.1.) ,
the Sitge,
hoeing
a latge
aPPai
,
doable
.st at 'ln-
b4l,
set . *A
beritrvi ,
800 Da.
013 soon
nd.
carrots.
1 in each
!a• in row
e they ap-
Heels Sad.
e SWUM
keep the
daily per
Ile of nor
08111);
from it.
:own, the
it. Thle,
with 11 .
oidlog
14tpted for
ne better
will sow
labor and
Ithe Eton.
mmleelon
,he• use of
e produc
cent. over
ne stuns
4. 9 the only
IRending ea.
-
4apest P -
of ill'
luse the pip
old. 'Neitat
beau used izt
the adultev
gbt manures
profitable to
essay op col-
Mr. Hold of
pn the Tribune,
,:on the value of
experiments at
College,. shim
five hundredth
L ess of gybe=
added •to the
re.in.the course.
Farm Gate.
511